THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY," FEBRUARY 12, 1921.
Eight Bills in .
, Senate Pass on
: 'A Third Reading
Measure Prohibiting Aliens
Possessing Firearms Carries
, By Narrow Margin
One Bill Killed.
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Senator Cooper's bill, S. F. 137,
prohibiting aliens from owning or
possessing firearms had hard sled
ding in the senate, but finally mus
tered enough votes to pats on third
reading, 18 to 12.
"-The senate put eight bflls across
on third reading and slaughtered one
snd tlicn adjourned until 2 Monday
afternoon. ,
Hear Lincoln Addre. -
Before adjourning the senate lis
ti'iicd to a Lincoln day address by
Chaplain A. A. Cressman, and ex
Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard
of Columbus, made a few remarks.
The bill which the senate killed
w as S. F. 209, ty Hoagland. author
izing county boards to sell unnec
essary public lands. The bills lost,
12 to 19. Senator -Miller of Wash
ington had cold chills when a solid
row of "noes" greeted the roll call
on his measure. S. F. 121, granting
the right of way to purchases as well
hs sellers of electric current. Then
everybody changed his vote and
Miller! tumbled to the joke.
On Third Reading.
Following are the bills passed on
tlird reading:
' 8 F 131, by Miller Give purchaser
h veil ller tha right of way, rassed
3 to 0 . . , . ,
g j.. 7 Home amendment requlrlnt n
hours deliberation before a five-sixths
Jury ran return a verdict. Passed !7 to 0.
f'i. R. 8 Senate amendment reduclns;
bails of election board pay from 69 cents,
fixed by house, to 30 cents. Passed 11
10 0.
a iV S22 Penalty for Illegal voting,
trussed 81 to 0.
S. s ioUrnnttns; eminent domain to
;hodl districts, with emergency. Passed
SO to 0.
S. V. 172 Requiring IS50 fee to uni
versity for testing tractors, with emer
gency. Passed 10 to p. i
S. F, 168 Requiring oath of allegiance
from every school executive In the state.
Passed. 29 to 2.
S. F. pi Prohibiting aliens from own
, Ing or-' possession firearms. Passed 18
to 12, ' .
. Refuse Salary Cut.
In committee of the whole, the
senate refused by a vote of 21 to 8
to amend the proposed salary of
court reporters from $3,000 down" to
$2,500. The amendment was by
Senator YViitse. The present salary
. is $2,000 a year. . The "original bill
by Beebe was advanced to third
reading. ,
tThe same committee of the whole
declined to tamper with amendments
to S. F. 13. fixing the salaries of
couny judges on the same basis as
. miintv r1prk and countv treasurers.
and sent the bill to third reading. A
' Bills hilled on standing committee re'
ports were: '
8. F. 248 Allowing evidence of prior
conviction to be laid before judge after
sentence.
court prooeedlnga
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Member Replies to
Statements of Brady
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.) Re
plying to William A. Brady, New
York motion picture producer, or
the subjects of movie censorship,
particularly with reference to state
ments made by Mr. Brady before i!
joint legislative committee, C E
Prevey of the Nebraska Child Wei
fare Commission issued the following
statement: '
"The address of William A., Brady
before the house and senate commit
tecs on child welfare has been, re
ported in the morning papers as in
opposition to .the bill providing for
the inspection of motion picture film
recommended by the child welfare
commission. Undoubtedly Mr. Brady
directed his remarks toward that bill,
However, practically nothing which
he opposed and ridiculed in his ed
dress is found in Senate File 78 and
House -Roll 113, which are the bills
recommended by the commission.
"Mr. Brady charged that the cen
sorship bill prohibited the exhibition
or depiction of murder and from
that premise declared that most of
Shakespeare's plays would be banted
and that. the life" of Jesus could not
be presented on the screen because
of the crucifixion. There is nothing
hv- the bjll which prohibits such
scenes. - r
cor.vlction and before, sentence.
. 8. F. 257 Legalises
on legal holidays.
These bills were placed on general file:
' 8. F. 12 To force backward- counties
to pay quarter of cost of statt aid
bridges, when state and one county agree
on Inter-county structures.
8.' F. 146 Omaha bill to allow 10 days
fr appealing from appraisement of pub
lic utilities.
-S. F, 261 To forfeit t counties n
clulmed money from estate claims held It)
years by county court.
8. F. 227 To prohibit "ambulance Chas
ms." ,
Oyster Measure Is 5.;
'S - Passed by House Vote
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.) A
senate bill giving the public power
to institute .ouster proceedings
against a county officer passed the
committee of the whole in the lower
house today with some opposition.
chiefly from Representative Harry
FostclTSf Omaha.
The bill vests the attorney general
vith this power and is tlie result of a
Wgjrow in Poll county during the
war, when it is alleged a county at
torney, who has sole discretionary
power at the present time, refused to
institute ouster proceedings against
a ooimty officer who was a German
subject , . A v
"he safeguard.' of public' officials
against cranks provided in, the 'bill is
a clause which forces the institutor
of the ouster to pay court costs nd
a reasonable attorney fee for t the
county officer under fire in the event
the-ouster proceedings do not prove
to be a success. ,
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Stck Sale Scandals Are r
fj-1 Prevented in House Bills
Lincoln. Feb. , 1. (Special.) A
hilt to make a repetition of the
Bankers' Auto Insurance company
and Bankers' Fire Insurance com
pany scandals impossible, passed'the
committee of the whole in the lower
liotise today, .
This measure, introduced by Rep-
'resntative Benjamin Mickey of
t,lierry, provides that othcers . plan
ning the ' organization of any . in
surance' company must register with
th department before the organiza
tion and sale of stocks 'and bonds
begin, . ( " .
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Lower House Votes to Buy
jGrave Marker to Cost $200
Tiincofn, Feb. 11. (Special.) The
loafer house today passed a -bill on
thiid reading, appropriating $200 for
a tombstone for Stephen. Archibald
oft Hitchcock county. Archibald's
estfte of $3,000 went to the state be
cause there were no hairs and the
judge who probated the estate failed
to leave anything for a, tombstone.
Nebraska Editors Speak
I . At Legislative Session
Eincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Enterson R. PurcelL ; president of
. the Nebraska Press association;
Edgar Howard, editor of the Colum
buf Telegram, and Uel W. Lamkin,
head of the federal department of
vocational education, spoke to the
loafer house. - - ,
J Bread Bill Monday '
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (SpeciaL) The
Smith bread bill and the alleged,
-"joker" bill will be considered next
Tuesday by the committee on mis
celfcneous subjects of the senate. The
oimin oiii nas passed me nouee. v
Favor Physical Test V
ncoln, Feb. 11. (Special) A
providing for physical examina-
ot school children passed the ;
committee of the whole in the lower !
hotse today by a vote of 46 to. 31,
wm.mur tymbtn absent,, , J
1 6-Year-0Id Husband
Says Mother Relent:
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Harold Mericle, 16, whose marriage
to Katherine .Wilhelm, 16, Omaha,
met with opposition from Mericle's
mother, is confident that he will win
out over parental -objections.
Mericle said this afternoon that
his mother had relented and would
not press the annulment action
which she started in the district
court here. There was no indication
from the mothet thaU she had
chanered her plans.
The youTig man said that his bride
would rejoin him in Lincoln and m
the event that his first marriage was
set aside, he would marry Mi:3 vu
helm again.
Man Injures Nose in
' - T' - ' r ' AIT' 1 ,
Leap rrom winaow
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Jumping from a third story window
to escape arrest by the police, a
man giving the name of Edward
Butler of Kansas City, fell on his.
face and nearly severed his nose.
Butler jumped from the window
after the police had caught him, in
company with a woman giving the
name of Elizabeth Ash, in a room
ing house here, during a raid. '
Butler was taken to the hospital.
The woman is being held at the
police station. ,
Sheriffs Wage Tm rease
Comes Up in House Today
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.) A
bill which would increase the income
of the sheriff of Douglas county at
least $3,400 a year for feed of prison
ers and double his pay for travel
expenses in and out of the county
and provide other sheriffs of Ne
braska a corresponding increase in
revenue will be -fought out on the
floor of the lower house Monday.
Today when one-third of the mem
bers had been excused, the bill came
up in committee of the whole, but
after a hot debate the house adjourn
ed until Monday.
Madison Man Named Head of
.. Osteopaths Association
' Norfolk, Neb.; FeW. 11. (Special
Tcleirram.) Dr. Charles Hartner of
fadispn was . elected president of
the Northeast Nebraska Osteopaths'
association, a branch of the state
organization, and which began ac
tivity with about 20 members. Dr.
P. P. Jones of Wayne is vice presi
dent and Dr. Jesse Crane of Norfolk
is secretary-treasurer. .
Aged Man Injured When
Popcorn Wagon Explodes
TilaV Ncb.jaFcb. 11. (Special
Telegram.) George A. Hummerich,
74, -suffered a fracture of the should
er blade and severe injuries to his
face and hands as a result of an
explosion when gasoline leaked from
his popcorn wagon, lhe blast waw
so severe that the old man xwas
thrown out of the wagon.
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Three Men Plead Guilty to j
" C!tAalinv lifiAa FrAm f!m
IJastings, Neb., Feb. 11. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Ernest Orr, F. J.
McGarry and C. F. Campbell plead
ed guilty today to a complaint
charging them with the theft of
shoes from a freight car here, and
were bound over to the, district
court. ''They were arrested when
found selling. $7 shoes for $1 a pair.
Redistrictins
For Legislature
May Start Fight
Omaha Lawmakers MuH
Move, Retire or Wage
Battle With Fellow" '
- Members!
j Great Flood of Bills .
! Thrown in Hopper of
! . South Dakota House
Harding Rapidly
Ieiiis Eimilfed
Lincoln,. Feb. 11. (Special.)
Members of the Omaha delegation
must cither move to anotner part of
the city or engage in a fight against
each other for re-election two yars
from now. "
Under the legislative apportion
ment bill which divides Omaha into
13 representative districts there are
proposed districts in which two and
three present members reside.
Bob Druesedow, George Dyball
and Ed Palmer all live in the same
district under the apportionment
plan drawn up and sent to the lexis
lative apportionment committee of
the lower .house by Harley Moor
head, Omaha election commissioner.
Druesedow and Dybalt. are looked
upon as certain, candidates lor the
legislature next time and Palmer is
enjoying his . first legislative expe
nence. I wo must move out in order
to give one of the three clear sailing
or they must scramble around and
ensrage in a lively fight.
Representative William Kandall
finds that he must either move across
the street or depend upon the South
Omaha vote to put him in the legis
lature. It Kandall takes up anabode
on the other side of the street he
win nna nimscit a candidate in a
district in which he is acquainted.
Otherwise, he'll have to make a lot
of new friends in South Omaha in
the next two vears.
.Representatives JJi. M. Kohertson
and Irvin Medlar live in the same
proposed dsitrict. ,
1 he Dyball-Druescdow-P aimer
situation may be the means of de
veloping some interesting politics in
Lincoln, during the remainder ot the
session. One of the number with a
desire to be certain of winning the
approval of the electorate- at the
expense of the others may endeavor
to put the others in a hole on
some of the Omaha measures which
must be considered. v-
House Wields Ax on
Large Number of Bills
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.) The
lower house used the ax today on a
large number of bills which came
up tor consideration. Among those
placed in their graves are:
The Palmer bill; which -would bar
paid officers of a fraternal organiza
tion from acting as delegates to con
ventions.
A bill by Representative Good
of Peru providing for appointment
of a commission to study the bonded
indebtedness statutes for the next
two years.
lhe Druesedow bill, which would
force insurance companies to invest
in Nebraska 75 per cent of their re
serves from premiums collected in
the state. .
Repeal of law providing for
separate ballots for women voters.
, Nonpartisan league bill toabolish
the party circle on ballots.
Bill providing against "in-law" re
latives of a judge from practicing
before his court. . "
Worthless Check. Passer
. Sentenced to Penitentiary
PlattsmouthNeb., Feb. 11 (Spe
cial.) An indeterminate jentence of
from one to 20 years was the pen
alty imposed upon Edward Nighten
gale, one of a pair of bad check
"artists" who raided this city last
week passing checks on a number of
business houses to apply on small
purchases and receiving the balance
in cash. W. H. Morris was taken to
Red Oak, la., where he was wanted
on a more serious charge. Nighten
gale claims his home is in Omaha.
Alleged Shoplifters to
Be Returned to Mexico
Plattsmouth, Neb., Feb. 11. (Spe-1
cial.) C. L. Brashear, special federal
agent, visited here and took away
two Mexicans who have been held in
the county jail following their un
successful attempt to shoplift a
quantity of merchandise from the W.
Fv Diers store at Louisville some
months ago. The men will be sent
by the government to Alburquerque,
N. M., and from there deportedto
Mexico. .
100 Editors in Lincoln, i
Lincoln, Feb. 11. (Special.)
Over 100 members of the Nebraska
Press association are attending the
three-day convention here. -
Evangelistic Meetings
, Geneva, Neb., Feb. 11. (Special.)
Mr. and Mrs. Carl L. Knapp of
Lincoln are holding evangelistic
meetings at the Christian church.
PierrtvS? D., Febyll. This being
the last day ior the introduction of
individual bills, the lower' house of
the . South Kakota legislature re
ceived a flood of measures. The
senaee, however, extended until Feb
ruary 15. the time for tbe introduc
tion of individual bills and extended
tbe limit on committee bills until
February 19.
Chief among the bills introduced
in the house were the bonus, one
to abolish thestatc normal school
at Springfield and convert the build
ings into a reformatory for girls,
a measure ; which would prohibit
smoking in public. eatiBg places or
street cars and a bill to create a
stateboxing commission.
By Job Seekers
Quadrennial tidal Wave, of
Office Aspirants and Advice
Givers Rises Steadily About
President-Elect.
St. Augustine, Fla.. Feb. 11. The
miadrennial tide wave of ofnee seek
ers and advice givers that always
en gu it a president-elect on the eve
of his . inauguration is rising stead
ily about Warren G. Harding's head
quarters here. Screened away from
Marion by- the conferences of "best
minds," and then held at bay for
three weeks while Mr.Harding was
on vacation, the rush of the job-
hungry and the hobby-riders prom
ises now to assume the proportions
of a deluge.
With just three weeks remaining
before the advent of the new admin
istration, more than one of the aspir
ing is becoming kss and less con
fident of his prospects and is taking
his case in his own Tiands with a
certain touch of desperation.
Of course, many of . those who
have engagements to see him havq
been summoned for consultation on'
various serious problems, but lhe
president-elect prides himself oti
being a good listener and he wants
to be accessible to everyone.
Seattle Newspaper Thanks
Governor for Facts on Code
Lincoln, -Feb. U. Special.)
The state 'of Washington has passed
a civil administrative code bill, the
Post-Intelligencer of Seattle wired
Governor McKelvie, giving the Ne
braska governor credit for the infor- -mation
on which the paper based its
campaign for the bill.
Sheriff's Posse
Keeps Guard for
Night Riders
Precaution Taken Following
Receipt of Threatening Let
ter hy Wealthy Tohacco
Grower.
Owingsville, Ky., Feb. 11. A
threatening letter received Wednes
day by T. B. Robertson, wealthy
farmer and tobacco grower of JJath
county, resulted in the formation
here last night of a posse headed
by Sheriff Walter Boyd who stood
guard in the county to forestall pos
sible incursion by night riders. The
letter bore the postmark of the Car
lisle postoffke and was turned over
to Commonwealth's Attorney W. P.
lfantiltoa of Mt. Sterling.
The epistle was a long; one, writ
ten in long hand, with a pencil. It
was signed "Night Riders," warned
Mr.' Robertson against taking to
market any more, tobacco and
threatened that if he failed to obey
the command his barn would be
burned and other violence resorted
'to. '
It was learned that Mr. Robert
son had made preparations during
the week to move his tobacco on the
Carlisle market, but had not yet of
fered it for sale. - : ;
Mr. Robertson declined to discuss
the letter. H
Leg Ripped Open hy Saw
Valentine, Nob., Feb." 1 1 (Special
Telegram.) Robert McCain is in a
critical condition from an injury in
which his leg was ripped open from
the knee to the foot as a result of
falling on an ice saw which he was
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