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,
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Driver of Meat
Wagon Loses Load
To Lone Robber
Robin Hood of Olden Days
Was Piker in Comparison
To Modern Bamlils Who
Steal Dressed Meat.
Chicago, April 12. In olden times
Robin Hood broke the law by kill
ing the king's deer in the loyal for
ests, but Robin was a piker. The
modern Robin Hood waits until the
meat has been dressed and then
steals,,it, along with the truck upon
which it is being transported.
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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Jusserand Gives
Reply to Hughes
French Viewpoint on Mandate
Question Transmitted
Verbally.
Taris. April 12. (.By The Asso
ciated Press.) Ambassador Jusser
and is understood here to have given
Secretary of State Hughes in Wash
ington the French viewpoint on the
mandate question raised by Secretary
Hughes' recent note, iu which th.;
United States insisted it was entitled
to a voice in the ultimate disposition
of the former overseas possessions' of
Germany.
The French ambassador's verbal
communication, it is said, was in lieu
of a written reply to the latest Amer
ican note, and such a reply will
probably not be sent for the present.
The ct'oreign oflice today declined
to disctose the substance of M. Jus
serand's talk with Secretary Hughes,
but in usually well informed quar
ters he is said to have told the sec
retary of state that France recog
nized the justice of the American
claim to be consulted! on such ques
tions and was favorable to the Amer- .
lean contentions regarding the island
of Yap.
Bandits Seeure $15,000 in
Bank Robbery at Denver
Denver, Colo., April 12. Two
messengers for the Stock Yards Na
tional Bank were held up and robbed
of approximately $15,000 by thres
bandits in automobiles here today.
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