Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-05
Nebraska
FIRE PREVENTION
DAYS SPECIFIED
One Fixed for National Safety Com.
mittee and One by the Laws
Of Nebraska.
WARRANT CASE INTO COURTS
(From a staff correspondent

AtTOiH q CtllAl AOIItHliNiotlAN''
LINCOLN, oct. 4-(Specisl)- Two fire
prevention days will be celebrated in
Nebraska this fall, one created by Cow
ernor oMrehead by special proclama-
ton at the request of the National Safety
First committee, and the other by stat
ute, which provides for observance on
the first Friday after the first Monday in
November.
Governor Morehead named October .
as one date at the request OF the Ma
tional Safety committee. lie will short y
issue second proclamation Tor the SEQ
ond date as provided by statute.
Superintendent A. o. Thomas Of the
Nebraska schools, and Fire Comtn.s-
sioner Ridgell Will pass over the october
date and center their efforts in No
vember. They will send out literature
and instructions for then.
The fire commissioner win call on the
fire chiefs, the mayors of cities and city
council to observe the uay in a general
cleanup campaign to prevent winter con-
flagrations. The WARNINGS and drills
FOR schools will be included in the super
tntendents Instructions.
To Sue over warrants.
Application was made to the supreme
eral Ayres for permission to file man
dsmus suit against State Treasurer Hail
and on behalf Of Fire Commissioner
Ridgell. The suit will be to compel the
treasurer to countersisn warrants for
expenses and saIarles of the fire COM
missioner's office since September L.
a previous suit relative to warrants in
ulyJ, August and June, was Withdrawn
no had
thority to pay them.
Gruenther ut Lincoln.
Chris Gruenther. who was Senator
Hitchcock's choice for internal revenue
collector, but who failed to land through
the opposition of the organs. paid 3
visit to the capitol today. having bust
ness with the Board of Control. He
also had half hours conference with
Governor Morehead in the latter's prl-
yate office.
Corn Good in Gage.
C,ne Mumford, who. when he is acting
as the governors private secretary, is
just plain Farmer Gene brought along
several ears of corn from his Gage
county form. Gene" had field OF
sixty acres which promises sixty five
bushels to the acre and another of thirty
acres just as good. MIR. Mumford sa. ID
most of the Gage county corn was out
of the way of frost and a sharp nip
would help it materially in preparing
it for husking.
Federation Grows Stronger.
The state Federation Of Labor may
lose the support of the Lincoln Typo
graphical union because of its stand or
the proposed prohibition amendment, but
it gained five other unions on the same
ground, according to word reaching
Labor Commissioner Coffey. Two car
mems unions, one in South Omaha AM
one in Fremont, and the carpenters
union of Fremont, have Joined the fed
Grafton and two others signified theil
intention of becoming members.
Inspect Drainage Ditch.
Governor Morehead and State Engineer
Johnson went to Richardson county yes
terday for an inspection of drainage
ernor had been requested by II delega
ton of people from that section TO over
ride Johnson's objections to a drainage
project. The state engineer claimed the
plans drafted by the district to TAX,
care OF the flood waters along the lowel
Nemaha would not work out. He Il
working on a system of levees anC
parallel bitches to relieve conditions il
that section, where thousands of acre.
Of crops were ruined by the high wate
this year.