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A
URGE U. S. INSURE
AMERICAN TRADE
Sixty Business Men Meet Pt Wash
ington and Suggest Plan to Re
store Over Seas Commerce.
LEADERS OF GREAT ARMIES General J offrc, commander-in -chief of the French
army, with the grand cross of the Legion of Honor decorating the left side of his coat; be
low General Conrad de Hoetzendorf, chief of staff of the Austrian army, in supreme com
mand of the Austrian troops.
COMMITTEE OF TWELVE NAMED
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for Pnnar lmtodln
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1'.. - Gov eminent j
Insurance against war risks of American
registered ships and the.r cargoes wan J
the solution offered today tiy sixty rep- ,
resentatlve huslness men of lh country
for tlw stoppage of American overseas
commerce because of the Kuropcan war. I
The proposal was made in definite form
after an all day conference presided ovtr .
by Secretary McAdoo of the ''rcusury ;
department, wlm ca'Icd the meeting, i
Practically all of the largest hanking and
hipping Interestr. In the t'nl'.cd State? ,
were represented. Thi confen nee ap- ,
pointed a cominlttte of twelve, I eadr I
by Srth Low. president of the National
Civic federation, to remain in Wasliinu
ton and advise with the g ivernmcnt !
departments and i-umm'ttees of coniiirfi ,
during the framing of legislation be
lieved necessary to relieve conditions pro
duced by the wur abroad. !
Beuhm Drafting Rill. !
The committee- tonight began drafting ;
a btll to be presented to congress Imme
diately and pressed for passage, with a ,
view to having a government Insurance '
bureau In operation as soon as possible !
H'M-r the pending measure modifying re-j
atrlotlons on American regist;allon of I
foreign built ship.-" goes into olfect. '
Jn addition to Secretary McAdoo off;- )
eiuls who participated In the conference I
were Secretaries Houston und lledf'eld. !
all the members of the Federal Ueserve !
board. Senator Owen and Kcprescntative
Glass, chairmen of the scnsle and house
hanking committees, and Itepresentatlve
Adamson. chairmen of the house Inter
slate and foreicn commerce committee,
llnnrft Art- Cloned.
To insure freedom of discussion, the '
conference was held boiij.id closed door..
but the resolutions ud pted and sonic of
the proceedings, of the conference were!
r.iHde public In h cdaV 'ivnt, issued to
r gilt by Secretary Al A. loo. The stutc
n.ent declar d to have been the coiv
sensus of opinion at the conference that
with "enlarged rogistty of American
tlilps and action by tin- government sun
plemcntlng whTrt private companies might
'do in connection with Insurunce, the
question of export o.f gtalti and cotton
and of foreign exchange would rapidly
nlvc themselves."
Many speakers. Including J. I'; Mor
gan, James J. Hill, and other financiers,
pointed out the fai i ; hnt Gresit Mrilaln,
France and Belgium already had pro
vided for guvernmnt war insurance of
their merchant shipping. Against this
action they said the Fnited States would
be helpless, as no ships wcuhl pass un
fier the American Has; with the passage
of the proposed registry law unlefs their
owners were assured of Insurance under
the Stars and Stripes. The result would
be a foreign monopoly of sea transporta
tion, they predicted, and the fixing u brood
o:' the price at which American wtieal
and cotton would be so id.
Early in the session showed opinion to J
be unanimous umuiiK ti e business men
and the government uffi i lls present that
the problenia to be laced divided them
selves naturally into three li'-jiLs:
rteptoratie'n of a market for fore, gn ex
change bills, the immediate acquisition
o' means of trans-poi u-.tion for American
win at- and cotton -to Kuropcan markets
and the war mk In nance.
Objert onimUletv.
In appointing Uio following con.mltteo
the confcrenio puiimil to provide the
jsnvernhient Willi expeit advice- in each
of these branches.
War Risk Insurance -I Criulun Chubb,
w York; J. Parker Kirlin, New York;
K. 11. Outerbridye, No Yer; 1 li.
Orowell, Kansub City, Mo.
Transportation K. A. I-'arreil, New
York; P. A. S. Franklin, New Y'ork;
Ttobert Dollar, bun rrancisco; licriiard
N. Baker, Faltimore.
Foreign lixehane . J. Hemphill.
New "York; Festus .1. Wade, St. louls;
Henry R. Ickelhelmc-, New Y'ork; John
J. Arnold, Chicago.
A member of the Federal Reserve board
to aid In the deliberations of each of
these sub-committees was named by Bee.
rotary McAdoo, aa follows:
War Insurance A. C. Miller; transpor
tation. F. A. rviano; foreign exchange,
I'aul M. Warburg.
The committee on war insurance be
gan work tonight on the preiiarution of
a measure It will present to congress. The
discussion at the corif-'rence left no doubt
that the measure was to be purely an
emergency matter, and that the govern
ment waa to recelv-; premiums in any
Insurance It might write. '
Addreued hy Wllaon.
The conference Interrupted Its delihera
tiona in the afternoon to go In a body to
the White House. President Wilson ad
dressed them briefly.
"If We get no other hem-fit out rf the
present trying circumstances in the world
at large," Buld the president, "we shall
at least g:et this benefit: we shall enjoy
a period when w meet each other iol as
members of different parties, ail our
prejudices f illen away from us, coming
together as Americans for a common ob
ject that is not touched with selfishness
or personal ambition of any nort. Surely
handsome results will come out of th-
aplrlt In which conferences of this kind
are held.
"I believe you will ciscover, those of
you who did not know It before, that
this govtrnmcnt has means, somewhat
fully developed means, for assislur- the
commercial and industrial npcratioiia of
the country and fiat therefore It is worth
while to maintain the kind of connection
which la hole momentarily established.
V e have been face iu face with vt-rv
critical circumstance. For my own part.
1 feel that the period of apprehension hai
passed and that the period of steady,
hensibl concerted, constructive action
has come, and that ,ve are in the temper
to bring that action about in the most
effectual way. I am sure that all of us
here wish to put ourselves at your dis
posal aa I am sure you would wish ro
r.ut yourselves at our disposal, to work
out a common meansj for a common end.
Such a conference ai: this furnishes ac
nptahlfli proof to the country that the
antagonism between business and the gov
ernment has disappear) d and that ther.
ha eonie upon business the spirit of
generous rivalry and co-opcrfctlon which
Is the essence of slat- mnanlilp.
.ol ftelflah Operation.
"I have no thought except the thought
tf aelf-congratulation in the matter, be
WW4 as 1 bava tald. this ii not a K-l-
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fish but a wholly public-spirited operation,
a thing that we shall look hark to with
pride. We shall remember that America
knew how to handle Itself in such a way
as not only to help itself, but also to
serve the rest of the world."
The conference echoed the president's
sentiments in Us resolutions declaring its
high appreciation of the prompt and ef
fective action of the president and con
gress and the secretary of the treasury In
a prompt solution of the currency dif
ficulties created by tho sudden outbreak
of war In Kurope on a colonsal scale."
GREAT BATTLE
ALONG DANUBE,
SAVEANDDRINA
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GERMANS ACCUSE
ALLIES OF BRUTAL
TACTICS IN WAR
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fitted boxen for his majesty chargers
and his nu-tor car.
The train carries exp-rt telegraphers
and preceeded and followed by armored
trains. Among the equipment I a small,
aimple tent which la to be pltchc i on the
field whenever the emperor doma It
expedient to ahare the hard, simple lite
of his troops.
Trench Meet Defeat.
NT2W YORK. Aug, If. -A ric patch
from Herman official sources In Barlln
waa received here today via, Bayvllle, l
1., wlrclees station aa follows:
"Tim I2ni-aiiitli FMtncli i r t! i V rnrna nS
The Panama National band and regl- I apm Myn fnm Bdfort. which
tnental band of the Tenth t nlted Mutes ' ,,,,. ,,,. Au,..
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ROOSEYELT FOR
MONROE DOCTRINE
Colonel Says it Has Kept Us Out of
Great War.
PEACE TREATIES WORTHLESS
World lln. Had Inhibition In I. not
I'rw ! of Vat, of I'neta
l Hacked by Mroni
rhalea force.
IIAK1IR1. I'onn.. Aug. I.'.. Neailv
half the political mwrh t'olonel Theo
dore Roosevelt dellevrr lust night before
the progressive state eonvention hen
was devoted to n discussion of "the great
cataclysm which has engultcd all Kurope
In war".
"If the Monroe doctrine had not been
steadfastly maintained." he raid, "the
1'nlted States. In all probability would
have '.icen drawn Into the present strug
gle "
"Africa, south of the equator," he
said. "Is now being drawn Into tho
fight, althoimh without any Interest In
it. We would have been drawn In In
the same way if It had not been for the
observance, of the great prliulpln which
the Monroe doctrine contains, the prin
ciple that this continent shall not be
treated as a place for territorial aggrand
izement by old World powers."
Aanlnst Proposed Treaties.
"The peace of the western hemisphere
largely deienila upon the preservation
of this doctrine. H Is for this reason 1
feel that the arbitration treaties now
pending in the :icna,to would. If adopted,
bo .Inimical to the Intervals of the
1'nlted States and of pence. Insofar as
they would have any effect whatever.
1 doubt If they would l-uve much effect,
because in the event of their attempted
execution against the Interests of this
people. I do not believe they would be
executed. 1 tut surely It Is not on honor
able thing for this nation to enter Into
treaties which either could not or would
not be kept. Such action argues badly
for our sincerity and good faith."
"I'nder the proposed treaties If, as a
resailt of this war. Ih-nmark or Holland
should part with their Islands. In the
West Incilea to some, great old world
power, or If at some future time Mexico
should similarly part with Magdalena bay
to some old world power, wo would be
solemnly bound to Join In tho creation
of a commission which would Investigate
all the matters at hand before wo could
take any action. And, this commission
would be composed of foreign members.
Treaties Are Worthies.
Within a fortnight we have had fresh
proof of the utter worbllesa of treaties
of names signed to pieces of paper, unless
bacrk by force. If power or Interest de
mands this violation. This fact hasj been
demonstrated again and again within tho
last donen years by attempt by every
one of tho sjreat nations who are engag
ing In this war, or who stand with their
armies partially mobilised and their fleets
gathered because of tho possibility of
being drawn Into It.
"These proposed arbitration Ireatlest of
ours would not be worth the paper on
v III. li tl-iy were written If It became to
l'- Interest of any treat ivillt.ry power
to violate thnn, and If It thought it
could violate tlc ni with Impunilv.
would luve hound ourselves In such hi-
as I have Illustrated to wall a vear or
so while a joint commission pursued Its
weary couisi- of Investigation Hi'd durini;
that tlmo world military power, If it
desired to retain its new possessions,
could make a tllhraltar of one of our
vest Indian Islands, or of Magdalena bay
or any other point of territory which it
acquired, and it could then defy us to
tuin it out save at the cost of war whe h
i.dghl ! as dreadful is anv now racing."
. t .tcl.
Snortly before t'hriitinas it ni learned
the biinnah u at Spring Ireen, known as
"lo r s cntfe.Co," was nearly completed
ami Just before the IioIMm s, terming 1 heir
trip ;t "spiritual hetlia." Aire. Cheney and
light left together for Wisconsin.
t'hencv was remarried In lfl2. About
the time of his marriage the two Cheney
children, Martha and John, either with or
without their father's consent, Joined Mrs.
Cheney at the Spring Green home and
have since lived there.
President forms of tho republic of Pa
nama and his staff.
to pay for his Journey back to France."
flnatilniis invito. Hunt Prtlsln
ST. PFTERSHI'RO, Aug. i:..-(vla Lon
don, 12 p. m.i The Russian general staff j ner" as the ship pulled away, but tho
today announces that Russian troops music, was almost drowned hy the whls
havo destroyed local rati road and tele-'tls of the steam' rs In tlvi harbor,
graph lines In the province of li-cst Prus- To assure unimpeded passage for the
sla at eleven points between Schmalle.n- ! Ancop nil of the traffic, Including tho
inKkrii on tne Ktissian troniter, and . working taiats in Culebra out, was
! brought to a standstill.
Cerinan troops also have damaged some' The several thousand canal workers en-
huuscii."
A despatch eiomewhat mutilated by
poor transmission, Indicated that French
entrenchments were, taken at the poit't
of the bayonet.
l.oXnn.N, Aug.. 15. The official pre
bureau of the Hrltlsli admiralty and War
of the frontier roads. I joyed a holiday and they, together w ith j l ntirtmont this evening 'tsued tho fol-
t)n Wednesday the Twelfth German villagers of all types fi om the surround- '"W ing :
uhlans and the Ninth German rifle regl- j jnK territory, lined the banks ut vantage "There, is no reason to doubt that the
ment, accompanied hy artillery, were dls- ( p0tg. Turulfh government Is about to replace
coverey on the German frontier in the j The A neon was fully loaded with the 'the German officers and eiews of the
neighborhood of Kaliaz by the Russian ! rf.Ki,ir rargo that it had bronchi f mm 1 Goohon and Hreslau hy Turkish officers
troops. The Germans avoided coming Nr. Vorl, thc ,.nrt! having been pur-land crews."
into contact, retiring to tne nortnwcsi. , pOF.ly ,.ft oll i,0.,,., , j.iv(, tllP t.an.,
l.ermnn Onunr Sae Others l. In. ! fll w thl. t,,,p drBWK iu f
COPKNIIAGRN. Iienmaik. Aug. la ! deptn of w B,rr
(via London, 1:.5 p. m (-The Berliner I Th, ,-n(le) Slut.H Wh,. , f.,al.,lllrnt
Tageblatt of August 12. which reached 1 6tearnsh, All,.n pilHS., throK lho
here today, contains a manifesto to tho . ,J(lun o( kR wlth()ut a l0(1iiy , 70
...o-.. ... ': minute. The total lift at these locks
i 8.1 feet.
German general staff, in weilch the pub
lio Is cautioned against believing any
statements except those given out by
the general staff. It bays: "In England
and Franco falsehoods are being spread
broadcast.
"You Germans have too much faith In
your government to accept rumors too
easily.
"The tingllsh accuse us of having sug
gested partition with Holland In ex-
Hitchcock Proposes
Academy Candidates
ffroni a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (Special Tel
egram.) Senator Hitchcock has decided
change for Its neutrality. Hueh charges following nominations for thc
are beneath contempt and demonstrate
the righteousness of our cause and the
wickedness of our enemies.
"You Germans also are sprrsding ru
mors of victories and defeats such as the
German occupation of Relforto and the
destruction of French regiments whole
sale. "Kverything will he published at the.
proper time and we have given our word
that nothing shall be exaggerated and
nothing minimized.
"Few except those who ro experienced
in warfare can know or show with what
difficulties victories are won."
Another Berlin paper declares that
Great Britain Is paralyzing American
diplomatic relations by preventing tho
American ambassadors sending
patchi In cipher.
PANAMA CANAL
academy at Annapolis to he filled upon
his nomination this ear: .
Principals L. C Stevens, an emplove
of the Bureau of Animal Industry In
South Omaha, and Harold do Weber of
Arlington. Neb. Mr. Stevens recently
passed the Cecil Rhodes scholarship ex
amination. Klrst Alternates Reid F. Fasstt of
Arlington, and Karl K. Hranstad of
South ' Mnaha.
Second A Iternates Alfred Soi rnson of
Ord anil William l.yn-aii of Lincoln.
Third Altr mate Howard W. h itch of
Newman Grove.
Another third alternate Is to be nom
inated us soon as a promising rondidate
is secured.
In view- of the fact that all of Senator
Hitchcock's candidates for the last two
dis- vacancies have failed, the chances of
jeven a third alternate are g iod If be
I Is himself able to pass the mental and
l.ttrrnlnt I liased liy Warnhtp,
PARIS. Aug. 1.1. 4 :V a. m.l-Thn
Kronen liner Lorraine had a narrow
escape from rapture by t ierman cruisers
during Its voyage frfim New York to
Havre, where It arrived Wednesday, ac
cording to Rene I n-s Fvceaux, one of Its
officers.
Soon after leaving po't- the ship waa
chased by the Dresden, les Kveaux said,
but soon distanced this cruiser. Later the
Irfirralne Intercepted wireless messages
between tho German cruisers Ptrasebura;
and Karlsruhe, from which the officers
gathered that the warships had been
ordered to capture the Ixirrslne. The.
lust day out thc Germans nearly caught
the liner, whic h only escaped through the
favor Of the fog.
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FLEE FROM FIRE
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reconciliation was effected and the divid
ing wall was torn down.
IMvoree firanted.
Cheney brought suit for divorce, charg
ing desertion, and August fi, 1911, an ab
solute decree was granted. Mrs. Cheney
made no defense to the suit and Wright's
names was not mentioned, ller maiden
name. Ma man Ronton Horthwlok, was re-
I
1 Fifth Death from
Plague in New Orleans
N17W ORLEANS. Ia, Aug. lfi.-The
, deatli of Citing Slam, an aged Chinese,
j officially today was reported as caused
j by bubonic plague. This Is the fifth
i death here from the disease. Ching was
affected with the septlcaemlc type.
even Hundred l.re Maples.
NAPLKf. Italy. Aug. 1.1.-(vla Paris.
3:H p. m.l The steamer Pan Olov.mnl.t
sailed for New- York today with Tt
Americans on board The Carpathla Is
expected to leave tonight or tomorrow,
tho San Gugllolmn on August 19 and the
San Giorgio on August 30.
. . TiTTfTr'?'-
The Promotion
of E-.ea.fth
mm
STOMACH
life
i
I T s..s,f
T ...
Ctood lioalth must Ii.tyc t; 3
its start in tin Stoniaoh,
Livor ami lUiwcls, for tluvo
organs nre tlie contitiliiiii;
power find have tliroct in
lluonoc on tho ontiro system.
If stomach weakness i?
allowed to develop, diges
tion heroines impaired, tho
appetite begins to wane, ti.e
liver becomes lazy and tho
bowels constipated.
rriiereforo tho great im
rortnnco of establishing a;: i
maintaining strength ami
vigor in those organs at nil
times. To this end just try
UOSTETTER'S
STOMACH
BITTERS
It is Nature's ono best aid
in tho promotion of health.
OUR STORY IN A NUT SHELL
OPEN TO TRAFFIC;?;
j fihyslcal examinations. All candidates
j will be given the benefit of a preliminary
pnyncai examination ny me inrna ai ui-
er at the naval lecruitinK station at
Omaha to ascertain whether it Is worth
I while to prepare for the mental exam
llnutlonM und :ilo to discover anv I'liv-
parture of a vessel of war of another j f,pfp,s ,nB, ,11BV ho r,.w.,,., before
belligerent. All of the plant and t th limr f,. admission.
Ilshnienls that are part of the e-anal are'
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Immune from attack or Injury by any
belligerents. Vigilant American pilots will
I see that no foreign vessels make tihaerva-I
lion.- or tho canal ilerenses. i lie prm-i
e'pal vork remaining to lie done in cobi-i
I leting the- canal U the deepening and
idenins of the r iaiinel through Cu'obra
iut a-s well as excavation oicratioi.s at
both approaches.
Invitations Much Coveted.
Invitations to be guests on this first
trip had been much coveted and thc ral's
were lined with local canal officials and
tnose of the Panama republic, together
with their ladles, as the big steajner
bm ked aw ay from its berth
Gofihals, builder of the ranal and gov- I
ernor of the zone, was on the bridge be
side Captain Puki forth of the steamer,
j together with Capta'u Jlug i Itodmun,
1. M. N., superintendent of transporta
tion, who has overseen the plans for put-
tins; the first snip through
Other dieting ulthod pertona included
Iowa State College
Teachers in Europe
AMKS, Iowa, Aug. It (Special ) Four
memheis of thc fa'-ulty of Iowa htals
colhge are being detained In Kiirwpci Is
the eoiiclubioii come to by a great turn
Imt of their rchillves in Ames. Ir. and
Mrs. Kurt Si-hern, Prof. II. A. Summers,
Prof. Mortrnson and Miss lngeborg
Svendnen-Tune are the faculty members
In the war lone.
Ir. and Mrs Sdiern have only been tn
this country since tho opening' of the
school year last season and hava not
taken out naturalization papers in this
country. Ir. S hem is connected with
tho veterinary department at the college,
and the probabilities are that he baa
entered the service of tho government lu
hla home country. Germany.
Arrangements will lie made to rare for
Mm work of theso ppirple If they are
detained In the European countries.
j Prof. W. f. Coover has been appointed
chairman of the department of t hemlatry
jal Iowa .state college. The announce
i ment of the appointment was made pub
I lie yesterday. ImriiisT the t year
, , J'rori-S!, r t oovir nas ue.n ki-uhh hcuu
Great Britain . ''
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Aug. 11. -Three could mike. Head Tin r.e-a real
trans-Atlantio ateamers flying the llrlt-. estati columns
Three Shiploads
of Food Start for
PMIhAHKI.PMIA.
ish flag sailed from Philadelphia today
for Knglish porta eariyiug moie than
.yjO.Ooa bushels of wheat and other food-J
stuffs. They are the American liners'
Haverford for I.lverisjol, Marliu-r fori
i i ... v. -, .i MuinA e..n i u.. I
Colonel i
. rides the wheat the shipd have in their.
cargoes many tons of flour, hundreds of
cases of canned vegetables and larxe con
signments of shoes and medical supplies.
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