Harding urges peace with no world super power interference
President Harding at American University joins Newton Rowell and J J Jusserand in a peace themed commencement. Flags of the United States Britain and France rise together as the crowd hears calls for sovereign nations to settle disputes peacefully. Harding praises North American cooperation as a model for civilization.
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Washington
Harding
American University
Newton W. Rowell
K. C
Toronto
Canada
North America
J. J. Jusserand
Johan W. Hamilton
America
Dr. Rowell
State policemen defied by Clines in Mingo county clash
State police and special officers sent to War Eagle to arrest Johnnie and Buffalo Cline returned to Williamson after being fired upon from the Clines’ house. The Cline group assembled supporters and exchanged shots, forcing a retreat without reinforcements. The McDowell county jail holds forty three prisoners, including nine charged under martial law.
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Williamson
W. Va
War Eagle
Mingo County
Johnnie
Buffalo Cline
Clines
Poles Fight Bavarians in Upper Silesia Reprisal
Oppeln dispatch reports Polish insurgents repulsed after five counter attacks near Kandrzin with heavy losses. Germans captured 1,700 prisoners as Bavarians killed ten in the town during the chaotic transfer. Toledo witnesses testify on the February mail robbery detailing sealed bags and recovered locks.
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London
Kandrzin
Upper Silesia
Daily Mail
Toledo
Proposed Allied Meeting Fades From Focus Over Silesia
London reports the allied supreme council meeting faded as France seeks postponement until order is restored in Upper Silesia. Britain demands stern measures and impartiality between Germans and Poles, ready to use force to create a neutral zone. Awaiting Sir Harold Stuart's report, a commission of experts may be considered. In Parkersburg, West Virginia, publishers and printers oppose a forty four hour week and higher pay.
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Associated Press
London
Allied Supreme Council
Upper Silesia
Great Britain
Harold Stuart
France
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Adams elected chairman as Republicans cut southern delegates
John T. Adams of Dubuque Iowa becomes chairman succeeding Hays after his resignation. The Republican National Committee approves a new representation plan reducing southern delegates by 40 percent since 1912 and increasing the convention total to 1 037 with new district voting thresholds. Ralph B. Williams and Mrs Leonard G Woods chosen as top officers. The committee dined at the White House after adjournment.
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Washington
John T. Adams
Dubuque
Iowa
Hays
Republican National Committee
Adams
Ralph B. Williams
Portland
Oregon
Leonard G. Woods
Pittsburg
Chicago
Congress
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Hayes
White House
Bethlehem man elected head of coal association
W R Coyle of Bethlehem Pennsylvania was elected president of the American Wholesale Coal Association at the convention's close. He warned against the Frelinghuysen bill and its stabilisation path, urging voluntary cooperation to achieve any potential results. Delegates were received by President Harding at the White House.
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Washington
W. R. Coyle
Bethlehem
American Wholesale Coal Association
Trail Hitter audience answers Billy Sunday call
Large crowd in Timber Temple hears Billy Sunday Wednesday afternoon and night as he preaches succession of sermons. About forty respond to invitation to confess Christ, first afternoon rally offering this response. Rody-led songs precede sermon. J L Alexander explains next steps for Billy Sunday’s ministry.
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Billy Sunday
Timber Temple
the Tabernacle
Christ
Rody
M. L. Barrett
W. M. Morrell
J. L. Alexander
Lucia di Lammermoor
Sunday
Legislative Hall College
University
John the Baptist
Bluefield
Heaven
Hell
Billy Sunday Club Organized in Bluefield
A mass meeting in the tabernacle formed the Bluefield Billy Sunday Club with about a hundred men electing Fred W. Udy as temporary chairman and Fred R. Christie as temporary secretary. Pastors to name two representatives each to draft by laws and constitution and a Roanoke Club charter was requested. The charter list will stay open for new members until the permanent group is formed.
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Bluefield Billy Sunday Club
The
Tabernacle
Fred W. Udy
Fred R. Christie
Roanoke Club
Udy
Campaign Sidelights and Local Church Plans
Campaign sidelights note several announcements including a speaker in Bluefield who stated his creed as Christ-based salvation. The Bland Street M E Church Young Women's Missionary Society meets at 6 45 tonight and will attend tabernacle services in a group.
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Young Women's Missionary Society of the
Bland Street
M. FE
Virginians Sing Billy Sunday Songs On Side Track
A Graham car carrying about a hundred Virginians paused on a side track at Chestnut and Bluefield Avenue on a Wednesday night. Someone suggested they sing Billy Sunday songs and the group delivered some of the finest singing heard by listeners.
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Graham
Chestnut and
Bluefield Avenue
Bland Street M E Church announces today's program
Afternoon service at 2 30. Evening service at 7 30 for all. Business women's luncheon 11 to 2 at Bland Street M E Church with Mrs Asher speaking. Business women's invitation committee meets 2 30. Bible study class on the platform at the tabernacle immediately after the afternoon service led by Miss Kinney.
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Business Women
Bland Street
M. E
Asher
Business Women's Invitation Committee
Tabernacle
Miss Kinney
Billy Sunday Speaks to Overflow Crowd in Northfork
Billy Sunday arrived with Miss Florence Kinney and Robert Matthews to Northfork where he delivered the sermon Is It Well With Thee at the school house before an overflow audience. Jester Toney of the First National Bank accompanied Sunday to Bluefield and northward. The party returned at 12 37 p m after riding in an electric motor and a steam engine cab on the N and W Railway. Road Inspector Anderson invited Sunday to ride in a large electric motor for the steep grade.
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Pilly
Florence Kinney
Robert Matthews
Northfork
Mr. Sunday
Tabernacle
Jester Toney
First National Bank
Bluefield
Billy Sunday
Anderson
N. & W. Railway
Sunday
Evangelist
Organization of the Bible Classes Today
After Mr Sunday’s sermon Miss Florence Kinney will lead a demonstration lesson on starting neighborhood Bible study classes. The post campaign program aims to keep the evangelistic fire alive with free instruction for all interested.
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Florence Kinney
Miss Kinney
Bramwell School Hears Rodeheaver
Homer Rodeheaver, chorus leader for the Billy Sunday party, spoke to Bramwell’s graduating class on Wednesday morning. He impressed listeners with his oratory and singing as he delivered the address and then returned to Bluefield to lead the afternoon singing.
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Homer Rodeheaver
Billy
Bramwell
Rody
Bluefield
Evangelist Captures 700 In Night Service at Tabernacle
A large crowd packed the Tabernacle for Billy Sunday when he preached on What Must I Do to be Saved. The seven hundred worshippers surged forward after the call to stand for Christ, with help from Grace M E Church Women’s Bible Class and delegations from Norfolk and Western.
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Evangelist
Billy Sunday
Christ
Women's Bible
Grace M. E. Church
R. N. Havens
Bramwell
Rody
Grace Methodist Church
Norfolk and Western
Sunday Party Learns Memory System from Thompson
Robert Thompson of Lexington Kentucky demonstrated a memory system to Billy Sunday and members of his evangelist party. Sunday and aides including Fred Rapp Homer Rodeheaver and Albert Peterson quickly absorbed the method and recalled names using the Thompson plan. Other party members will also receive lessons.
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Billy Sunday
Robert Thompson
Lexington
Bill
Sunday
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Sunday
Fred Rapp
Homer Rodeheaver
Albert Peterson
Thompson
Sunday Echoes on Repentance and Sin
The sermon urges true repentance over fear and ritual. It condemns soft pardons that excuse sin, stresses standing with the just and leaving the wrong, and warns that ongoing sin forfeits salvation. The message frames Christianity as addition and sin as subtraction, emphasizing personal surrender to God.
Acceptance wage cuts threaten rail traffic stoppage claim
Chicago June 8. Rail labor leaders warned that wage reductions rest with rank and file workers and they would not be blamed if men reject cuts and traffic halted. L E B Sheppard and W G Lee urged wage hearings while W S Carter cited dangers to engine crews as they press for adequate standards. Montreal news rounds out with a Canadian church union approval between Congregationalists and Methodists and Presbyterians.
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Chicago
Railroad Brotherhood
L. E B. Sheppard
W. G. Lee
Railroad Labor Board
W. S. Carter
Sheppard
Bad Funerals and Military Control After Pueblo Floods
Following last week’s floods in Pueblo, Colorado, Colonel P. J. Hamrock announced that civilian guards will be withdrawn and city control passed to the military. Forty one Army trucks arrive to aid, a 2000-person refugee camp is set, a seven ward hospital for 1000 is prepared, and a free employment bureau is established with wages fixed at forty three cents an hour. Funerals for identified dead will begin immediately with quiet services to expedite sorrow.
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Pueblo
Cole
P. J. Hamrock
Colorado
Hamrcock
Hamrock
I. J. Martin
Metal Trades Union Leaders Call for Wage Protection
James O'Connell, president of the Metal Trades Department AFL, urged united action by all metal working trades unions to resist wage cuts and seek higher wages and longer hours in his annual keynote to the department's convention in Denver, Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
James O'Connell
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Secretary Denby Seeks Navy Counsel on London Address Quote
Secretary Denby directed Rear Admiral Simms to cable the Navy Department with an immediate report on whether press reports correctly quoted him regarding an address to the English Speaking Union at a London luncheon on June 7.
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Washington
Denby
Simms
Navy Department
Cable
London
House Opposition to Navy Increase Stalls Conferees
Washington, June. Senate and house conferees opened on the naval appropriation bill but did not reach disputed points. The disarmament issue and the senate rise in navy enlisted personnel from 100000 to 120000 were deferred. House managers served emphatic notice against the senate increases and a total levy of 494000000. The conferees stated it futile for the senate to seek acceptance of its increases.
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Washington
Senate
House
Senate Reverses on Army Strength Vote Ends at 150000
The Senate rejected a 170000 troop minimum and approved an army bill totaling 354000000 with provisions for not less than 150000. the move contrasts with the House, and the measure heads to conference to resolve differences. Thirteen Republicans aligned with 23 Democrats against 170000. An added $200000 advances hydroelectric plans for Washington at Great Falls.
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Washington
Senate
House
Fletcher
Florida
Myers
Montana
Orah
Idaho
Capper
Kansas
Gooding
Harrold
Oklahoma
Jones
Kenyon
Iowa
Ladd
North Dakota
LaFollette
Wisconsin
McNary
Oregon
Stanfield
Townsend
Michigan
Norris
Nebraska
Willis
Ohio
Great Falls of the
Potomac
Dial
South Carolina
Germany
France
Belgium
Wadsworth
Senate probe into Henry Ford seat contest begins in stormy session
Washington June 8 Senate inquiry into Henry Ford's Michigan 1918 campaign expenditures opened today amid a stormy session. Charles H Newberry testified of unlimited campaign funds via an agent totaling 99000, Henry B Joy cited as a major donor, while Joy’s health and absence delayed testimony. A plan to summon Joy was debated as doctors may need to certify his condition before he can testify.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Chas. H. Newberry
Henry B. Joy
Detroit
Alfred Lucking
Ford
Joy
Newberry
Supreme Court
Lucking
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Bethlehem, Pa
Wholesale Association
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Kentucky
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Jesus Christ
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Methodist
Presbyterian
Congregational Union of Canada
Presbyterian General Assembly
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Sims
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