Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 10, 1915, Page 12

THE BE OMAHA DECEMBER 10, BRINGING UP FATHER BY COLLY - HKKEY l ™M AFRAID TO 4O HOME AT THIS LLATE HOUR - | THINK |'VE USED UP ALL THE EXCUSES IN THE STIEAM OFFERED JOB IN BIG NINE Husker Mentor Receives Offer from ‘Western Conference Schoo] at Increase in Pay. ASKS RELEASE FROM CONTRACT LINCOLN, Dee. 9.— (Bpecial Tele- gram.)—Ewald O. Stiehm, director of athletes at the University of Ne- ‘braska, announced today that he had | been tendered an offer from a Chi- cago conference university to take charge of athletics there at a salary increase of $760 a year, or $4,260. Stiehm today asked the Nebraska Athletic board to relleve him from his agreement for a three-year term at Nebraska at a salary of $3,600 a year. The agreement has one year more yet to run. The athletic board will doubtless inform that it will be unable to meet the bids of other institutions and gran’, request to be freed. Opposition in the faculty, Stiehm now belng rate as & member of the faculty, would prevent any increase in salary. Some of the older| of the faculty are drawing but 32,000 and 33,000 a year, and they resent voted to athletics, ! not belleved, however, that Stiehm Nebruska, Other arrangements ‘The news created a fufore at the uni- | wersity and in alumnil cl.cles. Stichm's goach of the University of Wisconsin In b shape or form,” sald Director of 8 Bhler late this afternoon when | Informed of the report from Nebraska | that Coach Stiehm's services were belng sought. .~ Mr. Bhler sald the athletio council of ~the Wisconsin institution was proceeding ~in the way of getting all Information pos- ‘aible bearing upon candidates for the ~ position, but that as yet no one had been ‘considered. “.fi.lfl‘ny candidate with whom we may be corresponding give out informa- tion, his chances for gecuring the position t“‘"fll‘lv“h‘l. said Director Gibbons-Ahearn ~ Fight is Postponed at Least a Month PAUL, Dec. 9.—Mike Gibbons, who to have fought young Ahearn here W night, is suffering from bron- i Ppoeumonia, according to his phy- who today gave it as their opin- Gibbons could not train for at AND JOHNSONS MEET NEXT SUNDAY Next Sunday afternoon at Fontenelle jus foot ball team will Grocery eleven. These teams would have met before only usd did not think the I'LL 4IVE OU ONE IT'S A NEw ONE. AND YoULL &IT AWAY WITH Copy’ News B. Patent Office. JUST TELL HER YoOU DION'T WANT TO ‘WAKE HER UP 50 YOU STAYED OUT ON THE. $TooP UNTIL. NOW! ey Just an Earful By Tad. Deacon Jones was a fightah., He was Mr. Jones had a liking for licker, also. fore in Frisco, and was now a gentleman ana there, and with the proceeds in- dulged In his favorite indoor sport, lick- ing up the suds, One night (the night of the earthquake in Frisco) Mr. Jones had acquired a beautiful pot after working ten or fif- teen gin mills. Late in the morning he strolled into the little saloon owned by Aloe Greggains, down on Sixth street. Ho knew the barkeep, and the later kndw the Deacon. Our colored runt asked for a drink and was refused. He asked again, again and again. He finally grabbed hold of the bar with both hands and demanded a powder. Stlll the drink was not served. “If you doan han' me a drink I'll pull dls bar ovah,” piped the Deacon, and he gave a yank. With that there was an awful roar; down came the bar, the celing, the bottles and the walls. (It was at that moment that the earthquake arrived.) Bight hours later the Deacon was was dragged from the ruins and taken to o hospital, When he rocoyer his senses he looked up at the doctor and whispered: “Say, Mr, Greggains must be awful sore at me, eh?" GLEVELAND CLUBS 10 CHANGE nalD Indications Point to Transfer of Both American League and Association Properties. BAN WILL FIND A BUYER CLTVELAND, O, Dec. 9-—~Indications tonight seemed to point to transfer of ownership of the Cleveland American League ¢lub before the opening of the 1816 season. The Cleveland American as- soclation team also will change hands, it is belleved. Although no official statement has been made, it is known that the bankers’ com- mittee In charge of financial affairs of Charles W. Summers, the present owner of the teams, is in favor of selling the clubs as means of meeting Sommers’ | present financial difficulties. Johmaon to Find Buyer. Ban B. Johnson, president of the Amer- | fean league, who conferred today and tonight with Sommers, John E. Bruce, secretary of the National Base Ball com- mission, and John Sherwin, chairman of the bankers' committes, sald tonlght that if the committee wishes to sell the Cleveland American team he will find a purchaser. “The bankers' committee will not tol- erate the present situation any longer,” sald a prominent member of the commit- tee tonight; “it has come to the point where we will have to sell the club.” Half a dozen men have been mentioned as possible purchasers of the Cleveland American club, among them being James | McGill, owner of the Denver Western League club and the Indianapolls club of the American assoclation; E. G. Bar- o president of the International league, and J. W, Corrigan, Price M- Kinney and Charles A, Otis of Cleveland. Barrows was here today, but denied his presence had anything to ‘do with the Cleveland base ball situation. Stands By Clubs. “I will see that a buyer is forthcom- ing If the committee wishes to sell the Cleveland club,” sald Johnson tonight. “If & sale is decided upon 1 will try to interest local capital first, I it i financlal ald that is needed, the Amer- league will provide it, as the league has always stood by its clubs.’ Sommers and the bankers declined to make any statement. Racely Student Ma.nager_gt Bellevue ‘Walter Racely, brother of George A. Racely, freshman coach at the Univer- sity of Nebraska, who, as a junior, has #erved three years on the Bellevue foot- tall team, two years on the representa- tive basket ball squad, and is this year's baseball captaln, was elected student manager of athletics at Bellevue ani president of the athletic board of con- trol at a meeting yesterday noon in the physics laboratory, to serve for one year. The two new freshmen members of th board, Bernice BSehlotfeldt, of Walnut, and | lowa, and Harry Erwin, of Craig, Neb, and the new prep member, Seymour Smith, of De Soto, scted for the frst Smith, the prep representative, was made secretary of the board of control, p Martin as assistant manager Erwin Gilmore, the re- and Emma Ward, junior Lich- small, very small, and he was colored. He had retired from the ring years be- \ of lelsure, picking up a stray job here IF ov 0ONT GIMME LICKER. AH PuLL OIS DEAGON TONES T BARICEEP AT mMLEC GREGG: An " GIN MmILL nert, Kinnier, Gilmore, Erwin, «Farnham, Johns, Allen, Stewart and Picotte, Final arrangements were made for the yearly football banquet to be held in the t, 1915, International rvice. Registered U. BY 4oLLY= THAT OUGHT AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA American-Poles Elect Officers and Pass Betterment Resolu- tions at Meeting, CHURCH BASKET BALL NOW ON Resolutions were adopted at the meet—' ing of the American-Polish Citizens’ club of West L street last evening to promote the interests of all Polish people of the South Side and also to @rrange for the signing of second citizenship papers by them when the proper time comes. Two | which has grown powerful, both politi- cally and soclally, in the year of its ex- istence, attended and took active part in the annual election of officers. Officers elected last evening are: Presi- dent, Frank Byster; vice president, John Badura; secretary, Frank Madur; clal secretary, Leo Kowalski, and treas- urer, Peter Woznlak. Several times the club has adopted pe- titions calling on the city commission to improve that particular section about Thirty-third and L streets, where there are many Polish people. The club rooms are in the Pulaski hall, Thirty-third and | L streets, and meetings are held every week, Church Basket Ball Organised. The gymnasium of the Grace Methodist church at Twenty-fifth and E streets is being fitted out for use by the young men of the congregation in the near fu- ture. Last year a basket ball team was | planned, but the men never got together at & definite date. This year the youns college dining hall December 16, at seven in the evening. Sweets Still Top ‘List of Bowlers in Ladies’ League The A, B. Sweet Shop bowling team finished last night at Huntington's alleys with & total of 221, Brandels Girls rolled %18 and Omaha Towel Supply 2165, Soores: A. B. BWEET mmlvl(‘l,l'n 24 3 Tot, 10 138 165 2% |plaint of residents men, led by Guy Kiddo, honor graduate hundred members of the organization, )" SN[ WHAT DOYOU == MEAN BY COMING, INAT THIS HOUR ? SHUT UP- DON'T TALK DACK TO | Dunham | Landis i | Lowrey Shields Handicap hristie Young Mace Clark . Falconer Total....67 Bragonier Bruce | Learn 30 | Zaduca Miller | ., Total | Primeau | Haldeman Eastham J. Johnson Conrad . — | Maurer . Griesser Pickard Hollingsh'd Sorensen Romberg Senift Capen .. Friend . Strawn Cronland .. Rehschuh Handicap Total 688654 2000 DISTR LANT, st. 2d. 3d.Tot. of the University of Nebraska and super- intendent of the Sunday school, are plan- ning to take art in all indoor activities, including bas.et ball, At the First Presbyterian church a bas- ket ball team has already been formed. | 7 Is probable that the local churches will | +vrm & league and have weekly Inter- church games. More young men than ever before have joined and are taking part in the church activities. Holldays Bring Thieves, The approach of the Christmas holi- days means more business for the po- lice. Some time Monday evening an uhi- dentified thief broke into the chicken 4 | CoOp of Mrs. Harford, 2732 J street, and stole eighteen black Plymouth' Rock chickens. Sewer Nusiance Abated. Investigation by the city sanitary de- |partment In the clogged sewer nuisance at Twenty-first and M streets, after com- about, resulted in the placing of four men all day yester- 3 lday cleaning out the rixty-foot storm | sewer. All that is necessary to restore the Sewer to usefulness is to bolt an immova~ 3018 | P® top on to keep other garbage men M1 Crowe ‘Handioap TOtAl il INDEPENDENT Mrs. Boeson Mrs. Gould M tanton M Hackett 606 &3 CLUB Ist 24 1% 122 1 139 145 moan 160 120 132 115 OMAHA TOWEL SUPPLY CLU 1st 24 34 Tot, Miss Jensen . 13 405 from dumping garbage in the manhole. Hanagan Funeraj Friday. The funeral of James Hanagan, aged 48 years, prominent citizen of the South SMe, will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock from the residence of a sister, Mrs. Mary Duffy, 422 South Twenty- third street, to St. Agnes' church. In- terment will be made in St. Mary’s ceme- tery, Hanagan was suddenly killed in a motor 42 laccident in Omaha Tuesday afternoon. He s survived by a wife and one child, two sisters, Mrs. Mary Duffy, Omaha, and Josephine Hanagan, South Dakota, and six brothers, Patrick, John, Michael, Phillp, Thomas and Martin, Coroner's Jury Returns Verdlet. That Erio Beldt, 2500 Reese street, and 02 | Willlam Kendall, 2118 South Thirty-fifth Mrs. Thompson M Hm Hutf . iss McGreer Former Nebraska Star Will Coach U. of 0. Tossers Willam E. Kavan, former University of Nebraska besket ball star and well- known local player, will coach the Uni- versity of Omaha quintet this season. Kavan was chosen last evening by the athletic board from & lst of seven candi- dates and will enter upon his work this ovening. Though somewhat delayed in securing & coach, basket ball candidates at the school have been working out dally under the direction of Captain Adams. Twenty men have been showing up for work. Upon request of the players the ath- letic board decided to allow the school to enter the Tri-Clty league. At first it was thought that the league con(ests, coupled with the college games, would Interfere with college work, but this difficulty was overcome when officlals of the loop agreed to arrange the scheflule. Because of the press of outside work Theodore Korbmacher has been elected basket ball manager to succeed Willlam Melcher. The schedule as outlined calls belng arranged with Doane, Cotner, Kear- ney, Grand leland aod Peru. avenue, Omaha, machinists in the employ of Swift and Company, who lost their lives while at work in the plant Friday 409 |morning when & large flywheel in one of the engine rooms burst, came tq.-their death by suffocation, first from inhaling ammonia fumes, and second, from inhal- ing hot steam, was verdict of a coroner's Jury yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, held in the Larkin chapel under the super- vision of Coromer Willls Crosby. Maaster mechanics and engineers from the plant festified in the case. In the hand of one of the victims was a wrench clasped with muscles bound as though he had just been getting ready to turn a belt, Hillsdale Attendance Comtest. Another attendance contest s mow on among the young people of the Hillside Baptist church. The contest will close this evening, when all participants and members of the church will meet in an entertalnment in the church chapel. The young people’s society has been divided into two equal sides. These divisions have been working to see which could get the most new members to attend the soclety. The committee on this evening's pro- gram has arranged for a good speaker. Switt's Employes in Match. Excitement ran high at the Brunswick alleys last evening as the Swift Pre- miums, challenged by & house team call- ing themselves “Swift's Pride,"” warmed up to their best bowling instinct. individual score at least neared a record when Coleman of the Premiums bowled 2% in a single round. This 18 the highest score recorded in weeks. The Premiums won the game, but were given a scarce when they lost the first round by a slight margin. Charley Burke, well known alumnl of the local high school, bowled with the Premiums. In a previous match the Murphy's Colts won Boucher ....149 160 143 452 Totals Total.....720 \WESTERN‘ !' Total.....781 American OFFICE, 1st. | A Lepinski..204 NG. 1st. 2d. 34, Tot. 130 159 22 Bruegman .. 167 Telephone League, ENGINEERS. 1st. 24, Pixley Ashton . Redfield Fahnes'k Dunham Handicap Totals.... CONSTRUCTION. P 1st. 2d. 3d. Lamborn ..139 197 176 Hegarty ..1271 97 Baldwin ..146 146 130 Whitlock ..136 153 Madsen 40 168 Handicap Totals. .. WIRE CHIEFS. 132 168 424 62 802 224 Express. 24. 3d. Tot, 154 164 013 1 167 468 { 1% 5% | Philips Totals.. Johnson Overman Peterson Holllday . Kent ... Handicap Totals 3d. Tot. 7 170 460 s 470 “3 510 " two out of three matches from the Cen- turians. The scores: SWIFT PREMIUMS. 1st. 24, Anderson Coleman Burke Crowe Hefton Totals Root Loring loben . Leonard Bloomquist Totals..... Vance .. Mayfield Marx .. Baker . Pedersen Mangan Harmon . Sulllvan Heafey ‘Tanner Strawby Handlcap Totals.. 8t. A, court, W. C, O, F., will meet at its hall Friday evening, December 10, An election of officers will be held. A stunt social will be glven under the auspices of the Hpworth league of the mr‘-ce Methodist church Thursday even- | Oak Alger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alger, 1414 O street, is reported to be re- covering slowly after a sudden attack | of pneumonia. | ce space for rent in Bee office, 2318 N itreet. Terms reasonable. Well known lccation. 'Fel. South 27. ‘Women bowlers will roll at the Bruns- wick alleys this evening. The fou | teams comprising the “Oh, Me! Oh, My!" league will meet in contest. The X L club has completed all ar- rangements for the be given at the M fourth and O stree! cember The seventeenth annual Union Stock Employes’ Benefit associa- tion will be given at the Rushing’'s hall at Twenty-fourth and J streets day evening. A benefit ball will Fagle home at Twentylthird and streets Wednesday evening, 15. Union music will be had. lic is invited. Start your child right by giving it one of our “Savings Books." One dollar opens an account in the Live Stock National ball of the N December Pennant. lod of United evening at ti No. 283, Anclent Order 'orkmen, will meet this Workmen hall at Twenty- Satur- | be given at the | The pub- | fitfth and M streets to elect officers for | the coming year. A bazaar and noon luncheon will be rved today at the Ryan millinery store building, opposite the post office on Twenty-fourth street, by the women of the Trinity Baptist church, Want ads for The Bee ml‘ The Bee's branch office, 2518 St. Rates, 2¢c a word for one time, 1%c a word eac day for three days and lo a word e for a week. Prompt and courteou &fluf'fi\lr Emery, who has been tran: ferred to the South Side police station in the absence of Benny Danbaum, whose grandfather died last evening at the Wise Memorial hospital, arrestel Henry Balley, 2622 M street, on a charge of exceeding the speed limit. Beat Comatipat The best medicine for constipation is Dr. King's New Life Pills, mild and effective and keep you well c. All drug- sists.—Advertisement. British Steamer . LONDON, Dec. §.—~The British steamer 1gnis has been sunk. The crew have been landed. Avallable shipping registers con- a steamer as the have tace be left at port made by the department of public service to the council transportation com- mittee today. ‘‘The report said the cars had been in the main successtul.” | Culls From the Wires. Mrs. C. W. Post, widow of the Battle Creek cereal food manufacturer, ans nounced at Battle Creek she had agreed to accept $6,000,000 cash for her rights in the Post estate. Mrs. Marjorle Post Close, daughter of C. W. Post, will re- ‘(*;)l\'a the bulk of the estate, worth about Charges against Judge O. Denver, one of Joseph Hillstrom's at- torneys, were filed with the grievance committes of the Utah Bar association by Herbert R. Macmillan, president of the association. The charges are based on Hilton's address at' Hillstrom's fu- neral in Chicago. Such excellent progress has been made with _the dredging in the Gaillard cut of the Panama canal that now only fifty feet of the earth separates the waters of the channel. This little neck of land, less than twenty feet high, can be re- moved by dredges in a few days unless N. Hiiton of ithe bulging up of the bottom proceeds too rapidly for the dredgers. A natlon-wide movement to make the country church the religious, social and agricultural center for the farmer through a federation of churches in ru- ;II c%mm\lnlllu was launched at Colum- us, WELL DD THE STORY WORK? | DON'T KNOW- | DIDN'T GIT A CHAMCE TO MILO POWERS AND HORSE EXPELLED Started Ruth Granite Out of Her Class Under Name of Ruth Corporal. TROTTERS’ BODY—-TAKES ACTION NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—At today's meet- ing of the Board of Review of the Na- tional Trotting assoclation Secretary Gocher anmounced that Milo Powers of Goshen, Ind., had been expelled with the mare Ruth Granite for starting the horse out of her class under the name of Ruth Corporal at Leesburg, O., in October last. The board announced that several horses had been traced anl identified in various parts of the country. Billy Dis- pute had been driven to a baker's wagon for seven years and at the age of 12 started out on a racing career and won a number of races. The board found he was entitled to his name and his win- nings. A black mare, Guadiania, 14 years old, owned at Grafton, N. C., has been used as a buggy horse for several years and was identified. John B, raced by P, F. Hamlin of Poughkeepsie, and Jack Parker, bred in Ohlo, sold in Chicago and now owned in Maine, were both approved. Hearing of the case of Ben F. White of East Aurora, N. Y., who appealed from the decision of the pjudges at Columbus, 0., in fining him $100 on September 30, last, when he failed to start Queen Ab- bess in the fifth heat of the 2:10 pace, was adjourned until the May meeting, CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—The Board of Ap- peals of the American Trotting associa- tion declared today the following horses ineligible and ordered their winnings re- aistributed: Bay gelding, M. F. D, (8. 8. Ruble, Lo- _gan, 0.), in 2:08 pace at West Liberty, la., June 2, 1915, Bay. gelding, Hal McKinney (C. N. Clark, Winfield, Kan., and Bob Sebas- tian, Hemete, Cal.), in 2:08 pace at Beat- June 24, 1915, se, Teddy M. (Roy Murfield, Avoca, in’ 2:90 pace at Rockwell City, la., "lé \J 1615, ay gelding, John D. (A, B. Smith, Van- couver, B. C.), in 2:30 pace at Lander, B C., June 26, 1815, Black horse, King Bird (L. H. Kindred, Flandreau, 8. D.; M. Helsley, Condon, ., and F. Wilson,” Condon,’ Ore.), in 2:20 pace at Rock River, la., August 2, 1915, Bay mare, Hallle Graham (Charles Robins, Malvern, Ta.), in 2:30 trot at Quincy, 1ll, September 22, 1915, (Record of Hallle Graham at Jefferson, Ta., Jun> 23, 1914, established at 2:23%), Protests were sustained and the money ordered returned to the protestants in the following cases: J, E. Walsh, Sioux City and black mare Oeean Wave. against Wahoo Racing as- soclation of Wahoo, Neb. J. 1. Dompler, Edmonton, Alberta. snd biack’ mare, Senorita Great against In- diana State Board of Agriculture. The Campbell (Mo.) and Clay County Ark.) Fair assoclations were each or- dered to pay $5 to T. J. King of Irene, ’ 6 T DODGE a#* DOUGLAS STREETS Read Our Big Christmas Grocery Opening Sale for Friday Canned Goods, Crackers, Teas, Cof- fees. Fruits, Vegetables, Butter, Cheese, Nuts, Dried Fruits, etc., etc. Everything you need, at a saving of 26 to 30 per cent. 17 Ibs. 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