Steamroller charges dominate Wood Johnson fight at convention
CHICAGO June 4. Senator Moses accuses the Republican National Committee of steamroller tactics used to seat delegates for General Wood. He claims a three link system governs committee actions and warns of a coalition of Wood Johnson and Hoover forces shaping the convention.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Wood
Lowdon
National Committee
St. Louis
Washington
General Wood
Hays
Lowden
Nationa Committee
Party
Coun
Lowden Gains 25 Seats In Fight for Southern Delegations
In Chicago on June 4 the Republican National Committee seated 25 Lowden delegates and denied equal gains for Wood forces. Georgia South Carolina and Oklahoma contestees produced heated testimony as Tolbert and Johnson backed regularity, while Georgia’s four at large delegates were seated amid party disputes and race issues.
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Lowden
Wood
Chicago
Associated Press
Republican National Committee
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Hugh Scott
Lee
Albert Kelly
Bris
Lowdon
South Carolina
Tolbert
Georgia
Tennessee
Robert R. Church
Memphis
Henry Lincoln Johnson
Atlanta
Senate
Frank H. Hitchcock
General Wood
Johnson
South
Ina
Republican Party
Wes
Jackson
Ambulance Wreck Near Cambridge Hurts Four En Route
Four people were injured when an ambulance on the way to Edward Adkins's home nine miles from Cambridge, Ohio, ran off a Wis bankment after swerving to avoid a pedestrian. J. H. Harding was the most seriously hurt. Ezra Adkins, 16, died from shotgun wounds received earlier that day.
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Cambridge
Edward Adkins
Wisbankment
J. H. Harding
Harding
R. C. McCready
Lester McMillen
Adkins
Ezra Adkins
Fred Howard
Hital
Ezra
Eleven Republican Presidents Named In Sixteen Conventions Since 1856
A list of Republican presidential nominees across sixteen conventions from 1856 to 1916 includes John C Fremont Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S Grant Rutherford B Hayes William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Charles E Hughes James A Garfield James G Blaine Benjamin Harrison William Howard Taft and others. The vice presidential candidates listed include Hannibal Hamlin Andrew Johnson Schuyler Colfax Henry Wilson and others with notes on elected status and a 1916 convention outcome.
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Philadelphia
John C. Fremont
Californi
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Baltimore
Ulysses S. Grant
Cincinnati
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohie
William McKinley
Ohio
Willliam McKinley
Chicago
Willliam H. Taft
William H. Taft
Minneapolis
Benjamin Harrison
India
Theodore Roosevelt
New
Charles E. Hughes
New Y
James A. Garfield
James G. Blaine
Maine
Wm. L. Dayton
New Jersey
Hannibal Hamlin
Bergdoll Flees Toward Mexican Border As FBI Pursues
Reports from Louisville indicate Grover Bergdoll and a chauffeur head toward the Mexican border with federal agents watching the route. San Antonio and Phoenix dispatches place the fugitive en route to Mexico or Canada, while Louisville offers no solid clues to his whereabouts.
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Bergdoll
Slacker
San Antonio
Tex
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Louisville
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Canada
Mexico
Phoenix
Ariz
Philadelphia
Arizona
Texas
Rio Grande
Lexington
Middlesboro
Cincinnati
Louis H. Flinn
S. M. Russell
United States District Attorney
Lowden Promotes Prohibition Law With Reservations Treaty
CHICAGO June 4 Governor Frank O Lowden urged strict enforcement of the Volstead act and called for any supporting laws to back it. He outlined two possible Republican platform planks and favored the peace treaty with Lodge reservations while disputing Johnson’s League of Nations program. He also condemned accepting delegates tied to Emmerson financing and said the credentials committee would unseat them.
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Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Lowden
Goldstein and
Moore
St. Louis
Louis Emmerson
Senate
National Committee On the Convention
League of Nations
Hiram Johnson
Lodge
Lost Witness Testimony on Wood Campaign Funds
Senate committee probes financing of Leonard Wood bid for Republican nomination seeking totals and sources of funds. Horace S. Stebbins testifies from a remote Canadian woods location about contributions totaling roughly 265000 and explains cross accounting with Sprague and Loeb. He defends cooperation and outlines committee financing networks in New York and Chicago.
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Stebbins
General
New York
Gotham
Horace S. Stebbins
Wood National Campaign Committee
Wood National Fund
Kenyon
A. A. Sprague
Wood Fund
Chicago
Pomerene
Ohio
Sprague
Senate
Canadian Woods
Pomerone
Procter
William Loeb
Loeb
Ways and Means Committee
Herbert Satterlee
National
Leonard Wood League
Ways and Means
Eliot, Jr
Harry M. Goodrich
Haro M. Clark
Ambrose Monell
Monell
Ogden Reid
Burning of Union Jack Arouses Thomas's Ire
Senator Thomas of Colorado introduced a resolution denouncing indignities toward foreign flags and officials after women sympathizers burned a British flag in Washington. The measure calls on authorities to use all lawful means to prevent such incidents, but consideration was postponed under the rules.
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Washington
Ireland
Thomas
Democrat
Colorado
Railroad Wage Issue To Be Settled Soon
The United States Railway Labor Board announced that a decision on railroad workers wage increase demands would be reached at the earliest possible moment after executive sessions. The board has not yet reached a temporary award and will continue sessions to finalize the outcome. Detroit attorney D C k sought a hearing for the Long Yardmen's Association as hearings proceed in Chicago.
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Labor Board
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
T. Whiter
Vacal D C K
Detroit
Long Yardmen’s Association
Tragic Erie Freight Crash Kills Three at Barberton Crossing
Three men were killed and twelve injured when an eastbound Erie freight train collided with an automobile truck at a Barberton grade crossing. The victims, all Barberton residents employed by Columbus Asphalt Co, included foreign-born laborers. two died instantly and a third died at Citizens Hospital. Four injured are in serious condition.
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Akron
Erie
Barberton
Citizens’ Hospital
Columbus Asphalt Company
Loyal Oak Road
Actor Protests Ban by Methodists For Theatre Benefits
In New York on June 4 the Actors Association urged retaliation against the Methodist Episcopal Church by refusing to perform at benefits under church auspices until the church repeals its blue laws banning theater attendance and related activities. Actor leader Mr. Wilson defended theatre workers and urged unified action by actors affiliated with the AFL.
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New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Actors’ Association
American Federation of Labor
Wilson
Methodist Church
Professors at Yale Protest To Congress On Irish Resolutions
Six six members of Yale University's faculty sent to Congress a protest opposing resolutions or platform items about Britain and Ireland. The signers urge that the U S government should not interfere in the domestic affairs of a friendly nation.
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Yale
Congress
New Haven, Conn
Yale University
Great Britain and Ireland
Public auction aims to ease Des Moines housing shortage
Washington June 4 Secretary Baker authorized the sale at public auction of 690 buildings available for family housing at Camp Des Moines, Indiana, to relieve a serious shortage of housing facilities.
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Washington
Des Moines
Baker
Camp
Massive Cincinnati Fire Destroys Perry Mason Block
A rapid, sprawling blaze in Cincinnati’s business district destroyed the Perry G. Mason Company building at 102 West Pearl and spread to F W Hinz & Sons and Keystone Fruit Products behind it. Fire crews used ladders and water towers as walls toppled and flames breached Third Street, with losses estimated around 500000 and 200 Mason employees affected.
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Perry G. Mason Company
West
Pearl Street
West Pearl Street
Keystone Fruit Products Company
Race Streets
H. J. Heinz & Co
Third Street
Mundel & Sons, Inc
I. W. Sutphin & Co
F. W. Hinz & Sons
Race Street
Federal Preserve Company
King Plumbers’ Supplies Company
West Third Street
Cincinnati
eTitter Fourth Street
Race
Elm Streets
Third, Pearl, Elm
Frank Hays
Thomas Schindler
Mason Company
Perry Mason
Duane Street
Perry Mason Establishment
Victor C. Jennings
Conway
Perry Mason Company
Pearl and
Keyssone .Fruit Products Company
Third
Mason
H. J. Hint Company
Hhose
Duane
Pearl Streets
Perry Mason B
Hint
Pearl] Street
F. W. Hint. &Sons
H. J. Heinz
Company 14
Union Distilling Company
Perryson Company
W.C. Jennings
No. 13
Asbestos Supply Manufacturing Company
Walter Dieterick
No. 5
Frank Ruhl
Ed Mayer
George Huber
George Schemel
Charles Botte
John Dwyer
Albert Taylor
Eigl
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Pearl
Wood-Johnson
London
Action of Body
Hoover
Senator Johnson
George W. Perkins
Mr. Hoover
Will Hays
Mosé¢s
Old Guard
Friends of
James S. Sherman
Nies Butler
Blanton
House
Grover C. Bergdoll
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Gregory
Leonard A. Wood
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