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r THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1931. Bill to Regulate Children's Homes Killed by Senate Douglas Member Sees No Need Of State Spending Money To Supervise Fraternal Institutions. Lincoln. March 8. (Special.) When the state somite killed S.' F. No. 74, a child welfare bill to regu late w.lcrnity. hospitals,' last week, it let S. F. N'o. 75. to regulate children's homes in the same manner, drag along to third reading, where it was put to death Tuesday, by a vote of !J to Y). I'd explaining his vote against th . hill, Senator Cooper of Douglas, said he didn't see the need of the state spending money to supervise such creditable and worthy institutions for orphans as the Odd Fellows and the Masons niaint.-.iued. The vote was: For Anderson, lirown, Gannon. Good, Hastings. Johnson, McGowan, Norval, Rohhins, Sturm Ulrich, Warner and Watson. AgainswBeebe. Bcrka, Bliss. Rusher, Cooper, CTOiiin, Davis, Dut ton, llarriss, Hoagland Humphrey, Illian, Miller. Pickett, Randall, Reed, Ric.kard, Saunders, and Wiltse. The senate, however, did pass one child welfare hill on third reading S. F, No. 77 'making more stringent regulations to keep minors out of pool halls. The vote was 31 to 1, Senator Dutton voting no, on the ground that he didn't approve penal izing boys who happened to be in pool halls. These bills vcre passed on third reading: v S, F. No. 100 Authorizing thr in corporation of fine art societies, a bill to provide for the condemnation of two lots in Omaha needed in con nection with a big art society endow ment from Mrs. George Joslvn.. S. F. No. H9 Making backward counties pay a quarter of cost of state aid bridges on county lines. vUnaninious. S.F. No. 152 Basing high school tuition1 on per capita cost. Passed, 29 to 3, S. F. No. 190 Permits counties to bid on 'road contracts. Water District Bill Killed in Committee Lincoln, March 8. (Special Tele gram.) A bill which would force the Metropolitan Water District to purchase competing privately-owned ice plants before it extended its pres ent municipal ice plant was killed to day in the house committee on cities and towns. The motion to kill the bill was made by Representative Bowman ' of , Omaha, and was sec onded by Representative Foster of Omaha. Arguments for and against the bill were offered by Carl Herring, Charles Wilhclm and John L. Web ster of Omaha. Herring, in arguing for the bill, declared that municipal competition was unfair and would junk: he privately-owned ice plants in Omaha. Representatives Ran dall and Hascall of Omaha intro duced the bill. V Getting Ready tor Spring? ? now merit is best, at- S Suits, Wraps . and Dresses of' unusual charm are here at INT UK' Resting prices 5 J and the styles ARE C GREAT. See them while assort- 3 $25.00 to $50.00 ? and S $50.00 to $75.00 . Wear fifS 'Women l floor SKtmWfi)! & 16th and Far nam Streets 1 rtJtF Bill for Perpetual Contract to Print Statutes is Killed Lincoln, March. .8. (Special.) The Nebraska state senate killed S. F. No. 134, the senate bill giving the Nebraska State Journal company the perpetual right to print the".Tebraska statutes. The bill had been amended in the committee to "limit the right to two years and Senator Beehe, who in troduced if, sought to have it re stored to its original form. Failing, he then moved that the bill be in definitely postponed. The debate on the measure was spirited, with Senator Hoagland leading the attack. At the close of the debate, Hoagland offered H. R. No. 234, tjhe MoScley bill, providing for the printing of the statutes under competitive bidding, as an amend ment, but the Beebe motion to kill took precedent. In the house, H. R. No. 234 was brought out on the general file. Parole BoardWaT Hold Second Monthly Meeting Wednesday Lincoln, March 8. (Special.)' The state board of pardons is sched uled to hold its second monthly meeting at the Nebraska penitentiary , at' 10 Wedne'sday morning to hear applications for about 30 paroles, se lected by Chief Probation Officer N. T. Harmon. f Only two members of the board will be present Governor McKelvie and Attorney General Clarence A. Davis. Secretary of State D. M. Anisberry, third member, is confined to his home with a slight paralytic stroke which he suffered last Fri day. Although the secretary had intend ed to be back at his office this week, word has been received that he will remain at home for the full week, at least. Railroad Bill Voted Down in Committee Lincoln, March. 8. (Special Tele gram.) A rai'road bill, vhieh would pctmit the city government to assess proportionate sharcs'against the city, railroad companies' and others in terested for erection of viaducts, "was killed tonight in the committee on cities and, towns. Commissioner Roy Towl of Oma ha appeared before the committee to portest against the bill because it contained a clause which would give the State Railway commission final power in settling the assessments. Railroad attorneys declared the pres ent law which forces railroad com panies to pay all the expense of erecting viaducts was unfair. Repre sentative Hascall of Omaha intro duced the bill. Bread Bill Passed After Hot Debate (Continued From Face One.) ator Good of Dawes and r, Senator Wiltse of Richardson. Wiltse declared that the bakers should be regulated by the muni cipalities. Out-State Would Suffer. "If Omaha put uc1t an ordinance on its books, the Omaha bakers would cut down the Weight of the loaves in Blair and other towns served by them and the people of the state ' would suffer," Senator Cronin declared. - Amendments were adopted giving the bakers a two-ounce tolerance in the weight of loaves, forcing them to bake bread out of pure flour and cutting down the penalty for failure to live up to the law. As the bill stands, bread must be sold and la beled in half-pound, one-pound and pound and a half packages. "In that way," Senator Cronin de clared, "we know absolutely how much bread we are getting and there can be no 'bunk' about increas ing' the si?e of loaves in proportion to the drop in prices of flour. The bakers will be forced to drop the prices." Bread No Cheaper. "Just think of the way these bak ers have been, doing," Cronin con tinued. "We are getting no more bread or no cheaper bread right now than we did when wheat was Selling at $3 a bushel." The vote follows: For: Anderson, Beebe, Berka, Cooper, Cronin, Davis, Dutton, Gan non, Hastings, Hoagland, Hum phrey, Illian, McGowan, Miller, Norval, Pickett, Reed, Rickard, Sturm, Ulrich, Warner. Against: Bliss, Brown, Bushee, Good, Halderman, Harriss, Johnson, Randall, Robbins, Saunders, Wat son, Wiltse. No Attempt Made to Revive -Platte River Bridge Bill Lincoln, March 8. (.Special.) There will be no attempt to obtain a reconsideration of the bill to lo cate the Platte river road bridge south of the Burlington bridge be tween Douglas and Saunders coun ties, Representative Medlar an nounced today. "The object of the bill has been attained," Medlar declared. "In other words, we have focused the eyes of the people on the two loca tions and pointed out conclusively that the south bridge is the cheapest and most feasible." The bill was killed Friday by four votes. Unfair. Practices to Keep Prices up, Charged in House Lincoln, March 8. (Special.) Stories of melons rotting in boxcars in Omaha , while they Were being sold to the consumer at $1 each; of bananas being thrown into the ocean when they were selling at high prices and of other alleged unfair' prac tices to keep prices high by destroy ing the output were told on the floor of the lower house today. The Yeiser bill, making it unlaw ful to hold perishable foodstuffs and permit them to spoil, for the pur pose of controlling prices, brought on the discussion. The bill passed the committee of the whole, A medical scientist states that, taken on an average, girls born in August are taller than those born in other months. i . I... Dr. 1. P. Connolly haa mumrd hi (Un til practic. at mite 430 World-Herald building. Telephone Couglaa 112). Adv. Would Give Board Power to Grant Parole Hearings Judiciary, Committee Amend ment on Theory That Con vict Has no Rights Ex- eept at Discretion of Body Lincoln. March 8 (Special.) The .state board of pardons is given full authority to decide on whether to grant a convict a hearing on a parole, pardon or commutation, in an amend ment to the board of pardons act, S. F. No. 282, proposed by the sen ate judiciary committee. ! The bill, which was originally drafted by Attorney General Clarence A. Davis, incorporates in one stat ute rules for the board of pardons and the indeterminate sentence law. The committee amendments pro hibit any paroles by the board ,of pardons until the minimum sentence is served and then hearings are at the board's discretion. The theory of the judiciary com mittee's stand, as explained by Chair man Hoagland, was that the con vict had no rights within his max imum term, except, at the discretion of the board. The amendment was acceptable to the attorney general. Another amendment provides that the convicted man shall not be pres ent at the hearings, or hear any in formation up to the consideration of the board, except when the board wants to hear his testimony. ' The original bill provided that a judge might sentence a man to any term within the statutory maximum and minimum, and this clause was left intact. The bill was advanced by the committee of the whole for third reading,, Tuesday morning- Kerensky Backing Revolt in Russia (Continued From Page One.) secreth' training in French and Brit ish military schools in order to be qualified to officer the revolution aries when the signal is given. ; These officers are now being rushed to Poland while in every other way England and - France are- doing their utmost to assist tne revo lutionaries. Wireless messages received at Eif fel tower this morning admit that tne situation is grave ai iviuuswui. They deny, however,: that Petrograd has fallen and they deny roports-of peasant revolts except in the Uk raine. They announce that a red army of a half million is concen trated at Gatchina, 45 miles south of Petrograd, commanded by Trotzky, who is preparing an advance to crush the revolt. The soviet messages also deny that the soviet government has moved from Moscow to Nijninovgorod. Meanwhile the urgency of allied support for the anti-soviet move ment is explained by the view in diplomatic circles that Great Britain fears communist successes in Tur key, half of which is already in the hands of Lenine. By helping to. foment revolt in northern Russia it is believed that the British hope t5 for the Soviets to recall their Caucasian army and thus leave the "big three" free to in fluence the Turkish nationalists to accept the allied . proposals instead of forming an alliance with .Lenine. Throughout- the movement the hand of the "big three" is evident, while Kerensky's confession that the revolt was planned inParis underline supervision of th allied war chiefs IS must siKUiirvaiu in- view ui uit; previous allied denials to President Wilson that any invasion of Russia was contemplated. Z Red Rush Troops. Warsaw, March 8. (By the As sociated Press.) Strong (detach ments of Russian bolshevik cavalry commanded try General Budenny are being rushed from south' Russia to Moscow to crush the insurgents, who are said to be gaining in power daily in the Russian capital. Many rumors of the overthrow of Ihe Russian soviet government have reached Warsaw. Announcement was.made here yes terday, however, that no steps had been taken by government officials to interrupt the Russian-Polish peace negotiations, Polish authorities con sidering reports of the Russian in surrection as being greatly exagger ated. Eustis Stock Raiser Sues "Big Five" Packers for $75,000 Lincoln, March 8. Alleging con spiracy on the part of the big five Chicago packers to monopolize trade in live stock, John W. Jack, Eustis,. Neb., farmer anfl stock raiser, to day brought suit for $75,000 in fed eral court against Swift & Co., Mor ris & Co., Wilson & Co., and the Cudahy Packing company. Allied Army Takes Over German Towns (Continued From Fa e One.) the allies seemed ready to make further deplorable concessions." The communist L'Humanite asked; "Are the pan-Germans and the French chauvinists again going to plunge the world into turmoil?" 12,000 British Troops. London, March 8. Orders for the advance of British troops upon l)eusseldorf were issued at the Brit ish war office la,st night, it was re ported today. There are 12,000 British soldiers in Germany, of whom 4,000 are in Upper Silesia. It is believed the, Rhine forces will be reinforced to number 12,000, four battab'ons bciny; ready to go to the British section of , the German oc cupied territory. Any attempt by the Germans to evade the new Rhine customs zone by diverting trade through Rotter dam or other ports on the North sea will be promptly countered by an allied blockade, the Daily Mail de clared. The London Times and the Morn ing Post rejoiced that the conference had produced a "welding of the en tente." The Times said the German counter proposals had been rejected because they were not honest. Th laborite Herald, while it called the penalties "a sheer colossal folly," consoled itself, however, by assert ing: "From a revolutionary view point the penalties will be all for good, as the end must be a crash from which revolution will arise." Germany Not to Oppose Occupation by Allies Berlin, March 8. (By The Asso ciated Press.) Occupation of Dues seldorf, Duisbtirg and Ruhrort by allied forces will not be opposed by the German government, it was indi cated here early this morning. The cabinet was in session until 11 o'clock and then dispersed without taking any action calculated to meet the situation which has arisen be tween Germany and the allied -nations. ) It has been hoped that some means of avoiding a final break may be found, in view of the informal con ferences between Dr. Walter Simons and Premiers Lloyd George and Briand during the last three days. Speaking of the allied penalties, a cabinet member stated after the ad journment of the meeting: "We must bear'them with dignity." Germany's coal deliveries to the al lies may be affected, it was indicated here: ; Although entente troops nlay seize important coal shipping points, they will have to go still further into the Ruhr district in order to secure control of coal production. 100,000 Men and Women Are Now on Strike in Moscow London, March 8. (By the Asso ciated Press) During a recent bom bardment of the workmen's quarters in Moscow, from artillery placed on the hills overlooking "the city, says a Central News dispatch from Hel singfors today, several hundred per sons were killed 'arid numbers of others, w;ounded. I:,,', More tjiaft 100,000 men and women, the dispatch- asserts, now are on strike in Moscow. Couple Wed on Wrong Side of Street in 1903 Find Ceremony Illegal Danville, '111.. March 8.-Just be cause they were married on the wrong side of the street, Mr. and Mrs. Almon J, Lenevc of this city were remarried Monday at Urban'a, 111., where they were wedded in 1903, Nearly 20 years ago young Terry J Leneve wooea ana won Louise jonn sou, and for her he fitted and fur nished a house on the east side of the Illinois-Indiana state line in the town 1 of State Line, northeast -fof Danvrlle. The wedding took place ihere in Indiana, but the marriage license was issued here. . 5 Recently, following the marriage of their daughter, the-couple learned thai the license issued in this Illinois county was not Valid ill Indiana, and plans were; made for the remarriage. pasieiif UJCWSTRIKE cigarette. Flavor is 5!2li0 by toasting Cutlcura Soap Will Help You Clear Your Skin Foreign Policy Taken Up at Cabinet Meeting " " 1 t (Continued Frum Pa(te One.) made by Secretary Weeks, who would not discuss the subject fur ther than to say withdrawal was not being considered. In reaching this decision, the administration is under stood to have, taken into account all the elements of the situation in western Gecmany where allied troops have advanced to enforce the treaty, while the American forces remained behind. s . Although nothing definite has de veloped in other official quarters to indicate the probable permanent pol icy of the new administration, it is known that the situation along the German border is receiving the close scrutiny of the administration. It generally is expected that some more concrete expression of this govern ment's attitude may be- forthcoming in the near future. , Bill Defeated. When the army appropriation bill was under consideration just before the inauguration, republican leaders in congress proceeded on the ex pectation that the American troops would be out of Europe before July 1. The bill, with its curtailed bad get for the army of occupation, failed of final enactment and must be taken up again. Also wrapped up in the Rhine situation is the question of passing a congressional resolution to declare a state of peace with Germany and it believed that the administration will determine its attitude on such resolution in the light of full in formation about European condi tions. BiH Empowering Cities to ' Hire Publicity Men Passes Lincoln, March 8. (Special.) A bill empowering cities to levy a special assessment to raise money for the employment of ' publicity agents to advertise the cities' indus tries through the Chambers of Com merce, passed the committee of the whole ip the lower house-this after noon. , ' Northwestern Permitted , To Purchase New Equipment Washington, March 8. Authority 'was . granted the , ChicaBO and Northwestern, Railway company by. l ie Interstate-Commerce commis sion thdav to assume obligations amounting to $9,630,000 to purchase equipment costing $v,b4,uv. SPECIALISTS IN DISTINCTIVE CROCKS ' -'-,' ' - Haas Brothers 'THE SHOP FOR WOMEN' Second Floor, Brown Block. 16th and Douglas Wednesday Finest Ail-Wool v Worsted Jersey Suits Moit remarkable value of the year. A one day selling event that will effect a complete disposal of these 150 new ar rival suits. Pinch Backs, Notch Collars, Belted, Tuxedo. Sizes 16 to 44 The ideal suit for motoring, sports wear and general business wear. , Brown, Blue and Green Heather as well as Navy, Brown and Oxford plain colors. Jackets and skirts may be worn separate ,. ly.-These suits at $14 represents a value you will, not be able to duplicate again. Movie Results in Suit Against Three Under . Migratory Bird Law Sacramento, Cal.. March 8. Pic tures hown in a motion picture news weekly depicting an airplane crash ing into a flock of wild ducks, which were taken near Colusa last October, resulted in the filing, of criminal pro qecdings here against Louis Hutt, photographer; Lieut. Harry Hal verson of San Francisco; J. M. Fet ters, commercial aviator, and Rich ard S. Done! It is alleged that the men hunted thicks with airplanes October 16, last,' the opening day of the duck season, and that later pictures were shown in theWws weekly depicting an airplane1 dashing into immense flocks of ducks, killing and wounding hundreds with, the propellors and wings of the machine. Hutt is said to have written a series of articles on the thrill of hunting wild ducks by airplane. Letters protesting against this method of hunting were forwarded to Washington and an agent was sent to California for investigation. Governor in Chicago Chicago, March 8. (Special Tcle- gram.) Governor McKelvie of Ne- " a i n i- . . Real Estate Men Join Job Seekers in Rush On Cabinet Members Washington, March 8. Job seek ers besieging the new cabinet otlicers were joined today by real estate men, all eager to provide nice, comfortable homes for the newcomers. Three honored Secrcetary Mellon, armed witfl "pretty pictures of homes they thought he would like to buy, run ning from $100,000 up. tc didn't buy. braska, en route home from the in auguration, was the guest of the Chicago Alpha Tan Omega Alumni society- todav. , , Harding and His Cahinel 1 Hold First Weekly Meeting Washington, March 8. President Harding had his first meeting today with his cabinet. Vice-president Coolidge attended at the president's invitation, and it was understood that foreign affairs, as well as do mestic policies, were discussed. The first business was entirely unofficial, that ' of taking the first photographs of the cabinet. i " Housemaids in Spain threaten to quit work unless they are granted a substantialincrease in wages. Little Prospect for Reduction in Freight Rates at Present Time Washington, March 8. The rai road situation affords little prospect of general decreases in freight rates, Chairman Clark of the Interstate Commerce commission informed Senator Harris of Georgia. Replying to a letter from Scpator Harris inquiring as to the possibil ity of a reduction in freight charges. Chairman Clark said: "The situation is not so good a in December. ' Thure has been a fa 11 ititf oil in general traffic. The aver age operating ratio of the railroads is something over 90. That means that for ery dollar that the rail roads earn, they pay out more than "0 cents. Due tu the narrow margin between revenue and operating ex penses and fixed charges, a good' many are not even earning their operating expenses. Under these circumstances it is difficult to find an argument in favor of reducing rates, unless in instances in which it can be shown that the rates are stifling the traffic anU that lower rates would effect a movement from which there would be some re-. turns." 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