Can Gov. Lowden Win?
A 1920 political column by Samuel G. Blythe analyzes Senator Lodge’s progressive convention speech and the 1920 Republican field. It notes Hays’s cheer and hints at potential dark horses like Hughes, with plans to reach a 493 on later ballots and Woodmen’s strategy for a third or fourth ballot surge.
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Chicago
Lodge
Wilson
Santor Lodge
Hays
Will Hays
National Committee
Kentucky
Indiana
Mr. Hays
Turh
Hury
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Woodmen
Iowa Leaders Attend Republican Convention in Chicago
Miss Alice Paul chair of the National Woman's party and Mrs. Frank W. Dodson head Iowa's women's wing at the Chicago convention. Paul leads a drive to drop candidates opposing suffrage. Dodson chairs Iowa's women's division and is a national convention delegate at large.
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Chicago
Alice Paul
National Woman's Party
Frank W. Dodson
Paul
Dodson
Iowa
National Republican Committee
Republican State Central Committees
Watsons Men Joyful After Winning Fight for Leadership
Indiana supporters celebrate Senator James E. Watson after his election as chairman of the committee on resolutions by 41 to 3 over Ogden Mills. Beveridge loses bid for permanent chairman as Lodge remains favored for the post. The organization committee vote split 22 to 9 and 7 for Medill McCormick. Continued discussion noted on Page Three.
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Robert G. Tackern
Watson
Fendations Committee
Beveridge
Chicago
Til
Indiana
James E. Watson
Committee On
Ogden Mills
New York
Albert J. Beveridge
Indianapolis
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Lodge
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Washington
Leonard Wood
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Frank P. Walsh
Borah
Idaho
McCormick
Smoot
Utah
Coliseum
Lodge
Wilson
Wood
Johnson
Lowden
Senator Watson
Resolutions Committee
Edward D. Duffield
New Jersey
Wood Frank Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Mlinois
13 Killed 7 Hurt In New York Wreck
A New York Central line collision near Schenectady killed 13 and wounded 7. Among the dead are Albany engineer Martin Doyle and a two year old child of Utica resident Nellis Crouse. The eastbound American Express special struck the rear of a passenger train as it stopped for a flag stop.
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Sociated Press
Schnectady
N. Y
Martin Doyle
Albany
Nellis Crouse
Utica
New York Central
Buffalo
New York
Michigan Central
American Railway Express Company
Treaty Ratification Dominates Democratic Platform Plank
Associated Press reports in San Francisco Homer Cummings, Democratic National Committee chair, states ratification of the Versailles treaty will be the main platform plank. Panama delegates to the National Democratic convention press for civil government and business management of the canal zone and a seat in Congress.
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Associated Press
San Frasco
Homer 5
Cummings
Panama
Canal Zone
San Francisco
Congress
Fairman
Gompers and Woll Press Opposition to Anti Strike Federal Plan
Samuel Gompers and Matthew A Woll of the American Federation of Labor present a broad set of demands to the Republican convention resolutions committee. They oppose any law making strikes unlawful or forcing workers to submit grievances to courts, demand upholding federal injunction rights, federal eight hour limits, co op loans, cost of living relief, and direct election of federal judges, plus opposition to U S intervention in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kansas Industrial Court
Samuel Gompers
Matthew A. Woll
Americana Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
Republican National Convention
Kansas
Department of Labor
United States
Mexico
League of Nationa
Executive Council
Great Britain
Iron and Steel Workers
Pennsylvania
Federation
Steel Workers
Duquetse
Supreme Court
National Federation of Federal Employes
Congress
Coalition Swamped In German Election Results
Unofficial reports indicate the majority Socialist Centrists and Democrats will form a minority in the new Reichstag. They hold 222 seats against 238 for other parties, reflecting a shift in post election balance in Berlin.
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Spy Associates Pessy
Berlin
Reichstag
Delegates Unseated by Committee at Republican Meeting
Forces at the Republican national convention in Chicago complete the permanent roll with 3 unseated delegates. The credentials committee moved 2 Lowden delegates to Wood, leaving the Missouri district unchanged. Final platform work begins as debates center on the League of Nations with General Wood and Gov. Lowden factions jockeying for influence.
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Associated Preas
Chicago
Credentials Committee
National Committee
Lowden
Georgia
Tennessee
General Wood
Missouri
Kansas City
Robert R. Church
Lowdon
Charles B. Quinn
Wood
Quinn
Republian
League of Nations
Baker’s Dozen
Earlham Honors 71 Largest Class In History
Seventy one candidates received degrees at Earlham College on Wednesday in the largest graduating class to date. An honorary degree, four master’s degrees, 53 bachelor of arts, 10 bachelor of science, and one diploma in music were awarded. John E. Bundy received the honorary degree amid an ovation.
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Earlham
Elwood Bundy
Earlham College
Batchelor of Art
Batchelor of Science
David M. Edwards
John E. Bundy
A. M
Isabel P. Crabb
Ralph E. Knight
Anna Dean Stephens
Munc
Opal Hart
Ruth Harvey
Dorothy Heironimus
Caroling E Heltbrink
Elina Henley
Mildred Henley
Richard N Hoerner
John H. Jessup
LaVerne Jones
Vivian Kendall
Westine Lietzman
Marion Mains
Howard S. Mills
Sumner A. Mills
Kent
Morse
Grace M Moyer
Vera Newson
Suzanne Orsland
Margaret R. Parker
Lora L Pearson
Mary E
Leland Calvert
Walter B Harvey
Arthur M. Mendenhall
Helen Hadley
Africa
Nicholson
Romaine Brown
Dorothy Heironimuts
Eugene Raiford
Beulah Bowers
John Elwood Bundy
Richmond
Edwards
Bundy
Sun Rises on Warm Weather Expectation
The article notes noon temperature at 86 with humid conditions and Sun's effort at warming the day. It recalls a higher 87 on May 23 and quotes Weatherman Moore Weo predicting continued warm weather through Wednesday.
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Old Sol
Mercury
Moore Wio
Weather Forecast For Indiana From US Weather Bureau
Fair tonight and Thursday with continued warmth. Wayne County expected partly cloudy with possible local thundershowers and general fair conditions. Temperatures nationally show a warm wave east of the Rockies, cooler in Montana, highs near 90 to 94 in the upper plains, with scattered showers possible in Indiana and the Pacific Northwest storm affecting unsettled weather in the next two days.
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Wayne County
W. E. Moore
Rockies
Montana
North
Daota
Rapid City
South Dakota
Kansas City
Jacsonville
Fla
Indiana
British Columbia
Arbitration body of employers and labor wanted
A proposed workers and employers arbitration board was presented at the AFL convention in Montreal as a method to settle labor grievances and curb rising costs. The resolution, from E L Edgerton, argues the commission would stop endless wage and price hikes and restore harmony.
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Arbitration Body OF Employers and Labor
Associated Press
Montreal
United States
American Federation of Labor
E. L. Edgerton
Syracuse
New York
International Steam and Operating Engineers
Commission
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Allen
Alleged Girl Forger Placed Under $1 000 Bond
Prosecuting Attorney Freeman charged Mrs. M. E. McSpadden of Greensfork with forgery after a Wednesday afternoon confrontation. Judge William A. Bond set a bond of $1 000, which has not been furnished.
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Tee Beiumyel
M. E. McSpadden
Greensfork
Freeman
William A. Bond
Convention moves into routine as Lodge takes chair
The Republican National Convention met for a second day in Chicago with no keynote speech. Senator Lodge was chosen permanent chairman, reports from credentials were approved, and platform talks continued amid Prohibition debates. Johnson and Georgia moves drew attention as delegates discussed seating disputes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Senator Lodge
National Committee
Margaret Hill McCarter
Kansas
Platform Committee
Chauncey M. Depew
Resolutions Committee
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Wheeler
Hiram Johnson
Nebraska
Johnson
Oklahoma
Georgia
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Atlanta
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Woman’s Party
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Nicholas Murray Butler
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Eleanor Ballard
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Joseph Obergfell
Cincinnati
Jane Addame
Woman's International Rescue For Permanent Peace
Lucy Branham
Hubert Lovett
Grace Abbott
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James Fads Howe
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