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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO OPEN TUESDAY
All Said to Be in a State Of
\ Preparedness for the
Start.
TO INSPECT THE PUPILS

The public school machinery is
ready for the opening Tuesday morn
ing. At 10 o'clock Monday morning
Superintendent Graft will address the
teachers in the auditorium Of Central
High school, at which time the assign
ments will be announced. The names
of all teachers and their respective
schools will be made known to the
staff by means of printed pamphlets,
following the custom inaugurated a
year ago.
The school building department re-
ports the physical condition OF the
system to be in state OF prepared
ness, The new South Central school
will not be quite ready, but 1t is be-
lieved that occupancy will be possible
within two weeks after the opening
on Tuesday.
Edward Huwaldt will begin his
work as principal Of South High.
There will be few changes in prin-
cipalships IS announced during the
summer.
The school system will not have
an assistant superintendent Of instruc-
ton, the position having been aban-
doned when Prof, Graham resigned
last June.
Medical inspection Of pupils will be
started Tuesday morning by staff
of nurses engaged by the Board of
Education. The board will meet Mon
day evening for consideration Of vari-
Gus matters in connection with the
opening of the schools.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Girls Prove They
Can Throw Ball at
Hanscom Park Meet

Where is the base churl who said
woman or a girl can not throw a
base ball! Mary Finney hurled the
leather spheroid 81 feet yesterday
afternoon in the girls base ball
throwing contest at Hanscom park.
She won first place, Ruth Stcuben
was second, and Lois Goodwin took
third honors.
The occasion was field day for
the boys and girls Of the playground,
this being the last scheduled event
OF the season. Ruth Rinehart, super
visor. arranged the program; Com
missioner Hummel awarded the rib
bons, and Superintendent English
joined in the enthusiasm.
In the events for boys, Frank Dohn
and Holly Smith took about every
thing they went after. Master Dohn
won first place in the S0-yard dash,
high jump and the 40-yard dash. He
won second place in the running
broad jump and standing broad jump.
Master Smith won first in running
and standing broad jump, and second
in the high jump.
Eddie Retzinger won the Ginning
contest by making eighteen chins.
Frank Christensen was second, and
Irving Meyer third. In the 40-yard
dash for girls, Fern Goodwin, Ruth
Steuben. and Evelyn Sedgwick won
first, second and third in the order
named.
The best running broad jump was
IA feet, 6 inches, and the highest run
ming jump was 4 feet, 2 inches. The
best standing broad jump was eight
feet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
KING AK SEEKS OUT
OXEN AND INDIANS
Needs Them for the Big His
torical Parade for Annual
Fall Festival.
INTEREST IN COMING BALL

'"Oh, where, Oh, where have our
oxen gone,
And where can our brave Indians
be?"
In some such doggerel might Gould
Dietz appropriately MARBLE his pres
emit troubles as chairman of the his
torical parade committee of Ak-Sar-
Ben.
For he must furnish fifty Indians,
together with tepees and supply Of
hound flesh He must furnish eight
cen Jokes of oxen with an equal num-
Der Of bullwhackers of the old school
to steer them straight down Farnam
street and up Sixteenth. He must
also find supply Of old stage coaches.
So Mr.. Gould Dietz is busy man.
He is in communication with the fed
eral government in regard to getting
the Indians, and he is in touch with
the backwoods of northern Maine and
the gulches of the Cumberland Gap
country in search of the few remain
| ing OK teams in the United States.
Prepare for the Ball.
Then the Ak-Sar-Ben ball commit
tee is also busy committee, Ten
tative lists of the ladies-in-waiting and
maids of honor and other attendants
of her majesty, the queen, are being
drawn up. This is no small task. The
committee finds also that many who
are usually anxious to attend the ball,
and whose families are seeking hon
ors on some of these lists, have not
yet joined this year. These cannot
attend the ball, nor can they be given
any OF the honors unless their men,
bership is paid up now, before the
lists are completed.
Prof. w. E. Chambers is at present
drilling sixty young girls In classic
dances, who are to appear in the ballet
in connection with the coronation
ball on Friday night of the final week
of festivities.
Tickets have now been printed for
the big public masquerade ball to be
held at the Den the night following
the coronation ball. These tickets are
now on sale at the Ak-Sar-Ben office
and at Beaton's drug store.
Carpenters are now soon to begin
the work on the big arches for the
entrance to the jubilee grounds for
the festival Of September rs to Octo-
Der 7. The arches are soon to be
erected. The light committee is busy
with the special lighting system, and
wires are now being strung on, Fiji
teenth street.
Boosters from Bellevue, Millard,
Auburn, Nebraska City and lot OF
other southeastern Nebraska towns
are coming for the Monday night in
itiation and show at the Den. Besides
these, the editors of Nebraska and
Iowa are to be entertained at the Den
as part of their days entertainment
in Omaha.
Iljr.. gHll. ..s O.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Samuel 7. Story, Pioneer
Of Burt County, Is Dead

Samuel T. Story, one Of the early
residents Of Burt county, died at his
home there yesterday. He was a
native Of Arkansas, being born in
Washington county of that state in
1889. He moved north to Fort CAL
houn in 1868 after having served in
the First Arkansas cavalry. He
moved to Arizona township in Burt
county in 1864.
Seven children were boin to Mr..
and Mrs. Story, all but one being liv-
ing and present at the time of his
death. His wife survives.
The funeral will be held at Tekamah
at 2:30 o'clock Monday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Bret City News

Haxs R,o. pr,,. 49, psa,on pr...
IIrs.,.~ -. $50. nr.na.,, r.
sns Ih1ures-5urse's
nah harat white Diamonds s'o-Iah0.,''
American os ", nero.,t y. ,S0 ia south
18th St. Bee BIds. Boxes rent sI.oo for
months. Open from a. m. to 6 p. m.
Pet Stool cI,,h Nreets-The Omaha
Pet Stock cInb will hold a meeting
Monday evening at o'clock at the
court house.
aToda We Movie prorram.n CLASH
fed section todav n annears in The
Bee exclusively. Find out what the
various moving picture theaters offer.
Navy Of6ce Falls O6-The local
navy Tecrnjtinp station dropped to A
low mark in August. securing only
eight recruits for the navy during the
month.
T,r.,.. c,,,,s 90 c,,o n.,r.,
led sokol Tvrs Turning Girls club
will give a dancing party at the
Turner's hail Saturday evening.
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:" ,"e ,se'uenoe Seceohs'
10 Talk to Labor Men-Rev.
George L. Peters of the North Side
-$nristian church, Twenty-second and
Lothrop streets. will preach a Labor
DAY sermon tonight az o'clock.
Thief Gets His ,Car-Paul Peterson.
32S Happy Hollow boulevard, is
= looking for a person who stole his
automobile about II o'clock last night
at Douglas and Eighteenth streets.
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The enro,,nnant nn,a., 1ahpsieH ~.
Young Wan's christian asson,.tinn e
edmcaf,onai denart,,,s,t 10 nrn~rass,,n
favorahiu Tbe Frdday anrn,i,a mt
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pmana VIII nave cnance 10 see what
.ne rlnplno people are ike py going
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04

Among tha visitors At the college during
the last few weeks were Rev. Brinkema
pastor Of ths First Presbyterian church OIL
Milton, Pa, and wife, both former students
OF Hastings college; Or. Westenberg OF Pitts
burg. Mr., and Mrs. Nettles of Waterloo, Ia.
DR.. Spellman and wife Of Beatrice, Prof
Beers, formerly superintendent Of school.
OF David City. Mrs. Rundberg OF Ong and
Rev. Knauer and family Of Nelson.
President Cron0 spoke before the CONNER.
ciAi club Of the city on the prospeots and
the program for Hastings college during
Ex.Presidont Salem O. Pattison spent .
day at the college one day last week, and
was greatly impressed with the growth ant
progress OF the institution President Pat
tison Ia now vice president of Coo col
lege. and has been very succesIful In putting
over campaign for the gathering OF mil
lion dollar fund for that Institution.
Six OF the representatives Of the Young
Women's Christian association have been al
the Estes Park conference during the last
week. They will doubtless return 10 the
college with enthusiasm for the work dur
Ing the coming year.
Prof Warren Davidson. 1915. hiss recently
Loup city High school, where G. u, Bltner,
son has been tn, athletic coach and teacher
OF science at Coxad the last year.
Among the students who have recently
spent some tins at the college before go
ting to their fall work. arc r. c. Prince, 16,
athletic director and teacher Of mathematics
In the MoCook High school; Edwin stratton,
superintendent Of schools at Seneco; Ira
Moss, high school teacher and athletic d.
rector Of Naponee, and Ernest doodenberser.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
South Side W. C. 7. U. to
Have 0pen Air Meeting

The South Side Women's Christian
Temperance union will hold street
meeting at the corner of Twenty
fourth and N streets this even
ing, with Mrs. Hortense Ropp, known
as the "silver-tongued orator Of West
Virginia" as the speaker. At the
service a company of young people
will lead the singing.
The regular meeting OF the South
Side Women's Christian Temperance
union will be held Thursday afternoon
at the home Of Mrs. w. B. Wyman.
The meeting will be the occasion for
the election Of delegates to the state
convention.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Quinby WkhdraWs From
pop Ticket for CONGRESS

L. J. Quinby has written to Secre-
tary of State Pool, asking that his
name be left off the official ballot
He was nominated as the candidate
for congress from the Second district
by the peoples independent party
Mr.. Quinby desires to remove any
obstacle to the reelection Of Presi-
dent Wilson and the success of pro-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Omaha May Have Next
Convention Of Turner's

One Hundred Bohemian Catholic
turner's left Omaha Wednesday even
ing over the Burlington to take part
in the convention Of the Bohemian
Catholic Turner's Of America at Mil
waukee. Another crowd of members
left Saturday under the leadership Of
]. Linek to see the last of the meeting
and, take part in the selection of the
meeting place for 1919. Other parties
have gone from Omaha and it Is esti-
mated that there will be in the neigh
borhood of 200 boosters from this
city pulling for the next meeting.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Vacancy in Boys Department
At the Y. M, C. A. Filled

Francis [. Simonds, graduate Of
Nebraska Wesleyan university, has
arrived in Omaha to take the place
in the boys department Of the Young
Mems Christian association left
vacant by the resignation OF M. D.
Gates, who will leave soon for New
York city, where he will enter the
Union Theological seminary to pre-
pare for the ministry.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Motorists Are Asked to Use
Care in PARKING Machines

Acting Chief of Police M. IF. Demp-
sey, through the newspapers, asks
autoists to help the department on
Labor day by parking their machines
on streets not on the line of march
during the parade.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Cured Her Children of Colds.

During the past winter | had occa.
sion to give Chamberlain's Cough
etemedy to my two children, who
Were at the time suffering from severe
&colds. 1t proved TO be the very medi-
Nine they needed" writes Mrs. Myron
IN Pickard, Memphis, N. Y. Obtain
<sDle Observation-Disclosures.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04

Registration for tho new term viii begin
Tuesday, September ~.
Miss Elsie Ford Piper Of the department.
of Latin and Miss Josephine NJ. Mack are
spending the summer In New York City.
President and Mrs. U. 8. Conn and daugh-
ter, Miss Ardath Conn, returned Tuesday
from two weeks auto trip to points OF
interest IN Colorado.
Dean H. H. Hahn 10 engaged In institute
work In sarpy county this week. Prof.
J, q, w. Lewis lectured before the wash
inston county institute on Monday. August %.
The addition Of a new instructor In the
training school will strengthen this part
Of the work. Beginning September IL the
training school will have all grades from
kindergarten to TENTH
Under the direction Of Foreman John
Riddle work on the new building for manual
and physical training Is being pushed very
rapidly. Excavation work ID onw com
plete and the masons began laying brick
on Monday Of this week. The contractor
expects to have tho building ready for
the cornerstone on September 1.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04

4 Colds Need Attention.
Your cold needs Or. Bells Pine-Tar-Hon-
ey; 1t cuts phlesm, kills germs. stops the
cough. Only csc. All druggists.---Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04
Grand Island College.


President @. w. Taft has handed his
resisnation to the board Of trustees to take
effect November .. at the close Of his three
years as president. Rev. DR.. Il. r. Jorden,
formerly president Of Sioux Falls college.
has been chosen to begin work as chief
executive November .. IN the meantime he
Is In the field, becoming acquainted with
the state and giving impetus to the s226.ooo
campaign.
Miss Alice Boomer, who for five years
gave excellent satisfaction as dean OF
women and who then resigned to be with
hcr father during his declining years. has
accepted the position she formerly held and
will begin her services as dean Of women
and professor OF English literature at the
beginning OF school.
4 few. Of the professors spent their "a.
cations In Grand Island. OF those that
went elsewhere. Profs, Starr and Noel took
advanced work at the University Of Ne.
braska, Prof. Morrow at the University OF
Chicago. while Prof Firth went to her
friends In Iowa and Prof. Hall to Minns-
sofa.
About $500 has been spent in repairing the
boys dormitory. About AZ much more Will
be needed to finish repairing and refurnish.
ing the rooms Tho building never looked
so attractive as now, Most OF the rooms
have been spoken for.
College will begin Tuesday, September II,
Those who have been looking after students,
new and old. speak hopefully OF large
attendance. say.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-09-04

who will return to the college as student
this fall.
Among the good things for Hastings col
bse students this year will be the meeting
OF the Presbyterian Synod of Nebraska at
Hastings. and the annual conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Each Of these
state gatherings will bring together q larg
number OF prominent men Of the state and
Hastings have recently dedicated q fine new
church and the state meeting will be held
In this edfice,
The September issue OF the outlook has
Just been sent out TO the friends Of the col
lege. II shows considerable progress In the
Institution, and a specially good year seems
to be promised during i9i6-17. The French
and Spanish will be given more attention
than heretofore, the Bible will receive a
larger place than In previous years, and an
all-year athletic coach has been employed,
This issue Of the Outlook contains a brief
record of the new members OF the faculty.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-18
GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE

boys
Chicago
the as
should interfere with school literary athletic
Outsiders allowed Exhibitions
source
approval of
discern IN yearan
of regards boxing wrestling brutal
athletic activities cenaizedhe
to
and a lot Of other thaap to
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-18
FANS
CONVERGE
On RACINE
The yelling Mitchell Battle
Tonight to Remind the
Populace of Wisconsin of
the Good Old Days of
Yore.

Racine IS to have its biggest box
ing night this eve since John Cyclone
Thompson and Hugo Kelly battled
there in the same arena some years
ago. Stanley Ketchel had been dead
some months at that time. Thompson
had Just returned from Australia.
where he won twenty-round decision
over Billy Pap9Se. and Kelly. the old
italian warhorse. wanted a shot at his
chin for a half hours time.
Naturally the populaee was aroused
by such an important middleweight
controversy and 1oclIed into Racine to
view the doings Kelly was given
several whacks at the Thompson Jaw,
but the Cyclone still was in there at
the finish. John always was.
The ramshackle skating rink where
those once famous warriors staged
their niddleweight quarrel will be the
scene tonight of a battle between the
lightweight prides OF Chicago and
milwaukee. namely. respectively and
respectively Joe yelling and Richie
Mitchell. OF course Charles White
cannot be overlooked as a local light
weight star. but he is doing most OF
his battling in distant parts for vari-
| Gus reasons and is not much in the
/ limelight here abouts at present.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-18
INDOOR GRIDIRON TEAM
WORKS OUT FOR SCRAP
Four North End Stars Join
Cornells for Next Sun
days Clash.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1s.-Specht. Eissler.
Whittlock and Muller OF the North
End football team OF Evanston have
Joined the ranks OF their old-tirne
rivals. the Cornell-Hamburgs This
quartet appeared at the Seventh Regi-
ment armory yesterday afternoon
when Manager Finn and Coach Nc
Donough sent their squad through a
stim drill for its indoor game with the
Tornado team of pullman next sunday
afternoon. Specht. who is mounted
policeman. will play at half back.
Eissler is to play fun back. while the
other two probably will be placed in
the line.
Manager Fred Dalloz Of the Tor
nados announced last night that he
has induced his star quarter back.
Jimmy Freemeyer, to return for the
big game. Freemeyer quit after a
death in his family. Jim1ny's work
was largely responsible for the unde-
feated record of the Pullman team for
the last seven years.
Tickets for the game viii be placed
on sale early this week. Indications
point to a capacity crowd.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-18
OWLS WIN
TWO MORE
MATCHES
lspecla. u THn TIMEg. J

WHITING, IND, Dec 1S.-The owls
club annexed two more victorys to
their record here Saturday when they
defeated the West Side Y. NJ. G. a.
Tigers Of Chicago. and the Polarfres
defeated the Cherokee A. c. Of South
Chicago. The old time team work was
In evidence and the ball was passed
with bewilderlng speed, then zip an
other basket for the overworked score
keeper to chalk up.
The schedule for next week calls for
game at the club gym Wednesday,
when the owls Will play Armour Mis-
sion team of Armour Institute. and
the Polarines will probably play at
East Chicago. Friday the 22nd Hope
College OF Holland. Mich, will be here.
for a practice game before they meet
the LAC the following evening at Chi
cago. The fans here predict that this
game will be pretty good practice. ana
if there is anything left after the Owls
have made meal Of them, the lac
might have some chance of defeating
them
Owls 900. West Side Tigers tssp.
Girard . r. F........ Korky
Gevirtz-KinzeI Ill F...-.... Vaughn
Water .......C..... Chadwick
f. Bartuska ..... r. G.. F'rench-W "b' err
Springgate ...... l. G.... Grim-Cotta
Baskets-Girard %, Gevirtz (2).
Water (15). Kinzel 90, Korlzy 20,
Vaughn CID. Chadwick. Grsn. Gotta.
Weinberger. Free throws - Gevtrtz
"a. Vaughn (2).
PoIarines (16D. Cherokee a. G..
Eaton .R F Thomas
Lynch ........L F..... Robinson
G. Bart a-Collins- .C.....--.. Kadison
n l.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-18

II hecarA-- known in Indianapolis to-
day thad& Proposal is under consid-
ation for abandoning the races at
the Indianapolis motor speedway next
year and transferring the racing
events to Cincinnati. where there IS 8
modern speedway. One OF the things
mat is said to have contributed TO this
situation is the attitude Of the Indi-
annapolis hotel keepers in charging ad-
vanced prices for the accom- odation Of
S4sitors to Indianapolis during the
races. The Chamber OF Commerce has
ppt tile question UP TO the hotel men,
but their attitude has not been dis
closed.
Carl 6. Fisher. president OF the Indi-
annapolis motor speedway. was at the
Columbia Club for luncheon at noon
md while there was approached on the
subject OF next years race
1T is rumored that the next inter
national sweepstakes race is 70 be run
IN Cincinnati" a News man said to
him. Is is true.~
The report didn't come from our Of
fees Mr.. Fisher replied. If the
story Is out. it came from the Chamber
# Commerce OF this city or from the
hotel keepers COMMITTEES from Cincin-
natl But since you've asked me, Ill
talk. You- bet your life III talk.
Tells of the Protests.
listen. The Indianapolis motor
vpsedway management Is a. absolute
reverse with the hotel keepers Of In
dianapcIis. L for one, am sick and
fred Of going to my office after the
annual RAGS and seeing 1t piled high
with protests against the treatment
SVEN by the hotels in Indianapolis.
The race IS worry enough for me.
This business Of getting letters by the
bagful from the postoffice, each letter
loaded with messages to the speedway
management. and each letter calling
tho hotel men Of this city all sorts OF
spithetS- is getting tiresone.
we have tried TO argue with the
hotel men here and prove that they
are giving indianapolis q black eye
our hospitality IS measured by
stretching a $50 a day room into g
$50 a day room. know what I'm
talking about. I've tried to rent rooms
for my friends. One hotel here is SC
slick that 1t makes no reservations for
rhe race but waits for the overflow to
get here. Then it soaks 'em--oh. my
cod how u soaks emil
The Cincinnati hotel men sent q
good track there. They have splen-
did hotel facilities. They know that
We have the facilities for staging 3
race-msn. timers. guards, stake
everything! Cincinnati knows that
our international sweepstakes race IS
a world event. They want it. Other
members Of our directorate want tc
keep the race in Indianapolis. / don't
I know when were being stung and
our friends know they're being stung
I'm willing for hotel to make a gooc
profit on Its business, but don't sane
sion adding twenty to one to your
profits when hospitality is one OF tn,
stakes.
II know Fl to be a fact that hun
dreds OF motorists dodge IndianapoIi.
TO avoid the gouge. They run from
Richmond to Terre Haute instead O
stopping over here. They go north t.
Lafayette and stop at the hotels there
They had rather hit the hotels of tn,
smaller cities than be held up. That