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BRINGING BV&Tl SS 00 . . wrer voice. I allowed to take 004 oont vSL .?wed - SO DID , f
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JOE STECHER TO
MEET PETERS IN
MAT GO TONIGHT
Nebraska Heavyweights to
Tangle in First Match Under
New City Ordinance Reg-
4 ulatlng Wrestling.
Omaha's new regulatory wrestling
ordinance undergoes its first test to-night
when Joe Stecher' of Dodge
and Charlie Peters of-Papillion clash
at the Omaha Auditorium. ' ;
In an official bulletin issued last
nigm, jacic jlcwis, wno is promoting
,the event,' declared that Petecs was
in first class condition for the bout.'
"Peters. was examined by a physi
cian and pronounced physically fit,"
the bulletin states. "Charlie is in the
best condition 'of his life and eager
and anaious to dP battle. , '
"Reports from " Dodge ' indicate
Stecher too is in good condition,"
the bulletin continues. "No fear need
be had on the score that the wrestlers
are not in condition,"
Stecher is expected to arrive in
Omaha today.
Several Prelims.
Preliminary ' to the main event,
Tom Ray and Rudic Warner, Ne
braska light heavyweights, will
clash. Both men are local favorites.
The Teddy brothers will appear in a
second preliminary in their rube
stunt ' . ' '
As an added attraction, the Omaha
police and Nonpareil club tug-of-war
teams will pull. This, is ,a grudge
pull and will be on a winner-take-all
basis. Lewis has hung up a sizeable
purse for. the event.
C E. Selee, wrestling instructor, at
the Omaha Young Men's Christian
association, will referee the Stecher
Peters joust.. -
Charles Fanning and Joe Walker
will be the city commission's repre-
Ktttitm of tti Kkiif
St. Louis' Feds Win Suit.
To Keep Grandstand Seats
Chairs in a grandstand are not part
of the "improvements" of. a ball park,
according 16 a decision by a St. Louis
court. When the Federal league was
in existence the backers of the outlawl
'team in St. Louis leased a plot' of
ground and equipped a park. Under
the terms of the lease the improve
ment! made were to revert to the"
owners of the. ground when the lease
4 expired. 1 The 'Federal promoters
sought to remove certain equipment,
including the grandstand chairs, and
the park owners claimed, them as im1
provements. The court decided other,
wise, permitting ; removal of the
chairs. The owners get the grand
stand, bleachers and the fences. '
More Ball Players Sue '
The Big Four Railroad
Three other players of the Dayton
Central league team, in addition to
, Pitcher Louis Schcttler, have brought
suit against?the Big Fourailroad for
damages for injuries suffered in the
wreck of last-August near Mansfield,
111. Manager John Nee of the Day
ton, team asks $10,000, Catcher Pat
Donahue asks $50,000 and First-Ease-man
Fred Derrick asks $10,000.. The
railroad is understood to have, settled
with Mrs. Ray Spencer, whose hus
band, the Dayton outWder, died as
a result of injuries he raftered in the
wreck. - ,
Soldiers at Camp Grant
To Take Up Basket Ball
The large Young Men's Christian
association auditorium at Camp Grant.
Rockford, has been provided with
eight basket ball backstops. Three
games can be played at the same time
across the length of the hall. For
semi-finals and finals the full length
of. the hall wilt be used. Intercom
pany, interregimental and iutcrbrig
ade championships will be conducted
under the auspices of the regimental
athletic directors with the help of the
army Young Men's Christian associa
tion physical directors.
No Worry in Phffly.
Grover Alexander's statement that
- Bill Kfilifer told him be had caught
his last game of base ball and that he
means to quit the game is not taken
seriously in Philadelphia, where it is
figured that the old game will look
eood to Killifer again after a winter's
rest Killifer is in the midst of a
honeymoon trip now and that may be
the reason . for his notion that he
doesn't want to spend a night away
from his own fireside,
Today's - Sport Calendar;
TmoI-Keetlnf vt Cnlted BUtee . "
Masai Iwa Irani association, '
WreeUUia- Earl raddoek fsleat Yuself
Baaaaae. a Dm Molaea. ' Jm fitecber
lnl Charito Fire. t Om.h..
. Baidsr-fohaor Krtia int Kid WoUa,
It rwtmdt, S Ctorclaod. Harry Carlnw
hit ai haw Domvm, 19 ronadi. at Sm-
Mat Gladiators Who Will
Clash Tonight
JOE STECHER.
I 7 ,.
CHARLIE PETERS.
Ring TourneyPlanned at :-'
San Francisco Army Camp
' With most of the too notch boxers
endeavoring to secure berths as in
structors in the fistic art at the train
ing camps, the padded glove game is
receiving a big impetus in the army.
The Presidio of San Francisco con
tains a number of boys who won dis
tinction in both the professional and
the amateur rinar. and word, from
other camps discloses a like condi
tion. -. .
The .70 comoanies at the, Presidio
have planned af competition to include
every weight class. - This will make 70
boxers for every division of the game,
and will provide the soldiers with
winter of good sport. Of course some
of the companies are liable to be
moved to "somewhere else in Amer
ica" beforj the tourney is ocr, but
those behind the move figure on, in
coming companies to fill the gap. ;
' The tourney will be conducted un
der Strictly' amateur rules, which will
call tor three-round bouts with two
judges to pass on each affray.; .The
army ' promoters figure that by the
time the tourney has worked down to
the semi-finals it wuThave attracted
nation-wide interest. , ; ' ' v v
Each coniDanv will hold an elimina
tion tourney with the idea of select
ing the best men in each class, and
thus the basis of 70 boxers for each
weight division will be reached,
Player Bom in Iceland
Joins Uncle Sam's Army
Gard Gislason', the fast little second
sacker on the Salt Lake City base ball
club in the Tacihc Coast league, who
originally hailed from Iceland, is to
jpin the United States army Gislason
was raised in Ballard, a suburb of
Seattle.
Sporting experts declare" Gislason is
ijie only professional player to be
born in Iceland, but he tills the bill
so well, that they would hail the ar
rival of more tossers from that far
north country with delight. - s .
Goulding Will Teach "Y"
Youngsters How to Walk
George Goulding, champion heel
and to. walker of Toronto, has joined
the staff of the Central Young Men's
Christian association of Toronto and
will assist in the instruction of, the
dub's 2,000 members between the ages
of 12 and 16 years in the art of walk
ing. -
Spent Employer's Money for Thea
ter Theater parties other people'a
money proved the undoing of Henry
Moody, 80? South Twentieth street,
and be waa given 15 days in jail to
repept of his crime. Moody admitted
appropriating- $10 which he had col
lected for fala employers, and enter
taining bla lady fjlenda at box
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THE BEE:
I 1
With the
jMdltt' hrmtot.
HERZBERO TOCGERT.
... 1st. Id. Jd. Tot
AMER. STATE BANK.
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot.
Helm 123 96 130 341
Karl 126 103 136 88
Oyrd 103 114 ISO. 377
3chupp 106 107 144 357
Nelson 125 118 112 355
Handicap ... It rf 19 67
Total..... 62 662 700 1864
HETN STUDIO.
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot.
Huff 121 121 121 363
11 le. Thmati.171 157 164 492
owa 176 132 140 448
Mra. Thm.n.110 100 131 341
Raaber 169 147 125 441
Total!.... 747 657 68L2085
X. M. C. A. Iagna,
" lit. 2d. 3d. Tot.
Qolbach ...165 153 146 453
Stocking ...128 164 161 433
Wilson ,,..166 161 185 5U
Swanson ...153 166 147 465
Carn 147 201 201 649
Totali ....7T7 825 "tZi 2401
MCORD-BRADT.
lit. 2d. 3d. Tot.
8. Feltman 127 194 134 456
Kru ......134 117 123- 373
R, Feltman 156 139 113 408
C. Feltman 144 157 158 469
Webar' ....201 167 163 610
.Tolala'...,763 7.6 6?3 2206
Hou.mtn ...1(0 144 194 421
Beeion 123 164 102
lame.on y. .l&I lit 132
itantou .,..144 136 118
3H9
401
398
617
PIIUntT 181 180 l!i
Total!.... 761 740 643 2133
MARSH-OAKLAND.
lt. 2d. 3d. Tot.
Nation 109 m 106 343
Davidson ,.11 161 131 398
Iwanson ...13 77 123 238
Collin. .....124 133 167 414
jtty 145 117 134 398
Handicap ... ti 64 64 162
Total.. . . . 87 480 704 2051
A. B. SWEET 8HOP.
lt. 2d. 3d. Tot.
N'a.btt .....153 161 147 461
doom a 143 167 166 ,460
Bint-man ...141 7 120 268
Miller. 141 180 164 601
Brucb ......124 167 142 423
Total..
OMAHA
...70S 761 723 213
TOWEL- 8UPPLT
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot
...178 126 103 406
Murph'y .
Han.an.
...12S183 131
...104 101 107
...170 127 120
447
Tanaan ..
S13
417
48S
Naala . .'.
Vardacrtn
Handicap
, .US 168 136
66 64 ,65 168
Total..... 818 760 161 2331
HONOR ROLL GIVES
NAMES OF NEBRASKA
NURSES IN CAMPS
.From av Staff Corrnpondent.) .
Lincoln, Dec- 6. (Special.) The
names of 13 Nebraska Red Cross
nurses wro are in active 'service at
army cantonments have been en
graved on a "roll of honor" list by
Miss Sarka Hrbkova, chairman of the
Woman's Council of Defense. The list
has been entered on the permanent
record at the state council omce. Iwo
Lincoln nurses are in service abroad.
Following is the list: ,
Miss Carrie JKolarik, ' Fort Riley,
Kan. ,
Miss Ernestine Larson. Miss Luella
Larson, Miss Esther Compton, Miss
Leila Crabb an Miss Mary Davis,
Camp Pike, Little Rook, Ark.
Miss Anna Barney and Miss Clara
Foley, Lincoln, at base hospital,
Neuilly, France.
Miss Anaa Skov and Miss Minnie
Helner, Camp Lewis, Wash.
Miss Ethel Ross, Camp Dowie, Tex.
Miss Nettie BuHIer and Miss Beth
ene Wkc, Camp Wheeler,' Ga.
Beatrice Men Would Restrain
Mayor and Other Officials
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special.)
In his answer to the action brought
in the district court recently by M.
L. Rawlings, Sherman Taylor and
others asking that the mayor and
councilmen of the city of Wymore
be .restrained from putting into ef
fect the ordinance passed some time
ago' increasing their salaries, Attor
ney A. D. McCandless alleged it was
a plan to further tbeir political aims,
lie said that Rawlings was defeated
by the present incumbent for mayor
and Taylor for councilman, and that
the action was brought to emoarrass
and discredit the admniistration.
Miss M iriatn Giddings,' daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Giddings of this
city, died at a hospital in , Denver
Tuesday night where ? shes was re
cently operated', upon. She was 20
years old. She was a graduate of
the Beatrice High school , and later
attendei Wesleyan university. She
is' survived by her parents and two
brothers, one of .them Harold Gid
dings, being a member' of Company
C at Camp Cody. The body was
brought litre today for interment.
Rev. C C Marknam. who recently
resigned as pastor, of. the. Baptist
church at Wymore. accompanied by.
Mrs. Markham, left yesterday for
Makuokcta, ' la., where " they will
make. their home.
At the farm - sale of -Fred Pope
near . Rockford, yesterday a team of
horses sold for $38J, a 19-mbnths-old
mule for $145 'and milch 'tows from
$114 to $128 per head. Mr. and Mrs.
Pope will leave "soon for Arizona
for the lattcr's health, i
William ' F. Haeffner of Firth and
Nora Kritner of Adams were mar
ried yesterday at the county court
room by Judge O'Keefe. They will
make their home on a fartn near that
place. " . 'i - '.''
Donald r Nolan of Barnrttort and
Miss Rachael ;Kirschnec of,- Blue
Springs, were united in marriage at
Lincoln yesterday. The groom is
a son of the late William Nolan, an
old resident of Barneston.
The first touch of winter weather
in weeks prevails in this vicinity. The
temperature dropped down to almost
rero mark Thursday morning.
Austrian Slavs and Czechs
Now Demand Autonomy
. Amsterdam,; Dec. 6. The Slavs.
Czechs and other nationalities isf Austria-Hungary
have seized the occa
sion of the opening of peace negotia
tions with 'Russia to demand th
right that the self-determination of
nationalities formulated in the Rus
sian proposals shall be applied to the
peoples of AustriaiHungary, ' This
has found expression in the sitting
of the delegation in the press and by
resolutions passed by - the Czech
league, the South Slav club and other
associations. - '
That extra room will pay your coal
bill Ran U thxouzh a Bet Waal Ad.
OMAHA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917.-
Bowlers
Swift Lcagna.
WOOL SOAPS.
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot
Selzle .....184 139 158 481
Boatman ..136 133 122 390
Klefer ..,..130 113 122 390
Shaw 130 158 140 428
Jobnston ..1,33 169 176 47S
Totala ....713 716 711 2147
BROOKFIELDS.
lit 2d. 3d. Tot.
Roben 179 186 167 21'
Mehl 170 170 149 489
Hehn ......11 137 128 884
Straw 130 158 410 428
Lorlng- ....122 151 137 410
Handicap .. 9 18 t 36
Totals 729 791 710 2230
, PREMICMS.
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot.
William ..183 130 182 495
Neumann ..147 168 143 458
Robaon ....129 198 169 420
Ekdohl ....175 198 169 S32
Purdue .....121 143 163 426
Totala ....76 7T5 71 2331
PRIDES.
lat. 2d. 3d. Tot.
Mugan 184 173 193 650
Hannaa ...124 181 133
Wll.on .....128 161 163
rincb 123 161 165
Anderaou ...147 135 162
Handicap .. 4 4 4
444
447
439
144
13
Totala
.710 115 311 2336
STATE TO1 KEEP FULL
TAB FOMAX MAN
Assessors May Be Supplied
With Lists That Require
Details of Household
possessions.
From a Staff CorreapondenL)
Lincoln, Neb., Dec; 6. The matter
of preparing blanks which will require
itemized information from taxpayers
on merchandise, household good, farm
implements and equipment was dis
cussed at a meeting of the state board
of equalization and assessment today.
, Secretary Bcrnecker has been in
structed to draw up such blanks. Mer
chants, both wholesale and retail, as
well as manufacturers, will be obliged
to 6how their invoice of stock on Jan
uary 1, their sales from that time to
April I, new additions to the stock
durjng the same period and the
amounts of insurance carried.
It will be necessary in listing house
hold goods to Show separately the fur
niture and equipment used in the
kitchen, bedrooms and living and din
ing rooms. . ' '
Farmers will have to return a list
of all implements instead of a single
total item for all that they possess.
War Aid County Organization
Holds Meeting at Madison
Madison, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special.)
The War Aid county organization
in charge of Fred Diers as chair
man met yesterday. Meadow Grove
was represented by H. E. Mason, dis
trict chairman, Dr. H. L. Kindrued,
F. E. Evans, and G. M. Hayden, New
man Grove by C. H. Morian, district
chairman, Enola by W. R. Martin, dis
trict chairman and Warnervil' i by W.
B. Rice, district chairman, also N. A.
Houscl as chairman of the public
schools of the county and Dr. L W.
Wuesthoff as . chairman of the Boy
Scouts. . Practically every woman's
organization of the city was rcpre
sented. . (
The case of the State of Nebraska
wagainst Clayton "went to the jury
yesterday. Clayton was driving an
automobile on July 19, 1917, which
turned turtle killing Lucy Richard
son.' . ,
In the case of Ommerman against
Henry Street, the jury found for the
plaintiff. '
Camp Cody Soldiers 4
Take $10,000,000 Insurance
Camp Cody, Deming, N. Mex., Dee.
6.(Special) A million and a half dol
lars worth of war risk insurance has
been applied for by men in the hun
dred and ninth ammunition train made
up of the Iowa unit and Troop D,
First Iowa Cavalry, which is an aver
age of $7,500 per applicant Captain
P. R. Hailigan, Nebraskan, chairman
of the insurance committee, said the
camp had taken ten millions insurance
to date. ,.
Former Fairbury Man-
Killed by.Bomb in France
'Fahrbury, Neb., Dec. 6. (Special
Telegram.) An unconfirmed report
from v Cedar Radips, I., is that
Stephen E. Mueller, for three years
general foreman of the Rock Island
shops here, was recently killed bya
stray bomb exploskyi in France. Muel
ler was serving as lieutenant in a
Rock Island railroad regiment He
resigned as general foreman of the
Rock Island shops at Cedar Rapids
last spring to enter the railroad serv
ice in France.
' ' Accident May Be Fatal.
Fairbury, Nebn " Dec 6. (Special
Telegram.) Gordon Jones, son of E.
P. Jones, living six miles east of
Fairbury, is in a hospital in a danger
ous condition from a wound he, re
ceived in the accidental discbarge of
"small rifle. He was hunting rabbits
and while poking it in a brush pile
the weapon was discharged. The bul
let entered below the collar bone and
Dcactratcd oae luos. . '
SAN CARLO OPERA SINGERS
GIVEIL TR0VAT0RE TO BIG
HOUSE AS CLOSE IN OMAHA
Verdi's Masterpiece, With Its
Haunting Airs; Proves Fa
vorite With Critical Musical
Audiences of the Week.
By HENRIETTA M. REES.
Musical Editor of The Bee.
Two performances of the San Carlo
Grand Opera company took place at
the Auditorium Wednesday afternoon
and evening, closing a most success
ful engagement here,, all the more
remarkable under the present condi
tions. Large audiences have turned
out for every performance, the largest
audience-being present last evening
at the production of the prime
favorite, Verdi's "IlXrovatore."
At the matinee another novelty was
presented to Omaha, 'The Jewels of
the Madonna," by Wolf-Ferrari. This
composer is remembered in Omaha
by his shorter and merrier opera,
"The Secret of Suzanne," presented
by the Chicago Opera company some
years ago. ine jewels. or tne Ma
donna is made up of a blood-curdling
plot, and music which is, at times
sparkling and fascinating, at times
intensely dramatic, at other times so
sustained and long enduring that
there seems to be no breathing, space,
and one longs for a place to be at
rest for just a moment. ,
Broad Dramatic Climax.
There are many beautiful spots
in tire music. All of the orchestral
preludes and purely orchestral numbers-are
lovely, and invariably under
Signor Peroni's baton awakened ap
plause. The music accompanying the
procession of the Madonna, the bright
music ot testivai merrymakers, ana
a nice soorano solo in Act I are es
pecially remembered. The dramatic
climax of broad proportions and in
tensity in Act II, full of .modern dis
sonance, Mahello s solo ' which
taunts Gennarro to frenzy, and the
contrasting serenade which followed
the climax were all gratifying music
and excellently interpreted. In Act III
the music of the lively tarantella, and
the dramatic force of the close were
well written, and gave the actors op
portunity for many dramatic effects.
Tne action moves ratner siowiy in
places in spite of the clear and vital
directing of Peroni. t There is some
thing about the opera which does not
awakenotive sympathy with the
characters in the listeners This was
not the fault of . the San Carlo com
pany nor of any of the members of
the cost Amsden and Agostini were
splendid in their parts, both singing
wonderfully and acting with consum
mate skill. '
Gives Local Color.
The acting demanded in Act II es
pecially was a fine test of their dra
matic art.
The other members of the cast
also sang well, and fulfilled the dra
matic requirements with good effect,
as did the chorus from which more
than the usual amount of acting was
demanded. In several places in the
score guitars and mandolins were
used with gratifying results. -'The
Jewels of the Madonna" gives a real
istic Italian atmosphere and local
color not always achieved in other
operas.
The performance of "II Trovatore"
in the evening made a fitting and tri
umphant-close to the engagement.
"II Trovatore." with its wealth of
ever flowing melody, with its anvil
chorus and its beloved Miserere
and the dueV'Back to Our Mountain
Home "who does. not enjoy its
constant freshness - and charm, in
spite of its familiarity? Manuel Sala
zar made a splendid-Manrico, Stella
Demette quite - outdid herself as
Asucena, Angelo Antola sang the un
grateful role of the Count de-Luna
with fine effect and Luisa as Leonora
displayed a -clear and flexible voice
capable of exquisite pianissimos on
high notes. - v
Fine Artistry Revealed.
Pietro de Biasi sang 'Ferrnando in
a way to deserve special mention, the
other principals were highly satisfac
tory and the men s chorus, which has
many star parts, quite surpassed itself
in its ensemble and artistic' shading.
The production went with a spirit
and co-operation which makes it
compare favorably with any produc
tion yet seen in Ujnaha.
Ihe new scenery, has at all times
been well painted and in "II Trova
tore" and, in fact, all of the operas,
it did much to enhance the produc
tion. Upon the whole there have
been many improvements in the San
Carlo company srhce last year, not re
markable in any one special way (ex
cept, perhaps, the scenic effects), but
in the general standards of the com
pany. They stil: excel in giving well
balanced productions and these are
all on a more artistic level than 'here
tofore. It augurs well for the future
of this company and leads us to Wok
forward to, next year with added in
terest . p
-i r
Ybu can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by usina; a Bee
Want Ad,
The Bee's Assistant Sporting
Editor "Covers" Opera As
signment and Tells How
the Show Affected Him. .
By WILLIE GREEN,
Aislstant Sporting Editor of The Bee.
The boss told me to go over and
write up the grand opera. I'm on the
level with the boss, so I tipped him
that I don't know any mOre about
music than the Dutchman in the, band
who played the fly specs and got
fired.
"G'wan," he sez, "you're as speedy
as the music critic an if you pull
some regular stuff you'll be in the
r -t ...:. ir:.. r...
uic iidsa wiiu iviias j.cca,.au nidi a
goin' some."
I ducked, just to show I got him,
an chased over to the Auditorium,
where Stecher and Peters will go to it
cat an dog ! Friday night. Charlie
Franke was under the brieht liehts in
the box office, all dolled up in a clear!
shirt like the barkeeps used to be be
fore the.first of May.
"Beat It, kid," he sez, "you're two
days ahead of time.
He Saves His Watch.
Poor simp, he didn't know I was
down for the big stuff, so I grinned
to let him know I was still friendly
and breezed in. The guy on the door
was as chummy as the con men at
the speedway, but I stive ltn the dou
ble O and started to hunt up the
bookies. X didn t have my watch
with me, anyhow.
There was an awful mob inside,
They, had . moved the platform clear
up to the east end and it wasn't roped
in. x .
t I just landed when a feller rushed
in an' began to shake his fists at the
fiddlers. Officer McGJeneghan said
he was the bottle holder, but I looked
on the score c5rd and found out for
myself. It said his name was Car
load Peruna.
He had a burtch of hair like a
Creighton halfback and ht.did a
make believe punching bag stunt that
for real pep has got 'em all skinned
to the eyeballs The faster they
played the livelier he moved, and
when the gang tumbled to what he
was doing they gave him a hand like
fritz got when he beaned Corbett
It Was All Mixed Up.
The curtain went up and there was
a bunch like the Husker eleven with
girl rooters from the Mu Sigma Nu
led by their yellmaster standing in the
interior of a castle.- They were the
noisiest flock of chickens I ever saw.
Ihey -all the play II Trovatore.
I'm spieling by the card when I hand
you that. A guy named Manrico and
Count Di Luna got into a jam over
a lass from Naple.s, or something lTke
that They were as sore at each oth
er as Steve Maloney and Sutton but
it was all mixed up like Elsie Phelps
in the Chadron case and I couldn't
get it
Manrico looked like a pretty good
sport, but the count wouldn't play
fair. He was a regular devil. Every
time he saw Manrico's girl, Leonora,
he smiled like the summer sun set
ting behind the glue factory on the
South Side. He wore a hat with a
feather sticking up in the middle like
a telegraph pole in the desert, and he
looked the part , He.was peeved all
the time, and roared so you couldn't
tell which side the rooters were for.
She Surely Meant It
After while I saw Manrico in jail,
and in the last half of the nineth they
strung him up. Leonora took it
mighty hard and it was awful sad. but
just before they stopped the noise she
handed the count a package that
knocked hip off the Christmas tree.
She told him poor old Manrico was
his 'brother and that she was even
with him for turning her mother.
The -way she hollered that she was
avenged made me think she was try
ing to break the news to his rela
tives in 6icily without paying cable
tolls.
They cut the announcers off the
payroll after they' let so many sol
diers in free Monday night and it sure
hurt the show. Fellers all around me
were lookin for a hunch on what was
coming next Another thing. It was
chilly in there and I got cold, feet
not about the tunes they sang, I liked
'em, I sure did but you know Jim
Dahlman is firing with bum coal
this municipal stuff he's trying to
hand the preachers and the poor arrd
lots of 'em kicked about it
Before the boss gave me this big
A beverage that
has taken wffee's
place in thousands
of American homes-
IliSTAIIT P05TUII
"There's a Reason
GERMANS EVASIVE
OH PEACE POINTS
Wily Teuton Officials Not Will
ing: to State What They Will
, Do; Make No Promise
Not, to Move Troops.
(By Associated Fress.)
London, Dec. 6. A Russian com
munication dealing with the armistice,
received here by wireless, says:
"The enemy delegates replied evas
ively to the two initial Russian pro
posals, but promised to consult their
governmentSv.concerning them. The
Russians proposed as the principal
points of an armistice, that thj enemy
should not undertake to send forces
from the Russian fronts to the fronts
of Russia's allies; also that the Ger
man detachments be withdrawn from
the islands. '6f Moon-Sound. The en
emy delegates refused these propos
als. ;.
"The enemy delegates submitted a
project for an armistice from the Bal
tic to the Black, Sea, which, in view
of their evasive replies to the Rus
sian, proposals, the Russian delegates
submitted to' the Russian military ex
perts.
"A fortnight' was first proposed for
the duration of the armistice. Ulti
mately 28 days were agreed upon,
which may be- automatically pro
longed. The Russians requested that
the next meeting be held in Russian
territory, an elapse of seven days." '
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