Duncan in Fight Over AFL Power at Montreal
Montreal June 11 The reform faction led by James Duncan of Seattle challenges President Samuel Gompers in the American Federation of Labor. Duncan’s group moved to overturn two AFL committee reports and seeks to free political prisoners in recognition of the Russian Soviet government. Conservatives predict Gompers’ return would restore conservative control.
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Federation of Labor
Montreal
James Duncan
Samuel Gomperskor
Associated Press
American Federation of Labor
Jamies Duncan
Seattle
Organization Committee
Samuel Gompers
Gompers
Mayou Shadow at Chicago Republican Convention
Special to the Eagle reports Mr. and Mrs. William G. McAdoo arrived in Chicago from California and visited the national Republican Convention. Col. William Jennings Bryan sat in the press gallery, pondering his next moves toward Gov. Edwards of New Jersey and Gov. Cox of Ohio as theories about Edwards reacting to Bryan circulate.
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the Eagle
Chicago
Ill
William G. McAdoo
California
McAdoo
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Frisco
Edard Edwards
New Jersey
Jim Cox
Ohio
Edwards
Billy Bryan
House weighs inquiry into Hobby Galveston troops action
Representatives Malone Brady and Benson offered a resolution calling for a three member committee to probe conditions that led Governor Hobby to send troops to Galveston. The Senate defeated similar measures earlier. The Federal Horticultural Board warned of withholding federal aid and quarantine if a satisfactory boll worm bill is not enacted. The Wolters Cureton bill passed by the House is deemed unsatisfactory by the Agriculture Department, as it only sets regular cotton zones.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Galveston
Malone
Tarrant
Brady
Benson
Senate
Federal Horticultural Board
House
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Gompers Condemns Republicans in Chicago Labor Plank
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor condemns the Republican labor plank adopted at Chicago in a speech delivered in Montreal. The statement marks a sharp clash over labor policy during the campaign.
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Gompers
Associated Press
Montreal
Canada
Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bailey challenge to Gubernatorial ballot right in Texas
Dallas June 11. Mr Love argues the state democratic executive committee should not decide a candidate’s ballot right. He says Jos W Bailey has no legal or moral right to run for governor and that such questions belong in court or to the voters to resolve. He urges the courts determine Bailey’s residency status.
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Dallas
Tex
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Love
M. H. Wolfe
Jos. W. Bailey
Bailey
Texas
Mr. Love
Carrie Catt Re-elected President of International Suffrage Alliance
Geneva June 11 Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt was unanimously re elected president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance today She had earlier said she would retire but agreed to lead again in the organization’s efforts for universal suffrage from bases in Geneva and allied nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Geneva
Carrie Chapman Catt
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Kidnapped Baby Not Found in Dallas Case
Norristown Pa June 11 The mother of thirteen month old Blake ly Coughlin appealed nationwide for help to locate the missing child after a Dallas lead failed. Police determined the Dallas baby was not Blakely Coughlin despite hopeful tips.
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Dallas
Norristown
Blakely Coughlin
Pennsylvania
Business Mens Bible Class Banquet Ends in Humorous Trial
Members of the Business Mens Bible Class of First Baptist School enjoyed a banquet at the Elite hosted by President M E Wallace and officers. The program mocked the teacher Dr John A Held with a pretend court trial and mock verdicts, followed by officer elections and gracious farewells from Judge W Davis and others.
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First Baptist Sunday School
M. E. Wallace
Bryan
John A. Held
Wallace
J. W. Bailey
Bailey
Neff
Looney
Thomason
W. S. Barron
W. C. Davis
John A. Moore
J. M. Ferguson
A. S. Ware
Roy Hudspeth
R. T. Smith
E. Kennedy
Coulter Smith
J. H. Conway
Jnc
Agricultural officials visit Rockdale for farmer institutes
D C Dove of Buffalo and A W Kinnard of Bryan representing the State Agricultural Department spent the past week in Rockdale County Texas holding farmer institutes. They visited last Saturday and again Thursday and report farmers are busy yet deeply interested. They anticipate a good meeting to hear Mr Davis and Mr Neill Saturday.
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Rockdale
Tex
Messrs
D. C. Dove
Buffalo
A. W. Kinnard
Bryan
State Agricultural Department
Open Shop II Organized Galveston Galveston June 11
Open shop association of about one hundred was formed in Galveston and sent telegrams to Lieutenant Governor Johnson and Speaker Thomason in Austin endorsing Governor Hobby’s troop deployment. Ships are landing and the situation remains quiet.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Open Shop Association
Johnson
Thomason
Austin
Hobby
Austrian Cabinet Resigns After Long Term in Office
Vienna June 11 The Austrian cabinet headed by Chancellor Carl Renner which held office most of the time since the armistice of 1918 has resigned.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Carl Renner
Nominees for Democratic Convention Speeches Named
The Democratic National Committee announced eight chosen sponsors to present nominating speeches for presidential candidates at Frisco. Names linked with sponsors include Willam G. McAdoo, A Mitchell Palmer, Cox of Ohio, Edward S. Edwards, Robert L. Owen, James W. Gerard, Gilbert M Hitchcock, and T Meredith. Remaining presenters for James W. Davis and Carter Glass were undecided.
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San Francisco
Cal
Willam G. McAdoo
Burros Jenkins
Kansas City
A. Mitchell Palmer
Byohn H. Bigelow
Pennsylvania
Cox
Ohio
Supreme Court
Jas. C. Johnson
Columbus
Edward S. Edwards
New Jersey
Charles F. O’brien
Jersey City
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
B. Hayden Linebaugh
Muskogee
Okla
James W. Gerard
U. S. G. Cherry
Sioux Falls
S. D
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
Nebraska
A. C. Shellenberg
T. Meredith
Claude Porter
Iowa
Bryan Country Club Presents A Magnificent Playground
The Bryan Country Club announces a limited 200 membership booklet detailing officers directors and committees. The club houses a golf course tennis facilities fishing lake and stocked game fish with its own land on the Bryan College highway and a $50 000 property valuation.
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Bryan
Country Club
R. W. Howell
J. S. Doane
Co. E. Saunders
Travis B. Bryan
Donald Morrison
J. W. Batts
W. H. Cole
M. B. Parker
J. C. Vick
T. A. Adams
George A. Adams
D. R. Adkisson
R. C. Allen
J. R. Astin
J. B. Bagley
O. M. Ball
J. Irvin Barron
Algie Benbow
Lamar Bethea
D. X. Bible
S. W. Bissing
W. B. Bizzell
H. Oo. Boatwright
S. L. Boatwright
W. C. Boyett
T. P. Boyet Jr
Horace Boyett
Wilson Bradley
Geo. M. Brandon
H. R. Brayton
J. L. Brock
R. L. Brogdon
Jno
A. B. Conner
J. H
Wood and Lowden Nominated as Balloting Begins
In Chicago on June 11 Governor Allen named General Wood and Congressman Rodenberg nominated Governor Lowden for the presidency. Rodenberg compared Lowden to Lincoln and urged Illinois to supply a wartime leader again. A large Wood demonstration lasted forty minutes before ballots resume amid tensions and a threat to clear the galleries.
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Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Chicago
Allen
Rodenberg
Arkansas
Illinois
Frank O. Lowden
Lincoln
William A. Rodenberg
Associated
Frankshire
New York
Lodge
Platform Differences Are Settled at Republican Convention
Delegates to the Republican National Convention gathered early to name a presidential candidate with the outcome uncertain due to 500 uninstructed delegates. Gen Wood Senator Johnson and Governor Lowden voiced confidence while Lodge anticipated no vice presidential balloting before Saturday.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wood
Johnson
Lowden
Lodge
Red Whiskey at the Convention Sparked Committee Debate
An elderly Pennsylvania delegate presented a large package to the Republican National Convention resolutions committee. Chairman Watson opened it to reveal a bottle of red whiskey. Senator Smoot of Utah, a total abstainer, studied the matter alone and returned it without recommendations as the full committee prepared action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Resolutions Committee
Watson
Smoot
Utah
Lyday Attacks Pink Boll Worm Legislation
D E Lyday president of the Texas farmers Educational and Cooperative Union says the Westers Cureton bill would protect and encourage pink boll worm propagation. He sent the view to Brent C Jackson representative for Tarrant and Denton counties after Jackson asked farmers for their opinion.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
D. E. Lyday
Texas Farmers’ Educational and Co- Operative Union
Brent C. Jackson
Tarrant
Denton
Jackson
Tick Eradication Law to Be Perfected in Texas
In Austin on June 11 the house returned the Barnes tick eradication bill after Senate approval. It would exempt milk and dairy herds while mandating inspections. Senators Dudley and Bledsoe will refine the law to address court rulings in the Leslie case from Milam County, keeping the bill’s core aim intact.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Dudley
House
Barnes
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leslie
Milam County
Dudley and
Bledsoe
Legislature Approves 100000 for Galveston Guard Expenses
The Texas House passed a bill appropriating 100000 to cover National Guard costs in Galveston, with the measure becoming immediately available today after securing the necessary majority.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
National Guard
Galveston
Committee thwarted by bottle contents disappearance
A committee could not proceed after the contents of the bottle vanished before reaching the required stage, delaying the planned action and leaving questions about what occurred.
Johnson Crown Prince remark sparks GOP convention squall
At the Republican National Convention Chicago June 11 Wood Lowden and Johnson were introduced after the nominating speech. Charles S. Wheeler of California nominated Senator Hiram Johnson and mocked William G. McAdoo as the "Crown Prince" of the Wilson administration, drawing cheers and jeers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
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Virginia
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F. Ettle
C. M. Evans
W. R. Fairman
Charles A. Felker
H. O. Ferguson
W. J. Fesperman
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Maxey W. Wickes
John Wilcox
L. O. Wilkerson
S. C. Williams
Sam B. Wilson
T. D. Wilson
W. S. Wilson, Jr
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Lola Wilson
Milton Winter
W. A. Withers
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