Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-16
DIES MONIES SALOONS WIN
Canvass by County Board Held Con.
elusive on Petitions.
APPLIES IN EACH CASE IN CITY
Foreign Mission Board Holds Session
at Drake University to Consider
whether 20 Charge Rev. C. w.
sarvis with Heresy.
(From a staff Correspondent

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DIES MONIES, Ia, July 15.-(Special Tele-
gram.) - The eighty-six saloons OF Des
Mones won a decisive victory in district
court today In the matter of the validity
of the consent petitions. John A. Ham
mond, for the Anu-Saloon league, had
commenced proceedings against saloon
in Valley Junction and asked that 1t be
closed on the ground that while the Board
of Supervisors had canvassed the consent
petitions. the court had not ruled on their
validity. The same question could be
raised to every one Of the Des Moines
saloons, so the case was made a test and
the court today held that the canvass by
the board is conclusive until overturned by
a court The induction was denied. The
main question of the validity of the pc
tition mas not BEEN fully determined by
the court
sarvLs Case Taken Up.
The Board of Foreign Missions for the
Disciples of. Christ is holding sessions at
Drake university to decide whether q
charge OF heresy shall lie against Rev.
Guy w. sarvis OF Chicago, newly ap-
pointed professor of sociology in the Uni
versity OF Nankin, China Mr.. Sarvis is
q graduate of Drake and recently at the
national meeting in Portland charges were
made against him, the chief Of which was
that he failed TO accept the Bible as OF
that divine authority demanded by the
church. The board was organized to try
him here.
City People watch Fire.
Thousands Of people In a Des Moines
office building watched for two hours to-
day a prairie fire. which burned over a
large pasture and destroyed a ten-acre ap-
pie orchard on the farm of Frank w.
Press, south OF the Des Moines river.
A score OF neishborinE farmers, who rushed
to give aid. succeeded in extinguishing the
fire just before 1t reached an oats field.
Report ON Life Insurance.
The annual report on life insurance was
issued by state Auditor Bleakley today
The report shows that the business done
by life insurance companies in Iowa last
year was larger than ever before, but
that the gain was not as much as ex
pected. The Iowa life companies received
in premiums S1.6SISls and paid out in death
losses $342.O94. The other than Iowa com
panies received on Iowa business alone
Sc, SS2. 1870 and paid out S.s4s.7l3. The biz
eastern companies made no material gair
in business in Iowa
Assess According to Law.
Members of the state executive council
are proceeding with the assessment o.
railroad. telegraph and telephone property
in the state In accordance with the Law
and the custom, and IL Is expected thu
assessment will be quickly completed a.
only a few changes win be made TIL
method OF distribution. which follows tina
laid down in the law will be followed a
in the past.
stevenson il Grand Master.
Stymsest Stevenson OF Council Bluffs hal
been elected grand master OF the odd Eel
lows of Iowa. Grand Secretary b. l. TIL
ton, Des Moines. himself reelected. mad
the announcement today following the re
ceipt OF reports from the different subor
dinate lodges.
Mr.. Stevenson becomes head OF the low
ODD Fellows at the next grand lodge ses
sion In Council Bluffs, October 20. succeed