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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1919. GRAM DEALERS SGORE MEASURE TO STOP MIXING Omaha Exchange Men Say Bill Would Legislate 'Them Out of Exist ence, If Passed. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Feb. 24. Should the legislature pass Hotfte Roll 329, a bill to bring the marketing of grain, live stock and all farm products un der the jurisdiction of the State Railway commission in its present form, the Omaha Grain Exchange might as well close its doors, was the opinion, expressed by Oscar Holmquist today when he contended that a provision of the law forbids the mixing of grain, one of the priv ilege which is the principal source of profit to members of the grain exchange. Mr. Holmquist said that other terminals which compete with Omaha as marketing centers would have the privilege of mixing grains to make new grades and if Omaha and other Nebraska terminal mar kets were denied this, they could not compete at all. Frank Listen of Hooper, speaking for the bill, said farmers were denied the privilege of buying seats in the Omaha Grain Exchange and it was the purpose of the law to prevent any discrimination of this kind. Secretary Strykcr of the Omaha Live Stock exchange, said that there was no crying demand for this clajs of legislation to apply to the live stock exchange and asked how it came to be included in the bill. No explanation was forthcoming and he as,ked that all reference to the live stock be stricken from the bill. Friends of the bill were inclined to strike out the passage prevent ing the mixing of grains. House Roll j4.S, a similar bill, in troduced by John Carstensen was also included in the discussion. It is probable the friends of the pro posed law will get behind one ol the two bills. x Farmers' Organizations Take Over Several Stores Fairbury, Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The farmers' organization of Jefferson county are fast becoming factors in business enterprises of the county, having elevators, tele phone companies and stores about half of the towns in the county. During February the Jansen Equity exchange has taken over the extensive implement business of Friesen & Co. The Farmers' Mercantile company of Plymouth has purchased ,the $20,000 general stotk of Wildhaber & Koenig. The Farmers' union of Dillcr has closed a deal for the Diller opera house and double store, one of the best buildings in the county. Negotiations are under way to buy a Diller stock to open up bus iness soon. Death fakes four Women in Fremont in One Day , Fremont, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special ' Telegram.) Four women, two .of them pioneers of Dodge county, died in Fremont within 24 hour?. Mrs. John H. C. Slobb, 6.1, who came to Fremont in the early '80a', died suddenly at her' home. Heart disease was the cause. Mrs. Allen Philips. 59 years of age, who haii resided in Dodge county for 40 years, died Sunday evening. Mrs. L. R. Williams, mother of a babe a week old. died at her home here. Mrs. Williams was 36 years of age and is survived by her hus band and eight children. x Humboldt Normal Teacher Dies of Heart Disease Table Rock. Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Prof. Harry Sterme-. teacher of normal training in the Humboldt schools, died Thursday night. He tausht all day Thursday supposed to be in his usual health. This- was his second year at Humboldt. His wife was a dauehter of C. B. Grid- ley, a prominent farmer living east of here in Richardson county. He was about 35 years of age and his death was supposed to be from heart disease. Pioneer Table Rock Man Dies of Bright's" Disease Table Rock. Neb.. Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) C. M. Smoke, who had been an invalid for many months suffering from Bright's disease, died at "an early hour yesterday morning at his residence northeast of here, where he had lived for 50 years. His age was 75 years. He is survived by a widow, two sons and two daughters. Gerdes Gives Bond. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) John Gerdes, wealthy retired German farmer,' who was lodged in jail last week for default ing his bond of $5,000 on a charge of sedition, during the third Liberty loan dr've Eave surety today and was released. His case will be heard at this term of district court. Norfolk Man Dies, j Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) John Munsterman, one of the 41d time contractors of this city died af ter a- lingering illness Saturday morning. Soldiers' Home Notes. Grand Island, Feb. 24. (Special.) Com rade James Rogers, of cottage . was re ported yesterday as bein muob Improved from hl recent Illness. And to his good lfe must go no small share of the good will of the people of Burkett. Her close. attention and devotion during his long Ill ness wu noted by all. It is sincerely hoped that he will be able to be up and about eoon. N A call by Dr. Putt at cottage I found his patient in rather poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Harvejr W. Hewitt were delightful frost and hostess on recent evening, when they entertained a number of friends at an elaborate dinner In their apartments in cottage 1, on the line, in honor of their daughter, Mrs. stable He witt of Cedar Rapids. Ia., w-ho la on a visit to Burkett. The guests Included: Mr. and Mrs. Olt, Mrs. C. W. King, Mrs. Hall, Mrs. McKee, Mr, Joseph Weks and Mr. Juhnke. A most enjojable time was rejjorttd by all present 7 uiuett is assured tne Speakership of House; First Elected in 1892 A Representative Frederick Hunt ington Gillett, of Massachussets, whose election as speaker of the 66th congress is assured by the withdrawal from the speakership race by Representative Simon Fess, of Ohio. Representative Gillett was elected to the 53d congress in 1892 and has been re-elected to all suc ceeding congresses. He is 68 years old, having been born in Wcstfield, Mass., on October 16, 1851. Grants Injunction to Stop Liquor Going Into Michigan Monroe, Mich., Feb. 24. A sup plementary injunction designed to stop carrying liquor into Michigan on the Detroit, Monroe and Toledo skort line, (interurban) was grant ed by circuit court Judge Jesse Root here this forenoon at the re quest of Attorney General Alex Groesbeck of Michigan. In his application for the writ, the attorney general recit?s that during the last few days more than 1,000) quarts of liquor daily have been carried into the state on the interurban liie. Nebraska Optical Men Will Meet at Lincoln Wednesday The stage has been set for the fourteenth annual convention of the Nebraska State Optical association to convene at Lincoln Wednesday. OptoTnetrists of Omaha have decided to attend the convention m a body and to make it easy for them to leave their places of business it has been decided to close all optical parlors of the city on the opening day cf the convention. Beatrice Man Dies. Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) T. A, Woodward, wealthy resident of Eeatrice and heavy property owner in city and county, died today at Monrovia, Cal., where he had gone for his health. He was 65 years of age. A widow and one son survive.' t ' , ' ' Jfvr.n V ' '"' M SE.IE'RleC l i) VT ' Kissel yH (a) HOUSE FAVOR LANGUAGE BILL OF SEN. SIMAN Measure Advanced. to Third Reading in Lower Body With But Few Neg ative Votes. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) The Siman foreign language bill, S. F. No. 24, received the emphatic approval of the house this afternoon when it was ad vanced to third reading for passage in the house committee of the whole with only three or four nega tive votes in opposition. Representative Porter of Douglas attempted to amend the bill to allow religious instruction in pri vate and parochial schools in for eign languages, but his amendment was snowed under with a chorus of "noes." Two of Porter's colleagues' voted with him. An amendment proposed by Rep resentative Wildman that any private or parochial school giving foreign language instruction con trary to the law should be closed and the students placed in the pub lic schools, was ruled out because it was not yn proper form. The house likewise declined to postpone final action on the bill and defeated a motion to report prog ress in order to allow other' amend ments to be admitted. It now goes to third reading and will doubtless pass with the emergency clause. There are' some amendments to the senate bill so that it will have to go to a conference committee. Applause for McKee. Representative McKee evoked considerable applause from a crowd ed gallery during the discussion of the bill "If you are an American at heart speak our language; if you don't know it learn it and if you don't like it, then move," he de clared. Representative Reynolds, arguing against the bill, declared that it savored strongly of religious prejudice if not persecution. "We can't make these people love Amer ica by requiring them to talk Eng lish all of the time," he said. Representative Byrum replied to Reynolds. "Do you - want to go back home and confess you catered to the foreign lemcnt," he asked Reynolds. "We are not trying to interfere with religion or control it. We are simply laying down the law for schools and we are saying that private or parochial schools shall have no rights superior to those of the public schools. "Until you can convince me that God does not know the English lan guage I will not believe the child needs to be taught how to worship in any other," replied Representative Christy. I Amendments Adopted. Both amendments framed by the committee were adopted, after they had been explained by- Chairman Gerhart. One eliminated a provision requiring the state'superiutendent's approval for teaching a foreign lan guage above the eighth grade. An other cut out "church and denomina tional schools" in order to exempt Sunday schools and schools .that are WITHOUT the possibility of contra diction, here is an excellent (example of how individuality can be. attained in motor car design and construction without added expense or decrease in (performance. In the hew Kissel Custom-Built Six you are assured of a unique combination of superlative performance with superlative appearance. A A limited production entails prompt action to become an owner. V DEAL WITH BUTTON C. J. DUTTON AUTOMOTIVE CO. 2056-58 Farnam St. Omaha, Neb. conducted while the public schools arc 1101 in session. The house also accepted an amend ment bv Mr. McKee to make the penalty apply for every offense. The penalty is a fine not exceeding $100 or jail imprisonment not exceeding 30 days. The bill prohibits foreign language teaching rn any public or private or parochial school, cither secular or religious, up to and in cluding the eighth grade. Three Police Officials Resign in Two Weeks Norfolk, Neb., Feb. 24.-(Speciat Telegram to The Bee. Assistant Chief of Police Kane resigned his position today. His resignation was acecpted by Mayor Clements, who said the assistant admitted he had refused to arrested an intimate friend recently although asked to do so. This is the third resignation from the police and fire department since two weeks ago, when the nwyor charged two officials with misconduct. Subcommittee Fixes Responsibility of War; Findings Secret Paris. Feb. 24. The subcommit tee of the peace conference dealing with the responsibility of the au thors of the war has completed its work. .Its report has not been made public, but as its meetings and the hearings it gave were attended by nearly all the members of the full committee, there seems no doubt that the report .will receive formal approval and be laid before the supreme council. It is believed that the subcom mittee has made findings only as to the moral responsibility of the au thors of the war and not as regards technical violations of international law by individuals. Other subcommittees dealing with various phases of responsibility for the war have not yet reached the point of presenting their findings. The Weather. Comparative Local Beord. 1919. 191S. 1917. 191S. Highest yesterday ..39 60 S 40 Lowest yesterday ....IS 41 1 IS Mean temperaturs ..2S 50 M 34 Precipitation T .00 .00 .00 Temperature and precipitation depart ures from the normal: Normal temperature 26 Excess for the day 1 Total excess since March 1 16S8 Normal precipitation 02 Inches Deficiency for the day 03 Inches Total rainfall since March 1 21.86 inches Deficiency since March 1 8.71 Inches Deficiency for cosr period, 1917 7.21 Inches Deficiency for cor. period, '16 13.07 Inches Roports from Station at 7 P. 51. State and Station of weather Temp. Raln- T. p. m. fall. ..14 !S T. ..40 44 .02 ..24 34 .06 ..26 32 .00 ..28 32 .00 ..14 24 T. ..20 7 i 39 T. ..26 - 36 .04 ..00 v .00 ..33 34 .07 ..30 32 T. ..14 13 .00 ..14 i T. ..04 10 T. TOavenport, rain .... Denver, cloudy DodKO City, cloudy T.ander, clear North Platte, clear . , Pueblo, snow Rapid City, clear .. Salt Lake, cloudy Valentine, clear '"1"' Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A. WELSH, Meteorologist. Gets Life Sentence. ' Olympia, Wash!. Feb. 24. Life imprisonment in the state peniten tiary was the sentence passed to day by the superior court on N. E. Burnett, convicted of the murder of his ? wife and two children in Mav, 1918. V REED AIMS BILL AT MEETINGS OF NONPARTISANS Would Compel All Public Meetings to Be Held in ' English Language; Pro poses Amendment. From a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, Feb. 24. In the senate committee of the whole this after noon, S. F. 237, by Perry Reed nf York, providing that no public meetings should be held in other than' the English language, received the approval of the upper branch, al though it was temporarily held up to allow Ainlay to prepare an amendment. The bill is aimed to hit political gatherings where speakers address the voters in foreign language. Peterson proposed a namendment that the law cover only meetings where "corperate business was dis cussed." Reed said that the amend ment would kill his bill. He said he wanted to hit meetings of the nonpartisan league and other gath-H enngs where toreign tongue had been used. Peterson said the law would seriously interfere with the Americanization program since it was necessary to conduct some of these meetings in the foreign tongue. ' Provides For Churches. Ainlay's amendment will provide that churches hold as many services in the English language as are held in foreign language. The senate this afternoon passed the Barr-Watson bill providing that f A"" ? ' W V,, f ,m :m I ii' 1 -iln1 INI , i ,,iiin wu ,L i-u 't li "' " to" i ft ,i j i j Mm i TV - mi i - i i the state agricultural college shall furnish county agents upon the pe tition of -TO farmers of any county. Other bills passed wcre S. V. 1(10. by HoHghind, rrqulrra that flwnt'rs of IrrlK.'illtm dUoh.s or rewervi.lr jihnll Install water gauges tu record the amuunt of witter used. S. Y. 243, ly Hurrls. reduces state fee for Inspecting oil where more than Ml barrel nre inspected It tlm. from 6 cent to ft centH per barrel. S. V. 151, by Ilarr. provlrtea for the forming of pent ennlU'ation dlstrliM. S. F. 1-M. by l'etT..on and Suumlera, provldea that-wlfe. and child abandon ment rates shall be heard by JudKO of juve nilB court In the absence of district .1udp?e. H. R. .13, by Berk, provldea that n attempt to steal an auto shall be aauie. offense as actual theft. Possession of machine prima facia evidence of attempt, Firemen Rescue 300 Girls From Burning College; Twelve Hurt Pittsburgh,. Pa., Feb. 24. More than 300 girls were rescue 1 by fire men, a score overcome by smoke and a dozen injured in a spectacular fire which latp today destroyed the building occupied by Duff's Busi ness college, in the heart of the bus iness district. One girl, who fell from the arms of a fireman at a third floor window, was probably fatally injured. Of the 450 students in the school when the fire alarm was sounded shortly after 3 o'clock only about 100 girls and 50 boys were able to reach the , street in safety before smoke ami flames cut off the escape of 300 others. Trapped on the sec ond and third floors, the remaining students were taken frm windows or jumped into tire nets in the street below. Two alarms were sounded, sum moning all of the downtown apparV atus. The fire was under control af 4:30. 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Previously it had never been ready before th8 10th or 15th: There was a corresponding time saving Burroughs Adding Machine Company Omaha Office 436 World-Herald BIdg. R. J. Beckley, Manager. ,COUNCIL BLUFFS OFFICE . 312-315 Wickham BIdg. M. C. Sanderson, Manager. ' TAFT SPEAKS TO LARGE CROWD 111 GRAND ISLAND Crowd of 2,000 Hears Ex president at Union Pacific Station; Address Given ' Rousing Welcome. - Grand Island. Neb.. Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) Former Pres ident Taft addressed an audience of about J.OOO people at the Union Pa cific station shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon on the purposes of the league of nations. His address was given a rousing receptfon, as was also the short ad dress which followed by President Lowell of Harvard. As the train pulled out th party was given an other very responsive cheer. Both Houses of Portuguese Congress Are Dissolved Washington, Feb. 24. Advices from Lisbon to the State depart ment today say that the govern ment has decreed the dissolution of both houses of the Portuguese con gress and the disarming of the po lice and called a meeting of the elec toral colleges on April 13 for the purpose of electing representatives with full power for the revision of the constitution. Seek Rupprecht as Head of Plot to Kill Premier Paris, Feb. 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Former Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria is re Ml rQ tfKIO fQ tcsf J S C'- 9 BET) -1 "-a V f: 2 i cj 9 sutu m 431 in ml PHlim MS n " (? T 4 C J I CtLi7 7 s ;; i .... ! 0,7 5 I & Wm , ft a, n a OR5R5 i 6'51 ? O 0 j 41 ? 11 C 1 , 13740- 0,jpp?ni resa- GSSMD 2447- i - ger Posting Machine had been installed in d Coal Company, of Omaha, the book ing the ledgers for each of the Company's er been possible with pen-and-ink book- t in getting out thr statements, and of course the ledgers were always posted right -up to date every day. 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