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TENTH YEAR
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OF HIS GOVERNMENT
Kerensky's Power and Plan,
of New Rule First Issue
in Convention.
HISS FROM GALLERY
Heckling by Soldier Causes
Uproar War Minister
Applauded.
By Associated Tress
PETROGRAD, Sept. 29. Premier
Kerensky took the initiative today
and faced gallantly what may be the
supreme test ot the power of his
government.
At the very beginning of the demo
cratic Congress, called by the Maxi
milists and the Council of Workmen's
and Soldiers' Delegates, the question
of the premier's power and purpose
to attempt a new government was im
mediately brought up.
The premier accepted the challenge.
He told the Congress that his regime
had saved Russia in its blackest hour.
'The government ahjo indicated its
policy of firmly continuing the war,
when the Minister of War pledged
the convention to a iinal victory over
Germany, If discipline in the army
were restored.
The general's reference to the re
turn of discipline and his announce
ment that the officers would be named
by their superiors instead of by .the
soldiers was applauded only mildly,
but his address as a whole evoked
more cheering than did the premier's.
Premier Kerensky, in his speech,
referred to the revolt of General Kor
niloff In these words: "I resented it
and destroyed it when I was informed
of its existence."
Soldier Iterates Kerenskj.
When the premier declared that the
good of Russia necessitated the ob
servance of order and discipline, he
was severely heckled.' He had
reached a pause in his address
when a loud voice in the gallery
shouted, "You are the great mischief
taiker of the country." From a bed
lam of hisses and applause came a
challenge for the heckler to arise. A
common soldier in the back of the
gallery arose and with arms folded
stood calmly and faced a torrent of
hisses from the crowd supporting
Kerensky.
The section of the war minister's
speech concerning the efforts of Ger
many to obtain peace at the expense
of Russia evoked great applause.
"Our gallant Allies," the war minis
ter said, "have replied to the dastardly
effort by renewed attacks on all their
fronts, believing, as I believe, that
the Russian army still will bare its
breast to free the fatherland."
To Handle Army Without Gloves.
The general said he would handle
the army without gloves, although he
had planned Ms campaigns with all
good intentions for the men. He
pointed out that the 120 regiments at
Riga did not refuse to fight and die,
but that he needed men to fight and
win victories now.
"The fleet does not refuse to fight,"
he said, "but at the same time It mur
ders its officers. We hear many worthy
words about the army, but we have a
great many deserters to punish. The
glorious victories on the southwest
front in July culminated in a dis
graceful retreat. In the rear we have
reinforcements, but the men at the
front do not accept them because they
bring dissatisfacticn and dissension
and regiments with historic achieve
ments cannot accept such men."
BABB (JETS COMMISSION
University Graduate Departs for Fort
Lcaienworth. (
Joseph Glenn Babb of Columbia,
who was graduated from the College
of Arts In 1914 and from the School
of Journalism in 1915, has been com
missioned a second lieutenant in the
regular army. He left yesterday for
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to enter a
service school for provisional officers.
Babb heard the war call while he
was in Tokio, Japan, where for two
J ears he had been a member of the
editorial staff of the Japan Adver
tiser. He resigned his post and re
turned to Columbia to offer his serv
ices, arriving here a month ago.
Both in the class room and In stu
dent activities, Babb made an excep
tional record while in the University.
His present appointment as an of
ficer is the direct outcome ot that
fact In the cadet corps he attained
the highest rank, that ot colonel. He
is a member of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity, of the QEBH senior society
and several other social and honorary
campus organizations. To many
nlllmnt Vil .
-. ... Ula uame ,s Ianjlllar ag mat:
of the author ot the history of the
i-unersuy which appears in the last
ssue of the Alumni .Director'. He
is a son of J. g. Babb, secretary of
the University.
Babb will be qualified for active
sen ice after seen weeks' training at
Fort Leavenworth, the required
period being reduced four weeks in
his case.
MBS. C. L. BREWER IS DEAD
Wife of Former Athletic Director Had
Been Operated on in Kansas City.
Word was received here yesterday
morning of the death in Kansas City
of Mrs. C. L. Brewer, wife of the Uni
versity's former athletic director. Mrs.
Brewer was in ill health all summer
and her physicians several weeks ago
advised an operation. Mr. Brewer
went with her to Kansas City and
after the operation she seemed to be
improving rapidly. She grew worse
on Wednesday and died Thursday at
the German Hospital.
Brief funeral services were held in
Kansas City at Wagner's Chapel and
the body was taken tacit to Mrs.
Brewer's old home, hi Janesville, Wis.,
for burial. Mrs. Brewer Is survived by
her husband and two daughters,
Eleanor and Frances.
Mr. and Mrs. a L. Brewer came to
Columbia In November, 1910, and re-
mained until last summer, when Mr.
-Brewer accepted an offer to return
to the Michigan Agricultural College
at East Lansing as athletic director,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Brewer were well
known in town and University
circles here.
Mr. Brewer was met in Chicago Fri
day by his two brothers.
London Again Attacked by
German Machines Cas
ualties Unknown.
By Associated Press
LONDON, Sept. 29. Hostile air
planes raided London again tonight.
An official communication from the
home office on the latest raid says:
"Hostile airplanes crossed the coast
of Kent and Essex in groups between
S and 9 o'clock. Several attacks were
made upon London and some bombs
were dropped in the northeast and
southeast districts. Bombs were
dropped also at various places in
Kent and Essex, v
"No reports of casualties have yet
been received."
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German Planes in Attack
Over English Coast Are
Brought to Earth.
By Associated Pfess
LONDON, Sept. 29. Two German
airplanes i which" took part In last
night's raid over the southeast coast
of England were brought down, it was
announced officially today. No cas
ualties were caused by the raid.
A GROCETERIA IS IX TOWN
Cafeteria Idea Adapted to Grocery
Business.
Groceteria! What is it? you ask.
It's a new kind of store which elimi
nates clerks and delivery boys. One
has been started in Columbia. ,
In the manner In which a person
selects his favorite dishes in the cafe
teriu, a customer goes to the shelves
of the groceteria and garners into his
market basket crackers, beans, coffee,
tea and other articles for the table
and proceeds to the cashier for a re
view of his container and to pay for,
its contents. The idea is in line
with war-time economy, the groce
teria owners declare, and every effort
is made to avoid delivery expense,
although packages are delivered at
10 cents a trip, regardless of the size
of the purchase.
"Helping the people to help them
selves" is the underlying principle of
the groceteria, cafeteria and other
"teria" ventures. The movement is
rapidly spreading and bids fair to
become national in its scope.
WHITES FOB ELECTRICAL WORLD
George E. lake Deals With Conduct
hity of Magnetic Materials.
The leadingjirticle in the Septem
ber 22 issue of the Electrical World,
a (technical weekly devoted to. things
electrical, is by George E. Luke, a
graduate of the School ot Engineering
of the University of Missouri in 1916.
The article, "Heat Dissipation, a
Problem in High-Rated Units," deals
with the- conductivity of the magnetic
materials used in the construction of
electrical machinery as an important
factor determining the maximum out
put for a given amount of material.
It also contains valuable data obtain
ed in the Palmer Research Laboratory
of Princeton University, where Mr.
Luke had a fellowship last year. Mr.
Luke is now with the Westinghouse
Electrical Company at East Pitts
burgh, Pa.
WAR LOAN MEETING YESTERDAY
Chairman Hunt Calls Meeting
of
Organization Committee
As chairman of the Boone County
libertv loan organization, S. C. Hunt
of the Boone County Trust Company
has appointed as memoers oi an
organization committee 'J. A. Hudson,
chairman, S. F. Conley. R. B. Price,
Jr., and I. A. Barth. The committee
met yesterday morning in the Com
mercial Club rcoms to further de
velop plans for the campaign, which
starts Monday morning.
L1TIUED
RAIDER SHOT DOWN
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, SUNDAY
JAPAN WELCOMES
II, S. TRADE IN CHINA
.
Viscount' Ishii 4. Says , His
Country "Has JNever
Closed Door.
GERMANS IN PLOT
Teutons Declared Responsi
ble for Misunderstandings
In Far East.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK. Sept 29. Japan not
only will not seek to assail the integ
rity or the sovereignty ot China, but
eventually will be nrenared to defend
Chinese Independence against any
aggressor, Viscount Ishii, head of the
Japanese Imperial Mission to the
united States, declared tonight in
nroclaiminc a Monroe doctrine of the
Far East in an address at a banquet
given in honor of the envoys as the
culminating event of their visit to
New York.
Viscount Ishii's address was re
garded as the most important he has
delivered since the arrival of the mis
sion in the United States. He dis
cussed frankly his country's aspira
tions and desires as they relate to
China and denounced the propaganda
of ill-will, "'the persistent cry of the
closed door." He did not hesitate to.
assert that in seeking the trade of
China his country possessed natural
advantages in trade by means of
which it was bound to succeed in
China "unless we are very stupid or
very inactive."
Door Always Open.
"The door to Japan is and always
has been open. It always must re
main open, not only to the guest who
comes to our little island for a round
of pleasure, but to the representative
of those vast commercial interests
represented so well in this gathering
of kings of commerce.
"In spite of all the effort you make,
you believe that Japan as she grew
stronger was always trying to close
the door. I tell you that there never,
has been an hour when our common
sense or a sense of our responsibility
failed us. As you went far afield and
brought us knowledge of the West,
taught us how to grow and how to
trade, so we, as we gained wisdom,
knowledge and strength went into
other fields qf trade. We went to
China, where the door was open to
us as to you, and we have always
realized that there nature gave us an
advantage. There is no need to close
that door on you, because we welcome
your fair and honest competition
everywhere.
"I am persuaded that the grum
blings and the whisperings about a
door closed in China by the Japanese
against America did not come from
the American, but is the result of ten
years of an enemy's effort to create
prejudice and distrust. Much has
been written about Japan's policy to
ward China as being one that sought
only the aggrandizement of Japan
and the confusion, disruption or op
pression of our neighbor. We want
good government for China, which
means peace, security and the devel
opment of opportunity.
"A Sincere Friend."
"We wish to be the sincere friend
and helper of our neighbor, for we
are more interested than anyone else
in good government there. We not
only will not assail the Integrity or
the sovereignty of China, but will
eventually be prepared to defend and
maintain that integrity and sovereign
ty against any aggressor. For we
know that our own landmarks would
be threatened by any outside invasion.
"Since that outbreak of the war in
Europe, China has been a hotbed of
German intrigue and in all this China
has perhaps been the greatest suffer
er. My convicition is that the German
in China Is responsible for most of the
unfortunate occurrences and malicious
widespread misinformation Scattered
throughout the world for the purpose
of impairing the relations of the
countries concerned in China and se
curing the downfall of China to Ger
many's advantage.
"I am asking you to cast out the
devil of suspicion and mistrust in
order that we who are allies and
partners may rebuild our shattered
edifice of mutual confidence which
means so much as a stronghold for
us both. We are neighbors, friends
and.allies.
Professor Hudson at Bar Sleeting.
Prof. Manley O. Hudson of the
School of Law of the University is in
Kansas City attending the thirty-fifth
annual meeting of the Missouri Bar
Association. A City Counselors' Sec
tion was organized at the meeting to
work for needed legislation. George S.
Starrett of Columbia is associated
with ths organization.
St. Mary's Guild to Meet Tomorrow.
St Mary's Guild of Calvary Episco
pal Church will bold a special meet
ing at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
at the home of Mrs. C. B. Bowling,
More's Boulevard. Important busi
ness Is to be transacted.
MORNING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1917.
REDS NOW IN LEAD
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Vigorous Campaign Under
Way to Increase Member
ship to 1,000.
GOOD START- IS MADE
House-to-House Solicitation
Planned for Coming
Week.
i-ians ror tne intensive campaign to
increase the membership of the Mis-
souri Union, to be conducted this
week from Monday noon until Satur -
day night by means of a house - to -
bouse canvass, will be formulated at a
dinner for the campaign workers at
the Union building tomorrow noon.
With the encouraging start the- cam
paign received last week through the
addition of nearly 500 members, the
men in charge of the work feel as
sured of success in the undertaking
to obtain 1,000 members.
Keen Interest centers In the con
test between the Reds and Blues. Al
though the Reds at present lead, with
Baxter Bond as chairman, the Blues,
under Robert Barnhart's direction,
promise a close finish. The city is
being geographically districted, and
with the two sides thoroughly organ
ized itjs the hope ot the committee
chairmen to give every student in the
University an opportunity of joining
the Union and thus supporting a rep
resentative student organization.
To Canvass Faculty.
No canvass has yet been made of the
faculty, but the members will be
solicited during the coming week.
Twenty dollars each has already been
pledged by thirty faculty men on the
three-year membership basis offered
some time ago in order to cover three
years' rental of the .Union building.
This afternoon a special open house
session for new students will be held
in the building in order, as Secretary
H. H. Kinyon expressed it, "to give
the new students a place to feel
perfectly at home and a good place to
meet each other for getting better
acquainted."
5 Program Next Friday.
After the mass meeting next Fri
day night, the first regular Union
gathering will be held, with a special
program to keep up the spirit en
gendered at the mass meeting for the
game with William Jewell the next
day. One membership dance a month
is scheduled and indoor entertain
ments of various kinds are being ar
ranged. From time to time the Glee Club
will be asked to present a program,
while debating contests and boxing
and -wrestling matches are also being
booked for the year. Returns from
all football games will be posted every
Saturday night during the season.
GLEE CLUB 3IEN SELECTED
Nnmber in Parts Increased Because of
Keen Competition.
k Final selections for the University
Glee Club were made yesterday by
Director Chester Murray after a sec
ond try-out had been given about
twenty-five of the eighty-three who
tried out last Tuesday. The large
number of good voices" made it im
possible to make the complete selec
tion the first time.
After the second try-out. Professor
Murray was unable to confine the
number on the club to forty. As a re
sult of the keen competition forty
eight men were selected. The first
practice of the entire club will be held
at 7:15 o'clock next Tuesday night
The personnel of the club follows:
Director, Prof. Chester Murray;
president, David Banks; business
manager, Reinhardt Egger; secretary,
E. C. Bohrer, librarian, Virgil
Spurllng.
First tenors: H. D. Allison, C. M.
Cleek, Earl Duffield, P. A. Jenkins, W.
H. Miller, F. B. O'Rear, Wiley Pendel
ton, J. W. Randall, Tudor Lanius, M.
F. Scott, A. B. Siegfried. C. G. Sloan.
Second tenors: O. E. Baker, L. E.
Black, H. W. Harper, Lester Davidson,
J. D. James, G. P. Moore, L. T. Rals
ton, Wallace Rice, J. W. Slusher, R.
G. Spurling.
First bass: A. C. Boefer, D. S. Cole,
David Gray, I. S. Gregory, R. S. Her
rick, Walter Hillyard, Wade Jeffries,
J. T. Hunt, Arthur Langmeier, Wade
Simmons, J. V. Sholz.
Second bass: G. M. Barnhart, F. B.
iradshaw, Charles Bryant, G C.
Dirck; A. W. Hirsh, R. -C. Maupin,
D. C. Pharis, Merle Duffield, J. D.
Hull, H. C." Stevens, Walter Stoessel;
HOSPITAL MEN TO SEff YORK.
Columbians in Washington University
Unit Left St Louis Thursday.
Mpmhpra nt flip Hasp TTnsnlfal TTnlt
CANYA
from Washington University, St. Louis, T. M. Walden and Miss May West
left Thursday night for New York City, brook to be Married Today.
where they will sail to Join Basel
Hosnital No. 21 In France. Five.
former University of Missouri students
or Columbians Whiter T. Brown,
Columbia; George W. Freiberger,
Washington: Arthur L. Heidbrader,
Gerald, and Will E. Smith and John
M. Nowell. Columbia are members
of the unit.
THE WEATHEK
(Report limited at Xoon Saturday.)
tor Columbia and Vkiulty: Fair and
cooler sunuay. Probably rro,t Sunday
For Missouri: Fair Sunday; cooler east
mm xuum portions Sunday.
, Weather Conditions.
The tropical hurricane recurved to the
northeast near the mouth of the Mississippi
nil has entered inland. Katurdav morn
ing It was central In Eastern Alabama,
attended by excessive rains and high,
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had fallen at Montgomery, Ala., during,
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traveling northeast. I
There was frost Trlday night In
Wyoming, Montana, and Allierta, and the
weather Is growing colder In that region.
In Columbia flue weather will likely
prevail oer Sunday. Front Is probable
Sunday night, especially In low exnosed
i-ces.
rorcat for the wek.
(Is-uea at Washington, D. C.)
1 mJXjJJJ, 'vaney? Tiiewlh4,,bciano
1 meteorological reports for several days
from Alaska, but
the general arrangement
essure indicates mostly
i of atmospheric pressure
i.ur, uuu ruiupurauvei cool vteuner lor
the first part the week, probably fol
lowed Uy local rains and higher tempera
tures over northern districts. Fair and
somewhat warmer weather will likely'
I prevail over the southern portion of the
district during tne latter part or tne
w eek.
YESTERDAY'S FOOTBALL SCORES
Iowa State 47, Simpson 0.
St. Ambrose 0, Columbia 14.
Ohio State 49, Case 0."
Kentucky, 33, Butler College 0.
Kansas Aggies 28, Baker 0.
Germany Has Not Yet Re
nounced Desire to Hold
Gains, Says Michaelis.
Uy Associated Tress
' COPENHAGEN, Sept. 29. Germany
has not renounced Belgium and has
not been in communication with any
of her enemies, according to a Berlin
speech made today by Chancellor
Michaelis before the Reichstag Mili
tary Committee. The chancellor is
quoted as follows:
"A Liberal representative correctly
stated that the attitude of the Im
perial government as regards its war
aims was clearly explained in my an
swer to the papal note. The peace
resolution of July 19 was expressly
mentioned in this reply and further
explanation thereof Is unnecessary.
"Moreover, I declare the statement
that the Imperial government has al
ready communicated with its hostile
governments and that it had in ad
vance renounced occupied territory,
thus abandoning the most valuable
advantages in peace negotiations, is
untrue. I declare the Imperial gov
ernment has gone a long way toward
making peace negotiations. This also
refers to Belgium."
TAY BILL IS COIVIPLETE
Measure for War Revenue
Goes to House Monday
Bachelors Pay.
Hr Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. Final
agreement on the $2,700,000,000 War
Tax Bill was reached late today by
the Senate and House conferees and
the report will be presented to the
House Monday. Levies of approxi
mately $1,000,000,000 on war excess
profits and $842,000,000 on incomes
were left unchanged, but a new sys
tem of calculating excess profits was
adopted.
The Senate increase of from 2 to
4 per cent of the income tax on cor
porations, joint stock companies and
insurance companies was approved,
together with-the new normal individ
ual tax of 2 per cent on Incomes of
unmarried persons In excess of $1,000
and of married persons of more tha
$2,000.
STEWART BRIDGE OPENED
Mayor Says He Is Going to Trust
People About Fast Driving;
Stewart Bridge was opened to
vehicles Friday afternoon at five
o'clock. A sign warning drivers to
slow down while crossing the bridge
is posted at the east approach. Mayor
J. E. Boggs said: "I am not going to
station a policeman there to enforce
the warnings, as that would cost too
much, but I trust to the people's good
judgment and honor that they will
not drive a horse at a trot or an
automobile faster than eight miles an
hour across the bridge. Faster driv
ing than that will damage it from
vibration. The bridge is safe nowand
in repair and will remain so as long
as it is not mistreated."
ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TO WED
T.
License to marry was issued to
Thomas Marshall Walden, 24, and May
Allcne Westbrook, 17, yesterday. Miss
Westbrook's father gave his consent
STL WIT
The marriage will take place today.
The bridegroom is assistant fire
chief of Columbia.
The couple will live at 1512 Hink
son avenue.
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NUMBER 13
POPE'S JHCE 10VE
Foreign Secretary Kuehl
mann Says Outcome of Pa
pal Plan Is Doubtful.
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BEHIND KAISER
Statesman
Declares People
and Government Have
the Same Policy.
BERLIN, Sept. 29. (British' Admir-
aU per Wlrelesa preSs.) The Ger-
man secretary for foreign affairs Dr
Richard von Kuehlmann, speaking be
fore the main committee of the Reich-
I . . , . ,.
staS. said he could not venture to
say what would be the immediate out
come of the papal steps toward peace.
"This courageous initiative of the
Pope," the secretary said, "will mark
an epoch in the history of this tre
jmendous battle of the nations and
I will appear as an unfading page In the
annals of Vatican diplomacy. The
Pope threw the word 'peace' into the
turmoil of 'battle at a time when
events reckoned to transform Europe
into a place of bloodstained ruins.
Pope's Move Appreciated.
"The German people and the govern
ment, whose consciousness of their
strength nnd internal security always
made it easy for them to emphasize
their willingness to conclude an hon
orable peace, have reason to welcome
gratefully the Initiative of the curia
which made it possible for them to
set forth again their national policy
in a clear, unambiguous manner. I
say intentionally 'national policy,' as
I hope and believe the reply of the
German gavernment both as regards
Its form and content embodies the de
sire of an overwhelming majority of
the Germans.
"For a purely German development
the note is also a landmark. It is the
first result of the collaboration be
tween all the factors of the govern
ment and representatives of the
German parliament. That has been
attempted here for the first time and
with a cordiality that has no prece
dent so far as I can see even in
merely parliamentary states."
Only One German Policy.
This collaboration, the secretary
added, both with regard to its princi
ple and result, is of a kind which a
statesman having the German for
eign policy at heart might regard with
perfect confidence. He denied that
there is in Germany today one policy of
the government and another policy of
the people and declared that this
legend could be destroyed If the Reicfi
stag stood behind the policy repre
sented in the reply to the Pope.
"The principles of the reply to the
papal note as presented by the Gov
ernment," the secretary continued,
"appear acceptable to the representa
tives of all the parties. Consequently
I believe I can say with full right that
all attempts of the enemy to drive a
wedge between the German people and
the German government on the ques
tion of the basis of our'foreign policy
and by the proposition of the fiction
that the German people do not stand
behind the kaiser and the Imperial
chancellor will be repulsed in the
most crushing manner by the support
given to this document."
J. C. ILCHI1CTED
State Penitentiary Physician
Charged With Accept
ing Bribe.
Ry Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Sept. 29. The
grand jury today indicted Dr. J. C.
Welch, who yesterday resigned as phy
sician at the state penitentiary, on a
charge of accepting a bribe to recom
mend the release of Harry Clayton
from the prison on a sick parole.
It Is charged that Mrs. Clayton gave
$100 to Doctor Welch and obtained
from him a promise of a parole for her
husband.
Doctor Wielch was arrested tonight
and was released on a $1,000 bond.
DR. HILL TO WASHINGTON, . C.
University Business Takes President
to Capital.
President A. Ross Hill left yester
day afternoon for a short trip on
University business to Washington, D.
C. It is understood that he will take
up with the war department certain
matters affecting the University. He
expects to be back In Columbia by
the latter part of this week.
Manley Stockton to Washington, D. C
Manley Stockton, who was graduated
last June from the College of Agri
culture, has recently received an ap
pointment in agricultural work in
Washington, D. C and is now con
nected with the Bureau of Markets
there. Mr. Stockton Is a son of Mrs.
Katherine Stockton of Bouchells
avenue. He is a member of the Sigma
Nu fraternity and when in school was
a student assistant In the horticultural
department of the College of Agriculture.
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