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BREEZE INTO CAMP
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Tony Brottem, Murphy Ourrie
and Shag Thompson Are
Tuesday Arriyala.
BABHAM IS OK HIS WAY
Sport Calendar Today
Tony Brottem, Murphy Currie and
Shag Thompson were arrivals at the
training camp of the Rourkes yesterday-
. . "
Brottem, who is scheduled to oc
cupy the shoes of Ernie Krueger as
first string catcher, came all the way
from Parkland, Wash.. He arrived
yesterday morning and donned a uni
form to take part in the noon prac
tice. The new catcher stands about six
feet one in the air and weighs around
170 pounds. He is of the tall, rangy
type and looks like a real ball player.
Currie and Thompson arrived yes
terday afternoon too late for the
workout. They will make their first
appearance in the spangles today.
Currie came from his horn at Fay
etteviile, N. C, while Shag's home
is at Haw River in the same state.
They made the long journey together.
With the exception of those who
spent the winter here, young Wyman,
semi-pro hurler who hails from Imo
gene, la., is the only other Rourke
in camp. Wayne Barham left his
home at Dalllas, Wash., yesterday,
which will get him in Omaha about
Thursday night.
Larry Pratt, purchased from Co
lumbus to share the receiving work
with Brottem, doesn't know whether
he'll report or not. Larry is in busi
ness in Peoria and may quit the game.
Marty dO'Toole continues. -4q hold-,
out. " '
Benton Has Kick.
Benton also refuses , to sign with
Omaha. Benton says the Winnipeg
club promised him $100 if ,he was
sold. He demands the $100 because
Winnipeg sold him to Omaha. And
he writes Pa that he will not sign
until he" gets that $100. As the $100
does not concern Rourke in any way
he fails to see why Benton will not
sign and has so informed the young
man. He believes Benton will come i
to terms, but if the hurler gets very
belligerent about it he'll probably go
right back to Winnipeg.
Otto Mere, Cecil Thompson, Joe
Burg and Harold Irelan have all
signed and were among those who
worked out yesterday. The only
players who have not come to terms
are Pratt, Benton, O'Toole, Holder
man and Forsythe. Holderman, it
has developed, is a member of the
army reserve medical staff and he
may not be able to report to Omaha.
Rourke has his eye on another first
sacker in case he can't get Holder
man. Water Fowl by Thousands
Flying to the Southland
Fremont, Neb., March 20, (Spe
cial.) Thousands of ducks and geese
passed over Fremont Sunday after
noon and evening on their way south
ward. Old hunters say they have not
seen such a large flight for many,
many years. It was supposed the
storm in the northern part of the state
and the Dakotas had driven the feath
ery tribe back from their trip to the
breeding grounds of the north. For
over two hours the birds passed in
great flocks. Some shooting has been
done in this vicinity, but hunters are
keeping quiet about it. A local state
deputy gam. warden is authority for
the statement that there are six fed
eral deputies in this vicinity securing
evidence to bt used in prosecuting
violators of the law in the event the
supreme court holds the spring-shooting
law valid.
Chicago National First
Team Beats San Francisco
Sacramento, Cal., March 20. The
first team of the Chicago Nationals
defeated the San Francisco club of
the Pacific Coast league here today,
5 to 2. 1 Score: .
R. H. E.
Ohtcauo 5 1
San Francisco ,. ...... 3' S 0
Battarlss: Douvlu, Hsndrtx and Elliott;
Baum and Bakari
Racing- Grand National Bt'eplrrhase UI
bo run over the Gata-lek courae, England.
Baite Ball Philadelphia Americana vs.
Bon ton National!, Interltag-ue game, at
Miami, Fla.
Beneb Shews Opening of annual show of
Canton Kennel elnb, Canton, O.
Golf Ronthera CaUfornl open ehamplon
anlp tournament at Altadrna, Cal.
8TvlmralDg Columbia to. Vale, at New
HaTen.
Automobile Northwestern Michigan Auto
mobile show at CadUlac, Mich. Annual show
of Trenton AntomobUo Dealer' association,
Trenton, Ji. J.
BALL PLAYERS DO
HOT WANTTO DRILL
TigM Join Cleveland Indians
in Move to Abandon Their
Military Training.
INTERFERES WITH GAME
Base Ball Scores
Shreveport, La.( March SO. Cincinnati
National!, 0; Bhreveport, Texas league, 1.
Waxahaohle, -Tex.,- Itarch to. Detroit
Americana, S; Dallaa, Texas league, 2.
Prairie Fark whist.
Prairie Park Whist club acorea this weelT"
- were as follows: .
NORTH AND SOUTH. '
Kills and Martin
Wlgton and Jackson
Abbott and Dreyfoos .......
uarian ana neynoias. ..,.. B
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...242
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Denxor Flayers Sign fp.
Denver. March SO. Signed contracts have
beam received at the headquarters of the
Denver club of the Western league from
Catcher Wuffll, formerly with the North
western league, and lnflelder Bechriet of
Phoenix Arts., It was announced today.
SUbblna and SlohUr.
EAST AND WEST.
Buck and Shawcroas.
Doha and Fain :
Tost and Judaon . . . ;
Oallup and Shields.
Nslson and Van Buren..
Detroit, March 20. Dispatches re
ceived here today from the training
camp of the Detroit Americans at
Waxahachie, Tex., say the Detroit
ball players are in sympathy with a
movement started by fellow athletes
to abandon the military drills they
now are receiving. It is understood
that the Cleveland club already has
taken such action.
Several Detroit players have
claimed that the tlr.ills cause severe
strain upon muscles not brought into
play on the base ball diamond and
that the work has hindered more than
it has helped their playing. They
have, been drilling with bats instead
of guns, and it is understood this has
been unpopular.
Two Caucuses in Edgar.
Edgar, Neb., March 20. (Special.)
Two caucuses were held in Edgar
last night to nominate tickets for the
coming city election. The following
ticket was nominated by the citizens'
caucus: Mayor, Harland Portwood;
clerk, E. C. Rickle; treasurer, C. C.
Cartney; councilman, Tlorth ward, W.
S, Koher to succeed himself; South
ward, John Baker, to succeed E.
Anderson. It was proposed to sub
mit the question whether license for
a pool hall should be granted, but
this-was voted down. In the progres
sive caucus the following ticket was
nominated: Mayor, William Shively;
clerk, Will Breckenridge; treasurer,
C. P. Avery; councilmen, North ward,
E. W. Clack, to succeed W. H, Koh
er; South ward, Dr. G. R. Woods, to
succeed E. Anderson. The present
city engineer, Lowery, was placed on
both tickets.
News Notes of Superior.
Superior, Neb., March 20. (Special
Telegram.) John Z. White, single
tax advocate, spoke to a large audi
ence last night at the high school
auditorium under the auspices of the
Social Study club. Superior people
are making preparations for univers
ity week the last of March.
The company that is to build a
$50,000 hotel was incorporated last
week will be rushed upon the build
ing in early spring.
Only one ticket will be in the field
here this spring and it will be called
the union party ticket. G. L. Day
is candidate for mayor; H. C. Hanna,
treasurer; L. L. Carpenter, clerk; G.
W. Burgess, alderman, First ward;
R. R. Johnston, Second ward; D. L.
Davies, Third ward. Peter Johnson
and G...W. Harvey are the nominees
for the school board.
News Notes of Friend.
Friend, Neb., March 20. (Special.)
The annual banquet of Friend's
Commercial club was held at Hotel
Coronado last evening. Owing to con
siderable sickness in town only thirty
were -present. Mr. Sanderson of
Runge & Grunzel company, Lincoln,
made the principal address. Frank
Hacker was toastmaster.
Winter wheat has thus far failed to
show up and it is believed that a great
majority of the wheat is killed. In
that event farmers are making ar
rangements to plant to corn and other
spring cropr.
Sloan Talks at Geneva.
Geneva, Neb., March 20. (Spe
cial.) The Community club banquet
given last night, was well attended.
The Congregational women served
the dinner. President Edward Pierce
was toastmaster.
The following were the speakers:
W. R. Fulton of Geneva, Rev. J. F.
Haas of David City, R. A. Matheson
of Geneva, Coach Thiesen of the
Geneva High school. Congressman
Charles H. Sloan of Geneva and
Father D. J. Cronin of Wymore.
flicker- Signs Three Venn.
St. Louis, March 30. Branch Rickey,
business manager of the Bt. Louis Amer
icans, announced thia, afternoon that he had
signed a three-year contract aa president
and business managsr of the Bt. Louis Na
tionals, ft Is undsrstood bis salary will
be I1B.000 a year.
Cutan Rebels Lose.
Havana, March SO. Victory In a forty
minute battle with a concentrated rebel
force of 1,500 under Angel Castillo la re-
?orted from Arroyohondo by Colonel Pujol,
ho rsbels fled, leaving twenty-seven dead.
GERMAN RETREAT
MOREEXTEHSIVE
Correspondent Finds Mo Evi
dence That Their Retire
ment is Coming to Halt.
POPULATION IS OVERJOYED
From a Staff Correspondent of The
Associated Press at the French Front
in France, Sunday, March 18 '(Via
Paris, March 20.) The French troops
yesterday and today made one of the
most significant advances since the
beginning of the -war. Along a sixty
kilometer front, some hundreds of
square kilometers retell into the hands
of the French, while the Germans'
retreating movement gave no evi
dence of coming to a halt. This im
mense tract of recaptured territory
was traversed today by a corres
pondent for The Associated Press,
who found the inhabitants in many
places where they were allowed to
remain by the Germans tearfully joy
ous at the reappearance of their fel
low countrymen coming in' as vic
tors. Among the first words from the
women and children who had been
for thirty-two months in the hands of
the Germans, were expressions of
gratitude to America.
Grateful to America.
"Americans have kept us alive;
otherwise we would have died of
hunger."
This was absolutely spontaneous,
the stricken people not being aware
that an American correspondent was
present.
Signs of a hasty German departure
are visible everywhere and especially
in the villages and towns in the shape
of houses blown to fragments by the
explosion of incendiary bombs. The
distant burning villages showed that
the retreat still was progressing.
Supply columns are proceeding in
every direction, following the French
pursuing troops, who keep close on
the heels of the retreating Germans,
not allowing them a moment's re
spite. .. .. .. ..
In the- villages of Candor and
Lagny many women and children still
remained, the rapid retirement not
permitting the Germans to carry
them off with the mayor, the assist
ant mayor and other officials. They
asserted that everything that grew in
their gardens was requisitioned by
the Germans and the sole means of
sustaining life was the food dis
tributed by the Americans. Every
month the mayors or other village
functionaries were called together
where the American representative
gave out supplies and life was sus
tained simply by this means.
At Candor nearly 200 women and
children were left in German hands
at the beginning of the war. The
young men and girls were all carried
off to Germany, their parents even
now being igm rant of their where
abouts. Those remaining were com
pelled to do all kinds of work with
out payment and when, for religious
reasons, they refused to work on Sun
day, the were fired on. Even boys
over 13 years of age, assert that they
were driven often under fire to dig
ditches or small trenches for military
transport wires. All schools had
been closed since the German occu
pation. The inhabitants assert that the
German soldiers told them weeks ago
that they were about to retreat as
they were not able to withstand the
constant attacks from he entente
allies on all pi.rts of the line, and
further that they were suffering from
a shortage of food supplies.
Indications on all sides show that
the retirement is becoming more extensive.
CORN RULES MARKET
ON FOLWENT RISE
Everything Els Abdioates in
Its Faror When Sensational
Flight Begins.
RIOOM) ORDER IS BOOKED
Corn was the real king on the
Omaha Grain exchange today and all
of the traders took off their hats to
it as it started on its upward flight
that continued until it reached $1.11
per bushel, a price 4 cents above that
of Monday, which previously : had
been the top by better than 2 cents.
One dollar and eleven cents a bushel
was not paid for an option, but it
was paid in cash for the actual corn,
the consignment having been raised
over in Iowa. . It was No. 2 white,
shipped by J. L. Gwyne, Solomon,
la., consigned to the Armour Grain
company and by that corporation sold
to the Merriam & Millard company
and bought for milling.
While the top price for cash corn
on the Omaha market was $1.11 per
bushel, the bottom was $1.09, 2 cents
over any previous high. The bulk
of the sales were made around $1.10
1.10)4 per bushel. Receipts were
twenty-seven carloads.
End of Cheap Corn.
That there is not going to be any
more cheap corn until after another
crop, commission men and dealers
say is indicated by the upward trend
of the futures. For instance, the May
option went to $1.12; July, $1.11&,
and September, per bushel.
These option prices are 1 to 2 cents
over any previous high. '
Again wheat started out to reach
$2 per bushel, but fell considerably
short
Legal Aid Bureau
. ; Gives Advice to
Over 1,300 Cases
T. J. McGuire, head of the free le
gal aid department maintained by the
Board of Public Welfare, yesterday
evening reported that during the first
eleven months of his work 1,318 appli
cants visited his Office, advice was
given in 581 cases and 737 cases were
disposed of by court action or adjust
ment. "The purpose of the bureau is to
assist the poor, who, ' for lack of
money, would otherwise be unable to
prosecute in court a just case," stated
Attorney McGuire.
The report showed that 222 wage
cases were disposed of and that $2,450
was collected for clients. Total
amount of money collected by the
free legal aid bureau during the
eleven months was $9,900. There
were sixty-seven garnishee cases and
thirty-tight cases against labor agen
cies. During the last week the co-operative
employment bureau supplied
work for 202 persons. -
The board received from the city
council a resolution, transferring su
pervision of public .dancing.- Member
Rine of the board will prepare an or
dinance which will be offered to the
board next Monday evening for con
sideration. t
To Test Guard Bonus Law.
Pierre, S. D March 20. (Special
Telegram.) A suit to test the consti
tutionality of the act which gives $75
to each soldier returning from the
border is scheduled to be started here
tomorrow by Adjutant ' General
Morris.
NICHOLAS' FINAL
HOURS ASJMPEROR
News of Revolution is Bluntly
Broken to Csar On Train as
It Neared Petrograd.
BREAKS DOWN AND WEEPS
Petrograd, March 19. (Via Lon
don, March 20.) The history of the
last hour of Emperor Nicholas as
ruler of Russia is related by a corre
spondent of the Outro Rosii of Mos
cow as follows:
Two trains arrived at the station
at Vishera, (on the Moscow-Petro-grad
railroad, 125 miles southeast of
Petrograd), on the night of March 14.
One train contained the emperor's
suite, the second the emperor, Gen
eral Baron Fredericks, minister of the
imperial house; Admiral Niloff, Gen
eral Zabel and others. Nicholas,
called from headquarters by the
empress, was on the way to the Tsar-skot-Selo.
None of the telegrams about the
revolution sent by President Rod
zianko of the Duma had reached the
emperor. Every effort was made to
keep him in ignorance of these af
fairs. General Zabel protested, de
claring that if the others refused to
inform the emperor he would do so.
Nicholas, who had been sleeping, was
awakened at 2 o'clock in the morning.
He went to the dining car and de
manded that Admiral Niloff tell him
what had happened in Petrograd. He
was told that a crowd of students,
hoodlums and young soldiers had ter
rorized the Duma, but that few de
tachments of troops would be able to
put them down. -
Just then Commander Voyekoff of
the imperial train entered with a tele
gram stating that 700 of the St.
George cavalry were on the way to
Tsarkoe-Selo to- present a cross to
the emperor and had arrived at the
nearby station of Dno, headed by
General Ivanhoff,
"Your majesty," said Voyekoff, "it
is enough that ' you appear at the
Tsarskoe-Selo in the midst of these
heroes and with the TsarskoeSelo.
garrison, go to the Duma. All the
troops 'will remember their oath. It
will be easy to overcome these young
soldiers."
"It is a lie, your majesty," shouted
General Zabefl, "you are deceived.
Read these telegrams. Here is the
order: 'Toi the Imperial train at
Vishera:' Do not send-the train to
Tsarskoe-Selo but to Petrograd.'"
The emperor arose and exclaimed:
"What does this mean, Is it revo
lution? Is Grekoff (who signed the
order to divert the train) commander
in Petrograd?"
Then General Zabel spoke out,
saying: "There are 80,000 troops, with
officers, backing the temporary gov
ernment. Your majesty has been de
clared dethroned. It is impossible
to go further?"
Nicholas, completely nonplussed,
exclaimed:
"Why was I not told before? Why
tell me now when all is finished?"
After a moment he added with a
gesture of helplessness: "Let it be
so. Thank God. I will abdicate, if
that is what the people want. I will
go to Livadia (the estate of the Rus
sian imperial family on the south
coast of Crimea) to my gardens. I
am so fond of flowers."
The train moved toward Bologoie.
At Dno a telegram was received
stating that the Tsarskoe-Selo garri
son had revolted and that the empress
had appealed to the Duma for pro
tection. Nicholas pondered the sit
uation, then said:
"I shall go to Moscow. Mrosovski
(commander of Moscow garrison)
used to say Moscow always would
defend me.
At Bologoie was received a tele-
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son had joined the revolution. The
train returned to Dno, where it met
the train bearing General Ivanoff.
The general related everything which
had taken place, adding:
"There is only one thing to do
now. It is to open the Dvma front
to the Germans and let them quiet
the canaille."
Nicholas rejected the suggestion,
exclaiming angrily:
"I shall never become a traitor to
my country."
Then Nicholas broke down and
wept. After a moment he said: "If
only I knew my wife and children
were safe I should go to Livadia
quietly to finish my life and let
Michael govern the country. He is
well liked by the people. I will sign
my abdication and then go back to
the army, say goodby to the soldiers,
and let them do as they like. I shall
not stand in the way."
This last colloquy occurred on the
station platform.' Nicholas, who was
dressed in i soldier's coat with a
colonel's shoulder straps and a sheep-
kin hat tilted back, frequently mop
ed his brow. He gazed about in an
bstracted manner and then mounted
the steps of his nr. Thereupon the
train moved off.
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