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The Omaha . Daily Bee WEATHER FORECAST. For . Nebraska Generally fair. For Iowa Generally fair. For weather report see Page 8. The Omaha dee gom to tha home Is rad by tha women sells roods for advertiser. VOL. XXXIX NO. 100. OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1 909 TWELVE PAGES. . SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. OMAIIA MASONS Republican Committee in Session REDSKINS NEED A Taft Sermon DAY OP PRAYER SECURE HONORS IMPARTIAL LAW FOR THE W. C. T. U. Present System of Legislation . Fat Today Large Derotional Meeting from the Ideal, Say Conferees at Lake Mohonk. will e weld at lint jftctno dist Church. Reports Show Harmony Prevails in Judge William H. Manger, Joseph C. Root, William T. ' Bourke and F. E. White Oet High Degrees. SUPREME COUNCIL IN SESSION Nominations for Thirty-Third Station Duly Ratified at Convention. Party and Only Work is to Get Out the Vote. (From a Staff Correspondent.) COMMISSIONER GIVES . ADDRESS INSPIRATIONAL TO CONVENTION 1 ... r 1 ( MANY IOWA MEN ALSO HONORED Charles C. Quiggle I-incoln 0ther Nebraska Member Elevated. LIST CONTAINS MANY NAMES Prrmaaent Chart la I d Fred. rlek Webber Com Hntlns, .fb Fifty-row .,.' tlon at Cn 4 (From a Staff Corr WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 gi am.) Inspector General J ' : Anderson of Omaha. E. T. Sioux FalU, P. A. Foots of W y H. C. Alvorson of Pes Moines, a bers for their respective state Tele- tstav - n of v and ' or ... the supreme council, Boottlsh Rite Masons, for the Southern Jurisdiction, today nominated the following knights to be honorary thirty- third degree masons: Joseph Cullom Root formerly of Iowa now of Omaha, grand sovereign of the Woodman of the World; William Thomas Bourk of Omaha, a well known merohant of that city; Judge Will iam Henry Munger of Omaha, Charles C. Qulggle of Lincoln and Francis K. White of l."vaha. grand secretary of tha Grand :,. . juAKd of Masons. These nominations were duly ratified In executive session of tha supreme council today. Masons from neighboring states as follows were also decorated with the thirty-third degree: Iowa Franklin Pitman Batchelder, Lyons; Frank Clark Brayton, Lyons; Henry Carroll, Dee Moines; Davie Sidney Cham berlain, De Moines ; Charles Jlerbert Cogs well, Cedar Rapids; Oscar Julian Hoberg, Sioux City; Arthur Btanley Lawrence, Mus callne; Clarence Plublus Kllborne, Sioux City; George- Martin. Clinton; Charles Franklin Curtis, Clinton; Frederick Batch elder, Clinton; Willis Smith Gardiner, Clin ton; Lauren C. Eastman, Clinton; William John Knvallnka, Cedar Rapids. Kansas George Duane Adams, Sallna Floyd Adellas Amsden, Wichita; Oraamus Hills Bentley, Wichita; Alexander Berg, Ballna; William Llversey Burdick. Law rence; William Edward Castell, Fort Scott Hal la Fin ley Chapman. Fort Scott; Isaao Wesley Gill, Wichita; Lewis William Lewis, Emporia; Charles Andrew Moore, Topeka Chester Burns Reed, Topeka; Henry Clay Bluss, Wichita; John William Wright, Inde pendence; Albert Julius Houunark, Kan. ua.Cliy; Jarna ark Wiles, ansaa.xaur Missouri Chart Herman Arcularlus, Joplln; Frederick Hampden Bacon, Si, Louis; Thomas Ilerron.. Joplln; John Will lam Holtman, Bt Joseph; Frank Frederick William 1 Krennlng,. . St. Louis; George Thomas Matthews. St. Louis; Jay Hoi eombe Neff, Kansas City ; Gustav William Niemann, St. Louis; Charles Schlfferdckr, Joplln. Montana John Alexander Donovan, Butte; Frederick Lincoln Melcher, Butte Ernest Julius behwefel, Butte; Elmer Jo Utah Carter, Missoula; Joseph Albert Hyde, Butt Colorado Frank Dillingham, ' Denver Theodore Louis Henri Frlbourg, DenVer; John Bernard Haffy. Del Norte; Robert Malcolm Slmona, Denver. , Idaho, Utah and Wyoming Joseph Wil liam Boyd, Sherman, Wyo.; James Henry Brown, Salt Lake; Morgan Alvln Regan, Boise City; Richard Hamilton Scott, Chey enne. South Dakota Charles Olln Bailey, Sioux Falls; Ivor D. Davles, Aberdeen; Joseph Wlnfleld Scott Guild, Hecla; Albert Holmes, Dead wood; William Seth Stock well. Yank ton. Aiermanent charter for Frederick Web bf oouncll No. I at Hastings, Neb., was granted today by the supreme council for southern jurisdiction. Other charters granted were: Army Chapter Rose Croix No. 1, Leavenworth, Kan.; Army Council Kadosh No. 1, Leav enworth, Kan.; Army donalstory No. 1. Leavenworth, Kan.; Albert Pike Chapter Rose Croix No. S. Sioux Falls. 8. D.; Cole d Leon Council Kadosh No. I. 8ioux Falls, 8. D.; Occidental Consistory N.f t, Sioux Falls. 8. I. ; Bitter Root Lodg of Perfec tion No. C, Hamilton, Mont.; Idaho Consist ory, Wallace, Idaho. REUBEN REED FINDS TROUBLE IN CALIFORNIA former - Lincoln Barber Held a A , analt Sasneet In City of I.o Angeles. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Oct. SO.-Reuben Reed, a barber, was arrested here yester day on suspicion of being the man who entered th room of Mrs. George Staehle Sunday and cut her throat with a rasor. Reed, who Is only 28 years old, was found wandering In th vicinity of Mrs. Taehley'e home. He appeared as if In a trance and admitted he was within a block of Mrs. Staehlc's house Sunday night. He admitted he, had been In trouble In St. Joseph, Mo.; Lincoln, Neb., and Cedar Rapids, la. He will b exam ined by physicians today. The police have taken Into custody Mrs. Laura 61m, a young widow, and are hold ing her as th second suspect In the rase of Mrs. Margaret Staehle. Mra. Sluehle Is the wife of a brewery employ. She la young and attractive. While ahe slept with her daughter Sunday at midnight an unknown person entered her room and cut her throat from ear to ear with a whit handled rasor. The woman la now in a hospttul. It la aald ahe has a fair chance of recovery. Qlrl a Mraaeasvrra. SIOUX FALLS, s. D.. Oct. S0,-Speclal.) Manager Ktlley, of the Western Union TiUgraph company In this city, baa de cided to employ girls Instead of boys as n.eeaengera tioux Falls wUl be the first point lb ths stat to experiment with this sort of service. This year It has been found impossible by Manager Kelley to s-our a sufficient number of boys to jrforra messenger service, owing to the strict enforcement of th compulsory law. The boys under fifteen years of ag r all In school, lind th boys ovi that age seem to find other employment LINCOLN, Oct. 20. (Special Telegram.) The republican state committee met to night at the Lincoln hotel with Judges Sedgwick. Fawcett and Barnes, Frank Haller, republican candidate for . regent; Senator Burkett and National Committee man Victor Rosewater, and a number of county chairmen of neighboring counties present. The object of the meeting was to listen to the reports of the rfcembers so that If there was any troitblo anywhere In the ranks of the party It could bo attended to before election, but the meeting failed to develop any trouble anywhere. From the districts represented reports were made that the usual republican vote will be cast, the only wctk being necessary to get the vo'.era to the polls. There was no criticism of candidates, but on the other hand, reports were made that the candidates on the state ticket were most favorably known and would command the entire republican vote, as well as many democratic votes. Treasurer Lindsay brought cheer to the heart of the committeemen by showing that the debt left over from the- last campaign had been j whittled down to something like $300 and he waa still dig' ring for money with - a favorable re sponse. The following committee were present: ; First A. J. Weaver, Falls City. Fourth Henry Schneider, Plattsmouth. Sixth Otto Dentin. South Omkha and My ron L. Learned, Omaha. - Eighth K. A. w iitse. fender. Tenth J. Howard Heine, Hooper. Eleventh Charles McLeod. Stanton. Fourteenth Allen G. Fisher. Chadron. Seventeenth Charles R. Heuslnger. Grand isiana. Kisrhteenth J. C. Martin. Central City Twentieth C. O. Whedon. Lincoln and v. c Heverln, llaiiam. Twenty-second C. B. Anderson. Crete. Twenty-fifth H. O. Thomas. Harvard. Twenty-eighth E. W. Beghtol. Holdrege. Twenty-ninth J. F. Cordeal, Mccook. Thirtieth Ira L. Bare, North Platte. Dean Contributes to the Campaign At Least One Candidate for Judge on Democratic Ticket Pays in Cash. (From a Staff Correspondent.) : LINCOLN, Oct. 20. (Speclal.)-Though P. L. Hall, treasurer of the democratic state committee, reported that he had collected nothing and expended nothing during the campaign, his own candidates rise up to take Issue with that report. Judc James R, Dean, democratic candidate for supreme Judge, -waa asked -this question: "Have you, contributed any. money to tha democratic campaign. umVTV . ., Hi answer was: "I contributed $100. .1 sent the money to Columbus. I did not give It to-Dr, Hall." .' By sending the money to Columbus, Judge Dean meant he had sent it to State Chair man Byrnes or whoever la In charge of the democratic state headquarters. Neither Judge . Sullivan or Judge Good are In the city, but If Judge Dean was assessed 1100 It Is presumed the other two candldatea were assessed a Ilk amount If not more. In view of the fact that the democrats made their campaign on the publicity of campaign contributions and Mr. Bryan even talked of it In his national campaign. the action of the democratic leaders In nullifying the law at their first opportunity has occasioned much unfavorable comment. Those who are discussing the matter say tt la simply another evidence of democratic Insincerity. NOTED SUFFRAGETTE' COMES Mr. Enimelln Gonld . Fankhnrst Arrive In America to Secure Vote for Women. NEW YORK. Oct. 20.-A quiet little group of New York women, bearing banners labeled "Votes for women," stood on the White Star liner pier tonight and welcomed to America Mrs. Emmeline Gould Pank hurst of Manchester, England,, the leader of the militant suffragettes of Great Britain. Immediately she set foot on the shore she was whisked away by ber admirers and supporters of the cause In this country to the Suffrage headquarters at 603 Fifth avenue. "I am pomlng to America," She said to the reporters, "to speak on the subject of equal rights for women and to study the situation In this country. I think we are away ahead of you In this matter. MANY SYRIANS LOSE VOTES RallasT Given br Chief Examiner of Census that They Are Not Whit Persona. LA CROSSE. Wis., Oct. 20. -Under a rul ing received here today from R. S. Cole man, chief examiner of the census bureau at Washington, 100 Syrian voters In La Crosse will lose their cltlsenshlp while hundreds of others all over the northwest will be affected. The ruling is thaw Syr ians, being of Asiatic origin ar not "white persons." Farmer Wins Loses on Nicholas Liewer, a sturdy Nebraska far mer, from the vicinity of Wlsner, gave a Jolt to professional note raisers lathe United States circuit court. Uiat may act as a wholesome lesson to this class of gentry showing that the day has passed when the average farmer can be made th placid victim of their smooth, games. The case on which the lesson a as ad ministered was that of the First National bank of . Shenandoah, Iowa, against Nlcnolas Liewer, to recover on a note for U.A alleged to have been given by Liewer in payment for som patent etock powders. The Shenandoah bank was an Innocent purchaser of th note and brought ault to recover, which Liewer . resisted on th ground that the note was a forgery. In that it had been ' raised from lit, sine having been signed by him and that after R. G. Valentine Says American People - Know Little of Real Natives. SAYS MORAL CODE IS LACKING Not Considered Crime to Steal from . Helpless Race is Impression. BUREAU ATTEMPTS GREAT WORK People of United States, However, Need Edn'cntlon Along;' Line of Fairness In Order to Overcome Evil. MOHONK LAKE.. N. T., Oct. 20.-"Th people of the United States ought to know certain things about their Indian bureau,' said R. O. Valentine, commissioner of In dlari affairs, in i speech today before the Mohonk, conference for friends of, the In dians and other dependent people. . 'They know tp1ay; too -little, about th two or three fundamental principles In ttie llght of,whlch-41 the .multiform activities of the Indian twice .fall into well ordered array In an advance, toward a single goal. "In the mind-of most people the Indian service Is a mere hodge-poage-of activity. Indians are going to this or that kind of a school, being allotted, raising stock, work ing in the woods, learning to . irrigate, drawing per capita payments In some oases and . rations In others, owning bank . ac counts of all sites from a few dollars to many thousands, going to church and en gaging In pagan , rites, t dealing shrewdly with traders or becoming an easy mark for them, developing all kinds of . diseases, getting drunk and even keeping sober, loafing and making some of the best work men the United States possesses, al' these various activities are kept In fu.ther con fusion by the kaleldscoplc changes Intro duced by the rapidly developing economic and social life of the white people scat tered more and more around and through the Indian country. . .,; . , , ... "This apparent, chaos . In. Indian affairs Is only true superficially. It la necessary for the people at large. tq understand what the fundamental principles governing the bureau are in order to assist In bringing them to the surface and to demand of the Indian bureau, and. of .congress their' In telligent and forceful application." Present System Ineffective. "It la possible to do only two things with the Indians," Mr. Valentine went on, "to exterminate them or make them into citlsens. Our present cours is a- cross be- mervij exicrrnwauon ana ciusenwnip. - In aoweluslon Mr. Valentin said: '"' 'If It is possible, tcr Wring th,reprinclp1ea of health schools and industry to the front, th Indian service will waken Into full con sciousness and Intelligence. : The superin tendent who writes In for 1700 to paint his buildings will not bp told there Is no money, nor will another superintendent who needs more rations for the old people be told that it is the policy of the government to discontinue rations. The bona fide white settler must come In and the land specu lator must go. Broad powers should be given by congress to the executive officers of the government by which In such mat ters as the allottment of Indians these officers can use their discretion. "Finally, one great force, perhaps above all others, must be met and overcome. It seems as If in many white men there ex. isted a different moral code among them selves and between themselves and the In. dlans. Men who would not think of steal lng from white men apparently consider It no crime to steal from Indiana This must ba corrected. "If the people of the United 8tates will take note of all these things these evils would disappear In a tew years. .They will not disappear until some fundamental leg islation Is. passed by congress in response to the will of the people." , Taft Enjoys Days on Ranch Secretary of War Dickinson Goes Duck Shooting, but President Sticks to Golf. . GREGORY, Tex., Oct to. President Taft is enjoying his brief experience as a ranch. man and the solitude that comes of being three miles away from the nearest settle ment He slept late again this morning and then went out on the golf links for a game wtih his brother, Charles P. Taft. The fact that Secretary of War Dickin son and Captain Butt bagged fifty-nine ducka yesterday has not yet prompted the president to shoulder a gun and go to the fresh water ponds. Secretary Dickinson is credited with a majority of yesterday's bag. This afternoon the entire party aet out for Rlncon, eight miles away, to witness a roundup of sheep and cattle, the brand ing of some mavericks and a roping con test between cow boy a and Bank Doctored Note having been raised It fell into the hands of'th Shenandoah bank. The bank, of course, was exempt from any blame for wrong doing. The case was bitterly fought and some Interesting testimony was brought out that made it look rather shaky for the etock powder company's agenta. The case went to the Jury and the Jury was out but little over half an hour when it came in with a verdict for Liewer. In which It was stated that the bank had no cause for ac tion. Experts had been called from th banks of Omaha to determine whether the note had been tampered with, and there was a difference of opinion regarding the matter, but th preponderance of evidence waa In favor of the defense, that evidences of tampering were manifest ' -if. . 0 i -ill He that rnleth From th Baltlmo're American. . . SAFEGUARD THE RESOURCES This is Slogan of Conservation Meet- Ting Slated for New Orleans. PINCH0T SHOULDERS BURDEN Will - Attempt to Fortkelp Conner-ra tion Idea and Also Safe Kew -' Thing Abont .Waterway ' ' Improvement.! WASHINGTON, Oct 2ft. Believing that the time has com for definite action looking- tov the , conservation of the xiatlon's great natural resources, leaders hi this movement from all parts pf th country will gather In New Orleans oijNovember 1, when th first Important atene teward put ting th principle of conservation' Into practical effect will be taken. . The occasion will be an Important-con ference of the chairmen of state conserva tion commissions. The governor and the chairmen of conservation commlsslona of fourteen southern states, Gifford Plnchot, national forester, and chairman of the Joint committee' on conservation; J. B. White, chairman 'of 'the executive committee of the National Conservation congress, and others will actively participate In the proi ceedtngs. The annual convention of . the Lakes to the Gulf Waterways association will be In session Ih New Orleanr at the me time,' and it is expected that con servationists will be on hand tn'large num bers. On the night of November 1 the state conservation commissions' chairmen will confer with Gifford Plnchot upon methods of conservation work, difficulties encoun tered and results accomplished by the va rious commissions represented. The keynote of the meeting will be "prac tical results." Of the far-reaching Impor tance, particularly to the south, the de liberations of the convention will have an important bearing upon conservation In other sections of the country. It is ex pected that recommendations will be made for the adoption by the various state leg islatures of specific laws that will have for their object the arresting of the great waste that is now going on In the south's natural resources and thereby saving them to posterity. The opening program as proposed here provides In addition to welcoming addreases by Mayor Martin Behrman of New Or leana. Governor Sanders of Louisiana and p. E. Ilardtner, president of the Louisiana conservation commission; addresses by H. N. Baker of Maryland, president of the National Conservation congress; J. B. White, on "The Prevention of Timber Waste." "In the Judgment' of many." said Mr. Plnchot tonight in Bpeaking of the confer ence, "the government of our Inland water ways Is one of the most-vital problems relating to the conservation of our natural resources. Indeed, any comprehensive plan of waterway improvement, even though It may be primarily for navigation purposes, must take Into consideration the us of tht waters for Irrigation, water power and do mestic supply. Lasting waterway Improve ment depends largely on the conservation of forests to protect the headwater and to protect soil erosion. As former Presl dent Roesevelt so forcibly said In speaking of the conservation movement, 'there is no other question of equal gravity now before the nation.' " Delaware Ready tor Trial. ROCKLAND. Me., Oct. 20. Tha new "dreadimught" class battleship, Delawara, arrived here today from Newport News for Its official acceptance trial on the Rock land course tomorrow. Last Chance To Eepste Saturday, Oct. 23 Last Tear's Registration Dees Not Cold Good This Tear himself is better than he that taketh Last Chance To is w Saturday, Oct. 23 Last Year's Registration Does Not Hclfl Good This Year, Deaths Follow . Tropical Blow- sn--nssms " --''. Typhoon Sweeps Luzon and Chinese ( : Coast, Causing Heavy Loss . of Life. MANILA, Oet. 20. A typhoon of unusual severity swept across northern and cen tral .Luion on Sunday night Wire com munication with all points beyond Dagu- pan and Luxort was cut off and details are lacking. One message brought to Dagupan from San Fabinn says that the loss of life was considerable and the damage to property heavy. Torrential rains accompanied the storm and an extensive area waa flooded The railroad bed was washed out at sev eral points and one railway station waa swept away. Later reports Indicate that the destruc tion wrought by the typhoon Is greater than at first believed. Th famous Ben guet road, extending fifty miles from Dagupan to Baguio. the summer capital and health reaort, haa been so damaged that probably $2fj0,000 will be required fol ks repair. No reports have yet been re ceived from the provinces of Union and Locos, uhlch were In the path of the storm. ' HONGKONG, Oct 20 -Many casualties attended a typhoon that played - havoc with the shipping and damaged other vessels at various points on the coast during the night. At this port the Stand ard Oil steamer Lyhdhurst fouled the Japanese steamer Hongkong Maru and both wer damaged. At Macao the Portu guese gunboat Patrla was lifted from lis moorings and carried up the Canton river, where it stranded. Many houses were blown down in the vicinity of Macao, where Junks and fishing smacks In largs number foundered. Involving many . cas ualties, x MRS. HERING ASKS DIVORCE National Head of Eagles Saed for sep aration by Wife at Soath Bend, Ind. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 20 (Special.) Frank E. tiering, national head of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, was todsy sued for divorce by Mrs. Herlng. Seg Street Railway Seeks to Enjoin License Ordinance The street car company has gone Into the petition to the offices of the equity district court to prevent the enforcement Judges, - but ' found them all gone to of the "motorman license" ordinance passed by the council October S and re-passed over Mayor I'ahlman's veto October 12. ' An injunction is sought by the street car company on several grounds that the pass ing of the ordinance was done through a "minister and secret motive," which waa to force the discharge of 1S5 of its employes; that It is unconstitutional; that the com pany will be unable to operate Its cars if the--ordinance is enforced, and being en gaged In part in Interstate buslnesa Is amenable to the Interstate Commerce com mission In this matter. Besides the Omaha aV Council Bluffs Strict Railway company, 8. H. Gay, R. tt. Jacobs, W. H. Eggers and twelve other motormen are parties to th petition. I Th petition was entered In the office of th district clerk shortly - after th noon hour by John L. Webster and im mediately ' withdrawn. Mr. Webster took a city. SOLDIER BOY IN HIGH PLACE Lad Who Served in Rehellion Now on Supreme Bench. CAREER OF JUDGE J. B. BARNES H rd Work for nn Edneatlon Find lis Reward In Eminent Sareesa In III Profession, and In - l'nblle Service. The career of Judge John B. Barnes, now on the Nebraska supreme bench, like that of a large proportion of our most promi nent .public -men, shows that the boy born and .raised vn.a farm has ' more than an even" chance, for ,a successful career. Th boy charactef seems 'to 'get, from the farm life experience,' a training toward Indus-' trlous habits, a steadiness of purpose and a ruggedness of character that marj s him later as a man and follows him on through life. The history of the' prominent men of the country shows that the American people recognized this, and that they instinctively turned kindly toward the man who started In life as a farmer boy. There is another popular theory that goes along with the prospects of young men who aspire to public life, and that Is that the man born In Ohio has about two chances to one over a competitor born in any other state. Whatever there is in this Ohio theory, which Is rather a doubtful one, It has worked out all right In the case of Judge Barnes. He waa not only born In Ohio, on an Ohio farm, but In Ashtabula county, J one of the most favored localities, and was born long enough before the war to be come . an enlisted soldier In the artillery at 18 years of age and to get four years of hard service before being mustered out In '65. . The 20-year-old young man as we see him nowadays, Is a good deal of a boy, but - the 20-year-old boy of '65 who had been four years In the war, in the artillery arm of the service, was a good deal of a man. The process of his book education had stood still, but the development of his character by experience and the enlarge ment of hla view of life and his knowledge of men had made him equal in will power, manly courage and personal force to the average man of 30. Eager' for Edneatlon. Looking out at the future, from the end of his 'soldier experience the young man Barnes wanted, above everything else, an education. He wanted to go to school. Farmers were poor In those days. It was hot aa.lt Is now, especially here In Ne braska, , where the farmer boy rides gatfy away on the railroad train to the college or university, with plenty of good clothes with motiey In his pocket, and with the up lifting assurance that there la plenty more bf It at home, whenever it Is needed. ; The , young . man Barnes had a fairly good start. In the rudiments of education, gotten in the country school, near the old home farm, but now he wanted a better education and he wanted to be a lawyer. (Continued on Second Page.) uncneon. iater ne secured a temporary restraining order from Judge Redick. The petition Is a voluminous document and recites at length how the effect of the ordinance would be dumaged to the com pany through the provision that all motor men must have been drilled two weeks by motormen who have been residents of the city three yeaia. This would be Impossible, says the com pany, In present conditions, and of Its 270 motormen 183 would havs to be let out. The company avers that the . real object of the ordinance is to get these 1S5 men's places filled by former employes of the company "who voluntarily left its employ early in September." Mr. Webster was asked if the street car company also planned Injunction proceed ings with regard to the far reduction ordinance and he an-vered: "That has not pasr yet " National Leaders An Here from Various Parts of Country. HEADED BY MRS. STEVENS Among Famous Women is Miss Ellen Stone, Missionary. WOMAN KIDNAPED IN EUROPE t early Arrived In a Body on On Train Yesterday. National leaders of the Woman's Chris tian Temperance union, whose convention opens at the Auditorium Friday, having arrived In Omaha, a treat prayer meeting for the convention will be held today at the First Methodist church, Twentieth and Davenport streets. Th morning session will -be from 10 to 12 o'clock and the aft ernoon from i lo i ' Miss E. W. Green wood, world's and national evangelistic superintendent, will preside at these meet ings. ' The program for the prayer meetings la as follows: ' 10 a. m.-ll m. Hymo, scripture, prayer. Keynote and reading of call to prayer by Mlas E. W. - Greenwood, superintendent Open meeting of prayer and conference. Topic and subject of prayer: "T..e Church of Christ." Announcements and benedic tion. Afternoon session Miss Greenwood pre siding. Opening exercises,' Mrs. J. K. Bar ney, world's prison evangelist Evangelistic conference'The Holy Spirit and Evangelistic Work." Mrs. Anna M. Palmer, N. E. "The Bible and Evangelis tic Work," Miss Elisabeth P. Gordon, five minutes. Scripture recitation, fev. Edith Hill Booker. "Prayer and Kvangeltstlo Work," by Rev. Mary L. Moreland, N. E. "Experiences In Evangelistic Work, by Rev. E. P. St. John, N. E. Hymn or solo and season of prayer. "The True Evangelistic Spirit," by Rev. Alice Ruth Palmer, N. E. "New Methods In Evangelistic Work and Sources of Power," by Mis E. W. Green wood, world's and national superintendent "Consecration and Evangellttlo Work," by Mrs. Rebecca J. Trego, N, E. "The Church and Evangelistic Work," by Rev. Mary E. Kuhl, N.E. Closing season of prayer, and conference. Nearly ISO strong, the executive board or the National Women s Christian Tem perance union arrived In Omaha and spen th first day tn executive . session .at the Rome hotel, preliminary to the opening of th tMrfv-atvfH .nitn.l nr.ni'.ntUH organisation, whlctawlH ..convene at the Auditorium Friday. , , A special Milwaukee train brought ' tb women rrom tho east The local conven tion committee met the train and brought the women to the Rome hotel, where head quarters Jias been established. . Besides the general officers, Mrs. Lillian M. N. Stev ens of Portland, Me., president; Miss Anna Gordon of Evanston, III., vice president at large; Mrs. Frances P. Parks of Evan ston, 111., corresponding secretary: Mrs. Elisabeth Preston Anderson of Valley City, N. D., recording secretary; Mrs. 8ara H. Hoge of Lincoln, Va , assistant recording secretary, and Mrs. Elisabeth P. Hutchin son of Evanston, III., treasurer, the party Includes state presidents, national lectur ers, organisers and department superinten dents, representing most of . the eastern and southern states. Th main delegations wll not arrive until today. Miss atone in tne Party.. Among these early arrivals are several women of more than national prominence. Mrs. Martha M. Allen of New York and Mrs. Edith Amlth Davis ol Milwaukee served as representatives Of the United States government at the. antl-aloohollo conference at London this year, and Mrs. Abble B. HUlerman ha Just returned from Panama, where she organised branches of the Women's Christian Temperance union and succeeded In having scientific temper ance Instruction Introduced Into tha publlo school curriculum of the canal sone. A score of well known lecturers are also here, Including Miss Ellen M. Stone, the missionary kidnaped by Turkish bandits a few years ago, and Mra. A. C. Carmer, world's superintendent of Demorest medal contest 'work. Just what the voting strength of th con vention will be is hot yet known, but dis cussing it Miss Anna,Gordon and Miss Eva Kllbreth Foster, at the head of the press work, said they expected a full representa tion. The National Women's Christian Temperance Union now has a membership of over 300,000 and one delegate to the con vention Is allowed for each 600. The entertainment committee, Mrs. I A. Borthelm chairman. Is rushed assigning to places of entertainment, and besides thes3 several hundred women are expected to attend as visitors and will be lodged in the hotels and private homes of the eity. A special train brought th officers of the Nebraska Women's Christian Temper ance union from Lincoln, where that body has beeh In session th last two days. They Were accompanied by most of the delegates to the state meeting, who will remain for the convention and who have been quartered In the special dormitory provided at the Touny Men's Chris. Ian association. . , That the prupowed amendment to th or ganization's constitution providing for a, consolidation of tha Junior Loyal Temper ance Legion, th young people's organisa tion, with the loung Woman's Christian Temperance Union, In a body to be known aa Uie Frances Wlllard branch. Is to be holly contested. Is already evident , "There will be dissension, but not con tention," said MUs Eva K. Foster, press superintendent, Sut the Utile knots of worm n assembled about th corridors and parlors discussed 'th matter with a fervor indicating that the question Is lo be a real Usue to be hotly contested ou both sides. The election of officers will be scarcely I One Hdred and Fifty Leaders of This Orgnataat lrn more tha.n a formality. The organisation's business requires trained workers And the present corps la most efficient Devotleaal Meetings. ' During the convention, beginning Friday, devotional meetings will be beld dally, at H:1M a. m. Different places will b ae-
