Popular Will at Conventions in Presidential Primaries Debate
The Tribune urges open non binding primaries to reflect popular choice and curb Southern and Northern misrepresentation. It cites New York and other states where delegates preferred by party leaders blocked Wood, Hoover, and Coolidge while Butler admits aiding a plan to shift New York votes to Lowden on later ballots.
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the Tribune
Chicago
New York
National Committee
Congress
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Butler
Lowden
Herding
Wood
Johnson
Hoover
Coolidge
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nicholas Murray Butler
Dr. Butler
Times
New
Columbia
General Wood
Ox. Butler
Republican primaries and conventions envisioned in party platform
The speaker asserts the party’s belief in majority sovereignty while criticizing old machinery that blocks free expression. A real Republican Presidential preference primary is promised in time, followed by truly representative national conventions.
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Republican Party
Arts of Persuasion Bernstorff Used to Influence Wilson
An excerpt recounts Bernstorff’s claim that after the Lusitania sinking he visited the White House and used “all our available arts of persuasion” to deter America from entering war with Germany. The piece notes President Wilson issued minatory notes despite such efforts as outlined in the German envoy’s account.
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Bernstorff
America
Germany
Lusitania
Bernatorff
White House
Bryan
Dumba
Root
Bern
Bernstorff Reflects On Lusitania Coincidence And House Ties
The article cites Bernstorff describing the Lusitania episode as a history’s coincidence and mocks his justification about rescue chances. It notes his audacity, his link to Colonel House, and suggests more notes from Washington are emerging. Bernstorff appears as a persuasive yet artful witness.
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Colonel House
Washington
Bernstorff
Life as a Murder Drama Surpasses the Movies in Elwell Case
A newspaper critic lauds the Elwell murder case as a rare cinematic thrill. Life outshines films in drama, capturing a complex figure a gentleman gambler whose refined mind and risk taking heighten the narrative.
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Elwell
Sherlock Holmes
Shipping Act Seeks Private US Merchant Fleet After War
The Shipping Act reflects a shift from wartime government control to building a private merchant marine. It envisions a national fleet owned and operated by US citizens, maintained with national credit, while selling off government vessels and expanding Shipping Board authority to support foreign and domestic trade through preferential rights and safeguards.
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Congress
United States
Treasury
Shipping Board
Shipping Act aims to boost American merchant marine
The law favors imports carried on American ships and imposes rail differential charges on rail routes involving seaports. It treats merchant marine expansion as a national concern and emphasizes aid, contingent on the Shipping Board's energy and efficiency. The piece suggests a smaller seven member board with higher pay.
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Shipping Board
Congress
Subway Investigation Reopens On Train Door Design
A new look at a subway accident probe raises questions about car layout. The inquiry examines why seats without backs sit across middle doors while the overhead warning reads Do not lean against this door.
Wood Gallant Yet Outsider Figure in Defeat
The piece portrays Wood as a gallant, self-disciplined figure who faced defeat with dignity at the Republican convention. It argues his wealth of loyal delegates could not overcome his outsider status, likening his temperament to McKinley and noting his lavish but ineffective campaign. Wood remains a big, likable, and paradoxically fitting figure amid party limits.
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Mark Bullivan
New York Evening Post
Wood
Iaat
Republican Lodge
Hoover
Republican Party
Republican Convention
McKinley
White House
Utopia Letter Urges Demo of Small Scale Bliss
A reader argues that utopian claims need demonstration on a small scale before public belief. He cites a moon travel machine analogy and urges Utopians to prove feasibility locally to attract support. The letter is dated June 14 1920 from New York and is echoed by an added note on presidential income tax.
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The
Tribune
Strinus
Cleveland
Supreme Court
No Such Ahima from The Washington Post
Fragmentary note mentions Mexicans reaching the presidency but not the ex president, contrasting ascent with elusive legacy. No clear persons or events specified.
Sam Hall and the Madame Mira Horoscopes
A humorous tale follows Sam Hall and a curious friend as he seeks luck in love through Madame Mira the seeress. The pair discuss past misdirections, a milkman romance, and the folly of fortune telling amid a broader provincial newspaper miscellany.
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Sam
Madame Mira
This Simian World a sharp satire on human nature
Clarence Dayer reviews This Simian World by Day and laughs at human curiosity and sex hunger as engines of progress. The essay posits humans as feeble super-monkeys led by dogs, praising the book as a recruiting pamphlet for the human race while noting its challenging, mind-stirring charm.
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Clarence Dayer
Anatole France
Mr. Day
Heaven
The Dial Shifts Focus From Politics to Art and Letters
A letter to the editor notes The Dial’s change of direction toward art and literature since 1920. It compares coverage with Pound E E Cummings and Pro John Dewey criticisms and cites Dr Bray White on The Dial and other intellectual sheets. The Dial Publishing Company, New York, June 7, 1920.
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Dial
the Tribune
FPPA
Pound
E. E. Cummings
John Dewey
the Dial
Iera
Brbray White
National Civic Pederaton
Republi
Feld
The
Dial Publishing Company
New York
Recruits Sought for 7th Regiment New York Guard
A letter to The Tribune urges enlistment in the 7th Regiment New York Guard. It stresses city needs, historic service, and the regiment’s benefits including companionship, track athletics, tennis, baseball, and an armory, noting danger if it falls short. The writer R. C. Du Val signs from New York on June 4 1920.
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Tribune
New York Guard
New York City
R. C. DU Val
New York
Backyard Playgrounds Aid City Children
James J. Murphey reports on the Backyard Playgrounds Association a New York effort begun to place safe play spaces in tenement districts amid street dangers. The group led by Mrs Robert G Clarke aims to reduce accidents by offering supervised backyards as zones for children to play and develop under safe conditions inviting support from the public.
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The
Tribune
Aetavitus
Robert G. Clarkran
Dirscera
Lawson Purdy
Babes Lorioy Brace
Willian Person Hamiton
Thomas Warington
Ssa
Puley
Wax Resement Howe
Anl
Uyaet
Senderer
Thore
Enuge
Patenlara
NATO
James J. Murpey
New York
War Department skeptical of Wy dier claim records
The War Department questioned a Wy dier's assertion of being alive amid skepticism that permeated the department. The article hints at ongoing doubts about the validity of the claimant's status and the department's continued scrutiny.
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Lefom
Jane
War Department
Wy Dier
Berguellek
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