Gompers Heads AF of L Re-elected Amid Tensions
Samuel Gompers veteran leader of the American Federation of Labor is re-elected for the thirty-ninth time at Montreal. James Duncan of Seattle casts the sole negative vote while the union raises the president’s salary to 12000 a year. The convention backs government ownership of railroads and a drive to organize telephone workers, designates Labor Memorial Day, and keeps steel organizing HQ in Pittsburgh active.
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Montreal
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
George W. Perkins
Cigar Makers’ Union
James Duncan
Seattle
Federation
Wisden League
Committee On International Relations
United States Senate
League
Bell Telephone Company
National Steel Organizing
Pittsburgh
U National Committee
Harding Quits Senate Race
Washington report states Senator Warren G. Harding, Republican presidential nominee, will withdraw this week from the Ohio United States senate race. His senatorial petition was filed while Harding was in Chicago and before the Republican convention began. He cites no resigning of Tay and says he plans to serve his term while withdrawing his Ohio petition to run for the senate.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
United States
Ohio
Harding
Chicago
Tay
Senate
Housing shortfall calls for 160000 apartments in New York
A report from Edward P. Doyle, secretary of Mayor Hylan's housing conference committee, says New York must add at least 160000 apartments to relieve the current housing shortage. The proposed investment totals 660 million dollars. The plan targets rapid construction to ease the urban housing crisis.
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New York
Edward P. Doyle
Hylan
Pere Marquette Trains Crash in Chicago Yards
In Chicago yards a head on collision between the Pere Marquette Summer Special and a freight train killed conductor B. Bartuna and injured several others. Among the injured are H W Wolseley of St Joseph and Mrs Bessie Gelrich of Janesville. Clyde Anway and others suffered injuries. one child, Robert Gelrich, is critically hurt. The crash occurred at 501st Street and Indianapolis Avenue as the Summer Special, late for its first run, collided with the opposite direction freight.
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Chicago
Michigan City
Jnd
Clyde Anway
Grand Rapids
Mich
AFL Calls for Total Exclusion of Japanese Emigrants
In Montreal June 17 the American Federation of Labor urged Congress to cancel the gentlemen's agreement with Japan and to exclude Japanese and other Asiatic emigrants entirely from the United States. The federation also demanded exclusion of picture brides and instructed departments and international unions to cooperate and press the legislation.
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Montreal
Que
American Federation of Labor
Congress of the United States
Japan
Davis Named to Polk's Post in State Department
Washington announces Norman B. Davis of Tennessee has been appointed by President Wilson as under secretary of state, succeeding Frank L. Polk who resigns due to ill health. Davis, formerly assistant secretary of the treasury, will assume duties today and advised the American peace delegation at Paris.
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Washington
Norman B. Davis
Tennessee
Wilson
Frank L. Polk
Davis
the Treasury
State Department
Paris
Biden Compares Coolidge Response To Vice President Marshall
The Boston dispatch reports Vice President Marshall sending a condoling message to Gov Calvin Coolidge after his nomination by the Republican party. The tone shows commiseration rather than congratulations as the potential successor receives the gesture.
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Senda
Coolidge
Boston
United States
Marshall
Calvin Coolidge
Drive on Coal Profiteers Ordered by Attorney General
Washington June 18 The Attorney General Palmer ordered a campaign against coal profiteering. All federal district attorneys must pursue charges and seek indictments where investigations justify action.
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Washington
Palmer
Robbery Bound Victim Ends With Mutilation Near Excelsior Springs
George Underwood of Carrollton was forced into a motorcar by two armed men near Excelsior Springs Missouri. They robbed him of seventy dollars and bound him to railroad tracks with barbed wire. A passing train severed his left foot and hand. He freed his right side and was rescued by a farmer. No suspects found. Authorities note Underwood had sold two motorcars in Kansas City and may have carried the money.
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Excelsior
Springs
George Underwood
Carrollton
Excelsior Springs
Underwood
Kansas City
Wabash Station
Lowden fundraiser repays 2500 to backer in St Louis
Nat. Goldstein of St Louis testified before a senate committee on preconvention campaign spending. He admitted receiving 2500 to aid Governor Lowden’s presidential bid and said he planned to return it if Lowden failed to obtain the nomination. He handed the funds to a man close to Emerson, the Lowden campaign manager, before returning to St Louis.
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St. Louis
Nat. Goldstein
Lowden
Senate
Goldstein
B. Lb. Emmerson
Chicago
Two Die In Santa Fe Wreck Near Reno Colorado
A Santa Fe train bound for California Limited derailed near Reno Colorado injuring several and killing two men. The dead are A. O. Swanson of Chicago a barber and baggage man and Dr W B Harper of Mount Vernon. Seven negro cooks and waiters were among the injured.
Dynamite blast kills 193 at Hungarian mining center
Berlin reports a dynamite depot explosion at Anina, the large Hungarian coal and iron mining center, 55 miles southeast of Temesvar. About 193 miners are believed dead and 36 seriously injured in the disaster.
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Anina
Berlin
Temesvar
Mexican governor ousted by rebels in Collima state
In El Paso on June 17, report from La Republica says provisional Collima governor Yoso Chavira named by Adolfo de la Huerta has been driven from power by rebel Mexican troops in that state.
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el Paso
Tex
Collina
Yoso Chavira
Adolfo de la Huerta
la Republica
Battle over freight rate boosts heats up
Washington on June 15 reports Western shippers pressed the Interstate Commerce Commission against railroad demands for woven freight rates. They argued the railroads seek an extra billion dollars in revenue.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wood Denounces Butler Claim Of Stock Gambler Backers
Chicago June 16 Maj Gen Leonard Wood, defeated presidential candidate, rejected Dr Nicholas Murray Butler s charge that stock gamblers and promoters boosted his bid. He praised his loyal backers led by Col William Cooper Proctor as men of integrity and noted the nationwide support from state conventions primaries and polls. He called Butler s attack a malicious falsehood and urged party unity despite the feud.
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Chicago
Leonard Wood
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Oif
Wood
Lfe
Wiliam Cooper Proctor
Doc
Will of William F. Armstrong Bequeaths 875000 to Churches and Wesleyan
New York June 16 Bequests totaling 875000 are provided for in the will of William F Armstrong of New York filed for probate. Armstrong died in Chicago May 2 and leaves 100000 to the New York East Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church 100000 to the Board of Home Missions Philadelphia Pa and 100000 to Wesleyan University for Armstrong scholarships The residue goes to Wesleyan University after deductions to relatives and friends.
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New York
William F. Armstrong
Wesleyan University
Deport 85 Aliens from West Gathered for Removal
New York June 15 eighty five aliens including alleged archicats arrived at Blis Island from Portland Chicago and other points by two special trains under J M Kine special Agent of the Bureau of Immigration. Some came from federal prisons where they were confined for offenses during the war. Bare Attempt to Sink Steamer Port Arthur Tex June 18 a report shows an attempt to damage the Mallory steamship San Marcos by opening a seacock four weeks earlier. An insurance adjuster offered for sale 75 tons of news print hundreds of bags of coffee and a large quantity of Texas school books damaged by water.
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New York
Blis Island
Far West
Portland
Ore
Chicago
J. M. Kine
Bu‘reau of Immigration
Department of Labor
Port Arthur
Tex
San Marcos
Water Power Bill Signed by Wilson and Other World News
President Wilson signed the water power bill announced at the White House in Washington. Chicago’s population reaches 2,701,212 per census. Samuel Gompers reelected AFL president at Montreal. Mexican railway to be turned over to a London firm as provisional plan. American Federation of Labor endorses government ownership of railroads after heated debate. Seaplanes collide 600 feet above Pensacola Bay. chief electrician killed, lieutenant injured but recovering. A bank robbery in Chicago yields 15,000. Kyoto may host pan Asian or world exposition in 1922 to mark WWI victory. William G. McAdoo instructs western delegates not to vote for him at the Democratic convention. Des Moines delegates hear that partisan politics should stay out of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. Paris chamber committee plans Turkey Asia Minor investigation. Djemal Pasha in Moscow reaches understanding with Soviet government. Robbers net 15,000 from First National Bank of Chagrin Falls, Cleveland suburb. Detroit becomes the fourth-largest city by population. Konstantin Fehrenbach seeks ministry after talks in Berlin. Villa followers in Jiminez reportedly killed by orders, El Democrata cites. Soviet Russia disputes debts up to 1917, may offset under London Times report.
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White House
Washington
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Montreal
Patelent de la Huerta
Mexico Ty
Kyoto
Japan
San Francisco
Willam G. McAdoo
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Josiah Evans Cowles
Federation
Des Moines
Turkey
Asia Minor
Committee of Foreign Affairs
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Moscow
Djemal Pasha
Young Turk Party
Russia
First National Bank of
Chagrin Falls
Cleveland
Detroit
Michigan City
Boston
St. Louis
Baltimore
Berlin
Ikonstantin Fehrenbach
German National Assembly
Karl Trimborn
Obert
Francisco Villa
el Democrata
Jacinto Treeba
Jiminez
Chihuahua
Italy Receives $12.1 Billion in Reparations Claims
Rome dispatches report Italy fixed reparations at 60.6 billion lire about 12.12 billion dollars, citing central empire pensions. The item also lists varied market rates for flour, hay, cattle, hogs, sheep, and poultry with denominations and per-unit prices amid a broad commodity update.
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Paris
Italy
Rome
Mob Lynchings Shock Duluth After Night of Prowling
A 6000 strong mob overpowered police at Duluth's Superior Street and lynched three black men accused of attacking a 17 year old white girl. National Guardsmen arrived to restore order as two of the men were hanged after a mock trial. Police reported six arrested, with subsequent rumors of more lynchings in nearby towns to protect circus workers.
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Duluth
Mint
Minnesota National Guardsmen
Hare
St. Paul
Adjt
W. F. Rhinow
W. PB. Townsend
Farlbank
W. A. Miller
Long Prairie
He-Po- Hee
Virginia
Ramsey County Fair
Government expenditures show large wartime run costs
Washington reports total government outlays from July 1, 1919, to May 31, 1920 reached 20,775,535,858 dollars with heavy spending in September at 4,475,987,701 and the public debt payments totaling 14,840,554,378 dollars. Navy, labor, and White House funds appear among the notable allocations, while railroads under federal control accounted for a major item.
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Washington
Treasury
Navy Department
Department of Labor
White House
Congressional
Edward V. Rickenbacker Named State Aviation Commiss
Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, famed American ace, was appointed to the state aviation commission by Governor Cox in Columbus. The panel is described as the United States’ first of its kind, signaling a major official role for aviation oversight.
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Edward V. Rickenbacker
Ohio
Cox
Columbus
America
State Aviation Commission
United States
Detroit Population Ranks Fourth Nationwide
Detroit moves to fourth place in national population, official figures show a population of 908,789, an increase of 527,987 since the previous count, up 118.4 percent.
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Washington
Detroit
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