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rk THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16. 1917 BRINGING UP FATHER Copyright. II tt. InUroatton. Nw Scrvtifc Drawn for The Bee by George McManus HE WOMT KMOV ' f l Se DIFFERENCE S , - , , 1 unT i uc , i vvwr cwa I DO FOK 'TOO? r IV8S50I II p I , n I ANT OUggg-g3 ' 5. A MOMENT- IV j I NOTHlK- I VANT TOOT A ROOl FER ME FRIEND OOTtrtDE- 21 ' "PERANCE HOTEL - AN HE MAS RCKki 7 Players Must Parade Streets in Spangles, Western Owners Decide Club Houses for the Visiting Athletes to Be Heaved Into the Discard. Shades of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," "Honey Boy" Evans and P. T. Bar num, the Western league is going to return to the parade as a method of bringing the shining quarters and the glittering half dollars into the mag nates' coffers, where they once re posed in such generous numbers, but have since fled to parts unknown. The Western league yesterday at the specially called meeting 'at the Rome hotel resolfed to abandon the club house for visiting teams. For several years the Western league was a big show affair in the matter of club houses. Every park was equipped with two club houses, one for the home club and a second for the visiting team. Steam heat, hot water and shower baths were ready for the athletes weary after an afternoon of desperate conflict. But yesterday with a wave of a hand the club house for visiting play ers was abolished and in the future players will have to don the spangles of the profession at the hotel and in public display parade in a carry-all, a sea-going hack or a one-lunged jit ney from, the hotel to the ball park. The return trip after the game must be made the same way. Good Advertisement. Two reasons are ascribed for the abolishment of the club house. In the first place the parade gives the popu lace a chance to look at the athletes. There is an advertising value. In the second place 'tis said home players and visiting players have become too clubby and chummy after games. Thus the visiting players in the West ern league will return to the incon venience of former days, when no thought was given to the comforts of any but the home athletes. . To further eliminate inclinations to become too friendly the moguls de cided the visiting club would not be allowed to make its appearance at the park more than fify minutes before game time. Also the visitors will only be allowed fifteen minutes' batting practice before a game, instead of twenty. These rulings may seem on the sur face somewhat unimportant, but the magnates have a very good reason for making them. In the past, when the visiting players were permitted at the park at an early hour and they hung around until a late hour after the game because of the club house facili ties, it was the custom of the players to air their grievances, knock the league, the towns in the league, the fans in the towns, the club owners, the other players, the umpires and everybody else they could think of. Old players aroused the spirit of mu-. tiny in the young players with tales of mistreatment. The result was that after a month or six weeks following the opening of the season Jhe league was in a turmoil, the knotkings of the players got around to the fans and the attendance at the games was hurt. Leave Topeka to Savage. The magnates did not take up the matter of the Topeka franchise be yond giving John Savage, holder of the piece of paper, their full permis sion to place it in any town he sees fit. Pueblo or Hutchinson, Kan., are the two most likely candidates for the franchise right now, with the former having a slight edge. Savage is given until the time of the schedule meeting to make his plans and lie is to report any action taken to the president of the league immediately. t Zehrung will not attend the minor league meeting at Chicago today. It was the consensus of opinion among the magnates that the Western league would gain nothing by taking territory from the Three-I or Central association, nor has the Western any thing to' give. In addition the league meeting made it impossible for Zehrung to leave Omaha. Enforce Ba.lk Rule. The balk rule 'will be rigidly en forced this year. The club owners instructed President Zehrung to in sist that his umpires enforce the balk law to the letter. The pitcher in throwing to a base must step directly toward that base and not make any false movements that are illegal. Last year half the pitchers in the league made from one to a dozen balks a game and seldom were penalized. Stricter enforcement of the coach ing rules is another order of the mag nates to the president. Ragging the opposition must stop, say the mo guts, and all coaching, both from the coaching lines and the bench, must be confined to encouragement of col leagues, not abuse directed toward opponents. PLAYERS' FRAT TO JOIN THEA. F. OF L. Request Is Made Following Conference of Dave Fultz and Samuel Oompers. MAGNATES READY SAYS BAN LATHERS ANNOUNGE THEIR PAY GOES DP Secretary Marks Notifies Con tractors, Who Mumble Pro test On Self-Raising Pay. BUILDERS MAY REVOLT Lathers in Omaha demand in creased pay beginning February 15. A letter has gone out to the building contractors of Omaha from Secretary Marvin F. Marks of local No. 136 of . the Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' International union. The letter does not beat around the bush. It merely states the following: ' "Beginning February 15. 1917, and continuing until January 1, 1918, a new scale of wages for lathers will be effective. The present rate of 65 cents per hour will be increased to 70 cents. The rate for foremen will be increased from 75 cents to 82J4 ents per hour. All overtime will be double time." ''That is a rather blunt notice, to say the least." said one contractor on -eading the letter. Builders May Balk. "I suppose we have nothing to say about what we pay these men," said another. "There has been n con ference and we have not' been asked to grant any increase. But here we get a notice served on us that after a certain date we are going to pay ?crtaiu wages." Another said; "This letter says ifter a certain date a new and higher scale will be in effect. I very much doubt whether the contractors will Day it." V. Ray Gould, president of the Omaha Builders' exchange, said: "This will , not really affect the gen eral contractors 'very much directly. It is a matter to be handled wholly by the plastering contractors. I doubt if the Builders' exchange will take the matter up officially, as I un derstand the letters were not sent to the exchange as an organization, but were sent to all the contractors individually. Overcome Conntipatlon, Indlgefttlon. Hr. King's New Life Pills will overcome your constipation, plllousn end lndigei llon. Take dose tonight. Only 25c. All druggists. Advertisement. DOUGLAS COUNTY IS DEEP IN DEBT Dewey's Report Shows Defi ciency Because of Expense of Tax Collections. WATER BOARD EVADES County Comptroller Dewey's re port to the commissioners on the ex penditures in the treasurer's office for the last year shows that the county is behind just $8,163.64 by reason of assuming to pay for all expenses of collecting the taxes of the school dis trict, water board, city and country. The general fund is short that amount on account of a 1 per cent expense for collection not being allowed from all the different funds, according to Mr. Dewey. The school board and the water board do not pay anything. Mr. Dewey says that if the county hopes to split even in this phase of the expenses, an average of 1 per cent should be collected from each of the funds. Question of Fees. The fee collected under the general plan throughout the state is 2 per cent and fraction from all municipali ties. Omaha is the only exception to this plan, Mr. Dewey said, adding that in his opinion legislation should be put through to allow 1 per cent from all funds collected by the treas urer's office. "The total expenses of the treasur er's ofiice last year were $71,288.29," he pointed out. "I believe the city should have paid one-half of this amount. As it was, with the Water board and School board contributing nothing, the city's- payment was only $27,480." Cruiser Milwaukee is Driven Further Inland Eureka, Cal., Jan. 15. The cruiser Milwaukee, which stranded near here Saturday, lay high on the beach to day, having worked itself further in shore during the night. Its tilt sea ward was much greater than yester day. The engine rooms and boiler rooms are flooded. The submarine H-3, which the Mil waukee undertook to rescue, was high and dry on the sand. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. Washington, Jan. IS. The Base Ball Players' Fraternity haa ap plied to the American Federation of Labor for a charter. The appli cation will be considered at the next meeting of the executive council of the federation on Saturday. New York, Jan. 15. A new phase of the threatened strike of the Base Ball Players' Fraternity developed here late today, when it was learned that Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and President David L. Fultz of the players' organization had been in con ference relative to the proposed ac tion of the fraternity members in re fusing to sign 1917 base ball contracts until such time as the minor league magnates should grant requests made by the players. When asked if the fraternity was a member of the American Federa tion o f Labor, Gompers replied: "Not yet, but soon, I expect. While the players' organization is not affiliated with us, yet I am in full sympathy with their requests and actions and they have my moral support. I am deeply interested in the welfare of the ball players and they will have my support in any action that they may see fit to take in order to better existing conditions." President B. B. Johnson of the American league arrived late today from Chicago. He said he had come to attend the meeting of the schedule committees. Johnson said he did not care to talk about the players' pro posed strike, but that if it material ized the American league had enough, players under contract to start the season, and that others would be se cured to fill any vacancies that might exist. Owners Are Prepared. "I do not think," he said, "that the players of the major leagues will carry their contentions so far as to strike, but if they do, we will be pre pared to meet the emergency and will go right on playing ball as usual. I am of the opinion that if the major leagues do strike it will be a violation of the agreement made with the fra ternity at Cincinnati several years ago, and such action will virtually cancel the compact and absolve the club owners from the terms of that agreement." Johnson also said that he was not in favor of the plan to divide the pro ceeds of the players' share of the worlds' series money among any ex cept the competing club players. "To the victors belong the spoils," he added. SLEEK CROOK GETS OLD MAO SAVINGS Penniless and Too Old to Work, Peter Seidel Asks the Po lice for Aid. MAY GO TO THE POORHOUSE Kaaba, Owned by Mrs. Fleu, Wins Prize at Cat Show Kaaba is a good, black cat with orange eyes and a royal purple pedi gree. At the Fremont cat show Fri day and Saturday Kaaba, whose sire is the famous Little Bear and whose ma is Black Princess Pattie and whose grand-dad is the imported Champ Erebus, won first prize for his long, coal-black fur and orange eyes. Kaaba is owned by Mrs. F. O. Fleu of Benson and was booked at the dhow as an Omaha entry. Miss Elisabeth Grace, the judge who awarded premier honors to Kaaba, says the cat is of better points than even his famous grand sire. New York judges collaborat ed with Miss Grace at Fremont in passing judgment on the feline beau ties. Kaaba won against a field of 150 entries. Kaaba, although only years old, has won seven special prizes. Ten Hunters Killed in Sta,te of Washington Seattle, Wash., Jan. 15. During the hunting season, which began Sep tember 15 and ended today, ten hunters met violent deaths in the state of Washington. Two were shot by hunting companions, four ac cidentally shot thmeselves, two were frozen to death and two either com mitted suicide to escape freezing to death, or one shot killed both. Red Murray Signs Up to Manage Toronto Club Elmira. N. Y., Jan. 15. John (Red) j Murray, for many years outfielder for I the New York Giants and last season j with Toronto International league ' team signed a contract today with the New York Nationals for the coming season. . I Swindled by a confidence man of $3,300, his life's savings, Peter Seidel, aged 69, of Fremont, broken in health and destitute, is in Omaha and has asked police officials to bend their ef forts to capture Alva Clay Ficklen, the man who victimized him. When Ficklen is safely behind prison bars and not until then, will he be su premely happy, asserts Seidel. Seidel, who is a carpenter, is 69 years of age and is no longer able to ply his trade. "All I have left is the few clothes on my back and my two hands, and I have grown too old to work," he cried. "It looks like the poor house for me." ' How They Met. Seidel was in Omaha a year ago and lived at Twentieth and Capitol avenue until he completed a couple of jobs here. It was there he met Ficklen, a young man, and a strong friendship sprang up between them. Finally, Seidel declares, Ficklen told him he had an opportunity to buy a saloon very cheap and induced him to join in the partnership. In this way Seidel was bled of his earnings. Seidel asserts he even paid Fick len' fare out of town. He says a man who asserted he was Ficklen's brother came to Omaha and agreed to take Ficklen out to his ranch in South Dakota so that he could earn enough money to repay Seidel. This was after Seidel knew that Ficklen had swindled him. Aeroplanes and Motor Trucks Will . Hunt Army Airmen San Diego, Cal-, Jan. 15. Three army airplanes are scheduled to leave here today to attempt the rescue of Lieutenant Colonel Harry G. Bishop and Lieutenant W. A. Robertson, jr., the army aviators who disappeared while on an unauthorized flight to Calexico, Cal., and return last Wednesday. The machines will be piloted by Captain Byron D. Jones, Captain Herbert Dargue and Flying Instruc tor Albert Smith, each of whom will be accompanied by an observer. Estahan Cantu, governor of lower California, has given permission for the American airplanes to cross the border. The airplanes will be ac companied by motor trucks and au tomobile detachments from the sig nal corps aviation school here, carry ing skilled mechanicians and extra equipment for the air flotilla. Fuel and provisions bases will be estab lished throughout the volcano lake country, where Bishop' and Robert son were last sighted. The main supply base will be at Calexico. Upon reaching the Volcano lake country, below the border, each plane will v.. a - ...: I ,. ... aoaigiiiu m LCI LAlll BCXUUII Ul terrain to reconnaissance, but all will fly in a direction parallel and in sight of each other in orde- that as sistance quickly can be rendered in the event of a forced landing. Of the two men that are to fly to day Captain Dargue is most experi enced in the hazardous work of cross ing mountains and desert. While at tached to the expeditionary forces m northern New Mexico he flew from Colona Dublan to Columbus in a blinding snowstorm with a passen ger. Captain Dargue , also made a number of night reconnaissance flights over the mountainous regions of northern Mexico and is recognized as the foremost exponent of night flying in this country. Hhoota ud Kills hit. WmthinBton, Jan. 14. A. C. Cunnlnghuin. a navy nnalne.tr aaalRned to lha trainlnt tatlon at lrat LaknH. III., ahot anil killed hlmapir hr today. H came to hla Waih lliKton home aoveral daya airo on leave. He waa a native of New York. WIFE HELPS HER HUSBAND SLAYER Mrs. Maud Lucky Will Testify For Man Who Killed Marion W. Lucky. HATMAKER RESCUED HER Harry Hatmaker's prosecution on charges of manslaughter will be marked by at least one unusual fea ture. Mrs. Maud Lucky, the young wife of Marion W. Lucky, who was shot and killlcd by Hatmaker in a row at 2417 Capitol avenue, will stand by the slayer of her spouse. For two or three days after the affair Mrs. Lucky was held at the city jail as a witness, and Friday her statement was taken by detectives. At that time she was solicitous as to Hatmaker's welfare and seemed unmoved when informed that her hus band had died. She got this infor mation in response to a casual ques tion as to her husband's welfare. At the inquest Saturday Mrs. Lucky testified that Hatmaker shot Lucky only after he had been attacked by the latter, who flourished a butcher knife. The jury recommended that Hatmaker be held for manslaughter and suggested further investigation of the case on the part of the county attorney's office. Deputies will de termine the status of Hatmaker's re lations wtih the wife of the slain man. Hatmaker will appear for preliminary examination Tuesday in police court. Paving Law Is Upheld By State Supreme Court (From a Staff Correapdndent.) Lincoln, Jan. 15. (Special.) In a small grist of opinions handed down today by the supreme court it is held in an apeal from Buffalo county that in cities of the first-class having a population of from $5,000 to $.25,000 people, the street spesified to be paved and the property abutting thereon constitutes the paving district. An or dinance specifying the street or part of street to be paved sufficiently des cribes the proposed paving district and the judgment of the district court is affirmed. The case waa brought by George H. Chittenden against the city attorney.. Former Queen "Lil" is Again Critically III San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 15. The condition of former Queen Liliuoka lani of Hawaii is again critical, ac cording to advices received here to day from Honolulu. The ex-queen rallied from an indis position some months ago, but is now suffering from a general break down due to advancing age, it is said. She was born in 1838. State House Notes COLLARS are curve cut to ft thi should perfectly, aiitscadx.bforyy CLUETT, PEABODV MCO: fNCMaktrs (From i Bluff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Jan, 16. Spnclul.) Oovernor Ne ville will follow the. lead of Governor More hwad and will not k for nn appropriation fcr houfthold fxpemipn or for travellnn ex pnM. Howevfir, he will auk the Iwglilatura to ma ekan appropriation HUfflcfent to take rare of hoiti Improvement which should be made at the rnunnlon and to paint the seme, J. H. Wehn, new bank ftxamtner. called upon Governor Neville today, ready to an num hi dutten. Mr. Wehn' home In In B rid (TP port and he won appointed to nil the p)ai:e of John Boatman of Morrill, who waa not a candidate for reappointment. According to Health Inn poet or Caen, un balanced water preKeure In the Burlington railroad yarde at Havenna In renponelble for the outbreak of typhoid In that town, flack watr from the creok, which waa forced Into the niitliiH, claimed the trouble. A oaee from Nemaha county entitled state ana I nut Ad N. Harris, wan affirmed by lh! mipreme court today. It oovera the rlK-ht of county ro minimi on era to fumlih depntlen to a county he riff. The right of the state to collect old In nan" account against several countlen, which have refueed to pay the same Is up held by the supreme court, which affirmed the findings of the aperial referee, J. H. Broody in a suit brought to compel Wan ton county to pay. j Perry Lock j ! Steering Wheel ! I a positive I ! Theft . f Insurance j No two locks have keys I alike. Front wheels are wild when car is locked. I Ask us about it now. Phone I . Douglas 3217. Burglar Alarm Snares Crook in Store of J. Janous J. E. Janous, proprietor of a bar ber shop at 1826 Sherman avenue, installed a burglar alarm in his place of business Saturday night and thirty-six hours later it brought about the arrest of Frank Farrell of Erie, !'., who was caught redhanded while engaged in the theft of a quantity of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Farrell, it is alleged, pried open a side window and when lie did so an alarm sounded in Janous' home. Janous called the police and Farrell was caught just is he was about to leave the shop. He was bound over to the district court under $500 bonds. Morgan Syndicate Buys Argentine Rail Notes New York, Jan. 16. A banking syn dicate, which includes J. P. Morgan & Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the National City bank, has concluded ar rangements for the purchase of $15, 000,000 ten-year 6 per cent convertible notes of the Central Argentine Rail way company. The proceeds of these notes will be applied to the retire ment of an equal number of notes now held by British interests. Persistent Advertising Is the Road to Success. WALTERS VISITS BIG MUDDY WELLS General Manager of North western Reports Prosperity in Wyoming Oil Fields. NEED MORE REFINERIES General Manager Walters of the Northwestern is back from a trip over the company's Wyoming lines. While in Wyoming Mr. Walters visited the Big Muddy oil field along the line of road, west of Douglas, and noted fifteen drilling rigs at work between Douglas and Casper, m dis tance of fifty miles. Numerous wells have been drilled and in nearly all of them oil in paying quantitiea has been struck. The refineries nearest to Douglas and Glen Rock are at Casper and oil from these fields is being carried to the Casper refineries in tank cars. There is talk of the building of a re finery at either Douglas or Glen Rock and perhaps one at each place. Companies pushing development of the field are the Standard, the Texas and the midwest companies. Another company, the Merit, has recently come into the field with a capital stock of $6,000,000. Its stock is on the New York curb and is selling at $12 to $14 for $10 shares. Rheumatism an Insidious Disease; Begins With Insignificant Pains Real Torture Bound to Follow If the First Warnings Are Not Heeded. , Anyone afflicted with the pangs of Rheumatism will tell you that the first pains were hardly noticeable. Slight at first, in fact too insignificant to be heeded, pains increasing very gradu ally,' the disease had them firmly in its grasp before they realized that they were its victim. Those who have been trying lini ments and other external applications will find that they have not reached the cause of the trouble, and that their Rheumatism is back with them again, increasing in severity as the days go by. Don't overlook the first signs of Rheumatism. Prompt treatment is highly important, but tne right treat ment is the only kind that will do you any good. 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