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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1919. CHURCH LEAGUE TO OPEN SEASON . NEXnUESDAY Three 'Basket Ball Games to :::.-Be Fought Outin'T' Gym nasium; Many Teams Want v Admission to League. Six church league basket ball teams ; will make their bow to the public uesday night in the Young Men's Christian association gymnasium. 3'he league is proving more popular this year than ever, with the result that several teams are clamoring for tclmission. The Pearl Memorial church, which won the honors last winter,, has ap plied for a place in the league. It is. very likely that they will be ad mitted. A Raptist team is said to . also he in line fix entrance. The late arrivals will not play Tuesday flight, bu are expected to stage a Special contest Saturday night. The ; 'hwlules will be altered to provide matches for the new teams. Interest in amateur basket ball this ' tear is expected to be much greater tiian in previous jears because of the partial cessation of sports dur- : irjK the latter part of the war. The '. Initial games on the Commercial league's card were played Thursday night before a crowd of fans that -filled all available seats, despite the . liilow zero weather. BRINGING UP FATHER Copyright, 1817, International News Service. Drawn 'for The Bee by George McManus INVITED MR. fcMTHTO OUR PART NEXT aUNDrtf BOT HE WONT COMP-U1C Cfcits. TO Hl Start Teams to Play. l-i'Tlie Commercial league will play its second round of games Thursday '-night. The Naken and the Fort ; Omaha quintets, whom fans already look to as probable winners, arc booked to try their prowess against " Rch other. The Naken team is composed almost entirely of Cen- 1 1, trai ingu athletes. Art tturnnam, ": Shanahan, Art Logan and Art Fayn tcr arc each trying for berths on the Central live. Tack Beacon, the fifth member of the combination, is a former Creighton player. The Central Furnitures and the Commerce High flippers will stage the first encounter Thursday night. T.he Central Furnitures gave the Nakens a hard tussle for honors last 'flWfck and will have another hard '"game on their hands Thursday, when they play the Commerce team, who so easily trounced the Sixty- second Baloonists last week. The , ( Beddeos and the Sixty-seconds will '...fclash for the cellar position. ,nAll games not played on schedule .v'tiuie this year will be forfeited, is .lhe edict of the league officials. , Soldier Middleweight Has vi "Been Discovered by Gibbons , . ew York, gan. 5 Harry Warren of St. Paul, is one soldier who in t$)ds to profit by the boxing instruc- tiens he received in camp. Warren is c stationed at Camp Gordon, where J, Jijike Gibbons is instructing the sol diers in the manly art. Under the watchful eye of Gibbons Warren aopn developed into a real fighter . 1 t. J ! .L-i 1 L-k. ' - nnu nc nuw uccietrcs mat wucu uc is ' discharged from the army he will '"enter the squared circle. Warren re ceived his first real test as a boxer in' a bout against Texas Tate, the heavyweight. Gibbons' protege suc ceeded in whipping Tate, who once lasted nine rounds against Fred Ful ton. At camp Warren has been fight ing as a middleweight. ' Pitcher Toney Acquitted , on Charge of Evading Draft ,i Nashville, Tenn., Jan. S. Fred "Toney, former pitcher for the Cin Ccmnati "Reds'" and the New York Slants, was acquired in the federal . -count last' night on the charge of evading the selective service draft This is the second trial of rnncy on uus cuargs, mc in-si v.c resulting in a mistrial. It was charged by the govern ment that Toney had made false ' statements on his questionnaire in , " making his plea for exemption. ' Toney claimed exemption on ac f count of a dependent wife and other dpendet relatives. T ."o'oney began this week to serve 4 (our-month jail sentence for viola V t'9n of the white slave law. Z Pacific Coast League i , to Enlarge Its Field Sqn Francisco, Jan. 5. Prelimin J sujy details for the 1919 season of the ' Pacific coast Base Ball league were v arranged here at a meeting of the "directors, who announced they in tended making 1919 a banner year n ' i- . t u Tl U ' i' . lii x acinc coast uasc uau insiuijr. -.' .In all probability Portland and " ""5attle will be represented at the ii February meeting, the directors said. f:Tne league has voted to acquire the "northern territory, thereby expend t if g the leagu from a six to an eight f flam organization. M Nine Thousand Ton Ship Z Handled in Two Sections : ' Qeveland, O. The 9,000-ton ' freighter Charles R. Van Hise has "'been cut in half and each section J placed on its side and towed ' through the Welland canal under -direction of the United States ship ping board. " The vessel is 460 feet long, with ""a"50-foot beam. The, canal locks are 260 by 44 feet. Six pontoon tanks were placed on the starboard side '"of the forward section. The tanks, irAnn s(Vl tnne rtf water wr 1 f filled, dragging the section over on " ill side. Tubs then towed it from "Buffalo to the Welland canal. It "entered the first lock with only ""eight inches clearance. 1 ( OH! HE 'IN MR-1 WELL-I WANT I I I I Eb-ITI THE OWNER I I V,1 NT fOO T0 ) I L ( DlON'T OfTtOr W -L j THra FIRM I v.Kt WHAT TTNt;. fA l"tMITH-i ' WfWKOU MINOR LEAGUES ASK CHANGES IN BASE PALL LAWS Tearney, Hickey and Hanlon Go to Cincinnati for Conference With theNa tional Commission. PACKING OMRNY VUULIUY BUTTER E6GS 11136-1116 -Doudlas St e Tel-Douglas 1521 Chicago, Jan. 5. A. R. Tearney, president of the Three-I league and chairman of a committee represent ing the minor leagues, President Hickey of the American associa tion, and Edward Hanlon of Sioux City, la., acting president of 'the Western league, left here tonight for Cincinnati where, tomorrow, they will urge several base ball re forms at a conference with the Na tional Base Ball commission. In brief, the recommendations Chairman Tearney will present are: Representation on the"' national commission by the minor leagues. Elimination of the draft of players from classes below AA by the major leagues. Permit the majors to purchase players from any class league. Restrict the majors to one drafted player from each club in case of AA leagues. Players returning to minor leagues from the majors to be ac cepted without the right of recall. The commission probably will present the recommendations to the joint meeting of the American and National leagues in New York Jan uary 15, for final action. Schedules Not Completed. Cincinnati, O., Jan. 5. Presidents B. B. Johnson of the "American league and John Heydler of the Na tional, arrived here tonight for the annual meeting of the national base ball commission tomorrow. They failed to complete the play ing schedules at French Lick Springs, Ind., because Barney Drey fus, third member of the committee, was unable to be present. He will be here late tomorrow. The com mittee will take tip the schedule question Tuesday. Censor Ends Chance of Peace at Home for Yank With Two Girls With the American Army of Oc cupation, Dec. 23. Armistice or no armistice, there is ope person in this American expeditionary force who will nave to maice a separate peace and that is the censor involved in the following narrative. A woman Y. M. C. A. worker discovered the still existing state of hostilities when she interrogated the gloomy doughboy who had stamped vio lently into htr canteen for a warm ing, comforted drink, and a friend ly listener to his woes, bhe tried to cheer the uniformed-man by re minding him that the war was over. Not for me, he growled. 1 can't go home, anyhow." You can t go homer Why not demanded the Y. M, C. A. woman. It s that darn censor, exploded the Yank. "What's the poor old censor done now?" she added. "The poor old censor nothing! He's ruined my life, that's what he's done!" asserted the doughboy. "Gee, I suppose he thinks hes funny. Ihe sense of humor some birds have!" "But what's he done," asked the canteen worker, with interest. He s mixed my letters on me, that's what he's done," growled the Yank. "You see, it was like this: There were two of them, one to Helen and one to Emily, and that guy must have put them in the wrong envelopes. I've just got the answers!" 1 "Pretty bad!" said the canteen worker, trying not to smile. "I sup pose you told each of them that she was the-only-girl-that, etc?" "Oh, well, a fellow has to be po lite!" he murmured. "It would have been all right if it hadn't been for the censorl" "Wouldn't it be better next time to begin with some more general term, like 'Dear well friend?' " suggested the canteen ' worker. "Then it wouldn't matter so much if the envelopes did get mixed." iThere ain't goin' to be no next time," grunted the Yank. prominent Knight Struck by Car and Fatally Injured Detroit, Jan. 5. Edward H. Doyle, aged 69, nationally promi nent Knight of Columbus,r once part owner of the Detroit American base ball team,' former state banking commissioner and for many years a leader in the business and industrial life of Detroit, died tonight of in juries received when he was struck by a street car this afternoon. Cable Steamer Miasing. Hnolulu, T. H., Jan. 5. Anxiety is felt here for the safety of the cable station supply steamer Kestrel, which left Fanning Island for this port December 19 with six passen gers and a caew of approximately 35. NothingTias been heafd of the iSisJSl.sia.ce. its. .departure WAR, puzzles! THAT THE) COUNTRIES OF AMERICA Should unite ia guaranteeing to each other political independence and ter ritorial Integrity was declared by President Wilson, before he Pan American Congress, three years ago today, January 6, 1916. Find a South American. SATURDAYS ANSWER Left fide down under armt. WOUNDED BOYS LONG FOR FIRST SIGHT OF HOME Wonderful Spirit Displayed by Disabled Soldiers; Plenty of Reconstruction Work for Women. New York, Jan. 5. "I went to France to 'lend a hand' and they took a leg." He was a big lad from a middle western farm, the American soldier who called out this jest to cheer his neighbor in the sick bay of the Empress of Britain, the first trans port to arrive here with "litter cases'' from the American hospitals in France. "That is just a sample of the never-failing humor of these boys, rising above suffering, above help lessness," said Miss Maude Kellam, chief nurse on the big vessel, as she came ashore a few days ago. "All the way over they yearned for a sight of, 'the old girl in the harbor," she continued, "yet when we came up the bay and none of them, could get on deck to hail the Statue of Liberty as we passed, there were no complaints. ' Afraid of Future. "This is the spirit now, but I'm afraid for the future," said Miss Kellam, who was superintendent of nurses at the Colorado training school befAre she entered the army service. She urged women to pre pare themselves for their part in the reconstruction period, not in .the devastated regions of Europe, whose people, she said, preferred to handle the problem themselves, but here at home. "There is pienty of reconstruction work for the woman who wants to help," she asserted. "I'm afraid our enthusiasm is going to spend itself after a year or so just about the time our wounded soldiers are beginning- to feel only bitterness at the thought of 'the missing leg.' Then they will need the women. I don't know just what the women will be called upon to do, but Jheir work will turn up. The boys will need their enthusiasm and sympathy then more, than now." Churches to Raise Big Fund for After War Needs New York. Jan. S. A united church campaign to raise $10,000,000 for after-war emergency needs will be started soon by 14 Protestant denominations, it was announced here tonight by the inter-church emergency campaign committee. Each of the denominations will carry on a separate campaign at approxi mately the same time. Typhoon Causes Heavy Crop Losses in the Philippines Manila, P. I., Jan. S. Heavy crop losses were sustained in the Philip pine islands as a result of a typhoon that raged in the archipelago on Christmas day and night. The loss to hemp growers alone, it was esti mated, would total $2,000,000. Signal Inventor lead.- Baltimore, Jan. S. Richard J. O'Toole inventor of the electric magnetic crossing signal for protect ing highway crossings of railways, now in use on all railroads, died re cently of paralysis at his home in the Maryland Blue Ridge mountains -it Thermont,. Maryland. He was 71 ,years old. " ' 9,000 SOLDIERS REACH NEW YORK ON SIX VESSELS Marines Who Saw Service at Chateau Thierry Brought Home on Battleship North Carolina. New York, Jan. S. Five trans ports and, the battleship North Caro lina steamed into New York harbor today, bringing a total of nearly 9,000 officers and men of the army and navy from France. The North Carolina, which is the first battleship to arrive here with troops from overseas, had among her 1,389 passengers a detachment of marines who had seen service at Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood and the Argonne Forest, and 19 officers and 994 men of the One Hundred and Thirteenth ammunition train. The giant transport Agamemnon, which formerly was the Kaiser Wil helm II of the North German Lloyd line, brought the biggest contingent of any of the ships arriving today, having on her passenger list 175 officers and 2,711 men. The 'list in cluded 330 wounded and more than 2.000 officers and men of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth iinfantry, as well as a number of casuals. Secretary of War Baker, who was on his way to Washington from Buf falo, where he spoke last night, vis ited the Agamemnon and spent a half hour chatting with the troops on board. The other vessels arriving were the Santa Teresa, with 73 officers and 1,609 men of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth . field artillery, re cruited in Utah; the Henderson, with 28 officers and 818 men, including members of the naval land battery which operated on the western front and nearly 400 wounded; the Nieuw "Amsterdam, with 79 officers and-1,592 men, including the Three Hundred and First field artillery and 226 wounded, and the Heredia, with 72 officers and 10 enlisted casuals. The Heredia, which has a quantity of munitions on board, and the North Carolina, anchored for the night in Gravesend bqy. The other vessels proceeded through cheering throngs to Hoboken, where the men were debarked and transferred to hospitals and demobilization camps. Capt. W. G. Smith of Washington, D. C, who was in command of the naval land battery men returning on the Henderson, said that his battery had fired 236 shells on the western front. The shells, weighing 1,400 pounds, were fired at a 40,000-yard range and observers reported, he said, that the shells had wrought much havoc. His battery lost but one killed and three wounded. Eight Wrecking Tugs Are Trying to Refloat Stranded Transport Fire Island, N. Y., Jan. 5.-The U. S. Transport Northern Pacific, which ran aground off here Wed nesday, is still firmly embedded in the sand, desuite the efforts of eight wrecking tugs to pull it afloat shortly before midnight. The steam ship was pulled several yards sea ward however, and another effort will bemade tomorrow morning to float if The sea was calm today under a clear sky, creating excellent condi tions for the removal of 250 mem bers of the transport's crew. Half the crew remained on board to help the wreckers. Removal of the 2,480 soldiers aboard the Northern Pacific com pleted yesterday, the crowds who lined beach, disappeared today in the face of the cold waether. Only 16 coast guards and 30 army medical officers remained on duty. Mexican Refugees to Seek Help of Peace Conference El Paso, Tex., Jan. 5. Six hun dred Mexican refugees of all po litical factions formed an organiza tion here today to send delegates to Paris during the peace congress there. Delegates will be sent to President Carranza, Francisco Villa. Emiliano Zapata and other leaders in Mexico with a view to obtaining a permanent peace in Mexico and the repatriation of all political ex iles in the United States and Eu rope. Steamer Beached, on Fire. Havana, Jan. 5. The steamship Temple Dorr, from New Orleans for San Francisco, has been beached, on fire, at Cojimar, a suburb of this city, about four miles east of the harbor opening. Two members of the crew were burned to death. The remaining 16 are safe, though several of them were injured. OBITUARY. ' MBS. W. B.W1LKINS, the wife of Walter B. Wllklna. Jr., died of pneumonia at Berkeley. Cal., Sat urday morning. Mr. Wilkins was born and brought up In Omaha, mov ing to California gome years afro. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wtlkins ot this city, . Brie) City News Have Root Print It Beacon Press. Royal Sweepers, Burgess-Granden Co. Dr. lie Roy Crummer has return ed and resumed his practice at 801 City Nat'I. Bank Bldg. Carey Cleaning Co. Elects. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Carey Cleaning company, held in the company's office Saturday, Frank J. Carey was elected president and F. C. Carey vice-president. Os car Boonstra was retained as man ager for the ensuing year. Death Like Removing Overcoat. That death was comparable to a man removing his overcoat was the declaration of James Murphy, who lectured on "An Outline of Theoso phy" last evening at room 9, Theo sophical hall, Wead building. Other joints advanced by the speaker were to the effect that every man may verify the fact of continuity of consciousness after death if he will take the trouble to develop his lat ent spiritual vision. Omaha Expedites Cars. George B. Cromwell, assistant manager, transportation department, United States shipping board emergency fleet corporation, is in Omaha, the guest of D. M. Dodge, traffic rep resentative, relative to expediting government cars pertaining to the emergency fleet corporation en route to the Pacific coast. This being Mr. Cromwell's first official visit to Omaha, he is very much impressed with the service given the shipping board's business and expressed him self much pleased with the service rendered by the Omaha railroads. Carey Cleaning Co. Web. 392. Railway Executives Oppose Extension of . Government Control Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. 5. Opposi tion to a prolongation to five years' government control of railroads was reiterated today at a session of the association of railway executives. Ninety-two per cent of the mileage of the country was represented at the meeting and practically every railroad had its president here. An elaborate presentation of the contention of the railroads has been prepared and this well be laid be fore the senate interstate com merce committee at its hearing next Wednesday. A committee of six will then appear on behalf of the companies, headed by T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the railway ex ecutives. Mr. Cuyler made public tonight a letter from Otto H. Kahn of New York in which Mr. Kahn states his objections to a policy of permanent government ownership and opera tion of the railroads and to Direc tor General McAdoo's proposal to continue the present government control for five years. "If government operation is con tinued for five years," says the letter, "a situation will have been created financially and otherwise which. I believe, inevitably means permanent government operation or which means at the very least that the return to private management could only be accomplished after a period of turmoil, distress, bitter ness and heavy loss and in the face of immense difficulties." Woman's Party Abandons White House "Watch Fires" Washington, Jan. 5. Because of interference by the police, the na tional woman's party, announced to night thab it had abandoned its plan to keep "watch fires" burning in front of the White House until the senate had passed the Susan B. Anthony suffrage constitutional amendment resolution. Four more of the party "sentinels" were arrested tonight when they undertook to start another fire to replace that extinguished last night by a crowd of men and they were held in the house of detention to await trial tomorrow, when the wo men arrested last night also will be given a hearing. Poland in Need of Vast Quantities of Medicine Warsaw, Friday, Jan. 3. Polapd i in need of vast quantities of medicines, besides food and coal, said Dr. Chodsko, minister of public health, today. "We must have quinine, morphine, camphor, vaseline, oils, cotton, wool and gauzes," he declared. "Tuber culosis is fourfold as menacing as other diseases, since the Germans refused to give patients medicines. At Lodz there were in 1913, 12,000 births and 17,000 deaths. At pres ent there the annual rate is 2,000 births and 8,000 deaths. The Ger mans not oaly requisitioned food, but cut down the forests and de prived the people of fuel." Receives Card From Nephew Reported Killed in Action H. J. Plumhof, 3001 Harney street, Saturday received a Christmas card from his nephew, William C. Rhoin, who was reported killed in France about the first of September. On October 17, Mr. Plumhof received word from the War department say ing Rhoin had been killed in action about 40 days previous. The card from him says he is in a French hos pital, and that he was severely wounded. It is thought that he has been a prisoner in Germany and has just been released, 1 IRRITATION IN BULGARIA OVER DOBRUDJA QUIZ Government Content to Leave Settlement of Matter to Judgment of Peace Commission. i Sofia, Bulgaria. One of the prin cipal causes which contributed to wards the rupture of Bulgaria and Germany, was the treatment by the latter of the Dobrudja question, which robbed Bulgaria of the pros pect of attaining her national aspir ations, and the tendency of Ger many to favor Turkey's claim to the restoration of the strip of territory in Thrace, which the Turks under German pressure had ceded to Bul garia in September, 1915, as the price of Bulgaria's co-operation in the war. When German diplomacy, early in September of this year, realized that Bulgaria was bent on with drawing from the war, a serious at tempt was made to conciliate the Bulgarian government by the aban donment of the condominium es tablished in the northern crbrudja and a protocol to this effect was signed in Berlin between the Cen tral allies. It was then hoped that this concession would induce Bul garia to continue the war but it proved to be without success. Premier a Traitor. The feeling produced both in Ber lin and Vienna by this developement can be readily imagined. The former Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, Baron Burian, in a conversation with M. Focheff, the Bulgarian min ister in Vienna, was moved to wrathful indignation and described M. Malinoff, the Bulgarian premier, as a traitor. There is much irritation in Bul garia over the Dobrudja question. The Bulgarian government, which, in its several conversations with the German-Austrian ministers at Sofia declared itself content to reserve the question of the Dobrudja settlement by the peace congress, maintains the same attitude today. The gov ernment hopes that the fact that Bulgaria was the first state to with draw from the war, and thus hasten the conclusion of a general peace, will not be overlooked. Food Still Scarce. The scarcity of food stuffs in Bul garia constitutes a serious problem for the government, and if supplies are not soon forthcoming, there is great danger of a famine. One cause of this dearth of supplies was the wholesale and systematic drain ing of the country's resources by the Germans who, instead of reinforcing thi Macedonian front, garrisoned the interior of Bulgaria with the sole object of collecting the produce of the country for dispatch to Ger many. When the present govern ment put an end to this exportation, the Germans resorted to the ruse of posting parcels through their own field post, and thus practicaly every German soldier became an exporter. The Bulgarian government was powerless to prevent the practice. Red Cross Instructs Soldiers Regarding Disability Claims Camo Funston. Kan. The Red ross his taken an after-war pre paredness step in behalf of the sol diers' welfare which is being much appreciated by the men who either are leaving camp or are figuring on returning to their homes in the near future. Before a soldier is mustered out he is presented with a Red Cross booklet dealing chiefly with the work of the home service branch of the organization, pointing out how easily he may protect his various rights pertaining to war risk insurance, government allotments, disability, claims, etc. Particular emphasis is given the fact that it is not necessary that the soldier or ex-soldier, pay an attorney or claim agent to take up such mat ters with the government, but that the best of legal advice as well as the safest, is at his disposal free of charge through the Home Service branch. The booklet states that it is the intention of the Red Cross to be the same kind of a friend of the soldier after his return to civil life that it lfas been during his period of service for his country. Lovers of Freedom r invited to attend the Mast Meeting For Iritk Self Determination Auditorium Sunday Jan. 12 at 3 p. at. Congressman JefferU will bo tho orator. ArchbUhop Harty will pmido Admission Freo South Side Social Settlement Will Re-open Classes Today About 50 classes, discontinued when the flu ban went into effect, will reopen in the South Side Social settlement today. Classes in English are considered especially important by settlement workers. From 150 to 175 adults are often enrolled in classes teaching elementary English. These scholars often represent as many as 16 different nationalities, according to tllir teachers. J. W. Parsley Improving. J. W. Parsley, who for two weeks has been confined to bed in the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. N. Pedigo, 44.13 South Thirteenth street, is now able to sit up. -7 South Side Brevities Slack. 4 per ton. A.. L. Bergqulst & Son. Tel South 62. Wanted Teami to haul coal. A. I Bergqulst & Son, Phona South 62. HARNESS MADE OF PAPER LEFT BY HUNS IN COBLENZ Americans Are Finding Diffi culty in Solving Problem of Unemployment in Oc cupied Cities. Coblenz. Jan. 5. (By Associated Press.) The steadily increasing number of unemployed men in Coblenz and other towns in the oc cupied area is causing American of ficers considerable anxiety. Many of the idle men are discharged Ger man soldiers. An official count made today by the burgomaster shows 500 laborers idle and 350 skilled workmen also without em ployment. Those who cannot obtain work are entitled to a daily bounty of three marks, 50 pfenning, from the city. Unemployed laborers have been offered work by the city at four marks per day, but only a few have accepted, as the ordinary wage is six marks a day. Efforts are be ing made to restore discharged sol diers to their prewar occupations. Laborers Like Cities. Reports from the country, indi cate there is plenty of work there, but officials have found difficulty in inducing laborers to leave the city, particularly in a time of social un rest like the present. ' More than 200,000 yards of gray German uniform cloth has come into the hands of the Americans from the warehouses at Coblenz. In a warehouse across the Moselle river from this city, Americans have found 80,000 pounds of shoe leather and machinery for repairing shoes. In shop windows in Coblenz, how ever, can be seen shoes, the s61es of which are made of from 15 to 20 small pieces of leather. It is almost impossible to buy a pair of shoes that is soled properly. Material abandoned by the Ger mans includes harness made of pa per, and steel breast plates worn by snipers. At Mulheim the Germans left so many shells that the work of counting them is barely begun, although American soldiers have been busy at the task for more than a week. DON'T LET A COLD KEEP Y0UAT HOME Dr. King's New Discovery almost never fails to bring quick relief Small doses once in a while and that throat-tearing, lung-splitting cough soon quiets down. Another dose and a hot bath before jumping into bed, a good sleep, and back to normaJ in the morning. Dr. King's New Discovery is well known. For fifty years it's been relieving coughs, colds and bron chial attacks. For fifty years it has been sold by druggists everywhere. A reliable remedy that you your self or any member of your fam ily can take safely. 60c and $1.20. Train Those Stubborn Boilels Help nature take its course, not with a violent, habit-forming purga tive, but with gentle but certain and natural-laxative, Dr. King's New Life Pills. Tonic in action, it stimu lates the lax bowels. Sold by drug gists everywhere. 25c. BRIGHT SIDE TO HELPING UNCLE SAMJVIN WAR Clerks in Washington Find Amusing Letters in Corre spondence from Rela- -fives of Soldiers. Clerks in the war offices in Wash ington find amusement in some of the letters that come on govenment business. They are spelled "pho neticslly" in many cases. Hugs Cast berg of Omaha has received amus ing extracts from some of these let tcrs, sent by a girl friend of his who is a clerk in Washington. Here ar some of them: "I ain't got no lurnin and I an writing for inflamation." : "Jnst a line to let you know I am ft widor ami four children." ' "I have a four months old haby and it is my only support." "Caring for my condition which I havent walked in three months from 1 a broke leg whose number is 975." "Your relationship to him? (An svver) Just a mere aunt and a few cousins." "I am left with a child 7 months old and she is a baby and can't work." "Flease send me a wife's form." "You ask for my allotment num bcr. I have four girls and two boys." "I am his wife and his only air." "I was discharged for a goitre, which I was sent home on.". , "My Bill has been put up in charge of a spittoon (platoon) Will I get any more money?" "I am his grand father and grand mother. He was born and brot up in this house according to your letter." "Please let me know if John has taken out an application for a wife and child." "You have changed my little .girl into a little boy. Will that make any s difference?" "If I don't receive my husband's pay I will haf to live a imortal hfe." "War wrisrs insurns I have not received my sons lotment and there no symptoms of money." . "He was inducted in the surface, I am a lone woman and parsley de pendent." ( "I did not know my husband had a midle name, and if so it wasn't None.' " " "He left me with materialy noth ing to live on and both sides of our parents are old and pore." Fire in Cafe Forces Diners to Leave in Midst of Meal Nearly 50 persons who were din ing in Mrs. M. S. Pierce's cafe, 318 South Eighteenth street, Sunday night made a hasty exit when a small fire started on the flooring un derneath the kitchen range. Fire men from station No. 3, Ninteepth and Harney streets, put out the fire before much damage was done. Less than 50 persons returned to firiish their meals. 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