Harding Declares Party Unity On Peace Treaty
Senator Harding rejected claims a coterie could control the administration and urged a referendum on foreign relations. He said the Republican party will welcome a united approach and that Hoover warned against party disunity and factional control while supporting a broad, forward looking platform.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Chicago
Herbert Hoorin
Harding
Hoover
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League
Platformer Food
Wil Bestorp
Republican Party
Furhermore
Deems Campaign Costs Far Higher. Split Persists
J F Deems of Burlington spent 35 635 69 for the Republican governor bid, with H M Huver Moore for Governor club and N E Kendall sharing figures. United States Senator A B Cummins spent 15 429 with Nes Moines donors backing his bid. Brookhart reported 9 459 with broad local contributions.
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Des Moines
J. F. Deeus
Burlington
Secretary of State
H. M. Huvner
United States
A. B. Cummins
Nes Moines
Smith W Brookhart
Late World News Roundup Highlights June Events
Across cities a series of brief items report minor tremor in downtown Los Angeles at 2:15 am no damage. U S labor party officials foresee a four group third party challenge to Republicans and Democrats. aliens bound for deportation arrive at Ellis Island. Miss Helen Taft to wed Frederick J Manning July 15 at Murray Bay Can.
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Labor Party of the
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New Haven
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Frederick J. Manning
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President Wilson Appears Healthier After Illness
The Associated Press reports that President Wilson shows improved health after nine months of illness. A New York World interview notes he has gained weight, remains undaunted, and expects a full recovery. He criticizes the Republican platform and supports a referendum on the league of nations.
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New York
Wilson
New York World
Washington
League of Nations
San Francisco
Anthour
Negro candidate for governor in Arkansas
Forrest City June 18. J H Blount the first negro nominated for Arkansas governor by a Republican faction. About 60, Blount has long coached in Helena and taught in Hot Springs Texarkana and Forrest City. He owns 600 acres and urges thrift and land ownership for sharecroppers.
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Logan H. Root
Treaty talks progress between Armenia and Turkey with mediator
London reports negotiations between the Turkish Anatolian Republic and Armenia are advancing favorably with a Moscow dispatch noting the Soviet government acts as mediator. A key provision likely to be solved is Armenia’s defense against Turkish attacks through a treaty clause barring Turkish troops near the Armenian frontier.
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Associated Press
London
Armenia
Moscow
Herald
Turkey
Grey faults missed chances on Russia and Persia
Viscount Grey told a Stratford audience that the League of Nations failed to seize two key openings with Russia and Persia. He urged non intervention toward Russia and said the Anglo Persian agreement harmed global trust, proposing league approval as remedy. An Omaha-St Louis express wreck in Missouri killed engineer William Rogers and injured fireman Tom Rowe.
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League of Nations
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Persia
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America
England
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Omaha-St. Louis Express
Silver City
Council Blus. Jr
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Tom Rowe
Silk lingerie mystery probes in Elwell homicide case
New York detectives focus on housekeeper Marie Larsen and chauffeur Edward Rhodes as witnesses in the Joseph H. Elwell murder. District Attorney Joyce says both may hold key knowledge, while a New Jersey socialite and a caller at the Pennsylvania station are among potential leads. He plans to detain the two as material witnesses.
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Associated Press
New York
Joseph H. Elwell
Turman
Marie Larsen
Elwall
Elwell House
Edward Rhodes
Joyce
Elwell
ORO
Marie’ Larson
Hetin
Congress
Waterways
Mississippi Valley
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Slayer
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Station
Government Transports for Moving Grain East Plan
Wellington June 18 A.P. report says Clifford Thorne of Chicago for the National Farmers and Grain Dealers Association urged the interstate commerce commission to use government ships on the Great Lakes to move grain to New York via Buffalo. Thorne stressed careful rate restraint to shield the consumer. Walter E. McCormick of Chicago asked restoring rate relations for livestock and products harmed by the railroad administration order.
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Associated Press
Wellington
D. C
Iran
Inter- ‘State Commerce Commission
New York
Buffalo
Myr
Thorne
Walter E. McCormick
Chisago
Railroad Administration
Inland Waterways Pledge Highlights Traffic Solution
James E. Smith of St Louis urges inland waterways development as a key to cutting living costs. Speaking at a United States Junior Chamber of Commerce convention he criticizes Congress for insufficient funding and cites a $12 million appropriation as paltry.
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Chamber of Commerce Flags Congress
Associated Press
St. Louis
James E. Smith
Waterways Division
Mississippi Valley Association
United States
Detroit Rises to Fourth Largest City in U.S.
Detroit's 1920 population is 993,739, up 527,973 since ten years earlier. The gain equals 113.4 percent, larger than Chicago's, second only to New York, and places Detroit ahead of St. Louis Boston Cleveland Baltimore and Pittsburgh.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Detroit
Chicago
New York
St. Louis
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Census Bureau
Vatican views Zionism and Palestine rule
Vatican circles discuss Zionism with wary acceptance of a Hebrew home in Palestine but oppose any Jewish domination over existing churches and traditions. Observatore Romano notes the Holy See could influence against such a course if subjugation to Jews occurs.
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Associated Press
Rome
Vatican
Observatore Romano
Holy See
Palestine
Great Bridge Span Shipped to Alaska
The second largest bridge span ever built left the plant for Fairmont Alaska. Weighing thousands of tons and 604 feet long it required a convoy of vehicles to move. Experts from across the country inspected the span before shipment for the Susitna river link between Fairmont and Seward.
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Garys Ind
American Bridge Company
Fairmont
Alaska
Susiitna
Seward
Gov Edwards Delays Delegates to San Francisco Convention
Two Clinton youths Harold Dumont and Bart Wise were held for auto theft after being caught in Waterloo trying to sell a car. Police found the description matching the Clinton police memo. Governor Edwards, nominated on the Democratic ticket, did not accompany delegates to the convention due to official business in Trenton. He planned to leave for San Francisco by mid next week.
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Harold Dumont
Bart Wise
Clinton
Waterloo
Clinton Police Department
Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Cits
Edward J. Edwards
New Jersey
San Francisco
Trenton
Edwards
San Francieka
Bubonie Plague Claims 22 Victims in Mexico
Associated Press reports 32 cases of bubonic plague with 22 deaths since the outbreak began in Vera Cruz on April 14. In the 24 hours ending last night no new cases were reported.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Engineers Seek Double Pay for Nonworking Holidays
Chicago June 8 The Hoisting and Portable Engineers union rejected the new scale offered by the Contracting Team Owners association which proposed 1.50 dollars an hour a 10 hour day and double pay for overtime Sundays and holidays The committee desires employees to be paid for holidays when they do not work
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Chicago
Nu Adition
George W Perkins Dies After Nervous Breakdown in Stamford
George Walbridge Perkins financier and early proponent of profit sharing died at Stamford Hall Sanitarium Stamford Conn after a nervous breakdown believed caused by influenza and pneumonia contracted in World War I while with the Y M C A in France. He was 63 born Chicago June 31 1862 and previously a Morgan partner who chaired the Progressive party national executive committee in 1912 and advocated industrial justice and public benefits for workers. Funeral planned private at Riverdale Presbyterian Church in the Bronx.
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New York
George W. Perkins
Stamford Hall
Stamford
Conn
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George W. Perkins, Jr
Chicago
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France
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International Harvester Company
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International Mercantile Mating Company
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Taft Urges America to Join League of Nations
At a Baltimore dinner, former President Taft and British ambassador Sir Austen Geddes were guests of honor as Taft urged that America must join the League of Nations after the upcoming election. He predicted support for an association of nations with reservations acceptable to others and emphasized noninterference in England’s internal affairs.
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Maryland
Federal Speaking Union Oferica
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League of Nat Itions
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Association of Nations
League of Nations
England
Retain Gompers A F L Chief By Unanimous Vote
Samuel Gompers was unanimously re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor for the thirty ninth time in Montreal. Delegates cheered for minutes as George Perkins nominated him. The convention authorized a nationwide campaign to organize all telephone operators due to alleged anti labor policy by Bell and associated companies. The constitution amendment increasing the executive council from eleven to fifteen members was approved by 23 097 to 1%.
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Associatedress
Montreal
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
George Perkins
Cigarmakers’ Union
Bell Telephone Company
Jury tampering juror jailed in Chicago case
Samuel Hadesman wholesale grocer was sentenced to six months in jail after admitting he intimidated jurors in a murder trial by claiming he was a prizefighter. The jury had previously disagreed. The report also references John Purroy Mitchell and Edwin Perkins with biographical notes on their civic roles and family connections.
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Chicago
Samuel Hadesman
Revision of bylaws at federated clubs biennial session
Des Moines June 18. Delegates discuss proposed bylaw revisions for the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The attempted federation reorganization is rejected. Reports from war victory commission and overseas unit are presented along with department talks on art music and civics. An Americanization theme underscores sessions with notable remarks by Mrs Obrendorfer. Kindergarten exhibit highlights Americanization through work with normal and handicapped children.
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Des Moines
General Federation of Women's Clubs
War Victory Commission
United States
Department of Education of the Federation
A. B. Griffith
Dallas
Tex
Hindergarten
Julia’ Wede Abbott
Bureau of Education
Waterloo Man Senior Commander Spanish War Vets
The fourteenth annual encampment of Spanish-American War veterans closed in Waterloo Iowa with Mason City set for next year. George B. Hall of Des Moines named Iowa department commander A J Arms of Waterloo senior commander W L Woodward of Mason City junior commander Bella Hall of Des Moines auxiliary commander Floy Benedict of Davenport senior vice commander and Frances Laffert Jr vice commander named.
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Dubuque
Mason City
Plan to Smoke Out Antitobacco Crowd
Atlantic City June 18 plans to place antitobacco groups on the defensive were launched at the opening of the nineteenth annual convention of the United States Tobacco associations. President T. M. Carrington of Richmond Va said the associations will not be on the defensive as liquor men were.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
United States Tobacco Associations
T. M. Carrington
Richmond
Funeral Directors Adjourn in Mason City for 1921 Session
The Iowa Funeral Directors association closed its fortieth annual meeting in Mason City with Des Moines chosen as the 1921 session site. Ottumwa was the sole other bid to host next year. Dates will be announced later.
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Mason City
Des Moines
Iowa Funeral Directors’ Association
Ottumwa
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