Compromise Reached On League Plank At Republican Convention
At Chicago Coliseum the Root drafted League of Nations plank was accepted as a basis for compromise by irreconcilables. It omits covenant endorsements and calls for a new international dispute tribunal. Senator Borah said the full compromise would be presented to the convention at 4:00 pm.
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Associated Press
Coliseum
Chicago
League of Nations
Elihu Root
Root
Europe
Borah
Borah Thike
Senate
Washington
Bolting Rumors Grip Republic Convention On Platform Deadlock
June 10 at the Republic National Convention reveals deep deadlock over a presidential candidate and platform. League of Nations debate dominates talks as irreconcilables threaten to bolt, with delegates uncertain on Wood Johnson Lowden or other nominees amid stalled progress and looming adjournments.
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Jong
Thorn
Wood
Johnson
Lowsden
Boen
Rationing of sugar ordered nationwide in hotels and restaurants
New York June 10 sugar rationing will take effect in all hotels and restaurants nationwide on June 21. A W Ailey, special assistant to the Attorney General, announced the measure.
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Associated Pass
Baynor
New York
A. W. Ailey
Attor. Imer
Julian and Durand File Papers For High Offices
William A. Julian of Cincinnati filed as a Democratic candidate for United States senator. C Homer Durand of Coshocton, a Republican, filed for justice of the state supreme court.
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Mariner
Columbus
William A. Julian
Cincinnati
United States
C. Homer Durand
Coshocton
Justice of the Supreme Court
Coal Car Embargo Moves for Lake Erie Trade
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a coal transport embargo on carload shipments to Lake Erie ports for water transshipment, effective June 13, unless a permit is granted. The restriction targets movement of bituminous coal by rail to ports for shipping onward by water.
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Banner
Washington
Lake Erie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Prayer by Cardinal Gibbons Opens Republican Convention
Cardinal Gibbons offers a prayer urging divine guidance for the new chief magistrate and the nation. He invokes God’s wisdom and justice, pleads for righteousness in government, and emphasizes honesty with foreign nations and national unity under Providence.
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Associated
Chicago
Cardinal Gibbon
America
Kidnapped Child May Be Found in Savannah Georgia
A letter received by George H. Coughlin from Savannah claims to know the kidnapper of 13 month old Blakely Coughlin. The writer says he does not need the child but needs money and warns the family to beware, promising action when the right party is found.
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Savannah
Georgia
Blakely Coughlin
George H. Coughlin
Inaugural prayer for unity and national resilience
The text speaks of major upheavals from Lincoln’s era to present times and expresses confidence in divine aid. It prays that the convention proceedings be marked by wisdom discretion concord harmony and mutual forbearance befitting an enlightened patriotic American body.
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Abraham Lincoln
Gompers and Woll Seek Repeal of Kansas Law Stance
Samuel Gompers and Matthew Woll of the AFL submitted demands to the Republican national convention resolutions committee. They oppose federal legislation like the Kansas industrial court measure and call for protection of wage earners against compulsory court or agency actions in strikes.
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Chicago
Kansas
Samuel Gompers
Matthew A. Woll
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Republican National Convention
Itelf
Coleman Avery Named to Supreme Court Seat
Governor Cox appointed Cincinnati attorney Coleman Avery to the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by Justice Stanley Merrill of Cincinnati resignation. Merrill’s resignation had not been announced before Avery’s appointment.
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Associated Pres
Columbus
James M. Cox
Coleman Avery
Cincinnati
of the Way Supreme Court
Stanley W. Merrill
Merrill
Tenth Republican Convention to Meet in Chicago
The Associated Press reports Chicago hosts the tenth Republican national convention. The article lists prior sites and ticket pairings from 1856 to 1920, noting Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis Cincinnati Minneapolis and Chicago as hosts with nominees including Fremont Dayton Lincoln Hamlin Grant Wilson Hayes Arthur Blaine Logan Harrison Hobart Roosevelt Fairbanks Taft Sherman Hughes Fulbright.
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Associated Press
Banner
Chicago
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
John C. Fremont
W. Ll. Dayton
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses
Grant
Schuyler Colfax
Henry Wilson
Rutherford B. Hayes
W. A. Wheeler
James A. Garfield
W. A. Arthur
James G. Blaine
John A. Logan
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
Whitelaw Reid
William McKinley
G. A. Hobart
Theodore Roosevelt
C. W. Fairbanks
W. H. Taft
Sherman
Charlot BE. Hughes
W. Fulrbuntes
Ohio Briefs: Combaut Fatality and River Illegal Fishing
Combaut George Lilly died after he fell across an electric wire in an accident at an Ohio location. Warren police seek suspects in a fishing-baiting scheme along local rivers.
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Combaut
George Lilly
President Granted Ten Days to Sign Bills
Attorney General Palmer informally told President Wilson that after Congress adjourns the president has ten days to sign bills and resolutions. The rule could affect measures the president vetoed by pocket vote, including the water power bill and repeal of wartime laws.
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Associated Pree
The
Banner
Washington
Palmer
Wilson
Congress
Ohio wheat crop forecast far below last year
The Associated Press reports Ohio winter wheat this year will total about 28.4 million bushels, well under last year's 43.5 million. The crop is listed at 66 percent of normal, signaling a sharp drop in production.
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Ohio
Associated Press
the Banner
Columbus
Federal
Revision of the Volstead Act Urged by Edwards
Governor Edwards, a presidential candidate, called for liberalizing the Volstead Act and urged the people at the polls to judge the act. He said sovereignty rests with voters and asked candidates for Congress and state legislatures to state positions on permissive night wine and beer use under a general federal statute. He appealed to a final referendum by the American people.
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Sea Girt
N. J
Edwards
Congress
Convention 10 Convenes at Four O Clock
Republican convention in Chicago reports from June 19 describe a brief session ending early morning. Officials announce nomination speeches to follow platform committee report while donors discuss league of nations and prohibition positions. The Borah Johnson Watson views shape the compromise plank and Harding comments on bolts.
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Associated Press
Banner
Chicago
Republican National Convention
Platform Committee
Miller
Republican National Committee
Willy
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Johnson
Can
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