Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 22, 1916, Page 2

CATHOLIC WEEK OPENS AT NEW YORK American Federation is Work- ing for Oleaner Pictures, Books and Stage. RADICALISM IS DENOUNCED New York, Aug. 21—The federal administration was assailed today at business sessions of the American Federation of Catholic societies. Anthony Matre, secretary of the fed- eration, said that Catholic protests to the government against the recognition of Carranza were like “a voice in the wilderness.” At a meeting of the German Catho- lic Central Verein the administration wag charged with favoritism towards the entente aliies, 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: “Dc:gi!e our honorable protests, | 4 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- sions of the American Federation of Catholic socicties 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 inau d sterday 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 | bearing tfie reports of the national president, John Whalen, and of the national secretary, Anthony Matre. An address was delivered by the Right M. J. Lavelle, rector of St. Pat- rick's cathedral, | Suppression in many states of ob- . {;ctionll' 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- i§ ance of vigorous cam, what were termed “pernicious and philosophies’ ‘among which was included birth control and socialism and anarchy, was advocated. The committee also warned direc- ~ tors of American c not to per- " mit an alien radicalism to “contami- - nate at the fount the youth of 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 , for which the radicals of . the United States are said to have - contributed us much as $1,000 a - month, have debauched many Mexi- cans,” the report zonllnmld "Thle]: pernigious propaganda spread unti 9 3. ll:cn?fi ‘chmifih found ;h:r&::lvel at e head of military mobs, bent upon 5 hu;tlu Christ from the so-called re- Aided by othier rrzvnludonlry T"Wdudmu'flx:z T Christians,” o_tion\ Between - England and Sweden Cope hagen, Aug, 21.;;(v_h Lon- n| &)—Auofll s pub! 8 lomatic documents relating to the negotiations between Sweden and land regarding the_seizure of mails to Russia. This seizure in_retaliation for the taking by ritish _of parcels post from ca to Sweden, blue book states that on the initi of Great Britain, an agree- nt was reached by which the Brit- mails were to be released, Eng- d agreeig to the establisnhment of arbitration court after the war to settle the question of its seizure ‘of American mail. After this agreement, the Blue Book says, and most of 60,000 pack- s of mail seized by Sweden had been forwarded to Russia, England s zaly demanded that Sweden al- English mails to pass to Rus- the future. Sweden refused to amendment to the original ent, whereupon England with- its eo-emhfi. "h‘le :r on mfl. agens Nyhe- uy‘t“' several Swedish news- pers Sari Anbonio, Tex, Aug. 21— Major- A-unio. %n- ajor WILSON REVIEWS HIS DEMANDS ON RAIL PRESIDENTS (Continued Frem Page Ome.) ence this afternoon was arranged to allow the officials who arrived here today to get the president’s viewpoint first han(t 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 THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916. GREAT WESTERNT0 (ROAD MONEY READY |JAPANESE DEAL IS UNDER SCRUTINY ; OPEN HERE TODAY Country’'s Turf Stars Entered in Five Days’ Meting at Speedway. CLASSIC TROT CARDED When starting Judge Oliver Lch- man of eDtroit sends the field away in the 2:14 trotting class, Grain Fx- change purse of $1,000, at the Speed- vast rodper!iei of the late James J. Hill, E. P Ripleg, the veteran president of the Santa Fe, were among the first. Neither had any statement to make. The incoming executives conferred with those already here and with the managers’ committee to familiar- ize themselves with the negotiations so far. All the western presidents are expected before tomorrow noon. % that time it is expected about 1 railway heads, rej nun% roperties valued at about $10,000,000,000 will pe here with the president. / Employes’ Committee Meets. The brotherhood representatives held a brief meeting in their hall to- ay and adjournment was taken un- til 10 o'clock tomorrow morning The meeting decided that brother- hood members should call on senators and representatives from their own states and acquaint them with the de- tails of the men's side 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 incoming presidents were more optimistic about the situ- ation than those already here, One of the western men declared that if his road alone were involved he un- quntionlblfi' 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 today the president was carefully studyin the entire question with the idea o makng some recommendations to congress probably in his next mes- sage in December, President Defends Plan, President Wilson yesterday replied indirectly to the contentions ofthe railroad officials that the principle of arbitration would be endan- gered by plan for putting the ht-hour basic day into effect while a commission investigates its prac- ticability .and passes upon other points at issue, The president’s telegram defendi. his plan was in reply to an a; pu‘ from George Pope, president of the National Association of Manufactur- ers, urging that the principle of arbi- tration be preserved in the strike negotiatons, Mr. Pope's telegram follows: “Hartford, Conn., Auvg 18, 1916, e President: The White House— On behalf of 3,700 manufacturing or- ganizations emrlozing .3,000,000 per- sons, and utterly dependent upon un- interrupted railroad service for their continued operation, I beg to at once express our deep appreciation of your' efforts to prevent the thrun’ed tructive stoppage of national ‘rail service and to respectfully urge thai you will with all the power of your great office and personality rt and maintain the principle ot ration for industrial disputes affecting na- tional intercourse. st demand can fear such a test; no fair demand can or should survive it. I sincerely believe no man in our history has ssessed such an opportunity to ortify his essential principle of public security against future attack by em. er of cmEInF. EORG: OPE, President, “National Association of Manufac. turers.” President’s Reply The president replied: “Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of August 18 and to say i regfiv’tl\n 1 hofc‘l‘ to ‘:h Relkeiols. of arl an I principle of itration with as clear a conviction d as firm a purpose as anyone, but that, unfortunately, there is no means now in existence can be secured, e exiltinf means have been tried and have failed, This situation must never be allowed to rise again, but it has arisen. Some means must be found to prevent its recurrence, but no means can be found offhand, or in a hurry, or in season, to meet the present national em ncyi M “What am proposing does not weaken or discredit the principle of arbitration. It strengthens it, rather, It proposes that nothin, except the eight-hour day, to which the whole economic movement of the ;I'm‘e leem:l to pfomt and dle‘hnlne- iate creation of an agency for de- garmdlin. all the lrblgnhbley elements his case in the light, not of pre- s or forecasts, but of el d ascertained facts, Thi be conceded which arbitration | i way track at 2:30 sharp this afternoon, Nebraska's maiden Great Western circuit meeting will have opened. Omabha today is cynosure of all eyes in western turflom, 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’s five days’ classic. Country’s Stars Here. The $12,300 hung up in stakes and purses has served as an incentive to attract the bright stars of the coun- try’s leading racing 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 rominent 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 pacing 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 fierformnnces that they are among the bright stars of the harness game world are entered in the open- m% day's events, he starting judges will call the drivers and their charges at 2 o'clock. Besides Mr. Lehman, the other of- ficials of the meeting are W. P. Mec- Creary of Hastings, Neb., presidin; iudge: E. P, Peck and C. M. Buck of Omaha, associate judges; Charles Ronin of Fremont, Neb., clerk of the course; R, R. Colwell, scorer and pro- gramer, THREE MEN ARE STABBED IN ROOMING HOUSE FIGHT (From a Statf Correspondent.) 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' Lincoln received a bad wound in about the same location, but it is not thought it will prove serious, The other man, A, J.\Curtis of Lincoln, received slight wounds, The parties who did the stabbing have not been located. Davis has a wife and several children at Rokeby. INSURANCE IN FORCE. December 81, 1006......8 569,000 December 31, 1008...... 1,468,218 December 81, 1010...... 2,641,084 December 81, 1012 4,806,602 December 81, 1014...... 6,580,604 December 81, 1915...... 7,618,000 July 81, 19016.......... 8,878,855 LOCAL AGENTS WANTED in every loclllth)in Nebraska and Kansas. THE MIDWEST LIFE is a live, up-to-date company and pays liberal initial and renewal commis- ons. Its growth has been steady and persistent. Previous experience in sel inf insurance is not necessary. Some of the best agents this com- ny has never sold a policy before ey entered its service. THE MIDWEST LIFE of Lincoln, Nebraska. N, Z. SNELL, President. Guaranteed Cost Life Insurance. GEORGE CROCKER, Gemeral Agent, City National Bank Building, Omaha. e of the direct road to | {; f th batia for. aebltration i anent means than those supplied.” Two Men Killed by Dynamite Explosioa now available are / Ashland, Wis., Aug. 21.—Two men v were killed and $2,000 damage was done in an explosion in the plant of ([} extra dress the DuPont Dynamite works t Barksdale today. " The plant h:. be:n heavily police war began, and employes are ad- ‘|mitted only by photograph. About £ pl ou men are employed. 0ld Man Killed During His First Auto Ride when other |8 since the European |{ College Student We are offering Fibre covered | é trunks :n 'Bfln nlu:w;::s- wood in 86 and 40-inch sizes, M clso in three-quarter heights, } with massive corners, sturdy Locks and Hinges.. One dee, tray .conveniently divided nns ¥ tray all nicely lined. Thoroughly Reliable Trunks $10-$12-$14-$16 Freling & Steinle Salem, Va,, Aug. 21.—A. W. Garaer |§ of Drapersville was 90 years old be-| 3 fore he ventured to take a ride in an |} automobile and today he is\dead. Yes- terday afternoon the car in which he took his first ride plunged over a sixty-foot embankment, turned over five times :efon & |=mck n&d kill:‘d er an ured four others, in- b wile. FOR STATE T0 USE Nebraska Must Appropriate Amount Similar to That Given by Government. PLAN CONTINUOUS ROAD (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 21.—(Special.)— What the state legislature will do re- garding acceptance of the funds voted by congress for good roads in Ne- braska 1s a question soon to come up. Nebraskans interested in good roads will have to take a hand in it if they want the right kind of action: _Governor Morehead and State En- gineer Johnson favor allowing.the amount coming to Nebraska this 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 he reached by using it all together. The amount to be received this year and which if not used will be placed to the credit of the ssate is $106,000. Next year the amount will be doubled, which will make the sum total for the two years $318,000. As the state is reamred to duplicate this amount in order to secure the government aid, thereoosnll be a sum available of As bridges are considered a part of road equipment, it is believed that in some instances the state could go ahead and build the bridges and then put in the roads later. The require- ment of the government is that in building the roads there shall be a continued line. Short lines cannot be built and, therefore, 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 the government inspector. Miss Kaiser Leads In Golf Tourney Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug, 2'— Miss Laura Kaiser of Flonmogr club, Chicago, turned in the medal card of 95 here this forenoon, in the qualify- ing round of 18 holes for the women'’s western golf championship, The second best score, 96, was made by Mrs. W. F. Anderson of Hillsdale, Chicago. Miss Majorie Edwards of Midlothin club, Chicago, was next with a 97, Lansing Orders Inquiry Into AL | leged Lease of Large Tract Near Panama Canal. | | Washington, Aug. 21.—Investiga-| | tion of reports from Panama that al 60,000-acre land concession at the At- | ordered today by Secretary Lansing. Rumors of a similar nature have | Ibeen common since the canal vas 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 gossibly be disputed by the United tates because of alleged frauds and coercion, ‘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., Monday. Every American player |of prominence is entered, as are the two Japanese experts, Kumagae and Mikama. Russia and Austria are rep- resented by A. W. MacPherson and Count Otto Salm, respectively. As a result of the blind draw, the lower half contains most of the first ten ranking players of the United States, as well as the best of the for- eign stars. The Pacific coast, south and middle west are well represented, although the larger number of the entrants will have to fight it out in the lower half. In the upper half R. Norris Wil- to the list prepared at the end of the 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. whose names appear in the upper half iinclude S. H. Voshel, Wallace John- son, Count Salm, H. Van Dyke Johns, SPANIARD ACTS A8 A“ENT‘Charlr.«s S. Garland, Ward Dawson, liam J. Clothier, Robert Leroy, and Jerry Weber. lantic end of the canal is being sought of William _Johnson, present cham-| by a Spaniard named Fernandez, pre-|pion, and No. 1 in the ranking list;) sumably for Japanese interests, was‘.\@aunit E. McLoughlin, 1913 cham- pion. No. Watson M. Washburn, No. 8, and ! George M. Church, No. 9. I. Kuma-|averting a strike was made today by gae, credit over Johnston, liams II, No. 21, is the leader, ranking | other lcaglers among the first Ameri- |with Clarence J. Griffin, No. 7, and < HR W. Merrill Hall, No. 10, the other[to dispose Of'l' high class field to members of the first ten, according|reach the semi-final round. can ten, is well placed, but will have 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 Murray, A. S. Dabney, C. B. Doyle, James Webber and E. P. Learned. Traction Trouble in New York Settled 915 season. Williams had a narrow Other strong players Douglas S. Waters, H. Mikami, Wil- | The lower half contains the names | New York, Aug. 2l.—Announce- [ment of the virtual settlement of the | differences between the New York railway companies and their employes Karl H. Behr, No. 4; T. R. Pell, N ; N. W. Niles, No. 6; Public Service Commissioner Hay- ward. who has won victories to his Griffin and THOMPSON-BELDEN & CO. e The fashion Certer of the MiddleWest — Established 1836 e = TTl; Store for Shirtwaists Blouse Bargains Exclusive Styles A New Dress To finish out the summer season. In the basement dress section the problem Very Low Prices $6.50 to $10.50 $4 75 $2.25 to $3.95 Blouses . . .. Blouses....... zgc Second Flaor. This week--Watch papers for date Blouses. . .. $1.65 $1.50 to $1.95 A Skirt Sale and prices. 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 wasand how satisfactory he found the speakgr’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. Hughes’ New Suffrage Plank Mr. Hughes has “stolen a march on President Wilson and has delivered a telling blow against him in many States,” remarks the Washington Post, 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 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” A Fine Collection interesting issue. 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 of Illustrations It Gives You a Calm, Clear View of World-Affairs Get away from the editorial bias which is inevitable in the general Press and which is ap- parent even in the news columns. 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