Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-11-15
HAPPENINGS IN
THE MAGIC CITY
Alexander Pacala Arrested by the
Local Police Upon Federal
Charge.
DEMAND FOR NIGHT SCHOOL

Surrounded by secret service men and
detectives Alexander Pacala, Rouma nian,
living in the South Side wanted on sew
eral charges by the United States gov
eminent, was arrested yesterday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock at the Havens hotel
Fifteenth and Davenport streets. by local
officers Detectives Allen and Glllen OF
the South Side police force were the ar
resting officers. They were accompanied
by Deputy United states Marshals Yates
and Nickerson.
The man is wanted by authorities at
GAINESVILLE. o., on the specific charge Of
sending obscene literature through the
malls He is also wanted in st. Joseph.
Mo, on more serious charges.
Local detectives visited the boarding
house and found John Mosar and Jim
POGO, also Roumanians. hurriedly pack
ing their trunks as II to make a hasty
departure. Arrest followed and Detec-
tive Allen obtained the information that
Mosar was to meet Pacala at the Ravens
hotel the next afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
According to appointment, the detectives
and government men were at the hotel
and made the arrest Immediately after
the wanted man entered.
He will be transported to GAINESVILLE at
once to answer the charge there. II is
probable that st. Joseph officials will
want him next.
Niwht scbooI Wanted.
night high school in the South High
school building is the popular idea among
| local educators and citizens Since the
launching OF the venture in Omaha hun
dreds of local people have been calling
Principal Moore of the local high school
daily desiring to enter a night school at
| the building at Twenty third and ]
streets Every evening a score or more
OF working young men and women appear
| at the high school building and ask when
the school will start.
Some weeks ago a call was sent out to
ascertain the approximate number of
| those who would wish to enter a night
| high school The statistics were sent up
to the Omaha authorities, but no action
was taken in the matter. Now that the
Commercial High plan has become so
popular hundreds are wishing for a South
Side night school. To a probable ma
Jority car fare TO the Omaha school would
be too much for them to afford.
The facilities at hand at the local school
make 1t an ideal center for a night high
school. With every practical line OF en-
| NNoNOl poSoAhiSE AlOin pIAHllHB 10 uOIfle6-
tic science and sewing, given prominent
place at the school building, with the
modern and up-to-date equipment repre-
sented the local school building is re-
garded an ideal center for high school
where all practical industries that would
be beneficial to the working student are
to be had.
Suspected of shooting.
| tvAlo -
wanted for several weeks to answer
charges of shooting into family resi-
dences, in two instances during the last
month narrowly missing occupants, wal
arrested at noon yesterday The youns
man is only IS or II years old. and dis
appeared shortly after the two shooting
and eluded the police until yesterday
when he was taken by Detectives Aller
and Gillen.
On the night of November a bulle-
was fired into the window of tho r. A
Welsh home, at 800 North Twenty-secont
street. Mrs. Welsh was sitting befor,
the window in a rocking chair and saw
the flash of a revolver in the street arc
light an instant before she heard the
sound OF the bullet. The bullet which
was in direct line for her heart, accord.
ing to the detectives. became lodged II
the seam between the screen and the
window casing.
During the same week, Alex Zalphis
50141s r street. was shot while at home
The young man of the description OF
Ruse fired the bullet, dropped his CUR
and ran. Positive Identification occurred
yesterday at the police station. The re-
volver was .S2-calibre and the bullets
found In both cases correspond to the
slightest detail. The police are certain
that the lad fired both bullets and are
holding him on suspicion. His sudden