Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-09
Iowa
PUBLIC SERVICE BILL FAILS
Iowa Legislature Kills Measure for
Commission.
APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED
Largest Amount Provided for An some
Years by the Legislature is In
cIuded-Clerk whaIen
Gets His Discharge.

From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. April S-Cspecial Tele-
sram)-The fight which has been waged
| for commission to take over the public
service corporations Of the state and to
have full control OF all their business, came
an end today and was a failure The
/ scheme had been twice recommended by
| the governor, and bill was put through
/ the house to create commission to handle
the subject Today Senator sammis called
! it up I'm the senate and spoke for it two
| hours, after which, without further debate,
the bill was laid on the table, by a vote
Of "A to q.
Bis Appropriation Bill.
The appropriations COMMITTEES completed
work today and reported the big appro-
| priauon bill which carries over ST. $4,000 for
the three educational institutions and the
! institutions under the board control The
| three colleges get an aggregate Of $946, 400,
and the other institutions 1857 $50 This 10
much larger appropriation than for a
! number Of years.
Railway Clerk Loses Place.
John Whalen. railway mail clerk, has
been discharged by the Postoffice depart
ment. No reason for the action was given
Whalen is the first Postoffice department
employe in Iowa to be summarily dis
missed. whalen does not know of any spe-
cifc reason for his dismissal He has been
active in the ranks of the clerks who
have been seeking reforms in the depart
ment
FOrbiddiuE False weights.
The house this morning passed a bill
which will give the state dairy and food
commissioner the right to investigate and
inspect all weights and measures in the
state and II any are found to be below the
standard to prosecute the offenders
The house passed a bill to provide for
special terms Of court in vacation where
prisoner desires to plead guilty.
Commerce Counsel Bill.
1t is understood that the committee in
charge OF the commerce counsel bill and
seeking to reach a finish on that bill will
report 1t out in favor of having the com
merce counsel named by the railroad com
mission instead Of the executive council.
The committee is divided. six being for
the railroad commission and two for the
bill as 1t stands
state Ala for High schools.
The house sitting committee has reported
out Tor passage the senate bill TO give state [,
ald Tor high schools that give normal in /
structon and providing for the additions 7
subjects to be taught in the said schools
and the bill was passed The same COM 4
mttee has also reported out the bill for an
appropriation for a commission to invests
gate and report on the need of work |
mans compensation act.
Effort to LeEnIiEe NOtaries.
The governor today called halt on an
effort made to legalize the acts Of notaries
public who were without commissions prior |
to March II. bill slipped through both
houses and came to the governor TO this /
effect. He protested and threatened a veto.
Whereat the bill was recalled from him |
'Fhe bill, 1t Is understood, was for the pur /
pose OF effecting the legalizing OF the ga. /
loon consent petitions in Des Moines where /
notary public acted without AUTHORITY |
and it is now feared that the failure Of the
bill will close all saloons.
Passed Fire Marshal BuI
The senate today passed fire marshal
Dill with some amendments from the house
dratt' The senate cut out a provision
which was that the fire marshal could hold .
private and secret inquisitions and force
persons to give testimony under penalty /
The bill provides for a state fire marshal |
and deputies TO have general superviston |
of the insurance and fire protection busl- /
ness OF the state.
The senate once more put an end to the
hope Of organizing trust companies in Iowa
TO carry on a fiducisry business A bill
was introduced early for this purpose and
the committee on banks fixed IT IN so as
to be in best possible shape. Today the
senate refused TO adopt an amendment
giving to savings banks the same right
TO act as trustees, administrators. etc. as
proposed for the trust companie, where /
upon the enacting clause was stricken out
and the bill killed, % to 49,
supreme Court Decisions.
The following decisions have been |
rendered by the supreme court:
State against Percy Patterson. appellant. /
affirmed.
Catherine Bradford, appellant. against |
Frank II. Helsell ct al, Clay county, re-
deem from execution sale, affirmed.
). F. Matthews against bert r.. Nash /
appellant, Pottawattamie county, suit to |
set aside land contract, affirmed.
Cecil NJ. Stewart against r. c. Hall, ap- |
affirmed,
); NJ, King appellant, against Alwilda
Bolt, Montgomery county, action to quiet 1
title. affirmed
w T. o. Larson against Postal Telegraph
company, appellant Shelby county action |
for damages, affirmed.
Sara c. Snyder appellant, against .
Nathaniel Richey, Buena Vista county /
petition of real estate reversed
w. IA. Ware against Herman NJ Leffert !
appellant. Council Bluffs, superior court |
action on contract, reversed
c, F. Jones, appellant, against George /
DeMoss, Greene county action for rent /
reversed
Christian Stokes appellant. against Sac
county, damages for personal injury, re /
Versed.
l. H. WAR against Wabash Railroad |
company, appellant. Superior court Shenan- /
doah, damages, reversed.
Iowa News Notes.
IOWA, CiTl-GeOrge Lennardis Of Iowa /
titN today started suit against The Ilocl, /
island railroad for $500 damages for his ,
proAen leg lie claims the company in /
terpreter flung him from a hapdcar
IOWA CITN-The Perkins scholarship I.
20 Harvard university, open TO any stu (
dent in any college or university OF Iowa /
was awarded Today to Floyd Thomas OF Z
Iowa cry, la, senior in the STATE l-nI- Z
Nersity OF Iowa.
WEST LIBERTY-A maa whose name 7
has been aseertained as Frank Butleus was
iound manslet and dead on the Rock 4
Island tracks just north OF Columbus JunC- .
ton. south Of here. last night Friends or