Wilson Delivers Mecklen burg Celebration Speech In Charlotte
President Wilson arrived in North Carolina to attend the Mecklenburg declaration celebration in Charlotte. He criticized Republican leaders for looking backward while praising forward-looking party members amid a large crowds and military and industrial displays along the parade route.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Charlotte
N. C
Wilson
Mecklenburg
Salsbury
Republican Party
Gallinger
George Rublee
Federal Trades Commission
America
Republicn Party
Arbitration Clause Ended Miner Strike Threat In Ohio
In Wheeling on May 20, operators of the Fifth Ohio sub district granted the scale committee of the United Mine Workers a new arbitration clause to replace the 1916 compulsory clause. The agreement, to be signed in Cleveland next Monday, shifts dispute resolution to mine owners and state UMW officials, with minor questions already settled and no anticipated trouble over a remaining trivial point.
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Wheeling
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Cleveland
Seven new Methodist bishops elected at Saratoga
The General Conference in Saratoga Springs, May 20, elected seven new bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr Hamilton won with 514 votes, five more than required, ending four days of balloting. Other newly chosen include Matt Hughes of Pasadena, William Oldham of New York, Franklin Hamilton of Washington, and Charles Mitchell of Chicago along with Thomas Nicholson of New York, Herrrt Welch of Delaware Ohio, and Adna Leonard of Seattle. Today they vote on missionary bishops for Africa Singapore and Malaysia.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
Matt S. Hughes
Pasadena
Calif
William P. Oldham
New York
Franklin Hamilton
Washington, D. C
Charles B. Mitchell
Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
Herr Rt Welch
Delaware
Ohio
Adna W. Leonard
Seattle
Wash
Hamilton
Frederick D. Lette
Africa
Singapore
Malaysia
Matthew S. Hughes
Liberia
Afica
Methodist Protestant Conference Reelects Editor in Ohio
The quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Protestant Church met in Zanesville on May 20 and re elected Rev Lyon E Davis of Pittsburg as president after he spoke against union with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The body abandoned the 19 day program and named a committee led by Dr J E McCullough of North Carolina to draft a new plan to be finished next Friday.
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Zanesville
Methodist Protestant Church
Lyon E. Davis
Pittsburg
Methodist Recorder
Methodist Episcopal Church
J. E. McCullough
North Carolina
Supreme Court broadens conspiracy guilt in murder case
Columbus May 20 The seven Ohio Supreme Court justices reversed trial rulings in the Herbert Doty murder case and established that all conspirators are equally guilty for crimes committed during an assault even if not present. The decision follows a burglary precedent and could lead to a speedy retrial.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
John V. Campbell
Cincinnati
Herbert Doty
Thomas Jones
Gabriel Sullivan
James Shall
Doty
Cincinnati Hospital
Sullivan
City Sued Over Unpaid Salary Of Street Superintendent
William A. Smurthwaite files suit in Common Pleas Court against the City of Steubenville to recover 700 dollars for seven months salary alleged due for services as street superintendent. He claims wages were unlawfully withheld from August 1, 1915 to March 1, 1916, during retrenchment under the Ralston administration, and contests the action of Service Directors Nicholson and Borden as void and without authority.
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William A. Smurthwaite
Steubenville
Smurthwaite
Ralston
Service
Nicholson and Borden
Wounded German and Austrian POWs flee Russia by train to Sweden
Swedish Red Cross transports the first batch of wounded German and Austrian prisoners from Russia to Sweden. Among the 217 aboard, many recount brutal journeys, amputations, and ordeals in Russian camps, with some cheerful despite trauma. One Prague rider lost both legs, another horse shoer struggles with a missing pair of feet, and Cossack thefts are noted. The exchange is massive, with trains limited to weekly runs and estimates claiming a decade to move all.
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Stockholm
Sweden
West Point
Russia
Sweeden
Germany
Vladivostok
Petrograd
Prague
Bohemia
Associated Press
Boon
Ben
Wilson weighs army reorg bill as signing nears
President Wilson opened review of the army reorganization bill passed by Congress and aims to sign within days. He discussed provisions with House and Senate military committee leaders Hay and Chamberlain. Representative Hay said the army appropriation bill should reach the House this week, totaling about 150 million dollars, a 50 million rise from last year.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Hay and Chamberlain
House
Senate
Hay
Deadlock Broken as Three Methodist Bishops Elected
In Saratoga Springs on May 19 three new bishops were chosen after days of balloting by the General Conference. Dr. Herbert Welch, president of Ohio Wesleyan University, and Dr. Thomas Nicholson of New York City were elected on the eighth and ninth ballots respectively, both age 54. Rev. Adena Leonard of Seattle secured the third bishop on the tenth ballot with more than the two thirds needed. Welch has led Ohio Wesleyan since 1905, succeeding Bishop Bashford elected in 1904.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference
Herbert Welch
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Ohio
Thomas Nicholson
New York City
Church Board of Education
Welch
Nicholson
Ohio Governor Defends Administration Faith and Economy
Gov Willis argues the current Ohio administration kept its pledges, emphasizing retrenchment and efficiency. He highlights canal improvements turning deficits into surpluses, predicts long-term gains, and cites large salary cuts and reduced costs across state departments under the Republican leadership.
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Columbus
Willis
Port Clinton
Department of Public Works
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
State Highway Department
State Banking Department
Tax Commission
Board of Agriculture
State Tax Commission
Econoy
Edward C. Turner
State Trea
Archer
Hildebrant
Smithfield School Becomes Center Of Inter School Contests
Two men Liberato Simone and Paul Butler arrested for selling liquor without a license pled guilty before Mayor McMaster. Each paid a $150 fine plus costs, with books showing months of beer peddling and volumes up to seventy cases daily. Inter-school contest in Brilliant saw Brilliant students win 27 to 24 with extensive performances and debates. The report also covers religious and social issues from Reformed Churches Across the World, including evangelization, Sabbath observance, divorce concerns, and church cooperation postwar.
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Liberato Simone
Paul Butler
Chief Carter
McMaster
Brilliant
Smithfield
Gladys Bucy
Ruth Burns
Briar Rose
Mabel Long
Ann Maria Simmons
Irma Dentz
Robert Morgan
Ralph Wert
Helen McGee
John Parks
Harold Carr
Floyd Smith
Tesse McCarty
Paul Millard
Donald Thomas
Beck
Wellsburg
W. Va
Ray
S. C. Rife
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Olive Flaherty
Louis DeLong
Clyde Dickson
Virginia Moore
Gladys Bracy
Europe
Germany
Russia
Austria
America
Special Committee On
Christian Life and Work
Canada
United States
Scotland
Committee On Church Co
Churches of the Presbyterian Household
Church of the Disciples of Christ
United Ministry of Our Land
Protestant Episcopal Church
Time Limit Sought for Nominating Speeches at Convention
In Chicago on May 19 leaders aim to finish convention business in four days. With at least 16 presidential nominees to be considered, a plan to restrict nominating and seconding speeches was proposed. June 9 was tentatively set for nominating sessions, while eight hours of speech time may be allotted to each candidate manager. The plan will be discussed by the Republican National Committee on June 1.
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Chicago
Republian
Iil
James B. Reynolds
National Committee
Wage agreement averts potteries closure in Ohio and West Virginia
At a conference in East Liverpool on May 19 between National Brotherhood of Operative Potters and the labor committee of the United States Potters' association chaired by W. E. Wells of Newell West Virginia an agreement on kilnmen wages was reached. Edward M. Newell Pottery Co and Homer Laughlin China Co granted a 25 percent raise, workers returned to work, though several classes remain on strike. In Newell 150 warehousemen seek increases from 1.75 to 2.25 dollars and are striking.
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East Liverpool
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Labor Committee
United States Potters’ Association
W. E. Wells
Newell
W. Va
Edward M. Newell Pottery Co
Homer Laughlin China Co
Paradox of Peace Opens Methodist Protestant Conference
Delegates gather in Zanesville Ohio for the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant church. Dr H L Elders dice of West Maryland College was to deliver the opening sermon on The Paradox of Peace. In the afternoon Dr Lyman E Davis, president, would deliver the quadrennial address.
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Zanesville, O
General Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
H. L. Elders Dice
West Maryland College
Westminister
Maryland
Lyman E. Davis
Presbyterians Plan Interdenominational Evangelistic Body
Atlantic City May 19 The 128th Presbyterian General Assembly adopted a plan to create a permanent interdenominational evangelistic organization. Evangelists would become salaried members of a nationwide revival committee under layboard direction. The venture aims to end the revival bank offering and seek endowment funding from wealthy supporters. The assembly meets on the steel pier through May 26 and discusses war effects on church work.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Atlantic City
128Th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Church In
America
N. J
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Europe
The
Alliance of the
Commencement Exercises at Wells Township High School 1916
The Wells Township High School class of 1916 held commencement at City Hall on May 24 at 8 p.m. with an opening service featuring hymns, prayers, and sermons by Rev Bowers and Rev McHarg. Margaret Smith gave the valedictory, with several class members delivering orations and Doris Oneil reading the class prophecy.
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Bowers
Anthea
Gounod
McHarg
Meyers
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