Bringing Up YOO CAiKT HAVT AtY PUNCH UWILTHE AUCSTb ARNE ET OUT OF HERE m coins to lock thc DOOR! KNOCKOUT i BLOW TO GAMESAYS JESS Willard Asserts Such a Thing: Dam Sing to Fighting; Basinet in New York. SAYS HE WILL NOT . RETIRE CHICAGO. March ST. J cm Willard. hesvywelght champion of the world, ar rUrd her tOilay front New Tork, a how Ing no III effect a of Saturday night's fight other than that his right hand i In handagea . ... According to announcement Witlard wilt remain In Chicago several weeks, getting his hand back In shape. Urn has a contract to glv eihlhltlon bouts with a cirrus during the summer. It Is re ported his end of the iSimmer's purs will ainotmiit to approximately 1150.000. He fore taking a taxlcab to his horns Willard answered many questions. . . "I did not knock out Moran because a knockout would have a bad effect on the fighting came In New Tork and there Is fnntigh feeling agalnat It now," said WIN lard. "I won all the way. Moran got In my path several times and I would have stumbled over him if he had not moved out of the way. "I do not Intend to retire, 1 am not that much of a fool, even If they do say things abot me." Rifle' Competition of Indoor Meet to Bo at the X.M.C.A, Owing to the proximity of the dressing rooms, the rifle shooting competition of of th Indoor athletic meet te be held Friday night will not be stared In the basement of the Auditorium, as origin ally planned. The shooting will bo held at the Young Men's Christian associa tion where there Is ample room, shoot ers who enter this competition are therefore requested to report at the Young Man's Christian association gym nasium at .;! Friday evening instead cf st the Auditorium. . . Bud Kearns, who Is conducting the indoor meet, announced that no entries wilt be accepted after Wednesday.- This goes for the gymnastic events as well as the others. White and Wells to Fight at Kansas City April Sixth KBIT TORK. March XT. Charley White af Chicago, and Matt Walls of England, wero matched her today for a flfteeiw roar; 3 bout to a decision, with Edward Smith of Chicago, aa referee, at Kansas City oa .April ., Midsummer Eacing r for Kearney Assured KEARNEY, Xeh., March IT. Special " Telegram.) The annual midsummer rac Ing meet is now. assured for Kearney, ,' now that the eltlsens' commlttoa has . finished soliciting funds. , Merchants were called upon ta subscribe funds for a deficiency, if suoh should aalst after . the meeting. This method of guarantee- ing the financing has been In vogue for some time bot the attendance has m . eo good that It has not been necessary to call for the extra amounts. The dates have been set for July t. ' snd i. The purses given this year will be especially attractive and a large num ber of owners will take advantage of the opportunity to raoa here. Last year extra barns had to be built to take rare of the horees entered and it Is thought that the raoss will be the biggest In point of numbers ever held in the city. Four More Rourkes Report for Duty BKATK1CE. Neb., March ST. (Special Telrc ram. Four members of the Rourke family, lltchera Alnsworth and Brown snd Catchers Clair and Bpellmaa. re ported fur duty today. There are twelve mere yet to arrive. There are now seven players In camp. and ths boys took their first workout st Athletic park this afternoon. Pa Rourke stated today that exhibition gaibes would start aext week, with Houx City and probably other W cetera league teams. It Is plsnned to . play three, games ea h week. CUY CHAMBERLAIN JOINS WICHITA CLUB WICHITA, Has , March r.-Ouy Cham horlaln, former Cnlver-ity of Nebraska athtfle, reported to tfte local Weetera litf'K team hera today. He Is a pitcher rer naeaawaiieee ntiniiu, No bftter remedy for rheumatism and neuralgia than Xloan's Ur.lnuent. The first U.lKtiun gives relief. Only 3f-c. All . J'kt,- Ad 1 t Usemcnt. i j i roi c id , u . iri i - i 1 - ii Lr runv,n i ii i if - i.j w .jrrrv r x i i w i i v . tnr- y u-. u i - Father rrn "TJ l "fX I I 1 n f r-JIl 1 I 1 I " I - DECIDES TO GIVE LEONARD CHANCE. fiKPDiB WUSJi. Freddie Welsh, lightweight champion, has at last decided to mtet Bcnnle Leon ard, conaldnred one of the bent boxers In the lightweight division. In Madison Square Garden on March XI. Leonard has been angling for a bout with the champion for some time snd his ambitions have now been realised. Famous Bowlers -Will Fight for the Title Tonight TOLEDO, O.. March R.rEkimt of the most famous bowling teams in. this coun try and Canada are making final sfforts to wrest first -place In the five-man event of the American Bowling congress tournament from the Commodore Har rys of Chicago her tonight. Widespread mong the followers of the tournament. however, 'is the belief that ths Harrys' score of l.tOS. made about a week aso. Ill win the main event for Chicago. The Kandy Kids team of Madison, Wis., which are rolling tonight, la captured by Tony Bchwoegelar, who won the doubles In ths 19ut tournament at Pittsburgh, when paired with his brother Al. Their score ef l.MM hss never been equaled. The K rants, Old Dutch team will make To ledo's last bid for ths five-man cham pionship; the Ullberts Bherirrs will rep resent Cleveland, and three fast quintets J from Montreal will put In Canada's laim ror the title. The standing today: Five-man event: Commodore Harrys, Chicago Kienia. I'oiumuus. u Wlttmana, Itocheater tuft in Two-man event: Thoma-Marino, Chicago ., . . Faets-H Hdxbrand. Chloasro Harkrnrider-lMtehnnan, Fort Wayne, in inmvitiuai eveni: It. Kueamen, Cincinnati ................ Sj '. f haw, Chicaso Sst . rVhllman, Toronto SNl All event: Thoma. Chicago. .' , 11 Xellusch, Rochester .... IKS K. HarkenrMer, Fort Wayne 177 A. Wartchow. Omaha 1874 KING BEDDEO'S TEAM WINS PRACTICE GAME The 1100 Beddeo base hall team de feated a picked team Sunday by a i to 1 score. Hard hitting, especially by Bill Shields, and good fielding by John Oogan, featured the game. Batteries for the Beddeo i were E. Oogan. Bolford and Shields. Tha Beddeo team would Ilka to sched uls a practice game for next Sunday with soma Inter-City league team; the Dahl man Knights preferred. Arrangements can be made by calling C. Murphy at Tyler ttl THROWS DEAD DOG INTO flIVER, MYSTERY STARTS A well-dreesed Individual In a large touring car drove onto the Douglas street bridge Sunday evening and oast a sus picious looking bundle Into the Missouri river. The toil man on the bridge, think ing it might have been "the che-lld." In vestigated, only to find that Carl C. Bwanson of the Jerpe Commission com pany was disposing of a dead dog. DEATH RECORD Peter argeaaa. Peter Burgeson, a resident of Omaha sine IKS, died Saturday at hts bom. 423 Burdens street, at the age of O yeara. Ha is survived by his wife, flv sons Edward of Moorhead,. Minn., and Harry. Ralph. Lawrence and Leeter of Omaha, and three daughters, Mrs. C. 8. Baxter of San Antonio, Tex., and Mabel and Dorothy Burgeeon of Omaha, Funeral services will be held from tha residence at I o'clock this afternoon, with In terment In Forest Lawn cemetery. Jaha WaJhscw, John Wallace, aged 74 yeare. govern- nient employ and for thirty-five yeara a resident of Omaha, died yesterday at his home, E3 Poppleton avenue, of lilneas incident to old age. It Is sur vived by several children. Funeral aerv toes will be held Wednesday morning at o'clock from t. Peter's church, with Interment in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. l Whatever may be your need. Want Ad will get t for you. . Bee mmmmmmmmiBmmtm mm . in. n m ,, 1 - aw )n n. sj i sr. Ow Wt W-tt i 1 1 THE I?EK: Copyright. ll. Intern'1 News MAY FORM LEAGUE OF HIGH SCHOOLS Coach Fatton of Sooth High Leading- Spirit in Campaign to Or ganize a Bate Ball Loop. SIX TEAMS READY TO ENTER Coach James Patton of South Klde High school has initiated the opening round of a campaign to form an inlerscholastlc bsae ball league In Greater Omaha. The number of such teams that participate! In bsse hall games last yenr gave rlae at the close of the 191." seannn to the suggeatlnn of such an organisation and six teams of the tri-clttee have already signified their Intention of Joining. An effort Is being tnado .to got two more to come into the combine. Lest year South Kids high led the field with victories over Centrsl and Council Bluffs High school ss well as Blair and a few other nearby villages. Base ball spirit In all three high schools here has been good in years past, the o:ily draw back being that the season usually was at Its best after the regular school ses sion had been concluded. Despits this there hss always been a fslr crowd at the games. Having all facilities neceaaary, such i a number of convenient and modern base ball parks and plenty of equipment, there Is every reason thst a league should he formed. The School for the Deaf has generally produced a formid able team In this department ef athletics and is anxious to enter Into a compact. The University of Omaha, although not yet officially Informed. Is expected to enter. This scbool has always boosted a base ball team and will have one this y"ear;l' ' . ." ''.".'. 'It :is possibe!" that two out of town teams In ths near vicinity of Omaha such as Blair or Fremont could be (nduced to enter if tha proper backing were In evi dence. This would add a bit more In teresting competition to the frays. Coach Patton and Central High school athletlo authorities., stand ready to accept any proposals made concerning tha formation of a league. Central, South Side and Commercial High schools of Omaha. Council Bluffs High, tha School for the Deaf and Omaha university are the six schools ready to entsr tha proposed league. FAIR CHARTER EXPIRES , . BUT IT WILL REORGANIZE HARTINOTOJ. Neb.. March ?T.-Rpe- clal.) The Hartlngton Driving and Fair association Is dear? legally speaking. Tha charter under which It was ora-anlxed twenty years ago expired April 10, lu and has not been renewed. A special meeting was held, at which a large number of tha shareholders were present. Twenty-sis out of twenty-seven members favored reorganisation. . Tha directors elected at tha beginning ef 1911 were authorised to act as a soliciting committee to snllolt the stockholders of tha defunot organisation to exchange their shares for stock in tha new association. Tha organisation will be known aa the Cedar County Fair association. Instead of tha old title. Tha charter members of the association were: J. M. Lemon. O. F. Scovlllo, Frans Nelson. J. J. OoebeU M. M. Wilson. Charlea E. McChlaney. John Krausa, R. W. Wallace and W. A. Pollock. BEN POUND POUNDS CHARLES POUND, LOSES THREE POUNDS Ben Pound, Wl North Eighteenth street, and Charlea Pound, his brother, of the same address, were arrested Sunday for fighting. Ben forfeited the equivalent of t-iree pounds sterling, by his failure to appear In polio court. Charlea Pound as serted that he was pounded by Ben Pound and had done no pounding himself. Ha was discharged. PRISONER AT WORKHOUSE "WILLARDS" HIS MATES Jo Rabid, Itinerant and lodger at th city workhouse, lived up to his nam Bun day evening by knocking out a cluster of his fellow workers. "Tou are evidently tot getting enough exercls at th work house," said tha Judge In police court. "Remain there for thirty days more." TRAINL0AD OF CAMP . SUPPLIES FOR BORDER From Forts Crook and Omaha tha gov ernment Is sending out over the Rock Island ten carloads of Impedimenta, des tined for Fort Houston. Tex. Th stuff Is expected to eventually reach tha Mexican border and constats of tentage, wagons, camp supplies and material that an army la expected to require on a campaign. THREE ARE PINCHED FOR TRAFFICKING IN DRUGS Oliver S. Scott, 1911 Douglas street; Harry Inmsa, Ml Decatur street, and Herbert Sager, Twenty-fourth and Sew ard afreets, all hav been s Treated for trafficking In drugs. A quantity of dope was taken by government officers. Key to th SituationBe Want Ads ' ' ' T y " j OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2?, 1016. Service. Neal Parsons Dies of Blood Poison at Sedro Woolley, Wash Neal Parsons, only son of Grant Par sons, president of the Nebraska Builder's association, and prominent business man of this city, died very suddenly Saturday evening, from blood poisoning, st Sedro Woolley. Wssh. Neal Parsons wss ust 23 years old. He had been a student at the Omaha Hlnh school and University of Omaha. In the fall of 1911 ha left tha university to go Into business with his father. Late In 1914, while at Davenport, la., engsged in the construction of a large building, he fell seven stories through an elevator shaft, on account the scaffolding on the top story giving away. Another man, who fell with him, was killed instantly. Al though Neal was buried under several wagon loads of timber and brick and had suffered a fractured skull and severe bodily Injuries, he miraculously eacaped, notwithstanding the fact that he was unconscious for nearly a week. He had almost completely recovered, except for his left arm, on which he had sustained a fracture and wound which would not heal. Although several opera tions were performed upon his arm, the wound remained open. His fall so badly had acared him that he decided to give up contracting work, and, with his young friend, Clyde C. Randall, hs moved to Sedro Woolley. Wash., last Juns, where they secured soma land and ens-aged In raising vegetables. His parents received a letter from htm during the early part of last week. It wss very cheerful and apparently he seemed to enjoy good health, and was looking forward to raising a flna crop. Early Saturday evening a wire came, stating Neal was In serious condition on account of blood poisoning and summon ing his parents to come at once. . Mr a. Parson hurriedly made prepara tions and left at midnight, but before he reached North Platte, word had been received - at tha ' homo that Neal had passed away.' It cams as a most sever shock to all, as it was believed that lie had nearly recovered front the Injuries ha sustained by his fall a year and a half ago. ' lie Is survived by Mr. and Mrs. Par sons, Mrs. Alloa Ted row, Mrs. Marion li de Winter and Misses Marjory and Dorothy Parsons. Ills body Is being returned to Omaha, aocompanled by his friend Randall, and It Is expected that burial will take place Wednesday or Thursdsy. Nonunion Barher Shop Blown Up by Charge of Dynamite BUTTE, Mont., Marcn IT. A nonunion barber shop was dynamited at S o'clock this morning, rear of tha building being blown out. Tha shop had been running about tan days. ' TL building was practically demolished. Adjoining property also was damaged. No on wss Injured. Tha shop had Inaugurated a prle slash ing campaign in an endeavor to break tha union seal prevailing in this city. Daughter Is Born to Mr. and Mrs. Say re PHILADELPHIA. March SI. -A daugh ter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Boyea Bay re here' today. She is the sec ond granddaughter of President Wilson and will be named Eleanor Axm Sayre. for Mrs. Sayre's mother. Mo'uer and child were reported tonight as doing well. Mra Bay re has been In this city vtalt Ing her aunt. Mrs. A. W. Howe, a sister of th president, for several weeks. The president wired his congratulations. REVIVALIST DISCUSSES PROHIBITION QUESTION NORTH PLATTE, Neb.. March fl. (Special Telegram.) More titan 1,000 peo ple here tonight packed th Keith theater. Including th stag and all standing room. to hear Dr. Oscar Lowry, revivalist, who lees than a year ago had converts num bering approximately S3 per cent of the population of this city. During the meet ing more than tlM was quickly raised to defray expense of th dry campaign. Th last week of the wet and dry cam paign promise to be moat energetic, with W. J. Bryan speaking next Sunday and the election th Tuesday following. Washington Affairs Officials of natlonsl and state proba tion organisation aeked a subcommittee or tne senate Judiciary commute to recommend th paae of Senator Owens' hill for a probation eyatem in the United States court It would authorise appoint ment by federal Judaea of probation of ficers and would permit probation of all offenders except those convicted of trea son, murder, assault and kidnapping. The senate publle health committee recommended passage of a bill creating a national home for leper. Various e ail mat placed ths number of leuera at large In the 1'nlled Siatee aa blah aa l.&uu. The report of (be committee baaed on expert tt-atlmony declarra leproey la ?reeent tn everv atate and that lla vio Ima are rapidly Increaalng in numbers. The senate military comiulttre has de rided nut lo altviupt to recoucile ita army hill with the bill which already haa iaasrd the houae. but will reourt the "senate bill as a substitute. Drawn for The PERSHING PRAISES THE MENJHDER HIM Stamina and Spirit They Hare Shown on March Landed by Commander. ARRIVE IN FETE CONDITION HEADQUARTERS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, COL.ONIA DUBLAN, Mex., March 27. -(Wlreleag to Columbug, N. M.) Brigadier Oeneral John J. Pershing commanding the American troops pursuing Villa today compli mented the stamina and the spirit of the troops comprising the expedition ary fore. Oeneral Pershing made the statement In his headquarters tent the tent over which have swept stinging dust storms, bitter sleet and bnrning winds, all of which the United States troops In the field have faced In rapid succession. Some Loan- Marches. No similar body of any army would have arrived In better conditions under the circumstances, he said. Tne service encountered by the command Included some exceedingly long marches by the cavalry and wide stretches of desert covered by the infantry and artillery. The march of concentration at the first bsse is not believed here to have been equaled by any command of this six? In recent years. And through it all the morale of the troops has been excellent. The spirit of the command is shown by the eagerness which the men have manifested in pushing forward througn tha heat of bare plateaus, the fury of Mexican dust storms and the bitter old of mountainous altitudes. 1 Part of Day's Work. The men seemed to feel that H was all a pert of a day's work. Oeneral Pershing was .asked to specify In detail some of the record set by American troops in the present expedition such as the twenty, seven-mil trek made In a single day through tha desert by Infantry companies under heavy equipment and the cavalry rides, tha hardships of which are said to have torn at the very souls of the troop ers. But he shook his head, smiled a bit and replied: "No. I'd rather not. Can't you see that might appear somewhat as though ws were attempting to throw bouquets at ourselves." French Report Much Activity on All Battle Fronts PAHIS. March 17. Th official com munication issued tonight says: "In th Argonne we concentrated our fir on th 11 nee of communication be hind th enemy's ront. W bombarded revlctualllng convoys north of Apremont. "West of th Meuse there waa a violent bombardment between th village and wood of Malancourt and against our sec ond Una positions. No Infantry action occurred. "East of ths Meuse and in th Woevre I the cannonading waa intermittent. Our artillery was very activ also on th whole of the front, particularly In the region of Orlmaucourt, where th fir of our bat teries caused several explosions, and In th region of Harvllle, whsr w dis persed a large convoy. "Waet of Pont--Mousson th fir of our trench guns, directed against Ger man shelter, caused th explosion of a grenade depot Our long rang guns bombarded th railway station at Vlg-neulles-Lea-Hatton-Chatel. "In th Vosgea our artillery was activ agalnat th German organisations In th valley of the Fecht. "This morning a German aeroplane was THE "ENDLESS CHAIN" DANGER OF CATARRH S. S. S. the Proper Safeguard. Catarrh Is a "cold" in Its chronic form. The air Is filled with bacteria which is taken Into the mouth and noes through th process of breathing. Whan th body is la a healthy condition no harm re sults. But with OJr modem method of indoor living and sedentary occupations, th mucous nwrabran are usually not able to 'throw-off this harmful bao taria. making catarrh a very common aliment. Thee germs bread and multiply, causing Inflammation, th blood rushes to th membranes to fight off th bacilli. When the blood is la a vigorous condi tion its "defensive" efforts are success ful. Otharwts th cold "hang en " turn into catarrh. Catarrh I a chronic Inflammation of the mucous membrane Mucous mem brarme are the lining on all the Internal ravittea of the tKKljr. tiet that ALL. cav liiea! There la the "endless chain'' rle meut of danavr. Tli only way te tivet catarrh Is tt purirv the blood. The stireat wsv . puiKy th blood is to take 8. K. 8. Wrltr ua fur apet'lal edtli-e. rlfl Specific Co.. Atlanta. Ueergla. Bee by George McManus brought down; It f?ll Into our lines In the neighborhood of Douaumont." The Belgian official communication reads: "Artillery actions on both ldcs oc curred on the Tser front." Robber Who Held Up Short Line Train Is Hunted with Hounds SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 27. Offlcers of several counties of Utah and of the Oregon Short Line railroad's pri vate detective force have been busy all day trying to overtake the man who held up the railroad company's train No. L en route to Butte, Mont., near Roy, Utah, about thirty miles north of Salt Lake, early today. Bloodhounds from the state prison were taken to the point where te roan held up - the train and picked up what Is believed to be his trail early this afternoon. Tha footprints lead In the direction of Salt Lake City, and are In the open fields. The clrcumstsncee Indicate, officers say, that the man worked entirely alone. It la tboug.it he boarded the train as a passenger when it left Salt Lake City at 11:46 o'clock last night, although he was not observed until he climbed over the tender and entered the cab of the loco motive Just as the train left the station at Rov. Threatening them with his plwtol, he made Engineer Orson A. Chaffee and Fireman H. B. Thomas uncouple the lo comotive and, leaving the fireman be hind, the robber made the engineer pull th mall car up the track a short dis tance, stop, and accompany him to the car. Announcing himself as the engineer, the robber asked the mail clerk to open the car. Mail Clerk Matthew F. Rautio assuming that an accident had taken place, opened his door and was Immedi ately covered by the robber's pistol. The holdup then forced Chaffee into the car ahead of him and lined Chaffee 'and Ar thur Root. ) the - -assistant..; matt vlerk. against the wall of the car and made Rautio show him th registered - mall. He took thirty-one pieces of registered mall, overlooking some other pieces.. lie then made Chaffee return to his cab and, threatening to shoot If any of the men moved fcr tn minutes, ran away across th fields. I ! i made no effort to molest the psssengers. . Mexicans ot Unfriendly. SAN DIEOO. Cal.. Miarch 27.-Resldents of ths northern district of Lower Cali fornia have no Ill-feeling against Ameri cana becauae of the movement of United blatra troop acroas the border in purault ti rmnviavo vina, accoraing lo tuMrn- gers who arrived her today from bnHDIUI, -W. fl mm ASK YOUR, DEALER. ( tl7i ii JG'll 'iiT) JWrJ- v ivivcvm MTiiar lit i hi m Sgq lR0mv!'J)Gparlip9ii) VvV. Villa Drafts More , Men for His Army -ASAS GRA.tDGS, Mexico, March 17.- (Vla Wireless to Columbus. N. M.) Fran cisco Villa, the outlswed Mexican bandit who is fleeing before American cavalry men somewhere In the district between Namlqulpa and the foothills of the Sierra Tarahumares, is Increasing his band by force, according to army reports tods y. The bandit chieftain lied thirty-five young men and boys in El Valle, sixty- five miles south of here, snd forced them to accompany his column. Half of ths constitutionalist garrison at- Namlqulpa. about sixty miles south of here, has dis appeared and it is suspected that some of them at least also have Joined Villa. Utmost haste is being made In the flight toward tha mountains, which Villa is nesr- lng rapidly, neither men nor horses being spared. It Is known that he Is prac tically without supplies and ammunition and It la reported that he is attempting to reach the neighborhood where he ha ammunition cacnea in inrce piacee. t Peons In the district through which h4 J has passed recently say that his men ar. ravenously hungry and are practically In a state of starvation. Dead and dying horses discarded In the flight are found J V almost dally by American troops, eight "Nf' being discovered today. The haste which the bandit Is making In his flight would Indicate - that the American forces are close on his heels,, but Oeneral J. J. Pershing, expeditionary commander, who returned today from m two days' inspection trip of troops in th field, says that reports that Villa Is sur rounded are premature. General Otla Better. LOR ANGELES, Mlirch 27 Genera Harrison Orey Otis, editor snd genera; manager of the Los Angeles Timea, whe hne been 111 several days st a local hoa. pltal with a mild attack of pneumonia, was reported aa much better toninht. Collar Fits the knot of a four-In- hand or bow perfectly. 2 for 25c Cluett, Pea body t Co.. Inc., Makers New Straff" fvMS!b!Mtf$ SPRING SUMMER LHAT 2 1 HTHfii nMSV mmmmm ft Prep's. &7cravrs r c '1 a VI