Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-01
SALOON MEN WIN POINT
City Council of Des Moines Grants
Seven Additional Licenses.
FIGHT NOW COMES In COURT
Marriage of Accused White SLAYER
Prevents PrOsecution--POIk County
Supervisors Boost valued
Price of Lands.
CFrom a Staff Corrsspondent.)

Telegram) 1.-The fight over the limitation
of the number Of saloons In Des Moines
came to a head today. when the city
council granted seven saloon licenses above
the eighty-six which are allowable under
the Moon law. The saloon men beat the
anti-saloon forces at the finish by waiting
until the last moment TO spring their
plan, and when it was too late the Clh-
zens association went into court and
secured restraining orders 10 prevent the
action.
Mayor Hanna objected to granting add
tional licenses above the law, but the others
voted for the licenses and stated that the
saloon men could fight It out in thu courts
for themselves.
Marriage stops Prosecution.
Adam simmons. accused Of being en-
gagged as white SLAYER in the bringing
of girl from Russia, took steps to pre-
vent prosecution today by marrying the
mother of the girl in question and she
also was married to James Miller This
will prevent the proposed deportation OF
the girl and prevent all prosecution.
Beckman Teaches journalism.
Fred w. Beckman, a we'll known news
paper man and worker In the Young Mems
Christian association, has been elected by
the Board of Education to give instruction
| in Journalism to students of the state
college at Ames.
Boost for Land values.
The assessment on land in this county
was increased by the Board Of Supervisors
today from s55 an acre to $65 in anticipa-
ton of similar increase by the State Board
of Review in many counties Of the state.
Other property was also increased ma
terially as It was believed the local asses
sors were valuing 1t too low.
No state College President.
Although a committee of the State Edu-
cational board has been out making in
vestigaton into the merits of various per-
dency Of the state college at Ames, no
report was made at the meeting of the
board held this week, and 1t is regarded
as doubtful IL any president will be Sc
lected in time to commence the school
year The board elected A. w. Scott of
Harvard university to be dean Of the law
school at the state university.
saloon Problem Hard One.
The city council of Des Moines is hav-
ing a hard time determining the saloon
question for the next five years. While
the matter of the sufficiency of the pc
tition is still being discussed by the court
the council must act before July or the
saloons will close. There is a disagree
ment as to how many of the saloons the
city Ia entitled to and a hard problem
ahead to decide which ones OF the saloons
must be denied licenses. 1t is probable that
eighty-six licenses will be granted.
Trustees May Get Into Trouble.
Township trustees all over the state
will be interested in decision by the at.
torney general today to the effect that
, township trustees cannot employ them
selves on road work, or draw any pay In
any way from the road funds, and thai
when they do so they lay themselves liable
to indictment for misdemeanor The mat
ter came up on complaint of persons ir
Carroll county, who say that in that county
the trustees use the road money to pay
! themselves and the road work In places 4
not we'll done.
, Resigns from Education Board.
The governor today received the resig
. nation Of Thomas d. Foster of Ottumwi
from the State Board of Education. II,
is manager OF the Morrill, Packing com
pany, and last winter desired to be no
reappointed. but was prevailed upon Il
remain on the board for a time. He 4
one OF the democratic members
Colleges Well Supported.
After July l the three state educationa
= institutions viii have available for thei
; use annually s1s5, 200 more each year thai
in the past for their support, the total o
support funds of all kinds from the stat
treasury being ;1.OS2 $50. The support 70
the state university lie $423,2 200 annually
the state college. $427 800 annually, and tn
state teachers college. s1S1,750
Express Rate Discrimination.
The State Railroad commission has ha
Its attention called to the inequalitie
of express rates and will be asked to Sc
, that the matter is Strengthened out. Tn
, state sends out the Official Register"
] large book. each biennial period, and tn
, cost Is q cents where the state pays tn
bill, but II II is sent collect 1t Is As cents
also X sent back to the state from II
destination the charge is As cents. Tn
commissioners believe there Ia no warran
= for such discrimination.
Good Meeting of Lawyers.
t Various persons attending the State Ba
l. association meeting at Oskaloosa and tn
= convention Of county attorneys returne
= today and they report the meetings to hav
d been excellent, though the attendance wa
n small. The county attorneys diseusse
many phases of the new legislation. Tn
e principal address to the bar associatio
.. was by Justice John c. Sherwln of tn
+ Iowa supreme court
n New Bank organized.
. The Peoples Savings bank Of Grund
Center filed articels Of Incorporation wit
j the secretary OF state capital, $4,000; !
y A. Crary. president; r. E. Lynn, cashie
The state superintendent will have
corps OF sixty-five readers at work mel
a. week upon the examination papers OF al
:. plicants for teachers certificates in II
" state.
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