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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
2
A sprawling report details a 1,000,000 Wood campaign fund flow with several donors from New York including Duke and Pen and others to a general’s account. Testimony traces checks and envelopes, outlining alleged efforts to underwrite campaign costs as figures from Missouri and other states are examined for ties to Lowden era political activity.
Bandits with coal smeared faces stopped a Community State Bank of Chicago messenger duo and robbed them of $20,000 in currency. The messengers were driving when a bandit's car blocked their auto forcing a stop and robbery.
At the San Francisco convention Cox of Ohio won the presidential nomination on the forty fourth ballot while Franklin D Roosevelt of New York was named for vice president. The final ticket was completed after days of deadlock with shifts from Palmer and McAdoo factions and Tammany backing Cox.
Governor Cox describes Franklin D. Roosevelt as a vigorous upstanding and progressive Democrat and notes the catchy pairing. He says he is not intimately acquainted with Roosevelt but believes he is a strong candidate for the ticket.
Chicago report cites warrants for arrest of two deputy collectors and dismissal of fire deputies as part of a vast discrepancies in the distilled spirits division. Special investigator Frank B Richardson says over a dozen Chicago operatives are implicated and a 12‑man Justice Department detail is en route for a full probe.
Charles S. Fairchild of New York, president of the American Constitutional league, filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court a suit asking Bainbridge Colby to be enjoined from issuing any proclamation declaring the woman suffrage amendment ratified. The motion also seeks to block Attorney General Palmer from enforcing the amendment. Justice Bailey issued a rule directing Colby and the attorney general to show cause on July 13.
Athens reports Brussa an important Asia Minor city, 57 miles southeast of Constantinople, has been occupied by Greek forces.
Germany's cabinet agrees to disarm to 150 000 and to surrender arms while arguing the Ruhr occupation threat hinges on October 1. Premier Lloyd George says the dispute must close now after three days of talks with Allies, with Germany noting constitutional limits on parliamentary approval.
Clifford Gallea, a farmer near Hill City Minnesota, was shot by his hired man John Penman after a wage dispute. Penman then told Mrs. Gallea of the shooting and killed himself.
Washington July 9 The United States will be represented unofficially at the Brussels financial congress under the League of Nations on July 23, Secretary Houston announced.
San Francisco July statements by Sengster Hiram Johnson of California defend the Republican stance on the League of Nations as the sole choice for safeguarding Americanism. He notes the issue dominated Congress and now defines the November decision as a clash between party platforms and public verdict. He contrasts Republican covenant skepticism with Democratic support.
Washington reports a new smoking room at the Women's City club, a feature within the Puritanical climate of the capital. The club, with 3,800 members, charged a $10 initiation and a $10 yearly fee, raising 70,000 to buy the Mary Scott Townsend house once used as the Roosevelt executive mansion during White House repairs.
London July 6 The message sent by Ambassador Davis to the American people says Independence Day should be a festival of personal rededication to country and its ideals. It urges gratitude for history liberty and progress and reminds of hardships duties to other nations and mankind. The path of greatness lies in courage and service.
Marie Anne Boude Gagnon, on death row for cruelty and neglect in Aurora murder, gave birth to twins in the jail infirmary. The father, Telespree Gagnon, serves a life sentence at St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary for complicity in the same murder.
A train carrying the Prince of Wales derailed near Bridgetown West Australia on July 6 but no one was injured. The incident interrupted travel briefly and the royal party continued their schedule after safety checks.
The article reports a national call for volunteers in Poland as Bolshevik advances threaten, detailing student and civilian recruitment, women recruits marching under officers, and university unions urging service. It notes Bolshevik crossings of the Beresina near Novosinski and heavy fighting along the Dnieper and southern front including Wrangel forces near Orekrov.
In New York on July 10 the Society for Upholding the Sanctity of Marriage announced a campaign for a federal constitutional amendment to prohibit remarriage of divorced persons. Rev. Dr. Walter Gwynne said vigorous propaganda would be used and ministers of every creed urged to refuse marriage ceremonies for divorced individuals. Leaders say Episcopal clergymen support the move.
Three men seized three liquor trucks carrying 500 cases of whisky worth 100000 on the Lincoln highway near Patterson New Jersey. They posed as prohibition agents and forced the drivers on a two hour ride before leaving them. liquor was taken by the gang.
Eagle Pass reports 12 bridges burned in Mexico south of Mendowag fuel rumors of a new Mexican revolution. Adolfo Gonzales is said to head the movement.
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals denied Merritt Hulett C. Merritt a petition for rehearing. He was fined 35000 and sentenced to five months in jail for hoarding sugar during the war. The circuit court sustained the district court’s decision.
The markets summary lists bid prices for flour Rye and spring wheat with various brands and grades alongside hay cattle hogs and sheep values. Live poultry fowl broilers and ducks are noted with per unit prices. some OCR errors appear in the poultry section.
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