The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-24
IOWA.

IOWA.
DIES MONIES, April 24.-After
travelling 5000 miles over Iowa rail-
roads the Iowa good roads train has
concluded its trip in the interests OF
good highways for the state. In the
eighty counties visited by the train
stops were made at $50 cities, towns
and hamlets. The message of good
roads and permanent highways has
been delivered to over 10000 people,
WATERLOO, April 24.-It is ex-
pected that within a few weeks JEFF
ferson T. McCaskill, sewing ma
chine agent, will have his third trial
on manslaughter charge. He was
twice convicted of manslaughter, but
each time the supreme court reversed
the lower court.
DIES MONIES, April 24.-Hereafter
no principals or supervisors will be
engaged for Des Moines schools who
have not completed a college course.
This has been decided upon by the
school board. The ruling will not af-
feet present principals or supervisors.
FORT DODGE, April Ex-senator
Kenyon has been invited by the Com
mercial club to represent Fort Dodge
at the national peace convention
which will be held in Washington, d..
c., May 26 and q. The club also
resolved to send two other delegates
to be chosen later by J. r. Mulroney,
president of the association.
DIES MONIES, April 24.-The
"a alan has established
remount station here. Captain Va
lerino, Captain C. Chit and DR.. H.
Hattey, Italian horse inspection
squad, are in charge of the station.
The station is located at the stock
yards.
DIES MONIES, April 24.-Bert Good
win, arrested in March, 1915, on the
white slavery charge for taking Miss
Pearl Middleton of Des Moines to
Omaha and Kansas City, has skipped
his bonds at Sioux Falls, S. D., for
the second time, according to word
received here from the clerk of the
federal court.
ATLANTIC, April 24-Frank Snouf-
fer, blacksmith, will receive pay
from the war department for shoeing
army horses behind the battle lines
during the civil war, while he was
serving as a soldier in the northern
army. Secretary Baker has just in
formed Mr.. Snouffer that he is en-
titled to $500 for services performed.
DUBUQUE, April 24-Dubuque
promises to be the convention city of
Iowa the coming summer. Six state
conventions are to meet in this city
during the next few months. Street
railway, electrical contractors and
gas men are to hold joint conven-
ton here next month.
DIES MONIES, April 24--Iowa coal
sold here has increased in price from
1910 to 81 ton within the last week
The increase, dealers say, will be
general throughout the state. The
miners wage increase, the high cost
of timber, powder, feed and transpor-
tation are responsible, operators aver.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April "a
Council Bluffs business men retained
their title of state volleybail cham
pions when they defeated all corners
in the second annual state tourna-
ment held at the Y. M. c. A. at
Boone. Play was round robin style
and the Council Bluffs men started
with Boone and beat every other
team entered in the tournament, in
Guiding Des Moines, Burlington, Mar
shalltown and Fort Dodge.
IOWA CITY, April 24-To cross an
ocean to attend an Iowa university
commencement and silver anniver-
sary reunion, will be the experience
of Hon. Jacob e. Conner formerly
United States consul at Petrograd,
Russia. He will come from Paris to
ioin the class of 1891, Liberal Arts
college, in it's twenty-ffth annual re-
, union on June 13.
DAVENPORT, April PA meet
ing between the journeymen and the
master plumbers has failed to bring
any solution of the difficulties over
which they have been negotiating for
several days, according to the state
ment Of one Of the parties that at
tended the conference. The journey
men are fighting for higher wages
and for revision of the shop rules,
which the master plumbers are re-
fusing to concede. They say the men
are now receiving 6214 cents per
hour.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, April "a
Horseshoers here announce that be-
ginning May 1 there will be general
i-,o-.ease in tho prices they charge for
their work The war, among other
lungs, is blamed for the higher
prices which the horseshoers declare