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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
1
Delegates at the Coliseum Chicago begin the Republican National Convention seeking their presidential nominee. The opening session features prayers, a memorial for Theodore Roosevelt, and the initial push to record nominations as delegates mingle and cheer General Wood’s candidacy.
Seventy three students graduated in Athens high school's sixty fourth annual commencement at First Methodist Church. Superintendent Morgan delivered the address on aims of education and urged character, health, and service as foundations for American citizens. diplomas were presented by Principal Russell H. Rupp.
Watkins Mabel D Wagner William H Witt Florence M West Mary White are listed among recent community notices. The brief item identifies individuals connected to a local public record and does not specify actions or dates.
Marysville reports the death of Gladys Coder age year old after a bite on the car from another child weeks earlier led to blood poisoning. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Coder.
Observers expect the Republican platform adopted at the convention in the East to challenge Democrats at San Francisco. Democrats will defend labor ties and rail act guarantees while denouncing GOP business influence and Federal Reserve policy. The cost of living and League of Nations stance will shape the exchange with the nominee’s character a key factor.
Ottawa reports the budget act considers taxing Canadian incomes of U.S. citizens resident part time. Officials argue earnings of a part time resident should be taxed.
Vera Cruz on June 11 reports a rival U S destroyer Harding delivering physicians nurses and medical supplies to curb bubonic plague which has claimed many victims. City authorities begin first effective controls with strong guards at roads and torn up railway lines to prevent exits.
Far attacks Dublin dispatch reports military authorities in Dungannon Tyrone have asked the government to send more troops to guard the town against anticipated Sinn Fein assaults. The note says large numbers of men are nearby with sizable ammunition stockpiles.
Chicago June 11 Republican delegates prepared for real business at the Coliseum nominating speeches likely to finish by evening. Officials listed candidates including Lowden Harding Poindexter Coolidge Butler Sutherland Wood Johnson and Spur to be nominated. Hoover backers debated if Hoover would be formally placed in nomination as police prepared to control gallery crowds.
The American Federation of Labor announces a plan to organize 2,000,000 stenographers and office workers nationwide. The Executive Council will direct the drive with aims to form an autonomous international union after local unions reach 10,000 members. About fifty local unions exist now, with roughly 2,000 stenographers.
Bruce Barton reports from Chicago on delegate ballots for the Republican convention. He predicts Wood on the third ballot Lowden on the fifth Coolidge or Sproul on the sixth Poindexter on the ninth and Cullner on the twelfth, noting one un enrolled delegate may decide fate. He cites historical misfires as cautionary parallels and calls the unpledged at-large delegate pivotal.
Tickets available free from Prof. Martzolff Prof. Cooper and Dean Voigt. Reserved free at Cline’s Monday morning. Citizens and students entering Commencement guests are entitled to these tickets.
All men in Company L will report at the Armory this evening to sign pay. Capt. J. P. Stinchcomb gives a social at Luhrig schoolhouse Saturday night June 12. Everybody invited.
An old classified ad promotes taxis operating from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a pickup at the court house station and a phone contact for calls.
Washington June 11. Bids for the Leviathan the best ship in the American merchant marine will be opened June 30 by the Shipping Board. The announcement sets the stage for a decisive action affecting the fleet and national maritime assets.
Montreal June 11 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor condemns the labor plank adopted by the Republican national convention. He says the plank contradicts labor demands and notes the section backing settlement of strikes in public utilities by boards like the Esch Cummins act.
Chicago June 11 United Press reports the Republican convention faces a fractured field with no single faction able to name a nominee. Old guard balance seeks support while rivals press coalitions and tentative advances falter as voting approaches.
Ralph Lee Arick led the program with a talk on Our Debt to Society stressing education as responsibility. Goldie May Tippies recited Mark Antony and Maude Lee Dorsey urged youth to seize open doors of opportunity amid today’s changing world. The audience enjoyed songs by David Skidmore Leroy Skidmore and Albert Hines before Dr. W Cookson delivered the class address on heredity and environment.
Paris reports that in a campaign to ease shortages, over 2,000,000 yards of cloth for clothing may be released to produce 700,000 men's suits at minimal cost. The effort, backed by manufacturers and unions, aims to lower prices in Paris.
Rome reports King Emanuel has asked former premier Giolitti to form a new cabinet. The move follows a request to stabilize the government amid political tension in Italy.
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