Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-06
FATHER KILLED,
BOY INJURED IN
BIC train WRECK
Passenger Train Hits Mail
Truck Near Ames, la, Sta
ton; misunderstanding
Caused Accident.

Des Moines, Ia, May 5.--(Spe
cial. )-J. F. Williams of Ames was
killed and RAYMOND Duckworth, Is
years old, was injured when the Chi
cago & Northwestern passenger
train, eastbound, struck mail truck
near the Ames station carly Satur-
day. The truck, which contained the
Corning mail for the Iowa State
college, was completely demolished.
The engine threw it over five-foot
picket fence. 1t is thought mis-
understanding of the crossing mans
signal caused the accident.
Says He Was Dragged.
Eddie L. Wilson, discharged
soldier, reported to military police
today that he had been drugged and
robbed of SIS and watch. He was
a member of Company G, 36lst in
fantry and was recently discharged
He told the military police he met
man in a pool hall who asked him
to take drink. Following that he
remembers nothing until he awoke
to find himself lying on a bridge,
the exact location of which he does
not remember. He said his watch
and money were missing.
Breaks Leg, Seeks Carpenter.
Lieut.. Raymond Brock. returned
officer of Company A, i68th regi-
ment, broke his foot off abruptly
when he stepped from a Fort Des
Moines car the other evening. In
stead of spilling blood aud sending
for a surgeon he picked up the
pieces of his foot. for it was of
wood, and stumped off to find the
carpenter who does the work about
Fort Des Moines where the dis
abled soldier is being treated. Brock
lost a leg in a battle overseas and
was provided with wooden one.
His home is in Winterset,
Game Department Changes.
Changes in the state fish and
game department were authorized
by the state executive council in ses-
sion. The fish and game warden
will after July make his office at
the state house instead of at Spirit
Lake where the office has heretofore
been maintained. Game Warden
w. A. Albert will move to Des
Moines about July l. The council
has also voted to move the game
farm which has been maintained at
the Flynn custodial farm west of
Des Moines to Rainbow Park in
Delaware county recently purchased
by the state. The council has au-
thorized the sale of 40 acres at Ell
dora which has been used in connec-
ton with the Boys Industrial school
to E. L. Crosbie for $4,000. State
Auditor Franks S. Shaw at the d.
rection of the council went to Ruth
ben today to sell at public auction
an old lake bed which has been
drained out by the state.
Want More Iced Cars.
The state food and dairy depart
ment is making an effort to secure
more refrigerator cars for branch
line towns, which are complaining
that not sufficient number of cars
can De obtained to take care of
their produce. Many of these towns
are only able to secure refrigerator
cars once a week. The food and
dairy department is also inaugurating
a Swat the Rooster" week the week
of June 2 to 7. At this season the
rooster should be sold or separated
from the flock the department states
so that the eggs during the heated
season will be infertile.
The hotel inspection department
is now mailing out to all of the ho-
tells in the state application blanks
for licenses which the hotels are
now required to take out under the
law passed by the recent general as
sembly. Hotels having IS rooms or
less must take out an annual IL
cense of 81. Those having more
than IS rooms up to 81, Sc; more
than 81 and up to 76, 3d.. more than
IS and up to $50; $40; more than $50
and upward, SIS.
Articles of incorporation have
been filed with the. secretary OF
state by the following concerns:
Sanitary Ice company, Sheldon, Ia,
capital stock, $4,000; R. L. Man.
ming, president. and c. c. McKillip,
secretary-treasurer. Burt Farmers
Exchange, $4,000. J. P. Stowe, Le-
Roy McWhorter and H. J. Bacon,
are among the incorporators. Wa
terloo Roofing and Supply company,