Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 16, 1916, Page 3

i s Nebraska SORORITIES LEAD FRATS AS SCHOLARS Averages Compiled at State U Show @irl “Greeks” Are Best Students, DELINQUENCY REPORTS MADE LINQOLN, April 15, (8pecial, ) University of Nebraska girls, who are members of the fourteen Greek letter rocleties, again established thelr su- premacy over the members of the twenty Nebraska fraternities In scholarship, according to figures made public yesterday by Dean Eng- berg of the delinquency committee. The girls led the men’s organizations by & good margin for the last sem- ester of last year, but increased their lead for the first half of the "15, '16 school year, 'The girls’ wocieties #howed better scholarship, while the men fell down as compared with last year ' The lowest seholastic standing of any kirly' organization was higher than the best in any of the fraternities, The giria had an average delinquency of but 39, w compared with 13,2 for the men Deltn Delta Deltn Dolta, Delta, Delta led the sororities with u graded average of 2778 and delin quency of but 1.5, Acacln was first of the men's organization, with Alpha Theta Chi leading those of the societies belong ing to the Interfraternity council The following table indicates the wcholarship of the different organizations, with the first column showing the rank of fraternity or sorority, the second the graded average, which includes the ex- cellence of the work, and the third the de linquency: Lends, V"HA’I‘FH'\' TIES. Acacln i B hnell G id Farm House ‘ Phil Kappa Phi, . Alpha Theta Chi, ., Phi Knppa Pl Phi Onmma Delin... .. Alpha Tau Omega.... Hilver Tynx Ferss Alpha #gma Phi Flgma ("hi Deltn Ty Delta Prelta Upsflon, b 4 Blama Phi Vpsilon, ., 3.4 1.4 Beta Theia Pho...... .. A0 ms 1905 Kappa BIEMA. ... 000000 M4 151 Delta Ch ' 17 n.o 19.9 Hlgora Nu.,.. A8 we 1.0 “igmn Alphu Epailon, .. 19 m4 %2 Phi Delta Thetn. Vi M 26 Average.. . 15,2 BORORITIVS, Delta, Delta, Delta...... | 28 1.4 Kmppa Aphd Theta 7114 44 Delta Gamma 2ms 24 Apha Phi, 22,9 | " Pletn Phi 204 el n Zeta. L] 754 Alpha Deltn, ¥ 7 2.0 Gama PhY B ..., 0 7.9 Achoth ... 10 2.1 pha Ol Omega. 1" 8.7 pha X1 Delta 12 2.4 ,\Iplm Omf ron PA 1 02 ‘W Omega 1 185,2 The len, (Bpecial,) "t ADHL 15 Bt Paul rallroad because of delays In a Commercia) l'Iuh and business men. of | yiionent of wlock from Luther, la., 1o this place will glve a drag Aay Apil 22 | Oaha, a distance of 183 miles, 1t is at which time prizes and prembums will [ oowa” that the shipment was on the be given to every farmer who comen 10 {ro0q (wenty-seven and one-half hours town on a drag, The ides Is to encour age road dragging. A prize of §1,0 cash will be glven to the man dragging the most road that day, also prizey of $ and Arbor Day Officially Fixed By the Governor’s Proclamation (From a Ktaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 16.—(8pecial.) ernor Morehead this afternoon fssued the annual Arbor day proclamation, as fol lows: “ “The groves were God's first tem- ples’ The cedars of Lebanon are often spoken of, especlally in anclent ltera- ture, as among the most Intereating fea- tures of nature, The importance of tres planting cannot be overestimated. A few yours ago this siate was a vast prairie, strotehing out to the west as far as the eye could reach, But with the march of civilization began the placing of trees, untl now groves and orchards appear on every hand, Algnifying the hills and beautifying the valleys. Much of this| has been caused by [he inspiration of | Arbor day, and has been continued from year to year with great success, With the production of trees has come the feathered tribe, the robin, the wren, the orole, the blueblrd, the thrush and | AMY WILSON WINS HER CASE Woman ln)ured by Budden Btop of Street Car Will Collect $10,500, FORT CROOK CASE I8 DECIDED Gov- (From u Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, April 16,~(8pecial,)—In opin fons handed down by the supreme court this morning, the court affirms the Judg ment of the Douglas county district court which gave Amy L, Wilson a $10,600 ver dict agninst the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Rallway company for injurles re celved while about to alight from a oar caused by the motorman stopping the car so suddenly that she was thrown to the floor of the car and recelved perma nent injurles, Injuncilon Wil Stand, The supreme court affirma the Judg ment of the Sarpy county district conurt, covering a sult brought to enjoin the village hoard of Yort Crook from issuing a waloon license (d 1, D, Waugel The opinion is by Judge Fowse, who re citen “that the village In within two and one-half miles of the Vort Crook military pom, which 15 not maintained exclusively as & wignal corps post, The trisl court overruled n dumurrer to the petition and the dofendant refusing to plead further an Injunction was granted and the do fendant appealed.” The defense alleged that thers was no | bastn for the elasmification prohibiting s | loons within two miles and a half of a military post and those maintained ex clusively for slgnal corps, but the court | holds that the spplication is the same. No Damnge for Delny, “In (he absencte of a special contraet or special clreumstances which takes the cane out of the general rule, n carrier of live stock 18 not bound to use extraor dinary moeans to forward a shipment of stock, In such case the shipper will be held to have consented 1o the carringe of such stock by the regular trains of the earrier on its ordinary schedulus,” I'he cane was one brought by Harry M Payne In the Douglas county distriet court against the Chicago, Milwaukes & | ple to plant trees and shrubs, thus add- | here, ornithological specimens, that cause the morning and evening alir to vibrate with their songs and cheer the heart of all that hear. TLet us not, therefore, forgot this tmportant service which we can rendér to ourselves and ln‘ those who come after us. | I am pleased, as governor of the state | of Nebraska, to again call attention to Arbor day, which will ocour Baturday, April 22, 1916, And [ would urge our peo- many othe ing value and beauty to the land In| which we live; that the teachers in our | schools may enlist the attention of the puplls and instill within them a disposi- tion to plant trees and shrubg and flow. ers, By so doing you implant higher Jdeals of life and instill a disposition that will render them useful citizens. ‘In testimony whereof 1 have here- unto set my hand this 15th day of April, 1916, “JOHN H, MOREHEAD, “Governor of Nebraskn.' Peter F. 0'Sullivan, Pioneer Newspaper Man, Answers Call (Bpectal POINT, Neb., April 15 Peter 17, O'Bullivan, newspaper man of ploneer WEST Tolegram.) veteran editor and duys, died late thi safternoon at his home just two days after the burial of his wite, 111s health had been felling for some time and the shock of her death broke his heart He was born in Toronto, Canada, sev- enty-three years ago, of Jrish parentage, learned the printer's trade at an onrly age, He came west after the war and started the old Sloux City Times, and worked for the Bloux City Journal as & reportar and compositor for some time and was well known among the printing fraternity in all the river towns, In 1473 he removed to Omaha, and then n 1574 to West Polnt, where he estab- iished the West Point Progress, a strong damocratic’ paper of much ini.uence, con- dueting it successfully untll ... He was n member of the county hoard at the time of his death, being repeatedly re-elected, and has held many offices of honor and trust, He was a veteran of the civil war, During the leglislative sexplon of 103 Mr, O'Bullivan was hbad proof reader, Mr, O'Bullivan is survived by five chil dren. He left hosts of friends and ad- mirvers, His absolute honesty and un- fulling good humor endeared him to everyono during his long resluence here, He was a power In politics, possensing the happy facully of guining his point without losing the friendship of the oppo- wite party wnd Favor Wughes at OVERTON, Neb, April 16.—(Bpecial Tolegram,)~ Samuel R, MeKelvie spoke here at 11 o'clock to a lnrge crowd, Sent) ment here Ix strong for Hugnes for presi- dent-und McKelyie for governor. 'Hitcheock Looks Overton, Luther I8 on a branch line of the road and it was shown that the car shipped went over the main line on the first train through after It reached Madrid, 3200 for second and third, Besides the cash, ench business place will give an artlole of merchandise, Convention of Rebekaks, PONCA, Neb,, April 16,~(8pecial.)~The eleventh annual convention of the thir- tleth district of Rebekahs will be held here May 11, The district {s composed of wix lodges: Wynot, Newcastle, Ponca, South Sloux City, Allen and Emerson The following state officers will be present: Florence Wagner, president; Hattle Toagland, vice president; Nora . Townsend, warden; Emma L. Talbott, secretary. NOTES FROM BROKEN BOW AND CUSTER COUNTY eb., April 15,—(8pe meeting of the city councll an ordinance was passed vacat ing certain parts of streets, in order that the new dedot to be erected by the Bur- lington riiliroad, shall have an adequate location, Ground will be broken at once BROKEN BOW, clal)—At the last The site for the new depot fs directly across Twelfth avenue, two blocks west of the present station. The structure will ho thirty by elghty feet in size, and fs to be bullt of pressed brick, with enam- cled briek finish for the interior, Tt will cost 826000, A new freight station will b bullt west of the passenger station Alton Ball ,a youth of 15 years, resid ng near Berwyn, s under arrest charged with attempted assault n Meyear-old Alberta Martin, of the same neighbor- | 1ood, When taken hefore County Judge Yord, Ball asked for a contingance, T us the date of hear bond wt 81,000, the sar vt onwmed May & and fixed hi rrished by the defendunt's f stod at folin O, Boyer ho was Ay A by Bheriff Wilson, for boot gy, pleaded Ity before Count 1odge Ford and was fined $100 and o Harh Balion of Calluway was alao & od on the wocharge and was put | or bonds to appear for honring May ¢ | MAN OF N'NETY-EIGHT CANDIDATE FOR OFFICE ) ' v Al Sevarding . 4 hers, last Yol 1he bont assessment ruils ' L A Poar man wife has iong t awap Bt b b bing earsd he best 1o Melelvbe Cluh nt Beidgepart WRIDGRPORT, New, Aprid | A Mak Ik was formed her Night, with goed atlends and \ Ty \ A 'Y tur " i Mk ¥ Nelghbor, & ’ Hia ' Ia., the junction point. Muost Cover Shafting. “A violation of the statutes requiring the employer to guard shafting ly groes negligence,” according to the supreme eourt. The case was one brought by James MecCarthy againbt the village of Ravenna to recover damages for 32,00 for per sonal injuries caused by falling from a Ahead to—“November | YORK, Neb., Apyil 15.~(Bpecial Tels- | Bram.)—United Btutes Senator Hitchcock | replied to charges made here by former | Becretary of State Bryan before s good- | Mized nudience at the Auditorium this afternoon, He was Introduced by A, ¥ Gilbert, Ile poured mome hotshot inte W. J. Bryan and emphatically denied many of the allegations made by him here. He sald Mr. Bryan traveled in the same company with him for twenty years when both were opposed to pro- hibition, ®ut now Mr, Bryan was in fa- vor of prohibition, while his position was Just the same. He closed his address with the folls wing: “The primary war will soon be over. Indder while whitewashing the walls of the village pumping station, having been caught In the shafting of the pumping machinery and injured A Judgment of $10,000 was rendered, was cut by the Buffao district court, fore whom the suit was tried, to $6,000, from which court the village appealed and the court sustains the lower court, but he Turn old furnitire, household goods and clothing into cash with a Bee Want Ad DIAMONDS while paying for it on EASY while you will {Dime credit is good with v JOFTIS:= s o CEDAR BROOK #2230 $3%0N WHISKEY OLD CROW OLD TAYLOR “ LRI Ta avery lady wak) we will pre Dan't fail to gt ane ¥ Mo "o CACKLEY BROS. ON CREDIT YOU can WEAR and OWN a DIAMOND l You will never miss the money joy wearing your d n long time, lection now=—=no need to walt, Khp The democratic party 18 the political home of more than 100,000 voters in Ne- braska. Bome of us are on one side and pome of us on the other side just | now. Let us avold doing and saying | thee things which make it difficult to bring about the necessary union for the fall campalgn for the triumph of the cause of the penple. We owe this to the party and wé owe it to our great stand- ;lrd-hvumr. Woodrow Wilson.” WATCHES PAYMENTS Make your se- 5 Your 18, ? | Oviginal Dia- It House H gg Full Quart state same manner as the regular county In wh'ch the voter holds his lega |sore throat and influensa, it may (,\Iw‘ Nebraska VOTING ABSENT FROM HOM Person Must Be in State, but Out side His Own County to Use the Law. HOW BALLOT MAY BE CAS m A JOLN, Staft Correspondent.) Lsi? April 16, The la regarding ($p.clal.) voting by mail ty } not fully understood as regnrds whut con A vol appears stitutes real absence from home cannot take advantuge of the right 1 send in his vote by mail unless he | absent from the county in which his hom It an the county in which he is located. individual s has a rght t vote, he must go to his and doposit his ball In order to take advantage of the ing-by-mall law one must be within th legal voting jla in person, vot stato and cannot cast his vote by ma'l If outside the state. lo may presen himselt to any Judgo of election at any voting pluce within this state and after taking an oath that he is a legal voler in the county, precinct or ward (n which he holds his residence, e will then be #iven a wpecial ballot upon which sha'l be printed the names of all natlonal ani candidates and constitutional amendments, but blank as to distri t and county candidates, and he shall write In the names of such candidates not printed thereon and shall mark the same am any resident votor may, and shall fold same and hand it to the judges in the voter, but the ballot shall not be deposited in the ballot box nor entered upon the poll I together with his affidavit be placed in an envelope upon the back of which the judge shall write the nams of the voter and the place where he is entitled to vote and the same shall be signed by the fudge, However, If the ap plicant votes in a city where registration s required, ho shall hand (o the judge of election & copy of his registration slgned by the registration clerk of the oity, in which the the registration was made, which with the ballot shall be re turned in the envelope, The shell then be mailed to the envelope k of the residence, The county elerk shall preserve th envelope unopened until the canyassing hoard meets (o canvass the o ea and then shall turn the same over to the board, which shall in the presence of Hw county clerk and “no other persons,” Jopen the same and make the pyoper entty on tho poll book of the voling precinet in which the voter resides, The ballot will then be placed In an envelope and sealod up with the proper endorosement of the board, showing by whom the vote was cast and the voling precinet where the vote should be cast. The members of the board and the county clork must keep all things secret in connection with the ballot, LIVERY BARN AND GARAGE AT TECUMSED ARE BURNED TECUMSEH, Neb, April 16,—(Special,) “The big delivery barn of Mason & Brink- loy, with the most of the contents and the garage of T. M. Perry & Co., and a part of the contents, were destroyed by fire shortly before midnight Thursday The fire was digcovered In the livery barn, and it 18 not known what caused It. A lot of hay, an automobile, a horse a mule, some graln, harness, two auto- moblles and a general line of auto sup- plies wero lost. The livery barn was insured for $1,000 and Perry & Co, had $1,200 insurance on thelr garage, which will partly pay the lmu only. MeKelvle and Barton Clab, UPLAND, Neb,, April 15.—(Epecial.)—A MeKelvie-For-Governor club was organ 1zed here on Wednesday Mg with about thirty eharter members, The fol lowing officers wero electod: /L, . Zet tle, president; P. B. McCauley, vice presi dent; C. H, Rogers, secretary; Fred Her- rald, treasurer; executive committes, J E. Howell, Charles Lindgren and J, A Austermann, The membors of the club pledged themselves to work for the Mc- Kelvle for governor. At a subsequent meeting held Thursday, it was decided to change the name to “McKelvie-For Covernor and Barton-For-Congress club,” '’ 7” Humphreys’ Seventy-seven For Grip, Influenza, § COLDS To get the best results, take “Sev mty-seven” at the first feeling of catching Colde If you walt until your hones begin ache, to cough and sneeze, have | to longer. 280 and §1 at all 4 TONIC TABLETS 1EgIsts or mal |after the Grip or any long Hiness, - | physical exhaustion, loss of strength l\\l:‘.mm:‘ .I‘-: worh s & ;r"rv'.:,h T.‘ AN & |or appetite, General Debility, ftake | d eMuIne wateh, Fine gold filled, e | Humphreys' Tonle Tablets —price, | D r‘w‘ " wiae, ¢ ' b loweled N - $1.00, at drug stores or malled on | VB ent. pendant witiie hite_or goid recelpt of price or sent C, O, D $14 ek Ouared $13.55 Mumphrers' 11 Medicine Oo, i $1.40 & Month TRRMA 1,00 & Month, | Wiktinn ool New York Open dally until & p W, Bater. ase Ladies' Disnmoand days T B0, . --'; Hing ‘u » Do e FBanas SANATORIUM .57 -.«“m This institution 1a the only one sonirel weal Wwilh separaie Wiy yel satlesly Ak and rendering (4 possibie 1o The oas buidiag 4 devoind to the contaglons and non manial dissases no others be Ing admitied (e othar Rest Ot ag balng deslgned for and de voled to The saciusive irsatmnent o eale al far a tima watehtul sare and sps Al nursing In the bulldings situated |n ample grownds, Haet, clanally cases OMMERCIAL CLUB OF NORTH PLATTE, Neb, April 15 Gum Disease. ipeclal)—Nearly 200 men gathered at the Make a few of your Lazy Dollars work. It resbyterian church for the annual ban will be an investment for the future that will it of the North Platte Chamber of yield Big Interest, b :\ o “"l""‘i e And then it 1s a DEFENSE against poor Pt gy, il g health which Diseaged, Teeth and Gums are a1’ lubin, sves. thé Mneaker UFRB e’ evan bound to bring, throfigh neglect, say nothing of 18, He told of the ‘work being done by the discomfort and actunl pain, he Alllance club and offered ‘a num Take a few lessons from me in this world- er of suggestions for work to be done wide necessity, The Care of the Teoth. My X- \ North Flatte, Four new members of Ray for Dentistry will show you more in fifteen he board of directors wers named and minutes than weeks of explanation and you will he bourd empowered to elect officers of yrsteratand it better he club | Fear Here For all work performed In this office my Belleving that to readvertise would money-back guarantee is as good ag the coin ft- wing better bids for paving, the clty O, welf, for I mean it and my word is my bond, MRl peebiag. ihe: MOn-MINIHAY D) Money Back aupried Teeth to fill the spaces loft by ex- < ”"""P'l “"] “":" l' "I”'"l"" l"”'“""' 6 166 traction. Most natiral in looks orence, Joseph, Kansas ! i g et gLl v b Lewding (he March of Dental Progress, to be done here this summer. The eity g DR. BRADBURY, Den'is: m T clot [BeatoN s COLD STORAGE REFRIGERATORS SOLD HERE—3,000 NOW IN USE IN OHAHA. WILL YOUR TEETH HAVE THE CARE THIS YEAR Guard Your Teeth for Life Yy, Pyorrhea or any Nebraska NORTH PLATTE FEASTS Protect them against Dec. bids and the new bids will be opened . May 12, e | 27 Years in Omaha, | f the World Bldg,—=Phe Hours 8 to 6, D, 17560, Sundays, 10 to 12, 02122 Woodmen 14th and Farnam Sts,, Omaha, irn old furniture, household goods and hing Into cash with a Bee Want Ad WE'RE HERE TO “GROW WITH GROWING OMAHA.” @ Omaha Homefurnishing H«adquarun A Store Full of--- Interest to Everybody The Beaton & Laier Store is decidedly a store of the people. 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