The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 55

The Sunday Register is the ONLY Des Moines Sunday paper that regularly has a Magazine Section 8 Pages. The Sunday Register is the ONLY Dps Moines Sunday paper whose cir-culat'on is Larger Than 6 Months Ago, DIM MOINES. IOWA. SUNDAY OK NINO, NOYEMHKH 1 owa Is Wearing Fuel Danger Widow of Murdered Detective TIC IN TIES FRAN Struggles to Keep Home Together The Coal Strike in Iowa Indianola and Rod Oak tell fuel administrator they will have to close water and power plants in three days unless relief comes. State continues efforts to obtain release of coal from railroads.

Second infantry is sent to Ohio and West Virginia to protect coal fields. Many Iowa cities phone and wire state officials for aid in obtaining fuel. Miners and operators both silent, standing firm on their original statements. Many cities in the state will suffer from the coal strike within the next three days unless the order for railroad confiscation of coal in transit is rescinded or, at least, modified. Letters and long distance messages fairly poured into the office of Fuel Administrator Charles Webster yesterday, protesting against the wholesale confiscation of coal by the railroads and asking for relief from the threatened shutdown of municipal institutions.

The situation in Indianola is probably the most serious of any in the state. The electric light plant and the water pumping plant have barely a three-day supply of coal on hand. Mayor Slocum of that city called at Mr. Webster's office yesterday asking for relief. Public utilities at Red Oak, too, are short of coal and are appealing for a modification of the railroad order, asking that they ho allowed to retain at least a part of the coal en route to them.

The institution for feeble minded children, where there is a coal supply that will last only two or three days, will receive Mr. Webster's attention at once. ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: EDWARD. AGED 13; MARIE, 15; MRS. M'CARTHY 1 JOSEPH, KATI1EH1NE.

7. State Teachers' Convention This Year to Break All Former Records. 1H OFFICERS 10 iiitt iirnr Tnniv ifiLLi nuiL iuuu Expect Jo Have Four Companies of Famous Rainbow Outfit Recruited Here. CONFER THIS MORNING Thirty Representatives of Overseas Fighters Come to Chart Course of New Third. Beside Company of the One Hundred Sixty-eighth infantry, long a Des Moines organization this city may be the home of another company, of the Second bat-talbn, according to plans now contemplated by officers of the famous Rainbow regiment who began gathering at Hotel Savery III last night for a conference which will hike place this morning regarding the re-organlzatlon of the regiment.

Officers of the former Third Iowa infantry and those who are prob-ii hie candidates for a commission in the reorganized regiment will meet with those who served overseas with the One Hundred Sixty-f ighth. Probably thirty officers and former officers will be present at the meeting. Four I'm'tn Here, Besides the two line companies, the machine gun company and the rnedicnl detachment will be located in Des Moines. Th former was vaitfiiitart In thla ftv Kv Pant to ward O. Fleur, who was killed in action in Lorraine.

The medical detachment was led by Maj. Wilbur S. Conkling, who resigned from the school board to accompany his men to France In 1917. No one has been suggested to lead the new machine gun company, but Lieut. Frank L.

WMlllams, who was with the medical detachment overseas, Is doped for the command of his unit, The siinnly and headquarters companies of the regiment will probably be moved from Des Moines under the new plans. Capt. Walter H. Nead of Council Bluffs, who commanded headquarters company, Is expected to remain In command, and he will probably take the company with him to the Missouri river city. Stuart and Knoxville are bidding for the supply company.

Other officers of the regiment as proposed are: Colonel Matthew A Tlnlev, lieutenant colonel Claud M. Stanley, Corning; Majors Glenn C. Haynes, Mason City, Charles J. Casey. Hed Oak, and one yet to be chosen.

Captain John Ball will continue as adjutant, it Is expected. Other companies will be located where they were placed in the 1914 shaken of the regiment. That Is, Company A will go to interact. Company to Creston, Company to CenWrvWe, Company to Shenandoah, Company to Villisca, Company to Ottumwa, Company I to Glenwood, Company to Corning, Company to Council Bluffs and Company to Rw Oak. ORGANIZE GRAIN BODY Terminal Elevator Co.

Formed With Capital of A company organized to build terminal grain elevators in Des Moines was announced yesterday. Articles of Incorporation have been filed for the Planters Terminal Elevator company, by Ralph Bolton, Des Moines; A. M. Parmenter, Crimes, and George Close, Shel-dahl. Capital stock Is fixed at A million dollar grain elevator, through which the company can handle grain on the Iowa market, will be erected.

LEAGUE TALKS COAL CASE 1'nhlir Debato Held on Strike at Library Tills Afternoon. The coal strike will be debated today at the weekly meeting of the Equality league, to be held at the auditorium of the public library at p. m. Although no speakers have 'been announced, It is expected that representatives of both miners and operators will bn prevent to urge their cases. J.

O. Lewis, president of the Iowa miners, who was to have spoken for his organization, ill at Albia. and will not bo able to be present. GETS $2,000 'ifl ALIMONY Four Divorces Granted in District Court Saturday. A Judgment for $2,000 alimony as granted Mrs.

Ella Price with a dhorce decree from her husband lames Price In District court afternoon. Others granted divorces yesterday were: Pearl Anderson from Carry Anderson, 1-ena Rhoades from Kdward lihoades and Joe Hilliard from liena Hilliard. Trace Stolen Car. A Buick automobile stolen July 5. 1917.

fron Carl Allen, Powers-ville. has been located by the sheriff's office here In the possession of William Lambert, It was reported yesterday afternoon. The car Is one. according to the sheriff's records, which was stolen by a gang who operated on a large cale, taking cars and building tiiem over, changing the numbers iind so dlsRitising them as to make t'tentiflcatlon almost impossible. Tli -n roonlrl FVERY erng-as Thanks NLv givine draws nearpr.

Mrs. Con McCarthy gathers her seven children about her with a prayer of gratitude in her heart for their good health. Four weeks have passed since Detective Con McCarthy was taken from his family by an assassin's shot. "Four weeks, which seem like four years," Mrs. McCarthy says, but though the days are.

crowded with a thousand lemlnders which bring tears to the eyes of the widow there is still something for which to be grateful, sne says. A year ago, five of the family were Bick with the flu. "Day and night Con and I watched and nursed and feared," Mrs. McCarthy recalls. "It wag impossible to get anyone to help us, but thank God the little ones were spared." Very little time has Mrs.

McCarthy for Indulgence in grief. Five children must be made ready for school each day, leaving only the twins, James and Joseph at home. Then begins the daily routine of dish washing, cooking and cleaning. Mrs. McCarthy does her own washing as well.

"Many a time Con has urged me to give it up but I always felt that there was a place we could put the dollar so I have kept on with it," she said. "I can't realize yet that it is true, that he Is not here. Only there are so many things he used to do for me, ordering groceries and supplies. Half a dozen times each afternoon he'd call to find out if there was something he could do. Now everytime the phone rings the twins cry 'There's The family will continue to live in their home at 1518 East Court avenue where six of the children were born.

Mrs. McCarthy hopes to send all the children through high, school. "We appreciate what all our good friends have done for us and want them to know it," she said. ME RED CROSS TEAM DIRECTORS Everything in Readiness for Quick Windup pf Canvass Here Monday. Fifty captains with the members of their respective teams comprising about 360 workers are ready to Invade Des Moines' business houses tomorrow morning for the third Red Cross roll call.

At a meeting of captains and team members at Hotel Savery yesterday noon, final instructions were given and the team leaders furnished with the necessary paraphernalia for the campaign. Folk county is asked to raise $30,000 of which $25,000 is to come from subscriptions in the city. The rest will come from the outlying districts. "It is my sincere belief that Monday night will see this thing cleaned up," B. F.

Kauffman, chairman of the finance committee fn charge of the campaign said yesterday. Besides the membership fee of $1, subscriptions amounting to 20 per cent of the amount subscribed by those donating on previous occasions will be asked. The business district has been blocked off for the various teams. There will be no solicitation in the residence sections. Following are the team captains who will start the Monday canvass: Ivan Myerj.

M. Shultz, A. H. Jun-ktus. Sep Stlberman, Louis Davidson, A Jran.ky Ifi-n WVinhern, E.

O. Wallace K. Harl.ai-h, Will Hammlll, Clari-nrc Dlehl. Kalpl; Plumb, p. J.

Younkcr. Sidney Mamlelbaum, Elliott. Huhbuli. K. B.

Wilkin Byron Herman Molzer, John Baal, Ruell Pratt. Lllejter CobswfII, Don T. ('hemberlln. O. Thompson.

A. Howe, Dave KruMemer. A Pen-birtliy, J. A. MrCoy, Arthur H.

ieliam. A. Wells, o0. Smith, R. B.

MrUreiror, H. F. Pninty Jerry f-ayltr, B. Klnpfcnutlne, J. Howln, Dr.

A. B. Learner, .1. w. Stude-baker, Dr.

Roekafe'llow. F. Fuller (' Ilurln. W. C.

Ramsey. Silas UoUn, Kiw. Morjran, Bird Pwaine, Tom Sharpniie.k, U. Shernff. W.

C. Marllii, A. c. Manner. Herman Anfterson, J.

Coclirane, J. O. Ulark, Chaa. S. Worlh.

Widow of Veteran Denied Pension; Seeks Annullment of Divorce Mrs. Ellen Belle Coffland, married to George W. Coffland, a veteran of the civil war, in Polk county. Feb. 1 1, 1886, lias started an action in District court to have set aside a divorce decree which she claims her husband obtained from her Jan.

22, 1892. The husband died Dec. 30, 1912. Mrs. Coffland is bringing the action against her two soils, Sam K.

Coffland and Carl Coffland, as his only heirs. In fact (he wife did not know her husband had obtained a divorce utitil more than a year after his death, when she applied to the of pensions at Washington I fo vvidow's pension and was told thai ner husband had obtained the i decree, she alleges. The petition, filed yesterday by James Gooil in, attorney, claims that the husband did not obtain personal service of the notice of the action. Instead. Mrs.

Coffland says, service was made by publication. The htishand, acrording to the petition, riled In an nld soldiors' bmue at Leavenworth, Kan. FUEL HEADS LOOK FOR STRIKE PEACE Leaders in Des Moines Inclined lo Believe Tarty Settlement Is Coming. IIOMR DELIVERY CONTINUES Operators Forecast Return of Miners to Work by Nov. 1 or Sooner.

Indications that fuel administrators In Iowa are not. expecting a long coal strike entirely without relief from tho national government, are seen in the fact that drastic steps toward saving coal are not being planned for the Immediate future. While those In charge of distribution were expressing themselves as waiting on whatever action the federal authorities might take, they decided yesterday noon In their meeting at the Grant 'lub that the shutting down of not Indispensable fuel consuming agencies was not necessary. Nor will the rule now in effect that preference In coal delivery be given householders be changed unless the strike continues and the shortage of fuel gives rise to suffering for foods, said C. L.

Herring. Polk county administrator, last night. May Shift Lists. UJ It was Indicated, however. there Is a possibility that industries connected wlthjerg's handling of necessary foor'id the their transportation might an in-vored over some of the classesT (to placed well toward the top of preferred list.

Operators had nothing to' say last night. In fact, few representatives of parties to the strike, and none of those charged with the alleviation of fuel famine suffering, were busying themselves with the local situation. All attention was directed to Washington, and operators and miners alike said that what developed depends on what the federal authorities did next. Mr. Herring said last night that he was told by several operatoim that thn mines are expected to be working at full or nearly full capacity again Nov.

15 or sooner. One itiine owner In northern Iowa even made the statement that he believed his men would be back in Ihe mine Monday. Herring Not Worried. Governor Harding was reported yesterday as having gone to Chicago to do what he could to release shipments for Iowa points, Mr. Herring said that, the amount of coal on hand and that on the way, provided cars are not seized: and not delayed, will keep the state comfortable for a week or more.

There were few indications yesterday of any attempt on the part, of the public to make use of coal substitutes. Dealers in oil stoves I reported little demand more than is ordinary at. this time of the year. MEN Argonnr Post to Pismss IsJuies At National Meeting. Argonne post of the American Legion will meet Tuesday at the.

Auditorium to make the final selection of delegates to represent Des Mollies veterans at tho national convention in Minneapolis, Nov. 10 to 12. The advisability of indorsing' a bonus hill will he taken up. and the delegates will bo instructed us to the stand they are to make on questions affecting disability allowances, compensations, insurance and bonuses. it is expected that, resolutions will ho adopted urging delegates to place Des Moines before tho convention as a suitable meeting place for the 11)20 convention.

WOMAN OFFICER AT CAMF Mrs. Waller Irish Hanks as Major in Camp Work. Mrs. Walfr Irish, known to most or the men who have passed through (amp Podge as the representative of the motherly spirit, of pes Moines, has hn-n appointed by the war department to the position of assistant. the morale officer 8t.

the cantonment. The appointment, took effect yesterday Mrs. Irish lias quarters assigned her equal to those of a n.ajnr, and in general authority her work will rank as a major's. She will a'-c as a Kocial hostess. Mrs.

Evlyn Rayner his been named as assistant and. with Mrs. Irish, will devot" h'-r entire time to this work. I orger. Charged with forging a rtipck at Knoxville, Valentine Fernandez was arrested at the Perl go hole' vestordav afternoon by Des Moines detectives and is being held for In-veaUsatlon, Instructors of the state will convene for their sixty-fifth annual session in Des Moines the last three days of this week.

Being the first postwar meeting of the Iowa State Teacher' association, a record-breaking attendance of at least 5,000 teachers is anticipated. Special inducement for out of town teachers to attend the meeting has been secured by the Des Moines Chamber of Commerce in the shape of the certificate validation plan, a round trip rate for one fare and one-third. Every hotel in the city will be called upon to house the visitors, it is expected, but official headquarters will be at Hotel Savery III. The formal program of the convention will ho presented In tho Auditorium, with all sectional conferences and discussions in East and West high schools. The program is particularly noteworthy, with Bishop Homer C.

Stuntz of Omaha elected to present the principal address of the convention Friday night. His wll be "Educating One-Half the World." President M. L. Burton of the University of Minnesota, who appears on the program Saturday morning, presents another of 'omim ki) oV iw, ror R. SEND LOCAL TROOPS FOR STRIKE DUTY Second Infantry Called From Camp Dodge to Coal Zones in Ohio.

The Second United States Infantry Is moving from Capip Dod'ge towards Ihe coal mining zones of Ohio and West Virginia. With orders from the war department directing the regiment to proceed to Camp Sherman, co-Incident with a general concentration of federal troops in that area, officers believe the outfit will soon be on emergency duty in the bituminous fields. If lawlessness develops during the strike, government officials believe that It will be most manifest In those Ohio and West Virginia mining regions where the foreign element predominates. Are On the Way. Two battalions of tho regiment are already on their way while headquarters and the Third hattal-ion comprising four companies of infantry are preparing to leave Wednesday.

Colonel Bennett, commands the, regiment and Capt. John Walker, recently on duty with the Des Moines detachment of the provost guard, will command the Third battalion. With the Fourth division on steel strike duty at G. ry, the departure of the Second leaves the local camp deserted, save for scattered remnants of the Fourth, camp headqu irters. a demobilization unit and medical detachments.

Here Over a Year. The Second has been stationed at Camp Imdge since September. 1918, and the men are pleased at the prospect of a change of scenery If nothing elre. Many of them have been In the service for several years and they are sorely disappointed at not get ting Into action during the war. The regiment is one of the oldest units in the regular army and has maintained a reputation for being a crack o'ganizal BACK FROM THE SOOTH Dr.

C.erslioni Hill Rat Paper nt Hejilth'CoilH'lltilill- Dr. and Mrs. Gershnm H. Mill have returned from a short trip to the southland Mates. Stopi were made at.

Chattanooga, Atl'inla, Fort McPherson, Jackscnville, St. Aucuptine. Daytona Bcacli and New Orleans. Dr. Julia F.

Hill, who has worked In laboratory at Fort. Mc-1 Pberson. has been discharged and is home nirnin. Thev attented the meeting of the American Public Health in New Orleans at which Dr. Hill read a paper.

START OLD TIME REVIVAL Cniverlty and (Ynlnil Churches of Christ Join in Service. University Church of Christ and Central Church of Christ commence a six weeks' series of revival services at University church tonight. Evangelist E. K. Vlolett will he In charce of the services.

The meetings will be conducted- The fuel administrator dispatched a second letter yesterday to Director General Walker D. Hines of the railroads, asking for a modification of his order for the confiscation of coal. The governor, who conferred with the regional directors of Ihe railroads on the same subject In Chicago yesterday, will be home this morning. Here is Mr. Websaer's message: Walter D.

Hlnes, Director General, United States Railroad Administration, Washington, n. C. Referring lo my teleigTam 80th, Governor Harding asked me to take charge of the coal situation In state until government organization Is ready. Your order ties up every pound of coal on track and in (ranslt regardless of how badly needed. It wonld seem as though the railroad administration has been somewhat negligent in not preparing for the present emergency which has been pending since May and It is hardly fair to lake this coal from people who are In such dire need.

-Many in Need. Hundreds of families are at this minute using the last of their meaner supply. Schools are closing, one creamery will close Tuesday, hotels, manufacturing plants and other Industries are out and the city of Indianola will be obliged to shut down light and water plants within three days by reason of this order. Some one with discretion and Judgment, nnd readily accessible In Iowa to whom we may appeal should be authorized to release coal In emergency cases. To my mind It Is hardly consistent to confiscate roul for tho purpose of shopping and pleasure trains.

People should stay at home as much as possible and both freight and passenger crews greatly curtained at once. A modified order would he greatly appreciated. (Signed) Chas. Webster. Railroad Commissioner and Former Fuel Arminlstrator for Iowa.

Commissioner Rlgti. Lawrence P. Love, commissioner of tbe Iowa Coal Operator association, resigned his position, His resignation Is saiil to have nothing to do with the present strike. For nine years, Mr. Love In his official capacity of conwnlssioner, has adjusted differences between the mine workers of Iowa and the coal operators.

He is said to have brought, the two bodies Into closer accord than they are in any other state of the union. In his letter of resignation that went out yesterday Mr. Love thanked his "friends and enemies alike" for their help in tho adjustment of differences and expressed regret at making enemies because of any decisions made In the past. PREPARE FOR MEETING Biggest (iiitliering Kver Held Hre Coming in December. W.

W. Gethman, executive secretary of the Student Volunteer movement, will come to Des Moines Tuesday to arrange for the national convention of the organization, to bo held here in December and January. Dr. Thornton B. Penfield, assisting Mr.

Gethman. will also reach the city this week. Both men will remain here until after the uadrennlal meeting ends. More than B.000 delegates are expected here the last week In December. The organization Is worldwide, and will draw on the convention capacity of Des Moines more than any gathering that has ever been held here, George Hamilton, secretary of the convention bureau, said, lust uight, WILLIS, 12.

BELOW: HELEN, 10; CARMEN STAY AT WORK; ARBITRATION IS HELD UP Three Workers at Power Plant Quit; Has No Effect. Waiting for the selection of a third arbiter for a wage decision board, promised for yesterday, street car workers are continuing at their posts despite their resolution of last week to walk out on the company if representatives of the receivers did not agree to a mediator before Saturday. Belief that J. I). Wllev, their business agent, and Fred Sargent, attorney for the receivers, will be able to find some good citizen willing to help settle the dispute, is keeping the men at work.

They are expressing themselves as satis-fled as long as no unnecessary delays are put in the way of their gaining their wage demands. Three engineers at the company's power plant walked out yesterday, II. G. Fees, president of the operators' union, said last jilght, but their work ran be taken over by other men at the plant, so that the car service will not be tied up at once. No agreement on the third arbiter Is expected before Monday or Tuesday.

Safety Drive End. Although the national railroad pi.jvention campaign was closed at midniR-rrr Friday, final tabuVu'tn 'igure his not y.t lea in li.a ChlcHBo jf-fice of the railroad fciim Iowa roads are thought to have made an excellent showing in the matter of going without accident or injury to employes or patrons during the two weeks of the drive. Here lo Tape for Soldiers Capt. H. Packard, engaged in finding employment for discharged Holdiers, sailors and marines, has organized the essary service to them.

Quarters will be maintained in the state employment office, room No. 123 of the county courthouse, with Captain Packard in charge. Promise of tho closest cooperation between the government and state employment service has been secured, and the new project has been Indorsed by the Des Moines Employment association and the American Legion, with promise of such official action by the Chamber of Commerce, All the red tape Involved In securing their claims against the government on allotments, back pay, Insurance, etc. will be unwound by Capt. M.

K. Gillette. Tbe employment will be in charge of H. C. F'fund, employment officer of the American Legion and former examiner In the federal employment service.

Present plans call for a wnekly visit to the city by Captain Packard, who wiil forward all claims handed to Captain Gillette directly to Washington for prompt action. Success of the plan depends upon the co-operation of Des Moines citizens In directing all their former service relatives and friends to the central bureau In the courthouse. "Demon Rum" Inspired Soldier to Try "Mashing" Some remote relative of the late J. Barleycorn Inspired Joe Bar Blutas, Camp Dodge Boldier, to essay the role of a "love pirate" at the corner of Fourth and Walnut streets last night. Sar Bintas was Jailed on a charge Of intoxication after he had accosted several girls.

Police say their nostrils have in the past been assailed by sundry and alien odors, but Joe's breath carried something new in the line. RECOMMEND SUPERVISION OF GREENWOOD BY POLICE Dance Hall Committee Wants Grand Avenue Place on Censored List. Members of the municipal dance hall committee will recommend to Safety Commissioner Bon Woolgar that Greenwood hall bo placed on the list of those places supervised by the police. The recommendations will bo made as a result of investigation of conditions prevailing at the dance hall, members of the committee stated yesterday. It is alleged that "strangle holds" and "shimmy shaking." barred by the police supervisors in those places classed as "public dance halls," have been going on at Greenwood for some time.

Attention was centered on Greenwood hall in the late suit against the owner entered by neighboring residents whose souls were not attuned to jazz music and who declared the place a nuisance. The late high school scandal, too. brought dance halls more or less into the limelipht. in the efforts to locate the cause of the trouble. Investigation disclosed the fact that high school students were seldom in evidence at the downtown halls, but.

were in the vast majority at the Greenwood dances. TALKS ON LABOR MEET Meredith ami McNidcr Appear at St. Paul's Meet. T. Meredith will be the speaker Tuesdav at the first fall meeting of the Men's club of St.

Paul's pro-cathedral, to be held at Younkers' tearoom Tuesday evening. An cvplanation of the Inner workings of the Industrial conference at Washington is expected to be made by Mr. Meredith. C. H.

McN'irier of City, director of the Iowa organization in the Liberty lonn campaign durin" the war, will also speak. B. F. Kauffman. president of the club, will preside.

NURSES COME FOR MEET) Advance Group Here to Prepare for Tuesday Convention. Officers of the Iowa Association of Registered Nurses bean arriving in the city yesterda- for the annual convention to be held at Hotel Fort Dps Moines Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week Some of the conferences will be held at the V. W. C. A.

M.ir' C. Harper of Iowa Citv is the association president and Gulda Hates of pdar Rapids is the secretary. 1 Open Special Office Unwind Red Des Moines service men who are at a loss just how to take up the civil life they left some two years" are to he given special attention in an office created especially for their benefit by the war department. I' APT. M.

E. GILLETTE. 4 at. University iburch for the first three wetks of the scries and In Central church for the last three weeks The usual Sunday night service at Central church will be foregone tonight for the Jojnt service at University chujcX.