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Newspaper
New Castle News
Location
New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
1
Police failed to stop a large wave of Al Smith supporters gaining free entry to the Democratic convention at Madison Square Garden. Demonstrators overwhelmed entrance S and other gates, piling into reserved sections as crowds swelled before the day’s formal proceedings.
New York June 26 Belief the Democratic convention remains open to negotiation grew after a third day of bitter McAdoo Smith clashes in Madison Square Garden. Smith managers claim McAdoo has exhausted his surge while asserting Smith is slowly gaining support as secondary candidates renew efforts inside and outside the venue.
In the case of the commonwealth against B C Pence the East Street market operator. Judge Emery urged a verdict of not guilty but left the jury to decide costs. After an all night deliberation the jurors failed to agree on who should pay costs.
A letter notes a guest unsure how to answer a wedding invitation within etiquette rules. The writer contemplates a formal line and settles on a simple “Just count me in” as the weather is described as eighty two.
Ellwood City reports $1,658.50 raised Wednesday for the Community Chest bringing the total to $17,308.73 and within a few hundred dollars of the goal. An additional $500 is pledged for the Geneva college scholarship as the drive extends to Saturday to close out odds and ends. The Matthews Gravity Carrier Co. filed the only complete report available.
After an all night session a subcommittee drafted a 1924 Democratic platform skeleton and postponed final decisions on the Ku Klux Klan and league of nations planks. The document stresses economic reforms, tariff revision, tax cuts, and honesty in government, with renewed fights over the disputed issues expected in later sessions.
A list of couples receiving marriage licenses includes Stanley M Frew from Slippery Rock and Florence E Moore of Hickory, Ruth G McKee and Ellis A Boyles of New Castle, John E Smith of East Liverpool and Lucille Brittain of New Castle, among others. The notices cover New Castle area residents and nearby towns with multiple R D designations and partner names.
Judge Emery imposed strict penalties on prohibition violators in a forenoon session. Sentences included two months to two and a half years in workhouse with fines up to $2,000 for manufacturing liquor. Others received fines and ranges of five months to two years with various conditions.
The Democratic national convention began in Madison Square Garden New York with Sen Thomas J Walsh named permanent chair. Rev George Caleb Moore offered invocation as states rolled and Connecticut yielded to New York to place Governor Al Smith on the nomination. Reports on platform were heard and adopted. Adjournment set for Friday morning.
In a lively election eight directors were chosen to serve three years on the Board of Trade. Seven incumbents were reelected and T. F. Moorehead won a seat. Total ballots 1300 with 1019 votes cast. The new term runs to June 1, 1925. Officers to be elected around July 10.
President Coolidge formally accepts Cyrus E. Woods of Pennsylvania resigning as United States Ambassador to Japan. Woods was a luncheon guest at the White House.
Mrs. Thomas Harley and Mrs. Evans of Canton Ohio are guests of Mrs. Griff Bevan on East Lutton street.
Mrs. John N. Booth of Jamaica is the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Biles at 510 Reis street.
Judge Emery ordered the Moose Club bar and fixtures removed after heavy penalties on three officials. Evan Evans Frank Myers and T A Dunn received fines and paroles while E J Guckert was fined 500 dollars costs and ten months in the Allegheny county work house. Attorneys were Thomas W Dickey and George W Muse.
Governor Al Smith listened to radio coverage of the Democratic national convention from the Manhattan Club on Al Smith Day. William G McAdoo met with Texas delegates at breakfast and hosted a reception for other states. Mrs McAdoo did not attend. McAdoo declined to comment on yesterday's anti Klan demonstration at Madison Square Garden.
The city plans remodeling of the former G A R hall on the third floor into offices for the city solicitor and the assessors. A west side hallway will connect a front waiting area and a larger consultation room to the city solicitor, a north double office for the assessors and staff, and a rear cloak room later a lavatory.
Shriners from Pittsburgh will motor through New Castle on Saturday June 28 en route to Conneaut Lake park for a charity picnic. About seven hundred auto loads, in trains of 350 cars each, escorted by state police, will pass through and stop at the Rieck McJunkin plant for an ice cream lunch. The first auto train is due shortly after nine.
The United States Army round the world fliers arrived in Calcutta today after leaving Akyab this morning. They will swap pontoons for wheels at Calcutta to fly over land across Asia and Europe.
A crowd of about 6000 attended the Knights of Pythias outing at Cascade Park serving free coffee ice cream and meals. Rain shortened the program but children enjoyed rides and an athletic program featured 100 yard dashes balloon races and nail driving among winners from New Castle New Brighton and nearby towns.
The Madison convention erupted in pandemonium when Franklin D. Roosevelt announced New York Governor Al Smith as a candidate. Delegations from multiple states joined the roar with every noise-making device, flooding the Garden floor as crowds surged through gates without credentials.
Local residents en route to the Ida M Cribbs Methodist Episcopal home memorial at Conneautville faced severe travel challenges after a morning cloudburst. The Erie highway from Meadville was flooded, with detours needed and a bridge partially washed away. Several people were seriously injured in accidents caused by the impassable road conditions. Dr H A Ellis of Erie was among the travelers passing through.
Theodore Dixon a fireman at a Latrobe brick plant was badly scalded when an exhaust valve blew off a steam pipe. The report details other local deaths and incidents including a baby sent by mail to Chicago, longtime Letrobe businessman Joseph D Houston, poisoning after a quarrel, and a railroad conductor Frank Elrick death on a Pittsburgh area train. Alphonso Brucki of New Kensington died instantly after being struck by a truck while boarding.
Fulton A Caey aged 16 drowned in the Youghiogheny river near Greensburg. His body recovered several hundred yards downstream. West Chester police arrest three boys aged 8 to 10 who confess to fires and robberies. Ground breaks at Sharon for a Moose lodge costing 100000 dollars.
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