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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1916)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 29. 1916. 9 A ROBBER IS NERVOUS, BDT TAKES THE CASH -J . a I i ,,v t. ' - One of Pair That Cleans Out Fox Pharmacy Unable to Hold Gun True. PATHONS NOT MOLESTED Two masked bandits, one of them o nervous that his revolver shook in his hand, entered the Fox phar macy, 3423 North Thirtieth street, at 10 o'clock last night, lined up one patron and two clerks arid made away with $10 in cash and a check for $1, the night's receipts. Descrip tions of the men furnished the po lice tally with the descriptions of the two highwaymen who Wednesday night held up the Farnam lunch. Philip Kline. 2108 Chicago avenue, night manager of the pharmacy, was engaged in making up the cash and had all the money in his hand when the two bandits entered, each with a red handkerchief tied over the lower portion of his face and each with a gun. Calvin Pace, 3407 (North Twenty ninth street, a clerk, and Harold Nie man, 3411 North Thirtieth street, a patron, were in the store. Neither was molested. Two Other Holdups. Two other holdups and one burglary -were reported to the police shortly after the Fox pharmacy rob bery. About 12 o'clock two men en tered the People's Loding house, 307 South Twelfth street, and compelled Anton Webster, night clerk, at the point of a gun, to put up his hands. He was relieved of $1.95 and his watch. At about the' same time . a bandit entered the Palm hotel, 1205 Douglas, and demanded that Harry Haspel submit to a "frisk." He reisisted and was shot in the foot as the robber fled. Haspel is at St. Joseph's hos pital. His condition is not serious. Sunderland Brothers' machine shop, 1008 Douglas, was entered by burglars some time during the night. They knocked the knob off the safe and pried open several desks, but obtained no money or other valuables. While the officers were working on the Fox drug holdup two robbers en tered the People's lodging house, 307 South Twelfth street, and relieved Anton Welder of $1.95 and his watch. Several nights ago Adam Krack, 5119 South Twenty-sixth street, was robbed 61 $21 by two men, and Tom Savage, Twenty-fourth and L- streets,' of $5 and his watch. In the latter instance the holdups alighted from' a buggy and accomplished the robbery. The Farnam lunch was robbed Wednesday night by bandits, and in every instance the descriptions of the bandits were practically as follows: One man, believed to have done the shooting, aged 38, height six feet, light hair, black overcoat,, black hat, weight 200 pounds. Second man, aged about 35, height five feet seven inches,' weight 150 pounds, brown sack coat, brown pants, dark hat. Tired, Achlnf MuhcIm Believed. 'L Sloan'a Liniment lightly applied, a little quiet and your aoreneas dieappeanr like maric. Get a 25c bottle today. All druer sists. Advertisement --i'- , V -'iv'-'i Christian Endeavor ers of the State Here Latter Part of Week Frederick W Learitt. Dr. Leavitt is chairman of the pul pit supply committee; Bishop Bell of the United Brethren church comes from Los Angeles, and Mr. Kilgore is convention chairman. Bishop Wm.N.3ell The Nebraska Christian Endeavor union will hold its thirtieth annual convention in Omaha from November 2 to 5. About 500 delegates from all over the state are expected and elaborate preparations and a full program have been made. Among the speakers will be Bishop W. M. BeJl of Los Angeles, Cal.; C. C. Hamilton of Boston, Mass.; W. R. Hall of Philadelphia. Pa.; Frank Lowe, jr., of Kansas City, and C. A. Mock, president of Union college, Le Mars, la. 1 A special chorus of 200 voices, un-, der direction of F. E. Hathaway of Chicago will lead the singing. Some sessions will be held in the Brandeis theater. Interesting union and missionary exhibits will be on display. Talks Are Timed. Sessions will start next Thursday afternoon, and continue every morn ing, afternoon and evening, closing Sunday evening. Among the features of the opening session will be "seven talks by live workers in thirty-five minutes by the clock," and "three talks by people that are doing some thing, in twentv-one minutes bv the clock." And another "ten-minute talk, by the clock. The big activities of the full convention program are accurately timed and the schedule is to be followed with military precision. Another out-of-the-ordmary feature will be an Esperanto divine service, being a service, in which the language used will, be Esperanto, the "univer sal language," which it is bang urged that all people of the World adopt, so as to avoid Jhe trouble .that fames pi r - - i E. lynne JGlgore the many tongues used by the world's inhabitants. Bishop Bell wilt talk Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Omaha Orators. A number of Omaha speakers are on the program, including Rev. Dr. E. H. Jenks, E. Lynne Kilgore, Stuart C. Wigg, Rev. T. M. Evans, and Rev. J. A. Leavitt. On the program -Saturday morning will be a tarcical hrisUan bndeav or session." which !will be oresented by some Omaha players. It shows the failings and weaknesses of some so cieties and is mtenden to correct them, "The convention theme wilt ' be "Christians Enthusiastic Citizenship ennobled. A banner will be presented 0 INI hoiUQ--everywhere! The most 1111 D 111 comfortable "passage-way" to all I 1 destinations is trie Packard limousine I I g A step! Step from this It's the surplus-power of ti l l 1 H ! room into another miles the new motor that makes 111111, I s I away I the enclosed Packard an II I i Extend your home to all-purpose car. 1 I II your farthest friend's It makes this the ideal I door! " conveyance for you now. 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Leavitt, state superintendent of the Society for the Friendless. Powerful Society. The Omaha . Christian Endeavor union, which is the host ro the state Endeavorers, has a membership of about 2,000, distributed into twenty six senior Endeavor societies, twenty-three junior Endeavor sxieties and eight intermediate societies. Sixteen new junior societies have been organ ized in the last year bv Mrs. I. II. Ellsberry, the Union's junior super intendent. All interesting feature of the convention will be a junior and intermediate society rally Sunday at 2 p. in., in the First Christian church. The children will have charge of the exercises, but the adults are invited, too. The Oijiaha Christian Endeavor, during the last year, has secured new Christian workers, as follows: One hundred and twelve new church mem bers, 369 Christian Endeavor mem bers, 243 new "Quiet Hour" com rades, 74 new "Tenth LegTon" mem bers, 202 new subscribers to the Chris tian Endeavor World, 419 new "Peace Union" members, three new life work recruits and twenty-six new Christian Endeavor experts. The sociteies composing the union gave $360 to the City Mission among their yearly benevolences. System Prevails. The different departments of the union cover every phase of Chris tian Endeavor work, each department being superintended by an expert as follows: Missionary department, Miss Ida Woolley; "Quiet Hour," Miss Helen McDonald; efficiency, Dean Davidson; social, Mrs. E. Lynne Kil gore; lookout, Earl Reynolds; junior, Mrs. J. H. Ellsberry; publicity, Miss Esther Neely; temperance and citi zenship, Will H. Thompson, jr.; music, John Gunn. Hanscom Park Improvers for Sutton and Swimming Pool Voters of Hanscom Park Improve ment club want a swimming pool in Hanscom park. They met last night in Windsor school and instructed the secretary to notify the city commis sion of their wish. They plan to cir culate a petition in favor of the project. The club endorsed the candidacy of R. J. Sutton for the School board. Mr. Sutton is a former .secretary of the club and Is the only one of the United Improvement club's ticket of seven whom the Hanscom improvers would sanction. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. D. B. tlrcor, formerly hum! stunt muirrat nunnpr of tlv Ittirllniitoi. with ln'iulquir tni in Oinithi, but now jtufintaiit to Vlcn President Hvriiin urn. Inmtt-rf In rhtcHRn U pcmllnK tin day in town. 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