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HELPING CRIMINALS
TO STEER STRAIGHT
When Home Influence Is Not
Good, Chancei Are Child
Will Go Wrong.
ONE HAN'S GOOD WORK
' Sixty per cent of the men who com
mit crimes in Douglas county are or
phans or come from homes disrupted
by dissensions and unsavory condi
tions created by abuse of personal
privileges.
Ninety per cent of the young men
who have committed their first crime
have been given the privilege and
protection of the parole law They
have been saved from the penitentiary
through their determination to save
themselves and by promises fulfilled
to Adult Probation Officer U. An
dreason. . ,
Spend few minutes in district
court some day and take the time to
inquire into the causes and the rea
sons why Mr. Andreason pleads for
the stripling.
For three years before the parole
law was passed and before the peo
ple fully realized the efficacy of the
big brother" plan, Mr. Andreason
contributed his services to Douglas
county. It was a hobby with him.
For more than eighteen years he
hat bien a student of Methodism. He
is not an ordained minister. He's just
a good fellow and a wholesome big
brother to the other fellows, who stub
their toes.
Gospel of Iclp
; Break into the county jail any
morning and you will find Mr. An
reason conferring with prisoners, who
exhibit willingness to "buck up" and
tread the straight and narrow.. But
he goes about his work in a quiet un
assuming manner. Only those im-
mediately connected with the dis-
trkt court are conversant with re
sults gained and Mr. Andreason is
content. Publicity given the cases of
caroled vouncc men sometimes in
jures their opportunities for securing
employment. Betore a prisoner is pa
roled to Mr. Andreason he is pro
vided with a job. If Mr. Andreason
. is unable to find work for him he
stays in jail until the job appears.
When the young man returns from
the state penitentiary he is given em
ployment, paroled to Mr. Andreason
and instructed to report to him legu
larly. .
. Let Mr. Andreason tell a bit pf the
storyi. . , '.
Make Costly Mistsket.
'The- ordinary minister, unaccus
tomed to working among the boys
and men who have felt the sting of
nrivation and the bite of the law. is
wholly unqualified to consult arid con
,, fcr with him. He does not know the
: surroundings. He does not realize
the condition of that young man's
mind. He will apply for parole for
a dope fiend, who would be better
off in jail for six months to enable
hint to conquer the habit. At the
'.nine time the ordinary preacher will
' suggest that the first offender be
punished for trime that hiwa per
haps drawn into by evil environ
ment. A'Jw eighteen years I have been In
terested in, this boy-saving work.
When I have not been remunerated
' by the city or county I have contri
buted my services, It's been a grati
fying work.. The juvenile court
tanjles the cases of youngsters, but
miiil last year, no provision was made
for the disposal of striplings of ten
der years, who had committed their
first offense and were consigned to
the penitentiary, ,
A Bit oC Sunshine,
"J especially recall one young man
who was charged with forgery of a
railway pass about two years ago.
When he resigned his position with
the company he purloined pass and
filled it out for himself. He had not
. gone far before he was detected and
' returned. This fellow, like the ma-
jority, was an orphan. The lad of 19
was placed in a cell with a hardened
criminal. inc ex-cpnvn,i ucveiuc m
teresteTl in the lad and wrote a letter
to me at follows: 'My cellmate re
quires your attention. Hs is guilty
of his first offense, realizes his crime
and is sorry." , ,
He Made Good.
"The boy was called before the late
tudge English and got the opportun
ity of his life. He was paroled to Mr.
Andreason and a short time later ap
peared with a little woman he made
his wife and announced that he was
making strides with a telegraph com
pany in Omaha. This boy is now one
of the best known heads of the con
cern in this district.
"The convict leaves the penitentiary
soured on the world.
"The boy saved from prison life
. makes the better Citizen because of
the lesson taught by his advisors. The
parole law is making; beter men and
women Instead of grinding deserving
prisoners beneath the wheel of penal
servitude." -
Search for Tramp,
Htm Tork, 8pt. !. Health authoritlea In
Nw Jan., are urchins (or a tramp be
lieved to ban boos a earner e( Intuitu,
peralrala ferma en tht theory that hla eaae
provides the beat evldenoe available that the
dieeaae la spread by adult human carriers
It la believed the man tranamltted the die
eeae to three children ot a termer near Pet-
rlefc'e. Corner, K.J. ,
REAL WESTERN LIFE
IN REAL WESTERN STYLE
PIKES PEAK '
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Mystery ShroudslMembers of the
Royal Family; High Cardinals Mum
King's Minions and Daintily-
Costumed Ladies Will Step
;. to Sweet Music When
Monarch Crowned.
The crowning, event of all, the ten
davs of Ak-Sar-Ben festivities, the
climax of the merry-making, is the
coronation ball, to be given at Ak-Sar-Ben
Den the night of October 6.
Upon this auspicious occasion the
new king, the twenty-second of the
Dynasty of' Ak-Sar-Ben and "his
gracious consort, will be formally
crowned.
To date no one knows who the
"crown prince" is. This is always a
profound secret known only to the
members of the board of governors
who, sitting at high cardinals, have in
most secret session chosen him.
Nor does any cat or mouse know
who is the fair princess, who is to be
crowned as queen.
Shortly after 9 d'clock the evening
of October 6. a concourse of 5,000
knights and ladles in gay attire at the
Den will know,
For at that time the bugle will
sound, trumpets will blare, and the
advance guard will enter, announce
in g the coming of the king and queen.
It is then that the king will be seen
Wild Indians of
Old Bellevue Are
V Finally Subdued
Grizzled foot ball veterans and lead
ers in college devilment at Bellevue
ar ae me.eW nnd submissive as lambs
this year. The installation of a house
keeper and the introduction of even
ing prayerl have tamed the wildest
Indian at the suburban institution.
"Huh, no housekeeper shall in
spect our rooms." grunted many an
Indian athlete when he hit the cam
pus after a summer spent in the hay
field or on a cattle ranch. But they
changed their tune when Mrs. Susie
Nourse. new college housekeeper,
swept airly through the corridors of
Hamilton hall, invaded rooms long
sacred from the prying eye of a
woman, ordered new sheets and pil
lowcases put on the beds and roused
the weary athletes to rise at the un
earthly hour of 8 o'clock on Sunday
morning.
Tuesday evening at dinner, Presi
dent Kerr announced that short ves
oer services, evening Drivers, would
be held immediately after the close of
the meal in the room above, the par
lor of the woman $ residence hall.
Alt were invited, he indicated. The
stalwart Indian braves just about
wilted. But Dr. Kerr went on to say
that the boys would be needed to car'
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Headquarters of Clean,
in all his regal majesy, and the queen
in all her dainty dignity.
Twelve special maids will attend
the queen. Paget to the queen, pages
to the king, and crown bearers will
be in the stately procession. Maids
of honor to the number of some 150
will be in line. The twelve governors
of Ak-Sar-Ben will march in the
knickerbockers, silver-buckle shoes,
silk stockings and other courtly cos
tumes. ,
Maids of honor from neighboring
kingdoms to the number of forty and
matrons of Ak-Sar-Ben's court to the
number of 240 will be in attendance.
Over 300 tadies-in-waiting are in
cluded in the grand assemblage from
Omaha proper, and thirty ladies-in-waiting
from neighboring realms.
More than half a thousand men con
stitute the reception committee at
this grand coronation ball.
The king and queen having been
crowned in due courtly dignity, the
knights and ladies of the realm file
over the stage to felicitate them.
Now the royal orchestra bursts into
sweet music. The grand march be
gins, and' the classic coronation ball
is on. Long do the knifthts and ladies
revel in the dance until far after the
hour of midnight has been told by the
castle clock, and the morning cock
salutes the approaching dawn.
ry up the chain, at least. After that
Miss Alma Jackson, new professor of
home economics, and Miss Luella Car
ter, temporary dean of women, sweet
ly asked the boys to remain for a
while, They remained, and evening
prayers - are now an institution at
Bellevue. . -
Men students at Bellevue walk oa.
their tiptoes through the dormitories
nowadays. They grumble and growl,
but they also use napkins and sweep
out their rooms oftener than once a
month. But ever and anon a sun
burned foot ball, hero can be seen
gazing wistfully out over the nld
Mizzou and longing for the good old
days untrammeled by napkins and
housekeepers and evenings prayers.
Tobacco Companies to
Declare Big Dividend
The Hague, Netherlands, Aug. 24.
Enormous dividends are expected
to be declared by the Netherlands
East Indian tobacco planting com
panies. Many of the leading com
panies have already sold their entire
crop, in a number of cases at double
the average price rertrded last year.
So great is the tobacco hunger that
fabulous prices have been paid for the
most inferior sorts, even for almost
unworkable material. The result is
that for a long time past tobacco
has been arriving in Holland frem
countriet which never before tent to
the Dutch market, or only in very
small quantities. It came from Africa,
it
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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1, 1916.
OMAHA BOYS pEOMINENTi
AT SHATTUCK.
At the opening of Shattuck school,
Faribault, Minn., a commission of cap
tain was awarded to George W. Eg
gerss oi Omaha. He is thus one of
the four highest officers of the battal
ion. Mr. Eggerss is also president
of the senior class this year. His
brother, E. J. Eggerss, was made a
sergeant and a similar honor was
awarded to Charming M. Jordan, also
of Omaha. The enrollment of Shat
tuck is the largest in ijiany years, the
capacity of the school being taxed to
the utmost for the first time since the
completion of the new dormitory two
years ago. More new boys have en
rolled than ever before in the history
of the school.
British India, North and South
America, Ireland until at last the
British government notified the
Netherlands Oversea Trust that in
the future atl tobacco save that from
the Netherlands East Indies must be
consigned to the Trust, which means
it must not be exported to enemy
countries. 1
" Time Bank am -Hoar.
New Terk, Sept 10. Letal time In Great
Britain will he, put back, one hour at t
o'clock a. m. October 1, It was announced
by the Commercial Cable company. This
meana that British time from October 1 will
be the same as before the dayllsht Bavins
avstem was Inauturated on the morning of
Kay 31.
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Young Women's .
' Hebrew Association
Plans for Club Home
The Young Men's Hebrew associa
tion, which was organized six months
ago and which has grown from a
very small membership to 350, hail
been followed by a new organization
known -as the Young Women's He
brew association. The original plan
tvas that this organization should be
Auxiliary to the men's society, but
more recent plans have made the two
organizations independent. They will
both meet at the Young Men's He
brew association rooms on different
nights. Their divisions v so far in
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THE NEW FIREPROOF
HOTEL SANFORD
To Be Opened About November 1st.
200
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European
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On direct tat
fines to all
depots ,
SAFETY, SERVICE and ECONOMY
- WilTBe The Policy Of This New, Modern, Fireproof Hotel. '
75 Rooms With Private Bath or Shower . ....... $1.50
25 Roomi With Private Toilet and Lavatory .... $1.25
100 Room With Private Toilet or Lavatory ... . . . $1.00 ,
CONANT HOTEL COMPANY, Proprietors
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OMAHA
Cordially invite visiting retailers tcv make headquarters with
them, while attending the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities.
We have ready for immediate delivery a large stock of
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in a wide range of the season's latest styles, and at all prices. These garments
are in stock, awaiting your selection. - ' ;
In addition, our stocks of Underwear, Hosiery, Men's and Women's Fur
nishings, Notions, Carpets arid Rugs, Dress Goods, Linens and staple domes-
tics are complete.
Visit our big plant while in Omaha you will find it very much worth v.
while, indeed. : ; "
We 'shall have some interesting special for retail dealers during Ak-Sar-Ben.
Ask about them while in the house. '
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clude physical culture, homeeconom
ics and literature.
The young women are worlcing en
thusiastically to treble their member
ship, their present number being 100.
Their next object will be to combine
with the young men in the campaign
to raise sufficient money to erect a
building large enough to acc6mmo
date both organizations in its differ
ent wings.
The meetings will occur every
Wednesday evening. Every other
Wednesday will be a joint meeting
for young men and young women
with social time. Next week the meet
ing will take place on Thursday in
stead of Wednesday because of the
Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. Membersship
in tht young men's association is
open to any boy from 18 up. The
young women admit girls 16 and
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there la no man here that the world eaat
fet alont without" Detroit Free Preen.
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over, utticers oi wis ncwiy-i-iociety
are Miriam Davis, president;
Hannah Greenblatt, vice president;
Ethel Katz. secretary, and Anna a
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