Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 10, 1915, Page 10

10 ASK DISMISSAL O NORMAL BOARD Contractors All Over State Dis- pleased with Awarding of Con- | tract for Kearney Building. HOLD MEETING ON THURSDAY A movement toward securing, through Governor Morehead, the| summary dismissal of the state nor- mal board is brewing at this mo-| meft among some of the leading building contractors of Omaha, It| is likely to come to a head next| Thursday evening, when the contrac- tors of Omaha are to hold a meet- ing at the Hotel Rome. Contractors all over the state sve under | ligh excitement over the action of the State Normal board in awarding the con- tract for the comstruction of the audi- torfum at the Kearney Normal school to the highest bidder, Instead of the low- is customary. The details of this transaction and the secret methods that led up to it were exposed fn The Hee| some days ago. Since then the contractors have been vowing among themselves that such methods must be further looked into and that something must Ve done. Orgmnize the State, The meeting for Thureday night is called primarily as a preliminary meet- ing, at which arrangements are to be made for a larger meeting of the con. t'actors for the purpose of organizing state . mssociation. The state assooia- t'on is to be organized to eliminate a lot ¢ abuses to which the contractors are now subject, to provide an Information lureau for the trade, to provide a cole lection bureau and a legislative body that would systematically 1ook after the Interests of the contractors in the legis- inture, But while the meeting Thursday night is called to make preliminary arrange- ments for the state meeting, the excite- ment over the methods of the State Nor- mal board is too high at present among the local contractors to allow the even- luk to go by without the subject belng brought up, and among those best in. formed it s confidently expected that a jcsolution will be adopted asking the governor to dismiss the normal board, or at least those responsible for what are considered high-handed methods in this Kearney Normal auditorfum matter At the same time it Is expected that the Tesolution 18 to be carried immediately JE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 19 ! [ Bether In Mexico,” he sald. “The morn- | 'Inx'l papers indicate that there s a| prospect of their doing so.” Big Dog, Faithful to the Last, Two Arrested for 'BRYAN CALLS ON | Wheat Takes Drop | ture, guarded by Friendless and isolated from all man- kind, surrounded by environments of his own choosing, the wonderful gifts of na- his_only companion, a monster black St. Bernard dog, Edwanl erman of the muddy Missouri, was found dying Monday morning at 7 by police officers in front of his tiny willow shack on the Missourl river bank at Seveath and Q streets. The heartbreaking cry of the great dog “Rounder,"” he barked for assis ance for his dying master, rang clear across the lonesome stiliness of the vast river bottoms and aroused heepers of the Union Btock Yards pumping station, who Investigated and discovered the pligat of the master. The police departmen: was called and with Dr. B H. Shanahan accompanying, assistance was rushed to the spot where the doomed ‘‘master of the wilds” lay dying. Oreditors of Late H. M. Browning Have Hearing August 18 Hearing of a petition of ereditors of the late Henry M. Browning, advertising ex- pert, who died June 24, as the result of swallowing bichloride of mercury tablets, | has been set for August 18 by County | Judge Crawford. They ask that T. H Matters, jr, be appointed administrator of the estate. The creditors are named as follows: | Omaha Ice and Cold Storage company, A. Hospe, plano dealer; Ryan Jewelry | compavy and Central Coal and Coke com- | pany. BUILDERS TO PICNIC AT CARTER LAKE CLUB TODAY Reservations are coming regularly to Clark Shelley, secretary of the Omaha Builders’ exchange for plates at the biy pienie dinner at Carter Lake today. This is the annual outing of the ex- change and all the bullders are expected to drop hammer, trowel and time book, and make a straight shoot fo: the lnke. Races and athletic contests are s hed- uled for the afternoon. The sports con« sist of aquatic sports as well as races and tugs, etc, for the “land-lubbe s 1o the' higher body, which will be the fonvention of contractors from all over ihe state, to meet within a few weeks, Pix Meeting Place. The place of meeting for the contrac- tors of the state has not yet been fixed, but is to be settied at the meeting Thurs. fay. Lincoin and Columbus are bidders for the state convention. It s lkely to be held at one of these two places, John Stineheart of Nebraska City, vice vresident of the Nebraska Manufacturers’ assoclation and president of the Nebraska Casualty assoclation, 18 to be the prinei- ral speaker at the Thursday 3 A- E. Lawreason of Omaha is also to ‘peak on the organization work. K, M. Fickel, editor of the Mid-West Construc- tion News, will probably preside as tem- rorary chalrman, as he has been active !t agitating the movement for organisa~ tion, Ameng the contractors who are sreatly ierested in the movement for a state ssoclation are President Tomas, & elley and ex-Presdent Grant Parsons ! Ray Gould, all of the Omaha Butid- " exchange. Tho state assoclation is to be Jewhat after the Master Bujlders' as- “lution of lowa, with headqs wes Moines il Tarrish Boosts the Stop-Over Idea at FoF its & long way back home. Uie tourist's ticket ia signed | 10 him in an envelope furnisted hy rish, bearing the same inscription, In wriling of the good being done, Parrish Umaha, the Gale City—Bast and t s have some remark to make ahout Omaha, abouts its prosperity, its tornado or some other characteristic. CMAHA TO RAISE ITS SHARE FOR MICHIGAN UNION HOM 1 college wen in Owaha are interested “nily of the campalgn among the 35,000 sl of the University of Michigan to $1,00000 for a club house to be ‘il endowed for the Michigan A ethe vtudents’ organization. 7 mha will respond to the call from Arior," seld R. C. Peters, chairman Lo alichigan union committee of this S VOur pro rata share of the $1,000,000 4+ o sulseribed wiibout & doubt. - i higan men of Omaha arc glad of the tlwnce to do something 1eally worth v bile for their alma mgter, and when the returns are all in, the last of October, feol confident that our committee will be in the front for reguits ac- § i H i b il i The whole afternoon and evening s given over to the pienie, and dinner is to be served at 7 o'clock. Leads Doctor to Dying Master: { But the fisherman, loved and respec ted | by all who roam the hills of Mandaf park or who try their luck at the river | bank, was too far gone. Some days pre- | vious he had eaten diseased fish | Teas sprang into the eyes of the po- | Beliot, twenty-five years a hermit fish-|licemen as they neared the shack in | HE DOES NOT search of the man, as the great faithful to ms master to the last, rushed | Joyously through the tall weeds, gulding the party to the dying fisherman, who was hidden totally from view. | | Beliot was unable to speak and gasped | repeatedly for breath when the badly needed assistance arrived, Tenderly the men carrled him into the shack and |1aid him on the rough bed of branches | that he had slept on during the days of | his Nfe. Medicines were administered, but they showed little effect on the man. He was left with a guard from the | pumping station to watch over him. Tt | was belleved that he would not live a | halt dozen hours, He was too weak ‘o move to the hospital dos. | j YOUNG LADS RUN AWAY FROM DETENTION HOME | Sam Salvueallle, 14, 2038 Poppleton | street, and Milan Denoviteh, 12, 1206 Wil- |Uams street, escaped from the detention | home Sunday and were not captured ana | taken back to the home until yester- | day, when they were discovered by the | police in a barn at 1212 Willlam street, | where they had spent the night. The lads stole a bieycle at Sixteenth and Chicago | shortly after thelr escape from the home [ and had a gay time until captured again. MRS, G. S. MIDDOUGH DIES AT LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA | Mrs. James H. Taylor of this city re- | celved a message announcing the death | of her sister, Mrs, Gertrude Shively Mid- dough of Long Beach, Cal Mrs. Middough was formerly of Ne- | braska and dled in California after a | sickness of six or seven weeks. Besides | her husband she leaves two children, | Stanley, aged 5, and Gladys Irene, aged 3. ALL WERE ALSO AT THE FORMER BRYAN HOMECOMING Jerry McMahon of Morris, 11, is visit- | Ing his former home town. Mr. McMahon | happened in the mayor's office when W. | 3. Bryan called. City Commissioner But- let appeared on the scene and remarked that these four men met In New York city on the occasion of Mr. Bryan's fam- ous ‘‘home-coming’’ celebration | | that desk because on it I signed all of |4y, of Six Cents on the Omaha Grrain Mart With fairly heavy receipts and because ‘ of a general belief that wheat has been too high as cc with the futures prices sold off heavily again. Old wheat sold at $1.38@1.40, 6 cents lower than last Saturday, and new at %9c@$L17, 3 to § cents lower. Another cause for the drop, it was asserted, is due to the fact that mfllers have become pretty well stocked up with old wheat, and that because of little for- elgn demand, there is no output for s surplus. Corn failed to sympathize with wheat, and prices were % down to 1% cents up from Saturday, selling at 6S@7%c per bushel. BORROWS WATCH TO TIME HIMSELF" STILL RUNNING George Walters, allas Arkansas, col- ored, borrowed a watch from a casual acquaintance Sunday in order to time himself on an errand he promised to run, He was to return in an hour, but failed to get back. Several hours passed, and the friend’s suspicion became aroused, whereupon he informed the police. Wal. ters was caught, and was given sixty days by Judge Foster, POUNDMASTER HAS KILLED OVER THOUSAND STRAY DOGS City Poundmaster Waggoner reports picking up 1,600 stray dogs eince the sea- opened. Over 1,000 dogs have been mpared son asphyxiated by charcoal fumes. YOUR CHOICE of Any Men low Apartmenta, flats, houses and cottages All Summer Furniture at Greatly Reduced Prices. Embroldered Dresser Scarfs, 18 25¢ Turkish Towels, heavy twisted thread, extra large, each ..15¢ Hemmed Huck Towels, full size, white or ¢ at, el , . .. 0¢ | . e 3 " The interviewer tcetiounty owerved | 0QUSING Panic in OMAHA FRIENDSHL he presumed Mr. Bryan meant to | - | use the verb “get together” in its peace Movle Theater — able sense and the ex-secretary of state | Makes Brother-in-Law's Office His| conceded with a hint of 4 amile that he| ..\ yolice have arrested two men Headquarters and Tells of the “Do you think that the procedure nv':"'"':,‘,':'"n:"::' SN i Desk Episode. | the administration looking to this end | 0 TEC R e Douglas - {18 likely to bring about peace?” he WS | gy eet, where some one scattered some asked | Chinese stink balls and almost stampeded - { phesy,” he sald. I leave pro_hes,in Bill Bradshaw was arrested and he | William Jennings Bryan dr.',p;md to the newspapers. They are good &t told the police that he had been paid $2 | into town for a few hours yester- | iat by a rival concern for scattering the day, on his way to Fremont to speak stuff. He accused Lew Keeney, an oper- at the tractor show and at the cham Strong for Better Roads. | ator, who will not admit anything to the The former cabinet member's face | (ne numbly subject of ronde sie Beye, |01t Of the hiring of nonunion operators. looked a little more tense than it did | let it be known that he believes that sev- A d V 0 on his last visit here. Ho was tull of eat wrent bimwaye wouna v vt Aged Veterans On across the republic from coast to coast busingss se he hufried to tho-Tedenpl |' Lo ois s sutornin, o batloves the 1 ne Lengthy Auto Tour bullding, and then over to the city |, /..; at hand when the federal govern- i AL hall, where he interviewed Mayor ! ment will assist the states and counties John Fox, years of age, of Dallas Dahlman for a few minutes. He was | in bullding such roads; also that convict Center, Ia., and Josiah Petty, 7 years in no great hurry, but still did not | }abor should be used largely in builciig of age, of Perry, Ia., both veterans of these roads. He referred to the road tho civil war, passed through Omaha on find time to call on the democratic building out in the coast states. an auto tour of Nebraska and Colorado, | United States senator. He was alone 1 mention these as some of the devel- Mr. Fox is driving the car and plans to | and without his familiar bulky, black |opments of the good roads idea, and I ;mnke about 200 miles a day. traveling bag. am hoping that the matter may be taken | b S ——— phétn § up In Nebraska What about that desk | "1 would like to see our state take up JOE STECHER PLEASED WITH “You want to know about that desk,!ine question of good roads In & system. MOVIES TAKEN OF HIMSELF do you?" he replied. “Well, I'll tel] you. g¢jo way and begin building highways, | Pat McAndrews, who has charge of the For sentimental reasons I wanted to Keep | firet along the main traveled lines, and | MOVIng pictures of the Stecher-Cutler go n cross roads connecting these, until |8t Rourke park July 6, put on a private my peace treaties. 1arranged with Secre- | (ho advantage of good roads are brought | eXhibition of the pictures Sunday for Jos tary Lansing to have another desk put |y, a1l | Stecher, his brother, Antone, and for Joe In the place of the old one. I gave $290| ¢ 14 only a question of time until the | Hetmenak, Stecher's manager. Stecher In payment for the new desk. I am sure |foqeral government will lend assistance | Was delighted with the pictures, and said, the old desk would not have brought that by supplying part of the funds needed | “That is surely the first time I ever saw much as second-hand furniture.” Itor interstate roads. I am satisfied that | Myself wrestle. The pictures are great.” Closeted with Mayor. {hard roads will ultimately play an fm- . Mr. Bryan and the mayor conferred be- |portant part in the regulation of raflroad | hind closed doors. The mayor's account ' yates.' of the conference did not cause any| Mr. Brvan stated that he will spend stir. {about three weeks more this summer in | “He just came up ta see I was|chautauqua work. | getting along,” reported the mayor. | Leaving the mayor's office, Mr. Bryan went to the elevator entrance on the|can be rented quickly and cheaply by a third floor and looked expectantly as the | Bee “For Rent,"” cage whizsed by, the conductor shouting | through the bars, “Going up!" | “Well, 1 want to go down," repiiea »ir,| JUDGE CHARGES FIFTY Bryan, smiling. TO PLAY WITH REVOLVER He then walked over to the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Farnam streets| josse Forbes and O. D. Wright were and proceeded on an east-bound car. both fined $ and costs In police court “He'n looking thinner than usual.” Was|gor carrying concealed weapons. Jesse the comment of several city hall officials. | porbes said that he was passing through Before going to the city hall Mr. Bryan|Oimana on his way to the harvest fields made the office of district attorney In|in Dakota and had just bought his gun, the federal bullding his headquarters|hut Wright, who is employed in the stock to transact a littlc personal business.|yards in South Omaha, was caught at His brother-in-law, Thomas Allen, re-|Twelfth and Davenport waving a big 45- cently appointed to the district attorney-|caliber revolver without any thought of ship, was not here, the damage it might do to the inhab- “I hope that the factions will get te-|itants of the vicinity If it went off. | ble Damask, 's Mulford, Palm Beach or Mohair Suit in Our Entire Stock, at. Regular selling price $7.50 to $15.00. 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