Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-30
FREIGHT RATE HEARINGS ON
Attorney Says Little Reductions Have
Cost Iowa Roads Six Millions.
BOYS DROWN WHILE BATHING
Henry Couch end Lester HutchinEs
Lose Lives I'm Pool North of Dee
Moines-wTu Enforce Cigar
cite Law.
(From a staff correspondent

Telegram)-J. c. Davis. attorney for The
Northwestern at the rehearing on GER
tain rates fixed by the railroad commits
sion today told the board that the constant
little reductions being made by the Iowa
commission was alarming to the railroads.
He claimed that an examination into the
railroad books disclosed that the freight
revenues OF the roads had been reduced
So, 900, 900 by these reductions on minor
matters. The commission took up the rate
Of hay carriers. 1t was shown that the
old rate had not been lowered, but that a
new rate had been made when the carriers
were In boxes or barrels, placing them at
third class, the custom ever being to place
second class freigh in third class when in
boxes and barrels.
VIII Enforce Cigarette Law.
Jesse b. Hammond has been assured by
county and state officials that they will
at once begin an enforcement of the cigar
cite law, acting on the Interpretation of
the law by Attorney General Byers. De-
tails have not been arranged, but dealers
will be given a few days to get rid of
their cigarettes and adjust themselves to
the law.
In connection with the Drake university
medical school the Christian church Of
iowa will open a hospital at the opening
of tho school year In September.
Two Boys Drowned.
Henry Couch and Lester Hutchings,
aged u and Is, were drowned at noon to-
day while swimming in a pool north of the
city. Both bodies were recovered by an
tnterurban crew. This IL the fourth death
from drowning in Des Moines within a
week.
Woman MysteriousIy Disappears
A. NJ. AHt.4- 800 CO onA n
Pittsburg. artists model, disappeared in
Des MONIES after riding in a drugged con-
dition from Pittsburg to. Davenport, Ia,
Des Moines police are searching for her
and Omaha police nave been asked to CO.
operate. When the girl boarded the train
in Chicago her condition was noted by a
woman passenger. At dawn this morning
kshe recovered consciousness and inquired
what train she was on and where she was
going. She was told 1t was the Rocky
Mountain Limited. Later Miss Minister
grew confidential and told that she was
an artists model for wellington Moore of
lPittsburg. a millionaire artist; that she re
membered only of going to sleep in her
apartments one evening and awakening
on the train in Davenport, and that
Moore's wife was Jealous OF her. The wo-
man passenger told the story to. a cab
man in Des Moines and asked that Miss
Minister be driven to a hotel. The other
woman again boarded the Rocky Mountain
Limited and proceeded to Omaha. The
cabman drove to the Victoria and alighted
to let his passenger out when he found
the cab empty. Police are trying to un-
tangle the mystery.
At the rehearing by the railroad commits
sion today on rates recently put into effect
the contention OF the railroads for lower
rates was led by F.. O.. Becker, chairman
of the western classification committee,
Other railroad representaNyes-were George
II. Grossly for the burlington, J. g. Morri-
son for the Chicago and Great Western
v. D.. Fort for the Illinois Central, HOLSTER
for the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul,
Carroll Wright. F. II. I'M and A. w.
Eberhart for the Chicago, Rock Island q
Pacific, NJ. J. Golden and JIG. Davis for
the Northwestern and Will Clapper for the
Wabash.
The respondents were represented by G,
A. wrightman for Des Moines, o Won
derlich for Cedar Rapids M. D, Smiley Tor
Clinton, w. D. Martin for Dubuque and C.
N. Fulton of the Lowden Machinery com
uany of Fairfield.
white Not a Candidate.
representative White of Story county
will not be a candidate for reelection. Dur
ing the last few years he has been spending
his winters in Des Moines studying law at
Drake university, and is now admitted 10
the bar and has his single hung out with
a partner in Nevada. Mr.. White will leave
the coming fall for Harvard university,
where he will take a further law course,
and will then return to Nevada. He Will
be In Harvard during the next session OF
the legislature. Story county has a num-
Der OF good men who will likely be candt-
dates for the position.
stiIIman and Long.
Representative Paul Stillman Of Greene
county and ]. l.. Long OF Osceola are both
understood to be in the race for the posi-
ton OF state printer, a position hat VIII be
filled by the next Legislature.
City Can DO Work.
In district court today Judge w. Fl. Nc
Henry held that the city of Des Moines
can do work in excess of $500 on the streets
without Advertising for bids. The city coun-
ell was divided on the question, and an
injunction was secured stopping the work
on the Fifth street bridge to determine the
question in court.
search for Charles HRwOrth.
Woodward friends Of Charles Haworth
came to Des Moines to search for him and
asked the aid OF the police. Haworth is
Q the tdlAoI VI NuC aAd INV ~ 90
He left home last Thursday and has not
since been seen. He has. a brother In this
city, but he was not at his home, Investi-
cation discloses thai his financial affairs
are in good shape, though his health has
not been well for some months.
Supplies for Guard.
Adjutant General Logan today advertised
for 1900 pounds of fresh meat, 1850 pounds
Of bacon. 24O pounds of lard, 1880 pounds of
potatoes, 1900 pounds Of sugar, b65 pounds
OF beans, $40 pounds OF onions and canned
tomatoes and 5000 pounds of bread for the
Iowa National Guard during its summer
encampment-
Prob IbitiOnists Here.
The central committee OF the prohibition
party met this afternoon and discussed the
work of the next campaign. Tomorrow
there will be a conference OF members of
the party In the Young Mems Christian
association auditorium and in the evening
an address by ex-President White OF the
United Mine Workers.,
Test Hotel Law,
W. g. Johnson OF Ida Grove, Ia, attorney
for the Iowa Hotel Keepers association,
declares that there will be a test of the
new hotel law which requires q rope in