Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-08
/ BIG SALOON FIGHT IS ON
Three Hundred Fifty Witnesses to Be
Called Attacking Petition.
DRYs SAY 100 NAMES WRONG
Allegation Made Persons signed Them
to Correspond to Names ON ron
BOoks-Unions object 10
Car inspectors.
lFrom q staff correspondentl

DIES MONIES, Ia. Sept. 7-(Spoclal Tele-
gram. )-Three hundred and fifty witnesses
will be called by the anti-saloon interests
in the trial OF the saloon petition OF con-
sent In the district court to show that
many names on the petition have been al
tered. Attorneys for tho drys say moro
than 100 people signed names that were
not their own simply to make them cor
respond with the names on the poll books,
The court has expressed disapproval OF this
plan OF attacking the petitions and may
refuse to permit all these witnesses -
testify. The case involves the validity OF
all the saloons OF Des Moines and has
been pending before the court since early
In June.
Unions Protest inspectors.
Fred Fay, member Of the International
committee of the street car men, will prob
ably be called back to Dcs Moines by the
union to assist in settlement of new diff
culties that have come up in connection
with the street car trouble
The executive committee of the union has
refused to accept as conclusive the reports
Of the inspectors against car conductors
and deadlock is imminent
second Trial of Creamery Man.
Assistant Attorney General Fletcher ls
in Logan today for the purpose Of assist
ing in the prosecution Of Manager Barshy
Of the Fairmont Creamery company who
was a short time ago convicted In justice
court at Woodbine Of misleading the Bah
cock cream test. He was accused of over
reading IL and reporting larger percentage
OF butter fat than was in fact shown by
the test, and that this was done to destroy
competition and establish a monopoly. II
10 N.l tl,N Al.
Of the kind 1t will go to the supreme court.
Committee Goes to Fort Madison.
The Cossoa committee to inquire into the
management OF the prison at Fort Madison
has arranged to go to Fort Madison on
Friday and begin the taking of testimony
there The committee made some prelm-
mary inquiries here and adjourned to meet
at the prison, where all who have any in
formation bearing on the management Of
the prison will feel free to tell their stories.
Deny Illegal Freight Ratcs.
The State Railroad commission has re-
ceived from George o. Somers. general
freight agent of the Great Western, an an
swer to the complaint OF e. b. wylie as to
unjust, unreasonable and Illegal freight
rates along the line between Des MonNa
and St Joseph. He makes a simple denlar
OF the same A date will be set for hear
ing on the question.
The articles were filed today for the
Spauding association at Pocahontas cap
ital, $4,000, for the purpose of building a
lodge room. The Farmers Cooperative
exchange of La Porte increased it's cap
ital from $4,000 to $4,000
Wants Further investigation.
Governor Carroll has asked Attorney
Ganaral COSson IN 90 IN Muaoa-
tine and to make inquiry into the situation
there with special reference to the possi-
bility of the courts taking hand in the
settlement of the button workers strike.
The attorney general has thus far found
that the whole strike and labor troubles
there are OF private nature and that
apparently thore is no way that the state
can take hold because OF the superior or
primary interest OF the public. It is rs1A
ported to the governor that as a matter
of fact both the workingmen and their
employers have violated the agreement
entered into recently. Just how to compel
them to live up to their agreement is a
hard problem, but the attorney general
will go to the bottom OF the matter and
attempt to reach solution.
Wilson Goes West.
Secretary James Wilson, who has been
spending few days on his farm in Tama
county, left this week for a tour OF the
west. He is to speak in Denver and later
at meetings farther west. He was on the
program for the state fair here, but did
not attend
Postal Clerks Officers.
Oscar f. Nelson of Chicago was re-
elected president of the National Fedora
ton Of Postoffice Clerks by a unanimous
vote at the sixth annual convention, which
closed here tonight George +. Pflffer OF
Milwaukee was reelected secretary and
treasurer and Louis De Bow of San Fran
cisco was returned to his old position OF
organizer. Other officials elected were:
First vice president Vincent c. Burke Of
Louisville, Ky; second vice president.
Davis NJ. Bernhisel OF Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City was chosen as the meeting
place of the 1919 convention New York
City and Indianapolis being close seconds.