L. i : 1 Tlitj OMAHA SUNDAY MAKU11 SI. liMI. Y v I i ! 5 i i S i ! I0WLISC StORES ARE LOW Ttaton of Annual American Tosmanient Joit Ended at Et Lonia. PINS ARE SAID TO BE CHIEF CAUSE Clnrlaaatt,' Which Cirti Krit Trnr' Mertlna, Kieted 1o fhaw More lloapltalltr to Vlntlla Donlrri, ST. M5CI8, Mo., March . (Special.) The seventh annual tournament of the American Howling congress, which will al ways be remembered for the unprecedented warm weather which .existed all through, . la now a matter of history, having come to . an end In this city last Wednesday when the final games were rolled In the minor events. Three cities are represented In the list of new champions. Marshall Levey of Indianapolis and R- F. Marak of St. Paul tied for the Individual championship with tii pins, the Furniture Cltys of Grand Rapids won the team championship with a tctal of 1775, while TX O. Rdchter and E. ' H Blgley of Louisville are the new tltle- holders In the doubles with 1.1M. Official figures In all events were not obtainable. , but It Is supposed Harry Kills of Grand Rsplds Is the winner of first prise for high averages for the nine games. A feature of the tournament that stood cut prominently above every other was the low scores. Never before In the history of the American Bowling congress have the general scores been so small, the winning counts In both the minor events being the lowest on record while the Furniture Cltys' count of 1,775 has been beaten In every tournament with the exception of the first vent in Chicago In 1901 and the fourth In . Cleveland In 1904 when It was so cold the bowlers had to carry oil stoves In on the alleys to warm their hands on while rolling In the five-men event. Secretary D. J. Sweeney has been the redeeming feature of the tournament. This untlrabla Irishman, who seemingly was able to go along without any sleep, lived up to his promise of getting tne bowlers off In two days' time although the schedule was always somewhat late. This was caused by the schedule not allowing enough time for the minor events, the facilities for get ting the bowlers off and on the alleys being entirely Inadequate. It la certain that In future tournaments mora time will be allowed each squad in these events even If It Is necessary to start earlier In the forenoon. Pla the Cause of Uw Scores. Many opinion have been expressed con cerning the reasons for the low scores, but most of the competent critics think the pins had more to do with it than the sectional alleys or the temperature Itself. In all former tournaments air-dried pins have been used, while those In use at this tourn ament were kiln-dried and put on the mar ket a few months after being made. The warm weather also affected them, and they were certainly hard to knock down. Time and again a pin or two would stick on per foct hits, while lucky strikes or getaways were fow and far between. The secttonal alley also came In for their share of criti cism, and It seems likely that future tourn aments will use continuous alleys and thor oughly alr-drled pins. Left-handed bowlers seemed to have a hade the' beat of it so far as the alleys were concerned. The drives ran over so fast that right-handers had a hard time keeping on the right side of the headpln with any degree of accuracy, while balls delivered from th opposite side of the al ley seemed to fall Into the crotch naturally. The fact that tha alleys were fast was .- never more thoroughly demonstrated than when "Pop" Brill, one of the steadiest bowler In the country, made only one atiike on the right aide of the pin In his five-men series with the Mlneralltes. A feature wa the large number of compara tively mediocre bowlers who landed high up In the piire lists. Especially was this fact In the five-men event, where most of the creek teams failed to do anything of note. Poor Accommodations Provided. Facilities for taking care of the bowlers In the tournament building were extremely limited on account of the lack of space, and what few comforts were obtainable had to be paid for, such as towels, admission to the grandstand, drinking water, etc. Even with this add'ttonal revenue the tourna ment association will lose a lot of money, the expenses being unusually heavy. It Is expected thers will be a deficit of about . f!0,000. The attendance wa poor, largely through the Indifference of the St. Louis papers and the' Incompetent way In which th scores were handled. Hotel acarmmo datlons. although eomlrvgTather high, were 'good, the bad feature being the distance of the principal hostelrles from the alleys, a ride of a quarter of an hour befog- neces sary to reach them. - The selection of Cincinnati as the site for the next tournament has met with gen eral satisfaction among the bowlers In at tendance at the tournament. When Garry Herrmann undertook to lead the Queon City delegation In its fight for the affair, he went at the matter In a business-like way and when he left Cincinnati for St. Louis had enough signed pledges In his pockets from representative business In terests to cover the expense of running the tournament. In addition he stated openly that he expected to spend soma money for the Accommodation of the vlsll ' Ing bowlers, and no one who witnessed bis strenuous campaign here for almost a week has any doubt of his Intention to make good. . Bumper Event Next Year. Many predictions have been mad that next year's tournament will eclipse any previous event, estimates on the number f five-men teams running as high as X. These are based on the supposition of the Suspension of the National Bowling asso ciation event because of the failure of Its 'a m s- pts - 5 present tournament In the point of site. It being argued that th east will be more strongly represented at Cincinnati than In any previous national event. Then the date of the tournament, the middle of Feb ruary, makes It ponMble for the ball play ers who have been kept out of the Isst two attnlrs. to be present, and Herrman's name Is expected to swell the entry lists greatly In this respect. , Special matches on the alleys after the regular tournament was over and on out lying drives during the progress of the sf- falr, were not as numerous as In psst years. This is accounted for by the absence of the eastern delegation, few of the men from other cities being willing to take a chance against the crack Chicago ' men. Quiet little Glen Fisher of the CLearys proved the most steady winner In these events, although Dave Woodbury rolled probably the best ten pins. Jimmy Blouln, Fred Mahoney and a few other of the Chicago boys also went well, while the veteran Max Drossman of Detroit proved as effective as ever. His three matches with Woodbury In the early hours of the morning after the tournament wa over were among the grandest ever rolled under the circumstances, and Woodbury wa re turned the winner only after showing the best ten pins he had In stock and that Is probably the best In the country. Some of the Cleveland men also rolled well, al though their star, Louis Fran, did not take any part In any. Lee Graff of Indian apolis was also the same steady winner as of old. Bl'R.SS AND PARR O CHICAGO MAT Farmer Wrestles Gotch aad English man French Champion. v "Well, Burns has It on me; that' all I have to say." With this remark Jimmy Parr, England's champion wrestler, dismissed the subject of his Second defeat by Farmer Burns. He and Farmer quit the mat Friday good friends, even If the Farmer's Jaw was feel ing the effects of Parr kick when Burns had th to hold on him. - Tarr Is a mighty good wrestler, one of thn best,'' said Burns. In the Burns-Gotch match at Chicago Monday night Parr will wrestle the French champion. Paul Pons, Ini the preliminaries. If Purr wins he gets 1X0; If he loses he gets nothing but his transportation. Win or lose Burns gets a guarantee of $MX). It Is more than likely he will lose, lie cannot be" rated above Gotch, wonder ful as ha is. He says himself, "Gotch 1 the best man in the world." Speaking of close calls: In that first fall between Burns and Parr Friday night Pete Loch had to run his hand under Burt. several times to determine whether both shoulders were touching the mat. The old man held out for several minutes Just that close before Parr was able to bear him down. Loch proved throughout this season to be a fair and square and able referee. And one remarkable feature of his work was that he was the promoter of these contests as well as the referee. Had Parr won the Friday nlrht match he and Beel would have been pitted against each other at the Auditorium soon, but as it went the siasdn probably will end with the Burns-Parr contest. Burns wresties Gotch In Chicago Monday night. Parr goes away from Omaha admitting he was beaten in a fair and square test cf wrest ling ability. He said before the match this time that he was In perfect shape and would stand or fall or his merit. He fell and yet he proved himself to be a mighty man on the mat, whose defeat can only be accomplished by a lew of the very best, such as Gotch, Burns and and who? That's the question, "who?" Perhaps the Itusslan Lion and some people think Beel might do It, but that's the question. Parr is a top-liner. Burns has enjoyed so long the reputation of being the best man in the world for his weight that It is too late in the day for anybody, no matter what the circumstances are, to wrest from him that distinction now. In his 47th year It Is to be expected he might be conquered, but yet it appears the only man able to conquer him Is the world's champion, Frank Gotch, thirty pound heavier than Burn and sev enteen year younger. . "That talk of fakes makes me sick," said a follower of th wrestling game after the match at the Auditorium Friday night. As the crowd was leaving the building one man was heard to remark that the bout looked a little shady because the Farmer had been able to throw Parr with such apparent ease on the two last falls. "The Idea of any fake is preposterous," as It was Burns won. Do you think for a moment Parr would have let him win if he could have helped himself? One has only to consider the gain to see that too much .was at stake for Parr to hav him lose to Bums If he could help himself. Had Parr won Friday night he would htive been matched for a go with Beel, which would have netted him 1700 or $800. A It Is. he simply gets his share of the receipts of the match wrestled, with no other matches in prospect until next fall. And besides, he has no claim on Gotch until he can throw Burns or Beel." Dt. Paul Hannibal Ellis, at the residence of Judge Dtiffle, won the winter tourna ment of the rlnratoga Whist club with the remarkable score of fifteen points ahead of his nearest competitor. His success In this regard is almost phenomenal, having won the recent trl-state championship series at Sioux City, and two years ago beating all competitors in the free-for-all at Put-In-Bay. O., open to all comers and partici pated In by the World's greatest players. The doctor bear his honors modestly and his success is due to careful study and remavkable Judgment. His Judgments are quick and untrrlng; he is a rapid player and makes his decision on the Instant as to what his play shall be and he rarely makes a mistake. The Saratoga Whist club, of which he Is president, owes the Inspiration for its success almost wholly to his enthusiasm. WEE BITS OF SPORTING GOSSIP Antrey Arrive and Then th Rain Clond Open. And Forecaster Welsh Is a base ball fan, too. "Autrey ha arrived," shouted th popu lace, and the next day it snowed. Which wa the day set for the first game. "Down there In Mexico what do you think they called me?" asked Autrey of a crowd of hi fellow players. "Why, they called me 'Omaha Breeze.' I'd be going down the street and some fellow would yell, 'Hello, there, Breexe." " "I want to say her at the outset that my name has no 'a' on the end of It," ob served Buck Franck Captain Franck. For the last seasons Omaha ha had corking good third basemen. If what many bellev proves to be true from Schlpke to Pnrring to Austin will be graduated scale upward. But think back befor the day of Sclilpke. Muggsy McGraw preaches peace during tha winter her, at the very outset of the new season. In simply a practice game, he starts his old bluff and bluster by calling . y - t v i -r . - j j r . his team off the field on a provocation as tight as a dlxpute over the balk rule, a rul that never has been rigidly and ols- erlmlnately enforced. Murii'y Is MiiKgsy and will be till ne dies, and men ne ii ie an angel. William Belden. Pa new outfielder and brother of Ike Belden, who has played for fever?.! yeses in the Wewtern league, ar rived In Omaha Saturday morning and said he was In shape to enter the game as soon as the umpire olled time. He comes from Cleveland and brings a good record along with him. AHSVAL TOIR FOR GI.1DDRK Ct'P Two Weeks' Compettlo Is Settled on by the A. A. A. NHJW TORK, March SO. A two weeks' competition for the Olldden cup, to be con ducted for the third time this year, as the annual tour of the American Automoniie association has been deeded upon. The tour will start In the west early In the summer, probably In June, at Cleveland. From that point the motorists will travel west, going through Detroit, Toledo and Lansing to Chicago, where a stop for two or three days ".111 be made. From Chi cago the mutt may run south, with stop at lndia.iapolls, Columbus, and either down to Pittsburg or back) to Cleveland and to Buffalo, running intp Pennsylvania from the latter point, going through Harrlshurg snd Philadelphia, and then ending at New York. The entire tour will be from 1.500 to 1,700 miles, occupying about two weeks, and. with the exception of over-Sunday stops, the dally runs will be from 100 to 125 miles. Two or three short-distance pleasure tour are In contemplation by the associa tion, ss It Is desired to make more of a feature this season. If possible, of the pleasurable side of automoblllng. It has been announced by the committee of the New Jersey Automobile club the fuel test conditions will not be embodied In the three-day endurance run to be held May t SI and June 1. It was found impossible to draw up equable rules for touring cars and runabouts of different horse power, so the competition -wtn be based upon a strict adherense to local speed regulations and a prompt arrival at the controls. A penalty of two points will be Inflicted for every minute that the car Is too early, and one point will be the penalty for each minute too late. The three days' trip will cover about 401) miles. The Quaker City Motor club of Philadel phia has perfected plans for Its Memorial day hill climb. A stretch of hill shout a mile long In Falrmount park has been se lected, and prises have been offered for eight classes. One event will be for Amer ican cars of all types, one a free-for-all, and another for the local club champion ship. The contest committee of the Long Island Automobile club Is arranging a series of tours and tests for the year. The two-day economy run to Southampton or some other point at the eastern end of the Island will probably be repeated. STARXAGLE BELONGS TO CAPITAL Former Lincoln Player Mnst Stay In Washington CINCINNATI, March 30 Player Starnagle, formerly of the Lincoln (Neb.) and Inter of the outlaw league, was today declared by the National Hose Ball commission to belona to the Washington American league team, wnen tne case was referred to tne National association the Washington claim had not beea presented and today decision followed application for a rehearing on new evidence. The application of Player Guy O. Wood ruff to be declared a free agent was denied by the commission. It appearing that his transfer from Baton Rouge to Cleveland and later release to Des Moines were en tirely regular, his failure to receive his contract within the usual time not being the fault of the Des Moines club, which tried unsuccessfully to locate him. Player Thomas' Hughes, formerly with the Washington American league team, Is to be reinstated on payment of JIM fine. He became ineligible by playing with the Logan Square club of Chicago while under suspension. HOLMES THOISASD TO THE GOOD Award of Starnagle to Washington Help Lincoln Mnarnnte. LINCOLN, Neb., March SO.-Manager Holmes of the Lincoln club said tonight that the award of Starangle to the Wash ington Americans meant a thousand dollars for him (Holmes). At the beginning of the season a year ago Holmes secured the ser vices of Starangle from Sioux City by pay ing that club S500. The player refused to come to Lincoln and Jumped to the out laws. Later Washington proffered Holmes $1,000 for Starangle, provided the latter would Join that club. Holme accepted the offer and today' action settles the transfer, i . DES MOINES BEATS THE MILLERS Western League Champion Take First Game from Minneapolis. DES MOINE3, la., March 90. (Special Telegram.) Des Moines Western League champions beat the Minneapolis Amer ican association team on the Des Moines league grounds today 6 to 1 For the first time In the week the wind wa from the north and the cold Interfered with the game which wa poorly played. Diamonds and Met. The Diamonds and Meti teams will open the season on the grounds of the former, Forty-fourth and .Howard streets, this aft ernoon. Wtnsluw and Sanders will be on the firing line for the Diamonds, while Brodbeok will do the stunts for the Met team. Game called at S p. m. The lineup: Diamonds. Position. Met. Greener Catch Dance Wlnslow Pitch Brodbeok Sanders Pitch "eenleaf Pitch Yousein First Baysdorftr Drummy Second Lynch Gurnett Third .....Hamilton Schnelderwind.... Third Kane Short Gibson Hughes Left Dygert Kb kendall Center Renchen Ratlcan Center liuwley..... Right Mc Grain Townsend and People Store. Th Townsend Gun company team will open the season today with the Peoples store team. A good game is expected, be cause both teams were among the top notcher last year and theyvbitend to make a better record this season. The game will be played at Fort Omaha immediately after the Hollys game with the soldiers' team. Following Is the lineup: Townsend. Position. Peoples Store. Baker Short . T. a her Goodrich Catch Frankfuit uarvey First O Connor Barto Second Ietr Weberg Third Cress Morearty ntch Sampson Shetak Right Morearty Oulsrley Center Reed Eastman Left Brown Ensllah Oarsman After Championship LONDON, March 30. Ernest Barry of Brentford, who stands as the most promis ing sculler in England, is out with a chal lenge to Gorge Towns of Australia for the world's and English sculling championship, which latter carries with It the Sortsmaii Challenge cup. valued at $1,000. The stakes are to be lUnO to t-,500 a side. Barry Is to years of age. stands six feet and has won both Doggett' and the London Coat and Badge. He has developed a most polished style, and, being favored by speed, is thought by numerous good Judges to pos sess a very fine chance of bringing the n 7T fwn ! " V ) honor bark to .England. At present the Sportsman Challenge cup is held by Towns, who, by defeating W. A. Barry (a brother of the present chailengert. In 1S, and James Wray (who cosched th Harvard crew last year), in lf. has won It twice. By the conditions, the race ha to be rowed on the Thames, the course being from the Star and Gsrter st Putney to a narstarT above the Ship at Mortlske, a distance of four miles and a quarter. Towns, who within the last eight months has defeated both Stsnbury and Injrnan for the world's championship. Is In Aus tralia, and, according to the conditions, ha Ix week In which to reply. ST. I.OII AMERICANS WIS Drown Win First Gam In Contest for Mound City Championship. ST. LOUIS, Mo.. March V The local American league team won th first baao ball game r.f the season today by defeating the National leaguer to 1 In the first of a series of seven same for the championship of St. Louis. The attendance was estimated at ls.nno. Score: Americans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I I Nationals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 t I 1 Batter: Howell and Buelow; McUlypn and Marshall. Cr YOl'fiQ WILL MA5AGE BOSTOS Veteran Pitcher Temporarily flared In Charare of Team. WEST BADEN. Ind., March SO. Th Boa ton American leaarue team, under the tem porary management of the veteran pitcher, Cy Young, left today for Cincinnati, where they are to play an exhibition game tomor row. President Taylor wired Toung from Omaha, ordering hlra to take charge of the team. WITH THE BOWLERS. The last week closes the schedule of the Commercial league on the Metropolitan al leys, with the exception of a few post poned games to be played. The Foists (Ts are now the champions ot 19iK7, Life-Malts, last year's champs, win ning second honors. Bergor of the Fal stafTs carries off all high Individual honors, averaging 1H6 26-M for 6 games. Joe rides the National bicycle this summer, which was given by the Omaha Bicycle com pany for high Individual average. A leagus meeting is called by President Orotte for next Sunday, April 7, at ths Metropolitan alleys. It is hoped that all captains will be sure and aUend, as busi ness of Importance, is to be transacted. Election of officers for the ensuing year, applications for franchises for next year and division of prise money. Individual averages of the Commercial league: Ave. I , Ave. Berger WMdKelvey 14 Judy lS2Clark 14 Lavlgne MlPolcar 163 Dudley 181Colllns 162 Klanck 179' Nelson 12 p,eselln 179! Solomon 191 Hull 1771 Rush 11 Seaman 176Camp 11 Walem 174lWelmer 11 Kevt "3'McOee 11 Iehmann 173Boord 10 Stapenhort 172!Frlsble 160 Peterson 172 Havens 159 Drlnkwater 172 Patterson 15? Voss 1711 Baker l&S Jay 170iLlndrooth 158 L. Rice W9iTraynor 158 Carman lroiFagerberg 155 Sutton 1W' Hunter lw H. Prtmeau 169 Spetman 156 C. Prlmean 167IBaehr 153 Foley l7iParmale 153 Gllbreath 1 Stlne 153 Hlnrtchs l6'Grlfflth 152 Ronnie 161 Huff 151 O'Brien lfifilPaxton 151 Cauehlan 1 C. Rice 150 Orotte IffilMatthes 150 Mahoney lfiojWhite 147 Kaufman 165 Team standing of the Commercial league: Games. Won. Lost. P.C. Falstaffs 75 Life Malts 75 Omaha Bicycle Co.... 78 Colts 72 Gold Tops 78 Pat's Dally New 78 Black Kata 78 Armours 75 O'Brien's M. Crlstos 76 El Caudillos 72 OflhaAnU fnr nevt week: 80 15 .t0 51 24 .60 47 81 .J 41 31 .669 40 38 . 513 K4 44 .m 29 , 49 . 85 17 48 .860 25 50 .33 a 60 .806 Monday, no game; Tuesday, Gold Top against Colts; weanesaay, ci tuunn Thursday. Colt against Life Malts, Fri day, Black Rata against O'Briens. Standing of teams in the Omaha Bowling league at the end of the twenty-fourth W6ek: Game. Won. Lost. PC. fins. Stor Blues 86 46 20 .697 J3.W6 Krug Parks.. .73 47 25 .668 W.OTS Met? Bros 72 41 81 .6 66.S8 O. D. Ks 69 83 S6 . 478 63,753 Onlmod 66 29 87 .439 59,717 Hamilton 72 80 . .417 M.JhO Cudahy 69 26 43 .877 59,102 Dresher 72 46 .875 61.159 Detailed work of th team: P.C. Stks. Spr. Split. E. 6tor Blues 914 13H6 1387 286 161 O. D. Ks 898 1287 l 841 ' Krug Park 898 1420 1495 854 Onlmod 8R0 1233 1393 813 Mets Bro 879 13c6 1617 27$ 4 4 Hamilton M8 1297 143 323 407 Cudahy 8M 113 H28 854 639 Dreshers 8(9 1104 1626 826 644 Individual averages of th Omaha Bowl ing league: Ave. Ave. C. J. Francisco.. 203'Molyneaux 1H0 Anderson ......... l'JSiSheldon 180 Cchran 193 Liggett 179 Neale lOHFrush 179 Oterde 191iNoren 179 McCagua 1911 Zarp 178 G. O. Franclaco.. 191lMsg111 178 Johnson 1901 winisjn in Marble 1&9 Tracy 177 Huntington 1891 Jones 177 Porague 189 Chandler 177 Weber i.. 188 Chatelaln 176 Frltscher 187Greenleaf 176 Tonneman 187H. D. Reed 176 Denman M7 Taylor 174 French 185IA. C. Reed 17$ Hartley ISolJ. C. Read 17$ Pickering 186 Remien 170 Zimmerman 1801 Goff M8 Blakeney IMiHeaton 11 Forscutt 1841 Griffiths 166 Rempke lMjGordy 164 Bengele 1U Gardiner 161 Nlcoll lh3!Catherwood 1) Encell 153 White 154 Brunk 18"i j Scoot Wagons on th nil. "The number of automobiles in Egypt has greatly increased this winter," writes Consul General L M. ladings rrotn tairo. "Machines registered In Cairo now num ber 264; last season, seventy-five; In Alex andria, 127, as compared with 130 last sea son. Most of the cars owned by residents are French, but the tourists have brought in all kinds. Th opinion of everybody Is In favor of cheap cars, which have a closed top and ares of small horsepower. There ar no hill to climb." Factory Force tsi Rush Season. The rush of the shipping season In au tomobile factories now is In full swing. Thousands of men are working day and night, making a superhuman effort to meet the great aemana ior motor cars, aiany of the factories find themselve overrun with orders for Immediate shipment and for lack of ability to meet th demands placed upon them are losing order. Others, being more fortunate, ar able to cope with conditions. v Simmer Easy for Bora. HASTINGS. Neb., March 90. (Special Telegram. )-M. A. Simmer was tonight de feated In a wrestling match by Farmer Burns, who won two straight falls, the first In twenty minute, with a barlock hold, and th second in fourteen minutes, with crotch and neck hold. Burns weighed 175 and Simmer 250, but the strong man was completely at Burn' mercy through out the contest. Rooney to Meet Jensen. ATLANTIC, la. March SO (Special.) Peter Jensen of this place has been matched to wrestle Peter Rooney of Omaha at the opera house here on April 4. Jensen has been trained by Farmer Burns and ha gained more than a local reputation on the mat Rooney I to throw Jensen three times within an hour, and Jensen' friends ar betting hoavlly on th result. Ramblers aad Mld-CKy Team. A gam of base ball will be played Bun day afternoon at Thirteenth and I streets. South Omaha between the Ramblers and the Mid-city teama The Mld-clty team ha played two game this season and a good contest Is expected. McM asters and MlUett will be th battery for th Mid-city team and James Cavanaugh or Benson will do th twirling for th Rambler. I Colt of Royal Parentage. CLEVELAND, March la Lou Dillon, th world's champion trotter, foaled a pretty bay filly early today at C. K BllllngM' private stable at th Glenvilie track. The foal's sire U the champion wagon trotting stallion, John A. McKerron, thus making hsr on of th most distinguished equine juvenile living, in point of apoed heritage. Boston at ClaelnnatL CINCINNATI. March SO. Th Boston American league team arrived her today and will play thro exhibit game with th Cincinnati Nalloual Wagu team. PMGRAJl FOR lilt ilAGlit! Statement tbat Oonfereco Will B a Failure Emphatically Denied. TWO PROPOSITIONS MAY BE EXCLUDED Limitation of Armament and th Drag;) Doetrln JHt with Oppo sition of Som Govern ments. LONDON, March 80. "Great Britain ha made a formal and official request upon Russia to Include In the program of th next Hague conference th question of the limitation of the expenditure on armament, and ha notified the power invited to at tend the conference of thi action. This wa done some day ago and up to tho present tha Foreign office ha not been ad vised ot any opposition to Great Britain' proposal. Neither haa Great Britain learned the natur of the negotiation In St Petersburg between the ambassador of Germany and? Austria and Emperor Nich olas, but It 1 believed these exchange hav had to do with th form In whloh the subject of disarmament should b Intro duced. Th report emanating from th continent that Great Britain and th United State would withdraw from the conference if their wishes to discus the termination of armament were not compiled with, and that Germany and Austria would follow a similar course If Russia ' Included this question in the program, are stigmatised by officials of the Foreign offlc as pur In ventions. "That any power would thus break up the conference, which doubtless will render much good to the cause of humanity, be cause all Its wishes do not meet with favor. Is Incredible," said a Foreign office official today. "Great Britain, supported by Amer ica, Japan and Italy, will continue to press its point with every confidence In a suc cessful outcome." Fallnre Not Probable. WASHINGTON, March SO.-Based on con cise and accurate report from It repre sentatives In the European capitals upon the progress of the negotiations relative tp the subject to be covered at the approach ing second Hague conference, Stat depart ment officials have reached tha conclueton that there Is no reason to apprehend a failure of th great International gather ing. A program already ha been arranged with the assent of every power of Import ance, that deal with topic of the greatest value to mankind. Most of the subject ana legacies from the first conference, mat ter which from lack of time or because) the delegate at that conference were not empowered to treat, were by resolution left to be dealt with by a second conference. Other were the outcome of the sanguinary war that hav occurred since the first con ference. These subjects, proposed by Rus sia last June, were accepted a a definite program for consideration by all of the na tion addressed. If nothing more were accomplished at the second conference than action upon these proposition the gathering surely would result In great benefit, and It Is entirely within the power of the confer ence to limit It scope to such a pro gram. But to allow for the development of new condition, a paragraph In the call for the second conference provided that new topics, might be considered if a majority of the delegate present at the second conference by vote express a will ingness to do o. Topic May Be Eliminated. Great Britain wishes to avail of this condition to discuss a limitation of na tional armament, and the United States to urge the adoption as a rule of Inter national law of the Drago doctrine pro hibiting the use) of force by any nation to collect International debt. Both are controversial subject, and to reduce possible friction the Russian government has been sounding other governments to develop their attitude, with result that ar not wholly encouraging a to the re ception that will be accorded these prop ositions. Great Britain's present naval predominance and the fact that European nation are generally creditor hav proved to be grave obstacles. But th opinion among official her I that, re gardless of th fate of the conditional subjects, the conference will assemble and discuss with beneficent result th subject already accepted as it program. STOLEN DIAMOND RECOVERED French Woman Seenres Jewel and Thief la Taken la Sonth America. PARIS, March SO. (Special.) While In the offlc of a diamond syndicate In Parla Mme. Wormus-French, a Jewel dealer of th Rue Lafayette, happened to gee a very fine diamond, which a traveler wa offer ing for sale. She at once recognized the tone as being one which had been stolen from her five day' previously by a young employe named" Roger Weill, who bad quickly disappeared. The traveler explained that hi firm had received the stone that very morning from Madrid. A detective was promptly dis patched to Madrid and discovering that a man answering to Weill' description had old the diamond In that city, by contln Ing hi Inquiries found out that th man had proceeded to Lisbon. Th detective proceeded to Lisbon, where he learned that the fugitive had taken a passage on the Amason for Valparaiso, only a few days before. He ascertained that the Amason would call at Rio de Janeiro and he immediately telegraphed this fact to the Pari police. A warning wa cabled to th Braslllan authorities, a a result ot which Weill wa arrested on his arrival at Rio. ELEPHANT ON RAILWAY TRACK Engineer Walt Tntll Wild Tnskcr Get Ready to Lists th Rail. CALCUTTA, March S0.-(8peclal.)-8t-phenson gave" a ready and a contemptuous reply to the famous poser about the cow on th railway, but In Madras th modem engineer finds the local variant of th problem sufficiently embarrassing. A correspondent Inform the Madras Mall that a a train was approaching Edaman on th Ttnnevelly-QutUon railway a hug wild elephant wa seen disporting Itself on th tin, and no amount ot whistling could car It off th track. Eventually It moved off, and the train was taken through, but not befor th driver. had had om anxious moments wondering what th big tusker waa going to do. Moreeca Sltnatloa Dtscnasad. PARIS, March 80. Foreign Minister Plnchon and Premier Clemanceau conferred at length today on th aubjaot of Morocco. Th premier haa definitely postponed hi visit to Spain owing to th pressure or ministerial affairs as officially announced. It 1 suggested Inseveral quarters, how. vr, that th visit waa postponed becaus too gTat significance waa likely to b at tached to it if mad at th mum tira a th meeting of King Edward and King Alfonso at Cartagena, mm to I l VELOW an other it J I rtrt ffiT h legoee ilhutrating and a pirTT-irs. oui patterns ana 1 a" KICKS and wonderful iii , r wr T tl OH APrrtOVAL ct fnT, ry th Freight snd How 10 ry Free Trial snd k other liberal terms which no other house in the world will do. Yon will learn everything and get much valu able information by simply writing as postal. We need a rTata Jtumnt In everr town and ran nffer an nnrmrftitH WBM V to nak money to suitabi vsnj.n pur RTiinp.pnnnR TirtPv. o V V " f, Prloo In q f To Intrathicn Wo Will Sail You m Smnolo MILS.1ACKS JOS SLA IS Pali for Only WW1 I It I out THE alR (CASM WITH ONDCft 4.s) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of IS years experience in tire making. No danger from THORNS, CAC TVS. PINS. NAILS. TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. Tiro Hundred Thousand pairs new In actual eta. Ovtr Stventr-fW Thsusand pairs told latt ysar. DFtCMPTtBMl Msde In all sires, II is lively and easy riding very dnrablg ind lined Instd with special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous snd which closes up small puncture without allowing the air to escape. We have hundred of letters from satisfied customers stating that their tires have only been pumped np once or twice in whole season. They weigh no more thai n ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Rack" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt or soft roads is overcome by the patent "ttasket Wreve" tread which prevent sll air from being squeezed out between the tire snd the road thus overcoming all suction. The regular price of thea tires is 8 so per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider ef only $4 0 per pair. All orders shipped same dsy letter is received. WeshioCO.D. a approval. Von do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly ss represented We will sllowsenshdlsoonnt of 5 per cent (thereby making the price 4.K5 per pair) If yon send FULL CAH1I WITH ORDKB and enclose this advertisement. We will else send one nickel plated bras hand pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal puncture closers to be used In case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tire to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is safe ss in a bank. Ask year Postmaster Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Kditor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of these tires, you wilt find thst they will ride easier, run Inster, wesr better, last longer snd look finer than any tire yon have ever used or seen st sn v price. We know thst you will be so well pleased that when you want s bicvele you will give ns your order. W want you to send US a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable tire oQer. inn M CT"jrr fTWl ITC bulU-op-wheels, saddle, pedals, part and repslrs, and WUiO I UllliiilSit.2im everything in the bicvele line are sold by us at haltht usual prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDKT cstalofrue. fin P'flT IV fTT but "ri" Ptal today. DO NOT THINK OF BCTINO a mJKM If M mwMII bicycle or a psir of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offer we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. Write it MOW. LEAD CYCLE COIWIY, Dept. C 256 CHICAGO. iLU , xt PURITY OP THE SYSTEM Is the Secret of COMPLETE HEALTH. The body of man is the most perfect and delicate mechanism in existence, and the least OBSTRUCTION or accumulation of filth in any part of it, will make ithobble.move IRREGULARLY and SPASMODICALLY, and if not attended to promptly may stop the machine altogether. Isn't that plain common sense to any person that has had . any experience with machinery of human invention, from the sewing machine to the triple-expansion engine? All the parts, joints, connections, gearings, must be kept absolutely pure and clean to get the best results. A careless, untidy engineer is a failure and will lose his job. Nature has been kind to us by handing: over to us to be oecuoied dur-' A ing our earthly existence, an almost automatic, elastic mechanism, that will r ' run itself if only properly cared for. ' 1 All that She asks, is that the body be supplied with "Pure Food " fuel T of the right kind, applied in the right way, that a lubricant be furnished " for the joints, muscles, nerves through the marvelous distributine and col- w -' lecting system of arteries and veins, and that all parts of the engine bo need f for the purposes intended without undue strain. ' "I But, when little mistakes are made in eating and drinking, with perhaps excessive exertion, there is a liability of a stoppage in the natural cleansing - . . 4 rjroceaa. and vnu ar. liahle tn heenme UNCI .RAN TMRiriP. i n - J That meana obstruction, stoppage of the normal functions, ferments- tion, poisoning of the blood by your own decaying sewage, and a liability "V v of the development of any of hundreds of serious diseases. Cascarets Candy Cathartic are fragrant, sweet, mild but effective little -tablets that were first compounded from pure, harmless, vegetable sub- i stances, under a Pure Drug of their own, in 1896. These tablets proved to be the greatest lubricators for the Bowels ever discovered, and at the same m. a t 1 1 i 1 . sr 1, . - w..uvfci v. ui3l.dc genua in They have now a sale of over a million They are a pure, reliable, means of keeping the system clean, prevent ing all diseases arising from accumulations in Constipation, and also reliev ing and aiding the cure of chronic conditions after they have developed from neglect. s- Begin today to watch your conditions, be careful of your food and gen. eral methods of living and learn to take precaution of "Keeping Clean In side" with Cascarets. Buy a little 10c. box from your own druggist TO DAY, be convinced and join our MILLIONS OF FRIENDS. Be sure to "Get What You Ask For" the Genuine, every tablet stamped "CCC" A QUAKER MAID RYE "Highball" A tall, thin glass, a lamp of ice, QUAKER MAID RYE Fizz the seltzer wun ginger 4hf THERE'S a drink mellow, refreshing, delicious; a splendid tonic and a keen appetizer. QT'AHFR MAID RYU I a tkroa-ilme winner. It eaptarod I ha HlKbsat Awarda St. Louts, ltfM; Parla, UMDl roruaBO, wo. uu)ui rigs so lis ciaiaai -THX WHISKIY WITH A DEPUTATION" For sal at all flnt-olass bars, cafes and drag stores S. HIRSCH CO. D. A. Sampson, General Omaha The Illinois Central Trains leave Union Station: 8:30 P. M., Daily. 8:00 A. M., Daily except Sunday. CHEAP SETTLER'S RATES To points in North Da kota, Minnesota and the Canadian Northwest, each Tuesday during March and April. CHEAP ROUND TRIP nOMESEEKER'S RATES 1st and 3rd Tuesdays to same points. Tickets and information at City Ticket Office, 1402 Far nam St., Omaha. . ' SAMUEL NORTH fctaZa 13 ILL IT WILL C3ST YCU write for out big FKKK JllClt LK cstslotni FntTWTni; ,ne TnnM complete line of Mrh frn.ie Bl( VtUsTlKKS and (H NOKIbj lllUtfci manufacturer or dealer in the r,rM rtriir n rt rr rr - im. describing every kind of high grade snd low-grade latest mnacia, ana lesrn oi our remarkable MW new offer mad possible by selling from factory young men who apply at one. N LY law W IllllaV Kotle the thick robber treed "A" and pnnotnr strip "it" and "l," also rim strip "IP to prereat rlns ratting. This tire wilt ontlss eny other make SOFT, &LASII0 ana IvASX KIDLSU. Doesn't It stand to reason. . .a that for perfect health, the 4 human system must be kept pure and clean, inside as well as outside? Then take Cascarets, the 1 world-famous Bowel Medicine 1 , . and svstem-cleaners. that will ! -'. help you KEEP CLEAN INSIDE. uiv wuuic alimentary t'vou canal. boxes a month. . or fill the glass ale or soda KANSAS CITY, MO. Sales Agent, Omaha. -1 SHORT LINE to Minneapolis District Passenger Agent ) V JS -Si -s 1 V: I