McAdoo Slips as Ralston Climbs to Third in Convention Balloting
At Madison Square Garden on July 8 the Democratic nominating convention adjourned for a six hour recess as McAdoo dropped to a new low of 310 votes while Ralston climbed to third with 196 votes. Smith led with 355, and Davis neared his high mark as talks of a coalition and potential compromise intensified.
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Associated Press
Madison Square Garden
Adoo Vines
Smith
Railston
Ralston
McAdoo
Glass
John W. Davis
Senator Ralston
George Brennan
Illinois
Bruce Kremer
Montana
Convent Fon
Charles M. Hay
St. Louis
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Convention elevates Indiana senator in presidential balloting
At Madison Square Garden on July 8 the Democratic national convention progressed in the presidential balloting with Senator Ralston of Indiana gaining a new lead. McAdoo's support weakened and Smith remained competitive as the roll call continued.
Convention Ballots Near Century Mark With Slight Changes
The eighty eighth ballot shows McAdoo 315 percent Smith 362 Davis of West Virginia 59 Underwood 39 Glass 66 Ralston 98 Robinson 23 Ritchie 22 Davis of Kansas 20 Walsh 5 Saulsbury 6 Meredith 26 Daniels 23 Bryan 9 Roosevelt 1. Total 1096 Absent 2. The ninetieth ballot follows McAdoo 314 Smith 357 Davis of West Virginia 64 Underwood 42 Glass 30 Ralston 159 Robinson 20 Ritchie 16 Davis of Kansas 20 Walsh 5 Saulsbury 6 Meredith 26 Bryan 15 Daniels 19 Total 1096 Absent 2.
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McAdoo
Smith
Davis
West Virginia
Underwood
Glass
Ralston
Robinson
Ritchie
Kansas
Walsh
Soulebury
Owen
Meredith
Daniels
Bryan
Roosevelt
Davie
Saulsbury
Early Ballot Totals Report for Sleepy Hollow Contest
The tally lists McAdoo 318 percent, Smith 358, Davis 41, Glass 66, Ralston 99, Robinson 20, Ritchie 22, Davis of Kansas 20, Walsh 3, Saulsbury 6, Owen 20, Meredith 26, Bryan 9, Daniels 191, Roosevelt 1. The overall total is 1 096 with 2 absent.
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McAdoo
Smith
Davis
West Virginia
Underwood
Glass
Ralston
Robinson
Ritchie
Kansas
Walsh
Saulsbury
Owen
Meredith
Bryan
Daniels
Roosevelt
Ballot totals show McAdoo and Smith leading early votes
The ninety first ballot lists McAdoo 318, Smith 355, Davis of West Virginia 66, Underwood 46, Glass 28, Ralston 187 1-2, Robinson 20, Ritchie 16, Davis of Kansas 4, Walsh 4, Saulsbury 6, Cummings 8, Meredith 26, Bryan 8. Total 1,096 with 2 absent. The ninety second and ninety third ballots add similar tallies with Smith at 355 and Davis of West Virginia near 68-69 percent, totals remaining 1,096.
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McAdoo
Smith
Davis
West Virginia
Underwood
Glass
Ralston
Robinson
Ritchie
Kansas
Walsh
Saulsbury
Cummings
Meredith
Bryan
Houston
Callahan
Baker
Revolt in Brazil Reports Put down by Government
Insurrection in Sao Paulo, Brazil, leaves about 250 dead and 200 injured as censorship skews details. Buenos Aires reports government measures favoring suppression, while unconfirmed dispatches claim 13 000 troops marching toward Rio Janeiro.
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Associated Prenat
Buenos Aires
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Associated Press
la Nacion
Rio Janeiro
Iowa Amateurs Play For Final Golf Flight
Iowa golfers pursue the late amateur title in Medal Play to form the 32 who will start match play in the championship flight. Sixty four entrants posted scores from 73 to 88 yesterday, with Ted Payseur of the Dubuque Country Club and Drake University holding a three stroke edge after a 73 in the first round.
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Associated Presa
Waterloo
Iowa
Ted Payseur
Dubuque Country Club
Drake University Estar
Payeur
Convention Grief Resolution On Calviin Coolidge Jr Death
A resolution expressing the grief of the convention at Calvin Coolidge Jr death was offered by Rabbie Stephen A Wise on behalf of Franklin D Roosevelt and adopted by a rising vote. Roosevelt as field marshal of the Smith forces declared delegates realized McAdoo could not be nominated and Smith is the logical man. After 91 ballots David F Houston received two votes in Illinois on the 92nd roll call.
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Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Stephen A. Wise
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Field Marshall
Smith Forces
McAdoo
Smith
David F. Houston
Illinois
Insurgent Philippine Scouts Arrested at Fort McKinley
Twenty three alleged leaders of a secret organization among Philippine scouts were arrested at Fort McKinley on July 8 over demands for higher pay and allowances matching white soldiers. Eight had been arrested earlier. They planned a demonstration for August 2 to present a petition for increased pay and allowances.
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Associated Press
Manila
Philippine Scouts
Fort McKinley
Bank Robbery Hits Lone Rock State Bank in Iowa
Three bandits blew the safe at Lone Rock State Bank in Lone Rock Iowa at 2 a m and escaped with 14500 in cash and liberty bonds. They pried the outer door and used five charges of explosive to blast the inner iron door then fled north toward Swea City. A Carroll County tourist witnessed the event from a curbside car while others heard the explosion but did not intervene.
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Associated Press
Lone Rock
Iowa
Swea City
Carrol County
U. S. 8 Takes Promising Lead In Olympic Score
The United States eight rowing team establishes a strong early lead in the Olympic race as they surge ahead of rivals. Crew members push for a decisive performance with boat speed and discipline shaping the contest.
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U. 8
Americans Sweep Shot Put and Lead Olympic Track Standings
Clarence Houser of California led a United States sweep in the shot put at Colombes earning 40 feet 2 1 2 inches as De Hart Hubbard won the broad jump and teammates Harlandft Stanford Hills USC also finished in the medals. The U S total rose to 98 points while Finland trailed with 54 as Great Britain 28 Sweden 14 France 9 Hungary 7 Switzerland 5 Norway 4 and New Zealand followed.
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Olympic Stadium
Colombes
France
United Staes
America
Finland
United States
Great Britain
Sweden
Hungary
Switzerland
Norway
New Zealand
Clarence Houser
California Collegian
de Hart Hubbarc
University of Michigan
Glenn Hartrandft
Leland Stanford
Ralph Hills
Princeton
Norman Anderson
University of Southern California
Houser
Herriot Proposes Watchers for Reparations Details
Premier Herriot plans a compromise to keep the reparations committee in charge of Dawes plan execution. He will present the proposal to Prime Minister MacDonald during the afternoon talks. A separate body would judge voluntary default, and Herriot’s note on French reparations policy was approved by the cabinet.
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Associated Press
Paris
Dawes
MacDonald
Great Britain
Herriot
Germany
Mr. MacDonald
Uniform Motor Laws Advocated By Officer
Des Moines report records Fred R. Zimmerman secretary of state for Wisconsin and president of the Motor Vehicle Administrators Association advocating federal motor vehicle laws and uniform traffic regulations at the group’s annual convention. He cites interstate motor traffic and calls for uniform titles licensing drivers and standardized signals parking laws and road signs.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Administrators’ Association of the
Middle Western States
Pepper Urged Higher Regard for U S Court
United States Senator George Pepper urged stronger trust in the federal judiciary in a Philadelphia address to the American and Pennsylvania Bar associations. He warned rising labor hostility could fuel revolutionary sentiment and noted growing use of broad injunctions against strikes, citing the 1922 railroad shopmen case where 261 Class One orders were sought and most granted.
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Philadelphia
American Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
United States
George Wharton Mepper
Pepper
Rockefeller Celebrates Birthday Without Cake
John D. Rockefeller Sr. marked his eighty fifth birthday with a small private gathering at Pocantico Hills. He issued a brief statement thanking friends and blessings, saying he is well and happy on his birthday with many friends around him.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Preas
Attempts Escape Iowa Convict Given Five More Years
George Clark a trusted convict at the Iowa state prison will serve an additional five years at the end of his present term after a failed escape bid. He was arrested in Burlington early today after walking away from the prison farm and will plead guilty before Judge John E. Craig in Keokuk.
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Fort Madison
George Clark
Iowa State
Clark
Burlington
John E. Craig
Keokuk
Cherry and Raspberry Crops Near Normal Despite weather
R. S. Herrick of the Iowa State Horticultural Society says the Iowa cherry and raspberry crops are in good condition and nearly normal despite unfavourable weather. Apples are very poor, and pears are only 46 percent normal with scarce peaches this year nationwide.
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Associated Prem Des Moines
Iowa
R. S. Herrick
Iowa State Horticultural Society
La Follette supporters plan national campaign push
Representative John W. Nelson of Wisconsin opens national La Follette campaign headquarters in Chicago. The effort aims to back progressive candidates and may endorse the Democratic nominee or field a running mate for Wisconsin Senator La Follette. Shipstead and Thompson named as favored vice presidential options. headquarters to also open in New York. Senator La Follette plans to tour after speaking in Washington next month.
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Associated Freee
Chicago
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
John W. Nelson
la Follette
LaFollette
Houston Thompson
Colorado
Wheeler
Montana
Washington
Phillip LaFollette
Nelson
Hendrik Shipstead
Minnesota
New York
Rhodes Iowa woman posed as man Walter Bundy jailed
Ruth Bundy 33 formerly lived as a man in Rhodes for seven years and worked as a farm and track laborer. She was arrested in Rhodes on a charge of threatening public offense after a scuffle revealed her sex. Bundy had married Elizabeth West years earlier, who did not know her deception until now.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
Ruth Bundy
Walter Bundy
Rhodes
Walter” Bundy
Elizabeth West
Miss Bundy
Misa Bundy
Storm Wrecks Mail Plane From Cheyenne
Cheyenne Wyoming July 8 Frank Yager piloting the east bound night air mail was severely shaken and bruised when compelled by a hurricane to make a forced landing at Chappell Nebraska sixty miles east of Cheyenne. Pilot Jack Knight from Omaha recovered the mail salvaged from the wreck and carried it eastward early today.
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Associated Preas
Cheyenne
Wyo
Frank Yager
Chappell
Neb
Here
Jack Knight
Omaha
California Stars Win St Louis Tennis Games
Four California players led by Robert Kinsey Harvey Kinsey Harvey Snodgrass and Walter Wesbrook advanced in the national clay court championship at the Triple A club Wesbrook won by default then defeated J R Rolley of Chicago to reach the fourth round
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Associated Press
St. Louis
California
Robert and
Howard Kinsey
Harvey Snodgrass
Walter Wesbrook
Wesbrook
Walter Wirthwein
Columbia
Ohio
J. R. Rolley
Chicago
Debs Elected National Chairman By Socialist Party
The 1924 Socialist Party convention in Cleveland elected Eugene V. Debs as national chairman by acclamation as Debs was too ill to lead the national executive committee. Delegates endorsed Senator Robert M. La Follette as a presidential candidate at the conference for Progressive Political Action, while the party prepared a platform and elected a seven member national executive committee. The final vote for the Debs chairmanship ran 106 to 17 initially, climbing to 115 in later counts as the band wagon gained momentum.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist Party of America
Debe
Lid
New York
Progressive
Robert M. LaFollette
Socialist Party
Conference For Political Action
la Follette
Socialista
Mexican Officials Claim Election Was Crooked
In Mexico City on July 8 the interior ministry said followers of both presidential candidates General Plutario Eliag Calles and General Angel Flores used trickery in Sunday’s elections. One state reportedly saw the governor, a partisan, visit polling booths with a gun and remove voting urns. Both sides claim victory, but early returns show no clear result.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Plutario Eliag Calles
Angel Flores
Ministry of the Interior
Callistas
Floristas
Elk Leader Advocates National Welfare Move
Grand Exalted Ruler James G. McFarland of South Dakota urged a national welfare movement in his annual report at the Benevolent and Protective Order of Ella grand lodge session. The sixtieth annual convention was held in Boston on July 8.
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Associated Press
Boston
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Ella
James G. McFarland
South Dakota
Grand Lodge
Order
Ina Claire Seeks Divorce in Paris from James R Whittaker
Actress Ina Claire files suit in Paris for divorce from husband James R. Whittaker. She travelled abroad while he remained in New York. Despatch to the New York Times notes the action and location.
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Ina Claire
Paris
Associated Presar
New York
James R. Whittaker
New York Times
Funeral services for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture R W Cassady
Des Moines July 8 funeral services were held for R W Cassady secretary of agriculture of Iowa who died suddenly at a relative's home. The body will be taken to Whiting for burial Thursday.
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Ry Associated Press
Des Moines
R. W. Cassady
Death claims younger son of president
The White House mourns as Calvin Coolidge Jr., 16, dies after a five day battle with septic infection from a blister on his foot. President and Mrs Coolidge faced the loss with quiet fortitude while John, the elder son, remained near. Medical efforts at Walter Reed hospital failed to halt the disease and Calvin died at 10 30 PM.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Calvin, Jr
Edgar Allan Poe
President Coolidge
Frank W. Stearns
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge, Jrr
Walter Reed Hospital
Ife
C. Bascom Slemp
Calvin Jr
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