Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1918)
THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1018. BRINGING UP FATHER COOO MORNirV 1 Copyright, - 111?, International Nw J Service. i A BIRD- UN- f. , 4JJ P5I fell1! I, "Drawn for The Bee by George McManus TAYLOR SHOOTS DEFI AT SANTEL AND JOHN PESEK Clarence Eklund Offers to Risk $500 Jack Can Defeat Either One; or Anybody . Else. Jack Taylor wants to wrestle John Pesek or Ad Santel. The sporting editor of The Bee has in his possession a check for $250 which says so. Clarence Eklund, Nebraska wres tler, who now is the light heavy weight champion of the world since his recent victory over Pet Brown of Texas at Houston, walked into The Bee office yesterday with" the check and the declaration of hostilities in behalf of Taylor. Eklund has just returned, from Texas, where he cleaned up every thing in sight, including the much heralded Brown. He not only an nexed the light heavyweight title, but a considerable gob of coin of the realm, which he now wants to double by risking it on Taylor. Will Wager $500. The check for $250 was posted as a guarantee that Eklund means busi ness in his challenge of Santel and Pesek for Taylor. Eklund also de clares he will add another $250, making $500 in all, which he will wager that Taylor pan defeat cither Pesek or Santel. ' ' "Taylor can beat Pesek and San tel," declared Eklund, "and I've got $500 : that says so, too. If neither Pesek nor Santer-wants an of Tay lor's game, I'll risk the $500 on him against anybody else except Stecher. Steelier is the one man in the game today who might beat Taylor, so I don't) care to take a $500 chance on that match. But I will on any other, Pesek or Santel preferred "If Pesek or Santel want a crack at this $500," continued Eklund, "all they have to do is put their money up with you (the sporting editor of The Bee) and the match is made. This goes for anybody else, too, ex cept Jot Stecher." International Magnates : Gather; May ShuUJp Shop New York, Feb. 11. The first of a series of three important base ball meetings in New York this week was held today when the International league owners met to consider wheth er. to continue the organization this summer. Before the; meeting was called to order predictions were made that the league would suspend business for the war, maintaining a skeleton or ganization. The Rational league will meet to morrow and the American league on Thursday. . , Fernandes Team Winner Of Big Curling Bonspicl H. E. Fernandes' team won the first annual Omaha curling bonspiel by, winning from V. J. Hislop's rink in the final round at Miller Park Sun day, i Fernandes' rink first beat Alex Melvin'a team in the semi-finals, 1 to 5. Hislop, in the,, semi-finals, beat Bob .Watson, 15 to 8. In the finals Fernandes ran away from Hislop, 14 to 6,' in a 13-end game. Score by inn ings as follows: Fernande 11140S81U01 014 Hislop 0J91000I0 1 John L's Pets Follow Great Champion to the Next World Abington, Mass., Feb. ll.--Death has laid its hand on John L. Sullivan's animal friends at his farm. here. The day after the former champion was buried, "Colonel Corn," his favorite horse, dropped dead in his stall and the next day another constant com panion, a bull dog give him by ,"Yank" Sullivan of Syracuse, N. Y., died. To complete the list the ring hero's cow and two collie dops, in which he had taken great pride, died last night. i : Omaha Man Bests t , Wahoo on Alleys n the first 10 games bowled on -the Omaha alleys in the 20-game match between Frank Simodynes of Wahoo and Ken Sciple of Omaha, Sciple won by 159 pins. The second 10 games will be bawled at Wahoo next Friday nieht SThe following is the score of last nmht s games: cip!e 204. :01, W. Hi, lit, 114. 110. 181. 11. 2 US. Total, l.Jii. Slmoynes He. 1, 1(4. Ill, ISO. 172, 191. 173. 18 J. :01. Total. 1,771. .. . ' ... .I I. IJemorial Service for Sullivan. LNew York, Feb. 10. Services in ntemory of the late John L. Sullivan former heavyweight champion of America, were held today. ;Tbe church was crowded with per sjnal friends of the dead gladiator aftd men and women whose names are prominent in the world of sport ana me stage. SThe life of Sullivan was praised by t ft e speakers, among whom was "Jack McAuiitte, trie tormer pugi Wielding By FRED S. HUNTER. CLEAR the track, lads, a free and easy movement is about to occur in wrestling, circles. Clarence Ek lund has put up $250 and offers to add $250 more that Jack Taylor can hog- fie John Pesek, the Buffalo county mat marvel; Ad Santel, alias Adolph Etnst. or any other heavyweight ex cept Stecher. Now you mat fans might believe this tempting bait of $500 would be to otT lusty-lunged bone crushers as a fat and juicy angleworm is to a fam ished blue Rill and that Eklund would be smothered under an avalanche of acceptances. But the wrestler is a wary bird and he shies with cautious footsteps whenever old man dollar ap pears in generous quantities. So have no tear that Mr. Eklund is likely to lose any much-needed sleep by hostile warriors clamboring for attention. Look Out for Gas Bombs. "RULE with the iron fist" Mr. Ball AV had admonished Fielder Tones. who is to manage Mr. Ball's Brownies again this year. Very well and good, out occasionally the iron fist lias its disadvantages. For instance, the Fielder might break his hand landing on a zinc-skulled catcher, or be a lit tle tardy in starting the punch when attempting to discipline a recalcitrant pitcher, who carries an iron fist of his own. Each method has its little dis advantages, as even Willie Hohenxol. lern, no doubt, will now confess if pressed to the pointy Nettie Knit to Blame. NOW comes Nettie JCnit to add trior hnrrli-ne tn Ua shoulders of the harassed base ball moguls. The Nettie Knits, knitting for soldiers, are using so much yarn that the price has betrun to soar anrf the manufacturers of base balls are paying the way to hike the price. And mis in tne lace of retrenchment policies. What, Hoi ACCORDING to the papers. Ed Strangler Lewis claim tn s world's wrestling champion. Have we uccn missing something? Lawson Defeated by Miners for Re-election Pueblo. Colo.. Feb. llTnlm V Lawson, widely known as leader nf the striking coal miners during the turbulent strike in tht southern Colo rado coal fields a few' years ago, was defeated for the presidency of tfTe United Mine Workers of America, district No. 15. eomnrisintr tti ta of Colorado, by George O. Johnson of wianaier, coio., by a majority of 377 votes, it was announced tonight. , me omciai count ot the votes cast in the recent election u rnmnl.t,i here tonight by a canvassing commit tee representing the international or ganization. Luke Brennan of Colorado Snrinca was chosen member of the natinnal board. :j The entire "administration ticki-t." opposed ny Lawson, was elected , , r . ' mmmmmm t3 p-iMMiira t Sprague Tire Stock Advances $25 Per Share Board of Directors Pass Resolution -t-i S3 6.3 1 m 1 1 - At a meeting Hi the Sprague Tire & February 8th, 1918, February lj6th, 1918, is the last date on which subscriptions will be received for the preferred stock of the Sprague Tire & Rub ber Company at $50 per share. The unsold portionof the pre ferred stock of the Sprague Tire & Rubber Company, after that date, will be sold at not less than $75 per share. This is in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Sprague Tire & Rubber Company on January 15th, 1918. I Sprague Tire & Rubber Company W. 0. W. BUILDING, OMAHA, NEB! Telephones Douglas 1563 and Tyler 3032. MAJOR LEAGUES IRON OUT WAR TAX CRINKLES Collection of Revenue Elimi nated in Case Rain check is Used; About Unfair Double Payment. (ny Associated I'm.) Cincinnati, O., Feb. 10. The Na tional base ball commission today gave out a notice explaining in detail the manner in which the war tax would be collected at ball parks dur ing the coming season. Ten cents will be dropped into a box by all passholders m major league parks next season at every game they at tend. The usual war tax, of course, will be assessed all purchasers who buy tickets. The commission announced that this matter was taken up in Washing ton with Daniel C. Roper, commis sioner of internal revenue, and his several assistants. The finding said in part: "When the 'rain check proposition was thoroughly explained to the in ternal revenue commission at Wash- pington a ruling was quickly made by him that no second tax would be col lected where the holder of an admis sion ticket had not witnessed the per formance. As to the annual and daily passes free admissions the scheme suggested by the committee was ap proved. This is in line with the joint action of the two major leagues at the conference held in Chicago in Decem ber last, when it was thought advis able to collect 10 cents from the hold er of every pass, whether annual or daily, which entitled him to a 75-cent seat. . Adjust Rain Check Question. "It will only be necessary for the holder to drop 10 cents into a box at the turnstile entrance each time the same is presented. "The authorities also acquiesced in our request to have he turnstile count made the official one insofar as it pertained to passes instead of hav ing each passholder go to the box of fice for proper credentials. It will be noticed that rain checks will have to be issued to the passholders each lime the passes are presented so that if the game is not played no second tax will be collected. "To obtain a proper ruling, covering season boxes that are sold for a fixed price, was quite a complicated matter, but if the rule stands as now outlined in the regulations it should be satis factory to all clubs, because it covers not only the reservation for a season box which does not include any ad missions for any games, but also covers the sale of a season box that does include admissions for all the games. May Advance Admissions. "An important regulation recently promulgated by the authorities makes it permissible, where it is found im practicable to handle pennies, to ad minimi i WW, m, iik;i mi wimwmiii wiitw'wwimwwiiij'iMuuAiwi'i wi'uim'' of the Board of Directors Rubber Company in Omaha, Nebraska, on a resolution was made vance the 25 cent admission to .30 cents, and the 75 cent seats to 85 cents, conditioned that adequate lobby signs are printed as stated in the regu lation. This will permit the two ma jor leagues to increase the prices on bleacher and 75 cent seats, if they deem it advisable to do no, to prevent congestion at the box office in the making of change. "Where a person buys a bleacher seat for 25 cents or 30 cents, as the case may be, paying a war tax of 3 cents, such person will only be re quired to pay an additional 2 cents when he buys an exchange ticket to the pavilion; in other words, the war tax finally collected from every pa tron should not be any greater than the amount he would have been charged had he originally purchased the seat which he finally secured. "These regulations, however, have not as yet been approved, as certain matters pertaining to the question of 'bonafide employes' have been de termined." Peace Terms With Ukrainians and The German Foe (Continued From rats One.) will in general follow tl . line of Bil gerey to Sroezeberzszyn, Krasnostau, l'ugaszce, Radzyn, Mechiretschei, Sarnaki, Selnik, Wysekelitowsk, Ka mietslitowsk, I'rushany and to Wydo zowskyesee. "This will be fixed in detail by a commission, according to ethno graphical conditions and with a "re gard to the desires of the population should the Ukrainian people's re public yet have common frontiers with another of the powers of the quadruple alliance special agree ments will be n ade thereon. "Article III The evacuation of occupied territories will begin im mediately after the salification of the present treaty. The manner of carrying out the evacuation and trans fer of the evacuated territories will be determined by the plenipotentiar ies of the interested parties. -"Article IV The diplomatic and consular relations between the con tracting parties will be entered upon immediately after the ratification of the peace treaty. The widest pos sible admittance of the respective parties to consuls is to be reserved for a special agreement. "Article V The contracting par ties mutually renounce the reimburse ment of their war costs that is to say, the it-te expenditure for carry ing on the war, as well as indemni fication for damages, that is to say, those damages suffered by them and their subjects iu the war, as through military measures, including all re quisitions made in the enemy's countries. "Article VI The respective pris oners of war will be permitted to re turn home as far as they do not de sire, with the approval of the state concerned, to remain in its territories or proceed to anbther country. The regulation of the questions connected herewith will follow by means of separate treaties provided tor in ar ticle VIII. Restore Economic Relations. "Article VII The contracting par ties undertake mutually and without illllliHilliilil lit wmbw '!:l'i;':'llffl'ir!i!i''ll!l!'l!!l!!l::!:,.;1!;:!!l"llfi'-":" 4 m 3H held at the office of and adopted that i m :::s:.-K::ri.7ir, .:::i!ii:H!' ;M:Bicsiii3-!H::.:ii;iar:t, p?? '3 SE U-Boat Watched Tuscania Crew Fight for Life Glasgow, Scotland, Feb. 11. The Tuscania's second officer had a remarkable experience. He was in a boat with 40 others. He said today: "All at once we bumped into something hard and when I looked around there was a submarine lying awash to look at its dirty work. "What could we do? We simply carried on and were picked up. The tin fish submerged immedi ately after." delay to enter into economic relations and organize an exchange for goods. "Article VIII Restoration of pub lic and private legal relations, the ex change of prisoners of war and in terned civilians, the question of am nesty and the question of the treat ment of merchantmen in enemy hands will be regulated in separate treaties with the Ukrainian people's republic, to form an essential part of the present peace treaty, which, so far as practicable, will take effect simultaneously therewith. "Article IX The agreements made in this peace treaty form an indivisi ble whole. Article G For the interpretation of this treaty the German and Ukrainian texts are authoritative in regard to re lations between Germany and Ukraine, the German, Hungarian and Ukrainian texts for relations between Austria-Hungary and Ukraine, the Bulgarian and Ukrainian texts for relations between Bulgaria and Ukraine, the Turkish and Ukrainian texts for relations between Turkey and Ukraine." Other Provisions of Treaty. The concluding part of the treaty provides: "The present peace treary will be ratified. Ratified documents shall be exchanged as soon ,as possible. So far as there are no provisions to the contrary, the peace treaty shall come into force on ratification." The supplementary treaties pro vided for in article VIII also were signed. They cover the following points: Restoration of consular relations. Restoration of state treaties. Restoration of civil law. , Indemnification for civil damages caused by laws of war or by acts con trary to international law. Exchange of war prisoners and in terned civilians. Care of burial grounds of those fallen in enemy territory. Provision for the return to their homes of persons affected by the treaty. Treatment of merchant vessels in enemy hands. The Brcst-Litovsk dispatch says that the text of the supplementary agreements must be withheld for the present to avoid overcrowding the telegraph wires. a You can secure a maid, stenogra pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee Want Ad. AMl'SKMKNTS. BOYD Today Tonl(ht WED. Pftmilitr Prir.e Mat. TnAmv. IJnrnln'i Birthday, and Wednesday, 25c to $1.00 Return Engagement The 13th Chair With Katherin Grey and Same Cat. Nighti, 50c, 75c, $1.00, $1.50. Boyd 3 NITES Commencing THURSDAY Pop. $1 Mat. Sat. Night. 50c$1.50 ARTHUR HAMMERSTEIN Present You'reiLove 1! Season's Musical Knockout Smashing Cast, Exquisite Chorus. Next Sunday, Mary Garden in "THAIS." ItUMK Of . U I U. IMH U1.E MlOW rRKSKXTIMi KAPT. KIDDER & CO- Operatic f'omrdT WOLF & STEWART "In Two nt" HIAT & GEER The nich-Oar Boy AUSTIN & BAILEY gins; and Dmnrlns; Francis X. Bushman IX "Red, White and Blue Blood" A Flar f Patriot ism OMAHA'S FTX CENTER .Dally Mats., 15, S3, 60c Erenlofs, $5, 50, T5r, $1 The Show That Made Burlesque Famous." JOE $ BOWERY Bur esquers HURTI6' With F tmt Fsstw Eeeeatrle Fras ' eaurt. A Fets Metoey and Mirth. Btssty cherat I Blerleas filrls fitters. LADIES' DIME MATTXEE WEEK DATS fiat. Hat. Wert: The BporUn Widows." FRUSTRATE PLOT OF ENEMY ALIENS TO BREAK JAIL i Prisoners at Fort Douglas Caught Digging Their Way to Freedom; Fourth Attempt in Last Month. Salt . Lake City, Feb. 11. What is believed to have been a deep laid plot to bring about a wholesale delivery of dangerous enemy aliens from the war prison compound at Fort Douglas was frustrated late this afternoon by the prison officials when they dis covered the fourth of a series of tun nels through which the prisoners have been striving to dig their way to free dom. Work on the fourth tunnel followed close on the heels of three previous unsuccessful by the enemy aliens to dig out and an attempt by Karl Backer, a civilian prisoner, to carve his way to freedom with a razor. Backer, after climbing -a-barb wire fence that separates the civilian from the military section of the prison camp, made a rush infhe darkness of night upon the guard at the main gate, but he was seized and relieved of an open razor. . The latest tunnel to be discovered was started from a point underneath the floor of the dining hall barracks, a place thatfhas been little used. This building is close to the ground and afforded an excellent place for the work, as it is so situated as not to be in full view of the guard towers or the guard house inside the compound. Colonel George L. Byram, prison commandant, found that the plotters had dug down beneath the floor of the building to a depth of six feet and An Honest Old Remedy Is the Famous S. S. S. Many a Gray-Haired Druggist A recent letter contained this sig nificant paragraph: "Finally I wrote to my brother, who was in the drug business for over twenty years, and he wrote back and said that he had sold thousands of dollars' worth of S. S. S., and to try that." We do not know of a more sincere tribute that could be paid to any medicine. Certainly it is the strong est possible proof of the merit of S S. S.. hprause it comes from one who has sold the medicine for twenty years, and has seen irom actual ex perience the wonderful good that it has done. The staunchest friends of S. S. S. are those who know the rem edy best AMIT8KMENTS. Today. Tuei. and Wtd.. Oally Matt.. 2:15. TWO SHOWS EVERY EVENING. 7:15. 9:15 4D A U n C Orljlmlort ol Senta. DAKUi tlonal Leapt and 01 vet MttEdna May Foster N. Y. Fashion ShowB3 Moor A Rote: Wllto a Lareen; Monarch Dan. eini Four: Path Weekly: Sidney Ore Comedy; Ernett Nordla't Augmented Concert Orchestra. Mat! Reel 15c. 25c: Nights I So. 25e. 35c. MATINEE TODAY. Sam at Nlsht. brandeis TyZr- BEGINNING THURSDAY EVEN'G. FEB. I4TH Charlet Frohmtn Pretentt OTIS SKINNER In th. Comedy MISTER ANTONIO of Cheerfulnett 1 C,IX . .. PRICES: 50c. 75e, $1.00. (1.50 to 2.M. Vote: Hippodrome Vaudeville lays off during Mr. Skinner's engtsement; resumes next Sunday. RALPH DUNBAR'S "TENNESSEE TEN;" WILLIAMS & WOLFUS; "EXEMPTION;" Harry Van Fos sen; Golet, Harris & Morey; Mis Robbie Gordone; Cape & Snow; Orpheum Travel Weekly. Turpin School of Dancing New term for adult beginner Monday, Fab. 18. Join the first lesson. Term most reasonable. Phone Harney 5143. 28TH AND FARNAM STS. Assembly Every Wednesday Even'f , 8:30. PHOTOPLAYS. Today and Wednesday HARRY MOREY in "WHO GOES THERE?" SUBURBAN 24th A Ames. Col. 2841 Last Time Today WILLIAM S. HART in "THE SILENT MAN" LOTHROPSL? Today WILLIAM S. HART in "THE COLD DECK" Polish Forces Wrest Smolensk From "Reds" London, Feb. 11. Polish forces which recently revolted, from the Russian army under the leadership of General Dovbor Mousnitsky have captured Smolensk from the bolshe viki, according to advices from Vienna, forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Copen hagen. then turned their tunnel straight for the fence, which is close to this build ing. The diggers had succeeded in driv ing the tunnel well out toward the fence. General Cadornc Replaced On Supreme War Council Paris, Feb. 11. It is announced that General Cadorna, former com mander in chief of the Italian army, has been replaced as Italian delegate to the supreme war council by General Gaetano Giardino, assistant chief of staff to General Diaz, the present Italian commander in chief. A Rome dispatch Saturday an nounced that General Giardjno had been detailed to attend the meeting of supreme war council at Varsailles. but did not indicate that General Cadorna was to be withdrawn as an Italian military representative at the sittings. Chicago Police Arrest 1,000 in Criminal Roundup Chicago, Feb. 11. Five hundred rifles were distributed to Chicago patrolmen today and a score of auto mobile squads were organized to hunt gangs of gunmeruand armed robbers who have been terrorizing the city for the last few weeks. In the greatest roundup of crimi nals in the history of Chicago, more than 1,000 persons are being held to night as a result of police activity of the last 12 hours. S. S. S. is a purely vegetable rem edy, being made from the roots and herbs of the forest, by a formula handed down by the Indians, who knew nothing of drugs or chemicals. It is without question the most thor ough blood purifier known, cleansing the blood of all traces of impurity, at the same time adding new life and strength to the entire system. You can absolutely rely upon S. S. S., for it is the best tonic and system builder you can find. It has been sold by drug stores for more than fifty years. Write for full information about the important functions of the blood, and any special advice you may need re garding your own case will be fur nished free by our chief medical ad viser. Address, Swift Specific Co., 318-J Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. Advertisement. GEORGE BEBAN : "JULES OF THE STRONG HEART" Wed. BILLIE BURKE xjxixixixlxixix THEDA BARA The Rpse of Blood Wm. S. Hart, in "THE BAD MAtf" HAMILTON 40th and amilton Today HARRY MOREY in "WMJ UUC.3 IMtKtr -"VENGEANCE AND THE WOMAN No. -for Sales wifli ftchires Hid iell our siory ai a .. glance gEEENCRAVING DEPARTMENT OMAHA