Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-13
Nebraska
HOPEWELL HAS BUSY DAY
Grants Two acquisitions and Starts
for Home.
WHEAT NEEDS HIS ATTENTION
I~nterurBan Denied Privilege Of
PattinR I'm Ten-Cent Fare
from Omahs TO south
Omaha.

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LINCOLN, Aug. R-CSpeclal )-Acting
Governor Hopewsil. who reached the execu-
tive office shortly after noon today, broke
a record and set q precedent in the disposal
OF requisttion matters. Immediately after
reading the papers In the requisition issued
by the governor Of Illinois for the return
10 Chicago OF Edward Pospisil of Omaha
on . charge Of wife abandonment, he
honored the same. II required about ten
minutes TO read the papers and question
the mans wife and announce his intentions.
Governor s~hallenbereer had q hearing on
the matter . week ago and then left it for
Acting Governor Hopewell to finish.
Pospisil was convicted Of wife abandon
nent three years ago in Chicago and was
ordered TO pay his wife - a week, giving
a bond 10 guaranty the payment. After
paying in $40 he left the city and was To-
Gated in Omaha working in q barber shop
and, according to his wife, who followed
him. living with another woman. Under
the statute Of Illinois, the attorney general
informed the governor, when bond is given
to pay money in a case like this, this bond
merely suspends Judgment and IL payment
is not made then the sentence Of the court
may be carried out and the guilty man
sent to Jail.
Il am going home tonight" said Acting
Governor Hopewell, for 1 have a lot Of
work 20 do. l am in the midst Of harvest
ing and only came down today to clean up
some business in the office Of the gov
ernor."
Acting Governor Hopewell has only 5C
acres in wheat this year and of this about
15l acres is yet to be cut. the wet weather
having interrupted the work
w are .threshing and cutting in the
same field" said the governor. "and the
yield on a part Of the and is thirty five
busrels to the acre. Crops never in all the
history OF the state looked as we'll as nov
in the northeast section OF Nebraska. Corr
is looking fine and the hot weather has moi
yet bothered us. though It may have done
some damage in other sections"
Ten-Cent Fare Denied.
The application of the Nebraska Trsc-
tion and Power company to install a 10
cent passenger rate from Omaha to South
Omaha has been denied by the State Rail-
way commission. The company, which
has a line from Omaha to Ralston. filed
with the railway commission its schedule
Of rates, which provided for a 15-cent rate
to Ralston and a Decent rate to South
Omaha Inasmuch as the Omaha & Coun
ell Bluffs Street Railway company has &
scent rate to South Omaha from Omaha
n COH1IlibeiOu p&Ahcu ~ 6ENihk ll1 Olnci
ompa authority TO charge 10 cents
The new company explained that it ha'
a contract with the old company b.
which 1t agreed II permitted to use the
tracks Of the cid company II would no
compete for local business between tn,
two cities. but would cater strictly to in
terurban tIade For that reason it desired
10 put In the higher rate.
Ruling IN Train Law.
Attorney General Thompson has gtver
an opinion 10 the StatesRailwa commits
sion regarding the law providing for 8
full crew on trains. The attorney genera
holds that in referring to a train of five
cars the law means five cars. whether theI
be baggage cars or any other kind o
cars. and It is not necessary for the trail
to be composed of five passenger coache
TO come under the provisions of the law
In the same opinion he holds that tn,
conductor is not responsible for the tskinl
out of a short crew, composed of les
men than the law provides. The official
responsible under the law are those VIII,
have the authority to give orders relativ