THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY
1015.
BELGIAN WOMAn
f CRIES OUT FOR WAR
Tell Peace. Congress Her Ootintry'i
Wrong Knit B Righted Before
, Sword If Sheathed.
"JrSTIC,, KUST COXE IIBST
THE HAGUE, May 1 (VU
fonrton.) Tho wings of the Goto of
f ptce were riffled today at the sos
Ion of tho International Congress ot
women. At tho lnrtaneo of Dr. Ang
spurg of Munich. the ontlro Belgian
delegation was Invited to tho plat
form. Only two woman of the free) proa
ent came from their box at the aid
of the stage and mad their way to
the platform. Tbey were welootnod
by the chairman. Miss Jane Addorns
of Chicago, with both banda, but
there was no handshaking with the
German delegates.
In moving the final resolution,
Mr. Roslka Behwiromer, president of
the Hungarian "Women's SnfTrago e
oclatlon, requested that all the dele
gates present stand one minute in
silent prayer for peace.
Astaamda A4i.are.
Mile. Hamer of the Belgian dele
gation thereupon asked permission to
utter a few words. When this was
granted, she astounded her audience
with the dramatic exolamatiom
"I am a Belgian before everything
and I cannot think as yon do. There
ran be no peace without Justice. The
wsr mutt continue until the Belgians'
wrongs have been righted. There
must be no mediation except at the
lor of Justice."
OcncraJ sympathy for the eufferlnar ot
the Itatalana caused pelt of the sudleooe
te break Into cheer.
Word Jul lee IasvrteeT.
On the motion of Mies Florence Hoi
brook of Chlcego, the word "luetics" was
inserted In the. resolution, which reeds:
"The International conrraaa of women,
of different nations, ereeAs, els twee and
parties. U united In expreentns; sympathy
with the suffering of all. whatever tbelr
nationality, who are flrhtlng for their
country or who are laboring under the
bunion of war. ' Blnce the mass of the
lople of ear h of the countries now war
ring believe thetneelva to be flstotlna.
not sssresslvely, but In self-defenae and
for their national existence. It urges the
governments of the world to put an end
to this bloodshed and to begin pea
negotiations; end It emphatically , de
mands that the peaee which follows shall
be permanent and therefore basnd upon,
J native end principles which Include thee
adopted by this congress, .
Borne time before the ' congress bad
been oonelderafcly epeet by Mrs. Amy
Jjlllngston of London, who declared:
"I wee a suffragist and I remain a suf
fragist I suffered in Jail tor It: I am
J'jat a plate Enxllatt working worn
bat I represent millions of women who.
favor the present war as much es de the
mi. One hundred and eighty women
are said to be wsltlng at Tilbury to oeme
te this eengreea to talk peace. ; J ' x .
Tired of JMatftaJea.
"For every one of ' these a thousand
Kngllnh women ars willing to accompany
their sons and husbands to flsht. We
are tired of the oentury-old slUy platl
tudes such as are. 'ottered here." ,
Mrs. Lnilngston Insisted! on eontlnuleg
ir epeech until sb was ruled out et
order.
Kllzabeth Cllendower rTvane ef Doaton,
end Roae Morgan French of Ban Frsn-
leco, moved and seconded an amend
ment to the resolution referring to arma
inents. The amendment urged that ell
neutral natkine Immediately plane an
mbrgo on the export of arms and
ammunition. - -
Miaa Addsms seld:
"I arti glad to agree with Miaa Evans'
Indictment as much of that baa has
r-ened In America, but she ruled that the
amendment wss eut of order.
Steps Are Taken to
Start Press Club
Kleven men got together at a prelimi
nary meeting at the Hotel Rome last
evening for dinner, signed ' a member
ship Hat of charter members, tentatively
screed upon what the limitations ef nwun-
berahlp shall be for a Pr.se club, and
set the date for the organisation meeting-
for May It at the Hotel Rome at
IM o'clock In the afternoon. A tentative
list of some seventy eligTbles wss made
up and the charter members rtaolved
themselves Into a -nmniltte to Invito
these to attend the dinner gnd organlaa
tlun meeting. . .
The tentative plans contemplate a din
ner about once a month, a prominent
local speaker now and then, and a promi
nent outside siwaker in, occasions when
a public men of note chanrea to be In
the city et sucli a time as to be avail
able ftr the meetkna. Those present at
the fust meeting were:
Alfred Marschner, Clem Chase, Charles
turnalskl. It. U Metcalfe, Jr., Frank
Kennedy, Benjamin II. Kerkowirh, A. E.
Long-, Q. K, Murray. J. J. Isaacson. John.
C. Raylcy and Ralph 8. Doud.
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OYER HALF COLON
SWEPTJY FLAMES
Fixe in Iithmian City Causei Two
Million Damages and Ten
Known Death.
MANY ARRESTED FOR LOOTING
COLON, May 1. More than one
half tho city of Colon was swept by
a dienntroTis fire, which started
shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Ten persons are known to be dead,
Including two native policemen, and
several hundred persons have been
Injured while between 10,000 and
12,000 others, mostly negroes, have
been rendered homeless.
The loss Is estimated at about
22,000,000.
Twetr-Tvo II lock a Harmed.
The fire destroyed completely twenty
two city blocks and wss net controlled
until twelve bulldlnrs in Its psth had
hern deetroytnl.
Many arrests have been made for loot
Ins. The town is now under the guard
of a native police an J two companies
of the United 8tte coat artillery, who
aided in flshttns the fires.
Half the population nave lout all their
belongtnss.
The fire started In tre heart of the
city end soon wss beyond control of
the native fire brlaic. The wooden
buildings, of which the .town Is almost
exclusively conirtruoted, burned like tin
der. Mont ef the largest stores In Oslon.
all of ' them carrylns heavy stocks of
merchandise, were directly In the path
of the flames. The eauae of the fire has
not yet been learned snd probably never
will be known.
Hllh Wild Rlewles.
A high wind wss blowing at the time
the fir broke out and late In the aft
ernoon when It wss spreading fast and
myriads of sparks were being carried
in the direction of Crletobal, firemen In
the oanaKsone began dynamiting build
ings In order to make a trap where
the conflagration might' he stopped. For
a time these efforts were fruitless," but
later the fire was brought under con
trol. Ail the banks In the city wer
destroyed and part of the railway sta
tion waa burned. All that part of the
city between Reventh street south to
past Twentieth street and on Front
rtreet, westward beyond Bolivar street.
ess destroyed.
MISS MARGARET MORRISON
WINS ELOCUTION CONTEST
Miss Msrgaret Morrison with the read
ing. "OssCfle snd "wan," last nlsbt wen
the simusl eloeullon eontest of St. ereb
buw's academy. Mlas Msrle Chabot and
Mlas Agnes Collins were awarded second
snd third places, respectively.
Mien A itnes Bushman, speaklnsr "Jimmle
Beker," kept the eudlenre laughing from
the time she cam on the stage until ahe
left. The winner of the contest. Miss
Morrison, will be swarded a geld medal
at the close ef the school yesr. '
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