Omaha daily bee., 1907-05-12
The Great Gas Saver
Special Election called.

made for giving the railroad commission or
the adjutant general additional room.
Special Election called.
The special election to vote on the
question Of the adoption Of the commits
sion plan OF government for Des Moines
has set today by Mayor G. L. Mattern
for June 20.
Freight Handlers Organize.
A union of the freight handlers in Des
Molnes was effected last night when the
charter arrived and officers were elected
The strike that started a few Gays ago
has been settled by the railroad accepting
the terms of the men and allowing them
pay and half for all time over the reg
ular number of hours a day.
Frost Makes More Scare.
Another scare was given the fruit men
of Iowa last night by frost that listed
the state. 1t went down to thirty-four
in Des Moines and the frost covered the
state east of the Missouri divide. 1t is
vhe coolest mark for May for seventeen
years The previous cold mark WAS May
10, 1890, when 1t 49, 1t is feared
that the cold of last night has injuI ed
the apples, which had escaped the pre-
vious cold nights 1t registered t'Ienty-
six above in Iowa Falls, the coolest point
in the state; twenty-seven at MARSHALL
town, twenty-eight at both Charles City
and Baskerville and twenty-nine at sibley.
Daughter Brings DRmRRe suit.
In the dispositions in the federal court
taken in the case of Miss Lulu Gresham
against the quincy, Omaha & Kansas city
railroad, questions were asked and testi-
mony produced that for time seemed TO
put a stop 70 the suit. Claim agents Of
ham, under her own name and under the
name of Miss Lulu Riddenour, had
brought many suits against railroads for
personal injuries, and one time as Mrs
Riddenour 1t was further testified to
that she had lived at apartments in this
city as Mrs W. e. Brown and the man
with her was Identified as a barber Of
Des Moines II was testified to that when
suing one railroad as Mrs. Riddenour
there was man with her supposed to
be Mr.. Riddenour, who wac not the Dcs
Moines barber. Miss Gresham's Il Their,
who attended the trial and who seems
, to be an honest Missouri farmer, was
, thunder struck by the trend Of the -esti-
mony and sought 10 have II stopped.
. Miss Gresham is suing for $4,000.
Doctors Meet I'm Cedar Rapids.
The Iowa state Medical society VIII
meet in Cedar Rapids the coming week,
the convention opening Wednesday.
knights of Columbus.
A meeting of the state convention OF
the knights OF Columbus will be held IN
Waterloo next week.
CFOEslcy II Appointed.
Colonel George w. Crossley Of Webster
City has been designated by Colonel
Clark Of Cedar Rapids department COM
mander Of the Iowa Grand Army Of the
Republic, as the old soldier member on
the commission that will direct the prep
aration OF the material for the soldiers
roster. The certificate Of appointment
will be made out by Governor Cummins
at once and the commission will then
soon have a meeting for the purpose OF
starting the work. Colonel Crosslsy was
at one time warden Of the Anamosa pen
itentiary. He was a member OF the 'ohird
Iowa during the civil war.
Thrift Gets troops.
Adiutant General Thrift today retu ned
from Fort Leavenworth, Kas, whore he
went TO make arrangements with the reg
ular army officers for the maneuyers that
will be held with the state troops the
coming summer. He has the promise Of
the Fort Leavenw0rth officers OF their
support and cooperation. II is i4ntici-
pated that a number Of the regular amy