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WALTER JOHNSON
GIYES BONDS BACK
Star Pitcher Mailt Weeghman $8,000
Draft He Got for Signing
Federal Contract.
SAYS INCIDENT NOW CLOSED
If Complication Arlir, They Mill
Da Koagfct Oat Ilclwejeu Leagues
or Heads of Two ( lab,
lie Aaserta.
Ruppert and Farrell
Arranging Details
to Transfer Yankees
COFFEYVILLK, Kan.. Dec. Zl.-Wllh
Die money obtained from the aale of a
herd of steers, Walter Johnson, atar
of tha Washington American league club
pitching staff, today mailed a draft re
imbursing Charles Wtrghman, president
of tha Chicago Federal fragile club, for
tha bonua given johnson when ha signed
a Federal contract. The draft wu for
te.000.
"Aa far ulim concerned the incident,
which haa proven an unpleamnt one to
me, at least, la now closed," Johnson
aald. "There ia nothing mora I cun do.
I ahall report to tha Washington club
when tha spring training aeason open.
If any complications arise they will have
to be fought out between tha two leagues
J or between the heads of tha two clubs
i Washington and Chicago. When I mailed
1 that draft my responsibilities ended."
Los Angeles Offers
Schaefer Manager
Job in Coast League
CHICAGO, Dee. 23. Herman Bchaefer.
wno recently was released by tha Wash
lngton club of tha American league, haa
been Offered the management of tha Los
Angeles club of tha Pacific Coaat league,
it was announced today.
Bcbaefar also aald that ha was consid
ering an offer to Join tha New York Na
tions I a aa coach. .
OWEN DAILY BEATEN
BY BOSTON WRESTLER
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I UNOOLN. Nefc., Den. .-Aftr two
. hours and five minutes' of wrestling. John
Makte. Finnish lightweight of Boston,
' Mum., tonight defeated Owen Dally of
Nebraska, In what waa declared a match
for tha lightweight championship of tha
world. Makle won tha first fall In one
hour and forty-fly mlnutea. The. second
1 fall waa easier. Daily' shoulders being
pinned to the floor n twenty mlnutea.
NKW YOrtK, Dec. 23 Colonel Jacob
Ruppert, jr., and Captain Tilllnghast I
Huston arrived at New Tork from Chi
cago and went at once Into conference
with Frunk J. Farrell, chief owner of tha
New York American league baae hall
club, to arrange final details for their
purchase of the club.
Colonel Ituppert announced before hta
meeting with Farrell that the deal had
not been cloaed anil that It waa now
"all up to Farrell." Ha Indicated that
he expected there would be no hitoh,
however.
Farrell aald: "Up to the present wo
still own the club, and will own It until
we are paid our price: that'a all there
Is to It. We hnd nothing to do with
what happened In Chicago. We merely
have aet our-figure and are waiting."
There seemed to bo little doubt, how
ever, that the deal would go through.
A new baae ball park, patterned after
the home of the Chicago American league
club and costing 41,000. exclusive of the
site, will be built for the New Tork
club of the American league, it waa
learned today.
II. "B. Johnson, president of the league,
said Colonel Jacob Huppert, Jr., and Cap
tain T. Ia Huston, the prospective pur
chasers of tha club, already had tho
property on which to build. The park.
It la planned, will seat 40.000 persona.
8,000 mora than any other park In cither
major league. It will be erected within
two years. It waa aald.
STANDING OF PLAYERS
IN BILLIARD TOURNEY
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NEW TORK. Deo. El The standing of
tha contestants In tha Billiard Flayers'
league, waa announced today aa followa:
Name. Won. Loat.Grand Ave. Pet
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Jximareat .... 43
1lne 40
at ton 7
Cutler
Yamada 23
fchaefer ..... 17
Cochran U
IS 17 .7S7
Ift 16 Mt
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i ALL-STAR BASE BALL
TEAM' BACK IN THE U. S.
BAN FRANCISCO. Dee. Sl-Memners of
tha all-Amerlcan and all-National baae
hall teams, who played a series of ex
h tot lion gainea In Hawaii, arrived In Man
Francisco yesterday on tha liner Mat
aonla from Honolulu.
Tbe players left for Fresno, where the
team play today. Games will bo played
in Bakersflrht, Dos Angelos and Han
Diego before the party starts for the east.
FIRST CHRISTIANS FIND
,. BAPTISTS EASY; MEAT
The First Christians added another
victory to their perfect record last even
ing at the University of Omaha, gym
nasium, where they decisively trimmed
the South Omaha Baptists, 43 to 7. The
South Omaha chuThgoers were out
classed from tha start and succeeded In
making but three field goals.
George Pnrrlsh performed In stellar
fashion for the Christiana, looping seven
goals from field and throwing four foul
goala. Hla guarding and passing waa
also a feature. For the Baptists Jooa car
ried on the brunt of the battle not only
making five of the seven points for his
team, but alao mixing In every play.
In the last half the First Chrlatlnna
substituted a number of their second
string men. The line up:
CHRISTIANS.
Hnbson K.F.
Ml lee UK.
C. Welgle C.
I'arrlsh KG.
R. Welgle..
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BAPTISTS.
R.F Grove
IF Jooa
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R. Kmlth
D.G Magnuenn
Field coals: Jooa (2). Roberts. Unburn
ffi). :. Welcle (?. Miles (3). ParrlHh (7V
Curtis, Kvans. Foul goala thrown: Joos,
Miles, Parrisn (4). Foula committed:
Kouth Omaha Baptleta, 4; First Chris
tians, . Substitutes: Kvans for C.
Waiala. Oinbell for R Wrlirla. Port I.
for Miles. Referee: Leake. Timekeeper:
Adama. Bcorekeeper: Smith. Time of
halves: 20 mlnutea.
METHODISTS WALK AWAY
FROM THE COVENANTERS
At the Young Men'a Christian associa
tion laat evening the Hanscom Park
Methodists romped away . from the
Church of the Covenant. T to IS. After
the first few minutes of play It waa but
a matter to see how many points the
Hanscom Parkers could run up in their
forty mlnutea of play.
Wlllard and Reel were the bright stars
for the Methodists In the matter of scor
ing, each getting away with seven field
goals. K. Orr raged three goals for th
Covenanters. Lineup:
ALL NATIONALS WIN
FROM THE AMERICANS
FRESNO. Cat.. Dec tl The All-Na-tlonals
defeated th eAll-Americana here
'today, to 2, In their first game since
returning from Honolulu. The teams left
tonight for Bakerafield, where tliey will
play tomorrow. Score: ILH.E.
Americana i 10
Nationals 4 t
Uatterles: Cole and Henry, Tesreau and
Clark.
P. J. POWERS, BASE BALL
PLAYER AND UMPIRE, DEAD
NEW YORK. Dec. .-Phlilp J. Powera.
an old time baae ball player, .famous in
his day, died here today, aged C year.
He was player on the old Mutual In
this city and later catcher for the Cin
cinnati National league club, which he
Joined ta 1774. He was an umpire In tbe
KaUona.1 league up to 18KI.
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Smith L.F
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Cherlesworth .11(1 I RAJ
hie lil goals: Smith 4,
COVEN ANTRRS.
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Wlllard (7)
SHIELDS SMOTHERS
D0UGHTY PIRATES
Swashbucklers Run Afoul of One of
Coach Stiehin't Basket Ball
Sharks.
SWIFTS WIN BY 48 TO 31
Welsrrl Brothers and Klepser F.mert
I tmuit, bnt Cannot Item
Tide (bat Seta In Against
Then.
Pmil MilcMx, one of the gladiator of
Coach Ktlehm's Missouri Valley cham
pionship foot hall team, proved the undo
ing of tho Pirate InHt evening at the
University cf Omaha, whore ho demon
strated hla basket ball ability with the
Swift & Co. quintet. Tho Packers won,
4 to r.l. Shields proved to bo the entire
team for ttic Packers. Besides shooting
ten field goals, the husky center broke
up the Pirates' plays at will.
It waa through his sensational playing
In the firxt half that he, practically un
aided, landed, the Parkers In the lead.
The half endrd X to IS. In tht second
period Foley and Grnsshaus came to his
assistance.
For the Pirates the Wclgel brothers
play an exceptionally strong game. Four
of the five bsskrt shot by R. Weigrl
were of the sensational kind. Klepser
also got In some good work In the second
period, throwing four field goals. The
lineup:
8WIFTS. PIRATES.
Foley R.F. R.F Conway
GroHshaus UK. I,.K Klepser
Shields t:.C It. Welgel
I'hllps R.U.IlfcO ltarrowmau
dtiHinholts LO.jUO C. WcIkoI
Field goals: Foley (5). Karhart O)
GroSHhaus (f). Shields (10), Conway,
Klepser (S), liarrowman. C. Welflrel :;'.
13). Fouls committed; Swifts. 15; 1'lratea,
6. Substitutes: Karhardt for Groashaus.
MsKowan for Selialnholts. Referee:
Paisley. Timekeeper: Adumson. Score
keeper: Sutherland. Time o fhalvcs:
Twenty minutes.
MRS. YETTER TELLS
STORY TO COURT
(ConUn'ird from Page On'.)
PIP COOK WOULD HELP TO
COACH CREIGHT0N TEAM
"rip" Cook, one of the most sensational
quarterbacks who ever played at Ne
braska la In Omaha angling for a posi
tion as assistant foot ball coach at
Crelghton next year. Cook acted aa
manager of the Nebraska Indian base
ball team hist summer and coached
Haetlnga high school team last fall. The
former C'ornluiHkcr is well remembered.
In Omaha, for It was he who. In that
famous Ames-Nebraska game held In
Omaha In I90, acrambled through a
broken field In tho laat thirty seconds
of play for the touchdown which gave
the Cornhuskers victory after defeat
seemed certain.
testified, lie worried about his business
continually, she said.
Denies saalss ( harire.
Mr. letter said she was proud of her
husband and of his success and she never
nagged Mm, in public or private. She de
nlcd that she used any medicines that
affected his health and said ho never
complained of her treatment of him ex
cept onte, and then the practice of
which lio complained was discontinued
Immediately.
Ye.tter Has eorlla.
Dr. G. Wllso Robinson, nerve specialist,
called to tho witness stnnd this morning
by attorneys for Mr. Yettrr. told of nn
examination of Mr. Yetier lnnt Sunday,
In which he found neuritis and symptoms
of extreme Irritability. In several of the
' tests. Dr. Robinson snld. Mr. Ycttor was
unable to dlxlinKUlxli between the prlelc
of a pin and. tho touch of the end of tho
Physician's finger.
Hypothetical Question Admitted.
Such a condition would result. Dr. Rob
inson testified, from the treatment Mr.
Yetter alleges he received from hla wife
In the twenty-three years of their married
life. Attorneys for the defense objected to
tho hypothetical question by which Mr.
Yctter's attorneys sought to prove this,
on the ground that it referred only to tho
domestic relations and did not Includo
business worries and cares. Tho objec
tion wus overruled, however. Judge Beo
horn said the defense would have an op
portunity to establish the connection bo
tween the worries of business and Mr.
Yetter's physical condition on cross-ex-amlnutlon.
Husband Threatened Mrs. (late.
Mm. Edith 11. Clute, keeper of the
boarding house In Omaha, where Mr.
Yetter moved after he left Mrs. Yetter.
denied chargea of "Improper relations"
with Mr. Yetter. She told of the Incident
of lastJanuary, when her heuband found
her at 7 o'clock one morning In a room
adjoining that occupied by Mr. Yetter.
She said her husbanl had threatened her
several times and It was In fear of him
she had fled into a boarder's room and
hid In a closet that January morning.
Complaint la Modified.
Following Mrs. Clute'e testimony, at
torneys for Mrs. Yetter told the court
the term "Improper relutlona" did not
refer to anything Illicit.
"Improper relations Implies adultery,"
Judge Seehorn said, whereupon Mrs.
Yetter's uttomcys withdrew the term
and substitute! "indiscreet relations."
C. C. liahb, an employe of the Yetter
Wall Paper compnny of Omaha, testified
that Mrs. Yetter frequently called her
husband over the telephone and annoyod
him In business hours.
rrwlrte Park Whist Clnb
EAST AND WEW,
Winner
Beghtol and Slekler
Cook and Scanneil
Abbott and Stewart
Lucke and Buck
Loaera
Kills and Martin
Nelson and McCsnn
NORTH AND SOUTH.
Winners
Morrla and Wilson
Harton and Reynolds
Price and Rowlands
Losers
I wis and PIHInger
King and. Strnnd.
Wtbeig and Staplcton....
Langtellner and Jcffera..
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HUSKERS WILL NOT PLAY
HERE THIS WINTER
Jim Drummond, manager of the Town
send basket ball team, failed In hla ef
forts to bring tbe University of Ne
braska basket ball team here this winter.
Drummond offered the Cornhuskers a
date, but Stlchm replied that the full
eighteen games permitted by conference
ruling have been scheduled and the
Huskera will not be able to play an
team In thia city.
Half Million for Preaenta.
ST. I.OriS. Dec. 23. More than If.fl0.000
In new monev has been withdrawn from
the federal treasury for distribution s
Christmas gifts. It was stated by W. )..
Vau'ilver. subtreasurer.
ENDS LIFE BECAUSE
WATER WON'T RUN
Ernest Eitner, Aged 77 Years, Takes
Carbolic Acid Because His Gar
den Hose is Frozen.
HAD MADE OTHER ATTEMPTS
Sereral Times Before He Had Tried
to Kll Self Beeanae of Little
Mishaps Which Had Come
Acros His Dally Path.
Because tho hose at the sldo of his
homo was froze and he could not force
the water through It. Ernest Eltnor, aged
77 years, a pioneer resident of the city,
living at 1S3S North Twentieth street,
took carbolic acid Wednesday morning
and ended his life.
Eitner lives with his son. Frank H.
Fltner. a Jeweler, employed nt Carson &
Banks' wholesale Jewelry establishment,
and had attempted his own life several
times before.
Owing to the fact that the cistern to
the rear of her home Was froxen, Mrs.
W. A. Ramsey, who lives at 1S30 North
Twentieth street, directly next door to
the Eltm-r residence, asked if aha could
run water from their hoso into her
kitchen, so she could do the week's wash
Ing.
Mr. Eitner, the elder, who owns both
houses, consented, and went to help her.
When ho turned on the water It would
not come through the hoso, and after
working h few minutes he came Into the
house storming about It and declared he
wus going to kill himself. His daughter-in-law,
who had Just returned home after
being confined to the hospital, tried to
dissuade him, but after threatening to
kill her and then himself, he went to a
barn In the rear of the house, took car
bolic acid, and waa beyond help when the
police and Dr. Edstrom arrived.
Last Fouth of July. Mrs. Eitner de
clared, he got up from the dinner table
with the remark, "It's too hot, I am
going to kill myself." It was only by
main force that he was prevented from
dot ; so at that time. Last February
he fell and sprained hla ankle, and tried
to commit suicide then. A year ago last
October while chopping wood he was
struck in the eye by a piece of wood, and
was barely prevented from doing away
with himself. In fact. Mrs. Eitner de
clared, he tried to kill himself at every
slight mishap that he experienced. Four
year ago over some trivial matter he
managed to take poison and was finally
brought back after lingering at the point
of death for four days. He Is survived
by two sons, Frank and William, who
lives at Twenty-fourth and Fort streets.
The body was taken by Coroner Crosby
snd an Inquest will be held. As the re
sult of the shock Mrs. Frank Eitner is
In a serious condition. Following break
fast Mrs. Eitner and her father-in-law
spent several hours wrapping up Christ
mas presents.
Washington Affairs
Whether federal troops shall be with
drawn from the Colorado strike districts
will be the subject of a conference be
tween President Wilson, Governor Arn
mona, Governor-elect Carlson and Sen
ator Shafroth of Colorado.
Tho Immigration bill retained Its stand
ing aa the unfinished business of the
renato and will be brought up Spain to
insure Its position. Friends of the
literacy test are determined the hill shall
not he voted on until a full attendanro
of the aenate la present, after the Christ
mas recess.
Heel O). Dod.is (31. Charleeoorth. (i
Orr !). E. Orr f3. Koul goals: Reel.
r.. a. Orr It). Tkilmadge. Fouls com
mitted: Methodists, t: Church of the
. ovenaut, y. Ueferee: burkenroa
Timekeeper: Hawkins Seorekeepei . F.
Sutherland. Time of halves: tO minute.
ONLY BASE AND FOOT
BALL PAY EXPENSES
PRINCETON. N. J.. Dec. 23.-Foot
ball and base ball are the only self-sup,
poitlng branchrs of athletics st Prince
ton, according to the annual report of
the Athletic association, which was made
public today. The report covered the
period from July 11. 1113. to July 10. 1914.
The figures for th last foot ball season
are not yet complete, but In 1913, foot
ball netted the aeaoclation 13S.S44, while
In base ball last spring S9.31S waa cleared.
The I4X.UO from these two sports had
to be applied to track, crew and the
minor aporta which do not make their
running expenses.
Tebena New Owns Park.
' KANSAS CITT. Mo.. Iee. -George
Tebeau, owner of the Kansas City
America association base ball dub. to
day became absolute owner of Aaaoeiiv
ion park her aa the ivaull of final aet
t lenient of a suit brought to determine
th ownership.
Pern Win aansac.
' GENEVA. Dec. 23. (Special i Peru
and Geneva played, laiktt baJI hut
' n-alit In th high school gymnasium, re
suliiug in a scute of . to k la favur ol
l Peru,
V a..fkrr llfrtlan. KlAlf-
Bob Bcher. who l wintering In Day
ton, is said to have announced that h
all! Jump to th Federal league if the
Giant attempt to trail him, as haa been
reported. Beacher aaya that he considers
hia obllgationa and contract with the
Giant a worthless It he can be shifted
about without hla consant.
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the broken lots must
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