RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF !L mfmAmfa? ff'T . -, WE MUST OPEN UP GATES OF TRADE All Important Problem Which Now Confronts Congress, Says President. SHIPS OUR GREATEST NEED America Fear No Nation and Is Am ply Able to Defend Itself Great Task Ahead In Helping to Restore Peace Economy Is Strongly Urged. Washington, Dec. 8. President Wil ton today delivered his annual address to congress. Problems brought out by tho great conflict in Europo engaged the g'reater part of his attention. Tho message follows: Gentlemen of tho Congress: Tho session upon which you nro now entering will bo tho closing session of the Sixty-third congress, a congress, I venture to sny, which will long bo re membered for tho great body of thoughtful and constructive work which it has done, In loyal response to tho thought and needs of tho coun try. I should like In this address to ro vlow tho notable record and try to make adequate assessment of It; but no doubt wo stand too near tho work that has been done and are ourselves too much part of it to play tho part of historians toward it. Moreover, our thoughts aro now more of tho future tiian of tho past. , While we have worked at our tasks ef pcaco the circumstances of tho whole ago havo been altered by war. What we have dono for our own land and our own people we did with tho best that was In us, whether of char acter or of intelligence, with sober enthusiasm and a confidence in the principles upon which we wero acting which sustained us at every step of tho difficult undertaking; but it is done. It has passed from our hands. It is now an established part of the legislation of the country. Its useful ness, ltB effects, will disclose them selves In experience. What chiefly strikes us now, as we look about us during these closing days of a year which will be forevor memorable iri the history of tho world, is that wo face new tasks, have been facing them theso six months, must face them in the months to come face them with out partisan feeling, like men whq have forgotten everything but a com mon duty and tho fact that wo are representatives of a great people Whoso thought Is not of us but of what America owes to hersolf and to all mankind in such circumstances as theso upon which wo look amazed and anxious. Europe Will Need Our Help. War has interrupted the meanB of trade not only but also the processes of production. In Europe it is destroy ing men and resources wholesalo and upon a flcnlo unprecedented and ap palling. There 1b reason to fear that the timo is near, if it be not already at hand, when several of the coun tries of Europe will find it difficult to do for their pcoplo what they havo hitherto been always easily able to do, many essential and fundamental things. At any rato they will need our help and our manifold services as they havo never needed them before; and we should be ready, more lit and ready than we havo ever been. It is of equal consequence that tho nations whom Europo has usually sup plied with innumerable articles of manufacture and commerce of which they are in constant need and without which their economic development halts and stands still can now get only a small part of what they formerly Im ported and eagerly look to us to supply their all but empty markets. This is particularly true of our own neighbors, the states, great and small, of Central and South America. Their lines of trado have hitherto run chiefly athwart the seas, not to our ports, but to tho ports of Great Britain and of tho older continent of Europo. I do not stop to inquire why, or to make any comment on probable causes. What Interests us Just now is not tho explanation, but tho fact, and our duty and opportunity In tho presence of It. Here are mar kets which we must supply, and we must find tho moans of action. Tho United States, this great people for whom we spenk and act, should be ready, as never before, to servo Itsolf and to servo mankind; ready with Its resources, Its energies, its forces of production, and Its means of distribu tion. We Need Ships. It is a very practical twitter, n mat .or of ways nnd means. We havo tho resources, but nro wo fully ready to uso them? And If wo can make ready what wo havo, havo wo the moans at hand to distribute it? Wo are not fully ready; neither havo wo tho means of distribution. We nro willing, but wo nro not fully able. Wo havo tho wish to Borvo and to serve greatly, gener ously; but wo are not prepared ns wo should ho. Wo aro not ready to mo bilize our resources nt once. Wo aro not prepared to uso them Immediately and at their host, without delay and without waste To speak plainly wo hnvo grossly erred in tho way in which wo havo stunted nnd hindered tho development of our merchant marlno. And now, when wo' need Bhlpa, wo havo not got them. We havo year after year do bated, without end or conclusion, tho best policy to pursue with regard to ft 1 . tl.iM I e ........ .ta.i tt&Mtt.ttf, tho uso of tho ores nnd forests and water powoin of our natlonnl domain in tho rich states of tho West, whon wo should havo acted; and they nro still locked up. Tho key Is still turned upon them, tho door shut fast nt which thousands of vigorous men, full of Initiative, knock clamorously for admlttnnco. Tho water power of our navigable streams outsldo tho na tional domain, also, even in tho east ern states, where we havo worked nnd planned for generations, is still not used as it might bo, because wo will nnd wo won't; because tho laws wo havo made do not intelligently balanco encouragement against restraint. Wo withhold hyrcgulatton. I havo come to ask you to remedy and correct these mistakes and omis sions, even at this short session of a congress which would certainly scorn to hnvo done nil the work that could reasonably be expected of It. Tho tlmo and tho circumstances nro extraor dinary, and so must our efforts ho also. Use and Conssrvatlon. Fortunately, two great measures, finely conceived the ono to unlock, with proper safeguards, tho resources of the national domain, tho other to encourage the uso of tho navigable wntors outside that domain for tho generation of power, have alrcndy passed tho houso of representatives and nro ready for immediate consider ation and action by the senate. With tho deepest earnestness 1 urge their prompt passage. In them both wo turn our hacks upon hesita tion nnd makeshift nnd formulate n genuine policy of uso and con servation, In the best sense of thoso words. We owe tho ono mcasuro not only to tho people of that great western country for whoso frco and systematic development, as it seems to me, our legislation has dono so little, but also to the pcoplo of tho nation as a wholo; and wo ns clear ly owe the other In fulfillment of our repeated promises that tho water pow" or of tho country should in fnct as well as In namo bo put at tho disposal of great Industries which enn make economical and profitable uso of It, tho rights of tho public being ade quately guarded tho while, and mo nopoly In the uso prevented. To hnvo begun such measures and not com pleted them would Indeed mar tho record of this great congress very seriously. I hope and confidently be lieve that they will bo completed. And there Is another great pleco of legislation which awaits and should receive tho sanction of the senate: I mean tho bill which gives a larger measuro of self-government to tho peo ple of tho Philippines. How bettor, in this timo of nnxlous questioning and perplexing policy, could we Bhow our confidence in tho principles of liberty, as the sourco as well as tho expression of llfo, how better could we demonstrate our own self-possession nnd steadfastness in the courses of Justice nnd disinterestedness than by thus going calmly forward to fulfill our promises to a dependent people, who will now look more anxiously than ever to seo whether wo havo In deed the liberality, the unselfishness, tho courage, tho faith wo (have boast ed and professed. I cannot bollovo that tho senate will let this great measuro of constructive Justice awnlt tho action of another congress. Its passage would nobly crown tho record of theso two years of momorablo la bor. An Important Duty. Rut I think thnt you will agreo with mo thnt this does not complete tho toll of our duty. How aro wo to carry our goods to the empty markets of which I havo spoken if wo havo not tho certain and constant means of transportation upon which all profit able and useful commerce depends? And how nro we to get tho ships If wo wait for tho trndo to devolop with out them? To correct tho many mis takes by which wo have discouraged nnd nil but destroyed tho merchant mnrlno of tho country, to retrnco tho steps by which wo have, It seems al most dellhorately, withdrawn our flag from tho sens, oxcept where hero and there, a ship of war Is hidden carry It, or some wandering yncht displays It, would tnko a long time nnd In volves many detailed Items of legisla tion, nnd tho trado which wo ought Immediately to handle would disap pear or find other channols while wo debated tho Items. Tho case Is not unllko thnt which confronted us whon our own conti nent was to bo opened up to settle ment nnd Industry, and wo needed long lines of railway, extended means of transportation prepared hoforehnnd, If development wns not to lag Intoler ably and wait Interminably Wo lav ishly subsidized tho building of trans continental railroads. Wo look back upon tint with regret now, beenuso tho subsidies loci to many scandals of which wo aro a'lhamed; hut wo know that tho railroads had to bo built, nnd If we had It to do over again wo should of coursa build them, but In nnother wny Thoreforo I proposo another way of providing tho means of transportation which must precede, not tardily follow, tho development P of our trado with our neighbor Btates of Amorlca, It may seem a reversal of tho natural order of things, but It Is truo, thnt tho routes of trado must bo actunlly opened by many ships and regular sailings and moderate charges before streams of merchan dise will flow freely nnd profitably through them. Must Open Gates of Trade. Hence tho pending bhlpplng bill, discussed nt tho last session, but ns yet passed by, neither house. In my Judgment such legislation Is impera tively needed nnd can not wisely bo postponed. Tho government must open theso gates of trado, and open them wido; open them before it is 4k.H altogether profitable to open them, or altogether reasonable to ask prlvato capital to open them at a venture. It Is not a question of tho government monopolizing tho Held. It should tako action to mnko It certain that trans portation nt reasonable rates will be promptly provided, even where tho carriage Is not at first profitable; and then, when the carriage has becomo sufficiently profitable to attract and engago private capital, and engage it in abundance, the government ought to withdraw. I very earnestly hopo thnt tho congress will be of this opin ion, nnd thnt both houses will adopt this exceedingly important bill. Tho great subject of rural credits still remains to bo dealt with, nnd it Is a matter of deop regret that the difficulties of tho subject have seemed to render It Impossible to complete a bill for passngo nt this session. Hut It can not bo perfected yet, and there fore there nro no other constructive measures the necessity for which I will nt this tlmo call your attention to; but 1 would be negligent of a very manifest duty wero I not to 'call tho attention of tho senate to the fact that the proposed convention for safe ty at sea nwnlts Its confirmation nnd thnt the limit fixed in tho convention itself for Its acceptance is the last day of the present month. Tho con ference In which this convention or iginated wns called by tho United States; the representatives of tho United StutcB played n very Influen tial pnrt Indeed In framing tho provi sions of the proposed convention; nnd thoso provisions nro in themselves for tho most part admirable. It would hardly bo consistent with the pnrt we have played In tho whole matter to let It drop nnd go by tho board as If forgotten nnd neglected. It was ratified in Mny last by tho German government nnd In AugUBt by tho, parliament of Great Urltaln. It marks a most hopeful and decided advance in international civilization. Wo should show our earnest good fnlth in a great matter by adding our own acceptance of it. Charting of Our Coasts. There is unothor matter of which I must make special mention, if I am to discharge my conscience, lest it should escape your attention. It may Beem a very small thing. It affects only a single item of appropriation. But many human lives and many great enterprises hang upon it. It is tho matter of making adequate provision for tho survey and charting of our coasts. It is Immediately pressing and exi gent in connection with the immense coast line of Alaska. A coast line greater than that of the United States themselves, though it is also very important Indeed with regard to tho older coasts of tho continent. Wo cannot use our great Alaskan domain, ships will not ply thither, if those coasts and their many hidden dangers aro not thoroughly surveyed and charted. The work 1b incomplete at almost every point. Ships and lives have been lost in threading what wero sup posed to be well-known main chan nels. We have not provided adequate vessels or adequate machinery for the survey and charting. Wo have used old vessels that were not big enough or strong enough and which wero so nearly unseaworthy that our inspec tors would not hnvo allowed private owners to send them to sea. This is a matter which, as I have said, seems small, but Is in reality very great. Its Importance has only to bo looked into to bo appreciated. Economy It Urged. Before I close, may I Bay a few words upon two topics, much dis cussed out of doors, upon which it is highly important that our Judgments should be clear, definite and steadfast. One of theso Is economy In govern ment expenditures. Tho duty of econ omy Is not debatable. It 1b manifest and imperative. In tho appropriations we paBS we arc spending tho money of tho great pcoplo whoso servants wo are not our own. Wo aro trus tees and responsible stewards In the spending. Tho only thing debatable and upon which wo should bo careful to make our thought and purpose clear Is tho kind of economy demand ed of us, I assert with tho greatest confidence that the peoplo of the United States 'aro not Jealous of tho amount their government costs If they aro Biire thnt they get what they need and deslro for the outlay, that tho money Is being Bpent for objects of which they approve, nnd thnt It Is being applied with good business senso nnd mnnngement Governments grow, piecemeal, both In their tasks and In the means by which thoso tasks aro to bo per formed, and very few governments are organized, I venturo to say, as wiso and experienced business men would orgnnle them If they hnd n clean sheet of paper to wrlto upon Certain ly tho government of the United States Is not. I think that It Is gen ornlly ngreed thnt thore should he a systematic reorganization and reas sembling of Its parts bo us to secure grenter efficiency nnd effect consider nblo savings In expense But tho nmount of money anved In thnt way would, I bollovo, though no doubt considerable In itself, running, It may ho, Into tho mllllonB, bo relatively smnjl small, I mean, In proportion to tho totnl necessary outlays of tho government. It would bo thoroughly worth effecting, as every saving would, great or small. Our duty Is not nltercd by tho Bcalo of tho savings. But my point Is thnt tho peoplo of tho United States do not wish to curtail tho activities of thlB government; they wish, rathor, to enlarge tjicin; and with every en largement, with tho moro growth, In deed, of tho country Itself, thero must . come) of course, tho inovitablo in crease of expense. Tho sort of economy wo ought to practlco may bo effected, nnd ought to be effected, by a careful study and assessment of tho tasks to bo per formed; and tho money spent ought to bo mndo to yield tho best possible returns in efficiency nnd achievement. And, like good stewards, we should so account for overy dollar of our ap propriations as to mako It perfectly evident what It was spent for and In what wny It was spent. It is not expendlturo but extrava gance that wo should fear being criti cized for; not paying for tho legiti mate enterprises nnd undertakings of a great government whoso people commnnd what it should do, but add ing what will benefit only a few or pouring money out for what need not havo been undertaken nt all or might havo been postponed or better and more economically conceived nnd car ried out. The nation Is not niggardly; it Is very generous. It will chide ub only If we forget for whom wo pay monoy out and whoso money It Ih we pny. These are large nnd general stand ards, but they are not very difficult of application to particular cases. The National Defense. Tho other topic I shall take leave to mention goes deeper Into tho princi ples of our national Ufa and policy. It is the subject of nnttonnl defense. It cannot bo discussed without first answering some very searching ques tions. It is said In some quarters that wo aro not prepared for war. What is meant by being prepared? 1b It mennt that we are not ready upon brief no tlco to put a nation in the field, a na tion of men trained to arms? Of course wo are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time of peace so long ns we retain our pres ent political principles, nnd institu tions. And what 'is it that it is sug gested we should be prepared to do? To defend ourselves against attack? We have always found means to do that, and shall find them whenever It is necessary without calling our pco plo away from their necessary tasks to render compulsory military service In times of peace. Allow mo to speak with great plain ness and directness upon this great matter and to avow my convictions with deep earnestness. I have tried to know what America is, what her peoplo think, what they are, what they most cherish, and hold dear, I hope that somo of their finer passions are In my own heart, some of the great conceptions and desires which gave birth to this government and which have made the'volco of this people a voice of peace and hope and liberty among the peoples of tho world, and that, speaking my own thoughts, I shall, at least In part, speak theirs also, however, faintly and Inadequately, upon this vital matter. Fear No Nation. We are at peace with all the world. No one who speaks counsel based on fact or drawn from a Just and candid interpretation of realities can say that thero Is reason for fear that from any quarter our indepen dence or tho integrity of our territory is threatened. Dread of the power of any other nation wo are incapablo of. Wo aro not Jealous of rivalry in the fields of commerce or of any other peaceful achievement. We mean to live our lives as we will; but wo mean also to lot live. We are, Indeed, a true friend to all the nations of tho world, becauso we threaten none, covet tho possessions of none, desire tho overthrow of none. Our friend ship can be accepted and is accepted without reservation, becauso it is of fered in a spirit and for a purpose which no ono need ever question or suspect. Thorcln lies our greatness. We are tho champions of peaco and of concord. And wo should be vory Jealous of this distinction which we hnvo sought to earn. Just now wo should he particularly Jealous of It, because it is our dearest present hopo that this character and reputation mny presently, In God's providence, bring us an opportunity to counsel and, obtain peuco In tho world and reconciliation and a healing settle ment of ninny a matter thnt has cooled and Interrupted the friendship of nations. This Is the tlmo above all others when we should wish and re boIvo to keep our strength by self pos session, our Influence by preserving our ancient principles of action. Ready for Defense, From tho first wo have had n clear and settled policy with regard to military establishments. Wo never havo had, and whllo wo retain our present principles and Ideals wo never shall havo, a lorgo standing army. If asked, uro you leady to defend yourselves? Wo reply, most assured ly, to the utmost; and yet wo shall not turn America Into u military camp. Wo will not usk our young men to spend tho best years of their lives making soldiers of themsolvcs. Thero Is another sort of energy In us. It will know how to declare Itself nnd make itsolf effective should occasion arlso. And especially when half the world Is on flro wo Bhnll bo careful to mako our moral Insurance against tho spread of the conflagration very doflnlto and certain and adequate In deed. Lot us remind ouraelvoB, theroforo, of tho only thing wo can do or will do. Wo must depend In every tlmo of national peril, in tho futuro ns in tho past, not upon a standing army, nor yet upon a reserve army, but upon a citizenry trained and accuBtomod to arms. It will be right enough, right" American policy, based upon our ac customed principles and practices, to provldo a system by which every citizen who will volunteor for tho training mny be mndo familiar with tho uso of modern nrms, tho rudi ments of drill nnd maneuver, nnd the malntcnnnco nnd sanitation of enmps. Wo should encourage such training and mako It a means of dlsclpltno which our young men will learn to valuo. It Is right that wo should pro vldo It not only, but thnt wo should mako It an attractlvo as possible, and bo Induce our young men to undergo it at such times as they can command a llttlo freedom and can seek the physical development they need, for mere health's sake, if for nothing more. Every means by which such things can bo stimulated is legitimate, and such a method smacks of true American ideas. It Is a right, too, that tho National Guard of tho Btates should be developed and strengthened by every means which Is not incon sistent with our obligations to our own pcoplo or with the established policy of our govornmont. And this, also, not becauso tho time or occasion specially calls for such measures, but becauso It should be our constant pol icy to make these provisions for our nntlonal pence nnd safety. More than this carries with It a re versal of the wholo history nnd char acter of our polity. Moro than this, proposed at this time, permit me to sny, would mean merely thnt wo had lost our self-possession, that wo had been thrown off our balance by a war with which wo havo nothing to do, whoso cnuBes cannot touch us, whose very existence nffords us opportun ities of friendship and disinterested service which bhould make us ashamed of any thought of hostility or fearful preparation for trouble. This is assuredly the opportunity for which n people nnd n government like ours were raised up, tho opportunity not only to spenk but actually to em body and exemplify the counsels of pence and amity and the lasting con cord which Is based on Justice nnd fair and generous dealing. Ships Our Natural Bulwarks. A powerful navy wo havo always regarded ub our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that wo havo thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of navy to build? We shall take leave to bo strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and thero will bo no thought of offense or of provo cation In that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. When will the ex perts tell us Just what kind wo should construct and when will they be right for ten years together, If the relative efficiency of craft of differ ent kinds and uses continues to change as we have seen it change under over very eyes in these last few months? But I turn away from the subject It is not new. There Is no new need to discuss it. We shall not alter our attitude toward it because some amongst us aro nervous nnd excited. We shall easily and sensibly agree upon a policy of defense. The ques tion haB not chnnged its aspects be causo tho times are not normal. Our policy will not bo for an occasion. It will bo conceived ns a permanent nnd settled thing, which wo will pur buo at nil seasons, without haste and after a fashion perfectly consistent with tho peaco of tho world, the abid ing friendship of states, and the un hampered freedom of all with whom wo deal. Let there he no misconcep tion. Tho country has been misin formed. Wo havo not been negligent of national defense Wo aro not un mindful of the great responsibility resting upon us. We shall learn and profit by tho lesson of every exper ience and every new circumstance; and what is needed vlll be adequately done. Great Duties of,Peace. I close, as I begnn, by reminding you of tho great tasks and duties of pcaco which challenge our best powers nnd Invite us to build whnt will last, the tasks to which we can nddress ourselves now and at all times tho free-hearted zest and with nil the fin est gifts of constructive wisdom wo possess. To develop our llfo and our resources; to supply our own people, nnd tho people of the world as their need arises, from tho abundant plenty of our fields nnd our marts of trado; to onrlch tho commerco of our own states and of tho world with the prod ucts ot our mines, our farms, and our factories, with tho creations of our thought and tho fruits of our charac ter this is what will hold our atten tion and our enthusiasm steadily, now nnd In tho yours (o como, aa we strlvo to show In our llfo ns a nntlon what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for men nnd for soclotics, for Individuals, for states, nnd for mankind. Skunks Yield $3,000,000 a Year. Tho bkunk brings annually to tho trappers of tho United States about threa million dollars. It stands sec ond In Importance only to tho musk rat among our fur-bearing animals. Tho value of a skunk in tho raw for market averaged from nbout twon-ty-fivo cents to $3.50 In December, 1913, and usually runs hlghor. In 1911 2,000,000 skins wore export ed to London nlono. Although this fur Ib not vory popular In Amorlca, Europeans fnvor It, becauso it wears well nnd has a luster which makes It rlvnl tho Russian sable In nppearnnco. The Mexican States. Mexico consists of 32 states and ter ritories nnd is politically n federated ropubllc, Its constitution being pat terned nftor that of the United Stntoa of America. Tho population ot tho country in 1900 was 13,697,000. On account ot tho stronuous life of Mexico tor several years past It Is likely that its present population la not much in excess ot that ot 14 yean ago. PROTECTION ASKED WANT MEXICAN PORTS AUTO MATICALLY CLOSED. PUSHING NATIONAL DEFENSE Urging Investigation Into Country's Meant of Defense New Revo- lutionary Movement In Mexico. Western Newspaper Union New Service. Naco, Ariz. Citizens of Naco have sent out another appeal for protection from the Mexican flro from tho siege of Naco, Sonora, Just across tho line, which has killed five and wounded forty-two persons on the Arizona side during the last two months. Telegrams concluding "for God's sake help us," wero addressed to United StateB Senators Henry F. Ashurst and Marcus A. Smith at Washington nnd to United States Senators Albert B. Fall of New Mex ico and William A. Smith of Michigan. Action by tho sennto that will au tomatically close ports on tho Mexican border whenever thoy become the scenes ot battle, is asked. New Revolutionary Movement EI Paso, Tex. A new revolutionary movement has been started in Mexico, according to copies of a proclamation signed by Jobo Inez Salazar and Emlllo P. Campa, two former federal gener als. They were reported at the head of troops in central Chihuahua and about to attack Casas Grancfes, a strategical point southwest ot Juarei and west of Chihuahua City. The proclamation, denouncing both the Carranza constitutionalist govern ment as established at Vera, Cruz, and the convention government sustained by Villa. It was said that a conven tion form of government would be established by the new party. Sup port In all parts of Mexico was claimed. PUSHING NATIONAL DEFENSE. New York Committee Hu Been Named for Purpose. New York. Plans for bringing to the attention of the national adminis tration which is charged with the necessity of improving the national defense will be formulated here by the general commltteo of the national security league This was announced by H. Stanwood Menken, tho Now York lawyer who Is chairman of the league. Mr. Menken also gave out the names of those whom he had appoint ed to the general committee. The league 1b urging a congressional in vestigation into the country's means of defense. When Nebraska Helped France. Lincoln. Neb. The aid being given the starving BoIginnB during the pres ent war recalls to the minds of mnny older Nebraskans the aid that was fur nished to tho French peasantry during the war of 1871 by American citizens and organizations. At that tlmo the French were in hard straits, and found themselves in much the same position as the Belgians today. Fields had been devastated, there wero few or practically no crops and it was a very serious question as to how the son combatants in France wero to get a living. The situation was complicated by the fact that there was no seed in the country so that even the chance of producing a crop during the follow, ing year was lessened. Not Yet Ready. Washington. Henry White, former ambassador to France, and who re cently returned from Germany, dis cussed the European nltantion with President Wilson, and says: "Europe is not ready for penco yot. Thero is not the slightest chnnco at present of getting a hearing for suggestions of peace. That time will come later and then it will be time for tho United States to act." Germans Occupy Lodz. London. An official telegram from main headquarters received nt Berlin nnd transmitted by way of Amsterdam! to Reutor's Telegram company, says that Lodz was occupied by tho Ger man troops Sunday afternoon, the Russians bentlng a retreat nfter se vere losses. To Wage Prohibition Fight. Lincoln, Nob. A sweeping, aggros live campaign, nation wido in scope, and involving tho expenditure ef thou sands of dollars, will bo waged against liquor by tho Methodist church in 1915. Tho fight will bo along two lines, educational and political. Such was tho determination ot tho temper-j anco socloty ot tho Methodist Episco pal church, In sosslon Saturday nt the' St. Paul Mothodlst Episcopal church., Three sessions woro hold, nttonded by ielegates from all over the country. Omaha, Neb. Oh, mamma! There's Undo Frank!" cried llttlo 4-yenr-old John Bogard, son of Mr, and Mra. Pnul Bognrd, 3408 'Cass stroot, while watching moving pictures of the Eu ropean war nt a local theater here. Suro enough, it wns Frank Coudyzer, brother of Mrs. Bogard nnd unslo or tho boy. Coudyzor, nn officer In the Belgian army, was one of a number ot the men being given clgnrots from the deck of tho hospital ship. Tho pic tures of tho nurses, as well ns many ot tho soldiers, wore exceptionally leaf. mmtxs8s& A 1 1 . , s. mmsm&. w ff w" "FI " - -ji-... pi. j j i.- WW!"1'' !2KmKIC3C MEiMja'MKniwftBw .& wpHMwxwnmawil&