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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
1
The Senate votes 52 to 23 to decline Congress authority for the Armenian mandate. Republicans dominate, with 13 Democrats joining to oppose the measure. the resolution moves to the House for expected approval. Debate cites peace treaty timing and administrative caution.
Three masked bandits stopped a driver in charge of a fleet of new auto trucks in Cleveland. They robbed him of 1500 dollars meant to cover caravan expenses as the trucks headed to an Eastern city.
In downtown Cleveland a girl was seized by two men and forced into a car as bystanders looked on. Police traced none of the kidnapper vehicle by noon. Reports say a gang has operated here for months abducting young women with some returned and others abandoned or missing.
Elihu Root sails from New York on the Nieuw Amsterdam to England to attend the first meeting of the Organizing Committee for the permanent court of international justice. He travels with Mrs. Root and son James Brown Scott, and two international law experts. The group plans to resume efforts to arbitrate disputes among Great Britain France Spain and Portugal stemming from the Portugal church-property seizures during the revolution.
In Chicago on June 1 big price increases hit the corn market. July delivery led with a rise to 1.73 percent, a 74 percent gain from Saturday's close. Supplies from the country were slow to arrive, causing buyer anxiety and a scarcity of sellers.
A man calling himself Clarence Murphy of Kansas City fired two pistols in the Southern Hotel dining room and lobby, wounding a detective slightly. Several bullets narrowly missed guests, and authorities deem the suspect demented.
Washington June 1 The Federal Trade Commission reports that recent gasoline price increases are due mainly to strong demand and stressed supply rather than restraint of trade. Oil production and imports are improving, but FTC cannot determine if refined price rises are disproportionate to crude costs or assess current year profits. 1919 profits of large oil firms were noted as large.
In Columbus on June 1 Dr. Gillette Hayden says if Delaware does not ratify the federal woman suffrage amendment by Wednesday evening a National Woman's party delegation will protest in Chicago. A line of women with banners will picket the Republican convention hall to demand Delaware join the 36th state.
Washington notes report $40,000 in Lowden campaign funds sent to Missouri for the convention drive. Delegates Nat Goldstein and Robert Moore testified they received $2,500 each, with funds held in banks. J. L. Babler and E. L. Morse described dispersal to district workers. Alger disclosed personal Wood campaign expenditures exceeding $70,000 in Michigan.
New York reports a Troy New York collar maker cut wholesale prices to 25 cents each to aid retailers nationwide. The firm cites lower material costs and no wage or overhead cuts, noting it was first to raise prices as costs rose and first to reduce them.
A Paris cablegram from July 23, 1919, by Herbert Hoover to Julius H. Barnes for President Wilson, urging immediate action on sugar policies. Representative Tinkham read it, accusing Wilson of bearing responsibility for high sugar prices and urging rationing nonessential use to avert beet harvest and Cuba policy issues. Hoover warned Congress must act on appropriations and control measures. an early end to Sugar Equalization Board control was proposed.
Philadelphia report states Mrs Mary Frances Dunlop 36 shot J Leroy Eichelberger 30 in bed with his wife and infant then returned home and killed her eleven year old daughter and herself. Coroner’s inquest finds motive jealousy and alleged insanity.
Federal Judge Mack set bail at 25000 for William M. Wood president of the American Woolen Companies of New York and Massachusetts indicted with the corporations under the Lever act for profiteering. Charles E. Hughes argued to quash the indictments claiming cloth sales are not a crime under the act. Argu ment postponed. Wood not arraigned and remained out on bail guarded by his counsel.
John M. Morin of Pittsburg launches a move to back Brigadier General William Atterbury as a dark horse Republican presidential candidate at Chicago. Morin says Atterbury would attract businessmen mechanics and soldiers.
Miss Grace Hampton of Santa Barbara and Rogert B. Thompson of San Francisco, son of University of Ohio president W. O. Thompson, were killed when their automobile hit a stone bridge near Carpinteria. Two other passengers were injured as the wreckage burned.
John Morich, 37, of Steubenville is critically wounded after being shot five times through the stomach at a Serbian celebration in Weirton, West Virginia. The gunman fled the scene.
The Republican National Committee calls states to ratify the federal suffrage amendment. A Supreme Court ruling halts the Ohio referendum on both prohibition and suffrage, deeming the state actions valid and the related ballots ineffective. No fall vote on the Ohio suffrage measure is anticipated.
The Supreme Court held federal constitutional amendments cannot be voted on by states with referendum provisions. Ohio's constitution and state court rulings on prohibition and woman suffrage amendments were invalidated. The decision prevents reopening suffrage debates in about a dozen states.
NEW YORK June 1 Election of a President every two years elimination of secret diplomacy and broadening treaty powers were urged by John Bassett Moore former Counselor of the State Department at Columbia University He urged cabinet members to Senate and House to discuss policy and even the President to be subject to interrogation by Congress in his Phi Beta Kappa oration on Executive Responsibilities and Irresponsibilities He argued framers did not intend the President to be a party leader and criticized the anomaly of a minority head appointing top offices and vetoing laws while steering foreign policy.
Chicago June 1 railroad cost of living is descending Whiter told unions to consider this when demanding higher pay He rebutted claims of low wages and budget deficits citing differing tastes and said extreme cases misrepresent typical costs Jewell had urged a 2500 annual minimum for common labor Doak had testified about a Montana brakeman budget deficit Whiter argued average expenses should be lower as living costs fall
In Washington on June 1 the Senate and House erupted as women sympathizers for Irish freedom disrupted sessions. A gallery heckler challenged members in the Senate during a Brandegee speech on Armenia and another shouted in the House, prompting guards to eject the demonstrators amid crowded galleries. Daniel T. O Connell of Friends of Irish Freedom condemned the actions as unauthorized.
The House adopted a resolution for adjournment this Saturday at 4 pm and sent it to the Senate. A speed up program to clear legislation was also adopted as leaders expected a similar move in the Senate. Mondell claimed Congress would be done with major business by Saturday.
A party of fifty armed men raided the Regis try of Deeds in Dublin, surprising twelve soldiers guarding a public building. The raiders forced the guards to surrender rifles and equipment and held the building for a time, taking ammunition and two machine guns.
Paris June 1 Ambassador Wallace signed the aerial convention and protocol under Wilson orders with limited reservations. The United States reserves overflight rights for private aircraft in restricted areas while allies already signed the convention last October and extended by protocol to June 1.
Chicago June 1 The Republican National Committee unanimously urged states that have not ratified the women suffrage amendment to act. The panel also denied Lanbit’s rehearing and refused to reopen Emile Kunz’s seating from Louisiana. Georgia and Florida contests dominated hours of testimony and subcommittees, with Wood and Lowden factions at stake.
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