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I ?! l i i. d o I tl r h a c! n T tt F F fr T lb th sf se n H. ini n en 1! ! S o 0 ' I Pi 3 i ofjh pro iajr f stri cau o didi rem wea CENTRAL FIVE : TO PLAY AGGIES 111 FIRST ROUND . i - ...... Mulligan's Warriors Get Easy Draw in State Tournament; f Lincoln to Face Auburn r in First Game. (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb. March 4. (Special.) With entries closed for the annual basket ball tournament of Nebraska High schools ' here this week, 118 teams had qualified for play. The 118 high schools entered makes it the largest tournament ever held in this state, exceeding the record breaking attendance last year when 98 high schools participated. The tournament will be inaugurated next Wednesday morning ana con tinue four days, winding up with tre finals played in all divisions at the city auditorium next Saturday night The 118 teams babe been divided into eight sections, instead of three as heretofore, so no high school five will be compelled to play more than one game a day. , 'The customary awards will be made in each division to the winner of 'the championship and o the runner up as well as to the in dividual members of the winning squads. . . . , . , Seta New Mark. if. , ; In' addition to being the largest In the history of the Nebraska associa tion; the tournament sets a new mark as being the largest in the history of American basket ball . w . Dr.- E. J. Stewart, 1 director of athletics of the. state university, and Edson Shaw, captain of the 191 foot ball team, who will serve as superin tendent of the tournament, finished the drawings for" the first round as follows: , v ' . 1 " - n CLASS A . .) . .' Auburn asalnst Lincoln. t Stanton aajalnat Hebron. . Osnsva acalnit South Bid, HMtinaa'aaalnat Vnlrslty Tlae. , : Fremqnt atalnst Harvard. Kearney aalnst Ootbenburf. Omaha Central acalnit School of Arl culturt. Norfolk atainit Newmaa Orove. ' AU WeUTcentral. ' "All's weir with the Central High basket ball team on the eve. of the state tourney. The players are all in good form and are eager to get at their old rivals from the capitol citv and pull down another cham pionship honor for the school on the hill. . But the tourney will be by no means a mere contest between the leading schools of Nebraska's largest cities. University Place has a team of crack flippers which gave Central a hard run for its victory a few weeks atari. Central won by a slim margin of one point Last moment accidents are alio liable to happen with dis astrous results for the over-confident. Boston Pool Shark Has Big ' Lead in Match With Dowd . Arthur Woods of Boston now leads Edward Dowd of New York 500 to 353 in their 1,200-point pocket billiard match for a $250 purse offered by Ernie Holmes. ' i , ; In the foiirth block of the match Woods scored a 125 to 104 advantage over the New Yorker. Two more blocks will be olaved today and the finat block will be played Wednesday night ' : Dowd. is beginning to improve in form and Omaha pool enthusiasts ex- Sect a close conclusion. Dowd has een , playing . the old style "lineup" game and this has handicapped him considerably in playing the "rack" style game. - - ' First Woman Auto Racer . . i 1 To Meet Death in Race Stockton, Cal., March" 4. Nina Vitagliana of Los Angeles was killed here today when a tire flew off her ear during a woman's! automobile race. Five others were injured. One of these," her mechanican," R. N. Curry, sustained a fractured skull. Mi Nina Vitaaliana' was: racing w0' against Ruth Wightman .before" a tare- crowd. ' ," ' The machine" shot tjirough the fence." -Inch had, been lined with spectators ' - '' ' Select Tuscauia Site. " Port Elan, Scotland, March 4.An American Red Cross contingent will arrive here in a Jew days from Lon don to select a site 'for a monument to the American soldiers' who per ished in the Tuscania disaster. Au thorization has been' received, from Washineton -to-, proceed with the .work. . :. :'' jj".;'- Lcnroot Endorsed..:.'. Milwaukee. Wis.. March 4. Con lief gressman. Irvine' L.. ienroot of the 4C 11th Wisconsin district tonight was ecoi endorsed as the republican candidate tie, for United States senatof at the pri- hn mary election on March 19. by a re 5ffc publican conference here. ; - , ' , ' Ottawa. Ont.'. March 4. The names of the following Americans are in to '. flov'c rasuatfv Wit" ' ' '- Gassed: W. A. Elberts, Edgmdnd, S. U SOLDIERS BUILDING ROADS Little Brown Troop. Prove Efficient in Pick and Shovel Work on the French' ' Front. ; v ' (Br Associated Presi.) ' French Front March 4. Smart little brown men from Annatnand other parts of Indo-China have re lieved the French troops of the pick and shovel work which is, next to actual fighting, one of the most im portant duties of a modern army not in tne nrsc line positions, out m mc rear of-the battle front. At many fioints along the line these soldiers or they are thoroughly trained fight- mar men. manv of wnom have taken a valorous part in colonial wars may be met cheerfully and willingly doing, their bit in the great task of beating the Germans. - No chore is too difficult or too perilous for them. Unloading and loading from trains daily onto motor lorries and into ammunition wagens millions of shells and rifle cartridges, hand-grenades and aerial tropedoes, needed by their white comrades, lay ing out roads across fields and marches where no passage formerly existed, digging reserve trendies, building huts, driving ambulances these-heavy labors are executed by them with wondertui celerity- and skill. . On one day, during a recent of fensive, a battalion of Annamites transferred from an ammunition train to succeeding convoys of motor lorries 2iV,m three-inch shells and 90,000 larger projectiles and thus helped ' the French artillerymen win a decisive victory. Since February, 1916. these An namites have beer, in France, or at least the first detachment of them, and soon after their arrival they were found to be of such immense utility that their numbers have been greatly increased. When volunteers were called for among the existing bat niiyiis in mc iar cast virtually every man in the service asked to be taken to Europe. It is regarded s an honor among the natives of the French colony to serve in the army and in the ranks of the native battalions are to be found men from the best fami lies of the country, even princes of the royal blood taking service as privates. Many of the noncommissioned officers are white soldiers who have fought in the colonies and who know thor oughly the language and customs of the natives, with whom they live on the best of terms. The natives them selves are in many instances educated and quickly obtain promotion. Every effort is made to respect the habits and religious practices of the native soldiers,, who -greatly admire their officers, air of whom have held commands in, the colonies. The dis cipline .of the troop is remarkable. During their leisure hotfrs, the An namites lead a very active life in play ing native games in which great physi cal strength is called for and In prac ticing among ' themselves military movements and exercises with their weapons. Some of them are real artists in wood, carving and in ham mering designs on metal and they are very proud of. showing their work to visitors to their cantonments. ; Since they have been in France they nave, contrary to expectation, suffered hardly at all from the change of climate and environment. The average numoer ot sick is only 16 per thcu sand. t Teachers' Association To Convene Last of March Wayne. Neb.. March 4 rSnoriat The . 32d annual xinn nf th North Nebraska Teachers' association wm be held here March 28, 29 and 30. Wayne Commercial, club is ar ranging a program of entertainment to' enliven the regular work of the association. The session will be attended bv Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, nresidenti of the National Education associa tion; S. Harrison White, associate justice of the supreme court of Coke raao; uu K. U JLyman, University of Chicago: Prof. M. M. Foes. department of rhetoric, University of neDrasKa; a. m. Waterhouse, su perintendent of Fremont college; Homer Anderson, of Omaha city scnoois; w. H. demons., state su perintendent of schools, and C. W. Pugsley, director of extension serv ice, UniversityofNebraska. - Highlanders and Giants Sign Stars for Next Year New.YprK March 4. (After a con fcrence with President Ruppert and Manager Huggins of the New York American league base ball club here today, Roger Peckinpaugh, shortstop and captain of the team, signed a con tract for the coming season. Peckin paugh came here from Cleveland to discuss a salary grievance and, it was announced obtained a compromise. Manager McGraw of the New York Nationals sent word from St. Louis to the club officials that he had ob tained the signatures of Pitcher Wil liam Perritt and Shortstop Arthur Fletcher, both of whom had been holding out. - Outfielders Robertson and Thorpe are the only players who have not reached an agreement jv'ith the club, ANNAM WESTERN MOGULS DROP BEARS AND DUCKS FROM LOOP 1 ' himmmm Magnates Are Deadlocked on Spit Bail Question; To Adopt Schedule and Take Final Action Today. of the Western league, meeting here yesterday, determined upon the cities tnat are to comprise uie circuu inis season, but drafting of the schedule and final action on the proposal to abolish the spitball went over until to morrow. Transfer of the Lincoln franchise to Sioux City and the Denver franchise to Topeka was ratified and those two cities and Des Moines, Wichita, St. Joseph, Omaha, Hutchinson and Jop- ltii will make up the league. , Much of todajr's session was de voted to ' discussion of the spitball, with the forces opposed to it, led by W. A. Rourke of Omaha, but a vote on the issue of ousting it resulted in a four to four tie. Rourke' Fighta Hard. Rourke said here today he hope to align a majority against the disputed delivery before final action is taken. He declared he had been informed that the major league,, in their search for promising pitching material, had decided to pass up so-called spitball artists this season. There was every indication tonight that a 140-game schedule would be adopted tomorrow, extending from May 1 to the middle of September. One magnate declared six of the own ers favored this schedule while the other two approved one of 126 games, Bleachers Thirty Cents. - War tax and admission charges oc cupied the attention of the owners at a session tonight, but complete de cision was expected to go over until tomorrow. There was virtual agree ment on a 30-cent bleacher admission, charge, including the war tax. Uni form charges for other seats were ex pected to be at even jnoney, wih the war tax included, to do away with the handling of pennies in making ciiange. Jack Holland of the Hutchinson club,' announced the purchase of Catcher Ott Jacobs from the Dayton, O., club of(the Central league and the sale of Pitcher Rudolph Sommers to the Topeko club. -Monetary con siderations involved were not an nounced. Those in attendance at today's ses sions were E. W. Dickerson, presi dent; Frank Isbell, Wichita; Jack Holland, Hutchinson; E. J. Hanlon, St. Joseph; William Holmes, Sioux City; Spencer A. Abbott, Topeka; Thomas P. Fairweather, Des Moines; John Savage, Joplin, and W. A. Kourke, Umaha. . Polish Papers Against ( f Selling Lands to Hebrews The Hague, March 4, (Associated rress.; the Jewish correspondence bureau here reoorts that the anti- Semite agitation in the Polish papers is assuming forma "which were form erly possible only in reactionary Russia." The agitation, it is stated, ie oircciea especially against tne saie of land' to Jews. Newspapers are publishing" the na.nes of those who have geen "guilty of such a crime." i The bureau prints an extract from an article in the Lemberg TageHatt describing as pit able the ought of the Jews living at Belz in GaUcia. The Jews, it cays, are obliged to live tn ousesi little better than ruins. One of them collapsed during k storm on T " 1 ' 1 I , ' . -. . n . January iy, Killing iu persons. The foo . ticket system, b adds, is another rjurce of hardship to the Jews. In some Galician towns a Jew gets only 40 ounces of rye flour per week while others get four pounds. The same x discrimination against them is shown in the distribution of coal and salt "If this wrong be not soon stopped." the paper declares; "the Tews will die of hunger" .' j Buffalo County People Bid Array Boys Farewell Kearney. Neb., March 4 (Special Telegram.) Seventeen hundred Buf falo coui.ty people crowded into the opera house this afternoon to bid a community farewell to the 23 men who representee, the last 15 per cent of the draft army quota from this district. Addresses were made by. Anna Cald well, of the Normal faculty. Professor Ralph Nouer also of that school, and Rev. O. Keve, pastor of the Methodist church. The Council of Defense was in charge, E. P. Mcdermott presiding in the absence of Judge W. D. Oldham. The boys left for Camp -Funston this evening, cheering crowds bidding them farewell at the depot Clemmons Back From East. . . ' (From a.8aff Correspondent) Lincoln, March 4. (Speciat)- State Superintendent Clemmons is back from his trip to Atlantic City, where he went to attend a meeting of state superintendents in connection with the National Education asso ciation, ' . " WAR FINANCE BILL , RUNS AGAINST SNAG Measure is Held Up for Further Discussion Between Leaders ; May Pass Senate by ' w Tuesday Night. . -.-:..; , Washington. March 4.Opposition to the administration bill for a war finance corporation resulted today in suspension of debate in the senate until tomorrow to permit conferences between Governor riarbmg and Vice Governor Warburg of the federal re serve board, with banking committee members and other senators who have led the fight on certain sections of the bill. Tomorrow Secretary McAdoo, at the request of Senator Owi-n, chair man of the banking committee, will meet the opposing faction. There were indications tonight that attempts to make radical amendments in the bill as it now, stands would be aban doned. ' x Frovisions authorizing the corpor ation's directors to issue $4,000,000,000 in bonds to aid the financing of war industry as well as those of licensing of security issues by a capital issues committee, were the principal objec tions urged today in the senate bank ing committee's conferences. Oppo nents of the measure advanced the ar gument that many of the functtuns proposed for the corporation could be performed better by the federal reserve board and securitiesflicensing continued by the existing voluntary committee. . May Pass Tomorrow. Support for the plan proposed in the bill is understood to have been given by both Mr. Warbursr and Mr. Harding, and Secretary McAdoo is expected to insist upon it tomorrow. Some of the committee members said tonight it was probable no changes vitally disarranging the pres ent draft of the bill would be urged Senator Owen, however, is expected to press his amendment limiting the interest rate on the proposed bond is sue to 4 per cent and Senator Mollis of New Hampshire, another democrat of the committee, has an amendment to limit the corporations fund to its $500,000,000 of capital. In . discussing the measure today the reserve hoard officers are said to have pointed out that it specifically prescribed that the secretary of the treasury and two members of the re serve board shall constitute a major ity of the corporation's directorate, giving then! control and insuring har mony in the corporation's operations both with the Treasury department and the boaid. . f; Should insistent opposition bs made against legal establishment of the pro posed capital issues committee, some administration leaders in the senate tonight said they might agree to elim ination of the clause and leave the present voluntary committee undis turbed. ' War Savings Limit Club . Organized in Nebraska A war savings limit club is to be organized in Nebraska. It will be made up of those who have purchased $1,000 worth of war savings stamps, which is the limit allowed to any one person. Each member will carry an engraved' card of membership. . The card will be suitable for framing and will be in the nature of a government certificate, certifying that the owner has subscribed for $1,000 worth of war savings stamps. , K " Each week the chairmen of the 93 counties in the state will forward to State Director Ward M. Burgess the lists of those who have subscribed for the limit in stamps. These will be furnished with cards. ' England Begins Bond Week To Raise Million Pounds London, March ' 4. A war bond campaign of a week to raise 100, 000,000 began today with a rush. The two largest individual subscrip tions were for 1,500,000 each. The newspapers give prominence to the campaign with such headlines as "Help to Pound the Germans." Tra falgar square was an interesting sight, with tanks? airplanes, material cap tured from the enemy and signs bid ding all to make investments At the banks opened in the tanks. "At noon Queen Mother Alexandra released a pigeon which carried her subscription to a tank in the square. ' ' ' ii in .j Affairs of Ten Nations ; Cared for by One Man (By AaaocUtod rreaa.) ' . . The Hague, Netherlands, March 4. Many of neutral Holland's diplo matic representatives abroad are hard worked in temporarily looking after the interests of warring nations on both sides. The record is so far held by P. H. Hotz, Dutch consul-general at Beyrouth, Syria, who has in his care the affairs of 10 nations besides those of his own, including those of the United States. Texas House Concurs in v ' Ratification of Dry Bill Austin. Tex., March 4. The lower house of the Texas legislature thU evening concurred in a minor amend ment by the senate to the resolution for the ratification of the federal pro hibition amendment The resolut'.m now goes to the governor for ap proval. - ' NAMES OF TEN SAMMIES SENT BY PERSHING Washineton, March 4. General Pershing reported to the War depart ment today the names of one lieuten ant and nine privates killed in action March 1, the day of the uerman at tack on an American trench sector near Toul. 1 he names of one lieuten ant and four men killed in action the same day had been reported,, bringing the total to 15. Those cabled were: First Lieutenant Stewart W. Hoo ver, infantry, Blackfoofy Idaho. Privates: - Russell A. Murr, Napa, Cal. Chris Busih, Napa, Cal. William Farr, Milan, Pa. Fred Gard, friend Hans T. Larson, Crosby, N. D. Edward H. McNulty, 3917 North Ninth street, St. Louis. Matthews D. Souza, Sato " Antas, Azores Islands. . . - . Claude W. Keller, Glenburn, N. D. Lloyd S. Miller, Commerce, Mo. Frank Midak, friend John J. Davis, Minot, N. D. - Corporal Homer J. Wheaton, Syra cuse, N. Y., and Private Lawrence A. Lacasse, Woburn, Mass., were killej February 27. Cornell Professor Says U. S. Crop Be Very Short Washington, March 4. G. F. War ren, professor of farm management" at Lornell university testifying today before the senate agriculture com mittee investigating general food con ditions declared food production in the United States this year from pres ent indications would be less than three-fourths of normal. Senator Wadsworth questioned a statement by Charles Reid of Chi cago, editor of a sheep raisers' paper, that retail meat dealers who purchase direct from producers were boycotted by packers. Reid declared that with the present prices of meat to the pro ducers, many engaged in meat pro duction Would send their present sup plies to market and then quit busi ness. An over-abundance of meat will be on the market in the next few weeks, Reid said, but indications are that soon there would be a shortage. Secret Wireless Plant Proves to Be Harmless New York, March 4. It became known today that agents of United States Marshal McCarthy's office; and of the army intelligence bureau had made an examination of what was re ported to be a powerful wireless sta tion in the tower of an office building at No. Ill Broadway, but nothing was forthcoming as to what disclos ures, if any, resulted from the search. It was supposedthe authorities had discovered a plant operated by uer mans, but according to agents for the building the rooms seearched are being used for experimental purposes by an accredited representativee of the United Mates. navy, lhey said the authorities who investigated were convinced of the legitimacy of this work. M n .l. M J Women Married to Aliens Cannot Vote in Gotham New York, March 4. Women born in the United States, but married to aliens and who registered for the four special congressional elections in this city will be challenged at . the polU tomorrow, "according to a statement issued. tonigh by trederick T. Mar shall, state superintendent of elec tions. " - He explaintd that many women of this class ha registered, ignorant of the fact that "the United States re vised statuti distinctly states that any American woman marrying a for eigner shall take the citizenship of her husband." This law, he added, applies also to women whose hus bands . have merely obtained their first papers. Governor Asks People to ; Aid Syrian Relief Fund Governor Neville has issued an ap peal to the people of Nebraska to con tribute to the Armenian and Syrian re lief fund.. V "More than 2,000,000, mostly wom en and children, are Jiomeless and helpless," he says. "I would favor ev ery righteous cause, but especially let us not withhold our gifts from those who are in sorr. need and who must perish unless they receive aid very soon." Contributions may be made through the Nebraska commission for Ar menian and Syrian relief, of which C M. Wilhelm is secretaryand John C Wharton treasurer. Pilots Must Have License ' To Fly Near War Plants Washington, March 4. President Wilson today, by proclamation, made it necessary for any person flying in the vicinity of military works or ny part of the country designated as a zone of war-like operation or war-like preparation to secure a license. Government Mav Take "Control of Telephones Washington, March 4. Govern ment operation of telephones in the District of Columbia, as a means of guarding official business and greater emciency, was recommenaea 10 con gress today by Postmaster - General cuneson, Kaiser William Praises Hertling for Russian Peace Berlin, March 4, via London. Emperor William, according to an official announcement made today on the conclusion of peace between Ger many and Russia, sent a telegram to Count von Hertling, the German im perial chancellor, reading as follows: "The German sword, wielded by great army leaders has bi ought peace with Russia. With deep gratitude to Gcd, who has been with us, I am filled with joy at the deeds of my army and the tenacious perseverance of my people. It is of especial satis faction to me that German blood and German kultur have been saved. Ac cept my warmest thanks for your faithful and strong co-operation in the great work." . Detroit Police Chief Removed From Office Detroit. Mich.. March 4. Police Commissioner James Couzens, a multi-millionaire, was removed from of fice today by Alderman Joseph WaUh, who is acting mayor in the absence of ;Mayor Oscar B.: Marx. Walsh offered the position to Frank Croul, former police commissioner. Mayor Marx is expected to return to Detroit tbmorrow or Wednesday, and it is believed that he will re-ap point couzens. , Walsh, in a formal letter to Cou zens, blamed him for the many crimes that have been committed in Detroit this Winter. Couzens said' he would ignore Walsh's action. 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