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The Omaha! Daily Bee lilE OMAHA DEE foes to the homes ta read by tha women polls goodi for advertiser. WEATHER F0RT.CAST. For Nebraskn llnln at nlgM. For lown Oomly, For wont her report see rnp a. VOL. XXXLX-NO. 140. OMAHA, FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1909 TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. INSURGENTS ARE ' GAIN1NGGR0UNI) Revolutionist! in Nicaragua Are in Possession of All East Coast Except Oreytown. Train Burns, but All Passengers Declared Safe MINE IS SEALED TO CHECK EIRE Council of Experts at Cherry, 111., Determines Upon This Course After Long Discussion. COAL PILLARS ARE BURNING DAY OF GENUINE m IN OMAHA Thanksgiving Finds People Healthy and Happy and is Observed with Real Spirit. THAT PLACE CLOSELY BESIEGED General Toledo! Army is Hemmed in by Land and Se,a. WIRES AGAIN FAIL TO WORK United States Unable to Communicate with Its Officials. EXECUTIONS NOT ED 7; Mate Department Has A C'annnn and Kroee Shoo Meea IleRardeil as P onera of War. ni'M.RTIX. WARHIXaTOX, Nov. 25.-The aguan revolutionists are Raining g " according to advices received here the commander of the cruiser Des Moines, now In Nlearaguan waters. The dispatch adds that American Interests are being protected and that the blockr.de by the rev olutionary forces Is effective. WASHINGTON'. Nov. 25The State and Navy departments got I ntouch with Nicar agua overnight through the gunboat Des Moines, which hn been plying between Port Llmon on the Qulf cgast of Conta Rica and Ureytown, w hich l Ihe southern port of Nicaragua, on the same coast. Captain Shipley, commander of the Des Moines, reported briefly on the conditions on the east coast of Nicaragua, which Is entirely In the possession of the Insurgent forces, with the exception of Oreytown proper, where General Toledo of President Zt lava's army Is hemmed In by land and sea by the revolutionists. The only American warship on the west coast of Nicaragua Is the Vicksburg, ly ing off Corinto, but no word has come from that ship in the last two days, Inter rupted telegraphic communication being the only explanation offered. It has got to be a matter of common note that the telegraph falls In 'vhe most perfect weather, when the United States govern ment tries to communicate with one of Its diplomatic or consular agents In time of revolution In Central America. That the explanation to be made by the Nlcarnguan government of the conditions under which the two Americans, Oroce and Cannon, were executed as forecasted In the news dispatches from Central Amer ica will be unsatisfactory to the state de partment is probable. From any point the official view la that the men were free from the charge of being spies and were entitled to be regaried as prisoners of war and therefore not subject to that penalty.. Moreover. If .they worre captured In Costa Rica, aa reported, tha act was In clear violation of Costa Rlcan sovereign ity and may easily lnvo've Costa Rica In war" with the Zelayan government If the American government turns to Costa Rica for redresa. Flahtlnar Near Bloeflelds. MOBILE, Nov. 25. Offlcera of the steamer Blueflelds arriving today from Tort Llmon, Costa Rl:-a, say it was re ported at Tort Llmon That fighting was going on In the rear of "Blueflelds. As the Blueflolds was leaving, a large American Cruiser was making Into Port Llmon. Americans Captured lu Battle. COLON, Nov. 25. It Is stated in reliable quarters here that Groce and Cannon, the Americans who were executed recently, were shot and buried by order of President Zeleya. They were with General Cham orro and were captured during a fight near Colorado Junction. Great Indignation la felt here over the executions. t If I. - .u.,t.,tn nf m K i . u whn nnlri M Visit . 1 1 r IB 1M n 1 .1 v. aa . to President Estranda at Oreytown yes terday says that General Chamorro's block ade Is effective. A Heavy sea Is running, which he Bays prevents the escape of the' Zelayan forces. Oreytown Is devoid of provisions and the Zelayan troops are ix pocted to capitulate shortly. Two hundred deserters from tha government forces east of Rama Joined Qeneral Estrrada yester day. The men were In a famished condl tlon. Since the announcement was made that the American government had recognized the revolutionists ethuslasm here has4 be come more Intense. Volunteers from the plantations and gold mines are eagerly of fering their services to General Estrada Ilrlttsh Cruiser at Blueflelds. COLON, Nov. 26. A wireless dispatch from Blueflelds, Nicaragua, dated Novem ber 24, received today, says: "The British cruiser Scylla arrived here Sunday and leaves today. ' "Commander Bertram 8. Theslger of the miser made an official visit to Provisional President Estrada Tuesday." , WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. The visit of the llrltlsh cruiser Scylla to Blueflelds, Nica ragua, and the call of Its commander, Bertram 8! Theslger, on Ssnor Estrada, the provisional president, Is not understood at the British embassy. Inquiry there to night met with the atatement that no ad vice of the warship's call had been re ceived, and In the absence of such advices It Is conjectured that the vessel put In merely to discover whether British Inter ests were In Jeopardy. Eng aged to Two; Kills Himself I Iowa Man Commits Suicide Because of Threatened Breach of Promise Suit. VINTON. Ia., Nov. 25. (Special ) Har assed with threats of breach of promise suits, and fearing lest ha would ba prose cuted by two young women whom. It Is alleged, he had become engaged to, Alva Jewell, living five miles north of here, committed suicide some time this after noon by shooting himself. His body was found In an outbuilding, aud when dis covered was still warm. The young man left the house In the morning, laying '.hut he waa going rabbit hunting- Ilfcause of his morosenesa during recent days, when he did not return for dinner the family started a search for him. It is said that Jewell had made love to and been accepted by two young women Urbana, both of whom, when they found "their lover waa bethrothed to another, hired a, lawyer and threatened to sue. Three Trainmen Killed and Two Others Fatally Injured in Spectacular Wreck. SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 26. Three trainmen dead, two others believed to ba fatally Injured, five out of six cars on Great Northern passenger train destroyed by fire, but every passenger safe, Is tha summing up of a wreck on the Northern Taclflc railroad, about a mile from Llnd, shortly after midnight, due to the collision between Great Northern Train No. 4 and a "helper" erfglne. The dead include Engineer L. Reaman, Fireman Jacob Spangler and Pilot Tyler of the passenger train. The engineer and firemen on the "helper" engine are believed to be fatally hurt. The accident occurred either through misunderstanding or disregard of orders. The Great Northern passenger train from he coast was traveling over the Northern clflc track on account of floods and shouts on the Great Northern line, '.was due In Llnd shortly after 1 o'clock iib morning. The "wild" engine started west, and no sooner had It left the station than the operator knew a terrible mistake had been made, but had no means of cor recting It. About a mile from Llnd the engine and the passenger came In collision. According to Engineer Rush, who had pulled the train to Prosper, but who waa riding on the train from that point aa a passenger, every passenger escaped except one, who was only slightly Injured. Court Prevents Third Marriage of Ohio Girl Mrs. Larcum, 19 Tears Old, Divorced Monday, Planned Wedding for Thanksgiving. DEFIANCE, O., Nov. 25. Too much pub licity spoiled for the present the plans for the marriage of Mrs. Bessie Sheck-WIl-llams-Larcum, aged 19, an Intended Thanksgiving event. The girl was divorced Monday In probate court from her second husband, Edward Larcum, and through a newspaper reporter confided to the publlo that she Intended to be married at once to Benjamin Hill, who had been a boarder at her parents' home and had advanced money to pay for the divorce proceedings. When Hill applied yesterday to the same court for a marriage license It waa re fused, and he was Informed that the for mal decree of dlvoroa would be withheld while the court looked further Into the circumstances. The girl waa first married at tha age of 18 to Percy.. WHllaisswof Cincinnati,' and after a divorce married Edward J. Larcum of Despler in January last Hunter Killed Aiding Friend John Krenzer Tries to Pull William Gift Out of Mud with Gun Barrel. While holding the barrel of a gun In the hands of William Gift of 1554 North Seventeenth street, who was stuck In the mud In a slough near the Illinois. Central railroad tracks In East Omaha, John H. Krenzer of 1207 North Twenty-first street was shot through tha heart by tha acci dental discharge of the gun. Krenzer Is 17 years of age. He and his younger brother, Tommy Krenxer, aged 13; William Gift and Leonard Neauman were out hunting. They left their homes at 10 o'clock In the morning and were on their way back. While wading through the slough Gift Gift got stuck In the mud. He asked for assistance, which waa offered by John Krenzer. Krenaer could not quite reach Gift, so held out the end of his gun barrel that Krenzer might )pull him out. Krenzer took hold and began pulling, when the gun was accidentally discharged. The shot struck Krenser In the heart. He died Instantly and fell In his tracks. Gift, who was holding the muzzla of the gun, was mora than horrified. With ex treme exertion he got out of the mud and helped carry hla victim to dry land. The Krenzer boys are well known In Omaha. Their father, John B. Krenzer, has been employed aa a mechanic. In the Union Pacific shops for a number of yeara. Gift Uvea with his parents at 1664 North Seventeenth street and the other youth, Leonard Neauman, Uvea at 1650 North Seventeenth street. The body waa turned over to the coroner of Council Bluffs. Krenier's parents were completely grlef-strlcken when they learned of the sudden death of their aon. SPEECH GONE TWO MONTHS Operation Restores Power to Talk to Maa Who Waa Injured la Fight. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 25,-Hls tongue unfet tered after a two-months silence, Monroe Prlta talked as cheerfully as a child In telling today for the first time of the as sault which, resulting In a skull fracture, had robbed htm of speech. In a road house near East St Louis, Frits waa struck with a billiard cue by a man who waa angry because he had act'ed aa a peacemaker In a fight There was no witness to tha encounter and his friends, finding him unable to tell them anything about the occurence were at a loss to ac count for his Injury. A trephining operation was performed at the city hospital here which at once re lieved the pressure on the brain and re stored the ower of speech. DE ARM0ND FIRE COMES FROM DEFECTIVE WIRE BUTLER. Mo.. Nov. 25. It la now be lieved the fire which caused the death of Congressman David A. Da Armond and his -year-old grandson, David A. Da Armond. Jr., last Tuesday, started In tha attic of tha De Armond home and --waa caused by defective electric wiring. At first It seemed probable that the fire originated In tha room In which the congressman and the Utile boy were sleeping It May Be Several Weeks Before Shaft Can Be Reopened. WATER FALLS TO REACH FIRE Officials Find that Its Only Effect is to Fill Lower Level. NO MORE BODIES ARE FOUND Generally Conceded that No Chance of I.ItIhb; Men- Belli a; la tho St. Paul Mine Now Kilate. CHERRY, Ii:.. Nov. 25. Details of a meeting held here early today between the entire state mining board, Battalion Chief McDonald of the Chicago fire department and W. W. Taylor, general suuperlntendent of the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul company's mines, wero made known this afternoon. Battalion Chief McDonald, after an In spection of the work being accomplished by his men who had been throwing water In the east bottom of the mine for more than a week, advised the state mine In spectors and the representatives of the coal company that the water being thrown Into tha mine was not reaching the fire and that he saw no use of throwing In any more water, as It was merely' ftr.lng up the third vein. Bodies of the known dead In that vein are already Inaccessible owing to the quantity of water already thrown Into the mine and to Increase this amount of water, McDonald said, would delay recovery of bodies Indlfelnltely. Mr. Williams of the Urbana rescue sta tion, who had been keeping careful note of the gases formed In the mine," reported that the fire had extended to the coal pillars and was forming dangerous gases and making It perilous for rescuers to continue at work. After considerable discussion and a care ful going over of all phases of the situa tion It was unanimously agreed by the meeting that the only thing that would make possible ultimate recovery of the bodies In the mine waa to seal up both the main shaft and the air shaft and keep them sealed until the cutting off of the air smothred tha flra. Tha shafts were thereupon sealed. Batt with Fire. After more than 160 bodies had been discovered In the mine, early yesterday ef forts . to carry them to tha surface were abandoned while a battle was begun to check a fire which again threatened tha main shaft. ' Yesterday flames from fire in the- aecond vein, 310 feet below the surface, had swept fifty1 feet up the main shaft Then the flra was forced back. Mine Manager Taylor declared that tha destruction of the main shaft la at all times Imminent, and with It will go tha only possibility of removing bodies. That no men survive In the mine now Is generally conceded, even by the most optimistic. The only part of the mine as yet unex plored and In which living men possibly could be found Is the east working of the second vein, at the entrance to which the fire Is burning fiercely. Twice rescuing parties that have ventured past the fire area have been temporarily cut off by these flames and rescued with difficulty. No further attempt to venture Into It will be made until the fire la extinguished, which may be a work of days. May Amend Mining! Lam, SPRINGFIELD. 111., Nov. Jt.-As a result of the mine fire at Cherry, Governor De neen may Incorporate In his call for a spe cial session of the legislature, to be held In December, a request that the state mln- I lng laws be amanded to provide that fire proof mine shafts be built In all mines. The tentative plan would call for shafts built of concrete and steel Instead of tim ber, and the removal of all mine atables from underground to the surface. Governor Deneen today told a delegation of officers of the State Federation of La bor and of the United Mine Workers of America that he would submit their de mands for greater safety In mines to the newly appointed State Mining commission. He added that If the commission could formulate specific amendments to the min ing laws that would be desirable, ha would Incorporate the recommendations In his call for the special session of the legisla ture. Cruiser Really to Sail for the South Four Hundred Marines Prepared to Go to Nicaragua on Short ' Notice. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 25. With Its hold stored with provisions and ammunition the United States cruiser Prairie lies at the Philadelphia navy yard today ready to Ball for Panama or Nicaragua. Four hun dred marines who were to be carried by the cruiser to Caribbean waters are await ing the signal to start. Several weeks ago orders were received at the navy yard from the Navy depart ment at Washington to have the Prairie ready to transport marines to the Isthmus of Panama in December. After the Nlcar aguan Incident In which two Americans were shot orders were received from Washington to advance the sailing time and the cruiser probably will leave on Saturday. Meanwhile preparations are being made at the navy yard for a review of sailors and marines by (Secretary of the Navy Meyer. The secretary will arrive here to morrow and the review will be held In tha afternoon. The marine band will come from Washington to take part In the re view. Lea- Brakes la Twelve P lares. YANKTON. Nov. 2S.-Speclal.)-Char.a Jackson, whose home la at Hydro. Okla., and who travels for thi Enid Nursery com pany. Oklahoma, la In the hospital here with his right leg fractured In twelve places, the result of a bad fall on an Icy walk. Jackson la over 50 years cf age and the physicians consider his case a very serious one Indeed. Lltte hope la enter tained of tha patient ever using the limb again. ' ' Keep nn Eyp nn iVn TW-a From the Minneapolis Journal; L , mi " CCRZON NOT IN DEB Former Viceroy of India Attackcj Sudden Illness. LORD ASHBOURNE IN HIS Pi Noted Unionist . Makes Attack Budget and Defends Right Lords to Withhold Their . Consent. LONDON, Nov. 25. Although thl the fourth day of the budget deba the absence of Lord Curzon, who t a sudden Indisposition waa to hav tlrued the unionist attack upon the measure, detracted somewhat from t) ular Interest, there was little falling the attendance when the House of met this afternoon. The benches again were crowde peers, members of the House of Co were gathered about the throne, an esses, diplomats and other dtstlm Imf persons filled the galleries. The extension of the time for deb give opportunity for more of the ".orda to be heard and many maiden speeches will be made. Lord Revelstoke, who has been a member of the aecond chamber for twelve yeers, made his first speech In the House of Lords this week. Lord Ashbourne, who has been a mem ber of several unionist cabinets, took Lord Curzon's place In reopening the debate, and while many were disappointed at the failure of the former . viceroy of India to epeak, the visitors heard an orator almost equally- notable. ! Lords aad History. . Lord Ashbourne cdntpiided there waa no authority on constitutional history that dis puted tha right of the lords to act accord ing to their discretion In accepting the budget This year's budget, by presenting a va riety of bills within Its covers, sought for the first time In the history of the budgets to go far beyond the scope of providing revenue to meet the annual expenditures. he said. He declared the government had performed an unconstitutional act In tacking on the budget bill a measure for the taxa tion of undeveloped land. Against the licensing clauses, which, after the rejection of the licensing bill, appeared here In a worse form, he also held was obvious tack ing. He added that evidences of the unrest caused by the budget bill were everywhere. Consols had drDpped, he said, and untold millions of capital had been driven abroad. Of what use, he asked, was the House of Lords, If, when the time for action came, It could not act?" Lord Balfour of Burleigh, a unionist free trader and member of the former unionist cabinet, after attacking the budget, ad mitted, that while the lords had never In so many words surrendered their right of Interference, usage had established that the House of Commons waa supreme In matters of finance. Mrs. Roosevelt is Back from Europe Accompanied by Miss Ethel She Goes at Once to Oyster Bay. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and her daughter. Miss Ethel, returned today from Europe. Mrs. Roose velt's step-daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and Collector of the Port William Loeb, Jr., met the travelers at the pier. They will go from here to the Roosevelt residence at Oyster Bay. H undreds Trapped in Japanese Mine Heavy Loss of Life Feared as Re suit of Explosion in a Coal Shaft. TOKIO, Nov. 23. Heavy loss of life Is feared as the result of an explosion today in a ccal mine at Onoura, Eukoko province. Fifteen men are known to have perished, while 228 miners are entombed In the workings. OIL OPERATORS WANT RELIEF Ask Modification of Lease with In diana, Oslai to Decrease In Price, PAWNEE, Okl., Nov. 25.-OH operators of Osage, Washington aud Tulsa counties at a conference here yesterday with the government Indian commissioner de manded amendments to the leasing regula tions of the Interior department, which will remove the condition that requires that they pay fl an acre annually on leased lands not developed. The operators asked for permanent re lief from paying royalties to the Indians on the basis of 41 cents a barrel for oil, because they asserted the market price for oU had been reduced to Si cent a barrel. Kills Himself "Goodby," He Cries to Roommate and Leaps from Third-Story Window. CHICAGO, Nov. 28. Eluding Ms room mate and shouting a frantic "goodbye," William 3. McCormick, 81 yeara old, a student at the , Moody K Biblical Institute here jumped from k third story window of the institute dormitory today and died while being taken to a hospital. Strange actions on the young man's part for some daya had been noticed, and his room mate, J. L. Osborne, had been asked by the school authorities to watch him. McCormick reltred late and Osborne aeeing his asleep, layed down beside him, only to be awakened by the shouted farewell as the student plunged from the window to his death. Close Guard for Cook's Records Secretary Lonsdale Sails for Copen hagen with Bulky Package of Documents. NEW TORK, Nov. 25. Anotner chapter In the North pole controversy was begun today with the departure of the data and reporta which Dr. Frederick A. Cook com piled In the arctic, for Denmark, where they will be submitted to the University of Copenhagen as proof of Dr. Cook's assertion that he reached the north pole on April 21, 1908. The records were taken abroad by Walter Lonsdale, private secretary of the explorer, who sailed on the steamship United States for Copenhagen. The documents bulked large and Mr. Lonsdale said that he would keep them under careful guard until they were placed In the hands of Dr. Torp, rector of the Copenhagen university. The records and reports contain about 30,000 words and the university authorities probably will be several weeks going over them. CHILE THREATENS BOYCOTT Mar Refuse to Bay American Goods Unless Alsop Claim la With drawn. SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 25. The attitude of the United States government In the matter of the Alsop claim held by the United States against Chile Is producing an effect upon the business of the country. Chilean buyers are cancelling orders for American products pending a. decision In tho case. IQUIQUE, Chile. Nov. 25 The popular feeling here Is that the Alsop claim of the United States against Chile Is unjust. A public meeting will be held probably on Saturday at which It will be proposed to boycott American products unless the United States desists from pressing the claim. Berwyn Aviator Takes Wife; Quits Airship for Fireside BROKEN BOW, Neb., Nov. 25. (Special.) Prof. Ulrlrh Sorenson, of aeroplane fame, whose remarkable drop through the air of ISO feet will be remembered, has given up aerial navigation and, after Thanksgiving, will settle on earth for an Indefinite per iod and become a humble tiller of the soil. The causa of this change became ap parent at tha court house yesterday, when the professor was caught red-handed In the act of taking out a marriage license for himself and Miss Cora Talbot of Beiwyn. The wedding ceremony waa quietly per formed at the residence of the bride's people on Thanksgiving morning and the young couple will take a abort DINNER BIG AFFAIR oth Turkey, 'Possum and Pie on the Menu. AMERICAN SERVICES HELD Ident, Vice President and Other Hanltarlea Attend Sprelal Ker- clses at St. Patrick's Catholic Church. ASHINQTON, Nov. 25. President Taft his family had a genuine Thanks- ig dinner today. In addition to the himoth turkey which had been sent to White House by Horace Vose of Wes- R. I., and he fifty-pound mince pie by the bakers of New York City o was a twenty-six-pound "billy 'pos- said to be the largest and plumpest trapped In the Georgia woods, on table at the White House dining room. the president's family except Robert, 1 Is at school at New Haven, dined j him. ' "?tH pan-American Thanksgiving service this1 'morning In St. Patrick's Roman Catho llo church was attended by President Taft. Vice President Sherman and several m m bera of the cabinet. Cardinal Gibbons and Mgr. Falconlo. apostollo delegate to the, United States, were present. The members of the cabinet spent the day quietly here. v Throughout the city the day Is being ob served In the customary way. All the de partments of the government, the banks and practically all of the atorea In the city er.e closed! ( .- . Dinner for Former Prisoner). That Captain Joseph F. Bhlpp, former sheriff of Chattanooga, and his compan ions, who are serving Jail Bentencea In flicted by the supreme court of the United Statea for contempt of that high tribunal, have a legion of friends In their Tennessee home was attested today. These friends saw to It that the former sheriff and his fellow Tennessf eans w.re provided with a turkey dinner of lavish proportions. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Nov. 25. Salva tion Army workers today found the wife and children of Henry H'. Padgett In desti tute circumstances. Padgett Is one of the codefendants with Captain Shlpp, now con fined In the District of Columbia Jail on a contempt crarge. Mrs. Padgett and her children were dependent for a limited Thanksgiving dinner on the bounty of a nearby grocery and the Sulvatlon Army has started a fund to keep the family In tread until the husband completes his sen tence. Frankfurters la Old Tom's. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28. Frankfurters and sauerkraut accompanied by boiled cabbago and potatoes defeated turkey and cran berry sauce In a referendum vote at the St. Louis workhouse today. As. a conKe quence 'the toothsome American bird was not In evidence at dinner. In contrast to the workhouse was the quarantine station. Here an average of twenty-five pounds of turkey waa served to each Inmate, there being only one of them Mong Wing, a leper. He Is the only leper In this part of the world and there fore perforce dined alone. He had alsci the usual "trimmings" and some celery, which he had planted and cultivated him self. The 700 Insane asylum patients ate spring lamb. Half Million Turkeys In Gotham. NEW YORK, Nov. 25. More than 500,000 Thanksgiving turkeys were sizzling today In the ovena of as many homes, while hotels, restaurants and charitable Institu tions wero packed with holiday diners. The Salvation Army announced through Colonel William A. Mclntyre that It was looking for a hall full of "gentlemen who have not only stepped off the water wagon, but have lost all hope of regaining a seat thereon." The Bowery mlsnlon chose tod.iy to open Its regular 1 o'clock-ln-the-mornlng winter bread line and gave a dinner tol.OOO waifs of the Bowery and Chinatown. The Antor estate gave a dinner to 600 newtths. Many brokerage and banking houHcs sent out brealtfasts to the poor. trip before settling on their farm near Berwyn. As the aviator carefully placed the license Inside of his coat pocket, he remarked: "Yes, I'm going to quit exploring the a'r, for a time, at least. It wouldn't be square to the little girl If I didn't cut it out and take to something on a uter hauls. Under stand, I don't mean to ray I am through with It for good; If I could afford to put the right kind of a motor In my machins I would undoubtedly take another whirl at the game, as the danger In that case wouUl be reduced toarutnlnium. But good motors, such as I want, cot money, and It will probably be some time before I am able thoroughly to equip an aeroplane on my own linen." SPRING-LIKE WEATHER 13 A HELP Through Bright Sky and Warm Air Nature Bestows Smile. INDOOR AND OUT THE FESTIVAL 13 Devout Give Thanks in Religious Observance of the Day. VIGOROUS YOUTH RUNS AND PLAYS Even the Pork on the ninrk and Fnt Poultry Seem" to tilve Forth rrt'ihiiFM of the Cheer ful Srnnciii, It was a day of genuine thanksgiving In Omaha. And busy commerce pnnsed to ob serve It. The n father spring-like In Its balmy, clear ntmnyphere-toned tho spirits to a hlpli key and the Great Human Fam ily, or that portion of It In this city, partook of fecial feasts and engnited In devout wnrnhlp and participated In out-of-door exercise with a vim and vigor characteris tic of a henltliy. happy people. That aspect of Thanksgiving day from which the name Itself 1h derived, ns not Ignored in Otnuha, many churches holding services of praise and gratituda and these services were particularly Im pressive amonR thosn denominations to whom the day means much In on historical way. But there was opportunity for all who felt like observing the day In other thnn a gastronomies! wny, so to net. One sermon with particular reference to the history and mtunlng of Thanksgiving day was delivered by Rev. L. O. ISalrd, pastor of St. Mary's Avenue Congrega tional church, who occupied the pulpit at Grace Lutheran church, where one of sev eral union services of the day was held. "As Christmas Is the feast of tho nativity of ChrlRt," said Dr. Halrd, "and as the Fourth of July Is tliu birthday celebration of the American nation, so Thanksgiving day Is tho blrthdny holiday of Puritanism. I am here to say some words concerning Puritanism and the Puritan. So with All tirent Kvents. "Just as nt the birth of Christ, there were the wise men who rejoiced and tho people who wondered and the Herod whi scoffed, so It has been with other great events and facts at their Inception and afterwards. "It has become the fashion to Indulge In much easy abuse of the Puritan. To call a thing puritanical' Is to damn It; to call a statute a blue law' Is to kill It. And all thlB abuse, all this unfounded criticism ia entirely unjustifiable. "I do not want to return to witch hang ings there never were any witch burnlngy in New England. Nor do 1 wish to return to the Intolerance which exiled Roger Wil liams; nor to the fake blue laws which are much talked of, but most of which as ex ampled were never In any statute book. "These references as commonly made are the exaggerations of caricature. And what basis they have It) face were the excesses necessary to a pi Imal state. It Is true that their ways were rigorous, but their hearts wero stupendous. The easy going critic seated in his armchair under ssi electric light In a steam heated flat seems to forget tho drnpery of thesis rugged men was cut from the cloth of their day. "Do you Judte a school by Its dunceB or by Its whfe pupils? "Do you rate men at their boM or their worst? a erases? Shall we discount P. ter after Pentecost because he had lied onco and Bworn once?" Anal) IIzoh Popular t hnrajpa. Dr. Halrd then went on to analyze many of the popular charts ugalnst the Purl tans in New England. He referred to witch burning, now well known by tliu educated never to have occurred In Amer ica. "There were all told thlrty-ono executions for witchcraft In New Englund," sn d re, "and this was but In the futy of the de lusion which swept across frum the old world. Prior to tliu M saehusPfj ou Lr ai there were 30.000 put to death In England, 75.0UO in Germany, 100.OH) in Fiaiicj-all for the isame cause. "Do you ever hear anything about witch craft In England? Do you ever hear about It In Germany? In France? "Four years later we see In New Eng land the whole community Join In u puMla expression of humility and penitence." Seated with Rev. Mr. Halrd before tha sermon were Rev. W. K. Todd of the Ti Ird Presbyterian church, M. L. M'llck of tha church In which the services were held, Dr. Ball of the Parkvale Congregational and W. S. Fulton of the Westminster Presbyterian. Members of the Hanrcom Park Methodist Episcopal church al o took part In the service. IIHIST1AM1 V hop: Its Influence the Mil Qua Non of Modern t ivlllattilon. Union TnanksgH lng fervlces were held hy the Fust Christian, Kountze Momorla'. and First Baptist church a ut tliu First Baptist church. Twenty-ninth and Harney HtreeU. Rev. J. M. Kerrey of the First Christian preached the set mon. Itev. J. W. Conley of First Baptist -lead tho scripture lesuon from the ltrid Psalm, and prayer was led by Itev. J. E. llumnion of Kuuntzo Memorial. "The essential feature of our Tranks kIvIiiks on this day Is that we live In the civilization nf Appomattox, rather than that of Troy," salj lr. Kersey. "AchU'es, victorious over Hector, drugged the dead Lody of his conquered foe thrice around the walla of Troy. Gi a.it. S OuO yearis later, fjave to the conquered I.ce the benediction of a Christian clvlllzttloii to go and re habltate their devastated homes and Join with the victors In effacing the vrstigej of vur for the glorification nf a Christian civilization and the betterment of human- ny. "It Is f r such possll llltles thut we should b thankful. We should be further tliank- l f ul that the church is not losing It grip 'on God's world, whatever Iconoclasts may I claim. The church nf Uml has a stronger , hold on humanity today tlinn ever brfuie. Today tdO.Ot Mi) 'hrNtlans are worshiping ; the true God. In t!m n'mtci nth ctniury I more piople became t'hi lstlars thnn In all .the piecedlng centuries since th Gospel of Jesus Christ was given to the w orld. "We should be thankful for tho r.reat 'prosperity of our beautiful horn city of Omaha. We should b thankful for the I Bible, the thief book of ail tha woMU.