Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-05-15
MIXTURE OF CARLOAD LOTS
Western Shippers Hold Meeting at
Des MONIES to Make Plans.
OPPOSITION TO PLAN STRONG
state Convention of Postoffiee EN-
pioyes and Letter Carriers viii
Meet Next Time at ottumwR
Miners to Dex Moines.
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CFron a staff Correspondentl
| DIES MONIES. la. May lS,-(Special
Telegram. THE Iowa railroad commits
sion had a most important public hearing
today on the matter OF how the western
shippers should be represented before the
/ Interstate Commerce commission In the
the west
Chairman Fyffe OF the western clasSi-
fication bureau, which prepared the new
classification. appeared and defended that
committee.
Commissioner Movann Of Omaha and
f. P. Shoentgen OF Council Bluffs. repre-
senting a manufacturer at Fairfield.
alone spoke in favor of the rule.
Carriers ET ottumwa.
The state convention of postoffice em-
ployes and letter carriers today decided
upon ottumwa as the next meeting place
and advocated the following: An eight
hour working day; straight pension in
| preference to the contributory plan: a
uniform law governing the promotion OF
| clerks; the adjustment Of the glazed
paper envelopes; more conspicuous
registry stamp; vacations without having
TO work overtime to make them up; the
doing away with the little circle on pres
ent money order form as 1t confuses the
dates that are stamped over it making it
impossible TO tell the date Of issue.
Miners to Des Moines.
The 1914 convention OF the United Mine
Workers of District No. Il will be
held in Des Moines. The sessions of the
miners reconvened today and the choice
of a city for the meeting two years from
now was made.
Two sets OF delegates were elected to
the Iowa State Federation OF Labor meet
ings. Three OF these delegates were Sc
lected for the Muscatine meeting which
will convene June II. The other three
delegated were chosen for the 1913 meet
! ing As the miners meet only every two
years 1t was necessary 10 choose six
delegates.
VIII Make Animal Vaccine.
| Articles Of Incorporation were filed with
the secretary OF state today for the Ames
Vaccine company. with capital Of $4,000,
| for the purpose Of making commercial
use Of serum made at the college for
prevention Of diseases among animals
There was also filed the articles for the
Leland, Cooperative Creamery company
Of winnebago county. capital $1,000; also
the Montezuma Savings bank. $4,000 and
the Farmers state bank Of Rockwell
S25.OOO.
VIII Teach How TO Fly.
| PREPARATIONS are being made here for
the organization and maintenance OF an
aviation school In charge of two young
men Of Chicago. The Commercial club
has taken up the matter and the plan Is
for securing large field and full line
of aeroplanes and TO engage In teaching
how to handle them.
Date for u "FishIng Day"
The city park department has set aside
next Saturday as fishing day in the Des
MoInes marks. when for Just one day the
boys will be permitted to catch fish out
of the lakes IN the city parks. A series
OF prizes Is offered for the fish and
thousands Of the boys will compete The
city parks have opened earlier this year
than usual. as vegetation Is further ad-
yanced than for several years.
Knock Out school Bonds.
At the last school election the voters
approved an issue Of over $4,000 In bonds
for the purpose OF making sundry pur-
ehases and fitting up a new high school
building. A bond expert in Chicago has
lust rendered decision to the effect that
the vote was Illegally taken through
failure TO properly advertise the same and
the bond buyers will not advance the
money.
safe Blowers at Work.
safe-crackers blew open the safe In
Cramer's grocery. Twenty-sixth and Scott
streets last night and secured small
sum. The grocery is located south OF
the plant Of the Des Moines Packing COM
pany and no one in the neighborhood
heard the explosion.
| The "yeggs' before blowing open the
safe cut off telephone communication.
Last of Peculiar Case.
The supreme court has Just taken under
advisement a motion for rehesring In the
case OF Mccoy against Beuse. from Story
county, in court for over ten years. 1t
is a case wherein was involved the dis
position Of the money Of an old man who
was adjudged insane. After he mad been
so declared an effort was made to make
him disclose the hiding place. but he re-
fused and insisted that the court had
10 right to take the word Of a crazy man.
| Altar his death litigation followed