Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-13
GIRLS ENGAGE IN STRIKE
Inmates Of Industrial School Leave
There in Body.
COMPLAIN OF SUPERINTENDENT
Declare Miss GarretsOn Has Been
Cruel-LOud I'm Praise Of
Former Head of Insti-
tuition.

ditiOn Of affairs at the state Industrial
school for girls will be directed at once,
owing to a walkout Of the girls last night.
They broke away, fifty Of them in all. and
twenty-five came to Des Moines. Today
they were all returned except three. and
investigation was made by members Of the
Board OF Control as to the cause. It was
found that the girls complain bitterly OF
Miss Garretson, the superintendent. saying
that she has abused them: that she struck
and choke a girl Friday and tho stripped
her Of her clothes and sent her to the
solitary.
The girls who came to Des Moines said
they had come to see John Cownie and tell
him OF their troubles The girls did not at
tempt to osk or to cause any trouble. but
were noisy and stated that their desire
was only pertaining to the affairs Of the
school, which is located only twelve miles
from Des Moines. 1t is known that there
has been much trouble at the school ever
since a woman was installed as superin-
tendent. The girls at the school, with the
exception Of a few, were much devoted to
the former superintendent and they re-
scented the clamor which went up when
some one suggested another woman should
be given charge OF the institution. The
superintendent denies all stories Of cruelty.
In district court today, f. M. Hubbell
won a case which had been on trial three
weeks, involving ownership Of about a mile
Of the tracks Of the Des Moines Union rail
way in the city claimed by the Milwaukee
company. The track is supposed to be
worth $4,000 The controversy arose be-
cause of Indebtedness in a sale made years
ago to the Milwaukee company.
Other Petitions Granted.
Among important petitions granted at
the hearings the last few days were:
Power corn shelters, first-class to third
steel culverts, eig~hteen-gauge same as six
teen; wagon brake ratchets, third to
fourth; stove castings, classification made
clearer; coffin stock, included in built-up
wood; refuse beet pulp. same as sugar
beets; collapsible go-carts take western
classification; egg cases and filters, mini
mum for carload reduced to $4,000 pounds;
Iowa classification follow western on
household goods; small boxes candy go at
western classification; nursery stock takes
western classification as to released value;
harrow attachn ents classified as third;
shredded whole wheat given rate same as
other cereals; farm wagon boxes, mini
mum weight fixed at 10000 pounds; lard
in tubs, either with or without tin Innings,
same rate; sinks and washstands given
carload rate when mixed.
Start Law Enforcement Club.
State Superintendent Riggs on his re-
turn home from Sioux City, will find him
self treated as a hero. AT the state house
it is planned to elect him honorary presl-
dent of the Law Enforcement club and go
into opposition to the attorney general.
Riggs was on a train the other day when
a drunken man made himself offensive and
almost dangerous. to everyone. Riggs
knocked him down and led the movement
Of the passengers to eject him from the
car, which was done.
Land office Books Removed.
The books of the last federal land office
in Iowa were removed today to the state
house and given into the custody Of the
secretary OF state. The books came from
the Des Moines office, which has now been
abandoned. All the government land in
the state has been disposed Of and the
records will remain with the state.
German Alliance Gets Busy.
To combat the big campaign for prohibit
ton the German-American Liberal ALI
ance will active work ere long.
Colonel Joseph Eiboeck is president for
Iowa. H.. La Dage is president Of the To-
cal branch, The purpose of the alliance
is to fight the move in Iowa for the re-
submission of the prohibition amendment.
The members are opposed to drunkenness,
but believe the best way to control the
liquor traffic is by municipal regulation.
Tax Ferrets Lose Case.
The tax ferrets were worsted by the gu
preme court in the Polk county case. in
which II. r. Heath of oatmeal fame was
ordered to pay up $685. 900 of back taxes.
This was assessed upon stock in the oat-
meal trust, Heath had formerly owned a
mill at Fort Dodge and was also interested
in Des Moines. TIL tax ferrets gave him
notice of assessment upon $3.50, 600 worth Of
stock for each Of five years. There was
some irreguIarity in the proceeding, but the
court says that It was all right save that
no effort was made to show that any stocks
had been omitted from taxation, and any
way stocks are not assessable as moneys
and credits. The court does find that there
was omitted from taxation $500 worth OF
bonds for a part of the time and 5000 for
the rest of the time, but tina is all.
8. w. Farmer, appellant, against II. N.
Underwood; Polk county; affirmed.
Albert Horn against 4. 1. Stoner, appel
liant; Polk county; affirmed.
John Neidy against ]. o. Littlejohn, APP
pellant; buchanan county, affirmed.
pellant; Polk county; modified.
Suffrage Arranged.
Senator Glliland Of Mills county, while
attending the political and good roads
meetings here during the week, completed
arrangements for thirty-flve debates before
chautauqua audiences on the woman suf-
frage question, his antagonist being Miss
Gertrude Won Petzold, now on her way
back from England. These debates will be
in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota and
Missouri. The two were drawn into a Joint
debate here last summer and 1t was so de-
lightful that the chautauqua managers
have been after them ever since.
Candidate for Governor.
Senator A. b. Funk for governor in oppo-
sitiOn to the standpat program Of CLEANING
up Iowa is the latest move. His name
was freely discussed by the hundreds OF
farmers who attended the conventions and
conferences the last week. II is said that
all the progressive republicans are ready
to unite upon him IL he will get into the
game.