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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
6
Cox delivers peace keynote calling for a return to normalcy while criticizing Congress for failing to pass constructive laws. He urges repeal of war taxes, criminal prosecutions of profiteers, tighter railroad oversight, a national budget system, and woman suffrage amid war-era tensions.
Governor Cox pledges entry into the League of Nations with reservations, aims to repeal war taxes, curb profiteering, and promote Americanization. He advocates farm support, a national budget, limited armament, labor rights, prohibition enforcement, and equal suffrage while critiquing Republican policy and urging industrial peace.
Governor Cox denounces a proposed separate peace as the most disheartening event since Russia made peace with Germany. He argues the plan would destroy international credibility, lead to allied isolation, and amount to bungling diplomacy and dishonesty.
Governor James M. Cox accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at Dayton Ohio's fair grounds in a daylong display of support. A crowd estimated from 30,000 to 75,000 watched Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt march and address the procession, with bands and delegates flooding the venue. He framed his campaign around the league of nations and American world peace, promising interpretations to guide its adoption.
The governor rallies a Democratic crowd praising the league covenant, calls for woman suffrage and equal suffrage, and attacks the Republican platform. He criticizes party government, pledges support for ex service men, and urges campaign finance restraint as rain briefly interrupted the event.
A Marion Ohio group led by 150 women paraded to Senator Harding's home where a banner read We're here Jimmy All from Marion. A mother declared Cox never played a horn and won't play second fiddle to any senate bunch. The governor laughed at banners including A little too warm on the front porch.
The 1919-20 U S cotton crop valued at 2,516,544,520 dollars, up 471,292,652 from last year, saw exports exceed 900,000 bales higher than the prior year and prices at the highest in 63 years. The average middling price was 28.21 cents per pound and per bale value reached 182.98 dollars. Germany and Austria resumed purchases with 467,000 bales shipped.
London reporters call the Jones bill America’s bid for shipping supremacy discriminatory and retaliatory, echoed by a shipping expert in the Sunday Observer. The critique centers on U S policy and competitive impact.
Vacation conferences at the Sorbonne for the educated public of France and foreign countries will be delivered from July to October 30. They aim to benefit visiting American students of both sexes and others seeking knowledge in Paris.
Berlin dispatch to The London Times reports Warsaw will be evacuated immediately by the Polish government and allied representatives. The move includes the government’s planned retirement to Cracow as the situation unfolds.
London reports the Russian Soviet reply to Britain’s halt demand in Poland is a refusal. The Times says Bolshevik ground is they would not obey a halt and will reach Warsaw for loot. Dr. Walter Simons says Germany will block Entente troops through Germany to aid Poland.
The Japanese foreign office dismissed Congressman Albert Johnsons August Tacoma remarks about thousands of Japanese being smuggled into the United States as fantastic and improbable. It urged Johnson to name banks, associations or individuals involved and offered cooperation in exposing any illegitimate network, noting only occasional cases are seen.
Muskogee Oklahoma reports Miss Alice Robertson, Republican candidate for Congress in the Second District, appears to have secured the nomination according to incomplete unofficial returns. Robertson is cited as the leading contender in the race.
United States Judge A. M. J. Cochran ruled that no limit can be placed on the number of liquor prescriptions issued by a physician. The deliverance was made public at the federal court office in Lexington Kentucky, outlining an unconstrained permissive approach to prescriptions in the state.
Miami Florida report says the British cable ship Colonia, hired to lay the South American cable from Miami to Barbados in the British West Indies, will not enter American waters until permission is granted by the U S State Department in Washington.
Paris reports The Matin notes Britain has rapidly mobilized two divisions to assist Poland. Plans for transport and revictualing this force are prepared. British French negotiations to devise means of aiding Poland are being pursued actively, per other papers.
In Oklahoma City two Democrats and fourteen Republicans compete for the U S Senate seat held by Thomas P Gore who is seeking reelection.
Washington report states that 2,478 commercial ships totaling 8,545,000 tons passed through the Panama Canal in the fiscal year ending June 30, earning over 8,800,000 dollars in tolls and charges.
The War Department announced that the general commanding the Southeastern Department has been instructed to abandon and salvage Camp Gordon in Georgia.
The Genoa socialist congress repudiated Bolshevism as the party adopted its political program in session here. The vote on the program was unanimous.
Flour advanced sharply at Minneapolis mills with quoted prices from 13.35 to 13.80 per barrel, marking a rise of 95 cents to 1.30 over the last two days. The movement reflects a strong uptick in local grain pricing and market demand for flour.
London Premier Lloyd George said in the House of Commons the government anticipates substantial unemployment in the coming winter and is considering precautionary measures.
Cleveland reports five nominees on five tickets for the presidential and vice presidential race. Three are editors or publishers, one leads a publishing house, and a clergyman is in the fray. Two vice presidential candidates hail from Cleveland.
In Miami, Aurelio Hevia and Frederick Morales, president and secretary of the Roosevelt Memorial Association in Cuba, pass through en route to Washington carrying a $100,000 donation from the Cuban people to the Colonel Roosevelt memorial fund.
Tokyo reports the Japanese government is examining a possible nationwide merger of all steel works to tide over current trade conditions. Authorities probe feasibility and implications of such a consolidation for the steel industry and economy.
Railroad commissioners and shippers from Montana Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota told the Interstate Commerce Commission that the grain movement is crippled by a car shortage. They urged the commission to issue orders guaranteeing car supply to avert disaster.
Governor Roberts of Tennessee issued a call for an extra session to convene at noon Monday, August 9. Of the 189 subjects listed, the first is ratification of the federal suffrage amendment, the second fixes the legal status of women, and the third prescribes women’s voting qualifications including poll tax and registration timing.
Franklin D Roosevelt, Democratic vice presidential nominee, spent his last day as assistant secretary of the navy at his desk. He cleared away details from his recent visit to Maine as his term ended.
Representatives from every government at the upcoming international finance conference in Brussels on September 24 will be asked to present a balance sheet showing each nation’s true financial position. The League of Nations council also urged countries to stop issuing further paper money to avoid weakening foreign credit.
Railroads with annual operating revenues over one million dollars were ordered to file quarterly reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The reports would detail the number of employees in various classes and the services rendered by them.
San Pedro Coahuila Mexico under terms of his unconditional surrender Francisco Villa will receive a large estate at Canuta Durango where he will be guarded for life by 50 trusted followers paid by the government. Surrender is estimated to cost the Mexican government about 2 million dollars.
Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, pledged further measures to secure Tennessee’s ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment. He did not specify avenues but said he would act immediately. He met with Mrs. Abbey Scott Baker of the National Woman’s Party at another conference in Tennessee.
The Kosciuszko squadron, largely American airmen attached to the Polish army, is being shifted from the southern front to help defend Warsaw. The American consulate in Warsaw will close and Consul Rankin prepares to depart as most records are removed.
Washington reports an order abolishing the six army departments and creating nine corps areas under the army reorganization act. The War Department has prepared the order awaiting Secretary Baker's approval. Southeast department at Charleston under Major General Morrison would be abolished. boundaries not yet announced.
French and British military experts predict the seat of government will move within two or three days likely to Cra cow. They report the Polish army along the river Bug retreated and did not destroy bridges, Warsaw’s last defense. Russian cavalry corps advance toward Mlawa and Warsaw, pushing toward the Baltic and Pomerania while Polish forces are described as demoralized on the northern and central fronts.
Mexico City reports that the Carranza government spent forty two thousand men over five years in the campaign against General Villa. Colonel Benjamin Rivas, Villa's chief of staff, is cited by The Excelsior correspondent.
Paris reported urgent telegrams were sent to allied ambassadors including the American envoy asking them to return from vacations for a council meeting on the Polish situation.
London reports that the Irish crown tribunals will be taken over by courts martial. The new Irish bill provides that courts martial settle civil disputes issue fines bind over accused persons to keep the peace and enforce duties previously handled by crown tribunals.
Washington census bureau releases population figures for 4 075 of 14 186 cities and incorporated places in 1910. The article notes about one third of municipalities have published population data.
Premier W Hughes voices strong criticism of Archbishop Daniel Mannix while Mannix travels from the United States toward the British Isles after Ireland’s government indicated he would be barred.
Atlantic City to President Gompers of the AFL said the Marion, Ohio report claiming 7 W Connor, head of the ILU, promised aid to Senator Harding was inaccurate unless Connor spoke only personally.
Paris signals France will act instantly and forcefully to enforce Versailles terms in eastern and western Europe. It warns it may use coercive measures along the Rhine. Paris believes Germany colludes with the Soviets to nullify Polish boundaries.
Oklahoma City report shows United States Senator Thomas P Gore far behind Democratic rival Scott Ferris for renomination as 11 of 2708 precincts counted. Ferris tallies 61 597 to Gore's 38 572 with supporters expecting rural districts to narrow the gap.
Federal Prohibition Commissioner John Kramer reports 54 million gallons of whiskey in bonded warehouses, a drop from January. He says more permits will be issued to handle large quantities locally while noting restrictions on non-beverage uses.
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