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The Washington times., 1907-03-09
Plain Facts For Business Men
Today Is Yours, Yesterday Has Gone

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Past conditions have gone, never to return.
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of its nearest competitor; with body of readers
who belong to the progressive class responsive to
business announcements; and with an advertising
rate that makes the use of The Times columns
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The Washington times., 1907-03-09

Mayor Mcclellan vigorously critIclzes
both houses of Congress for having been
servile i'm their attitude toward the Pres
ident. Not quite accurate, but to the
extent that it is true the fact constitutes
the most useful political asset that the
members of Congress are just now able
TO claim.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
Cannot Trace Stolen Notes.

From United States Treasurer Charles
II. Treat it is learned that the stolen
notes were OF the demand" series. and
having once gotten into circulation they
could not he traced. There are S1S9 eco. -
90 OF this denomination in circulation.
and many OF them ind their way to
Europe.
Mr.. Treat is not inclined to place
much credenCe in the story. for he de-
clares the Bank of England would
hardly accept "a Treasury bin of such
an amount from a stranger. II would
have 10 pass through some banking in
sututiCn, which. IN turn. would require
Identification before accepting IT,
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
Numbers of Notes Not Known.

II Is admitted that the numbers or
the stolen bills are not known, as they
were not taken from original packages.
but from those returned in the due
course OF business. and OF which the
numbers are not taken.
Were the numbers known. as was
first understood to be the case. the Gov
ernment would have had no difficulty in
recovering them. and tracing them
down or have stopped them from going
into circulation
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

Members Of that New York Thirteen
CAB should understand, however, that
il they keep on defying fate long enough
they will all die
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

The unwritten law is invoked in sew
eral pending cases in Oklahoma but the
fact isn't worrying the community so
much as the unwritten constitution.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

The labor organizations in Paris do
things with much the same thoroughness
that is their wont when they start 10 re-
form Chicago.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

But. OF course. a man who never
before talked out loud during a lifetime
OF sixty years. must have a lot OF mis-
ceIlaneous conversation stored up.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

Now is the time to get a good grip and
hope that Providence will be kind Sen
ator Aldrich has gone OF to Europe and
left the country to take care of itself.
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

One more campaign ought easily TO
enable the English women 10 terrorize
parliament into giving them the suffrage
The Washington times., 1907-03-09

The Treasury officials here disclaim
having received any intimation from
the Bank Of England that a $1,000 gold
note stolen from the Chicago subtreas-
ury WAS Cashed at that institution.
Chief Wilkie is on his way here from
Chicago. and Il is intimated that he
may have received some news from
the Scotland Yard detectives that would
prompt such conclusion as is set forth
in the above. disDatcb
The Washington times., 1907-03-09
TREAT DENIES
STOLEN NOTE
WAS CASHEO
Bank of England Would
Require Absolute
identification.

CHICAGO, Ill. March 9--One OF the
$4,000 bills stolen from the Chicago
treasury in the great $4,000 robbery is
said TO have been presented to and
cashed by the Bank Of England in Lon
don.
A cablegram announcing this fact
yesterday started an international hunt
without parallel in the history OF the
Federal Secret Service.
Upon receipt Of the message, Chief
WiIIie, who is directing the search for
the stolen money. took the first train TO
Washington.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

tanned on this subject. According to the laws of
God, no human agency can put asunder what God
has joined. This is the position the Catholic
Church takes in its Interpretation of the Divine
law. 1t is the only sane and sensible Interpretation
which can be taken. Quotations from the King
James version of the Holy Bible, which is generally
accepted by Protestant denominations, could be in
serted here, from the words of Moses, Paul, Mark
Luke, Jesus and probably others which unqualified
y prohibit divorces with the privilege of remarry-
ing by either party to the separation. Probably no
other moral precept is so strongly stated in the
Bible as the indssolubility of the marriage con
tract
The law may seem rigorous, may seem TO work
injustice to innocent and offended husbands or
wives, but the law is law and its benefcent effects
upon the morals of all those who recognize and OBJ,
serve it. as compared with the loose morality en-
gendered by so-called legal separations under one
pretext or another too plain to need pointing
out.
The statistical report of the census bureau on
this subject should arouse the great and good
Protestant bodies to action The Catholic position
is unattackable. We commend it to the lawmakers
when this subject is finally brought up for action.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09
DIVORCES IN AMERICA.

Among the duties of the census bureau is the
collection of statistics of all kinds which show
less interesting facts concerning the people
of the country. preliminary report of divorce
statistics so far as they were obtainable was pub
lished last week. The report shows that / 100000
divorce applications were filed in United States
courts during the past twenty years. of which
number it is estimated 100000 were granted In
the twentyyear period just preceding 1857 to 1886
a total of 32S,000 divorces were granted. The re-
port makes pretensions to absolute accuracy. be-
cause the records in some states, New York espe-
cially are in such muddle that it has been i'm
possible to secure the facts.
That divorce is one of the greatest evils in the
social fabric is recognized by all right-thinkine
men and women That the evil is alarmingly on
the increase is proved by the figures, though con-
sidering the great increase in population in the
forty years covered by the report the ratio of in
crease in the last twenty is not so great as the
plain statement of the figures seems to indicate.
Agitation for uniform marriage and divorce laws
in the states for national law is to be expected
when the sober sense of the people is once aroused
Such laws will some day be enacted the sooner the
better. but the laws to be enacted should conform
strictly to the laws of God. Probably nothing has
been more potent a cause for persecution of the
Catholic Church than the position it has main
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09
RAILROAD REGULATION.

The question of the regulation of corporations.
and particularly railroads, continues to be the
chief economic question in this country. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is wise enough to foresee that I'M
less reforms are instituted, and the corporations
compelled to obey the laws, the next presidential
election will result in an upheaval which will put
the Republican party out of power. The past ten
wears has been an era of mergers and consolida-
tions, resulting in stranging of competition,
rather than in building of new roads. These com
binations and cliques have been powerful enough
to prevent the financing of new projects, and the
result is an insufficiency of railroad facilities
overtaxing the capacity of the railroads in opera
ton, and the consequent impeding of commerce
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The railroads have been acting the part OF the dog
in the manager: they cannot handle the traffic
themselves and they will not allow others to share
in 1t.
Railroad presidents complain bitterly OF what
they term the hostile attitude of the government IN
attempting to make them obey the laws They re
gard it as an infringement of their time-honored
right to obey only such laws as suit them and their
purposes President Hill, of the Great Northern
saws that this has caused the public to feel hostile
to the railroads and that therefore they will nor
put their money into the building of new roads
He says that if it were not for this, billion and
half to two billion OF dollars could and would be
used in constructing new roads he does not men
ton the fact that unlimited money has been Oh
tanned and used in the purchase of roads already
built and in buying watered stocks in the comblna-
tions so formed. President Truesdale IN a recent
interview stated: "A campaign of agitation is
being waged throughout the country. The
tendency is to go to an extreme which viii not serve
merely to remedy conditions and practices that
need attention. but, extending far beyond, will so
check and impede the operation of railroads az To
effect general business interests. Then all Will SUI
fer together"
The Republican party has always been regarded
as the friend of the corporations and the efforts
of the administration to correct these gross abuses
are really acts of friendship 1t is better to be
formed by friend than destroyed by enemy.
The opposition to the methods of the railroads is
not confined to socialists or demagogues. The sub
stantia business men of the country have reached
the conclusion that these abuses must be remedied
at whatever cost, and unless the party now in pow
er can demonstrate its ability to remedy them, there
is sure to be change of administration. Many
conservative and able thinkers doubt the accom-
plishment of a sufficient reform within the next
two years, by the utmost efforts of the party in
power. victory by the opposition on this issue.
would result in placing in power administration
which would be most unfriendy to the railroads
and the result would be such drastic action as
might be- going to extremes be disastrous not only
to the railroads but to business interests generally
Senator Patterson, of Colorado stated day or
two ago that government ownership of railroads
would be an accomplished fact within a few years.
Whether this would be wise or not it would GER
tainly cause disaster to the very men who are now
blocking every attempt to reform the abuses. The
public is thoroughly aroused ON this question, and
if railroad officials are wise they will get in line
and cooperate with the administration in the cor
rection of abuses, instead of going bindly on to
disaster.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09
BELIEF IN THINGS UNSEEN.

One of the indisputable facts of history which
have come down to us is that Jesus Christ lived
upon this earth and died violent death by cruci-
fixion. No one who has read any ancient history,
sacred or profane, denies or attempts to deny the
existence of the man. That He performed miracles
is as we'll established by history as is the signing of
the Declaration of independence ON July 4, 1916.
The denial of Jesus Christ is that He was the Son
of the Living God. Why modern thinkers should
pick out this one point in the life of Christ for at
tack it is hard to understand. The wonders He per-
formed during the years of His public life afford
quite as much material for attack and denial be-
cause of their unscientfic explanation does the
divinity of Christ as set down in the historical ac
counts of His life. The explanation for this atti
tude probably lies in the widespread prevalence of
the spirit of materialism which permeates society
in these latter days. UnbeIef in things not seen or
nationally explained is affected by whose SUI
perficial reasoning powers nave been corrupted by
reading half Understandings the works of some
who have attempted to go back of the beginning OF
life on the earth. Science agrees perfectly with
the religious idea that there was time when no
life existed on this globe. Then life did exist
From where it came the greatest thinkers cannot
explain beyond the fact that it came from God the
originator of all life.
There is a time in the lives of nearly all men
when doubt assails and materiaistic reason cannot
explain the things which are not SEEN. Fortunate
indeed is he who seeks information from those
whose spiritual insight and mental attachments are
such as to guarantee to the doubter an answer
based on good hard sense and an understanding of
the mental processes which brought the seeker to
him for information.
A young man, assailed by doubt, once sought
light from a man whom he counted as a loyal
friend-a Catholic priest, to be frank-and an
nounced in the course of long conversation touch
ing many topics, but all leading up to the climax;
II have become skeptical. 1 do not believe any
thing cannot see and explain"
No doubt the good man was shocked by the an
nouncement of unbelief, but he only sought to i'm
press upon the young man the ridiculous position
he had taken, and at the same time guide the in
quiring mind into channels free from the rocks and
reefs on which he was threatening to annihilate
himself. The priest told a story which pointed the
way better than learned statement possibly could
have done:
"a sheep, COW and goose are on yonder hill.
each eating grass" the story went. "Tell me now.
if you can, why in the process of digestion the
grass makes wool ON the sheep, hair on the COW and
feathers on the goose. You know this to be 3
fact. Can you explain ita No. Then do rot be-
too sure things you cannot explain are Incorrect
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

By the resignation of John f. Stevens as presi-
dent of the Panama canal commission, the third
since the decision to dig the waterway was reached
it is suggested that there must be something wrong
and that the designations based on some reason
not given to the public. Perhaps the suggestion
does injustice to those in control of the enter
prise. The present plan of construction is the
elimination of general contractors, the government
to stand sponsor for the work, which may be let to
small contractors by the engineer on the advice of
the President. Assurances are given that the work
will go on uninterruptedly. Just now, in the in
auguration of the gigantic task, it is beset with
many difficulties After the job is done there will
be hundreds-nay, thousands will rise up and
tell how it should have been DONE where the mis-
takes were made and who was responsible
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

field of Waterloo, said IAN education that elimi-
mates religion and morality from its curriculum
can never make a manly man of scholar but it
can and does make very often a clever devil"
When will people think for themselves. The fact of
the failure of system of education, its def
cheney and incompleteness, are so glazing and
written so luminousy large on our criminal cal
endars that if we were not blinded by voluntary
stupidity and prejudice we would have to shade our
eyes when looking on them
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Bomb-throwing anarchy, the most vicious of all
the acquired institutions of civilization is never
found among those prosperous gentlemen who
have stolen the property of the people and bribed
the courts to egalize the theft Rather is it found
among the low-browed unfortunates, for whose
mental and financial condition the aforesaid pros
porous gentlemen are primarily responsible. The
mask of the lying and perjured thief who hides be-
hind fine clothes and pethoric bank account, is
more less transparent; his hypocrisy is visible
to his fellow men. On the other hand there is
much abuse of men whose lives have been pure
whose wealth has been accumulated as legitimatey
the daily wages of any poor man, but to the
untutored mind of the bomb lunatic all wealth is
illegitimate since he possesses it not A just God
will weigh well the causes which lead to the degen-
crate condition of the anarchist will consider the
plundering by which money was unjustly boarded,
ere judgment is pronounced.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09
earn FROM BISHOP sCANLAN.

feel It my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time to time that no person bearing the
name and garb priest sister anyone else, is
authorized permitted 10 solicit or collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever connected with the
Catholic Church without having from me permission
IN writing bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such document he or
she as the case may be- should regarded by all
a fraud and imposter. /. SCANLAN,
Bishop Of Salt Lake
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

News that the cave-in in the drain tunnel of the
Ontario mine at Park City, which has held back
the development of some Of the richest ground in
the state for two years, has been repaired is well
come. With Park City restored to normal condi-
tions the silver production of Utah for 1907 will
doubtless show an increase over that of last year.
and will result in greater prosperity not only to
that camp. but to the entire state as we'll
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The threatened destruction of the earth this
month by comet which has been rushing toward
us at a speed which makes comparison impossible
does not to disturb humanity from their ac-
customed haunts and habits. But just suppose a
collision does result and earthly things are upset
and destroyed-will the end find you in the proper
mental and spiritual attitude toward your Maker
that you may enter the realms of the eternally
blessed2
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The question as to admission of japanese school
children into the San Francisco public schools may
be summed up thus: If the japanese are to be-
come citizens of the country, they should be given
every opportunity to enlighten themselves on the
customs and ideals of the people; if not, they
should be excluded, not only from the schools but
from the country. We do not want any foreign
colonies in America.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

A subsidy bill carrying $2,6OO,OOO to encourage
steamship service between the United States and
South American ports has passed the lower house
Of congress- after an acrimonious debate 1t is not
stated whether the steamship companies or the
members of congress are the greatest beneficaries
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

That thief is not thief if he hides money
entrusted to his care and the owner cannot prove
the caretaker has msappropriated it, is the gist of
a recent court decision The man who made away
with the $4,000 at the Chicago sub-treasury evil
IDENTIFY had considered this decision and governed
his actions accordingly
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountan Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home this diocese. It's circulation in Mon
tana Idaho, Colorado. Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business men advertise the paper All subscribers
will ind it to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters to read
the list of advertisers. We not only recommend
but for them the patronage of all our readers.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Concrete telegraph poles have come into exist
ence as result Of the growing scarcity of lumber
suitable for such poles, the Pennsylvania railroad
having equipped a mile of its line with them. With
the timber resources sadly the decline, it is per-
tinent to suggest that the people plant trees and
that tariff revision on lumber is sorely needed.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Friends and admirers of President Roosevelt
lately have been attempting to prove that his po
tical convictions arc not altogether of the sort adj
vocated and proclaimed by the great Republican
party Democrats say he is Democrat, Socialists
say he is Socialist, while his political friends pro-
claim him smon-pure all-wool -a-yard-
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

When a representative from mining commm-
ity, where not a spear of grass other vegeta-
ton is known to exist introduces bin regulating
the livestock industry of the state it is evident he
is in dire strait for something to keep his name be-
fore his constituents.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

With railway kings and captains of industry
quarreing among themselves, the high privates and
princes of poverty may confidently expect some
thing to drop their way--perhaps ak or drop
In wages
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Republican. May it not be that his advocacy of
certain reforms which nearly everybody wants, his
square deal" utterances his whole life, found
ed on the gospel of the Almighty, and that he is
Christian before he is member of any political
party?
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Threats of holding members of the legislature
accountable or responsible for enacting or failure
in enactng certain legislation must scare them half
10 death.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Cuba is Americanizing with rapid strides. A
movement is on foot to establish stock exchange
in Havana the natives may lay aside stud poker
and cultivate the more refined method of gambling
in stocks
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

After Vilatte fails in his efforts to create
schsm in the Church in France there still remains
the Holly Rollers in America, to which he may de-
vote his attention.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The irony of fate is exemplified in the man
who struggles for years to become prominent
citizen and then is dragged before investigating
committee to have prominence thrust upon him.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

a young man starting out in life has much to
learn, and after getting well started has much to
unean.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Political economists say we are living in a time
of great initiation. Maybe they have heard about
Salt Lake coal prices.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

Sometimes compelled to go to great
lengths to escape sheriff7s warrant.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The "unwritten law" is just now so strongly
urged that the written law may be overlooked by
It's ardent advocates.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

The sting of defeat is often felt by the man
who has political bee in his bonnet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

How is man to reduce his coal bill if he al
ready the longest-lasting most heat-unit-con-
tanning coal at 25 cents more on the TONI
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-03-09

When investigating committees ask pertinent
questions those investigated invariably consider
them impertinent, and refuse to answer.