Democrats Hope for Shall Scrap to Add Interest
Democratic leaders plan a large St Louis convention to endorse President Wilson and renominate him. The three section platform will stress preparedness Americanism and Mexico with drafts by Wilson. Prohibition and suffrage are to be debated in hearings with a unified endorsement expected. Bryan arrival is awaited as anti Bryan leaders fear a political hedge.
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Mexico
War Baker
Walsh
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John Edwin Nevin
International News Service
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Resolutions Committee
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Jupiter
Bryan
America
Rape of the Judiciary May Be Made Issue
In St Louis, June 12, Democrats explore making the Supreme Court illness a campaign plank. Cordell Hull proposes a rule barring any Justice from seeking or holding another federal office, while conservative leaders doubt its wisdom. final decision rests with President Wilson.
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Hughes
Dignity
Inot
Sullivan Boom Grows as He Seeks VP Ticket
Chicago figures led by Roger Sullivan gain momentum for the Democratic vice presidential bid in St. Louis. George Brennan and John Hopkins back him while Murphy of Tammany Hall is present. New York and Illinois delegations show solid support, with Sullivan aiming to boost influence and patronage rather than secure the nomination.
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International News Service
ST. Lords
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Sullivan
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John P. Hopkins
Charles FP. Murphy
Tammany Hall
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New York
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Democratic Party
Ilinois
John Bowler
Wilson
Washington
Lewis
Dunne
Mississippi
Charles Murphy
Manhattan
Hughes
Travis Whitiny
Robert Fuller
New
Convention Sidellights from the St Louis Democratic Conclave
In St Louis during the Democratic national convention, Chicago figures draw the eye as Henry Morganthau arrives, while Missouri delegates debate Woodrow Wilson and anti Wilson sentiments. A notable Chicago delegate, Robert Emmet Burge, opposes the administration’s foreign policy.
Russians Gain Ground in Bukowina and Czernowitz Advance
Petrograd reports Russian troops captured Demidovka on the Mylnoff Bere street line road from Austro Hungarians and menacing Czernowitz as Austro Hungarians evacuate. About 110000 prisoners taken as Russians push across a 250 mile front from Pripet marshes toward the Bessarabian border. Austro Hungarian and German resistance fails to halt the drive.
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Bukowina
Czernowitz
Pripet Marshes
Bessarabian
Hapster Brusiloff
Soldier Wounded in Mexican Bandit Attack Report
San Antonio June 12 Lieut Colonel Waterman of Hachita N M reports to General Funston that a three man patrol from Troop K Twelfth United States was attacked by Mexican bandits wounding Private Lee W Sanders during the encounter the men faced gunfire and escaped unharmed afterward Private Sanders injured received first aid at the scene and was later treated as needed by army medics
War Bulletins From Front and Sea
International News Service reports French aeroplanes bombarded Ft Ruppel in Macedonia recently held by Bulgarians and bomb silences hit nearby Bulgarian and German cantonments. Rotterdam notes the Norwegian steamship Bure sunk by a mine off Dogger Bank with one life lost and Lloyds confirms a torpedoing without warning.
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Macedonia
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Bure
Dogger Bank
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Insurance increases upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled that increases in assessments by the Knights of Pythias on members with fourth class insurance benefit certificates are legal, reversing a lower court decision. The ruling was announced in Washington and dated June 12.
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Leaders Confer with the Nominee in Opes Plan
International News Service reports New York on June 12 that Charles Evans Hughes Republican presidential nominee arrived from Washington for political conferences. Hughes will attend a special convention to fix notification time and place while Washington awaits updates. Detectors surround his hotel as Hughes meets with figures like Governor Tanner and George Wickersham, maintaining quiet amid speculation.
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Jerick C. Tanner
George Wickersham
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