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THK HKK: OMAHA. TniSDAY. .UWK 22. 1015. Nebraska NORMAL BOARD STILLJ1GHTING War Togt Have Not Been Discarded and Anti-Thomaa Men Are In Saddle. LITTLE MONARCHY AT KEARNEY (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, June 31.-Bpola.) The an nual meeting of the State Normal board next Wednesday promise to be Interest ing In more waya than one. H Is ru mored that the old guard, which has been ramping on t,h trail of A. O. Thomas for so many years. Is still un satisfied and will continue Its warfare at the coming meeting, doing all possible to make things as uncomfortable for the present state superintendent ss possible. That they have the power to do so Is without question, as the board Is made up of antl-Th,omas men and the commit tees are so arranged that the antls have a majority on all. It Is said that the old conglomeration of patriots will sttempt to elect Colonel Majors to the presidency. The other fel lows will put up State Treasurer Hall, who has proven himself to be consider able of a scrapper and opposed to com binations In restraint of certain thlnm. That the board Is In a position to pull off most anything It desires Is shown by the fact that the Instruction commltee Is composed of Majors, Cavlnesg an! Oettys. while the executive committee la strongly antl. with Cavlness, Majors, Vlele and Morris. Monarchy at Kearney. It Is said that the Intention la to build up a stronir educational monarchy at Kearney, and that such a thing Is prob able Is evidenced by the work which has been done since the board decapitated Dr. Thomas from the superlntendency of the school. To show that the work le going on In fine shape it Is only neceeary to point to the fact that King was trans ferred from the state superintendent's office to Kearney at the time of the dis missal of Thomas; when Elliott was de feated for the republican nomination by Thomas, he was given a Job at the eKar ney State school; Principal George aMr tin and C. D. Benson have also been given good positions there and the man who was chosen In Dr. Thomas' place as principal Is with the antls strongly, while A. L. Cavtmess, leader of the oppo nents of Thomas, haa now been chosen superintendent of the eJCarney High school. All the above are said to bo representatives of the Schoolmasters' club and strong opponents of Dr. Thomas. One More Slated to Go. It Is also given out on reliable author ity that there Is another man at Kear ney who may lose his so alp. This man Is said to he a mighty good man for the school, lie was one of the strong sup porteis of Dr. Thomas when he was superintendent of the normal and Is said Is so yet. Nothing can be found against him as an instructor and so It is claimed that his salary will be out to such a degree that he cannot aford to stay with the school. Nebraska COAL CONTRACTS ARE LET State Board of Control Decides Who Shall Furnish Supplies at the Institutions. VARIOUS FIRMS GIVEN L00KIN (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June Stl. (Special )-The Board of Control awarded coal contracts today for supplying the different state Institutions, the prices running from 2 to 6 cents lower than the contracts last year. The awards are aa follows: The H. B. Miles Coal company of Lin coln will furnish sll of the coal at the Institutions at Geneva, and a part at Beatrice, Lincoln arylum. ' Mil ford 8ot direa' home and Industrial home. The Coal Hill Coal company of Omaha gets the contract for all coal at Grand Island Soldiers' home, and a pnrt at Beatrice, and the Mllford Institutions. The Whttebreast Coal company of Lin coln will furnish U coal at the Hastings Insane asylum and penitentiary and a part of the coal at the Lincoln asylum. Sunderland Bros, of Omaha will fur nish the coal at the Omaha school. Stlckel Lumber company of Kearney gets the contract for the two Institutions at that place. Fosa of Lincoln will furnish coal for the Lincoln Orthorpedlc hospital. Nebraska ELEYATOR HEN TALK WAREHOUSES State Railway Commission Asks Them to Hold Conference Over the New Law. COMMUNION CUP NOT AFFECTED Convicts Threaten Trusty Held for the Murder of Woman DRAINAGE DITCH PROVES ITS VALUE IN JOHNSON TECCMSEH, Neb.. June 21. (Special.) The efficiency of the drainage ditch along the Nemaha river and tributary streams in Johnson county has been proven In the downpour of rain this week. The entire week has been rainy and, follow ing a fall of nearly four Inches in twenty four hours, the water did not leave, the ditch In the north and central portion of the county. At the lower section of the county the water came out for a period. Without the ditch and with the same conditions of precipitation the floods would have extended over the entire val ley and ruined thousands of acres of crops. While the ditch was an expensive improvement there are but few. If any, of the property owners along the streams who were assessed for making it but who are enthusiastic. John H. Evans, who owns 00 acres near Tecumseh, paying 150 per acre for it twelve years ago, has refused SIM per acre for a portion of the lirra, which wss formerly subject to overflow. His assessment on the entire farm was nearly $6,000. JOLIET, III., June Jl. In a demonstra tion against "Chicken Joe-' Campbell, the negro trusty suspected of slaying the wife cf Warden Allen of the atate peni tentiary here last night. 1.800 convicts gathered In the main dining hall at the noon hour today, rose to their feet and cried threats against Campbell. One hundred guards, using clubs right and left, were reoulred to restore order. "Lynch him! Lynch him! Let's tear him apart'." were some of the cries that arose from all parts of the hall. Three hundred convicts resisted the clubs of the guards an 1 jumped up a fast as they were forced Into their seats, howling imprecations against the man whose alleged crime hid in their opinion brought the honor aystom Into disrepute and threatened its discon tinuance. At the ooroner's Inquest over the body of Mrs. Allen today nothing occurred to divert the finger of suspicion from Campbell, a Chicago murderer, detailed as a house servant for the warden. A blood stained collar recovered from a linen closet across ths hall from Mrs. Allen's bedroom figures !n the testimony. Campbell admitted in his cell that, the collar was his, but said the blood stain was due to a slip of his raxor. Mrs. Allen, before her marriage five yeara ago. was Miss Odette Masle Bor deaux, a oomle opera favorite. She was a member of the original "Merry Widow" company. She took an active part In the arrangements of the prisoners and her influence did much toward establishing the honor system which placed the peni tentiary In the front rank of modern prisons. MAN WHO ATTACKED HIS MOTHER BREAKS PAROLE TECUMSEH, Neb., June 21. (Special.) Edward Duvall, who pleaded guilty to an assault on his mother, Mrs. D. 8. Bay, and with taking $10 in money from her. In the dlstrlot court In February, has broken parole and been returned to the county Jail. Judge J. B. Raper paroled Duvall to Sheriff M. Ehmen for a period of three yeara Jast week ha became Intoxicated In Lincoln and was jailed. The Judge ordered him returned to John son county, and he will be sentenced within the next few days. WEST POINT BOY PASSES MILITARY EXAMINATION WEST POINT. Neb.. June tl. (Special.) Wayne Wallace Wells, eldest son of Dr. H. L. Wells of this city, has suc cessfully passed his mental and physical tests for appointment to the West Point Military academy. New York. He was appointed as second alternate by Con gressman Dan V. Stephens of the Third congressional district. He la IS yeara of age. born and brought up In West Point and was graduated from the West Point High school In the class of 1914. Hatches Prairie hlrkena. TABLE ROCK. Neb., June . (Spe cial.) Recently while mowing his meadow Arthur Hutchinson, southwest of here, ran Into a prairie hen's neat, killing the hen, who bravely stayed on her nest until she met her death. Gathering up the eggs Mr. Hutchinson set them under a large Brahma hen and some time later the hen eama off with seven young prai rie chickens. Hs says. lt hurries the mother to keep up with them, and thinks by the time they are large enough to fry the automobiles will not run them down' so easily aa they do the domestic varlet y. friar's Boar Will Be Broach Heaae SPRINGFIELD. Neb.. June (Spe- c laL) George Pflug of this place, who shot and killed himself at the borne of hie sistsr In Des Moines, will be brought here for burial. House of Commons Gives Cabinet Blank Check for the War LONDON. June Sl.-The House of Commons this afternoon gave the national government a blank check to be filled tip In accordance with the expenditure o the year. In asking this indefinite credit Chan cellor of the Exchequer McKenna an nounced that he proposed to Issue a war loan to be terminated at the option of the government between 1925 and IMS for a sum, the only limit of whloh Is to be the excess of the national expenditures for war and other services for the year over the revenue. This loan will be put out at par and will bear Interest at the rate of i per cent. Holders of the first war loan and of consols and annuities will be given the privilege of converting on specified terms. The facilities for subscription are so wide that the man who has a dollar will be able to Invest as easily aa the mil lionaire. First come will be first served. as the allotments will be made on ap plication. The lists will close on or before July 20. Mr. McRennaa's announcement of the details of this loan was made In the Hhuse of Common. The chancellor said: "The time will oome when the necessity of a further loan will become apparent and a prompt decision is required, as It is undesirable that a bur loan should be kept hanging over the market" The chancellor said the total realised deficit between revenue and expenditure up to last Saturday amounted to 618,- CO0.O0O. The dally war expenditures now emount to nearly 1.000.000 and are still Increasing. The Bee Want Ads Are nest Business tonatara Wilson to Make New Representation On Misuse of the Flag WASHINGTON. June Jl. New repre sentations to Great Britain on misuse of the American flag by English steamers probably will be made In the new note which Is being prepared to deal further with interruptions to neutral comnerce. It was stated officially today that as individual complaints of such Instances had come to the State department they had been laid before the London Foreign office, but that the next note would again deal with the subject general 'y. At the State department today It was said no official Information was at hand on the German charge that the German rubmarine U-30 was rammed and suik by a British steamer flying Swedish colors American officials, while not admitting that the case haa a bearing on the nego tlstlons with Germahy, are curious to know how the German admiralty get Its Information, Inasmuch as everyon on the U-2 was reported lest. Lster today the German claim respect ing the U-t was reported by Ambesdor Gerard. His message. It was said, con tained no comment as to the po.Nible effect on the negotiations with Germany. The ambassador haa as yet been un able to give any indication of the prob able date of the reply to the last Ameri can note. It Is sssumed from unofiirial r porta, however, that It may be seni tut aeek. i From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. June 21. (Special. )-The State Railway commission has called a conference of elevator men for June SO at the offices of the commission to discuss the new public warehouse bill passed by the laat legislature, which goes Into ef fect July s Forms and blanks necessary to the transaction of the business will have to be prepared and the commission la de sirous of getting all the Information it ran relative to the enforcement of the law and Ita requirements. Everybody In terested In the matter will be permitted to attend. Rallac Affects Churches. The new ruling of the State Board of Health relative to the nonuse of the public drinking cup has made consider able trouble for the rhurchea. which have been using the common communion cup and as a result on request of Rev. Mr. Hepner of Holdrege, Assistant "Attorney General Rows haa handed an opinion in which he says thnt the communion cup cannot be counted in the ruling because, ss a communion cup Is restricted to cer tain Individuals and Is not therefore a public cup in the ull meaning of the word and therefore cannot be classed with the cut coming under the order of the board. Ask for Mnldonado. Governor Moreheafl has asked the gov ernor of Colorado to return to Nebraska In care of an officer Odlton Moldonado, who is accused of shooting Sarbua Buatos at Ogallala In Keith county, February 13, 1915. He Is being held by the chief of police at Pueblo. Aviator Is Basy. Chief Aviator C. W. Shaffer. Instruction In aviation who will have charge of the aviation department of the National Guard Officer's school which Is meeting here this week, has arrived in the city with his aeroplanes and Is busy at work assembling them at the fair grounds, where the Instruction is to take place. Flights will be made every day beginning Wednesday morning from 7 until o'clock In the forenoon and from 3 until 5 o'clock In the afternoon. Thomas Will Talk. State Superintendent A. O. Thomas has) been Invited to deliver two Independence day addresses and has accepted. One will be delivered at White Bridge park just north of Kearney on July 3 and the other at York on July 6. ROCK ISLAND HARD HIT BY WASHOUTS FAIRBVP.Y, Neb.. June B.-fBpecial Telegram.) Owing to washouts at Clyde and Scandia. train service on the Rock Island tn rough Falrbury has been para lysed and through, trains are rating de toured over the Union Pacific from Omaha. Thirteen thousand feet of track at Scandia Is washed out. Division Superintendent W. A. Shehan's private car Is upset in the water at Boandia. A working train, aslo a relief train, were sont front this point to Soandla Last night Chief Dispatcher Inwod of this plaoe said no trains wjll go through Falrbury for several days. BABY'S FACE BROKE OUT WITH PIMPLES ii Itched and.Burned, Fretful and Rest less. Impossible to Sleep Nights. Used Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Face as Well as Ever. Glenburn. N. Dak. "My baby's face began to break out with pimples which turned Into sores. - The pimples were small and festered. They itched and burned so that she scratched them. She was fretful and restless and kept scratching them while she slept. It became so bad that it was Impossible for her to sleep nights. " I began by bathing her face with and water and then applying but aa it kept growing worse I got a prescription of some kind of salve. Still her face got worse, I read of Cuticura Soap and Ointment sa tried them. After the second application t could notice an Improvement and In less than two weeks her face was aa well as ever without a scar." (Signed) Mrs. Sidney Turner. June 8. 1914. Beauty of akin and hair promoted'and maintained by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Sample Each Free by Mail With 3 2-p. Skin Book on request. Ad dress post-card "Cuticura. Dept. T, Bos tea." Sold throughout the world. 4 f BREAK IN CARRANZA CABINETCONFIRMED Consul Silliman Wire that Cfbera, Zubaran, Vtrdugo and Urueta Have Resided. GONZALEZ NEAR THE CAPITAL WA8HIXOTON. Junp 21. Consul Silllman. at Vera Crur.. has con firmed Carranza aRpncy report of the acceptance of the resignations of four members of the Carranr.u cabi net and added that their successors would be appointed this week. Pre vious advices have said General Obregon demanded that the officials be retained. This development was regarded aa a widening of the breach between Carranra and h.l principal commander. The four who resign,"! are Luis Cabrera. Itnlphant Zuhuran, Ks udero, erdugo and Jeeua t'rueta. Caorera and Zubaran at various times have represented the t'arranaa faction In Washington. Mr. Silliman forwarded a report from Gen eral Oontalee, leading the expedition to reaceupy Mexico city, saying that the force w,aa close to the cHMtal. Denies tlreak with Ohreaon. GALVESTON. Tex.. Jine !l. -General Carransa, In a persoi-nl cablegram to Juan T. Iluina, constitutionalist consul here, today declared there was no truth in reports of a break between himself and General Obregon. No other informa tion was contained In the cablegram. Colleae Dormitory flamed. STORM LAKE, In., .lime 21. -(Special Telegram.)-Flre at 2 o'clock this morn ing destroyed Ruena Vista's college corm atory, valued at $10,000. ARDOR COOLS OYER COMING OF SUNDAY (Continued from Tatie One.) "the committee did not want tn ask the faithful to attend too many meetings In th hot summer months." Thomas proposed thst the last Sunday In July, or the first Sunday In August, be set aal.le as a special Hilly Sunday dsy, when the preachers would trade pulpits anil all preach on the spiritual ride if the Hilly Sunday revhsl. The ss-mbled ministers thoiiKit the lde a kooiI one and o'ed to adopt It. Wnnlil Sot hanae Palalta. Ilev. Titus ixiwe, 'isstor of the First Methodist church and general chairman of the Hilly Hunday nterfrlse. Immedi ately offered to tra.le rulptra for the epoi-lal lillly Sunday dav with Rev. O. D. Kaltxly of Kountse Memorial Lutheran church, wiioso coKKrea.ttl in Is not Joining actively In the Hilly funosy movement, but will continue to hold Sunday morning services during the rarr.pafsn. slthnugh other churches will n up. Rev, Mr. Haltaly refused to accept the offer to trade pulpits vith Rev. Mr. Lowe.. saying that he wanted to continue his own church work, which la the largest of any Protestant church In the city. Aanpoa Saaday Does Wet Come On t-.p of all tne dampening effect of arloua remarks concerning the Billy Sunday revival, the following by Rev. F. P. Rajusry served as an additional Jc.lt to the preaehers: "Huppose Rllly Sunday never comes to Omaha. Why not begin now to convert people, so that If Hilly Sunday does not come we will still get results?" Rev. Mr. Iowe laughed at the intima tion of the poeathllltr that Hilly Sunday might not come to Omaha. He asserted that "everything was Just lovely" snd that the committee felt encouraged ovvr the outlook. Referring to recent prees dispatches from Philadelphia regarding discord 'n Hilly Sunday's company. Rev. Mr. Iowe said: Old ol Make Kssais Money. "Hentley I. Arkley. Mr. Sunday's right-hand man. confidential secretary and pianist, was simply a poor business man and sold his rights to his song com positions chesp, so be failed to make any money out of them when they became popular. He waa disgruntled over It and quit the party for that reaaon." "Aa to Rev. Edward H. Rmmett. the confidential advance agent, who haa also parted company with "Billy Sunday." Rev, Mr l.owe continued, "I want to say that Emmett was not summarily dla. charged, aa reported. He was given notice aa early aa laat February ' that his connection with Rllly Sunday's company would end after ths Patterson revival. Emmett's method of handling commit tees and of meeting people did not suit Mr. Sunday, so the letter decided to re place him." As to charges of plagiarism lodged against Hilly Sunday, Rev. Mr. Lowe said that they were not true, and that when the evangelist "used other men's stuff he always gave due credit for It." 'Complexion Secrets Of An Actr$$" In a recently Issued volume bee ring tha above title, the author says: "Continu ous use of grease paints, rouge and the like, had ruined my complexion. My skirt was colorless, wrinkled, roaree and punc tured with larce pores. In Encland f beard of the virtues of meroollaed wax: my first experience with this marvelous substance convinced me It was more val uable than ell cosmetics combined. Now whenever my complexion begins to go. wrong I get an ounce of mercoilsed wax at the nearest drug store, spread on J thin layer" of It before retiring, washing It off next morning. The wax, after a few such treatments, aeems literally tn absorb the worn-out cuticle, when a brighter, healthier, younger-looking skin apnea re. "For the wrinkles and enlarged pores I I heirs n ualng a solution of aaxolltev one ounce dissolved In a half pint witch hase!. Bathing the face In this evarv dey for a while soon relieved the condition most wonderfully." Advertisement. Now Are the Days Children Need Care Fl Cobbey of the First. Christum church. chairman of the personal work commit tee of the Sunday revival organisation, said that he "felt stirred up to do some thing." Few Attend Meetlnara. Rev. A. C. Douglass, president of the union, pastor of the First Vnlted Pres byterian church and rhairmaii of tho Billy Sunday prayer meeting committee, explained that the laymen had not been attending the booster prayer meetings generally. 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It does not con tain opiates, narcotics, or harmful habit forming drugs of any description, acts easily and naturally without griping or other discomfort and is positive In effect. Dr. Csldwell's Syrup Pepaln has been the stsndsrd remedy In countless homes for a qusrter of a century and thousands of mothers testify to Its virtues. If vou have never used It, get a bottle from your druggist or write for a free trial bottle lo Pr. W. B. Caldwell, 4SS. Wash ington St., Montlcello. 111. Va a "sy (VJ e . V Proud Old Assiniboine evsrlerd of peak, glaeiar avelanshe la The Canadian Rockies tidahber te Banff, wrfth Ita Hat Springs Hotel luaurleaslr ue-te sale, soiia la borne comforts. Everything Caiuuliam Padfic Standard Nona Better Make the Caaadlaa "seine Holds your home this ainsar, Drive, ride, tramp, eltmb moua- tatne,eeaoe,play golf and taoaie. Banff Lake Louiie Field Glacier-Balfour Dent salsa them en your wett era trip. 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