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9 BRINGING UP FATHER NO-BUT I VnUZ. ILL DISCHARGE J OOD MORNIN' JUDCE. HERE I AM ACMN! did You SO l SEE THERE AT START IT? HAVE YOU PFN THE FINISH Copyright, 1B17. International News THE BKE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY SO, 1917 vTi f WHY? Af?f von 1 NL I! IS Mtti THEREAT rr'' K fk I 1N,-ry,,o y I ,' n Drawn for The Bee by George McManus DUFFY LEWIS SENDS HIS CONTRACT BACK Outfielder for Boston Returns Agreement That Was Same as Two-Year Pact. NOT AT ALL SATISFIED San Francisco, Jan. 29. Duffy Lewis, outfielder of the Boston American base ball team, said here today he had returned unsigned! the contract offered him by the Boston management. The figures, he said, were the same as in the two-year con tract which expired with the close of last season, and he felt he was en titled to an increase. Lewis denied that any contemplated action of the base ball faternity was responsible for his action. "I have written the Boston man agement a nice letter," he said, "and am sure the matter will be adjusted satisfactorily." Humboldt Basket Ball Team Makes Fine Record Humboldt, Neb., Jan. 29 (Special.) The Humboldt High school basket ball team took the measure of the fast Nebraska City team on the local floor Saturday night, the final score being 11 to 3, the visiting team fail ing to throw a field goal, its points being scored on fouls. Humboldt walked off with the cup in the Class C division at the state meet last year and four of the "champions" are on this year's team. It has met some of the fastest teams in this section of the state this year and has only met defeat twice, scoring 258 points to their opponents' 139. Below is a list of the games to date: Humboldt, 1; Stella, U. . Humboldt, 52; Stella,- 4, ,-r Humboldt, 26; Havelock, 1. Humboldt, 33; Beatrice. 10. Humboldt. 35: Auburn, 10. Humboldt, 20; Fall City, 21. Humboldt, 14; Havelock, 26. Humboldt, 24; Falrbnry, 23. Humboldt, 24; York, 12. Humboldt, 11; Nebruska City, 3. Leader in Dog Race Charges Team Deliberately Poisoned Fargo, N. D., Jan. 29. Hyurtur Hanson, heading the three leading drivers in the Winnipeg-St Paul dog team race, said here today that his six dogs were ill and that he believed they had been deliberately poisoned. The other two leaders, Mike Kelly and Gunnar Tomasson, expressed the same belief. Hanson's dogs, how ever, were able to continue in the race. The three leaders reached Sabin, Minn., shortly after noon today, hav ing covered 265 miles since leaving Winnipeg last Wednesday. Four of the other contestants were near here at noon, while the other, Fred Hart man, passed through Grandin this I forenoon. ' Fargo is 250 miles from Winnipeg. Walter Johnson Nearly Drowned While Hunting Coffeyville, Kan., Jan. 29. Walter Johnson, pitcher of the Washington American League club, narrowly es caped death from drowning a few days ago, it was made known here Sunday. While hunting coons with a party of friends at night he atempted to cross a river on the ice. The ice broke, and although a strong swimmer, his heavy hunting clothes so impeded his efforts that it was impossible to keep his head above the surface for any length of time. The timely arrival of a companion 6aved him. He is none the worse for his ex perience, it is said. Brandeis Get High Toned And Sign Club Physician The Brandeis basket ball five is getting quite high-toned. Manager Isaacson has signed a club physician. Dr. G V. Cauirhlin is the saw-bones who will care for the cuts and bruises the Brandeis warriors may receive in their cage battles. The Brandeis' next game is with the Newton (Kan.) five at the Omaha Young Men's Christian association Thursday night. Gretna Seniors Give Class Play. Gretna, Neb., Jan. -29. (Special.) The senior class of the Gretna High school gave their class play, "The Kingdom of Heart's Content," Sat urday evening at Treckel's hall. The cast which consisted of eighteen characters was coached by Pearl Hughes. Margaret Langdon and Glenn Spethman had the leading parts. It was received enthusiasti cally. The receipts amounted to $135. Today's Sport Calendar Golf Openlnr of annnal St. Valentine' tournament, at Plnehantt, N. O. Trotting Annual metlnir of Michigan Short -8 hip circuit, at Mount ClemMw, Mich. Opening of four -day Ire racing meeting, at Mount Olemeiu, Mich. Home Shown Meeting at New York to organize national anxovlatlon of borne howa. Skating International outdoor apeed filiating cttaoipioniihipM, at baranac Lake. N. V. Boxing Johnny Kllbane agatmt Rttrhta Mitchell, ten round, at CleTelnnd. Kill H I Ilium, agafaut Benny McNeil, fifteen round, at h City. Sections of Russia Face Famine in Midst of Plenty London, Jan. 29. Russia is facing famine in the midst ot plenty, ac cording to an undated article in the Times from a correspondent in that country. The article refers chiefly but not exclusively to Petrograd and Moscow. The writer believes that there is enough food in Russia to supply the entire population for two years, but owing to the inadequacy of the railroads, the lack of organ ization and co-ordination in distribu tion, the people in some districts find it difficult and even impossible to get supplies. The people of Petrograd have to stand in line for many hours to ob tain meat, bread, milk, sugar and vegetables. The thermometer in the capital is sometimes 20 below zero. House Will Not Pass Wilson's Railroad Program Washington, Jan. 29. President Wilson went to the capitol again to day for conferences with members of the senate and house on his legisla tive program. The president was told by Repre sentative Sims of the house com merce committee that it would be im possible to secure favorable action in the house on Mr. Wilson's original program for railroad legislation. W. H. Wadhams of the executive committee of the League to Enforce Peace, told the president that that organization supported his recent peace address to the senate. Mr. Wilson, discussing pay in creases for government clerks throughout the country with a com mittee from the Federal Employes' union promised to "give serious and friendly" consideration to the ques tion. White Girl Taken From Negro Woman by Court Is Missing Chicago, Jan. 29. More than sixty hours had passed today when detec tives resumed their search for Mar jorie Delbridge, the 14-year-old white child left by her dying actress mother to "Mammy" Jackson, a colored woman, from whom x the juvenile court recently took the girl. Marjorie knows no mother except the old negro woman, who for many years worked hard and kept her fos ter child well dressed and in school. The girl protested against being taken from her "mammy." but the court held that she would be better in the home of persons of her own race. She was in the home of Mrs. Louis Brock, by permission of the court, when she disappeared. Board to Fix Standards For Tea Is Organized New York, Jan. 29. The United States board of experts which will fix the standards for tea sold in this country during the year beginning May 1, organized here today with the election of A. T. Hellyer of Chicago as chairman and George r. Mitchell of Charleston, S. C, the government representative on the board, as secre tary, ihe import trade and jobbers and wholesalers are represented. samples of tea were submitted by nearly every American importer and many samples came trom China and other foreign countries. High Court Asked to Annul Order of Dakota Court Washington, Jan. 29. The Ameri can and Wells Fargo Express com panies today asked the supreme court to annul an injunction of south Dakota courts obtained by the Sioux City, la Commercial club, prohibit ing them from putting into effect in creased rates in accordance with an Interstate Commerce commission order. Federal and state regulation questions are involved. Quake KiUs Three Hundred. London, Jan. 28. A dfspatrh to Reuters; Teleftram company from Ratavla, Klvea fur ther detail of the earthquakn on the Inland of Ball. It eays the (treat land elides de stroyed ft whole, village with Ihe exception of fourteen houses. Three hundred per sons were killed In the earthquake and the total casualties were nearly 600. Court Approves Settlement of Rock Island Refund Suit Chicago, Jan. 29. Settlement of the suit of minority stockholders of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway company against Daniel G. Reid and William H. Moore for $7,500,000 was approved today by Judge Carpenter in the United States district court. The terms of the set tlement include the purchase of $5,000,000 of 6 per cent preferred stock of the railway company by Mr. Reid and Mr. Moore, the payment by them of $500,000 and all the costs of the litigation. The settlement is a part of the re organization plan agreed to by the several stockholders committees. The $5,000,000 stock to be purchased is part of a new issue, $2,000,000 of which will go to holders of the pres ent twenty years debentures ot the company. Former Consul to Bagdad Will Lecture at Y. M. C. A. Edgar J. Banks, Ph.D., will lecture in the auditorium of the Young Men's Christian association Friday and Sat urday evenings. On Sunday after noon he will address the regular men's meeting. Mr. Banks was director of the Babylonian expedition of the Chicago university to Bismya. He was" for merly United States consul to Bag dad and is an author, lecturer and ex plorer of note. He will illustrate his lectures here. It is said that his knowledge of the ruins of the ancient cities which have been excavated, fits him to appear as an interesting and entertaining lec turer. Munitions Plant Blast Occurred at Silvertown New York, Jan. 28. Passengers ar riving here tonight from Liverpool on the American1 line steamship St. Louis, who were in London on the night of January 19, when a large munitions plant exploded near the city, causing the deaths of sixty-nine persons, as serted that the disaster occurred, not at Woolwich arsenal, as was at first believed, but at Siivertown) about seven or eight miles east of London. Supreme Court Takes ' Recess of Four Weeks W,ierino-rnn Tan 2Q A recess of the supreme court for four weeks, fFnn I?Akri,rv S trt March 5. tn nre- pare opinions, was announced today. The harvester and steel cases ana other important cases assigned for February 26 were reassigned for hear ing on March 6. i Russ Priest Blesses First-Line Men; Dies Petrograd, Jan. 29. The follow, ing incident of the fighting on the Bukowina Roumanian border is told in the Russian official report: "On January 19, the day of Epiphany, in the region of Labuxy, on the river Shara. southeast of Baranowichi, the chaplain of one of our divisions, Archpriest Father Kholmogorov, with a cross and holy water, made a tour of our front line trench, blessing the troops. Although the brave priest did not hesitate in his ministra tions, both he and a private ac companying him were mortally wounded, the latter dying an hour later." Crowd Threatens The Father of Four Murdered Children He TJrges Places Be Kept for Germany's Soldiers Returning Berlin, Jan. 27. (By Wireless to Sayville, Jan. 29.) Services held in the cathedral in Berlin on the occa sion of the Gernii... emperor's birth day were attended by James W. Ger ard,, the United States ambassador to Germany, and by the diplomatic rep resentatives here of Argentina, China, Spain, Denmark and Norway. At a meeting in the Berlin city hall, held to celebrate the emperor's birth day, Adolf Wermuth, the lord mayor, spoke of the economic and social con ditions which would prevail after the war had been brought to a close. The lord mayor is quoted by the Overseas News agency as saying: "Places must be kept open for those who return, and work must be made pleasant for them. In conjunction with the bells of peace will ring the bells of liberty, for nobody's harm and for everybody's joy. Liberty means that disorder is inferior to or der. Liberty opens the way for ener gies making for progress, and it also is capable of being concentrate)! in common work. Liberty is order." Seattle, Wash., Jan. 29. As a re sult of the finding of the bodies of four children of S. A. Hewelt, a brake man, in the ruins of his burned house at Aubur.i today, Hewett was arrest ed and to avoid a threatening crowd he was put on train r.nd rought here. The coroner reported iat the children's skulls had been crushed in and that the mattresses on whi. they lay were blood stained. hammer, marked with blood, was found behind the trundle bed of one of the children and in the room was an empty poison bottle. Hewett handed to a neighbor this morning insurance policies recently taken out for his children. Mrs. Hew ett, the mother, left home last Mon day with her youngest child, which she took to Seattle. Cold Weather Hindering Fighting on Austrian Front Vienna (Via London), Jan. 29. Heavy snows and intense cold have resulted in a slackening, and at va rious points a total cessation of the military operations on all the war J fronts where Austro-Hungarian troops are engaged. Blizzards prevail in east Galicia, Bukowina, the wooled Car pathians and Rotimania, the snow being several feet deep. The tem perature is the lowest known in years, which is true also of the northern sectors of the Italian front and the Balkans. On all these fronts both sides ap pear to be finding the winter their worst enemy. It is almost impossible to use artillery owing to the great cold while cases of men frozen to death arc plentiful. Notes From Beatrice And Gage County Beatrice, Neb., Jan. 29. (Special.) At the annual meeting of the Odell Farmers' Elevator company yester day these officers were elected: Presi dent, T. W. Stanoschek; vice presi dent, Frank Beran: secretary, J. H. Young; treasurer. Ernest Loemaker. The report of the secretary showed that the company last year made a profit of $4,000 on a $5,000 capital. A dividend of b per cent was declared. Mrs. Crete Christenscn died Sat urday at her home six miles north of Fillcy, aged 49 years. She leaves her husband, Peter Christenscn, and nine children. Rev. N. P. Patterson, who recently accepted a call from the First Pres byterian church at Austin, Tex., preached his last sermon at the Pres byterian church here Sunday night to a large audience, including mem bers of the Masonic lodge, who at tended in a body. Rev. Patterson and family left Monday for their new home. Levi Jackson, for many ars a resident of Beatrice, died Saturday at his home here of acute Indigestion, aged 41 years. He is survived by a widow and four children. Thf Gage County Farmers' insti-'; tute will be held at the court house in' this city February 7 and 8. A splendid. program has been prepared for the meeting. Fire Destroys Four ! Buildings at Odell,',; Beatrice, Neh., Jan. 29. (Special.) ' Fire at 3 o'clock Sunday moiling at Odell destroyed Lilly's pool hall,- George Taylor's soup house, the town hall and the residence of George Kanufke before the flames were ex tinguished. 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