New Britain herald., 1927-01-03

Jan. 29-Col. William Mitchell,
stormy petrol" Of air service, re-
signs from army after being disci-
plined by court martial for criti-
Ching neglect of the air force.
Jan. 30-The Japanese universal
manhood suffrage law takes effect,
adding 100000 to the poll lists;
all men over % may vote.
Jan. 3O-Rekiro Wakatsuki new
premier of Japan.
Feb. 3-Capt. Fried and men OF
U. S. steamer Roosevelt are lauded
over the world for gallantry in saw
ing lives at sea.
Feb. 1o-A Spanish airplane
completes a flight from Palos,
Spain, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Feb. 1.-THE Mexican attorney
general orders naturalization of
all church property and deporta-
ton of all foreign priests, minis
ters or other church workers.
Feb. 1.-THE anthracite coal
strike, declared Sept. /. is settled;
Cancellation board is created
whose arbitration is final.
Feb. 26-Presdent signs the rev.
enue bill, which reduces taxes
$3S7,S11,0 900, cuts surtaXes to a
maximum of 20 per cent on In
comes over 100000, repeats pub
LEFTY provisions. and reduces es-
tate taxes one half.
March Interstate commerce
commission refuses to santion Van
Sweringcn plan for merger of Nick
ell Plate, Erie, Pere Marquette,
Chesapeake & Ohio and Hooking
Valley railroads..
March PROF. E. S. Hopkins,
University of Illinois. announces
discovery of one of five heretofore
unknown chemical elements. No.
81 Illinium is name given it.
March Radio telephone con-
versation is maintained clearly for
four hours between London and
New York, a distance of $500
miles.
March 9-Mrs. Bertha K. Landes
new mayor of Seattle.
March 12-Edward w. Scripps,
famed newspaper publisher, died.
March 13-Lieut. John A. Ma
cready, flying at Dayton, o.,
reaches a height of $4,000 feet,
American record.
March 1S-John C. Coolidge, IA
Their of the president, died.
March 24-In Italy the notorious
Matteoti murder case ends with
conviction and sentence to five
years Imprisonment of three de-
PENDANTS.
March 2S-Hugh Gibson chosen
head of American delegation to
preliminary disarmament confer
ence in Geneva.
March 2S-Louis Philippe Rob-
ert. Due d'Orleans. pretender to
French throne, died.
April 2-3-Moslems in serious
riots with Arya Samaj Hindus in
Calcutta, India.
April 81. S. forces dissolution
of proposed s2,0Oo,00o,ooo Ward
Food Products Corp, alleged
DTedu trust.
April 5-Gerald Chapman, So
called super bandit" executed III
Connecticut.
April 6-Congress of Russian
emigres in Paris, unanimously
chooses Nicholas Nicholaievitch,
former grand duke, as leader OF
Russian monarchists.
April Premier Mussolini of
Italy shot and slightly wounded by
Hon. Violet Gibson, Englishwoman,
in an assassination attempt.
April 9-s10,000,000 loss in oil
tank fires at Brea and San Luis
Obispo. Cal.
April 1o-Tuan Chi-jui deposed
as president of China by Marshal
WI Pei-fu. Tri-sided fighting pro-
ceedlng viciously in the yellow
empire.
April 11-Twentyfiv men killed
when oil tanker burns at her dock
in Galveston, Tex.
April 11-Luther Burbank. world
famous naturalist and plant eN-
perimenter, died.
April 12-Smith W. Brookhart of
Iowa unseated by Senate in favor
of Daniel Stock. CON Nov. 2
Brookhart was re-elected)
April 1S-Town of Hoopuloa, on
Hawaii islands, destroyed by lava
from volcano Mauna Loa.
April 2S-Standard Oil Co. joins
British, Dutch and French inter
csts in exploitation of oil fields in
Near East.
April 24-Russia and Germany in
reciprocal treaty Of neutrality IN
event of attack.
April 25--Rezi Khan Pehlevl,
who rose from common soldier 10
dictator of Persia, is crowned
shah.
April 25-Prince Vi Wang, for
mer emperor of Korea, dead.
April 3O-Commercial radio pic
ture transmission service begun
between London and New York.
makes first dirigible voyage over
May Oscar S. Stratus, noted
QlDlOIlldI anu publAT
six presidents dead.
May 3-Prince Victor Napoleon
French pretender, dead.
Nav 4-British unions walk out
in general strike in sympathy with
coal miners; British industry rar-
alyzed.
Nav 9-Comdr. Richard +. Byrd,
u. S. navy, with Floyd Bennett,
flies to North Pole from Spitzber-
gen, then returns, first to reach 1t
from the air.
May 9-The adenBaden." first
rotor" ship (wind- driven, but with
out sails) to visit America. arrives
in New York.
May 10-Alton B. Parker, former
chief Justice of New York court OF
,ppeals and Democratic preslden-
tial nominee in 1904, dead.
Nov 11-Senate committee |
named to investigate 1925 sena-