THE OMAHA KtWDAY I'.KIO: SKTTKMBKR 5. J!M.". HO WHIPPING IF PARENTS OBJECT Superintendent'! Directions to the Principal! Bar Rod Unless Written Conient Filed. LIBERAL RECESSES THIS MONTH In connection with tha opening of the public schools next Tuesday Su perintendent Oraff had addressed e circular to the principals netting forth various matters of school ad ministration and referring at length to the new course of study. Under the heading of "Corporal Punishment" the superintendent writes: "There is to be no corporal punishment in the schools under my Juried Ml on without the written con sent of the parent or guardian. This Instruction muit be followed with out exception. If a parent wishes a child corporally punished by a teacher, he niut file his written consent for Kiu-h p-mtns-ment with the teacher and evpn then I cons der such r.oricctivc iiinu .. the Jurisdiction of the teacher. She should not be railed upon nor requested by any parent to correct his child In this way. However. I wlh to add tha' this does not mean that we to'orate any sort of Insubordination. The dlsilpllne of our schools Is to be kept up to the i Ighest pos sible standard. If a child Is given the privilege of receiving Instruction, he must deport himself In such a manner as to merit his receiving It or t should not he- allowed to remain In school." Fir Drill Rverv Month. In every school of the c'ty there Is to be a fire-drill at least once during the school month. Any child who Is 5 years of age by Novembee It may enter school at the beginning of the school year; or, If unavoidable circumstances prevent en trance on the first day, he may enter any time before Novemlier 10. i 1 inn inniuii'un i H .en. .'u''i month of September be somewhat liberal regarding the question of recesses. The ch'ldren are used to freedom and It will ' .... , . .. 1 . 1 1 .1 mane i eaeier ir you nu inn i:iiuuth If th's freedom Is not tsken sway too abruptly." "Observance will he evrweted of a pre vious rule wh'ch allows dlsmlaaal of any room when the thermometer registers derrwes or hlrher. "Teecbere sre reinested to talk to pupils on the 'care of school nronerty.' " P'.eonomv Advocated. Chairman Fry ef ths purchasing com mittee la quoted In the o'rcular as ex r.resa'ng the wish that everything be done to promote wine economy. Superintendent Oraff w'll address the teachers and principals at 10 o'clock Mon 0v morning In the auditorium of Cen tre' H'rh school. Principal Adams, st the Hlwh School of Commerce, w'll dlstr'bute locker keys be twene I and :80 a - m. and 12:30 and 1: p. m. .Monday. Nearly 600 already have applied for the'r eyi. Ha expects an opening attendance of about W. The superintendent's office reports that 1.UI registered at Central High school during the week. ' FORMER EMPLOYE . IS FIRE SUSPECT (Continued from Page One.) telephone company arrived Worn Kanaas t:ity. State Fire Warden Roe Is on the ivay to'make an Investigation. Wmii E plains Joke. Catherine Bennlnghoff, proprietor of a Bluffs Telephone Buildings, Objects of Incendiary Activity , ;rPf - "..-..';" -.". - , . V ! f ' l'-'-'-kr--'): - -'fn1 , . J' ;.- .::., . ' 1 ' tv-. -f I- , J i ' ! I il if Cow-" I e . , - 'JJ,'--' f . 5 ; I 1 - ' ; ; i-r. , v-- 'i I- 1 " ' '. -IT'''i, ; I ! f " I .- . - -' i l l '', t" ) :. l 1 ! f I I .. .... . ; ; . . . , . . . i ' , . . j ' .n...,.....,...,.. - yv:...;,, ; , , ' - ; -if I 3CQTT STREET CBHTXAL TatPtiCXZ CMKG f r , - " : .'f.Jr:':.I ' ' , , , ';,,....--: .. .-;i ..: n ' t - ' lul-p-rz rirn pitpp nnru lrnuni v'cxended fAlA UA1L0 UfLll liiUltUftl 'mane to attend this picnic Exhibits Rapidly Being Put Place for the Big Exposition. in MANY INTERESTING FEATURES (Prom a Staff Correspondent) UNCOT.,?. Pept. . (Special. )-ExMblts are ra f y being placed at the state fair for th show next week. The ates will f officially opened for the , fair proper Monday morning, but Sunday will be dedicated to music and some speaking of a religious character. There Is every Indication that the show will be In all ways bigger than ever be fore. Stock of all k'ffids will show up well, while agricultural exhibits will be better than ever feeoe, more counties entering In the collocttve exhibit than In , cordial Invitation to all Ger- A telegram from the Mayo Bros, hospital In Rochester, Minn., states that Mrs. . II. LeRoy, who underwent a singlral operation. Is doing nicely. For the first time this season, thresh ing Is In full blast Throughout the county snd hundreds of machines are In opera tion. The threshing Is belner done from the stark this year Instead of shocks, as Is the usual custom. Crop Prospects Fine Out in Box Butte BULGARS STILL DEMAND WHOLE . OF MACEDONIA (Continued from Page On.) veloplng a counter offensive before Vtlna, which evidently Is designed to threaten Field Mnrshal Von Illndenburg's light flank. French artillery is pounding the Orman trenches along the western front. Berlin Denies Break la Line. BERLIN, Sept. . Hy Wlrclens to Bayvllle.) "Humors that the French and British havv succeeded In break In I through the German lines at Arras are 'absolutely untrue." says the Overseas 'News agency. 'To the contrary, the I German positions in the west are mors I secure and favorable than waa the casa several months ago. It la evident that rumors of this nature are being spread by agents of Ocrmany's enemies In an attempt to Influence public, sentiment." French Official Report. PARIS. Bept. 4. Particularly violent artillery engagements took place yneter day to the northeast and to the south of Arras and at other point between the Olae and the Alsne, according to an nouncement made today 4y the French war office. The text of the communication follows; "Yesterday saw artillery engagements ef part.oular violence to the northeast and to the south of Arras; In the sectors of Ilolllncourt, Walily and Breten court, 'as well as between the Otse and -Alsne, In the region of Qtiennavleres and near Nouvron. " v "In the environs of Vauquoia, we ex ploded aevarai . mines, which seriously damaged the works of the enomy, "There Is nothing to report from the remainder o the front" ' ROPER WILL TALK' - TO MAIL CARRIERS BILLY" SUNDAY AND HIS PERSONAL PARTY REACHING OMAHA Photograph made at the depot Saturday morning shows the arrival of the well known evangelist, together with "Mi" Sunday and others of his entourage. He was given a great welcome. In the picture is shown Mr. and Mrs. Sunday, George Sunday and Rev. J. W. Welsh, the Sunday advance agent. any fair of previous years. The race program is good. The special race between Columbia Fire, the Fast Lincoln horse, and Hal Kinney, the ani mal who has defeated the former four races out of six, will give the lovers of horse racing a thrill they do not ofter get a chance to experience. The amusement and entertainment fea ture of the fair will be especially good. The automobile races, with some of the leading drivers In the country piloting the machines; the dare-devil flights of the aviators;, tht, special attraction of Desert Joe, the trotting ostrich) the wrestling matches, with Champion Joe Stecher In the leading role, and many other stunts will repay the visitor for spending a week's visit at the fair. The machinery and manufacturing fea- H EMI VG FORD, Neb., Bept. (Spe cial.) Threshing has begun In Box Butte county and the yield Is the largest In the history of the county. The dry weather of the last two weeks has helped j quests for barn room came from race In the harvest, which was very late. i horse men. City water has been extended Harry Pierce, whose farm Is four miles to various parte of the park and the Crawford Tri-State Fair is on the Boom CRAWFORD, Neb.. Sept. 4. (Special.) At a meeting of the Tri-State Fair an" rel ation last evening a large addition to the present exhibit building was voted un animously. The Indications for a larger and better exhibit than has ever before been brought to this section, was so so pronounced that the present building was deemed Insufficient to meet the demands for this year's fair. Volunteers were called upon to furnish the necessary labor and there were so many responded that the building will undoubtedly be com pleted by Monday evening. Lat week two large additional barnx were erected by the citlsens, the present buildings being overcrowded. Many re- northwewt of town, threshed the follow ing yields: Oats, eighty bushels to the acre; barley, sixty-one. and wheat, thirty. While the acreage of potatoes is less than one-third of normal for the counts-, the crop will be about aa large as usual and of a superior quality'. Many farmers report estimated yields of from 175 to 275 bushels of potato to the acre. Early Chios will yield the least and Triumphs will yield the most. Cattle are beginning to move to South Omaha and are In fine condition. The hay and Teed crop Is very heavy and many farmers and .ranchmen wll hold over part of their nerds that they in tended to sell on this account. Horses have been selling steadily all summer at satisfactory prices and the numbef of horses In the county Is greatly reduced turea of the fair will be of Interest to over twelve months ago. people who are Interested In manufactur ing. People will get an. opportunity to see the way some things are made by machinery, this being a special attraction which the Manufacturers' association of the state Is putting on to give the people if Nebraska some conception of what Nebraska has before It In the future If leveloped. (Centlnued from Fege One.) dressmaking establishment opposite the , there Is not survle today of a private Scott street telephone exchH'e. yester- corporation that la belter than ths service day afternoon admitted to a Bee repre-ithe letter carriers are giving. There la sentatlve that during the week she was having a lot of fun with some of her friends at the expense of the telephone company. "I called up my friends and told them V. waa central talking. I would say that the telephone company waa going to ap ply a three-phase current to the wires to blow the dust out of the telephones and about'.' suggested that they tie their receivers to i George W. Johnson of Columbus, O., t he mouthpieces to avoid the dust or hang . vice president ef the association, has their telephones out of their windows. I . arrived, know In several cases my friends hunr( their telephones out of windows. The lasi no class of men, and I don t say th s to be disrespectful to anyone, that la more sensitive to the complaints of the pat rons and so anxious to give a good service universally. "Yes. and there are 36,000 of us in the association. We are 100 per cent organ ised, and that la something to think person I called was Charles Heno, on Thursday evening." explained Mrs. Ben nlnghoff. Rati nata sf Um. The Iowa Telephone company has not been able te ft any definite figure to A special train ' from Philadelphia te bringing the Philadelphia part of the Pennsylvania delegation. New York Waste Pvesldeacy. When the New York delegation arrives a hat, either a derby, a aUk hat or a sombrero la to be tossed Into, the ring. For New York Is to have In the delega- f '-'. v uif-v '":" Iff- ' I V i t " '-Mi,.. l i i , . J i i n ise 't't',."- j i ;.v . ? . e--li 1 '.' I 1 Ji Fa trbory Tfews Notes. FATRBURY. Neb.. Sept 4 -(Spedal.) The body of the late Mrs. W. A, Bhea han, accompanied by her husband and sister. Miss Rose Martina of Brooklyn, passed through Falrbury on the Rock Island enroute to Brooklyn for burial. Mrs. Sheahan died In a sanitarium In Colorado Springs. During the last week, County Judge li. . Nutsmsn issued marriage licenses to the following parties: Wilton Thorn burg and I-ela M. twls. Dietrich Will ems and Edith Rohrbaugh, John H. Grlssom and Anna Jenkins, J. C. Hagvy and Anna Plelffer, Norman Fenttman and Ooldie Behllng. ' Mayor E. W. Mason of Falrbury has Issued a proclamation asking that all business houses close Monday at 11 a. m. and remain closed all day, on account of the Labor day festivities. A barbecue will be held at the city park. Evans de Bee this week resumed work on their new brick business block north of the Majestic theater on D street, the foundation of which was laid a couple There has been no frost in this section yet and If the killing frosts hold off for two weeks longer there will be a big crop of good corn and the acreage Is double that of ordinary years. CUSTER COUNTY FAIR - HAS MANY ATTRACTIONS BROKEN BOW. Neb., Sept 1-The ICuster county fair, which opens here September 14 and continues four dayn, bids fair to be one of the best ever given by the association. The fact that the race program this year Is a new de parture In that all races are In the run ning rJara. has evidently struck a popu lar chord. The purses are exceptionally large. As a matter of fact there Is more money going Into the Custer county run ning races than the state fair la offering In the same class. The outlook for fine exhibits of live stock and agriculture is particularly en couraglng and the management feels confident that an increased Interest ' being taken In the fair and that all of the departments will be splendidly rep resented. The ceremony of laying the corner- race course Is In better condition than any previous year. Several new con tracts have been aigned up featuring a number of attractions which will be entirely free. Three bands have ben engaged to fur nish music for all three days and In ad dition to the music, special arrangements have been made with the Twelfth United States cavalry to put on their famous mounted drill. There will also be two balloon ascensions and parachute leaps daily. The Crawford boosters Journed to Alliance Monday taking In the towns of Belmont, Marsland and Hemlneford en route. There were some twenty-five automobiles in the bunch and Hemlng ford Tri-State band was carried along to enliven the hours with gay fair music. The boosters were met about five mllerf from Alliance and escorted Into that city by their Commercial club and cntertalnd In royal style. Thursday the same crowd of booptera made a flying trip to Chadron, there being about thirty-five cars in this bunch. The Chadron citlsens did their part to tho utmost in furnishing entertainment to the visitors also. HAMPTON WINS TOURNEY AND CHAMPS OF HAMILTON HAMPTON. Neb.. Sept. 4.-(Speclal.)-By winning from Glltner, 1 to 1. and from Aurora, 8 to ft Hampton was decided the champion of Hamilton county and win ner of a purse of S50 given by the fair association. The base ball feature at the fair brought a large crowd each day I from all over the county. Score, yester day's game: K.ti.n.. Hampton - J 2 ? Aurora v s o Batteries: Mampton, Melrs and Car roll; Aurora. Hockenbury ana uoine. Struck out: By Mlers, 10: by Hockenbury, 9. Umpire: Browoeli of Marquette. St. ST. 8t Edward Trims Genoa Indians. EDWARD. Neb., Sept . f9peclal. Edward took the second game of aaieaunK stone of the new Odd Fellows' building tha base ball tournament by def irt Rwtt,. rw win .,u- A.nmw in Tthe Genoa Indians In a one-sided game Grand Master Hamloh of O'Neill will take full charge. Other grand lodge of ficers vlll be here and It is expected that a large number of Odd Fellows from this section of the state will also of years ago. The basement will be en- attend. When finished, the new home larged and extended to the alley. It is said a garage will be located In this new building. , A big German picnic has been sched uled at the church yard of the' German Evangelical church, one mile east of Gladstone, Sunday. Rev. E. Holder has of the order will be one of the most lm- poslng buildings in the city. Apartments, flats, houses and cottages can be rented quickly and cheaply by a Bee "For Rent" Genoa could not get a hit off Jones until the seventh Inning. Genoa used two pitchers, but could not stop St fcdward From hitting. . Tomorrow Albion plays St Edward. Score: R.H.B. .Genoa Indiana 0 0 0 SO 4-8 fi 3 8t Edward 8101T000 13 it i Batteries: St Edward. Jonee and Fisher; Genoa Indians, White. Rice and Martory. Umpires s Haaselbalch and Balo. Apartments, flats, houses and cottages can be rented quickly and cheaply by u Bee "For Rent." DanrTstBrfsisfrisiv mm lum ammm oooUooolioflDllnDD inm mnuuimmujum i men II mm nusaiuittiani s ntt as n n i iwn uwia nusM mm! hum aQoIiOQOlilQDUODOUOQOUOOO mn ihbii Nam JooqUdodUodo a a IO Mnresent Its losses caused by the fire In i tlon a candidate for the presidency or the Main street building, but approximate ; the association. That roan is Al Tbarp, th. huiMinr. which la owned president of New York branch No. SC by the Nebraska Telephone company, and the Iowa company's loss Is plaoed at ap proximately 18.000 or 17 000. The damage to the Commercial club's It Is well understood that be U to be an avowed candidate for the presidency. His principal opponent probably will be I Ed J. OsJnor, the present president. THOMPSON, BELDEN & COMPANY - quarters will be confined entirely te the Galnor Is serving an unexpired term. He .r.tinn The eluh movad back Its has never been elected to the presidency. Boy Is Run Over by Auto at Beatrice BEATRICE. Neb., Bept 1 Speclal. Allen, the -year-old son of - Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ballard, of this city, was run ever by an automobile driven by J. R. Queln on Court atpaet In front of the Young Men's Christian association build ing Friday evening and quite badly in- furniture yesterday morning, which had ut succeeded to the office a few months jjj u W(( play,n) , nt of of ago from me posuion or v.c. pres.aen rbud, ren dlrectly , rront of th, M when the ipresWsnt got a big postmaster- I whch . WM ,ow,y down the been taken out before the torrents water naured Into the uoDer rooms began to descend through the celling, and re- h'P n the east sumed its normal functions. Metal ceil ings and permanent wall finish limited . t. a. j.mav, M th mat nf renaJntlns and tinting. The low! Telephone company delegations during the week was also able to resume work with Its full office force of a score of young men and women. So Oalnor s hat and Tharp's hat at least are already In the ring. Other candi dates are expected to loom up from sev- REAR ADMIRAL CAPERT0N PROCLAIMS MARTIAL LAW FOT7RT AU PRINCE. Sept. 4.-Rear Adm'ral Caperton. in Command of the A mart can expeditionary forces, today proclaimed martial law at Port an Prince and la other districts occupied by Amer ican troops. The people are calm. DEATH RECORD rrnnk W. Teach. FREMONT. Neb., Sept 4.-Bpeclal.r- Tlie body of Frank W. Teach, the pioneer Holt county farmer who died here Fri day, was sent to Atkinson, Saturday for burial Mr. Tesch was a native of Ger many, whe'e he was born October 4. IM. Its came te America In ltTI, first locating In Wisconsin. In 1X8) he went to Holt county, where he located on a homestead. In May last he came to Fremont to make his home, He had been In failing health tor several months. the street Five carloads of exhibition Duroc-Jer-sey hogs were shipped to the State fair at IJncoln Friday evening from DeWItt by Waldo Bros.. C, W. Buck. Koenlg Mertlas; Toalsbt. IBros.. Yule Bros.. Georee Nicholas and The letter carriers are to got together Roy Johnson. One entire barn at the this evening at o'clock at the Audi- ; fair will be occupied by swine shipped torium for a, . 'retirement" meeting. In ' fay rteWttt stockmen, speaking of "retirement" the carriers and Colonel E. J. Shlnn, state agent of the other civil service employee refer to the Bookwalter farms in this section of the proposition long agitated for a provision I state, has been called to New Tork by a for a retirement fund for. the supei an- f cablegram from Italy announcing the serious uinesa or eoionei jonn w. nuated In the civil service. A number of prominent speakers, including congress men and senators, are to talk before the gathering. No definite action is ex pected at this meeting, as It la to be merely a get-together meeting, and not a formal parliamentary meeting of the convention, v The regular convention Is to be called to order Monday morning at o'clock. HYMENEAL Tkoaafson.lIeaan. FREMONT, Neb.. Sept 4. (Special) Mlae Nettle Mario Thompson was married te John Henry Heopeo. a prominent young farmer residing north of Fremont, at th home of tlie brkie'a parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. ;. Thompson. Rev. F. C, K'-hul-it of Fremont officiated.. Mr. and Mis. Thompson will uutse tbeir home on Via Tompxca sirin. Print Perannal Taa Hat. WEEPING WATER, Nob.. Sept i (Special.) Tha county commissioners of Otoe county are availing themselves of tbe privllfttfte of the law passed by the last legislature which provds or, at the volition of the Commiaslonere. the pub lication of the personal tax returns made to the assessor. All of the papers of the county are now printing the lists. Bookwalter. Charles Maschmeler, a farmer living south of the city, was unable to get Into his wheat field with a binder on ac count of the wet weather, so he cut the grain with a mowing machine. He fin ished threshing Friday and secured a yield of twenty bushels to the acre. with pneumonia. He baa been very sick for five days and his many friends and those interested in the Institution he baa founded which depends on his efforts for Its future all over the state are hoping for his speedy recovery- . No Coaatr Attorney Naoaedu BURWELU Neb.. Sept. 4.-Garfleld county la probably the only county in the state of Nebraska without a ooua'y attorney. C. W. Percy resigned the office July 1 and since that time there has been no attorney. A petition was filed with the county clerk today asking that an attorney be appointed and also that tbe county board be called In special session for that purpose. The clerk has called the meeting for the 8th of this month, when soma action will be taken. On account of the commissioners fixing tbe salary at a email figure none of the local attorneys Is anxtoua for the Job. HE I H Htl trj ca Store Closes Labor Day at 1 P. M. The Fashion Of the Middle Center West ' C3 a CD Bam RIB m STYLE QUALITY SERVICE IN COMBINATION WITH MODERATE PRICES Astell Pnator Critically 111. AXTELL, Neb., Sept. 4. (Special,!- Rev. K. O. William Dahl, pastor of the 8wdtb. Lutheran church, and widely known as the founder of the Home for Epileptics at tl.la place which Is bow In process of construction. Is very low Reavts Sseaks at Johnson., TECUMSEH. Neb., Sept. 4.-(Speclal.) The harvest home picnic at Johnson yesterday was one of the biggest ever ivrn by the town. The musto was by the Johnson band. Congressman Frank Reavla of Falls City delivered a splendid address. The festivities concluded with fireworks and a dance In the evening. German Dor at Merlins;. TECUMSEH, Neb.. Sept. 4.-(Speclal.) Hundreda of people gathered at Ster ling yesterday to attend the annual Ger man day picnic. A parade In the morning was a feature, and gamea occupied the afternoon. Hon. J. W, Matier of Ulncoln tpoke in German. The music, waa by the Sterling anj Bear Creek bunds. if A Comprehensive and Attractive Display ill rf Of Fashionable New I So HI Suits, Coats, Dresses, Skirts jjj For the Autumn of Nineteen Fifteen Officials to Play Ball. WEEPING WATER. Neb., Sept 4 (Special-) A feature of the Labor day procram at Nebraska City on Monday will be a game of base ball between the Otoe county and Nemaha county orfV clala ell Cass Coontr Vi fLATTf MOUTH, Nsb, Sept. 4.-8pe-ctal.) The John Livingston farm of eighty acres, located a few miles south ! e fPlattemouth, has . been sold to i Ralph WBes for ths sum of 128,000. 12. 1 per acre, which proves that Cass county land la still Increasing tn value. GETTING A NEW COAT Iki you know that now Is the time when your bird Is begie- i.iiir lo alirit teaihersT He Is reaJy to put on a new voat. Most lanarlea slop sli gin at this time, and many never begin to sing again, for Lna reason that they have not shed reamers thoroughly, . If you want to do your bird some good you must assist him during this critical period of a blrd'a Ufa by feeding blin with the proper Ingredients to build up new feathers. Io you know vou can rto this for the iml expense of a boa Of MAX S SOXd ASTD MOULTLBTa rOOO AT Iftet It will help your bird to shed ol 1 reamers liiorougniy tn build new ones by using a small pinch of this food on top of his seed each morning. After ths moulting, your bird will not only have a nice bright new eoat ef feathera. but will enloy you aealn with bis eet notes. At year arafgurt o direct freas as, per eartoa, ieo. MAX.GEISLER BIRD CO. HIT rAaVaTAX ITBEBf. IB! 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