Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-21
ALBROOK ATTACKS'NEW LAW
Des Moines Man Will Test Peterson
Corporation Act.
SCHOOL TREAsURERs UNDER FIRE
RevisiOnists of Iowa Want MOney
Allotted TO County Treasurers of
stnte-UniOns PIn Meat
boycott.

DIES MONIES. Ia, Jan. 20-(speeial Tel
egram.)-Charging uhconstitudonality, M.
@. Albrook attacked the Peterson corpora
ton law I'm the Polk county courts today.
Albrook was sponsor for the Pure Food
Cider company, which Attorney General
Byers forced into receivership last spring.
Two weeks ago Albrook was indicted on a
charge OF Issuing stock in the company
without getting the consent of the state
executive counsel and he brought the action
today In defense.
Oppose school Treasurer.
Iowa's associations of revisionists will
ask for a law a%bolishing the office of
school treasurer and a~llotting the funds
to the county treasurers Of the state,
where 1t will be placed at 2 per cent in
terest on daily balances. school funds in
Iowa are always above the $500, 900 mark
and more than $4,000 is paid in treasurers'
salaries. Sschool men Of the state at
tempted to have this law passed at the
last session OF the legislature, but were de-
cislvely defeated.
Anti-Ment Agitation.
Fifteen labor unions of the city met to-
night determined to institute anti-meat eat
ing clubs in the city. A number Of promi-
nent people are fostering the movement
here.
Tax RefOrmers at Work.
A business meeting of the Iowa Tax Re
vision association was held here today, at
which the following were elected Officers:
President, w. w. Wilmer, Des Moines; vice
president, j. S. Williams, DEBORAH; secre-
tary, Frank PIERCE, Marshalltown; treas
urer, Moses Cohen, Des Moines. The as
ISOLATION transacted no business, but will
meet again just before the converting of
the next Legislature and plan for securing
changes in the assessment laws.
EmbaImers Want Reciprocity.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the State Association Of Embalmers was
held here today and arrangements made
for the annual meeting of their state as
ISOLATION, May "a next, here, They will
make a determined effort to secure a
change in the state laws SO as to permit of
reciprocity in the matter of recognition of
certificates Of competency from other states
and insuring recognition from other states.
Supreme Court Decisions.
The following supreme court decisions
have been rendered:
]. r. Casad, appellant, against E.. G. Rip
ley, Cedar county; affirmed.
NM obaAAiD AZ
and Tile Company, appellant, Scott county;
affirmed.
r. e. Knapp against schemel & Arm
strong, appellant, Dubuque county modi-
fled and affirmed.
Commission is Commended.
The railroad commission received warm
commentator today for its good work
in aiding in the relief of the coal situation
in Iowa. The Quinn & Hogan company Of
Oanlx NTa1lay ranOrfaH fhaN NarAafn n
which the commission had been asked to
trace up and send along have been re-
ceiyed and 1--WE wish to thank you for
your kind efforts in getting this coal
through The commission has lone far
state authority TO give aid to the people
and the railroads In getting a sereious
situation Strengthened out.
Railroads Refuse to Agree.
Where the railroads refuse to act in
concert the shipper is made to suffer. This
fact came to the attention of the railroad
commission on the. complaint of the Man
ley Grain company. which states hi at
Manley the Iowa Central reports all cars
used for ice and the refuses to switch
the Rock Island cars, so that the COM
pany cannot get cars to handle grain.
Complaints were also received from Chur-
dan, Lone Rock and Aurelia Of inability
to get cars for shipment of grain because
the companies have been giving their at
%tention to other business.
New Corporations.
There was filed with the secretary OF
state today the articles Of incorporation
of the National H%orticulturist Publishing
company of Council Bluffs; also the Far
rar Independent Telephone company OF
this county, and the Farmers Savings
bank of McCallsburg.
Governor Carroll today received s17J60
as the federal contribution for support OF
the State Soldiers home at Marshalltown
MARLEY BLAMES LIQUOR