Southern Baptist Convention Meets to Honor United States
The Southern Baptist Convention holds sessions reaffirming respect for the United States while cabinet elements in attendance agree on the note's tenor.
11 May 1915
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
1
The Southern Baptist Convention holds sessions reaffirming respect for the United States while cabinet elements in attendance agree on the note's tenor.
The report outlines Allied advances in Belgium and Northern France, with German reinforcements failing to halt the northward surge from Arras. It notes British command assertions of failed German efforts east of Ypres and ongoing war developments as Washington weighs US policy toward Germany after the Lusitania sinking.
May 12 reports say the unidentified dead from the Lusitania disaster will be brought to New York by cable from Cunard. A lifeboat with bodies of women and two children has been found ashore near Baltimore, Ireland, as crews search a wide area with tugs and admiralty patrol boats.
Riots near the East India docks wreck 60 to 70 German shops as crowds assault German proprietors and homes. Police and troops are deployed amid threats to burn German properties while Russian Jews seek protection. In London Viscount Bryce presents a harsh war crimes report to Prime Minister Asquith, detailing Belgian civilian massacres and widespread German abuses.
The Baraca Philathea class issue dominates remarks at the Southern Baptist convention in Houston as delegates from southern states and foreign missions representatives gather. The Foreign Mission Board reports progress abroad and urges more missionaries with plans for a China education center and broader ties with other denominations.
Viscount Bryce presents the Report of Investigation of Alleged Atrocities. The document outlines findings on German wrongdoing and catalogs charges against individuals, detailing the severity of the arraignment and seeking accountability for wartime acts.
Washington on May 12 the hearing in the fiscal case involving Riggs Bank against Secretary McAdoo Comptroller Williams and Treasurer Burke was postponed until next Monday at the government's request.
The monument to honor wireless heroes who sent S. O. S. calls as ships sank will be dedicated in New York with Vice Mayor McAnely presiding. Names of the wireless operators will be inscribed on the memorial.
Washington May 12 reports the nation’s weather bulletin noting a break in the severe drought affecting the eastern and central cotton belt. readers see signs of change in regional conditions and potential impacts on crops.
Abe Williams, a Negro from Iredell County, must die in the electric chair for burglary of a sleeping house, court upholds the Iredell County Superior Court sentence. The crime occurred August 27, 1914, with circumstantial evidence and nearby cabin proximity linking him to the scene.
London reports estimated steamship casualties in the first quarter near 32 million dollars. Liverpool Underwriters' Association cites 18 million due to the war and saving vessel losses around 3.5 million, 2.5 million from the war. The Lusitania loss is not included in these figures.
The senate of the free city of Lübeck has adopted an ordinance against tobacco use by children under 16. It holds parents or guardians liable for violations. This appears to be the first such law in a German municipality.
Syracuse May 12 Keion R Brown Republican leader in the state senate testified in the William Barnes libel suit against Theodore Roosevelt that he regarded Colonel Roosevelt as the Republican leader in New York from 190? to 1917. Edgar T Brackett former state senator described the 1911 caucus where Senator Depew was nominated and said Barnes was not present and he did not discuss the US senatorship with Barnes until a month later.
General Ignacio Pesqueira said Carranza plans a navy, with two vessels converted to gunboats and one transport, as stated in New York on May 12. The disclosure outlines ambitions of the Carranza government to expand naval capacity.
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