Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1916, Page 7

BRINGING U BY qoLLY! wi THE MATTER ? [LOOK LIKE AN ADVANCE AGENY FER THE PLASVE - BIG SWEEPSTAKES TOURNAMENT END§ Visiting Bowling Teams Figure Prominently in the Shooting. IOWA TEAM IS STRONG The big sweepstakes tournament came to a successful windup on the Omaha alleys Sunday, with excite- ment rivaling that of the middle- west tournament held here last sea- son. Throughout the day doubles and { during the afternoon four five-man teams occupied the runway Some fine exhibitions of rolling wére given, which kept a large crowd in constant attendance throughout the day. Visit ing bowlers featured prominently in the day’s shooting, especially in the singles. The Clemmons Auto company team of Des Moines made a strong cffort to land first money, but fell sixty-nine pins short of the State Journal team of Lincoln, which rolled 2823 the night before. They were also twenty-seven pins behind the Metz team of Omaha, who rolled 2781. The Home Restaurants won fourth money with 2,743. The visiting bowlers were making a successful ef- fort to land all the firsts, but late in the day, Cain and Devine saved the day in the doubles by rolling high score with 1,217. L. Herzog of Lin- coln copped the singles with 623, four pins ahead of Ralph Marshall, the vouthful Des Moines star. Win Individual Honors. The individual henors were -prac+ tically won by the visiting bowlers, except fourth place, which was cap- tured by Stunz, with 606. A special women's sweepstakes was held throughout the day. In the doubles, Miss Bruch and Miss Miller won the money with a score 883. The singles were won by Miss Verda Pelling with a 430 score. Several special matches were rolled throughout the day, most of them being between Middaugh and Ham- mond of Fremont and some local pairs. * In the afternoon the Fremonters, 1 won a three-game series from Sciple | bank of the river Meuse, after the|pecayse it would be based upon rec- and Wartchow with a total of 1,183 against the latter’s 1,143, Three-Game Series Rolled. In the evening three three-game series were rolled between the Fre- mont stars and Neale and Schoene- man. The visitors won the odd ser- ies after rolling one of the prettiest and most exciting matches in the history of Omaha bowling. Neale was the individual star with games of 233, 277 and 206, totaling 716; Schoene- man failed to deliver, only rolling 213. 163 and 183, totaling 559, making a grand total of 1,275, Even with this score against them the Fremont stars came out victor- jous with a 1,307 total. Middaugh rolled 221, 191, 256, totaling 668; Hammond rolled 232,203 and 204, totr aling 639. A better exhibition than | this was never befor¢_witnessed on local runways. In the first series Neale and Schoeneman lost with a 1,176 total, against the Fremont pair's 1,232, The second contest went to the locals with a 1,232 total against the visitor's 1,180. Sciple and Wartchow Win. Sciple and Wartchow ecasily de- fecated W. Martin and R. Marshall of Des Moines in a five-game series. Price money winners were: FIVE-MAN EVENT. State Journals, Lincoln Metz, Omaha ............ Clemmons’ Auto Co., Des Moines Home Restaurants, Omaha DOUBLES . Cain-J. Devine, Omaha G. Toman-M. Yousem, Omaha ¥ Middaugh-L. Hammond, Fremont (. Van Husen-R. VanHusen, Schuyler. o 43 looney-Ragan, Omaha 43 SINGLES I, Herzog, Lincoln . Maurshail, Des Moines M. Van Housen. Schuyler M. Stunz, Omaha ... G Stortz, Des Molnes { Missouri Interested In Nebraska’s Schools Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18.—(Special )— Abner Jones, connected with the Uni- versity of Missouri, called at the office oi the state superintendent today to inquire into the Nebraska system for building up rural schools. Dr. Thomas returned yesterday from Cedar county, where he dedi- cated three new rural scheol buildings in the short space of twelve hours and ate six meals during the time. Ac- cording to Mr. Thomas it was a great day fer rural schools and chicken pie. I'he schools were situated in the northwest portion of Cedar county. The buildings were designed by the state superintendent himself. \ War Upon Pain. Liniment prepares vu. . Keep It handy—it's the g At all d rorgency. r discovered. 1 Killer e isement singles were rolled and for two hours | P FATHER HAT'S YOu IF SHE EVER SAW YOU FLIRTIN' SHED LEAVE You- fred De Oro, at New York, for three-cushion pocket billlard championship. Boxing: Jack Dillon against Billy Miske, | ten rounds, at New York; Frankie Burus | agninst Joe Lynch, ten rounds, at New Yorl Eddie Murphy against Joe Connolly, twelve rounds, at Boston; Mel Coogan | Larry Hansen, twelve rounds, at Boston. 'VON HACKENSEN ADVANCE BEYOND BUZEU RIVER LINE (Continued From | violent artillery duel. Local engage- | ments with varying sucess occured lin the Uzul valley. “Hostile columns Ibraila were attacked by our ai | squadrons with visible success. The Russians made an attack in Vol- hynia in the regién Lutsk yesterday in an effort to recap- retreating to | ture positions taken by the Germans. | | The war office announces that the at- | tacks were without success. Only artillery operations on the ;Maccdonian front are reported in to- day's army headquarters statement, which reads: “There has been tem- porarily lively artillery firing in the ibend of the Cerna.” h | Aside from minor activites in the '5nmmc and Meuse sectors there were no important happenings on the west- front, army headquarters an- The statement reads: | “Western front: There have been no important events. In the Somme and Meuse sectors there have been ern | nounced today. | only minor fighting activities.” French Official Reports. Paris, Dec. 18— rench forces have | taken a total of 11,387 German pris- oners on the Verdun front since De- jc('mher 15, according to the announce- ment made by the French war office this afternoon. A violent German counter attack on the Meuse has re- sulted in German forces securing a footing at the Chambrettes farm. The text follows: “South of the river Somme, a de-| ! tachment of the enemy which was! | endeavoring to occupy our lines {so_utheast of Berny, has been repulsed with hand grenades. On the right | bombardment reported in the com- | munication of yesterday, the German forces delivered a violent counter attack yesterday evening upon our‘ new positions, They succeeded, how-| compete in the labor market. It would | ever, only in securing i footing at a point on the Chambrettes farm. We continue to hold the immediate sur- roundings of this locution. Elsewhere the night passed in quiet. “The number of prisoners taken by us since December 15 on the Verdun front is at present, according to the latest count, 11,387, including 284 offi- cers. The war material captured or destroyed includes 115 cannon, forty- four bomb throwers and 107 machine guns.” Russian Official Report. London, Dec. 18—The Teutonic | offensive in Roumania has heen ar- rested by the Russian firc, the Rus- sian war office announces. The state- ment as intercepted by the British admiralty and collected by the Wire- less Press, was made public as fol- lows: “On the Roumanian front, in the region west and southwest of Rom- niku-Sarat, our scouts made recon- | naissances. | “In the region of the Filipechti rail- | way. station and in the region of Dih- | batogu the offensive of the encmy | was arrested by our fire.” Short Course at Mondamin. Mondamin, la., Dec. 17.—(Special.) —Harrison county short course op- lened here Tuesday morning. After | the organization lecturcs were given lon the dairy business, lowa soils and i [plant life in the men's department. | In the department for women nutri- " Ition, planning a well balanced meal and demonstrations of interest to the home. The instructors are from Ames, and the county farmers and stockmen are invited to attend i Ask Your Dealer About G. L. W. Spring Oilers % G. L. W. Spring = Oiler Company 894 Brandeis Bldg. L AP © CRTEED ¢ GRARLD O | Nebraska | Base Ball: Meeting of Eastern league, at | Worcester, Mass. Billlards: George W. Moore against Al- against | plane | northwest of | THE BE OMAE 7 TUKSI 1916. Y, DECEMBER 19, DO Xou REAL|ZE - MR NG4S ADMITS PAROLE FROM NEBRASKA Harry Laird, Arrested at Des Moines, Out on Good Be- havior from Nebraska. FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY (From u Staff Correspondent.) Des Moines, Dec. 18.—(Sp egram.)—Harry Laird, 24 arrested last night for investigation, today admitted he was a paroled pris- oner from the Nebraska penitentiary | at Lincoln. He had been sentenced to serve from one to ten years for | highway robbery. Employment was found for him and he was paroled to | his employer. The next day he left the | state, he said. lowa Farmer Shot in Arm By Would-Be Assassins Lake Park, la., Dec. 18.—A would- | be assassin attempted to kill G. | Dierks, a well-to-do farmer, at the Dierks’ home, two miles east of Lake Park, at midnight last night. The | bullet fired by the would-be assassin | struck Dierks in the arm When the | shot was fired the horse which Dierks was driving ran away, carry- | ing him to the home of a neighbor. The person who fired the shot then set fire to the Dierks’ home. Direks | had received threatening letters de- manding $500, but had ignored them. | 'VOLUNTEER ARMY - SYSTEM FAILURE (Continued From Page One.) 1 fense would fall equally upon all citi- | | zens. Tt would make it impossible for |any man or group of men to trade upon the nation’s necessities in time of war. The system would be relia- ble because it would produce each year the number of men necessary to It would be economical | be trained. ognition by the people of the duty of the individual to render personal service and in carrying it into effect the governmenf would not have to | be efficient because it would enable Copyright, 1916. International News Service i s that one of the powers involved in| | | ) Drawn for The Bee by George McManus DON'T You EVER DARE LET ME CATCH XOU FLIRTING AGAIN! T, . A e QUESS MAGQIE 1S ALL PACKED AN' READY T0 <0 | WONDER \F THAT GOY WUZ KIDDIN' ME{ b for mothers' clubs this week the general said, had demonstrated [about one month from the declara- that a higher standard of training and discipline were required than was popularly considered necessary be- fore and that most of the European nations for that reason tound they could not develop them in less than two years with the colors tion of war “While a war waged against us by an alliance may in the future be a pos sibility it is not a probability. It is believed if we provide an adequaté 4 5 army to defend the country against It should be obvious.” said he.|any single nation the probability of that 192 hours’ training prescribed | war between the United States and for the National Guard is utterly in-f3 coalition of powers would grow adequate to prepare this force for|even more remote.” e Aiter having discussed reasons why Three Million Men Needed. the general staff believes twelve For war with a first-class power ! months’ intensive training is the min- | the general stafl had previously esti-| imum to prepare troops for war, i that 500,000 full i d‘hcm'rn] Scott stated at length why mated that 200,000 fully —equipped ho geaff recommended that no furth troops should be ready at the out- break and that 500,000 more should be available in ninety days. In view of the ons of the war, the general | was now of the opinion that these 1ce be placed on the volunteer tem and urged universal liability to military training and servi (0] all the nations of the world, he said, the United States and China alone numbers should be tripled and that|relied on volunteers to defend their 1,500,000 fully equipped and ready | national existence. He recounted the troops should be available, with an-| failures of the volunteer system in other 1,500,000 to follow in ninety | the revolutionary war, the war of 1812 day. | and how it failed both the confeder- “This is due,” he said, “to the fact|acy and the union in the civil war. ! held at the Omaha 'Marksmen Turn Out For Poultry Shoot A large crowd of local marksmen turned out for the poultry shoot at the Omaha Gun club Sunday after- noon, including a couple of squads of beginners. Henry McDonald and JTohn Reagon captured the most poul- try, McDonald getting three geese and Reagon two ducks and a goose | George Holloway won two ducks. |was the sccond time Holloway had handled a shotgun against the clay targets. Dan Gielus, Frank Ellison 1d Blake each won a duck and Doc rye won a goose. A Christmas turkey shoot will be Gun club next Sun- | day. | Mrs. W. S. Knight is to | Talk For Better Movies [ Better movics for children will be urged by Mrs W. S. Knight, chairman of the educational committee, Omaha give Tuesday Mrs. Knight speaks before the West Omaha Mothers’ club at the home of Mrs. P. T. Barber and Wednesday afternoon at the Miller Park Mothers' circle at the Miller Park school auditorium. RWICK ROW JmJBir COLLARS . il The, BE N AR are curve cut to fit the shoulders perfectly. 15 ceits cach, & frgo- | ance with a powerful oriental nation us to prepare adequately for war be- fore war comes.” At the outset General Scott pointed out that the Mexican crisis had failed to recruit many National Guard or- ganizations even to their minimum peace strength, Volunteer System Failure. “The failure should make the whole people realize that the volunteer sys- tem does not and probably will not give us either the men we need in peace or for service in war,” said he. Reviewing the intensive training which European and other nations require, he declared if American troops cver were to compete with | highly trained and splendidly dis- | ciplined * forces they would training and discipline at least equal | to that of their opponents. ! The lessons oi the European war, Electric Crank- ing, Lighting and Ignition. EXIDE Storage Batterie: | Did your battery freeze during the cold smap wm DELCO-EXIDE SERVICE STATION 2024 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb, Phone Douglas 3697, FREE BATTERY INSPECTION L] | | | require | CLUETT, PEABODY & CO: INC Makers “The system is ineffective,” he said, | the war and whose territory extends ! “pecause under it we must wait for' the whole length of our northern|war to come before preparing our de-| frontier has increased its army from |fense. We must wait for an emer- a relatively small force to a strength | gency before beginning to raise, train approximating that of the other great|and equip the vast armies which war | European powers: Due to the fact|with any first class power or coalition | that our northern neighbor is !argclylwquld render necessary. A nation | an island empire, a great portion of | that is so short-sighted with respect | any trained force it may possess can | to its man power cannot be expec(edl be spared for use in a distan® theater |to look far into the future with re-! of operations because, being | island empire, the control of the sea| gives it practical immunity from in-| vasion where troops would have to| be transported across the sea a whole have through their represen- | United States Practically Defenseless. | tatives recognized the duty of the | “It should be pointed out, also,|individual to prepare himself to de- that our northern neighbor is in alli- fend it in case of need.” Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Offered by Nebraska Bankers’ Association For Information Causing the Apprehension of the Persons Attempting to Rob the Banking House of A. W. Clark of Papillion Address 908 Woodmen of the World Building Telephone Douglas 1585. Woman's: club, in two ks she w an | spect to munitions and supplies. i “If universal liability to military training and service are ordained it | would mean only that the people as —-another island empire—and for the same reason when acting in alliance with a power which has control of the has ability to send its army of 2, )00 men to any part of the world without danger of invasion. “I think a mere statement of these | facts makes it clear that at prrscm‘ we are practically defenseless hefurv) the veteran armies of our northern | neighbors and could easily be crushed ! | | | [ | | | | by the existing coalition of the island empires. “l have said enough by way of il- lustration only to make it clear that if we are menaced by one of these powers alone, having lost control of the sea, we should need more troops for defensive purposes than have en- | tered into the popular conception of our military problems heretofore. Big Invasion Possible. “A factor which has plaved a part in protecting us from recent aggres- | sions by any of the great nations of | Europe, in spite of our comparatively | defenseless condition, was the so- called balance of power. When the European war is over there will still be two groups of powers which will | permit the superior group to hold the inferior group in balance with only a ' portion of its [ and will enable it to hold the inder ready for action outside of Furope. It is manifest that if a coalition of the great powers, as | they existed on August 1, 1914, were to make war on us we could have been vaded by rge forces thin SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER: We will give free of charge with four full querts of Primo Rye at p $3.16 charges prepaid. § Promiums of a fine hand painted bread and butter china plate, a bottle of fine port wi MHINK how much easier it is A to find a welcome gift for him nowadays—with all these beau- tiful new Gillette Models at hand. 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