Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 25, 1910, Page 4

URE DEFENDS OLD BOARD Bays Blame for Court House Mixup Rests on Present Members. ONUS ON DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY e Belleves B pleted ‘for M4 Cliten John' Li - i A-oltm- - ” .m..- ‘It the new. county cpun house cannot be completed for $1,00.80, it is the fault of the new county Board,” says W. A. Urs, “and not that ‘of the Board of County Commissioners whome term expired Janu- ary 1, 100" Mr. Ure asserts that the court house can be finished—except af to furnishings— within the ameiint of the bond issue, but he 1s of the opifften that there is much “loose talk’ about a d bond jssue and he is inclined to Welleve'the members of the present board are trylng to throw blame ‘4f blame thétm be' on himself, the late M. J. Kennard and A. C. Harte. Mr. Ure's statements will add fuel to al- ready raging flames, becayse the county commissioners now think they can see their P way clear to get the bullding up Within the sum named, but that theré is some aien- culty in this is in thelr opinion due as much to Mr. Ure and his former asso- clates as themselves. Latenser Saya'df Can be Dome. “I am of the opinion that the building as planned at present can be completed for the $1,000000 provided by the voters,” says Mr. Ure. “I belleve s0 because John Latenser, the architect, tells me it can be done. Possibly ‘the’ funds avallable will not provide water-washed alr and other high-class luxuries. Funds are available to complete the bullding with the necessi- tles for a buflding of that sort. “The problem is not a difficult one. Caldwell & Drake are to be paid $823,000 for the bullding complete, Including tile floors, marble wainscoting and other things of that sort, except that Caldwell & Drake do not install electric wiring, elevators, plumbing and heating. Caldwell & Drake’s contract is fo) Grading the site cost Architect’s feo -$523,000 S0 the money contracted to this date s X “Let It-be yinaerstood that the underpin- ning of ‘the: i use was included in the $SZ3OM0 Cby Wnd we have left of the fands from the §1,000,000 bond issue the neati sum ar $116,000. Besides this the board hiis, the .erection of the new court !vny salvage there Is from the old, ut,dl estimate that item at, say 4 the bbase , available for elee ‘#évators, heating and plumbi u, er pays he can comple for thut sum, and he ougl #820,000 contract with mefl h ovides for bronze front deors house. It cast- fron frént oo used . instead of bronze o cati b gaved-on that alone, and it th -added tq the $141,00 above thero Iy $16%,000 ldgty tor * completing the bulilding Vhy All Thls Loowe Talkt “1 am ure I hope that the present mem- bers of the county hoard are fully aware of the facts réditéa*Above. 1t they are, J cannot understand all the loose talk that has been golng on In the papers recently about a second bond issue. “The second proposition I wish to dis- cuss s with reference to responsibility for the Um.uon, which some board e bers seerh foma e iseue to pz resolutionof iDeck ‘aiq_ifdt pc. cept, adopi and” appfove the plans pre. sented by John Latenser. That resolution was worded as follows: “'Resolved that the plans and specifica- tions_for the proposed court nau-:wbuua- oust house. '!‘ho Shallenberger Will Pitch First Ball at Kearney Governor Actepts Invitation to Open “Sedson of lebruh State KEARNEY, Neb, M 2. —(Spectal.)— A few weeks 8go a hage ball enthusiast wrote a letter to bovmpr Shattenberger asking him to attend opening of the base ball season at K y and to piteh the first ball. He ment) in his letter also that while here the, or would be shown several suitable ¥ites for the state eapitol bullding when jtif§ bullt here. To which the &overnor has replied In the tollowing letter: { EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, STATW OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN, March 31— My Dear Mr. Kelly: 1 have vour letter inviting me to be present at the opening of the ball season in Kearney this vear @nd desiring me to pitch the first ball, Which your honorable mayor declares he is ready to stop. I acsure you I will try make my arrangements so I will he with you and you want to get Mayor Pat- terson to take out as much life Insurance a8 possible before 1 arrly it in a boller plat undertakes to stop my look over locations _ for . capitol bulldi®gs w) e 1am thebe. ou_ever bufld one at Kearney I hope vou will at least bulld a better one than we have now at Lincoln Assuring you T am very grateful for the jovitation and trusting, that I ma gy the pleasure of meeting with you fn next, 1 remain, very respectfully. ASHTON C. QHALLENNTIRGER Mr. J. C. Kelley, Kearney, Neb. Mayor Patterson states that he was under the impression that the governor was to toss the ball'and not to throw curves. AMONG THE LOCAL BOWLERS Francisco Wins Fifst Half of Ten-Game Series with Vous. In the first mlr or the ten-game serieg between Voss. and, Franoiseo last plght Franciscq won. rigtaoven pink. Ktl&h(r Jnln :e‘r h sCOre, A8 pins ‘and_ spii bmxy. e ve games are, to be Dllyod at the lloll’opollun al- leys, Trriday might, and (¢ ‘con- oss will be lhe noce! -ry pins ‘to win. G. 0. 2 2d4. 84. 4th. Sth Tot. Voss 18 164 161 4 821 Franc h 196 168 132 I 558 The South Omaha boys played @ return mateh on Francisco's alleys against the Cream Citys last night, total pins to count, and it was up to the last' baik:to decide the match. South Omaha won two out of three, the first by one piv. and the second by three pins, losing the third by twenty- one pins. Score of special match game: CREAM CITYS. Tot. 453 3 413 450 a8 2,261 Tol. éaape;\-kx 490 lark . Nolan 1041 Q Kennedy . 170 152 469 Hemleben 194 143 48 X 03 T8 2,200 lem‘nfllt league, Seore: ON THE mmmzsl Finley Nelson . Meyers WML . Tot i e w Dally News Jast night on the basement alleys. nders had all high honor: wltl\ 180 for -ln le nmo and 477 for tof pight Derby ,l,z rLygllln and e Wit sibes! ing ‘prepared and submitted by John Lotenser, architect, in accdrdance Yelth “his je Tomk coutract, be and hereby are accepted; and | Haster . 158 be It further ‘vesolvéd that by, letting a{BYrne s contract for the erection ‘of ‘s court house | Sanders il ol under thess plans and -wpecitications. the oL plans and Ifications ghall be adopted| TOtIs st and appro resoliition, was voted for by Harte, 3a. Total Trainor, Ure and Kennard, and when vot- | Merritt 128 Lean us W ing for it they dq&’:‘ %eem to have heen | Boro L ‘oslcep at the swi s we looked over | . -+ o = the plans it seemed fo us impossible to| . Totals ... 8 @ 1 erect the bullding contemplated for $1,000,- 000 The accepting, adopting and approving of those plang would Nave bound -the county, to @& Certain extent at least, to those plans. We had no way of knowmg what such a bullding would cost except by taking bids on those plahs and they were accepted for that purpose. And if it de- veloped later that. the’building could be put up within the $1,000,000 appropriation, wo provided that Slotting. of the contract | 5 vnder those pl and - specitioations should automatléally approve and adopt. Such action, no {matter about the provisien in the resolution quoted, would have ap- proved and adopted them anyway. Harte and Ure Off Board. “It was on April 1, 1809, that the con- tract was let to Caldwell & Drake. That was three months after Harte and Ure ceased to bo members of the board. In the meantime bids had been received on |- the Latenser plans and the fact had de- veloped that the bullding as planned could be erected for $1,000000. The contract was awarded to Caldwell & Drake, and by the action taken that day Latepser's . plans were for the first time approved and adopted. It would have been folly for any county board to have approved and adopted them sooner. “M. J. §Bnnard (since gone to his re- ward) voted fpr the resolution of Decem- ber 21, 1908, accepting the plans for the purpose of recelving bids. He aid not vote for the resolution awarding the con- tract to Caldwell & Drake, so he is as free from blame, if there be blame ‘to at- tach to anybody, as Harte and Ure. “If there s the mix-up that the present | county ‘béerd merbers talk about, there 18 no onéfo Mame for It but the present democratie majority in, the county board.” Manufagturers' . surplus stopk of men's and boys™ fiegligee shirtd, light and medium colors—oyer 650 dogen ‘garmen $L00-FRIDAY CHOICE 2C. FINDING“HIS VICTIM BROKE FOOTPAD TAKES HIS COAT John Kpiley e Garment Wh. John Kelley to say the least. Wednesday night he spled a gentleman who had consumed sufficient bock beer to make him drowsy enough to lay down most 3 place, and after following him o block curled up comfortably on a sidewalk at Elevently and Famam stregts, Kelley. ceeded :w %0 ‘through his pockets, . 9 4 The cost of spring tonle had evidently proven, op the sl r's pocketbook, fory -!r “Ml ...‘?: Kelley found the_ amap sithout funds, Kelley wus not dl—nnr:d. howeve, for belleving in the policy of' getting somethiig to show for his labor, he stripped the man of his coat .:."" wu -rruu ly Otficer Juckson - nv- is persistent, §w0 and: walting until he, was | The Omaha Blc&cle company took three ames from the O'Brien’s Monte Christos ast night on the Metropolitan alleys. This victory of three games’ghould mean first lllkee oL the end .|°| 1 Sosam rna km o8, _Zarp tool nors for the Bikes with for total ‘and for single game, phile Anderson took all honors for the Monte Christos, with and 564 for total. Tonight g.m cor Dreibus Candy company. Glibreath Zarp . Totals ' 83 3, O'BRIEN'S MONTE OHRISTOS. 1st. 24 3d. Total. Baehr ... 1B man’ ..l Mckae - % i Latey 162 179 Anderson 20 - 1 Totals 89 South Omiaha The Gophers ~wo - maich last night fco team. Beore: GOPH} Tanner Talbot Baker Chadd . Fitzgerald " Totals Decker Kalal Pennell AW 1 14 e cConnell . L 530 mjth ! B Totals . 2,62¢ 3 nel |Athletes Picked tor Omaha Mect Coach cherringt;;eleoh Ten of Men | Who Will Come to Track Meet. LINCOLN, March '8.~(Special)—Conch Cherrington annourieedt this nfternoor ‘that the following ten men . would be included in the team of track athletey that, will represent Nebraska at the big door meet at the Omaha Auditortum on April 1. Cap- taln Burke, Reed, Davis, MoGowan, Col- ler, Powers, Funkhouser, Amberson, Flack and Graham. The pole vault tryouts have ot been held yst and pos§ibly two other men will be added to the Jist before the day of the games in Omaha In the tryouts to select: the men for the meet no records were broken) but re- markably fast time was made In\the run- ning events, which were pulled aff i a blinding dust storm. Colller, a freshman athlete from Falrbury, won the hurdle races from George Flack, an Omaha boy. Bx-Captain McDonald would have been an easy winner in both the high and low obstacles if he had been eble to run the races. Collier is Ineligible for the intercollegiate meets, but will be permitted to compete in the Omaha games He holds the high school records for the hurdle races, and was one of the leading athletes in Nebraska during his high school career. Funkhouser, the freshman from the Lin- coln High, had an easy time winning the shotput honors. He holds the university record, of 44 feet 4% inches for the indoor heave of the twelve-pound shot. The dis- tance he threw the sixteen-pound weight in the tryouts was not measured, but Coach Cherrington says it was over forty feet. Reed, Davis, McGowan and Captain Burke will compose the relay team that will represent the Cornhuskers in the inter- collegiate mile run at Omaha. These men finished in the foregoing order-in the try- louts.. Davis made a brilliant race und ran Reed, thé fastest quarter miler in the uni- versity, a close race. McGowan competed at Kansas City last week and Davis was one of the runners at Sioux City two weeks ago. Burke and Reed ran in both the Kansas City and Stoux City relays. Reed and Powers will run the fifty-yard dash for the Cornhuskers. They took first and second places in the preliminaries. Collfer and Funkhouser tied for first honors in the high jump, and they will be entered in that event. In the other running evenis at Omaha Reed, Davis and Burke will take part for Nebraska. Colller and Flack will probably be entered fn the hurdle races. (iraham, apparnetly, has first honors cliriched In the pole yault, although no preliminary has been held for selecting a contestant in that event as yet. He I8 the leading vaulter in the university. HASTINGS LOOKING FOR PLAYERS — ¢ Adams County Team in State League Will Be Good Ome. HASTINGS, March 24.—(Special.)—Mana- ger Harms has made considerable progress 1o slgning players for the Hastings state lulue baso bail team and he hopes o have reliminary lineup complete within the few days. The squad will be ordered here for practice May 1. Dietz, who rlnyc‘d 3601 with Canton in the 1llinois-Missouri last year, has been signed for catcher. The Bright brothers, who played with Central City last vear, have been engaged for Shortstop and hecond. base. Smith, also of Central City and another man who formeriy glnyed with him in Cleveland, O., Have cen, signed_for the intleld. Negotlations afe Under Way for DeConley” of Watérioo d one wo m B, whe olayed grith ar Sofié re 1 r 0 last of 11 inger of umnh‘r?y u:Vn ha,n jlxned lor the pitch- g statf and Ritzman of last year's local lll.m"dll B¢’ added to the listif ‘his release can bé secured. from Hannibal. s/There is a ssibllity Ahat Ur Rohrer may: be, ob- ained from Comiskey's bunch of reserves. He was drafted for the White Sox from ‘edar Rapids. last fall, but has not thus ar Leen placed. He made a notable record as ‘catcher in the Three-I league and 8 expected to get to the front in base ball: he Hastings team will wear gray suits at home and red sults away from home. FAST TIME AT LOS ANGELES Ha e Makes Unofficial Record for Mile in Apperson Car. LOS ANGELES, Cal, March 24.~An un- offiolal record for a mile in ‘#.3 secords was made on the new motordome plank track by Harrls Hanshue, the , Apperson driver, at its opening yesterday. Ray Harroun, driving a thiry-horse-power Marmon, made & mile in 02.4 seconds. -The cars were only partiaily. squipped for racing and the trials were the first ever made on a circular’ board track. Racing drivers here belleve that a spoed of two miles a minute will be established with safety on the track at tha lnl.u.\n‘l meet of l?- motordome, April 8 to 17, and time equal to the stralghtawey records is kwkad for in the match race between Barney Oldfield and Ralph .De Palma, whick will be a feature of the meet, In the opinion. .of s% o patety of the’ trask Tk eatapiishel beyond ‘ghestion. There were twenty-five cars on the motor- dome at one time today. The finish of & mile. in 6.2 seconds was made by one car with a flat tire without skidding.” The mo tordome, which is the firet track ever bullt,is a perfect circle a mile in oir- qumferance, with a' bank of one foot in three. Oldfield, De. Paime. Robertson Brage, Hurroun and other roted drivers are entered for the inaugural meet. Roller Throws Frenchman. BT. JOSEPH, Mo, March 24—Dr. B. F. Roiler last night won in straight falls from Raoul de Rouen. The first fall was given to Dr, Roller in five minutes and thirty seconds because De Rauen bit him on the The second fall in twenty-nine min- utes twenty seconds, was won on a sclssors on head and body lock. In the preliminary Max Ludwig, lightweight champion, threw Young Atlas of France in eleven minutes and twenty second Billlard Match st St. Louts. ICAGO, March 2.—It was announced today 'that the match for the 18.2 balk line billlard champlonship between ~Harry P. Cline of Philadelphia, the, title holder, and Albert Cutter of Boston will be played at St. Louls on April 2. They will play 5000 points. \ B s | “Field Clup* —illustrated gere—n the | original and close-fitting Fol all High.C £ /‘ A'hiark for each trip to the Laundry will tell you which brand ‘ e of collars you ought to wear—from the standpoint of econony FRIDAY Jack Johnson Addresses Court Pugilist Again Attempts to Make Judge Believe He Is Acting in Good Faith, NEW. YORK, March 4.—Jack Johnson, heavywelght champfon publlist, was & court figure for a few moments today. He appeared before Judge Mulqueen in general sessions long enough to sign a renewal of the ball bond on which he was released yesterday and make a little speech on the status of the pending case against him, growing out of his alleged assault upon Norman Pinder, a regro. Pinder, whose " absence yesterday caused Judge Mulgiieen to declare his court would not be trifled with and to raise Johnson's ball to $.000 from §1.500, was still missing today .and nothing was done In the case. MARCH 25 Johnson, however, when he asked and was glven permission to address the court, said: “I, have been here. every time I was wanted and have always acted In good taith, I am being sued civilly for the con- tracts which 1 have been compelled to break because I have been detained here." “I have nothing to do with that," replied Judge Mulqueen. ‘It 18 all your own fault, You may be a strong man, but you are not strong enough to overcome the law. Where are the witnesses who should appear In your case® Johnson sald he knew of one witness, & woman whose real name he did not know, but whose address he gave. He declared that he 4id hot know where to find Pinder and sincerely wished he did, so the mat- ter could be Aisposed of. After Johnson had signed his new bond he visited the city chamberlain and got the $1,500 cash bond he had deposited when first arrested. “Old Hickory” Shy for Automobiles Timber Used for Spokes, Rims and Axles Falling Short Owing to In- creasing Manafacture. WASHINGTON, March %.—With the pro- duction of automobiles increasing by leaps and bsunds, the mdnufacturers are becom- ing anxious about the supply of “old hick- ory” for the wheels. About 130,000,000 board feot are used overy year for spokes, rims, axles, vehlele woods and other kindred uses,-and about 200,000,000 feet are manu- tactured Into lumber, Hickory comprises only 2 to § per cent of the total standing timber In the hard- wood forests of the United States. The total mill valie of the hickory used in a year in.the United States is $12,000,000. KETCHEL AND KLAUSE IN DRAW Middle-Weight mpion ‘Wins Ap- proval fnl Six-Round Bout. PITTSBURG, March 24.—Stanley Ketchel middleweight champlon of the world, did well to win a popular approval of ‘“draw’ in_his six-round bout' with Frank Klause, 4 local boy, before thé largest crowd ever gathered together, under the auspices of the Pittsburg National s»umla club. For the first three rounds Klause landed hard repeatedly, without return by Ketchel. The last three periods were slow and .un- interesting. Baseball Scares. At Wnumng\cm!‘ordhm. 2; luw George- n; 6. a Antonlebetroft reguldrs, 5; San Anonie 2 i 4 At Hot Springg—. k£ Cincinnati, 5, Ba’za arger, Ehrman and (,-rr gan; dheski, ¢ Rowm. Gaspar and Ro At Nunuomery—(‘hlclm Nationals, 3; Montgomety, 2. At " Little ' Rock-Cleveland seconds, St. Louis Natlonal regulars, 2. Kirsh and Higgins; Corridon, Knight, Higgths and Bresnahan and Pheips. Plattamonth, Ball Team. PLATTSMOUTH, Neb.,, March 4,—(Spe- cial)—A large and enthusiastic crowd was préfent in the city hall last evenlng when thé Plattsmouth base anized with the fonowing offigers: Bres ent, Colonel P. A. Barrows, editor of the Daily News; sectetary, Frank Gobelman; treasurer, Willam' Egenberger; manager, Edward Brantner; executive committee, 1. P. Falter, Adolph. Glese and Anton H. obek. Chicago Woman Loses, PINEHURST, N. C., March 24.—Mrs, J, P. Gardiner of Chicago, the only ‘western entr&nl was beaten by Miss Mary Fown ttsburg In Vesterday's match roun of the annual united north and south golf champlonship for women. The favorites, including Miss Elkins of Pittsburg, are all in the running. Hits League, BOSTON, March 24.—Secretary Farrell of the Nationial Assaclation of Professional Base Ball Clubs has asked the New Eng- land league clubs not to unn’r exhibl. tlon games with the clubs of the newly- formed Tnited States league. The latter organization is not.a party to the National agreement. Vanderbilt Horse Wina, PARIS, March 24.—The Prix De Houdan, selling, of $600, was run at Enghlen today and won by W. K. Vanderbilt's Marcaurele, In_the Prix D'Allmeneches handicap of $1.000, Eugene Fiscte's Indlan Prince fin- ished third. Blg Three at Springs. Bkippéer Schipke, cradk third-sacker of the Rourkes, writes to the sporting editor of The Bee that he, Gonding and Welch are getting in good condition at Hot Springs and that they will be home soon. Girl Killed by Hammer Throw. GREANLEAF, Kan, March 2—Mary Clark, § years old, was killed on the achoot grounds today by @ hammer threwn --by Georse Talbot, pne of the students, who wa practicing. Robert L. Tucker is Dead. VISYILUE, Ky.. March ok —Robert L. er, the horse owner and trainer, b ter known o the racing world as “Bob" Tucker, dled today. 1910. jV wEdis Reco for APRIL —together with three special Records from the May list—all on sale March 25th S there a Phonograph in your home? 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