Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 9, 1916, Page 4

k | ki I ! | e | LOGUST VIADUCT FIRE LOSS $50,000 New Structure Catches Fire from a Huge Bucket Used for the Heatine of Tar. REBUILDING STARTS AT ONCE Fire starting from a s huge busket used by the heat the tar which is used in laying the pavement, destroyed 500 feet of ark from the vorkmen to the east end of the Locust street viaduct, causing estimated loss of $50,000 and doing damage that will delay the opening of the structure at least two months The flames, which leaped high into the sky, made a specacular blaze, the wooden flooring of the viaduct and the pitch-soaked timbers burning like tinder. Firemen were handicapped in fight- ing the . flames because of the stiff wind from the ncrthwest, the huge tanks of the Standard Oil company, Jocated at the cast of the structure being for a time endangered extreme Timbers Burn, Th> timbers and false work of the viaduct for nearly 500 feet were to tally burned away, and the steel work s0 badly warped by the intense heat that it will have to be replaced, Tele- phone cables running parallel to the structure were melted The heat of the flames twisted the street car rails into grotesque shapes While other property in the ngigh borhood of the viaduct was in danger for more than an hour, the fire de partment succeeded in gaining control of the blaze after a stubborn fight. The viaduct was rapidly nearing completion and street cars were to start running acrosy it Friday, The work of rebuilding the burned part of the structure will probably start immediately, Dreamed of Fire, Leo Anger, a workman employed about the Standard Oil plant, asserts that his wife awakened 2 about 2 o'elock, erying, and told him that she had dreamed that the viaduct was on fire. Mrs. Anger confirmed his state ment, but despite the coincidence, maintains there is nothing in dreams, Her husband thinks otherwise The city commissioners wrapped themselves up in large overcoats and visited the viaduct after the fire had been extinguished, Commissioner Withnell examined the big structure and stuted that the fire had put it out of plumb, He regarded the damage quite serious on the east end, Orpet Letters Are Given to Defense Waukegan, I, June 8.—~Will Or- ;;:t, on trial for the alleged murder of arion Lambert, won a long-con- tested point today when Judge Don- nelly ruled that all letters which the defendant wrote to the girl and which are in the possession of the prosecu- tion be turnec over to the defense, After the riling of this point, David R. Joselyn began the opening address for the state in a court room crowded to the dooi WANT NEW SCHOOL TO BE CALLED JOHN DALE MEMORIAL Residents in the Hanscom park dis- trict are cir:ulnin’ petitions, reque: ing the Board of Education to change the name of the Park school to ”Jngn Dale Memorial schoot.” Many sign- ers have been secured. Plans and specifications are bein prepared for a new Park school, which will be started during the sum- mer. It is proposed to adopt the new name at the time of the opening of the new school. The new school will be on the pres- ent site, which is opposite the }fum- com Park Methodist church, founded thul'(y years ago by the late John ale. HOE ESTATE WORTH OVER EIGHT MILLIONS New York, June 8.—Robert Hoe, printing press manufacturer, who died September 22, 1907, left a total estate of $9,832.296, having a net value of $8,374,619, according to a transfer To the Public, “I have been using Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion for the past six months, and it affords me pleasure to say I have never used a remedy that did me so much good.,"-—Mrs C. E. Riley, Ilion, N. Y. Chamber lain's Tablets are obtainable every where.—Advertisement ' Republican National Committee June B-Fol the republican Coliseum, Chicago. owing s the list of Wtional committeemen so far s lecred Mabara, 0 0 " AriaoRa, pos Arkansan N L. Rew " Work Meatans poe ehraane ' W i o B Bt id . HE BEE: | ——— WHEN THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OPENED—General view of the Coliseum at Chicago upon the convening of the National Republican convention Wednesday noon, showing the delegates and large sections of the || spectators. e e A e 2 Sn_};de); Lot;lu Up the Home Folks Who Are at Chicago Convention BY EDGAR C. SNYDER, |is Vermont, at the head of whose Chicago, June B.-(Special Tele ‘{l_rlrualmu sits a distinguished citizen, gram.)~"Straight shead” was Sena- | I'heodore N. Vail, prestdent of the g | Western Union land the American tor Harding’s cfinmand to the na- | Telephone and Telegraph company, tional republican convention, and| “straight ahead,” Dbut “watch your| &s for step” will probably be the parly'u'"l""‘luflr d slogan in conformity to the keynoter's i memorable convention of four years pronouncement made under excep-|ag0 which was called to order by tional circumstances, to nearly 15,000 | the then chairman of the national re- eoplc crowded into Chicago's big mhhrnng»_mmulcc, Victor Rosewater, Eoiueum to watch the development | editor of The Bee, It is a much more of as fine a game of politics as had | 8ightly interior than formerly, the been played for lo, these many years, | d¢corations are more harmonious and Senator Harding was in fine fettle | l¢ss garish, while over the stage, oc- and the keynote address was received | cupied by the national committee and with ringing cheers as he epigram- | the nf!u'cu_[ol the convention, hangs matically lurd of the mishaps and bad | # splendid life-sized painting of Abra- performance of th, democrats. While | ham Lincoln, framed in electric light. the ‘speech was brilliantly delivered bz it will read better than it sounded, for| Now a word about the personnel of it breathes simple honesty and con-|the convention. As a matter of fact ciliation in every line. It was a “get|it is a much more substantial looking together” speech, fin ly phrased and | body of men than that of four years with sufficient punch to tickle the|ago. It is a cleaner looking conven- ears and the senses of the most blase | tion, and better groomed than its pre- 'old guardsmen” sitting with the | decessor of 1912, and this is said delegates or looking on r,;.,,, the be- | nevertheless and notwithstanding decked galleries upon the most in-| what Nell Brinkley thinks about the the Coliseum itself, it is improved since that very (Photo Copyright, 1016, by Moffett Stu dlo; Lighting by Kaeufmaenn, ¥abry & Co,; Distribul spiring of scenes. gly men” who contribute to the § § - assembly. But Nell Brinkley is not National Committeeman R. B.|the lone newspaper woman in the Howell said of Harding's keynote |press gallery, “not by a jug full.” address: “It was a very able effort and such as to command the earnest | attention of the entire country.’ Mary Robert Rinchart is doing fea- OMAHA, FRIDAY, JU ture stuff for a syndicate, is Doro- thy Dix and a lot more of lesser | Mrs. Edgar H. Scott, Mrs. R. B. How- | Wood, Gering; W, [ V known women. There is Irving Cobb and Sam Blythe and Kin Hubbard and William Jennings Bryan and Ar- thur Brisbane and ever so many more brilliant writers, making altogether the most impressive “Fourth Estate” I have seen in a national convention | in twenty years One of those wise “ginks” who are always on the lookout for the out-of- the-way stuff, has said there are 400 lawyers in the convention, and a hun- dred or so bankers and real estaters and stock raisers and other bone and sinew. Be that as it may, it certainly does look like a business convention which will be thoroughly and com- pletely deomnstrated in my humble | Judgment by the time Saturday morn- ing dawns. Of the sixteen alternates to the convention from Nebraska are pres- ent to take the principal seats should occasion arise: J. F. White, Blair; {nhu W. Towle, Omaha; Frank A, Dean, Holdrege; C. N. McElfresh, Columbus; Daniel Garber, Red Cloud; A. B. Wood, Gering; Frank H. Wood- land, Omaha; T. R. Evans, David City; S. J. Weeks, O'Neill, represent- ing O. O, Snyder, alternate; John O'Neill, John F. Boyd, Neligh, rep- resenting Alternate Thomas C. Kirk. Judge Boyd of Neligh represented the Third district in congress for one term. Among the late registrations at Ne- braska headquarters at the Congress ited by Internationsl ¥Film Service, Ine.) 9, 1916 | hotel are: Clinton N. Brome, Mr, and ell, Mr. and Mrs, ( Villieim and | | their daughter, Esther; Mr. and Mrs, | SOUTH'S STRENGTY | eSSSsm—m—m— | Suits to Order IN CONVENTION CUT1 §17.50 Republican Committee on Rules and | | Order of Business Reduces It 1 Reduced from $96 $';5 Suits Reduced to- ” §25.00 We cut the price to reduce our stock and keep our tailors busy MacCarthy-Wilson Tailoring Co. 315 South 15th Street. Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair HOWELL SUGGESTS A CHANGE Chicago, June 8~By a vote of 28 to 6 the republican convention’s con mittee on rules and order of business today approved the present basis of apportionment of delegates to the na tional convention, made by the na 1913 and later endorsed by every state con tional committee in December, vention, which reduced the represen | tation of southern states to eight this rule eac! nine delegates. Unaer at-large congre tate is given four delegates and one delegate for each sional district; with an additional del in each district 00 or more republican vote National = Committeeman R, B egate casting 7 carefully, If , looking It Howell of Nebraska attempted to ed shampo have the rule on representation in th arles th reduced by f national convention ‘mg the number of delegat I at large for each state and ) | every 10,000 republican votes cast at | the previous presidential or congre sional election, The change suggested in a modification of the Burke plan | defeated in the party's convention 1 | of 1908 P | Irvin B. Tucker of North Carolina, ,, |was the only representative of a 1mulheru state to support the sugges tion that the south’s representation be |cut down. He wanted congressiona | districts which cast less than 2,000 re Y A ruing | which is purs settor than the most use t imply mok It mak r, which of dust r dries quickly and e publican votes deprived of delegate representation supply every membs - nths.—Adyertisement | [hook or crook and as a result was lable to make a number of Nebras- | EXPERT BLAMES ACHING | kans happy by gi them tickets to : i 8 the opening session of the en FEET FOR INEFFICIENC Hon na of th rent ofticlency experts L | W. F. Gurley of Omaha is here - shouting loud for Hu ile could not he i a bit disappointed that | come to Chicago as a delegate | happy in being able to send up his voice for the justice ng the new registrations at Ne« headquarters are: Frank H Omaha; J. F. McCon aughy, York; O. E. Bishop, Blue | Springs; William P, Mohr, Spencer; |John F esbit, Tekamah; A Bock, Oy A. Barnett, McCook; W. H. Fergu. Lincoln; Robert Simmons, Gering; hosn't will_matl le package. L. ( , Ind. tary. 1 your drug enty and w [John W. Towle and” Miss Marian|M. W, Folsom, Lincoln; Ed G. Bo . "l'-‘)’wlf\,' -\lrl:mfl !\h\ E. M. Syfert, | hannon, Lincoln; Harry E. Sidlot, F. | |and Miss Dorothy Manlick, all of | M. Hall, R. E. Moore, Lincol l S l | . Haih & B Moo Lincoin. * |} Boapify Seere |ASSISTANT TICKET AGENT A national republicar, convention | would not be complete nor anywhere | | as interesting if Luther Drake of | | Omaha failed to show up at the prop- | | er moment. Mr. Drake arrived yes [terday and is keenly enjoying the | matching of political minds in their| | efforts to numinate a pre ntial can- didate who will be acceptable to all | factions, Gerrit Fort, passenger traffic man- | | ager of the Union Pacific, now a resi- | dent of Chicago, but who still has a | | very - warm spot in his heart 'nl‘j Omaha, looked in on the Nebraska headquarters today, meeting many old | | friends. Mr., Fort thinks the selection | of Mr. Calvin to be president of the Union Pacific, vice Mr. Mohler, re- | | signed wholly logical and that | | Mr. Calvin will prove to be the right | man for the place. John T, Bressler of Wayne, one of the old wheel horses of the G, O, P,, |is convinced that Nebraska is going | republican this year. “We have a splendid ticket, with Kennedy and Sutton at its head, and with the demo- crats divided I cannot for the life of me see how we can lose,” he said was Committeeman Howell got held of a bunch of tickets yesterday by some Chairman Gurney of the Nebraska delegation said the speech of the tem- porary chairman for the convention was most admirable. He thought that while it possibly lacked the enthusi- asm of other keynote speeches, it would more than make up for this loss in its clearness of definition of | |}{ what the republican party stands for. 72 June B, 1976, BURGESS-NASH COMPANY, EVERYBODY'S STORE" Ex-Congressman Pollard thought | | that while Senator Harding's effort lacked rhetorical finish, the message embodied in it was most convincing, full of epigrams and alliterations at once startingly striking “It was a splendld speech,” said Gould Dietz, "ull of homely truths and will afford no end of disputation when the presidential delegation gets under way.” In this connection may 1 wander away from Mr, Gould Dietz's though on Harding's big etiort to say that Mr, Gould Dietz is for Mr 1stice Hughes and not for Teddy, ‘where {he has been classed by uninformed {friends and neighbors. Mr. Diets | laughing!y said during the afternoon | of today that many of the people had ten Diet naiderable Ji mixed up Blouse Department ' Announcing o p® LINGERI At $1.50, $1.95, P “STORE NEWS FOR FRIDAY OF WABASH IS PROMOTED| To have clear skin, bright eyes and a healthy appearance, your digestion must be good—your bowels and liver kept active and regular, Assist nature-take BEECHAM’S PILLS Largest Sale of Any Medicine in the World, 8old everywhers, o bones, 10c., 28¢, S, C. Baird, assistant ticket agent | at the local offices of the Wa h, | has been notified of his appointment | as city passenger agent of the same road at Kansas City He is noti fied to report for duty next Monday morning. The appointment is a pro- motion MAY CHOOSE SCHRECKENGAST WESLEYAN CHANCELLOR Lincoln, ' June. Ber(Bpecial J—Rev; | I. B. Schreckengast, who has been | acting as treasurer of the Nebraska Wesleyan university for the last year The New Home Treatment for Ugly, Hairy Growthr«l and has shown his ability as a fund raiser, may be selected to fill the va cancy caused by the resignation of Fulmer (Boudolr Secrets) Chancellor C. A fere s a shnple, yet very eftect ethod for remc halr and fuze t A BIG LACE Uonable e hairs with & past CURTAIN SALE | Feixigne ihig s ' at the B | minut then rub off UNION OUTFITTING CO., Jl| uryen then ¥on o o 16th and Jackson Sts. ONE DAY ONLY SATURDAY, JUNE 10. attends this nent cortaln If Ad conven results will be delutone ertiser get rem — Phone Douglas 137 Ty IS BB D ey at G N, in an arde f the ] [ it that ) e | | Hughes o ¢ complied it Second Floor./& ad Ford Yy 10 the primary ] ’ N N ant I event to which . f\ tention has been giver A ale that places at ow il ! COmmar beautiful new blouses, presented for t st t " Yords price concessions which « wit {} blouses for our June sale By taking advantage [ purchasing opportunity, we are enabled to offer vo l( ‘ remarkable measure of style and value in these ALK FOR L UET 'HORLICK’S | - THE ORIGINAL MALTED MILK | Oheap onbutituios ot VU same piion eribe them vould be to deseribe every good style that has been mart models, hemstitching, frills, jabots, tucking, Every blouse a remarkable value Four gre Beautiful New Summery Lingerie Blouses d embroidery, a night out ace a At groups Burgrns Nash ¢ Neiond | iem for Friday-—-Our Annual June Sale of E BLOUSES $2.50 and $3.50 S0N d scores of me Friday pure AN e of s exceptional 1at & minimum pries Blouses of voile, orga | the fascinating touches which marl Summer, | ! 4