Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-07

three stories of the ten-story building
of the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, will be dressed stone and the
others Of brick, the building to be
completed within year.
This Day In History.
1774-Commodore William Balm
bridge, who is the father Of naval in
struction in the United States, born at
Princeton, N. ]. Died in Philadelphia,
July %, 1898.
bined corps Of engineers and artillery,
with a military school for cadets.
1S40-A tornado visited Natchez,
Miss, killing 317 persons and destroy
ing $1,500,000 Of property.
1S67-Conference Of the powers
met in London to settle the Luxem-
burg question, which threatened to in
volve Europe in general war.
1S72-Salmon P. Chase. chief
Justice Of the supreme court of the
United States, died in New York City.
Born at Cornish, N. H., January 10,
1903.
iss5-James Russell Lowell, the
American minister, unveiled bust of
the poet Coleridge in Westminster
Abbey.
lJlO-DtedIlSIfp LuSltdllld sunk OIL
south coast of Ireland by German sub
marine with loss of nearly 1900 lives,
including more than 100 Americans
The Day We Celebrate. IT,
Axel H. Anderson, an Omaha i'm
porter of Danish books, was born in
Copenhagen, Denmark, May 7, 1877.
He is identified with the Danish
Brotherhood and is secretary of one Of
the local organizations.
Earl Of Rosebery. former prime
minister of Great Britain, born in
London, seventy years ago today.
William J. Stone of Missouri, chair
man of the senate foreign relations
committee, born in Madison county,
Kentucky, sixty-nine years ago today.
Charles Lathrop Pack. the new
president of the Worlds Court league
and also head of the National Food
Emergency Garden commission, born
at Lexington, Mich, sixty years ago
today.
William A, Maccorkle, former gov
ernor Of West Virginia, born at Lex
fngton, Va, sixty years ago today.
Joseph G. Cannon, veteran Illinois
congressman and former speaker of
the house, born at Guiford, N. c.,
eighty-one years ago today.
George Wiley, noted bicycle race
rider, born at Little Falls, N. Y,
thirty-twS years ago-today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The International kindergarten
union, one of the largest educational
bodies in the world, begins its twenty
fourth annual convention today in
Boston.
Hearings on the general increase in
freight rates are to begin today before
the Interstate Commerce commission
in Washington.
Delegates from many cities of the
United States and Canada are to
gather today at Richmond, Va, for
the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Waterworks association.
Pursuant to a proclamation of the
governor, Indiana is to observe today
as Lafayette Day." in honor of the
memory of the famous French soldier
and friend of America.
Important civic problems are to be
discussed at the national conference
on city planning, which is to begin its
sessions today at Kansas City,
A notable society wedding will take
place at Prides Crossing, Mass, today,
when Miss Mary Katherine Aver,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Aver, is to be married to Mr., Keith
Merrill of Minneapolis.
The annual convention and exhibit
ton of the National Association of
Hosiery and Underwear Manufacture
ers will be opened in Philadelphia to-
day and continued through the greater
part of the week.
The Harvard University Reserve
officers Training corps Is to start in
tensive training today, with sched-
ule of eight hours daily of drill and
trench work and lectures each evening.
Storyette of the Day.
The clergyman was engaged in that
improbable occupation of giving ad-
vice to the woman who had just
painted her husband in very dark
colors
"suppose you were to try to heap
Goals Of fire upon his head?" he sug-
| gested.
"'Twouldn't do no good" she re-
| turned. I've thrown lighted lamp
| at him several times but he was Just
| as bad next day."-Boston Transcript.
A supervising principal recently was
| testing some children in reading ana,
| in Norder to know whether they inter-
| preted correctly, asked the meaning
| Of different words. One word whcn
| promised difficulty was "christened.
when asked, none could tell its mean
ing. In order to lead up to its mean.
| ing the supervisor asked: wei, what
| do they do when baby's born
| One urchin. whose home must NAYS
had n recent visit from Mr.. Stork,
| nopped up and said. They weigh H.
| indianapolis News.