Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-12-06
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Court Martial for Captain kulp.
Des Moines.-Captain Kulp Of the
Davenport company Of the Iowa Ma
tional Guard will have to stand trial
by court martial.
Adjutant General Thrift said when
told that the fight was carried out as
planned, that an inquiry would be in
stituted at once and the captain Of
the Davenport company charged be-
fore court martial.
| A dishonorable discharge is the
maximum penalty under the state
| military code.
After having wired and written
Sheriff Louis Eckhardt at Davenport
that the law against prize fighting
must be enforced, Governor Cummins
Immediately started a careful, person
al inquiry to determine in his own
mind whether there was concealed in
tention to make prize fight out of
what was advertised as sparring ex-
hibition. This investigation satisfied
him that the intent was to have a
prize fight.
| Thereupon he called Adjutant Gen
| eral Thrift to his office and directed
him to order out the Davenport COM
pany of the national guard and stop
the exhibition or fight.
General Thrift at once telephoned to
| Captain Kulp and ordered him to stop
the fight. He also sent this tele-
gram:
ITO Captain o. w. Kulp, Daven-
port, Iowa: BY the direction of the
governor of Iowa, you will assemble
your company under arms at your
armory at the earliest possible mo-
ment and stop the prize fight to take
place in your city this evening. Wire
answer. Thrift, Adjutant General"
Governor Cummins at once wired
Sherih Eckhardt that he had ORDER
ed out the soldiers to stop the fight,
that investigation had satisfied him
that 1t was to De fight in violation
OF the law, and he asked the sheriffs
cooperation with the soldiers in pre-,
venting the violation. This telegram
was sent coincident with the issuance
OF orders, personally, by General
Thrift to the soldiers.
An answer was Immediately receiv,
cd by General Thrift from KUN that
he had issued his orders, was then on
his way to the hall where the fight
was to come off. and that his company
was assembled at the armory and
would follow him to the hall In com,
mand of the lieutenants.
Two dispatches sent later by Gen,
eral Thrift brought no answer, and
he wired for an explanation, but this
telegram was also ignored Kulp will
be court martialed for violation of the
rule requiring immediate replies.
Board Must Have Information.
Dec. 10 has been fixed by the state
railroad commission for second
conference with shippers and express
company representatives relative tai
rates.
At preliminary hearing on the
18th, statements were made by those
asking for reduction and equalization
OF rates and by the express company
people. who insisted that their rates
were plenty low enough. The com.
missioners informed the express com,
pany representatives that the board
must be furnished with adequate in,
formation concerning their rates and
their earnings and expenses, their
capitalization and the value of their
property.
It was stated during the hearing
that the total value of all of the prop,
erty owned by the express companies
In the state of Iowa is $4,000. But
1t was stated. also that the companies
paid the railroads about one-half Of
their gross earnings. The railroads
In Iowa received last year from ex,
press companies $1,475,s62. The ex.
press companies therefore earn in
Iowa, according to this statement,
about $3,000,0OO year. Their net
earnings have not been disclosed.
The total earnings of the railroads
doing business in Iowa from express
companies on their entire lines was
last year about 100000. But it ID
known that the railroads do not aver,
age half the receipts Of express com,
panies.
Spencer Convicted Second Time.
Carl NJ. Spencer was convicted in
federal court on the 21st of making
false entries in the books of the Des
Moines National bank, where he was
employed as collection teller. After
being out only half an hour the Jury
returned verdict finding him guilty
on all ten counts of the Indictment
The government proved that on five
different occasion Mr.. Spencer receiv,
ed checks for large amounts and en-,
tered them on the transit lodged Of
which he had charge as 500 less than
they called for, pocketing the DIFF,
ference.
Mileage Books To Be Restored.
Mileage books. which were abolish.
ed when the 2-cent fare laws went
into effect last July, will be restored
Dec. Is. Official announcement to
this effect has been received by the
Rock Island officials here It is ex
pected that other roads will restore
them on the same date
Mrs. Huegle Is Out.
G. b. Akers of Oak Park Is now
superintendent of the Polk County
schools. a.. G. Thornburg, who was
held by the supreme court to be legal.
ly entitled to the office, rendered his
resignation on the 18th and late in
the afternoon the board OF superyis,
| Org p1ectad Mr. Alarc 70 All A.. =.