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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
POLICE RUN HUMAN
REPAIR SHOP HERE
Sixty Seven DereHcts Storm
City Jail and Beg for
Shelter.
MANY ARE scANTILY CLAD

Driven to shelter by frigid blasts
from the north which sent tempera-
lures to points well below zero, six
ty-seven homeless and penniless men,
some of them with barely enough
clothes to cover their bodies, Thurs
day night sought beds at the city
jail. Few of them, however, had suf-
fered seriously from the cold or .ex-
posure, as most OF them applied early
for places to bunk"
All records for the number OF
dodgers accommodated at the jail have
been shattered by Omaha's latest cold
wave. Previous to Wednesday night
the highest number OF men accom-
modated had been fifty and the aver
age had been around thirty, Wednes-
day night, however, seventy-six ap-
piled for places to sleep. The de-
crease in the number who sought
shelter Thursday night is accounted
for by the fact that Wednesday nights
storm probably caused many of the
men to let out notch in their eff
forts to obtain employment.
Police, Surgeon Connolly Thursday
night had a busy time. He treated
four persons, one Of them policeman
and another fireman, who sustained
frost-bitten ears. Here is list OF the
cases handled by him as a result OF
the cold:
George Jennings. s22 South Twen-
ty-second street, both ears frozen.
Edwin Mederis, 2226 Howard, left
ear frozen.
Patrolman Herman Creal, both ears
frozen.
Frank Soukup, fireman at engine
house No. 7, both ears frozen.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Forty Fires On
Two Coolest Days
Omaha Ever Knew

Attempts to thaw out frozen water
pipes, defective fues and chimneys,
ovcrhcated stoves and furnaccs---all
due to the cold wave Of the last two
days--Thursday resulted in q total Of
twcnty-scvcn fire alarms. Friday the
sasnc causes resulted in more than
dozen alarms up until . o'clock, and,
while none OF the fires caused any
great losses, frcmcn at practically
every station in the city have expe-
rienced the most strenuous time in
their careers.
Low temperatures which have pre-
vailed have added discomfort to a
condition which ordinarily would give
the FIRE department all that it could
well handle. Scores OF the firemen
suffered frost-bitten ears, noses, hands
and feet and some OF them have found
il necessary to remain at their homes.
Edward Turner, member of
colored fire company, No. II. is at
home as the result OF having been
overcome by smoke al a fire in the
home Of s. H. Farnsworth, 2437
Spaulding street. His condition is not
serious. however. and he will be on
duty again in few days.
So busy have been the different sta
tons that even work at the chiefs
Office has stacked up But four re-
ports on Fridays fires had been re-
cciyed up until o'clock.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Baby Cries and
Probably Saves
Nine from Death

Henry Kropowski, l4l7 North Sew
entcenth street, was rendered uncon-
scious, his wife was partly overcome
and seven other occupants Of the
house were aroused from peaceful
SAUNDERS early Friday as the result
Of coal gas fumes which escaped
from hard coal stove and filed the
house.
Kropowski was awakened by the
cries Of his l0-month-old baby and he
went 10 the kitchen to prepare some
milk for the child. There he fell to
the floor. His wife, alarmed when
he did not return, followed him, and
she also was partly overcome. She
aroused Miss Sarah Weiner, aged 10,
roomer, and she called telephone
operator, who notified the police.
Officers and police surgeons made
hurried trip to the home, but when
they arrived all had been revived and
suffered no III effects.
The stove was found with the door
open and the damper closed,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Six Persons Charged With
Breaking Druu Law Freed

Six cases that were pending in the
United States district court against
persons accused OF violating the Har-
rison narcotic law have been dropped
by the United States district attor-
ney with the consent OF the internal
revenue commissioner. II was found
impossible to prosecute the cases be-
cause Of the ruling Of the supreme
court that certain sections Of the Har-
rison act were unconstitutional. The
cases dismissed were against George
Brown, Raymond Nielsen, Robert
Kennedy. Graham Bell, Rose Bell
and Chauncey Berger.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Historical Pageant
Of Religious History
By Sunday Schools

Historical pageant representing
the growth Of the Sunday schools
from the Hebrew period through all
the stages of development until the
present day, will be given in Omaha
at the fiftieth anniversary of the Ne
braska Sunday School association in
June.
This pageant requires 500 partici-
pants, 800 in the pageant and 200 in
the chorus. 1t was given in Chicago
few years ago and Topeka, Kan,
was the next city to stage it at their
fiftieth anniversary Of the State Sun
day School association. Other cities
besides these have put on the work.
Mrs. c. A. Mufflcmian had entire
charge of the pageant that was given
in Topeka. She is now a resident Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Extreme Cold Has
Caused Suffering
Among the Poorer

The Salvation Army Industrial
home, Eleventh and Dodge streets,
is crowded to capacity these bitter
cold days.
about thirty-fve men in addition
to our usual run, sought shelter
Thursday said Captain Kline. Two
men came in with frozen ears. They
had been frozen while tn. men were
going about coal yards and other
places trying to get work. sent
them to the police surgeon for atten-
ton to their ears and then gave them
meals and lodging"
The army's wagons for collecting
donations were not sent out Thurs
day and Friday on account Of the
cold.
Mother Brown, who has charge
Of the army store said she had five
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03

times as many applications for warm
clothing Thursday as she had during
the preceding two weeks.
Many of these people were willing
to pay small sums, but couldn't af-
ford to pay the regular prices the
clothing would cost new. The ex-
IRENE cold has brought in a. lot of
requests from poor but respectable
people whose children were suffering,
or who did not have warm enough
clothing to wear to school.
Captain Kline asks that people hav-
ing cast off clothing call him up so
that it can be sent for.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Liphtest Receipts Of Year
On Omaha Grain Market

NJ Cash grain on the Omaha market
recovered from the slump Of Thurs
day and scored considerable adj
vance. Wheat sold up ) cents at
81 .64@l.68H; corn, iN@iN cents,
selling at 92N 0o5c, and oats iNc,
selling 1t 5lA cents per bushel
Owing TO bad weather holding
shipments back from the country, re-
ceipts were the lightest OF the year,
there being but thirteen carloads Of
wheat fventy-seven of corn and four
Of Data on the market. There was a
dcpeae iof everything IN sight.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Mrs. Sholes' Heirs Ask
That Will Be Pr0bated

Heirs of the late Delphina c.
Sholes, who died December rs, have
filed a petition in county clerk asking
that her will be probated. Mrs. Sholes.
who was the widow Of one-time we'll
known Omaha real estate dealer, left
an estate estimated to be worth $l6,-
600. Lewis c. Sholes Of Omaha,
son, and Helen Sholes Calkins of
Omaha, daughter, were the petition
ers. Other heirs are Mrs. Kate Hol-
comb of Rapid City, S. D., sister,
and Simeon w. Clark of Los Angeles,
a brother. The petition asked that
Edgar A. Baird be appointed execu-
tor of the estate.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03

Omaha and her services have been
secured to train the participants.
1t will require the cooperation Of
the Sunday schools and young people
in this city and meeting has been
called of the Sunday school superin-
tendents and ministers of the various
churches, February 4, at the Young
Mems Christian association, room
3l6, at 2 p. m, to make preliminary
arrangements. Miss Emma Lindquist,
secretary-treasurer OF the Douglas
County Sunday School association, is
arranging for the meeting.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Pollard Changes Temps Of
Hundred and Three DEGREES

Tax Commissioner Pollard Of the
Burlington has returned from Flor
ida. but he wishes that he had re-
NAMED there 4 while longer. When
he left Florida Wednesday morning
the temperature there was so degrees
above zero. and when he dropped of
train here and into temperature OF
Is below zero, he felt Chilly.
Florida weather, according to Mr..
Pollard, has been about the best in
the history Of the state, warm and
baImy. and just the kind that has
suited the tourists.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Bessie Fights Against
Lowering Milk Standard

Dairy and Milk Inspector Bessie
has gone to Lincoln to oppose bill
introduced in the house by Jensen Of
douglas, lowering the butterfat stand
ard in cream from 10 to 10 per cent
in the state.
State Food Commissioner Murshell
also will fight this measure.
II know who is behind this bill and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03

intend to fight it for all am worth.
Eighteen per cent is low enough for
cream, but / can understand that GER
tain interests would have it lowered
to 10 per cent" said Mr.. Bessie.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03
Omaha Robbers Victim
Discovered Terribly Beaten

Terribly beaten, Jeff Cocklin,
Griswoll, Ia, automobile man. who
came TO Omaha yesterday tor good
time" was found yesterday evening
at Twelfth and Cass streets. in q
gutter. half frozen and suffering from
a broken leg.
He was taken to St. Joseph's hos
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-03

pital unconscious. His pockets were
turned inside out and he had no val
liable possessions, indicating that he
was the victim of robbers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
FURNISH MUNITIONS TO THIS
SOLDIER.

A letter with the prevailing warlike
note comes from Rev. Louis Gate, S. j.,
whose residence is at Ly Kin Ty, Tao
Bling. The subject of keeping up the
schools is foremost in his thoughts,
and they, with the preparation of a
native clergy, are, in fact, the great
needs of the mission today.
Large sums are now being spent in
the defense of COUNTRYSIDE buy NUM-
lions. l may say that money is to me
what balls are for cannons. l have the
cannons, that is, the schools, but if
money is lacking to make them effec-
tive there will be nothing left for me
but to beat retreat How far and
how hopeless this retreat might prove
remains to be seen. l ask Catholic
Americans to help me make a victori-
Gus advance rather than submit to de-
feat. Thanks to them, thousands of
souls have already been saved"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
EMERSoN'S TRIBUTE.

The following beautiful tribute was
paid by Emerson to the Catholic
Church in the days when the Anglican
Establishment was yet unborn to its
artificial life of pretense and untruth.
In seeing old castles and cathedrals,'
he writes, Il sometimes say, as today
in front of Dundee Church tower,
which is 500 years old: This was
built by another and a better race
than that now looking on it. {.
England felt the full beat of Chris
tianity which fermented Europe and
drew, like the chemistry of fire, firm
line between barbarism and culture.
The power of the religious sentiment
put an end to human sacrifices, check
ed appetite, inspired the crusades, in
spired resistance to tyrants, inspired
self-respect, set bounds to serfdom and
slavery, founded liberty, created the
religious neutrality-suspicious., New
stead, Westminster, etc., works to
which the key is lost with the sentf-
ment which created them"
Thus, out of the mouths of prophets,
not of our own household, comes the
need of appreciation we ourselves
often cannot give, because we know SO
little to understand the glories which
are ours by right of inheritance from
so ancient and worthy mother.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE AIDED IN
CREATING A NATIVE CLERGY.

Asking for aid in supporting his ma
tive seminarians priest in Korea in
dulges in this bit of fancy:
Often picture what will take place
when the soul of the clergy or the lay
person who has created native priest
appears before the Judgment Seat
Possibly that soul will say:
Truly, o Master, when on earth
was lacking in zeal and devotion;
was negligent of my duty; | commit
ted errors through self-interest or the
interest of my family. But You have
said that not even a glass of water
given in Your Name shall go unre'
warded; therefore You will remember
the souls saved by the priest l have
aided in consecrating and You will not
be unmindful of me-.
and will Heaven be refused to him
who has helped to secure it for others
Will not the aims given for the conse
Grafton of minister of the Gospel be
rewarded a hundred-fold? We cannot
believe otherwise"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
OUR LADY OF zocE.

On the top of a hill, called Zoce,
about thirty miles to the south of
Shanghai, China, stands church dedi-
Gated to Our Lady of Christians. This
was built about forty years ago as the
result of vow made in 1871 by the
Superior of the Kiangnan Mission to
secure the special protection of the
Blessed Virgin Mary during that time
of persecution, when it will be remem-
bered that two priests and ten nuns
were put to death at Tien-tsin.
Every year, in May, thousands of
Christians flock from all parts of
Southern Kiangsu to the Temple of
Our Lady of Zoce. Hundreds of ma
tive boats are seen at the foot Of the
HILL in the creeks, and the church is
always crowded. There is smaller
church On the slope Of the hill. and the
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
A CHANCE FOR THE CHILDREN
TO HELP.

1t has been announced that Rev.
George Calavassy is now in this coun-
try working in the interest of Oriental
schismatic missions. He asks the aid
of children as well as grown persons,
and has addressed them in these
words:
"You may perhaps not know that far
away, in the near-East, there are more
than a hundred million Christians,
who were Catholics and who now are
separated from the Catholic Church,
astray in the darkness of schism
that there are hundreds of thousands
of children, without any knowledge of
God, because they are deprived of
catechetical and religious instruction!
Our Holy Father, the Pope, Benedict
XIV, wishes now to instruct them and
to bring them back by founding
amongst them Catholic missions in
their own language and rites. On this
account | have been sent to ask your
parents to help him in founding
churches and schools amongst these
schismatics; but all the treasures of
the world would be useless unless God
pours out upon them His grace and
changes their hearts; and this you, my
dear children, can obtain for them bet
ter than others, because your prayer
is more acceptable to God"
A schismatic is one who, without re.
jecting any article of the Catholic
Faith, is unwilling to submit to the
Pope.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02

fourteen Stations of the Cross are set
at regular intervals between the two
churches.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
CONVERTING CRIMINALS IN
INDIA.

Father l. Gotta has opened a cate
ch1sm class in new mission at Kune,
in the Poona diocese, India. The peo-
pie are very difficult to reach and in
nearly wild state, as will be seen
from his letter:
This mission was opened a few
years ago on behalf of Katkaris, a
kind of people who used to live in the
jungles under the shade of trees with
out any house, but only an improvised
hut for protection against monsoons.
They lived on the roots of certain
trees, some plants and chiefly on
toddy, kind of native liquor, drawn
OH Wild palm trees. Now they gather
firewood from the jungles and sell it
IN the bazaar for few pennies, and
not infrequently indulge in robbery,
and for this reason they are kept un-
der the surveillance of police and are
known as criminal tribe.
The mission has hard work to keep
them gathered near it, and they con-
stantly threaten to run off to the jun
gle. We have opened a workshop
where they make carpets, and though
1t is loss to the mission, especially
at present, still we keep it up in order
to instruct and tame the poor Kat
karis. | have started a catechism
class for the children during the day
time, and for the grown people at
night. l give them "biddies'' (Indian
cigars), grain and some kind of sweets
which they like and make them chat,
sing and talk, and after a while, when
they are favorably disposed, l teach
them the prayers and religious songs
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
EQUIPMENT FOR "a HOSPITAL
NEEDED.

Mother Victoria pens this appeal
which makes known her needs quite
clearly:
1--WE are Sisters of Charity, of the
Order of st. Vincent de Paul, and in
January last we were brought here by
the Bishop of Zamboanga, to open a
Catholic hospital.
when I tell you that this is the
only Catholic hospital in the Southern
Philippines, you can form an idea of
the necessity and Importance of our
work.
'@In the matter of equipment there
are many things that we need very
much, but chief among them are in
struments and medicines. l am sure
the wants of the sick poor of this re
gion will not go unheeded, even in
the, present calamitous times. Offer
ings sent will be most wisely ex-
mended,"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
HARDY PECK's PIE PARTY

Mr.. Peck found it very trying to sit
around the house while he waited
for his injured foot to recover. He
had fallen from the back steps in the
dark one night whilst trying to kick
a meowing cat that was giving a
serenade near the door, and somehow
had badly sprained his right foot be-
sides bruising his arm.
There was nothing to do now but
wait patiently (if he could so dispose
himself) for the injured foot to re-
sumo a normal condition. Meantime
he was making it interesting for
everybody" to quote Henry once
more.
Mrs. Peck, with the assistance of
the boys, Henry and Nathan, familiar
ly known as Hen and Nat, conducted
the business at the grocery store dur
ing the forced idleness of the manager
who fumed and chafed because of his
inability to be ION the job
Often Mrs. Peck would be summon
ed from the kitchen when in the midst
OF preparing supper to assist during a
busy spell. At such times Mr.. Pecks
patience would give out completely.
Its nice state of affairs" he
would soliloquize as he sat helpless
and void of rendering aid either to
getting the meal ready or to selling
groceries. Here it is time to eat.
and not sign of supper in sight. By
lingo! l believe I'll enlist. Ny exist
ence is fiat and stale, all right, to
quote Sir Walter Scott. And to help
matters there's that dingbusted store
with no one to run it but silly
woman and couple of kids, and
they'll run it to the ground, giving
stuff away, suppose, and everything
going higher all the time. I'll enlist
it'll be the most economical thing
to do"
Every night after business hours
Mr.. Peck put his wife and sons
through a catechism of prices to see
II they were ION their job They
quoted the price of eggs, butter, pota-
toes, and the other articles that they
handled.
One evening Nat had a charge to
make against Henry, to the effect that
Henry had put an extra potato in the
bag because purchaser had COM
planned at the small amount he was
getting for his, money. This story
made Mr.. Peck exceedingly wroth.
They'd all be on charity yet, he de-
clared, If things kept on in this way.
But on the following night there
was more depressing story revealed.
In making change hurriedly, Nat had
passed out a five dollar gold piece in
stead of penny.
AT this recital, Mr.. Peck turned red,
white, and blue, so Henry told the un-
lucky Nat after the affair had sort of
blown over. He sure looked patri-
otto, dad did, which is real appropriate
just now
Mr.. Peck became more and more
impatient over the slowness with
which, SO it seemed, the sprained
ankle responded to treatment. might
better have had it amputated.. he said
TO his family. by this time I'd have
an artificial leg and be back at the
old stand instead ofgsitting here rest
ing on my. oars"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-06-02
CAN'T HIMSELF BLUSH BUT
BRINGS A MANTLE OF RED TO
MANY ANOTHER CHEEK.

Our schools are we'll attended, but
what are three hundred children to
the thousands we are obliged to re-
fuse. How many souls among the
heathens might be converted! For
the moment want of means makes it
impossible to receive boarding pupils.
The aims sent us by the Sodality of
st. Peter Claver enabled us to receive
two girls whose mother was glad to
give them over to us. The father of
the children had taken a second wife
and was no longer able to provide for
them. We look about us everywhere
for help, but in vain Painful indeed
to the missionary is the knowledge
that SO many souls who might so
easily be saved if pecuniary help were
not wanting, must for lack of it, be
lost for time and eternity. In civil
lied countries people also complain of
want and misery, but they have no
idea of the distress and want in this
country!
At the early age of fourteen the
girls are sold to some wealthy man
whom they must at once follow; only
death delivers them from this dis
graceful bondage. Of course, we do
not allow the girls who are educated
by us to be sold (oftentimes for an
average price of SIS girls can be ran
Somed from their pagan parents). We
make able housewives of them and
marry Thorn IN onnH
Christian marriages are our surest
hope for the future. Our schools are
already attended by the children of
the girls educated in our missions,
May the charity of the happy Chris
tians of America assist us. that we
may be able to continue successfully
our missionary labors, which have al
ready cost us so many sacrifices. The
zeal of our Christians puts to shame
many Catholics in civilized countries.
One of our Christian natives, though
himself very poor, has adopted two
little orphans in order to save them,
body and soul; he denies himself the
necessary food in order to feed them.
/ could tell you of many such touching
eXamples.-Sister Coleta in Negro
Child.
Address cancelled stamps of rare
denominations (write for directions)
tinfoil, old jewelry and other dona-
lions to American Headquarters of the
Sodality of st. Peter Claver for the
African Missions, Fullerton Bldg, 7th
and Pine Streets, st. Louis, Mo.