Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-22
Nebraska
NORMAL BOARD CASE WAITS
Supreme Court Too Busy to Advance
1T on the Docket.
PREPARING FOR RATE HEARING
omahs's strikinE street Car Men Ask
the Governor 90 Intervene to
settle the Difference
with Company.
From a staff correspondentl

rum y bAAAA correspondent
LINCOLN, Sept. n.-Specisl) 1.-The at
tempt OF Attorney General Thompson to
get the case involving the contest be-
tween the old State Board Of Education and
the new Normal Board Of Education adj
vanced for hearing tomorrow was not suo-
cessful. In support Of his motion the at
torney general told the court that there
was a considerable sum tied up until the
decision was rendered as TO who the real
board IL and also that he was scheduled
to appear Thursday In federal court at
omaha in the important rate cases, where
he would be for several weeks. The court
refused to say IL would listen to the argu-
ments at this sitting, saying the docket
was full and there was little hope of
wedsins IL in. t. J. Majors. around whose
right to sit on the new board the chief
fight %centers. is here interested, he says,
in his fate.
Rate Expert U. G.. Powell and L. f.
WettlingN expert accountant. are putting
the finishing touches on their statistics
to be presented at the hearing before Com
missioner Pearsall at Omaha beginning
Thursday, in which the oOnstitutionality
of the 2-cent rate law and the commodity
freight rate law Is to be attacked Attor-
ney General Thompson will be aided by c..
o.. Whedon of Lincoln in support Of the
states side Of the case.
Assistant Attorney General Grant Martin
is reminded that the railroads have another
2-cent rate law to be attacked even II they
should be able to knock out the regular
one TIL second is the mileage book law.
whereby the railroads must sell 1,O0O-mlle
books on demand for $40. which books are
good any time for two years, in anybody's
hands and for any number OF persons. He
believes that except for the regular 2-cent
law the traffic In these books, partly used,
would oe heavy.
shsIIenberEer sends Condolences.
From Bladen Governor Shallenberger sent
the following telegram OF coincidence to
Mrs. John A. Johnson, wife of the dead
executive of Minnesota:
1 extend to you and the people of Mime.
sofa my deepest sympathy in the hour of
your great grief. The country mourns a
ASHTON c. sHALLBNBERGER.
Commenting briefly by telephone concern
ing the death Of Governor johnson, the
Nebraska executive said:
Il considered Governor johnson one of
the strong men of the nation, and the
country was looking toward him as a future
leader. Democracy mourns the loss Of one
of its greatest citizens"
street Car Men Ask intervention.
Two members of the striking Omaha
street car men were in Lincoln last night
to confer with Governor Shallenbergor
concerning executive Intervention in their
behalf. Governor S~hallenberger was not in
the city and the delegates returned to
Omaha with Deputy Labor COMMISSIONS
Maupln, leaving a petition for the governor.
Following is the petition:
Hon. Ashton C. Shallenberger, governor.
Dear A for and In behalf of the
locked-out street car men of Omaha, we
respectfully. petition you to authorize the
state labor commissioner Of Nebraska to
make ar official investigation OF the diff
ferences that exist in his city in accord
ance, with sections 6e28 and 693S of the com
piled statutes OF Nebraska.
Thanking you for an early compliance
with the request, we are very sincerely
yours,
p, L. LENIHAN, Pres.
w. s. ADAMS.
w. l.. JOBE.
PAUL c. TEIN.
o. ]. RANDALL. Sec'y.
1t is supposed that the petition refers to
the deputy state labor commissioner, since