HIE BEF,: OMAHA. MONDAY. .TANTAHY l 101(1
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Copyright. International
News Service.
Drawn for The Bea by George McManus
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STAGE IS ALL SET
FOR THEBIG PULL
International Tug-o'-War Staged
by Jack Prince Opens at Audi
torium This Evening.
FOUR PULLS EVERY NIGHT
ANOTHER BOWLING
LEAGUEJN DECK
Teams Wishing Franchises Will
Meet to Form Huntington
Organization.
TO BE CLASS B MATERIAL
AH set for the big International tug-of-war
which will be held at the Auditorium
nil this week, starting tonight and end
ing with the pulls next Sunday night.
Everything Is in readiness for the crack
ing of the pistol which will start the two
first teams on their way. The Auditorium
will all be fixed up today with the big
pulling platform installed in the center
of the building so as to be in full view
of everybody, no matter where they may
be, and the decorations and the flags of
the various nations entered will be put
up.
Four pulls will be held tonight, as every
cither night of the event. Thus all eight
teams take part every evening and each
team pulls each other team one time. By
this series of elimination there can be
no dispute as to place in the final stand
ing. 1j Bran to Heferee.
Bert Le Bron, who is of French de
scent and therefore a neutral as no team
representing France is entered, has agreed
to referee the pulls.
Jack Prince, the veteran promoter who
is staging the event, declares it will be
his biggest success in the way of tug-of-wars.
Prince has staged innumerable
tugs all over the country. The first one
he ever put on was at the coliseum twenty-five
years ago and that was consider
able of a success. But the pull this year
will be even bigger says Jack.
, "I: expect over 15,000 persons to attend
during the week," said Prince. "Tonight
you will see at least 3,000 persons on
hand, and perhaps 6,000."
Examine all Poller.
- All eight teams are in the best of con
dition. They will, however, all be ex
amined by physicians before they are al
lowed to take part in a pull. The exam
inations will occur every night eo that by
no chance" one of the pullers may suffer
from physical exhaustion.
Six men will pull on each team. Nine
men are allowed on a team, thus mak
ing three substitutes.
George Green's band will furnish the
music. The bandmaster has his musicians
all trained in playing the national airs
f the countries taking part so that there
will be no alip 'twixt the lip and the in
strument. The countries represented in the tug-of-war
and the team captains are as fol
lows: American Frank Greenman.
Sweden Kenneth Lundqulst.
Denmark Bmll Toldbod.
Italy J. M. Calbrla.
Bohemia Frank Rlha.
Ireland Phil Lynch.
Kngland E. Day.
' Germany Pete Loch.
Washington Wins
Foot Ball Contest
Played in the Rain
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1 Playing in a
rain that marred the tournament of
roses, the Washington State college foot
ball eleven defeated Brown university,
14 to 0, here today In a game that fea
tured the city's annual NewYear festi
val. Vigorous assaults on the Brown line
and constant bucking tactics kept the
Rhode Island athletes continually on the
defensive. They held Washington score
less In the first half of the game and
even Imperilled the goal of the western
era on one or two occasions, but they
finally were beaten back on the water
soaked field In the third and fourth quar
ters, Washington getting a touchdown
and goal In each.
Boone, who replaced Hanley at right
half (or Washington at the beginning of
the second period, scored the first touch
down and plunging Washington fullback,
Diets, put over the second one. Despite
the wind prevailing during the game the
fullback each time booted the ball be
tween the goal posts.
NEWSPAPER DECISION GOES
TO HARVEY OVER BEECH ER
COLUMBC8, O.. Jan. 2.-Johnny Har
vey, New York, lightweight, was given
the decision in a twelve-round bout with
Willie Beecher, also of New York, here
today. Beecher was badly beaten In
every round. The weights were, liar-
vejr, lU'i; Beecher, 13.
Many lllinir Come from the Liver
Constipation, headmhe, bilious spells,
indicate a sluggish liver. The tried rem
edy la Dr. King s New Life nils. Only
:5c. All druggists. Advertisement. ,
Another league will be added to
Omaha's already large number of organ
izations this afternoon, when teams wish
ing franchises meet at Huntington's al
leys to organize the Huntington league.
The league will be Composed of Class B
material who average around 160. Already
six teams have applied for franchises and
two more teams will be given franchises
upon application at this afternoon's meet
ing. The present lineup of teams are Klrken
dall Shoes, Dad's Swedes, First National
Bank, Dycke's, Omaha Structural Steel
company. Midland Glass and Faint com
pany. They will roll under a handicap
system, the matches to be staged on
Tuesday nights.
Several leagues postponed their sched
ules during the week and rolling was
somewhat light on the local runways.
Just to livjn things up Dad Huntington
sprung another new one on Omaha bowl
ing circles, by pulling off a but New
Year's eve party at his alleys. Special
matches were played for prizes by both
men and women bowlers. Miss Lois Nes
bit won first prise In the women's con
tests with Ml. Miss Rauber 2d with 1'.'",
Miss Bruck 3d with 191, Miss Goerne 4th
with 387, Miss McGreer 6th with 181 and
Mrs. Evans 6th with 179. -
For the men Jimmy Jarosh won first
prize with 244. Other prizes were won
by O. Toman, J. Melster. C. Zelst, W.
Hageman and J. Kleny.
Refreshments were served to all and
a five-piece orchestra added tone to. the
festivities. A few who" couldn't make
their feet behave danced to the muslo on
Dad's alleys, making it necessary for
them to be recoated and repolished.
Bowling Notes,
The Clara Belles are averaging 2.873 In
the Booster league-
Grin Doherty Is back In the 600 class
for a week at least.
Joe Dober still contends he will lead
the Gate city league.
A sight we never expected to see. Con
Stegner shooting a hook.
At least four Omaha teams plan to en
ter the ABC tournament ut loledo.
Watch that Omaha leaKue race. Four
teams are in the running for the lead.
The Ford Motor league has dlsbanled.
owing to so many players attending the
Ford school of Instruction at nights.
McShane of the Byrne-Hammer team
ban refused tn sell his bowlinK shoes.
which means that he still thinks he Is a
bowler.
Nelson of the Walnut Grove tam li the
most consistent shooter in the league.
Ills games never vary over five pins
from each other.
Pat Haley, our bowling friend' from
Des Moines, dropped In to look us over
New Year s day. fat I stii praising tne
Omaha Middleweet tournament.
rrrslJcnt Rles. who won the booby
prize In the Mid-West tournament, is
after the same prize tn the Metropolitan
league, by the looks of his last few
tames. Hi doesn't even beat Phark
Hetnple any more.
The next big tournament will b the
International at Minneapolis. February U.
Omaha bowlers do not patronize this
tournsment as much as they do the
Mlddlcwest and Amerlcnn Bowling con
n-ess. but it is thought at least one
picked team w'll entnr northern meet.
Last year the Burgess-Nas.li team entered.
HOW TO FILL STOCKINGS
Oodles of I'sefnl Articles With!
Reach of a Small
Parse.
MILLER THROWS TURNER
TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS
BILLINGS. Mont.. Jon. ?. Walter
Miller of St. Paul, world's welterweight
wrestling champion, today defeated Joe
Turner of Washington, D. C, holder of
the 155-pound American championship
belt Miller took two out of three falls
Advertiser and customer profit by the
OaaslfWd Ad' habit.
Bright or soft-colored balls of twine
take up much room, and worthily. Fancy
candy Images or canes are naturally not
unwholesome, and are not resented a
bags of ordinary candy are likely ti be.
Anmetlmea cleanliness is promoted In a
careles child by a gift of especially In
terest'ng snap. A fancy tape-measure
may be found for from 10 to 15 cents, and
an older girl or even boy msy va(ue it.
TJttle fancy trays, to hold colli' buttons
or other trifles, are often rovetel, esp
clallv If "mother" or an older sister or
brother has one on her or his burea'i. A
gold or silver dollar, or a coin of lrg-r
denomination, done up carefully In a box
or In Isyers of tissue paper fed with
bright ribbon, would give pleasure!
Cubes or other shanes of fancy "pin
balls;" small boxes of preserved ginger
or pineapple: fW. dates or prunes; pretty
emfrvs; paner-knlves: penwlners; foll-ing-cup;
bull s of Chinese llll-s: hyacinth
or other flowers; napr-melghts: pene'ls'
a compass; a smsll weatherhouse fwith
the lady and gentleman to come o'it In
either fair or stormy weather c'nhs):
small "mascot" Images, of elephants,
monkey, or other animals; shoe-horns:
buton books; watch charms: matc'i
boxes all these are available and mst
of them need not coat more than 10 cents
apiece. Many cost oily S cents.
For more monev, e assortment sprea'sj
Indefinitely. Folding srlssors and knives,
with o- without attachments, melt tha
heart of the ordinary bey, and ar not
unacceptable to bis sister. A spoon, cup,
or knife and fork of his very own appeal
to nearly every ch id. HandkerehU-N.
gloves, and Ice and roller skates are it'll
popular. The latter pretty nearly fill
the stocking without further help. Little
arlclea of Jewelry, simple and not showy,
are allowable, even If they are not "real."
THREE HIGH FLOOR
GAMES raS WEEK
South High-Fremont, Centrd High
Council Bluffs and Beatrice
Crete Stage Combats.
LATTER GAME TO BE THRILLER
JNION FOR TWO EMPIRES?
Three games of Importance In the state
Inter-scholastic field will be played o..
Friday and Saturday of the comln,;
week. South High will meet Fremont
next Saturday evening at the South
High gymnasium. Central High will
meet Council Bluffs on the Omaha
Young Men's Christian association floor
Friday evening. Crete and Beatrice wll
clash Friday evening on the Queen City
floor.
All three games will give a little
actual dope on how several of the bigger
teams of the state are going to pan out
According to the reports from Coach
Mulligan's official circle, the Central
quintet is not faring as well as might
be expected of a big school team. As
South High meets the Bluffs quintet on
the Omaha gym floor the week after
the Central-Council Bluffs game, riope
sters will have an opportunity for com
parison of the two Omaha fives. Coach
Patton's tossers are In the prime of
condition as is usually the case and plan
to give the Fremont lads the go of
their life. Iast year the local five
defeated the Fremont team by a large
score.
The Crete-Beatrice conflict will be
some battle. Both teams defeated Wil
bur, a strong first-class combination In
the same district, by practically similar
scores. With the exception of Geneva,
these two quintets are generally the best
southwestern Nebraska can pi-oduee.
The game Friday night will be largely
attended and bitterly fought. Beatrice
Is an athletic town to the core and
turns out en masse to most all games
Read The Bee Wan'. Ads. It pays!
BREEDING THE SILVER FOX
Can Be Raised on Farms and F.aeh
Animal la Worth
M.OOO.
Let all fond fathers and Inrliiluont line
bands take new courage. Somebody may
Jiet tame the sea otter and theermlne, the
sable and the seal, as someone has tamed
tne other of that quintet of regal fur
bearer, the silver fox.
They call him silver fox. althouih he Is
;et DiacK, uarring a silver tip to his tail
and a few silver threads in his magnifi
cent coat. He's a dandy; but If you wish
to meet a real black fox enthusiast I'll
Introduce you to General II. S. Hulde
koper, who has spent his summer vaca
tion on Prince Edward Island.
On a space not larger than PhtlaHalnhl.
275 fox-breeding coniDanlea have hont
110,000,009 worth of foxes. They grow them
aa a wucks countlan raises pigs; but In
stead of about I.T0 for a norker th
aessed value of each silver tip is $l,80.
The foxes in that one small section of
Canada are worth more than all the do
mestic animals on the island.
The silver fox la an animal of nminu
A century or more ago the Hudson Bay
company would pay one of It hardy trap
pers 11,000 for a slnale nH lUnro ii,-.
one such lone woodsman who had got
me coveted skin met his death at th
hands of another, who stole It from him
But about fifteen vears m . i
genlous Canadian decided th i
time to admit science Into partnership
".v.. me ,ox. .o ne bought a pair from
a irapper and began to breed them
capiivuy.
A mother fox holds to the Roosevelt It
principle that race suicide shnui.i i .n
couraged, and In her dozen years of life
ne will rear an average of tlilriy-fj
baby foxes.
A good bla k fix, properly slivered, w
now fetch I5 000. On one company a far
an old tabby cat became tl ft
mother of two orphan foxes, worth 110.001
sna reared tlieni as creditably as the o
wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, tl
founders of Home.
I gathf r from what General Huldokoper
ens me and fromother sources that bin
fox fai tiling is now very profitable,
couple of years ago 1 wrote that pH.
for black fox skins hud de.-Hn.-rt
Nearly thirty companies owning fox
farms have paid all the way from 25 to
500 per cent dividends. Two women
earned m per cent on their Investment
In a year by raiding foxes.
The irofits would Indicate that the
black fox fur market It iiU ,ky (,,,.,,
but If this farming game go,s on so suc
cessfully i ,houd tnlnk UiU Rl!U.nloU)j.
square necessity would have to drop In
price very derldedly. And so with the
other 'fashionable furs, barring seal and
Otter. Even a fur lajman can see that
It might be difficult to lave a seal farm
eut In the North i'ae-fl -.-Philadelphia
ledger.
in
important Conferences Between
Germans and Austro-Hungarians
Deal with Economic Relations.
DUAL MONARCHY IS FEARFUL
Took a rl(hbur'a Advice.
"Last winter my mon Claude had a
severe attack of croup. I took a neigh
bor's advice and procured a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It re
lieved him promptly." writes Mrs. T.
H. Bell, Vandergiaft, Pa. Obtainable
very where. Ad v trtlsement.
A "For Fate" ad will turn second-hand
furniture Into caah.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
ZrillCH. Switzerland. Dec. 'XI 1m
xirtant conferences between German and
Austro-Hungarian politicians and lead-
ns representatives of finance and coin
norve are now going on In Vienna and
rlorlln tor the purpose of finding a basis
f establishing closer economic relations
hetween the allied empires. Although
H-veral meetings have already taken
place, no definite results have yet been
ibtalned. The Industrial and commercial
Interests of the two countries are so di
vergent that It is difficult to see how an
understanding can be reached which will
prove satisfactory to both sides. And so
far every conference seems only to have
discovered new troubles in the way of
reaching an agreement.
Austro-Hungarians fear that Just as at
present they are under the domination of
Germany In military affairs, so later
their financial and economic Independ
ence will also be lost before tho persist
ent and powerful monarch of Germany.
The whole question Is one of the most
vital Importance for the future welfare
of the dual monarchy, and Incites far
more interest In the business community
than the progress of the war.
Since the Franco-Prussian war Ger
many has become an Industrial state,
while Austria-Hungary has remained es
sentially agricultural. With the excep
tion of Bohemia, Moravia and Lower
Austria, which includes Vienna, all the
other provinces of Austria are purely
agricultural, and Hungary Is overwhelm
ingly so. In both parliaments, at Vienna
and Budapest, the agrarians always pos
sess a large majority.
Closed Vnlon a Necessity.
Nevertheless, both politically and mili
tarily, a closer union between Germany
and Austria Is generally regarded as an
absolute necessity, and will doubtless
continue to be so long after the war la
ended. But the problem as to how this
Is to be brought about Is exceedingly
complex.
By high protective duties Austria has
long maintained an economic existence
Independent of Germany, and. Indeed,
even opposed to German interests. In
Austria everything is much dearer than
In Germany, from 20 to even 60 per cent.
The difference in prices is especially
great In heavy wares, such as coal, iron,
steel and machinery. It Is only through
these protective duties that Austria has
managed to develop a growing Industry,
and pievent the country from being
flooded with cheap German products.
For some years Austria has almost mo
nopolized tlie trade In the Balkans ami
the Levant, but latterly German mer
chants have been creeping in there and
cupturtng customers. Tnis has been the
case moro than ever since the annexation
by Austria-Hungary of Bosnia and Her
zegovina in 1, when both Turkey and
Serbia boycotted' Austrian goods. Thw
rapidity with which Germany seized the
opportunity to enter these markets
caused Intense Irritation In Vienna and
Budapest at the time. Nor has this feel
ing diminished since. Oerman trade has
steadily grown In southeastern l',"urope,
while Austria's has steadily decreased.
How all these matters will develop after
the war nobody can foresee. Undoubtedly
Austria-Hungary Is placed under heavy
obligations to Germany for its military
aid In the wa-. How and In what form
will Germany require payment for such
service? Probably through preferential
customs tariffs, or perhaps by a customs
union. In either case, It is declared, Ger
many stands to gain all the profit and
Austria to suffer all the Injury. For
then German wares would swamp Aus
trian markets, prices generally would be
forced down, and Austrian competition
for the ttade In the Balkans and Levant
would b- hopeless.
Hence It is easy to understand the
covert opposition, in nearly all parts of
AUHili, to Germany's efforts to bring
It ally In closer commercial relationship.
It is feared that economic deindence
will surely follow military, liver sines
the war began things have occurred
which indicate Germany's aim at bring
ing AuBtrla Hungary under its commer
cial subjection. Only a short lime ago
the big banks In Berlin sent circulars to
the pr.nolpal Austrian investor In tne
Mist and second Austrian war loans of
fering to advance them 9J per cent of the
face value of their holdings provided
they would use the money for Investment
in thy third loan. The Austrian banks
were only advancing 75 ler cent of the
former loans. Such Incidents ba.e create I
much dlatruet in the AustrUn capital,
and thaw the necessity for exercising
the utmost caution before entering Into
any new kind of economic arrangement
with Germany, whirl, may be fraught
with the most serious consequences for
the future of the d.ial monarchy.
Mine I'rlees Doubled.
Shoes have doubled In price In Vienna
In the lust few months, and th'a largely
through the wearing of the short skirt,
which .alls for higher footwear. It la
not that raw material is scarce at all;
there Is plenty of it from ox, calf and
goatskins, hut tanning materials are
hardly obtainable at any price. Most of
these come from abroad, but their Im
port has been rendered Impossible by th
war for some time past. With the aid of
these Austrian tanners could convert a
hide Into leather in three weeks; the
same process now takes four months.
Some of these materials are now costing
seven times the ordinary price.
And this has led to a shortage In the
supply of shoemaker's leather, which has
been further Increased by the women's
demand for higher sltoes. which tako
much more leather. The consequence Is
that prices have iLien tremendously.
Modern shoes of the cheapest nuiterii'l
formerly costing $H now cost from 112 to
$18, while for lietter shoes $lti snd even
'M are asked. Men's shoes have) also
gone tip In price In the sumo proportion,
although In their casta no change In
fashion has taken place.
Since a large quantity of tanner's ma
terials has always Iwen obtained from
Turkey, It la possible that now that com
munications have been reoH-tml with
Constantinople fresh supplies may be ob
tained. One of 4he moat difficult of ail social
problems, the care of the homeless, has
been solved In Vienna by the war. The
number of these unfortunate poisons this
winter Is far less thnn In many years.
Indeed so great. ha.i been the fulling off
in this class of mendl.-ants that In many
districts of the city the hulldtiiKS erected
for their accommodation have ben con
verted into military hospitals and homes
for refugees from the Italian theater of
war.
Tho disappearance of these "homeless"
persons is chiefly due to so many of the
men having been called lo the army,
when their wives and families are given
relief pay placing theni often In far bet
ter circumstances than when their bus-
hands were In work. Then, ton, t.i
younger classca of the "homeless," vh i
were formerly unable to obtain work In
tho city In winter, can now get employ
ment easily. The factories are constantly
Inquiring at the night shelters for work
ers. Then, too, "homeless" families lire
much fewer because the landlords are
compelled to show more coraiderat ion be
fore ejecting tenants, and tho famll.es of
reservists are often better able to pay
the rent than In normal times.
CHRISTMASTIDE CN THE FARM
t n
Notions of Loneliness a
Jonrff of Hnral Anmse-ment.
We read in tho papers that some big
preacher was going to have a sHclal
meeting at his church in the city to pray
for the peoplo who have to spend a lone
some Christmas on tho farm. Father
and mother and tho rest of us have
laughed at that more than a little. I
guess that preacher never spent a Christ
mas on the farm. Why. you coudn't find
a place where there was more excite
ment! One day father would be reading the
paper when all of a sudden he would lay
It down on his knee and say, "Hmmm!"
nobody could aay It Just the way father
could, mostly through his nose "hmmm!"
here It Is almost Christmas. Where's this
year gone to, anyway?"
Then mother would put down her mend
ing and say that time certainly did fly,
and that sho was afraid the raspberry
nni was turning. Hut mother knew that
Christmas wns almost here, for hadn t
she been knitting wristlets for a 11101111.'
Kvery time father came Into tho r otu
sho had to hide her knitting father must
never know that he r.as ROiir lo not a
pnlr of wristlets, due year he would l
as surprised ns oouh! be when ho found
a knit muffler tn his stocking, and llio
next your he couldn't unlei,,innd ho,v
Santa Clans knew thnt he wante,1 a nr
of pulse-warmers with a fancy red ed e.
Sometimes father woukl dime ncr.iss the
pulse-warmers with the needlca nicking
In them In the pnper-rack and never sus
pect that they were for him.
The horses and rows and chickens and
everything could tell when Christmas was
coining. Nobody can toll me they can't.
They would all snuggle up close and ruh
their noses and Old Ned would stop est
Ing his oats the night before Chrlntmat
and let a fellow rub him a long time, and
you know how hungry he usually was
nTid how nothing could get him to take
his nose out of his feed-box. Then, If you
would talk to the animals about Christ
mas In a low voice, they would all turn
their heads to listen and look at you with
big eyes; and even old Caesar, the rooster
with the frozen toes, would come hopping
up nearer. You can't tell me they don't
know about Christmas. Leslie's Weekly.
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you should eat slowly and masticate your
food thoroughly, then take one of Cham
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