Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-09
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA
High School Opens with Mass Meet
ing, Address by Principal
Moore.
STUDENTS GIVE A PROGRAM

South Hish school opened yesterday
morning at o'clock with student and
faculty mass meeting. Principal $, w.
Moore presided, making n few intro
duotory remarks explaining new rules OF
the Omaha Board OF Education 4 short
students program was given. Forest
Dennis aanf a solo and Miss Louise Wat
kins save q reading.
Five new courses Of study will be in
troduced this year At the high school
The return Of the Former mead OF the
mathematics department. E. &. Finley.
who has been travelling in the Philippines
and elsewhere in the orient has per
mltted the formation OF a class IN Span
ish II enough students register.
Miss juliette urffen and Miss Kathrine
Lowry the former graduate OF Central
High school, and the latter a graduate or
South Omaha High school, will take tho
places Of Misses Hoten. Nelson and ned
mar, who resigned from the faculty dur
inr the last school year to be married.
They will teach English and history.
mainly
courses In art. music, gymnasium and
printing will be offered to the students.
Miss Ruderstorf will have charge OF the
first aud Miss bickman. supervisor Of
music. the second. The new Tooter print
ing press and outfit will permit depart
ment In printing Prof r, II. Johnson,
who is something OF a printer, viii have
charge OF this department.
School opens for regular work this
morning. Glasses we're dismissed yester-
day forenoon after students had been as
signed 10 their respective rooms.
Police are working to clear up the
mystery OF the killing Of John Janda, 1872
South Eighteenth street. South side. who
was mysteriously shot TO death while
picking srapes In the vicinity of Child's
Point on q wooded hillside some time
| sunday evening.
The ground near where the body was
found is also clean Of any scrimmage.
/ Whoever did the shooting came ub SUD
denly from the rear,
An inquest in the case will be held this
afternoon at / o'clock at Papilllon. County
Coroner Arb Armstrong of sarpy county
will preside and witnesses in the hunt
for the alleged murderer will testify
along with those who found the body OF
Janda thirty hours after the alleged
murder had been committed.
According TO Sheriff Hutter OF sarpy
county. who has charge OF the case, the
only evidence directly indicating the al
legged murderer is the word of two grape
hunters who say they saw a youns man
about 10 years OF age, running across a
vacant plot near the scene OF the inur-
der sometime about the period that the
shooting occurred. An accurate descfip.
ton could not be given, however. The
tracks OF the supposed man carrying the
shotgun lead 20 the river bank after
lorg circuItous route, but hero become IN
visible. due, 1t is thought. 10 the heavy
rain Of Monday night.
Fire at CudahS'a.
FOR the third time In two weeks fire
broke out at the Cudahy Packing com
pahy yesterday morning A pile OF loose
wrapping papers, on the third floor Of
the cold storage department. we'll IN the
center OF the plant. caught fire.
Carroll fHqdEAt To-day.
Inquest into the death Of John c. car.
roll hog butcher, who met his death froiI
knife wotnds at the hands OF a coinradt
and roommate, Pat Dwyer. Labor dat
afternoon, in fight at Twehty-sevettt
ana O streets, will be held this morning
at the undertaking patlofs Of Deputy Cor
oner Barnard Larkin. with Coroner willii
Crosby presiding Police were busy yes
tefday morning and AFTERNOON stub
p6ehing several witnesses to the fata
fight OF the two friends
After the inquest the body will probably
be sent to Chicago for burial. Carol
had a brother and a sister living In Chi
caEo.
Demented Man Sent Home.
After selling his herd OF stock on hh
l60-acre farm near rustis john Miller, :
defnented man picked up by the polie,
last week oh the streets IN the lower par
Of the city and later released, was re
turned safely TO his farm through TIL
agency of the local police A news heh
IN one OF the Omaha papers regarding tn
arrest of Miller led TO investigation by al