THE FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER.
'-v, C. TEMPLETON,
lUlitor and Business Manager.
g'l^ElLU ~NEBRA8Ki|
The Auditorium—hotel and theater
show place of Chicago and pride of Chi
cagoans In the world's fair days, will he
tom down as obsolete and as a financial
failure. Its place on Michigan avenue
will be taken by a towering structure f *r
similar purposes, to cost between $10,000,
000 and $16,000,000.
Hiring a band to pla.v "Hall to the
Chief" may cost R. M. Johnson his seat
In the house of commons In Canada.
Filing election expenses he failed to men
tion the band. The supreme court of
Canada dismissed his appeal from a rul
ing of a Saskatchewan election court and
voided the election.
I,ast summer the friend of a monu
ment maker In Kansas City told him of
the Exposition of Industry held annually
at Milan, Italy, In October and Novem
bf r. He made nine drawings and sei^
them. That was the last he heard until
last week when two gold medals and a
large diploma arrived, Informing him
h« had won first prize and a grand
prize.
Addressing business women In In
dianapolis, I)r. William D. Bryant, presi
dent of Indiana university, recently cau
tioned his audience to beware of fakirs
flooding the country with various phases
of psychology, including mental hypno
tism. psychology of suggestion and
scores of artificial schemes to extract
money from the public.
A hotel for dogs Is to he erected In I.os
Angeles by William Gottlieb at a cost ot
$60,000. It wttl cater to the "tourist trade”
In dogdom, and Its patrons may have
rooms "with bath" or "without”, as their
owners decide. If rooms “with bath”
are chosen the occupants will be bathed,
massaged and brushed by uniformed at
tendants every day or their stay.
When the Parisian police are sent to
arrest dangerous criminals they will
hereafter be equipped with a rectangu
lar sheet of steel to protect the face
and with armor In the form of overlap
ping sheets of. chrome steel over heavy
Cloth. Thi* garment covers the front
of the, body and Is capable of deflecting
a revolver bullet.
The New York Pbdsratlon of Church
es has launched a oonoerted effort to
reach "drifters"—Protestant church
members who have come to New York
from smaller placecs without affiliating
in the city's churches. In Manhattan
alons ISO churches are oo-operatlng.
To .show hts mother he was not killed
In battle, a man has resigned his posi
tion In a hospital at Middletown, N. Y.,
and will return to Armenia. He came
to America IS years ago. His mother
Insists that letters he has sent her were
not written by him but by his brother.
A $8,000,006 Improvement and better
ment program Is being started by tha
Cumberland Telephone Company, In New
Orleans. The company expects to spend
$1,288,000 this year. Its plans are on th«
basis that population, at present 400.000,
Will be 585,0*0 In 1*80. and 870,000 In 1*40.
Chauffeurs In New York will have theti
own exclusive club. There are 4,00(
auto driver* In private employment, whc
have organised the Society of Profes
sional Automobile Engineer* and have
opened a $400,000 club house.- Taxicab
drivers are hot admitted to membership.
Uorti than 10,000 people, or a tenth ol
the population of Cork, at present ar«
unemployed. It Is almost Impossible to
transport articles because of the Ban
don and South Coast line's Inability fo
move freight. Two of the largest fac
tories in the cltjr have been forced tc
close.
A portrait of Professor A. A. Mlchel
son, one of the world's leading physician*
and the man who measured tl»o giant
star Betelguese, has Just been added to
the portrait collection of the University
of Chicago.
The first radio servloe or the new sie
mens system has been opened between
Berlin and Budapest and la working
most satlsfactorlyy. Tho Siemens Inven
tion makes It possible for other station*
to pick up the messages.
A cat found a diamond ring for Its
mistress at Titusville. Pa. “Jackie, I've
lost my ring,” she said. "You go and
find It. The cat went downstairs and
returned Imedlately. dropping the Mng
at the feet of the owner.
While cutting down a tree a Michigan
man saw a flying squirrel. It leaped
and soared through the air to another
tree 75 feet away. Such squirrels once
wero common In that vicinity, but are
now almost extinct. It is said.
The Western Union will organize Its
messengers Into a, cadet corps In New
York. Two West Point students have
been obtained to train and drill the
corps.
There are 500 juvenile users of drugs,
10 to 10 years of age, among 16.600 drug
addicts In Chicago, according to a phy
sician’s report to the council health
committee.
Rheba Crawford, Salvation Army lass,
will enact that role on a Broadway
stage. She resigned as captain of the
Salvation Army because of publicity
given her career.
The fury of a fight which brought tw*
women to court In New York was indi
cated in the mass of hair one brought In,
declaring the other nad snatched It In
hondfulK from her head.
Caleb, a monkey belonging to a fash
ionable family In Paris, trapped a burg
lar and held him until police could be
summoned. When the burglar entered a
clothes clftset, Caleb ctosed the door.
A tax of one cent a gallon on all gaso
line used by motor vehicles In Kansas
has boen"proposed In the state legisla
ture. The fund thus collected would be
used In maintaining and oiling roads.
A Peabody, Kan., man has discovered
that half breed coyote pups sell readily
to eastern society persona for 680 each.
He crosses the eoyotes with pure bred
collie*. They have coyote ears and col
lie markings on neck and tall.
To prove he Is a man, an Italian came
back to Chicago from Italy to begin serv
ing a sentence of six years in the peni
tentiary for robbing the United States
malls.
Douglas Fairbanks will be active lead
er of a Boy Scout troop In New York.
He will develop a picture play depicting
recreational activities and character
building.
Ninety per cent, of the storms which
traverse the United States leave this con
tinent In the vicinity of New England or
Nova Scotia.
A diamond robber In Los Angeles, hard
pressed by his pursuer, turned and threw
the loot In his face.
Buddhist priests supported by «om*
of the leading newspapers have started
a campaign against the government
plan tg send a diplomatic representa
tive to the Vatican. More than 6,000
priests have organised an association to
carry on the campaign. They contend
that* to recognise the pope as the sov
ereign of a state Is prejudicial to the re
ligious system of Japaa. and beet fas,
might draw Japan into embarrassing
and difficult International question*.
The State college M Pullman, Wash.,
11 erecting a radio Station, with which
It la proposed to sand out complete edu
cational cstmi for the benefit of
ranchers. „
CASE ON TRIAL
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Young Woman Sues Company
For Injury Caused by
Its Car Driven by Her
Father.
Omaha, Neb., March —An un
usual case started In district court
Saturday before District Judge Les
lie, in which Rosa C. Peterson, 22
years old, is suing the Troy Laundry
for $5,000 damages, alleged to have
been received when she was struck
by the laundry's truck, driven by her
l'a titer.
The father, S. L. Peterson, still in
the employ of the laundry, testified
for and against the company, and for
and against his own daughter.
According ,to the young woman’s
petition, the truck at the time of the
accident, July 28, 1022, was driven
at an excessive rate of speed and in
a careless and negligent manner.
Tlie father testified that he had
cut a corner in making the turn at
eighteenth and Cuming streets, and
hits been affected greatly since the
accident.
”1 couldn’t slcrp or think,” he said,
as he described his condition follow
ing the accident, In which he climbed
down from the seat of his truck to
find that the woman he struck and
lying in the street unconscious was
his daughter.
Immediately after finishing his
testimony in behalf of his daughter,
Peterson was questioned regarding
previous statements he had made in
behalf of the laundry company.
Her petition alleges she has been
permanently injured by the accident.
Judge Leslie continued the trial until
this morning.
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF
REVOLVER KILLS GIRL
Alliance, Neb., March t—Miss
Naomi Hooper, 21 years old, was al
most Instantly killed on the Hooper
ranch, IB miles north of Lakeside,
when a revolver which she was
handling was accidentally discharged.
The bullet entered near her heart.
The young woman, alone with a
niece, Dixie Merrick, 12 wears old. had
taken the revolver from a trunk at
the ranch house, loaded It and told
her niece she intended to shoot a"
bird. The cartridge stuck and lr. at
tempting to extract tt the accident
happened.
The niece, Dixie Merrick, asked,
"What’s the 'matter. Auntie?”
"I don’t know," Miss Hooper an
swered, and fell unconscious.
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FAIL TO IDENTIFY
MYSTERIOUS AUTOMOBILE
Fremont, Neb., March ' , Special).
—TCfforts were made by Omaha de
tectives yesterday to identify the
mysterious small coupe that has been
In possession of the Fremont police
now for six weeks, as property of the
Hanlon-O’Dell Company, in Omaha,
but they were said to be unsuccessful.
The coupe, a brand new one, was
picked up here because it had no li
cense number on it.
RANDOLPH SCHOOL BOARD
ELECTS NEW TEACHERS
Randolph, Neb., March 12 (Special).
The Randolph school board has
elected teachers for the coining year
with the exception of a domestic sci
ence and science teachers. R. A. Daw
son, science teacher and athletic
coach, was elected superintendent. C.
T. Boone was elected as Smith
Hughes agriculture instructor, while
Miss Southwall and Miss Olshpert
were elected high school and Junior
high principals.
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LAND SELLS AT $104
AN ACRE AT AUCTION
Gordon, Neb., March (Spe
cial).- At sheriff's sale here last week
100 acres of land owned by Joseph
Ruddy was sold at $104 per acre. The
land is unimproved but lays adjoin
ing the city. It was purchased by
Frank Bresee, ‘a retired rancher, who
gave it to a daughter as a gift.
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CITY SETTLES DAMAGE
SUIT FOR SMALL SUM
Gordon, Neb.. March 12 (Special).—
The City of Gordon, Thursday, settled
a damage suit wlien Mrs. Chris Ross
meier accepted $300 In full settlement
for an injury alleged to have been
sustained on a defective sidewalk last
October. She had filed a claim for
$1,000.
GERMANS LAUGH AT
CHARLIE CHAPLAIN
Berlin—Charlie Chaplin is rapidly
assuming the role of Germany's na
tional hero.
Despite the fact that Chaplin is
English born and that his films are
made In America. Germans flock to
see his antics whenever they are
shown. Old Chaplin films and a few
newer ones, including the "Kid,” In
which he co-starred with Jackie
Coogan, are packing ihe houses
nightly throughout Germany.
Germans, fed up with long dry his
toric films, are turning to something
light for a change.
Chaplin is certainly giving the Ger
man people a good hearty laugh—
sunn thing they need almost as much
as they need bread and meat.
HOWELL FINALLY GETS
PLACE ON CITY COUNCIL
Randolph, Neb.. March 'Special)
■—After a hot le,.* 1 fight, dating from 1
April, 1921, the Randolph city elec
tion case was finally settled by a
technicality. The fight was waged
over the closing hours of the polls.
George Reed was re-elected for the
city councilman over Charles Howell
who filed a contest with the county
court. The court awarded the deci
sion to Howell. Failure to post bond
I for appeal by Reed now gives How
ell the election. He has 13 months of
a two years' term yet to serve.
AAAKjJG HAUL
Relieve Omaha Merchant of
$5,000 In Cash and
Escape, Leaving No
Trail Behind.
Omaha, N HS«. March '--Two
masked bandits Held op Michael Kul
akofsky, 65, while be was preparing
to count the money in his safe at the
Central Market, 1608 Harney street,
at 7:45 Sunday morning, and robbed
him of approximately $5,000 in silver
and currency.
No definite trace of either bandit
has been discovered by police.
Kulakofsky is proprietor of tht
Central Market. ' It has been his cus
tom to corns to the store every Sun
day morning about 6:30 to figure up
Saturday’s receipts.
HAS ME CALL
Car Goes Over Bunk Into Icej
Water of River—One
Pouch of Mail
Lost.
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Burwell, Neb., March 'Special).—
Rural Mail Carrier (Iraham, accom
panied by Will Mattley, overturn*!
his car into the river at Calamui
bridge, both occupants being plunge!
into the icy water. The car waa.badlj
wrecked and one sack of malltdis
appeared beneath the ice.
KILLS MAN WHO
BROKE UP HIS HOMI
' I '
Omaha, Neb., March —Charlei
Foley was shot and killed here bj
Russell Rector, who, after surrender!
ing himself to the police, told the of
ficers that Foley had broken up hit
home.
Rector went to the rooming hous<
where Foley was staying and whei
Foley came In opened fire on Mm la
the hallway. Two bullets hit Foley.
The wounded man ran out of th«
house and sought aid at the home, ol
B. T. Cullen. It was some time befort
police found him there.
"He got me and I am going to die,’
Foley gasped as the officers entered
the room. "Call rriy wife.”
The police took Foley to a hospital
Rector has two eons, 7 and * years
old, respectively, who witnessed the
shooting.
CHARGES EFFORT MADE
TO KILL THE 8CHOOL
Scottsbluff, Neb., March -De
clararing its belief that the regents
of the University of Nebraska "have
deliberately planned to kill the school
of irrigation since its inception," the
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce
has passed resolutions urging Gover
nor Bryan and the legislature to in
clude in appropriation bills funds for
the continuance of the school and its
enlargement.
The school is the only one of its
kind In the country. It was opened
'In 1920, and is provided with only the
. narrowest kind of curriculum, in
sufficent to fit the students for good
citizenship, the chamber charges.
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DEAD OMAHA MAN
HAD MUCH INSURANCE
Omaha. Neb., March ~—Arthur
Crittenden Smith, 60 years old,
prominent Omaha merchant and head
of M. E. Smith A company. Who died
here Friday, was insured for |t,760,
000, according to . announcement
made by local insurance officials.
With one exception, Mr. Smith car
ried more insurance than anybody
else in Nebraska.
Funeral services for Mr. Smith will
be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at All
Saints Episcopal church and inter
ment will be in Forest Lawn.
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TEACHER DISCOVERS FIRE,
BUILDING SAVED
Thedford, Neb., March (Special).
—The prompt action of Mias Pauline
Beekhoff In spreading the alarm of
Are, saved the high school here from
destruction. Miss Beekhoff, Instruc
tor In the seventh and eighth grades,
discovered the blase at C a. m. from
her home and notlAed the Janitor who
was at work In the building.
The Are was caused by sparks from
the chimney.
CHILD OF 8 YEARS
DIES OF SLEEPING SICKNESS
Ravenna, Neb., March (Special).—
The flrst case of sleeping sickness
here resulted in the death of Thelma
Gilpin, 8 years old.
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POULTRY RAISERS ARE
GETTING GOOD PRICES
Sargent, Neb., March „ (Special).—
Poultry raisers In this section have
been making good money lately. J. E.
Orint sold 50 hens averaging 7 3-10
pounds each. At 20 cents a pound he
received *73 for the lot. Harry Bent
ley marketed 31 hens for *45.50 and
Sidney Vore received $84.20 for 73
hens.
HOG FOUND TO HAVE TWO
HEART8, THREE KIDNEYS
Hamburg, March , —A curiosity In
the shape of a hog with two hearts
and three kidneys was discovered on
the farm of L*. Boggs near here at a
butchering. The men marvelled at
the vitality the hog displayed after
being killed In the usual way, and
when they opened the hog they found
the answer. It was 80 minutes after
the hag had been “teuck" before It
wee deed. One of the hearts was
larger than the ether, the smaller
one having grown fast to the liver.
There were also three fully developed
kidneys.
GRAIN RATES TO |
Nebraska Rail Commission
Calls Roads of That State
Into Conference on
March 26.
Lincoln, Neb., March .Special).—•
All of the Nebraska railroads have
been ordered . to appear before the
state railway commission March 26th
to show' cause, if they can, w’hy their
grain rates‘should not be amended.
The commission started action cn its
own motion some time ago, but post
poned the case because the experts on
both sides were at interstate com
merce commission hearings. Then it
proposed a general inquiry.
Now it proposes to confine it to
these two points: Where specific
rates from Nebraska points of origin
to Omaha are greater than Nebraska
distance grain rates for equivalent
distances. Such specific rates to said
terminal market shall not exceed the
corresponding distance_ rates. Inci
dental special adjustments in rates
of so-called "fish hook" roads in ter
ritory immediately adjacent to
Omaha as will properly solve cross
country competitive situations here
tofore considered in several cases.
JOY RIDING IN “BORROWED”
CAR BROUGHT HIS GRIEF
Grand Island, Neb., March —One
boy scout meeting per week and two
picture shows per month is to con
stitute the night life of Ray Streator
for the fiext year, according to the
terms under which he was paroled by
Judge Clements, at the lad’s hearing
in district court on the charge of joy
riding with another’s car.
On all other nights, Ray, who Is 15
years old, must be at home by 9
o'clock. On the two nights per month
he chooses to attend n movie, he must
go to the first show and be at home
by 9:30. Other terms of parole were:
He must attend school regularly dur
ing the. term, in vacation months seek
some useful occupation, and report
regularly to his Sunday school
teacher:
The lad was arrested several days
ago after having been caught after
a sensational chase by Ila, 10-year
old daughter of William Neitfeld,
owner of the car which he had “bor
rowad.”
Otoe County Butcher, Convict
ed of Violating “Dry” Law,
Lays It All to the
Dispenser.
Lincoln, Neb., March 'Special).—
Claus Peterson, butcher at Lorton,
Otoe county, told the supreme court
when his appeal to that tribunal was
presented Thursday, that he ought
not to be compelled to serve a year
or two in the state penitentiary be
cause lie was a tfih'd time convicted
of breaking the state prohibitory law.
He was found drunk in his butcher
shop, partly undressed and with
booze close at hand. His story was
that a bootlegger came in and tried
to sell him some stuff. He refused
to buy, but did accept the offer of
a couple of drinks. That ended his
knowledge of what happened. He said
the bootlegger must have left the.
stuff behind him when he departed
after Peterson fell unconscious.
Richard H. Schmidt, convicted in
Pierce county of . wife and child
abandonment, has appeajed to the
court. He left his wife two months af
ter they were married, and was not
permitted by the trial court to testi
fy that the reason was that she had
told him that she had gone wrong
before her marriage, a child having
been born to her six months after the
wedding. The court, made a number
of remarks that, Schmidt says, preju
diced the jury against him. The state
Introduced in testimony a letter from
Schmidt to his wife's father at
Plainvif'vv, written after he had sent
her home, in which he said that he
wes in trouble and had to skip out.
He asked that the news might be
broken gently to his loved wife, as
she might do herself wrong.
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PIERCE DEBATERS WIN
FROM CREIGHTON TEAM
Pierce, Neb., March (Special).—
On Wednesday night at Creighton the
Pierce high school debating team met
the Creighton team. The question
was, “Resolved that Nebraska
should adopt the Kansas Industrial
Court System." The Pierce team,
consisting of Harry Ruckendahl, John
Kratochvil and Elton Stelnkraus, had
the affirmative and the Creighton
team, consisting of Zelma Bard,
Ernest Nicholaisen and Ivan John
son, had the negative. The decision
of the judges was 2 to 1 in favor of
Pierce.
PRINCE AS A BOY SCOUT.
London—The Prince of Wales lias
several closets full of uniforms, hut
he created a sensation when he ap
peared recently in a Boy Scout uni
form at a Scout function.
WILD QUAIL LODGES IN
CITY BUILDING’S HALL
Buoy rue, Ohio.—Charles Aumllier
was sitting on a chair in the doorway
of his store, on the west side of the
public square here when a quail ran
across the sidewalk, dodged between
Aumiller's feet and scurried to the
back of the hallway.
Investigation disclosed that the
bin* had cuddled In a corner, pre
pared to spend the night. It was not
disturbed. Next morning it flew away.
BILL PROGRESSES
Measure Appropriating $10,
000,000 Advanced to Third
Reading In House—Nurses
Fail to Get All Desired.
Lincoln, Neb., March . (Special.)—
By a vote of 89 to 5 the house ad
vanced to third reading a bill sub
mitting to a referendum a soldier
bonus bill appropriating 110.000,000.
After a vigorous debate, the house
definitely postponed house rule 248
decreasing by 2 per cent, the butter
fat content of ice cream and fruit
by a vote of 57 to 33. It also killed
one-third treading a bill cutting in
half the number of game birds that
may be killed in one day.
The house put its approval on 11
bills on third reading Wednesday.
One of these had a close call. It
provides that the expense of rural
school pupils in the high schools of
a town or city shall be borne by the
entire rural school districts of a
country and not by those districts
sending them.
The Christian Scientists are now
in the senate on a fight to secure ex
emption of their children from ex
amination for physical defects by
school authorities. As the bill passed,
only teachers may make examina
tions. The senate made a moving
picture censorship bill a special order
for next Wednesday.
The senate debated with some
vigor an amendment to the registered
nurses law which raises the fee for
certificates, and which, as originally
drawn gave to the nurses’ association
of the state the naming of the board
of examiners and make it an offense
for anybody to do any nursing with
out having a certificate from the
state as to their competency. As the
bill finally emerged the public wel
fare department will be free to
choose the examiners and anybody
who nurses gratutiously as a mem
ber of a religious society, a friend or
member of a family or who nurses
for hire but does not pretend to be a
/egistered nurse may do so.
World’s Largest to Cost More
Than $5,000,000—Plan
More Improvements
at Southampton.
Canton.—Floating churches where
religious services are held, floating
schools and dispensaries, are features
of the missionary work carried on by
the South China Boat Mission among
the th«usands of Chinese who live on
house boats in South China.
Canton has perhaps the largest
boat population of any city in the
world, a:% there are 84,000 boats of
every description registered in the of
fice of the harbor commissioner. This
represents approximately 400,000 peo
ple.
The South China Boat Mission be
gan its work with the boat people in
1909, and the work has grown until
at the present there are eight gospel
boats supported by the mission in the
Kwangtung province. Five of these
boats operate at Canton, one at Kong
moon, one at Shiuchow and one at
Yingtak. In Canton church services
are held every Sunday morning, as
well as through the week, on the gos
pel boats, which weave their way
through the labyrinth of boats of
every description.
A small boat is used as a dispen
sary and is under the direction of a
Chinese physician, while another
boat is converted into a boarding
school for boys and another into a
school for girls. The boat schools
must be boarding schools, as the boat
people move about constantly, and the
pupils could not attend regularly oth
erwise. There are 18 boys attend
ing the boys’ school and about the
same number of girls enrolled in the
hoarding school for girls. There are
also many day pupils.
The boat people are very clannish.
They have a dialect of their own;
they seldom go on land, do not mingle
with the “land people,” are very
superstitious and are uneducated.
Practically the only way in which the
missionary can reach them is to secure
a boat and go out and live among
them.
There are boats of nil descriptions.
They include the sampans, which lie
close to the water and are approxi
mately 15 feet long; the great Junks,
with their cargoes of grain, salt and
lumber; the fishing boats, with their
high sterns and picturesque amber
colored patched sails; the boats with
great eyes painted on their prows,
in order that they may see, which ply
between Canton and Ningpo, and the
river cargo boats, with small cannons
mounted on their sides as a protec
tion against the river pirates. As
these boats carry silk they are at
tacked frequently.
The sampans, which are some 15
feet long and 5 feet wide, are the
homes of families of six or seven peo
ple. The women, often with babies
strapped to their backs, or playing at
their feet, row the majority of the
boats, for the women are the workers
in South China.
AMERICAN WOMAN, FASCISTI.
Berlin—Bavaria's fascisti have an
American spokesman--or rather a
spokeslady. She claims to be a .Mexi
can citizen, calls herself Miss Allen,
and is one of Hilter's most active
propagandists, constantly on the road
rushing from one end of Bavaria to
the other. Miss Allen is about 30
years old, very handsome—beautiful
red hair, dark blue eye*—speaks per
fect German with only a very slight
touch of foreign accent. Her great
success is due quite as much to nat
ural eloquence as to the fascinating
appearance of the female fascisti I
apostle
BARROWS TO GET
HI5MJ1LLT
Both Houses of Nebraska Leg
islature Favor Bill But Gov
ernor Bryan May
Veto It.
Lincoln, Neb., March ,'£?pecial).—
The state senate Wednesday passe#
the house bill appropriating $1,800 to
pay Former Lieutenant Governor
Barrows for time he alleges he was
called upon to serve as acting gov
ernor during the four year incum
bency of Former Governor McKelvie.
The emergency clause was attached,
five senators changing their votes
when it became apparent that the
hill was sure to pass. Payment will
be made immediately if Governor
Bryan gives approval. He may veto
the bill, it is rumored.
Governor Bryan praised the actions
of the house in calling back the in
definitely postponed lull giving him
power to remove officials who have
been recalcitrant to their trust. “I am
gratified at the action of the house,”
the governor said. “No one can fiie
charges under the bill except the*
governor and he would only do so a®
a last resort. The action of the house
is one instance where the special in
terests—the bootleggers—got the
worpt of it.”
Wards of the state who reside at
the boys’ industrial school or the in
dustrial school for girls cannot secure
freedom in the future by surrepti
tiously wedding. The house advanced?
to third reading a bill which provides;
that marriage on the part of these
wards shall not operate to make then*,
of legal majority. It was said by
members of the committee on state
institutions, which introduced the
bill, that a number of these have
shortened the terms by sneaking out
and getting married and then claim
ing freedom under the law as it now
exists.
The house, in committee of the*
whole, swung the guillotine on H. R.
528, which sought to regulate th»
practice of optometry. The 10 cent,
store was largely responsible Sev
eral members proudly declared that
the glasses through which they sea
the world were purchased for the*
small sum of one dime. Why, there
fore, they asked, should the state of
Nebraska pass a law that will raise
the price of spectacles to the people.
The law prohibited persons from pre
scribing glasses unless they had tak
en certain courses in schools.
Members of the senate committee
on banking, together with Pres. Dun.
Reilly, of the State Bankers’ Associa
tion; Dan V. Stephens, of Fremont,
and others met Governor Bryan in a.
private conference Wednesday after
noon, the purpose being to attenmpt
to harmonize conflicting views on the
pending banking bill. The meeting
lasted over two hours, and during
that time voices in the conference
room were lifted to a high pitch.
Chairman Bliss, of the senate com
mittee, discussed the conference fol
lowing its conclusion. Governor Bry
an, he said, stood pat in his objection
to many of the features of the bill and
was opposed in his stand by thos
bankers and some of the members of
the committee. Others stanchly de
fended his position.
According to statements of thoss
at the conference, the governor said
that not only will he veto the bill if
it comes to him in its present form
but if it is passed over his veto he
will try to suspend it by a referendum
petition. Banking legislation, all at
the conference admitted, is the most
important matter before the legis
lature.
The house Wednesday afternoon
clipped crow eggs from the crow
bounty bill. It advanced the till
placing grain commission firms un
der 0,000 bond. The Ogara bill re
ducing the testing fee against creurm
stations from $2 to $1 was advanced
to third reading.
SUITE RESISTING
REPAYING FEES
Asserts Its Right to Charge'
Above Cost for Inspection *
of Oils—In High
Court.
Lincoln, Neb., March • -The suit,
brought by a number of cii companies;
to compel the state department of ag
riculture to pay back to them fee*
collected for inspection where the>
money represents an excess above
the. cost of the work was argued and
submitted in supreme court Friday
afternoon.
The companies contend that th(*
legislature cannot add to its revenue*
to be expended for general expense*
of government by compelling them tm
pay more than inspection costs. The
state defends on the ground that this
is an excise tax and not a revenuo
measure. It insists that the com
paniles have already collected from
customers the full amount of the fee*
as their books show they add this to
the cost of doing business, and that
the court ought not to allow them to
collee part of it back again from the
state.
A recent federal supreme court de
cision is relied upon by the attorney
general.
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CLEVELANDS POPULATION.
Cleveland, Ohio.—The Smith, Jones,,
Johnson, Brown and Miller families*;
continued to lead Cleveland's popu
lation with the largest number of
members, recent census figures, re veal
Greater Cleveland, which include*
suburbs, has a population of 976,920_
Of this number the Smiths have 3,
445; the Millers 2,426; the Browns
1,780; the Johnsons, 1,500 and the
Jones 1,471. Riemenschneider and
Ciemnocxolowski are tied for tin*
longest name record and Ek, Ur
and Wy are tied for the shortesL
