Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-30
Nebraska
CRABTREE NAY LOSE PLACE
Case of Principal Of Peru Normal to
Come Before Board.
PRISON LABOR AND THE BILLS
Employment Of COnvicts Brings Rev
enue to state-New Law Cuts
Price of Gasoline, Mullen
Says.
tFrom a SAD correspondentl

LINCOLN, Jan. 29.-(Special )-When the
State Normal board meets on February s
the indications are the meeting will be Of
much interest. for at that time the board
will take up the matter of the dismissal
Of Principal Crabtree.
For some time the board has been seri-
ously considering securing someone for this
place, for the reason there has arisen in
the faculty at Peru serious dissention,
which the board believes will result IN
seriously handicapping the work at that
Institution unless a change is made.
II was thought for q time that the faculty
at Peru would resolve an endorsement of
Mr.. Crabtree and present the resolution
to the board. but this has not been done
and II is said now that the older instructors
there are anxious TO keep their hands out.
Some time ago Governor Shallenberger
was very much exercised over the stories
that Mr.. Crabtree was to be let out and
he looked up the law very carefully to
see II there were not some way he could
remove the board members and appoint a
NV board which would favor the head of
the Peru school. What his conclusions
we're he has not announced, but school
men say the governor has all he can take
care of looking after his own candidacy.
without inviting a fight with the normal
bOdihs LII AdNAs HuAllilb lAt Olii
from the office Of the governor looking to
the investigation of Luther p. Ludden, who
is being paid to act as secretary of the
board. Dr.. Ludden and other members
OF the board courted an investigation and
a back fire was at once started, which
evidently had the effect Of preventing any
further talk Of the proposed Investigation.
In view of the lack of harmony existing
between the members of the board and Mr..
y Crabtree there seems littl doubt that the
head Of the institution will eb changed
and whether to make the change now or
at the beginning of the school year in
September seems to be a question the board
will lave to settle.
Illinois Alumni to Meet.
Governor Shallenberger today wrote a
letter to President James Of the Uni
versity of Illinois inviting him to speak
at a meeting Of the Southwestern alumni
of the University of Illinois at a date con
venient to him..
When the alumni met in Kansas City a
year ago Governor Shallenberger was
elected vice president and out Of Difference
to him Lincoln was selected as the next
meeting place. The meeting probably will
be held some time in March and 1t will be
arranged by Colonel C. j. Bills. John L.
Il AtANN 1hAd ONA1 . wiz NhAo NV mn 49,
cussed the matter with the governor.
The Southwestern association consists of
Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and a portion
of Iowa. 1t is intended to have ex-Gover-
nor Bailey of Kansas and Ex-Governor
Frank White of North Dakota on the
speakers list. Many graduates of the uni
versity of Illinois live in Nebraska and the
meeting is expected to be of some magni-
tude. ~
Money for Soldiers.
Out of the $4,000 received from the gov
' eminent for the pay of Spanish-American
wal veterans, there remains in the hands
Of the governor some $1,000. This amount
is credited to some COO or more veterans,
who up to this time have not been To-
Gated by the a%djutant general.
Speaker Calls on
Speaker Pool called at the executive Of
flee this morning to pay his respects to
the governor. The speaker was an ardent
champion Of an extra session. but he an
nounced this morning that he had never
requested the governor to issue his call for
that same. The speaker said he really be-
lieved that Daniel stephens intended to run
for United States senator.
Mig Receipts for Inspection.
The annual report Of Arthur F. Mullen,
state oil inspector. shows that 6S,763 more
barrels Of oil were inspected during 1909
than in the year 1908. There was inspected
SS2, 545 barrels in 1903 and PCS, 1852 barrels in
lSOS. The total receipts for 1909 amounted
to SS4.O2s.@ and $27, 20 for 1908. There
were rejected in 1909 52 barrels, against
1856 rejected in 1908. The department paid
to the state treasurer a total Of 81, AIS. 80
during the year.
Under the new law enacted by the late
legislature, which changed the system Of
inspection, Mr. Mullen said practically all
OF the gasoline now used in the state
comes from Kansas and Oklahoma, while
before that time practically all of It came
from the east. The average wholesale
price for gasoline since the law went into
: effect. he says, has been reduced 2s cents
per gallon, which in nine months, accord
ing to the amount inspected. has saved
10 the people OF Nebraska sl5S, S2O72. The
report predicts hat the new inspection
law Will save the people Of Nebraska
$4,000 annually. The total amount of
Kansas and Oklahoma gasoline inspected