THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1921.
American Legion Boxing
-...I - 1 1
Prospects of Legalizing Sport
if' In Nebraska Not Very Bright;
May Come Up in Lower House
; Lincoln. Feb. 7. (Special Telegram.) The American Legion boxing
l till was killed today in the house committee on miscellaneous subjects.
b "The committee voted five against a favorable recommendation and four
in favor of favorable recommendation. The committee's vote follows: .
i For: Mears, Barbour. Ruddy, Palmer. ' .
i Against: Epperson, Good. McKee, Franklin, Anderson of Knox.
Representative Palmer of Omaha declared today that the minority
on the committee would demand that the bill come up before consideration
and for a vote on the floor 6f the lower house. ,
, "It was killed through objections of dishonest fight and wrestling
promoters, who see in proposed regulation of these sports an end to fake,
money-making matches and by conscientious objectors who are against
anything that look even on the surface as a blow at our "blue uaws,"
: said Palmer. "At least 95 per cent of the conscientious objectors don't rea
lize that the passage of this law will clean a sport which has been made
unclean because it hasn't been regulated." t
"This is an American Legion bill, which the boys fant from the
' people of Nebraska and it is up to every member of the Legion to use
his influence to see it pass.". .
Inter-State Pocket
Cue Meet Feb. 21
' , Fourteen Games to Be Played
f, In Omaha and Same Num
ber in Dea Moines.
Eight pocket billiard players from
Iowa and Nebraska already have en
tered the first annual Inter-State
pocket billiard tournament, which is
scheduled to start on Monday eve
ning, February 21. .
The games will be played at the
De Luxe parlors in Omaha and the
Mission parlors in Des Moines.
Fourteen games will be played in
'each town. The tournament will end
February 28. No matches will be
played on Saturday and Sunday.
, The winner of the tourney will re-
ceive $800, while the ruriner-up will
bt awarded $500. The player fin-
, iahing third will get $300.
When the tourney swings into
action two players from Iowa will
invade Omaha and two cue experts
. from this state will journey across
' the creek for games in Des Moines.
To date Des Moines is represented
' by W. D. Wilson, Charlie Whitford
and O. P. Durocher. Hershel Beach
will compete from Cedar Rapids and
T. Erf Voorhies will represent Iowa
, City. , ;
r Nebraska it only represented by
' three pocket billiard players, Harry
Shepard, Clarence (Murad) Lorenza
-and Frank Riley, Any pocket, bil-
Hard player in the state who believes
he can cop some ot the prize money
? is urged to get in tonch with Harry
Shepard at the De Luxe' parlors.
? Eknad Matched to
I ; Meet Fred Mortensen
Alliance, Neb., Feb. 7. (Special.)
V-CIarence Eklund of Sheridan,
' Wyo;, light heavyweight wrestler,
i nas oeen matched to meet Fred Mor-
tenson of Alliance, the "Terrible"
JJane, m a return bout February 1.
. The men wrestled here January 18
in a one-fall match, Eklund winning
in one hour and 40 minutes with a
headlock and bar arm. The return
' match will be best two out of three
: falls, no time limit, for a purse of
$750, winner take all The former
" match was witnessed by nearly 1,000
fans, many of whom came from sur-
rounding towns. .
Wire Bowling Meet '
. Entries Close Tuesday
The promoters of the Second An
nual International Industrial Tele-
. graphic Bowling tournament, are
making their last appeal to the in-
t dustrial concerns throughout the
United States and Canada for an en-
' try in this year's championships,
, February 8, has, .been the date set
" for the closing of entries, and all
: blanks, must be in the hands of Mr.
; W. V. Thompson, 525 So. Wasbash
Ave., Chicago, 111., before this time.
' Four Clubs Will Compose -
Pacific Coast League
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 7. Four
, clubs will compose the Pacific Inter
. national league the coming season,
according to a decision reached yes
' terday at a meeting of directors here,
it was announced Sunday. - Seattle
; and Spokane will be dropped, leaving
- Victoria, Vancouver, Tacoma.and
; Yakima as the cities represented.
Union Pacific Scores 1
Rolled at St Paul
Twa-Maa Kraut.
..J0 300
169
175
TeUl 141
Klnit "
- Storrt 1 1 11 , ...
Totml !."
- Boulti 11 1S 171 ,
..
- Kank 1
Total
- "OHl .
v Kent U
. Total
: TUur ..ICS
Broderlck ...... .....Ill
- Total
' - Toynber 11
Hlslop .......161
Total
- Olllliraa ............14
' Nmk Ill
1,056
1T1
lit
141
185
ICS
149
131
17T
149
stt
US
141
11
111
(St
ICS
111
IPS
191
TOtU 25
Individual Event.
- B. Kanka. Omaha 160 216 197 8T1
.. J. Landon, Omaha ...124 171 ITS 671
- F. Broderick, Omaha 101 201 161667
' H. Bowles, Omaha ....160 194 190644
O. Storrs, Omaha ......166 , 180 ISO 626
B. Konpal. Omaha ...161 178 147611
O. Bauar, Omaha 158 139 191481
- A. Hislop. Omaha ....167 138 182487
J. Kemp. Omaha 166 147 166 469
J. Kin, Omaha 167 16! 151460
I. Gill. Omaha 145 161 135141
K. Toynber, Omaha ....141 145 135 131
HIGHSOffcL
BASIiETBALL
HadtMft Wlna Cam.
Madlaon. Neb., Feb. 7. (Special.) The
Vadium High achool basket ball team
defeated the Colutnbua High school quin
tet here.
Craig SSt Cntim 10.
Cralf, Neb., Feb. T. (Spoelal.) Cralt
High achool won over Gretna High here
by the score of 21 to 10, In a hard
. fought game ot basket ball. .
Bearer Ooeelng SSt PleasantrlUe 8. -
Beaver Crowing, Neb., Feb. T. (Spe
cial. VTha local high school basket ball
' ctulntot easily defeated the PleasantrlUe
team hers by the score of 18 to 6. The
Bearer Crossing toner started oat In
the lead and were never In danger of los
ing It. The local team and Frelnd's first
'intet met here next Saturday night.
How State Conference
Cage Teams Stack Up
Team Standing.
Won. Lost Pet.
Omaha U. 2
Doane ... 7
Cotner 5
Midland ....3
Wesleyan 3
Hastings ...... 3
Peru '2
York 1
Kearney. . 0
Wayne , 0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
4-
5
6
1,000
.875
.834
.600
.600
.500
.500
.200
.000
.000
Nickname Omaha
Club and Win Pass
Only Twenty Days Left in
Which Yqu Can Enter
Burch to Select Names.
Omaha base ball fans! Only
twenty-twodays remain in which
you can nickname the Omaha Base
ball club and perhaps win the sea'
son's pass Magnate Burch and Finn
will award to the fan who sends in
the best name.
According to the number of names
already received, all Omaha is-awake
to the fact that the local club needs
t nickname. Every mail brings
hundreds of nicknames and when the
first of next month rolls' around,
Barney Burch is going to take a day
oft and select the best-nickname.
Ladies are eligible to the contest
and to date the fair sex have sent in
about as many nicknames as their
brothers.
Abner Kaiman, agent for the Lion
Bonding Surety company in Omaha
believes "liarney Burchs Bunnies
a good nickname for the team. Kai
man says-that with the slow-footed
athletes shelved. and with such speed
artists as Fred Haney and Whitey
Gislason together with" other fast
youngsters this club shpuld be com
posed of veritable "bunnies."
Send in your nickname. The con
test closes March 1. Who will win
the pass? Yill in the coupon printed
on this page and send 'it to the
Sports Editor of The Omaha Bee.
Everett McGowan
Wins Another Race
v ..
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 7. Everett
McGowan of St. Paul won his third
victory since he became a profession
al by defeating Ben . O'Sickey of
Cleveland, O., in four skatme' races
Sunday.
Organizing Class Cage
, League at Nebraska
Lincoln, Feb. 7. (Special.) Intra
mural basket ball will be staged at
the University of Nebraska the lat
ter part of this month. Under the
direction of the department of
physical education and athletics a
college and class -basket ball tour
ney is being organized. An inter
fraternity basket ball tournament
will be held later in the season.
John Olin and Lewis
To Wrestle in Des Moines
Des Moines, la., Feb. 7. (Special,
Telegram.)-John Olin, gian. Fin
nish wrestler, has agreed to face
"Strangler" Ed Lewis, heavy catch-as-catch-can
wrestler in a ; finish
match in the local Coliseum on Fri-
Base Ball Chatter
Chicago Trlhnne-ftmaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, Feb. f. Dare Robertson says
he won't play with the Cubs If they make
him go to California. Dare wants to Dlay
with semi-pro teams around Norfolk, Va.,
until the season opens. He owns part
Interest In a sporting goods firm In Nor-
ioik ana aoesn't want to go' west.
Charley Pick, former Cub Inflelder, has
been shipped by the Braves to the Sacra
mento Paclflo Coast club. Pick broke bis
leg last fall, but expects to be in form
this year.
Walter Maranrllle's Pirate contract Is
said to call for 110,000 for next summer's
work.
Inflelder Eddie Foster, Pitcher Ntetxer
and Outfielder Clayton hare signed con
tracts to play with the Boston. Americans
this season.
Joe Tinker Is on a fishing spree to Flori
da. He claims ha snagged five plckerell
and bass and would hare caught more,
but didn't have time.
,NlCkNAME:.........l
CONTESTANTS NAME.
ADDRESS.
CONTEST CLOSES MARCH 1
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Man 0' War's Ma and Pa
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Fair Play, 16-year-old sire of
job at the August Belmont farm
Mahuba, the famous racer's, dam,
Omaha Amateur Sandlot Players ;
Start Making Plans for Season
Omaha amateur base ball players
are looking forward for one of the
greatest seasons in the history of
the game here. ' ? ' ' '
Although the opening games will
not be played until the middle of
April, managers are already scout
ing for players.
Practically all of last 'season's
teams will be back in the field, with
the addition of six or eight "ptvf
teams, according to present infor
mation, given out by the various
league presidents.
The City league, the oldest cir
cuit in the Municipal Amateur Base
Ball association, according to Pres
ident Frank Jacobs, is practically
formed for the season, although one
more franchise is obtainable.
The following last season's teams
have applied for franchises in the
Citv class A circuit: Drive-It-
Yourselfs, Bowen Furniture Co., and
Riggs Optical Co. Ihe, raxton
Vierlings, of Ihe City league, may
enter the loop if satisfactory ar
rangements can be made. Other
teams who have applied for fran
chises in the City leagu; are the
North Omaha Boosters and the la-
ble Supply. , Any other class A team
wishing to join the City league
should get in touch with Jacobs at
Drummond Arranging
Tough Grid Schedule
For Commerce High
Coach Drummond of Commerce
has nearly finished the Bookkeep
ers' gridiron , schedule. Mahoney,
Hathoot, Rokusek,, Hodgson. Han
sen and South of last season's-team
have said t good-bye to the; high
school gridiron. '" Lambretch ; and
Slane. Veterans of tour seasons, will
be absent from, the Commerce line
up next fall. -Drummond'
has Kline. Ktihry,'
Warner, Krasne, Camero and Yech-
out upon which to build his . team.
The Bookkeepers lost the state
championship to Cambridge, 10 to 0.
The Bookkeepers scncduie 101-
lows: . '
September SO Open.
" rAnKAw 1 R Orion
October 22 Beatrice at Omaha.
November 6 South at South Omaha.
November 11 Grand Island at Grand
Island.
November 17 Council Bluira at council
Bluffs. ,
November 24 central at omana.
Bookkeepers Have Won
Seven Out of Eight
Basket Ball Contests
Coach Drummond's Maroon and
White basket ball quintet have thus
far lived up to the expectations of
the local fans. The scrappy Book
keepers have won seven games and
lost one. The Leavenworth street
boys have scored 187 points to their
opponents V4.
The following is the BookkeeP'
ers schedule for the remainder of
the season. Several changes have
been made in the schedule:
February 10 Council Bluffs at Omaha.
. February li oum iiign ai urnsm.
" February 18 Beatrice at Beatrice.
February 12 Central at the Auditorium,
February 24 Lincoln at Lincoln. .
March 4 Benson at Omaha.
1
Man o' War (below) is still on the
in Lexington, Ky. Oit the top is
who is also at the same farm.
Colfax 1126. , .
President Robert Kroll of the
Commercial league and N. J. Weston
of the Church league will call meet
ings of their respective circuits with
in the next two weeks, in order to
get an early start. All of the teams,
with the exception of the Swift &
Lo., last season s champions of th
Commercial league, will be granted
a Irauchise this season, if they wish
to enter, according to Kroll. The
Packers had a walk-away in the
league Jast season and, the managers
are against having the ' Packers in
the league, if they hare the. same
team, .
According to present plans, the
Swift team-will enter the Packers'
league, which is' making fast prog
ress. , Other" teams who will be rep-,
-. . J a ir . . i
icacuicii Hie .rvriiHjurs, -iviurns, vuua-
hy and Dold Packing company. The
league will probably consists of six
teams, playing both Saturday and
Sunday ball.-
Upon learning that they were re
instated by the board of directors
Friday night, the six players, Mur
phy, ... Pascal, Rogers, Langer,
Stephanek and King, immediately
got in touch with the backer of the
rjrivcrlt-Yourself company team in
regards to signing up for th.e season.
Standings of Missouri
Valley Basket Teams
W
., ..10
.... 4
,...;-4
.... 6
..... 3
..... 2
1
.... 0
L
0
0
1
5
5
6
5
6
Pet.
1,000
1,000
.800
.545
.366
.250
.167
000
Missouri
Nebraska . . . . .
Kansas Aggies
Oklahoma
Ames ., .
Washington ...
Drake
Grinnell ......
Former Omaha, Catcher
Signs Dodger Contract
Ernie Kruegcr, former . Omaha
catcher, has signed with the Dodgers
for this season. Brooklyn will get
an early start, as. they are booked
to play exhroition games with In
dianapolis in New Orleans, March
30 and 31.
ADVERTISEMENT
WICHITA IAN
WORK HALF THE TIME
Fandree Says He Was Al
most a Physical Wreck
Before Taking Tanlac
Now On the Job Every
Day. : ; -
"The way Tanlac' has releived my
troubles is nothing less than won
derful," said Thomas M. Fandree,
21S7 Jackson street, Wichita.
"Before J got this medicine I had
suffered from a bad stomach and
disordered . kidneys for. three years,
and I was almost a physical wreck.
The gas on my stomach so affected
my heart that I could hardly breathe.
I got completely down, unable to
get out of the house for five weeks,
and was in bed most of the time.
"I was so dizzy I could not stoop
over without losing my balance. My
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"Killed" in House
?BUG8"
iBAER
fTVHERE seems to be some ad-
I verse endorsement of the fight-
ing ability of Gink Fowler.
The boys claim that they can't find
his record in tne ronce uazeiie.
That is the fault of the police and
not the gazette. Gink's metropoli
tan statistics were compiled by
Stopgo Gogo, the famous Japanese
traffic cop. , '
Gink was one corrugated hombre,
Listern and learn. He was so tough
that he rode into Roughtown on
wildcat, beating him across the with
ers with a hot ratlesnake. Don t
look for Gink's measurements in the
Boxers De Gotha. He stands su
preme in the Gypsy Dream book.
He reeled an oooonent like a po
tato. He thought that wood alcohol
was the elixir of life and once a in
vaded a sewing circle of infuriated
grizzlies to learn the secret of eter
nal youth.
-You speak of honor? Honor was
a family legend with the Roughtown
Fowlers. Of course, this branch of
the family is only distantly related
to the Labrador Fowlers, who knew
nomine of the finer things of life.
Even the family skeleton was cham
pion over the things that 'walk by
night and depart with the crow of
the rooster.
Everything was touch in that
clan. Grandpop Fowler had whisk'
ers. Each hair on his chin was as
strong as the Atlantic cable. He
died. His destination was the usual
terminus of the Fowler folks. They
established Weejee board liaison
with him. The Weejee plank threw
off sparks. The message was that
Sheol was the far and frozen north
compared with Roughtown.
Men, with a spirit like that m a
representative Americn family, is
it any wonder that now the kaiser
is in Grand Rapids, Holland, mak
ing furniture out of . defenseless
logs? And echo, like a barber, hol
lers. "Nex."
The only soupstain on his record
is the .fight with Soakum Yurself,
the famous Turkish atrocity. The
referee stopped the, fight in the
twenty-first round Vrithout even
giving the boys a chance to start.
The fans claimed the lads had '
working agreement not n work.
Gink had no trouble losing this
fight. It was one of his easiest de
feats. He was ten to one before the
fight started, but eighty of the Con
stantinople massacre exoert's oals
jumped into the ring and made it
eighty to ten. It was the habit in
those days, when your man was
losing to jump in and cut the rones.
They cut the ropes this time and
trink fell right off the tree.
As per usual. Gink was awarded
this fight on a foul. Soakum step
ped on Gink's back and. Gink claim
ed the works.- The referee slipped
the oil to the public and left before
the Klux Klux got a chance to find
out how he stood on light wines
and beer.
They were men in those davs.
Gink s uncle once broke his lee
trying to pick his teeth out of sea
son, ihey sent a comic valentine to
the doctor and he arrived via the
Roughtown railroad, which charged
the usual government mileage of
three cents a wreck. It was an ex
press. Only made one stop. After
that one stop the passengers got a
free transfer to the emergency
imousine. ihe Doc wanted to give
Unk some ether. They gave him
some more ether and Urik offered
to buy one for the Doc. He thought
the next round was on him.
They finally got him to sleeo. set
his leg, but he stayed jn the clinic
for two years more with afracture
in his skull that looked like the delta
of the A lie. y
Havana University Will
Send Team to Relay Meet
. i'hiladephia, Jeb. 7. In addition
to French and Canadian teams at
the University of Pennsylvania relay
carnival here April IS and 30, the
University of . Havana. Cuba, may
also send a team. ;
George W. Orton, manager of the
carnival, also announced today that
two ' new intercholastic relay races
have been added to the orogram.
They are a two-mile event, each boy
to run a hair mile, and a class a pre
paratory and high school one-mile
race. A number of entries, includ
ing the Cedar Rapids (la.) High
school, already have been received
for the two-mile relay.
ADVERTISEMENT
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never able to get anything to re
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hill until I ran across Tanlac.
commenced to climb before my first
bottle of lanlac was gone.
"After finishing my third bottle I
was able to eat and digest just any
thing, and was back at my work
every day. Before taking Tanlac I
was unable to work about half the
time. I now eat and sleep like a
child and feel better in every way
than I have in years. Tanlac will
always get a good recommendation
from me. . ,
Tanlac is sold m Omaha . at all
Sherman & McConncll Drue Com
pany's stores, Harvard Pharmacy
and West End Pharmacy. Also in
South Omaha and Benson Phar
macy, Benson; George Siert, Flor
ence, Neb.; Saratoga Pharmacy, 24th
and Ames, North Umaha, web., and
the leading druggist in each city and
town throughout the state of Ne
aska. PHONE
Central High
AndCreighton
Play Tonight
ay X
"Prep School Shooters
Will Enter Game Favorites
Over Purple and V
White.
Garnet Tonight
Chicago against Northwestern at
Evanston.
Midland against York at York.
Central High against Creighton
at Creighton.
Central High school and Creigh
ton High school basket ball teams
will clash in their annual game to
nleht at the latter's gymnasium. The
contest is scheduled to start at oils
o'clock.
The game tonight between these
two rival schools is expected to be
chuck full of action from start to
finish.
The Creighton tossers have the
edge on their Purple and White op
ponents, but Coach Mulligan's crew
is liable to spring a surprise and de
feat the "prep" school shooters.
Coach Drummond's Commerce
High school team trounced the
Creighton High, several days ago,
thereby handing the latter teanj its
first defeat of, the season.
Midland and York are scheduled
to meet in the only game carded
tonight in the Nebraska conference
race. .The contest will be played
at York. '
Chicago and Northwestern play at
Evanston in the only contest in the
Western' conference race scheduled
tonight,.'
The Missouri Valley conference
will get into action tomorrow night
when Nebraska meets Iowa State at
Ames, la., and Washington plays
Kansas at Lawrence.
Joe Stangl To Meet
Smeal and McGill
In Bouts This Month
Joe Stangl, Omaha heavyweight,
has been Signed for two big match
es this month, Charley Loch, his
manager, announced yesterday.
Stangl will clash with Joe Smeal
of Dodge, Neb., protege of Anton
Stecher, in a finish cont.est at Man
ning, I3., February 16.
The second mat tilt will be with
Pat McGill of Wisner on February
25 at Tecumseh, Neb. The Omaha
bonecrusher guarantees to toss Mc
Gill twice in two hours. The bout
is winner-take-all and a side bet of
$350.- ,.
The local grappler may meet
Wayne Munn, also of this city, .in
a finish match in the semi-windup
of the John 01in-"Strangler'' Lewis
affair in Des Moines the latter part
of this month.
"Kid" Schlaifer, Omaha welter
weight, who is in Chicago training
under the instruction of Ike Bern
stein, will not meet "Sailor" Moss
at the Omaha Athletic club smok
er Friday night as was recently an
nounced. Schlaifer has been ill and
is not expected to get into condi
tion for a tough bout until about
the middle of nexth month.
Verdict of Jury
Was No Surprise,
Says Mrs. Peete
Convicted Slayer of Los An
geles Mining Man Declares
She Gave Up Hope of Ac
quittal Early in Wek.
Los Angeles, CaL Feb. 7. Mrs.
Louise L. Peete, convicted Saturday
of the murder of Jacob Charles Den
ton, had given up hope of acquittal
four days before, she told a repre
sentative of the Los Angeles Exam
iner last night. ; v
She said she ,had concluded from
watching the jurors, especially after
her counsel declined to let her take
the witness stand in her own de
fense, that they would not acquit her.
Didn't Expect Life.
"But." she added. "I did not think
they would find me guilty of first
degree murder and vote to send me
to the penitentiary for lite. 1 h
exoected a lesser penalty."
Her husband, R. C. Peete, indi
cated last' night that Mrs. Peete was
ready to risk the possibility of a
death sentence in the hope that a
second trial would free her.
The jury yesterday recommended
life imprisonment.
Mrs. Peete said she hoped soon
to see her little daughter, Betty, 4,
She has seen her only once, from a
distance, since she was placed in jail
last October.
Will Ask New Trial.
W. T. Aggeler. acting public de
fender, who represented Mrs. Peete
throughout her trial, yesterday said
he would not consider until today
the matter of a possible appeal.
George Gallagher, county jailer,
said a woman who did not give her j
name telephoned to him that she was
a believer in Mrs. Peete's innocence
and would finance a new trial for
her if it was possible to obtain, one.
Sentence will be imposed on Mrs.
Peete Tuesday mprning.
Meredith Offers
Farmers Advice
Secretary of Agriculture
Frankly Chjlcle6 Agricultur
ists for Lack of Foresight.
Madison, Wis.. Feb. 7. Secretary
of Agriculture E. T. Meredith told
Wisconsin farmers, gathered in the
University of Wisconsin today, to
study .marketing conditions, that the
greatest need oi the farmer today
is "cost statistics."
"The whole problem of the actual
and necessary cost of distribution of
each commodity, said the secretary,
"should be carefully studied under
different systems and different con
ditions until a reasonable and just
cost, under an efficient method,
has been obtained.
Mr. Meredith frankly chided farm
ers for their lack of foresight and
want of appreciation for the labors
of the agricultural research woker.
'loo many farmers thmic tnat
little remains to b done," said the
secretary. "Many people believe
the task of today is simply applying
the knowledge already in hand. As
a matter of fact, we are confronted
with the most serious problems.
The word I want to leave with
you today is that the scientist can
not make his work effective unless
he has the earnest and sympathetic
support of the farmers."
i
Cattlemen Ask j ;
I. C. C. to Reduce
Freight Rates
Spokesmen of Six Association! :
Declares Prices Have Faller ;
So Low Raisers Unable to '
Realize Hauling Costs. :
Washington, Feb. 7. -A reduction
in freight rates was asked today of
the interstate commerce commission
by six of the largest cattlemen's as
sociations of the west. Their spokes
men told the commission that mar
ket prices of sheep cattle and wool
had fallen so low that western cat tle
raisers and farmers . were no
longer able to sell their produce for
enough to pay freight rates.
The complaint contended that
financial conditions made it impos-
sible to obtain loans to condition
cattle for market properly and that
growers were compelled to sell "for;,. " J
whatever they can get in an nn- V A
marketable condition."
"Sheep have so declined in value
that they will scarcely pay tie
freight to market," the complaint
said. "The wool is unsaleable nd
crops of last year are stored with no
buyers.
"Within the last 90 days cattle -have
declined 40 to 50 per cent; hogs
have declined an equal atriount, and
sheep have ' declined as much of
more. This condition leads but to
bankruptcy and ruin of the entire
farming districts of the country,
which face prices below cost of oro,
duction, while cost of production is"
a per cent above pre-war cojts.
It was claimed that increases due
to the commission's decision last-
August amounted to $40,500,000 an-'
nuaiiy to the cattlemen in freight
rates.
Newspaper Publishers
Oppose Duty on News Prinf
Washington. Feb. 7. Free' entrv ' '
of news print paper from all foreign
countries and Canada was urged to.''
day before the house waya ant" A
means committee bv newsnanai' . . 1
publishers. They replied to th
proposal made Saturday br new
print manuiacturers that tne duty o
news print be made $15 a ton ex
cept on that from Canada, whicq
would enter free. -
Mexico Plans to Settle
With Creditors in U. S.
New York, Feb. 7.Senof M. C
Teller, Mexican charge d'affaires in
Washington, was a visitor at the
banking house of Speyer & Qx to
day, it was understood he was1
called by order of President Obre
gon to express to James Speyer the
desire of Mexico to discuss with its .
creditors a, suitable settlement of
financial questions. "; '
Counterfeit Railroad s
, Bonds Sold in Southwest , ;
St Louis, Feb. 7. Police were ;
informed today that salesmen wer '
attempting to sell counterfeit rafl-V
road bonds in St. Louis and the '
southwest. The bonds, it was said,.,.
are duplicates of a 4 rer cent issue 1 s
of the Chicago, Rock Island &-Pa-
cific Railroad company, which were
retired in 1914.
Will Stop Publications.
Washington, Feb. 7. All govern
ment publications not authorized by
congress would be discontinued
after the first of December under an
amendment to the sundry civil ap-.
propriation bill adopted today bv'
the senate. Haf
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