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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1924)
Im •er Ring in Paving Deal, New Report Contractors Believed to Have Formed “Combine” to Control 1924 Street Bids. It Is a sorrowful group of paving contractors Who find themselves in the cold on city paving as a result of the breakdown of their scheme to get $2.76 a yard for asphaltic con crete. As told exclusively In The Omaha Bee Thursday, the contractors' plans were upset by an "outsider" who sub mitted a bid of $2.53. These same contractors now admit that the work can be done for about $2.40 a yard. They are anxious to get a chance to bid again, saying the $2.53 price will result in a loss of thousands of dollars to the city. $2.45 Bid Rumored. It was learned Friday that another "outsider” was in Omaha Tuesday and that he planned to bid approxi mately $2.45. This outsider was buttonholed by those who attended the secret meet ing and "persuaded” to stay out. Now that the full plans of those in the frame up have fallen through this buttonholed outsider may come forward with an offer to do the work below the $2.53 bid. New "Franieup,” Charge Another element of importance ram# to light today when It waa charged that while the “frameup” meeting was actually In progress one of those on the ‘'inside" was carrying on another “frameup" on the outside. The story *t city hall Is that this contractor left the hotel meeting and hunted up City Commissioner Kout sky and told him the whole story. As a result of this alleged frameup within a frameup It la charged that thy $2.53 bid was slipped in at the aame time that the $2.40 bid was kept out by means of button holing the second outsider. As also shown in The Omaha Bee Thursday, the average coat to the tax payers in 1023 for the laying of 252, 463 yards of asphaltic concrete was $544,153. This was a cost per yard of between >2.15 and $2.16. No Competitive Bidding* It Is true that bide were secured In August, 1923, at. the rate of $2,50 1-2, but It Is pointed out that this was at a time of year when material prices are always higher than In January. The fact remains that the work last year was done at an average coet of about $2.15 a yard If the charge Is true that there was a com bine within a combine, then there was In fact no competitive bidding and property holders may petition for a reletting to bring the costs down. Among Those Present. Among those present at the hotel meeting were K. A. and Leo Wickham of Council Bluffs, W. L. Carey, J. H. McDonald, Doyle and Oraham, James J. Parke. John T. Kern. Richard Murphy, T. F. Kennedy, Don John son and Dan Whitney. War on Independents. “The fact of the matter Is, the Omaha, paving contractors want te drive the Independent companies out." Commissioner Joseph Koutsky said. “Insofar as the bids of last Tuesday are concerned, I will report them to the city council next Tues day morning In the usual manner. . The tabulation will show the low bid ders. Acceptance of these bids, as • matter of fact, rests with* the proper ty owners who pay for the paving. “They have 30 days In which to se lect materials for their respective dls , trict. At all times we Intend to do our best to protect the taxpayers and they will have the last word as to whether the bids opened on Tuesday shall stand." * Rum Runners Are More Active dr teqprlnted Preaa. Ottawa, Feb. 22.—Report* of In creased activities of rum runners along tba Atlantic coast have given f rise to speculation hereby to the prob able date of the consluelon of the pact between fan art a ejid the United States to curb liquor amuggllng. About a month ago the Canadian government sent proposals to Wash ington based on the discussion of ths Ottawa conferene# between repre sentatives of the two countries, but It le understood Canada has been un able to accept the measures suggest ed by the United State*. George Arils* is reported to b« al most through with "The Adopted Father.'’ which he hat been making in London while playing In tl* stage production of "The Green Goddess" there. Balloon Dance I Saturday, Fabrtiary S3 Novoltlos, Prices. Good Muale and » Perfect Floor. Admission SO Cents. Moose Temple, 2Sth and Fa^nam ms/ffla Omehe’e Tun Center Met. end Kite Today Tba Columbia Burlaab. ‘'NIFTIES/* With BILLY FOSTEP, WILL H. COHAN A Lad!!r^HCg!nBt^*I^WMnry» i j Black Bridal Headdress of Sweden 250 Years Old Is Owned by Omahan Swedish Maidens of Ollier Days Took Marital Vows in Odd Coronet. _i_ A bridal head-dress more than 250 years old Is owned by Mrs. Frit* Sandwall, 818 North Thirty-fourth street. It came from Sweden and was given to Mrs. Sandwall when ehs was a little girl by her godmother/ the wife of Bishop Turnberg of the Swedish Lutheran church. Mrs. Sandwall then lived In Jonkoping. « small town near Stockholm, Sweden. The head-dress, in the shape of a coronet, made of fine horsehair and trimmed with fine cord and bits of st,raw made In flower design. It Is black except for the flower design In straw color. Jt is held In shape with a facing of black maline. \ “The bride* of Sweden for many years often wore black,” said Mrs. Sandwall. "They seldom wore the bridal veil which is so common now. The marriage festivities lasted three days there. Relatives for miles around gathered for the occasion. The elaborate head-dresses were only worn by brides of aristocratic fam ilies. "Bans in Sweden are published in the state church three Sundays pre vious to the day of rnarriagp," Mrs. Sandwall explained. “For this rea son there are not so many mistakes made in hasty marriages and there are few divorces in Sw'eden, even to day." Mrs. Sandwall had other relics from Sweden byt all wears lost In the Faster tornado. The head dress was pent to her by her mother a year ago. Tragedy Right, Say We. A biographer, writing of Pola Ne gri. says:" “At the age of 12 the wistful lit tle Pola had already passed through ;t tragedy. .She had mastered four languages—Russian, German, French and Polish." REEL REMARKS ] Ry the M. P. Editor. I _) John Gilbert end Benee Adoree have started on "A Man's Mate.” "Broadway After Dark," has more stage stars in it than film people. Fred Melatesta has a press agent that declares the Italian is an 'intel lectual' heavy. There’s a lot of those heavy intellectuals in every office Fred—don't play it up strong. Emmett Flynn, who^has just fin ished "Nellie the Beautiful • Cloak Model" for Goldwyn. predicts a revival of melodrama to take the place of costume pictures which have recently held the screen. Douglas Fairbanks is dreaming about his next film. Actually. He is wondering how a fantasy of how people will conduct themselves 200 years from now would (appeal to America. Czecho Film Is Coming Sunday A Czechoslovak program of pictures will he offered at the Brandeis next Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. The feature picture is a love story entitled "The Cross at the Brook,” arid there is also a news reel and a travelogue giving glimpses of the life of President Masaryk of Czecho sfavakia. Winifred Westover, who is Mrs. Bill Hart, wants to return to the screen and he hilled as "Mrs. Bill Hart.” But Bill, from whom she is separated, objects anil wants to stand on the $200,000 settlement of their marriage difficulties which he made 1 a year or two ago. -band \ WILL t (sracM* l In tHy' \ ’.huT* «u*r*n'M MGR- i ^You'll Go Hear This A Band; Surest Thing Ever NO INCREASE _ IN PRICES C* GAYETY, TODAY US? I _____ 1 Now Playing - f:*0 and ®:20 STASIA LEDOVA Gorgaoua and Moat Expan lira Production in Vaudavllla ‘‘Thank You, Doctor” M. KRANZ A I r S!CN® AL WHITE 1_FR1SCOE “An Artlafia Traat** _ Strobal A Martana_ _ DOUGLAS LEAVITT A RUTM MARY LOCKWOOD Pablaa_Patha Nawa_ Topic a — Monday to Saturday, Incloalva ■ — Ev'nga, 22c, 45c, 66r, $1, Plua Taa I Matlnaaa , ., 25c and 50c, Plua Taa | i DEE WANT Mb BRING RESULTS i I ~ it 'td *»''M*lone" I J mssm \°j?.b; 44 E. H. mm JULIA Sothern-Marlowe T1:y2T TAMING ;h'. SHREW TONIGHT U M || ■ cr T a sharp n A In L K I Ticket* $1.00, $2.00, $2.SO, $3,00 1 1 oU»pf Chicaqos Audience Off Its Feet| [a MOST RITMSRKARIF THOIOPLAvl from § CZECHOSLOVAKIA f m CROSSAVBBOOR ALSO EASCINATINO SCNUN IRAVLtOOUt. PRAGUE TODAY .I I 'PAESIDINT MASARYK IN HIS INTIMATI tURROUNOlNOS* [Ml SubtiDts In Aoth Ew]l>:h i Czech lanquaqe] ji- v-!sfT''“/JHI • Wj PLAVINO 3 DAYS QUV ^ Oj| SUN . V .ON TUE9. EM Ft® 24'" A SIS’* mat ;Mf JVC 4 400 #M |vt*iN<> 7* 4 too>H nnifkf H*»*» ta** $«» HS$I«1$ aka WM!LLw $‘,.30* tl»*» | 1 I© 0$ •»« ,t*’,3*$-a U< i •* * • e*n t HEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS BOUIXVARD • • 33d and Laavanworth j Vanda villa and*" f HE BRASS BOfTI I " | Comadv anil "Ruth ol Ranga." No. 14 I.OTHROP ?4th and l.nlhmp "All tha RmiKaii W'#ie Valiant" Aetnp'i I ahlea 4r.1t "Go Wp«t" (•HAND IHth and lltnnay MART Tit MORI* In "TF*3 Ol Till MORM COUNTRY" Reception to Be Qiven for Italian Actress r-——— I _I A reception In honor of4\lha Tiberio, Italian actress, will be given at Hotel Fontenelle Monday by representative Italians of Omaha. S. Salerno, Italian consular agent, is In charge of the affair. Miss Tiberio appears at the Or pheum next week. She Is called the "encyclopedic arsiste" and lays claim to being the most vertiatile girl In the world. She is a viollglst, cellist, concertina player, vocalist, sharpshooter, car toonlse. singer, dancer and juggler. 'real and unreel'' DON H. RIIIIT. Holliwnnd < nrresiranilrnt of Tbs ^ Omaha Bee. y Dangerous Doubling. Godiva, you might remember, was ihe lady that took off all her clothes and rode on a white horse, for some reason that we never bothered to In quire. And over at Universal the other day Mary Philbin was slated to do a Godiva for the movies. And if Mary had done it, and the horse had done what it did do, and the same thing had happened to Mary that happened to the little extra girl, you’d read this here piece on page ons and not back in this godgone colyurn. It. was a theater set, and the Godiva stuff was supposed to be dur ing a play and a little extra girl was sitting on the white hoss in the ap proved Godiva fashion. And a lamp started to stutter, and the boss reared and the extra girl fell off and the hoss stepped on her and just busted up the opery right. But Mary wasn't even there. Q. and A. Department. Q.—Dear Sir: I.ast night I had a terrible dream. I thought that a theater manager, seeing Ben Turpin buying a ticket, demanded that he pay double fare on the ground that Ben could see the show from two angles, coming and going. Then I thought that Ben refused and, feeling deeply humiliated, placed a pistol |over his heart to end it all, and shot ■himself in the ankle. Please radio reply.—Don S. Hulett, I.ong Beach. A.— I*ear Dor: Come home. All is forgiven. Watch for This. Talking about Jacqueline I.ogan we believe we have mentioned before that she designs all her own cos tumes for the movies. The day she told us the story about Mickey she had on a skimpy little blue serge skirt and what was supposed to be a shirtwaist. It was a kind of open work thing, and here and there un derneath were little patches of pink ribbon. We asked her where she found it. “If they' don't start dressing me up,” said Jackie, who was kind of heebie that morning, "people will start sending me their old clothes I made this waist out of an old lace curtain.” We w»re very glad to know it. Now we know what happens to old lac* curtain". And not a had fate *1 Ithat, aay we. These Hectic Movies. Time, tide and Cecil P* M 1.* pi'» ductions wait for no matK Bert Glennon la C. B e chief cam eraman. Also a dutiful husband H is wife is Nan Harrow who wa* a film editor for quite a while. Bert reported for work on tine the other morning, and gave care ful and Judicial consideration to the lighting, the cranking, and all the other detail* of his Job. But about every half hour a messenger hoc would dash out of the telephone tooth on the lot and out to Bert and whisper. About half past four the boy made his fln%l dash. , "Girl.” he whispered to Bert "Nino pounds." Bert slipped the boy a ten dolls. bill. And went on cranking. PLATNER BROS. AGENTS RADIANT HOME Semi-Anthracite—Only a Tub of Aahea to a Ton Special 4 E^ KE nwood Price ^B Jg | £ ^ 5811 Four Yard* O. K. Records, 17c Fresh Bakery Goods .. _ , . Up-to-date 10-ln double Home-Made Cook.es, per ^ fac*d records. Popular "or.1Zc I m • instrumental and vocal 3 dot. for.33c records, on sale Sat. Coffee Cakes, 2 for 25c Main Floor s Final Close Out Prices on Winter Coats Lot $0 One O These Coats embrace several good stylish models and the materials are Yelours, Tweeds, Plaids, Po laires and Overplaids. They are all-wool fabrics; good, warm and serviceable. T0t Two 1\J New Winter Coats in the wanted styles, and materials of Bolivia, Ve lours, Polaires, Tweeds and other high luster coatings; some very attractive sport fabrics; some with fur collars— Lot Three Bolivia, Normandy, Plush, Caracul, Fashona and Velour; the fur collars are Manchurian Wolf, Viatka Squir rel, Coney and Beaverette; several styles to choose from and every Coat is a wonderful bargain— Children’s Coats at Cost and Less Thrifty mothers will take ad vantage of this sale: many styles; all materials; Cheviot, Velour, Astrakhan. Chinchilla and Cloth Coats—3 big groups $4.50 $9.50 $12.50 Coats are lined and some interlined; a ( great many with fur collars. 2d Floor I A ^ - «\nrir>P OAT T"1 o . • A most wonderful assemblage of Dresses; all the newest %1 K I lrc H ^ Z\ I It I AnTltlllPC sprina erentlons in attraetire and wanted fabrics and color ylO L/I\ljkjJ IjriLCl vununucd inas; re an la r $Si, tU aid ttfcoO raloes; on sale tUtnrdaj. Spiling Shoes at “No Profit” and ’Way Less Than Cost—Saturday Men’s Shoe Special \ 300 pairs men's welt sole, solid d*0 QC leather Seout Shoes.I The famous Hanan shoe for men." d* A QfT I In 21 styles. $6.00 to $8.00 values, 1 Bovs’ School Shoes for real hoys. fl?0 A C Sizes 11 to 13. Children’s and Boy*' Rubbers.58c Women s Satin Pumps and Oxfords special > Skinner* Double-strength Shoe Satin: guaran teed; in strap of twelve stvles: priced <2*0 QC Lverj special at. . . . tP^i.OO New spring shoes in light colors, Airedale. Gray. Blaek Fatcnt. Fawn. CPv Satin. Special, at.tpOaOO Saturday Is Boys’ Day, With Man y Groups of Wearables a* “No Profit” for Wf and Vtoyi Boys’ Two-Pant Suits In Four Great Lots $6.35, $8.75 $11.65, $13.98 A selection of the smartest patterns, styles and fabrics of the si agon. Perfectly tailored of fine, hiifli (trade woolens, such as tweeds, eassimeres and cheviots in all the desirable colors, light and dark. Double pants. Double wear and double values. Sires for boys, 7 to IS years JUVENILE SUITS No Profit Price.. Rutton-to-the-neck, Oliver Twists and middy styles Practical suits for all-around wear. In this lot are serges, cassimcrea and washable corduroys All de sirable colors and patterns. This is a big value ! BOYS WOOL KNICKERS d> -| Q No Profit Price. «pl»Oo A dandy pair of knickers to match tip that odd coat of sonny's. Extra well made, fully lined All good colors Sizes 7 to IS years. '' BELL'' BLOUSES FOR BOYS rj Q No Profit Price / Ol* Beautiful new patterns of fine, fast color mater sis Neat striped effects Full cut and well mule vj:, - 6 to 16 vears