Progressives Endorse Hughes as Leader in National Unity Drive
Chicago Aug. 5 Raymond Robins, chairman of the Progressive National Convention, announces support for Charles Evans Hughes as Republican nominee. He says Progressives must join Republicans in a common struggle for social and industrial justice, arguing the Progressive party is dead and urging a cross‑party alliance to restore integrity and human rights.
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Chicago
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Progressive National Convention
Charles Evans Hughes
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Republican Party
Warren Drops Its Berth in the Interstate League
Warren ceases to be a member of the Interstate League after last Thursday's game with Erie. President P. S. Horton announced the move, amid fan stir and declining crowds. The club filed a $250 claim against the association as protection for its season deposit, with finances and future plans unclear.
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Horton
Shaughnessy
Sheehan
Balinger
Justice Wheeler
Attorny C. M. Hawkey
52 Changes of Mind Laid Against President Wilson
In a House speech Representative William R. Wood of Indiana catalogued 52 elective shifts by President Woodrow Wilson. He cited topics from Panama canal tolls and tariffs to neutrality Mexico and the army and navy, claiming repeated reversals on federal policy and administration.
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Washington
House
William R. Wood
Indiana
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Mexico
Philippines
Army
Navy
William J. Bryan
Civil Service
Seebighig
Hughes Keynote Speech At Carnegie Hall Sparks Endorsement
The Republican candidate delivered a comprehensive, clear address at Carnegie Hall that left no doubt about his aims. Observers say his speech shows how he will argue issues on the stump and his eloquence and persuasive presentation will propel his campaign.
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Carnegie Hall
Hughes
Brief Speech Highlights of Hughes Acceptance
Charles E Hughes delivers acceptance remarks emphasizing American strength and preparedness. He argues against war via weak administration policy, rejects aggression toward Mexico, and calls for unity under the Lincoln party banner while warning against foreign plots and entanglements.
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Charles E. Hughes
Statement on Mexican policy and Villa
A speaker condemns Huerta’s regime and calls for federal workers compensation laws. The administration sought to seize Villa for his attack on U S soil but has not punished anyone. The speaker says we intervened only to retire from Mexico.
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Villa
National Woman's Party Opens Colorado Conference
Leaders of the National Woman's party meet in Colorado Springs for a three day conference to map out a definite programme of activity in support of equal suffrage during the presidential campaign.
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Woman’s Party
Colorado Springs
Col
National Woman’s Party
Nation's defense program moves toward industrial preparedness
Congress nears passage of measures to create a permanent foundation for national defense through the Committee on Industrial Preparedness. The plan aims to educate manufacturers in peacetime to produce war material and to establish an industrial reserve keeping skilled workers at home during conflicts.
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U. & Naval Consulting Board
Howard E. Coffin
Army
Navy
United States
Baker
Regular Army
Engineering Societies
New York
Union
Alabama
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Sewell
Arizona
John C. Greenway
Calume and Arizona Mining Company
Arkansas
Miller
Miller Engineering Company
California
Merrill
Chamber of Commerce
Commercial Club of
San Francisco
Colorado
R. B. Moore
United States Bureau of Mines
Samuel Ferguson
Connecticut
Hartford Electric Lighting Company
Reese
Delaware
District of Columbia
Parsons
American Chemical Society
Governmnt
Treaty to Buy Islands Signed
Secretary of State Lansing and Denmark's Minister Brun signed a treaty for the United States to purchase the Danish West Indies for 25 million dollars. The transfer includes St Thomas, St John, and St Croix pending ratification by the U.S. Senate and Danish Parliament.
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State Lansing
Brun
Denmark
New York
United States
Danish West Indies
Lansing
Polk
United States Senate
St. Thomas
St. Criax
St. John
Senate
Watertown N.Y
Long Lost Sister Turns Wife Nine Years Later
Madison Wisconsin Aug. Husband and wife become brother and sister in a tangled family history. Roger Newton of Globe Arizona travels with his wife sister to Eugen Oregon to seek aid to untangle the surprising kinship. An old locket reveals a photo of their parents taken before 1880.
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Wis
Roger Newton
Newton
Wisconsin University
Globe Ariz
Eugen
Ore
Spokane
Poor
Howard Newton
Reedsburg
Portland
Elizabeth Porter
Founder's Day at Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua N Y Aug 8 The Lake Chautauqua region draws many visitors despite travel restrictions from sharks infant paralysis and heat. The Russian Symphony Orchestra with Lila Roberson and Arthur Hackett will headline Music Week along with Dr Edward Griggs and Dr L C Goodell. Elijah will be performed Saturday night. On August 19 Bemus Point Civic Club hosts a Long Day carnival with water sports and races. Founders Day marks Aug 4 1874 with gifts for scholarships and improvements totaling 11 000 this year Bishop Vincent presided and 10 000 stood along the lane for the 84 year old leader. George E Vincent expects to visit. Lila Robeson and Arthur Huackt are lined up as vocal soloists. Continued on Page Four.
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Chantauaua
Russian Symphony Orchestra
Lila Roberson
Metropolitan Opera Company
Arthur Hackett
Boston
Edward Howard Griggs
L. C. Goodell
St. Paul’s Church
New York City
Mendelssohn
Elijah
Civic Club
Bemus Point
Vincent
John Heyl Vincent
George E. Vincent
Chautauqua T Institution
Hallam
Lila Robeson
Metropolitan Operaompany
Arthur Huackett
Rosters of party conventions from 1856 to 1916
The article lists Republican and Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees at each convention from 1856 through 1916. It notes host cities such as Philadelphia Chicago Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis and names including Fremont Lincoln Grant McKinley Taft Hughes Wilson Bryan Parker Parker Sherman and others.
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John C. Fremont
California
William L. Dayton
New Jersey
Cincinnati
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
John C. Breckenridge
Kentucky
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Baltimore
Stephen A. Douglas
Herschel W. Johnson
Georgia
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
George B McClellan
George H. Pendleton
Ohio
Ulysses S. Grant
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
New York
Horatio Seymour
Francis P Blair, Jr
Missouri
Winfield S. Hancock
William H. English
James G. Blaine
John A. Logan
Grover Cleveland
Thoras A. Hendricks
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
St. Louis
Adlai E. Stevenson
Minneapolis
Whitelaw Reid
Adelai E. Stevenson
Ilinois
William McKinley
Garret A. Hobart
William J. Bryan
Nebraska
Arthur Sewall
Theodore Roosevelt
Kansas City
C. W. Fairbanks
Alton B. Parker
Henry G. Davis
West Virginia
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Denver
John W. Kern
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas R. Marshall
Charles E. Hughes
Adequate Federal Workmen's Compensation Laws
Quote from Mr Hughes on supporting adequate federal workmen's compensation laws. He advocates coverage for government employees and workers in interstate commerce facing injury risk. Emphasizes applying law to activities within Congress's constitutional authority.
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