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THE SUNDAY BEE: OMAHA, JULY 2. 1922." .
Building Boom
Now Under Way
at Pittsburgh
Scorci of Biuinets Structure!
Going Up Total Expendi
tures Expected to Heath
$25,000,000.
Bf WALTER C. MERRITT.
Pittsburgh, Ti., June 27. An er
of building activity uch as thii city
ncrcr befort bat witnessed now U
wide r way. In the downtown district
new buildings are ipringing up on
every corner with amazing rapidity.
Pittiburgh, already a city of sky
scrapers, by Christmas time will have
aeverat more tall buildings. Scorci
of business structures are going up.
Great apartment building are cither
under way or about to start.
Throughout Greater Pittsburgh
there are a vatt number of private
residences being built. The total ex
penditure for buildings business
and residential probably will reach
$25,000,000 by the end of the year.
Million! more are being spent m and
about Pittsburgh by the city and
Allegheny county for street, boule
vard and road improvements.
For a year or more Pittsburgh was
tied up by the building trades. They
fixed the scale and said they would
not cut prices. Building contractors
and home builders said they would
not pay wartime wages, and as a
result there was very little building.
Atop of all this, prices for materials
were maintained at wartime levels.
Htit this spring one of the unions
decided it could materially reduce
-its scale in order to get its men
back to worlc A month rolled by
and another union reduced its scale.
One by one the other unions low
ered their scales.
Material Prices Lower.
Material dealers were piled high
with costly stocks and not turning a
wheel. Interest, overhead and tax
charges were eating them alive. So
! they, too, decided to reform. With
i one slash they trimmed their quota
' tions about 25 per cent
Then things began to start in the
j building line with a big rush. Thou
1 sands of men who had been idle for
' months went back to work, greatly
relieving the burden of charitable
. organizations.
i The contractors now are skirmisn
ing around to get men. Everybody
1 in the building trade crafts seems to
t be working, steadily.
' The Mellon National bank is erect
ing a monster new banking building
covering one-half of the biggest
square in downtown Pittsburgh. In
lineal area it will be by far the larg
est building for business purposes
' i downtown.
ncrDeri uui uy, x iitsuuigu uiu
New York capitalist, is just starting
(a AA 1ft mlririp rtn Vii 12-stnrv Km.
pire building, which will make the
Empire building 30 stories and the
tallest in the city.
The Bell Telephone building,
jftwhen completed, will be one of the
Urgest office buildings in this city.
Work already has been started on
one of the largest apartment build
in,' iu the world in the beautiful
Oakland ditrict, Pittsburgh's great
civic renter. It will cost $$,500,000
and will house 2.500 Jamilies.
The University of Pittiburgh will
greatly enlarge its present plant in
the Oakland district this summer, sc.
cording to announcement, and pos
sibly $.2,000,000 or more will be spent
for additional buildings.
On every street houses and du
plexes are ipringing up as if by
magic. The entire city is dotted
witlj new homes.
Stubborn landlords are beginning
to realire that wartime rents are
over. 1 hough doing so grudgingly,
they are beginning to drop rent
prices materially and find no great
hordes of house hunters to man up
their offerings, as was the case
year or two ago.
Movies Oust Bull Fight
as Mexican Amusement
Washington, July 1. The movie
is displacing the Unit fight as the
Doruitar amusement of Mexico.
"The motion picture undoubtedly
noma tirsi piacei n xne amusemrni
field of the Chihuahua consular dis
trict," says Vice Consul Ott in a
report to the Department of Com
merce. "From one small, unpretentious
circus tent installed in Chihuahua
City some 10 or 15 years ago, the
business has grown until today there
are in the consular district 15 per
manently established movie houses
where pictures are exclusively shown,
with a number ot legitimate tneaters
giving an occasional exhibition.
"This development occurred part
ly during a period of revolution,
when it was no uncommon thing, to
have the performance interrupted by
firing on the outskirts of the city.
Ott says that the upper classes de
mand emotional dramas and melo
dramas and the peons prefer west
ern thrillers and slapstick comedies.
American machines are used ex
clusively, European makers having
failed to sell a single projector.
Prisoner to Receive 40
Lashes Besides Jail Term
Detroit, July 1. The ancient law
of the whip has been imposed on
Ernest Martin, who was sentenced
at Sandwich, Ont., just across the
border in Canada, to 10 years in the
penitentiary. Judge Coughlin de
creed that in addition to his prison
term Martin receive 20 lashes upon
his arrival at the prison and 20 when
he leaves. The punishment will be
inflicted on the bare back, the instru
ment being a stout ash stick to which
is appended 12 heavy leather thongs.
Martin, 23, was convicted of brutal
ly assaulting Henry Killie, 65, a farm
er. High Tension Electric
Wire Kills Fisherman
Bayliss, 111., July 1. Fishing sea
son has claimed death to one jiimrod
here. Casting with a metal rod,
Webber Grammar, 64, threw his pole
against a high tension electric wire
overhead, receiving a dozen burns
which proved fatal before others in
the party could rescue him.
Auto Business
Here Barometer
of Prosperity
Omaha Ascending Peak of
Another Record Year, Say
Experts Noting Car Own
ership Increase.
It the automobile business Is s
barometer of prosperity and some
claim it Is the greatest Omaha it
ascending the peak of another rec
ord year. So say experts of the
Omaha Auto club.
They base their statement on the
big increase in local car owners and
the ease with which new members
to the Tourist club are being ac
quired. "Omaha now boasts of 18,000
car owners, 1,500 of whom are mem
bers of the Auto club," said J. L.
Haskin, secretary. "And the number
is increasing daily."
The auto business has "come back"
from its postwar slump more no
ticeably than any other industry, he
contends.
Factories Swamped,
"Factories cannot turn out enough
standard, tried and true cars to sup
ply the demands," he said. "Only
the lesser known cars are the ones
having any load to pull now."
The cuts in price have stimulated
car purchasing, he said.
"Even people who had the money
held back from buying while they
thought prices excessive. Now they
lorm the biggest class of cash car
purchasers."
The fact that there are many
times more tourists passing through
Omaha is taken as another indi
cator of business prosperity.
"We will have more than 75,000
tourists passing through Omaha this
season," he said. The cars vary
from the lowly rord to the luxurious
$13,000 Rolls Royce, two of which
passed through Omaha last week.
One was that of a New Mexican, en
route home from the east. The
other that of a Honolulan, going
cross-country.
Praise Nebraska Roads.
All speak highly of Nebraska
roads, an ambition program for
which, involving an expenditure of
$1,000,000 this year, is now in progress.
Not only are these tourists an in
dication of success, but they bring
more business and thereby greater
prosperity to the localities in which
they tarry.
A new tourist camp located in
Elmwood park is soon to be installed
at a cost of $20,000, appropriated by
the city. Two brick building?, one
containing a lounge and reading room
and the other a kitchen and laundry,
are soon to be erected. They will
be fully equipped.
All tourists are on pleasure bent,
another indication of well-lined pock
ets. .
Don't Have a Care.
"They don't seem to have a care;j
they take "plenty of time to linger by I
the way and enjoy the beauties of
this vicinity. said Haskin.
Another feature h noted was that
the residents of one reort district in
variably seek the pleasure of another
resort. Minncsotans pass through
here en route to the Colorado moun
tains while the westerners1 seek the
quieter lake fishing.
If radio experiments prove suc
cessful, the Auto club will install
this service, too. in order to furnish
tourist with the latest and ti"t
complete road and weather reports,
Haskin stated.
A B. Waugh Is manager and W.
R. Cheek, chairman of the good mad
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, is president of the Auto club.
American Victors View
Historic European Gems
Paris, July 1. Wealthy American
visitors to Paris are being regaled
with views of some of the most his
toric jewels in Europe. Last week
the sale of these baubles is reported
to have amounted to many millions
of francs.
Most of the jewels are of royal
Russian oricin and with most of
them goes a tragic story of their
former owner and also a most excit
ing recital of the manner in which
they were smuggled out of the coun
try after the bolsheviks bcgaji seiz
ing personal property.
In spite of this influx of gems the
price of pearls seems to remain about
normal, but real bargains are being
found in diamonds, emeralds, and
sapphires, Russian women of high
family and frequently of title are
helping their less fortunate sisters
by offering the jewels to Americai
women at their hotels, while in other
instances, necklaces and tiaras of
fabulous values are being left with
Paris jewelers, who display them
behind closed doors to specially se
lected clients.
The man who knews more about
the business than his employer should
not break the news to the boss too
suddenly. Canton News.
Nov Towel Cabinet
to Be Sold Here
Improved Device to Be Han
died ly Frontier Towel
Supply Company.
J. M. Jensen, president of the
I'mnii.-r Tiu'il Simnlv fnmmnv. re
turned from Chicago last week, where
he completed arrangements lor me
sale and distribution of the Ameri
can Continuous Towel cabinet in this
territory.
"From all sides we hear." com
mented Mr. Jensen, "about the sue
reis which the American Continuous
Towel cabinet is having in industrial
concerns, schools, office buildings,
and hotels. Scores of letters tell us
it is one of the most economical and
sanitary towels ever used.
"One letter states: 'It not only
offers relief from the old fashioned
roller towel, but the objectionable
features of the old individual towel
have been totally eliminated in this
continuous towel cabinet.'
"This cabinet is controlled by
gravity no springs, no weights or
complicated mechanism to get out
of order. It can be loaded in 20 sec
onds and is so simple that even , i
child can load or operate it. This
cabinet does not clog a shield in
the cabinet straightens ordinary
twists, and separates the clean from
the soiled towels."
Massachusetts' Oldest Man
Observes 118th Birthday
North Easton, Mass., July 1.
Charles H. Munroe, who has jurt
celebrated, his 118th birthday anni
versary, is now the oiaesi resiaeni
in the state.
Munroe is well up ih the events
of the day and does not believe tu
the Volstead act, chews and smokes
and appreciates a good cigar. For
health, though he would get around
much better only (or a crick in his
back. For many years he followed
the occupation of farming In Kox
bury. Ashland and also in North
Eastern,
Mini me was never married, and
he attributes hie long life to regu
lar rxnite and gwd habits.
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ALBERT W. JEFFERIS
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Candidate for Republican
Nomination for U. S. Senator
His Experience and Work in Congress for His District
Have Trained Him Well to Serve His State in the Senate
Unselfish Civic Worker
The Omaha Daily News, an independent news
.paper, in its issue of June 8, 1919, printed this
wonderful tribute to Mr. Jeff eris :
"Even before he entered public life, in the tech
, nical sense, Mr. Jefferis was considerable of a
public man. For years he has been much in de
mand as a public speaker, and as a worker on
civic affairs, for which he has received no mone
' tary consideration. Public committees that have
called for men of ability and willingness have
had the habit of calling on "Big Jeff" for serv
ice. They got it."
Always ready to serve
his community and state
Higher Grain Prices
Once a farmer, Mr. Jefferis bat taken an active
interest in matters relating to agriculture and
cheaper transportation for agricultural products.
As a member of the committee on merchant ma
rine, he has expended much effort on the proposed
St. Lawrence River Ship Canal, which will mean
a higher price per bushel for grain raised in
Nebraska.
This will mean more
wealth for Nebraska
Fights War Profiteers
Congressman Jefferis, as a member of the Graham
committee, investigating war frauds, gathered
much valuable evidence, which will be used by
the Department of Justice in prosecuting war
profiteers and those who practiced fraud on the
government during the war period.
He has spent many months examining witnesses
and taking testimony. This testimony will be of
great value to the governmental authorities in se
curing indictments and convictions. Newspaper
reports recently said that the work of ferreting out
the war profiteers already is under way.
The country demands the
expose of the war frauds
He Is a Product of His Own Labors
He was horn and raised on a farm. He got up early,
followed a plow, broke oxen, etc.
He taught country school in Pennsylvania.
He was a star in athletics while in the University
of Michigan. . .
"One of Us"
He has made a decided success as a lawyer.
He is a civic worker, unselfish and sincere at all
times.
He has served well in the halls of congress from his
own district.
Always a True, Earnest and Consistent Republican-
Congressman Albert W. Jefferis, now serving
hi second term in Congress from the Second
Nebraska District, to which office he was elected
by the tremendous majority, of 14,850, always
has been a True, Consistent and Earnest worker
in the Republican Party.
For many years he was a member of the Repub
lican State Executive Committee. He always has
participated actively in public-speaking cam
paigns in behalf of Republican State and Na
tional tickets. x
As Congressman, he has taken a leading part in
the great work which the present administration
is doing for, the reconstruction of our country.
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He Believes in Nebraska He Works for Nebraska
Primaries July 18
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