National Delegates New Push for Republican Reorganization
In Washington a major drive to rearrange the congressional campaign committee gains speed with 31 senators, led by Senator Gallinger, proposing a joint Senate House caucus and a national party reorganization. Progressives seek unity, a national convention this fall, and primary based delegate elections under Sherman’s plan. The executive committee plans to meet Saturday to consider the proposal. James N Swart, famed hotel man, dies in Detroit.
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Congressional Campaign Committee
Congress
National Executive Committee
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Congressional Committee
Wilson
Leadera
Townsend
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Wyoming
Norris
Jones
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William KB
McKinley
Representative Gardner
Massachusetts
Chicago
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Hilles
Crawford
Crampton
Michigan
Rogers
Anderson
Minnesota
Hiadley
Missouri
Hadley
Progressive Republicans
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Ilinois
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Executive Committee
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Iowa
Fred W. Estabrook
New Hampshire
Jo BR. Goodrich
Indiana
Thomas A. Marlow
Montana
Alvah VW. Martin
Virginia
Thomas K. Neidringhaus
A. Perkins
Newell Sanders
Tennessee
Charles B. Warren
Thoy
West
Tlineiss
Ralph WW. Williams
Oregon
Charles D. Hilles
Arctic expedition diary recounts harrowing Antarctic voyage tragedy
Berlin May 22. Diary extracts by artist Herr Rave describe the German Arctic expedition under Lieutenant Schraeder String that foundered in Spitsbergen. The party abandoned the Hergogernst Sept 21 1812, faced starvation, frostbite and mutiny, and endured brutal sledge journeys to reach Mossel Bay and the ship again.
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GPEC
Berlin
Schraeder-String
Spitsbergen
Herr Rave
Advent Bay
Hergogernst
Presbyterian assemblies clash over unity and leadership
Amid meetings in Atlanta and Chicago, ministers resign over funds transfers and procedural fights as the Northern Southern and United Presbyterian assemblies pursue plans for a pan Presbyterian congress modeled on the United States legislature. Resignations and protests mark the sessions as high court decisions seek church unity and education emphasis.
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W. M. McPheeters
Columbia Theological Seminary
Columbia
S.C
Assembly
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
United Assembly
Ways and Means
Shate
KR. J. Miller
Pittsburgh
Christian Union Herald
Northern Presbyterian Assembly Today
T. St. John
Chicago
Ro &. Vinson
Austin
Texas
J. B. Shaw
R. M. Russell
United Presbyterian Assembly
Fiend Saved From Mob by Sheriff in Cross-State Transfer
Walter Ballew, accused of assaulting Mrs. Anna Keller at Falls City, Neb, was saved from a mob and ordered returned to Nebraska. Sheriff L. L. Aldrich of Paris City pursued a plan to move Ballew to Lincoln to await trial at the state penitentiary.
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Morning Journal
Hiawatha
Kan
Falls City
Neb
Walter Ballew
Anna Keller
Nebraska
Ballew
Lincoln
L. L. Aldrich
Paris City
Horton
Aldrich
State Penitentiary
All Presbyterian May Unite In One Large Church Plan
Proposed plan urges all Presbyterian groups to unite under a single church structure with a supreme governing body modeled after the United States Congress. The plan envisions consolidated leadership and unified administration to guide national church policy and mission.
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Congress of
United States
Northern Baptist convention appoints thirty five missionaries
Detroit May 22 Today's sessions of the Northern Baptist convention were largely routine with thirty five new missionaries appointed for foreign fields. They will sail for their destinations during the coming summer and winter. A verbal clash on the convention floor arose over the method for final vote on key questions.
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Detroit
Northern Baptist Convention
Amend By Law for State Majority Vote on Major Issues
Delegates heard a proposal to amend the by law so that a majority vote by states could decide important issues instead of a general convention. Rev George Hooper Perris DD urged foreign missions, prompting Iowa delegates to question home costs of financing the foreign field. P P Haggart defended mission fund handling, denying waste while noting costs fluctuated between 11 and 15 percent, peaking decades ago.
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George Hooper Perris DD
Philadelphia
Iowa
P. P. Haggart
Militant Outages Reported at West End Aristocracy Homes
London reports militant acts attributed to out Tages, with damage at aristocracy residences in the west end. At several social functions recent, pictures and tapestries have been cut in these homes.
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London
West End
Governor Neeley seeks immediate collection from Missouri Pacific
Representative Neeley of Kansas has urged Attorney General McReynolds to sue Missouri Pacific for 45 562 346 in unpaid subsidy bonds used to build the central branch in Kansas. Treasury officials say the claim, the sole remaining subsidy loan, should be resolved after 45 years. Neeley accuses successive corporate reorganizations of defrauding the government.
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HY Morning Journal
Washington
Neeley
Kansas
McReynolds
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Central Branch
Kanene
Pacific
Solleiter Thompson
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Thompson
Recognition for Huerta Not in Right Now
President Wilson said the United States has not decided on recognizing Huerta’s government in Mexico. He noted recognition would follow a general readjustment of conditions in Mexico and did not confirm that Mexican financial stabilization would speed it. The White House plans to wait for Mexico’s presidential election outcome.
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OY Morning Journal
Washington
Wilson
United States
Mexico
White House
Income Tax Fate of Underwood Bill Unchanged
Protests and suggestions pile up before the Senate Finance Committee as it considers the measure.
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Underwood
Senate Committee On Finance
Free Ivory Part of African Cotton Trade
Report from Washington May 22 notes no amendment to the Underwood tariff's theme tax section likely. Finance committee debates include ivory imports, cotton trade with Africa, and objections from cotton exporters and bird protectors amid ongoing tariff questions and committee deliberations.
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Woshington
Senate Finance Committee
Democratic Caucus
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Hove
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Marshall
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Johnson
England
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France
Association For the Protection of Birds
Edward Howe Forbush
Massachusetts
Stone
Met
Committee leans to amend clause for therm inclusion
A parliamentary committee signs to favor amending the clause to include therm, aiming to broaden the duty text. The move reflects ongoing debates over scope and implementation among officials.
Income tax provision should be explained by experts
Ralph W. Breckinridge, chairman of the Insurance committee of the American Parapseciation, told national Insurance inspectors at the Commercial club that Underwood tariff income tax provisions, especially those affecting insurance companies, are hazy. He urged making the tax clearer and noted government authority to tax policyholders through insurers.
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Net
Ralph W. Hreckinridge
National Insuranc
Commercial Club
Ureckinridge
Washington
Senate
Breckinridge
Philanthropists Not Interested in Girls by Morning Journal Special
In Missouri Senate hearings Floyd Sloan of the City club denounces the group’s lack of concern for women workers. Witnesses describe long hours and low wages at box plants and department stores, with some girls earning 4 to 16 dollars weekly and living conditions noted in East St. Louis housing and board costs.
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St. Louis
Floyd J. Sloan
City Club
Missouri Senate
Wate
Sloan
Wilson
Tito Moser
Moser Cigar and Paper Box Company
Moser
Henry C. Heckel
National Candy Company
Kressage Five
East St. Louis
Schaper Brothers’ Department Store
Schaper Brothers
No Other Nation Suggests Citizenship for Its People
A fragment voices a national stance on the idea that no other country has offered its people a path to citizenship here. The remark emphasizes exclusive national sovereignty and immigration policy, framing citizenship as a distinctly domestic privilege.
Emperor Yoshihito in Good Health Despite Rumors
Tokyo May 23 Count Watanabe minister of the household said this morning the emperor is asleep and conditions have not changed since yesterday or are not serious. The bulletin from physicians apprised the people of the imperial patient’s real condition insisting the monarch has been in good health since his accession and actively attends to state affairs.
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Tokyo
Count Watanabe
Yoshihito
British Steamships Sold to Japanese Buyers
London reports that several British steamships ranging from 4000 to 5000 tons have been sold to Japanese buyers in recent days. Washington notes President Wilson and Secretary Bryan expressed sympathy over the emperor of Japan’s illness and its potential to delay California alien land law negotiations.
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Washington
Japan
Ington
Wilson Abetary Bryan
Hailly-Blanchard
Tokio
Cabs
Wilson
California
State Department
Tokyo
United States
Japanese Premier Urges Quick Action in Alien Land Bill Crisis
In San Francisco on May 22 a cable to the New World reports Foreign Minister Makino telling Adachi and Tomita of Daeshi-Kai that the US reply is not yet public and courts may be appealed. He says a treaty of naturalization is under consideration and Ambassa dor Chinda will speed negotiations for a peaceful settlement.
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San Francisco
Japanese New World
Chinda
Hobson Resigns From Society Over Membership Amendment
Richmond P. Hobson, hero of Merrimac, resigns as president of the Southern Society of Washington after the organization refuses to amend its constitution to admit members from all parts of the country.
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Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
the Merrimac
Southern Society of Washington
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