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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1921)
HE KEK: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 19. 1921. $2,500 Limit Is Put on Salaries Of All Deputies Senate Tl ejects Plan to In- crease Wages of State Officers to $2,750 A Year. '. Lincoln, March IX. (Special) The best salary that deputy officers, secretaries of state boards and the governor's secretary can get from the present legislature is $2,500 a year. Deputies now get $1,800 and secretaries up to ?2,200. . The salary' bill, H. R. 404, original ly drafted to bring' the salaries of these officials up to $3,000, but which the house amended down to $2,500, was advanced to third reading by the senate committee of the whole after a' senate fees and salaries, com mittee amendment to make it $2,750 Iwd failed by -10 to, I.?. fiushee Urges Increase. Senator B. K. Hushee of Kimball took the floor in behalf of- the, in crease. , He said this was ronlir' to make up for the low pay of the past, and the' deputies, on whom the bur den of the work fell, should receive at least 60 per cent of the $5,000 re ceived by 1 heir superior officers. Jfe was supported bv Senators Xorval, Humphrey and 11 rich. ' Senators Ilalderman, llarriss and Brown argued that the present time, ith salaries in other lines dropping, was inopportune for the legislature to raise salaries. : The senate also advanced to bird reading H. R. 618, a bill appropriat ing $30,000 to make up the consti tutional salaries of state officials, and supreme and district judges, which ent into effect on a $5,000 basis last January. Postpone Measures.- The senate accepted reports of committees recommending indefinite postponement of x S.' F. 250. making . t - - - - - - r rr i Hear this famous Victor artist! Extraordinary interest attaches to this Braslau recital because of the double opportunity it affords the music-loving public. . It is a privilege in itself to hear this most glorious and sympathetic of true contralto voices, and added importance is given to the event in that, it enables you to compare her wonderful voice with her Victor Records. Attend this concert and note the individual qualities that distinguish Braslau's magnificent voice. Then go to any Victor dealer's and hear the Victor Records by Braslau. Note how faithfully her interpretations are portrayed on the Victrola. . i " - It is because of this absolute fidelity that Braslau makes Victor Records; that the greatest artists of all the world are Victor artists. Victrolas in great, variety from $25 to $ 1 500. New Vic tor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each' month, i ,. 1 . . . . - . Vaetrola A . Douglas county treasurer ex-officio treasurer "of school board and-, water district, 'receiving $500 extra from each source,. and S. F. 340, to place heat and power utilities under the control of the Nebraska railway commission. , S. F. 182, a bill to require electric wiring to conform to the national electrical code, "was killed. The committee of the whole placed H. R. 70, increasing county judge's salaries, back on the senate basis, increasing house salaries about $200 each, and so advanced it to third reading. , Other bills advanced to third read ing were: " .(" -H. R. 99. -Repealing dead timber in juvenile .court law. H. R. 289. Allowing George Alt house, father of four children, 'who lost a leg from exposure while serv ing time in the Nebraska peniten tiary, $2,500 damages. H. R. 162. Permitting Dawson county to issue $50,000 in warrants to pay excess -cost of bridges over amount of bonds issued. S. V. 327. To permit the Kimball county High school district to issue $10,000 in warrants to cover the ex cess cost " over the $125,000 bond issue for 'a " new building. ,. Miutlen "School Celebrates 's ' Winning of Championship Miiideii'Neb., March 18. (Spe cial) -The high school here made a gala day of the return of the basket ball team from the state tournament with the Class D raiiipionshiD cup. A rally was held in the high chool atiditoriumi followed by a victory march with the team occupying seats of honor on a truck followed by the entire school singing and giving school yells. Banners, and trophies won by the school in mother activities were carried by the student body. Omaha Municipal Judges' Salary Raised to $3,000 Lincoln, March 18. (Special Tele gram) The Randall-IIascall 'bill to raise salaries of municipal judges in Omaha to $3,600 passed the lower house in committee of the whole with committee amendments attached which cut proposed salaries to $3,000 a year. - i ii i - M - vvCTi Sings at the City Auditorium , March 20 ftf. V-. tT Victor Talking Machine Camden, New Jersey Randall Throws Monkey-Wreneh Into Rent Pnobe Motion ' Tabled to Allow In vestigating Committee Ex pense Money ; Body Will Pay Own Way. - Lincoln,; March 18. (Special.) Representative Randall for the sec ond time during the session threw a monkey-wrench in the rent in vestigation committee's plan when he moved today to table a motion by Representative Harry Foster to pay the Expenses 6T the committee to Omaha for two days. The Ran dall motion carried. Randall's fight against the com paratively small expense involved in the Omahatrip roused' the ire of Representative Mickey, a mcrnber of the committee. "We don't want, your mobey, we'll pay our own expenses," Mickey shouted. x And the committee unanimously agreed tonight it would go to Oma ha at its own exneiise to investieate alleged charges of rent profiteering. All of cur complaints have come from Omaha," Foster said. The committee will be in Omaha Thursday and Friday next week, it was announced. At that time all tenants and all landlords will be given an opportunity to be heard. Meetings will be held in the city hall at Omaha. Members of the committee are: Robertson. Mickey, Jeary, Reed and Foster. Report Out Judicial Bill Lincoln, March 18. ( Special Tele gram) The senate judicial appor tionment bil providing nine district judges in Douglas county was re ported out of the house sifting com mittee tonight. I HIS MASTERS VOICE Th'n trademark and die trademrked word"Vietrolaidendfy all ourproductt. ' Look under the lid I Look on the label I VICTOR TALKING MACHINE CO. Camden, N. J, Bill to Incorporate Greek Letter Bodies Is Amended in-Senate Lincoln. March 18. (Special.) The Theta Nu Epsilons and five other university Greek letter socie ties left out of H. R.240, which permitted other college societies, states lodges and the American Le gion to become corporations, were placed in the bill when the senate took it up for discussion in commit tee of the whole Friday morning. The other societies restored are Al pha Omega, Pi Kappa Delta," Zeta Beta Tau, Kappa Psi and Sigma Delta Chi. Senator Cooper sent up an .un signed lamendment to include, the Nonpartisan league, and Senator Otto Ulrich, league member in the senate, said he was willing. When Senator Cooper saw his joke might be taken seriously he repudiated it, but Serktor Hoagland volunteered as its fo.4ter father. The motion to so amend was lost, however, and the bill went to third reading. Municipal Election Measure is Amended Lincoln. March 18. (Special.) The senate committee of the whole Friday undid H. R.. 182. providing that mayors in towns of 1,000 to 5.000 be elected for two years, be ginning this year, and revamped it with these provisions: Mayor to b elected for a two ear term instead of one year, be ginning in 1924. Mayor and council may employ business manager. Terms of clerk and treasurer changed to two years to conform to mayor. City engineer withdrawn from elec tive class and made appointive, in the same class with the city attor ney and the street overseer. In this form, (he bill was ad vanced to third ; reading. I Co. Hoagland Blue Sky Bill Made Special Order Senate Committee Reports Out Anderson's Measure Abolishing, Administra tion License Feature. Lincoln, March 18. (Special.) Weary of waiting for the senate com mittee on miscellaneous corporations to report out the administration's bine sky bill, S. F. 285, soTTiat" the three measures in the senate could be considered together. Senator Hoag land demanded Friday that S. F.I 310, his bill to abolish the state bureau of securities, be taken up as a special order next Monday.A mo tion to that effect carried before the senate adjourned at noon, to recon vene at 2 p. m., Monday. The committee reported ou"t Sen ator Anderson's bill, S. F. 1, Friday morning. This bill abolishes the license feature of blue sky adminis tration, in order to prevent promo ters from using it as an official en dorsement of their scheme. The administration bill in th house, H. R. 408, has just been ad vanced to third reading in that body, and the senate committee had planned to await the house bill, in stead of placing the senate file, cov ering the same ground, S. F. 285, on the general file. Senator HoaglandVvbil! has been on the general file for some days. It had been the understanding with the committee that all thq, blue sky bills should be reported out and consid ered together. "TV FT Men Expertly tailored irom the' first cut ting to the last pressing. Hen's Shop. Sugar Production in Nebraska Increases Lincoln, March 18. (Special.) Production Ot beet sugar in Ne braska increased 32 per cent in 120, over the previous year, according to final statistics made public by Secretary Leo Stuhr of the state de partment of agriculture. The state produced 179,035,500 pounds of sugar last year, as against 121,709,000 pounds the year before. The acreage increased from 59,253 to 71.730 and the beet tonnage from 00.6o9 to 714,210. Nebraska produced 8 per cent of the beet sugar output In the United States, the secretary says, while the United States crop "in 1920 exceeded by 53 per cent the crop of the pre vious year. Douglas Primary Bill Passed By Lower House Lincoln', March 18. (Special Tcb cial) The primary bill introduced by Douglas of Polk passed the low er house on third reading by a vote of 53 to 42 barely enough to make up the necessary constitutional ma jority. Nonpartisan leaguers and democrats voted in a body against the measure and "Alfalfa John" Franklin predicted in the event of the bills' passage in the senate a referendum would be called and the legislature's work refuted. The bill provides for choosing three candi dates for each office at party con ventions and placing their names uii the primary, ballot. Build Consolidated School Lodgepole, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) The consolidated school dis trict case, having been settled favor-trrjj- the plan, patrons of the district have begun preliminary steps to wards the construction of a new modern building. j SATURDAY ! 9 r o $40 THere is not a' suit in the city today including those at $50 to $65 that can touch this group of Men's and Young Men's Suits at this price when you consider their x Individual Styling N Quiet Distinction Snappy Correctness Superb Tailoring . Quality Fabrics These Spring suits have just heen placed in our Men's Shop cases are direct from America's leading makers Stein Block -Chesterfield and others and are designed along those lines that fit both you and yotKersonahty. Fabrics Cassimcres SergesUiifmishcd Worsteds Iferring Bone. Colors New blues navy grays brawns mixtures and stripes. HeStore of Specialty Shops. Laughter and Tears Feature Summing Up In IBattle" Trials Williamson, W. Va., March. 18. As the summing up process of thd Matewan battle trials went on, Sid Hatfield, Matewan chief of pob'ce, land his 15 companions being tried on indictments in connection with the death last May of Albert C. Felts, a priv.ilr detective shot dining ,i pistol fight, laughed and wept, in changing emotions. The court room could not shelter all those who sought admission, so great was the interest in what is said to be the most important crim inal trial ever held in West Vir ginia. ; When adioummcnt was taken until i tomorrow it was the general opinion I that the jurv would receive the case i not later than 1 o'clock, Saturday ! al'k'i noun. Primary hlection liill - Is Advanced by Senate Lincoln, March 18. (Special.) With ait amendment to permit Doug las and Lancaster county party com mittees to fill vacancies in precincts, S. 1-7 No. 286, a bill drafted to al low the stale party, couventioji to '. , . ... i i n.itton for each state oi.iiv in the primary election, was j ;'U "'feed to third reading in the sen- ate Friday morning. Another amendment limits the ! ,i r,m ,,, :i 1 1 n c I rt tl'jlf. r.Hn'f. unit strikes, out a provision to include the legislative ticket. Suspends Publication Lodgepole, Neb., March 18. (Spe cial.) Owing to lack of financial support of business men. 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