------------ ------ People's Votes Cha » THE D AILY BRITISH WHIG nged Many Governments in ; calling a world limitation of armaments Coolidge jog of year pen ¢ L000 now pald for ors of In ef ke confer- |The costs of the inspection will be | oaraed akon: 3 banks. be- | for tariff changes provision was |C made for a study of taxation and the committées 8 of &x- the King Virtually 2 MR as | promised to introduce legislation 100k- i gk g { i sEbieP ing toward checking the powers Senate, and his probable line of arousing to the new, but railway tion at Toronto. ph Archambault, of Chambly-Vercheres was in large re responsible for keeping the problem tefors the House until action was secured. In the case of the viaduct, Thomas Church led a cohort- of Torenhté members to victory. The session di not develop new talent in the way of debaters and the geueryl of recent years to eave the "Dig" speeches to the front benchers was again evident. FRANCE Third Repu on fhtened following the h-was known as the t, signéd in Paris, or the neutralization stabilization of the German debased currency and cobcluded their work on Feb. 12. On Jan. Z1 the Reparations = the Christian general, by a coup, o¢- cupied Peking and the trouble in China began to abate. On November 3 the Turks withdrew théir men from the iraq frontier, and showed a more rea- sonable attitude towards Britain. On November 10 Zaghioul Pasha gave his version of the interview with Macdon- A 'ahabls répewed war on The League conference on the apted on Nov. 17, Hon. a minister taking railway owners regained \ . | their lines on Nov. 18, Vicente Biasco a serious mine 4 t at Oggnits Mth a large loss of life on' November The General elections on Dec. 8 showed a great gain for the Republie. Marx made several efforts to form a new Government but failed and For- eign Secretary Streseman was called pon by Ebert to try his hand on THE REST OF EUROPE sen On Jan. 11 Venizelos accepted the and Thanez launcaed a hectic against the King of Spain. Sir Lee Stack, Sirdar of Egypt. was assassin- ated gn the streets of Cairo. Britain promptly sent a strong note, I fused some of the demands signed, being succeeded by Pasha THE WORLD OF SPORT Ninetecn-twenty-four was essential. ly an amateur year in sporting circles all over the world, for it was the year of the Olympic Games, and while the Uni States, with its great army of athlefes, cleaned up in the final point score, other nations brought out stars that will live long in the memory of followers of athletics. There was Paavo Nurmi, of ¥in- Tand, greal distance runner, Abrahams and ell, of Great Britain, sprinting stars who caused the sensations of the es, when they above men like Charlie Paddock Jackson Scholz, of the U. S., winning the 100 and 220 yard dashes; and there was Canada's team, made up from Montreal and .| won the wbrid's amateur champlon- On Lenin as governor of .th the text of an _Italo-R! was published. The Third Interna- tionalo issued a world appeal on Feb. 11 to the proletariat. On Feb. 18 Switgerlana ted by referendum & roposal to extend the hours of work rom 48 to 54 per week. - On February 20 there were strained relations be- tween Jugo-Slavia and Bulgaria. On March 9 the Greek Cabinet fell and nts to leave Greece. On March Flume was formally annexed to Italy and a week later Ifaly . ratified the Lausanne treaty. On April 0 Italian elections showed a sweeping victory for the Fascist. On May 12 the King and Queen of Rumania paid a state visit to London. On May 22 Britain definitely refused a loan to Soviet Russia and on the day following Bel and Italian statesmen met at . AD agree- ment with Italy over Jubaland was hed by Britain op May 23. Spain 5 | suffered heavy losses and was put to enormous. ¢ost to put- down a rising in Morocco. Later in the year she de- termined to withdraw from Morocco altogether and the evacuation is now proceeding. ' The treaty between Swe- den and Russia was ratified on May 15. A political deadlock in Jugo- Slavia lasted during June and July. July 15. the Jul was in Lendon ship "at Chamonix, just outside Paris. The amateurs in golf had a great year. "'Bobby"" youthful United States sts, Who before this year captured the U. 8. open title, suo ceeded in 1024 for the first time in an- nexing amateur honors. Miss Glenna Collett, who succeeded Miss Alexa Stirling a couple of years ago as the Queen of the American links, not only retained her U. 8. championship this year, but also was again crowned with Canadian laurels for the second time in succession. Frank Thompson, one of the mem- bers of that great Toronto golfing family, which has produced more than one champion, became Canadian ama~ teur titleholder this past year. In the Old Country, Sir E. W. Hold- ernéss won the British amateur hon- ors. His team mate on the British Walker Cup team, Cytil Tolley him- self, a former British champion, took the French title away with him to England. Miss Joyce Wethered won both the closed and open British titles in the ladies golf competitions. A strange situation developed in pro- fessional golfing elrcles. An "Ameri- can-born golfer, Walter Hagen, for the second time ii his career Was named British open cham while professio Cyril d in the / Ameri- ish | P! 'ensional hfe id world's title went to { ot for the Stanley Cup. ashifigton Senators for the first time since they have been in baseball, fought an I battle to the world's | pinnacle, beating on the New York Giants in the play- horse-racing, which Intérnational started when the British horse in 1023, Papyrus e over to compete against America's Zev, was continued in 1924, but with little more success for the outsider. , Pierre Wertheimer's great French racer, entered a se of events against the bést that erica could get togethor, but could do noth- ing better than finish second in any of the four events. The United States tennis team, which 'includes the great 'Big Bill" [08 Tilden, retained the Davis Cup, em- blematic of world team tennis cham- ip. again bad the Austra- as their opponents in the chal- jehge rotind, but did not allow them one radtch. Necrology, 1924 JANUARY. - 2~Hon. L. P. Bigdeur, Lieutenant. --Very Rev. Hen Wace, Dean of Canterbury, 88, "y 15. Earl of Warwick, 71. ~Dr, M. F, American scholar 16.--Hoh. F. Odler, Appeal Judge Ontatio, 86. Nicolai Sir William MacEwen, Scottish sur- geon, . 28. --Bishop Olmstead, New York, Sir Walter Parratt, British or- ganist, 83. . Sir Edmund Walker, Toronto, presi- dent Bank of Commerce, 75. 20.--8ir Charles Villiers Stanford, 8.-C. A. Munn, editor Scientific American, 80. 5.--James H. Ashdown, ex-mayor, Winnipeg. 80. i ugo Stinnes, German mag- 14. Prince Roland Bonaparte, French scientist, 66. 18 --A. C. Macdonell, K.C., Toron- to he ook Marte Corelli, British, novelist, Eleonora Duse, Italian actress, 65. 22. Lieut.-Col. W. H, Merritt, To- ronto, mining engineer, 68. ui al L. Wingate, president RBA, T 24.--President-Emeritus G. 8. Hall, Clark University, 78. . 24.--Karl Helferich, German states- man, 51. 25.--Charles ¥'. Murphy, Tammany Hall "boss,'* 65. 20. Professor H. P, Jones, profes sor, Dalhousie, 61. 9.--C. A. Gauvreau, M.P., Temis- gy County, Que., 64. --Anatole . French au- 18.--Dr. Duncan McEachran, McG University, 83, A ¥. B. Brandeges, Con~ TooDr. P. J. Tisley, organist, 17.~H 2 Kohisaat, ; _---- Chicago pub- 18.--Admiral Sir Scott, Bart, naval 19.--Hon. Dr. 3 P. Pelletier, Que: bec. {2 Britain, 6s. . P bg treal, mining Archbishop F. H. Du. Vernet, 5 Metropolitan, British Columbia, $5. -- Henry C. Wallace, U.5. Secre: ag of Agriculture, 58. ~Peter McArthur, Canadian au- MAY. 1.--8ir L. H. Davies, Chief Justice | nalist 2.--Maj.-Gen. 'Sir H. McCalmont, soldier and sportsman, h 6---J. W. K.C., registrar, Toronto, 68, Miss Kate Claxton, American act. ress, T4. Andrew W. Fleck, philanthropist, Ottawa, T7. 8.--Dr. J. A. MacDonald, physician, Montreal, 68, 10.--Henry Watters, mayor, .Otta- I Canada, 79. Curry, Wa. o I ._11,--Alphonse A. Taillon, Ottawa finan . r, gineer, capitalist, 70. 18.~--Maj.-Gen. Sir Chi shend, defender of Kut, 63. 20.--8ir W. BE. Goshen, Bart., Brit ish diplomat, 77. Maj.-Gen. Sir C. W. Robinson, sol- dier, 88. Mrs. Albert Horton, founder Can- adian Women's Press Club. Mr. Justice D. M. Eberts, B.C. Ap- peal Court, 74. 20. Victor Herbert, American ¢om- poser, 65. Co). W. Hendrie, Hamilton, noted capitalist, 61. 28M. Paul Cambon, French Am- bassador, 81. JUNE. 4.--J. A. MacKelvie, M.P., 09, M.P., and pacifist, 51. 14.--Bishop F. Weston, Zanzibar, i5.--Rt. Hon. E. ® Montagu, p< Ovlfinal Logue, Primate of All surer, Montreal 22.--Rev. real, 76. 26. --Admiral Sir W. A. Dyke Ace land, TT. _ 27.--Duke of Beaufort, 77. 28. Mgr. J. L. Grivett!, secretary, Paphl Delegate, Ottawa, 49. 20.--Giacomo Puccini, Itallan com poser, 66. DECEMBER. 5.--~Dr, James Mills, eduoationist, Ottawa, 54. §,--General Cipriano Castro, ex- Dictator of Venezuela, 66, 8 rs. Gene Stratton Porter, no- velist, 56. 1 6.--David Bentley, printer, Monte Maj.-Gen. Sir George Scott-Mon- | real, 91 crieft, 60. .---Miss Felicite Angers ("Laure Copan") authoress, 79. 7.--Viscount Pirrie, shipbuilder, 77. 8 5lobn H. Sinclair, director C.N. Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Mortimer Dur. and, British diplomat, 74. 9.--P. C, MacFarlane, author, 53. H. J. Daly, president former Homé Bank of Canada, 42. 18. aw Charles Townshend, 80, on. Archibald . states. man, New i 00 20.--General Sir Dighton Comptroller to Queen Alexandra, 01. 22.---J. Wesley Allison, Canadian promoter , 62. 27.--8ir H, 'W. A. Detérding, Dutch © financial magnate, 65. 28. --Charles E. Moyse, Dean-Emer- tus and Vice-Principal of McGill, 73, 29.--Dr. Fred Torrance, Veterinary Director-General, 58. JULY. Ro 4 Wellington Francis, K.C., Te: Tanto, Plesident Standard Bank of 5.--Alvey A. Adee, doyen of U. 8. di fomatle | service, 82. -- n Coolidge, Jr., Washing WE nd s Hartley H. Dewart, Ontario poli- ticlan, 68. i 10.--Justice R. 8. Cooke, Three Riv. ers, Que. 3 3 r Alfred Marshall, British economist, 82. 17.--Mrs. "Jack" Gardner, Boston, art collector, 80. 22 --Sir William Herdman, British A. Bruce-Joy, British sculptor, 83. a 26.--Hon. >. L. Scott, Chier Jus- ce ppellate on, upreme Court, Alberta, 79. 4 Busoni, Italian composer, 81.--John Morrissy, New Bruns. wick, statesman, Government, 67 AUGUST. on Conrad, English novelist, 4.--Sir Edmund Osler... Dominion Toronto, 19. , J. M. MeDougall, judge, Sishop T. J. Dowling, Hamilton, 9.--Hon. F. B, Carvell, Railway 27.--F. 10.---E. J. Schuster, K.C., econo- mist, 74. 10.--Augyst Belmont, turfman Tl. 13.--8amuel Gompers, Labor Chief, 14.-~Setiator John Yeo, P.E.I., 87. 15. --Ex-Governor M. H. Glyan, New York, 58. 15.--Lieut.-Col. Emmett - Clarke, transport officer, Ottawa, 51. ( yright by the Montreal Star N oop Wareau, 1924.) oy at ( Oholog Ch kin ily che, Migeon and Cut Flo wers. All out-of-town orders will re- ceive our prompt attent! The Emily Crawford Flower ll, Yemen, #18 io, VL Parr w------ - Another trouble with girls ing their hair these days is fF have to stop and put on an entirely néw complexion before they are to be seen. colors. ' Boudoir Slippers. 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