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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JANTUARY 14, lalS. GIRL HELD WITH CHAUFFEUR FOR BOOTLEGGING Jess Eckford Arrested and His Car Seized for Bringing Booze From St. Joseph. Jess Eckford, said to be the leader of the gang which is carrying on the hquor traffic between St. Joseph and Omaha, was arrested Sunday morn ing by Omaha police. Eckford is a chauffeur. Police say that Eckford and his ac complices have been operating on a colossal scale. Nine Cadillac cars are said to be in operation, and as high as SO gallons of booze carried on each trip. Eckford's Cadillac car has been seized by the authorities, who will confiscate it if a conviction is secured, Irene Miller, 1815 Jackson street. was also arrested in connection with the case. She is booked for investi ration. It is now thought that the liquor is being carried across the river on the ice, as the police have been guarding .L. i.ll 1JJ.. '.I , I ine ion onage mgnt ana a ay. That city detectives have been no proached and offered large sums to aid the bootleggers was brought to light Sunday. One detective stated that he had been offered 50 per cent ot tne net proms it tie would ride in a car across the toll bridge, thereby allaying suspicion. The net receipts on one trip are said to be $1,000. When the detective rejected the offer the man laughingly said he was only xiaamg. Eckford will be held for the federal authorities following the disposition of the present complaint Bonds were ruted at $750. OMAHA BAPTIST MINISTER Rev. A. A. De Larme of First Church Say Immersion Still Is Belief of His Church. OPPOSES ROCKEFELLER VIEW New Books Just Received At Omaha Public Library The Omaha Public library an- nounces a large addition of new books to its collection. Among the chief titles are the following: Bradley. J. H. Education after the War. Nicholson, Perclval Blood Pressure. Bancroft, Hubert H. In These Latter Days. Lorlng, Andrew Rhymer's Lexicon. Sleff, Mark Manual of Russian Commer clal Correspondence. Selling Tour Forces. Stone. Gilbert At the Front In a Flivver. Clarke, O. H. Treasury of War Verse. Gibson, Hugh Journal of Our Legation in Belgium. Cobb, Irvln Speaking of Prussians. Gibbons, Helen D. Red Rugs of Tarsus. Powell. B. A. Italy at War. VanDyke, Henry Fighting For Peace. Dllnot, Frank Lloyd George, the Man and His story. McCann, Alfred W: Thirty-Cent Bread. Kirk, Alice 8. Practical Food Cookery. Davis, C. B. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis. Wood, Eric Thrilling Deeds of British Airmen. Wade, Mary L. Book of Corn Cookery. Kennan, George Salton Sea. Kllner, Joyce Literature In the Making. Bennett, Arnold Books and Persons. Halsey, F. W. Balfour, Vlvianl and Joffre: Their Speeches and Public Utter, anres. Lewis, B. O. The Offender and "His Re lations to Law and Society. Moore, H. H. Youth and the Nation: Guide to Service. Goldman, M. C. Public Defender. "Kultur," Dr. Spence's Thsms At First Methodist Church Dr. W. H. Soence. castor of the Honscome Park Methodist churh delivered the Sunday sermon at the First Methodist church in the ab sence of Dr. Alfred E. Craig, presi- a nt ot Morningside college, who was to have filled the pulpit. Dr. Craig was storm-bound tn Chicago. The early paean and barbaric wor ship, first of might and muscular prowess, and then of unmoral intel lectuality or "Kultur," as divinity, was the foundation of Dr. Craig s sermon. He pointed out the modern Christian conception of enlightened and moral intelectuality, which forms the basis of the United States' reasons for en tering the world war. Want Indoor Tennis Play. New York, Jan. 13. At a special meeting today of the officers of the Seventh Regiment Lawn Tennis club, it was decided to apply to the United States Lawn Tennis association to hold the national indoor champion ship tournament for men beginning Saturday, March 30. Cancellation of the tournament a week ago brought Brie) City News Have Root Print It New Beacon Press. Military Wrist Watches Edholm, Jeweler. J. P. Palmer has moved his law offlre to 552 Bee hullJ1nr. OUR ELECTRIC WASHERS will pay for themselves. Special terms. Burfcess-Granden Co. George L. Fisher, architect, for merly of Fisher & Lawrle, has re turned to Omaha and opened offices in City National Bank building. Fined for Having Booze A. Al. dera, arrested Thursday night on a charge of illegal possession of liquor, was fined $100 and costs In police court. Returns from Fnneral Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Fitzsimmons have re turned from Vail, la., where they attended the funeral sen-ices for Mr. Fltzsimons's father. State Bank of Omaha, corner Six teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per cent on time deposits. Three per cent on savings accounts. All deposits In this bank are protected by the de positors' guarantee fund of the state of Nebraska. Adv. " .,ni Wayne State Normal. 'S? ': "P 1 n t V nt nra si f k hill n Ir.un ,varv jne comfortable, is at last one consolation these days. The Wayne State Normal Community club gave another of its unique entertain ments in the new gymnasium last Satur day evening. The affair was in charge of the girls of North hall. Hazel Norton whoas finished her work in the Normal is In" charge of the Fifth grade at Harrison, Sioux county. Bessie Blake, a member of the senior class. Is elected to a position In the Omaha schools. She reports for duty at the close of the first semester. Cbarlrs Chlnn, first lieutenant. United States reserves, and stationed at present at Camp Dodge, la., visited Normal friends last Monday. Lieutenant Chinn is a member of the first graduating class of the Wayne State Normal, the class of '11. Lucille Sehemel. a member of the mid year graduating class, was notified last week of her election to a position in the Battle Creek schools. Her work begins Monday, January 14. Dr. J. T. House addressed an educational meeting at Baniroft last Friday evening. He was entertained at the home of John O. Nelhardt. while In the city. Ajel Counts, who finishes the advanced course at the cl"se of the first semester, was elected to a position in the consolidated Hchools at Climbing Hill, la. She begins work January ?' Recent utterances of John D. Rockefeller, jr., in addresses to his Bible class, and in his address before the Baptist Mission in New York City wherein he suggested abandon ment of the practice of immersion, have raised a storm among the Bap tists all over the country. The press of the denomination has given much attention to Mr. Rockefeller in con sequence, and everywhere church members are discussing the subject. i e individuality of the Baptist church organizations makes it diffi cult to procure an expression of opin ion representative of the entire body, but here in Omaha, Rev. A. A. De Larme, of the First Baptist church, has given out a statement that coin cides with the general sentiment among members of the sect through out the west. ,, "This is not a new discussion. About eight vears azo. the M6unt Morris Baptist church of New York! Uty took up what had been merely an expression of opinion by a few laymen, and magnified it by its en dorsement. A church in California and another in Michigan followed that lead, and there was quite a stir oyer it. Then, some laymen and ministers took the matter up as indi viduals, and the Baptist association withdrew the hand of fellowship from tbem in consequence. "The organization of the Baptist church is simple. Each congregation is independent of every other, and arranges its affairs as it pleases. In matters of faith they are simply as sociations of men and women who cherish the same religious beliefs, but they are not under the control or discipline of any such authority as a bishop, or a synod. The various bod ies are united in an 'association' which simply assures harmony of ac tion in various activities beyond the range of individual churches. If any church decides that it cannot longer subscribe to the articles of faith of the Baptist denomination, the associ ation simply votes to withdraw the hand of fellowship from it and it drops out of the association. The same course is followed toward lay men by the separate church bodies." There are no such penalties as ex communication, anathema, deposi tion, unfrocking, and the like in the Baptist church. "The Baptists in this country num ber more than 6,000.000 and it is in evitable that some differences of in-1 dividual opinion should exist amone aw iiiiij y.iojii3 uut in iiic main they adhere to the tenets of their faith with reasonable strictness. Some are inclined to be rigid and uncompromising, but others are more liberal. "It is not true, as many outsiders believe, that Baptists regard salva tion as dependent only on the act of immersion. The fact that a man has not been immersed does not of itself bar him from salvation. From the Baptist viewpoint, salvation de pends on three things, viz: Belief in Christ as the Savior, Repentance, and Regeneration, that is, loyalty to the teachings ot the bavior as laid down in the Scriptures; penitence for sins committed; and a determination to lead a better life, "the true believer therefore ac cepts the resurrection of Christ as t doctrine of faith, and as churches are only associations of individuals who think alike in religious matters, they adopt some form of entrance into their association that is typical of their united belief. Use No Compulsion. "The Baptists believe that entrance to the church should be through the ceremony of baptism, and they con sider the only true form of baptism to be the immersion of the entire body of the neophyte in water as typifying (1) the cleansing from sin bv washine in water; (2) the burial of the old body with its burden of sin; and (3) the resurrection of the new man to a life of purity and rec titude. "We Baptists use no compulsion to bnnar members into our church. There are, without doubt, many peo ple who are Rood men and women, good citizens, believers in the teach ings of Christ, moral, religious, faith ful, but they can be all these without being members of the Baptist church. We do not assert that tne Baptist church has a monopoly of salvation, but we do say that if you want to unite with us vou must make a pub lic nrofession of vour faith in the same way that we have done, by baptism which we insist snail be Dy immersion as typical of burial and resurrection. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Peru 8tnt Normal. Prof. C. H. Heard, formerly head of the Department of Agriculture at reru. m been appointed to a government position as inspector of fruit and garden marketing. The position carries with it a .raise of iM in salary over the salary he has been re ceiving in the Arkansas university. He will spend a month to six weeks In Washington taking special training oeiore Doing assigncu to a definite position. A survey of the available garden ground in .Pern has lust been completed by mem bers of the Agricultural and General Science classes tinder the direction of Prof. Loomts of the Agricultural Department. The sur vey showed only nine gardens ana drck yards which were not used for garden pur poses last year out of a total of 163 garden plots, aggregating 25 acres. It Is planned to follow up this survey by the organiza tion of a garden club to utilise all available land for garden purpces next summer, The Rural Demonstration school In the Wnnev Creek district, under the supervision of Mies Harriet Arms, has recently In stalled a system of warm noomiay lunches. The children above the fourth graae lane turns in preparing one hot dish each day, as well as serving the lunch and washing the dishes. The children vork in small groups, each group serving a week at a time. The facility with which the work is done is graded and due credit given. Some nf the followinsr things have been prominent on the dally lunch: Baked potatoes, bak.d apples, baked squash, tomato ana potato soup and cocoa. One condition Is that the cost of service shall not exceed two cents a week per child. This Is made possible by the many, donations that are made by the parents. It Is believed that a marked Im provement tn the school work Is noticeable as a direct result of the warm noonday lunch. The additional time that is taken throuah observing proper rules of decorum at the lunch hour is believed to be not the least of the good results that have tonowea the Introduction of the hot lunch. All of this work is under the direct supervision of Miss Lena Harrington; member of the Rural Department faculty.' Prof. Overholt, treasurer of the army Young Men's Christian association fund, reports that an additional 1313 in cash has recently been turned over to the proper officers, who have In charge the administra tion of that fund. A letter of appreciation has been receivea from ttrand KnlKht L. P. Wlrth of Falls City, Neb., in acknowledgment of the funds raised in Peru for the recent drive 01 me Knights of Columbus. $81 was the amount raised at this place, this in addition to the course for an elementary certificate. . r-lmry room In Hay Springs, last Monday morning. ,. .i, who haa been doing post crucluato work at the normal, was elected to the science department of the Gordon High school and began her work the last of December. Five French war orphans have been adopted by members of ths faculty and students. The Alice Freeman Palmer society gave a program December 20, consisting of music, reading and the story of The Other Wise Man." On Thursday December SO. the Toung Women's Christian association meeting took the form of a song service, composed of Chrls-mas music. The meeting was led by Miss Scovel. Kearney Slate Normal. Prof, J. H. Stoutemyer conducted a study center class in psychology at Ord, January 5 Miss Cora O'Conneil conducted a study ' rer class In Spanish at Wood River Sat urday, January 6. Miss Blanche E. Riggs of the English de partment has written to give definite assur ance of her return at the beginning of the second semester. Miss Marjorle Brown, '18. of Mlnden, has accopteu tl.e prlnclpalshlp of the Leigh High school. She began work Monday. Carl Ilcrrgutn of Platte Center, former studnnt. .has registered In the commercial dr -n t for the second semester. The Misses Marjorle Pratt and Amelia Loewenstotn left for Chicago university last week, wnere they will complete their kinder garten supervisor's course. Dean Lulu Wirt will speak on "Causes and Cure of Flat-Foot1' at the next meeting of the Child Study club. Miss Mildred Soderquist has gone to Syra cuse, N. Y to teach physical training. Sorgeant August Luedtke, '17, who Is on a furlough convalescing from a serious case of appendicitis, is visiting with friends In Kearney. Dewey Dickinson and Dewey Laws of Coiad, Neb., have enlisted In the aviation corps and are now stationed at Fort Logan. Colo. Miss Susie Scott has again taken up studies. Miss Soott was absent for two monthi on account of sickness in the family. Miss Ethel Jones of Overton, Neb., has returned after an enforced absence due to Injuries rocelved in an automobile accident In Kearney, several weeks ago. Miss Wanda Drake, a Junior, withdrew from her school duties during Christmas fi r"ut a position In a rural $2,500 raised for the army Toung Men's sschool near Alma. Christian association fund. Vork College. The York Colleee Debating society held Its first preliminary debate Friday at the college chapel. There were eight contestants trying out for places on the team, wnicn will represent York college in the inter collegiate debates. The question Is: Resolved, that the war tax law of last octoner snoum be amended by substantially increasing the tax on incomes and excess profits. The fol lowing persons appeared in the tryout: Nega tive, Lee Fletcher, Merle Snider. Mary cave. Andrew Sweet; affirmative, Lenore John, Marion Mulvaney, Frank Stowe and Lena Myers. Miss Garda Parker has been elected as. soclate editor of the Sandburr and Mies Hazel Foster literary editor to fill the vacancies In the staff left by Byron Tatlow and Alice Kallff. The Zetalatheans have recently elected the following officers for the second semester: Merle Snide-, president: Myrtle Broehl. vice president; Hazel Foster, secretary; Hattie Mapps, treasurer; Uaraa ranter, critic; Theda McCoun. usher; Bertha Mitchell. chaplain; Lenore John, pianist: Gale Cox, press reporter; Lenore Grosshans, chorister. Final examinations for tne first semester have been held this week, together with the registration of students for the second semester, which opens Monday, January 4. A number of new students have regis tered. Basket ball is receiving considerable at tention Just now, more interest being mani fested in it since the defeat of the Colum bus team. No extensive schedule Is planned for a college team, but a few games will be plsyed both on the home floor and away The following girls have recently come to stay at the dormitory: Florence Wln gard of Aurora, Clara Oetcrmeler of Chap pel, and Florence Rourke of Cedar Rapids. Percy Burke and Lester Kettering, both members of the senior class, who recently enlisted in the Field Artillery Division of he army, have been sent to Camp Gren, N. C, to help fill up a regiment. Chadron Normal. School started Monday with the majority of the students back and ready for work, and with a slight increase in enrollment. Miss Harris, who spent her vacation at the home of her mother In Lincoln, did not re turn Monday owing to the illness of her sister- Prof. R. E. Holch, who auccees Prof. Clemonts in the manual training department, nas begun nis worn. Registrar King made a business trtn to Lincoln during the holidays. VIks Alice Nlon. who hns lust finished .1 .tutlce starts soon. The new it;. iiinr.s'iim has been so far completed that the midwinter athletics can be carried out as first planned. Tho Misses Catherine Nye, Helen Oldham and Mrs. Isabelle O. Ford, graduates, were visitors at the school during the holidays. Prof. J. A. Stryker and Prof. B. H. Pat terson spent part of their Christmas holi days in Chicago, attending the National Penmanship convention. Eugene Hennlnger, Shelton, Neb., has re signed his school position In Scottbluff county and Is at present traveling for a grocery firm in Oklahoma Mrs. Otis C. Owens, having regained strength after a serious surgical operation, left Monday for Sldell, III., where she v...l remain until strong enough to resume her Befool work. Prof. C. N. Anderson, head of the history department, who was painfully Injured in a runaway last week, has recovered. The accidental discharge ot a ihotgun during a holiday hunting expedition is re sponsible for a somewhat prolonged vacation for Ellis Murphy of, Kearney, a popular junior. Mr. Murphy's Injuries are painful, but not serious. Sergeant Dal Lents Is home from San Antonio, Tex., on six months' disability fur lough. Fremont Collrge. January 17 .. . iM.nj the term, the days will be full for students of the various courses, as examinations will begin Thursday morning and continue until Friday evening. The second winter term will open Jan uary 22. The night school of the college recently opened by Prof. G.-H. Baker, who has been at the head of the department for more than 20 years, is a great success In point of numbers. Mrs. Clemmons, secretary of the college, visited Omaha Tuesday to purchase six new typewriters for the stenographic department. Perry Stevensen, Webster City, la., gen eral missionary of the American Sunday school, was a visitor at chapel Friday morn ing. H. M. Munson of the extension depart ment, Is preparing an entertainment to be given within the next two weeks. The debate between the teachers' class and srkntlflcs last week, was one of the most "ed that has been given during the year. s. J. I. Ray gave a song recital before th student body Thursday. Forty-three new students have registered. Several states were represented In the registration. The Union and Star llterarlrs are alternat ing thHr meetings arh week. fad We Guarantee Results Get Our Booklet Mailed Free Colfax 78 Lay Your Bets on the Boys in the Trenches By Buying War Savings Stamps THE BIG DRIVE BEGINS JANUARY 14 These Baby Bonds Are the Most Profitable Investment on the Market Groups of Persons Are Pledging Themselves to Buy Savings Stamps on Partial Payments. Hundreds of Men Each Have Agreed to Buy a $4.12 Stamp Each Week Thousands of Children Are Buying the Little Stamps. Pertinent Points About War Savings Stamps War Savings Stamps are Baby Bonds, paying 4.41 per cent per annum, and backed by the wealth of the whole nation. The little stamps sell for 25 cents each tell the children about them. The $5 stamp sells for $4.12 dur ing this month and draws a cent a month of interest till 1923, when the government will redeem it at $5, or 4.41 per cent interest. You can buy the stamps outright, or on the installment plan. They are on sale at many places through out the city and county. All the big business houses will tell their employes how to buy the War Savings Stamps on easy terms. Ask the managers. You are expected to organize a club and purchase many stamps. Groups of men and women are forming to purchase War Savings Stamps. Some will buy outright and others will buy on time. Every worker and every business man is expected to pledge himself to purchase a number of stamps. Organizations of men or of wo men, having funds in their treas uries, are expected to use this money in buying War Savings Stamps. When you buy these stamps you simply lend your money to Uncle Sam, and they are as good as gold. If you must have cash, the gov ernment will redeem the stamps on ten days' notice to any money or der postoffice, with accrued in terest. You are saving money when you buy these stamps. They are as good as gold and they pay good interest. You can buy a Baby Bond today. Don't put it off. Read What Our Patriotic Citizens Say About the War Savings Stamps. "The sinking of the Lusitania with its precious cargo of lives must be avenged." Charles T. Kountze. "When you buy a War Savings Stamp you lend money to Uncle Sam at 4.41' . L. V. Nicholas. "Forget that the War Savings Stamps are profitable buy them because the nation is at war and needs the money." Robt. H. Manley. "The Baby Bonds pay a big interest rate buy a bushel of them." Harry Lapidus. "Every man, woman and child must buy War Savings Stamps, and then buy some more." Joe Barker. "We are going to show the Kaiser that when he sank our ships he sealed his doom." Dad Weaver. "Napoleon said that the nation with the largest money chest wins the war. Our nation is it." Geo. Brandeis. "Christ taught democratic principles, oses established the first democratic government, and his people, the Israelites, fought to maintain it." Rev. John Albert Williams. "We are getting ready to take a fall out of the Kaiser. It will take a lot of money. Buy a War Savings Stamp." E. Buck ingham. "Buy a hat full of War Savings Stamps; they pay a big interest and you can get your money back any time." T. W. Blackburn. "Every true patriot will buy a War Sav ings Stamp, and many of them." Capt. C. E. Adams. "The Kaiser fears American money as much as he does American guns. Buy War Savings Stamps." Guy Cramer. "Political freedom for every nation that is the slogan." J. E. Davidson. "Foreign-born Americans are sending their sons to war and contributing money to help carry on the war. They will all buy War Savings Stamps." Val. Peter. "Just tell the people what a War Sav ing Stamp is that's enough. They will all buy them." Harry McCormick. "Every pupil of the public schools and all other schools should buy War Savings Stamps, and I believe they'll do it." J. H. Beveridge. "It'll take money to 'kill the Kaiser' buy War' Savings Stamps." Dan Des dunes. "When you compute the total wealth of Nebraska the figures are colossal. Our people will buy the full quota of War Savings Stamps." Charles Metz. "Nebraska's purchase of War Savings Stamps will be so large as to strike terror to the Kaiser's heart, believe me." Ward M. Burgess. The Big Douglas Count, Drive Begins January 14 The Douglas County Committee for the sale of U. S. War Savings Stamps has its headquarters at 1612 Farnam Street (Seventh Regiment Recruiting Post.) Call and get literature explaining all about the War Savings Stamps. It is free. Volunteer workers are wanted. Come on Everybody and Make the Drive a Tremendous Success!