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Game Between First Metho
dists and Calvary Baptists
Tonight.
HIHGSS ON THE RESULT
' The championship of the Church
Basket Ball league may hinge on a
game which will be staged at the Uni
versity of Omaha tonight. The First
Methodists, who are now leading the
league, will clash with the Calvary
Raptists, who are pursuing the Meth
odists closely from second place. If
the Methodists win they will in all
probability find the sailing to the
pennant easy.
South Dakota Band to
Play in Bellevue Gym
For the benefit of the Bellevue col
lege orchestra the regimental band of
the Fourth South Dakota regiment,
now stationed at Fort Crook, will
give a concert in the Bellevue college
gymnasium this evening. Guy P.
Squire, regimental chaplain and Regi
mental Bandmaster A. T. Ireland are
in charge of arrangements. Will P.
Hetherington is conductor of the col
lege orchestra.
The regimental band was described
by the late General Funston as "the
peppiest band I have ever heard." The
band has given concerts up and down
the Rio Grande valley from its camp
at San Benito. It was organized be
fore the regiment left for the border.
Omaha Lad Marks. Up 100
Per Cent in Two "Y" Events
E. C. Drew of the Omaha Young
Men's Christian association marked
up two perfect scores in two events
of the national hexthalon contest,
which is being held in the Young
Men's Christian associations all over
the country. Drew made six feet
eight inches in the fence vault and
ten feet four and three-fourths inches
in the broad jump. In the latter event
Drew beat the 100 per cent mark by
over two inches. Several other
Omaha lads are competing in the na
tional event.
Kansas Champ Decides
Rudy Warner Too Tough
Rudy Warner of Howells, Neb.,
who is now making Omaha his head
quarters, has just returned from a
jaunt to Lakin, Kan., where he won
a decision over Rieffe, who claims to
be the champion of the layhawker
state. Warner won the decision after
one hour and forty-one minutes of
wrestling, at which time Rieffe de
cided he lad had enough. Tonight
Warner wrestled Tom Ray to a finish
for a side bet of $100 at Flattsmouth.
Wooster Wants Congress to
Hold Extra Session Sure
"Charlie" Wooster wants congress
to hold an extra session, and to that
end he has sent this telegram to Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge:
"Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24. To Hon.
Henry Cabot Lodge, United States
Senator, Washington, D. C.:. Force
extra session sure. Patriotic act. Wil
son more dangerous to country than
German submarines. This from a
democrat and old soldier of the civil
war. "CHARLES WOOSTER."
Ravenna Woman Seeks
Daughter and Her Child
News of the whereabouts of her
daughter and granddaughter is being
sought by Mrs. Linda Gitchel of Ra
venna. The missing woman is Mrs.
Cora Wheeler, who is described as 5
feet 9 inches in height, slender and
with brown eyes, brown hair and scar
on neck from goiter operation. She
was last seen in Central City with her
9-year-old daughter, who has dark
hair and eyes, the worrying mother
writes.
Mayor Anton Walz of
Hartington is Dead
Hartington. Neb.. Feb. 26. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Mayor Anton Wall
died yesterday morning at an early
hour of hardening of the arteries, after
several weeks illness. He was just
competing his seventh terms as mayor
of the city of Hartington. He was 63
years of age and leaves a' wife and
six children. The funeral will be held
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock from
Holy Trinity church.
Mrs. J. B. Weston, Pioneer
Of Early Nebraska, Dead
Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 26. (Special
' Telegram.) Mrs. J. B. Weston, one
of the earliest pioneers of this section,
died suddenly here today as a result
of a fall a few days ago, aged 75
years. Her husband, the late J. B.
Weston, was president of the Beatrice
National bank and in an early day car
ried mail on horseback between Ne
braska City and Beatrice. Three hhil
ren survive.
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Today's Sport Calendar
Hoekev Frlnceton vs. Vale, at w
Haven.
Basket Ball Eastern lntercoliei-tate,
Columbia at Yale, Pennsylvania at Dart
mouth; won tarn conference, Chicago at
North western.
Uoxli Billy Mlske t. Battling Lo
Tlnsky, ten round, at St. Paul. Kid Herman
ts. Jabes White, ten rounds), at Albany, N.
V. Kddle Bothnia vt. Battling Cheek, ten
rounds, at aanesvllle. Wit,
Republican Chiefs
Planning Roundup
Of Their Members
Washington, Feb. 26. Republican
leaders of the house are planning a
round-up here on March 5 of mem
bers of their party elected to the next
congress, to discuss the speakership
and other organization questions. The
idea will be submitted to the organi
zation committee of twenty-seven to
morrow night and if it is approved, in
vitations will be issued at once to 170
members of the present house and
forty-five incoming members.
Opinion is general among repub
lican leaders that Representative
Mann will be nominated for speaker
without opposition, and that Repre
sentative Lenroot of Wisconsin will
be named floor leader if Mr. Mann is
elected. Who will be 0oor leader if
Mr. Mann should fail of election is
receiving little consideration and no
discussion. With both regulars and
progressive republicans anxious to
restore peace in their ranks, they are
not going beyond the possibilities of
victory.
A steering committee to advise with
the floor leader and keep him in touch
with the sentiment of the entire re
publican side is beint, strongly urged
by progressive republicans. One of
the chief complaints the progressively
inclined members have made at the
present session is that Representative
Mann has not consulted the wishes of
the republican membership in regard
to pending legislation.
Rumors of trades for the independ
ent vote, involving both senate and
house leaders, are numerous. Many
different plans are being laid, it is
said, for capturing the independents
by promises of the passage of pet
legislation.
Proffer of an invitation by the five
independents to Miss Jeanette Rankin
of Montana, the newly-elected woman
representative to co-operate with
them in the preliminary discussions of
house organizations has not disturbed
the republicans. They profess con
fidence that she will prove a regular
republican."
Births and Birthdays
In Court House Family
The court house crew hit the bull's
eye Monday in the birth and birth
day column.
Paul Stemwender. messenger in the
county attorney's office, didn't show
up for work, but telephoned later in
the morning that the storK naa pre
sented Mrs. Steinwender and him
with a ten-pound daughter.
Miss Charlotte Martin, stenogra
pher and private secretary to the
county attorney, received many
boxes of flowers and candy because
she was born some several years ago
Monday. Rumor has it that she will
have about twenty-three or twenty
four candles in her birthday cake.
Another court house miss who
boasted a birthday was Eloise Virtue,
of the the juvenile court deputies. She
confesses to having been born about
the time the Chicago world's fair was
held.
Wife Has Him Arrested,
Then Wins His Freedom
It didn't matter much to John Hoff
man, 2926 South Twenty-third street,
when a fortune teller told him Sun
day that his wife held out part of his
pay envelope, but he resented the in
sinuation from several of his friends.
He was arrested, charged with dis
turbing the peace. Although his wite
had him arrested, she pleaded with
the judge to turn him loose. She said
that her husband always turned his
pay envelope over to her and that it
wasn't his fault that he was sliehtlv
under the influence of liquor, as
friends had taken him to a saloon
and purchased it for him. He was dis
charged.
Warm Fight in Prospect
Over Jail Elevator Job
Acting upon the grand jury's sug
gestion that the operator of the jail
elevator he under the jurisdiction of
the sheriff's office, a recommendation
has been prepared to be submitted to
the county board that Isaac Bailey,
a negro, be appointed to the job.
J. Dudley, the present jail elevator
operator, was appointed by the
county board.
A warm fight is in prospect over
this appointment,
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
Charles F. Macfarlan u. Chicago, vlr
preldnt and treasurer of Morris A Co., In
at the Itoiel Fontenellt with hit wife and
daughter, on t) olr way home from a vaoa
tlon In California. He stopped off hare
to Inipent the firm South Side plant, where
much rebuilding and enlargement hava been
done sines the fire there last year.
THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. 1917.
White Town Car Lan
"To the Nebraska White company
belongs the distinction of exhibiting
at the Omaha Auto show the highest
priced job which will be seen," as
serts Fred C. Rogers. ihe selling
price of the White model exhibited
at the auto show is $5,600."
The cars manufactured by the
White company represent as nearly
as possible the word "excellence and
their line consists of, excepting spe
cial designs, a C. M. chassis (137;
inch wheel base), a seven-passenger
First Haircut in
Three Years for
Youthful Nomad
Edward Gantz. a 16-year-old youth
hailing from East St. Louis, 111., is
going to have his hrst hair cut m
three years. He isn t very keen about
having his long locks shorn, but the
authorities at Riverview home are go
ing to take the matter into their own
hands.
Young Gantz drifted into Omaha a
few days ago and was wandering
about the streets when he was picked
up by the juvenile court authorities.
His hair, which is many inches in
length, falling in curls upon his
shoulders, attracted so much attention
that Chief Probation Officer Miller
had to take him to the detention home
in a taxicab.
There the boy told his story. His
father and mother died on the same
day three years ago. Without a home
he became a nomad. In the last three
years he has visited many cities, earn
ing enough to live on by giving reci
tations. The long hair gives him the
artistic temperament, he says. But
the juvenile court authorities have de
cided that the "artistic temperament"
is decidedly out ot place in Kiverview
home.
Baptist Women Plan a
Gala Day for Thursday
Baptist church women are planning
a gala day for Thursday to commemo
rate the fortieth anniversary of
woman's work for home missions.
Omaha will be one of ten cities in
the United States to hold a "ruby
banquet," to which speakers will come
from other cities. The affair will be
held at the First Baptist church.
Mrs. Latham Crandall of Minneap
olis, Miss Mary Hyneman ot Chicago,
Iwm CUa. f Ts.nl all
mi a. i uusn v. wg,ina, an na
tional officers, and Mrs, R. G. David
son, state director for home mis
sions, will be the out-of-town guests.
The rum of $40,000 more than is
usually pledged throughout the coun
try each year will be raised this year
on account of the special anniversary,
it is expected.
Mesdames J. A. Maxwell, Edward
Johnson. H. J. Bailey, Kate Kelsey,
E. B. Taft, C. A. Sherwood and G.
W. Noble are the local women in
charge of the affair.
Wheat Prices Move Up,
While Com Drops a Little
With everybody talking wheat,
prices on the Umana Oram exchange
advanced 'i to i cent over Saturday
and sold at $1.82 to $1.84 per bushel.
Receipts were ninety-one carloads
and practically all of the offerings
were sold during the morning ses
sion. Corn was J-cent off from the prices
of Saturday and sold at 95 to 96H
cents per bushel. At these prices the
demand was strong, buyers grabbing
up all the offerings. The receipts
were ninety-five carloads.
Oats were unchanged, selling at
55)4 to 57 cents per bushel. There
were fifty-five carloads on sale.
oil
stocks
A remarkable disparity be-
twetn intrinsic investment value
amniberal income yield on the one hand,
and low market price on the other, ia
cleirly proven rn a tpecial circular we
have prepared on Mid-Continent Oil &
Utiliuea, actively traded in on the New
York Curb Market. It ahowi better than
8 income and your invented capital post
lively safeguarded, plui tremendoua
speculative value in addition. It ia inter
eating and free on request, it you specify
Circular EE-t8
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daulet at Auto Show
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touring car, a seven-passenger limou
sine, a seven-passenger landaulet, a
seven-passenger cabriolet, a G. M. T.
chassis (1244-incli wheel base), a
six-passenger town car, a four-passenger
runabout, a six-passenger
town car landaulet, a four-passenger
sedan and a three-passenger, coupe.
The White company recently sold
106 special "bus" jobs to the Yellow
stone National Park commission for
use in transporting tourists through
the park.
Doctor's Wife Wins Her
Divorce jn Local Court
Grace S. Wightman was granted a
decree in Judge Day's divorce court
from Dr. Hugo W. Wightman, an
Omaha physician. She was given cus
tody of a minor child, Roberta Wight
man. Other decrees granted were:
David M. Stidd from Martha L.
Stidd.
James G. Richardson from Anna F.
Richardsbn.
Ruth L. Thiele has started divorce
action against Fred W. Thiele, alleg
ing cruelty.
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Roadster . .
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French Force Way
Into Teuton Line
West of Verdun
Paris, Feb. 26. "Late yesterday
French detachments broke into the
German lines near Ville-Sur-Tourbe
(twenty-five mlies west of Verdun),
destroyed a number of shelters and
brought back prisoners and ma
terials," say's today's official an
nouncement. "Two surprise attacks
by the enemy one on one of our
trenches north of Beaulne, northeast
of Soissons; the other on one of our
posts northwest of Avocourt were
broken up. We took prisoners, in
cluding one officer.
"There was intermittent cannonad
ing at some points on the front.
"Yesterday our pilots brought
down three German airplanes. One
of these machines fell in our lines
near Mersy, in the vicinity of Rheims;
the second south of Pinon, in the
Aisne; the third southeast of Altkirch.
Our squadrons threw numerous pro
jectiles on bivouacks and munitions
depots near Spincourt, where a num
ber of explosions were heard; on the
aviation grounds and hangars at
Buzancy, the railways at Ars-Sur-Moselle
and on railway stations at
Roussewiller and Woellling, in the re
gion of Wissembourg."
Two Autos Collide and
One Man is Injured
Cars driven by G. A. Winther, Wis
ner, and Harold Tolson, 2427 Erskine
street, collided at Twenty-fifth and
Parker. C. J. Jameson, 3024 North
Nineteenth street, a passenger in the
Winther car, received a broken arm,
bad scalp lacerations and body bruises.
G. A. Winthers and Pearl Breding,
the other occupants of the car, re
ceived only minor injuries. Harold
Tolson was not injured.
Motor Qrs
Car Value
What Makes It?
A most important factor in determining the value of the motor
car you buy this spring is the stability of its manufacturer.
Assets and good will create stability.
So it is interesting to you, as an Overland owner or admirer
to know that the assets of The Willys-Overland Company
f are more than J68.000.000.00.
Its good will can best be judged by the steadily increasing num
ber of Willys-Overland purchasers.
From 3304 cars in 1910 our annual business grew steadily to
142,441 cars in 1916. Our contracts call for more than
200,000 cars this year.
It's well to consider such fixed facts before you purchase your car.
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Weather Man Says It
Will Be Colder Tonight
By way of affirming a popular sus
picion, Weather Man Welsh declared
this morning that spring has not yet
arrived, and that it will be much
colder tonight. However, a tempera
ture drop in Omaha of almost fifty
degrees since 5 p. m. Sunday caused
Omahans to exhibit no surprise when
the weather man forecasted colder.
From 68 degrees late Sunday after
noon, the mercury had dropped to 21
at noon.
Lieutenant Tipton Has
Been Dismissed from Navy
Thomas M. Tipton, who as a lieu
tenant was in charge of navy recruit
ing in the Omaha district until last
July, was dismissed from the navy
January 3, according to publication in
the last issue of the Navy Register,
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with naval procedure say that dismis
sal from the service only iollows the
consideration and judgment of a court
martial.
Lieutenant Tipton was well known
here and had many friends and- ac
quaintances. Details of his case are
lacking. He was last serving tem
porarily on the North Dakota of the
Atlantic fleet, with Norfolk as the
home yard. Lieutenant W. W. Wad
dell succeeded Tipton here.
S K and Yai Ba Ifcr.
"What ara you cooklnf, mamma T" a.ked
(raar-oM llarlaral.
"Caoltflowar, d.ar." an.warad bar mothtr.
A law mlBUtaa latar Maraarat law her
fathar approaehlne aad, running ta him. said
"Papa, what da you fink wa ara going to
hava for aapparT"
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