National conference forms chorus driven army song progam
The National Conference on Community Music ended in New York with 200 delegates voting to form a permanent national organization to lead patriotic singing in training camps. The newly elected president Arthur Farwell and speakers from War Department and Chicago outlined plans to start organizing work in the camps immediately as community choruses from New York and New Jersey performed Haydn’s Creation and other American works at the Hippodrome.
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Arthur Farwell
Secretary of War
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Rochester
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David A. Campbell
Frances Prundage
Chicago
Wes
Arthur Nevin
University of Kansas
Fremstad to Return to Broadway Opera in 1915
Olive Fremstad announces through her managers that she will return to Broadway during January and February 1915 after a prior Met engagement rumor. She last performed at the Metropolitan on January 22 1914 in Salome and left April 23 1914, with reports of growing American casts and possible signings of Julia Claussen, Laurence Whitehill, and others for future Met seasons.
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Larence Whitehill
Charles Hackett
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American editor to be tried in Shanghai for sedition
Special to The New York Times reports Dr. Gilbert Reid, editor of the Peking Post, will face trial in Shanghai for sediously libeling President Wilson. The American Minister warned Reid against leading a German-funded paper as U.S.-China relations frayed.
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Divorce for Dr J W Young in Reno Nevada
Dr John Van deren Young, a New York surgeon, wins a Reno divorce on desertion grounds with cruelty alleged. He states his wife left July 15, 1915 while visiting her brother, later moving to a separate apartment. He cites an old love affair and claims she incurred about $20,000 in bills for herself and relatives.
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New York
Young
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Billion-dollar pension fund urged for ministers
Special to The New York Times From Asbury Park New Jersey June 11 a suggestion by Monell Sayre former chief of the Pension Bureau of the Carnegie Foundation at the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America proposed a billion-dollar pension fund for ministers of all denominations Sayre noted philanthropists could be enlisted to provide millions The Rev Dr Charles E MacFarlane Federation of Christian Churches argued army appointments were politicized and urged giving the federation the right to nominate regimental ministers
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Holy Cross to award McCormack honorary Litt D
John McCormack will receive the Doctor of Literature at Holy Cross College Worcester on June 2. The Holy Cross Faculty has passed the vote for the honor making him possibly the first singer to hold Litt D from an American college or university.
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John Spargo Quits The Socialist Party
The speaker renounces the Socialist Party over internationalism versus nationalism during wartime. He argues that defending national independence is essential to true internationalism and cites Belgium, France, and Ireland as examples. He states his loyalty to American democracy and citizenship obligations, and his inability to stay in the party.
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Priest resigns from Socialist Party over war policy
Rev Bernard Iddings Bell, dean of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral at Fond du Lac Wisconsin, resigns from the Socialist Party citing disapproval of its war stance. He says Socialism will win not through barbarism or Hohenzollern culture, and calls the party's wartime utterances intolerable to him and many others.
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Union Men Table Peace Endorsement
At the Central Federated Union meeting in Labor Temple Benjamin Weinstein of the Sign Painters' Union sought to push a resolution endorsing the Socialists and others meeting at Madison Square Garden. The body voted to lay the resolution on the table without discussion. Only routine matters were addressed with William A. Walsh presiding.
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Hungary's Socialists urge swift warless peace with restore Belgium
The Hungarian Socialist delegation at Stockholm calls for immediate peace with no annexations or indemnities and full restoration of occupied territories. They argue Belgium should be restored at Germany's cost unless prolonging the war would occur, then all belligerents share. Serbia should also be restored by the belligerents. They foresee France and Germany socialists settling Isaac Lorraine’s issue.
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Polish Club urges autonomy declaration in Austrian Parliament
Vienna dispatch reports the Polish Club authorizes Deputy Daszinski to move in the Lower House an urgent motion declaring both belligerents recognize the right of nations to govern themselves as the basis for lasting peace. The resolution calls on the Government to work with all states to render such a peace possible soon.
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RIBOT refuses aid to socialists
A lengthy report outlines Ribot's refusal of aid to socialist groups and outlines a plan for the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council to appoint delegates to a London conference. It notes personnel changes, a Stockholm stop to meet Branting, and the aim to present the British Labor Party's stance on the war while avoiding official positions. The piece references pacifist currents, passport grants to MacDonald and colleagues, and optimism from James O Grady about Russia's future after Petrograd missions.
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Peace Demonstration in Vienna Amid Parliament Opening
Reports from Vienna say that as the Austrian Parliament opened thousands of workmen stopped work and attended meetings across the city. A large peace procession paraded the streets in a coordinated demonstration organized during the opening observance.
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British Labor delegates eye Stockholm and Petrograd talks
London dispatch notes that John R. Clynes may replace Roberts as a Labor Party delegate. The Daily News says all delegations will travel together to Petrograd with a Stockholm stop, and the party intends no reversal of its stance on conference participation. The Executive Committee resents insinuations, hoping for a clear explaining statement. The mock Stockholm meeting may be replaced by an international conference called by the Russian Socialists, possibly in Christiania.
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Jordan Friars Officers Elect Amid Contested Treasurer Race
The annual Frince officers election at the West Forty-Eighth Street club house resulted in Walter Jordan defeating Hetzel for treasurer amid a largely uncontested slate. Other nominees included Tinney Ralph Trier and F G Prunes with Richard J Hetzel challenging for a separate post.
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Detroit Police Commissioner James Couzens jailed for contempt
Detroit June 1 Police Commissioner James Couzens a Ford Motor Company director was found guilty of contempt in Police Court for refusing to pay a fine and sentenced to thirty days in jail. He was taken into custody by an officer and later released after a higher court writ.
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