Democratic convention to nominate tonight in St. Louis
At the Coliseum the Democratic national convention moved to nominate president and vice president this evening after amending rules. Wilson’s foreign policy was praised as Bryan quietly left, while James of Kentucky was chosen as permanent chairman. Delegates debated timing, with plans to finish nominations by midnight and consider the platform later.
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Germany
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Jerry C. South
House of Representatives
Arkansas
Rules Committee
New York
James
Committee On Permanent Organization
Ollie James
Kentucky
Wilson
Marshall
William J. Bryan
National Committee
Baltimore
St. Louis
Glynn
John Glennon
America
Washington, D. C
Porto Rico
Bandits Attack U S Troops Near San Ignacio Texas
In a 30 minute fight, Mexican bandits 100 strong attacked Troops I and MI of the Fourteenth Cavalry at San Ignacio, Texas. Two American soldiers died, several wounded, and eight bandits were found dead with wet clothes indicating recent crossing from the Rio Grande.
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United States
San Ignacio
Tex
Fourteenth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Funston
Mann
Laredo
Minaden
Charles F. Flowers
Edward Katonah
Thomas H. Ewing
James E. Roach
William Oberlies
W. Minnette
Tony Havling
Henry Matasoff
Gray
Cruz Ruis
Carranza
del Rosa
Zapata County
Webb County
Water in Milk Found in San Antonio Samples
Pure Food Commissioner Robert H Hoffman announced that analysis of eighty San Antonio milk samples found ten adulterated with water. Prosecutions will be started against suppliers. In the latest San Antonio batch of 100 samples, two contained water.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Pure Food
Robert H. Hoffman
Arkansas River Rising Toward Flood Stage at Tulsa
The Arkansas river at Tulsa is rising about one inch per hour. A 12.12 foot mark was reached, the highest this year, with tributaries out of banks and Osage country farmland flooded. A new bridge under construction remains intact with little fear it will fail. William F. Kasting, Buffalo postmaster and Buffalo delegation proxy to the Democratic convention, died in St. Louis.
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Tulsa
Okla
Arkansas
ST. Louis
William F. Kasting
Buffalo
N. Y
Maryland Hotel
L. P. Fuhrmann
Weather forecast for U S cities to tourists
A compact forecast lists conditions for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington. It notes temperatures ranging from the mid 50s to high 80s, winds from varied directions and chances of rain or clear skies through Friday.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington
Lloyd George Offered War Secretary Post After Kitchener Death
London June 15. The war secretary vacancy created by Field Marshal Earl Kitchener’s death is said to have been offered to David Lloyd George. He is inclined to accept while remaining partially connected with the ministry of munitions.
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London
Field Marshal
Earl Kitchener
David Lloyd George
Ministry of Munitions
Bomb explodes in Butte mail pouch
A bomb hidden in a package in a mail pouch being transferred from a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train to the Oregon Short Line in Butte exploded today. The blast wrecked the Oregon Short Line mail car and the package was reportedly addressed to the governor of Utah.
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Oregon
Butte
Mont
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Oregon Short Line
Utah
McCormick Selected to Lead Democratic National Committee
President Wilson chooses Vance Criswell McCormick of Pennsylvania to succeed William F. McCombs as DNC chairman. The Harrisburg native, 44, owns The Patriot and has served as Harrisburg mayor and gubernatorial candidate. Ratification by the committee is anticipated.
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Washington, D. C
Vance McCormick
Pennsylvania
Wilson
William F. McCombs
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
McCormick
Vance Criswell McCormick
Harrisburg
The
Patriot
Rabbit Drive Rumors Stir Mexican Regions Ahead of June
Reports from returning Americans claim Mexicans in various towns expect U S intervention and a general uprising against remaining soldiers. Thomas Head, once of San Antonio, notes Mexican discussions and toasts about driving the gringoes from Mexican soil with an attack near June. Local reference cites bandit de la Rosa seen in Monterey days earlier.
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Republic
United States
Mexico
Thomas Head
San Antonio
Tampico
Mr. Head
San Ignacio
de la Rosa
Monterey
New Italian Cabinet Forms Under Roselli Leadership
Rome reports the new cabinet to replace Salandra after his resignation. Paolo Roselli, 79, becomes premier with no other portfolio and is the Parliament dean since 1870. Baron Sonnino may leave foreign affairs, likely replaced by Vittorio E. Orlando, with William Marconi among likely ministers. War and navy posts unchanged.
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Rome
Antonio Salandra
Paolo Roselli
Baron Sonnino
Vittorio E. Orlando
Salandra
William Marconi
War
Marine
Bradfield says South safe for Democrats in platform plan
Sara Bradfield told the resolutions committee that the South has nothing to fear from a Democratic platform plank on suffrage. She warned that any action could polarize regions, noting the South would not become Republican and the West might respond differently.
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ST. Louis
Resolutions Committee
Sara Bradfield
South
West
Danish Mail Seizures On Transatlantic Liners
Copenhagen reports that British authorities removed all first class mail from the Danish liner United States sailing to New York on June 1 and all first class mail and parcels from the Frederik VIII sailing from New York to Copenhagen on May 31, according to a Danish postmaster general dispatch.
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Berlin
Sayville
Copenhagen
United States
New York
Frederik VIII
Witnesses called as Orpet murder trial proceeds in Waukegan
June 15 in Waukegan Illinois the Orpet murder trial continued with testimony about autopsies medical evidence and how Marian Lamberts death was caused. Verne Jackson a Marian schoolmate was expected to testify and Mrs Davis testimony was to be challenged by the state. William Marshall described finding the body in Helm woods and the tracks left by Marian and her companion.
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Waukegan
Will H. Orpet
Marian Lambert
Verne Jackson
Marian
Miss Jackson
Lambert
Orpet
Helm’s Woods
Josephine Davis
Cady
Miss Davis
James F. King
Lake Forest
William Marshall
Onwentsia Country Club
Mr. Lambert
Miss Lambert
New Eastland Accident Claims Reach 1.7 Million
New damages claims totaling 1.7 million dollars have been filed in Federal District Court for victims injured or who lost relatives in the Eastland disaster of July 24, 1915. The cumulative lawsuits now total 2.2 million dollars.
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Eastland
Chicago
Ill
Federal District Court
Raiders Planned Attack On Cavalry Camp
One hundred Mexican bandits crossed the Rio Grande about forty miles southeast of Laredo Texas on June 15 and planned an assault on a cavalry camp but apparently did not sack the nearby town.
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Mann
Funston
Vincente Lira
Houston Street
San Antonio
San Ignacio
Lira
la Jarita
Rio Grande
de la Rosa
Laredo
Tex
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