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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
1
Bryan praises the president in a convention address while Wilson and Marshall secure nomination by acclamation. The event hints at a strike vote and a debated death list with delegates and party managers involved.
Rail labor leaders rejected two arbitration offers over eight hour day and overtime pay. Canvass of four brotherhoods will take at least three weeks, with a general strike vote likely before August. Elimination of double compensation would cut earnings for engineers and firemen under the tentative compromise.
Eureka dispatch reports 210 aboard Bear. 200 landed alive, five missing or unaccounted. Bodies of dead identified. unidentified held by purser Heywood. Survivors reunited from coast towns as rescue work continues. Many cared for in Eureka, with plans to sail to San Francisco tomorrow aboard a San Francisco Portland Steamship Company vessel. Captain Louis Nopander and three crew stayed aboard, sending the ship’s dot overboard with a light line.
Ju Ho Mayo of Rochester Minnesota was elected president of the American Medical Association during the house of delegates session in Detroit Michigan this afternoon.
Bryan addresses convention as various notes fill the page including a death list in Bear and mention of railroad brotherhoods preparing to strike. The piece covers Butte and Anaconda reports, civic plans, and state news with several editorials and notices throughout the section.
Reports from Laredo and Brownsville indicate a planned further punitive expedition against Mexican bandits could meet armed resistance near San Venacio and San Ygnacio. Gen. Ricaut and Gen. Funston discuss reinforcements while Major Gray’s command sweeps the border. Three U.S. soldiers are dead with six wounded after new fighting on American soil.
In St Louis on June 16 the Hemocrathe convention began a continuous session after 8 PM to renominate President Wilson and Vice President Marshall. The crowd filled the Coliseum as tickets sold at high prices and many delegates faced entry limits. Bryan was introduced amid protests and police action with teachers stranded outside and 200 delegates unable to enter.
At the Democratic National Convention in St Louis President Wilson and Vice President Marshall were nominated by acclamation. The full slate was completed just before midnight as excitement rose with banners, bands, and cheers.
New York June 15 J P Morgan testified before the Thompson committee on the Interborough Rapid Transit subway project claiming his bank earned about 250 000 for standby advisory services and 500 000 from the company. He described daily conferences with Theodore P Shonts and city officials to shape proposals and bond handling for the 160 million bond issue, noting a large profit but denying solicitation of the extra fee.
John W. Wescott of New Jersey again placed Woodrow Wilson's name before the Democratic national convention as the party’s candidate for president. He argued the nation is at work and at peace, praising Wilson’s leadership while recalling wartime trials and shifts in the financial system.
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