Omaha daily bee., 1911-04-26
POLICE ARE SEEKING ELOPERS
Delay in Preparing License Gives
= Waterloo Man a Hunoh.
OFFICERS HUNT HIM IN VAIN
AGED Couple Found In Des MOinesi
Famished for Lack of Food
Muscatine Gets the En-
campment.
From a staff Correspondentl

DIES MONIES, Ia. April 25.-(Special
Telegram -Daniel Houts OF Waterloo and
Hazel Hannins Of Colfax are being sought
by the police to head off an elopement.
Houts had been at Colfax organizing
lodge and became acquainted with the girl.
who is only Is years of age. The father
Of the girl learned that the couple had
started for Des Moines to get married and
he notified the clerk here not to issue the
license. Houts appeared in due time and
sought a license, but the clerk was so
long in getting Il ready that Houts be
came suspicious that a trap was laid for
him and he left. The couple then disap-
peared and cannot be found.
Bryan TO Lay Conversions.
Officials of the Young Mems Christian
assoc alton have asked w J. Bryan to lay
the cornerstone of their new edifice while
he is in Des Mones next Monday to at
tend the jefferson day dinner
Aged Couple in Want.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Hammond of Lud~
ington, Mich, both past 20 years. were
found weak from two days fasting by
Humane officer J. w. Jenney this morn
ing. The aged couple were returning to
their home from California where they
had been in quest Of health. They had
only enough money to reach Des Moines
and had not eaten for two days.
Encampment to Muscatine.
The committee named TO investigate
whether the state Grand Army of the
Republic encampment should be trans
ferred from Muscatine because of the
strike today recommended to Commander
| Dyer that the encampment be not trans
! ferred sataS
Choose Successor TO Calvin.
| Governor Carroll has called a meeting Of
the State Geological board for Wednesday
! of this week to be held in his office, at
which time a successor will be elected to
the late Samuel Calvin as head of the
state geological survey. 1t is not known
! who will secure the place, but friends of
| Prof. S. w. Boyer Of Ames are understood
| to be urging him for the place, as he was
been connected with the survey for many
years.
Farmers Are organizing.
There was filed with the secretary of
state today the articles of incorporation
of the Farmers Grain and Product com
pany Of Ringsted with $4,000 capital.
The Highland Realty company OF Cedar
Rapids also filed articles with S25 900
capital.
DR.. ]. l. Gibson Of this city was today
appointed state veterinary surgeon by
Governor Carroll to succeed p. o. Koto,
who has held the office several years and
virtually reorganized and made the de-
partment what II is. DR.. Gibson was state
veterinarian many years ago
TO Dedicate New Library.
The State Board of Education expects to
hold its next session at Cedar Falls next
| month when the new library building at
the State Teachers college Is to be dedi-
Gated This is said to be one of the finest
| college library buildings in the west and
cost with the furnishings about $4,000.
Tuberculosis Nay In Iowa.
Information to the state tuberculosis de-
partment is to the effect that in practically
all the churches of Iowa next Sunday
there will be recognition OF the work of
| the study Of tuberculosis and sermons or
! exercises intended to help along the work.
The day has been designated as "Tuber-
culosis Sunday" The Iowa department
has been steadily at work a number OF
years and hundreds of lectures have been
delivered in the state.