Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-02
Iowa
TREASURER IS DEAD
Iowa Accountant Back After
Examining Office Of
Deceased Official.
DAIRY INSPECTOR BUSY

(From q staff correspondsnt)
Des Moines, Ia, June 30.--(Spe-
cial.)-J. F. Wall, chief Of the Iowa ac-
counting department. has returned
from Dubuque, where he went to as
certain the conditions of the affairs
OF the county treasurer's office there
following the accidental death Of the
county treasurer, Joseph A. Palen.
Palen was killed In an automobile &C.
cident last Friday afternoon. The
office was closed on order of the
board of supervisors and an invoice
was made Of everything. The board
has appointed c. E. Mullen, former
deputy, q treasurer.
Hill to Show Stock Here.
Walter J. Hill Of Minneapolis, son
Of the late ]. J. Hill, the great rail-
road promoter, has entered some of
his fine blooded stock in the Iowa
state fair. He has farm at North
cote, Mimi, where he raises pure
bred Shorthorn cattle and pure bred
draft horses. ...
confers with Bank Officers.
State Auditor Frank S. Shaw was
called to Clarinda today to consult
with bank examiners and officers Of
the Clarinda Trust and Savings bank
with reference to the suicide OF H. R.
Spry, vice president. and the alleged
shortage OF $4,l00, for which Guy
Brent, q bookkeeper in the bank. was
arrested last night Bank Examiners
H. N. Germany and B. w. Miller
have been working on the examina-
ton Of the bank for some time. Ac-
cording to the last report OF the State
Banking department, the affairs OF
the bank are n good shape. It has
a capital Of $4,000 and . surplus OF
$4,000 and $2,2l6 in undivided prof
its. The bank was established in
1905. William Orr Is president and
A. F. Galloway cashier. Vice Presi-
dent Spry's body was found three
miles from Clarinda in = secluded
spot, to which place he had driven
in an automobile. 1885,.
Inspector Leaves Red Oak.
H. w. McElroy, one Of the state
dairy inspectors, who has been sta
toned At Red Oak, has moved to Des
Moines to take the place Of P. w.
Crowley, who resigned to 90 with the
extension department at Ames.
Railroad Merger.
A consolidation has just been per-
fected by the Minneapolis & St. Louis
Railway company and the Iowa Cen.
trail & Western Railway company and
the principal Offices Of the Minneapolis
& ST. Louis are to be established in
Des Moines. Articles OF incorporation
were filed with the secretary OF state
today by the new company. which
will be known ~ the Minneapolis &
St. Louis Railway company. The
capital stock 10 $4,000. c. w. Hunt.
ington OF Minneapolis 10 vice pfesi-
dent and general manager Of the road.
The other officers are: President,
Newman Erb, New York City; vice
president and treasurer, r. H. Davis,
Elizabeth, N. j.; secretary, A. c.
Doan, New York City. The new mer-
ger takes effect July !.
Food for Troops En- Roots.
Major E. E. Lucas, assistant adju.
tant general Of the Iowa National
Guard, has been receiving bids today
for supplies for the Iowa troops en-
route to the border. The food sup
plies furnished for the trip will Be
as follow: 1880 pounds Of soft
bread; 1000 pounds Of corned beef,
5000 pounds OF canned baked beans
5000 pounds canned tomatoes, 90
pounds Of jam, $40 pounds Of fresh
ground Rio coffee, 100 pounds oil
graduated sugar, 1s pounds Of evsp-
GRATED milk.
Safety First Helps Road.
The safety first" campaign inaug-
urated by the Chicago & Northwest.
ern Railroad company more than FIVE
years ago has lessened accidents on
that line to marked degree a. shown
in bulleton just forwarded to the
State Railroad commission by that
road. In the FIVE years and ten
rnonths ending April 30 Of this year
there was decrease Of 24.7 per cen,
in the number Of fatal accidents and
Of rs per cent in accidents result.
ing in injuries, as compared to the
like period previous to the organiza.
ton OF safety first committees. There
was decreaseNpf AZ per cent in the
number Of employees killed and 2o.s
per cent in the number injured, The
decrease in the number Of outsider
killed amounted to IA per cent and
injured, 81 per cent.