Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 12, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
THK HKK. OMAHA. THirKSDAV, .TANt'AIJV 12. Tennis Men Pull Together to Land the Clay Court Championship for Omaha OMAHA AFTER QAY COURT I Committee Selected to Ge to New York After th Erent. HAD ITS BEGINHISO TH OMAHA All et and ontbweet Player Are ralllna for This City Kleld Inn Well Adapted for tloldlna Kveal. Conrad Younc end llarrv .Koch Tr chosen a committal to attend the an nuel meeting of the National I.awn Tannin aseorintlon as representatives from Omaha and bid for the second national clay court ehamplonshtp. at a meeting; hald this weak The fight for the plane of th holding of ftir tournament promises to be fat and fi rlnus this year as there are three cltlea In active competition for the event and several others whh h would take It If It wan offered to them. Omaha, from the viewpoint of the western tennla playera and a good number of the eaatern members alao, ha the strongest claim for the honor. When the tournament was proposed It was more or less of a Ven tura and It was given to Omaha because that was the only city that made a real campaign for It. Omaha made a success ful tournament of national Importance out of this slim chance, and It Is now a plum worth th while. However. In the coming meeting, to be held the first week In February In New York, a record-breaking fight la expected. The Pittsburg Athletic club, with Its new ll.eoe.OOo-elub house and gTounds, is out for the tournament and Washington and At lanta are also strong candidates. Cincin nati and St. Louis, will make application, but It Is understood that they are neither of them prepared for a strong fight on the question. Working far Omaha). The Omaha Field club tennis committee, headed by 8. 8. Caldwell, has been work ing hard for votes of the representative of th meet In favor of this city. There are L'iO clubs In the National Tennla associa tion and many of these are eastern organi sations. However, the west and aouthwsat are in favor of Omaha and several clubs in the middle west have already declared In favor of Omaha. The Pes Moines man, who lead the tennla players of Iowa, passed a resolu tion lately. In favor of Omaha and word was reoeived from Brandon and Barton, the great tannla playera of South Dakota, John Hailey of Oklahoma, and various others of the tennla men of the west, that their men would boost for this city. Dr. P. B. Hawk, a member of the execu tive committee of th tennla association of the United States, wrote from Illinois that he would help Omaha In every way possible and that although a hard fight was on It looked aa If Omaha would get th a vent. If Omaha can capture th tournament tnr the year 1111 It will make th national clay court championship an annual event for this city. The tournament will undoubted) stay In the west on account of the strong feeling now on between western and eastern tennla playera, which this ruling- would help to soften. ... Latham Has Narrow Escape from Death Aeroplane Falls and is Smaahed, with Aviator Sitting Unharmed in Midst of Wreckage. RAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ll.-Hubert Latham, the young French blrdman, had a remarkable escape from death on fan Francisco aviation field yesterday. In hi second flight of the afternoon he encoun tered advrs wind conditions that forced him suddenly to the ground after h had attained a height of about thirty feet- Aiignting precipitately, he crasnea into a fence, completely wrecking his Antoinette monoplane. The boat-lik body of the eraft was broken Into three places, th breaks occurring just In front and behind th driver' aeat. Itham aat tight aad escaped without a scratch, while his maohln splintered about him. The engine waa badly damaged, both blade of th propeller war aaappad oft short, th plane wer torn Into strips, and on w'tieei or the running gear wa wrenched completely off. When an army ambulance, which dashed out from Camp Selarldge, aear which th accident occur red, readied the aviator's side, Latham wa found ruefully inspecting the wrack of hi machine and puffing hard on a con' soling cigarette. Latham wa distinctly "blue" over the mishap and declared he ' probably would not be able to participate further In th local meet. But hi mechanician took mora hopeful view of the situation and assarted they might b able to repair th Antoinette and have it ready for service Saturday. lOMMCLL BASKET RUL ICHEDl LE Uteea taadldaltts Are Trlaf fee t'oalttoua on Team. MOUNT VERNON. Ja.. Jan. Il.-I8pecla!.) The basket ball aeaaon opens Saturday at Cornell, with a gams with Co at Cedar Rapids. Cramer, the captain of the last Jaar siuad,.la the only man wbo Is not back In school this year. With nearly all of the old men back in the gam th indi cations are that Cornell will b repre sented by a strong aggregation. Coe Is especially strong in basket ball thla year and it la expected that they will give Cornell a pretty good rub. Ther are about fifteen candidate try ing out for varsity pofltlona who have good chances uf making the team. It la probable that the first lineup will be aa follows: Center, Fusnell; guards, llaiii hardter, Kelt sell, forwards, Jones (captain), Corey. Th schedule given out by Coach Finger this week is as follows: January 14 Coe at Cedar Rapids. January 1A Grtnnvll at Grlniiell. Januarv HI Urtnneil at Cornell. January ' t'oe at Cornell. February I Coe at Cedar Rapid. Februmy It Coe at Cornell. February li-Male Normal at Cedar Fall. February U-stte Normal at Cornell. MINK IE At, IF. MKKTIftO FRIDAY Cleesjlt Probably Will He Kalarsted to Klaht I labs. SHENANDOAH. la. Jan. It. Hpeclal.) Th midwinter meeting of the Mink baa ball league wil be held here next Friday night. At thU meeting it la expected that the league will be enlarged to Include eight towns, inatead of six. aa It waa laat year, and all of th towns which ware In laat ar probably will have their snenay ready to bold their places for th coming Mason. Shenandoah. XebraaWa City, Falls City, Clarlnda. Maryvllta and Auburn Composed th league last year and Atlantic. Is . and Atchlaou, Kan , will likely b th new le ua. Danny Durbin Has Started to Train for the Omaha Team Goes Early to Hot Springi to Reduce Hia Weight to Be Ready for First Call. Danny Durl In. one of Pa s new twirlers. jha written to Omaha that next week h . I goes to Hot Spring. Ark., to act In shape) iiiat wnen spring training lime cuic r he will b the liveliest man on ttie iuad. Report received from all the players in dicates that the Omaha club will have little trouble In signing Up the bunch this season. ' Pa has officially announced that on Feb ruary 1 he will send various slips of paper which, when leturned to him, will be the contracts of '111. Fven though early In the year, there Is a fRlr percentane of what will make up the Omaha team lined up nam season, and In it one can see that there Is going to be some classy head work in the Omaha team's game. Johnny tlundlng, planted b"hlnd the plate, knows the game better than a rule book, and Hill Bchlpke. In the region of thlid base, will use his noodle in managing the team. Durbin, on the pitching slab, has the repu- atlon nf keeping his mind on the bail field and not the bleacher, and Ollle Pickering, In the outfield. Is a veteran. All of the youngsters, on the . Omaha list are credited with brains also. Iowa Wins Opener in Game with Coe Upon Home Court Score of Fifty-One to Nineteen in First Scheduled Basket Ball Contest of Season. IOWA CITY. la.. Jan. U.(Bpeclal Tele gram.) Iowa won th opening game of the basket ball season here Tuesday, defeating the Co five by a score of 51 to 1 The Hawkeyea played a superior passing game and showed good form for the first con test. The score at the end of the first half stood i to 7. The Iowa team Jumping Into the lead when Captain Ryden threw the first basket and staying ahead throughout Both teams mad numerous substitutions toward the close. Haltander and Rvden starred for Iowa, while Snyder was th best of (he Coe aggregation. The lineup: IOWA. COK. Ryden (capt.) R.F Balcar Uraham. Paltander.K.F Aston Brothers u v Oreen. Cannell Smith. Schmidt, Leo.C. flnyder, Duncan Bchmldt. Berry, Weaver H.Ct. ..McKinlev.Furniss Lee per, Schmidt. ...L.O (capt.) Dorman Summary: Goals from field. Ryden, 7; Saitander, 7; Schmidt, 7: Rmlth, 3; Leo, J; Brothers, 1; Bnyder, I; Balcar. 1; Green. I: Dorman, 1; Duncan. 1. Goal from foul llr.at Ryden, 6; Dorman, ; Snyder, 1. Referee i Hytand of Iowa. Time of halves: 20 minute. Langford Defeats - .Jeanette Easily New York Negro Unable to Ward Off Fast and Hard Hitting Pugi list's Blows. BOSTON. Jan. ll.-8am langford de feated Jo Jeanette In a bout of twelve rounds before the Armory Athletic asso ciation laat night. Langford had a decisive lead In every round but one, and in the first round dropped Jeanette for a count of eight. Throughout th fight, except in the third round. Langford outpointed hi opponent. Ha used right and left swings to Jeanette'g face and straight Jabs to the body almost exclusively, but h wa unable to land a knockout blow. In the opening round Jeanette drew first blood, and, angered by the blow, Langford landed a left hook to the neck which dropped Jeanette for a count of eight, in th second round the New York negro waa unable to ward off Langford'a uppercuts to th head, and. tbe gong alone appar ently saved him from being knocked out, but he rallied In the following round and had a shade th batter of th argument. Th remainder of th battle was en tirely In the Boston man's favor. Charley While of New York, th third man In th ring, gave Langford the decision. In th preliminary, Frank Moran of Pltta- burg, knocked, out Ken Salisbury of Ar lington in the second round. Cotner Has Easy Time with Omaha Basket Ball Game at Lincoln Results in Defeat for University Boys, Twenty-Nine to Six. 'LINCOLN. Jan.ll.-tSpeclalTeleKram.)- Cotner's basket ball team had little dif ficulty Tuesday night in defeating the quintet representing the University of Omaha by a aopre of 19 to 6 . Superior team work won Tor the Cotner team and from the start Cotner took the lead, soon se curing a safe lead over I he Omaha boys. Tha Omaha team could not stand the pace set by Cotner -and, although they played hard, the Christians had thing their own way in the second half and increased their lead. Hrllt of Cotner was the star of th game and made eleven of the point for the home team. Following ia the lineup. Omaha. Poeitlnna. Cotner. Ilalaey I. ij Morten Salisbury -. n.G swiHont. Jerome C... qulres-Osenwald Bowers R. F i.eavilt- Krien farrleh I..F. ... Hcll-MVul!oiiKh Cmpire: Parmenter. Referee: Cone. Timo of lialws: Fifteen minutes. ROURKE AFTER LINCOLN MEN? Pa tioea to the Holr C(, audJMar I uim Mack with AddltloaV t Mia Staff. Pa Rourk left for IJncoln Wednesday, presumably on a little official biislneea lie declined to tale whether he had deals for llv playera on with Preeldent Despain, but promised that there might be a glimmer of new on th Omaha lineup when be to- tUnUt " , Three CIIICAtiO I llrarliia Poatpuata. Jan. 11 - lleaiiiia- on an ln- turctloit to retrain Three ! leauue I a- V iiii'iiiuara ol ill Laiii fium ouat cliib, was Poatooned In Ilia Waterloo, la today until tonioriou at the request u! tha -loaa club Rarae Art-eyl Offer. 8KATTI.E. Wash.. Jan. II Tommy H'irns. former heavymiaht champion cabled to Hugh Vlrlnioali todav an accep tance of the ialter offer of a purae of SiI.WO for a fight with Hill Lang lu Lo,,. duO. FAIRNESS IN NATIONAL GAME! Better Conditioni Lxist Since Ettab ii'cnt otJComnmsion. j ; MANY HARD PROBLEMS SOLVED Pinters vhonlil rr What Is to Ihi Interest nf the Magnate Is Apt to He to 'I hrlr tv n Interest m Well. Fairness and eqult'. to nil men arc two laclor. which have predominated In the National commission, frc'itientty referred to as the supreme court of base ball, since Its creation. For that reason alone It should be con tinued. No better Indorsement could be given as to Its efforts to control a sport of the widest possible range In one coun tryand a large country, too with so many dlveralfied Interests. The practical organization of base ball besnn In 1ST0. Since the first attempt to biinn method Into the management of the pastime from a professional standpoint. I there lias been no era In which the Kimr I has been so popular and ho ably handled I as It has been since the National commis sion has been in existence. The re-election of AiiRiist llerrmatin. bet ter known as "Garry," to t he chairmanship of the commission, promises a continuance of the present capital state of affairs. In connection with the presidents of the two major leagues he hue handled affairs so well that Justice has been the Invariable rule and not the exception. The player who enrolls himself today In the professional class knows that he is assured of a respectful consideration of any claim which he may make, and If the merits of the case are with him he Is cer tain of a decision In Ills favor. , Hard Problems to Kolve. There have been knotty problems before the National commission in the past and there will be knotty problems In the future, but there has yet to be shown a disposition on the part of the men who compose it to act other than from the slncerest motives. Players occasionally believe that their rights are" Infringed upon. They thought so when the National commission ruled am'ainxt post season games of doubtful de sirability. Yet the player must learn that, to maintain his own livelihood, and to pre serve the national game in the higheet re pute, ha must lend his assistance as heart ily to its good as the owner. fo the player It may appear a light trifle that a world's championship team, or any part of It, should go to another country fcnd be beaten In a series of games. .The player understands the reasons better Mian the casual observer. The player knows that the same amount of energy and de termination to win is not as. likely to be In jected Into a game in which a champion ship is not at stake as will be in evidence In the persistent effort of a league season In the United States. The man who does not study base ball with thoroughness, but looks upon it solely as an attraction, is more inclined to take a surface view nf the game and consider that any championship team which has been beaten has had Its prowess "smudged" a little. larltlna Trouble. More than that. If It la right to play post season series with one set of players, it I quit a right to play them with all seta of players, ..nd the first thing organ ised base ball would have to face would be a series of contest in which discipline would be thrown to the winds and the reputation of player would be blighted. If baa ball is worthy what the American public considers it to be worth, it cannot afford to have shadows cast upon a euo cesxful season by a very dlsgracefuj and ordinary post season. The player should feel every bit a muoh pride In their achievements as Is felt by the owner more, if anything. They should never be guilty of conduct which mars th esteem in which they are held by th public. Their interest in the Integrity and good repute of has ball Is aa Important, or more Important, If anything, than that of th club owner. To them it I a livelihood. Better, therefore, that all possibility of scandal ba eliminated than that there be the slightest morsel of scandal to roll under tongues which are as keen to relish It In one kind of sport as another. vr Drafting Role. Not all may understand, under th orna mental verbiage which la necessary to pro mulgate base ball rulings, the new depart ur taken by the commission in regard to the drafting of players. In brief, it clearly provides that no major league club In the future Is to be permitted to draft some player from a minor league club for the benefit of another minor league club or major league club. A severe penalty haa bean provided, which will probably put an end to that sort of thing, if it aver existed. The rule I well Intended and will be well enforced. Kucli base ball club in the game should stand for iteelf, whether It be a major league team or a minor league team. It Is manifestly unfair to players and to other clubs If any one club organisation shall work conjointly with another to recruit players for a third. The new rule meana that the opportunity in base ball tor a free and open trade and exchange of play era ia to be kept strictly on an honest basis. The unfairness of permitting any one team to help build up another at the ex pensc of six other clubs In the same league is so evident that It needs no particular elucidation. DIETZ CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS!"1" tmU h,le lliltlun m!h 11 lopalar Social Oraanlsatlon Choose It Head for the Com I m Year. The Diet club held Its annual meeting at the club house on Tuesday evening and elected the following: officer for the year: George Johnson, president; E. I.afferty, vice president: P. F.. tjwynne. secretary; J. Ward, treasurer. Board of directors C. It. O'Neill. TV H. Flattner. E. Isenhart. J. J. McMaWmTnd A. Anderson. Ir. H. Osanter was made chairman of the dance com mittee Mall Waaroa tatchea Klre. TITONKA. la.. Jan. 11 i Special )-There was a fire on the atar route mall line yes terday morning. Thla ia one of the very few star routes in the elates having given way to th railroads. "Jackie" Cowan car rlea the mail and the severe weather of the last eek had driven him to the pur chase of a foot warmer, which was oper ated by fire produced by coke "Jackie" had built a good one and when about five miles out of Wealey aud singinK as haupv aa a lark. "There's a Hut Time In the lid Town Tonight." he discovered that the stove had set fire to his robea and blankets and was even getting a piece of him. He threw the door open. saed the mail, but his supplies and hla sl-iah were pretty wall destroyed His nose and hands were froxen w lien he arrived at his destination. Th Kay to th SUuatleu B Want Aaa Grand Circuit Heads 'All Re-Elected by Stewards at Meet Goihen. N, Y.. Oets Dates Which Had . Been Expected to Go to j Dover. N. H. HI KIWI, (i. N. v., .Ian 11. The stewards 1 of the Grand circuit at their annual meet- lug yesterday unanimously re-clM'ted last year's officers and arranged the schedule of dates for the coming summer. Much sur prise was caused when the schedule wss Kiven out showing that Goshen had been awarded dates that it had been generally understood would go to Dover. N. II. There was only one contest, that between Colum bus and Detroit, over dates. The stewards decided in favor of Detroit by a vote of li to 2. The dates assignor? are. Indianapolis, July l'j-15; Kalamaioo. July M-ii; Grand Rapid. Julv V4-ff Detroit Driving eluh, July .11 -August 5: North-Ran-doll. August 7-12: Buffalo. August lt-19; Goshen. August li-2'i: Hrariville, August HS Hepteniher ; Hartford, September 4-9: Bvra ouae, Heptember ll-ltl: Detroit. September 18-St; Columbus, .September 115-October 7. I'pon the recommendation of the com mittee on dates an effort will be made to Induce Lexington to select dates following Columbus. The officers re-eiected are; President. H. K. De eren of Clv-elnrw1- vlee president, W. p. Kngleman of Kala mazoo. Mich.; secretary-treasurer, Georse ii. nieiricn or Cleveland. A new office waa created, that of master of transportation. lie will look after the shipping of horses between Grand circuit points. SOON TO PICK VARSITY COACH Nebraska Will Select Man to Train Foot Ball Warriors. JOHNNY. BENDER LOST FOR YEAR Ha Slanted Ip for .Xeit Meaaun with St. t.oala McUove-rn ot ... l.lkely Uenedlut la PoMlble.' LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 11. (Special.) Dr. R. G. Clapp, secretary of the Cprnhusker Athletic board, said Tuesday evening that he expected the board to select an all-year coach within th next few days. Matters have dragged along for nearly two months and the students, as well as th alumni, are exceedingly anxioua that It be closed up. Dr. Clapp said that while h was east he met with a number of ap plicants for the job. lie haa now com pleted hi investigation and it is thought that the board will be ready to act upon th applications. Dr. Clapp denied that he had talked with Johnny McOovern while he was east nd did not bellev that MoGovern was a possibility. The new that Johnny Bender had signed up for another year with St. Louis created a sensation in athletic cir cles Tuesday. Captain Shonka, who has been a warm advocate of Bender's during the entire campaign for the return of the former Cornhusker star, wa disgusted to think that Nebraska had lost him. , "We ought to have had Bender; that's all there Is to it," declared rilionka. Mas- Re Ueuedlot. Who ' th board has In mind now is largely a matter of conjecture, but the canvass of Benedict's friends Is winning the faculty members to hi side. Dr. Clapp sold that he was satisfied with the action of tha Miasourl valley confer ence himself, although disappointed to think that base ball stood In danger of abolishment at Nebraska. The secretary aald that he favored th abolishment, but only for th time being, and ha had heard two other member of the board express themselves similarly. Hence it would look ilk base ball would be abandoned at Ne braska next fcprlng as far as colleglat contest were concerned. "The members of th conference wer all conscientious in their stand on base ball," said Dr. Clapp, although th action wa not to the liking of the Cornhuakers. "They all beleve that base ball can be played at their schools without the assist ance of those who engage In aummer base ball and, further, that they can prevent the misrepresentation which often allows men to make the team, although debarred by the summer base ball ruling. At least they want to give it another tiial, and that is th only fair thing to do." HI HAL SCHOOLS NIGHT AT AMES Profeaaor Blabop Cite Worltlaa; of .Nebraska Taltloa Law. AMES, Ia.. Jan. ll.( Special.) Laat night wa rural school night at th short course. Superintendent Mahannah of Cerro Gordo county and Prof. Bishop of th extension department both spok of th need of extending high school privilege to country boys and girl and having th tuition paid by the district. They also ad vocated normal training In the high schools for the preparation of country teacher. Prof, bishop aald, that alnce th plan of having high school tuultlon paid by th district had gone into effect In Nebraska, from five to six hundred country boy at tended the high school each year. Two third of these would not have attended had they been obliged to pay tuition. Superintendent Benson of Wright county told of the work that had been dona to 1m- prove the rural school In that county. H the meantime there are many things that! the country schools ran do. Th storle he told of the success attalnedyln Wright county with the present syinem showed some of the thltiK that can be accom plished by well directed effort. Two Death at Shenandoah. 8H EN A N rx A I ( . la., Jan. 11 Two of th aged men of this community have parsed away. Granville Priest, one ot th successful farmers south of town, died Sunday night. Tbe direct causa of bt death waa diabete, and came aa a aur priae to hia friends, for, although he bad been in poor health for two years, h had Just recently returned from Illinois, where he attended the funeral of hi (later, and seemed to be In comparatively good health. He leave a widow and nine chil dren, sit boy aud three girls. Th other resident to pass away was Joseph Hainea, aged TO years Mr. HaJne wa born In West Virginia, and while employed In that state at hia trade of mechanic he was drafted Into service Is? tbe confederate army, although against his wishes, and this he always conaldered a ataln ou bis char acter. TkrreaEr lajanrtloa Postponed. CHICAGO. Jan. 11 Hearing of the In junction proceedinga brought by the Water- u h.u Lull , 1 1 1 K , I . , . 1 1 . it t the Three-1 base ball league to re- I Hiram loem irom ousting? tlie lowa cltv Waa todav poatiunrd until January li by J agreeuiunt of tha attorney a. j BRANDEIS OPENS RATE CASE Attorney for Shipper! Repeats Charge that Railroaas Are Wasteful. COULD SAVE MILLION A DAY Attention (ailed to Domination nf ttnllrnsjit R nerds hj Men Who 'Ire Director In filet I Trnst. V.V.IUN(iTON. Jan. II "We contend thai rates are ample, but that the expense of cpeiatlon Is excessive; that wages are not too high, but that, as the management Is unscientific, labor, materiel, equipment and plant fall to give adequate results. We plead for the Introduction of scientific management, tinder which the railroads shall get 100 cents for every dollar ex pended." In opening his argument for the shipper of the Atlantic seaboard, before the In terstate Commerce commission today, I.. It. tirandels of Boston thus pl"osented the fundamental reason. In his mind, why freight rates should not be advanced as proposed by the railways. Mr. Rrandeia declared that no railway company operating In official classification territory had Introduced into any of its departments the principles of scientific management. Me believed these principles were as properly applicable to railroads as to any other Industrial enterprise. Attention was directed to th statement of the railroad officials that the proposed freight advance would contribute to the operating income of the railroads In the eastern territory only $27,010,000. "This sum." said Mr. Hrandels, is little more than 3 per cent of the aggregate operating expenses of these railroads. It cannot be seriously doubted that If a de termined, co-operative effort were made by these railroads to reduce the operating costs It would be found possible to affect a saving of 3 per cent even without the aid of scientific management." No Actnal Co-Operat Ion. lie pointed out that no actual co-operation existed among the roads with a view to reducing the cost of any particular op eration. If there were co-operation anions the roads, the highest measure of efficiency could be obtained and the saving of 3 per cent of the aggregate cost, or even far more than 3 per cent, readily could be ob tained, he said. Co-operation, also In .Mr. Brandeis' opin ion, would secure reductions in the cost of steel rails, In the price of whioh. he believes, an enormous saving could be made. "The four great steel companies,' said Mr. Brandeis, "have altogether sixty-five director. Forty of these sixty-five art directors, in the aggregate, In flfty-tw railroads, Including the most lmporla; systems. Is It any wonder that th rail roads did not direct their efforts to secur. a reduction in th price of steel? "The economies which would resnlt if all the railroads In the United States Intro duced scientific management has been es timated at not less than $1,000,000 a day," he continued. "This would result In re ducing the present operating cost of the railroads an average of 30 per cent." Mr. Brandeis then presented figures to indicate that this estimate wa moderate. A saving of 20 per cent In official classifi cation territory alone would amount to ap proximately IVO.OOO a day, or $180,000,000 a year: while the proposed advances would yield only $27,000,000 a year. f'onld Nave Million a Das-. Mr. Brandeis Indicated the various way by which, in his opinion, the caving of $l,ono,000 a day to the American railroad could be effected. Some savings could be made In equipment charges; In the opera tion of machine and repair shops; In plan ning before performing; In th standard isation of methods, material and equip ment; In keeping accurate records of In dustrial performance, and In the paying of adequate rewards for Individual accom plishments. He showed by statistic of various west ern railroad how large saving had been effected In the J act half doxen years. He believed that a saving of $150,000,000 a year could' be mad In the one Item of coal, hi argument being that there waa enormous eree Ai f CLARKE mm m I I L. UIJMU lUMi mu i n ri xx.iuHflr .-- .jai X Mil 1 1 A-FT I trjWI rt8B0Wt I wte In fuel on practically all lines. lie eusKcated also that an Increase in tlie working efficiency of equipment, par l iculMi l of locomotive, could be gained by proper cere of the equipment. In Mr. Hiandels" belief the terminal mira tion tus the greatest problem of trans portatlon now confronting the railroads. He believed that at least :1J per cent of the present terminal chAiKes. now enure Mating HOO.OOn.nw a year could be saved through scientific management. Nebraska (Continued from Third Page.) Watson hotel, which belonged to a travel ing man, had his hrarinH in h" county court and waa bound over to the district court in the sum of $'. Not being sbie to give bond, lie Is still In Jail. BKATR1CTC Manettla circle No. M, Roval Neighbor of America, held ue an nual election of officers yesterday, as tol lows: .Mrs. W. L. Leigh, pres.dent: Mrs. W. 11. Kck, vice president; Mrs. F.dward Dole, secretary; Mrs. C. K. Conn. Iras urer. Following the election a banquet was lit Id. RANDOLPH Several case of smallpox have been discovered In this vicinity, caus ing the school board to take the precaution of having all pupils and Instructors vac cinated. No serious casea are reported, but a rigid quarantine is being kept by the health oflicera. OSMOND The fourth annual farmers' In stitute and poultry show will be held at Osmond on February 1 and t. This Is held each year under the auspices of the Uni versity of Nebraska, who furnish the speakers. A new feature this year will ! a basket dinner in the opera house. BROKEN BOW Warrants hove been swoin out against William Moore and John Lee. both of this place, chaglng them with being Implicated In the Crable robbery of last week. Sheriff Kennedy and the mar shal think the several burglaries of late have been worked by eystemlxert method and bellev they are now gettlrjg toward the bottom of the affair. ALBION In district court today the City of Albion and Villages of St. Edward, Cedar Rapids and Petersburg recovered judgments against Boone county aggre gating the sum of $10.1211. the same being for their respective shares of road fund taxes collected within their corporate limits during the last twenty years, and not paid over to them by the county. LYON8 Mr. William Neary is here from Wlsner and reports that Hugh Neary. his brother, was almost killed In an automo bile wreck at Pierre. H. D., having a collar bone broken and his spine Injured, and is In the hospital. Ills mother. Mrs. Mary Neary was In Kxcelslor Springs, Mo., for treatment at the tlm of the accident. The Nearya are old Burt county people and are well known here. NEBRASKA CITY Harry fi. Witt en Miss Helene C. Slefken. both promlnen young people of Syracuse precinct, wer united in marriage this morning at th home of the bride parents, Mr. and Mrs John Slefken. There were a larga numb of relatives and friends present to wltnes the marriage ceremony and take part i the festivities. They will reside on a fan iclonglng to the groom, near Hyracuse. NKBRAHKA CITY Frank Mitchell. Jlvil engineer In the government eervlo .vho haa been here spending the holiday with his mother, Mrs. K. F-. Mitchell, lei the fore part of the week for his home li Malta, Mont., but word cornea back, las night, that he stopped over at Cresco, la., and was married to Miss Grace Daskam and thev left this morning for their new home at Malta, ilia anarrlag waa a sur prise to his friends and relatives. LYONS The body of Mrs Florence High tree waa buried in the Lyons cemetery Tuesday. She w the wife of Klmer A. Hightree. and had been ailing from the effect of meaalM and a alight attack of pneumonia, but alie wa up and around the house after eating breakfast Monday and suddenly collapsed In her chair, th end coming quickly by reason of heart failure. She waa about 37 year old and leaves four children under 12 venr of age. FAIRFIKLDTh Fairfield Commercial club held ta annual meeting and election of officers at the Farmers & Merchants bank last evening, all of the old officers being re-elected. More and batter work has been done on the streets the last year than ever before through th effort of the Commer cial club. The annual report shows, the olub to be In a good healthy condition financially, and having accomplished a great amount of valuable work th laat year. NEBRASKA CITY-A farewell reception was given Prof. C. Ray Oatea. who ha been superintendent of the Methodist Sun dav school for some time, by the scholar and others of the tlunday school, and he waa the recipient of a handsome token as a memento of the esteem In w hich he was held by all. He leave the last of the week for Blair, where he has been elected super intendent of the school. Prof, date ha been principal of the Nebraska Cltv High school for several year. BEATRICE The annual meeting of the Cortland Telephone oompany was held yes Spi sw ' ' m 4 awaH'aif ' 1 1 M Our ExDerience Our Skill Our Time and Beat Effort have been concentrated for vears in the simple and serious ndeavor to bring to absolute per- ction the actual physical merit of kf I Clarke's Pure Rve. In this pursuit we i have been unqualifiedly successful and favor able recognition accorded to us of such a de- that the immense patronage of Clarke's Pure Rye give us the true title of the largest distillery in the world. nOTTLEn IN BOND 1 OO PROOF irit Clan Ctubt. Bar mnd Caf'aAah For BROS. & CO., Distillers, Peoria, Largest whiskey dUUllere in the i Today is Home Day. Real estate dealers have prepared tempting lists for those hunting homes. You will find just about the property you wish. Loak over the bargains. Your hopes to own a home of your own can be rtalirfd If you buy one of the many homes advertised for sale lu Thursday's Uee. These honiia will be sold on payments of a few hundred down and tin. balance) monthly just like pent. This gives you a chance to net a home of your own and pay for It with the money heretofore spent as rent. lluy today before someonu else gets the bargain you want terday afternoon with a Uig. number ol the stockholders present 1 he Cortlanr company represents a cons idlon of H' companies, and It wa voted to give a twenD -four-hour scrl-e The directon elected were: Charles TM. I.. H Thomp son, A .1 Clare. Iald Boeelnaer, P. M .lames. William Hllev end Doua'a officers were elected as follows: Davie Koeslnger, president. William Riley, vie president. Charles Tally, secretary, Dr. O (J. DoiiHlaa. tresaurei. NF.HltASKA CITY-Fnr the last three davs the coiinlv court has been heating the matter of a final settlement of Charles K. Cotton, administrator of the es'ate of I.ucv Ann Hallenllne. which should have been made something like twenty yers ago and which Is being demanded by her daughter. Miss Mary Ballentlne, who claims that her mother left a large estate and the administrator never accounted for It Or made a final settlement. Mr. Cotton wa cashier of the First National hank of fvracuse at the time, and a large stack ol the records of that bank are In the court and are being gone over by the attorneys and the court. Mr. Cotton Is now a resi dent of Cheyenne, Wyo.. and reputed to b- wealthy, but when he lett nere ne was about Insolvent. FIXES COMMENCEMENT DATE Knpertutenrient Datldeon et Jaaa ary 2T for Mid. Winter Grad uation Fxerelses. William M. Davidson, superintendent ol public schools. announced Wednesday morning that the mid-winter graduation exercises of the Omaha High school will be held In the First Methodist church build ing. The date settled on is Frldav even ing, January S7. Seventeen students will be graduated. OLD SORES DUE TO DISEASED DL00D Every symptom of an old gore Bug gests diseased blood. The inflatntoa tion, discbarge, discolored flesh, and the fact that local applications have no permanent effect toward healing the ulcer, ehows that deep down in the system there is a morbid canse for the sore. But more convincing proof that bad blood is the cause for these places is furnished by tbe fact that even removing the sore or ulcer by surgical operation docs not cure; they always return. Nature will heal any sore if the blood is pure aud healthy, but until the circulation ia cleansed of all impure matter and supplied with, nourishing and plasm ic qualities the infected condition of flesh is OBLIGED to remain. S.S.S. heals Old Sores in a perfectly natural way. It goes into the blood, removes the impurities and morbid matters, adds nourishing qualities to this vital fluid, and brings about the very con ditions that are necessary be fore any sore can heal. S.S.S. is a perfect blood purifier, acting directly on the circula tion through the stomach and digestive mem bers. 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