THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY. FERRUARY 22, 1917
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HASTINGS POTS UP
MONEYJN LONDOS
Declares Silver Creek Greek
Can Wallop John Fesek
for $500.
MELADY AFTER THE MATCH
Omaha mat fans may see Jim
Londos, the Silver Creek, Neb., Greek,
and John Pesek, the Shelton, Neb.,
grappler, who staged such an exciting
twenty-minute rough and tumble
tangle in the semi-windup to the re
cent Btecher-Peters go, travel to a
finish.
Gene Melady, who is to promote a
bout between Joe Stecher and Earl
Caddock in Omaha the middle of
April, is angling to bring these two
light heavyweights together in a pre
liminary clash. He has offered to put
up a purse of $200.
Al Hastings, manager of Londos,
lost no time in accepting the terms.
Hastings is even anxious to have
Londos tackle Pesek again and so
confident is he that the Greek will
take the Shelton lad's measure, that
he has put up $500 with the sporting
editor of The Bee that Londos can
throw Pesek in a finish match. "This
$500," declared Hastings when he put
up the coin, "can go as a side bet for
that sum or I'll increase it to any
amount up to $2,5000. All I want to
do is get Pesek in the ring. My
money says my boy can lick him."
Melads offer to stage the bout
has been sent to Mart Slattery, who is
manager of Pesek.
Nebraska Wrestlers Go
To Iowa City Saturday
Iowa City, la., Feb. 21-(Special.)
The Nebraska wrestling squad will
be in Iowa Gty Saturday, February
24, meeting the Hawkeye grapplers
in the second meet of the season.
What they will do while here re
mains to be seen, but Director Schroe
der and Coach Wright have a hunch
that the slaughter will not be great
Iowa lost to Ames recently by a
score of 33 to 7, losing all but one
match.
Since the Ames meet, however, the
wrestling team has been undergoing
some changes. Alexander will prob
ably take the place of Mendenhall in
the 158-pound class, and, if possible,
Harbinson will wrestle instead of
Grubb or Jacobsen.
Jensen, who threw his man at Ames,
has been suffering from an ear which
was injured in the Cyclone meet, and
If the wound is no better by Saturday
it will be necessary to substitute Hall.
Vern Le Ray Wants to
Tackle Buckles Again
Vern Le Ray, Jamestown (N. D.)
boxer, who was defeated by Guy
Buckles of Omaha when Le Ray and
Buckles were with the National Guard
on the border, is looking for more of
Guy's game. J. C Morton of James
town has written Buckles asking for
a return bout for Le Ray. Morton
also vouchsafes the belief that Buckles
cannot turn the trick a second time
and offers to match Le Ray against
the Omaha boy at catch weights, any
number of rounds and for a side bet
Buckles declares he will accommo
date Le Ray and has $100 to wager he
can duplicate his border performance.
Second Iowa Will Start
For Home March Third
San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 21. Dates
of departure for home of a number
of National Guard organizations were
announced today as follows:
Second Iowa infantry, Brownsville,
Ma nil 3; C and D batteries, Colorado
Field artillery, El Paso, February 26;
two battalions Wyoming infantry,
Deming, March 1; First Minnesota
infantry, Camp Wilson, March 2.
Ad. Wolgast Suffering
From Nervous Breakdown
Chicago, Feb. 21. Ad Wolgast, for
mer world's lightweight champion, is
suffering from a general nervous
breakdown, his physician said today.
Tli! former champion's breakdown,
physicians said, was superinduced by
extensive training and boxing. Wol
ga.. is 29 years old.
Y. M. H. A. Will Stage an
Athletic Carnival at "Y"
The Young Men's Hebrew associa
tion will hold an athletic carnival in
the gymnasium of the Young Men's
Christian association this evening.
Two basket ball games, a couple of
wrestling matches and a boxing event
are on the program. The program
starts at 8 o'clock.
McAdoo's Daughter Will
Marry Russian Diplomat
Washington, Feb. 21. The engage
ment of Secretary McAdoo's daugh
ter, Miss Nona Hazelhurst McAdoo,
to Ferdinand De Mohrenachildt, sec
ond secretary of the Russian embassy,
ws announced today.
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Sport Calendar Today
Billiard Frank Tabomkl t. Loulu Krca
tor at YoungNtttwn, 0, for continuous pocket
bill tar (is.
Chess Midwinter tournament of New
York State Chen aMOciatlon( New York
City.
Bench Shown Annual show of Colorado
Kennel club open at Denver.
Track Syracunp-.Mirhlntn dual tourna
ment at Coronado, Cal.
Basket Ball Chicago vi. Minnesota at
MlnneapoUit, Northwestern vs. Ohio at Co
lumbus. WreHtllnir Finish match between Joe
Stecher and Ad Hantel at Han Francisco.
Borlnjf Johnny Kllhane vs. Tommy
Tuchey. 10 rounds, at New York; Joe Bishop
vs. Teddy Outer, 10 rounds, at Htanton, 111.;
Jimmy Gardner vs. Joe Eagen, ten rounds,
at Boston; Jimmy Duffy vs. Battling Hopln,
ten rounds, at Erie, Pa.
STECHER TO MEET
AD SAMTELL TODAY
Nebraskan and Pacifio Coast
Champion Battle on Mat
at San Francisoo.
TWO AND HALF HOUR LIMIT
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Joe Stecher
of Nebraska with his crashing body
scissors, and Ad Santel of San Fran
cisco, who has won his way to promi
nence by means of a punishing army
scissors, will match their favorite
holds here tomorrow in a two and a
half hour time limit wrestling bout,
best two falls In three. In the event
of no falls a decision will be given
by th referee.
Stecher, who weighs 205 pounds,
generally accepted as the world's
heavyweight champion, will have an
advantage of twenty pounds over San
tel, who is the heavyweight champ
ion of the Pacific coast The two men
met three years ago when Stecher
won in straight falls. Santel is said
to have improved greatly during the
interval. The betting favors Stecher.
Krupp Workmen
Strike for Higher
Pay and More Food
Amsterdam, Feb. 21. (Via Lon
don.) The frontier correspondent of
the Telegraaf says that a strike in the
Krupp works at Essen, involving
17,000 workmen, has been in progress
for a fortnight.
The men, the correspondent de
clares, are demanding higher wages
and increased food rations. Many of
the strikers, he adds, have been sent
to the front.
Party of Forty-Six Americans
From Munich Is at Zurich
Zurich," Feb. 21. (Via Paris.)-A
score of United States consuls and
government agents with their famil
ies, reached Zurich last night after
having awaited for a week permis
sion to leave Germany. The arrivals
consisted of forty-six persons who
had gradually assembled at Munich,
from which '.own they departed yes
terday morning after the bulk of their
baggage and papers had been exam
ined. The party arrived in two sections.
the first warmly praising their treat-'
ment by the Germans, and the second
containing members who complained
bitterly over the enforced delay in
their departure, and also of having
had to leave behind thtm papers
which the German authorities desired
to submit to a more rigid censorship.
The majority of the travelers, how
ever, reported that they had received
studiously courteous treatment and
declared that the stringent regula
tions enforced were nothing more
than what was to be expected.
The majority of the consuls who
have arrived here will go to Berne to
morrow, or soon thereafter, to await
instructions from Washington.
Loomis Elected Head of
Lehigh Valley System
Philadelphia. Feb. 21. Edward E.
Loomis, vice president of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western rail
road, was todav elected nresident nf
the Lehigh Valley Rail system, suc
ceeding t. a. 1 nomas, who was made
chairman of the board of directors
and who will also act as chairman
of the executive and finance com
mittee. E. S. Moore resigned as a di
rector of the Lehigh Valley and Mr.
Thomas was elected to succeed him.
Omaha Musician Wedded
To Cleveland Girl in East
Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 21. (Special
Telegram.) B. Francis Alart of Oma
ha and Miss Eleanor Irene Keck of
Cleveland, O., both musicians holding
positions with theatrical companies,
late Monday secured a marriage
license in Utica, N. Y., and shortly
afterward were married at the par
sonage of the First Methodist Episco
pal church of Utica by Rev. M. B.
Pratt, pastor.
STATE JEWELERS
ARE THE GDESTS
Visitors Entertained at The
ater and Dance by Dealers
of City of Omaha.
COME AGAIN NEXT YEAR
The wholesale optometrists and
jewelers of Omaha last night enter
tained the 100 or more delegates to
the convention of the Nebraska As
sociation of Optometrists, and more
than that many jewelers from various
parts of the state, who have gathered
here for the opening of the state con
vention of Nebraska jewelers at the
Paxton today. The optometrists fin
ished their convention at that hotel
Wednesday afternoon.
The optometrists voted to endorse
R. C Augustin and Albert Myer, pres
ident and secretary, respectively, of
the American Optical association, for
the coming year and that the dele
gates be so instructed.
The delegates going to the national
meeting will be instructed to use
every effort to bring the 1918 national
convention to Omaha.
Omaha is to be the next meeting
place for the state association and the
executive committee is tot select the
date.
Officers Are Elected.
F. C. Calhoun, Fawnee City, was
elected president; H. R. Tillotson,
Harvard, first vice president, and C.
B. Morgan, Holdrege, second vice
president, and E. H. Flitton, Omaha,
secretary-treasurer of the optomet.
rists.
For the legislative committee the
following were appointed to serve
during the ensuing year: E. J. Nei
wohner, Columbus; Max J. Egge,
Grand Island; M. L. Jones, Fairfield.
B. B. Combs of Omaha and W. J.
Breckenridge of Edgar were recom
mended to the governor for appoint
ment to the state board of examiners.
It is customary for the state associa
tion to recommend at least two capa
ble men, from which list the governor
appoints one each year to serve' on
the board.
C. C. McLeese of Davenport, Neb.,
Conducted a round table discussion
during the morning on topics of in
terest to the optical people. Mr. Mc
Leese was the first president of the
Nebraska association. The associa
tion was organized in Lincoln twelve
years ago.
In the evening a theater party and
entertainment was given. The dele
gates went to the Orpheum as the
guests of the local wholesale opto
metrists and jewelers, in conjunction
with the delegates to the jewelers'
convention. Following the theater
party there was a luncheon and
dancing party at the Hotel Fonte
nelle. Missouri Pacific Railroad
Is Sold to Reorganizes
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 21. The Mis
souri Pacific railroad was sold at auc
tion here today to R. H. Nielson and
J. W. Holmes of New York for $16,
151,000. Both men represent the re
organization committee.
This afternoon the part of the sys
tem known as the St. Louis, Iron
Mountain & Southern is to be sold
the minimum price being fixed by the
court at $23,500,000.
Some of the Kansas lines of the
Missouri Pacific will be sold at a sep
arate auction at Topeka, Kan., on
February 23.
The three sales constitute almost
the final step toward the ending of
the Missouri Pacific receivership. The
road went into the hands of the re
ceiver in August, 1915. Plans for the
reorganization of the system have
been approved by the Missouri Pub
lic Service commission.
If the sale of the road is approved
by the federal court it is anticipated
that the receivership will end in a few
weeks.
Train Service Tied Up
In Utah by Snowstorms
Salt Lake City, Feb. 21. Every
train entering and leaving Salt Lake
City is either late, disabled or snow
bound as the result of the worst Utah
storm in years. A snowslide of more
than a half mile in length at Echo City
nas caused me wrecxing ot more than
thirty direct telegraphic lines with the
east. Men who were sent out late
last night to clear railway tracks re
port little progress has been made.
No mail has reached here from the
north since Saturday, while letters
from the east have been delayed since
Monday.
Inquiry Into Print Paper
Situation Will Continue
New York, Feb. 21. The federal
grand jury investigation of the price
of news print paper, it was announced
today, will be resumed here next
Monday, irrespective of the arrange
ments oeing made in Washington
for an amicable settlement of the dis
pute between publishers and manufacturers.
Halpin Comes
A1 Jr lb ?VvW3
AWe U a nhotoeranh of Thomas
Halpin of the Boston Athletic club,
who has made a remarkable "come
back as a track athlete.
In the distance runs he is in the
same class with Ted Meredith and
despite the fact that he is an "old-1
Three Killed in
Railroad Wreck
Near Sioux Falls
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Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. 21. Three
men were killed and nine others in
jured, two seriously, when a north
bound freight train on the Great
Northern railway crashed into the
rear end of another freight train as
it rounded a curve one and a half
miles west of Sherman, S. D.,
twenty-five miles northeast of here,
early today. The injured were
rushed to a hospital here on a special
train.
The dead :
FilANK HANSON. Wllmar, Minn., con
ductor on train No. 419.
O. W. UNUEI,. Htllnboro. N. D., In rharse
of a ahtpinfnt of pntatoafl.
UNI1JKNTIFIEP MAN. bflt.vcd to bft In
chors. of Khliinimit of produce.
Seriously injured:
Oscar Johnaon. Garrplaon, 8. Y., brnkn
man, compound fracture of right hip, large
vein In lft lir punctured.
Timothy Cronan. Hampton, la., left hip
broken and Iffl foot crushed; said to be
acrlouely hurt.
Slightly injured:
:. F. Ronfflt, lhlen, Minn.
P. F. Moran. (leddea. 8. !,
Carl Olaon. Hlnua f'lly. la.
John F. Itnaa. Plpcatonn, Minn.
Matt Hrennan, Donnelly, Minn.
Arnt olaon, Iionnelly, Minn.
Theodora J. Peterson, Wllmar, Minn.
All of the killed and injured were
riding in the caboose'of the first train.
According to survivors of the acci
dent, the first train, No. 419, travel
ing about ten miles an hour, was
rounding a sharp curve just outside
of Sherman, when the engine of the
second freight, No. 18, struck the ca
boose, completely demolishing it and
plowed its way through several cars
ahead.
Deering Estate Pays
Its Inheritance Tax
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 21. State
Treasurer Helgersou today received
a check for $85,000 as an inheritance
tax on the estate of the late William
Deering of Chicago.
This sum was declared by the
courts to be due this state upon prop
erty which Deering owned in South
Dakota, and is the largest single pay
ment of inheritance tax ever received
by this .state.
"Tear Down City Jail," is
Withnell's Advice Now
Assistant Building Inspector John
Withnell examined the city jail Wed
nesday, following the complaint of
Chief Dunn that the floors were sag
ging and that the building was in
very bad shape. The inspector found
the structure in a much worse condi
tion than was reported and said that
he would recommend that it be con
demned. "It would never pay to have
the building repaired," he said. "It
would be as cheap to build a new
nr. Klnc'e New IllaeoTery.
There la nothing better for your cough
than Dr. Klng'a New Dlacovery, In uafl over
40 yeara. Uuaranteed, All drugglala. A'v.
Back Strong
i timer" It begins to look as if he will
' make the youngsters look lo their
laurels in the spring meets.
In the suburban quarter in New
York recently he beat both Meredith
and Diamond of the University of
Chicago to the wire.
Thousands Killed
And Injured in Big
Eailroad Disaster
Berlin, Feb. 21. (By Wireless to
Say villc.) There were approximately
2,000 persons killed or injured in the
recent railroad accident near Chir
urcha, in northern Roumania, accord
ing to the Moscow newspaper, Russ
koye Slovo, as quoted by the Over
seas News agency. Five hundred per
sons were instantly killed, according
to this account.
The train jumped from the tracks
and the cars were telescoped, read
the summarized account as given out
by the news agency. "Fire broke out
at once in several places and a panic
ensued.
"Fathers and mothers pushed their
children aside in efforts to save them
selves," says the Russkoye Slovo.
"Men pushed women into the fire, wo
men and men attacking each other
with teeth and finger nails. Others
lost theii minds and ran into the
burning cars. Then ammunition on
board the train began exploding, kill
ing many persons."
An Overseas News agency state
ment on lanuary 28, based on ac
counts in the Russkoye Slovo, re
ported more than 100 Roumanians of
high rank killed in the Chirurcha
wreck. The train was carrying Rou
manian refugees to Russia.
Navy Men Will Invade
Business District Now
A central office for naval recruiting
will soon be opened in the main
corner on the fifth floor of the Pax
ton block, Sixteenth and Farnam
streets.
Authority to rent four rooms and
move the central offices there is con
tained in a telegram from Washing
ton to I.ieutetnant W. W Waddell,
in charge in this district. The change
will be made to give the recruiters
a more advantageous location in the
business district.
They have been housed so far on
the fourth floor of the federal build
ing. Their United States ensign and
navy recruiting flags will be hoisted
above the Paxton block when the
change is made. The federal build
ing and Continental block offices
will be continued.
Manderson Camp Invites
G. A. R. Men to Exercises
General Chailes F. Manderson
camp. No. 1, Sons of Veterans, will
hold its regular meeting Thursday at
8 p. in. in Memorial hall at the court
house for the purpose oi installing
officers. A literary program has bren
prepared in honor of Washington's
birthday. Captain C. E. Adam, David
Mercer and Thomas Hoiiister will
speak on patriotic subjects. The
Grand Army of the Republic quartet,
W. E. Lillie and son and G. R. Wag
genseller will furnish music. All Sons
of Veterans and members of the
Grand Army of the Republic are in
vited to be present.
TURKEY ASKED FOR
FURTHERSECURITY
U. S. Wants Assurance Teuton
Subseas Will Not Molest Re
lief Ships Sent to Beirut.
VESSELS AT ALEXANDRIA !
Washington, Feb. 21. Turkey has
assured Ambassador Elkus of its will
ingness to waive all restrictions of
quarantine and otherwise upon the
immediate departure of the thousand
Americans gathered in the neighbor
hood of Beirut. It also has guaran
teed the American relief ships against
any interference by Turkish subma
rines.
The Slate department, I fore direct
ing the collier Caesar and the cruiser
l)es Moines to proceed ' om Alexan
dria to Beirut to land relief stores and
embark the Americans has asked fur
ther information as to the measure of
security that will be afforded the ves
sels by Austrian and German subma
rines. A belated dispatch was received at
the State department last night, dated
at Constantinople February 16, via
Heme, as follows:
"Yesterday, after reading in the
Chamber of Deputies the program of
a new cabinet, the grand vizier asked
for a vote of confidence, which was
given unanimously. The following
passages will interest the department:
" 'Our greatest desire is to secure
to every Ottoman the benefits of all
the rights which the constitution con
fers upon him, and in this manner to
secure thesovcreignty of the law in
the country, and our foreign policy
will consist in remaining entirely
faithful to our treaties with our allies
in working to assure and cause to
flow from this alliance the greatest ad
vantage for both parties and to
strengthen our good relations with
the neutral countries.'"
Bill for Universal
Military Drill Will
Be Sent to House
Washington, Feb. 21. After a con
ference with President Wilson, Secre
tary Baker said today he would send
to congress this week the universal
military training bill drawn up by
the army general staff. The secretary
would not say what recommendation
lie would make, but it is understood
the president favors the principle of
military training if it can be worked
out in a practical way.
Colombian Treaty Will
Not Be Ratified Now
Washington Feb. 21. The senate
foreign relations committee today de
termined that the long pending treaty
to compensate Colombia for the par
tition of Panama could not be rati
fied at this session. This decision was
reached after President Wilson's let
ter urging ratification had been read.
Chairman Stone of ihe committee
said he would make a formal state
ment later and make public the pres
ident's letter.
Republican senators of the commit
tee absolutely refused to yield in their
opposition to the treaty which, as
amended, would pay $15,000,000 to
Colombia for the Panama Canal zone
and express mutual regret for the
controversy over the partition of
Panama.
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JUICY STEAKS FOR
AUTOMOBILE MEN
One Thousand Persons Will Be
Dinner Guests at Big
Blowout Here.
AUTO TRADE ASSOCIATION
Automobile dealers who visit
Omaha during the twelfth annual au
tomobile exposition at the Auditor
ium, February 26 to March 3, are in
store for a rare treat. For on the
evening of February 28 the visiting
automobile men will be guests of tha
Omaha Automobile Trade associa
tion, the Commercial club and ieven
Nebraska accessory jobbers at a big
beefsteak dinner at the Fontenelle
hotel. It is expected fully 1,000 per
sons will attend this blowout.
This entertainment of visiting mo
tor cu men is an innovation for
Omaha: It is to be held to promote
a feeling of closer fellowship between
Omaha and the automobile men in
the tributary territory. One or two
cities in the east have thus enter
tained visiting automobile men with
great success, with the result that
Omaha has been prompted to follow
suit.
It is the hope and plan of the Oma
ha men lo organize at the dinner a
trade association covering automobile
men in all the territory adjacent to
Omaha. Such an association, it is be
lieved, would be a boon to the motor
car industry in this section of the
country. The accessory and auto
supply jobbers who have joined with
the Omaha Automobile Trade asso
ciation and the Commercial club in
giving the beefsteak dinner are the
Kosscmeyer company and Nebraska
Iluick company of Lincoln, Western
Auto Supply company, United States
Auto Supply company, Omaha Rub
ber company, Paxton & Gallagher
and Powell Supply company of
Omaha.
Basket Ball
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