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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1915)
XI iK Hbtv: OMAHA, ntlllAV, t-h.l"J'J-,MHMi u. i:H. Nebraska LIGHT IS THROWN ON BONDING DEAL Soon After Judge England'! Change of Front He Writes Bonds for Six State Officer!. HELPS KILL DTSURANCE BILL (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Sept 16. (Special.) The inside story of the bond deal In which Judge W. H. England of Lin coln was able to pull down the bulk of the bondi of the state officer, may never be told, but enough infor mation Is available to give the im pression that politics played a large part, although the judge stoutly de nies his desertion of the republican candidate, Mr. Howell, after he had petitioned him to get into the fight Kvas because of any consideration of promisod fat premiums for writing the bonds of the democratic officials. The story runs something like this, and it may be continued in coming chapters. Some after R. . B. Howell of Omaha had announced that he would not be a can didate for the republican nomination for governor In 1SH, Judge England and a number of other former bull mooaera, now calling themselves progressive re publicans, got out a petition and filed It with the secretary of state, after coax ing the Omaha water board boss to re consider his decision not to become a candidate, and he was thus made a candidate. This has little to do with the story except .to show that the judge was a "progressive." England Chanters Front. The second ohapter opens with the judge playing the part of a booster for the democratlo opponent of Mr. Howell, Gov ernor John H. Morehead, notwithstand ing Howeli had been successful In land ing the republican nomination. At the time it was considered worthy of com ment that Judge England should go back on his "progressive" candidate for gov ernor and get behind a democratlo can didate, outside his own party, at that, branded far and wide as a reactionary. However, Judge England now explains the matter by saying that in a trip east he discovered Howell waa not sincere in Ills professions toward the water power projects, etc, and so he concluded to turn his efforts to the election of More head. Writes Bonds of Six Officers.,: Chapter three opens soon after the be ginning of the year 1915, when It was dis covered that Governor Morehead and other State officers had turned the writ ing of their bonds over to Judge England. In his first term Governor Morehead had filed a personal bond without cost to the state, but for his second term Judge England waa given the privilege of writ ing a company bond for him. Other officers about the state house who gave their bonds to Judge England, as shown by the records, were: State Treasurer Hall 11,000,000 Hiaie Auditor W. H. Smith 60,0iO Secretary of State Charles "Pool.., Insurance-Comma. -W.-B Kaatham -T40,it0 Bank Examiner 8. M. Patterson , 2!i,HO State Aocountant C. Q. DeFrance - Ih.OjO This, counting the bond of the governor, gives a total of l,2X6,0OO, which the judge was able to write, besides the bonds of several examiners in the pure food department, which. If, as he says, he was given the writing of the bond of the governor simply because the execu tive appreciated his support. Indicates that other demoorats. must have been very appreciative of the judge's repub lican support likewise. Helps Kill Insurance Bill. But there is still another chapter, for it will be remembered that during the last days of the legislature there wss a mighty fight over the passage of senste file 46, the anti-dlacrlmlnatlon fire In surance bill. The bill had passed the sen ate and was before the house. Prospects looked good for its passage. On the day before the bill was to come up in committee of the whole In the house, Judge England appeared on the scene. The judge was away on business In some other state, but he appeared at the supreme moment and unlimbered his typewriter battery, flooded the desks of the members with letters attacking the bill and posing as the friend of hohest Insurance methods. The bill passed In committee of the whole by a close vote and. then a fight began to kill It wtien it came up for final passage. It was noted that most of the fellows who now have their bonds written by Judge Eng land were elther'present in person or had representatives on hand using every ar gument to make members change their votes. Enemies of the bill pleaded with members to change their votes and kill the bill. Appointees of the governor were on the scene working hard to kill this bill and their efforts were successful. Was this also part of the deal, Is now being asked. URGE EXHIBITS IN ALL CLASSES AT CUSTER FAIR BROKEN BOW, Neb., Sept. 16.-(flpe-clal.) Although the weather has been threatening all the week, there was a good attendanoe at the Custer county fair today. There are plenty of attrac tions this year to pleaae the crowd and It seems to be taking advantage of them all. The racing program ta exceptionally good, there being five running events each day. There are no harness or motorcycle races. The live stock and agricultural exhibits are attracting a good deal of attention, as also is the better babies contest. Babies from all over the county have been entered and competition is keen. The school, art, woman's and cul inary departments are all making fine displays. In the line of amusement there are Taylor's band, high grade vaudeville acts, special bills at the theaters, side shows and dancing. The evening's bill Is augmented by a fine display of fireworks. ' t POSSE CHASES BANDITS WHO KILLED AMERICANS BROWNevrtXE. Tex., Sept. Ban dits, believed to be those who recently killed two American civilians, were dis covered today on the Fresnos tract, ten miles north of here. Fired on by a party of cttisens and soldiers the Mexicans fled, leaving a trail of blood, and were being . pursued through the brush late today. Step ta Child's tea ah. It's Sertoas. Croup and whooping cough are chil dren's ailments. Dr. King's New Pisco v I ery is what yett need. It kills the cold , germs. All druggists. AdeertUMraeot Nebraska GIRLS ARE BETTER STUDENTS Scholarship Record! of Sororitiei of Uniyeriity Much Better Than Fraternities. NON-FEATS HIGHER THAN FEATS LINCOLN, Sept. 11 (Special. -On the eve of the rushing season, when Greek letter societies will Issue Invitations to over 200 freshmen boys and girls. Dean En ; berg of the senate scholarship com mittee today made public the scholarship standings of the different organisations. The fraternities and sororities, after beating the non-fraternity men and boys In scholarship during the year 191S-14. fell down axaln last year, although the co eds compiled a wonderful scholarship record, especially during the second sem ester. Acacia carried off first honors among the fraternities for the first semester lsst year. Phi Kappa Pel waa second. Alpha Theta Cbl third and Alpha Sigma Phi fourth. The Second semester Delta l'p sllon led. Kappa Sigma was second. Phi Kappa Psl third Tid alpha Theta Chi fourth. Among the sororities Achoth was first the first semester. Kappa Kappa Gamma second. Kappa Alpha Theta third and Delta Delta Delta fourth. Kappa Kapra Gamma led the second semester, Kappa Alpha Theta second. Delta Delta Delta third and Alpha Chi Omega fourth. Two Sororities Near Tie. The members of Kappa Kappa, Gamma achieved a remarkable record during the second semester In fsct, all of the co-ed organisations were superior to the fra ternities. The Jowest scholarship stand ing of any sorority during, the second semester was higher than the highest standing of any fraternity. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Kappa Alpha Theta raced neck and neck during the last half of the year for first honors and beat all scholar ship records at the university. Kappa Kappa Gamma had a percentage of ex cellence of 187.7, with only 1.6 per cent failure, while Kappa Alpha Theta had 287.6, with only l.S per oent failure. Dean Engberg gives the following ex planation of the means of arriving at the scholastic standings: "To obtain the Index number weight, the percentages of grades are as follows: E, 4; G S; M, 2. and C, i; and F and D, 1. First Semester Standings Following is the standing of the fra ternities and sororities for the first semester of last year In the order of their scholarship: Index. Failures. Acacia ri. 2. Phi Kappa Psl T7.7 7.7 Alpha Theta Chi 201.S D.4 Alpha Sigma Phi 171.8 12.7 Delta I'psllon ItiS.S 8.6 Beta Theta PI ltiS.6 10.2 Kappa Sigma lfiO.t 10.1 Sigma Alpha Eps 166.7 12.4 Silver Iynx 162.8 ' 13.3 Alpha Tau Omega 146.1 11. Phi Gamma Delta 143.4 11.8 Delta Chi 142.8 14.5 Delta Tau Delta 122.4 12. Sigma Phi Epailon 22.8 Sigma Nil 82.6 26.1 fclgma Chi .Z 58.1 SEMI-FRATERNITY. Bushnell Guild 16.9 Farm House 2S1.S SORORITIES. Achoth J78.S Kappa Kappa Gamma 271.4 Ksppa Alpha Theta 262.8 Delta Delta Delta.. 80.8 Delta Oamma .'..-.-.v.;.,. M.I ' AU ha Omicron PI 231. 14 6 1.6 S.l 2.9 4.2 4. 3. fi. 2.6 1.4 6.3 7.6 7.8 3.6 8.6 Delta Zeta . 290.6 Alpha Chi Omega 22. Alpha' XI Delta iti. 1 1 Beta PI 219.4 Alphl Phi 218.4 Chi Omega , 210.4 Gamma fhl Beta 1SHS. Seeoad Semester Stanullna". FRATERNITIES. Index-. Failures: Delta I psllon 20S.1 6.8 Kappa Sigma SM.6 8.7 Phi Kappa Psl 202.6 8.7 Alpha Theta Chi m.i 10.1 Delta Chi 172 12.2 Hirnn Alpha Epstlon 175.8 7.8 Acacia 175.6 U.8 Silver Lynx 178. 12.8 Sigma Phi Epsllon.. 1M1.2 12.2 Sigma Nu lSl.ft 10.4 Beta Theta Pi 158.9 12.3 Alpha Sigma Phi 167.7 12.8 Alpha Tau Omega 156.1 12.2 Delta Tau Delta ;.144.8 13.1 Phi Gsmma Delta 1H 4 13.6 Phi Delta Theta 183.3 10. Sigma' Chi 68.2 ls.t BORORITIES. Kappa Kappa Gamma 237.7 1 5 Kappa Alpha Theta 287.6 1.1 Delta Delta Delta 277.8 3.9 Alpha Chi Omega 24.8 1.8 Delta Zeta 256. 1.8 Alpha Phi 263.9 2.4 Achoth 244.7 2.7 Gamma Phi Beta 24.1.8 6.7 Chi Omega 240.1 6.7 Delta Gamma 238.8 3.6 Alpha Omicron Jl 237.8 (.8 Phi Beta Pi 232 4 6.4 Alpha XI Delta 213.8 4.6 Jameson Is Yardmaster. FAIR BURY, Neb., Sept. 16. (Special. ) Rock Island division officials have ap pointed O. O. Jameson of Halleyvllle, Okl acting yardmaster at this point In place of 8. A. Smart. Mr. Smart Is critically 111 at his home In this city and his friends entertain little hope for his recovery. Mr. Jameson has been em ployed by the Rock Island at Halleyvllle for the last year. lie worked for the Trinity A Brasos Valley railroad la Texas for many years. Mr. Smart suffered an apopleptlc stroke last week. He has been yardmaster at Falrbury for fifteen years. Miles and Miles of Names for Suffrage SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. IS A petition to congress for woman suffrage 18,333 feet 4 Inches lone, with the names of 600,000 women signed to it, will be started on its way to Washington tonight. It will be carried by the envoys of the women voters in convention here, who leant tonight by automobile for the trans continental suffrage march upon the next congi SUMMER EXHAUSTION is that feeling- of weakness, bordering on collapse, often re sulting from heat or over-work. Persons in a "run-down" condition sire the rnost afflicted, as their svstemg are deficient in phosphatie elements. Restore the phosphate necessary to bodily stamina, and fortify it ayainst lummtr sxhau tion by taking- HOslSFGRD'S Acid Phosnhato (Nm-AIooIL) Kses s Utfk isj feet kesss U Sundayisms at the Tab as Caught by Our Staff Artist " TO THOSE -TK W G "WHO WANT (rvpJ f SALVATION VT& it 1 WREN HELL ""nSJ I ) FREEZES OVER JJ jjWW 3SSeW JiJ " "' 4 2d J . SUNDAY TALKS TO SOCIETY WOMEN Continued from Page One.) sumed generous volume. The women laughed when "Rody" referred to those sitting on the steps as those on the "bleachers." When "Ma" Sunday waa called upon she ascended one or two of the rostrum steps. "It Just occurred to me some of you ladles were under the Impression you couldn't get into the tabernacle. We want you to come. We hope you want to come," she said. Mrs. Sunday told them a reservatljn would be made for them any afternoon at the tabernacle, or they could stt on the platform, and also announced the meeting for women only Sunday afternoon at the Auditorium, which she will address. 'f!et lour llnsband'a Dinner." Following Mrs. Asher's appeal that the women make it possible for their house maids to attend her meetings for domes tics Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock, "Rody" caused gales of laughter and applause when he exclaimed: "Get your husband's dinner yourself that night like you used to be for you got rich. Send your maid down to the tabernacle In your atuomoblle and tell James to wait for her until after the meeting and take her home." Following the meeting, Mr. act! Mrs. Sunday shook hands with all the women, "Ma" standing at "Billy s'' right hand with an arm around his waist. At the end of the line was'a young girl who asked "Billy" to write In her auto graph album. "Billy" smilingly complied. Seising a chair and drawing It up to the table, he wrote, "Wm. A. Sunday" In large letters and below it "II Timothy 11-15," the verse which has been adopted for a motto by high school girls all over ..v.w.fcvXv v. I r m SOME MEN SINK SO LOW THEY HAVE TO TAKE AN AIRSHIP TO QET THESE the country who have been reached In the Sunday campaign. Look Over Home, Mrs. Carrier led Mr. and Mrs. Sunday through several of the rooms 'In the Joslyn home. "That's fine! Isn't this fine!" "Billy" exclaimed smilingly. A maid came up and blushlngly shook hands with the evangelist. Then she posted herself on the stairs and gated after him enraptured. Mrs. Sunday remarked on the beautiful view from the east windows to Mrs. David Magowan, Mrs. Joalyn'a daughter. Morning lectures suoh as these are planned for every Thursday during the campaign, the women In charge to make announcement of the plaoes later In the week. Benefited r cvanerlaln,s Liniment. "Iast winter I used Chamberlain's Lin iment for rheumatic pains, stiffness and soreness of the knees, and can conscien tiously say that I never used anything that did me so much good." Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. Advertisement. fiolaen dlnB at Stella. STELLA, Neb., Sept. 16. (Special. )Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Anderson, who lived in the Bracken neighborhood north of Stella for many years, celebrated their golden wedding Tuesday, and on Sunday pre ceding a big celebration was held at the home farm at Bracken. Their son, Floyd Anderson, resides on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have resided In Ne maha county for thirty-four years and at Auburn for eleven years. Their youth was passed In Iowa. Mr. Anderson was a soldier In the oivll war, serving three years In the Fortieth Iowa Infantry. Eleven of their thirteen children are liv ing and were home for the golden 'wed ding. Of the thirty-four grand-children nineteen were present. TONE'S Spices come to your kitchen and table from the Far East and the distant South wherever the best spices are grown. Though selected by experts when shipped, they are rigidly examined on reaching us and milled with the care of a house jealous of its repu tation for fine spices. .Their origi nal strength and piquancy, which they retain, make them the most economical. Ask for Tone's at your grocer's. Always 10c a package. Allspice, Cloves, Pepper, Paprika, Ginger, Cinnamon, Nutmegs, Mace, Celery Salt, Pickling Spice, Mustard, Sage, Poultry Seasoning and others. TONE BROS., Des Moines Established 1873 tsNWer a f fssnsi Old Gold, Coffi i j Nebraska PART PAYMENT OF RIDGELL'S FEES Omiition in Session Law Index Re sponsible for Tart of Trouble at State House. STATE FAIR $15,000 TO GOOD (From a Staff Correspondent. 1 LlNl'OLN. Neb.. Sept. l.-tPpeolal Tel egram.) Following the suit started yes terday by Fire Commissioner lllilttell against State Treasurer Hall to compel the Utter to pay warrants drawn for the payment of the expenses of the commis sioner's department. It has been discov ered by the treasurer that the legislature cf 191 1 appropriated the fees of the offli-e for the ayment of the expenses, but in making up the session lows the snme wss not Inlexed. and therefore (he trcnmiror, as well as the fire commissioner, did not 1 discover the fsct. j The treasurer this afternoon notified i Commissioner Rldgell that he would pay j the warrants up to September 1, l'.M.l. but after that time no payments will he ma le unless tinder a court decree, which will prohahly mean a suit before the su preme court. The controversy so far has been for the payment of warrants drawn before the expiration of the blennlum. Osteopaths (lose Session.. The convention of Osteopaths of Ne brsskh, which closed Its session here to day, elected the following officers: President, W. L Hum hard. York; sec retary, W. R. Archer, Lincoln, treasurer, j Lulu L. Cramb, Falrbury. The association raised $309 in rash for , the Still Institute In Chicago and pledged , 81,000 more toward Its support. I'alr Profit 10.OOO. According to an estimate made by Sec retary Mrllor of the State Board of Agri culture, the society will probably be tit, 000 ahead of the game on the IMS fair, and perhaps more. He figures that the receipts will be In the neighborhood of 1105,000. The expenses cannot be told at this time, but he esti mates that Uiey will run around $K,000. If so the surplus will be about tu.000 more than Secretary Mellor'a lowest ftgirres. ew Iteatrlce flnlldlaa-. The Board of Control Is working on the bids for the erection of a new building al the Home for Feeble-minded at Beat rice. The building will cit In the neigh borhood of 140,000 and bids are being made on that estimate. A large number of bid ders are pressnt. Stenographer Appointed. The Supreme Court commission has se lected Miss Laura J. Mayer, daughter of Mayor Mayer of Beatrice, as Its court Stenographer. Miss Mayer Is at present employed In the law office of Oenerat John L. Webster in Omaha. Dnmaarea Will Be Paid. Under the workmen's compensation law the widow and child of Harry PettengUI. who waa killed by being crushed by an elevator In the building of Miller Paine, will receive 8S.WX) without the trouble of going to litigation. Miller A Pains car lied three kinds of Insurance In the ereo tlon of their new building, one for dam age to clerks, one to workmen engaged In work on the building and the other damages to passersby. in addition Mrs. PettengUI will receive $100 for the funeral expenses. Omanane to Marry Henry V. Gillette of Omaha, aged 21, and Jessie A. Vesh of the same city, aged 20, were granted a license to marry at the Lancaster county court house yester day. BROKEN BOW TO HAVE NEW WATER AND LIGHT PLANT BROKEN BOW, Neb., Sept. 1 -(Special.) For the second time, the city coun cil has awarded the contract of building the new electric light and water plant to the Alamo company of Omaha. The price to be paid la 15.N4. The contract will call for a two-unit system having sixty and thirty-five horsepower Loomls en gines. The council reserves the right to make several chaugea in the contract If It so desires. The first contract with the Omaha people was cancelled on aocount of a technical error. Every suds-bubble made with Fels-Naptha soap is full of naptha combined with other harmless cleansers. That's why it crowds a full day's wash into a few hours and saves you the hard work. Use Fels-Mptha for a soap-and-water work. Our Special Combination Offer THIS GHAFOnOLA OUTFIT F ! Schmollcr & Hucllcr Piano Co. 131 LIS Farnam fttreet. Good Spirit S can only be enjoyed by those whose digestive organs work naturally and regularly. The best corrective end preventive yet discovered fr Irregu lar or faulty action of tomach.livsr or bowels. 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