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CHAMP GAMES NOT CHANGED
Msg-nates So Not Look with Faror
Upn Lengthening; World Series.
ALL WANT A SNAPPY SEEKS
! fc'at Caaotder Tale aa Oppartaae
Tlatc t Mama Aay Itadleal
Tkaacra la Handling tka
fractal 0an,
NEW TORK. Deo. XI. Although thera
ha bM considerable Informal discus
lea among Organised has ball magnate
regarding tha advisability of Increasing
th number of game to be played In
f utura world'" aerlea, ' tha club owner
reatlsa that tha . proportion la una of
many angle and ara alow to tak official
action en the proposal. Two-plana wr
uggested. On called for nlna ' game,
of which five wer neary to w n tha
title and with tha player sharing in tha
receipt of tha first flvs played. Tha other
proposition was for an leven-game eerie
with six vlcterle to clinch tha champion
( atalp. tha players to share In tha proceed
of tha first five or six gamo.
Tba suggestions received but srsnt
attention at the annual meeting of the
National league held in New York ' re.
oently. The senior organ' latloa magnate
discussed tha plan In- a casual way w Un
cut taking any action ou It. Oca of the
most prominent club owners of tha Na-
tlon leagu la reviewing tna iaea aaia
that It was tha general opinion that tha
1315 season would ba aa Inopportune period
in which to attempt base bail Innovations.
Furthermore, the plan Involved a number
f puisllnc obstacles which would have
to be. removed before the nlna or eleven
(ame series could ba considered feasible.
Vlwe4 froa All Aaejles. -He
pointed' out that If two eluba wttety
separated, such aa Near York and Chi
caro, for Instance, were to play for the
championship . tha allotment of semes
would ba a matter for the most careful
consideration. On the sine-jams basis It
PPtared probable that tha serin would
open In the city winning the ton with
three straight' games, after which the
play would shift . to the rival club
, grounds. Presuming that tha teams were
ttnd at tha end of six games, with the
added possibility of bad weather and
the extra day needed for travel, it ap
peered questionable as to whether popu
lar interest could be sustained to the
point where the longer series would prove
much mora profitable than tha seven
tame plan.
That thera is a basis for this Una of
reasoning is borne out by the records of
pant world's series., Even after making
allowance for an increased Merest In the
championship series of recent years the
gate rvcolpt figures show that tha final
games of tha loss i awn out aerlea fall
to approach the receipts of tha earlier
contesta. in past world aerlea. where
title was won in four or five games, the
receipts each day were dose to 100 per
cent of tha park capacity. Wherever the
erlea ran into seven or eight games
there was a sharp slump in attendance
avad resultant receipts, la tha MM series
thera was a difference of approximately
I1K.00I between tha receipts of tha seventh
and eighth gajnes. In the lmi games be
tween tha OlinU and Athletics tha re
ceipts decreased with each game. Tha
Xetro!t-nttaburgh aerlea of 190. in which
tha rival clubs won alternating games
tip to tha seventh, failed to sustain In
terest. If the box office returns furnish
accuiate records,
Careful o.WT,non tas led tl
rates to the conclusion, for the present at
least, that the bake ball Dublin rf-.i .
harp, enappy world's series as a climax
to he aeasoa. Long-drawn-out play, cov
ering ten day. or two week, according
to weather conditions, appeara to be a
f ?U" unlerUkln present cir-
cumiuutces.
ng the Martha Washington seminary at
eyfc visit her mother. Wr. T. e-n,
."klngton semln.ry. , ,MII(,
"JT.'m. ,0 -r,- "a.. as tbe guest of
Weeghman Will
Enforce Johnson
Contract in Court
CHICAGO. Dec. tl. Charles Weech
man, president of tha Chicago Federals,
today announced that he had submitted
to his counsel tha case of Walter John
son, star pitcher, who Baturday gncd
up with his old team, the .Washington
American, after' having recently ac
cepted a contract with tha Ciiicago Fed
eral. '...
"Walter Johnson will' play with the
Chicago Federal! next year or not at all,"
aaid Weeghman. ' have laid the case
before counsel, and w will fight It to
th United (Hates supreme court before
we will give up.
"The highest legal talon t in tna country
has declared that oar contract with' John
son is binding, and w will certainly en
force It to the limit .of our ability .
NO FEDERAL CLUB FOR
TORONTO OWING TO WAR
TORONTO, Poo. tl. James Ollmore,
president of tha Federal league, visited
Toronto tslay with President . Robertson
of the Buffalo Federal league) club. When
questioned whether his trip had any bear
ing on tha prospect of putting a Federal
league club In this city Mr.- Ollmore aaid
it he1 been his league's Intention to es
tab:u, , a club her next year, but on ac
count of tha war It would hardly ba pos
sible t do anything before lilt
Mr. Ollmore left for Chicago this alter-
noon, Mr. Robertson returning to Buffalo,
LOBERT HAS FURTHER
TALK WITH GILMORE
CinCAQO, Deo. 31.-Hene tohert. third
baseman of tha Philadelphia Nationals,
arrived her today from Bt. Louis and
visited th office of James Ollmore, presi
dent of tha Federal league, where b
conferred with Mr. Ollroor and Phil D.
T. Hall, vie president of th St Louis
Federals. It was expected that before)
the end of the conference Lbert would
alga contract to play with tha St. Loula
Federal. -
COTTON GINNING MAKES
ANOTHER NEW RECORD
w'A8lUNCTON. Deo. fl.-Cotton gin
ning this season up to the period ending
December U mad a new record, exceed
ing that established la lill, the year of
previous record cotton production, by
more than XX.M0 bale.
This was indicated today In th census
bureau' report, showing U, 977,148 bale
had been ginned prior t( Decern be r 13.
In th last two year approximately ti
per cent of th entire crop had been
ginned prior to December 11 Calculating
this year's crop oa that basis. It would
exceed tt.2TO.000 bale. The Department
of Agriculture, ta it preliminary esti
mate of th crop, placed It at 1S,M,000
bales.
Lent year tha department' preliminary
estimate waa lS,tT7.oa bale, while the
final outturn waa K1M.0M balea, K00
pound bales. ' ,
STEVENS WOULD REARRANGE
DISTRICT COURT BOUNDARIES
WASHINGTON. Deo tL Congressman
D. V. Stephen of tha Third dUUlot of
Nebraska baa Introduced a bill to trans
fer Cedar, Cuming. Nanca, Platte, Boone
and Wheeler counties from Omaha to the
Norfolk division of tha federal district
court, and transfer Hamilton county from
Lincoln to tha Orand Island division.
Norfolk is given two terms a year on
th first Monday in April and third Mon
day in September. Omaha terra are
changed to third Monday ia April and
first Monday in October.
a school friend.
Hadical Changes in
; Crimson Schedule
CAMBRIDGE. Ms. Deo. :i.T
ob.dulo for th Harvard foot ball team.
w-hh wsa officially snnounced tonight,
liujudes the mot radical changes ever
mu. vy me irimsou. riv new teams
ar given date,. Cornell takes tha placo
c.f Mlo-hltM. Carlb.1 supplants Tufts,
Vnlversity of Virginia displaces Wash-
auB "J Jefferson. Cloy l. taken on
l;tej of bates and Massachuastt. Ac.
rh ultuial coUf-ge has U.e dte foimerty
fceid by t'prliurdei,! uu un Cliristlan
A.UUon college. Ti.e Yale. Princeton.
aiowo nd l'ennyvnia -! games
gerrulBe-d.
AU ccntts except Uit UU Prii.oeton,
hhh win U, pieo at the Palmer atad-
...... io ntia at Cambridge. The
nc-jui tullvat:
5t-jiiber Jti, Colby, October Massa
anukMts Agrttrul'.uial college: October
I arllele; Otober, le, Vl.tvrrlty of Vlr-
!j:ia; ixt...lr 2s, Cornell; .ct..lr SO,
J mraey.vunu WiW; November i. I'rtoce-
t et I'rlnotton; Noveniber 13, fcrown;
-,-. 'ti , lei.
GERMAN PRISONERS
HOYEDTO SHIPS
Alien Citizens Interned in Eng-land
. Are Now Homed en v Prison
Boat and Other Placet. .
VON HORST AMONG DETAINED
Case of Former Cell rem la I Vp
for Coaelderatlea trader Bep
reseatatlea f real th
Aaerlca Baabaaay.
(C'orreepondence of the Associated Press.)
. SOUTH END,' Kngland, Dec. 12.
German prisoners who wet Interned at
the race track at Newbury, concerning
which so many complaints were mad In
German paper, have been moved to
other places, many of them being oa
three English prison ships which ar now
docked hare In ' command' of Colonel -De
Cordes, a retired officer who had long
experience In charge of prison camp In
th South African war.
Baron Louis Anton von Ilorat, whose
cltlxensblp ha been much in question
loo th opening of th war, la among
tha prominent men held on the Prince
Edward, a hlp formerly la aervic be
tween Bristol aad Canadian port, which
ha been converted Into a prison ship, to
gether with th liners Saxonla and
Ivernla.
Baron yob Horst I well known la Cali
fornia, where h hes lived much of hi
llf . and ba many relative. Ill at
torney says he I really an American,
a hi father waa naturalised In tha
United State, and consequently th pres
ent baron, who waa then under age, auto
matically became an American cltlsen.
Vol Harst fader CeaaldoraUaa,
However, Baroa von Horst accepted a
baronetcy from th duchy of Sax
Coburg and belloved he had surrendered!
his American citlsenahlp In doing
o. At least, he registered In London at
th opening of th war aa an alien enemy.
His caa, under representation from th
Ameticaa embassy, is under considera
tion.
Oermaa prisoner ar delighted with
th transfer to th roomy passenger
ships, where they can keep warm and
dry. In contrast to the unfavorable con
ditions under which they lived in canvaa
and stable at th Newbury race course.
Each of tha prison ships here ha about
0 German on board. Kanltary condi
tion ar excellent aboard th ship, and
it 1 not unlikely that more vessel will
b added to the prison fleet, ss ' this
means of earing for Hermans I especially
satisfactory.
Prlaaaere Are rasfartable.
Th prisoner on th shin eat from
ehlna and live' much aa passengers would
on aa ordinary sea voyage, exoept that
their belonging ar carefully aearohed
and military discipline ar enforced. At
Queensferry, in Wale, aa unused Iron
work ha been taken over for tbe u
of prisoners, and several hundred men
ar quartered ia th buildlug, which af
ford aa admirable shelter, Th estab
lishment overlook th sea aad la sur
rounded by several sores of land enclosed
In a high board fence oa three aldeal
Th prisoner have a hurxa around foe
foot ball, baaa ball, aad other sport.
raca of employment I tha crest nroh.
lent In all th prison camp. Bad weather
inaaea sports Impossible, and tha men ara
unable to amuse themselves satisfactorily
in their cramped quarters. In many of
th camps they have learned to knit and
cuay inemselve making sock and neck
scsrfa
Whitney's Bid for
City Hall Stokers
' ' Accepted by Dads
Dan Whitney' bid of $3,000 for In
atalllng thr stoker at th city hall to
abate the smoke nuisance waa accepted
by th city commissioner after a short
executive cession. The bids ranged from
$1,000 to M.fcO, the latter being for th
Installation of four stokers, on In each
of tha bolter. Whitney represented th
Johnson Heating company.
Whitney will give a atetyday guar
antee. Work of Installing th stokers
will start soon, the commissioner ear.
With th money spent to repair th old
boilor at th oity hall th councilman
will hav expended about $4,000 to repair
nd modernise th city hgll beating plant.
The Be Building company offered to
heat th building for much lesa per year
than this.
Th old boiler at th city hall cannot
last longer than flva year. Th repair,
It la understood, wera temporary. These
repalra cost $396.
For ladlaeatloa sad Bllloaaaee
use Dr. King's New Life Pilla. Rid th
stomach" and bowel of all Impurities and
ton up the system. 25c All druggist.
Advertisement.
HERBERTSHIRE CASTLE
IN SCOTLAND IS BURNED
GLASGOW, Dec, SU,-(Vl London.)
Herbertahlr castle, a hlstorld old feudal
building at Deoay, aevea miles front
Stirling, owned by C W. Forbea, was
destroyed by fir Bunder. Three young
women guest were burned to death.
iiany valuable painting were lost.
BRIGADIER GENERAL BELL,
JR. TO PASS THROUGH HERE
'Brigadier General George Bell, jr., will
paa through Omaha oa Thursday en
route from Vancouver barrack to Gal
veston, where he will be In command of
th Fifth brigade of the Second division
of th United State army. Thi brigade
1 usually located -at Fort Omaha, aad
there 1 a probability that when It 1
withdrawn from th border that General
Bell will be located here.
luncheon to him, but he refused. He
walked to the convalescent' table, where
he at with hi friends.
Th courage and heroism of these men
Is simply beyond belief. They never com
plain. Tbey always urge the nurse to
attend to others. But their sufferings in
the cold climate are pitiful.
Need Heavy Clothlnar. -
"Blanket, heavy woolen clothing and
sock are badly needed at the hospitals
and convalescents' home In northern
France. Because of the great number of
the wounded, patients ara sent from the
hospitals to the convalescents' homes ss
rapidly a possible, but the home lack
comforts, and consequently the weakened
soldiers suffer Intensely and their re
covery la delayed.
"Tapered fever now seem to have been
checked, but gangrene present a fright
ful mkMf.A H I a . ,
truing mjm suiiOTing intensely irom me.i..,4.i .,,im.t
wu iu luvir puBiuoQe, inn is i rue pi
the SonefftUeae. In many cases their toes
COLD T.00 MUCH FOR
TROPICAL TROOPS
Some of the Senegalese ' Soldiers
righting; for Allies Get Their .
Toes and, Feet Frozen.
HOSPITALS NEED SUPPLIES
Operation Perforated WHtoat liae
' af AaaMtkatle' aad Mem Grit
Their Teeth aad Bear the
Pala Bravely.
LONDON, Dec. SO. Troops from tha
r feet hav been fro sen so badly that
amputation hav been aaceaaary.
Mrs. Harry Floyd, chief commissioner
of the French wounded emergency fund,
who ha just returned from a visit to
th hospital at Havre. Llsleux, BayeUx,
Deaudvlll and othor points, tell of the
suffering of the soldier from the tropics.
Bhe says also that many of th hospitals
re badly In need of anaesthetics Tetanus
erum, aurgical instruments and surgeons.
'.'Ia one ship I saw Senegalese operated
upon without the un of an anaesthetic,"
said Mrs Floyd. "Their toe had been
fro sen and Immediate amputation waa
neceesary.
OseratUa Wltkaat Anaesthetic.
"All th toe of one Senegalese were re
moved without even a groan from him.
Suddenly he leaped from the operating
table and began searching for something.
The doctor and nurse could not discover
what he wanted. He found a pipe, filled
It and lay down, amoklng to deaden tbe
pain.. Then he began to pray In a low
voice. Presently a nurse offered to bring
rheumatism caused by exposure, as well
a paralysed arm and legs caused by
neglected wounds. The emergencies are
greater than the government ia able fully
to, meet, and correctly the emergency
fund has placed eight Investigator in the
field, so that we can Immediately attend
to Imperative needs." :
' Americans Are Helping.
Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover,' wife of the
chairman of the American committee for
relief In Belgium; Lady. Waterlow and
a large number of others. Including many
American women, are among Mrs. Floyd'
associate In the work of relieving dis
tress among the patients in the French
hospitals. Lack of supplies in these hos
pitals frequently is due to the fact that
they are not obtainable . In France or
hav been delayed in transportation.
Bee Want Ada Froduce Result.
Arllnatoa Defeat North Bead.
NORTH BEND, Neb.. Dec. 21.'' (Spe
cial.) Arlington High school basket ball
team defeated the local high school team
here Saturday evening 66 to 10. D. V.
Krebs, coach of the North Bend team,
was umpnre.
Social Settlement
House to Give Kids
Christmas Presents
The annual Christmas party for the
kiddie of ' the Social Settlement house
classea will be held Wednesday after
noon. There will be a Christmas tree
and all the fixings, including goodie of
all sort. Miss Sophia -Adam, in charge
of the settlenvent houso, is arranging for
the affair, and is being assisted by the
young women who conduct th Monday
afternoon sewing classes. Tbe Misses
Harriet Met, Eugenia Patterson, Anna
Fry, Anna Fell and Elsl Goets ar
among -the young women who ar in
charge of classes. .
The last meeting of the classes for the
year was held Monday afternoon. The
time was spent in completing little
Christmas remembrances for the family,
auch aa tea towels, pin cushions, aprons
and doll dresses. The little girls ar
easerly anticipating the Joys of Wednes
day afternoon.
BAR ASSOCIATION 70.
MEET THIS EVENING
There will be a special meeting of the
Omaha . Bar association at th Univer
sity club this evening at 8 o'clock, for
the purpose of receiving the report of the
legislative commltteo, of considering pro
posed legislation and of. transacting such
other, business, as may be brought before,
the meeting. Members .hav been ur
gently requested . to attend. - , , .
. Thorpeaas Want a Game.
The Thorpean Athletic club banket ball
team la on the warrath. The Thorpeans
would challenge any basket ball - tesm
in the city or -out of town which aver
ages ItO pounds Anybody who would like
to mix with the Thorpeans can arrange
a gam by telephoning Webster 8304.
B0DY.0F MXLUNQ WILL
BE SENT TO UNITED STATES
LONDON, Dec. a. Th body et Lee
MoClung. former treasurer of th United
Stale, who died ta a private hospital
in Loudon last (valurday as a result of
enteric fever contracted at Fraakfort-ou-
the-Main. will be returned to tb United
State on board the fcUanwr Kt. Paul,
leaving Liverpool. December W.
Checks Cres llaalr.
You know croup ia dnroue. Aad you
should also know tha ans of security
that comes from always having Foley
Honey and Tar Compound la tb houaa
It cute th thick mucus and clear away
the phlegm, stops th strangling cough
and gives easy breathing aad quiet sleep.
Take it for cough, cold, tick Hag throat
hoarseness and for broachlal aad la
grippe couugh. Contrln a epiatea
fcvery user U a frUad. For eJ by ail
d ta.lt ra. Ad vertls meat
COLORED MISSION WILL .
HOLD REVIVAL MEETINGS
Tb Vnion Institutional Baptist Mis
sion, a colored evaoseltoal organisation.
wltl hold th first of a rumber of revival
meetings at Seventh aaj Pacific streets.
Wednesday, December . These meeting
will b held dally for 130 day and will
b conducted by Rev. Mrs M. EL Johnson,
M. A., aad B. B. B. Johnson, D. D.
FATHER AND SON ARE
BURIED SIDE BY SIDE
Bodies et Alexander Pollack, father, and
Edgar W. Pollack, son. both formerly of
Omaha, wer buried here Sunday at
Pleasant Hill cemetery. .
Tbe father died April M. IA. at Chi
rago. and tb son December S t Havana.
Cuba. Final tcterroeot took place with
th two graves aid by side.
IMPORTED NURSERY STOCK
RECEIVED AT THIS PORT
Tea carloads of small tree and shrubs
bulbs. ds end other nursery stock have
bcea passed through th port af Omaha,
where tb Import duty was paid. - Th
goods were destined for auserie at Phen-
andoah. Ia.. whei there a re sora of
th largest establishment of that kind
in th country.
No matter what you want It wlU nv
you tiro aad moaey If you us Be
Want Ada
toy Him This Cimstaas Joy Today
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Give that man a pound of Prince Albert for Christinas. Buy it
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line crystal-glass humidor. It's all ready to put under the tree so
he can pounce on it, easy. Yoiill only have to write your name on
the tag to get his everlasting appreciation and hell start joyward
with the first pipeful, or the 'fine-flavored cigarette hell roll with
ev
the national joy smoke
This P. A. humidor is more
than just a Christmas package
its a good-will offering twa
ways. ' It shows good will, ana
it never fails to get it from the
one remembered. t Oh, but it's
a fine package of fine smok
ing, that satisfies the keenest
smokappetite ever 1 There's no
tongue torture in P. A. The
burn and sting you think un
avoidable are taken out of P. A.
by a patented process that lets a
man smoke all day and night
with never a regret Just ask
for P. A. in the crystal-glass
humidor at any store that selb
tobacco also in pound and
half-pound tins, as well jis in
the. tidy red tin, 10c, and tha
teppy red bag, 5c
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