Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-20
Iowa
]. ". MlNTUN WANTS TRIAL
Pastor of Saints Church at Des
Moines Rebels at Dismissal.
SAYS MINISTER'S ACTED IN HASTE
Judge Mcpherson Holds stockraiser
in story County Is Farmer, Not
Liable Under bankruptcy
Law.
CFrom a SID CorresnondentN


DIES MONIES May 19.-(Special Tele-
gram -Denying that he has been allowed
a fair trial by the Ministerial association,
]. w. Mintun, pastor of the Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saints. will ask for
hearing before that body. Rev. Mr.. Min
tun has just returned to the city, and 1t
was during his absence that he was ousted
from the association on the ground that
his church is not evangelical.
Farmer IL Exempt.
Judge Mcpherson, in the federal court,
rendered a decision in the voluntary bank
ruptcy proceedings against ]. W. Ogle, a
Story county stockraiser, taking the case
away from the jury and holding that the
defendant was a farmer and therefore not
liable under the provisions of the bank
ruptcy law.
National Board of Health.
Action favoring a national board of
health the head of which shall be a cab
met officer will be taken by the Iowa
State Medical society, which opened its
fifty-ninth annual convention today. The
question has been referred to the counsel
lors, which is the legislative body.
EIectrify Newton Road.
orders have been issued for eectrfylng
that part of the Newton & Northwestern
railroad between Newton and Colfax. The
road is owned by the Des Molnes, Fort
Dodge g. Southern. which operates an cleo
trio line to Fort Dodge but the eastern
part of the system is still operated by
steam. This will give a complete route
from Des Moines to Newton and from the
latter place through Colfax to Ames.
Think Mine Scale ia Good.
Coal miners and operators are convinced
that the wage scale adopted by the con-
vention this week will prove the most
satisfactory ever adopted in Iowa and that
under the agreement there will be no more
waiting at the mines for the adoption of
the scale. The agreement provides that the
mines shall be kept open while the con-
vention is in progress. There are provis-
ions for penalizing the miners who refuse
to work pending a settlement of troubles.
on the whole, it is intended that the agree
ment shall provide for working Iowa mines
all the year.
Iowa Takes No Part.
The state of Iowa is taking no part Of
ficlally in the matter of seeking to prevent
the increase of freight rates eastward
Some effort has been made by representa-
tives of farmers and shippers to have the
cago today, but nothing came of it. The
view of state officials and the governor
is that Iowa is not greatly concerned In
these matters relating to rates eastward
or from the extreme west,
Cool Weather is Bad.
Unseasonably COOL is the Characterization
which Section Director George NJ. Chap
pei gives the weather OF the last week in
the weekly weather .lcrpp bulletin issued
from his office this morning He states thai
fully 10 per cent of the corn crop has been
planted and is In good condition, although
termination is retarded by the unfavor-
able condition OF the weather. Small grain
and grass, he states are making SOW prog
ress. while the early potatoes which were
frozen In April, are coming up again and
looking we'll. The prospects for fruit have
not improved
Red Oak Wants nm Interurban
Committees representing the Commercial
| cub, Greater Des Moines committee and
the Red Oak Commercial club, met toda,
to discuss the proposed Red Oak-Des
Molnes interurban line. Committees from
the Ad Mems club. Greater Des Moines
committee and the Commercial club mel
this morning in relation to the city ad
vertlslng campaign. .as
Secures the Endowment
1t wa5 announced today that PRACTICAL,
the last of the 315O.OO0 pledge for an en-.
dowment for the Drake Medical school had
been secured. The bankers of Des Moline,
| took up the matter and arranged for Sc
curing the last pledges,