Coxs shiftless fight for nomination grows in chaos
San Francisco July 4 amid an unsettled Democratic National Convention Ohio governor James M Cox remains the front runner but delegates split. Palmer McAdoo and Owen maneuver while Wilson backers press compromise and discuss possible dark horse options including Indiana's Vice President Marshall as the deadlock persists through ballots and negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Palmer
Pennsylvanian
Jon
Wilson
Marshall
Missouri
Wison
Indiana
Cox
Ohio
Thomas R. Taggart
Deadlock to Compel Dancing on Asphalt in San Francisco
San Francisco July 4. Protracted convention extensions embarrass delegates and visitors, swelling hotel lots and disrupting railroad and travel plans. The civic Fourth of July celebration is disrupted as the convention auditorium, booked by a citizens committee, plans a public dance with fireworks in the park and dancing on the asphalt outside the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Citizens’ Committee
McAdoo and Colby seen as possible party successors
Report notes McAdoo crowds and Colby as potential successors while the convention recesses. Delegates distrust Colby's Democratic conversion as too recent and fear the volunteer influence. Cummings remains entangled with administration plotting, leaving Marshall and others with little substance as the convention veers.
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McAdoo
Bainbridge Colby
New York
Palmer
Cummings
Marshall
Women press school demands for better facilities
The Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association will present a survey of public school conditions to Dr. Ballou, urging showers, improved lighting, sanitation, health exercises, play space, and hot lunches for students. They seek inclusion in new construction and careful follow up on every item.
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Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Association
Ballou
Washington
Leonard Doten
Giles Scote Rafter
Congress of Mothers and Parent- Teacher Association
Board of Education
Congress
Rafter
Alleged bandit held as Maryland bank raid suspect
J M C Stabler a First National Bank director says he positively identified John W Mitchell alias James Connelly as ring leader in the daylight bank robbery and president’s murder on April 26 He named him from a New York detective bureau lineup Mitchell faces a New York hearing to decide transfer to Maryland He is the third alleged gang member arrested with two indicted Also a Lynchburg VA note: Mrs George W Neister reports her niece Alma May to wed Augustine Swann of Pittsburgh and move there.
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J. M. C. Stabler
First National Bank
Sandy Spring
New York
John W. Mitchell
James Connelly
Stabler
Mona
Mitchell
Maryland
Washington Post
Lynchburg
George W. Neister
Alma May
Augustine Swann
Pittsburgh
Independence Day Observances Highlight Washington Parade
Observances marked the 144th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with services across churches, a noon demonstration on the Ellipse, and a large Walter Reed Hospital program. Gen. Pershing sent a message to veterans while 1,000 attendees joined the Ellipse event with Boy Scout Band performances and patriotic singing. Continuous activities included hospital parades, athletic events, baseball games, and suburban celebrations in Brents, Kensington, Cherrydale, and Takoma Park, featuring speeches by local officials and military leaders.
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Washington
John J. Pershing
American Expeditionary Forces
Rezion
Mainain Fort
Washington Federation of Churches
Boy Scouts and Community Service
Boy Scout Band
James L. Kidwell
Wengerd
America
Percy F. Hall
Church of the Epiphany
Lucius C. Clark
James T. Lloyd
Congress
Boy Scouts of America
Walter Reed General Army Hospital
Department of the Interior
Beebe
Post Army Library
Poat Service Club
Red Cross
Department of the Interior Band
Dehna Stret
Georgia Avenue
James D. Glennon
Uniformed Corps of
District Red Cross
BE. P. Brown
Department of Military Relief
A. O. Powell
Walter Reed
Naval Torpedo Station
Alexandria
Piney Branch Citizens’ Association
Thirteenth Street
Delafield ‘Place
Army Recruiting Service
Petworth Citizens’ Association
Grant Circle
Congress Heights
Takoma Park
James L. Wilmeth
Jesse B. K. Lee
Blair Lee
Fromm
Maryland
Presbyterian Church Grove
Thomas ©. Clark
Presbyterian Church
Clyde Shade
Wilk
Kensington
Fort Myer
Tank Corps
Chemical Warfare Service
Inhabitants’ Association
Union Engine House
Nineteenth and Hetreets Northwest
Washington Fopham
William Tyler Page
Frederick C. Bryan
William Tayloe Snyder
Church of the Incarnation
Theodore W. Noyes
Association
Cherrydale
Third Party Men for La Follette
New York July 4 The committee of 48 issued a statement claiming over 30 000 responses to questionnaires show Senator La Follette of Wisconsin leading as the presidential nominee of a new party to be formed in Chicago on July 10 A convention is set with delegates from the labor party world war veterans Non Partisan League and independent laborers to attend He is said to have the strongest endorsements of any candidate and to be the choice of Northwestern farmers.
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Eamonn Dé Valera
Republic of Ireland
Ireland
Walsh
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Palmer
McAdoo
Cox
Massachusetts
Ohio
Charles (. Carlin
Virginia
Owen
McAdno
Ralston
New York
Committee of 48
la Follette
Wisconin
Labor Party
World War Veterans, Non-Partisan League
Hbaerala
Harding at Zanesville 200 Mile Trip Uneventful
In Zanesville Ohio on July 4 Senator Harding and Mrs. Harding reached the city after a 12 hour drive from Cumberland en route to Marion. They lunched in Washington and Wheeling and were greeted by crowds, with Harding joking about smoking and accepting a cigar from a passing motorist. They planned an early morning departure to finish the journey to Marion for homecoming ceremonies and to prepare for a St Louis speech and a cornerstone ceremony on July 25 for an American Legion monument.
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Zanesville
Senator Harding
Harding
Cumberland
Marion
Washington
Pennie
Robert W. Parkinson
Wheeling
W. Va
St. Louis
Aemrican Legion
Egyptian official Abdel Rahman arrested in London talks
Cairo July 4 Abdel Rahman secretary of the local committee of the Egyptian delegation headed by Said Zagioul Pasha in London negotiating with Viscount Milner British colonial secretary has been arrested. He is held at Hasrelnit barracks with important developments expected in the case.
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Cairo
Egypt
Abdel Rahman
Said Zagioul Pasha
London
Viscount Milner
Hasrelnit Barracks
Importan Developmentea
Morrison's Lead 4908 in North Carolina Governor Primary
Incomplete counts from 65 of 100 NC counties show Cameron Morrison leading Governor nominee race by 4908 votes over Max Gardner in Saturdays Democratic primary. The tally totals exceed 72000 votes.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
Charlotte Observer
Cameron Morrison
Lisut
Max Gardner
D Annunzio seeks Jugoslav trade at Fiume port
July 2 at Fiume Captain Gabriele d Annunzio seeks trade with Jugoslav hinterland. Italian vessel loads lumber for Alexandria. US ships may dock to discharge goods for inland cities. Military police uncover mutiny plot as Zanella followers are arrested offering bounties to soldiers.
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Fiume
Gabriele d'Annnunzio
Jugoslav
Jugoslavs
Jugo Slavia
Alexandria
Egypt
D’annunzio
Signor Zanella
Reception for Mrs Minor to honor D A R president general
The District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution announced a reception for Mrs George Maynard Minor, incoming president general, on October 20. A meeting set committees with Mrs Howard L Hodgkins chairing, others named for refreshments invitations finance place decorations music and entertainment.
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District of Columbia Daughters of the American Revolution
George Maynard Minor
Howard L. Hodgkins
Hodgkins
Florence Berryman
James M. Willey
Clayton E. Mig
George W. Cohen
Neilie Grant Ross
Redwood Vandergrift
Frank B. Littell
Gertrude Lyon
James W.W. Doocy
Far East Republic Welcomes Soviet Aid and Capital
In Irkutsk on June 21 the foreign minister Krasnotchekoff framed the new far Eastern republic as a step toward compromise with foreign powers. He said eastern Siberia’s agrarian majority opposes soviet rule and warned that reactionaries and interventionists threaten czarist restoration while Moscow presses for Bolshevik control.
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America
Irkutsk
Siberia
Associated Press
Far Eastern
Far East
A T Krasnotchekoff
Moscow
M. Krasnotchekof
Russia
Siberian peasants seek Soviet aid amid East Russia talks
Krasnotchekoff states Moscow backs demand for an independent state as discussed at Verkhne Udinsk. He describes a democratic Soviet framework inviting foreign capital for eastern Ra Kai development in exchange for needed goods, and says he has informed the American government via John F Stevens of authorization to negotiate contracts from the Kerensky era.
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Soviet Russia
Far East
Moscow
M Krasmotchekoff
America
Krasnotchekoff
Amerian
John F Stevens
American Railroad Commission
Russia
United States
Kerenshy
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Antisaloon League
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Richmond
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Movement For Irish Free Om
Rack E. Walsh
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League of Nations
Walter Reed Hospital
Lloyd
League of the Nations
Catholic Church
Tacoma Park
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W. M. Snyder
Harry E. Green
E. Wade Ball
John T. Lyons
Wisconsin
Morrison
Jugoslav Trade
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