Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-24
~ Nebraska
flhG NnAUGN LllE0 ADtlUG
A. V. Johnson Seeks to Have Instruc-
tiOn in Schools.
DANCER LURKs ON EVERY HAND
Daniel c. French, who VIII Model
Lincoln Monument, f. Not 10
Submit work Until Next
Fall
From a staff Correspondent

From a staff Correspondent)
LINCOLN. April 3.-Cspecial)--A. V.
johnson, state fire warden. has written a
letter to State Superintendent Bishop sug-
gesting that a day or an hour of some day
each month be set aside for the teachers
to Instruct their pupils about how 10
prevent fires and what to do In some
SApergences. II Is Mr.. Johnson's idea that
X the children are taught the dangerous
use OF gasoline and kerosene and what 10
do in case Of explosion. well as how TO
prevent fires by keeping refuse burned
and the danger Of permitting old papers
20 be stacked in an attic or closet thae
the lessons now learned win remain with
them always.
Mr.. johnson gave out the following state
ment today;
The Nebraska Fire commission whose
business 1t is to do every tilins dsgrss to
direct public attention to the necessity oA
kfeneral cleanup during the spring uliie.
Dees that has S aeepIhVre,s IN t,ro,,sbIv Cleared
awav The reasons for this are obvious
one which might be mentioned Is that thls
debris IS often responsible for spontaneous
combustion. which, more prevalent during
the hot summer months than during the
colder period, Is generally regarded oy eA-
perienced fire fighters as one OF the chlei
canses of what are called unknown fires"
Too often houses are built without giving
proper consideration to attic Ventllatoni
the not summer sun beats on the roof the
heat In the attic becomes intense ana win
the attic filled with rubbish, dust' oly
TaEs highly vanished pieces OF FURNITURE
or other accommodations spontaneous com-
bustion is a natural result.
Closets are often used for storing away
greasy overaIls old clothes and oily rags,
such closets should pc th0,ou6 S,,e 81 3bs closest
under the stairway, which Is too often per
mitted TO become fire trap immediately
under or,Ss the only " TSs tSs Suldinsi % iDspe O
This is the season for vanishing ana
Painting hence old rags used for wlping
greasy wood and vanished surfaces should
he burred; II they must be saved for
future use they should be kept In an IRON
receptacle substantially covered ana SET
away from the wood buildings.
paint and oily rags. varnish and waste,
used TO wipe machinery are particularly
liable TO spontaneous combustion.
We desire to suggest that when people
are removing their stoves for the summer
months II they would be careful 10 see
that the hole in the chimney was s1opPeo
with a metal thimble and not with paper
or rags II would prevent a great many
II municipal authorlus will exert some
efforts to have property owners ana tenants
observe these suggestions, considerable fire
waste may be avoided.
Burglar Gets Busy.
Someone attempted 10 enter the office
Of Attorney General Thompson last NIGH
and the lock on the door showed up this
morning badly disfigured. indicating thai
someone had tried to bore through It.
Sometime ago Mr.. Thompson had in hii
safe some evidence to be used against th'
Burlington railroad in a suit to force.
1oompliance With the law to prevent thS
evaie OF liquor on trains, but It is not gen
orally believed that Lincoln Ia dry enough
10 drive anyone to rob . safe to get 6
drink.
So Mr. Thompson insists that he has ne
idea what anyone would want to tak'
from the office unless his opinions hav'
become so valuable that men are ready
to commit burglary to get one, and thu
may be what the burglars wanted
when Norris Brown was attorney gen
eral he sent to Judge Sinclair a copy o
his opinions bound. In a few days tn
hook was returned with letter from
Judge Sinclair, saying the publication wa!
very valuable and inasmueh as he had NJ
safe In which to keep it, he requested tina
the volume be locked in the safe In tn
office OF the attorney general. The bur
RIar may have wanted that book.
Model submitted in Fall.
Daniel c. French. who has a contrae
10 construct the Lincoln monument, to b
located on the grounds of-the state house
has written to F. NJ Hall that he vii
not submit the model until next fall. MI
French said in his letter that the mode
bad been completed, but that he is shortl
leaving for Europe and therefore he de
s,res TO look over 1t again before sendin
a 10 Nebraska He believes after an ab
sence OF a few months he will be NOR
shla IN say whether the model Is up T.
tba standard he desires to set by thi
work. He informed Mr.. Hall that he ex
peeted 10 make this monument his bes
work II possible
Decinion Modified.
The supreme court today modified to
eerarfu extent an opinion recently hande
aov9n. regarding the Royal Highlanders.
that decision 1t was held that the ediet
adopted in 1906 were NIL and void insofa
as they related to the plaintiff The lodg
asked the court to modify it's opinion 9
as to decide that the amendments to IN
edicts OF 1906 gave the order represents
tive form OF government. The court r.
fused to DO this. holding that It's forms
opinion was simply in the case filed an
had nothing to do with the status OF IN
order at this time. The court withdre
its criticism of the order expressed in II
former opinion and said it had no know
edge that the lodge had not asrepresentI
tive form Of government At this time.
said It is entirely unbiased in tho matte
ana would not pass this question unt
the matter Is before it in regular FORM
The court adhered 10 It's former oplnio
as 10 what a representative form Of gover
ment is as expressed IN Lange against q
Royal Highlanders. The order asked th
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