THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916.
CATHOLIC WEEK
OPENS AT NEW YORK
American Federation if Work'
tag for Cleaner Picture!,
Booki and Stage.
RADICALISM IS DENOUNCED
New York, Aug. 21. Th federal
administration was assailed today at
business sessions of the American
, Federation of Catholic societies.
Anthony Mitre, secretary of the fed
eration, said that Catholic protest
to the government against the
recognition of, Carrania were like "a
voice in the wilderness."
At a meeting of the German Catho
lic Central Verein the administration
was charged with favoritism towards
. the entente allies, in an address by
Charles Korz, president of the New
' York state body.
Mr. Matre, in his annual report,
dwelt at some length on Mexican af
fairs. Speaking of the recognition of
Carranza, he said:
"Despite our honorable protests,
the arch-persecutor of the church in
Mexico, was recognized and the voice
' of 16.000,000 Catholics was like one
crying in the wilderness-"
New York, Aug 21. Business ses
' tions of the American Federation of
Catholic societies and allied organiza
tions began here today with nearly
20,000 delegates attending. "Catholic
week," with a series of meetings and
ceremonies which are to continue to
and Including Friday, was inaugurated
yesterday with a pontificial high mass
in St Patrick's cathedral, attended by
three cardinals and the apostolic dele
gate, as, well as most of the delegates
to the federation.
The opening session of the federa
tion today was devoted in part to
; hearing the reports of the national
president, John Whalen, and of the
national secretary, Anthony Matre
An address was delivered by the Right
Rev. M. J. Lavelle, rector of St. Pat
rick's cathedral.
Suppression in many states of ob
jectional motion pictures and success
ful efforts for more stringent divorce
laws: a cleaner stage and the control
of indecent publications were among
the activities of the commission, ac
cording to the annaul report on Pub
lic Morals submitted today. Continu
ance of vigorous campaigns against
what were termed "pernicious cults
and philosophies' 'among which was
included birth control and socialism
and anarchy, was advocated.
The committee also warned direc
tors of American colleges not to per
mit an alien radicalism to "contami
nate at the fount the youth oi our
country."
To such radicalism was attributed
' much of the present unrest in Mexico.
"Tons of anarchistic literature sent
across the Rio Grande during the last
five years, for which the radicals of
the United State are said to have
contributed as much as . SI. 000 a
month, have debauched many Mcxi
cans," the report continued. "The
pernicious propaganda spread until
the bandit chiefs found themselvea at
the head of military mobs, bent upon
hunting Christ from the so-called re
public Aided by other revolutionary
factions, savage minority has ter-
UChn1.! V""-?
Friction Between
England and Sweden
Copenhagen, Aug. 21. (Via Lon
don.) According to the Dagen's
Nyhederu, the Swedish -government
has published a blue book containing
the diplomatic documents relating to
the negotiations between Sweden and
England regarding the seisure of
British mails to Russia. This seizure
was in retaliation for the taking by
the British of parcel post from
America to Sweden, , . .
The blue book state that on the
initiative of Great Britain, an agree
ment wa reached by which the Brit
ish mail were to b released, Eng
land agreeia; to the establisnhment of
an arbitration court after the war
to settle the question of it seizure
of American mail. ;
After this agreement, the Blue
Book saya, and most of 60,000 pack
ages of mail seized by Sweden had
been forwarded to Russia, England
suddenly demanded that Sweden al
low M English mails to pas to Rus
sia in the future. Sweden refused to
accept this amendment to the original
agreement, whereupon England with
drew its concession regarding the ar
bitration court. The Dagena Nyhe
deru says thai several Swedish news
papers fear a serious disagreement
between the two countries.
Fnnston, Assigns-"
Guard Commanders
San Antonio, Tut, Aug. 21. Major
General Fnnston today gave out the
tentative assignment of commanders
of eight of . the new divisions of the
National goard.. 'They will have to
be confirmed by the War department
and definite assignment also must
await the-, signing of the commissions
of some of the commander by the
president The divisional assignments
i are:
t Matli: BrUsauMSmnl, William L. .
Tmtki : Brltmdlw-amral ChuVm a
, Morlan.
, namUM Bilfteto-OtMral Qaorta Ban.
: lina.tfttsaeiwmmi H. A. Oraaa.
Pwkl?" . Jams
A1"1' BrWIaOaaaral Oraaim
; m"""" rfeeaWoenarai William JL
Headquarter of the commanders
Generate Bell and Morton will be ,t
. El Paso, General Green at San An
j tomo. General Parker at Brownsville,
General Mann at Laredo and General
Summer at NogaJes.
WILSON REVIEWS
HIS DEMANDS ON
RAIL PRESIDENTS
(OaaUaaa IMa Paa Oaa.)
WaaaJattav, Aa. Ilwigaalal VMa.
! ' Baendtia ai Slum aaas. ' "
! Wa lMimaat la a vaaoaafal aaadlela.
tar aaatalfla. aad aaarp, akaaUaar palaa:
walla ta mlntol aaata tt atapa tka aafea.'
Onir IK. , Sol a aM rlatss-JUT.
f
ence this afternoon was arranged to
allow the officials who arrived here
today to get the president's viewpoint
first hand.
Western Men Arrive.
' Western railroad presidents, sum
moned Saturday, began coming in
this morning. Louis W. Hill of the
Great Northern, principal heir to the
vast, properties of the late James J.
Hill, and E. P. Ripley,, the veteran
president of the Santa Fe, were
among the first - Neither had My
statement to make.
The Incoming executives conferred
with those already here and with
the managers' committee to familiar
ize themselves with the nei-otiations
t aii .l :.r.---.
au sar. su wc western presidents are
expected otiore tomorrow noon. My
that time it it expected about 100
railway heads, reoresentine nrooerties
valued at about $10,000,000,000 will oe
nere witn tne president
Employe' Committee Meet.
The brotherhood renreaentativea
held a brief meeting in their hall to
day and adjournment was taken un
til 10 o clock tomorrow moraine
The meeting decided that brother
hood member should call on senators
and representative from their own
states and acquaint them with the de
tails of the men's tide of the situa
tion. President Carter of the fire
men was the only official who at
tended the session'
Western Men Optimistic
Some of' the incominsr oresidenta
were more ootimiatic about the situ
ation than those already here. One
oi tne western men declared that if
his road alone were involved he un
questionably would resist the de
mands of the men to the last, but he
considered the question a national one
and for that reason was sure some
common ground would be found to
base a settlement on.
Administration officials said tndav
the president was carefully studying
the entire question- with the idea of
makng some recommendations to
congress probably in his next mes
sage in December.
President Defend Plan.
Praaiitant Witann ,.l.rAr. .1!.J
Indirectly to the contentions of the
railroad officials that the principle
of arbitration would be endan-
araH hv hia ftlan fn. . ,k.
f " wu aw. I'M,, lug llic
eight-hour basic day into effect while
( tumiMiaaiun inYCBiiga.es iis prac
ticability and naaaaa nnnn nh
points at issue.
Tu. : J it. ... ir.
ana picaiucuia telegram uciciuit.g
r-" -rv appeal
from George Pope, president of the
National Association of Manufactur
ers, urging that the principle of arbi
tration be preserved in the strike
neffotiatona. Mr. Pnna'a talavram
follow:
"Hartford, Conn., Aue 18, 1916.
The President: The White House
On hahaK nl .1 7 (VI ........:. ...
ganization employing. 3,000,000 per-
avua, auu u.icriy ucpcnacw upon un-
mierrupKo rauroaa service lor their
annt.fitia.1 nn.r.tinn T lu . .
, vf u afc villa
express oar deep appreciation of your'
cuuna 10 preveni ine inreaienea des
tructive stoppage of national railroad
aarvtr and tn raanarWi.llv kB.
you will with all thw power of your
gixai uuice anu personality assert ana
maintain the principle oi arbitration
for indilatrlal Hian..ta mt(ml-, - -
tional intercourse. No Justi demand
can fear such a teat; no fair demand
can or should survive it. I sincerely
believe no man in our history ha
possessed such an opportunity to
fortify hi essential principle of public
security aa-ainat fiittira atal k
plover of employe.
GEORGE POPE. President
"National Association of Manufac
turers.
President' Reply
Tha ftPtMHt VrilmA- II A tlnw.
.... f- . u . . . .vu.avM, nilVW IUC
tl arVnAVlrtrra titm win, n(
telegram of August 18, and to say in
arbitration with as clear a conviction
and aa firm a nnmnu . -. 1. ...
that, unfortunately, there is no means
HAW In mmlmtmm k. m.1.1.1. ..k!. . .
wj wuiv.il aiuurauon
can be ecured. The existing means
have been tried and have failed. This
situation must never be allowed to
rise again, but it ha arisen. Some
meana must be found to prevent its
Teettrrmnrm hll 1
uitaiia can DC
found offhand, or in a hurry, or In
season, to meet the present national
emergency.
"What I am proposing does not
weaken or discredit the principle of
-........ j, oucuKuieni ii, ratner.
It proposes that nothing be conceded
except the eight-hour day, to which
the whole economic movement of the
time seems to point, and the Imme
diate creation of an agency for de
termtninar all tha arhitn..ki. .i
in this case in the light not of pre-
---v.,.. vi .urciaats. oui OI tilab-
lished and ascertained fact. Thi is
tha first mlmmrn mt !.. It . .
.... ..... ..... , uireci roaa to
the discovery of the best permanent
aumranon wnen other
m"1? h.0 tho, no vilable are
supplied." t
Two Men Killed by
Dynamite Explosion
Ashland, Wi, Aug. 21. Two men
were killed and S2.000 damacra
done in an explosion In the plant of
the DuPont . Dvnamite -nrt.a
Barkidalc tndav Th. l...
. r1" "aa uecn
heavily policed since the European
Wat haVataM miA im, " a
only by photograph.
1.500 mentr employed.
GREAT WESTERN TO
OPEN HERE TODAY
Country's Turf Stars Zntered
in Five Days' Meting
at Speedway.
CLASSIC TROT CAEDED
ad.
About
Old Man Killed During
His First Auto Ride
Salem. Va.. A tie. 21 A w n.....
ol Drapersrllle wa 90 year old be
fore he ventured to take a ride in an
automobile and today he iisdead. Yes
terday afternoon the car in which he
took hi first ride plunged over a
ixty-iooi emDanitment, turned over
five time before it struck and killed
Gamer ana tnlurail . i
----- -l - fe.uia, ui-
cluding hit wife. ; ;
When starting Judge Oliver Lch
man of eDtroit sends the field away
in the 2:14 trotting class, Grain Ex
change purse of $1,000, at the Speed
way track at 2:30 sharp this afternoon,
Nebraska's maiden Great Western
circuit meetine will have opened.
Omaha today is cynosure of all eyes
in western turfdom, for the greatest
assemblage of high class harness
horses ever turned on a half-mile
track in the United States or Canada
has been entered in the local Driving
club five days classic.
. Country' Star Here.
The $12,300 hung up in stakes and
purses has served as an incentive to
attract the bright stars of the coun
try' leading lacing stables, and the
prospect of seeing some turf battles
that may make harness racing history
has fashioned out the Cornhusker
metropolis as the Mecca of prominent
turfmen from the four winds.
The half-mile oval at the East
Omaha Speedway, admittedly the
fastest of its distance between the
coasts, is in ideal condition, and every
indication points to par-excellent rac
ing weather for the week. The Omaha
Driving club officials anticipate the
largest crowds that ever attended a
harness race meeting in the western
country, where the program is not
held in connection with a fair.
Trotting Classic Today.
In addition to the 2:14 trotting class
event, regarded by some as the keen
est race of the entire meeting, having
as it does, thirty-two entries, among
them being several speed merchants
who have won fame on the Grand and
Great Western circuits this year, the
fast 2:12 nacing class number Luxus
purse, $1,000 and the 2-year-old trot
Bingen Silk stake, $300 added are
carded for this afternoon
Horses that have shown by con
sistent Derformances that thev are
among the bright star of the harness
game world are entered in the open
ing day's events.
The starting iudees will call the
drivers and their charges at 2 o'clock!
Hesides Mr. Lehman, the other of
ficials of the meeting are W. P. Mc
Creary of Hastings, Neb., presiding
iudee: E. P. Peck and C. M. Buck ol
Omaha, associate judges; Charles
Ronin of Fremont, Neb., clerk of tne
course; R. R. Colwell, scorer ind pro-gramer.
THREE MEN ARE STABBED
IN ROOMING HOUSE FIGHT
(from a Stiff Cairaapondaiit.)
Lincoln, Aug. 21. (Special.) In
a rooming house fight at 2344 North
Twelfth street last night, three men
were stabbed, one of them seriously,
when they attempted to buy liquor
and were refused.
Arthur Davis, station agent on the
Rock Island at Rokeby, was seriously
stabbed near the heart and is in a
local hospital, while W. Moore of
i.mcoin received a Daa wouna in
about the same location, but it is not
thought it wilt Drove serious. The
other man, A. J. Curtis of Lincoln,
received slight wounds.
J he parties who did the stabbing
have not been located. Davis has a
wife and several children at Rokeby.
INSURANCE IN FORCE.
December 81, 1906 59,000
December 81, 1908 1,453,218
December 81, 1B10 X, 641.084
December 81, 1912. ..... 4,805,502
December 81, 1914 6,580,604
December 81, 1916 7,618,000
July 81, 1916 8,878,855
LOCAL AGENTS WANTED
in every locality In Nebraska and
Kansas. THE MIDWEST LIFE Is a
live. UD-to-dat comrwnv and navi
liberal initial and renewal commis
sion. Its growth ha been steady
and persistent. Freviou experience
in selling Insurance la not necessary.
Some of the best agents this com
pany ha never sold a policy before
they entered it service.
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f
ROAD MONEY READY
FOR STATE TO DSE
Nebraska Must Appropriate
Amount Similar to That
Given by Government.
PLAN CONTINUOUS ROAD
(From a Staff Corranpondtnt.)
Lincoln, Aue. 21. (Soecial.1
What the state legislature will do re-
eardinff acceDtanr nf thr fund vnlrH
by congress for good roads in Ne-
Nebraskans interested in good mads
Will have ta fair a hanH in it if thpv
want the right kind of action
Governor Morehead and State En
gineer Johnson favor allowing. the
Imnnnl Mmini, M - v. -. 1. - .u:-
... v.....a IVJ HCUIMnl ,!!
year to be held over and placed with
the amount coming next year, be
cause the season is so well along that
they believe better results could be
cawicu oy using it ail together.
Tha Imminl In k. ,...:n.J . I. : -
- iv L,t kluvgu nils year
and which if -not used will be placed
to the credit of the ssate is $106,000.
Next vear tha amn,t will h in..ku,i
which will make the sum total for the
two veara ttlKftrm A. it.
required to duplicate this amount in
uiucr to secure ine government aid,
there will ha a a..m .,..:i.ku -1
$636,000. 1
As bridges are considered a part of
road equipment, it is believed that in
Some imttanfat Um ...... u
ahead and build the bridges and then
ym .i, uic roaaa later, ine require
ment of the government is that in
DUllninflr tha ,t.H. .L..H l.
- -. w"" aiiau uc a
continued line. Short lines cannot be
Duin ano, tneretore, a system which
will run from one end of the state to
the other, probably will have to re
ceive first consideration. The road
can be built of dirt or gravel, but must
receive approval of tha
inspector.
Miss Kaiser Leads
In Golf Tourney
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M, - t . .". n,ug. at.'
im Uura Kaiser of Flossmoor club.
V5 here this forenoon, in the qiulifv-
.... - w. w hu.cb ior ine womer's
weitern onlf rK5m,v.i.'
0 . is isiuusiuu. me
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nut ,on oi Hillsdae,
w:ji .tT! , , lc cawaras ot
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niui 7,
JAPANESE DEAL
IS UNDERSCRUTINY
Lansing Orders Inquiry Into Al
leged Lease of Large Tract
Near Panama CanaL
SPANIARD ACTS AS AGENT
Washington, Aug. 21. Investiga
tion of reports from Panama that a
60,000-acre land concession at the At
lantic end of the canal is being sought
by a Spaniard named Ternandez, pre
sumably for Japanese interests, was
ordered today by Secretary Lansing.
Rumors of a similar nature have
been common since the canal was
well under way, but it was not until
several months ago that they reached
a well defined outline. At that time
it was commonly believed in diplo
matic circles that private Japanese
shipping interests were seeking land
through Spanish intermediaries to es
tablish a base for storing coal at
lower rates than could be had from
the American government monopoly
base.' So far as is known nothing
definite came of that plan.
The present reports are that Fer
nandez, Havana agent for Japanese
interests, secured a 60,000-acre land
concession through the activity of
Ramon Valdes, whose recent election
to the presidency of Panama may
possibly be disputed by the United
States because of alleged frauds and
coercion.
liams II, No. 21, is the leader, ranking
with Clarence J. Griffin, No. 7, and
W. Merrill Hall, No. 10, the other
members of the first ten, according
to the list prepared at the end of the
1915 season. Williams had a narrow
escape from being in the lower half,
as the draw split at No. 64, and the
1914 champion's name was the sixty
third drawn. Other strong players
whose names appear in the upper half
include S. H. Voshel, Wallace John
son, Count Salm, H. Van Dyke Johns,
Charles S. Garland, Ward Dawson,
Douglas S. Waters, H. Mikami, Wil
liam J. Clothier, Robert Leroy, and
Jerry Weber.
The lower half contains the names
of William Johnson, present cham
pion, and No. 1 in the ranking list;
Maurice E. McLoughlin, 1913 cham
pion. No. 3; Karl H. Behr, No. 4; T.
R. Pell, No. 5; N. W. Niles, No. 6;
Watson M. Washburn, No. 8, and
George M. Church, No. 9. I. Kuma
gae, who has won victories to his
credit over Johnston, Griffin and
other leaders among the first Ameri
can ten, is well placed, but will have
to dispose of a high clsss field to
reach the semi-final round.
Among the more expert racquet
stars in this half, in addition to those
in the first ranking class, are R. D.
Little, Roland Roberts and Willis
Davis of the Pacific coast contingent;
Dean Mathey, Harold Throckmorton, .
Frederick B. Alexander, R. Lindley
A ? Tlshnev C B. Dovle.
james Webber and E. P. Learned.
Traction Trouble in
New York Settled
New York, Aug. 21. Announce
ment of the virtual settlement of the
differences' between the New York
railway companies and their employes
averting a strike was made today by
Public Service Commissioner Hay-ward.
McLaughlin and
Johnston Caught
In Tennis Draw,
New York, Aug. 21. The names
of 128 tennis players were drawn here
today for the national singles tour
nament, to begin on the turf courts of
the West Side club, Forest Hills, N.
Y.. Mondav. F.varv AmanV.
of prominence is entered, as are the
iwo Japanese experts, Kumagae and
Mikama. Russia and Austria are rep-
rpilFnfrrl hv A W U,rPh.,.M I
Count Otto Salm, respectively.
as a result ot tne blind draw, the
lower half contains most of the first
tan rnnlrintT nlavar nf (h. TT:..J
r J v. ...v. iviiucu
States, as well as the best of the for
eiffn stars. Tha PartfiV. fnaat ...!,
and middle west are well represented,
aitnougn the larger number of the
entrants will have to fight it out in
the lower half.
In the upper half R. Norris Wil-
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A New Dress
To finish out the summer
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Why Hughes
Finds Wilson Wanting
When the Republicans and former Progressives in Carnegie Hall applauded the em
phatic statments in Mr. Hughes' speech accepting the Republican Presidential nomination,
they were endorsing "the real Republican Platform," as one writer calls it. The applause
was joined in by Colonel Roosevelt, who sat in a conspicuous box and told reporters, after
the meeting, what "an admirable speech" it was and how satisfactory he found the speaker's
exposure of Mr. Wilson's Mexican Policy and Mr. Wilson's handling of our foreign affairs.
In THE LITERARY DIGEST for August 12th, is an extensive article setting forth the
views of both the Republican and Democratic press of the nation on this, Mr. Hughes' first
important public utterance since his nomination.
Other articles of timely importance in this issue, are :
Mr. Hughes9 New Suffrage Plank
Mr. Hughe has "stolen a march on President Wilton and has delivered a telling blow against him
in man States," remarks the Washington Pott, by coming out for the Susan B. Anthony
Constitutional Amendment, providing for Woman Suffrage. What the country
thinks of this latest move, as reflected in the Nation's Press
is presented in this interesting issue.
The Black List Protest
The Good the "Eastland" Did
On the Threshold of the War's Third Year
The Vindication of General Hughes
Horse-Chestnuts as Food
Living with a Bullet in the Heart
Back-Yard Irrigation
Sculpture at Buffalo
What's in the Name of a Novel
The Tragicomedy of Poland
New York Harbor "Bombarded"
America Gaging the War's Future
The Fryatt Case
Germany's Troublesome Socialists
Every One a Musician
Analyzing Champions
When Whisky is Not Medicine
Do the Sick Need Palaces?
The Real War-Poetry
Atrocities in English
Italian Catholics and the War
English Trenches the Church's Rival
A Fine Collection of Illustrations
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