Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-15
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
Police Board Determined to Enforce
Discipline in Department.
SOME OF MEN EXTREMELY LAX
Number of Men VIII he Laid OFF
Ten Days at Time in order 90
Meet Financial Necessity Due
60 Lack of Funds.

partments for lacy OF discipline among
men and officers. All the commissioners,
Il Is understood. have openly asserted
their intention of -overthrowing the prac-
tice OF defying the rules and authority
Of the Fire and Police board.
Mayor Hoctor stated that n ne could
have had meeting OF the board some
days ago he would have fired a number
OF firemen from the department.
II ls understood that at least one may
have 10 face serious charges made by
sarpy county farmer.
on the police department, despite the
efforts Of the board and the chief. mat
ters have been going from bad to worse
for some time. Months ago Mayor Hoe
tor charged that his orders we're being
tipped off to saloonkeepers by members
Of the police department During the Ill
ness OF Commissioner Donahue. Commits
sloner Devine made the same charges
and at the time II was decided that dis
missals and reductions in rank would be
made as soon as Commissioner Donahue
rad returned to his office.
Com nissiOners Angry.
The commissioners and the chief arc
wrathy over the way things have been
running in and out Of the station. Time
and again arrests are made and no re-
ports wrttton and filed as is called for
by the rules OF the board. When names
are gotten oftentimes only half are OBJ
tained. such things as street and house
numbers are said to be OF minor import
ance. Disputes as to who should serve
warrants occur regularly. Officers, II IL
said go into saloons while on duty and
even In uniform. Officers are said to
have left their beats for hours at a time
and visited road houses in East Omaha
during the interim.
These charges and others do not af-
feet all the policemen or officers. but
there is a vast lack Of discipline and re-
spect for the boards orders. Hence the
strict orders issued the chief by the
board In reference 20 rules and regula-
tion. And hence the anxiety OF many
cops as to what the board will do next
Retrenchment Order.
Retrenching in order TO prevent an
overlap in the police fund. the Fire and
Police board yesterday laid off ten po-
licemen for fifteen days. At the end OF
the term ten more men will be laid off
The chief and officers will not be laid
off, according to present plan. The pa.
troll driver will be on duty from l2 TO Il
and the chief OF detectives and captains
have been ordered TO do duty at the sta.
tion.
Those affected by the lay-off are: ofi-
GERS Gaughan. Leplnski. Quinn Jackman
Potach. Dworak, Ballew, Scott. Crosby
and Hyatt
Mrs. Marictch Cleared.
Accidental death. probably at his own
hands, was the verdict rendered yester>
day by coroner's jury upon tho death
OF Mike Marlcich. whose wife was belns
held for murder. County Attorney George
A. Magney. after hearing the evidence
lin the case told Coroner Willis Crosby
that the county would abide by the yer.
dict OF the coroner's jury. Al the in.
stance OF MCGUIRE and More. attorneys
for the defendant. Mrs Marioich was
released at once by order of the county
attorney and the coroner.
The funeral of the dead man will HI
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at Lar
, kn's chapel. Mrs. Maricich with hci
three children will attend the funeral
The woman is nearly prostrate WITH
grief over the death OF her husband
Although there is little money coming
TO her from some lodge insurance the
woman had to be supplied with enough
money 10 purchase necessary clothing
yesterday. Paul Macauley and Mrs. Cecil,
Parks gave the money.
Mrs. Maricich said yesterday that sh'
would seek work at once. Until she Il
- 4.
Macauley win see that the little onei
have home.
Arreat Made ON Complaint.
Omer Dedama, three weeks over from
Belgium and o. Demet OF Thirty-seconC
and r streets having been sheared o
$3.50 In Joint somewhere near Twenty
seventh and n streets yesterday after
noon, bleated 10 loud that the polio
heard the noise and Captain John Zalou
dek pinched the place for bootlegging
Mayme Spencer. who Is alleged TO rul
this place and Lucy Ewing. an inmate
were invited TO the dungeon keep on I
street.
According 70 the story told the polio
by Demet. he was playing the part o
host TO Dedama-showing him the towr
The course OF their perambulati1n
brought the two TO the vicinity of 81
North Twenty street The me
claim that the women enticed them 4
and then ordered Demet away at tn
point OF a gun. The Spencer woman tol
the police that the two men fell in an
that she had earnestly and PERSISTENT
urged them to depart,
But anyway the police in the perso
OF Captain zaioudek visited the place an
after an Investigation OF the premise
the captain sent the two women an
several cases OF beer TO the station.
4 south Omaha Hospital Notes.
The furnishing and eauipping OF N
y new Maternity hospital and .nurss
I home. is practically complete. The fir
| large home. known as the Courtney proi
erty, al ilOS North Twenty-fifth stree
which is directly across the street fro
the hospital proper has been lease
" and has been fitted up with new furnisl
ings from top TO bottom. The nurse
home will occupy the entire second floo
. and the nurses have already taken pn
I session OF and moved into It.
Robert Walker OF Bellevue. who hi
been In the South Omaha hospital &
several weeks, 10 rapidly convalescir
and expects 10 leave for home Sunds
morning.
Miss Florence Goddard has been en-
ployed BY the board OF trustees TO tai
the place OF clerk and bookkeeper az u
south omaha hospital.