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THE BEI5: OMAHA WEDNESDAY. APfUL 13. 1921. House Advances Bill to "Purify" Rural Polities Democrat! and Nonpartisan Leaguers Attack Measure As Attempt to Tie Up Primaries. Lincoln, Aprit 1 2. (Special.) Democrats and Nonpartisan leaguers joined a few scattering republicans today in attempting to kill S. F. 205. a bill to force farmers to registct at least 30 days in advance of the primaries. However, the bill was ad vanced to third reading by a vote of 63 to 31. Representative A. II. Byrum of Franklin led the fight for the bill, claiming that it was an effort to "purify" politics in the country anl keep democrats and republicans from calling for the other party ballots in order to put up a weak candidal'; at the election. The opposition claimed that it wrs an attempt to tie up the primaries and deny a free, wide-open expres sion. The bill provides that the farm er's political affiliation shall be tak frt by the prcinrt assessor when that official calls on the ruralist. Tlv. farmer, is permitted to change his af filiation any time in advance of 30 days prior to the primary. The vote follows: t For: Acton, Anderson (Knox), Armstrong, Barbour, Bethea, Bow man. Byrum, Clir.be, Cole, Davis, Douglas, Downing, Dybatl, Dysart, Epperson. Essam. Foster, Frantz, Frazier. Good, Gould. Green, Gris wold, Hanner, Haseall, Jeary, Ken dall. Lynn, McFarland. McKee, Mc Clellan, McLeod, Medlar, Mickey. Miner, Morian, Moseley, Murphy. Nelson. rainier, Park, Randal!, Reed. Reneker, Robertson, Rodman, Ruddy, Sandquist, Smith, Snow. Sommerlad. Staats. Sturdcvant, Vo taw. Wallace, Webster, Westerhoff, Wight, Williams. Wolfe, Wood Yei scr. Speaker Anderson. Against: Axtell, Beans, Beckman. Behrens, Bock, Franklin, Frost, Gifford. Gilmore, Goodrich. Hakan son, Hilliard, Hoare. Jacobs, John son. " Laurttsen. Leftwich, Lundy, Mellor. Nicwedde. O'Gsra. Oster man, Peterson. . Rank, Sprick, Ste phenson. Strong, Thompson, Ull strom, Vance and Young. Thirteen Measures Signed by Governor Lincoln, April 12. (Special.) Governor McKelvie signed the fol lowing bills today. S. F. No. 146 Giving railway commission jurisdiction over cross ings outside of cities and towns. S. F. No. 114 Farmers' ware house bill. , S. F. No. 51 Uniform procedure to quiet title. S. F. No. 108 Christian Science bill. ' H. R. No. 3SS Permitting local taxation up to S mills to support Vol unteer fire departments in towns and villages. 1 , H. R. No. 368 Permitting crea tion of pest districts in agriculture. H, R. No. 406 Allows Episcopal parishes to, incorporate. H. R. No. 199 Limits inheritance tax lien to property inherited. H. R. No, 257 Provides justice of the peace in voting precincts of over 1,000 voting population. : H..R. No. 313 County treasurer retains levies for bonds. H. R. No. 288 Abolishes fees for birth and death certificates. ' H. ' R. No. 149 Permits county boards to accept donations of road way within five miles of cities. ' H.' R No. 195 Regulating mixed stock shipments on railroads. Five Bills Put Through Third Reading in House Lincoln,. April 12. (Special.) Excepting the state board of Control the head of any state . department seceding the appropriation for his department is : guilty of a felony under'provisions of House Roll 49o, passed on third reading by the lower house today. Other bills put through on third reading follow." ' House Roll 477 Provides addi tional penalty for breaking out of penitentiary or jail. House Roll 487 Requires state department of public works to fur nish county clerk with estimates of cost of bridge construction. House Roll 84 Authorizes board of control to employ a clinical psy chologist to examine delinquent, de pendent, defective and neglected children, and to assign" them to in stitutions best fitted to care for them. House Roll 144 Provides for Jefcal services on persons holding taoc sale certificates. Substitute for Anti-Jap , Bill Advanced in Senate Lincoln, April 12. The scna'.e , killed the house anti-Jap bill, pat terned after the California law, to day by advancing to third ' reading a substitute bill barring all aliens from holding land longer than five years. . - Senator Hoagland, w ho i:i roduccd the substitute bill, said his bill would compel aliens residing in Ne braska and owning land, to sell it unless they become citizens within five years. Bill Allowing Defender to Name Assistants Advanced Lincoln. April 12. (Special Tele gram.) The lower house advanced a senate bill this afternoon to third reading permitting John Baldwin, .-V . 11". 1 . Umana puonc acicnucr, m iiaiuc ins own assistants, removing county commissioners' power to keep assis tants in the office who are distasteful to Boldwin. Would Make Advertising Of "Hootch" Recipes Illegal Lincoln, April 12. (Special.) - Advertising recipes for "hootch" or having utensils in the home which might be used for manufacture of it are forbidden under the terms of Senate File 185,. advanced to third reading today by the lower houses (l 'S ' 1 ' Yeiser Bill To Penalize Holding Of Food Advanced Amendments Permitting Ice Cream Makers to Reduce Butter Fat Content Are Approved. Lincoln, April 12. (Special Tele gram.) House Roll 8, the Yeiser bill, penalizing the holding of perish able foodstuffs, was advanced to third reading in the senate today without debate. - The house amendments to S. F. 254, permitting ice cream makers to reduce the butter tat content ot their product for sale outside the j state, were approved without dis-l sentir.g .vote. The original bill as passed by the senate permitted a reduction pf from, 14 to 10 per cent for sale -within the state.' The house struck out that part of the bill. The conference committee report on snb.nies for the governor's sec retary, the secretary of state boards and deputies in the state offices also were ipproved. The original bill pro vided for $3,000 a year salary. The hous? scaled it to $2,500', the senate boosted it to $2,750 and the con ference committees ; finally agreed upon $2,640. ' The senate,, on third reading, S. F. 232, placing the names of can didates for nonpartisan offices on partisan ballots, without party des ignation. Senator Warner had S. F. 343 recommitted to the committee on the ground that Senator Hoagland had secured a complete rewriting of the hill to air a groucht The bill pro vides for a referendum on. increased rates . in fraternal orders. Warner secured recommitment on the un derstanding the bill should be amended to provide for a referen dum on petition of 10 per cent of the members. , '. . ' Wyi more School Debating Team Wins Championship Wymore, Neb., April 12. (Spe cial.) Tecumseh having defaulted the Wymore debating team is now cham pion of the Southeastern district and will take part in the state high school debate to be held in Lincoln May 14. The members of the Wvmore team are Robert Shields', Mildred Short and Selma Moulton. Ruth Fredericks. Harriette Dunn, Dorris Kelley and Clarice Kelley par ticipated in a declamatory contest to decide who should represent Wymore in the Southeastern Nebraska con test to be held in Wymore, May 28. The judges awarded first place to Clarice Kelley. Th? high schools of five counties will be represented in this contest. Man Sought for Theft of Jewelry Trunk Arrested Topeka, Kas.. April 12 Virgil, Helm, wanted here in connection with the theft of a sample trunk containing jewelry said to be valued at $51,000 two weeks ago from the Rock Island depot is under arrest in Denver, local officers were ad vised today. t Denver, April 12 Virgil J). Helm, wanted in Topeka and arrested by the police yesterday came to Denver a week ago. Police officers said Helm at first protested his innocence but later admitted his part in the alleged theft. $10,000 in Currency Shipped To Little Rock Bank, Stolen Hot Springs, Ark.. April 12 A package containing $10,000 in bills of small denomination, sent by John B. Foote, president of the Security bank here to the federal reserve bf.nk, Little Rock, disappeared at the local postoffice and from infor mation available federal agents have been unable to get any trace of it. The hank official obtained a pos tal receipt for the package but there is said to be no record ot the money going from the postoffice. The Cloud Rolls . . .. . --iJ?'. Price Cutting Has at Last Hit N. Y. Theaters ' New York, April 12. The general price cutting in commodities has at last struck the theater. Three musi cal comedies have just started their careers on Broadway at top prices ior tickets of $2.50. Leading man agers said today that the revision of pre-war prices has come to stay. They expect their standard toy priced seats next season will be re duced to $2.50 for a dramatic pro duction and $3 for a musical show. Reputable ticket brokers are pre pared to see prices as low as $2 for dramatic and $2.50 for musical plays. Famous Baritone of More Than 40 Years Ago Is Dead New York, April 12 Giovanni Tagliapietra, famous 40 years ago as a baritone, was found dead at his home today. He was famous in the roles of "Escamillo" , and , "Valen tine." Twenty , years . ago he ap peared in summer operas here, but since nas sung little in puonc.r. TAILORED AT FASHION' PARK. K A Y - B AC HE WEARS THE PARKAY SUIT. THE COPYRIGHTED KAY-BAC TREATMENT DEVELOPED BY OUR. TAILORS AT FASHION PARK ASSURES PERFECT BALANCE SEE OUR WINDOWS TODAY JOHM A SWAMSOM.MM: By Police Probe Report Of Kidnaping of Girl By Three Men in Auto Milwaukee, April 12. Authorities are investigating the story told by Helen Wallick, 15-year-old girl, who says -she was kidnaped from in front of the Waukesha w postoffice and taken to a farm. She says she was leaving the postoffice when the men tprang from an adjacent store and bundled her into an automobile. The machine was headed towards the country and in a secluded spot the car was stopped and girl carried from car. When she screamed one of the men pointed a revolver at her and threatened her, she said. Then she said another machine appeared on the roadway. Her captors dropped her to the ground and sped away. Searchers are looking for a handker chiefthe girl says she dropped while struggling with the men. The best salesmen Bee Want Ads. CUSTOM SERVICE WITHOUT THE ANNOYANCE OF A TRY-ON READY-TO'PUT-ON CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND Court Accepts Plan to Dispose Of Stoekvards Swift and Company and Ar mours Must Place Holdings With Trustees to Be Sold Within One Year. Washington, April 12. A new plan under which Swift & Co., and Armour & Co. are to divest tlicm ,clves of their interests in stock yard terminal railroads was agreed to today by the Department of Justice and immediately approved by Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia supreme court. Under the plan, the companies must deliver their stock in the yards and terminals to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank at Chicago within 30 days for administration by two trustees, Henry W. Anderson of Richmond, Va., and George Suther land of Salt Lake City, until sold, which must be within a year. "The legal principle ot course, was up to the Department of Justice." Justice Stafford said after he had signed the plan, " and when the de partment had approved the plan it was only incumbent on me to see hat the law was not violated by any of the participants. I was glad to find that such was not the case and therefore approved the plan." ' Receive $10,000 a Year The trustees are to receive sal aries of $10,000 a year each nd will have power to interfere in the man agement of any stock yard or rail road if in the opinion of both either the Sherman act or the terms of the decree are being violated. The plan sets forth that the de fendants are to proceed to sell their tock with due diligence with re ports of all sales submitted to the court for its approval. These re ports must contain the price and the name of the proposed purchasers and must be accompanied by affidavits that the proposed purchasers are iu no way connected with the defend ants. Sell Omaha Yards. In the event that any of the stock remains unsold at the end of the year the defendants may obtain an extension of time upon a showing made to the court of diligence in their efforts to dispose of the stock at a fair and reasonable orice. The properties, stock in which is to be sold by the two companies, in clude: Sioux Citv Stock Yards company, St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Joseph Stock Yards company, Den ver Union Stock 'Yards company, Kansas City Stock Yards cofnpany, St. Louis National Stock Yards. Union Stock Yards ' company of Omaha,. Ltd.; Portland Union Stock Yards ? company, .' North Portland, Ore.; Sioux City Terminal Railway company, St. Joseph Belt Railway company, St. Joseph, Mo. -Kansas City connection railroad and East St. Louis Junction Railroad com pany. Agreement to dispose of their stock yards -interests was made by the packers in the consent decree filed with the District of Columbia supreme court more than a year ago. COMPARE OUR VALUES ALWAYS WOMEN Pussyfoot Johnson Abandons Attempt to Talk at Windsor, Ont. Windsor, Ont., April 12. William O'ussyfoot) Johnson, American pro- J l.ibition worker abandoned an at tempt to speak at the armory last ' ! , I - I..I-J A. muni wncrc ne was scneuuii-u 10 talk in support of the prohibition question, soon to go before Ontario voters and was escorted across the boundary to Detroit by police of ficers. No sooner had Johnson taken the platform than he was greeted by jeers, singing and whistling and was unable to make himself heard. A number of ex-service men intervened but were unable to quiet the crowd. "They're making more dry votes than I could if I talked all night," Johnson observed as he left. Outside a crowd followed the lec turer and his escort. Several missils were thrown, it was said, but John son was unharmed. Opposition to Johnson's appear ance here first developed several weeks ago when he was denied use of the armory. This difficulty was overcome however and no disturb ance had been looked for. Apapahoc Maji Dies. Kelsey Chindor of Arapahoe, Neb., died at Lincoln last week, and was buried at his home town. Mr. Chin dor had many friends in Omaha, where he had studied dentistry at Creighton college. His wife, who survive him, was Miss Lucille Thomas, dauglitcr-of t Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Thomas. Mrs. Chandor is now staying at the home of her parents, 3225 Popplcton avenue. Forgery Is Alleged. Information charging forgery of checks on the United States National bank and the Farmers and Mer chants bank of Benson was filed against W. W. Roberts by County Attorney Shotwell yesterday. Buy Your Band Instruments at Schmoller & Mueller's And Get the Best at Lowest Prices. ir. l..lrn nntPniHI brated J. IV. York & Sons saxophones, cornets, trombones, baritones, alto, bass and tenor boms. Tovk Instruments are foremost soloists and bands States. 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William Greigonit, a driver for the Boyd-Lunham company, drove out o their yards early today with 8,000 pounds of choice meat on his truck. The meat was valued at $J,000 and the truck fully as much. Just as Greigonit reached down to shift his gears a lone bandit, armed with an automatic pistol, leaped aboard the truck and forced Greig onit . to drive to a sparsely settled district on the South Side. There Ivs threw the driver off and sped away. Five days ago a driver for Rob erts & Dakes fas held up in the same locality and meat worth $2,000 and the truck were stolen. Salvation Army Lassies Imprisoned in Pclrograd London. April 12. The London Times today says it learns a number of women belonging to the Salva tion Army are in prison in Petrograd and Moscow and that they are suffer1 ing great hardships. All access to them has been refused and there is no indication that there is any charge against them, the newspaper asserts. 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