Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1915, Page 12

12 MAGLIE ~KIN Cl | HAVE SOME TORKEY BEFORE THE QUESTS ARRIVE ? 70 HOLD RACE UP PIKES PEAK ROAD N. L. Drew Will Promote Three-Day Program of Hill-Climbs Up Fa- mous Mountain Highway, STOPS IN OMAHA FOR VISIT N, L. Drew of Colorado Springs, the man who concelved the idea of the Pikes leak Highway and promoted the road which runs from Colorado Springs to the pinnacle of the famous mountain, stopped off in Omaha yesterday on his way east, where he will make plans for staging a bill-climbing contest on the road nett The Pikes Peak Highway is one of the most wonderful automobile roads in the United States. It is elghteen miles long with an average grade of 6 per cent. The maximum gsade is 10 per cent. The per- pendicular elevition is 6,004 feet. The road runs from twenty to fifty feet In i | % ? Highway and promoted the road events of the year. It would skiliful driving to pilot I H i i and Mr. Drew declares on the road where a be bullt that will enable to see fourteen miles of the I :! ; { Colorado Springs solid gold cup to a8 a trophy to the winner of free-for-all, non-stock race, which be the feature event of the hill- climbingd program. In addition to the free-for-all several races In which the ~ cuble dlsplacement of the ocars will be lmited will be held, so that a three-day I Mr. Drew, who is manager of the Plkes Peak Highway company, and who will be . director of the hill-olimbing contests, has many friends among Omaha motorists, and he spent Wellnesday visiting them. " Stecher WIII Make an Invasion of the - EastonNew Year's " NO SURPRISES IN PRAIRIE ki PARK WEEKLY WHIST PLAY The Prairie Park Whist club's play evening was marked by no rprises, &8 nearly all the pairs ran to form. Score follow: BAST AND WEST FLAYERS, INNERS, KBy R { and B { 7 and Reyne O‘I.‘gfl-:' SOUTH ’wl“lhl ROLLER SKATING STARTS AT ager Franke of the Auditorium have de A and . i P i d BRINGING UP FATHER NOT!! GET ouT OF HERE $0 | CAN LOCK THE DOOR '™ SOING TO BE SURE YOU DONT SETIN HERE ! with its many -huv) program may be staged. \ \ DITORIUM SATURDAY |« City Commissioner Withnell and Man-| gowies of Des M cided to open the roller, skating seaspn large organ is being special stunts will | admission skates and ERTANLY REAL OLD REFEREES. v a7 i oo ST, PAUL MIX OFF, WHITE. Charlle . White, the best known box- ing referee in this try, 1s the last of the old guprd of ring judges who pre- #ided In the days of the Horton law. John J. White, Sam Austin, Tim Hurst, ' Honest Jobn Kelly and George Siler have all retired or passed away. | White is one of the most curlous fig- | ures In the boxing game. When he is not refereeing bouts in squared circles he is an art connolsseur and a politician. | White hag passed judgment on the pur- i chases of many notable art collections. He & &lso a member of the New York state demooratic committee. White 15 the only American referes who' ever referced a bout in England. Several years ago he served .in that capacity at the National Sporting club in London. Nine Harvard Men Acoused of Making False Statements CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 7.—Nine men, several of whom are identified with Har- vard university, pleaded not gullty in the | ing conspiracy, the making of false oaths and the signing of false certificates In connection with the alleged illegal regis- tration for voting by Harvard instructors and students Hach furnished §L000 se- curity for his appearance at the trial last month. The jury returned o total of forty-two Indictmients against the nine de- fendants. Lewls 8. Gannett, a Harvard student, pleaded not gullty to three in- dictments of o week ago. Those arralgned today were Hal G. Knight, an assistant in the department of government of Harvard; Paul E. Sa- | bine, assistant instructor of physies of Harvard; Thomas H. Rineker, a student at the Harvard Law school; Rev. Edward E. Atkinson, Harvard '86, who lives In one of the college fraternity houses; James K. Wild, engineer of one of the coligge dormitories; Kenneth P. Hill, a state representative-elect of Cambridge; Wilfred L. Clark, a Cambridge business man; Arthur K. Reading, a Cambridge lawyer, and Herbert B. Harris, a Boston lawyer, JACK FITZGERALD TO sponsible for much disappointment among | superior court today to indictments charg- | BOX AT MASON CITY |vser o Copyright, 191 News Service. ¥ 8. Patent Office. International egistered U OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1915. | SUPPOSE TLL BE LUCKY T0 41T ANY EVEN WHEN THE QUESTS ARRIVE.! o FANS HERE GRIRVE Score of Omaha Boxing Followers Had Planned tb Take Special Car for Gibbons-Ahearn Bout, | GIBBONS I8 SERIOUSLY ILL The cancellation of the Mike Gibbons- Young Ahearp bout, which was scheduled to occur in St. Paul Friday night, is re- Omaha followers of the padded ring | game. About twenty Omaha box fight fans had made extensive plans to take In the battle. A special car to leave this even- ing over the Great Western was on the card, and the twenty fans who wanted to get back Saturday morning had Paul Bonorden of the Great Western and Roy Miller of the Northwestern burning the telegraph wires trying to get permission | from headquerters to hold the Friday night trains at 8t. Paul for the Omaha mob. The Northwestern has a train out | of 8t Paul after 10 o'clock, and the Great Western at 9 o'clock, and both | roads were prepared to hold their trains | until after the fight was over. Also several of the locals had wired for seats and had secured reservationa In the forward rows, so the cancellation of the bout on account of the lilness of Gibbons comes as a big disappointment. Among the Omahans who intended to take the trip up for the battle are: Phil McShane, John Lynch, Morrid Milder, | Dan Galnes, Jack Sullivan, Micky Gibe son, Billy Nesselhouse, Pete Loch, Gene | Melady,. Tom Dennison and Fred Burt | lingim. SCHOOL FOR NATURALIZED CITIZENS AT HASTINGS HASTINGS)\ Neb., Dec. 7.—(Speclal Tel- | egram.)—A night school for naturalized citisens is being planned for Hastings by J. M. Gurnatt of Omaha, United States naturalisation examiner, and the superin- tendent of city schools, who has promised to launch the project after some other problems of his administration are worked out. First Lieutenant Willlam Crossen was elected captain of Company G, Fifth regi- ment, National Guard, last night after #ix ballots had resulted In a tle between himself and Second Lieutenant Evans. Physical Director Hager of the Young Men's Christian assoclation has been engaged as director of indoor athletics and gymnasium work at Hastings col- lege. He will retain his position in the assoclation. Frank E. Russell pleaded guilty in dis- trict court today to stealing Councilman Miller's automobile: last October and was sentenced by Judge Dungan to from two to five years' imprisonment in the state Ppenitentiary, The Hpstings Board of Education is having difficuity enforcing a rule adopted some time ago calling for compliance with the statute prohibiting the pur- chase of supplies from ‘nembers. Last night Mrs. A. H. Brooke pro- |tested a Bill filed by George E. Isaman, | |hardware dealer, whereupon the latter | withdrew it with an apology, but an ex- | pression that he believed the law wrong in principle. | UNION PACIFIC HOLDS RIGHT-OF-WAY TITLE KBEARNBY, Neb,, Dec. 8.—(Spectal Tel- egram.)—Edson Rich, attorney for the Union Pacifioc Rallroad company, took | judgment for h's client today In ten of the now famous cases to eject property owners along the right-of-way of the | road in this county, All those who were defendants volun- tarily confessed judgment, settling the matter on basis of giving judsment and then renting the land from the | company for the nominal fee of §1 per The raflroad's contention, borne out by | MASON CITY, Ia, Dee. 8.—(Special)— Two blg boxing matches are booked for he Armory Thursday night. Wayne Bar- weight 133, meets Mickey \ lolnes, same welght. The | middleweight bout will be between Joe | Percentl of Chicago and Jack Fitzgerald | low, Clear Lake, preliminaries, loca! talent performing. REGENTS AND ALUMNI BOARD —— (From & Btaff Correspondent) LINCOLN, Deg. T.~{Bpecial)—The board of regents of the University of Nebraske today met with the executive board of the Alumnl of the school. ] i of Omaha. Each will be a six-round con- test. They will be preceded by two §ood cated they preferred the land at the low GUESTS OF THE CHANCELLOR “w,m“—g“‘m“fihmfl-l!fli of inspection of National recent decisions of the courts, was that | they st'll should Nave title to all land within the #00-foot right-of-way granted them by an act of congress in the late | ‘ts. Over forty cases In ejectment were | | filed against Buffalo county farmers and | most of the sults have been settled by & | confession of judgment. | The attitude of the defendants indi- | réntal to & long sult. CAPTAIN POUCHER MAKES INSPECTION OF GUARDS (From a Statf Correspondent.) , LINCOLN, Do 7.—~(Special)—Captain {3, ¥, Poucher of Omaha called at the | office of the adjutant general today. He \ Guard companies and last night inspected the Fourth regiment band at Friend. He | found the band in fine condition, having thirty-nine men and putting up an excel- jon the proposition. | added, tion will be held, S0 | THINK "LL QY T NOW ! NI (A ¥ AT 0\ T Three Jurors Cited For Contempt of Court NORFOLYX, Nebr., Dec. S8—District Judge Welch issued a citation this morn- ing at Madison ordering Frank Reuscher, Otto Preuss and John Aldag, three jurors in the last case against Arthur J. Koenigsteln, who was convicted of me- cepting bribes as county attorney, to ap- pear forthwith and show cause why they should not be punished for contempt of court, The ecitation follows information filed by County Attorngy Dowling charging these men with attempting to obstruct the proceedings of the court and inter- fering with the adm'nistration of jus- tice by preparing and filing affidavits in support of the defendant's motion for a new trial. Proceedings Begun To Close a Resort NORFOLK, Nebr,, Dec. & (Speclal Tele- gram).—County Attorney Dowling has started proceedings under the Albert law to close a resort south of Norfolk con- ducted by Ella Summers and Nannie | Moyers. Judge Welch has granted a ro- straining order enjoining the women from using the house for any purpose. JOHN M. THOMPSON AGAIN TAKEN ILL AT STATE HOUSE (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, Dec. 8.—(Special)—John M, Thompson, state house representative of the Lincoln State Journal, was suddenly | taken {1l this morning in the office of the iabor commissioner, while making his morning run for his paper, and Dr, Case of the State Board of Health deelded that he should be taken to a hospital. Mr. Thompson had just takem up his work after a four weeks' siege In the hospital and it is thought that he had overdone to a considerable extent and needed a greater time for' recuperation. { i MAYOR FRIDAY TO PUSH COUNTY SEAT CONTEST NORFOLK, Nebr,, Dec. 8 (Special Tele- l'rlm).—“l)'ol‘ John Friday of Norfolk ‘ll to lead the campaign for the re- I moval of the Madison county seat from | Madison to Norfolk. He was today elect- | ed chairman of the executive committee. More than 3,000 names of legal voters of | the county have already been secured jon the petitions asking for an election As 2,20 names were it seems assured that the elec- Drawn for 4T A COOD GRIP-FIDO! . SCOTS AND BRITS BATTLE AT SOCCER Pete Iowden and Frank Cockayne Will Captain Rival Elevens at Rourke Park. PLAYED TIE GAME LAST YEAR The annual Brit-Scot soccer game be- tween two picked elevens of Omaha English and Scotch soccer sharks will be staged at Rourke park SBunday after- noon at 3 o'clock. Last year the rival nationalities battled to a tle and both teams are determined to win this year. The Scots will be captained by Pete Lowden, who led the Omaha team to victory gver Sloux City ten days ago, while the English captain will be Frank Cockayne. Both leaders are confident they will win. Superintendent of Recreation English will be on hand .and has promised to start the game by kicking off. The players on the teams which will combat Sunday are selected from the various squads in the ‘- Omaha Soccer league. Those eligible to play must have been born in the land o' cakes or the tight little island where they raise bull- dogs. . This game will be the last of the soc- cer season and it is expected that a big crowd will be out. Lineups of the teama are as follows: English— Scots— Errington Horne Henderson Lyell Cockayne Lowden Pike Parker Middleton Munro Hoyle Anderson Baldwin R. Henderson Stillman Leuchers Darvill J. Henderson McGuire Pickard B. Rogerson Leltch ,A. Rogerson Willlams Heands Team, AMES, Ia.. Dec. 8.—(3pacial Telegram.) —R. F, Wiillams, Poatville, Ta., sopho- more animal -husbandry student, was eledted captain of Amés cross colintwy team for 1916, He is‘'a member of Phl Delta_ Theta fraternity, For two years Ames’ five-mile team has been first in the Missourl valley conference and sec- ond in the big nine, Sharp Contest in Dodge, FREMONT, Neb., Dec. 8-(Special.)— The contest for the yacancy in the Dodge County Board of Supervisors caused by the death of Duncan Livingston grows more interesting dally. There are six candidates in-the field, three democrats and three republican: Mr. Livingston was & democrat. His death leaves the board evenly divided politically, with three democrats and three republicans. 'he Board of Supervisors will meet De- cember 14 to name a successor. The Bee by ; Grand Jury Will Make New Inquiry Into Arson Charges ST. LOUIS, Dec. §.~The cases against three alleged arson conspirators called for trial yesterday were dismissed by the circut attorney today. He sald a new investigation would be taken up by the grand jury Friday. The three defendants were Harold G. Glimore, Julius R. Bersch and Harry C Imel. A jury was partly selected yester- day to try them. There are six other de- fendants whose cases have not been called. Glimore is president of the Gilmore- Bonfig Decorating company; Imel is Gil- more's secretary, and Bersch is vice president of an insurance company. The three were originally indicted for conspiracy to burn the plant of the decorating company on July M, 191, New warrants, charging arson, were is- sued against Gilmore, llem and Bersch this afterncon. They were released on hond pending further Investigation by the grand Jury. Twenty More Sail to Join Ford Party NEW YORK, Dec. 8$.—Twenty peace alvocates constituting the second con- tingent of the Ford expedition to The Hague will sail this afternoon on the Scandinavian-American - line steamship Frederik VIII for Copenhagen. Most of the members of the party were unable | to make arrangements to leave Satur- day on the Osear II, carrying the main Ford expedition. A list of these addi- tional members of the peace party as given out by Mr. Ford's representative | included undérgraduates of Yale, Har- | ton, Minnesota, Oregon and Leland Stanford universities, representatives of the governors of Idaho, Arkansas and Alaska and of fraternal bemeficial socleties. it Farm Worker Fnds Life, FREMONT, Neb.,, Dec. T.—(Speclal)— | Samuel Arnold, aged 3, employed on the | farm of Charles Wilcox, four miles south | of Morse Bluff, dled of self-inflicted wounds and self-administered polson at Prague, where he was taken for medical attention. A brother operates a hotel in Omaha and he has two sisters living in Kansas. Mrs. Stlver Sues for Divoree. BEATRICE, Neb.,, Dec. 7.~(Special.)— Sophla Silver of Nemaha township riled suit in the district court Monday for di- vorce from W. R, Silver, She charges extreme cruelty. | vard, lowa State, Vanderbiit, Washing-! George' McManus YOU'RE A G000 DO4 - | MAY SWWE YOU THE Bulgars Pursuing Frenchmen on Both "~ Sides of the Vardar SOFIA, Dec. 5.—(Via London, Dec. 8. Delayed in Transmission.)—The follow- ing statement was given out by the Bul garian war office today: “On both sides ot the Vardar our troops have continued the pursult of the French, who are retreating. 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