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THIS UKK: UA1AHA. KATUKUAY, JANUAK 22, 1521. Senate Favors Deatli Penalty In Informal Vote ! Girl Goes to Wed Man j Who Says He Will Not l :iper louse Adjourns Until Mouthy Seven 'New Bills Are In- trotluced. v Lincoln, Jan. il. (Special.) A tost vote, takeninformally in the Nebraska state senate this morn ing, would indicate failure of efforts to aboHsli'ihc death penalty in Ne braska, at this session of the legis lature. The te;?t came on the report of the judiciary committee to recom mend the button bill, abolishing capital punishment, for indefinite postponement. Button vigorously attempted to save his'hill hv offer ing a motion to place his bill on the neueral tile. v The final vote stood. ..'0 to 7, on the original committer report to kill the bill. Adjourn Until Monday. In addition to grinding away over the question of capital punishment, the senate transacted a big grist of business today and then adjourned until l:J0 .Monday afternoon. The senate vote on capital punish ment was taken informally and sinay be reversed when the same ' meas ure from the house, "in" the event that it passes the lower branch, rallies up for consideration. Sena tor Hoaglaud. chairman of the com mittee, speaV.in g in favor of the . coTnitiittee's action said -that it was a unit in 'opposing the bill, although "as a general proposition 1 myself am not far out of line." He said it was inadvisable to tamper with.! me ucuin penany so loil as uie crime wave persisted. :' ' Debate Beebe Bill. The second incident to break the S calm of unanimity in the senate Fri - day was the third reading and hal- loting on Senator Beebe's S. F, 27, allowing private citizens to bring quo, warranto proceedings to Ques tion title to office a power now in the sole hands of county attorneys and the attorney general The bill passed. 23 to 6. The .six , who voted "no" were: Senators Llrichr Cronin, HoaglandV Reed, Miller and Rickard. The senate devoted part of the consideration ot tnree bills reported out by the child welfare committee. All of them were recommended, for ; third reading, after minor amend ments largely technical. They were; Third Reading Bills. ..' Tl Amnlln(T the present jwifc - ''hlld Abandonment law to Include llle- . Kltlmnte children, nd making falluie M support tor thren months presumotivs evi dence ot abandonment. S. P. El Halslnit the ane limit ot the hlld as under stealing law .from 10 to 1 yenrs. S. F, SO Making it the duty, of tfcc ourt In a default divorce case tj condui t , bu independent investigation where Inter ests cfmlnor children are at stdjie. Senator,. Beebee chairman of the miscellaneous affairs committee, which ' sent S.- F. 62. to turn the legislative reference bureau of the , university over to the supreme coiir. to the general file without rconv mcudaUon or hearing, had. it recalled on objection of the bureau's friends, .mid set.Tuesday evcning.in lheLin- .dell hotel as the date for a hearing. Amend Pass Law. "Two bills by Senator Hastings, barring a defense -. of contributory negligence if safety applances are not in operation, S. F. 25, a general v bill, was recommended by lie judi- ciary committee for indefini;ei' post ponement, while S, F. 26. applying '. . to railroads and their employes, was " ordered placed, on general fife; .x i Other bills sent to the general file on w-mmlttee recommendations were: 30 Omaha water district Mil. ' S. F. Sl Omaha water Uatr!t bonde v for any public utility. 8. F. 36 Allows Mom. Senator Put- ion's home town, to.vott? muncial water arm ngni oonas up to z; niuis. - H. F. 3 Makes women eligible for Jury .duty. N Seven hills were introduced in the " senate Friday morning, one of thefii, S. F. 147, Hoagland, amending the state anti-pass law to al'ow minister,? and charity workers to ride tn rai! voadpasses. cn official duty. . Lobbying Is Active on ' Electric Light Bill " Lincoln, ' Jan. 21 .(Special.) R. B-Howell, 'republican national com mitteeman. 'spent a busv day in legis lative halls working in behalf of House Hot! Xoi. 1. the Omaha mu nicipal light bill. Mn Howell, how "' ever, confined his activities to mem .., , hers ft the floor, - Omaha members , of the lower - house stated today that the sergeant-at-arms had heen requested to keep a former Douglas county democratic representative off the floor because 1 of his alleged activities in laboring 7 fof the Omaha light bill. ' Washington (D. 1.) soiticty is much interested in reports from Syracuse that Miss, Cecil Ready of Onoudago Valley, N. V.. a beauti ful yowig social leader, has left for the capital to marry Geor,t;c Oyster, jr., clubman and horseman of Wash ington. Interest has been keyed to a high pitch because of Mr. Oyster's denial of any engagement, although foi mal .announcement of it has been made in - Syracuse. !, "It is with ut most regret!." said Mr. Oyster, "that I have to deny the engagement, be cause Miss Ready is a very charm ing young' lady and notl ii;g would give me more pleasure than to be ci;gajred to her. But it is not true." Special Road for Cattle , Provided in House Bill s Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Rep resentatives of the sandhill country won a lght today in the committee of the whole in the lower house when a bill giving coimty commisioners power to purchase land for separate highways for cattle was passecl. Rep resentative Mickey of Cherry, author of the bill, declared that the roads .of his district were ruined by cattle driven over therrr. New House Bills v Lists of Lobbyists Are , Demanded by Legislator ; Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Mimeographed copies of lists of lobbyists working at this session must be prepared and presented to members under a resolution by Rep resentative Reed of Logan. Reed also provided in the resolution, which was adopted, tnaitne mem bers be presented with a copy of rules governing lobbyists. , Lincoln Man Sent to Jail For Perjury During Trial Lincoln. Jan. 21. (Special.) -William C. Beamis spent some hours m the county jail bere .under orders of Judge Clements, who charged him with perjury , on the witness stand for denying possession of a note for $800. . The court';, threatened to fine Beamis for contempt of court .Sheriff Miller later found thertiote inside the rim of Miller's hat it is claimed. if. R. 194, Hoars Exempts school' build ings of fire-proof or seml-flreproof con struction, or having built-in fire escapes, from general law requiring outsldees capes. H. R. 195, BocH Requires railroad com panies, after November 2t. 1921, upon re quest of shippers, to furnish movable- par titions for stock cars, so that different kinds, of animals can be shipped in one car.' Fixes minimum weight of cargo at 17.000 pounds for a car 36 feet long, and proportionately for cars of greater length Allows freight charge based on highest rate for any one kind of animals in the shipment, to apply on whole carload. Pen alty, 120 to $100 for each offense, to b recovered by the county attorney for the county's benefit. II. R. 196. Sandqulst Provides for spe cial election in any road district, pre cinct or townshin to vote on the question of levying a tax not exceeding S mlllaj a i i . . .l 1 ft -n t lor runu improvoiiiwuv, wucuoci iv n.r- holders petition, for It. H. R. 197, Sandqulst Require old es tablished corners of- original surveys to be taken 'as the basis ot any rcsurvey. Emers-ency. rS r H. R. 198, Hakansoh Requires plantMff; in every civil action to lurmsii bona lor court costs, defendant's atornoy fee, and damages to bo awarded defendant If the final judgment Is In his favor. Either cash or surety bond allowed. Suit to be dismissed on defendant's motion If It Is not furnished. H. R. 199. Lynn Limits Inheritance tax Hen to property inherited. ' rf. R. 290, Lynn Provides for establish. Ing county hospitals at county seats, for which bonds to the amount of 5 per rent of the assessed valuation may be voted by the people. Building and. equipment of hospital placed under county board's con trol, but operation to be la hands of coun ty health board. H. R. 201, Moseley Revises weights and measures lw. H. R. S03, Moseley New act regulating hotels and restaurants. tl. R. 203, Sturdevant Gives landlord a, lien on crops -for one year after rent falls due. H. R. 204. Snow Permits mayor or any other person to serve as city manager In cities of 6,000 to 25.000 population. M. R. 206. Five Members of Lancaster DelngatloB Increases salary of drputy dis trict court clerk lln Lancaster county from S2.200 to J,700. ' H. R. 20, Douglas County Delegation Authorizes city of Omaha to lease, buy or condemn land for aviation field, and to equip It as a commercial landing station; Issuance of 20-year bonds to an amaunt not exceeding 1 per cent of assessed valua tion authorized, subject to vote of the people. IL R. 207, Goodrich Requires boftrd of directors for each stato bank tn rnoet once a month, examine all notes and securities, and approve or disapprove them on the uanK-s record book. Certified copy to be sent to state bcinklng bureau, irmergency. .11. R. 20S, Douglas Provides for revoca tion of certificate of-any teacher who re signs without giving thirty days' iiotlc to board of education, but makes an ex ception where teacher has been unavoid ably absent from duty preceding resigna tion, due to rill health or any other cause. H. R. 209. Douglas Appropriates 123. 100 for relief of Otto, Hubert. Burt. Arthur ana Aiired Bcnda and Leopold Benda, Jr., of Polk county to reimburse them for loss of 3 cattle that died in July, 1919, while In pasture, as a result of their water supply being carelessly shut off by two employes of state highways bureau who went there to secure drinking water from a cistern. x II, R. 210, Hoare Provides "for elect ing members of village district school boards at the general election, and their nomination in the primary, Instead of electing them at annual meetings. II. R. 211. Hoare, Strong. Bank, ril strom and Johnson Wide open primary bill sponsored by the Nonpartisan league and affiliated organizations. Calder Coal Bill Would Stop All Exporting Trade Counsel for - Fuel Company Protests Against Proposed Measure to Regulate Indus i n. ! . wy uy vruvcruuicui. Washington, Jan. 21. Destruction of the export coal trade of the United States "absolute and complete" would result from the enactment of vthe Calder coal - regulation bill, Ralph Crews, counsel for the Consolidated Coal company, one of the larger producers of bituminous coal, assert ed at hearings on the measure be fore the senate "manufacturers com mittee. - , , American producers, Mr.- Crews said, could not guarantee deliveries in competition. with British mines if, as the bill proposes, authority were given the president and the federal trade -Wvmmission to declare an emergency in the industry in times of peace and divert coal shipments to mfeet it.- He cited a contract for 750,000 tons of coal to be delivered abroad which his, company,- he Said, had held up pending a decision- oa the bill. , . ,j , . ' ' George H., Cushing,,managing di- rector of .the American Wholesale Coal association, asked the commit tee for "three weeks" delay in con sideration of the bill in order that its proposals might be -digestedby the trade he represented. ' Mr.' Crews elaborated Miis state ments as to export trade by declar ing that "upon , the export trade in coal depends the general extension of .American trade, and without its countenance our merchant marine will go flat." - Great Britain, Ire said, the principal competitor in international coal sales "was headed toward the re lease of every possible restriction upon coal export," while-the Calder bill, in its present form, would. re quire American sellers to insert clausei in delivery contracts allow ing them to stop supplies in'case a domestic emergency arose which caused use of the government pow ers the measure would confer. L- Redistricting of State Turned Over Jo House' Committee Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) The first' step toward redistricting con gressional, judicial, legislative and university regency districts . ".was taken in the lower house today when upon motion of- Representative Wil liams of Fillmore,- Speaker Walter L. Anderson named ithe following representatives to serve as a com mittee on apportionment: ; iranti of Lincoln, first district; Randall of Omaha, Second district; Sanquist of Thurston, Third dis trict; Williams of Fillmore,, Fourth, district; Wallace of Harlan, if th. district; snow ot Chapron, bixth district, r ' . :;x '' J "- This cemmitee is expected to pre. pare a series of bills embracing' new districts of. various descriptions, foi-. lowing recent, agitation oyer Ne braska congressional and judicial district apportioninenas as' well a9 legislative district apportionments? - After the bills are prepared they will be placed in the committee on privilege! and elections; .K ' . Senate Committee Named' ' To Probe State Government Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special) Sen ator Perry Reed was named chair man of the committe- of five to make the investigation called for in his motion for a state senate probe of charges of uneconomical administration of state offices. Johri W. Cooper, C. G. Bliss, Jacob Hald erman ' and Charles H. Randall are' the other members of the committee. Senator Reed, arguing hiYn6tion, said it Was the duty of .theL senate to investigate the condition ;of affairs which had been criticised '" in the newspapers and among the people. Would Force Teachers to Give Notice of Resignation Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Teachers must give school boards 30 days' notice before their resignations become effective tinder a bill intro duced .in the lower house today by Douglas of Osceola. The penalty for not living up to the proposed statute is revocation of a license to teach. - ' , Father nd Son Banquet. . Silver Xreek, ' Neb., Jan. 21. (Special.) Rev. Mr. Langley of Central City was the principal speaker at the annual father and son banquet here. Over 2,000 at tended. Rev. W. S. Hadsel was ac tive in promoting the event. , Farm Bureau Paper Editor- Denies Drive - Against N. P. League F. M. Russell, edjtor of the Farm Bureau Review of Lincoln, has is sued a statement declaring that "clever publicity agents -during the past few weeks have yauily attempt ed to precipitate a 'battle between Uhe Nebraska Farm Bureau federa tion and the Nonpartison league." Mr. Russell said that the "last bit of propaganda was issued with a Beatrice dateline, stating ,4hat fol lowing a meeting of the farm bu reau at that place "announcement was made ,that the bureau would conduct an active campaign against the activities -of the Nonoartisan league of the state'." "No such meeting was held," Mr. Russell declared. "The one big in terest of the farm .bureau right at present is to continue the, present campaign for new members in the state. , They have no ax. to grind." . , Jy- Call Court Session. . Geneva, Xth., Jatr. 21. (Special.) The January equity term of district court will convene here Monday. England Causing Religious Strife, Witness Charges Dublin Woman Declares Great Britain Encouraging Intol-1 erance and Suppressing Industryin Ireland. Washington. Jan. 21. England is fostering ireligious intolerance and suppressing industry in Ireland in an effort to prevent self-determination, Miss Louie Bennett, a Protest ant woman frtm Dublin, today told. the commission of the committee of 100 investigating conditions in Ire land.' o Attacks by the British military on Catholic churches and on nuns and priests are increasing. Miss Bennett said, with the intention f reviving the spirit of religious intolerance as between Catholic and Protestant, with the view 'of preventing Irish opinion from uniting. In discus'sfnjg her charges of the suppression of industry, which she asserted involves the question of satisfactory solution of internal problems, the witness described the destruction of creame ics and other co-operative industry. It was "a ridiculously foolish policy," she said, "which pernntted the destruction of an industry that could sell butter cheaply to the English people, who now are forced to pay exorbitant prices." . - ; . Testimony in support of Miss Bennett's charges was also given by Miss Caroline M. Townsend. Both are members of the Irish women's international league and they pre sented letters and documents to sup port thefr charges. "Miss Bennett told of two recent forcible entrances into Dublin nun neries, one of which was of an ex clusive Catholic order, which ex cluded even relatives of the nuns from visiting the building, allowing communication only through iron barred doors. She described the functioning of the Sinn Fein government and de clared that the success with which the provisional Irish " republic, through its land courts met the crisis from "cattlgf driving," in which peasants drove herds from pastures and seized the lands, proved that the Irish people could' settle their own internal problems more, successfully than outside authority. " Grand Jury Asked by i Affiance Citizens To Curb Outrages Alliance, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special.) -A petition asking District Judge W. 11. Westover to eall a grand jury to investigate alleged bootleg ging, gambling and other i'lrms of vice in Alliance lias been signed by several hundred business men and voters of the city. The petition setj forth that "numerous outrages, crimes against the laws of the state," have been committed here and that law-aihding cilibens of the town ar"; demanding that effective action be taken immediately. , Numerous petty crimes have been commited. Gambling i? alleg ed to be .going on almost openly and home brew liquor is said to be plenti ful, much of which is said to b; manufactured in or near Alliance. The next regular session of dis trict court will not be held unt;l June, but the petition askincr for n grand jury probably will be present ed to' Judge Westover at Rushville. Police and county officers today raided an old barn within half a block of the main street and-thc same distance from the depot and secured several gallons of home-made liquor. Cecil Mabie," hoisebuyr was arrested and admitted owner ship of the liquor.-' He was hound over to district court and release" on bond. ' County Officers' Salary Increase Passes House Lincoln,, Neb.. Jan. 21. (Special.) A bill authorizing an increase of $300 a year in the salary of the chief deputy in the register of deeds office in Douglas county and an in crease of $15 a month in minor clerks in the same office passed the committee of the whole in the lower house today. Widfi. Open Primary Bill Throwu in House Hopper Lincoln, Jan. 21. (Special.) Thy wide-open primary bill, advocated by the Nonpartisan league, was thrown into the lower house hopper todav by Representatives Hoare, Strong, Rank, Ullstrom and Johnson. The bill permits a voter to vote for nonii ness of all parties, regardless of his own affiliation. , An Argentine concern has perfect ed a process for rapidly removing the gums from and cleaning flax straw, which Ss dried, baled and shipped to Europe for manufacture into fibre goods. New Senate Bills -and ihippine of sawlin und 611. 8. F. 144, McOowRfi Fir protection rnles for movie tkvaters. S. F. UK. Beebo Modifies anon law to mk erimo apply to burning of ona'a own property, and adds puntahment for on who aids or abets an arson. 9. F. 1, Beb Gives Stats Railway commission Jurisdiction over railroad ornsslngs outside of cities anal irlllafea. 8. F. 141. Hoagland Amends antlpasa law to permit panes to persona giving their full time to religions or charitable work. S. F. HJ, Warner Exempts co-oper-aUve warehouses from giving bond when ili-y store grain for members only. 8. F. 14t. Warnor Rtntulrrs county - 1'uerds to find room for elate compensa tion commissioner wbea he holds bearings maa- , I rings and Other Duo-Art Pianolas ."V" The Aeolian Company has carried the piano to its ultimate development. - WE GRASP new ideas slowly. Sometimes an idea is presented , to us in crude form and our acceptance of it waits on its de velopment. At other times it is perfected before we ever hear of jt. Then our acceptance comes more quickly. v The Duo-Art Pianola repFesents1 a new idea to most people.'. 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