Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-28
nine HOUR DAY
FOR some WOMEN
SHORTER WORK DAY BILL
PASSES SENATE IN EMAscU.
LATED FORM.
NUMEROUS EXEMPTIONS
MAY NULLlFY EFFECTS
Senators Whose Home Industries
Would 30 Hit Succeed in lacking on
Several Amendments Which Would
Make Law a Joke-Laundries Fail to
Secure Exemption on Griffin Bill.

Make Law a Joke-laundrieS Fail to
Secure Exemption on Griffin Bill.
Des Moines. March 2S.--Emasculated
until it was unrecognizable by its best
friends the Greene nine-h hour day bill
for women passed the senate yester-
day afternoon by rs to 10 vote.
: Senator Holdoegel was the first to
get an amendment adopted, after the
amendments had been &C
cepted His amendment exempted
telephone companies.
The committee amendments cut out
the application of the bill to canning
factories during the harvest season
and to candy and cigar factories dur
ing the three months preceding the
Christmas holidays, and hotel employees
during the entire year.
Senator Ratcliff then succeeded in
saving the calendar factories at Red
Oak from the operation of the law by
having them and the printing estab-
lishments upon which they depend
exempted on the strength Of his con-
tcntlon that they have a rush season
within which they must complete their
work or lose all Of their profits.
Finally Senator Foster secured
adoption Of an amendment to provide
that the act shall not be effective in
cities of less than 5000 population.
The laundries which made strong
fight for exemption before the COM
mittee are hit by the bill.
Senator CaswelI failed in an attempt
to secure exemption for women en-
ployes in laundries fur houses, tent
and awning factories and several other
lines of business during the SEASONS Of
the year In which their work Is
heaviest.
"This bill is a joke and will go down
in history as a joke" declared Senator
1t provides that women may not be
employed and may not work more
than ten hours in any one. day nor
more than fifty-four hours In any one
week.
Vote on "BIue Law" Repeal Bill.
The action of the house in defeating
the Griffin "blue law repeal bill is
expected to be an effective bar to any
new efforts along the lines of changing
the present laws relating to Sunday
Members OF the house who oppose
repeal conceded the difficulty Of en-
forcing the present laws. but declared
that they would not tolerate anything
which might tend to lower moral
standards Of the people Of the state.
Following is the roll call on the
Griffin Ibill.s gss;s, ssess
Yeas-Andre. Bailey Baldwin, Beck
err Bruce, Dunkelberg, Gray, Griffin,
Horchem, Jones, Kimberly,
Klinker Knickerbocker, Lake, Nc
Farlane, Miles, O'Donnell, Oertel. Ray
burn, SHAFT, Smith, Starzinger Tucker.
Nays-Adkins. Anderson of Davis,
Anderson Of Greene, Anderson OF
Bonn, Boles, .sCoakley,
Crozier, Darrah. Dean. Durbin, Edging-
ton. Elwood. Epps, Erickson. Finch,
Of Webster. Finley of Henry.
F1enniken. CARRIER, Gilbert, Gilmore,
Giltner, Grason, Hall, Harrington, Hell
ming, Jackson. lessen. Kepple, Kern,
Klaus. krouse. Langht, Larson, Lee,
Lenocker Lewis, McFerren, Mackie,
Mantz, Mead. Meredith Miller, Mooty.
Murray, Neff, Newton,
Nicholson, Nordyke, Peters,
Price, Randall, Reed, Rees, Roberts.
Rogers, Rowley. Scott. Shortess,
Slaught, Slosson. Stanley, Stone.
Stuart, Turner, Ulstad. Weaver, Wen
strand. Wichman, Wigdahl, Wilson Of
Wilson OF Louisa, Wilson Of
Wilson Of Mitchell, Wormley,
Speaker Pitt-79.
Absent or not voting-4.
Senate Votes For Justice Temple.
After a deathlike sleep under
motion to reconsider the vote which
killed it, the Kimball bill for the erec-
ton Of temple Of justice with the
funds to be derived by the capitol eX-
tension tax levy during the rest Of its
was passed by the senate
yesterday. 1t had just one vote to
spare. Twenty-seven voted for the bill!
and nineteen against it.
The matter came up again when
Senator Whitmore attempted to have
his bill for the repeal Of the last five
years Of the capitol extension levy
placed upon the calendar. His motion
was defeated, 20 to %.
Senator Kimball then called up his
motion to reconsider the temple Of
Justice bill, and succeeded in 1dssing
it. Senator Ball was the chief speaker
in opposition to the bill and no one
spoke to defend 1t.
Unless the question Of a choice be-
tween an Office building and q temple
IF justice arise in the house, the sem
ate bill is expected to go thru and be.
come a law by narrow margin.
The new building contemplated
would be used to house the state law
library, the offices Of the supreme
court, the attorney generals depart
ment and probably few other offices.
Wife Slayer Dies Of Wound.
Burlington, March Ss. - John G.
Johnson, who was shot by Burlington
police officers at Elrick Junction Sun
lay, died at hospital here Monday
s@ }tlE
Johnson shot his wife from ambush
night and had been traced by
the officers to Elrick. Two members OF
The detective force came upon him late
IN the afternoon. Johnson attempted
to fire rife that he carried. the
same one with which the committed
The murder of his wife, but a bullet
from the gun Of one Of the Officers laid
Il m oIit The h1illnt lndpcinp In hIE nanlk.