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14 THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1920. CHICAGO TEAM GOES THROUGH OMAHA ON TRIP Maroon Base Ball Team Stops Off for Rest at Bur lington Station on Way to Japan. Chicago university base ball team stopped off in Omaha Wednesday afternoon for 20 minutes on their way to San Francisco to embark for Japan. Mrs. Grace Cole, 5023 Chicago trt, Omaha, a sister of Fred Mer rifield, coach of the Maroon team, greeted them at the station. , The team carried 14 players. Five of them were basket ball stars for Chicago last season and four others shone on the gridiron last fall. On their way to Japan, the Ma roons will stop at Salt Lake City for a practice game, then proceed to San Francisco. They will have a five-day rest in Frisco. A schedule of 15 games has been arranged with Japan universities. The Windy City boys are due back in the U, S. A. in June. The following boys are members of the party: Clarence Vollraer, captain; Paul Hinkle, Herbert Crisler, Robert Halladay, Moffat Eaton, Robert Cole, John Mochel, Edw. Curtis, George Fedor, Ed Palmer, Leon Connolly and Henry Gierstman. Sport Shorts . Bullet" Jos Bufh, twirling In his old form, hurlorf Mta"t the Cilanta Tuesday In their exhibition game wtlh Hie Ked Sox t Wltnton-SHlPia anil Boston won 8 to 0. 'Mlimh worked our limine and allowed polity two hits. . jti Tort Worth Is nrKPtlntlnic wilh T.os '.Aigelrs for Claud Cooper. Cooper, who ,."n v- In Kort Worth, htm been practicing .'.with the (earn there and does not want jtj return to tho California city to Jtlay ball. Tommy l.eHch', old I'lttsburKh star, who ! will nianaKB Tampa in th Florida State 1,mgue this year, will pull a Jack Dunn stunt anil have his eon as one of the p In yen on tlio Tampa team. Dotroit, .prll . Itltrhle Mitchell jf 'Milwaukee and Mel Ooogan of Hrook yn ,;foui:ht a ten-round draw here Wedner Jay ,'nlght, according to the newspaper vcr-'dict. Bob Cannefax, Billiard Champion, jto Give Exhibitions in Omaha if fSfr ft BOB CANNEFAX Bob Cannefax, world's champion at three-cushion billjards, is booked to give four exhibitions of his skill at C. C, Cannam's billiard parlor, 1511 Harney street, Thursday and Friday. ' One exhibition will be given each afternoon and one each evening. Cannefax willMecture on the "dia mond system" and give a series of fancy shots. BESELIN'S KIDS COP GATE CITY BOWLING TITLE Team Events Completed Wednesday Night Doubles And Singles Booked For Next Week. Beselin's Kids won the five-men event in the annual Gate City league bowling tournament at Omaha al leys Wednesday night. Eleven teams entered the tourney. Two regular teams, league members, took part and an eleventh team was made up of extra players on other lives. The Berg Clothing company team crowded the Olympia Candy Kitch en five hard for second place, but lost out by four pins. The doubles and singles of the tournament will be bowled next Wednesday and Thursday nights. Entries must be in the hands of Sec retary Frank Jarosh before Friday next. . A silver trophy, donated by Dan Butler, has been offered for the high man in the all-events. Here is the way the teams ranked at the close of the five-men event: Beselin's Kids ...27S8 Otympia' Candy Kitchen 2768 Bcrr Clothintr Co ..2754 Western Union' 2747 Sam'a Indians 2723 Neb. Tent and Awning Co. 2706 Omaha Printing Co 2698 Guarantee Clothing Co t.2620 Elite Furniture Co .257$ Sam's White Scouts 2529 U. S. National Bank 2392 !' Cedar Rapids, la.. April 8. tVir ,ing all hut tho first, third and fourt'. rounds, 'Harvey Thorpe, of Kansas City Wednesday nlKht, obtained the newwps ior dorlslon over Dusty Krell, of Fv.t "McKinlov :Maine, in their ten-roun contest be',i'e the Cedar KaHids Athlete club. Exhibition Games Italelglv, N. C April 8. R. It. E. hoston Americans 9 lu 1 Buffalo Internationals 1 5 1 Jones and . Walters; Rogers, Gordon, Ueilman and Manning, Bengough. Oklahoma City, April 8. R. H E. Minneapolis Amer. Assn 6 14 3 Oklahoma City W. League.... 4 4 4 Miller and Mayer; .Malone," Whitney and Griffith, Morrow, E. New Orleans. April 8. R. H. Cleveland Americans 2 2 2 New Orleans Southern 0 3 I I'hlo and Thomas; Walker, Llndsey, Bradshaw and IeBerry. . Twin Falls. Idaho, April T, Al Nelson, illf htwelght of Boise v:ig given the de letion hero Wednesday nhrh? ' " Woodhead, featherweight '" i.xlis iln the main bout of th ...a offered C leiitertalnntent of vlsltii delegates to thu .Mate convention of tho American Legion. :1 Shreveport, La., April 8. Walter Bar 'bare. shortstop of tho Pittsburgh National il,eague Base Ball club, was severely In jured Wednesday afternoon when he was truck on the Jaw by a pitched ball. His jjaw was fractured In two places and several teeth were knocked out. ! Salt Lake City, April 8. Pat Gilbert, Salt Lake welterweight, was awarded a rtlrrees decision ever Carl Mackey, of i Denver In a six-round bout here Wednes day night. I : I ' I'. Kenosha, Wis, April 8. Jack Brltt. flslmant of the welterweight pugilistic csjamplonsh'p. . Wednesday night out pointed Dennis O'Keefe of Chicago, In a ton-round bout. (! The Pacific Coast league, the early bird of base ball, got away Tuesday. Banner crowds saw every game. ! Frankle Mason and Sammy Sandow staged a 10-round draw Tuesday night in Waukegan. ' Knockout Brennan of Buffalo defeated his fellow townsman. Willie Duffy, Tues day night in a 10-round bout before a big crowd of home folks. .- Eddie Long has come to terms with the Baginaw club for the services of his middleweight. Art Magirl. Art will step I 1ft rounds, with Ted Block Thursday 1 bight. 'Captain Bob Roper, who was shaded the other night by" Harry Oreb in Denver, Is matched with Tommy Gibbons before the Minneapolis club for April 8. Teddle Murphy has a tough egg to crack In Cleveland April 14. when he Is 'to meet Matt Brock, a great favorite there. Brock has fought the best in the game and Is noted for his terlfflc punch. ?" Tennis Club Elects. The University of Omaha Tennis ' club held its annual election of of ficers for the coming season Wednesday in the university sym- i nasium. Jack Beacom, prcmedic, 3" was elected president; Jean Roberts. Jones, junior A. B., secretary and I treasurer. Irma Tucker was made i; reporter. Plans were talked over .;: for the university tournament, which .'.will be held just as soon as the h school courts are in condition. More St than 35 students have entered the : tourney. j: Johnson Will Find Trouble. v Los Angeles, Cal., April 8. Jack Johnson, formerly heavyweight ;. champion, now at Tijuana, Lower California, will be given an early '1 match either at Tijuana or Mexicali. according to "Cherokee" Tom Jones, II who announced here today he had ' been engaged as matchmaker by the ;. Bate brothers, sport promoters and brothers-in-law of Governor Esteban jjCantu of Lower California. , Louisville, April 8. R. H. K. Philadelphia Nationals 9 12 1 Lt.uisville Association 2 3 2 Rixey and Wheat; Tlncup, Braliam, and Meyer, Kecher. Shreveport, I.e.. April 8. R. H. E. Pittsburgh Nationals 10 9 0 "lreveport Texas League.-. . r. 18 4 Cooper. Hamilton and Lee; Gleason, j 1'une and Rust. i r.anvllle, Va., April 8. R. H. K. Cincinnati Nationals 5' 12 2 Washington Americans 3 6 1 Reuther, Ring and Allen; Carlsen, Gilt, Courtney and Picinieh. St Louis, April 8. R. II. E. St. Louis Americans 13 12 8 St. Louis Nationals 10 11 2 Shocker and Billings; Schupp, W'ood ward, Reinhart and Clemens, Dllhoefer. Chester, S. C. April 8. R. II. E. Brooklyn Nationals 6 10 2 N,ew York Americans 5 9 ? Batteries Smith; Cadore and Krueger, Taylor; yuinn, Collins and Hannah. I Ducky Holmes Forms Amateur Base Ball Team at Brownville " Auburn, N'eb,, April 8. (Special.) Sunday base ball was the leading issue in the municipal election in the historic' town of Brownville and there were only 17 votes against it. Brownville's leading citizen now is "Ducky" Holmes, former mem ber of the White Sox,, and at one time manager of the Sioux City and Lincoln teams of the Western league. He is farming now, but he still maintains an interest in base ball and he is training a team of ff.nn and town boys at Brownville which he believes will make the strongest amateur base ball team in this part of the state. "Ducky's" work and interest has set Brownville wild with the base ball fever and Sunday base ball there had easy sledding. McGoorty Down Again. ' London, April 8. Bombardier Wells, the English heavyweieht, Thursday knocked out Eddie Mc Goorty of Oshkosh, Wis., in the 16th round of a 20-round bout at the Holborn stadium. Attempt Made to Take Gangsters From Police New York, April 7. Attempts were made here Wednesday to res cue a quartet of gangsters from a prison van in which they were being taken to jail from a Brooklyn court where the leader of the gang was dragged out after he had denounced the judge and a revolver was found on a spectator. A dozen men made two rushes at the van, but were driven off, once with a revolver. Used Dining Car to Ship Moonshine From Kentucky to Chicago Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire. ' Champaign, III., April 8. With the arrest of W. E. Bledsoe, police here have unearthed a gigantic whisky conspiracy which extends from the mountains of Kentucky northward to Chicago, including other intermediate points. Bledsoe, a negro taxi driver, was arrested when he attempted to leave the local Illinois Central station with a live-gallon keg which was taken from an Illinois Central din ing car. Police officials tapped the keg and found it contained moon shine whisky. The keg bore no fed eral revenue stamps. Officials believe that the conspir acy to haul liquor from southern points to Chicago and other markets not only involved the crews of din ing cars and other railroads having southern terminal points, but a'.so includes a number of men in various cities. Accused of Using Wife to Pass Bad Checks In Omaha Roumania to Ratify Treaty. Bucharest, April 8. The council of ministers has decided to ratify the treaty of Versailles. The rati fication will be by royal decree, as the parliament is not in session, making Rumania's approval of the treaty similar to that of Italy. Four Killed, 100 Injured, In Powder Mill Explosion Cairo, III., April 7. Four persons were killed and approximately 100 injured, four probably fatally, in an explosion late Wednesday at the plant of the Aetna Explosives com pany at Fayville, near here. The explosion occurred, in outbuildings and the main plant was not dam aged. Wilson Names Mrs. Daniels Suffrage Meeting Delegate New York, April 8.-Mrs. Joseph us Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, has been appointed by. President Wilson as the official dele gate to represent American women at the eighth congress of the Inter national Woman Suffrage alliance in Geneva, Switzerland, in June, it was announced. Thirty-one nations will be represented. . Accused of using his wife a an instrument in passing alleged spur ious checks, Herbert M. List'-n, au tomobile broker, 2543 Capitol ave-, nue, was arrested yesterday by De tectives Francl and Heller. A charge of passing worthless checks was placed against him. Liston's wife was also arrested charged with ut tering false checks. Complaint against the couple was filed by F. W. Thome, proprietor of a women's' clothing store, 1812 Far nam street. Checks bearing the -ni-dorsement of Hobart M. Liston are alleged to have been passed by Mrs. Liston upon F. W. Thome, the Hunter Jnn, Twenty-fourth and Dodge streets, and the Emporium, Sixteenth and Chicago streets. Neither of the checks were drawn for more than $15, police say. Germans Send More Ships To Allies as Part of Treaty London, April 8. The German battleships Nassau and Ostfriesland arrived at the Firth of Forth yester day, this constituting the commence ment of the surrender of the re mainder of the German warships under the term of the treaty of Ver sailles. Ultimately the Ostfriesland will be turned over to the United StMes. The battleship Ostfriesland was piaced in commission in September, 1915. Her normal displacement is 22,800 tons, her length 546 feet and her baam 9.3 feet. The complement is about 1,100 men. Miners' Scale Conference At Pittsburgh Ends In Row Pittsburgs, Pa., April 8. A con ference of representatives of United line Workers, district No. 5, and coal operators, held here today to consider arrangement of President Wilson's wage settlement, broke up shortly before noon. The break came when the opera tors submitted a proposition to in crease the rent of miners homes, j The mincrV; representatives refused to listen to the proposal and the conference broke up. No date has been set for another meeting. Snow Subways Enable Town Folk to Cross Streets Houlton, Me., April 8. "Snow subways" for shoppers are the latest novelty in northern' Maine. Drifts are so gigantic that tunnels have been made to enable pedestrians to cross streets. There are quite a few of these "subways" in this town, where snow is piled 10 to 12 feet high. WILSON'S SPIRIT BROKEN, SAYS CORRESPONDENT Undemonstrative Crowds Dis tress President " Deeply , Health Improved. Chicago Trlhune-Omaha Bee Leaned Wire. Washington, April 8. President Wilson's daily automobile rides about Washington have been stopped, not because his health will not permit them, but because his spirit is broken. The sight of the populace which had acclaimed him wherever he went, but which now is undemon strative as he passes by, depresses the president deeply. The president's friends think that he misinterprets the suppressed enthusiasum of the people who recognize that he had been a very sick man and do not wish to disturb him. Presidents here are common sights, but the effect of Mr. Wilson's recent contact with the public since his convalescence has been so serious on his peace of mind that he no longer ventures from the White house grounds. Doctor Grayson said that physi cally the president was in better shape than any time since he was stricken last fall. He is anxious for the president to get away from Washington, but his outings until he leaves for Massachusetts probably will be confined to the White house grounds. The plan now is for the president to leave for Wood's Hole early in May. Wood Asks Hoover If He Would Accept Demo Nomination Boston, April 8. Chandler M. Wood, chairman of the executive committee of the democratic state committee, made public tonight a letter which he had sent to Herbert Hoover, asking whether Mr. Hoover would accept the democratic nom ination for president if it were of fered to him. In the letter, Mr. Wood said that h" had assisted in the organization of the Hoover Democratic club of Massachusetts and added: "Since the formation of our club I have seen a statement purporting'! to emanate from you m which you said you would accept the nomina tion of a republican convention. I feel that the democrats who are ac tive participants in the movement for your nomination upon their ticket are entitled to know whether or not you will accept the demo cratic nomination if offered you." Tv.- Seriouslv Hurt as Gas Tank On Roaster Explodes Casper, Wyo.,' April 8. Two per sons were seriously injured, one probably fatally and a dozen others received minor injuries last night, when a gasoline tank on top of a street popcorn stand exploded, Windows were broken. Bee Want Ads Are Best Business Boosters. Wets Jubilant Over Edwards' Showing in Michigan Primaries Chicago Tribune-Omaha Dm Lcaard Wit. Washington, April 8. Governor Edwards' showing in the Michigan primaries is small comfort to the "wets," in the opinion of Wayne B. Wheeler, counsel, for the Anti-Saloon league, who says that the anti prohibition candidate only polled about one vote in five. ' -"Governor Edwards' showing," said Mr. Wheeler, "in the ' primary in Michigan, was weak. The 'law and order' vote was divided into four parts. "The 'wet' or nullification vote was concentrated back of Governoi Edwards. Out of a total of about 60,000 democratic votes, all the wets could muster was about one vote in five. Many democrats opposed to prohibition refused to follow the lead of Governor Edwards in his campaign to defy the enforyjment of the 18th amendment. While they are still opposed to prohibition they do ciot believe in Governor Ed wards' method." No Bookkeepers For Postofhce; Shortage Ties Up Stamps Here If smalltown postmasters of Ne braska are compelled to inform con sumers "there's a downright short age in red and green postage stamps and they ain't got any," the rural consumer will know the reason after he reads this story. The shortage, which already is acute in many places, is due to a re cent ruling of the Postoffice depart ment ordering the auditing of ac counts from all over the state at the Omaha office. And until the audit ing can be completed here, requisi tions sent in for stamps and other supplies cannot be met. The auditing and bookkeeping necessary to the change in the system cannot be ac complished because of a famine in bookkeepers willing to work for 60 cents an hour. Postmaster Charles Fanning yes terday sent out an appeal to business colleges for bookkeepers. He said 1,032 "accounts" and requisitions are nilinar uo. "I've got a vault full of stamps and supplies these small towns are cry ing for, but I can't accomplish this auditing with insufficient help." $25,000 Alimony and Costs Asked by Wife Of Furnace Dealer . Joseph L. Duffy, a furnace daaler, was sued by his wife, Lillian, for a divorce in district court yesterday. She asked the court to give her $25, 00G alimony besides $100 a month during the pendency of her suit and $500 attorneys' fees. She says her husband- has treated her cruelly. She asks for custody of their 9-year-old son and restoration of her maiden name, Frost. She alleges her husband has property worth SOIUKJO. Ex-Soldier Gives New Job To Widow of His Colonel Danville. 111., April 8. Guy Kitchen, member of , Battery A, 149th field artillery, commanded by the late Col. Curtis G. Redden, who was elected town clerk of Danville at Tuesday's election, resigned Wednesday in favor of his colonel's widow, who was left with three small children to support. Kitchen, who fought in 11 battles in the wprld war, was nominated by a num ber of his comrades on the republi can ticket for the purpbse of winning the election and turning the job over to the widowTif their chief. Col. Redden died in France of pneu monia after serving throughout the war. House Passes Bill to Extend Farm Loan Act to Porto Rico Washington, April 8. The bill ex tending to Porto Rico with certain limitations provisions of the farm loan act was assed by the house and sent to the senate. It author izes the farin loan bank of Spring field, Mass., to establish a branch in Porto Rico to carry out the pur poses of the act. Limitations in the bill include a provision that not more than $5,000 may be loaned to any individual, as compared to a $10,000 limit in the United States and the stipulation that the rate f interest shall be V2 per cent in excess of the prevailing farm loan rate in the United States. Protest On Rerouting of Car Line Spurned by Council Without discussion, the city coun cil yesterday placed on file a writ tenprotest from 12 citizens against the proposed temporary rerouting of the Harney line street cars by way of Farnam street, between Twentieth and Twenty-fourth streets, and thence north on Twenty-fourth street to Dodge street, where the regular route is to be re sumed. The change will be neces sary on account of the Dodge hill grading work. "Doughty Major" Asks D M lCVUUUKMi vi many Uruffffists Licenses WW Chleaco Tribune-Omaha Bee l-rtfd Wlr Chicago, April 8. Maj. A. V. Dal rymple. despite the severe handi caps laid upon his activities in this district as chief prohibition enforce ment officer , by Washington author ities, continues to function to the limit of his ability. He has prom ised to make the prison walls bulge with crooked druggists, whisky pre scription "doctors" and bootleggers. He wired J. F. Kramer, prohibi tion commissioner in Washington, asking the revocation of licenses is sued to 56 physicians and 46 drug gists in Chicago alone. All are ac cused of flagrant violations of the prohibition laws in taking advantage cf the prescription system to dis tribute whisky for honmedicinal pur poses. Alajor Dalrymple also finds nu merous violations of the Volstead act in cities surrounding Chicago, notably those in mining towns and industrial centers. , Kansas Man Who Killed Sister Declared Insane Lyons, Kan., April 8. W. B. Bast, who shot and killed his sister, Mrs. George Reagan, here March 24, was declared insane by a jury in 'dis trict court and will be committed to the hospital from the criminally in sane at the -Kansas penitentiary. Bast, after his arrest, declared he shot Mrs. Reagan because she was cruel to her three children. Largest Railway Terminal In Arkansas Is Burned Little Rock, Ark. April 8. 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