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PLATTSMOUTH SEin-WEESLY JOUBNAX
WOrffTOT, MAY 15, lOW.
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Facts in Brief
Courts shown above are ach rectangu
lar, 87x100, open to the sky
Archway of main front is-25 feet wide,
50 feet high. A panel above the doorway
symbolizes the coming of the pioneers.
Two panels higher up. are the arms of the
Unuited States and of Nebraska. At the
top Is the Inscription: "Wisdom, Justice,
Power, Mercy, Constant Guardians of the
Law." - East and west entrances are iden
tical, in form. ' . - - - -
A terrace 20 feet wide extends complete
ly around the building with access to the
second or main floor. Three-quarter fig
ures of historic law-givers between , win
dows and at corners of the pylons. '
Prom the ten-acre site in the cen
ter of Lincoln there is about to arise
the third capitol building since Ne
braska was admitted to the union in
1867 a building unique in the an
nals of architecture.
Excavation on the foundation was
started a few weeks ago. Contract for
the superstructure will be let in
June separate bids being filed on
the different classes of work, instead
of the entire bid necessarily being
confined to one bidder. By the latter
part of 1925. the building which Is
to cost $5,000,000 without furnish
ings, is expected to be completed.
Over half of the funds have been
raised by state levy the last two
years. The levy extends over a per
iod of six years.
The new capitol, the designing of
which was done by Bertram G. Good
hue of New York, departs from the
conventional type of architecture"
heretofore employed in such public
buildings, wherein a dome has always
been the predominant feature, and in
an unconventional, but none the less
artistic manner, draws on the Amer
ican skyscraper for Its theme.
Tower 400 Feet High
The architect replaces the dome
with a tower 400 feet high, starting
eighty feet wide at the base and
tapering upward. Instead of an eco
nomically useless dome, the architect
provides a tower utilitarian to the
very top. yet of striking beauty and
originality as a part of the structural
whole, arising out of a comparative
ly low broad foundation fifty feet
high and 437 feet square.
The building was designed from
prairie inspiration, especially ' the
tower and its striking height and
simplicity are elements calculated
best to fit into the prairie setting
and make it an object of dignified
grandeur high above the convention
al capltols in most states. ,
It is estimated that the cupola of
the tower will be visible thirty or
forty miles from Lincoln. Surmount
ing this cupola will be a bronze fig
HARDING HAS FAITH
1 IN THE I). S. BANKERS
Says They Will Pat World Back on
Its FeetAdmit Burdensome
Job Being President"
Atlantic City, N. J.. May 12. De
fens of his administration was coup
led with a strong endorsement of
w. . . , . .. .
dJ U ?f fill, , y!Oi"i
ure of "The Sower, standing thirty
feet high. The building will be of
light buff stone. V ; : v.
J A - monumental flight 'of ' steps,
seventy-five feet. wide will lead up to
the main entrance on the north side
of the building,' - terminating In
plynths on which buffaloes and in
scriptions will be sculptured In low
relief.
Nation and State Represented
. " Outstanding features of the point
of entrance include an archway twenty-five
feet wide and fifty feet high,
but tressed by two pylons on either
side. The two outermost will con
tain; one a base-relief of the coat of
arms of the United States, and the
other the coat of arms of Nebraska.
On each of the two inner pylons,
at the top, will be two symbolic
figures with this explanation of them
carved in the stone above the arch
way that unites the double pair of
architectural columns: "Wisdom,
Justice, Power, Mercy, constant guar
dians of the law."
The greater part of the exterior
of the structure is. low. broken at
the center of the square on each side
with a higher mass that would rep
resent a cross through the square.
Out of this higher mass emerges the
tower.
Into "Hall of State"
The entrance on the north leads
into "the Hall of State," a vaulted
apartment fifty. feet high with niches
for statutes and spaces for inscrip
tions and mural paintings.
The hall leads to rotunda under
the tower lighted by windows cut
Into the tower as it emerges from the
foundation structure.
West of the rotunda is the senate
chamber, with an immense vaulted
ceiling fifty feet high, and to the
east, the house of representatives,
similar in general design but treated
differently in detail to accommodate
the larger branch of the legislature.
The supreme court chamber is
south of the rotunda, and above the
court is the law library.
party government by President Har
ding in a speech here tonight before
the New Jersey women's republicans
clubs. Later, before the New Jersey
bankers' association convention, the
president said if the world Is ever put
on its feet again, American bankers
would play the greatest part.
Absecon. N. J.. Mar 12. Presi
dent Harding aften an all day trip
by motor from Washington, arrived
here late this afternoon and went at
once to the Seaview golf e'.ub, where
he played a round of golf with Sen
: The governor's suite of rooms will
be located at the left of the hall of
state.
In each corner of the building is
a court eighty-seven by one hundred
feet square open to the sky, that will
permit every office and department
to have full daylight and a view out
doors. .
. The tower will house offices in
part, the surplus books of the state
library, and at the top under the
cupola, a war trophy room.
Around the building is a' terrace
twenty feet wide. A frieze on which
will , be -carved the names of every
county in Nebraska will fall below
the cornice of the main building.
Early Law-Makers Honored
Figures of ten historic law-makers
will appear in low relief on the py
lons and between the windows at the
south side of the building. The fig
ures in three-quarter , lengths, ' will
include Minos, Hammurabi, Moses,
Amenophis, Solon, Solomon, Caesar,
Justinian, Charlemagne . and Napol
eon. The capital commission has placed
in the hands of Lee Lawrie, famous
New York sculptor, the work of pre
paring the carved relief and statuary
of the new building.
The capitol commission is made up
of Governor McKelvie, chairman;
George E. Johnson, secretary of the
state department of public works,
secretary, and Walter Head, Omaha;
W. E. Hardy, Lincoln, and W. H.
Thompson, Grand Island.
Goodhue's design was accepted by
the commission In June, 1920, as the
result of a competition in which
three Nebraska architects and seven
from the United States at large took
part. The comwmission made its se
lection with a Jury of nationally
known architects.
What Irving E. Pond Says "
Irving K. Pond, well known Chi
cago architect and critic, comment
ing on the absence of traditional
dome in the new Nebraska capitol,
writes:
ator Edge of New Jersey, his host,
and other members of the party. The
president, who came to New . Jersey
for a "vacation" week-end, traveled
slowly through Maryland and Dela
ware without any particular demon
strations. But as he crossed the line
into New Jersey he found school I
children waiting to greet him in al
most every town through which he
passed. At Elmar, several thousands
were standing along the roads or
grouped at a grand stand. The pres
ident stopped and made them a short
Naturally with the erection of a public
building of such grandeur, the outstanding
question among tax-payers is "How much
will it cost me?" The Journal has check
ed the last year levy and finds that Platts1
mouth taxpayers paid a total of 41.6 mills
on assessed Valuation Wr all purposes.1 Of
this, .3.1 mills or less toan one-thirteenth
'part were for state Kcapitol. In other
words, -of every -dollar taxes you paid, 7.4
,.cents were for this purpose. The levy runs
six years,-so ou can figure for yourself
what it willcosf youamplete.
The dome was originally a mor
tuary, then a religious expression.
then an expression of ecclesiastical
authority and domination. Lord only
knows how it gained standing as an
expression of civic authority in this
country", where. church and state are,
let us hope, forever politically and
governmentally. divorced. .
"The cupola as Mr. Goodhue used
it to crown his state house tower,
gives a sense of completion to the
individual structure, rather than a
sense of dominating the surrounding
community.
"In fact, rather than dominating,
this tower leads the spirit of the
community to the heights, not that
it may crouch under the domination
of authority, but that it may luxur
iate and expand in the sunlight and
pure air of liberty under the law.
" Simple, direct, diversified
in unity, harmonious, rythmatic in
its movement and color this building
should stand as a monumental ex
pression of the; highest in our demo
cratic civilization."
A Spiritual Interpretation
A spiritual interpretation of the
architecture of the building is ex
pressed by Fred B. Humphrey, of
Lincoln, as follows:
" It is not the foreboding
and sad tune of the flood-ridden
pyramids, but the song of certain
knowledge of life after death.
"It is not the fate-fearing hope of
the Egyptians, nor the angelic dream
of future bliss of the Taj Mahal.
"It is. the melody of man in con
scious realization of attained im
mortality while yet, on earth.
"His feet are firmly embedded in
the necessities of physical existence,
but his soul lives in the clouds. The
dome, the Ego, the real man, looks
down from his thought life In the
skies and sees that his members are
sure to do the bidding of their Lord
and master.
" It is a lotus-lily, rooted
in the duties of every day life, its
radiant soul flowing on the tranquil
surface of a 6tarlit sea."
speech.
. "There are times," he remarked,
smiling, "when I think it burdensome
to be president.. But when I see you
children and the people of a state so
anxious to pay honor to me, it is very
gratifying.
"I can only say a few words. But
I find it here ' much like California
in its enthusiasm, much like Ohio,
Florida and the other states. I wish
you New Jersey people what I wish
the entire country a restoration of
growing prosperity."
PAY TRIBUTE TO
FORMER LEADER
OF THE BAR
Members of the Cass Connty Bar
Hold Memorial Session This
Morning at Conrt Boom.
From Saturday's Daily.
This morning at the district court
room the members of the Cass coun
ty bar gathered to pay a tribute to
the memory of Mathew Gering, one
of the leaders of the Cass county bar
and. of the legal profession in the
state of Nebraska.
Judge James T. Begley presided
over the meeting and called upon
the various members of the bar to
offer what remarks they saw fit, as
to the life of the departed attorney
and of their association with him.
County Attorney A. G. Cole pre
sented the resolutions of respect pre
pared by the committee and also paid
a brief personal tribute to the de
parted member of his profession
Hon. R. B. Windham, D. O. Dwyer
and Allen J. Beeson, who as older
members of the bar had long rela
tions both personally and in a pro
fessional way with the departed
leader of the bar, paid very eloquent
tribute to his memory and his ser
vices to the profession In which he
had been a notable figure. William
A. Robertson and A. L. Tidd spoke
briefly of his many personal char
acteristics that had made him a lov
able friend and companion, both In
the court room and without. A. H
Duxbury and W. G. Kieck respond
ed with brief tributes to the memory
of Mr. Gering altho their acquain
tance with him had not covered as
long a period of years as had tha
of the older members of the bar
Judge Begley called Mr. Windham
to preside over the meeting and gave
a very able and eloquent tribute to
Mr. Gering as he had known him
and to his work as a man among
men, touching on his great love of
his home and his mother, his char
itable nature that led him to cham
pion the oppressed and weak against
the strong, his ardent admiration of
the men in the high places, the lead
ers of the nation, with whom he had
a personal acquaintance. Judge Beg
ley also spoke of the love of Mr. Ger
ing for children and the many times
he had shown this side of his char
acter in numerous acts of kindness
and his fondness for throwing asid
the cares of his busy life and ming
ling with the Joys and sorrows of
the little ones. Placing the many
good deeds that the departed had
performed for his fellow men, Judge
Begley pointed out thso shown as
a light to -guide others and which
would bring him into the abode of
the blessed as a doer of good-to all
mankind.
The resolutions adopted were as
follows:
Whereas, fn the wisdom of the all
wise CreatOT our friend and brother,
Mathew Gering, has been called from
our midst to the life beyond and his
labors ended here on this earth; and
Whereas, he has been a member of
the bar of Cass county during all
the time that he practiced law which
has been since he finished his work
in the university when quite a young
man; and
Whereas, he was known all over
the state of Nebraska as a brilliant
lawyer, true to his clients, and hon
est with opposing counsel; and
. Whereas, his reputation as a law
yer was such in the state of Nebras
ka, and many other places, when the
name of the city of Plattsmouth was
mentioned to non-residents of this
county the remark was usually made.
"That is Mathew Gering s town;
and
Whereas, We, the members of the
bar of Cass county, Nebraska, have
received many valuable lessons from
this brilliant lawyer which will go
with us and assist us in our profes
sion; and
Whereas, he has done his part in
making the state of Nebraska one
of the leading states of the United
States:
Therefore, be it resolved: that we,
the members of the bar of Cass coun
ty, in assembly in the district court
at Plattsmouth, in Cass county, in
the Second Judicial district of Ne
braska, deem it fitting that we ex
press our esteem for Mathew Ger
ing in such a way that it may be
come a part of the records of this
court.
Be it further resolved: that in the
death of Mathew Gering this county
and state have suffered the loss of
one of its most brilliant members of
the legal profession, a member of
said profession that was able to make
his influence felt in any place in the
united states or an yotner country
where his brilliant words could be
understood and appreciated.
Be it further resolved: that we,
the members of the bar of Cass coun
ty, emulate the many excellent qual
ities of this able lawyer, and let us
remember while working with each
other in our daily tasks that we too
will soon have to "close our books
and go to that undiscovered country
where our brothers in untold num
bers have gone, and let us have char
ity for one another, as our brother
Mathew Gering had for us in his
practice and let us emulate him in
this respect more than we have done
in the past.
Be it further resolved: that we
should remember his words: "Thus
reason stands aghast and staggers at
the thought of death, while faith
courts marriage with dissolution.
The latter is the rarest gem that
sparkles in the diadem of a soul;
and as we stand tiptoed upon the
apex of a life whose sands are near
ly run, we peer with seeming hope
lessness into the awful uncertainty
of the future and find no consola
tion until faith stretches forth her
hands and welcomes us to hospitable
shores." These few words of Mathew :
Gering show us, in a measure, his
opinion of faith and what it means
to man. r
Be it further resolved: that we
express our sincere sympathy to the
sisters and brother of our distin
guished friend in their great be
reavement. Be it further resolved: that a
copy of these resolutions be entered
upon the ' journal of the district
court of Cass county, Nebraska, and
that copies thereof be transmitted
under the seal of the Court to his
sisters and brother.
A. G. COLE,
ALLEN J. BEESON,
D. O. DWYER.
Attest: , Committee.
JAMES ROBERTSON,
Clerk of the District Court.
By the Court:
The resolutions presented aptly
express the sentiments of the Court,
and it is therefore ordered that they
be spread upon the records as a last
ing tribute to his memory; and the
Clerk of this court is ordered to
transmit a copy of the same to the
members of the family of Mathew
Gering as an expression of our un
feigned sympathy for them in the
loss that they have sustained, and
in which we share.
JAMES T. BEGLEY,
Judge.
EAGLES LODGE
HOLDS ELECTION
OF OFFICERS
Louis C. Hesse is Named as Worthy
President at Meeting Held Last
Night at Lodge Rooms.
The Plattsmouth aerie of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles held a special
meeting last evening at their lodge
rooms for the purpose of taking up
the mater of election of officers for
the ensuing year.
The following were chosen for the
various stations: Louis C. Hesse, wor
thy president; C. C. Burbridge, wor
thy vice president; Henry J. Mar
tens, worthy chaplain; B. G. Wurl,
secretary; James Rebal, treasurer;
William Keif, inside guard; William
Schuldice, outside guard; A. R. John
son, trustee; Dr. R. P. ;Westover,
physician.
The delegates elected to the, grand
aerie of the state, which is to be
held in June, at Grand Island, were:
B. G. Wurl, James Rebal and A. R
Johnson while J. ML ' Cunningham,
William O'Donnell and Marion Hob-
son were chosen alternates.
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Frorj Saturday's Dally.
Last evening Henry Winkler, who
has for a few days past been resid
ing, south of the city on a small
farm, passed away, at the St. Cath
erine's hospital in Omaha where he
was taken two weeks ago for treat
ment. Mr.; Winkler has, been, living
alone for the greater part of the
time as his. family resided at other
points and two months ago . the
youngest son was taken away, by the
mother to her home in the west part
of the. state, as Mr. Winkler was
suffering from a severe case of tu
berculosis.
The deceased is. well known here
in this city and is a brother of Mrs.
Eva Sitzmann. He also leaves a num
ber of children who reside at other
points in the state.
This morning Mike Pries and J.
P. Sattler departed for Omah to make
arrangements for bringing the body
back to this city for burial.
RESIDENCE CATCHES FIRE
FROM A DEFECTIVE FLUE
This noon the fire department was
called to North Eighth street, where
the residence occupied by William
DeWolff and family, was reported to
be on fire. The department on their
arrival there found that the fire had
made a great headway and the whole
upper portion of the building was on
fire. The prompt work of the fire
men succeeded in checking the fur
ther spread of the lire although the
roof of the building was practically
destroyed. The household goods had
been removed by the neighbors and
the occupant will not lose a great
deal aside from the inconvenience of
seeking another home. The fire orig
inated near the chimney and it is
bought was .caused by a defective
flue.
THROWN OPEN TO. THE WORLD.
Geneva, May 12. The court of in
ternational justice this afternoon was
thrown open to the entire world
when the council of the leaeue of
nations decided that Russia, Germ -
any. Turkey, Hungary and Mexico
could bring cases before the court,
provided they previously agreed to
aoo.ent Its decision and not declare
war over the disputes in question.
These nations were the only ones
to which the court had not previously
been available for the settlement of
disputes.
Corn Machinery Wow!
With the new "RED BABY" that is our service
truck, we are in a position to supply you with what you
want in farm machinery the day following the order,
and in many cases the same day.
Time to work the corn now! We have cultivators,
two row listers, and two row cultivators. Repairs for
Deering and McCormick machinery, Harvesting and
Haying machinery and binder twine. Better anticipate
your wants in this line and have your supply sure and
not have to wait.
Coalman Hardwaro Co.,
Alvo,
The Hose You'll Be
Proud to Wear!
The snug fitting ankle, the lus
ter retaining fabrics and the wear
ing qualities of INTERWOVEN
Socks continues to keep them in
the front row of Sockdom.
The price too has been reduced:
$1.25 Silks now 75c
75 Lisle
40c
Gray
Brown
White
Black
Blue
Cordovan
Champaign
BURLINGTON EX
PLAINS CURTAIL
MENT OF FORCES
Tells State Railway Commission the
Split Trick an Economy, Look-....
ing to Lower Bates.
Officials of the Burlington railroad
were before the state railway com
mission Friday Jn answer to a cita
tion to appear and show cause why
they jhave so reduced service at many
of the small stations on Us lines hat
the local people are up in arms ana
declaring they are greatly inconveni
enced and. the towns are losing busi
ness as a result.
The company says that the situa
tion at Hazard and Guide Rock ba9
not been' changed but that split
tricks are the rule at many small
stations.
At Berwyn, for Instance, the agent
goes on duty at 6:50 in the morning
for a three-hour period. Then he Is
off till 10. r He goes off duty again
at 12, comes back at 1:15 and stays
till 2:45. He comes back at 4:20
and stays till 5:30. No less than car
load shipments go outbound from
Berwyn, but many cars of grain and
livestock are handled. The inbound
freight Is small. ;
At Comstock the company employs
a custodian at $36 a month and at
Oiltner one at $20. At Oiltner. the
agent has a sadly split up working
table. His hours are from 6:30 a. m.
to 7:30; from 8:45 to 11; from
12:80 to 3 and from 4:15 to 6.
The general complaint of the pa
trons is that the hours the agent is
on duty do not correspond to the
other necessities of the business,
aside from meeting trains; that in
many cases the depots are closed
when farmers come in to transact
business and this makes them angry,
and they go to some other town, thus
the local business is hurt.
The company insists that the peo
ple are demanding .lower rates and
it can not give them unless it can be
permitted to make economies like
these.
PICK UP RUNAWAYS
From BatnrOay'e DUv.
Yesterday afternoon Chief of Po
lice Barclay rounded up two. young
lads who were apparently wandering
'over the city and held them until
J further information could.be found
las to the boys' home, and it was
I learned that they were Lester Davis,
aged twelve, ana warren nunnpie.
aged eleven, both of Glenwood, Iowa.
The authorities at once got in touch
with the Glenwood authorities and
the two lads returned to their home
in tne iowa cuy. .
Nebraska
