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THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1917. CiHT HOM. 2 s COHNIMAir ft INN0 MOOD J- ME-J U,T . COLLV- U OP Dl?HES THT WE EH 1 j. ..t U00 voor-r LiJ V J SEN5E . id have T aNDi?r to ' ( ' id N0! FATHFR tSKsth y : A y- . IM BOUCHT HOME THEM.bV)S y- -i ZKS L--. jV A D SOFA P,LL0V WITH Ml fl J ' : : 1 : I I i 1 1 ' i II,, I I .1 I, , , I. ..... II I ftRFiT iT.RY TAKF.K Many Famous Athletes ',".'.',"" Killed In Present Wa P LAI K Wlitt MA I The LKst oually li.t Iron. En A A 14 mil 1 A 1 l,M J tU AJ . Lsf u... it,.:. M..t, i v vvuvs nave iiiuc uitii main KeDrasica 0V and igr Six Only in the sporting world. The well Hurler ' to Win Thirty Games in Three Con secutive Seasons. known international soccer player Major M. M. Morgan-Owen, who l I I i,rf r t-i piavca lor waits, uxiora university ana the Lonhnians, is officially re ported wounded. Lieutenant W. E. SanHs. Itiltrit l hey . call him Alexander the won his colors for rowing and swim Great." And so he is. Perhaps be- ming at St. Paul's school. fore hia hlfr 1earni. rlav ar Hnn Lieutenant I. U White, missing, they'll call him Alexander "the Great- "", mfe J.h est;" for the diamond performances 1 1915, and the sports master spoke of ot tne wonderful pitcher ot the Phil- him as "the finest wicket keeper lies stamp him right now as one of schoolboy cricket had produced for vthe most remarkable boxmen base mt";LISV A nut -n a fc.11 u A....A aj i. .-. ... Lieutenant A. P. Baker, killed, was "a" vuuu. nu nc is euu educated at George Watson s college something of a youngster. and Edinburgh university and was Grover Cleveland Alexander has weI known as a cross-country run iust comnleterf hi aovmth vnr n a "er obtaining international honors. maior !trl,,e. Y,t in "e.W" ls a..8ld mc.dList th " - - -T' niouion maratnon ot vm and a prize short, space of time he has hung up winner at all distances on the track, some records that no pitcher ever He frequently played for the first may be able to eclipse or equal. Cer- ""9 7 . the famous . Watsonian tainiy one ot the most remarkable fpat in ha hall hUtnrv u3 tho v. Corporal A. L. Jones, the well hibited by Alexander in 1916, when know" Esex Romford Town, llford he won 16 games via the whitewash ?nd Luton .soccor player, has died route. fromwounds. The true worth of a pkcher is de- - Lieutenant A. J. L. O'Beirne, dead termined by the number of earned from wound, was a member of the runs lie yields or, rather, the lack of fcket eleven at Radlyr college and earned runs, declare base ball leaders. Jte was whip to the Exeter college, laking their, statement at its face uxiora, ueagies. value, it seems that Grover Cleveland Restored 1)y ComiskeV Alexander by pitching 16 shutout vie- Fvpn I f)?t Tirtptc Ar tories a year, ago placed himself on CVer? L051 ,,CKei AFe the highest pinnacle in the base ball I J A-J .L- I. I . ... wunu. ,vnu ne accompusnea mis a ' t . . . ... with a team behind him that was in A foup,e of ,ncldent recounted by no wise an all-star cast It was a Chicago base ball writer show how good team but not a trulv great one. perfect were the arrangements made Given the offensible. and. defensive under President ComisWi tln fr iT.?rLl,?"?"f:U lt, " identifying legitimate tfeket holders h.A iV 1" . ve f the worl1 rie games- with' the L. h!,,3 l fo shutout victor- idea of circumventing , the scalpers. K Rnf n"18 a 1 Generally speaking the system worked But it isn t this one record alone out admirably. Here is one, of the in- that makes Alexander a pitching mar- cidents1 I,ii.tttrfi-' .ye5 & tied the,m"k A woman and child arrived at the made by Christy Mathewson. In the Saturday game and found she haa Ji! 7 ?C b" bal1 " .mB oth" bo tickets with her. She sent an ap thar Mathewson ever had been able peal to Commy, with her7 name and to turn in 30 or more Victories for address. They were looked up in three successive years, fi - the record and found to tally and she . Matty Only One to Equal It saw the game. When she went home Cy Young, Ed Walsh, Bill Dineen she 'ound the tickets and forwarded ind all the other wonders of the by. the evidence to Sox park as a fur gone era displayed some sterling work Pe rnest of her honesty. -year after year. But not one of the Another woman instance this on-s group was able to go through three was rom ,San Francisco and. she straight years and gain 30 or more drPPd tickets on Went worth victories. Mathewson performed the venue. A passerby with one ticket trick by winning' 30 'games in 1903, thought of two busted friends who in, ere appealed 33 games in 1904 and 31 nmu' In had none and staked .them. 190S. ' It ' was ' looked upon as an i Ag.ain the records w achievement that misht never be I to, the occupants of the seats were . 1 . . " . . I 4tmmA m.A ik. C.. E7- . snauereo or equaled. But here is Alexander alongside of Mathewson, and with a splendid chance to pass ?,nese ,WS re mMu him and carve just another inefface- Pf'?e 10 Cqmiskey, and he ousted and the San Francisco tourist given her assigned locations. these things are matters of great was tickled ' able record in base: ball's Hall of P'nW especially when the women were fame. seaieo. In 1915 Alexander.- with m nrnnant winning team behind him. won 31 "1 OriA Star" flipf? nic-r.arHc games axd lost ten for a pitching av- ... . , n erage of .75,6. He followed with 33 , Silk Hat and Frock'Coat Vl? ,?M,n V decisive combats in The silk hat frock ' coat neatlv 1916. When the 1917 season opened . " fK t f . netat y the question was asked: , Pressed trousers, patent leather shoes "Can 'Alexander win another 30 0ld walking stick which Coach Wil- games this year and, tie Mathewson's ,iam "Lone Star" Dietz was wont to record?"', affect on the athletic field at Washing- t In his last games .of the year Alex- ton State college, while he exhorted .ander, answered it in the affirmative, his proteges from the side, have given wun.iy victories and 13 defeats to way 10 a toot oau suit as dusty and his credit, he went against the Giants toil stained as any worn by his in 'Philadelphia, faced the regular pupils. team and beat them. This victory With the beginning of the coaching nitea his winmng mark to 30 .-.nd ena- season at f ullman, the coach and bled him to tie.Mathewson. . Athletic Director Fred Bohjer have "Not only is Alexander great be- heen taking their squad through the cause of his pitching work, declares principles of fundamental foot ball, Pat Moran, manager of the Phillies, with the men setting the pace. . but he's an invaluable member of the " Among the veterans out for prac- team becaute of his splendid charac- tice are Zimmerman, Bang, Sites, ter. He is the easiest star pitcher to Doane, Dick and Roy Hanley, Her- handle' I've ever known. He is will- reid, C. C Boone, Lyons, Schneb. L. ing to work out of turn, no matter J- Keinholi, S. Sorenson, F. A. Gillis, what the weather, no matter if he is wi!I Harter, C D. Cooke, H, Benson, feeling fit or not He is always ready F- Hamilton, Roy Bohler and Kotula. for the call to dutv. He i a mmi.l There are a score of newenmrn. athlete and one of the cleanest, manli- ome "t them whom are regarded as HEARNE LANDS BIG AUTUMN CLASSIC Chevrolet and His Mechanician Narrowly Escape Death When Machine Skids Into Rail. 0niontown, Pa., Oct. 29. In a race in which Gaston Chevrolet of Plain- field, N. J., driver, and Salvatore Barbarino, mechanician, were severly injured and narrowly escaoed death. wnen their machine on the 112th lap skidded and crashed into the guard rail surrounding the track. Eddie Hearne won the annual autumn classic ot loo miles on the Uniontown speed way today. His time was 1:49:2.85. Tome Milton was a clcse second, making the distance in 1:49:27.45. Earl Devore and Ira Vail, driving in relay, finished third iit the race for, the prize of $3,000, their time was 1:54:37.05. Chevrolet was drivinr at a aoeA of nearly 100 miles an hour, when his machine crashed into the guard rail. He suffered injuries to his left side, left hip and back. The mechanician's injuries were slight pother Will Die, Others Are Badly Injured by Fire Grand Island, Neb., Oct 29. (Spe cial Telegram.) Mrs. Richard West- phal was fatally bunrned, her mother, Mrs. Fred Rickert was seriously burned, and , Wauneta, 2-year-old daughter of Mrs. Westohal. was oain fully injured when a can of easolene. mistaken for kerosene, exploded in the kitchen 01 the Westphal home. Physicians declare there is no hnn for Mrs." Westphal, that the grand mother has a hghting chance and that the little girl, will recover. The mother, realizing that he little daughter was in the kitchen, rushed outside with flaming garments . and cried out to her own mother to save the baby. Mrs. Rickert dashed into the burning kitchen in response to the mothers' appeal for her child and brought Wauneta out. but her own clothing had caught fire and she was also badly burned. Two young boys were in the yard playing and escaped injury. Mr. West phal is a Union Pacific railroad man, running between this city and North riatte. Caught Entering Store. Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 29. (Special Telegram.) A stranger giving the name of Matthew McCrmark and claiming St. loseph, Mo., as his home, was caught by home guards at Pick rell last night in the act of breaking into W". E. Rife's store. He was sen. tenced to 30 days m jail. South Siders Demand Extension Of Car Line tor Christmas Present Members of the Giles Improvement club, residing in a district south and west of Thirty-sixth and Harrison streets, are determined that their Christmas present this year shall be a street car extension from Thirty sixth and Q streets to Harrison street. The Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway company has agreed to lay a double track, line to Y street, a dis tance of seven blocks south of Q street, but the improvers insist that the line should be extended to Harri son street. "Those . improvement club folks nearly ate three of us commission ers without salt one nieht when we attended one of their meetings. Did you ever attend one of their meet ings?" asked City Commissoiner j B. Hummel of R. A. Leussler, gen eral manager of the traction company, Mr. Leussler explained to the com missioners and a committeev of the club that increased expenses have made it necessary to figure carefully when building -extensions. "One hundred street car companies of this country this year have applied for authority to increase the rate of fare more than 5 cents, said Mr, Leussler. The improvement club will meet to night to determine whether it will widen Thirty-sixth street, as re quested, in consideration for the half mile extension offered. State Food' Pledge Campaign Taken Up Eagerly in Schools est fellows I have ever known." , Figurea Show Alex'a Work. t Here are some tables which cover the salient points in Alexander's ca reer. The first gives his complete oHuioui rccora, emtracing his seven promising material. Idaho Coach Is Gloomy Over Gridiron Prospects With a few old-timers as members years in the major leagues. It tells of the foot ball squad at the Uni us own onenomenai ttnrv f to a... i...;.. t u.i.. a- ... outs in ven seasons as follows: master is searching in vain for 7h it silver lining to his cloudy prospects j for the 1917 season, he declared. t Cir9 Tora Jckson is one of the 1 few 1916 letter men to return to school this fall. The majority of the , candidates have had very little arrid- - - I iron experience. T . f 11 ' It t I Tfc 1A,U .1 mi der has .fared against each team since the University of Oregon at Eugene he began his major league career. The October 27, Vashington St"e coUe Cincinnati Reds have been his -easiest here November 3, Whitman 2E J',, S? !h ?ven here November 10 iS&vJSSSS Hi" " ",Bl uyc ,ouVl mm nave oeen ot Montana at Missoula November Team. r U 'It ll '14 Cincinnati ....1 1 . j x Bt. Loala...... 1 1 j Plttaburfl, ....1 ti 1 9 Boston ........I Brooklyn 11 0 Now York 4 1 l ' Cbicaro' .......1 , v .1 i Total! T 'IS IS 1 i able, over a sweep of seven years, to 29. cvwuic n is master. l he best show-1 1 Sf.TOidhU' fit- State Volley Ball Tourney to wi n. word: , BeHeldatOmahaY.M.C: Ai "r iiuoh Cincinnati. J7 A auodtr acainat PlttaburfhZT AUixaadar aralnat- Boatoa... J Alexander acainat St Louta..2J Alexander against Brooklyn. .IS asainat Chicago... 5 Alexander againat Haw York. IT Totala. Persistef terUsing. Is the Road to success, TL. . .. . .. it I "c annual Slate VOliev ball tniirna. .tm ment will be held in Omaha this year. ii i; , e lls,ea l tne Umaha onng Ut .Men, . Christian association some time .s in February. ! . . f A business men's volley ball leai?ti io t ,si w be organized at the "Y" again this year. It is expected six' or. eight temrwiM enter.-A-eity toUrney will be held Thanksgiving day. s t Kid Watching Scoreboard Knows How to Win Games All was dark and quiet: fans in a theater not a thousand miles from New York were straining attention at the base ball player boards, which was showing by electric linhts the nroo ress oi tne first world $ series game in Chicago. . - It was early in the game, and the Giants were still on even terms with the White Sox. As the Giants came to bat one inning". 411 the lights show- is me usuiuu vi ine vnicago fielders lighted exceot one. And then pierced through the still- aark.ness the, shrill admonition of a boy in the gallery: "Hit itut to left field; there's nobody there." Three Hand Ball Tourneys On Y. M. C. A. Schedule Three hand ball tournaments will be held at the Omaha Young Men's Christian association this year. The first event will be a singles tourney, which will start November 5. The doubles tournament starts January 7 and the big hand ball event for the championship of the city starts May 6. John Pesek Breaks Leg ' Training for Mat Bout John Pesek of Shelton, one of Ne braska s leading wrestlers, broke his leg the other day while training fora match with Jack Taylor. -Two breaks occurred near the inklr mrl pk will be inactive in.wrestlinsr for eitrht r r icn, weens. . , : Sport Calendar Touay Hator Boat Annual mmHi.. 9 ai - Boat aaaoelatkm, at Kaw lark. noxing t$uir MM Ta. "Slappar" Mehaa. U round, at Boston. . WEDNKSDAT TODAT8 CALENDAR tha Marjrlaad -Stat Fair association, at aainm. Md. . v IWswh hows Annual thaw f Baa Anao Kanart club. Kan Angela, Tex. - . , Boxing Preddla Wthk n, jimmy Paal, alx ronnda, at New York. Irish ratay ( lino "J.Ed5l?J. w",ta. round., at Kew lork. Boldlmr UaHtield Ts. Tex Kelly, alx rMnda, at New Vork. Tommy Kobaaa Ta. " Hattliu; .Nelson, -' rouads, at The same patriotic and intensive work that characterized. the Lihertv loan drive is being evidenced in the food pledge card campaign. From over the state conie optimistic reports of the preliminary work, started last week through the school children nf the state, and being supplemented this week by the county central committees'. The local office in The Bee build ing was a busy place yesterday. With more than 30,000 cards, including Omaha's, already in, the mammoth task begins to loom ud. One hundred per cent districts are much in evidence. Already State Di rector S. R. McKelvie has reports from .districts which have signed up every family. The committee has de cided, upon an honoV. roll, in which every school .which signs its district 100 per cent, will be included. This list will be published in the Sunday papers. . . Reports from out state indicate the seriousness and success with which the campaign is being under taken. Mrs-, Claudia Dole of Alliance wires that 550 families signed pledge cards on the first day: Rachel McBirov o Kimball county comes in with 600 cards as the result of jthe first day's work; H. P. Shumway, chairman of the Dixon county Council of Defense, which has the pledge campaign under its. direction, reports 1,500 cards; John Heasty of Jefferson county says 1,981 cards were signed Monday, while W. u iiloom of Dawson, reports be tween $3,500 and 4,000 to date. Omaha's total continues to roll in, Four additional schools yesterday raised the total of the city more than 2,000. - "Inasmuch as the food pledge card campaign is the first state-wide test of patriotism, I am more than pleased with the response," said Mr. McKelvie last night. "While there is some op position to the campaign it is of such small dimensions,, it is not entitled to be called real opposition. Here and there is one who thinks she has a real grievance, but these people only serve to call to mind the patriotism of real Americans. If it were not for the slackers, we might not appreciate the patriotism of the . true Nebraskans who are doing a big share in making the wining of this war possible." D.S. TAKES OPTIONS ON NEUTRALS' SUGAR To Sell at 60 Cents More Than ' Oovernrnent:Pixed Price; Not for Domestic i Use. (By Associated Press.) Washington, x Oct '.Options have been taken by the food adminis tration upon the sugar belonging to neutral countries held in this country awaiting export This was disclosed tonight in a statement by the administration deny ing published reports that it was try ing to force neutrals, unable to get export licenses, to sell their sugar at a loss. The5 options are at the prices paid by the neutrals. No figures were givJ en, but the administration said that with tariff duty added the price would be 5U cents a hundred higher than the prices it has undertaken to main tain for the benefit of the American consuming public. there is no indication of an inten tion to permit the cost to the public to be increased, so probably few of the options will be exercised for do mestic uses. The administration emphatically de nied that it had placed any restriction upon the sale of sugar by neutrals to American manufacturers. 'There is no reason for undue haste," the administration's statement adds, "inasmuch as none' is really suffering from the temporary sugar shortage. Enforced conservation is not an unmixed evil,"- it was added, as it brings to the attention of the American public in not a harmful way, the vital necessity of conserving food products. America will have but one or two weeks of scarcity of sugar, while Europe has had three years of uch shortage." Mexico May Break - Relations With the German Government Mexico City. Oct. 29. Great ex citement has been created through the publication in LI Universal of a state ment by General Pablo Gonzales, for mer commander of the Car ran za forces in Mexico City and a well known constitutionalist, favoring Mexico following the example of other Latin-American countries and severing, diplomatic relations with uermany. The Chamber oi Deputies in secret session yesterday afternoon rejected by a large majority a proposal that a committee of the chamber be sent to the president to request that gov ernment officials exert vigilance Sun day afternoon to see that no disorders oped during the holding of a mani festation in favor of neutrality. In his statement General Gonzales declares this is an epoch in which neither men nor nations can exist iso lated, and there is no nation in which the conditions of other nations do not find reflection, in view of the magni tude of the present world conflict. He emphasizes the fact that he speaks only in an unofficial capacity and that he has no authorization to speak in the name of the constitutional gov ernment. ( . fiddle Succeeds Bliss as Assistant Chief of Army Staff Washington, Oct. . 29. Secretary Baker announced tonight the appoint ment of Major General John Biddle as assistant chief of staff, a post vacant since General Bliss succeeded Major General Scott as chief, of staff. The appointment will grctly lighten the burden of General Bliss, who has been at his desk almost night and day since his promotion. General Biddle has a reputation for executive ability earned largely as superintendent of the West Poit Mil itary academy. As a colonel he or ganized and commanded one of the special engineer resiments which were among the first troops sent abroad in the war. He comes to his post in the department with personal knowl edge of what is transpiring at the fighting front and also with a knowl edge of general staff duty gained by a previous tour of duty with that corps. Secretary Baker said the matter of naming a ntw chief of staff was not now under consideration. Effort to Deport Foreign Son-in-Law of Packer Swift Chicago, Oct. 29. Dr. Percy L. Prentis, commissioner in charge of the local immigration office, said to day that a hearing would be held this week in government proceedings brought against Count James Min otto, with a view to his deportation. The count is a son in law of Lewis F. Swift, of Swift & company, and is said to be a German subject. Mmotto is at liberty on' $50,000 bail furnished by his father-in-law at a preliminary hearing before a United States com missioner several days ago. Count Minotto tonight said he felt sure the investigation of the Depart ment of Labor would exonerate him as he had only the most loyal feeling toward the United' States and last July had filed his' declaration of his intention to become an American cit izen. Minotto asserts he is an Italian citizen. Polish Council Inaugurated. Amsterdam, Otc. 29. The inaug uration of the Polish State council took place at Warsaw in the Toyal castle Saturday according to a dis patch received here. After taking the' oath the members of the council CANDY FACTORIES MAY CLOSE FOR TIME Fremont Jobbers Reecive Or ders to Discontinue Sale of Sugar to Manufacturers; Cupid Foils Father. Fremont, Neb.. Oct. 29. (Special Telegram.) Local jobbers received notice from the head of the Food Conservation department to discon tinue selling sugar to manufacturers of candy and syrups, and as a result Fremont's candy and pop factories which employs large numbers of peo ole will orobablv close down. The- jobbers are limiting the amount of sugar to eacn ot the retailers to one sack., Miss Wolz Wedded. Mr. and Mrs. (le-nro-e V Wn1 r. ceived the announcement of the mar riage at Chicago of their daughter, Miss JLaura Adah, to Kay V. Stock. Mr. Stock has been notified tn renorr for training at the officers' reserve training camp at Kockford, III., and Mrs. Stock left follnwinc th rt.ro. mony for a tour of the southern states with a lyceum company. Mrs. Stock has been studying voice in Chicago for two years. Cupid Fools Parent. A few minntpc after Cnnntv Tndtre Wintersoihad performed the cere mony that made Herbert Mason of Pender and Miss Mvrtle Nisncer nf Omaha, husband and wife he received word trom the sheriff at Pender to re fuse to grant them a wedding permit if thev made anolicatinn. A shnrt time later the father of the bride groom called from Blair where he had gone in search of his son .to learn if the pair had appealed.at the license bureau at Fremont. Mason gave his age as 21. . Cpid Wins Again. Oscar Hornvak ohtai neH a rtertnif to wed Miss Bessie Walker of Oconto. He gave his age as 21. Authorities became suspicious and in looking up the records found that Hnrnvate liar! not registered. He was taken into custody and the matter was patched up when his father gave his consent. John Dau Injured. Tohn Dau nf fatally- injured when the automobile it was uiiviug went into ine aistnct near Hooner'' f!arl MarnnorrU arifl Lester Ehlers of Scribner, tw6 other occupants ot the car, escaped with slight hurts. Mr. Dau suffered the fracture of several ribs and internal injuries. The car struck a tree and wably damaged. Persistent Advertisinz Is the Road to Success. Mayor's Grandson "Licks Plate" to Help Whip Raiser "We want the city commissioners to help us reach 15,000 people of this county with food conservation pledge cards this week," stated Harry O. Pal mer, secretary of the federal food ad ministration of Douglas county. These officials readily consented to co-operate. To start with, the city clerk will distribute 1,000 cards among city employes and" then volunteers will be enlisted for work among their neighbors. "We have 25.000 signers now re worded in this county and we need 15,000 more to feel that we have cov ered the county thoroughly," ex plained Mr. Palmer. The federal food conservation plan already has been started at the home of Mayor J. C. Dahlman, where less meat and wheat are being, consumed. Jack Collett, grandson of Mr. and and Mrs, Dahlman, is "licking his pJate" eVery day. He learned the child's pledge at the Park school and is scrupulously observing his promise. Bossie is Impressed By Parade of 18,000 Nurses "The most inspiring sight I wit nessed in New York City was a pa rade of 18,000 nurses. I watched the parade for several hours." said Milk Inspector C. F. Bossie upon his return frotn, the metropolis of the Empire state. Mr. Bossie reported that he went out to buy some sugar for his mother-in-law and learned that the stores in Gotham are limiting purchases of sugar to one pound and then only to regular customers. "You can't go from store to store and buy up a lot. I went to more than , 12 stores and finally bought a pound through a friend," he added. GLARED GE ARROW COLLAR OPte 2fc2? 3fr3? members of of an international character devel- issued a manifesto to the people. -NOTICE For one day ONLY, Wednesday, Octo ber 31st, 1917, we are going to give the motorists of Omaha an opportunity to com- bat the High Cost of Automobile Tires, arid l - JJf ' 11 JH 1 we are oiiermg tne ionowmg popular sizes subject to prior sale: .10030x312 2532x312 50 32x3io 2533x4 2533x4 ' 2534x4 N 2534x4 4034x4 Clincher, plain casings Clincher, non-skid casings Straight side, non-skid casings. Straight side, plain casings Straight side, non-skid casings. Q. D., plain casings Q. D., ! non-skid casings Straight side, non-skid casings. $12.75 15.50 15.50 21.00 21.75 21.50 22.00 22.00 If you have no immediate use for any of the above sizes it will pay you to buy a few and save' them until next year. These tires are NOT seconds, but one of our regular brands, carrying a written guarantee of 3,500 miles. Come Early and Avoid the Rush Lininger mfelement Co. 6th and Pacific Sts. Omaha, Neb. - Douglas 109. ..zgsgg.