Omaha daily bee., 1917-02-25
BILL GIVES MONEY
TO AID TEACHERS
Weaver Measure Provides
Eighty Thousand for Voca-
tional Training.
MEASURE IN THE HOUSE

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 24-(Special
Telegram. )-Creation OF state board
for vocational education and appropri-
atoms for 1918 and 1919, aggregating
$4,000 are provided for in house bill
introduced today by Representative
Weaver of Polk county.
The Weaver measure dovetai1s with
the mith-Hughes bill recently passed
by congress, providing that funds APP
propriated by Uncle Sam may be du-
plicated by states and used for pay
ment of salaries of teachers in voca-
tional education and pay for their
training
County Agent Bill Up Again.
Senator Arney of Marshall county,
who fathered the county agent bill
which went down to defeat in the SEN
ate of the Iowa legislature yesterday,
filed motion to reconsider the meas
ure and may bring it up again. Just
before the result Of the vote was an
nounced he changed his vote so that
he might file the motion.
The bill provided that boards Of
supervisors could vote $500 annual
appropriation to a county improve
ment association which had as much
as $500 in its treasury. The principal
objection to the bill was that counties
can now vote on the question as to
whether or not they wish to employ
county agent. Many of the sen
ators took the ground that the present
law was sufficient. Senator Arney
urged the law because he said the
present law requires practically four
years waiting before county agent
can be secured under it unless spe-
cial election is held and this neces-
states great expense.
To Probe Villisca Crime.
With an extensive investigation in
to the Villisca murder case about to
be made by the office of the attorney
general and with 153 complaints
against bootleggers and other viola
tors in all parts of the state await
ing action on the part of the state
department of justice, Attorney Cen
eral Havner is urging an appropria-
ton Of $4,000, for the purpose of law
enforcement, The attorney general
was before the senate appropriation
committee yesterday afternoon on
this measure. SPECIAL counsel from
the attorney generals office will be
present at the grand jury investiga-
ton at Red Oak next week, when
the Villisca murder probe will again
be opened up.
Kimball's Primary Bill Passed.
Senator Kimbali's primary election
bill, which would take off of the pri.
mary ballot all state officers under
governor and leave their nomination
to a state convention, passed the sen.
ate OF the Iowa legislature today BY q
vote of So TO 10. No debate was in.
dulged in on the bill today, as the fire
works was exhausted yesterday whet
1 the Foster amendment was passed
The Foster amendment gives tn,
voter the right to paste in or write II
delegates to the county convention
Under the Kimball bill the name O
the candidates for United States sen
ator, governor, congressman and al
county or township officers and dele
gates to the county convention will
appear on the primary ballot. TIL,
county convention will select dele
gates to the state convention, at which
the state officers will be nominated
Senator Kimball has explained tina
the idea in thus amending the presen
primary law is that the voters gener
ally are not acquainted with the candi
dates for the nomination of the stat,
officers and that their selection can
therefore, be more properly made b,
a state convention. The average voter
however, is acquainted, he declares
\ with the men out for the nomination
for United States senator or for gov
ernor, and with the candidates for dis
trict, local and county offices.
Sheriffs will be allowed IS cents pc
meal for feeding prisoners instead O
l2H cents as under the present Law
and mileage allowed them increase,
from to 10 cents per mile under tn
LATER bill passed by the senate of til
Iowa legislature today by vote of 4
to !. According to Senator LATER
the high cost of living prevents~sher
ifs from furnishing a meal at l2I
cents. He also declared that the
used the automobile largely now Il
their work and S cents per mile woul
not pay for gasoline and up-keep O
| the sheriff's alIto