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TI.K I5KK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEIVnTTATwY 15, 1916.
BRINGING UP FATHER
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
Copyright. IMC, International News Service. All Hlchti Reserved.
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HUGH JONES TAKES
CHARGE AT DENYER
Former Manaijer of Lincoln Club
Will Hanage Teddy Bear Club
Tail Season.
MAGS MAT ADJOIN TO OMAHA
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 14. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Hugh Jones, for
nier president and owner of the Lin
coin club, who sold out to a Lin
coin syndicate headed br George
Stone and Ducky Holmes, mih s
ccme vice president and business
n.anager of the Denver club and will
take active charge of the mountain
c'ty bane ball affairs. Thla bit of
news leaked out at the annual
schedule meeting of the Western
league, which opened at the Lincoln
hotel this morning. (
Jimmy McOlll. who I now filling the
: position of president of both Indianapolis
land Denver, will confine hla business ac
'tivltSt-e to !n1lanapolla and will give
Jones free rein at Denver. It la gener
slly believed that McOlll Is planning to
cult Denver entirely, and the entrance of
Jonea appears to be step toward thla. -
The opening; meeting waa delayed thla
morning by the failure of Pa Rourke to
arrive on time. Rourke did not leave
Omaha until 1:11 and arrived here at 10: SO.
President Zehrung had planned for the
first meeting at 10 o'clock, but was forced
to delay It an hour.
The only action taken at the morning
meeting was the official ratification of
the ale of the Lincoln club by Hugh
-Jones to the Lincoln syndicate. George
rtone. president of the club, was elected
to fill the vacancy on the board of di
rectors made by the departure of Jonea.
If the schedule meeting Is hot over by
Tuwdsy afternoon there la some chame
that the whole event will be moved to
Omaha. The magnates are somewhat an
xious to see Joe Stecher wipe up the
mat with Joe Rogers at Council Bluffs,
and though their business is unfinished
are planing to make a Jaunt to Omaha
to aee It. George Stone aays he wtlt go
an) how. "1 don't care whether there
la a. meeting or not or whether It's Im
portant or not, I'm going to the wrestling
match."
AH of the magnatea are attending the
arealon, Frank Isbell. Dee Molces; Jimmy
MrtillL Denver; Edward Hanlon, Pious
l"ily; Ueorre Btone, Lincoln; Pa Rourke,
Omaha; Jack Holland, tit. Joseph; Buck
Kbiight. Wb hlta, and John Bavtdge of
Tocka, are the owners In session.
Shakeup in Base
Ball World Makes!
Odd Combinations
MICAOO, Feb. 14. Base ball "fans"
of t'httago anticipate aome dramatic dla-
niond claihea thla season as tha result
of peace In the baae ball war.
For Ina'.ance, when the gong rings on
April 1!. Fielder Jonrj. manager of the
combined 8U Lou la led and Si. JjouXa
Hrowni. will march upon the MTilte 8o,
the club whlrh he piloted to a world's
hampkiruship when the players were
known aa "hltleas winders."
' Tig Ed" Walah. who was then the
nialnatay of Jonea' Itching staff, may
urprtM his old leader by stepping to
he mound and giving aome of Jones'
preaent twlrlers a stiff argument
Then, aaaln. In the National league,
Mordacal Hron, the three-fingered won
der of the old Cuh mechlne which, undi-r
Manager Frank Chance, beat everything
In the league, may be seen again against
iiia old rival, Chrtaty' Mathewaon, the
Idol of the New York Olanta. Brown was
with the Chicago Feds last year and came
back to his old club when the teams were
amalgamated.
Joe Tinker, who left the old Cubs to
manage the Cincinnati Reda, will find
himarlf In an unique poeltion when he
opena the 191 content as msnsgrr of the
new Cuba. The Initial cod teat will be
'staged In Cincinnati and the partisans of
that town, who, contrary to their usual
custom, endorsed Tinker's work even
when his team lost, will have a chance
to cheer no matter which club wins the
first game.
lrbrM Wlu Threw Caaaee.
II KUKON, Neb.. Feb. 14 (FpeclaD-The
Hebron High school basket ball team
won three games In succession last week.
Thursday night they defeated Harvard
by aoore of 23 to 24 on the Harvard
floor. Friday evening Hebron won the
game played Hb Sutton on the Autton
floor by a score of 24 to U. Saturdsy
night the Fairfield team waa defeated by
the Hebron boys by a score of to X.
Present Indications are that a special
train will be run over the DurhogtoB to
jnva neat Thuradsy night for the lis-
bron-ieoeva game.
! Bay aterrf.
I'lTTPBl'ROH, Feb. 14--The
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PREMIER WRESTLER DEMONSTRATING FAVORITE HOLD This interesting pic
ture shows Joe Stecher illustrating his favorite hold, the scissors, on his brother. He will
try to hook this on Joo Rogers at the Council Bluffs Auditorium tonight.
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DATES ARE FIXED
FOR HORSE RACES
Omaha to Open the Nebraska Mid
way Racing Cironit at Ben
ion on lane 8.
H, 0. SWLLLEY, IS TREASURES
Harmony overhung tha meeting of or
ganisers of the Nebraska Midway Racing
circuit at tha Merohanta' hotel late yes
terday In a dense cloud. AVith Beatrice
eliminated, five good towns were left In
the procession and with short ships and
enthusiastic backers aa factors In Its
favor, the new circuit apparently has ex
cellent prospects for success.
The evsry-heat-a-race plan, which has
been the bone of contention of a previous
meeting, was adopted unanimously, and
all other decisions concerning practloa.1
details were made amicably.
Benson will open the circuit June (,
and 10, and will be followed by Nebraska
City June 13, 14, 15; Auburn, June 10, 21
C; Aurora. June 27, 1. 29. and Kearney
July I. 4, t. 11. O. Fwalley was elected
circuit treasurer. I'nlforra programs and
conditions for all five race meetings were
agreed upon as follows:
Trotting clssses, 1-year-old stake, t:l
S100 added; 1:27. 1:23. 2:11 and 1 14. 1400
each; 2-year-old stake, 110 Oadded,
Pacing classes, 1-year-old stake, 1.2S,
tint dded; S:S. 2:20, 1:15, 2:11 and free-
far-all. 1401 each.
' Acoordlng to the every-heat-a-race plan
$13 will be divided at the end of each
heat, 2) per cent, IS per cent and 10 per
cent, and 126 will be paid to the horses
standing beat by the point system at the
end of the race. Entrance to the puree
race will be i per cent and T per cent
from money winners. For the stakes
per cent oecomes due when oolts .are
named, April 1; ( per cent May 1, and
110 the day of the rao. Positions will be
drawn for each heat. ,
Welsh Will Meet
Winner of Mandot
and Dundee Bout
NL'W ORLEANS. Feb. 14. IcaJ fight
promoters today announced they had
cloaed arrangements with Freddie Welsh
world s lightweight champion, to meet
the winner of the Joe Mandot-Johnny
Dundee bout, to b held here February
21. Welsh will receive a cuarantee of
Ill.iOl. they said. The fight will take place
In New Orleans. March 4. and will be
twenty rounds for the title.
GERMANS ARE BUYING
FAT AND WOOL OF. SWISS
IjONDON. Feb. 14 -A dispatch to the
Morning Post from Berne says:
"uerman agents, especially women
are buying large quautltlea of fat and
wool In Switserland, preparatory to ak
bur the government to allow their ex
portation, which la now forbidden. It
auggeated that 8wltserland's refusal
to
acquiesce would cause Germany to de
cline to allow Bwltsrrland to receive
coal, sugsr and soda from Germany.'
tiermaa Ktlsswt intra.
MADRID (Via Par'aV Ffb 14 V-Th.
governor of the Island of FernanitA tn
Wl Africa, In a dispatch announces
that 144 German refugees heve arrtvi-d
at Kanta lMtbrl from the Gemian
Kamerun and Wiat they will be svnt to
t-iin by the nett steeiuer calling at the
Island for internment.
They Knew Llaeela.
KPHTXaFIElO). Ill . Fb. U-r-More then
a swre of men and woroou who knew
I.lnoola befom lie bttcame president were
the gueels of honor tonisht at the annual
birthday banquvt In the slate arernal of
tha Uucoln CrnUiinlai aaaoclatlun.
IWalh List Tlr-lli,
INDIANA. I'e . Feb. It -The ll-t ..f vto
itma of the nun ekploetnn at.r'meatnn
Friday rwirhwl l,nivU tolaj- wlih
d-iu from knlurtcs uf Mi-phen Fetia.
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Joe Rogers Arrives
for His Match With
Stecher at Bluffs
Kmll Klank, for years manager for
Frank Ootch, Is at the Hotel Rome with
his lateat protege,- the giant Joe Rogers,
who will meet Joe Btecher at the Coun-
11 Bluffs . Auditorium thla evening.
Rogers Is finishing his training in Omaha
and has brought Marlon Plnatlna and Joe
Qestout along to help out, " "' ' '
Rogers looks to be In good condition
for his match and with his six feet one
and one-half Inches and 270 pounds of
well conditioned muscle, should be able
to give the Nebraska wonder the con
test of his life. That Roger Is some
man Is shown by the record made by
him some time ago, when he met and
defeated on the same night Paul Mar
tinson, Jack Leon and Kuvaraa. He
beat them all In just eighteen minutes.
Rogers has thrown the big Zbyszko In
training.
Ed Smith of Chicago will be on hand
to referee the match, which Is being
promoted by . Dan Reardon and Oene
Melady. ' Judging from the way the
tickets are going there will be a turn-
away at the Auditorium. Manager Rear
don la getting all sorts of Inquiries from
western Iowa and the Omaha fans are
buying the tickets fast st the Merchants
hotel, where a large block of the best
seats were put on sale lor those from
thla side who desire to cross the river.
Want to Put Omaha
On Great Western
. Racing Circuit
Edward Peterson, president, and OO
Hmlth. secretary of the Omaha Driving
club, have gone to Chicago, where they
will attend the annual meeting of the
Great Western Racing circuit. At this
meeting they wl)l secure the dates for
the Great Western Racing circuit for
Omaha.
According to horsemen, the Great West
em Racing circuit meets are of aa much
Importance aa those of the Grand cir
cuit. Omaha la in the Great Western by
reason of the fact tbat the Omaha Driv
ing club Is one of the stockholders.
The Great .Western comprises some
twenty-five or thirty driving clubs scat
tered among the leading cities of the
central west. Its membership Includes
the president and secretary of each of
thee clubs. Ha entries usually total be
reen ISO and 200 of the faatest horses.
At the Chicago meeting the circuit offi
cials will determine the clsssws, the
amount of the prises to be offered, the
dates and then elect a president and
secretary.
Realty Firm Trying
to Buy Cardinals
ST. LOUIS, Mo.. Feb. 14. -Negotiations
for the purchase of the St. Louis Ni
tlonals by a local ayndlcata are being
conducted by a local realty firm, accord
lng to an announcement today by Henry
R. Welaela, a member of the firm.
Mr. Welaela said that the negotiations
started with a proposition by the syndi
cate to buy tha real eatate holdtnga of
l the club. For thla property 1116.000 waa
offered.- Mrs. Eohuytsr Brltton, however,
was unwilling to sell the real estate
holdings only.
Mrs. Brltton asked t.0ft for the club
and Its realty holdings. Tha local syndi
cate 'represented hy the real estate firm
la willing to pay sseoo. There tha nege-
tiatieua stand today.
Mr. Welaela would not disclose the
names of the men In the ayndloata, but
expressed confidence that the deal would
go through.
Istrawata af Oreaa ateaaaere.
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0IS0N CAME NEAR
KILLING GUESTS
Noted Periong Hare Narrow Escape
from Death, According to
Findings.
SOUP IS . HEAVILY CHARGED
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CHICAGO, Feb. 14. Analysis of
the poison soup, which made a hun
dred or more guests violently ill at
banquet given Archbishop Munde-
leln here last Thursday night at the
University club, was completed by
Dr. Frederick O. Tonney today.
The analysis showed that the
guests who partook of the soup
missed death by a narrow margin.
The poison used was white oxide
arsenic Dr. Tonney said that his
estimate showed that the portions
serred each guest showed IM grains
of the drug.
Osae t Kettie.
nie calculations showed that the entire
ketle of soup contained 4M) grains. This
development waa regarded as significant
by detectives working on the case. In
the amateur laboratory of Jean Crones,
tha missing assistant chef at the club, an
ounce bottle said to have contained ar
senic, but which was empty, Xs found.
An ounce of the drug contains 480 grains.
Crones disappeared on the night of the
banquet and had not been located tonight.
Hlnton O. Oabaugh. chief of the Chicago
bureau of the Investigation department of
justice, has joined In the search.
Interesting; Possibilities.
It may be said there Is a posalblllty
that the caae made have Interesting ramt
flclatlona," said Mr. Clabaugh.
Captain Nicholas Hunt, chief of the
detective bureau, said that information
important to tha search waa obtained
from a letter found In the home of John
AUegrinl. a friend of Crones. Allegrlnl
and Paaquale Ugno, another friend of
the mlselng chef, are being held by the
police.
MEXICANS' EXECUTION
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
EL PASO. Trx., Feb. 14. The public
execution of Sergeant Manuel Rojaa and
civilian at Juares, has been deferred
according to General Gabriel Qavlra,
military commandant at that place, who
announced today that a further Invest!
gallon of ammunition thefts was to be
made before carrying out bis mandate
tissued yesterday. They were to have
been ahot today.
rtojas is a former villa soldier who ac
cepted amnesty and joined the de facto
government forces, nerving as General
Gavlra's bugler. With the unnamed
civilian he waa sentenced to be shot for
alleged ammunition thefts. General
Oavlra has also announced hla intention
to pla-e before the firing aquad at the
same time, three ether prisoners, charged
with thefts who were not to be shot, but
who were to be kept in ignorance of thin
fact Ih order that they might receive "an
object lesson."
Month's Respite for
British Married Men
IjONDON. Feb. 14. The first call to
the married men who attested under the
Derby scheme, the Dally Mall says,
be lasued .about a month hence.
FRESH MASSACRES OF
ARMENIANS REPORTED
LONDON. Feb. 14. Fresh massacres of
Artneniana are reported from Turkey,
recording to the Times Buchareet cor
respondent, who, however, gives no de-
GRAIN RECEIPTS
BREAK ALL RECORDS
Omaha Market Hat More Grain
Than Any Other Except Kan
sas City.
NUMBER ON SALE IS 807 CAES
With 807 carloadg of grain on
sale, the Omaha Grain exchange
marked a new record Monday. Not
nly was It a record for a day, nut
the i receipts passed those of all
other markets except Kansas City,
here the corn receipt were
slightly in excess of those of Omaha.
As against the 807 carloads com
ing to Omaha, receipts of the other
markets were: Chicago, 796; Min
neapolis, 767; Duluth, sixty-eight;
Winnipeg, 217; 8t. Louis, 607 car
loads.
The receipts at Omaha were .di
vided as follows: Wheat, 323; corn,
17; oats, fifty-four; rye, fire; bar
ley, seven.
Even with the heavy receipts,
stocks In storage at this date are
more than 2,000,000 bushels less
than on the corresponding date of
one year ago.
Wheat Off a Cent.
Heavy receipts broke tha wheat market
lightly. It going off a cent, the galea
being made between 0.12 and Q.2S.
Corn suffered mora than wheat, the off
grades being sold down aa much aa' E
cents per bushel In soma Instances. Good
tuff, however, was In strong demand,
with prices off but a cent 8alee were
made all the way from 80 to 88 centi per
bushel.
Oats participated In the decline, but
nly to the extent of about a half a cent
per bushel. Prices' ranged all the way
between 42 and 46S cent per bushel.
Amateur Operators
Will Demonstrate
Radio Preparedness
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. A demonstra
tion of radio preparedneaa will be given
by the 2K.O00 amateur licensed operators
In tha United States beginning Monday
night. February 21. at 11 o'clock, central
time. At that hour a message In keep
ing with the spirit of the following day,
the anniversary of the birth of George
Washington, will be flashed from a sta
tion near the Rock Island arsenal. 1111
nols. for relsy throughout the United
States.
Government officiate here, array and
navy officers particularly, have given
the plan their unanimous Indorsement,
but will refrain from actual particlpa
tton tn tha movement. This will be left
entirely to the amateur operators, wire-
leas aaaoclatlona and boy scout organi
sations, the latter being used to deliver
the messages throughout their respective
territories. A copy of the message will
be handed personally to each governor
and to mayors of the larger cities.
In working out tho plan, officers of
the wireless associations have pointed
to radio communication aa the quickest
means of arousing tha country In time
of danger. They contrast thetr work
with the performance of Paul Revere,
who used the best means then available
to spread an order for mobilisation a
horse.
The messsge will he resd at Lexlng
ton, Mass., snd Mounc Vernon, Vs.. the
homs of Washington, with appropriate
ceremonies under the auspices of the
boy scout orgsnliatlons.
Northcliffe Doesn't
Want Air Portfolio
LONDON. Feb. II. The suggestion that
he ehould become minister of aviation haa
not been agreeably accepted by Lord
Northcliffe.
In an editorial today the Dally Mall,
one of Lord Northcliffe'a newapapera.
aays:
"Some newspapers and many thousands
of correspondents suggest that Lord
Northcliffe should be placed In chsrse
of the air department Lord Northcliffo's
reply Is: There are men better able than
he to undertake the task. Furthermore,
he could not conscientiously take part In
a government that la fighting a defensive
rather than an offensive war.
Will Make Shells in
British Distilleries
liONDON. Feb. 14. Tha womrnnaent
will tmsnedlately take ever all tha targe
whiskey distilleries and naa tbexa aa bbo
attiana factories, says the Dally Chron
ic, Tt-e newspaper adds that the step
win be facilitated by. the fact that the
government Intends te prohibit tha im
portation of barley fr-r dunilitng purposes.
THIRD MAN IN RING WHEN V7TL
LARD AND MOHAN BOX.
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(Charlie White.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Charlie White,
the veteran boxing referee, said to be
the only American, who haa aver offici
ated at a championship bout In England,
has definitely been decided upon as the
referee for the ten-round bout between
Chsmplon Jeaa Wlllard and Frank Moran,
to be staged In Madison Square Garden
on March 8.
Names Men to Work
Out Aerial Patrols
NEW YORK. Feb. 14. Rear Admiral
Robert E. Peary, authorised by the Aero
Club of America to appoint a central
committee to formulate working commlt-
teea for an aerial coast protective ser
vice, announced the names of those who
already have consented to serve. They
are:
United States Benator Charlea F. John
son of Maine. I'nlted States Senator Mor
ris SheDDard of Texas. Keuresenlatlve
Julius Harm of California, Byron R. New
ton, assistant aeuretary of the treasury,
who Is at the head of the coast guard
and life saving service: E. Lester Jones,
superintendent of the United States coast
and geodetic aurvey; Prof. H. C. Fran
ker fie id. chief forecaster or me uniiea
Stntes weather bureau; John Hays Ham-
m-nd, jr., and Emerson McMillan of
New York. Presidents of twenty-eeven
aero clubs also will be appointed mem
bers of the committee.
Kaiser Wants a Polish
Army of Near Million
LONDON, Fb. 14. A dispatch to the
Post from Its Berne correspondent states
that Germany Is making strenuous ef
forts to Induce the Poles to agree to ae
cept autonomy under the suseralnty of
Germany, in which event Germany will
form an additional army of WO.OOO Poles.
The dispatch adds that Polish leaders In
Switserland believe It Is Imperative for
the entente allies to guarantee Polish
autonomy, which waa promised by the
Russian emperor. In order to prevent the
Polea from accepting the German pro
At the A0DIT0ni0r.l, TUESDAY
JOB BTECKEW.
Council Bluffs
Weteei
a the PwbUe and Baweeaally the City of Omaha tha
STEGKER-BBl
Plate Blatrh,
LADIES
Are 1
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etel, Oaaafcai Clare.- Dra Steew,
are MSMlaUr arses ie amaae wimnaai early.
Ford to Spend Millions
Advertising Against
Preparedness Plan
DETROIT. Mich.. Feb .U-It was an
nounced tonight that Henry Ford Is pre
paring to launch a country-wide cam
paign of newspaper and magaaine adver
tising agatnat the program tor huge naval
and military expenditures now before
congress.
It wss said Mr. Ford Intenda soon to
carry out his announced Intention to de
vote millions of dollars to an educational
campaign against war and preparedness,
which he declared to be the flrat step to
ward' actual war.
None of the detail of the plan could
be obtained tonight, exoept that Mr. Ford
has been considering the campaign for
some time and that "all the people would
be reached by It"
Cruel Greece to Tax
Its Office Holders
ATHENS (Via Parts), Feb. 14. The
Greek government Is considering meas
ures to Improve the financial altu&tlon,
being confronted with a large deficit
It Is expected to retain a percentage of
the salaries of office-holders and to levy
a tax on profits realised by the merchant
marine from the war traffic
THE "ENDLESS CHAIN"
DANGER JOF CATARRH
, S. S. S. the Proper Safeguard '
Catarrh la a "cold In lta chronlo form.
The air la filled with bacteria which Is
taken Into the mouth and nose through -
the process of breathing. When the body
Is In a healthy condition no harm results.
But with our modern methods of Indoor
living and sedentary occupations, the mu-
throw-off" thla harmful bacteria, mak
ing catarrh a very common ailment.
These germs breed and multiply, causing
Inflammation, the blood rushes to the
membranes to fight off the bacilli. When
the blood Is In a vigorous condition Its
"defensive" efforts are successful. Other
wise the cold "hangs on" turns Into ca
tarrh. Catarrh Is a chronlo Inflammation of
tha mucous membrane. Mucous mem
branes are the lining on all the Internal
cavities of the body. Get thatA LJ
cavltiesl There la the "endless chain"
element of danger.
The only way to Treat catarrh la to
purify the blood. The aurer. way to
purify the blood is to take S. 8. 8. Write
us for special advice. Swift Bclfto Co.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
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