Republican convention split and warships fire near Constantinople
The report describes a divided Republican convention with internal tensions and planned legislative action. Concurrently, British warships opened fire near Touzis along Marmora, disrupting Ismid defenses and forcing Armenian and Greek refugees to flee as Turks reportedly captured Bozanti and seized French prisoners amid rising regional conflict.
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Associated Press
Touzis
Sea of Marmora
Gulf of Ismid
Sultan
Shltan
Ismid
Complete Delegate Roster Assembled This Morning
The Associated Press reports the current delegate roster totaling 982, with state by state tallies and leaders named. Key figures include Wood 125, Sproul 76, Lowden 23, and Johnson or Wood appearing in multiple state tallies. numerous states list uninstructed delegates ranging from a few to over a dozen, reflecting a mixed delegation landscape across California, Illinois, New York, and others.
Platform rows frame final Republican platform issues
With party leaders near consensus, platform writers heatedly tackle key planks on Versailles and League of Nations, industrial relations, Mexican policy, and related economic thought. Harmony is predicted, but scrimmages over positions on global and domestic matters loom as final wording nears completion.
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Ed Proey
Hicago
Res Publican
Que Ai Whese
Labor Progressives Plan Union Party Formation
Labor Progressives aim to form a new political party aligned with unions at the national convention. Delegates from metal trades and western unions unite to push a labor focused platform while Democrats and others debate the movement's reach and influence.
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Labor Progressives
Party For Unions
Senator Johnson Seeks Support Amid Priary Turmoil
Associated Press reports Senator Miran Johnson, with North Carolina primary insights, argues the state’s voters and press bias against him. He contends Republicans may fail if convention ignores party unity and the will of loyal supporters despite his third or fourth place standing.
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Chicago
Jane
Miran Johnson
North Carolina
Evire
North Carova
Foe Union
Fercien
Latarcou
Sian Feiners
Pacihgts
Mindh Mixed Results In Hunnish Election
Mindh mixed results in Hunnish election show independents gaining strength across industrial sectors, outpacing last year’s poll. German People's Party and former national literatiees tie with burge parties, while the German national party-Toriier conserv ative party also runs strong.
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Mindh
Vertin
Jane
Germany
Allhhe
German People's
Gompers Defends Right to Strike Amid Public Inconvenience
Samuel Gompers defended the right to strike in a New York debate with Governor Allen, arguing that while strikes inconvenience the public, they are essential for progress and protect the liberty of workers. He challenged who controls the “divine right” of employees to withhold work, noting strikes often involve unions and officials and that public safety concerns are addressed without erasing workers’ rights.
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Pressj
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Allen
New York
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Ifeniga
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Sileh
Tnelodus
Tiis
Gompers
Ras Barding
Isnil
Five Die in Train Car Collision Near Grand Rapids
Five residents of Grand Rapids including a husband wife their young son and daughter and a neighbor’s husband were killed when a southbound Michigan Railway car struck their Watomobile at a crossing near the city late today.
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Grand Rapids
Michigeaga Railway
Poles Regain Ground On Northern Front In War News
Warsaw June 66 Poles report continued success on the northern front occupying Glubokot and nearby locales taking many prisoners with guns and boats. Bolsheviks retreat under renewed Polish reinforcements across the Boisna front. A Polish American relief column shelled between Minsk and Karisov. workers escaped injury and a sanitary station was seized.
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Boisna
Drsaw
Associated Press
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Beresiya
Lient
Arthur Fos
Philadelphia
Minsk
Karisov
Horror in Italy reports Turin blast kills fourteen
Associated Press from London says a suburban Turin station exploded destroying many buildings. Fourteen people were killed, about one hundred injured, after eighty carloads of explosives detonated in the nighttime blast. Rome dispatch cites the Telegraph Exchange Company.
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Turin
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Exchange Telegraph Company
America settles big bill with allies in war supplies sales
Washington reports the War Department liquidation commission has settled for billions with allied powers and individuals. Records show settlements with Great Britain and other nations, including France, Belgium, Poland, and Czecho-Slovakia, plus large returns of war surpluses to the United States.
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United States
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War Department Liquidation Commission
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Balle
France
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Belgium
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Serbia
Near East
Iulver States
Dying Mother Appeals for Return of Infant in Norristown
In Norristown Pa on June 6 Mrs George Coughlin mother of a kidnapped infant issued an appeal for the return of her baby stolen from its crib last Wednesday. She demanded a reward ranging from 25 000 to 20 000. No evidence connected to the abductors was received at the Coughlin home.
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Aumil
George Coughlin
Coughlin
Bir. Coughlin
Washington Wobs Are Found Guilty
In Walla Walla on July 6 a superior court found several individuals guilty of criminal syndicalism. Jurors charged with aiding and distributing literature named Gen. Whitmore and Evwars Plopans, while WoW, Tuck Battle, and Jack Nelson faced charges for advocating overthrow of the United States government.
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Agai County
Lous
Gen. Whitwoor
Evwars Plopans
Carts Tuck Battle
Jack Nelson
United States
Albanians Annihilate Italian Battalion Near Alessio
A Vienna dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports Albanian forces annihilated an Italian battalion near Alessio. Other skirmishes occurred near Centari and Aviona, with Slavians retreating.
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Alessio
Vienna
Exchange Velegraph Company
Yivthe
Belgrade
Centari
Aviona
Slaians
Republican Convention Hopes and Campaigns in Chicago
Chicago hosts 6 Special Montana delegates with Eddie Booth campaigning locally. Marlow arranged rooms, Shelleygates refused, possible bomb fears surface. Notables include Alen, Shaw, Gillulty, Connelly, Riddick on the grounds as Wood Lowden and Johnson camps dictate early ballots. Crowd backing Johnson. Wood favored on fourth or fifth ballot as New York delegates swing.
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Tom Marlow
Sheroan
Allen
Leon Shaw
The
Billings Gazette
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Fergus Cousty Argus
Frank Connelly
Billings
Carl Riddick
Wood
Johnson
Lowden
Hokce
Towling Miram
New York
Unspeakable Outrage Reported Against Massachusetts Delegation
Massachusetts delegation members reported that a slight drought threatened their special train as it crossed the Detroit internal revenue district near the Canadian line. A raiding officer conducted a search and seized three bottles of gin and brandy, later ordered to be returned for medicinal purposes. Three trophies from the search then disappeared, and the officer threatened to halt the train, but the Massachusetts party continued with part of their stores missing.
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