Woman's Mandalay visit aids Bahai teaching voyage
Miss Martha Root, guest at the Plaga Hotel, spent ten days in a Mandalay harem as part of a world war era trip to spread Bahai teachings. She spoke through an interpreter to hundreds of Burmese followers and noted a rich, polygamous life while affirming Koranic limits. Root also toured South America, meeting editors and printing Bahai propaganda across the region.
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New York
Martha Root
Plaga
Uyg
Burma
Abdi] Beha
Miss Root
Hanseon
Bahall
South America
South Am
Abdul Baha
America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Central
Paris
Buenos Aires
Florida
Earnest Woman Delegates Cheer in Berlin Reichstag
An earnest woman speaker Clara Zetkin, first Communist member, addressed the Reichstag as deputies and reporters observed a tense debate between Helferich and Wirth over Germany’s shattered resources. Zetkin outlined a vision of revolt and redistribution, while the chamber and press engaged with mixed reactions.
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Berlin
Briskis
Reichruss
Germany
Helfferich
Wirth
Toutonse
Celine
Clara Zetkin
German Jurnament
Sprech
Hell
Ferich
Clara Zerkin
Russia
Tins House
Tun
1080 Buddhists Become Priests in China Ceremony
American professor Dr John Dewes visited Changchow as 1 080 Buddhists from across the country were ordained into the priesthood during a spontaneous festival at the Changchow monastery. Novices endure 40 days of rites with scorching incense on the shaved heads, and 822 took full vows amid varying scar patterns. The ceremony also honored Tsiping rebellion victims from 60 years prior.
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Changchow
Kianesu Province
Aus
John Dewes
University of Peking
China
Bar Association To Stand By League Treaty Endorsement
At the American Bar Association convention in St Louis August 25 to 27, a majority committee urges ratification of the peace treaty with the League of Nations without amendments. The minority, led by Blood Smith and Tucker, opposes concordance. The report stresses that amendments would hinder a durable peace and supports US entry into the League.
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St Louis
American Bar Association
Edgar A Bancroft
Chicago
William H. Wadhams
New York
Frederick N. Judson
Charles Blood Smith
Topeka
Kan
Henry St. George Tucker
Lexington
League of Nations
United States
League
Congress
Committee On International Law
Organization Committee
Permanent Court of International Justice
Auckland Geddes
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Association of American Law Schools
The
National Association of Attorneys- General
German Music Still Shut Out Of England
London reports a wartime shift in English culture with German opera fading amid anti German demonstrations while English music gains ground. The Carl Rosa Company promotes new English operas by Philpotts and others including Macbeth and King Lear adaptations. Britain’s light opera, led by The Beggar's Opera, is praised for vitality and national spirit amid war.
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England
London
New York City
Paris
Barkworth
Nicholas Gatty
Rutland Broughton
Alick Maclean
Quentin Durward
Percy Colson
Danie
Patrice
Stephen Philpotts
Carl Rosa
Mme. Rosa
Dante and
Beatricé
Philpotts
Eden Philpotts
Northcliffe Press
Northcliffe
Britain
Knights of Columbus embark on overseas pilgrimage Aug seven
The supreme convention of the Knights of Columbus in New York ends August 7 with 250 Knights sailing on the S. S. Leopoldina to Europe. They will present a Lafayette statue to France and a K of C baton to Marshal Foch, supporting Franco American friendship and pledging allegiance to Pope Benedict XV.
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Knights of Columbus
K. of C
Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus
New York
S.s. Leopoldina
Europe
Lafayette
France
Marshal Foch
America
Benedict XV
Vatican
Knights
United States
Ae.f
Ul W. Bartlett
Columbus
Wilson
Knights of Columbus unveil war memorial statues in France
Marshal Foch presides at the unveiling of a 15 foot tall United States bas relief statue in Brussels cast for Paris. The Ship Rochambeau carried 20,009 pounds of reliefs from New York. Mrs. Paul W. Bartlett oversees placement becoming the first woman to supervise such a task. President Deschanel to attend. James A. Flaherty to present the statue. The Leopoldina arrives August 15 at Havre as American troops recall the grey walls of France. Japan discussed Korea progress and local autonomy in a separate note.
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Paris
Washington
Marshal Foch
St. Gond
K. of C
America
Fach
Brussels
New York City
Piccirilli
France
Paul W. Bartlett
Ferdinand Foch
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
Deschanel
Havre
Untrue Reports on Missionaries in Korea
Tokio August 4 Dr Senshi Egi a House of Peers member returning from Korea inspection says most rumors about missionaries instigating Korean students against Japanese authorities are false. He notes missionaries generally strive to develop Korea for beneficial future results to Koreans.
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Tokio
Senshi Egi
House of Peers
Korea
Second Company Will Muster Into National Guard
New Haven unit Company D of the Seventh Infantry near muster into the national guard was intimated today. Members have pressed for inclusion under War Department jurisdiction and Captain Daniel Strickland has expressed the sentiment to Major General Lucien F. Burpee of the state military emergency board.
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Seclond Infantry
C. G
New Haven
War Department
Daniel C. Strickland
D Company
Lucien F. Burpee
Military Emergency Board
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