Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-01

spond with the name of the town. The
town is called CARRIER, and the postoffice is
CARRIER. Confusion arises because there Is
another Elk Port.
A requisition was issued by Governor
Carroll today for Buren, Locke, who is
wanted in Madison county for the alleged
seduction OF Miss Eta Atchison, and is
now under arrest in South Dakota.
Injunction Against LOveIess.
The supreme court today affirmed the
decision of the lower court of Harrison
county in the case of william Loveless
against Clark Ruffcorn and others, hold
ing that Loveless has no right to destroy
or to cut, even temporarily. the embank-
ment or levee that has been maintained
between the Soldier and Missouri rivers for
the last fifty years. Loveless cut the en-
bankment and put in a culvert once on
authority from the supervisors, which the
townships trustees at once removed and re-
paired the embankment. Injunction pro-
ceedings were then started to prevent his
cutting it again, and the court affirms
the action OF the lower court in making
the injunction permanent.
Swearing over Telephone.
A man may swear moderately over the
telephone under due provocation. but at
the same time the telephone company has
a right to cut him off from service II, after
being warned, he does not desist from his
profanity; and II he does desist and
shows proper humility, the company must
continue him service or restore such serv-
ice, il II has been cut off. This is the glst
of a decision handed down by the supreme
court today in the case of George Huff
man against the Marcy Telephone com
pany Of Boone.
Huffman was on a party line with five
other families. The nelghbcrs got into
something Of a wrangle because of the
fact that while Huffman was trying to
talk to someone over the phone some or
the neighbors ''butted in." and Huffman
made an insulting remark. Ill feeling was
further engendered. Huffman repented
and apologized, but the telephone company
cut him off, anyway. The court says the
service must be restored. but that Huff
man must not swear any more.
Election July 8.
Adjutant General Guy Logan today Or
dered the election of a brigadier general
Of the Iowa National Guard for July s.
This will be the date on which the guard
goes into brigade formation, and will be
the first time the guard has been so
formed. The ballots must be mailed to
the adtutant general and must bear post
mark OF July 8, on or before 6 p. m. of that
day. The ballots will be opened here July
I at $50 a. m.
Three Insurance Reports.
There will be three insurance reports
issued by the state auditor this year, in
stead of two. The regular fire insurance
report has already been issued from the
state printer. The life insurance report
will be in two volumes this year, instead
Of one. One will contain the fraterna.
beneficiary reports and the other all Other
classes of life insurance.
That containing other than fraternal in
surance will be Volume II, and will be
ready in a short time. 1t will show hat
! there has been a healthy increase In lifC
Insurance in the state and will show tha'
Iowa pays $40, 6I5, 1874 a year for its life
insurance, which is about 81 a year for
every man, woman and child in the state,
The report will show that the insurance
in force by the ten old line Iowa com
pant6S has Increased from tlOJ, 4bO,bz5 IN lSU
to SIP. S5L,757 in 1908, and the amount paid
policyholders increased from $l,207, G6S to
81. 2Ss,57l. That the insurance in force by
the thirty non-Iowa companies increased
from E74667,7 G5 to Sls6. 4SS, 254. The insur-
ance in force with the Iowa and non-Iowa
assessment companies increased from E7S,-
257, 900 to SIS, az. go.
Letters Coming Back.
The secretary OF state mailed a carload
OF letters TO corporations in lows a week
age. Beginning yesterday srmfuls Of ~
letters addressed to corporations now not
doing business began TO return, sent back
by the postmasters. For years lows cor
porations have been required to report an
nuaIly, but none reported because there
was no means at the hands OF the secre,
tary OF state TO compel them TO report
Hundreds Of corporations have gon out OF
business without notifying the secretary
Of state.
North Iowa Under water.
State Architect Liebbe, who returned to
day from a trip TO the state institutions
in the northern part Of the state, declared
that the crops OF Iowa must Of necessity
be short this year, He said he could &,