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5 A THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 4. 1916. REAT COLISEUM IS READY FOR DEMOS ats Arranged For Ten Thousand Person in Big Octagonal Build ing at St. Louii. St. Louis. Mo., June .V The deino (ic national convention winch as mbles here on June 14, will be the st political convention to be held the St. Louis CVdiseuni. The firt iblic meeting in this building was in e presidential campaign of VXM, hen William 11, Taft. republican .mince, spoke there. At that time e Coliseum was not completed. I" if -en thousand person crowded into e structure for this opening The Coliseum was millt in 1W7-1W8 a cost of $.U6,(HK). A arranged for e democratic national convention it ill eat approximately 1(1,1101) per ns. This seating capacity is obtain- ! as follows: On the platform are 5u seats. In c section for daily newspaper cor spondents and press associations e 472 seats. Sections set apart for the editors democratic weekly papers in Mis uri and Illinois will accommodate 8 more persons. Seats will be nrovided for 1,078 def lates and the same number of alter- itea, though there may be some ight change in these figures in case mie stales send extra delegates with fractional vote. In the boxes are sealing accom odations for 54o, in the arena bal my 2,4'M and in the balcony .1,400, This makes a totat of ",818. lixtra -ats placed wherever possible iroughout the building bring the ul sealing rapacity to about 10,IXW. The building is so designed that lere is room on the arena floor only r the delegates, a'iterriaterf and the aily and weekly newspaper men. Building i an Octagon. . The Coliseum t an octagon, con derably narrowed at one end by a lagonal aide wall. The greatest ngth of the building is from north ) south, and its narrowest dimension am east to west has been railert oil r the platform and press sections. Ihe platform is forty teet wirie, ano nmediately back of the' speakers' land and the tables for tellers and lerks, a platform extension rises to he rear of the upper balcony. This xtension contains seats for 512 per ons. These deals were distributed y the national committee, and the nembers of the committee and their mmediate parties are to occupy most f them. Around the arena floor on three ides are the boxes, which are re erved for specially invited guests arty leaders of prominence, diplo nats, etc. That part of the public which is ot fortunate enough to have plat orm box seals is to be accommodated n the arena balcony, which rises im nediatcly from the boxes, and in the 'alcony, which corresponds to the econd gallery in most public halls. The total number of seats available lor the public therefore is 5,894, and he distribution of part of these is Plotted to the St. Louis committee vhich raised the $100,000 convention und. On the west side of the Coliseum, ack of the speakers' platform, are the vork rooms for the press associations oid the telegraph companies. As this pace, as originally planned, proved oo narrow to accommodate the press sociations, an eight foot passage- vay through this section was aban loned, and by order of the mayor an -tlley in the rear of the Coliseum was v acted, and covered with and awning. rhis serves as a passageway. A pas sageway under the platform leads irom the press sections on the arena tloor to the work and telegraph rooms in the rear. On the north side of the building the Washington avenue side is a large emergency hospital: on the south side are the rooms ot the detn- acratic national committee, and on the east or Jefferson avenue side is the room of the sergeant-at-arms, and the convention postoffire. Walls Painted White. The decorations of the Coliseum were designed by Edward C. Dillman of St. Louis. In order to obtain as much daylight as possible, the walls of the Coliseum have been painted white. To get the full benefit of this reflection it was necessary to ex clude decorations from the walls. The decorations, accordingly, have been placed around the front of the bal cony and boxes and on the support ing columns that run around the building, Plaster relief medallions of Wash inRton, Jefferson, Jackson, Cleveland and Wilson, each 4 bv .1 feet, are plac ed on the supporting columns clear around the building, and e,n li medal lion is surrounded by American fl.tgs I be column are covered with bunt ing, and the buses are bung with the tuhonal colors To improve the light reflection, (,ihm rd tf white muslin oer the ceiling, estrpt for a strip down the center which is bung m the lamoul color Altogether .W.tloii )id ol hunting usd in the decora ton of the convention hall and Ml . 7l) Ameiiian f 'Ihe platform, vi I'Uiiif, it diaped with hunting and I lie Western Union Telegraph f iinpanv h a able of iHI wues mio l ie t ohsfiiin, and the Postal I t le- papS tompv has tint than dltv 1 iif t wnei m rim iih ni'ie trie l'jr. initt 4-( f t pieii iiahuis, but tor pmalc en j r i , m trie I wo Huii die I t' ,1V1 p.iluemen will f 'tiiir I ! I' I ulittum lUiim ('iittnt'on ! n .- .t or let t" I I hnk a. ti by . Ij.-u leu th M Louis li.'nfuiii it nn ,tf- ' n a ai. fetern , .'in and li'.ml timet It it tri U et ft ii rem! t'!isnit it I' ..I n. I r , Ike I'lanUtt (.'(! a i l t1 e fatly lr!?tt w .,: :tl ! t it-SIij' I''' "e.itt.n, t it a nii ste t ( ih te!:eitn i !!.. m)ii h ttisi-ri.i nii.iti i n..iiiu t fc i.m.l. e I it at.,, ,t t rt (' s !' tH n I i I '!"( It- I ..:. ,"i t tN-!t f iutiK' ta t. It Iiwh i' ! ' h iri i n ii,iii,jt I ttnlff i.t ft btii.no tlx I - "a ' I -4 .M mt if ft 31 - if .'. ( - ., fc.ii fc i m I 4 ' -'.. . T ft - I v ' - " ft t. i I fc ( ft i, t'. 1 ft ft ! ft (it; t t w . . J i.-,. , i- if, . t ' ' ' k" r ' ' 4 , ,Mft HAS BEEN NEITHER TARDY NOR ABSENT IN TOUR YEARS. sWT Matilda Pinnow, eighth B git I of Edward Rosewatcr school, has at tained the, exceptional record of gam ing A's in all of her studies this si hool year. In addition to that splendid showing she has not been absent nor tardy during four con secutive years at this school. She is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I;red Pinnow of .V162 South f if teenth street. Teachers of the Edward Rosewater school are very proud of this bright girl. Socialists Do Not Hold Top Strength in the Reichstag (i 'orrnponf nrt nf th Amncntn prep ) Merlin, May 25, Through its inter nal dissensions, culminating in the secession of the eighteen members led by Jlaase, the social-democratic party in the Reichstag has lost its standing a the strongest party of the house, a place now occupied by ihe Center, with ninety-one members, 1 he socialists follow with eighty-nine, and the national liberals and radicals are tied for third place with forty-five members each. The conservatives, with forty-four members, are fifth, and the new "German faction," a coalition of free conservatives and a few so-called "wild" or partyless members, has twenty-seven. The Poles and the new "Socialist Workirg Alliance," the Haase-Iiernsteiu se ( ceoers, nave eigniecn memners eacn, The smaller parlies Alsatian, Danes, Poles, etc, attach themselves to various groups. Four members of the Reichstag owe no party allegi ance and have no committee assign ments. These are Liebknecht and Ruehle, socialists, and two members of the right, Schultz of Hromberg, and laron Heyl zu Hcrnsheitn. The socialist party, which had 110 seats at the opening of the Reichstaq, is, temporarily at least, more Imdly disrupted than us apparent voMng strength indicates. Pour distinct groups ran be counted within the farty. These are: (1) The radicals, .iebknecht and Reuhle, whose con nection with the party is only nom inal; (2) the recent seceders, led by llaase; (3) the Hoch-Simon group, including twenty members, who are opposed to further war credits, but, submissive to the will of the party caucus, leave the Reichstag chamber to avoid voting; (4) the majority, ariout seventy men, who are still, as formerly, in favor of further war credits and stand so far on the right of their part" that the radical mem bers accuse of them of having aban doned ancieut socialist principles. ENGLISH RABBIT CATCHING CHAMP TO THE TRENCHES (r'orrtponrtnra nf tht AMorlatd Fr ) London, June 1. A man who de scribed himself as a profeessional raty bit catcher and with some experience at tatting, claimed exemption from military duty on the ground that his services were invaluable to bis coun try. He said he had killed 10,000 rab bits since August. His plea was de nied on the ground that he would make an extellent rat catcher for the Irene bet The Quality Blouse Shop V to. f 1 V, f Sooner or Later $h -fcc? Store NKW ARRIVALS DAILY ran iii'M PROTEST .AGAINST PRIESTS AT FRONT Campaign by French Anti-Clerical Element Brings Work to Public Notice. MANY FALL ON BATTLE FIELDS e.vrrmmii1w ot th Anrlati1 Pro.) Paris, May 27. A campaign by the extreme anti-clerical elements of the radical and socialist parties against the presence' of priests at the battle fronts in daily contact with soldiers has brought sharply info public notice the work which these priests have done and are doing at the front. It required a special intervention to produce for priests cvrii the "privi lege" of going to the front. Prior to May. IVI.L no chaplain were pro vided for the army. The minister of war at that time provided in a decree that in case of war two Catholic priests, a Protestant pastor and a rahbi should be attached to each group of stretcher-bearers of an army corps, and two Catholic chaplains to each division which had no stretcher bearers. Thus about 100 priests and half , as many Protestants and Israelites were authorized to accompany the army. When war began, ( ount Albert de Mun, since deceased, obtained from the minister of war authorization for priests to enlist as chaplains with the approval of their bishops up to the number of 250 in addition. Count Paul Pourtles obtained Ihe same favor for eighty more Protestant pastors, while sixteen additional rabbis were named. Many Deaths Reported. The number cf priests who have given their lives on me field of battle I has not yet been counted, for besides the rhaplawis there are several thou sand priests incorporated in the auxil iary services, or who volunleered for active service. A great many neaths, however, have been reported among the chaplains under heroic circum stances. Rabbi Abraham Hloch was fatally wounded at Saint-Die by a fragment of a shell at the moment when he tendered a crucifix to a wounded soldier who had taken him for a Catholic priest. The Abbe Vil lier, chaplain of the civil hospital of Arras, was killed by a shell while seeking to save bis patients during a bombardment of Arras. Chaplain Du breuit died at the extreme point of positions conquered ny the zouaves with whom he went to the assault. Three chaplains gave up their lives during the battle of Champagne; the Abbe Thinot struck by a shell while digging out men buried' by the ex plosion of a mine; the Abbe Perrot and the Abbe Pouch, who fell, the former while looking after a fallen soldier and the latter while giving first aid to a general of brigade wounded on the field of battle. A chaplain from Ihe region of Ver dun gives the following graphic re cital of an experience: "We celebrated Kaster under the shrapnel, within 300 yards of the German trenches, and the Credo was saluted by a fussillade. Our trenches had been converted into green bowers with flowers and ivy garlands, On Good Priday fourteen stations had been marked with cros ses in the communicating trench for the solemn procession. At half past two, just as I had confessed my last penitent, a bullet hit him in the neck. The blood spurted out just as the last words of absolution were uttered. I gave him first aid, and then he turned his brave eyes toward run and mur mured; 'You have cared for the body, now look after the soul.' I offered a prayer that went with his depart ing soul, while the blood flowed upon my cross and cassock. It was in that condition that f proceeded on the road to the rros. and at the twelfth station I offered the pure vermillion blood of that brave son of Fiance to Christ and with all mv heart I said; 'Our Lord, that blood was generously shed'" Wins His Decorations. Rishop Kuch. as chaplain of a sec tion of stretcher bearers of the th corns, was decorated with the Legion of Honor and the war cross on the firld of battle, and cited in orders as follows: "Charles Ruch. bishop, ef faced himself in spite of his eminent dignity and gave proof in a modest post of untiling activitv and devotion, notably in the latest combats, visit ing Ihe first line trenches, seeking for wounded on the line of fire, and watching al night in exposed field hospitals. His calm lourage has ac quired for him the affection of every one." In a little sector taken from the Germans, where tlicTe was a chinch xxlius 1508-1510 You arc Going to Be a ra Blouse Customer at This , or cm wuv j' riddled by shells, the chaplain of the victorious regiment decided to say mass while the. shells were screeching to right and left. A projectile crashed through the only window remaining intact, smashed the altar, and threw the chaplain and his assistantl to the floor. Fragments of the shell struck the priest in the head, while another broke his right arm at the elbow and j another at the wrist. I For the chaplain a well a for the j combatant, heroism is the small nf rvrrv-iav existence at the front. His place is wherever there is fighting. lie often falls under the shells and bullets, and frequently reaps the same reward for gallant conduct as that of the fighting sol dier. The Abbe Henrocque, simple priest at the beginning of the. war, is now a knight of the Lrgion of Honor. He lifted men as they fell under a heavy shelling, with suffo cating gas projectiles, dressed their wounds and carried them to shelter. He was wounded in the head and arm by a shell that exploded three yards away; he stopped only to wipe the blood from his eyes; an instant later a heavy projectile upheaved a section of the French trenches and buried two officers and six men; Abbe Hen rocque, while crying for help, dug un til he Had saved one officer and four of the soldiers. 1 TO PUMP OUT ZUIDER ZEE Project Tb Will Iml Holland Mnetr MHHon Dollar If Par liament Approve. 1 The problem of removing the. w ater from the flooded district of north Holland has revived the project of drying the Zuider Zee, writes Com mercial Attache Flrwin W. Thompson from The Hague, and a bill is now before the Netherlands Parliament for appropriating money for this work. The cost is estimated at $'0, 000,000, The principal dam would be about fifteen miles long, averaging twenty feet in height. One of the niot important results securing from the drying of the Zuid er Zee. would be that the new dams would take the place of the several hundred miles of dikes that now pro tect the lowlands from the Zuider Zee. Under present conditions a strong northwest wind tends to blow the waters of the North Sea into the Zuider Zee and to raise the level of the latter until it sometimes breaks over the protecting dikes and inun dates the low polders or meadows. The flooded district in north Hol land, which has brought up the Zuid er Zee project, comprises 40,000 acres. This territory is all below sea level, and is protected from the North Sea by a line of natural sand dunes for most of the distance, and along other stretches by heavy dikes built larcly of granite. On the east side, however, the province is protected from the Zuider Zee by a line of earth embank ments. The January storm broke through these embankments in sev eral places and inundated the country. The provincial authorities are now engaged in repairing these breaks in the embankments or dikes, and as soon as these are completed they will begin pumping out the flood water. The arrangement of locks and sluices is such that at low tide in the North Sea, and sometimes In the Zuider Zee, the water can be drained out to a certain level, hut below that it must be pumped, The average height to which the water must be lifted is only three to four feet, but the total amount to be pumped approximates 7,000,000,000 cubic feet. There are many steam pumping stations throughout the district, which were destined primarily for taking care of the regular rainfall in the low districts and for pumping , waici niiu iti vv j. These pumps will be used to their full capacity, nut win necessarily nave to be supplemented by many new ones. If the bill for drying the Zuider Zee is passed hy the Netherlands Parliment, it is possible that Amer ican contractors may be called upon to build the dams and do the pump ing. ' W0ULD"DEVEL0P CONTROL OF FINGERS ON ARTIFICIAL HAND (rnrrapnn1?nr of the Aisorlatsi PrM Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 Three professors of Zurich university have been experimenting in the hope of training the muscles in the stumps of amputated arms to connect with artificial hands in such a way as to open and close the fingers. Prof. Sauerbach, one of the professors, states in s German medical maga zine that the anatomical difficulties have been overcome so effectually that all that is now required for com plete success is a somewhat better artificial hand, and he expresses ex pectation that this soon will be invented DOUGLAS Be,,er Va,ues mht cnnArD? f I! 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