Suffrage Plank Near Passage at Democratic Convention
Women suffragists advance toward a favorable plank in the Democratic platform urging a constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. Leaders expect full approval from the National American Woman Suffrage Association as antis vow to oppose. The golden lane display drew eight thousand women in white dresses and yellow sashes marching to the convention hall.
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ST. Louis
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Woman's Party
Congress
Susan BB. Anthony
Daniels
Resolutions Committee
Arthur M. Dodge
S. J. George
United States
Democratic
Marshall
Coliseum
Cook County
Democratic Club
Roger C. Sullivan
Illinois
Golden Lane
Washington Street
Progressive Party
Baker
Frank P. Walsh
Federal Industrial Relations Committee
Senator Stone
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
McCombs
National Committee
National
Mclean
North Carolina
Wilson
America
Edward E. Britton
Police turmoil as special officers named without clear authority
County court hears startling disclosures on police methods. A case was dismissed because arresting officer C R Pearler acted without a valid commission after Steves revoked it February 22. Pearler later became a special policeman under mayoral authority, while Uhr faces investigation and possible appeals loom over a broader plan to appoint more specials.
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Dan Lewis
C. R. Pearler
Steves
Pearler
Lambert
Uhr
George D. Derrington
Derrington
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Kearny
Garland
Citizens Training Camp
Brown
Glynn Defends Neutrality Policy In Wake Of War
The speaker extols the Underwood tariff and the nation’s neutrality stance under Wilson. He argues Americans must unite beyond party labels to support peace, cites historical precedents from Washington to Adams, and asserts diplomacy over war as the path to national prosperity.
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Glynn
United States
America
Europe
Mr. Glynn
Washington
John Jay
Supreme Court of the
John Adams
King George
General Grant
George Washington
Pontius Pilate
Republican Party
Hamilton
Democratic Party
Jefferson
Lincoln
England
Russia
France
Spain
Seward
Pierce
Great Britain
van Buren
Canada
Carolina
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Napoleon
Adams
State Department
Alabama
Grant
Waarer
Wilson
Democracy
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson Victory Speech Defends Peace and Preparedness
In a broad address, Glynn extols Wilson and the Democratic record on preparedness, the Federal Reserve act, and tariff reform. He argues for defense without aggression, praises foreign-born citizens, and claims prosperity under Democratic governance with increased wages, production, and trade. The speech hails Wilson as a steadfast leader guiding America through war and peace.
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America
Bradford
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Rhine
Shannon
Pyreness
Glynn
New York
Europe
High Courts Uphold Uhr in San Antonio Charter Dispute
The high courts affirm Uhr amid a San Antonio charter dispute. They warn against treating police and fire personnel as mayor-appointed officers and say the charter aims to resist autocratic control. The ruling notes Uhr lacks authority over special police and discusses potential Supreme Court appeal.
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Appellant
Brown
San Antonio
Cha.ter
Fly
Uhr
Supreme Court
Democratic delegates hail unity at Wilson rally in St Louis
The convention voiced victory for the Democratic party as McCombs praised achievements and criticized Republicans. Harmony prevailed among 1000-plus delegates with Wilson and Marshall as leading candidates, suffragists staged a golden lane protest, and security moved to control ticket scalping.
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McCombs
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Chicago
America
J. Bruce Kremer
National Committee
Martin H. Glynn
New York
Wilson
Marshall
Thomas R. Marshall
Roger C. Sullivan
Roosevelt clan welcomes Kermit and wife in New York
Kermit Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt arriving with their baby from Buenos Aires aboard the Kilpatrick. They were met by Col and Mrs Roosevelt at the pier where Theodore Roosevelt’s son showed a heart pain but felt better after the ship berthed. Col Roosevelt was down with a severe cold and planned a visit to a throat specialist.
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New York
Kermit
Kermit Roosevelt
South America
Colonel Roosevelt
Five Die as Canton Elevator Fire Claims Five Men
Five men are dead from the Canton Baltimore fire that leveled a Pennsylvania railroad elevator yesterday. Four others are missing and nineteen injured, two critically. The loss is placed at about $2,000,000, with a spark from broken machinery believed to have started the blaze.
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Baltimore
Canton
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German Catholic Society
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Tex
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Texas
Sterbe Kasse der Deutchen Katholicken von
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New Braunfels
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William V. Dielmann
W. E. Buckley
Albany
N. Y
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Bostop Transcrint
Says Glyn
Spanish West Indies
Virginus
Harrison
Chili
Valparaiso
White
United States Supreme Court
Maximilian Harden
Gilbert K. Chesterton
New Tariff Commission
Bank of England
Bank of France
Bank of Russia
Reichbank of Germany
Bank of the Netherlands
Swiss National Bank
Bank of Japan
West Indies
Columbus
William IF. McCombs
G. A. Duerler Manufacturing Company
Gunter Hotel
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