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THE BEE: OMAHA, Kill DA Y, FKKKUAK 4, lyzi.
Commerce High
Locals Outplay
Farmers in All
Parts of Game
Kline, Rokusck and Shoe
maker Play Best Contest for
.Winners Norhsted and
: Freely Star for Locals. .
Commerce High basket shooters
Won a slow game from the Nebraska
Agricultural High school yesterday
afternoon at Creighton gymnasium,
by the scoreof.21 to 8. Drummond's
hardwood floor performers out
played the Aggies in every depart
ment of the game from start to
finish.
iii Fifteen minutes passed before ths
jfcather was sent "tailing through the
fing. Kline, speedy forward for the
pen-pushers, scored the initial field
goal of the contest, after his team-
(mates had displayed a bit of clever
floor play in working the ball down
tfhe court. Rokusck followed with
a pretty basket, and from then until
the finish of the contest the locals
held the spotlight. The first half
.ended with the score 12 to 0. I
With the opening of the final
Stanza, the Aggies shook up some
pepper and for a few minutes it ap
peared as if this condiment would
spoil the soup for the Bookkeepers.
However. Rokusck uncorked some
good dribbling and basket shooting
-and soon the Commerce flippers had
: increased their total by three field
goals.
i - The Outstanding stars of the game
were Kline, Rokusck and Shoemaker
of Commerce, Norhsted and Freely
of the Aggies.
.-. The Visitors were handicapped by
the ineligibility of several players.
On the strerg'h of this, Coach
, Drummond of Commerce granted
Mahoney and Hathoot a vacation.
: j The score: -
"1 Commtrct.
! G. FT. K(3.rts.
'Hniero, r.f. 1 .", i 5
Kllnn, l.f. A 0
Fiokussk, e. 4 A 3
Hlane (c)i r.r 0 (I 0 0
.Shr.pmaki l.u 1 n 1 ;
,' Krchg. l.g A A 1 n
Jvrnsno, l.f
0
, Total
mate Attie.
. L Ci.
Frinrf, r.f.
Norhsted, l.f. I
;J4'iely, c. i 1
Brown, r.g 0
Htr, I iO
Vudy, l.f. 0
FT.
0
0
A
0 ,
A .
A
1 2
1
1 2
A 0
1 0
a 0
Totalu
. Keferee:
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l.utet, Creighton.
Douglas County Legion
j Jeam Will Play First
H Game Here Feb. 26
;:; The local American Legion bas
i ; Wt ball team will play its first game
of the season at the Y, M. C. A.
gymnasium, Saturday evening. Feb
ruary 26, when it clashes with the
American Legion team of Gothen
burg. Neb. . t
The, Gothenburg team is the cham
,!pioti of western -Nebraska and' is
composed of seven of the fastest
: players in that part of the state. C.
Carl Wcigel lias been appointed cap
tain of the local, team and is fast
;; rounding the team into shape for the
iconung game.
Pitcher Baumgartner
Joins Philadelphia
$ Pitcher J. Stanwood Baumgartner
'i lias rejoined the Philadelphia Na
tional league team and will go south
fj'on the training trip. He was cx
: pected to join the Omaha club next
' month, but canceled his journey into
he Western league when approach
, ed by the Philadelphia chiefs.
Baumgartner , became a member
of the Philadelphia National team .in
1915 and left it in 1917 to play semi
professional and industrial ball. He
is a former University qf Chicago
player and refuses to don on Sun
day. t -
Al Roberts Awarded
Decision Over Roper
New York, Feb. '3.-A1 Roberts
of New York received the referee's
decision over Captain Bob Roper of
Chicago after a 12-round bout here
Wednesday. Roberts weighed 184
pounds and Roper 187. The west
erner relied mainly dn a hard .right,
but Roberts easily avoided it and put-boxed-
his opponent. ' , '
Roper's blows appeared to be more
damaging, but when a number oi
spectators showed their disapproval
of the decision, he lifted up his arms
to quiet them as an indication that
he was satisfied with it.
Johns Hopkins Lacrosse
Team to Invade Europe
Baltimore. Md., Feb. 3. The
Johns Hopkins lacrosse team is
planning an European invasion.
Within a few days, it is announced,
it manager will send letters to Ox
ford and Cambridge universities of
England and other big colleges
abroad asking for dates between
their representative teams and the
American squad.
Base Ball Call Sounded '
At Iowa State Camp
Ames, la., Feb. 3. (Special Tele
gram.) Coach Maury Kent has is
sued his first call for the Iowa state
base ball squad, including battery
candidates, fielders and basemen, to
report for indoor practice. Five vet
erans of last year s runner-up team
iu the valley conference will re
port irnediately. Some good prep
material is also in line.
. Charley White Suspended
By Wisconsin Commission
Milwaukee, Wis.. Feb. '3. Charley
Whit?, who was, chased out of the
. rins in Kenosha recently for putting
up an unsatisfactory bout, was sus
pended for six months by the state
athletic commission Wednesday.
White did not appear before the
, commission, but "was represented by
Tolm 11. Lylc, a Chicago lawyer.
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4. GUS'T
Three Games
On Tap Tonight
For Local Fans
Des Moines Meets Creighton
Central Plays Lincoln
And South Tackles
Columbus.
liamrs Today.
Columbu iifaln.it South High at South
oSnaha Inl. agaiiikt Trinity at Sioux
C'umi Molnri Ini. ajalntit Creifliton at
Crelirhton. . . .
Lincoln asainnt Umaha Central at
Omaha, 11:30 p. m.
Ioanr airalnHt Haatlnx at Hasting.
ntnr alr;t krarnry at Krarnry.
Mlnitourl or.;nt Uanhlngton at St.
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Three basket ball contests arc
scheduled for Omaha today, when
South High, Central and Creighton
university quintets play ' in their
scheduled games with out-of-town
teams.
. The Creighton-Des Moines uni
versity game promises to be the best
affair of the three contests. Coach
Harry Bell and his squad of players
will arrive in Omaha this morning
and will remain in the city for a two
game scries with the blue and white
athletes.
Because of the dance that will be
held on the Creighton floor follow
ing the game, athletic officials have
decided to start the university battle
at 7:30 o'clock, an hour earlier than
usual.
Central Plays Lincoln.
The Omaha Ccntral-Lbcoln High
game will be played this afternoon at
the Y. M. C A. Coach Mulligan's
hoopsters have been playing fairly
good ball this season and arc ex
pected to trim th Lincoln cagers.
Columbus , will invade Omaha to
night for a game with Coach Pat
ton's South High basketeefs. Satur
day' night Columbus and Benson
High play at the Deaf Institute
gymnasium.
Omaha university and Trinity col
lege , meet at Sioux City. The
Towans defeated Coach Adams'
Maroons by a one-point margin here
early in . the season and the locals
are after, revenge, and if they play
true to form, should wallop the
Trinity quintet.
Doauc and Hastings clash on the
lattcr's court, while Cotner and
Kearney mix at Kearney in the only
two Nebraska conference gam?s
scheduled tonight.
Cornhnskers Idle.
Missouri aid Washington play at
St. Louis in the first of a two-game
series. The TJgrs are tied with
Nebraska for the load in the confer:
ence standings, while the Pikers arc
in sixth place.
Oklahoma Sooners won their first
valley game last night in Des Moines
when they trimmed the Drake Bull
dogs, 35 to .32. in a hard-fought
contest. Tonight Benny Owens'
cagers open a two-game series with
the Grinncll college quintet at Grin
nell. The Maltese Cros hoopsters
are at the bottom of the standings
and the game between these two
squads should be an interesting one.
Kansas and Kansas Aggies meet
in their annual cage game tonight.
Drake, Nebraska and Ames are idle
today and Saturday. J
Pat Flaherty, Pitcher, to
Play With Frisco This Year
Son Francisco. Feb. 3. Pat Fla
herty, right-handed pitcher, will re
port for spring practice with San
Francisco, it was anounced today.
Flaherty was with the Boston Amer
icans two years. He bought his own
release from an Akron, O., club at
the close of his engagement last
year.
Reorganize Gun Club
At West Point, Neb.
West Point. Neb.. Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) The West Point Gun club
has been reorganized and is holding
meetings at Neligh park every Sun
day. Col. 'J. C Shipps has been ap
pointed official scorekeeper. The
high men at the last shoot were:
K. T. Kleeman, 21; Karl Kerl, 20:
A. lleinian. 19: T. Collins. 19: and
'vA- Hacffclin, 18.
Basket
Des Moines Tigers Who Play
Flashes! From The
World of Sports
Sooners Beat Drake.
Des Moines. Feb. 3. University
o; Oklahoma defeated Drake. 35 to
32, in a Missouri Valley conference
basket ball game here Wednesday
r.'ght.
' Troeh High Gun.
Houston, Feb. 3. Frank Troch of
Vancouver. Wash., was high gun
man here Wednesday at the first reg
ular day shoot of the Sunny South
handicap, with a score of 199 out of
a possible 200.
Coast League Team Signs Ross.
Sacramento. Cal., Feb. 3. Sidney
Ross, a left-handed pitcher of the
San Antonio club of the Texas
league, has been purchased by the
Sacramento Coast league club, it
was announced Wednesday.
To Determine Landis' Standing.
Washington, Feb. 3. Congres
sional investigation to determine
whether Judge Landis is permitted
under law to continue as federal
judge of the northern Illinois district
while acting as "arbitrator of organ
ized base ball" at an annual salary of
$42,500 is proposed in a resolution
introduced Wednesday by Represen-,
taive Welty. democrat, Ohio.
Leonard to ,Box Welling.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 3. Benny
Leonard, lightweight champion, and
Joe Welling of Chicago, will fight
an eight-round no-decision bout here
February 24, it was announced Wed
nesday afternoon.
French Runner Sails for U. .
Cherbourg. Feb. 3. Marcel Guille- L
mot, noted rrench runner, winner ot
the 5,000 meter event in last sum
mer's Olympic games at Antwerp,
sailed Wednesday for New York.
He will compete in a special.3,000
meter race, at the Guaranty club's
indoor athletic meet in New York,
Fbruary 19.
"Strangler" Lewis and
John Pesek Matched
For Finish Tussle
Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 3. Ed;
(Strangler) Lewis, champion wrcs-'
tier, was matched Wednesday to
meet John Pesek of Ravenna. Neb.,
here iii a two out of three falls match
February 17, William Scoville, local
promoter, announced Wednesday.
Lewis refused to meet Pesek if thfc
headlock was barred, Scoville said,
and Pesek declared Lewis' famous
hold held no fears for him.
Pete Wendell Named
On Cage Committee
Pete Wendell, swimming director
of the Omaha Athletic culb, has been
appointed on the basket ball cham
pionship committee o.f the Western
association v championship tourna
ments to be held under the direction
of the Western Association of the
Amateur Athletic LTnion.
The personnel of the committee
on which Wendell will serve is as
follows: jred Ward, Thomas Watts,
George Murphv, Patrick Fitzgerald,
G P. Wendell, Theodore Maener and
Verne R. C. Lacy, ex-ofhcio member.
Dmpsey Satisfied
Los Angeles, Feb. 3. JackDemp
scy, champion heavyweight pugilist,
said late Wednesday that plans an
nounced in New York by Tex Rick
ard for a match nest Labor day be
tween Jess Willard and the winner
of the Dempsey-Carpenticr fight
v ere "agreeable" to him.
TCKN$M OMAHA PALLCllP
NICKNAME. :
CONTESTANTS NAME j.
ADDRESS
CONTEST CLOSES MARCH 1
Ball Quintet Trounces State Aggies, 21-8
NEXT GN&
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THE Smithsonian Institute will
toss one of Paine's ringtailed
spasms at the moon" just as
soon as the weather gets balmy
enough to permit an astronomer to
think without getting palpitation of
the encyclopedia.
Professor GockI:rd will aim the
rocket, so that moans the professor
is safe. The dis'zy birds have been
pegging away at that moon target
for years and nobody ain't wearing
any medals. yet.
The professor is anxious, to win
the Croix de Luna. Natufally when
a guy looks at the moon too long
he gets that way himself. If the
skyrocket spears the moon's high
rent districts the professor, will go
to work on the sun with a bow and
arrow. Innocent pastimes of second
childhood.
Strange hcr-v the proiessor has
gone this long without having ' a
guardian appointed.. The moon is
20,000,000 miles away in normal
times and not much closer during a
democratic administration. The
rocket will carry 25 miles. Looks
like the SmUhsonia'n Intitute is all
set to claim a mcral.- victory.
The cruising' radius of that moon
beam chaser will save international
uiicago ice river
Noses Jewtraw Out
Of Lead in Tourney
Saranac Lake, N. Y Feb. 2. Roy
McWhorter of Chicaeo, and Charles
JeVtraw of Lake Placid Wednesday
were tied with 80 points each after
the second day of the international
skating tourney. Charles German'
of St. John. N. B., was close behind
with 60 points. The championship
matches will end tomorrow.
By winning the half mile and win
ning "third in the two mile today
McWhorter was able to gain a good
grip on the national title.
Joe Moore, .the . New York City
ice speedster, gave the most sensa
tional performance of the day, win
ning the two-mile event in 5:54 or
14 seconds slower than the world's
record.
Omaha University
Beats Legion Five
Manila, Ta., Feb. 3. (Special Tel
egram.) The Omaha university
basket ball team of Omaha, Ncb
defeated the local American Legion
ouintet here Wednesday night in a
fast game by the score, of 45 to 10.
The score at the end of the first half
was 2-1 to 4.
"Mo" Pressly, Maroon center, was
the outstanding star of the game,
caging ten field goals, thereby' scor-
1IJK kjl 1113 iidiu -ti laiuia.
Pacific League Officials '
To Hold' Meeting Saturday
Tacoma, Wash,, Feb. 3. Pacific
International Base Ball league direc
tors, will meet in Vivtoria on Satur
day, President Louis 11. Burnett an
nounced today. A two-day session
has been called and Burnett an
nounces the meeting as the most im
portant of the year.
Creighton Tonight
complications, but it won't hurt you
if you put your hens in the cellar
that night. Whatever goes up must
come down with the usual excep
tion of Stutz stock. Wall street
lease write.
The professor doesn't state-wheth-er
he will ridt that Matteawan" pro
jectile baritone style or side saddle.
He has a rumble seat built on the
dashboard, but he can send out
50,0.00 engraved invitations and still
be the loneliest man in the world.
The whizzitor io the moon only
intends to stay long enough to make
some scientific investigation. That's
one place' you can't get back from
on a writ of habeas corpus. If he
starts to volplane back on a moon
beam it will take him 160 rears,
which means that he will probably
get home again before we miss him.
Everything seems to be set for
the stampede to the moon. The pro
fessor is practising falling off the
chickenhouse roof. But the Smith
sonian Institute shouldn't hog all the
preferred stock
It's one of ihose things that
shouldn't be in private hands.l IU
plans and specifications qualify it
for government ownership.
License Fees of Two
Chicago Ball Clubs
Increased 1 00 Per Cent
Chicago, 111., Feb. 3. The license
fees of the two major league base
ball clubs here Wednesday were in
creased 100 per cent by the city
council' revenue committee. As a re
sult the Chicago Americans will pav
a tax of $4,000, while the National
league club will be assessed $3,000
for the season of 1921.
The council revenue committee
last week proposed a tax of 5 per
cent of the receipts of all games, in
place of the regular fee.
The offer to pay the 100 per cent
increase in preference to the 5 per
cent proposition of the committee
was made by Alfred Austrian, attor
ney for the clu'-s.
Pole Vaulter Selected
To Captain Wash. College
Pullman. Wash.. Feb. 3- Eldon
Jenne of Mount Vernon, Wash.,
holder of the Pacific coast confer
ence record in the pole vault and
star punter of the foot ball team, has
been selected to captain the 1921
Washington state college track ath
letes, it was announced today. Over
man Howell, last year's track cap
tain, is not at school this year.
HIGHSCKL
BASKETBALL
Aurora. 19; Broken Bow, 11.'
Aurora, - Neb.. Feb. 3. (Special.) Th
local high school basket ball team defeated
the Broken Bo-.v quintet here by thq
acore ot li lo 11. In a. hard-fought, but
clean frame of basket ball. Captain De
Maranvllle was the star of the locals'
P'ay. ,
Reatrli'p. Nriiuraska dir. ?.
: Nebraska ritr. Neb.. Feb. . (Special.)
Bi atrlce high defeated the local high
school basket ball quintet hera by the
score of of 25 to 22, in one ot the faatest
games played here thua far this season,
The game was In doubt until the last few
seconds of plav. Hobcra; ot th losers
was the star of the contest, making 1$
of his team's it points.
' Geneva to Play Lincoln High.
Geneva. .Neb., Feb. 8. (Special.) The
local high school basket ball team wtl!
meet the Lincoln high school quintet here
In a game Saturday night. The locals
have won eight out of nine gamea played,
losing to Deshler eollege team. Genera
Is one of the smaller schools of the state
that has always been given a Class "A"
rating at the state tournament, winning
the state , chemplonahlp in 11. The
remainder of the local's schedule. Is as
follows:
February 6 Lincoln at Geneva.
February 11 Crete at Geneva.
February 18 Geneva at Nebraska r!lty.
February 19 Geneva at Flattsmouth.
February 84 Superior at Geneva,
March 3 Havelock at Havelock.
.March 4 Crete at Crete.
Semi-Pro and Amatuer
tienoa Legion n'lns.
Genoa. Neb., fob. 3. (Special.) Th'
I Ccnoa l.cglon banket ball team won Hi
first game of the sesson by oVfeatln
j the Fullrrton Legion team, II lo 2:',
Man Ayers Wife
Took Land While
He Was "Insane"
Files Complaint in Federal
Court Against Her and At
torneys to Regain Title
and Money.
Complaint was filed in federal
court yesterday by Edward Davis
Roberts 5 to regain a land title and
several thousand - dollars from his
wife, Mrs. Frances Irene Roberts of
Paxton, Neb., and Attorneys Ben S.
Baker, Harry Haythorne and Ernest
Hodder of Omaha, and Attorneys
William D. Reese and J, Hysham
of Red Oak, la. '
The complaint was filed through
James E. Rait, attorney and legal
guardian for Mr. Roberts. The
complainant formerly was a wealthy
ranchman.
Lays Claim.
Roberts alleges that through sev
eral litigations in court for the sale
of his land in Keith-county, Nebras
ka, four years ago. he lost the deed.
He charges his wife, and the attor
neys named. ; with holding illegal
claim on the. title after he was ad
judged insane by the Douglas county
board of tonrmissioners of insanity.
The attorneys laid claim on the
land title and money naid into court
by Mr. Roberts, he alleges, when he
took the case from them.
Petition Denied.
Roberts' wife filed a petition of in
tervention in federal court not long
ago to prevent him from holding the
and alone. The petition was denied.
The complainant prays the court
to have the land title returned to
him, together with the amount of
money involved, which exceeds
$3,000, the complaint reads.
Mr. Roberts has established tem
porary residence in Omaha. During
the past three years he has been
living in California.
Wymore Community Club
Praises State Road Work
Wymore, Neb.. Feb. 3. CSocciaD
The Wymore Community club lias
passed resolutions urging that the
present Nebraska highway depart
ment be retained in office. State En
gineer George E. Johnson is com
mended for the work he has ac
complished, the resolution states
that plans are under way in some
communities to discredit the work
of the department.
Columbus Mass Meeting
Opposes Sunday Dances
Columbus, Neb., Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) A mass meeting was held
here urging the city council to pass
an ordinance to control the lowered
standard of morality that seems to
prevail at the public dances. An
age limit of 18 years for young peo
ti,e unchaperoned was suggested; It
was recommended that Sunday
night dances be abolished.
Genoa American Legion
Closes Membership Drive
Genoa, Neb.. Febj 3. (Special.)
The Edward H. Larsofi post Amer
ican Legion has closed a member
ship drive, which netted 65 new
members. The post now has an
enrollment of 115. Two teams par
ticipated iu the drive and the losers,
assisted by the Mite society of the
Congregational church served a din
ner to the winning team.
CLOSING OUT
ALL WINTER
CLOTHING
35.00 Overcoats 15.0()
35.00 Suits 15.00
6.00 Trousers 2.95
8.50 Trousers 4.48
6.00 Shoes ..2.95
2.00 House Slippers $1
1.25 Rubbers...... 39tf
J. HE LP II A ID
CLOTHING CO.
314 N. 16th St.
Foreign M o t h e r
In U. S. Isolated,
W.C.T.U. Meet Told
She Is Left at Home, Shut Off
From Life of Country, aud
Should Be Taught English,
Says Speaker.
Ways of helping the little foreign
mother, who spends her life in for
eign communities of this country
raisin? large families under adverse
conditions and unable to obtain evenj
tue sugiitcst grar.p ot tnc jingnsn
language oc the ideals of her
adopted country, were discussed by
Mrs. Culla J. Vayhinger, director of
the National Woman's Christian
Temperance union, at the morning
session of its north-central regional
conference in the First, Presbyterian
church. .
"Fundamentally the union's Amer
icanization work is for women,"
said . Mrs. Vayhinger, who is from
Chicago. "Wc hnd that the foreign
mother in the home is most neg
lected. She Is Shut Off.
"There is no way to compare the
woman of southern Europe with the
American woman. The average
husband who immigrates to this
country believes that as head of the
family it is his right to carry on all
the negotiations for the family.
"He learns enough English to get
along, but when it comes to his wife
learning the language and ways of
the country he often objects.1 It is
her business to stay at home and
raise children, he thinks.
"Thus shut off the little foreign
mother often sees her children drift
ing away from her. They begin to
speak in a language she cannot un
derstand. Public and night schools
do much to remedy the situation.
But when the mother enrolls in
night schools she finds herself in the
midst of younger people whose
minds are more active. They laugh
at her slowness and the inability of
her poor hands, cramped by toil, to
write.
. Drops Out.
"And in a short time she drops
out without even learning to write
her own name jn many cases: It is
up to the Woman's Christian Tem
perance union to go into the homes
where such cases are to be found
and help the little mother to learn
the English language."
Presidents of trie union in four
"states were present at the informal
luncheon for delegates at the church
this noon and each made a short
talk. The presidents are Miss Eliz
abeth P. Anderson, of North Da
kota; Mrs. Lela G. Dyar, of Ne
braska; Mrs. Flora Mitchell, of
South Dakota; and Mrs. Ida B. Y.
Smith, of Iowa. i.
Brief addresses were given at the
morning session by , Mrs. Matilda
E. Patterson, the Rev. Lida Herrick
and several other members' of the
national executive committee.. Mrs.
Elizabeth Owens . Middleton, na
tional director of the department of
scientific temperance instruction,'
also spoke. " ,
Oshkosh in Throes
Of Telephone War
: ; --'m .
Oshkosh, Neb, Feb. 3. (Special.)'
,-t-A telephone wat is on here be
tween 10 of the farmer-owned party
lines and the Platte Valley Tele
phone company,. growing out of 'mis
understandings of rates and timfi
of payments. The 10 lines that have
joined forces under a mutual ar
rangement have all been disconnect
ed and are now without telephone
service and the business trien threat
en to become a factor in the fight
on account of the value of their
ohones being considerably lessoned
by the lines being out of service.
A movement is under way to put
in a mutual exchange and the fann
ers have declared themselves beyond
the reach of a compromise with the
company. This exchange was but
recently remodeled, several thou
sand feet of cable was put in and
a common batterv service installed,
this being one of the two systems
of this kind in this valley. The Pub
lic Service club will endeavor to; get
the two warring factions together, ,
Fremont Legion Schedules
Ladies' Sjinphony Orchestra
Fremont. Neb.. "Feb. 3. (Special.)
The American Legion and the
women's auxiliary have scheduled
the. Ladies' Symphonv Orchestra
for two performances Tuesday The
orchestra consists of 27 women and
it assisted by soloists and a famous
dancer.
1
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A properly balance Style'
' for Winter
Lion Qoiiars
United Shirt &GlIarCo,Troy,N.Y wffio Jlakcn of Urn Shah
Missouri Valley
Life Undenvritcrb
To Meet iii Omaha
One-Day Sales Congress to Be
Held February 15 Many
Speeches on Insurance
Scheduled.
The one-day sale congress of
the Missouri Valley , Life Under
writers will be held ill Omaha 'Feb
ruary 15. Headquarters will be in
the Masonic temple.
Edward J. 'Phelps, president o!
the Omaha Life Underwriters' a
sociation, will preside. The, session
will open at 9:30 in the morning
with the singing of "America."
The Rev. O. D. Baltzly will offer
the invocation and Mayor Smith
will make a speech of welcome, to
which T. W. Blackburn,' secretary
and counsellor of the American Life
convention, will respond.
Orville Thorp of Dallas, Tex., will
discuss association plans, and Bar
ney Pearson, also of Dallas, will
tell of "The Selling Process."
Charles W. Scovel of Pittsburgh,
Pa., will discuss business insurance.
At noon the delegates will be
given a complimentary luncheon by
the Omaha Life Underwriters' as
sociation and the session will be re
sumed at 1:45 'p. m.
Mr. Thorp will speak again on
"Insurance to Cover Inheritance
Taxes," and W. B. Young, chief . of
the bureau of insurance at Lincoln,
will talk of "Needed Legislation."
Burton IT. Saxton of Sioux City
will make a speech on "More In
surance to Old Policy Holders." and
J. W. F. Moorr, president of the
South Dakota Life Underwriters' as
sociation, will talk on "Why Life In
surance." -
Orville A. Andrews of Lincoln will
tell of "Compiling a Prospect List,"
and Mr. Scovel, "Income Insur
ance." Judge Neville Will
Be Buried Here
Body to Be Brought From San
Diego, Where Jurist Died
Wednesday
The body of Judge James Neville,
83, who dide Wednesday of apoplexy
in San Diego, Cal, where he had
gone to spend the winter, will be
brought back to Omaha for burial.
Judge Neville is survived bv
three sons, Elmer N. Neville, 3723
Jones street, with whom he made -.
his home in Omaha, and George and
Eugene Neville of St. Louis. Judge
Neville vas: a brother of the late
Congressman William Neville and
an uncle of former Governor Keith
Neville of North Platte. - He was
Law Library association. ' J
111'., graduated from the Mich
igan law school and came to Oma
ha in 1867. President Grant named
him United States district attornev
May 20, 1871, which post he held
eight years. He served with . the
Illinois infantry during the civil
war.
Shortly after completing his fed
eral service, he was named to fill
the -unexpired term of Judge James
W. Savage, first district judge of
Douglas county, serving Douglas,
Sarpy, Washington and Burt coun
ties. He served here eight years de
clining re-election and returning to
legal practice.
Fremont Merchants to Give 1 )
Free Course in Salesmanship
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 3. (Special.)
Fremont merchants have arranged
with Prof. Paul Ivey of the Uni
versity of Nebraska to teach 100
sales people of this city the prin
ciple of salesmanship.' Under the
auspices of the Retailers' association
and the Y. M. C. A: the idea was
accepted by the local merchants. The
course is to be given free of charge
to a limited number of ex-service
men. ' "
FirvLoss in Columbus in
1920 Was Nearly $75,000
Cbfuwbus. Neb., Feb. 3. (Spe
cial.) The chief of the fire depart
ment 111 his annual report estimates
nearly $75,000 worth of property"
was destroyed by fire in Columbus
in the past year. The main reason
for such a large destruction was in
adequate water pressure, he says.
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