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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
1
Cox to take over party leadership with Wilson administration abstaining from criticism. Democratic officials indicate their campaign role hinges on Cox and his managers. Cox signals willingness to stand on the leagues plank endorsed by the administration, suggesting Wilson’s influence will be expressed in writing rather than speeches.
Fifty dairymen signed contracts with the Oregon Dairymen’s League for marketing dairy products and plan to unite Hermiston and Stanfield plants under league management after 100 signers. Meetings across three towns drew about 100 attendees as officials spoke on the plan and its distribution of milk and butter under the league trademark.
Venacio Honillas, Mexican ambassador to the United States under the Carranza regime, in Washington urges the State Department to withhold recognition of the new government in Mexico. He accuses General Obregon of instigating Carranza’s murder and says Rodolfo Herrero, the accused mastermind, was only a tool.
Marion July 8 Senator Harding worked in his office with pencil and pad to define his campaign issues. He spent ten hours a day at his desk since arriving, largely excluding recreation from his routine.
Market notes from Portland report all markets steady and quotations unchanged. Little movement noted across commodities and goods with buyers cautious and sellers holding firm prices.
Associated Press reports Louisiana lawmakers failed to ratify the federal suffrage amendment as the house rejected the measure 62 to 46. In Baton Rouge the senate halted progress on the ratification bill, delaying action before adjournment. The outcome dimmed hopes for early approval.
A July meeting of the general committee in New York decided to reorganize the inter church project. Bishop Nicholas of Chicago is named chairman of the committee to lead the effort and revive the movement amid renewed church activity and cooperation.
In Constantinople on July 4 Turkish national forces at Neleos opened fire on the British dreadnaught Leon Duke. The British ship returned fire with munitions as Turkish pontoon forces advanced, signaling a tense naval exchange in the straits.
Marion Jack of the State Game Commission and Warren A Burghdaff with Chief Warden John Walden toured Catherine Creek’s pew fish hatchery in Wallowa. They brought a carload of trout destined for streams in Wallowa County, praising the project’s future benefits for the region.
Portland reports close to gates from the democratic national convention as W J Bryan Attorney General Primerend Chairman Robinson return home. The party visited here today and took a trip over the Columbia highway with several notables in attendance.
Chicago dispatch reports Henry Lincoln Johnson testifying before a Senate committee that many black voters who backed the Republican ticket in Georgia have disappeared. He alleged white men attacked black citizens during the war and escaped punishment, urging action amid alleged widespread suppression funding. He cited money allegedly moved by Lowden supporters and warned that violence would drive black voters from the state.
Governor Ors visits Dayton scenes of boyhood days on July 3. After a morning column in his newspaper office he plans an afternoon event near Jackronturg Middhetewin.
Washington July 4 President Williams outlines a policy toward the Soviet government of Russia in a new chapter of the administration policy. The State Department will process each shipment permit on its own merits with prohibitions on war intended transfers. Recognition of any Soviet authority will be neither granted nor implied by this policy. Individuals or firms trading with Russia assume full responsibility for risks and compliance with U S law.
A partial UKIAH survey plan stalls as engineers fail to start from David to the Grant County line. The Oregon Trail stretch between Penticton and Ramis will proceed after mountain work by Otis and crew. County court set a 16 mile cover from Mkiat to the line, urging land-respecting access and broad cooperation among residents and delegates.
Avery, sentenced to death for murdering her stepdaughter Marie Gagnon, gave birth to twins, a girl and a boy, in the infirmary of the jail as authorities await the execution. The event occurred as the case stirred debate over clemency and treatment of inmates awaiting capital punishment.
Disputed reports claim Malish front from Pripet to Carpathians broken, rail traffic paralyzed into Vinet and Byelorussk regions. British, Romanian responses indicate mobilization and defensive plans as heavy fighting and regrouping unfold along Volhynia and Posh fronts with Soviet advances reported north of Stara Constantinopol.
War news from Warsaw reports volunteers and hundreds of girls and women offering for active service as the country fights for survival. Crumbling Polish resistance is cited as Soviet and German forces clash along the front from Minsk to the Baltic coast. reports mention a planned maneuver in a pincers formation.
United Press reports Lester Cronin was appointed postmaster at Pendleton by a presidential recess appointment. Cronin has served in the office since the death of T J Tweedy last September and has held a clerkship, awaiting confirmation.
Dayton Ohio July Cox was pressed by anti prohibition leaders to define his stance. Hobson and Hobeon urged a clear position on prohibition. Cox declined to tie himself to any increase in alcohol content and said he would answer later, signaling no commitment to partisan aims.
Hunger sparked a midstream attack on a rice junk at Chin Kiang China where attackers threw a boatman’s wife and child overboard. Fifty people died in the ensuing riot. Armed men and a small guard repelled the attack as profiteers cut rice prices and wealthy citizens funded famine relief efforts.
Last night the city council reviewed bids for a Turner Street sewer, with Gelet Bron’s bid referred to the city engineer for reduction and likely not to exceed $5000, about 76 percent above the estimate. The council also granted permits for concrete paving on Turk Street between Turner and Court, a wheat conveyor under Wibb Street from Farmers Union elevator to the Collings Mill, and a carnival permit for late July benefiting the Central Labor Court with a $250 license fee. Garfield Street paving from Jackson to Martin was approved for second reading. bonds may be issued to fund it. Additional permits included repairs to the telephone building at 125 West Court Street with an estimated cost of $2000. The police court handled 49 cases in June with $414 in fines and other outcomes. eight business licenses were issued and 12 building permits valued at $17,575 were recorded.
Associated Press reports Bolshevik forces moved across a river near Navosinski south of Borisov and about 79 miles northeast of Minak, per today’s Polish official communique. Strong forces from Breslow are noted in the tally.
Chicago July 1 The senate committee on congressional expenditures will move to Bl Poole to Blight to take up the development of Attorney General Valmers campaign for the democratic nomination. Chairman Ketson announced hearings set here today.
Long negotiations over German demobilization ended in deadlock as allied leaders demand adherence to Versailles terms within three months. Germany seeks six months more, citing internal unrest. Marshal Foch warned that a forceful enforcement option remains if Germany balks at disarmament.
Two unidentified men assaulted George Bleakney of Milton at gunpoint. They forced him to drive to Percheton, ordered him to stop, and set the vehicle alight. After robbing him of $4 from $7, they fled, then directed him to turn around and drive back. Bleakney notified officials at Adams around 6. Sheriff Twylor began a manhunt based on a vague description.
United Press reports a mass walkout by around two thousand workers from four coal mines near Springfield UL. The protest followed dissatisfaction with wage wagers as miners began departing the area in small groups, signaling widespread stoppage and potential production impact.
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