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Show JOHN WESLEY HILL PASSES THROUGH OGDEN . John Wesley Hill, whose first charge was the Methodist church hero in Ogden, passed through on tho Overland Over-land Limited from the coast, yesterday. yester-day. He built the present Methodist church and served the people here over four years. He has since become be-come a national character, and is now editor of "The World Court." published publish-ed by the "International Peace Forum," For-um," which Is an organization of some of the biggest men of the country. Ho went to Seattle to address tho bankers at their recent national convention. con-vention. He told them it the bankers bank-ers of the world would stop supplying funds for tho war, there would be no war. He is a fluent speaker. There is a warm spot in his heart for Ogden. His first child was born here. He has now grown to manhood, man-hood, graduated from tho Columbia Law school of New York and is now a successful attorney in that city Mr. Hills pet theme is world peace, which ho is confident will eventually be brought about. Among Dr. Hill's co-laborers In this work are ex-President William Howard Taft, John Hays Hammond, Judge Alton B. Parker, Henry Clews, Theodore Marburg, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, James Brown Scott of tho Carnegie Peace Roundation, Denys P. Myers of the World Peace Foundation, Hon. Bain-bridge Bain-bridge Colby of New York, Dr. Fran els E. Clark, Dr. Samuel T. Dutton, Hon. Henry Lane Wilson, William Dudley Foulke, Senator Atlee Pomer-eno Pomer-eno of Ohio, Harry A. Garfield, son of the late President Garfield, Thomas Thom-as Raebu'nn White, Bascom Little, Herbert S. Houston, vice president of Doubleday. Page & Co., Thomas B. Warren, Senator Warren G Harding. Emerson McMillin and numerous oth- While in the west this trip he met many people he had known in former years some of tho ladles now being grandmothers, which causes him to feel pretty well along. Still he is in tho prime of life, and will doubtless continue doing much for the race for long years to come. oo |