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HIE BEF,: OMAHA. MONDAY. .TANTAHY l 101(1 BRINGING UP FATHER Copyright. International News Service. Drawn for The Bea by George McManus riNEGRLTOVMT ON MEYHIt VY- I DON'T Ufc TO KttPfoo IN THE. HOUP I IrtTf TUIX- 1 HAVE. A LOT OF .'bMOPPJNO TO D EUT I WOULDN'T THINK. OF LEAVING vn nil i'dc DON'TVtMi TANUE. FOR - THEN VOO COOLO m IT ErVb"X - THATS A COOD DEr - I'LL PHONE TOONE NOV! YCt - ENO NOR OVER RKSHT AVM O0 THE. NAOA.rAt! OS 1 . . III I II r V 1 sV W I II II 1 1 II III ' vi I ' i .jr-?.M ii ii ii mi in m. y 1 m. a " iiiiiiiii iii wti j r mr i . .t i i ana nw i u 1 i 1 VHW THE WM-TER-MAIf- Ax NURtE,! ALL THE AROUND HERE! STAGE IS ALL SET FOR THEBIG PULL International Tug-o'-War Staged by Jack Prince Opens at Audi torium This Evening. FOUR PULLS EVERY NIGHT ANOTHER BOWLING LEAGUEJN DECK Teams Wishing Franchises Will Meet to Form Huntington Organization. TO BE CLASS B MATERIAL AH set for the big International tug-of-war which will be held at the Auditorium nil this week, starting tonight and end ing with the pulls next Sunday night. Everything Is in readiness for the crack ing of the pistol which will start the two first teams on their way. The Auditorium will all be fixed up today with the big pulling platform installed in the center of the building so as to be in full view of everybody, no matter where they may be, and the decorations and the flags of the various nations entered will be put up. Four pulls will be held tonight, as every cither night of the event. Thus all eight teams take part every evening and each team pulls each other team one time. By this series of elimination there can be no dispute as to place in the final stand ing. 1j Bran to Heferee. Bert Le Bron, who is of French de scent and therefore a neutral as no team representing France is entered, has agreed to referee the pulls. Jack Prince, the veteran promoter who is staging the event, declares it will be his biggest success in the way of tug-of-wars. Prince has staged innumerable tugs all over the country. The first one he ever put on was at the coliseum twenty-five years ago and that was consider able of a success. But the pull this year will be even bigger says Jack. , "I: expect over 15,000 persons to attend during the week," said Prince. "Tonight you will see at least 3,000 persons on hand, and perhaps 6,000." Examine all Poller. - All eight teams are in the best of con dition. They will, however, all be ex amined by physicians before they are al lowed to take part in a pull. The exam inations will occur every night eo that by no chance" one of the pullers may suffer from physical exhaustion. Six men will pull on each team. Nine men are allowed on a team, thus mak ing three substitutes. George Green's band will furnish the music. The bandmaster has his musicians all trained in playing the national airs f the countries taking part so that there will be no alip 'twixt the lip and the in strument. The countries represented in the tug-of-war and the team captains are as fol lows: American Frank Greenman. Sweden Kenneth Lundqulst. Denmark Bmll Toldbod. Italy J. M. Calbrla. Bohemia Frank Rlha. Ireland Phil Lynch. Kngland E. Day. ' Germany Pete Loch. Washington Wins Foot Ball Contest Played in the Rain PASADENA, Cal., Jan. 1 Playing in a rain that marred the tournament of roses, the Washington State college foot ball eleven defeated Brown university, 14 to 0, here today In a game that fea tured the city's annual NewYear festi val. Vigorous assaults on the Brown line and constant bucking tactics kept the Rhode Island athletes continually on the defensive. They held Washington score less In the first half of the game and even Imperilled the goal of the western era on one or two occasions, but they finally were beaten back on the water soaked field In the third and fourth quar ters, Washington getting a touchdown and goal In each. Boone, who replaced Hanley at right half (or Washington at the beginning of the second period, scored the first touch down and plunging Washington fullback, Diets, put over the second one. Despite the wind prevailing during the game the fullback each time booted the ball be tween the goal posts. NEWSPAPER DECISION GOES TO HARVEY OVER BEECH ER COLUMBC8, O.. Jan. 2.-Johnny Har vey, New York, lightweight, was given the decision in a twelve-round bout with Willie Beecher, also of New York, here today. Beecher was badly beaten In every round. The weights were, liar- vejr, lU'i; Beecher, 13. Many lllinir Come from the Liver Constipation, headmhe, bilious spells, indicate a sluggish liver. The tried rem edy la Dr. King s New Life nils. Only :5c. All druggists. Advertisement. , Another league will be added to Omaha's already large number of organ izations this afternoon, when teams wish ing franchises meet at Huntington's al leys to organize the Huntington league. The league will be Composed of Class B material who average around 160. Already six teams have applied for franchises and two more teams will be given franchises upon application at this afternoon's meet ing. The present lineup of teams are Klrken dall Shoes, Dad's Swedes, First National Bank, Dycke's, Omaha Structural Steel company. Midland Glass and Faint com pany. They will roll under a handicap system, the matches to be staged on Tuesday nights. Several leagues postponed their sched ules during the week and rolling was somewhat light on the local runways. Just to livjn things up Dad Huntington sprung another new one on Omaha bowl ing circles, by pulling off a but New Year's eve party at his alleys. Special matches were played for prizes by both men and women bowlers. Miss Lois Nes bit won first prise In the women's con tests with Ml. Miss Rauber 2d with 1'.'", Miss Bruck 3d with 191, Miss Goerne 4th with 387, Miss McGreer 6th with 181 and Mrs. Evans 6th with 179. - For the men Jimmy Jarosh won first prize with 244. Other prizes were won by O. Toman, J. Melster. C. Zelst, W. Hageman and J. Kleny. Refreshments were served to all and a five-piece orchestra added tone to. the festivities. A few who" couldn't make their feet behave danced to the muslo on Dad's alleys, making it necessary for them to be recoated and repolished. Bowling Notes, The Clara Belles are averaging 2.873 In the Booster league- Grin Doherty Is back In the 600 class for a week at least. Joe Dober still contends he will lead the Gate city league. A sight we never expected to see. Con Stegner shooting a hook. At least four Omaha teams plan to en ter the ABC tournament ut loledo. Watch that Omaha leaKue race. Four teams are in the running for the lead. The Ford Motor league has dlsbanled. owing to so many players attending the Ford school of Instruction at nights. McShane of the Byrne-Hammer team ban refused tn sell his bowlinK shoes. which means that he still thinks he Is a bowler. Nelson of the Walnut Grove tam li the most consistent shooter in the league. Ills games never vary over five pins from each other. Pat Haley, our bowling friend' from Des Moines, dropped In to look us over New Year s day. fat I stii praising tne Omaha Middleweet tournament. rrrslJcnt Rles. who won the booby prize In the Mid-West tournament, is after the same prize tn the Metropolitan league, by the looks of his last few tames. Hi doesn't even beat Phark Hetnple any more. The next big tournament will b the International at Minneapolis. February U. Omaha bowlers do not patronize this tournsment as much as they do the Mlddlcwest and Amerlcnn Bowling con n-ess. but it is thought at least one picked team w'll entnr northern meet. Last year the Burgess-Nas.li team entered. HOW TO FILL STOCKINGS Oodles of I'sefnl Articles With! Reach of a Small Parse. MILLER THROWS TURNER TWO OUT OF THREE FALLS BILLINGS. Mont.. Jon. ?. Walter Miller of St. Paul, world's welterweight wrestling champion, today defeated Joe Turner of Washington, D. C, holder of the 155-pound American championship belt Miller took two out of three falls Advertiser and customer profit by the OaaslfWd Ad' habit. Bright or soft-colored balls of twine take up much room, and worthily. Fancy candy Images or canes are naturally not unwholesome, and are not resented a bags of ordinary candy are likely ti be. Anmetlmea cleanliness is promoted In a careles child by a gift of especially In terest'ng snap. A fancy tape-measure may be found for from 10 to 15 cents, and an older girl or even boy msy va(ue it. TJttle fancy trays, to hold colli' buttons or other trifles, are often rovetel, esp clallv If "mother" or an older sister or brother has one on her or his burea'i. A gold or silver dollar, or a coin of lrg-r denomination, done up carefully In a box or In Isyers of tissue paper fed with bright ribbon, would give pleasure! Cubes or other shanes of fancy "pin balls;" small boxes of preserved ginger or pineapple: fW. dates or prunes; pretty emfrvs; paner-knlves: penwlners; foll-ing-cup; bull s of Chinese llll-s: hyacinth or other flowers; napr-melghts: pene'ls' a compass; a smsll weatherhouse fwith the lady and gentleman to come o'it In either fair or stormy weather c'nhs): small "mascot" Images, of elephants, monkey, or other animals; shoe-horns: buton books; watch charms: matc'i boxes all these are available and mst of them need not coat more than 10 cents apiece. Many cost oily S cents. For more monev, e assortment sprea'sj Indefinitely. Folding srlssors and knives, with o- without attachments, melt tha heart of the ordinary bey, and ar not unacceptable to bis sister. A spoon, cup, or knife and fork of his very own appeal to nearly every ch id. HandkerehU-N. gloves, and Ice and roller skates are it'll popular. The latter pretty nearly fill the stocking without further help. Little arlclea of Jewelry, simple and not showy, are allowable, even If they are not "real." THREE HIGH FLOOR GAMES raS WEEK South High-Fremont, Centrd High Council Bluffs and Beatrice Crete Stage Combats. LATTER GAME TO BE THRILLER JNION FOR TWO EMPIRES? Three games of Importance In the state Inter-scholastic field will be played o.. Friday and Saturday of the comln,; week. South High will meet Fremont next Saturday evening at the South High gymnasium. Central High will meet Council Bluffs on the Omaha Young Men's Christian association floor Friday evening. Crete and Beatrice wll clash Friday evening on the Queen City floor. All three games will give a little actual dope on how several of the bigger teams of the state are going to pan out According to the reports from Coach Mulligan's official circle, the Central quintet is not faring as well as might be expected of a big school team. As South High meets the Bluffs quintet on the Omaha gym floor the week after the Central-Council Bluffs game, riope sters will have an opportunity for com parison of the two Omaha fives. Coach Patton's tossers are In the prime of condition as is usually the case and plan to give the Fremont lads the go of their life. Iast year the local five defeated the Fremont team by a large score. The Crete-Beatrice conflict will be some battle. Both teams defeated Wil bur, a strong first-class combination In the same district, by practically similar scores. With the exception of Geneva, these two quintets are generally the best southwestern Nebraska can pi-oduee. The game Friday night will be largely attended and bitterly fought. Beatrice Is an athletic town to the core and turns out en masse to most all games Read The Bee Wan'. Ads. It pays! BREEDING THE SILVER FOX Can Be Raised on Farms and F.aeh Animal la Worth M.OOO. Let all fond fathers and Inrliiluont line bands take new courage. Somebody may Jiet tame the sea otter and theermlne, the sable and the seal, as someone has tamed tne other of that quintet of regal fur bearer, the silver fox. They call him silver fox. althouih he Is ;et DiacK, uarring a silver tip to his tail and a few silver threads in his magnifi cent coat. He's a dandy; but If you wish to meet a real black fox enthusiast I'll Introduce you to General II. S. Hulde koper, who has spent his summer vaca tion on Prince Edward Island. On a space not larger than PhtlaHalnhl. 275 fox-breeding coniDanlea have hont 110,000,009 worth of foxes. They grow them aa a wucks countlan raises pigs; but In stead of about I.T0 for a norker th aessed value of each silver tip is $l,80. The foxes in that one small section of Canada are worth more than all the do mestic animals on the island. The silver fox la an animal of nminu A century or more ago the Hudson Bay company would pay one of It hardy trap pers 11,000 for a slnale nH lUnro ii,-. one such lone woodsman who had got me coveted skin met his death at th hands of another, who stole It from him But about fifteen vears m . i genlous Canadian decided th i time to admit science Into partnership ".v.. me ,ox. .o ne bought a pair from a irapper and began to breed them capiivuy. A mother fox holds to the Roosevelt It principle that race suicide shnui.i i .n couraged, and In her dozen years of life ne will rear an average of tlilriy-fj baby foxes. A good bla k fix, properly slivered, w now fetch I5 000. On one company a far an old tabby cat became tl ft mother of two orphan foxes, worth 110.001 sna reared tlieni as creditably as the o wolf suckled Romulus and Remus, tl founders of Home. I gathf r from what General Huldokoper ens me and fromother sources that bin fox fai tiling is now very profitable, couple of years ago 1 wrote that pH. for black fox skins hud de.-Hn.-rt Nearly thirty companies owning fox farms have paid all the way from 25 to 500 per cent dividends. Two women earned m per cent on their Investment In a year by raiding foxes. The irofits would Indicate that the black fox fur market It iiU ,ky (,,,.,, but If this farming game go,s on so suc cessfully i ,houd tnlnk UiU Rl!U.nloU)j. square necessity would have to drop In price very derldedly. And so with the other 'fashionable furs, barring seal and Otter. Even a fur lajman can see that It might be difficult to lave a seal farm eut In the North i'ae-fl -.-Philadelphia ledger. in important Conferences Between Germans and Austro-Hungarians Deal with Economic Relations. DUAL MONARCHY IS FEARFUL Took a rl(hbur'a Advice. "Last winter my mon Claude had a severe attack of croup. I took a neigh bor's advice and procured a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It re lieved him promptly." writes Mrs. T. H. Bell, Vandergiaft, Pa. Obtainable very where. Ad v trtlsement. A "For Fate" ad will turn second-hand furniture Into caah. Correspondence of the Associated Press.) ZrillCH. Switzerland. Dec. 'XI 1m xirtant conferences between German and Austro-Hungarian politicians and lead- ns representatives of finance and coin norve are now going on In Vienna and rlorlln tor the purpose of finding a basis f establishing closer economic relations hetween the allied empires. Although H-veral meetings have already taken place, no definite results have yet been ibtalned. The Industrial and commercial Interests of the two countries are so di vergent that It is difficult to see how an understanding can be reached which will prove satisfactory to both sides. And so far every conference seems only to have discovered new troubles in the way of reaching an agreement. Austro-Hungarians fear that Just as at present they are under the domination of Germany In military affairs, so later their financial and economic Independ ence will also be lost before tho persist ent and powerful monarch of Germany. The whole question Is one of the most vital Importance for the future welfare of the dual monarchy, and Incites far more interest In the business community than the progress of the war. Since the Franco-Prussian war Ger many has become an Industrial state, while Austria-Hungary has remained es sentially agricultural. With the excep tion of Bohemia, Moravia and Lower Austria, which includes Vienna, all the other provinces of Austria are purely agricultural, and Hungary Is overwhelm ingly so. In both parliaments, at Vienna and Budapest, the agrarians always pos sess a large majority. Closed Vnlon a Necessity. Nevertheless, both politically and mili tarily, a closer union between Germany and Austria Is generally regarded as an absolute necessity, and will doubtless continue to be so long after the war la ended. But the problem as to how this Is to be brought about Is exceedingly complex. By high protective duties Austria has long maintained an economic existence Independent of Germany, and. Indeed, even opposed to German interests. In Austria everything is much dearer than In Germany, from 20 to even 60 per cent. The difference in prices is especially great In heavy wares, such as coal, iron, steel and machinery. It Is only through these protective duties that Austria has managed to develop a growing Industry, and pievent the country from being flooded with cheap German products. For some years Austria has almost mo nopolized tlie trade In the Balkans ami the Levant, but latterly German mer chants have been creeping in there and cupturtng customers. Tnis has been the case moro than ever since the annexation by Austria-Hungary of Bosnia and Her zegovina in 1, when both Turkey and Serbia boycotted' Austrian goods. Thw rapidity with which Germany seized the opportunity to enter these markets caused Intense Irritation In Vienna and Budapest at the time. Nor has this feel ing diminished since. Oerman trade has steadily grown In southeastern l',"urope, while Austria's has steadily decreased. How all these matters will develop after the war nobody can foresee. Undoubtedly Austria-Hungary Is placed under heavy obligations to Germany for its military aid In the wa-. How and In what form will Germany require payment for such service? Probably through preferential customs tariffs, or perhaps by a customs union. In either case, It is declared, Ger many stands to gain all the profit and Austria to suffer all the Injury. For then German wares would swamp Aus trian markets, prices generally would be forced down, and Austrian competition for the ttade In the Balkans and Levant would b- hopeless. Hence It is easy to understand the covert opposition, in nearly all parts of AUHili, to Germany's efforts to bring It ally In closer commercial relationship. It is feared that economic deindence will surely follow military, liver sines the war began things have occurred which indicate Germany's aim at bring ing AuBtrla Hungary under its commer cial subjection. Only a short lime ago the big banks In Berlin sent circulars to the pr.nolpal Austrian investor In tne Mist and second Austrian war loans of fering to advance them 9J per cent of the face value of their holdings provided they would use the money for Investment in thy third loan. The Austrian banks were only advancing 75 ler cent of the former loans. Such Incidents ba.e create I much dlatruet in the AustrUn capital, and thaw the necessity for exercising the utmost caution before entering Into any new kind of economic arrangement with Germany, whirl, may be fraught with the most serious consequences for the future of the d.ial monarchy. Mine I'rlees Doubled. Shoes have doubled In price In Vienna In the lust few months, and th'a largely through the wearing of the short skirt, which .alls for higher footwear. It la not that raw material is scarce at all; there Is plenty of it from ox, calf and goatskins, hut tanning materials are hardly obtainable at any price. Most of these come from abroad, but their Im port has been rendered Impossible by th war for some time past. With the aid of these Austrian tanners could convert a hide Into leather in three weeks; the same process now takes four months. Some of these materials are now costing seven times the ordinary price. And this has led to a shortage In the supply of shoemaker's leather, which has been further Increased by the women's demand for higher sltoes. which tako much more leather. The consequence Is that prices have iLien tremendously. Modern shoes of the cheapest nuiterii'l formerly costing $H now cost from 112 to $18, while for lietter shoes $lti snd even 'M are asked. Men's shoes have) also gone tip In price In the sumo proportion, although In their casta no change In fashion has taken place. Since a large quantity of tanner's ma terials has always Iwen obtained from Turkey, It la possible that now that com munications have been reoH-tml with Constantinople fresh supplies may be ob tained. One of 4he moat difficult of ail social problems, the care of the homeless, has been solved In Vienna by the war. The number of these unfortunate poisons this winter Is far less thnn In many years. Indeed so great. ha.i been the fulling off in this class of mendl.-ants that In many districts of the city the hulldtiiKS erected for their accommodation have ben con verted into military hospitals and homes for refugees from the Italian theater of war. Tho disappearance of these "homeless" persons is chiefly due to so many of the men having been called lo the army, when their wives and families are given relief pay placing theni often In far bet ter circumstances than when their bus- hands were In work. Then, ton, t.i younger classca of the "homeless," vh i were formerly unable to obtain work In tho city In winter, can now get employ ment easily. The factories are constantly Inquiring at the night shelters for work ers. Then, too, "homeless" families lire much fewer because the landlords are compelled to show more coraiderat ion be fore ejecting tenants, and tho famll.es of reservists are often better able to pay the rent than In normal times. CHRISTMASTIDE CN THE FARM t n Notions of Loneliness a Jonrff of Hnral Anmse-ment. We read in tho papers that some big preacher was going to have a sHclal meeting at his church in the city to pray for the peoplo who have to spend a lone some Christmas on tho farm. Father and mother and tho rest of us have laughed at that more than a little. I guess that preacher never spent a Christ mas on the farm. Why. you coudn't find a place where there was more excite ment! One day father would be reading the paper when all of a sudden he would lay It down on his knee and say, "Hmmm!" nobody could aay It Just the way father could, mostly through his nose "hmmm!" here It Is almost Christmas. Where's this year gone to, anyway?" Then mother would put down her mend ing and say that time certainly did fly, and that sho was afraid the raspberry nni was turning. Hut mother knew that Christmas wns almost here, for hadn t she been knitting wristlets for a 11101111.' Kvery time father came Into tho r otu sho had to hide her knitting father must never know that he r.as ROiir lo not a pnlr of wristlets, due year he would l as surprised ns oouh! be when ho found a knit muffler tn his stocking, and llio next your he couldn't unlei,,innd ho,v Santa Clans knew thnt he wante,1 a nr of pulse-warmers with a fancy red ed e. Sometimes father woukl dime ncr.iss the pulse-warmers with the needlca nicking In them In the pnper-rack and never sus pect that they were for him. The horses and rows and chickens and everything could tell when Christmas was coining. Nobody can toll me they can't. They would all snuggle up close and ruh their noses and Old Ned would stop est Ing his oats the night before Chrlntmat and let a fellow rub him a long time, and you know how hungry he usually was nTid how nothing could get him to take his nose out of his feed-box. Then, If you would talk to the animals about Christ mas In a low voice, they would all turn their heads to listen and look at you with big eyes; and even old Caesar, the rooster with the frozen toes, would come hopping up nearer. You can't tell me they don't know about Christmas. Leslie's Weekly. Do Von Have oir Sttimaeat If you are troubled with sour stomach you should eat slowly and masticate your food thoroughly, then take one of Cham berlain's Tablots Immedlstely after sup per. Obtainable everywhere. Advertisement. 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