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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
1
Delegates endured nearly ten hours of heat and fatigue in Chicago as four ballots failed to yield a nominating majority. Wood and Lowden led with Johnson in a tight three way race while La Follette and others faded. adjournment set for tomorrow morning.
The convention pressed on without pause for breaks and heard nominating and seconding speeches for eleven candidates before starting the ballot. Votes were cast for the eleven and several others as the process continued.
Charleston June 11 hearing set for July 13 on Raccoon Gas Company request to raise rates in Salem West Virginia. The filing asks for 75000 to drill and develop new wells and expand gas production.
General Rodolfo Herrero admits he lacked direct evidence that Carranza killed himself, saying an officer told him so. A clash with General Francisco Murquia occurred as Murquia denied offering Herrero money. Herrero said Orbesto Herrero, his cousin, gave him the pistol used in the alleged suicide. He testified loyalty to Carranza but said forces attacked to learn escort strength. Carranza's forces moved to capture him but fired, blocking capture.
Sir Thomas Lipton arrived in New York aboard the Celtic saying he is confident Shamrock IV outperforms American rivals Vanitie and Resolute and will lift the America's Cup for England.
Judge Jeter C. Pritchard set aside the judgment against L. Levinson president of Welch Clothing Co. for Lever Act violations. Original sentence at Huntington included a $1,000 fine and eight months in Mingo county jail. A substitute judgment increases the fine to $1,500 with no jail term. Motion allowed to transfer indictment of Anderson-Newcomb Co. to Huntington term for Lever Act violation.
Ed Snyder was found guilty of complicity in the November 16 1917 Glen White mine shooting in Raleigh County. Judge Summers H Sharp sentenced him to five years in the penitentiary and remanded him to jail. The trial in Pocahontas County drew over 100 witnesses and prominent legal talent.
Senator Harding declared he remains a presidential candidate despite Ohio primary filings. After talks with leaders and rivals’ supporters, he said the fight is here and he is not withdrawing, praising the national outlook.
In Montreal the American Federation of Labor prepared to offer labor support to the Democratic Party in exchange for adopting labor platform demands. Samuel Gompers and leaders indicated drastic action against Republicans was possible. Some delegates favored forming a labor party, while others urged maintaining a nonpartisan program. Concerns over Irish question and Canadian delegates’ positions were noted as the convention debated strategy.
The handcuffed body taken from the Ohio river at Yorkville Ohio was identified by relatives as Stephen Galciek a thirty five year old Pittsburg floral decorator missing since January Exhumed at Ragland cemetery by order of Coroner T H Kirk and identified by clothing Detective Robert Burls George Galciek and other relatives Insurrection Proclamation Withdrawn Pristol Florida June 11 Governor Beeckman proclamation of insurrection in Pristol withdrawn Riots over wages at the National India Rubber Company plant Col Luke H Callana named chief of police and placed in charge
Constable Carroll was shot dead today by armed men in Limerick. He is the fiftieth police victim since January 21 last. A mail train was held up near Killarney and the mail bags seized.
A fire in Bentleyville Pa on June 11 swept an area roughly a city block and threatened to destroy the town. The loss is estimated at $125,000 with flames quickly tackled by local crews.
In Wheeling West Virginia on June 11 Joe Cooke owner of a Harpersville Ohio pool room was killed when three men entered the shop early today. Frank Di Pinti, wounded in the same incident, died at Martins Ferry hospital at 4 pm. Di Pinti was in the assailants party, details from Town Marshal Oliver at Dillonvale.
Senator Warren G. Harding filed his candidacy for the Republican senatorial nomination in Columbus Ohio just before the midnight deadline. George B. Harrin of Cleveland delivered the papers from Chicago as the August primary deadline closed. In Geneva Carrie Chapman Catt was unanimously reelected president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance at the congress session, agreeing to continue despite earlier retirement comments.
Buenos Aires reports that on June 11 the United States government purchased 14 400 tons of Argentine sugar, amid trade activity between the nations.
Idaho Senator Borah told a Chicago audience he will not support Lowden or Wood. He urged nominating Miram Johnson and stated the Republican issue would be corruption of the electorate if either leading candidate were chosen. He pledged to back any clean man and criticized personal bids against Wood.
At midnight convention leaders from Harding, Wood, Lowden, and Johnson massed in hotels negotiating over a likely dark horse or Lowden victory. Conferees from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and others weighed alliances, with Knox and Coolidge linked to possible trades. Harding voiced cautious optimism as delegates jockeyed to swing states and blocs toward a nominating majority.
After midnight talks, Johnson rules out deals with Wood or Lowden. Delegates split on nominees as discussions focus on a dark horse list. Several names including Harding, Knox, Hughes, and Coolidge are seen as potential qualifications, with no clear agreement possible before morning.
More than 1,000 delegates from central bodies locals and citizen groups support Samuel E. B. Montgomery for governor as an emergency constitutional convention is called to address perceived constitutional enforcement failures. The convention may back a mixed party ticket with Republicans Democrats and others.
Federal officers in north Texas issued a warning to be on the lookout for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Philadelphia millionaire and draft evader, after a man matching his description was seen near Dennison last night.
Philadelphia report says seven of the Eagle boat 25 crew remain unaccounted for after a Delaware River squall capsized the vessel. Navy officials fear the fate of the missing may be learned only tomorrow as rescue efforts continue and others were rescued by boats and steamer crews.
In Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Albert K Raymond, a taxi owner, shot and killed his wife at a summer home near Wharton while their twelve children watched in terror. He then killed himself, hours after a prior assault charge against him by Mrs Raymond. The children did not summon help, and the bodies were found after the gunfire stopped.
In Dublin on June 11 the completed county council results show Sinn Fein winning 526 of 699 seats as a distinct party. Pacts with Labor in Deinster Munster and Connaught and with Nationalists in Ulster helped Sinn Fein surpass initial expectations, while combined Sinn Fein Labor Nationalist totals reached 590 seats.
Judge Joseph M. Sanders of Bluefield nominates Howard Sutherland of West Virginia, praising the state as rich in wealth and big men. He argues West Virginia is a dependable Republican state with resources to lead in national crisis, endorsing equal suffrage and a firm stance against wartime overreach.
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