Mohonk Conference Praises Hague Peace Effort
Lake Mohonk New York May 22 The conference adopts a platform praising The Hague Conference for expanding international arbitration and condemns slavery and polygamy while lauding educational and labor efforts to prevent war. Key speakers include Baron Takahira Dr White Joseph Swain and William Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Baron Korogo Takahira
United States
Henry C. White
University of Georgia
Joseph Swain
Swarthmore College
William P. Rogers
Law School
University of Cincinnati
Universities urged to push international arbitration movement
The article argues nations should base conduct on shared principles, likening state actions to individual wrongs. It advocates expanded college involvement in peace and arbitration, noting the Intercollegiate Peace Association and its growth across U S and Europe, plus student contests promoting peace ideas and funded prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie
Intercollegiate Peace Association
DePauw University
Ohio
Leeds
Michigan
Pennsylvania
United States
Europe
Bryan urges emergency currency to ease banking stringency
William J. Bryan addressed the Bankers Club of Chicago urging a Federal Government issued emergency currency loaned to banks to relieve money strain. He argued for State banks to receive similar support and called for a comprehensive overhaul of the existing system to align with public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wiliam J. Bryan
Bankers’ Club of
Bryan
Bank of England
Roosevelt Hosts Admiral Evans After Pacific Fleet Tour
Rear Admiral Evans called on President Roosevelt in Washington. The President congratulated him on the battleship fleet’s Pacific cruise and said he sought but failed to win Congress’s approval for Evans to receive the rank of Vice Admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Evans
Roosevelt
Pacific
Congress
Robbery in downtown targets Jeff Thomas near Gerdes Hotel
Early morning attack on Jeff Thomas of Elizabeth street left him beaten and robbed of a gold watch and chain in an alley opposite Gerdes Hotel on Fifth near Elm. Night Chief Corbin and officers gave chase but could not capture the two white men. Thomas says the assailants dragged him after the assault.
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Jeff Thomas
Elizabeth Street
Gerdes Hotel
Elm Street
Corbin
Thomas
Danville Millionaire Drowns In Dix River Fishing Trip
Lexington May 22. Thomas Alexander a wealthy Danville businessman drowned after falling from a fishing party into the Dix River. His body has not yet been recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Thomas Alexander
Danville
Dix
Call for peace and international ethics to end war
A plea for education to foster a system of international ethics and a conscience among nations. The speaker urges every citizen to influence peacemaking and arbitration, hoping that universal resolve will reduce or abolish future wars and bring goodwill to earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmere
Futile Balloting For Bishops At General Assembly
At the Kansas City assembly leadership contests for bishop drifted without a selection after multiple ballots. Richard J. Cooke and M C B Mason are among editors and pastors named amid shifts in votes. Dr. Goodell acknowledges divorce facts and defends his moral standing while noting the charge as politically motivated.
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Cincinnati
Richard J. Cooke
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York
M. C. B. Mason
Robert McIntyre
Los Angeles
Cal
Lewis
Quayle
Smit
Hughes
Stuntz
Downey
Hengeley
McIntyre
Jennings
Goodell
Cooke
Mason
Smith
Hingeley
Codke
Charles L. Goodell
Calvary M. E. Church
New York City
Presbyterians Make Progress at Southern Assembly
GREENSBORO May 22 The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church makes rapid progress on its second day with standing committees announced and annual reports submitted. Reports cover ministerial education relief negro evangelization and schools and colleges. Overtures from Presbyterians on various subjects are received and referred to committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
N. C
General Assembly
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
W. N. Scott
Staunton
Evangelism Keynote at General Assembly
The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America opens its General Assembly with evangelism as the keynote. Leaders J Wilbur Chapman and J C Calhoun urge pastors and homes to lead individual evangelism, praising the Presbyterian Brotherhood and calling for a Congress backed law to grant workers rest days. Praise also poured on Roosevelt Folk Hoch and Judge Wallace for law enforcement and Sunday observance. The Woman's Board of Home Missions heard speeches by Miss Alice Hyson Miss Kate McNeill and Prof George Swazey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
Committee On Evangelistic Work
J. Wilbur Chapman
Philadelphia
J. C. Calhoun
Cumberland
William H. Roberts
Presbyterian Brotherhood
B. P.fullerton
St. Louis
Chapman
South
New York City
Mason and Dixon
Congress
Switzerland
Roosevelt
Folk
Missouri
Hoch
Kansas
William H. Wallace
Wallace
United States
Woman’s Board of Home Missions
Alice Hyson
New Mexico
Kate McNeill
Bell Institute
Walnut
N. C
George E. Swazey
Salt Lake
Utah
Commission Plan Adopted By Methodist Protestant Church
Pittsburg May 22 At today's session of the General Conference the committee reported recommendations on a commission plan and a program to reform church governance and procedures. The meeting approved the plan, outlining changes to church structure and leadership selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church
Dividends Spotlight Off Brand Tobacco Case
Government attorney in New York argues in a Circuit Court suit against the American Tobacco Company and allies that the firm conceals ownership, could dominate tobacco and related industries, and that a small group earns 700 000 to 800 000 dollars yearly while the parent pays 22 percent dividends. Judges reserve decision.
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New York
J. C. McReynolds
United States Circuit Court
American Tobacco Company
United Cigars Company
Whelen
McReynolds
Reynolds
Tobacco Company
Currency Probe Plan Favored by House Committee
Washington May 22 The House Committee on Banking and Currency voted by a substantial majority to recommend passage of the Aldrich joint resolution creating a Currency Commission. The Senate had passed the measure yesterday. Amendments to enlarge the commission beyond eighteen members were rejected to avoid a conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Aldrich
Currency Commission
Senate
City Hall Notes Appointment of Inspectors and Street Work
Patrick Gleason, formerly a contractor with many local improvement contracts, was named Inspector on the City Engineer staff at 3.50 a day. Frank SpéWNaian became a working foreman in the Street Repair Department. six laborers were hired. Service Board estimates include brick pavement on Renner street 3,678 dollars and a 5,063 dollar boul der pavement on Eighth street, plus a 4,251.70 dollar sewer for Delta and Golden avenues, and 2,840.65 dollar brick pavement on Freechland avenue.
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Patrick Gleason
Frank Spéwnaian
Service Board
Renner Street
Byron
Vernon
L. Drach Construction Company
Boulder
Eighth Street
Lock and Gilbert
Kirschner Construction Company
Delta
Golden Avenue
Hollender
Freechland Avenue
Grandin Road
Woodland Avenue
McCarthy Bros
Taxpayers Association Seeks Groundfill for Street Duct
Fred Tuke of the Taxpayers Association urged the Service Board to reinforce the eighth street conduit supports by filling in ground twenty feet in both directions from the columns. The letter was referred to Superintendent Maag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Tuke
The
Taxpayers’ Association
Service Board
Eighth Street
Maag
City Board Considers Interdepartmental Property Transfers
Assistant City Solicitor Morrill told the Board of Public Service that a board resolution would allow transferring city property between departments. The plan includes moving boilers from Water Works to City Hospital and City Hall and a lighting plant from Linwood Pumping Station to the City Infirmary.
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Morrill
Board of Public Service
City Hospital
City Hall
Linwood
City Infirmary
Residents urge coal tipple restrictions near railway
Property owners near the C L N Railway and Ridgeway Avenue appeared before Mayor Mark Breit to seek signing of an ordinance setting conditions for a coal tipple in a residential district. Attendees included Tilden French Frank Kemper Henry Perkins and Dr Weatherhead. The mayor noted he had viewed the site and would await legal guidance before deciding.
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L. & N. Railway
Ridgeway Avenue
Markbreit
City committee plans survey for Clifton Ludlow widening
At its meeting yesterday the Committee on Streets of Parks of the City Council decided to visit the street space in Clifton and Ludlow avenues where a twenty foot roadway widening is proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Streets of Parks
Clifton
Ludlow Avenues
Patrolman Long Resigns After Suspension
Patrolman John T. Long submitted his resignation from the police force after being suspended two months earlier by Mayor Mark Bréit following charges filed by a girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Long
Markbréit
Bond Cut Approved for Gawne Firm in Water Works Tunnel
The W. J. Gawne Company of Cleveland must furnish bond for its part of liability for explosions during tunnel construction for the new water works at California. Melish proposed a resolution adopted by the Water Board to lower the bond to ten thousand dollars. Clerk Himer Prior advised the board that funds were increased by two hundred fifty thousand dollars from city bond sales.
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W. J. Gawne Company
Cleveland
California
Melish
Water Board
Himer Prior
Gas Inspector Faces Objection From Hyde Park Masonic Club
Gas Inspector Webmer struggles to secure a site for meter testing in the natural gas belt as the Hyde Park Masonic Club at the Yown Hall objects citing the apparatus near their rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webmer
Masonic Club
Hyde Park
Yown Hall
Appointment of commission to study conference consolidation
A commission to meet a like commission from the Methodist Episcopal General Conference to discuss consolidation was adopted after acrimonious debate. President Lewis will appoint the panel from a host presented, with each conference naming one candidate, seen as a union victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
Lewis
Legislative agenda and key reforms during the session
President Roosevelt pressured for child labor and tariff reforms, naval expansion, and antitrust changes. Bills to empower the Interstate Commerce Commission, fund a statistics department, and broaden military pay rose. dams, waterway plans, and land sales reform also featured. Pension bills and postoffice actions passed. Brownsville case dominated Senate scrutiny.
Obituary of Nevada Governor Sparks and New York Builder Don Dickerson
Nevada Governor John Sparks died at his ranch near Reno after a long illness Brights disease. Born August 1843 in Mississippi he had served as governor whose term ends 1910 His wife and sons were at his bedside Don S Dickerson Will now become governor of Nevada. William P Boardman builder of street railways died at his home Desmet South Carolina Burial in Binghamton New York He supervised construction of the old New York and Harlem line
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John Sparks
Nevada
Reno
Nev
Governor Sparks
Sparks
Bright
Mississippi
Don S. Dickerson
William P. Boardman
New Yo City
America
Desmet
S. C
Binghampton
N. Y
New York & Harlem
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Dr. Goodell
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Pan-Presbyterian Alliance
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