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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1910)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY no 1910. TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Sunderland to Build a New Coal Yard Near Great Western Depot. DUES HI It BUILDS DRY CLEANER Lars Nimbrr of Realdeaces Chan, Hands aad Maar Prepare to to Balld Haw Homes All Over tfco Cltr. J. A. Sunderland hu purchased part of the Brtgg'a property at Twentieth and Mason streets. It Is understood the prop erty was acquired with the Idea of estab lmhing a coal yard where trackage could he obtained, that location being near the Great Western tracks. However, when the city council was petitioned to allow the railroad company to cross Twentieth street, that body refused. Excavation has been .completed for the new Cudahy office building- at South Omaha. As soon as the contract Is let the erection of the building will be started. This will be one of the finest offioe build ings In the country and will cost $300,000. A chanca baa been mads in the plans of the Kennedy building to be built at the corner of Sixteenth and Jackson streets. Instead of erecting a six-story structure, it has been decided to build seven stories to provide sufficient room for the Union Outfltlng company, which has a long lease on the building. ' C. J. Evans has bought a lot In the Field club district on Thirty-fifth street and l'oppleton avenue. Mr. Evans sold his house and lot on Thirty-second street near Toppleton to G. H. Helntz for $5,000. Some Things You Want to Know The Slovak Union Gustav Hanson obtained the contract to build the two-story brick bulUllnp; for Dresher Bros., at Twenty-third and Far nam streets. The expenditure for erec tion will be $12,000. There will be two store rooms, a tailor's workroom and a dye and cleaning house, which will be equipped with the latest machinery for dry cleaning. Phillip Kuns has contracted to build a two and one-half story residence for R. J. Dinning at 309 South Thirty-ninth street. The coat will be $12,000. Fifty foot plies are being driven for the new Union Pacific headquarters building at Fifteenth and Dodge streets. The big timbers are to be sent down - thirty-five feet below the ground, and the cavity filled to within six feet of the surface when solid cement top, six feet squars will be made. The building erected by the Coad Real Estate company for Maxwell-Briscoe Omaha company at 2115 Farnam street has been completed and the automobile con cern has moved In. The finished building Is one of the finest In the city built for an auto garage. The cost was about $30,000. J. C. Madris & Co. did the work. . The work of reflnlshlng the Interior of the building occupied by 11. E. Fredrlckson which was the scene of a disastrous fire a few weeks ago, has been completed. After weeks of confusion ' attendant on carrying on business while the repairs have been made, the office has been . arranged and the garage Is ready foi use. The foundation for the rew Kimball building on Farnam street hits been com pleted and the masons are at work on the side walls. Peter S. Hammond has purchased a home at 236 South Thirty-fourth street -from the Byron Reed company. The considera tion was $3,000. , , The James E. Kelley home in Bemls park was purchased last week by Thomas H. Healy of South Omaha. The price paid for the place was about $S,300. i'hlppen & Edwards purchased flvo lots at (Sixteenth street and Sherwood avenue from the Sherwood estate. The lots will be Improved and buildings erected upon them. The deal was made through the Byron Reed company. J. P. Moore bought the one Btory store building at 519 South Thirteenth street for $3,200. W. A. Baldwin purchased the store building next door south for the same price. The transaction was made by the Byron Heed company. ' HoblnsoA & Wolf report an active busi ness since the first of the month. They have made the following sales: Ho una and lot at 2614 Blnney street to M. Bernstein 118.000; two double cottages at Twentieth streets to H. Marowlts, $2,760; lot on Cum ing, west of Sixteenth to Welnsteln & Llm sky, $3,000; house and lot at Twenty-first and St. Mary's r venue to F. D. Wead $4,2j0; double brick store building at Twen ty-second and turnings, to Welnsteln & l.imsky, $4,000; frame store building at Twenty-sixth and Lake to H. Rothcop, $6.M0; brick block on Sherman avenue and Ohio street to Kulackofsky & Musldien, Ii4,uw; store building and five houses at seventeenth and Clark to Welnsteln & I.lmsky, $13,000; three lots at Twenty-first and Nicholas to W. Gross, $18,000. w. A. Smith, general manager of the street railway company, will erect a fine residence at the corner of Thirty-ninth and Farnam streets. It will cost $25,000. The contract has been let to Newman & John son and the work of excavation has been started. It Is expected that the home will be completed this fall. Golden buff press brick will be u.sed in construction and the trimmings will be of white stone. Omaha contractors are figuring on plans for two postofflcea that will be built In the state this summer. One Is to be erected at Fremont and the other at riattsmouth. The new Omaha station on 10th street is also soon to be built. An organisation representing the half million Slovaks in the United States will hold s meeting In Chicago tomorrow. This meeting will be attended by all the promi nent men of that nationality In this coun try. It Is Intended to lay the foundation for the betterment of the conditions of the Slovaks In this country and to encourage the Immigration of others from Hungary, where they live In semi-serfdom, to Amer-, tea, where they will be free. The day of the Teuton and the Celt in the mining regions of America bas largely passed and their places are being taken by the Slav and the Italian. The Teuton and the Celt have graduated Into the thousand-and-one callings followed by the average full-bloom American cltlsen. Of their Slavic and Italian successors as miners and steel mill operators, the Slovaks furnish no In considerable percentage. It is one of the strange coincidences of history that a people who long since have ceased to have any voice In the affairs of the nation to which they owe allegiance. and who at home have no statesmen or other men of affairs among their number, should preclclptate one of the greatest par liamentary struggles of the century. Yet thin has occurred through the real of the half million Slovaks In America, and their patriotic desire to be counted as such In the census just taken. It was their desire to be counted as Slovaksthat led Repre sentative Crumpacker to introduce a measure Into the house providing for such special enumeration, and to claim for It a constitutional privilege under the rules of the house. It was after this claim had been recognised by the speaker that the Insurgents took advantage of the oppor tunity, and by the amendment of the rules of the house turned back the tidSfjf parlia mentary revolution by curtailing the powers of the speaker. To the average Slovak in Europe the wage scale of the Pittsburg mining district is of more Importance than the wages paid In the capital of his own country. He Is eager to come to America, and it Is esti mated that In ten years fully 200,000 of them have left their native homes In the high lands of Hungary, turned their backs on the oppression of the Magyars and sought freedom in the land of opportunity this side of the sea. This emigration to Amer ica has effected many changes In Slovak land. In many instances land values have risen fully 100 per cent because of the in flux of American capital sent back by the miners In the coal fields of Pennsylvania. The Postal bank at Koslce, which is the distributing center for the northeastern counties, in a single year received over 7,000,0u0 florins in remittances from the Slo vak workers of the United States. Much of this is. invested in lands, and this tide of emigration westward and the flow of money eastward has wrought great changes In the - economic condition of northeast Hungary. ' Very little is known of the early history of the Slovaks. - Beginning with the Hus site wars and corning down to the present time, the doings' of this people are well re corded. But back of the fifteenth century their1 past seems securely hidden. Yet the Slovak people had lived over 1,000 years lu their fatherland before the Slovak war. So nearly related In language and origin are the Slovaks, the Bohemians and the Mora vians that they may be said to have a common history. Exactly at what period the Slovaks were made subjects of Hun gary la not definitely known. They claim to have been there before the coming of the Magyars, while the latter assert that they preceded the Slovaks. But be that as It may, when they were merged in the Hungarian crown thay ceased to have a separate political existence, and since that time have shared In the miseries of Hun gary, but not in Its glories. One of the things of which the Slovak la intensely proud Is his language, and ha has ever resented the efforts of the oppos ing elements In the Hungarian government to make him forget It. At one time thi Slovaks drew up a charter of liberty In which the first demand was that they have representation In the Diet and be allowed to speak Slovak. They also demanded that they be allowed to plead and answer cases In court, educate their children and other wise conduct their affairs in their mother tongue. They also announoed that their nationality, which they declared they would never renounce, should be preserved Inviolate and Inviolable. These demands were never granted, and today the Slovaks suffer an oppression equaled, perhaps, no where else in Europe. At one tlmo they ar ranged to have a society for the preserva tion of their literature, art and history, and In furtherance of this undertaking they erected a magnificent building. This was confiscated by the government without any reparhlon to the members of the society, and practically every trace of national In fluence removed. It is ' declared that the statement of the late John Hay with refer ence to the Jews of Roumanla is equally applicable to the Slovaks of Hungary. Ho said: "Shut out from nearly every avenue of self-support which Is open to the pnr of other lands, ground down by poverty as the natural results of their discrimina tory treatment, they are rendered Incapa ble of lifting themselves from the enforced degradation which they endure." Hungary Is the home of a motley popula tion, as Is illustrated by a statement con cerning it made soma time apo: "Tho Magyar Is proud and harpy when he can rido a fine horse; the Slovak when he can talk familiarly to a person of distinction; the German when he secures the burgo master's staff of office; the Rumun when twirling a handsomely carved cane; the Little Russian when he attains to clerical honors; the Jew when renting landed prop erty; the Gipsy when pardlng In scarlet trousers." They scorn to sell their birth right of mountain freedom for a mess of Magyar pottage, and are struggling against the most overwhelming odds to protect themselves against the wiping out of thiir national characteristics. They are a lanje, well-built, broad-faced race, with prominent cheek bones and light hair. They are simple, religious, humble and quil, except when drunk, when they become quarrel some. Their songs are In a minor key and, as a rule, are of a melancholy churacter. When possible they occupy themsolves as cattle and sheep herders, and go down to the great plain to reap the harvest. They are a debt-ridden people. A moun talneer In a hamlet In Turet, with real and personal property valued at ISO florins, was taxed eighteen florins a year. On this basis a man worth $10,000 in the United States would have to pay $1,000 taxes. It Is de clared that two festering sores sap the vitality of the unsophisticated hlghlander drink and usury. He Is compelled to bor row from local Institutions and on short term loan pays out as much at 50 per cent Interest In many oases the rum seller and the money lender are consolidated In one person and then the poor Slovak Is sure to fall a victim. Some years ago the Catholic clergy, seeing the ruin and degradation en tailed by these things, sought to overcome this condition by establishing temperance societies. The government promptly took steps to put an end to these organisations. In all the world Uiere Is to be found no tenderer solicitude for the daughters of the family than among the Slovaks. As soon as a little girl Is born her mother begins to mnke the clothes that (rtiall constitute the trousseau of the future bride. Their em broidery Is among the rarest In Europe. By the time the girl Is ready to be led to the altar by some highland swain her mother has made enouKh clothes to last her a lifetime. In many Instances these clothes are handed down from generation to genera tion. So persistent have been "the endeavors of the Hungarian authorities to stamp out the love which the Slovaks feels for his tradi tions and his mother tongue that In many villages, whose population Is entirely Slovak, the traveler will see no signs writ ten In their language. The signs appear in Magyar. This is attributed to two causes. In the first place the man who puts out the sign wishes to curry favor with the Magyar notary, who Is the real ruler 'of the town, and In the second place the notary wishes to establish a good reputation with the Hungarian authorities by having his vil lage as free as possible from the Slovak signs. It Is said that no class of immigrants common to America patronize the steam ship lines as much in proportion to the Immigration as the Slovaks. Intensely lov ing their native mountain homes, although poverty and oppression has for centuries been their lot, they frequently return from America, invest their money at home and go back again to the United States. Many efforts to ameliorate their condi tion In the Pennsylvania mining region are being put forth, and It is believed that If they shall be surrounded with proper In fluences they will develop Into good Ameri can citizens Intensely patriotic, frugal and thrifty, the Slovaks have a future in America that will make their racial his tory here a proud one. With the revival of good times since the panic of 1908, the num ber of Slovaks coming to this country has Increased to a remarkable extent, and it is probable that not many years will pass until there are more Slovaks In the United States than there are In Europe. BT rXBDSKIO J. HABKIBT. Tomorrow Fuel for Balroads. i At the meeting of the. Real Estate ex change, Wednesday noon, a report of the committee on the light franchise is ex pected to be made. It is expected that I rport will be made In regard to the ne cessity of voting school bonds.. Robinson & Wolf completed a deal last week by which they came into possession of a tract of eleven lots on Twenty-first street between Paul and Charles, which is known as the "circus grounds." This tract was bought with the Idea of making it one of the up-to-date residence loca lions. Its proximity to the city and to the big manufacturing plants along th river should make It a good location for persons of moderate means. It Is intended by the owners to lay the lots out and sell them to home builders. The opening sal will be held Sunday. May S3. F. A. Brogan has sold his house near the Country club to Fred Montmorency, assis tant general freight ageut of the Burling ton. Mr. Brogan was one of the first to build a suburban' home In the country club district. ' South Omaha Election Contest Ends No Change Present Incumbents Will Continue to Hold Office No Indication ; of an Appeal. N 1 wo South Omaha election contests came to an end Saturday morning in the county court with victory perching on the shoulders of the three Incumbents, Police Commissioner J. J. Ryan and Council man August Miller and Thomas Peterson A formal finding to this effect has been made by County Judge Leslie. Peterson who had a plurality of eight over Larkin on the convaslng board re turns gained four on the recount, making his plurality stand at twelve. He was thirteen votes ahead when the counting stopped Friday afternoon and lost one vote in the count of two precincts Satur day morning. His total vote on the re count Is 1S35 to 1823 for Larkin. Miller lost three curlng the morning leav lng him six ahead of Elliott. This is the same difference as existed between the two men on the official returns, the cor reeled figures now being,. Miller, lt.14 and Elliott. 1S0S. - For police commissioners, Ryan leads Kelly with the votes ail counted by lis votes, a gain of six on the first count. By the recount Ryan has 1S93 votes to Kelly's 1775. Following the end of the count, counsel put tlia matter up to Judge Leslie without argument. Less than a dozen ballots were thrown out during the recount and as these were evenly divided an appeal to the su preme court, the defeated men feel, could be of little avail In the ultlmaU result WILL FORM WIRELESS CLUB Bos of -V. SI. C. A. to Band Together for JClectrlcal Study and Ex perimentation. An effort will be made to organize wireless club for boys at the Toung Men's Christian association next Friday evening, which will be under the direction of Guy Zlegler. The club will have its own offi cers. me opportunity xor an ooys who are now experimenting with wireless to con tinue their work under a competent director and Instructor will be generally availed of. Frequent meetings will be held for prac tice and Instruction all during the summer. Many boys already have wireless equip. ment at their homes and an aerial has been placed on top of the Young Men's Christian association building, which connects with Mr. Zlegler's set of Instruments on the third floor. . Those wishing to join should come to the Toung Men's Christian asso ciation or room arc next Friday evening at 7:30. Persistent advertising is the road to Big Returns. When you want wnat you want when )ou want it, say su through The Bee Want Ad colunm To Remove Superfluous Hair Dr. Duvall, the prominent . physician says: "I consider le Miracle the only safe, sure and radical cure for. that very common ana objectionable troulna, su perrtuous hair." Better -take a doctor' advice; don't be deceived with fake free treatments. Poisonous, worthless concoc lions are dangerous, besides, after yo nave uasa tnem u win De harder to re move the hair. De Miracle is sold by Sherman A Mc C'onneli Drug Co., ltth and Iodge Sis., and tna uwi nrui io., ism ana Harney Sts. and all oiner gooa stores. Booklet free li plain sealed envelope by the ! Mlraii tnem. to., jjepi iv, fark oveuua. Miller, Stewart fc? Beaton j 1 A Remarkable Display of. Dining Roqm Furniture in the Arts and Crafts and Tudor Styles The remarkable and continually increas ing demand for Quaint Arts and Craft Furni ture, has clearly proven the position taken by th: manufacturzrs years ago that the Arts and Crafts would prove a permanent furniture style, taking rank with the leading historical periods. Quaint furniture in the Tudor Style is rapidly becoming a rival for public favor. It is based upon the Arts and Crafts, the variation being secured through the adaptation of certain excellent and characteristic details from the best furniture made during the reijns of the English Tudor sovereigns. Our dining room furniture in Kenilworth, Sheraton, Old Oak, Old English Oak, Colonial Mahogany, Jacobin Mahogany (and any thing else you want) is the wonder and admira tion of every visitor Come and see it. Dining Room Section Fourth Floor la lpp . ) tf We're Going to Show You Just How Carpets and Rugs are Made. Oneof the most prominent manufacturers of carpets and rugs in. America, has had? a special carpet and rug loom constructed, which they are showing in actual operation in the larger cities of the United States and for a whole week, May 28th, to June 4th, this loom will be in active operation in our south show window as- sembling fine yarns of different colors and weav ing them into beautiful rugs and carpets of differ ent designs. And best of all we're going to sell right out of the window all the rugs the loom will weave during its stay in Omaha. An interesting fact in connection with this matter is that the loom will be operated by the inventor himself a man now past the allotted three score vears and ten, and all of his lifetime spent in the atmosphere of carpet and rug making You want to be sure and see this interesting exhibit. All Oriental Rugs at Reduced Prices The Entire Stock the largest and choicest in. Omaha is included in this May Clearance Sale As a rule, clearance sales of Oriental Rugs are more limited and do not Include the entire stock. This sale affords you an opportunity to se lect from the choicest rug stock in the west. Rugs of any size that you desire, any pattern that strikes your fancy, the rarest examples of the rug weaver's art, gems of the Orlsnt, at greatly reduced prices for this sale. Fifth Floor Front Kashmere Rugs Kazak Rugs Anatolian Rugs Ganges Rugs Hamadahn Rugs Bokhara Rugs These rugs were bought direct at the lowest possible prices No middle man comes between us and the makers- -as a result, prices are always lower and qualities absolutely dependable. f Gorevan Rugs Shirvan Rugs Daghestan Rugs Cabistan Rugs Senna Rugs Kirman Rugs Suruk Rugs Tabriz Rugs Khiva Rugs A WELL BALANCED STOCK! "We are immensely gratified by the way in which the people are attending our great half-price sale. Not only all of our old and valued customers, but hundreds of new customers are daily thronging our store, convincing them selves that it is just as we advertise, "the lid is off at Brode gaard's," making their purchases, and later advising their friends to do the same. We are well aware of the benefits we derive through our friends' recommendations, and ex tend our hearty thanks for the same. In the meantime wo shall continue to sell goods at prices that simply-annot be duplicated elsewhere. A Few Eyeopenors Diamonds and Diamond Jewelry. Ladies' or Gentlemen's Ring; any style mounting; carat; perfect white stone, Special sale, only 9107.50 Ear Screws, and 1-32 carats; perfect white stones; every Btyle mounting; special sale price $110.00 Scarf Pin; latest style mounting; less 1-16 carat Btone; our special sale price, at SS39.10 Solid Gold Diamond Set Lockets; regular price $9.00 to J50.00; special sale price, at $4.50 to $25.00 If you are figuring on getting a DIAMOND do not fall to drop In end see our line, as we can save money for you. Do Not Fail to come In tomorrow and select that WATCH, which you have been wanting. Never before have standard watches been put on the mar ket at such low prices as we offer them. Here are a couple of them: Ladles' O size Solid Gold, 14 karat, hand engraved or plain Xor engrav ing case; fitted with, a genuine Elgin or Waltham movement; our special sale price, at $17.25 Gentlemen's 16 size Watch; case warranted to wear twenty years; hand engraved or plain polished; fitted with an Elgin or Waltham, 15- jewel movement; our special sale price $11.75 Same as above, only 18 size . $0.25 Extra Fine Wedding Presents at Half Price. Sterling Silver. M dozen Tea Spoons; regular price $6.50, now $3.25 Berry Spoons; good weight; regular price $5.50, now $2.75 Cold Meat Forks; good weight; regular price $4.50, now $2.25 Pickle Forks, Bon Bon Spoons, Sugar Shells, Butter Knives, Etc.; all on sale at Just M regular prices. Perfect Brilliant Cut Glass. Cream and Sugars; brilliant cut; regular price $5.50, now,... $2. 75 Berry Bowls; all sizes; regular $6 to $20 values, now. . . .$3 to $10 Vases; new and nifty designs, In all sized vases; regular price from $7.75 to $24.50; special sale prices $3.87 to $10.25 Rogers Bros.' 1847 Silverware. Cold Meat Forks; regular price $1.50, now 75 Berry Spoons; regular price $2.25, now $1.13 Butter Knife and Sugar Shell; regular price $2.25, now $1.13 A Few Suggestions. for graduation presents for young misses and young gents. Either of the above Watches, which we have priced in this ad. Large Vanity Lockets, with 60-inch, chains; regular prices $13.00 to $16.50, now at $G.50 to $8.25 Shirt Waist Rings; all designs and all genuine stones; regular price $7.00 to $15.50. now , $3.50 to $7.75 Plain and Fancy Designed Bracelets; regular price from $5.00 to $16.00 now at $2.50 to $8.00 Solid Gold Cuff Links, for Misses' and Gents'; regularly $4.25 to $45; now at. ........ S ........ $2.13 to $2250 Gold 'Filled Watch Fobs; regular price $4.50 to $12.50, special sale pr,cer at $2.25 to $6.25 Fountain Pens; to fit all hands; gold filled, pearl, and sterling silver mounted; regular prices $2.50 to $5, now $1.25 to $2.50 Monday, Big Sale, of Mesh Bags. Now is your chance to buy a mesh bag. 500 bags, all German silver, silver plated, kid lined, with extra change pocket. A bargain at regular prices. 6-inch Mesh Bag; regular price $8.00, now $4.00 4-lnch Mesh Bag; regular price $6.00, now $3.00 Others; regular prices $2.25 to $14.25, now $1.13 to $713 As will bo seen, this is not a sale on any single article or a few special leaders, but a square cut through half the price of every article in a very complete and modern jew elry stock, part purchase from the large and modern $347 000 bankrupt Lapp & Florscheim wholesale stock, Chicago. Any article that you possibly may wish can be found here, in the latest and mostrtistic patterns. And at half price. Therefore, in your own interest, always go to Brodegaard's first. - AT THE SIGN OF THE CROWN 115 South 16th St. Opposite the Boston Store. Bee Wants Will Do It for You Miller, Stewart ? Beaton Just a Moment Please, You! It's nothing unusual for us to show a new shoe for women, but just now we are offering a new dark brown kid, high top, lace shoe, made of special prepared leather, vegetable tanned, that neither draws or burns the foot, a soft, flexible outer sole, with a light, Boft, cushion effect Inner sole. The ideal shoe for the nurse or saleslady noiseless and comfort personified. These shoes come in all sizes and widths at the one price 4.00 It will be a pleasure to us to show them to you. Drexel Shoe Co. 1419 Farnam St. The Shoes of the Season Thn favorite Kow Cut Rlin fot miminer wear will be our Anklo Istrvp i ij" " Daiinam. We have theae hundNome Bhoei In one. two and three atrap models Choir leather of Patent, Kid, fciue.iu and dun Metal Calf. Short vampa and high arch In- tep Hhoea that were mad fur good dreaaera. $3, $3.50, $4 to $5 All wld'hs and size. We take the sreateat pleaaure In showing theae new ahoea. FRY SHOE CO. THE SBOERS , 10tn and Donglaa Street new iwia.
