Show n M ra V V 0 4 K A ay 1 1 jy J Z M 2 aa i N I 1 cotherine Cother lne levering the first visit visitor fr tu ito zion lon Nut linal jonal signing alim register ou on clai opening I liny ally 2 amerlean american and itu salon vessels leaving harbor under attack 3 funeral ot oc george IV perkins celebrated financier leaving presbyterian church lit in oo on NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS much guessing As to action of the democratic national convention TWO BIG QUESTION MARKS attitude of wilson and mcadoo a puzzle platform issues promise fight parties interests Inter estl ng irish situation Is IB grave franco france and england to war on turk by E F CLIPSON political wiseacres wise acres tire nrc at this time os as busy in naming tile nominee of the democratic convention 7 tit nt san francisco us its thoy they were a short time ngo igo in making wrong predictions about the Ite republican publican albair tit nt chicago indications tire that most of thoin are guessing in fact it looks like a good old fashioned guessing contest it you are lucky you win the barrel of lour flour or the ladles indies watch straws are no gulde guide to the direction ot of the political wind for they niti aro pointing in all directions especially straw ballots possibly president wilson air bryan or ono one of the other party powers knows who will bo the standard bearer but lie he Is not telling tito the big interrogation point which has been planted in the public mind concerns chiefly william 0 mcadoo and also president wilson allson tito former secretary hood f tor or somo some weeks been boomed so persistently that many political forecasters castera believed lie he was going to ninko make a runaway roco race of it but just nt fit a critical time cating came tits ills announcement that lie ho I 1 wag not ant seeking tho the nomination and preferred that his name should not bo be pla placed ved before the ilia convention ardent supporters point out that lie ho tins has not definitely refused the honor and aro are cedIng on the theory that lie ho will accept it it at comes to him unsolicited several state delegations which have been for mcadoo announce their refusal to take tits his declination as unalterable and their intention of voting for hini him in the convention president prealie nt wilson Is the great enigma just as n he has been nil all through the months since his early illness nna and tile tho ambiguous bulletins and interviews issued by lla his physicians tile first interpretation of 0 mr air mcafoos McA doos voluntary withdrawal front from tile lie race was that the republican platform having largely made mr air wilson the issue in the campaign it was fitting that the president should meet IV it by becoming tho the opposition candidate this view was considerably strengthened by nn nit interview which the ilia president gave to a representative of it a prominent new york newspaper tn in which mr allson discussed issues but not no t candidates and stated elated that I 1 he I 1 a appeared to bo be tho the principal issue tito interviewer stressed the point not of tile the presidents complete recovery hut but of tits his improved physical condition newspapers throughout the country havo been flooded with recent photographs of the president which indicate it fair degree of vigor sources close to the white house notably senator glass scout tit tho third term idea but the alie inference gained lau onny quarters from tile the interview ter view the he photographs and a few fen minor straws Is that the president it if mot an active aspirant for the honor proposes pro posca to be the behind tho the office those upholding this v view few believe that mr bir mcadoo sought to ellin inato himself in n order to give tits his fataei ln law n cleor clear field others modify the view tind incline to tile the belief that there Is a 0 divergence between tv een the president and mr air mcadoo on tho the league ot of antl i 4 question rali the fight in the resolutions com coin platte wilf bo be orf on the question of to tn dorsing the m administrations treaty and league of nations policy on tho the liquor issue and A large shore share of opinion la Is to tho the tilt that tile the committee will back the administration in its league plan pos kelbly insert idsert a mild declaration for personal liberty without mentioning 1111 kotlier ther light wines or beer nine a duration ot of sympathy pathy tor for subject nations desiring independence without any specific mention of lieland ireland inasmuch as the wilson league covenant will bo be opposed by the bryan brynn alic tion the senators sonn tors who voted for the lie lodge reservations reservation a and by other administration anti antl elements and ns na strong forces are wor working kinik for a modification of the Vo istead prohibition hibi hibit tion fon enforcement net either ot of ito these eso questions la Is regarded na as clent to force a fight on the floor of the convention itself while there are many friends of irish independence la ln the convention it Is not a domestic qu question and may inny go through in tiny any manner tit in which the resolutions committee decides to treat it both bolli republican nud and democratic candidates for the presidency will have the usual amount of company in tho the way of side parties these ara anre very interesting this athla year certain elements element among the tire threatening tin an independent party tin on account of failure of democrats and republicans to force a sufficient fent number of states to adopt the suffrage amendment certain drys threaten a party because republicans and dema democrats are too wet or neutral the wets weta threaten a party because the other parties are tots tob dry ome threaten tin eaten a party of their own wn and propose to substitute William itale halo thompson mayor of Clil cago ns their heir patron saint instead of abraham rin lincoln coln radicals each ono one of whom I 1 Is a a party to himself arc going I 1 otili lotry and unite under the banner of the committee of 48 49 with much enthusiasm for senator lafollette of ala wisconsin for president notwithstanding the fact that the senator lit in nil all tits ills past periods of disgruntlement over the ho actions of hla his party has overcome tits his disappointment and remained regular editor who failed balled to dictate the nominee of the republican party and whose counsels seem to have lost some of their weight in tile he democratic party Js trumpeting loudly tor for the of a new party mayor thompson who was lican until defeated for notional national committeeman mit teeman and until the supreme court of tits his state li heaped aped nit nil indignity upon him film by knocking out a primary law under which hla his machine had been Is said bald to bo be building a springboard to mako make some kind of a flop editor alexander moore of pittsburgh n rampant progressive has come out for ll ardIng senator poindexter who was regarded by mil jnnny ny as the only real null bull moose in the senate has announced his intention to support the republican ticket neither the coolidge forces nor those who will nominate a c candidate at san francisco manifest much perturbation over the various independent parties threatened the their ir 0 attitude t seems reems to be serenely that of the more tho the merrier the more conservative branch of organized workmen M as represented in the lie american federation of labor closed a two weeks annual convent convention lon tit nl montreal Ion treal canada juno june 10 19 samuel gompers tho ho re reelected elected president of the he organization succeeded after a stormy opposition from tile friends of ireland in securing na an endorsement indorsement Indor of the league of nations without reservations tito the opposition was against the lie covenant Ieca because uge of tho the view that it guarantees tho the integrity of the brit ish all empire labors program as forniti formulated by the convention demands follows of the pence peace treaty government ownership with dem bratle operation of the ral fronds curb on profiteering and high cost coal of living with jail sentences for profiteers right to strike and abolition of compulsory arbitration and antistrike anti strike leg Islat loa blands orf off in mexico by the united states government indorsement endorsement Indor or of the irish republic right flight of collective bargaining advances in wherever necessary to maintain tho american stand art annl of living shorter orter workday it if necessary to prevent unemployment these recommendations will bw be Int launched inched against the Dem con at san francisco with a strong stong effort by president gompers and other leabern to secreta I 1 in n corporation tn in the ho platform the ex council of the federation also was instructed to consider a plat plan 1 for procuring control of a number of daily newspapers to represent the cause of labor if no strikes occur and present can editions of 0 production continue there Is less prospect of it famine in soft coal next winter the united states geological survey announces that pro go BO far in 1020 Is about tons abbad of the sanio period mitt last year scar tito tho action of 0 file ho interstate commerce commission in providing more enre at the tie mines and tn in granting preference and priority orders for the transportation of a soft oft coal have had n favorable result nevertheless forehanded people warned by the experience of dinst win tot cr tire laying lading in coal wherever possible sable coal prices show no inclination to drop although a condition very ery much resembling civil war tins existed for more moio than n week nt at londonderry ireland with rioting street barricades and casualties mounting into the liuni bun deeds it Is not that it Is the hie match which will touch oft off the great involving unionists nit nil and sanu elenot folders Fel Fol ners conditions have also been bad in hel fust fast and a few other places and tits in general situation Is regarded ded ns as grno grave it Is pointed out that uio the disturber disturb hens tiro tire the centers ot of violent par nad i inject td ito the government goi eminent statement says buys that pint such outbreaks fire anro 4 1 bo be expected and do 10 not Indi indicate clito thal tha a santo of war throughout Irel lind it immediately impending tito the railroad situ situation atton wherein the employees rl ie fuso fuse to operate trains carrying sot sol offers or military supplies Is the most bosl serious eer loiis with alth which tile alio government hai hf ty deal tito authorities luno have two threats against the strikers ona on t to 0 a operate tho the trains with troops anti the other to stop roll entirely tito the course of near events appears to t binge upon tile ability R t handle tile llie transportation crisis with tile ending of the armistice between tho the in clifelma and Alusta pha kerlin pasha lender leader of thi ow turk nationalists camo the anjou announcement 11 cc at 0 a conference between afar lint of franco france and sir henry wilson british calef of staff nt at which it was decided to wage n strong campaign against the turks nelabel franco france nor angland being willing to send more soldiers it Is reported tint lint grecco will furin sli tho lie troops and the two allied countries most of the ofil cors As n greece Is to have smyrna tito tho turkish at situation Js a bexar regarded d a a its a serious one tito tho peace abells ailed lie he turkish empire parceling tile the rich eat cst port portions lons among the nilles and con fining tile the turks to it n small district in asia minor alinor without A 4 port which epaves them ringed by greeks tins and other hostile lio stlla nation nationalities nationally allt 1 e 1 A realization that this would occur was ai responsible for the alio revolt under nem kern nl 1 tile tho total french casualties during tile tomp temporary occupation of were men including ar deninn troops and officers already the lie british have suffered heavily from turk attacks although their have not been announced troops ore are on the lia to meet Ne forces which nio said to have advanced beyond astrild in n the dirac tion of constantinople lost last week british ships acro bombarding born bard tit the approaches to isaid Amb american rIcan red cross units are engaged in handling refugee wark for southern bouthern from constant constantinople I 1 nople and Izen ernt mellef work in poland the he brittle santes Alonte montenegro negro albania serbia czecho slovakia greece lind but of tho the united states in foreign countries are rapid ly being curtailed outside of germany the he only military mission of the united states to la that headed by col W N which yas was assigned by president wanon in november 1010 to assist the near bast relief committee in its ita work in asia minor in germany 80 30 united states are ara serving on the inter allied high commission being included among the 3 kerst mho with enlisted men inon constitute tho united states army oi of |