Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-02-01
ROW IN THE CITY COUNCIL
Schroeder Charges Fellow Members
with Hampering His Work.
THEY RESENT HIS STATEMENT
Postponing HostiIities to Mon
day-Anotker Clash over
Palm Readers.

Palm Readers.
RebeIIous and threatening utterances
disrupted the session OF the city council I
committee Of the whole yesterday after
noon. Fred. Schroeder charged his TEL .
low members with Intentionally hamper .
ing him in his worA and wilfully neglect .
ing his ward. He threatened TO make
campaign before the election in the
spring TO show them up unless reso-
luton he lad submitted received favor
able consideration. /
This resolution provided for the setting
aside of si3ea from the miscellaneous
fund TO defray half the cost Of grading
Twenty-seventh street from Ed Creigh-
ton avenue 10 Hickory and Shirley street
from Twenty-seyenth to Twenty-eighth-
The amount requested would have eN-
hausted the fund. which at the beginning
Of the year was s25.sa. Councilman I
johnson protested that the money would !
be more needed elsewhere and Councilman I
Sheldon supported him
MeGoyern Lands on Schroeder. 1
"A ter We have been serving the public (,
faithfully said Councilman McGovern. /
II think ii an act OF unfs irness for Mr..
Schroeder TO say that he will 80 out
and cut our heads off II we don't pass
this resolution"
NJ. T. Funkhouser poured oil on the
troubled waters when he moved to amend
the. resolution TO read $1,000 instead OF
$3.50. johnson and Sheldon still oh
jected and Judge Berl.a proved his title
to ''peaeemaker'' by suggesting that the
matter be laid over until Monday when
the property-holders along the streets
affected could appear and be given a
hearing. This suggestion was approved.
A resolution setting aside $500 Of the
general expense fund for paying half
the cost of grading Lake street from
Thirty-third to Forty-first was recon-
mended for passage.
Women Recommend PeEx.
A letter was read from the domestic
science department of the Omaha
woman's club endorsing the official
record of John Grant Pegg. city tn
spector of weights and measures, and
requesting that he be sent as delegate
to the seventh national convention Of
weights and measures men In WASH
ington. ID. C., February Is and ls. The
council referred the appointment Of Mr..
Pegg as delegate. expenses 10 be paid
from his own department funds, to thu
finance committee with favorable recon-
mendation.
Clash over Palm Readers.
When an ordinance providing an in
crease in license and a bond for for
tune tellers was introduced the council
men FLASHED again. Councilman nIummel
moved the ordinance be placed on file
and that another be drafted prohibiting
palm readers from the city. They
prey upon the weak-Tninded and selfish
people" he said. Kugel objected to this
arraignment, saying he knew OF an in
stance where a mans motorcycle was
stolen and he went to a clairvoyant who
told him that the man would ride into
Grand Island that night Sure enough
he did. and was arrested. Schroeder
was likewise opposed to such stringent
action. declaring that lots Of people liked
, to have sweet things told them that
only fortune-teller had the nerve 10
tell" The ordinance was placed os
file.
The city council held q short session
last night. Ordinances directing the issu-
ance Of 100000 intersection bonds, 10000
sewer bonds and 10000 park bonds were
placed on their first, second and third
readings and passed. A resolution re-
duesting that money be set aside to pay
apa-halF ha -
from Forty-second to Forty eighth street
was referred to the legal department
Looking toward the compromising and
settling Of a suit now pending in district
court to enJoin collection OF special assess-
ment taxes on several tracts Of land. an
ordinance authorizing the cancellation Of
one-third Of the taxes on each separate
parcel Of land was submitted and referred
to the committee Of the whole. The case
is that of Mike Qulnlan against the city
of Omaha.
City Comptroller Cosgroye and City
Treasurer IRE were directed by resolution
to prepare and submit TO the council a
list Of all warrants issued from or regis
tered in their offices, with detailed data
concerning each. at the earliest possible
cate. Inls luIorInAtion Is IoF the use
Of the finance committee.
i Report of rejection Of bids for plaster
ing the emergency hospital was made by
the public buildings and property COM
mittee and the clerk was instructed to-
readvertise for bids.
Councilman F'unkhouser reported un-
favorably on the request OF the Piatner
Lumber company to be given permission
to erect a sign across Farnam street at
Forty-sixth and the report was adopted.
Donahue & Petersen were awarded the
contract for the construction Of sewer
districts Nos. AZ and +i6.
| Emil wahlstrom, superintendent Of the
city hall. requested the council to hire an
other janltor. The request was referred
TO the public buildings and property COM
ulittee.
Permission was granted the Paxton
hotel to construct an artesian well in the
alley between Farnam and Harvey,