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OMAHA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1916.
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MEREDITH SPENDS
HUGE SM RACE
Defeated Democratic Candi
date for Governor of Iowa .
Hands Out $36,352.
WHAT IT COST HARDING
(From a Stuff Correspondent.)
Dcs Moines, la., Nov. 17.(Special
Telrgram.) E. T. Meredith, defeated
candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket, spent $36,352.29 in his
campaign, so expense charges filed to--day
show. ..-y
W. L. Harding of Sioux City, governor-elect,
spent $6,77077. The re
publican state central committee
spent $25,012.41 and the democratic
slate1 central committee $26,000.
Meredith received in contributions
$36,. and Harding $3,355, of which
$2,000 was contributed by his father,
O. B. Harding of Sioux City, and
$1,000 By H. H. Lamreaux of Clrero
kee. '
- Meredith's" biggest expenses was
printed matter, which cost him $9,463;
county workers cost $4,295; state and
democratic committee, $3,043; bill
board advertising, $2,260. :
'i he republican state central com
mittee's largest expenses was $7,247.53
for organization of republican clubs.
Printing cost, $6,153, advertising, $3,
081.69." A supreme court ruling, handed
down late today, - reversed and re
manded for new trial a case against
George Pierce of Sioux City, former
police chief. Pierce was convicted in
a lower court of conspiracy. ,
National Guard Vote Clou.
The National Guard vote for con
gressman in 1 the Eleventh district
gave a majority of twenty for Steele,
-the canvass of the poll books revealed
today. - At last reports Scott, the re
publican nominee, had a lead over
Steele in the total election vote of
seventy-two. The National Guard
vote will therefore cut down his plur
ality to fifty-two. The National Guard
votefor governor, as shown by the
official count today, follows: Harding,
1,488; Meredith, 802; Bashor, 1; Elett,
2; Dowler, 1. For president the vote
gave Hughes 1,108 and Wilson 1,100.
For judge of the supreme court,
Dcemer, 846; Evans, 799 and Theo
philus, 403. v : ' '
. To Banquet Harding. .
' Several state officials are planning
on attending the Harding ratification
banquet to be held at Sioux Citv on
Wednesday evening, November 22. A
committee from the Rotary club of
S Sioux City is in charge of the banquet
Charles A.. Rawson, chairman of the
republican state central committee,
and other members of the committee
will attend. The state central com
mittee has a meeting in Sioux City,
on Tuesday. Senator Kenyon and
Frank Gotch are to be present. The
committee ia charge of the banquet
has decided on a maximum of 750
admissions of which 350 will be set
aside for out of town guests. Ne
braska arid South Dakota are to be
represented at the banquet. Gover-
. nor-clect Harding returned to Sioux
City, yesterday from a' business trip in
eastern Iowa. '. Mr. and Mrs. Harding
expect to go to Excelsior Springs,
Mo.? for a week's vacation. ,
Iowa Democrats Spent $26,511, V:
v The. democratic- state central com
mittee spent $26,511.88 and received
$26,951,71 in its Iowa campaign just
closed, so the official statement filed
: by Democratic State Chairman J. W.
Reynolds with the secretary of state
today, shows. There are a few bills
soil . outstanding, the statement
shows. The Meredith-Wilson spe
cial cost $3,124.52.: Salaries amounted
to $6,990. Postage, $2,468.98. County
assistance, . $2,500. , Congressional
candidates' assistance, $2,400. Mered
ith I .headquarters, $2,413.35. The"'
Meredith campaign committee con
tributed $2,225.85 and E. T. Meredith
gavej $500, The Iowa Democratic
club "contributed $17,025. -The na
tions;! committee $3,000. No' state
ment has been filed as yet by die re
publican state central committee. John
T. Clarkson of Albia, democratic can
didate for attorney general, spent
$230.: John B. Keefe of Sioux City,
candidate for auditor of state on the
democratic ticket, spent $150. Repub
lican Congressman William R'. Green
of the Ninth district expended
$1,026.56. .. v . ,
,; Board of Control Report.
Almost a quarter of a million dol
lars less money will be asked of the
coming legislature for support of the
states institutions by the board of con
trol . than was required two years
ago.- The annual report of the board,
just made to the governor, fixes the
amount necessary for the biennial
period ending lunc 30. 191R. at
$1,461,530. The amount required for
the last biennial period was $1,703,
835. .
Lahd bought for new institutions
and for additional acrcaee for the old
ones in the two years ending June 30
of this year cost $352,375.42. The '
state hospital for epileptics at Wood- i
ward has been developed in the last
iwo years ana will be ready for oc
cupancy next March. Grounds for
the YVomen's reformatory at Rock
well City also have been purchased.
In its state institutions the state now
owns 10,415.48 acres of land. . The
board does not expect to buy any ad
ditional land in the next two years..
Thcstone quarry in .Lyon county,
where prisoners from Anamosa will
be emplovcd, is to be opened. up. ac
cording to the board's plans.. This
will require $100,000 for a stone
crushing plant and $35,000 for a rail
road track. The board believes it
will make money on this quarry, how
ever." The board asks $100,000 to es
tablish a new industry at Fort Madi
son whcit the final convict labor con-,
tract expires next November. The
chair factory at Fort Madison, which
lias been installed in the last two
years, will employ from 200 to 300
men. More men will be used on road
work than in the past. ) j
At the state hospital for 'epileptics ,
at Woodward thirteen buildings have !
been completed. Nine new buildings1
and a green house are to be-ercctcd !
in the next two years. Four'addi-i
tional buildings are asked for the
woman reformatory at Rockwell
City.
I Sloaa'a Ltalnwnt KIIU Fain.
Ii the imtnt pain killer ever diacor
, end. pimatr laid an lh akin no rubbtni
required It drive pain . aw. 2Sc. All
'-iirgbta. AdwrUaoment. . . .
OFFICERS OF CREIGHTON MODEL HOUSE Organiza
tion of Creighton law students. Bottom row, left to right: R.
J. Robinson, clerk; W. W. Patton, journal clerk. Top row:
P. T. McAvoy, speaker; Frank O'Connor, sergeant-at-arms.
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WESLEYAN BLANKS
TIGERSjOF DOANE
Coyotes of University Place
Pile Up Thirty-Four-to-
Nothing Score.
STATE TITLE IN SIGHT
Lincoln, Nov. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) Wesleyan put the Doane col
lege eleven out of the state champion
ship contest at University Place this
afternoon oft the Johnson field, piling
up a score of 34 to 0 on the Congrega
tionalists. ' .-,
The Methodists had their opponents
outclassed in jjry stage of the game,
gaining at will through the line,
-around ends and executing several for
ward passes tor long gains. Grove,
an' Omaha High -school star of last
season, .played a stellar game for trie
Coyotes at right end. Hudson, left
half, also played stellar ball. McDon
ald of Doane btoke away for several
runs of forty and fifty yards, only to
be stopped by Wesleyan's defense.
The Methodists did. most of their
scoring early, pushing three counters-
over in the initial period, adding one
in tne second period and one in the
fourth. Doane pushed the oieskifi to
Wesleyan's fifteen-yard line but once
during tne game, late in the third
period. ' .. .
Wesleyan has one more, opponent
to defeat before the Coyotes have a
clear title to the state "championship.
Wesleyan meets York college , on
Thanksgiving day. This game will
decide the championship. The lineup:
Kaboi
Wllltama ;
Kroest ........
Hughes (C.)..
Buckner
Gentry
urove
Culbftrtaon
Hudson .
nozler . .
Blodsett
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. Blot (C.)
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... . . Krone
.... Ncirrla
i . . . , Kemp
, . . ., Klnc
. . . . Kenny
. McDonald
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Reforea: MaK Toylp. Unlverslly of Ne
braaka. Umoire: OamDbll. Unlversltv of
Nebraaka. Head llneaman: Kaley, llnlvcr
alty of Nebraska.
Perslstenco
Advertising.
Is the Cardinal Virtue in
Hastings College ;
.Goes Down Before
; . Cotner's Onslaught
, Lincoln, Nov. 17.(Special Tele
gram.) Cotner beat Hastings today
on the Bethany grounds, 12 to 7.
Early in the game Hastings got the
jall on a fumble and made an easy
touchdown. Hastings ' kicked goal
just before the quarter ended.
Near the end of the second quarter
Cotner, by a series of line bucks and
passes, made a touchdown and failed
to kick goal. The half ended; Hast
ings, 7; Cotner. 6, 1
The feature of the third quarter was
the stubborn tight which kept the ball
m the center ot the held.
In the middle- of the last .quarter
Hastings tot the ball on Cotner s one.
yard line. Cotner held for the four
down and proceeded to iqarch up the
field by means of line bucks and short
passes. I nomas made a touchdown
qn an end run.. He failed to kick goal.
The game was clean and fast. Hast
ings showed wonderfully in forward
passing and end runs. Hastings' stars
were Brown, Cook and JLhurber. Cot
ners' stars were Newman, Mumford,
Thomas, Strain and Britt. The lineup:
HASTINOS. ' COTNER
The Metropolitan Opera Company
of New York announces that the cele
brated Serge dc Diaghilcff Ballet
Russe, the foremost company in the
world of dancers and mimes, will in
clude Omaha in its coast-to-coast tour
of America, arriving here for one per
formance on Saturday night, Decem
ber) 16. At the head of the troupe, in
the dual capacity of artistic director
and premier danceur will be Waslav
Nijinsky. ,
f . l aching and Maximilian hlser.
representing the Metropolitan Opera
company directors, are at the Hotel
Fontenelle, arranging the preliminary
details of the organization's coming
The ballet travels on a special train of
twelve cars, two of which arc specially
constructed to accommodate the vast
scenic properties designed by Leon
uakst. the principals include besides
Nijinsky, Flore Revalles. Lvdia Looo-
kova. Adolf Bolm. Alexandre Gavri-
Hoff, Neysa Spesiwecewa, Ekaterina
Galanta and Doris Faithful, A corps
de ballet of forty, all skilled graduates
of the Imperial Russian ballet schools
of Moscow and Petrograd is an inte
gral part of the organization, and a
complete symphony orchestra of fifty
pieces, uuuer tne direction oi x lerrc
Monteux, accompanies the troupe
throughout the tour, M. Monteux is
the most famous conductor in Eurone.
and' led the Ballet orchestra for two
years in Paris.
Brown
Paulso
ion
...L.E.IL.B..,,...., Newman
. .L..T.IUT. . . . Moore
Bttner ......... .L.Q.IL..O. Rabb
Taylor , Parmenter
Stein R.G. K.G..,. .... Woreham
Dunlap .. . . .R.T.1K.T... Brltt
Cook .R.RIR.L;. .. . . Alumfnrd
Potter ;......,... .Q.lQ Thomas
Thurber . ,-. . ... . R.H. R.H .-. , . , Hayes
alt .......r..H.IUH. Strain
BsuKh ... .' P.IF Moss
Substitutes: For Hastings Quarterbark
Brown; renter, Bltner and Logans rlsht
suerd. Phelps. For Ootner Left halfback.
aiurpnr; ngnt fuara, tsroatty.
Foot Ball Scores
I.lnrnln Htrh, SO: Bratrice, 8.
Nou.h Hifh, 14i T nlvfntity PIm, 0.
Peru IS'ormml, 4; Omaha Dnl., 0. '
Cotner. 12: HaMinjrn. 7,
WcHlcysiiV. 34 1 Donne, 0.
Ariions, 72 1 "Sw MMtro Anrlfl, 9.
Iubiiqn, 18; Mt. Thonuw, A.
Harvard, Mcnil. Ot Brown, Mcond, .
rmn. Ntat, 40; Ifjett, 0.
rurtld A nr.". S9t MKoflk Iflrh, .
Hhiiandoh (la.), JO Atlantic, 0.
Iitnjrton Hlirh, 0 (ktttienbnrff, f.
York College, 0; FrenhtnaB, 0.
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BUFFETS v
Golden Oak
$13.75,515.75, $18.50,
, $19.75 . .
" Fumed Oak J
$12.75, $14.75, $16.75,
- ;. to $24.75 .
These are all of late design
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- The price,. $18.50
BALLET RUSSE WILL
BE HERE NEXT MONTH
Metropolitan Opera Organiza
' tion to Give a Single Per.
formance in Omaha.
NOTED DANCERS PRESENT
North Platte Wins
The Championship
Of Western Nebraska
North Platte. Neb., Nov. ). (Spe-'
cial Telegram.) North Platte won
the championship of western Ne
braska here this afternoon when the
much-touted Alliance team was de
feated to the tune of 85 to 0.
Curtis Aggies Cinch
Hold Upon Honors
Curtis, Neb., Nov. 17. (Special
Telegram. ) The t Curtis Aggies
clinched their hold on the southwest
championship by defeating McC'ook
High school, 39 to 0. The features of
the game were the long end runs by
Hall and the line plunging of Has
k in and Gerdrs. Holies starred for
McCook. Lineup:
CURTIS. M'COOK. I
UK. ....... LsBountyCUrko I.F..
grins in the last quarter, while York
made two end runs of forty and fifty
yards. The Uni made fifteen first
downs, while York made three. The
star, players were Shelly, Munnn and
Henry for the university; Jalin, White,
Glure and Cox for York. The lineup:
I'NIVBRSITT. I -YORK.
llubks R. T. R. B Prlrtw
r lu R.R.IR. T Reynolds
Munn.... R. Cl.tR. 0.. I-srsnn
Shswt r.lc Mayers
Kdln.lmryrr ...L. O il.. l Ulsmt
t'lsmonts It. T.jth T Jshn
Hmllh .1. K.1L K Conowsy
j Mtthsu g. II g. B Ulure
K. H I'.ul.on
Hholly Il l(. n K. H H. ......... Cos
Hy I., II. n. i u II. B Whim
' HftfW. Krntc Krsnk, Nebrtitks, Umplrat
Adsms, Losn.
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University Freshmen
In Scoreless Tie Game
York, Neb., Nov. 17. (Spec'al Tele
gram.) University freshmen and
York college foot ball .eleven played
one of the hottest games this after
noon ever staged on the York field,
ending 0 to 0. While the Unis were
fifteeq pounds heavier per man than
York, they were not able to make any
Peru Normal Team '
Blanks Omaha Uni
Peru, Neb.. Nov. 17. (Special Tc!
cgram.) Peru KornyttWraii rings
around the University of Omaha to
day, winning, 48 to 0. For Peru, Right
Half Smith, Fullback Hanry, Left
End Jonci and Quarterback Craig
were the star players. ' .
Peru's goal never was in danger.
In the latter part of the game Oma
ha tried open play, but was not suc
cessful. Mienanriwiti IfeU Allanlte,
Shetland. nh, la.. Nov, IT (fp( lal Tr
vram. ) Ullmlnalltta- noi hir mtuthwealern
Iowh lltlo nlalmaiil. FhnnandoHh a (a in he
me fuvnrlte for nrMnhr honor tn (hla
nt'tlnn of I he ntat. Touchdown tolaUns i
9 to 0, nptuea U'Toat f ir th Atlantlu
tem. Th) laai yewra' champlona vre
wtthln tnthen of Mtienundoah a gitul iwlre In
I he Drat quarter, hut A.(lanltr waa unable
to )ut H over the rhalk line. 1'otilns, neitra
halfback, who plaed a phenomenal tame,
intorcepted a forward vm and ran to ardn
lor a touihdown In tho laat few mlnutr of
play, NhniiHiidoah iiured by forward paea
and lino plunge.
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