Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-13
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redu'n. Burgess -Granden Co,-Adv.
Rail Conductors Ball-Gate City
division, No, 647, of the Order or
Railway Conductors, will give its first
annual ball Friday at $3.50 p. IN. at
the De Luxe Dancing academy,
Eighteenth and Douglas streets.
Sues Taxi Company-Marcia Aid
rich iled suit in district court against
the Blue Taxi company for 5000
damages, alleging that one OF the
blue taxicabs ran into her automo'
bile at Fifteenth and Jackson streets
July Is, 1919, damaging the ma.
chine and injuring her.
Former Omahan Dies-Word has
been received in Omaha OF the death
of Edward L. Lester, former Oma-
han. in Denver last Friday of in.
fiuenza. pneumonia. The body Will
be brought to Omaha for burial. Be.
sides his wife, he is survived by a
brother in Kansas City.
'The Reading of the Bible in the
Public Schools will be the subject
Of Rabbi Cohn's address at Temple
swer to the recent action of the con-
stitutional convention at Lincoln,
which passed a resolution by a tie
vote making the reading Of the
Bible in schools permissible.
Asks $4,000 Damages-Chr
Hallbach filed suit in district court
against the Burgess-Nash company
for $4,000, alleging that she was
detained in the store and falsely
charged with stealing pair of shoes
January 10, 1919. She bought the
shoes late in the day and was going
out with them after closing hour
when she was stopped. she alleges.
Frenchman to Lecture Here
Andre Allix, professor Of history and
geography at the Lyons university,
will give two illustrated lectures in
Omaha under the auspices of the
French Alliance. 1.-The Frenchman
at Home" is the subject of the first
lecture, which will be given at Sat
urday evening in the Office of DR.. +.
]. Despecher, 210 McCague building.
Swift Co. Stenographer Dies
Miss Lillian M. Hahn, stenographer
for several years at the Swift pack
ing plant, South Side, died yesterday
following a two weeks illness at the
home of her sister, Mrs. II. w. Black
burn, BIS Cass> street. She is sur.
vived by her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Hahn, and her sister, Mrs. Black
burn. Funeral services will be held
at 2 this afternoon at Cole-Mckay
chapel, 2616 Farnam street.
Plan Alumni Dinner-Alumni of
the Ohio Wesleyan university, Della
ware, o., are planning compliment
tary dinner at the Blackstone hotel
Monday evening for DR.. John W.
Hoffman, president of the univer-
sity, who will visit in Omaha enroure
to California. DR.. Titus Lowe and
Mrs. Howard Rushton are in charge
Of arrangements. All alumni and
any persons interested in the work
Of the university are invited to at
tend the dinner.
Debaters to Have Tryout-The
tryouts for the debating teams at
the Central High school will be held
Friday afternoon at the school audi
torium. The subject of the debate
Is, Resolved, the congress should
pass a law declaring all interstate
railroad strikes illegal" Three of
last years men have answered the
call for schol orators. The following
will make the tryout: Otto Nelson,
Charles Grimes, Cecil Simmons, AL
exander McKie, Charles A. Pulls, Carl
Dimond, John Comstock, Roy Smith
and Merrill Russell. The teams will
be decided on by next Monday.
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