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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1917)
7 BRINGING UP FATHER ANOTHER VICTIM - DO YOU KNOW "fOOt? WIFE Tri i iu - - . . . MA&EA. MAN OF XoU- LOVE ILL. BE RlCHT home; Copyright, HIT. InUrnattontl New Service THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917 TT Tru. have roo C BUT D0N'T NO-BOT ) THE. MASTER IN SAX So- I TOLD "YOO - SHE TOLD WH0UtE', L-,, -- ' , ' ( m cim v. i r x i i x i i i Drawn for The Bee by George ' McManus PETERS TRAINS 1 BY PACKING ICE With Aid of One Helper Throws One Hundred and Fifty Tons Into Ice Honse. CONSIDERS IT EASY WORK Cutting 150 tons of ice and packing it within a storage ice house is no small task. One would hardly call it child's play or recommend it to a friend as an afternoons' recreation. But that is what Charley Peters and one assistant did in a single day. One hundred and fifty tons is a lot of ice. And ice is generally cut up in chunks of approximately 100 and 200 pounds each. Packing several hun dred such chunks in one day is some thing to brag about. The ordinary mortal would talk about it for a week. But Peters, with some aid from his assistant, achieved the feat and never mussed a hair. . This packing of the 150 tons of ice was part of Peters' training for his boat with Joe Stecher at the Omaha Auditorium February 9. One day when the boils were bothering him a little, Charley didn't want to work out on the mat, so he began to seek other methods of training. He re membered he had to store up some ice for the restaurant and grill he and his brother conduct at Papillion. So be decided he would take time out that day to store up the ice. Take Just One Day. The Pappio creek runs through Papillion, and from this creek Charley cut 150 tons of ice, the capacity of his ice house. He summoned one of the young fellows of the village and the two set to' work They cleaned" up the job in one day, with Charley, of course, doing the heavy end, as he was the stronger of the two and bet ter able to stand the strenuous grind. Loading ice, Charlev declares, is great training. It brings every mus cle of the body into play, arms, shoul ders, legs and everything else. Charley didn't seem to think so much about loading 150 tons of ice in a single day. Neither did his friends in Papillion they had seen him ac complish such stunts before but when a city-broke reporter, whose idea of great menial labor is to heave a couple of shovels of coal into the furnace, heard about it he almost had heart failure and refused to believe it until eight tried and true citizens of Papillion had subscribed their sig natures to a sworn statement of the fact. , New York Americans , Get Enright's Contract New York, Feb. 1. The New York American League club announced to day that it had received the signed contract of Jack EnrighV a young college pitcher who played with the Xewark International last season. The club made public a letter from the player to President David Fultz of the. Players' fraternity in which he asks the latter to accept his resigna tion from the fraternity. Enright wrote: "If I thought the players were right I would stick by them but in this case I have viewed it from every angle and can not see it as they 'do-" PeMk Winn From Managoff. Ravenna, Neb., Feb. 1. (Special.) John Petek, local wrestler, won a hard-earned match from Bob Managoff, a so-called "Terrible Turk." Pesek was outweighed by thirty pound, and to everyone It looked like he had finally met more than his match. However, by bulldog- tenacity, coupled with strength and skill, he wore his bulky opponent down, and at the end of one hour and four minutes won the first fall. The Turk was so completely done up that he was unable to contend for the sec ond fall, and the match, was awarded to Peeek. Today's Sport Calendar Squiwh Tennis W. A. Kliwlla, world professional champion, ts. John Maekltn, fti Yale flub, Now York etty.V 8 Idiot- International toaraammt s Olca- wood. Minn. Boxlnr BUIr .Miske Jack .IMDca, twenty rounda, at New Oiieajw; Jotanay Coition vs. Jack Sharker, rounds, at New York; Len Rowland v. Tommy Kites ten round, at Mankfleld, Wis. , Western Magnates To Meet in Omaah February Fifteenth Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 1. President Frank C. Zehrung announced this evening that a meeting of the West ern Base Ball league will be held at Omaha February 15 for the adoption of a schedule of games for the 1917 season. John Holland of M. Joseph and John savage ot lopeka are ex pected to submit at that time a tenta tive schedule for adoption by the league. At the same meeting the club owners will be called upon to ratify the sale of the Wichita club to Frank Isbell and the transfer of the Topeka club to Joplin.1 Negro Gunmen Put Clerk in Cellar and Sfeal Thousands Being chased down cellar at the point of a gun . while two robbers rifled the safe of $3,025 was the expe rience of Maurice Chaikin, clerk in Harry Lincoln's grocery at ' 4910 South Twerity-fourth street at 7 o'clock Thursday morning. Chaikin told the police that he had just opened the store, when two negroes entered, asking for a sack of tobacco. One of them handed him a $5 bill and in order to make change he found it necessary to open the store safe. After he had opened the safe, he said, one of the negroes suddenly pulled a gun and ordered him down cellar while the other man rifled the safe. About $1,500 of the money was in cur rency and the rest chiefly in gold. The clerk told the police that he attempted to follow the robbers but was prevented from making much of a chase because of the cold. Try Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism. If you have rheumatism, lumbago, get a :5o bottle of Sloan's Liniment. It kills .the pain. All drurgists. Advertisement. Grand Island Has Elaborate Program of Improvements Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 1. (Spe cial.) With 1,800 more population, according to the recent estimate by the census bureau at Washington than any other of the so-called "third cities" of Nebraska, Grand Island also claims the largest program of improvements for 1917 over any other oi rue tnira chics. The following improvements are already announced and on some the work- is aireaay unaer way: American R'-et Sugar company, re placing old machinery, material and labor $ 300, New modern hotel, Omaha and local capital 280, Union Paclfllc, power house, coaling elation and round house 208, Union Pacltlc, new passenger sta tion 100,000 Nebraska Merctanile company, new building .. 76,000 Brown Kmit company, nod building HO.OOO oiks' building 00,000 Paving, district already organised 10.000 Total I1,;7S, The Elks' building is in course of construction; lumber- has been laid for the temporary depot to be used while the present one is razed and the new one built; the site is laid out for the Union Pacifict terminal improve ments; contract has been let for the Mercantile five-story building, and the promoters of the hotel declare it to be a certainty. SEA FOODS Received Direct From Coast Twice a Week Live Lobsters a Specialty HOTEL ROME if IROTTE BROTHERS CO. VlF General DUtributort Omaha, Nebraska """"I ejjf Hartman Has Lead Of Fifteen Miles In Biff Dog Derby Osakis. Minn., t-eu. I. While the seven other entries in the Winnipeg St Paul 509-mile dog race slept at Alexandria, Fred Hartman, the American driver, pushed on through the night and early today passed through here, fifteen miles ahead of bis rivals. Unaware that they had been passed during the night, the drivers who made Alexandria their night control were away to an early start at daybreak and expected to make today's drive the most telling of the race. ' Through the night and today Hart man is breaking the trail for his dogs through freshly drifted snow, which gives those following him an advan tage of a broken trail. The race officials did not advise the former leaders that they had been passed during the night, and it was not until the day's race was well un der way that the Campbell brothers, Joe Metcalf, Mike Kelly, Gunnar Tomasson, Hyurtur Hanson and Bill Grayson knew that somewhere ahead of them wat Hartman, making good his statement that he would stop only for brief resting period! until his ar rival in St. Taul. During his hour's rest at Alexan dria last night Hartman and his dogs were the center of interest. A physician and a rubber worked on Hartman, while the women of the town made moccasins for the feet of the dogs, which were bleeding from the hard going. Omaha Uni Quintet to Play Dana Five Today The Omaha university-Dana col lege basket ball game will be played this afternoon at 4:30 at Blair instead of Friday evening. The change wai made on account of train timet. Those who will make the trip for Omaha university are Edgar Ernst, William Thompson, William Roberts, Erny Drboia, Howard DeLamatre, John Botts, La Verne Everson, Mark Lowe and Coach DeLamatre. Bellevue and Ooane to Clash This Evening Bellevue's quintet stacks up against the Doane five Friday night at Belle vue. A warm battle it in prospect. Doane is out to avenge1 tht Z2-to-W defeat the Indians administered last week af Crete in an overtime game. ' Oil and Ma! Savannah, Oa., Pah, 1. Turpentine, dull; Slat salsa, nona: raoalpta M hblevt ship ment tl; stack, 1 !.. Roala Firm i sales ami reeetats, lit tibia; shipments, tt stack, Tt.tO. Quote-; A, B, 0. D, B, P, O, H. I, J, Jt, tt-lts M. tt.tti WO, ll.Tti WW, II.M. A Personal Statement Regarding the Beaton & Laier Company BT GEORGE W. LAIER, j - ' r " . During the past few months various rumors have gained credence, regarding vthe BEATON & LAIER COMPANY, which I now feel, as President of the c6m pany, should be explained to the public , It is not my purpose to either af firm or deny the correctness of these rumors. While perhaps unsatisfactory conditions have existed for the past two years, I am now happy to an nounce that all the elements which brought about these conditions have been removed, and today peace and harmony reign throughout the en tire establishment The public generally knows of my leaving the Company in August, 1915, at which time most of the stock was controlled by out-of-town interests. In leaving, however, I retained my in terest in the company. In July, 1916, it became apparent that the institution which I had la bored for years to place in-the front rank of Omaha's representative stores, seemed to be on the verge of going to pieces. I enlisted the aid of a few friends, secured the controlling inter est, and returned to the Company as its President. The business since that time has shown a steady, healthy and very gratifying growth. In securing complete control of the Company, which I felt necessary for the carrying out of my progressive and constructive plans, it has been rebrwy 14, 1917. necessary to raise a considerable sum of money, and to do this I have been obliged to assume financial obliga tions which now must be met My plan for meeting these, is to tell my story to the people of Omaha, giving them the real reasons, and to offer them an opportunity to purchase furniture, rugs and draperies at such liberal prices that they will be bound to take advantage of them with a con sequent influx of cash as I need it. I have every reason to believe that my frankness in telling you the exact status of the Company's affairs as well as my reasons for the sale I am going to tell you about very short ly, will strengthen your confidence in the BEATON & LAIER COMPANY, and any representations which it may make. wiwiMwigM mm ' Today, THE BEATON & LAIER COMPANY is composed entirely of Omaha People, ready and enthusiasti cally striving with one accord, to make the service of this great Home Furnishing Store, a credit to the city of Omaha. President Beaton b Laier Co.