Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 25, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
Senate Favors Bill to Enforce Americanization Siman Language Law Strengthened ly New Meas ure Advanced by Vote Of 20 to 12. Lincoln. Feb. 24. (Special.) The Not-val bill. S. F. 160, amended in a manner to strengthen the Siman language law. was sent to third read ing in the Nebraska state senate this morning, after a debate covering two hours. The test vote on the original mo tion to kill the amended bill, in which the introducer. President I'ro-tem K. S. Norval of the senate joined, showed lineup of 20 to 'i in favor of strengthening the Siman foreign language law. .The vote on the motion to postpone stood: How They Voted. For: lierka, Cronin, Davis, Har ris, Humphrey, Iliian, Johnson, Mc Gowan, Norval, Kobbins, Ulrich and .Wiltse 12. Against: Anderson. Berbc Bliss, Brown, Pusher, Cooper, Dutton, Gannon, Good, Halderman. Hoag land. Miller, Pickett, Randall, Rick ard. Saunders, Sturm, Warner and Watson 20. After the vote to postpone the amended bill had failed. Senatoi Nonal moved that his name b stricken from the bill as introducer and the senate acreed to his request. Senator B. K. Bushee of Kimball then volunteered, when Norval re pudiated the bill, to serve as father ior it. Wili.sc made a determined fight against the amended bill, especially Section 4 of the amendment, which he claimed would make anyone in an organization, who voted to use for. cign language, liable to a fine. Attorney General Rules. Senator Beebe interrupted him with an announcement that Attor ney General Davis had construed the section to mean only one thiiij? as the committee had intended it to mean imposing a penalty for an attempt to prevent any individual from using English in a' gathering, ii Ivc so chose. Cooper, of Douplas spoke at som .length on the bill. ; "I want to keep the Siman law from being wiped out by postponing this bill," he said. "The amended bill can harm no man who is loyal,- It is directed at disloyalty. 1 "I'll askVou if it isn't time men living in America should adopt out customs and our tongue. Only thft man who has an ulterior motive need fear this bill. It amplv protects re ligion and family relations in any language." Fail to Return Bill For Joint Hearing Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) Senator Walter Hoagland of Lin coln made an unsuccessful attempt to get S. F. 134, the bill turning over the plates and copyright of the statutes to the Lincoln State Journal for a compilation oft ihe statutes at ' its own price, referred back from the general file to. the judiciary com mittee. The bill had originally been re ported out by the finance, ways and; weans ommittee, : which benator (Hoagland contended had no claim jto it originally, because it did not "involve any state expense : ; ".A similar bill jn the house, he tsaid, providing that the state print .the statutes, had been properly re ferred to the judiciary committee. He insisted it was purely a legal ques tion, one wherein the constitution might be violated in delegating a special privilege to a publishing com pany. Death Delays Action on Sarpy County Annexation Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) Death today played a part in the Sarpy county annexation bill. '.Because Representative Drusedow, author of the bill, was called to Omaha by the death of a friend, 'Rep rtsentative Byrum, chairman of the committee on privileges and elec tions, withheld reporting the bill out to the house. Before leaving, Drusedow an t.punced that he intended to attempt td override the adverse committer report and get the bill placed on general file. The bill will be held iri committee until Drusedow returns. understand that some members ct the committee didn't even read the bill and I think it is no more than right for the house to decide whether it wishes to consider the measure," Drusedow said. ' State Cement Plant Bill f; Is Placed on General File 'Lincoln, Feb. 24. Special.) Bills placed on general file in the lower house today include: Name of author or person paying for campaign advertisements to b placed on advertisements. j An investigation and report on fea sibility of a state cement plant at the next session. ' Judicial reapportionment bill, i ; Passed on third reading: '..Permitting annexed territory to vote on directors of Omaha. metro politan utilities district propositions. Increasing mileage and feeding al lowances for prisoners. -Authorizing two-year reassessmcnv of real estate. . Farmers Rally to Aid of l: House Investment Bill ' Lincoln,' Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) Farmers today rallied to the aid cf Representative Lynn of Cedar and lifted Lynn's bill providing for in vestment of 50 per cent of the state ichool fund in farm mortgages out of committee. The bill was kilted by a standing committee yesterday. Lynn claims the bill is aimed to give the farmers a chance at the state school fund. Reduction in Auto License Bill Killed in Committee Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) The till reducing the automobile license tax 50 per cent was killed in a house committee today. Another commit tee took pity on the automobile owtu er and killed a bill which would force automobilists to stop, look and listen before going over a railroad cross- President Named for New Club of Ralston O. J. Melius is the president of the new Ralston Commercial club. He is president of the Ralston State bank and lives on a farm near Ral ston. , "Let s Operate" Urged as Slogan Aurora Attorney Charges State School Does Not Graduate Physician!;. Lincoln, Feb. 24. (.Special Tele gram.) A dripping surgeon's knife under a caption reading "Let's oper ate" should be the coat of arms and slogan of the University of Nebraska school of medicine, F. E. Edgcrton of Aurora, representing Nebraska homeopaths and electics. told the joint medical committee of the house and senate tonight. "Surgery and very little medicine is taught medical students in the uni versity," Edgerton continued, "and men turned out from there are not' physicians, but surgeons." Edgerton was speaking in support of a bill es tablishing a course in homeopathy and ecletics in the University medical school curriculum. "A real doctor should be ac quainted with every reputable science of medicine in order to give 100 per cent service to his patients," he con tinued. Dean Cutter read figures to show that only 25 per cent of his gradu-! ates became surgeons and the re mainder were practicing phyiscians. He declared that his graduates were fully versed in modern medical treat ments of disease. Chancellor Avery asked the legislature to "keep hands off" such legislation, saying regents were elected by the people to guide the destinies of the university and to sound out the feasibility of adding new courses of studies to the curricu lum. The committee took no action. Two Railroad Bills Are Placed on General File r Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) Re formation in lobbying methods by railroads who permit their lobbyists to do nothing except talk to mem bers didn't seem to take well with the house railroad, committee. The two following bills "were placed on general fjle in the lower house today: Fixing minimum speed for stock trains carrying animals for feeding and breeding purposes. Osterman bill providing for re paration payments to shippers aftet railroad commission finds rates to be discriminatory. Commissioners in Douglas County Sheared of Power Lincoln, :1 Feb. . 24. (Special.) Frank Dewey, clerk of Douglas county, today sheared the Douglas county commissioners of a little ot their political prestige when the low ei house passed a bill on general file giving him a budget to be used in hiring his own clerks. "This will cut out a lot of political trading and removes political threats which may be made by county com missioners to the clerk to get soms of their expenditures past the clerk,' Representative Ed Smith of Omaha, explained. House Refuses to Call Up Bill Demanding Oath Lincoln. Feb. 24. (Special.) The house refused to life a bill out of committee today, which would force school teachers to take an oath of allegiance to- the nUited States government. The Franklin bill.w hich would lift the collegiate requirements on teachers in towns with less than 1. 500 population was killed in the lower house today. The present law gives the high school graduates an opportunity only in towns of less than 1,000 population. I Business Men Protest Proposed Insurance Bill Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) Representative Omaha and Lincoln business men appeared before the joint insurance committee tonight to protest a bill backed by the state insurance department, which would throw mutual and -re ciprocal insurance' companies under full control of the state insurance department. Omaha Packing Interests Are Opposing Two Bills Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) Omaha packing house and commis sion men are in Lincoln fighting two bills which, it is claimed, will knock some of ' their financial 'props out from under them. The bills, accord ing to charges, materially 'cut dowu live stock commissioncs for salesmen and charges for feeding cattle in stock yards. Kill License Bill Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) The house slaughtered a bill, on general file today providing for licensing bakeries and a number of other re tail industries. . , Erected over a frame of steel tub ing, a Wisconsin inventor's tent is claimed to be as substantial as any portable .house Complaints Are Being Made in Probe of Rents r Omaha Woman Charges In crease From $3. to $60 Has Been Made by Her Landlord. Lincoln, Feb. 24 (Special.) The first written complaint against an Omaha landlord was received today by Representative Harry Foster of Omaha, in a letter from a woman living in an apartment house on North Thirty-first street. Her trouble, summarized, follows: Apartment rented for $32.50 in summer and $.17.50 a month in winter of 1918 when, she claims, prices were as high as they are today. Today, she is paying a flat rate of -$50 a month and the landlord is charging the more recent tenants $60 a month. Get Verbal Complaints. Foster also received verbal com plaints from tenants in the Omaha National bank building. However, under rules adopted today by the committee, all complaints must in writing with the understanding that the committee will use discretion in protecting complaints from revenge ful landlords. , "It is simply a case of 'put up or shut up,'" Foster said today. "In order to make a proper showing be fore the legislature that will war rant protective action in the bill now pending we must have convincing facts and figures and it is up to the tenants to produce them." Will Get Facts. The committee will receive com plaints from now until March 3, and Under the rules these complaints should be addressed to "Representa tive Harry Foster, care House ot Representatives, Lincoln, Neb." After that date, the committee in tends to begin investigating com plaints, calling landlords to Lincoln, forcing them to produce their books and valuation figures to prove that the complaints have no foundation and they are receiving only a fair return on their investment. Railroad Company Sued For Loss of Valuable Hogs Fremont, Xcb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Claiming that 33 Poland China hogs which they were ship ping to Oklahoma, where they were to appear at a fair, were not prop erly taken care of by the North western railroad, Merle E. Myers and Willard Myers of Fontenelle have filed suit for damages amount ing to $3,000. They allege that the door of the boxcar was nailed shut by railroad employes and three of the 33 animals were overcome. Deshler Band Plays 23 Years Under Same Director Deshler. Neb.. Feb. 24. (Special.) The Deshler concert band of 25 pieces gave their twelfth annual con cert to a large audience Tuesday. This band has been under the leader ship of its present director, Henry Sittler, since its organization. It meets for practice each week and a class for beginners is conducted weekly. Members cf the junior band are allowed credits on their school reports for efficient work. Farmer Living Near Wymore Is Found Dead in Barn Beatrice.Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) John Flessner, 55, re siding near Wymore, Neb., was found dead in the barn at his home by Mrs. Flessner, who -went out last evening to asisi him in doing the chores. Sheriff Schiek, after an in vestigation, decided not to hold an inquest. Death was probably due to heart disease. Central Labor Union Holds Big Meeting at Fremont Fremont, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) The Central Labor union held a get-together meeting at which over 500 members and guests attended. Mrs. Marie Weeks of Norfolk, de feated candidate for congress in the November election, and Attorney Bollen of Lincoln, delivered the ad dresses of the evening. A banquet was served. Cheyenne County Starts Farm Bureau Campaign Lodgepole, Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The big farm bureau cam paign is on and a systematic can vass being made of every farmer in the county. A rousing "kick-off" was held the first of the week with J. A. Crawford and other promi nent leaders present. ' Father and Son Banquet Ravenna, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) The annual Father and Son ban quet in the High school auditorium here was one of the most success ful ever held by the local institu tion. Postmasters Appointed Washington, II. C, Feb. 24.-Spectnl Telegram.) Postmasters appointed: Ne braska: Andrew, .Sioux count, Fern 1,. Watson, vico Oliver H. Jones, resigned; Endicott. Jefferson county, Maud E. Rosf. vice Mayme C. Nation, resigned; Flat?, McPherson county, Hartley R. Profitt, vice Milo N. Schick, resigned; Lena, Arthur county, William , Carter, vice Floyd N. Cragg, resigned. South Dakota: Brayton, Ziebach county, Rose it. Fisher, vice Louis A. Mack, re signed. 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He states that exposure to the ele ments at this time of year also has a tendency to breed pneumonia and influenza and as a protection to the public health it should not be coun tenanced. His action followed a report that an intoxicated citizen had slept in his automobile, parked on the main thoroughfare, all night. In putting his new order into ef fect, the mayor removed the bright "star" worn by Chief of Police Carl Reiueccius as an insignia of his of fice. Timothy Kennedy was presented with the "star" by the mayor and instructed that in the future drunks were to be given a bed in the warm "jail house" where they would be safe from disease and pickpockets.. Mother of Baby Tells Sad Story Child Abandoned in Hopes of Finding Good Home Salva tion Army Aids Mother. Fremont, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special Telegram.) Pretty Bertha Miller, 17, confessed mother of the aban doned baby found yesterday in a hotel, tells of a false lover who be trayed her faith, of hardened parents who drove her from their home and the fruitless attempt to locate a home for her 2-months-old baby. When her condition was discov ered, she appealed to her lover for help and advice, she said, but the plea remained unanswered and the man fled to California. Her. parents refused to allow the coming child to be born under their roof. In the Salvation Army home at Omaha where on December 29, her baby was born she found the only helping hand. Unable to turn to her own home for protection, without funds or means to take care of herself and child, she hoped to leave the child where it would be found and adopted by kind hands. The authorities here were touched with her story and will not file any action against the suffering mother. Efforts are to be re doubled to locate the" father of the child. Many local families have volunteered to adopt the child and it will be placed in the best home offered. Colfax County Farm Bureau Starts Membership Drive Schuyler, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) Although handicapped by muddy roads, the Colfax county campaign for the Nebraska Farm bureau is bringing good results. Over 300 mem bers have joined, with two precincts to be hearcMroni, It is expected that 500 members will be obtained. The campaign starter here with a dinner to about 140 farmers and their wives. State Peresident Elmer Young was introduced by C. L. Jones, conn ty captain, and spoke on the needs of the farmers for organization. J. P. Lawrence of the state university also spoke. Eugene Sullivan of Iowa spoke on the work in his state. Farm Bureau Drive Under Way in Frontier County Stockville, Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) Three townships in Frontier county, Curtis, Sheridan and North Star, are conducting farm bureau membership drives, under the direc tion of County Agent W. H. Camp bell and E. L. Taylor of the state university. A butchering demonstration was staged at the state agricultural school in Curtis Monday. The students used knives and cleaners made by themselves in the school shop. Tues day a meeting was held in May wood and Wednesday here. War on Game Law Violators Declared in Dodge County Fremont, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) County Attorney J. C. Cook an nounced war oh all game violators and states that he will nisist upon jail sentences for all who fail to ob serve the closed season laws by dis turbing the large flocks of migratory birds that are passing over this sec tion daily. Two Fremont boys were caught in Saunders county and paid $42 and two pumpguns, as a penalty for bringing down two ducks. Fed eral authorities are working in this vicinity. Beatrice Youth Arrested For Alleged Bicycle Theft Beatrice, Neb., Feb. 24. Special.) Leo Geisler, 14, charged with steal ing a bicycle here, was arrested at Sabetha. Kan., and returned here. 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Barke ley, receiver for the Nebraska Hotel company and the Nebraska Building & Investment company, obtained a restraining order ni the Lancaster county district court here against Frank F.. Schaaf, Irving F. Baxter, If. E. Gregory, Morris Brown and A. N. Cole. The restraining order prohibits the defendants from interfering with the receiver's management of the hotel. The petition sets forth that the Interstate Hotel company holds a 11 -year lease on the Fontenelle building and furniture, which the receiver claims is worth $.?50,000. He says that the company is sol vent. The order granted by the court prevents Schaaf from voting any stock in the Interstate hotel com pany at any meeting of its stock holders and prevents the other de fendants from holding any meeting as a board of directors of that com pany. Barkeley says he has re deemed the stock of the Interstate Hotel company, which had been pledged for the purchase price, and now holds it assigned in blank. According to the charges made in the petition, Schaaf is now in Oma ha trying to get the directors of the company to hold a meeting and declare it bankruph. He charges that Schaaf is seeking to perpetrate a fraud upon the stockholders of the Nebraska company and upon the court which named the receiver by having the Interstate Hotel com pany declared bankruph, rendering the business worthless so that he may bid it in much below its' value. Boys' Cooking Class Gets Certificates at Burress Geneva, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) So far as is known the only boys' cooking club in the state is located at Burress in the school taught by Mrs. R. C. Anderson. Darryl Dutch er, Walter Winkler and Ozro An derson, who completed the require ments of the extension department of the university in culinary art, were awarded certificates by Miss Allegra Wilkins of Lincoln. The girls who also received honors were Ber nice Ford, Florence Ford, May Owens, Clara Mullner and Editha Skinner. Nebraska Women Convicted Under Federal Auto Laws Lincoln, Feb. 24. (Special.) Jessie Ferguson of Lincoln and Alice Grover of Kearney were sen tenced to serve a year and a day in the penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo. They are the first Nebraska women to go to prison under the federal law against automobile steal ing. Both women were formerly inmates of the custodial home and figured in rather a sensational escape from the institution. Aurora Schoolboys Will Pay1 Damage to Properly Aurora, Neb., Feb.' 24. (Special.) Six of the seven boys who re cently were expelled' from the high school for destruction of school property have arranged with the superintendent and school board to return to school. They pledged themselves to pay $50 each as their share of the damage. Debate at York York, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) l'riend and York High schools will clash for forensic honors here in one of the series of debates con ducted by the Nebraska Debating league. The York team will be rep resented by Leslie Smith, Sutton Hice and Floyd Doty. Governor to Speak Loup City, Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The senior class of the High school will present "The Touch down" for its annual class play in April. Governor McKelvie has been obtained as speaker at the com mencement exercises, May 27. - iliiliil'iriliiliil'iliilHliiliilHini'.iriliiliiliill.rlliIitliiliiJ Extra Values 1 in Good Desk j 66-inch Full Quartered White Oak Roll Top Desk, similar j lron!ustra'$n2.50J Z 60-inch Full Quartered White Oak Flat Top (Qf i - Desk '. ... 4Vl 2 60-inch Mahogany Qfl - Flat Top Desk ipJU J Z 60-inch Full Quartered White I Oak Flat Top fc7C ? : Desk P'o; 60-inch Mahogany &7C I i Flat Top Desk.... 42-inch Full Quartered White 4 Oak Typewriter d JQ s t Desk PDJ7 j Orchard & j Wilhelm Co. " Office Furniture Dept. ' " r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 i i iT! Appointed Adjutant Of Local Legion Post This is Harry C. Hough, 4716 Fontenelle boulevard, who was named adjutant of Douglas county post of the American Legion yes Wednesday afternoon by the execu tive committee to succeed E. Kendall Hammond, resigned. At the meet ing the executive committee voted to set aside a fund to be used in se curing employment for ex-service men, to be started by $600 from the proceeds of the Toscanini concert in the Municipal Auditorium tonight. Lincoln Man Speaks at Aurora Rotary Meeting Aurora, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) The Aurora Rotary club cele brated the 16th anniversary of the founding of Rotary. George O. Ris don of Lincoln was the speaker of the evening. With his stories and poems, he kept the club members laughing for an hour. Mr. Risdon spoke to the high school students and to the junior high school. Sunday the Rotary club will at tend the Methodist church in a body and Dr. J. D. M. Buckner will de liver a sermon on the philosophy of Rotary. Federal Court Devotes Time to Liquor Cases Grand Island, Neb.. Feb. 24. Special Telegram.) William T. An derson of Grand Island pleaded guilty in federal court and was sen tenced to four months in the Hall county jail for running a still. Wride Legen, alias Peter Lopatic, Grand Island, was found guilty on- a simi lar charge and sentenced to five months on the first count and $200 fine on the second count. Theodore Jenson pleaded guilty to operating a still in Howard county, and was fined $100. 127 New Members Join The Schuyler Orients Schuyler, Neb., Feb. 24. (Spe cial.) The Orients initiated 127 new members during an evening of mer riment and banqueting; The order is composed of the leading business and professional men of the ' city. 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As late as Tuesday night masked men are said to have visited persons summoned as witnesses in cases growing out of the feud, warning them not to appear in court, and threatening to burn homes and sink boats if the warning went unheeded. After the agreement today Judge Jeffrey imposed the following sen tences on men convicted of stealing clams; Joseph Johnson, three years and $150 fine; Elson Hawkins, one year and $150 fine. At the first chill!. Take Genuine Aspirin marked with the "Bayer Cross" to break up your Cold and relieve the Headache, Fever, Stuffiness. Warning I To get Genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over 19 years, you must ask for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin," and look for the name "Bayer" on the package and on each tablet. 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The tfvv structure will have in it a hall for the American Legion, rooms for the tire department equipment, offices for the city administration, game rooms, a gymnasium, swimming pools and reading rooms. The Pawnee City High school has no equipped gymnasium and this one would be used by them as well as the business men and the women of the town. The building commit tee is composed of Professor Bige lowi Julius Jensen, Ben Henry, Will Dicks, Lloyd Bellows and Allie Reid. School Teachers' District Meet to Be Held in Lincoln Fairbury, Neb., Feb. 24. (Special.) Letters have bceu-jent ont announc; ing the spring meeting of District No. 1 of the Nebraska State Teach ers' association to be held in Lincoln March 31 and April 1 and 2. Superin tendent Morton of Fairbury is presj derit of the district and reports a splendid program is being arranged. Paul Althouse, American tenor, will open the meeting with a con cert Thursday evening, March 31. 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