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Newspaper
Twin Falls Chronicle
Location
Twin Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1920
Page
7
President Wilson signed the railroad bill and vested Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads, with broad powers. He will also consider wage demands from the railroad brotherhoods and appoint an equal employers and employes commission to study them. The move comes as officials expect no immediate action tonight.
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Notices sent to Idaho Democratic State Central Committee members for a Moscow noon meeting on Friday March 6 to call a state convention. Delegates to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco June 28 1920 will be chosen and the convention’s date and place fixed. The meeting also plans the method and number of delegates for the state convention.
Deputy sheriffs from Santa Cruz county and a Tucson posse crossed the international line into Mexico at night to pursue bandits who killed Alexander Frazer and wounded his brother at a store raid in Montana Camp. Mexican officials promised full cooperation as troops and local authorities track a man named Ezequiel Lara toward northern Sonora.
Washington Feb 28 Sharp criticism of President Wilson's handling of the Adriatic note surfaced during the Senate peace treaty debate. Even mild reservation Republican Kellogg of Minnesota joined the opposition while Hitchcock of Nebraska defended the administration. Wilson was not expected to delay his reply long and was said to be preparing a reply inviting the United States to join a settlement acceptable to Yugoslavia and Italy.
At St Louis on February 28 the Tenth district Republican convention adopted a resolution urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Republicans denounced nationwide prohibition, approved Lodge reservations to the League of Nations covenant, and elected two uninstructed delegates to the national convention. Jacob Tu Babler, national committeeman, was endorsed for re election.
Oklahoma completes ratification after Governor Robertson signs the joint resolution. Oklahoma House and Senate approve with a 76 to vote and eliminate the emergency clause, then adjourned final.
Dated Idaho Falls in late February the report notes a shift from national to state issues in the campaign. It mentions Davis, Patch, and Morgan as central figures, with Davis viewed as unlikely to win and party alignment affecting outlook.
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