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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25

Section s. That Article ", Section No
5. Of said Ordinance No. 1880 be and the
same is hereby amended TO read as follows :
Article ". Section No. g. STAIRS: For
office buildings, divided into apartments for
business use only, there shall be in buildings
Of ordinary construction and Of less floor area
than three thousand square feet two illghts
of stairs not less than feet and inches
wide each when the floor area exceeds thre"
thousand square feet there shall be SIX
inches added to the width OF each such
flight of stairs for each additional one
thousand square feet Of floor area. or frac'
tion thereof. up to six thousand square feet
OF floor area. When the floor area exceeds
six thousand square feet there shall be an
additional flight Of stairs, not less than three
feet and six inches wide for each additional
three thousand square feet Of floor area or
fractional part thereof.
For office buildings when Of slow burning
or min construction there shall be at least
two flights OF stairs three feet and six
inches wide each, for the first four thou
sand square feet Of floor area and there
each such flight Of stairs for each additional
one thousand square feet OF floor area, or
fractional part thereof, up TO eight thousand
square feet Of floor area; and an additional
flight Of stairs not less than three feet and
six inches wide shall be required for each
additional four thousand square feet OF floor
area, or fractional part thereof, above eight
thousand square feet.
For fire proof office buildings, there shall
be required one flight Of stairs not less
than four feet in width, for the first three
thousand square feet Of floor area, or frac.
tional part thereof When such building con-
tains more than three thousand and not ex-
ceeding five thousand square feet OF floor
area, there shall be one flight Of stairs not
less than five feet wide; and when such
building contains more than five thousand d
and not exceeding ten thousand square feet
OF floor area, there shall be required an ad-
ditional flight OF stairs not less than three
feet and six inches wide. When such build
ing contains more than ten thousand and less
than twenty thousand square feet of floor
area there shall be required two flights OF
stairs OF less than five feet wide each; pro
vided, that for each and every fire proof Of.
flee building OF more than ten thousand
square feet OF floor area there shall be at
least two stairway fire escapes placed as
far apart as practicable, on such buildings.
in add ition to the standpipe and platform
fire escape required. For each additional
ten thousand square feet OF floor area there
shall be required an additional flight OF
stairs not less than four feet wide. The
width OF different stairways need not be the
same Each stairway in the fifth, sixth,
seventh and eighth stories may be built six
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25

halls shall be enclosed In solid masonry
walls.
In all new tenement or apartment houses
over two stories high the stairs and stair
halls shall be constructed Of incombustible
material throughout.
Section 10. That Article VIII Section No.
40 OF said Ordnance No. 1880 be and the
same Is hereby amended to read as follows:
Article VIII. Section No. 30. CHIN.
NEYS OR FIREPLACES: In every apart
ment house and tenement house there shall
be adequate chimneys running through
every floor with an open fireplace, or CRATE,
or place for stove, properly connected
with one OF said chimneys for every apart.
ment and every such fue shall be lined
from bottom 70 top with hard burned,
vitKeous, flue lining laid In fire clay.
Section IL. That Article XVII. Section
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Provided, however, In buildings OF skele'
ton steel or reinforced concrete construction,
the thickness OF walls shall be governed by
Article XS Of this ordinance.
Section 9. That Article VIII, Section No.
l2. Of said Ordinance No. 1880 be and the
same is hereby amended 10 read as follows;
Article VII. Section No. IL. EN-
TRANCE-sTAlRS AND STAIR HALLS:
Every flight Of stairs required in new
tenement or apartment house, shall have an
entrance on the entrance floor from a street
or alley or yard or court which opens into
q street or alley.
Every main entrance hall shall have
minimum width OF four feet The enclosing
walls Of such entrance halls in all apart.
ment houses shall be built OF solid masonry
with ceilings Of incom bustibls materials. IN
ali apartment houses the stairs and stair
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published in the Tulsa Daily World, April
25, 20, 81 IS and 20, 1917. World Pub.
fishing Company, Publishers)
CALL FOR BIDS.



IS, 20. 81 IS and 20, 1917. World Pub.
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CALL FOR BIDS.
CITY HALL.
Sealed bids for furnishing all labor and all
materials for construction Of CITY HALL
i9r the City OF Tulsa Oklahoma, endorsed
With the name Of the bidder will be received
at the office Of the city Auditor in the City
Hall until O'ClOck L. NJ. Thursday May
Gath, 1917, and opened at a meeting Of the
Board OF Commissioners, at 9 o clock \. VI D.,
Friday, May 25th. 1917, at which time the
bids will be opened and publicly read, after
which the bids will be considered and the
award made not earlier than As hours after
opening
, WORK will include erection OF building
complete Except eleyators) as per plans,
specifications and contract.
y BIDS must include the performance Of all
work and furnishing of all material In accord.
ance with the general contract plans and
specifications
All bids must be self.eXplanatory No op.
portunity will be offered for oral explanation
except as the party Of the first part desires
more fun explanation for particular or
peculiar devices.
BIDDERS must secure their information
as to local conditions effectne the work to
be done from personal inquiry on the ground.
Bidders are notified that the price bid mus
include everything as described in the specifi.
cations or shown on the plans. No extras
of any kind will be allowed unless ordered, in
writing, by the Board of Commissioners
Bidders must, II desired, satisfy the City
to rerfor,, ,b p,.lrt ,ar Snu .i La hjj ,,,o1
en,,iratinn ~ mions and s',slr,fi' ur'
catiopS ''' '0' VI P''"' """
pRICE Tho rr;oo niue, bo u,ri,,o, I, ,be
hid nnd also ststed in fs,,res In any avont
,be urice ,,Yst bo 80 distincti, exnrsss.d tbai
tbers rar Le no doyb, as ~ tho rmeanin,, an
Tho sume IiiegibIs fignrns VIM invalidnto
tha M 'e'''' ''e''N' -''
TINE Vorl, WINS, hogi, ,rom,,l, altar
tho award NJ ,6e cnntrocf and yirbin smcb
time ns stand bv t6e succe' sful bidder and
be comnletcd Inv The lima namcJ nv said lid.
dor " ~
RESERVATIONS The right is reserved TO
re.ert INV nv ali bids to waive ony inform.
-, #, inv bii rcreiyed to s,ceni an, hid
cons sideroJ adynntngeons to tbe DIV of 'fulsn
md also to disrcsard anv failinI, or IRE,
snorsibie bidder or contractor Lnnwn ns enrh
BOND. A surety bond TO the CITY Of Tulsa
a. ,be ann, ~ tbe cor.ract nrice ,yiII he re'
nnirnd With Tho contpact ''' P'''' WIZ
CUTCE cc,tifiod cb..l on ans, ro,r,,bIo
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25

Provided, however, in buildings Of skele.
ton steel or reinforced concrete construction,
the thickness of walls shall be governed by
Article XI Of this ordinance.
Section i. That Article VIII, Section No.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25

2. Of said Ordinance No. 1880 be and the
same is hereby amended to read as follows:
Article VII. Section No 2. WALL
The thickness calculated in
inche. Of enclosing walls OF buildings OF
Glass V shall conform to the following table:
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25
published in the Tulsa Daily World, April
20, 81, 90, % and "a 1917 World
Publishing Company, Pubishers)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Notice is hereby given that bids will be
received at the office of the City Auditor un.
I'll s O'Clock p. m, Monday. April 3oth, 1917.
for the construction Of Sanitary Sub Main
Sewer on Brady Street, as follows. to-wit:
Beginning at q point so #. east Of tho
west line OF Elgin ave. TO point approx.
mately 260 It. east OF the west line of Green
wood avenue.
Plans, profiles and revised specifications
can be seen at the office Of the City Engi'
neer
Bids must be made upon the official pro-
posal sheets OF the City OF Tulsa.
The right to reject any part OF or any or
all bids is reserved TO the Board Of Commits.
sioners Of said City Of Tulsa Oklahoma.
A certified check in the of five (5)
per cent of the amount Of the bid will be re.
quired from each bidder.
surety fond satisfactory TO the Board
OF Commissioners OF the City OF Tulsa In the
full amount OF the contract will within ten
10) days be required from the successful
bidder. All bids viii be opened and con-
sidered by the Board OF Commissioners at
a meeting to be held in the City Hall In said
City OF Tulsa at $500 O'Clock a. M. on the
LIST day Of May, 1917.
II. II. wYss. City Engineer.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25
LEGAL.

Oklahoma, be, and be hereby is directed to
mail 20 each person owing said assessments,
not more than forty aud not less than thirty
days before the maturity OF each lnstan'
mont OF such assessments, a notice in writ
ing stating the amount owing 10y such per
son Of such annual installmcnt and interest
then due, and that unless the same shall be
promptly paid when due the statutory pen
atty will be added and proceedings taken ac'
cording to law for the collection Of the same.
SECTION g. That the passage by the
hoard Of Commissioners of this Ordinance,
finally assessing against the property herein
described its proportionate share OF the cost
Of the Improvements, according TO the beue-
fits derived therefrom, and making and fix
ing a lien upon the property as herein set
out, shall operate as notice Of such assess
ments and lien against the creditors Of the
owners Of such property, and the purchaser
thereof and the lien hereby fixed shall be
effective against all such owners creditors
or purchasers
SECTION 7. That all ordinances and parts
Of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
Of this ordinance in far such conflict
exists be, and the same hereby are repealed.
SECTION : That an emergency exists for
the preservation OF the public health and
safety, and for the furtherance Of street i'm
proyemouts by reason whereof this ordinance
shall take effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication.
PASSED and the emergency clause ruled
upon separately and approved this goth day
of April. 1917
APPROVED this goth day Of April 1911
j. II. SIMMONS,
ATTEST: Mayor.
FRANK NEWKIRK.
CITY Auditor
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25

MAPLE RIDGE ADDITION
Paving ON Buena Vista Place.
Of Amount
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-25
OAKDALE SUBURB
Paving on Fifteenth street,

All that part OF Lot Block 10
Oakdale Suburb lying South OF line
drawn parallel to and 272 2 feet
North Of the North line OF Fifteenth
Street and lying East OF the east line
of Detroit Avenue l4O.Oo
MORNINGSIDE ADDITION
(Second Amended Plat)
(payinc on Fifteenth Streetl
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
BIRTHS AND DEATHS,

Births--Enoch NJ and Mary Monray, 400
South Twenty seventh. boy; Frank L. and
Ruth b. Pagan, 5000 North Forty third
avenue, girl; Fritz and Nina Deich, 9So5
sorth Twenty first. boy: John and Beatrice
Hiesser, 250s North Thirteenth. boy; Ed
ward and Edith Carlson. 340S Cass, girl;
Joseph and Tillie Dolkevc, Thirty sixth and
r, girl; James William and Loretta Il, Nc
oowan, 27Os sprague, boy Antonio and
Giuseppe sorrentino, 6l5 Pierce, girl.
Deaths---Joseph Jurok. 80 years, Omaha
William p. Mcmahon, As years, 1915 South
Eighth; Bud wolman, S5 years, hospital;
Joel NJ. Winters. ] year hospital; John
Carlson, IS years hospital; James r,
Fleming. a. years. l405 South Seventeenth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07

SITUATIONS WANTED.
rata zoe per line
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
observation-disclosures

OMAHA COUNCIL BLUFFS STREET
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Persons having lost some article would
do well to call up the office of the Omaha
& Council Bluffs Street Railway company
to ascertain whether they left 1t In the
street car.
Many articles each day are turned IN
and tho company Is anxious to restore
them to the rightful owner.
A REWARD offered for Boston Terrier dog,
lost March 20 near Union depot. Female.
about years old, weighs about 10 lbs,
dark, brindle. white markings on face,
neck and feet. Trimmed ears. one button
tail not trimmed. Answers to name OF
Ginger. Finder write J. G. White, Rapid
City, s. D.
LOST-A gold watch and chain. ,-onday
morning, near 18th and Farnam. Re-
ward. Call Cofax 2O22, or inquire First
National Bank.
F0TINn sanitary
OOl>b Soda Fountain.
GREENS PHARMACY. 10th and Howard.
LosT-cameo brooch. kindly call Harvey
b025. Reward.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07

MONTHLY RATE FOR STANDING ADS.
mo change OF copy allowed).
one line ,..sssss''''s's't ~ "
Two lines or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. *l. 80
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07

CARD OF THANKS, DEATH AND
FUNERAL NOTICES.
Toe DER line each insertion
minimum charge, 50 cents.)
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
WANTED TO BUY

B. LAYTON pays highest prices for old
clothes, shoes and hats. Phone T. $40.
WANTED-Safe, about is inches high in.
side measurement. Call Tyler 1882
SMALL ice crushing machine. Call Doug
las 3092.
BOOKS bought. Kieser, Loyal Hotel Bldg.
Highest prices for 2-hsnd clothes T.l534-W.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
BUSINESS CHANCES
LUMBER YARD.

LUMBER YARD.
Established 7 years In the most active
building district In Omaha. VIII be solo
Mt invoice on account of the dissolution
OF co-partners. Corner plot. 150xls0, with
Union Pacific spur. Full equipment Of
fine horses and wagons Price about sls.-
900. Lumber spot cash. but liberal terms
will be given on the ground, Call at our
office; no information given by letter or
phone.
SOUTH OMAHA INVESTMENT CO.,
4925 South Gath Street.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07

HELP WANTED-MALE
Stores and Offices.
STENOGRAPHERS
We can place you today.
BUSINESS MEMS REF. ASSN,
1909 W. o. W. Bldg.
COST clerk. SIS to ss5: office clerk, ss5 to
800. office clerk, s65: steno.. SIS; ledger
clerk, SIS: office clerk. $40 to $50: typist.
SIS. WATTS REF. CO.,
First Natl Bank Bldg.
TYPIST who can do some bookkeeping;
must have good personality and educa-
tion; be willing to travel-s75 and ex.
penses.
WARTS REF. CO., LIST Natl Bank Bldg.
THREE sTENos.. .......,.............s75
COST CLERK .........'........'.. 70
THREE CLERKS, BoYS......s25, $40. s35
THE CANo AGENCY. 900 BEE BLDG.
THREE TIMEKEEPERs. high school grad
yates preferred. $50, board and room.
THE MARTI CO., 1917 W. o. W. Bldg.
wANTED-A we'll experienced grocery
clerk; must have good recommendation.
colfax 46S
OFFICE CLERK, good penman fine uptown
office. splendid future, short hours. $50.
THE MARTl CO., 1917 ", .. W. Bldg.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-04-07
FOR RENT-ROOMS

FOR RENT-ROOMS
ATTENTION, ROOM HUNTERS!
II you fail to find the room You
desire among these ads call at The
Bee office for a Room List-Gives
complete detailed description of va
cant rooms In all parts Of the city.
II more convenient phone The Bee
Want Ad Dept. and give your name
and address and list will be
mailed to you at once. New lists are
issued every week.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
NOT LIKE LOWER ANIMALS
Mans CONSEQUENCES Places Him Out.
side Oar"in's Struggle for
Existence"

Man IS n thinking animal. hecau~.
h" IS a conscious animal writes w T..
lAcuft iu the Illustrated London
News. II Is his consciousness 81 him
-ef and his surroundings that has
placed him outside the operations of
his animal and physical environment
tn" lower animals depend for their GA
iSt'n'c on their ability 20 RESPOND to
the conditions Imposed by their ply
ical environment and their powers %
ndnptahllity To their nnlmnt" environ
ment the ~truggl" 10 obtain food. TO-
avoid enemies. and ~ on. For them
there is indeed II struggle FOR exist
encc. But the struggle for exist
cnce' has nothing to do with humnn
progress. For man H. thinking nnd
~ch"ming animal. lie lives 10y his
Wits.
The failure 20 realize this. the prone
ness ~ the lnyman 20 apply Dnrwin -
great generalization to- the develop
m'nt ~ the human rncc today. is nn-
swerohle for much pcrnlciou- doctrine.
eliminating In the most disastrous war
which the world has even seen.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08

in the senate chamber. At twelve
o'clock the president pro tempore adj
ministered the oath of office prescribed
by law to the vice president-elect.
Immediately following the taking of
the oath of Office by Mr.. Marshall, the
newly elected senators of the United
States were sworn into Office. Then
the vice president made this announce
ment: 1.-THE sergeant-at-arms of the
senate will carry out the order of the
senate for the Inauguration of the pres
ident of the United States
The president-elect, accompanied by
the chief justice of the United States
the joint committee on arrangements
the associate justices of the Supreme
Court, the foreign ambassadors and
ministers plenipotentiary, the members
of the senate, preceded by the vice
president and secretary of the senate
the holdover members of the house of
representatives, preceded by the Off
GERS of the house who have Just relin.
pushed office by virtue of the expira.
ton of their terms, and other distin-
guished guests made their way to the
inaugural stand.
Inauguration Of the President.
The procession, headed by the presi.
dent-elect, wound through the east sen.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
MINORITY DEFEATS
NEUTRALITY BILL
oeMEs PRESIDENT AUTHORITY
TO ARM AMERICAN MEN
CHANT SHIPS.
Twelve Senators. Led by LaFol'e''e
and Encouraged by Chairman
stone. Refuse to Allow vote
70 be Taken in Senate.

wsshington.-Twelve senators. lea
nv Senator LaFollette and encourages
nv Senator Stone, Democratic ch"ir'
man Of the foreign relations commit
fee in a filibuster denounced by fre9'
ident Wilson'S spokesman as the
most reprehensibie in the history o.
anv civilized nation" detied the VIII
of an overwhelming majority IN con
gross up TO the last minute on Marc"
4 and denied to the president "a Ia"
authorizing him to arm American
merchant ships to meet the herman
submarine menace.
Unyielding throughout tweh'y'sN
hours of continuous session 20 appeals
that their defiance OF the president
would be- humuiatng to the country
uncompromsing in a crisis described
10 them as the most SERIOUS TO lD'
nation since the civil war. LaFnll'tit
and his small group of supporters fe
fused majority OF their colleague
an opportunity TO vote ON The armed
neutrality bill. and il died with '-e
sixty-fourth congress az noon sun
day.
To fla responsibility before The
country. se,entysix senators '.ir'!
Republicans and forty six Democrats
signed manifesto proclaimns 90
the world that they favored passage
OF the measure
This declaration, embodied In the
record of the senate. referred 20 the
fact that the house Thursday night
March !. had passed a similar bill by
vote Of 400 to IS. and also rocltel
that the senate rule permitting uu
limited debate gave a small minority
opportunity to throttle the viii o. ihe
majority.
Thirteen senators declined 20 sign
the declaration. but Senator Pengose
Republican OF Pennsylvania. an
nounced that he would have voted ior
the bill had the opportunity been NJ
torded him.
The twelve who went on record
with the thirteen members OF th,
house against granting to President
Wilson the authority he asked from
congress in the crisis. were:
Republicans - Clapp. Minnesota
Cummins. Iowa; Gronna, North Da
kota; Kenyon. Iowa; LaFollette. WIS
consln; Norris. Nebraska; Works
California;; seven.
Democrats-Kirby. Arkansas: Lane
Oregon; OGorman, New York. Stone
Missouri; Vardaman. Mississippi; five
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
Didn't Get Shaver

So accustomed had Michael Sulli-
van, a well-known New York newspa-
per man, become to the ways Of
certain barber shop uptown that he
invariably started unbuttoning his
collar as the front door clicked behind
him. His next step was to give the
back button jerk, hang the collar
and tie on the rack. carefully draped
about his hat, and then, and only then.
would he turn his gaze toward the
chair. where his favorlte Tony was
wont to operate. In true form he
went through his routine yesterday.
and then-behold. stranger in Tonv's
place. The stranger grinned at Sulli-
van. you look for Tony? He is in
the crazy asylum. He 90 mad last
night while shaving his best friend.
1t run in the family" With this ha
bowed Mr.. Sullivan into the chair.
Then he added: 81 am Tony's broth
err" Mr.. Sullivan resumed his tie and
tollar in the street.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08
NATURE HOLDS BALANCE EVEN
Creatures That Prey, and Those That
Are Preyed Upon, Have Natural
Increase Limited.

However smart and awake 10 the
frequent dangers that may mt any
time nssail them. the creatures that
are preyed upon are often caught; the
preying ones get them from time 10
time. and If this We're not so they
would increase beyond all bounds. IL
is true also that those that prey often
go hungry, and they, too. have enemies
or Diseases which later amount to the
same thing In the struggle for exist
ence and the limiting of numbers. so
nicely is nature balanced rs a gem
eral thing between the killers and the
killed that if but an unusual influence
enters in, rs an additional number or
carnivorous creatures in any neighhor-
hood, or the growing up of am addi-
tional amount of cover there will be a
falling off, on the one hand. or a con-
siderable increase, on the other. Of
those animals that are proved upon.
Thus is seen the influence. both
ways. of mans part in natures COM
plicated contest. The gunncrS and
trappers weigh heavily in overbalanc-
ing the otherwise normal balance
against both flesh and vegetable eat
ers, and where in the unusual good
ness of his heart, man has endeavored
over considerable areas to protect
nearly all wild life. the result IS
shown by a rapid increase among the
protected animals.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-03-08

ate door. the main corridors or the
senate and through the rotunda OF the
capitol to the place set for the oath
taking. On reaching the inaugural
stand. Woodrow Wilson took place
directly In front of Edward ID. White,
the chief justice of the United States.
and the chief clerk of the Supreme
court, James u. Maher. The sergeant
alarms of the senate and the congress
sional committee on arrangements were
Immediately on the left of the pres
dent. The vice president. the associ-
ate justices of the Supreme Court and
the members of the senate sat upon his
right.
When all were assembled Chief JUS
tice White, having in his right hand the
open Bible upon which the hands of
many former presidents have rested.
advanced to Woodrow Wilson and adj
ministered to him this oath, which is
imposed by the Constitution of the
United States:
you do solemnly swear that you
will faithfully execute the office of
president of the United States and
will to the best of your ability, pre-
serve, protect and defend the Consti-
tuition of the United States"
Woodrow Wilson said in firm
voice, Il do" and he became for the
second time president of the United
States of America.
Then the president delivered his in
nugural address and on IFS conclusion
he made his way with Mrs. Wilson to