lHE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL , 12, 1918. From Now On "Bringing Up Father" Appears Also in the Colored Comic Section of the Sunday Bee Hi .' ' h BRINGING 1 ! UP S FATrlER R , Copyright. 1X7. ' International , News 1 Berries. TTupTT Z SHUTOD I I REMFNBER.BE ON IlLBEONTHE' I HOW OO jj K 4LAD OU CAMF what I 1 AND HURRY a S XOURONVt BOhA IF I HAVE TO YOU OO kft WE ARE OlNi, TO It) THAT WHAT ! HI i i I ' 1 & : i S s" I ! ! ! 5 i 4 t i i : Drawn for 7 The Bee -by . George '-McManus t SOX AND GIANTS "WILL WIN AliAIN. FULLERTON SAYS Cincinnati Had Edge in Na i 'tiona!, But Loss of Toney Shatters Dope at Last ?: Moment ' AMEBICAN LEAGUE. t O. C. r. Chicago ..J..4901 347 189 ISO Huatno ..4X85 XK0 1S5A IMS (iereUnrl ..,.4700 SIRS 1SS IMS Tot. 1167 It MO 11431 11901 New York .4811 SSIMt 171 mot "Itatrolt 4785 s84 18 1M 11SM M. 1-ouL ,,tlHtmi 1W 17Slt nm M'Mhlnctnil ..43 S4U1 1848 111S1 1r.iladelphla 4571 1250 Mil 1611 10750 UATlOJf AX. U5A0TJE. . " ew York ...BOM S3l 1825 MM 11M Cincinnati ,!.407 1415 1871 1749 11511 M. I.ouls ,...477 8S3 113 1778 1KS1 rhimfO ,...,4561 ! 15S4 11(70 11 12 BmlM 4R(W 11 lt 14I 1084 I'litladriphhk .5791 8146 1311 IBM 1044 Hronklyn ,...475 3340 IMS 101 10880 irtUbiirch v 4748 1293 ISO! 1671 10810 trains since post Ion u (IfUred. ' Umh since position wu flfnred. t By HUGH sTfULLERTON. Hard luck! Poor Cinciiynati for the first time in modern base ball pos sessing a team that threatened to up- et expectations and chase a cham pionship to the finish seems to have 'been, walloped on the jaw before it .got started. . i The Redg figured so close up to the New York 'Giants, and showed such promise that it looked as if they were going to make good nt last, and then 4hey lost Fred Toney and, 'swoosh, they slipped' back almost Into the tlass of St. Louis and Chicago, and "with a chance' of being beaten out by .both, ri... ;' ' . Cu-. , I l it is hard luck because Toney is, .vjith the probabld exception of Alex ander, the best pitcher froin all angles jit the National league. Any pitcher .who can work 45 or more games in a 'season without wearing down is a tremendous asset, and if he can win 65 per cent of those games he is wonder. That was Toney. J The loss of Toney throws the burden onto an already short staff of pitchers and forces Mathewson either ti work a dozen games himself this .season or use young pitchers in many games. j Giants Look Certain. I I With the Cincinnati slipping back as an actual contender, the Giants s look more certain to win this year .than they did last. I jThe final dope figures reveal the ;hct that the Giants and. the White $tx ought to repeat their successes, With the Red Sox and Cleveland as "tlie runners up , lathe; American league And the .Reds the closest - in the (National. Both' Chicago's Cubs .and the St Louis Cards tre better forti fied than either the Giants or the Reds in tase of accidents .or disabilities in the pitching staffs. If either the Giants or the Reds slip, the Cards and Cubs with their strong defensive staffs will become dangerous. The American league divides natur ally into three groups this season Chicago and , Boston contenders for highest' honors: Cleveland, New ,Vork and Detroit and St. Louis.close- ly bunched, with St. Louis liable to oeveiop more and more strcngtn as the season progresses because of wealth of raw pitching material, and Washington and Philadelphia far down. In fact,' Washington is saved only from being lower in the dope because of Johnston's strength and the still remaining individual strength or the waning stars of the club, rhil idelphia shows improvement and will be harder to beat this season than it was last especially during the early part of the year. The veteran Gard ner, Burns, Walker and Cady,' ac quired in trades, give ' the team : seasoned defense' that contrasts strongly with the flightiness of the team that started last season , Mack, in Cellar. f The JMackmen do not figure to win many more games than they won last year because the pitching still remains weak but it will be a team that will make things hard for all comers and will stop the practice o other teams using their weak pitch ers against the Athletics and saving the stars to bear stronger clubs. The manager who attempts to save pitch ers in Philadelphia this season is liable to boost the Athletics out of last place. " The changes In team strength since L figured the position strengths a few 'peeks ago have not been great. Ihi C.ga has gained a few points in the ft tfteld. due to Rowland's decision to tj:e Murphy steadily in rightfield. Mew York has gained hitting strength in the outfield, Detroit has shown slight slump in pitching, St. Louis cain on the infield, although only few' points, while Washington shows i loss in both outfield and pitching rength, this loss, however, not being cry important. vTbe Nationar league , gives New Vork a gain in pitching and would iow 1 loss in the outfield but for the - act that I figure tn Robertson's loss . d the possible (or probable) loss Kauff before sending in the figures, ..-iucago Cubs have made a train in th mi field which may increase. Boston .iowi'i rather heavy infield loss and Philadelphia an outfield loss and a pitching gain. i ' Three National uroups. The National league may be grouped in three bunches, with New York and Cincinnati in the first, Brooklyn and Pittsburgh in the last and the others closely matched, with St. Louis leading. There still remains the element of uncertainty because of the draft The gains and losses thus far shown (since we started this doping) are due chiefly to retirement of players for various reasons salary cutting being the most important. True, most of the dissatisfied ones have come in to the fold, but we must count only those who remain out of the folcLbut must deduct from the value of tnose who come in because they will not be satisfied entirely. The chances are that those who will be drafted into the army will be with the teams a great part of the season with a few exceptions. Ihe weak spots of teams as re vealed by the dope are numerous: he White Sox being the most per fectly formed, their only weakness being pitching, and that will not ex ist unless Faber is called; Boston will be weak in the outfield and in catch ing; Cleveland at third base; the Yankees in catching and one outfield position; St. Louis in the outfield and probably in pitching, although Jones has material enough to remedy that: Washington is weak in four positions, and Philadelphia is below par in two outfield and two infield positions ahd lacks punch. 1 - CUb Infield Weak. In the National the Giants are strong everywhere, catching being its worst outfitted department. The out- held will not be quite as good. Cin cinnati is consistently strong every where, if the pitching staff is not cut by the war. M. Louis is evenly bal anced in-every department Chicago Cubs show great strength- in pitching and catching, average strength in the outfield and much uncertainty on the nfield, which is the weak department. The great weakness of; the Cubs is lack of hitting power and Mitchell has devoted his entire spring training to striving to gain punch. He is a great catcher and will add to the at tacking strength of his team, but not much, because his men haven't it in them. St Louis has tremendous lat ent possibilities. The team was hurt by the slashing of salaries and the effect will remain fora long time. Boston presents a problem. Stall- ings has ousted the disturbing factors that ruined last year's team and has constructed quite a ball club. It has Rudolph and Nehf, a strong pair, and. f additional pitching strength devel ops to support them (in addition to Hughes) the team may prove more formidable by June 15 than it now seems. The Phils have been torn to pieces and then wrecked while being reconstructed. ' Moran has little ma terial and a bunch of holdouts and dissatisfied players. He is a great manager, with a hard problem to solve. Pittsburgh is coining; the team is not in shape to win many games, but it is getting stronger and is much healthier than it wab last year, although still rating eighth. in me next article we win appiy these figures the known offensive and defensive strengths of teams to the scheduW and figure out bow each team should finish the season. (Copyright, lilt, by tht Bell 8milrat, inc.) OWEN SHANNON, OMAHA DIAMOND ATHLETE, DIES Owen (("Ownie") Shannon, well ktiown Western leaghe base ball player, died Wednesday night in the Wise Memorial hospital, following a severe attack of pneumonia, lasting just two days. He was 34 years old. Miannon was born and educated here and was a great lover of ama teur sports, from which he worked himself into professional base ball leagues. . He was catcher on Pa Rourke s team and later was iought by the Sioux City nine, Kansas City ana Minneapolis claimed U wen as speedy player for several years. His last association with base ball was with the well known Northern league team, the Great Falls (Mont.) nine, of which he was manager for several years. Shannon made scores of friends here during his base ball career. He is survived by two brothers, Luke Shannon of Milwaukee and Thomas Shannon of Omaha, two sisters, Mrs r. H. Cosgrove of Burlingame, Cal, and Mrs. Patrick Burke of Omaha. Funeral services for friends will be held at the residence of -Mrs. Patrick Burke, 2527 Sherman avenue, Monday morning at o:JU o clock. Rev. P. A. Flanagan will conduct services over the body at the Holy Angels' church, Twenty-eighth and Fowler avenue at 9 o clock. Local base ball players will act as pallbearers. . ; "Hack'! Spencer Accepts Place on Detroit Team Detroit, Mich., April 11. Catcher "Hack'' Spencer ot the Detroit Amer ican league base ball club today tele graphed President Navin that he ac cepted terms 'and will report within a week. Spencer's message came from Oakland. La. Spencer was the only holdout on the CENTRAL HIGH LINES FOR CLASS TRACK CONTEST Dates for School Athletics Are Set Early in Order That Boys May Get Away to Work on ranns The Central High school annual inter-class track meet will be held next Wednesday afternoon. The seniors are doped as the probable winners because of such cinder dem ons as Maxwell, Paynter, Smith, Car son and Noble. The juniors have a strong point getter in Dave Noble, who won 'individual honors last year when other track stars were on the farms. An early date has been set for the track meet that all the boys may have an opportunity ' to compete before leaving for the farms. The dual meet with Lincoln, to be held in Lincoln because of the lack of local facilities, is scheduled for April 27, The state meet, also at Lincoln, will occur May 4. Central High school is regarded as Jiaving a good chance to win the state meet. The track meet in Lin coln will be the last opportunity that Maxwell, Turk Logan, Carson and Floyd Paynter will have to represent Centeral High in an athletic con test t The inter-class meet promises some classy work. Some 30 sprinters are turning out regularly to qualify for the, meet Each class has several good athlete, who will made some keen competitions. The girls' ennis tourney starts this week. The drawings have been posted by Miss Duke. ' The winners of pre vious tourneys have been graduated, leaving several net sharks among the girls who will fight for the spring honors. An unusually large number of girls have entered. The inter-class meet will include 40, 110, 220 and 440 yard and one mile runs. Shot putting, discus throwing, pole vaulting, and hurdles will be scheduled. Wieldin 41mTT ' naitimer By FRED S. HUNTER. fp HE governor of Nevada is a coy cuss, wnen some kindly soui suggested to him that Messrs. Willard and Fulton might be willing to en tertain the citizenry of his state with their heavyweight quarrels does the gov. merely roar no and let it go at that? Not he. In order to assuage any disappointment, the gov. naively consents to have the gentlemen do their fighting against the boche over in r ranee, fhe governors kindness no doubt ' will be received with over whelming enthusiasm and unburdened delight by the parties involved. s Bertie Kidding. DERT, Niehoff says he dosn't want . to report for duty this year until une. Is. Bert trying to convey an impression tnat ne is a gay. young collegian and wants to finish out the school year in order to get a diploma. Away Bert, if that be so. Bert would not have been eligible for the draft if registration day had been m tne nineteenth century. v What's in a Team. m HE city authorities of Macon have i promised to enlarge the Macon park and build a new club house in order to hold tne spring training patronaste of the New York Yankees This may be 0. K. for the Yanks, but what would the Macon dads nave done if the Athletics trained there? Marvelous Noises. ' 4 Coast league writer marvels at the creaking of the joints as the Vernon team trots onto the held each day. But watt till he hears Cy Forsythe trying to think. Four Buildings at Percival Destroyed by Fire Saturday Shenandoah, la., Apiil 11. (Spe ciat.) The business hodses of the lit tle town of Percival in Fremont coun ty, were destroyed by fire Saturday night The lumber yard, implement house, dry goods store and postoffice which were all owned and operated by M. Ettleman, formerly of Sidney, were burned to the ground. The west half of Page county went "over the top" by subscribing $65,000. on the first day of the Liberty loan drive . The subscriptions in Shenandoah were taken at. the war office. The time has been extended until Thurs day night. Those who do not sub scribe will be called on. club. It recently was reported that he was negotiating for the manage ment of a chih n the Facific Coast leau $30,000,000 IS ' INCOME TAX PAID BY WEALTHY MEN Chicago, April 11. Some men1 are paying as high as $30,000,000 income ax in the United States, according to Charles A. Eaton, head of the na tional service section of the United States shipping board and Emergency Fleet corporation. Ihe statement was made m the course of an address today of, the shipping section of the annual meet ing of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. The stenographic reports of his remarks quotes him on the subject as follows: I here are men in this nation to day paying $5,000,000, $10,000,000, and some as high as $30,000,000 m income taxes to the government, and I have yet to hear from these men the first objection, the first squeal." - - KAPINSKI BOUND .'- OVER FOR ALLEGED DISLOYAL TALK George Kaninski. machinist. 2406 St. Mary's avenue, unsuccessful can-ij didate in city primary, was bound over to the federal grand jury, after a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner Neely, I hurs day noon. Kapinski is charged with violating the espionage act. His bonds were set at $5,000. Koselle Davis. Omaha newspaper man, testified that he heard Kapinski make disloyal statements at a social ist meeting in a hall at Twenty-first and Cuming streets, April 3. Kapinski denied making most of the alleged statements, explaining that some of them were made "in fun," and that he didn't understand what others meant, although he had made them.. He' also denied an al leged confession of statements made before Chief Eberstein of the Depart ment of Justice. y . After the hearing a erouo of social ists and Industrial Workers of the World surrounded Davis and threat ened violence. United States deputy marshals dispersed the crowd. Lane Urges Legislation For Promotion of Mining Washington. April 11. Legislation to encourage mining in the United States' of minerals necessary in the manufacture of war materials, but now largely imported from" South America and Europe, was recom mended to congress today by Secre tary Lane. He sent to Senator Hen derson (of Nevada, chairnian of the mines committee a draft of a bill car rying an appropriation of $50,000,000 from which financial assistance would be given to prospectors in developing the mining of these minerals. Minerals the quantity production of which, the administration hopes to see duplicated are manganese, pyrite, an timony, planinum, mercury, tungsten, sulphur, tin and graphite, All are found in this country and especially in the western states. Deveipment of scuh mines would release thousands of tons of shipping now used in importing the minerals, it was said, and also would tend to keep down the rapidly increasing prices of the commodities , House to Vqte Upon . Wheat Price Increase Washington, April 11. The last step toward a vote in the house on the senate amendment to the agricul tural bill proposing an increase from $2 to $2.50 per bushel in the govern ment minimum guaranteed price for wheat was taken today. Senate and house conferees ended their work, decidng to report a dis agreement on the wheat clause and also on the senate amendment provid ing su.uuo, respectively for dehydra tion, ' of agricultural products and prizes to stimulate production. The house conferees refused to accept the amendments. Chairman Ltver of the house man agers plans o arrange for an early vote in tne house on the three dis puted provisons. The house had not yet considered the wheat price in crease provision. Dean Tancdck Leaves for' . Camp Dodge Next Monday Next Monday Dean Tancock of Trinity cathedral will leave for Camp Dodge, where as its chaplain he will join the hospital unit He will rank as first lieutenant and expects to see overseas service long before the eid oi me summer. Montague, son of Dean and Mrs, Tancock. left Wednesday night for an Atlantic port to sail for France, where he will join his command, the Royal Flying corps. He has been "home from Canada on furlough and as soon as he reaches the other side he ex pects to go to the battle front to do aeroplane flying. Retired Admiral Dies. Philadelphia, April 11. Rear Ad iniral Samuel Pancoast. U. a. a., re tired," died in a hospital here yester day. He was born in 1849. Everybody reads Bee Want Ads. Slackerh Entrenched On Island, Defy Law Ottawa, April 11. Two deserters from the Canadian army, with sev eral draft evaders and eight enemy aliens, said to be Germans, have taken refuge pn an island in the Ottawa 'river, opposite the Peta wana military camp, and are defying - the authorities. The party, which is said to be headed by James and Cahill Coughy, deserters from military district No. 3, have raised the red flag. They are said to be well armed and pro visioned. , The authorities have not been able to apprehend the party, as the ice on the river is unsafe for travel. No Plans Yet on Expected Rail Retrenchment Order Assistant General Freight Agent DeGroote of the Great Western rail road is back from Chicago, where he went to secure, if possible, some in formation about the railroad compa nies' future plans and the disposition that is expected to be made of em ployes when the order of further re trenchment is received. Mr. DeGroote returned without having accomplished his purpose. He asserts that Omaha railroad meh know just as much about the future H)lans as do the head officials in Chi cago. I here, he says, the officials are awaiting instructions from Direc tor General McAdoojmd that noth ing will be done in the way of changes until the official notice is received. Hoover Would Oust All Private Wire Concerns Washington, April 11. Recommen dations for the closing up of what are known as private wire houses were made today by Food Administrator Hoover, replying to notification by grain exchanges of self-imposed re strictions effective today for June and July trading. . ' I . It seems to me, Mr. Hoover said, "that in addition to the restrictions imposed pn large trading on specula tion that the exchanges should set their facesrigidly against the stimu lation of minor, speculation through the operation of private wire houses. The majority-rOf the exchange mem bers have long recognized that this type of business, in the public mind, is akin to bucketshpp speculation. Bonds' Are Transf erable, Same as Any other Property A story has been circulated that the third Liberty bonds are not transfer able and that a purchaser cannot get his money out tor 10 years. E. F, Folda, secretary of the Ne braska Liberty loan committee, au thorises this statement: "Third Lib erty loan bonds are transferable, the same as any other property; and may be sold if necessity demands. The bonds are not convertible into any other bonds, as the first two loans were, and this is probably responsible for the stbry." A. H. Abbott Transferred To Omaha as Auditor A. H. Abbott, city passenger agent at the office of the Northwestern in San Francisco, which has been closed, will come to this city to work out of the Omaha headquarters as traveling auditor, MIVSEMEXTS. nno uvu v The 1 J H I ir 3 MW&!&&3SB.l 'Mi1 TffE na tou u ibwu - - - B Ing for. You wiU learn why YOU should keep watch for enemy aliens within our gates. It's th most ama ing expose of the world's history. . AUDITORIUM , MONDAY, APRIL 15TH-? P. M. and Remainder of Week. Yoa will See Why Yoa me not an American Unless You Own Liberty Bonds. FOUR MEXICANS KILLED BY FIRE OF U. S. TROOPS Sierra Blanca, Tex., April 11. Four Mexicans were killed and at least five wounded yesterday at Santo Nino ford, near here, when Ameri can troops returned the fire which came from the Mexican side of .ihe ford, where a large body of Mexican federal troops was encamped. Three Americans employed with the San Juan mine opposite here are being held as hostages by the Mexi can troops. They are: v Charles Ambroseos, superintendent; Howard Welch, v engineer, and Roy Peak, master mechanic of the mine, which is owned by an American com pany( which ships ore from here. Active Worker in Omaha Degree of Honor Lodge Dies Mrs. Alma Wilson, 48 years old, wife of Ort W. Wilson, 4856 Erskine street, died Tuesday night of pneumonia. She was a resident of Nebraska for 31 years and was a member of .the Degree of Honor, No. 27, of the Ancient Order of United Workmen for 23 years. She was also a member of the Royal Neighbors, Ivy camp No. 2. She is survived by her hus band and thrde children. Rev. Mr. Baltzly will officiate at the funeral. The grand lodge of the Degree of Honor will conduct the services at the grave. Interment will be in Forest Lawn cemetery. Alleges Wife "Twitted" Him; Sues for Divorce Martin W. Mohney, suing Sarah E. Mohney far divorce, alleges she con stantly nagged and everlastingly "twitted" him and that she compelled him to move from place, to place, thereby causing him to lose the va rious positions he held. Grand Jury Indicts David Gilensky on Auto Theft Charge An indictment was returned Thurs day afternoon by the grand jury against David Gilensky, charged with AMUSEMENTSr VaudcviHo and Photoplay CARRULLA DUO Comedy Singing, Panelng NIP AND TUCK Bit of Acrobatic Nonaanaa NOODLES FAGAN at CO., Nutty Nuta 3 ALEXIS Equilibrist FOX COMEDY Edith Storey in "Revenge" Do Two Wrongs liiULGslAL&yi Of Womanhood Humanity . Youth Civiliiation Freedom All choked by th th rot ting dutch of tbi mad demon thia world re nowned murderer thi lutt-maddened wolf-hound of Potadam this arch fiend of humanity thi cruel boast who sneer at i;f. wka d a d i s if. everyone and everything 11 that i not Oerman. 3e l what this vile bend aoea ,1 in photo oramaoa play. Beast of Berlin AmaMr't Mft t-lia Wat!! AM follt ': iTtH.la.n.iW the theft on January 25 of an automo bile belonging to Conrad Young. Army Enlistments Continue To Show Increase in Omaha Two hundred and twenty-five men enlisted in the army at the Omaha re cruiting station during the first week of April. This is 34 more than en listed during the first week in March. Last Saturday, Liberty day, 44 young men volunteered for immediate service. PHOTOPLAYS. MUSE JUNE CAPRICE "The Camouflage Kiss" "THE EAGLE'S EYE" Plot to Blow Up the Ansonia Hotel Today and Saturday Mary Miles Minter 1 I in -H "A BIT OF JADE" GeorAe a SS? a" 9NlL InimtS. APOEIROCAN Today and Saturday LITTLE ZOE RAE in "THE MAGIC EYE" LOTH R OP 2zi Today and Saturday WILLIAM S. HART in "THE BARGAIN" HAMILTON J and Hamilton Today and Saturday Winston Churchill's Story, "THE CRISIS" SlTBURBfifl 24th and Ames Colfax 2841 Today DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS in "THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS" AMTSEMUXTS. Tonight Saturday The Celebrated Yiddish Actress Mme. Fannie Reinhart Friday "Worth of a Mother Saturday "Sinners" Prices 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c, $1.00 C. KI L. li Anri I 14 SEATS NOW StLLING The World' Grutsit Attrsctlos on Tour William Elliott. F. Ray Comitock sad Morrli Qtt Prownt THE STAGED BY OAVID BELASC0 WANDERER TM Blieatt Dramatic Spectacle tm Earth MM M Star Cut Er Oi.l-rt Is Hlitory of Amorlcaa St 2W Is Company 90 Is Ballet One Hundred and Tnty Real ghees Ni.ne jYeoT s.r Z so.'?. ii. PmuIo. Hi U. in- i HUTH BUDD: Whit. MARTIN BECK a ti.P"" Lucille Cavanagh field-Inland a Ce. ; Barry v layton: Af." sold a Tailor: Selms Braati. ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY 'OMAHA'S UI CENTER" EUUy Mate.. 15 -25 -50c Ev'nis, 25-50-TSct LAST TIMES TODAY 2:15 6: JO S!i. STAR GARTER SHOW B Tomorrow (Saturday) Mstlnee sad Week sam howe H;r & his znm LADIES' DIME MATIkEt WEEK DAY n L3 ill mm