Global Briefs From Berlin to Baghdad on War and Politics
Reichstag passes budget with new 12,600,000,000 mark war credit. Divorce granted to Mrs Claude Grahame-White in London. Lodge seeks influence on Wilson policy through Borah. Norway bars strong liquors amid general strike. police curb serving wine in restaurants. Marines and Haitian gendarmes kill rebel chiefs near Fonda Verretes. Grants Pass sugar factory sale to Utah Sugar Co announced. Italian war office notes Austrian attacks and Conni Zugna hold in Adige. Campo Mulo counterattack praised. Alaska delegate attacks trap-site fishing bill. salmon trust feared. Russians fail to take Baghdad as Turkish forces counter. Fort Vaux captured. 700 unwounded prisoners taken. Hawley Pulp & Paper shifts to three shifts, adding 60+ jobs. Russians win at front from Pripet to Roumanian frontier. 13,000 taken. British destroyer Acasta reaches port under tow after shelling. five killed. U S Supreme Court upholds safety act on interurban cars crossing state lines. Spokane line fined.
Hughes Named Republican Candidate on Third Ballot in Coliseum
At the Chicago Coliseum on June 10 Charles Evans Hughes was nominated after the third roll call. The convention moved toward Hughes as Roosevelt faded with Alabama Arizona Arkansas and California voting for him. Colorado initially split then rallied to Hughes for a final total of 94 votes.
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Progressives Name Roosevelt Who Declines
Chicago June 10 The Progressive party convention nominates Theodore Roosevelt unanimously for President Oyster Bay June 10 Roosevelt declines. thanks the honor Oyster Bay June 11 Roosevelt repeats he is out of politics and will not speak to reporters or answer questions
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Hughes Accepts Nomination for President in 1920 Race
Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes resigned and accepted the Republican nomination for president from Washington. He told Harding he wished to stay on the bench but stated it was his duty to respond in this critical period. President Wilson promptly accepted Hughes’s resignation.
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U S anxious over Mexico border as troops move
Washington reports 159 regulars ordered to the Mexican border amid raids near Laredo. Carranza’s government and anti American protests rise. The Buffalo awaits orders to join a west coast dash if anti American sentiment escalates.
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German Officers Fault British Marksmanship in North Sea Battle
Berlin officials of the German cruisers Elbing and Frauenlob in the Frankfurter Zeitung defend their gunnery. They claim British gunners fired inaccurately over a long period allowing Elbing to survive while receiving heavy fire with no hits.
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Airmen Near Suez Canal Report Bombardment
An official明 communication from London states that hostile aircraft bombed Kantara 80 miles south of Port Said on the Suez Canal and fired on Romani Tuesday. British aircraft repelled the attack with minor casualties at Kantara. no injuries at Romani.
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