Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
WAYS TO PREVENT FIRES
Iowa State Association Convenes at
Des Moines.
EQUAL sUFFRAG1sTs MEETING
Executive Committee In session 10
Lay Plans 90 Garry Legislation
for Neutrality-suspicious.
Buying PIan.
Lon a 500 Correspondentl

DIES MONIES. Ia, oct. 0.-(Special
Telegram THE Iowa fire prevention as
sociation opened its session here today.
Town inspections by committees In each
Of the eleven congressional districts Of
the state, cooperation between the COM
mittees and local authorities and In
Epections by paid fire departments were
recommended as measures for better fire
prevention by President J. II. Carpen-
ter
Among the other speakers were state
Fire Marshal Roe and 7. H. Wcdden
Of Chicago secretary Of the publicity
and educational bureau Of the national
fire underwriters association, and Gov
nrnor y. +. Carroll.
Suffrage Executives Meet.
The Iowa equal suffrage executive
committee met today and organized for
the campaign Of next year 20 carry the
legislature for an amendment TO che
constitution. Rev. Mary Stafford. the
newly elected president, was selected TO
manage the campaign and she will de-
vote herself entirely 10 the work.
Purchasing Agency.
The city council OF Des Moines today
turned down a proposal TO establish for
the city a central purchasing agency.
The plan was TO establish bureau
through which all purchases for the city
should be made and record be kept.
Only two Of the members favored the
plan.
Stay In Case of Dobbins.
The supreme court today granted a
stay for thirty days In the case OF John
r. Dobblns, who was convicted at Coun-
ell Bluffs of larceny, as one OF the Ma
bray defendants. The court on Wednes-
day declared the conviction was all right
and attorneys for the defendant asked
stay in order to argue a rehearing be-
fore the supreme court Dobbins Is out
ON bail and at his home in Charlton.
supreme Court Decisions.
Charles wence against First National
bank Of Carroll appellant Carroll
Dahms & Son Co against German Fire
Insurance company, appellant, Wood
bury county, reversed.
William Schimmelpfenning against
county, modified
Mime Anderson. appellant. against In.
terstate Manufacturing company Ma
J. w. Houchin against ]. II. Salyards
e. al. appellants. Taylor county af-
Noah Ressler against Wabash Railway,
appellant, Appanoose county, affirmed
Horace Lavalleur, appellant, against
J. II. Hahn. Jasper county. reversed.
Hearing ON Fair Protest.
The officials OF the state fair board
held a session today for the purpose OF
hearing the evidence TO be considered IL
the matter OF a protest against certain
awards In the horse department at thS
last state fair. The premium In what WA
known as the Belgian futurity wal
awarded TO Peter Hopley, a well know
breeder. and four others filed an accu
sation that. as a matter OF fact. tn
horse that won was not a pure-bred Bel
sian. II was TO consider this matter tina
a special meeting was arranged for to
day.
II has been brought out in the investi
cation OF the street car trouble that boti
sides IN the game were using detectives
The street car company employed detect
ives on which TO base she discharge o.
the members OF the union. and later the
employees had detectives following thu
other detectives. The controversy hai
thus simmered down to one as to WHIT
Is telling the truth about conditions. Thu
arbitration board continues In session
taking evidence in the case.
The supreme court rendered an ina
portant insurance decision this morning
IN which IL was held that rider to /
fire insurance policy. known as an aver
age clause" Is legal under the lows
statutes Such a rider was attached Il
a policy in Sioux City where five sep
arate buildings were insured and tn
clause provided that in case OF los
the payment was TO be only on eacl
building I'm such proportion as the valu
OF each building bears TO the aggregat
value Of the entire property insured.
Under this clause the German Inhuranc
company insisted that Il was liable 70
only a small part OF loss on one build
ing only Of the five insured. The couT
holds that the clause is not in Violate
OF the Iowa law which forbids rider
Of any kind as Il differs entirely froI
the co-insurance riders that II wa
sought 20 Suppress More recently IN
coinsurance riders have also been legal
lied.
Preparations are being made by IN
state railroad commission for presents
tlon TO the Interstate Commerce commits
sion OF the matter OF the various con
plants against interstate rates to low
points. II IS understood that a speci'
examiner win be here the latter part {
next week and that Commissioner Hai
Ian viii come later and take up n
cases. The suits were brought on beha
OF the shippers In various cities TO con
pei reduction because OF the low'
through rate TO western points.