Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-02
OVER CONGRESSMAN
Little Hope of Settling it in Time to
Certify Names for Ballot.
BOY Is NOT HELD FOR MURDER
Inst week Has Been the Most Favor
able of the Season for
in Farm CrOps--Automo-
biIes on Increase.
1rrom a staff correspondent

Il III a "a
DIES MONIES, Ia, July Politician
and lawyers alike believe that IT Is next
to impossible to get the legal tangle regard
ing the republican nomination for congress
man In the Seventh district unraNeled III
time for any name to go onto the ballot
Congressman j. A. T. Hull, chairman OF
the military affairs committee OF the
house, who Is seeking denomination and
election for a ninth term. and his oppon-
ent. Judge S. F.. Prouty, will thus have
to go on by petition, and there Is little
doubt but both will go on.
The tangle is IN relation to Dallas county.
One Of the candidates for county auditor
there defeated the other for the nomina-
ton by four votes, The defeated mai filed
a petition for a recount. The law pro-
vides that If there Is a recount on any
votes there must be a recount on all. Con-
gresham Hull rested on his oars while
the recount was being made on auditor.
He and Judge Prouty each had friends
present to tally up the vote on congress-
man and they found that Prouty will gain
about seventy-five or eighty votes on a
recount on congressman. This would be
| enough to give him the nomination and
Congressman Hull then promptly asked for
an Injunction to stop any further count.
Judge Gamble granted the temporary in
junction and this will be heard on Septem-
Der 2 at Adel by Judge Nichols. There
would be a bare possibility that this could
be appealed to the supreme court, which
meets September %, and that the supreme
court could give a final decision by Octo-
Der 10, the day on which the secretary of
state must certify the copy for the cleo
ton ballots to the county auditors. But
there is an equity action also started in
Dallas county by a private citizen. This
cannot be tried at the September term and
there is no possibility of its going through
the courts in time. Unless this is with
drawn the thing is tied up hopelessly.
Furthermore, it endangers the whole
state ticket, for without the vote in Dallas
county the executive council cannot certify
the copy for the ballots for state officers
for any party. 1t is believed that a way
will be found to get the equity action
withdrawn.
Witness Indicted for Perjury.
william Marshall was indicted today by
the grand jury for perjury because of his
testimony in behalf Of Lamonte Fred
ericks, the negro tried for an assault upon
Mrs. w. II. Riser, a white woman. Mar
shalIs testimony freed Fredericks.
Boy Not Held for Trial.
After an examination of witnesses in
the Juvenile court today, Judge McHenry
remanded Kenneth Reeves, the lO-year-
old boy who killed a playmate, to the
custody of his parents. The case Will be
presented to the grand jury in the fall'
but the court intimated that there would
be no indictment and said that all the evil
dence showed the whole affair was sim
ply a boys fight accidentally resulting In
death. While he deplored the death he
felt that the evidence showed that the
Jenkins boy struck first, and that the
-. -.z.sI. ,LauroJ tho shirt Of
any American boy in striking back.
Automobiles Increase.
Automobiles have increased to 6,l36 in
Iowa. The state law requiring that au-
tomobiles be registered with the secre-
tary Of state was passed and went into
effect in June, 1904. The first automo-
bile was registered June 81, 1904. The
increase by yearly periods since that time
is as follows: June 80, 1905, 1925; June
80, 1906, 2,213: June 80, 1907, S,76S; June
q, 1908, 6,136.
Commander Names Staff.
Department Commander Milliman of the
Grand Army Of Iowa Monday announced
officers for staff positions, as follows:
Department Inspector, T. R. Irons
Judge advocate, Fred o'Donnell, Du-
Chief mastering officer, H. H. Rood,
Patriotic Instructor. Robert Kisslck.
Senior aide and chief of staff, Lee
Dakin, Logan.
Committee on Soldiers Home, Phil Schaii-
Ter of Sac City, George Monlux or RocH
; Rapids, d. r, Witter of Council Blutts,
j. W. Krapfel Of Waterloo, Levi S. Moos
! of Des Moines.
Committee on Soldiers Orphans HONG
Clark Wickersham of West Branch, {. f,
Kellogg of Clinton, Gus Schmidt of Mus
! Catine, John e. Jayne of Iowa City and T.
r J. Wood of
Freight Rates Down.
5 Freight rates will be reduced July "a
= ~ the Rock Island from the east Ia
h. Fonts. The information reached Des
! Moines today. other lines entering Des
e Moines have not received such orders yet
= but they are expected soon. This rate Is
Cne that the Commercial club and Greater
lDes Moines committee have been tight
ing for for some months and the reduc'
ton is enough to remove the discrimlna'
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