Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 23, 1915, Page 5

PETER SCOTT WINS THE OHIO STAK Event for Two-Nine Trotters at Cleveland Brings Out Real Talent of Country, PETER M'CORMICK IS SECOND OLEVBLAND, O., July 22—The stake for 3:00 trotters, which brought out the real trotting talent of the ocoumtry for its first 1915 brush, was the feature of yesterday's grand circuit program at North 1IN Peter t, Tommy Murphy's $30,000 beauty, took the honors, but was given a real battle by Pster McCormick. Fole lowing the third heat protest was made to the judges that Dick MoMahom, driv- ing King Clansman, had aided Peter Scott to win by letting him out of & Docket and forcing Peter McCormick wide by so doing, but no action was taken. Fivery one of the twelve heats on' to- day's ocard went in better than 2:00%. In the opening event Lou Jenninge, fresh from a string of victories on the big half-mile tracks, annexed first money, but was forced to step the second heat in 2:06% to beat Guy Nella. Bingen Pointer, the favorite, was an casy winner in the 2:16 pace. In the 2:00 pace, however, the talent received its hardest bumping of the week, Fred W., the favorite, falling to push his pose in fromt until the third mile. Major Ong showed the way In the other two heats. Summaries: Trotting, 2:11 class, purse SLU0; v,(,g Jenninge, Todd A rph Fal Pase All Colbirm,’ John R lilon also 2 Beil Maden, b. (Cox), (Anrews) and’ Baby Doila (Quinn) "L.::.. g Ry oty R o I T R Booetonn, ‘kuiy"fioé &nd Great Ivan also started, ln the flva-ol(n rflu un MR won Time, first mnnev. Jean murph andole (Powell), Rex| Pace, 2:1 t ree $400: THeart (Valentine), Crescent Simmons|R. W. b‘ Biily (McMahon) and Prestolite (Geers) also iouston (8, Bal\h AXE! tarted. Snadeline. cb, b e mwu, 20 class, Ohio stake, value| On (W. O. Bears) [ l‘eur Scott, br, by Peter The Johnson) Great (Murphy). 1 2 1| Agrian R Py Peter McCormick, blk h. (Schuler).3 1 3 L 3 I«!‘p‘xm br, h. (MoMahon).'3 4 2| fecll Foy ; H hy Bhndy “Butterfiy L iy 4 Worthy Prince. (Boxy. $tcCloskey (Mo- 8 Donald); . Alabama ~ (Quine) wnd” Lizsie | Ofiiant Copstantine 5. Brown {Andrews) also-started ’ oo i Jdin %oF Ont Log Ardmore Defeats Gordon. Oftenhoy s > & by Major Gants, | GORDON, Neb, July .—(Spectal.)— Fred Wy, b ¥ 18 2 1|In one of the most exciting and hard- f - TR AR 8 2| fought games sver played in this sec- Ah.wood tvalentiney, “Aconite - (Coxy, | tion of the oceuntry, Ardmore defeated bol Meath (McDonald), Fleeta Dillon chuler), Ruby K. (Dempasy) and Fred Tussell (Herzy) also started MATCH RACE ON CHICAGO SPEEDWAY AUGUST SEVEN PEORIA, 1., July 22-Tllinois repre- sentatives of the contest board of the American Automobile association today issued a sanctign to the Chicago Motor. speedway for a match auto: lo race between Lario Resta, winner of the first annual sutomobile derby at Chicago in June, Ralph De Palma, winner of, the 1915 Indianapolis 500-mile sweepstakes race, and ey Oldfisla, e noted Calltornia diiver. The race will be held on Saturday, August at Chicago. The race wil] be o a distance of W miles for a purse of £1504, Sears’ Pacers Race Well at Tekamah; Are Full Brothers THEKAMAH, Neb, July 8.~(Special hio | Telegram.)—Two Omaha horses, full brothers, both owned by Judge W. G. Sears, were contenders in two pacing races here today, and each made the winner step the fastest mile of the con- test In which he was engaged. They were Shadeline and Charline, both being by the former Grand circuit win- ner, Shade, on 208, now dead, and out of the great brood mare Lina V., 2:17%, Which was by a son of old Danlel Lam- bert, 102. Both are entered in the races to be held at Omaha August 5, ¢ and 7. Bhadeline is a veteran, but his younger brother, which is a green horse, forced Brown Betty in the first heat of the 2:22 pace to step in 3:12%, the season’s record in Nebraska in a slow class pa while the fastest heat in Shadeline's race was 213, Brown Betty was after- wards drawn. The second day of the Tekamah meet was ons of the best In the history of the local assoclation. The day was ideal and the track was in excellent condition. The attendance was large and some of the beat and most closely comtested races : gy ¢, guop car that crosses the border. eyer meen In Tekamah were presented. . 2144, 2:148¢ 2:15. urse Time: Trot, 2:4 class, Gordon series by the acore of 7 to 6. Score: ram 030010 i . 00303001 Batteries: rwu-nn and Gray; Oldenbers, Rock and Burks. Condition of Leo M. Frank Unchanged changed, prison officlals s:ated today. 3009 MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 22.~The condition of Leo M. Frank, whose throat was cut last Saturday night by another onvict at the state prison farm, is vn- | 8 | nothing and whem driven to it can sub- in the second game of tmlr,m aay." | ¥ THE BEE: STARVATION TAXES | ENRICH CHIBFTAINS | Export Duties on Foodstuffs Sent Out Collected While the i People Suffer. CONSTANT WOE EVERYWHERE | WASHINGTON, July 22--Ina report to the War department today on efforts to relieve famine condi- t'ons in Mexico, Brigadier General Devol, general manager of the Amer- fcan Red Cross, declared that while noncombatants were suffering for want of food, military leaders of both the Villa and Carransa factions bhad reaped a harvest from export taxes on Mexican grown food pro- ducts shipped into the United States. | “Both General Hernandez and General Villa,” sald the ieport, “prohibited the purchase of food supplies in Mexico for rellef of the Mexican people stating that any such supplies must be purchased outside of Maxico. The resson given ls that the food in Mexico is required to feed the Mexican soldiers. The real rea- son, iIn my opinion, is that there is & military export tax or, in other words, that a charge on all exportations amount- ing, on the northern border, to 400 to This money is pald direct to the military leaders. Cost of Bushel of Corn. ‘For instance, at the fime supplies were being purchased for Monclova, three carloads of corn could have been purchased on the Mexican »slde for 8¢ per bushel; the actual supply cost the Red Croms 3¢ per bushel. The dif- ference in the price per bushel indicates the amount of revenue accruing to the military authorities from export products. Relatively the same difference appiles { |Circus Children as regards beans. ““There are still large quantities of food supplies assembled in various parts of Mexico and held by the military author- itiea and not permitted to reach the peo- ““At the present time thefe may not be any actual cases of starvation in Mexico. The Mexican people can live on little or sist for some time on cactus and other plants. Thersé is in nearly every part of Mextico, destitution and constant misery. People outside the military factions sub- sist only by suffrance and only when permitted to do so by the mfilitary lead- ers. If 1s evident that not 50 per cent of A crop has been planted generally throughout Mexico. Continual suffering obtains and s growing worse from day Occupy Nace in Mexico. WASHINGTON, July 22—Occupation of the Mexican side of the town of Naoco, on the - Mexico-Arizona border, by Car- ranza forces, was brought to the atten- tion of the State department today by Bocretary of War Garrison with the ree- ommendation that the Carranza com- mander be requested to withdraw in ac- cordance with the agreement entered into last winter that there should be no fight- ing there. No action had been taken to- night by the State department. The situation at Mexico City and sur- rounding territory continued today tol OMAHA, FRIDAY, arouss apprebension in official quarters here, no direct word having been recelved from the capital since reports yesterday that Zapata's forces had re-entered city following its evacuation by Gene Gonzales. PLAYGROUND BALL PLEASES KIDDIES Are Enthusisstic Over New Games Distributed by Superintendent English for Their Use. Have Their School; A temporary kindergarten will be es-| tablished here next Monday. It is the school of the Barnum & Balley cirous. | The youngsters of school age, as com- monly accepted, who are connected with | the great traveling soclal aggregation Superintendent English created a #tir yesterday afternoon when he distributed croquet and playground that makes the human element of “the | ball sets to the seven supervised | greatest show on earth” attend dally 1 centers. wchoot exercises and learn daily lessons | “"l For t S Just a8 do the other kiddies who live in | m going in that game, boy! houses and don't wear tights and span- #les. There are half a hundred boys and girls, actual or adoptex sons and daugh- ters of the men and women performers or attendants of the circus. Mrs. Kmma | Talbot, “mother’ of the big institution, 1a thelr schoobnistress. She organizes her class at the beginning of the season | In Madison Square garden, New York | of playground ball, |to Miss MacDougall, supervisor at {the Kountze playgrounds. He wi | eyeing the new playground ball and | : bat, At Fontenelle park Mr. English started { with pride: “Say, mister, don't you sup- pose we know how to play base ball?” | Mr. English thereupon oxplained he was alluding to playground ball, using & | | large, soft ball and shorter base ltnes. of| Miss Scott at Hanscom park Is organ- them—have another kind of tralning on | i#ing a playground ball team among her thelr dally achedules. They take fthelr| boys. The plan is to have games be- dally physical losson, for most of them, | tween the teams of the play centers. If not already performing with some ome, Mrs. King, supervisor at of the numerous “families” of the rings, | PArk, has started her story hours. Ehe every afternoon when the crowds have loft the “big top” Mre, Talbot has been with the Barnum & Balley cirous for twenty-seven years and has been its| schoolmistreas most of that period The circus boys and girls—most stages or trapeses, aspire to be heroes, | told the children the story of Hansel and| aground or aloft, some da: of the best ridors and gymnasts and acro- bats and equilibrists have been reared with the smell of the sawdust continually | in their nostrils. and moat | Oretel and then allowed the boys and the park surroundings lending an appro- | story, | played out, with the* children represent. Ing birds, animals and flowers. Grand Duke is Sure . | " ssemd et at isty-tourtn| : ' ;and Leavenworth streets has taken on 0f a Final Triumph| vitn ‘s e new activity with a regular supervisor ,ln charge. Richard Thomas Cuarrington, 8- [ir, 2 years of age next month, has Jotned this group of players and is miss. ing nothing of interest. Another feature of the wontenelle play ! activities in the making of doll hats and baskets by the girls, who use raffia in this work, Several bovs at Kountze park asked Mr. English it he had brought them something to eat;, noticing the boxes of | play apparatus in his automobile. It fs not intended to furnish lunches to the children at the play centers, Dwuring one of the story hours yester- day a group of children were allowed to take turna teiling all the riddles they knew. One of the small boys says he MOSCOW, Vie London), July Grand Duke Nicholas, the Ruaglan com- mander-in-ohlef, received a deputation representing the municipality here today. | He apoke enthusiastically of the spirit ot the Russian soldiers, all of whom, he id, were confident of final and com- Pplete victory. | A commission appointed to investigate charges of Inhuman methods on the part of the Germans made a report today that they had employed shells with cast lron] tips which were filled with prussic acid. DANISH GOVERNMENT ORDERS THE DEPORTATION OF CASTRO ST. THOMAE, Danish West Indies, July 21.—The Danish government orders the .deportation of Clipriano = Cahtro, | his supervisors at 9:30 a. m twice a week former president of Venesuela, Who af-| iy the city hall for conference. river here Monday from Port of Spain, Trinidad, demanding that he return om MAKING PROGRESS WITH f ; NEW SUBMARINE SCHOOL the steamer on which he came. Conse- quently Castro Jeft this afterncon aboard WASHINGTON, July 2.-Satisfactory progress with the new school for the the British steamer Berbice, presumably for Trinidad, where he has resided for training of submarine officers was re- ported to Secretary Danlels today by wome time. Captain Albert W, Grant, recently desig- nated as chief of the submarine service afloat and ashore. type of automebfle. Don’t Let Your Cold Get Worse. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey will eure your cough and give you restful sleep. Good for children. Only #c. All druggists.— Advertisement. GIRLS TRY OUT 'AT' RAFFIA |remarked an enthusiastic yo\m(nl"' to explain to a group of boys the rules| when one freckle- | City, and gathers her pupils about her] faced potential Hans Wagner spoke up | Fontenelle | | girls to play It out in abbreviated form, | priate sotting for the enactment of the | She intends to have other stories knew a riddle dbout a certain popular| i Superintendent English plans to meet 80 minutes | does the hardest part of wash~ day work,—gets the dirt out of your clothes, if you | | ‘ soap g in cool or lukewarm water. Just 30 minutes for the clothes to soak. That' | means for you—no hard rub- bing, no boiling, no smelly suds. , | Pels & Co., Philadelphia. | Treat your friends toa beer of quality, Krug s They will appreciate your hospitality and good judgment. Save Coupons end get premiums. "Phone Dougles 1888, ‘'LUXUS Mercantile Company, Distributers modn & A LLE. 1513 DouglasSt A. HOSPE CO For Results Bee Want Ad‘. 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