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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919.
immu i;
TOUGH WITH HIS
OKI FRIENDS
Great Singer Again Receives
Ovation from Local Admir
ers; Rewards Them With
His Best Efforts.
, ' BY HENRIETTA M. REES.
John McCormack was here last
evening, John McCormack, famous
lenor singer, the idol of his audience,
and the box office delight, who num
bers his hearers only by the limita
tions of seating space, John McCor
mack, the ballad singer par excel
lence, who wins smiles or sadness
from his audience at will,
; The auditorium last evening pre
sented' gay and festive appearance
With its customary seating capacity
taxed to the utmost, and with sev
eral hundred seats placed upon the
stage, approximately 7,000 people
from Omaha and vicinity must have
been present to revel in the vocal de-
lignts oi tnia uciovca singci.
Mr. McCormack possesses a voice
of exceptional beauty. He has train
ing, musiciansaip and personality to
go with it, and an art which is broad
enough for the small selection and
the larger one as well.
Some McCormack Attributes.
Through his former appearances
people know what to expect from
Mr. McCormack. His enunciation
is remarkable, every word coming
clearly and distinctly, no matter in
what part of the voice it may hap
pen to be.
The ease with which he sings,
his marvelous breath control, the
beauty of his legato, and the charm
of the very way he does it all com
bine to present the interpreted song
forcibly to the listeners, and be
cause they can . understand the
words, and he gives them all the
music of it, they respond accord
ingly. It is more than inspiring to
hear the waves upon waves of ap
plause from such a mammoth au
dience. From Omaha with its repu
lation for coldness, both Mr. Mc
Cormack and Mr. McBeath, the
violinist, received an ovatipn. Ap
plause was general and spontaneous
and the rule of three prevailed in
;ncores.
Audience Could Not Get Enough.
Mr. McCormack opened his pro
Rram with an aria "To -Alceste'',
from the opera "Alceste," by Han
del. Mr. McCormack sings Handel
with a clarity and beauty of phras
ing which brings this old style
music with its many ornaments and
expected climaxes to the audience
with all its quaint charm, and which
proves his artistic status unques
tionably. His second group opened
with a rather unusual Frank song,
the "La Procession," followed by
three love" songs, "No Whom .1
Love," by Tschaikowsky, and
"Love's Secret," by Bantock, being
exceptionally interesting. At the
close, Mr. McCormack was re
called again and again, responding
with three additional songs, includ
ing some of his best known favorites.
The group of Irish folk songs was
carefully chosen and each number
presented a contrast of sentiment
and of musical setting. "The Light
O' the Moon," arranged by Hughes,
"The Ploughman's -Whistle" and
"Una Baun," by Hardebeck, were
among these and each was inter
preted in the inimical McCormack
manner. Again three additional
songs were given, m response to
the clamorous demand. Some splen
did songs Avere found in the last
group.' "Thine Eyes Still Shined,"
by Edwin Schneider, Mr. McCor
mack's accompanist, winning favor
for both Mr. Schneiderand Mr.
McCormack. "She Rested by the
Broken Brook," Coleridge Taylor,
was exquisitely interpreted, and the
"Last Hour," by Walter Kramer, a
dramatic1 modern 1 song, made a
powerful impression. "I Shall Meet
Yon," (homecoming song), by Wil
fred Sanderson, proved an ably
written song of the higher type of
war song.
One Tremendous Climax.
As a closing encore. Fay Foster's
"The American's Come" was .sung
hy Mr. McCormack, the first time
this song hat been sung publicly in
Omaha. It is of intense dramatic
?f ntiment, and describes the coming
of the Americans to France as a
little boy - answers the questions
asked by a blind parent, about the
men .marching by and about their
f;g. It works up a tremendous
climax, and its overwhelming appeal
to the present day motions being
most effectively brought forth.
Mr. McBeath appeared in his uni
form of flight lieutenant in the Can
adian army, and was warmly greet
ed, boih because of his patriotism
and because many of us remembered
what excellent violin playing he has
Riven in the past. He contributed
two groups to the program, the
first a Spanish Dance, Grandos
Kreisler, and a "Spanish Serenade"
by Chaminade. "Romance," by
Wilhelmj was presented with a
lifauty of tone and a repose which
doubly endeared it fo the listeners,
and after the brilliant "Wieniawskr
Mazurka," Mr. McBeath in his turn
was recalled for three successive
encores. Mr. Schneider retained his
v arm place in favor by his well bal
anced accompaniments, and every
one went home happy.
Attorneys for Mrs. Funk
File an Appeal Bond
Attorneys for Louise Metz Funk
! sve filed an appeal bond in district
court for rehearing of an applica
tion for dismissal of the guardian
ship of the plaintiff. Last Wednes
day County Judge Crawford ruled
that Mrs. Funk's guardians should
he released. Her attorneys intend
to try the case in the district court,
expecting 1 that upon a complete
showing the court will find that
Mrs. Funk is capable of attending
to Her own financial affairs.
Flyer Climbs 19,503 Feet. "
Washington, Jan. 24. The -War
dppartment received a telegram to-d-y
from the commandant at Mc
Cook field, Daytop, O.,. that Major
Schroder, .with two passengers in a
l.oening monoplane, climbed to a
1 " nht of 19.500 feet in 31 minutes.
1 he previous record for a machine
-f jhis type was about 16,000 feet.
(39 (raid
Corp. Elmer O. Anderson has been
honorably discharged from the ra
dio service after seven months of
training in the Lincoln S. A. T. C.
and at the Franklin cantonment
near Camp Mead.
Corporal Anderson entered the
service 'in July of 1918. He was sta
tioned at Lincoln with the special
training detachment for about three
months and then transferred to the
Franklin cantonment. He was dis
charged at Camp Dodge, January 18.
. Mr. Anderson will make his home
with his parents at 2621 Charles
street.
The. Rev. Stephen L. Dowd, re
BIG PROBLEMS
TAITSQLUT10I
SAYSVITIIERS
Address Graduating Classes
, of South and Central High
Schools; 45 Pupils
Receive Diplomas.
Midyear graduation exercises for
the Central and SouthEIigh schools
were held' last night in the First
Methodist church. Thirty-two grad
uates of Centraj and 13 graduates
of South High school received diplo
mas. John W. Withers, superintendent
of schools in' St. Louis, nude the
address. His subject was the "The
Function of the Educated Man and
Woman."
Problems Will be Human.
"I almost envy those' who are
graduating today." he said. "To
have youth and enthusiasm and all
of life ahead is a grand thing in
these stirring times. "Great prob
lems await solution in the days
ahead. In the past our problems
have been largely physical. In the
future they will be human. We
must learn to sympathize with the
other fellow, to hit our behavior
:nto the behavior of a. group."
Following are the names of the
graduates:
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
Girls.
Atkinson, Marl 8. McCoy Gwendolyn
Atkinson, Fattt Inei Oswald, G. R.
Heritors, O. E. Pixley. Elisabeth 11.
Dowllng.'M. M. Rockwell, Mildred
Pu Rae, Berenlca Stein, Lottie
Fox, Cecilia TennantK K. P.
Holm, Klvor E. I Tlmberlake, Clara B.
Hood, Florence Turnqulst, Ruth E.
Jones. Flora A. Weber, Muriel E.
Leach, Helen M. Wintroub, Miriam
Ltpp, Eva
Boy.
Crowell, C. C, 3d. Parker. Chas
Edwards, Albert C. Schafer, Earl F. P.
Janlcek, Joseph E. Stoltenberg, H. W.
Matthews, Tom M. Stulik, Adolph S.
Metz, Louis A. ischau Ernest E.
Okun, Samuel H. ' i
Commissioned Officers.
Loula Metz, first lieutenant, company C.
SOUTH HIGH 8CHOOL.
, Glrta.
Abbott, M. M. Mlnard. Mildred
Beal, Alice L. Mullaly, Zlta E. "
Fait, Emma Murphy, Anna T.
Helm, Arllne M. Neff, Irene E.
Laitner, Helen SScks. Fannie
McAdams, Mabelle Waack, Mildred R.
Maslowsky, Adella F.
Former Prominent Omaha
Attorney Dies Penniless
Parke Godwin, formerly of Oma
ha and at' one time a prominent
lawyer of affluence, died penniless in
the county hospital at Los Angeles
last week. . Secretary Miner of the
Omaha lodge of Elks received this
information Friday.
A New York, editor of note bear
ing the same name was an uncle of
Godwin. Godwin married the
widow of Charles Goodrich, wealthy
pioneer Omaha merchant.
Godwin had not been in Omaha
for 20 years. He gave up his law
practice ' here and friends haeft
heard little of hun.
Eleven-Year-Old
Injured by Automobile
Robert Encell, 11 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Encell, 4123
Farnam street, was -seriously hurt
when struck by an automobile at
Forty-second and Farnam streets
about 1:30 o'clock' yesterday. The
machine was driven by L. H. Nel
son, 2047 Dodge streets.
According to witne the ,n.
jured boy and a playmate were rac
ing on their bicycles when the acci
dent happened. He was carried to
trie nome ot his parents unconscious.
The extent of the .injuries are not
determined.
Petition to the Secretary of War
to Send Soldiers Home With
Sis Months' Pay
Sign this petition, get your friends to sign it and
forward it to The Omaha Bee. ,
To the Hon. Newton D. Baker,
Secretary of War:
The undersigned respectfully urge you to return to
their homes as soon as possible the soldiers who have ac
complished so brilliantly every object America had in the
war.
We urge, also, that you obtain the necessary authority
to pay these men their military, wages for six months, or
for some sufficient period after their discharge, from the
army until they, cart obtain useful and remunerative, em
ployment. "
We urge this as an act of simple justice by a great na
tion to its heroes.
1 (Signed)
cJpl
oitmm
cently assigned as chaplain to Camp
Grant, is transferred to Fort Oma
ha. Before troino' into the armv he
was pastor at Holy Name church
and prior to that at Holy family,
' I
Paul D. Kinney, a son of Omaha
now in the service of Uncle Sam as
a machinist on the cruiser Pitts
bureh in South American waters
writes a marginal note on a post
card picture of the ship: Ihis has
been my home for 18 months. Hope
to be home soon. Don't know when
we'will leave Montevideo." Home,
to Pau . means Omaha or sacra
mento, Cal. Either port having dry
land, will do.
ALLIANCE CLUB
WERE GUESTS OF
CITY M FRIDAY
Upstate. Men Met Here With
Many Boys of Their Home
Town Who" Served With
T27th in France.
Headed by C. 1. HilT) 50 members
of the Alliance Nebiaska Commun
ity club spent the day in Omaha
yesterday as guests of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce . and Chief
Salter'of the Omaha fire department
The delegation, accompanied by the
Alliance band, was in Lincoln on
January 21, then attended the State
Firemen's convention at Fremont,
winding up the pilgrimage with the
visit to Omaha.
They were entertained . at the
Chamber of Commerce at luncheon,
and Chief Salter spent the afternoon
showing them Omaha's fire fighting
equipment. (
Meet Home Boys.
Another incident of the trip was
their meeting here with Alliance
boys from the 127th field artillery,
just returned from France. These
boys, 150 strong, left Alliance nearly
two years ago with the Fourth Ne
braska, under Captain J. B. Miller.
Practically .every private of the orig
inar company was promoted when
they were finally distributed
throughout the reorganized armv in
France. They took horn? with them
last night 17 sergeants and 11 cor
porals, Alliance boys with the 127th.
The members of. the delegation
say the winter wheat prospects in
Box Butte county, were never bet
ter, but the spokesman of the party
cast a shy glance at the big strap
ping soldiers Alliance produced for
Uncle Sam's army and said: "Our
motto still holds gdod. That is,
that we have two crops, that never
fail babies and potatoes. And it
seems since our boys did so well in
France that one crop is just as good
as tne outer.
Box Butte Potatoes.
' In speaking of the potato situa
tion, Lloyd Thomas of Alliance, who
addressed a meeting at the Chamber
of Commerce, said that while po
tatoes were selling here for from
$1.20 to $1.25 per bushel, the best
price the farmers of Box Butte and
Sheridan counties could get was
from 35c to 40c per bushel. When
asked as to the quality of the po
tatoes, Mr. Thomas claimed that
tne potatoes raised near there were
raised on dry land and would keep
better than those from irrigated
land. 1
J. J. Cameron of the Omaha Re
tail Grocers' association, said that
they tried tcubuy Box Butte county
potatoes last fall but that the farm
ers were holding them for $1 per
bushel.
No More Hog Shipments
to Omaha for This Week
Hoe shiDinents to the Omaha
market are prohibited for the bal
ance of this week. the l,suu-car
quota allowed by the United States
railroad administration was exceed
ed in yesterday's shipments
The ruling is flexible and allows
railroad companies to accept 25 per
cent of their weekly quota each day
and the week's quota may be shipped
in four days. The first five days of
this week' 1,504 cars were received
and shipments stopped.
Conway Outclassed.
'D.ni.M AV T 01 Prantrie frtn-
way of Philadelphia was n match
iur jtc uuuiui, " o -
tamweight tonight, and after five
rounds the Fhiladephian's seconds
withdrew their man to save him
from further punishment.
further mm.
OF ROACH CASE.:
IS DEKIG MADE
Father Sinna Refuses Clean
Bill to Police Department
and Intimates' Impor-
tant Revelations.
Rev. Father Sinne,- pastor of St.
Mary Magdelene church, has de
clined to give the city police, de
partment a "clean bill of health."
This developed in a statement from
Assistant Cnief of Police Dempsey,
read in city council yesterday
Mr. Dempsey reported that Father
Sinne declined to make any denial
that he had made certain statements
regarding the police department at
the time Rev. Jeremiah Roach of
Peoria, 111., was arrested and held in
a cell at central, police station from
7:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. on January 7.
Conditions Terrible.
. Father Sinne was called to the
station at that time and, after
Father Roach had been found to be
very ill and was removed to St.
Joseph's hospital, Father Sinne said,
according to newspaper reports:
"Such conditions are terrible to
happen in this city. The police sys
tem of treating, prisoners is rotten,
to say the least. There should be
an investigation.
At the subsequent investigation in
city council, Mayor Smith said:
! "I don't hilieve Father Sinne made
any such statements regarding the
notice department and I want Mr.
Dempsey to call on Father Sinne and
get a statement from him.
More to Come.
Father Sinne not .only declined to
recall his alleged words but tated
to a reporter that there may be a
good deal more tocome very soon.
"At present I want to say
nothing. I have promised to1 say
nothing at present," he said. .
"But the matter is being investi
gated?" ;
"Ah, investigated, indeed, yes, he
exclaimed. "We will go to the very
bottom of thfs matter. It was most
unfortunate. We are ' getting evi
dence together. . The men on the
Pullman car from Denver to Omaha
will show that Father. Roach was
very ill and not intoxicated. He i?
still at St. Joseph's hospital, so sick
that he didn't even know his -own
sister. He has Bright's disease.
"There is nothing to say now, but
when the investigation which is "be
ing pushed with all jiossible vigor is
completed we mav have something
important to say."
To Auction Wool.
Washington, Jan. 24. Answering
inauiries from the trade as to its
policy in disposing of wool stocks
held by the government,, the War
department announced today that
it would continue to sell at public
auction such wools as manufactur
ers might require, but that it would
not compete with domestic produc-
ers. .
Soutk Side- Brevities
. -
The X. L. club will glv a dance Tues
day, January 28, at tha Eagls hall.
The Rainbow club wltl hottf a masquer
ade ball In the Rex hall Sunday night.
Now, according; to Miss Hlllls, librarian.
these same men are returning to white
the lone hours away by reading.
Ervln A. Glass Twenty-eighth and B
streets' was fined 110 and costs for
throwing glass bottles out of an automo
bile and breaking them on the street.
Harry Norman, 2603 N street, reported
to the police that he left his coat hanging
In a room over his pool room and that
during his temporary absence his $300
watch and chain were stolen.
Harry Velavls, 6109 South Twenty-sixth
street, reported to the police that he wife
held up by a bandit at Twentyeventh
and V streets as he was returning home
about 7 p. m. and robbed of $6.
An Orpheum party was given by the
South High school class Wednesday' after
noon. A farewell class party will be given
at the home of Miss Marjory Abbott, 3906
South Twepty-thlrd street, Saturday evening-
Sergt. Henry Rothkop. of 4409 South
Twenty-second street, returned yesterday.
after being overseas with the American ex
peditionary force. Mr. Rothkop was in
the aviation force. Mr. Rothkop was In
a large part ot the time he was abroad,
For the accommodation of our trade In
the southwest part of town, we have
opened an office on the viaduct at 28th
and Ii. Mr. A. I.. Bergqulst Is In charge
and we will be glad to meet all old and
new friends and sell them their feed and
coat. A. U Bergqulst & Son Co. Tel. So.
9. !
Burglars entered a rooming house at
Twenty-seventh and U streets Thursday
night and rifled the rooms of Lenney
Lepsrond and Ernest Tlpps. Tlpps re
ported to the police the loss of an over
coat and 950 Jn money. Lepscond report
ed clothing valued at $15 and $50 In cash
and his army discharge taken. ,
Business has picked up at the South
Side library since the "Work or Fight"
order has ceased to be enforced. Before
the war, the library was tiled wun "liter
ature hounds." who apparently did nothing
but read. When the "Work or Fight"
order was put Into effect thja, class of
readers dwindled down to a casual visitor.
Reserve a fund for your next year's
Christmas shopping. The best way la to
Join the Economy Savins club of the
Live Stock National Bank, 24th and N
streets. Ten cents a week for children
means $5.10;, a two dollar membership
will amount to $10!. 00. Ctme In and let
us explain our plan whether you join or
not. The club, closes January 31st. Come
in today. 1
You Need not
Suffer from Catarrh.
But You Must Drive It Out of
Your Blood to Get Rid of
t It Permanently. ,
You have probably been in the
habit , of applying external treat
ments, trying to cure your Catarrh.
You have used sprays, washes .and
lotions and possibly been temporar
ily relieved. But after a short time
you had another attack and won
dered why. You must realize that
catarrh is an infection of the blood
and to get permanent relief the ca
tarrh infection must be driven out
of the blood. The quicker you come
to understand this, the quicker you
will get it out of your system. S. S,
which has been in constant use
DR. E. R. TARRY, 21D
Dr. Foulkes, Dynamic Leader,
to Address the Presbyterians
General Secretary of New Era
Movement Will Be Speaker :
. at Conference to Be
Held Here.
William Hiram Foulkes, general
secretary, is the human dynamo who
is putting the "kick" into the Nw
Era movement of the Presbyteran
churches of the ifnited States. He,.
will be one of the pricinpal speakers
at the great conference of Presby
terian folks of Iowa and Nebraska
which is to be held in Omaha on
February 9 and 10. . -
'Dr. Foulkes is an executive lead
er and an organizer of great skill. He
has already helped "put across" one
of the biggest financial campaigns
ever undertaken by his church. He
is putting a punch into the New Era
movement, which already v indicates
complete success for the big pro
gram. . .
Will Inspire Determination.
It is probable that the fancy frills,
ot oratory at tne conierence nere
will be largely supplied by tther
speakers, but, no speaker will be
heard with more intense interest
than will Kr. Foulkes, and no speak
er will send his hearers away with
a greater determination to get under
South Side
BUCKINGHAM IS
BACK FROM TRIP
TO VASHUIGTOn
Surprised at Way In Which
Committeemen in Congress
Race from One Com-'
mittee to Another.
i
General Manager Everett Buck
ingham, of the Union Stock yards,
returned from Washington, D. C.
yesterday wheifi he' appeared; be
fore the senate committee in refer
ence to the Kendrick' bill, and be
fore the house' committee on the
Simm's bill. -Both'.bills had to- do
with government ownership of stock
yard.
"I was somewhat surprised at the
manner in which the members ot
committees decided on the advisabil
ity of bills," said Mr. Buckingham.
The chairman of a committee seems
to be the only man who is always
member of a committee are often
present at the hearing. The other
on several 'other committees, and
are continually on the run from one
hearing to another."
Mr. Buckingham did not comment
on the results of his visit to Wash
ington. , . - - -
Thirteen Lucky Number
for-Graduating Class
Thirteen was a lucky number for
the midterm graduating class at the
South Side High school. Over $275
was taken in at the class play given
Wednesday night the . 'largest
amount ever realized by any. grad
uating class at South High. And
the class 'that gave the .play was
composed of 13 girls. .
T)me WTmjKKai art1 n mr Ql lC
who took leading parts drew much
applause. "The Rose of Plymouth"
was staged in such a realistic man
nerthat when Mr. Webber staggered
into the scene, announcing that the
Indians were coming, a woman in
the. rear of the auditorium emitted
a smothered scream. The rest of
the audience laughed, and for a
moment the most dramatic scene of
the play became a comedy. The
youthful actors recovered, however,
and the play went pn.
Jungmann School Pupils
in Party at Jacobson Home
The eighth grade of the Jung
mann school, South Side, held a
party at the home of Gladys Jacob
son, "416 Q street, Thursday even
ing. January 23i. The interior of the
home was decorated with flags, arid
the school . colors pale blue and
white. Dainty refreshments were
served, . Those present were:
Mildred Anderson Joseph Smola.
Edward Fransiscus. Lula M. Hlckey.
Edith Oreen.
Helen PIpal.
Blanch Prindle.
Charles Seymore,
Rose StaneK.
Jerry Smola.
George Toman.
Georfre Hofman.
Henry Porter.
Rose Rouse.
Tony. Suchy. :
Mrs. J. A. Jarnbson
Mr, and Mrs. Fred
Jacobson.
Hamuel Horwick.
Samuel Jones.
Utadya Jacobson.
Marks I.orlg.
George T.altner.
Frank Msec.
Joseph Murphy.
Rose Vojtech.
Ivy M. Miller..
F. Marie- Berry.
Karl Jacobson.
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the load and Aa- their bit in carry
ing out the plans of the church.
This conference will bring ' to
Omaha probably 2,000 , people.
It will cover two days, and will
offer some of the greatest speakers
m the Presbyterian denomination.
GETS LIFE TERM
FOR TIE FJURDER
OF fM WHITE
Judge Fledick Imposes Sen
tence on. John ;J. Williams
After the Negro Pleads
Guilty.
.
John J, Williams, negro, who con
fessed to the murder of Max White
at Nineteenth and Charles streets, on
Sundaf night, January 9, yesterday
was sentenced to life imprisonment
at hard labor.
The prisoner appeared before
Judge Redick in criminal court and
asked to be allowed to enter a plea
of guiltyif the sentence would not
be greater than -life imprisonment.
Williams trembled in fear that he
might be sentenced to the electric
chair. The judge informed him that
a plea of guilty to murder in the first
degree might entail either life im
prisonment or death. The negro said
he would plead guilty to second de
gree murder, which plea was accept
ed and sentence imposed forthwith.
Max White, who was slain by Wil
liams, "was 17 years old and a stu
dent at High School of Commerce.
On the night of his death he was
accompanying Miss Libby Minkin
from a lecture at a church,. Nine
teenth and Burt streets, to her home
at 2640 Decatur street. At Nine
teenth and Charles streets White
and his escort were stopped by Wil
liams, who announced his intent of
robbery. When commanding, his
victims to hold up their hands White
turned around 1o protect Miss Min
kin and theii Williams fired the fatal
shot. The prisoner, when' he con
fessed, asserted that he did not in
tend to shoot, that the shot was ac
cidental. Williams is a young negro, with
almost a boyish facC He came here
from Chicago four months ago, after
having been a roustabout with a circus.
The Critics Say
Jones -
Cadillac Building:, Farnam at 26th
"Smells Like a Stable!"
Says Girl as Bill Leaves
"L" After First Ride
Bill Jones must have been an Iowa
farmer. It is certain he does not
dwell within the confines of ' Ne
braska, because he would have
known how to conduct himself on
the elevator yesterday in the Bran
deis buildinsr.
Bill Jones is a farmer all riglTt,
because the girl sayd the elevator
had an odor like a stable when he
ali(?hted.
1 he liit was rrnwrltd with ' an
early morning crowd hastening to
their offitcs. Bill stepped in the
cage on the ground floor and wanted
to alight at the sixth floor. He
grew intensely excited as the car
shot upwards. Bill thought it was
going to pass his landing.
The commotion began near the
third floor.
' "Woah, woah, woah," the rustic
one called at the top of a voice
which sounded like a fog horn. Bill
was used to calling hogs across
forty acre lot. He did not know
how to talk on an elevator. So the
operator got peeved. ,
' "Hey there, rough guy, where do
you get that loud stuff on here?" the
girl wanted to know.
"I ain't got no ticket, Miss, and
I'm supposed to git off at the sixth
landing,' Kill explained to the in
dignant questioner.
"Well, what do you think I am
a horse? I'll let you off," she re
torted amid a burst of laujrhter,
'.'My name's Bill Jones, and I never
rid very much in one of these here
things.
"Smells just like a barn," the girl
opined as she banged the gate be-
nina tne rural passenger at the sixth
floor, '
Several Base Balls.
Chicago, III., Jan. 24. Approxi
mately $oUU,OUU worth of sporting
supplies will have gone to the sol
diers in France by the -end of Jan
uary, according to a statement by
T. W. D. Turner, overseas purchas
ing agent for the Y. M. C A. In
December $419,354 worth of sup
plies were sent and in November
slightly more than $173,000 worth
of sporting goods. Thirty-six
articles are included in the supply
list, ranging from one push bail . to
nase balls.
Was He a Ringer?
Cleveland. O.. Tan. 24. The Cleve
land boxing commission is investi
gating a reporV that Walter Lau
rette, former welterweight cham
pion of England, did not box Tom
my Robson here January 10. Re
ports from New York -say that
Laurette claims he has riot since
last year.
Kobson knocked out his opponent
supposed to have been Laurette.
here in less than one minute.
Laurette was seen in New York
early the next morning, it is said,
' Lieutenant Faulk Leaves.
Lieutenant Faulk, who has had
charge of tbe'"Fite" night arrange
ments, at t-ort Omaha ls-cff for an
extended trip. During his absenc:
Lieutenant Finley and Sergeant
Adanis have the matters in hand.
Before leaving Lieutenant Faulk
closed the main attraction for Feb
ruary, 3, leading the balance of the
card for Lieutenant Finley and
Sergeant Adams' to arrange. 4
Giants to Train in Florida. ,
New York, Jan. 24. The New
York National base ball team will
train at Gainsvllle, Fla., next spring
instead of at Marlin, Tex., where it
had gone for 11 successive years, it
was announced tonight. The Giants
will leave March 20 for the new
camp.
The Arrangement of Cadillac
models is tasteful, beautiful
and complete. Have you seen
them? v
We want you to enjoy a few
restful minutes looking at this
exhibit. No orders' are solicited.
Music Evenings.
Hansen - Cadillac Go.
CADILLAC '
JESS UiLLli
READY TO FIGHT
IIY PUGILIST
Purse of $100,000 Offered
by Rickard Brings Heavy
weight Champion Out
of Retirement. ,
Chicago, Jan. 24. Tex Rickard an
nounced today that he had signed
a contract with Jess Willard, cham
pion heavyweight pugilist of the
world, whereby Willard agrees to
fight anybody selected by Rickard
any place in the world, for a purse
of $100,000, some time next July.
Under the terms of the contract
Willard is to. fight any number of
rounds up to 40 that may besdecided
on. - .
Rickard is considering Jack
Dempsey and Georges Carpenticr to
match with Willard.
Featherweight Wrestler
Will Make Home in Omaha
The featherweight champion
wrestler, Vernon Breedlove, has re
turned from the army ind expects to
make his home in Omaha. Breed
love, before entering the service was
a resident of Council Bluffs, lie
is working evenings with Jimmy
Drexel at Holmes' gymnasium and
finds that he is in fair condition. He
wants to meet some of the feather
weight wrestleis at an early date.
He may wrestle an exhibition for
the Omaha Athletic club, January
30 and hopes to arrange an early
match at Fort Omaha.
Fremont Man Gets Slice of
Money in Pinehurst Shoot
Pinehurst. N. C. Jan. 24.' (Special
Telegram.) Ekuncan Livingstone cf
New Middletown, O., wr ths pr
liminary handicap at Pinehurst to
day, breaking 96 from the 18-yard
line. .
Forty-three of the 160 .hooters
broke 90 or better and shared in the
distribution of over $1,400, allotted
in sums ranging from $1S0 down.
Al Koyen of Fremont, the only Nc
braskan contesting, came in for a
satisfactory slice of the finances,
breaking 93 from the 21-yard line.
Bellevue Boys and Girls
Score in Basket Bail
Both the girls' and boys' basket
ball teams of Bellevue college de
feated their opponents last night on
the Bellevue floor. The boys' team
trounced the Papillion team 24 to
14, and the Bellevue girls quintet
sent their sisters from Fapilliott
home trounced 34 to 13. Miss Alicia
Hesley of Bellevue made 23 of the
34 points for her mates. Belfast and
Moore of' the school on the river
each made several points in the game
with the visiting boys.
Council Bluffs Quintet
Outplays Sioux City
Council Bluffs High school basket
ball five completely outclassed the
Sioux City High school five- on the
Bluffs Y. M.- C A. floor last night,
S3 to 12. This was the seventh
consecutive game won for, the
speedy Bluffs five. -f.
Today's Calendar of Sports.
Raclnir Winter mmtlng" at New Or
leans. Winter meeting; at Havana. Tuba.
Snooting !Ioe of midwinter . handicap
target tournament, at Pinehurst, N. t'.
Bwlmming- Michigan state Indoor cham
pionships, at Detroit. . . .
Automobile Opening of the lBth annual
Chicago automobile show.
Omaha
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