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I HIE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER Jgl I. r TgalgTji IT-" BRINGING UP FATHER OoprrlfM, t illT. 11 Interactional Keiri Service. Drawn for The Bee by George WcManus J that cuvi BREAK our bURE WHAT DO YOU MFAN LEAVING THE ROOM I.IUn e . . -vniut HATFR LEON hr THATt) 5ETTEI? THAN HITTIN" HIM WITH tjOMETHlNcj WASN'T IT? 1 n n HE'S WONDERFUL I NINETEEN TEARt)OLO "E'b KNOWN A-VTHE OUT W AN ST r 141 HE PLAN LIKE A. BOT NINE TEAR 1 j rir"A II i r i ii i 4i i t . lji a rvi l e" ii wtri i i . ' ''1hl J. J. .' - - - I 1 1. I - - -1-" l.....W-J. 1 U)PS?!9I9EJ I If 1 1 I' i CORNHUSKERS ALTER PLANS FOR TRIP TO LAWRENCE JUST BEFORE LEAVING FOR SOUTH Kansas City Hotels Full and Unable to Accommodate iNebraskans, So They Will Try Excelsior Springs; ! Stewart Puts Squad Through Brisk Signal Prac tice on Eve of Departure for South. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15. (SpecialO Telegram.) Just beiore leaving ior the invasion of Jayhawker land to night, Dr. E. J. Stewart, the Huskcr; mentor, had to change the entire plan for the trip to Lawrence. The head coach received word at the last minute from the hotel man agement at Kansas City, Mo., where Stewart made reservations two weeks ago, it would be necessary to cancel them as there was no room. The Ne braska, mentor is informed all of the hoteli in Kansas City are crowded. Stewart plans to take his squad to Excelsior Springs Friday night and spend the night there if he cannot get hotel accommodationi in Kansas City. The v superstitious members of the Nebraska squad interpreted the disarrangement of plans as a bad omen, , Stewart put his squad through a brisk signal drill Thursday and will hats another practice Friday after noon in Kansas Cily. , . The Nebraska squad is in fair physical condition tor a hard game. Twenty members of the party left to night over the Missouri Pacific for Kansas City, including Dr. Stewart. Prof. R. G. Scott, and utptain to Shaw, RiddelL , Rhodes, hremiel, Mayer, KositxkyV Wilder, Young, Anthes, Munn, Day, Dale, Lawrence Shaw, Teter, Shellenberg, McMahon, Cook, Kellogg, Otoupalik Dobson,. Hnbka and Detean. Three High Schools Dispute Omaha Bid ? V;T() State Grid Title Lincoln. Neb, Nov. IS. (Special Telegram.) Cambridge, Gothenburg - and West Point High schools, all of whom have been undefeated in foot ball this season, are challenging Oma ha's claim to the state title. Gothenburg and. Cambridge have arranged a game to be played No vember 23, which will settle the title claims for western Nebraska. The Cambridge and Gothenburg .superin tendents today notified Dr. E. J. Stewart, head coach of the University of Nebraska, to that effect today. They also indicated to Dr. Stewart the win tier would dispute Omaha's title to the championship of the state. Dr. Stewart today wrote to Coach Harold Mulligan of the Central High, suggesting a game between the West . Point and Umaha teams, ine Ne braska mentor volunteered Nebraska field as the scene for the battle, or any place where the twd teams desired to play, In his letter to Mulligan, Stewart suggests that West Point and Omaha should meet and the winner then play the winner of Cambridge-Gothenburg game for the championship of the state. Golfers Slate New Officers, With Wheeler for President Chicago, Nov. IS. The nominating committee of the United States Golf association made public its nomina tions, headed by Frederic S Wheeler, of the Apawamie club, for president today. . Nomination is generally equivalent to election and it is as sumed that the slate will be confirmed at the January, meeting. Other1 nomi nations follow: Vice presidents: Dr. Walter S. Harban, Columbia Country club; Sterling E. Edmunds, St. Louis Coun try club. Secretary Howard F. Whitney, Kassan Country club. . Treasurer Mortimer N. Buckner, Garden City Golf club.' ; Executive -committee Frank E. Miller. Old Elm club; J. F. Byars, Allegheny Country club; Asa D. French, The Country club; W. P. - Stewart Audubon Golf club. South High Battles Nebraska City Tomorrow The South High grid team will bat tle the Nebraska Gty lads tomorrow at Twenty-fourth and Vinton. The game is called for 2:45 o'clock. ' TnirH rwk WhU. Tfi PnUrte Frk Wklat club report a fin whist m t tfcelr elubhotue aloa Ar e.vevliur. Tlx folio wine th aeon: . NORTH A&D 80CTH. Berte ul Abbott ................... 141 Reynold ud Mertia...... ........... IU AH tad MeCu.. 141 ' Kill W tXyfooa... J4T :. Iwia and Cowdry..,, S4S ItcbbtM U4 8tcklr EAST AND WEST. Back Wtftaa... ....... ........... tl ' aa Row!4. 1ST Lark eat Torrteon SIS Judce Sw ut AtklB... ......... s:i Vnrt 4 Smile.......,,,.,...,, tt Eckie Will Referee Fumton-Dodge Game Walter EckersalL former Chi cago university star and All American quarterback, has volun teered to referee the Camp Fun stonXamp Dodge game in Omaha December 1. Eckersall probably is the best known referee in the west. He has officiated at many Nebraska games, but he has never acted in that capacity before an Omaha au dience. Vincent Hascall, chairman of the Omaha committee in charge of the game, received a wire from Eckie in which he offered to donate his services for this game without any charge whatever. Today's Sport Calendar Atlilrtlrs Southern A. A. I'. track Md field rlmmploDihlpii, at w Orlran. Bowline Openln of annual tiiamploii lilp tournament of Middle Went BowUnf aMM-iatlon, at Dm Molnmk Itenrh Hhow Hecond annual how of IjOtilHlana Kennel club open at Now Orlen. Boxlnir Howard MrRa acalnat Billy Minn, IS round, at Marlboro, Mtuw. CENTRAL HIGH TO PLAY SIOUX FALLS First Game of Season Off Home Gridiron Will Be Hayed Sat urday With South Da- 1 kota Lads. MINOR LEAGUE MEETING ENDS: PE0H1918 Players in Class A A and A Leagues Hereafter May Be Released Without Custo mary Notice. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 15. With the election of Peoria, 111., for the 1918 convention city, the National Associa tion of Base Ball Leagues closed its annual convention today. The Peoria meeting will be held early next No vember. John H. Farrell, secretary of the national association; President M. II. Sexton and Harry Stahlhefer of Ev ansville, Ind., president of the Central league, were appointed to meet with the national commission in the inter est of minor league affairs. Players in the 1 Class AA and A leagues hereafter may be released without the customary five-day no tice. The convention unanimously adopted a resolution presented by President Baum of the Pacific Coast league, calling for the elimination of the fivc-dav clause from the players' contracts. The convention also passett a resolution prohibiting players in every league from participating in any game outside of the regutar schedule without the consent of the dub own ers. The action was directed at play ers in several eastern leagues, who, under assumed names, played on semi-professional and other teams of objectionable character to organized base ball I ' President Sexton was elected to membership of the national board of arbitration to succeed M. E. Justice. former president of the Central asso ciation, who no longer is identified with the game. Poles to Open Local Recruiting Station A recruiting office for Polish citi tens who wish to join their country's fighting force will be opened soon at the office of the local Polish weekly, "Gwiazda Zachodu." T. Helinski. president of the Polish army commission m the United States, arrived in Omaha from Kansas City Tuesday, and after a conference with prominent Omaha Poles this action was taken. Members of the Polish recruiting committee are: George Latka, president; John M. Ur ban ski, secretary, and nVilliam Roze wieki, treasurer. - "France In Arms" Viewed By Local Army Officers Prominent war workers, together with many officers from Fort Crook and Fort Omaha, were guests of the Empress theater Thursday afternoon, to see the official war picture, "France in Arms," The film was viewed by President Wibon and his cabinet last week. Among those resent were: M. H, Hall, British consul; Captain $Hill, British army: Dr. Desoecher. Dr, Delano, Fort Crook; A. Venuso.- Ital ian consul; Mme. Borglum and Rob ert -oweiL The Central High school foot ball team will go to Sioux Falls this eve ning to play its first game of the sea son off the home gridiron. The Da kota lads hope to humble the Ne braska state champs and are basing their hopes on the comparative scores made against Sioux City, although it is six points less than the number Central piled up. Central High fans, however, can't see it that way and expect the home team to return with another scalp added to their long string. The bovs from the hill are in fine condition, save for Turk Logan, who has a pair of s'!k legs. It is not definitely decided yet who will start in his position. Arno Harper is still ineligible. The team will arrive iri Sioux Falls after a hard night's ride. Sioux Falls has only two old men in its lineup. It boasts of no wizards at the game, and, according to reports of previous encounters, its backfield is entirely outclassed by ,tne umana quartet. Lineup; CENTRAL HIOH. cott ...UKS Rockwell I..T. Farntcr. L.Q. Logn... u. Crowoll HO. Shtfer R.T. Canon R.K. Masjwall Q Eaton LH C. Smith (C.).,..R.H Nobla .....IT. Bee Want Ads Produce Results. BIOUX FALLS. UK Sharp L.T Mo L.Q...... Rennl C..... Alargullea n o Kuh R.T.. Pennla R.K. ....... .B. Moor 4. Keralaka l,.H Swift R.U Esan (a) K Handy LEADER OF HASKELL TRIBE OF REDSKINS. - if E MIKE d'DOWD LANDS MIDDLEWEIGHT BELT Knocks Out McCoy of Brook lyn, Forcing Fighting All the W-ay; Inflicts Severe Pun ishment on Rival. mm Urn? CAPTAIN BLACK. Captain Black, who will lead the Haskell Indians against Creighton Saturday, is a gridiron warrior of ex perience. He has played three sea sons at Haskell. Black is a California Mission Indian and plays fullback. Grocer is Fined $20 and Costs For SliorJ, Weight A shortage of four ounces in a 10-cent package sold to a customer cost Jules Altman, proprietor of i grocery store at t North lwenty fourth street, just 5,0 and costs m nolice cotrt. " John 'Kelpin, inspector of weights, testjfied that Altman's scales had been unlawfully tampered with, by sus pending a steel ring from the shelf of the scales. Altman paid the tine. Visiting Nurses Agree To Sell Newspaper Stock At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Visiting Nurse associa tion of Omaha it was decided to join others in an agreement to sell stock held in the Western Newspaper union in connection with the reorganization of that company. The Visiting Nurse association held $50,000, which was received through the terms of the will of the late George S. Joslyn. The proceeds of the sale of this stock have been invested in farm, mort gages. ' ' v-i Omaha Boy Reported . Injured in France J. J. W. Thompson, 840 Georgia avenue, has been seriously injured while on the firing line in France, ac cording to a telegram received by his father, U X. lhompson. Thompson was wounded in the ab domen, the cable says. He has been in France 18 months, enlisting in To ronto, Canada. McCombs Finds Vein Of Volcanic Ash on Farm George McCombs oPAinsworth. Nb is visiting his brother, W. W. McCombs, . The Ainsworth man dis covered a five-foot vein of commer cial volcanic ash on his farm. He re ports a serious loss of frost-killed potatoes in his county. A neighbor, he related, lost 5.UUU bushels. Sleuth Locates Basket of Onions Which Was Pawned Pawning a basket of red onions for 40 cents was a variant in the day's work of Pawnshop Detective Morgan, who noticed this item on one of the daily reports returned by pawnshop men. 1 While meandering around he stopped in front of a grocery 'store where he observed the proprietor viewing a vacant space in his vege table exhibit. "Lost a basket of onions," remark ed the groceryman. "Why did you not report that to the police?" "What's the use? I did not think thev could find a basket of onions.' "Get your.cOat and hat and come with me. The groceryman identified the basket of onions, paid 40 cents due and went back to his store with light heart Schumann Quintet ' Cancels Engagement The November 27 date of the Charities' concert series now in pro gress at the Blackstone ball room, has been cancelled, and will be held on February 7. The Schumann quar tet was the attraction scheduled. On- Friday, November 16, will be given the third entertainment. Merle Alcock, Bechtel Alcock and Dorothy bublette will feature the evening. Trainloads of Frenchmen On Way to Succor Italy Washington, Nov. 15. General Fayolle will command the French armies now being sent to Italy ac cording to an announcement rnade here today. General Foch, the chief of the French staff, is only temporarily in command of the French forces. From Nice comes a report that trainloads of French and British troops are rolling constantly tnrougn that place on their way from France into Italy and are greeted with great popular enthusiasm. Joy Riding in Parachutes Latest Sport at Fort Omaha Parachuting has taken Fort Omaha by storm. Everybody is "doing it" there, or as many as can get permis sion. Six officers took the jump yes terday, three of them being marine men. Ten marine officers were sent to Fort Omaha last week for balloon training. Three men made the lump the dy before. Altogether IS have buckled their parachutes firmly td their backs and stepped out from the basket 1,200 feet in the air. At the front parachuting is often the only way of saving an observer's life. The balloonist is helpless, for he carries no guns or ammunition, as a rule. When the eflemy airplanes at tack they must be driven off by the defensive squad of aviators that pro tect the balloon. If the hostile plane gets through these and comes near the balloon the balloonist must jump for his life. This is common, and half an hour later he may be up again as if nothing had haooened. Captain Robcn. United States ma' nnes, suffered a broken ankle bone Wednesday while coming down in a parachute from a height of 1,200 feet Descending in a strong wind, the narichute carried fan tain Pnfien backward when his feet touched the ground, dracefne him over a hill slope which caused the eaatam's feet to become entangled. Tie injury is not serious j - KELLY'S JDRY IS HOWJOMPLETED Introduction of Testimony Be gins in Second Hearing of Minister for VilUsca Ax Murders. New York, Nov. 15. Mike O'Dowd f St. Paul won the middleweight hampionship of the world in Brook lyn tonight when he knocked out Al McCoy of Brooklyn in the sixth round of a 10-round bout. O'Dowd weighed 157 pounds and McCoy 162. O'Dowd forced the fighting all the way. in the rirst tnree rounds ne punished McCoy severely with body blows and short lett and right mashes to the head. In the fourth both men roughed it and although McCoy took the count or from three O'Dowd went to the canvas twice, but only 'for a second each time, while McLoy was sent down tour times, to six seconds. O'Dowd rushed his man in the fifth round and had McCoy covering up or clinching wildly to save himself. In the sixth round ODowd landed a right swing to the jaw, putting Mc Coy down for the count of two. Again he swung his right, his opponent tak ing a count of three and then sent. McCov to the floor for the third time with a left hook. The referee counted eieht before the Brooklyn man re gained his feet. O'Dowd crowded him and hooked his lett again, sending McCov down for a count of three. McCoy was groggy, but got to his feet and O JJowd finished him with a nard left to the body and a right swing to the jaw. The time of the last round was one minute. 25 seconds. Omaha Shriners to Make Trip to Hastings Shrine Thr hitnitrpH Shrinern from Oma. haj including the Arab patrol and the drum and bugle corps, maice a trip to Hastings today, where they will as sist the officers ot the imperial council in dedicating the new shrine. The Tangier drum and bugle corps, i-nmnniil nf tbe? fnllnwiner Shriners. will play en route and also at Hast ings: Zoro L. Uark, Henry vv. Dunn, TIhd T Cutler Frank M. Pond. F. Tennyson Harris, T. R. Akerland, Dan A. Johnson, Arthur M. Murgess, wai ter W. Sherwood, Edward L. Bradley, Lloyd C Dell, Walter W. Kerr. Al C. Kugel, Earl H. Mangold, Theodore E. Peterson, fcmery JJ. snirey, irea vv. Fitch, T. Gordon Sanders, E. F. Leavenworth. A.- E. Royce, Roy A. Dodge, A. G. Rochford, Harry A. Wigton, Albert Zimmer, A. H. Rose, Alva M. Smith. Frank C. Patton, Henry C Forster. Suspected German Says He Is Brigham Young's Grandson Salt Lake City, Nov. 15. Charged with being a German spy, a man who posed as a grandson of Brigham Young, 'Mormon leader, is under ar rest at Bossche, a Jrrencn village near the Swiss border, according to infor mation received here'. Mormon church authorities declared that the man was j not a grandson of Brigham Young . and that he was an impostor. The alleged spy gave his name as William Young. He had no passports. An inquiry is to be conducted through the United States embassy in Paris. Mrs. Susan Young-Gates, daughter of Brigham Young, declared that tne j man was an impostor. Tanners Plan War Council And Government Price Control j Chicago, Nov. 15. Government! control is the only means of relief from the'present high prices of shoes, j in the opinion of members of the Na tional Tanners' association, here for their convention, which met today. They declare that the large govern ment orders need make no civilian suffer. A war council is planned by the members. American Casualties With Canadian Forces Ottawa, Ont, Nov. 15. The fol lowing American casualties with the Canadian forces were reported today: AVounded: D. B. Collins, Newton. Neb.; T. G. McLean, Spokane, Wash. Adams Express Dividend. New York, Nov. 15. The Adams Express company today declared a dividend of $1 a share from accumu lated surplus, payable December 1. TliI, rAmtiirM with a dividend Csl $1.50 declared three months ago. Red Oak, la., Nov. 15. (Special Telegram.) At 11 o'clock this morn ing the defense in the Kelly trial struck its second and last juror from the list of 32 who were passed for cause, and the jury was complete for the hearing of the evidence which will be produced in the second trial of the little minister, who is accused of committing the Villisca ax mur ders of 1912. The jury is as follows: William Jones, Lincoln township; H. E. Lia steadt, Red Oak; W. R. Rowland, Lincoln; Frank Culver, Red Oak tcjwnship; Axel Holding, Red Oak township; Clayton Turney, West; C. E. Youngberg, Grant; J. C Cleaver, Garfield; Burt Hornby, Sherman; L. Sundell, Red Oak city; J. A. Raw lings, Elliott; Foss C. Hush, West. Immediately upon the completion of the jury County Attorney Oscar Wenstrand made the opening state ment of the case to the jury, giving a brief history of the crime and setting forth the points which the state will endeavor to prove, Doctors: -Testify. W. E. . Mitchell 'of j Council Bluffs opened for the defense. The only outstanding feature of today's pro ceedings was the fact that the state did not meition Kelly's xonfession, made at Logan previous to the first trial, .which was one of the main is sues of the former trial. Witnesses who testified this afternoon were Dr. J. C. Cooper, Dr. W. A. Lomas and Dr. F. H. Williams of Villisca, who told of the "condition of the Moore home and the bodies of the murdered victims on the morning the prime was discovered. John Moran, train dispatcher of Creston, testified concerning the time of the train from Hastings to Mace donia, on which Kelly was a passen ger on the morning after the murder. Women Workers on the Pennsylvania Road Tracks Washington, Nov. 15. One hun dred and fifteen women track work ers now are wielding, picks, shovels and crowbars, maintaining the road bed of the Pennsylvania railroad be tween New York and Pittsburgh. President Rea, in testifying today before the Interstate Commerce com mission, gave this example of the dif ficulties the roads face in holding iheir men. SMITH JURY IS TAKEN TO SCENE WOMAN MURDER Twelve Talesrpen Will Examine Ground Where Mrs. Netha way, Foully Assaulted, Was Discovered. Charles Smith was taken by auto mobile to the scene where he is charged with murdering Mrs. C. L. Nethaway when the jury went to view the spot and the lay of the ground surrounding it, Thursday morning. C. L. Nethaway, and relatives of the murdered woman and witnesses, were ordered by Judge Sears not to accom pany the jury to the scene of the crime. No arguments or explanations to the jury on the scene of the crime will be allowed by the court. Relatives Present. Mr. and Mrs. Urben Cachein of Desoto, Neb., father and mother of Mrs. Nethaway, were present in the court room. Mrs, Maud Badgerow of Florence, Mrs. JJaisv Belding and Mrs. Ada Dalbey of Omaha, the three sisters whom Mrs. Nethaway was to have visited on the fatal Sunday aft ejnoon, sat in the front row of the court room. Mrs. Badgerow and Mrs. Belding. heavily veiled in black, sat next to Nethaway inside the rail. Miss Lulu Nethaway, as during the entire trial, kept close to her broth er's side. Recess Until 2 P. M. Shortly after 9 a. m. 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