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The Alamance gleaner *? ?' - m VOL. LIX. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY JANUARY 4, 1934^ NO. 48. I ' ? Chronology of the \ Q D ^ Year I3JJ Compiled by E. W. PICKARD DOMESTIC Jan. 1?President Hoover's commis sion on social trends reported. Jan. 4?Eight hundred enraged Iowa farmers halted farm mortgage sale. Jan. 5?Former President Calvin Coolidge died in Northampton. Mass.. and President Hoover ordered 30 days cf public mourning. Jan. 12?House passed domestic al lotment farm aid bill. Jan. 13?President Hoover vetoed the Philippine independence bill, and the house overrode the veto. Jan. 17?Senate repassed Philippine independence bill over President's veto. Jan. 21?Senator H. B. Hawes of Mis souri resigned. Jan. 23?The Twentieth amendment to the Constitution, ending "lame duck" sessions of congress, was officially adopted when Missouri, the 36th state to approve, ratified It. Jan 24?Secretary Stimson invited all non-defaulting nations to confer ence on war debts after March 4. Congress voted 190,000,000 for farm loans. Jan. 25?Senate passed the Glass banking bill. Jan. 30?House passed bill to en able debtors to avoid bankruptcy, and the Glass banking bill. Feb. 7?Senate ousted Sergeant at Arms David S. Barry for traducing it in magazine article. Roosevelt called conference of all governors In Washington March 6. Feb. 14?Governor Comstock of Mich igan proclaimed an eight day bank ing holiday. Feb. 15?An anarchist, Giuseppe Zan gara, fired five shots at Franklin D. Roosevelt In Miami, missing him but fatally wounding Mayor Cermak *f Chicago. *eD. IB?senate aaoptea resolution for repeal of Eighteenth amendment. Feb 20?Resolution for prohibition repeal passed by the house. Feb. 21?Appointment announced of Senator Cordell Hull as secretary of state and William H. Woodin of New York as secretary of the treasury in the Roosevelt cabinet. Feb. 23?Congress passed $308,000,000 naval appropriation bill. J. C. Stone resigned as chairman of farm board. Feb. 24?House of representatives Impeached Federal Judge Harold Louderback of California for "mis demeanors in office." Feb, 25?President-Elect Roosevelt announced Henry Wallace would be secretary of agriculture and James A. Farley postmaster general. Feb. 27? Harold Ickes as secretary of the interior and Claude A. Swan son as secretary of the navy announced by Roosevelt. March 1?Harry Byrd appointed sen ator from Virginia to succeed Swan son. Treasury-postoffice bill, conferring reorganization powers on President, passed. March 3?bank nondays proclaimed In New York and Illinois. Homer S. Cummings named attorney general In Roosevelt cabinet. March 4?Franklin D. Roosevelt In augurated President of United States. Seventy-second congress came to a close. March 5?President Roosevelt de clared a four-day bank holiday and called congress in session on March 9. March 7?Theodore Roosevelt re signed as governo general of the Phil ippines. Lewis Douglas appointed director of the budget. March 9?President Roosevelt ex tended bank holiday Indefinitely. Congress met in special session; Rainey elected speaker of house. March 10?President asked congress for power to cut veterans' costs and government salaries $500,000,000. March 11?House passed President's economy bill. March 13?Banks reopened. Robert W. Bingham appointed am bassador to England; Jesse I. Straus, ambassador to France; and Josephus Daniels, ambassador to Mexico. March 14?House passed 3.2 per cent beer bill. March 16?Senate passed beer bill. March 19?Zangara. slayer of Mayor Cermak of Chicago, electrocuted at Miami. March 22?House passed Roosevelt farm bill. March 28?President issued order cutting pay of 300,000 federal employ ees 15 per cent. ?fvpru i?rresiaent signed regulations reducing veterans' aid $400,000,000, ef fective July 1. April 3?Claude G. Bowers named ambassador to Spain. Michigan first state to vote repeal of dry amendment. April 5?President ordered return of gold hoards over $100 by May 1. April 6?President Invited nine na tions to economic conference In Wash ington. April 8?Mayor Frank Murphy of De troit named governor-general of Phil ippines. April 12?Ruth Bryan Owen named minister to Denmark. April 17?Senate rejected 16 to 1 sil ver remonetizatlon amendment to farm bill. House adopted resolution giving President power to declare an arms embargo. April 19?United States went oft gold standard; embargo on gold ex portationa declared; bill for "controlled Inflation" drafted for administration. April 20?Breckinridge Long nomi nated for ambassador to Italy. April 21?House passed bill providing half a billion dollars for outright re lief gifts to the states. Sumner Welles nominated for am bassador to Cuba. April 25?House passed the Muscle Shoals bill. April 26?Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross ap pointed director of the mint. April 27?L. A. Steinhardt was ap pointed minister to Sweden and Am bassador Hugh S. Gibson transferred from Belgium to Brazil. April 28?Senate passed farm bill with credit and currency expansion amendment. House passed $2,300,000,000 home mortgage refinancing measure. Warren Delano Robbins was appoint ed minister to Canada, and Robert 11. Gore governor of Porto Rico. Iowa farmers rioted and attacked a Judge at Le Mars; martial law pro claimed. May 1?House passed the $500,000,000 emergency relief bill. G. T. Helvering appointed commis sioner of internal revenue; and J. F. T. OConnor controller of the currency. May 3?House passed Inflation rider to farm bill. Senate passed the Muscle Shoals bill. May 5?House passed bill to regu late sale of securities. Jesse H. Jones made chairman ox Reconstruction Finance corporation. May 8?Rhode Island ratified pro hibition repeal amendment. James B. Conant elected president of Harvard university. Senate passed bill for federal regu lation of securities. May 10?Farm relief-Inflation meas ure finally enacted by congress. Senate confirmed appointment of Dave H. Morris as ambassador to Bel gium. May 17?Administration's $3,300,000. 000 bill for public works and Indus trial control introduced in congress. May 24?Senate refused to impeach Judge Harold Louderback of California. May 25?Senate passed Glass bank ing bill with deposit guarantee amend ment. May 26?Public works-industry con trol bill passed by the house. May 27?Senate passed railway con trol bill. A Century of Progress exposition opened in Chicago. May 2D?House passed bill abrogat ing gold clause In all obligations. May 31?Roosevelt farm credit sys tem approved by tho house. June 2?Senate limited reductions in veterans' bonus payment to 25 per cent. Prof. Harold W. Dodds elected pres ident of Princeton university. June 3?Senate passed the gold clause abrogation bill. June 4?Reconstruction Finance cor poration granted loan of $50,000,000 to China to buy American wheat and cotton. June 8?Roberf P. Skinner appointed ambassador to Turkey. June 9?Senate passed public works Industry control bill. June 10?President sent to congress government reorganization orders sav ing about $25,000,000. Prof. William E. Dodd of University of Chicago made ambassador to Ger many; John Cudahy of Milwaukee am bassador to Poland; Lincoln MacVeagh of Connecticut minister to Greece. June 14?Senate passed Independent offices bill with amendment concern ing veterans' costs opposed by Pres ident. June 15?Congress yielded to the President on tho veterans' compensa tion issue, passed the independent of fices bill and adjourned. June 16?President Roosevelt started on vacation cruise to Campobello is land. Joseph B. Eastman appointed federal co-ordinator of transportation. June J9?Annual meeting of Amer ican Association for the Advancement of Science opened in Chicago. June 21?Railroads and rail labor agreed to continue 10 per cent wage cut to June. 1934. July 4?President Roosevelt returned to White House. July 8?Secretary Ickes made gen eral director of public work adminis tration. July 9?President Roosevelt signed cotton textile industry code. July 20?President Roosevelt Issued a "master code" for all business, rais ing wages and shortening hours. Gen. Italo Balbo of Italy and officers of his air armada received by Presi dent Roosevelt. Aug. 4?Pennsylvania coal strike truce arranged by Gen. H. S. Johnson. Aug. 19?Missouri voted for prohi bition repeal. President Roosevelt signed oil, steel and lumber codes. Aug. 26?President Roosevelt ap proved automobile code. Aug. 27?Assistant Secretary of State Moley resigned to conduct new magazine. Aug. 28?Secretary Wallace set wheat acreage reduction for 1934 at 15 per cent. Sept. 6?President Roosevelt appoint ed H. II. Sevier ambassador to Chile. Sept. 15?Code for soft coal indus try agreed upon. Sept. 21?R. C. Martin of Los An geles elected commander in chief of G. A. R. Oct. 2?President addressed Amer ican Legion at opening of its conven tion in Chicago. Oct. 4?Mrs. Isabelle Greenway elected to congress in Arizona. Oct. 5?Edward A. Hayes of Deca tur, 111., elected national commander of American Legion. Oct. 12?Senator J. J. Davis of Penn sylvania acquitted of Moose lottery charge. William Green re-elected president of A. F. of L. Oct. 17?President Roosevelt ordered prison and fines for violators of NRA agreement. Oct. 19?National Farm Holiday as sociation called a farm strike. Oct. 23?Code for retailers signed by the President. Oct. 25?Government began buying gold above market price, carrying out President's new monetary program. Oct. 29?President Roosevelt decided to buy gold in the world market. Nov. 4?Government announced plan to buy $50,000,000 worth of pork prod ucts for relief. Nov. 7?Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ken tucky and Utah approved of prohibi tion repeal, and the Eighteenth amend ment was voted out of the Constitu tion. North and South Carolina voted against repeal. Fiorello H. La Guardia, fusion candi date. was elected mayor of New York, defeating McKee, recovery nominee, and O'Brien, Democrat. Nov. 9?Franchise granted to wom en of the Philippines. Nov. 12?Chicago World's fair closed. Nov. 15?Secretary of the Treasury Woodin took indefinite leave of ab sence; i_.naersecreiary uean Acncson resigned and was succeeeded by Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Nov. 26?Mob at San Jose. Calif., hanged two confessed kidnapers and murderers. Dec. 2?International Live Stock ex position opened in Chicago. Dec. 5?Repeal of Eighteenth amend ment proclaimed by the President and national prohibition came to an end. Dec. 11?George Peek resigned as head of AAA and was made chief of new organization to expand foreign commerce. Dec. 14?President Roosevelt opened campaign against big income tax cheaters. Minnesota ratified the child labor amendment to the Constitution. Dec. 30?President Roosevelt cele brated his fifty-first birthday. INTERNATIONAL Jan. 3?Japanese troops seized Chi nese city of Shanhaikwan after bomb ing It from the air. Jan. 10?Japanese captured Chlumen kow pass and advanced into Jehol province. Jan. 24?Colombia appealed to sig natories of Kellogg pact and Peru to the League of Nations in their dispute over Leticia. Jan. 25?Secretary of State Stlmson invoked the Kellogg pact against Peru in the dispute with Colombia. Jan. 30?Japanese government de cided to quit the League of Nations. Feb. 14?Coiornbia severed diplomatic relations with Peru and actual war be gan in^the Leticia region. Feb: 2l;?Severe fighting between Chinese and Japanese began in Jehol province. Feb. 24?Japan rejected and China accepted the League of Nations report on Manchuria. The report was adopted by the assembly and the Japanese dele gation withdrew. Feb. 25?China recalled her minister to Japan. United States Indorsed League of Na tions policy in Sino-Japanese affair. Feb. 27?Great Britain imposed arms embargo against Japan and China. Mardh 4?Jehol City occupied by the Japanese. March 7?Martial law was proclaimed In Pelplng because of advance of the Japanese; Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang resigned as Chinese commander in North China. March 18?Mussolini offered four power peace plan to British. March 25?English Jewry boycotted German goods in protest over treat ment of Jews In Germany. April 6?World court ruled Norway's claim to East Greenland invalid; Den mark won the area. April 19?Russian court sentenced two British engineers to prison and three to deportation for espionage and sabotage; Great Britain retaliated by placing embargo on Russian exports. April 21?Prime Minister MacDon aid arrived In Washington and began economic conversations with President Roosevelt. April 22?Soviet Russia ordered pro hibition of all purchases in England and other restrictive measures. Japanese opened drive toward Pelp Ing with eight hour battle. April 24?President Roosevelt and M. Herriot of France began economic talks. v May 2?Soviet Russia and China re sumed diplomatic relations. May 10?President Ayala of Para guay formally declared war on Bolivia, j May 12?Eight leading nations agreed on tariff truce during world j economic conference. May 16? President Roosevelt called on 54 nations to join In agreement to outlaw war, scrap offensive weapons and force world peace. .May 21?Mussolini's four power pact agreed upon by Great Britain. France, Italy and Germany. May 22?United States offered to join European security pact, abandon ing neutrality rights. May 28?Japanese seized control of Pelplng. May 81?China and Japan signed truce Stopping war In north China. June 12?World economic and mone tary conference opened In London. Prime Minister MacDonald Interjected the question of war debts. June 15?Finland alone paid full war debt Installment due United States; all others either defaulted or paid small part. June 22?American delegation 1n London conference rejected stabiliza tion of dollar and offered economic pro gram. July 1?Russia released imprisoned British engineers, and trade war ended. July 3?President Roosevelt rebuked London conference for insistence on stabilization of currency first. July 5?Six gold nations of Europe formed pool to protect gold standard. July 8?Concordat between Germany and the Holy See initialed. July 15?Italy. Great Britain, France and Germany signed a ten-year peace treaty. July 22?Pact to curtail sale of silver signed in London by United States and seven other nations. July 27?World economic conference In London adjourned. Aug. 21?Socialists opened world conference In Paris. Aug. 25?International agreement for reduction of wheat acreage reached In London. Sept. 2?France, Great Britain and Italy approved Austria's plan to raise new army to protect border. Sept. 25?Fourteenth assembly of League of Nations opened in Geneva. Oct. 2?Argentina, Australia and Denmark were elected to seats in League of Nations council. Oct. 14?Germany withdrew from League of Nations and disarmament conference. Oct. 16?Disarmament conference ad journed to October 25. Oct. 20?President Roosevelt an nounced Russia had accepted his Invi tation to discuss resumption of Inter national relations. Nov. 5?United States denounced the extradition treaty with Greece because of the Insull decision in Athens. Nov. 7?Great Britain announced its withdrawal from world tariff truce. Nov. 17?Recognition of Russian gov ernment by United 8tates announced and W. C. Bullitt selected as American ambassador to Moscow. Nov. 23?Disarmament conference re cessed until January 15. Dec. 2?Canadian court ruled Martin Insull must return to Chicago for trial. Dec. 3?Seventh Pan-American con ference opened In Montevideo. Uruguay. Dec. 11?Paraguay won great victory over Bolivia in the Chaco war. Dec. 15?Five nations again defaulted In war debt payments to the United States; five made "token" payments; Finland paid in full. France, Poland and the little entente agreed on a united front against Ger many's rearmament demands. Dec. 16?Japanese and Manchukuo armies Invaded Chinese province of Chahar. Dec. 18?Paraguay and Bolivia agreed to truce in Gran Chaco war. ? FOREIGN Jan. 2?President De Valera dis solved Irish parliament and called gen eral election. Chile decreed liquidation of great Cosach nitrate combine. Jan. 10?Uprisings in Spain resulted in many deaths and arrests. Jan. 24?President De Valera's party won the Irish Free State elections. Jan. 28?French raoinet was over thrown in vote on the budget and re signed. Chancellor Von Schleicher of Her many and his cabinet resigned. Jan. 30?Adolf Hitler, head of Na tional Socialists, was made chancellor of Germany. Jan. 31?Edouard Daladier formed new government for France. Feb. 2?General Sandlno. Nicarnguan rebel leader, made peace with Presi dent Sacasa. Feb. 23?Revolutionary movement broke out In Cuba. Feb. 27?Incendiary Are partly de stroyed the Reichstag building in Ber lin. March 5?National Socialists and Na tionalists won In German elections. Premier Venizelos defeated in Greek elections. . March 7?Dictatorship established In Austria. March 8?Tsaldaris made premier of Greece. March 9?Hitler extended control I over all free states. March 29?Nationwide boycott on Jews proclaimed in Germany. March 31?President of Uruguay made himself dictator. Pope inaugurated the holy year. April 8?Western Australia voted to secede from commonwealth. April 19?Masonic order In Germany dissolved and reorganized on "Christ ian basis." April 23?Spanish women voted for first time, In municipal elections. April 29?Revolt broke out in Cuba with landing of two expeditions in Orlente. April 30?President Sanchez Cerro of Peru assassinated. May 2?Hitler smashed all free trade unions in Germany. May 3?Irish Free Slate abolished oath to the British king. ? May 18?Prussian diet dissolved un til 1937. May 28?Hitlerites won election in free city of Danzig. June 3?Spanish government leaders excommunicated by Pope Piu* XI. June ??Germany agreed to end Jew ish boycott In upper 8ilesla. June 8?President Zamora of Spain forced the resignation of the Azana cabinet. June 11?Zamora compelled to ask Azana to form new Spanish cabinet. June 19?Chancellor Dollfuss out lawed Nazi parties In Austria. June 22?German government dis solved the Socialist party July 23?German Protestants voted to permit Naxl group to control the church. July 26?Cuban government Issued general amnesty decree. June 27?German National party dis solved and joined the Nazis. Aug. 7?Bloody antl-Machado riots In Havana quelled by troops. Aug. 8?President Machado of Cuba rejected Ambassador Welles' mediation plan and refused to quit his office. Aug. 9?State of war declared In Cuba. Aug. 11?Cuban army demanded res ignation of President Machado. Aug. 12?President Machado of Cuba resigned and fled to Nassau; Dr. Car los Manuel de Cespedes was made prov isional president. Aug. 16?Eight hundred Assyrians reported massacred in Iraq. Sept. 6?Radicals of Cuba ousted President De Cespedes and his govern ment and assumed rule by junta. Sept. 8?King Felsal of Iraq died In Switzerland and was succeeded by his son Ghazl. Sept. 9?Alejandro Lerroux made premier of Spain. Sept. 10?Dr. Ramon Grau San Mar tin was sworn In as President of Cuba. Sept. 20?Chancellor Dollfuss estab lished Fascist dictatorship over Aus tria. Oct. S?Chancellor Dollfuss of Aus tria wounded by assassin. Lerroux government of Spain ousted by parliament. Oct. 8?Martinez Barrios became premier of Spain and dissolved the congress. Oct. 24?Government of Premier Da ladier of France was defeated and re signed. Oct. 25?Albert Sarraut formed new French ministry. Oct. 28?Arab riots in Holy Land grew serious. Oct. 31?Greek court of appeals re fused to extradite Samuel Insull to United States. Nov. 3?Cuban cabinet resigned. Nov. 8?New revolt broke out in Cuba with heavy fighting in Havana. Nadir Shah Ghazl, king of Afghan istan, was assassinated and his son, Mohammed Zahir Shah, succeeded him. Nov. 9?Cuban revolt crushed by government. Nov. 12?Chancellor Hitler scored an overwhelming victory in the German elections. Nov. 24?Sarraut's French ministry overthrown by chamber of deputies. Nov. 27?Camilla Chantemps made premier of France. Dec. 8?Irish Free State government declared unlawful the Young Ireland association, known as the Blue Shirts. Dec. 9?Serious anarchist revolt In Spain. Dec. 13?Spanish revolt nffirlallv A* clared suppressed: scores killed. Dec. 15?Greek government decided Samuel Insull must leave the country January 31. Dec. 16?Alejandro Lerroux formed new ministry for Spain. AERONAUTICS Jan. 16?Seven French aviators flew from St. Lpuls, western Africa, to Na tal Brazil, in 14 hours 2 minutes. Feb. 9?Captain Mollison flew from Africa to Brazil. April 3?Four Britons in two planes crossed Mt. Everest. April 10?Francesco Agello, Italian, broke world's seaplane record, averag ing 426.5 miles an hour. May 8?Capt. S. Karzynske of Poland flew from Senegal to Brazil. June 2?Capt. Frank Hawks flew from Dos Angeles to New York In ro bot controlled plane in 13 hours, 26 minutes. June 3?Jimmy Mattern hopped off at New York on world encircling flight. June 4?Mattern landed on island near Oslo. Norway. June 11?Barberan and Collar of Spanish army flew from Spain to Cam aguey, Cuba. June 14?Mattern missing on hop from Khabarovsk to Nome. June 21?Barberan and Collar lost in flight to Mexico City. July 1?Italian air armada began flight to Chicago via Iceland. July 7?Mattern found safe at Ana dyr, Siberia. July 9?Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh began route-planning flight to Green land, Iceland and Europe. July 15?Wiley Post began round the-world flight, and Darius and Gir enas of Chicago hopped off for Lithu ania?all from New York. Balbo and the Italian air fleet ar rived in Chicago. July 16?Post reached Berlin In rec ord time. Darius and Glrenas killed In crash of their plane near Soldin. Germany. July 19?Italian air armada arrived at New York. July 22?Wiley Post completed flight around world in 7 days 18 hours 49 minutes. July 23?Capt. J. A. Mollison and his wife, Amy Johnson, flew across Atlantic from Wales and crashed at Stratford, Conn. July 25?Italian air squadron left New York for home. Aug. 7?Rossi and Codos of France made record non-Rtop flight from New York to Kayak, Syria, 5.900 miles. Aug. 12?Italian air fleet arrived at Rome. Sept. 2?Gen. Francesco de PInedo. famous Italian aviator, killed at New York. Sept. 4?Florence Kllnger^smlth. no ted pilot, killed tn plane crash at In lernaiionai air races ?i Sept. 25?Col. Itoscoe Turner set new West-to-East transcontinental record of 10 hours 5H minutes. Sept. 30?Russian balloonlsts ascend ed 11 miles for new record. Nov. 20?Settle and Forrlney ascend ed 61,237 feet In stratosphere balloon' from Akron. Ohio. Dec. 6?Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh flew across tho Atlantic from Bathurat. Africa, to Natal. Brazil. Dec. 12?The Lindberghs flew over the Brazilian jungle from Manaos to Trinidad. Dec. 16?The Lindberghs landed at Miami. Fla. NECROLOGY Jan. 2?Mrs. Belle Moskowltz, Dem ocratic leader of New York. Jan. 3?Dr. Wilbelm C'uno, former German chancellor. Jack Plckford, American movie actor. In Paris. Jan. 5?Calvin Coolldge. former Pres ident, In Northampton, Mass. Gilbert Colgate of New York, philan thropist and capitalist Jan. 13?Prof. Dana Carleton Munro of Princeton. Jan. 15?Mrs. Jessie Sayre, daughter of late President Wilson. Jan. IS?John Bundy, Indiana artist. Jan. 31?George Moore, Irish novel '*Jan. 23?Arthur Garford. Industrial ist and political leader. In Elyria, Ohio. Jan. 24?Karl of Chesterfield. Jan. 26?Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New York. In Paris Jan. 23?George Saintsbury. English literary critic Sara Teasdale, American poet Jan. 30?Rear Admiral W. IL II. Southerland. U. S. N. retired. Jan. 31?John Galsworthy, English novelist. _ _ Feb. 7?Dr. Lawrence F. Abbott former editor of the Outlook. Count Albert Apponyl, Hungarian statesman. Feb. 11?John D. Ryan, copper mag nate. In New York. B M. Winston. Chicago financier. Feb. 12?Field Marshal Sir William Robertson in London. Sir John A. Thomson, British scl et1Feb. 14?R. N. Matson, minister-des ignate to Greece, in Cheyenne, Wro. Feb. 18?James J. Corbett, former heavyweight champion. Feb. 21?Rear Admiral R. 8. Grif fin. U. S. N. retired. Feb. 26?Thomas W. Gregory, form er attorney general of United States. Grand Duke Alexander of Russia, in France. March 2?Thomas J. Walsh, former senator from Montana and named at torney general in Roosevelt cabinet. Rear Admiral John D. Rodgers, U. S. N., retired. March 6?Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, in Miami, Fla. March 7?Ex-Congressman Will R. Wood of Indiana. March 11?Senator Robert B. Howell of Nebraska. March 17?Brig. Gen. Charles King, Civil war veteran, author. March 18?Duke of Abruzzl. March 20?Jefferson De Angells, actor. April 8?Wilson Mlzner, author. April 5?Earl Derr Biggers. novelist. April 10?Dr. Henry van Dyke, author and educator. April 25?Dr. Felix Adler, philoso pher, in New York. May 2?William E. Haskell, veteran editor and publisher, in Salisbury, Md. May 7?Prof. George H. Palmer of Harvard university. May 8?Cardinal Cerrettl in Rome. Col. C. E. Stanton. U. S. A., retired, author of phrase "Lafayette, we are here." May 15?Col, Fred Kilgore, com manding Fourth regiment of marines at Shanghai. Ernest Torrence, veteran screen actor. May 16?Dr. John Grler Hlbbea, president emeritus o* Princeton. Prof. Lee Wilson Dodd of Yale. May 18?Ex-Senator Porter J. Mc Cumber of North Dakota in Washing ton. May 24?Admiral Lord Wemyss of British navy. May 26?Horatio Bottoroley of Lon don. May 23?Dan O'Leary, famous pedes trian. May 30?Prof. W. L. Elkln of Yale, astronomer. June 3?William Muldoon, veteran . sportsman, in Purchase, N. Y. June 5?Henry C. Rowland. Amer ican author. June 7?Cyrus H. K. Curtis, publish I er, In Philadelphia. 1 June 10?Winchell Smith, American playwright and actor. June 15?Capt. W. P. Wright of Chi cago, national commander of G. A. IL Harry M. Jewett of Detroit, automo bile manufacturer. July 1?A. R. Ersklne, motor car I official, Jn ^South Bend. Ind. __ juiy s?sir Antnony Mope MawKins. English novelist. July 12?Edwin Gould, New York financier. July 15?Prof. Irving: Babbitt of Harvard. July 18?Gilbert N. Haugen. former congressman from Iowa. July 26?Louise Closser Hale, novel ist and actress. Aug. 1?Chester S. Lord, veteran Journalist of New York. Aug. 6?J. D. Oliver of South Bend, Ind., plow manufacturer. Aug. 14?Dr. Frederick Starr, an thropologist. In Japan. Aug. 23?Marie C&hlll, American actress. Aug. 28?W. A. Bechtel of San Fran cisco, head of companies building Boulder dam. Sept. 2?G. T. Marye, former Amer ican diplomat. Sept. 5?Clay M. Greene, actor and playwright. Sept. 7?Viscount Grey of Falloden, British statesman. Sept. 8?Rev. Dr. Charles IL Park hurst of New York. King Feisal of Iraq. Sept. 9?Federal Judge William S. Kenyon of Iowa. Capt. Paul Koenlg. commander of German submarine Deutschland In war. Archbishop F. E. J. Lloyd, primate of American Catholic church. Sept. 12?Alfred Sutro. British play wright. Sept. 14?Trwin H. Hoover, chief usher of White House. Sept. 17?F. H. Sisson, New York banker. Sept. 19?E. W. Kemble. artist and author. Sept. 20?Dr. Annie Besant, world leader of Theosophlsts, In Madras, India Madge Carr Cook, American actress. Sept. 24?Horace Liverlght, New York, retired publisher. MaJ. Gen. W. 4. Black. U. S. A. Mrs. A. M. Wtllia;nson, novelist. In Bath. England. Sept. 25?Ring Lardner, American humorist and playwright. Gov. Arthur Sellgman of New Mexico. Sept. 27?Brigham H. Roberts, pres ident of Mormon chu-ch council. In Salt Lake City. Sept. 28?J. W. Collier, member U. S. tariff commission. Oct. 2?Charles Piex. head of Emerg ency Fleet corporation during the war. Oct. 3?W. L. Stribllng, Georgia heavyweight. Oct. 5?William L. Veeck, president Chicago National League Baseball club. Renee Adoree. Aim star. Oct. C?Porter H. Dale, senator from Vermont. Oct. 7?Hernand Behn, president of International Telephone and Telegraph company, in France. x?Morris llilloult of New York. Socialist lender. Oct. 11?Charles II. Sabin, New York banker. Oct. IS?Peter A. Jay, American diplomat. oct. 23?William N. Doak, former secretary of labor. Oct. 25?Evelyn H. Raldwln, noted explorer. In Washington. Oct. 28?Edward 11. Sothern, emi nent American actor. Paul Palnleve, French statesman. Oct. 30?Mary K. Lease, former lead er of Kansas Populists. Nov. 3?John D. Kendrlck, senator from Wyoming:. Nov. 5?Texas Guinan, entertainer, In Vancouver. Nov. 12?Milton Aborn of New York, theatrical producer. Nov. 14?Edward N. Hurley, Chicago financier and manufacturer. Nov. 15?William K. Vanderbllt III of New York. Nov. 23?Francois Albert, French statesman. Nov. 25?Prof. G. H. Carton, Harvard geologist. Snv. 23?Prof. J Laurence T^aughlla of Chicago, political economist. Nov. 30?Sir Arthur Currle, com mander of Canada's overseas forces In World war. UeC- i?Richard Mellon. Pittsburgh banker. Harry De Wlndt, English explorer. Dec. 3?Alexander Legge. president of International Harvester company. Dec. 7?Stella Benson. English nov Adolph Klauber, American dramatic critic and producer. Dec. 8?Count lamimoto, Japanese statesman and naval hero. jjec> 9?L)r W. O. Thompson, former president of Ohio State university. Dec. 10?George Lytton. Chicago merchant and art patron. Dec. 12?Count Ilya Tolstoy at New Haven, Conn Dec. 16?Robert W. Chambers, Amer ican novelist. Louis Joseph \ ance, American Ac tion writer Wlllard Spencer, opera composer, in St. Davids. Pa. Dec. 17-^Rev. Dr. W. 8. Ralnsford of New Yortc. author of religious works. The dalal lama of Tibet. Dec. 19?Congressman James S. Parker of New York. tb bv Wmmtarn Nawaoaner Colo a. ^ofcoTt SslatuL Steaming Falcon island. Pr?na r?d Hv VafUnnl R.a.r.nhl. OaaUi. ? iri . i . ? . .. ? "withln'stinTD.' C.?CvSlT sirrlcST? ' FALCON Island, the "Island that never stands still," Is on the move again according to recent reports. It Is doubtful If any land has been built up and cut down so often with in the recollection of man as has this Island. Located In the southeastern part of the Tonge, or Friendly group of Islands in the South Pacific, It has appeared, then disappeared from sight at least twice. In October, 1027, an eruption occurred which raised It high above the level of the sea and brought It to the attention of men the world over. Since that time newspapers of many countries have published articles con cerning its reappearance. I-avas have been reported flowing down Its sides and great clouds of nsh and steam ris ing severel thousand feet above it. The location of Falcon Island Is latitude 20 degrees 19 minutes S. and longitude 175 degrees 25 minutes \V. If one could examine a geological map of this general region, he would End that all the volcanic Islands lie In a straight line which runs In a north northeast and south-southwest direc tion. Beginning with Mount ttunpebu, in North Island, New Zealand, through the Kermadec Islands, continuing through Ata (I'ylstaart), Honga Tonga, Falcon, Tofua, Kao, Metis, Late, and Fanualal (Amnrgura), the volcanic Islands of Tonga, and terminating In Samoa, this line Includes one of the greatest chains of active and dormant volcanoes In the world. It represents a line of weakness In the earth's crust and along It from time to time molten material Is ejected. The world Is made aware of these ejections only when the material reaches the surface and forms Islands or shoals. It Is very probable, however, that In many places along the line there are submarine volcanoes of whose exist ence no knowledge has ever been ob tained. If one were to predict where the next new Island In this part of tb world would appear. It would be fairly safe to say somewhere along this line. Practically all the other Islands of the region are of nonvol canlc rock, chiefly limestone. Iuronin rrum a anudi, The island received Its name when I ?. 51. S. Falcon visited the spot In lSGo and reported a shoal. Twelve years later II. 51. S. Sappho reported smoke j to be issuing from the sea at the same position. In 1SS5 a submarine * volcano burst suddenly into activity and built up a mound which, after a j year of intermittent eruption, reached a height of at least 290 fet. In 1SS9, II. 51. S. Ilgerla visited the I island and .Mr. J. J. Lister, an English ; geologist on board, made some care ful observations, lie found that dur ing the four years since Its formation the action of the sea had removed a large portion of the Island, and that only about a third of the original mound remained. lie calculated the maximum height of the island at that time to be 153 feet. Further observations were made by the British admiralty In August, 1S93. Falcon island extended 800 yards in a northeast-southwest direction and 700 yards in a northwest-southeast direc tion. It was nearly circular in form and only 40 feet above water. In July, 1S93, It was reported to have disappeared and Its site was oc cupied by a shoal 100 yards In extent on which the sea broke heavily. Thus it took the sea, the rain, and the wind j only thirteen years to cause an island ' with a maximum diameter of about two miles and a height of 290 feet to j disappear completely. There is a popular misconception j that islands of this sort disappear by actual sinking. Their disappearance, ; however. Is due solely to the leveling action of the agents of erosion. Two years later, the shoal to which Falcon island bad been reduced was showing about 10 feet above the water at the northern end?probably the result of wave action which concentrated the material to leeward. In tills condi tion it was subsequently piled above sea level by the southeast trade winds In 1913, II. 51. S. Cormoran reported that the island had disappeared once more. Finally the most violent erup tion on record occurred In October, 1927. From that time until, the pres ent, minor eruptions, separated by ? periods of quiescence, have added ?Itchtly to tba six* ef the moo?'. iiie native name tor raicon island Is Fonua Foo (New Place). It lies about SO miles to tbe northwest of Nukualofa, Tongatabu Island of the Tonga gronup. The crater lies on the southeast coast Its location here is obviously determined by tbe south' east trade winds, which during and after eruption carry the One material to the northwest The waves, driven by these same trades, continue the work and constantly eat Into tbe south east side, shifting tbe material to the northwest to build an extensive shoaL Called "New Place" by Natives. The eastern wall of the crater haa the same profile as tbe western wall, but Its summit rises only 200 feet above sea level On tbe east it slopes gently to the top of the sea cliff, w hile on tbe west it descends more ab ruptly to the floor of tbe crater. Tbe bottom of the crater is elliptical in outline and most of its surface is cov ered by a boiling lake, shaped rongh ly like a figure eight The waters In the seaward loop of the figure are a deep, milky green, but In the land ward loop they fade to yellowish white. Steam rises from tbe water and clouds of it drift lazily up the northwest walL Parts of the lake boil Incessantly; other areas bulge upward periodically, bringing black sediment from below. The crater rim is breached to the southwest, where only a small bit of the original wall remains. This rem mant is about 20 feet high and is composed of bedded scoria and ash. On either side of it the storm waves have free access over a low, porous barrier of reworked scoria, through which the lake waters rise and fall with the tide. Tbe lake is surrounded with ash and sulphur fiats, dotted with steam Jets; the latter mere abundant on tbe steep western side of the crater than else where. Around the fiat lsen narrow band of gently sloping land, trenched with V-shaped gullies and grading above Into tbe steep walls of the crater. These are vertically fluted, and In the depressions many steam vents issue. These have deposited quantities of sulphur and other substances, giving the walls a strange appearance. Yellow, orange, or white gullies alternate with the drab ridges. What the Crater Is Like. The crater lake and the vividly col ored walls are the first Impression re ceived while standing on the eastern edge. A closer inspection shows that there are really two cratera, a younger one with steep sides lying within an older one. The crater wall Is composed largely of fine ash and scoria, but scattered over Its surface are numerous vol canic bombs and blocks of solid lava. Most of the bombs are small, but a few reach a length of more than two feet They are roughly spindle-shaped and represent masses of lava that were thrown out In liquid condition and solidified while still In the air. Many are exceedingly porous, owing to the escape of Inclosed gases; others show a concentric banding made by uni form cooling and contraction. Some of the solid angular blocks of lava exceed three feet In diameter. A few are porous, others dense. In most places it Is Imposible to de scend the crater walla because the slopes of the poorly consolidated scoria approach 80 degrees. One may, however, without great difficulty, slip and slide down one of the- several steep gullies to the crater floor. On all sides are sputtering and whistling steam vents, which Issue from walls that are beautifully mot tled In many shades of yellow, orange and gray. It Is rather a wetrd experience td walk out on the delta that separatee the two lobes of the lake. The-ground Is hot beneath the feet, and off the lake comes a withering blast of fetid air. Each ateam jet has a hiss, whistle, or sputter of its own. These sounds do not carry far. and as one walks across the flat they quickly re place each other. A low, quietly sput tering vent passes out of hearing and almost between one's feet. Tumtce and fragmenta of lava lie scattered everywhere. One expeeta momentarily to break through, yet the ground aeems solid fnough. The sur face of the delta Is lncrested with brilliantly colored aulpburoua deposits and tiny balls of greenish sulphur Ut ter the surface below with a line of nuiulce that marks high tide level. , M