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BRINGING f waitpd I I OVE THtb TO THE CHEF I J f I I I 1 &R(NV UT Vnn ) : " VWTER-5EtHO ' . AMD tM its FROM J-J "OWIwANT I WOKHT (00 lip F0vMEENiER I- MRVOKictt- YOU TO WATT A ClA OF FORNE- ) I , OIMENDOVE I VATER-NUM- FATHER L .EiC0D &'' fT PLESHNA WANTS TO MEET MR, GLIN Omaha Wrestler Will Be at the Ringside to Challenge Finn Thursday Night. OFFERS $1,000 GUARANTEE When John Olin, the huge Finn, who styles himself the conqueror of Joe Stecher because of a decision awarded him over the Dodge phenom last December in Springfield, Mass., arrives in Council Bluffs to wrestle John Freberg Thursday night he will find one Marin Flestina right behind him. Marin announced to the world yesterday that Mr. Olin is not going to get out of town unchallenged. Immediately after Olin earned his decision over Stecher, Plestina wired him an offer of a $1,000 guarantee to come to Omaha, but Olin pleaded to be excused at that time, because he did not intend to come west until later. Now Olin is in the west and Plestina will renew his offer. He will give Olin a guarantee of $1,000, and says he will be at the ring side in the Council Bluffs Auditorium with a certified check for the amount in hii hands. He will also give the Finn the privilege of a certain per centage of the gate receipts. Olin's avowed intention of the cur rent western trip is to convince wrest ling am in this part of the country that his victory over Stecher was no flukei He has said he will wrestle any. opponent. "If he means what he says he 11 wrestle me. declares Pies. tina. "If he believes he is Stecher's master he ought to have no hesitancy in meeting me. - fa case Olin agrees to meet Ples tina the match will be held in Omaha, probably the latter part of this month, Huntington Adds " Extra Day. to.. His Handicap Tourney Dad" Huntington has extended the period of his annual handicap pin tournament to nine days instead of eight, because of the unusually large nunrner ot entries received. The tournament will be held March 10 to 18 instead of March 10 to 17. This will provide two Saturdays and two ounaays ounng tne tournament. A number ot entries from teams outside of Omaha have been received already. Three teams have entered from Manning, la., three from Fre mont, one from Vail, la., and one from West Side, la., a little Hawk- eye town which doesn t even possess an alley, but has a bowling team for all that. Columbus, Schuyler, Sioux City, Des Moines and Lincoln will also be represented in the handicap tourney so the local maple smashers will have to hustle to capture the honors; Moriarty Would Censure Norris for His Action From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, March 5. (Specials Censuring of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska for his stand taken in opposition to President Wil son's program yesterday, was the subject of a resolution offered by Senator Moriarty of Douglas county in the senate thi- afternoon. The resolution went over one day under the rules. It is understood that there will be little opposition to the passage of the resolution if the same includes the names of LaFollette, Cummins and the rest of the thirteen senators, who were in the same boat. However, a resolution was adopted under suspension of the rules, which simply reaffirmed the confidence of the senators' in the president. Ten-Year Sentence for County Clerk Hudson Hastings, Neb., March 5. (Special Telegram.) County Clerk Hudson was given an indeterminate sentence for forgery of one to ten years in the state prison by Judge Dungan in dis trict court this morrjing. Judge Dungan had to be- in Red Cloud during the forenoon to convene the district court for Webster county, hence the early hour of sentence. Though a transcript has been or dered, it is understood that the de fense may not appeal. Hudson has resigned and the supervisors will move at once to appoint a new clerk. Farmers Come in Their Autos To Protest Good Roads Bill (From a Staff Corraspondsnt.) Lincoln, March 5. (Special Tele gram.) With the state house drives lined with automobiles driven by the farmers of Lancaster county, who had come in to protest against good roads building because they could not afford to pay the extra tax, about 100 agri culturists stormed the house commit tee on roads this evening and with former Senator Dale as. spokesman, told why they did not want to be taxed for the roads provided for in the ePterson bill. i ix. Sport Calendar Today Bum ball i FUyerv of the Philadelphia Na tional loaffiie team leave (or (be training camp at dv. i cvcraourf , rift. Automobile i Openlnf of annual how of rort iiodg-e (la.) Automobile Dealer' aito- ciauon. Buket ball! Eutera InterooUei-lato. Co lumbla atalnut Princeton, at Princeton j wMiern conference, inuiana against Wlicon In. at MadiMo. Boxing-: Tommy Gibbons against Silent a an in, ten rounds, at Hew York, Burglar Alarm at Court House Sends Police on Mad Dash The clang-clang-clang of alarm gongs sounded simultaneously in a private detective agency's office, several watchmen's signal boxes and at police headquarters at 7 o'clock Monday morning notified the guar dians of law and order that someone was tampering with the delicate mechanism of the burglar alarm sys tem in the county treasurer's office, where in vaults reposes millions of the city and county's bonds and se curities. Scenting a raid on this wealth of a Croesus, police, detectives and watchmen rushed from all points to the scene of the supposed trouble, expecting to find an army of yeggs attempting to get at the treasure. The regiment of yegg hounds arrived at the main entrance of the court house at about the same time. Dangerous-looking automatics and long-barreled Colts glistened in the early March morning as the sleuths and "harness cops" proceeded with stealth toward the treasurer's office. They tried the front door. It was open.' Ah! All was still in the big room. Then from a corner near the vault, a tap-tap and a few thuds were heard. , "At "em, men" bellowed a red-faced, flat-footed policeman, who was about all out of breath as; a result of his dash to. the court house. "Hands up," roared the sleuths in unison. From out the shadows came the most frightened man this side of Mars. It was a lone janitor, clump ing his mop against the floor near the vault. He let out a yell. "Don't shoot. I ain't done nothing." Investigations and explanations followed. In wielding the instrument of his trade the mop the janitor had brushed against a hidden wire that set off the burglar alarm. "Bah!" muttered the police. "Oh, oh!" sighed the janitor. Orchard & Wilhelm Will Construct New Seven-Story Plant A seven-story building will be erected for the Orchard & Wilhelm company west of their present build ing and facing sixty-six feet on How ard street. The structure will be on Hoagland property. The rear of the new building will connect with the rear of the building now used by this company. Plans have been approved and it is expected that the building will be well under way during the coming summer. The first floor of the building will be used for general salesroom pur poses and the upper floors will be used largely for wholesale furniture stock rooms. C. M. Wilhelm made this statement: "Our business has increased 100 per cent since we came into our present building eleven years ago. Last year the business increased 35 per cent. Our wholesale furniture business has outgrown our space and all of the departments need more room. We in tend to enlarge our house furnishings and drapery departments." The new building will be 66x132 feet, the same dimensions as the old building. There will be show win dows in the Howard street end of the building, but no entrance, for the pres ent at least. State House Notes (From a Btaff Correspondent.) ' Lincoln, March 6. (Special.)- -Private or parochial schools cannot collect free high school tuition nor can they receive money appropriated lor normal training: In h ah schools. Thli fa the lubitance of an opin ion Klven by Attorney General Willie E. Reed to State Superintendent W. H. Clem- mons at the letter's request. The atate pure food commission, throuah Inspector H. L. Flllman, haa prosecuted John Buchta of North Bend on a charge of lung; a nevoraae containing- 27 per cent alcohol, without the atcoholla contenti so Indicated on the label. Buchta pleaded guilty and waa fined 110 a ' coeta. - flcorea of requests for Information on the open season for waterfowl In Nebraska are pouring weekly Into the office of the state game warden, due largely to the confusion occasioned by the, altered federal migratory Dira taw wnicn went into effect August 21, 191t. The Nebraska warden la sending out cards which show-that the open season In Nebraska Is between Soptember IS and De cember SI. Alth-jgh the state law leaves the open season until April S. this la superceded by the feleral law, which con trols. Do Something for Tour Cold. At the first' sign of a oough or cold take Dr. Bell's Plne-Tar-Honey. ton won't suffer long. J5c. Alt druggists. Advertisement. Caldwell Missing According to :por;s from the Yan kee training camp at Macon, Ga., Ray Caldwell has not yet put in an ap pearance. Theiv is said to be consid erable mystery as to his whereabouts. It is said that Caldwell was ordered t- report in New York, but when he did not appear at the time the team MANY SENATORS OPPOSE CHANGE WILSON WANTS ' (Continued From Pave One.) time may come when they will find themselves again in the minority. It was a filibuster which Senator Gor man, a democrat, used many years ago to defeat a force bill on negro en franchisement and that fact never has been forgotten. Leader Is Lacking. Some senators do not regard a fight over the rules at this time as particulary opportune because they say there is no one in the senate who actually can lead a majority, no mat ter what title may be given him and whether or not the president puts the power of his backing behind him. There are sixten new senators and how they will stand on a cloture rule nobody knew tonight. It is regarded as probable that lor the time being they will for the most part line up with their respective oarties and ap parently their coming will make lit tle difference in a rules hi; lit. If thirty or forty senators are op posed to a change, since the senate must operate under the rules that now exist until it can change them, they would be able to talk about as long as the senate cares to stay in session, invoking the very tactics which the president wants barred in the future. Martin for Leader. Unless the rules fight comes up at once, the Senate probably will proceed when the president returns far con firmation most of the 1,400 nomina tions which failed last session. Few of them will lead to prolonged dis cussion except that of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president's naval aide, to be medical director and rear ad miral, which was fought in the last session. The treaty to pay Colombia S1S.000.000 for the separation of Panama will lead to long discussion if taken up, and sin.ee treaties must be ratified by a two-thirds vote there is not a great deal of hope that it will go through. About the first business of the cau cus tomorrow will be the selection of a majority leader. Senator Mar tin of Virginia is unopposed, the' only other candidate talked of, Senator Walsh of Montana, having withdrawn a few weeks ago. Jones Is Given Option ' On St. Louis Nationals St., Louis, Mo., March 5. An op tion on the St. Louis Nationals base ball club was obtained by James C. Jones, atorney for the club this aft ernoon when he gave Mrs. Helen E. Britton, owner, a check for $25,000 as an earnest of his intention to buy. Mr. Jones and associates have sixty days in which to make a oavment nf $150,000. The total cost of the club will be $350,000. THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1917. from Yanks' Camp departed it was supposed he would be at Macon. At the i.iitial appear ance of Bill Donovan's athletes on the field Caldwell was not present. Man ager Bill, however, isn't going to be severe with Caldwell. He savs he .fwill give him a few days more to get into camp. Pierre Soldiers Get Welcome After Day in Snow Drift Pierre, S. D., March S. (Special Telegram.) Company A of the Fourth South Dakota regiment ar rived home this afternoon after spending last night and most of the day in a snow-bound train near Har rold, thirty miles east of here. They arrived late in the afternoon and were met by most of the population of the city. A banquet at which leading citizens extended greetings to them was given tonight by the ladies of the city and a ball at the auditorium followed. Senate for Bill to Raise Omaha Fire Chief's Salary Lincoln, March 5. (Special.) The senate in committee of the whole to day recommended the following bills: 8. F. 170, Adsms of Dawes BUI to al low successful side attorney fees In suits brought against railroads for live stock killed on tacks. , 8. F. 1!9, Adams of Dawee Bill to al low successful side attonrey fees In suits brought against railroads for fires set by trains. H. R. 21, Jacobson of Dawson Bill to ezemtp licensed embalmers from Jury duty. 8. P. 154, Dancater Delegation To en large salt Creek Dralnlnge district to five miles, either side of creek, to Include all of Lincoln's suburbs. 8. F. 223, Tanner of Douglas To Increase Omaha fire chief's salary from 13,000 to S3, Hull; assistants, $2,100 to 12,600, and a new office, battatllon chiefs, 12,000. 8. F. 242, Bennett of Douglas Allows county clerk 10 cents fee for each bond registered. 8. F. 217, Albert of Platte Legalises pub lic documents and Instruments that have been on file ten years. Much Scarlet Fever Prevalent in Nebraska (From a Staff Correspondent.! , Lincoln, March 5. (Special.) An outbreak of scarlet fever over the whole state of Nebraska, which is more than usually affecting adults, causing many death, is reported by State Health Inspector J. D. Case. Dr, Case last week was called to Anselmo, Scottsbluffs, and Alliance and Hemingford. At Hemingford more than fifty cases have been quarantined by local health officers. In Omaha the city health officer has reported eighty-seven cases, but the disease is not considered epidemic there, since it is close to normal. About thirty Nebraska towns have reported the presence of scarlet fever. Busted Twin City Race Track Sold at Auction Minneapolis, March 5. The Twin City motor speedway, which has been in a receivers' hands since July, 1916, waa sold at auction today to the Minneapolis, Trust company, the only bidder, for $250,000. Under the court's order holders of $350,000 worth of bonds against the property are given a year in which to redeem it WHAT SAYIDGE SAW AT THE DANCE HALLS Pastor Says Omaha Is Suffer ing From an Affliction of "Devil's Trio of Plagues." VISIT TO THE LOW DIVES "On with the dance, let joy be un refined I" This sentiment and others much worse, reflect the tendency of the modern dance, according to Rev. Charles W- Savidge, pastor-of the People's church. Sunday night he told a capacity congregation all about his experience Saturday night on a little tour of investigation to local dance halls, which ended with his being ejected from the "Underworld" re sort. One of the biggest collections ever taken at the church was gathered at the conclusion of the sermon. Calls For Women to Help.' After giving some vivid descrip tions of what he observed on his slumming trip, the parson declared it was time the voters "cleaned up Omaha," and that they had better give the ballot to the women, so the latter could help get rid of the dirty con ditions. He challenged the city and county authorities to get busy or face recall or defeat at the next election. The higher-ups, rather than the po lice, are to blame for conditions, he declared. Mrs. C. W. Hayes, prominent Woman's club member, was called up on for a few remarks at the close of the preacher's address. She said she "hoped every citiien would helpx to clean up the vile and evil conditions and would also give women the bal lot, so all could work side by side for the right." Denouncing all dancing, and espe-ci-lly the modern public dance hall, Rev. Mr. Savidge soon became so heated in his talk that he jerked off his coat. Plague of "Devil's Trio." "Omaha is now much like darkest Egypt in Biblical davs." he said. "Nn house is safe from the plague of the devil's trio, the smoke house, the pool hall and the dance. Any mother's son may go to hell, and any father's daughter may fall. There is great drawing power in sin. The bad man and woman may get our children sooner or later "These three damnable sins have come to my own door and touched my own flesh and blood. Some people tell me that my life may be in danger because of my fight against them, but I am ho coward and I'm not afraid to speak out against them. "The church ain't in it notmore, but the dance and the pool hall are,'' the shirt-sleeved parson shouted, wildly shaking his arms. "Preachers no longer have trouble with bad boys on the back seats, for they are in the pool halls now, or dancing in dives. No Place for the Girls. "When I was young, I never had time for the dance; I was always too busy working and praying. I'd hate to die on a dance floor. ' I don't see how beautiful young girls can do these dances and keep their self-respect. Saturday night I saw some thing of the turkey trot and a dance I guess they call the bunny hug. They beat me. "I saw young girls, some as young as 12 years, some plump, some wil lowy, some with dark tresses and some with golden hair, dance till the wee small hours, close in the embrace of young men. Only God can save those young girls from dreaming aft erward of their lecherous dance. "I would no more trust myself, a preacher, 66 years old, in that lecher ous maelstrom, the modern dance, than I would in a den of tigers and panthers. "And the way those young girls dressed I Skirts barely below the knees, and dresses cut low around the neck. Such diabolical, lecherous practices will yet destroy the man hood of the nation. I shall have no hope of my owt. daughter's future, if she becomes a devotee of he maizy dance, and only God can save my boys." "The scarlet woman knows how to dance," he continued. "She knows every little movement to entrance the boys. This fascinating creature makes dates for a week ahead on the public dancing floor. And even at its best, all dancing has a tendency down ward." Blame Put on Church. Appealing to all not to let the fight against the public dance die, Rev. Mr. Savidge criticised the church by say ing that "toda, it is neither hot nor cold; it makes God sick and He will spew it out of his mouth. It needs JOHN OLIN The Man With a Decision Over JOE STECHER Meets JOHN FRIBURC Chicago Heavyweight THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH, AT S P. M. COUNCIL BLUFFS AUDITORIUM , Prices S2.S0 fa SOc less fine singing and more prayer and gospel. "If the devil was a citizens of Oma ha today, I believe he'd join a church and be in first-class standing as long as he paid the preacher and attended meetings. "Churchmen, deacons and even ministers use tobacco, but I never knew an earnest, active Christian to use tobacco." "Black Holes of Omaha." The "Midway" and the "Under world" he compared to the Black Hole of Calcutta, and described as "the two black holes of Omaha." "The Midway has run so long it has turned black," he asserted. "What did I see there?" he queried. "I saw enough; I saw eno'ighl Nig gers with heads like whales and bodies like elephants; drinking, gam bling, and money enough to tempt even a preacher. The front door was Itcked, but that was a joke. No place in the United States is more corrupting than that Midway. Drink ing in one room, gambling in another, something else in another room, and far worse upstairs. 1 didn't go up to see. "Then we went to the Underworld, my guide and I. And we got it in the neck. It was hell's half acre: dirty, unkempt drunken people; murders have been committed there, I've been told; nearly nake ' women and vile, drunken men. I saw the bear trot and the foxy hug and all the other dances. I was making some notes, when a big bouncer with a grip like a whale grabbed my notebook and tore it up. He told us to go and he l.elped us along, and we got more willing as we went. Game, But Had No Chance. "Of all the names' that man called me I He even reviled my. dead mother. It was hell let loose. We struggled at close range and he tried to take my cane away. Then he threatened to cut mo in two and throw my body on the dump. I'm game and I dearly love a fight, but that was no place for a minister, and I didn't have a chance. "The rabble chased and cursed us. Where were the police? We saw some policemen, but they were very much preoccupied. I shall never for get that night." Keternng to the recent ball of the heatrical Mechanics' association, the preacher told how it ended in a fight and said he was glad the women had to yell, as they; deserved to, for being there. "You can't always be safe at s dance, even when the mayor' leads it. If you attend, you're liable to get your fixings," he said. "Omaha isn't dead yet. My mail has brought lists of places that need cleaning up, and offers of assistance. I've had telephone calls all day from people who are willing to help. Omaha will drive out the devil when she awakes from her lethargic sleep. "Mayor Dahlman, Commissioner Kugel and Sheriff Clark cannot dis claim knowledge of conditions. God bless our new sheriff! He has a chance to be a man, and he will have to be, or he'll lose his job. He never had a greater opportunity, and he won't have it again. I expect much of him. "It is up to the mayor also to get up and do something in what are per haps the latter days of his officehold ing. The pedigret is worthless if the horse can't 'rot. Also Kugel. He meant right, but he has been per suaded from the right. "God is waiting for thi kettle of public opinion to boil over. Omaha wants to be a pure and noble city, where the young will find it hard to go down and easy to go up." One of the biggest collections of the season at the People's church was taken up while Rev. Mr. Savidge waved Old Glory anj declared that if people are not pure, they cannot be patriotic. The money was to pay for coal with which the church was heated, he explained. Mrs. Savidge dumped the collection into her hand bag at the close of the meeting. SEA FOODS Received Direct From Coast Twico Wsk Live Lobsters a Specialty HOTEL ROME Ask Your Druggist He Has Sold Every Druggist Knows That S. S. S. Is Thoroughly Reliable. There is not a medicine on the mar ket more highly regarded by the drug gist than S. S. S. He has sold it ever since he has been in business, and is in personal touch with many who have used it with highly satisfactory results. If you are in need of a remedy for anv blood disorder, ask your retail druggist his opinion of S, S. S. 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Each of the suits is for $10,000, Frank Galloway, Robert Woolf and Clarence Christopher, em ployes of the road house and who were caught in the raid, being the plaintiffs. , Seven other suits for similar amounts are threatened in the next few days, according to the attorney representing the persons involved in the deputy sheriffs' arrests at the Lakeside esort. Galloway, Woolf and Christopher allege that the arrests "were without probable cause." They also assert that they were not informed of the charges placed against them while they were detained in jail. The sheriff declares that the persons caught in the raid were booked as inmates of a disorderly house, while the attorney for the persons who have already filed suits insists that no specific charges were placed against them at the time. What Records Show. 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