THE OMAHA - SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1918.
13 REPUBLICS IN
LATIN COUNTRIES
BREAK WITH HUNS
Conditions in South America
and Central America
Now Most Favorable
to Allies.
Washington, Sept. 14 There is
good war news from Central and
South America every day. Each re
port is more encouraging. Latest in
formation is of special importance. It
shows a record for growing pan
American solidarity that is surprising
and carries a significance that should
be heard all over the world.
What is the exact status of the 20
Central and South American countries
in this world struggle?
At this hour the situation is as fol
lows1 Situation Reviewed.
First There are 20 independent re
publics reaching from Cuba and Mexico-on
the north to Argentina and
Chile on the south. Of these, 13, or
a considerable majority, have actually,
in an official manner, broken relations
with (jermany. inese are, arrangcu
alphabetically: fiolivia, Brazil. Costa
Rica, Cuba, Dominican republic, Ec
uador. Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras,
Nicajagua, Tanama, Peru and Uru
guay. Although Paraguay has not
offisially severed relations, its moral
altitude is such that it might almost
'be classed iji this list, which would
then make4.
Second The following six coun
tries can be classed as officially neu
tral: Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
Mexico, Salvador and Venezuela, but
in strict terms Paraguay should be in
cluded, which would make seven, or
about onet-hird of all the Latin
American governments.
Third Differentiating between
.those which have broken off relations
and those which have actually de
clared war in a formal manner against
Germanynfne have actually entered
the arena of warfare alongside the
United States and the European al
lies. They are are: Brazil, Costa
Rica, Cuba, Dominican republic. Gua
temala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua
and Panama. If the position taken
by Uruguay and Peru is equivalent to
a declaration of war they would make
11 which have declared war. -
Fourth Stated in other terrns. ' it
can be said that two-thirds of the to
tal area and three-fifths of the total
population of Latin America have
'officially taken action in concert with
the United States and the European
allies.
Press Favors United States.
Everybody, however, should be fair
in judging the attitude of the seven
jieutral countries. It is unjust to say
that they, are against the United
States, or that they are pro-central
allies. It is the honest belief of those
familiar with the situation that the
highest officials of each of the neutral
countries, in determining the policy
of their lands, are doing what they be
leve conscientiously to be right. Nqne
of them, in their opinion, has had ac
, tual official cause to declare war and
therefore their present attitude is jus
;fiorl TVipv An tint denv the rieht of
.anv ronntrv to act as it sees best, and
they contend that they have the same
ri2ht- , . , j-
A careful scrutiny of the leading
newspapers in the neutral countries
Bhows that an overwhelming majority
of them are most friendly to the
United States and the European al
lies. Only a very small minority1 are
what could be termed pro-central al
lies. It is also believed by many that
the so-called -neutral countries are
aoie to te or greater service 10 me
United States and the European allies
by being neutral than Ty declaring
. - Ti . 1. flu. Iittnr ctftn
war. ii nicy iuun. me 'auvi o.wp
they would be involved in vast ex
pense, in conservation of their own
supplies and'in the shutting down on
what they can send to the United
States an.d the European allies. They
would also require large sums of
money for armament and protection,
and these sums would necessarily
have to be supplied to a considerable
extent by the United States and the
European allies. .
Central Taxi Company to
Serve Guests of Conant Hotel
' The taxi service at the Conant will
be that of the Central -Taxi company
of which Hymie Borsky is president.
Mr. Borsky has inauaurated a very
high standard of taxicab efficiency and
service during the years that he has
operated his service from the Paxton
hotel as his central location. The ad
dition of the Conant will give him an
other splendid location in the very
UCdll Ul UlC llljr.
Safety first is one of the mottoes of
this company. In rainy or slippery
weather the-chains go on the . taxi
wheels according to orders to tike no
chances.
Books and Magazines
VICKY VAN. By Carolyn Wells. 3. B. LIp
plncott Co $1.S5. . . ,
Vicky Van is .a bachelor girl with
a gay humor. She is unconventional
in her manners, but never a word is
breathed against her reputation. One
night Calhoun attends upon Vicky to
celebrate her birthday. There t is a
Jiost of friends present, and then the
murder of a prominent man and a
mystery, apparently unsolved. Sud
denly the denouement is sprung. You
are baffled and always amused by the
brilliance of the yarn.
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GIRL'S-NEST. By Stella O 8. Perry.
Frederick A. Stokes Co. $1.40.
' A sunshine storv for girls
THE LURE OF THE NORTH. By Harold
' A story of lost treasure in which
the chiet seeker is a tearless girl. Un
usual and stirring adventures in the
trackless forests of northern Canada
add "zest to the hunt for a lost silver
lode and make the story one of in
tense interest.
THE GHOST GARDEN. By Amelia Rlvea.
Frederick A. Stokes Co $1.60.
An extraordinary story of two lov
ers and a haunted garden in beautiful
old Virginia a new version of th$
eternal triangle wun one o: its points
in the spirit world.
VIRTCOl'9 WIVES. By Owen Johnson.
Little. Brown & Co. $1.50.
Amy Forrester, the young wife of
Vw Vnrlr f-ilteinpcc man hae
wealth, beauty, sensibility and af
first ideals, but the growing need of
Lounge Room at New Conant Hotel is '
Marvel of Both Beauty and Comfort
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Meyer Steelforms Are Used
in Building Conant Hotel
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Meyer Steelform construction was
used in building the Conant hotel.
This construction, designed and in
stalled by the Concrete Engineering
company of Omaha, has come into
wise use as the most econdmical and
satisfactory finished construction, for
fireproof floors in buildings both large
and small, not only in Omaha, but
throughout the country;
In Omaha, representative structures
in which this system of concrete floor
construction has been used, are the
Omaha Grain exchange, Blackstone
apartments, Athletic club, Lee-Coit-Andreesen
warehouse, Castle hotel,
Securities building, Conant hotel, and
numerous apartments, garages,
schools, etc.
More Ecorjomical. '
The economy of this system of
concrete floor construction, is based
upon the principle embodied in the
wood joist floor, namely, that the
joist floor, either of wood or con
crete, is the most economical con
struction, in that it requires less ma
terial to carry the given load. But,
in the concrete joist floor, the cost of
the form work into which the soft
concrete is poured, increases the total
cost of the floor, so that the economy
of materials required, is not so ap
parent. It is in this item of form
work that Meyer Removable Steel
forms effect their greatest economy.
Since approximately one-third of
the cost of concrete work is repre
sented by the woodn form work in
to which the soft concrete is poured,
and! but little salvage is obtained from
this fc-rm work after several times
re-use, a great saving in the cost of
Terse Facts About
Conant Hotel, Just
Opened for Business
Cost of ground ' $ 600,000
Cost of building, 500,000
Cost of furnishings ,100,000
Total cost $1,200,000
It is the largest building in Omaha
standing on leased ground.
It was built in record time. Ground
was broken June 1, 1917 and the roof
was on in November.
Ground on which it stands was
bought in 1915 by the Union invest
ment company (First National bank
interests) with the intention of build
ing there. When the Hoard of Trade
building burned the First National
bank found it possible to get that
lot, which it preferred.
George Joslyn then bought the
ground on which the Conant now
stands for $600,000. He leased it to
the Harry A. Wolf interests which
erected the hotel.
Among the furnishings are 9,000
square yards of carpet, costing
$20,000; 1,500 sheets, 1,500 pillowslips,
3,000 towels; 500 bedspreads, 500
blankets.
The capacity of the hotel may be
doubled by razing the building just
west of it, which has a 66-foot front
age on Harney street. An option for
a lease on this property is .already
held by the owners of the hotel.
' BRITISH SPINNERS STRIKE.
London, Sept. 14. The spinners in
the Yorkshire and Lancashire cotton
mills quit work at noon today in ac
cordance with the dacision reached
a week ago by the Amalgamated As
sociation of Cotton Spinners to strike
for the abolition of the rota system.
CONSERVE MAN
POWER, CUTTING
OFF ACCIDENTS
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Officers of Railroads, Minrjs,
and Great Industrial Plants
to Discuss Problem
at Meeting.
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 14. Conserva
tion of man power by greater precau
tions against accidents in Americas
big war industrial plants will be one
of the outstantling objects of the sev
enth annual Safety Congress of the
National Safety Council, which pens
here tomorrow.
Officers of railroads, superintend
ents of large steel mills, factories and
mines and representatives of em
ployes' sssociations ffom various parts
of the country began arriving tonight
for the five-day session, at which
nearly 200 speakers will outline plans
for a concentrated drive against acci
dents during the next year.
President Wilson will deliver a brief
address by telephone, while the dele
gates are assembled for the annual
diifner Wednesday night. The presi
dent's message will emphasize the
pressing need for conservation of man
power and will commend the work
being done by the couWil.
Lane to Speak.
Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the
interior, at the Monday session will
speak on "Safety as an Asset in Win
ning the War," atid will be followed
by Charles M. Schwab of the Emer
gency Fleet corporation, who, will
tak( as his subject, "Democratization
of Industry."
The annual address of David Van
Schaack, president of the National
Safety council, will deal largely with
the progress made in the last fiscal
year. Keports of officers then will be
submitted and directors elected.
A series of sectional and general
round table meetings will open Tues
day and continue until final adjourn
ment. At these meetings new ideas
for lessening the risks of employes
in various lines of work will be sub
mitted to committees for considera
tion aiid recommendations.
Safety Experiments.
Special attention will be given to
the report on Wednesday of Julien H.
Harvey, director of the six months'
experimental public safety campaign
at Rochester N. Y. A careful analy
sis of the experiment, the first of its
kind ever made, will be submitted and
the congress will take action on
recommendations for similar cam
paigns against accidents in the large
cities of the country.
A symposium on a co-ordinated
plan, for national employment will
form a part of Thursday's program,
and on Friday there will be a round
table for government employes, with
Lewis T. Bryant, commissioner of
labor of New Jersey, one of the prin
cipal speakers.
"One of the most Interesting report.)
to be presented will be that of the
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committee having in charge the pro
motion of safety education in tech
nical schools and colleges," said W.
Ii. Cameron, general manager of the
council. "Important tonferences
with leading educators in the east and
middle west indicate the early estab
lishment, as a permanent part of the
curriculum in a number of colleges,
of a series of lectures and the neces
sary laboratory work to train young
engineers as specialists in the newest
of the professions"
Special Meetings.
Special meetings will be held in
parks and at public playgrounds dur-
u iihwiiiiiiwi wi.ma.u.ja-.Lj.i.-W-aBTi.-jiuij.-uia.
ing the convention for the purpose of
teaching children proper precautions
against- accidents. Films depicting
accidents and showing how they can
be prevented and "safety" addresses
on phonograph records will form a
part of the campaign. v
Mr. Cameron's annual membership
report sets forth these figures:,
Gain in membership tcii tte fiscal '
year ending July 31, 1918..;... 306
Present membership'-........ , ..3,606
(Including 16,000 representatives a.id
6,000.000 employes.)
Income, $117,000; surplus. $25,000;
no debts.
Pershing Wants Alsace Free.
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 14.
General Pershing, in reply to a con
gratulatory address from Alsace-Lor-rainers
residing in Switzerland, con
cerning the American advance, ex
pressed his thanks and the hope that
the lost provinces eventually would
be restored to France.
the form work is effected by the use
of the heavy gauge Meyer Steelforms,
which are removed and re-used in suc
ceeding floors and in different build
ings' on a rental basis. In other
words, the economy of Meyer Steel
form constuction lies, first in the
economy of material required, and,
second, in the reduced cost of the
form work. '
Excellent Service.
It3 popularity is due to these two j
icatures, and tne genunine service
which the Concrete Engineering com
pany renders, in preparing complete
structural designs for all types of
concrete structures, furnishing and
installing reinforcing steel, Meyer
Steelforms, metal lath, etc.
This company was organized a little
over five years ago, and today it is
designing and installing its fire
proofing systemand materials in by
far the greater portion of the build
ings of this character in this part of
the country. With its large ware
house and fabricating shop at Elev
enth and Nicholas streets, in Omaha,
it is in a very secure position to live
up to its. slogan "Maximum Engineer
ing Service." District offices have
been in active operation at Chicago
and Kansas City, for two years, and
with stocks of materials and a large
equipment of Meyer Steelforms in
'their warehouses at Omaha, Chicago
and Kansas City, genuine service is
easily rendered. Its metal lath or
ganization, furnishing and erecting
metal furring of all kinds, has kept
pace with the growth of the other
departments, and is one of the largest
of its kind in the United States.
mental excitement ahd emotidnaL
stimulus which her life of idle lux
ury creates leads her farther and
farther into a world where the one
aim is to seek amusement. Little by
little Amy's sensibilities are dulled,
her ideals fade and vanish and it
needs the shock of tragedy to open
her eyes to her own real status and
that of her friends, virtuous wives
though they deem themselves.
DAWSON BrjVCK RETAIL MERCHANT
By Harold Whitehead. The Page Col
11.50.
Dawson Black was human; he
made mistakes. But he was ambi
tious and determined to succeed and
overcame the obstacles that confront
ed him. Also, he was lucky, for he
married the right girl. He was not
a business machine, but a human, lov
able' young chap, and the account of
his mistakes and successes are, fasci
natii.g and inspiring apart from the
sound business lessons they point out.
VERSE AND WORSE, ty Norah Le Hay.
mond.
A book of poems.
Miscellaneous
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION IN RIFI.E
PRACTICE, by I.t. Col. A. J. MacNab,
Stewart A Kldd Co., 75 cenfa.
This little volume, gives the science
and art of revolver shooting and in
structions in rifle practice in a clear
and comprehensive manner ami will
prove of real value, to officers and
privates, and to all individuals who
are interested in shooting.
DR. FRANK CRANE'S OPINION OF AS
TROLOGY, Astrological Research society,
11.00.
PICTURES BURNED INTO MY MEM
ORY, by Charles W. Whltehnir, Tho Saal
fleld Publishing Co, 75 centa.
The author has seen destruction,
suffering,1 death but, more wonder
ful, he has seen the love and sacrifice
for fellowman as is demonstrated only
in the trenches and in this little vol
ume he brings this message home to
America in that forceful and master
ful style all his own. '
THE ABOLITION INHERITANCE. By Har-J
lan Eugene Read. TUu Macmillan Com-H
peny. (1.(0.
In part I. Mr. Reed states his prop
osition that inheritance of wealth is
unjust to the disinherited, to the pub
lic welfare and morally wrong. In
part he examines the privileges of
inheritance in detail; in Part III in
heritance is looked at from the stand
point of economic results; in Part
IV he turns his attention to certain
basic social problems involved in the
question of inherited wealth; Paris
V -and VI are given over to all the
arguments usually presented in de
fense of the present system and in
Part VIII he pictures the results to
.mankind that are certain to follow
the abolition of inheritance.
The Big, Beautiful Drug Store
When that versatile realtor, Harry Wolf, commissioned the wise
and skillful architects, John and Alan McDonald, to make plans for
a building at 16th end Harney streets, it was not just a "building."
The instructions were to draw the plans for a suitable home for a
Hotel, a ladies' apparel establishment, a shoe store de luxe, and last,
but by no means least, a drug store which should lack nothing in
modern equipment and potentials. .
The first branch of the Sherman & McConnell Drug Co., was es
tablished at lGth and Harney streets some 10 years ago under the
name of the "Owl" in the little pudgy building that was torn down
two years ago to make room for the magnificent structure which now
adorns this corner. '
The new drug store to occupy this most important corner must
be one to meet every requirement of modern merchandising in the
drug line, and so we believe it does. The salesroom proper it a double
tore with three entrances, two at the corner and the other one on 16th
street. As one enters at the corner immediately at the right is a beau
tiful Mexicfcn Onyx Fountain, extending from the corner entrance to
the ne at the north side of the store. This is a quick service foun
tain, provided with no seats whatever, and is intended for the busy
man or woman who wants to quench his or her thirst and run. The
salesroom, which is unusually high, is shelved to the ceiling, and pro
vided with running ladders so that every square inchvof wall space
is utilized. The fixtures throughout the store are of mahogany, inlaid
writh marble. The north side of the store is used for storage and dis
play of the ten thousand and one medicines and toilet goods which
comprise the stock and trade of the modern drug store. The center
square presents a most magnificent display of the choicest of perfumes
and toilet articles, and of this particular portion of the store, some
thirty feet is used for a candy department. The Cigar Department
is located dt the north side of the store, which is at the right of th
16th street entrance, and has every modern appointment. The south
or Harney street 4ide of the store is occupied solely as a Gift Depart
ment, this being one of the modern ideas in drug store arrangement,
where may be found an assortment of attractive articles, especially
appropriate for birthday and holiday souvenirs, and as every day is
comeone'l birthday, and holidays are becoming more frequent, this
fiepartment bids fait to become a busy one. At the west end of the
salesroom is found the Stationery and Photograph Goods Department.
The Downstairs Soda and Lunch Room De Luxe.
As one enters at the corner immediately to the left, are the
broad, marble stairs leadingto the beautifully tiled downstairs soda
room. This room is 65x85 feet, and seats comfortably, 300 people.
The tiled floor represents the acme of this art, while the handsomely
tiled columns insej with mirrors leaves nothing to be desired, both
from the standpoint of beauty and uity, as every inch of this room
may be and is kept immaculately clean. A handsomely appointed
and easily accessibleTetiring room for ladies, forms part of the ac
coutrement of this department. This room is also provided w,ith a
special balcony for the orchestra, and durjng the busy hours music is
furnished for patrons. There is also a model kitchen and stock room.
The colored waitresses in the Soda Cafe are becomingly costumed in
pink and white. An artificial ice plant furnishes coolness for drinks
and food as needed. "
The Prescription Room.
The drug store, like ancient Gaul, is divided into three principal
parts, and the last, tut not the least portion, is, strange to say, not in
this new building at all, but by the art of the architect and builder,
another room, 22x132 feet in the building immediately west is joined
on to this handsome salesroom, and serves as a rubber goods and pre
scripti6n department. This room, which is really larger than' most drug
stores, is a few feet only lower than the. level of the 16th street sales
room, and is in plain sight and reached by a half dozen marble stairs.
To describe this properly would require a knowledge of the art of Galen,
and more space than Sherman & McConnell Co. care to pay for, but
if there is anything in the medicine and chemical line that is not kept
in this room, it must have been discovered either in prehistoric times
or within the last hour or two.
This store has been mentioned occasionally since it was opened,
twd months ago, as being "Big, Beautiful and Potential," and after
the scribe who writes this, had given it a thorough optical analysis, he
was convinced, that it was indeed Big, Beautiful, Potential, and then
some, i
Shoe Buying
Simplified
When it's made possible for you to step into
a Shoe Store, select a shoe for either street or
dress wear, or to match some particular gown
in a few minutes, that's "shoe buying simplified."
'Such a store has Omaha in the Shoe Market, yfef "
and right now we are offering Novelty Boots
At less than ten
dollars a pair
SSMSISSMS..IIMH ...
SHOES FOR THE
SCHOOL GIRLS, in
Black Only
$3 to $5.45 a Pair
Particular care should be given to the fitting of your
School Girl's Shoes. Our black shoes for the growing School
Girl are shown in both button and lace, medium and low heels.
Bis .
No delireries, no charges, no commissions. Our pricee will not
permit of any extras.
SHOE MARKET
16th and Harney, New Conant Hotel Bldg.
Omaha's Popular Price Shoe Store."
If It Has Merit
Merritt Has It
A SMILE " -
A HANDSHAKE
TO THE NEW HOTEL CONANT
From 1
THE MERRITT DRUG STORES
Store No. 1 Store No. 2
Securities Building. 20th and Farnam.
JOHNSON HARDWARE
COMPANY
SPECIALISTS in BUILDERS' HARDWARE
We Furnished the 1
Locks in This Hotel
Telephone CQ1
Douglas 001
1917 arnam
LLll Street
HOOVERIZING QN COAL
The Windows on the Conant Hotel Have Been Equipped With
THE HIGGIN ALL-METAL
WEATHER STRIPS
Saves coal, keeps out dust and rain and prevents rattling. The
Fuel Administration is urging their use on windows and doors as a
means of conserving fuel. They can be installed on either V
OLD OR NEW HOUSES
THE HIGGIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
J. P. CONDON, Agent. 1015 City Nat Bank' Bid
Omaha, Neb. Phone Douglas 4911.
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THE WATERLOO
CREAMERY
COMPANY
is pleased to add
THE CONANT :
HOTEL'
To their list of discriminating
buyers.