Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-17
Good GOvernOr--PoOr Pitcher.

one hearing before the commission.
Good GOvernOr--PoOr Pitcher.
The report that Governor Sheldon was
suffering severe pains in his right arm as
a result of pitching the first ball i'm the
Sioux City-I4incoln game yesterday is not
true. The governor has suffered no serious
results from that act-physically-th
the poor exhibition he put up as a pitcher
is still the talk of the state house, and will
be as long as the executive allows himself
to be seen. The crowd insisted that the
governor take off his coat when he threw
that ball yesterday but the executive de-
clined giving as reason this morning,
he knew about where the ball would land
that Is he had general idea that 1t would
hit somewhere between first base and home,
and for that reason he kept on his coat,
and the coat is to blame for it all. 1t was
the first ball the governor had pitched
since 1887. though he participated in a game
at Havelock last summer where the age
limit was years.
Crete Sets Good Example.
There is so much grief and disappoint-
ment connected with the fire escape end
of this bureau that when an encouraging
incident comes my way 1 feel like record
ing it in the hope that Il may be emuated,"
said Labor Commissioner Ryder "As
general rule the most eligible and the most
useful place for a fire escape is on the
front of a building, especially If the struc-
ture is of old construction. But owners
irs!st on hiding their fire escapes. and not
orly that, they will not put up proper
signs indicating where the escapes are with
out continual jacking up. Very often the
cost of escapes in the right place would
be less than the cost of the hidden ladders
or stairways, but that fact is lost sight
of in the strange desire to give the public
the impression that the building does not
need and has not got eny fire escape.
"At Crete yesterday 1 found different
and much more commendable disposition.
The trustees of Doane college had planned
to put three escapes on Gaylord hall. on
the rear walls of the three wings. After
going over the building with me they con-
cluded that it would be much better to put
the escapes on the front of the building, in
the locations that presented themselves as
most likely to serve the larger number of
students in the shortest space of time in
case Of emergency. This decision not only
means a substantial saving In money, but
it also means that there will be created a
confidence among students and parents
that is worth as much as the presence of
the escapes themselves.
THE Board of Education at Crete had a
difficult proposition to face end one that
means a large expense, but the members
are meeting it in a thoroughly business like
way. Their plans provide for cutting away
of window lodges wherever necessary so
that the platforms of their escapes will all
be on a level with the floors of the rooms,
with exits to the escapes that will be real
exits. When the Crete school equipment
of fire escapes is in place it WILL in my
Judgment. be fit to serve as a model for
any Board of Education to follow. For the
wholesome effect their action must have
on other men who entrusted with the
safety of schools the Crete men deserve
TO be complmented most highly, and this
should include the superintendent, Prof.
Gregory who has been most progressive in
his IDEAS"