The Ely miner., 1932-01-01

q day In Leavenworth penitentiary and
/ fined $4,000.
April 22-King of Siam, with his
queen. came to United States for an
April Ex-Governor Roosevelt dis
walker OF New York.
/ May Worlds taIIest structure.
EMPIRE building. opened in New YORK;
Slias H. Strawn, Chicago, elected
president of Chamber of Commerce Of
the United States.
May 4-Internationai Chamber OF
Commerce met in Washington.
| May 5-National Council OF Boy
Scouts of America opened annual ses-
| sion in Memphis. Tenn.
| May 7-Kentucky National Guards
men arrived in Evarts to quen mine
May 9-International Chamber of
commerce adopted resolutions calling
for war debt study. reduction of arma-
ments and tariff revision.
| May 11-President Hoover ordered
drastic reductions in expenses OF all
executive departments.
May l5-Harvey H. Bundy OF Mich .
igan appointed assistant secretary Of
| state.
May 17-PIans for reorganization
and motorization of the army. an.
nounced by General Macarthur. chief of
| staff.
May ls-Supreme court upheld legal
Red as HGsyss eisyss daG California as, anti
communist statute held invalid by Su-
May 21-American Red Cross cele.
brated Its hftieth anniversary.
May 25-Supreme court ruled for
eigners seeking citizenship can ex-
| press no reservations about bearing
arms for the country.
May 27-Albert B. Fall appealed his
bribery conviction to Supreme court.
May 2S-Presbyterian general assem-
bly, opened in Pittsburgh and elected
| DR.. Lewis S. Nudge Of Philadelphia
moderator.
May &C. c. league resigned from
| federal farm board and w. f. Schill-
May 30-President Hoover delivered
Memorial day address at Valley Forge.
Pa.
May 31-Secretary Mellon announced
an sSoO.Ooo,OoO bond issue.
Herbert Brown retired as extra"
governor of Virgin islands.
June 1-Minnesota's press gag law
Supreme court.
Supreme court refused to review the
case Of Albert B. Fall ,
June 4-Sir Robert wilkins sailed
from Provincetown, Mass, in subma-
rine Nautilus for under-ice trip to
North pole.
Chicago Democratic organization in
Dental nomination.
June Sal Capone, Chicago gang
leader, indicted for income tax eva
June 6-President Hoover ordered
abandonment Of Guam naval station.
June 7-Report by Wickersham COM
mission blamed excessive crime on
system of prosecution.
Two big bank mergers in Chicago
announced. a
partment budgets.
June s-Tennessee lower house
voted against impeachment Of Gov. H.
June I2-Al Capone and 6s others
indicted by federal grand jury at Chi
cago for conspiracy to violate prohibi-
June 14-United States made pub
lie the report to League of Nations
on it's complete armed strength. sug-
gesting other nations do the same.
June 15-President Hoover addressed
the Indiana Republican Editorial as
sociation in Indianapolis. predicting
renewal of prosperity.
farm board.
June l6-President Hoover, former
President Coolidge and other notables
took part in dedication Of the Harding
memorial at Marion, Ohio.
Miss Meta Duchateau of Belgium
was named Miss Universe" at CAL
weston beauty contest.
AL Capone pleaded guilty In Chicago
to income tax evasion and prohibition
law violation indictments.
June 17-President Hoover spoke at
dedication of remodeled Lincoln tomb
Railways Of country asked inter-
state commerce commission to author
ize Is per cent increase in freight
rates.
June 2o-United States lines asked
United States shipping board to take
back the merchant fleet.
June 23-Dwight Davis resigned as
governor general of Philippines. ef-
fective June 80.
June 25-Jean Norris, New York's
first woman magistrate removed by
Anpa1lafa m flea
July 1-Treasury deficit announced
as $903. 100000 for 1891 fiscal year.
Shipload of Russian pulpwood ad-
mitted over protest of labor organiza-
July 2-Old frigate Constitution be-
gan tour of Atlantic ports.
July John r. Coen of Sterling,
Colo, elected grand exalted ruler of
july 11-Suspension Of sentence de-
MED Albert b. Fall.
chief of army air corps. effective De-
cember 20.
July i5-criminal court procedure
criticized in a report from Wicker
July 2O-A. B. Fall entered the New
Mexico penitentiary.
July 24-Federal court of appeals up
held conviction of Ralph Capone on
income tax fraud charges.
July 26-Report by Wickersham
commission declared American prison
system failure In almost every sense.
july 28-Upited States Steel corpora
tion directors reduced dividend rate
and authorized lowering Of salaries.
July 29-Centenary Of McCormick's
reaper celebrated at Blacksburg. Va.
Aug. &C. B. Curtis appointed min
lister to Salvador and Arthur Schoen-
field minister to Dominican republic.
Oklahoma oil wells and proclaimed
martial law. demanding price of 81 a
barrel.
Aug. Farm board rejected OFFER
from Germany for its cotton holdings.
wickersham commission report crit
icised deportation methods.
Frank Evans Of Utah appointed
meMe Augs sLNavy's dirigibie Akron
christened by Mrs. Hoover.
Aug. 12-Farm board asked cotton
planters to plow under one-third of
Aug. 17-Five large Toledo banks
closed their doors.
Texas oil wells closed and martial
law in the fields proclaimed.
Aug 19-President Hoover named W.
S. clifford head of unemployment re-
lief body.
Aug. a1-Farm board traded 25oOo,-
900 bushels of wheat to Brazil for l.
050,O00 bags of coffee:
Contract let for Chicago's $16.o0o.00o
post Office building.
Aug 25-Col. Luke Lea of Tennes-
see, publisher and former senator. con-
victed of bank fraud and sentenced to
prison.
Aug. 31-Farm board announced II
was through buying wheat and cotton
for sterilization.
Sent. 4-Sale of 5000, 900 bushels of
farm board wheat to China announced.
Veterans of Foreign Wars voted for
repeal of dry law.
Sept 8-AIphonse Capone withdrew
his plea of guilty to crimes against
the dry law, in Chicago
Sept 11-Farm board sold 10000
bushels of wheat to Germany.
Sept. l4-American Legion labor con-
ference opened in Washington.
Sept. l7-Samuel p. Town Of Phila-
delphia elected commander in chief of
the G. A. r. at encampment in Des-
Moines.