Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 10, 1916, Page 4

BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1916. e THE OMAHA SUNDAY ' ‘ LINCOLN HIGH IS 10 [Frightened When Companion Drowns, ' Youth Doesn’t Tell for Whole Day HAYE MODEL GROUND Tract Surrounding New $700,- 000 High School to Be a Work of Art. FOR PLANTS AND SHRUBS Omaha people interested in city g}lnninq, in landscape gardening and a city beautiful in general are watching with a great deal of in- terest the coming development of the new high school grounds at Lincoln. Also the landscaping that is to be done at the new grounds of the Woodcrest grade school in Lincoln is to be watched with interest. The new high school building there cost $700,000 and the landscaping that is to be done on the eighteen acr of ground surrounding the building planned to make this the most attra: tive high school grounds in the we A landscape architect from Omaha, E. H. Herminghaus, in the Brandeis Theater building, has been employed. He has already drawn his plans and made the elaborate blue prints which have been officially accepted and ap- proved by the Lincoln Board of Edu- cation. ond. Lily Pon The fact that a railway line cuts off a corner of the grounds to make no material difference in a gen- eral development. is only forms a natural division point or boundary line, which the architect seized upon as the limit of a beautiful triangular section of the grounds which he pro- poses to develop into a botanical gar- den of native Nebraska plants, shrubs and trees of all kinds. ~All the hun- dreds of varieties of plants and shrubs 10 be grown here will be native and spontaneous, “A lily pond is to lie in lone corner, furnishing many varieties of lilies, mosses, water grasses and s botanical garden will not only ladd beauty to the grounds, but is to furnish specimens of all native N ka plants for the botanical classes of the glfih school. | The building'stands on a knoll and ¢ descends to-the grounds-over a series of beautiful terraces. The large [foreground includes the base ball dia- nd. The whole ball ground, dia- nd, field and all, will be one vast n green sward, surrounded at the eme boundaries. by handsome and shrubbery of many kinds. y walks anid paths lead in and Then Relates Story to School @irl, Who Tells Her Par ents, Who Then Ifi~«.. form Police. Because his companion was too frightened to tell anyone of the ms- edy the drowning of Roy Reed, 9- ear-old son of Mrs. H. Resd, 316 %‘oppleton avenue, which occurred Thursday afternoon, did not come to light until vesterday. The Reed boy, accompanied bg Joe Motta, 10 years old, 1210 South Fourth street, and unbeknown to his mother, went fishing Thursday noon, The lads selected tie spot on the Towa side of the Missouri river under the Union Pacific bridge as the most desirable fishing ground. Young Reed, after the pair had been angling or an hour or so, got +his fishline twisted and stepped out to the edge of the bank to untangle it The treacherous bank at the very brink crumbled away under the lad’s weight and he plunged down into the water, His horrified companion stood on the bank and watched him sink out of sight, come to the surface again a little farther down stream, and then finally disappear, as the swift current carried him away. The Motta lad went home as if in a trance, but try as he would he could not summon courage to tell of his friend's tragic death. He retired early, relating later that he spent a sleepless night. He ‘“skipped” school yesterday morning, as he had heard that the Reed boy’s mother was looking for him in an cffort to find out why her son did not return home Thursday night, She had appealed to the po- lice, but they were unable to find ln; trace of the lad. oung Motta yesterday afternoon divulged his secret to a school girl, who straightway told her parents, the story eventually getting to the ulice. Police officers rounded up the otta boy and he told the story of the drowning, taking them to the spot and describing how young Reed met his_death, Efforts to find any trace of the body were futile, The worry over her son's disap- pearance and the subsequent shock when told of his death has left the mother in a prostrated condition. P out and wind hither and thither among the flowers, shrubs and trees near the border of the grounds. Ten tennie courts lie in the back- ground. The athletic field is imme- diately to the west, It is modeled in every detail after the Harvard athletic field, having exactly the same dimen- sions and all. Around ‘the outer rim of this the track men are afforded a quarter-mile track. A feature that adds to the pictur- esqueness of the Lincoln High school rounds is the fact that the fiew Ante- ope Park extension adjoins the grounds on the immediate east. This extension is also to be landscaped by Mr. Herminghaus, Two Square Blocks. The Woodcrést school has . five acres of grounds, This comprises two square blocks. The school board there has just decided to lay out no grade school grounds in the future of less than five acres. They have also de- cided that in all such grounds laid out in the future, a skilled landscape arch- itect shall be employed, gl The bnilding site is seventeen feet higher than the play ground. Com- ing down the terrace one comes upont | Aitken Wins on Goodyear Cords | eugeot Driver Captures 300-Mile Cincinnati ~ Sweepstakes at Speed of 97.06 Miles an Hour the outdoor gymnasium for boys and girls, and farther on, to the play- round for the small children, which includes a clever little wading pool, a large sand pile, and a pavilion for mothers and nurses. Then there are two basket ball courses for the girls. Below this the big play field and the foot ball grounds, surrounded by trees and shrubbery, are to open like a large meadow. Everywhere on the grounds again, in perfect symmetry, trees and shrubs are to be planted where they do not interfere with the play, and walks and rustic paths are to wind in and ot among them., Former Mayor of Mill City Meets Death in Washington Minneapolis, Sept. 9—James Gray, former mayor. of Minneapolis, and Washington correspondent for a Minneapolis paper, died in Washing- ton, D.. C.,. today, according to ad- vices here. He was 54 years old. At one time he was democratic candidate for governor of Minnesofa. of age. MINE PAYMASTER SLAIN BY BANDITS Lee Rankin, on Way to Pay Men at Florence, 0., Killed and Strongbox Taken. BOX OCONTAINED $12,000 Martins Fetry, O., Sept. 9.—Step- ping out of the shrubbery along the roadway at Glens Run, two foreign- ers today shot and fatally wounded Lee Rankin, superintendent of the Florence mine of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal company, took the strongbox containing $12,000 in min- ers’ pay from the rear of Rankin's automobile and escaped. Rankin died an hour later. A posse of miners and police from Bellaire, Martins Ferry, St. Claires- ville and Wheeling, W. Va, with a pack of bloodhounds, started in pur- suit. Paul Pickens, a chauffeur for Rankin, attempted to save the payroll by speeding up the machine afterRan- kin had fallen with four bullets in his body, but a shot from one of the bandits halted the chauffeur, Rankin and Pickens left Martins Ferry this morning for Florence, in- tending to pay off the miners in that district, Former Teacher of Omaha is Killed by Train at Logan, Ia. Miss Grace Harrison, 4640 Dodge street, was killed Friday evening at the Logan, Ia.,, depot when she step- ped in front of the Chicago flyer which she did not see in her haste to reach a local train for which she had purchased a ticket to Omaha. She went to Logan Friday morning to look over work being done on a tombstone for the graves of her father and mother. The funeral will be at Logan on Sunday. Miss Harrison lived with a brother, James A. Harrison, of this city. She was a substitute teacher in the Omaha schools up to two years ago when she taught out in the state, She had planned to take a special course this winter. Miss Harrison was 37 years ‘ Thuee hundred miles—over a new course—at the What Women Are Doing in the World The U. S. Grant post, Women's Relief Corps, will have its Sep- tember Kensington Tuesday at “Ottawa Endaian,” the summer cot- tage of Mrs. E. E. Crane at Carter lake. Luncheon will be at 1 o'clock. The Benson Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary society met at the home of Mrs. J. G. Phillips, when officers were elected as follows: President, Mrs. P. A. Legge, the former presi- dent h g resigned on account of ill health; vice president, Mrs. Frohardt; secretary, Mrs. M. Moore; ’| treasurer, Mrs. C. H. Penoyer; rec- ording secretary, Mrs. E. H. Whistler; corresponding secretary, Mrs. B, M. Babcock; mite and mystery boxes, Mrs. J. Justin and Mrs. C. H. Stephens. The Business Women's council «will meet Tuesday from 11 to 2 at the court house. The King's Daughters = |513-1515 A “Homies Are Every Day of the furniture you get an render.”’ This is a quotation will serve luncheon. Miss Helen An- derson of Wilkesbarre, Pa., will be the speaker of the occasion. The B. L. S. club of Benson held its first meeting of this season on Thursday afternoon, when plans were made for a bazar to be held in Oc- | tober. A social hour followed the bus- iness session. The Benson Woman's club will hold its opening Thursday in a room in the new city hall, which has been iven for its use through the year. he year books are out. They con- tain names of members, program and the constitution. The program for this week will be “Statement of the Immigration Problem,” Mrs. Wilcox; “Causes of Immigration,” Mrs. Park- er; “Work of the Commission,” Mrs. Vick; “Social Problems of Recent Immigration,” Mrs, J. Y. Hooper, and a_paper on “Characteristics,” by Mrs. Howe. Mrs. Howe will be the - | leader. The Ladies'-auxiliary of McKinley lodge, B'nai B'rith, will meet Thurs- day evening in Miss Coofer's studio at the Lyric building. A literary and musical program will follow the busi- ness meetng. Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue in Advertising. OMAHAS LARGECASH FURNITURI STORE Furnished at Raymond'’s More Farmers Are Buying Furnaces All the Time Furnace heated homes are getting to be quite comman on Nebraska farms, %‘ew new farm houses are now being built that are not provided with a furnace, and many of the older houses are gemng them, according to F. L. Nesbit, president and manager of the Standard Furnace and Supply company of Omaha. Mr. Nesbit said that both hard and soft ‘coal furnaces are being bought by the farmers. They prefer, as a rule, furnaces in which any kind of fuel may be burned.s The farmer will not hank back because of price when he finds the heater he wants. “We have never known a season to open %s strongly as this,” said Mr. esbit. “Both the city and country demands are exceeding our expecta- tion, People began to turn their at- tention to the heating problem earlier than usual and are demanding better grades of furnaces.” Mr. (Nesbit said that the' Nesbit all- cast heater, now being used in so many homes throughout Omaha and the state, has undergone a number of changes this season. “We are satis- fied the improvements added this year will enable the Nesbit to produce even more heat from a small quantity of fuel,” he said. HOWARD ST, —-~ ThereS A Reaseon Low Prices ¥ with all doubt removed from your mind as to the high quality d the character iof service we of the language of hundreds of the well-pleased customers who have found that '‘it paid”’ to get our prices before they bought; and also found all the many advantages afforded in a new and carefully selected stock, with so wide a range of styles, all up to the standard of correct design and unquestioned quality. N A LIVING n‘o?u?ufimon is here illustrated in this beautifully designed our eovering, with loose spring cushions. It is 7 ft. in length, the seat is port in ta| or ve THE BIG, ROOMY, COMFORT- ABLE FIRE-SIDE CHAIR here pioc- tured, is shown in our living room and library division, either in tap- estry upholstering or Spanish leather, at. genuine $19.75 A large Arm Chair ‘or Rocker in leather, similar design...$16.75 A large Arm Chair or Rocker, estry, similar design Y deep and luxuriously comfortable. Price, $59.75. The Table (near illustration), Adam style, 28x48-in. top, gennine mahogany. Price..$29.75 s 135, 7& overstuffed daven- The Chair, $33.75. A Mahogany Rocker, auto seat, tapestry.$9.50 A Mahognay. Rocker, cut velour seat. 7.7 A Fumed Osk Leather Auto Seat Rocker.$6.9! Y e Every Box Spring We Put Out Is a A Mahogany Library Table, top 30x60. A Fumed Oak Library Table, top 28x48... " scorching speed of 97.06 miles an hour—here is a test of tire stamina leaving no element of quality or. _ Yet Goodyear Cords stood up under this grinding, wear- mmm—ctood up under it-to a vxctunous " They airiad Akhn and i Peugeot straight to first honors. i A Mahogany Library Table, top 28x48. f%g;g X (e | ¥ L Box 8p: Felt Upholstered, built over hard wood frames and oil-tempered coils. .$9.75, $13.75, $15 OUR MATTRESS PRICES: Good cotton tops............... W bas ssld 2.00 Good cotton tops and bottoms.............. 2.50 Combination felt and wood fibre, roll edge...8$3.65 All cotton . ... $5.95 and 86.75 Layer felts, in purest sanitary felt layers..87.50 89.75 and (50-lb, weights, 12 layers)...$12.50 This Dresser in Black Walnut or Mahogany 28 48-Inch Top, French Plate ! Aitken's Labor Day victory at Cincinnati, supported by the series of remarkable racing records achieved with the e T aid of Goodyear Cords in the past few months, offers addi- i SaLT5 ance of these tires. pely The same stoutness, speediness and ' endurance are day motoring, ' . ; They are the qualities that led to the adoption of Goodyear Cord Tires as stindard equipment on the Franklin, the Packard TwinSix, the Locomobile, the Peerless, the White, the Haynes Twelve, the Stutz and the MacFarland. —undl;;‘ ks s The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. * Akron, Ohio (oons TIRES Tires, Heaoy Tourist Tubes and 1m;r, Price $16.50 Price $11.75 Price $7.95 Price $6.95 THESE FOUR BRASS BEDS Are just four numbers among our line of patterns. Note the low price under each bed. Every one of them is made up with a Raymond box spring. A Vernis Martin Bed, large posts................. o $3.75, $4.75, 85.75, $6.75 B Our Dining Room Section Now affords a wonder- ful showing of period § suites in mahogany, %lacfi lzva.}‘xlxcut and Old ) nglish oak. The Buffet pictured is Price $27.50 50 inches in length, in soft Old English finish, William and design. $27.50 Dining Tables Fumed and golden oak. 42-inch top. ... $7.75 .$10 A few among the many rug attractions shown in this department are priced below: 4 patterns, 9x12 Brussels $11.95 8 patterns, new designs, 9x12 Axmin- $17.75 6 patteins, Oriental duplicat 9x12 Ropy:l Wiltons 50 6 patterns, ‘86x63 Bigelow Wilto b .$4.98 27xB84 Velvet mats.c.ivaveine... 08¢ $7x64 rag mata, ‘‘hit and miss”™..69¢ 24x36 rag mats, “hit and mim”’. .. 39¢ is 48-in. top, 6-ft. extension, o el T ks . §9.78