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World Events Briefs Highlight Political Fights and War News
A sweeping world roundup notes Maj Gen Leonard Wood accusing Nicholas Murray Butler of being a faker in Chicago. McAdoo instructs western delegates not to vote for him. A third party convention is set for July 10 in Chicago. James Hamilton Lewis announces a bid for vice president. Wilson criticizes the Chicago platform as Prussian in spirit. War Department sets aside 6000 motor vehicles for the National Guard. Attorney General Palmer orders a drive on coal profiteers. Senator Harding plans a front porch campaign. Several accidents and crimes fill the miscues, including train collision deaths, alimony awards, and a Dempsey draft acquittal.
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Leonard Wood
Nicholas Murray Butler
Chicago
General Wood
Butler
Wood
Gary
Frank B. McElroy
Flammond
Lake County
C. O. Holmes
Holmes
McElroy
Muncie
Rolin H. Bunch
United States District Court
Indianapolis
Atlanta
Frederick H. Bunch
Rollin Bunch
Frederick van Nuys
United States
Indiana
Petersburg
Pike County
Huntington
Ervin Franks
Bluffton
Franks
Vincennes
Knox County
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
New Albany
James Monroe Alstott
Harrison County
Alstott
C. G. Woodbury
Agricultural Experiment Station
Purdue University
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Raw Products Research
National Canners’ Association
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Kokomo
W. C. Purdum
Howard Circuit Court
Kokoto
Terre Haute
George H. Fears
Vigo
Pulliam