Harding Campaign Embraces All Republican Leaders
Senator Harding announced his presidential bid will not be a solo effort. He will seek the aid and advice of every Republican leader, planning informal conferences with party groups and progressive as well as regular leaders. Harry M. Daugherty will join the pre convention campaign in tomorrow’s conference.
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Washington
Harding
Johnson
California
Harry M. Daugherty
Mr. Harding
Senator Harding
Walter F. Brown
Furmher
Ohio
Chicago
Harding Aide calls echo party support from Midwest and Pennsylvanians
R B Strassburger of Norristown Pa a top manager for Johnson says Harding was a party nomination and he will stand by it. Leighton C Taylor secretary to Penrose Pa calls to present Senator Penrose's congratulations. Senator Kenyon of Iowa sends a telegram predicting a 60000 majority for Harding in Iowa.
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Harding
R. B. Strassburger
Norristown
Chicago
Johnson
Mr. Strassburger
Leighton C. Taylor
Penrose
Pennsylvania
Kenyon
Iowa
Senator Johnson
College Bootlegger Held for Murder
Robert T. Means of La Grange Illinois a Dartmouth College student implicated in liquor traffic was jailed awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge. His companion in flight Thile Nicely Wise of Akron Ohio was held as a material witness.
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Hanover
M. H
Robert T. Means
la Grange
Ill
Dartmouth College
Henry E. Maroney
West Medford
Grand
Cbile Nicely Wise
Akron
Meads Defense to be Directed by Father Albert H Meads
Meads defense preparation is expected to be led by his father Albert H Meads a Chicago lawyer. Hallmates describe Peculiarities and a habit of shooting when in mood while county officers report walls in his room peppered with shots.
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Meads
Albert H. Meads
Chicago
Norman F. Arnold
Arnold Meads
Texas Commends New Mexican Government for Stability
Austin June 17. A Texas senate resolution by Strickland and Dudley from border districts commends the provisional government of Mexico for establishing a stable government and protecting foreigners. The measure expresses hope that citizens of both nations along the border will treat each other as neighbors.
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Austin
Tex
Strickland
Dudley
Provisional Government of
Mexico
Texas Senate
Federation Split Over Ownership At AFL Convention
The American Federation of Labor endorsed government ownership of railroads by a 29 069 to 8349 vote, amid bitter clashes as rail workers and allied unions argued for or against government control. Leaders stressed no single plan, while demonstrations and protests followed roll call decisions.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor Convention
Roll Call
Federation
United Mine Workers of America
Metal Trades
Gompers
Frank Morrison
Morrison
Executive Councils
Charles P. McGowan
Boilermakers
Geat
Frey
Girl Makes Speed on Law Course
Chicago June 17 AP reports Helen M Cirese 20 president of her clan and one of two commencement speakers graduated from De Paul University law School. She will wait a year before hanging out her shingle as 21 is required for bar admission.
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Chicago
Saliitatorian
Mise Helen M. Cirese
de Paul University Law School
Typographical Union Opposes Ownership At AFL Convention
At the AFL convention key votes on government ownership split. Typographical delegates were overruled as T W McCullough’s tally showed 236 in favor and 469 against the measure, later adjusted to 236 to 352 after a roll call. James Duncan was the lone granite cutter opposing government ownership. The AFL called for a congressional probe into free speech suppression in Pennsylvania and invited the U S president to speak in Duquesne on free speech and assembly.
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James Duncan
Seattle
Building Trades
Gompers
United Mine Workers
Machinists
Textile
Garment
W. L. Hutchinson
The
Carpenters’ Union
J. A. Ross
Carpenters
Moulders
John Frey
Compers
Gompera
T. W. McCullough
Morrison
McCullough
Granite Cutters Organisation
American Federation of Labor
Democrats Elect Split Delegation in Idaho Convention
Lewiston Idaho June 17 Democrats chose 24 delegates to the national convention at San Francisco each with one third of a vote. The convention set the delegation to vote as a unit and named four delegates at large. It also endorsed James Hawley for vice president and backed Senator Nugent for re election while condemning the present congress.
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Lewiston
Idaho
San Francisco
Committee
Resolutions
Robert H. Elder
Day
Nugent
Hawley
Moses Alexander
C. C. Wilburn
Jerome County
R. D. Leeper
Kootenai County
Mildred Rich
Cassia
Susan E. Bruce
Nez Perce County
Hattie Morgan
Oneida County
Beacher Hitchcock
Bonner County
James R. Bothwell
Teton
Nez Perce
C. G. Keller
Bonneville
James H. Hawley
Congress
Fate water power bill in doubt
Bent Wilson signaled a possible action on the water power bill and ten other measures passed at the close of the last session. Attorney General Palmer had ruled they could be signed within ten days. The time limit expired Friday midnight and the White House, state department, and capitol would not disclose the president’s decision. The bill remained at the White House.
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Bent Wilson
Congress
Palmer
White House
State Department
Capitol
Ashurst Returns Home After Minor Operation
Sena tor Ashurst of Arizona, who was operated on at a local hospital last week for a minor ailment, returned to his home today. Attending physicians said he would be fully recovered in another week.
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Ashurst
Washington
Senator Ashurst
Arizona
New Orleans Chosen For 1921 National Grocery Meeting
New Orleans was selected as the 1921 meeting place by the National Grocery Association. Geo. D. Worthington of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was elected president during the convention in Colorado Springs.
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New Orleans
Colorado Springs
National Grocery Association
Geo. D. Worthington
Harrisburg
Victim Bound to Rails Suffered Loss of Hand and Foot
The report details George M. Underwood of Carrollton Missouri tied to a railroad track at Southeast Springs. A Wabash train severed his left arm and leg five minutes after bandits left him, leaving one hand and one foot. He survived and denied motive beyond robbery.
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Kansas City
George M. Underwood
Carrollton
Southeast Springs
Underwood
New Bedford tops 104000 class in census growth
Census figures place New Bedford rising over 25 percent in ten years to 121217, moving from 63rd to among larger U S cities. Lansing also surges, while several cities like Trenton and Nashville show notable gains. numerous 1910 50 000 plus cities await 1920 tallies.
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Washington
New Bedford
Census Bureau
Trenton
N. J
Nashville
Tenn
Albany
Lowell
Cambridge
Maas
Spokane
Lansing
Mich
Bay City
Jackson, Mich
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
Providence
Rochester
New Haven
Birmingham
Richmond
Omaha
Oair River
Grand Rapids
Akron
San Antono
Dallas
Hartford
Youngstown
Ohio
Springfield
Mass
Salt Lake City
Camden
Norfolk
Yonkers
N. Y
Houston
Troy
Fort Worth
Savannah
Oklahoma City
Charleston
S. C
Holyoke
South Bend
Ind
Clinton
Iowa
Chicago bankers weigh 100 million fund to aid western wool
A conference in Chicago today considered creating a 100 million dollar fund to extend finance to western wool growers until the wool market stabilizes. Western bankers and sheep ranchers pressed Boston banks’ loss of financing leadership as the period of tight money continues. The meeting, at the suggestion of W P G Harding, brought together western bankers and ranchers with supporters Senators Walsh Pittman King Hitchcock and Chamberlain.
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Chicago
Boston
W. P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Walsh
Montana
Pittman
Nevada
King
Utah
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Chamberlain
Oregon
General Gorgas III in serious condition in London
London AP reports Major General William M. Gorgas, former surgeon general, is gravely ill with only some improvement after days of uncertainty. Earlier hopes of recovery faded, then a partial rally offered cautious optimism.
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London
Sune Day
William M. Gorgas
United States Army
Committee of Forty-Eight to propose third party name
The committee of forty eight announced it will present two names for the proposed third party at its July 10 meeting in Chicago. Voters will choose from the American party and the People's party as the party's name for a presidential candidate.
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Chicago
Committee of Forty-Eight
American Party
People's Party
French Death List War Figures Released
A June Paris report states that 1 362 872 is the total war toll and that fate of 361 564 remains unknown. The Martin agency provides the unconfirmed figures as part of the ongoing casualty tally.
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Paris
West Orange Dentist Targeted in Fraternity Hazing
Warrants issued for nine members of the Beta Sigma fraternity at West Orange High School after Dr. Howard Applegate reported he was tarred and feathered during initiation. He described being blindfolded stripped greased tarred and covered with leaves and beaten in the face with molasses poured into his hair. A student disputed the tar and feather claim saying Applegate received the same treatment as others.
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West Orange
N. J
Beta Sigma
West Orange High School
Howard Applegate
Here
Dr. Applegate
Applegate
Frisco Player Wins London Lawn Tennis Round
Wm. M. Johnston of San Francisco defeated M. J. G. Ritchie in the fifth round of the London Lawn Tennis championship in straight sets 6-2 6-2. Tilden of Philadelphia also won, pairing with J. Tilden Jr. to beat Lycett and Barrett 6-4 3-6 6-2 in doubles.
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London
Wm. M. Johnston
San Francisco
M. J. G. Ritchie
Johnson
R. Norris Williams
Boston
William Tilden
Philadelphia
B. I. C. Norton
William .T. Tilden, Jr
Randolph Lycett
Australia
H. Roper Barrett
England
Barrett
Lycett
Japan Proposes Pan Asiatic or World Exposition
Washington reports Japanese business interests discussed plans to hold a Pan Asiatic or World exposition in Kyoto in 1922 to celebrate victory in the war. The proposal reached the department of commerce as the inquiry progressed.
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Washington
Kyoto
Japan
Department of Commerce
Turks Capture British Officer at Ismid Front War Flash
Constantinople June 17 AP Turkish nationalist troops attacked a company of British Indian troops on the Ismid front as they withdrew under an agreement. The Turks wounded thirty and captured a British intelligence officer. The scene was quiet aside from an occasional shot.
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Constantinople
Silver Advance in London Market on U S Buying
Silver advanced nearly five pence an ounce in London trading as American buying and local speculative demand remained strong. Supplies were not large and the market closed with a somewhat uncertain tone.
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London
Whiskey seized in Texas guardsmen raid
June 17 Galveston AP report that Texas national guardsmen boarded the steamship Elsinore from Porto Rico and seized over one hundred quarts of whiskey. Subordinate officers of the ship were arrested and handed to revenue authorities. The Elsinore is a United States Shipping Board vessel operated by a private firm.
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Galveston
Texas National
City sued for 3100 damages over alley trench accident
Edward Noble sues the city of Pocatello in district court for 3100 alleging injuries from an open trench in an alley between North Second and Third Avenues. He says the trench lacked guardrails or lights and caused him to miss fifty two days of work as a machinist in the Short Line shops. medical expenses reach 100.
General March Meets Rhineland Allied Commanders
General Peyton C. March chief of staff visits Rhineland leaders at a luncheon in Aix-la-Chappelle with General Bucquoy. He says President Wilson intends a visit by General Leman. March will inspect U S troops in Coblenz, then travel to Paris and sail from Antwerp on June 27.
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Coblenz
Peyton C. March
Rhineland
Aix-la-Chappelle
Bucquoy
March
Wilson
United States
Leman
Liege
Coblens
Paris
Antwerp
Post Opposes Deportation Plan
Washington June 17 Robert Elia, held as part of the June 2 1919 bomb plot group, was ordered deported after his lawyers argued deportation was not proper. He and Andrea Salcedo, who killed himself in a New York DOJ office, would be tried under criminal laws before any deportation.
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Washington
Robert Elia
Post
Department of Justice
Biia
Andrea Salcedo
New York
Hearings Resume in Martens Deportation Case
Washington June 17 AP Hearings in deportation proceedings against Ludwig C A K Martens Soviet agent in the United States resume before Immigration Inspector Shell at the Labor Department. Counsel for both sides expect to complete the testimony today. The case will then go to Assistant Secretary Post with final decision resting with President Wilson.
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Washington
Ludwig C. A. K. Martens
United States
Shell
Department of Labor
Post
Labor Department
Wilson
Aliens Arrive at Ellis Island for Deportation
Eighty five aliens, half said to be anarchists, were brought to Ellis Island from Portland and Chicago by a special train under T. M. Kline of the immigration bureau for deportation. Some departees are former wartime offenders from federal prisons.
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New York
Ellis Island
Portland
Ore
Chicago
T. M. Kline
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Labor
Seaplane Plan Aalesund Men Aim Whale Hunt
Copenhagen June 17 AP businessmen at Aalesund north of Bergen Norway plan this summer to use seaplanes for seal and whale hunting in the Denmark straits between Iceland and Greenland says the national Tidende.
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Copenhagen
Aalesund
Bergen
Norway
Denmark
Straits
Iceland
Greenland
National Tidende
American Products Show Postponed
The American national exposition, Inc. announces the special exhibit of American products in Buenos Aires, postponed from next November and December to next March. Officials cite deference to the wishes of the American chamber of commerce in Buenos Aires.
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Washington
Buenos Aires
American National Exposition, Inc
Department of Commerce
American Chamber of Commerce
Government moves to curb coal profiteering nationwide
Washington reports the Attorney General directs action against presumed bituminous coal profiteers. A department memo cites mine price jumps from 7 to 11 dollars and notes buyers report May prices higher than figures given. Officials urge swift investigations and legal steps to restrain unreasonable increases.
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Washington
Iav
Palmer
Department
Wary
Missing Blakely Coughlin After Ransom Demand in Norristown
Police renew search for 18 month old Blakely Coughlin taken from his crib on June 2. The Crank demanded 13 000 dollars from George R. Coughlin, the child’s father, and promised return within 24 hours but the infant was not returned. Investigators now cite revenge as the motive behind the disappearance.
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Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
George R. Coughlin
Blakely
Coughling
Attempted Sinking of Steamer Marcos At Port Arthur
An insurance adjustor disclosed that weeks ago someone attempted to sink the Mallory steamship Marcos by opening a seacock. The cargo included seventy five tons of print, hundreds of bags of coffee, and damaged Texas books. Federal authorities are sorting responsibility as unloading begins and water in the hold worsens the loss.
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Port Arthur
Tez
Marcos
Texas
Dallas
Houston
Carranza’s Appointed Consul General Not Recognized
Washington reports the state department withdrew recognition of Bernardino Menacrito as New York consul general on the de facto Mexico government demand. The department said no other holder is recognized until a conclusion is reached. Brito had been appointed by Carranza and assumed the post on the 30th, just before his fall.
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Washington
Mexico
Bernardino Menacrito
New York
Brito
Ranza
Carransa
Railway Restored To Its Owners In Mexico
Provisional President Adolfo De La Huerta announced the Mexican railway would be turned over to its London owners tomorrow. Francisco Peres, director general of railways, was commissioned to carry out the transfer as the action’s official.
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Mexico City
Adolfo de la Huerta
Francisco Peres
Counterfeiter's Record Saves Long Term Sentence
A Philadelphia judge credited the defendant's clean prior record in sentencing, reducing a lengthy term by each criminal wound prior in a June 17 AP report.
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Philadelphia
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Johnson Managers Amurs
John P. Frey
Germany
William Green
Mr. Frey
Green
Finn
United A Fathers of America
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H. Johnson
Machinists’ Union
Wall Street
Samuel Gompers
Executive Council
Gover
FATE
Excelsior Springs
Qgeorge M. Underwood
Gorgas III
Frisco
M H II
Martens
All United
Department of Action
Carranza
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