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f 1 THE BFE: OMAHA, F j i'BIDAY, Dl'X'EMBRR 20, r Bringing Up AYiti Tired let me see , . a igspi . -----waalfa - - of always OH'.W; ( NOw rfi que - - ( 1 - -zwsst . CRDERIN CHICKEN I HA JAMBon I RFMEhOER JMBOM DCSRC2.- --rf COMMENT9 I BUM TAN " OH ! ERlNC Iff 1 JAMB0H? I'LL TAKE. 1 UNDERSTAND - BASES OH BALLS UNPOPULAR Ban Johnson Seeks to Eliminate Intentional Passes. REMEDY IS STILL FAR. AWAY Maitnaie Sn All rropoaed Cures Arc Worae Tltnn the Dlacnae He AnU Patrons for Sur-creations. CHICAGO, Dec. 23. Some plan whereby tho giving of Intentional bases on balls can bo eliminated from major league base ball la being sought by President Ban B. Johnson, of the American league, who recently has received many letters from base ball followers protesting against tho practice. For several weeks President Johnson has been searching for some remedy for the strategic pass, but with no success. "Tho intentional base on balls has come to be one of the most, If not the most unpopular plays In base ball," he said yesterday. "The great majority of the game's patrons seem to oppose it. So do I, but what are you going to do about It." "Many complaints have come to mo recently suggesting that pitchers giving Intentional bases on balls be penalized, but no one has suggested a good method of stopping tho pass. If wo pass a rule forbidding tho pass, tho pitchers will simply make a bluff at trying to got tho ball over tho plate and will gtvo the star batsmen their bases on balls Just the samo This, likely, would result In -I Int of. wrangling If the umpires at tempted to penalize what they thought wcro Intentional passes, because the pitchers invariably would protest that they were trying to put the ball over. "Some have suggested penalizing all bases on balls with equal severity, but that cure would be worse than tho dis ease. Fewer pitchers would be nble to make good should such a rule be made." Dr, Tanner Leaves Billings Stable NEW YOItK. Dec. IS.-Thc retirement of Dr. Charles Tanner from tho manage ment of C. K. O. Billings' stable of trotters and pacers removes from the light harness world one of Its most not able figures. For tho past two years Dr. Tanner has been In poor health and lias repeatedly requested Mr. Billings to release him from the management of the former's trotting Interests. At last Mr. Billings reluctantly consented. It Is the Intention of Mr. Billings. It is stated, to make Curlcsneck farm head quarters of the trotting authority in the United States. He will remove all his stallions and brood marcs from Lexing ton, Memphis and New York and begin breeding on an extensive scale. Among the famous horses to be Btatloned on the farm are Uhlan, Lou Dillon and the Harvester, Brooklyn Club Buys I Cuban Shortstop NEW YORK, Doc. 25,-The Brooklyn club of the National league announced today that negotiations have been com pleted with Tommy Bomanach. the young enorisiop or. tne Almandares club In Cuba. Brooklyn stated that the player had accepted their terms. When tho Brooklyn team wag in Cuba last month Captain Jake Daubert was very much Impressed with Bomanach's playing and tipped President Ebbetts off about tho player. ( Bomanach Is only IS ycara old and la an architect. ' CANADIAN SOCCER TEAM WINS GAME IN SNOW ST. LOUIS. Dec .-Wlth several Inches of snow on the ground and falling throughout the play, the Professionals of Toronto, Canada, defeated the local Co lumbus club In St. Louis' chief soccer game of the day by a score of 3 to 2. In spite of the Inclement weather a large crowd witnessed the game. The True Blues of Paterson. N. J., ac cepted defeat to the tune of 1 to 6 from the Ben Miller soccer team of St Louis In the first of a three-game series here today. CHESS AND CHECKER CLUB TO MEET SATURDAY NIGHT Saturday evening will be visitors' night at the .Omaha Chess and Checker club, room 21, third floor Continental block, corner Fifteenth and Douglas streets (entrance to the building at the rear or the Berg clothing store). All chess play ers, particularly non-club members, are Invited to be present and play a game In the simultaneous chess exhibition to bo given by La Rue Williams, one of tho club's T)et players. Lindsay to New Orleans. ronTLJVND. Ore.. Dec 55. -Bill IJndsay, third baseman or the I'ortlaml :." .,. h. Pnriflp rout leamie. will be sold to New Orleans, according to on Father i ; 1 1 1 . ... announcement today by Manager Mc Crcdle of the Portland Ham. All Coast leagtio clubs have granted waivers on Lindsay. Beachy Goes Pegoud One Better on Loop SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 15. -Lincoln Beachy, tho aviator, celebrated Christ mas today by breaking a world's record, looping tlio loop flvo consecutive times from a height of 750 feet and landing In a narrow street on the FanamaiPaclflo exposition grounds. Beachy turned a double loop at a height of SOO feet, which he says Is a record In Itself, as Pegoud, tho originator of this particular freak of aviation, al ways has performed from a great height. I.evlnaky Tukca nont. NEW York, Dec. 25.-Bnttllng Levlnsky. llsht-heavy-welght of this city, defeated Jack Driscoll of Brooklyn In a ten-round bout in the latter city this afternoon. Levlnsky weighed 185 pounds and DrlB coll, 176. Boss Winn SttIui. POHTLAND, Ore., Doc. 23. At the an nual Christmas day swim In the Wllla mette river today. Norman K. Boss uf me Aiuitnomah club won the mens 100-yard event in tlxty seconds flat. . Women's Feet Blown Off by Dynamite (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES. Ia.. Dec. 25.-(Speclat Telegram.) All efforts proved unavailing today to unravel tho mystery of a start ling outrage against two colored women last night In which Mrs. Hophronla John son and daughter were the victims. Both were terribly injured by a dyna mite explosion. They are unable to ac count for tho same and Insist they know no reason for the action. Detectives have made careful Investigation and have found no traco of anyone having been been In the neighborhood of the Johnson home at Gllbertown, near tho city. They have been unable to discover where any dynamite has recently been bought. The dynamite was placed under the foot of tho bed and discharged by a slow fuse. Mrs. Johnson's feet were literally blown off and one foot of her daughter was destroyed. Tho bed was torn to atoms. Young Man Held For Theft of Bell LOGAN, la Dec. 20.-(8peclal.)-Roy Davis, living in southern Harrison county Is now with Sheriff Rock awaiting tho action of tho grand Jury for the al leged offense of entering Floral hall nt Missouri Vallif and taking a highly prized be'.l belonging to the Harrison County Fair association. A week or ten days ago, the bell was missed and Shetlff Hock was called, and after trailing the, bell to Council Bluffs finally located It with h Junk dealer at Omaha where It was brougnt and left with tho Omaha police. The off cers i state that Davis confessed. 24 years of cge. He is about BOMB IS EXPLODED UNDER BED OF WOMAN AND GIRL DES MOINES, la., Dec 23. An ex plosion of dynamite, which probably fatally Injured Sophronlo Johnson, col ored, and her daughter, aged 11, wrecked the johnson home here early today. The police learned that the dynamite bomb hud been placed underneath tho bed occupied by the. mother and daughter, and exploded by means of a fuse seventy five feet long, which ran from tho bomb through the bedroom window out Into the alley. Detectlvew failed to get a trace of the perpetrators early today. At the hospital, where Mrs. Johnson was taken. It was said that amputation of both feet would be necessary. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES FATAL TO MRS, BURICH IOWA CITY, la., Dec. .-(Special Tel. egram.) Mrs. Mary Burlch, aged 70, fell dead this morning while attending mass, at St. Wenccslaus Catholic church. Doc tors ascribed her death to heart disease, accentuated by excitement over the Christmas festivities. Dnnnera of a Cold. Do you know that ot all the minor ailments colds are by far the most dan gerous. It Is not the colds themselves that you need to fear, but the serious d aeases that they so often lead to. For that reason every co'.d should be gotten rld of with the leait possible delay. To accomplish this you will find Chamber. Iain's Cough Remedy of great help to i ,r- Jamen Bn" "10 w,,e' w""-" ,r you. It loosens a cold relieves th luna. i vldes that all the property, which con- aids exDfCtoratlon and en.hlea tha system to throw iff the cold. For salt; bp ll dealers. Advertisement. I'nrUer'a Aaaoclate Kills lllmaelf. NEW YORK. Dec. 25,-Oeorge F. Parker, an attorney, formerly of llrook line, Mass., who waa connected with the law office of Alton B. Parker, committed suIcMu today by Inhaling gas. He was r.ot related to juoge I'arittr, ins mends rere assign no reason tor the act, Copyright. 181S. International News Service. Nebraska, M'KELYIE TOTEST THE LAW Lieutenant Governor to Go Into Courts Over Constitution. WOULD RUN FOR GOVERNOR Construes Clnuae In Liberal Fnali 'loii iin.l Will' Not Dc Sntla flril Until the Court Act. (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Neb., Doc. . (Special.) Whether the constitution means what It says is to be tested before the primary by Lieutenant Governor McKolvlc, who proposes to file for the republican nom ination for governor. Secretary of State Wnlt will refuse to accept the filing and tho courts will be called upon to settle the matter. While tho supreme court has at one tlmo decided that a man must be eligible at the time of the election, the lieutenant governor refuses to see it that way and many Join with him In I hp same Idea. The constitution rcuds that "None of tho officers of tho executive depart ment shall bo eligible to any other stato office during the period for which they shall have been elected." Lieutenant Governor McKclvle con strues the clause to mean that no executive officer can be "elected" to serve as governor for any part of tho term to which ho has been elected, the whole Interpretation of tho law being on tho word "eligible." He claims that If elected as governor he will be eligible to serve for the reason that nt the tlmo he Is sworn In ho will not be serving as n state officer and therefore will be eligible. Others who look upon I It In the same light refer to tho o'ectlon law which nays that a man must be 21- years of age at the tlmo he casts his vote. Ho may register at an age less than 21, provided he will be 21 at the tlmo he votes. They say tho constitution must be Interpreted the same way and must apply to tho time the act Is carried out and not to the preparatory net. Notes of Kearney and of Buffalo County KEARNEY, Dec. 2S.-(Speclal.) On the third annual tag day, which was held In this city on Tuebday, nearly $300 was re ceived for tho benefit of St. Lukes lips pltal, which was taken over- by Bishop Beecher two years ago and placed upon a substantial basts. Three Inches of Ico has formed on Lake Kearney In this city and the young peo ple are enjoying tho afternoons and evenings skating. The Plaza cafe was sold on Wednesday 10 Homers uresh, a local restaurant man, snerm s sale. Christmas dinners for 100 of tho city's poor was provided by the Salvation Army corps nna the cltl2enB contributed lib erally toward the fund. The German Lutherans held their first service In their new church, which they acquired some time ago, on Christmas i - una uccu my rcniOUClCU flAV Thfl .H,ik t.. I. .. II m . . nna mo oincers will mako It strictly modern. HARMAN ISSUES PAMPHLET ABOUT VOTING BY MAIL (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 25.-(Kpe:lal.)-Food Commissioner Clarence EJ. I farms n has had printed a pamphlet of tho voting by mall law which he Is sending out to traveling men and railroad men so that they will know they can vote for him for congress In the Fifth district even If they may be away from home. Tho cover contains this Information: "Tho voting by mall law, Introduced by senator Henry H. Battling. Supported by Senator John F. Cordeal, Senator J. M. Grace and Representative D, S. Har din. Presented by Clarence E. Harman, an advocate of the law." As Battling has been mentioned for the republican nomination for governor, Sen ator Cordeal for the republican nomina tion for attorney general and Harman being a candidate for congress tho above may be a combination worth watching. N'evra Note nf llentrlcr. BRATRICE, Neb., Dec. 2S.-(6pecIal.)- I wl" ot the ,a,e 1Phtl,,p Jmte- wl, , died last week at his home near Cort- J Iand w" ",cd ln th , coun'' ourt Wednesday. This is a Jd Int will, signed 1 '" of a fine farm of 3?) aojes goes to her during her life time, and Is then' divided among the children and grand children. John C. Howe, aged 87 years and a pioneer resident of Beatrice, Wednesday slipped on the Icy sidewalk and fractured hla right hip. The Begole Se Van Adsdale company, jtho largest mercantile firm In the city, . Nebraska. Wednesday sold Its store to M. B. Walker of Washington, Kas., who takes posses sion of the stock on February 1. Mr. Be gole and Mr. Van Arsdalo havo been In business In Bcatrlco for the last thirty years. Charles Sparks, a farmer living nenr Odell, was arrested Wednesday on tho charge of assaulting Joseph Lo Poldovln, a neighbor. His caso will bo heard Fri day before Judgo Ellfs, Thomas Carlton of Heatrlce and Evelyn West of Plokrotl wero married hero Wednesday by County Judge Waldcn. The folowlng marriage licenses were Is sued Wednesday by Judge Wolden: Ellert Bush, aged 22. Beatrice, and Emelle Flesner, aged 17. Beatrice: Alfred William Pyle, aged 23, and Beryle Wlgnall, aged IS, both of Liberty; Floyd Charles Kirk, aged 24, Axtcll. Kas.. and Oslo Mao Kreunsback, aged IS, of Liberty. Another Eecall Petition Ready (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 25.-(8pocIal.)-Once more tho merry war Is on between tho men who would recall Commissioner. King, who has charge of the publicity nnd safety department of the Lincoln city government and the friends of the commissioner. Tho flrs,t recall petition, while contain ing something over 1.S00 names, was de clared insufficient by. the city clerk, who decided that about 40 per cent of tile names thereon wero not registered voters and threw out the petition. Ex-County Attorney F. M. Tyrrell challenged the right of the city cleik to thiow out names of men who were voters, but who hnd not registered nt the last registra tion or had not registered after chang ing their placo of residence. Tho peti tion contained about SOO moro names than wns required, but utter the ruling of the clerk It lacked a sufficient num ber to forco tho recall election. Men were tent out Immediately with new pe titions and ycHterday they woro filed running tho total list of names up to about 2,000. Counting out the 40 per cent thrown overboard on tho original peti tion by the clerk, the present list, if all are counted by the clerk, will make tho recull petition contain l,&5n names. about SJO moro than Is required. L. J, Titus, Holdrege Banker, Drops Dead HOLDREGE, Neb,, Doc. 25. (Special Telegram.) L. J. Titus, president of tho First National bank of this city, died at his home last night at 7 o'clock. His death came suddenly nnd preceded by cnly a brief feeling of weakness. He wns 72 years old and hud been at tho head of the Holdrega bank since 1833. Mr. Titus camo to Holdrege from Harvard, Neb., where he had also beer, engaged in the banking business, having come to tho state in 1S79. Ho was u native of New Jersey. Funeral services will prob ably be held here Sunday. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ASKS POINTERS OF PUBLIC (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Dec. - (Speclal.)-Tho ;olnt committee of the house and senate provided for by the 1913 session of tho Nebraska legislature to inquire Into present legislative procedure und budget svstemu in Nebraska and in other states j resolved at the recent meeting In Lln-1 coin to ask tho newspapers of tho stato i for publicity to their request for sugges tions from citizens, former members of the legislature and others familiar with present legislative procedure In Ne braska Tho Inquiry planned by the present joint committee coverH all the Important points In tho process of enacting laws. Including organization, committees, draft ing. Introduction and printing of bills, mrnllnipnt nnd engrossment, nrenarinc &nd printing journals of the house and j senate, hours of meeting, manner of pro paring estimates of the expenses of the various Institutions and departments and enactment of appropriation bills. Suggestions may be sent to any mem ber of the committee or to the secretary at Lincoln. Tho next meeting of tho committee Is January 19. The committeemen are: J. N. Norton, Polki H. C. Palmer, Clay Center, and O. A. Corbln. Vesta, for tho house; Walter Kiechel, Johnson; J. M, Talcott, Crofton, and IJ K. Bushec, Kimball, for tho senate. Xeu Note of Mndlaon. MADISON, Neb., Dec. .-(Rpecial Tel egram.) Married at the county court room, Judge M. S. McDufflo officiating, lAnnle Osborn and Miss F.IU Ward, both residing nf-ur Battle Creek, A marriage license was Issued to Krneat Xi. Gores and Miss Mary L. Smith, both of Norfolk (ircen Hprelal Adutlnlat rntor, M'COOK, Neb., Dec, 25.-(Bpecal.)-H. A. Orecn, cashier ot the Citizens National I Drawn for The Bee by George McManus Nebraska bank of McCook, has bean appointed special administrator of tho estate of tho Into V. Franklin, which aggregates over $2M,000, and is now In dispute. There nro but thrco heirs, thn widow and two daughters. Lincoln Elks' Club Remembers Children (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. r5.-(Spcclal.)- Tho Elks' club of Lincoln celebrated Christmas by entertaining between 4,000 and 5,000 children nt tho club house this wirnlng. Each child wns given n rncl: of candy, a horn nna ono or two omer presents, Tho weather wits Intensely cold and many of the children were crying with the cold beforo they could gain admis sion to tho building because of tho largo crowd. The Young Men's Chrhttan asso ciation building across tho street was thrown open for tho children nnd largo numbers of them wero taken there to get warm. However, nil wero provided for In spite of the severe cold and long waiting. MRS. ADLAI STEVENSON DIES AT ADVANCED AGE BLOOMINGTON, III., Dec. 2G.-Mrr. Adlal E. Stovenson, wlfo of former Vlco President Stovenson, died hero early to night Sho hnd been III for soveral months. Mrs. Stovenson was 70 years of ago and Is survived by her husband and three children. Lowls G. Stovenson, president of the Illinois State Board of Pardons; Mrs. Martin Hardin of Chicago and Miss Letltla Stovenson, at home. Mrs. Stevenson was elected president of tho Daughters of the American Revolu tion four times nnd had recently pub lished a history of that organization. DES MOINES MAN IS KILLED BY STREET CAR DES MOINES, In., Dec. 25,-AIex Be- saw, 30 years oiu, was Kineu almost in stantly early this morning when a street enr (.otng at high speed loft tho rails and struck him. Besaw was waiting to board thn car at tho turn nt tho foot of a hi. i. Tho brakes failed to work and tho enr plunged thirty feet from the rails. Accused f Stenllnw Hkunk Skins. SIDNEY, la,, Dec Ifi.-(8pcc!ul.)-anlcn Mcintosh, a Sidney trapper, was re cently robbed of thrco dozen skunk skins that were stored in his barn. Neighboring towns were notified by wire, and yesterday Frank Derr, of Sidney was arrested in Nebraska City while trying to dispose of a Job lot of skunk hides. He. wan brought bock to Sidney and bound over to the grand Jury. Ho gave ball In the sum of K00. .Nobody U To Old to learn that tho suro way to euro a cough, cold or soro lungs Is with Dr. King's New Discovery. Wo and J1.00. For sale by your druggist. Advertisement, One Day Only Any Man's Suit I or Overcoat in our entire stock at (Fur Coats Excepted) no matter whether the former selling price was $20, $25, $27.50, $30, $35 or even $40 SEEKING TO CLOSE SALOONS Iowa Lawyers Busy Trying to Make Des Moines Dry Town. BELIEVE SULLIVAN SUICIDED Itiillronil Conimlulon Pets Date far HrnrliiR on the Proponed Vln tlnct Over Certain TrncUn TliroiiKli City. (From n Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, In.. Dec X.-(Spcclal.)-Tho next Btop In the big fight In De Moines over tho saloons Is to take tho whole matter Into cutirt. The proceed ings before tho board of supervisors Is closed nnd the board has decided that tho petition was sufficient. Tho board Ignored tho protests of tho drys ba to most of tho claims ns to errors on which they roly and did not give time for consideration of tho details of the con tent; but tho drys will now tako the mat ter Into court nnd It Is a good deal of a question whether tho saloon petition can bi made to hold. It Is certain that there aro many errors and defects that tho court will consider, which the board refused to recognize. In the meantime the saloons will bo tn operation and It now mattera very llttlo what tho su premo court does In the mntter of the rthenrlng on tho old potltlon. Tho busi ness interests of tho city aro greatly delighted with tho outcomo beforo tho official board, ns tho closing of olghty flvo saloons would be regarded as a serloim blow to tliu prosperity of the city. OypNiuu Mines Are Now Hnfe, Stnto Mine Inspector Sweeney Is greatly pleased over tho situation oh to the gypsum mines near Fort Dodge. They wero brought under tho state mino In spection law last winter nnd ho made his first inspections In July. He ordered thrco of tho mines to bo equipped with escape shnfts at onco and, although there was much grumbling about It, this was done. Slnco then a firo which burned tho top works of one Bhnrt fully Justified tho order, for hnd tho fire occurred when tho mlno was filled with men nnd hnd there been no escupo shaft many would hnvo prtrlsbed. It Is regarded as re markable that these mines wero per mitted to go for so many yenrs without Inspection or being required tn equip for safetv. They nro now dcclurcd to be In excellent condition. " Fire In Tmo Hlnrrx. A Ions of probnbly (3500 wns experi enced in two Des Moines Mtores by n fire lute last night. Tho losses wero to the Prinsmnld chlnaworo storo nnd Sol Wolk'M clothing store. Tho fire started In the last named storo and both were filled with denso smoke when tho fire men urrlved. No person wns In tho room at Uio tlmo and It Is not known how tho ;:ie started. The losses were covered by Inuiranco. The building Is owned by II. I), Thompson und suffered a severe loss. ISxpcct Colfnx Hunk to Open. It Is expected by the stato banking de partment that tho Citizens' bank fat Col fax will be reopened, but tho details have not been arranged and the department SATURDAY mm Is co-operutlng with tho stockholders ,tc securo someone, tn tako hold of tho bank who will Rlvo It strength and make sur of carrying on tho business. Tho bank ing department finds there hnd been lie - dishonesty In tho management, I but Is ns yet unable to explain tho, mystery nf tho bank permitting ono customer to get nwny with a largo amount of money and nothing to show for It Ilvlleve Jnninctl In tho River. Tho pollco of this city aro now confi dent that W. 1. Sullivan, an ' Insurnnct ngent of Hampton, Jumped In the rver hero last week. Ho had threatemd tc do so nnd tho river was dragged without result. But a bunch of keys was found near ono of the city bridges that bore a curd with Sullivan's name. Ha .disap peared from tho Wellington hotel and left his baggngo there, but had sent word to his family that financial reverses would lead him to suicide. Unco nettermenc Convention. Secretary Sumner ot the Iowa Stat Hoard ot Health Is to be on the program for the meeting of the national confer ence for raco betterment to be held next month In Battlo Creek, Mich. He is to speak on disease and Its prevention In one ot tho Battlo Creek churches on the eleventh. Tho meeting Is Intended to gather at one placo a largo part otthe persons Interested In eugenics and slmf. lar fads. Will Tnke Ui Viaduct Case. The railroad commission has set a date for tho hearing on tho proposed vladutf over certain rntlrood' tracks In' "Dca Moines and will hear tho petitioners Jajjy. uary 27. Onco beforo tho city council hadV adoptod plans for a viaduct, but It was: disapproved uy mo commission, ino vi duct would crote tho-'ot iUfcjw tracks and th&so of the Intcrurban lln to tho army post It will be opposed ua entirely unnecessary. Will Kmplttln llcniilillenn Situation. fionator Cummins has arranged to bp-, penr next Tuosday evening before the Grant club and explain the outcome ot tho recent mooting of the republican na tional committee In regard to changes In tho call for the next natlpnnl convention. Mr Cummins started his campaign for a national convention a year vngo In a speech before tho Grant club. He wll now tell ot results. admirably balanced In Hi proportions, A crtt favorite with yonog men, and thote 10 dc up to uie mane in iiyic Jde Silver 2 tor 25a itM Ccu ollars ilwoyi fit well and nercr gap at the top T hey atand for preclalon, accuracy. 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