Trrn wra; omatia. Monday, DErKMnnn 7, 1014. But the Real Reason Was that the Boss Had Trouble with His Eyes Drawn for The Bee by "Bud" Fisher 53" , r , v r , n fcx , , w i -v iss r Irs a - p0 I i i i - 'HOME RUN' BAKER THE NEXT Mack Third Baseman Said to Hare Approached Federals. ASKS IP THEY COULD USE HIM Onljr Hindrance to Contemplated Deal is Possibility of Salt Cre ated by Ten-Day Claaae v 1 n Contract. ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Dec . J. Franklin ("Home Run") Baker, third baseman for the. Philadelphia Americans, probably will be the next player taken from the team which already has lost Kddla Plank and Charles Bender, according; to Phil Ball, vice president of the 8t. Louts Federal league club. Baker, Ball told local newspaper men tonight, asked officials' of the local Fed eral league lub If they could use him. The only hindrance to the contemplated deal. Ball said. Is the possibility of a la'wi ult created by the ten-days clause in Baker's contract. "As soon as we can find a way of tak ing Baker without the probability of a suit to restrain us from using him, the deal will be consummated," Mr. Ball Is quoted as saying. That St. Louis began the negotiations which resulted In Bender signing a Fed eral league contract, as In the negotia tions for Walter Johnson and Plank, was a further, statement made by Ball tonight. On this account, Mr. Ball said, St. Louis will ask that Bender be assigned to play with the local club if an affirmative an swer la received to a message sent to Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis olub, who la in Portland, Ore. Nearly Half Million Golf Rounds on Links CHICAGO, Dec. (.Plana for a trade, rounds of golf were played on the five municipal courses In 1914, according to official statistics announced today. At the Jackson Park links, opened twentv years ago, the large course was covered 171.650 times and the small course 118,730 times, breaking all records for attend ance. The rounds at the Garfield park course were 121,462; at the Marquette park course 9,887; at the Lincoln park courso opened late In the summer, 2.245, a tM.il of 424.9S0 rounds. An allowance of fifty games a season to each golfer would show a total of 8,499 players UKlng the public courses. ROLLA MINERS NOW MISSOURI CHAMPIONS ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. (.-The Rolla School of Mines' eleven is tonight foot ball champion of Missouri by virtue of its defeat of Christian Brothers college, score 27 to 6,, here today. A seventy five yard run by Rogers, after intercepting a forward pass in the opening of the sec ond half, gave Christian Brothers its only touchdown and represented the first score against Rolla this season. The visitors played aa Individual be cause the Rolla faculty had refused to permit them to represent the school officially and bad even threatened them with expulsion for participating In a post-season game. Berry former owner of the Ixs Angeles club. UPHOLDS ACTION OF JAPAN Consul Saburo Kurnsn Says Nipon Duty Bound to Attack Germans. MAKES VISIT TO OMAHA Looks Over Condition of III Coun trymen Her. aad Extends Thnnka for Treatment Accorded Then. f Cubs Seek to Trade For Star on Second CHICAGO. . Dec. (.More than JQ0.O0O which will bring a star aecond baaeman to th Chicago Nationala, were made to day by President Chariea Thomaa ana riU manager, Roger Breanahan." Both leave tomorrow for New York to attend tho National league .meeting Tuesday when they hope to obtain the player needed to fill the hole made vacant by the trade of Johnny Ever. Nelther would discuss the player they had In mind. Fred Clark, manager of the Plttaburgh Nationala, arrived In Chicago from bis Kansas ranch and atopped over for a day on his way to New Tork. B. B. Johnson, president of the Ameri can league, and Chariea Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, left today for New York, where Johnson Is to meet with the National commission Monday. I ST. EDWARD AND CEDAR RAPIDS DIVIDE HONORS ST. EDWARD, Neb., Dec. (. (Special.) The Cedar Rapids High school basket ball team waa defeated here Friday night by tha local high school team, 68 to It A aecond game waa played between the girls' teams of the same two towna. The score was 17 to S In favor of Cedar Rap Ida. The boys' lineup: ST. EDWARD. CEDAR RAPIDS. Rich Styles Cain ., Davis Burns ...R.F. ..L.F. C. ..L.G. .KG R.F.. L.F.. a... L.G.. R.O. Flvnn "T read way Robinson ... Roberts Demmel Points made: Cain. 26: Styles. 23; Rich. 11; Davis, 8; Treadway, 14. The girls' llnup: ST. EDWARD. CEDAR RAPIDS. Burns Mnckey Armer ....... Crouch Hall ... Points made ling, half .L.F.IL.F... .R.F.IR.F.... ....C.C ... ..L.Q.UO .R.G.IR.O.. Sterling . ... Thomas Sachoolcraft .... Peterson Hagen Burns. ; Mackey. 2: fcter- S; Thomas, 14. Substitutes In last Knudsen, .Steffi ns. Glen wood Wins Two Games. GLENWOOD. Ia., Dec. (.-(Special.) Two very Interesting games of basket ball were played at the old armory in Ulenwood Friday evening. Ulenwood High school defeated Sidney, girls, 14 to Glen wood High school, boys, defeated Pacific Junction High, 14 to S. This waa Pacific Junction'a aecond game and It put up a remarkably good game against Glenwood. Sidney glrla and Glenwood are evenly matched, Sidney winning the second game of the series at Sidney two weeks ago. The next games will probably b played In Glenwood's new armory, where -the contestants will have the best floor In the slate. Waterloo Beats North Bend. WATERLOO, Neb., Dec a. (Special.) Battmlay afternoon occurred the last banket ball gam of the season on the home grounds. The local team won from North Bend High team by a wore of IS to i. Chapman Lavender of the local team was the star and made most of the scores. Shenandoah High Hal Baaqaet. SHENANDOAH. Is., Dec. (.(Special.) Paul Hunter, right guard, waa elected captain of the 1915 foot ball eleven of the Shenandoah Hitch school at a banquet given the seventeen toembers of the siuad. Coach Havens and Bupenntenaem A. H. Speer at the home of Dr. F. J. Van Meter Friday night. Homer Baker Beaten. BOSTON. Deo. 5. J. E. ("Ted") Mere dith, tha Unlverelty of Pennsylvania athlete defeated Homer Baker of ttie Hem York Athletic club In a half mile race tonight. The college man led from tha atart. but was forced at the finish by baker's burst of speed. Tha time was Marry Cllna Winner. JACKSON, Tenn., Dec. I Harry Cllna defeated Welker Corhrehan a to 71 In a billlari players' league match here to night. Avemgra and high runa: C'llne, 11 11-24. 48; Cocurehan, I t-li, U. - FIRST CHRISTIANS TO MEET METHODIST BARACA TEAM The First Christian and First Methodist Baracaa will stage an important and in teresting basket ball game at the Young Men's Christian association Tuesday night at 7:S0 o'clock. The teams are strong rivals and are evenly matched, and an exciting game and large crowd la expected. " J. Truitt Maxwell will referee. The- lineup will probably be as follows: BARACA8 CHRISTIANS Clevett -...F.F Hobson Moore F.I F B. Welgel Laurence F.lF.... Evans Wilson C.C Smith C. C Miles Sammons G.IG C. Welgel Carson G.IG parrish Fltxpatrick G.G Curtis Clnb Chana-es Handa. BAN FRANCISCO. Dec. B.-Papera were finally signed today which transferred the ownership of the San Francisco base ball club or the Pacific Coast league from Frank Ish and J. Cal Ewlng to Henry Consul Saburo Kurusu, Japan's chief representative n twenty states, laconic ally stated hla opinion of his country's position in the European conflict: "It was the honorable thing to do." The consul was com big out of the mayor's office where, with hla retinue, he had made a "friendly visit." "We had a treaty of alliance with England," Consul Kurusu continued. "We did the only tiling we could do. It was our duty to our ally. "Some ono was quoted as saying the Japanese people were unwQUng to fight Germany and were ouposed to this war, but, of course, that Ts not true. "The Japanese government and people are highly pleased . with the good treat ment accorded Japanese In Omaha." Cnnanl Knrumi told Educational Secre- I turv J W. . Miller "of the Young Men'a Christian association, in tha course of a formal call. "We appreciate the educational work ' being done among the Japanese afSouth Omaha by the association, and I wish to thank you officially." The consul was preceded in his visit by a member of his suite, who prepared the way with all the dignity and ceremony of a diplomatic interview. . Consul Kurusu'a headquarters are In Chicago. He la visiting several ot the states under hla consulate. - Ho la now on hla way to Denver on official business. There are eighty-five Japanese In South Omaha, several hundred In Nebraska, and 3,000 In Mr. Kurusu'a district. NEW ALLEYS DRAW TEAMS APPLES MUST BE SOLD BY WEIGHT MEASURE There are forty-eight pounds of applea In a bushel and grocers must aell by the pound or aubject themselves to prosecu tion under the state law. says City Sealer of Welghte and Measures John Grant Peg-g. i "We've had a lot of complaints about applea . being aold by the doten or ahort welglxt." said Pegg. "Now we're going to stop tWs." Bee Want Ads Produce Results. . National Leage Pitching Records , NEW YORK, Dec. (.-Following are the official records of National league Pitchers who participated in fifteen or m ore gamea during the season of 1914. In compiling this record all runa scored were charged agamst the pitcher except those resulting from fielding errors and passed balls. No runs were charged that scored after chances had been offered fleldera t o retire the aid. The percentage ia baaed on the least number of earned runa p er nlne-lnnlng name. To arrive at thia percentage tho total earned runa are dtv Ided by the number of Innlnga pitched; then multiplied bj nine to find the pitch er's average effectiveness for a complete game. . RECORD OF PITCHERS WHO PITCHED IN AT LEAST FIFTEEN GAMES. Arranged According to Percentage of Earned Runa per Nl'ne-lnnlng Game. i . o 6 V. $4 4 n i I I h M Doak, St. Louis 36 Jamea, Boaton i Pfeffer, Brooklyn 43 Vaughn, Chicago 42 Bailee, St. Loula 4 Cooper, Pittsburgh -s 40 Zabel. Chicago 2D Rudolph, Boston 42 Perrltt, St. Loula 41 Alexander, Philadelphia.... 46 Teareau, New York 43 Strand, Boston 1 Grlner, Eft. Louis 17 Harmon, Pittsburgh 17 Cheney, Chicago M Douglass, Cincinnati 45 Mayer, Philadelphia 48 Adams, Pittsburgh 40 Tlncup. Philadelphia 28 Amea, Cincinnati 47 Reulbach, Brooklyn 44 A itch (son. Brooklyn 24 Humphries, Chicago 34 Tyler. Boston 8 Schneider. Cincinnati 2D Wlltse. New York 20 Hageman. St. Louls-Chio... 2ft Conxelman. Pt4tsburgh 3B Kenton, Cincinnati 41 McguUlan, Pittsburgh .... 45 Ragan. Brooklyn 1.... (8 Maihewson. New York.... 41 Robinson, St. Louis 24 1ar, Cincinnati 17 Marquard, New York 3 Lavender, Chicago 87 Demaree. New York 38 Kantlehner, Pittsburgh .... 21 Allen, Brooklyn M Matleson, Philadelphia 15 Fromme, New York Sit Baumgartner, Philadelphia. 16 Schmuts. Brooklyn 18 Steele, St. ' L.-Brooklyn.... 26 Kucker, Brooklyn 14 YlnKllng., Cincinnati 34 Orutcher, Boston 33 Pierce. Chlcatto 30 Perdue, Boston-Ht. Louis.. 31 Marshall. Philadelphia .... ZJ Oeschger. Philadelphia 32 Hmith. Chas.. Chicago Hi Kixey. Philadelphia 4 O'Toole. Pittaburgh-N. Y. Cvcrehaiu, tlostou 15 Z ft O Q tr. Bb.5. 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MOOSE AND PHONES ORGANIZE Mldweat Tourney Prlae Money He reived on "rhetlale Time and All Join la rralae for Manasemeat. Week's Bowltn Schedule. ASSOCIATION ALLEYS. Stryco League Wednesday: Inter-ae-partinent matches. .Sunderland Broa.. League Thursday . Interdepartment matches. Mercantile League-Tuesday: Grand cpenlng. . MORRISON ALLEYS. Fairmont Creamery league Monday: Diadem against Fairmont Farms. Llnu d Gold aRRitist Better Butter, Delicla against Itirltan Urollers. Gate City I-esgue Tuosday: Rumohrs Old Taverns arainnt Florahelm Shoes, Lewis Buffet against American Express Co. Thursday: Droxel Shoe Co.. against Ragan'a Falataffs, Black Kata against Fairmont Creamery Co. Lithographera' League Tuesday : Klopp BarUett against Lyon Engravers. Thurs day. Rees Printing Co., against Omaha Printing Ov. Leery Printers against Lyon Engravers. . MORRISON ALLEYS. Omaha Gaa League Wednesday: Inter- rfaat-kat r4mnt ma frhp. Omaha league Friday: Old Style I-" against wtora, jeners win "?,"'," v Burgess-Nash, Luxua against Mickey Gibsons. BR1TN.gwIc.K ALLEYS, SOUTH OMAHA. Magic City league Monday : Curo Springs against Loyal Order of Moose, Jetters' Old Ape against Farmers Ex change. Thuraday: Willow Springs Brew ing Co. against All Stars, White Box against Welch Grocery Co. THWTHOP01.1TAN ALLEYS. Women'i League Monday: Regular team matches Ktnnrliirri OH Club Monday : Polarlne Auto Oil against Mica Axle Grease, Per fection Oil against urown v.asonn. Commercial League Monday i Omaha Bicycle Co. against Brodegaard Crowns, Pnnk'i fnriv Kids against Eagles. Wednesday: Beselln's Old Mixers against Stars and Stripes. . Browning King I-eague Wednesday: Interdepartment matches. Clan Gordon League Thursday: Bonnie Doona agalnat Tamo O' Shanters, Hobble Burne agalnat Kilties, Thlatles against St Andrews. . , , Paxton and Gallagher League Friday : Mercedes agalnat Pagomaa, Kamoa agalnat Denbys. FARNAM ALLEYS. Knlghta of Columbua League Monday: Regular team matches. Booster League Tuesday. Clara Tlelles nolnt Corey - & MrKenzle. PUcos against Loyal Order of Moose, El Paxoej against neacim x i a , uisuin -against Powell Supply Co. Nebraska Telephone league Wednes day: Interdepartment matches. Moose Club league Thursday: Regu lar team matches. Union Outfitting league Thursday: In terdepartment matches. Dempster Photo league Truraday: In terdepartment matrhea. Laat week's bowling Interest hinged chiefly on the opening of the new Far nam alleys Tuesday night. The opening of these alley gives the local bowling situation an entirely different aspect Change were made by active leagues already rolling on other alloys and new leaguea were formed. The big change was the transfer of the Booster league from tha Aaaoclation alleys to the new place. The Union Outfitting teams transfer from the Metropolitan alleys and the Omaha league have changed their schedule so that they will alternate be tween the Morrleon and Farnam alleys on Friday nlghta. The Knlghta of Columbus league who have been organ ised alnce early In the eeaaon, but have , not rolled any schedule gamea, will open their season Monday night with eight five-man teama. The Nebraska Telephone league a new organization commenced their season Wednesday night with a ten, five-man : team organisation. This will be the largest league In the city. Tho Mooae Club league has organised with aix five man teama and started rolling Thuraday night. Teama have been organized by the Dempater. Photo company and regular match games will be rolled on Thuraday night. The women enthusiast of the Omaha Gaa league have organised a league and will roll on Saturday after' noons. Tha opening of tha Farnam alleys will take care of the over-crowded condition of the other alleys and will hulp accom modate Omaha' large army of bowling organizations. 4Vsids from the opening of the new alU,7a, Interest centered on the wlndnp of the Mldweat Tournament which close 1 MontVay night Omaha bowlers fared wall when tha price money waa dis tributed. The Mickey Glbaon team led the otlvrs In the amount of money won, due to le high rolling of Kinnaman and Flgenackmh In the doubles and alao Stuns and Boirera in the same event. Th fetter Old Age of Omaha and the Soutlt Omaha Jetters received nice checks for their team score. Seyeral of the local cracks pulled down good size check in their slngica. During the vmlng week another league heretofore unknown will open their aea aon at the Asa. delation alley. Eight five man teama ha.e boon organized from aa many mercaiUUa eetabllshmenta and will call them; Hive tha Mercantile league. Tuesday night they will hold a grand opening. The wave of , enth uslaam in the bowling game I spreading ,u4 doubUca at an early date other leagues will be formed. Ilowlla Note. Frill Dahmke has Joined the Florshelm Shoe aggregation. Fanton has d.acontlnued using his hook and is shooting a back-up. The Booster league has transferred Its activities to the new Farnam alloys. The Union Outfitting leaguer's have transferred their schedule to the Farnam alleys. The Florshelm Shoes stepped on the Raman's Falatnffa last week and crushed them for two. The Fairmont Creamcrv team In the Onto City leamie has tacked Joe Dober'a name on Ita lineup. Charley Prltneau la back In the game again, lie la rolling with the Nubraaka Telephone organization. Sam Boord Is back lrf the game, rolling with Ills Omaha Bicycle team. He still shoots the same old hook. Ralph Kelpie, after getting a poor start. fln,hc4 with n 243 game In hla Booster lenguc match Tuesday night. The Mickey Glhaona won the moat money at Sioux City. They collected In the team event and alao In the doublea. Two men are sure of their Jobs In the Midwest Bowling association. They are President Ueoruo Htrota and Secretary Lowe. Many of the local cracks have fallen In love with some of the house halls at the Farnam alleys and have laid their pet sphere away. With Ooff becoming a member of the Standard Oil club, Cain's monopoly on tho 4iilivldual leadcrnhlp honors Is threat ened with overthrow. Wood Hartley challenged all comers on the Farnam alleys last week and received acceptances from every bowler of prom inence in the city.. Frank'a Candy Kids were knocked off of first pluce last week when they lost three stralKht to the Brodegaard Crowns, who supplanted them. Fltzy Flgenschuh hss been added to the working staff of the Farnam alleys. He Is experienced In alley work, having been employed at the Morrlaon alleys. Dick Orotte waa aeen around the alleys last week, but he didn't take part In any of the games. He ia a member of the Inactive City Hall Federal team. The crack Booster lesguers found the new alleys hard. Chet Weekes led In totals for the evening with 6Hf. Ralph Sclple copped high single with 243. The Omaha league will roll under the traveling eystem during the remainder of the season, -alternating between the Mor rlaon - and Farnam alleys on Friday nlghta. ' The Knights of Columbus are on the runways again with a atrong bowling or ganization. The Farnam alleys will be tho scene of their actlvltlea every Mon day night. "Pa" Kinnaman has organised an all star Moose club team and has 'vsued sn open challenge to all come- rtesidos him self, Conrad, Martin, Cumlngs and Cain are In the lineup. The O'Leary team of Chicago fared bet ter financially than anv other team en tered In the M'dweat tournament. They pocketed 3441 of the prize money. Tho team grabbed second noney and Nick Brilck grabbed the singles. The Nebraska Telenhone lesaue hai a successful start Wednesday night. Ten five-man teams have been organised from tl-e different departmenta. Most of tha players are beginners at tha game. A !ave crowd. Includ'ng several women, witnessed the opening matches. The Midwest Tournament officials were very prompt In paying off the nrlz fund. The tournnment closed Monday night, ( and the checks covering Omaha bowlera" winnings ni rived here Tuesday morning. Some of the tennis who roucd at the end of the tournament were paid off before they left tfloux City. "Dad" Huntington, who la conducting the affairs of the Association alleys, Kays that he has attended nine American Bowling fongreJa and aevan Mldweat tournaments, and In all hia travels around the bowling alleys of the different cities he has seen nothing that cornea up to the new Farnam alleys. - The Commercial league la having an in teresting race. The Stars and Stripe. Urodcgaard Crowna, Frank'a Candy Kids and Beselln's Old Mixers have all held the 'leadership honors, only to lose them after two weeks' play. The Omaha Blcyclea have not been on top yet. but are showing some promise of landing there. Hotel Keen Leased For Ten-Year Period The Hotel Keen Is to be the name of the new hotel at Eighteenth and Harney streets, which ha a Just been leased and remodeled by Harry A. Wolf at a cost of 860,O0. Mr. Wolf, after thoroughly re vamping the 'property, redecorating and furnishing It, has Just leased It to II. L. Keen, formerly of Cincinnati, and for the last several years a traveling man for the. Royal Baking Powder company. Mr. Keen some years ago decided he would eventually go Into the hotel busi ness. In hla traveling as a salesman he has Incidentally made a study of hotel from a business standpoint, and now that he haa gathered the necessary data he has decided upon this location. The building' face tha Douglas county court house lawn. Mr. and Mrs. Keen expect to give thl hotel their personal aupervislon. They will open It about the middle of January. Thla lr to be a family hotel and haa been fitted for that purpose. Mr. Keen announce that he will cater also, to soma extent, to traveling family trade. . - An ejeetrio elevator will be. Installed at the requeat of Mr. Keen, Mr. Keen haa a ten-year lease. Mr. Wolf, before he began the remodeling work on the building, obtained a ninety-nine-year leaae from the owner of th property, 8. 8. Curtla.' The Caaae of nhenmatlana ' Is stomach trouble, laxy liver and da ranged kldneya." Try Electric Blttera; regulate liver and help kidney to work. 60o and 11.00. Ml dealer. Advertisement. Washington Affairs Secretary Danlela will appear before the naval affalra committee next Wednes day he announced today, and until after that time will make no answer to critic of navy material or personnel. . A total of eighty-one vesaela, seventy one being new American craft and ten foreign built were given registry In November, according to figures given out by the navigation bureau. Standings in the Bowling Leagues OATB CITY LEAWB. W. L.PCL IWl' Cutlet II .7;0 Hngui'i K.lm.rr, .... -.750 Fairmont CrMsurj ..! 14 tJ III- a Kata It IT .'i Kuinttur'i Old Tavsra li 1 .bw Flumlislm II M .Of Draul tihoa Co 11 Ss . Am. Eipreas I'D 4 10 .17 Individual avsnsasi Name. Av. Nam. Ao. Flu HiiH'biuoa Hueaobar ..1 Norgasnl Mma 13 Htr ls Huiina&a Liiudaey ,...lwt tjhaw lal Moors 1H1 DolMr ll IMrtwall ...17 Me or 1)0 Uaiimk ....M y, l'alrar...l) Hnum 14 Hudlord ....lit Lm US Tci'iail 17 Ulbaon lwi klrrtte 17 Hland 1M Wllar iil Purabouas . lti Willi li" Kpalro 1M Teal 177 Store Ml l-ii 177 Karr ltl U. Hofliua.lia Drum's ...li Koran 17 j KeDlfl Ii oraon, 17b W. Wllodaa.lo sUlial 176 Baden luT J. Hoffman. 1.4 (1. HalBwr . I .t MIIfh.il ..17 pith 151 Malhea 171 o. Wllodan..Ul A.' mora ...171 Mai lor 14 ullr 171 Koaa 14 Haya lit luolr Indatroia ITlusatos .1U llmlrjMr ...! Thomas ....111 OMAHA CiA UCAlil'K. ' W. LPd. Tar RaXlM It .feT Di.pai.-aV.ia 17 lu .14 liitanao 11 14 .tl I. O. g. 8 U la .44) t'omfort Irons n u .4"T Hot Platra li) 17 ,tKt Individual avaa: Nam. Av. Nam. Av. Watt UiParkhurat ..141 Uland 174 ('. Wood ...141 I'oopar 17 Marti 141 Mrlwoald ...13 Kthnil.lt ...140 Wtrniullar .Ut Moras 140 CvmiiuWl .. Ulilonlleir ....149 Hers lol unlucs ...14d Uiulr lul PhllllDa ....lu HanaiHl lllKlatlMr ... Iji Huliar 1410. Johaaun. 1'4 H. JohBnML.147 Lucai.a U4 K. Wowl . .147 l..hrtr ...AU Kyau ...,...! i ulllmn ...AJ, Hl.aniM ...144.1. Moran....U"l Hnoar 144 Thomaa ,...1H) J Wood ...141 Andaraos ...117 fush 141 liabar 11 lUHMKHUili LEAOt W. KPrt Brodraaard Oowns ..11 ,M7 liwlia i Old Mlirs..i .t:S rank's Handy aids . 14 10 . Pollack's aura .......19 II .. Ouialia iiika Indians ..II II On,. ha KaglM Ill .1 Individual averages: Mam. Av. Kama. Av. Hull pit Walt 177 Cm liu Jariah 171 Klnneaiaa ,.U4iichulis 174 Boord 1(J Via 174 M.J aba ...1U rummlnsa ..174 'rlr U B.hr 171 H'.rrm.a ...1st Unngels ,...171 Klllgerald ..I7 Haa 171 ttU Ill liuaentMiri ..lit Moron 171 Petarara ...11 Hlornka ....lit McDea ell ..10 Baaella lu BUne lie M. Konald Kaserbur ..im) Kldaon 1ST Hla Itu Ii he 1. Thl.l IM Ivvll 1Ci,Ij,wii L, Nelaon 11 Wetter IM Chandler ...ia Mitchell ....161 Vtanly 14 Jobnaea ....Li Teal lklKaloa 141 Matthr ...14. Hampel ....144 8olorou ....11 IKNX4TEK LAUUB. , W. UVct. Kl Paio .....II 1 Mi Clam Belle II 11 .f'O Beaooa I'rea 17 U .! Cnrev A McKouil. . . . 16 14 Maurar'a 1 14 Ml l'llio 11 i; .411 Mouw Club It II .41a) Powell gupplr Co I 14 A Individual avrrnfes: Nam. Av. Nam. Av. Lrn IfdTumau 17S Cummlug ..la7 Fit genacbu .171 Martin l7Ie 177 Corhrss ...147 M(nhf ...177 Carp Ih Uekmi ....17 A Uower...lkf Uober 17 Bnltar IM Norgur ...171 r anion ., Ooff .... Younes .. 1. Jaroeh RlrlMis ., tain heale Kadfoid . Maurer ., (Ninrad .. Xim'rman Klnnemaa ...14 llonell 171 . ...114 C Johnson.. 171 ..in, MoCab .,,.171 ,.IU Melum 17 ..112 Fetter 114 ..In Topping .,..1(7 ..UUttaup 14i . U. Hnnaes led ..lUUren ltd ..JUlMokry ImI ..Ml Poeall lei ..Ml Huntlnatn ..Ml Hoffman ...HI B Ho.re. .. 1HO ldiaenbers ..Ml Coadf U Hamralrum .1M W eber Ibl BTRTCO LlAOt'g. W. UPot. Monarrhs 14 4 . 771 Sterlings 10 I .6et Colonial. T 11 .lit Columbian t 11 .171 Individual average: Nam. Av. rimltk tK Well lie Meletar .....Ml M.thew ,..l..t Hi none Ill 1ewla 11.1 Leillertf Jne Mi lng 12 Hagrailck ..141 Kemb las Wnudell ...,14a pinoier Ill Pennon ....140 Nlrholsoa ..114 Brldebnua . l4Koour Ill Buliivan ...,1 'ulioa 1T Appelulnt .131 Palm b lJdWallan .... Mt UUNDKilLUNO LigAQUB. W. l'el. Concrete 14 1 Marble Topa 1 i 8leiu Navajo I T Pleatllee 4 11 full Weights U Individual average Nam. Bock Waitenbar Ogdoa .... ,IJ1 .t7 .too .111 .1.7 Hie IMHbavr li. rlpl , .171 J. Weekee. C. Wekea ..l.tNoon .... Hl.nd I?l-hamhra ftunt lilOCuanar , y. Jaroeh ..171 NBU. TEUCPHONB CO. W. UPet Wlr rblefn I 1 General IMflc I Ai-ijiunilng I Weatern tleclrlo ... t Auditor I Installer , 1 lalrl.l Plant Engineer a Tralflc Cuuiluerelal STANDARD OIU W. KPet. ..tl II Jt ..! 17 .11 .14 iO .444 ..14 11 .11 .1.M .IM .14 .137 .lit tun I l .M I OU.I 1 .4.7 t .1U I .Cot) 1 .0110 1 . I .OOV I'olarin Auto Oil. Mir All. U Croea Uasoiia Perfection Oil . individual nverese: Nam. Av. Nam. Av. Cain 171 Benulws ...1U Haura L7Vertlv 114 Piamondoa .1 I Allunmaa ...U Holrt MtKllu lai Holleeull ,.14 Hagermaa ..lal I lone 141 bank Ill true l47Johaanoa ..IM Joe. neon ,...141 Dorothy ....11 Haaraua ,..i44 Overboil ...lit Brrne HJOllmor Ill aloer Itf Av. Nam. Av. il IJMt.nKrom .1:7 .lu4 Iundbcrg ..117 1'lMon.kr 17 Hril linearis 134 (V.ivln lolAnderaoa ...Ml Hooollk ....lil Uleaeas IM Wllk 141 ula Ill Durran 14C v.aUln. ....Ill feck 10 bennetl ....lot W.leap'ugk libjenk lee Parker Ill jam. loo atrotber ... .111 Alain ft) OMAHA LKAOl'B. W. UPct. Hlor 11 .Wl Bure-Naab Co. ....it 14 .tut letter 1 It .tt Krut 1 luiu If 11 .mt Mickey Ulbaon. it 11 .411 Old riirl Lager II it .17 Individual average: Nam. Av. Name. Av. K. bclpl.,..lnOo4'uackarr lit A. stover... 11. J. J.rueh . lM Zlmmermaa lu MeC'artby ..14 i oarad Ul Uobrly .. Waruba . .Ml Huntington Htuna 1 Tnsmaa . .. Terrell I'M C. Week. Neat lev Belter .... Toman ltv bland .... Gllbreatb ...Mj Vouaeat .. tain lu O11II Fnnton lea liam' Martin Ha R. ttclll Ueara 17 Kill r 1I Kuhry .. I otter 17 C. Johnea Cummlnga .let Radford . Cochran ... In Peeell ., K l Qua lean ..Ue MK'ab 1'AXTON at OAUAUHKK. W. UPt. Mereaea Kamoa " t ragouas 10 11 47 Ooib U .41 Inolvldual averagee: Nam. Av. Nam. Young IM Olenger ... Bmnutaa ...Ml Calaaaa .. Van llil...lt Hum Oeilu IM Witikleman Huna Ie Chile .... Oloer ....I4l Trewr .... ltd .Ml .11 .Ml .let .! .la .IVi l-: ...lit ...177 ...lit a.. l.l ...171 ...Mt ...Ml A .144 .144 .144 .141 .140 .14 YAIL POSTAL CLERK IN THE EARLY DAYS Head of Telephone Corporation Ones on the Ogden Bun Oat of Omaha. ANCIENT RECORD BOOS FOUND Boat of Early Order Read! Like Invitation Social Faaetloaa - Orlffta Now Oa ol Oldest Veterans. Plarovery of an old record book In tho archive of the Omaha office of tho Fourteenth division of the railway mall service, haa brought to light soma Inter esting farts concerning the service sa It existed back In tho seventies, when Just started, Theodore N. Vail, now president of th American Telephone and Telegraph com pany, a great national corporation, with headquarters In New Tork, waa at that time one of the postal clerks, running out of Omaha to Ogden. One of tho other. A. W. Griffin, who I (till In tho service, haa served continuously slnco 1870, and I now one of the oldest vet erans In the railway mall department. He lives at 661 South Twenty-Sixth ave nue, Omaha. , , Cirowtk of Service. Jamea E. White waa chief clerk at Omaha at that time, the old book ahoar. and the order In It are In hi own hand writing and were Intended for the guid ance of Vail. Qriffln and th twenty alx other clerk, who then composed the total railway mall fore between Omaha and Ogden. Thre are now 183 men on th earn Una. Whit, chief dark In 1X7U, later became uparlrtondent of tho Elxth district, with office at Chicago, and then waa raised to be general auper Intendent of the whole railway mall serv ice at Waahlngton. D. C. In looking over th old book. Super Intandent C. M. - Reed of thla district. Assistant Superintendent Blackwell and Captain W. S. Felt, chief of acheraeo and schedules, were amused at th sim plicity of tha aervlce a It waa then con ducted In It Infancy. Each order Is sued had to be signed by Vail. Oriffln and all the other, to Indicate that they had read and understood It On Roan Trip a 'Week. On round trip a week between her end Ogden waa all that waa made forty four yeara ago. Now the round trip can be made In forty-eight houra. There ap parently was no oftlca for tho Omaha Ogden division of the service, when th recently discovered book waa In use, for in on place th clerk wer directed to call at the i home of the chief clerk to eat euppllee, and In another plao titer wer Informed that the chief clerk's headquarter wer changed, as ho had, moved hi homo from atarcy street to Capitol avenu. "Rout agent,", was th titU originally applied to th railway postal clerk. Later they were ' designated aa railway -pos toff ice clerks, before th present title waa adopted. The first railway mail car waa Inaugurated In 1864, only alx year before th oli book Just found waa put Into uae here. First Overland! Service. There were few railway then. Captain Felt aaya, and moat of th work ot tha railway mall clerk waa In making up mall for distributing postoffloe In var ious parts of the country. Th clerk running between Omaha and Ogden, with this city as headquarter, comprised about the first overland railway aervloa the country had. An old-faahiuned atyle of giving order prevailed In Chief Clerk Whit' old book. Instead of ordering them poeltlvetjr, ho wrote In one order: "It la hoped that the head clerk and clerk will be kind and considerate, aad will respect each other' leehag and let perfect harmony prevail." Kickers Estate, Alao. According to tha old book, complaints by patron of th poat office system wer lust as numerous and of th aunt char acter then aa now. The railroada alao complained against clerk giving their friend free ride in mall cars, which nowdaya 1 such a serious offena that clerka are promptly discharged lor do ing ao. Tha Hat of railway mall clerks in U70, given In the old order and record book, waa a foll-iw. . Head clerka: O. M. Bailey. A. W. Grif fin. John E. Iavla, J. C. AlcCord. George H. Boars, O. C. bmtth. J. F. Cununlnga. Low W. Hill. . J. Hmlth, N. M. LHc.k Inson, J C. Morrow, L, Keneston. T. N, Vail and John Kteln. Clerks: C. E. Laiughton, B. B. Daniel. H. Chapman. 8. K. Kilchle, L folantl. W. J. Mullen, W. W. Cameron, J. W. It one. T. K. Bye. M. Suillvan, H O. TUtM-jo, H. C. MeClung. W. H. Note wax and Kd O'Soliivan. Never take papain and preparation con taining papain or other dtgeativ term ante for Indigestion, aa the mora you take the more you will have to take. What 1 needed 1 a tonlo Ilk Chamberlain' .Tablet that will enable th atoutavh to perform Ha unction naturally. Obtain i Li everywhera. AdvortiaeoMiaC r