Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-01
CARPENTERS TO FOUND HOME
Action Takes at Des Moines Will Re-
suit in It's Start.
OFFICERS ARE TO INVESTIGATE
Il Resolutions Committee FavOrs This
Move and Members of Body Are
Thoroughly in Accord
with Plan.
OFFICERS ARE TO INVESTIGATE
(From a staff CorresnondentN

(From a Staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES Sept. 9O.-(Special Tele-
gram. )-Tubercular, disabled and aged
members of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners Of America, will
find care in a home which will doubtless
be established by the union as a result OF
action taken by the convention of the
brotherhood. A resolution favoring the
founding of such a home was reported by
the resolutions committee 1t found favor
in the eyes of delegates and they referred
1t to general officers with instructions
thoroughly to investigate this report back
at the next biennial convention. The con-
vention is practically concluded and dele
gates are already leaving for their homes.
Painters Complain of Contract.
A committee of the local union Of painters
is engaged in an endeavor to induce the
state officials to prevent the employment
Of nonunion painters in the work Of dec
Grating the historical building. The matter
was taken up with the governor and seeFe-
tRry OF the state executive council, but
they said they were powerless to act as the
contract went to the lowest bidder. and the
state cannot discriminate.
Need of Women Reformatory. 4
The state board of control will again in
dorse the movement for q separate re-
formatory for women for the state, an in
stitution entirely separate from the re-
formatory for men at Anamosa. There are
thirty-five women at the reformatory now,
but it is claimed that il there was a sep-l
arate institution the courts would probably
oftener send women there. The matter was
agitated number of years ago vigorously
before the legislature, but had been
dropped.
Iowa to Get the Records.
The State Railroad commission has ar
ranged to secure, through the Interstate
Commerce commission and the railroads,
most of the testimony taken before the
commission in Chicago relative to the pro-
posed Increase in freight rates. This win
be made use of by the Iowa commission in
Investigations contemplated in regard to the
need Of changes in the Iowa rate schedule
Commissioner Eaton has been looking after
the matter in Chicago.
| p Republican Committee to Meet.
The republican state committee viii meet
here tomorrow, pursuant to a call by
Chairman Carl FRANKIE. There is said to
be no special program, nor any specific
business to be taken up, but the committee
has not held a meeting since the state con-
vention, and it is deemed advisable to have
and to report on conditions as found in
the different districts of the state. 1t is
expected that all members will be present
and probably a number of the candidates
for state office and as a result of the
general conference the republican end of
the state campaign will be started.
To Aid the Iowa Guardsmen.
Adjutant General Guy Logan has received
] Of he 81
regular army serseants now stationed at
all the next year with the Iowa National
guard under General Logan's direction.
These men are William F. Wiseombe of
Company A, and George ID. Dixon OF Com
pany G, First infantry; and Kelley G. Nc
Cullough, of the Fourth infantry. Inspect
ing officers have not yet been designated
for Iowa.
Hotel Law Held Up.
Attorneys Stipp of Des Moines and John
son OF Ida Grove appeared before the SUI
preme court today and asked for modih'
cation Of the decree in the case decided
some time ago involving the validity OF the
Iowa hotel law to the extent Of directing
a stay of proceedings pending appeal TO th'
United States supreme court. George Cos
SON special counsel for the state, hled 6
resistance. The local hotel men of the stat
announce they will fight the case through
the highest courts rather than comply
with the law,
End of One Contest.
One contest for an office which came be
fore the supreme court and Is on the docke
for hearing win probably be marked Of
without further hearing. This is the cas-
OF Louis Storms We. Charles off, from lie
county. off was legislated out Of office
or rather deprived Of office by adoption
I: OF the commission plan in Reokuk, he hay
& ing been mayor, and he made a contest L
4 hold on. The case was just ready to b
\ submitted when news came of the sudde
Q death Of Mr. off, which probably will en-
= the case