Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-08
BRIEF CITY NEWS


Have Root Print rt--New Beacon Press
Hurgess-aranden co. Lighting fixtures
H. II. Claiborne, Justice Of the Peace,
b2-lS Paxton Block, Tel Red 74ol.
Havs Your Photo Taken at your
home by Either. All work guaranteed.
Moderate prices Call Walnut 1870,
Nebraska Savings ana loan Assn
New office between city hall and Fon-
tenelle hotel, 21l South Eighteenth ST.
''Today'a Complies Movie Program
classified section today. and appears In
The Bee EXCLUSIVELY. Find out what
the various moving picture theaters offer.
Michigan Luncnson At Fontonsne-
The next monthly luncheon of Michigan
alumni Of Omaha, will he held Tuesday
noon. March 9, in the cafe of the Fon-
tenelle hotel.
Berg Gives Smoker--O. T.. Berg gave
smoker at his home, lis South Thirty
eighth avenue Friday night. Those pres
ent we're: w. II. DeFrance, Dr. Hellwtg,
Dr. Wagner, D. c. Hurley, F. s. Mil
finger and ]. ]. RAFT.
Quickly Located and easily accessible
are two prime requisites OF desirable
office location. Tenants in The Bee build
ing. "the building that is always new"
In building up their business.
mistake in Name-Owing TO an error
Of the police it was stated in Friday
evenings Bee that II. NJ. Carr driving
a jitney bus, hindered the progress OF
the police patrol. Another man was
plotting the car.
Pocket IL Picked-C. e. Lowery, 1908
Harvey street, reports to the police that
his pockets were picked on a Farnam car
Friday evening of 81 in cash, $500 in
notes and some valuable papers. The ar
ticles were contained in a wallet
Loch wins suit-A verdict for the
defense was returned by Jury in Judge
Hstelle's district court in the suit brought
by Thomas w. Morrow against Peter
Loeb. Morrow sued for $4,000 on the
alleged ground that Loeb attacked him.
Annual Meeting of C1ub-The annual
meeting of the Field Club District Inn
provement club for the election of officers
will be held on Monday evening, March
8. Discussion of police protection. dis
trict lighting and other subjects OF inter
est will be held.
Wanted in Colorado-Gus Krekos,
fugitive from justice, address the Ne
braska hotel. was arrested Friday by De-
tective William Devereese. khekos is
wanted at Greeley, Colo, for grand lar
ceny. An officer from that place has
been dispatched to get him.
Snow Blocks the Trail-Health Com
missioner r. w. Connell states that he
is unable to reach the smallpox hospital
on the West Center street road on &C
count Of the deep snow. He has small
automobile ambulance which he uses for
hauling smallpox patients, but there is no
snowplow attachment on this vehicle.
Grand Jury Called-A federal grand
jury has been called by United States
District Judge 7. c. Munger to meet at
Lincoln March IL. The date set is some
what earlier than had been expected.
District Attorney Howell and Assistant
A. W. Lane are busy preparing for the
examinations scheduled for the grand
jury.
Dice Players Arrested - Detective
Frank Williams, leader of the morals,
squad and Officers Barta, Holden and
peterson. raided a dice game in Greek
pool hall at $40 South Thirteenth street
A dozen men were gambling, when the
officers entered. Spires Coulouris is bald
as the keeper of the place.
Open Meeting OF Philosophical society
The Ocott lodge of the Omaha Philo-
sophical society will be an open session
Sunday night at 5 o'clock ct the DECKER
man Dramatic school, 15l11s Dodge street.
Lecture by Prof. William Yerington; sub
feet, "Pragmatic Study of Religions.
Music. The public is invited
Thsosophical Lscturs-"A Vision of
the Spirit is the subject of a lecture by
Burd F. Miller at Theosophical hall, suite
7O1, Bee building. Sunday evening at s
o'clock. This concludes a series of sew
eral lectures, the subject chosen to In
clude the idea of evolution, from inert
matter to the enlightened soul and Its
journey through the different forms
Nipped for Forgery-Joseph Volzr
1891 Q street, South Omaha, was arrested
at Fifteenth and Dodge streets Friday
night by Special Officer Finn of the
Brandeis Stores, who brought him to the
station, where he was charged with for
gerry. Volz is alleged to have forged the
signature of A. Moore TO a 81 check,
which he cashed at the Brandeis Stores
Woods Bound over-John K. Woods
charged with violation of the Mann
white slave act, with his own daugh-
ter as the alleged victim, waived pre-
lminary hearing before United States
Commissioner H. S. Daniel Saturday
morning and was bound over to the fed
eral grand jury under 5000 bond. In de-
fault of bond, he went to Jail. AS the
Douglas county Jail. ordinarily used FOL
local federal prisoners. is now crowded
to capacity, Woods may be transferred
to the Hall county jail at Grand Island
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