TrIE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921.
Appropriation
Measure Sent to
Third Reacling
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Senate Refuses to Concur in
Revenue Bill Amended by
House - Conference ,
Committee Named.
itfty, vhich ;hadraimd exemption j Losses suffered during
oil th. ground that it was u$a,-.soJc- bntractors and people who were
1 tor rrawfnn jurposes- wasraisa;;
suujeci to taxation.
Mace1 County ByMledT. .? '
v Ball Thrown 'VPlaymite
' ; Be&erCity. tfeb.. ApriUl'OSne-
cial.; Hilding Hockinson, 8, was hit
by a ball thrown by a playmate, while
at play on the schoolhouse grounds
of a country 'district near 'here and
died almost instantly. ' The ball was
thrown at, random by a boy 'of His
own age and struck him at the base
of the brain. He js a-son of Mo and
Mrs. Herman Hockinson,
Lincoln, April. jjpSpeal).
Carrying Vhe auje 1i.icrca.scj as pfo
vided fcf iin jhcammittej ;repor:,;
the big appropriation bill, carrying
a total ofove; ,$42pOQ,OQp,wasuap-f
oroved in the 'vdpcjs hrajicn ot me-
legislature ;and rseiif. to third fca"d4
ng. i '" e; y pj f
As the till' was approved by the
senate, it provides for an increase of
$1,432,720 over the appropriations
given the approval of the house. Sev
eral attempts were made in the sen
ate to cut out specific appropriations,
but they mustered little support and
the committee's report stood un
changed, with one exception.' The
senate in committee of the whole'
added $40,000 for a gymnasium at
the Kearney industrial school, which
the committee had neglected to in
clude. . 1
When the amended revenue meas
ure, S. F. No. 65, came back to.'the
senate for concurrence this after
noon, the upper branch refused to.
accept the changes made in the lower
branch. A conference committee,
consisting of Senators Anderson,
Xorval and Randall, was named.
' The .conference committees of
house and senate on the bill Hicreas-j
ing .the,' salary ofthfe adjutant' gen
eral reached an agreement this after
noon,'. The house" bill ' provided 1 "
salary of $3,000. which' the senate
increased to $5;000. The conference
committee agreed id split the differ
ence and .his salary was fixed at
$4,000. . ' ' ' " '
House and senate committees try
ing, to" 'Teach, 'in fatrSemertt fcrt; thfe,
anti-Japanese' land bill, which the
vppw branch amended to apply to
all .ajiens, were reported to be near
agreement. The committees are said
to be agreed as to the form of a
substitute measure which will be
- drafted and submitted ' to .both;
branches for approval.
If. became more apparent 4oday
that the legislature cannot wind
its -labors this week, l nere is sun
a big mass of legislation to be
straightene-d out before adjournment
will be possible. '
Governor Sends Golf Ball
Z To President Harding
llcoln, AnriVi 20.-Special.f4-r..;,-
MrKVI vi sent - to'. Presi
dent . Warren Harding ;i 8$f$
ball 'trained in all of 'the curves: ,
ther game," whicS" he JVbn in a4.l?ia- j
cola-Country club golf tournament
'once upon a time.'
TJie ball and an accompanying
letter were turned over to Miss Paulr
n ifi Trnmho of Fort Moran, Colo.,
who is making a trip to the national 1
ranStal trt invite the president to at
tend .the big American Legion round-j
up this year. .
Miss Trumbo is visiting governors
alo?8 the way, and taking auto
grafctled golf balls to Washing011
witfi, her to prcgeirt to- the-prsMe-t.
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HcJhjup Man Sgjtenced;
& For RoWcry in Lincoln
Icoln, Akwl 20. (Special.)
William Pave, ex-convicti.fwho
pleaded guilty ttoday to. a charge of
complicity in the -holdup "bf the
Maion drug store here last week,
wast sentenced to three to IS years
in. the penitentiary by Judge Morn
ing Pavey was out on. parole.at the
timof the robberv. "
Rifv Vlrtr.hr. nne'lbf the holduiM
mfnwM shot and. killed by W.-iO
Mason, the proprietor of the dirfttfj
store Paul blagle,- anomerfctvyiC;
gang; "was sentenced tc.atcrirj rof
three? to 15 years last weelc.--while
Frank Fletcher, a brother of Rayvsis;
stilt awaiting sentence.
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Stdck Permit Asked by
p. Motor; Passenger Line
Lincoln. Neb., April 20. (Special.)
Virgil j. Haggart, Omaha attor-,
neyi has notified the Nebraska,! ail
way commission of the organization
of a $25,000 corporation in. Omaha ,
to Tun motor passenger and freight,
service between Omaha and Fre-. ;
tnrtnK tnaltinor resrular trios ; daily.
The company has alteady purchased,
five- trucks of 16-oaSsenger capacity
andHaggart is making application
under the statutes torumoriiyxq j
issue the stock solely to the Snror
porttors. The railway commission
has exclusive jurisdiction over trie
sale of securities of common carriers.
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Anti-Packing Measure . t
't.'t Slated for Postponement
Lincoln, April 20. (Special.)-?
The joint labor and judiciary com
mittee of the senate this afternoon
voted to postpone indefinitely House
Roll 617, the anti-picketing bill. ;
Ah attempt may ' be; made tomor
row' to lift this bill 'out of the-committee.
A series of hot" committee
meetings have been held ..on this.
' measure, .against which a strong fight
has beer waged by labor union men,,
expecially members of the ; railrdad
brotherhoods, from kll sections of the
state, ' , s.- '' ' '' ' '. "'
Indefinite Postponement , .
For Municipal Court
Lincoln, April 20. (Special.)
The.' - senate judiciary committee
votel today to postpone indefinitely
theRandall-ilascall municipal court
bill hich provided for wiping out
police courts in Omaha, electing fpe
municipal judges and having then!
sit pn police court cases, maintain
a small debtors' court and attend
to regular functions of the municipal
court in Omaht'.y) fc. -
Supreme Court Rules
OnY.M. C. A. Taxation
Lincoln, Neb., April 20 (Special.)
The Nebraska supmere court to
day held that portions of the Lincoln
Y. M. C A. building used for other
than 'charitable, religiout'or educa
tional purposes" are subject to taxa
tion. , '
The court found that the associa
tion leased a portion of the building
for a cafeteria and it was this part
which is subject to taxation.
..In, the same decision, the court held
:tWScoisfe .R$te temple ip s-tb,is
County Fair Tax Measure
Is Approved by House
Lincoln, April 20. (Special.)
The lower house accepted a confer
ence committee report , on the bill
providing for a one-fourth. mill .levy
in counties maintaining a county
fair, providing such levy does not
raise more than $7,S00 in. Douglas
county, $3,000 in Lancaster county
and $2,000 in other counties in .the
state. -
Qonferenee Committee on i:
, "Censprsliip' Deadlocked
Lincoln ; April "O. (Speiaf.)
The "motion, picftire censorship, con
ference, committee is deadlocked tor
day..' House members -are "demand-1
ing a straight censorship bill; while
senate members insist that the Beebe
higb license, substitute shall Jbe , re
pentea cut,j j .?.;
Supreme Court
Rules on Losses
v Caused .by 'War
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Finns and Persons Upon
Whom Loss Naturally Falls
Must Bear Added
Burden. r .
, Lincoln, April
20. (Special.)
the war by
having buildings constructed must be
borne bv those upon whom the loss
naturally falls, the supreme court .of
Nebraska said today, in an opinion
shanded down in the case of .the
Home, Builders company 'against
Andrew C. Busk and others.
The court gave special considera
tion to losses resulting from strikes
iand the greatly and unexpected in
crease in building materials.
Busk & Wind, building contrac
tors,! entered into an agreement 'to.
build a certain portion of the Morns
apartments for the plaintiff, the work
to b? . cr-mpleted .before March 1,
1917. The building situation in
Omaha in the spring and summer of
1917 provided the theme for the
court's opinion.
. " The building was actually delayed
several Weeks in' completing it and
the plaintiffs brought suit to'- re
cover. The court found that strik'e's
arid war conditions were actually to
blame for the delay In completing
the building and that neither side
should, recover. jTTie defendants in
a cross-petition had asked judgment
for $5,000, claiming that the building
bad' cost that much more, owing to
'the unexpected increase'ln wages, .
Genoa Modern Woodmen
To Initiate Large Class
- Genoa, Neb., April 20. (Special.)
A class of 40 or more candidates
will be adopted by the local camp,
J&o.93; Modern AVoodnwn ef-Anjer
'Vica,'Aprir2d. uheclass4'v?as bfJta'ined
by C. N. Harris, Fifth district deputy
of Ansley. Monday State Deputy
Head Consul Kester and other offi
cials of Lincoln will be present to
assist with the ceremony of adop
tion, i A county class adoption of
Boone county was held at Albion on
April 6, at which time a class of 35-1
were initiated.
Barn Near Beatrice Burns;
Loss Estimated at $1,500
Beatrice, Neb., April 20. (Spe
cial.) Fire of unknown origin des
troyed the barn on the E. W. Abrtt;r
farm near Beatrice together with 500
bushels of com, 150 bushels of vheat
and some hay. The loss is estimated
at $1,500 with no insurance.
South Sioux City School
. Head Buys Newspaper
South Sioux City, Neb., April 20.
(Special.) A. O.' F.ggenberger,
uperintcndent of the South Sioux
City public schools, has purchased
the South Sioux City Mail and will
take possession as editor and pub
lisher June 1. The board of educa
tion has elected E. N. Swett of
Homer to succeed Superintendent
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Grand Island. Neb., April 20.
(Special.) Representatives of the
community interests of St. Paul,
North Loup, Scotia, Elba and inter
mediate points were in the city in
conference with local road commit
tees, and made arrangements for the
marking of the Grand Island and
Black Hills trail between this city
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neer Cochran was in attendance. ;
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pared any more than poundi and
indies can. 1 '
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House Concurs in Senate
Amendments'to Boxing Bill
Lincoln. Aprtf.,, 20. (Special)
The lower hotfsr today concurrei in
thesenate amendments to th$Aioer-,
ican. Legion boxing bill by-a e of
55 to 36. '' . :'. .'Ct-
TKe principal amendment ' -added
by the senate struck- out the $1 ad
mission limit to matches put in the
bill by the house.
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'Company; operating the present toll bridge
across the Missouri ;river between Omaha and
Council Bluffs, iaddresses, through this me
dium, a few statements of fact to the voters of
m Omaha on the pmposition- of voting bonds fom
f a Gaiieq"rree' J3i!idgeeevviBen tne twoicitie
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Talk No. 4-The St. Louis "Free" Bridge
Th,qce 'mph valuable food -f or ; sober - -rUioujnjjt)eicperience
of the city of St.
Louis Wvttt3pr$notion and construction- of
the "free" bridge across the Mississippi River '
; at St. Louis. ".I -. .
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r The agitation ,f or thid bridge was com
menced .about fifteen years ago in a manner
; quite similar to the agitation which is now on
' for "free" 'bridge between Omaha , and
; Council Bluffs. , ' . "
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Th nrinfnliii rtmrnnta nf tVio "fi-oo"
bridge at.St; Louis was a man, engaged in the
real estate business, by the hame of Gerhart.
The same arguments were advanced there as
f- are nowbeing. cireulated here in favor of the
-'free" bdgf proposition. Resolutions of
ft real e,tate pxeanges were ' procured, and
commercial; organizations were solicited and
in sonje cases passed resolutions , in jfavor of , ,
' the "Xree" bridge idea. An estimate ' of1 1
$3,500,000 as the cost of the St. Louis bridge
c was made by an engineer, and after a more or
less spirited campaign on the part of the pro- :
: moters'bonds for $3,500,000 were voted at a
. special election held on June 12, 1906.
Opposition to the voting of these .bonda
Pffai strongly urged by 5ome of the officials
. . of the City of St. Louis and by, some of the
leading newspapers.. The St. Louis Republic;
: on April 5,1906, stated editorially as follows: --V
"The. blunder the City of St. Louis would ,
commit' nt spending millions to build a so
l.i caUed free bridge, is more apparent today
, thn-;it ,was; when the agitation for. that chi-
i rmericar project fnrst began. Mr. Wells (the
; mayor) QQgently and forcibly explained in his
J. message the absurflity of the scheme to re
move the expense of river transfer by sad
dling the burden on the municipality." . . .
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v " Bui this bondslere voted andVall of the j
. money 'expended, only to find that the bridge
-was far from being completed. Only the
main spans had been constructed with the
amount estimated for a completed bridge,
and the additional sum of; $2,750,0001 was' ,
T asked to complete the structure. AT THREE
SUCCESSIVE ELECTIONS; THE VOTERS
OF ST. LOUIS IN DISQUST VOTED DOWN
THE. PROPOSITION TO ISSUE THE. ADDI
TIONAL BONDS NECESSARY, ANDvFOR
FIVE OR SIX YEARS THE HALFCCTM
PLETED STRUCTURE STOOD,, IDLE, A
MONUMENT TO THE FOLLY OF -.FOlA '-'
LOWING THE ADVICE AND ESTIMATES ,
OT IRRESPONSIBLE PROMOTERS. In r
November, 1914, more than eight years after ;
the original bonds were voted, the additional
bond issue of $2,750,000 'was authorized to .
complete this structure, and this vast sum didV '.
not suffice to "complete it. ' ' J
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Mr. Player, who was Comptroller of jthe
City of St. Louis at the time the agitation' for
a free bridge was started, has publicly stated
that "the municipal bridge was a stupendous
blunder from the beginning." In his report, '
(made in September, 1916, after commenting
on the so-called "free": bridge,, he states as '
follows: "A big debt does not'malcea big':
city; the expenditure of public "money for the; "
advancement of private interests does hot5
make a great city ; the erection, of municipal
bridges, markets, etc., that cannot meet-the -cost
of operation and maintenance does not
make a great city. Good men in public office
and in civic organizations do make a great
: city." ' . ; ;,;;V:
: . , When the question of voting bonds for the :
erection of the St. Louis bridge was under.dis: J
cussion many of the level-headed business '
men of that city expressed their opposition to
v the projects but their opposition was drowned v.
by the voices of those who were clamoring
, for the "free" bridge. Mr. Andrew ,J. Riley,
President of the St. Louis Board of Public ;
Improvements, warned the voters that !, the i
bridge would just double the amount of the ;'
estimate. : His Warning was unheeded, fcut .V
his prediction has proven to be -correct. ,
If the St. Louis bridge cost over $7,000,- -000
when the preliminary estimate . was
" $3,500,000, how much would the Omaha
bridge vcost when the preliminary estimate is ;
"$1,400,000?
Mr. Voter, take your pencil and figure it
out for yourself. The propbsedMillion-Dollar
bond issue to be voted on May 3d is only a.
' starter, and unless you are prepared, to vote
one or two additional bond issues to cqfnplete
. the bridge, then jrou and all your friends and
neighbors
'proposition.
should vote
rno"
on xthis
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
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CHARLES m
For City Commissioner
Charles A;3rimmel has been a resident of Omaha for
thirty-four years, during most of which time he has been in
timately in touch with the vital matters effecting the growth
of Omaha. He is a member of the Omaha Real Estate Board
and is Vice Chairman of the Municipal Affairs Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce,
Grimmel is indorsed by the Committee of 5,000, but is
not pledged to vote, if elected, for any specific assignment of
departments by the new city commission.
Register Now - Election Tuesday, May 3
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