Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-08
BryRn wing Disturbed and Move
Ia Likely TO Cause rite In
Ranks at No Very RE-
mote Date.
rrom a sad correspondentl


TO see that Colonel Maher does not secure
a place on the Lancaster deFNgation and
every effort will be made to keep him
from geetting a chance to mount the
platform and tell the delegates where he
WANT square Deal.
stands
There sreplenty of people around the
capital city who are not backward IN
declaring that they are for John" AMI
propose to see that he gets square deal.
They are firm in the belief that the state
convention will adopt Msher's platform
on the liquor proposition, or II it does
not its action in turning it down will
react and surely cause the namination of
Colonel Maher at the primary. With
Maher nominated by the democrats 'they
claim there is little doubt of his election
and point to the bubernatorial campaign
Of 1910, when Dahlman came within a
little over 5000 votes of defeating Aid
rich, the republican nominee. They claim
that the things which brought about the
defeat Of Mayor Dahlman cannot be used
against Colonel Maher and point to the
general feeling that was expressed after
the election that had the democratic
nominee not taken the stump he would
have been elected hands down.
TAX it all around the Bryanites are not
sleeping we'll and their dreams are rudeiy
disturbed by visions of what may happen
if Colonel Maher gets a chance to get
his pIatform into resolutions and put be-
fore the democratic state convention
Notices to Corporations.
Corporation Clerk Walker Smith of the
secretary of states office is sending out
today over $500 notices to corporations
that their tax will be due July and de-
linouent August /. In case the tax Is
not paid before delinquency, 10 per cent
of the tax will be added. This is the first
time that corporations have been re-
ouired to pay under the Potts act, as
last year it was question as to its re-
quirements regarding time OF payment
Loan Man I'm the Tolls.
clipping sent to Secretary Royse or
the state Banking board, taken from a
Chicago paper, states that w. e. White
head. manager of the Chicago branch OF
the Standard Home company OF Bir-
mingham, Ala, has been bound over
10 the grand jury of Cook county for
obtaining money under false pretense,
the amount being placed at $500,
This company has in the past tried to
do business in this state Notwithstanding
the banking board had refused to grant
a license 1t did a sort OF building and
loan business, guaranteeing the man who
made a contract with them that after
twelve payments had been made he would
be eligible" to a loan. Wnen it came
time for a man to be eligible" it would
be discovered that the word was very
elastic and was liable to last an indefi-
mite time and the contract holder gen.
orally saw the light and quit
Hall Goes to whitney.
Railway Commissioner Thomas Hall has
gone to Whitney to investigate a COM
plant made from that place relative to
telephone switching rates.
Report from Prison,
The report of Warden Fenton OF the
state penitentiary, filed with the gov
ernor this morning. shows that there were
at the penitentlary on April l 1853 prison
ers During the month of April there
was received by commitment, Il; by re-
turn from parole /; remanded, !, making
a total of $50. There were ~ paroled dur
ing the month, 3 discharged and fur,
loughed, making total of 10, leaving the
number the same as the close Of the pre-
Nious month 1868.
Railroad Men Talk.
The state Board OF Assessment held
short session this morning and listened
To talks made by the representatives Of
some OF the roads who did not believe
that there should ne any raise made il
assessments. Those who spoke were: F
AZ
Siebert of the Missouri Pacific w. l.
Nichols OF the Omaha & Southern In
terurban and W. NJ. Purvis Of the st. 10
seph & Grand Island.
InspectS Douglas schools.
Miss Edith LathTop OF the state su
perntendent's office. returned yesterday
from two days' trip investigating rura
schools in Douglas county Miss I4ath
rop was accompanied on the trip b,
County Superintendent Yoder. Two rura
agricultural schools connected with tn,
South Omaha High school. in charge o
Miss Mamie Maloy and Miss Laura Grail
we're visited Miss Lathrop says that sh
was pleased 10 discover that there wer
eight two-room rural chools in Dougla
county.
Marriages I'm Lincoln.
Louis L. Kish of Omaha, age 5, an,
Miss Pauline l. Bberly OF Kearney. ag
10, secured a license to marry in Hncoll
yesterday.
Calvin c. Stewart OF Omaha, age q
and Miss Linda NJ. Hickok age 20, OF tn
same city. also received a license to wed
Cattle Company Incorporates.
The Rowley Land and Cattle com
pany OF Kennedy, Neb., with a capita
stock OF $4,000 has filed articles OF in
corporation with the secretary OF state
Nelson S. Rowley. Ella L. Rowiey an
Maud f. Harvey are the incorpOrators.
LObeck Files.
Congressman c. o. I.obeck OF the Sec
ond district today sent his filing TO IN
secretary Of state as candiate for re-
nomination on the democratic ticket.
C,arnationn for Mothers Day" 5 cent