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WILL TRY TO MAKE
HOME PLATE WIDER
Tener Would Extend it Inch
and Have Three Balls
Suffice.
EFFECT PSYCHOLOGICAL
New York, Jan. 31. President John
K. Tener of the National league, said
today that he will submit to the joint
rules committee, which meets here
next month a recommendation to in
crease the width of the home plate
from seventeen to eighteen inches and
send a batsman to first base on three
balls instead of four. Such a change
in the rules, he declared, would bring
about the desired increase in batting.
"I believe simply sending a batsman
to. first base on three balls instead of
four would be too great a change
and would throw the balance too
much in favor of the batsman," Tener
said. "By widening the plate an inch,
however, the pitcher would have a
better opportunity of getting the ball
over, but such a change would be
about two-thirds in favor of the bats
man. 'T believe increasing the width of
the plate would have more of a psy
chological effect than an actual one.
The pitcher, knowing the plate had
been widened, would have more con
fidence in his ability to get the ball
over, while the batsman, also con
scious of the increased width of the
plate would feel he had to hit the ball
instead of trying to wait for a base
on balls."
High School of Commerce
Trims Alumni, 13 to 9
The High School of Commerce
basket ball team treated the Alumni
lo a beating, 13 to 9, in a hard fought
game last night at the Young JJcn's
christian association. -The
score was 4 to 3 at the end
of the first half in favor of the -regu
lars. Alter a tew minutes of play
the count was tied but the game was
cinched by two baskets bv Macfar-
la nd. Brown was the main point get
ter lor the Alumni wJth three
baskets. Lineup:
COMMERCE HIGH.
ALUMNI.
Hit
....... Mtllberff
Brown
Moskovlti
Rokuaek
Nicholson t.P.L.F..
W.' Reeves R.P. R.P..
Johnson .C.C....
Macfiirland L.CI. I..O..
Levlson R.d.jR.a..
Substitutes: . Reeve for Reeves, Brown for
Nleholson, Keeper for Levlson, Dewey for
Moskovlts Field goals: Nicholson, Johnson,
.Mscfarland (3), Millberg, Brown (!t. Free
throws: Mlllbers, Mucfarlanid. Referee:
Richie.
Nebraska State Dental
Society Meets in Alliance
Alliance, Neb., Jan. 30W(Spectal.)
The Nebraska State Dental society
has called a meeting of the dentists
of northwestern Nebraska in Alliance
on February 14, to organize a com
ponent society of the Nebraska State
Dental society.
Dr. King of Omaha, state organ
izer, has sent letters to all the den
tists in this district.
The business meeting will be held
in the afternoon and will be ad
dressed by prominent speakers in the
profession. The Commercial club of
Alliance will extend to the visitors
a banquet at night.
Scott Agrees to Sign Up
With Boston Americans
Boston, Tan 31. Everett Scott,
shortstop of the world champion Bos
ton Americans, has agreed to sign a
contract and James Walsh, an out
fielder, has signed an agreement for
next season, President Frazee of the
club announced tonight
President Frazee said a "substantial
increase" demanded by Scott had been
granted. . Twelve men of the team
now are signed or are under agree
ment to sign Mr. Frazee said.
Hickey Moves Association
Office to Louisville
Chicago, Jan. 31. The headquar
ters of the American association,
which for the last seven years has
been maintained fn Chicago, were
moved to Louisville, Ky., today. Pre
viously the executive offices were lo
cated in Milwaukee. Thomas J.
Hickey. the new president of the as
sociation, plans to close up his af
fairs here before the end of the week.
Salary of Hans Wagner
Will Be Cut by Dreyfuss
Pittsburgh, Jan. 31. The salary of
Honus Wagner, famous shortstop of
the Pittsburgh National league team,
will feel the blue pencil of retrench
ment this season, President Barney
Dreyfuss admitted tonight Wagner is
understood to receive $10,000 a year.
The Pirates' owner refused to indi
cate how much of this would be
chopped off.
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KAISER TURNS
SUBSEA CRAFT
LOOSE TODAY
(ContinUdd from Pttjre One.)
powers to bring about peace failed
on account of the lust for conquest of
their adversaries who do not want
peace. Under the pretext of the
principle of nationalities they un
veiled as their war aims opposition
to and dishonor for Germany, Austria-Hungary,
Turkey and Bulgaria.
To our desire for reconciliation they
opposed their will. They want to
fight to the last.
"Thus a new situation has sprung
up, which forces Germany also to
new decisions, For two years and a
half England adopted political and
naval measures in a critical attempt
to force Germany and Austria-Hungary
to subjection. Brutally, despite
the laws of nations, the group of pow
ers marshalled by England ijot only,
prohibits legitimate trade of its ad
versaries, but by reckless pressure
even on neutral states it stops all
trade relations agreeable, to it, or
forces them to limit their trade ac
cording to its orders.
Laws of Sea Violated.
"The American nation knows the
means taken in order to move Eng
land and its allies to return to the
laws of nations and to respect the
law of freedom of the seas. The
British government persists in its war
of starvation, whrch certainly does
not touch , tfie military strength of
its adversary, but which forces women
and children, the sick and aged per
sons to undergo painful privations
for their country's sake, which are
harming the national vitality.
"Thus British imperiousness in cold
blood accentuates the suffering of the
world, without regard for every com
mand of humanity, without regard
even for the silent longing for peace
within the nations of its own allies.
Every day in whichthe fearful strug
gle goes on brings new devastation,
new misery, new deaths. Every day
by which the war is shortened will
preserve on both sides the lives of
thousands of brave soldiers and
means a blessing for tortured hu
manity. The imperial government
before its own conscience and before
history, would be unable to assume
the responsibility if it left untried
any one means to hasten the end of
the war. Together with the president
of the United States it had hoped to
obtain this aim by negotiation.
Takes Down Bars.
"The attempt to establish an un
derstanding between the adversaries
having been answered by the an
nouncement of intensified warfare,
the imperial government must now
continue the war for existence once
more forced upon it by using its
weapons. The imperial government
therefore is forced to do away with
the restrictions which until now it
has impressed upon the use of its
fighting means on the sea.
"Trusting that the American peo
ple and its government will be alive
to these reasons for this decision and
for its necessity, the imperial gov
ernment hopes the United States will
appreciate the new" state of affairs
from the lofty and exalted stand
point of the imperial government
and on its part will also co-operate
in order to avoid further misery and
avoidable sacrifices of human lives.
"Referring as to details of the
planned war measure at sea to be an
nexed, the government at the same
time begs to express its con6dence
that the American government will
warn American ships against enter
ing the barred zones described in
the annex, and also to warn its citi
zens against taking passage on or
confiding goods to ships plying to
ports in the barred zone.
Similar notes have been handed to
the representatives of all neutral gov
ernments. Annex of Note.
Following is the annex referred to
in the German note:
From February 1, 1817, within barred
zones around Orrat Britain, Fmnro. nd
'Italy, attd-tn the Eastern Mediterranean, n
outlined in the following, all lira traffic
forthwith will be opposed. Hueh barred
zones are:
In tha Nrrth Boa. the dintrlct around
England and France, which n limited by
a line twenty nautical mil-.; the. dlntrlct
alons the Dutch coast as far an the Ternch
alltn. lightship, the degree of longitude of
the Terachelling IlfrhtRhip Udtr; a line from
there across the point, $2 decree north
latitude, 6 longitude, westward along 62
degrees to a, point two nautical miles south
of the douth point of Farovcr (Faroe Isl
and); from there across the point 62 de
grees north, degrees east, to 61 degrees
north, 15 degree west; tbeo &7 degrees
north. 20 degrees wet to 47 decrees north.
20 degrees west; further 13 degraes north.
15 degrees wont; then 1 degree latitude, r-t
degrees north to the point twenty nautical
miles from Cape Finisterre, and twenly
nautical distance along the Danlwh north
coast as far as the French frontier.
roneernlnf the South.
Concerning the. south. In the Mediter
ranean: For neutral shipping there remains
open the south district west of a line from
Point L Lett Tauquett, to 30 degrees I'O
minuteH north and ff degrees east, a well a.s
north and west of a zone sixty sea miles
broad along the north African coast, begin
ning on 3 degrees went longitude.
In order to connect this Bea district with
Oreete, the zone leads twenly sea miles in
width north or cant, following this line;
3 degrees north and degree .-hm, 3
degrees north and II degrees W minutes
east to :n degrees north and 11 degree,, ;w
minutes east to :M degrees north and 21 de
grees 30 minutes east. From there It lendf
to a zone twenty sea miles broad wt of VI
degrees 30 mlnutea east longitude, into
Greek territorial waters.
Neutral ihipa plying within the barred
zones do so at their own risk. Although
precautions are being: taken to spare tieu
tral shliix, which on February 1 are on the
way to purlH in the barred zone, during
n appropriate delay, yet it t urgently to
lie advised that they shouuld be warned
and directed to other routes by all means
available.
American Hteamer Traffic.
Neutral ships lying In ports of the barred
zones can with the same safety abandon
the barred zones if they km 11 before Febru
ary & and take the shortest route Into the
open district.
Traffic of regular American passenger
steamers enn go on unmolested If:
(a I Falmouth Is taken as the port of
destination, and if:
(b) On the going and return Journey the
SetlLy Islands, as well an the point 60 de
gree north, 20 degrees west, be steered on.
Along this route no German mines will be
laid.
(c) If steamers on this Journey bear the
following special signals which only they
will be permitted to display tn American
ports, a coaling of paint on the ship's hull
and the superstructure, in vertical stripes
three meters broad, alternating white and
red: on every mast a large flag of chock
ered white and red. on the steam the
American flag; during darkness the na
tional flag and the coat of paint to bn as
easily recognizable as possible from a dis
tance; and the ships must be completely
and brightly Illuminated.
(d) If only one steamer runs each week
In each direction, arriving at Falmouth on
Sundays, leaving Falmouth on Wednesdays.
(e) If guarantees and assurances are
given by the American government that
these steamers carry no contraband (ac
cording to the German list of contraband)
The copies of maps on which the barred
zones are utilized are added.
LAW TO SET CLOCK
HOUR AHEAD ASKED
Chamber of Commerce Com.
mittee Wants Congress to
Authorize Change,
MANY ADVANTAGES CITED
Washington, Jan. 31. Congression
al action to authorize the setting of
all. clocks in the country one hour
ahead of the present standard time
was recommended to the Chamber of
Commerce of the" United 5tates today
at the opening of its fifth annual
meeting, which will conclude Friday
night by a committee on "daylight
saving." As an alternative the com
mittee suggested the plan at least for
the months between April 1 and De
cember 1.
The committee report on daylight
saving said:
"The considerations supporting this
provision are physiological, economic
and social. It will substitute a cool
morning working hour in summer for
a warm afternoon hour. Increased
daylight in the hours of greatest fa
tigue will tend to lessen tuberculosis,
will decidedly reduce eye strain, will
increase personal efficiency and ma
terially lessen accidents. In cities the
advantage of having the evening
'rush' hour, when transportation facili
ties are taxed, come in daylight is
apparent.
The director's report stated the
national chamber "is able to speak
for over .300,00(1 firms, corporations
and business men."
BLIZZARD BREAKS,
BUT TEMPERATURE
TAKES BIG DROP
(CflDtlnued from Tf One.)
live stock. In the northern and west
ern part of the state train service has
been suspended entirely and in other
sections trains are moving far behind
schedules.
At Huron. S. D., the wind attained
a velocity of forty-two miles an hour,
and with a fall of six inches of snow
on the sixteen inches which fell last
week, the snowdrifts have become so
deep that all travel is suspended.
A sharp drop in temperature
throughout the state is reported. At
Huron the mercury registered 13 be
low; at Watcrtown, S. D 13 below;
Mitchell 12 below, while at Madison,
S. D.. it reached 5 below. The tem
perature here this morning was 8
below zero.
Worst Since 1898.
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 31. Six
men attempting to walk the tops of
freight cars in the Soldiers' Summit
district, about fifty miles from here,
were caught in a gale and hurled into
snowbanks, it was reported here to
day by passengers on belated trains.
The blizzard in Soldiers' Summit is
the worst since the fifteen-day tieup
in 1898, when trains were held up in
fifty-foot drifts. The Den.ver & Rio
Grande road has more than 400 men
and two rotary snowplows working in
an attempt to keep the tracks clear.
Local railroad officials report the
blockade at the point of the mountain
near Draper, on the Salt Lake line,
will be cleared up late tonight to in
sure a return of the trains from the
Denver & Rio Grande detour to the
company's own tracks.
Storm Dies Down.
Pierre. S. D., Jan. 31. (Special
Telegram.) The storm which has
prevailed here the past two days is
dying down this evening, with indica
tions of low temperature tonight. No
trains are yet moving, and all schools
were closed today on account of the
severe weather. Drifting has prac- j
1 1 ca 1 1 y ceased.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
DOES NOT KNOW
WHERE HE GOT IT
(Continued from Pmre Ona.)
partners had taken advantage of it.
His customers had an hbur's leeway
to sell before the market closed. They
were long in the aggregate about 340,
000 shares. He was of the opinion that
few heeded the warning, but promised
the committee to furnish the exact
amount of selling order;, that came in.
Hutton said that the information he
had on the peace note mad . little im
pression upon him. What "killed the
market" was Sccretar - Lansing's
"verge of war" statement, he said, the
day the president's note was for
warded, December 21.
Customers of the Connolly firm dur
ing the "peace period" in the market
lost $40,000, it was brought out.
Mr. Hutton's Testimony.
More light on the telegrams which
went over the Hutton wires on De
cember 20 was sought by the com
mittee counsel from E. F. Hutton.
when the hearing was resumed.
Whipple tried to find out just when
the Connolly telegram was received
in the Hutton office. He called at
tention to the time the confidential
telegram from Clement, Curtis & Co.,
was received, 1:48 p. m. with its
intimation that a peace statement
was forthcoming from Washington
and produced from the brokers' files
a new telegram which was sent out
by the firm at
i.i p. m., which
read
"Stock flash; All: Reports have it
that State department will issue state
ment today intended to promote
peace prospects.
"H. G."
"II. G." explained Hutton. was a
telegraph operator named Toomey,
employed by the firm, who some
times sent out messages "on his own
initiative.
"Had you received at that time
the Connolly message?" asked Whip
ple. "I could not say," replied Hutton.
"Had yon received any oral intel
ligence?" "Not to my knowledge," replied
the witness, adding that he did not
know why Toomey had sent the mes
sage. At this point the commission or
dered that George A. Ellis, jr., of the
Hutton firm, whose name was signed
to the 1:54 telegram, giving a re
sume of the peace note, be immedi
ately summoned. Ellis is ill near Sa
vannah, Ga.
Hutton immediately sent a mes
sage to Ellis over his firm's private
wire asking him to come to New
York. He is expected to reach here
Thursday night and appear Friday.
Hutton Customers All Long.
None of the nine partners uf the
Hutton firm, said the witness, dealt
in the market on the information re
ceived in the telegram. Hutton said
that he himself had been short 1,000
shares of Utah Copper and a few
share of other securities before De
cember 20, but that he had covered
prior to that date at a profit of $22,
000. He did not himself sell on the
strength of the Washington informa
tion. Just what the volume of selling for
his customers' account was on De
cember 20 after the Ellis message
had gone out, he said, it would take
time to ascertain, bu on that night
his books showed that the long inter
est of his clients aggregated 339.700
shares and the short interest about
15,000 shares. Connolly & Co., he
said, were on December 20 short of
no stocks whatever.
Lansing Causes Break.
"What broke the market," said
Hutton, "was not the peace note, but
Secretary Lansing's 'verge of war'
statement."
"But that was on December 21,"
remarked Whipple.'
"Yes, but that's what has killed the
market"
From December 9 to December 23.
Hutton said, the clients of the Con
nolly firm lost $40,000 in transactions.
$50,000 being sent to Hutton & Co.
and only $10,000 being restored.
Up to Connolly.
Representative Bennet developed
through interrogating Hutton that
the wire Thompson McKinnou
of Chicago sent to their Oskosh,
Wis., branch on the afternoon of De
cember 20, advising customers to sell
on account of the coming of the
peace note, was traceable to Ellis'
message.
Bennet called the attention of the
witness to testimony by newspaper
men in Washington that Secretary
Lansing in telling them the note was
forthcoming "had given them an im
pression as to contents exactly oppo
site to what it really was."
"The only substantially accurate
forecast of the president's note which
has come to the attention of the com
mittee thus far," saitl Bennet, "is the
one sent to you by Connolly. How
do you account for that?"
I don t account lor it. I hat s uo
to ionnony, saia nuttun.
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Sixteen Omahans Enter
St. Joseph Whist Event
Sixteen players will represent the
Trairie Park Whist club at the twenty-third
annual convention of the
Central Whist association at St.
Joseph, February 9 and 10. The
Prairie Park team of four players will
consist of Ellis, Dreyfoos, Martin and
McNutt. In addition to this team
twelve other players will enter for
the pair trophy at the tournament.
Ellis and Dreyfoos and Barton and
Reynolds were the high players in
this week's play at the Prairie Park
club. Twenty-six players took part.
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must either lose time and money or spend a goodly
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.
100 SWIFT BUILDING
Symes, 500; Chambers, 437,
In Billiard Tournament
The second block of the 1.000-point
18-2 balk line billiard match at the
Symes' parlor last night resulted in a
score of 251 for Harry Symes to 187
for W. N. Chambers, for the block,
making a total of 500 for Symes to 437
for Chambers.
Mr. Symes averaged 5.46 with high
runs of 20, 23 and 28 unfinished, while
Mr. Chambers' average was 4.28, with
runs of 17, 15 and 13.
Albert Cahn meets Mr. Symes Fri
day night in the first block of the 1,
000 points which they are to play.
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