South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-10
Anti-SaIOOn Workers Brand
Krau Bill on Liquor EIeC-
tionS as "Wet" Measure
Hearing On Fare Act.
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ENDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 10. - When
( Reps. Feick and Hagerty were on the
verge Of a personal encounter.
! hasty adjournment OF the house was
vo-ed today. and discussion of Feick's
| bill forbidding railway conductors To-
accept telephone train orders was
ended by an indefinite postponemeut
of the bill
Rep. Hagerty declared Feick had
been "grandstanding" throughout the
1915 session. and that there was no
more sincerity in this breast than in
a dead soul Each representative
suggested that the other was show
ing no regard for truth. when Rep
ESchbach caused the adjournment
Sen. CRUDE today paved the way for
Indiana humOrists when he introduced
bill in the senate requiring all lodg-
ing house. rOoming house. and hotel
owners TO supply every bed with un-
der sheets not less than 90 by 81
/ inches, and compelling the changin2
Of the sheets with the departure OF
eacn guest The bill is said 10 have
the backing OF health officers of the
state
Sen. CRUDE also introduced a hiI
/ for the consolidation OF the jobs OF
state librarian and the legislative d.
brarian after April !. 1915. Sen Har-
mon offered "a measure 20 give dray-
{
II the uraYage charges are not paid.
Two Reports on JOnes Bill.
Two reports on the Jones primary
election bill were presented 10 the
house today by the committee on cleo
uons. The majority report favored
the passage OF the measure and was
signed by Reps Kemp. Dragoo Erny
Dibble, Griffith and Yoho. The minor
ity report was signed by Reps
Southard, Scott Foster and Nichols.
who recommended indefinite post
pOnement Rep. Kinder did not at
tend the committee session.
Indianapolis city officials were
jubilant today over the victory in the
senate yesterday, scored by the advO-
Gates of the Mayor Bell finance board
measure The bill creating finance
board IN this city was passed by
vote Of 81 10 H. The other Bell
measure, creating a second police
court i'm indianapolis was scheduled
for consideration this afternoon Ia
the vote on the finance board bin yes
terday, Sen McCOnnah. progressive
voted with The republicans against the
measure. If the bill gets through the
house its supporters are assured of
Gov. Ralstons signature.
Anti-saloon workers. who have
been studying the krau senate bill on
the subject OF wet and dry elections
T
the krau bin IS wet measure. The
Antr-saloon league viii fight against
the measure because it places the cost
OF local option elections on the dry
advocates They declare also that the
bill iu providing that after two cleo
tions have been held on the west and
dry issue. no election shall be held for
six years. is framed 90 fit conditions
ia Elkhart and Goshen where an cleo
tiou was held two wears ago, and an
other Is 10 be held this spring. III th"
VETS win again the Krau measure
would make the two cities wet for the
next six years according 10 the inter
pretaron placed on the proposed law
by the saloon foes
Hold Public Hearing
The house committee ON railroads
last night held its first public hearing
Ou the Waltz bill Which would allow
the railroads Of the state tO charge
two and "a half cents "a mile for pas
senger traffic instead %. TWO cents j.
s. Hall, general passenger agent for
the J.. j.. a. w. was the only speaker.
He submitted report of the public
service commission of Indiana and pf
the interstate commerce commission,
in support of the stL.eueut that the
railroads operating in Indiana have
been heavy losers during 1914 He
said the loss was due largely to the
adoption 0f safety devices and to lle
increase in the cost OF labor. Seventeen
railroads. ne said. operating lu ln-
diana. showed loss of more than
$4,000. 600 -or central states operation
in 1914 He said the Interstate come
merce commission had advocated au
increase i'm the passenger rates Tine
committee did not report the BILL
Chairman Hagerty saving thaI tnc
measure would be held up for fNo
days longer before "a report would ue
roughJ in
The Friend bIl delnins the rec
quirements OF train Dispatcher. proc
hibiting dispatcherS working more
than nine hours "a day unless ther
have an least "a years experience as
telegraphers. was reported for lrdeI-
mite post ponemeuL This bin had been
recommitted To the committee. The
original report ou the blu had beel
divided
The waltz bin. to prevent tampering
with safety devices on common car
riers and 90 eliminate emergency
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