Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-07
Nebraska
TEACHERS SHOULD ATTEND
Crabtree Urges Boards to Send Them
to State Meeting.
IN THE INTEREST OF EDUCATION
airs. Margaret Davis Appeals Her
Murder Case to Supreme Court
After Conviction in Cedar
County.
CFrom a staff correspondent


LINCOLN Neb., Oct 6.-(Special. y
State Superintendent ]. Crabtree has
written a letter to boards OF education
throughout the state in which he has
indicated that they would do we'll to
send at least one of their teachers to
the state meeting at Omaha at the ex-
pense of the district. His letter with
reference to the attendance at the big
sessthering says:
Permit me to suggest your arranging
for your teachers to attend this meeting
IT certainly shows enterprise and pro-
fessional interest on their part to go to
the personal expense of attending the
state association. Since the school profits
fully as much as the teacher from this
attendance it is recommended that moth
ing be deducted from the teachers
salaries for the days spent in attending
the association.
On the return Of the board members
and the teachers, let the board and
teachers and parents who are interested
meet and listen to reports from the state
association.
The chief reason why Nebraska holds
the honor OF the lowest per cent Of
illiteracy is because of team work among
teachers and the sympathy and CO.
operation of school boards and parents"
Mrs. Davis Appeals.
Mrs. Margaret Davis. who is now
serving a life sentence in the state
penitentiary for the murder of Ira
Churchill on a Cedar county farm
November 2, 1910, today appealed her
case to the supreme court. It was
taken under advsement.
In her petition for a second trial, the
woman alleges Churchill wronged her
while she was employed as a domestic
on the latter's ranch. She claims he
refused to marry her after making a
promise to that effect.
After procuring a revolver, she went
to barn where Churchill and a farm
hand were milking. According to the
evidence at the district court trial, she
fired three times at the man. The hired
hand attempted to interfere, but the
woman pointed the gun at him and he
ducked.
Several reasons are, named in the
Nppeal for new trial. She alleges that
the instructions to the jury were far
from being in line with legal procedure.
Election Proclamation.
The general electiot proclamation which
is being prepared by Governor Aldrich
calls for the election OF a representative
from the Thirtieth distriat, whico is
Lancaster county. Representative Minor
died since the Legislature convented, but
no nominations to fill the vacancy were
made at the primaries. At the general
election, November Z, voters in the dis
trict can elect by writing names on the
ballot. The governors proclamation
calls for the election OF three judges of
the supreme court, two regents, one rail-
way commissioner, one congressman in
the Third district and twenty-nine dis
triot judges.
Aldrich Talks I'm Kansas City.
Governor Aldrich will deliver an i'm
portant address in November before COM
mercial clubs at Kansas City. Mo. He
will speak OF thee necessity OF state con-
troll OF interstate-rates and their relation
to the producer and consumer.
Guye Goes to Chicago.
Labor Commissioner Guye has gone to
Chicago to confer with an organization
that desires to find homes for 100
families. While there he will visit a
religious denomination that is seeking
land for colonization purposes. Mr.. Guye
recently started a movement to organize
a state association for the purpose Of
finding locations for homeseekers. This
organization has not been projected and
yet he is receiving many calls for infor-
nation in regard to the price and quality
of land.