Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-03
IOWA CITY MEN TAKE TRIP
Go Overland to Des Moines, Where
They Are Entertained.
TOUR OF CITY AND BANQUET
senator Cummins ON HIS way 10
Make Number of Political Adj
dresses I'm Hawkcye
state.
(Trom a staff Correspondent


DES MONIES, June 2.-(Special Tele-
Eram)-An excursion Of ninety business
men OF Iowa City, who are members Of a
commercial organization. visited Des Molnes
today and were the guests OF the Des
Moines business men. They took an auto
mobile tour about the city and had ban
quet.
Four Speeches ln state.
Senator A. b. Cummins reached Des
Mones last night and left at noon today for
Red Oak, where he will speak tonight for
Attorney General Byers. who Is candidate
for congress in the Ninth Iowa district
against Congressman Walter ]. Smith. Sem
stor Cummins speaks at Council Bluffs to-
morrow night. Creston Saturday afternoon
and Guthrie Center Monday night.
Judge viii soon Retire.
Judge Edmund e. Nichols of Perry has
announced that he will retire from the
bench before the close of the year, resign
and go to Billings, Mont, where he will en-
gage in business. He has been on the bench
six years and could have been renominated
without opposition. The other two judges in
the same circuit are candidates for renon1-
ination. w. H. Fahey of Perry and John
Gulher of Winterset will be candidates for
nomination to succeed Nichols.
Has Joined the Owls.
Information from DEBORAH Is to the eff
feet that Governor B. F. Carroll while there
last week was initiated into the order OF
Owle, a fraternal insurance society having
headquarters at South Bend, Ind, which is
becoming strong ell over the country. The
order operates secretly In Iowa, as It has
never complied with the insurance laws.
Ala the River Road.
The State Railroad commission has come
to the aid of the promoters of a state road
across Iowa by ordering the Great Western
to rebuild and widen an overhead crossing
near Berwick, so that the public highway
may have greater width. The plan is to
construct a road from river to river that
will have as few distractions as possible.
Another Date for Cummins.
The political committee in charge today
dated Senator Cummins to speak next Mon
day evening in Guthrie Center, which will
close his speaking engagements. Three OF
the four meetings are to be In the Ninth
district which is regarded as the closest in
the state. Cummlns will reach Red Oak
tomorrow evening.
Inheritance Taxes.
| Deputy State Treasurer Willis has gone
to Iowa City to take up collateral inheri-
lance tax matters with the authorities
| there. He has just visited northern Iowa or
a similar errand. BY reason of the activity
of the treasury department the state is now
receiving a large sum annually from thi:
| source
| Barred from the OIL Plants.
| It has just come to light that the stand.
ard Oil company has barred the deputy OF
| inspectors from the plants of the company
in this state and that the change was due tC
the fact that a number of serious accident:
had followed the complete change in the
force last year. The company formerly per
mltted oil testing on the premises, but was
compelled to put stop to the method, and
the state will have to provide other means
Of having it done.
Policies Need Riders.
recent trial in Greene county, involving
construction of the standard fire insurance
policy which was promulgated by B. F
Carroll while he was auditor of state, ha!
disclosed the fact that the policy virtually
invalidates all policies upon the property
of farm tenants. II the tenant is working
under a lease which gives the landlord an!
sort OF lien on the property insured, and in
surance is no good. In Green county rider
are being placed upon the policies to correc
this