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BERT KELTZ FRAMESSCHEME TO VERSIFYHACK’S LAST WORDSMoney Keward Offered for Son® Entitled “Pat Me Down Gently/’Webster City, la., Sept. 16.—When Champion Frank A. - Gotch and hlsf party leave in. a few weeks on their world tour of the big vaudeville houses,, bo mo member of the party will have aJ song number that will be a scream. It Is expected that it will be the blg-igest laughing: hit vaudeville has heard* in many a year. The piece has not yet been written, hue its title will blt;i -'Hack's Last Words: 'Put Me Dowrj Gently/ rr •D. J. McMahon, of Minneapolis, am] Emil Klank, Gotch’s manager, have QU fered a prize of $60 for the best so nil to carry this title. All manuscripts are to be submitted to B. F. Keitz, oJthis city, a close friend of the world'*! wrestling champion. A committee oefive will judge all productions sub-j mittcd. Senator R_ K. Winne, of Hum-: boldt, will be chairman of the com-; mittee, The other four members arei to be named by the Chicago American-and Examiner.Mr. Keltz is the originator ot thtet plan. No suggestions are made ae to subject matter, outside the subject of; the piece. • •The Gotch party In vaudeville will carry quite a parly. 'The champion himself, of course, will-put on a mild wrestling stunt with Mr. Klank or whoever accompanies him as hie side partner. No choice has been made of the party to carry the song part of the turn. Mr. Keitz, however, is desirous Of having as a winning piece something, with plenty of snap and ginger in. 'it and also some thine1 sufficiently descriptive of the Gotch-Hackenschmidt match to be easily recognized as a burlesque on the bout In all civilized portions of the globe. While in Chicago at the match Mi*. Keitz interviewed a number of well known sons writers and has the promise already of quite a bunch of entries In the competition.. DES -MOINES—Twenty-four divorces were granted by three Judges yes Card ay. There are 436 divorce case* awaiting trial on equity docket.IOWA CITY—Registrar Ensign hasIssued a statement showing a 40 per bent increase in all the freshman classes of the state university.DES MO) NES—Judge DeGraft continued the injunction suits brought by the Des Moines Commercial club agaSnst the Polk county supervisors until tomorrow, when a formal hearing will be had,IOWA CITY—Prof. L. G. Weld, ot Iowa university, having resigned his post as a faculty member, has sent his resignation as state superintendent of weights and measures to Governor Carroll. He has filled the latter position 24 years.DES MOINES—Des Moines 5s making a bid for first place as divorce center of Iowa. The district court started out with 436 divorces in the equity division of court. The county officials report that the divorce business is increasing rapidly.SPENCER—Senator Kenyon stopped off here on his way to Royal to speak.lujfl was tendered an enthusiastic informal reception at the Masonic hall by the business men of the city. He wezit to Royal by automobile, accompanied by 15 or 20‘ automobiles.DES MOINES—All editors of Iowa daily newspapers will be invited to attend the luncheon in honor of President Taft, which will be held at the Grant club hero on the morning of Friday, September 25. This decision was reached today by the Greater Des Moines committee which is In charge of the entertainment.IDA GROVE—At the annual meeting of the Maple Valley Chautauqua association It was decided to hold the assembly next year from August 15 to 21 inclusive. The board met and elected F. D. Babcock, president: Julius iloh-wer, vice president: James Easton,treasurer, and Frank P, Clarkson, secretary.BURLINGTON—A Mrs. Luecke, of Ottumwa, Ja,. who is visiting relatives here, went out on the river for a launch ride this evening-. She was suddenly token ill and whs hurried ashore, where, on the platform of the Diamond Jo boathouse, she gave birth to o_ fineor MOINES /QBETO CAST SPOTLIGHTON BRIDGE COM INESupervisors Declared to Have Been Very Extravagant With County Funds.Des Moines, Ia«, Sept. 15.—The stir in Des Moines over the way the county bridge fund has been handled may start an Inquiry which will ultimately reveal whether or not there is a bridge combine In Iowa and disclose whetheror not there is graft in bridga contracts In Iowa.The notion lias long prevailed that t lie re is a great deal of graft in bridge contracts in the state. Some years ago at a convention of county supervisors. where the bridge men were very conspicuous arid ready to offer entertainment, a bridge contractor declared that he never made a bid op a bridge anywhere In Iowa without including an additional allowance so that he could use it in fixing those who had the giving of the contracts.Last winter, while the legislature was in session, some evidence was brought to the attention of state officials indicating that systematic bribery of certain members of a county board in a county of Iowa not very close to Des Moines, had been carried on: in fact, there was sworn testimony ot the offering of bribes for bridge contracts. A strenuous effort was made to secure sufficient testimony to convict, but it failed, though there was no doubt of the transaction. It was partly because of this one case that the legislature provided for removal at members of the county boards.What appears to have been found in Des Moines is that the country members have been exceed!ngly extravagant in the expenditure of the bridge funds. No indication of corruption has_ been seen.Invoke Cosson Law.It is intimated that steps taken under the Cos son law as the cases to uc brough the board by the Commercialmay be as ■ soonagainstclub aret.* V. — ...J I ... ic-, ... . .11. J I J LIOWA NEWS IN BRIEF. DES. MOINES—President John Earl, formerly pastor of the Betden Aven\ie Baptist church, of Chicago, delivered his inaugural address before the students and faculty of Des Moines college at the opening chapel exercises yesterday^COUNCIL BLUFFS—Mrs. Fred Bird, aged 35, wife-of a farmer living nearHancock, died last evening. from the effects of burns sustained while cleaning a chicken house with inflammable liquid. The . woman was so badly burned the flesh fell from her body. The cause of the accident was pot clearly established.DENISON—The cases against saloons will have a hearing tomorrow. 'Attorney Joseph, of Sioux City, representing the Anti-saloon league, . has these in charge. It is understood he will contest the right of any saloon in Denison to run, on the ground that a-proper consent petition was not given the board of supervisors.DUBUQUE — Thomas Hastings is lying at Mercy hospital suffering from gunshot wounds inflicted by Patrick Doyle, who claims he shot Hastings for throwing stones through a window of his Dodge street residency. Hast tugs*condition is serious.The men arebtothersinlaw. Family troubles are believed to liave been the cause.DUBUQUE—Landon Taylor has been arrested on the charge of sending a string of black hand letters during the past six months. The police have been on lils trail all this time. The prisoner formerly was employed by tiie city. The latest letter was: sent to a fanner near Anamosa, threatening death unless money was produced.TABOR—Reaching for a chicken bone, which she had dropped into a candy bucket full of water, the 13 months old baby girl of Mr, and Mrs. Will Gale lost her balance and fell, She was found dead an hour later. The baby had been left alone in the house while the mother picked appjes. No one was near at the time of the accident.AMES—-W. A. TjipphicotL professor in charge of poultry husbandry at the Iowa State College of Agriculture, has just received his appointment from the American Poultry association as a member of the special com mi I tee to formulate standards for judging marketV * •2WOULD ENJOIN- * t.uTHE COUNTY BOARD. ■ • • • . . : /Des Moines Seeks to PreventIssuance of Warrants Without Authority.M WILL. DEMAND REFUND * . OF $135000 IN TAXES4 Des Moines, la., Sept. 14.—The*4 Commercial club', announced to-4* day It will file another petition 4 asking that the county refund 4 $135,000 alleged to have been 4- collected on an Illegal tax levy. 4 The effort of the . Commercial 4 club to clean up the court house 4 ring te proving the chief topic 4 of conversation today and fur-4 ther sensational • developments 4 are expected.44444444Des Moines, Ia„ Sept. 14.—Sensational proceedings, In the form of an injunction suit, asking that the board of supervisors and the county auditor be restrained perpetually from issuing any more county warrants except those for jury fees without filing an itemized statement of the account for which the warrant is.issued and having the warrant ordered by a recorded majority vote of a quorum meeting of the board of supervisors, have been filed with theclerk of the district court by representatives of the Des Moines Commercial club.Through the Injunction, an attack is made by the Commercial club upon a resolution adopted by the board of supervisors on February 26, Dll, authorizing and directing the county auditor to draw warrants on th^ several funds of the county on the order of the committee on bridges and roads and for other purposes, without the further action of the board. It is alleged by the petition that this resolution ia in direct violation of the law.eggs and dressed poultry. The Iowa*iIOWA NEWS IN BRIEFCEDAR . RAPIDS—William -Edwin/ Struble, 65' years old, a brother: of; Judge G. fL Strufcie, of Toledo, la., and Hon. I. S. Struble, • of IjfcMars, died -at the home of his sister here. 'sf .KENYON WILL ACCOMPANYTAFT ON TOUR OF IOWADes Moines, la... Sept. 14.—Senator AV. S. Kenyon will accompany President W. H. Taft on his trip throughMASON CJTY^—The north Iowa’ fair Opened here yesterday with the largest exhibits in its history. Children's day brought out. nearly IQ,GOO people^ .. Thft stock exhibit Is very large.r 1 ■«DES MOINES—Attorney: v - General, jj Cos so n and others of hie cpiniidttee”; probe, the affairs aft he prison will re-turn to Fort ‘Madison- the; latter .part /*£.•. of the week to complete1 the investiga- v|«/lion. . ■DES MOIN ES-rR6y S/Hay ward, of Secretary of State W. S. Hayward/j-has arrived m Xcg Momes 'to'succeed^;' ; Guy S, Brewer ass clerk of ‘the state land office and editor of the I6wa Of- V. ficial Register. . 1 : =:MASON CITY—V. C. Tomkins* Clear Lake member of the Iowa asapciation;: for the erection of monuments on . ■ southern battlefields, lies at the;-point* y of death at his home in Clear Lak^ from a stroke, of paralysis.COUNCIL . BLUFFS—Miss AbbaeFrol lie, aged 36, of Crete, Neb., who' had just been brought to St. Bernard^ Jicspital here for treatment for suicidal mania, hanged herself with a. towel during the moiiientary absenco, oC an attendant.DES. MOINES—A. L. TJrick, president of the. Iowa State Federation of;Labor, has been named by the street ear union to represent it on the arbi-. tration. board, which will take up the question of the discharge of Motorman; Roberts and Conductors Hyatt andBruce.HUMBOLDT—Mayor Ruse denies he is booming Goteh for congress. /‘Frank doesn't want it and wo won't - farce; him into politics. We will always support him on the wrestling mat/.but' not where he doc3 not care io go,’5: said Kuse.MARSHALLTOWN, I A,—Alter partaking of an eggnog at the Iowa soldiers' home hospital and. sitting* down on'hiis bed to rest, Aquilla France, an aged member of the. home from Web- , ster Ciey, fell dead of heart disease; France was 7S years old and served hi Company C« 10th ■ Wisconsin infantry.
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Sioux County Herald
Orange City, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 21, 1911
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