Pinchot predicts new third party after convention
Amos Pinchot of the committee of 38 warns of a coming third party as a presidential bid emerges. He says the Republican Party lacks Roosevelt Johnson and La Follette supporters and that a new party would carry a definite program. Reports on La Follette’s candidacy vary and tie to the committee of 48 statements.
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la Follette
Warren G. Harding
Mr. Pinchot
Roosevelt
Johnson and
Committee of 48
Miners Entitled To Full Pay For Silver
Montana silver producers are said to be entitled to 82 per ounce under the Pittman act. J E Spurr of the Engineering and Mining Journal reports Senator Pittman has advised the government will pay 82 for silver, with smelters who bought at Jess to settle on the 11 dollar basis.
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Helena
New York
Montana
Pittman
J. E. Spurr
The
Engineering and Mining Journal of
New York City
C. J. Trauerman
Spurr
Jess
Private Sought For Camp Grant Killing
Private G C Peters is being sought by camp authorities for knowledge of the killing of Mes a b TH Moss wife of Captain Moss. She died after being shot in the back of the head while riding in a car near Camp Grant last night. Peters escaped with four other prisoners and threatened revenge against Captain Moss for court martial charges.
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Rockford
Ts. Jaume
G. C. Peters
Mes
B. TH. Moss
Captain Moss
Camp Grant
Peters
Moss
Idaho Democrats Fight Over Liquor Policy
Idaho Democrats debate liquor rights as they align with national prohibition. A key pledge seeks delegates to oppose any presidential candidate favoring liquor interests or supporting repeal or weakening of prohibition statutes. The discussion frames the party stance ahead of the national convention.
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Idaho
Harding Wins Nomination After Long Republican Ballot
The eighth to tenth ballots shift support toward Harding as Pennsylvania delivers 60 votes to clinch the nomination. Lodge maintains order while Coolidge rises to vice president on the ticket with 674 Pennsylvania votes. Final tallies show Harding 692, Wood 157, Johnson 80, with adjournment near midnight.
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Lowdon, Wood and Johnson
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Ohio
Sproul
Harding
Coliseum
Senator Lodge
Finais
Wood Men
Lowden
Wood
Johnson
Wisconsin
Robert M. la Follette
Lenroot
Coolidge
Senator Lenroot
Allen
Kansas
Woman In The Case Belief Of Officers
New York June 16 Investigation into the murder of Joseph B. Elwell centered on the woman in the case. Marie Larsen, Elwell’s housekeeper, said she moved a negligee slippers and a boudoir cap from the room after discovering a bullet wound and hid them to protect the woman. She claimed knowledge only of a woman about 25 years old.
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New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Marie Larsen
Elwell
J.T. Dooting
Dempsey Cleared in Draft Evasion Case in San Francisco
World heavyweight champion William Harrison Dempsey was found not guilty by a United States district court jury in San Francisco on a draft evasion indictment. The jury deliberated ten minutes, and a single ballot decided the verdict. Dempsey expressed thanks to the prosecutor and later met with his counsel to discuss the case.
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San Francisco
William Harrison
Jack) Dempsey
United States District Court
Dooling
Dempsey
Charles W. Thomas
United States District Attorney
Jack Kearns
Democrats May Take Them From Labor Platform
In Montreal on June 11 the American Federation of Labor prepared to back the Democratic Party if it adopts labor platform demands ignored by Republicans. Labor leaders said the issue would be raised at the federation convention tomorrow with a condemnation of the Republican Party followed by appeals to the Democrats to incorporate labor policy.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Organized Labor
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Western governors back western cooperation at convention
San Francisco June 16 Western state democratic governors and delegates to the democratic national convention agreed to form a harmonious cooperative association of western interests. California delegate Gavin McNab announced the plan and called for organization among delegates from California Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona and Nevada with affirmative replies from each state.
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San Francisco
Gavin McNab
California
McNab
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Utah
Arizona
Nevada
Chicago Banks Refuse City Loan Request
James B. Forgen, chairman of the Chicago clearing house, announced that the city’s request for a 315,000,000 loan was refused by Chicago banks and that no further funds would be loaned at this time.
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Chicago
James B. Forgen
Chicago Clearing House
Fragmentary Senate Ballot Fragments Showings Names and Totals
Partial OCR shows a long roll of presidential era names and scores across multiple woods and states. The garbled text lists Dupont La Follette Ward of New York Lowden Johnson Harding Sproul Coolidge Hoover Butler Kellogg Poindexter Lenroot Vilas Towden Shearidge Homer Smth and others with various numeric values interspersed. The passage resembles a political roll call or tally sheet with multiple candidates and vote counts.
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Warren
Michigan
Borah
Hoover
Spupont
Sutherland
Poindexter
Pritchard
Coolidge
la Follette
Butler
Harding
Johnson
Lowden
Wood
Sproul
Lowdon
Knox
Ts Kellogg
Minnesota
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Amos Pinchot
Committee of 38
Jack Dempsey
West
M. Patterson Undertaking Co
C. Graff
Big Timber, Montana
Dupont
Watson
Ward of
Ninth Wood
Towden
Shearidge
Homer
Sense
Fi Lenroot
Vilas
Texas
Soting
Smth Wood
Harding Hi
Ae Hoover
West Side
Auto Livery Service
Palace Meat Market
Sage ~E
Big Timber Battery Company
Henry Witten
Mer
Mara
Rc Ri
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