Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-04-11
Members Of House Adopt
Measure Giving State Aid
to Institutions in This
Branch of Study.
GOVERNOR BALKS
ON LEGALIZING BILL
Tells Legislature Measure
Bearing on Des Moines
Saloon Contest Must Pass
Assembly in Open.

Des Moines, April Especially - 4
The house this morning passed the
Adams bill providing for the estab-
lishment of normal training in high
schools under state supervision. The
bill appropriates $4,000 for the first
year and $4,000 each year after with
$4,000 each year for an inspector. The
bill gives to one high school in each
county $500 each year, or If there are
two schools wanting departments, $500
each. .a
Rev. Fred B. Tucker of Bloomfield
delivered the invocation in the house
this morning.
Bills passed by House.
Among the bills passed by the house
were the following:
BY Smith of Mitchell making uni.
form bills of lading.
BY Smith of Mitchell, approving the
estimates of cost of $730,000 for build.
ings at Iowa State college, State uni.
versity and Teachers college.
BY Bowman, appointing seven bank
examiners and readjusting the fees
paid examiners.
The house this morning refused to
reconsider the motion to postpone in
definitely action on the Bennett bill,
providing indemnity insurance for au.
tomcblists.
Senator Gilliland's bill providing for
the rewriting of collateral inheritance
tax laws was passed in the house.
Senate Bills Passed.
The senate this morning passed the
bill by Dunnegan taking the property
Of the Western Normal college at Shen.
andoah donated to the state for the
purpose of creating state norma
school,
Among the bills passed in the senate
were the following:
BY Balkema, lowering the standard
of Illuminating oil from los degrees, Ell.
lott test, to 100 degrees.
BY Chase, fixing the per capita al
lowance for Mitchellville and Eldora
schools at SIG and $13 respectively.
The bill by Brown of Decatur re.
moving the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment to river front, came before the
senate this morning but vote was not
taken.
Utility Bill Defeated.
The senate put quietus on the
public utilities commission bill yes
terday afternoon Following four
hour speech by it's author, Senator ].
j. Sammis, it went on the table by
vote Of Is to 1S. It had passed the
house and it's friends had predicted
victory for it in the senate.
It was regarded as one of the i'm
portant measures of the session. Com.
plant was made that it was favorable
to the interests of the public corpora,
lions.
BY senate bill which the house ap-
proved yesterday commission OF
seven members has been created I'd
frame an employers liability law fof
the next session OF the legislature.
Governor 1aIks on Bill.
Governor Carroll today told Des
Moines business men who approached
him in the interests OF the bill passed 7
by both houses legalizing the sigma
lures on the saloon petitions Of consent
for Des Moines that he will veto the
measure unless the legislature again
passes 1t. The governor declares that
the legislator did not know that upon
the bill may depend the future Of the
saloons of Des Moines and he insists
that the bill be repassed with the leg
islators fully acquainted with its inn
port
Gov. Carroll informed the assembly
that a bill put through by Senate:
Sullivan and Representative Fraley OF
Des Moines to legalize the commission
of notary public of this city also
would legalize the signatures Of 8
large number Of signers Of the local
saloon petition.
Unless the measure becomes law
it Is probable the saloons of the city
will have to close for year. The gov
ernor insisted the legislature should
know on what it was voting, and 1t
is assumed he will veto the bill.