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Governor Vetoes Governmental Reform Measure, More Appointive Jobs Under Republicans Than Demo crats, Bryan's Main Objec tion to New System. Speelal Dispatch to The Omaha Bee. Lincoln, May 8.—Governor Charles W. Bryan today officially vetoed the Mathers-Dysart governmental reform bill. By so doing, he retains the civil administration -code form of govern ment as it existed under the McKelvie administration for two more years in Nebraska. This now becomes the Bryan code. • The governor’s reasons in a mes sage accompanying the veto are va ried. However, his principal objec tion is the fact that more appointive jobs would be under republican con stitutional officers than under demo crats. He sizes up the "political pie” situation as it would exist under the Mathers-Dysart bill as follows: Republicans in Charge. “The department of public works, with about 200 politleal positions, is placed under the commissioner of pub lic lands and buildings, Mr. Swanson, a republican. “The department of trade and com merce, usually carrying about <5 po litical appointments, is placed under the state treasurer, Mr. Robinson, a republican. "The department of public welfare carries upwards of 30 political ap pointments and this department was placed under the Superintendent of public instruction, Mr. Matzen, a re publican. “The department of agriculture,! heretofore carrying upwards of 100 j political appointees, was placed under the lieutenant governor, Mr. John son. a republican, and an additional salary of 32,500 was provided for him. “Creates Six Governors.” "The labor department, formerly having a secretary tyith two men and two girls, was placed under the sec retary of state. Mr, Pool, a democrat. “The department of finance, which prior to the code was in the state auditor's office, where it should be now on account of being largely a duplication of his work is placed un der the governor.” The governor asserts anyone “is ig-i norant of what the Mathers-Dysart! bill' contains or what it does, or is j willfully misrepresenting the truth for the purpose of misleading the public who says it 1* in accord with promises I made In the campaign of the democratic platform.” He further charges that the bill creates six governors Instead of one and upsets centralization of pow-er in ■he governor. Text of Veto. The following is the text of Brayn's •*'o: * * Till* bill has a hidden purpose and <’ts not provide for what its title jndi <ate*. This bill does pot modify the • ode. b»rt destroys all of the fea- i turps of the code and retains the in • iuitous sj stem by placing executive j a:ate officers at the head of the code departments, thus permanently fastening it upon the taxpayers, with all of the duplications. overlappings. unnecessary activities, useless sub-departments, with ’their inspectors, deputies, etc, where no • hief executive would*- have power to co ordinate them, eliminate duplications, P*s* n their policies or be responsible for heir acts "This bill does not repeal the code se he people demanded at the poll*. It !3Jtes all state activities from under the governor and disintegrates the business system of the stats by dividing It Into* six parts sod turning them adrift like a! ship without a captain or a rudder, thus setting up six governors with equal and conflicting authority. •T waa elected by the people on the pledge to do all in my power to repeal the code and to regroup the state’s ac tivities under the control of the elected s*at# officers and thus restore constitu tional government. The bill which I recommended in my message and intro duced. known aa House Roll 311*. was! drawn In exact accord with what the peo ple voted for by majority in No vember. The bill which T Introduced, and which was supported unanimously by all of the democrats, by the two progressives ! and three republicans, regrouped the state’s activities under tie control of the | elected state officers. Under my bill the j state officers, acting Jointly, would have j had control of all the policies of the ; various departments, Just as they did | under the old law before the code was ! adopted four years ago. The bills that I j introduced provided that the governor t would execute and administer the depart- | menta that are now tinder the code Just j as he did four years ago before the rode j was adopted—and Ju«*t as the constitution | intends he should do. Misrepresent Ing Truth. "Anyone who eaya that House Roll 53? [ is in accord with the promises that I made In the campaign, the democratic platform or that the voters declared for at the polls In November, in either Ignor ant of what the bill contains or what It does, or ia willfully misrepresenting the truth for the purpose of misleading the people. 'This Mathers bill destroys every gov ernmental business principle that the sup- | porters of the administrative code system throughout the United States have advo cated. The main feature of the admin istrative code s>stem is that it concen trates In the hands of the governor the power of determining policies, the author ity to make all appointments and remov als. fix all salaries, assign all duties and have full executive and administra tive authority over all executive activi ties of the state government, thua fixing the whole responsibility for nn efficient and economical administration of the • inte’e business in the hands of the gov ernor end holding him responsible for it to the people. "House Roll &37 la the extreme opposite of what the code system is. This bill f>.«l*itegratee th« government entirely snd divides It Into six parts, placing one In the hands of esch of the six executive slate officers with no connection between them, and thus takes from the governor all the executive and administrative authority that he had under the present code law and also takes from him all the administrative and executive author ity that he had under the old law prior * to the adoption of the code, thus com pietely reversing the main code theory as well as destroying the former consti tutional plan of government in effect prior to the code. Destroys C abinet Form. "The advocates of the code system boasted that It was a cabinet plan of government like that of the national cabi net. The Mathers Mil does not modify the cabinet form of government, but de stroys It. and makes It impossible for code secretaries to meet and confeY with the governor on state policies, and after dividing the code departments among six atate officers makes no provision to rTh ' ordinate these departments or permit state, officers, setlng jointly, to determine the i policies of the state or to n«t In con junction with the chief executive of the state. •'House Roll fc"7 destroys every theory of government and every business princi ple the state government operated under prior to four yare ago. or prior to the code, and this bill also destroys every theory of government and business prin ciple upon which tli*a code law waa based tn thla and other statea and under which it has operated in thla state for the past i "The*more I snalyze this House Roll *37 the more vlcloue the plan becomes end the more apparent Is the hidden omening In this bill brought to light. •There 1* only one central feature, or plan, or purpoae. erabolded in House Roll *37 which Is easily substantiated by an analysis, snd that Is to take the political patronage out of the hands of the gov ernor. who happens for the present to be affiliated with the democratic party, and to give the political Jobs to republicans, without reducing ths number of emsdoyes "The constitution says that the supreme power to execute and administer the lawa shall r/*t In the chief executive, and that h# shall take care to aee that the atate government i* administered In an efficient snd economical manner. To divide the $100 in Sweepstakes Offered Omahans in Garden Contest Now is the time for all good boys and girls to get Into The Omaha Bee Moose Lodge Garden contest. The Moose committee will offer merchandise prizes to the winners in the various vegetable and flower classes. There also will be $100 in cash sweepstake prizes, thus making the contest doubly interesting. Contestants will be slowed to enter any number of a list of 23 vege tables and cereals and 14 flowers. By cultivating a variety of vegetables or flowers, or both, a contestant may decide later in the season what speci mens he wishes to enter in the big show which will be held Saturday, September 1. Boys and girls up to 16, Inclusive, living in Omaha, are eligible to enter. Get into the game early and with a determination to win. The entry blank appears below: ■■■■ f Entry Blank for Omaha Bee-Moose Garden Contest Name .,.. Address ... School... ..... Fill out the blank plainly and mail promptly to Garden Editor, The Omaha Bee. Entries will not be accepted after May 31. ONE OF OURS By W1LLA CATHER. Famous Nebraska Author. (Continued from Yesterday.) SYNOPSIS. Claude Wheeler, son of a Nebraska rancher, finds no realisation of bis dreams in wedded life with Enid Royce, religiously cold, daughter of Jason Royce. Frank fort, Nebraska, miller. She, after a year and a half with him, goes to China, where lier younger sister. Caroline, a missionary. Is 111. During her absence Claude joins the army officers’ training camp. While attending a small denomination college in IJneoln, where he spent three gears, he became a friend of the KrUcb family, eon. sitting of a motherly widow and her five sons. Claude has friends in Ernest Havel and Leonard Dawson, young Nebraska farmers, living near the Wheeler property, on which Claude built a home for his bride. He has an elder brother. Bayliss. In business In Frankfort; his father, Nat, ami a younger brother. Ralph. His mother is prideful of her sons. While home on leave from camp In the east Claude finds he loves Ciladys Farmer, high school friend of his wife. Claude Is commissioned a lieutenant and leaves with his company for Europe. On hoard the transport he makes friends with Victor Morse, an avia tor; Albert Usher, young marine from Wyoming; Bert Fuller, a private; a Vir ginia soldier. Corporal Tannhauser, and Lieutenant Fanning. An epidemic of “flu” breaks out on shipboard. When the medical inspection was over, Claude took the doctor down to see Fanning, who had been cough ing and wheezing all night and hadn't got out of his berth. The examina tion was short. The doctor knew what was the matter before he put the stethoscope on him. “It’s pneu monia, both lung£," he said when they came out into the corridor. “I have one case in the hospital that will die before morning." “What can you do for him. doctor?” “You see how I’m fixed; olose onto 200 men sick, and one doctor. The medical supplies are wholly inade quate. There’s not castor oil enough on this boat to keep the men clean inside. I’m using my own drugs, but they won’t last through an epidemic like this. I can’t do much for lieu tenant FannTng. You can, though, if you’ll give him the time. You can take better care of him right here than he could get in the hospital. We haven’t an empty bed there.” Claude found Victor Morse and told him he had better get a berth in one of the other staterooms. When Vic tor left with his belongings. Fanning stared after him. “Is he going?” “Yes. It’s too crowded in here, if you've got to stay in lied.” “Glad of it. His stories are too raw for me. I’m no sissy, but that fellow’s a regular Don Quixote.” Claude laughed. “You mustn’t talk. It makes you cough.’’ “Where’s the Virginian?” “Who, Bird?” Claude asked in aston state’a activities that have always here tofore been under the governor between other e’ate executive officer*, over which the governor could not maintain arty »u pervlslon or ace that an efficient and economical administration of the state's business was maintained, la an attempt to override th» constitution In ord*r to keep 4^0 republican appolnteea on the pay roll, although 160 of them are duplicating work and should be dispensed with in the interest of economy. Provisions of Bill. “Note what the Mathers bill provides for in the way of retaining patronage for republicans: “First: The department of public works, with about 300 political positions, is placed under the commlaaloner of pub lic lan'ln and buildings, Mr. Swanson, a republican. Second: Tha department of trad* and commerce, usually tarrying about 43 po litical appolnteea. la placed ur/r the state treasurer, Mr. Robineon, a repub lican. ‘‘Third: The department of public wel fare carries upwards of .*0 political ap pointments, and thl* department waa placed under the superiorendent jf public Instruction, Mr Matzen, a republican “Fourth: The department of agricul ture heretofore carrying upwards of 100 political appolnteea. was placed under the lieutenant governor, Mr. Johnson, a re publican. end an additional salary of $2,600 waa provided for him “Fifth: The labor department, former ly having a secretary with two men and two girls, waa placed by the Mathers bill under the secretary of state. Mr. I’#ol, who la a democrat, after refusing to appropri ate any money for the eecretary of labor and reducing the appropriation inr that department so that It will probably con tain only two men and & girl, or a to*al of three. “Sixth: The department of finance which, prior to the code, wag In the state auditor’s office, where it should be now <n account of being Inrgeiy a duplication of hla work.- has been assigned by the Mathers bill to the governor after refusing to make any aslary appropriation for the ■eeretary of finance and reducing the appropriation for the department from about $30.<>00 to $26,000. which will neces sitate reducing the number of employes fiom 10 to poafcibly half that number of a total of five or alx. Cornerstone fcerrlfired. "Ths republican majority In the legis lature has sncrlfied the main business feature* of the code syatem. viz. th* centralization of all executive and ad mlstrallve powers In the hands of the gov ernor by distributing the state activities *o that they cannot be co-ordinated hy the governor or by anyone else. "They have sacrificed In this bill the cabinet form of government that they boasted was patterned after the federal government, by making It Imponelhle for * cabinet to meet or confer on policies. "They have sacrflced the cornerstone of the code system by making no provision for code secretaries. |n an effort to force the appointment of about <oo poll! leal appoint'1*-* Into the hands of republican state officers. "They have sacrificed the Interest* of the taxpayers and business men of the slate by attempting to put Into effect a bill, the principles of which no loudness system recognizes, and no form of gov ernment tolerates, from road overseer to president or king. In this or eny other country. "They havo defied fhg mandate of tha people ae expressed at the polls to »• peal the code, and In place of represent ing the poople, they have attempted to force the passage of the Mathers bill, which would bring the code system under the provision of the new const II utlon wi; h all good business features eliminated and all of the Iniquitous duplications of srtlvl tles, deputies, Inspectors, etc., retained and fastened onto the people through ex ecutive state officer* with no power rest ing anywhere to rut out or reduce state activities or duplications of employes and with no one to speak or set for the state as a chief executive officer In the In terest of the public and good business. "This shameful and unprecedented de fiance »f the public mandate in an ef fort to secure political patronage at the sacrifice of the best Interests of ths state government and of the taxpayers must rot be permitted, and 1 therefore veto House Roll 137.' ! ishment—Fanning had stood beside ' him at Hlrd's funeral. “Oh, lie’* gone, j too. You sleep (f you can.” After dinner L)r. Trueman came in land showed Claude how to give his patient an alcohol bath. "It's simply a question of whether you can keep up his strength. Don't try any of this greasy food they serve here. Give his a raw egg, beaten up in the juice i of an orange every two hours, night and day. Waken him oul^if his sleep when it's time, don't miss a single two-houf period. I’ll write an order to your table steward, and you can beat the eggs up here in your cabin. Now I must go to the hospital. It's wonderful what those band boys are doing there. I begin to take some pride In the place. That big German has been asking foTyou. He's in a very bad way.” As there were no nurses on board, the Kansas band had taken over the hospital. They hail been trained for stretcher and first aid work, and when they realized what was happening on i the Anchlses. the bandmaster came to the doctor and offered the services of his men. He chose nurses and orderlies, divided them into night and day shifts. When Claude went to see his cor poral, big Tannhauser did not recog- ! nize him. He was quite out of hiR head and was conversing with his own family In the language of his early childhood. The Kansas boys had sin gled him out for special attention. The mere fact that he kept talking In a tongue forbidden on the surface of the seas, made him seem more friendless and alone than the others. From the hospital Claude went down into tlfe hold where half a dozen of his company were lying ill. The hold was damp and musty ns an old cellar, so steeped in the smells and leakage i of innumerable dirty cargoes that | jt could not be made or kept clean, j There was almost no ventilation, and the air was fetid with sickness and 1 sweat and vomit. Two of the hand , boya Were working in the stench and ; dirt, helping the stewards? Claude j stayed to lend a hand until It was time to give Fanning his nourish ment. He began to see that the wrist watch, which he had hitherto despised as effeminate and had carried In his pocket, might he a very useful arti cle. After he had made Fanning swal low his egg. he piled all the available blankets on him and opened the port to give the cabin an airing. While the fresh wind blew In. he sat down on the edge of his berth and tried to collect his wiis. What had become of those first days of golden weather, I leisure and good comradeship? The hand concerts, the l.indsborg quartet. | the first excitement and novelty of j being at lea: all that had gone by! like a dream. That night when the doctor came in to see fanning, he threw his stetho scope on ttie bed and said wearily, “it's a wonder that Instrument doesn't lake root In my ears and grow there." i He sat dow n and Sucked Ills ther- ! mometer for a few minutes, then held |f out for Inspection. Claude ! looked at It and told him he ought to I go to bed. "Then who's to be up and around? . No lied for me. tonight. Hut 1 will i have a hot hath by and by." Claude asked why the ship's doctor didn't do anything and added that he 1 must be as little as he looked. "Cheastip? No. he's not half bad ! when you get to know him. He's given me a lot of help about pre paring medicines, and It's a great assistance to talk the cases over with him. He'll do anything for me ex cept directly handle the patients. He 1 doesn't want to exceed his authority. 1 It seems the English marine is very particular about such things. He's a Canadian, and he graduated first In his class at Edinburgh. I gather he was frozen out in private practice. Vou see. his appearance Is against him. It's an awful handicap to look Bke a kid and be as shy as he Is." The doctor rose, shored up his hag. “Vou're looking line yourself, lieu tenant." he remarked. "Parent* both living? Were they quite young when you were born" Well, then their parents were, probably. I'm a crank about that. Yes, 1*11 get my bath pretty soon, and 1 will lie down for an hour or two. With these splen,|ld band hoys running the hospital. 1 get a little lee way." onflnartl In Th# Morning Bn.) Births and Deaths. | Birth*. M»I»J and Marl. Kara*, nil Monro, *tr,at. alrl I harlra and N.lll. rickaral, JSll Nerih Eighteenth street, hoy. Reynold *nd Mary Jacobsen. 3043 Arcadia avenue, l*oy, Tony and due I to Patti, lilt South Twenty-second street, bo>. Gustav and Edith lu-kman, hoapltal. boy Claranoa an<I Ituby Way, 4122 J atratt boy. Armand and Ellen Roedlcker, 141T Caa* Street. t„,y. Murl and Mery Finney, hospital, girl. <’ W. and Fa Ilia West, 33 70 Patrick avenue, girl. Anton and F.lla Paskach. 420» South Twenty-first *tteet. girl. Htanley and Barnica Webb, hospital, boy. I tenth*. Elisabeth Jonea, 73 years, Slaty.third and Reward street. chnrlr* William Florkea, 70 yaara. 1021 South Thlrty-flrat attest. J. J Egan. 42 years, hospital. Virginia, Coy, 11 year*, hospital. John n. Mail. 69 yaara. hospital Anna Greco, 14 year*, hoapltal John B. Mara. 60 years, hoapltal. Edward dreary. 70 year*, honpltal. William M deonard, 44 yearn, hospital. Ida It. Epstein. 42 year*, hoapltal , Giovanni loppanl. 24 year*, hospital Gha*. M. Hockley, 69 years. 4117 Far nam sire Ml* Grenhlld Ojaon. 49 year*. 214 South Thlrty-alith street. Charles J. Hull berg, 62 rear*, hospital, i Jamea II. Burn#, 64 years, hospital. Samuel h. Miller, 4» yaara. 1321 Davan port street. Mr*. Anna Griffith, 40 years. 1734 South , Tenth atraet. Thomas 1* Crane, 49 yeare, Hiller*** F'loremre hateh»ha Digest of New Nebraska Laws Bills Passed hy Current Ses sion of State Legislature in Brief. (lonlinnrd From face Six.) S. F. 4—Corrects a contradiction in the statute relating to terms of coun 1 ty superintendents. S. F. 38—Provides that sinking fund . for retirement of school bonds shall be deposited in banks instead of in vested in bonds. S. F. 265—Confers on peace officers transporting prisoners from other j states tile same power hs peace of- j ficers of the state possess. S. F. 203—Excludes from the maximum liabilities of trust com- I panies. now fixed at two-thirds the capital stock, money invested in real estate mortgages and other securities authorized to invest in, •S. F. 243—Provides for the super vision by the department of agricul ture of rendering establishments and : their licensing. Permits transporta- < tion of dead animals along highway. ' S. F. 176—Amends nurse registra- I tion law. permits licenses to issue to persons 21 years of age, increases an nual fee from $.7 to fit) prescribes new standards of qualification, and exempts practical nurse and gratui tous nursing by members of the family or representatives of religious societies. S. F. 121—Permits persons issuing "no fund checks" to show in court that they had a deposit in hank 30 days before issuance and to make restitution, when prosecution shall be dropped. S. F. 133—Empowers state railway commission to make orders relating to stopping places of stock trains and with respect to facilities for care takers S. F. 120—Regulate the manner of j legal publications in daily, weekly, I semi weekly and weekly newspapers, 8. F. 110—Permits charitable or- j ganizations to act as guardians for minor children. 8. F. 79—Provides a method by which connecting tracks may be secured in cities where railroads are within 500 feet of eaeh other. S. F. 126—Repeals the law fixing price city councils shall pay for legal publications. 8. F. 3.11—Provides for temporary investment of proceeds of municipal improvement bonds pending the com pletion of the work. Special act to meet situation at Falls City. Emer gency. 8 F. 72—Fixing a standard of qualifications for insurance examiners fixing their compensation and requir ing verification of hill for services by company official. Emergency. ft. F. 101—Prohibiting the sale of eggs unfit for human food and re quires all buyers for resale or con signment to candle them, save dur ing .the first four months of the year; requires certificate of candling to accompany each shipment. 8. F. 227—Provides for appoint ment of commissioner to represent ^Nebraska in negotiations with Colo- 1 rado respecting use and disposition I of waters of South Platte. Emer gency. 8. F. 261—Provides that trials re lating to lost, destroyed or disputed corners or boundaries of land shall be tried by equity court without a Jury 8. F. 275—Joint resolution accept ing on behalf of the state park board the property in Custer county known as the Victoria Springs park. S. F. 196—Provides that fire es capes on Lincoln schoolhouses need not conform to state law require ments if they comply with city ordinances. S. F. US—Transfers from the de partment of public work to tfce de partment of horticulture of the Uni versity of Nebraska, makes the gov ernor chairman ex officio and the head of the horticultural department the secretary. 8. F. 200—Provides that telephone companies may negotiate for a higher commission on toll messsges than the 15 and 10 per cent now in the law, by fixing these ns the minimum com missions. Railway commision acts as arbiter. S. F. 220—Investing In courts the discretion of fixing bonds for re ceivers. H. F. 253—Provides that no deputy sheriff shall act as constable while i deputy sheriff Emergency. S. F. 307—Provides that executors, administrators or guardians may ex tend time of payment of notes belong ing to estate in their charge. 8. F. 36—Provides that vacancies ’ occ-urtng in the office of county Judge j shorter than a two-year period be filled l>y appointment. Emergency. 8. F. 323—Takes from the town ship supervisor and puts In the i-oun- 1 ty treasury the handling of moneys 1 reeehed b.v virtue of the automobile licensing law. S. F. lO'i—Provides for the Invest- , ment of state funds in warrants of any irrigfied district as well as other warrants. S. F. 196—Makes tobacco licenses run concurrent with calendar year. S F. 124—Increases number of | deputy county attorneys tn Douglas | county from five to six. S. F. 246—Gives cities of tile second j class and villages to exercise the ' power of eminent domain to establish i sewerage outside of limits. , S. F. 276—Makes the accessory to the crime of arson punishable the same as the principal. S. F. 314—Validates the organiza tion of irrigation districts that have ; been operating for a year. S. F. 9—County agent bill. Provides for filing of petition containing in I counties of less than 3,000 population. 1100; 3,000 to 5,000. 150 names; 5,000 | to 7.000, 200; 7,000 to 9,000; 250; 9,000 io 11,000, 275; 11,000 to 13.000. j 350; 13,000 to 15,000, 500; 15,000 to 117.000, 550, and more than 17,000, 1600 to secure mandatory action nam ing a county agent, unless a remon I strance is filed with one-eighth more : names than the original petition. In .that case the proposition goes to a i vote of the people at the next general I election, and does not affect counties j now having an agent. S. F. 92—Provides that no person i afflicted with a veneral disease shall I marry, and no person w ho has been ; adjudged an imbecile or feeble minded or a person afflicted syith heredi tary epilepsy or hereditary Insanity, until after he or she shall have sub mitted to an operation for steriliza tion. No marriage hereafter con tracted shall be regarded as valid un less such license has been obtained and the ceremony performed by an authorized person. Requires 10 days’ notice that they are not under the ban of any of the previous prohibi tions, the notice to be posted in a conspicuous place in the courtroom; county judge must notify parents by registered letter the parents or guar dians where they have not reached their majority. This notice may be dispensed with on the written order of the county court for good cause shown or unusual conditions as to make a period of delay unwise. Be fore issuing a license the county Judge must require an affidavit that applicants are free from venereal : dl.-ease. S. Ft. 83—Amend* the judicial ap- i portlonment act hy adding Arthur j and Banner counties to the Thir- I te$nth district and giving it two , judges The^wo counties are taken from the Seventeenth district. Emer gency. K. F’. 332—To ratify and approve roinpact hetween the states of Colo rado and Nebraska with respeet to the waters of the South Platte river. This compact binds all cities and corporations and all others interested in the diversion and use of the waters of the river. It provides that the two states shall maintain at joint expense a stream gauging station near Julesburg. It also provides for the diversion and use of the waters of Eodgepole creek. Between the I5th of October and the first day of 1 April of tho succeeding year Colo- ! rado la- to have the fulT and uninter rupted use of South Platte waters and for the remainder of the year that state shall not permit diversions from the lower section of the river which is described to mean that part in Colorado between the west bound ary of Washington, Colorado, and the state line to an extent that will | diminish the flow of the river at . the gauging station below 120 ruble feet per second. It is also provided that Nebraska shall not be entitled - to receive or Colorado required to ' deliver any *inre than Is necessary for beneficial use in Nebraska. The hill also contains provisions relative to the supervision of present and fu ture canals, sets out the amount of storage water that may he held hy Colorado. Compact may be modified or terminated at any time by mutual j consent, but if terminated the statute j of limitation shall not apply in any legal controversy. S. V. 1ST—Provides that when do ; per cent nr more of the number of | freeholders petition the secretary of j state to call an election to create a j sugar mill district the matter shall be submitted to a vote of the district | and if HO per rent of two-thirds of the legal voters of the district approve it the governor is to proclaim the dis trict established. If the board of directors recommend after an In- j vestigation that a sugar tnill slvdl be erected a Itond issue shall he sub milled upon a in per rent initiative and bonds may be issued upon an thority of a <t*o thirds vote of the people. * Although Japan la the largest ex porter of natural silk, that country Is ' importing artificial silk for its own purposes. 1-ast year 134 000 pounds of this commodity was shipped to Japan from England. Ctlmalene—Olimalene. What is it S—Adv. Take care of your teeth and good health will be the result. Science has proved that many a body illness is caused by decayed, unhealthy teeth. 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But as there are 12 attorneys for (he 13 de fendants, Judge Woodrough decided to allow the defense 13 hours to ar gue. Motions by 12 attorneys for directed verdicts for the 13 defendants were refused yesterday after arguments were heard. Sullivan Quits. City council Tuesday accepted resignation of M. J. Sullivan, who will be placed on the police department pension roll. Mr. Sullivan was rein stated as detective by city council during the week before Commission er Butler took over the police d* partment. Mr. Butler transferred Mr. Sullivan to the ranks as patrolman. X p|ece of gum camphor placed in the piano when closing It for ths summer vacation, will keep moths out of the felt. 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