Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-14
NURSES WILL ADOPT CODE
Society Discusses Whether Always to
Follow Instructions.
SAY THEY ARE OFTEN WRONG
Young women want Their Course
Definitely OutIined-Contract for
One District of Miners
Accepted.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

tFrOm a staff Cores pOndent)
DIES MONIES. May 13.-(Specal Tele-
gram -Registered nurses Of Iowa will es-
tablish a code Of ethics that shall I'm the
future govern their professional relations
to the physicians under whom they are en-
ployed
When the orders of the physician are con-
trary to the best medical judgment of the
nurse who may be more capable OF dagnos-
ing the disease and prescribing for its
treatment, it is problem say the nurses,
to know whether to follow the instructions
Of the attending physician.
The registered nurses in convention voted
to adopt a code of ethics that shall pre-
scribe the duties of the nurse. This code
is to be made part Of the bylaws of the
constitution of the state society OF regis
tered nurses The nurses want their duties
under such emergencies specifically de-
fined
Miners Accept Terms.
Delegates to the convention of Iowa coal
miners accepted all the terms Of the con-
tract drawn up by their scale committee
that pertains to working conditions i'm sub
district No. l and a part of those per-
tanning to subdistrict No. 2. Not all the
scale was completed. however and it went
over another day.
Supreme Court Decisions.
The following supreme court decisions
have been rendered:
City Of Marshalltown, appellant against
f. w. Armstrong, Marshalltown county,
Susie B. walston, appellant against
John r. Walston, Linn county, modified.
T. j. Shea, appellant, against Edwin
Cutler and j. p. Steele. appellant, against
Edwin Cutler, Polk county, affirmed.
Colby Bros. & Co. against United
Breweries company, appellant Webster
county, affirmed.
Charles Gustafsen appellant. against
Cedar Rapids & Marion railwy, Linn
county, ffirmed.
j. II. Cox, appellant, against James X.
Kline. Johnson county, affirmed
Joseph Tuffree against j. .. Saint, APP
pellant. Marshall county affirmed.
William Fritz against George w. Snider
appellant, Jefferson county, affirmed.
short Measure Beer.
The Iowa supFeme court refused to place
its sanction upon the habit of some manu-
facturers of beer OF selling short measure
barrels to saloon men. In case from Fort
Dodge Colby Bros. had secured judgment
for &c. 10S.67, on account of alleged short
measure of barrels of beer sold them by
the United Breweries company. The sales
in seen years had amounted to 116 car
loads, worth over $4,000. The supreme
court upheld the claim that the barrels
were too small and did not contain the
standard of thrty-one and one-half gallons
each.
Inspect the Old Road.
Commissioner Ketchum of the railroad
commission returned today from trip over
the Rock Island line to Keokuk in company
with officers of the road to inspect the
improvements made. Last winter an in
spection of this line showed IL to be in
very bad condition. 1t is one of the old
est lines in Iowa. Now it is found that
the company has made many improve
ments. On May "a the commission will in
spect the Colfax and Northern line On
June 81 they will consider revision of the
rules in regard to wires crossing over
tracks On the next day they will go to
Eldora for a crossing case.
wallace on Lecture Tour.
Henry Wallace, the Iowa member of the
Roosevelt country life commission, has
started out on an extensive tour in which
he will deliver number of leuctres He
speaks first at Kalamazoo to the Michigan
state grange. Later he will be the guest
OF the Agricultural guild of the Chicago
university. He will go to Ohio and be the
guest of ex-Secretary Garfield, then to
Amherst, Mass, where he will lecture. He
will go finally to his old home in Pennsyl-
vania.
Iowa at Charities Meet.
DR.. A. +. Kepford will represent the
state of Iowa at the national conference
of charities and corrections in st. Louis
next week. He goes on commission of the
governor and for the board of control. He
today addressed the students of Des Moines
college on tuberculosis.
Iowa Photographers.
Sioux City today secured the convention
for 1911 of the Iowa Photographers as
ISOLATION. Members of the association
voted almost unanimously for the river
town.
Guy n. Reid of Ottumwa, was elected
president of the association. for the en-
suing year: II. f. Link, Centerville and
Thomas Henning, Storm Lake, were
chosen vice presidents.
F. A Free Of Davenport and B. A. New
berg of Iowa City. were elected secretary
and treasurer.
Loss by Mine shutdown.
Figuring that there are 10000 miners
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