Democratic Platform and League of Nations Debate
The article critiques the Democratic platform's pledge on the league of nations and reservations, arguing the party is bound to the Paris covenant while offering evasions. It contrasts Republican stance, warns voters, and notes the liquor question in the Democratic convention ending with a neutral outcome on dry and wet amendments.
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League of Nations
United States
Paris
League
Walsh
Massachusetts
Wilson
Wilson League of Nations
Wilson League
Repubean
No Man’s Land
War Workers Return Home as Government Positions Shrink
War workers separated at fiscal year end are free to go home as Congress funds a leaner government for the new year. The U S employment bureau and Washington Citizens Employment Association strive to place clerks, but private offers pale beside government pay. Over 3,000 War Department workers were dropped last June, with similar cuts in other departments. Many clerks return home while department heads lose discretion, bound by congressional provisions. The piece notes Prohibition politics and conventions, and praises Walter Johnson’s pitching in Washington.
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Congress
United States Employment Bureau
Washington Citizens’ Employment Association
War Department
Carter Glass
Resolutions Committee
Mark Thistlewaite
Marshall
Mark
Benson Defies Foreign Threats to American Shipping
Admiral Benson, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, declares American ships must be run for American interests as pressures from foreign shipping aim to divert Pacific traffic. He signals Lloyds will not control U S merchant fleet, and outlines a conference leading to U S insurance and ownership of ships by Americans.
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Admiral Benson
United States Shipping Board
Pacific
Bengon
Lloyds
Great Maritime Insurance Organization
Lloyds Registry
United States
Shipping
The Power of Song Across Ages and Nations
A reflection on songs shaping history from Fletcher to Wharton and modern times. The author notes the enduring power of ballads and cites public awe at demokratic events where The Star Spangled Banner and The Battle Hymn of the Republic moved audiences. Julia Ward Howe’s legacy endures beyond her death in 1910, with The Battle Hymn of the Republic remaining timeless.
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Andrew Fletcher
Saltoun
Tom Durfey
Lord Wharton
Purcell
James II
Judge Murasky
San Francisco
Julia Ward Howe
the Republic
Don Jaime of Bourbon Visits Bogota Amid Less Fanfare
Bogota reports Don Jaime of Bourbon son of the late Mon Carlos no special honors upon arrival. He is invited by the Peruvian president to visit Lima. Dispatches from Paris last April claimed his America trip aimed at selling items rescued from the Austrian palace during the 1918 clash. A separate item notes the Panama Railroad steamer Alliance delivering 1,000,000 in gold to New York bankers. Paris reports Senate ratifies the St Germain Austrian treaty by 263 to 23.
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Bogota
Colombia
Don Jaime of Bourbon
Mon Carlos
Peru
Lima
Paris
Don Jaime
America
Panama
New York
Panama Railroad
Alliance
Cristobal
Young Lord Congleton Now McGill University Student
Long profile of Young Lord Congleton head of the Irish Parnell family now living in Montreal with wife Edith Howard daughter of Lady Strathcona. He studies mining engineering at McGill after naval service and participation at Jutland. The piece traces the Congleton line from 18th century titles to Avondale estate and related Parnell family history. It concludes with notes on Crystal Palace origins and demolition context.
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Parnell
Aix
Montreal
Edith Howard
Strathcona
Mount Royal
Lord
Congleton
Grenadier‘ Guards
the Marne
Cheshire
Parnells
Tobias Parnée
Ireland
Charles VI
Thomas Parnell
Clogher
Pape
Swift
Addison
Steele
John Parnell
Exchequer
Samuel Hayes
Avondale
County Wicklow
William
John Henry
Delia
Charles Stewart
United States Navy
Charles Steart Parnell
Hayes
Sir John
Henry Parnell
Crystal Palace
Sydenham
Hyde Park
London
Sementine
Rotten Row
Sir John Paxton
Duke of Devonshire
Chatsworth
Derbyshire
Lord Plymouth
Queen Victoria
Prince Consort
Paxton
Canada
Marquibe
DE Fontenoy
Convention Sidelines at San Francisco Democratic Rally
San Francisco July 2. The convention buzzes with staged humor and roaming reporters as delegates, many women speakers, and party leaders navigate rules. Highlights include chairing, smoking bans, disguises of dissension, and vivid chatter about Bryan.
New Chilean Cabinet Sworn In
In Santiago on July 2 the new cabinet was sworn in. The ministry drew from unionist and liberal alliance parties and included Pedro Garcia de la Huerta as interior secretary Luis Aldunate BHcheverria as foreign relations secretary Ladislao Errazuriz as war secretary Francisco Garces Gana as finance secretary Lorenzo Montt as justice secretary and Armando Jaramillo as public works secretary.
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Santiago
Chile
Liberal Alliance
Interior
Pedro Garcia de la Huerta
Luis Aldunate Bcheverria
Ladislao Errazuriz
Francisco Garces Gana
Lorenzo Montt
Aremando Jaramillo
Big Increase in Coinage Across U.S. Mints in 1920
The fiscal year 1920 saw a surge in United States coinage with 786,250 double eagles and 126,500 eagles minted, totaling 16.99 million dollars. Gold coins were mostly exported to settle trade deficits, while the U.S. withheld gold coin from circulation. Coinage overall rose to 733,583,150 pieces in 1926 from 434,028,458 in 1919.
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United States
South America
Hold Cuban Sugar At 24 Cents
Havana on July 2 reports Cuban cane growers sugar mill owners and brokers pledging not to offer any more sugar for sale until prices reach 24 cents a pound the May peak. The selling committee estimates sold Cuban sugar at 3 920 000 sacks with 2 180 000 sacks held leaving 1 740 000 sacks under outside control efforts seek to pool these holdings.
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Havana
Passport Fee Increase Limited to New Regulations
New passport rules effective yesterday raise the fee from one to nine dollars plus a one dollar execution charge. US officers abroad on non official business and American seamen are exempt. Waivers apply for issuance to spouses and kin of American military buried abroad, subject to burial country. Full ten dollars due if additional countries are included. One year issue with possible renewals up to two years total. Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, and Virgin Islanders now pay the fee. Declarants cannot obtain a declarant passport anymore.
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United States
Philippines
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Solons Visit Yosemite on Park Tour
The House appropriations committee and families, led by Stephen T. Mather, director of the national parks service, are in Yosemite California for a two day stay after arriving from Sequoia Park. They plan to sail next week on the Great Northern for Hawaii and the Philippines.
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Yosemite
Calif
Appropriations Committee
House of Representatives
Stephen T. Mather
National Parks Service
Sequoia Park
Great Northern
Hawaiian Islands
Phillippines
Small States and Western Influence Shape American Elections
In Washington hotel chatter John Mellock of New York and Paris notes small states like Idaho and Maine have long influenced presidential outcomes. He cites past pivots from California to New Jersey and praises veterans in politics, highlighting Rep Clyde Kelly as a key pro veteran figure guiding public affairs.
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John Mellock
New York
Paris
Willard
Francis Burton Harrison
Whillippine Islands
San Francisco
Manila
William K. Borah
Commonwealth of
Idaho
Borah
Mains
James G
Ime
Maine
Jiasiirn
Blaine Wig
Little Ma
Mit
Burchard
Abraham
Linus S
noYorward
Hampshire
Crete
Franklin Peron
Andrew
Old Southerrer
Jungle
Martin Wun
Calfornia
Onis
Indiana
Woodrow
John Holuern
Dewey
American Legion
Emul
Legion
Army
Union
House of Representatives
Toera
House
M Clyde Kelly
Pennsylvania
Paraguay President-Elect Arrives in New York for Inaugural
Manuel Gondra, Paraguay’s president-elect, landed in New York aboard the steamship Hur from Montevideo. He had previously served as Paraguayan minister in Washington and said he would return to the United States to fulfill his duties before taking office.
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Paraguay
U. S
New York
Manuel Gondra
Washington
Hur
Montevideo
United States
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