Omaha daily bee., 1914-10-02
VOTING MACHINES. OPPOSED
Growing Opposition to Them in the
City of Des Moines.
MANY VOTERS ARE CONFUSED
More Than Twelve Hundred Per-
sons sign Petition Asking that
Use of These Appliances he
Abandoned in capital.
(From a starr Correspondent

(From starr CorrespondenC)
DIES MONIES. Oct. 1.-tspecial Tele-
GRANDPA move was started here today
to abandon the use of voting machines
in this county They have been used
for about eight years and so many com
plicstions have arisen that there is a
growing revulsioh against them While
the better class of voters are able 10
vote very rapidly and inteiigently. II
lie pointed out that the ignorant voters
are much worse off than when they use
printed ballots.
A petition with more than /, 200, names
was presented today to the Board Of
Supervisors asking that the machines be
abandoned entirely.
There viii be a demand, at least. that
II the machines are kept much larger
number be used
City Officials stiII Worried.
Des Moines city officials are becoming
more and more worried over the situation
as to the Industrial Workers of the
World Rgitators who persist in occupying
street corners and harangulng the idlers
In favor of strikes and labor troubles
1t was supposed that the matter could
be settled by fair agreement as TO
places on the streets where the agitation
might go on without disturbing the pub
lie, but It seems that the speakers re-
| fused to live up to their own proposals
| and Immediately became law-breakers
again. There are comparatively few idle
men In the city, except those who have
come from the outside, and labor eondi-
lions have ben fairly good for those who
live here. II Is believed that most of the
oilers and agltators have come from east
ern cities. Public sentiment upholds the
city officials in their determination TO
| handle the situation with flrmness, even
though many are sent to the rock pile to
continue their agitation.
Expect Bridge Patent Case soon.
The legal department of the state
which has been working in cooperation
| with lawyers from a number of other
! states to handle the big case involving
the Luten bridge patents, hopes to get
the matter to a trial in federal court
this fall Practically all the evidence
now has been secured, The burden was
all on the defense to secure all the evil
dence to overturn the patents. The suit
In court here is one involving alleged in
fringement of patent rights on a bridge
In Minnesota by Des Moines contractor.
II is alleged that no case has ever come
sauarely before any competent court to
have decided the entire question OF the
validity of the patents and until this is
done there Is sure to be a great deal of
uncertainty as to the rights of bridge
builders all over the country, and for
this reason the state has been very anx-
| ious to have the case FASTENED.
New state Pharmacists.
| Newly certificated pharmacists who
have Just passed the examination before
the State Pharmacy board: Walter Wigg,
Merrill; Irl d. Mix, oskaloosa; Henry G.
Ravellng. Rock Rapids; Clarence Wray,
Bloomfield; Leo X. Nelson. Perry; Glenn
e. Mace, Washington; o. Z. Ferguson.
Dallas Center; Fred s. Bryant, Waukon;
Bretislav Kubicek. Joe r. Gurtel. Charles
h Westering and Blazer e. lessen, Des
Moines.
BOuEht Ground for University.
State officials have closed up the deal
for enlargement Of the State university
grounds at Iowa City. a warrant for
\ s. 900 being drawn yesterday to pay for
certain small parcels OF land that the
state had to acquire by condemnation.
This Is the first instance where the state
has had to resort to condemnation, and
In this case II was due to the fact that
the property owners desired more than
the lots were regarded as worth in the
market. The state effected a consider
able saving by the condemnation. The
added ground is needed in order to make
room for more buildings at the univer-
sity.
Supreme Court Decisions.
o. S. Elhs. appellant. against Crocket
Coal Company; Mahaska county; Judge
Henry %. Silwold. Action on contract
for coal; affirmed; opinion by Ladd.
Eta Belle Mcneil. appellant, againsl
Lawrence DeGraff. Equity partition Of
real estate; affirmed; opinion by Preston
Isabel Buchanan, appellant. against Es-
tells " Hunter; JASPER oo9nsy vii Iu1 rs
versed on plaintiffs appeal and affirmed
on defendants; opinion by Weaver
Three Pare PIoneCrs Are Dead.
SHENANDOAH, Ia, Oct Especial
Jake Lewis. VITO died last night aftel
an illness Of ABOUT a year when he hs-
a stroke OF paralysis. was the third old
, citizen OF Shenandoah and Page county
20 die within three days. Mr.. Lewis wa.
about 80 years old and Is survived by eigh
children. all living here with the ex-
oeptiOn OF one son IN Colorado. Mr.. Lewis
was formerly a land agent
The other pioneer citizens who have
died this week are James S. Maxted. VIII
died suddenly Sunday after a stroke o.
paralysis. and William Nye. who die
: yesterday morning from a complication
OF diseases.