Omaha daily bee., 1908-03-11

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Fairbury Firms CompIaiR-
-Four more complaints we're filed with
the state Railway commission today by
business firms Of Fairbury. which alleged
that Lincoln Beatrice and Fremont had
the best Of u when u comes to rates from
the river west One complaint was filed
several days ago The railroads named
as defendants are the Rock Island.
Burlington. Union Pacific railway. St
Joseph & Grand Island The Burlington
has filed its answer in which 81 claims
q Is not discriminating IN favor Of the
towns named and against the city Of Pair
bury.
Position Railroad AdvertiuInE.
Clark Perkins. secretary Of the State
Railway commission. has written q letter.
endorsed by the commission. 10 Eric
Morsll editor Of the Independent and Re
publican Of Oakland. IN which be sets out
The position Of the commission IN Nthe
matter Of the exchange Of railroad mileage
for advertising space The letter is as
follows:
in regard to advertising contract held by
you with the Missouri Pacific Railway
AZ / understand the prosecution that
have been commenced by the attorney
general under the direction Of the com
mission in cases Of this kind. they are
intended TO definitely establish the scope
Of section u OF the railway commission
law. otherwise known as the anti-dis-
The question Of whether a railway COM
pany IN its capacity as q QusEi-puhlic cor
porstion can make contract with Ger
tain class Of business men to exchange
transportation for the, commodity In which
they deal Gin the case Of newspapers, ad-
vertising spsce). which privilege Is not
and the public generally. Is the point At
issue In this matter, as / understand II
There is no desire on either the part Of
The commission or the law department Of
this state 10 interfere unnecessarily with
the right Of contract enjoyed by all citi-
zens, but merely to definitely establish
the true status az the law and TO protect
the general public against any dis
ordinations on the part Of the railroad
companies and common carriers.
AE you are undoubtedly aware, the In
terstate Commerce commission has held
that the exchange Of transportation for
saEfsPF sz4 PFOros 5s 81 the E6aSR 1fsa5s9s e5 COM
merce act. The position Of the Nebraska
commission is identical with that Of the
difference: In addition TO the anti dis
elimination feature above referred 70.
there is grave question WHISTLER news
paper advertising contract can lawfully
be made under the anti-pass act
school Building Condemned.
State Labor Commissioner John J. Ryder.
who is inspecting school buildings Of the
state with regard to safety. today con-
demned what is known as the Bryant ward
school as unsafe in case Of fire. -Four hun
dred pupils are in daily attendance. Cum
missioner Ryder recommended radical
changes in construction
ChaneeIlOr Huntington Resigns.
Chancellor Dewitt c. Huntington. Of the
Nebraska Wesleyan university. today tend
erred his resignation, and It was accepted
by the board Of trustees, With the under
standing that he shall remain until the
end Of the school year. In a month the
trustees viii have a meeting and names OF
possible successors to DR.. Huntington viii
be proposed.
Bryan Initiated.
W. J. Bryan today became a college
Mason when be was Initiated as a member
Of Daleth ehaper Of Acacia al the Unirer-
sity Of Nebraska chapter house. Leading
members Of the university school Of Law
attended the ceremonies.
Dope Traffic Hard to stop.
sob Of breaking Up the dope habit al the
state penitsntiary is about the hardest he
ever tackled He has been quietly at work
for several months. but so far he has not
eradicated the evh He has found II is
practically an impossibility TO discover how
the fiends get the dope II could be thrown
over the stoDe Wan by discharged couvicts
il could be hidden IN flower beds IN the
penitentiaTy barn. or a thousand and one
ways IL could ged to the prisoners. Al this
time there are about one dozen confirmed
fisnds confined In prison and 4 has been
impossible TO learn from them the source
Of their supply. One plan has been sug-
gested that may be fruitful. TNat is to
have physicians examine every prisoner.
morning and evening after working hours
and before working hours Those who give
evidence Of being dope users. are 70 be iso-
lated and absolutely no one except the per
son who takes them thsir meals be allowed
70 see them These prisoners could then be
treAted for the habit and IL q cure Is not
affected they could be kept in solitary con-
hnenent and away from the drug and the
other prisoners until they had served their
time. The governor. under the Law. has
Nr42 A-lAac 70 90 win lllc NLl.oLs IL man
Agement baing IN the hands Of the Board Of
Public Lands and Buildings, and upon this
board win devolve the work Of curing the
evil An official Of the Idaho penitentiary
called AZ the executive office this morning
and said in his state every effort for years
had been made 70 wipe out the curse. but
the efforts had not been successful He
Is anxious % know the Nebraska remedy
II n is sUceessfuL
Teacher KeeRa Certifteate.
Because Miss Grace johnson. q school
teacher IN Knox county. could not secure
e boarding housesin the district where she
taught she resigned. Herbert Rhodes. q
school director then applied 10 the county
superintendent Z A. Murphy. to have
her certificate revoked After hearing on
the matter the county superintendent has
filed his findings with the state sUperin-
tendent, refusing 10 revoke the certificate
His position has been upheld by state So
Iserintendent MeBrisn-
Arrested far Theft af Rnwwn-.