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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1919)
THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1919. v m 11 URGES MUSEUM OF ART AS A 17AR MEMORIAL John L. Webster Says Me morial for Omahans Wfio Served In War Should Be . Useful Structure. John L. Webster, addressing members of the Kiwanis club at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday at noon, urged that a general memori al war museum and art gallery be established to the memory of Oma ha men who served in the world .war. V T! - . j1 - icjcmng o ine war memorials of Rome and Greece, he said: "All ' of these memorials, grand and im posing as they may be, artistic and historic as they may be, are wholly insufficient and inadequate to awak- T . t . . .1 . I lit J en ine imagination, -or me Denoiaer to the spirit of idealism in govern ' ment, so essential for the better ment of humanity at large. The re sults of this war have been so won derful, that a suitable war memorial to be now erected must be some thing more than a figure in bronze, or a statue in marble, or a column of granite. It must be a memorial instructive as well as beautiful, edu- cational as well as useful, inspiring as well as artistic." f , In conclusion he said: "I would , have our people erect an art build- mg in which there shall be com bined the exquisite taste of refine ment and harmony in architecture which would make the structure an umaiiiciii iu uic tuy, auu au ex ample of civic beauty. , t Collection of War Relics. "On the first floor of that build ing we should have a war museum not a place for gruesome things, but for all the relics and examples of all the instruments used in this "srfare, as object lessons. We , - should' have in that museum exam ples of uniforms, helmets, swords, . rifles, bayonets, and all else that might inform the multitude of visit ors of the instruments of warfare .which the American soldiers used ' "We should have in that museum ; collections of etchings, drawings, . pnotograpns, pictures, so tar as may be of every battlefield; an ex i hibition of such an extensive col lection as would be an object les son to the returning soldier. We should have in that building a room set apart where these veterans of this war, as well as the veterans of the Spanish war, and the Civil war, , might come together in social meet ings, and an auditorium where pa triotic addresses might be delivered. "On the upper floor we should have a collection of the best works of art. This memorial art building, with its museum and works of art, ' should become an instrumentality of public -education, a historic col v, lection which would tell the history of the great war. 'This great memorial structure should be erected out of contribu- tions by the people, as freely given and under as high a sense of duty at prevailed when they subscribed for Liberty bonds and Victory notes. "Will the good and enterprising people of Omaha arise to this great opportunity to perform a civ ic service in the erection of a war memorial museum and art build ing?" Husband Nomad, Says wire in uivorce oun; H "Poll f BMA" ... Harrison Garvin has been born too late in the world, according to the petition of his wife, Rose Gar vin, for a divorce, filed in district court yesterday. He would have been all right in the days when mankjnd lived the life of nomads. But today his wan dering proclivities lead but to the divorce court. "He spends his time as a wanderer without fixed pur pose or aim in life," his wife com plains in her divorce petition. Last December he heard the "call of the road" and departed and his wife hasn't heard of him since. They were married in 1907 in Winfield, Kan., and his wife asks the custody of their two children. Former 'Girl Headliner' Of Wad West Show Buys 8IHeadofCattleHere Mrs. Brida Shimek, owner of a large ranch at Hemingford, Neb., was one of the visitors and buyers at the Live Stock exchange Thurs day. v Mrs. Shimek, when a girl, was one Vol the headliners of a western wild west show and one year won the women's "broncho busting" cham pionship at Cheyenne. After her marriage to Henry ' Shimek she adopted ranch life. 1-ast winter, after the death of her hus band from influenza,, Mrs. Shimek took full possession of the ranch. She took home 81 head of 3-year-old steers. j Will Cable Wilson When Congress Is Assembled Washington, May 16 President Wilunn will 'he officially noti fied by cable of the assembling of congress when ootn nouses convene in extra session Monday. 1 Congressional leaders, it became known today, have decided that in view of President Wilson being iu ' Paris use of thecable was the logic al method of going through with hn fiistomarv orocedure ot notify ing him. Ordinarily a committee representing botn nouses wait upon the president at the White House ' informing him that congress is now in session. ; Hurt In Elevator Accident Stuart Arthur 20 years old, 2904 OTrth Twenty-eighth avenue, was injjured yesterday morning when a weight in an elevator in Thompson and Belden's store struck him. He was taken to Lord Lister hospital. He suffered"" internal injuries. . He Was repairing another eleva tor and acMentally slipped into an : adjoining tbait Sergt. Wm. Herren, Machine Gun Company, 58th Infantry, 4th Division. Throughout a deadly artillery bombardment August 7, near Savoye, his company was in trouble. It had lost four of its machine guns, and was short of ammunition. Sergeant Herren managed throughout this action, by great bravery and devotion to duty, to supply the" needed ammunition to the gunners, and to distribute to the battalions new machine guns. It was this same Sergeant Herren who, when our right flank was unpro tected, trot nossession of a light German Maxim machine gun and pushed it forward on our exposed flank under terrific enemy fire, and repulsed a Counter aiiaCK. upyngui, BRAVE AMERICANS Portrait of Mdl Winner, Mad at the Front by JOSEPH CUMMINGS CHASE, Official Portrait Painter of the A. E. F. Drake Realty Co. Will Build New Apartments At Costof $180,000 The Drake Realty Construction company yesterday received from the city building department a per mit for the erection of another series of apartment houses of three build ings, with a total of 108 apartments, at 2203 to 2211 Jones street. The cost of the construction will be $180,006 and the dimensions of the entire project will be 1U8 by 108 feet, three stories and base ment. The buildings will be fireproof, faced with artistic pressed brick. Each apartment will be equipped with individual ice box, gas stove, kitchen cabinet and built-in bed. This new construction will ad join two apartments now being erected and for which a $120,000 permit was issued by the city six weeks ago. The Drake company announces that within 30 to 60 days it will begin erection of another set of apartments of two buildings with 72 apartments. This will bring its to tal construction for this year up to $420,000. All of these apartments are on Jones street, between Twenty-third and Iwenty-rirst streets. Burgess-Nash Welfare Body To Give Dance Saturday Burgess-Nash Welfare association will give a complimentary May dance to the employes of the firm on Saturday night at the Metropolitan hall. Admittance will be by invita tion only. The general committee has ar ranged an interesting program, de tails of which are kept as a sur prise. Refreshments will be served during the evening. Rousing Welcome Is Planned for Famous "Ace" On Visit Here ! Plans for a rousing welcome, to be given the famous air fighter, Capt. "Eddie" Rickenbacker, upon his arrival here Monday, are being rapidly perfected by a committee of the Omaha Automobile club headed by Dick Stewart. t Those participating in the parade will be divided in three divisions. The first division will be composed of mounted police, bands, military automobiles, an aeroplane, which will proceed up Farnam street under its own power, Captain Ricken backer and the committee, the wo men's motor corps and closed cars. The second division will be com posed of cars furnished by the Oma ha Automobile Trade association. The third division will consist of touring cars. Mr. Stewart stated that several hundred more cars could be includ ed in the parade if the owners of the machines would communicate with the automobile club. City Commissioners Dance With Young City Hall Folks City Commissioners Butler and Falconer joined a company of city hall young people on the dance Thursday night. The function was attended by 60 municipal employes. During an intermission of the dancing, Floyd Perry recited, Vlas ta Sterba offered a Spanish dance Streitz played mandolines, accom panied by Marie Swanson. Three Transports Sail Brest, .May 16. The transports Montana, North Dakota and Hunt ington, sailed today with troops of the 89th division, national army men from Kansas, Missouri and South Dakota. Inter-Church World i Movement . MASS MEETING Auditorium, May 2 1 Addresses by Dr. Robert L. Kelly. Dr. J. Campbell White. Fred B. Smith. Colonel Raymond Robins. Representative leaders of religious and educa tional thought of the day. N . YOU ARE CORDIALLY WELCOMED No Admission Charge. iM)itiiMJiiiiiinMiii,ii,innMimiiiii' "The World's Last Resort" HEAR THIS MESSAGE SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Park Avenu and Harney Street. Alonzo Alvin De Larme, Minister A large chorus, Mabel Allen, soloist; Mrs. Howard Kennedy, organist, will sing Edward F. Johnston's "I Heard a Great Voice," and Shelly's "God I Love." 8 O'CLOCK SHARP. 11 A. M.: "The Inter-Church World Movement!" ZIMMAN BOOSTS DR. LANGFELD FOR HEALTIIJFFICER Council, With Exception of Commissioner Ure, Against Appointment of Outsider as Manning's Successor. City Commissioner Zimman stated yesterday morning that he will rec ommend Hf. Millard Langfeld to Po lice Commissioner Ringer as a man who is fully competent to serve as health commissioner, to succeed Dr. E. T. Manning, who has resigned. "I absolutely believe that there are capable and competent men In Omaha who may be obtained for this position, said lr. Zimman, "and I also believe that we should first look over our local talent before en gaging an outsider. I shall recom mend Dr. Langfeld to Commissioner Ringer because I know that the doc tor is competent and would make a desirable health commissioner." Now -City Bacteriologist Dr. Langfeld has been city bac teriologist for several years. . , Lieut Col. James F. Edwards, whom Mr. Ringer has been consid ering, will arrive in Omaha on Sun day or Monday. Dr. Edwards will appear before the city council next Monday morning. He is on his way from Camp Mills to Camp Dodge with a group of disabled soldiers. Mayor Smith stated thai he be lieved that available men in Omaha should first be considered before an outsider is engaged. "But." the mayor said, "I wou'd be inclined to accept the recom mendation of the responsible phy sicians of this city.' The physicians recommended Dr. Manning to us and we appointed the doctor as health commissioner." Commissioner Butler is, opposed to appointing an outside man to the position of health commissioner. "I am convinced that we can find a man xin Omaha," he said. Commissioner Ure asserted that he wbuld make , no distinction be tween an Omaha man or an outside man for the place. Committe Makes Recommendation. "The Committee of Protest," , an organization of prominent Oma hans, has mailed to the city com-) missioners letters . which contain th. following expressions: "In con nection with the resignation of the city health commissioner, this com mittee wishes to impress upon the minds of the city commissioners the. vital importance ' of se lecting , a man for the of fice who is not the special repre sentative of any particular school of medicine a man broad-minded enough' to permit patrons of the schools to select physicians of their own choosing in any case; a man who will accept a certificate of health from a physician or doctor under the law to practice in this state; a man well -versed in sani tation and the laws of hygiene. "We stand for medical freedom and demand that our constitutional rights be protected." "The Committe of Protest" is opposed to compulsory vaccination and supports the principle of medi cal freedom.' Jury Completed for Trial of Henry Ford's Libel Suit Mount Clemens, Mich., May 16. The jury to try the $1,000,000 libel suit of Henry Ford against the Chi cago Daily Tribune was completed yesterday. Democracy Should Be Introduced Into the Church, Says Mayor "Democracy should be intro duced into the church as well at into political and social life," said Mayor Smith, speaking Thursday night at the fathers' and sons' ban quet at ountze Memorial Lath- -eran church, where more than 150 were present "The church has been accustomed to take an active interest only in the spiritual life of individuals," he said. "It should take an, interest in a man's success in business, in his re lation to his fellow men and in every legitimate line of his activity. It should be an ever-present friend to its members, gaining in strength by this very sympathy. ' One Minute Store Talk "The question of clothes demand keener judgment today than ever before. 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