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THE BEE! OMAHA, TUESDAY, WAKCI1 T3, 1917.
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WESTERN LEAGUE '
BOOSTERS GATHER
Zrery City in League Repre
ented by Two or More Dele
gates at Omaha,
QUESTS OF LOOP BANQUET
Twenty-five representatives of all
the Commercial and Rotary clubi in
the eight citiea1 of the Weitern league
gathered at the Hotel Fontenelle yet
terday for a meeting and banquet at
which they were the guesta of the
league.
The meeting waa called for the pur
pose of evolving a plan to further en
courage the patronage of Weitern
league base ball. It waa the result
of a auggeation made by Tom Fair
weather, owner of the Dea Moines
franchise. ,
President Zehrung and W. A.
Rourke of Omaha represented the
league at the meeting and banquet
Each city waa represented by two
or more delegates.
The delegates talked over the base
ball aituation in general and discussed
plans to make the Zehrung circuit a
paying and succeasful proposition. All
the delegatea decided upon their re
. turn home to have their local clubs
appoint permanent baae ball commit
tees. These committees will be at the
head of all movements for so-called
"booster" days and the like. They
will constantly urge patronage of the
local games and, in case a city begins
to be delinquent in its attendance, will
immediately put a ahoulder to 'the
wheel, ao that no team in the league
will have to throw up the sponge be
fore the season doses.
The twenty-five guesta at the meet
ing were .enthusiastic and declared
i'ust such a meeting should have been
leld before. They are confident their
efforts will be greeted by iuecest and
that the Western will confront no
rough voyages in the future.
Notes from Beatrice '
And Gage County
Beatrice, Neb, March 12. (Spe
cial.) The deposits in the banks of
this city are the largest in the history
of the town, the total amount being
$4,362,085.62. In less than three
months since the December call for
national banks, two of the leading in
stitutions of this city have increased
their deposits more than $600,000.
Announcement waa received here
yesterday of the death of Mrs. George
Potts, formerly of this county, which
occurred Saturday morning at her
home at Swenle, Colo., where ahe lo
cated four years ago. She is survived
by no family except her huaband. The
body waa brought to Plymouth to
day and interred in the Kilpatrick
cemetery.
F. T. Wing, formerly of this city,
but who has been living at Steele
City for the last few years, died at a
hospital at St Joseph yesterday. He
was about 43 years of age and leaves
no family except hie widow. The body
will be brought here for interment
W. A. Folden, for the last thirty
two yeara a resident of Beatrice, died
Saturday night at hia home in West
Beatrice, aged 82 yeara. He is sur
vived by eight children.
Commerce High Teacher yX
Goes to Detroit School
Nelson C Wood, a teacher in the
Omaha High School of Commerce for
the last five years, has resigned his
position to accept a like place in the
Cass Technical High school at De
troit. ' .
Besides a teacher, Mr. Wood is a
member of the Nebraska Bar assoia
tton and is an active member of the
Salesmanship club of Omaha. The
World'a Salesmanship congress has
recently placed hi mon one of their
lecture circuits. He will deliver a
letcure to the Denver club, April 6,
and since his dutiea in the Detroit
school begin April 9, he will likely
be transferred to an eastern circuit
for the remainder of his lectures.
McLoughlin Wins From .
Harold A. Throckmorton
Los Angeles, March 12. Maurice
E. McLoughlin (west) defeated Har
old A. Throckmorton (east) today,
5-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the east-west ten
nis tournament.
Miss Mary K. Browne (west) de
feated Miss Molla Bjurstedt (east),
'-$, 6-0, in the last match of the worn
:n'a round robin.
Mist Mary K. Browne and Maurice
E. McLoughlin (west) defeated Miss
Molla Bjurstedt and Harold A.
Throckmorton (east), 6-2, 6-2, in an
exhibition doublea match that closed
the four-day tournament
George H. Howell, Former
lowav Tennis Champ, Dies
Sioux City, la, March 12,-Ceorge
H, Howell, formerly Iowa tennis
doubles champion, died here last night
. after a long illness. Howell's death
is attributed to an injury received
while playing tennis twelve years ago.
WAVE OF PATRIOTISM HITS
BASE BALL WOELD.
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Preparedness and patriotism have
hit the base ball world together.
Captain Huston, having decided to
train the Yankees in military tactics,
Charley Ebbets was not to be out
done, and, as the photograph shows,
haa caused American flags to be
placed upon the uniforma of all of
the members 'of the Brooklyn team.
STECHERlFS
FROMORDEMAM
Nebraska Wrestler Takes Min
nesotan Into Camp in Two
Straight Tails.
NOT. A HARD JOB AT ALL
Vernon, Cat, March 12. Joe
Stecher of Nebraska, heavyweight
wrestling champion of the world, won
a wrestling match here today with
Henry Ordeman of Minneapolia in
two straight falls.
The first fall required eighteen
minutes and thirty-two seconds and
the second eight minutes and thirty
seconds.' Stecher secured both falls
with a leg scissors and wrist lock
hold. The Nebraskan threw Orde
man without apparent difficulty.
Berlin Is Puzzled by
Problem of Ex-Convicts
(Correspondence of Tht Annotated Fran.)
Berlin, Feb. 14. What to do
with the ex-convicts who, when
sentenced, lost their rights to citizen
ship and therefore may not belong
to the army and fight for the father
land is a problem that is occupying
public attention to an increasing de
gree. It is estimated that there are in the
empire at least 100,000 ablebodied men
of military age, now at liberty after
having aerved prison tentences,whose
work for the government in the ag
gregate would be of tremendoua value
if a way could be found to utilise
them.
Yet they cannot be sent to the'
front in regiments composed of men
who have never been guilty of crimi
nal acta, because the soldiers would
hot tolerate their presence. Nor is
it feasible to form apecial companies
aa has occasionally been- suggested,
for particularly hazardous duty. Such
duty is regarded by the average sol
der as a special honor which he would
be loath to surrender to men branded
by imprisonment Nor is it felt that
it would be safe to entrust important
poata to men in whom implicit confi
dence cannot be placed.
The latest and apparently most
welcome auggestion is that the ex
convicts, and even convicta now terv
ing terms, should be formed into ape
cial working bodies, and put at some
kind of labor for the military authori
ties, whether at the front or at home.
Harvest Tina.
At the aati id her hit nodded and trem
bled tber penutentljr tickled the ear of
the men eteted next to her. He otood It
In alienee for Mm, time, then he oeenten
tatlovieljr took a huso pockelknlfe out of hli
pocket and heaaa to sharpen tt (a the sole
of hie boot. T
"Whatever are you t-f-etnf to) d-d-dor
taeped the girl,
"Oh, don't you worry, mlaa!" sail the
man, teallna- the edie of the blade on hlk
thumb. "But the nrt time ae them eau
tat la my ear there'e tolng le be a aar
veet." FUU burgh Dlepatch.
CURSE VENIZELOS,
GREEK TOWNS PRAY
former Prime Minister is Ob
ject of "Anathema," a Me
dieval Religious Custom.
"HE WANTED TO BE KINO"
(Correspondence of The Aieoclated Preae.)
Calamata, Greece, Feb. IS. The
medieval ceremony of "Anathema"
against Elephtherios Venizelos, for
mer prime minister ot Oreece, is still
continuing in the lesser towns of old
Greece, hvery Sunday in villages
scattered here and there over the
country, where the ceremony has not
yet taken place, the people come to
gether, generally under the leadership
of the local priest, and go through
the age-old, aemi-religious act of call'
ing down divine wrath upon "Eleph
therios Venizelos, who has impris
oned priests and wno Has clotted
against the royal house and against
the country, as tne wording of the
anathema runs.
The anathema ceremony is by no
means an unuaual one in Greece to
day, especially in the outer islands
and in the rural districts. It is so
usual, indeed, that the word "ana
thema appears in the current Greek-
English conversation books, under the
heading of common "religious terms."
Nor is it the first time that Venizelos
has been anathematized. According
to General Vasos, who worked simul
taneously with Venizelos for the
freedom of Crete, the ceremony was
pronounced against Venizelos by the
Cretans aome twenty yeara ago.
On the present occasion the cere
monies have been more widespread.
Few villages now remain in old
Greece where the anathema against
the Cretan haa not been pronounced,
with all the forms of the days when
Alcibiadcs, having deserted the Ath
enians tor their spartan enemies some
twenty-three centuries ago, waa
stoned to death in spirit after his de
parture. In each instance the clergy
of the Greek church have not only
sanctioned, but taken active part in
the ceremonies.
First in Athens.
The first of this series of anathemas
against Venizelos was pronounced in
Athens. The spot set for the cere
mony was the immense military ex
ercise field of the garrisons of Athens.
The government formally forbade the
ceremony the day before, fearing dis
turbances, and it was thought that
the ceremony would be abandoned.
At daybreak, however, peasants from
tneir Attican and Boeotian farms be
gan to flock Into town, each carrying-
a atone from his own soil tucked away
among tne accoraion pleats ot the
white skirta that the Greek peasanta
wear upon occasions of ceremony.
Many brought their wives and chil
dren, the women all carrying their
own stones and frequently the chil
dren also. '
By noon the streets of the caoital
witnessed an unending procession of
peasanta and noorer folk bound in
the direction of the Kypselis quarter
where the exercise fiekl is located. On
the Patissia road, which leads to the
field, a house was in process of con
struction and piles of stones were
heaped in the yard to be used in
building. As the people passed, those
who had forgotten to bring stones
took each one from this pile. In a
quarter of an hour but one was left.
The building contractor who had
been trying in . vain to protect his
property shrugged his shoulders,
hoisted the remaining rock onto his
back and joined the march, to pro
nounce an anathema of his own
partly against Venizelos, but prob
ably partly also against those who
had stripped his yard.
Arcnotsnop is There,
Immediately followino lunrhenn
the wealthier Athenians began to ap
pear in carriages. On the seat of
each smart turnout was a small stone
and each coachman had one for him
self hidden between his feet Women
of the best Greek society clutched in
white-gloved hands a vanity box and
a rock. The archbishop of Athens in
urn canomcais orove in a carriage,
which waa followed bv a nrnreaaii-in
of other carriages bearing the mem
bers of the Holy Synod of the Greek
church. As the prelates oassed
through the crowd, the men un
covered and all bowed their heads to
receive the blessings of the priests.
In one carriage the venerable bishops
of Corytsa and Larissa sat together,
gentle old men with whitening beards,
who raised their hands constantly in
a sign of the cross, above the people
crowding; asainat the whei-li nf h
vehicle.
Finally the carriages could go no
farther; the crowd waa too dense.
The aged priests dismounted, the peo
ple pushing back to make a path for
them. Aa each prelate stepped from
his carriage, the hand that had been
distributing blessings fumbled under
the flowing black gown and drew
from its folds a atone to cast upon
the pile being erected to the anger
of the Greeks against their former
favorite, Venizelos.
DUtreeaJnf Ooagh Oared.
Pr. King's New Olaoovery aot only atop
your oough, but hardens your ayatem agalnat
ooldji kills the genua, All drutilite, Adr,
Aragon Talks About Base Ball in Cuba
Angel Aragon, the Yankee's Cuban
utility infielder, has joined the Yankee
training camp : t, Macon, Ga., and, be
sides getting in considerable practice,
has had a chance to talk about base
ball in Cuba. Aragon came directly
to the camp from Havana. He de
clared that many big league players
invaded Cuba this winter, and that
MAM AGAINST ANY
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TRADING FOR POWER
Republican Candidate for
Speaker Talks About House
Control Situation.
PLANS ABE UNFORMED YET
Washington, March 12. Despite
many conferences for working out
democratic, republican and bi-partisan
control of the incoming house of rep
resentatives there are few signs that
the plans of either of the big parties
or of the little group of independents
will take detinue form until within a
few days of the special session
April 16.
Most of the members have left the
capital with the impression that the
lines for the organization fight cannot
be drawn now because of the shifting
of strength due to deaths and the un
certainties surrounding plans for spe
cial elections to fill the vacancies. Re
publican Leader Mann,, who will be
his party's candidate for speaker, de-
Sarted tonight after announcing that
e would not favor and trading for
republican control and predicting that
bi-partisan organization was "not im
probable." Independents Cannot Agree.
The fluctuating standings of the
parties presented the prospect tonight
that the democrats will have 215 votes
and the republicans 214 when the spe
cial session convenes. It will require
218 to elect a speaker. The five so
called independents holding the bal
ance of power have been unable so
far to' agree on a concerted course,
but they will meet again just before
the beginning of the session.
In order to keep their strength up
to 215 the democrats will have to
elect a democrat in the Fifteenth New
York district, where a special election
ia to be held April 12, to choose a
successor to the late Representative
Conrey. It generally is conceded,
however, that the strong Tammany
element there will have no difficulty
in returning a democratic majority.
The hopea of republicans that a re
publican might be elected in New
Hampshire to succeed the late Repre
sentative Sulloway, bringing the re
publican total up to 215, disappeared
today when it was discovered the
state itatutea would not permit an
election before April 16.
Urges Speedier Elections.
During the day Representative
Mann telegraphed the governors of
New York and New Hampshire, urg
ing that apecial elections in the Con
rey and Sulloway districts be called
aa quickly as possible. When he left
tonight tne republican leader aaid he
was going to take a good rest, but
would be back in ample time for the
extra session.
"The house organization," said Mr.
Mann, "is not a matter of trading. It
should not be a case of figuring on
some partisan advantage. I do not
propose to have it said, if I can pre
vent it, that the republicans have
of
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the competition between, the Ameri
cans and the Cubans was keen. One
of the players was Carl Hamilton,
the lefthander of the St. Louis
Browns. Aragon says that Hamilton
has had his salary cut from $5,000.
to ?,UlXl. The letthander has refused
to sign with fielder Jones and will
retire rather than stand the big cut
adopted anything in the nature of
sharp practice in order to elect me
speaker.
"It is not improbable that there will
be a bipartisan organization of- the
house, but I do not think it is possible
to determine wethher there will be
one until there shall have been a test
of strength and both aides have had
a vote.
Probable Length of Session.
"In view of international compli
cations and the tact that neither
party will have a majority in the
house, there necessarily will have to
be some bipartisan understanding in
the house after organization is ef
fected if not before it is effected. It
would be ridicluous to suppose that
such a body of men in matters of
important legislation would permit
themselves to be controlled by the
mere whim or caprice of a few men
who call themselves independents."
Mr. Mann added that this is possi
ble, though not altogether probable,
that congress might end its extra ses
sion in two weeks. Speaker Clark said
tonight, however, that he thought the
chances favored a session of about
six weeks and was convinced that the
stay of congress would be either
short or very long.
"We will be in session either six
weeks or till August, come a year,"
the speaker said.
Britain Honors Widow
Of Submarine Rammer
(Correapondenee of The Aaaoclated Proea.)
London, Feb. 20. The British
government has decided to grant an
additional pension of $500 a year to
Mrs. Fryatt, widow of Captain
Fryatt, who was captured by the
Germans and shot because they de
clared he tried to ram submarines
while operating his cross-channel
steamer between Holland and Eng
land. This sum will be given to Mrs.
Fryatt in addition to the pension she
was entitled to under the govern
ment pension scheme.
The Great Eastern Railway com
pany, whose steamer Captain Fryatt
commanded, has voted to pay the
widow for life a sum equal to the
skipper's salary. To further commem
orate the company has decided to en
dow a "Fryatt memorial wing" to the
company's hospital at Harwich.
Yankees Build Armored .
. Cars for Holland's Army
(Corrupondnof) of Tha Associated Pren.)
Amsterdam, Feb. 10. The Dutch
newspapers announce that the Dutch
army is to be provided with armored
motor cars similar to the British
"tanks." It is said that a portion of
the new cars will be built in the
United States.
lobawm Thro wo Olooa Lyon.
Lyons, Ntb.. March II. Spacta).)An
ttoitlDg wrsstlinf match oocurrod at th
Lyons gymnasium at this placo Saturday
ovenlnv betwoon Ola Olson of ToounuMh,
and Ollvor Johnson, a local wrootlar, In
which tho lattor won two falls in thro
and on-half and ssvon minutes.
One Boats Chloao Bam StortMro.
Onv, Neb., March J I. ( apecial. V-Ong
defeated the Chicago Crescents, who am
making a western tour. Thursday 4ttfn,
48 t 30. Field foals: Casssl (), Adams
(5), KUtlon . Rosonqulst S, Oowen.
Russell 7, Bid well (I). Free throw:
Adams, Eldwell (1), Reftrosi Morfrsn.
Timekeeper; Damn. "
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Sport Calendar Today
Swimming TrUieetoa VI. Columbia) at
New Vork CUT.
Boxlnc Kid Wllllame ye. Joe Lrnehi ten
raunde, at New York Cltr.
Russian Police Catch
Money Smugglers at Work
(Corr.ipoad.nce of Tne Asaoelated Preas.)
Stockholm, Feb. 16. A total of
more than 200,000 roubles in Russian
paper money has been found in the
fast four days by the Russian border
police on persons who were trying
to smuggle the money into Sweden.
In one case 150,000 roubles were
seized, in another 42,000. Russian
regulations permit the traveler to
carry only 500 roubles out of the
country.
Smuggling into Sweden of Russian
paper money is at present a highly
profitable occupation when it suc
ceeds. At present rates of exchange
the smuggler can buy a check on a
Petrograd bank at the rate of 98
crowns for 100 roubles to repay the
person entrusting him with the notes.
He can sell the notes themselves at
the rate of 109 crowns for 100 roubles,
giving him a profit of 11 crowns per
100 roubles. The smuggler with the
150.000 roubles could, tor instance,
have made a profit of 16,500 Swedish
crowns it his attempt nan succeeded,
British Pupils Honor
Boy Hero of Jutland Fray
(Correapondenee or Tne Aaaociatea rreea.j
- London, Feb. 24. In 12,000 schools
in this country a picture of Jack Corn'
well, the boy hero of the Jutland bat
tie, looks down on the pupils who are
now contributing their pennies to the
building of a national memorial to
him. Up to date remittances have
been received from 28,400 schools,
some of which are in other countries,
and 485 individual subscribers,
amounting to $110,000. Besides the
printing of the portraits of the boy
hero, the committtee in charge of the
publicity work has had printed 250,
000 booklets, 175,090 posters, half a
million collecting cards, and has an
swered 100,000 letters. The picture
shows Cornwell standing by his gun
during the heat of battle.
No More One-Year Tricks
In Uncle Sammy's Navy
In view of the tense international
situation and the shortage of men in
the United States navy, navy recruits
hereafter will not be allowed the for
mer privilge of withdrawing from
active service after one year. This in
formation has just been received from
headquarters by Lieutenant- w. W.
Waddell, in charge of the Omaha re
cruiting district. From now on, re
cruits will be required to enlist for
four years of active service. For some
time past they were enlisted with the
understanding that they could go on
the reserve list after a year of actual
service.
Crooks Nab Enough to
' Clothe Whole Regiment
Almost enough clothing to equip a
regiment was stolen from the ware
house of Butler Bros., at 1011 Farnam
street, Sunday night. Scores of ar
ticles of all manner and kind were
taken. It is believed the thieves must
have used a truck to escape with their
loot, which was valued at about $160.
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What Is Rheumatism?
Why
Sufferers Should Realire That It Ia
a Blood Infection and Can Be Per
, manently Relieved. Don't Suffer
This Winter.
' Rheumatism meant that the blood
has become saturated with uric acid
poison.
It does not require medical advice
to know that good health is abso
lutely dependent upon pure blood.
When the muscles and joints become
sore and drawn with rheumatism it
ia not a wise thing to take a little
salve and by rubbing it on the sore
spot expect to get rid of your rheu
matics. You must go deeper than
that, down deep into the blood where
the poison lurks and which i not af
fected by salves and ointments. It is
KILAUEA VOLCANO
BECOMES ACTIVE
Hawaiian Mountain Becomes a
Lake of Lara, Spouting
Liquid Fire.
FIRE SHOT HIGH IN All
(Correapondenee ot The Asaoelated Preas.)
Honolulu, Feb. S. Intense activity,
greater than heretofore known to any
Hawaiians now living, is manifest in
Kilanea volcano, according to reports
received here. The Kilanea is the larg
est active crater in the world, eight
miles in circumference, and is situated
in the southeasterly part of the island
of Hawaii, the largest island of the
group.
The volcano, enclosed by a circular
wall from 200 to 700 feet in height,
is a black plain of some four square
miles in area, within which is the
pit of Halemaumau, about 2,000 feet
in diameter, recently empty to a depth
of 1,000 feet, but now nearly level
to its mouth with boiling lava. A few
months ago the life of the volcano
could hardly be discerned, but today
the pit is a roaring, boiling, swirling
lake of fire of many acres in extent
and at night the glow fro.a the red
hot lava can be seen all over the
island and far out at sea. The fiery
lake is filled with spouting fountains
that shoot the liquid rock hundreds of
feet into the air. The rim of the pit
is constantly crumbling, eaten away
at its base by the surging tide of fire,
and tumbling with deafening crashes
into the molten mass.
Reports from Hilo record the per
ilous feat of Prof. T. A. Jaggar, jr.,
director of the volcano observatory,
in venturing out on the hot, barely
solidified edge of the lava for more
than 100 yards to plunge his instru
ments into the lake of fire for the
purpose of ascertaining its tempera
ture. He was successful and he and
his assistants escaped in safety only
a short time before the spot on
which they had stood was engulfed
and became itself a part of the boiling
flood.
The temperature of the lake is
more than 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit,
according to the results obtained by
Prof. Jaggar. The temperature was
found by thrusting into the molten
lava lengths of pipe screwed together,
into which had been fitted six Seegar
cones, conical plugs of fusible clay
designed to melt at varying tempera
tures. To reach the living lava, Prof. Jag
gar and his assistants had to scramble
down sixty feet over the rim of the
pit, holding on to the knife-edged
crags that had been thrown up by
the volcano's activity. One of the
party fell when near the bottom,
but fortunately regained his feet in
time to prevent rolling into a fissure
where he would have been consumed
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