Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 31, 1910, Page 3

THE BEE OMAHA, MONDAY, NUARY Council Bluffs FIFTY-EIGHT ~ ENTER RING Municipal Office Appears Thing to Be Desired. THREE BIG WARD FIGHTS Candidates in Fiest, Fifth and Sixth Are in Turmoll—Sharp Battle for City Solleitor- ahip. With fifty-eight aspirants’ for municipal office anxlous to ‘serve the people in one | eapacity or another th q4 ought t> b something doing all the time between now and the primaries which will be held | Monday, February 25 For the council maniec nominations the pri ipal cor t mong both the republicans and the demo- crats will be In the First, Fifth and Sixth wards, where there are sevaral candida.es, For the republiomn ‘nomination for city solleitor a lively tontest between the pres- ent Incumbent of the office, Clem F. Kim- ball, and Attorney Thomas Q. Harrison ks looked for. The republicans have only two candi- dates for the nominatlons for two coun- climen-at-large, while the democrats have four candidates. Both parties have several candidates for the nomination for park commisgloner to succeedsJ. J. Brown, whose term expires this spring. Captain Brown 1s a candidate_for renomination by the democrats and, although he has two opponents, indications are that he will b» renominated. There are four candidates for the repyblican nomination for this office, Following (s the domplete list of the re- publican and demecratic candidates for the seyeral nominations: Republican For Mayor—John Olson. ¥or City Solicitor—C. ¥. Kimball, Thomas Q. Harrson. For City Engineer—Charles B. Reynolds. For City Treasurer—Frank T. True. For City Auditor—Jfohn F. McAneney. For Councllmen-at-Large (2)—Carl. A Mor- gan, John Fleming. For Counclman (First Ward)—Henry Ta Bioss, N. W. Williams, P. Peterson, L. T. Alpertt, G. J. Harding. ‘or Councliman (Second Ward)—Elmer E. Mianick. For Counctiman (Third Ward)—William 8. Rigdon. ‘or Councilman (Fourth Ward)—Dr. L. L. Poston, K. 8 Damon. For Councilman [Fifth Ward»—~Hans Han- son, Charles H. Warren, Luke Graham, J. G. Blisworth, Thomas Shea, Charles Forts- ner. For Councilman (Sixth Wards—H. A. Mo- sher, C. 8. Hubbard, E. I. Littlefleld. For Pdrk Commissioner—W. H. Lynchard, Jarren'F. Avdill, H. Q. MecGee, W. M. Heodrix, Democratic .Candidates. For Mayor—Thomas Malobey. For City Solicitor=Ffank Capell. For City Engineer—Samuel L. Etnyre. For City Treasurer—Warren Hough. For City Auditor—W. A. Brockle. ¥or City Assessor—W. D. Hardin. For Councilman: -urw (@—O. Younker man, Chris Loseth, A. W. Huber, L. Lee Evans. For Counctiman (First Ward)—C. D. Walt- g8 LU ¥, Faubla, Jobn J, Myrtue, J, W. Kelly. For Councliman (Second Ward)—J. Chris For Ci rd Ward) — Joh! . BlockertAv. B ey, ) T on B didates. For Councilman (Fourth Ward)—F. Beebe, Marion Parker, Otto Skodsholm, Page Mor- rison. For Councilman (Fifth Ward)—James Mo- Millen, N. . Hethers. For Councliman (8ixth Ward)—A. Bellin- ger, W. C. Boyer. ‘ For Park Commissioner—J. J. Brown, John A, Churchill, Robert ¥, Rain. A oriYs’ Nef T DEBT | INCREASES ¥ive Thousana Dollars More st End of December. Thé monthly report of City Auditor Mo- ‘Aneney showing the general financial con- dition of the city issued yesterday discloses the fact that the net debt on January 1 was M1706.08 as against $42,14%13 on De- cember 1, an increase of $5,564.50. The city, however, was not without mmple funds on Janyary 1, as the report shows that the eity treasurer held cash to the total amount of §157,823.68, made up as The cash in the city general funds was as folowst # 16,167.40 Towa SOLDIER RIVER CASE STILL ON TRIAL BEFORE COURT ity Into Cost of Comstruction, Fea Other Problems Enter Constderation. LOGAN, Soldier river dralnage case, which began here Monday, and to the exclusion of all other cases has been running during the week, Is still on trial. The ebjectors occu- pled three and one-half days in the intro- duetion of exhibits and testimony to prove the Wattles drainage project as Imprac- tleal and to establish a more practical one | 4200000, fth‘»prndlng upon the men who make | the estimates and extent of system em- braced. It is said that botn Giicnes begin practically at the same point and run over the same line a distance of two miles, thereby léaving the Wattles ditch from point of separation four and one-halt miles to the Missourl river, and the Mayne thir- teen or more to the Missour! river. How- ever, the Mayne ditch is to run through the Spboner ditch, previously constructed also through Linn lake and through a sec- tion of the Soldier river before reaching the Missourl, From an engineering point of view, the chief objection urged against the Wattles diteh is that in time of high waters of the Missour! the ditch would be flooded by the waters of the Big Muddy, and thereby be of no value In discharging the waters of the Soldier. for which the ditch is dealgned. The chief objection urged against the Mayne ditch is that while affording no more effective drainage, the cost of con- struction, comparing the two systems, would make the Mayne system prohibitive. INJUNCTION ISSUED, CLOSES SALOON'S DOORS Firm at Turin, Ia., and Dr Soldier, In., Affected by Order. at ONAWA, Ta., Jan. 30. — (Special Tele- gram.)—A temporary injunction was issued today against Alex McDonald and the Sloux City Brewing company, operating a saloon at Turin, Ia., also against J. L. Coverdale, a druggist at Soldier, Ia. Evid- ence was produced to show that McDon- ald had violated the laws by selling In- toxfeating liquors to minors. The number of returns to the county auditor from the Soldler druggist during the last sixty days were out of proportion to the popula- tion of the town and the attorney for the defendant failed to show that any contag- fous disease had been prevalent to war- rant the large volume of business. Im- mediately following Judge Oliver's decision, the doors of the Turln saloon were locked. A permanent injunction aganst both places will be asked for at the February term of the district court. PANIC AVERTED AT FUNERAL Floor Gives Way During Service Over Body of Marshalltown A Man. MARSHALLTOWN, Ta., Jan. 30.—(Spe- clal)—A crowd of people who attended the funeral of Charles E. Sherldan this afternoon were thrown into a fright and & small sized stampede was narrowly averted while the service was in progross, when the floor of one room creaked, quiv- ered and then gave way. The service wi stopped, the corpse hurriedly wheeled out of the room and the undertaker warned the mourners to keep close to the walls and leave the room slowly. An éxamina- tlon of the floor showed that three jolst in the center of the room had split and that portlon of the floor had sunk almost a foot, Short Course for Fruit Men. AMES, Ta., Jap. 30. — (Special) — At a meeting of some of the fruitgrowers In the vicinity of Council Bluffs on Decem- 9,916.46 | ber 20 a short course was organized and ka: officers elected. G. R. Bliss, representing Ta 0| the Ames Agricultural college, outlined 8,719.24 | some of the work which is usually taken 6 r’;,%‘u up at these short courses. It was defi- it oa | nitely decided to hold a four days' short toreat 1,978.60 | course from February 22 to 2, Inclusive. ?X:.‘:'é’r’.':l'!"“" b.“fifi At this short course the following crops R sk 20513 | will be taken up and studled: Apple, grape, ‘Total..... Regular oity bond: Ww"nkln Total. Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were issued yesterday to the following: Name_and Residénce. E. H. Halfer, Denver, Colo........ Bertha Bynum Emerson, Fulton, Ky Charles M. kes, Council Bluff: Belle Pinnell, Xunyon's Paw Paw Pills ko ac urll.'y by gentle methods, Bot seour. gripe or o { potato, cherry, small fruit. The following subjects will be treated: Insects, disease, spray materials, spray machinery, orchard heaters, soll management, harvesting and A packing, storage and marketing assocla- $OTNaS! ond Wuivaaty # 888421 tions, by-products, propagation, pollina- Lighting fund warran 1 tlon. Indlan creek fund warrani Prof, S. A. Beach, G. R. Bliss and Laurenz Greene from the Ames Agricul- tural college will be the Instructors and it 18 expected that some help will be re- celved from local men. This is the first short course of its kind in the state and will be watched with considerable interest by other communities. The attendance at the course is not limited to people in the vieinity of Council Bluffs, but any from different parts of the state may attend. It is hoped by the management that as many as possible will attend this course 50 as to Insure its success. Enterprises at Denison. DENISON, Ia., Jan. 30.—(Special.)—The Denison Commerelal club held one of its monthly meetings, together with a banquet, at the Hotel Denison Friday evening. Plans were made which look to great public enterprises being undertaken in the near future. One looks to the bullding of & great dam at the uniting of the Boyer and Otter creek streams six miles north of Denison and conducting the water here in huge pipe lines. Civil engineers will soon be at work to advise en the cost of construction and water power which can be generated. The fall is nearly 100 feet. As the site of the present opera house has been sold to the government for a post- office bullding and a new opera house ls needed the clib talked location and rais- ing funds for!the enterprise. There was some talk of gIVing & bonus to an exper- fenced opera house man to come in and bulld. There s an opportunity offered of gaining @ great shoe factory with, T. J. Kelly the successful retaller to manage it. Committees were appolnted to beat along all the lines mentioned and Denison means to be a big spot on the map of lowa, Guy M ¥ eed. LOGAN, Ia., Jan, 30. — (Special) — Guy Marley, the convicted murdercr of his stepmother, was given his sentence by Judge Wheeler yesterday afternoon. Mar- ley recelved his sentence With the same composure and Indifference that he dis- played during the trial. Life Imprison- ment at hard labor is the penaity. —— Pavamonia Foliaws a Cold, but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar, which stops the cough, heals the lungs and expels vae cold from your system. Ta., Jan. 30.—(Special.)—The big | in leu thercof. The promoters will oceupy two and one-half days In sustalning the Wattles project and in pointing out the unattractive features of the Mayne drain- | age project The Wattles ditch is sald to be 6.6 miles tn length; the Mayne ditch, in opposition. fifteen to sixteen miles in length; the | former, according to estimates, to cost, with laterals and,other ditches, $100,000; the latter drainage system, $36.000, $110,000 to Iowa S —. FIGAT ON 10WA COAL RATES Railway Commission Will Hear Com- plaints March 9. OUTSIDE OPERATORS FAVORED Recent Shortage Calls Attention to Fact Many Communities Are Still Dependent on Fuel from Ilinols Fields. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. %.—(Special.)—A date has been set for the hearing before the rallroad commiseion on the coal rates of Towa, and on March 9 next, the represen- tatives of the rallroads and the coal op- | erators will be permitted to thresh out their differences. It is expected that this will be one of the most Important hearings ever granted by the commission. The present coal rates in Towa were fixed about twenty years ago and at that time they were oposed by the raflroads as entirely too low. The excuse for making them low was that it was needed to de- velop the coal industry of the state. There has been a wonderful development of the coal Industry of Iowa in that time and now the total output of the state is more than ten times what it was when the rates were fixed. In the meantime the demand for coal has increased and the Illinols operators have been able to secure such rates into lowa as will enable them to compete in many parts of the state. In fact in some parts of the state they can undersell the Iowa operators. It is found also that in some parts of the state the outside operators can take advantage of the Iowa local rates and by a double billing make better rates than on @ through Interstate rate. The recent coal shortage Incident to a little stormy weather has brought sharply to the attention of lowa people the fact that the coal business s not on the best basis. It is found that the system bullt up never provides for an emergency. The rallroads and the coal companies have always been able to supply coal as needed, hence no large stocks have been main- tained. Now the demands comes from all parts of the state that something be done. Trouble with Outside Coal. Perhaps 200 or more complaints have been received in the last two months by the rallroad commission in the matter of the faflure of towns to get coal as needed. It is also found by the commission that nearly all these complaints are from towns or dealers who rely upon interstate ship- ment of coal, generally from the Lilinols fields, and that in all communities using Towa coal there has been little trouble. Twelve years ago the legislature passed a resolution asking the rallroad commis- sion to Investigate coal rates and take such action as seemed to be necessary, A thorough investigation was made and the commission found that there was no oc- casion for any change in the rate at that time. In fact it was not seriously urged by the operators or the consumers. Since then investigation has been made of some phases of the question, but no general In- quiry. Now It Is the demand of an assoclatlon of the operators which handles 76 per cent of all the coel for commercial uses that a reduction in the rate be made. It is found that in at least one instance the rallroads make a& rate. lower .than the legal lowa rate, this being done to meet competition from the outside, and from this it is inferred that a lower rate would be remunerative in Iowa. The coal busi- ness of the Iowa roads is one of ‘the largest items of profit and the case will therefore attract a great deal of attention. Lamoni Wants New Depot. The Commercial club of Laoni has asked the rallroad commission to intercede in behalf of thelr town with the Burlington raflroad and secure a new depot for the town. They represent that the present one s old and inadequate and also that in general the Burlington has not made improvements along its right-of-way as the town deserves. They set forth a long st of grievances and will be given a hearing. Branch Lines Are Suffering. A committes of the stookholders of the Atlantic, Northern & Southern raiiroad, consisting of M. N. Esbeck, Hans Madsen and Peter Lykke, called upon the raiiroad commission on behalf of that road and the merchants along the line and repre- sented thet business in the various towns reached is suffering from lack of cars and fallure to have business handled at the connecting point of Atlantic. The farmers say they have no money to pay bills because they cannot sell their stock and grain and the whole business af the towns is held up because the larger roads are using all their equipment to handle coal. Remedy for High Price Attorney General Byers is out in an in- terview, in which he points out that the direct cause of the high price era is the system under which business is being oper- ated and he states that we must look to congress for some rellef. He suggests an amendment to the anti-trust law that would make it a penal offense for any person to belong to a trust, also there should be made a permanent nonpartisan tariff commission, provision be ade for & physical valuation of rallroads, etc. He discourages the use of the boycott as a remedy for high prices. Brakeman Ends His Life, Bruce Magers, railroad brakeman, em- ployed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul rallway for a time at Perry, Ia., committed sulcide by taking morphine at 510 Sixth avenue, at 2 o'clock this morning. He was taken In an unconscious condition to Mercy hospital and died there at 8 o'clock. His act Is shrouded in mystery. The police have been called into the case. Many Insurance Reports. A large number of the reports of Insur- ance companies to the state auditor were recetved today. All the larger companies bave repbrted on the last year's business. The reports indicate that the business of the year was excellemt and especlally that business in Iowa has been growing right along. The deposits of insurance com- panies with the state of Towa to guarantee losses Increased far more last year than ever before in the history of insurance business. Relncorporate State Bank. The articles of incorporation of the Com- mercial State bank of Manchester were renewed today by filing with the secretary of state. The Central Heating company of Waterloo also flled articles. The Mystic Retall Merchants' assoclation filed ar- ticles, with $1,000 capital, for the purpose of establishing a credit and rating system in the town of Mystic. Forgets Gun is Loaded. FORT DODGE, Ia, Jan. 3.—(Special Telegram.)—Frank, 10 year old son of Mr, and Mrs. Gruber, a prominent Webster county farmer, was killed this afternoon by a boy friend when a loaded gun they were playing with was accldentally dls- charged. The boys went to the barn to play after dinner, and finding the gun there one of the boys slipped some shot into the gun and forgot it was there. The family s prostrated Omaha Will Get Military Tourney Committee Visits Des Moines Arranges for Event—Compro- mise Reached, and (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. %0.—(Special Tele- gram.)—An Omaha comimittee, consisting of C. H. Pickens, H. J. Penfold, J. C. Root, Everett Buckingham and E. B { Michaelis, held long conference with the local representatives of association, hav- ing in charge the military tournament 1o see If an agreement could not be reached. It is probable that as a result there will be a tournament at Omaha as well as one at Des Molnes, and it will not be neces- sary to fight it out between the two cities. HAWKEYES TAKE FIRST GAME Fast Grinnell Quintet Loses to Town 20 to 18. IOWA CITY, la., Jan. 30.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Brilliant spurts of clever team work gave Iowa the first of a state cham- plonship series with Grinnell in basket ball here tonight by a score of 20 to 13. Towa sprang to the front at the start of the game and the first haif ended 11 to 7 with the Hawkeyes in the lead. The feat- ure of the contest was a phenomenal bas- ket by Hyland from a sitting posture early in the game. A second long goal by Hy- land brought Iowa into a comfortable lead at a eritical point in the same half. Sluta threw most baskets for Grinnell, but was removed because of an injury received in diving after a ball, near the close of the game. Halley’s Comet in Sight. IOWA CITY,. Ia, Jan, 30.—(Special)— “Halley's comet is In view, 1 saw It yes- terday,” sald Prof. L. G. Weld, head of the department of mathematics in the Uni- versity of Iowa yesterday. “It is a con- siderable distance abo srizon and about four degrees north of Saturn, but it may be seen only by the aid of a pow- erful glass. A few weeks later in the year it will be visible to the naked eye.” Farmer Found Burned to Death. DES MOINES, Jan. 30.—Peter, Rogers, aged 70, a pioneer farmer near Tiffin, was found burned almost to a crisp by his daughter Helen early today. A charred prayer book beslde him indicates that death had come while kneeling at prayer. It is supposed that his clothing caught fire from an upset lamp near by. lIowa News Notes. LOGAN—For breaking and entering a box car, John Casper was given an indeter- minate sentence of ten years yesterday afternoon. MARSHALLTOWN—A general ralls to spread throughout the United Brethren de- nomination in the state of lowa, is being planned to aid the local congregation to bulld a church here next summer which will cost between $10,000 and $12,000. HAMPTON—The annual tield meet of the Boone Valley Athletic_mssoclation will be heid here on May 20. The association con- sists of nine high schools in the north central part of the state. S. R. Fritz of the local school Is secretary of the associa- tion. { MARSHALLTOWN—Mrs, ‘Austin Ash, a young mother, was ed insane . this afternoon and ordered taken to the state hospital at Cherokee, Mrs. Ash became in- sane following the birth ‘of her child. Be- fore her marriage she was Miss Eina Granger, a Monona county, lowa, young woman. IOWA FALLS—Frank D. Peet, cashler of the State National bank, has just purchased the Trainer farm about two miles east of this city. at $97.50 an acre. It is stated that it {s Mr. Peet's Intention to make a model stock farm of the place, being ideally lo- cated for such a farm. it contains ninety- one acres and is already well improved. Its close proximity to town, with~superior educational facilities and éasy access to market, makes the place a very desirable one for a home. NEWTON—Because the city councll saw fit to pass a milk inspection ordinance which requires that milk cannot be sold in the town from cows which have not been tested for tuberculosls, Newton lIs threatened with a milk famine. Today three ot the four dairymen who supply the bulk of tho trade notified thejr customers that they would serve them no longer unless the ordinance was repealed. As the councll is standing “pat” on the ordinance, the pros- pects of a milkless town are good. pecial)—A few weeks ago Arthur Bruhm, a German, 40 years old, was taken into custody on the charge of insanity. It developed, howe ever, that he was just mentally unbalanced and not very violent, but it was evident that he would become a county charge. It was learned through the examination that he was not a naturalized cltizen of the United States and it was thus impossible for the county to have any jurisdiction over him. State Attorney Herbert took up correspondence with the Department of Commerce and Labor at Washington and explained the situation. The department ordered Richard Davis of Minneapolls, an inspection immigration agent, to come to this city and examine Bruhm. He finished the examination today and announced that Bruhm and his wife would have to be deported to Germany. The wife came over here in June and the husband followed in the early fall, but both were practically without funds and they were incapacitated for earning money. It was on this account that the action was taken to send them back to Germany. The cittidren, who live near here, were anxlous to take care of their parents, but they were not in a posi- tion to assume the burden. | S MITCHELL, 8. D., Jan. 30. I Wyoming buit in Court. DEADWOOD, §. D., Jan. 30.—(Special)— Judge Rice In the circuit court has just decided one of the most important civil suits tried here in years by rendering a verdict In favor of the plaintiff in the case of J. C. Spencer of Newcastle, Wyo., against Willlam H. Lyman, et al, of Ke- wanee, 1ll, involving $30,000. A pecullar feature of the case was the fact that both parties to the suit lived in another part of the country and the property sued on was near Cambria, Wyo, but the sult was tried here as the transaction took place in Lawrence county. Some two years ago Spencer sold to. the defendants some coal lands in the Cam- bria district, they contracting to pay $40, 000. One fourth of this amount was paid down in cash when the defendants declined to carry out the contract on the ground that the titles conveyed were insufficlent. To secure these titles Spencer has made two trips to Bombay, Indla, and has spent over $15,000 In money and some fifteen months' time, Judge Rice held the con- tract valid and gave judgment against the defendants for the remaining $30,000. | Financial Troubles Cause Sulclde PIERRE, §. D., Jan. %0.—(Special Tele- gram.)—Herman Schroeder, proprietor of a news and cigar stand here, committed sul- cide late this afternoon by shooting himself through the head. Financlal troubles are rumored to have been the cause of the act. He leaves a wife and several small children. A medicine need not be disagreeable to be effective. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is pleasant to take and always cures. - fowa | —— (OL. PALNER TO RUN ACAIN Announcement Made He Will Try for Fourth Term. FIRST NAMED BY GOVERNOR SHAW Has Opposition Person of (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Ta., Jan. 30.—(Special Tel- | egram.)—Announcement was made today that Colonel David J. Palmer of Wash- | ington, Ia., would be a candidate for a fourth term as state rallroad commlis- sioner. He is now chairman of the board |and 1= a veteran member, having first been appointed by Governor Shaw. He was formerly a member of the state sen- ate for two terms and before that county auditor for two terms, so that he has had practically continuous service of the pub- lie for thirty-four years. The fact that Clitford Therne, attorney, has come out as a candldate and lives In the same town may complicate matters. The most Important case filed with the | Board of Rallroad Commissioners for the week ending January 28 was the petition | of the Towa Commercial Coal Dealers’ as- soclation by J. E. Trotter, secretary, re- questing a revision of the soft coal rates in lowa. There has not been, since the coal rates in Iowa were fixed by the com- mission, up to this time any request for a reduction in said rates. In 1892 and again In 1894 the rallroad companles requested an advance In the-Iowa coal rates, stating as a reason that such rates were unrea- sonably low as compared with other coal rates In this territory and that they were unremunerative, which requests, after ex- tended hearings, the board denied. Pub- llc hearing upon this question will be had in the office of the raflroad commissioners at Des Moines on March 9. Aside from the coal case there were thirty-seven other cases filed with the board during the week. Fourteen of these cases were for fallure to deliver coa eleven for failure to furnish cars for live stock and grain. shipments, four weré In reference to delay In transit, two relating to train service, two concerning telephones in depots, one with reference to minimum welght on live stock, one concerning sta- tion service, one alleging discrimination treight service and one being a petition for lower express rates on currency. | Wilcox Given Place. Attorney General Byers today appointed to the position of special counsel in his offics, made vacant by the resignation of Charles Wilcox, John Fletcher of Avoca. He has been In practice ten years. As special counsel he will take up important civil matters In which the state is con- cerned Fight Agaiost Tuberculosis. A working plan of co-operation was agreed upon <today between the depart- ment of the State Board of Control, hav- ing charge of tuberculosis, and the State Board of Health and the veterinary de- partment, by which there will be con- certed effort greatly to Increase the work in ending tuberculosis in Iowa. Dr. Whit- aker of the Department of Agriculture will be secured for six months’ work in the state Inspecting dairy herds. Resigns from Byers’ Office. Charfes S. Wilcox, speclal counsel in the office of the attorney gereral, ré- signed today and he will retdrn” {4’ the private practice of law. He had béetr assistant under Attorney General Byers'for a little more than a year, having 'chifge of the clvil business of the office. To Finish Out Year. trict year, once. bench, will finish out the presemt though he had planned to quit at The Bar assoclation passed resolu- tions highly eulogistic of Howe. Resolu- tions of a similar character were also passed relative to the retirement of E, R. Mason from the office of clerk of the federal court. 1 It is announced that Judge Roberts of Ottumwa will also retire from the district bench at the end of his present term, finishing a fifteen-year service. Examine Many tor Commissions. General Guy E. Logan today issued an order for two military boards to meet at his office February 10 to examine candi- dates for commissions in the guard, one board to examine five candidates for sur- geons and the other to examine twenty- three for other positions, including five captains. Collateral Tax Collections. State Treasurer Morrow reports coliez- tion of collateral Inheritance tax in Towa for the present month to be $20,251.95 from thirty-nine separate estates, Requisition was Issued today for return to Iowa from Michigan of Robert Payn and Edward Haggerty, both wanted in Kossuth county for manipulating an alleged forged check. Charge of Discrimination. The railroad commission has been asked to Investigate a case of alleged dis- crimination in the matter of switching charges between Des Moines coal mines and Valley Junction, the charge having been rajsed to §5 for a little less than two and one-half miles for one car. It is stated that there is discrimination shown, Wants Reports on Enforcement. Attorney General Byers is asking the county attorneys to make the reports contemplated under a new law in regard to the extent of enforcement of the laws in various counties. He desires reports as to saloons, gambling houses and similar places, and also asks for recom- mendations as to the law and what changes could be made to advantage. Wants Telephone Control, Governor ,Carroll, in an address at a farmers' institute at Mason City, reverted to the subject of a commission to have special charge of the corporations of the state, and indicated that he would renew his recommendations, He referred to the 3,000 telephone systems in the state and of the certainty of much merging and con- ation, but all this without regulation and control. Adequate laws are needed to properly protect the people. Denounces the Courts. In & powerful speech before the members of the Des Moines Bar association at the annual banquet in the Elks' club rooms, W. G. Harvison, one of the leading attor- neys of Polk county, made a sweeping de- nunclation of the general divorce court practice, exorcised the bar association for fallure to suggest remedies and roasted to u frazzle the judges of the local bench who, he stated, had permitted the lax condition to exist. Fraud in Auto Sal W, J. Wallace, late of Council Bluffs and a former automobile salesman, indicted on five separate counts by the grand jury for obtaining money by false pretenses through the sale of machines which he falled to deliver, pleaded gullty this morning before Judge DeGraff ta a charge of fraudulent conveyance and was sentenced to Inde- terminate impr{sonment in the penitentiary at Fort Madise | Allfsor’ ‘bt Bloux City, .| George M. Nex, Herbert 8. Shaw, all of Judge Howe, who resigned from the,dias | Cornhuskers Defeat Drake Second Time Fourth Viotory from Iowa Teams in Sucoession for Nebraska Basket Ball Five, LINCOLN, Jan. %.—(Special Telegram.) By a score of 21 to 6 the Cornhuskers' basket ball five downed the quintet trom Drake college at the university armory last night, and made their slate clean for the first half of the games In the north- orn section of the Missourl Valley league. Bight games are scheduled for each of the three teams in this division of the league for the sectional title, and the game tonight was the second the local shooters have won from Drake Last week two were annexed from Ames. The visiting players proved easier prey for the Cornhuskers than they were last night, and Coach Hewitt used an entire new team, with the exception of Captain Perry, In the second half. Drake made only two goals from fleld, one In each half. The contest was by far the roughest exhibition of basket ball violated the rules, and there was a large amount of holding, pulling with the fists. The visiting players were several times by rough tactics. the referee for his nose In & clash with one of the Corn- huskers, and for a short time his con- dition was such that it was thought ad- visable to remove him from the game. He Insisted on playing and was allowed to re- mafn in the lineup. Exceedingly poor team play and inae- curate goal tossing kept Drake from put- ting up any formidable opposition to the Cornhuskers. Captaln Perry and his crew played rings around their opponents all through the game. The Nebraska leader and Wood, the little colored guard, again were the stars for the locals. Perry shot four goals from the field. Wood made no goals, but he carried the ball, by dribbling, more than any other two men on the floor. Petrashek, at center, also played brilliant ball and tossed three goals. Debutts fea- tured more than any singie player on the visiting five. He recorded six of the points totaled by his side. Lineup: DRAKE, . J. Hoffman Debutts -Maricon Ingerwoll-Amberson Berry WO0A-Walk o Boery Goals from fiel erry (4), midt (2), Petrashek (3), Ingersoll, Hiltner, Amber- son, Debutts, C. Hoffman. Goals from free throws: Perry (3), Debutts (2). Referee: Clevenger, ex-Indiana. FORTUNE AT LAST SMILES ON HIDDEN FORTUNE MINE Dream of Years on Part of Owners Stands Good Chance of Realization, DEADWOOD, 8. D, Jan. 30.—(Special.) —Has the 11l fate that for years relent- lessly pursued the Hidden Fortune Gold Mining company and those prominently identiffed with it, finally turned? Have the scales of fickle fortune so long weighted down against the company that once promised so much, now swung in its favor? The Hidden Fortune was organizel some ten years ago by Henry J. Mayham, then of Denver, .a promoter, who was meeting with ‘great succe in floating Black Hills mining properties. The prop- erty was a good one, funds came easily nnd - stockholders tumbled over them- Kdlves fn- their eagerness to get in on the ground floor. Its officers included men prominent in the financial world, Judge J. M. Nesmith, Denver, James Moodie of Sioux City and some ' Chicago men. Finely equipped plants were constructed and then the pendulum swung. Dis agreements arose among the heavy stockholders and at once the company was plunged into expensive and seemingly in- terminable litigation. Some of the high- est legal luminaries In Denver and Chicago hastened to the fight and numer- ous suits were commenced, while the small stockholders patiently awaited the outcome. First one set of officers won a point and secured control of the prop- erty, changing the management, only to lose it in the next legal contest to another set. Charges and counter charges of a bitter nature were made and still the small stockholders walted. Then tho property was sold on execution, the Con- tinental Trust company of Denver, rep- resenting the bond holders, buying it in. More legal contentions followed. Then another factor entered the race for supremacy. Death called, one by one, the men who had engineered the fortunes of the property. James Moodie, who stood with local stockholders, passed away first. Then followed Herbert S. Shaw, the sec- retary of the company. Next followed George N. Nix, the one time manager and the last was J. H. Nesmith of Denver, the trustee for the bondholders. Even while he died, the plans were making for the new coup and just as the year closed, the Columbus properties, a dream of years' standing, was effected. Now It is an- nounced that Henry Frawley of this city, the new president, has secured the neces- sary funds to operate and that work will commence in the spring and fortune again smiles on the il fated Hidden For- tune. [ Census Men Lacking. ) LEAD, 8. D, Jan. 30.—(Special.)—Con- siderable difficulty is being experienced in securing enough census enumerators to conduct the census taking in Lawrence county next April. Although there are twenty-one to be given work of this sort in this county, there are not over fifteen applicants for the work. This is largely due to the unsettled labor conditions here as 80 many are unable to tell what they will be dolng three months from now and do not care to take a chance ‘on the short government job. Children ltke Chamberiain's Cough Rem- edy and it is prompt In effect as well as pleasant to take that has ever taken place on the local floor, Both teams and striking the chlef offenders and were penalized | their Left Guard Berry* of the Des Moines five sustained an Injury to [RAILROAD ROUTE IN TRIPP Chief Townsites to Be Winner, Jordan and Carter, LINE WILL MISS LAMRC( te with Wi Over Per- ent Location of County Seat —Spring Will Be Busy Time. DALLAS, 8. D, Jan 30.--(Special)—No recent event in the Romebud country has created more Intense Interest than was oc- casioned by the publication a few weeks ago of the route to be followed by the Chicago & Northwestern rallroad in Its extension west from Dallas. Becauss new towns were established In every neck and corner of Tripp county there was for se®e eral months much valry in claims as to where the raliroad line would go. Now all this is settled. The route is known be- yond the peradventure of & doubt. The railrond authorities have served notfce on the Indians whose allotments “will be traversed and further steps are now belng taken for purchase of the right of way. Supplies have been lald down at convenient points along the present line between Nor- folk and Dallas and construction work will begin in the spring. It would be difficult to find a situation just like that presented by Tripp county, newly opened to settlement. It has become | proverblal that hardly a township In the | county is without a postoffice. It is a tri- bute to the rapid growth of the country. It explains why there is such demand for land in this vicinity, The exodus of farme ers from the east cannot fail to attract attention. Any person who saw Tripp county last spring and. has not seen it since then would hardly know the land now. Where all was one continuous stretch of ‘prairie land, interrupted only here and there by the home of a tenant of leased land, one cannot go anywhere in the county now out of sight of a claim house., This and the promise of hundreds of new set- tlers in the spring resulted in the estab- lishment of many small towns. All Ci ot Be Pleased. Of course ali these communities wished that the railroad might come their way and there was naturally some disappoint- ments. But it is generally conceded that the raliroad company chose.the best route considering the engineering featu and the great question of future deveiopment. Much Is expected of the three rallroad towns, Winner, Jordan and Carter. The first station west of Dailas will be Colome, known as Winona (Indian for “first-born”) until the Postoffice department decided that the name must be changed owing to Its confusion with Winona, N. D, Colome is a pretty townsits, has a good start and will always be & substantial town. Carter is un the extreme western edge of Tripp county, overlooking what is left of the Rosebud reservation. Wine ner is almost in the center of Tripp county, and west of it eight and one-half miles s Jordan. v Carter 18 certain to equal, and perhaps surpass, Dallas in its growth, while Win- ner will no doubt be chosen as the per- manent county seat, now temporarily at Lamro, The three towns of Winner, Jor- dan and Carter, are promoted by the Western Townsite company, an organiza- tion which is the outgrowth of the com- pany which founded Dallas and made such A success of it. Ernest A. Jackson is the president of the company. Among the sue- cessful lawyers and land men wssociated with him are his brothers, Graydon and Frank, Don. H. Foster, general manager of the company, Kugene Barnum, Opie Chambers and E. C. Patterson, ‘The work which has been done to give the towns a firm basis Is phenomenal. Already there has been an exodus from Lamro to Win- ner, showing that there is the utmost con- fidence in the success of Winner, and the permanent location of the county seat there. Some of the business men of Lamro have refused for the present to change, owing to the expense of moving, and be- cause they belleve there is a'chance for Lamro to retain the county seat. Lamro or Winner. The raflroad officlals have placed the townsite privileges entirely in the hands of the Western Townsite company, having full faith In the Integrity and reliability of the men who have made such a success of Dallas. There will likely be a suffi- clent show of strength on. the part of Lamro to make a contest over the county seat, but judging from the way the busine houses have decided to locate at Winne it 1s safe to assume that when the time comes for voting the bulk of influence will be with Winner. There is a strong senti- ment throughout the county in favor of having the county seat located on the rall- road. The town of Carter will be the dls- tributing point for the country to the west of it, just as Dallas has been the supply center for Tripp county. Many of the business firms In Dallas, which were es- tablished only In the hope of doing a re- tall busin have grown inte wholesale distribaters and some of them have been known to send as’'mudh ‘&&’$1,008 worth of goods Into Tripp county in'a single day. With portions of the Rosebud’ reservation likely to be thrown open to settlement within a year or two, Cartet will be the center of Interest, as many business en- terprises will locate there in anticipation of success such as was experfenced at Dallas, On account of its location on .the threshold of Mellette and Todd countics, parts of which will be the next land opened to settlement, Carter Is certain to be chosen as one of the registration points and as the place where the drawing for the land will be Held, . ! A Traveling saresm: H. F. Beers, 611 Tth ‘ave., Peoria, 11, writes: "I have becn troubled for some time with kidney. trouble, so severely at times I could scarcely, carry” my' grips, After using one bottle of Foley's Ridney Pills I have been: entirely relleved, and cheerfully recommend them to all.”. Foley's Kidney Pills are healing and antisceptia and will ‘restore health and strenggh. Solq Ly all druggist: The key to the situation—Bee Want Ads. | ) A - - - i X4