THE BEE, OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL, 4, 1918.
Nebraska
HOUSE UPHOLDS
POTASH LEASES
ALREADY GIVEN
Takes Action on Much Dis
cussed Measure to Support
Tenure of Men Who Long
Have Been Upon Ground.
: (Prom a Stiff Correapond.nf.)
i Lincoln April : 3.(Special Tele-Krani.)-The
house of representatives
U today ordered to third reading the
. potash bill after long discussion.
An amendment to give the State
i Board of ; Educational Lands and
.Funds the authority to grant leases
.at from S to 25 per cent royalty was
defeated and the bill left to read "not
less than 5 per cent." Then was added
a clause that the leases should go to
the highest and best bidder. .
Craddock of Douglas started the
big discussion in the introduction of
an amendment which would deny the
right of the Board of Educational
Lands to validate leases already made.
He believed that the state had a
right to get the best out of its potash
lakes it could- irrespective of the
leases made. 1
Makes "Politics" Charge.
Thomas of box Butte said 227
leases had been issued by the tSate
Board of Educational Lands, which
had been made in good faith. He
charged that politics had entered into
the matter and it was not right that
men who had put good money and
much time into the matter in an ef
fort to develop an industry should
lose put. He said that really the leg
islature had no authority to validate
the leases. AH it could do was to
instruct the state board.
Tracewell of Cherry believed the
people of the state who had lived here
' alt their lives, had helped to develop
it and otherwise been in touch with
; its forward movement should be given
the preference over outside corpora
. tions in the development of the pot
ajh industry.
' Stuhp for Holding.
Stuhr of Hall thought that it would
be best for the state to hold onto the
deposits. He said that most of the
.potash now used went for agricultural
!' purposes in the way of fertilizer for
t eastern states and he thought that the
fe time .would come 'when Nebraska
- would need the potash for its own
Hands and that it should conserve, it
." until that thime.
By -a tote of 31 to 4 the house
'! -agreed to validate leases given by the
!! State Board of Educational Lands and
Funds. '
How They Voted.
i"l The vote on the amendment which
''sought to deny right to" validate
'' leases was. '. , " '
Yes Axtel, Conley, Craddock,
J!!;afpe, Dau. Foulon, Fries, Fultz,
iood, Harris of Creely, Erick John
i"'son, Keegan, Knutson, McAllister,
"!;Miller, Norton, Olson, Osterman,
iKeed, Richard, Reischick, Sass,
'J Segelek, Shaffer, Shannon, Stream,
j';Stuhr, Swanson, Taylor, Ward. 31.
i No -Ainlay, Anderson of Boyd,
1 1: Anderson of, Phelps, Bates, Beal
ji.,iCronin, Dalbey, Fleetwood, Fuller,
'Gormley, Greenwalt, Harris of Buf
J.;,!alo, Hostettler, Hughes, Hunt Hut
,,:ton, Facobson, Jellen, Fied Johnson,
' Koch, Lampert, . Lamar, Liggett,
! Lindberg, Lovely, Manxer, Moseley,
Murtey, Naylor,. Neff, Nesbit, Peter
son, ; Radke, Reifenrath", Reneker,
! Reynolds, Rine, Sculder, Sindelar,
!i Sternes, Thomas, Todd, Tracewell,
Trumbel, Waite, White, Mr. Speaker.
i 47.'.'.. .:,'',::' '"!'" ; .
;' The house sent the bill to be en
grossed for passage with only IS
'.dissenting votes, Axter, Conley,
. Craddock, Dafoe, Fries, Harris of
Greeley,. Erick Johnson, Keegan,
, Liggett, Miler, Neff, Osterman, Sese
i lek. Shannon and Stuhr. Fifty-three
- voted for the bill. ;
Senate Passes Bill to
: C s Repe Mockett Law
(rrom a Staff Corraapoedent.)
V Lincoln. April 3. (Special Tele
. gram.) The Mockett law permitting
: the teaching of foreign languages in
the public schools is repealed by a
. bill which unanimously passed in the
senate today. Senator Mattes, presi
ddnt of the German alliance, in ex
.(plaining his vote, said: "When the
; law was -passed circumstances per
t mined enactment on its merits as an
educational factor alone.
"Without receding one iota in loy
alty to the state and nation in the one
great purpose in wheh we are press
ing forward, it might be wished that
this educational subject might at all
4 times be considered as an educational
' value .and by that standard alone it
is clear that our national administra
tion has so considered it and has
given its approval to the study of
modern foreign languages in the
schools, but the test of time will set
tie the matter."
Senator Mattes said that the gov
ernor had called the legislature to
gether jto1 enact laws such as will ma-
i terially strengthen our effectiveness
in co-operation with the federal gov
; trnment and believing in his sincerity
$' and honlsty of opinion it would gov
, trn his opinion and ,he would vote for
.the bill. , ; -
' Senate Passes Measure
V; v Correcting Omaha Charter
jjijl! ' (From ft Staff Correspondent )
Lincoln, April 3.-( Special- Tele
' gram.) S. F. No. 1, a bill correcting
'.' an error in the Omaha, charter, was
; passed by the senate this afternoon.
r, It provided for the issuance of sewer
'! fconds, correcting, an, error jn the
ri.law which made tt. impossible,. in the
.! ftund of the state auditor, to register
"..'aertain bonds already issued. -i'X
S. F. No. 2, the sabotage bill, also
i; as passed.
!j" The home guard" bill was recora
j! mended for passage without any im
'." portant amendment as it came from
the house. The anti-alien bill was
!,4mended so that a foreigner voting
,.on his first papers will be given three
'! years to complete the same after the
adoption of the constitutional amend
jf ment defining citizenship. It was re
sported for passage.
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, ' Norfolk City Council.
' ' Norfolk. Neb., April 3. (Special
'' Telegram.) W. H. Blakeman, M. C
fFraser, Thomas Johnson and J. C.
Koerber being elected eouncilmen.
'Burt Mapes and C J. Hibben were
reelected for the school board
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HOUSE GIVES BLOW
AT FOREIGN SPEECH
Lower Branch of Legislature
Adopts Resolution Urging
Schools Not to Teacli Any
Allen T rues.
(From a Stiff Correpondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., April 3. (Special.)
The lower branch of the Nebraska
legislature today passed a resolution
by Norton approving a request of the
State Council of Defense to school
authorities to prevent teaching for
eign languages in all schools, private,
public and denominational. The reso
lution read:
"Whereas: The most thorough in
vesttgation has established beyond
question that the teaching of the Ger
man language has wrought a baneful
influence upon American citizenship in
Nebraska, therefore be it
"Resolved, That we approve the re
quest of the Nebraska State Council
of Defense that Nebraska school
authorities preclude the teaching pf
all foreign languages in the element
ary grades; that no foreign language
shall be taught in any of the private
or denominational schools, and that
all instruction, whether secular or
religious, shall be given in the English
language during the war."
Stay in Lincoln Saturday.
An invitation from the Omaha com
mittee having in charge the Liberty
loan parade there on Saturday was
read, but the members did not believe
it wise to accept the invitation to at
tend in a body for the reason that on
Saturday legislation of the special
session may be so far along it might
be wisdom to work. Besides Lincoln
was having a Liberty parade at the
same time and if the members at
tended either it was better not to
leave the city. ,
Committee to Alliance.
The speaker was authorized to ap
point a committee of 12 members to
attend the state meeting of the Com
mercial clubs of the state to be held
in Alliance. At that meeting Warden
Tinan of the Colorado penitentiary
iwho has made a success of using con
victs on road work, will give an ad
dress upon convict road building in
that state.
Eustis Red Cross Workers
Hold White Elephant Sale
Eustis," Neb., April 3. (Special.)
Figures compiled by the finance com
mittee of the local Red Cross branch
show that the Red Cross and white
elephant sale here Saturday, March
30, netted $1,717.40. Nearly a third
of this sum was cash donated prior
to the sale. During the sale a num
ber of- ladies circulated around
through the crowd stealing hats. The
hats were handed to the auctioneers
and sold to the highest bidder. Nearly
$100 was realized in this manner.
One cake sold for $14.
The committee in charge of the
junior auxiliary of the Red Cross
served lunch during the day and real
ized about $150. '
Reports from the agricultural com
munities tributary to Eustis indicate
that the winter wheat crop prospects
are excellent. A rain fall of one-half
inch precipitation within the past few
days has acted as a great stimulant
to small grain and has put the ground
in fine shape for spring work. The
winter wheat crop acreage has been
greatly increased, and it is said by
grain buyers that the production will
be the largest ever produced in this
section. . , ,
Fred Zimmerer, ex-member of the
Nebraska legislature in the pioneer
days, a native of Germany and a civil
war veteran, will speak at the Coun
cil of Defense meeting to be held in
the opera house Friday, April 5.
School Children Discover
Body of Aged Bachelor
Minden, Neb., April 3. (Special.)
At Axtell, 10 miles west of here,
school children who had broken a
window with a base ball, discovered
the decomposed body of an aged man,
afterwards identified as that of Isaac
Sundstrom, a bachelor, who the
neighbors supposed was visiting rela
tives in Gothenburg since last Octo
ber. Tom Swanson, who has been
occupying the other side of the house,
had no knowledge of Sundstrom's
fate. He was 79 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Nelson, liv
ing, three miles southeast of Minden,
received news of the death from
septicemia of their son, Harry E. Nel
son, on board the United State steam
ship Brooklyn. He has been in the
service over three years. Burial will
be made here, the body to be shipped
from some point in Asia. He is the
first Kearney county boy to lose his
life in the service since war was de
clared. Jenks Talks at Madison.
Madison. Neb., April 3. (Special.)
Dr. E. H. Jenks of Omaha gave a
patriotic address at this city
Tuesday before the Liberty bond or
ganization for the Madison district.
The executive committee consists of
C. S. Snyder, chairman; I. M. Dawson,
Otto Scheer. Otto Fuerst, F. H. Tay
lor, C. E. Fraser, and C. S. Sutton.
The county executive committee con
sists of W. H. Field, chairman; A. E.
Ward, secretary; F. M. Yeazel, Judge
M. S, McDuffee. W. E. Taylor, Mark
O'Shea, County Supterintendent N. A.
Housel. F. A. Peterson is county
chairman and ex-officio chairman of
all committees.
Former Nebraskan Dies.
Smith's Falls, Ont., April 1. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Letitia Wilton, widow of
the late Benjamin Contal of Blair,
Neb., died today at the age of 86, at
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the home of Mr. II. Clark, where she
had been living for the last few years.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row with interment in the public vault.
Ralph Burns and B. Graham
In Auto Accident at Edgar
Edgar, Neb., April 3. (Specials
Ralph Burns and Bernard Graham
were injured when an auto in which
they were driving overturned last
night. They attempted to pass another
car occupied by Clyde Wilson, Fair
fiefild, and Miss Grace Burns, a sister
of RaloK'. Graham had one leg badly
crushed and Burns had one leg bruised.
The car they were driving, the prop
erty of John Lindberg, was badly
wrecked.
Amsberry Defeats Waters
For Broken Bow Mayoralty
Broken Bow, Neb., April 3. (Spe
cial Telegram.) At the municipal
election here D. M. Amsberry, peo
ple's independent, was elected for
mayor over W. W. Waters of the
citizens ticket by a majority of eight
votes. The total vote cast was 366.
The mayor-elect is a pioneer news
paper man of the county and former
receiver in the United States land of
fice here.
Curtis Votes Against .
Closing of Bowling Alleys
Curtis, Neb., April 3. (Special Tel
egram.) The municipal election held
here Tuesday resulted in the election
of S. W. Gilbert, C. S. Adams and
A. W. Powell. The vote to prohibit
pool, billiards and bowling alleys was
nearly two to one against.
New Teachers at Bur well.
Burwell, Neb., April 3. (Special.)
At a meeting of the school board
last night G. R. Boomer was elected
superintendent for the ninth consecu
tive year. Mae Mathena, Minnie War
ner and Carmen Laverty were elected
as high school teachers. Lucyle De
Lashmutt, J. L. Jenkins, Mary Quinn,
Imo Barrett, Frances Meyers, Fran
ces Coffin, Edyth Johnson and Helyn
Beynon were elected for the grades.
The board expects to put in a busi
ness course in the high school, for
which a principal has not yet been
elected.
SENATE PASSES
BILL TO PEEVENT
TEACHING GERMAN
Lincoln, Neb., April 3. Two othei
bills forlaws deemed necessary be
cause of the war were passed in thi
senate. One of them, proposing re
peal of the state law which permit!
school patrons to compel schoo
boards to provide for teaching o
German and other foreign language;
in the schools, has already passed th
house and now goes to the governor
for his signature. The other, designee
to prevent sabotage in Nebraska, now
goes to the house.
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