Presbyterian split widens over virgin birth doctrine at General Assembly
The Presbyterian General Assembly in Columbus upheld belief in the virgin birth as a ministerial prerequisite, rebuking New York presbytery and remanding two licensing cases. A fifteen member commission was tapped to study the issue for another year, delaying final settlement.
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Columbus
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Presbytery of
New York
New -York
Presbytery
Charles R. Erdman
Albert D. Gantz
Synod of
Henry P. van Dusen
Cedric O
van Dusen
Permanent Judicial Commission of the Assembly
Special Commission
van Dusén
Coffin
Erdman
Judicial Commission
Embry
Harry Emerson Fosdick
First Presbyterian Church
John Grier Hibben
Princeton University
Oldfield Seen as Shaver Successor for Democratic Chair
Washington reports say Clem Shaver of West Virginia may quit as Democratic National Committee chairman and Representative William A. Oldfield of Arkansas is named as his likely successor. A party meeting is planned within three weeks as Oldfield tours preparations for 1926 congressional campaigns. Talks among Shaver McAdoo and Governor Smith aims to avert a drawn out fight.
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Washington
Clem Shaver
West Virginia
Democratic National Committee
William A. Oldfield
Arkansas
Democratic Congressional Committee
Oldfield
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Lachusetts
Mr. Shaver
William G. McAdoo
Smith
Gold Star Mothers Receive Doumergue at Elysee
Forty six gold star mothers were received by President Doumergue at the Elysee in a moving ceremony that soured when Mrs. H A Vedder made a political allusion to the Republican party. Ambassador Herrick and others showed discomfort as the remark disrupted the solemn moment. Some attendees and mothers commented on the faux pas as tensions rose and the harmony faded.
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Paris
Doumergue
the Elysee
H. A. Vedder
M. Doumergue
Ambassador Herrick
Vedder
Bony
United States
France
Republican Party
Florence Taylor
Memphis
Tenn
Ida Williams
Rochester
Emma Hasenblug
Taylor
Saster
Raymond Kenny
Grafton
W. Va
World News Service
D. W. McClary
Evansville
Ind
French Loss at Bibane Heights Signals Full Moroccan War
Paris reports Bibane Heights north of the Ouergha River fell to French forces after a brief surround and running battle with Rif tribesmen. The loss raises fears of a renewed push toward Fez, as six outposts are abandoned and reinforcement plans prove no clear gains. Government faces pressure from left parties seeking clarity on Moroccan policy while pledging peace without sacrificing prestige.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Bibane Heights
Ouergha
Morocco
Bibane
Feral
Colombat
Fez
Paul Boncour
Candace, Loucheur
Paul Morel
Painleve
Briand
Cartel Des Gauches
M. Gaine
M. Milhaud
N. Y
Federal Council Support Is Issue at Lexington
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States voted to stay in the Federal Council of Churches in America after a split debate. The session followed a minority report, with Pensacola chosen for the 1926 convention site, and Dr. S Parkes Cadman urged unity among Protestant churches.
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Federal Council
Lexington
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Federal Council of Churches In America
Assembly
Pensacola
Fla
Robbers Escape With $125000 In Gems In Chicago
Three men robbed a downtown jewelry shop and bank of $125000 in gems and jewelry, holding three employees in a back room for about thirty minutes. They rifled safes and displays, fired at fleeing workers, and escaped as a pistol shot from an employee went off. Owner Adolph Gastman reported $75000 in insurance on the stolen gems.
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Chicago
Robbis
Adolph Gastman
The
Sun
Carey Surrenders, Admits Killing St Louis Doctor
John J. Carey 38 surrendered to the Sheriff at Perryville Missouri claiming he killed Dr William A Dillon in St Louis on April 30. officials doubt his story though he matches known facts aside from saying he fired once while the doctor was shot twice. He cites narcotics motive and says he is a former soldier and narcotic addict.
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Perryville
John J. Carey
William A. Dillon
St. Louis
Americans Seek Romanian Oil Concessions In Postwar Move
A group of American oil interests presses Romania for oil concessions, reportedly offering 100 million dollars for fields if subsoil ownership rules are changed. The US seeks debt settlements with Romania, with British circles linking the oil push to broader finance and control tensions.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
London
World News Service
United States
Romania
N. Y. World Neway Ser
N. Y. World
Block Proposal to Stop Traffic in Poison Gas
Geneva May 6 The Military and Naval Committee blocked further consideration of the American proposal to prohibit traffic in poison gas after a lively debate. Britain Italy and Japan backed an international conference to study chemical warfare while Germany the United States and France favored including the Burton proposal or outlawing gas in the conference report. The American delegation complains of sidetracking and Burton hints he is not through.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Military and Naval Committee
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
League
Germany
United States
France
Theodore E Burton
Stephen Porter
Pennsylvania
Burton
N.Y
Plans for Seaplane Dash to Find Amundsen Arctic Explorer
Haakon Hammier outlines a two plane relief expedition to search the Arctic for Roald Amundsen. Planes with water landings carry 25 to 30 hour cruise ranges, to be sent from Rotterdam to King’s Bay by mid June for a launch before July 1, weather and ice conditions permitting.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Roald Amundsen
San Diego
Haakon H. Hammier
Amundsen
Polar
Hammer
Rotterdam
Holland
Arctic Ocean
Pole
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
Explorer
Kings Bay
Paris Editor Shot by Errant Gunwoman in Royalist Paper Row
In Paris on May 26 Ernest Berger treasurer of L Action Francaise was shot by a domestic named Bonnefoy 44. She mistook Berger for Leon Maurras and fired from a cafe opposite the paper. She surrendered after learning she killed the wrong man.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ernest Berger
L’ Action Francaise
Leon Chaudet
Royalist Association
I/Action Francaise
Charles Maurras
Bonnefoy
Berger
Germaine Berthon
L’action Francaise
Marius Plateau
Leon Daudet
Plateau
Daudet
Million-Dollar Crash Hits Wall Street
Frank H. McNulty, a New York broker tied to Horace Stoneham, was permanently enjoined under the Martin anti fraud law after being found insolvent by more than 1 million dollars. The ban covers all business in New York with disclosure requirements to customers. 860 customers were affected, including large losses and life savings tied to several accounts. Similar actions were taken in Pennsylvania.
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New York
Frank
H. McNulty
Horace Stoneham
Charles Stoneham
Martin
New York State
McNulty
New York City
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Elmira
N. Y
Albert Ottinger
Pennsylvania
Two New Counterfeit Twenty Dollar Bills In Circulation
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland warns that two new counterfeit twenty dollar bills are in circulation. One imitates a Cleveland issue signed by W. G McAdoo and John Burke with a Cleveland portrait. The other is made to resemble a New York Federal Reserve note.
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Cleveland
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
W. G McAdoo
John Burke
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Amundsen North Pole support eyed by US officer
Lieutenant Erik Nelson, maintenance and engineering officer in the US army around the world flight, agreed to aid plans for a relief expedition to aid the Amundsen party, pending authorization from the War Department. He noted prior Greenland weather delays could extend preparations by a month.
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Santa Monica
Cal
Erik Nelson
United States Army
Haakon H. Hammer
Air Army Service
Nelson
Douglas Aircraft Factory
Air Service
Amundsen
Hammer
War Department
Greenland
Secretary Wilbur rules out Arctic search by airships
Secretary Wilbur said the idea of sending the Los Angeles or Shenandoah to the Arctic for Amundsen rescue is remote. He would prefer awaiting the MacMillan expedition and, if needed, using its airplanes. He cautioned against risking dirigibles and stressed the humane option only if feasible.
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Washington
Wilbur
Los Angeles
Shenandoah
Arctic
MacMillan
Pole
Navy
United States
Coolidge
Amundsen
Cincinnatian coerced in New York robbery trial
New York jurors heard Calfornia millionaire Samuel Guiberson tell how a Cincinnati area man William Gough pressed a pistol and forced him to bank write and cash a $10,000 check. Gough, denying robbery, claims the funds were part of a business deal. evidence includes alleged jealousy and a threat of publicity.
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Cincinnatian
N. Y
New York World News Service
New York
Allen
Samuel A. Guiberson, Jr
California
William K. Gough
Cincinnati
Guiberson
Gough
Guiberson Corporation
Brands Monkey Gland As Youth Restorer
At the American Medical Association convention in Atlantic City Dr. J B Collip of Edmonton Canada denounced monkey and other animal gland fad cures as Buncombe while noting experiments suggest glands may help epilepsy and convulsions. Delegates condemned anti evolution laws and corporate medical practice with Volstead Act limits debated. resolutions sent to committee for report.
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New York World News Service
Atlantic City
N. J
J. B. Collip
Edmonton
Canada
American Medical Association
House‘of Delegates
Association
Burned to Death as Interurban Cars Collide at Trestle
William F. Edwards a 45 year old motorman died in sight of rescuers when two interurban cars collided on a twenty five foot high trestle near Louisville. A second motorman was seriously injured and almost a score of passengers were hurt as the wreck caught fire and trapped Edwards.
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Associated Press
Louisville
William F. Edwards
Edwards
Philippine Rebel Fortress Falls in Lanao Province
Governor General Leonard Wood received a dispatch from Major Johnson reporting the assault on a Moro fortress in Lanao. The fortress was shelled and stormed by the constabulary with seven Moros killed, no casualties for the constabulary, and the fortress destroyed. The Moros had gathered in April seeking vengeance for killings during a prior uprising.
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Manila
Leonard Wood
Johnson
Lanao
Sultan Raya
Mae Murray Granted Divorce in Paris Court
Paris May 26 The Paris courts granted Mae Murray a divorce from Robert Leonard, whom she wed in Reno in 1918. Murray testified he was cold and contemptuous, turned her out, and refused support, despite attempts at reconciliation. Leonard contested the suit, but the court ruled for Murray.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Mae Murray
Robert Leonard
Reno
Nev
Miss Murray
N.Y
Atom researcher ends life after long lab work
Eustace Day a Yale University research worker in Sterling Chemistry Laboratory drank cyanide of potassium in the lab after months of intense atom research. He collapsed and died as coroner noted death by his own action. A letter to a sister in Pittsburgh was found among papers.
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New York World News Service
New Haven
Conn
Eustace Day
Sterling Chemistry Laboratory
Yale University
Pittsburgh
Mix
Briand's French reply ends Western pact hopes in Europe
London dispatch notes Briand's draft note to Germany rejects a five power security pact. Paris insists on indivi dual and collective guarantees and automatic Hague arbitration, risking British acceptance and likely ending Western pact prospects for peace and disarmament.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
World News Service
Briand
Germany
Paris
The
Hague
Chamberlain
Europe
Great Britain
France
East
West
Poland
England
Baldwin
Berlin
Woman Dies at 111 in Carthage Missouri
Mrs Manorae Johnson aged 111 died in Carthage Missouri after a long life that began in Scotland She came to America to nurse during the 1846 cholera epidemic She was born May 1 1814 survived her husband and eight children
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Associated Press
Carthage
Manorae Johnson
Scotland
Johnson
America
Chinese Bandits Seize Petroleum Manager on West River
In Hong Kong May 26 dispatch reports M Rasmussen manager of the Asiatic Petroleum Company at Kongmoon Kwangtung seized by bandits while traveling by motor boat on the West River. Rasmussen's wife was released and he remains held. Nationality not stated.
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China
Associated P
Hongkong
M. Rasmussen
Asiatic Petroleum Company
Kongmoon
Kwangtung
West River
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