Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-12-04

PICKED
FOR RAIL BOARD
Governor Clarke Selects For
mer State Binder to Fill
Wilson Vacancy.
BROUGHT UP ON FARM

Des MONIES, Dec. 5.-(Special) y
Edward D. Chassell of LeMars, for
mer state binder and we'll known as
business man in this state, has been
appointed railroad commissioner by
Governor Clarke to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of James H, Will
son OF Menlo. He will assume his
duties early this month and will have
two years to serve. following January
!. The salary is $4,000. Chassell was
state binder from 1907 to 1912 and
at the end of his term was a candidate
for the republican nomination as Sec
rotary of state, but was defeated by
w. S. Allen. This is the second time
he has tried for this nomination hav-
ing been a candidate in 1896. Chas-
sells political activities began when
he was editor OF the LeMars Sentinel.
He was elected assistant secretary of
the senate in 1888; in 1892, he was a
presidential elector; he served as rep
resentative from Plymouth county
in the general assemblies in 1874,
1904 and 1906. He was elected state
binder by the thirty-hrst general as
sembly and was reelected by the thir-
ty-second and thirty-third general as
semblies. Chassell was raised on a
farm in Hardin county, near Iowa
Falls. He was educated in the COM
mon schools and in the Iowa State
Normal school and for several years
engaged in the profession of teaching,
He resigned as the principal of the
schools at st. Ansgar, Ia, in 1884 to
become editor of the Usage News and
in 1899 he acquired an interest in
the Sentinel at LeMars in 1907 he
sold out at LeMars to devote all of
his time to his work as state binder.
The State Railway commission as
now constituted is made up of two
lawyers,
Official Congressional Vote.
The official vote on congressman
in the Eleventh congressional district,
as canvassed by the State Executive
council shows that George c. Scott,
the republican nominee, won out over
Congressman T. J. Steele by l4l votes.
Scott received total of 10000 votes
and Steele 25,925. The National Guard
vote was ll9 for Scott and l39 for
Steele. The official vote for congress
men follows:
First District-Charies Kennedy trep)'
2O,42l: r. b. Whitaker tdemD, 1926.
Second Distrot-Harry e. Hull trep).
25.54S: M F.. Cropin (dem), 1881.
Third District-Burton e, Sweet (rep).
3I,567; James c. Murtagh, 1882
Fourth District-Gilbert n, Haugen
Fifth District-James W. Good trep.) a.
4sS; Robert Melvin Peet,. 1864.
Sixth District--C. W. Ramseyer (rep),
el.757; s. Kirkpatrick, 1921
Seventh Distriet--Cassius C, Dowell
(rep), 25,ssa; II. c. Evans tdem.). 1857.
Eighth District-Horace M Towner (rep).
24,1sb: H. p. Braoewell. 1890.
Ninth District-Wiliam r, Green trep.)
2S,446; John c. Pryor (dem.) 1919
Tenth District-Frank p. Woods trep.),
32.232; J. R. Files tdem,), 1928,
Eleventh District-George C. Scott trep,),
26,0s6; T. ]. Steele tdem.), 1896.
The State Board of Parole has re-
turned Bert Barnes to Anamosa to
serve out his sentence from Chicka-
saw county for passing fraudulent
check. Barnes, who was sent to
prison November rs, 1918, was pa
rolled April 26, 1915, but violated
his parole at the gate. 1t seems he
went to Colorado, where he again got
into trouble and was sent to the
prison at Canon City for breaking and
entering. When his time was up out
there the state parole board sent R.
c. Campbell of Henry county, former
deputy sheriff, to Colorado to bring
him back
Mutual Companies Illegal.
Mutual insurance associations or
gained by individuals or by an en-
ployer aVong his employees for the
purpose of paying sick benefits or
death benefits of stipulated amounts
and where a contract is entered into
for the payment of specific amounts
is illegal the State department of
insurance holds. Such organizations
must be regularly incorporated and
comply with all of the numerous pro-
visions of the insurance laws, if they
are to legally exist. This ruling is
made in connection with the case of
the Modern Bag company, employing
men at the cement plant to clean
cement bags, which has been charg-
ing the men 81 per month to pay
into an insurance fund. F. l.. Adams
of Valley Junction brought complaint
against this practice and the State
department says the company must
stop it. The company has agreed to
do so. The supreme court has ruled
in interpreting the insurance laws
that where one of the objects Of an
association is to pay to the benehciarI
les, sum of money upon the death
OF member which is to be raised by
assessments upon other members it is
to be deemed an insurance company
and as such it must be regulated by
the state. The same general principle
applies to health and accident com
panies.