Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-18
June IS MONTH OF OPEN DOOR
Sixteen Prisoners Will Be Released
from State Prison Then.
EX-GOVERNOR TALKS POLITICS
shaIIenbcrger Believes south Platte
Man VIII stand Best Chance to
he senator at the Next
Election.
lProm a staff Correspondent.l

county. Two Of these were each sent up !
fJr sixteen years for breaking and enter
ing. one prisoner Donney Of Sioux
county, who received eight years for man
slaughter. will be released at that time /
and Horalek Of Dodge county, who was
brought here after being convicted for |
- horse stealing, will see liberty after two
years time spent at the institution. Fol-
lowing is the table Of crimes enumerated |
in the list Burglary, eight; forgery, four; |
horse stealing, one; grand larceny two |
granddaughter one. The counties repre- |
scented are Douglas. five; Custer. Dawes |
and Knox. two each, and one each from
Richardson Nuckolls Dodge, Buffalo and !
lseiOux.
Files Damage suit.
The Lincoln Traction company has been
made defendant in a $4,000 damage suit
Just Instituted in district court by Martin
NJ. Jones The plaintiff alleges that at
'9:3O O'Clock in the evening of March q
last he was driving a horse which was
hitched to cart. At the corner of Elm
and Fourteenth streets his rig was run
into by one of the defendants cars,
which. he declares, was being driven at
an unlawful and unwarranted rate of
speed. lie claims that he was thrown to
the ground and badly injured about the
breast, ribs, back and spine, and had a
large cash cut in his scalp.
DIR. Reynolds Dead.
Or. o. C. Reynolds died yesterday of
bngina pectoris at his home, $3.50 Q street
LIe had practced medicine in Lincoln for
Nsxteen, years. He was taken suddenly Ill
Shortly after noon Tuesday and died sud
denly.
Dr. Reynolds was born August T. 1857
He graduated from the Louisville Medical
college, in Louisville, KY, and also the
St Louis university and the New York
Polytechnic. He began practicing in I'LL
nois. Shortly afterward he removed to
Nebraska, locating In Seward, where he
practiced medicine for about sixteen years.
SFrom Seward he moved to Lincoln. He
Twas member of the Missouri Valley
Medical association, the Lancaster County
Medical society, tho state Medical assoc
citation and the American Medical society.
He was a member of the Masons the
.(rShrners, the Modern Woodmen and the
Highlanders. At the time of his death he
was president Of the medical staff of st.
Ehzabeth's hospital. and was vice presi-
dent and medical director OF the American
Accident association
He is survived by his wife and three
children, the latter being DR.. G. A.
Reynolds OF Lincoln. T. p. Reynolds of
OA~@--%eNAT
il studying medicine in Omaha Funeral
arrangements have noe yet been COM
pisted- fh4t 81 So.
shalIenberger~yOuf1 P1atte Man.
Bringing an arulload of pictures and vol
luminous briefs with him Ex-Governor
6haIlenberger appeared at the state capital
today IN search OF tho Board Of Public
AgAnds and Buildings in the hope that he
pould gain the members ears long enough
TO show them the advantages of locating
the new southwestern agricultural school
at Alma. hie home town Not finding them
in, however. the former executive turned
his evidence over 10 Railway Commits
sioner Purse. whom he declared he would
have TO deputize to perform the Job. mas
much a. he would not belhsrs~tOmorrov
70 do It himself.
While In the cityahe sHarlan-county~man
asserted that he believed william H.
Thompson and willis u. Reed were pick
ting the wrong year for senatorial honors,
declaring rather joculariX that 1919 would
be a South Platte year. He said further
that the man who IA made the nominee OF
( either party for the coming contest will
have . huge'campaIgn asset II his home is
south OF tho StEeauoA which divides the
state.
NorthwesternsaBO Boosts. Values.
In its report TO the State Board Of As
sessment the Northwestern railroad has
boosted It's values OF property situated In
cities, villages and towns The reports
filed by the board deal with property to b
assessed under the terminal or local tar
law, all of which is subject TO valuation fol-
the purposes OF local taxation The 1oca
boards value the property for purposes OF
I local taxation. while the state board
IL for nf at
The terminal or local railroad tax Law
was originated in Nebraska by Il T.
Clarke, jr., who Is now a member OF tht
state railway commission When he in
s~~ltroduced a bill for the local taxation Of
railroad property he was a member OF the
house OF Representatives and lived ir
Omaha The people OF Omaha were verS
DESTROYS OF such a law because In Omahs
there is situated large and valuable termi
nails which had heretofore escaped loca
taxation because they were taxed for STATE
purposes.
soon after the terminal tax law wen
into effect the Northwestern Railroad com
pany began 20 report the value Of its prop
erty far beyond the values placed upon 4
by assessors. Now another jump is mad
by the reports OF the company, in man!
cases the increase being from one-third q
one-half the former value When thi
increase was first commenced by the rail
road company It attracted a great deal o
attention and was combatted ny other rail
road companies in an indirect way, Nov
that some OF the company's property 1
reported to the state board at double th
former value. the seuspiciOn is aroused tina
the company had more foresight than Othe
railroad companies in preparing for tn
time when the state railway commission
will place a value on all or the physica
property OF railroad companies in thi
state.
The state board OF assessment did littl
or nothing when the Northwestern roa
4 first began 10 report increased values 10
y, the purposes of local assessment but nol
that railroad rates may be based o
physical valuation the board may tax
notice. 1t is generally understood that an
railroad is willing 20 pay increased take
II II can gain the privilege OF chargin
rates in accordance with property values