niK nr.K: om.ui.v 'rrnsii.w. maim it t n t r. Bringing Up Father m Copyright Iiitarnatlooa) Saw Sarvioa, Drawn for The Bee by George McManus BY COLLY -t LOCKED ME COAT-TAIL THE SAFE - WHAT AM I "lO DO? ' CeVTT IT HOME: ONLEbb I TAKE TH "bAf'E WITH Mf I LL DO T ! 6 c" 'A4 MACC4IE WILL KNOW VMAT TO DO ' , v 111 Y' DARlN' - Me COVr CAUGHT IM TMF bAVF! VAEAVEM.' V'E HAVE TO ET The dook blown off r WHY -FATHER - TOO SLLr THN - JUST 'AKE OU COAT ERTA1HLV- I IT-b A, OOD THIN ed WE HAVE A daughter: SIX STATE LEAGUE CLUBS TO PAY COIN No Forfeit Money Received, but Six Clubs Send Assurances to President Miles. YORK AND KEARNEY DROP OUT LICENSE TO HUNT MOOSE ! COSTS HUNDRED DOLLARS. HIRTH PRESENTS r- , RAILROAD CASE Missouri Editor, in Address to Hast ings Commercial Club Discusses Proposed Rate Raise. HASTINGS, Neb., March 1. (Special Telegram.) President Miles lias received assurances from six clubs thai their for fait money for membership In the Stat Hose Ball league Is either in transit or will be sent Immediately. The towns are: (.rand Island, Columbus, Fatrbury, Nor folk, Beatrice and Hastings. The. Columbus management has not I ben heard from directly In regard to the deposit, but a club manager has been employed there and all preparations are being made to continue in the league. Kearney anil York have dropped out. iconic of the clubs favor limiting the cir cuit to the six towns which have quali fied. Hut Aurora has made inquiries rel ative to a franchise and if that town .loins the league there will be a vacancy for an eighth club. This is the last day for the depositing of the club forfeit of but as several lays' grace is allowed, the money may not all bo In until the middle of the week. In a few days 11 will be decided whether to continue with six club or admit two new. towns. IT' UP TO THE PEOPLE; Reed Favors Links, Says Hastings Man CIIKV F.NNK, Wyo.. March 1. -(Special. 1 Governor Kendrick by signing the game and fls'.i si t Hissed by the recent Wyo ming legislature has made It unnecessary for big game hunters who desire to bag a moose to go to the wilds of Canada. The new law qualifies the closed season on Wvomtns moose which lias been In effect for several years by providing that j fiftv moose may be killed In this state iPUTS each year. Hunters desiring to' kill a j moose must procure special license cost- HASTINGS. Neb., March 1 (Special ing ln and must do their killing under Telegram.) William lllrth of Columbia.! the eye of the state game warden, or I Mo., editor of the Missouri Farnio-, sd that of a deputy warden assigned to su-1 dressed a large body ot representative; perlntend the hunting of the animal. The ! business men .t the 'onimcriial clubs! Thoroughfare district of Park county Is 'lunch today on general business eondl-1 the only section In which moose may he thins and their relation to railroad In- 1 killed, and only hull may be killed. All Uresis. He defended the railroads' pica , expenses incidental to the attendance of j fur the right to raise passenger fares an official at the killing must be borne j from 2 to i' cents in Nebraska. K. N hy the hunter, which means that the bag- Clarke, president of the Commercial club, glng of a moose in Wyoming will be a ; presided at the meeting, which maul right expensive pastime. ' 1 frsted a friendly feeling tor the speaker; jand the railroads. A large number ol ; RACE HORSES WILL BE ! Hastings business men have signed a PC-j Cfll n AT CUCQirr'C CAI C Uttion urging the legislative not to enact ; OULU A I in-HIrr O OftLC nny nfalr antl-rallroad measures, and. also that the railroads be accorded a full BF.ATRICB, Neb.. March 1. -(Special.- j ,,,d far bearing. Kleven h-nd of rue- h"rs belonging tot ..A1 tUH railroads are nsklng for at, I, N. and K. C. Miller, former proprietors j this time is simply a fair hearing," said ; at FIGURES IN THE ALLEGED PASSPORT PLOT Richard P. Stegler, German reservist, prompted by his American girl bride, is said to have confessed his part in a plot to traffic in United States passports to Germany. Documents foiind in his possession bear the signature of Captain R. Boy-Ed, naval attache of the German embassy in Washington. BOARD OF TRADE WALL WEAK South Wall Bulging Out Already, Delare Directors of Wrecked Building. SETTLE QUESTION TUESDAY Mr. Hirt h. "The Interstate Cnmmcrcr rommlsslnn told the president of the American railways to carry their case t I the people, t i discuss It in the forum of of the Touzalin hotel, will be sold next Thursday afternoon near Wymore at auc tion In order to reimburse the First Na tional bank of Clarks, Neb., for money advanced ly the vmnk. The nanli noma .public expression, and that Is precisely- tvin chattel mortgages given hy Miller I 1at n0 alr attempting to do. W e are liv- ! and his wife, anil It Is to satisfy these j nsc n xc pra of j,,, t, proi,,. rule, and. claims that horses, raring carts, etc., e are now assuming that the people are ; were levied upon. Sonic of the horse . the ones to pass upon our case. There-'! have established rcords on the track' fore we are here prerrnting it to thi-m, i and are known as Neetle Woolsey. I.adyjand we know they will hear iij fairly. .Maude Miller. Katie C. Miller. Tanner "American busineog is fairly In the p j UASTINTiK Vnh Mirr-li 1 iSnei-lnl 'ollller. 1 od OolSCV, lUldll USUI. . Lil'irlh. 1 Kit Inn of a. Iiutli.nl lir l.u. I,..n 1 Telegram. I Conch Schlssl-r of Hastings an ''H Carfrey. . . . pelled to take the medicine of a dime-., High school tudayr profited to Guy 14. i ' jdifferent doctors, each doctor Innistiug; Iteed at Lincoln against the arrangement ! STt JOE TRADES M'DONALD lhat lie shall gulp down lili particu.ar m' the qualifying round of til" stale bus- iinfsii -mrU Triii hlnl of ni strum. As a result we arc Iti ket ball loiirnamcnt. ullcging disc rlmlua- 10 JACKSON. ItllCH TEAM the throes of an industrial nausea. i tions in favor of the pairing as against Hastings. Omaha of Lincoln ; and otltci i contenders for the rhntnpl mshlp. Marty 6'Toole Will Play with Columbus i COI.CMni'S, O., March 1. -Marty j O Toole, plti'her, formerly with the Pitts'- burgh Nationals, signed a contract totluyi to play with the Columbus American assn-j iation ti am the coming season, accord-1 ing to a mesrasc from South Framing- ham, Mass., where Man ,;er Qtilnn signed j o'Toole. He will he considered part pay lor I ST. JoSF.PIl, Mo.. March l.- T.ynn Mc- i j Ponald, pitcher of the St. Joseph Western I leage base bull lub, has be-n traded to ; the JacI:.io:i .!ub of the Southern Mlchl- r.nn league for IJjtn Hrown, outfielder, ! aci ordlng to in announcement today by Jack Holland, owner of the local team. ADJUTANT GENERAL ISSUES BULLETIN FOR DEPARTMENT (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. March 1. (Special.) V short four-page bulletin, full of snappy news Ilinchman and Gerber, sold to the , and items of Interest tothe citizen sol- i dlery of the state, Is being issued by Ad jutant General Hall under the title of the "Nebraska National Guard." The first edition, bulletin No. 1, Is Just off tha presses. It will be Issued from time to time, possibly monthly. Its aim is to keep up the interest of the members of the guard in their organization. Pittsburgh club last fall. TWENTY CUBS BEGIN THEIR SPRING TRAINING TAMPA, Fla., March 1. Twenty mem bers of the Chicago Nationals begun to day their spring training here. Other players are expected late today. The Cubs will meet the Philadelphia Nationals at St. Petersburg, March 8, in ! i b S Many Keel Tired. "Spilng fever" usually is the result of their first practice game of the season. J sluggish bowels and torpid liver. After now they pay 11.81 Investment Are l)lcre,llle,l. -'eeuritles and Investments genera'.Iv aro dlsi redited. lri!e men by the thou?- , amis abound In every large center or ! population, and progress and expansion' everywhere Is at a standstill, and In Cici meantime the banks are filled with mil-; lions of capital, which is afraid to ven- j tore out upon an uncertain' ;ind tem pestuous financial sea. Surely It is time' lor political specialists ami quack doc- ! tori to give us a little rest, for upon this; depends whether they will have a patient ; to practice and expeilment on In the ; future." j Touching the railroad situeti in, Mr. Hlrth showed that the railroads o. the I country pay out for labor almost 5(1 cent! ot every dollar they earn. He showed that It now costs practically double to operate a railroad what It cost a few years ago. For Instance, in the mutter of increased pay to employes, he showed that In fourteen years the pay of en-1 glneert had Increased 5 per cent, fire-' men, 64 per cent; conductors, 45 per rent; ordinary trainmen, 70 per cent, with i similar increases all along the line. The same, la true of supplier and equipment. in law railroads paid $1.44 a ton for coal. i I'M' ill 1 ' i A If If v h " ' j- t-"vi ? ,.:.;- n -v rL , , V - i The south wall of the eld Hoard ot Trade building, recently gutted by fire. Is beginning to bulge out. and In the opinion of Mockholdera and dlrcetoia of the holding company, the walls will soon begin to crack more and more If not torn down. C. W. Hull Coal company, the last of 1 the tenants to leave the wreck, has Just i taken up temporary quarters on the third linor of the Omaha National Hank build ing. Hull was the last man to hold im o his locution on (be first floor and de clare that the building was habltabln and that he should he allowed to remain until the termination of Ills lease. "There is snow In the building now from the recent t-Torm, snd when that begins lo thaw, or when the first rain ciiincs. the whole building will be soaked." Hiiid I-:. M MorHinan, chairman of the bniiiil of illicilor of the owners of the htilMIhg. It would be Impossible for any one to in.ilntHin offices anywhere In the building when that happens. The south wall Is bulging out now, and I predict that as soon an warm weather comes other walls will begin to show weakneKs and cracks w ill appear every where." Mr. Moisiiinn says the Insurance mat ters are not adjusted yet. but that he unilir.stanils the mi lous tenants are get ting their Ini.hiiliial Insurances adjusted In good shape, lie believes that this will all precede the adjustment of the Insur ance on the building itself. The city council Is to hold a meeting Tuesday morning, at which time anyone Piterehteil in snxing the oid building and JlmWiig It rcp.ilre.l Is to appear to show cause why the entire building should not be condemned. plajcd a fast mime considering the small floor. (Ynlral city bud the uilsfort mm t be without two of Its flar men. Grl"c. forward, and Captain Morrow, unbr. The scute was III to 14. ENTENTE STUDIES AMERICAN PROPOSAL (Continued from Page One.) eis of the vessel it sinks; Its methods of warfare are. therefore, entirely otilside the scone ol any of the International in struments regulating operations against commerce in time of war. "The German declaration substitutes Indiscriminate destruction for regula'el capture. Germany Is adopting these, methods against peaceliil traders and non combatant crews with the avowed object of preventing commodities of all kinds. Including food fur the civil po illation. from reaching or leaving the Hrltlsh Isles or northern France. "Her opponents are, therefore, driven lo frame retaliatory measures In order In their turn l prevent commodities of any kind from reaching or leaving Germany. These incsriiires will, however, be en forced by the Krltlsh and French gov ernments wltcout risk to neutral shir" or to neutral or nnncombatant life and in strict observance of the dictates of humanity. "The Hrlllsh and French governments will, therefore, hold themselves free lo detain anil take Into port ships ca.rrvlng' goods of presumed enemy destinations, ownership or origin. It Is not Intened to confiscate sin h vessels or cargoes unless they woul otherwise be liable to condem nation. The treatment of vessels and i h rums which have sailed before this date will not be affected." CHICAGO GRAND OPERA COMPANY BANKRUPT WIFE OF STEGLER CIIIrjO Mar-h I.-TI.e PliLage, Grand Opera company filed a voluntary petition in bankrupt. y today scheitullm; liabilities of $'i.,4i0 and assets of $'M,r in rxTfl 111 1 f Firv I pennon incnnii-ii ten typewritten IS UlSuHnKutjU ' I1"""" of n,lni s of signers to whom the j roMpoiiy Is Indebted. Lack of attendance j at the o,eras presented by the company iCoiitiiiiled from Pa e One I was given as one of the contributing i i J Blood Remedy Sustains World months Indoors, you arc not likely to j leel vigorous and sprightly. Foley Cathartic Tablets are "worth their weight i in gold" for that overfull feeling, bilious ness, gas on the stomach, bad breath, in digestion or constipation. Their action is .quick, comfortable and com;ilet without ties. Then thev paid US they pay J2 cents I I nausea or griping. Stout people say they Myriad Have Learned of ItaRe- 'e .1 l.lesslng.-Sold everywhere.-Adver- markable Curative Value. HYMENEAL cents for snd up. Nebraska Railroads Lose Money. He pointed out that in Nebraska for the imai year mi the Missouri Pacific j actually lost more than $150,000 on its total Nehisska business, and that the St.! Joseph Grand Island sustained an i actual operating loss of more than V.br In Nebraska. Coming- down to the ques tion of 2'i-cent passenger fare for Ne braska. Mr. Ilirth cited the action of former Governor Hughes of New York, who. four years ago, vetoed a 2-cent pas senger luw for that state on the ground that it was Arbitrary and uid not give lair consideration to the railroad inur- ENGLAND CLOSES TEUTON PORTS TO REST OF WORLD (Continued from Page One.) Illlls-Rellamr. FAIUBITIY, Neb.. March l.-(Specal. i Cards have been received In Falrbury announcing the marriage of Miss lona eata. "If the state f New- r-i. I!' "alnv' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wll- density of population of 24 to the square Ham Hellamy of Omaha, and ICImer I lilts , mile, cannot produce fair returns to the or Caldwell, Idaho. The wedding took I railmnds on 2 cents a mile, how can the place at Salt Lake City on Saturday, j state of Nebraska with sixteen persons P.h.llfi.v IM Tit. nnui.l. ...Ill V. I I A . k . . " i vuH,t ,mi m i iiumr i'j m- square nine ne expected to do It From the Tory fact that S. 8. 8., the after April 1. The bride Is a graduate famous blood purifier Is a natural medl- f h. Omaha Hlarh sehnnt .n.i i-,,iv-. ral' " 11 rj. . V?r 'y ' Chicago and taught In the Fair-,S1: Ohio, with give up mercury and other dangerous Af- i hury High sc hool until February 1, 1916. drties. llatilt Is a strange mister. flirted people use merc-iiy with a blind The groom was principal of the Falrbury force of hahlt. Not warnrd by the rheu- i school for two years. He is now prae. matlsm they see all around tbem. tin- I til.lng )aw at Caldwell, mindful of the locomotor ataxia, partly- sis and other dreaded results of mineral t Moore- nderaon. poisoning, they cllug to the fast dlsap- ; Miss Myrtle M. Anderson of Viliaca, pearlng treatment so surely and positive- la., daughter of William Anderson, and ly being replaced by tbe light strike he asked. "There is Massachusetts, with 441 to the square mile; Pennsylvania, with not one of which has a i-cent rate, but here comes Nebraska, with its sixteen persons to the square mile Insisting on 2 cents as compensatory. Twenty Million. In Waaes. "Nebraska railroads last year employed IW.iat men and women In this state at an ggregate wago of over jn.0(Jo,000 and this i bT k' ' bK"i "fbThr 'Mr T,,om" w- M"" of Republic. Kan., I money did its full share to create p,f 1!.D' psn.ee. for ailblood 'rt b '"'" Saddle ItaMe markets for Nebraska produ. ts and poses of the liardancUta' operations any weaken nis of the guard fleet. The enter prise wii.t carefully conceived with political ami economic objects." The premier said that the operations against Turkey uir:iin illustrated tho i lose c o-oiei ."' ion among the allies. French .uy Is I'l-nlceil. The premier referred to the "plenilld contingent of the Fr-mil navy which shares the gloiv and hnrards of the i n- terpiiH4.V 'i'lieji-trduiu lies operation also uVmoiikt rated, lie s.iid, the copiousness and variety of Hrltish naval resources. The Queen Fllzaheth was Great llrltaln'n newest super dreadnaught, with h power of range never before known, while at its side waa the Agamemnon, the prede cessor of the dreadnaught. Referring to the new credit nicasura which the government presented, Mr. As quith said: "The government is making this largo pec. unary demand with the full convic tion that after saeven months of war the j country and the empire are every whit a.i i determined as ever If needs be at a cost I of all we can command in men and As which they have brought about, Mr quith said: i mav sav that the suggestion that has been put forth from German quar ters that we have i-J i-tcd c ertain pro posals muiln to two powi-is by the Cnited States Im untrue. All ve have stated to the Culled States so far Is Hint we have taken this matter Into cai'eful considera tion in consultation with our aliu s. "I shall hate to use some very plain language. Il did not oenie upon us aa a surprise that war has In en c urried on by Germany with svslem-.llc violation- of all the conventions and regulations under which by int.-inallonal agreement it waa thought to mitigate warfare. It lias now taken a further step by organizing an under-sea campaign of plrary and pillage." Part of Garrison of Prague Revolts PA Kf March 1 The correspondent at Kucharest, Itoiunaiiiu. of the Havas agency, has :it a telegram repeating the report that the Li'sMun had re oi Copied Kolnmca, in Onliu'ia. and that tliry were investing Stanlslau. Kolomea was token after a fierce fight on Wed nesday, February 2A. "The Ninety first Czech rcgument," the 1 lavas correspondent continues, in gar'- rlson at Prague, mutinied and Killed Its the two men had tried to disrobe, her. 1 1 "uses, At no time, she testified, was she hikI ! -Matiiket alone. She c haracterized the j c harge against her as " Iranie up. In discharging the complaint against her, the magistrate said he would be In clined to send MHtelket and his male comi'antoli to the workhouse If the tetl nony concerning their alleged attempt: to disrobe Mis. Stegler were, morel definite. j Men 4'nrr- Mtiltrnaea. At the Grenoble hotel It was learned , that the woman who doacrllicd herself as : Mrs. Stegler and Matiiket came to the hotel shout 9 o'clock Sunday night. They were accompanied by another young man and woman. Roth men carried suit rases, which, ac cording to the hotel people, they guarded carefully, even refusing to allow bell bnya to carry them to adjoining, rooms whii h were assigned to tho couples. About 1 o'clock this morning a call for the police came from the room In which Matelket had been assigned, and when Detective Burgess arrived he was asked bv the man to arrest his companion. He charged that the woman had thrown a seltzer bottle- at him, but that he had dodged It, and that the woman had then beaten him over'the head with a cane. j According u the police, Matelket . shoAtied no sign of the trouble, but the police had to rntertaln the complaint and they locked the woman up. Detective llurgea. says the woman waa fully clothed when he entered the room. Mra. Stealer Alleges Trap, The young woman who claims to r Mrs. Anetto Stegler, according to the po lice, told the police matron that she con sidered she had been trapped. Hhe said that a friend, Anna Hoffman by name, had called her up by telephone and made an appointment to meet her In the even ing, aa she had something important to communicate. When they met her woman friend waa accompanied by two well dressed young men, who Invited her Into their automobile, and later, she aays, they went to the hotel for dinner. It was later when Matelketlt, it is stated, began questioning her regarding the passport fraud case that the row I coming tbe world pan. troubW-t because It Is welcome to a we.lt stomach, is taken naturally Into the blood, I. a wave of purifying Influence known by Its remarkable ruratire results, IDd Is the standby of a host of people. it goes into the blood and remains a strong ... .... . i. t.i. I our sny " effect V.. U.V of. i . " ' ' "es.ow. upon nurelr cleansing nrooerty. I It la the most universally recom- ilia peculiar to her aex. The flashing eye, mended blood remedy known, and ha. the elastic step and the clear complexion sustained Its reputation for half a cen- nPVer accompany organic trouble. The tury. I" InureKlient. re N.'""" " di.treMied expression, lassitude, head- nite antidote fur germ that create our wort affliction. (Jet a bottle todsy ( ,cne nd nntal depre.sion are only the any druggist. Refuse all substitute, tell-tale symptoms. Women so troubled Write tbe medical department, The Swift should take I.ydla F-. Plnkham'a Vegeta- Upeclflc Co., . Swift Hldg.. Atlanta, la.. hie Compound, that simple remedy made lor free advice on bhs,d twublea and how from tlie , h to overcome tbem. Tills department I Ml , . . . ... , ... . . of the Hne.t help, to men to fea found th"r "lth 1 normal condltlou.-AU-aoywhere, and It la entirely fte. i eitiaemen. 'Sunday, February 2 n the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Fred liuxihau.sen. Uu; North j Twenty-ninth. Mr. and Mrs. Moore will I make their home In itepul lic, Kan. I Woman's Rraat) o Secret ill lie In the rare she bestowa : herself and in keeping at bay thoae dread money to bring the righteous rause to a ! r officers. After reprisals on the to build up all of Nebraska a industries and Institutions. "But tiii standard of prosperity cannot jng b maintained if lie are going to continue to hedge about the railroads vlth unfair limitations. What we ought to do In Nehrasks. farmer, merchant, manufacturer and every other business and professional Interests, I to co-o;ier-ate with the railroads toward the upbuild ing of their prosperity and ours, wiib li is ntlrely mutual." A (old la Daatrrrona. Rreak II us, Bell' Pine-Tar-Honey la fine for cough and colds. Soothe tha lung, loosen the mucous. Only Jc. All druggiata Ad- i triumphant ts je. "There is muc h to encourage and stim ulate us In what we see In the heroism of Belgium and Serbia and In the un daunted tenacity wherewith our allies hold their far-flung linrs) until the mo ment com- for an Irresistible decisive advance. "We have no reason to be otherwise than satisfied with the progress of re cruiting I can assure the house that with all the knowledge and expcrlnc. gained by the governme'iit we iiover were more confident than today at the power and will of the allies to achieve an ulti mata victory." Note to I nlted Ulatra. Turning to the subject of Gel many' ubinai iiiti activitiua aud tho actuation rank and flic .this regiment was sent to Brachoff on thn Roumanian frontier. A second Czech regiment has lieen sent away from Vienna and Iwith thee or ganizations are being replaced by Roumanian regiments from Trans) I aula." STEAMER DACIA TOWED INTO HARBOR OF BREST BR F.ST. March I ( Via Tarl 1-Ths American steamer Dacla, formerly a Hamburg-American liner, which waa captured last week by a French cruleer and brought Into this port, has been tuwrd iroiu th-j roadstead Into the Brest naval buiLtr. Hail a Jitney and Get Out at Magee's Things you'll want to see. Kensington Spring Suits at $20 These anils are made to our order for us. The models and materials have our personal In spect Ion. You will find them the very latest and hest. In fact the suits look much more than $2( worlh. It Is greatly worth your while to see tbem. We show Kensingtons at l-.". I'i and 135 that no tailor ran produce at anywhere near the price. Stetson Hats Very complete knowing of spring styles, $'l.50, up. MANHATTAN KII1HTS Beautiful multl-rolored stripes for spring, 91.541, $'J.O, up. I low Ties Blacks, and whites", and fancy pointed end and open end ImtwingR. They are the new things in neckwear .Vic, occurred. The young woman requested that Charles Gilfflth. who Is counsel for Richard P. Stegler, be sent for, and II I believed he will appear In court later today when the young woman la ar raigned. Dictaphones la Grips f The police, when tney heard tha story of the carefully guarded sultcasea, were inclined to believe that the sheltered telephonic device for recording con versations. The men ranted tha grip with them when they left the police sta tion. The police learned that during tha night Matteikct several tlmea called a German newspaper on the telephone and a iinxersullun with some one in German. from altars lllh Win. ST ROMS BI' KG, Neb., March 1. (Spe cial ) SI ronixbuig High school defeated Central City High achool Saturday night in a (ant game of basket ball. Bulk) teams 413 Ho. 16th St. -mmmtmmmmmimmiMm l i tM:4;