Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-14
GYPSlES CRAB LARGE SUN
COnfiding German Loses Forty-Five
Hundred Dollars Sleeping on 1t.
BUSHES INTO COURT TOO LATE
Secretary of state Hayward Thinks
All Inspection Laws should he
Changed 10 Permit state
Inspectors 90 Act.
Icon a sad correspondentl


gram. THAT the gypsy fortune tellers that
roam about the country are occasion
ally able to secure great deal Of money
was disclosed in a local court today when
an aged German farmer complained that he
had given up 1850 to q band of gypsies
who remained most Of the summer east OF
the city John Huser filed information
against them making the claim that he had
been induced to part with his money by
fraud and misrepresentation. The gypsies
induced the old man to draw his money
from a bank and sleep on it, then to give
81 to them under promise that It would
come back with a lot more money; but it
never came back.
Laws Governing oil.
Two amendments should be made to the
state law regulating the sale of petroleum
and its inspection in the state, according to
Secretary of State Hayward in his biennial
oil report At present the law is not suff-
olently clear as to whether all oil shipped
into Iowa should be tested by state inspect
ors On several occasions. he says. he has
had controversies with the larger oil com
panles over this point. The law should be
amended, he says, so that all petroleum
shipped into this state should be inspected
by state inspectors. The oil inspection serv-
ice brought TO the state treasury in the
last two years, s77,65O.
Wants Free Express Delivery.
The state railroad commission today ro-
ceived from residents OF Monticello an
application for an order to require the
Wells Fargo Express company to make free
delivery Of packages in Monticello. The
company has thus far refused to make any
free delivery, as is done in other towns
Of the size.
For n Women's DormitOry.
Tho state board of education is said to
have decided that the women's dormitory
which is to be constructed at the state
university at Iowa City shall be erected
on the west side of the river. The univer-
sity owns land there which has not been
used, but the plars will require the con-
structlon of large bridge oNr the
Iowa river and a great expansion or the
university campus in accordance with the
desires of many of the friends Of the uni
versity.
Des MOineS Gets Improvement.
After an adjournment lasting ten days
the city council met today and opened the
bids on the flood protection works. APP
proximately 100000 worth of civic improve
ments will follow as a result of the meet
ing. The flood protection works will come
to $4,000 and IL the John Wheeler Con-
structton company starts work on the Wal
nit street bridge the expenditure of $4,000
will be commenced.
Socialists Complete Ticket.
The socialist party of Iowa has just COM
pleted its state ticket and placed the same
on the official ballot by petition. John M.
Work Of this city is the candidate for gov
- QI,,ffu g1 3 he
candidate for congress in the Ninth dis
Itrict.
Money for InterurbRn.
| BY unanimous vote the members OF the
Greater Des Moines committee this noon
pledged themselves to raise $4,000 in Des
lMoines to build the proposed Red Oak in
terurban. Every member promised to boost
for the project and aid in raising the nee
Iessary amount.
! Political Dates Announced.
The democratic state committee is first il
the field with a list of speaking dates fol
the campaign. Today announcement wai
made of the following places where Claude
Porter, the democratic candidate for COVER
nor. will expound the true democratic doc
trlne in the first two weeks Of the cam
paign;
Sioux City, September 20, evening,
| Spencer September q, evening.
Sheldon, September %, afternoon.
Cherokee, September %. evening.
Onawa, September &c, evening.
sac City, September q, afternoon.
Rockwell City September 26 afternoon.
/ Carroll, September "a, evening
Denison. September 2S, evening.
Fort Dodge, September 20, evening.
Webster City, September 30, evening
Iowa Falls. October l. afternoon.
Conferences to Re Held.
AS soon as the matter can be arranged
Chairman Carl FRANKIE of the republican
state committee will hold district confer
ences of candidates and leading republican.
with a view to organizing a campaign t.
secure the entire republican vote for the
republican ticket. Owing to the illness o.
Judge s. F. Prouty, the conference dat,
for the central district has not yet beer
, fixed, and all of the dates are waiting
This week the chairman will meet the can
didates in headquarters and outline thu
work necessary for the campaign.
VIII Retire from offices.
Judge James A. Howe, now on the dis
trict benech, and Charles A. Lyon. assist
ant attorney general, will form a partner
ship at the close of their respective term
at the end OF the year, and engage in tn,
practice of law. Both have declined t
remain longer in office.
The nomination papers were filed today
by w. G. Blood of Keokuk as a candidat,
for Judge of the district court in Lee coun
ty, In opposition to Judge Henry Bank
democrat and present incumbent.