Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 9, 1916, Page 6

| i ) bably = BUILDERS' WORRIES ARE NOW AT AN END Btrike Troubles Over With Re- turn of Sheet Metal Work- ers to Their Jobs. BUILDING GOES ON APACE With the final adjustment of the sheet metal workerg’ strike last Fri- day morning, some sixty men went back to work and thus abqut the last of the troubles in Omaha having a bearing on building construction were settled, Building is now going ahead rap- idly, and the big substantial build- ings are shooting skyward at a rate that is each day more and more uto:- i r ten days will put the :‘t'eue,;'.lkeAl:to;:eol t':le %irlt ational Bank building entirely within brick and terra cotta walls, weather per- mitting. Among the big, substantial build- ings already completed and occupied during the first half of this year are the Grain Exchange lyuilding.R thle i r plant, the Rose Real- B"Q'flf&?fifa ‘:hz :gw plant of the orld-Herald. ¥y ‘;flle‘n. ho‘;(flger. are, onl;; .lr e‘::'::' , for work is now in pr: - :uzmc:" some $3,000, in cost. Big Buildings Spring Up. Dismissing all the work on hand- gome residences costing from $10,000 $0 $25,000 apiece, in various parts of missing also from the house construction costing $25,000, and store building construc- tion, garages, and other structures costing less than $15,000 apiece, the build now being constructed regate in cost over $2,000,000. here is first of all the Blackstone family hotel, now nearly completed and soon to be occupied. This is a structure that reflects credit upon Omaha, as it is the first of its kind the west. Then there is the First National . Bank bnlldin‘;lt Sixteenth and Far- 1 pam streets, the steel and brick work of which are soon to be completed, ~ Jeaving only the inside work to be gompleted and the finishing to be done. This fourteen-story structure §s a remarkable improvement in the ~ heart of Omaha's business district. Auto Branch Completed, The Ford branch factory, costing 5,000, is practically completed at teenth and Cuming street, and is already occupied by the Ford Motor "’?E.“!upm.fiu of the Castle hotel t is being pushed. This is a struc- to cost S"SOM or more. This give the Castle a solid block east to west, affording entrance : mmn on Sixteenth and on Seven- | teenth streets. Sanford hotel is to cost 000. is is to be a seven-stor; d.in&erected by Dr. Harold Git- The new ncrete skeleton work is now progress for this structure between ineteenth and Twentieth streets on the south side of Farnam street. . Work on the Idalia apartments, be- ing erected by Hastings & Heyden, is ing nicely. The cost will be Athletic Club Prospects, ~ Ground has ucen(ls been purchas- ed for the $400,000 Omaha Athle between Seventeenth and Eigh enth streets on the narth side of Douglas streets, and from the finc : s the committee is hlva in iciting memberships at $100 apiece, it is likely that the construction of building will begin this year. - St, Peter's Catholic church, to cost 125,000, is to be built this at Pacific and Twenty-ninth s, i _ Excavation started Friday morn- for a new general school building the University of Omaha at fourth and Pratt streets, to coness Home for Imman-|; hospital at Thirty-fourth and e lfl?!‘h’ streets, will colt‘ about “Home Builders’ com will d a $75,000 apartment house at teenth and Dodge streets, World's Help Asked For Belgian Liberty The Hagde, ;:crumum:- complete restoration of th; inde- pendence of Belgium is the object of call to the neutrals of the American blics, the three Scandinavian Switzerland and Spain, which been issued over the signatures of 0 university professors, artists, writ- chancellor are quoted as bear- this out, and are interpreted as jing that neither in a military nor nic respect, nor even in the ar- sogh questions as the between the .two. lan- e country, is Belgium to ¢ its own house. call to the neutrals says the ) the excep! of its allies, is convinced ! J of any state what- its independence must be’ re- a8 a crime and as a source of “It seems to us neces- ntinues, “that this principle 4 ¢ uttered as the emphatic, | dej | a small neij :bor “inclination tlme"lo in . that such assault will ) THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 9, 1916. “Dignified and Pleasing” NG RoOm | TIRST TLOOR DLAN. BANKERS COMPANY PAYS BIG DIVIDEND Financial Statement to Be Mailed to Stockholders Shows Increase. MANY BUILDINGS EREOTED The Bankers' Realty Investment company has again paid a dividend at the raté of 8% per cent for the first six months of 1916, ? The financial statement of the com- pany, to be maildd to stockholders between July 10 and July 15, officials say, will show the company’s assets to be nearly $1,500,000. The company is handling a large volume of building bufinell in Omah and also has several large buildings under construction out in the state. At the same time the architectural department of the company is at pres- ent busily engaged upon plans for several other large buildings to be erected by the company in states ad- Jjacent to Nebrska. The Bankers' Realty Investment company handles all of the buildings which it erects under what is known as the “single contract system.” That is to say, it prepares the plans and specifications, purchases all materials and performs the actual work of building, throughout, its own or- ganization, which means that the ser- vices required of eigt to, ten profes- sions and some forty-five trades con- cerned in a building operation are cen- tralized under a single management, Thus in buildings similar to the 000 St. Re, iwlrtmem house in a, the ,000 Blackstone hotel or any other fiiece of work, large or small, the Bankers' Realty Investment company provides the element of co- operation so necessary in the efficient and cconomical construction of a | building. Auto People Look North for Locations A néw development in the h of automobiles sales agencies in Oamha, Firms are expensive space for repair , and giving over the downtown space to salesrooms, This is a de- velopment that is apparent in other cities and the high rent along Auto- ing segregation of the rep: ment from the sales room is the fact that a great many automobile con- re using the coupon books for he Imers is the first concern in Omaha to house its repair depart- ment in a separate building, It has rocured a long time lease at 2304 herman avenue, and fitted up a com- lete repair shop which is in charge of Bruner & Co. All repairing and adjusting of Chalmers cars is d at this address. A number of other concerns are figuring on space in that particular district for repair shops and general service stations. It is predicted by some real estate men that North Sixteenth street from Cuming to Locust street, will become a live automobile row. The location of the Ford plant north of Cuming and the Chalmers' service station a few blocks north, lead to this conclu- sion, It is rumored that two large agencies are negotiating for property in that vicinity, Gayety Prevails In Russian Camps Camp de Mailly, Quarters of the | Russian Forces in France, June 6.— ‘The Russian troops awaiting orders here to_ join, their French comrades at the front are living an idle life in this lower corner of the old province of Gham&une: it is a life that is so full of the picturesque that it con- stitutes perhaps the greafest attrac- tion that has been witnessed in the rtment of the Aube. raternizing with the French sol- diers in another part of the camp, these men show o need of repose after their seventy-eight days of hard sea voyage. They appear supple as their French comrade), although alongside of them they look some- thing like giants. The entire ‘camp exhales an atmosphere of gai con- fidence and discipline, which is quite as striking as their individual appear- ance. “Tommy Atkins” can teach) them day [nothing in the way of hygien¢ and cleanlifiess. Men, privates and subal- tern officers take pride and care in g after the barracl ey are excgllent soldi | eral Lotchwasky. said to T! DINING ROOM., This attractive home possesses tRe three most necessary requisites for the modern builder; economy, simipli- city and beauty, so pronounced are these qualities in this particular case, hat the home is at once within the al scope of the average builder, s0 is designed to meet the re- quirements of the average family. The house is entered from a acious porch, from which you pass 0 a vestibule of convenient size, and from there into a living room large and well lighted. A massive fireplace and bookcases occupy the center of one side, while a seat built between the vestibule and a small coat closet occupy the entire front end of the room, Opening directly from the living room is the dining room separated only by a large pedestal opening. This room 18 also large and light. It is connected with the adjoining sun room by a pair of French doors. A swinging door connects the dining room with the kitchen. This room has ample cupboard space and is very conveniently lrrlngflr It possesses the advantage of having only one out- side door which leads into a small SECOND TLOOR DLAN. SVERETT 3. DODDS - ARCHT OMAKA entry in which is located the re- frigerator and a small closet. The celfar stairs tq, the basement go down from the kitchen. The main stairs go up from the liv- ing room and prove a very beautiful feature of the house. The upstairs has three good sized bedrooms all supplied with ample closets. A large sleeping porch receiving air from three sides opens off from both front bedrboms. A beautiful bath room is located very conveniently for all the rooms and is also near the head of the stairs., A small linen closet oc- cupies one side of the hall off from which open the three bedrooms, the bath and the stair, case. The basement is large and well lighted and has a cement floor. The furnace is centrally located to give the best heating results. The exterior is . a very attractive combination of brick and stucco. Altogether the house presents a mast pleasing and dignified apearance and possesses many desirable features found only in larger and more costly residences. Further information in regard to this plan may be obtained from Everett S. Dodds, architect, 612 Paxton block, Omaha. in reply to compliments upon their bearing and appéarance. \ “Many of my men might be called veterans, although you see that there are very few who are not still young, They have seen hard service and are penetrated through and through with the military spirit; what makes them particularly happy is the opportunity to come to fight for France against thgl Lommon adversary on French soil. These Russians IP‘FCII‘ impatient to et to the front. They are mostly oys, tall, muscular and with every mark of real sons of the soil, as sim- ple as they are robust, and as frank and outspoken as they are vigorous. “Are we soon to march against the Germans?” asked one of the young subaltern officers, while all the men gathered around him approved the mxury with a gesture of the head. new contingent of these men ‘ar- rived on May 8, and this same inquiry was the first thing they had to say on rnchinf the camp. Discretion l!‘)re- vents disclosing how many of them there are here, and since they con- tinue to arrive it is impossible to conclude as yet whether their pres- ence is simply a sort of platonic ‘ex- pression of sympathy from the Rus- sian army, or whether their force is expected to add a real element of strength to the entente allies on this front. DARING LEAP TO SAVE A GIRL Man at Wheel of Racing Car Jumps Into Buggy and Stops - Runaway, Spectators were thrilled the other afternoon when Roy Cattley, 19 years old, son of a weaithy coal operator of Carnegie, gave a twentieth century demonstration of daring by leaping frm_n the running board of a speeding racing car into a runaway buggy, mel ly saving the life of the girl nddled unconscious in the swaying vehicle Thomas Kane, 20 years old, of Wal- kers M and Miss Ethel Morgan, 18 years p'd. of Carnegie, had started out driving, when the horse took fright and ran away. Kane was flung S from the buggy when it struck a street car, suffering fractures of five ribs, Cattley, who saw the accident, jumped into the automobile, of a friend and started off. After a chase of two miles the ma- chine was drawn up alongside the buggy. Cattley, at the risk of his neck, watched his chance, made a fly- ing leap and landed in the buggy. }ie soon had-the horse stopped, and Miss Morgan was revived in a physician's office. Kane was removed to a hos- pital.—Pittsburgh Pqst. ROMANCE IN NEW YORK LAND Historic Farm Twelve Miles from the City Hall Brings $129,000 k an Acre. The sale of a block of the Dyck- man farm recalls revolutionary his- tory while making new history in the romance of New York real estate. Twelve miles from the city hall by subway, price of nearly $10,000 a lot, or $129,- 000 an acre. Great apartments reared on it are to house 4,000 persons, a density rate of 600,000 to the square |8 mile, Just around the corner is Kings- : bridge, where Frederick Philipse took thrippence toll of every man and horse entering or leaving Manhattan, The Dyckmans, whigs in the revolu-|& tion, kept their lands, though harried ritish. The tory Philipse lost | § manors and toll-bridge; his vast es-|E ¢ arlem Heights |3 properties bringing $11,000.. The at- |8 by the tates were sold, the tainder did not affect his descendants’ entailed rights, and New York state |2 had to pay John Jacob Astor $500,000 to quiet their claims, which he bought. ot a bad region is this for historic pilgrlmlvu. Philipse manor, in Yonk- ers; the Van Cortlandt manor, in the this land brings a reported |E BRITISH BANTAMS Organization of Small Men Wins Nation's Plaudits for Their Nerve. UNIQUE AMONG ARMIES e (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) British Headquarters, France, June 30.—“Good for the little fellows,” ex- pressed the feeling of the whole army when the “Bantams,” in one of the neatest of trench raids took a ma- chine gun from the Germans. No commander is prouder of his men than the commander of the Ban- tams; no battalions so thoroughly have the good wishes of the whole army. The idea of the Bantams, unique among the armies of Europe, was Lord Kitchener's. If little men wanted to fight for their country, why shouldn’t they? Put them in an organization by themselves and give them a chance. No man over five feet three was accepted. Short men who had been turned away by recruiting sergeants in the early days of the new army formed the first battalion. As it was a success others followed. At the front they. were brigaded Yogether; and the visitor to a certain portion of the lines sees sturdy short-legged men marching along the roads and keeping guard in the trenches. Many jokes have been passed about them. It was even suggested that when they went into the trenches somebody would have to hold them up to the parapet to fire. But the Ban- tams have made good. Other batta- lions take fatherly interest in them and admijre them for their pluck. Instead of having to hold them up to fire when the %ru went into the trenches, the difficulty was to keep them from showing their heads too much. They have the advantage of being small targets and they are com- pletely sheltered in a communication trench where another man's head would be exposed. Most of them are miners and city bred and some prob- ably owe their stature to poor food and overcrowding, Good food and fresh air have adgcd to the height of some of the yotng ones and to, the girth and chest of all, Their only drawback is that they cannot carry the full equipment of sixty pounds and more for long, hard marches, So their equipment has been cut down; they have shorter stocks to their rifles. What they lack in strength they make up in-agility. “They are particularly good at scouting,” said one of their officers, . German machine gun is a heavy affair. Two strong men are required to carry it. When the artillery had knocked a German trench about one night and the Bantams rushed it to take what prisoners and do what damage they could and then make a run for their own trench in the usual trench raid fashion, they determined to take a machine gun with them to prove their prowess. Half carryin, it, half tugging it along the groun i with other German machine guns feeling around in the night for targets through a trying half hour, they final- ly landed it safe behind the parapet. ROMANS SET JUNE MARRIAGE Fashion Began Because May Was Considered an Unlucky on! th. It was Coleridge, in “The Ancient Mariner,” who called June the “leafy month,” but it was she Romans who set the fashion of June marriages. Among them May was considered an unlucky month, and consequently the brides held aloof until May had 501\9 its way and June had come, bliged to take care of the brides of two months, June then became the month of the greatest number of mar- riages. . The poets have sung of June and its glories ever since poets learned that there was something in nature to sing about. It was an American poet, Lowell, who asked a question about June to which there can be but one answe: What s so 1 day in June? Then, It ev o perfect days; Then heaven the earth 1f it be in tuns, And over It softly her warm ear lays, And another American poet, N. P. Willis, in a poem entitled “The Month of June,” wrote: It s the month of June, The month of leaves and roses; When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And plessant scents the noses. —Indianapolis News. PavinfieAround the Willis alty Company Property Paving was started last week on Victor and Willis avenues between Sixteenth and Eighteenth streets. This is in"the new district which the Willis Realty company has' recently acquired and is placing on the market. This company reports an ex- ceedingly,active market for these lots. Three sales of vacant lots have been made the last week and the first home which this firm completed is sold. The property is close in. Heavy Hoisting E. J. DAVIS Ifi! Farnam $t. Tel D.353 Invest Your Savings and7%/ get Also a Share of the Profits. You are sumntaed T per cent dividend earnings on the first of July and January of each year, if you invest with us in our profit-sharing plan. Also s division of the profits at the end of each year in addition to the 7% semi-annual dividends, which has been not less than 9 per cent for the last twelve years. Your money invested is mifly secured by well selected real estate mol es and con- tracts for sale. Shares can be purchased now for $107. Authorized Capital, $300,000, Write or See Us About It. Hastings & Heyden 1614 HARNEY ST, .Cast : Iron Castings l Brass, bronze and alumi- num castings may be had 'in any quantities on short potice from The Paxton-Mitchell Co. 27th and Martha Sts., s © eSS © SEI0 0 GRS © 6% MORTGAGES Productive Nebraska Farms. P Py sttty g g e Payne Investment Co., 537 Onn’lc Nat'l Bank Bldg. e ne— PN T G L T R e e e H Kenyon Out-Door § Sleeping Houses. g The attractions of a summer resort, the joys of the great woods and fresh- ness and comforts of the hills can be brought to your very door with a Kenyon Out-Door Sluglnl House. sizes, 7 feet by 8 feet snd 9% feet by 12 feet. Ideal for child’s playhouse. Nebraska Tent and Awning Company, H. S. McDONALD, Mgr. 1204 Farnam St. Douglas 3320 and 3330. RIS [l E3r1m0UBI0 B BTN 0110118118 BB E L HBHO T ITETIOI B B BHBLOHEIIEH 11 18 BT S BN BUIBIOT sy How About Painting? . Don’t let your property run down. We sell good paint. arter and Southern Lead. Pure Linseed Oil and Varnish. H Barker Bros. Paint Co. ; 60914, Farnam St. Douglas 4750. 3 II|IIVI\Vllll\!lllIHIHlIIIlllv:IlIlHllllull\ml".lInlHI"Il\|?\l-llMIAInll\mMulIllllzllllIllllvl\llIilHININlIIlIIIA < Our Fireproof Warehouse Was built to meet ALL the require- ments. It gives you absolute pr(;tection for your household goods at a reason- able cost. Separate Locked Rooms, Piano Rooms, Silver Vault, Etc. : : Omaha Van & Storage Co. 806-818 South 16th St. Phone Douglas 4163 gmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwmwmmamwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm It Costs No More Y. M. C. A, Y. W.C. A park so named, and the Jumel man-|E sion, on lands attained from the Phil- ipses, are all open to-the public. By the generosity of the heirs, the Dyck- man farm house is also preserved to New York as a memorial of sturdy Dutch farmer folk who in the midst of tory peighbors and lords of vast estates held fast both to their acres and their democracy.~New York World. 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