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PRAYER BRIDGES
EARTH AND HEAVEN
Eev. Joseph'McNeil Says There
Is No God for Han Who
Does Hot Pray.
APT TO FORGET PEAYER
Rev. Joseph McNeil preached last
evening at the Third Presbyterian
church on "Prayer," taking as his text
the words of the disciples to Christ,
Lord, teach us to pray." ' ,
cation of man with God. It bridges
the space between the physical and
the spiritual, between earth and
heaven.
Tn this Hav anrl nrr tfcr nr tnativ
xnorrais wno presume to question
whether there is a God or not So far
as the man who doesn't pray is con
cerned there is no God. But those
who pray know that God lives and
that He answers prayers.
"Of course, God doesn't give as all
we pray for. He gives us what it is
good for us to have. Do you give
your son all be asks for? No. " You
know that it would, not be good for
him if you did. It would spoil him
and make him discontented. I might
ask for $1,000,000 (I have the six
ciphers now and all I need is a '1' to
put in front of tbem)but if I received
the million dollars it would not be for
my own good, I know. ,
Earnestness Important
earnestness ana continuance' m
prayer are most important. The length
ot prayer has nothing to do with the
earnestness of them. The publican
who prayed in the simple, 'Lord be
merciful to me a sinner,' was more
' justified than the Pharisee who prayed
"We are apt to forget our prayers.
Two men were shipwrecked. Neither
, had prayed for years. But one of
them determined to pray and he said,
'Oh, God, I have not troubled you for
twenty years, but if you will hear us
' now and save our lives I won't trouble
you for, twenty more years.' That
man had the wrong idea. It is no
'trouble' for the Almighty to answer
prayer. ' '
"The poet said, 'What are men, bet
ter than sheep and goats, if, knowing
God, they raise not their hands in
supplication to Him?
Faith Is Necessary. - -"Faith
is, of course, the most impor
tant element in prayer. We should
have the faith of a little child that I
. heard of. This boy was accustomed
to make supplications in his evening
prayer for members of the family,
friends, and, finally, for himself.' One
evening, instead of asking, anything
for himself he just repeated the alpha
bet Asked why he did that, he said,
'I didn't know just what to ask for
myself, so I just put the letters in
and God wilt put them together into
' words.'
"You may not be able to pray in
public, but you can pray in private,
and every Christian will pray daily
and earnestly and with faith."
Explosion Freaks v
Were Many in Greats
Blast in London
London, Jan. 22. Throughout Sun
day thousands of persons .flocked to
East London, hoping to satisfy their
curiosity as to the effect of Friday's
exolosion in the munition factory
there. None of them, however, was
able to obtain a near view of the scene
owing to rigid police regulations and
could only wander tnrougn the outly.
ins streets, where most of the win.
dow were shattered by the concus
sion.
The tapers print columns of indi
vidual stories, pathetic incidents and
the freak effects common with all ex
plosions, such as a rickety cottage es.
raping, .even to its windows, while ad
jacent r substantial buildings were
razed; of people nearby escaping un
hurt or with only slight injuries,
while others at a distance were killed.
The death list is now 300.
The '.destruction' of the gas tank
is described as having afforded an
amazing spectacle. The tank did not
.explode, but its ton was lifted off
like a box tid and the 8,000,000-cubic
feet of illuminating gas were liberated
Igniting, a column of flame rose to a
height estimated at two miles, burned
for a few seconds and then went out
with the suddenness of the switching
' off of an electric light Several other
gas tanks nearby are still intact.
Represent Nebraska at
" Lincoln Celebration
' New York, Jan. 22. Senator Nor
ris, Hon. Charles H. Sloan and Hon.
C. Frank Reavis will represent Ne
braska at the great Lincoln birthday
celebration at Lincoln Memorial uni
versity at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.,
February . 10 to 12.
Dr. John Wesley Hill, chancellor of
of the university, announced that
every state in the union will be rep
resented at the celebration. It will
mark the i twentieth anniversary of
the founding of the institution, j
Grand Circuit Will Open
' At Cleveland July Sixteen
Atlantat Ga., Jan, 22. Arrange
. ments of its season's schedule of har
ness races and election of officers are
before the annual meeting of Grand
circuit stewards here today and to
morrow. Secretary H. J. Kline of
Cleveland said it was planned to open
the season on July 16 next at Cleve
land and that several cities not rep
resented last year had asked for dates.
.Defeat tea atlas Batten, .
8an Utero. Cal. Jan. .' -II. The featnra
sweat today ot the Coronado ot the winter
tennla tournament play, which waa resumed
attar several poetponemonta because of rain,
waa the defeat of Hum Plorenoo Button by
Ulna alary K. Browne, former woman na
' tlonal champion, In a eeml-ttnal tnatoh. The
core waa l-l. 4.S, S-c. alias Button waa
Aefendlne the Coronado title which eha won
last year, Ja the finals of the men's dou
bles William U. Johnston, former national
- champion, and John strachem defeated
... Maurice licLonrhlln and Nat Browns, -t,
-. -
Bo-rtoo, Mass., Jva. SI The manurment
of tit RfMwlvliie track tonlrht umouirCe4
a. harnens ravce mMtlng of five events,
carrying fJl.tMH) tn prl, only July 4. The
AiTQWrtcan Trottmv uertvy lor I year olds.
tie.bte to the :M claes, will he renewed
for a pare- M; Che Maeunhusetts
2:M trot, antt.ft rft)araU pace, will have
prists 01 s.'.anv, vscn auacnea, ana the Z:14
trot an4 t:lt trot will be tor 11. US each.
The racfs will he decided in haats of out
HIGH SCHOOL FIVES
RUSHINGTO ENTER
Thirty-Three Towns Will Come
for Basket Ball Tourney
at Lincoln.
MANY MORE COMING IN
Lincoln, Jan. 22. (Special.) Thir
ty-three Nebraska high schools have
already replied to the letter sent out
by Athletic Manager Guy E. Reed of
the state university asking for entries
in the seventh annual high school
basket ball tournament.
Reed is delighted with the early
response to his letter and believes that
practically every town m the state,
which has a basket ball team will be
represented in the big meet the larg
est of its kind in the United States.
The Entry List
Following are the towns which have
written Reed asking for entry blanks:
Alexandria Howard
Cadar Bluffs Hardy
Columbui
Haveloek
Humboldt
Hebron
Leslnfton
l.rneb
Mlneure
Merna
Nebraska Cltj
Crete
DeWItt
Kdsar
Exeter , '
Kalrbury
Fane city
Franklin
Prlend
Newport
Geneva
Olltner
Norfolk
Oakdala
O'Neill
fork
Chadron
Gretna
Greenwood
Grand laland
Of the thirty-three towns which
have signified their intention of enter
ing the big meet, twelve have never
taken part before.
Close in February.
The entries do not close until, late
in February and Reed is confident
lhat there will be over a hundred high
schools take part as against eighty
in 1916 the largest previous tourna
ment Two wrestling dates have been
definitely fixed by the Husker man
ager." Ames will come to Lincoln,
March 11, and Iowa will be met at
Iowa City, February 24.
Annual College
Track Meet Fixed
For Middle of May
Lincoln, Jan. 22. (Special.) The
annual meeting of the Nebraska state
colleges was held in Lincoln yester
day for the election of officers and
arranging matters of the conference.
' W. G. Kline, coach of Wesleyan
university, was elected president of
the association, Earl Johnson of Peru
Normal, vice president, and Prof. G.
E. Martin of Kearney Normal, secretary-treasurer.
, "
The association selected May 18,
as the date for the annual college
track meet, which will be held this
year in University Place, under the
auspices of Wesleyan university. All
of the conference representatives re
ported athletics to be in a flourshing
condition.
Following are the schools and rep
resentatives: ' .
Coach Earl Hawkins and Prof. Bis
set of York college, G. E. Martin of
Kearney Normal, John S. Woodward
of Nebraska Central, J. C W. Mor
row of Grand Island college, "George
Beck of Hastings college, Earl John
son of Peru Normal, F. E. Benjamin
of Bellevue college, R. E. Smith of
Cotner university, Prof. Bennet of
Doane and W. G. Kline of Wesleyan.
Coach Tommy Mills of Creighton
was an onlooker at the conference
to rig up some games with the con
ference members.
Cholera and Typhus Take
Many Doctors in Palestine
- New York, Jan. 22. Cholera and
typhus have claimed so many victims
among the physicians who have been
fighting these epidemics in Palestine
that tome of the villages have lost
their last medical men and in the
cities few physicians remain to cope
with the situation, according to a
statement made public here tonight
by Hadassah, the women's Zionist or
ganization in America.
Give your Want Ad a chance to
make good. Run it in The Bee.
Not a-Bite of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
ays a glut of hot water and
phosphate prevent Illness
and ketpa ua fit
Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incom
bustible material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible ma
terial, which if not completely elimi
nated from the system each day, be
comes food for the millions of bac
teria which infest the bowels. From
this mass of left-over waste, toxins
and ptomain-like poisons are formed
and sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get
feeling right must begin to take in
side baths. Before eating breakfast
each morning drink a glass of real
hot water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it to wash out of
the thirty feet of bowels the previ
ous day's accumulation of poisons
and toxins and to keep the entire
alimentary canal clean, pure and fresh.
Thpse who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, biliousness, constipation,
others who wake un with bad taste.
foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff
ness, or nave a sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are uraed to tret a ouar.
ter pound of ' limestone phosphate
irora tne arug store, ana oegin prac
ticing internal sanitation. This will
cost very little, but is sufficient to
make anyone an enthusiast on the
subject
Remembet inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be
cause the skin onrra An tint ahartrh
impurities into the blood, causing poor
neaitn, wnne tne Dowel pores do. Just
as soap and hot water cleanses, sweet
ens and freshens the .skin, so hot
water and limestone nhosnhate act
on the stomach, liver, kidneys and
Secretary Daniels
Had No Idea of
Comes Back at Bethlehem
With Statement Its Product
Defective.
WHY 0UTS1DEB. FAVORED
Washington, Jan. 22. Secretary
Daniels issued a statement today ex
plaining and defending his action in
awarding to Hadficlds, Limited, a
British munitions company, contracts
for a large number of navy armor
piercing projectiles at a price about
$200 each below the lowest American
bid. The statement is in reply to pub
lished comment upon the contract,
which, Mr. Daniels says, "convinced
me that a concise statement of the
experiences of the department in ob
taining shells equal in quality to those
used by foreign navies at a reasonable
price is necessary to enable the public
to understand what has been going
on."
Referring to a report in certain
American trade journals that the Brit
ish government had urged Hadfields
to seek this contract for the purpose
of creating a panic in the American
steel market, and a resultant reduction
in the export price of American steel,
the secretary says that "is patent ab-
Robber in St. Louis
Is Caught at Work;
May .Be From Omaha
St Louis,! Jan. 22. (Special1 Tele
k, am.) Harry Walsh and . William
Beckmann are dead and Joseph Robin
son, George Brown and William
O'Gorman are prisoners follo'ving an
unsuccessful attempt to rob store
at Florissant early today;
Walsh and Beckmann were killed
when the stolen automobile : . which
they were escaping . lunged qver he
side of a bridge ;nto a twenty-foot
ravine. O'Gorman also was in the
car, bu. escaped serious injury. He
was captured three hours atcr when
he was found dazed, wandering in a
nearby pasture.
Tin attempt at robberv was frus
trated by William Hech who lives
next to the store. He heard a noise
and armed with only a flashlight, took
two men prisoners, and icld . icm
until the constable was notified.
Walsh, Beckmann, Brown and O'Gor-
.1 are 'rom St. Louis, but Robin
son, accordinc to (he police came here
nom Omaha, and ; ay be wanted
uere fof robbery.
Police Captain Confesses,
Implicating Chicago Ex-Chief
Chicago, Jan. 22. Police Captain
Stephen K. Healy, Indicted in con
nection with the recent charges of
police graft has confessed, Maclay
Hoyne, state's attorney, announced
tonight. Mr. Hoyne said Healy's
confession Implicated ex-Chief of Po
lice Charles C, Healey, also underin.
dictment; Oscar De Priest, a negro
alderman, and others' said to have
been linked with the alleged corrup
tion syndicate.
For Two Yean. On Arms and
Limbs. Became One Large Erup
tion. Itched All the Time. Healed
Cuticura. Costing $1.25.
"I suffered for almost two rears with
pimples on my arms and limbs. They
were small and red to start with bat by
irritating them tney became
larger and finally became
one large eruption, or a
number of eruptions which
had a yellowish look. I
work around intense heat
so that they bumed and
itched all' the time and 1
scratched. 1 was ashamed
to wash when the other men
would as my arms looked so bad.
' Then seeing Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment advertised I wrote for a free sam
ple. I bought more, and I was healed."
(Signed) James H. McManawav, 1131
St. Louis Ave., East St. Louis, 111.,
Aug. 12, 1916.
Cuticura Soap to cleanse, purify and
beautify, Cuticura Ointment to. soften,
soothe and heal, are ideal for every-day
toilet purposes.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail, address post-card: "Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere.
Sore shoulders, lame back,
stiff neck, all pains and aches
yield to Sloan s Liniment. 1
Do not rub . Simply apply to ;
the sore spot, it quickly penetrates j
and relieves. Cleaner than mussy
plasters or ointments, it does not '
stain the akin.
Keep bottle handy for rhenmrtiim,
sprains, bruises, toothache, neuralgia, gout,
hunbago and tors stiff muscle.
At U dnujf ists, 25c 50c. and $1.00.
Suffered With
Says Government
Cutting Steel Price
surdity," as such an order would have
no appreciable effect upon the market
Mr. Daniels says the Bethlehem
Steel company, which "has been fill
ing the papers with advertisements
criticising the department," admitted
in one of these publications that it
had failed to make satisfactory shells
on a contract awarded two years ago.
"Until it is able to fill its contracts,"
he adds, "it does not become the
Bethlehem company to criticise the
Navy department for awarding con
tracts to manufacturers who can make
shells that meet the tests. I regard
the attitude of these companies in this
and in other matters as most unfor
tunate and were there no relief
through competition either bv the
government or by other more patri
otic firms, I would feel that they were
putting our entire program of pre
paredness in peril. The department
wishes to give all of its orders to
American manufacturers whenever
they quote reasonable prices and fur
nish shells that meet navy require
ments. Nothing but the utter failure
of the most patient negotiations and
appeals to the patriotism of the little
group of steel manufacturers who
have a practical monopoly of this
business have made it imperative for
the government to build a projectile
factory and give a contract to a for
eign bidder."
Supreme Court of Golf
Likely to Be Formed in U. S.
Chicago,, Jan. 22. Action independ
ent of the United States Golf associa
tion on the definition of an amateur
golfer will be taken by the Western
Golf association under the new offi
cers of the board of directors elected
last night at the annual meeting of
the Western Golf association, it was
announced today. I It was said that
the contemplated movement might
lead to a rupture between the two
leading golf bodies in America and
eventually result in the formation of
a new organization which would at
tempt to become the supreme court
of golf in the United States.
CATERING TO JAIL
IS HISAMBITION
Or Perhaps Clarence Tostevin,
Restaurateur, 'is Merely
Testing New Law.
BIDS WOULD SAVE MONET
The jail feeding question is again
projected, this time by Clarence W.
Tostevin, restaurant owner at 2405)4
N street, Sooth Side, who has filed
an application with the commisioners
asking for the appointment as the
official caterer for prisoners.
Under the present law, passed by
the legislature after Felix McShane,
former sheriff, went into office, the
sheriff is entitled to 32 cents a day
for feeding each prisoner. Prior to
the McShane regime the county board
let the feeding to the best bidder.
Following the election of Mike
Clark, a republican, as sheriff, and the
reorganization of the. present demo
cratic county board, the word was
passed among the wiseacres that an
effort would be made to have the
law changed so that the commission
ers could ask for bids. The filing of
1 ostevm s application and other buz
zings are said to be preliminary
steps.
Big Saving Possible.
According to the dope, several
thousand dollars a year could be
saved under the system of asking for
bids. McShane was allowed 32 cents
a day for each prisoner. It is be
lieved that the board will expect the
successful bid to be under 20 cents
if the law is changed. .
It has been estimated that in for
mer years the actual cost of feeding
each prisoner was about ll'A cents.
Even under the present H. C. of L.,
the wise one's say, the cost should
not exceed 14 cents.
The number of prisoners in the
county jail varies from 150 to 300
the 'year 'round.
e ' Ffwsnta Infection.
Sloan's Liniment applied to a sort, cut.
wonnd or bruise preventa infection and
blood poiaon. lie. All druggists. Adv.
AMERICAN
Here, Nettie my child, take a piece of your old
Grandma's Adams Black Jack Gum.
Thanks, Granny dear. Now I won't have to
go down town for a package. Ma says I need
some for that cough I got yesterday the
licorice helps coughs so much.
Grocer Rachmann Loses
$800 in Diamond Rings
Harry Rachman, 1629 Lothrop
street, was held up at Sixteenth and
Wirt streets last night by a masked
man, who got $4 in cash and two
diamond rings valued at $800. Mr
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CHICLE COMPAJOj
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Rachmann says it was far too slippery
a night to try a getaway game.
An Omaha man was held up in
his automobile at the east end of the
Douglas street bridge, while return
ing from Council Bluffs late at night
by a bandit who sprang out in mi
the darkness Lat the side of the road.
The robbery without name or details
was reported to the tollkeeper.
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