Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 30, 1916, Page 10

e i e 10—A ALADDIN-LIKE LEAPS Dinner to Be Given at Commercial Club Recalls Omaha's First Phone Service. YOST IN REMINISCENT M00D The (vhpbonn :hnner to be given at the Commercial club rooms Tues- day noon, May 2, recalls to the minds of some elderly Omaha men and women the advent of the first tele- phone in this city, which event oc- curred during July, 1879, At this tedephone dinper the attendants will listen to conversations between par- ties in New York and San Fran- ciseo, covering an expanse of 2,600 miles. It was only thirty-seven years Ago ‘that the first carried on over a telephone conversation was wire in be to would wished which he combination, ognized by the party ak to. When he of the other he take [ recetver off and proceed to converse an "!1\'h.|‘lw ring & recognized the ring his Ob. party, would nly one person on o w talk at one time. ( minutes. mited to three ! At the forthcoming lat the club {men who can dinner jere will be the first time they conversed telephone in | Omaha At this dinner they will hear ‘ma human volce flashed across the wire | trom coast to coast; they will hear the noise of Broadway's traffic in New York City, and the waves of the FPacifio ocean dashing against the Rocks at San Francisco. They will hear distinctly two men, one at New York and the other at Han Francisco, conversing, and they will understand every word as plainly as if they were talking to a friend in this city. And think of it,” remarded Mr. Yost, as he dusted the old framed telsphono Airectory on the wall, “today we have 40,000 subscribers in Greater Omaha, the second eity in the United Btates iy th number of telephones per population.’ Dike Keeps Flood telephone Commercial remember over a Seal this city The exact date was July f L k 14, 1879, when the exchange in ths Wa,ters rom LaxKe Unfon block, Pifteenth and Farnam - streets, was formally opened. A»'i-wr:‘n the ‘Ilnlu‘lr;, r"u-r”l' :m]»]m the flood stage, caused by the melting er B Yo el ol Ne Casper 1 Yost, president ol the snow in the mountains, the street rail- braska Telephone company, was enjoying way company s not experiencing any THE HUMMEL HAS BIG BOULEVARD PLANS Wants to Sound Out the Public to See if Omaha Is Ready to Extend Its Plans, MUCH WORK NOW UNDER WAY Is Omaha ready for an extensive and comprehensive boulevard program? Com- missioner Hummel of the park and bouls evard system is inclined to belleve the psychologieal moment has arrived to | start this program Will Omaha support a bond proposition | of 81000000 to 81500000 for the comple- | tion of the boulevard system In a perma- nent and substantial manner? Mr. Hum- mel belleves Omaha will get behind such 8 proposition. He asks Omaha to sit down with him and discuss the situation [in a broad, business-like manner To get the matter started, Mr. Hummel will ank city engineer to prepare | plans and estimates of the cost of pav | ing thirty-five miles of boulevards now open to travel, three and one-half miles the under way and five miles contemplated {In the southwest part of the city. The City Planning board, municipal affairs committes of the Commercial club and hi oonday pipe when Guy Pratt, come t s noonday pip .oy ¥ trouble from water overflowing into [improvement clubs, will be asked to mercial superintendent of the company, - Luke Manawa | consider this proposition. Mr. Hummel dropped In with a visitor. The convep- | tion adverted o the growth of the | L8t Yeer during the spring rise "'x"""‘ not know at this time how much ks 6 the Missouri, the water from the river | of 4 hond fssue should be submitted, but telephone, from a crude affalr thirty- | : ran into the lake, but a recurrence has | (s (nelined to think that not less than wewen years ago in thin city, to the pres- | (0 Tl T e constriction of a ent-day transcontinental service, Mr, §1,000,000 should sted and belley Yost pointed 16 & framed card hanging Mgl embankment bullt along the river $1,000,000 would be about right wlde of the lake, The embankment Is on & wall in his office. Mr. Prast beid | 570 B B8 BE L held tn piace by Omahn Has Good Start, the card toward the Jight and made the MG O TR B backed up | ©Maha has o splendid houlevard system observation that It was the first tele- [\ 50 Tl ot on stone | In the making. Landscape architects and phone directory of Omaha. ‘vhere are | ol B B 0T e of water in Lake | €Ity planning experts from other cities names of 135 subscribers In the 11st, Max | have visited the system and all are Meyer, music dealer on Farnam street, is said to have been the first subscriber. | FAward Rosewater's residence telephone was indicated at 1740 Farnam streef, and The Bee at 016 Farnam street. W, A Paxton had a telephone in his office at Eighteenth and Farnam streets Orgnnized in I8TH, The Omaha Electric company was the name of the concern organized in May, | Manawa and active preparations bulldings are painted and everything i being put in the resort soon after the middle of May NEW TRAIN TIME ON THE Following will be- anges which are being made for a busy season there, The being renovated apd re- first-class condition for the opening of | NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD | | agreed that Omaha has natural sdvan- tages and that the boulevard syster as started s topographically favorable and has been wisely laid out The annual appropriation for boule- vards has been exhausted In grading | new links and maintaining the surface of these thoroughfares already opened to travel. Bome stretches have been ein dered and other sections have been pur- 19, to slephone b o nre | & :lmu‘;” h:rr:':y:r::;"'u": |u.‘|’:n ’Iv:\:!lnbfi;:',!”vi Rl o Nend Gt gpliioed !’T,”" u’u:; |4':‘l||'!»7’l. '..:,1 only l:-lw president; J, J. Dickey, vice president; |4!y/#lon of the Northwestern Bunday posufe ',A e P e e st o B R Rits Favaiery-diassurdy, The | N0 W1, 8 naw trafp, will Jesve Serip- | P8VG, Fhe Increhaing use of Sutomo. T aar. W, A 1Ber o 1100 8. m, dally. except Sunday, | Dilas hid shown copciusivaly the neses Paxton, J. T, Clark, J. W. Gannett, | 2oWnecting with traln No, 1 from Omaha, sty of a surface that will resist the Thomcs L. Kimball tod 3 B Jennison. |8 920 & m., and will arrive in Aiblon | constant frictlon of tires. Enperience % p. m, Oakdale 4 p. m has proved that macadam roadways do ,' ','_",_""","I':,"TL' J:; ”:‘ ';'f,':;";"l',‘]zl ",',‘,,',:'," No. 56, & new train, will leave Oakdale |10t stand up under extensive automobile Thore ‘wers - twenty.seven clretits op |8t 810 D. m. Alblon 416 p. m. dally | traffio lines, on each of which there were from | *X“®Pt Sunday, arriving at eribner 7: | Meavy Draiw, three 10 seven telephones. There were |P: Mo connecting with train No. 8§ for | For several years the boulevard fund no Individusl lnes in those days | Omahs, arriving here at 10:18 p. m # been heavily drawn on to pay as A newspaper man wrote the following No, leaving Omaha st 216 p. m wements for paving strests other than explanation of how & connection was |41y and arriving at Kouth Norfolk at 7 | boulevards and adjacent to parks. The e Tha hanaser st the White Teag |P: . Will be restored between Bouth | sraging of the new boulavard link from works wishes to communicats with the | NOrfolk and Long Pine, leaving Bouth | gonienalie o Miller parks and another Sinelting works, Me signals central of- | Norfolk at 7:20 p. m., arriving ut LOng | ynk from Happy Hollow boulevard to fice with two rings. Tha operator re. |Fine at 11 p.m sponds by sounding two hells, which (s | N0 & will be restored between long | {he sjgnal for the Lend Works man (o | Fie and South Norfolk. lenving Long | take his phone off the hook, and then | PIne &t 12:15 p. m. daily, arriving at | ' state that he desires connection with "‘"“')’: ‘:“';":: $AB2. M 858 Io¥ing mpor an . % | Bouth Norfolk at 6:35 p. m., arriving In | the Bmelting works, Operator says, “All | Omana st 10:15 p. m Hght.” Lead works man then replaces his phone on the hook, Operator signals Smelting works by the number of bells belonging 1o that station. As soon as the Smelting works responds operator not fles him that the Lead works wishes to communieate with hifi. Operator maken the connection with Lead works eireult | and rings the bell for Lead works man to take his phone off the hook and “go ahead.” The ecentral telephone In wo ar- ranged that it can be placed in the cir- eult without interrupting the parties us- ing the efrcuft. Thus the operator can find out when they are through talking, when she disconnects them and the cir- cuit is ready for another connection The telephones of each cireult were in Ir| such poor health that her mentality ’ connection with emch other Independent of central offices. When calling a party on the same clreult the subscriber would TO CONTEST SETTLEMENT OF GRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE | | | Carn Hydoek and Gertrude Swobods, i grandchildren of the late’ Maggle Hy- | dock, who dled In the Bouth Bide March {23, 1015, leaving an estate of #7,00, have | filed a petition In county court, announe | ing thelr Intention of contesting the set | tiement of the estate. They declare they are legal heirs at law and have been cut out of a share of | the property. The will made by the de | consed, they say, Is Invalld, because at |the time of Its making the drawer wus was not strong enough to withstand the influence of other 10 take all the money, the petition says relatives who wished | Monday will be the second day of our annual May Walst sale-—thou- sands of organdy and cotton volle | blouses will be sold at S6e, $1.19, $1.49 and $1.80. Hundreds of fine Georgette crepe and crepe de ghine [blouses will bo offered at $1.59, | $2.89, $3.89 and $6,00, You afford sale, " Julius Orkin, 1508-10 Douglas §t. cannot to miss this ! Bunday, April 80, 1916-————-STORE NEWS FOR MONDAY. Phone Douglas 137. Extraordinary May Sale of Used From Rental < heer received NeCOSSAT, new, N but each gain for fo you t SEGERSTROM and refinished, PIANOS 4 Instruments That Have Returned || or Taken in Exchange as Part Payment on New Player Pianos F\'HHY one of these pianos has 1 thoroughly overhauled In fact, they have every possible attention y to make them good as mie are better than others, one is a hig, genuine bar the price. It's simply up o get first choice, . Here's an Idea of What We Offer You Oak case, good condition. Orlg . I'VHXRD 159 | Your Ohoice of These Amerioan Walnut, almost Seven Planos for | pew. Original priee. . 833000 londn_v, Only 'EASY PAYMENTS Auro arAND 1§ So Desired | b " $ SEGERSTROM Kohlor & Campbell Walnut, good as new. Origina! N & splendid plane. Orig price nal price [ S SEGERSTROM WILSON Mahogans oase, good lone MHandsoms, mahogany. & hig Ortginal pri 00 bargaln Owigl price $300.00 PACKARD Any One of Thess Misrdon oase. foe condition and pndertul 1on x riginal | "”‘»‘ h . wonde 1\ o e new l\‘.lh:(“' “"“ wnn(‘."\ll STULTZ & BAUER Bargain for Mabogany, brand new. beautifg ease good tone Original price $600.00 SMITH & NIXON $ Handeome mahogany case, neve geed, guranteed new, Origingl Price 0 % Bu RGESS -NASH COMPANY “eve nvuanv‘l lvoul" OMAHA SUNDAY _— BEE: APRIL Fontenelle park will exhaust the fund| this year and perhaps go Into next year's fund. These links will complete the lay- ing out of the north system of boule vards, It is proposed to open a south west boulevard from Thirty-sixth and Woolworth avenue to Elmwood park via a circuituous route, taking a southwest erly direction from the tarm With this link opened it will be possible to start at dny of the parks and make a county 4 A bombardment in the cellar of the town engaged upon will be three times ag opmpiste siroyit of e aystem, "”“"[‘"l“ hall, where he conducted officlal busl-| (Correspondence of the Associated Press) | voluminous as the Giles Chinese dios at the Fleld club, Happy Hollow club|youl oy upunl, undeterred by the roar| TOKIO, March %-Enemy submarine | tionary, which is now the largest wor and Country club, Work s now beink | o0 yoavy gung and the nolse of falling|activity in the Mediterranean has of the kind in exlstence dons on a link from Florence boulevard .. ., The mayor was assisted by |tically caused a suspension of silk s ae camr s~y at Grand avenue over to Carter La seven of the municipal officlals, and the | ments to Italy. About $25,000000 worth park boulevard, which in time will be A | cpiet customs agent did the cooking for [of Japanese silk s sent to Ttaly every | pleasant lake shore drive of five miles | e party year and the cessatlon of shipment 1% or more The mayor's favorite story of thoss|causing loss to Japan as well as incon — ; ~ : trying days {s an incldent of a would-be- | venlence fo the United States, After Anrnicers, &4 W ok, he | bridegrdom and hix wedding feast being subjected to finishing processes In OnBera ¥ Bans® M’":""” are now at wark on the It was on February 2, sald the Italy a great deal of Japanese silk |s SANATORIUR link (2.3 miles) from Fontenelle to Miller| . "oipyi o raflway worker who had | forwarded to the United States from ’ parks, and another connecting link oOf [\ 00000 i the Vosges, came to us | that country. Prices on certain grade Rk 13 miles from Happy Hollow boulevard | " "ion hall cMiar while the bhom. have risen %0 per cent over to Fontenslle park bardment was proceeding at its highest EEEE— | This institution is the only one The statement has been made fre-| piichs Kxpert riorn g Throwing u fit {n the central west with separste quently that one of the reasons Kansas | Well, my friend,” 1 asked, “what can | Seioning o fever buildin situated in thelr ow. City progressed as a metropolitan ity | we Ao for you(" Holding the breath was on mccount of progressiveness in| o come to get married, he re-| Etopping a minute ample grounds, yet entirely dis progr I ha yme Lo get mar Y {mproving of its park and boulevard sys-| plied RasumnE a oanss tinct, and und.nr‘lrn‘l. it p:-;l:‘h to tems. Not many years ngo Kawville Married,” 1 asked in amazement, 100k Wrentling with & problem classify cases on ding voted millions for boulevards, and today the boulevard system of that city |s re (Corr VERDUN of Verdun spent fng out of & grating st o just thrown up by u 30, 1916, | of the The future husk had brought a fine supply population of provisions i — et e ——— e +|Wartime Bride-to-Be and | WORKS UP DICTIONARY THE LARGEST BOOK IN WORLD and wine for the wedding feast As the Flees on Eve of the | e coninet to tuil we provated) 000 et Pressy 1 ays while hie shared all his good things| PEKING, April 15.—~Edmund Backhouse Wolding Tonst fors mse b sbian his gout il BEEp. A e of the Assoclated Press.) April 24.—The mayor the early days of the spondenc SUBMARINE ACTIVITIES France Fighting fats Vaulting ambition Ciramping a loud of dust mall shell ferred to as an example of municipal en Cortain he went on, The ban Grappiing ulty terprise. have been published, the date fixed for ( lenping 1y 41 hn btatned permiasl L ppatting s Omaha, 1t 18 sald, has better natural | today, and IAve ‘ODIRINGG" POFMIANION | rigiynofn sdvantages than Kansas City had to| from the militar thorltien 10 get mar winging n crowd 0 ut 1 eannot find my ceo Vitehing n tent work with ried. But 1 find my fiance 4 We made inquiries and learned that Hurling recrimination ——————— Catehing up with the fashion Bee Want Ads Produce Results, the youn oman had led with the rest Venting the devil —Judge Sunday, April 80, 1916 ONDAY, This $26 Colonial Library Table, $14.95 Colonial library table, finished | in the popular dull mahogany. A henvy. uuhntaminl table ; L R$14.95, mlo prw This Layer Felt Mattress, $746 ° Layer felt mattresses, built of pure cotton felt and covered with best quality ticking; sewed with a roll $7 45 . edge. Sale price. top | Store Hors: 8:30 A, M. to 6 P, M. Baturday Till 9 P, M. BURCESS-NASH Conpm "EvE HYIODYI STORE" -——————-—————lTOEE N!Wl FOE MONDAY . Monday We Start Our Annual May SALE OF FURNITURE Every Piece In Our Entire Stock Has Been Reduced May 1, is moving day, and it certainly will be moving day here on this big third floor, A most opportune offering, right at a time when cveryone needs a few pieces of furniture to carry out their secheme of home decoration for the summer season, ings embraced in this sale may secure furniture for future delivery by paying a moderate deposit. Anyone wishing to Full size, all-brass bed ; two-inch posts, rods and finished in the pop This $32 Mahogany Dresser, 822% A beautiful dresser, in the dull ma- hogany Mnish, two large and two small drawers, Frepch plate mir- ror, 24x30, top is $22 50 ‘ 22x45; sale price, .. This 8olid Oak Tabourette, 8pecial for 39c 18 inches high, with fumed finish; solid oak and well made, Vcry spe- 39 C AT R Bk b (RS | | l This Brass Bed, $6.95 \ \ 1 ular satin ef- | feet. Special. . NOTE-—-0dd pieces of all de- scriptions have been reduced 50 per cent. May Sale of HOME, LAWN and GARDEN Furnishings That Will Appeal to Most Everyone N ONSINTING o1 ( Bread B White Japanned trimmed 124 1neh slze, 680 value, 49¢ 130 Ineh size, 830 value, 8% 15 neh siee, Mo value, 08¢ Garbage oans, made of sh on heavily Japanned, with cov g anllon wlee “ Siogslion sise . iy anlion slae (1] 100 & e » " ') a | alln Ll | A ) Waste paps ankots . ' At §1.00 \ | . ades, Mam . . Mummum Ware apasity, 18 " A Aln W " 5 I ‘‘Sternan’’ Solid Brass Nickel Plated Bathroom Fixtures Values to $1.25. for 59¢ +neh Purgess- Nuah (o tower burs Wit Sy “HE -, s rod y I8 or M4 in erystal towel bars, 18.inch polished l ineludes; high-footed comports, low-footed comports, giass shaif with bras e bath tub sponge holder, bath tub sugar bowls, creamers, vases, spoon trays, marmalade jars, ler holder, hold-fast bath spray with com 59c B T Pita: fonbed-almond’. diied ch bination metal and rubber bulb; choiee Hasement Enameled Wm‘e Bbc Gray enameled Lawn Mowers N sauce TIE UP SILK SHIPMENTS " has five filling $6.95 Daisy Cut Glassware, Including Values to 69c; illustration gives you some Purgess Nash (o for twenty years on an Anglo-Ching dlctionary, will leave China permanerfly mth and does not intend to return dlctionary Mr. T being fitted for and devoted to the | treatment of non-contagious and j | non-mental diseases, no others be- § ing admitted; the other Rest Cot- tage being designed for and de- { voted to the exclusive treatment of select mental cases requiring for a time watchful care and spe- clal nursing. Phone Douglu take advantage of the sav- This Solid Oak Rocker, $8.95 Popular fumed finish; has high back and automobile spring seat, covered with best quality gen- uine leather. Sale $8 95 price Burgess-Naah Co.—Third Floor. Monday at 29¢ idea of what the offering Nasement Sale of High-Grade Tin .md Copper Wash Boilers 14¢inch hlad AWDR Mmower, pans, with cover ’ Ay pe Sinoh wheel, lig nning. guar perfect and of a stand Al ¥ » ik ality and price red Gray enameled Quesn cookers | AMteed special, §1.48 o R larat Bowsin: Sy oAl be used as a doubl Dundes” ball bearing law s ¢ axtra heavy aster, covered widing mower, sell adjusting, 4 blades y copper bottom, sia PaR, elo; eunsists of el Bineh wheel, 14 ineh slae, M50 randles, deep stamped \E pan and cove i%0 value, vore Superior” ball bearing law S S 0% sakiic at S1 enamelod nd wered mowers, 104neh high N 2. § ey TR r fa » he vYalue cary nning, Muily guam K AN : nad WILY SRAM A batle Ll TS T N alee Areoa A oenira hea Al Aod ppe . . ameied » d dish pans Lirass caleders, made VY A " ' . i edge, 12quant . anvas adjustable t . u sian, 3 . " A I} sae mowers. iae value, M . s Y a Demonstration 8ole Proof Finishes for BTN, IS OF oDty MEAITON T Your )‘lonrl and Womlwoxk 8 siee. $300 value..00.08 A 4% and slan wid and Yranspares . . SR " . . . o b : e 4.» 5 d wa . ) Sl“ m) Rt‘!ll\l‘l"\l\\rl “a b ' " ) . .00, [} A . | AR 1) A ) . " ne ' aigoen ook Maseen [T Burgess Nash Co Bverybody » Store 10th and Marney P e S Backhouse has beeny