Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-23
AFTER LIQUOR LEGISLATION
A%nti-saloOn League Wants Some Amend
ments to Dipsomaniao Law,
STORM DOES MUCH DAMAGE OVER IOWA
Dickinson County Experiment with
Township Central school Has
Proven = Great
Success.
(FrOm a starr correspondentl

DIES MONIES, May 22.-(Special.)-A
meeting of the legislative committee of
the State Anti-saloon league was held here
and also of the general executive commit.
tee, and an outline Of the work for the
year was made. H. H. Abrams Of Iowa
City, superintendent of enforcement work
for the league, was directed to devote
his entire time to work in the interest of
new legislation. He will also give his as
sistance to the state officials in the en-
forcement of the inebriacy law passed at
the last legislature and support of the dip
somaniac hospitals. He made a report to
the meeting of the work being done at the
state hospital at Mount Pleasant to tho
effect that on close examination he IL con-
vinced that the most perfect work in the
line of actually curing men Of their taste
for liquor is being done there. He in
vestigated fully the methods pursued there
and found that a great work In being Ro-
~complished. The league will bend all its
energies to betterment of the law and to
securing a separate institution for the In
e~briates. Several other minor laws viii
be asked for also, but in the main the
laws are found to be satisfactory. One of
the laws TO be asked for is one to de-
fine a bootlegger and to provide for in
functions against such persons. The an
nual state meeting of the league will be
held in Des Moines in october.
The annual meeting of the State Mar
shall clubs will be held in Gtinnell next
week, at which time that organization will
lay plans for the pushing before the legis-
lature of a law to provide for state mar
shals especially empowered to enforce pro-
hibition.
storm Results in Iowa.
The heavy storm which ragged in the
western part of the state yesterday after.
noon struck Des Moines after midnight
last night and Las inches of rain fell before
daylight. A vast amount of lightning was
reported and 1t descended in numerous
places. A bolt struck the Utica clothing
store in the retail district and tore a great
hole in the roof, which let in water SUM-
cient to damage the goods to the value of
about $500. A large number OF trees were
struck, but no person was injured. In the
country south of Des Moines the rainfall
is reported to have been still heavier than
here and a great amount of damage was
done crops.
Supreme Court Decisions.
The following were the supreme court
decisions rendered today:
E. Mayer against H. o. Baird, appellant;
Pottawattamie county, Judge Wheeler; az
irmed, by Weaver.
G~ssilagher; HARRISON county Judse Macy:
affirmed. by Sherwin.
MARY Mccormick, appellant. against The
Sac county. Judge Elwood; affirmed, by
j, H. Kircher against Town of Larch-
wood, appellant. Lyon county, Judge
HUTCHINSON; reversed. by Bishop,
pany, appellant, against Benton County
Creamery Company; Benton county. Judge
Burnham; modified and afirmed, by Ladd.
NNhn FIn II NnUTannNh aNRAllanH aaH
Odgen Plow Company: Cedar Rapids,
superior court, Judge Giberson; reversed,
by McClain.
New Bank, at CIarinda.
The state auditor this morning char
tered the Clarinda Trust and Savings bank,
a new financial institution, with a capital
of $4,000. The president is William Orr
and the cashier A. F.. Galloway. Business
will be commenced by the bank tomorrow.
An amendment to the Incorporation pa
pers of the Mexican Land, Lumber and
Fuel company of Des MoiRes was filed to-
day, fixing the number of directors at nine.
Congressman ]. A. T.. Hull is president Of
the company.
The articles of incorporation of the Des
Moines Hard Mortar company, capital
1 5000, were filed with the secretary OF
state by Charles e. Lyon.
Central school commencement.
State Superintendent Barrett went today
to Terril, Dickinson county. where he will
speak at the annual commencement of the
township school, one of the pioneer con.
solidated rural schools OF the state and
one that has proven the wisdom of the
policy OF consolidation. The schools of
the entire township were consolidated into
one central school a few years ago and a
grade system established. The school is
demonstrating what can be done toward
improving the rural schools by adopting
this new system. The state superintendent
is advised that three other townships ad-
Joining have also made a commencement in
the work OF centralizing. He will take
along a camera and gather pictures and
information as to the workings of the con.
solidation plans in that part of the state.
Encouraging state Certificates.
The state department of education Is
sending out a circular to the county super.
intendents calling attention TO the action
Of the State Board of Examiners with
reference to examinations for teachers
certificates. For many years" states the
circular, the amount of teaching expert
ence required before nongraduates of nor
NAL schools or Institutions maintaining
equivalent courses of study could be ad-
mitted to the examination has been three
years of thirty-six weeks each. BY the
recent change the future requirement for
admission to the examination for state
certificates will be two years OF successful
teaching experience instead of three. This
change is made in the belief that our state
should encourage in every possible way
our competent young men and young
women TO enter the ranks of the profess
! sion." 81
Fix Up the Rise Range.
General Byers returned today from in
spection of the state rife range in Linn
county. He made arrangements to have
the targets and supports all rebuilt and the
range put in hrst-class condition. as Il
had been neglected in recent years and was
not good for the work OF the guard. The
date for the state rife shoot has not been
determined. but It is probable that this
year the target practice will all occur at
the time of the regimental encampments
and that all OF them will be at the state
rife range.