The Ely miner., 1929-12-27


cruisers OF new navy program.
June 30-Secretary Mellon announced
treasury surplus as &lS5.8eo. 900.
president of International Harvester
company. and C. C.. league Of Cali,
fornia, accepted appointment 10 federal
farm board. the former to be chairman.
July o-Republicans celebrated sew
enty-nfth birthday of party in Jack
July s-walter p. Andrews of At
ianta elected grand exalted ruler OF
July 1o-New small-sized currency
put into circulation.
July l2-C. s. Wilson OF Hall. N. z.
appointed to federal farm board. -
July Fifteen state banks In
southwest Florida failed.
July 22-Thirteen hundred convlcts
al a..empted 10 escape from clinton PITS PITS
with guards three were killed.
July 24-Presldent Hoover halted
work on the cruiser program.
July 2S-Seventeen hundred convicts
guards in attempt to- to escape and two
were killed
July 2s-President Hoover started
the child health and protection con-
July 30-Former Governor s. R. Nc
Kelvie of Nebraska appointed member
OF federal farm board.
july 81.John w: Garrett OF Balti-
o1pPCiNtCu dIHUdSSduOI W it0Ay.
Aug. .1-Convicts in Leavenworth
penitentiary mutinied. one being killed.
Aug. 2-Wilbur B. Huston of Seattle
selected In contest to be protege or
Aug. 6-John G. Pollard nominated
for governor of Virginia by Democrats.
Aug. 10-Fruit and vegetable grow
ers formed $50,00O,000 cooperative
marketing association.
Aug. 14-National committee on cal
endar reform reported in favor OF
change.
Aug. 1S-Farm board arranged loan
of s9,0OO,OOO to California raisin and
grape growers.
Aug 19-Senate finance committee
made public it's tariff bill.
Aug. z0-Gerrit ]. Diekema Of Mich
igan appointed minister to Holland.
Aug. 31-William e. Brock appoint
ed to fill out term of the late Senator
Tyson of Tennessee.
Sept. 1-Des Moines university or
dered closed by. the trustees.
Sept. president Hoover asked an
investigation into propagandist actfvi-
ties of three ,shipbuiiding corporations
against naval reductions.
Sept. 9-Claudius H. Huston of Ten
nessee elected chairman of FSpublican
national committee.
Maine voted against export of power
by insult companies.
Sept. 10-Regular Republicans In
senate defeated in first test in tariff
battle; resolution adopted calling on
1IcdSuEy department lOT dll
tion on income in income tax returns
of tariff beneficiaries.
Sept. 11-Senate voted to investigate
propagandist activities of w. b. Shear
tion
Sept. 12-Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, in session at Portland, Me-. elected
e. j. Foster of Worcester. Mass. COM
Sept. 16-Henry F. Guggenheim ap-
pointed ambassador to Cuba.
Sept. 17--Gen. Lytle Brown appoint
ed chief Of army engineers with in
H. M. Blackmer, fugitive oil scan
dal witness. fined 100000 for contempt
of court
Congressman La Guardia nominated
licans, and Mayor Walker renominat-
ed by Democrats.
Sept. 23-Maj. John Coolidge and
Florence Trumbull married in Plain
vile, Conn.
Sept 3O-American Legion conven-
tion opened in Louisville
Oct. Senate voted to investigate
all lobbies operating in congress.
Oct. 2-Democratic and radical Re-
publican senator's removed flexible
tariff feature from the tariff bill.
Oct. 3-Convicts in Colorado peni-
tentiary at Canon City mutinied. killed
seven guards and were conquered by
militia and police with gun fire and
dynamite.
-. l.. Bodenhamer OF FL DORADO, AK.
elected commander of American Legion.
Oct. 4-Mayor and police chief of
East Chicago, Ind, and 297 others in
dicted in federal cleanup of vice in
northern Indiana.
DR.. A.GG Ruthven elected president
Of University of Michigan.
Oct. 7-Trfal of Albert B. Fall for
oil lease conspiracy opened in WASH
Theodore Roosevelt inaugurated gov
'ernor of Porto Rico.
Oct. 9-Irwin B. Laughlin Of Pitts
burgh appointed ambassador to Spain.
Oct. 15-Investigation of congress
sional lobbying started by senate COM
mittee.
Oct. 16-Great raid made on rum
running syndicate along Atlantic coast.
firmed by senate.
Oct. 1S-Charles C. Hart appointed
minister to Persia.
Oct. 19-Huadreds of aliens from all
for deportation.
Democrats and radical Republicans
put crop debenture amendment in tariff
bill.
Oct. 21-Golden jubilee of Edison's
electric light celebrated at Greenfield
Village, Mich, with Mr. Edison and
President Hoover among Henry Ford's
guests.
Seven radicals found guilty of mur-
der of Gastonia IN. CO. police chief.
Senators Reed of Pennsylvania and
Robinson of Arkansas named delegates
to naval conference in London with
Secretary Stimson as chairman
Oct. 22-President Hoover spoke at
Cincinnati at celebration of canaliza-
tion of the Ohio river.
Oct. 23-.President Hoover in speech
at Louisville announced great program
for inland waterways.
Oct. 24-Miliion- dollar livestock CO.
operative formed by farmers
Tremendous crash in prices on stock
exchanges.
Oct. 25-Albert B. Fall found guilty
of bribery in Washington.
Oct. 26-Federal farm board made
s100,000.000 available to farmers to
help stabilize wheat prices.
Oct. 2S-Stock values shrink IA bill
hons in another big. market slump.
in stock prices.
Organization of Farmers National
Grain corporation completed.
Nov. 1-Albert B. Fall sentenced to
one year in prison and 100000 fine.
G.. A. Youngquist, Minneapolis, ap-
pointed assistant attorney general In
charge of prohibition.
Nov. 2.John A MacMurray. Ameri-
can minister to China, resigned to
enter faculty of Johns Hopkins uni
versity.
Nov. 4-senator Bingham of Con-
necticut censured by the senate for en-
ploying paid lobbyist
Nov. 5-Jimmie Walker reelected
mayor of New York.
defeating Bishop Cannon's coalition
ticket.
Nov. 11-President Hoover in Armis-
tice day address offered new peace code
based on preparedness.
Nov. 13-Secretary Of the Treasury
Mellon announced the administration
would ask congress to authorize reduce
tion of income tax rates by per cent
Bishop c. p. Anderson of Chicago
elected presiding bishop of the Prot
estant Episcopal church.
Nov. 15-President called conference
of industrial. labor and agricultural
leaders.
Nov. 19-Railroad executives as
sured the President their roads would
continue their construction programs,
and financial leaders reported business
and banking conditions excellent
Representative E. E. Denison of Illf-
nois, dry, indicted in Washington for
illegal possession of liquor.
Robert NJ. Hutchins installed as pres
ident Of University Of Chicago
Nov 20-Secretary of the Nayv A.