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THE (WATT A DAILY BEflr "WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908. CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA c 2 0 COUNCIL MKtthrtH TM. 43. BETTER , ROADS FOR IOWA Meeting at kmt Bean Fruit in Weitern Part of State. BILL DRATTED BY COL. BAKES Voanty laptrrlion of Harrison and Pnttawattarala ' Conn ties, a. Joint Drainage Board, Orttf District. Colonel' W. T,. Baiter ef the Board of County Supervisor at the good roads de partment of the Iowa State Agricultural college at Ames drafted a wide tire bill which will .Introduced at the next ses- lon of the. Iowa general assembly. The bill baa been, submitted to Senator C. O. Saunders, who haa unqualifiedly approved It and will Introduce H In the. upper houae. The need of auch. a bill waa rug-g noted at th. good roads convention In this city laat fall and Colonel BeJur waa requested to draft the measure. ; The provisions of the bill are aa follows: Section 1 That all persons who shall, prior to January 1, 113, In (rood faith, use on the public roads of this state only Wagons with tires not less than four Inches In width for hauling ail loads trans ported by thenv exceeding; one thousand (1,000) pounds. In weight, exclusive of the vehicle, shall upon complying with the provisions ef section 2 of thle act receive a rebate of one-fourth of the assessed highway tax which they have paid In money or labor for the year In which they have -used only vehicles with such wide tires for the conveying of such loads; pro vided, that such rebate shall not exceed the sum of (So) dollars for any year, for any person, Section 2. Any person complying with the provisions of section one (1) of this act, who shall mnk and subscribe to an affidavit to - be filed with the township clerk of his township, that he haa for the last preceding calendar year used only vehicles with tires not less than four inches In width for hauling loads exceed ing one thousand (1.0OO) pounds In weight, exclusive of the vehicle, on the public highway of thle state, shall receive pay ment out of the road fund, by the town ship -trustees of the township In which such person ' resides, of one-fourth of the road tax assessed, levied and collected upon the property of said person located within such township. If the trustees find that the averments of auch affidavit are true. Such payment shall not exceed for any one yenr the anrn cf five (J5) dollars for any person rind shall not be paid for any years sub sequent to 1912. All township trustees and township clerks are hereby authorized to ndmlnlater' the oath contemplated In this act. Section J. After January 1, 1913. It shall be unlawful for any person to use on the public highways of this state a wagon or vehicle having tires less than four Inches !n width to convey loads which, excluxlve of the vehicle, weigh more than one (1.000) pounds, and any person who, after Janu ary 1, 1913, uses on the ' public highways of this state a vehicle having tires less than four Inrhes In width to convey load Which, exclusive of the vehicle, weigh more than one O.OOO) thousand pounds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less thai fhre t$5 dollars,, nor.- more than one hundred ($1001 , dollars. Section 4. The, employment, of a aled hav. Ing a runner, the face of which Is less than four inches In width, but used nnlv when the roads are "covered with snow or Ice, ,,shnll not be deemed a violation of this act or prevent the payment of the rebate. Joint Drainage Bill. ,The i supervisors : of Harrison and Pottawattamie tountiea, in aeeslon In this city yest.nlay aa a Joint .drainage board, decided to grant the petition for the es tablishment ' of ' a' fcubdrafnage district to the main drainage district known as the Harrison-Pottawattamie drainage district No. 1. ' The proposed new ditch will commence where the Boyer cut-off No. 2 taps the Boyer river, and , will extend to a point beyond LoVeland". The estimated cost of the .construction of the ditch, which will drain a -large territory not reached by the ditches now nearlng completion, will be allghtlx "over 140,000. The Joint board ' will meet at Logan September 21 to hear objections and re ceive claims for damages. It was de cided to establish this additional drain age district on the report of the eom mlsrlonerN. John 8., Hall representing Harrison county and George M. Putnam representing, Pottawattamie county, and Engineer Sath Dean. The contract for the extension of the Boyer cut-off No. 3 was awarded to G. A. Hoag on lilt bid of 1414 cents per cubic yard. W- A. Smith bid. 18V4 cents and Smith & Weatherly bid 14 cents. This extenslonjwm only cost about $1,800. The tlmVfoe- h. completion of the Wil low creel Cant .the Boyer No. 2 ditches waa extended to August 20, to which date the Joint board adjourned to meet In this city. i X E. F. M'OEE DIES IX OKLAHOMA ' ' ' ' ' . Notice . r . Demise neeelved by ' .' Brother In Bluffs. J. E. F.' McGee. formerly of thla city, Aled 8undayi afternoon at liartelavtlle, Okl., about forty 'miles from his home at Inde pendence, Kan. Notice of his death, which waa quite .sudden, was. received late Sun day night by hla brother. Harry G. McGee, Who left at once for Independence. It la expected that he will bring the body back to Council Bluffs for burial. No particulars are known here, beyond that death fol lowed an Illness of about one hour. ' Mr. McGee visited relatives In thla city a few weeks ago. Although he had not been In robust health for several years, he declared when he first arrived here that he was feeling better than he had for a long time. During hla visit, however, hla health broke- down and he was far from well when he returned to his home In Kansas. Since leaving Council Bluffs a few years ago, Mr. McGee had been engaged In the oil business, AVhlleihls home was la Inde pendence, Kin:, 'his office and business were In Bartelsvlle. Okl., the center of one of the 'large' oil fields of that atate. J. E. F. McGee was born In Fedeman, W. Va., December 23. 1861. Hla parents re moved to Council Bluffs, but subsequently returned " to West Virginia. Some years after his 'father's death, hla motheer re turned to Council Bluffs, bringing her three children, ,11. G. McGee, J. E. F. McGee and a daughter, Anna, now' Mrs. W. 8. Cooper of thla city. Mr. McGee waa educated In the public schools of Pennsylvania and Council Bluffa and at Cornell university. He atudled law first with Leonard Everett and later with the late Colonel D. B. Dalley. Ha was ad mitted to The bar In 1886, and for several years waa associated with Hon. Walter I. Smith, now congreasman from the Ninth A. CLARK Cl CO. I ham nnnFY nn noRSE3' cattle and LUiilJ I.IUilCI Ull HOUSEHOLD rURNTTUEE. AarD abrr cuathcl eaxxmmc ax oxr-half the usual katks. " ' Twenty Tears of Huoceaaful Bunlneaa. .OQKXSB UAXX AMD KRQADWAT, oVB AMERICAN KXTKS&. No aaenocUaa with th turn railing 1 aim ulna las Clarh Uwtoua tv At waii.iuiiLiil'..,r-'.'i.y.' ,. . , BJiAiMi BLUFFS Iowa district. In 1890 Mr. ' McAee waa elected judge of the superior court, which position he held for eight years, being re elected at the end of his first term. Shortly after retiring from the bench. Judge McQee went to Kansas and engaged In the oil business, In which It Is believed his Invest ments have proven profitable, and he la said to have acquired a considerable estate. Mr. McGee leaves a widow, daughter of the late W. H. M. Pusey. and one son, Pusey MoGee. Mrs. McGee's mother, Mrs. W. H. M. Pusey Is with her daughter. Mr. McGee's mother, Mrs. Mary A. McGee, resides In this city. WHEELER DECIDES LAND CASE Benjamin Deaglai Loses Contest Over Pottawattamie Land. Judge O. D. Wheeler of the district court handed down his decision yesterday In the suit of Benjamin Douglass, Jr., of New York against F. C and E. H. Lougee of thla city dismissing the peti tion of the plaintiff and the cross petition of the defendant and taxing the coata to the plaintiff. The suit waa begun In ltOt and was tried about a year ago, since when Judge Wheeler has had It under advisement Benjamin Douglaaa, Jr., la the aon and one of the heirs of the late Benjamin Douglass, founder of Dun's mercantile agency, who at his death was possessed of 8,160 acres of land In Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison and Shelby counties. The suit, which was for $36,000 and an accounting of all transactions, waa based upon the claim that the defendants, after having acted and while still acting aa agenta for Benjamin Douglass, sr., and the plaintiffs In the suit, aa agents In tho handling of the land In Pottawattamie, Harrison and Mills counties, purchased the Interests of the plaintiffs at a price far below Its actual value by represent ing that the land waa worth only from S25 to 130 per acre, when In fact It waa worth much more, and subsequently re sold the property ' for from $36,000 to $40,000 more than was paid the Douglas heirs. The transaction complained of took place In the fall of 1897, when Lougee at Lougee bought a five-sevenths Interest In the land from the heirs of Benjamin Douglass, sr. The other two-sevenths were purchased by J. P. Hess, also of this city. After long litigation the title of the purchasers was established, and they resold the property at a handsome profit It waa claimed In the petition that Lougee & Lougee did not act In good faith in the transaction, inasmuch aa they had been handling the land for a long period for Benjamin Douglass, ST., and his heirs, and were thoroughly conversant with Its actual value and knew that Its value was far In excess of the price stated by them to the owners, who, It la alleged, were not conversant with property values here. Judge Wheeler In holding that the de fendanta were not guilty of misrepresent ing the value of the lands says in hla de cision: "Ordinarily a statement of value, being a mere opinion, will not support a charge of fraud. It must appear In order to aupport a claim of fraud that auch statement was not the expression of an opinion aa to the value, but a deliberate attempt to deceive and defraud." . In their court ' claim the defendants asked $40,000 .damage for alleged malicious commencement of ' the " action and for $7,670, being a credit that'll waa claimed was not allowed against a,' prlpr Hen of $20,000 when a property in Santa Barbara, Cal., belonging to the estate waa sold. FIGHT ON NEW INSURANCE RATE Fraternal Societies of Council Dion's Object to Chance. A meeting of representatives of the vari ous fraternal societies in the city haa been called for Thursday evening to be held In the Woodmen of the World hall, for the purpose of organizing "The United Fra ternltlea of Pottawattamie county." A state organization known as the Iowa Fraternal congress has been organized and county organizations to co-operate with It are being formed In all parts of the state. The purpose of the organization Is to fight against the enforcement of what is known as the "Frsternal congresa rate" In fra ternal Insurance societies In the state of Iowa. The meeting has been called by John W. Telger, secretary and treasurer of the Iowa Fraternal congress, and a delegation of two or more members from each lodge In the county Is called for. Mr. Gelgei and other officers of the atate organlzatln. will be present to explain the details of tit. purpose and work of tho new organization and the reasons for setting the movemen on foot. "The primary object of the organlzatioi of the Iowa Fraternal congress," sal Councilman Carl A. Morgan, a prominen fraternal order man, "is to prepare to carr on the fight with the old line insurant companies In the event that those con panics attempt to get the Fraternal con Kress rate through the state legislature. This rate has been put Into effect In two i southern Mates and one eastern state and the reault has proven disastrous to fra ternal insurance. The ratea charged under the Fraternal congress bill are almoat pro hibitive to fraternal Insurance societies and if put Into effect In this state will result undoubtedly In the loss of many members to such organisations." Marriage Licenses. Licenses to wed were Issued yesterday to the following: Name and Residence. Krnest Laird. Lincoln, Neh Belle Hendrlx. Lincoln, Neb H. H. Porter, Ogden. I'tah Catherine Wak.-rmun", Council Bluffs J. K. Stoddard. Cheyenne; Wyo Ago. ...27 ... 18 ... 85 ... 21 ... 2 Watch fcr the Bluff City Laundry's ad. lows Xiwi Notes. ROONE Miss Grace Rted. formerly of Roone. la the republican candidate for sup rln endent at Fort Plfrre. 8. D. She for nierly taught school here. After leaving here she took up a claim In South Dakota and then began teaching there. GLKNWOOD A car on extra freight tra'n No. 1S waa derailed two miles east of Olenwood Hondav by the spreading of the r.i'ls. Head Hrakeman William E. Bar ton of Creeton waa thrown from the top of the car and his shoulder dislocated and a bone In Ills hand broken. BOONE The Innovation of having a nur sery In the church parlors for the accom modation of young children, which waa es tabl shed by Rev. John T. Homer, has proved a rierldtd success. Mothers are In vited to take their clil.dren to the church and leave them with volunteer nurses dur ing the servkes. l . . iiiwtMm APPOINTMENT DELICATE TASK Legality of Iowa's Court Decision! Depends on Executive. MANNER OF APPOINT ISO JUDGE Vacancy on Supreme) Bench Not Dell" nltely Provided for In Primary Law Carroll Saloons ' ta Close. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DE8 MOINES. July 21. (Special.)-At-torney General Byers and Governor Cum mins are each today studying tho legal questions Involved in filling the vacancy on the supreme bench caused by the death of Judge Charlea A. Bishop. It Is recog nized that unless the thing la dene In a la gal manner It would give grounds for np peals to the United States supreme court In attacks on the validity of the court's de cisions and would thus afford means for endless delays ' In court proceedings by those disposed to prolong litigation by ap peals to technicalities. There la really a great deal of question as to the proper legal manner of proced ure In filling the vacancy. Governor Cum mins Is known to desire to have party nom inations made If possible and haa Intimated to delegations calling on him In the Inter eats of candidates that he thought such a course possible. Today an attempt is being mad to figure it all out. The fact that the parties will probably be called upon to make nominations haa started the campaign among the eligible lawyers of the state In that direction. The northern part of the state of Iowa Is rep resented on the supreme bench by Judge Weaver of Hardin county. Judge Sherwln of Cerro Gordo county and Judge Ladd of O'Brien county. Judge JlcClaln la from Johnaon and Judge Deemer from Mont gomery and Judge Bishop came from Polk county. The geographical distribution would therefore give the position to the southern part of the atate. Conspicnoas Candidates. In this connection Judge Roberts of Ot tumwa. Judge Towner of Corning and Sen' ator Berry of Indlanola are being men tioned conspicuously. It Is understood that the friends of both Judge W. H. McHenry and Judge James A. Howe of the Polk county district bench claim that the posi tion should come to this county because Bishop resided here. Both of the Polk county men seek the position. Colonel Clark of Cedar Raplda Is also eligible geo graphically as well as other ways. If the Eighth congressional district should pre sent an especially strong man, he would likely stand an excellent chance for the position. Orders Carroll Saloons Closed. Attorney uenerai uyers baa written a letter to the authorities In Carroll county Insisting on the closing ot the saloons In that county In accordance with the law. The correspondence haa been started be cause of numerous complaints made to the attorney general's office and because an investigation disclosed the violation of the mulct law. In a letter to County Attorney E, A. Wiasler, Mr. Byers calls hla atten tion to the fact that It Is his duty to start proceedings against the saloons In ques tion. Confirm Marriage. At the home of his mother In this city. Where he haa been visiting for a Tew days; the reported engagement and approaching marriage of Judge Marcua Kavanaugh of Chicago to Miss Hermlnnle Templeton, the authoress, "was confirmed today. Judge Kavanaugh returned to Chicago Sunday night. The marriage will take place In August. The place of the wedding and the arrangements are being kept secret. Appoints Deputy. B. C. Illff of St. Ansgar. la., has been appointed deputy state food and dairy com missioner by H. R. Wright, the commis sioner. He succeeds Mr. Smith, who has resigned to accept a position In Chicago. Mr. Illff will enter his new work August 1. Blows Ont Una Dlea. : Mulhammet Gebran, an Egyptian fresh from Egypt, blew out the gas at the Mint hotel In thla city last night and later was found dead. He was found by Day Clerk Mathls, who was attracted by the odor of gas. No Fight on Brewery. No fight was made through the courts against the opening of the new brewery in this city today. The brewery Is started by the Mathls brothers. The anti-saloon league had announced that there would be action against, it and that as soon as an attempt waa made to make beer that the place would be closed. This statement waa made some time ago. Today the league announced that no fight would be made for the reason that the required number of algners had been aecured by t;ie brewery people. . Governor Investigates. At the request of Governor Cummlna a ' port has been sent him of - the attack ade In Davenport on witnesses of tho -ivic federation who testified asalnat saloon keepers In actions there. The gov ernor considers offering rewards for the arrest of the assailants. Hunt for fl.OoO Pack a. . Officers of the Adams Express company are hunting for a package containing $1,.k which they claim got misplaced. Superin tendent Swift of Chicago Is here to assist In the search. They are digging out the corners and cleaning house generally. L Is claimed by the ofHciala that It has been merely misplaced and will be recovered shortly. If the package waa atoleri no dummy package waa left In Its place, as Is sometimes done In express package thefts. The package was one of three left by a local bank to be sent to some coun try bank and contained currency to the amount of $1,000. Dunnhre la Treaanrer. Frank 8. Dunshee of Des , Moines will take the place of the late George M. Read aa treaaurer of the American Yeomen. Judge Roberts of Ottumwa will take the place of Mr. Dunshee on the board of di rectors. J. H. Fralne will become chairman of the board. Mr. Dunshee haa been a mem ber of the board of directors for aeven years. The $l.ono.ooo of funds of the order will all be handled through Treasurer Dun shee. Dr. Dohertr Drowsed. BIQOL'RNEY, la.. July 21.-Speclal.)-Whlle swtmmlns acrosa Cat pond, near Bkunk rlvfr, Sunday, Dr. J. C. Pohcrry, a veterinary surgeon of this place, was drowneu. Dr. Dohertjr was one of a party of twelve that had been seining and fish lug for bait In the pond. The water was warm and he started to swim across. When he was thirty feet from shore h. went down before help could reach him. He sank three times. The body waa found two hours later. He was W yeara old and ram. here six months ago frgm Doyerstown. Wis. Hear? Winkout laisetlor, PIERRH. 8. D.. July IL-(Bpeclal Tele gram.) Governor Cram-ford haa appointed C M. Henry of Sioux Falls atat. Inspector of warehouses and scales, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Olaf Paulson. We do you a kindness when we urge you to try Van Camp's. So, when we succeed, and you begin to enjoy this dish, please pass the favor on. Tell some other woman what she misses, just as we told you. A business like this isn't purely commercial. It ren ders enduring service. We have spent 47 years in learning to perfect one dish. The result is that beans which are 84 nutri ment have been given a new deliciousness. Millions of homes now enjoy these beans. Millions of dollars are saved by them. For Van Camp's Beans, to a large extent, are taking the place of meat. So we aek you to help this good work along, when you learn how good beans can be. "We' may tell you our story over and over before we' induce you to buy. But, when you get the first can, you are surprised and delighted. Then let others know. We depend for at least one-half of our trade on one woman telling another. Please remember that millions of women still bake their beans in the old way. They spend hours in the process, yet the dish that results is not very inviting. They bake in dry heat because they lack the live steam. The result is, the top beans are crisped, while the beans in the center are not even half baked. About once a day in summer you ought to serve Van Camp's. You'll find that people don't tire of beans when served in the Van Camp way. And think what it means, in hot weather, to have meals ready-cooked. Don't think, when you learn how good are Van Camp's, that other ready-baked beans are like them. In the first place, there is a vast difference in beans. We use only the choicest Michigan beans. They are picked orer by hand to give us only the whitest, the plumpesf, the fullest-grown. We frequently pay, for such beans as these, seven and eight times what common beans would cost. We'spfead five times as much to make our tomato sauce as common sauce costs ready-made. We use whole toma Van Camp OPERA, SPORTS AND DANCE Monday Gala Day for Officer and Men of Atlantic Fleet. RECEPTION ON THE CONNECTICUT Admiral Bpcrry and Stair Keep Open House for Three Honrs Slight Arrldent on the Krar arge. HONOL,rL.U. July n.-Boat races, basket ball and other sports yesterday and a gala performance of the old comic opera "The Mascotte," arranged by the society women of Honolulu, were the chief features in the day's entertainment of the officers and men of the Atlantic fleet. There waa also an excursion to Pearl harbor, wher Rear Admiral Srerry and staff went for the purpose of Inspecting- the location of the new naval station for these islands. The battleship Missouri of the third divi sion, which with the Virginia, Lou'slana and Ohio csalrd at Lahalna, arrived today, thus completing the list of sixteen shirs of the fleet. The bursting; of a seven-Inch steam plp on the Kearaarge late Saturday, which did not become generally known ' until this morning, proved not to be aa serious as first reported. Five men were s-a'ded, bat only three of the-e, Wilton, a water tender; Frank Watson, a a.coml-clnss fireman, and Pomptum, a coal pasrer. were severely burned. None of these Is seriously Injured and all will be out in a few days. The hurst pipe was connected with the forward starboard boiler, burst directly beneath a ventilator and thus allowed the stfam to eacape through trie ventilator. Repairs are now being made and the accident will not Interfere with the Krarsarge sailing with the fleet on Wednesday for Australia. Trip to Pearl Harbor. One hundred and sixty-five officers of the fleet were tsken to Pearl harbor by automobile thla afternoon to Inspect the locaton of the new naval elation. The big automobile belong ng to Former Governor Carter met w th a a'.lght accident enroute and Lieutenant A. M. Rralnard of the Louisiana received a cut over the eye. His injury Is not serious. At Pearl harbor the party wai entrr talnal by Mr. und Mrs. F. W. McFarlano. A chowder party was the feature of the entertainment. From t o clock this afternoon until S o'clock thla evening Rear Admiral Srerry and the officers of th. Connecticut were at home to their friends. The vessel wss decorated with flan and it decks were crowded with attractively gowned women and deeply Interested men. r:c plenta' of ths many tnvltatlona sent out. Tho distribution of fruit to the battle ships under the direction of the entertain ment committee continued today, and many tons of tropical products were put aboard the vessels. This afternoon a polo match and various other athletlo sports drew crowds of sal lore to th. Uogue grounds, while a great many of th. oca on shot Tell Another Woman Three Sizes: 10, IS and 20 cents per can Packing Company, Indianapolis, Ind. leave accepted the hospitality of the local aerie of Eaglea on an excursion to the pine apple region. Dinner and Dance. Tonight Rear Admiral Sperry attended a dinner given In hla honor by Chief Justice Hartwell. At Waklkll beach a dance for the men was In progress, and the floor was crowded as long as the music continued. Great Interest la being taken by the men of the fleet In the rescue of an electrician from the Kentucky from drowning on Bun day at Waklkll beach by Curtis Hustace, a local youth. An effort will be made to se cure the Carnegie medal for bravery for young Hustace. The battleships Kearsarge, Kentucky, Illi nois and Nebraska are now taking on coal, and this will complete the work of storing the fleet with fuel for Its long trip to Aus tralia. The Nebraska Is coaling from the collier Bucranla, which haa returned from Lahalna for the purpose. Warships Reach Manila. MANILA. July 20.-The battleships Maine and Alabama, composing the special service squadron which Is going around the worlld In advance of the American Atlantic fleet, arrived here today. The run from Guam, from which island they sailed July 14, waa uneventful. The weather waa calm. The battleships will coal here and start for Singapore, July 27. WILL MEET NAVAL OFFICERS President to Cansnlt Number of Ad mirals and Captains at Newport. OYSTER BAY. July 21.-8ecretai y Loeh today made light of the report that un usual Incidents were expected to occur at the meeting of naval officers with the president at the naval war college In New port, R. I., cu Wednesday. He Intimated that the predicted sensations would not materialize when the president and a num ber of prominent officers of the navy met on that day to discuss the plana of the new battleships. The president will leave Oyster Bay on board the Mayflower to morrow evtr.lng. arriving In Newport on Wednesday morning. Today was one of quint at Sagamore Hill. There were no visitors of prominence and the president remained at home all day, d.votwig the greater part of the day to his books. NEWPORT. R. I.. July 21 -Among the naval officers detailed to attend the con ference on naval construction and other naval affairs at the war college Wednes day, at whlcn President Roosevelt will pre side, are Rear Admirals C. F. Ooodrlch, E- H. C. Leutse. William Bwlft and Thomaa McLean, with Captains M. E. Nllea. C. J. Badger, Aaron Ward and Commander W. 8. Sims. Admiral George Dewey la alao expected and the naval general board, of which he Is president, will also be present. Garretaon to Enlarge Sraool Balldlng. GARRETSON, 8. D., July 21 Bpecial. -Thursday of this week a special election will be held at Garretaon for the purpose of submitting to the voters the proposition of Issuing bonds in the sum of 13.600 for the enlargement of the public school build ing at that place. Advertise In Ths Bee; It goes Into ths homea of ths best people. The beans are mushy and soggy because the skins have been broken. The heat of the oven is insufficient, so the beans, in large part, are indigestible. They ferment and form gas. The result is a heavy food, hard to digest. So they serve it, usually, only once a week. Please let them know how we bake. We bake in live steam, so no beans are crisped, no skins are broken. They are baked until they are mealy, yet they are nutty because they are whole. Our ovens are heated to 245 degrees, and we bake in small parcels so the full heat goes through. We apply to every bean about twice the heat that gets to the cen ter of your baking dish. Thus the particles are separated so the digestive juices can get to them. The beans are all nourishment; they don't ferment and form gas. Then we bake the beans, the tomato sauce and the pork all together, and get our delicious blend. Tell your friends how different the result La from the beans they bake at home. BAKED WmiTOSaftTQ 3AUCE toes ripened on the vines not tomatoes picked green ' not scraps from a canning factory. That's why our sauce haa that sparkling zest which" Nature alone can give. It pays to get the best beans, for the best are cheap " enough. Give your people beans so good that they'll -want them often, for beans are far cheaper than meat If somebody says "My beans are as good as Van : Camp's," buy . a can and see. Serve both brands t0-; ;, gether and let your people decide. We are willing to leave it to them. MURDERED FOR HER MONEY Evidence of Plot in Killing of Widow Near New York. SEARCH STARTED FOR NEPHEW Believed He Lnred Woman to Amer ica from Austria and Then M ordered Her for Money. NEW YORK. July 21.-Bellovlng they were about to capture August Eberhard, the grocer's clerk who Is sodght by tbe police In connection with the murder of his aunt, Mrs. Otlllle Eberhard, the police and a posse of citizens searched a two acre thicket at Oakdale, N. J., this evening. finally capturing the suspect, only to learn that he waa a tramp. The police do not think that the murderer will be captured near the scene of the crime. They say that anyone who could display such cold blooded cunning as was shown In the murder plot would plan to get safely away before the crime was discovered. It would have been easy for the murderer to get to Patterson by trolley and from this place to get a train. A brother "Qua" Eberhard waa found at Woodslde, N. J., and he had furnished the police with an excellent photograph of the missing man. The brother was deeply affected when he learned the police are searching for his brother "Ous." He says that he did not know that Mrs. Eberhard and her daughter had Intended to come to thla country. He thinks his brother was also murdered. Friends of Eberhard are at a loss to account for his disappearance after the wounding of hla aunt and tne wounding of his cousin and affianced bride. There was a pathetic scene enacted early today when Miss Eherhsrd was taken to the scene of the tragedy. The girl showed a remarkable memory and accurately guided the detectives to the spot where her mother wss slain snd where she her self was wounded. The girl was deeply affected but she showed great courage and retold the story of the shooting. After telllnc her story to the detectives Miss Eberhard waa taken hark to Hacken sack, where ahe Is stopping in a cottage. Bhe wss so overwrought by excitement that It waa necessary to summon a doc tor and she was Woo III to attend the fun eral of her mother which took place In th. afternoon. DOBB'8 FER N. Y., July 20.-A man believed to be August Eberhard, wanted in connection with the murder of Mrs. Otlllle Eberhard, his aunt, was arrested at Union town late tonight by tbe police of Hastings N. Y. Great ft.rtu.ra Lowt Point. PIERRE. 8. D.. July 21.-(Speclal Tele gramsThe supreme court today denied an application from the Great Northern roa4 for a stay of proceedings and bond for continuance In th. peremptory writ of th. circuit court of Beadl. county, ordering that road to again put their passenger service Into the city of Huron. Th. roa4 failed to keep Its agreement to run thf service to Huron and refuaed to carry out the orders of the State Railway commis sion, but are now at the end of th. atat. course. DECREASE IN IMMIGRATION Falling; Off of 74 Per Cent Reported for First ftlx Month, of Yaar. WlBHIVflTflV Jnlv ii Tmmlir-rttnn tit the United States from all countries, par tlcularly Russia and Japan, showed a marked falling off for th. month of June aa compared with the same month of 1907, according to figures mad. publlo to day by the bureau of Immigration and mturallxatlon. The total Immigration ag gregated 31,917. compared with 164,734 In 1907, a decrease of 79 per cent. The total number of Immlgranta from Russia was 6.302, compared with 32,112 In 1W7, a de crease of 81 per cent, while that of Japan amounted to 9m. a decrees, of 1,264, as compared with 1907. The total number debarred for various reasons was 843, compared 'with l.JU In 1907, a decrease of 59 per cent. The total Immigration from all countries for the six months ended with June laat, waa 192.PS6. compared with 743,962 In 1907. a decrease of 74 per cent. That from Rus sia aggregated S4.369, compared with 132,185 In 1907, a decrease of 74 per cent. Tho number of debarred from all countries waa 3.779. compared with 5.W2 In 1907. a decrease of 37 per cent. MURDER MYSTERY SOLVED Aoanste Hemry, Millionaire Banker, Was Killed and (tabbed by Antler and Footman. PARIS, July IT. One ' of ' the murder mysteries of Paris waa cleared up tonight by the confession of, skillful questioning of Courtols, the footman arrested yester day on the charge of being implicated In the murder of Auguste Remy, a wealthy retired banker, who waa stabbed to death on June I in his home In this city. Jew elry belonging to the murdered., banker waa found In the footman's possession, and when he waa first arrested ha denied having been in any way connected with the murder, asserting that he had Xound th. Jewelry, together with a sum of money, hidden In the cellar of the bank er's home ami, having apent th. money was afraid to sreak of th. Jewelry. Ia his confession Courtols described to th. police how he and th. butler, Renard. who waa arrested several weeka ago on a charge of complicity In th murder, crept Into the banker'a room In th. mlddl. of the night and how Renard stabbed th. banker to death while Courtols held him on the bed. , New toltea for Haniaas. . SIOUX FALLS, 8. D July '.-( Special ) -A new Institution of learning In th. form of a Russian college la being constructed in the new Rua Menn.olu eolony which was recently established Beadl. county. The new colUg.'j, Intended for th. education of th. younger members of tha colony and thosa from the oth.e v Im MtnnoBlif aoionssa a gl4t4.