Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-25
AFFAIRS At SOUTH OMAHA
Board Of Education Advises All
Janitors to Join Unions.
MISS sLOCUMB NEW PRINCIPAL
FaIse Murder Alarm causes Police 60
TO On wild GOO-e chase
ChickeR Thieves Are
Bound over.

tue american Federation o. l4aDOF- l ne
members Of the board explained that the
d, board merely recommended the union but
did not hind Itself to exclude any one fur
ther than to give union men the preference
at all times The board also provided for
a night school to be conducted at Brown
park. The salary Of the principal was fixed
at $40 Glasses Of two hours duration will
he held four nights a week
Miss June Siocumb was elected princ.p pal
Of Washington school to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation Of Miss Emma
Novak. who goes west to settle upon
homestead.
The following teachers were elected to
the unsigned list: Misses ffelen Durham
Branche Gaert and Ella Scott Peter Pic
quei er was eisc ed jsnitor for the West side
school
Miss Slocumb, who was elected principal
OF Washington school. has been a teacher
in. South omaha for about fifteen years and
has iatterly been employed at the Haw-
thOrne school. Her ability and faithful
ness are. well known.
False Alarm Causes Chase.
In trying 10 locate the supposed victom of
an attempted murder last evening the
South Omaha police tramped through ana
through the hollow at Seventeenth and /
streets without success. \ telephone call
WAS turned in at the station over the In
dependent wire that a young woman had
been shot and was in a dying condition at
seventeenth and 1 streets. The police
hurried TO the place running all the way
from Twenty fourth street but on arriving
they found no wounded girl nor had any
OF the residents OF the neighbOrhood heard
or seen anything suspicious. After visit
ing all the houses in the vicinity without
success the police gave up the quest II
is thought someone who had recently in
stalled new Independent telephone had
thought II good joke to call the police.
Foolish people often attempt such prac-
teal jokes not realizing what harm they
might do by such a false ALARM said
the captain VINO responded to this call
They don't stop to think that while out
on such wild goose chase souie real need
for an officer might arise. II we had
caught the giver OF this false alarm he
certainly would have spent the night in
isil'
Chicken Thieves Bound over.
John Berry and Andrew Dee were bound
over TO the district court yesterday on
charge OF chicken stealing. This is the
second case within the last three months
In which chicken thieves have been caught
with the stolen chickens still in their
possession and in which the same excuse
OF intoxication was attempted to extenuate
their attempted crime. Berry and Dee
stole chickens from the hen coops of
Rudolph Detz Thursday morning.
Gus wIIIers Bound over.
Gus ,Wiiers was bound over to the dis
ntct. court yesterday morning charged
~ Nth int
Nicholas sDuschisk and w. h. Brace
foot on Labor day, September s. The
trouble arose between the two men first
named. who are Austrians, and willers
drew a knife and made an ugly wound in
his countrymans Jaw, after which he
made an attempt to escape and found
Bracefoot, who is negro, in his way. He
Immediately let drive at him with the
knife, stabbing him through the lung
Bracefoot has been under treatment at the
south Omaha hospital since that time and
is just sufficiently recovered TO appear
against Willers
Great Golf Game sunday.
The golfing season at the South Omaha
Country club will close in blaze Of glory
Sunday afternoon when every local man
who ever had golf stick in his hand will
he eNleGteu 10 NC Oh manu- anu iiNSN ah
opponent in his own class. Two captains,
c. II Marling and w. A. Cox, have chosen
sides and the players will compete under
the Nassau system of scoring. The losing
team will be required to treat the entire
membership present to dinner. which is
TO be the last formal event OF the season
at bic club The play will begin promptly
at i:sO p m and the last pair must be OFF
!. ThOaa " ha
net vet reen paired and who wish to play
viii be paired off on tRelr arrival.
Taylor Parks stranded.
Taylor Parks. a boy of 70 or 10 years old
found himself stranded in South Omaha
Thursday night when his men companions
who had accompanied him from Clairmont
Nyo.. left hm In Omaha TO. shift for
himself lie had come to Omaha
from the wdst with train of sheer
and was seeking to reach his home in
oelWein. la, where his father l. G. Parks
resides. The truant officer, Paul Mac.
Aplay. took MIN in charge and sent tele'
gram to his father, asking that money be
sent to pay the boys way home
Church Services.
Nv r. Cullen viii conduct the services a
ST Clements mission at II a. m. Sunday
sunday school will be convened at p IN
~ 81 Edwards mission.
Rev Alfred O. White win conduct tn
bolv communion service at a. IN. at st
Martins church The morning prayer, will
sermon. will be conducted at II a. m. TIT
tonic is: Honest Pharisees, Ancient an'
Modern"
Rev IA. Ransom will conduct the ser
vices at Letter Memorial church SUNDAY
morning.
service has been arranged at the FRS
BAPTIST church for sunday morning,
The Methodist church viii find aeeOmmo
dalton for the usual services at the Soutl
Omaha Young Mems Christian association
building for few weeks. Rev. j NJ. Both
well will be present for the first servic
since conference. The church expects be
fore the close OF this conference year 4
have erected a new $4,000 church building
At Twenty and Il streets.
Tho Number Of Man. Six Hundre'
Three score and SiN." is the topic OF ID
X L. wheelers sunday morning sermo
before the Presbyterian congregation
b Magic cay Gossip.
'rhe Eagle drill team will reorganize sun
., AZ at Workman temple, NEE ing al 10 a. "a
ia. first program OF the south oman
po.eer Historical society will be announce
Thin IA feW DAYS.