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12 BRINGING VCLU-WB VtFC Tot-O MC TO TE Lt VOU Tw VT MH SAlO SMC WAIT IHADfcTtO the vtior acyr eo CORNHUSKER FIVE IN OMAHA TONIGHT Univcnity of Nebraska Basket Ball Teara Battlei Bargeis-Kath Quintet at the "Y." THREE OMAHA BOYS ON TEAM Floor fans sre looking forward ta a treat thin evening when tbe University of Nebraska basket bell quintet battles th BurgcKs-Nash team of Orasha at tha Tounir Men'a Christian association. The Hunkers com to Omaha this yar with on of tha hen five tha school haa vrr turned out. At tha present time tha Cornhuskers are tied with Mis souri for tho lead In tha Missouri Valley eAferenc. and according to tha dope, the. local state haa an edge on tha show in crew. Three Omaha hoj a ara on tha univer sity squad. They are Jimmy and Chsrlcs nsrdlnar. both of whom went to Cen tral high, and Shield, a Houth high product Jlnuny Gardiner and Bhlelds were both member of the championship Cortihuaker foot ball eleven last fall. Both of tha Gardiner boy play at gusrd on' the university team, while Shields playa at center. Tea Other Stare. In addition to tha local lads, tha liusker five bossts two other atari In Ot,ptaln Ilujig and Thelaan. Theleen ta one of the beat backet ball Tipper tha at Ate haa ever seen and aome sensa tlonal work In thU Una ia anticipated tonight. Hugg playa guard and la a alar at hla position. , Tha Hunker floor flva la coacher by Waugh, who la woll known In Omaha. Waugh took up tha burden vben Stlehm turned In hla ' resignation, sr.d haa been having great success. The Burgess-Nash team la mad up of former Cornhuskef stars. Including vde. Howard, Flnley, Ambereon, Jones, Anthea and Bauman. Obla Myer, a Ne hrssk Weateyan man, la tha only out law on tba team. Tha admission price for thla game haa been reduced to 25 and centa. Tug-of-War Tourney at Florence During Middle of February February 17, If and 19 have been aet ae tna aatea lor tne tug-of-war wotrn lil be ataged between lodgea of Florence. Hx Itimi have entered tha event. They ara aa fotlowa: Eaalee with Henry Bahr man aa captain. Wd Fellowa with Wil liam rtke aa captain, Modern Woodmen with "am Johnaon aa captain, Woodmen of the World with U. 3. Carlaon aa cap tain, Mooae with Jamea Ktorma aa ear tain,- and tha Flrmen with John tttmpeen aa captain, wmtam Uieee, captain ol ina r armor u team, naa cneuenga tna winner ot tne tourney to a matrn the following week. Aa an addition fea tuio of tha tourniinient two teama ot women will pull for a prlae. Engine' Lads Take Tug- j-of-War Match from Ladder Crew Engine company No. 1 defeated hook and ladder company No, 1. both com panies stationed at engine house No. I, Kleventh and Jackson streets, Tho red ay evening. In a tug-ot-war. The engine lands yanked the ladder men to the flag In ten minutes. Both teama were wade up of B ehtrt men. Bill Pineen captained the victorious crew and John Frt-keon the vanquished Slued. F1t meq pulled on tha teama HALL TORNADO AND FIRE ASSOCIATION MEETS ORAND ISLAVD, Neb.. Jq. (Special.) At the recent annual meeting of tie fire and tornado assessment assv clatlons of Hall county and adjoining counties the reports submitted showed a membership of W farmers, with a tM I fire insure nee of f3 0M,0rv and a total tr.rnsdo Instrsnca of f!,T57,0no for Ml members. Tin losses Ineurred by fire during the last yoar amounted to HUG, end for tornado lor-wa JlS.S. This organ. ttitJon. conslsJig of German farmer. I aa been In existence for the lat twenty jeara. HARRY SYMES OUTPLAYS STURGIS BY SMALL MARGIN Any one's gsme until the last Shot was the i'on of the Nebraska s'ate b'l'lard ehsicpiooshlp tourney last nl;ht at ftymes' parlors. Itarry Symes woa over Art Ft urns by a margin of ten buttona be cause hla average waa I 11-11. against his r.pponent's average of t. High rjns were P ang n-a-T. respectively. While Art Sturgta was stl ' g his !a) and Pynies garnering ", the Mr crowd stood with bated br-th. wat-h eg each shot as though ths gam bail d'pend'd n it. . T'nlgt.t Will Camber playa tl k E A B . e. it'i man ro h:.a used Bee Want ' to 1 you wl.l htr a boost UP FATHER TMt est: J J V. nl, -: II." l E! - J.ATTHtf J ii'st an IDar4:ui Dy Tad Harry Tuthlll managM a big colort-d fellow in lener aome yeats aso. who, according to Hare, e'l'l holda alt Indoor redout for apiinta. Tha guy'a name waa Gibraltar Hmlth. up and flahtT" Smith turned take care" of me.' I bit and, still sprinting, BELLEYUE FIYE I SWAMPS GRADS Hot Banket Ball Exhibition Staged on New Gymnasium Floor Endi 44 to 22. BUD KEAHNS STILL' FEATUBES Bellevue rol'tue basket ball squad kept the new gymnasium floor welt wanned up last evening when they defeated the Alumlal quintet, it to S3. The gam? waa fast from tha start. The undergrade taking a fast lead and keep ing It throughout the period of play, showed their superiority at basket shoot ing and team work. Kearna and Kanmnskl were aided by their great alti tude, but this vas enslly overcome by the Bollevueites training In keeping tha ball near tha floor, below tha reach of the lengthy opponents. Bud Kearna. an old veteran grad of Bellerue and all-star man featured when, by a' small leap ha would pick the' hall from close to the ceiling drop It over his shoulder and through tha ring. The accurate basket twirling of Allen and Maxwell gained many points for the varsity team. Rarely gastalas lajaey. In tha second period ot play the gamo was gomewhat rough, although the majority of points were made in tba first round. Walter Racely, a varsity player, received a slight bruise under the left eye, this being the third .accident of Its kind this season. Throughout the game, only clean sportmanahlp waa exhibited three fouls only, being called. - The game waa arranged by Coaoh Ben jamin of Bellevue and Kearna for the purpose of paying for tha new sweaters In which the varsity squad, made their Initial appearance last evening. Despite the fart that many Alumlnl rooters cheered from tha sidelines the undergrals proved too much for the ' grada. The line up: BELUSVVE. ALUM IN I. AHn RflJ Oreham Vaseell ..UlMRl" Newman I'lcotte ;....l- Kamanskt Recely ft O.i 1, 0 Ilrown Krwln ..Ufl.H.O Kearna tMhxHutea: Klnntr for Krwln, Krwin for Racely. Time u( halves; 30 minutes. Merer: Williams. Aeadeany Wlas realise. ' Preliminary to the varsity game the Bellevue Acadomy defeated the South le High Juniora in a fast and Interest ing game. Durrher and Hleerart starred for Bellevue. Oswald did the feature work for tha Tackera4 flfore, ft to 10. The line up: B. ACADEMY. SOUTH HIOH Hun-her ..nr. T..K. Walih Stewart . Blart .... Smith ... Klnlner . Referee: ur c. i.a R.F... f no... Oswald . yi Kmtsh r.mmn ,w, K.OUO. Allen. South High Meets University Place on Floor Tonight Kouth High Ut clash with University riaro for the first time In several year this evening on tha South gymnasium floor at Twenty-fourth and J atreeu. Both teams have been among leadera at tha atate toumamenta for several years. but have never attained a state cham pionship. Coach ration's pup la are In their prime and ara etpectlng a victory. The defeat of the Lincoln team by Beatrice two weeks ago makes It all tne more necessary that the local leant score victory. Tha Fackrra have not been de feated by a state opponent this year apd have left Tekamah, Fremont and Ne t rusk a City In their wake. The probable lineups: OMAHA. "-orr Irnhsnt ... I ion tt .jhAlnhohs UNI. R.F 'L.F ur Re PLACy .... llU'kr .... Fayn A in CM.' ..n. 'i.o.. ..L.Q IR.Q.. .... Mtnh .... Ha, ley Copjrrleht. IMS. Interna tor.nl N Hrvre. ' " ' He eald he wna nicknamed that becauae he had never been flattened and naa the touahet thing the other heavie had ever humped Into. Ttithll) had him ' matched with an other colored amaeher named HHI. .. Well,' afr, the flaht came off aa pr achedule, , and . Tuthlll. peeked over tha rlnir during tha first round, laughing to hlmaelf. He felt, aorry. for poor Hill. , Mr. Hilt . waa tougher than expected. He tailed Into Gibraltar Smith, pelting him with everything ever aeen, and a lot of other aorta of alama never dreamed of.. . For three rounda Smith did nothing but hotfoot It around the arena. In the fourth aeaelnn the crowd howled for a fight. They yelled for Smith to atand up and flpht. Tuthlll yelled for him to atand up, but Mr. Fmilh "pureutd the even tenor of hla way." Tho referee finally caught up to him and yelled, "Hey. Smith! What's the matter with you? Why don't you stand piped, "Feet brought me In here. Feet mm$ flick the omahas Tow-mendi J tut Manage to Dust University Five on Iti Own Floor. HABD FIGHTING ALL THROUGH Due to the accurate free goat throwing of Harris, tho University of Omaha five mot defeat at the hand of tha Townsenda last evening on the colleae court. 44 to M. It waa one of the hardeat played battles of the aeason and waa In ootibt until the nnai toot of the referee'a whistle. The flrat period ended with the advan tage In the Gunners' favor. 13 to IX In the second half tho collegians had slightly ine better of the argument but were finally overcome near tho end of tha con test when the Townsends Jumped to tha fore with the long end of the score. Captain Adams for the coltgl.ns played a stellar role at center. Adams took a prominent part In every play, many ttmee breaking up the Townsenda' team work by his excellent guarding. ' McBrlde. at on gusra, waa also in evidence, nego- uaiing tnree goals from field." . Harris ghoots Woll. . For tha Towosends,' Harris proved the main point getter. Out of eleven shots at tha goat, Harris tcesed eight through the noop. The contest waa unusually clean for the speed ef the game, practloxlly all of the fouls being of a technical nature. Llneyp: OMAHA UM. I TOWNS EN DR. V R.n !,.0 Lutes e-ernet Unm.O Harris A'letna CLIC Kromatedt jjrnnae i..n. K-(l ..,. Hansen DeLamatre .... B.CI.I L.Q.. UchUal 8ubstltutea: OaroVnrr for Detematre. R. St' .elel for Lutes. Dodda for Krom- aiedt. c, Welael for ITrhdal. Field oakr cn, r.art)i Aaarm tsi, McHrlde it) DeLamatre Ti, Harris, Lm ui, Harris, iule Kronv stodl lit, lchdal (i). Free throws: Karnst ), Harris (. Fouls committed: nivsrsiiv or umniw, u; Townsvnds, 7. oi paivvs: minutes. Healths Mia la Hop. In . tha Commercial league the M. B. Smiths hsd little difficulty In overcoming the High School of Commerce quintet, 19 to lo. The Smiths hgd the edge of the argument throughout. The eontt. whtla slow, waa repeatedly enlivened with speo- lacuiar snots by both im . Tha Commercial league fray between th Crelghton Laws and ths Townsent Tigers was postponed to a lster date so aa to allow several of the barristers to Participate In the alumni game agalnat Bellevue college. . tales l Battle, The flout h Ptde rreabyterlana droDDod a hard-played gain to the Flrat Methodlsta on tha University of Omaha court. IT to 1A At th end Of the flrxt nerloi ths Iresbjterlans wer In tha lead. I ta 1. but In tha second period proved no match against th superior team work of tha Methodists. Orr wss the Individual star tor the Methodists with four field goala. uneup: PRE8BTTERIANH1 METHODISTS jonneon R.K. l.f Orr Ration -.Lf. HF Moore ""r" -.JVC Comtort HO L.O h'mm-e "WfH .L G.I K G R treaty neia goals: Johnann t.'V Horks ill. Moor t-'. irr tU Comfort til. Free throws: fwr moo re i.3). t oula com- mltted. Re(ere: in. on tea. iTfnnrin, j, Methodlsta lUic 'hie. Tim ot halves. LOCAL SPORTING GOODS . HOUSE PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS The Walter O. Clark eomnsnv k. ..- held Ita annual meeting of atockholdera and directors. PUns were completed to extend the scop of the wholesale de partment to Include all the states west of the Mississippi river. Several new snleemen have been secured to aaalat la developing the new territory. The con cern haa Just closed on of Its most suc cessful year. A rash dividend of thirty per cent waa declared. The following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year: J, W. Elwood. presi dent and treasurer; Ralph Rusell. vice president and secretary. . The question ot opening up another re tall store In Omaha la being considered by the director. TIIE BEE: OMAILA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1!HV FORMER ROURKES SIGN WITH LINKS Hickory Johnson, Catcher, and Artie Thomaaon, Outfielder, Join Ducky Holmes. OMAHA LOSES OUT. ON CARLISLE Two former Rourkea will he seen In Lincoln uniforms this year. The athlete who once cavorted about Rourke park for the amusement, entertainment and edification of Omaha fans aro Hickory Johnson, catcher, and Artie Thomason. outfielder. Ducky Holmes, new manager of the lowly Links, announced the sign ing of these two men yesterday. Johnaon was . secured from the- -Ft. raul American association club, to which team Ulokory waa shipped by JohnMo Oraw a year ago after John found that Hickory wasn't big loague timber. Hick ory will bo remembered by Omaha fa.na as a slugger who used to slam the pill up against the fence quite regularly and who uaed to occasionally mako a double out of a hit that should have been good for two home runs. Thomason was relessed by Rourke last year aAd waa the last veteran to pass. He. played with Pea Moines toward the er.d of the sesson, but the Boosters pitsned him up this yesr and Holmes grabbed htm. . - Holmea alao announced the acceptance of terms by - Outfielder -Walter .Carlisle. Four western league clubs iwere bidding for Carlisle's services. Including Lincoln, Omshu, Des Moines and St. Joseph. Car lisle had a hankering for Omaha and gave out the news in Los Angeles he would like to play here because Omaha looked . Ilk the only rest . town in the loop. But Ducky came in with a big hid and copped th bird. , rolled Triple Play. . Carlisle la one of the eight has ball plnyere who ever made triple plays Mn aaalated. It raa In a game between Ver non and Los Angeles . on July . 19,. 1911. Kith men on first and second.. Carlisle sprinted In from center field and snatched a Texas leaguer off hla shoestrings. It was a wonderful catch, but the remainder of th play waa comparatively easy. The runners had advanced so far there wasn't much chance for' them to return. Carlisle touched second and first, com pleting th triple out. ' : A year ago Vernon refuaed to trade Carlisle for Buddy Ryan, but ha had a slump last season and he waa swapped to Portland, which later made hm a tree agent Lincoln also announced yesterday the signing of Outfielder Lober and Pitcher Kahler from Portland. Kahler was for merly with Cleveland. Husker Floor Five Plays Burgess-Nash Quintet Saturday .Led by three Omaha boys. Jimmy snd Chuck. Gardiner and Shields, the Uni versity of Nebraska basket ball tesm will Invade Omaha Saturday to do battle with th Burgess-Nash quintet of this city at the Young Men's Christian associa tion. The Omaha boys are stars on tha Huaker five, and Omaha floor fana are planning to turn out In numbers to greet them. ' Prices for this game have been reduced to 25 and ti centa. Fifty centa waa for merly the admission price. The Burgess-Nash team Is made up of former Cornhusher stars, who are now living In Omaha, and the game should be a hotly contested one. When all other waya Want-Ad. fall., try g Be Th Idea DMa't Work. The commanding offl er of a corps waa much troubled ihnul tho persistant un- t Id Incus of one of hla men. Renrtmanl and punishment were unaval'lng. Tne msn was Incorrigible and remained as ("irty as ever. A nrlll'ant idea siru"K tne eoionei. "Whv not march lm un and (lorn the whole line of tbe regiment and jham him It waa dona Th untidy warrior, wh- balled from th Kmerald Isle, waa or dered to exhibit himself and march tup end down t'ie entire reime-t and th men to have a good look at him. Th unabaabed Pat halted, saluted the colonel and- said In th hearing of the wbo e corps. . with the utmost sang frotl: lhlrtleat reslment I Iver inspected, sorr." New Vo- TTnee Culled from the Wire W. B. Slaughter, charred with kidnap ing hla TO-year-old granddaughter, Doro thy, waived examination at Ardmor. Ukl., and was released from Jail. Mrs. Jennie O Thombura' of PL Loots. who shot and killed Mra Margaret Mo Willi in, a nris-hbor, aa the latter was forcing an entrant to the Thornburs home, waa exonerated by th pollc and released. Walter Belk, a detective during the re cent coaI miners' s'like. wss found not guilty by a Jury at Trinidad, Colo., ef tha murder of Cerald Llri.att, an organiser for the Unl'ed Mine Workers of Amorti-a, Upplatt waa ahot and killed Aiuusi If, If. I The jury waa ut but fourteen m a ui.o. Returns from the vote being taken among the tO0i employes of th & ral -ios.de in the I'nlted SiaUa, whlh will be e- niplt te March 1, IndU-ate that more thtn X ur c nt of th men will demand an . Uht-hour day and time and a half fi overtime In the freight yaida service, ac cording to eaecutlve officer of th unions at Chicago. Drawn for The Bee by George McManus STECHER THROWS "MASKEDJIARYEli" Rebraikan Wins from Mort Header i in in Straight Falli at New York City. FIRST NEAR TEN MINUTES NEW TOP K. ,ln, K -..-. 1 T'' gram.) Joe Stecher of Nebraska easily disposed of Mort Henderson, th "Masked Marvel," In straight falls In a catch-aa-catch-can bout at Madlaon Square gar- by body scissors and armholda, th first tn 9 mlnutee 60 seconds, th other In B minutes 51 seconds. Tha Nebreskan kept the "Masked Marvel" on the defensive from the first aeootid. . . - j Henderson was lucky to keep his shoul-' dera off the canvas so long as he did. Stecher, only SS years ot age, waa much th smoothest eorkman seen her on th mat since Frank Ootch was In his prime. Twist as he would,, the. 'UrveL". al way -found himself tightly enfolded In a bunch of arms and legs. Stecher was quit sa busy with all four limbs as an octopus possibly could b. . . Th second fa'l proved easier than th first. Oply once for a moment before th second fall did the ' Marvel'' look danger ous, but like a flash Stecher rolled him oft and in a flash bad his deadly scliaois . i . ... - A fair crowd-or -wrestling enthusiasts crowded th main floor and side of the arena at the garden . Stecher has been claiming the American heavyweight championship In view of th long retire ment of Champion Ootoh.' ' Promoter Teagh "Fropostsh." ' Joe Stecher and hla 'manager. -Jo Hetmnnek, are picking up a few pointers about the t New York persons run h wrestling game. , : Tn Nebraskgns have diacovcred that th promoters. conduct wrestling matches to suit themselves and pay no attent'on to" tha d:.lkcs of th wrestlers" or the public, .. ... , ; ' . Hetmanck writes west that It Is almost jnpossible to get matches for Joe. In the first place the better grapplers have no deelrj to meet Stecher 'because' Utey realls they at carded for a flopping if they do. Joe ' was scheduled to . meet 8trangW 'Lewie, . wbo ran away from Stecher for two hours at Bvsnsvill. last night., but Lewis sept a card of regrets and beat It for the tall timber. Lewis evidently has a wholesome respect for Nebraska, as it 'will be remembered' be made a quick durk out of. Omaha under rover of darkness th last time be waa here when Charley Patera went after him. ' . Iletmanek saya he lias been approached a number of time by promoters who of fered to plac Pteclier providing th out come was prearranxed. Iletmanek, of course, turned down these offers. Iletmanek says the . game In the east Is In a very bad stat of affairs. Nebraska Delegation Protests Snag Cut . i . (From a Staff Correspondent.) ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.-(Spec Tele gram.) The determination on th part of th river and harbors commute ot the house to reduce the appropriation' for snagging In the Missouri river from Kan sa City to Btous City from lo.OnO to X ON Will not b permitted It the Nebraska d le gation can prevent. Today the entire delegation from the Prairie state called on Representative Booher of Missouri, a member of the committee, and protested sgalnst this reduction tn no uncertain way. ' In consequent" th entire Nebraska delegation will appear before tha rivers and harbors committee tomorrow morn ing. As there is an unexpended balance of 65,OX) for snagging. Congressman Booher believes that that amount should bo available. A Mystery. The practical teacher taught natural history from every-day Illustrations and comparisons. . . 'Take a bear." he said, -look at nis fur " - - Tha hovs had no bear to take, nut tney had a picture of one, and they looked at that. 'Hla fur, tha teacner went oa, "ta the. bear's overcoat, the same as your big coals are your overcoats."' . 'it cant take it orr, tnougn. same ss w can ours," said on -contentious youngster. , i nai ia true, saiq tn earner. i n bear1 cannot take off it overcoat. . But why can't it take it effr Every . boy thought hard. "I guess." said the contentious youth finally, "that it Is because nobody but God knows where th buttons are. New York Ttmea. gkelete Astride a Goat. A skeleton sto'en from the office of Pr. 11. N. Ma'er was found In lb Young Men's Christian association room at Wooeter college, ' Ohio. ' astride a gnat wMch hsd lnen taken from a curio rom. " The prank la Iwl've4 o be the work cf a group of etudents wht li4 en trance to several college bo'l-ltn.'S and 1-ade an effort to roptrvone the opening ef the achool. The clapper was removed J f om the be'l at Memorial chapel. Doors rf a'! rooms In eulio'ern trie etuoena en tered wer locked snd tH k- ob fnovel snd dletrihuie.1 ovsr the eollfge emi'ln The Lincoln memorial stttoe was eool dmtllv defureg while the eturten's rintet n"roerle en the rexeree eide f tahlt oo th statu C-lje sutH'.rl tlea are trvto to ferret out th guilty one. Cincinnati Enquirer, NXT Tiki w. '"it. iw ocnu fAE TO THE TOP -OROCR " ' ! j-181'' ERECK SCORES DANIELS Field . Secretary of Navy League Sayi He Hat Misrepresented Facta About Nary. TBJITKS " LIVES IN MONARCHY (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES DOINES, Jen. 2S.-Speclal Tele gram.) W, J.! Bryan, waa today branded as "eloquent bet ignorant," and Fed-clary of . Nary1 Daniols, a "would bo espot" by Dr. Edward Breck, senior field secretary of the Navy league of United its ten, who is her for a series of lectures un the American navy. "Daniels seems to think he Is living under a monarchical form ' of govern ment," said , Dr. Breck. - "He has used star chamber methods. Ho has stsdlly reported that our navy Is a great Insti tution that could clean up seas. He sup pressed the report of , the general naval board and Ita contents and only gave It out when a demand waa made by con gress. Its findings practically gle the lie to Daniels' statement Ma let taw Repeisl Valid. ' Fenator John P. Clarkson of Alhta. au thor of the mulct repeal law, dacla ed ithlle here yesterday that h hoped Iowa vould become ao dry that the beat would spread across to adjoining territory In neighboring utatca and dry that no, too. Thus far he M well pleased with the le suls.ot . Prohibition, although of eourje ho admits thero is bound to be some bootlegging. 'There la no quest!' n of the validity of the law which repealej the mulct law and closed the saloons January 1," he raid. "It appears to me that th wets know It, and they are not very eager to get th test cases before th high court." Heaator AlJea Casapalgms. , Senator Joseph Allen of. Pocahontaa county, candidate for. the republ can nom lnation tor governor, waa In Dea Molnea Wednesday between campaign speeches." , "I do not te'lev- the governomhtp should' be settled on on Issue," he said yesterday,' 'though I believe my record On the temperance question to be aa good aa that of any man In th state. One thing which hs not been emphasized, snd In which,! heartily believe. Is that the1 stat must. If It is to be permanently great, car for the humblest of its cl I sens. It must re to it that th door of opportunity Is never cloeod to .any." ,' Government supervision of th issuance of alt railroad sucks and bonds and au pervislon of . th business management and regulation cf all railroads is one of the issues belmi advocated by Senator Allen. ' He also advocates government valuation of all railroad properties for th purpos of taxation and for determin ing tho amount of stocks and bonds whl;h may bo Issued. CBsns Retaras Show Gala. Th official census returns from forty eight counties of the stats certified to the secretary of state yesterday by the census department ahow gains ot M.tX in total population aa compared to the 1910 census. Tha total population of these forty-eight . counties In 1915 Is given as 1.076.M8 as compared to 1.01t,63 for the same counties- In 1910. The remaining counties of the stat will be certified to Within a short . tiro. . , ' To A4dree Baakera. Th Iowa Bankers' association wilt hold Its annual meeting In Waterloo June 7 and SI. Dr. George E Vincent, presi dent of th University ot Minnesota, and Jo B. Hedge, an attorney of New York . City, 'hav been Invited to address the convention. . Wlateraet Editor Dead. J. W, Miller, editor of tho Wlnterset Reporter, died early Wednesday morn ing at Long Beach, Cat., of heart fail ure. Together with hla wife he had gone to Long Beach three weeks sgo. H was 61 years of age and had been a resident of Wlnterset since th early seventies. '81s tiekT for a Qaarter. ' Th street car company began selling sis tickets for - 8 rents Wednesday, In compliance with th provisions of th new street railway franchise. Th com pany awaited th ruling of th supreme court on th validity of the election, at which Urn th franchise was voted bo fore putting the six fare for a quarter Into effect. Many Improvements to the system ara promised In th way of new cars and extension of lines. All Cava Be Wllsoat. If the weather permit President Wil son and hia bride will rid from the Rock Island station to the Chamberlain hotel here tn an open automobll on the evening of February L ao all can se them. The party will arrlv on tbe Rock 4 - .. Island from the enst at 6:50 p. m. The president haa consented to speak at Dav enport, Iowa City, Newton and Grin nell, and may make other speechea en route. Increea e Capital Stork. Amended articles of Incorporation were filed by the Beatrice Creamery company with the county auditor here yesterday. The company has Increased Its capital stock from I4.W,000 to $5,000,005. Tha Beatrice people operate a big plant here. Officers of the Iowa Shorthorn asso ciation will meet at the Savery tomor row to plan for a Shorthorn bull 'Show and sale, to be held at the state fair grounds February 33. The association plans to put up $250 or $.100 in prises. ' The Polled Hereford association is planning on holding a sal at th fair g.-ounda February $ at the same time th stei'lon show is held. . Loan Association Designed to Help The Poor Borrower e A remedial loan association fV Omaha Is among the posslbllltlesVj since the Omaba Manufacturers' as sociation has definitely decided to look into the feasibility ot establish ing sucb ao Institution here. These institutions are said to be working out the solution of tbe loan-shark evil in many of the cities now. J. P.- Pslmer appeared before the direc tors of the Omaha Manufacturers' asso ciation at noon Friday and went Into th details ot the working ht these institu tions to some extent, as well aa to lay bare rom of the evils of the present loan shark activities In Omaha. The legislative committee of the asso ciation was then ordeied to gather soma, data and make a report on the feasibility of establishing a remedial loan associa tion , In Omaha. Such an association af fords a means for tho por working loan to get out of the clutches of the loan shark. In these association a poor man, may on the recommendation ot hla em ployer or a reputable fellow worker, ne gotiate a loan at the remedial loan asso ciation, at a very low rate- ot interest, sometimes ss low as 1 per cent. . It was also recommended to the manu facturers that In their various plants they refuse to recognize wage assign ments until they have ' satisfied them selves that the assignments do not run to a disreputable loan shark who Is tak ing this means to collect a usurious rart of interest from some employ that has fallen Into his clutches. , Do; Hero Bravea Flames. Mr. and Mrs. John Church. Jr., re riding on a farm near Sherburne, N. Y., undoubtedly owe their lives tp Shep, their collie, which saved them when their home burned. They were awak ened by the dog standing by their bed barking loudly. The room waa filled with smoke, and going Into the ball, they found the front portion of the house and atalrwav biasing fiercely. They es caped by the resr stairs. They were In night' clothing, snd were unable to sav any of the contents of the house. 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