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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11
MiddIeWest Tournament Notes

Roy Karls, hustling treasurer Of
the local tournament company, leads
the flock in the number of entries
secured. He had registered a total
of twenty at the close of last weeks
soliciting. No other member is
close to him, although Jack WEIGH
George Zimmerman and H. L. Nc
Coy are doing good work.
The season admission tickets are
now on sale. The tickets will ad-
NIT the holder to the matches at any
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11
Joe Benjamin Wins Another
Bout From Jersey City Man

g Philadelphia, Nov. 10.-Joe Ben
jamin of San Francisco, defeated
Johnny Drummie, Jersey City, in 4
six-round bout Monday night.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11
Wrestling Sheriff Back in
Game Ready for Matches

Popular sarpy County Executive is Jack of All Trades,
Having Been Carpenter, Hotel Keeper, Officer,
Mat Star, Painter, Mechanic, Bricklayer and Model
Husband.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11

Bee Want Ads produce results.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-11
With the BowIers.

Totals ........255s Totals
UNION PACIFIC LEAGUE.
oWAnA SnnnR Cor
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
the biggest
and the merriest
Christmas of all

most a
of
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
LONDON IS DAzED
Beckett's Defeat Blasts Hope
for National Idol.
All Eyes ON Carpenter Match
With Dempsey.
BY WEBB MILLER.

London, Dec. 5.-Her hope blasted,
her national pride badly jolted. Lon
don was still rather dazed today.
But they could hardly believe their
the fighter they had trusted with the
mission of bringing the worlds cham
pionship to England, had unceremon-
iously been showed back into nowhere,
There was everything to remain of
it, however. Hundreds of Americans
and hundreds more of Frenchmen who
had crossed the channel to see their
poilu defend his crown were still re-
counting vividly as much as they re-
membered of that French panther's
activity during the "a seconds of that
first round.
Londoneers of the mighty hulk. of
Beckett sprawied facedownward try
ing to get his legs and arms out OF the
coma into which they had been
knocked by the wild right of the
French aviator.
Beckett still does not know what
hit him.
"I hadn't started to fight when
got it. L didn't realize what hap
pened." Beckett said today in explain
ing the attempt he made to get away
from his seconds and go after the
Frenchman when he had revived.
Manager Mortimer, who had plan
ned match with Jack Dempsey for
the worlds championship. said:
Carpenter made good one chance
in Million that's all he had"
Fight experts are making no at
Frenchman. No talk is heard of a
fluke or d fixed fight. Carpenter has
been acclaimed a deserving champion
with amazing speed and hammer
like smashes with good lick behind
them.
BLOWS Well Registered.
The blows that Carpenter showered
on the Britisher were not clearly
registered by the scorers but it was
agreed that 1t was right swing to
the jaw delivered with a jump of
his whole body that put Beckett on
the mat for ten minutes with a wild,
mariaca1 grin on his big rough face.
Ringsiders also disa gree as to the
length of the bout. Berkley, of the
Mail, insisted it was 53 seconds; the
timekeepers asserted it was "a sec
onds; others varied as low as 30 sec
onGs-
Beckett's followers blame him for
walking into a trap like child. BY
the simplest ring genera1ship he could
have evaded the blows that rained on
him with thumpS that were heard all
over the stadium. He was known to
fight wide open" and it is thought he
underestimated the kick of the
Frenchman. At any rate he was out
W1tted. Carpenter Tented low with
his left and the big hulky Englishman
let his defense drop. The. Frenchrnan
then shot a terrific right that seemed
to start from his knee. It connected
flush on his opponents jaw with q
crash and Beckett went down.
Opinion agrees that it was a fast
working brain with perfect co-ordi-
nation of the fists that won for Car
pentier.
Experts believe that the Frenchman
can put up a great battle with Jack
Dempsey.
Commenting on the fight. the Times
said:
I'VE must look elsewhere for an
English worlds champion. We heartily
congratulate the very gallant con-
queror whose fast working brain over
came Drawn. We regret the defeat of
Beckett, Nfor we lose another chance
of bringing home the championship
that once belonged to- England"
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
High Pocket BiIllard.

Philadelphia, Dec. 5.-Benny Allen.
Kansas City, made a. new record high
run of 81 last night in the national
pocket billiard championship match.
He bettered his former record by five
in defeating Edgar I. Ralph of flights
town, N. j., 125 to 6. in eighty min
utes of play. Ralph Greenleaf. Wilm-
ington, Del, and J. NJ. Layton of Co
lumbia, Mo, are leading in the tourna-
ment with three straight wins. L. D.
Kreuter staged a comeback by beat
ing James Mature, Denver, 125 to 100.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05

New York, Dec. 5. American
league magnates probably, can study
time tables tonight. Justice Green
baum of the supreme court is expected
to decide late this afternoon which is
the annual league meeting. the one
Ban johnson called for December 10
in Chicago or the one the board of di-
rectors called for the same day in
New York
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
HERMAN knocks out Regan.

st. Louis, Dec. 5.-Pete Herman
bantam champion, knocked out Kid
Regan. st. Louis,si the third round of
an eight round go here last night. A
smashing right wallop to sRegan's jaw
sent him down for the count.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-05
Burke Outpointts Roper

Rock Island, Ill, Dec. 5.-Sergeant
Jack Burke, Chicago, outpointed Capt.
Bob Roper. Atlanta, in ten round
bout here last night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
STRIKERS DEFY
NATION ORDER
IN ARGENTINE
Government Move to
Break Port Tieup
Blocked.

Buenos Aires, Thursday, March
20.-In an effort to solve the ques-
tions growing out of the port
strike, the government today for
maIIy ordered the longshoremen
to unload the coastwise steamers
inside the port to permit the en-
try of transatlantic vessels. The
longshoremen. however. refused to
comply with the governments de-
mand.
The owners of the coasting
steamers have announced that
they will tie up all their vessels
indefinitely as soon as they are un-
loaded and make no further at
tempt to keep open the traffic with
the river ports, Paraguay and Pat
agonia.
The packing house of La Blanca
was among the firms boycotted be-
cause it refused in January to
grant the demands of the striking
longshOremen who now refuse to
do any work for ships handling its
product.
Strikers Seize Vessel.
Today the Blanca concern at
tempted to load a transatlantic
steamer without employing union
stevedores and sent small steam
er laden with frozen beef to be
loaded on the steamer in the roads
The small steamer was pursued
from the shore by two launches
carrying strikers. who boarded the
tug. beat the captain and crew and
forced them to abandon their posts
and enter the launches
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
REDEEM BLOCK
OF SECURITIES
Treasury Department Authorizes
Paying Oh OF S613.O00.O0O of
Short Term Notes.

Washington, March 81. - The
treasury today authorized the i'm
mediate redemption of a block of
s61S,00O.0O0 loan certificates of in
debtedness dated Dec. and ma
turing ordinarily May at par. and
accrued interest to the date Of re-
demption.
In view of the determination 10
open the Victory Liberty loan cam
paign April 21." said treasury
announcement" it is apparent that
this issue must be refunded be
fore the proceeds of the loan can
reach the treasury. Accordingly
the secretary has authorized fed
eral reserve banks until further
notice TO redeem in cash before
maturity at par. and accrued in
terest at date of redemption. treas
ury certificates of Indebtedness of
servia V A. date Dec. :. 1918. at
the holders option, the right be
ing reserved. however. to make
such redemption only after 10
days notice. from the holder to
the federal reserve bark of the
district, of the intention to exer-
else such option"
The object of this action is TO
get the work of redeeming the GER
tificates out of the way before the
reserve banks undertake their tre-
mendous duties of the loan cam
paign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
ONLY WORTH NEAT
20 MILLIONS AND
SPENDS SOC A WK.

New York. March 21.-"Just 10 be
as good a business man as my dad.
was the expressed life ambition of
Thomas Austin Yawkey, aged Is,
who has inherited s2O,OOO.0OO from
his uncle. the late William H.
Yawkev. whom he afectionately
called dad" his own father having
died when he was years old.
The youthful Creosus is positive
in his likes and dislikes Duck
hunting is his favoTite sport-foot-
hall comes next-he plays a good
Eame-and also likes baseball, bas-
ketball and tennis.
Il want to equal my fathers rec
ord popping ducks down at South
Island" he said. Il haven't been
able to do that vet"
Girls and the movies both stand
high in his regard, he says Latin.
he declares, is his favorite STUDY
He does not own an automobile and
says that he does not have any de-
sire to own one.
He receives from fifty cents to a
dollar from the headmaster at Irv-
ing school. where he is a student.
each Saturday TO blow in" and he
always accounts for every cent of
IT,
Have you any idea about char
itv9-ethe youthful multimillionai1e
D asked today.
Not yet You see. I am pretty
Young. I want to DO good. but in a
practical way. I don't believe IN
monuments They don't do any
good
Have you any conception OF
what s20.000,0 900 means? ?"
mo. I haven't. but I'll try to do
good with it and use it as my dad
would wish. All I want to do is to
he a fine man like him. That's my
ambition now"
Tom Yawkev, who was born in
Detroit, will continue to spend his
summers at HazeIhurst, Wis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
"PUNKINS," PET OF
9TH ENGINEERS,
BACK FROM FRONT

New York. March 2l.-"Punkins, -
a denizen of the Baltimore wharves
a year ago. who barked at the
Twenty-seventh engineers as they
embarked for France, and there
upon became member of the out
fit, came back today on the Da-
kotan wearing a wound stripe on
the right front paw sleeve and a
service stripe on the left
"Punkins" wears the regulation
olive drab. the division insignia,
and most everything but the steel
helmet He once wore a gas mask,
but found it interfered with biting
Germans. AS a result he was
gassed.
A certain major at Hoboken to-
day saw the dog and gave orders
that it Immediately be destroyed.
'Punkins" barked disrespect of or
ders. The major went for him A
moment later from the other end
of the line came the disrespectful
bark. The major rushed there. NJ
dog was visible, but barks were
heard everywhere. The whole reg
iment was barking in its sleeve.
The major gave it up and dc
parted.
Then from suitcase the dog. his
head bandaged TO keep him silent
was produced. Not once had
'Punkins' barked at the major,
yet the whole pier had sounded with
barks.
"Punkins' is going to San Fran
cisco with Private w. II. Hill. and
the Twenty-seventh engineers wish
to announce that it will see he gets
safely there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
AMERICAN AIR
FORCE LOSSES
PLACED AT SD
OF Total III Yankee
Aviators Met Death
in Action.

Washington, March q - Cas-
ualties in the United States al
service personnel. serving with the
American and allied armies at the
front, numbered 554 OF the total,
II men were killed in combats.
A table made public today by the
war department give the following
official casualty report for the air
service at the front:
Killed in combat. II; prisoners,
1856; wounded. 1873; missing. 73;
killed in accidents. AZ; other caus-
es, 4
The record by months'shows the
rapid rise IN casualties as Ameri-
can ffiers began to get into action.
II follows:
March, 1918, ,; April. o.: May,
27; June. %; July. 50: August. 50:
September, 1S1; October, 125; No
vember II to IL, i3.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
STEEL PRICES
CUT;WAGES TO
REMAIN SAME
Industry Heads An
nounce Result at
Close of Meet.

Washington, March 21.-Substan-
| tial reductions in the prices of pig
iron and finished products of steel
we're announced last night at the
close of the conference of steel
manufacturers with the United
| States Industrial Board. The new
prices will be as follow:
| Pig iron, $25.76 per gross ton ;
| four-inch billets, $3.50 per gross
ton; two-inch billets, $3.50 per
gross ton; merchant bars, $2.35 per
hundred pounds; plates, $2.65 per
hundred pounds; structural steel.
| $2.45 per hundred pounds.
| The price on iron ore f. o. b. Lake
, Erie will remain unchanged except
! in the event of a reduction of freight
| rates, in which case the prices will
be lowered accordingly
VIII Hold for Year.
These are the basic prices and
will hold for one year. They are
considerably lower than last years
| prices.
Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman
manufacturers, said there would be
no reduction below these prices
and that wages would not be low
cred in the steel mills. He said:
1T is expected that the prices
during 1919 will not be any lower,
and it is the present intention to
make no decrease in wages, except
perhaps at some mills where a con-
tract between employers and en-
ployes based on a sliding scale
agreement is in effect"
To Revive Building.
The prices announced BY Judge
Gary will be the basis of generaf
prics-fxing arrangement for semi
finished products in the steel in
dustry. The steel men are confident
that the reduction will bring about
steady revival of building, and
that industry all over the Unitel
States will be greatly benefited by
the new agreement.
1t is probable that a general re-
duction in the price of building
lumber will be made as a result of
the agreement reached by the steel
men, A committee of the National
Lumbermen's Association arrived
here today to hear the result of the
anu IL is DTODdDiG
they will soon announce their re-
ductions to correspond to the new
steel prices.
Save Sma Concerns.
Another problem to be settled by
the steel men is the disposal of the
small concerns which were called
into existence by the governments
demands for steel during the war.
The price reduction will torce some
to retire from business.
The representatives of the larger
concerns believe 1t is right that the
business inasmuch as they were
called into being for a specific pur-
pose which has been fulfilled. On
the other hand. they are not dispos-
ed to make such reductions as
would force them to the wall with
out consideration This phase of
the question will be considered tot
morrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
MANY SENDING IN
DIMES TO OBTAIN
HUN WAR HELMETS

Washington. March 21.-As a Sc
quel to the Victory Liberty loan
organizatiOn's recent discussion of
selling captured German helmets
at nominal prices. scores of letters
have reached the publicity bureau
here enclosing 10 cents and or
ders for the helmets Publicity
managers have returned the small
remittances saying that the $4,000
helmets were purchased for one
dollar from the war department
only because the war department
refused to give them away and
that in turn the resale of the
helmets to district publicity man
ayers was facetious. The helmets
can be obtained only through fed
eral reserve district loan head
quarters and will be given as
prizes to loan workers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
MILLION REDS
WILL LEAVE u. S.
Russians, Dissatisfied With CoDdi-
tiOns Here. to Buy Boats to
Return to Own Land.

New York, March 21.-The execu-
tive committee of the second all
Russian colonial convention today
announced the incorporation of the
Svoboda steamship line, the pur-
pose of which company will be to
charter or purchase steamships Tor
the transportation of one million
Russian workers, bolsheviki and
others to Russia.
The main reason for the move
ment, according to the announce
ment is the dissatisfaction of the
Russian workers with economic
conditions here. They say that en-
ployment is lacking in this country.
The new steamship line has been
Incorporated in Delaware.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
LATE BULLETINS

London. March 21-German.
Austria according to advices
received here quoting Berlin
newspapers, has expressed n
desire for Independent repre-
>enIatiOn at the peace confer
ence.
Washington. March 21.-An
additional credit of S75,000.O .O0a
was given Italy today by the
treasury department., bringing
the Italian loans up to $780,
100000. and the total of cred
its to all allied nations to
$500, ,410,660.
Paris, March 81. Colonel
f. NJ. House told British jour-
nalists he was convinced the
peace treaty would he ready
for signature March 30.
Helsingfors, March 21.-The
bolsheVik forces have been
compelled to abandon Vlnzken.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
Hungary Refuses to Turn Over Fleet
YEAR AGO HUNS
OPENED GREAT
VICTORY DRIVE
Anniversary of Event
Sees Germany Help
less Wreck.

Washington. March FL. = One
year ago today the German army.
at the peak of its power poured
down on the British lines in Pi-
cardy bent on winning an over
whelming victory before American
troops should reach the front in
force
Today. Germany no longer exists
as a military power; her gigantic
war machine has collapsed and
the Americans she sought to avoid
stand astride the Rhine. shoulder
to shoulder with the British and
French, and with all Germany alb
solutely at their mercy.
Huns Launch Great Drive.
When the cables on March q.
1918, brought the news of the first
terrific German onslaught, Ameri-
can effort, officers here today re-
called. was striving toward the
production of an army of 5000. 900
men. equipped to bring victory in
1919. In less than nine months
the first and second American
armies had broken the very back
Of the whole enemy front with the
capture of Sedan, while decided
victories had been won by the
British and French.
1t was then to save themselves
from ignOminy of having their
army captured, the German lead
ers forced the flight of the en-
perOr and surrendered as a nation.
FOch Tells OF Wars Close.
Paris, March II. - (Havas. -
The Rhine is our only good line
of defense. l do not demand an
nexation, but if we do not secure
that military frontier we will have
fought in vain is a statement
made by Marshal F'oCh. quoted in
an interview printed .in the Matin
today.
In discussing the last days of the
war, the marshal says:
1T was the wonderful soldiers
who gave US victory. My own merit
was to have had faith and to never
have despaired. We signed the
armistiCe in spite of the certainty
of crushing the German armies, to
avoid killing even one more man
and because it gave us everything
necessary to a French victory
Asked How He Defeated Foe.
Marshal Foch was reminded to-
day that March 21 was the ami
versary of the beginning of the
great German offensive toward
Amiens and was asked by Jules
Sauerwein of the Matin to explain
by what methods the marshal had
turned the offensive into a German
defeat. The allied generalissimo re-
piled:
You ask me to tell you much in
few words. Victories are won by
science. that is true, but also by
faith. When one has faith one does
not retire; one stops the enemy
where one finds him.
You tell me that I gave victory
20 France. 1t was our admirable
soldiers who gave it. l have but
one merit, that of never of despair
ing"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21

The German steamships Cleve-
land. Patricia and Cap Finisters,
which are to be handed over to the
United States, have left Germany
for British ports. beginning the
movement to place German ships
under allied control. The German
SFews will be replaced by Ameri-
cans in the British ports. The YES
sells, then, it Is expected will come
to French ports to take American
troops TO the United States. They
will return with food for Germany.
First Food from England.
The first food for Germany. un-
der the agreement reached in
Brussels last week will come from
England, 1t is understood that yes
sells are being loaded and probably
will reach German ports within a
week Although the food supply
OF England has been maintained
largely by America. the cOnserva-
tiOu methods there have worked so
we'll that there is available a con-
siderable quantity of bacon and
many tons of beans. Bacon and
beans will form the first lot of food
to reach the Germans.
The Germans have begun the
movement of gold to Brussels where
they agreed 10 deposit it as col
lateral for the food
Huns Refuse TO Deliver Ships.
Berlin. March 2l.-tVia Copen-
hagenl The German steamers
Burgermeister Won NelIe and Bur
germelster Schroeder. which eE-
pected to sail on March is. in ac-
tOrdance with the agreement reach
cd at Brussels between German and
inter-allied food commissions has
ben prevented from leaving Ham
burg owing to resolution passed
Jv seamen there refusing TO Oper-
ate ships demanded by the entente
nations
Sailors Pass Resolution.
Hamburg. Wednesday. March 10.
At a mass meeting of seamen to
day the following resolution was
PASSED:
"TOday's mass meeting Of sea-
men OF all descriptions refuses to
participate in the delivery Of Ger
man merchant ships demanded by
the entente and declared it to be the
duty of all seameu and laborers to
refuse TO carry out work on those
ships"
The resolution was passed on
the ground that there was no guar
antee that Germany would receive
any food except the initial deliv-
erv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
The Weather

Fair tonight and Saturday; ris-
ing temperature Saturday The
lowest tonight will he near freez-
ing
Temperature at a M. 36 high
tst Yesterday. 81; lowest last night,
36.
Velocity of wind az a. m. .
miles per hour
Precipitation. none
Relative humidity at D. m. 7s
at a. m. 6s.
Stage of water. 1O.5, a rise Of /
in last "A hours. ....
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
DELEGATES TO WITHDRAW
FROM PARIS CONFERENCE
UNLESS THEY Get F!UME
Jlti m a atum of ENJOYS
Brings Territory Con
tr0versy to Head.

Paris. March 21.-By the
Associated Press The italian
delegation TO the peace confer
ence has unanimously decided
TO withdraw from the confer
ence unless Fiume is assigned.
10 Italy eOntempOHaneOusly
with the conclusion of peace.
The decision was reached at
NEE ing today OF The full dele
CATION. presided over by Pre-
mier Orlando. II was immedi.
ately communicated TO the
powers.
Colonel Z. VI. House of the
American mission promised
Premier Orlando to present
within a few days a project
concerning the Italian-JugO-
Slav frontier which he hopes
will satisfactorily settle The
dispute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
LUXEMBURG INDEPENDENTS

Paris. March tHavas. The
chamber of deputies of the duchy
Of Luxembourg has vo,ed unani-
mously to maintain the independ
ence of autonomy of that country,
according to advices received her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-21
SEND RELIEF TO SIBERIA.

Washington, March 21-To re-
lieve suffering in Siberia the Red
Cross has made arran gements to
send $50 900 yards of bath robing
and 10000 blankets to its Siberian
commission.