1908 - Property acquired in Brooklyn, New York, future headquarters of the Society. 1914 - God's kingdom to be ushered in on earth. 1916 - Charles Taze Russell dies. 1917 - Joseph Franklin Rutherford is legally elected 2nd President of the Society. A time of great administrative reorganization and restructuring begins.
Rutherford begins a purge of all dissenters.
1918 - President Rutherford and 7 others jailed for anti war activities, gains martyr status. 1919 - All eight leaders are released from prison after nine months. That Rutherford himself is God's mouth piece. People sell farms, businesses, homes, leave jobs, etc. in preparation for the end. Year passes quietly.