Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1910-12-30
peN,son Asks NJ. W. A. PROBE.
Dubuque Man Demands That State
Insurance Department lnvcstl-
gate His Charges.

charges of graft and corruption
against the head officials of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America and de-
manded an investigation, by the state
insurance department., of the tinanci
al affairs Of the lodge.
The charges filed with the Iowa de-
partment are similar in character to
those filed with the Illinois depart
ment and with the Michigan depart.
nent.
In his statement to the insurance
department he charges Thomas H.
Duffy, Of Dubuque, his former law
partner, with reporting excess mile.
age and charging excess prices for
bis work as national lecturer; he
charges that the board of directors
In 1904 accepted a forged bond by
Frank Croker without first ascertain.
Ing whether the names of the sure.
ties were genuine or not, that Crock.
er. prior to his suicide. had deposits
In his bank at Charlton increased to
$4,000, although the capital stock
Of the bank was only $4,000.
He threatens to ask legislative
investigation If the department refus.
es to make the investigation.
The names of Des Moines Wood.
men are brought into the charges,
but as the department refuses to give
cut the names Of the Iowa people I'm.
til they have ascertained whether
they will call these people before
the state insurance commissioner, 1t
10 impossible to get the names of the
Des Moines Woodmen who are in.
volved in the Denison charges at
present.
Big Prizes for Poultry.
More than $1,000 in prizes will be
paid successful exhibitors in the an,
nual show of the Iowa State Poultry
association to be held at the colise
um In Des Moines from Jan. 6 to IL,
1911.
In conjunction with the show OF
poultry. the Iowa Pet Stock associa.
ton is planning for . big exhibition.
The entries for the show close on
the night OF Dec. 81 and already sew.
eral hundred people have entered
poultry which they expect to show,
The merchants OF Des Moines have
donated to the show and nearly all
the prizes are given by them.
The dog fanoisrs Of the city have
made arrangements to bring some OF
the best and most famous dogs OF
the state and middle west to the
show. The newly organized Greater
Des Moines Kennel club has taken
An active interest in the show.
The officers OF the poultry associa
tion are: ]. A. Pease of Fort Dodge |
president; X. II. Guthrie OF Des
Moines, secretary, and Fred Town
send Of Abba, treasurer.
Milwaukee Sued for Killing Men.
Damage suits aggregatrng $11,999
have been filed in the district court
against the Milwaukee railroad by
James F. Novington of Give, la. The
plaintiff is the father of Francis Nov
niger, 5-year-old boy who was in.
stantly killed on the morning of Nov.
s. when he fell underneath the com.
pany's turntable. One suit of 1899
was brought by. the boys father. The
other for $4,000 was brought by the
lads estate of which William Wilson
is the administrator.
Grange Meet Goes to Ames.
Ames gets the next annual meet.
ing Of the Iowa State Grange. At the
close of its convention in Des Moines
the association voted to hold its 1911
meeting in the college town on Dec.
2. The convention closed after con.
ferring the sixth degree upon TWEEN
ty-flve applicants. The report of the
treasurer of the society shows that
II Is now in the most prosperous con-
dition in its history and that It IL
growing fast.
Families Number Nearly 10000.
In the new city directory of the r.
L. Polk company a tabulation Of fam.
lies will be found. 1t Is the first
time that the total number of house.
holds has ever been listed in the di.
rectory. In Des Moines there are
1858 families according to the count
Of the statisticians. This does not
mean there are the same number OF
houses, for many blocks and apart.
ment houses are filled with several
families.
Assist Or. Lumsden In Typhoid Work
In an effort to stamp out the ty.
pboid epidemic here, physicians OF
Des Moines will assist DR.. l.. L
Lumsden, government typhoid OK.
pert. A special meeting Of the Polk
county medical society was held
With DR.. Lumsden.
Macvicar Offered Chicago Job.
Councilman John MacVicar has
,een offered the position of commits
'ioner general of the international
Municipal Congress and Exhibition
o be held in Chicago from Sept. Ii
o 30. 1911.
Nebraska Postmaster Suicide.
Crete, Neb, Dec. 28.-H. NJ. Wells.
ostmaster at Crete, former state sem
tor and for 80 years active in Re-
ublican party councils, committed
licide by shooting himself through