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PART THREE FINANCIAL NEWS AND WANT ADS - The 0 maha Sunday beb PART THREE AUTOMOBILE AND SPORT NEWS VOL.. XLIX NO. 45. OMAHA, SUNDAY .MORNING, APRIL 25, 1920. 1 C PRICE FIVE CENTS MILAN SOLVES THE PROBLEM OF HOUSING CONDITIONS Socialists In Control of City Spend Public Funds for Carrying Out Extensive House Building Program. By CONGER REYNOLDS. Chicago Tribune Foreign Newi Service. Milan, April 24. Picture in your mind a village of one story and two story stucco bungalows front ing on winding drives, surrounded by little gems of gardens where happy children play iii the gravel. Or vizualize a great apartment building, nsw, clean, open to air aiYd sun of the outer world on three sides and to a quiet, heflowered court vard on three interior faces. Inside it see the modern conven iences in tne apartments, the com mon room for laundering, the co operative store and restaurant. In each case you have a concrete example of what Milan has actually accomplished in attempting to solve the housing problem. Milan is at least two jumps ahead of the rest of the world in municipal house building. The hundreds of over crowded cities in Europe and Amer ica can learn from Milan how to furnish habitation for increased population in .a manner to breed contentment and good citizenship. Socialists in Control. To understand why Milan is so far ahead in house building one reeds to know that" the administra tion of th? city has "Been for some time in the hands of the socialists, who have no hesitation about using public funds for experiments in so 'cial amelioration. As long ago as September, 1918, they decided some thing had to be done tr increase the number of houses and apartments available. 1 here had been no build ing of consequence for four years, although the needs of the popula tion had been increasing by about 10 001) rooms' a year. To begin with, the city appropri ated 10.000,000 lire (normally about $2,000,000 to be put into dwellings. For the expending of the fund it pdopted a plan not at all socialistic. It confided the building of its houses and their later administra tion to a semi-private, semi-public concern which is known as the "Instituto par le Cuse Populari." This concern has been organized ruder a special law intended to stimulate house building. It was capitalized at 26,000,000 lire, on which it could borrow twice as much. The government itself could own stock in it. It cou1d not earn more than 4 per cent on its capital stock. Plan is .Combination. The whole scheme had been .(''. vn to combine the advantages (.," public ownershin with the re-M-.y.-cct"ulnes and efficiency of pri v'e. enterprise. The institute was ; ministered by a board of direc 1 s o;i which the community and i" renters, as well as the stock- -li'-rs. were represented. But it i" I not need to go higher than itself ..itl-oritv to carry on the work c the institute. i i the spring of 1919 actual build 5 " of ho'ises and apartments be i rn. By September 300 were ready i'-.r ocrupaion. More than SOO are now comnletc ard 500 more are jn c ur: e of construction. The houses r01, .,e,i ; villages on the edge -. it-": citv prooer. The apartment ! :. -v, are ii two great groups in ''-e citv. The citv experts to b'-'ld a thousand more in 1920-'21. ;uid then to increase the rate of 1.isild:T until the bousing problem ii.-is been solved. Its next appro priiti'nn for the purpose will be 40, OC'00 lire. What are the houses like? I asked ihr t question of Dr. Alefrando Scbiavi. director of the institute. For answer he put me in his automobile and dro'-e out to the village of Cam no dei Fiori, 15 minutes from the heart of Milan, 25 minutes out by trr"m Houses Are All Alike. Tt was such a village as I sug gested in the first paragrapn oi un article. Withm its limits were 150 houses of one story and two stories. Some contained quarters for two families. The accommodations var ied from two rooms to five rooms, always with kitchen, closets and toilet in addition, and in most in stances with a bath room also. . - The construction was most sub stantial, walls being of hollow tile and reinforced cement, roofs and floors of tile. Great variety in form and color ofthc houses saved the village from the monotony of the usual factorvresidence groups. And the natural Italian talent for garden ing had made a beauty spot of every little plot along the curving streets, as well as of every back yard. Dark haired women came to their doors as we, passed along. More than one, eager to have her home admired, invited us in to inspect it. We found neatly kept rooms well lighted, easily ventilated. We found kitchens equipped with gas stove, sink, and cunboards a triumph Of convenience for the housewife. What I saw in the bathrooms raised in iny mind the only doubt about the success of providing so well for every family. In every tub was a basket of clothing or clothes soak ing. But maybe the tub -was used for the human anatomy on Satur dav night at least. We visited the co-operative store, where the inhabitants can buy provi sion at cost. In connection with it there is a restaurant and a ,cafc where drinks are sold. Nobody was in the cafe when we were there at 11 o'clock in the morning. The hall for a common meeting place was under construction and a stable for the village cows was planned. Chimney Niches, Teapots, Stockings and Rusty Boxes of Olden -Day : ; Buried Treasures Displaced by Massive Steel Vaults of Omaha Banks Twenty-Two Inches of, SoliJ Steel, Another Coat of Steel Charged With Electricity to Sound Burglar Alarms, Highly Complicated Time Clocks Whose Combinations are Known to But One Man, Hinges That Weigh Two Tons Each, and Human Attend ants Stand Guard Against Safe Crackers Over Millions of Dollars While Omahans Sleep. Gone are .the days of buried treasures. Family savings are no longer cached in chimney niches, buried teapots and river bottoms. Stockings and clothes linings are no longer popular hiding places forrolls of currency, and the old apple tree, nine paces from the southwest cor ner of the old homstcad, may spread its roots without encountering a rust encrusted strong box. Captain Kidd and other Spanish gentlemen who sailed the raging main, may have chosen desert isl ands to bury their "pieces of eight" in the old days, but the chances are strong that if they lived they would choose a nice safety deposit box in an Omaha bank provided they could navigate the well known Mis souri. Bankers Emphasize Safety. Ask any Omaha bank official why people put their money in banks. He'll give you a number ofgood reasons, such as convenience, inter est and thrift, but he'll emphasize safety. If you look honest and are for tunate he may show you why bank vaults are superior to buried strong boxes and desert islands. , At the First National bank you will be led to a brightly lighted, spotless, tiled room in the base ment. A heavy row of brass bars, steadfast, uncompromising bars, is stretched across the room. Behind the bars a man and a woman, the" vault attendant and the vault superintendent, have charge of affairs. Jf you show the proper cre dentials, the man will swing a gate in the row of brass and you may step within. , .Don't Touch the Door. A huge, glistening steel door will attract your attention immediately. During the day this door is swung open, permitting access to the 2,500 safety deposit boxes which it guards. Display a little interest in the door and you will win the attend ant, wfiose name is Charles T. Thayer, to your cause. But don't, whatever you do, touch the doorl Attendant Thayer is apt to repri mand you severely if you do. for the moistureof the hand rusts the care fully polished steel. With a little questioning you will learn that the door weighs 28 tons, that it is' 22 inches of solid steel thick and that it is made burglar I proof by a coat of steel charged with electric current that will give an alarm when touched by another piece of steel. Each" Vault a Problem. Attendant Thayer will also tell you that the door works with three highly complicated time clocks, and that it can be opened only when two attendants are present, because there are two combinations, each known to but one man. If business is dull he willl sur prise you by lowering a part of the tiled floor and swinging the great door shut on its hinges. So nearly perfect is the balance of the door on its rnighty hinges that it may be swung shut by one man, in spite of its great weight. With the door open you may step into the inner vault and enjoy the sensation of having great riches, perhaps millions of dollars, within your reach that is, almost within your reach for each individual vault would prove a problem for even a skilled safe cracker. Hinges Weigh Two Tons. At the Omaha National bank you will find another type of vault door, fully as impressive in its strength and security as that at the First Na tional. The hinges on this great door alone weigh two tons. The vault itself is made of solid steel. 22 inches thick,- and its great weight made necessary the insertion of four steel pillars between the vault and the solid ground. According to Ezra Millard, cashier of the bank, an explosion which would open the door would destroy the entire business block in which the bank is located. Combinations Clank Heavily. The Omaha National bank is equipped with two vaults, one for safety deposit boxes and the other for bank cash and securities. F.ach vault is guarded with the same type of door. If you visit the bank near the clos ing hour you will see the great door ponderously swung shut, and hear the combinations clank with a final ity which insures the safety of the fortune within and a hopeless future for the lowly safe cackers. Other banks of the city are also equipped with equally impressive and substantial vaults, which faith fully guard the people's money while the city sleeps. For the days of the buried treas ures are gone. Omaha Now Ships Tires Out by the Car Load Lots iff y: What is believed to have been the largest individual shipment of tires from a rubber mill in the state leff Omaha recently when the Sprague Tire and Rubber Co. shipped a car load of tires to Collins & Co. of San Antonio, Tex. The shipment was valued at $47,000 and was com posed entirely of fabric tires. With the installation, of a rubber impregnating machine the Sprague Tire and Rubber company is now the most modern equipped rubber mill in the entire west. This machine used in friction cot ton cord with pure gum was made especially for the Sprague Tire and Rubber company. It thoroughly in sulates each strand of cotton cord with pure gum, thereby eliminating friction in cord tires, between the individual plies of cotton cord fa bric. " During the fait of 1919, automo biles were imported from the Unit ed States into Japan at the rate of 150 per month. Troup Auto Supply Co. Complete Stock of Quality Accessories. Now In Our New Location Lyon Spring Bumpers $15.00 Ford Steering Wheels, 17-inch, corrugated. . 4.50 Dillon Headlight Lens, any size ........... 3.75 Weed . Cham Jack 6.50 Motometers $2,65, $4.50, $6.75, $9.00 jSocket Wrench Set, 25 pieces, ratchet handle 9.75 Veedol Oil, any weight, in bulk, per gallon. . ' .95 Running Board Luggage Carrier 5.00 Champion Plugs, Overland or Studebaker. . . .65 Goodyear Tires Veedol Oil Marathon Cord Tires Troup Auto Supply Co. 2027-29 Farnam St Douglas 5230 Officer John I.icDougall weighs 165 pounds. The great steel door shown in the picture weighs 46,000 pounds. McDougall and the door guard the millions of dollars placed in the vault at the Omaha National bank. This great door, which guards the contents of1 2,500 safety deposit vaults at the First National bank, weighs 28 tons, and is operated by three time clocks. The tiled floor must De lowered to allow the door to swing shut. Mothers Prefer to Await Stork In Hospital Wards Because Den- upon receiving Denver, April 24. ver mothers frown visits from the stork in their own hemes, there is a lying-in shortage in the city. The hospitals are (In adequate to care for expectant moth ers who apply for accommodations. Local physicians declare that thi "fad," prevalent in the east for some time, has reached Denver and is re sponsible for Denver mothers es chewing the home as a place for bringing children into the world. - "It seems it is no longer fashion able to use the home for parturient purposes," said Dr. . Pierce von der Smith, local obstetrician. "So many women now insist upon the hospital that there is no room for them. Some will go into a ward when a private room is not available, rather than re main at home." That the "fad" has come to stay is the opinion of many physicians, who declare that the need for an in stitution to be used exclusively fo--lying-in purposes is growing daily. With women about to become mothers swamping the hospitals, there is not sufficient accommoda tion for other patients, it is said. s, , V- I If f2P (j 5 Q 1 i f i i t "Little Mother" Burned While Rocking Cradle Grand Rapids, Mich., April 24. Playing with matches as she rocked the cradle of her 3-months-old sis ter cost the life of Elsie Kloppe, 3j-$-year-old daughter of William Kloppe, laborer. The girl acted as the "little mother" to three other children, at tending to them while the father and mother, the latter a washer woman, were at work. Neighbors heard the child's cries and found her enveloped in flames. FINISH THE JOB Install a Bosch Magneto on your auto mobile, truck or tractor and avoid expen sive, delays on account of not having igni tion. You cannot afford to inconvenience yourself or be delayed, when you are mak ing a quick delivery or have your tractor stall before the job is finished. You will have a confidence, if your engine is BOSCH EQUIPPED, that there will be no delay. Bt Safev-Initall Botch Delaya are expensive. V n . rv America's Supreme Ignition For Au tomobiles. Trucks, and Tractors. I AM AN AMERICAN! WRITE FOR EOOKLET AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE CORP. Our Reputation Is Your Protection. 2205 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. Distributor! for Nebraska and Western Iowa Strike Big Gas Pocket Monroe City. Mo., April 24. A big gas pocket was struck by drillers for the Midyale Oil company near here the other day. The pressure pi the gas drove the drill from the hole and scattered drilling equipment in all directions. GIFT OF BUFFALO HORNS RECALLS GOOD OLD DAYS J. M. Gillan, Recipient of Ant lers, , Reminisces of Time, When They Were Plenty. Scenes of more than 40 years ago, when he hunted the mighty bison j on Kansas prairies, ' were recalled ycsici udy J. iVl. vjuittu- mini opened a parcels post package ad dressed tohim and found two large buffalo horns inside. "The plains used to ' be littered with these horns," Mr. Gillan re marked. "Buffalo Were so thick that a hunt'could be organized any time, and as many killed as the party wanted." , Mr. Gillan was staving with his brother at Fort Dodge, Kan., in those days, he said. He was then 16 years of age. The post was in habitated almost entirely with sol diers, Indians and horsethicves, he added. Indians used to drive the buffalo into ravines, and as a herd became iammed would start killing them. ' They would take the meat and hides and leave the rest of the carcasses for wolves. Mr. Gillan said that he and some others collected bones, horns and hoofs and carted them to Larned, Kan, wbere they received $7 a ton for koiel and $9 a ton for horns and hoof those days there was a pile of toies at the rail head 200 yards tfeng yja as high as a house. The horns were sent to Mr. Gillan by A. A. Forbes of Bazine, Kan. Last week he wrote Mr. Gillan ask ing where 2,000 such horns, which he had saved since the days when buffalo werep lentiful, could be sold. He as directed to a manufacturer in Chicago. Here Is Man Who Is a League of Nations Entirely In Himself Tulsa, Ok!., April 24. This puz zle in nationality has the marines guessing. Louis C. Minette, accepted for enlistment in the United States ma rine corps here 'today, said that his mother was an American who mar ried a Frenchman in Italy. He was born on a ship'flying the Spanish colors while lying in the English channel. At the age of 5 his parents died in Sweden, and he was adopted by a German who brought him to the. United States. His ffdopted fath er is not a naturalized citizen. "Would you class him as 'The Man Without a Country?"' the re cruiting sergeant was asked. "Man without a country nothing," said the sergeant, "I'd class him as a league of. nations." - School Children In Bird Home Building Contest Lawrence, Kan., April 24. Wild birds have been furnished with 160 houses here as the result of a con test staged by the Chamber of Commerce. The houses were constructed by children in the city schools. Prizes were given for the best built bird homes. Woman Is Recovering , After Rare Operation Milford, Kan., April 24 A woman 44 years old is recovering in a hospital here after having undergone a rare operation. A portion of diseased bone in her spine was removed and a tumor cut from her spinal cord. MONTE CARLO GAMES ARE ON SQUARE SAYS HENRY WALES Can Make All Money Neces sary Without Resorting to "Pinch" Methods to Make Expenses. By HENRY WALES. Chicago Tribune Foreign Nr-wt RmtIc. Monte Carlo, April 24. "Is it really pn the square?" That's the question that every visitor asks, Americans most of all. They keep thinking of books they've read and plays and films they've seen, where the villainous villian .in his long black mustache, presses the button and the electric magnets draw the little white ball into the red number instead of the black. They recall the stories of the saw tooth cards in the faro-bank case, and the gold leaded dice in the crap game. But after tourists are here awhile, they begin to believe that the games are square. They begin to realize that the Anonymous Society of Sea Baths can make all the money it needs by trusting to luck, and that they don't have to electrify the roulette wheels and phoney th? cards in the trente-et-quarente games' to pay their big quarterly dividends. Resembles Nevada. Nevada was the last state in the union to close gambling. That was in September, 1910. During all the time that Nevada was wide open, the gambling was dead on the level. One could see the roulette dealer, or the faro-bank dealer, or the stick man in the crap game get his wages after his shift was finished, go across to the other side of the table and sit down and commence to play against the game he had just been running. When a man ran open a gambling house and be sure that he can keep it running, without fear of the cops closing him, and without having to part with large gobs of hush money to the authorities, he can well afford to run his game on the snuare. An icy cold machine will beat the best brains ever matched against theai eventually. Mr. Player will have a little luck with small bets, and just about the time he has a nice nocketfull of winnings, he will find himself a piker and begin to plunge. About that time, there will be a run against him and he will be busted before it changes. . Has Huge Bankroll. That's where the bankroll counts. The bank at Monte Carlo is more than 100,000,000 francs, it is said. Few players ever come here with that much coin in their jeans to gamble away. They say it is the pikers that pay the rent aitd keep the place going. The small fry that come in and drop 100 or 200 or 500 francs a day. They say, when I have lost 200 francs, T will stop playing for the day and wait until tomorrow. But maybe if I had continued one more bet. I would have run into a series and won back all that I had lost. OcMI WITH the great advance the Velie has made in the Sedan type it is now accepted as the ideal all-season car. In an instant it? can be closed and heated against chilly Winds or fully opened to summer breezes, with the protection and t seclusion that give the final touch to the luxury of motoring. Four wide doors. Auxiliary seat folds into back of front seat. Comfortable seating room for six. Plate glass windows glide noiselessly in velvet runs. Upholstery in mohair velvet, silk curtains, dome light, interior and exterior door locks. Reserve power for every demand. The motor with internally heated vaporizer burns low grade fuel. Five other Velie models, open and closed, to choose from, all in the new and authori tative style. SECURITY MOTOR CO. Chas. R. Gardner, Mgr. 2204 Farnam St. Omaha ted
