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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1917. POWELL HAS SCHEME TO SAYE COAL BILL WANTS THANES OF PUBLIC Works Out Community Heating Plant Scheme to Burn Half the Coal. HE INTERESTS A WRITER By A. R GROH. Doane Powell, kreator of klever kartoons, :ame in yesterday morning f.nd, after telling me that the coal sit uation is grave, whispered that he has a scheme tj save coal. ' , He took a newspaper, an ordinary newspaper, and began making a little sketch on the margin with a pencil about three inches long or maybe tnree and a halt. First he drew a square. Then he made five little squares along one side of this' square and five little squares along the other side, and a little square an Dy nseir in me miaaie ox tne Dig square. "This is a block with ten houses in it, said he. "Yea. vs art, nn " T itrorpH "Now each of these houses has its separate beating plant," continued the man of art Why not build a central heating plant in the middle of the Hock and pipe steam to all those louses? By that means each, house :ould be heated with just about half ihe coal that it is using now. Fifty, tons a year ought to heat all ten houses where now it probably takes IUU tons, a clear saving of fifty tons. , Marvelous I I was nonplussed. "Jfarvelousl" I exclaimed. . "Multiply those fifty tons by the idmber of blocks in the city,".. Mr. -Powell continued, as he did a nimble arithmetical problem on the news paper margin. "My. rav. my!" I ejaculated. "Fiftv . tons saved in a single block in a sin gle year. And it would be worth iny way $10 a ton. That would "be a sav ing of $500 right in that one block." "That's what it figures out to," said Joane. i , . ics simpiy asiunisiunK, x saiu. Why, it's almost astounding. And hink of all the city blocks in these ifounited States of ours. Think of ;hatl" So we both thought about it for a ait. "This central heating plant." I re marked after a little thought, "could be built, 1 should say, tor about ?10,- VVV, .IIIUU.IIQ Miy p.JJMlfc ,V HIV Hi' nouses. . Cost is Easy. ' "Well," the inventor replied, "that could be worked out. "A mere detail." I agreed. "And the wages of two firemen, working eight hours each, from 6 a. m. to 10 v. m., at $75 each for eight months in the year would come to only $1,200. Repairs and incidentals oughtn't to come to more than WOO a year. "That would be an investment of $10,000 and an annual expense of only $1,400. But think of the coal vou would save-r-$S00 worth. The thing that strikes me is that nobody ever thought ot it before. Thats what I can't understand. I'll have to tell our readers about it. - And I picked up my typewriter and did it. -I understand Mr. Powell will make scheme. He wishes to give it freely to nis tenow citizens. Say Call is Imminent For Fourth Nebraska Guard Assembly of the Fourth. Nebraska National Guard at Fort Crook, orders for which have been expected at any time, is now Believed to be imminent Adjutant General Hall and a rail road man looked over trackage at the fort Monday. Twenty carloads of equipment have been sent there from the Lincoln arsenal. General Hall announced from Lin coln Monday night that the Fifth had been ordered to be ready for fed eral eall by Saturday. This is be lieved to be preliminary to the Fourth regiment assembly at Fort Crook, its guard duty in the state to be taken over by the Fifth. Colonel Baehr of the Fourth says he does not expect the assembly of his regiment to be ordered at Fort Crook until congress takes'final ac- l:h i Duiiuuiy upeiauuiis ' ' Show Large Increase Building operations in April were 13 per cent more than same month of last year, the figures:: April, 1917, $460,350; 1916, $406,835. i First four months of 1917, $1,935, 495; 1216,-$1,746,607. Increase Janu ary to April this year over corre sponding period of last year, 12 per Cent" 1 . - The city building department con siders this showing as substantial evi dence of Omaha's prosperity. Skinner Buys Quarter Block To Enlarge His Factory The Skinner Manufacturing com pany has completed the purchase of the Lange hotel property, Thirteenth and Jackson streets, the consideration being $60,000, and the deed was filed Monday. This is a' quarter of i block, joining the Skinner factory on the east, and gives the entire half block to the firm. .It is the intention of the company to build on this new ly acquired property, making the plant eventually an entire half block. City Council Receives ; Annexation Ordinances City council ' received ordinances providing for annexation of Florence and Benson into Greater Omaha ter ritory, according to recent legislative enactment. ' v ' These suburbs will become in fact Greater Omaha before June 1. . The first map showing Greater Omaha, as it will appear with , Benson and Florence annexed, appeared exclu sively in The Bee last Sunday, j j Smashed Windows for Fun; Is Fined a Five-Case Note "For amuer ent he smashed- every window he came to," reads Patrol n.an Burchard's report against Ber nard Leslie, whom he arrested Mon day night near the Skinner Macaroni i company, Twelfth and Jackson j .streets. Leslie was fined $5 nd cost for malicious destruction-of property. Passing o John B. Mourned by f Many Early Risers Next Morning FOR 1 He hopped abcard a Wattles chariot away out in the brush somewhere and squirmed until he got off down in the wet-and-wooly distr'ct. He was one of those chaps who never eat breakfast he drank it. Quickly he rushed over to the near est ginnery, moistening his lips with his tongue as he hastened. There he halted. A look of dis may spread over his face. It was more than a look of dismay. It was a look of excruciating pain. , On the door of The Demon's Parlor was a sign: . . "This place for ent. Suitable for ice cream parlor or drug store." He had forgotten - that May the Worst had arrived. A funeral wreath hung on the doors of the bar at the Fontenelle hotel Monday evening. Before the wreath two candles burned. "Closed on account of election." A large canvas streamer with the above was strung across the front of the Mickey Gibson thirst emporium, 322 South 'Fifteenth street, yesterday afternoon and caused .' considerable comment. A lot of former barroom boys are finding aluminum1 checks "good for 2yi cents at the bar." They wish they had cashed them in. An old window card that has done duty on many an election day hangs in the window of the Luxus bar, op posite the postoffice. It reads, "Closed on Account of Election Day." The original hard-boiled egg, best described as the bird who always gets a telephone call just as his turn to buy comes around was jesting his acquaintances i with invitations to "c'mon have su'thin'." ' A young doctor, who got pretty well organized before eight bells, and then suffered from bulging-hip after ward, appeared, on the streets in the wee hours, lugging a complete human skeleton, which he insisted was his old friend, Mr. Corn. In and out of every place where there was a sign of life he went, lug ging "his old friend" with him. "Zish ish M'fren Missher Zhon B'ley-corn," he insisted, shaking and rattling his grueiome burden. ' Early in the morning some other enthusiast was seen carrying one of John's legs and another had the torso. The doctor still clung to the skull. They were like lost souls, these hundreds of old men, who wandered the streets on the morning after the fateful day. The younger men younger saloon loafers didn't feel sd bad about it They could find other placer to settle world problems and concoct their, little schemes "for the good of their fellow men." These youngef men, with their natty xlothes and overly-loud shirts, would be wel come at the corner drug store pro viding they spent a few nickels occa sionally. But the older men men who had made the saloon their club for years and years where did they go. Some of them didn't "go." One stayed in his shack on the river front all day, mumbling to himself and cursing the day that sent prohibition to Omaha. He was the one who sat on a beer keg in i he "whatctumacallit place on lower Douglas street all day and re galed his fellow club members with stories of other days, when he was a jockey, with a roll of bills in his pocket all the time. Scores of the veteran saloon loafers loafers who had grown gray in the service of their? respective loafing places spent their first day as exiles in the corridors of public buildings. The court house proved a favorite re treat. , ' A well-known county official was walking past a group of them. The loafers recognized him. "Say," they yelled in chorus, "can we still vote?" No longer will the tipsy wayfarer under the influence of the weather be hauled to the hoos gow and given lodging until he has "sobered up." All drunks will hereafter be booked under the charge of "intoxication" and fined not less than $10 or more than $50 for the first offense... At the discretion of the court the arrested man may have his fine remitted if he tells where he purchased or got, the liquor. i . From twenty to thirty men have been arrested each "day in the past, but no charge preferred against them. They were given their freedom after "sobering Sip." Frank Murphy, the barrister in clined patrol conductor, has read the dry law through so many, tithes that he can repeat verbatim many of its sections. Murphy spent nearly a month studying the subject and defies even the men who drafted the bill to ask him questions that ' he cannot answer. ' - A few minutes before 8 bells Mon day evening a . group of downtown celebrants sang these words to the tune of "O When I Die:," . , O when I di Don't bury ma kt all,' Just pickle my bones .,, In alcohol. - Place a bottta of booze . At my head and fet. , Then leava me alone, . An'. 1 guess I'll. keep. "Do you know what we had left in our liquor department when we closed last night?" asked Al King, manager of Hayden Brothers' -grocery depart ment "We had one bottle of grape juice. That was all that was rejected. Mr. King says he will put in the place Of the liquor department a de partment of mineral waters, grape juice and other soft drinks. N. Men from Twenty States At Pensioners' Meeting One hundred and fifty mi., .ers the Union Pacific Mutual Pensioners' association, coming from twenty states of the west ai,d central west, met in annual convention in the head quarters building. The pensioners were welcomed by President Calvin of the Union Pacific road, and the response was by An drew Trcynor. The report of the sec retary showed sixty-four new mem bers and thirty-two deaths during the last year. Greetings were received from the Pensioners' association of the Southern Pacific road. 'Andrew Trevnor' was re-elert.rt president and J. W. Maynard, secre- taryj At noon the pensioners were guests of. the railroad company at a luncheon at the Hotel Loyal. Manilla, la., Boys to Grow - Crops While Learning War Citizens of .Manilla, la., who were active in boosting enlistments for military service, have become some- w' at alarmed over the fact that young men needed to grow Tops on the farms are preferring to go away to war. 11 C F. G.- Kehr. merchant, and three other Manilla citizens amr to Omaha Morraay to arrange for . Sergeant JULIUS JORKIN APPLIES KNIFE TO SUIT PRICES Groups Hundreds of High Priced Suits in One Great ' Lot for Wednesday . ONLY $15.00 This sale is launched for the purpose of reducing a heavy stock to normal size. It differs from the average sale at this time of year because of the fact that no special purchases of job lot merchandise plays a part in this sale. Every suit involved is a regu lar stock garment, and as the lowest priced suit this store ever starts -the season with ia $25, one is assured of extreme values. The great majority of suits involved In Wednesday's sale are regular $35 value.. Every new color, new fabric and new style will be in cluded. This is the one all-important suit event of the spring season the sale it will pay Vou to attend. . JULIUS ORKIN ; 1508-1510 DOUGLAS ST.,". ' Burnside, drillmaster, to teach the Manilla lads to drill on Sundays, while they remain at work on the farms. The plan is to have as many as are needed for farming stay there and raise crops while getting military in struction in case they are more ur gently needed in the army later. It's Easy to Wear a Diamond Or Fine Watch or make a handsome Wedding Present, for you can open a charge account with us for any thing desired, and Bay monthly. Lotti Parfaction . Diamond Ring 27 Thit qui sit Diamond Ring stands a Inn at k. perfect ring ever pro- aucea, i4K ,, ffjn olid gold W $1 Week 12 -SIZE 1179btmeo Ring, 4 fine Diamonde pink Coral Cameo, f in lolid - $2'A6 a Month ELGIN $J20 A Month $12 Na. 352 Caaa.'ur, fine lold fllM" war ranted tor 2S years, polished or beautf fally -engraved. Elgin or ,., Waltbam movement.-. .'. . ,1 Terms! fl.2a a Month " Open Dally Till P. M. Saturday Till i30 Call or write for Catalog No. 90S. Phone Dong. 1444 and salesman will ealt . Tka National Credit Jewelers 40 S. Ith St, l - . OMAHA ' I0FTIS ta6JtOS.C0.iK! Thief Falls Down Stairs in Haste to ' Escape His Victims Mrs. August Radden, 1317 William street, awoke at 3 o'clock Tuesday morning to see a man's hand sil houetted on her bedroom door. She screamed. The hand vanished and the burglar who owned it fell down stairs in his race for liberty. Mr. Radden gave chase with a shot' gun. - He saw the intruder pick him self up at the bottom of the stairs and later saw htm dive through the pantry window, Dy means ot which he had entered the home.' Mr. and Mrs. C A. Larsen and 9- ... .1-1 An VaHH,h T i.. nM ,1-. first floor. Their hom had been ran sacked by the burglar before the thief was discovered by Mrs. Kadden. A gold stickpin set with two dia monds, a diamrnd lavalliere, a gold locket and chain, a man's watch, chain and fob were stolen from the Larsen home. - Mrs. Radden, who is Mrs. Larsen's sister, reports the loss of $3 in cash from her home. Parts Assigned for the y Annual High School Play Leonard Woolen and Alice Stone have been chosen for the leading roles in the annual play which will be given by the graduating class at Central High school. ' The play, "WhAi Knights Were Bold," is of three acts, part of it dealing with the time of Richard the Lion Hearted of England. All the speaking parts except that of a butler to the leading character have been chosen. This will be settled upon within a few days. The names of those chosen and the parts they will play follows: Leonard Woolen, fair Ouy Deverr of Beech wood Towers; Sidney Robinson, Wit tie, his valet: Richard Bradv. Charles Widdicombe, a country gentleman; Meyer Beber. Sir Brian Ballvwrote. an Irish baronet; Ben Stern, Mr. Isaac Isaacson, a London financier: Thomas Coll, Rev. Peter Pottleberry,' D. D., dean of Beechwood; Charles More arty,) a herald; Charliene Johnston, Hon. Mrs. Waldegrave; Alice stone, Rowena Eggington; Dorothy Hitchen, Millicent Eggington, her niece; Dor othy Balbach,. Marjorie Eggington, her niece; Dorothy Hippie, Kate Pot tleberry; Inez Westfall, Dorothy Pot tleberry; Izma Tucker, Miss Isaac son; Isabel Fearsall, Alice Barber, a housemaid. - Mrs. Learned Writes Nature Masque; To Be Presented Mrs. Myron Learned has completed a delightful nature play or masque, which may be presented in Omaha in the near future. It is entitled "The Spirit of Waldea Wood" and has for its setting, a scene in a forest glade near the crest of a hill on her coun try place, "Walden." The. characters of the play are the Spirit, three fairies, the Youth, the Bluebird, the Robin, the Cardinal and He of the for est. Three little dances are included in the masque, the dance of the fairies, of the vegetables and of the for est birds. Orchestral music accom panies a great deal of the play. Miss Lida Wilson has received wore) from the editor of the accept-? ance of a short article which she has written for the Poster Magazine. This is the official organ of the jarge post ing service companies. Miss Wilson was So much interested in the poster boards oFOmaha that she wrote this short article on "Poster Board Art." Both Mrs. Learned and Miss Wilson are members of the Omaha Woman's Press club. HITS HOLDUP OVER HEAD WITH BOTTLE M. W. Lee Outwits Masked Highwayman in Novel but Effective Manner. SAVES HUNDRED DOLLARS Two empty bottles were adequate burglar insurance Monday night for M. W. Lee, HrNorth Thirty-first avenue, clerk at the Nebraska Cloth ing company. He broke the bottles over the head of a stickup man who shoved a gun under his nose at Thirty-first ave nue and Dodge streets. The would-be robber howled with pain, raced across the street and disappeared into a park. "I swear they were empty bottles," said Mr. Lee. "They had contained extract of vanilla and I'll stick to that story despite the ominous date of the holdup. The bandit was masked and appar ently middle-aged, "I was not frightened," Mr. Lee says, "even when I was looking into the barrel of his gun. Somehow the whole thing seemed to strike me as a ludicrous situation. The stickup man was hiding behind a post and only ex tended his arm at me when he or dered me to throw up my hands. For fully thirty seconds I did not raise my hands at all. Then I laughed heartily and swung the empty bottles to the fellow's neck. He shrieked and ran." Mr. Lee had $100 with him when the holdup occurred. Mrs. "Bob" Evans Wants : Kits Made for Sailors A letter has just been received from Mrs. Robert Evans, wife of the late Rear Admiral Evans, better kndwn as "Fighting Bob Evans," by Mrs. Guy Purdy of this city, urging that the women of the middle west make comfort kits for the sailors as well as for the soldiers, Jrfrs. Evans, who is now with her son, a naval officer in Newport, R. I., is enthusiastic over the work be ing done in the east by the Navy league, of which she is a charter Aiember. "The sailors ate so exposed while laying mines, picketing and while on- duty in small boats that they need many warm garments which are not furnished 'by the government," said Mrs. bvans. . The comfort committee, whose headquarters is in Washington, D. C, advise that the kits he filled with a pair, of gray woolen mittens, a blue woolen muffler and a sleeveless jacket of gray wool. Bad Weather Checks Work Of Cleaning the Streets Commissioner Parks of the street cleaning and maintenance department explains that weather conditions have interfered with completion of the cleanup hauling work. "We Will get around to every alley and street in time. Some districts have not been covered, but no place has been favored and none will be neglected." Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists., GOOD PI AIM JEWS One of the Greatest Piano Sales that has ever taken place In Omaha is going on at the warerooms of v Schm oiler & Mueller We have been compelled to cut" the Drice of practically every Piano on our five floors to make room for our Spring stock. Now is the time to make your purchase if you are looking for a good Piano at a low price. " y We carry a complete line of Steinway, Weber, Steger & Sons, Hardman, Emerson, McPhail, Schmoller & Mueller and ten other standard makes. Uprights in all the latest designs . and woods from $168 up to the price of the Steinway, the Piano without a rival. WE SELL NEW PIANOS ON $5.00 MONTHLY PAYMENTS . Take old instruments in exchange at full value. Bent High Orade Pianos at $3.50 Per Month. ' Allow Rent on Purchase Price. 1500 Emerson; upright. . v .$225 (426 Steger k Sons, up- - , right i S190 250 Decker, upright..'.... g 54 300 Herbert, upright 8134 1350 Cable, upright $142 (325 Schubert, upright.... $154 0 and Up 5 and Up $800 Checkering, square... $ 30 $1,000 Steinway, square . ... $ 45 $300 Chase, upright $74 $450 Chtckerlng, upright.. .$ 82 $326 Harrington, upright. .$128 $500 Hardman, upright.... $137 Grand Pianos at $150-8371 Player Pianos at 8165-826: Organs at $10-812 S15 and Up Any Piano Sold Guaranteed to Give Perfect Satisfaction or Money - i Refunded. " . " ' f . SCHMOLLER & MUELLER , PIANO COMPANY 1811-18 Farnara Stmt Ixclinlre RepreBentatlTei for Steinway Pianos and Aeolian rtanohi Pianos. . .i i Rub a little soothing, cooling Icemtnt on those poor. - tfrH, swollen, burning fet Ah, how eoot, easy and comfortabl it rhskes thm ttei. Instantly corns ami painful cal louses stop hurting and you will want to dsnec for joy. No foolishness. Ice-mint will shrivel up any com whether hard, soft or between the toes so that H can be lifted out easily with the fingers. There is no pain and not one hit of soreness when applying ice-mint or afterwards and tt. doesn't even irritate -the surround ins skin. Try it. Just ask in any drag store for a little lee-mint ana ena your loot troubles lor food, it costs little .end acts so quickly and gently it seems like maaie. .You'll sav no yoiTrself. Advertisement.. Pure Blood You can keep your blood in good condition have a clear skin, and bright eyes, by taking. mums PIUS lUrtesI Sale of Any Medicine la the World. Sold ererywhere. la boaea. 10c. aOe Cider to Be Served at King Ak's Den This Year When 8 o'clock Monday night brought doom to liquor business in Nebraska, the members of the board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben were in session at the Omaha club deciding what to serve at Ak-Sar-Ben den this year to take the place of the beer given to the guests there for over twenty years. Thev soon reached the decision. The drinks are to be buttermilk, coffee, lemonade and cider. Gus Renze, artificer of the den, is constructing a cider mill in the den which will be grinding out cider from fresh apples at the very moment the candidates are being initiated every Monday evening throughout the summer and fall. Gardner Parish Home ; Turned Over to Trinity Trinity cathedral now owns Gar dner parish house, litigation arising out ot its construction and loans to complete it having been settled. Mrs. Maul, ho donated Jacobs Memorial hall, has joined in deeding the parish house rc the cathedral. The Parisian Cloak Co. . is selling SUITS Wednesday at $1S that formerly sold as high as $46 mostly all are navys and blacks. No bright colors. See ad on page 5. ' Hurry, for The Wreckers Are Coming 1 , BERG SUITS ME With Unabated Interest Our Great Sale Continues ; Hundreds of fine suits-still to , be had that were saved from the ruins of our big fire and are now offered you while they last at next to nothing prices $15 to $35 Suits, Slightly Soiled Now $2.50, $3.50 $5.00, $7.50 Kuppenheimer and Society Brand ; New Spring Models 17 Will Be Record Day at the MSI AO Your choice of B I I l I f In the House That Sold up to $45.00 Wednesday, for Mm All 'Sizes and Mostly All Navy Blues . 318-350 S2. I6W ST. N .