An interview Woodrow Wilson gave to the New York World (which I skimmed and didn’t think contained anything new), arguing that the Democratic convention should support all of his policies, especially the League, is being taken as indicating that he might still decide to run for re-election or at least try to bind the candidate to his policies.
Warren Harding responds to the interview, welcoming an election on the question of “preserved nationality.”
William Gibbs McAdoo, former treasury secretary and presidential son-in-law, not necessarily in that order, says he is definitely not running for president. He says he needs to make a bunch of money first, which is the reason he gave when he resigned as treasury sec.
William Jennings Bryan says no Wet can win the Democratic nomination for president.
Prohibitionist leader Virgil Hinshaw says Warren Harding used to own stock in a brewery.
After railway workers in Ireland refuse to run trains carrying British troops and munitions, Prime Minister David Lloyd George meets members of the union and threatens to shut down railways in Ireland. Or maybe fire all the workers and have the army run the railroads. He also says Britain would fight to prevent an independent Ireland, citing the US Civil War.
Woodrow Wilson signs a bill allocating $35 for a set of false teeth for Brooklyn Navy Yard worker Michael MacGarvey. There’s probably an interesting story there, but the NYT doesn’t tell it.
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Harold Lloyd signs a deal that will make him the highest-paid actor in the world, earning $1,500,000+ in the first year.
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