Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-12-15
TARIFFS HELD OVER
New Rates Will Be Suspended As
: Result Of Recent Meeting
CALLED FOR MANY INCREASES
May Put An End To Proposed Ex'
. :, pensive LegIslation-commeree
Council viii Make Elk.
tended Investigation.

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tended Investigation.
Des Moines.-All Of the new switch
ing tariffs affecting Iowa. which
were to have gone into effect Janu'
ary 1, 1912, will be suspended as the
result OF an agreement at the state
house between the state railroa
commission and the commerce coun'
gel on one side and the general man.
ayers OF the railroads of Iowa on the
other. The new tariffs provided for
many increases in switching rates.
The, tariffs are to be suspended I'M
til such time % tho commerce coun'
sci department can make complete
Investigation Of all switching rates,
conditions and relative matters in
Iowa.
The suspension Of these new tar
IFS until after tho investigation has
been completed will be saving to
iowa shippers and may end in doing
away with expensive litigation If the
rates were put into effect.
Those attending the conference be-
side the members of the state rail
road commission and the commerce
counsel's department included the
following general managers: w. S.
Tinsman, Rock Island railroad; D. l.
Bush, Milwaukee railroad; w. D. Can
tillion, Northwestern railroad; c.
d. Cass, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids &
Northern railway; o. E. Stewart, Bur
ungton railroad; J. C. Davis, general
counsel for the Northwestern and J.
L. Parrish, general counsel for the
Rock Island lines. Assistant Gen.
eral Solicitor Dimes of the Milwaukee
road was also present.
Permanent Law Needed.
"The state liability commission
runs into some odd propositions" said
Secretary Given. "Just now we are
trying to determine the ratio Of tho
Increase; IN compensation for injur.
Cd workmen az compared with the
increase in the number Of injuries.
Table which have indicates the rise
both in compensation and the number
Of injuries every four years beginning
in 1886. The number Of injuries
has risen rather slowly in Germany
while the compensation reserve fund
has risen rapidly. l hope that we
Will be able to get some permanent
compensation ana liability laws
through the next general assembly.
The commission will be unable to
make a definite outline until we find
out whether state or the federal
government Is to have control Of
these matters.
Too Many Automobile Accidents.
Secretary Of State Hayward may
take a hand in the efforts to stop au.
tomobile violations in this state. He
IL. preparing list Of the sections of
the law whose violation are misde.
meanors. He will send this list to
every sheriff IN the state with in.
structions to get busy AMI uee the
efand Jury whenever necessary to en-
force the provisions of the law. Parti
cular attention will be given to that
section of the law requiring automo
Siles to come to dead stop when
trying to pass . street car which
has stopped to take on or let OF
passengers. Secretary Hayward said
that had this law been fully OBJ
served he believes that some fatal
accidents in Iowa this year could
have been avoided.
Suspect Had Nine Watches.
Jack Hardy, who is being held by
the Des Moines police for escaping
from the Anamosa reformatory, is
suspected of being the man who at.
tempted to hold up the Northwestern
fast mail at Boone several weeks
ago. Warden Barr notified Chief of
Detectives Jackson that he would
send an officer after Hardy. Hardy
escaped from the reformatory by
crawling through a sewer. He was
later arrested at Cedar Rapids, but
escaped from jail. He was serving
TIM fsr attempted robbery, being
sent up from Scott county. Hardy
vas arrested by Detective Thomas
Petit At the point of a revolver. Nine
watches and a big revolver were
found on Hardy when searched.
Wants Des MoInes Man For Aid.
If Col. NJ. L. Temple, United States
Di rict Attorney, follows the recon-
mel iations Of Judge Smith McPher-
sQ1, a Des Moines attorney will be
appointed to succeed George Stewart,
who resigned as assistant attorney
last week. IF an outside attorney is
appointed he ought to move to Des
Moines and make his permanent
headquarters here in the federal
building" said the Judge. "Des
Moines is the logical place for the
headquarters Of one of the attorneys
because SO much Of the government
business originates in this city.
keokuk Electric Company.
Articles of incorporation for the
Keokuk Electric company, originally
incorporated under the laws of ILL.
nois, were filed with w. c. Hayward
secretary of state. The concern has
an authorized capital stock of $3.50,
900. The filing fee was $512. The
company will build electric railroads
and supply electric power for all kinds
Of manufacturing enterprises from
power furnished by the dam across
the Mississippi at Keokuk, which il
row in the course of construction
Gets Money and Liberty.
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left him small fortune was largely
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