The Princeton union., 1919-09-18
LAST DAY OF SESSION
Legislature Adj0urns Tonight and
Many Measures Introduced
Still Await Action.
Tonnage Tax Bill Passes Lower House
But the Primary Measure is
Still Up in the Air.

but the Urinary measure ~
Still Up in the Air.
The house passed bill on Friday
repeating all rules, regulations and
laws put into effect by the state safe
ty commission by vote Of SO to 8.
Under this measure the commission
itself is also dissolved. Before the
vote was taken Representative Glea-
son said the commission had outlived
it's usefulness. The senate killed
-, similar bill at last winters session.
Senator James Dwyer offered bill
imposing license fee for motion pic
ture theaters of $4,000 year for
cities of $4,000 population, $1,000 a
year for cities from 10000 to $4,000,
and $500 for the smaller towns. 1t
declares motion picture theaters to be
Impressed with a public duty" and
gives the railroad and warehouse com-
mission exclusive jurisdiction to fix
reasonable admission charges. A re-
turn of 6 and 10 per cent on the capt.
tai invested is declared to be reason
able, but until the state commission
has ordered otherwise, the bill fixes
20 cents as the maximum admission
fee in cities of more than $4,000 and
10 cents in other places.
Sensational evidence regarding the
diversion into the hands Of an attorney
of so per cent Of the moneys appro-
priated last winter by the legislature
:, for the benefit Of families of the Min
nesota home guard and motor corps
who died from effects of exposure
while on duty in the Moose Lake dis
trict following the big fire in the fall
of 1918, was brought out on Saturday
at hearing before the senate finance
committee
Under the severest grilling ever i'm
posed on a witness before any sem
ate committee, Francis Cary, Mime
apolis attorney and judge advocate of
the Minnesota Motor corps, was COM
PEELED to admit to the committee that
the benefciaries received not more
that so per cent of the money ap-
propriated for their benefit. The
charges are that Cary was guilty of
unprofessional conduct in handling
claims for the estates Of Martin Lar
son, John H. Paulzine, Thomas COLES
and George Vader. The Larson estate
received $4,000; Pauline estate, ST.
500; the COLES estate, $4,000, and the
Vader estate, $2,500.
The Bendixen tonnage tax bill, pro-
viding tax of per cent on iron ore
for state purposes only, passed the
house Son Friday. It Incorporates an
amendment which puts one-third Of
the tax into the state school fund.
=. Iver J. Lee introduced a bill in the
> house as substitute for the Babcock
amendment. While the Babcock
measure provides for 1894 miles of
hard surfaced roads, the Lee bill re-
tains the routes designated by the
Babcock bill, but adds ,543 miles ap-
portioned to the counties so as to give
each county 80 per cent of it's present
total road mileage. The additional
mileage is to be located by the coun-
ty boards.
Under this bill all roads are to be
graveled surface and the state is not
to pay for hard surfaced roads until
rs per cent Of the total mileage has
been constructed.
Senator w. A. Nolan introduced a
bill providing drastic remedies for sup
preston ofIbank holdups. It provides
life sentence for even an attempted
holdup instead Of 10 years. The pen
atty applies to any person who with
intent to commit crime by means Of
threats, coercion or violence shall en-
~ter any room where money is being
received on deposit in which at the
time there is human being. .
First steps in getting a vote on
primary election bills at the extra ses-
sion Of the Minnesota legislature were
taken on Saturday, when the house
election committee introduced a bill
providing for the double primary sys-
tenn. Chairman C. H. Warner on
Tuesday moved to make the bill a
special order for the following day
and the motion prevailed.
The soldiers bonus bill passed the
house on Friday by vote of 124 to O..
The bill carries an appropriation of
j $40, 1000, 900, from which each man in
the military or naval service is to re-
ceive bonus of SIS for each month
of service. The state is to issue GER