Omaha daily bee., 1912-04-28
Catholics of Iowa and West Will
Welcome New Prelate.
CHARTER FOR DIES MONIES LABOR
Relations Long Broken with Amer
lean Federation Are to BE Re-
sumed-waymanC onfesxes
killing Father.
(From a staff Correspondent

met here in the evening and parade
will be formed composed Of various d.
visions OF the Catholic societies. Bishop
Downing will be accompanied by Arch
bishop Keane of Dubuque. and the b.sh-
ops from the Sioux City, Rock Island,
Omaha, Cheyenne and elsewhere will meet
him.
Following the ceremonies at the church
the priests OF the Des Moines diocese
win tender Bishop Bowling banquet
at the Grant club which all visiting
priests will attend.
After three years OF disbarment the
Iowa Federation of Labor probably will
receive back its charter as member 0f
the American Federation OF Labor within
q month. A. L. Urick. president Of the
Iowa federation. today declared com
munications had been received leading
to that belief. The Iowa body suffered
revocation Of its charter August 10. 1sOe.
following a disagreement with the ma
tional organization over the action in the
electrical workers strike. Delegates from
the Des Molnes Street Carmen's union
to the state meeting Of the federation OF
labor will be Instructed TO vote for a
general per capita tax 20 produce a mons
ter defense fund. The convention meets
at Muscatlne In June.
Ray wayman confessed this afternoon
to the murder OF his father. He said
that he had quarreled with his father
and that he stepped to the door and shot
him four times while his parent was in
the kitchen. He told the sheriff that
his name is Nayman and not Wyman,
as 1t was first given to the officers.
The killing was on the farm Of the
father in Warren county. near the Madl-
son county line. II is the belief Of the
officers here that young wayman is
mentally incompetent.
Judged by the filings OF papers for
nomination for various offices In Iowa
the task OF being candidate Is not
greatly alluring The republican and
democratic state tickets were filled. ex-
cept as to two OF the republican cleo
tors and one candidate for congress. This
will be provided for by choosing candi-
dates without filing nomination papers,
by writing in the names OF candidates
for tho places. II is probable the re-
publleans win not make any effort to
oppose the reelection Of Congressman
Pepper In the Second district. There are
great many places on the legislative
tickets not filled. both by the republicans
and the democrats.
The reports OF Iowa banks for April
8. show that the total Of banks and trust
companies organised under Iowa law Is
now l.ois which is forty-two more than
on May .. 1911. Since February 7. the
capital stock OF the banks increased by
s520, 2e5. The increase In deposits In
three months was t7.7is.7ss and the in
crease In ten months was s2s,loi,5lS, The
total OF capital stock now is SS.7as-S2s
and there is due depositors. c7So9l.ili.
There Is surplus Of over 10000 and
undivided profits the same.
Articles OF incorporation OF the Iowa
Terminal company, capitalized for 100000
were filed with the county recorder
TmIl q. Schmidt Chicago traction mag
nate, Is president; J. r. Harrigan. gen
eral manager OF the City Railway COM
pany, Is vice president. and N. T.,
Guernsey, treasurer. The organization
OF the new company, II Is said. insures
Des MoInes Of new interurban ter
mInal station at West Second street and
Grand Avenue.
The various rate cases In which Iowa
shippers are interested at Washington
have not yet been concluded, according
to clifford Thorne, Iowa railroad COM
missioner. The Iowa cases involving
various complaints from cities Of Iowa
will be presented during the summer, as
dates have been set for the presentation
of the final evidence. The hearing on
Western Classification No. 81. which took
I'D large part Of the time Of the Inter
state Commerce commission this month,
will not be concluded until fall. Add
tional evidence will be taken next month
in Kansas City. st. Paul and Chicago.
and later In washington. The argument
to the supreme court on the sanborn
rate case and others involving the gen.
eral rate regulation questions was COM
pleted and the court will probably take
a year to decide.
Attorney General coEson has just re-
turned from Washington where he made
the argument for the state in the matter
OF unfolding Judge McPherson's decision
on the Iowa stock food law. The case
really involves similar laws In number
OF states. The stock food makers insist
that the imposition OF a license fee for
handling stock food in Iowa is contrary
to the federal constitution.
Three women today received from the
Iowa state board Of pharmacy certificates
as druggists. They are Esther M.
Rubintz. sioux City; Grace V Stephens
Mltchellville. and Gladys Z. Merrfn' pes
Moines. The first named is graduate OF
RUSSIAN college and has been engaged
as a pharmacist in Russia.
William Watt. an employe OF Nose
I,eyfch. was killed at midnight last night
when he struck a match just inside OF the
back door Of a store room at Dos East
sixth street. Watt was found uneon-
scious a few minutes later by the fire.
men that answered the eall and efforts
10 revive him were frultiess. He is said
10 have died within fifteen minutes after
the arrival Of the firemen. Several dif-
ferent explanations have been Offered
that might clear the mystery that sur
rounds the death OF Watt. The most
plauslble seems TO be that the building
contained a number OF cans OF corhids
and that they had become vet In some
manner and had formed the gas that
caused the explosion