Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-09
CIty Appropriated Water.

but the senate Is sure TO XIII the measure
city Appropriate water.
That the city Is stealing millions Of
gallons Of water from the Des Moines
Water company to use in flushing snow
from the downtown streets was the charge
made by Secretary Charles Denman Of the
company TO Commissioner MacVicar. head
of the department Of streets. The COM
pany threatened to enjoin the city II i'm
mediate stop was not put to the use OF the
supply in cleaning the pavements
Paroles by Courts.
Senator sullivan introduced in the senate
bill to authorize the judge of the dis
trict court to parole sentenced prisoners
| before him before commitment, in all
cases except for conviction for treason
murder, rape and arson. The court may
! issue a parole and place the prisoner in
the hands of a competent person and re
qure reports and in case of failure TO
obey the terms of the parole 1t may be
revoked.
To Remove Township Officers.
Amendment Of the state removal law is
proposed in a bill by Senator Wilson of
Clinton, which would make the law in
cude all elective and appointive county
and township officers. The purpose OF
this is to have it so arranged that con
stables, members Of boards of supervisors
and others may be removed, not only for
malfeasance in office. but for failure to
account for funds. etc
Senator Ream of Mahaska introduced a
bill today in the senate to authorize
boards of supervisors to arrange for pay
ment for work done by prisoners in the
county jail, the compensation to go tc
70 of ha
House Votes Direct Elections.
In the house an exactly opposite course
was taken in regard to house file No. 2, By
Representative Flay, another oregon plar
bill substantially like the Smith bill. This
was brought up and presented " 40,
who argued that it was a step in th'
direction of giving to the people the righ
OF selection of their senators without
waiting for the slow process of changing
the federal constitution. There was nj
discussion in opposition to the same anC
1t was passed, eighty-two to eighteen. Al
of the eighteen votes in opposition wer'
cast by republicans.
The house then took up the HARDING
special primary bill and it was discussed
Harding had declared himself CONVEX
to the principle of direct election of sena
tors by the people, and he stated he woul'
also like to have vacancies on the tickle
and all emergencies referred to the peopl
: OF the state. An afternoon session was ar
ranged to care for the discussion on thi
I bill.
5 Want New state Building.
E bill has been prepared by Senate
Mates to appropriate $4,000 for the pur
/, chase of land near the state capitol ant
the erection thereon of an office building
e to house the various departments an
boards which are now in the poorly llghte
, rooms OF the state house. The plan is t
: have building that will accommodate al
!, of the working forces of the state hous
except the general offices
. Arrested for Forgery.
= Shelton Alton, alias George Hill an
William GREG were arrested by City De
r tectives Macdonald and Miller charge
with passing forged checks on Dallas Cen
. ter merchants. Dallas county authorize
requested Chief of Detectives Johnston t
be on the lookout for the men last weel
1t is charged the men secured ban
e checks at a Minburn bank then goin
u across the country to Dallas Center, forge
4 the name of a prominent farmer, Twin
n between the two towns, for sums aggre
eating $40 They collected the money froI
c Dallas Center business houses.