Democrats in Convention Open with Keynote and Fracas
At the San Francisco Democratic convention on June 20, temporary chair Hower Cummings delivered the keynote as a fistfight broke out among delegates over the Empire State marker, while a Wilson demonstration and a flag reveal dominated the opening. Roosevelt and New York factions clashed. Ohio singers entertained as murmurs about the League of Nations and suffrage for women surfaced among delegates and leaders.
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Edward W. Pickard
Convention
San Francisco
Cal
Hower
Cummings
Onlo
Wilson
Roosevelt
Twenty-sixth District
New York
George Ann
Schenectady
Ohio
California
Chaiman Cummings
Kremer
Jengih
Mr. Cummings
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Elizabeth Marbury
Peter Olsen
Minnesota
Annette Adame
Pitta Atinere
Free
Ireland
Soviet
Russia
Osteopathic meeting draws thousands to Chicago convention
Chicago hosts the twenty fourth annual convention of the American Osteopathic Association with between 2500 and 8000 doctors from across the country and abroad gathering to exchange professional ideas on June 20. In San Francisco Evans A. Powell, ex paymaster of the battleship Idaho, pleaded guilty to embezzling 12000 of government funds and received a one year sentence in Alameda County jail.
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Chicago
America
American Osteopathic Association
Navy
San Franccisco
Pact Defeat Told in Attack on Wilson Role
In a keynote speech Chairman Cummings attacks President Wilson over the League of Nations pact. He cites Paris drafts since 1919, amendments from Taft Root Hughes and others, and Senator Lodge’s Senate power as crippling the treaty. He calls the episode a sordid crime against civilization.
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San Francisco
Wilson
Cummings
Paris
League of Nations
Friends of
League
Taft
Root
Hughes
Committee of Foreign Relations
White House
Doctor Lowell
Harvard University
Senator Lodge
Lodge
Senate
Chicago
Prison Ship Sinks. 2000 Prisoners Drowned Near Neva
Helsingfors dispatch reports two thousand British Austrian German and Finnish prisoners perished when a Bolshevik steamer was sunk on the Neva river. Stockholm Reuters corroborates a June 6 sinking with 2000 repatriated aboard. The article also notes an effort to portray Moscow as bustling for English labor delegates with staged events and strict orders.
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Lemion
Neva
Helsingfors
Central News
Reuters
Stockholm
Moscow mobilizes as parade excludes private citizens
From Moscow mobilized, even the highest commissaries walked. On May 18 a parade was organized but no private persons could attend. The piece accuses the Bolshevists of staging a tragi comedy to mislead English visitors about Soviet Russia’s true state.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Nine Hurt At Forest Park Highlands Mountain Ride
Nine people were injured when a falling handkerchief jammed an emergency brake, causing two cars on the mountain ride to collide at Forest Park Highlands in St. Louis. The incident occurred at the Forest Park amusement resort.
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St. Louis Pleasure Resort
St. Louis
Jofie
Forest Park Highlands
City laborers strike over wage demand in Chicago
Four hundred sixty workers in the water pipe extension bureau of Chicago’s public works department have struck for an $89 day wage. They currently earn $5.60 and were recommended by the council finance committee to $6.80, but they refused to accept the raise.
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Chicago
Water Pipe Extension Bureau
City Department of Public Works
Council Finance Committee
County Cork Rioting Flares Amid Home Attacks
Rioters in Fermoy Cork attempt arson on homes while clashes with soldiers ensue after news of Brigadier General Lucas kidnapping. In Limerick a railway hotel attack yields two bombs without casualties. Dublin moves to form famine response committees as rail stoppages threaten crisis.
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Fermoy
Limerick
County Cork
Poland
Inta
Lucas
Ireland
Dublin
Corporation of Dublin
Alderman MacDonagh
Riots and Strikes Roil Italy Across Regions
Reports from Cadore Lozzo CalLazzo Domegge Embasso Roncole Mambine Ancona Pisa Tivescia describe widespread unrest tied to unemployment. Red flags, cut telegraphs, barricades, and armed clashes leave several dead and many wounded as police and troops restore order.
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Lozzo
Callaze
Domegge
Embasso
Roncole
Mambine
Pisa
Italy
Tivescia
Rezgate
Vpolice
Baptists Urge Ratification of Peace Treaty in Pact
Buffalo New York report notes the Baptist convention adopting a resolution urging President Wilson and the Senate to ratify the proposed peace treaty. The article documents the convention’s stance and calling for swift action on the pact.
Baptist convention urges Versailles treaty approval and strict prohibition enforcement
The Baptist convention adopted resolutions urging President Wilson and the Senate to ratify Versailles with suitable reservations and pledging Baptists to support strict enforcement of federal prohibition laws. The dry resolution pledges support for authorities enforcing the law and rejects any party or platform that would modify or nullify prohibition measures.
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Ern Baptist Convention
Wilson
Senate
Greeks land at Panderma to face nationalist forces
London dispatch reports Greek troops landing at Vanderma on the south Marmora coast. The move aims at Mustapha Kemal Pasha’s nationalist forces northeast of Smyrna. Prime Minister Lloyd George said Britain provides no military obligation and recognizes the nationalist army as a combatant in war.
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London
Vanderma
Sea of Marmora
Constantinople
Mustapha Kerm Pasha
Smyrna
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Wheat sells at 2.52 a bushel in Fort Worth
The first car of Oklahoma’s new wheat crop arrived in Fort Worth on June 29 and sold for 2.52 dollars per bushel to a local firm. It was shipped to New Orleans for export, with grain dealers noting most Texas and Oklahoma wheat will go to New Orleans and Galveston for export.
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Oklahoma
Fort Worth
Tex
New Orleans
Galveston
First State Census Given
Census figures released in Washington show Delaware state at 223 008 with a 10.2 percent rise. Newcastle county including Wilmington totals 148 299 up 25 051 or 20.83 percent. Oklahoma City Oklahoma reports 91 258 up 27 053 or 42.1 percent. Walla Walla Washington records 15 503 down 3 961 or 19.9 percent.
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Washington
State of Delaware
Newcastle County
Delaware
Wilmington
Oklahoma City
Okla
Walla Walla
Wash
Cummings Hits Republican Platform as Provincial and Expedient
In a keynote, Cummings condemns the GOP platform as reactionary and slanderous while praising Democratic leadership under Woodrow Wilson. He cites federal reserve act and war measures as Democratic achievements and urges support for the League of Nations over Republican repudiation.
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Wilson
Republican Congress
Cummings
Republican Party
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Democratic Party
McAdoo Urges Labor Unite Against Reaction in America
William G. McAdoo issued a letter calling labor organizations to act energetically informed and united against the re establishment of reaction in the United States. The missive responds to J J Munhell of the Metal Trades council who said 145000 wage earners see McAdoo as the most popular Democratic presidential candidate.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
America
J. J. Munhell
Metal Trades Council of
New York City
Legislature to meet August 9 on federal suffrage amendment
Nashville officials announce the Tennessee legislature will convene August 9 to consider the federal suffrage amendment. The call reflects state action on national voting rights questions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Capitol
Germany Behind in Coal Payment in Versailles Accord
Paris reports German arrears of 3,000,000 tons in coal deliveries under the Versailles treaty. The figure comes from an interview with Louis Loucheur published here, indicating Germany's delay in meeting treaty commitments.
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Germany
Paris
Louis Loucheur
Two Executives Killed in Pottstown Tire Plant Explosion
Philadelphia June 29. W. C. Walsh president of Yale Weld Tire and Rubber and J. A. Maney his assistant were killed when a drying machine exploded in the coin factory at Pottstown Pa. Several workers injured and substantial factory damage reported.
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Philadelphia
W. C. Walsh
Yale Weld Tire and Rubber Company
J. A. Maney
Pottstown
Seven Burned to Death in Kraus Block Fire
Seven people died in a blaze that destroyed the Kraus block on Lawrence Avenue in Ellwood City. Estimated property damage stood at $35,000. The victims included a mother, Mrs. James Carlin, and her six children aged from five weeks to eleven years. Mrs. J C Conners escaped by leaping from a window and survived uninjured.
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Ellwood City
Kraus
Lawrence Avenue
James Carlin
J. C. Conners
Plan 500 Booze License Targets Chicago Druggists
Chicago council revenues committee moves to require druggists to pay a $500 annual license for filling pint flasks with whisky. The higher license replaces a proposed $50 license plus a 5 tax on medicinal liquor sales, seen as a step to replenish the city treasury.
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Chicago City Council
Chicago
Council
Robbery at Chicago Lead Firm Payroll Draw
Five armed men robbed cashier Lewis Darovie of the Chicago White Lead and Oil Company at 1453 Western Avenue as he alighted from a car. They took the firm’s $1,800 payroll, and the crime occurred in Chicago on June 9.
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Chicago
Lewis Darovie
Chicago White Lead and Oil Company
Western Avenue
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