Wood denounces Butler in Chicago clash over presidency
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood issues a signed blast labeling Nicholas Murray Butler a fakir while Butler claims a mob of stock gamblers tried to buy the presidency for Wood. A San Francisco dispatch notes William G. McAdoo telling western delegates to oppose him at the Democratic convention.
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Wilson on Chicago platform prussian method and reform
Washington President Wilson criticizes the Chicago platform as Prussian in inspiration arguing for different quotes and methods while noting shifts in national politics and a sweeping list of actions from water power bills to military vehicle allocations, anti profiteer drives, and a front porch campaign plan.
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Global war updates and regional incidents from 1920 era report
London reports indicate a plan to close Irish railways if workers refuse to move troops and munitions. A Santiago fire destroyed the Santiago Electric Light Plant causing about 1.2 million dollars in losses. Italy Spain grant De la Huerta recognition. Britain expected to follow. Bolshevik advances near the Polish front with gains elsewhere. League of Nations face criticism over Persia defense delay. French war dead total 1,362,872 with 361,000 unknown. Kyoto World Exposition plans under discussion. Djemal Pasha arrives in Moscow to discuss mutual interests. Jusserand to resume ambassadorship in Washington. Turkish situation under study by Paris chamber committee. One man killed two injured 48 freight cars burned near Edensburg Washington after a runaway train. Camp followers killed under Francisco Villa orders, per Democrata quoting Trocha. Chiangsha, capital of Hunan province, reportedly occupied by southern China republic troops. northern forces retreat toward Ward Yuchow.
Reverend W. W. Page, Lees former staff member, dead
Personal Rev W W Page the last living member of Gen Robert E Lees staff and rector of St Pauls church Cornwall NY has died in New York at age eighty Also noted is Mrs Ella Eaton Kellogg writer on child welfare and domestic science who died at Battle Creek Michigan after a long illness She was wife of Dr John KR Kellogg
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Forged Check Scams Halted by Inspector and Team
More than 850 forgery cases involving government pay checks were thwarted in the past year by Louis Albert Ill and his investigative squad using keen scrutiny, alarms, and standard procedures to identify counterfeit documents and prevent losses.
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Iowa State News Roundup Highlights 1920 Iowa Items
A compilation of Iowa news items covering accidents, education, fairs, intrastate rates, farm crops, and new enterprises. Highlights include a storm lake car overturn injury, a fatal elderly resident of Clear Lake, a bank safe robbery near Davenport, Des Moines bid for the 1921 NEA convention, wireless teaching at Lamoni, 1920 Iowa State Fair entry deadlines, Floyd county 4th of July celebration, intrastate rate postponement to July 27, drought damage to oats, Iowa University athletics finances, rural pastor summer school at Iowa State College, Lee county strawberry crop labor shortages, and a new powdered milk factory planned for Waukon.
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