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WESTERN LEAGUE .
MAKES ST. JOSEPH
HEADQUARTERS
Decision Reached to Let Dick
erson Select Two Cities in
Loop to Take Places of
Denver and Lincoln.
t. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 10. The meet
ins of the Western league, which had
been in session here since Sunday,
adjourned late today. It was de-
cided to make the headquarters of
the league in St Joseph, and they will
Jie removed here from i Kansas City
soon after the first of the year. ,
. President Dickerson was author
I czdto select two cities in the league
fo take the places of Denver and
Lincoln, and he will leave tonight for
a visit to Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
Okl.; Davenport, la.: Peoria ana
- Kockford, 111., from which the selec
tions are to be made. Nothing was
done regarding the St. Joseph
franchise. 1
President Dickerson announced the
signing of three of fie umpires for
next season: Spike Shannon, St.
Paul; Con Daly and Matty Fitzpat
ricjc, Chicago. .
OWEN SELLERS,
FOOT BALL STAR,
SHOT BY FRIEND
St. Joseph, Mo., Dec' 10. (Special
Telegram.) Owen Sellers, St. Joseph
Central High school foot ball star and
assistant coach, was instantly killed
today when, a gun in the hands othis
bosom friend, George Koch, center on
this year's Central team, was ac
cidentally discharged. The bullet
passed through Sellers' brain. The
. dead boy was 19 years old and was
chosen all-Missouri high school half
back last year by a conference of
coaches, This year he aided in coach
ing the team and on the occasion of
the Omaha-St. Joseph game Thanks
giving day he refereed the preliminary
contest, t , t
Ue also took part in all other ath
letics and was a member of the basket
ball, track and base ball teams and
was given a trial in the Western J
league last summer.
The two boys were on their way to
church and stopped at a shining stand.
While in the chair, Koch plicked tip a
kum . to 'examine it and 'by accident
Dulled the trigger. Sellers dying with
out a murmur. '
,
Conference of Base Ball
Managers Held in New York
N'ew York, Dec. 10. Club owners,
managers and others interested in
hit-c ball arrived here today for con
Terence preliminary to the ' annual
meeting of the "National league to
morrow, A proposal to abandon the
eustomaty spring training trips dur
ing the war was one of many prob
lems to be considered. Reduction of
the player limit was another subject
under consideration. , ,
Sport Calendar Today
Automehll Annual- meeting' ef Maine
Autumollil anawtattna, at Lewhton, Me.
Haae Ban Annual meeting of the Na
itonal league, at New - Vora.
Iowa Senator Returns
' v From Trip to the Front
, An Atlantic Port, Dec. 10. Five
.members of the congressional . and
citizens committee .which .has been
observing war operations in France
and Belgium for several weeks, ar
rived here today aboard an American
steamship. The main body of the
party returned recently.
Those who arrived today were:
Senators J. B. Kendrick of Wyo
ming and W. S. Kenyoit, of Iowa,
Representative Frederick C Hicks
of New York,$R. W. Parker of New
Jersey- and former Representative
Thomas S. Stout Montana. Ac
companying them was an American
brigadier general and a lieutenant
commander of the navy.
Seventy-five Thousand
Dollar Fire Loss at Ames
Ames. Ia Dec. 10. (Special Tele
gram.) Fire believed to have re-
suited from coal Heating in the base
ment of the Odd Fellows temple here
early today resulted in a fire loss of
$s,uuu coverea oy aoui(,iAAi in
. surance!
A special train brought assistance
from Boone 4 . '
, The Odd Fellows suffered heaviest,
losing $50,000. Three business, houses
on the ground floor were wiped out
losing a total ot i$,uw. ; v
Looking for work? Tarn to the
Help Wanted Columns now. You
will fiTirl hundreds of nositions listed
HUSKER CAPTAIN
TO ENLIST HERE
dson Shaw to Seek Admission
to Fort Omaha JJalloon School;
Day and Young An-'
swer Call.
Edson Shaw, captain of the 1916
Cornhusker eleven, is to enlist in the
Fort Omaha balloon school.
Shaw has announced that he in
tends to answer the call to the colors
and that his preference lies in the
aviation branch, so he expects to ap
ply for admission to the" local institu
tion. Bill Day and Farley Young are two
other Cornhuskers who soon. will be
fighting for Uncle Sam. Day enlist
ed in Omaha and passed the prelimi
nary examinations for f admission to
the army. Young prefers the navy
and soon will enter the radio school
at. the Great Lakes.
Nineteen players will be awarded
the official "N" and scatcrs for foot
ball work this fall, according to an
nouncement from Lincoln. They are
Captain - Shaw, Rhodes, Wilder,
Kositzky, -Day, Duteau, Kellog,
Schellenberg, Dobson,Hubka, Cook,
McMahon, Otoupalikf Riddel!, Munn,
Kriemlmeyer, X. Shaw, YounW and
Teter.
Five of the 19 have played their full
three years allowed under the Mis
souri valley conference rules. They
are Captain Shaw, Kositzky, Cook,
Otoupalik and Riddell.
Congress Considers Leasing'
Oil Lands and Water Powers
Washington, Dec. 10. A mineral
leasing bilL advocated by the admin
istration to unlock the resources of
53,000,000 acres of coal lands, 6,000,-
000 acres of oil lands and billions of
tons of coal now in thq public do
main, was favorably reported today
by the house public lands committee.
Plans also were i laid, through a sub
committee, for general water power
legislation.
lhese measures were refcrrred to
in President Wilson's address. Every
detail of the leasing' bill, Chairman
Ferris announced, had the annroval
of Secretary Lane. The bill is, sub
stantially the same as one that passed
tne house at the previous session, but
failed in the senafe.
1 A bill is now being drafted nrooos-
ing a board of three cabinet officers
to fcass finally on the rules and reg
ulations relating to the issuance of
franchises for water power and to
make these rules and regulations ap
ply to navigable and nonnavigable
streams alike, I he proposal to in
clude both navicable and nonnaviaa-
ble rivers on the lame regulatory
statuses a far-reaching ' innovation
and there may be a fight. i
Organize Division of
U. S. Cavalry in Texas
Washington. D. C. Dec. 10. A di
vision of regular cavalry, the first the
American army has had since civil
war, days, is beinir formed at El Paso.
Tex. Officials said today the step was
in preparation for eventualities
abroad, and had nb significance- so far
as the Mexican .border patrol was
concerned. "
The division is to be organized tin
der the old army plan with about 11.-
000 men.
Private Soldier From
Nebraska Dies at Cody
CamD Cody. N. M.. Dec. 10,-WSne-
cial Telegram,)- The bodies of Pri
vate hlmer J.1 Clifford, Company K,
One Hundred and Thirty-fourth in
fantry (Fifth Nebraska), from Law
rence, vNeb., and Private George B.
Fuller, Company A, of the sane regi
ment, from Barnes City, la., who died
in the base hospital of pneumonia,
were sent to their home town, for
burial. '
Meeting of Base Ball Writers
Called Off Account Death
Detroit, Mich.. Dec. 10. The an
nual meeting of the Base Ball Writers'
association, which had been planned
for New York this week has been
postponed temporarily, it was an
nounced here last night, because of
the death of Secretary William G.
Weart. The directors may meet dur
ing the joint session of the major
leagues.
Four Dead as Result of
Terrific Ohio Blizzard
'Youngstown, O., Dec. 10. Four
dead, three probably fatally frozent
thousands suffering from want of
coal and gas pressure too low for
cooking are results to date of the
terrific blizzard which has been rag
ing through the Mahoning valley
since Saturday noon. Temperatures
dropped to 10 below last night
U. S. Steef Corporation Shows
Fewer Unfilled Orders
New York, Dec. lO.-Unfilled or
ders of the" United States Steel cor
poration on November 30 last were
8,897,106 tons, according to the
monthly statement issued today. ThisJ
is a decrease of 11J.569 ton rni.ir.jr.
id with tli firrirra-oa Xkljluj Ji.
DON'T WAIT TILL
XMAS TO HELP GUT
'THE NEEDY POOR
t ii
Extreme Cold Weather Makes
Coal and Clothing an Im
mediate Necessity for
Many. ,
It is not necessary to wait until
Christmas day to help worthy poor
families who need fuel, clothing and
shoes.
The co-operative work of The Bee
and the Associated Charities has al
ready started Christmas giving. Mrs.
Doane, general secretary oi the As
sociated Charities, has several inves
tigators who visit homes and learn of
the needs in each case.
Investigations made during the last
few days and reports being received
by telephone and otherwise indicate
that many families are in real need of
coal and clothing, and some need
food.
"A ton of coal would be a fine
Christmas present if made right now,
and we have families who would be
happy if the children had warm cloth
ing and shoes," said Mrs. Doane.
Distress iu Many Homes.
The extreme cold weather has
brought distress into many homes.
Mrs. Doane knows of a waman who
was praying last week that somebody
would send her children some winter
garments. The Charities office has
a list of homes where substantial
cheer is needed, and rieedea right
now.i i
Money and clothing or shoes may
be sent to the Associated Charities
office. 519 Farnam building, Thir
teenth and Farnam streets, or to The
Bee office. Mrs. Doane sent details
of two more specific cases which are
referred to as follows, to give an idea
of the needs which the Associated
Charities and The Bee lare! endeavor
ing to supply:
Works as Janitress.
(12) A widow with four boys 10,
8 and twins of "6. Is doing her very
best by sewing and janitress work to
make both ends meet; is making an
effort, too, to buy her home. This
trying to make both ends meet is no
joke it simply means trying to earn
enough to buy food, and clothing 'and
shoes enough and often enOugh to
keep four lusty youngsters in school.
Some fuel and some groceries and
some help with clothing and those
shoes that are wearing out all the
time, would mean a whole lot to this
mother1.
Aged Couple Helpless.
(13) This is an oldt couple n4t the
same one we tol 1 you about the other
day he's very large and she's very
small; both partially paralyzed, and
he is just out of the hospital where
he went for an operation; neither one
of them able to do anything for a
living. The old lady kneads bread
and scrubs the floor with one hand
and is verv cheerful and very pleased
to think she is able to do that much.
If their rent is paid for them through
the winter months and some fuel put
in the cellar, and some groceries sent
in they would feel that life is still
worth living.
FAIR WEATHER AIDS
. RELIEF, WORKERS
IN STRICKEN CITY
i I.
Halifax, N. S Dec. 10. Daybreak
today found Halifax rapidly emerg
ing from the chaos into which the
city was plunged by the explosion
last Thursday. The successive snow
and rainstorms which followed the
disaster greatly hampered all efforts
to alleviate the suffering of thousands
of injured and homeless people, but
the return of fair weather yesterday
made possible more systematic work.
All relief agencies now have been
co-ordinated.; Enough ddctors and
nurses have reached the city to take
care of the hospital duties. A con
siderable quantity of supplies already
has arrived antt more are on the way,
so that the danger of famine has been
averted and there is ample clothing
for all. These supplies must be Care
fully conserved, however, and the au
thorities today were doing their best
to enforce the requests published
yesterday that nonresidents not here
on urgent business should leave the
city, and that others should not come
here for the present.
The work of repairing the innum
erable .damaged buildings was well
under way. Lumber, glass and other
building materials are needed in great
quantities.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher 'or bookkeeper by using a Bee
Want Ad.
Farm Loan Bank to .
Raise Rate of Interest
Washington, Dec. 10. The fed
eral farm loan board today an
nounced an increase in interest
rates to farmers from 5 to Slt per
cent, - t
Girl Billiardist
. i
Miss Clara C. Haywood of Phila
delphia, who defeated several profes
sionals in a special tournament held
for the benefit of the Billiard Players'
ambulance fund in New York. The
VISITING NURSE
SUPT. RESIGNS;
FRICTION RUMOR
Miss Bessie Randall Quits Post
At City Hall She Held Four
'Years; Nurses Regret
Her Leaving.
Miss Bessie Randall is no longer
superintendent of the Visiting Nurse
association. She quit her post at the
city hall Wednesday. v
"Miss Randall resigned and the
nurses' committeey accepted her resig
nation" as the explanation offered
by Mrs. V. J. Hynes, president of the
association and chairman of the
nurses' committee.
Mrs. Hynes refused to state what
reason, if any, Miss Randall assigned
for asking to relinquish the post she
has held for more than four years.
"Was Miss Randall requested to
resign?" Mrs. Hynes was asked.
Admits Friction Prevails.
"I can't answer that question with
out conferring with the nurses' com
mittee," replied Mrs. Hynes. "There
is often friction on a board, it would
be a rare case if there were not, and
there are times when changes are
best."
The nurses' committee includes
Mesdames Victor B. Caldwell, T. L.
Davis. r. D. Hosford, Herbert Rog
ers, R. W. Connell, Albert Noe and
R. W. Breckenridge.
Mrs. Hynes denied that the nurses'
staff of the association had threatened
to resign in sympathy with Miss Ran
dall's rumored lischargc.
"The nurses simply asked why Miss
Randall has resigned and whether
there was anything they could do to
have her reinstated in her old posi
tion. I told them I had not questioned
the decision of-the nurses' committee,
and didn't feel that they should,"
said Mrs. Hynes.
"One nurse has resigned but I
knew she was going to leave before
Miss Randall sent in her' resignation,
so her going-has nothing to do with
this matter," said Mrs. Hynes,
Tears Mark. Departure.
Nurses on the staff expressed great
regret at the loss of Miss Randall.
Tears stood in the eyes of Mrs. Mc
Coy, . on of the nurses, when she
said, "We'll never get another like
.Miss Randall." i
"I am very tired and need a long
rest," was the only statement of
fered by Miss Randall, who is at the
home of Mrs. Charles F. Wille,;1931
South Thirty-fourth street.
Miss Randall said she would remain
in Omaha for a while, but had no
plans for the future.
"I can hope to work under nopleas
anter conditions than in Omaha," she
said. When Miss Randall assume.d
charge of the work there were but
three or four nurses. The work has
grown so that nin nurses are now
employed.
Mrs. Barton Iillard, past president
of the association, said she knew
nothing aboit tlte circumstances of
Mis Randalt leaving
Mis Alice Buchanan, treasurer.
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young lady demonstrated that skilful
wielding of the billiard cue is by no
means solely a masculine accomplish
ment. Her skill at the table is re
markable. Miss Haywood is the pio
neer of her sex in the billiard field.
said she was not at liberty to speak
on the situation.
"There are only a few members,
perhaps two or three, who would
know anything about it. They are
the executive committee of a special
committee," she said.
The board i considering several
prospective successors to fill the su
perintendent's position. They are not
Omaha women.
Mrs. Hynes spends part of each
morhing at the Visiting Nurse
rooms.
TWO GIRLS SUE THE
HENSHAW HOTEL FOR
$10,000 DAMAGES
The Henshaw hotel owners are
sued for $10,000 damages by fwo girls,
Marjorie Schartow and Cecil Camp-
ibell, who were refused suppers
Thanksgiving eve in the hotel dining
room because they had no male es
corts, according to their petitions filed
in district court.
Cecil Campbell says she dispenses
candies at the Public Market and is
the sole support of her widowed
mother, with whom she is living. The
young women's petitions allege that
they are in the habit of taking meals
at the Henshaw occasionally , during
the week arid that on the evening of
November 29 about 10 o'clock they
entered the dining room together.
The girls say they spoke to the
manager at the door and proceeded to
the middle of the dining room to se
lect a table when a waiter stopped
them and inquired whether they had
male escorts or were expecting any.
When they replied in the negative the
waiter consulted the manager, they al
lege, and then told them they Could
not be served nor s,it at any of the
tables.
The petitioners allege that this con
versation was carried- on in a loud and
insolent tone in the middle of the din
ing hall and in the presence of the as
sembled guests and that they were
ejected from the room in the presence
of ''ese people, to their great humilia
tit and embarrassment. '
1 he girls each ask $5,000 damages.
Domestic Questions Engage
Attention of' Congress
Washington, Dec. 10. Discussion
of numerous domestic questions, ex
pected to engage the attention of
congress until the holiday recess, was
taken up in the senate today when
it reconvened to debate the Webb ex
port bill, with passage looked for this
week. The house will get under way
tomorrow with its committees plan
ning to proceed rapidly with appro
priation bills and other pending meas
ures. Delegates Assemble for
Woman Suffrage Convention
Washington, Dec. 10. Delegates
began arriving last night for the
forty-ninth annual convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage
association, which formally opens
Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 are ex
pected, representing a membership of
Z.000,000 women in every state in the
union.
The week's program begun today
with a meeting oi the national execu
tive council. ,
BUSINESS MEN TOIL
AT DIGGING GRAVES
IN FROZEN GROUND
Halifax, N. S., Dec. 10. A regiment
of business and professional men was
set at work today digging graves for
the 1,200 bodies recovered from the
ruins made by he explosion last
Thursday.
Ice-covered ground rendered the
job a hard one, but the physicians
had issued a warning that it must
not be delayed, lest epidemic follow
the horrors already experierced. This
means an early end to efforts of iden
tification and that hundreds will rest
in unnamed graves.
Although a revised casualty list
issued today showed 1,200 known
dead, and 2,000 unaccounted for, the
military authorities, after analyzing
these figures, declared that the total
death list would be increased.
An estimate of 4,000 dead, regarded
ajj too high many officials Saturday
night, was accepted more generally
today as most nearly approaching the
exact figure.
It is believed that hundreds of per
sons lining the, water front and watch
ing the spectable of a big ship on
fire without thought of an impending
explosion were hurled into the bay
by the terrific upheaval and drowned.
Their bodies may never be recovered.
Seyeral German residents were ar
rested today upon a military order.
After the party had been examined
six were released. The officials stated
that there was no unexplained signifi
cance in these arrests.
There was1 general relief today
when it was officially announced that
the munition ship Picton had been
sunk irt the harbor after an outbreak
of fire on board. This was coupled
with the reassuring statement that
there was no ship now in the harbor
the cargoes of which included ex
plosives. Consider Moving Steel
Prices to Higher Mark
Washington, Dec. 10. Revision of
steel prices was taken up today by
manufacturers conferring with the
war industries board. Prices were
agreed upon several months ago with
the provision that they would be re
viewed at this time and adjustments
made if found necessary.
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