THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917.
LIST TO A STRANGE
; TALE OFCREAT MEN
In Which Dr. H. A. Senter'f
Life Is Likened to That
of Nick Eomanoff.
IT'S SIMPLY MARVELOUS
By A. R. GROH.
Strangely, inscrutably and occultly
the life of Dr. H. A. Senter of the
Omaha High school is connected with
that of Nicholas Romanoff, lately
Nicholas II, czar and autocrat of all
the Russias.
List to this strange tale.
Dr. Senter and Nicholas were born
in the same year 1868. Not only
that, but they were born in the same
month of that year May.
And here enters the mystic and ca
balistic number '9. Dr. benter was
born May 9 and Nicholas was born
nine days later, on May 18.
My goodness, gracious! Did you
ever hear anything so marvelous?
But listen some more.
Waddya Think o' This?
Nicholas visited Germany in 1896.
So did Dr. Senter. Nicholas spent
his time with the kaiser in Berlin. Dr.
Senter spent his time in Heidelberg,
where he was a stu-
Dent at the U-
Niversity of Heidelberg,
Niversity of Heidelberg.
Nicholas became the autocrat of all
the Russias. Dr. Senter became the
autocrat of all the chemistry depart
ment of the Omaha High school.
During the last few weeks, fortu
nately, the life channels of the two
men have not run parallel. Nicholas
is no longer czar of all the Russiai,
nor of any of the Russias, for that
matter. But Dr. Senter is still czar
of alt the chemistry at the O. H. S.
Listen some more. Dr. Senter has
one of the coronation cups of the
czar. He bought it in Heidelberg.
It is a cup holding about a pint, orna
mented with the letters which mean
Nicholai II, the date, the imperial
crown and the Russian double eagle.
He expects to present this cup to the
museum in the public library.
Something About Whiskera.
Furthermore, look at Dr. Senter'l
whiskers. They're just the same
style and shade as the whiskers of
Nicholas. Whiskers aren't a very
common adornment nowadays, and it
is remarkable that Dr. Senter is one
of the few men in Omaha cherishing
them. Dress him up like Nicohlas
and, if he appeared on the Nevskii
Frospekt in Petrograd, he would be
arrested at once as the escaped czar.
It reminds one of the famous
"double" of the German kaiser. He
is a blacksmith named . Wilhelm
Schwartz. He lives in the Swabian
Alps. He was married the same day
as the kaiser and his wife bean the
same name as the kaiserine, Victoria.
His six sons were born, each on the
same day as the kaiser's six sons, and
finally a daughter was born the same.
day as the kaiser a only daughter.
Today he is the exact counterpart of
the kaiser.
But Wilhelm II and Wilhelm
bchwarti don t have the mystic num
ber "9". with them. And they haven't
got any whiskers, either.'
We'll take the Romanoff-Scnter
mystic combination for ours.
Walking Tourists Deny
; They Are German Spies
A dust-encrusted couple drawing a
home-made go-cart, beside which
dawdled a hardv 3-vear-old bov.
trudged briskly over the bridge at
the foot of Douglas, street Tuesday
, afternoon. The woman, a diminutive
bit of femininity in men's corduroy
trousers and men's high tan shoes,
explained that she and her husband
and their child were walking from
Chicago to Seal Beach, Cal., where
a snug, six-room cottage awaits them.
Their advent into Omaha created
quite a stir. Almost while they were
crossing the state lint between Iowa
and Nebraska police officials were
reading an item from a lama (la.)
newspaper which stated that Mr. and
. Mrs. R. B. Hamilton, the cross-coun
try itinerants, had been arrested on
suspicion of being German iDiea.
"Spies?" aaid lire, Hamilton, with
a smile that disarmed suspicion, "My
husband waa born in Chicago and I
was bora in Pittsburgh. It there
anything Teutonic about those places?
No. sir. we'rt Americans to the core.
We undertook this journey on foot
because ot my husband t ill health."
The trio hat been on the road for
thirty-one "walking" daya. The do
not do any walking on Sundays or
rainy days. ' They expect to reach
their California cottage, which is a
reward (or their stunt, within 100
walking days. -
Looter Captured as
He Emerges from House
From her bedroom window, Mary
McCann, 12, 1117 North Twentieth
street, saw a man pry open a window
of the home of Mr. Anderson, HIS
North Twentieth street, who was
awav at the time at church. She tnlH
C. Williams and John Carroll, who
lived in the vicinity. The two young
men, one armed with a club and the
other carrying a lantern, were just
in time to catch a colored man who
was trying to make his exit through
a rear door, Williams and Larroll
held the man until Emergency Ofh
cer Rinn arrived. At Central station
the man gave his name as . Watts,
1142 North Twentieth street. He
denied being in the house contrary
to the assertions of Carroll and Wil
liams and Mary McCann. He was
held to the district court under $750
bonds.
Wheat is Held Here for
Still Higher Prices
While cash wheat on the Omaha
market was bid up to around $2.19
(a 223, 12 cents above the Tuesday
prices, there were no sales, holders
feeling that the grain wat worth more
money. The receipts were lorty-seven
carloads, ail ot whicn went into stor
age.
Corn told w tto $1.3001.36. U4
centt over the prices of Tuesday, but
this was not a new top. Receipts were
lorty-tnree carloads.
Oats were one-half cent off and sold
at 66674 cents per bushel, with
twenty-two carloads on the market
Sergeant Russell
Thinks He Can Tell
The Taste of Beer
"That tastes like beer." said Ser
geant Russell of the police morals
squad Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock
to Eddie Erath after the latter had
served two bottles of amber liquid to
Detectives Cuninghatn and Russell in
the rear of Walter Brandes' saloon,
1002 South Tenth street.
It ain't nothing else, said the
bartender suavely.
"Well," said the chief of the morals
squad, "what do you mean by selling
beer at this hour, 8:30 p. m?"
'I am obeying orders lust like you
are," said Erath, quite unperturbed.
The officers, after tasting the beer,
took the bottles and the bartender to
the station, where Sergeant Russell
icked the bottles to identity them.
In Dolice court Wednesday morn-
g Erath was discharged.
I don t intend to be too hard on
the saloon keepers," said Police Judge
Madden after he had dismissed the
case. Ihey have only a little wnne
longer to run. Of course, if they vio
late the law they must be punished."
Emu Talbod, whose saloon at Ninth
and Pacific streets, was raided at 9
m. by Sergeant Russell and Sahara
squad, was fined $10 and costs. Seven
inmates whom the cops captured
there were released. The police got
some change which was lying on the
bar. Talbod explained the presence
of this money by stating that he was
very busy and had neglected to pick
up the change, wnicn lay on tne ma-
ogany, he said, since : p. m.
Anne Cooper, colored, was hned
$10 for running a disorderly house
at 1316 Pacific street. Four inmates
were fined $1 and costs.
Holdup Man Wilts
When Given a Long
Sentence by Judge
"Prisoner, have you anything to say
why sentence shouldn't be pronounced
upon you?" queried Judge Sears of
the district court in low tones as
Frank Rogers, convicted by a jury
of highway robbery, etood before him.
Rogers looked straight ahead for a
moment, then shifted his dispassion
ate eyes toward his attorney, who
stood beside him. The court room
was still as death. The judge coughed
and repeated his interrogation to the
prisoner at the bar.
Another pause then an inaudible
"No" from Rogers.
"I therefore sentence you to four
teen years in the state penitentiary,"
the court said
The prisoner stiffened, then wilted,
as if he had been struck full in the
face. The long sentence, unexpected,
unnerved him. He was led out of
the court room tottering and hanging
on the arms of deputy sheriffs.
Rogers was found guilty by a jury
of having help up and robbed the
Keen hotel, in the very shadow of the
big granite building in which he was
held in jail, tried, convicted and sentenced.
Australians Ask About
Omaha's Fire Platoons
Superintendent Withnell of the fire
department received from the Fire
Brigade Employes' union of New
South Wales an inquiry for informa
tion relative to the double shift sys
tem in operation in the Omaha fire
department The letter was dated at
Sydney, Australia.
Kansas Pastor Speaks
Marriage Lines for Own Son
Rev, Wilson W. Tait, a Presbyte
rian minister living at Miltonville,
Kan., was the officiating pastor when
his son, Henry W. Tait. of Norfolk,
Neb., and Hiss Ida A. Buol of Ran
dolph, Neb., were married in Omaha,
The young folks will make their home
at Norfolk. Rev. Mr. Tait made a
special trip to Omaha to perform the
ceremony.
ined for Being Caught
With Young Girls in Raid
That procurers recruit young girls
from Douglas street dance halls for
work in Omaha's underworld was the
statement made before Police Judge
Madden Wednesday by sergeant Rus
sell of the police morals' squad. He
was testifying against G. H. Moore,
1008 North Sixteenth etreet, and
Dave Miller. 2017 North Sixteenth
street. Moore, who faced the charge
of vagrancy, was hned $35 and costs.
Miller was fined $15 and costs for
being an inmate of an ill-governed
house.
Two 18-year-old girls who live with
their folks in Omaha and who work
business offices in this city, were
discharged with a warning. They
were with Moore and Miller, police
say, when the cops raided the , house
of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sippe at 1609
Leavenworth street. Mr. and Mrs.
iooe. who were arraigned for keep
ing an ill-governed house, pleaded
not guilty and had their case con
tinued until friday tor a hearing.
Patriotic Demonstration
Is Held at Central High
An outdoor patrotic demonstration
wat held yesterday on the south
stept of Central High school. Ltd
by two glee clubs of the school, the
upilt and faculty sang I he star
Dandled Banner" and "America."
The cadet battalion was on dress
parade and responded to a call to
colors. I. J. Dunn and Morris Man
golin, the latter a pupil, expressed
patriotic sentiments. Principal Mat
ters presided.
More than 2,000 pupils and teachers
joined in the tinging. Many pedes
trians tarried along the way to listen
and observe. A veteran passing along
Dodge street stopped long enough to
add one more voice to the tinging of
America.
Singing of patriotic tongs by the
student! was led on a cornet by
Charles R. Dtvis, 17-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Davis. He
is leader of the school band.
Wilson is Superintendent
Of Telephone Company
Lloyd B. Wi son of 5007 California
street, this citv. soecial agent on the
staff of the general commercial su
perintendent of the Nebraska Tele
phone company, hat been tppointed
commercial superintendent of the
Northwestern lelephone Exchange
company, effective May 1, with head
quarters in Minneapolis.
Mr. Wilson will succeed M. L.
Lane of Minneapolit at commercial
superintendent of the Northwestern
company, Mr, Lane coming to
Omaha May 1 as assistant general
commercial superintendent of the
northwestern group of the Bell tele
phone system, which includes both
the Nebraska and Northwestern com-
Denies.
Mr. Lane is t brother ot H. Vance
Lane, who was formerly general
manager here of tbe Nebraska Tele
phone company.
Funeral of Joseph Sorenson
. Held at St. Mark's Church
The funeral of Joseph Sorenson,
jr., who died Monday morning at his
home, spencer street, was held
Wednesday afternoon at St. Mark's
Lutheran church, Kev. L. troh om
dating.
Joe was a pre-medic student at the
University of Nebraska and a mem
ber of the University Olee club. Be'
sides his parents. Mr. and Mrs. ToS'
eph Sorenson, lie is survived by two
brothers, John and Walter.
Says Mailman Hubby Was
Too Popular On His Route
Allegations that her husband. Au
gust Waage, a mail carrier, became
too friendly with the women on his
route are made by Mrs. Vernice
Waage in a reply and answer to a
cross petition filed in divorce court.
Mrs. Waage asserts that her spouse's
Komeo-hke conduct toward women
other than herself hat been in evi
dence for teveral years.
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