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20 BRINGING UP FATHER HERE'S TOOR ns. comi vou know hov SHE HATE" ME- WHERE KIH I HIDE? EARL CADDOCK IS HOW REGULAR PRO Amateur Champ Ii Taken Under Gene KeladyV Wing and He Challenges "Era All. ISSUES DEFI TO ADOLPH ERNST Earl Caddock, champion amateur wres tier of the United states, waa In Omaha eaterday end made arrangements with Gene Melady to handle hla matchea for hint. He aaya that ha la now In the pro fessional ranka and will meet anybody of hla slie In the country, bar none. He la right heavyweight. Ernst la the recognised leader In that section of the ladder, and Caddock aaya ha will meet Emit aa aoon aa a match bYi ba arranged. , Malady aaya that he will find no trouble In arranging matchea for Caddock, aa tha lad la alwaya In condition and does not bar anyone. Ho doea not claim to be In tha claaa of Frank Uotch or Joe Kleenex, but outsldo of these two he will wrestle them all, They Say Amateur Is Man Who Sports Just for Love of It NEW TORK, Deo. 81. The conference t( delegates from sporKovernlng bodies throughout tba country unanimously agreed that an amateur sportsman la one who engages In sport aotely for tha pleas ure and phyalcal, mental, moral and so cial benefits that he derives therefroni and to whom sport Is nothing; mora than an avocation. Br competing or giving n exhibition In any of these sports un der an assumed name, or by being; guilty of any fraud or' any other grossly un sportsmanlike conduct In connection . therewith It was decided tha penalty should be disbarment for life from ama teur eligibility of any person guilty of any infringement ef the rule. For other Infractions of tha rules such aa reoelvlng pay or pecuniary benefits In consideration of. or aa a reward for participating in any public athletto com petition or exhibition or deposing of prises for personal galnT tha offender shall never thereafter ba permitted to compete or exhibit aa an amateur in tha spaca or sports In which such act was com mitted. Some Speed Skating On Rollers is Shown At the Auditorium! Miss Anna Waterman, one of tha ex pert girl skaters of Omaha, ahowed roller akatln fana a bit of speed work at tha Auditorium last night by turning a quar ter of a mile in fifty-nine and four- flftha seconds. Miss Waterman found the floor a bit slippery and she wae un able to put on full speoif for fear of "skidding Into the fence." but she made very fast time at that and seemingly without effort. following Miss Waterman's exhibition, Miss Gertrude Hoffman of the South Hide decided that Mlas Waterman "wasn't so much" and challenged her to a match. Tha tilt will come off In the near future, according to Manager Franks. Dick britton. Cmaha'a leading roller skater, and Frits Compton put on a mils race, which Brttton easily won In two inlfiutea forty-nine and one-fifth seconds. Tip O'Neil, Famous Old-Time Player of The Browns, Is Dead MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. SI.-"Tip" O'Neil, famous old-time base ball player, died suddenly of heart disease on a street ear here today. CHICAGO. III.. Deo, SL "Tip" O'Neil, who died suddenly at Montreal today, was a member of the famous St. Louis Browns' outfield of Welch, McCarthy and O NelL He waa the original "Tip." He Joined the Louis Browns aa pitcher under inariee a. Cbmiak)-, now owner of the Chicago White Sox. Presl dent lomUkey today aald O Nell waa a wonderful bell player In hla day and a great batter. its retired from base ball In ISM. He waa about M years old. Moran Signs Three- Year Phillies Contract FTTCHBUita. Mas.. Dec. SL-Menager P. I. Koran of the Philadelphia National league champions, algned and forwarded his contract today to manage that team for 1517 and ISIS. The terma were agreed upon at a recent conference with President William Baker. Celd Mlaats raase Striatic. fcloart's Liniment will help your sciatica. Get a c bottle now, it penetrates k Ilia vba peln stop many achea. All druggists. 4vertleinent. TOO eeTTt n. err IN TRUNK OHTIU HC C,rTi I .T A, IT PAtrtED' OUT ;J Silk Hat Harry's Divorce &cEr vieuy-ncng comer 1 iTx 1kC V c-rvou -TUAV jjf ypOff qcoomjh 'HEALTH - UTTUT Ruth - ri-H (TritvN Wk Sp oe c STJl" ISuaaaav ?veT" - SIX TUG-O'-WAR LADS PULL EIGHT Six Members of Regular Bohemian Team Take Rope Away from Eight Countrymen. ALL OF TEAMS LOOK STItONO Six big, powerful, strapping Bohemians, their feet pushing hard agalnat the slata In the pulling ladder and their muscles In their arms and shoulders bulging, tugged on the big inch-and-e-half rope on the temporary practice pulling plat form at the Auditorium last night. On the other end of the rope eight big, power ful, strapping Bohemians tugged and tussled. The six Bohemians were mem bers of the team which will represent Bohemia In the International Tug-of-War to be staged at tha Auditorium, January I S to t, Inclusive, The. eight Bohemlana were their friends, giving them a little practice. For seven minutes the two squads pulled steadily dn the -rope. The-knot In the center did not move an Inch. Sud denly Frank Riha. the captain. Called to his team to ' pull. And pull they did Fteadlly and.eurety the six members of the regular team began to gather In rope while the anchor man checked up the slack. In two mlnutea the alx Bohemians had pulled several feet away from the squad of tight. "Some pullers, those boys." quoth Jack Prince. "Watch out for them, they're going to upset some of the dop which makea tha firemen and Swedes and Danes favorites. These rhapa will give 'em run.'. And everybody who aaw them agreed with Jack. The Swedish team, the English team, the Irish team and the Italian team were II on the Job at the Auditorium last fi.tjr.S STS After the most daring bookmaker would hesitate to speculate on the result. The tea ma look to be very evenly matched and some hard pulls are confidently predicted. OUT-OF-TOWN GAMES - FOR LOCAL QUINTETS The Townsenda will plsy the Silver City Boosters at Fllver , City tonight. Th Townsenda Seconds will tackle the Plaits- mouth , High schoo five at Plattsmouth on Saturday afternoon. The Walter O. Clarke will play at Syracuse, Neb., on New Tear's eve. The Young Men's Christian association aquaba have reorganised and will else play out-of-town New Year's eve. tackling the Genoa Indians at'.Oenoa. Neb. The Indians have a fast team and have only suffered defeat twice in the last five years on their home floor. Sis-Year-Old Had Creep. "I have a little girl years old who has a great deal of trouble with croup," writes W. K. Curry of Evensvltle. Ind. "I have used Foley's Honey and Tar, ob taining Instant relief for her. My wif and 1 also used it and will aay It is the best cure for a bad cold, cou,h. throat trouble and croup that I ever saw." Thoce terrible cougha that aeem to tear one to pleiea yield to Foley's Honey and Tar. Svid everywhere. Advcr Copyright. ll&. News Pervlc. I PftOHIwCD MAiiCte rO POT THl TRUNK OOWN IN THt CEU-AR WEEK V50 I'LL DO NOW ANVI.ET CLANCX THOU4H THE COAd. SHOTEC" Townscnd Seconds Wallop Superiors The Townaend Seconds found the Su perior Athletic club of Florence easy picking at the basket ball game yester day. The Townsenda walloped their op ponents by a M-to-4 count. Gelsler and Macfarland were tha stars for the Towns ends, the former flipping eight baskets and the latter alx. Llneupt TOWNSKNDB. SUPERIOR A. C. Moore R.F.) R.F Thomas Nicholson LF, L.F Boats Uolnlrr C. C Peterson Modkovlts R.O. RO Nelson K u ni. u m L.U. LU Hoist Suhstltues: Macfarland for Moore. Field aoa lis. oal Macfarland. ; Oelxler, 8; Moako- I; llente, 1; Peterson. 1. Referee t'aynter. I 'in pi re Jones. Time of halvea 20 minutes. . I . nsisks Pagrlltat BeateaeeeU CHICAGO. Den. Sl.-(Speclal Telegram.) James Adams, Omaha pugilist, waa sen tended to eight months In the Bridewell and fined $25 today for larceny. O'ROURXE FIGHTING TO HOLD EASTERN TOGETHER. cms?' The smoke of the base ball battle be tween the Feds and Organised Base Ball almost obscured the little- fight being waged by James O'Rourke ef the Eastern association to hold that minor league to gether and prevent some outsiders and two former club members' from putting through a merger. O Rourks, after forty-els years In the game la hailed as "the grand old man In base b.11." Tha Hon funned by O'Raurks tn U9S under the name of the Naugatuok Valley league, in )S9T the name was changed to the Connecticut league, and so remained on til thrve years ago, when It became known as the Eastern association. O'Rourke owned the Bridgeport fran chise for fifteen years, and un to 1(08 played on the team. Even now he gets Into harness once or twice a year anJ latches a game. He began to play base ball in anJ became a professloni! In im. He played with Hoslon, provident j and Puffalo and New York In the Na tional league, and led the league In bat ling in lwi with a mark of .Seo. i I COAX. SHOTEC" T I & & ECTf 5S)TT HfVttf 1 W M International HOW MT TMrl- MU5T I TELL SOO TO KEEP OUT OF THE HM-L IN VOOR UNDER HtRT - CO TO TOUR ROOM FRANK CHANCE MAY MANAGE ANGELS Former Cub Boss Will Run Club if He Is Given Chance to Buy Interest HAS NOT MADE AN ANSWER LOS ANQRLES, Cel.. Deo. 31.-Frank Chanoe, former manager of the Chicago National league base ball club, was of fered here today the management of the Los Angelea club of the Paclflo Coaat league by John Powers, president of the local organisation. Chance promised to announce next week whether he would aooept the offer. Following a conference between the two men late . today. Chance said that Powers had made him an offer and that be had put forward a counter proposal. Chanoe added that he wculd Insist upon one condition that he be allowed to pur chase an Interest In the club If . he ac cepts. - Sine his announcement a year ago that he had retired from base ball1 Chance haa been devoting hla time to hla ranch at Glendora. Cel., near here. - GIBBONS SORRY ABOUT SUNDAY CAMPAIGN STORY BALTIMORE, Dec St. Cardinal Gib bons tonUht exprensod sorrow that the "purport of hla conversation with the Rev. Dr. George C. Peck, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church regard ing the Billy Sunday campaign waa mis understood." and declared that he had not authorised the sending of letters to Catholic paatora asking prayer for the success of the coming campaign In Balti more. Asked If he objected to the prayers of the Catholic clergy bemg aought for the success of the Sunday campaign, the cardinal replied that he had no objec tion. It was the Inference drawn from Dr. Peck's public statement that per mission had been given to send letters to CatboUo clergy, to which tha cardinal aald ha objected. The Catholic church. he aald. could not In any way recognise Mr. Sunday aa a divinely commissioned teacher of revelation. i Campbell m Candidate. FORT WORTH Tex.. Deo. 81. Thomas at. i ampoeu. former governor or Texns, tonight announced hla candidacy for the democratlo nomination for United States senator at the ttii primary to aucceed Senator Charles A. Culberson. Culled from the Wire. n " acreage estimated to be 10 5 rer Y ow" ' tie cinvnir J . nooiey ac Tuiae, ukl., waa removea rrom oir ce following ths return of a grand Jury accusation charring him with failure to enforce the tanibllna- uii prohibition laws. The grand Jury which haa been In session for more than two months already removed from office Chief of Police V. N. Burns, Mtyor Frank M. Wooden and Police Commis sioner i. j. wumn, Arrest of elht men gave the Chics si iof what haa been called the "aiol.. mobile trust." which is rrdlt1 wuh tha uiusiii' mens or auiomobilea each yr io ins value or s.oj.uo Aocordina .v rim uiiv ui in arrvsied mn cuniPMi inai wunin tne last eight mint ns he and his companons have stolen and disposed of tliroujcn outside sul .uiuutuuiic vatueq at . UoX - ) ILL t,EE tOO . Mrrro v ? ' ' M' ' ' ' Drawn for The Bee by George McManus VE.LL TELL ME WHAT 00 VErXE DCH4 IN THE. HALL? By Tad Curling Matches At Miller jfark on The New Year Day The annual curling tournament for the John L. Kennedy cup will be staged New Year's day at Miller park under the auspices of the Clan Gordon Athletlo i aoclatlon. The John I Kennedy trophy la awarded to the team winning the tour ney. In addition to this trophy Bob Mal colm, secretary of the Clan Gordon, haa offered a loving cup for the winner of an Individual contest. . The Thistles, winners ef the Kennedy cup, have entered in the fray this year. This team is composed of E. B. Dodds, skip; John W. Mulr, Tommy! Leuchers and Charles Johnston. Other teams en tered are: Gordons, Bob Gait, skip; John MoTaggert. Bill Clark. Jamie Wat son; Heathers, W. J. Hlslop, sr., skip; Pete Lowden, Andrew Hlslop, W. J. Hls lop. Jr.; Caledonians, Tom Meldrum, skip; W. H. Gunn.'james Bowie, W, R, Adams; Blue Bells, George Anderson, skip; R, a, Watson. . Howard Home, Alex Dlok; Balmorals, Robert Melvin, skip; Alex Mo lt le, Alex Melvin, H. Fernandas, leveland Cluh is Still Being Hawked CLEVELAND,' O.. Dec. M. President B. B. Johnson and other American league magnates left for their homes today with out further discussion ef the proposed sale of the Cleveland team. Johnson was oalled to Norwalk, O,, by the death ef a relative there and later left for Chicago, It was reported tonight that a num ber of wealthy men of the Cleveland Athletlo club are attempting to form syndicate to take over the Cleveland team, A conference was held, but no decision was made, according to report. JAPANESE FANS LEARN TO PAN THE UMPIRES CHICAGO, Dec. tL Japan's base ball fans, who are growing steadily tn num ber, have adopted the habit ef "panning" umpires and refuse to support a losing team with the same heartiness they do a winner, much after the fashion of Amer icana, according to members of the Uni versity -of Chicago base ball team, who reached the Midway once more today after their 10,000-mile trip to the orient. Crowds which sometimes numbered 10,0(10 persons saw the Maroons In Japan, but the Inability of the native teams to defeat Coach Page's men resulted In a falling off of attendance. OSBORNE LETS GO OF HIS SING SING JOB ALBANY, N. T. Dee. U. -Thomas Mott Osborne tonight relinquished his duties as warden of Sing 'Sing prison pending determination of, the tndict- tnenta charging hint with neglect of duty and immoral conduct. Oeorge W. Kirch- way, former dean of Columbia taw school, was appointed acting warden. forwarded I aopeaed. WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. -Pa reel post slii..w. nvni the I'niied btatea to Norway, recently detained by the British, have iMn forwarded unopened, to thair dvatlnation, according to advicse reoelwd today by the biate department from Minister Schiuedunaa at Cbrtatlaala, r i 1 I TOO ! JUST VUZ. JUST nna, pot the. trunk im the cellar IU. DO IT now: TO NINE SALOONS TO CLOSE NEW YEAR'S Chief oi Police Instructed to See that Places Are Closed Until Licenses Are Granted. TWO HOTELS ABE ON THE LIST The chief of police has been handed a list of nine retail liquor places for which 1916 licenses have not been granted. Superintendent Kugel or dered that these places be closed at 8 o'clock last night and not reopened until licenses shall have been au thorized. Two of the places are at the Rome and Millard hotels. This order will apply to New Year's day. The city council will take up a protest against the application of Frank WV Uothery at the Rome hotel next Monday morning. After reconalderlng the granting of a license to Roaenfeld Bros., Twelfth and Douglas streets, the council voted to al low the license, applicants agreeing to abate objectionable forms of advertising. The Rosenfelds came here from Council Bluffs and are said to have a large out- oi-town uusiness. They were recoinr mended by an Omaha banker. Object to the Publicity. The city commissioners are opposed to having Omaha exploited aa a place where residents of nearby dry territory may stock up. An effort will be made next week to secure reconsideration of the denial of license to George Rett at southeast corner of Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets. Five votes are necessary for re consideration and It Is stated that four votes are available. Two ' saloons are now open at this Intersection. The re cent refusal was 'on the grounds that three saloons are too many for one ln- . ftucut.,,. iiia bui.uuirf tor the pro posed third saloon waa erected by a local urewlng concern for saloon purposes. HIGH SCHOOL FLIPPERS KEEPING IN PRACTICE With the return of Coach Mulligan and the beginning of high school Monday, regular basket ball practice will be re sumed. During the absence of Mulligan the squad has been working out under Fred Spinning of the faculty, though crippled on account of the absence of Yardley. Fullaway and Smith. As the on January 7 against Council Bluffs htgh. at Council Bluffs, a team mun be molded together In a hurry aa soon as the coach returns. Following the Council Bluffs game the first game of the season will be played strong Lincoln high five will come here on the 16th. Gelsler and Macfarland of last year's second team are showing tip well In practice and will give the regular for wards a run for their positions. THANKING YOU FOR tflAYDEN' leii6 W DODGE DOUGLAS.STREETS Wish to One and All Is A Most Prosperous and -inr Store WillBe Closed AllDay Saturday, January 1st Monday, January 3d, We Begin Oar Big January Clearance Sales Which will mean thousands who watch our windows and the many splendid bargains. 1 NEEDN'T MIND t)ENT IT STORAGE.: Wilson Entertains Visiting Children By Telling Stories HOT SPRINGS, Va., Dec. Sl.-A half- mile climb over a rough mountain trail today put President and Mrs. Wilson on top of Flag Rock, a lofty Appalachian peak, from which they saw ' the Blue Rldgo In the hasy distance and counted forty-seven mountain tops within a range of sixty miles. Flag Rock, used almost continuously during the civil war as an army signal station, now Is a mecca for tourists who love mountain scenery and don't mind hard climbing. The president and his wife accompanied by secret service men, motored to a point five miles from hero and within half a mile of the peak. The president worked several hours today and read another long letter from Secretary lapsing reviewing the Inter national situation. During the afternoon, he and Mrs. Wilson received visitors for the first time since they came here to spend their honeymoon. The callers were Mr. and Mrs. J. H. McCullough of New York and Mrs. Her bert S. Stone and her three children of Baltimore. The president entertained tho children by showing them his Christmas tree and telling them stories. MISS IDA TARBELL WOULD EDUCATE FOR MARRIAGE WASHINGTON. Dee. 81. Ida M. Tar- bell told the Pan-American Hclentirio congress tcday that the education of a woman should be based on the assump tion that she will marry. 'The woman, as a rule, comes to her task without systematic training," said Miss TarbelL "Parents seem to -think that when she marries she can pick up what she needs to know. The results are) deplorable." FAIRBANKS ENDORSED AS INDIANA'S CHOICE INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec SL Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks waa endorsed at a love feast here today aa Indiana's choice for the republican nomi nation for president and at the same meeting which filled to overflowing the largest theater in the state, Edwin P. Morrow pledged him the solid delegation from Kentucky In the national convention at Chicago next June. Aanowacea Woman's Arrest. ROTTERDAM, (Via London), Dec. SL The Berlin Vorwaerts announcea the ar rest for high treason of ten German socialists Including a woman named Clara Zetktn. They are charged with engaging In peace propaganda. Read Tha Bee Want Ads. It pays I ' Teaaeaeee) O. O. P. Meets, NASHVILLE. Tenn., Dec. 81. Tennes see republicans will meet here In conven tion May 8, to aeleot delegates-at-large to the national convention and nominate candldatea for senator and governor. Tho call was Issued by the state committee today. SPLENDID PATRONAGE of dollars in savings to buyers our ads and take advantage of i t y1 I '4s