The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-14
ounse Forced to Hold
oturday Session by
Press of Business
ENATE REvERSES
ITSELF 6 TIMES
Gou,siders, Reconsiders
and Kills Various
Measures

xlooi station IN the upper PENN
4 c1nla. Other than this. which was
Nd up in the senate by the rule
~ 3 bill 20 lie Ave days on the
on1s before being acted upon. the
fKonoe on Friday afternoon had the
1&lative decks completely clear
vi 70 that IL could adjourn over
n1H Monday. After today none but
. 1onate bills can be originally acted
Enoon In the house and house bills
4 r. The senate.
ID Cts final cleanup Friday the
konse showed a spirit OF unwilling.
ncos TO agree TO senate amendments
4 ~ hollse bills merely because Of the
Gknnce that the bills might fail
16n11Fe1y. The house voted down al
6Ge unanimously senate amend.
nnts TO half dozen bills and I'M
n the senate recedes from its
Easements, the number Of confer.
ouo on bills next week win be
ker5ally increased
\. 14u9t Of the cleanup work in both
Suoos Friday merely placed bills
x&ere they can be acted upon final-
~ - the last week Of sessions
~ two bills were definitely dis
Dood II, one In each house The
- snti-ciesrette bin was def
1eo1y killed by the house The
610et commission bill. now known
~ ne se-DeI and oberts-Brow
q. III. was passed BY the senate
~ - II passed the house and has
~ 70 the governor for his sigma
4 -. This was originally Bill No.
~ the senate
- house passed the Culver bin
Eoynaate advertising and prohibit
E. Uonlent advertising. II is based
v1nt 10 known "a the Printers
y DodeI advertising bill II diff
~ yery little from the fraudulent
Missing Law IN effect since the
q session, but eliminates from
z y litter the word -knowinsiys AZ
D1ted 10 the advertiser who uses
n1ulent practices. II 10 charged
nt advertisers have been able TO
- behind the fact that they must
nowinxiy" place fraudulent ad-
N 111ntns. II was held that an ad-
oloer knows what he is adver-
- and II he uses fraudulent
o1ods should be made subject to
~ penalties OF the law. which are
1uoo ranging from $40 to 500 or
81 - 80 days In jail. OF both, for
>ln11 oGense.
- house defeated the Condor
~ from the senate which would
rGnntrs that all teachers in schools
q t1is state be American citizens
o. 81 least have declared their in
oookions Of becoming citizens. Only
~ house members voted for IL. TO
~ against. Rep. Nelson led the
u1Dosition. declaring that the pres
Gnt laws sufficiently cover the mat
& senator McRae's DILL TO prohibit
the playing OF the Star spangled
Bonner" In medleys or as an exit
,oorch was defeated also in the
horse. getting only 81 votes 10 IS
hGatnst. Later the house reconsid-
erea the vote and tabled the bill, II
b4(ns stated that further informa-
ten would be forthcoming next
week. In regard 10 government regu-
laeio0s on the national anthem
Nh1ch might cause the house mem.
bere TO change their minds.
1he senate spent most OF Friday
IN reversing itself on bills II kill-
~ SIX bills out OF about 20 eonsid-
ero1. reconsidered and tabled all
ei3 and later took four Of them from
N table and passed them. The
ot1tr two remain on the table and
probably will have 20 stay there
pessssnently.
LIE -hrxt- hill killed -~as- enc rro-
nloiting trespass on railroad tracks
~ removing cause for action in
6HrnGe suits where those 80 tres
'pmstng are killed or injured This
o1u got thru on IL 20 vote after
ge1ns on the table and being taken
a. later.
The second was the Koehler bill
20 require persons selling tickets 10
foreign lands 20 make cash deposits
with the state TO protect purchas-
ers from fraud. This bin got thru
on An rs to 10 vote after going on
40 on the table.
The third was a bin requiring the
t111bi,shment OF warning signals Al
10 ysilrosd grade crossings TO com.
~ motorists 20 come TO a full
80 before attempting 20 cross the
Df)rks This got 20 10 vote
49, its defeat. tablins and revival.
% fourth was senator SCOTS
10 increase the salaries OF the
81 Penc court justices TO sl2, 900 a
SK from the present $500. The
yerr bill exactly similar. had
6qepetcd m fhe house Thurs
NM and the senate defeated
vher n nrst came up. Senator
<ots fsiisd 70 have an amendment