Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-07
WATER MEN HUNT PILOT.
Prohibitionists of Iowa Find it Diff
cult to Get Manager.
MEN sDEsTEPPNG THE PLACE
lows Miners Decide Upon WednesdRy
as Time for Joint Convention to
Adopt wage Agree
ment.
lErom a staff correspondentl

! DIES MONIES, Ia May Especial Tele-
! grant, Iowa constitutional prohibition
committee is having a hard time to find
some one to manage its campaign. The
! place was offered to John j. Hamilton
| who two years ago was a republican can
ddate or governor. but he declined Then
IL was offered to two or three others and
finally to Rev. NJ. r. Sawyer of Davenport,
but today he declined the place. The place
OF treasurer Of the association is also va
cant and nobody can be induced to I'LL.
The executive committee has put off or
gsnizing for two weeks in order TO find
men for the place.
Wage Struggle Near End.
The Iowa miners and operators who have
been holding sessions for a month today
to fix up the WACO scale for next year
have so far succeeded in making agree
ments that they have fixed upon next Wed
nesday as the date for the joint conven-
ton for the adoption of the wage agreement
as a whole The leaders believe the CON
vention will adopt the scale at once and
the mines be reopened one Of the last
Of the features to be adopted is one pro
viding for heavy fines for the miners in
case the agreement is not lived up to.
Roosevelt in Des Moincs.
Theodore Roosevelt will probably be in
Des Moines this fall enroute to Kansas
City as the guest of the Des Moines Press
club. Colonel Roosevelt writes he cannot
be definite until he returns to the United
States The Press club plans a big gath
erng of Iowa editors.
Dentists Close Meeting.
The State Dental sciety today decided
upon holding the next state meeting in Des
/ fatI,
GERS President r. H. Volland. Iowa City;
secretary. w. ]. Crandall, Spencer. A list
of persons was made up for appointment
to the State Dental board to be filed with
the governor from which to make selec-
lions. The entire sessions was given over
to technical papers and clinics
Gasoline Damage Case.
The supreme court sent back to Oelwen
for new trial interesting damage case
wherein verdict of $500 was rendered
against a grocer for having put gasoline
into can which finally resulted in an
accident to child The can was painted
red as required for gasoline but two small
: children were sent to the store to buy kero-
sene and afterwards one of them, under in
structions, poured oil into a stove to hasten
the fire. She was badly burned. The re-
versal, was not because of the general
facts, but because of failure to have before
the jury all the evidence tending to show
that the parents of the child did not hold
t the grocer responsible.
Court Decisions.
The following supreme court decisions
have been rendered:
Grace Dubois against II. j. Luth-
t mers, appellant, superior court, Oelwein,
q reversed.
John A. Reed, appellant against Elias
Doty, Linn county, reversed.
II Fred 5. Corrick, appellant against Jonas
Durham, Tama county affirmed.
Estate of T. Munier against f. c. Michel
appellant Lunn county, reversed
Michael Galucha against Charles Naso
7 appellant Linn county, affirmed.
MItchelivIlle School Report.
/ THE evidence taken, and the knowledg,
otherwise acquired force us to the con
clus!on that the late chairman of the Boart
Of Control was the chief factor in causin.
the outbreak. Present Board of Control.
This is the verdict rendered by the pres
ent Board OF Control in the matter of tn,
i. disturbances at the state school for girl
, under the Carroll administration.
Governor Carroll permitted the report t
be seen today in his office. The report o
the investigation is comprised in about 20
y pages of testimony of Superintendent CARR
son and subordinates, chiefly in relation t
80 what Mr.. Cownie said did
70 1t appears that Mr.. Cownie opposed ap
) polntment of woman at the head of tn
IL school. At the time of the resignation o
i superintendent Fitzgerald, Mr.. Cownie wa
'e temporarily in charge when all RAJ
~ smoothly. The former superintendent ha,
g been i'll and away and discipline was lax
y Soon after Miss Garrison took charg
trouble commenced.
l. On March 10 an outbreak occurred an
A. the conclusion is that continuance Of tn
ly trouble was due to the sensational report
II in the papers.
is Miss Garrison had an exceedingly diff
es cult position to fill,' says the report, IVA
IN inexperienced in the work, had much t
,e learn and no doubt made mistakes"
N In December, according to the report, MI
,s Cownie asked that the girls be permitte
80 to dance at Christmas time. The superin
9 tendent objected. Mr.. Cownle said n
. would not belong to a church which di
not permit dancing.
In January Mr.. Cownie had complained
the superintendent that he had not receive
oi letters from the inmates of the school, tina
VI their communications to the board had bee
IT. intercepted or opened, and said that unde
e the law they had right to communicat
We with the board. 1t seems that this brougf
" on harsh words and quarrel. Followln
~ this the other two members of the boar
ly ordered him to remain away from Mitchell
he Vile, which he did.
1t seems from the report submitted thG
a Mr.. Cownie is engaged In preparing
as statement. but this is not included and wa
at not received before the verdict wa
We rendered holding him responsible Tn
n examination of the witnesses at Mitchell
he vile was by present members OF the boar
n and there was no cross-examination. n
s. personal statement made by the go,
M ernor
81 Bogus Check Man mt Ida Grove.
-, IDA GROVE, Ia, May 6.-(Special)-
bogus check man, who is evidently workin
the hotels of northwest Iowa, victimizc
the Ferguson hotel at Ida Grove and tt
, Commercial House at Battle Creek out
- SS5 each, presenting checks on the Securit
es National bank OF Kansas City, which can
CT back marked mo funds" The checks pa
III ported to be made out by !. II. Benson
Co, and were stamped with rubb
ne stamp and countersigned. They were ma,
I'D cut to f. r. Henderson and so endorse