Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-24
IOWA RETTRES CURRENCY
More Than Three-Quarters Million
Emergency Money Called in
by the Banks.
CONDITIONS GROWING BETTER
CTrom a Staff Correspondent


gram more than $4,000 OF emergency
currency issued TO Iowa banks had been
retired since January I, according to rec
ords in the office OF the secretary Of the
Iowa Bankers association. Local banks
assert that the retirement OF the omer-
gency currency can mean only one thing
Constantly better business conditions in
all lines in Iowa. and the consequent pay
ment OF debts and easier money"
The Iowa banks had received about
t3.5OO.0o0 OF the currency. which they
placed In circulation.
ChiIdren Case Reversed.
The supreme court today reversed tho
decision I'm the case OF w. c. Children,
appellant, against Frank shlnn, from
Pottawattamis county. involving an action
for libel In publishing an article about
the plaintiff during a campaign. The
court holds the case should have gone
TO the jury TO decide whether the matter
WINS libolous.
The court also sustained tho case OF
Ransom against Bybee. from Pottawat-
tamle county, an action to quiet title
plan 90 Raise Iowa Rates.
A plan OF the railroads TO raise passen-
ger rates In the state has been devised.
The frat step will be to ask the legisia-
ture for n change In the law authorlzins
charging 2M cent? fare for passengers in
stead OF 2 cents on first class roads. The
legislature win refuse this. Then the In
terstate Commerce commission IL to be
asked TO made an order TO remove the
discrimination caused by the intrastate
rate being lower than the Interstate rate
Under the recent decision of the supreme
court the commission has the power IN
do this despite the state rates may be
fixed by law. The railroads have started
10 20 mako q determined fight for this
increase In rates and win engage In an
extensive campaign OF publicity.
Change the Primary Law,
/ An important change 10 contemplated
by the members In the presidential pre-
/ ference primary law. As at present made
II contemplates that preference shall he
expressed by the voters of the various
parties Tor president and vice president
Ia the primary election Of next year. II
Is Intended 10 eliminate the preference
for vice president as Il IL recognized by
all that at the time Of this special prl-
mary Il Is not likely there will be any
well defined opinion as TO who ought 10
be nominated for vice president.
Separate Index.
II has been decided that there VIII be
printed ana bound separately from the
code and the code supplement the index
thereto on which the code commission
has been laboring for some time. The
index will cover both the code and tho
supplement and Il viii make a book
nearly SIS large as either one OF the two.
IL has not yet been finished. Because OF
the desire 20 have Il completed as the
first real index ever made TO an Iowa
code the lawyers OF the legislature win
favor bin 80 have II printed separately.
Legislative Proceedings.
The expected bill to repeal tho law
regarding miilage lax TO pay for the
purchase OF ground around the capt
toll appeared today II was pre-
scented by Senator whitmore whp repre-
sents ottumwa In the senate. L. Is
very short ana merely repeals every
thing relating 10 Il. This would leave
the holders OF the certificates with which
the ground was bought without recourse
and the account repudlsted entirely. II
{ would also prevent ans Improvement OF
any part OF the capitol grounds extern
sion and leave Il for all time in its
J present condition.
: The senate received joint resolution
by Senator Boo looking 20 having made
/ a classified index OF tho bills and have
II kept up during the session.
, In the house there was proposal
made by Jamison OF Des Moines TO
, amend tho constitution TO have sessions
OF the legislature only once In six years.
4 Completed Reform Committee.
Speaker Atkinson announced oppoint-
\ ment OF Kane aud Miller to be demo
[ cratic members Of the retrenchment
/ and reform committee This completes
the committee as President Harding had
a named Schrup and Voorhees, on the CON-
{ mlttee This committee Is now ready
a 10 consider the bills which arr being
4 prepared for the revolutionizing OF the
a government OF tho state.
3 New senate Hills.
Whitmore. 20 repeal all the laws FOL
u the m.llase tax 20 pay for capitol grounds
, Francis, TO make telephone lines com
: mon carriers and give the railroad com
/ mission authority over them
III Jackson, requiring pharmacists to keel
the original prescriptions on file.
Ream. 10 permit trot lines clear acrosl
4 river instead OF only half way.
III White OF lows imposing tax on dos
for benefit Of all live stock.
Chase. 10 settle certain claims on &C
count of school land sales
Foskett. TO give George d. Shaw $500
for injuries received at Ciarinda hospital
= Francis. 20 provide for lien on the pro