Test vote signals peril for Smith McAdoo at Democratic convention
At the Democratic National Convention in New York, McAdoo and Al Smith fail to gain comfort from a close 655 to 531 vote against a night session, heightening fears neither can reach the two thirds needed for nomination. Observers note growing strength of alternative candidates like Ralston and Davis as contest intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Howe Service
New York
Jender
William G. McAdoo
al Smith
Smith
McAdoo
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
John W. Davis
West Marginia
Mgnt
Mcédoo
Gontinald
Bandits Escape With 9500 Payroll Hold Up
In Mott Haven railroad yards an armored Pullman car was robbed of 9500 by bandits disguised as workmen. A guard, Joseph Carlin, was fatally wounded and died shortly after. The robbers opened fire as the money box was retrieved, then fled in an automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News
New York
Dandita
Mott Haven
Joseph Carlin
Messy home blues echo in lonely verse
Arthur Mometer reflects on a cluttered house with dishes, clothes, and worn neckties strewn about. He laments a week of solitude and anticipates a likely scolding from nw upon her return as the weather marks eighty four degrees.
Erie police aid sought in Dunlap home bombing plot
A New Castle born plot believed tied to Western Pennsylvania bootlegger activity led to the bombing of county detective Jack M Dunlaps home in New Castle. An Erie clue involves a strange automobile and a nationwide crime trail. Rewards totaling 5500 dollars have been offered for the bomber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
New Castle
Jack M. Dunlap
Lawrence County
Dunlap
Erio
Ed Hitler
Detzel
Erle
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Meadville
Greenville
Whitha
Erfapollcs
Dynamit Ag
1926 P H C convention awarded to Conneaut Lake
New Castle delegates failed to secure the 1926 Protected Home Circle convention at Bradford after a close vote. Conneaut Lake will host the next convocation. Many New Castle members attended this year and returned home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Bradford
Conneaut Lake
Labor Leaders Threaten McAdoo Third Party Backing
Six railroad labor leaders declared they would back a third party if William Gibbs McAdoo loses the Democratic nomination at the national convention in Cleveland. They say they can sway enough votes to influence the Progressive movement conference, where Senator Robert M. La Follette is expected to be named as the party’s presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aullntin
Cinternational News Service
New York
William Gibbs McAdoo
Lsbor
Conference For
Cleveland
Robert M. la Folletta
Wisconsin
Disputed Democratic Platform Planks Delay Decision
The 1924 Democratic platform remains unsettled over two issues the Ku Klux Klan denouncement and League of Nations. A subcommittee favors omitting a direct Klan denunciation while a minority pushes for immediate League endorsement. Newton D. Baker leads a group seeking full convention endorsement for the League, with a milder alternative favored by others. The final decision is set for later in the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William HK. Hutchingon
International
Btrfs
New York
Ku Klux Klan
League of Nations
Committee On Regulations
League
Platform Committee
Newton D. Baker
Baker
John H. Clark
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
World Court
Aged Veteran Attends Battery B Reunion Across Continent
Patrick Nealon, 1 of the few Battery B First Pennsylvania Light Artillery survivors, traveled from the National Soldiers Home in California to Westfield Grange Hall near Mt Jackson for the fifty-fourth annual reunion. Despite blindness for seven years, he arrived alone, reunited with James A. Gardner, and will hear Gardner discuss The Last Campaign of the Battery. Civil War Spanish-American and World War veterans are invited to join. the event opens at 11 am with Battery veterans and guests hosted at Westield Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Soldiers Home
California
Patrick Nealon
Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Westfeld Grange Hall
Mt. Jackson
Nealon
Baltimore and Ohio
James A. Gardner
The
Cattery Association
Battery
Gold Harbor
Westield Grange
Bush to Leave for Annapolis Naval Academy
Burl H. Bush of 205 West Madison Avenue will depart Sunday evening for Annapolis Maryland to begin work at the United States Naval Academy. A New Castle High School graduate class of 1924 he was an honor student and received advanced ratings in academy examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burl H. Bush
West
Madison Avenue
Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
Bush
New Castle High School
Academy
Local couples receive marriage licenses in Cumberland
Jomea Steve Conppla and Josephine Mary Wiggins of this city were granted a marriage license in Cumberland Md. A license also issued to Theodore Edwin Hutchinson and Alice Odunah Bobn of Bloomington Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jomea
Steve Conppla
Josephine Mary Wiggins
Clty
Cumberland
Theodore Edwin Hutchinson
Alice Qdunah Bobn
Bloomington
South Carolina to Nominate Woman for Vice President
South Carolina's Democratic delegation announced that Mrs. Leroy Springs of Lancaster will be nominated for vice president. If chosen, she would be the first woman named for the post. Springs, elected chairman of the credentials committee, drew praise on the speakers platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
International
Madison Square Garden
New York
Leroy Springs
Lancaster
D. Ca
Springs
Warren man burned in refinery blast at work
Warren man Melvin Evans, 40, was burned to a crisp when a refinery still exploded at the Unit ed Refinery in Warren, Pennsylvania. Another worker, Watson Jamieson, suffered serious burns to his face and hands in the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
International News Service
Arren
Jone Ph Melvin Evans
United
Watson Jamieson
Boy Bitten by Dog injures leg on Richelieu Ave
John McNicholan of 206 Mulberry reported at noon today that a white bulldog on Richelieu Avenue attacked and bit him on the leg while riding his bicycle. The dog, said to live on Court Street near the sheriff's office, injured his leg and stocking. Dr. Book treated the injury. Trade violators Thursday and Friday numbered 21, mostly for failing to observe the electric traffic regulator signals at Mill and Washington streets. all fines paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McNicholan
Mulberry
Palico
Richelieu Avenue
Book
Court Street
Sheriff's Ofce
Mill and
Waoabington
Drunken Auto Drivers Get Jail Sentences in County Court
Judge Emery presided as Lawrence County Court handed long sentences to drunks. D. Rider of Ellwood City, R. J. Detman of Farrell, and Albert Shater each drew fines of 200 dollars and months in jail for intoxicated driving. Giovanni Di Massa received eleven months for liquor passing. George Kincaid four months plus fines for enticing a girl. A. B. Donahey five months for adultery. Alec Marathas and John Hunter plus others faced jail terms or parole actions for drunkenness or related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence County
Emery
Woill
Thare Ware
Wrath V.D. Rider
Ellwood City
Nolle
R. J. Detman
Farrell
Nolly
Albert Shater
Costa
Jast
Alec Marathas
Nolle Contendere
John Hunter
Nolle Conténdere
Emmanuel Coleman
Charles G. Wallace
Miliam Hineman
Huntingdon Reformatory
Chest fund goal reached in Elwood City drive
At noon today the community chest fund in Ellwood City Pennsylvania reached 18288.98 dollars surpassing the goal by 285.08 with yesterday's receipts 430.25. Four hundred dollars will aid the Geneva Colleges fund. The drive continues through Saturday and may exceed 18000. A judge set a county record by sentencing over sixty prisoners in Mercer Crawford Butler Venango counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sucelal
Ellwood City
al Marchants
Geneva Colleges
Plummer Emory
Lawrence County
Mercer, Crawford, Butler
Venango
Death record for Eileen Shaldee at North Ww oat street
Eileen Shaldee, aged 51, residing at 5110134 North Ww oat street, is reported deceased. Details of date and cause are not fully legible in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen Shaldee
Oat Atreet
Boy Drowns After Daring Jump at Philadelphia Pier
Cintraational News Service reports eight year old Frank Cornaris leaped from the municipal pier into twenty feet of Delaware River water and drowned. Two companions attempted rescue but were exhausted. a collie along the waterfront swam out and brought the body to shore, but it was too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cintraational News Service
Philadelphia
Frank Cornaris
Municipal Pier
Delaware River
Ralston Best Bet Among Observers for Party Nomination
Political observers in New York assess leading candidates against a progressive platform. Ralston is rated satisfactory and appears closest to the platform, while others are marked as too conservative, too wet, or tied to groups like the Klan. Davis is also deemed satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grass
Robinson
Smith
Klan
Underwood
John W. Davis
McAdoo
Klax
Ralston
Ruehle
Siiter
Cox
League of
Naona
Copeland
New York
Walsh
Jonathan Davis
Moravia Street Firebugs Taken
Six fires in Moravia Street district over three weeks are believed arson. Among the targets were the Penn Coal and Supply Company plant and the Isaac Cohen barn. Two boys aged nine and ten were taken into custody. no charges yet, handed to juvenile court officer M. J. Youngs for supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravia
Penn Coal and Supply Company
Isaac Cohen
M. J. Youngs
City Treasurer's Office Open Saturday for Tax Payments
Office of City Treasurer Ira M Ramsay will stay open until 6 pm Saturday to help residents pay city taxes who cannot visit on weekdays. Officials expect many citizens to take advantage of the extended hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira M
Ramsay
Okie Enthuses As Coxs Placed In Nomination
Daily dispatch from New York June 27 reports a Democratic national convention amid tense factions between McAdoo supporters and rivals. The Madison Square Garden crowd was sparse as delegates prepared to hear additional candidates named for the presidential race including Cox Davis Walsh Glass and Silzer with Charley Bryan’s Nebraska bid noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Holmes
Permanenlyowa Service
Starf
Madison Square Garden
New York
Farmer's
Platform Committee
Lt Br
Canilfer
Smith
John W. Davis
Tom, Walsh
Carter Glass
Silzer
New Jersey
James M. Cox
Bil Bryan
Charley
Nebraska
Elected chairman leads efforts for aged home fund
Snapshots note Keifer of St Pauls Orphans Home Greenville Pa chosen to head a committee to raise 100000 for a new aged home. Also reported are a gas well output on Cochran's Mills farm, a campaign to fund Butler County Memorial Hospital reaching 200000 with Standard Steel Car company donating 50000, repeated theft at Raccoon Township church, identification of a body on the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks near Cosmopolis, and local injuries and deaths including Lawrence Stanger and Tal Luboyka from Monessen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keifer
St. Paul's Orphan’s Home
Greenville
Butler County Memorial Hospital
Standard Steel Car Company
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Arthur Mometer
P. H.C
Dewey Gorrell
New Brighton
Lula Hartmay
Brighton
Thomas Ginand
Woodlawn
Mary Joseph
Chas. Diminick
New Caste
Angeline Litera
Lee Smith
Viola M. Badger
Joseph C. Lutz
Mildred B. Robinson
Kopp
MADOO
R. A
Bryan
Battery B
Cumberland, MD
Geneva
Boy
Ralston Best
Okie
Coxs
Cochran's
Jglls
Armstrong
Campbell Gas
Uiny
Kitrmmink
United Presbyterian Church
Raccoon Township
Bowrey County
A.C. Clark
Pus
Cosmopolis
Boowas
Lawrence Stanger
Sharon
Monessen
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