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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
51
News dispatch from Constantinople says Turkish nationalists attacked a withdrawal detachment of British Indian troops at Ismid. Under cover of a six inch bombardment the Gordon Highlanders succeeded in rescuing the remaining members of the Indian unit.
In San Francisco on June 18 Vice President Marshall said he would oppose any effort to raise liquor or Irish questions at the Democratic national convention. He will represent Indiana on the resolutions committee and urged no action on the eighteenth amendment. He stated he is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination and declined to comment on Harding or Coolidge. He sent Governor Coolidge a telegram of sympathy.
Chicago June 18 The Illinois Supreme Court struck down the 1919 primary law as unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Mayor William Hale Thompson’s reputation. Once hailed as Illinois GOP leader, Thompson faced setbacks after sweeping Cook County primaries and attempting to challenge the Lowden alliance at the state convention.
The text reports a political realignment as Thompson suffers multiple defeats and resigns as delegate-at-large. It notes he retained the Cook County organization until yesterday’s Supreme Court decision dissolving that group and transferring leadership to the Deneen Brundage faction.
In London on June 18 Mrs Pethick Lawrence urged unity against militarism and commercialism while Lloyd George faced ironic laughter from the audience. Speakers including Madame Grinberg and Sarajine Naidu praised suffrage’s reach to India and the East and pledged to end warfare.
A speaker delivering from John Calvin’s Geneva Cathedral pulpit addressed gender pay gaps and unequal burdens of the pulpit. Women from South Africa and Japan also offered short remarks, highlighting broader calls for women’s rights within religious discourse.
In Kansas City Missouri two well dressed men accosted A P Carlson near a hotel at midnight. After pleasant chat they lit cigarettes and offered a free one. As they left one returned saying they had forgotten to hold him up. They took Carlson's $60 watch and $26 cash before fleeing.
London dispatch reports fifteen British soldiers killed and 23 wounded in an incident abroad. Government sources confirm casualty figures and ongoing investigations. Military officials urge caution while details emerge.
An official summary outlines provisional terms for a zone of the straits around Constantinople under an inter allied control commission. The body will have its own flag budget and organization and operate largely independent of the League of Nations. It covers Bosphorus Marmora Dardanelles waters and nearby islands plus a land belt extending several miles.
Experiments are planned with Asiatic buffalo in the United States. The animal's milk has about three and a half times the fat of cow milk. Indian buffaloes are large. females yield over thirty pounds of milk daily. Imported buffaloes are being sent to the Philippines. Gulf coast swamps are considered well suited for them, per Dr. David Fairchild of the Agriculture Department.
In Thief River Falls Minnesota 8 year old Howard son of Mrs Adeline Girard wandered onto planks above the power dam and fell into the current He was swept over the apron but surfaced in the calmer water near the east bank and escaped drowning with only a wetting.
Patrick Mahoney a Jamaica policeman ponders naming his newborn Henry Ford Mahoney after a birth that occurred in a flivver outside Mary Immaculate Hospital. Dr Musante and ambulance chief Wegebauer assisted as light was provided for the delivery. The mother and baby rest comfortably.
John Paul Jones, seven, son of Charles A. Jones of Sidney Ohio, traveled 1950 miles to Portsmouth to visit his uncle Thomas C. Lackey. He was tagged with an Elks card during a trip insured for 25000 dollars and returned home safely, drawn by connections to the Navy founder and local history, with Quoddy Head cited as the eastern extreme.
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