THE BEE; OMAHA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 20. 1917.
IMPROVERS' CLUBS .
TO BAmEHOLDUPS
Some Expect to Follow Exam
ple Set by Southwest Im
provement Club.
KEEP FIREARMS HANDY
Improvement clubs are becoming
interested in a class of night workers
who impede the progress of peaceful
citizens and take th:i- money under
threats of violence. The police refer
to these men as "stick-up artists."
F. V. Fitch of the Southwest Im
provement club states that if other
improvement clubs would follow the
citizen police system of his club the
situation would be solved.
"During a carnival of outlawry a
few years ago the Southwest club
formed a body of sixty citizen police,
who are armed and ready to respond
at (l minute's notice. Do we have
holdups in our district?" asked Mr.
Fitch.
The Southwest Improvement club
plan works like this:
If a citizen is held up in the dis
trict between Twentieth street and
Park avenue, Leavenworth to Pieiee
streets, he should locate on of these
minute men, who will. summon other
minute men, i.nd they will hunt fo.
the highwaymen. These minute men
also keep their eye on suspicious
strangers observed within the juris
diction of the club.
Several victims of recent holdups
have been called to the police station
to look over suspects under arrest,
but none have been positively identi
fied. One victim, however, partially
identified two of the alleged foot
pads. ,
Police officers have' dropped the in
vestigation of the case of Frank A.
Franks, 1408 North Sixteenth strtet,
who reported thtt he was robbed
twice. They announced that they
have reason to believe that Franks
had some ulterior motive in claiming
to have been robbed.
Mid-Term Class Day
Exercises Are Held
At Comenius School
Seven pupils received' diplomas at
the class day exercises held at Co
menius school Friday afternoon. They
were: William Cejnar, Frank Co
nine, Victor Elias, Lillian Pospichal,
Blanche Bartos, Sylvia Kiha andOlga
Brodil. The class day program was
as follows:
Hi
Song "The Wb of Life," irhool,
Sons "Intnpr VtUr," chflol.
RerlUtlon 'Tolonlui' Advice. I
Son," school. m
Recitation "How Did Tou Die?" Frank
Comine.
Song "Slumber Sons." ferhoot.
Recitation "To m Swy Waahos the
Foncc," Sylvia Ft I ha.
Song "My Old Kentucky Homo," school.
Recitation "Life of Alary Lyon." Lillian
Pospichal
Kong 'Tar Knlry Revel," school.
Recitation "The Old Man Went to
Town," Blanche Rartos
Recitation "The Bolls of Atr," Olga
Brodil.
Song "Lovely Appear." school.
Address William Cejnar.
Addrea? Principal Karl R Adums.
Recitation "Tin BuHdero," school.
Song "Slllclan Hymn." school.
John Hogue, Civil War
Veteran, Called by Death
John Hogue, aged 79 years, died
Thursday night at his home in Bcn
ion, 6129 Main street. He was a na
tive of Ohio and served four years
and three months during the civil war
with the "Wisconsin liagles" regi--ment.
He has lived in Benson since
1907. He is survived by a widow and
three children, Mrs. Maud Larson
of Denver, Mrs. Maine Robinson of
Iowa and John of Palestine, Tex.
The funeral will be held from his
late home Saturday at 2 o'clock, with
interment in Mount Hope cemetery.
Over 125 new members have been
added to the "Twenty-One club." an
organization of .the Montuouth Park
school for the boosting of ideals. One
of the pledges required of the mem
bers is "Realizing our nation's need
of clean, strong, efficient men, and
hoping to be such a man myself, I
hereby promise to abstain froin every
use of tobacco until 1 am 21 years of
age."
About the busiest print shop in the
city is that at the Fort school tor
boys, where the pupils are now busily
engaged in turning out class day pro
grams for the many schools which
will have their class day exercises
next Friday. Besides the program, the
class is printing the "Vocational
News," a four-page monthly paper,
that is to make its initial appearance
in February. The "Vocational News"
is being put out in the interest of
the vocational bureau.
Women Pilot Children
To Special Movie Shows
A parlv of sixty from the School
for the )eaf will attend the special
children's movie programs arranged
by the educational committee of the
Omaha Woman's club for the Strand
and Muse theaters this morning
at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Ferd Schick will
take ten kiddies from the Child Sav
ing institute.
Mrs. H. R. Riley will take a party
o( children from the neighborhood
of Thirty-second and Harney; Mrs.
J. H. Dumont will give a movie party
for her grandchildren, and Mrs. J. W.
Kobbins will chaperone a party of
children to the movies.
improvers
m high sch00l
Belvidere-Newport Club and
Northwest Federation Sanc
tion a Bond Issue.
FOR COMMERCE SCHOOL
At a joint meeting in the Bclviderc
school Thursday evening, the North-,
west "'Federation of Improvement
Clubs and the Belvidcrc-Ncwport Im
provement club endorsed the propg
sition of a bond issue for a new high
school of cetnmcrce as ouilincd by
Principal Adams of the school when
speaking to these organizations a
month ago.
Last year the Board of Education
acquired a site at Twenty-second and
Chicago streets for a new commer
cial high school. The bond issue of
$1.1X10.000 voted more than a year ago
was to include this school, but the
unexpected increase in construction
upset the plans of the school officials.
It is believed there will be little or
no money left from that bond issue J
alter the grade school building pro
gram shall have been carried out.
Principal Adams will speak this
evening at the Dundee community
center in the Dundee school on this
proposition.
Courses Popular.
The present High School of Com
merce embraces the old Leavenworth
school at Seventeenth and Leaven
worth streets, two annexes on the
site and a string of rented store rooms
along Leavenworth street.
It is the contention of Principal
Adams that recent growth of this in
stitution warrants the prediction that
it will not be long before its attend
ance is more than the Central High
school.
The location of the new site on
Chicago street makes it feasible to
heat the proposed new school from
the Central High school grounds.
Omaha Athletic Club Bonds
Bought by a Local Firm
In competition with two Chicago
and two St. Louis bond houses. Burns,
Brinker & Co. of this citv were suc
cessful bidders for $375,000 Omaha
Athletic club bonds '
These bonds are first mortgage,
serial, bear 6 per cent interest, run
from two to fifteen years and arc
tax exempt ti investors.
"There is a good demand jnst now
for 5 an.l 6 per cent bonds. We ex
pect to sell ha'f of this bond issue out
in the state." stated a representative
of the Burns-Brinker company.
Will Never Be Without
This Simple Laxative
Dr. Caldwell' a Syrup Pepsin
Relieved Her Baby When
Nothing Else Would
Little Max Pendcrgrast is now four
years old. and a tine, healthy boy.
When but a tiny baby, in fact almost
from birth, he suffered a great deal
from constipation. His mother, Mrs.
Carl W. Pcndergrast, Red Key. lnd.,
heard of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
obtained a bottle of it from the drug
store, and with it was able to quickly
correct this condition.
Mrs. Pendergrast says Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin has saved thcni
from calling the doctor many times,
and that she will never be without a
bottle of it in the house to use when
needed. She found it equally effective
as a laxative for herself and other
members of the family.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
combination of simple laxative herbs
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mild in action and positive in effect.
It goes not gripe or strain, and con
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pleasant for baby, yet acting quickly
on the strongest constitution.
To avoid imitations and ineffective
substitutes be sure to ask for
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. See that
a facsimile of Dr. Caldwell's signa
ture and his portrait appear on the
yellow carton in which the bottle is
packed. A trial bottle, free of charge,
can be obtained by writing to Dr. W.
B. Caldwell, 455 Washington St.,
Monticello, Illinois.
A Sharpening of Swords,
Instead of Peace
a stiffening of the resolve to fight on to Victory or the bitter end, would seem to be the chief result
of President Wilson's efforts to hasten the end of the war in Europe.
This conclusion is reached after reading the Entente Allies' reply to President Wilson's pro
posal for peace negotiations, although in' some quarters it may be felt that there is still a loophole
for a continuance of peace discussion. Lloyd-George, the British Premier, supplements the stiff
ness of the Allies' answer by saying in his Guildhall speech that "The Allies are still convinced
that even war is better than peace at the price of Prussian domination over Europe," and that be
fore anyone can "attempt to rebuild the temple of peace, they must see that the foundations. .are
solid."
In THE LITERARY t)IGEST for January 20th, the leading article deals with the Entente
Allies' response to President Wilson's request to the warring Powers, and in the form of quota
tions from statesmen and leading newspapers gives an all-sided presentation of public opinion on
the subject.
Among other articles of unusual interest in his week's issue are :
"Bone-Dry" States Are Now Possible Under
U. S. Supreme Court Decision
Canada Swept by Prohibition
Why Socialists Left the Party
Church and Corporation "Soul"
Why We Eat
To Save Niagara's "Horse-Shoe" Fall
North Dakota's Farmer Revolt
A Modern Spanish Painter of Primitive
Vigor
Phillip Gibbs A War Correspondent
with a "Naturalistic Vision
A Fine Collection of Illustration s,
Mr. Gerard's "Olive Branch" Speech
The New German War Plan
Is Germany Starving?
Why Russian Shrapnel is Polished
Is Railway Building to be Revived?
College Cookery
Editing Mark Twain
Country Girl in the Y. W. C. A.
The Problem of the City's Edge
Including Humorous Cartoon
"The Digest" a First Aid to the Doubtful
The world is now going through a period of momen
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variably to make every man and woman a partizan
on one side or the other in the great struggle being
grimly fought out between autocratic and democratic
ideals. With the destiny of our whole social and gov
ernmental system hanging in the balance we are so
deafened by the clamor of the advocates of these
two conflicting parties that we find it hard to know
which to follow, or what are the actual rights and
wrongs of the questions involved Here THE
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