Bora Plans Convention Fight Over League and Mexico
At Chicago the Republican platform battle shifts to the League of Nations and Mexican policy. Sen Borah and mild reservationists push a constructive course while anti treaty factions threaten flow to be set by the Resolutions Committee with leaders predicting eventual agreement.
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Chicago
League of Nations
Mexico
Rio Grande
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Johnson
Ogden Mills
Executive Committee
Resolutions Committee
George Washington
James Monroe
Plank
Senator Lodge
Fall of
New Mexico
Mexico City
Wilson
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Henry Lane Wilson
Indiana
Will H. Hays
C. S. Barrett
National Board of Farm Options
Gifford Pinchot
Sen
Be Ceower
Kansas
Polite but im pressive picketing planned at Republican National Convention
Chicago June 6. Polite but impressive picketing of the Republican National Convention was decided upon today by National Woman's party leaders led by Alice Paul. Over 100 women from 22 states will hold banners outside the Coliseum while others work at state headquarters to press Governors of Connecticut and Vermont to call special sessions for ratifying the suffrage amendment.
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Chicago
National Woman's Party
Alice Paul
Miss Paul
Connecticut
Vermont
Suffrage
Wabash Avenue
Coliseum
Olympia Brown
Wisconsin
Anna Kendall
Alabama
Republican Party
Delaware
Congress
James Kenyon Rector
Columbus
Elsie Hill
Norwalk
Conn
Ebenezer Hill
White House
Gladys Greiner
Nina Samoradin
Yrtle Kane
Mary O'Reilly
Gillette Hayden
Garrity
Lola Maverick Lloyd
Illinois
Abby Scott Baker
Doris Stevens
New York
Lawrence Lewis
Philadelphia
Clement
Holcomb
Drowning Tragedy After River Skiff Capsizes By Barges
John Sizemore age 18 of 410 Lock street is believed drowned when a skiff with Lucien and Leonard Hunter and another boy capsized near coal barges on the Ohio River. The other boys escaped. Sizemore's body not recovered. crowd of 5000 watched as salvage efforts continued.
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Ohio River
John Sizemore
Lock Street
T. J. Hall Company
Lawrence Street
Lucien
Leonard Hunter
East Pearl Street
John
Sizemore
W. H. Hunter
River Inc
National Biscuit Company
William Hall
Water Works
Eastern Avenue
Frank Sauter
Harry Lind
Second District
Steven Osgood
Third Street
Hunter Home
Edward O'Malley
Thirteenth and Broadway
F Ufth
Lowden Cash in Missouri A Weapon for His Rivals
The piece analyzes Frank Lowden’s bid for the Republican nomination with Hiram Johnson holding veto power. It outlines Johnson’s potential floor fight over the league and reservations, Missouri exposure risks, and the strategy to push ballots to ten to test strength among Lowden, Wood, and Johnson while dark horse rivals loom as alternatives.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Jame
Frank Lowden
Ilinois
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Missouri
William Hale Thompson
Illinois
Lowden
Borah
Idaho
New
Old Guard
Wood
Hoover
Hughes
Taft
Lenroot
Allen
Sproul
Treaty of Peace
League of Nations
Lowdon
Wilson
United States
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Harding disavows attempt to dictate at convention
Senator Harding of Ohio arrives to take charge of his forces and says modern methods show candidates at this convention. He rejects dictating or dramatic appeals inside or outside the convention and warns against fitting a platform to a nominee. He notes the preference vote in Ohio as a call to service.
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Chicago
Harding
Ohio
Egypt
India
China
Ireland
League For Peace
Three Hold-Ups by Negro in West End in Forty-Five Minutes
Three robberies occurred within forty five minutes in the West End yesterday by a well dressed negro. Victims Marion Powell, Charles W. Schwegman, and William Kunze lost watches and cash as a revolver was used. Powell was approached at Seventh and Cutter, Schwegman at Kenyon and Baymiller, Kunze at Sixth and Cutter. A second robber may have assisted.
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West End
Marion Powell
West Liberty Street
Seventh
Cutter Streets
Powell
Charles W. Schwegman
West Seventh Street
Kenyon
Baymiller Streets
Schwegman
William Kunze
Elm Street
Covington
Cutter
Mail plane nose dive claims one life in Cleveland
Neal C. Mantis of Maywood Illinois was killed and J. P. Harris of Chicago was seriously injured when a mail plane slid into a nose dive and fell 200 feet here. Harris was taken to a hospital. W. L. Smith of New York, who had just delivered mail from Bellefonte Pennsylvania in another plane, escaped with bruises.
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Cleveland, O
Neal C. Mantis
Maywood
Til
J. P. Harris
Chicago
Harris
W. L. Smith
New York
Bellefonte
Four Men Killed in Atlanta Police Raid
Four men died and nine were arrested after a police raid on a gambling house in Atlanta’s negro section. Detective Claude Jameson was shot four times, and three armed gamblers barricaded in a room were killed. One additional black man was wounded in the exchange.
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Atlanta
Claude Jameson
Five Die in Interurban Wreck Near Grand Rapids
Five people were killed and many injured when an interurban tram crashed at Andrews Crossing, ten miles west of Grand Rapids on the Holland line, late today, according to sheriff’s reports.
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Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, Mich
Andrews Crossing
National Neighbor Day Endorsed by Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons approves a National Neighbor Day to be held June 12 and issues a proclamation backing the effort. The move follows endorsements by governors of Ohio West Virginia Arkansas and Wyoming and aims to promote local community organization and reduce prejudice through practical acts of charity.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Franklin K. Lane
National Committee On Community Organization
Ohio
West Virginia
Arkansas
Wyoming
Motorcycle Crash Leaves Dana Injured at Mt Echo Park
Joseph Mitchell a 43 year old carpenter of 213 Magnolia street is dying at General Hospital from a fractured skull after his motorcycle struck a telephone pole on Elberon avenue near Mt Echo Park. Witnesses said he swerved at a sharp turn and was thrown over thirty feet. Police were summoned.
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Joseph Mitchell
Carpenter
Magnolia Street
General Hospital
Elberon Avenue
Mt. Echo Park
Mitchell
Rivalry intensifies for top posts at Republican convention
Chicago June 6 Rivalry grows over permanent Chairman and key committee heads at the Republican convention as states elect members. Leading contenders include Senator McCormick Illinois Beveridge Indiana Borah Idaho for permanent Chairmanship with Watson Indiana and Ogden Mills New York for Platform Committee. Smoot Utah is noted for Credentials leadership.
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Chicago
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Chalingenship
Senator McCormick
Illinois
Beveridge
Indiana
Borah
Idaho
Watson
Ogden L. Mills
New York
Hays
Smoot
Utah
Wisconsin Platform Triggers Possible Bolt At Convention
Chicago dispatch reports Senator LaFollette leading a Wisconsin platform bid at the Republican National Convention. If the resolutions committee rejects it, a minority report and substitute may be proposed. Officials note Hiram Johnson and Borah unlikely to bolt, while LaFollette’s stance remains uncertain.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
Badger
Resolutions Committee
LaFollette
Hiram Johnson
Senator Borah
Senator Johnson
League of Nations
Wisconsin Tion
Thompson Declines Re Election as National Committeeman
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson announces he will not seek re election as Republican National Committeeman. He cites danger of being party to buying the presidency and quotes concerns over campaign finance and public decency amid Senate probe. Continuation on second page.
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Thompson
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Illinois
United States
Europe
League of Nations
Teeman
United States Senate
Women Suffrage Talks Open at Geneva Congress
Miss Maud Royden delivered a bilingual sermon in Geneva Cathedral urging global solidarity to rebuild after war. Carrie Chapman Catt spoke at the opening night in Communal Hall praising wartime political freedom for women and noting Europe’s varied progress toward suffrage, with Germany leading in female political representation.
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Geneva
Associated Press
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Maud Royden
City
London
Miss Royden
Calvin
Knox
Lady Astor
House of Commons
Paris Express
Congress
Carrie Chapman Catt
American Woman Suffrage Association
Josephus Daniels
United States Navy
Johnson vows fight on treaty and league
Chicago June 6 Senator Johnson told reporters he would fight the treaty and the League of Nations. He reported North Carolina primary results, claimed heavy support in the state, and warned against GOP delegates defying party will. He dismissed questions on convention leadership and pledged aggressive action for his platform.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Johnson
North Carolina
Union
League of Nations
Senator Johnson
Senator Borah
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Convention Hall
Lawrence
David Lawrence
Dana
America
Romania
Turkey
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
German National Suffrage Association
Dresden
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