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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
FLYING MACHINES.

The announcement last week that Mr.. Thomas
A. Edison had invented flying machine was the
first announcement we have seen which conveyed
any idea to the nature of the work of the 'Ewz-
ard" of the electrical world 1t is doubly interest
ing, because when Mr. Edison went into retirement
it was announced that he would quit for while the
commercial field of invention and devote his time
to the speculative, for which his inclinations were
very strong. The telegraph dispatches also told of
the successful fight of the Wright Brothers ma
chine. And if it had not been for the fortuitous
circumstance that lightning exploded the machine
of Count Zeppelin and destroyed it, no doubt the
further flying of that machine would have demon
strated the entire practicabity of navigating the
air.
Indeed, that practicability has now been so
clearly demonstrated that it is only the pessimist
who doubts or who has the temerity to express his
doubts that the navigation of the air is an assured
fact. 1t is no longer dream. 1t is an accom-
plished fact. When machine weighing approx
mately ton can be sailed through the air for
distance of more than 200 miles, and be guided at
the will of the operator, rising falling turning GO
ing fast slow, and at the same time carry eight
passengers it begins to look as if the arship was
plished by the machine of Count Zeppelin
That the airship has been perfected no one be-
eves. 1t will have to go through all the evolutions
of every other machine. The sewing machine of to-
day is very unlike the original machine and the
modern bicycle would hardly be recognized by the
makers of the old high-wheel machines which we're
so common only a generation ago. But it seems
that the practicabty of sailing through the air has
been clearly demonstrated, That is enough for one
man to accomplish to give him fame What results
will follow the perfection of aerial navigation give
rise to much speculation.
There is the practicability of the machine in
times of war. Will we build aerial battleships and
torpedo boats? Will we have fleet of torpedo boat
destroyers and other ships of flight as we do for
the ocean. Such speculation is among the first
things which given consideration of the people
in general and the inventors, and shows that not
protests of being peace-loving
people, first instinct is to provide ourselves with
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
ANOTHER REFORM.

The American Bar association at its last meet
ing year ago appointed committee to draft pro-
posed laws which would prevent unnecessary cost
and delay in litigation and would more surely tend
to the administration of substantial justice than
the present SYSTEM if they could find such defects
as would permit of revision. The session of the
association this year will be held in Seattle
from August % to 28 and the committee an
pointed last year will submit its reports at that time
Monday morning last brief summary of the report
was sent out to the newspapers from New York
The committee report opens with a statement that
the evil which seems most serious to the committee
is the disposition in some jurisdictions for the court
to dispose of appeals and writs of error on purely
technical grounds while the merits of the case may
be entirely disregarded and justice defeated In
the judgment of the committee, and which judy
ment will be very generally agreed to by the lay
man, the rule in civil and criminal procedure on
appeals should be that decisions should not be based
reversible errors committed by the court below
but strictly upon the merits of the case before the
court.
The many decisions which have been handed
down by courts of appeals purely technical
grounds have tended more than anything else to
bring the administration of justice and the courts
into disrepute. The judicial minds of the judges
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

dominant race of Europe, and more blood was spent
in the grand and glorious effort to bring peace to
an unpeaceful people.
But it was not for century and half after
these events that the Ottoman empire came to power
in Turkey In the middle of the fourteenth cen
tury the successor of Ottoman captured Adrianope,
and made it the capital of his empire. This really
marked the beginning of the end of the Greek rule
and cauesd the final destruction of the Byzantine
empire The capture of Constantinople under Ma
homet II in 1853 placed the Turks in position both
to rule and ruin And they proceeded to do both
to the best of their than average ability.
The history of the subjugatioA of the domnions
of the sultan makes the bloodiest pages in the his
tory of the world. Nothing was done worth
while that we can discover that not accom-
panied by boodshed and shocking and disgracefu
atrocities At least the historians have discovered
nothing half so important these same bloody
fights and murders. 1t is narrative just a little
more dsgracefu to the people of the world than any
of the bloody wars which men have fought, and the
sole result was the establishment of the empire
which today is undergoing few reforms at the
instance of the Young Turks.
This government absolute monarchy,
with the sultan the executive, judicial and leg
isative head The only limitations placed on 1t
we're those that the sultan chose to place there Re
ligious opinions however, as inculcated by the Ko-
ram were powerful in placing some limitations on
the sultan, but these were never strong enough to
keep the sultan from killing his brother if polit-
caI ends seemed to require that the brother be put
away. And the limitations were noticeable only
when the sultan had fear of assassination if he
did not do as prudence suggested 1t was
strictly legitimate for the sultan to levy tribute
from all he could and he taxed the people as he
pleased and received gifts" from the governors of
provinces at stated intervals. Everything sub
ordinated to the sultan and all the Offices under the
government we're subject to the sultan's command.
1t was this condition that led the Young Turks
party to rise up 1t was the fear of assassination
that led the sultan to listen to the appeals of his
subjects The light of western civilization has been
Pickering along the outskirts of the Ottoman
pire for a long time. 1t gradually percolated
through the darkness and the Young Turks have
gained a fair start to the consummation of rep
resentative government.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
AMERICAN MUSIC.

Efforts are being made to promote the interest
of American composers by the consolidation of two
prominent American music societies into one or
ganization, whose object will be the publication OF
music by American composers and the promotion
of the music art in America. The two societies to
be consolidated are the Wa Wan Press and the
American Music society of Boston, the merged or
ganization to be known as the American Music So
ciety The president of the proposed organ
ization is Mr.. Arthur Farwell, well-known com
poser Walter Damrosch is to be the musical direc-
tor. Mrs. W. A. Nelden of Salt Lake City is the
vice president for this district The names of the
other officers are more or less familiar to the
steal people of this country.
Among musicians there has been for years de
cided feeling that not enough interest has been
taken in their work and not enough encouragement
has been given to American musical compositions
European musicians have declared that America
has no great composers But if this is true it is
much the result of our lack of concerted effort to
produce masters and masterpieces as anything else
The United States is comparatively new in the
world of music. Europe has the great teachers, and
has had them since the art of music was invented.
A few of them have come to America, but the num-
Der is so limited that it may almost be said that
American music developed in its untrammeled
way for great many years. The originality of the
American composer cannot be questioned. Neither
can it be questioned that the most of his music
made to sell with the hope that it would not last
more than a brief season. That kind of music
makes the business good.
1t is hoped that the new society will take up its
work in a broad way. The new society may be in
strumental in bringing out" some unknown Amer
lean musical works that will reflect credit upon the
American composer and will give American compo-
the old-world masters. American music is not all
miserable jangle of interrupted intervals and dis
cordant noises There is deeper sentiment to be
expressed than that indicated by the rag-time ar
fists who operate in every block in our cities The
great spirit of the Indian spoke through the rude
instruments of the savages, but the finer sensibties
of the American musician have not yet been suita-
bly, expressed The development of distinctively
American quality of music is as important as any
other field of artistic endeavor. 1t seems that the
American Musical society has set out on the right
track to accomplish that end 1t rests with Amer
lean musicians to develop American music No
other people do that. And it is a lamentable
fact that the best music does now, and always has
come from across the water If the new society can
make the ambitious American composers feel that
their efforts worth while their efforts will not
have been in vain The time must come when
American composers will have earned recognition
abroad, and having that will be looked upon as really
worthy at home.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
MARCONrs MOTHER.

Nine Marconi, the mother of the famous in
ventor, is most charming woman, who has life
filled with romance. She was born Annie Jamison,
daughter of Andrew Jamison of Daphne Castle, and
Fairfield, Enniscorthy, County Wexford Ireland
She was brilliant beauty, with marvellous sopra
no voice, which she decided to train for grand
opera against the wishes of her family She ran
away to Italy to study music She met Marconi, an
Italian banker of Bologna, and fell deeply in love
with him. The marriage took place at once, there
by depriving the world of queen of song. Nine
Marconi spends most of her time in Ireland now
for not only has she her own relatives but she is
especially fond of her sons wife there, who was
Beatrice O'Rrien
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
THE uTERMouNTAM AND COLORADO CATHOLIC: AUGUST r. 1908

means of defense and destruction. Would not the
arship furnish good subject for consideration at
the next meeting of The Hague tribunal! Coulo
not the civilized nations of the world agree that the
arship should have no place among the destructive
forces of war;
The mere fact that explosives dropped from
balloon would place all those on terra TRINA IN
most indefensble position, and make them as help
less as sheep before storm, should cause the powers
to take definite action against the use of the new
force and cause them to agree that it shall not be
used.
But no matter what effect the airship will have
on the arts of war; Count Zeppelins success is gen
uine. 1t marks an era in the progress of mankind
What it shall lead to one can say-perhaps to the
universal peace for which have hoped so many
wears Will the airship become important fac
tor in our transportation problems? VIII the wire
less telegraph be an adjunct to it? The field of
speculation is broad Surely we are about to enter
into new era of marvellous accomplishment The
twentieth century bids fair to eclipse the nineteenth
in the wonderful things, the mysterious things
which the genius of man has discovered.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
CoRRESPONpENCE soIICTTED
CARD FROM BISHOP sCA,IAN.

feel it my duty to protect Catholics and the pub
lie generally from fraud and imposition by notifying
them from time 10 time that person bearing the
name and gar5 Of d priest sister anyone else, is
authorized permitted 10 solicit collect in this
diocese for any purpose whatever with the
Catholic Church without having from permission
IN writing, bearing my seal and signature Should
anyone be found engaged in doing this unlawful
work collecting without such a document he or
she the may be- should be regarded by all an
q fraud and an tmposter. l. SCANLAN
Bishop Of Salt Lake.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The Intermountan Catholic goes into nearly every
Catholic home in this diocese. Its circulation in Mon
tana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and many
other states is very large. Only reliable firms and
business advertise In the paper. All subscribers
viii find it to their advantage when about to invest
purchase consult business matters, over
the list Of our advertisers. We not only recommend
but ask for them the PATRONAGE of all our readers
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

The airship promises to put the summer resort
business to the bad. balloon was recently sent up
at Pittsfeld. Mass, to a height OF six miles The
thermometer on it registered 80 degrees below zero
Now when city dwellers want to escape the heat OF
the city they will order out their airship and 60 up
in the air for a cool days work or cool nights
sleep.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Europe is said to be worrying over the fact that
the great American tourist is not spending as much
money over there as he used to. They should re-
member that presidential elections were made here
to keep the people at home.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Mr.. Bryan expresses his preference for base
ball over golf. Now it IS up to the golf enthusiasts
to get into the game
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

The experts say that honest products have not
been hurt any by the operation of the pure food
law, yet there does seem to be great deal Of COM
plant in certain quarters.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

There is thing about the vacation by proxy
that is worthy of attention from vacation enthu-
sasts, and that is that you don't have to rest up
week after it is all over.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

There is one thing about being laboring man
that escapes the general public. When the grand
jury is in session. it doesn't call very many of them
before it to testify.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

When a man gets angry and talks loud it re-
minds us of the sign on the roof of grandfather's
barn. 1t spoiled the appearance of the whole barn
and it didn't pay the advertiser who had it painted
there.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

The Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary
Noises might well go out of business until after
the November election
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

has no effect on leap year, and the summer girl is
still with us.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Fire losses in America are about six times as
great per capita as in Europe but then. we are so
progressive don't have to tear down our old
houses, perhaps.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Sometimes fellow talks much that we Won
der if he believes all he says. If he does he's the
only one on earth that does.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

And now they have gowns with the sheath effect
but nobody is attracted, so they don't count for
much
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Happiness is not secured by money. and selfish
ness is not the beginning of happiness 1t is rather
the end of it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

When our statisticians are working on the prob
lem of how rich we are as nation. it might be
good place for the tax assessor to loaf around
bit.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

And there is still lot of money tied up in over
coats that will be put in circulation along about
Nov 1.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

The sheath gown certainly never could attain
to any popularity at Saltair.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

If some good friend gives you a pointer. Just be
a little careful about being stuck with it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

few years won't be any more burdensome than that
of the past.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

The limit of foolishness is reached by the fellow
who is eternally dissatisfied with the weather.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

When you come to think of it. there still re
main some good things in the world
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

Might nearly always makes right if you are the
larger party in the dispute.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

A movement that gets ON foot usually doesn't
travel very fast unless headed by a band wagon.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10

ruff said, but small sums are coming
in from various sources.
George r. Sheldon, treasurer Of the
national Republican committee, when
asked about the contributions. de-
clined to discuss them, saying that he
would publish list of all the coutri-
buttons made to the Republican ma
tional campaign fund after che elcG-
ton.
An appeal fors contributions of 500
each from 10000 business men was
issued today by Treasurer sheldon.
The appeal reads as follows;
THE legitimate expenses OF the Re-
publican national campaign arc neces-
sarily large Under the law corpora
lions may not contribute. and we
therefore ask individuals to contribute
more generally
"ManS would be contributors are
deferred from subscription lest the
amount, when published, would be
the subject of comment az being too
small or on the other hand too large
have therefore determined to asks
uniform contribution of $50 FROM, say.
10000 business men so vitality con-
cerned in tho continuance of Repub-
lican principles.
Il hope you will place yourself on
this roll and send TO me Your check,
for which an official receipt Will be
sent yOu.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
CONTRIBUTIONS TO
DEMOCRATIC FUND

New York. Oct. 9.-The Democratic
national committee is preparing to an
pou,.ce next week the amount of its
campaign fund and the individual con-
tribut,ons of amounts of $500 and over
and the lists which have been COM
piled to date and sent here from Chi
cago, show that the campaign fund
is a little over 100000.
OF this fund something over $3.50, 900
has been collected from contributors,
which with $4,000 Of the Denver con-.
5vertion fund is the total fund now in
the Democratic treasury.
It is learned today that there have
beel Il individual contributors of $1,000
each and is contributors of $500 each.
There have been no contributions OF
sums between $1,000 and $500 to date.
The Denver headquarters of the ma
}tional committee has collected $4,000.
which Is said to include check of ST.
900 from former Senator William A.
clark OF Montana. The smallest contri-
button received was ] cent which came
in th.: mail from Monroe, Wash
The largest contributors to the Demo-
cratic. campaign fund are as follows: s
Delaney Nicoll, New York City, $1,000;
Jacob Rupert, New York City, 81 900;
Nathan Straus, New York city $l.2bo.
National Democratic club, New York
City, $500: w. H. Sheehan, New York
City, Archibald Mcneil, Bridgeport,
Conn: Buy B. Tucker. Little Rock.
Ark; NJ. r. Dunlap, Illinois; Roger Sui
liva1, Chicago; Perry Belmont, New
York City; Robert I. Owen; okal,oma,;
j. J. Hogan, La. Crosse. Wis; r. Q.
woods, Flint Mich; f. f. Goltra, st.
Louis: Moses c. Wetmore. st, Louis;
Norman E. Mack, Buffalo. n. y, $1,000
each: Melbert Gary, Connecticut; JEFF
ferson Levy, New York City; DR.. John
Cox. Connecticut; w f. Burns, New
York City; *. S. D. Bailey, Selma,
Ala; Nathan Cole, Los. Angeles; T. W..
Iarns. Chicago; Joseph Fels, P P1tta
burg; Carl S. Yroolin, cotnit. Mass;
Melville E. ingalls,. Cincinnati; w. r.
c. Burt Murray Carleton, st. Louis; T.
8. Lynch. ST. Paul; T. J. Walsh. Hele-
ma. Mont; w. 3. George. Billings.
Mont. and r. S. Ford. Great Falls,
Mont, each $500.
Tie major part of the Democratic
campaign fund has come from 81 con-
tributors and from the Denlocratic
press which started campaign subscrip-
lions
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-10
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