Democrats Seek Victory With Eleven Candidates Now In Race
Washington and New York report McAdoo will not seek the Democratic nomination in San Francisco, saying his withdrawal is irrevocable as he seeks to rehabilitate his fortune. The field tightens to eleven contenders including Palmer Cox Edwards Hitchcock Owens Simmons Davis Gummins and Glass, with Carter Glass chairing the committee and national mood favoring a straightforward platform.
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William G. McAdoo
Jouett Shouse
Washington
San Francisco
Mc Meadoo
McAdoo
Furias
Palmer
James M. Cox
Ohio
Edward S. Edwards
New Jersey
GM. Hitchcock
Nebraska
Meredith
Agricultural Department
R. L. Owens
Oklahoma
James Gerard
F. M. Simmons
North Carolina
J. W. Davis
West Virginia
Great Britain
S. Gummins
Connecticut
Democratic National Committee
Carter Glass
Virginia
Palmer orders crackdown on coal profiteering in Washington
Attorney General Palmer directed all federal district attorneys to pursue indictments for profiteering in bituminous coal. He cites jaw dropping mine prices from seven to eleven dollars a ton with costs rising from 2.32 to 2.79 per ton since January 1920, based on FTC figures.
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Washington, D. C
Palmer
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Tabor
Death From Plague in Texas
In Galveston a 17 year old youth died after a brief illness probably due to bubonic plague. Dr M F Boyd of the State Medical College announced the diagnosis at a conference joined by federal state county and city health officers. An extermination drive for rats and mice was ordered and Surgeon General Cummings was asked to send health service experts to prevent spread.
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Galveston
M. F. Boyd
State Medical College
Cummings
Washington
Convicts to Harvest Wheat Crop in Topeka Plan
State officials announce harvest parole for convicts with direct assignment to farmers. Employers must report daily earnings, which go to dependents. Life termers not exempt. only convicts with approved behavior records will be paroled.
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Topeka
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Probe Egging Non-Partisans in Elmwood Kan
Governor Allen ordered Attorney General Tropkins to investigate claims by J. O. Stevis and Walter Mills that they were denied protection and subjected to egging and insults when barred from speaking in Elmwood Kansas two weeks ago.
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Knans
Henry J. Allen
R. J. Tropkins
J. O. Stevis
Nonpartisan League
Walter M. Mills
North Dakota
League
Elmwood
Kan
Prediction of Farmers Strike Shocks World by Potato King
N. H. Grubb, famed Colorado potato king and internationally recognized agriculture expert, predicts a farmers strike in Chiceso NL A. He warns in a letter to A. C. Thomas of the Chicago Press Club, while consulting Sacramento valley irrigators and breeding blooded stock.
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N. H. Grubb
Colorado
Sacramento Valley
California
A. C. Thomas
Chicago Press Club
Republicans to Start Early in Harding Campaign
Campaign managers for Senator Warren G Harding of Ohio, the Republican presidential nominee, urge prompt action to present Republican issues to voters. National Committee plans to name new executive members, including several women, as campaign activities begin after the Democratic convention. The Senate funds inquiry resumes in Chicago July 7, with Kenyon as chairman, but no election-day plans set. The National Woman's Party seeks Harding support to secure ratification of the 19th Amendment.
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Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
National Committee
Will H. Says
Senate
Kenyon
National Woman’s Party
Set Sail In Frail Row Boat From Lakeside
Four young explorers from Toledo ages 3 6 9 and 12 set sail in a frail rowboat from Lakeside Michigan seeking Treasure Island on Lake Erie. After 25 hours adrift thirty miles off Detroit they were rescued by a passenger steamer and later thanked by 1 500 passengers. Merwin Da So 9 and Richard Da So 6 battled a man overboard incident while Virginia Hilzer 12 and Robert Da So 3 survived by rope rescue and kept two caught fish.
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Detroit
Mich
Lakeside
Treasure Island
Toledo
Merwin da So
Richard da So
Robert da So
Virginia Hilzer
Merwin
Robert
Gompers Defeated Over Railroads Vote at AFL Convention
Montreal report says the American Federation of Labor endorsed government ownership of railroads in its annual convention, a victory described as Samuel Gompers’ first real setback in years. The final tally was 29 059 for and 8349 against.
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Montreal
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Wood Refutes Charges In Signed Denial
Major General Theodore Wood denounced claims by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler as a vicious falsehood and malicious lie. He said a Motley group of stock gamblers and promoters backed his campaign for the Republican nomination and that the attack was an infamous attempt to ingratiate with influential convention elements.
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Chicago
T l
Teonard Wood
Nicholas Murray Butler
New York
Wood
Butler
Charges Against Dempsey Dismissed
In San Francisco an indictment charging William Harrison Dempsey known as Track Dempsey and his manager Jack Kearns with conspiracy to evade the selective draft act was dismissed in federal court.
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Dempsey
San Francisco
Cal
William Harrison
Jack Kearns
Third Party Formed At Chicago Convention Plan
A Chicago convention on July 10 aims to unite the Committee of 48 labor party Non partisan league and Single tax league into a third party. Leaders will confer on a candidate and a Lafollette bid shows majority support in a committee questionnaire.
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Chicago
Ill
Committee of 48
Labor Party
Nonpartisan League
Robert M. Lafollette
Cancer Toll 100 000 Yearly in U S Report
Dr. Frederick Dugale of Boston told the Allied Medical Association of America convention in New York that cancer caused 100000 deaths in 1919 in the United States and afflicted 500000 Americans. He said cancer stems from constitutional or blood conditions and that cure requires removing exciting causes and treating the basic blood condition.
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New York
United States
Frederick Dugale
Boston
Allied Medical Association of America
Dugale
Mob Lynchings In Duluth Overpowers Police In Crowd
A mob of about 5,000 in Duluth Minnesota overpowered police, seized prisoners tied to an alleged attack on a 17 year old white girl at a circus grounds. A mock trial found Isaac Mc Ghie Elmer Jackson and Nate Green guilty while others were acquitted. National guards were called in from St Paul to restore order.
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Duluth
Minn
Sixth Infantry
Minnesota National Guards
St. Paul
Isaac McGhie
Elmer Jackson
Nate Green
Group of promoters steal Wood nomination bid
In a statement from New York, Nicholas Murray Butler accuses a motley group of stock gamblers oil and mining promoters and others of attempting to buy the presidential nomination for General Wood. Butler says New York delegates halted the Hindenburg drive and backed Lowden then Harding, defending party success and honor.
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General Wood
Nicholas Murray Butler
Republican Party
Wood
Woou
Butler
Lowden
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Belgium
Lowdon
Harding
Nebraska Delegation Split Sparks Johnson Treachery Claim
Lincoln Neb March reports quote Frank A Harrison manager of John son s Nebraska campaign calling the delegation’s break from instructed states treachery and desertion that fractured the Johnson movement. He spoke on his return from Chicago detailing the split and its impact on the campaign.
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Johnson
Nebraska
Frank A. Harrison
Harrison
Chicago
Accepts Wilson's Challenge to Referendum on Peace Treaty
Washington Senator Harding accepted President Wilson's challenge to submit the peace treaty to a referendum. He stated the Republican party would welcome the referendum on foreign relations and that the party's stance on preserved nationality would be overwhelmingly endorsed.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Harding
Fear of Acute Coal Shortage Forecast in May Review
The Federal Reserve Board foresees a coal shortage next winter that could curb iron and steel production and impact other industries. The May review notes the shortage is acute in some districts and output is being constrained mainly due to car shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Life Term Given For Theft From Church
Wenzel A. Krejer was sentenced by a jury in circuit court to life imprisonment for stealing motion picture instruments from the King's Highway Presbyterian church in St. Louis Missouri.
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Robbina Church
St. Louis
Wenzel A. Krejer
King’s Highway Presbyterian Church
Three Aviators Die In Fort Bragg Air Crash
Three men aboard an airplane collided with another craft at about 1000 feet near Fort Bragg and crashed to the ground in flames, killing all aboard instantly.
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Fort Bragg
Cal
Another Stock Scandal in Des Moines Court Case
A district court suit seeks 75000 dollars and eighty Bankers' Mortgage Co. shares from C. B. Meservey, a director and former vice president and secretary of Bankers' Security Co., exposing another alleged stock promotion scam in Des Moines Ja.
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Bankers’ Mortgage Co
C. 8
Meservey
Bankers’ Security Co
Five Cases at Vera Cruz Plague Report
Vera Cruz reports two confirmed bubonic plague cases and three suspected cases after three days with no new infections. Two deaths occurred. Public health workers continue plague control efforts in the area.
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Vera Cruz
Plague Spreading In Pensacola Prompt Extermination Push
Pensacola officials announce a second bubonic plague case. Citywide rat extermination campaign begun to curb spread, with authorities urging residents to cooperate and report unusual rodent activity.
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Pensacola
Fla
Ex Kaiser Seriously Ill in Berlin Rumor
Berlin reports that former German emperor is critically ill according to a trustworthy source. The alleged condition has sparked concern across political and social circles in the capital.
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Berlin
Nunen Badsche Landsweiger
Believe Black Hand at Work in Caruso Case
In Easthampton L I following a $400000 jewel theft from Enrico Caruso’s home and a Havana theater bombing where Caruso performed, Mrs Caruso hired extra detectives to guard herself and her infant. Thomas J Corrigan, head of a private force, cites possible Black Hand or mafia involvement.
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Easthampton
L. I
Enrico Caruso
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Caruso
Air Ferry Expands London Paris Service to Daily Expresses
The London Paris air ferry now runs three expresses each way daily with four on Thursdays and Saturdays, involving three companies. Freight trips cover up to one ton. Travelers can visit Paris in the morning and return by 11 30, or depart at 6 30 p m and dine back in London.
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London
Nebraska News In Concise Form Stapleton to build elevator
A lengthy digest from Nebraska papers highlights plans to build a Farmers Union elevator at Stapleton and local developments across the state. Reports include Kearney summer enrollment, a $20,000 home project in Nebraska City, crop prospects in the southeast, hog cholera vaccination in Dodge county, and various civic and infrastructure efforts.
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State Normal School
Kearney
Adam Shellinger
American Legion of
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