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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Assured
in the Balkans
Powers Expected to Bring Sufficient
Pressure to Bear at Bel
grade.

VIENNA. March 1.-THE Austro-Hun-
garian government has decided to postpone
sending its note in reply to Servia in order
to enable the powers to intervene at Bel
grade. Baron Won Aehrenthal, the foreign
minister, according to the Neues Wiener
Tageblatt, has expressed the belief that
war will be averted.
BELGRADE. March 22-Peace Is re-
garded as assured. 1t was semi-officially
stated tonight that the powers tomorrow
will invite Servia to declare the question
Of the annexation Of Bosnia and Herze-
govina settled and to disarm and discharge
it's reservists. Furthermore. it is said that
the Servian government will accede to this
request. thus opening the way for direct
negotiations between Austro-Hungary and
Servia for a commercial agreement.
BERLIN, March 22-The German Foreign
office now regards the probability OF a
war in the Balkans less imminent as the
indications are that Russia will take a
neutral position and the powers are taking
especial pains to nave Austria Hungary
withhold it's final reply to Servia pending
further representations to the administra-
ton at Belgrade.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
MYSTERY OF A SMALL, WANT AID
Tells n story which Only the Initiate
Can Decipher of a boy in
Trouble.

Mother: Three SOS make II easy, I
know where TO go. I am gone. Don't
worry. II approached I can and will square
everything. Don't expect word. Don't try
TO send word. Don't lose heart, and l
won't. BOY.
These lines, with a sum Of money to pay
for their insertion in the personal want
ad column Of The Bee, were received yes
terday in an envelope ~postmarked Memphis.
Tenn. with the request that copies of the
paper containing the ad be sent to a certain
address in Iowa.
Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote a
short story around a want adj" II was
told with all of Stevenson's felicity Of style
and wealth Of imagination, but his want
ad" did not furnish so fertile a theme for
speculation as these lines above.
And when all is said and done this situa-
ton is real. Here is some woman whose
first word OF her son will come to her in
this mysterious message. She alone can
read It with exact intelligence and divine its
complete import.
Square everything''-a phrase Of sinister
significance. Don't except word'-a state
ment involving agonized uncertainty. 1t is
a roundabout means chosen for communica-
ton and involves an element of chance.
He moreover defeats his own aim appar-
entity, for no clue is given as to where the
three $50 bills are to be sent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
king LEAVES CLUB IN LURCH
Waits TIL Eleventh Hour to An-
nOunce Retirement.

Johnny King. the peerless catcher of the
peerless Cubs, has aroused the wrath OF
the peerless leader by his eleventh hour
retirement from the team. Chance thinks
the least Killing could have done would have
been to give his team time in which TO
replace him. II is now too late for the
management to land any choice articles to
put behind the bat and as a result Chicago
will have to depend, probably, on Moran.
Archer and a new recruit. Moran Is a good
catcher, but is said to be not in the best
of shape.
Kings reasons for quitting the team are
that his pool business in Kansas City is so
good he can't leave It. Chance thinks II
It is that good Killing ought to have found IL
out long ago. The players on the team say
there is another reason, that Killing has
never got over Murphy's baking his plans
to buy a big billiard and pool stand In
Cincinnati last year. Murphy accused Garry
Hermann Of flirting with his star catcher
when Johnny opened negotiation with the
Red boss for a location, and the Cub owner
kept on till he knocked the deal In the
head. That made King sore.
Hero Is a statement dictated by Manager
Chance at Shreveport to a Chicago paper
when he received Kings telegram:
THE loss of Killing unquestionably Will
be a great blow to the Cubs. but It will not
put us out of the running. Kings loss
may weaken us. ! am willing to admit II
does, but ! do not for one moment believe
his loss will be a vital one. We will win
the p~ennant of the National league just
the same.
'sThe cubs were not unprepared for such
a blow. ] consider King the greatest
catcher in base ball today. Next to King
/ consider Pat Moran the best. / believed
I had the two greatest catchers I'm the bust
ness when I secured Moran from the Bos
ton team. His stay with us has not weak
ened him in any regard.
THE Cubs are strong enough TO win with
out King and the Chicago fans need lose
no sleep by his desertion."
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
One Farmer who Wa. Wise.

TBCUMSEH. Neb., March 2-(Special.)
Owing to something OF a shortage in
feed many Johnson county farmers, as well
as farmers all over the state, rushed their
hogs off to market last fall, paying little
attention TO the character OF the stuff they
were selling or how low they were letting
their stock go. r. F. Miner, a breeder Of
thoroughbred hogs of this city, says that
he raised more hogs than ever before and
yet he is not going to be able to supply but
a small per cent Of the demand made upon
his breeding stock. He received ~twenty-ona
inquiries for stock in one day last week,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
JOHNSON READY TO FIGHT
All that Remains Now is to Get
Jeffries to Consent to Meeting.
PROMOTER FEELS CONFIDENT
Purse is 60 he Fifty Thousand Dol
lars, the winner 60 Take sixty
Per Cent and the Loser
Forty.

CHICAGO. March 22-It took Hugh Nc
lntosh. The Australian fight promoter, only
a few minutes to get Jack Johnson. the
heavyweight champion Of the world, to
consent to fight James ]. J~effries, the re-
tired champion. for a purse Of 5000. After
a short conference here today Johnson eN-
pressed himself as perfectly satisfied with
the terms offered by Mcintosh.
The Australian promoter is confident he
will get Jeffries' consent and that the big
fight is certain. Mcintosh will return to
New York tomorrow and says he will be
back here in a few days with Jeffries'
signature to the articles.
Mcintosh offer is 2 purse Of $4,000 to
be divided % per cent to the winner and
20 per cent to the loser. Each man will be
required to put up a forfeit Of 5000 when
he signs the articles.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
SUNDAY DAY OF FUNERALS.
AT LEAST FIVE BEING HELD
Aged Women Are Among Those
Laid to Rest in Local
Cemeteries

Five funerals were held Sunday after
noon. Mrs. Helwig Petersen, who died
Thursday at the age of So. was buried in
Forest Lawn cemetery after a funeral SER
vice at the chapel of Undertaken Dodder,
Twenty-third and Cunning streets.
The funeral Of Mrs. Susan F. Jones, who
died at the age Of 81 years, Thursday, was
held at the home of her son, Austen w.
Reed. 1914 Charles street, at 1870 o'clock.
Interment was in Forest Lawn.
Mrs. Mary E. Cornell, whose death oc-
CURED Friday. was buried in Forest Lawn.
The services were held at the home of the
daughter. Mrs. Matthew Smith, 2412 Web
ster avenue. Mrs. Cornell was Il years
old when she died.
John w. Walters was buried in Forest
Lawn after services at the late residence,
1o7 South Thirty-first street. The Ancient
Order OF United Workmen, of which he was
a member. had charge of the funeral.
The funeral of Louis Scarpino, the italian
section man who died Friday, was held at
the church of st. Mary Magdelene. The
body was inferred in Holy Sepulcher ceme-
terry.
Morris Murphy died at his home. Six
teenth and Lathrop streets, saturday
morning. The body was taken to Oak
land, Neb.. Sunday morning for burial.
John wachtler died Sunday afternoon
at his home after a long illness. Burial
will be in st. Mary's cemetery, South
Omaha, Monday morning after services at
ST. Joseph's church, Seventeenth and Cen
ter streets.
Tom Katzanleg, a Greek, % years OF
age, died of tuberculosis at the county
hospital Friday. The funeral Is to be
held this afternoon at the Bradley &
Dorrance chapel, Nineteenth and Cunning
streets. members of the local Greek com
munity having charge Off the services.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
OCEAN COLLECTS BIG TOLL
Many who Go Down to the Sea in
ships Never Return to Port
Alive.

BOSTON, March 1.-TWO hundred and
t~wenty-one persons persisted by ship
wreck and eighty-nine vessels met with
disaster off the New England and Brit
ish North American coasts during the
fail and winter season of 190s-O9 which
ended tonight. OF the eighty-nine YES
sells cast ashore or lost at sea, six steam
ers and fifty-six craft were totally
wrecked. The financial loss exceeds
SO, 600, 900.
In the series of storms which prevailed
from November II to December 5, 1855
persons were drowned and four steamers
and thirty-five sailing craft were lost.
The Norwegian steamer Sticketstad,
which left Glasgow November 90 for
Sydney. n. s., carrying a crew of thirty,
never reached port, and the Febre line
steamer Neustria, from New York Octo-
Der 81 for Marseilles, never was heard
from after IL sailed.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
SMITH STEALS STONES THUNDER
Rather FiIches His Title as the silent
Mnn of Baae Ball.

George Stone of Coleridge, the original
nDiseless, rubber-tired. soft-pedaled, say
nothing and go-easy ball player, lie losing
prestige since McAleer pitched his camp
In the fields of the sunny south. SAYS the
Democrat. No, George isn't losing
his batting eye. nor his speed, nor his
fielding ability. on the contrary. he Is
getting more efficient in these points, but,
sad TO relate, George is making too much
noise. .
After banging the ball up against the
fence the other day, George made the I'M
~pardonable mistake. the awful social error
OF saving, "Ha, ha." The ejaculation was
heard by Jimmy Williams, who was stand
ing five feet away. Williams turned pale,
and was all but Frustrated, for he knew the
baneful significance Of that utterance. To
Jimmy 1t meant that George was losing
his prestige, shattering his reputation for
noiselessness, and Jimmy also knew that
Georges rival would take advantage OF the
Coleridge mans mistake and edge into the
particular spotlight which has been
Stones all along for several years. And
Jimmy was right. For on that very day
George was dethroned and William +.
Smith OF Albion, Mich. the young catcher,
who Is long on looks and short on speech,
moved upstage and took a position which
was heretofore stones.
Now it's William F. Smith. the Noiseless.
This handsome young man, who has re-
duced conversational intercourse to a basis
of absolute necessity, says less in q day
than Dummy Taylor. He walks noise
and plays noiselessly. With him noise is
an abomlnation. He gets up in the morn
Ing and says, What time Is it?" and Is
through for the day. He walks through
the hotel corridor as gentle as the passing
Of a June zephyr. He practices the sign
language on the waiter. He carries his
room key all day to save himself the hui
initiation Of asking for It in the evening.
He chose to catch because he can signal
the pitcher by signs. He grows strong on
silence and withers under the noise test.
He walks on air and has now won from
! George Stone the honDrs of being the orig
! inal noiseless, ~rubber-tlred ball player.
When Stone and Smith meet in the hotel
corridor in the evening It's like unto the
meeting of two clans. Neither smokes,
drinks nor Chews. Sometimes they talk.
but very seldom. When they do IT sounds
like this:
y George-Sh-h-h-h-h-h-h.
I William-Wh-a-a-a-a-a-t.
GeorEe-Y-e-e-e-e-e-e-s.
Then George makes a few signs, like the
password OF the Ancient Order Of Buffalos
or the Dear Old beers. and passes-silently
out of the lobby. smith usually waits
until tho noise created by George subsidies.
and. armed with his room key, floats
shust-like toward the elevator. Then tho
hotel keepers readjust the acoustic prop
critics so that Jack Powell NAV talk in a
conversations tone without tearing off the
roof. And thus one dav passes In the life
OF George Stone and William Smith. pro-
moters of the Amalgamated Antinoise Pro
teCtive association.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Conference on
Railroad Laws

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, March Sat
torney General Major announced tonight
that a conference of the attorney gem
erals of Missouri and adjoining states
would probably be held in Kansas City
early next month to discuss problems Of
mutual interest, particularly railroad rs to
legislation. General Major expects to
send letters of invitation TO the attorney
generals Of Illinois. Iowa, Nebraska, Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas
have a joint working arrangement in the
enforcement of laws regulating the lum-
Der industry and this subject will be
brought up at the coming conference.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
SUDDEN SUMMONS FOR PRINCE
Man Who Operated Siberian Rail-
way During the War Dies
Suddenly.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 2.-Prince
Michael Hilkoff, a member of the coun-
ell of the empire and formerly minister
of communication, died suddenly today.
He was present at the inaugural meeting
of the Russo-British Chamber OF Com
merce when he tainted. The prince was
removed to his residence, but did not re-
gain consciousness
Prince Hilkoff was we'll known in the
United States, where he secured his rail-
way training, To him belongs the credit
of getting the maximum amount Of work
out Of the Siberian railway during the
war in Manchuria.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
SHIP AHOY, CRIES BOAT CREW
Omaha Navy Gets in Line for Mis-
souri, River Navigation.
ROBBINS IS CALLED TO YANKToN
He VIII Help Plan for
There--BiR Meeting of Pilots
VIII he Held at
sioux City.

Activities Of Kansas City to get the river
open and a line of boats in operation dur
ing the coming season has again aroused
the forces in Omaha and at other towns
and cities up the river.
j.. w. Robbins. president Of the Omaha
Real Estate exchange has been called to
attend a meeting in Yankton to arrange
for the next meeting of the Missouri River
Navigation congress. The meeting is to be
attended by representative from Kansas
city, Omaha, Sioux city, Yankton, Pierre,
Bismarck. Willlston and Fort Benton.
Plans are being made by members of the
congress in Omaha to hold a sort of a
rally between the present time and the
dates selected for the congress. which
probably will meet in Yankton the last
week In May. The object of the mass
meeting Of the ships crew will be to see
that Omaha is we'll represented at the
meeting by a strong delegation.
Sioux City Is to hold a river banquet
at the Hotel West in that city Monday
evening, March 90. 1t will be attended by
a number of Omaha men, the lieutenant
governor of Nebraska, Captain Schulz. the
engineer in charge of the river and others.
The work of the congress during the last
year will be discussed.
Kansas City Has the Money.
In the meantime Kansas City has S625. 600
of government money to spend on the
stream at and below Kansas City and the
kawtown navy has captured the engineers
office and taken 1t TO the port of Kansas
City. The Commercial club of tina city
has set out to raise $4,000 for a boat line
and business men claim they will have
boats this time which ii would take an
American torpedo TO sink. to say nothing
about what they will do to Missouri river
snags.
Word has reached Omaha that as soon
as the Ice goes out OF the river the Ben
ton Packet company. headed by ex-senator
Power of Montana, will start five steam
boats with eight barges running between
Williston, n. D., and Bismarck, while an
other line will run from wiIliston to Fort
Benton, a distance of 524 miles. over the
faircst stretch on the river.
The Benton Packet company has built
marine legs which will not only unload
boats OF sacked grain, but at washburn,
n. D.. the company has constructed a leg
which will unload bulk grain from boats
almost as economically as freight cars are
uploaded. The company, which Is managed
by Captain l. T, Baker, has erected five
elevators ON the river at five different sta.
lions ard is prepared TO show the upper
Missouri at least Is naviEated whether 1t is
considered navigable or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Racing Commission Null.

CONVICTION. KY. March 2-Judge
HARRISON in Kenton county circuit court
this morning rendered his decision in the
noted case OF the Latonia Jockey club
against the Kentucky Racing commission
holding the law establishing the commits
sion unconstitutional. The effect of the de-
cision Is to place Latonia racing back to Its
former basis.
Judge Harbeson held that the law Great
Ing the Kentucky racing commission gave
that body power to regulate running races;
that trotting races and running races come
under the same legal category, and that,
therefore. the law Is class legislation and
unconstitutional. The court, in other
words. held that the law. TO be valid. must
give the racing commission specific author
itv over both trotting and running races.
The decision is a complete victory for
the Latonia Jockey club.
The commission will appeal.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
canton Girls win, boys Lose.

YANKTON. S. D., March 22-(Special.)-
4 dual basket ball game was played here
at the college gymnasium between the Can
ton and Yankton boys and girls teams.
The Canton girls won easily over Yankton
by the big score OF 81 to 5. but the Canton
boys met defeat at the hands OF the Yank-
ton boys, the score being g 20 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
FieId Meet at Fort Crook.

The big field meet at Fort Crook, which
was scheduled for two weeks ago. but
postponed because OF inclement weather,
will he held TUESDAY and Wednesday after
moons. The program Is varied and inter
esting and considerable rivalry has been
worked up between the different companies
Of the regiment. all being anxious to have
the most winners.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
ws.em Challenges Holden.

OMAHA. March 2-To the Sporting Edi-
tor Of The Bee: I hereby challenge John
Holden to wrestle best two out ~ three.
catch-as-catch-can. for a side bet or a
winners and losers end of the gate re-
ceipts. The match to be wrestled at any
time within the next two weeks.
OSCAR WASEM.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23

night, with boxing. wrestling and a battle
royal. The main event OF the evening will
be a siN-round bout between Jack Fttz-
gerald and John r. Freel Of the Sixteenth
infantry. Two other boxing matches are
on the card. as well as wrestling for tho
post championship. The entertainment will
end IN a battle royal between five colored
gentlemen from Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Fort Omaha Base Bail.

The Fort Omaha base ball team is daily
practioing for It's early games and the
prospects for a strong team are rosy. The
opening game win be with Creighton uni
versity April 3, and the next scheduled
game Is with the Townsend Gun company
team for Easter Sunday.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
THREE GUNNERs TIE FoR FIRST
Tight Contest AmonE the shooters at
Towngend's Park.

Pitt. Dixon and Townsend tied for first
honors at the practice shoot Of the Omaha
Gun club Sunday afternoon at Townsend's
park on the east side OF the river. Joe
Baldrige and Elmer Cope participated In
the shoot and both came out with colors
flying. Cope breaking eighty targets and
Baldrige s~eventy-six. Score:
pr ETIEE SHOOT
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Foot RRII at baker Killed.

COFFEYVILLE. kan, March 22-The
south Kansas conference OF the Methodist
church, now In session here, has voted
against the restoration Of the game Of foot
ball at the Baker (Kanl university. a
church college. Saturday last It was err
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
Deadly Fright

possesses sufferers from lung trouble till
they learn DR.. Kings New Discovery win
help them. Dc and 800. For sale by
BeAton Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23
boring Benefft at Fort.

For the benefit of the Fort Crook base
hall team a carnival Of sports will be held
at the gymnasium at the fort Saturday
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23

roneously reported that the conference had
voted against restricting the game. Il
develops that the story should have read
voted against its restoration"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-23

Bigger. Better, B~usier-rhat's what ad-
vertising in The Bee does for your
business.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-12
NEW ERA.
Per Year 81, SO In ADVANCE.
VOLUME EIGHT

THE NEW ERA starts out on a new
volume this week, having completed
its seventh year as disscminator of
Ordway and Otero county happenings.
The paper was founded 10 1902 by
c, B. Stewart. who purchased the
plant from parties contemplating Il
newspaper venture here, but became
"leery" OF the prospects and disposed
OF the outfit at a sacrifice. Previous
t. this time The Ordway News" was
launched by b. NJ. Palmer in 1896, and
lived on the invigurating climate for
a period OF eight or nine months. Mr..
Palmer is now advance agent for the
Blind Boone Concert Company.
Mr.. Stewart disposed nf the New
ERA TO the present incumbent on
April 18th, 1907. together with Il
sufficient quantity of the healthy
ozone 10 keep IL alive to date. When
In serious mood. we sometimes think
the enlargement and improvement OF
the sheet was not Justified, but as
Ordway grows and improves steadily,
We may yet be able to keep up the
present standard on paying basis,
something we have failed to do thus
far.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-12
Near Death In Bic Pond

II was thrilling experience to Mrs.
Ida Soper to face death. "For years
a severe lung trouble gave me intense
SUFFERING" she writes. land several
times nearly caused my death. All
remedies failed and doctors said was
incurable. Then DR.. Kings New
Discovery brought quick relief and a
cure so permanent that | have not
been troubled in twelve years" Mrs.
Sopcr lives in Big Pond, Pa. 1t works
wonders in Coughs and Colds, Sore
Lungs, Hemorrhagcs, La Grippe, As
thma, Group, Whooping Cough and
all Bronchial affections. SOC and 81 90
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Edgar Bros.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-12
Olney Items from Blue Jay

j. d. Conard was In Sugar CITY
Sunday.
Little Velma Williams has been
quite sick this last week.
c. j. Conard was in Fowler purchas'
ing new buggy Monday.
Claude Mccoy has been having an
attack OF la grippe the past week.
Mrs. Higgins from Pueblo, visited
at the Gilbert home Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Nathan Bishopp and her sister
Miss Grace Conard, went TO Pueblo
Moni lay.
Il. L. Spindle, the feed mnn "f Oh
ney, made flying trip to Ordway
Tuesday.
Clyde Rice and wife have returned
to Olncy after au extended visit IN
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Edna GriflIn and mother and
daughter irene, spent SdIuIudl anu
Sunday at the CunaTd home.
Miss Gladys johnson and Mrs. Ruth
Salec spent Saturday aud sunday at
the J. B. johnson home, east OF OIncy
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Williams and
Mrs. Guy Williams aud little daugh.
ter, Nclma, were Manzanola visitors
Monday.
The Messenger Boys Of the Union
Sunday School. gave ii party for the
Queen Esther class Friday night. All
reported the Boys fine entertainers
Get your bakery goods at the Ord
way Bakery. New management, and
everything tlrst-clasS. Here to stay.
l. a. LANDoRF.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-12

4 young Chicago drummer was TAX
ing vacation with his uncle In the
country and was called upon to ask
the blessing, and not being accustnm-
ed to it, he promptly tackled the
difficulty in the following words: 1--WE
acknowledge the receipt Of your favor
OF this date. Allow us to extend our
gratitude for this expression Of good
will. Trusting that our house may
merit your confidence and have many
orders from you this fall, we are yours
truly, amen" The old man will say
grace Found Wandering.
The Ordway new era., 1909-03-12

what Is home without paper:"
A home without newspaper is no
home at all. 1t is kind Of dreary
den-a rendezvous OF bcdbugs and
ileas, where the inhabitants live In
blissful ignorance OF what the world
is doing. 1t is inhabited by class
who do not know who is president or
what he is president of-who never
find out that thing has happened un-
I'll long after everyone else has for
gotten 1t. The children grow up in
rags and dirt, while the wife general
ly finds consolation in darning socks
and Juggling a pipe loaded with long,
green tobacco, and the man generally
lives because he can't die and he Is
too lazy to kill himself. He goes out
on election days, and does not know
who he is voting for, but just takes
the ticket bearing the name his great
great-grandfather voted or.--Riceville
tMinn.) Leader.