Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-18
NEGROES REGISTER PROTEST
Nebraska-Iowa Colored Baptists OBJ
jet to Segregation of News.
TENDS TO FOSTER Ill FEELING
II. L. Anderson of Omaha Elected vice
President of AssOciatiOR--Evere
Firmbaush Indicted at Des
Moines.
From a staff Correspondent.)

LIES MOlNES, IA juno lI-(Special
Telegram.)-At q meeting OF the Iowa
Nebraska State Negro Baptist association
held here today, resolutions were adopted
condemning the custom IN some papers
and especially in a Des Moines morning
paper of setting apart a separate place
for news concerning the negro people. and
placing all Of that class Of news separate
from the other news.
The resolutions include:
Resolved, That this convention represent
Ing several thousand of the colored people
7of the states OF Iowa and Nebraska, enter
q protest against this method of publishing
the news affecting our people, as IT tends
to spread among the people of Iowa the
idea OF segregation as a method Of deal
ing with our people. and to intensity racial
illfeeling, which has been on a rapid in
crease since this method was adopted.
Rev. ]. F. Woodward OF Buxton was
elected president, II. l.. Anderson, Omaha
vice president; Mrs. James Bowles, Col
fax, secretary. Mrs, Susie Smith Of Omaha
is member OF the executive board.
Trouble for FirmbauRh.
1t became known here today that Everett
Firmbaugh, who was last week convicted
in Minneapolis OF forgery, is under in
dictment here for swindling and that he is
a paroled convict from Kansas. He went
under the name Of Adams while here and
lived at the best hotel, bought an auto
mobile and posed as q military man. 1t is
said OF him that he swindled' a number
Of firms on goods bought and did not pay
for anything. While here he wore the uni
form of lieutenant.
Release for J. w. Stole.
J. W. Stole, who has been in the insane
department Of the state reformatory at
Anamosa for fourteen years, will prob
ably be released soon. He was indicted
for the murder OF Frank Kahler In, a
shoe store In Des Moines and was ad-
judged insane. Today the indictments
against him were dismissed, thus clearing
the way for his release on the ground of
restoration Of reason.
Interurbans Prosperous.
Iowa interurban railways are prosperous.
According to their reports filed with the
state executive council they received for
business done In 1910, the sum of u,7u,-
1Os.A and their net earnings amounted to
ss166e2S1 or s1,7Ss.ss per mile. The year
before they earned S1,5s25s per mile. The
mileage is 40e.7, from which should be
deducted forty-one miles recently aban-
donod. There are thirteen companies OPP
Grating.
New Savings Bank.
There was filed with the secretary Of
state today the articles OF incorporation
OF the Peoples Savings bank of Bayard,
capital, $4,000; J. w. Cornish. president;
w. H. stanser, cashier. Tie Postville
State bank reincorporated for $4,000.
Further Investigate Murder.
State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn
announced today he would cause to be
made full Investigation of the murder of
Greek at Mason City. The man had
been of great assistance to the department
In its investigation of the alleged padrone
system in use at the cement mills there.
The commissioner has no doubt the murder
was due to this. activity on the part Of
the man. The padrone system there has
been cleverly disguised so that 1t may not
be possible to convict those who are guilty,
Now Supplied with ArmOries.
Practically everyone of the National
Guard companies In Iowa is now provided
with an armory, according to Adjutant
General Logan. The Knoxville company
was mustered out because It had no armory,
but reorganization is ching effected to
build an armory. There are twenty-five
armories in the state constructed especially
and solely for the use of companies and
number OF others that are combination
halls. This has been brought about in re-
cent years by the rule requiring an armory
for each company.
Going After an Estate.
At the instance of the state treasurer
the attorney general todsy started proceed
ings in Dubuque county to compel the
executor OF the estate of Patrick NOLAN to
file report and to place himself in readi-
ness to pay the state the collateral inheri-
lance tax. The property, amounting to
ss6,000 all went TO collateral heirs outside
of the state and It was all personal prop
erty The executor lives in st. Louis and
the attorney general will ask the courts
to compel him to conform to the Iowa law
The Department Of Iowa, Grand Army Of
the Republic. at the encampment held this
week gave formal endorsement to the ar
bitration treaty negotiated by the govern
ments OF the United States and Great Brit
ain. and In general approved Of the plan to
have all matters OF International contro-
versy disposed OF by arbitration rather than
by war. A copy Of this resolution will be
forwarded to the State department at
Washington.