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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
1
Senator engages in lengthy discussions with Brown the floor manager in Chicago over plans to recruit Harding Gloger for a leadership position. The talks focus on securing a key role and influence within the party.
Washington reports a conference between Senator Harding and Walter F. Brown in Chicago outlines inviting prominent progressives to meet with the Republican nominee. Meetings likely before formal notification after July 15, with Brown noting progressives will back Harding.
Five armed bandits attempted to rob the Dres sel Commercial and Savings Bank on Chicago's west side. A customer was shot and killed and a policeman wounded during the failed raid. Associated Press reports details from June 16.
Nathan William McChesney Chicago Leonard Wood campaign chairman calls Butler statement on Wood backers wholly untrue and outrageously false. He says the attack’s language risks injuring the progressive ticket and plans to send copies of the letter to Senator Harding and Will H. Hayes.
The weekly weather crop bulletin reports Cotton progress varies by state with most belts improving while Alabama and Arkansas show late stands. Weevil activity persists in Southwestern Texas and southeastern areas. Winter wheat ripening rapidly in the southern belt as harvest begins in southern Oklahoma. Oats rye and barley generally fare well though some local dryness noted. Georgia and the lower Mississippi valley show notable improvement.
Accovinted Press reports Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California will return to Chicago Friday from Washington and depart for the Pacific coast on Sunday, his son A. M. Johnson said today.
After two companies of guardsmen depart Duluth Minnesota home guards and naval militia patrol the district where a mob of about five thousand lynched three black suspects in a white girl attack. County officials begin investigation ahead of a special grand jury with Governor Burnquist promising a state inquiry. Thirteen roustabouts from a circus are jailed in connection with the case. Authorities expect no further trouble.
Paris reports a French battalion stationed at Bozano Melin Asia Minor northwest of Adana has been captured by Turkish forces, according to the Temps.
Dartmouth College in Hanover reports the death of Henry E. Maroney of Medford Massachusetts a senior killed in a quarrel over liquor. Fellow student Robert T. Meade of La Grange Illinois a junior was arrested charged with murder after the shooting at Theta Delta Chi.
The Mississippi Democratic state convention elected four delegates at large to the national convention in San Francisco and ruled they must vote as a unit though uninstructed on candidates. Delegates were instructed to push planks supporting Wilson administration, wartime efforts, the peace treaty, and the league of nations, with Senators John Sharp Williams and Pat Harrison among the at large delegates.
A Berlin message reports that after talks led by Karl Trimborn the center party and majority Socialists reach a settlement. The new cabinet will include center party, Conan peoples party, and the Democrats with a majority Socialists influence.
In Missouri a headless nude body bound with wire and weighted with iron rails was recovered from a lake near St Joseph. Authorities suspect the killer dumped the body after a nearby highway murder scene and link a bloodstained car found at Armour Junction to the crime.
The Texas legislature approved an emergency appropriation of 1 245 000 dollars for the University of Texas A and M College and the College of Industrial Arts and the State Normals. A motor vehicle dimmer bill failed after the enacting clause was stricken. Sheriffs fees are set to rise about 50 percent. State department heads must report travel expenses quarterly to the state board of control. the board will report biennially to the legislature.
Six officials of the Kansas branch of the United Mine Workers of America were found guilty of contempt in Crawford County District Court. They were sentenced to imprisonment until they testify before the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations, then released on bonds of 2000 dollars each pending appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court. The case stems from their refusal to testify last April before the industrial court.
London June 11 The League of Nations council will await Moscow's promise to cease aggression in Persia and withdraw its landing party near Ensili before taking further action. The move was seen as the first test of the league's power as Teheran and Moscow exchange continue under scrutiny.
Official advices say the French foreign affairs committee will examine the Turkey and Asia Minor situation focusing on transferring military authority over Constantinople from French to British control. General Esverey was recalled after Constantinople’s second occupation by British led forces under General Milne, who assumed full authority and opposed by General ld Seperey, whose near east command argued Milne answered to his authority. The clash prompted Reperey’s recall.
In Des Moines on June 16 speakers opposed the proposed reorganization of the General Federation of Women's Clubs during an open discussion by the federation council. The issue will be voted on at the biennial convention tomorrow after further discussion.
In Bristol on June 16 Irish delegates and the full executive committee of the National Union of Railwaymen met to discuss the strike situation. Adjou rment was taken until tomorrow without a definite decision.
Ty Resontated Press Excelsior Springs Missouri June 16 George McCaderwood Carrollton Missouri was forced by two men to enter a car at Excelsior Springs. Robbed of $70 they bound him to the rails with barbed wire as a Wabash passenger train passed. The train severed his left foot and hand. He freed his right limbs and was rescued by the crew.
In Montreal June 16 the American Federation of Labor urged Congress to curb profiteering and enact wage and civil service reforms. It endorsed Gompers program, backed Irish republic, called for withdrawal of armed forces from Ireland, opposed strike breakers, and authorized renewed appeals to industry labor coalitions for policy action.
W L Cole announces a Missouri inquiry into presidential and state campaign expenditures to enforce the corrupt practices act. He will meet in Columbus with Harry Dougherty to settle an unspent 1250 dollars tied to Harding sentiment efforts and report back to the state committee.
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