davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
LARGE SUMS Due
FROM PATIENTS
ARE COLLECTED
Relatives Of Inmates Of Me-
braska Institutions Required
to Reimburse State for
Their Support.

Early in 1917 attention was called
through this paper to the fact that
no effort was being made to collect
the maintenance charge for patients
in the three state insane institutions
from relatives who are amply able
to pay that charge according to law
and required to do so unless they
make affidavit to their inability to-
do so.
O. E. Mayheld was appointed TO
the board Of control about that
time, aud he sent out letters to the
various institutions asking for a
statement Of the amount of money
due the state from this source. 1t
was found that there was over
100000 on which no effort was be-
ing made to collect. Judge S. A.
Holcomb of the board of control
was then put in charge Of the mat
ter Of making the collections and,
according to Mr.. Mayheld Of the
board, who is In the city, slightly
more than $4,000 Of this amount
has been collected, with SIS, adj
ditional in sight tied up in estates
and other legal processes.
Proud Of Showing.
"The members of the board feel
proud of this showing in the saving.
Of state money in our statement
which will be presented to the leg
lislature some time this week, said
Mr. Mayheld.
He also said that il is very prob
able that the SOLO per month
charged for maintenance for patients
in insane hospitals which was figured
on the basis Of 1914 prices, will be
raised durigg the present Legislature
to SIS per 4nonth. This will be col
iectcd unless it is shown by relatives
By affidavit that they are not able to
pay the state for the patients main
tenance.
Buy Direct from Mines.
Buying the coal supply for state
institutions direct from the mines,
rather than from individual firms,
has proven great benefit to the
state, according to E. @. Mayfeld.
Ali of the nine state institutions Of
the state are now supplied in that
way, except the Deaf and Dumb
school in. Omaha, which is supplied
BY local dealers, and Mr.. Mayheld
has found that recently 1t was not
possible for Omaha dealers to fur
nish the Pittsburgh steam coal, ac-
cording to specifications, SO lig-
mite coal was put ing which has
caused a good deal Of trouble in
heating the plant.
In speaking oftthe plan Of buying
this coal direct, Mr.. Mayfeld said:
"The fact that we are buying from
the mines puts all Of the institutions
Of the state in the position of having
coal on hand whenever needed for
the first time in their history. We
'havc squeezed all the water out Of
it by eliminating middle men profits,
and we are buying coal today lower
BY far than we could possibly buy
under other conditions
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
GFIASHEy 7Roaz FINLAND
PHOTO PLAY. OFFERINGS FOR. TODAY.

.GROWDS of eager children aud
parents visited the Sun theater
- yesterday to obtain a view of
Baby Marie Osborne when she APP
peared there in personsin the after
noon and evening and many more
Of Omaha's movie fans were pres
ent at the Brandeis. the Grand, the
Comfort and the Diamond to well
come her Today she appears at
the Sun again, the Brandeis, the
South Side 0rpheum. and the
Rohlff. AT the Sun she is being
shown in conjunction with the run
ming q her late film "Dolly's Va
cation"
"Virtuous Wives" with Anita
Stewart in the leading role, broke
the house record for attendances at
the Sunday performances of the
Rialto theater. Miss Stewards
story, which is strong moral
drama Of modern husband and wife
ways of living drew patronage by
the thousands. 1t is the first screen
appearance of this star in several
years. "Virtuous Wives" will be
run Up to Thursday night,
Baby Marie Osborne will appear
in person at the Brandeis theater
for the last three times today, at
$780, 7:30 and $3.50, thus permitting
all who attend one of the four per-
formances of "Infatuation" to See
and hear the famous child actress
as we'll. 'Infatuation' has gone
over big, both Gaby and her former
dancing partner, Harry Pilcer. Civ
ing performances which are all that
were claimed
Since Otia Sapp has been working
regularly in movie banquet scenes,
he has gained 80 pounds
Mr.. ]. A. Berst, president of the
United Picture Theaters, Inc, keen
judge Of screen story values, states
that only one story in hundred
submitted for the movies was even
worth seriously considering.
Schools? Why pay out good
money for such courses?" asks Mr..
Berst. Schools cannot teach the
art Of writing motion picture stor-
les. If you have a good plot, write
it on the typewriter and submit it
just as if you were writing for
magazine. Write action and not dia-
logue. Study the concerns and sub
NIT your plot to the company that
has a star who could enact your
story Do not try to write scenarios
or continuity. This is another pro.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Omaha Lad Returns to Camp
Dodge for Decentralization

Jerome Fitzpatrick, Omaha lad,
with the l27th field artillery, re-
turned from France, is expected
home in few days. He is now in
Camp Dodge awaiting demobiliza-
ton, according to word received by
his sister. Mrs. J.'J. Murphy.
" If you want to appreciate Amer
lea take a trip TO Europe" the
young soldier wrote her. He
formerly was employed by the Car
penter r aper company.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
IMPENDS
AT Meeting OF
BASE BALL men
League Magnates win
Demand Relief From
Draft Regulations of
Majors.

New York, Jan. l3.-Minopleague
club owners and managers are, ex-
pected to make determined effort
to obtain relief from the present
draft regulations at series Of
base ball meetings which will be-
gin here tomorrow, according to
statements by officials arriving to-
day.
Several informal conferences were
held this afternoon, at which the
matter was discussed from every
angle. and it was the general opin-
ion that new agreement must be
reached with the major leagues, if
the minors are to share III the base
ball prosperity of the future.
The draft and optional rules be-
tween the two divisions of organized
base ball will be considered at two
meetings tomorrow. which will
usher in the most important week
of base ball conferences in many
years. The new international league
will convene in the forenoon, anc
after a short session adjourn to at
tend later joint session with the
National Association Of Professional
Base Ball leagues.
Tinker On Committee.
"Joe" Tinker, who is a member
of the minor league committee,
which is trying to procure reforms
from the major leagues, was in
sistent that the draft must be lifted.
Heretofore, the minor leagues
have asked, and when they have
been turned down, they took II
gracefully" said Tinker This time.
we will ask, and if the request il
turned down we will demands
Tinker intimated that the National
Association of Minor Leagues
would break from the major leagues
if the request for emancipation from
the draft is turned down. He admit
ted, however, that the major leagues
have shown a conciIliatory, attitude
to the minor leagues. He said the
national commission agreed to limit
the number of players that could Be
drafted to one from each minor
league club, and also expressed a
willingness to reduce the number OF
players a big league club could let
out under optional agreement from
one to two. This purpose Is not
satisfactory to the minors who want
to have all drafts and optional agree
ments eliminated from base ball.
Major Magnates Mum.
The few major league magnates
who were among the early arrivals
refused to discuss the situation other
than to say that the matter would
be given careful study and that
minor leaguers would have an OPP
portunity to exploit their alleged
grievances when they present their
case to a joint committee composed
of National and American league
representatives and the national
commission. This conference prob
ably will be held on Friday
Another meeting was added to>the
already long schedule of sessions
today, when Secretary-Treasurer
McCready of the Base Ball Writ
ers' association issued cali for the
annual meeting of that organization
and set the date for next Thursday.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Those Who Play Golf in
Public Park Must PAY

You can't play golf free on the
public golf courses. in the city parks
any more. City council passed an
ordinance introduced BY Park Com
Falconer creating s'the
Municipal Golf association of Oma-
ha," and you have to be a member
of this association and pay fee of
81 a year if you want to play golf in
the parks. A permit to play for
one day will be issued for rs cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Mrs. Huffman Asking
AiInony from Omaha
Automobile Dealer

! Minnie I. Huffman, plaintiff in a
divorce action against William L.
Huffman, prominent automobile
dealer, appeared before Judge Day
to support motion for temporary
alimony. In the absence of Huff
mans attorney, the hearing was
postponed until Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Huffman's petition alleges that
Huffman is worth 100000 in Ona-
'ha and Indiana property.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Tyler to Succeed Gray.

Washington, Jan. 13.-W. +.
Tyler was appointed today by Di-
rector General Hines as director of
the division of operations Of the
railroad administration to succeed
Carl RI. Gray, whose resignation be-
comes effective on Wednesday. Mr..
Tyler has been MIR. Gray's assistant
since January q, 1918
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Two Aviators KiIled in Texas.

Fort Worth, Tex, Jan. 1.-TWO
ayiators Of Carruthefs field were
killed Here this morning when their
plane dropped into a tail spin and
fell 5000 feet. They are 1t. John
2. Garbut Of Sheridan, Wyo., and
Mechanic R. L. Quinn Of Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
Oscar nj Safe.

New York, Jan. l3.-The steam
ship Oscar II, from Copenhagen and
Christiania, reported BY wireless to-
day that she had been delayed on
her voyage to New York for two
days, ION account of distress calls"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
AT THE
THEAT Frs

n ATRONAGE was extremely
heavy last evening at. the
- Orpheum, the audience for
society night being much larger
than it has been for number OF
weeks. Herman Timberg in The
Viol-Inn," lively musical comedy
with five dancing violin girls, is one
of the stellar attractions. Another
headline offering is the series OF
graceful and eccentric dance NUM-
bers offered BY the two Ford Sisters,
Mabel and Dora. AL Herman
known as 'the black laugh, is a
special feature Of the show. From
a popular point Of view, the current
bill scores even better than the one
of last week.
In "The Broken Rosary" now be-
ing played at the Boyd, is told an
interesting story in most interest
ing way. 1t is the best Of the pop
ular priced offerings Of the season,
and has made good with big
audiences so far. Armatinee will be
played on Wednesday.
If there wasn't another soul than
little Lester Allen in the howlingly
good performance at the Gayety
this week not word of discomfort
would be uttered so long as Lester
would hold the stage himself for
two hours and half. His versatility
is wonderful and his audiences are
loath to give him up in favor of
the balance Of "The Bon-Ton Girls"
company. Ladies matinee daily all
week.
How wei Raymond Hitchcock
stands in the esteem Of the high
lights of the producing field of the
theater may be measured by the
organization of the new firm of Al
Z. Granger, Charles Dillingham; and
Florenz Zigfeld to handle the
IIitchy-Koo 1918" show. The agent
calls the annual appearance Of
Hitchcock in 'iHitchy-Koo" ina
tional necessity" a rather bold de-
scription, but as the Ziegfeld Follies
have laid claim to being national
institution" without argument, it is
not SO far aheld for the bright and
jovial Hitchcock melange to as
sumo an honoring title Of this mean
ing.
"A Day at the Race Track" the
monkey circus offered by Galletti's
Monks at the Empress is a hit with
the kiddies. Irving and Ward have
a line of chatter that is very funny.
Marion Coakley has been engaged
for the cast Of Cappy Kicks.
The Subjects opened their new
theater in Washington with "The
DASH
Otto Kruger will play an inn
portant role in "cosette," which
will be produced by John cort, with
Josephine Victor as the star.
koi Cooper Megrue, author of
Tea for Three" has started work
on a sequel to that play which he
will call Coffee for Four"
The sunbonnets and hoopskirts Of
1870, the Dolly Warden hats and
bustles Of 1855, the fashions Of our
fathers and mothers in 1880 and the
styles OF 1919 are shown in sue
cession in the four acts of Maytime,
these changes Rlaking a show in
themselves.
Eva Benton, who plays the Old
negress in mis- Nelly Of Nor.
leans, is one of the most notable
character women on the stage, and
is a native of Louisville, XIV. She
knows the colored folk by heart sir
was the Norma if "The Heart 81
Wetona.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14

EssabEshed 1924 Rupture
RUP TURE =:
yea to Chi KEEL ive tratmen ofR
dol
The 81
hospital Call
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14

RUILnS SIRENGTn

Nqga.Ione iaa grand remedy Tor oVarVforzsd.
weak, rundown kired.Out men md p4ruer r.
~ 2 concentrated compound Of valuable insfSs
alents which are highly Recommended and pres
as5lDed BY pruuinent physicians.
y mas }ast the properties % make rich red
liver. kidneys and bowels - improves the nupes
tlte-n makes the bowels move easy and regailsr--
sieansss the body Of stored upH poiaons ban.
isness Malaria. ice Nu0a. Tone watch ne
Lesults ana Yonh have everlasting cause ~
gratitude and thankfulnesz.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-14
1IllGGISTS GlARIANTEE Nlna ~

IL coatn 91.0O-laata d whole nonah.
Get q buttie--Une e 20 days aua II you
arc not benefited tn1ze the xemainder
OF the package back to the Hrmmrlaf
ana get your money back. For aalc
d Sherman 4 Mcconnell Drug Co.'S Stores
and other good drug stores. Try il.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Barons Win and Make Four Straighf SPORTS
Corbeft's Daily Letter
 On Greet Sport Topics
nx JAMEs '. cORRFTT

Fate has played some unkind tricks of late-with the baseball magnates as its chief victims.
 Through the years of the European pastime was at low ebb, the league clung warhare. when interest m the nanonas to a l54 game schedule All dming tha era some of the magnates by Charles E5bets-fought for decrease to a l4o game season. They presented rather con- vincing arguments for such change
 Ebbets aud his associates produced charts and weather statistics 10 show that it was utter folly to attempt pay- ing baseball in the early part of Aprii 1t was their claim that the weather in April never becomes really Of the base ball variety until between the 2Oth or 18th.
 As matters stand now, in view of the general depression" they claimed through 1916. 1917 and 1918, the longer the season the greater will be our losses. If we make it 1s4 games we've got to pay the players for those extra Il 9lmes and also pay for the upkeep of the grounds, extra equipment. Sxtra travelling expenses, etc The income from those extra IA games certainly will not equal the necessary outlay"
 But despite their pleadings 154 games ruled through 1911, la15 1916, 1917 and 1918.
 Now that the war is over and baseball is faced by what promises to he one of the most prosperous years in it's his tory. the schedule calls for t40 games and no more Instead of opening the season around about the i2th of April as was the custom in all other years, the mosuls pried off the lid on the 2Sd Of the month. Ebbets and his crowd were very happy indeed.
 Now we'll escape all the bad days between the 12th and 2Sd and when the season really opens we will have fine weather right straight along
 But disappointment came
 The weather has played some queer pranks-but none queerer than during April of 1919.
 From April 12th until April 2sd the weather throughout the northand was uniformally wonderful and the majors weren't operating, In almost every big league city one balmy sunshiny day sue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
SPORTS
 nv non NcU4yJD
Sigman Was Wobbly At Times, But Hitched InUi1cible
 Ball In The Pinches
Terrific Hitting of Ellis Is Feature of the Gamee Got Single, Double and Homer Out of Four Times
 Up-Crews Pitches Today

Mobile May (Special)-The hard hitting Birmingham team hit Art John son. who was on the pitching mound for Mobile Friday. hard and often. and won an easy game, to 2. While John son was touched up for several long hits. including home run and two doubles, his team mates did not give him the best of support. two bad CT TOTS by Summa in center causing some of the runs made by the Barons. Ellis was the big feature of the game wi.h his hitting. This terrific" hitter, who seems to fatten up his batting aver age on the Mobile diamond in four times at the bat. hit the ball for home run, a double and single and scored three times.
 Sigman. who worked for Birming- ham, was never hit consecutively by the Bears. except in the first two in- nings of the game. After the second inning he allowed Mobile only three hits. although he walked three men. McMillan was the only member of the Bears who secured more than one hut off of him.
 Birmingham went after Johnson in the initial Inning of the contest After Snapper" Mcdonald famed and Stew enson flew out to Summa. Duncan sim gled to center. Sunma let the ball so through his legs and the runner pulled up at third. Fence Buster" Ellis made his bow in the game by slam ming the bah over the right field wal for q circuit drive, scoring Duncan ah cad of him.
 Mobile in her half of the first made a flash with two out. McMillan. whe had singled to center and took soc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Anniston Preds to Play
 Jacksonville Nine Today

Anniston. May s.-tspecial)-The Jack sonville nine and the Preds came to- gether Saturday afternoon for their sec ond contest of the season. and the ad- team is coming to Anniston determined to have revenge for the recent defeat ae the hands of the Presbyterian colees team.
 The contest is to be staged on the cafif- pus at the Presbyterian college here and a large crowd of rooters are expected to turn out and witness the second game between the rival teams. The Jackson vile and Anniston teams are evenly matched and the Saturday fight promises to be ful lof pep
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
CITY LEAGUE WILL
 POSTPONE GAMES
 SCHEDULED TODAY

The City league will postpons all games scheduled to be played today in order to enable the players of the teams to take part in the festivities in honor of the returning Rainbow division
 The games postponed will be played off the following time that the teams sched- uled to play meet. However President Harry Strong has given the manag gerS of the different teams permission to play the games during the week days, pro- vided they are able to get their players off work and both teams agree to the date. If the managers cannot agree to a dste the game will he played as part of a double bill when the teams meet on the home teams. drawing games for May To-
 The first Tuesday night in June the City league will have their next meet ing Contracts may be left with Gordon Hickman, at the Birmingham Arms and Cycle company,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
Camp Utilities Beat
 Preds in Hard Game

Anniston. May -tSpeciaL)-Costly err TOTS at critical periods of the contest cost the Preds the Thursday afternoon game on the Presbyterian college cam pus when the camp utilities team played rings around the college men to the tuee of $ to 4 victory.
 The game was hotlv contested from the st half to the last and the excellent fielding of the camp team proved. to he the feature of the game. Mai. Robert F. Scott, the construction quartermaster at the camp, played al the initial sack po- stion and delivered the goods. The utili- ties battery was Young and Jones, aHfi the college team played Turner and Ed dins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

ceeded another Each was ideal for base ball. X game could have been played on almost any day between the 12th and the 2Sd. If the season had opened on the 18th or thereabouts as in other years. the magnates would have drawn down some very healthy gate receipts.
 But
 The season opened on the 2sd-fn several cities only. In the other places rainy weather prevented the lifting of the lid because of niny weather perhaps the first that had been encountered for weeks. On the day following the opening only two or three games were staged, Cold and wet weather had set in. All over the circuit the elements were against baseball New Works climatic condition was typical instance.
 The Yankees, scheduled to play a four same series with the Red Sox. were able to play but one That was the opening. The other three were postponed on ac- count of cold weather mixed with snow flakes. It was SO chilly that even the hardest fan wrapped in furs and over coats would not have ventured to the ball park In other cities where the chill WAS not so pronounced rain storms were of daily occurrence and made th< ball fields so soggy that play was i'm possible
 Some of the magnates are groaning over their hard luck, and well they should. The breaks" certainly have been against them even In this year when everything looked rosy and wonderful for them.
 We've got tough luck-and a lot or it." declared one of the big owners. Tn other years when we played l54 games the extra l4 usually figured as losses This year when we can figure that every game will produce a little profit-or at least we will break even on that game the schedule has been shortened to lR games Those extra IA games that have been cut off this year, If they were on the schedule, would mean lot of money for us. And our move in shortening the schedule so as to reduce postponements to a minimum was just blunder-and nothing more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
HIGH SCHOOL GAME CALLED OFF UNTIL
 WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

The Gentral-Jefferson county game scheduled 10 be played yesterday afte-- noon, was called off on account of wet grounds. The grounds were so wet that duck would have drowned on them, yet part of the crowd had arrived before it was finally decided that the high school boys were not fish, and the game was called off.
 The game will be played Wednesday week, May 2l, at Smiths field. In the meantime Central will play Ensley Hish, and Csnch Thomas will stage a field meet. This meet is to come off Friday. May 16.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10

Summary: Earned runs, off Brennan Is, Torkelson ?. Two-base hits, King De- berry, Stansbury, Mayer, Sullivan, Dau-
 bert. Three base hit Daubert. Double
 plays, Daubert to Knaupp to Deberry; Moore to Galloway to Griffin, Galloway to Moore Moore to Griffin. Sacrifice hits, Herndon, Daniels, Sullivan Stolen bases. Moore, Stansbury. Struck out, by
 Torkelson ,. Base on balls off Bren- nan ?, off Torkelson 3. Time 1:53. Um- pires Sibey and Pfeuninger.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
.LOOKOUTS WIN BY
 TIMELY HITTING Walsh Engages in AIterca- tion With Spectator-El- berfeld Arrested by
 Mistake

0hattanooga, May e-Chattanooga fol- lowed Little Rocks errors with hits this afternoon and won the opening game of the series six to four. Walsh. of Little Rock, engased in an altercation with a spectator in the stand prior fo the game put Manager Elberfeld Of the visitors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
PELS TAKE T ALL
 FROM CRACKERS New Orleans, Smarting Un- der Defeat by Barons, Takes It Out on
 Crackers

New Orleans, May e-New Orleans took both ends of a doubie-header here today from Atlanta. s to and to Q. The To- calls got to Brennan in three innings of the first game, hitting him hard and eff outpitched Adams in slab duel. Score.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Alexander Loses First Game

Chicago. May 9.-Grover Cleveland Alex snder, in his first game since returning from France, was defeated today by the battle with Ray Fisher Fisher held the Cubs to four hits and was given splendid support. In the eighth, base on balls to Groh. Rehg's sacrifice and Magee' s double produced the one run.
 Score by innings: R H E Cincinnati ..,......... .0o0 ooo 610-1 l Chicago .......,........0o 900 n00 o00-o .
 Fisher and Rarden; Carter. Alexander kllifer, OFarrell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-10
NATIONAL LEAGUE
RESULTS YESTERDAY

Circinati |. Chicago o.
 Bosotn- Philadelphia-rsin. New York -BrookIyn-rain. St. Louis- -Pittsburg-rain.