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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
10
Four assemblies organize to elect Dr. John T. Stone in a last minute nomination. The moderator candidate is urged as a protest against machine politics and centralized control in church affairs.
At the Presbyterian assemblies in session, Dr. John Timothy Stone of Chicago was elected Northern moderator and Dr J Sprole Lyons of Louisville was chosen Southern moderator. The United Presbyterians named Dr R M Russell of New Wilmington as moderator. More than 3,500 commissioners attended the first joint assembly, with talks on potential church union and a possible Pan Presbyterian Pentecostal meeting.
Obituary notices report Dattie A Downing of 1220 H Street NE died May 14 1913 with funeral at William H Sardo Co chapel 48 F Street NE May 16 interment Glenwood Cemetery Also notices for Aden Philip Jerome Hayden Milliken Loren Rhodes Milliken Strack Mary Fr aved and memorial verse for Marjorie Smith Imble with service and remembrance lines from In Memoriam
The Southern Assembly discussed moderator nominees including Dr Lyons and others from Staunton, Columbia, and New Orleans. An address by Judge Cleland denounced U S prison practices and urged a nationwide church investigation to report in 1914. Also Dr J H Millholand elected moderator of Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Bowling Green Kentucky succeeding Dr J D Lewis with Dr T W Kelly as opposition.
May 15 Cincinnati delegates to the thirty eighth annual Y M C A convention were disappointed when a telegram from Secretary of State William J Bryan said he could not attend as hoped. An address by Robert E Speer of New York followed. Dr Irah Landrith of Tennessee was elected president and J W Parker of Illinois secretary.
A harmless but alarming suffragette bomb outside the national gallery prompts debate on police burden as more bombs surface at Aylesbury station Brentwood hotel and Dalkeith chapel. A fire damages St Anne's Church in Eastbourne but a precious painting survives, with the burial of Christ defaced. Six militant leaders and a male associate face Old Bailey trial.
Licensing notices list Earl Longerheam aged 50 and Ile L Sisk 21 of Bluemont Virginia along with multiple others including James Howards 22 of South Richmond Virginia Adora L Gilbertoon 19 of Towanda Pennsylvania the Rev Jo Tarsey Dunham James H Welsel 22 of Hellertown Pennsylvania and Marnie Henderson 1 of King George Virginia. The Rev TS Montgomery is also referenced.
Delegates at the eighth annual weights and measures conference, held at the Raleigh Hotel, discuss regulation for the pure food law amendment requiring clear quantity labeling. Speakers include S. W. Stratton and Henry Houck, with officials from the bureau of standards and the departments of agriculture, commerce, and interior. The program covers shrinkage variance, imperfect scales, and officer elections as the meeting nears its close.
Secretary Lane of the Interior Department urges a government owned Alaska railway system. He argues government ownership offers lasting welfare and envisions Alaska as a land of towns, farms, mills and factories, with rail access to integrate into the world. He calls it a new policy, an experimental but necessary step for national development.
Ernest Parringe, a San Francisco back-to-nature advocate, returns to California after eight years in tact to pursue a wife who shares his vegetarian diet and minimal clothing beliefs. He seeks a partner who will join him in a life of simple living and unconventional marriage views.
In Wharton New Jersey on May 13 a strike crisis escalated as women led rioters and dynamite was used to damage railroad property. Deputies patrolled the Mount Hope mine area while Gov. Melcher considered state troops amid assurances from a Newark private detective agency to restore order within days. A train was wrecked and dynamited, with the Empire Company seeking to force a through line to Mount Hope as hundreds of deputies arrived and clashes continued.
A Paterson New Jersey strikers meeting drew thousands to threaten tying up traffic and plunging the city into darkness in sympathy with silk mill workers and retaliation for Patrick Quinlan's riot incitement conviction. Industrial Workers of the World leaders urged walkouts by traction and electric company workers. Adolph Lessig called the group larger than courts and manufacturers. William Haywood predicted an eight hour day this year and a six hour day next year. Quinlan’s sentencing was postponed.
A Black bootblack Tommy Lee wounded Patrolman Ogiltree and Walter Moore, and fatally injured David Colton and Harold Murdock after firing on a man he quartered with. A mob of about 2000 pursued him as he fled into a sewer. Lee was injured and is expected to die.
Special to The Washington Post from Pittsburgh reports Constable Thomas Cunningham shot Samuel Culp and James Cole after they refused to desist in asking for shelter under a large umbrella during a heavy rain. Culp remains in Mercy Hospital in unstable condition. Cole wounded at home with a breast wound. Cunningham was arrested.
Theodore Roosevelt, William R. Hearst, and William J. Wadhams will speak with Gov. Sulzer as the direct primary campaign opens in New York City on May 28. Rallies are planned at Carnegie Hall Cooper Union and the Brony J Se eee.
Miss Nellie Grant daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse R Grant and granddaughter of the late President Grant married Lieutenant Commander William Piggott Cronan U N today by a justice of the peace. The couple plan a luncheon at the Grant home then a honeymoon followed by a move to Annapolis where the Jewett torpedo boat destroyer is stationed. The bride 31 wore a wave blue traveler suit and orchids. Cronan 34 had not seen his fiancée for five years.
The Democratic national committee executive meeting in Washington will discuss strategies for the 1918 congressional elections. Members include Rep. A. Mitchell Palmer, Cato Sells, Fred Lynch, Clark Howell, and Homer Cummings. They will confer with President Wilson and Lloyd, aiming to increase Senate representation and coordinate united efforts.
Dr. Charles W. Eliot argues at Mohonk Lake that huge armaments will not bankrupt nations and that wars stem from fear of invasion and control over seas and resources. He urges international law, a binding tribunal, and disarmament to prevent future conflicts. Edwin D. Mead praises Hay and Root. college students win prizes in a peace essay contest.
The New York dispatch reports Secretary of State Bryan advocating actual contact with Central and South American republics to promote friendship and trade. He supports using the Panama Canal Zone as a meeting place for intellectual exchange, urges Latin American instructors in U.S. schools, and calls for mutual benefit and fair dealing in U.S. commerce with the Americas.
A public peace meeting organized by the Washington Peace Society will feature Secretary of State as the lead speaker. It will be held Sunday afternoon at the First Congregational Church with about 1,000 seats. Music starts at 3 30 and Dr. Philander P. Claxton will preside. Arthur Deering Call will also speak.
Special Cable from London reports King George and Queen Mary will travel to Berlin on Monday for the Kaiser's daughter's wedding. The royal visit is described as a private family trip with a return to London planned for May 29.
Paris May 15 Deputies vote 316 to 24 approving government military policy to keep this year's time expired soldiers in the ranks as urgent and inevitable amid European tension Premier Barthou declares full responsibility. Debate centers on liberty loss for 250000 men and civil service in France.
Shipping notices list sailings between New York and European ports including Marseille Havre Queenstown and Firth of Liver pools. Steamers Tarre La Lorraine Majestic Mauretania and Sabie Island depart with cargo and passengers, with weekly sailings and times noted for Southhampton Cherbourg and Queenstown routes.
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