Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-13
Nebraska
STATE AUDITOR STANDS PAT
Refuses to Take Back Order About
Insurance Agents.
WILL PUT STOP TO RELATING

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Methods that He Finds I'm
PrOgress-EiTIen May he
Candidate.
From a Staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. R.-(SpecialO-
State Auditor Barton is receiving numerous
protests on his ruling that before licenses
will be Issued insurance agents 1t will be
necessary for the agents to fill out a
blank card showing how much business
they have written during the preceding
year. the amount Of experience they have
had and other information by which the
auditor will be able to determine whether
the applicant is a bona fide insurance
agent or is simply taking out a license in
order to secure a rebate from the in
surance company assuming his risks.
The auditor informed one company that
1t brought about the order itself by reason
Of the fact that It gave to certain persons
with a lot Of property to insure a commits
sion as agent, which permitted the person
to secure a rebate without violating the
law. At the same time the person getting
such commission would write no other in
surance. The auditor has refused to change
his ruling.
Reporter Defies High Prices.
Though the woods are full Of pesslmists
and high prices hedge around the con-
sumer. and there is a question whether
two can live cheaper than one, I. A. Brown,
a reporter on the L~incoln<State Journal,
hied himself out to ohiOwa yesterday and
this morning he became the husband Of
Miss Zoe Chenoweth Of that city.
These two we're boy and girl together
just a short time back in the state unlver-
sity, at a time when the dean Of he
women's department was not possessed of
such eagle eyes, and so they had an oppor-
tunity to fall in love.
Immediately upon his graduation Mr..
Brown became a reporter on the State
Journal and as such he has made good in
other eyes than in those Of the girl who
waited for him at Ohiowa-
The bride is the daughter of a very prom
inent citizen of Fillmore county, r. r,
Chenoweth. and while in the university
she took a most active part in the social
affairs OF the school, being a member OF
the Delta Delta Delta.
The ceremony took place at the home OF
the bride in Ohiowa at o o'clock this morn.
ing in the presence of a number of friends
Of the couple from Lincoln. After a short
wedding trip, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown will 81
to housekeeping at 1924 D street.
Jones Seeks Reversal.
James Jones, who was sentenced to thu
penitentiary for shooting and killing ]. B
Rowley out in Chase county, has appealed
to the supreme court for a reversal of tn
verdict of the lower court. The transcript
of the evidence shows that Jones and Row
ley had trouble over a division fence
Rowley wal tearing down the fence and a
a distance of 15o yards the two had a due
with rifles and at the fourth shot Jonei
shot Rowley through the breast and killet
him.
KiIlen Thinks of GOvernOrship.
Representative Dan Killen OF Gage count!
was in Lincoln yesterday and wentsto Beat
ricei where last night he attended a meet
ing to which he had been summoned. Mr.
Killen has been over the state pretty mucl
during the last few months and he ma,
announce his candidacy for the republica
nomination for governor. but yesterday h
had not fully decided whether he would b
a candidate.
Lincoln SwRmped.
With only one of the numerous conven
: lions booked for Lincoln now in session
the Lumber Dealers association, the tow
E is completely swamped. The hotels ar
5 crowded and many last night were unabl
= to get rooms.
2 The hotel accommodations have been ma
Z terially Iessened by reason OF the temporar
! closing Of the Lindell, which is undergoin
extensive repairs, so while the crowd al
tending the lumber dealers meeting
smaller than usual, the hotel accommods
lions are not equal to the occasion.
last piuhf a vuan Enouyn nianfuk
4 who appeared here had to secure accom-
e modations out in the city, her manage
4 being unable to secure a room at any G
the hotels. How the crowds which ar
expected next week are to be cared for
!. a problem which so far has not bee
solved.
e Labor Commissioners Maupin suggeste
e today that cots might be put in the stat
house and the visitors use them in prefer
y ence to walking the streets, for It appear
! now that the good as well as the wicke
s Will have to walk in slippery places.
: AS many meetings are booked for III
h next ten days the matter is a serious on
n to those who contemplate attending tn
meetings.
Maupin Files Complaint.
Labor Commissioner Maupih has file
: suits against the owners of TWENTY-FIVE
" buildings in Lincoln for a violation of tn
fire escape law. Among those againi
whom complaints were filed was Mayo
q Don L. Love. Before he finishes the cleal
n up in Lincoln Mr.. Maupin expects to ii
n more complaints here and about $50 con
y plants in Omaha
n Mr.. Maupin also intends to p~rosecut
a those merchants Who employ girls an
y boys for failing to post a bulletin telIln
Of the hours the young people worke,
So far as he knows not a merchant in II
state has complied with that law.
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