The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-30
ANTI-GERMAN
MEASURE IS /.
DELAYED. IN
LEGISLATURE
Action Delayed Until Return
of Representative Rothrock
Protests Against Bill Are
Received.
LABOR BILL RETURNED
(By Associated Press,


INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30.-Consid-
Grafton Of tho Lowe measure, which
would prevent the use of foreign
language in the first six grades of
school in Indiana. was postponed for
one week today. when the bill was
handed in the house of the legislature
as a special order of business.
The action was taken because Of the
absence of Representative Rothrock,
of Bloomington. who Is leading the
fight to strengthen the measure and
leave no room for doubt that paro-
chial and private schools Would be
effected as well as the public schools.
Mr.. Rothrock was called away from
the city to attend the funeral of
relative.
Protests Of members Of Lutheran
churches in Laporte county and rs
residents Of Adams county against the
Lowe bill, were received.
Republican leaders Of the state SEN
ate and members Of the state central
committee have summoned all major
ity members of the senate into a eau
Gus to be held soon when an attempt
Will be made to line up the insurgents
to favor administration and platform
measures.
A steering committee may be
named.
Several bills were introduced and
all OF the constitutional amendments
up today for second reading, as a spe-
cial order Of business, were passed to
engrossment.
Senator McCray introduced the mo-
ttOn picture bill legalizing Sunday
movies and establishing the mayor and
department Of police as a board of
censorship in each city for preventing
the showing of immoral films. The
bill provides 2 o'clock as the time for
opening.
A registration bill, drawn at the re-
quest Of Governor Goodrich was intro
duced by Oscar Rats. It provides
that the county and township asses
sors should conduct the registrations
Senator McConaha introduced bill
to prevent the dismissal Of fire depart
ment members without sufficient
grounds, preventing their dismissal
without cause at the end Of each ad-
administration.
The Bidanen measure, which would
prevent Injunction and indictment pro-
ceedings against individuals or organ
izetion working to improve conditions
of labor, increased wages or shorten
ing hours Of labor was reported by the
committee on labor recommending
passage, but the house refused to ac-
cept the report and the bill was sent
back to the committee. The measure
was drafted by the council of the
state Federation OF Labor.
Provide Stock Increases.
The Cooper measure giving the
right of appeal from decisions of the
state board Of health in condemnation
OF school buildings proceedings was
passed by vote of 85 to and the
Shilling measure provided for bank in
creasing their stock in order to receive
greater sums of public sums for de-
posit was passed by vote of IS to II.
Among the new bills introduced
were the following. which provide:
Representative Cam, Frankfort, to
compel railroad and interurban COM
panies to cut thistles, burrs, and other
noxious weeds on their right-of-ways
between July and Aug. 20 Of each
year.
BY Representative Laughlin, Odon,
to repeal the law of 1903 concerning
loans being made direct to married
women.
Building Inspection.
Other bills included one to provide
for towns and cities Of more than L.
900 population erecting and maintain
ing public auditoriums and limiting
the tax levy for such purpose as not
to exceed two mills on each dollar OF
taxable; another to provide that a
person who commits arson and as
result Of which human life is lost,
shall be tried for first degree murder:
and a third to require that public
buildings constructed Of brick, stone,
concrete and like substitutes of like
character shall be inspected by man
experienced in masonry constantly
during construction.
The committee on state medicine
was to report two measures, intro
duced by Representative Swain, of
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