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THE BEE'S LETTER BOX fovites short contributions on car rent topics from Dee readers. It us hear from you limit 300 words. . m-n-rr tm Omaha VOL. XLH-NO. 69. OMAHA, FRIDAY MOBNING, SEPTEMBER COUNTY AIIO BRIDG E COMPANY OFFICERS DICTED IN CLINTON V irand Jury Returns Thirty-One In jfae dictmenti Charging Malfeasance, . Conspiracy and Fraud. ONLY SEVEN MEN ' ARE NAMED Several Charges Are Placed Against Each of Them. ' IRREGULARITY- IN-' CONTRACTS Inquiry is Started on Petition of Hundred Farmers. MEN READY TO GIVE -BOND All of the Aecnsed Are la the City Awaiting Report of the Grand , Jury Two Former Offi cers Are Indicted. V ( CLINTON, la., Sept. B.-Thlrty-one In-, dictments against three county officials, two former officials and three contract-1 ors and supply men were returned today by the grand Jury which has been at work sines last April qn the Clinton bounty court house scandal. The Indicted men are: George E. Wilson, jr., officer of the Clinton Bridge and Iron company. Charles E. Barr, officer of .the. Clinton Bridge and. Iron company and president of the Iowa Cleaning company. ' Thomas E.- Hauke, -recently resigned as supervisor. Charles Mord house, ex-supervisor. F. W; Leedham, county -auditor. W. H. JlcKenna, county treasurer. Thomas J. McLane. The Indictments comprise J several counts, the principal one being mlsappro jPrlatloh of public funds, malfeasance In office, conspiracy' and fraud. . - It is probable that the men will be brought ' Into court and their bonds jfixed goon, as all ar understood to be In the city awaiting the Indictments. The Investigation was started at the request of about 100 farmers who signed a petition to that effect. It was claimed that there were irregularities kn the let ting of bridge contracts. .- Taft Rides in Wheel Chair from the White House to Motor Car WASHINGTON. Sept . 5.-President Taft left for New Tork at 10 a. m. on his way to New London and Beverly. His lame ankle was still troubling him and he was wheeled to his automobile from the White House door. He walked, how ever, the few steps from his motor car to his train at the station. Mr. Taft is due In New Tork late today to go aboard the yacht Mayflower. Every preparation had been mads by White House - and railroad officials to make the president's trip as easy as, pos sible. . He had breakfasted in . his own room In tn White Houe, was wheeled out to the elevator and from ' the ele vator to a waiting- automobile. Officials at the Union station had placed the pres ident's private car on a level with an adjacent street and he needed to make only' a' few steps to get aboard. There was some talk today that the president might not stop at New London tomorrow to. address the Atlantic Deeper Waterway association, but he left with the intention of making the speech. If he Is persuaded. not to get off the Mayflower ln New London he probably will sail direct to Beverly from New Tork. i NEW , TORK, Sept 5.Presldent Taft reached New Tork from Washington this afternon and boarded the yacht May flower, which will convey him to. New London, Conn. Messrs. Hllles and She! don accompanied him from the station to the yacht. " - .The president was taken from his pri vate car to the elevator In a wheel chair, and thence to the street level. His chair was wheeled out to the curb, and he was assisted into an automobile, which took him to. the Mayflower, by Messrs. Hllles and Sheldon and his brother, Charles P. Taft The president appeared to be un able to walk and made the step from his chair to the automobile with difficulty. POTATO CONDITIONS BEING INVESTIGATED Union Pacifio Names Special Agent ; to Look After Welfare of Murphys. - , AND HIS NAME IS GRTJBB, TOO He Has Studied the Spud for Years and Knows it Thoroughly. HE USES EUROPEAN FIGURES Inspector Hayes Says He Will Implicate Mr.' Waldo in Graf t Case NEW TORK, Sept 5.-Justice Goff was . ivudj ,u smut II1UUUI1. 1U1 Hit, ft sfltimmonng of K0 talesmen from , which will be selected a Jury' to try Police I4eu ti; (tenant Charles Becker, beginning Septem i . ber U. Because' of the widespread public j" - Interest in the Rosenthal casej great dlf flculty Jn obtaining a Jury is predicted. . Mr. Whitman is back In town after his conference yesterday with Governor' ,Dlx, and during the day probably will have another talk with Thomas t. Thacher, counsel for Cornelius G. Hayes," the de moted police Inspector. It la now defin itely established that Hayes" chief rea son In going to Mr. Whitman was to 'forestall any action against him by the grand jury pending his departmental trial on charges of making a false statement relative to Commissioner Waldo s atti tude toward disreputable resorts. The former inspector Is quoted today as' having said to-the district attorney: "Let me alone until I"m through with my police troubles. It's certain that I'll be broke. Waldo can't do anything else, but if I'm put on the stand I'll tell a story that will cause Waldo to resign his Job instantly. Yes, and it will go fur--ther and Cause a sensation In the mayor's office. I want to be free from any handi cap that the grand Jury might put on, me."; ;-v- V- ' . ....'. Commissioner Waldo said he had noth V Ing to fear from Hayes and added that N th former lnsoector would have ample "" opportunity to, tell all be wanted to at his trial, which will be held at police .head quarters tomorrow. f Advertises for Wife h Who Can Load Hay r and Dig Potatoes SIOUX FALLS, S. P., Sept. 6.-(SpeciaJ.) Marriageable young ladles of the north' west, who are willing to work In the fields when occasion demands, and who desire a husband are given the oppor tunity to marry a Fall River eounty rancher and "farmer who Is advertising for. a wife. His advertisement Is as fol lows: ' ' Wanted, a Wife A steady, Intelligent, hardworking farmer, who is pretty nice looking, six feet two inches In height, weighs 186 pounds, would like to corre spond with some nice girl: object, matri mony. I want a big, strong woman who is good worker and can help in the field sometimes at light work like plowing, digging potatoes. and loading hay. So it is no use for foolish, trifling girls to answer this,' for I mean business. Not necessary to be beautiful or 'very young. will Strike the average" seeker for a hut band Is unknown;. but it Is believed J.'s correspondence will speedily assume gen erous proportions. ' ' ' . ' . : Cowboys Ready to Move Into Sonora - DOUGLAS. Aria.,' Sept. 6.-Equipped with rifles and 60,000 rounds of ammu nltion .shipped here last night, an organ ized body of cowboys was prepared to day .to move at a moment's notice Into Sonora, where Americans are said to be srravely imperiled. The cowboys met secretly last night and organized a military body. Report! were made regarding the situation, of Americans at the various mining camps threatened by bands of Orosco's rebels on their way west - Millions of dollars' worth of American property In Sonora, the report said, was in Imminent peril of confiscation or de struction. , BRITISH UNIONS AGAINST COMPULSORY ARBITRATION NEWPORT, ; England, Sept 5. Com pulsory arbitration of trade disputes Is strongly opposed by British trade union ists, who today at the trades union con gress cast an overwhelming vote against the adoption of the principle. Nearlr 2,000,0CO members of trade unions are re presented by the 800 delegates attend ing the congress. ' ' ' The Weather For Nebraska Local thunder showers, cooler; cooler east portion. For Iow-GeneraJly fair and continued warm. ' Temperature at Omaha Testerday. Hours. . Dee. i r.- i w a-- iu....w. i y'YAlVVU a. m. .... 76 W Im a. m. 77 lrrvraC'n VM 10 a. m.. 83 4 mtVmmi P- 91 ('feSaKA-fwri. 4 P. to - 1 'J'Jvaj:iflA v. 7 P. rn....... W Man's Body Hidden . in Barn; Wife and Boarder in Prison EAST LIVERPOOL. O., Sept 5.-That. Richard Burrows, paving contractor, whose body was found hidden In a barn near here Tuesday was slain. In his home Monday evening by John Coburne, an em ploye to protect Mrs. Burrows will be Uw defense offered by Coburn and Mrs. Bur rows, who will be arraigned to plea to charges of first ' degree murder today. This was announced by their counsel, who denied a report that Mrs. Burrows had confessed to the murder of her bus band. .. According to Bennett, Coburne who boarded with the Burrows, Monday evening found Burrows and his wife quarreling. Burrows,--it ls said, threw ls wife on the floor and was choking 'her when Coburne, fearing the' woman 'would be killed, interfered. Burrows drew his revolver and Coburne grabbed his own pistol and fired several times at the husband and killed him. The body was then hidden. Coburne and Mrs. Burrows went to the home of the former's aunt where they were arrested last night Boy Shot by Bandits : in Chicago Park CHICAGO, Sept , l-Wlth a girt perched on the rear of his motorcycle, Roy Winkleman," 17 years old, started on a spin through the West Bide parka early today. '. . -r. V r. . ; They bad boen riding only a short time when three men, stepping front behlnl a thicket, commanded Winkleman to stop. He attempted to keep away when one of the trio shot him In the. back. He fell to the pavement probably fatally wounded. His companion. Miss Nellie Burnett, escaped injury by jumping. The bandits were eaptured by park po licemen after a chase. "We Just wanted the girl," said one of the prisoners. "We bad no Intentions of wounding Winkleman and did not Intend robbing hrm." . ,: . ' ' Farmers of Nebraska Are Not Care ful with Seed Selection. AMERICANS ARE EXTRAVAGANT A II -TrjTTjV THE WEATHER. J AlIU JL lii? Ily Ey Unsettled M012.-TEN PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.' : ' ' ' . " ' ' ' Shr6liticians Be Men of Letters? Plenty of Fertiliser, Deep Tillage vaa the Right Sort of Potatoes for Seed Are Secrets of Potato RaUiag. A LETTER IN MY WpU.rE. NET? GOT ONE NUTHER RUM NUBBUD0Y E. H. Grubb of Corbondale, Colo., an expert on the subject of the potato, who has spent twenty-five years in the study of that vegetable, has just been secured by the Union Pacific railroad as a spe cial agent to be employed to investigate potato cosd:tions along the Union Pa cific and the Oregon Short Line. His study will be devoted to the potato states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado. ' Mr. Grubb is the author Jointly with W. S. Guilford of a book just published, entitled "The Potato." He has gone into the subject exhaustively, having gath ered statutes from every available source In the world, rieyjhows that for Ameri can consumption we require 60,000,000 bushels more than we are annually pro ducing. He points out that we are fifty years behind Europeass In the methods employed in the production of potatoes. Good potato growers In Europe, he says, produce 375 to 700 bushels per acre. Some of the best growers in the irrigated sec tions of the west are producing 300 to 6C0 bushels per acre. But those who are doing this, he says, are scarce as 2:10 trotters and Mr. Grubb says he knows how scarce these are as he tried to raise one once. Not Cnref al Enough. The author further points out that one of the principal troubles with the potato raising of Nebraska is that we - hav never been careful enough in the selec- tios of seed. "The Americans," he says, have long been In the habit of planting only those potatoes that they could not. eat the. culls and screenings of the crop; and this has led to the gradual deteriora' tlon of the potato- in this country. What will have to be done, says the author, Is to plant separate plots for seed potatoes tn. these mots should be nlantsd tha van .Those, who wish to, tMVaie,.gfMi0. this opportunity to . secure a -husband, are j tL I kJi.-. ...m aireciea 10, auairae intjir . leueni to j., Box 25, JCdgemont, 8. D. Just how, the plowing and digging .potatoes' features I fx HevEPA'tETTER tjzrrx 1 ... wmmz jwej u letter writers YHgOTV' Rubber stamps, mig-ht be ", a. t f USED TO ADVANTAGE .IDEAL CANDIDATE . -. . su Explorer Finds Big Herd of WUd Buffalo WINNIPEG, - Mao., Sept. , 6. Harry Radford, the American explorer who left Edmonton, Alberts, three years ago fur the north country, reached Trenton river last winter,' snd has been hunting there this summer, according to word just re ceived by the Hudson Bay company. News of his arrival at the bay across the barren lands was the first that had been heard from Radford-in more than a year. ' . Radfora says there are more than 330 Jg ! wild buffaloes in the Slave lake district In tiie nuason Day country. He says tcey are well protected and that there U every reason to believe they will multiply rapidly. The Indians, he says, guard the animals and will not allow on of them to be shot.. . again be' used for the seed' plot of next year. This, he says, is the method prac ticed in Europe and it has made .their potato superior to -ours.' . Plenty - of fer tilizer, deep tillage and the right sort of potatoes for seed, he says, ar the se crets of potato raising. . Attention to these simple essentials has esabled the European grower to produce three times the yield that , Americans, are producing. And all this is true In the face of the fact that our soil and climatic conditions are much more favorable;; than; those In Ehrope. ,,' ; . . :; , - ' Th Pod Valne. Quoting Dr. J. H. Kellogg of Battle Creek, Mich., the author gives figures in regard to the food value of the potato. The food equivalent In total food value to onepound of caked potatoes according to this table 6T ounces ounces boiled beef; 1 pound of chicken; 1ft pounds of cod fish pints of oysters (solids): 4 pints of beef juice; 10 pints of bullion or beef tea; 1 pints whole 'milk; t pints of skimmed milk; 8 eggs; 3 pounds cooked beets; 4 poundspounds boiled cabbage; 4 pounds radishes; 5 pounds tomatoes; E pounds cooked tunlps; H pounds cucumbers. From these figures It Is pointed out that the potato is one of the most nourishing of our common foods. Steamed or mashed potatoes it is pointed out will digest In two or three 'hours whereas, roast beef requires four to five hours or double the time. Mealy Spud Preferred. In discussing the cooking of the potato, In one of the chapters, Mrs. E. H. Grubb, wife of the author says: "There are many varieties of - potatoes and tastes differ as to choice. In America and Great Britlan the white fleshed, mealy varieties are preferred. In continental countries many yellow fleshed varieties are In great favor, such potatoes being especially val uable for soups, ragouts, salads, and hash, as they are of a waxy texture, and retain their shape better when cooked than those of mealy texture. The yellow fleshed potato Is .jiald to contain more protein in proportion to'the starch con tents that white fleshed and, Is. therefore richer in flavor. The potato is a food rish in starch which supplies the body with fuel for keeping up warmth, and provides it with energy necessary for muscular activity. The author gives some figures on the cost of producing a crop oC potatoes. In the Twin Falls country In southern Idaho, he says the yield of potatoes Is from 100 to 700 bushels per acre. The Mt nf Droducing a 150-bushel crop is estimated at 44. If potatoes are worth W) cents per bushel, he points out this crop would be worth 175, leaving a profit of $30.60 per acre not reducing rent or interest or taxes. If, however, the grower produces a The Net Profit. - flOO-buahel crop the cost of producing would be $95.75. The crop selling at 60 cents per bushel would bring $200, leav ing a net of $204.20. - ' . The author holds that these large and profitable crops can be raised If the grower will only apply himself selecting proper seed, good ground and give them the poper care. He says there Is no need of being among the class that raises the average crop, for the "average" crop is not what we are after. "The average horse, the average cow, the average, po tato or the average man are not what we are aiming at In this world," says Mr. Grubb. "We must be above the average, or we are no good In the world," 1 f P" F Ctran s LAT I o no P IT DARK! 1 THE DREADED DICTAGRAPH CAN BE AVOIDED BY USING THE SI CrN LANatJAG-E fS..T SHOULD BE EMPLOYED IN THE DARK To AVOID THE DETECTO-CAMCR A Several Sugeitiom for Subterranean Secrecy. From the Baltimore American. COST OF GAS IS DETERMINED Expert Reports That it Can Be Pro 1 dttced for 78,58 Cent Pet 1,000 I V."r". :;,;--i'-'M4T.Li,..: CALCULATIONS ARE THOROUGH Report Will Be Used by Attorney ' Lambert, for the City in tts , Fight to Secnro Dollar' '. Gas at Least. c James Hall, expert from Chicago, hired by the city to determine the cost of man ufacturing and distributing gas to the consumers of Omaha, has reported to the city legal "department that the average oost Including all overhead charges for the last five years has been 78.54 cents per 1,009 cubic feet , Hall bases his calculations upon the total value of the plant as reported by W. D. Marks, another expert hired by the city to secure Information for use in the dollar gas case now pending in the courts. . In addition to considering the value of the plant In his calculations, which value Is less than $1,500,000, Hall allows operat ing expenses in tha sum of $125,000. The net return to the gas company on Its investment, the Investment being ths present value Of the plant plus the $125, 000 working capital, Is $151,210.75 per year, Hall reports, J1. ; r ' , Net Profit Compated. The net profit available for Interest and dividends has been computed on the basis of gaS ,at i selling price of $1 per 1,000 cubio fet,"f says the report," "and the adjusted cost determined in the previous section applied to the sales for the year ended December SI. 1911. Using alter nately the adjusted! average cost for the five year period and the adjusted cost for the year 1911 the .net return is $151, 210.75 and $149882 respectively." It would require an Investment of $3,024,215 to realize $151,210.75 at & per cent, says the expert, whereas the gas com pany's Investment, according to the two experts, is less than half that amount The cost of manufacturing and distrib uting gas here, the expert reports, bas been ths following for the last five years: 1911. 1910. . 1999. 1908. ,1907. Ave. 78.79 75.34 75.21 1.21 78.H To arrive at these conclusions the ex pert took Into consideration the original lnvetyireaj the working capital, the In creased value of the real estate, deprecia tion of ..the property, obsolescence and all overhead charges. ' ' ; y ... ' First Assistant City Attorney Lambert, who is handling the city's side of the dollar gas case, will use this report and the report made by W. D. Marks as evi dence that -the gas company ought to re duce Its charges from $1.15 to $1 at least Marks reported that the company could furnish gas at a profit at 93 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. . Chicago, Traction , : Companies' Make : iDnaCncessioii CHICAGO, Sept. 5,lmportant conces sions by officials of the Chicago Railways company were said to have been made to day in a final -conference regarding the dispute between the traction lines and em ployes., The conference was attended by Mayor Harrison, who emerged from the conference room long enough to announce that John M. Roach,' representing the companies, had agreed to one of the de mands of the employes, ths selection of a single arbitration board to decide ths labor dispute on both roads. Wild Suffragette Outbreak in Wales WREXHAM, Wales, Sept. 8.-A wild suffragette outbreak was brought about today by the appearance at the- National Eisteddfod of David Lloyd George, chan cellor of the exchequer. The pavilion in which he was to deliver his address was crowded, and as soon as he began to speak a woman Jumped up and shouted: "Why don't' you give women , their rights?'' Bhe was at once thrown out but several other women followed her ex ample and were all ejected by the police. Some of the women were roughly handled by the crowd, In, the surrounding park and one of them was seriously Injured. BULL KOOSERS GO INTO COURT Epperson Seeks Possession of Prop ; erty of Republican Committee. BUREAUX STARTS REPLEVIN SUIT Court to Be Asked to Determine and Decide What Party Is Entitled to Designation of Re- , pnbllcan, -v ' Ambrose C. Epperson, who was named chairman of the republican state central committee by ths Roosevelt faction of the republican state convention at Lin coin in July, replevlned the party's prop erty from John L. Kennedy, former state chairman Thursday. The action in replevin am not determine. wnetner jspperson or Frank L. Currie, named by the regular Taft faction, Is the real state chairman. Byron G. Burbank, attorney for Epper son, filed a petition and an affidavit In replevin in district court yesterday, and Deputy Clerk of the District Court Asel 8ter Issued a replevin writ - Deputy Sheriff W. A. Foster served the writ Former Chairman Kennedy made no offer to contest but simply smilingly checked the property over to the deputy sheriff, who checked It to Epperson. The bull mooser proceeded to crate and ship the property to his headquarters at Lin coln. . , ..v.'-. ' :' ' . Mr. Kennedy Explains, x Mr. Kennedy did not even require . a bond for the value of the property, $262, He said he was wilting to turn the prop erty over to Epperson and had held it only because two men claimed to. be his successor and he didn't want to let go of the property without being ordered to by the court ... Tpperson'a claim to the property is based on the contention that he is the duly elected and authorized state chair man. Since Kennedy did not offer to contest this claim It still Is an open question whether or not Epperson is ths state chairman. In : order to have this passed upon by the courts Currie must start some sort of action against Epper son, pr Epperson against Currie. The property consists of desks, type writers, lists of republican voters, dr. culars, etc. Dr, Dunlap Leaves Bureau of Chemistry WASHINGTON, Sept 5.-Dr. F, L. Dunlap of the bureau of chemistry and associate chemist under Dr. Harvey W. Wiley while the latter was chief of the bureau, resigned today to accept a com mercial position in Chicago, Dr. Dunlap was a member of the pure food board and cams into public - notice as one of Uie authors of charges of Irregularity against Dr. WlJex WILSON CREATURE OF BOSSES Roosevelt J&akes TU Charge in His t St. Paul Speech; :; ; ANSWERS' TAWFT" ARGinffiSf He Says Patting- Democratic, Plank . -' Inta Effective .LawWoaU j ... Mean Great Commercial Disaster. ,.l ' ' v ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept I. -The nomi nation of Woodrow Wilson at ths Balti more convention was assailed by Theo dore Roosevelt as ths work of the dem ocratic bosses in an address today at ths Minnesota state fair ground. - , - In his campaign for the republican nom ination , Colonel Roosevelt ' said : the "bosses"- were going one after 1 another in states In which there were direct presidential primaries. "Ws beat Franklin Murphy in Ntw Jersey, Senator Penrose in Pennsylvania and Senator Lorlmer in Illinois," he said, ''but no democratic boss was beaten in lils own state. "In most of the democratic primaries ths vote had been against Mr. Wilson. In most cases they were carried by Mr. Clark. Ths nomination of Mr. Wilson was arranged by Mr. Taggart of Indiana,, Mr. Sullivan of Illinois, with Mr. Murphy of New Tork finally Joining In." Colonel Roosevelt replied to Governor Wilson's speech on the tariff in New Tork yesterday, saying: "If the tariff plank of the democrats is not telling the truth, of course I need not discuss it with them; If it is telling ths truth and should bs put Into effect it will plunge this country into a period of commercial disasters as we have not seen In our lifetime. At the close of his speech at the fair grounds Colonel Roosevelt was escorted to a Minneapolis' hotel,; where luncheon was served at' 1 o'clock. This was fol lowed by an automobile tour of the city. The colonel leaves at 1:10 tonight for Grand Forks, N, D. Buckeyes Nominate Garford. COLUMBUS, O., Sept $.-Arthur L. Garford of Elyrla was nominated for gov ernor of Ohio today by the progressive state convention In session here.. The platform adoptsd by the convention endorses prohibition of child labor, mini mum wage for working women, prohibi tion of night work for women, an eight- hour day for women, schools for indus trial education, municipal home rule and a nonpartisan judicial ballot : CHARGED FEED WIRE KILLS DARING MAN DOUGLAS DE Painter High on Steel Truss- Acci dentally Receives Heavy Current -While at Work. KNEW OF IMPENDING SANGER Willingly Accepted , Most - Risky y, Tasks . to ,; Be Had. ; . ' ; . ONE MOMENT'S FORGETFUINESS Straightened Up to Wipe Perspira tion from His Forehead. TAFT'S COUSIN GETS JOB IN CHICAGO P0ST0FFICE CHICAGO, Sept- (.Henry Derward Taft, a cousin of President Taft who was prevented from continuing as an employs In ths United States customs service because of civil service regula tions which barred him from a perma nent position was reinstated Id the mail ing department of the Chicago poatof- flee today at a salary of about 1840 a year. The young man did not tU the officials be was related to the president CLOUDBURST FLOODS MINE AT B1WABEK, MINN. EIWABEK, Minn., Sept 6.-A cloud burst wh-'ch struck this vicinity early to day flooded the Rubby mine, near this village, catching three miners, one of whom was on the bottom level and prob ably drowned. The two other miners were several feet higher and may have escaped. ' Pumps were worked thir after noon to take out the water. LONG AS STRUCTURAL WORKER , Passionately Devoted to Eight-Year-Old Daughter, Who He Honed ' Weald Soon Be Able to Car ' for Hamble Home." A flash of electrlo - flame that was brighter than the sun biased, from" tha " feet and hands of Albert Lewis, a painter, when his head came into' contact with a wire carrying more than 13,000 volts of current as he, sat on the highest steel beam In the truss of the street railway bridge at- the east end ,of tha. structure shortly before noon yesterday. If. death had 'not been Instantaneous he could not, have survived for a minute the shock of the Impact -when he reeled and fell headlong to ths floor of the bridge,, fifty feet below. He struck on his' head and shoulders and was crushed. Lewis, in company with employes, was ' engaged in the work of painting, the structural steel of the bridge. He had long been noted for his daring and Skill ' In facing great heights and was permitted ' to take the most dangerous part of the work. Insulated pedestals rising about two feet above the uppermost beams of the huge truss carry the three feed wires that supply current for the entire street 1 car system of Council Bluffs, Including , the lnterurban connection with ths Iowa School for the Deaf, ths Manawa lines an dall of the lights about the Manawa ; grounds and on both sides of the lake. Wire Heavily Charged. Each wire is normally charged with tho high voltage stated. Lewis knew about , this and had voluntarily taken the . task . of painting the , beams beneath these deadly i wires. He had gone half way . across, slttlsg astride the beam' and mov- ( log along backward as he painted. When he reached the center of tha beam hU ' head In , the stooping -position was only , a few. Inches front, the naked wire.. Ha took, off his perspiratlon-soked cap and -wiped, hl forehead and for, the instant seemed to forget .His danger and. partljr.. straightened tip, brthglsg his Head In di rect contact with the wirS. Bitting astride a) perfect . ground , ths entire : current .( flashed .from,- the .wIre Jt.nd, , coursed through .hls-brain and every vital in his , body.. The,, brilliancy of the flash that ' followed, attracted tiie attention of those' -who were not watching the. matt. Thoso who had seen his movements, an lsstant before say the electric fire flamed from every part of his body and shot out In , angry, tongues from his feet Hs reeled , sldewlse and fell headlong, a trail of . amoks following as his body descended headforemost until it crashed against th , paved floor 'of the bridge.-, v ,, The police department . and Coroner -Cutler, of Council Bluffs were notified , and the latter took charge of the body , and conveyed It to ths Cutler morgue. , Skilled ' Stractaral Worker, i Lewis was about 40 years old. He had ' been in the employ of the company dur- Ing a part of ' the time for many yartt , but had long been assocksted with James Baguln tn his torldgs and structural steel work, working with him on the pile . driver on all of 'the big Jobs in- Council Bluffs and Omaha, r , , : ; ! Eight years ago his wife deserted him, got a default divorce and married Nate Bethers, leaving a nursing babe to th care of Its father.? Mr. and Mrs. "John McDonald, 1600 avenue P, took the child . and have since cared for it as their own, being regularly paid by the father , for Us care, During the .whole period of eight years Mr. Lewis never once failed, to make the agreed weekly payment, ac- ',' cording to.the statement made by his -.-Mrs. McDonald yesterday. , Lewis was passionately attached to th ' little girl and had .been talking of the time when she would be old enough to ears for hSs little home at 16th street and avenue K, Council Bluffs. Shis has 1 never, been told 'that Mrs. McDonald Is' not her mother and Is registered at th Avenue B school as Gertrude Lewis McDonald. Mrs. McDonald said yester day that she now regarded the child as her own and would take th neoeasary legal . steps . to adopt it. She went to ' meet the littla girl on her return from school at noon yesterday to break th news of her bereavement gently. ' "Oh, I'm so glad I went down to see papa last night and hugged and kissed him good bye," ict sail when she fully realised what had Inwned,-----.. BISHOP CHARLES GRAFTON GIVES FORTUNE TO CHURCH FOND DU LAC, Wis., Sspt l-Th lata Bishop Charles Chapman Grafton of th Episcopal diocese of Fond Dtt Lao gave during bis splscopate 1700,000 towards the erection of churches and Improvements In the diocese, it was said today, when his will was filed for probate ,and listed his personal property at only 11,000. Bishop Grafton's theological library, on of the finest in tha United States, goes to the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity and his vestment to Bishop WUr and the cathedral chapter. V " ( Haaed Oat of West Point. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Bept S.-Speclal)-Frank Doyle, appointed a cadet at West Point two months ago, has returned to Cheyenne, having found the haalng to which he was subjected by other cadets so much to his disliking that he will re turn to work on the Union Pacific as a passenger brakeman. His brother, Mid shipman Walter Doyle of the upper class at Annapolis, arrived In the city today for his annual vacation. -