Omaha daily bee., 1917-03-08
HAPPENINGS IN
THE MAGIC CITY
Live Stock National Bank Old
Age Pension Fund oper-
ative.
BANQUET FOR EMPLOYEES

Thirty-Ihree employees OF the Live
Stock National bank were entertained
by President L. NJ. Lord at a dinner
at the Loyal hotel last evening. The
occasion was a formal announcement
OF the recently organized old age
pension fund which will become oper-
ative at once.
Speaking in the interests of the
bank, President Lord said: Our PEN
sion fund to which the bank recently
subscribed in substantial sum is
now systematized and ready for dis
tribution when occasion arises. The
banquet is to get the employees to-
gethcr and explain to them the idea
of pension for years of service and
get them organized that they may be
recipients OF the money thus do
nated."
Pension fund for bank men is a
new idea and the local institution is
one OF the first to accept it,
Recently report from the Live
Stock National bank stated that all
stockholders had availed themselves
of their subscription rights and the
entire capital of 100000 has been
paid in full, Aside from this num-
Der of new applicants stood ready to
pay a substantial cash premium for
the new stock and the fact that none
of it was offered for sale speaks we'll
for the standing and prospects OF the
institution.
Boys Rob Store.
An audacious robbery perpetrated
by three bold bandits, Carl Liner
aged IS years; frankie Check, aged y
years, and Teeter Check. aged years,
was nipped in the bud by police off,
GERS and civilians who caught the
three boys crouching amid pile Of
chocolate candy, cigars, milk bottles
etc, in the dark interior of the J. L.
Cohn grocery store at 4402 South
Twenty-seventh street.
Il jes wanted some candy" Little
Teeter, the smallest of the three said.
He kissed the hand OF Harry Dwor-
aky, who accompanied the officer, and
begged to be released. The other two
admitted their guilt and said they
broke in the front window and
crawled in right after Cohn, the pro-
prietor, had locked up.
This is the third time that the larger
boy has been caught entering the
store.
A huge fashlight which they ''had
found in an alley. was conhscated by
the police. Two keys to the store
stolen from Cohn were also re-
covered. No weapons were found on
any of the boys.
Gems and Cement Stolen.
w. M. Baker, 1928 South Twenty
second street, reported to the police
yesterday that while he was out in
the yards at the stock yards yesterday
unidentified persons entered
his office in Room 20l, Exchange
building and stole a diamond, set OF
cuff links and a jewelcd tie pin.
]. ]. Parks Construction company
reported that thirty sacks of cement
were stolen Saturday night from the
yards at Twenty-eighth and X streets.
Given Jeweled Fob.
Harry McCandless, receiving teller
at the Live Stock National bank, was
the recipient of a jeweled watch fob
yesterday, the gift of employees of the
bank on the occasion of his marriage.
Friends had intended to give a sur
prise party on the newly married
couple, but chose the gift remem-
brance route instead.
Style Show.
We have good news for the lady
who likes to pay dollar for cor
set and get something worth having
for her money. Here at Flynn's you
will find dollar corset that's right in
style and in quality and a beauty for
looks. White and pink.
We expect to show South Omaha
people a lot of nice clothes tomor-
row evening at the Orpheum theater.
We are putting on style show
Thursday evening. We hope for a
large attendance.
JOHN FLYNN & co.
Mouse IeaRue BOwllDR