Democrats Name Wilson and Marshall Ticket for Convention
INDEPENDENT NEWS REPORTS that at noon tomorrow the Democratic National Convention in St Louis will nominate Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey for president and Thomas Riley Marshall of Indiana for vice president. The administration sources say Wilson approves and Marshall is renominated to assure success.
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Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Thomas Riley
Wilson
Washington
Indiana
Marshall
Peace plank to appear in Democratic platform at St Louis convention
The convention in St Louis will adopt a peace plank calling for early cessation of the European War and restoration of world peace. The plank will be added to the foreign relations declaration drafted by President Wilson, made public yesterday.
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St. Louis
Wilson
Suffrage Drive Opens At Democratic Convention
St Louis June 13 After two days of skirmishing suffrage advocates launched a real push on the Democratic national convention. The Woman's Party led by prominent suffrage workers presses for an immediate pledge to adopt by Congress the Susan B Anthony amendment. The National American Woman's Suffrage Association demands the platform endorse woman suffrage.
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Woman's Party
Congress
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Proposal to bar Supreme Court justices from office
Washington June 18 Senator Thomas of Colorado introduced a constitutional amendment resolution to prohibit the election of Supreme Court judges to office. He targeted Justice Hughes and sparked a heated discussion in the senate.
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International News Service
Washington
Thomas
Colorado
Senate Today
Justice Hughes
Supreme Court
Three Mexicans Die In Canyon Fight With U S Cavalry
A Pershing dispatch dated June 12 says 20 troopers of the Thirteenth Cavalry led by Capt. Rethorse routed a large Villa band in a canyon 20 miles north of Santa Clara Chihuahua at daylight June 9. Three Mexicans were killed, others wounded, the rest scattered, and the Americans suffered no casualties. The troopers seized horses rifles and ammunition.
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International News Service
Columbus
N. M
Austro-Hungarian Push Threatens Lemberg Siege
Petrograd reports Russian forces advancing in Galicia threaten Lemberg the fortified provincial capital. Austrian authorities order civilian evacuation as the offensive yields about 115000 prisoners and vast booty including heavy cannon and many machine guns.
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Bemidovna
Lemberg
Bucharest
Bombard Coast Pressures Bulga coast flash
French and British warships bombard the Bulg ar coast between Dengingatch and Porto Legis. The population is fleeing as shells fall along the shore.
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Salonika
Dengatch
Porto Legis
Rotary head urges Decatur unity for city growth
In a Redpath Chautauqua address Minneapolis figure Allen D. Albert calls Decatur to unite twin city governments and commerce, merge chambers of commerce, push home rule, boost school and health funding, improve housing and parks, and foster wider cultural life and charitable service.
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Chautauqua Lecture Urges Progressive Decatur City Plan
Dr. Allen B. Albert spoke at the Chautauqua last night on The Decaturs stressing a grand plan for urban growth. He urged dominant religion in projects and cited statistics on population 13380 for Decatur including Austinvill e Fairview and Moulton Heights while praising Rotary leadership and public service.
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Chautataua
International Association of Rotary Clubs
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Minnesota
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Minneapolis
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Moulten Heights
Local committee seeks wide parade participation
A Morgan County mobilization calls civic, benevolent, fraternal, religious and military groups to join the July 4 preparedness parade. Confederate veterans, Alabama National Guard units, Boy Scouts and floats are invited to notify committee members. Target is Morgan County representation with 19,000 onlookers. parade may form on Bank Street and end at Oakland Park with a patriotic address.
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Morgan County
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al. R. Davis
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BR. H. Wolcott
Eugene Sivley
Alabama
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Oakland Park
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Crowds Attend Lord Kitchener Memorial at St Pauls
Enormous crowds fill St Pauls Church in London for memorial services for Lord Kitchener secretary of war who perished when HMS Hampshire struck a mine in the North Sea. King George Queen Mary and other dignitaries attend with Ambassador Page and Mrs Pagé representing the American embassy.
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North Sea
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Ambassador Page
Pagé
TROOPS HURRIED FORWARD IN MEXICAN BORDER TENSION
Washington reports warn of violent anti American outbursts in Mexico as 1 500 more soldiers are readied on the border. Officials fear delays in Wilsons note and expect intensified resistance from rebel leaders and Carranza officials.
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State Department
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Washington uneasy with Mexican problem fuels border prep
El Paso reports rising Washington unease over anti American sentiment in Mexico. Carranzista lack of cooperation cited as border tensions grow. Consular reports say de facto forces move toward U S territories and Raul De La Rosa is said to have Carrancista support for any attack.
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Washington
Mexico
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Juarez Receives Additional Machine Guns for Bandit Hunt
Fourteen machine guns arrived at Juarez from Chihuahua City to aid operations against bandits in northern Chihuahua. In total twenty machine guns are now concentrated at Juarez, per American army officers' figures.
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Aycock Opens New Wholesale Dry Goods House
W H Aycock & Company announces the June 15 public opening of their new Ferry street building North Alabama first wholesale dry goods store north of Birmingham. Open 2 to 6 pm with music by Hauk orchestra and tastings from Calvin & Company Swift & Company Twin City Bread Armour Burk Auto A Z Bailey J A Miller Decatur Ice Cream. The brick two story with basement offers 24 750 feet floor space fireproof design and mezzanine stock rooms offices and modern conveniences.
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Bryan denies plan to push peace and prohibition planks
William Jennings Bryan arrived in St Louis with a platform promising to tempt progressives but said he has no plans to advocate specific peace preparedness or prohibition planks at the Dem ocratic convention. He added he acts as a private citizen and journalist and has no intention to sit as a delegate by proxy.
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William Jennings Bryan
Resolutions Committee
Col. Bryan
Democratic Party
Progressio.s
Raney Observes Bull Moose Gathering in Chicago
E R Raney a popular traveling man and delegate to the Lafayette Indiana T P A convention visited Chicago to view the Bull Moose gathering. He slipped into the sixth gallery and described a nearly full auditorium with up to 30 000 capacity as leaders discussed a possible cross party fan agreement.
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Chicago
Mr. Raney
Decaturs
Enster’s Troops Capture Verdun Trenches
Paris reports from June 13 that German forces penetrated French trenches east of Hill No 321 after a violent attack west of Thiaumont. The war office says other Verdun assaults were repulsed as bombardment continues.
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International News Service
Paris
Thiaumont
Germans Advance Southwest of Dowasmont Verdun Front
Berlin reports an advance by German forces southwest of Dowasmont on the Verdun front. The German war office issued the update. On the east front Russian forces attacked near Przewlowka west of the Strypa river with heavy fury.
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Verdun
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