Forty-Eight movement ends in split and aborted ticket
The Committee of Forty-Eight dissolves its radical bid after nominating Parley Christensen for president and Max S. Hayes for vice president. Supporters react with bitterness and some linger to consider La Follette independence while the movement collapses amid dramatic scenes and forecasts of five 1900s-like tickets, including Debs.
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Chicago
Committee of Forty-eight
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Forty-eight
Farmer-Labor Party
Parley P. Christensen
Salt Lake
Max S. Hayes
Cleveland
Christensen
Salt Lake City
Utah
Republican State Committee
Christensen-Hayes
la Follette
J. A. H. Hopkins
Farmer-Labor
Band of Survivors
Radical
Labor and Farmers Organization
la la Follette
White House
Socialist Party
Eugene V. Debs
Pearl in Neck Emerges After Twenty Years
James Longen known as Chippy from Clifton Heights Pennsylvania swallowed a pearl twenty years ago while eating oysters in a baseball circle. A lump in his neck recently grew painful and he squeezed it causing the pearl to break through the skin.
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Clifton Heights
James Longen
Longen
Hawaii population grows thirty three point four percent
Census Bureau reports Hawaii population at 235,912 an increase of 64,003 or 33.4 percent. Honolulu has 83,827 residents up 81,144 or 50.7 percent. Hilo reaches 10,431 a 3,686 rise. Newark New Jersey population shows an error with 414,216 instead of 415,609 a decrease of 1,883.
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Census Bureau
Hawaii
Honolulu
Hilo
N. J
Labor vs Far m Labor Split at Amalgamated Convention
In Chicago the Committee of Forty-eight splits over the platform with the labor wing winning. The Labor side adopts its farmer labor program while La Follette withdraws from presidential consideration amid protests and riotous demonstrations.
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Committee of Forty-eight
Carmen’s Hall
Morrison Hotel
Carmen's Hall
United States
Robert M. la Follette
New Party
Armies Pinchot
George L. Record
Gilson Gardner
Dudley Field Malone
A. BH
Hopkins
Carmen
Hall
Chris? Tende
Farmer-Labor” Party
Robert M. LaFollette
New York
Henry Ford
Michigan
Parley P. Christensen
Utah
Labor Party
Robert M. Laollette
LaFollette
Lester F. Barlow
World War Veterans
Latest Events at Washington
Six months of prohibition show states need public sentiment. German warships to New York by August 3. Wilson names major and brigadier generals under army reform. Wilson calls Geneva League assembly for November 15. Russia's forceful path to peace and Soviet recognition discussed in Washington. Census counts show 4000 centenarians and over 30 000 past age ninety. more women reach 100 than men.
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Brest
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Navy Department
War Department
Wilson
Army Organization
Assembly of the League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Europe
Washington
Germans Sign Coal Protocol At Spa Conference
The Spa meeting ended with German plenipotentiaries signing the allied demand for 2,000,000 tons monthly. A reparations commission will meet in Geneva to allocate payments among France Britain Italy Belgium and others. Lloyd George warned Ruhr occupation is Germany’s fault only if German actions hinder the coal agreement.
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Geneva
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France
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Japan
Portugal
Serbia
Romania
Poland
Ruhr
Millerand
Walter Simons
Lloyd George
Allises
Simons
Berlin
Cologne
Ellis Island Overcrowding Sparks Immigration Crisis
Overcrowding at Ellis Island in New York leaves 2,000 aliens in detention rooms built for 1,590. Commissioner Wallis warns Assistant Secretary Post that a crisis has been reached due to inadequate handling of migrants entering the port.
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New York
Filis Island
Wallis
Secretary of Labor Post
Helen Taft Weds Manning in Montreal Ceremony
Miss Helen Taft daughter of former President William Howard Taft married Frederick Johnson Manning Yale history instructor at Murray Bay Union Church. Manning, Yale 1916 graduate, served as first lieutenant in Field Artillery OSS. Bryn Mawr acting president noted.
President calls league assembly meeting at Geneva
President Wilson issues call for the League of Nations assembly to meet in Geneva on November 15. The decision confirms neutral Geneva as the first assembly venue and signals disapproval of Brussels as the permanent seat.
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Wilson
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
Council of the League
League Assembly
League
Brussels
League Council
Lloyd George
Millerand
World News In Condensed Form
REPORTS of a captured revolutionary leader General Pablo Gonzalez being taken to Mexico City for court martial. Delegates from the National Women’s Party led by Alice Paul urge Governor Cox to back suffrage. Seven thousand workers strike in Pennsylvania against the contractor system. Two bandits rob Armourdale Bank messenger Frank Vasser of about $10 000 with heavy revolvers. Dr Thomas Jefferson Buchanan dies from X-ray burn injuries. Dublin post office raided by fifty armed men seizing government material.
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Vera ‘Cruz
Pablo Gonzalez
Coahuila
Mexico City
Columbus
Cox
National Women's Party
Alice Paul
New Jersey
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Kansas” City
Kan
Frank Vasser
Armourdale State Bank
Toms River
N. J
Thomas Jefferson Buchanan
Dublin
State Village Epileptics reports urge TB segregation
The annual report from Skillman State Village for Epileptics warns tuberculosis as a serious menace among patients. It calls for two new buildings, better housing for staff, and improved heating at Smalley Hall, citing wage and retention issues and staff shortages hampering care.
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Trenton
Skillman Ts
Burdette G. Lewis
Department of Institutions and Agencies
David F. Weeks
Weeks
Smalley Hall
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