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THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. APRIL 5, 1920. BITTER BATTLE IN ELECTION IS WAGED BY WOMEN Rival Factions in O'Neill Fight to Place Members on School Board Much Feeling Exists. O'Neill, Neb., April 4. (Special.) Attempts to have the city clerk alter the school board ballot, later ones to have the printer remove from the official ballot the name of a nominated candidate, announcement in a local paper that the candidate had withdrawn and advising the writing in of the name of another, and lastly a battle of words on the moving picture screen, merely are sidelights in the women s campaign tor representation on the school board here. Fight Between Women. The fight is entirely between voinen factions and is over women candidates. The men, having no candidate for school board, are viewing the fray from the side lines. The trouble started when the two mass meetings of women se lected candidates for city council and school board, endorsed them and then circulated petitions to place the names upon the ballots. The losing -faction at the mass meetings failed to nominate candidates or file l etitions, but later determined to obtain a place upon the school board ticket by eliminating one of the women already nominated. - Wednesday a committee called ?ipon the city clerk and naively in ormed him that Mrs. H had de cided not to be a candidate and had requested them to substitute the name ot Mrs. D- . arid to to inform the clerk. He was requested to m.-ike the substitution on the copy of the ballot, sent to the printer, which the clerk refused unless the candidate, herself, should file .request for him to-do so. After departure of the committee the city clerk inquired of the candidate and learned that she still was in the race. Fool Editor of Paper. Thursday the committee tele phoned the print shop printing the ballots a like request, but failed of purpose and then ijiduced, the un suspecting editor of one of the local papers to print a notice of the alleged withdrawal, with a request that the name of the new candidate be written on the ballot. A like an ' nouncement was made at a sewing society meeting, which resulted in a committee of those attending calling upon the nominated candidate, only to n that she had not withdrawn Kvas in the fight to stay. Friday night the picture show screen was used by the nominated candidate to state that she was in the fight to stay and the slides will be shown until election. , Soldier for Whom Legion , Post Was Named, Not Dead Aherdecn, S. D., April 4. (Spe cial.) Since July 17, 1918, Haakan Amundson of Warner, this county, has been dead to the besfknovvledge of his relatives. On that date his parents were notified that he was killed in action in France. Today they received a postal card from New York City announcing his safe arrival from overseas, nearly two years after. His parents had con sidered him dead and the Warner post of the American Legion was named after him. All letters to him overseas had been returned with the notation "deceased." The parents had received no word from him since the fateful day of 1918 when they were advised of his "death." Archbishop Harty to Help Dedicate Lynch Hospital O'Neill Neb.. April 4. (Special.) Archbishop Harty of Omaha will be the master of ceremonies at the formal dedication May 4 cf the Lynch hospital, just completed, and which will be operated by an order of Catholic nuns. The hospital is located at the Lynch hot springs, the only hot springs in Nebraska. Analysis of the water by state chem ists disclose them to possess cura tive powers equalling or exceeding those of Hot Springs. Ark., and Thermopolis, Wyo. The city also has a fine bathing pool and plunge fed from the springs and open -winter and summer. Loup City Commercial Club Wins Long Fight for Sewer Loup City, Neb., April 4. (Spe cial.) At a special meeting of the city council a resolution of neces sity providing for the construction for a complete, system of lateral sewers was unanimously passed. About the first of the year a sim ilar resolution, providing for the construction of an outlet sewer from the city to the Middle Loup river was passed. It is proposed to spend 562,750 for the whole system, and practically all of the city will have sewer connections. Bids for con struction of the improvement will be advertised for at once and the work is expected to be completed this summer. The action of the council marks the end of a campaign for a sewer system started by the Commercial club a year ago. A proposition to issue bonds was voted dqwn by the people in 191S. South Dakota Men Fight To Save Grand River Bridge Buffalo, S. D., April 4. (Special.) It required the services of every ablebodied man in Buffalo to save the Bridge over the Grand five when an ice jam just above it broke. When the jam reached the bridge it was necessary to cut a channel around it to allow the water to flow away. In addition 200 bags of sand were piled around the piers to pre vent the water from washing away the foundation of the bridge. The water in the Little Missouri river at Camp Crook has been out of the banks for a week, but it is believed that the bridge will stand. The high water has held up mail service to many towns west of the Missouri river. Kearney Women Schooled In Rights of Citizenship Kearney, Neb., April 4. (Spe cialsWomen of Kearney are talc ing lessons in politics, in anticipa tion of getting into the spring pri mary with a certain degree of knowledge as to the game. A regu lar women's citizenship class has been started here and holds forth every week. Prof. C. N. Anderson of the Normal faculty is the guiding spirit of the class and is teaching the women the whys' and wherefores of the political game from - every angle. As many as 50 have attended these classes at regular meetings, which have been held regularly for the past two months. Merrick County Memorial For War Heroes Is Planned Central City, Neb., April 4. (Spe cial.) Under the leadership of former officers of the Merrick Coun ty Council of Defense, a movement has been launched fqr the erection on the court house square of a bronze and granite memorial in hon or of the Merrick county boys who served in the world war. Petitions will be circulated and presented to the board of supervisors. The esti mated cost of the memorial is $12,000. R is proposed to pay for the memorial by taxation. Spencer Plans Modern $100,000 Hotel Structure O'Neill, Neb., April 4. (Special.) 40-room. modern, fireproof hotel will be built at Spencer, principal city of Boyd county, this summer, as the result of activities of the Siinrr fominunitv club. The town at present is without adequate hotel facilities. Iwenty-hve thousand aoi 1r of the stock was subscribed by citizens at one meeting. The build- ii will cost ?100.uW Former Mayor of O'Neill Dies After Long Illness O'Neill, Ne1., April 4. (Special.) Charles L. Davis, former mayor of O'Neill and one of the early settlers of Holt county, died Friday night after a lingering illness supplement al to influenza. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon from the Presbyterian church. Mr. Davis was a prominent contractor and active in city affairs. He is.survived by his widow and three sons. Eremont Man Must Keep Out Of Home Pending Divorce Fremont. Neb.. April 4. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Maj. H. Hunter, mother of Mrs. Ralph Van Ordel and Byron Hunter of Omaha, has been granted a temporary (injunction in district court, ordering her husband tc keep out of her house until trial of their divorce suit. May 3. IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE HALTED BY FINANCIERS Reluctance Shown by Inves tors to Buy City Bonds May Prevent Gas Plant Purchase. Claims for Qjjality are, only proven -when ' cortunHyisivenfor . comparison. j Among corn flakes Post Tqasties ' are paramount, and "their success is based upon quality. The crispness, flavor and all round likabiKty of TOASTIES stand any comparison. V 'Sold by Grocensr JEverywhere ! Made Postum. Cereal Ca.Bafctle Geek,MicK Construction of the new Omaha jail, $200,000 worth of sewer exten sions, and carrying out of the pro posed 1920 street paving program may be delayed indefinitely as a re sult of present unfavorable condi tions in the bond market, according to opinions expressed Saturday by bank officials and bond brokers. Lack of a market for 5 per cent municipal bonds may embarass pro ceedings for purchase of the Omaha gas plant at the appraised valuation of $4,500,000, Pinance Commissioner W. G. Ure said, unless stockholders of the gas company accept the bonds as payment. Buyers Ignore Offers. Because of more attractive invest ments being offered at present, bond buyers are showing jr disposition to avoid purchase of 5 per cent" bonds, Omaha financial observers declare. No buyers have been found, thev said, for Omaha issues of $100,000 worth of street intersection bonds. $200,000 of sewer bonds and $100,000 worth of city jail bonds. Unless these bonds can be sold immediately, work on the jail, street and sewer improvements is likely to be halted indefinitely. Bond Dealers Pessimistic. . Little hope that the bonds could be disposed of soon was held out by financial experts. No perceptible im provement of the present situation appears probable for several months, they said. They declared emphatical ly there was no indication that the bond market would absorb the pro posed $5,000,000 bond issue for pur chase of the gas plant. Under Nebraska laws the pro posed gas plant issue and the street intersection, . sewer and jail bonds now being offered must be sold at par and cannot bear more than 5 per cent interest. These conditions do not conipare favorably with a flood of othqr opportunities now open to investors, it is explained. Raise Interest Rae, f In rder to dispose of a'bond is sue recently it was necessary for Cook county, Illinois, to guarantee a return of 5.40 per cent on the in vestment, one banker announced. A recent issue of Louisiana municipal bonds could not be sold until the in terest rate was boosted to 5.10 per cent. "It is my opinion the present sit uation in the bond market will not improve before next fall," said Wal ter W. Head, president of the First National bank. "The market is com pletely tied up, at least temporarily, so far as sale of any large quantities of 5 per cent bonds is concerned. There seems to be no market for the Omaha jail bonds and other issues offered." "The situation is rather compli cated, but I don't think 5 per cent bonds will find ready sale for sev eral months yet," Clarence J. Thor son, head of the bond department of the First Trust company, said. A similar opinion was "expressed by John T. Wachobbond and in vestment broker. Call Special Conference. The situation resulted in Mavor Smith calling a conference of city commissioners yesterday afternoon. Mr. Ure presented opinions of Omaha bankers and bond salesmen that there would be no market for the proposed gas plant issue. He asked commissioners to con sider, the situation seriously before next Tuesday, the final date at which the council could reiect the condemnation court appraisal on tne gas plant and retuse to buy. If the appraisal is accepted, judg ment will formally be entered on the basis of the $4,500,000 appraisal and, it is understood, interest of 7 per cent on that amount will start running against the city until the plant is paid for." Mayor is Silent. Mayor Smith declined to com ment on the conference. He an nounced during the week he Vould not discuss "gas" publicly until next Tuesday, when the council would have to act if rejection of the purchase plan becomes necessary because of thebond situation. A possible alternative would be in the acceptance by gas plant stockholders of ' bonds in payment for their stock. Officials of the United Gas Improvement company, Philadelphia, which controls a ma jority of the gas plant stock, some time ago indicated such a plan would be acceptable, hut more re cently have voiced objections. No definite statements have been forth coming from other gas company stockholders. Discount Canadian Money In South Dakota Cities .Watertown. S. D., April 4. (Spe cial.) Merchants and banks in Watertown and other cities and towns in northern South Dakota have been discounting Canadian money 20 per cent for over a week. It is the result of the unsettled con ditions in the exchange market, bankers say, and will continue, in all probability, until there is a change back to prewar conditions. Sale of Indian Lands April 20; Prices Lower McLaughlin. S. D., April 4. (Spe cial.) Over- 5,800 acres of Indian lands on the Standing Rock reser vation in'North and South Dakota were sold at the recent sale for an average of $10.87 an acre. The aver age was not as high as the sale pre vious when $13 was the average figure. Another large sale of In dian lands will be held April 20. Station Agent Dies. Fairbury, Neb., April 3. F. D. Bradley, for 12 years agent for the Rock Island at Fairbury, died Fri day at Liucoln. He is survived by iiis wife and daughter, both residing here and two sons, Major Ivanhoc, stationed in Texas witli the army, and Cornelius, with the traffic de partment of, the Reck Island at Oklahoma Ciy, Okl. University ' Notes The Blair alumni club and the Blair student club of the LTniversity of Nebraska held a joint meeting at Blair last week. Associate Professor R. E. Cochran made an address on the subject, "American Opportunity Of the Twentieth Century." Prof. Lida B. Earhart addressed the city teachers of St. Joseph Thursday on supervision and Friday she spoke before the meeting of the Southwestern Iowa Teachers' asso ciation at Council, Bluffs. Oscar E. Hans, '17, visited the campus last week. He is on oil ge ologist and is located at Bartlesville, Okl. During the summer of 1916 Messrs. Hans and Richmond made collections in northern and north western Nebraska for the Morrill and Maiben cabinets in the state university museum. E. A. Markham of the junior class of the university has left the uni versity for his new work in Okla homa. He has been assisting in field work with the classes in oil geology. Helpers will be found as soon as possible to take his place. Harry B. Coffee, '13, of Chadron, lias written President Van Ordsel that he will organize an alumni club in Dawes county. The first Spanish club banquet ever held in the university is reported as a great success. It occurred in the court of the woman's building which, except for the roof, is really a Span ish patio. Twenty-nine attended. Prof. J. Warsaw spoke in- Spanish in giving his toast. Dean Stout re lated his experiences in Spanish speaking countries. Conrado Linc joco gave hie toast in Spanish, en couraging the members in their un dertakings. Dean Fordyce's test for measuring efficiency in speed and interpretation in reading is being used in a survey of Henry County, Illinois, as well as in some of the Chicago schools. Dean Fordyce published some time ago a small bulletin called "A Scale for Measuring the Achievements in Reading." This gives passages for use in making the tests with direc tions for taking the percentages. It has been found that pupils in the third grade can read 125 .vords per minute and as the grades advance this becomes in turn 145. 170, 190, 215, 240, until in the ninth to 12th grades the pupil can read 300 words per minute. The author believes that improvement in efficiency lies in increasing speed, for it is found that rapidity of reading does not in terfere with accuracy in obtaining the thought. York College Notes. Dr. H. V. Ttoop, president of York col lege, was 1 one of the speakers at the county Sunday school convention held in MeOool two .weeks afiro. Ouy T. Buswell. 13, now professor of education In Hamllna college, St. Paul, Minnesota has been selected as one of the instructors for the summer session of the Unlverclty of Chicago. W. O. Saunders. '17. has been re-elected superintendent of Thomas county High school at a salary or 12.000 a year. Dr. Merton Arnold, '14, accompanied by his wife, spent a short time in York recently, visiting his brother Hugh, who In a student in the Commercial depart ment. Doctor Arnold has Just completed his medical course at Northwestern university, but has not yet decided where he will locate. The few spring days enjoyed recently have turned the thoughts of the students to tennis with the result that Lucy Davidson and Peter Dell have been elected managers for the tournaments. The summer school bulletins, have been sent out announcing the opening of the summer session on June 7. - The large number of Inquiries already received In dicate that there will be a large enroll ment. The Christian associations have or ganized five Bible study classes which meet regularly at the chapel period on Wednesday morning. The classes are taught by members of the faculty and the books chosen for studr are "A Chal lenge for J,lfu Service," by Harris and Robbins and "Marks of a World Christ Ian," by Fleming. Merle Harner. '20, represented York college In the State oratorical contest at Orand Island, and was awarded fifth place. Other students are already plan ning to enter the preliminary contest next year. Warren Bailer, '24. York's delegate to the contest, Marlon Mulvaney.J president of the local Debating and Ora torical association, and a number of other students accompanied Mr, Harner to Grand Island, Doane College. The men's glee club Is giving concerts In the northeastern part of the state. They started at the beginning of the spring vacation nd will return April 11, The home concert will be given Aprl) 12. College will open April 6. At a recent meeting cf the Salina Coun ty Athletic association for high schools it was decided to hold the annual county track meet on the Doane field on April 30. The Doano College Athletic association Is making plans for a successful meet and will design special medals for the prizes. Coach Johnston remained In Crete during the vacation to prepare for the spring athletics. On April 16 there will be a dual meet between the Doane freshmen and Crete High school. May 15 there will be a dual meet with Hastings college In Crete. May 21 Is set for the state college track and field meet at Lincoln. Ar rangements are under way for dual meets with Midland, Wesleyan, Peru and Tar klo, Mo. Local base ball will be played by Doane teams as the strfte conference voted It out of college sports. Tennis tournaments will be played the last month of school. An athletic exhibition will be given at Sokol hall on April $3, includ ing a snappy play with a cast of "14 boys. C. C. Spencer, '17, of the forestry serv vlce, spent Sunday In Crete. He is In Lincoln this week and expects to be In Nebraska for a couple of months. President Bennett supplied the Friend Congregational church Sunday. .A team of judges, Profs. Taylor, Hodapp and Carlson, went to Friends to Judge a debate. The Blue Valley association meeting In Crete, April 12 and 13, will be guests of the college Tuesday morning. Prof. J. W. Blair of the English department will be on the association program. The academy of sciences will meet at tho end of ,the month at Doane. The cooking class of tho household arts de partment, under the leadership of Miss Winifred Abernethy, will serve the annual banquet for the scientists in Science hall. Iowa has more than 362,000 mo tor vehicles. ASPIRIN FOR COLDS Name "Bayer" is on Genuint Aspirin say Bayer URGE ADOPTION OF EDUCATIONAL PLANKBY G. 0. P. Petition Representing" Teach ers' Forces of United States Is Presented to National Chairman Hays. New York, April 4. A petition urging the adoption of an educa tional plank in the national plat form of the republican party was presented to Will II. Hays, chair man of the reoublican committee, bv Tudson F. Wright, president of the 'New York State Teachers' as sociation; William T. McCov, chair man of the Illinois schools com mittee, and Olive M. Tones, presi dent of the New York Principals' association. Teachers are "not attempting to Airifie" fr MrPnv said, "hut with the likelihood of woman suiffrage becoming a law, thus giving the vote to 80 per cent of the 700,000 teach ers in America, they feel that the most important service they can give 'will be to see mat tneir vote goes to the party that most defi- nitelv nlcdires itself to imnrove edu cational institutions for the chil dren of the country. Teachers have never been in politics, but they ate alive to the situation as they r.ever have been before, and are going to the polls next November with that situation "uppermost in their minds." Represent Educational Forces. "This delegation represents the 32,000 teachers of Illinois and the 53.000 teachers of New York," the petition declared. and added, "we may in a way claim to represent the educational forces of the na tion." There is a "great and growing de terioration in public education" caused by a tremendous loss of trained teachers, the petition stated. "The basis of the cause of these conditions which threaten the efiici ney of education is the deficiency in educational funds. The failure to nay teachers adequate wages is a national sin. long confessed, but unatoncd for." . Shortage of Teachers. The average yearly salary of the teacher in 1919 was $634, the petition jsaid. and there has been only a 10 nor cent increase during that year. More than 30,000 rural schools are without teachers it continued, and atY.ed: "The desertion of farms is largely due to removal of farmers to cities where they can get decent schools in- their ch:ldren. Illiteracy, which disqualified 700,000 drafted men for effective service in the great war, is on the increase." The sturdiness of Andalusian horses is attributed to the fact that they feed upon a wild grass that grows only in the province in which they are bred. State .Treasury Balance Reported Lower This Month Lincoln, Neb., April 4. (Special.) The balance in the state trcaury at the close of business March 31, was $3,126,638.62, as against $3,173. 912.55 at the close of business Feb ruary 29. The fact that 5412.733.90 was paid out of the vemporary s.c!iool fund on the semiannual apportionment is the cause of the balance being low er than last month. Receipts for the month were $1,687,009.70 and the disbursements $1,734,283.63. Trust funds invested have in creased from $10,758,826.50 in Feb ruary to $10,923,876.50 in March. KJenver Contractors to Bring Suit Against Men Denver, Col., April 4. The Den ver building trades contractors voted unanimously to bring an injunction suit against three building trades unions which struck April 1 for in creased wages. The contractors al lege that the strike is in violation of a recent arbitration award. Married in Fremont. Fremont, Neb.. April 4. (Spe cial.) John S. Heller, 36 years old and Myrl M. Kent. 34. both of Omaha, were married here by Coun ty Judge Winterstccn. Dennis John son, 21, and Helen E. Foster, 22, both of Council Bluffs, la., were married by Rev. E. 1). Hull of the First Methodist church. BURLINGTON CAR , REPAIRER FOUND DEAD IN SHOPS Edward Lee Succumbs to Attack of Heart Trouble Body Discovered by Fel - low Employes. Edward Lee, 63 years old, car re pairer of jhc Burlington railroad at the Gibson shops, was found dead at an early hour Saturday in the shops by fellow employes from an acute attack of heart trouble. 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