Baker Wins Marshall Endorsement For Democratic Platform
Secretary Baker arrives with President Wilsons draft and endorses Vice President Marshall for renomination, signaling preconvention harmony. The platform emphasizes peace preparedness prosperity and international affairs with suffrage recognition to be pursued state by state. Prominent speakers including Marshall Baker Lane Kitchin and others will anchor the campaign while Wilson weighs his personal role in the effort.
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ST. Louis
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Marshall
William F. M.mcoombs
Democratic National Committee
White House
Baker
Mr. Baker
Mr. Marshall
Olde
Senator Stone
Missouri
Resolutions Committee
Washington
Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Lane
James
Kentucky
Claude Kitchin
North Carolina
House
Lewis, Hollis
Reed
Democrats to select campaign leaders and courting Progressives
The article outlines names tied to the potential national committee chair and treasurer roles including Col. E. M. House and Wilbur W. Marsh, with Henry Morgenthau slated for finance. It notes efforts to woo Progressives without a direct invitation and argues a Democratic platform should mirror Progressive ideals to win support for President Wilson. The administration aims to lead offensively in the campaign, pressuring Republicans to defend rather than attack.
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Col. E. M. House
Fred B. Lynch
Minnesota
Col. House
Wilbur W. Marsh
Henry Morgenthau
New York
Turkey
Finance Committee
Baker
Wilson
Augustana Synod Closes Sessions in Galesburg Ill
The 17th annual Augustana synod convention adjourned with Canadian delegates calling European war conditions distressing. They cited migration to the United States reducing public schools and depressing industry and business, and noted church membership declines in Vancouver. A proposal to reinstate intercollegiate football within synod institutions was rejected 35 to 34.
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Galesburg
Ill
Augustana Synod
United States
Vancouver
B. C
Bandit Captured Report Reaches Foreign Office
Mexico City June 14 The foreign office confirms James Linn Rodgers of the United States was told that bandit chief Luis De LaRosa has been captured. The information came by telegram from Tamaulipas state military commandant.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
James Linn Rodgers
United States
Carranza
Luis de LaRosa
Tamaulipas
Russians, Italians, and Canadians make gains in war reports
London reports Canadian troops in a gallant assault near Zillebeke recapturing a British position along a 1500 yard front. Italians advance in the Lagarna valley capturing a strong Austrian line. Russians push advances in Volhynia Galicia crossing the Dniester and capturing towns as Austro-Hungarian and German forces attempt to hold Tarnopol and surrounding areas amid heavy fighting.
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London
Zillebeke
Rome
Lagarna
War Office
Volhynia
Galicia
Dniester
Zale Szczyk
Horondeka
Pruth
Bukowina
Czernowitz
Tarnopol
Lemberg
Vorobievka
Kozlce
Vienna
Lutsk
Rositche
Torchia
Kolki
Syr
Petrograd
Bertin
Jacobstadt
Baranovichi
Verdun
Illinois university grants 1054 degrees at Urbana ceremony
At the University of Illinois commencement 1054 degrees will be conferred including 1610 advanced degrees across several faculties. About 50,000 people are expected to attend the armory ceremony as graduates from 90 counties and four U.S. possessions are represented by students. Cook County leads with 199 nominees, Champaign County follows with 92.
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Illinois
Cook County
Champaign County
Adams
Coles
Kane
LaSalle
Sangamon
Peoria
St. Clair
United States
Cook County Republican committee nears compromise
Chicago June 14 Indications are the Cook County Republican central committee will organize next Thursday by electing George K Schmidt as chairman. A Brundage faction supporter, Schmidt’s selection follows a secret conference where Thompson and Brundage backers agreed to a compromise designating Thompson allies as vice chairmen and secretary. The panel has met five times since April 14 without a decision.
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Chicago
Cook County
Republican Central Committee
Thompson-Deneen
Brundage
George K. Schmidt
Schmidt
25Th Ward
William Hale Thompson
Edward J. Brundage
Thompson
Defer Vote On Fortifications Bill
Washington June 14 The house finished debate on the fortifications bill but deferred a vote because many members were away at the national convention.
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Washington
House
Antagonism Against United States Grows in Mexican Papers
El Paso reports tension rising as Mexican newspapers from interior cities attack the United States. Carranza’s note is labeled a slap in the face for Uncle Sam while volunteer corps organize amid fears of American harm. Reports from Chihuahua City and Parral heighten unease, though no Americans are confirmed killed. Some officials near Carranza implicated in fueling anti-American sentiment.
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EL Paso
Texas
Tune
Carranza
Uncle Sam
Saltille
Colossus of
America
Napoleon
U.S
Chihuahua City
Parral
United States
Chivahua City
Republic
Coffman Made Vice Admiral of Atlantic Fleet
June 14 Rear Admiral Dewitt Coffman commanding the sixth division of the Atlantic fleet becomes vice admiral in command of the battleship division under orders issued Tuesday. Rear Admiral H Q Dunn takes division five and Rear Admiral A F Fechteller heads division six. The changes follow the elevation of Vice Admiral Mayo to command the fleet.
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Washington
Dewitt Coffman
H. QO. Dunn
A. F. Fechteller
Mayo
Publisher Urges Stand From Teddy Roosevelt Chicago June 14
Tohn C. Shatter owner of seven daily newspapers and Progressive party leader in the middle west telegraphed Col. Roosevelt urging him to back Charles E. Hughes for president and to decline the Progressive party nomination.
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Chicago
Tohn C. Shatter
Progressive Party
Middle West
Col. Roosevelt
Charles E. Hughes
Girl Witness Explains Story In Orpet Trial
Josephine Davis testified that Marion Lambert showed melancholy only in private and threatened to harm herself, while in public she appeared happy. She said her early statements were made in mourning and resentment toward Orpet, but later recanted after confiding to Lambert’s mother. Davis described friction with State's Attorney Cady and defense counsel.
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Waukegan
Josephine Davis
Marion Lambert
H. Orpet
Miss Davis
Miss Lambert
Young Orpet
Celestia Yonkers
Davis R. Joslyn
Cady
Orpet
Marion
Patriotism in Decline Cited by Admiral Fiske at New York Talk
Admiral B A Fiske, guest of the American Defense Society, urged revival of patriotism saying the nation has weakened for 15 years due to wealth, pleasure, and pacifist arguments. He noted Europe’s war showed many nations lacked manliness to maintain a high estate. The admiral, retiring after 42 years in the Navy, received a scrapbook of correspondence and clippings about a dispute with Secretary Daniels over a letter to him.
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New York
B. A. Fiske
American Defense Society
Navy
Daniels
Fiske
United States
Eevps
Assyria
China
Greece
Rome
Dentist Chair Death in Ottawa Incident
Mrs. Wilson Stump, 35, died in a dentist chair after a tooth extraction in Ottawa Illinois. A pulmonator was attempted to resuscitate her but failed.
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Ottawa
Wilson Stump
Suffragists See Favorable Action Amid Dueling Democrats
In St Louis on June 14 suffragists cheered Secretary Daniels backing equal rights though speaking as an individual not policy. Prominent Democrats forecast favorable action at the convention while Miss Paul argues for Woman's Party votes over Progressives. Rain threatens a grand parade as 6000 white dressed suffragists with yellow umbrellas prepare tableaux at the art museum steps.
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ST. Louis
Daniels
Resolutions Committee
Alice Paul
Anna Martin
Democrats
Woman’s Party
United States
Miss Paul
Woman's Party
Houston
Congress
New York
Taggart
Updegraff
Alaska
Teutonic Body Backs Hughes for President and Fairbanks
The Teutonic Sons of America by its national council adopted resolutions at a Chicago meeting praising Charles E. Hughes and Charles W. Fairbanks and urging all Americans of Teutonic descent or sympathy to support their election to the presidency and vice presidency.
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Chicago
Teutonic Sons of America
National Council of the Organization
Charles E. Hughes
Charles W. Fairbanks
Charles B. Hughes
United States
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