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J i.l U-LOJ-U ill , .dssssi nr (MOW I IF KIN FEEL. BETTER": just Hake IT TO THE DOOt? 1 KN 41T OOT - I MUbT SEE DNTY- , FATHER ( I III! - r- - 1 r .h KM ' ' iJS- ! V I n i . At i IS ! p I' !i IS 1 i! 1 Copyrtf hi 1(17. International . Newg Service. Drawn for The Bee by, George McManus OHIO NEW MECCA FOR ALL BOXERS Buckeye State, With Six Cities Going Full- Blast, Becomes Harbor of Refuge for Ring Artists. a - . Ohio, the Buckeye state, is now the country's haven of refuge tor Doxing persons and their retinue. Right now boxing is all the rage in the state which borders on Lake Erie. There are more than half a dozen of the largest cities where professional ' bouts are being held at regular inter vals, and in most cases the bouts are over a distance from 12ound, no decision affairs, to 20-round, decision contests. . . , Where Bouts Are Popular. The following is a list of places where bouts are now being held and the number of rounds: Columbus, 12 rounds, no decision, to a decision for the Ted Lewis-Bryan Lowney battle. Dayton, 20 rounds to a decision. This is the place where Ted (Kid) Lewis won 'the welterweight cham pionship from Jack Brfttcu. Springfield, 20 rounds to a decision. Cincinnati, IS rounds to a decision. Canton, 20 rounds to a decision. Cleveland, 10 rounds, no decision. Under Local Regulation. According to William F. McKin non, 'matchmaker of the Queensbury Athletic club of Columbus, the game is very much on the uplift, in his home state. "In Ohio, while there is no boxing law, there is nothing on the statutes -which makes it a misdemeanor to hold boats," says McKinnon. "In most cities ft is up to the mayor and chief of police to regulate the boxing. In Columbus there is a boxing commis sion which' regulates the game and keeps it clean, and for this service 5 per cent is deducted to conduct its affairs." - Stunz Still Leads-Race For Bowling Congress In he- American Bowling congress contest Sunday on the Omaha Alleys, the third series of five games was rolled. The result of the IS games finds Stunz still leading. The first 10 men are: , . Sluna J.ISSIKuhny ........ MSI Koran i,7(37.immerman tMi It. eriple S.713 Plunkett S,80 Usurer .4 I,66lMcCoy 1,665 Bwohoda M8Senger MM The last five games will be rolled on the Farnam alleys Tuesday evening, January 8, after the Greater Omaha league's scheduled game. This series will decide the six men to make the trip to Cincinnati in February. Stage International Tennis , for Benefit of Red Cross New York,. Jan. 7, An initia tion;., tennis match between leading players of the United States and Can ada will be played on the indoor courts of the Montreal Tennis club next Saturday.. The United States National Tennis association has se lected F, B. Alexander, II. A. Throck morton, Merrill Hall, all of New 'York and N. W. Niles of Boston as the United States representatives. The Canadian players have not been 'announced as yet. The matches, ill he nlaved for the benefit of the British Red Cross, will prob ably consist of four singles and two doubles contests. . "Bobby" McLean Defeats Mathiesen on Ice Skates ' Chicaio. Tan; 7. "Bobby" McLean of Chicago defeated Oscar Mathiesen ( Nnrwav in three skatintr races to- niplit which were claimed to be for . the nrofessional championship of . Amirira at the resD'cctive distances. The 220-yard race was won in 0 1-5, the mile in 2:36 2-5. and the two-mile rvmt in S:S4 3-5. The short and the long distance races were said to have been skated in the best time ever made on a circular indoor track. Central' Furniture Team ' . Defeats Silver City, la. Central Furniture company basket hall team of Omaha defeated the bil ver Citv. Ia.. ve at Silver City Sat iirdav nitrht bv a score of 21 to 14, The came was hard fought The Central aggregation complimented the Iowans on their sportsmanship John Morrison, Council clufls basket shooting pnenom, starrea ior me ucn trai rurnnure team, , Veteran Ball Player To Manage Milwaukee Milwaukee. Wis Tan. 7. E. ("Red) Egan, a ball player of 20 years experience, nas signea a pr visional contract to manage the M waukee American association club for three years beginning with the 1918 season, . Owner A. r. iimme nounced today. " an Toda y's 'Sport' Calendar Trotting Annual meeting f Grand Clr- iiit tdwmniH. at ('lumbal. O. Hoxln Vl iwi T. Jack Malone, 10 ronaii. al: Minneapolis. ArkM Fannlas . Rlrhla MatebeU- U raaaO. at Oklahoma L M J ' " , " 1 New Chinese Baby Named William Chin Ren Quong William Chin' Ren Quong Vs the name of a Chinese boy born Sunday night to Chin Gee and Dun Roy High "of 101 Sovth Twelfth street. The 'parents were married last March according to Chinese cus tom and later by the civil authori ties. The bride came from China to Omaha for the nuptials. PERFECT CONTROL OF ALLRAILROADS President Wilson Asks Con gress for Legislation- to Complete Government Regulation. Washington, Jan. 7. Legislation asked by President Wilson to perfect government control of railroads started on its way in congress today under consideration by the interstate commerce committees of both houses. The senate committee meets to hear statements from prominent railroad executives, while the house commit tee maps out a plan of action and de cides whether hearings will be bfld. Chairman Sims and house commit tee members are mclined to favor hearings and may ask Director Gen eral William McAdoo to conduct the testimony for the government. Operation of the roads, with the single purpose of relieving the freight congestion, particularly in the cast, was continued by tht government agencies. Indications are that pas senger traffic, reduced one-fifth on eastern roads by orders issued yester day, will be further curtailed within a week or two. Director General McAdoo also au thorized the establishment of new de murrage rules for domestic traffic ef fective January 21. The new rules re tain the two days' free time as allowed at present, but provide for increased charges ranging from 50 to 100 per cent thereafter. Allies Need Our Help at . Once, Says Congressman Washington, Jan. 7. -Cannon, coafi- ion and speed are the three elements heeded to win he war in the shortest possible time, Representative Medill McCbrmick of Illinois told the Iiousj today in a speech reviewing hrs three months' tour of the battle fronts. The allies, he said, "want at least 25,000 great guns, first of all; then they want men and want the heartiest co-opera tion ovalrpolitical elements in Amer ica for its effect on morale to win the war. "The German staff," he said, "must strive to induce France to make peace on the score that America will not make ready in time. That is why the front from the Alps to the channel has assumed a greater importance than at any time since the battle pf Verdun." German soldiers deserted in in- creasing numbers last summer, me said, and among the captured during the last few months there were many tear-faced youths of 16 and 17, Urge Amendment to War Revenue Legislation Washington. Tan. 7. Representa tives of the oil, gas and mining indus tries met here today to consider plan for urging on congress an amendment to the war excess profits tax b:l!. In equalities in taxation are said to have resulted irom tne provision oasing in ductions which corporations are per mitted to. make on capital stock in stead of on invested capital. Moving Picture Campaign Gets Official Notice Washington, Jan. 7. Official recognition of the moving picture campaign which has been carried on Dy ine committee on puouc Humilia tion to stimulate interest in the war has been ffiven bv President Wilson. By executive oder he has created a division of foreign picture service un der the jurisdiction of the committee. Southern Senator Will Head Commerce Committee Washineton. Tan. 7. Senator Smith of South Carolina -was chosen today by the senate democratic , steering cqmmittee to be cnairman oi tne in terstate commerce committee, suc ceeding the late Senator Newlands. He will have charge of the adminis tration railroad lesislation in the sen ate. Camp Wadsworth Soldiers Are Building Church Spartansbufg,- S. C, Jan. 7. The first church built by soldiers at any camp is now being constructed at Camp Wadsworth. Funds were pro vided by Colonel Cornelius Vander bilt's 102d engineers. ' Austrian Socialist Dies. . Amsterdam, Jan. 7.The death oi Englebert Pernerstorfer, the Austrian socialist leader, is announced in a dispatch from Vienna. He had been vice president of the lower house of the Austrian diet since 1909. You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want Ai . j - V t fit- u CONGRESS TO PASS HARBORSIJEASURE Bill Appropriating $20,000,000 Probably Will Be Reported By Committee at This Session. Washington, Jan. 7. An omnibus rivers and harbors bill at' this session of congress was assured today when Chairman Small of the rivers and har bors committee announced that the committee would report a -Hjieasure appropriating probably $20,009,000.' 'Estimates for maintenance of com pleted projects and additional im provements for projects approved, but not completed, total $18,000,000. Rep resentative, Small also said that the committee 'intended to -exclude most of the proposed jiew projects. Among the projects which are likely to be included in the bill to be reported to the house are: Los An geles harbor, $100,000; Oakland, Cal., harbor,, $104,000; Columbia and lower Williarnette riyers below Portland, Ore., $250,000; New York East river and Hell gate, $2,200,000; Delaware rivcr'from Philadelphia to the sea, $1,100,000; Baltimore harbor and chan nels, $.300,000; Norfolk, Va harbor, $1,134,000; Mississippi river passes, $1,400,000. Labor Bureau Successful With War Work Disputes Washington; Jan. 7. Mediation of trade disputes by representatives of the Department of Labor has been successful in keeping at work thou lands of men whose labor is vital, to the war program, according to a re port covering the last three months, made public today by the department. In three months ei.ded December 31 the department's good offices were invoked m 244 cases, including 117 strikes, 104 controversies and 23 lock outs. Mediators settled 138 amicably and failed to settle only six. There remain pending '82 cases of recent origin, none of which has more than local significance. Score Injured in Subway Accident in Boston Town Cambrige, Mass., Jan. 7. More than a score of persons, many of them women, were injured today in a mad rush to escape from a subway train at Kendall Square station, after the cars were filled with smoke due to the blowing out of a fuse. The passengers, frightened by what ap peared to them to be an expfosion, broke glass doors and windows ana hundreds were trampled under foot. First reports stated that no one was killed, although hospitals were asked to rush ambulances to the scene, Wilson Players at Golf Over Links Coated With Ice Washington, Jan. 7. President Wil son wetU to golf today "in the worst glaze storm the capital has buffered in years. .Although the streets were so icy that the usual motorcycle po lice escort had to be left behind and all Washington , slid rather than walked qr rode to business, the presi dent insisted on his morning recrea tion and the White House automobile crept out to the links. The president evidently , enjoyed the ice-covered course., Decorated by Kaiser 'For Sinking U. S. Ships Amsterdam, Jan. 7. Emperor Wil Ham, has conferred the order Pour Le!0 reports here tnat hring uau ueen- Meute on Submarine CommanderJ nearu yesteruay on tne iaii Augusun Xophamel. on his return from on ins return irom a cru.se to the Cape Verde islands. Dur ing this cruise, Kophamel asserts, he sank an American destroyer and 14 merchantmen, most of them bound frdm the United States for Italy ar France. He is said to have brought back 22 tons of copper as booty. It is ahout 5.000 miles from the Bel gian coast to' the Cape Verde islandsi and return. Famous Secret Service v Man Died Sunday St. Louis, Mo, Jam ' 7. Thomas Furlong, head of a private detective agency and widely known as a catcher of thieves, died Sunday of intestinal trouble. He. was 74 years old. He entered the United States secret serv ice in 1864. Among the famous crim inal casesvon which he worked were an arson case at Dallas, Tex.;, the Texas cotton swindle and the Glencoe tfain robbery near St. Louis. Goethats is Director Of ,War Transportation Washington, Jail. 7: Secretary Ba ker announced today that in addition to his duties as acting quartermaster general Major General Goethats has been designated to te , director of transportation and storage pf the War department. .. ... - . ..-.. Iowa Boy is Dead .at , Camp "GrantFrom Pneumonia! Rockford.'Ill., Jan. 7. Private Leo F. Mattison, 161st depot brigade, died this morning at Camp Grant f pneu monia. He was 26 years old. . His mother lives at Sioux City, Ia. LATE PHOTO OF BO.LSHEVIKI PREMIER r f Late photog h of Nicolai Lenine, chief of the tfu.sheviki government, which is reported to have broken off peace negotiations with Germany. Le nine comes from a family of chronic rebels, one of his brothers having been hanged 'in 1887 for complicity in a plot to assassinate Czar Alexander II. COAL EXPORTS FOR WARJJSES ONLY Fuel Administration - Decides Ho Much Country Can Spare; "America First," Says Garfield. ( (By AMoelited Fresn.) Washington, Jan. 7. America's coal exports this year will be limited strictly to shipments:to be used for war purposes and to those necessary in exchange 7 "for commodities the United States must have. In an nouncing this policy tonight Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield declared that in no event would exports be permitted to equal in volume those of the year just ended. "In view of the existing coal short age and the great demand here Amer ica must come first in supplying her industries and householders with coal 'said Dr. Garfield tonight. The new export policy means that England will be called upon to supply domestic users in France and Italy. Producers desiring to export coal to the allied countries' must show that shipments are to be used for war pur poses and must give the war trade" board the names in every instance of the final consignee. , 4 " 11 Butter $2.25 Per Pound In Kaiser's Home City Washington, Jan. 7. Butter is sell ing m iierun at i.iit a pound, sugar at 30 cents a pounu, nam ana bacon at .11 a. pound and American soap at hvc bars tor $1.12. This lniormauon, received by the food administration; comes tnrough a reliable source irotn a respouaioie party, 'l he prices are trom tour to uve urnes as mgn as those now pre vailing in. trie united. Mates. No Military Activity un iviexian Territory ' Eabens, Tex., j an. . investigation neari yesteruay on the bail Augusun rancn on Mexican territory opposite nere, deveiopeu tuat no military activ ity uad occurred, reueral troops at uuauaiupe were in garrison ana mere was no evidence oi any kind ol en gagement, i ne supposed tiring led to reports ot an encounter between Mex ican federal and rcoel fores. Alleged Lnemy Alien Taxes utnce as Mayor Miehin City, lad., Jan. 7. rred c Miner, alleged enemy alien, as sumed tne onice of mayor ot tnis city witnout opposition al noon toaay. At tnat hour no word had been received ot the progress of injunction proceed ings begun at Valparaiso by persons wuo objected to tne installment Ot a "German'' mayor. There was no dis- order. - ; - Government to Postpone- Several Ann-1 rust Suits Washington, Jan. 7. The govern ment s motion to postpone, because of the war. turthcr consideration of several important anft-trusf suits was granted touay by the supreme court, with the exception ot the case against the United bhoe Machinery company, which will go forward. Montana Man Named , ' - Director of Labor Washington, Jan. 7.J. B. Dejis more of Montana today was appointed director of employment for the De partment of Labor. A large extension of the department's employment serv ice is in progress as a war measure. CUBA HAS AVIATORS TOHELPU.S. WIN Corps is Organized from the Best Families' on the Island to Do lis Bit , the War. V. ' (Correspondence ot The Associated Press.) - Havana, Cuba, Jan. 7. Colonel Manuel Coronado, member' of the Cuban senate and editor of the news paper La Discusion, has added a new phase to Cuba's alliance with the United States in the war against Ger many by organizing an aviation unit which, it is announced, will be of fered to France, with complete equip ment, in the near future. Though other means of co-operation have as sumed shape here since Cuba's'decla ration of war against Germany on April 8 last, it is believed probable, from the enthusiasm shown "by its members, that the "Escadrille Cuba ine," as the flying unit will be called, will be the first body of fighting men from Cuba to serve on French soil. Colonel Coronado's plans called for a body of twenty-five trained aviators to comprise the escadrille, but already thirty-three youths, who are represent tatives of the best families of Cuba, have volunteered to take the pre scribed aviation course and individ aally to bear the expense of their air planes and equipment. Many of the volunteers for the escadrille are grad uates of French universities, and all speak French and are ajyiation en thusiasts. . Senator Coronado has just returned from New York, where he conferred with officials of the Aero club of America and airplane manu facturers over the details of the esca drille's organization. ( . "I believe 'that the escadrille will be the most practical and at the same time the mqst appropriate way of showing Cuba's sympathy with the cause of the allies," said Colonel Cor onado. The colonel has asked the Navy department in Washington for an arrangement by- which the Cuban aviators may undergo their prelimi nary training at the navy aviation school at Pensacola, Fla. While for obvious reasons the de tails of many of the co-operative war measures of Cuba and the United States are not permissible of publica tion, substantial progress has been an nounced officially here in the co-or-dinative work of the Cuban and United States army and navy gen eral, staffs. . . Cuban military commissioners will shortly announce the promotions of 288 officers m the Cuban army, in keeping with the enlargement pf the island's active military force for pos sible duty later in Europe. Congress Gets Record-; Breaking Deficiency Bill Washington, Jan. 7. Hearings be gan ,today before the h'ouse appro priations committee on ah urgent de ficiency appropriation bill whose to tal, approximately $l,4fW;000,000, breaks all records for deficiency meas ures. Secretary Lansing appeared be fore the committee to explain the niecessity of large funds for the State department to meet its current year weeds in connection with the waq. , Freight Clearance Week Is Designated by tycAdoo Washington. Jan. 7. Next week has been designated by Director General William McAdoo as "freight clear ance week." A special campaign will be conducted over the entire country to jnduce shippers and consignees to unload freight cars quickly to relieve railroad congestion. Mr. McAdoo will issue an appeal , to governors, state railroad commissions, city officials and others to assist. Rockefeller. Contributes ' $5,500,000 for. War Work New York. Tan. 7. Receipts of a Check for $5,50,000 from John D. KOCKeiener to enawe tne nociceieiier Foundation to meet increasing de mands for its various forms of war work without having to make further inroads on its principal funds was an nounced here today by . President George Vincent of the foundation. Protest Employment of Women on Street Cars 'Seattle, Wash., Jan. 7. Protest against proposed employement of women as conductors Ion the Seattle street car lines was made today ,by a committee from the Seattle central lahgr unit. " ; i ' Ther Is Only One "Made-In-OmeW , Calendar Look for thle Imprint oa the on you receive. M. F. SHAFER & COMPANY, Omaha' Only ?aT. Calendar Home. SKI ; i ; . LOYALTY WEEK TO BE OBSERVED BY LABOR i .I, i .i Coincident With Lincoln's Birthday "to Combat Insid . ious Forces of Pro-German Propaganda.'' , (By Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 7. A proclama tion calling for the observance of a national labor loyalty week in con nection with the celebration of Lin coln's birthday, with the additional purpose of "combatting the insidious forces of pro-German and anti-American propaganda," was issued today by the American Alliance for Labor AMUSEMENTS. HOME OF BIO DOUBLE SHOW. CORSE PAYTON and EDNA MAY SPOONER IN KICK 111' JTE WATSON, "The Hooaier Girl." Jerry and Gretch O'Meara, Protean Singing Novelty. HayatakeBros., Japanese Wonders. 1 Clara K: in , Shirley Coming Thursday "THIS AUCTIOJf BLOCK" DRAKDEIS TONIGHT Zi PLAYERS WED. MATINEE A Drama for Mothtrt and Their Daughter "The Blindness of Virtue"- WAS MARY ANN TO BLAME? Mat; 25c; Nighti 15c, 25c, 35c ajxl 50c . Three Day Beginning,-Thura., Jan.. 10th KLAW L f RlANGEft AND GZQJUif CDOf. BY CATHERINE CHIJHOLM CUSHINO . Sat. Mat 25c, to $1.00; Nlghtf, 25c to $1.50 3 NIGHTS BEGINNING SUNDAY,. JAN. 13 TUESDAY MATINEE Henry W. Savare offer . THE SUPREME MUSICAL COMEDY. . "Ilavea Heart" Chicago Newt: "Biggest kind of a hit. Beautiful gown continually m parade. SEATS NOW SELLING J'JOHN cCormack j - IRJSH TENOR AOBITORIUM Friday Evg., Jan. 18 SEAT SALE THURSDAY Prices $1.00 to $2.50 aialG iivvi.aV.vi'llaJ BLOSSOM SEELY etc CO. 'Seeley's Syncopated Studio" AVELING A LLOYD; Arthur Havel A Co.; Libonate; Ann Ford and George GoodHdje; Private Louis Hart; Haxel Moran; Orpheum Travel Weekly.' OMAHA'S FUN CENTER D'ly Mat.. 15c, 25, 50c Ev'gs 25. 50. 75c, $1 tuat rAiimia niur.iHQ Trsu I GEO. STONE & ETTA PILLARD "SOCIAL MAIDS" ."-2. ' A MlMl MmtIimM.' CesiUtln t a flttle Bit el Ewryttiln. te Mtike Everykedy Happy. BIG BEAUTY CHORUS LADIES' OIME MATINEE WEEK DAYS. SaU Slat . Vk.: Al K. Ball at "'Maids of America Turpin School of-Dancing New term for adult beginners, Monday, January 14th. Join the first lesson. Terms aott reasonable.' 28th and Farnam. , Harney 6143. . Class meet Monday and Thursday at 8 P. M. ... A mild other gical v KVV " it ft 4 ai PI . . . v uauieuc nsea. a aire goaranteeain every case aocenteH fw treatment nd oo money to be paid an til oared. Write for rxs m RecU 1 Diseased wiUriai nd testlmonlaJs of more than 1000 prominent people who bare been permanently cured. DR. C R. TARRY 240 Bf Balldlng .... OMAHA, NSSHASKA and Democracy. Copies were f sent to the alliance's branches and all cen tral labor bodies affiliated with, the American Federation of Labor oyer all the conntry. The proclamation was signed by Samuel Gomoers, as president of the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. , . It. is planned to distribute during the -week millions of pages of loyalty literature, and on Lincoln's birthday not less than 500 mass meetings will be held throughout the United States. In some localiti.s, it is expected, therewilt be continuous demonstra tions during the week. ;;;; photoplays. Writ. S. Hart -in The Cold Deck Tody and Wednesday EMILY STEVENS ALIAS MRS. JESSOP Thurs. "Virginia Pearson" USE Thos. H. Inct's Newest and Greatest Spectacle "The Zeppelin's Last Raid" Thursday, ALICE BRADY . 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