Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-05
TAFT TALKS AT STATE FAIR
Assures Managers He Will Fill Date
on His Western Trip.
MANY FARMERS LOSE MONEY
ship Hogs to Man who OGers Them
one Cent Above Market Price
Talk of Democratic Daily
in Des Moines.
MANY FARMERS LOSE MONEY
fFrom q staff Correspondent.(

CFrom a staff Correspondent.)
DIES MONIES. July DISQUALIFICATION
H. Taft will deliver an ADDRESS at the Iowa
state. fair this year. He has practically
given an assurance that he will accept the
invitation. 1t was arranged by Mr.. Taft
to come west during the summer to ac-
cept a number OF invitations to speak,
After his nomination at Chicago it was
feared that he might find it necessary to
cancel some OF these engagements. One of
these was at the Nebraska state fair.
Since his nomination he has given assur-
arce that he will fill these dates and speak
In the west and he has been induced to
come TO the Iowa state fair also. The dates
Of the Iowa state fair are August 20 TO %.
The exact date on which Taft will speak
has not yet been decided upon. Governor
Cummins, who is ex-officio member of the
State Board of Agriculture, has the matter
up with MI. Taft in correspondence and
It is expected that the date will be settled
soon.
1t is possible that the democratic nominee
for president may also attend on another
day of the fair and deliver an address.
These political days will be made the great
days Of the state fair of this year If the
plans of the state board are perfected.
New Interest in Court-MnTtial.
New interest was aroused at Fort Des
Moine5 in the court-martial of Major
Charles George, the military court of which
has been reconvened to meet next Monday
by the order Of the War department, re-
~lieving Lieutenant e. r. Coppock Of the
Second cavalry from the charge of the
recruiting station here and placing it In
command of Captain II. L. Kames, who
has had charge OF the station at Davenport,
Coppock was in temporary and
it was supposed by Major Georges friends
that he would be acquitted and be given
charge again. The placing Of Captain
Kames in the office is looked upon as an
unfavorable move by the friends of Major
George.
Farmers Are Losers.
Scores of farmers Of Iowa are losers OF
many thousands Of dollars in the failure OF
Louis r. Hough, owner of the Des Moines
stock yards, who filed a petition in bank
ruptcy today. His liabilities are s2,456 ard
his assets but $27 1913 The cause of his
failure seems to have been e~xtravagan
tastes. Scores Of farmers who shipped theii
hogs to him expecting to get l cent a pound
more than the market price will get pos
sibly 10 per Cent of their loss. One shippei
alone has a claim for 5000 for shipments
during the last year. Others have claims
of from $500 to $4,000 Cor hogs shipped. The
Rock Island railroad has a claim for $4,000
the Des Moines Unlor for 81 1000 and the
employees for their salary for the last week
He claims to have $1,000 on deposit IL
the Century Savings bank, but his debts
have not all been filed as yet, since his
all IA..a Nok hAnn Efro41hfrnnd nut
1t is learned that he did business on q
small capital by taking in a carload OF
hogs and using the money when he sold 4
to pay some other farmer whose hogs haC
come in before. If his business had in
creased steadily this could have been KEEP
up for some time. slackened business ant
demand of the farmers for their none!
caused him to go to the wall.
Pierce to McGregOr.
Frank Pierce. ex-mayor of MarshalltowI
and secretary of the Iowa League o
Municipalities, has been sen. to McGregor
Ia, by Governor Cummins 10 make al
investigation Of the damage done there b!
the storm and to superintend the expendi
ture Of the money contributed by the PEG
pie of Iowa for repairing the damage AM
putting the city into sanitary condition
again.
Reformatory Girl Married.
Miss Nora Dye, who has been at tn
Girls Industrial school at Mitchellville
was so positive that she was 81, thougI
the officials of the school maintained tina
she was but 20 and should stay anothe
year, that an investigation was started.
disclosed evidence that she wac p year
old. Habeas corpus proceedings wer
started and she was released and at ono
was married to r. A. Trip, a young ma,
Of this city.
New Democratic Daily.
l 1t was reported on good authority toda
that the deal has been closed for the pun
chase of the Des Moines Tribune by tn
democrats and that II will be turned int
4 a democratic morning daily. It is elaine
1 that the new owners will take charge /
. about ten days, and are now engaging tn
g force OF employees, George Rinehart, VIII
Is understood 10 be slated to be editor
. said today that the deal has not bee
closed and that nothing more will be don
$ on 1t till after the Denver convention.