Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-30
GREAT WESTERN BUYS LINE
System Secures st. Paul & Des Moines
Mason City Road.
NEW ROUTE INTO IOWA CAPITAL
Governor Carroll Issues Full Pardon
TO Youth Found Innocent Yet
in Prison for One
Year.
CFrom a staff Correspondent)

Dh5 MOlNES, L. ApTll zS.-(SpeClal
TeleSram.)-M interest was aroused
here by the announcement today OF the
dsfinite sale of the st. Paul & Des Moines
railroad to the Great Western system.
The road is a short line from here to Ma
son City, built by Iowa capital. 1t gives
the Great Western an entire new line into
Des Moines and a much shorter route to
the north. But it is regarded as very i'm
portsnt as indicating the intention Of the
Great Western owners to spend some
money in perfecting the system now
Innocent and Year In Prison.
The governor today issued q full pardon
to a prisoner in the state reformatory at
Anamosa, the first time full pardon has
been issued for many years. The parole
board refused to disclose the name of the
person. but he is q young boy serving an
indeterminate sentence for breaking into
car and stealing some shoes Another
man is also serving time for the same Of
fense and declares the boy had nothing
to do with 1t. The parole board is con-
vinoed that the boy is absolutely innocent.
He had served one year.
Operators Voice Protest.
The conference between the Iowa
been making progress for several days,
halted today over the resolution governing
the right Of the operators to hire and dis
charge, also the right Of discharged
employe to appeal his cause and collect
compensation for tho time he was dis
charged IL he could show 1t was unjust
The operators regard this clause as toe
strict. President John p. Reese of the
operators hotiy told the mine workers that
IL they persist IN their present attitude
they will not be satisfied until they are
running the mines in place Of the oper-
ators.
state Rates InviOlate.
In a protest to congress today the Iowa
I Railroad commission asks that ths pro
vision of the Taft railroad bill which eN
smpts from operation OF the bill state
rates applying between points wholly
within the state be retained. The commits
sioners assert that to eliminate this clause
will open the way for federal interference
with state freight and passenger rates.
| over Four Hundred Candidates.
! over 400 candidates for state and distric
offices filed with the secretary OF state.
1 few of the late ones came in today and
their filings will not be questioned. Tit
last counties to file republican candidates
for the legislature we're jackson and Davis
The latter is a hopelessly democratic
county 1t was disclosed today that A. Nc
Hschron Of Waterloo, the prohibition can
didats for governor, has already filed as
prohibition candidate for state senator fl
the BIackhswk- -Grundy district, so he vii
20 on the ticket twice.
Crisis for City Railway.
BY May Is, little more than two weeks
the Des Moines City Railway company 4
expecting 70 come TO terms in the matte
OF a franchise and OF service, else the cit,
will sever further negotiations by with
drawing the tentative franchise rendered
few weeks ago. This was decided upon to
day, and the company will be notified b
the city council
ProhibitiOnists Early.
The prohibition party has the distinctio
of being the first to get ready for the cam
paign in Iowa They now have their ticxe
named and committees organized and ar
ready for work, while neither the repub