Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 6, 1915, Page 3

} ; Nebraska STATE FAIR TO BR BETTER THAN EVER Officials Assert This Week Will Be One of Big Things at | Linooln. A RECORD-BREAKER PREDICTED (From a Staff Correspondent.) | LINCOLN, Sept. 6.—(Special)—Officlals | of the Nebraska state fair are feeling good today and are loking forward to big things during the week it the weather | man will continue to smile upon the fair. | “What do you want The Boe to say tomorrow about the fair?” was asked | by a reporter of the paper of President Joseph Roberts, as he sat at his desk in | the administration building. “You can say anything you like. You| can't put it too strong this year. The| outlook is the best since my connection with the fair association. Kxhibits are coming in fast and if the weather holds 800d I look to see attendance figures run up far above any previous years. Every- | thing is looking good. Space is being | taken fast and the feeling all over among | the exhibitors is that the 1916 fair will | be a record breaker. Will tuve Hummer, H Becretary W. R. Mellor was in a like | mood. ““We are going to have & hummer | this year,” said ho. “The entertainment | features are going to surpass all previous | years. 1 am feeling particularly happy | this morning because the machines and' other racing material of Barney Oldfield, | the automobile racing demon, and aero- plane fixings of Deloyd Thompson, the aviator dare devil, came in this morning and thoss two gentlemen will be here | this evening. I expect that their racing around the track, Oldfield in his big| automobile, and Thompson in his flying machine, will be a thriller and nobody can afford to miss it.” Looking over the grounds, one is im- pressed with the idea that the 1915 exhi- bition along all lines is bound to be an eyeopener. It is sald that many people | from the east, who have been attcnding the Panama-Pacific exposition, are planning on stopping over in Lincoln on their way back in order that they can see what kind of an agriculturai show Nebraska uts on. The Nebiaska State fair has a national reputatién and thus the state will get some good advertising | from the show this year. ! Picture of Nebraska. Nothing strikes ti , sitor coming from the west quite 50 ... .ibly as the grand plcture spread out before them in Ne- braska after passing through the moun- tains and barren places of the west and the Nebraska State fair ought to im- press them strongly. Monday has been designated as Old Soldler day, Children's day, Labor day and Lincoln day. The gates will open at 6:30 in the morning and the big fair will be on. George Green and his band of Umaha will give concerts in the audi- torium and Hagenow and his Lincoln band in Automobile hall, while the ¥ifth Reg/ment band will furnish music in the coliseum. At 11:30 in the morning DeLloyd Thompson will do some of his tumbling bug flights from the race track, while at 1:30 and 4:30 he will loop the loop. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon Barney Oldfield will try and oeat the record on & half mile track with his big automo- bile, which will be followed by the rac- ing program. At 4:30 will come the race between Thompson and Oldfield and at 7 In the evening Oldfield will again try to beat the half mile record on a dirt track, This will be followed by a vaude- ville performance on the platform in front of the stands. Catholic Sokol Pioneers Gather At Plattsmouth PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.,, Sept, 5.—(Spe- fial Telegram.)—The tournament and convention of the Catholic Sokol Turners of Nebraska here is a success in every ‘way. Father John Vicek conducted sol- emn high mass in the Bohemian Catholic church this forenoon. About 200 persons arrived from Omaha over the Burlington this afternoon and, headed by Mayor Richey and two bands, marchei to the Bohemian hall where the exer.ses were held. About seventy-five autt s of people came from Omaba. This afternocn exhibitions were given by the senior and Junior classes, The several teams of girls did themselves proud. The Omaha girls’ team won first prize and the Dodge team the second. Judges Peter David, John Lejsek, Anton Benda, Jacob Novy, Frank Pechota and J, J. Glolh made the following decisions: First Division—Ferdinand Janousek, South Omaha, first; Edward Swacina, South Omaha, second; Jan Polkorny, Omaha, third; Josef Ficenec, South Omaha. fourth. Second Division—James Vick, South Omaha, first; Frank Cerveny, South Omaha, second; Joseph Proskocit, Omaha, third. Third Division—Frank Kment, Omaha, first. The diplomas and prizes were awarded this evening, The convention will close Monday afternoon with the election of officers. Lincoln Gets the Next Meet of Germans Vets, Koenig Re-Elected NORFOLK, Neb., Sept. 5.—(Special Tel- egram.)—More than 2000 out-of-town visitors are in Norfolk attending the an. nual reunion of German army veterans of the western district. President Koenlg of Omaha was re-elected. Lincoln won the next convention from Omaha after & lively fight. Jacob Haup of Omaha was the principal speaker at a reception | | South gram opened and closed by band selec- tions of “America” and the “Star Spang- led Banner." During field prayer services Bunday they must not forget that they are Americans E : E 4 § I : § i i ik i H | ! i 2 Germany. Mayor tors to Norfolk he preseated it Koenig. will con- | i ? 5 s & ; : I | : i it i 'EAST AND WEST THE BEE: OMAHA, DIVIDE THE HONORS Johnston, Williams, MoLoughlin and Pell Will Take Part in | Semi-Finals. ! GRIFFIN AND RAND DEFEATED| FORHEST HILLS, N. J, Sept. 5—At the end of the first week of play in the thirty-fifth annual champlonship tourna- ment of the National Tennis association, the eastern and western schools of ten- nis were equally represented by the four surviving players. At the close of the fifth round on the courts of the Weat Side club here today, William M. Johnston of San Francisco and R. Norrls Will- tams, 24, of Philadelphia, were bracketed for the upper half of the semi-finals, and Maurice E. McLoughlin and Theodore R. Pell aligned in the lower half of the draw for the semi-final round, which will be played here on Monday. Johnston came through as the result of his victory over Clarence J. Griffin of San Francisco, at 6-2, 6-1, 68, 57, 6L | Williams advanced by defeating William ' Rand, 3d, a team member with the United States champion in the Harvard Univer- sity Tennis club, 88, 7-5, 6-1 Puts Out Hunter. McLoughlin put out F. T. Hunter of {the Cornell university team, at 62, 6, | 60, while T. R. Pell was winning from I. C. Wright of Boston, 63, 61, 6-1. As a result of these victories, Johnston will face Williams in cne of the east against the west on Monday, while MecLoughlin and Pell will bo tho contenders in the | other half of the semi-finals | The beat play of the day was witnessed In the contest of the lower half in the draw. Neither Johnston nor Willlams played up to their former previous | natches, while McLoughlin and Pell | showed a "distinct improvement fn their racquet work today. Johnston required five sets, two of which went to deuce, to dispose of his team mate, while Williams was forced to play two deuce sets by Rand. Pell and McLoughlin, however, raced through thelr matches in rapid fire order and never left the spectators in doubt ae to the final outcome of their matches, Johnston, who was generally expected to be the player to meet Willlams in one of the semi-finals, opened in excellent | form against Griffin, and by clever gen- eralship and an exhibition of rapid ree- quet technique, won the first two sets in handy fashion. ' Appears to Falter, He appeared to falter, however, under the extreme heat as the play progressed, and Griffin, bringing the full power of his sturdy physique into action, evenea the score of sets by giving two deuce contests. Johnson, however, showed a great come back in the final set, and with a dashing assortment of strokes, played from all parts of the court at top speed, quickly ran through the deciding set at 6-1, thus clinching his right to meet Will- iams on Labor day. This match afforded the best tennis of the day and drew round after round of applause from the spectators, who were kept deeply interested by the dashing play and long rallies of the two young Call- fornians, Considering the match as a whole, Johnston showed .a greater gen- eralship and finesse in his placing and stroking of the ball. Except for his lapse in the third and fourth sets, hls judg- ment of distance and helght was excel- lent, as he brought fore and back hand strokes the length of the courf or at sharp angles with marvelous skill, Can't Keep Up Pace. Gritfin had difficulty in holding his position against this fusillade and peturn- ing the ball when he could check it with his racquet. At times he lifted his game to & point equal with that of Johnston, | but could not maintain the pace long enough on a stretch to win the match. Johnston's game was not as good as the one he played against Behr on Friday, when he defeated the former reserve | member of the Davis cup team three out of four sets, none of whica went to deuce. He developed a tendency to hit the ball into the net and out of court when in the fore part of his territory and his best work was done on the base lines today. That he deserved the victory over Griffin | was shown by the fact that his total point score for the five sets was 182 to Griffin's 119, Champion Willlame’ play against Rand was a distinct disappointment to the big gallery present. During the first two sots he appeared to have lost his wizard- like control of the ball, and this taken into consideration with the fact that Rand played steadily and tried for ewvery | ball driven into his court, carried the play far beyond what had been expected. ¥ools the Champion. Rand, who has played tennis against Williams frequently at Harvard, was fa- ' miliar with his opponent’'s game and his ! persistent returning of the ball seemed to throw the champlon off his stroke. He netted and outed the ball in surpris- ! ing fashion, double faulted in service and | showed a disposition to avoid rallies or rushes to the net. He stuck to his task, | nevertheless, winning the first two sets ! of many deuce games. The third set saw him back in his old form again and | Rand ceased to be a factor. Everything that had been lacking in the champlon's | form during the first two sels was on exhibition in the third and final session, | and, although Rand tried hard to lift | his game to meet the new attack, he was utterly outclassed by the real Willlams. In sharp contrast to Willlams' slump was the excs playing of MaLoughlin. The famous cup contender and for- | mer American champlon lost no time in opening his old-fashioned smashing and driving form of attack when he met the Comnellian. He served with deadly ac- | curacy and speed, frequently aceing Hun- ter, rushed to the net far more frequently ' than in previous matches this week, and once there refused to be dislodged until he had in most cases hammered out the winning point. | Huanter played a game which consisted | of hard driving from bLase and service | lines ang he put plenty of top on every | stroke. This dashing, free arm stroking of the ball appeared to fit in with Mc- | Loughlin's playing temper, and although | Hunter made some splendid placement | and passing shots he was never able to | hold McLoughlin in check for any length ! of time. | Pell, by a clever use of his famous back-band stroke and perfect timing of returns, eliminated Irving C. Wright of Boston in quick fashion. The Massachu- setts star was unable to cope with Pell's superior all-round game, and except for & few times when he forced his way to the met for winning points, was com- paratively easy for the New Yorker. ‘The interscholastic cbamplonship was decided earlier in the day when Harold A. Throckmorton of SBewarden, N, J., de- feated C. 8. Garland of Pittsburgh in the | final round, 63, 2, 7-1, 6. Throckmor- | ton came through as the representative | lof the late James M of Princeton university while Garland was the winner of the Yale interscholastic tournament. Point Score of Sets. The point scqre of the Johnston-Griffin seta follow: First set Johnston (six games). Griffin (two games)....... Second set Johnston (8 games).... ] 18 Griffin (one game).. 16 Third set: Johnston (six games) 3414364 Griffin (elght games) P FXREXE EXRXE L) Fourth wet Johnston (five games) o . LA Griffin (seven games).........c....e..s M SR RY Y R Fifth set Johnaton (six games Gritfin (one game).. ‘Armless Beggar In Fisticuffs with A Blind Mendicant “Hey! Look out whacher doin' there, ya bum! “Don’t call me no bum! TNl tack a shanty on ver glim an’' T won't charge ¥a f'r th' lumber, nelther.” “Ya will, will ya! There! Howla like that? (Business of “biff.") The next minute a big Saturday night crowd of shoppers and sightseers at Fourteenth and Douglas were treated to the unusual sight of an “armless” beggar in a lively fistio encounter with a *‘blind" beggar. The “armless” man had the advantage of a longer reach with his hands and foet and he soon had the “blind” mendi- cant down and was giving him a beating when someone yelled “Jiggers, th' buli!" and the scrap was over. ‘Those who were present at the Incep- tion of the affair said that the “armless” man occupled the corner first and ob- jected when the “blind" beggar “opened up his store” too close. “It was unfair competition, I guess™ laughed Harvey Wolf, night manager of the Western Unlon, who witnessed part of the combat. How Does Gas at $5.70 & Thousand Strikfie You Now? An interesting souvenir of early Omaha was recently dug up among the effects Veoolworth by E. M. Fairfield in the form of a gas bill rendered in the year 1571 for gas supplied to him by the Omaha Gas company. The bill is made ouj by the hundred cubic feet instead of by the thousand, at the rate of 5 cents a hundred, or $5.60 a thousand, with an addditional 20 cents a thousand United States revenue tax, Mr to making a total of $.70 a thousand Falrflield presented the document President Frank T. Hamilton of the gas company, with the remark, “How would you like to get that rate for gas today?” Fireman Finds Loot Stolen from a Store Homer Ruan, Dundee fireman, while passing Sommer Bros. grocery at Twen- ty-elghth and Farnam streets, discovered a notebook protruding from a drain to the rear of the building. Investigation revealed that beside the book three new sterling silver manicure sets were cached behind the drain. He turned his find over to the police, who later found that it had been stolen from the O. L. Wehmer hardware establishment at 2415 Farnam street. MORE RIVER BOATS UNDER CONSIDERATION AT DECATUR Additional boats and barges to handle the business on the river between Omaha and ‘Decatur are still being considered. A oconference of the business men of Decatur is to be held this week to con- sider the advisability of building a cou- ple of such boats. A “For Sale” ad will turn second-hand turniture into cash. 27 | fer husband. | OPENING DAY OF REVIVAL SEES THE l ! STAGE WELL SET | (Continued from Page One.) After the hand-clapping [ had ceased she said: “After that you can figure out about 4334 | how old I am. And it has been a battls | all the time, not so much between our | selves as with sin and the devil Wae are £lnd to be in Omaha and we know that | God is going to give strength to our work | here | Then Billy started in on his sermon | 3 bless Omaha!™ (which is printed clsewhere in this paper.) It was a plea for more of the power of | the Holy Spirit in the church and less |strikes attitudes iplate and one of his most characteristic formality and half-hearted organization. Matio of Sermons and Sinners. At Pentecost 300 were converted with one sermop,” he sald. “Nowadays It takes about 3,000 sermons to convert one poor sinner.” The evangellst wore a blue serge busi- ness sult without vest, a white silk shirt, low collar, black bow tle and low patent leather shoes. He dldn't sit down from the time he first rose on the platform until his ser- mon was brought to a sudden concluston with the simple statement: “I will preach again at 2 o'clock. Thank you." He stood beside Rev. H. O, Row- lands while he offered prayer; he stood Dbeside “Ma” while she spoke and he stood while Mr, Brewster and Mrs, Asher sang their duet. He Never Sta LU familiar simile, “a human dy- seenis to have been made to fit You can't conceive of him taking a slow, deliberate step. He rushes lilke a runner on the bases, he like a batter at the The namo,” Billy Sunday. attitudes is standing on one les, lifting the other at a right angle and raising his hand high in the air, like an in- fielder reaching for a high hit. Ho rushed from one side of his sixteen- foot platform to the other and stamped resounding stamps within ten inches of the Intrepld reporters’ heads. He took the wooden chair and placed it beside his pulpit, mounted ft, put one foot on the top of the pulpit and shook his fist at the audience as he drove home a point. He never stood still a moment. He dodged from side to side of the pulpit. He advanced to the front of the plat- form so that his foot was half way over the edge. He shook his fists on high and bowed himself down nearly to the floor. He made a trumpet with, his hands and shouted to the rafters of the bullding. The perspiration poured from his brow and his collar was wilted and his silc shirt was soaked. He set him- #elf with one foot forward and the other tar back, like a man pushing a heavy load, Consummate acting and mimiery de- lighted the audience and held them so thit in his periods they sat with mouths open and eyes devouring him and heads moving with him as he moved from place to place. At a Young People's Meeting. One of his pleces of acting was in a deacription of what he called “the aver- age young peopl meeting In a church.” “You go in there,” he sald with a chuckle, “and the leader says: "We have a very interesting topic for tonight. T haven't made much preparation, but I hope you will all feel free to take part.’ Then someone says, ‘Let us sing No, 19' and they sing ‘Oh, to Be Nothing, Noth- ing.'"” Sunday clasped hiy hands in front of him and, leaningiback, raised his face and in a squeaky volce chanted the line yhile the audience laughed. “Then,” he continued, still chuckling with contempt, ‘‘someone reads a verse of poetry from the Christian Endeavor World and then someone else says, ‘Shall we sing No. 47 and they sing “Throw Out the Life Line Huh, they haven't got enough strength to string a clothes line, There is no vital, com- pelling power in our churches, no per- MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, | sonal experience. They are organized | te death | “What ts the church without the power |ot € It 1a only four walls with a | roof over it and a pipe organ up in one | corner and people sitting there taking | up eclghteen inches of weat space and [ leaning back in the cushions and sing- | Ing, ‘Jesus Pald It Al *" | Also Telln Storles Well | He made telling use of sveral dra- matic anccdotes, such as the blowing up | in an historic blast of the rocks in Hell Gate, New York harbor; the burial of a monk allve and the arrival of the Ametiean troo and 1t Stars and Stripes t the siege of Pekin Ho even approached profanity in re- | lation of his conception of a Bible in- cldent, when Nebuchadnexzar demanded that all bow down and worship and Shadrack, Meshak and Abedvego re- as follows everybody down? asked the King. ‘Everybody but three Jews' he was told. ‘Well, you go and tell them to met down on thelr marrow bones if they know what's good for them,' said the king. And when the meesage wa: brought to those three brave men they sald, ‘You tell the king to go to —'" The audience laughed and then Sunday chuckled, ‘“To iabylon,” he said, and went on with the story. fused, “'1s Among the Audience. The audience was made up of people of every station and degree. Right In the middle of the front row sat a Erey haired old man without a ocollar and with a stringy muffler knotted about his neck. Not far off sat an Omaha busi ness man and the wife of a lawyer, chewing gum. They are of the city's soclal elect. o ‘The morning audience was largely of the church people, all the co-operating churches having cancelled thelr regu- lar services to attend the meeting. A grey-halred woman was carried to the emergency hospital in a faint, by the ushers just before Mr. Sunday started his sermon in the morning. Calls for “trail hitters” are not made during the first fow meetings, Some Future Sermons. Billy announced that he wiii preach a sormon especially to help young people on “Forces That Win" Friday afternoon, and invited the high school pupils to come with thelr banners and yells, On Thursday afternoon he will preach on “The Home." He postponed introducing the people of the Sunday party until Tuesday, when Homer Rodeheaver, cholr leader, will be here. A telegram was recefved from the ex- ecutive committes that had charge of the Sunday meeting in Denver. It reads: “The Denver executive committes joins in prayer and best wishes for the success of the campaign. The fruits of our great revival are still manifest. Tell the people of Omaha to rally around Billy and support him to the limit. Pray corstantly, get down to personal work at once, and victory ls sure.” Garden Club Boys In Picnic at Park Omaha Garden clubs held a plcnic at Flmwood park yesterday afternoon. About thirty were present, most of them being boys, who tried to make up with enthusiasm what they lacked in numbers, E. E. Dale, who has been assigned to the Omaha Garden, club work by the state, took charge of the youngsters anl set them to running potato races, to- mato races, and various other vegetable sames, He announced that the work weeks, and that it had been very suc- weeks, an dthat it had been very suo- cessful, Refreshments were served a little after 6 o'clock, and the assembly was addressed by B. U, Graff, Joseph Hummel, Super- visor English, Mr. Palmer and Secretary Denlson of the Young Mens Christlan assoclation. All of the speakers told of the good that garden work was doing and congratulated the workers on their success. Apartments, flats, houses and cottages can be rented quickly and cheaply by a Bee “For Ren! Youcan e a Truck or Tractor using your resent ORD ply is very limited. 1648 O Street Ford Car Tractor FOR 1915 FALL DELIVERY waskdly » A 5-TON LOAD EXHIBITED AND DEMONSTRATED AT LINCOLN, NEB,, State Fair Week, Sept. 6 to 11 Costs less than one good horse and does the work of four tosix. AL WORK ON TEE FARNM . Nebraska and Michigan are the first two states to be favored with the 1915 Fall delivery on this marvelous equipment and sup- File your orders and applications for agency with us Fair week. Established Ford dealers wiil be given pre.erence. Orders filled as numerically received. A. G. HEBB AUTO COMPANY FORD DISTRIBUTORS An In- dispen- sible equip- ment for farmer or mer- chant Truck and Tractor Equipment Approxima- tely $100.00 | Lincoln, Neb. ' LINCOLN IAND SHOULD BE TAKEN AT LINCOLN DEPOT. You rinse out the dirt when you use The grime and grease are dissolved by 30 minutes’ soak= ing. Youdon’thave to hard rub. And Fels-Naptha is just as wonderful for all household soap-and-water work as it is for washing. DROP KILLS FRICTION STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Nebraska) Omuba i State Fair* UEE Train Service SEPTEMBER 6-10, 1915 \ o= REGULAR TRAINS-—From Omaha dail i 7:10 A. M. —8:20 A, M.—9:156 A, M.~1:30 P, M~—4:15 P, M.—4:30 P, M.—T7:50 P, M.—13:15 A, M. SPECIAL TRAIN TUESDAY } | 'l’o | WEDNESDAY—From Omaba A. M.; from South Omas i 5 A. M.; returning from Linooln depot at 10 P. M, ‘‘“OMAHA AND SOUTH OMAHA DAY" ha at THURSDAY—Special traing from Omaha at 8 A. M. and 9 A M.; from South Omaha, 5 A, M. and 9:15 A, M.} returning specials will leave Lincoln depot at 7 P, M. J 10 P, M, REGULAR From Lincoln ddlx at 5:30 A, M.—8:00 A, M.—10:456 A, M.—1:15 P, M.—1: P. M.—4:30 P, M.—6:00 P, M~11:36 P. M. WIIl not stop opposite Fair Grounds. SPECIAL TRAIN AY AND WEDNESDAY from Lincoln depot at 10 P, M, SPECIAL TRAINS THURSDAY FROM LINCOLN DEPOT at 7 P. M. and 10 P, M, ALL WESTBOUND REGULAR AND SPECIAL TRAINS FROM OMAHA FROM 8 A. M,, UP TO AND INCLUDING THE 1:20 P. M, TRAIN, WILL STOP AT FAIR GROUNDS; EASTBOUND TRAINS FROM LINCOLN WILL NOT STOP AT FAIR GROUNDS LINCOLN T0 OMAHA R o L At o i s i s e et 3 P 4 DS VAT Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising; no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant- ly to be really succcessful.