MUTT AND
GIBBONS HAS SHADE
OYER JIIJMY CLABBY
Majority of Sport Writers Favor St.
Paul Man in Ten-Round No
Decision Boat.
BOTH ARE STRONG AT FINISH
MTL.WAVKEE, ' Wis.. Jan. 22.-Mlke
Glbbona of ft. Paul had a shade ovrr
Jimmy Clabhr,' Hammond, ind., middle
weight. In a ten-round no decision boxing
bout last night .according to a majority of
porting writers at tho ringside.
Gibbons dlHplBjrpJ marvelous footwork
and waa mora clever In ducking than his
opponent. Holh men used thrlr lefts ef
fectively. Gibbons' blows being mainly
directed to' the head and body, whllo
flabby .played mostly for the body. Doth
men were at rone at the flnlfh.
(Jlbbona appeared to have the better
of alz rounds, two were even and two
were dabby' s.
In the first round Clabby landed to
Ulbbona' faco an ! body with atUf rights.
Clbbona landed right and left to body at
the close of the round.
flabby Mart fteroiid.
Clabby started tho second, pep-perlnl
tinelng- lefts to face. Gibbon retaliated
with two hard awlnna to head and Clabby
-ame back o .fuce, . Gibbons took the
better of the infighting and etartcd the
blood in Clabby's mouth.
The third w.i uneventful, the boya
clinching and. landing but few blows.
Ulbbona drove -dabby, to tho ropes at
the beginning of the fourth and sent lefts
to the face. ; flabby swung to tha head
and Gibbon pepitnred his face with short
lefta.
Gibbons started the fifth In whirlwind
fashion andrdruvu hla left to heud and
body almost' St will. Clabby drove. two to
the body and one to the face and Gibbons
drove him acroxs the ring with rights and
vita.
Gibbons went through the sixth placing
iehta and lefts to the face and body,
ftcveath Mow.
The. seventh was slow, the men savins
theiiWlves and tapping each other en the
face and body. Clabby drove right and
left to head and body and Gibbons came
back with hard left to the face. Gibbons
closed tho round with fast i)lows to the
head.
In the eighth Gibbons pushed tha fight
ing, but the ninth round was tame.
The last round as fast, both boys
swinging bard to (he face and . body.
Clabby landed Itard rlKhla and lefts to
the face and followed Gibbons across the
ting, driving In body blows. Gibbons re
taliated with blows to tho hesd at the
tnrt.
The men had met In the ring three
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times prior to tonight's contest, each
having been awarded a decision and one
bout resulting In a draw.
Clabby had an advantage of but a quar
ter pound when. the men' weighed in. Ho
tipped the scales at 1S4'4.
Krtla Wlaaer.
Johnny Krllc, tit Paul featherweight,
easily defeated Young Ilerzog, Oshkosh,
in the first round of a six-round bout.
Referee Stout stopped the bout when
Hercog was shown to be completely out
classed. Handicap Shoot at
Gun Club Sunday
A handicap trap shoot for a gold quull
scarfpln will be held at the Omaha Oun
club Htmday. Those shooters who have
already raptured one pin will not be per
mitted to compete. Ray Jtlngidey, I 'on
McC'own, Alex Chambers and a few oth
ers are possessors of plna now.
WOMEN TAKE GOLFING
LESSONS AT Y. W. C. A.
The women golfers of Omaha are con
tinuing the game at the Young Women's
Christian association, Mr. Clnrk Is in
charge of tho game and wishes to an
once that the classes are open on
Wednesday morning from i until :," li
o'clock ' and all interested in the game
are Invited. The athletic club of the as
sociation and also the members . of the
Young Women's Christian association are
Invited for Thursday evenings.
CUB TRADE DERRICK TO
LOUISVILLE FOR M'LARRY
CiricAClO, Jan. 22.-C1aurt Derrick,
shortstop, baa been released to ' the
Louisville American association club by
j the Chicago Nationals, It was announced
I today. Derrick agreed to the transfer
and has signed a. T-outuvlllo 'contract.
goes to the Colonels In exchange
Second Ilaseman Mclarry.
for
REMAINS GUARDIAN
FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS
WEEPING WATER, Neb.. Jan. 22.-
Special.) A remarkable filing has. been
made In the county court of Judae Allen
J. Beeson of this county. It Is the report
of W. F. Moore covering the guardianship.
of John li. Moore, Incompetent. Mr.
Moore has been guardian of tills ward for
thirty yearm, and his rrport shows that
the proceeds of the property during that
period have been insufficient to keep the
ward and pay taxes on the property, so
that there is a large deficiency. Tlio
property consists of sixty -six and one
half acres of land. The ward la ndw past
DO years of age and has the mind of only
a 2-year-old child. U
MAGEE'S
A
Saturday Specials
$23.50 and $20.00 $1 0.50
Suits and 0 'Coats
$30.00 Chester- S
1 -50
field O'Coats 1U
$27.50 and $25.00 $1?.50
Suits.... 10
, Saturday will afford you an
unusual opportunity of securing-
Hulta and Overcoats that
are high grade at a very small
cost,
. Most of the 8ults are medium
weighty Many of them blue
and black unfinished worsteds
and serges. They are suitable
In weight and color for ait-tne-year
wear.
Our' Cheetertield Overcoats
in blacks and Oxfords selling
at $30 regular, now offered
for $16.50. are as handsome
garments aa we have ever had
In our cases. They -are dreiwy.
and the styles are proper for
any season. This is a fine In
vestment tor this winter, and
next.
Manhattan Shirts at
Clearance Prices.
Lewis & Cooper Under
wear Reduced 20St.
Spauldinff & Bradley's
Sweaters Reduced 20.
All Winter Caps and
Mittens Reduced 33y,.
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JUDGE LAtlDIS FOR
NATIONAL GAME
litigant, Told by Court Any Blow
at Bate Ball Game is Blow at
"National Institution.
MILLER SPEAKS FOR DEFENSE
CHICAGO. Jan. 22. "neth aldca under
stand that any blow made at tho thing
called bane ball would be regarded by
this court as a blow .at a national Insti
tution," declared Judge Ixindla at to
day's bearing of tho Federal league's
;anM-trust suit Hgalnrt Organised Base
Hall. Tho remark 'Was called forth, by
tho attempt of Goons' Wharton pepper,
concluding his argument for the defend
ants, to protest his love for the national
pastime. Pepper sought to appeal also to
Judge. Lamlls' enthusiasm for the game
when the judge, Intorrured:
"You may leave th? 'love end affec
tion out of this law HHf," and then
stated the position of tho court.
The existence of tho Federul league
nullifies, lis own charge that Organised
Haso Hull is a monopoly, according to
Pepper. He attacked, article by article,
the prayers for relic inado in tho Fed
eral league's bill of compUlnts. He de
clared tho plaintiff had not a direct in
terest In the suit.
George W. Miller, taking up the caae
for the defendants, discussed the several
Incidents In wblrh players had left clubs
In Organised l'-all for the Federals. .
The question of jurisdiction, which
threatened for a time to terminate the
suit, was not touched upon early In to
day's session.
MADISON DISTRICT COURT ... .
. DOCKET YEAR BEHIND
MAD1HON. Neb., Jan. 22. (Special.) In
the office of W. II. Field, clerk of the
records, show that so mo business was
transacted in tho district court of Madi
son county, Nebraska, during the year
J914. One hundred and thirty-one new
cases were filed and docketed, and there
was carried ovrr from tho previous year
133 cases. Ono hundred and thirty-six
"c dlPoed of during the year.
' the 131 dieted, thirty-one were
divorce cases, thirteen state or criminal,
Judgments were rendered in the dis
trict court to the amount of $78, 007.78;
fot-ty-alx transcripts of Judgment filed
and docketed on the Judgment record
from other courts amounting to $32.Hi.li
making a total of Judgments recorded
of fUu.243.Xt, the largest single judgment
being S17.4JK.1U.
The county commissioners audited the
fee book of W. II. Field, clerk, and found
tbe total- trvm earned during the year
were IS,153.U. out of which ha retained
as salary Jl.uuu, paid to tne aeputy cierx
fciOO, and for extra help during a rush of
business $30, leaving an exoesa of fees
to be turned over to tho county treasurer
tor the benefit of the county tmu,
FORMER MAYOR PETERSON
OF WEST POINT IS DEAD
WEST POINT. Neb., Jan. St-tSpeelal)
Former Mayor A. A. Peterson of West
Point died Wednesday morning at bis
home In Prince-ton. Kah. . On account of
hl falling health Mr. Petorson removed
with hie family to Kansas some years
ego, but never recovered his former
physical strength. He succumbed to an
acute attack of pneumonia, to which, his
weakened condition made him an easy
prey. He was' a brother of A. M- Peter
son, formerly county treasurer of this
county, and was deputy under him. 'Dur
ing bis life here he occupied many posi
tions of honor and trust, and his death
Is regarded aa a public calamity. He was
fS years of age and a native of Sweden.
The body wut' brought to this city and
will be interred Saturday.
Li4M7 Family Nearly AB slated
LINIKSAY, Neb., Jan. S2. (Special.
The family of Peie (Jaspers was nearly
asphyxiated at home last Wednesday
night by ooal gas. Mr. Gaapeia awoke
In time to save them. The children on
getting up could not stand alone, but the
gas had. not had time enough to produce
the chemical change in the Mood to
make them seriously III. for with' plenty
of fresh air they were soon resuscitated,
but Mrs. Gaspers was not quite so fortu
nate, as she has' been quit sick.
The marriage of ilum Mary Uohmen
and Joseph Bender has been announced
to take place on February J.
J. A. Heller, who nearly loat hla life
In an automobile accident last Sunday.
U still confined to his bed, but Is slowly
recovering. '
TU Mvata.
The indoor lite of winter, with lack of
outdoor exercise, puts a heavy load on
the kidneys. Nearly everybody suffrs
from rheumatism, backache, paia ia sides
and back, kidney and bladder all meats
A backache may not mean anything seri
ous, but it certainly does not mean any
thing good. - It's better to be on the safe
side and take Foley Kidney Pills te
strengthen and invigorate the kidneys
Slid help them do their work. They help
rid too blood uf U'-'M and poifaolia. fcwid
I by all acal.rs. AdvvrUsvuwut
tj ! i : r,i:i:: omaiia. Saturday. January ini;.
Des Moines Mayor
Feeds Jobless
PES MOIXKS. Ia.. Jan. 2i-Forty job
less men called on Mayor James R.
llanna today and asked for work. The
mayor invited them Into the council
chamber of the city hall, heard their talcs
of distress and then promised to find
them Jobs. Several of the men oaid they
had had nothing to cat for two days, and
aeked the mayor what he would do under
such circumstances.
'Why, I believe I Would fill up my
stomaxli. If possible," said the mayor.
Let's go eat."
Whereupon the mayor led tho joblees
men to a nearby restaurant, where dinner
waa served.
The unemployment situation occupied
the attention of Uie. city council ojtaln
today. Plans are being made as rapidly
as possible to provide work for those
stranced in the city.
MAIL ORDER BRIDE
LOCKS OUT HUSBAND
SHENANDOAH. Ia.. Jan. 2J.-(8pecial.)
A marriage that resulted from an adver
tisement In a local paper has struck a
snag after a little more than a month's
existence. J. C. Held, 73 years old, who
was married December 10 to Mrs. Augusta
Walx, has returned to his home, leaving
the bride to conduct her own household.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Field owned property
of their own when they were wed and
the bride had her husband move to her
house. Now she has locked the un
fortunate mate out, according to his
claims, and he has returned to his lonely
seven-room dwelling. Mrs. Ileld has been
married several times before. No legal
action has been brought regarding the
separation.
Beatrice. Signs Two IMajers. ,
' BEATniCH Neb., Jan. S.-rspeelal.)-Pltcher
Harney McGrath and First Base
man Denny Uockelts of last year's Be
atrice ball team In tho Nebraska State
league were signed Thursday to play
with Beatrice during the season of 1915.
low News ..Tlotea. !
I.OGAN Forest ' P. lerston pleaded
guilty to larceny and was given Jive
years at Fort Madison.- : 1 -
MISSOURI VALL.EY-A new bleh"
school bullalng is contemplated here in I
the new future; K. F. Colby, an architect I
of Sioux City, Is at work on the plans for
the building.
MASON CITV-nobbers broke Into the
v mnago, Milwaukee & Mt. Paul depot at
Owslan, eaet of here, early Friday morn- ,
ing. shot Night Agent Clyde IMgingtun
inruugn mc snoumer, secured s,i7.7u from
tbe sare and have thus far made their
getaway.
MASON CITT-Mrs. Benjmnln Ludwlg !
i ua i jirr nwiie. at luaroie rioCK.
She. attemnteil to um nMnllnA in -t i ,r
a fire. The houae, the finest In the town, j
waa totally destroyed. Hhe was living
with her father. Postmaster WIUrd '
riucKiui, nuo uer roomer was in Cali
fornia. IOAON-Charles) Boyd, charged evlth
the offense of bootlegging, pleaded
guilty and was given forty days In the
county jail. Charlee C Carson, all las K.
K. le, also entered a plea of guilty to
tha charge of bootlegging, and waa as
a consequence given forty days at Logan.
When apprehended by Sheriff M. l.
Myers, Ln hsd thirteen pints of liquor
in his grip, and thirteen witnesses ap
peared against him before, the grind Jury.
Fieij E!cod ,
Disorders Checked
The Source of Disease
Cleaned svnd Blood
Purified
ftre
These who have ased 8. 8. 8. ssarret
at tbe way it checks blood diseases. Ke
a mi today with bis skla all broken eut;
see hint agsia la a week or tw after using
. 8. 8. aair be is a woader t behold, all
cleared up, skm healthy, eye bright, a big
smile replaces the droop. What is R. 8. 8. j
that caa accomplish each wosderfol re
suluT First of all it Is a natural aedi- !
cine. LM milk, eggs aad other foods tbst '
raa not be baltated, 8. 8. 8. owes It te
Katura for its power te eiercom disease
Just ss food pre rests emaciation. 8. 8. 8, j
is not a com bins tioo of prescription drags.
It is a preparation direct from Medicinal i
plants that retains all the virile pottacy ,
of what we seed, what we nast have la
the blood te counteract those destructive
teadeacles that -assail OS throughout Ufa.
If it were not for our aatural secretions te
sustala as, aided by such know kelps as
B. B. 8. there would be small chance ef
any of us sarrivlag childhood.
Get a bottle of 8. 8. 8. today frooi any
druggist but be careful te vei4 the sub
stitute palmtd off oa the unwary. 8. 8. 8.
is prepared only by The Swift Specific Ce
63 Swift Illdg., Atlanta. Ga, and for pri
vate meaicai advice write briefly your I
STmptoms to thrlr medical department. I
They will take eiccllcat cars ef you. i
Drawn
SAMUEL R. JOHNSON
DIES, AGED85 YEARS
Nebraska Pioneer, Who Organized
Water Company and Other j
Enterprises, Dead.
VIEWED PRAIRIES HERE IN 1848
8amuel R. Jonnson, father of Frank B.
Johnson of the Omaha Printing com
pany, Nebraska pioneer, who rame to
this state In 1846 and who was Identified
with large enterprises launched by the
infant city of Omaha, died at 3 o'clock
j yesterday afternoon in Ban Jose, Cai., at
tne ago or So years, according to infor
mation received by his children here.
Weakness resulting from age caused
Mr. Johnson's death. It is probable thai
tho funeral will be held In San Jose,
although definite plans have not yet
been made.
Although Mr. Johnson left Omaha for
California more than twenty-five years
ago. the names of few men are better
known here. He first viewed the prairies
of Nebraska In 3846, accompanying his
father who had a contract to build old
Fort Kearney, situated where Nebraska
City now Is. He went back to Indiana
and afterward. lived in other states. In
156 he established a stage line from Rock
Bluffs. Neb., to California, this route
being largely traveled in pioneer times.
In 1S66 Mr. Johnson became a resident of
Council Bluffs, where he assisted In the
organisation and was first president of
tho First National bank there.
Organised Water Uaptar.
In 1874 Mr. Johnson came to Omaha and
with D. M. Steele of St. Joseph, Mo.,
established a wholesale grocery business.
In which he continued until 1S84, when he
organised and became president of the
Omaha Water company and the Cable
Tramway' company. At one time h was
An Honest
, For last Saturday, we announced an extraordinary Sale of Men'u Furnishings and
I lead wear. The weather man did not announce the blizzard that arrived Satur
day morning;. Owing to the unusual storm which few cared to face, the sale was
' a most BticcesBful failure, for that (fay. - So very little business was done that we
joined with the other progressive stores and closed our doors at 6 p, m. How-
ever, the bargains were so good that we didn't want; to call tbe Bale off, neither
did we care to hand the goods out piecemeal; hence, we did not advertise during
the week, preferring to -wait until now when every one can have an equa whack
at the good things.
MenV Fashionable Furnishings and
Hats at a Fraction of Their Worth
ALU $1.50. 12.00 and
18.50 NECK WEAK,
St 05c
KOLL COUJiR. BY
RON COLUAK AND V
NECK SWEATERS
In all colors, worth
from "$3.50 to $10
s PIUC'K.
SWEATEH COATS
$2.60 to $ 50 kinds
tor H FK1CE
jTUk LINED AUTO
GAUNTLETS, wotlh
$3.50 atd $4.00, now,
for , 2.!Kl
FUR OUTSIDE AUTO
GLOVES, ' $4.00 te
$25.00 . . . Jg PRIQK
HATH ItOlUlS $5JD0
ROUES $2.75
One lot of soiled
Robes, worth to $7.50,
your choice, at.... 92
Boys SUITS,
OVERCOATS
and MACKI
NAWS at Vt
for The Bee by
OMAHA PIONEER WHO DIED IN
CALIFORNIA.
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SAMITE If R. JOHNSON.
president of the Nebraska National bank.
Mr. Johnson continued the head of the
water company until 1886, . when . It was
sold to the American WRter cpinnany.
Not long after thin ho retired from active
business and removed to California.
Mr. Johnson leaves a widow, whom he
married after tho death of his first wife,
and four children Frank B. Johnson,
Mrs. 12. B. Williams Rnd William II.
Jonnson of the offlco of the, county clerk,
of Omaha, and Edgar Johnson of San
Jose.
Everybody reads Bee Want Ads.
Confession is
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BROKEN LOTS OF TIIE BEST,
MOST SIGHTLY SHIRTS IN TOWN,
REDUCED AS FOLLOWS:
$1.00 SHIRTS, NOW .79c
$1.50 SHIRTS, NOW $1.15
$2.OO-$2.50 SHIRTS, NOW $1.45
$3.00 4.00 SHIRTS, NOW $2.25
tU-L OUR MEN'S HATS AND CAPS
(Silks nnd Stetson staples excepted.)
Y2 PRICE.
Just try on, make selections and pay
us one-half of the reffuiir price.
MEVS HIGH TYPE OVERCOATS AND 8VIT8 U PRICE
Even If you have no present need, you Buould buy one of
these garments at hail, because our styles, being always
a year or two ahead, will make them even more styiUh
next yesr than this.
$15.00 to $60.00 OVERCOATS. .$7.50 to $30.00
$15.C0 to $40.00 SUITS. $7.50 to $20.00
OMAHA'S FASTEST GROWING
vn uujvy
1516-18-20 FARNAM STREET.
"Bud" Fisher
GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT
Continuous Rains Interfere with
Operations in Belgium and
Northern France.
HEIGHT. IN V0SGES TAKEN
BERLIN, Jan. 22 -(By Wireless te ton
don.) The Oerman War office Issued the
following statoroent fcoday:
"On January 21. in the western theater
of war a continuous rain rendered Ira
possible any important fighting between
the coast and the canal of LaBassee. Ar
tillery duels took place near Arras. One
of tho trenches which we took on the
day before yesterday to the southwest
of Berry-au-Bac was abandoned and
blown up. It has been partly destroyed
by the collapse of the wall of a factory.
"A French attack north of Verdun was
repulsed easily. After the battles of the
day before yesterday to the south of St.
Mlhiel small French detachments still
held out in the neighborhood of our po
sitions. By means of an advance the re
gion before our front was cleared of alt
Frenchmen as far as their c'd positions
"The battle, for Croix-des-Larmes. north
west of Pont-a-Mousson, continues. A
strong French attaxk on the recaptured
part of our positions was repulsed with
heavy losses to the enemy.
"In the Vosges north of Sennheim eur
troops threw the enemy out of the heights
of the Hartmann-Wellerkopf hills. We
took two officers and IS men prisoners.
"In the eastern 'theater of the war tho
situation is unchanged. Our attacks on
a branch of the xucha made alow pro
ress. There is nothing new east of the
Pillca.'!
Thorpelana After Games.
The sec:ond tesm of the Thorpelan Ath
letic, club ia anxious to play a few basket
ball gmes with some of the teams
around Omaha weighing about 125 pounds
lo-tl man.' Webster -&4S8 will bring any
umbltlous team a garrie with them.
Good99 Etc.
T ; . J I I
ONE TABLE OF TWO.
I1ECK IXDERWEAU
AT H PRICE.
' PAJAMAS IN OUT
ING FLANNEL,
CREPE SILK. SOI
SETTE AND MUSLIN.
$1.00 quality ....70c
$1.60 quality ..91.15
$3.00 quality ..91.45
$5.00 quality ..93.73
NIGHT SHIRTS
50c quality 85c
i5c quality 5oc
$1.00 quality . ...70o
ONE LOT OF DRESS
GLOVES, worth from
$1 to $3, H PRICE
WASHABLE FAB RIO
GLOVES, gray, or tan,
black backs
75c quality 50c
$1.50 quality 75c
MEN'S
One
half price, too.
STORE.
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