Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-19

incorrigible girls. In the transition from
this system to one more rigid the girls felt
that they would have the state board with
them, and refused to submit to the harsh
discipline which has been adopted. The
superintendent has appealed to the gov
ernor, who is known to be opposed to re-
tention OF the chairman on the board, and
it is expected that the political phases Of
the whole ruction will be brought out soon.
Socialists Want on the Ticket,
The state officials were appealed to to-
day on behalf of the socialists Of Appa-
moose county, who claim the right to go
on the county ticket as a legal party be-
cause in that county they cast more than
2 per cent Of the vote. In the state they
did not cast a vote large enough to give
them standing as a state party. The off
Gals hold that they cannot recognize in a
county a party which is not a legal politi-
cal party in the state under the primary
law,
Miners Get n Holiday.
Two hundred miners at the Gubson mines,
west of the city, secured a chance to eele-
brate St. Patriek's day by a strike. They
discovered yesterday what they believed to
be evidence that the scales on which their
coal was weighed were incorrect. They
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were tested and a state mine inspector was
ordered to investigate. The company claims
1t was only a ruse 10. have a holiday. =
Riggs IL Candidate Again.
State Superintendent John r. Riggs to-
day announced himself to be a candidate
for denomination to the office he has filled
for several years. He has been strongly
/ urged by a great man Of the educators
Of the state TO make the race, but has been
reluctant to do so, and probably would not
have done so but for the fact that none of
the candidates announced have planted
themselves definitely on a platform OF fol-
lowing up the work which has been Under
taken by the State Teachers association I'm
recent years.
Aged Woman a. Burned.
The favorite pastime OF an aged woman
resulted In her death when Mrs. Frances
Work, aged lO2, was burned 10 death at
the home OF her son. She occupied an
upstairs room and had a mania for stirring
the fire 10 see the sparks Fly up. In
this way she caught her garments afire
and was burned to death before the acct
dent was discovered. She was born in
UniontoWn, Pa,
OnIy "a state Campaign,
1t is to be a state campaign only and
not a national oompaign in any sense OF
the word, according to Gov. Carroll, and he
declares his conviction that the primary
law viii be held to have nothing whatever
to do with the selection Of delegates TO the
national nominating convention. II this
attitude is correct then the standpat con
ference Of last week was without purpose,
for the standpats declared that national
issues alone were to be considered this
year In Iowa, Lawyers differ as TO what
will happen two years hence.
Many Passes stu Are Used.
The annual report OF the Burlington rail
road on passes issued 10 Iowa people
other than employees OF the company shows
that there was issued last year free passes
TO los delegates and 81 lawyers along the
line OF the company. This is specially for
hidden by the anu-pass law. but a test
case has been taken into the supreme court
OF which Secretary OF War Dickinson Il
the attorney Of record. to nave the lows
law declared null