Republicans Lock Horns Over League
A Chicago convention fight over the League of Nations plank pits reservationists led by Henry Cabot Lodge against the irreconcilables who demand a hard line against any league. The resolutions committee will test mood with a report expected next week, while figures like Borah and Watson are floated for leadership roles. The platform plans, shaped by Mills and the national committee, include a straddling European stance and a Mexico plank favoring intervention if Mexico fails to protect Americans and property.
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Resolutions Committee
League of Nations
GC Olp
Rots
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Borah
Bear
Olnson
Frank H. Hitchcock
Leonard Wood
Wood
Watson
Irman
James FE. Watson
Indiana
Hays
National Committee
Special Committee
J. Ogden Mills
New York
Lodge
Knox
Fall
Brandegee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Mexico
New Mexico
Silent Leaders Edge Toward Liberal Prohibition Policy
Discussion among platform leaders shows a deliberate silence on prohibition. Prohibition opponents actively push for a plank favoring a liberal interpretation of enforcement policy.
Persia Plea To Be Heard By League Council
London reports the League of Nations council to meet next week to hear Persia's appeal against the Russian Bolshevik invasion. Unconfirmed telegrams from Constantinople claim Bolshevik troops entered Teheran, while the Foreign Office in London denies occupation of the capital.
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London
Council of the
League of Nations
Persia
Percival Phillips
Daily Express
Constantinople
Teheran
Foreign Office
Planks Favored by Women Delegates at Republican Meeting
Chicago May 5 Miss Mary Garrett Hay chairwoman of the party's women's branch outlines planks for the convention. She calls for national regulation of child labor laws a federal department of education with a woman secretary direct citizenship for women naturalization for married women and a woman's bureau in the department of labor.
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Chicago
Jane
Mary Garrett Hay
Department of Education
Department of Laber
Wood's Treasurer Explains Absence From Senate Probe
Eastern treasurer for the Wood national campaign committee Horace Stebbins testified why officers could not serve a subpoena. He said he was in the Canadian woods on a long-planned trip and crew persecuted by marshals. He described funds received from William Loeb and associates, totaling about 436000 for the Leonard Wood campaign through mid June, with Sprague reporting higher totals.
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Horace
Stebbins
New York
Wood National Campaign Committee
Senate
cHibpaligna
Canadian Woods
United States
Wood
William Loeb
Proctor
Merbert Satterlee
Leonard Wood League
Auxiliary
Wood Campaign Committee
Kenyon
All Railway Employees To Get Increase
Chicago June 5. United States rail labor board indicates wage relief for rail workers within a week to ten days. Chairman Barton said a partial temporary award is likely, with about 200 questions to settle. Workers demand 18 cents an hour raise to sustain families, with figures showing need for at least 2500 dollars yearly.
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Chicago
United States Rail Labor Board
M. Barton
Sid
Labor Party in the Field for November Election
At the Springfield state convention leaders announced the Labor Party would present a complete state ticket for the November election. The convention likely will not name candidates at this session, says Frank Esper of Chicago, the state secretary.
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Springfield
Labor Party
Frank Esper
Chicago
President names wage-difference commission for coal workers
Washington June 5 President Wilson appointed William Thompson of Columbus Neal J Ferry of McAdoo and William L Connell of Scranton to act on wage differences between anthracite coal operators and miners The trio will hear and decide disputed wages across Pennsylvania and Ohio parties
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Ohio
Washington
Wilson
William ©. Thompson
Columbus
Neal J. Ferry
McAdoée
William L. Connell
Scranton
Prevost Jury Deliberating in Michigan Murder Case
Lloyd Prevost faces trial in Mount Clemens for the murder of J Stanley Brown as Judge Lam instructs the jury on possible verdicts including sequettal or first and second degree murder. In Washington a bill to curb dumping of foreign built airplanes seeks tariffs on machines manufactured abroad and advances to the senate.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Lloyd Prevost
J. Stanley Brown
Lam
Washington
United States
House
Senate
Railroad unions protest. urge Congress stay in session
Washington June 5 Representatives of 17 railroad unions telegraphed President Wilson Senator Lodge and Speaker Gillett protesting Congress adjournment. They say the do nothing policy will let grave economic problems become political playthings for five months inviting chaos and business disaster.
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Wilson
Lodge
Gilette
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Congress
Wilson to undergo operation in Minnesota report
A Chicago report picked up by the Evening Sun claims President Wilson will be taken to Rochester Minnesota next week for an operation. The dispatch notes the plan as reported from Chicago and presents no official confirmation.
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Rochester
Minn
The
Evening Sun
Chicago
Wilson
Sinn Fein victory reported in Ulster polls
Dublin reports Tyrone voted Nationalist, Sinn Fein sweeping southern Ireland as British forces bolster presence with 40 tanks and 28 air planes. Raids on government buildings and train robberies cited as Irish unrest grows amid Ireland's political shifts. Police reports describe a Cappaghwhite barracks attack repelled by troops.
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Ulster
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Ballyshannon
London
British War Office
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Gaulston
Green Isle
Devonport
England
Devonshire Infantry
Dullin
Great Britain
Poland
Cappaghwhite
Tipperary
Senator Penrose Enters Home Tending Convention Ties
Philadelphia June 5 Late Friday linemen began stringing wires to the home of United States Senator Tenrose in this city. Though no statement from the senator or doctors was made, the action is seen as meaning he will not attend the Republican national convention and will stay in close telephone touch with the Chicago proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Tenrose
Chicago
Nominations Move to Senate Nominate Oman and Kinnane
The president sent nominations to the senate to appoint Rear Admiral Joseph W. Oman as governor of the Virgin Islands and John K. B. Kinnane of Detroit as United States district attorney for the eastern district of Michigan, with Oman currently commanding American naval forces in the Virgin Islands. Separately in Paris, the Goliath aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Bossentrot and Bernard set a 24 hour flight record at Etampes, flying 1,915 kilometers (1,197 miles) before landing.
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Virgin Islands
Michigan
Washington
Senate
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Joseph W. Oman
United States
Eastern District of Michigan
John Kb, Kinnane
Detroit
Paris
Goliath
Bossentrot
Bernard
Etampes
Bubonic Plague Spreads in Mexico
Vera Cruz reports three new bubonic plague cases and three deaths at the lazaretto on Sarifice Island. Over fifty suspected cases are under observation as medical officials clash with the mayor over Wilson’s offer of a destroyer with doctors and supplies. Old buildings are burned to curb rat infestation. business houses remain closed and merchants must clear debris or face fines.
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Lazaretto
Sarifice
Sanitary Department
Wilson
New Orleans
Armistice Signed With Kemal Pasha In Beirut
Paris reports an armistice convention with Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Turkish nationalist leader in Asia Minor, signed at Beirut by Baron Robert de Caix, secretary general of the French high commission. The move, dated five days prior, aims to regroup French forces spread across Syria.
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Paris
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Asia Minor
Beyrut
Baron Robert de Caix
French High Commission
Petinaux
Heho de Paris
Syria
Bergdoll on Way to Mexico From Phoenix Report
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy draft evader, escaped custody in Philadelphia May 21 and is reported attempting to cross into Mexico with a companion and chauffeur. A San Antonio message to local justice officials confirms the pursuit and border hopes as of June 5.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
San Antonio
Tex
Lowden gains ground as GOP seats contested
Chicago June 5 The national committee finished hearings on contests for seats at the Republican convention. Governor Lowden added four delegates from Georgia and won 11 seats in South Carolina and eight in Mississippi. Wood lost several delegates including a disputed Oklahoma seat. Quinn and Church in Tennessee contested and seated. The committee planned to wind up hearings today under Will Hays.
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Lowden
Contesta
Republican National Committee
Georgia
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Eddes “Co
Atlanta
General Wood
Oklahoma
National Committee
Wood
South Carolina
Mississippi
Charles B. Quinn
Memphis
Quinn
Robert B. Church
Tennessee
Church
Mulvihill
Will H. Hays
End War Time Legislation Debate Signals Change
Washington reports a senate favorable resolution by the judiciary committee proposing repeal of all war time laws except the Lever act and the trading with the enemy act. The measure has passed the house, signaling a shift after war. Paris notes Chief of Staff Edouard de Castelnau and former war minister Louis Lyautey are to be named marshals of France by Premier Millerand on July 14.
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Senate
Senate Judicciary Committee
House
Aris
Edouard de Castelnau
Louis H. G. Lyiutey
France
Millerand
Open Trade to Bolsheviki in London Conference
London reports a conference among Gregory Krassin Idloyd George and British ministers led to a British permission for a central Soviet trading office in London per the London Standard. In Ukraine Tarashcha 60 miles south of Kiev Soviet forces fall back after fighting with superior enemy, and Molodecha near Minsk is reoccupied after heavy clashes.
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Gregory Krassin
Idloyd George
London Standard
Tarashcha
Kiev
Ukrainia
Moscow
Molodecha
Minsk
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