Station Strike Divides Workers and Officials at Union Station
Washington Terminal Company faces a walking-out by car cleaners inspectors and repairers with several hundred strikebreakers housed in Pullman cars north of Union Station. Officials minimize disruption stating no violence and trains running as usual while labor leaders seek wage hikes reinstatement of discharged workers and action against foremen accused of extortion. George A Solta national organizer lends weight to the action as a parade forms near Fourth Street.
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Washington Terminal Company
Aeveral
Keppel
Strikara
George A .Solta
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America
G Strait
Fourth Street
Nolte
Department of Labor
Clayton on Ballots Protest Over National Committeeman
Four presidents of Democratic organizations protest to Rob ert K Mattingly, chair man of the Democratic central committee, against rejecting William McClay ton as a candidate for national committeeman They demand his name appear on the official ballot for primaries The signers include William Branch McIntire Join Miller Fred Kelley Edwin A Newman and others They call the central committee irregular partisan and unfair for excluding McClay ton who advocated a primaries plan delegating certain powers to the Washington Board of Trade and the Chamber of Commerce The central committee had listed delegates to the St Louis convention and rejected McClay ton’s name for national committeeman due to his alternative plan.
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Democratic Central Committee
William McK Clayton
Bowtaay Tha Aignere
William Branch McIntire
Jackson Democratic Association
Join & Miller
Columbia Democratic Club
Fred Kelley
Young Mens Democratic Club
Edwin A Newman
Washington Board of Trade
Chamber of Commeroe
Taft Critic of Wilson Calls for Strong Navy and Reserve
Former President William H Taft speaking in Washington and at Jefferson College criticized Wilson era foreign policy toward Mexico and the Philippines. He urged a navy at least equal to Germany and a reserve army up to 500000 men. He questioned intervention costs and expressed restraint on Mexican policy.
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William H Taft
Joeffarston College
Mexico
Philippines
Germany
Roosevelt Vision of a Universal Service Army at Memorial Day
Theodore Roosevelt urged universal service for a democratic army and strong navy at a Kansas City Memorial Day event. He argued for equal training across social classes, backed by a national system and citizen soldiers, with social justice and railroad regulation as key goals. His speech linked preparedness to democracy and mass participation across backgrounds.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Dardanelles
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San Francisco
Ita Marcy
Roosevelt
Napoleon
United States
Col. Roosevelt
Wilson to Have Private Telephone Wire to St Louis Convention Hall
St Louis plans for the Democratic national convention include preparing the Coliseum by June 12. A private wire will connect the arena to the White House with no switchboard, ensuring it remains unobstructed for President Wilson. Delegations arrive by numerous special trains, with limited public seating.
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Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
White House
Wilson
Wilson in Baltimore Attended Briars Club Play Amid Cheers
President Wilson visited a Baltimore theater to see the Briars Club of New York. He was greeted with long applause as actors poked fun at him, songs praised him, and he stood in a box with flags. He spoke backstage and promised to attend a New York club dinner if possible.
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May &C
Wilson
Briars’ Club
New York
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Joseph Wilson
Alice Wilson
Prenton
MAY MAROON CONVENTION Telegraphers Threaten Strike
New York May. A plan to delay the Republican national convention at Chicago by a telegraph strike was discussed at the International Commercial Telegraphers Union meeting. Radicals pushed the idea, led by S J Konenkamp and the union’s executive committee. Abiton was deferred until tomorrow to Lake United States commissioner H S Mahany to soothe the situation with the companies.
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G. GO. P
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Chicago
Wea
International Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
S J Konenkamp
Abiton
Lake
United States
St Paul to honor Hill with citywide five-minute halt
St Paul will observe a five minute business halt tomorrow afternoon as a tribute to the late James J Hill. Funeral arrangements are set to begin at the same time with the Great Northern and Burlington systems stopping all trains for five minutes in memory of the railroad builder who contributed to the nation’s upbuilding. The Hill body lay in state today in the Summit avenue mansion drawing room.
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Minn
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James J. Hill
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Summit “Avenue
Wilson Pays Tribute to Hill in Telegram
President Wilson sent a telegram to a St Paul editor praising James J. Hill as a key builder of the nation. He called Hill one of the foremost figures in a generation crucial to the country’s economic development and a man to whom the nation owes a debt of gratitude.
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Wilson
St Paul
James J. Hill
Roosevelt Opposition Shapes Hughes Candidacy at Convention
Theodore Roosevelt reportedly cannot approve of Charles E. Hughes for the Supreme Court due to current circumstances. Claims about Frank Hitchcock are disputed as Barnes campaigns for reelection to the national committee, opposing Herbert Parsons.
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Supreme Court
Frank Hitchcock
Barnes
President Wilson to Attend Roanoke Virginia Dem Convention
President Wilson told Representative Carter Glass he would attend the Virginia Democratic convention in Roanoke next Friday if possible.
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Wilson
Carter Glass
Virginia
Roanoke
Meyer Calls Upon Hughes Boomers To Give Views
Former Navy secretary George von L Meyer, head of the Republican Roosevelt committee, leaves for Chicago to attend the convention and urges Justice Hughes supporters to state his stand on preparedness and U S rights on the high seas and the Mexican border. Meyer criticizes Chairman Tanner as the real Hughes leader and questions the candidate's consent to the campaign.
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New York
George von L. Meyer
Republican Roosevelt Committee
Chicago
Justice Hughes
Meyer
Tanner
New York Republican State Committee
Chicago to host 160000 visitors for conventions
Special to The Washington Post. Chicago estimates 160,000 visitors for two conventions with 26,000 already present. Hotel and meal charges average 9 dollars per person per day, totaling about 825,000 daily for 80,000 guests and potential four day length. Overall Chicago receipts projected near 3.5 million dollars.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Fhrst
Arrangement for Seating Moose Delegates Shows Big Attendance
Chicago May 30 Final arrangements for the Progressive national convention to be held June 7 were completed today There will be 1068 delegates and more than 750 alternates said Georges F Porter chairman of the committee on arrangements The authorized number of delegates provided In the official call of the Progressive national committee is 631 with the same number of alternates but 80 per cent of the states are landing double or triple the authorized delegates The main floor will be for delegates seats and extra seating will be added in balconies Temporary balconies will be erected on the stage Three hundred press seats have been provided Seventeen boxes have been sold to Progressives and other boxes will be used for guests of the national committee
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Kremer
St Louis
Tammany
Kings County
New York
Indianapolis
Pittsburgh
Chicago
New England
Georges F Porter
Committee On
Progressive National Committee
Eversion
National Committee
Whitman Perkins and Straus Confer in New York
Gov Whitman and Progressive leaders George W. Perkins and Oscar Straus held a lengthy talk in New York on May 30 before his trip to Chicago. They offered little on the meeting’s purpose, though Straus admitted the political situation was discussed while Whitman reaffirmed plans to nominate Justice Hughes if the honor falls to him.
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New York
Gov Whitman
Chicago
Justice Hughes
George W. Perking
Oscar Straus
Guv Whitman
Public Service Commission
Straus
Record of Judge Hughes Silent in Past on Nominations
Special to The Washington Post from New York reports that Justice Charles E. Hughes has not stated he will accept a nomination if offered but historically accepted when conventions spoke. The piece notes prior times he remained silent and then accepted, with doubt and debate over a Chicago convention nomination.
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Washington Post
New York
Chicago
New York Herald
Saya
Charles E. Hughes
Supreme Court
Hughes
Timothy L Woodruff
West End Avenue
Saratoga
Attaché Osborne Delivers Diplomatic Messages From Berlin
The Hague May 1 Attaché Osborne of the American embassy at Berlin passed through on his way to Washington. It is said he carries important diplomatic messages from Ambassador Gerard.
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Hague
Attaché Osborne
Berlin
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