Third Party Formed At Convention In Chicago 1920
A new national political party emerged in Chicago at Carmen's hall formed by the Committee of Forty-Eight and the Labor Party of the United States. The Farmers Labor Party name was favored with Robert M. La Follette expected as presidential nominee. Henry Ford’s support collapsed when the platform was deemed too radical. The new party consolidates the Labor Party and Forty-Eighters with a 1920 campaign structure emphasizing a three-member state national committee and a nine-member executive committee.
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Ford
Farmer-Labor Party
Chicago
Carmen's Hall
Committee of Fortnight
Labor Party of
United States
Committee of Forty Eight
Labor Party
Conference
Farmer
Nate Farmer Labor Party
Robert M. LaFollette
Henry Ford
Charles S. Hoffman
Morrison Hotel
New Party
Committee of Forty-Eight
Labor Party adopts basic law for new constitution
A committee is named to draft a new party constitution and submit it to state organizations for a referendum by July 1, 1921. If adopted by more than half of the state organizations, the new constitution takes effect August 1, 1921.
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Labor Party
No Direct Action Debate Fails at Irish Question Congress
In London on July 14, a motion to employ direct action to push the government to withdraw troops from Ireland and halt munitions production for Ireland and Russia was defeated at a special trades union congress debating labor’s stance on Ireland.
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London
Ireland
Russia
Special Trades Union Congress
Peace Terms Russia Demands Severe as Referendum Price
Telegraph dispatches from Spa and Berlin report Soviet armistice terms to Poland include surrender of Vilna Minsk Grodno Chelm and Polessie, demobilization, and an internal Soviet in Poland. Poland to surrender war materials and be taxed on machinery and salt, with a nationwide referendum within a year.
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Spa
Sermit
Poland
Russia
Ukrainia
Berlin
Prague
Lokal Anterger
M. Rakweski
Vilna
Minsk
Grodno
Chelm
Polessie
Lokal Anzeiger
Moscow
WHR
Lemion
Lloyd George
George Techitcherin
Exchange
Prices to Farmers Dip in June Report Shows Decline
Washington officials report the level of prices paid to farmers for principal crops fell about 1.7 percent in June. The Department of Agriculture notes that on July 1 the index remained over 20 percent above last year, 37 percent above two years ago, and 102.5 percent above the ten year average.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
American relief workers killed in Ukraine
New York officials report Dr. Israel Friedlander and Dr. Bernard Cantor were killed by bandits in the Ukraine on July 7. They are believed to have carried about $400,000 in American money, and Felix Warburg says funds for war sufferers must be carried in person.
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New York
Israel Friedlander
Bernard Cantor
Ukraine
Felix Warburg
Joint Distribution Committee
Warburg
Bolivian government overthrown. Saavandra proclaimed president
In Buenos Aires on July 14 revolutionists have toppled the Bolivian government and General Saavandra has proclaimed himself president, according to La Pan information. The report notes rapid political upheaval and a new leadership claim in the republic.
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Buenos Aires
Regims
Saavandra
Buenos Airres
la Pan
Teutons Reject Coal Deliveries Pact In Conference Rift
Spa July 14 The German and Allied leaders clash as Germany rejects proposed coal deliveries to France, threatening a break in talks. Allies seek 1,800,000 tons monthly with later increases, but Germany says 1,100,000 tons is its limit. Dr Walter von Simons warns against forced acceptance and hints at returning home.
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Teutons
France
Spa
Marshal Foch
Sir Henry Wilson
Thier
Walter von Simons
Germany
Millions for the Railroads and a New Party Platform
Interstate Commerce Commission approves a $16 593 275 loan to railroads. An escape from Ellis Island by a Lithuanian communist is under investigation. Major planks of a Third Party platform call for universal suffrage, public ownership of utilities, labor rights, and withdrawal from imperial holdings, along with reforms to war powers and taxation.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Ellis Island
Immigration Detention
New Jersey
NEW Party
Chicago
Mexico
Wall Street
Ireland
Philippines
Cuba
Hawaii
Guam
San Domingo
Reds Take Minsk From the Poles
Minsk is reported captured by Bolshevik forces on July 11 after a Moscow source confirmed the fall. Vilna 110 miles northwest reportedly in danger, as Soviet troops push toward the region from north and south. Warsaw braces for possible Bolshevik advance with emergency plans discussed by Americans and foreigners.
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London
Minsk
Moscow
Vilna
Beresina
Warsaw
Lied Cross
Harry Gilchrist
American Legion
Legion
Minsk Falls to Bolsheviks After All Night Battle
Warsaw reports Minsk is lost to Bolsheviks after an all night clash. Front dispatches describe severest fighting since Polish withdrawal with bayonet action. Bolshevik generals Knatjinski and Oryson die along with about 400 troops in the Ovruch region south of the Pripet marshes.
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Warsaw
Minsk
Ovruch
Pripet
Knatjinski
Oryson
Missouri Supreme Court blocks bars day act referendum
Missouri Supreme Court sustains injunction preventing submission of the last legislature’s action ratifying federal prohibition to a referendum. The ruling holds federal constitutional amendment procedure governs, not a state alternative method, in a Carson suit for the Missouri Anti-Saloon League.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Supreme Court
C. C. Carson
Missouri Anti-Saloon League
Secretary of State of
Missouri
U S Jackies Are Lauded For Peking Detachment
Washington July 14 A detachment of 150 American sailors has been ordered to Peking to augment the American legation guard of 275 marines as a precaution against threatened revolutionary hostilities. Admiral Gleaves commander in chief of the Asiatic fleet said he was proceeding to Peking to confer with the American minister there.
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Washington
Peking
Navy Department
Gleaves
Harding Plans Seclusion to Finish Nomination Speech
Marion July 14 Senator Harding will enter seclusion for several days to focus on writing his Republican presidential nomination speech. No major conferences are planned this week.
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Marion
Harding
General Foch Called to Assist in Spalato Clash
Triest reports an American officer was killed in street fighting between Croats and Italians during a Jugo Slavs nationalist demonstration in Spalato Dalmatia. An American admiral controlled the coast outside the armistice zone and intervened with local authorities to restore order. Italian officers were attacked and wounded. a naval lieutenant and three sailors were injured. a mechanic died. Admiral Resio arrived and demanded reparation. three Italian destroyers reached the trouble zone.
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Rome
Spalato
Dalmatia
Zara
Resio
Trieste
Toallan
French President to Quit Office in August Parliament to Elect New President
Paris reports an influential source says the French parliament will address electing a new president. A Versailles meeting is planned in August, while a cross-party delegation will urge President Deschanel to resign amid his recent breakdown.
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Paris
Miller
Versailles
Deschanel
Cox and Roosevelt Meet Wilson on Campaign Tour
Governor Cox and Franklin D Roosevelt, Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees, will confer with President Wilson at the White House next Sunday. The plan, announced after a long distance call, says neither expects any state to be hopeless and vows to campaign across the nation.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
White House
Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baseball Scores From National and American Leagues
National League results show Chicago defeating Brooklyn 3 to 2 and Cincinnati beating Philadelphia 8 to 2 with Pittsburgh topping Boston 6 to 2. American League games include Chicago 5 over Washington 3, Cleveland 4 over Philadelphia 3, New York 4 to 7 against St. Louis, and Detroit 10 over Boston 4.
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Philadelphia
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Chicago
Washington
St. Louis
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Plan to Halt Coal Famine
New emergency orders from the Interstate Commerce Commission would give priority to coal shipments to the northwest and New England by operators with contracts in those regions. The bituminous coal operators plan to present the proposal to railroad executives in New York Thursday, and they will withhold comment until after the plan is presented Wednesday.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest
New England
New York
Martial law declared in Tien Tsin amid city unrest
U S fleet off Tientsin reports martial law in the city. Admiral Albert Gleaves, commander of the Pacific squadron, is said to have arrived. Attempts continue to persuade Anfu generals Wu Pei Fa and Tsao Kun to obey the government order not to march toward Pekin after Gen Hsu Shu Chang was dismissed.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Albert Gleaves
United States Pacific Squadron
Wu-Pei-Fa
Tsao-Kun
Anfu
Hsu Shu-Chang
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The
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Association
U. S
General Foch
Triest
Interstate Commission
Tientsin
Admiral Gleaves
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