Big Road Meeting Attracts Missouri Good Roads Leaders
A large two day gathering in Missouri promises the era’s most important good roads event. Key figures include Harry Hawes of St. Louis and J Frank Smith of Kansas City while John M. Malang of Jefferson City outlines plans at a mass meeting and banquet at the Meral-Wils hotel and high school auditorium. Members of the executive and finance committees from eight counties attend, led by Hawes as president and M V Carroll as secretary, with speakers urging road funding and policy. Also included are national and state political notes from Chicago about Governor Frank Lowden’s presidential bid and Missouri delegates amid campaign finance debates.
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Missouri
Merali- Wils
Harry 8. Hawes
St. Louis
Missouri Good Roads Federation
J. Frank Smith
Good Roads Association
Greater
Kansas City
John M. Malang
State Highway Department
Jefferson City
Flawes
Harry B. Hawes
Gardner
Melucas
J. H. Scarborough
Warrensburg
H. C. Murphy
Joplin
J. L. Hine
Springfield
W. H. Stubblefield, Jr
Cape Girardeau
F. C. Millspaugh
Can
Olden
S. P. Houston
Matta Bend
A. A. Speer
J. L. Maushi
Fulton
R.A. Walsh
Crayton
A. Lyman Donlin
Harry Mammen
BR. Aya Anthony
Fredericktown
Thad Snow
Charleston
Allen McReynolds
Carthage
J. A. Chase
Mountain
W. R. Edgar K
Johnson welcomed by 10,000 in Chicago
On June 3 a large crowd greeted Senator Hiram Johnson of California as he arrived to lead his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. The welcome included about 10,000 people shouting in a wild demonstration. A later report from Washington noted the House passed a post office bill granting about 35 million dollars for increased salaries in its first year.
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Chicago
Hiram Johnnson
California
Johnson
Johson
Washington
The
Hous Today
Post Service
Postoffice Department
Hannibal Postmaster B Morris, Republican Leader
Hannibal Missouri postmaster candidate B Morris has held the office for eight years. Former publisher of the Hannibal Courier Post and long prominent in Missouri Republican politics. J E Beach of Moberly spent the day in Centralia and Columbia on business.
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B. Morris
Thomas B. Morris
Hannibal
Hannibal Courier-Post
Missouri
J. E. Beach
Moberly
Centralia
Columbia
Moberly Lodge Eyes Grand Prizes at Columbia Event
Moberly Lodge aims to win the baseball tournament band prize and the cup for best appearance at the Columbia event. Brother William Bowers leads the group as they pursue all offered prizes and a lively program with bands, Elk activities, and social fun.
Mrs R H Kimbrough Denies Receiving Lowden Funds
Mrs R H Kimbrough declares in a Montgomery Moberly paper interview that she did not receive any Lowden money from Mr Kelly or Mr Gilfillan or money from slush funds to defray delegates' expenses. J A Melton signs as Delegate to District Convention, asserting he attended the Kansas City convention and Chillicothe district meeting.
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Moberly
Gilfillan
Kelly
Lawden
Ftr
Welly
Kansas City
Chillicothe
Gov Lowden Leads In Contested Delegates Decisions
Chicago June The Republican National Committee reopened hearings on disputed delegates with 33 of 122 cases decided. Lowden led the delegate count with 21 to Wood eight and Johnson two, as Missouri 11th district threw out both Lowden and Wood delegations. The roll stood at 482, needing 492 to clinch. The committee also seated J C McCall from Tennessee's 4th district, aligned with Wood.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Lowden
Wood
London
J.C. McCall
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
McCall
Bryan vows to push dry plank at Chicago convention
William J. Bryan told the Bryan Democracy Club in Washington he will travel to the Republican National Convention in Chicago to press delegates for a dry candidate and a dry plank. He added that at San Francisco the Democrats must nominate a dry candidate and uphold prohibition in their platform. Bryan warned wets may block a dry plank but predicted dry forces will prevail. Gus J. Ginther will go to St. Louis on business tomorrow.
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William J. Bryan
Bryan Democracy Club
Washington
Chicago
San Francisco
Bryan
Oweta
Congress to Adjourn Saturday at Four P. M
Washington June 3 Congress will adjourn finally next Saturday at 4 p m. The senate passed a joint resolution previously approved by the house after a 24 to 24 vote. Amendments to recess for a month or more were defeated as the adjournment was approved.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Peasant Uprisings Suppressed in Southern Russia
London Post reports grave uprisings in Southern Russia with san cuinary fighting, hundreds of peasants killed, villages destroyed. In Missouri, Pierce City Vance Milling Company elevator and mill destroyed by fire, loss around $190,000. date June 3. Springfield reporting.
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London
The
London Post
Russia
Springfield
Vance Milling Company
Pierce City
Fifteen Thousand Troops Sent After Villa
Mexican city dispatches report the new government has sent 15000 troops to pursue Francisco Villa and capture him. Rodolfo Herrero, accused in Carranza’s murder, arrives in Tampico to present evidence he claims proves Carranza died by his own hand.
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Mexica City
Francisco Villa
Tampico
Rodolfo Herrero
Carranza
Blacksnake eggs hatch under hens at Finck poultry farm
At Emil Finck's farm near St Charles hens hatch under a brood of black snake eggs mistaken for normal eggs. County Agent John Nicholson confirms the eggs are black snake eggs after Finck collected 23 samples. Mrs Green of South Williams Street plans a trip to Grand Island and Portland with Mr Green returning via St. Paul. The fair forecast calls for showers tonight and tomorrow with little temperature change in the extreme south.
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Emil Finck
St Charles
Finck
Finch Taok
John F. Nicholson
Nicholson
Chas. Green
South Willams
Grand Island
Origin of Wood campaign fund and water talks mix
Senate hearings reveal a proposed million dollar fund to back General Leonard Wood’s presidential bid with Duell Monell and Cassatt involved. In Indiana, Wood's primary expenses reached $50 333.78, while Chicago delegates named. The Wabash water rate dispute promptsthe Moberly contract talks and city holding company plans move forward with trustees named.
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Gen. Wood
Wabash Water
Washington, D. C
Time 3
Leonard Wood
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Charles H. Duel
Yonkers
New York
Ambrose Monell
Wood Fund
Duell
Robert K. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Lines
Waid
Monelli
Cassatt
Indianapolis
Indiana
Scruton and Lindsey Enter Missouri Senate Race
Fayette Missouri June 3 Arthur N Lindsey signaling a U S Senate bid and Breckinridge Long linked to the contest while Col H Scruton editor Sedalia Democrat filed declarations with the secretary of state amid expectations Governor Gardner will decline a second bid Scruton cites long democratic service and wartime record Leota Rueh leaves for Chicago for health reasons and Great Lakes trip
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Fayette, Mo
Arthur N Lindsey
United States Senate
Breckinridge’ Long
Lindsey
Jefferson City
Inne
Ges. H. Scruton
Sedalia
Scruton
France
Sedalia Democrat
Springfield
Germany
Negro Question Haunts the G. O. P in Oklahoma
Chicago June 3 The Republican National Committee voted to bar districts or states from holding conventions in buildings that exclude Negroes. The decision followed the Oklahoma second district contest where white delegates were seated. Evidence showed Negroes were barred from Muskogee district convention at the hotel. Delegates seated were white in support of J. L. Hammon. defeated delegates were Negroes aligned with Wood.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Warren
Michigan
Oklahoma
Muskogee
J. L. Hammon
Wood
Doctors to charge what they please for liquor permits
St Louis June 3 A number of physicians have been told by prohibition enforcement agents that they will not be accused of profiteering under the Lever Act or any other law for charging from 5 to 10 dollars for writing prescriptions for whisky. Physicians say they want to deter those seeking liquor, and will not charge when there is real need. gaps exist in enforcement. The act permits 100 prescription blanks per quarter, with limits of one pint per person and one pint every ten days, but the Internal Revenue Commissioner recently said doctors may obtain more than 100 blanks if there is need.
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Emmeson
Moore
Goldstein
Emerson
Missouri
Flelegate
Senate
Congress
Eagar
Cook
Johnson
Nat Goldstein
Robert Moore
St. Loui
Lowden
Springfield
vMisdouri
St. Louis
Prohibition
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Paris Reclaims Nighttime Lighted City Status
Paris regains the glow of the lighted city as night life expands. Authorities allowed amusement venues to stay open longer, sparking complaints over transit hours. Transit officials then consider extending schedules, with subway notices announcing trains running until 12:30 a.m.
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Paris
France
Transporaion
Marriage License Issued for Calloway and Halley at Moberly
Circuit Clerk Hulen issued a marriage license today to Mary Frances Calloway and Pressley L Halley, both of Moberly. Price Packwood traveled to Fayette this morning for business.
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Hulen
Mary Frances Calloway
Pressley L. ‘Halley
Moberly
Price
Packwood
Fayette
On2business
Six Men Die In Ontario Gan Coal Shaft Blast
An explosion in the Ontario Gas Coal Company shaft near Cokesburg Pennsylvania buried at least six workers under tons of earth. Foremen could not yet confirm exact deaths until recovery. The men had reached the coal top and were resuming work when the blast occurred.
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Pittspi
Ontario Gan Coal Company
Cokesburg
Ontario Gas Coal Company
Racial Violence Flares in Waukegan Two Weeks War
Waukegan Illinois June 4 Rear Admiral Bassett warned barring visitors after two race conflicts in two weeks. Police fought 156 sailors as marines were injured during attempts to storm the Sherman House hotel.
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Waukegan, Ill
Bassett
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Waukkegan
Sherman House
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Owden
Tim
Hal T. Hawes
Frank ©. Lowden
Ilinois
IMS
Frank O. Lowden
Nac Goldstein
Robert F. Moore
United States
White City
Dirs
R. H. Kimbrough
J. A. Melton
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Gus J. Ginther
Pal- 7
Vom
Acekhyg Pomasylvanic
St. Charles
Bis Place
Chas. H. Duell
Yonkers, New York
Chas, Moyhihan
Colorado
Runyan
New Jersey
New Hatopshire
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Wabash
Holding Or Trust Company
Clapp
Mayor Cross
Qalalin
Twitter
BeHering
Pennsylvania Field
Waukegan, Ills
Negro Motel
Jones
Masters, Lodge
Penrose
Scot
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