Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-12
STANDARD OIL TO TEST LAW
Openly Violating Provisions of New Anti
Discrimination Act,
DEMOCRATS SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE
state COmmittee called ToEether fOr
Purpose of Fixing Date for
the ComtnG state Com
Nention.
tFrom a, stan Correspondent

tFrom ~ stan Correspondent
DIES MONIES, May -(Special)-At- |
torney General Mullan will at once make
an investigation to determine to what ex-
tent, If any, the standard oil company /
and other oil companies are violating the !
! provisions Of the new law which prohibtsf
selling petroleum and its products at
| less price In part of the state than
! in another. Newspapers in verious sections
Of the state were asked today to ascertain
I the prices at which the different grades of
I oil were selling The result was wide
! variance in the figures. Palacne oil selling
/ for 1872 cents in Cedar Falls and 1915 in
! Marshalltown and other Iowa cities. The
quotations secured show that Palacine oil
| is quoted at iOii cents in Cedar Falls. 1919
in Mason City, 1914 at Marshalltown. Daven-
| port Burlington. Ottumwa, and Is cents at
! Council Bluffs. Perfection oil is quoted as
/ selling at VA cents a gallon in Centerville,
! 1914 in Cedar Falls and Mason City, III
| in Davenport Council Bluffs. Burlington
and Marshaltown, II cents at Ottumwa
/ and 12k cents at Waterloo. water White
oil is quoted at ga cents. TO- 1919, II and u
/ cents a gallon at different places over the
| state. The new law went into effect by
publication clause May >, the governor hav-
! ing signed II a day or two before. There
is some question in the minds OF some
| lawyers as to whether or not the law is
| constitutional, as it applies only to petro-
! leum and its products. Governor Cummns
| signed the law after hearing attorneys
! representing the Standard OIL company,
who asserted that It is unconstitutional
and attorneys for Iowa interests who wish
| through the operation of this law to estab-
fish refneries in this state. test case
| I,s iod thro,fph courts 70 de-
termine the consttutionality of the law.
Democratic Convention.
The call for a meeting Of the democratic
| state central committee to be held at the
Slavery hotel May Is, was issued today by
c. w. Miller of waverly, secretary Of the
state committee, acting for S. B. Morrison
Of Harlan. the state chairman. The com
mittee will meet at 2 o'clock and Will IN
the time and place for the state conven-
ton It is believed that It will not be held
till after the republican state convention,
4 which has been called for August l in this
city The democratic convention will likely
| be held August 8 or 10. The call for the
meeting OF the central committee revives
the discussion Of candidates for governor.
Jerry Sullivan, candidate at the last cleo
ton, Judge Martin J. Wade of Iowa City,
General j. b. Weaver of Colfax and Judge
| ). M. fhTSOnS Oi DtS NhOluSSf LOihhoiiS VI
Rock Rapids are names mentioned for the
position thus far.
wants Injunction Dissolved.
Relying on the disclosures made IN the
! trial OF President Bechtel of the Northwest
ern National Life Insurance company of
Minneapolis. Attorney j. A. Dyer will file
AT the present term of the federal court
a motion to dissolve the injunction against
himself. Soon after, as attorney for r.
Nesbit and other policy holders, he brought
suit against the company for q receiver,
the attorneys for. the company secured an
a., Injunction against Attorney Dyer restrain
ing him from getting other policyholders
i to join in the suit.
One Baby ReAcues Another.
! When Mrs. liver Newlen ran TO the rear OF
! her home because OF the cries OF her 4-year-
old baby, she found the baby holding TO
1 the dress of a younger sister, which had
fallen through an opening on the back
| porch and was about 10 drop to a cement
/ sidewalk underneath.
Lewis Miles Brother Dead.
r. W. Miles a brother of Lewis Miles.
j United States district attorney for Southern
Iowa. died today I'm the Methodist hospital
4 in this city, where he had undergone an
! operation for cancer of the stomach. The
i remains were taken today to Mount Ayr'
i Says Cigarettes DO No Injury.
Henry Mcdonald, a tramp who was given
one hour in which to leave town. said to-
day that he has smoked about $4,000 cigar
cites in the last twelve years and claims
that they are not injurious. For the past
four years he claims he has smoked an
average of forty cigarettes a day, for the
five years before that, twenty-five a day
and for three years before that an average
of ten day.
Making Cement shingles.
Articles of Incorporation OF the Leusch
Manufacturing company Of Waterloo, with
an authorized capital OF 10000 were filed
with the secretary of state today. The
articles state that the company will manu-
facture and sell cement shingles and ma
chinery for making the same
Plumbers settle strike.
+ The strike Of the plumbers of this city has
been settled by compromise on 1915 a
z day. The wages formerly were $3.50 and the
: plumbers struck for s.
Republican Conventions.
Republican county conventions will be
held tomorrow in Appanoose, Washington
Harrison and Monroe counties.
Z WIN Avoid Floods.
2 Isham, one of the consulting engineer:
3 of the Panama canal. will be in this city TO.
: morrow to make inspection and report
!. on the Des Moines and Raccoon river
bottoms and methods of improving them
lie Is brought by the city council, which
Is under instructions from vote Of the PEG
= pie at the city elections, TO improve :h'
y rivers so as 10 prevent floods During The
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