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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
1
Champ Clark would introduce a bill aimed at preventing political debauchery by high office candidates. The measure seeks to curb misleading tactics and protect voters in national elections.
Washington June 1 A bill to bar lavish spending by presidential and vice presidential candidates and place primaries under federal control will be introduced in the House by former Speaker Champ Clark. He aims to curb expenditures and extend Missouri style limits to national contests, arguing current nominations appear to be for sale.
Silver Bow post of the American Legion will investigate who sent from Butte a dispatch about Annette Markland. The Tacoma Times article said she died at a pauper’s grave, provoking indignation among veterans and a move by Twenty first Infantry to reinter her body with military honors.
Plans for resumption of trading in future deliveries of wheat will be discussed at a meeting in Chicago tomorrow. Representatives from eight leading grain exchanges will attend with two delegates from each exchange. Key topics will be explored and it may take days to reach conclusions.
Vera Cruz June 1 Gen. Candido Aguillar governor and son in law of the late President Carranza has surrendered to the new government and will be allowed to leave the country.
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, held that federal constitutional amendments are ratified by national process, not popular votes in states with referendum provisions. Ohio referendum rules authorizing submission of federal amendments were struck down, impacting Hawke v. Cincinnati and related cases.
A dozen women sympathetic to Irish freedom heckled senators in the Washington gallery during remarks on Armenia. They challenged officials, were ejected after shouts, and briefly held up proceedings as ushers and guards removed them.
Italian aviators Masiero and Verrari completed a 12 000 mile night flight from Rome to Tokyo, the longest in history. Masiero arrived first after 93 hours 51 minutes, Ferrari completed 4 hours 55 minutes but was stranded briefly in the storm before finishing. Tokyo crowds and Italian officials saluted the pilots with flowers and gifts.
Santa Barbara June 1 Miss Grace Hampton of Santa Barbara and Robert B Thompson of San Francisco son of W Thompson president of the University of Ohio were killed today when their automobile struck a stone bridge near Carpinteria. Two others were injured as the wreckage caught fire.
Chicago, June 1. Wilbur W. Marsh of the Democratic National Committee warned that a clean showdown looms at the San Francisco convention between wets and drys over a liberal plank. He said if wets win a two-thirds vote, Governor Cox of Ohio is likely to be nominated. Homer S. Cummings, fresh from talks with President Wilson, traveled from Chicago toward the coast.
Chicago June 1 A slow session of the Republican National Committee seated two DC delegates favorable to Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and continued Georgia and Florida contest hearings amid a large audience. The committee refused to reopen Louisiana seating and postponed Florida decisions. Georgia chaos led to a subcommittee review while Georgia Wood aligned Pickett faction pressed for Wood versus Lowden, with Montana and Oregon alternate rulings finalized.
El Paso report says Defensas Hociales of Chihuahua under Gen Ignacio Enriquez clashed Monday with forces of Francisco Villa, the bandit, according to a telegram received by Luis Montes de Ova, commercial agent for the de facto government of Mexico.
A Senate Investigating Committee examines expenditures in Missouri showing funds aggregating about 40 000 dollars. The probe highlights political activity and fundraising patterns amid rising interest in presidential row discussions.
Workers stream into Republican headquarters as crowds gather in Chicago to weigh favorites and begin choosing their preferred candidates in a lively public display.
Testimony before a senate committee shows $40000 in checks sent into Missouri by Lowden campaign managers. Delegates Nat Goldstein and Robert Moore testified they received 2500 each and held funds to be returned unless Lowden won the nomination. Babler and Morse testified about distribution and use for campaign efforts.
Washington June 1 miners and operators formally announced acceptance of President Wilson's offer to appoint a commission to decide their water dispute.
In Chicago on June 1 crowds of national committeemen delegates and visitors swarmed the Hoover and Johnson headquarters as the presidential race heated. Lowden illness limited visits briefly while Thompson vied with Lowden forces for Illinois national committeeman and resolution committee seats. Campaigners from New York and Los Angeles joined others at the Chicago row sites as Dexter’s and other campaigns opened new fronts on presidential row.
Washington June 1 by a wide margin the senate passed a resolution denying authorization for a U S mandate over Armenia sending it to the house The vote was 52 to 23 Also 43 to 84 the senate rejected a democratic plan to delay action until after a peace settlement with central powers A separate Hitchcock amendment to create an international commission to supervise Armenian economic rehabilitation failed 412 to 34
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