Resolution Condemning Wilson and Church Amusements Debate
The Methodist bishops at Minneapolis adopt a resolution condemning Secretary Wilson for his Brewers Congress links and call for lifting church bans on dancing gambling card playing and attendance at horse racing theaters and circuses. They defend individual conscience while denouncing profiteering child labor and corporate greed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Board of Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
General Conference of the Church
Wilson
Missouri
James Wilson
Taft
Brewers’ Congress
J. W. Anderson
W. P. Burris
W. FE. Christy
J. L. Bartholomew
New England Conference
Committee On Judiciary
Karl Cranston
Organization of Labor
Lawn tennis doubles begin round robin at Tuxedo Park
The invitation doubles in the round robin lawn tennis tournament opened at the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet Club in N Y. Scattered top players are listed to compete with each team required to play every other team. First matches featured R D Wrenn and L Wrenn vs W A Larned and E F Larned and W J Clothier with C P Gardner Jr vs C F Watson Jr and M Niles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Tuxedo Tennis and
R. D. Wrenn
Co. L. Wrenn
W. A. Larned
EF. P. Larned
W. J. Clothier
C. P. Gardner, Jr
C. F Watson Jr
M Niles
McCarty Knocks Out Morris in Sixth Round
Springfield boxer Luther McCarty knocked out Carl Morris of Oklahoma in the sixth round after a fast bloody bout. McCarty dominated from the start, delivering a left lead and a swinging right to end the fight with Morris unable to recover.
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Springfield
Luther Me. Carty
Carl Morris
Oklahoma
Morris
McCarty
20000 Women March Marks Biggest Suffrage Parade
Twenty thousand women marched from Washington Square to Carnegie Hall in a landmark suffrage event. Notable features included Miss Annie Tinker's cavalry squad in breeches and spurs, Mrs. Albert Plimpton's band of progressives, and Miss Myrtle Jin's Chinese women. Leaders included Inez Mulholland and Mabel Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Square
Carnegie Hall
America
Annie Tinker
Albert Plimpton
Myrtle Jin
Tinker
Inez Mulholland
Mabel Lee
Palding Farnum
William Bracher
Richard S. Chisholm
Shriners Hold Largest Mystic Shrine Convention
About 5,000 visitors have gathered in Los Angeles for the annual Mystic Shrine convention. It is the largest meeting the organization has ever held and hotel and city facilities are taxed to capacity. The event runs until May 11 with tours, entertainments, dances, parades and Shrine celebrations planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Union Demands Vote in Titanic Inquiry
The International Seamen's union pressed for government representation in the Titanic disaster inquiry led by Lord Hersey and five wreck commissioners at the London Scottish Drill hall. Hersey confirmed 228 crew were union members and 77 were saved, prompting the union to gain representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
International Seamen's Union
Lord Hersey
London Scottish
Sixteen Year Old Marries Fortysix Year Old Man
Margaret Steauben sixteen disappeared from Mount Clemens two weeks ago has wed Laurence E Miller forty six of Marlboro. The marriage arose from a match arranged by a matrimonial bureau after an acquaintanceship formed through the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Clemens
Mich
Margaret Steauben
Laurence E. Miller
Marlboro
Miller
Ten hold convention as miners warn operators in wage fight
Ten local unions will each send one delegate to a Wilkes-Barre convention on May 14 as the anthracite miners press for a flat wage increase, union recognition, and restoration of the sliding scale. Operators respond with a defiant note after the final conference at the Hotel Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Burlington
Wilkesbarre
Wilkesharre
Italian Troops Defeat Turks in Tripoli Region
Rome reports 2,000 Italian soldiers led by the king's favorite regiment defeat Turks and Arabs at Tripoli and occupy Ledba, sixty four miles from Tripoli. Italian losses are 9 killed and 54 wounded while the combined enemy losses reach 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian War Office
Tripoli
Ledba
War Office
Mrs Sage Not Ill Despite Local Paper Story
At the home of Mrs Russell Sage a report in a local paper saying she was seriously ill is denied. Mrs Sage is in the best of health all winter and feels well. Dr Bryson Delevan her physician also stated the report is untrue.
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New York
Russell Sage
Priscillian Beaten at Pimlico in Capital Flat Race
Priscillian the star of August Belmont's stable and winner of fifteen straight starts was defeated at Pimlico Maryland May 4 after returning from England three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscillian
Pimlico
England
Indian Superintendent Killed at Pow Wow
Indian Superintendent William H. Stanley is dead from a bullet wound suffered during an Indian pow wow on the Coahuila reservation. He died at his home in San Jacinto after the incident in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
William H. Stanley
San Jacinto
Coahuila Reservation
Czarina in Poor Health Sparks Anxiety in St Petersburg
May 4 reports from St Petersburg say the czarina suffers acute melancholia and requires constant surveillance as her health deteriorates, prompting grave concern across the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czarina
St. Petersburg
Russia
Two-masted schooner aground on Polliff reef near Bridgeport
A two masted schooner, likely a yacht, with sails set lies partly submerged on Polliff reef in Bridgeport. Local tugboats have moved to assist and relieve the vessel.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Polliff Reef
Ferguson Gets Decision Over Sailor Wire in Bout
Boston May 4 Sandy Ferguson won a ten round decision over Sailor Wire in a boxing bout held in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson
Boston
Sandy Ferguson
Sailor Wire
House Rejects Mileage Cut On Members Vote
Washington reports the House voted 110 to 43 against reducing member mileage allowances, keeping current travel pay intact. The decision preserves existing compensation levels for lawmakers.
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Washington
House
Free Ocean Voyage Rivalry Sparks Transatlantic Plan
Prince Hohenlohe of the Levant line and Herr Ballin of Hamburg America clash over a proposed fast transatlantic liner service. After Kaiser support, Hohenlohe vows a full servidde of ships from Hamburg to challenge Ballin, who pledges to fight the move and even pay passengers if needed. The timing and scope remain to be seen.
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Prince Hohenlohe
Levant Line
Herr Ballin
Berlin
Hamburg
Hohenlohe
Ballin
Kaiser
Corfu
Atlantic
Steamer Vosburg Wreck Off Oregon Coast
The steamer George E. Vosburg en route from Astoria to Tillamook was wrecked on the Nohalez Bay spit in heavy weather. About ten crewmen are feared lost, with no survivors or details available from the inaccessible wreck site.
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Portland
Ore
George E. Vosburg
Astoria
Tillamook
Nohalez Bay
Insurrectos Down Zapatists in Three-Day Battle
Fifteen hundred federal troops defeated about 1,200 Zapatist rebels at Chiautla after three days of heavy fighting with heavy losses on both sides. Rebels burned a bridge on the Pan American railway south of Juichitan. The Buford army transport is missing as wires fail in northern Mexico. Federals fall back toward Torreon as rebel forces push toward Bermejillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Chiautla
Washington
Juichitan
State Department
Mexico
Buford
Laredo
Tex
Torreon
Bermejillo
Escalon
Bermeljillo
Pope's Delegate in U S Arrives Amid Welcome in New York
Archbishop Giovanni Bonzano apostolic delegate to the United States arrived in New York from Naples aboard the Koenig Albert. He was greeted at quarantine by Mrs Lavelle and Hays on behalf of Cardinal Farley Coadjutor Bishop Mundelin of Brooklyn and other leading priests from across the country.
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New York
Giovanni Bonzano
United States
Naples
Mers. Lavelle and
Hays
Farley
Mundelin
Brooklyn
Fear for daughter's life prompts plea to Mexico
Mrs. EB Gilbert asks the state department for help obtaining definite information from the Mexican government. Her daughter Mrs. T J Shumate, who has been in northern Mexico with her husband for months, has not been heard from in six weeks. Gilbert was a mining engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
EB. J. Gilbert
State Department
T. J. Shumate
Mexico
Gilbert
To Be Executed for Assault in Louisville Case
John Conyers aged sixty was sentenced to death in the electric chair for criminal assault on nine year old Rosaleen Grabowsky at St Peter's parish school February 19.
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Louisville
John Conyers
Rosaleen Grabowsky
St. Peter's Parish
Hillsville Trial Recap Reveals 38 Bullet Holes
Floyd Allen led the Hillsville courtroom attack, court guards doubled, and Judge Staples ordered constant guarding after Allen begged to be killed. Cyrus Gibbs described 38 bullet holes and shooter positions while detectives close in on Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards near Ivanhoe Virginia.
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Wyethville
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Hullsville
Foster
Stephen
Allen
Staples
Cyrus Gibbs
Hillsville
Claude and Allen
Wesley Edwards
Wesley Wards
Claude
Sidna Allen
Cour
Sidna
Victor
Gibbs
George W. Edwards
Jim Ployd Allen
Floyd
Bill*ter
Edwards
Bluefield
W. Va
Ivanhoe
Wyeth County
Plan M Ney Trust Probe Opens Preparations
Edward H. Farrar of New Orleans and Samuel Untermyer of New York, attorneys for the money trust investigating committee, arrived in Washington and conferred with Chairman Pujo on preliminary steps. They said no opening hearings would begin until 80,000 banks respond to the committee's requests on resources and liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward H. Farrar
New Orleans
Samuel Untermyer
New York
Money Trust
Pujo
Committee Ag
Frazier Divorce Finalized for Santa Barbara Woman
In Santa Barbara on May 4, Rachel Peabody Frazier daughter of E. F. Peabody of New York was granted a final decree of divorce from Frank Duff Frazier son of Chicago broker Frank S. Frazier. Desertion charged by Mrs Frasier and the action was not contested.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Rachel Peabody Frazier
E. F. Peabody
New York
Frank Duff Frazier
Frank S. Frazier
Missiona
Chicago
Fragier
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Miss Tinker
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Auray
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Beale
Madame Bakhmeteff
Myron T. Herrick
Mrs. Herrick
France
Paris
Sultan
Vosburg
Oregon
Pope
U. S
Archbishop Bonzano
Virginia
E. M. Farrar
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