Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-17
SUIT FOR DAMAGES BEGUN
Threatened Action Against City Of
Des Moines Over Bridge
Patents is Begun.
TESTS MooTED MATTER IN COURT
lFrom a star Correspondcnt.l

tcrom a star Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia. July i6-(spectal
Telcgram)-The threatened suit AGAINST
Des Moines for slleged infrinEemenss for
the Hacher bridge patents material he'd
today when papers were fled In federal
court An injunction and an accounting
are asked. No specific amount OF dau1-
ages Is set forth
Liquor Law Violation Charged.
IL an Information filed IN justice cour,,
Yesterday by County Attorney Wilson.
the Chicago & Northwestern railway A.
charged with violation Of tho liquor law
enacted by the thirty-sixth general as
sembly. which requires that a record
book OF liquor shipments shall he kent
by station agents. throughout Iowa. The
county attorney charges that the North
western road has kept no record OF
freight shipments az its station at say
Tor. small station Just north OF Des
Moines. The agent there. r. n. Buckley.
pleaded ignorance NJ the law. Attorney
Wilson declares that about forty-seven
barrels Of beer havo been allowed TO 20
out OF the freight room AZ sayor with
out the signatures Of the consignees
since July 4, when the new law became
effective. He said that the beer had
been used mostly by citizens OF Carney.
Ten barrels Of beer were taken over by
the county attorney and deputy sheriffs
Tuesday night near saylor. This is the
beginning If an investigation by the
county attorney and sheriff'S offices.
city In Bridge Patent SUIT.
r. II. Drury. attorney for the Thacher
t.,-gs. -.
suit against Polk county charging viola
tior Of the Thatcher patents in the CON
structicn of bridges. will also bring suit
against the city of Des Moines. He
expects 10 he in Des Moines Friday and
viii probably file his papers az that
time He declares that whether Polk
county settles or not. as he thinks there
is a possibility. the matter will be
threshed out thoroughly in the courts.
The Folk county board refuses to
recognize the validity Of tho Thatcher
patents and the board says further that
such patents even IL they arc valid
have not been violated in the bridge
work done by them. The attorney gem
erals office. which had made an ex-
haustive investigation Of the bridge situa-
ton, backs the board up In ite cOnten-
ton
The city " Des Moines has thee large
Melan arch bridges and II il on these
that Attorney Drury claims the Thatcher
patent has been infringod upon
Code Editor Discharged.
Continued delay on the part OF Charles
S. Wilcox. state code editor. In getting
out the code index, has resulted I'm his
being discharged from his position by the
members OF the supreme court He was
appointed by the code commission two
years ago to take charge OF the work of
getting out the code supplement- which
was TO be completed by October /. 1873
The work was not ready ct the specified
time. however, and only part OF It VAS
ready by January l OF this year. The
thirty-sixth general assembly gave the
supreme court the work which has be-
fore been done by the code commission.
and provided that the laws OF the thirty
sixth general assembly be published a. a
supplement 10 the code of 1918. Mr.. VIII
cox's delay in preparing an index OF the
code. the code supplement or 1913 and