Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-05
HOUSE ADOPTS
BILL FOR PROBE
OF ZION CITY
Accepts Substitute Measure Tx
tend Scope Of Investigation
to Other Sects.
SOLDIER ACT Is HELD BACK
Plan to Give Fighters Preference
On Civil Service Lists De-
Iayed-BiIis Passed.

house today without a record vote
adopted the substitute resolution of
the committee on license and mis-
cellany for that of Representative
Shurtleff providing for an investi-
cation Of the real estate operations
of Wilbur Glenn Voliva at Zion
City. There was no debate. The
substitute resolution has the effect
of extending the scope of the inves-
tigation to other sects or organiza-
tiOns that might be suspected OF
illegal or improper activities.
The resolution now goes to the
senate for concurrence and no OPP
position, ii is said, has manifested
itself in the upper branch.
A board of inquiry of five senate
and five house members would be
empowered to make the investiga-
ton.
While the resolution is aimed
at Voliva, a clause in it says,
there are other institutions and
pretended organizations soliciting
funds and deceiving people and
praying upon the public of the like
and same nature"
A subcommittee of the license
and miscellany committee, after
hearings at Chicago, recommended
an investigation and the resolution
was favorably reported out last
night
Soldier Bill Sent Back.
On objection Of Representative
Shearer of EIgin the house sent
back to second reading for amend
ment house bills of Representative
Castle OF Chicago, giving soldiers
and sailors of the world war pref
erence on civil service lists.
Bills passed by the house fol-
low:
Vote of 40 to 0, (Frisch) trans
ferring state land at Jacksonville to
city for pumping plant.
Vote of 131 to l (Scanlan) auth
orizing county judges to name sue
cessors to appointive members OF
board of review on or before July l.
Vote of 1876 to 0 (Deiterich) to
increase from three to five mills
the tax for hospitals in cities of
from 1900 to 100000 inhabitants
and to authorize bond issues for
this purpose.
Vote of 1870 to Boyd to estab-
lish public comfort stations and
levy two mill tax therefor.
Vote of $50 to (Miller) increas-
ing salaries of probation officers in
counties of third class from 81 500
to $4,000.
Names Probe Committee.
Speaker Shanahaa named Repre-
sentatives Holiday. Frisch, Muel-
Ter, Igoe and Garesche members of
the joint committee to investigate
alleged price fixing of building ma
teriaI under the Daley resolution,
and Representatives Bippus,
Mintz and kasseTman to inquire
into the offer of 100000 car loads
of gravel at Tamms, Ill.
Representatives Hicks, Rench1er,
Wall, Vance and Arthur Roe, were
named to report on the advisable
ity of installing house voting ma
chimes as proposed in the Hicks
bill
The rat bounty bill of Represen-
tative Rice of Lewistown was
amended on second reading to ap-
ply only to house rats"
In the senate the Cook county
budget relief bill Of Senator Daley
went to third reading without op-
position. The senate cCncuTred in
the amendments to the kessinger
vocational education bill striking
out reference to civil service and
the measure went 10 Governor Low
den for his signature.
Senator Canaday's bill increas-
ing the mothers pension fund tax
from three-tenths OF a mill, to one
mill, was advanced to third read
! ing.
Over attempts of Democratic
members to amend. the senate az
vanced to third reading by a strict
party vote the bill Of Senator Bar
bour proposing civil service Tor
Cook county The amendment by
Senator German, Democrat, de-
feated % to Il. would have permit
ted the appointment OF the county
civil service commission by the
president Of the county board.
Senator Dunlap's bill to compel
owners of automobiles to pay full
year license fees went over until to-
morrow after an Intellectual part to
pass it.
Home Rule Bills Introduced.
Companion bills. hacked by the
Illinois municipal home rule league |
were introduced in the senate by
: Senator Jewell and in the house by
Representative Wanless proposing !
that cities dissatisfied vita control |
s of utilities by the public utilities /
commission be permitted TO exercise /
home rule when authorized by a !
referendum.
Submit Boxing Bill.
The boxing bill drawn at the in |
stance of the Chicago city council /
was introduced in the house today /
by Representative Frank McDer- /
mott, Democrat of Chicago 1t wen. |
to the license and miscellany COM /
mittee.
Control of boxing in cities of |
100000 or over would be vested |
in an athletic commission author |
lied by city ordinance and named |
by the mayor, salaries to be fixed |
by the ordinance. Boxing matches 1
outside of cities of 100000 inhabi- |
tants would be directed by state |
commission of three named by the |
governor, the salary to be $1,000 |
annually, two of the members to |
be from the same political party. |
No reference is made in the bill |
to decisions. Gloves will not be /
less than six ounces in weight, and
matches would not exceed ten
rounds. License fees are fixed at
from S25 to $4,000, and five per
cent of the total gross receipts OF
any bout would go to the athletic
commission if in cities Of 100000,
Or to the state otherwise.
Sunday matches are prohibited,
and penalties fixed for violation of