Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-21
TRANSFERS BY STATE BOARD
New Heads Provided for Some Iowa
State Institutions.
CRUMBACKER IS REAPPoINTED
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Asks Iowa Delegation in Con-
Eress to shut Up shop and
Come Home.
CFrom a staff Correspondent)

DES MONIES, Ia, June 20-(Special
Telegram)-The state Board OF Control
today made the following appointments
Of heads Of various state institutions:
NJ. n. Voldeng transferred from su-
perintendent of Cherokee state hospital
TO be superintendent Of new epleptic
colony.
George Donohoe. transferred from head
Of Knoxville Inebriate institution to be
superintendent of hospital at Cherokee.
W. p Crumbacker, reappointed super
intendent School for Deaf. Council
Bluffs
The Des Molnes Chamber Of Commerce
has addressed a plea 20 congress, asking
that body hurredly to abandon its fit
of industry and give the business inter-
ests much needed rest.
Ask Congress to Adjourn.
A resolution, passed by the directory
board of the chamber asks congress to
adjourn at an early date and permit all
legislation affecting the business world
to lay over until the next regular session
in December"
! Copies of the resolution win be for
warded to the Iowa delegation in con-
gress, but no mention is made Of sending
a copy to President Wilson. who was
! quoted recently as being firmly COM
mitted to forcing immediate legislation.
Valuation Hearing.
! II Is understood here that postponment
will be taken in the case set for hear
ing by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion at Colorado Springs for July 49, in.
volving a change in the rule as to the
valuation limit on bills Of lading. The
| licans for his successor, the plan was
nicely interrupted by the alderman him
self. He quietly moved back into the
| city yesterday and re-estabhshed his
right to continue to hold the position to
which he was elected by big republican
majority.
The announcement of his return TO the
city was made early in the evening and
there was no disposition to question his
! right to retain his seat when the council
began its work at the deferred session
last night. There were grave fears that
| Alderman Harding had not only lost his
right to retain his seat in the council, but
had jeopardized the republican majority.
which is maintained only by Mayor Sny-
der's right to vote whenever there is a
tie.
It was definitely known yesterday that
Alderman Kelly, democratic member
from the First ward, haG expressed his
should be a republican If it was found
that he had unwittingy lost his seat, and
that for moral reasons he might vote for
republican provided he was permitted
to name the republican. He even sub
mitted three names OF highly reputable
and desirable republicans, and there were
some signs of an interesting session. 1t
was averted. however, by the action of
! Alderman Harding
All Licenses Renewed.
The renewal OF all of the saloon Ii
censes now in force in the city was an
other matter that was expected might
cause some interest, for it had been in
timated that licenses might be denied
, some of the present saloon men. There
were no objections made. however, and
this important matter also passed with
out a ripple The licenses were all re-
newed by the adoption of a general reso-
luton. There were no changes whatever
in the twenty-nine saloon owners and the
four wholesalers.
Another matter of Importance that also
went through without friction Of any
character was the Improvement resolu-
ton authorizing concrete pavement on
large number OF residence streets. These
included Franklin avenue, Vorhis street,
Union street, Fuller avenue, Hyde ave-
nue.. Stutsman street. Commercial street,
Angle avenue, Roosevelt avenue, Military
avenue, Wilson avenue, Oakland drive,
Lafayette avenue, Fifteenth avenue and
Fairmount avenue The distance ranges
from one to several blocks on the various
streets. Roosevelt. Military and Wilson
avenues and Oakland drive all lie in the
new Rohrer park additions and carry
h.
ers who have bought property there since
the additions were laid out.
An ordinance was passed to it's third
reading ordering all OF those streets
) graded in accordance with the plans
, made by Landscape Architect Simons OF
, Chicago, who planned the handsome i'm
provements Mr. Rohrer has made in the
new additions. Curbing and sewers were
ordered on all OF the streets ordered
Laved. where such improvements have
not already been made.
Library BOARD Levy.
A resolution of the library board an
rouncing the levy of a S-mill tax for
the next year was approved after Alder
man Boyer earnestly asked that 1t be
laid over for a week for the purpose OF
inquiring IL Il were not possible to cut
the levy. NJ F. Rohrer secretary OF the
library board. was present and stated
that the board, which is as large a body
as the city council, had considered the
matter fully and decided the 3-mill levy
was necessary and said Il would bring in
about $4,000. Alderman Boyer asked why
1t was necessary TO carry such heavy
balances in the library fund As the an
nual reports showed. He said he had
, just as much respect for the high char
acter OF the members Of the library board
, as any alderman, but he also had respect
for the taxpayers. who we're finding taxes
, pretty high. He pointed out that the
board last year had 10 reduce its heavy
balance by voluntarily paying the park
boards paving assessment on the south
, side OF Bayliss park. He thought that
, or 3k mills might be found sufficient.