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to THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1919. COUNCIL PASSES BUILDING PROBE 'BUCK' TO COUNTY Commission Discovers That It Legally Cannot Conduct Probe and Turns Matter . Over to Shotwell. Is the city council trying to "pass the buck" on the building material . situation to the county attorney's office? 1 That is one of the question before the house. Last month the city council ap pointed a special committee, com prising Commissioner Towl, Zira- v man and Falconer, to investigate ajleged high prices of building ma- v terials, particularly materials enter ing into construction of houses. ' .. Hearings Were to Be Public. Announcement was ' made by Chairman Towl that hearings would he . held, that they would be open hearings and. that alt the world w,ould know just what was going on in Omaha in the line of high prices. Witnesses were to be summoned and quizzed until their hair curled. Now the Committee, or rather Chairman Towl says let the county attorney do it City Attorney Weav er also says it is up to the county attorney.. - The bottom has dropped out of the city council probe, according to an announcement made today by Chairman Towl. - . Advises Against Probe. City Attorney F. L. Weaver has advised the committee that the city council has no legal authority to re quire witnesses to divulge their busi ness affairs. He said: "If a man came in to the hearing and you could not compel him to answer questions, you would make a farce of the investigation. The city council appointedthis com mittee before consulting the city's legal department." . Mr. Weaver added that the way to proceed would be to act through . the county attorney's office, and he further stated that if anyone has evi dence to show that there is a com bination of price-fixing, the county attorney would file a complaint un der the state statutes. Shotwell Makes Statement County Attorney Shotwell offered this statement: "We have no au thority to go into an investigation unless we can obtain reasonable evi dence upon which to base a com plaint, just as we would do with any other violation. ' "If anyone has information upon which they want a complaint filed, this office would file the complaint If we had a grand jury in session we . could summon witnesses to appear " before that body for examination." Couple Divorced and Remarried AD Within Less Than One Year William Hamilton and Viola May Hamilton are husband and wife once more. They secured a marriage li ense yesterday and were duly and married in the proper form. This is the result of a fight of almost a year in district court which started when Mrs. Hamilton filed a petition for divorce July 20,4918. She charg ed that her husband struck and abused her and had committed adul tery. William came back with an an swer and cross,-petition, stating that she had kicked and struck at him and committed adultery. They entered into a common law marriage in Council Bluffs, according to their petitions, in February, 1910. Mrs. Hamilton garnisheed his ' wages at the local plant of the Amer ican Smelting and Refining company where she said he received $7 a day. She secured . an injunction to keep him from molesting her in their home, 413 North Eighteenth street . where, it was said, he was accustom- ;d to come and serenade her. '. Finally District Judge Troup; sit vting in divorce court, granted her a iegree of divorce November 29, 1918. In March, 1919,-Mrs. Hamilton decided she coudn't live without Wil liam, and she asked the court to set aside the decree. The court did so on April 15. And yesterday they were married, this time, "with benefit of clergy." Children's Health Vk W31 Close With Program Saturday Mrs. Draper Smith will preside at the meeting Saturday at Jacob's Hall, 1716 Dodge street, which will . mark the closing of the sessions of childrenVfree health week, held, under- the auspices of the Omaha Woman's club. M J. J, Isaacson will speak on the "Valne of Play". With Miss Lucy Harte as director, a demonstration will be given by the children. Folk dances, instrumental music and , clown dances will be given under the direction of those who arrange the program. Following the pro gram, Miss Vesta sturba will have charge "of the games in which the . children will engage. ' Registration of children under 5 years will be continued throughout the day, it was announced. Nurses Given Diplomas at x Commencement Exercises At the 11th annual commencement "I exercises of the Wise Memorial , 1 Training School for Nurses Thurs 1 day night, the following were pre I sented diplomas by Dr. O. S. Hoff- iman: Hazel Burgess, Henrietta J. lBnkacek, Edna Fritts, Dorothy uvutucii, x u til c jgnnson, juiici o. Ltrf, Alydia Miller, Olga A. Peter son. Mary S. Witske and Marjorie E. Wright Rabbi Frederick Cohn offered the invocation and J. M. Banister, M D-, :olonel U. S. army, retired, deliered in address to the graduates. Dr. C A. Roeder also spoke to the class. On the musical program were V C Bennett Miss -Laura Goetz and H. A. Disbrow. Following the program which was given in Temple Israel, dancing was enjoyed by the merry company at the Castle hotel Medical Society to Rrobe The Alarming Increase In . Drug Traffic m in Omaha Dr. G. A. Angus of State Medical Association to Present Situation at Meeting in May County Attorney Says He Has Not Received One Single Report Front Any Omaha Physician on Narcotics. There were three outstanding fea tures yesterday in the inquiry into the alarming increase in the drug traffic in Omaha. ' The first and most important was the statement of Dr. G. A. Angus, a member of the State Medical so ciety, that he would present the situation to the Eclectic society as sociation of Nebraska at its meeting in Linclon in May. f The second was the statement of County Attorney Shotwell, that he had not since he had been in office received one single report from any Omaha physician, making an official record of his transaction in the use of narcotics as prescribed to patients as is required by the state law. The third was the statement of Norie Fetton, who is being held in the Red Oak, la., jail, to the effect that the opium found in his cell yes terday came from this city. Fen ton told the sheriff he had been get ting the drug from a woman, who was a member of the gang of dope peddlers operating here. Great Quantities in Omaha. "I shall take the matter up with the Eclectic Medrcal Association of Nebraska," which meets next month in Lincoln," said Dr. Angus. "The question also will receive the at tention of the National Eclectic Medical association, which meets in Chicago in June," continued the physician. "Most of the dope which is being peddled in Omaha I be lieve is being moonshined in Mex ico. I am positive there are-quantities of this character of stuff here. It is being peddled daily on the streets and the peddlers are grow ing bolder and bolder. A man whom I had never seen before approached me on the street the other day and offered to sell me sQme. I looked at his stuff and noted it had no government stamp on it. I believe the fellow had a plant of the moon shine from Mexico." Dr. Angus declared he knew of the Nebraska statute regulating the sale of dope to addicts, but he as serted that it was his impression that none of the physicians were at taching any importance to the law, since officials were maldnsr no' ef fort to enforce it "It has been my understanding tnat the federal law only is being regarded by the of- nciais in handling the dope situa tion, he said. Dr. E. T. Manning, city health commissioner, declared he was not prepared to say that the dope habit was on the increase in Omaha. "The fact of the matter is I do not know," replied Dr. Manning in reply to a' request for an expression on the subject. The health commissioner also declared that he was not aware of the existence of a Nebraska siaiuie maKing it a ieionv tor a physician to prescribe narcotic drugs tor persons addicted to their use without rendering a detailed report of his action to the county attorney wunin nve aays roiiowing tne date ot the prescription. . Doesn't Know of Law. "I did not know that there was such a law," said Dr. Manning. "The federal law is the only remedy I ever have known to be applied to tnese cases. County Attorney Shotwell de clared that he had received no such reports from physicians since he as sumed the duties of his office. Dr.G. A. Angus, Douglas block, declared that he believed the im mense increase in the use of dope recently was due to a great num ber or soldiers returning from Europe having formed the habit over there, where they were able to get it at a low cost and where they could purchase it without restric tions. Norie Fenton, who is being held in the Red Oak, la., jail on a charge 1 BELGIAN HEROES TO BE GUESTS OF OMAHA SATURDAY One Hundred and Five Sol diers and Officers, With Dogs and Machine Guns, to Be Here. of burglary, told Sheriff C E. Peterson of Montgomery county yesterday, when a quantity of opium was taken from bis. cell, that it came from Omaha." He declared, according to Sheriff Peterson, that he had been getting quantities ot dope from Omaha and that it was brought to him by- a woman who represented a moonshine -gang in this city. Fenton also declared that the same woman went to Red Oak from Omaha, got him under the in fluence of the dope and then pre vailed on him to burglarize the house, to which he is alleged to have confessed. The prisoner refused to divulge the name of the woman. x While anxiety and alarm prevail among hundreds of Omaha resi dents because of the increasing and threatening danger as a result of the use of narcotic drugs here, in stead of a oromise of relief being offered by . the law-enforcing ele ments of the city and state, a spirit of apathy and indifference meets the demands of those who register protests against the situation, was the declaration of a prominent physician who refused to allow his name used. , Is Not "EthicaL,, "For reasons which any physician will understand," commented the practitioner, "I cannot permit the use of my name. It makes no dif ference how serious the conditions may be," he continued, "the mem bers of the profession would con demn me for making a public at tack were I not connected with a public health department. It is not ethical, you know' "I will say, however, the dope situation in Omaha is something which is alarming in theextreme. It is a matter which ultimately of ficials will be forced by public opinion to reckon with. State Law Violated. "I have looked up the law in the case and find that the Nebraska statute is being violated by physi cians and addicts every day and Sun day, too. Our public officials, who have taken an oath to uphold the law, seemingly are totally indiffer ent, and I dare say if some of them even know that there is a statute under which hundreds of physicians and dealers in dope in Omaha could be convicted of a felony any day in the year. "County and city officials are put ting it up to the federal authorities. They are shifting the responsibility and devoting their attention to other matters which are not a one hun dredth part as dangerous as the drug situation." Shielded 8ome Physician. The physician declared that in his opinion it was a sin and a shame that the federal authorities permit ted Miss Okie Bailey, the young girl who testified several days ago before United States Commissioner Neely, to refuse to tell the name of the Omaha physician whom she charged contributed to her down fall. Miss Bailey testified in the government case against Mae Brad ley, a negress charged with violat ing the Harrison drug act. The girl, who lives in Council Bltrffs, asserted that she had been using narcotic drugs since she was 14 years old, and that on one occasion when she appealed to a physician here for as sistance, she was told all she needed was another shot. She declared she had obtained morphine from the physician on numerous occasions. "I think there is something wrong here," continued the physician, "Why was not the girl made to di vulge the name of the man she ac cuses? This man could be sent to the penitentiary, if Miss Bailey's statement is true." One hundred and five Belgian sol diers and officers, with dogs and machine guns, who came to Ameri ca to help put over the Victory loan, will be in Omaha today They arrive at 7:30 a. m. over the Missouri Pacific railroad and will be met by a committee made up of Col. J. W. S. Wuest, representing the mil itary authorities; Harvey Milliken, Charles L. Sykes, who has charge of their entertainment, and other mem bers of the Victory Liberty loan committee; T. J. Nolan, Belgian consul in Omaha, and Albert Van Houette and A. C. Van Sant, rep resenting the Belgian residents of the city. . , The visitors will be taken to ho tels to breakfast and at noon will make a parade to court house square, where Judge Lee S. Estelle is to s'peakvand the Rev. Father Gannon to offer a prayer. At 12:45 the Belgians will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce at luncheon, and at 2 o'clock they will be taken in 36 automobiles to Fort Omaha, under the guidance of John Parrish, who is at the head of the, men's motor corps. Afterwaids they will be driven over the boule vards and parks and residential sec tion of the city. The visitors will be guests at din ner in the Omaha Athletic club at 5 p. m., and at 7:30 will leave for Des Moines. Traders' Live Stock Body Makes New Loan. Record The Traders Live Stock exchange on th South Side had subscribed to 10 per cent more Victory bonds at noon Friday than was the quota for the fourth Liberty loan. The amount subscribed is approximately $80,000. This announcement was given out by Charles Huntzihger, secretary of the Traders' exchange. School Children of City Make Tables for Red Cross Manual training children of the public schools are making 100 serv ice tables for hospitals of the Amer ican Red Cross in this country. The making of these tables offers the children an opportunity to develop their ability as well as to-serve a good cause. The tables are being made according to specifications sent by the government. x" Peace Conference to Consider Covenant I" Public Session Paris, April 25. A plenary Hide of the peace conference will bt held Monday to eonsfdef tht revised draft of the league ot nations cov enant and also such portion! of the peace treaty as may be eompleted by that time. The session will b open to tht public. ' . ' ' It is understood that If the tor enant is approved it will immedi ately be made public. ' t New York Rabbi to Speak In Omaha Sunday Evening Rabbi A. M. Holtzman of the Congregation Sons of I srael,' Brook lyn, N. Y., will speak on next Sun day night in the Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol synagogue, Nineteenth and Burt streets, in the interests of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological seminary of New York City. Other speakers will be Henry Monsky, Rabbi Morris N. Taxon and Dr. Victor Emanuel Levine, former ly of Columbia university and pres ently a member of the medical faculty of Creighton university. According to Rabbi Holtzman, the seminary which he is representing is an experiment to create a sys tem for a new type of an American rabbi, which is to be 100 per cent orthodox and 100 per cent American. The rabbi stated that this school is supposed to establish a new erain American and Jewish life by uniting the spirit of the Bible with the spirit of the modern principles and democracy. Railway Mail Clerks Omaha Hold Mass Meeting Resolutions to stand with and by the president in his program for a league of nations to enforce peace, were passed unanimously by the brotherhood of railway mail clerks at a mass meeting held at the Swed ish auditorium, .Thursday night. Resolutions will be sent to congress men and senators of this district re questing them that they likewise support the president in his policey( The meeting was addressed by1 W. P. Neville, of St tbuis. H. B. Odell and Emmett G. Flood, of Chi cago. Railway mail-clerks attending were members of lodge No. 3, and 2016 brotherhood of railway mail clerks. ; - Grant Laity Sights' Nashville, Tenn., April 25. Laity rights for women have been voted by the conference of the Method ist Episcopal (South) church. The vote, announced today, was 4,229 to 449, a substauital majority over tht required three-fourths vote Chases Burglar for Two Blocks; Six Jobs, Robbed Toll for Day Charles Haynes, 323 South Eleventh street, chased a burglar two blocks at 5 o'clock this morn ing when he saw him leaving his place of business. The burglar es caped. Small change from a peanut vending machine was missing. Liberty bonds and shares in the Home Builders' association valued at $600 were stolen out of the home of F. S. Toyngue, 2023 Cass street, last night. By means of a pass key a thief fained entrance to the rooms of rank Smith and H. C. Ward. 1705 Leavenworth . street, during the sight. Smith is the loser of two suits and an overcoat. Two suits were stolen from Ward. A bread box containing a dozen loaves of bread was stolen away from in front of the store of J. K. Schneider, 1242 South . Thirteenth street, early this morning. x Two gold watches were stolen from W. M. Peterson, 604 South Twenty-eighth street. Burglars en tered through a rear door. ETi v o r c e C o u r t s Alleging, that his wife, Kate Thaar up, deserted him nine years ago and refused to return though he has of ten urged and begged her to do so, Alfred Thaarup has filed suit in the district court for a divorce. They were married in Minnesota in 190. Laurel Bnibaker, a traveling man, told his wifi, Ruth, that he didn't care for and didn't want her for his wife any more, according to Mrs. Brubaker's petition for divorce filed in district court. She says he drew a revolver at one time and threat ened to injure her. She alleges he knocked her down. 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