| Show J 1 senator robert al lafollette of wisconsin who will run for president as an independent endorsed indorsed Indor sed by pro gres and socialists 2 john IV davis of west virginin nominated for president by democrats 3 open ing with prayer of national progressive conference at cleveland NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS EVENT S democrats pick davis and bryan lafollette runs as independent by EDWARD W pickard III democratic national convention wednesday afternoon nominated for president jolin john W davis of west virginia and new york city at thursday morning it nominated for foi vice president gov charles NY bryan brinn of nebraska brother in other of wiiiiam william jennings bryan tho the one hundredth ballot nt at four wednesday morning following the withdrawal of mcadoo and smith saw the beginning of the end of the deadlock the next ballot first of wednesdays day session scattered the opposing forces on the lie one hundred and second the davis bond band wagon got started and on the one hundred ind third it was a stampede to aboard during the stampede taggart of indiana moved the nomination of dails by acclamation the convention contention answered with a roar of approval chairman walsh pronounced tho the neo nee unanimously chosen cli osen the convention thereupon tried then and there to nominate walsh for vice president but ho he would not have it so ao and gaveled gavelek through an adjournment to 8 p in during the recess he sent in a letter heading off the threatened nomination E T meredith of iowa former secretary of agriculture also asked to bo be eliminated from consideration twelve candidates for vice president were named nt at the night session including mrs lira leroy springs national committeewoman from south carolina governor bryan alvin owsley of texas former national commander of the american legion gen john 0 greenway Grcen way of arizona distinguished soldier and mining engineer maj george L berry of tennessee president of the international pressmen and assistants union of north borth america rind and bennett dark clark of missouri fou of champ dark but nominee davis who had immediately taken charge of affairs picked bryan brian as a strategic move to bring ills hla brother into camp the first ballot was marked by almost innumerable changes ot of vote ote and by withdrawals but its result gave bryan brian the nomination by this vote bryan brian berry mrs springs 18 38 dark clark 51 the rest scattering during wednesdays night might session nominee davis appeared on the platform slid and won the crowd acrond with his dds personality and his eloquent call to battle gov at al smith also appeared said he was grateful not disappointed told how ho he would work for the ticket nod and received a tremendous tribute from the adoring assemblage thus ended the record breaking democratic national convention of 0 1024 on the fourteenth working day MONDAY mornings first ballot the gave gae mcadoo fill smith and 3 W davis 73 as compared with his high water of ato on the ballot july 1 during monday the tha antl mcadoo forces whittled down his vote until on the smith passed him the vote standing mcadoo smith the six ballots of tuesdays day a day session brought mcadoo down to 3 14 and smith down to 55 and jumped ralston alston Il up to IDO from OS 08 adjournment was waa then taken after the ballot smith sought out mcadoo at 4 p in after a 40 minute talk smith asked mcadoo will you ou get out it I 1 do mcadoo answered no tuesdays night session opened with announcement by of ralstone nals Rals tons unqualified withdrawal withdraw ill next franl frank ito cosevelt roosevelt os evelt informed the convention contention that ho be had find been authorized by smith to withdraw hla his name it if mcadoo would do the same otherwise the smith forces would stick the aimmee binte result was shown by the ballot which jumped mcafoos McA doos vote 81 points to a total of smith holding ta bs own at and davis adyn advancing neing 3 points to 62 82 on the ballot da via jumped to ISO and on the bolh to then at 2 a rl wednesday adios letter of withdrawal was read mil the century ballot the last of the session gave mcadoo smith and davis with meredith jumping from 37 to 75 JOHN oun WILLIAM LIAM DAVIS of west J virginia since 1021 1921 has been a new york lawyer whose practice la Is largely among corporations and banks because of which william jennings bryan persistently opposed him film ag as a representative senta tive of wall street ile he la Is airty one years cars of age and was born in clarksburg Clarks burg W yn the sop son stjohn J T and anna kennedy davis lie ile took from washington and leo lee university lila ills A 11 lu in 1892 and its his LL B lit in 1893 1895 ile he has its been awarded the degree of LL D by half a dozen universities at home and abroad lie also enjoys the lionor honor rare among american lawyers of being a bencher benc lier of middle temple london ue ile practiced low law in clarks burg from 1807 to 1013 took a hand in state and national politics and was e elected to congress in 1911 president wilson made him solicitor general in 1011 1013 and in 1018 appointed him ambassador to great britain ile he was president of the american bar association two w 0 years i ears ago ile he Is 19 a phi beta kappa and a phi kappa a mason mil son and a presbyterian ills first wife died ded in 1000 lie he parried january 2 1012 ellen 0 bassel ile he has one daughter dought daught t er W BRYAN was born in C charlea salem ill february 10 1867 ile he was as educated at the old chicago ChIcag ct university find and as a young man went to lincoln neb where william jennings bryan had preceded him he become became identified with his brother in politics in 1801 1800 ile he was associate editor of bryans publication the commoner lie he was selected in 1015 as mayor maor by the city commissioners of lincoln ile he established a municipal coal yard sard from which he retailed nit all over the state lie he was elected governor after truce had been declared between the nebraska democratic factions headed by his brother and by former senator gilbert 11 hitchcock he claims to have effected a saying saving of in operating expenses of the state government ile he married in 1802 1892 miss bliss elizabeth brokaw of salem there are two gron grown gronn n up children governor brynn bryan Is not a member of any church ills his wife and children are baptists baptista MARION lafollette LA ROBERT since 1003 united states republican senator from wisconsin invites the dissatisfied alss voters of the thel country to register their disapproval of existing conditions by voting for hlen its as an independent candidate for the presidency ile he has hai been indorsed endorsed Indor sed by the progressive national conference and by the socialist national convention ile he and a committee will select a running mate A convention Is to be held in Inin january nuary of 1025 1925 to organize a permanent nin alent and independent new party the socialist national convention condemned tile the ku iu klux klan by name and elected eugene V debs national chairman duncan mcdonald and william bouck bolick named for president and vice pres president ident by the new national former farmer labor party at its st paul atul convention have been asked to resign in favor of lafollette Larol letto find and ills his unknown running mate the workers party of which william X Z poster foster Is the head announces that it will fight lafollette the national independent party refused to accept Ln La Folletto an and wednesday nominated a president or and d vice president representative john M nelson of wisconsin republican lean insurgent leader in tho the house and LaVol lettes campaign camp dign manager says kays that flint it if they win a majority of the electoral college they stand a good chance of throwing tile the election of the he next dent lio irao the hou house seand and that they will ivill take an active part in the congreso 1 atonal elections of next fall with the hie purpose of maintaining their bala balance nee of at power pow cr in both houses ALVIN COOLIDGE JR jil aged sixteen C CALVIN younger son of president ident i coolidge died monday night in walter reed hospital washington from blood poisoning resulting from blistering ills toot foot while playing tennis with ills his brother john on the white house grounds the boy made a be acro eglit for or alfe alf had and medical science did it best for him aim 1 president coolidge forbade nil all boffl cial pomp and ceremony wednesday afternoon there was a simple service in the white house thursday morning there was a formal church service in northampton mass blass the boys birthplace thursday afternoon lie he was laid to rest in the family burial lot at plymouth vt the home homa of ills his ancestors official mes messages saget of condolence came from 1 all the world the vast a assemblage a sem blage blago in madison square garden hoard heard the news with a groan and the tha convention adjourned washington city kept silence for five minutes during the white house service tho the heart of the nation went out not to the president and first fifie lady of the land but to his father and mother for to the american people the cool adges are folks and young cal was a real american boy in which 10 per cent adf ARKANSAS of the total child population la is employed contrary to the standards set by the ire federal deral government Is first of the states to ratify the constitutional amendment submitted to congress the vote was close 45 to 40 in the house and 15 to 13 3 in the senate the amendment reads section 1 the congress shall have power to limit regulate an prohibit the labor of 0 persons under eighteen 1 years ears of age 1 L 1 section 2 tho the power of the several states Is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of state laws s shall be suspended to the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the congress two nets acts passed by congress with the purpose of prohibiting child labor have been declared unconstitutional by the united states supreme court the act of 1010 1916 prohibited transportation in interstate commerce of goods made in factories using child labor the act of 1010 1919 imposed a tax of 10 per cent of the n net et profits of the year upon ah employer using child labor should tile the amendment be ratified by three fourths of the states congress will then enact enforcing legislation 0 OUR UR latin america neighbors bors are displaying their usual pep halo biall Is trying to get the league of nations to oust our marines from the republic there Is some sort of revolution on in brazil which Is apparently of enough importance to keep the censor busy and to make president bernardes declare a state of siege etc mexico Is trying to count the returns of the presidential election of last sunday the rival candidates candida teT gen Plu ellas elias calles radical and gen angel flores florea less radical are meanwhile accusing each other of election irregularities of all sorts and of course both leaders claim complete and overwhelming victory mexico Is 18 preparing to make claims for big damages for the vera cruz occupation cu and the pershing expedition before the general claims commission which Is soon to try to adjudicate claims between tho the two countries wo we mussed up tip vera cruz in a vain effort to make the mexicans salute tile the nag we got mussed up when we tried to get villa for raiding the border town of columbus and now the piper wants his pay and psychiatrists psychiatrist to attie ALIENISTS the number of twelve from various sri parts of 0 tho the country have conducted on behalf pt of the defense exhaustive mental and phy physical stat tots tests of nathan F leopold jr and richard loeb confessed slayers of bobby franks four have examined the two boys for the state it Is stated that the defense will ask an insanity hearing in ad vance vinco of tho the trial the state mate holds this to be legally impossible as the two are already under indictment and that a plen pica of insanity can be used only as part of the ilia defense evenar scientists agree angrea that the S SEVERAL three white indian children brought to new york t from om Pan panama nitia are not white and not nIb albinos Inos but are simply indians affected by pathological conditions awards to the number ot of aggregating more than have been made in favor of americans against germany for world war losses by the german american mixed claims claim commission claims to the number 0 of f aggregating are an still pending |
