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!w? -'W New# ,•%" Today fArTwaprrow LUME [exican Question i* *«w It Witt Be History **'&&* RTY-TWO ir Wants Troops Set First W*A E MO&E EFFORT TO G]ET TOGETHER ludlng Conference May Wot Be Held Bffim Thursday—Movement uf Tioerr to Border t)oee Not Dis „rb Mlexioan Cnvoy*—Many Ameri cans Leaving Mexioo— Hawaiian •Nlatlonal Guard Offer* Service*. El Paso, Tex., May 10.—No answer had been received* up to noon today from Washington to General Scott's /message reporting General Obregon's (proposal .for a Joint control of the in ternational boundary. General Scott said that today's con ference was to be held regardlesa of (whether, a reply waa received to the /obregonl plan. Washington, -May 10. Secretary tker Informed President Wilson to -day that the. conference between Gen- tjai- Scott and General Obregon last feht was not conclusive and would continued today. The^exact points [f\ difference were not revealed. General Scott advised Secretary [Baker that ho formal counter pro Iposals have -been submitted by Gen-, prill Obregon but that Obregon ar aitged to submit a paper containing views today. General Scott did advise the department what coun proposala were under consider- Cion. Secretary Baker' today received an pffer from Governor Pinkham, of twali, tendering the services of the iawallan national guard. iral Winslow, commanding on west OCMt, reported to the navy rtment today that the steamer [uan had taken sixty-eight Amer 'refugees from Manzanillo and !ty-thiee from Masatlan and was eediiig with' them to San Diego, admiral made ho reference to new disturbance* the coast butWidtherewas a gen f»eltaramong A3neric*n*t«U^»|c EIGHTH CAVALRY Lrntt if Troop* Mobilized. the' last American troops the United States were being today "toe Mexican border With the national guard of state* they are being hastened tort to General Funston. total Of between 9,004 and 10,000 out last night by Secretary sr, included eleven companies of it artillery. iports were received that Mexicans |ng the entire border had planned today a concerted uprising. 4 INSISTING ON WITHORAWAL. bregen "Vant* Question of 8tay of tops 8ettied First. B1 Paso, Tex., May 10.—Increasing onfldence in the ability of Generals cott and Obregon to effect an agreem ent as to the status of the American iltlve expedition In Mexico was ert on both sides of the Rio Grande, iday, notwithstanding the situation not" materially altered by the nferees last night. The optimism ap peared based- largely on the admis sion that another conference would be held, perhaps today, and that'General Obregon and his military adviiers maintained an attitude of hopefulness. The hot result of the conferences al ready held is that the Mexican re pie sentatives insist upon placing the question of the withdrawal of General Pershing's 'forces ahead of the ques tion of co-operation.' General Scott was expected Jo re ceive from the war department a com munication on which a reply could be proposed to General Obregon. With this General Obregon believed that co operation in the running down of ban dits that raided across the line might bfi^ effected, Whether the "conference will take 1/lace before late today was unknown either at General. Obregon's headquar ters or at General Scott's. Because -of the new* phases suggested by General Obregon* It was believed probable that he.woqld consult with Carranza and ..thai delays- in communicating with the. Mclean capital might make the holding :of the' conference before to morrow Impossible. Troop Moverrent Not Disturbing. The ordering into, the border coun try of more regular troops and militia appeared not to Worry General Obre gon, and military men with him, iior did Juan N. Armador, sub-secretary ,of foreign affairs, appear perturbed. They Msiimed that the Increasing of theJCQrcies along the^border to.an army, of almost of 50,000 to be solely for the protection of towns on the American side, and laughed at suggestions that anything more serious might be con templated. Major Ljnghorne, commanding two .tMops of the Eighth cavalry, was Hearing, the international boundary line early today and it is' understood that he -)s prepared to crocs .Into Mex ico if he sees any chance of running |7^4otrn any of the bandits implicated ,/sJtho recent raids. V*Colbtt^l rif.'t*4toopM nSibley. wha will be in gen- /era! coo&mand, will arrive on the boi ler aon&e time fater with two mors, and the distribution of the little itopce will depend oh circumstances *ndt conditions. He has., authority to jperi^o if hedeems it ^x jjedienfc" 5 ginWiijAbs. 'Mey Be Profonged. general jT^nston said he hid no Mea quarters at San Antonio. This was taken to indicate th»t today's confer ence may not be the last. Prom Juares came reports that General Obregon and his advisers were optimistic regarding the outcome of the conference. It is not expected' that A. J. McQuatter, the mining man who .Withdrew from last night's meet ing, will take further part In the dis cussions. /General Scott explained today that in view of the attitude of General Obregon he had not thought it proper to insist on, Mr. McQuatter's attend ance, especially as the latter had no official standing. To Divide Militia. General Funston said the coast guard ordered to the border would be assigned to towns which it could best protect. The militia will be divided among towns, easily accessible points with close communication, relieving the. cavalry now doing patrol duty for service In the isolated sections of the border. Two troops of the Twenty first infantry left El Paao today to guard the big bridge near Del Rio on tjie Southern Paciflc line. General Pershing has been ordered to begin a greater concentration of his troops. Those detachments operating as far south as San Antonio will be withdrawn to Colonia Dublan. American military men^today said they could not accfept the fact that a Carranza commission was found on one of the Mexicans killed in the Glenn Springs raid as proving the raiders were Carranzistas. They explained that many of the men carried Carranza commissions obtained before the first Split between the first chief and Villtu LA YUNG OUT GAMP.: X. Preparations Being Made to Receive Militiamen at San Antonio.. Sar. Antonio, Tex., May 10.—A board of army officers today began laying out camp sites fori the regular troops and militia to report .here in the next few dags. The number of men to be as sembled here will exceed 5,000 men. The troops ordered to San Antonio include the Texas guards, eleven com panies of coast artillery from gulf and Atlantic seax:oast points, and a bat tery of field artillery from Tobyhamma, Pa. In addition, General Funston has or dered the five batteries of the Fifth field artillery at Fort Sill to move to the border. It was announced today that the batteries would be sent direct to S3 Paso from Fort Sill to join the one battery of the same regiment now on duty there. According to Information given out at headquarters^ the coast artillery companies will be held at Fort Sam Houston after their arrival, for distri bution along the border as the situa tion may detpan$ It was indicated ^y the officials that the inilltla will be glv «n border, stations befoc$ the xoast ar iXOtury i^ sent-4Wjk «, ". W ftcaehe* Vioinity of V* Reoent Raid.v Marathon, Tex., 'May 10.—The Eighth cavalry detachment from El Paso, sent into the Big Bend district for protec tion against bandit raids, was at the border today. Automobillsts returning from the neighborhood of Boquillas said they passed, the Eighth near Mc Kinney Spring^ last night. McKinney Springs is only a few miles from Qlenn Springs, where the heaviest toll of the last Mexican raid was exacted and it is but fifteen miles from Glenn Springs to BoquiUas. The two troops of the. Fourteenth cavalry camped at Henderson ranch last night. From there Colonel Sibley pushed on to Boquillas to take com mand of the troops tinder -Col. G. T. Langhorne. Sub bases are being established at Henderson ranch and Miller ranch. Scare at Columbus. Columbus, N. M„ May 10.—*Fears be gotten in a rumor-ridden night were allayed here today by a reconnaissance made by Capt. T. F. Dodd, of. the army aero corps. During the night'stories became current, in the streets and on the military reservation that 3,500' Car ranza soldiers were marching on' Co lumbus, and tlua General Pershing's rear guard had been attacked. Machine guns were mounted hi some parts of the camp. To investigate Captain Dodd flew oyer .territory "seventy-five miles to,,title «^uth and west of Co lumbus. ®Ce repbrted seeing no Mexi can soldiers and that all was quiet south of the border. Ammunition Confiscated, Laredo, Tex., (May 10.—One million rounds of rifle ammunition which Mex icans attempted to smuggle across river into Mexico near here last night was confiscated by troops here! It was believed the Ammunition was Intended for iise of bandits' in "Mexico. ENDS CAREER OF CRIME WITlf GUN S ,M ,fl 1 North Dakota Suielde Bel fayed to Have Killed Father, Motiier and Brother -4Crimes Extended Over Period of Several ,Year*. Carrington, Ni D., May 10.—'When An field Shiflet, Zi. years old com mitted suicide yesterday while cor nered by a sherijt's .posse seeking his arrest for then murder of his father, Joseph Shiflet, two weeks ago, he ended a career "of crime in Major Moraht Attributes Teutonic Success to Heavy Ordnance. DECLARES FRENCH OUTNUMBER ENEMY Asserts French Force Outnumber* Ger man Attaoks Two to One—All Suc cesses on Eaitern and Western Fronts Said to Have Been Gained by Numer ioally Inferior Force*—British De stroyer Damaged Off Belgian Coast Berlin, wireless to SayVille^ May 10. 'The German attack on Verdun is based on the crushing effect of German heavy artillery," writes Major iMoraht, military critic of the Tageblatt. "The capture of the smaller fortresses in the west at the beginning of the war by the use of heavy artillery was only a prelude to the artillery operations now in progress. .' The French have not been able to compete with German artillery and ammunition. The enormous losses of the French are partly due to the Ger man artillery and partly due to the tenacity of the French, who will not abandon their trenches. "While it is generally considered that attacking forces must be four times superior to the defending troops at Verdun, it .is true that the German force is not half that of the French. The French force is estimated at 800, 000. This represents half the entire force France still has for active fight ing. "All the German successes on the eastern and western fronts were gained with numerically inferior forces. Moreover,- the Austro-Hun garlan forces for more than a year have been holding back twice their number. The principal elements in victory—quality of troops and courage —-are steadily working to our advan tage." British Destroyer Damaged. Berlin, -May 10.—In an engagement off the Belgian coast Monday between Genman and BTltish torpedo, j^aft, a British .destroyer" was badly damaged* according to an -official announcement umder date of May 9. "Two German torpedo boats," the statement says, "while -recopnoitering, had a. brief engagement north of Os tend with'five British destroyers. One destroyer was 'badly damaged by ar tillery fire. The German.craft returned to port undamaged." 1 s#hich he killed his father, another and .a brother, according to the, belief of Foster county offlcUUs. •, Two weeks ago the boidy o' Joseph Shiflet wad' found in a burning straw stack. Two: years ago Mrs.. Joseph Shiflet was found dead, at th4 foot of the basement staii^ 'in. her hoiaie, killed by a -gunshot wound. Anfield waa the only person on- the farm- at the time, Following inveatlgiittona, the coroner's Jury returned a verdict of. suicide. Nino years ago a brother of Anfield ^isajjpe^d. last. seen, he was with1 AnflehJy '-V^ S 'i' Clrcumstanoes .uirroundlng the 4^death of Joseph Shiflet led-. the au thorlties to bellefve t^at Anfield" was responsible^foi: Blood Feuds Are Suspended. Berlin, via'London, May 10.-Accord ing to a dispatch from Scutari, the chiefs of all the Albanian clans ,ln a meeting there have voted unanimously to suspend for six months the custom of blood vengeance. Blood feuds have been universal in Albahla for cen turies. The a.ction of the chiefs was taken under the pressure of the Austrian field leaders, Field Marshal Trollmann, who conquered Montenegro, 'made a personal appeal to the chiefs, urging them to abolish the custom. TELL OF CYMRIC DISASTER. Member* of Crew, Landed at Bantry, Tell of Experience. Bantry, Ireland, May 10.—-Details of the sinking of the White Star liner Cymric were given today, by members of the drew who were landed here. They say that the torpedo which de stroyed the shljf struck the engine room.- The explosion blew all the sky lights off and extinguished the lights on the vessel. Four men were killed by the explo sion and, the chief steward was drowned. One hundred and seven members of the crew took to the boats but returned when it was seen that the steamer was not in immediate danger of sinking. They remained on board for two hours, when a sloop, which had heard the Cymric's wireless call for help 100 miles away, arrived and took them off. The sloop stood iby the'stricken liner until she sank. All of the crew were British sub jects, except one Russian and two Bel gians. I No American* on Cymrlo. London, 'May ,10.—iWesley Frost Am erican consul „,at Queenstown, .«pnt a telegram today fro«n Bantry, Ireland, to the American embassy here an nouncing definitely that there were no Americans on the Cymric^ air. Frost said no warning waa given, but thai, the wake of a torpedo was seen. He" confirmed earflier statements that tht vessel was not armed. Th^e weather was rough and mem bers of. the crew were. In their boats from 1: 30 a. m. until 9 p, di. situation jW' Ireland! Premier Say* Extreme Measures' Are" No longer Neo*e*ary. London, iMay 10.—Premier Asquith toM ithe house of xsommons today there was reason to believe there was' no further necessity ito proceed to extreme measure* in dealing with' the Irish rebels. •... In reply to it question from Sir John Dillon, Rationalist member for /Kast Mayo, iMr. Asqulth said fhat «o far as he knew no prisoner had been .shot, in Ireland without .trial. The (premier stated tHat S. ip. Sheehy Skeffington, editor of the lrish Citisen, w«mi shot in Dublin without the know ledge otf the military authorities. This statement was in reply tp an inquiry yesterday whether Mir/ S&Sffington ha4 been shot before .tl^e prbtiuunatlon of jtfflrtlal law. The o""—- MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10,1916. Mr. Asqulth said, had been arrested and would be court m&rtialed. The debate In .the commons on the Irish situation, which was to have been held tonight, was postponed until to- morrow. The iMarquls of Crowe announced in the 'house of lords .toddy that Baron Wlmborne, lord lieutenant of Ireland, had resigned. PLOf TO KILL SWEbEN'S KING. Anarohlsts Frustrated In Plans to As sassinate Gustave. Stockholm, via Ijondon, May 10.— The Aftonbladet prints a rumor of an unsuccessful plot by socialists and anarchists against the life of King Giistave. "Sensational rumors are current," nays, the newspaper, "of a plot by the young socialist-anarchist party. agairiftt the iife of the king of Sweden in revenge for the conviction of three socialist leaders of the Anti militaristic congress recently. "The attempt on the king's life was planned to be mude at the horse show, but the conspirators were foiled by the mobilization of .the entire detec tive force and the placing of a cordon of :detectives CHINESE SITUATION S&RIOUS. Japanese Intensely Interested in Trou bles New Republic. ['Correspondence of Associated Press.] Tokio, April 1!).—The Chinese ques tion Is increasingly the topic of the flay In Japan. Visitors returning from Peking report that Interest there Is »u. 6 iWL mat Miteresc mere is It Is believed that the movement against Tuan Shi fial has gone so fat* agamsc uan on. mi nas gone so rar zon that there Is a probability that he will have difficulty in holding his office as president. Takashl Hara, leader of the Seiyu kal party, has recently severely crit icized the government's Chinese pol icy, believing It responsible for the present trouble between the people of Japan and China. The -opposition leader said that the only way out of the present problem of Japan's relations with China was for Premier Count Okuma and his fel low ministers to get out of office. The answer of the government to this is it has made no interference in China. WILL URGE SUFFRAGE AMONG CLUB WOMEN National Association to Spread Propa ganda Among 15,000 Delegate* at Federation Convention to Be Held at New York. •New -York, 'May 10.—The American National Woman's Suffrage Associa tion la making arrangements to spreaa the suffrage propaganda among the 15,000 delegates expected to attend the convention of the federation of wo man's clubs to be held here from (May 28 to June 2. Suffrage leaders said today the dele gates will be Invited to attend a mass meeting at which Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the association, will preside. John D. Rockefeller will open his estate at Tarrytowji on June 2 and give -600 of the members of the wo men's clubs an opportunity to see his Japanese, Alpine and Italian gardens. Other delegates will be entertained at the homes of iMrs. Helen Gould Shep ard and IMrs, O. H. P. Belmont The chamber of commerce will take 500 on a trip to West Point. Unfilled Orders. Iner****.. i'fcew York, May 10.—'For the thttd time this year the monthly statement of-unfilled orders off the United States Steel Corporation, issued today, broke all records. The unfilled orders stood on April 30, at 9,82jj'56l tons, an In crease of 498,550 tons bver those on March 29, which broke the previous high record'of 8,668,9®* tons on ,Feb. 28. "'t -ip^l f" ^»',-W. "'V $ in plain clothes around the king." The three socialists of which the paper speaks were Messrs. Hoegluna, Oljelund and Hedon, all editors. They .. ,A 1 11 r':- There is an Indian, tribe on the, Isthmus of Tehauntepec, the women of which ai said to be the .most perfect in the world. GERMANY WILL Note on Way to Washing ton Admitting Sussex Sinking. were sentenced May 3 to three years, Washington, May 1 eighteen months and one year, im- Lansing received a message from Am prlsonment respectively, for having advised soldiers to strike if Sweden became involved in' the war. Mr. Hoeglund was a. leading member of the Swedish parliament. BRANDEIS HEARINGS ORDEREHpE0Ei3£f£D Senate Committee to Conduct Inquiry Into Alleged Proposed Merger, of United Cigar Stores 'Company and Hegeman Drug Stores. Washington, May 10.—Reopening oi public hearings oji the nomination oi Louis D. Brandeis, to the supreme court, was ordered today by the senate committee investigating the nomina- I tion, into a proposed merger several years, ago of the United Cigar Store*, Company and the. Hegeman chain of drug stores. Louis K. Liggett, of Bos ton, and George W. Anderson, United States attorney at^Boston, have been summoned to appfe&r in that connec tion Friday. The motion to .reopen the hearing was made by Senator Sutherland,' re publican, of Utah, who said some In formation recently, had come to him In connection with the proposed merger and on which, it It| said, Mr. Bcandeis was consulted in an advisory capacity. TOe*e»3tiMiNf0fr general thfe new .phase of the caste and the whole committee" jtffytairne# wltbostt. a pi S id a time was ftxed for a vote top the nom ination. 'SUB" COMMANDER HAS BEEN PUNISHED Germany Promise* to Make Reparation, Acpording to Forecast in New Note Brazil to Demand Indemnity of Ger many For Sinking of Steamahip Rio Branoo—Minister Notifies Brazil He I* Ready to Present Matter to Berlin. bassador Gerard today giving notice that a new note in the Sussex case had been handed him and was on the way Uj Washington. It has been Indi cated that the German government now admits attacking the Sussex, gives notice that the submarine com mander responsible has been punished, and promises to mane reparation. Brazil Has Protest. Bio Janeiro, Brazil, Aiay 10.—The German minister, replying to the noie of the Brazilian government in regard to the sinking of the Brazilian steam ship Rio Branco by a German subma rine, Informed the chancellory today that his government would un doubtedly receive willingly any com munication on the subject addressed to it by Brazil. The n^inister also ex presse(j biS gratification that the crew Of the Rio Branco had been saved. As soon as the official inquiry into the sinking of the ship is concluded, a de mand for indemnity will be presented to Great Britain. VIRTUALLY NEW AtRMY BILL. Compromise Measure to Be Ready For President Next Week. Washington, iMay 10.-—Work on the army reorganization bill was resumed today 'by ithe conference committee of the house and senate with indications of an agreement being near at hand. It Was expected virtually a new bill, ithe result of a comprpmlse, will be readytovWjf before the president next It is expected that the have to give up the volui teer army plan for a reserve force of 241,000 men. WOMEN ASSIST PICKETS.. Effort Made to Prevent Harvester Company Strikers From Working. Chicago, May 10.—Nearly a thous and women gathered with the picket ing sirlKers at the MoCormick plant at the International Harvester Com* todav centered as much in what Japan will ~hn were do as In what the revolutionists are accomplishing in the south. The re fusal of Japan to hand over certain revenue to the government of Yuar. Shi Kai and the exodus or frightened Chinese from Peking are regarded here as growing evidence of the dan ger of serious difficulties. in an effort to reclaim' strikers who were returning to work. Several fights were broken up by po lice after which arrests were made. Officials of the company said every department was in operation. DO NOT ABANDON FIGHT. Leader* in Philippine Independence Fight Have Not Given Up Hope. Washington, May 10.—Manuel Que one of tbe ers Philippine commission- jn congress, and other leaders in the fight for independence, have given notice that while they are willing to accept the Philippine bill without the Clarke amendment, they have by no means abandoned their hopes. "I am advocating the passage of the house bill," said Commissioner Quezon today, "not because I have changed my ideas on the subject of an early inde "i pendence, 'but because as a practical man, I think this aim can best be at tained by taking what we can get now, namely the bill that passed the house."' The house bill promises independence when a stable government is assured, but fixes no time. The Clarke amend ment fixed the time at four years. SERVICE FOR AiSBURY. Methodist Conference Observe* Anni versary of Biehop'* Death. Saratoga. Springs, N. Y., May 10.— After a brief business session of the general conference of the. Methodist Episcopal church today the remainder of the tiipe was devoted to a service in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of Bishop Asbury, one of the pioneer leaders of the church. BisiKtp Asbyry, speakers said, dur ing his life, traveled annually approxi mately 6,000 mileB, principally on horseback, and during each year preached from 300 to 000 sermons. KENYON OPPOSES BILL. Continues 8pe*oh In Opposition to Riv ers and Harbors Measure. Washington, May 10.—Senator Ken yon, republican, of Iowa, who had Spoken against the rivers and harbors bill for several hours, when the senate recessed last night, continued his speech tQday. "I would like to see the bill defeated by any possible legislative method," he said, "but •J^reajize that: I alone have not the ph.ysical strength to beat It." 2S,000 SLAVS IN FRANCE. Troops Travel From Moscow to Man churiat- Thence to Marseilles. [Special Correspondence.] Marseilles, France. April 25.—The second-,installment- of the Russian con tingent fop France landed tffere today "after a land, and sea Journey of ap proximately 37,640 miles./from Moscow to Port Dalny, Manchuria, overland, and thence by water transport. The total. number of Russian troops T.-R. BULLETIN. NEWS OP~THE DAY The Weather. Sun rlees IMay 11 at 4:47, sets ait 7 06. Iowa—Generally fair tonight and Thursday cooler tonight, probably light (frost in west and central por tions fresh northwesterly wind*. PAGE ONE. Telegraphio New*: Obregon Firm For Withdrawal. Conferences Being Continued. Last of Regulars Being Mobilised.^ Germans Rely on Artillery For VrO dun Victory. Germans Admit Fault In ir* Case. V-V Iowa Democrats Avoid ®tate Story: The Turmoil. PAGE SIX. Editorial: aon™n,n. senSte vfih it afues. PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR. Iowa New*: I. N. G. May Be Called. (Meredith Latuds Wilson. Beet Sugar Revival. Flood Dangers Past. Woman Attacks Physician. Good Weather For Crops. PAGE FIVE. Lesson in Thrift. A Temple of Justice. Primary Peanutting. Topics and Iowa Opinion. PAGES SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN. City News: Lutheran Young People In Session'. Ansons Defeated in Opening Game Locally. Death of Lott Dean Removes Iowa's Oldest Traveling (Man. Quaker W?dding Ceremony at Dillon. General and Brief City News. PAGE TWELVE. Markets and General: Hot Wave Southwest I.lfts Wheat. Corn Shares in Advance. Cattle Trade Firm. Hogs Lose Early Advance. Iowa Wheat Crop Greatly Curtailed. written three additional contingents of Russian troops have landed at Mar seilles. On the basis of the size of the first two contingents, something like 25,000 Russians are now in camp or in the field on the western front.) The voyage of the Russians con stitutes a record in military transport history for distance and diversity of route. The soldiers were concentrated in Moscow under the supervision of General Lochwltsky, and entrained for carriage by the Trans-Siberian rail road. across nearly 7.500 miles of coun try to Dalny, near Port Arthur, whence they were to start, on a sea voyage of about 10,000 miles. Arriving at Port Dalny the. Russians voyaged along the coasts of half the eastern world, the route being from Dalny along the Korean shore, then thru the Yellow and Chinese seaa fcnd then, reaching Singapore, whjre the "transports. entered the Indian" Qcean by the Straite- of Malacca. The troops then made thpir'way by Aden and the Red sea to the Suez -Canal and Port Said, thence to Marseilles thru tfce Mediterranean. The arrival of the Russians was a great surprise to the general public in France. On the other hand, the send ing of the contingent in all prob ability was perfectly well known to the German authorities. Indeed it is practically certain, since, as the Russian general com manding the contingent told the As sociated Press correspondent, two at tempts were made by the Germans to attack the transports while on their way by sea from Port Dalny to Mar seilles. now .linked Is estimated at something! The Brazil nut .tree does not begin *-undW i0,H "(Sitice the foregoing was" to bear until it I* ftf^-year* old, IOWA CITIES MAY REGULATE RATES Also Have Power to Forbid Public Service Corporations From Charging Meter Rental*, According to Su preme Court Decision. Des Moines, May 10.—Cities have the power to regulate rates and forbid pub lic service corporations from charging meter rental, according to a .decision handed down today in the Iowa su preme court. The decision was |n the case of the city of Tipton vs. Tipton Light & Heating Company. MORE WITNESSES TESTIFY. Federal Grand Jury Continues Alleged Grocer*' Trust Investigation. Des Moines, May 10.—The federal grfand jury today continued its Inves tigation of alleged violations by the Iowa-Nebraska Wholesale Grocers' Association of the Sherman antl-trust act Claude Porter. United States dis trict attorney, introduced as witnesses E. M. Vorhees, of New York, and Wil liam F. Morris, of Omaha. W,. D. Buchanan, of Chicago, a.lso was a wit ness. It was said the conclusion of the In vestigation and the report by the grarid Jury probably would come a week from today. -The government charges the grocers with price dis crimination. JOIN CANADIAN ARMY. Two Clinton Boys Induced to Cros* Boundary and Enlist. Clinton, May 10.—James W. Clark, Northwestern railway conductor, de parted this morning for Toronto, Can ada, In an effort to secure the release from the British army of his son, John Clark, and William Walsh, also of Clin ton. The boy*, their parent* learned today, were employed In Detroit and were Induced by a Canadian redruittng officer to cross the boundary and enlist in the Canadian contingent. Clark is not yet of age. j'p! Gazette Photographer Dead. Cedar RapldTs. May 10.— John H. Richmond was found dead at his home today. Death, It is thought, resulted Saturday night, When he Was alone. Richmond was staffc. photographer' of the Evening Gazette. Weather for Iowa* fw+'i&ra 1 Fair Thursday vi-"-«ANortliwert Willis NUMBER 112 STATE ISSUES Deirjjp?ftte in State Convent at Clinton Not on Record. NO ACTION ON TWO BIG TOPICS (, Platform, sit Indioated in Distriot Can ..... ferenees. Confined to National Que*r i't tion* and Suffrage and Prohibition Issue* Left For Seoond Convention— Between 600 and 700 Delegate* Pre* ont. Clinton, May 10.—Dr. D. W. Reyn olds, chairman of the democratic state, central committee, called the demo' cratlc state convention to order in the Coliseum at 11 a. m.' today. Between 600 and 700 delegates were in attend* ance. It developed at the dlstrlce conferences early In the day that only national Issues would have a place lif the convention discussion and It wai thought that no action would be taken either on the state prohibition que* tion or the suffrage question. Rev. F. H. Burrell, of Clinton, pro r.ounced the invocation and Mayor H. C. Hansen delivered an addrea* of welcome. 13. T. Meredith, of Dee Moines, recently endorsed for the democratic gubernatorial candidacy, was appointed temporary chairman of the convention, and delivered .the* "keynote" address Demonstration For Meredith. Rising as one body at the conclusion of the keynote address by JS. T. Mere dlth, delegates at the opening session -'i here today, gave the speaker an ova* tion that approached a tumult. Following the appointment, of con vention committees, the convention ad Journed to 2 o'clock, when, the commit tees on credentials and permanent or ganization will report and the perma nent chairman will be elected. 3 Little business was scheduled to com* before the convention this afternoon. the business Including the ftliin# of -,ri vacancies in the delegation to the tut- ,,, tlonal convention. 4$ [The address of Mr. Meredith pears on page 2 of this Issue.—jffidlfor.l. The outline of the convention gr&m Is as follows: "10 a. mi—District' sewn. IX ,a. m.—Convention called to order by Chairman D. W. Reynold* of state central committee Invocation. Address—E. T. Meredith, of DSfc Moines, temporary chairman of th» convention. Appointment of committees on cre dentials, permanent organisation and resolutions. 2 p. m.—Reports of committee on credentials and permanent organisa-* tion. 2:15 p. m.—Address by permanent chairman. 3 p. m.—Report of committee, on resolutions, filling vacancies amonir delegations and other business. Temporary officers for convention Chairman, E. T. Meredith secretary, D. E. Kerby assistant secretaries, John L. Mills and Clement K. Wade read ing clerks, John Gelisple and John F. Golden sergeant-at-arms, J. J. Lanlru Republican* to Meet July 10. Des Moines, May 10.—The republi can state committee today Issued! the call for the etate convention to be held in Des Moines. July 19. Delegates numbering 1,336 will attend, it was.an nounced. EDISON TO JOIN MARCHERS. Inventor to Participate in Great Pr« paredness Parade. New York. May 10.—Thomas A. Edi son, the inventor and chairman of the navy consulting board, expects to march at the head of twenty engineers all of whom are members of that board, in the great preparedness parade In which nearly 145,000 persons will tak* part here on Saturday. Iowa Supreme Court. Special to Times-Republican. Des Moines. May 10.—The supreme court today handed down the follow ing opinions: City of Tipton vs. Tipton Light anf Heating Company, appellant. Cedar county. Affirmed. Gaynor, judge. Murphy, appellant, vs. Continental Insurance Company Iowa county*' Reversed. Ladd, Judge. Fisher vs. Cedar Rapids and Marion City Railway Company, appellants. Llr.r. county, affirmed. Gaynor, judge. Land is, appellant, vs. city of Marion, Linn county. Reversed. Evans, judge.. Medioal Society in Session. Davenport, May 10.—The annual convention of the Iowa Medical Society opened a three days session here to day. Speakers of note Included Dr. J. R. Eastman, of Indlanapolisi and' Dr. Alexander Lambert, of New York. Dr. W. B. Small, of Waterloo, 1* president of the society. Charities Conference Opens. Indianapolis. May 10.—Indianapolis was filled today with social worker* from all parts of the United States, Canada and Cuba, who are here, for the forty-third annual conference of the National Conference of Charities, and Correction. Geerge K. Barton Dearf.^ Cedar Rapids, May 10.—George Barton, of this olty. died this morning at Los Angeles, Cali, iWr$i cording to a telegram received hwr today. Mr. Barton, who was 60 year* of age, was a tender of fine fcoWMW. $ 1 r*i