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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1911)
V 6 - J riglit now. Never were the mod els ho handsome. Never were the fabrics ho unusual. Never was value ho conspicuous. You can not match them elsewhere. Sizes run up to 40 chest for young men and older men who are young in spirit, prices are very moderate. ! l $15, $18, $20, $22.50 arid $25 Imperial Hats are $.'?, rich browns, swell jfrays, new tans, n 1 s o . black. Boys' Clothes of Sterling Qualities Right woolens, correct styles, well tailored. Proper suits for boys of every age. the season's best vnlues, at $5, $6, $7.50, $8.50 and $10 TIC TOWN own 161&-1&20 FAUN without until Captain Dempsey and a quad of police officers came to the scene. Watchman Mystified. W. H. Uroonovcr, watchman of the building, wan In the watchhouse at Seven teenth and Harney streets, when the first explosion was heard. "It Bounded at If It was up the street some distance." ha aald, "and I went back Into the house. A sec ond later, however, I learned that It was In the new court house from people run ning on the street and boya yelling from the Young Men's Christian association building." Urookover said that be had made hia rounds of the building at 12:20 and there -was nothing wrong. When asked if ho had seen .anybody aiuund the place during the night ha said "No. I haven't seen anyone around here slm:e a month ago, when I chased out a n an whom I found leaning against a pillar In the basement." Awakens Superintendent. mooKover caiiei t aivin ze'gler, super intendent of construction of the tmlldine. ana toia mm 01 me explosion. Xelgler said the explosion had awakened him at 2i Mouth Twenty-fifth avenue and he was lying awake when his telephone rang. After accompanying the police officers and firemen through the building, Zelgler said he could not estimate the loss until daylight, but that It would reach fiom IIO.OUO to I15.0IX) at the least and perhaps more. "We can t tell but that a vital part of the building has been so changed by the ! shock that two or three times that amount of money would have to be expended In re pairing it." , Deafened to Wreck Strnctnre. The first charge of dynamite wan placed In the foot of tli arch on the south side. The explosive had been placed between two columns, widen are twenty-four incties apart. Had It not been that the windows and doors of the building were open, the shock from the first explosion probably would have rased the southwest corner of the building. LArge steel beania and ateel columns were curled aa though they were wire, and massive stones were Jarred from the base of two' of the columns. Tha second explosion, occurlng when the fireman were seventy feet away, In the baaement looking tor the first, caved In fifty square feet of floor space and Jarred loose beams and columns In the extreme southwest corner. Ifo KTldenro of Wreekers. The police searched about the deatroyed parts of the building to find fuses, but nun was found. Nor waa there any evidence lelt by tha person or persons who at templed the destruction of the million dol lar building. Jltsi Received Front Tha Bee. Tha Ilea waa the first to report an ex Dloelun to tha police. When Captain Inueey received the alarm and an nn.lnt It Detectives Hell. Sullivan and Murphy Jumped to their feet and the whole emergency foroe placed themselves In the auto patrol before a second alarm which came from the fire depurtuunt. I'eraons passing down the btreets In the vicinity of tha court houite quickly gathered tn groups, uncertain as to the origin of the explosions and equally to stand still or to move In any direction It as several mlnutea before It aa known the crashes tame from the court houae. .i.on were shivered ln a aemt- circle extending southward on Seventeenth k , rui .nil on around along tlghteenlit street. The Young Men's Christian ao elation building suffered considerably. liauuil ... ...... , Caldwell A Drake of ma.anapous nave th. contract for the building, the original Lit which i. estimated at fl.UM.Ooa aost w wu rOVK DBTaX'TlVK.S GET Bl'SV rki. ktait Makes Aslaaaats af Ills Staff. Four detectives have been assigned to tha Investigation of the court house dn- ... . . . a at 4sl ata H I kla- ml ting, t hlex ,,0 " " .l(,,.on-,d tullo, Hellfeld. Ionahue and McDonald General orders have been Issued to all patrolmen, together with descriptions of possible suspect. The railroad yards and outgoing trains are under guard. De tectives are oa the outlook for posslMe susplcloua characters Laving she city. The police dragnet ihrown out at once by Captain Dempsey when the dyna miting waa reported at 1 o'clock Friday morning by The Bea. Lieutenant Hayea and Sergeant Madson 1 FA Y B E you've never L VJ- worn "Sampeck Clothes." Maybs vou'vc admired them, but felt they were too costly. Maybe you have nevt-r taken the trouble to try them on or learn their pric. Investigate the merits of these clothes Mi m Ilenllior Shirts are f 1 .50 and $2, pleasing new col ors with collars to match Btiff collars and cuffs or soft collars and French cuffa. A f town T? noH r-rnCTi rJ Ink All 8TRSJET with a aquad surrounded the building. An Investigation of the premises was made at once. The building has been under po lice guard elnce. IBVKRAL CONTRACTORS LOSE Plumbers Will goffer MmtDtaagt to Balldiasr Vet I'necrtatn. Four contracting firms will stand heavy losses by reason of the two explosions which dismantled parts of the court house Thursday night. They are Caldwell A Draka, J. J. Hannlghan & Co., The Jonn aon Electric company and Robert Carter of the Galvanized Iron company. The maze of twisted piping will all have to be removed for many stories up, for the pipes are torn out of place In some places as high as the third and fourth floors. The piped conduits for ta electric light ing are twisted In with the plumbing pipes, and will also be a total loss, the Johnson Klectrlc company holding the contract. Several new partitions and floors wlll have to be Installed by the Caldwell & Drake people. With the reBt of the con tractors, they are unable as yet to put any definite estimate upon the amount of the loss. Rach of the contractors will have to stand responsible for his own work and It will be equalised with some difficulty. None of the foundations piers that bear I th wolKht of the building were sufficiently damaged to require rebuilding. The contracting flm of .1. J. Hannlghen & Co. Is probably a greater loser than Caldwell Drake. Mr. Hannlrhen nlacas his total loss at around 15,000. tils con- iraci win tne county commissioners was for the plumbing and healing and called for $78,000. The plumbing was complete. It waa placed within the wails. The plumb Ing near the Harney street entrance, where the first explosion occurred, waa damaged the most. The pipes were twisted and nent aa high up as the fourth floor. The plumbing for four toilet rooms was com pletely ruined. Tha beating venta of gal vanlsed iron were blown out on the first floor by the force of the pent-up air which rushed through them from the sub-base ment, where the explosive waa placed. The loss that Caldwell A Drake will sus tain la estimated by John tenser, archl tect, ana superintendent Zeigler at be tween 13,000 and S4.0U0, although they say that It Is very difficult, owing to the state that the construction waa In, to absolutely put a figure on the loss. Caldwell at Drake's contract la for 122.671. llM XI , L . . ..... aiurimy, superintendent or con struction for the Johnson Klectrlcal com pany, which haa the contract for the wir ing, estimates mat company s loss at J' 100 The consideration In the contract with the Johnson company Is (ll.OOu. Mill SIStLAlK (.IVES 1IEH VIEWS or flee Maaaarer Declares Blast Was Carefully I'laaard Oat. Miss Helen nclslr, Caldwell & Drake's office manager, who Is taking unusual in terest In the efforts to apprehend the dyna miters, Is firm In her belief that Thursday night s fiendish worlt waa dons systemat ically and after much careful thought. "They selected well the points of de" slructlon." says she. "and had they suc ceeded the entire southwest corner of the building would have been demolished. They apparently misjudged tha strength and aol ullty of the structure, otherwise the dam. 1 age would nave been much greater. piacmg uynamite at ttie base of the - massive pier on the south wevt corner and ! "'""" """"ge oeneatn the arch on the lllurnev llrl atria tha svlM.nt ........ - ---- d'mo"f ,U ,nt,r? ""hw-at Part Had gliding been of caatllever construe lon lney woul(J n,v, accomuHjh.,! Uielr purpose ' CALDWELL IHU1MU AN IXDl'IHY Member of Klriu V Irea Eaaaloyes to Spare o Effort. "Spare no effort to apprehend those re- -Ispunalble for explosion. Am astounded, of ( "OKOKGB W. CALdJWBLi lx)ulsville, Ky." Thla telegiam waa the first personal word received from the flim of Caldwell A Drake Friday morning at the office here. Ttic in authority at the Omaha office do not take It lo mean that they ara author ized to offer a reward. Oaly Uaa "DHOkn it r I M LN at- Ttat i-aiatlve Hromo Wuinine. . Dook tw the sianature of B. W. Grave. Used taa world aver ta ears a sold la ana day. fee. Where the Dynamiters Got in i .-JW - j w V , f ... -v V-i!-. i-t FORTY DAYS FROM FINISH Completion of Court Honse is Sue First of May. TIME OF CONTRACT IS ALMOST UP Twenty Months for Erection and Completion of the Bnlldlnsr by Caldwell A Drake floon to Find. Work waa begun on the grading In the summer of 1909. Caldwell & Drake took over the site on the flnt of September of that year and began their share of the construction. The cornerstone was laid that fall. Soma Inkling as to how far behind the construction Is can be gathered from the fact that the work of placing the Inside marble has Just begun and that the spe cifications rail for t-.TT.OOO worth of labor on that part of the work. Not over twenty men, It Is estimated, can work on the placing of the Inside marble at one time. Figuring on that basis, It would place the completion of the court house many months away. The contract with Caldwell A Drake re quires that the building be finished within twenty months after they were given the site. Work on the building started In the summer of 1909 and the site -waa turned over to Caldwell ft Drake In September. The twenty months will be up the first of May In this year and the work. Is far behind the schedule, with lHtle hope of completion by that time. ' - Tha contract calls for a forfeit ef $100 for every day over the limit of twenty months that the building Is not finished. Some delay In the construction of tha building resulted early In the operations from a series of difficulties with Iron workers. All the labor employed upon the building waa union labor with the excep tlon of the Iron workers. "Caldwell A Drake have never employed any union labor for the Iron work since some trouble they had with a union In a building at Louisville, Ky., about five years ago," said Calvin Zelgler, superin tendent. We had Intended putting on the union labor In this building last summer, but the got too haaty and spoiled every thing." Latenaer's Kb ti mate. According to John l.tener, the archi tect of the new court house, Douglas county stands a good snow-o; collecting the $100 a day forfeit required from the contractor for every day that the com pletion of the new building Is delayed after May 1 of thla year. "I see no reason why the county shouldn't collect." said Mr. Latenser, on being questioned. - When asked by what time he thought the new building could -ike completed tha architect replied that If the work waa only pushed hard enough It would be possible to finish tha construction by the first of Repteinbi-r. "Of course," said Mr. Latenser, "It all depends upon the effort made to hurry the work." Caldwell & Drake are claiming an ex tension of 100 days because of a atated uu avoidable delay caused by a strike In the Vermont quarries. Whether or not this extension In time Is granted them Ilea with the caunty commissioners. SHOW DOGS TAKE VP TiiH TRAIL. SBBSBBBBBSBBBB) Blauatkaaaa froaa Prasaaat Pat rest at taa Dyaaaaltera. Two bloodhounds, "Dr. Fremont" and "Lady," owned by Dr. J. B. Fulton, were turned louse at tha court housa la aa at tempt to catch the dynamiters. Tha two dogs took tha trail readily at Seventeenth end Harney streets and followed It to the corner of Seventeenth and Farnam streets. At that point tha dogs were checked and brought back to tha court house, to whether they would take up tha scant again. Thla precaution waa taken to make aura that the hounds were oa the trail. They Immediately picked up tha scent again and atarted off la the same direction, going north on Seventeenth street aa far aa Nlcholaa. At this corner tha dogs led tha keeper and the detectives east on Nicholas to tha Union Pacific shops, which are located at about Tenth street. They went through the gats which leads to the shops, but hers tha trail waa lost. Thla was accounted for in tha fact that during the hour of night that tha explosion occurred the gats la locked and a watchman la stationed nearby. Tha dynami.ers could not have gone through this entrance. However, the detectives Insisted on going Into tha railroad yards, and they were soon rewarded when the scent was again taken up by the doga. They went south along tha tracka for a considerable distance and came to an empty bog car, here they stopped. Indlcationa abowed that tha per son or persona being trailed had entered the car. The trril waa again taken up and followed southward aa far aa River view park, near which the doga worked la slg ing fashion. Indicating that they had lost tha scent. Hera tha man hunt waa given up, and tha dogs were returned to the dynamited building, after having boea out about two hours. Immediately upon returning to tba dam- . , - a C " """J : . lit , . - - X """-."'. y v S"r BASEMENT ROOM BFiNKATll KXriX)S10N. 1 aged building the dogs were given another trial und they struck out over the siime route pursued before. Detectives McDonald and Patullo, who were with the dogs con cluded that It was useless to go further after they had reached Ninth and Nicholas streets on the second round, and the dogs were pulled off the trail. CHARGED ACCURATELY PIACKD Ksglseer Bays Kx plosions Were Lo cated at Vital Points. "The attempts evidently were made by men familiar with the court house, and also with how buildings are made," said one of the Caldwell A Drake engineers. "The charge of dyanmlte on the Harney street side was placed near the great pil lar In that corner of the structure. The charge on the Eighteenth street side was placed under a great, pillar near the cor ner, with the obvious Intent of causing the collapse of the entire southwest corner of the building. Men unfamiliar with build ings would have placed two charges side by side. In an effort to cause the most damage In one place possible." The piers, according to John Latenser, the architect, bear a weight of about Zb tons. "If they had weighted their charges," said Mr. Zelgler. "Instead of Just laying them upon the footing against the piers they might have succeeded In wrecking much more of the building than they did." CP TO CONTRACTOR O'CONNOR Member of Coanty Hoard Says Bond ers Mail Stand Loss. "I shall recommend that a more thorough search ef the court house be made at once," said Tom O'Connor, a county commis sioner. "It Is extremely likely that the per petrators of this deed had other explosives planted about the building, but were frightened away before they could explode tlem. If left they may explode any time. I think every nook and cranny should be locked Into to guard against further dam age to the structure. 'I think the result will be, aa thinga now stand, that the work of finishing the build ing will be delayed. Of course, all of that Is left In the hands of the contractor. He stands the loss." The city streets are naturally de stroyers of scent, and with the long spell of dry weather the trail is very faint. It was also some hours before the hounds were placed upon the trail, but The lew and "Bashy" Ones Ladies! Look at these crisp new low cuts; then ask yourself: "Can I get the same pert and jaunty spring footwear ELSEWHERE for $1.95 and $2.45?" After you've argued the matter over with yourself and have worn yourself out looking about town, then just agree with us that our BASEMENT means, "A few steps down brings the prices down!" The "VVONE" Patent Kid Pump, two atraps and bow, mili tary heel light and airy. The "Cygnet" Patent Leather Oxford. Plain ahort vamp, high Cuba heel and soles. ' Vary part At 51.9 322 South 16th Street Their Work ft - - Dr. Fulton will persevere In attempting to locate the criminal." In this way. It was a strange slsht to see the two dogs, with their brown bodies close to the ground ami their long ears drawing In the dust as they ran along with their noses to the trail. When puzzled the dogs let out a little whimper and rapidly circled In nn attempt to pick up the lost scent. "Dr. Fremont" took a second in the Omaha Bench show as a show dog, but Is considered the best trailer of the kennels, while "Lady," the other dog, took a first prlxe. It had. been the intention of the show management to get up a fictitious man-hunt Friday morning, but the court house dynamiters are now acting the pur sued part in a real man-hunt. OTEKXITTI OT OOKAtT SlXAMgHIPS. Port. ArrWed. Balled. NEW YORK Csmpanello.... I Touraln. NKW TURK Zlaten. NEW YOHK Vllonla. NEW YORK Pennsylvania. NEW YORK. C. r. Ttatira. NKW YORK TEROE1H A Ill 'KKNSTOWN OENOA LlKurla MAN 11 Quito LONDON Harpoake... Pl'NTA ARENAS AUIIKII8 Franeonla... NAPL.K9 OUASOOW AVONMOITH BOSTON Manltott.... UVBHPOOL Ancona. Vcsrala. It. Paul. Mlnnatonka. Setoa. Canopto. Mongolian. Hoyal ucorsa. AMUSb.MHIVTS. 'AyDlTOKOyrJl lVo'dncsday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday ADMISSION 25c BRING THE CHILDREN. AND BEST bHOW EVER IN OMAHA. BIGGEST 250 DOCKS ENTERED FROM COAST TO tXA8T. 0:00 A. M. TO 10:00 I'. M. "The Nobby1 A two or three-strap Pump, in patent leather. Haa new flat bow tie. short vamp and Cuban heel. One of tha most "chic" .stylos. too. turn At $2.48 jbismmiJil. Saturday Special Toilet Articles At BEATON'S Standard Toilet Arti cles st very special prices will be our Kader for tomorrow. It's a great chance to supply yourself with these daily usl articles at almost half price You'll make a saving by coming here with jour shopping list tomorrow. We're remodeling our place It's a little incon venient for you and us lut you'll save by com ing. 2!c Packer's Tar Soap, at 150 2 5c Peroxide Soap. .15 25c Woodbury's Facal Cream, at 25c Woodbury's Blush Rose Soap, 3 cakes In box, at 15 25c Woodbury's Sweet Violet Soap, 3 cakes In bc". t 15f 10c Colgate's or Williams' Shaving Soap . t . . . . 5(k 5oc Detachable Ebony P.ufftr, at 2." 75c Hair Hrushes. .3) 25c De .Mar's Cold Tablets, 8t 150 $1.00 Indian Wahoo Hit ters, a fine Spring Tonic, at 25 Beaton Drug Co. Farnam and ISth St. $200 Reward I hereby offer a reward of $3ii0. good un til next Thursday, for tha finding of the body of my son. B. A. rJutcher, 26 years old, who leaped into the Missouri river from the Union Pacific railroad brldxe Saturday nlnht. .March IS. Send word to Omaha police. ' S. D. DUTCH KR. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Best Farm Paper la the West. 30 CATS The "VVONE" Pat. Kid Pump, strap and b o Military beel, light and airy. )1 JTc "The Wing" Patent Leather Oxford Tie. stub by high short toe. military heel, a really jaunty shoe fur spring. $2.45 322 South 16th Street At l-'ilhiil 111 I liii nit lli i I i i-tit liri 1 hn hern sttslneil through yeurs of fslth ! fill I-Mllnir In the !.--t stotis Hold In thla 'country. IHArrionri m-e fur their exct : worth nnrl It Is Inifi sslhle to get nn Ini rTf'Tt ir'in here vln-n n luire one I ile Mretl nr wale.-Mmn pr Meet huvrr HKn!nt Inferior dtATnotirl hii.I m-H perfect Monp , uiuier the Kill'olm k mrnntec of genuine 1 tie In character, price nm1 duality Kvery elty m n tewrlrv ttore thnt Is 1 r cotnie1 ns the l et In ninnhn the 1 Albert Krtholin store occupies this position , and Its prices are s low as any for the j same qnnlity of kooiIs !n the ruuntn. Don't Mere t Bny Invest. ALBERT EDHOLM, JEVELia 16th and Harney 3d s" ivr.j Tor.c Len.9; Ara fioSlorc Ground Are you Uitherel nhotit seelnc the edes of your lensr'.' Is your field of vision limited? You ian overcome the trouhle s.nd experience h hitherto unknown nmount of rea! comfort, by wearing them. I.nrce field of vision, no nnnoylnff reflections, In fnct 11 perfect lense. Step In nml let us sh'.w you why they me better. Huteson Optical Co. 21:1 son ih lot li St. Lenses Duplicated. Artificial Eyes. TEETH tYlihtut Plates. Crown and Bridge Work Done by DR. CLARK .nE.r" 304 Faaton Blk., 16th and rarnam. Ir Clark litis performed another of his Kieat feats iikrnln, by extracting 11 teeth ill 4 minute without pain, hv the iib of his local nntlsepi le. Hot of Teeth 88.00 Very best Set of Teeth 8.00 Aluminum l'liites. ery he.-l made 910.00 (Sold I'latee Oold 'row nn 1'orcelaln Crowns, own teeth Cold FlllllIKH las and np 14 and np like your 13.00 11.00 and up 60c Silver KIllliiKs Porcelain Killings, like your own Teeth $1.00, aud np Brlilne Work, per tooth $4.00 DR. CLARK "SxVtZt" 104 Faxton Block, 16th and Farnam Office hoars, 8 to 61 Sventngs, S tp 8; Sundays, II to 4. AMISISME.MS. "of"" fRIIfi MtOLICS FOLLY --"UU DAILY TODAY TOXKJHT SPECIAL LKNTKN ATTRACTION REDEMPTION 4 SwVm8 SUNDAY HAT. Engagement Kxtraordlnury THE MERRY WHIRL A Cast of lirilliant ExrcHene'. 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