Dark Horse Eyes Chance at Chicago Convention
The opening of a great political gathering is described with loud, colorful scenes at candidate headquarters. Names like Wood, Hoover, Johnson, Tatt, Hughes, Knox, and Sproul rise amid noisy boosters and women in pink tea settings. Virginia editor Samuel Adams and Richmond lawyer Henry Anderson seek the vice presidency, while factions debate suffrage, party loyalty, and the path to a nominee over the next days of chaos. The scene blends spectacle, banners, and rival visions as the convention debates who leads and who follows.
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Idengo
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Poindexter
Lowden
Hughs
Johnson
Tatt
Hoover
Knox
Sproul
Hiram
California
Oc Mra
Roosevelt
Henry L. Stimson
General Wood
Fen
Enkes
Sarah Butler
Tengel
Potts
Samuel Adams
Virginia
American Fruit
Grover
Henry W. Anderson
Richmond
Adama
Massachusetts
South
Anderson
Senate
Adams
Michigan
Wirtbash
Coliseum
Soi
Major Thompson
Calcago
Landslide Buries Village in Ecuador Near Chunboraze
A landslide near Achaupaysa, Guiyaquil province, Ecuador, on June 8 buried part of the village and affected nearby Chunboraze. Authorities report damage to structures and potential casualties as rescue crews assess the scene and coordinate aid.
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Guiyaquil
Ecuador
Achaupaysa
Chunboraze
Republican National Convention Schedule at Coliseum
The convention opens at 11 p m with Will Hays of Indiana as chair. Rev John Timothy Stone delivering prayer. Henry Cabot Lodge elected temporary chairman with other officers and committees named for credentials permanent organization rules and business. Wednesday proceeds with reports on credentials and permanent organization and the platform and ticket selections.
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Charley E. Woodwork
John Timothy Stone
Chicago
Charles B. Miller
Minnesota
Hays
United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Railroads to Receive $125 Million Loan Package
The Interstate Commerce Commission announced an immediate $124,000,000 loan from a $300,000,000 revolving fund to railroads for purchasing new rolling stock. The plan, under the Cunmins-Eschact act, aims to support $125,000,000 in loans: $75,000,000 for freight cars and $50,000,000 for locomotives.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
Pershing Announces Army Retirement Within Months
General John J. Pershing will retire from active duty in the army within the next few months. A letter to Secretary of War Baker publicized the move, and Baker expects to thank Pershing for his distinguished service and to note no objection to later reserve duty. Rumors link the step to a possible bid for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Jimes
John J. Pershing
Arway
War Baker
Baker
War Department
General Pershing
Allied Claims Against U S Totals Near Nine Hundred Million
Washington reports final settlement of claims by allied and associated powers against the United States amounts to 898,716,098 with surplus war materials and stocks overseas valued at 822,923,035. The War Department liquidation commission notes Germany's reparations bond obligation of about 500,000,000 will cover the first twenty months of Rhineland occupation under the Versailles treaty.
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Washington
United States
Associated and
Allied Powers
War Department Lquidation Commission
Dretary Baker
Germany i
Rhineland
Rest for pope is ordered in Rome during illness
Pope Benedict is treated in Rome after suffering rheumatism following beatification ceremonies for 22 African martyrs in Uganda under King Mwanga. He rested well overnight while a massage on the right arm aimed to relieve pain and restore function.
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Benedict Ty
Uganda
Mwanga
Opened GOP Convention in Chicago June 8 1920
National Chairman Will Hays opened the Republican National Convention at the Chicago Convention Hall. Henry Cabot Lodge was elected temporary chairman and delivered the keynote. Johnson, Wood, and Lowden dominated initial talks as committees were named and mass Johnson rallies drew packed crowds.
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Johnson
Immental Stege
Gompers Opens Meet at Montreal Convention
Report of the American Federation of Labor executive council assails profiteering Bolshevism and food control law in Montreal June 3 meeting. Gompers plans Chicago testimony on political reform. Denounces compulsory labor strikes and Kansas court of industrial relations. Blames high living costs on profiteers and government actions. Criticizes United States Steel and Boston authorities over labor disputes. Wilson era conferences deemed failures as employers block resolutions on collective bargaining.
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Que
United States
American Congress
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Chicago
Lastaight
Republican Oational Resolutions Committee
Labor
Gompera
Cumming Rutt Road
Council
Court of Industrial Relations
Department of Justice
United States Steel Corporation
Boston
Wilson
League Baseball Results from Monday
American League games show Chisago 19 Detroit 3 and New York 3 Philadelphia 1 6. National League Brooklyn 4 New York 2. Other games were scheduled.
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Chisago
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Slays Son, 3, as Burglar
James Finney a coal miner killed his three year old son Lester in Marion June 8 after the boy woke for water. The coroner jury ruled the death accidental in a tragic home incident.
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Marion, T
James Finney
Lester
British Flag Burning Incident Regret Communicated Quietly
Secretary of State Caley informed Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador that the United States regrets the burning of the British flag in front of the treasury building last week. The incident involved Irish women sympathizers and was reported from Washington on June 8.
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Colby
Washington
Supreme Court Rules Dry Laws Upheld in Prohibition Case
The Supreme Court unanimously sustains the federal prohibition amendment and enforcement act as constitutional. Justices Van Devanter White McKenna McReynolds and Clark issue opinions. Rhode Island and New Jersey petitions are denied. injunctions against enforcement are dissolved. the ruling clarifies that federal prohibition applies across the United States and that concurrent enforcement by Congress and states is permissible.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Congress
van Devanter
White
Justces McKenna
McReynolds and
Clark
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Manitewse Products Company
Wisconsin
Cavh
United States
Territorial Assembly
Vandals Desecrate Cemetery Mausoleum in Weimar
Vandal desecrated the grand ducal vault in the Weimar cemetery injuring the tombs of noted German poets Schiller and Goethe. After damaging the mausoleum the vandals stole gold and silver wreaths from the coffins.
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Weimar
Schiffer
Goethe
Yanaions
A Letter for Women Garnett Kansas
A Kansas reader from Garnett shares how Lydia E Finkham's vegetable compound restored her strength after severe nerve and female troubles. She describes illness leaving her unable to work or stand, finding relief after initial doses, continuing until she recovered fully and later welcoming childbirth without recurrence.
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