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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1916)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1916. LINCOLN HIGH IS TO HAVE MODEL GROUND Tract Surrounding New $700, 000 High School to Be a Work of Art. FOB PLANTS AND SHRUBS Omaha people interested in city planning, in landscape gardening and m a city beautiful in general are watching with a great deal of in terest the coming development of the new high school grounds at Lincoln. Alio the landscaping that is to be done at the new grounds of the Woodcrest grade school in Lincoln is to be watched with interest The new high school building there cost $700,000 and the landscaping that is to be done on the eighteen acres of ground surrounding the building is planned to make this the most attrac tive high school grounds in the west; A landscape architect from Omaha, E. H. Herminghaus, in the Brandeis Theater building, has been employed. He has already drawn his plans and made the elaborate blue prints which have been officially accepted and ap proved by the Lincoln Board of Education. t Luy Pond. The fact that a railway line cuts off a corner of the grounds is to make no material difference in a gen eral development This only forms a natural division point or boundary line, which the architect seised upon as the limit of a beautiful triangular section of the grounds which he pro poses to develop into a botanical gar den of native Nebraska plants, shrubs and trees of all kinds. All the hun dreds of varieties of plants and shrubs to be grown here will be native and spontaneous. A Illy pond is to lie in one corner, furnishing many varieties of lilies, mosses, water grasses and sedges. ' This botanical garden will not only add beauty to the grounds, but is to furnish specimens of all native Ne braska plants for the botanical classes of the high school. ' " '- The building-stands on a knoll and one descends to-the grounds- over a series of beautiful terraces. The large foreground includes the base ball dia mond. The whole ball ground, dia mond, field and all, will be one vast open green sward, surrounded at the extreme boundaries- - by handsome trees and shrubbery of many kinds. Shady walks and path lead in and Frightened When Companion Drowns, Youth Doesn't Tell for Whole Day Then Relates Story to School OirL Who Tells Her Far ents, Who Then Vk .' form Police, Because his comoanion was too frightened to tell anyone of the trag edy the drowning of Roy Reed, 9-year-old son of Mrs. H. Reed, 316 Foppleton avenue, which occurred Thursday afternoon, did not come to light until vnterday. The Reed boy, accompanied by Joe Motta, 10 years old, 1210 South Fourth street, and unbeknown to his mother, went fishing Thursday noon. The tads selected the spot on the towa side of the Missouri river under the Union Pacific bridge as the most desirable fishing ground. Young Reed, after the pair had been angling lor an hour or so, got .his fishline twisted and stepped out to the edge of the bank to untangle it--.The treacherous bank at the very brink crumbled away under the lad a weight and he plunged down Into the water. His horrified companion stood on the bank and watched him sink out of right, come to the surface again a little farther down stream, and then finally disappear, as the swift current carried him away. The Motta lad went home as if in a trance, but try as, he would he could not summon courage to tell of his friend's tragic death. He retired early, relating later that he spent a sleepless night He "skipped" school yesterday morning, as he had heard that the Reed boy's mother was looking for him in an effort to find out why her son did not return home . Thursday night She had appealed to the po lice, but they were unable to find any trace of the lad. Young Motta yesterday afternoon divulged his secret to a school girl, who straightway told her parents, the story eventually getting to the police. Police officers rounded up the Motta boy and he told the story of the drowning, taking them to the spot and describing how young Reed met his death. Efforts to find any trace of the body were futile. - The worry over her son's disap pearance and the subsequent shock when told of his death has left the mother in a prostrated condition. out and wind hither and thither among the flowers, shrubs and trees near the border of the grounds. . Ten tennis courts lie in the back ground. The athletic field is imme diately to the west. It Is modeled In every detail after the Harvard athletic held, having exactly tne same dimen sions and all. Around the outer rim of this the track men are afforded a quarter-mile .track. A feature that adds to the pictur- esqueness of the Lincoln High school J rounds is the tact tnat tne new Ante ope Park extension adjolni the grounds on the immediate east. This extension is also to be landscaped by Mr. Herminghaus. ' 1 Two Square Blocks. The Woodcrest school has five acres of grounds. This comprises two square blocks. I he school board there has Just decided to lay out no grade school grounds in the future of less than five acres. They have also de cided that m all such grounds laid out in the future, a skilled landscape arch itect shall be employed. . ,;. The building site is seventeen feet higher than tne play ground. Com ing down the terrace One comes upon the outdoor gymnasium for boys and girls, and farther on, to the play ground for the small children, which includes a clever little wading pool, a large sand pile, and a pavilion for mothers and nurses. Then there are two basket ball courses for the girls. Below this the big play field and the foot ball grounds,, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, are to open like a large meadow. -, :. Everywhere on the grounds again, In perfect symmetry, trees and shrubs are to be planted where they do not interfere with the play, and walks and rustic paths are to wind in and out among them. Former Mayor of Mill City Meets Death In Washington Minneapolis, Sept. 9. James Gray, former, mayor, of Minneapolis,, and Washington , correspondent for a Minneapolis paper, died in Washing ton, D. , C., today, according to ad vices here. He was 54 years old. At one time he was democratic candidate for governed of Minnesota. MINE PAYMASTER SLAIN BY BANDITS Lee Bankin, on Way to Pay Men at Florence, 0., Killed and Strongbox Taken. BOX CONTAINED $12,000 Martins Ferry, O., Sept 9. Step ping out of the shrubbery along the roadway at Glens Run, two foreign ers today shot and fatally wounded Lee Rankin, superintendent of the Florence mine of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal company, took the strongbox containing $12,000 in min ers' pay from the rear of Rankin's automobile and escaped. Rankin died an hour later. A posse of miners and police from Bellaire, Martins Ferry, St. Claires ville and Wheeling, W. Va., with a pack of bloodhounds, started in pur suit. " Paul Pickens, a chauffeur for Rankin, attempted to save the payroll by speeding up the machine afterRan kin had fallen with four bullets in his body, but a shot from one of the bandits halted the chauffeur. Rankin and Pickens left Martins Ferry this morning for Florence, in tending to pay off the miners in that district - Former Teacher of Omaha, is Killed by v Train at Logan, la. Miss. Grace Harrison, 4640 Dodge street, was killed Friday evening at the Logan, la., depot when she step ped . in front of the Chicago flyer which she did not see in her haste to reach a local train for which she had purchased a ticket to Omaha. She went to Logan Friday morning to look over work being done on a tombstone for the graves of her father and mother. The funeral will be at Logan on Sunday. i Miss Harrison lived with a brother, James A. Harrison, of this city. She was a substitute teacher, in the Omaha schools up to two years ago when she taught out in the state. She had planned to take a special course this winter. Miss. Harrison was 37, years of age. . . J.;- Aitken Wins on Goodyear Gords Peugeot Driver Captures 300-Mile Cincinnati Sweepstakes at Speed of 97.06 Miles an Hour ," ' ' S . , , : .. ' - V ' t' . .f ' ! . . ' t ;. ! . '' ' h I I . . i' f a new course at the scorching ppeed of 97.06 miles an hour here is a test of tire stamina leaving no element of quality or. contraction untried 1 '7 :7," ; ;, r " ;". '. Yet Goodyear Cords stood up under this grinding, wear-', ing, praiahing- pacestood up under it - to - a victorious brash. - -i ' : ;' , . They carried . Aitken and his Peugeot , straight to first honors. ' ' Aitken's Labor Day victory at Gncdnnati, supported by the series of remarkable racing records achieved with the aid of Goodyear Cords in the past few months, offers addi tional proof of the superior stoutness, speediness and endur ance of these tires. 1 i . The same stoutness, speediness and endurance are advantages experienced by Goodyear Cord users in every day motoring. ,: r j 1 They are the qualities that led to the adoption of Goodyear Cord Tires as standard equipment on the Franklin, the Packard Twin-Six, the Locomobile, the Peerless, the White, the Haynes Twelve, the Stutz and the MacFarland. . They are the qualities mat make these tires higher-priced and heOu, ! 1 " ' - The Goodyear Tire &, Rubber Co. : ' ' ' . , 1 . -. '.1 AtfrRON CEAR TIRES Gooiytar Tbt, Heavy Tourist Tales and ' "Tin SaocJ Acetmrkt an easy to get from Cotiytar Stroke Station Dealer everywhere. 8 What Women Are Doing in the World The U. S. Grant post, Women's Relief Corps, will have its Sep tember Kensington Tuesday at "Ottawa Endaian," the summer cot tage of Mrs. E. E. Crane at Carter lake. Luncheon wilt be at 1 o'clock. The Benson Woman's Foreign Mis sionary society met at the home of Mrs. J. G. Phillips, when officers were elected aa follows: President, Mrs. P. A. Legge, the former presi dent having resigned on account of ill health; vice president, Mrs. L. G. Frohardt; secretary, Mrs. M. Moore; treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Penoyer; rec ording secretary, Mrs. E. H. Whistler; corresponding secretary, Mrs. B. M. Babcock; mite and mystery boxes, Mrs. J. Justin and Mrs. C. H. Stephens. The Business Women's council .will meet Tuesday from 11 to 2 at the court house. The King's Daughters will serve luncheon. Miss Helen An derson of Wilkesbarre, Pa., will be the speaker of the occasion. - The B. L. S. club of Benson held its first meeting of this season on Thursday afternoon, when plans were made for a bazar to be held in Oc tober. A social hour followed the bus iness session. The Benson Woman's club will hold its opening Thursday in a room in the new city hall, which has been given for its use through the year. The year books are out They con tain names of members, program and the constitution. The program for this week will be "Statement of the Immigration Problem," Mrs. Wilcox; "Causes of Immigration," Mrs. Park er: "Work of the Commission," Mrs. Vick; "Social Problems of Recent Immigration," Mrs. J. Y. Hooper, and a paper on "Characteristics," by Mrs. Howe. Mrs. Howe will be the leader. The Ladies'-auxiliary of McKinley lodge, B'nai B'rith, will meet Thurs day evening in Miss Cooper's studio at the Lyric building. A literary and musical program will follow the busi ness meetng. Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. More Farmers Are Buying Furnaces All the Time - Furnace heated homes are getting -to be quite common on Nebraska ; -farms. Few new farm houses are now'-' v being built that are not provided with a furnace, and many of the older houses are getting them, according to F. L. Nesbit, president and manager of the Standard Furnace and Supply . company of Omaha. Mr. Nesbit said that "both hard and soft coal furnaces are being bought by the farmera. They prefer, as a rule, furnaces in which any kind of fuel may be burned.. The farmer will not hank back because of price when he finds the heater he wants. "We have never known a season to open s strongly as this," said Mr. Nesbit. "Both the city and country demands are exceeding our expecta tion. People began to turn their at tention to the heating problem earlier than usual and are demanding better grades of furnaces." Mr. 'Nesbit said that the' Nesbit all east heater, now being used in so many homes throughout Omaha and the state, has undergone a number of changes this season. "We are satis fied the improvements added thia year will enable the Nesbit to produce even more heat from a small quantity of fuel," he said. .-.S.3-.5.5 w HOWARDS Will Sav You Money - Th?Te A Reason "Homes Arc Furnished at Raymond's Every Day Low Prices with all doubt removed from your mind as to the high quality of the furniture you get and the character iof service we render." This is a quotation of the language of hundreds of the well-pleased customers who have found that "it paid" to get our prices before they bought; and also found all the many advantages afforded in a new and carefully selected stock, With to wide a range of styles, all up to the standard of correct design and unquestioned quality. THE BIO, BOOST, C0KF0BT ABLE FIRE-SIDE CHAIB here pic tured, la shown In our living room and library division, either in tap estry upholstering or genuine Spanish leather, at...... $19.75 A large Arm Chair -or Rocker In leather, similar design... $16.75 A large Arm Chair or Rocker, tap estry, similar design..... $15.75 A LIVING. ROOM suggestion is here illustrated in this beautifully designed overstuffed daven port in tapestry or velour covering, with loose spring cushions. It is 7 ft in length, the seat is deep and luxuriously comfortable. Price, $59.75. j The Chair, $33.75. The Table (near illustration), Adam style, 28x48-in. top, genuine mahogany. Price.. $29.75 A Mahogany Rocker, an to seat, tapestry..$9.50 I'A Mahogany Library Table, top' 28x48.. $12.75 A Mahognay Rocker, cut velour seat $7.75 A Mahogany Library Table, top 30x60.. $18.75 1.05 I A Fumed oak Library Table, top 38i4s. . .$6.95 , A Fumed Oak Leather Auto Seat Rocker. $6.1 Every Box Spring We Put Out Is a : Guaranteed One. This Dreaaer In Black Walnut or Mahogany $28.25 48-Inch Top, French Plate Mirror, Full Width Across. Mahogany Dresser, smaller else, for $21.75 Walnut Dresser, smaller alae, tor $19.75 Golden Oak Dresser, Same Style, 45-lncb. baa $16.75 Golden Oak Dressers, $6.75, g.75 ana .75 Box Springs, Felt Upholstered, built over hard wood frames and oil-tempered coils. .$9.75, $13.75, $15 OUR MATTRESS PRICES: , Good cotton tops $2.00 Good cotton tops and bottoms. .1 12.50 Combination felt and wood fibre, roll edge. . .1 13.65 All cotton .$5.95 and ! S6.75 Layer felts, in purest sanitary felt layers.. $7.50. - $9.75 and (50-lb. weights, 12 layers)... $12.50 Price $16.50 Price $11.75 Wee $7.95 Priee $6.95 THESE FOUR BRASS BEDS Are just four numbers among our line of patterns. Note the low price under each bed. Every one of them is made up with a Raymond box spring. A Vernis Martin Bed, large posts. , $3.75, $4.75, $5.75, $6.75 A few among the many rug attractions shown in this department are priced below : 4 patterns, 9x12 Brussels. . . . .$11.95 8 patterns, new designs, 9x12 Axmin sters ..$17.75 5 patterns, Oriental duplicates, 9x12 Royal Wiltons $37.50 6 patterns, 86x63 Bigelow ' Wiltons, at $4.95 S7xM Velvet matt.... 95e S7x54 rag mats, "hit and mlae-.t 24x86 rag mata, "hit and miss". . .39 Our Dining Room Section Now affords a wonder ful, showing of period suites in mahogany, black walnut and Old1 TViorliali nolr The Buffet pictured is Pr,ce $27.50 - 50 inches in length, in soft Old English finish, William' and Mary design . $27.50 Dining Tables Fumed and golden oak. 42-inch top.... .$7.75 46-inch top...... . $10 to $12.75 48-inch top., .813.75 to $18.50 The table here shown is 46-in. top, 6-ft extension, golden CQ 7c oak. qnarter sawed. Priee