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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1920

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Hays Report Predicts GOP Rally Ahead of Battle

The dispatch claims strong confidence within the Republican Party nationwide as Republican leaders anticipate a epoch-making convention and a decisive battle looming on the political stage.

Republican leaders foresee epochal task ahead

Chicago May 30 Chairman Will H Ways of the Republican National Committee said Republicans are confident of success but must recognize the national welfare task ahead. He asserted the party will direct a historic development in American policy and that all must join in accomplishing the work for the country. The coming years are described as of tremendous import.

Chicago Will H. Ways Republican National Committee Republican Party

Republican committee to rule on delegations at convention

Chicago May 30 The Republican National Committee will begin deciding contests at the convention with judicial rather than political rulings. Contests total 137 of 984 delegates, possibly rising to 148, and may be settled in about four days. Georgia's disputed slate centers on Weed and London factions with 15 of 17 seats in dispute.

Hicago Republican National Committee Will H. Hays Leonard Wood Frank O. Lowden Coliseum Georgia Weed London Henry Lincoln Johnson

Federal Reserve sees little relief from high living costs

The May business conditions report from the Federal Reserve Board says reductions in prices have not meaningfully lowered the cost of living. Production has risen only slightly and the public shows little inclination to economize. Freight jams hinder movement, hitting farmers and industry alike, and bankers report rising credit needs. The board notes potential shifts in business relationships but not a fundamental change in underlying conditions.

Washington Federal Reserve Board

Greek Troops Occupy Turkish Thrace Amid Peace Talks

Greek forces moved into Dedegatech and Gumurjina in Turkish Thrace with minimal resistance. A trainload arrived opposite Adrianople as officials note surprise at pre treaty occupation. Bulgarian frontier covering troops dispatched. one Bulgarian soldier captured and another wounded, minor injuries to a subordinate.

Turk Thrace Constantinople Turkish Thrace Adrianople M. Canellopatios Turkey Athens Greece Dedegatech Gumurjina Ecommunique Kerdjali Comitadjis

Dutch Farmers Arrive to Aid Northwest Harvests in Wheat Belt

New York May 30 Two hundred Dutch farmers arrived on the Totterdam from Rotterdam to assist harvests in Minnesota North and South Dakota and other wheat belt states. George W Rigby of Concordia Kansas says he can place 509 to 600 harvest workers at $5 to $7 daily. Kansas wheat crop is estimated at 110 million bushels this year versus 143 million in 1919.

New York Middle West Holland-America Line Totterdam Rotterdam Holland Minnesota North South Dakota George W. Rigby Concordia Kan Ellis Island Kansas Rigby

Senate committee to hear Hoover California campaign claims

Washington May 50 The senate committee probing pre election expenditures will not sit tomorrow but on Tuesday will hear statements from California campaign handlers for Herbert Hoover and probe funds used for Hiram Johnson and other candidates. Subpoenas issued as panel reviews Ohio and McAdoo matters and General Leonard Wood funding details. Sprague testified about a campaign fund of 1,180,000 with 721,000 from Col. William Cooper Procter.

Washington Senate California Herbert Hoover Hiram Johnson W. G. McAdoo Ohio Leonard Wood A. A. Sprague National Campaign Fund General Wood William Cooper Procter

Missouri delegates summoned over Lowden funds controversy

Nat Goldstein and Robert E. Moore, Republican delegates from St Louis districts, traveled to Washington after being summoned to testify before the Senate committee investigating pre convention expenditures. They received 2500 dollars each to aid Governor Lowden’s Missouri campaign, though Moore denies and Goldstein claims the money supported a district effort.

ST. Louis Nat Goldstein Robert E. Moore Lowden Washington Senate Goldstein Moore Missouri L. L. Emmerson

Permits Expose Liquor Forgeries Across New York

New York May 31 Over 1200 permits to move liquor from bonded warehouses were found to be forgeries, yielding about 10 million dollars in two months. Charles R. O'Connor, state prohibition director, issued over 11,000 permits. bonds ranged from 1,000 to 100,000 dollars. Some traffickers, with bonds, bought and sold permits for profit and one man reportedly earned 200,000 dollars in two weeks.

New York The New York World Today Charles R. O'Connor Prohibition

Spa conference to proceed as scheduled in June

London reports the Spa conference will go ahead on the planned June date. Premier Nitti's request to postpone to July was rejected. Paris says France and Britain agree to keep the original schedule.

London Spa London Times Paris Nitti Italy

Ship calls for help by police and surgeon near Baltimore

Wireless calls from the British steamship Tregantle inside the Chesapeake Bay asked for police assistance and a surgeon. A Baltimore police boat with reserves will depart the harbor at dawn, while the battleship Pennsylvania off Annapolis also received the calls and offered help.

Baltimore Tregantle Chesapeake Pennsylvania Annapolis

No Verdict in Gill Case as Jury Is Discharged

The jurors in the Michael Gill murder trial, charging Father Henry Greene, were discharged after eight hours of deliberation with no verdict. Judge Lynch found no chance of agreement and waived objections from both sides. Greene died from a gunshot at Northwest Coal yard on Dec 4, 1919.

Michael Gill Henry Greene Lynch Yuccur Thomas J. Walker Harry Meyer Atrick Henry Cheene Joseph Paige F. M. Dunnevan Charles W. Jones J. C. Freeman Thomas J. Hicks

Chancellor Mueller Says Germany Has Had Enough of War

Berlin May 30 Chancellor Mueller told a Munich crowd that on June 6 when Germany votes for president it will be Germanys business to prove it has had enough of war for all eternity and that no forces crowned or uncrowned will drag Germany into a war of revenge, the Tageblatt reports.

Berlin Munich Mueller Germany Tageblatt

Deschanel Recovers As Plans For Rest In Country Place

Paris May 30 Attending physicians say President Deschanel is entirely recovered from injuries from a train fall but require rest. He will depart Paris within a week for a nearby country place to recuperate.

Paris Deschanel P’aris

Old Glory Floats Over Graves of World War Dead

Arlington plans Memorial day rites with graves of World War I dead visited for the first time. General Pershing to deliver the annual address. In Paris Marshal Petain told 10 000 mourners at Suresnes of French gratitude for American sacrifices in the war. Ambassador Wallace spoke of Memorial day meaning and wreaths were laid on the hill by dignitaries including Lord Derby and French officers.

Wasittington France Arlington National Cemetery Arlingom General Pershing Paris Marshal Petain Mount Valerien Suresnes Sons of America Hugh C. Wallace Earl of Derby Wallace America Lord Derby Snell British Millerand Litthe Hill Donihboy Kron United States

Memorial day in France honors 70000 American war dead

In Paris on Memorial Day 1920, flags over American graves and services at 497 burial sites across Europe, from the channel to Switzerland and from the Rhine to the Atlantic. The American Legion and allied groups decorate graves with Marshal Petain and French officials addressing crowds. Local French women bring tokens of remembrance as ceremonies unite French and Allied participants.

France Marshal Petain Paris America Europe Republic American Legion Army and Navy Patriotic Societies Memorial Day Committee Ambassador Wallace Channel Switzerland Rhine Atlantic Italy Spain Fariz Equstogues

Attempt to Find Remedy for High Living Cost

New York May 40 The high out of living committee of the republican party advisory committee on Platform today announced a special attack on high prices. The report urged avoidance of inflation, contraction of currency, public economy and private thrift, plus increased production and revising taxes. It blamed depreciation of the dollar on currency expansion and credit, urged stricter immigrant tests and naturalization reforms for assimilation. It called humane, accurate procedures under limitations on anarchistic foreign citizens.

New York Republican Party Platform Today United States Helen Rogerg Fierd Rome “Ittes Albert Shaw Ime Wheatwuon Committee ConeeHrewtiuan Frederick HH. Gillett House Came Tufftee

Forest fires devastate St. Quentin village in New Brunswick

St. Quentin, N B residents, about 1250 of 2500 homeless after a forest fire swept Saturday. The blaze, driven by wind, leveled 65 dwellings three mills two hotels the CN station and many businesses with estimated damage of 750000 to 1000000 dollars. Relief trains from St. Leonards and Campbellton dispatched to evacuate. massive lumber losses reported.

ST. John N. B St. Quentin Ristigouche J. K. Michaud Canadian National Railway Provincial Bank St. Leonards Cambellton

Londonderry Village Fire Destroys 41 Buildings Yet No Casualties

Fire swept through Londonderry on May 30 damaging 41 structures including four churches a school and a public hall. No lives were lost though over 40 families become homeless as flames, likely sparked by Hardwood Hill forest fire, continued to rage that night under control efforts.

Halifax Londonderry Hardwood Hill

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