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TOURNAMENT ENDS
Visiting Bowling Teams Figure
Prominently in the
' Shooting.
IOWA TEAM IS STRONG
The big sweepstakes tournament
came to a successful windup on the
Omaha alleys Sunday, with excite
ment rivaling that of the middle
west tournament held here last sea
son. Throughout the day doubles and
i singles were rolled and for two hours
4 during the afternoon four five-man
' learns occupied the runways. Some
fine exhibitions of rolling wire given,
which kept a large crowd in constant
attendance throughout the day. Visit
ing bowlers featured prominently in
the day's shooting, especially in the
singles.
The Clemmons Auto company
.team of Des Moines made a strong
effort to land first money, but fell
sixty-nine pins short of the State
SST Journal team of Lincoln, which rolled
2.823 the night before. They were
also twenty-seven pins behind the
Metz team of Omaha, who rolled
2,781. The Home Restaurants won
fourth money with 2,743. The visiting
bowlers were making a successful ef
fort to land all the firsts, but late in
the day, Cain and Devine saved the
day in the doubles by rolling high
score with 1,217. L. Herzog of Lin-
coin copped the singles with 623, four
f pins ahead of Ralph Marshall, the
vouthful Des Moines star.
Win Individual Honors. 1
The individual: honors were -prac-tically
won by the visiting bowlers,
except fourth place, which was cap
tured by Stunz, with 606.
A special women's sweepstakes was
held throughout the day. In the
doubles, Miss Bruch and Miss Miller
won the money with a score 883.
The singles were won by Miss Verda
Pelling with a 430 score.
Several special matches were rolled
throughout the day, most of them
being between Middaugh and Ham
mond of Fremont and some local
pairs.
In the afternoon the Fremonters
won a three-game series from Sciple
and Wartchow with a total of 1,183
. against the latter's 1,143.
Three-Game Series Rolled.
In the evening three three-game
7S series were rolled between the Fre
( mont stars and Neale and Schoene
niau. The visitors won the odd ser
ies after rolling one of the prettiest
and most exciting matches in the
history of Omaha bowling. Neale was
the individual star with games of 233,
277 and 206, totaling 716; Schoene
man failed to deliver, only rolling
213, 163 and 183, totaling 559, making
a grand total of 1.275.
Even with this score against them
the Fremont stars came out victor
ious with a 1,307 total. Middaugh
rolled 221, 191, 256. totaling 668;
Hammond rolled 232, 203 and 204, totr
I aling 639. A better exhibition than
1 I this was never beforcwjtnessed on
' local runways. In the first series
Neale and Schoeneman lost with a
1,176 total, against the Fremont
pair's 1,232. The second contest went
to the locals with a 1,232 total against
the visitor's 1,180.
Sciple and Wartchow Win.
Sciple and Wartchow easily de
feated W. Martin and R. Marshall of
Des Moines in a five-game series.
Price money winners were:
FIVE-MAN EVENT.
Mate Joornals, Lincoln 2.R23
Metz, Omaha 2.7K1
Clammona' Auto Co., Des Moines 2,7 r,4
Home Restaurants, Omaha 2,743
DOUBLES.
('. Cain-J. Devine, Omaha 1.217
li. Tnman-M. Tousem, Omaha 1.207
K. Middaugh-!.. Hammond, Fremont.. 1.175
o. Van Husen-R. VanHuaen. Schuyler. 1.163
l.ooney-Raian, Omaha 1,143
SINGLES,
,. Her7,o(T, Lincoln 623
li. Marshal, !es Moines 619
M. Van Housen. Schuyler 607
M. Stuns, Omaha 606
O. Storta, Des Motoes 57
Missouri Interested
In Nebraska's Schools
Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 18. (Special.)
Miner Jones, connected with the Uni
versity of Missouri, called at the office
of the state superintendent today to
inquire into the Nebraska system for
building up rural schools.
Dr. Thomas returned yesterday
from Cedar county, where he dedi
cated three new rural school buildings
in the short space of twelve hours and
ate six meals during the time. Ac
cording to Mr. Thomas it wis a great
day for rural schools and chicken pie.
The schools were situated in the
northwest portion of Cedar county.
The buildings were designed by the
state superintendent himself.
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Nebraska
Bum-. Hall: Mating or Katern league, at
Wor'ttr, Mann.
KllllardHt .orre W. Moore glnt Al
fred IN Oro, mt New York, for three-cushion
norkft billiard rhamDlontthlD.
Iloxlnir: Jack Dillon against Billy MUkr,
t?n rouDdit. at New York; Frank! Huron
atrHlnttt Joe Lynch, ten roiindn, at New York;
Kddie Murphy MUl-int ) ronnolly, twelve
ronndH, at BoHton; Mel CooRan atratnnt
Larry llaniten, twelve roundH, at Boeton.
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violent artillery duel. Local engage
ments with , varying succss occured
in the Uzul valley.
"Hostile columns retreating to
Ibraila were attacked by our air plane
squadrons with visible success."
The; Russians made an attack in Vol
hynia in the regi6n northwest of
Lutsk yesterday in an effort to recap
ture positions taken by the Germans.
The war office announces that the at
tacks were without success.
Only artillery operations on the
Macedonian front are reported in to
day's army headquarters statement,
which reads: "There has been tem
porarily lively artillery firing in the
bend of the Cerna."
Aside from minor activites in the
Somme and Mcuse sectors there were
no important happenings on the west
ern front, army headquarters an
nounced today. The statement reads:
"Western front: There have been
no important events. In the Somme
and Meuse sectors there have been
only minor fighting activities."
i--, -v - Fiench Official Report!.
Paris, Dec 18. French forces have
taken a total of 11,387 German pris
oners on the Verdun front since De
cember 15, according to the announce
ment made by the French war office
this afternoon. A violent German
counter attack on the Meuse has re
sulted in German forces securing a
footing at the Chambrettes farm. The
text follows:
"South of the river Somme, a de
tachment of the enemy which was
endeavoring to occupy our lines
southeast of Berny, has been repulsed
with hand grenades. On the right
bank of the river Meuse, after the
bombardment reported in the com
munication of yesterday, the German
forces delivered a violent counter
attack yesterday evening upon our
new positions. They succeeded, how
ever, only in securing l footing at a
point on the Chambrettes farm. We
continue to hold the immediate sur
roundings of this location. Elsewhere
the night passed in quiet.
"The number of prisoners taken by
us since December IS on the Verdun
front is at present, according to the
latest count, 11,387, including 284 offi
cers. The war material captured or
destroyed includes 115 cannon, forty
four bomb throwers and IU7 machine
guns."
Russian Official Report.
London, Dec. 18. The Teutonic
offensive in Roumania has been ar
rested by the Russian fire, the Rus
sian war office announces. The state
ment as intercepted by the British
admiralty and collected by the Wire
less Press, was made public as fol
lows: "On the Roumanian front, in the
region west and southwest of Rom-niku-Sarat,
our scouts made recon
naissances. "In the region of the Filipechti rail
way, station and in the region of Dih
batogu the offensive of the enemy
was arrested by our fire."
Short Course at Hondamin.
Mondamin, la., Dec. 17. (Special.)
Harrison county short course op
ened here Tuesday morning. After
the organization lectures were given
on the dairv business, Iowa soils and
plant life in the men's department.
In the department for women nutri
tion, planning a well balanced meal
and demonstrations of interest to the
home. The instructors are from
Ames, and the county farmers and
stockmen arc invited to attend.
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i Hn rrv Laird. Arrested at Dea
Moines, Out on Good Be
havior from Nebraska.
FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Des Moines, Dec. 18. (Special Tel
egram.) Harry Laird, 24 years old,
arrested last night for investigation,
today admitted he was a paroled pris
oner from the Nebraska penitentiary
at Lincoln. He had been sentenced
to serve from one to ten years for
highway robbery. Employment was
found for him and he was paroled to
his employer. The next day he left the
state, he said.
Iowa Farmer Shot in Arm .
By Would-Be Assassins
Lake Park, la., Dec. 18. A would
be assassin attempted to kill G.
Dierks, a well-to-do farmer, at the
Dierks' home, two miles east of Like
Park, at midnight last night. The
bullet fired by the would-be assassin
struck Dierks in the arm When the
shot was fired the horse which
Dierks was driving ran away, carry
ing him to the home of a neighbor.
The person who fired the shot then
set fire to the Dierks' home. Direks
had received threatening letters de
manding $500, but had ignored them.
VOLUNTEER ARMY
SYSTEMFAILORE
(Continued From Pare One.)
fense would fall equally upon all citi
zens. It would make it impossible for
any man or group of men to trade
upon the nation's necessities in time
of war. The system would be relia
ble because it would produce each
year the number of men necessary to
be trained. It would be economical
because it would be based upon rec
ognition by the people of the duty
of the individual to render personal
service and in carrying it into effect
the government would not have to
compete in the labor market. It would
be efficient because it would enable
us to prepare adequately for war be
fore war comes."
At the outset General Scott pointed
out that the Mexican crisis had failed
to recruit many National Guard or
ganization even to their minimum
peace strength.
Volunteer System Failure.
"The failure should make the whole
people realize that the volunteer sys
tem does not and probably will not
give us either the men we need in
peace or for service in war," said he.
Reviewing the intensive training
which European and other nations
require, he declared if American
troops ever were to compete with
highly trained and splendidly dis
ciplined forces they would require
training and discipline at least equal
to that of their opponents.
The lessons of the European war,
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the general said, had demonstrated
that a higher standard of training and
discipline were required than was
popularly considered necessary be
fore and that most of the European
nations for that reason found they
could not develop them in less than
two years with the colors.
"It should be obvious." said he,
"that 192 hours' training prescribed
for the National Guard is utterly in
adequate to prepare this force for
war service."
Three Million Men Needed.
For war with a first-class power
the general staff had previously esti
mated that 500,000 fully, equipped
troops should be ready at the out
break and that 500.001) more should
be available in ninety days. In view
of the lessons of the war, the general
was now of the opinion that these
numbers should be tripled and that
1,500,000 fully equipped and ready
troops should be available, with an
other 1,500,000 to follow in ninety
days.
"This is due," he said, "to the fact
that one of the powers involved in
the war and whose territory extends
the whole length ot our northern
frontier has increased its army from
a relatively small force to a strength
approximating that of the other great
European powers Due to the fact
that our northern neighbor is largely
an island empire, a great portion of
any trained force it may possess can
be spared for use in a distant theater
of operations because, being an
island empire, the control of the sea
gives it practical immunity from in
vasion where troops would have to
be transported across the sea.
United States Practically Defenseless.
"It should be pointed out, also,
that our northern neighbor is in alli
ance with a powerful oriental nation
another island empire and for the
same reason when acting in alliance
with a power which has control of
the sea has ability to send its army
of 2,225,000 men to any part of the
world without danger of invasion.
"1 think a mere statement of these
facts makes it clear that at present
we are practically defenseless before
the veteran armies of our northern
neighbors and could easily be crushed
by the existing coalition of the island
empires.
"I have said enough by way of il
lustration only to make it clear that
if we are menaced by one of these
powers alone, having lost control of
the sea, we should need more troops
for defensive purposes than have en
tered into the popular conception of
our military problems heretofore.
Big Invasion Possible.
"A factor which has played a part
in protecting us from recent aggres
sions by any of the great nations of
Europe, in spite of our comparatively
defenseless condition, was the so
called balance of power. When the
European war is over there will still
be two groups of powers which will
permit the superior group to hold the
inferior group in balance with only a
portion of its force and will enable it
to hold the remainder ready for action
outside of Europe. It is manifest that
if a coalition of the great powers, as
they existed on August I. 1914, were
to make war on us we could have been
invaded by very large forces within
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"While a war waged against us by
an alliance may in the future be a pos
sibility it is not a probability. It is
believed if we provide an adequate1
army to defend the country against
any single nation the probability of
a war between the United Slates and
a coalition of powers would grow
even more remote."
After having discussed reasons why
die general staff believes twelve
i months' intensive training is the min
i imum to prepare troops for war,
I General Scott stated at length why
the staff recommended that no further
reliance be placed on the volunteer
svstem and urged universal liability
i to military training and service. Of
all tho nations of the world, lie said,
the United States and China alone
relied on volunteers to defend their
national existence. He recounted the
failures of the volunteer system in
the revolutionary war, the war of 1812
and how it failed both the confeder
acy and the union in the civil war.
"The system is ineffective," he said,
"because under it we must wait for
war to come .before preparing our de
fense. We must wait for an emer-
! gency before beginning to raise, train
and equip the vast armies wnicn war
with any first class power or coalition
would render necessary. A nation
that is so short-sighted with respect
to its man power cannot be expected
to look far into the future with re
spect to munitions and supplies.
"If universal liability to military
training and service are ordained it
would mean only that the people as
a whole have through their represen
tatives recognized the duty of the
individual to prepare himself to de
fend it in case of need."
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Chriitmas Gillettes now in the stores $5 to $50
About the nicest " little gift" for the Gillette User
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Marksmen Turn Out
For Poultry Shoot
A large crowd of local marksmen
turned out for the poultry shoot at
the Omaha Gun club Sunday after
noon, including a couple of sqtiads of
beginners. Henry McDonald and
John Reason captured the most poul
try, McDonald getting three geese
and Reagon two ducks and a goose.
George Holloway won two ducks. It
was the second time Holloway had
handled a shotgun against the (lay
targets. Dan Gielus, Frank Ellison
and Blake each won a duck and Doc
Frye won a goose.
A Christmas turkey shoot will be
held at the Omaha Gun club next Sun
day.
Mrs. W. S. Knight is to
Talk For Better Movies
Better movies for children will be
urged by Mrs W. S. Knight, chairman
of the educational committee, Omaha
Woman's' club, in two talks she will
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Tuesday Mrs. Knight speaks before
the West Omaha Mothers' club at
the home of Mrs. P. T. Barber and
Wednesday afternoon at the Miller
Park Mothers' circle at the Miller
Park school auditorium.
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