Cummings Leads Democratic Convention Opening Fight
Temporary Chairman Hunter S Cummings opened the Democratic convention in San Francisco with a lengthy keynote, a fist fight erupted as delegates clashed over state standards and procession roles. Roosevelt and Laon struggled over emblems while Cummings outlined party unity and a League of Nations stance, praising Wilson and criticizing Republican war investigations.
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Ohio
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Twenty-sixth
New York
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Wilson For Hie Leadership of the Nation To Victory. ’ Fie
Republican Congress
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Republican Platform Critique and League of Nations Debate
The excerpt attacks the Republican platform as reactionary and self serving, praising Democratic achievements like the federal reserve act and war legislation under Wilson. It asserts Democratic leadership, condemns GOP provincialism and militarism, and urges joining the League of Nations to stand with civilization. The contrast highlights partisan fault lines and calls for continued Democratic support of international cooperation.
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Democratic
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Woatrow ‘Wilson
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Women in the convention push for female vice presidential pick
Delegates debate wet or dry law state control while New Yorkers resist Cos abandonment. Ohioan backs the law as a national issue. Elizabeth Marbury, Mrs Olsen, and Mrs Adams are floated as possible female candidates. Women pickets advocate Ireland, Soviet Russia and political prisoners, disrupting the convention with loud appeals.
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Cosby
Ohioan
New York
Norman Mack
Elizabeth Marbury
Peter Olsen
Minnesota
Annette Adams
Milly
Ireland
Soviet
Russia
Politi Qn
Baptists Declare For Pact And Prohibition
The Northern Baptist convention urged President Wilson and the Senate to ratify Versailles with suitable reservations at the earliest moment and pledged support for strict enforcement of federal prohibition laws. The dry resolution rejects supporting any political group or platform that would weaken enforcement.
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Buffalo
Northern Baptist Convention
Wilson
Senate
Greeks land at Panderma amid Turkish nationalist threat
London dispatch reports Greeks have landed a force at Panderma on the Sea of Marmora's south coast to move south against Mustafa Kemal Pasha's national forces near Smyrna. Lloyd George said Britain gave no obligation of aid and that the national army is recognized as a combatant army under the laws of war.
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London
Panderma
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
Ths
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Ware
Siege Declared as Hamburg Plunder Reaches City
Central News dispatch reports Hamburg in a state of siege after widespread looting and food shortages. Dozens arrested as looters and prisoners Wend and Wend are tied to the unrest. Multiple shops damaged or plundered across the city, with casualties and 60 wounded noted in the immediate aftermath.
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Hamburg
Lo Jon
Inne
Bertin
Peranny
Reds Active in Italian Cities Riots and Strikes Reported
Disordered scenes erupt across Italy as unrest challenges social order. Red flags fly above Cadore and other towns. telegraph lines cut, aqueducts damaged, and barricades rise. Carabinieri disperse rioters in Bribasso. deaths and injuries reported amid clashes around labor bureaus and in Pisa and Ancona.
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Rome
Italy
Apnent
Impresson
Ac Cadore
Venetia
Lozzo
Caba Jazo
Domegge
Bribasso
Roncole
Pinmbino
Alops
Iabor
Ancona
Pisa
Che
Uquor
Wiesela
Socialiste
Popularists
Mtezzato
One Million Dollar Fire Destroys Chicago Freight Yard
A massive blaze swept the Chicago Burlington and Quincy freight transfer yards at Twenty fifth street and Central avenue. Thousands of pounds of flour vegetables and other goods were destroyed. The Burlington freight transfer house and its vast stock including 187 boxcars and many loaded gondolas were total losses.
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Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Twenty-fifth’ Street
Central Avenue
Burlington
Middle West
Italians Surrender Fort in Albania Conflict
June 20 dispatch reports the fortress of Depelent near Durago, Albania, surrendering to Albanian insurgents who are blocking Aviona. The article notes the fort’s fall to insurgent forces and mentions Greek context as part of the regional struggle.
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Tepelent
Aviona
Defends Peace Pact in West Coast Speech
In San Francisco on June 29 Chairman Cummings defended President Wilson and the League of Nations pact. He cited drafts, amendments by Taft and Hughes, and Lodge’s blocking tactics. He labeled the delay a total betrayal of civil rights and ended with the line that the last chapter was written in Chicago.
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San Francisco
Carter Glass
Virginia
Lanegne
Duvett
Masesachusetts
Nile
Wilson
Cummings
Paria
League of Nations
Friends of
Cubourt
Tott
Rost
Hughes
Committee of Foreign Relations
White House
Paris
Doctor Lowell
Harvard University
Seniator Lodge
Taft
Lodge
Senate
Clicnga
Baseball Standings and Scores From The National League
National League results list Chicago and Pittsburgh with 24 to 4 scores, Cincinnati 7 and St Louis 4, New York 18 over Philadelphia, Rogton 3, and Brooklyn and others. American League shows Chicago 12 over Detroit and Philadelphia, Cleveland 7, St Louis 8, Boston and New York not scheduled.
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Monnay
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
St Eve
Rogton
Brooklyn
New York
Philadelphia
Detroit
Aitnston
Cleveland
Louis
Boston
Washington
Osteopathic doctors convene at national meeting in Chicago
About 2,500 osteopathic physicians from across America and several international members gather in Chicago for the twenty fourth annual convention of the American Osteopathic Association. The event showcases exchanges among professionals and ongoing medical discussions.
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Chicago
Amexico
American Osteopathic Association
Pay Roll Robbery Parallels Cashier's Loss in Chicago
Five armed men held up Lewla Daravicc, cashier for the Chicago White Lead and L Company, at 2453 Western Avenue. They took roughly 1,600 dollars from the 1,800 pay roll as he alighted from a car, in a brazen daytime heist.
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Chicago
Jane
Mey
Lewla Daravicc
L!company
Western Avenue
Riots in Fermoy and Dublin Prompt Civil Unrests
Riot activity in Fermoy County Cork leads to property damage as rioters try to burn houses amid sailors' anger over a brigadier general’s assault. In Limerick a railway hotel is attacked with two bombs, while Dublin councils push measures to avert famine as rail disruption worsens.
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Fermoy
County Cork
Ireland
Genval Lucas
Limerick
Dubin
Tune
Dublin
MacDonagh
Plan 500 Booze License Aimed at Chicago Druggists
Chicago revenues committee proposes a 500 dollar license for druggists to sell whisky in pint flasks. The plan, backed by representatives of druggists associations, replaces an earlier proposal for a free license with a five dollar tax on liquor sold for medicinal purposes.
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Chicago
Council
Suffrage Up in Tennessee
Newsville reports the Tennessee legislature will meet on August 5 to consider the federal suffrage amendment per capi tal briefing. Also notes the passing of Judge Robert M. Montgomery, longtime U S Court of Customs Appeals member and former state supreme court justice, at age 71 in Grand Rapids Michigan from heart trouble. Authorities in Begatmont Texas launch an extensive extermination campaign after a second suspected case of Laboure plaque is discovered.
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Newsville
Tenn. Ione
A. M. Montgomery
Grand Rapids, Mich
Tobert M. Montgomery
United States Court of Customs Appeal
O. Justice
State Supreme Court
Begatmont
Tex
Hedwinont
Jones
Market quotes cover many grains and livestock prices
The report lists wholesale prices across commodities including rye, wheat, butter, eggs, canned poultry, potatoes, cattle, hogs, sheep, and lambs. It notes varied grades and pack sizes, with premiums for creamery butter and distinctions among prime steers, feeder cattle, and yearlings.
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Alimathy
Prisoners of War Lost on Aussie Ship Report
Stockholm confirms a disaster claim that British Austrian German and Finnish POWs were lost when a ship sank. Reuters notes 2,000 prisoners repatriated, with conflicting reports about a June 4 sinking and June 29 casualty totals. The piece also critiques Soviet propaganda surrounding English labor delegates visiting Moscow.
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Stockholm
Reda
Lonitoa
Nera Riyeg
Helsingfors
Central News
Reuters
Sunl
Moscow
Martinski
Alexandrovski
Tcherkens
Waa
Nikolaievak
World record parachute jump from twenty thousand feet
In Dayton Ohio on June 20 Sergeant Botterill United States air service leaped from a plane after a parachute wind opened. He was jerked from the aircraft and struck the rudder, breaking an arm and tearing away the rudder as the wind carried him away for pulses before he descended about four miles to the ground. His injuries are reported as Rotsertows.
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Dayton
Botterill
United States
Jim
Rotterill
Rotter
City Laborers Strike Over Wage Proposal
Chicago June 20 four hundred sixty laborers in the water pipe extension bureau of the city department of public works strike for a two day wage. They earn 5 60 a day and were recommended for an increase to 8 80 by the council finance committee but refused to accept.
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Chicago
City Department of Publie Works
Council Finance
Bangits Rob Piggly Wiggly For $1200 Haul
Two banuits matching hold up descriptions raided the Piggly Wiggly store at 1122 Wilson Avenue. They forced manager Paul Neuigen into a back room and robbed the cash register of $1,200.
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Chicago
Jane
Paul Neuigen
Pulpit Ruined in Perkins Grove Lutheran Church Row
County officials report disarray following a clash among Perkins Grove Lutheran members near Dixon Texas. The night incident saw members breaking into the church building and using axes to damage pews pulpit and decor, amid broader discord and warnings of further action.
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