Hoover urges united support for GOP ticket after Chicago platform
In a public letter after meeting Senator Warren G Harding, Herbert Hoover endorses the Republican platform as largely constructive and progressive. He urges all party elements to support the national ticket while warning some issues, including spending and primaries, need further reform and acknowledging expected post-convention compromises.
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Chicago
Herbert Hoover
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Warren G. Harding
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United Press
Hiram Johnson
Harding
Harding-Coolidge
Harry Daugherty
Tenants Must Boost Census or Be Ousted in St. Joseph
Wal ter P. Fulkerson, a banker, is building a row of rental houses for families with children. Newlyweds are welcomed with the proviso that if there are no children at the end of a year they must vacate.
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Associated Press
ST. Joseph, Mo
Walter P. Fulkerson
Wilsons League referendum challenge dominates campaign
President Wilson reiterates the League of Nations as the top issue while Senator Harding accepts a referendum offer. The World correspondent reports Wilson’s health recovery and stance on the Republican platform. Hoover breaks breakfast with Harding as Daugherty maps campaign details in Washington.
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Harding
Washington
New York World
League of Nations
Warren G. Harding
Harting
Louis Seibold
Aspiant
Hie Policion
Tom
Paria
America
Man Struck by Sledge Hospitalized After Workplace Accident
Evans a Midwest boilermaker was accidentally struck on the head by a ten pound sledge in the hands of a fellow worker and suffered a severe contusion. He was taken to the Private hospital after stopping in the sledge’s path as it swung back. Ed Browning of Chicago, representing a wool house, explores purchases in Casper with Mrs Browning. Clarence Shockley drove to Cheyenne to deliver a Stanley Steamer bought by Charles Erwin.
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M, Evans
Midwest
Yeatehing
Evans
Ed Browning
Chicago
Casper
Mrs. Browning
Clarence Shockley
Cheyenne
Charles Erwin
Platte Floods Menace City Streets Near Standard Refinery
Heavy Platte river rise threatens Second Street pavement and curbing near the Standard refinery. Water department crews guard the pump house area southwest of the city and sandbags, rock barriers, and pumps are deployed as the flood nears critical levels. City Water Committee Chairman W. W. Keefe and members monitor levels twice daily to protect the water supply.
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Standard
Platte
Inez Wolays
Froud
City Water Committee
Water Department
W. W. Keefe
Elty Walter
Elty
Water Committee
Liesidow
Keefe
W. F P. Dunn
C. M. Bryan
Tentative Casper Salt Creek road contracts set for paving
The Wyoming state highway commission tentatively awarded bids for Casper Salt Creek road upgrades, including four steel bridges and 40 miles of graded road with two miles of reinforced slab pavement, plus $260,000 in other county projects. bidders from Wheatland Manderson and Cowley secured sections and bridges, with total active road work reaching $4.3 million.
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Fae Salt Creek
State Highway Commission
Casper Ball Creek
Casper-Salt Creek
Johnson and Sheridan
J. FP. Turpin
Wheatland
J. E
Washakie County
Threet Brothers
Worland
Taggart Brothers of
Cowley
Thermopolis
Hot Springs
J. F. Turpin
Platte County
Uva
Glenda
Bagley Brothers
State Highway Department
Financier George W. Perkins Dies in Stamford Sanitarium
George W. Perkins financier died at Stamford Hall sanitarium Stamford Conn at age 65 influenza and pneumonia contracted in France during World War I were listed as the causes. He helped popularize profit sharing and industrial justice and served with J P Morgan & Co. later linked to progressive political activity and Roosevelt era reforms. He married Evalina Ball in 1889 and had two children Dorothy and George W Perkins Jr one a lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Force.
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Associated Press
New York
George W. Perkins
Stamford Hall
Stamford
Conn
France
George Walbridge Perkins
J. P. Morgan & Company
Perkina
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Mr. Perkins
Evalina Ball
Plumen Ball
Cleveland
Dorothy
George W. Perkins, Jr
American Expeditionary Force
Plague Fatalities Reported in Vera Cruz Outbreak
Mexico City June 15 Twenty two deaths from bubonic plague among thirty two cases attributed to the Vera Cruz outbreak. No new cases have appeared in the last forty eight hours per unofficial reports.
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Mexico City
Vera Crus
Earthquake Ripple Shakes Downtown Los Angeles
An Associated Arena report notes a slight quake rattled downtown Los Angeles today. No damage or injuries were reported as the tremor startled residents and businesses.
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Associated Arena
Los Angeles
Political Quartet to Back Single Candidate in Harmony
Chicago June 1 officials of the Labor party of the United States predicted a merged third party for the fall election. The Committee of W and the Single Tax party join the Nonpartisan League of the Northwest at national convention in Chicago to contest Republicans and Democrats.
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Chicago
Labor Party of the
United States
Single Tax Party
Nonpartisan League of the Northwest
Third Party
Boy Who Robbed Ranch Sentenced to Reform School
Jock Pari, a 16 year old, confessed to robbing the Allery ranch. Judge Kimball sentenced him to the Industrial school at Worland and he has been placed there.
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Jock Pari
Allery Ranch
Worland
Kimball
Melon Feast Ends Abruptly in Downtown Incident
A chaotic scene in Center Street erupted as a large Texan watermelon spilled from a wagon attracting bystanders. Onlookers recall a rush to grab the biggest piece amid the heat of a summer afternoon as reporters describe the unexpected frenzy.
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Holly Gee
Center Street
Tribune
Remainder Free and Will Back Many Candidates
San Francisco June 18 Of 49 states and territories only 1 sends instructed delegates to the Democratic convention others have publicly favored different candidates Talk of renominating President Wilson for a third term has not appeared Instructed delegations will likely place in nomination Governors Cox McAdoo Palmer Edwards former ambassador Gerard and Senators Hitchcock Glass Owen and Simmons
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United Press
San Francisco
Wilson
Cox
Wm. G. McAdoo
Palmer
Edwards
Gerard
Hitchcock, Glass, Owen and Simmons
Bryan attacks New Jersey wet governor label in Fargo
William J. Bryan declared no New Jersey wet governor will be the Democratic candidate for president in Fargo. He named Cox and Hitchcock as wets and endorsed a platform plank calling for prison for profiteers, speaking last night.
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Jersey
Bryan
Associated Press
Fargo
N. 10
New Jersey
William J. Bryan
Cox and Hitchcock
Plank
Edwards to Join Delegates in Week
Governor Edwards, a Democratic presidential hopeful, did not ride the special train with New Jersey delegates to the San Francisco convention. He said he would attend if his official duties permit, likely leaving mid next week.
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New York
Edwards
New Jersey
San Francisco
Rooster to Replace Donkey as Democrat Emblem
Mrs Frederick Tahl, finance chair of Hlinda Democratic women, says roosters should supplant the donkey as the party emblem. She notes thousands of Little silver roosters will be taken to San Francisco by Democratic women and argues the rooster is a proud bird that can crow about progress.
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Bray
Associated Press
Chicago
Frederick, Tahl
Hlinda Democratic Women's Committee
San Francisco
Press Gallery Special Arrives at Democratic National Convention
The first special train from the east to the Democratic national convention arrived bearing newspaper men. The arrival in San Francisco on June 18 marked the debut of the so called press gallery special.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Press Gallery
Colby Favored for Permanent Chairman of Democratic Party
Washington reports secretary of state Bainbridge Colby is viewed by most Democratic leaders as the likely permanent chairman of the Democratic National Committee at San Francisco. Colby won a convention delegate seat from the District of Columbia last week, leading the administration ticket against the Bryan Democratic club slate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
Democratic National Committee
San Francisco
District of Columbia
Bryan Democratic Club
Detroit Rises to Fourth Largest U S City
Detroit leaps to fourth in U S population per census data with about 3 0 0 379, its growth rate surpassed only by New York, marking a notable shift in the national ranking as of mid year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Detroit
United States
Censue
New York
Bodies of two infants found in Cheyenne latrine
In Cheyenne Wyoming on June 18 a latrine cleanout workers discovered the decomposed remains of a boy and a girl, likely cast in while living. Coroner Early suspects the bodies were in the pit for months and may be linked to two married but separated women sought by police for infanticide.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
O'Neil Street
Alexander Marchland
Fort Russell
Thecwige
McAdoo Forbids 1936 Run as Democratic Candidate
William G. McAdoo announced he will not permit his name to appear as a presidential candidate at the Democratic national convention. He said the decision is irrevocable and a path of duty.
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Associated Press
New York
William G. McAdoo
American ship saves 70 aboard Japanese steamer near Yokohama
Westchester officers and crew aided the Japanese Kiyo Maru outside Yokohama harbor preventing destruction by fire. Kobe advices report 70 passengers were saved. Also notes Mrs. Henry Johnson and Miss Bess Bosley visited Thermopolia and M A Mestashaw returned from a Denver Salt Lake City overland trip.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Westchester
Yokohama Harbor
Kobe
Henry Johnson
Miss Bess Bosley
Thermopolia
M. A. Mestashaw
Denver
Salt Lake City
330 Italians Slain Behind Albanian Bars
A Belgrade telegram reports 330 Italian prisoners killed by enraged Albanians in Tirana. The killings are linked to the assassination of Kesal Pasha, former provisional president of Albania, as cited in dispatches reaching Belgrade.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Duane
Tirana
Belgrade
Kesal Pasha
Albania
Paris
Hallan Litrigue
Mexican beet field workers shipped north
Three railroad coaches carrying 160 Mexican laborers for sugar beet fields in Colorado Wyoming and Kansas left El Paso today. The workers are part of 800 who arrived at Jumex last night from the interior and will be sent to sugar beet farms in the north.
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Associated Press
EL Paso
Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Jumex
Interior
Mexico
Gompers Reelected AFL Leader for 39th Term
Montreal June 18 Samuel Gompers veteran president of the American Federation of Labor was reelected for the 39th time with only one vote against him.
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Gompers
LABOR
Associated Preas
Montreal
Samuel Grompers
American Federation of Labor
Two Held as Witnesses in Elwell Murder Case
In New York on June 18 the district attorney announced detention of three people as material witnesses in the murder of Joseph Elwell the wealthy sportsman. Mario Liarega the housekeeper and H ward Rhodes the chauffeur were named along with Hoy as key figures in the case.
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Associated Proms
New York
Joseph i’ Elwell
Hoy
Mel
Mario Liarega
Hideward Rhodes
Dewed
Irrigation surveys begin near Casper for Casey project
Engineer HM Duthie and a ten man crew arrived from Cheyenne to survey the Casper area between here and Pathfinder dam. A local chamber of commerce delegation met after a dinner as residents push for federal aid and a gravity irrigation system with state backing.
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Duthie
Cheyenne
Jett
Here
Pathfinder Dam
Chamber of Commerce
Hingelant
Platte River
Washington
Pro
Joot Jcf
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Constantinople Calm Despite Turkish Nationalist Advance
Constantinople reports no fear of siege as Turkish Nationalist forces clash on the Irmnid Peninsula with British support in the Gulf of Ismid. Armenian orphans were housed at a local institution under the care of American nurse Sophie Halt.
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Associated Press
Irmnid
Asia Minor
Gulf of Ismid
Lonnies
Armenia
Tonkd
Mixes Sophie Halt
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