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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1915)
run Omaha srmw p-ek: .ttlv 2.", irir,. LINKS CONNECTING THE OMAHA PARKS Preliminary Sarreyi Are Made by Commissioners for Long Outer Boulerard. SOKE LAJTD TO BE DONATED CYCLONE -PROOF ..BUILDING! First National Bank Building to Be Anchored with Steel Rods at EijhtyTwo Feet. TO START WORK IN SEPTEMBER Commissioner Hummel, with Com mlssloner Jardtne and Engineer Towtmend, made a preliminary sur vey of the route of a proposed boule vard from Thirty-sixth street and Woolwortta avenue to Elmwiod park, a distance of five and one-half miles. Thla Is one of the links of a nlne mtle outer boulevard which will ex tend to Miller park and will be the largest boulevard project yet under taken by this city. The rovte of the link from Woolworth avenue will be: Thlrty-slnth i:nt and Woolwirth svrnue writ through the FlfM club and county hosrttal grounds to Korty-s.eond street; southwesterly to (Fifty-eighth and Center streets; aouih to Grover street; went to Sixtieth atieet and thence north to Elmwood perk, where connection will tie made with the Happy Hollow boulevard. arvert" the Link. Xnglneere already have aecured data on the link front Happy Hollow boulevard to Fontenelle perk, a distance of one and one-half mile and a survey now la belnn made on the Una of two and one-half mile from Fontenello lark, skirting Fort Omaha cn the north and thence over to Miller park. The completion of the three links mentioned, with the extension of a boulevard from Miller perk to Carter Lake park, will provide another boule vard system from Rlvervlew park to Carter Lake park, gains; through Han aeom, Elmwood, Fontenelle and Millar parka and terminating at the lake shore drive at Carter lake, a dlstanoe of ap proximately fifteen miles, exclusive of the lake shore drive. Much will be done this season and the work will be resumed next spring. It Is stated that a considerable tract of land will be donated to the city along the route of the boulevard from Wool worth avenue to Elmwood park. 1 Quakers in Holland Help Out Refugees Driven from Belgium (Correspondonce of the Associated Fress.) THK IIAUUH, June U. British Quak era, or members of the Society of Frlunds, are working- together with the repreeen tatlves of the American Rockefeller Foundation In behalf of the s.JW IX-lalan refugees, who have been provided with temporary homes by tbe Dutch govern . ment In the camp at Uden. The wooden : barracks aie occupied almost entirely by women and children, as most of the juen who were first there have gone to fight In what la left or Belgium for the recovery of the reet of their national oil. In the well lighted and avacloua work shops scattered about the camp, the Kockefeller foundation has supplied a number of sewing machines and all the tieceesary material wool, cotton and flannel and the women and girls work steadily day after day, making garments ( all kinds, apparently pleased to have omrthing to do. The Quakers, who, by their principles, re not pem.ftted to go to war. are doing rcmarkebl work In north wostem France and IMglurn In fweparing future homo for the strlckun civilians. They have provided tbum with lumber, tools and workshops, and even here are building mall portable bungalows, which the refu gees enn take with them when they find It possible to return to their country. They succeed In' completing one bunga low a day at a cost of about t.'OO, each building Including a comfortable Uvin room and kitchen combined and two bedroom An occasional visit la paid to the refu rocs' camp by representatives of the Kockefeller Foundation, while the Dutch ministers and high officials and their wives also take great tntoreat In the wel fare of the Belgian gueets of the Dutch nation. On the day of the visit of the Associated Freas correspondent, Mrs. l'o:l van der Linden, wife of the premier, also went through the camp, and In her honor a great Dutch flag, made by lite rvfugeee themselves, floated from the rujiteff of the camp. Work on the erection of the fourteen story First .National Bank building Is to I start by the middle of September. The ChiiaKo firm or architects are con stantly Working to complete the plans, Convenient Six-Room Modern Home Swiss Outpost is Occupying Pass at St. Bernard (Correapotident of the Associated Press.) ZURICH. Switzerland. July U.-The famous Saint Bernard pass, between Italy and Bwitserland. which waa traverse by armies In Roman and medieval times, and by Napoleon's army In lane, le an armed camp. The Hospice, or monastery, at the summit of the pass, whence the monks send out their famous doge to the succor of traveler la winter, la occupied by an outpost of Bwisa eoldiera, who took up their abode there In mid-winter, arriving on skis. The abbot and his monks, about a dosen In number, bad aa easy winter. Very few wayfarers traversed the pass this year, and no disaster occurred. The dogs the famous St. Bernard breed has been replaced by a Newfoundland alack had scarcely anything to do. Tbe morgues where those who died In the pass are laid have recently been walled up. The morgues are small atone huts. No attempt la made at burial; the bodies of tbe dead, clad In the garments they wore when the disaster occurred, are lined Bp agalnat the wall, with ticks driven Into the ground to keep thenr erect. Dodlea of men who perished In the pass thirty years ago are packed tlghly within these two morgues, kept In an excel lent state of preservation by the froet and snow. This plan I the dexlirn of the modern home of six rooms, bath room and sleep ing porch, and aa conveniently arrant )d aa poaalbla without an expenditure of a very large sum. The vestibule with coat closet opens directly Into a large living room, A beamed celling, built-in bookcase at each Ida of the flreplsce, snd a large open stairway leading from the second floor. The dining room Is separated from the IMng room by a large east opening. Jn one end of the dining room Is a built-in and have given the bank assurance that , buffet and between the dining room and In about alx weeks from now the plane kitchen la a built-in butlers' pantry. At will be completed. Contractors say It will take no more than ten days to figure the bids. Then the contract will be let and the excavation work la to be started. This Is to be a cyclone-proof building. the rear of the ktchen Is an Ice box and entry room with broom closet. On the second floor are three lnr?e bedrooms, well supplied with ample clos ets, a large sleeping porch snd a tile to It Is to he anchored to bed rock, literally ( bath room. Third floor la large enough anchored with steel rods and beams to i to finish off two rooms, bed rock which In Just eighty-two feet The plan le from the offices of Kverett below the present surface of the ground ( g. Inxlds, and anyone desiring further at Sixteenth and Farnam atreet. The Information relative to the cost of this sinking for bed rock has been completed some time ago, and this depth established. Thirty-six piers or caissons of concrete and Heel five feet In diameter are to be sunk to a doptu of rlghty-two f'l to rest upon bed rotk. These will form the hauls for the foundation. They are to be anchored to the bed rock Instead of merely reatlng there. The building aa a whole Is to be to per cent stronger than the specifications of the city ordinance require. In other words, the building la to be built as) tie ancient Roman buildings were, for eternity. Rat re thicknesses of steel are to be employed everywhere. TI10 construction U to be of steel, grnnite, terra cotta and brick. Architects and contractors estimate that this building, If begun In the middle of Heplember of thlr year, can be com pleted by August or Heptember of 181. house or the designing of a new home should get In touch with the architect, who will be glad to render his services. Kverett B. Dodds, fi12l3-613 Fax ton Bids.. Omaha, N l. . p..- - A ' y u. , - v.v M i.' s s ' v- CRADDOCK TO PLAN NEW ' AUDITORIUM AT KEARNEY J. It. Craddock of Omaha Is architect lor the new auditorium to, be built at Kearney. Plans are on file at the Omaha Builders' exchange rooms, and bids are to be In by August . I I LET CONTRACT FOR NEW NATIONAL PRINT PLANT The contract has been let to Klene A Maystrtck for the construction of the new plant of the National Printing com pany. Thla le to be a three-story and basement brick building to coat between $36,000 and $40,000. W. E. Stockham Is the architect. Municipal-Owned Houses Planned in The War Zone (Correspondence of the Associated Presi.) KOENIG8BERO, July . Every town of Importance In East Prussia that has suffered at the devastating hand of the Russians has decided to Incorporate a municipal garden section In Its plans for rebuilding. Many of the destroyed towns are so completely ruined that It Is going to be necessary to raae what little la left and construct the whole community anew. Ttils makes It eminently feitlble to ap portion off a section that can be devoted to the desirable city garden feature. Many of the communities are planning for a sort of municipally constructed and owned houses for workmen, single home structures with two, three and four rooms, which can ultimately be pur- chased by their occupants on the familiar eesy-puyment plan. I'lans of this character ars already well advanced In Uerdauen, Tapiau, Ortelaburg, Lyck and other communities, nd additional municipalities are prepar ing to follow suit. DANISH DENTISTS WORK IN GERMAN HOSPITALS (Correspondent of the Associated Press.) OOPKNHAOKV. July K.-The Danish CVntlsts' association hss received the perrnlasioa of the war ministry of the country for Its members to offer their services to the German army. The Danish C'lnUter la Berlin has been empowered to secure the permission cf the German authnnttee fur DanUh danlleta to work au the huspltala in Germany. Smugglers Active Taking Delicacies To the Firing Lines (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) OBNKVA, July IS. -The hostilities be tween Austria and Italy have reawakened In the Tyrolean mountaineers their liking for smuggling. The soldiers on both sides, forced to fight almost 10,000 feet above the sea level, far from any center where delicacies such aa chocolate and cigarettes may be obtained, are the mar ket to which these smuggler brine their wares. As the men of the Tyrol have been mobilised on all three side the Austrian, the Italian and the Swiss most of the smuggling le done by the women. . They make a small fortune In the sale of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, soap, matches and other articles whose export have been proscribed by all th-we countries concerned. After a climb of 1.000 feet ftom the base of supplies It Is not difficult for a fair mountain smuggler to ask the price of a Havana perfect o for a two-tor-flve cent Italian cigar. Germans Urged to Eat More Mushrooms (Correspondence of The Associated Presa.) HAMBURG, June JO.-As an auxiliary food supply, of which little advantage la taken, mushrooms are being urged upon Oerman epicure, and especially upon Catholic as substituted tor meat on fast daya Dr. von Langemann. a Dresden physi cian, eatlmatea that there are over M0 kinds of mushrooms in Germany. At least one-quarter of theae are not only edible, but nourishing and tasty, while only seven can be classed a poisonous toadstools. The annual crop. f a all harvested, would run Into the millions of mark la value, he believes, and would supply hundreds of ton of food. Already the Inhabitant of village In the vicinity of forest have learned te supply them selves with a valuable food that costs nothing but the gathering. 1 v4jr "VW rartf ir-r- Last SssaesaBB( i i TTTIT 1 Ci; j; i' if Illy fe$J ' ! 'j ! - I wiLuT i ' i hi -1 ePO7r-rV ASK STREETBE WIDENED Federated Improvement Clubs Take Up Twenty-Fourth Street Move ment Started by the Exchange. ANTICIPATE PE0GKESS WEST The Federated Improvement club ha taken up the movement for the widening and straightening of Twenty-fourth street In preparation for a future develop ment of the city, which 1 said to be tending toward Twenty-fourth, so that In a decs re or two It will beoome the leading business street of the city. The Omaha Real Katate exchange started! the movement, and apjpolnted a commu te of which Oeorge T. Morton la chair man, to Inveatigate the feasibility of the scheme and the possible cost. The Fed erated Improvement club ha also ap pointed a committee, and the Southwest Improvement club ha done the same. All the committee appointed are to work In conjunction with one another on the matter. W. If. Green I chairman of the com mittee of the Southwest Improvement club, and is also a member of the com mittee of the Real Estate exchange. He ha already obtained blue print of the street with the possible change that would be necessary, and the committees are going over these. The Idea of all the committees Is, not that the city shall have it business Mo tion moved at once to Twenty-fourth street, but rather that Twenty-fourth street shall be made ready to handle the business that la on day sure to come there. The Idea le to get It wide enough ao that when substantial building and possible skyscraper are built there In the future they will be built on the ourb line of what will eventually be a big- wide street. Instead of being built so far out that the aubtsantlal buildings themselves will have to be cut or moved teck when the traffic shall become eo heavy on this central artery of the metropolis. Teachers Afraid' To Travel by Sea (Correepondenre of The Associated Press.) LONDON, July IS A number of . Lon don school teachers, who were granted leave of absence by the education com mittee a year ago In order to take up ex change teaching In Canada, have written that they "do not .wish to travel by sea at the present time," and therefore wish their leave of absence extended "until the submarine menace Is less dangerous." The education committee has decided to extend their leave until January L Germany Changes Color of Uniforms (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) 1IEKUN. July IS The present Oermaa "field gray" uniform hsvlng been found I to wear badly, the troops are being ! gradually aupplted with a new uniform 1 of which the coat Is gray and the trousers blue-grsy. Th coat la tested to resist a water pre saute of three Inches of water for twenty-four hour, while the cloth cf the trousers will resist a press ure of five Inches of wster for the earoe time INVESTIGATING CRACKS IN TOWER OF LONDON (Correspondence of the Asso listed Presa) LONDON, July 15. Notatthstandin Vbe preoccupations of war, the government has undertaken, through he national physical laboratory, to mae an investi gation of the cracks In ths buildings ef ths Tower of london, some of ahlrh are said te have spread alarnitncty dur ing ths past year or two. TAKES FATHER'S PLACE AS A CHIMNEY SWEEP (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) VIENNA, July 16. Many women since the outbreak of the war have taken up queer and ususual occupations, mainly masculine work, but no one has ehosen a more unexpected "line" than Fraulein Bchaer of Meran, who, slnoe her father was called out as a reservist, has been conducting his business aa a chimney sweeper. Originally the father and one son had a monopoly of ths chimney sweeping business In Meran. Ths son went off te war soon after It began, and the fathsr, by herculean efforts, was abla to do the work of two. When Italy came In, how ever, he, too, had to ao to the front as a sharp shooter. The business threstened to go to smash entirely, but the young fraulein aston ished every one by stepping Into the breach. In masculine attire she Is now a familiar figure In Meran, And has mora business than she can attend to. To Bevtvs Pnelc Horse. (Correspondence of The Associated LONDON, July U.-The Prince gffl F YOU KNEW YOU COULD GET your money back promptly, would you not think Uom Builders' eSARANTEEO 7 SHAKES a very convenient, as wall as safe, profitable Investment? We can refer you to hun dreds who will tell you that they converted their abarea Into cash promptly on 80 daya' ootloa and netted from 7 to 10 Interest per annum, ac cording; to the length, of time Invested. 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