TIIE BEE, (BFAIIA, TirnR.DAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913.
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SECURITY COMPANY FIGHTS
Files. Objections to Attitude of Re
ceiver Freeman Iteed.
SUIT FOR DAMAGE RESULTS
Stockholder De-clnrp They Havi
Mmtnlnert Hcavr l)mnK' "
Ilranlt of Salt thnt Htnrtoil
Whole lroocdnrc.
Harr- M. Ilrown. clerk of the district
court, and hi force of deputies, were
kept busy for a whilo yesterday after
noon receiving and filing motlonii, ob
jections, answers and other legal pro
cesses In connection with the affairs of
the Iowa Security company, tho holding
company organised and conducted In con
nection with the Mutual Life Insurance
company, which suddenly moved Its of
fices to Des Moines In January.
The first filing was a motion to dis
miss the suit Instituted by Victor t.aus
trup, another was an application for the
renunal of Attorney J. J. Hm as coun
sel for Freeman b. need, tho temporary
receiver named by Judge Thornell. and
others related to objections to the roiwrt
filed Monday evening by Ilccelvcr Heed.
The final filing came lust before tho of
fice closed and was In the shape of a
lult for J17,K0 damages against Hess ana
Uaustmp and the Insurnnce company
for which Laustrup Is acting agent.
All of the documents were very volum
nous, 'ho motion to dismiss tho suit
af Uaustrup and ,'dlschargo the receiver
overs a doien page. Tho allegation is
made that the action was brought In
bad faith and that IauBtrup had no
right to bring It; that he Is a competitor
of the Western Mutual L-lfo Insurance
company and would bo benefited, by tho
wrecking of that company.
Allegation of Thrent.
The allegation Is made that ho acquired
the 100 of stock In tho Security com
pany on December 19 and had trans
ferred on December 30, and that ori Jan
uary 14 ho demanded of tho company to
buy his stock or ho would throw the com
pany Into tho hands of a receiver, and
that the company caused an offer to
bo made to him. but It was refused. Tho
Security company says It later secured
mi notion on the Lnuatrup stock, which
ho refused to honor and that ho la now
asking 1.163 for his fcO) block of stock
In addition to all costs of his suit. The
company nlleges that there has been no
ml.mnnairemcnt of Its Hffalra before or.
since the suit; that It Is nbt Insolvent
hum no debts that cannot bo paid It
It Is pormlttcd to manage Its own busi
ness, that stockholders had knowledge
all along1 that all money they Invested
.n..nt in acuulrlng commissions, "and
In the very nature of tho business there
could not bo tangible rcallxeablo assets
to tho amount of their Investments."
Attack ttcvrlvrr.
The motion to dismiss goes at length
Into the complaints made by the company
against Attorney Hess. Tho allegation
Is that ha Is prejudiced and Is acting In
bad faith as attorney for the plaintiff
and for the receiver, ad Itecelver llccd
Is "Incompetent."
All of these allegations arc ngaln cov
ered: In the specific application for tho
removal of Attorney Hess as counsel for
the receiver; although ho waa appointed
by Judgo Tfiornetl after the latter had,
heard all the evidence In tho Iauatrui
suit. H accuses him of violent. prejudice
against tho security company and- this. U
is claimed, renders him unfit counsel for
the receiver.
The objections to tho report of tho re
ceiver are equally lengthy. The report Is
characterized as unfair and cannot be
bated on tho records. Tho allegation Is
tliat Itecelver Reed did not go Into the
company's affairs and consequently could
not make a fair roportj that ho has been
guided by tho advice of Hess and had
stated to various persons that ho had
not had tlmo to go Into tho records And
make u report, and that tho report of M-.
D. Thomas, who has acted as auditor of
the company for tho last two years, would
ba his report: thut the receiver has In
his possession records which he Is using
as a basis for criminal action against oi
fleers of tho company to satisfy personal
animosity, and Is being actuated by per
sonal feeling to the detriment of the
stockholders.
It Is alleged that the receiver has no
knowledge of the Insurance business and
la misleading the court for the purpose
of continuing the receivership, so that, lin
and his attorney can receive big fees.
In addition to tho general allegation
that Receiver Reed "Is wholly Jncompot
ent," It Is alleged the report Is not In ac
cord with the representations made to
stockholders by him or in accord with the
records of the office.
Receiver Reed Is well known as one of
the most careful and conscientious men
In the city and has been engaged for a
lifetime In accounting transactions, for
more than a doien years as clerk of the
district court.
Mnnmlem Wlthlrnmr
Colonel C Q. Saunders, who defended
the company In the hearing of the Iius-
trup suit has withdrawn entirely from the
case. All of the filings yesterday were
drawn by Attorney Stltt of Carson. At
torney Stltt and Auditor Thomas. It I
said, carefully examined tho report of the
receiver before It was filed and approved
It and It Is further said that every part
of It Is sustained by the sworn testimony
of Auditor Thomas when on the witness
stand.
The plaintiffs In the $17,600 damage suit
are George Wild and wife, Il&riett S.
Wild, stockholders, residing near Carson
Victor r. taustrup, the Union Central
IJfo Insurance company and J. J. lies
are the defendants. They allege that
they have sustained the damage claimed
as stockholder In the Security company
by reason of tho suit brought by Laus
trup, and that all of tho defendants "pro
cured by fraud and misrepresentation"
the stock held In the name of LAUstrup,
and that they "conspired together to wind
up tho affairs of tho company,"
Boy Burglars Held
To Juvenile Court
Minor Mention
Council Bluffs Office of
The Be is at 14 ZtOBTH
Mala fit. Telephone 4.
Davis, drugs,
Vlttrola, tit. A. Hasps Co.
Cerrlgans, undertakers. Phonts 14V
Woodiinr Undertaking Co. Tel .
For Sale-Good buggy. Call A ll&S.
Ulank book work, Morehouse A Co.
FAUST DEER AT ROGERS' BUFFET.
Lewis Cutler, funeral director. Phone tf.
Watch Liven nwnv free at Lcffcrts'
auction sale.
The hlirheat irm.li, nntlrnt work In the
city Is done at Lcfferta.
See Horwlrk for null nnnrr and paint
ing. 20B nnd 211 South Main St.
Scientific wittth rennlr work. the
kind that Is appreciated, at Lcfferts.
TO have on Tn r.nnnow. 8KK c. m.
aiuiuai iildg. & lxan Ass n. iu rtan,
UUDWElHEIt on di-niia-lit The Grand.
Budweiscr lu bottles at all first-class
bars.
LOST Chain and lnckot, between Ae-
nue A and Avenue D on Twenty-eighth
street, or between Twenty-eighth and
Thirty-second on Avenue A. Rew,rd.
ua'i asvx.
Helen Favo Hunt, the Infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hunt, died yester
day afternoon at the home of her grantl
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Kemmlsh, ekw
Avenue D, nfter a long Illness from
stomach trouble.
This Is Possibly the last onnortuulty
you will have to buy a ton of good co.il
at $1.60 delivered. Chester lump or nut.
Thursday the 20th. Every ton a-uaranteed.
Strictly cash and one ton only to each
customer. ZS0O will reaoh all depart
ments, uroge Elevator Co.
After the successful basket ball tour
ney of tho eighth grado school
wash niton Avenue school won the rlmm
plonshlp, with Hloomer and Fierce street
sahools following In order. The sixth
Krnde schools will have a baskot boll
tournament In which all tho gomes will
ne piayed on next Friday night. The fol
lowing schools wilt compete: Eighth
street, Third street, Harrison street and
oecona avenue,
Members of the Fish nnd Game club
aro much Interested In the early appear
nnce of the ducks at Lake Manawa.
Members of the club brought up reports
laat evonlng of a number of fine strings
nagged during the day. I. Aluccl. who I
one of the most diligent hunters nnd
surest men with a gun In town, was
one of the first members of the club to
Llndsey returned from Des Moines yes
terday where they went to bring back
George Potter and William Owens, two
Bluffs youths who were picked up there
n me hock island yards wnue trying to
beat their way to Chicago, Hoth lali
ave been cnargea with the tneit or a
bag of sugar from n Milwaukee freight
car. There is doubt, however, about
the culpability of the Owens boy and an
Investigation In Juvenile court will prob
ably exonerate him.
Thu funeral of Marv Caster. 73 veara
old, was held yesterday afternoon at the
farm home near Underwood. The body
was burled In the prlvute burial ground
on the farm where she had lived for
thirty-three years. The services were
conducted by Rev. Joshua Carlisle and
were largely attended. The music was
urmshed or Ida Darrlngton and Vis
Klopplng. The pallbenrera were PetM
Matheson, Henry P. Shields, William
Gelse, i.. L,. Doones. M. J. Hannlnhan
and A. O, Klopplng, all Ufo long friends.
ou T. Genung was In the cltv taut
evening, returning to his home In Glen
wood, after spending several days at
Avoca defending his brother lawyer.
Frank Bhlnn Of Carson, in the 120.000 libel
suits that had been Instituted against
him by Supervisors W. C. Children and
George Darrtngton, growing out of the
hot fight that was made on the remib.
llcan members of the county board prior
io me election last tan, ana wnicn re
sulted In the defeat of both. The case
wan tried In the Avoca branch of the
district court nnd was based upon a
circular letter which Lawyer Bhlnn pub-
nnneu in tne. (.arson papers and then
had printed in half sheet form and scat
tered well over the country It was
argely based on discussion of tho board's
action In the famous Nlshnabotna ditch.
After consuming two days and after all
Raymond Taylor and Elmer Poston, 14-
year-old hoya who confessed to having
broken Into the homo of F, J. Wage,
neighbor, and stealing $10 In cash nnd a
revolver, wero not given a hearing In po-
Ilco court yesterday morning, but wero
returned to the custody of their parents
with Instructions to bring them before .tie
Juvonllo court on Saturday morning.
Roth boys nnd admitted to Uio theft of
a largo quantity of nutomohlle tools nnd
equipment, and a bag of the plunder,
found hidden tn the basement of the Po
ton boy's home, waa brought to the eta,
tlon, It was valued at more than 100 and
only u portion of It has been Identified
ah f ih .rr ,.., tnUnn from I now ft we" filled game bag. Teal and
All of tho stuff had been taken from maIarag aTt) Ule varieties that have first
auiomomien wiinin mo iai iow appeared
An automobile horn worth IS5 was Idcntl- An overheated stove set flro to th
fled by Dr. W. M. Green as the one that home of O. J. Glogovac at Eighteenth
..i - hi. m.ehin. .m avonuo and Third street last night. Al-
V. " though two rooms wero filled with flarim
time ago. It had been Dauiy aamagoo. when the automobile truck arrived, the
An Omnhn man. who i:nvo tho name of I fire wan held In check until No. 5 cheml
in.i ,. n.ih.e nf th. ir,i I cul reached the placu with Its double
, ... ......... ...v.. . """-, chemical tanks. Streams from both
which imu wen BI...CU "" quickly extinguished tho flames without
ho stopped on North Harrison street about damaKlna tho rent of the house. Tho
n weak ago. loss wus thus nominal. Tho building was
Anihr hnnnh nf the mulnment Is be- owned by M. Marcus,
ii.,.i i iv. ,n,. .tnian fmm h ma. County Attorney Capell and Sheriff
chine of County Supervisor W. C. Chil
dren, who is now in Avoca nttenaing ai j- . . .
lawsuit. O. II. Hill, u carpenter residing QUIc, VUICK VjOlQ
I0 worth of carpenter's tools that had I .lirp ApfR ( TPflf IV
heen stolen from a house he was building VJU1 C -TXUIO VJCUliy
m 19 If a rrlasin llrflnt Hi fit A WtUlt lITft.
An automobile robo worth about ItS was Papo's Cold Compound Cures Colds
also recovered, but It had been wantonly
nut and slashed and entirely ruined.
and Grlppo In a Few Hours
Contains no Quinine,
of the testimony of the plaintiffs was
submitted Judge Wheeler sustained the
motion to take tho case from the Jury.
The court took the Jury and dismissed It.
Genung was very Jubilant over his vic
tory, and hunted up Attorney J. J. Hess
and offered to appear In his defense In
the ItT.COO damnge suit filed against him
in the district court here yesterday.
Lcfferts'
Money saved by attending
money-saving auction sale.
Bursting Bottle May
Cause Total Blindness
Fred Borts. an employe at the wholesale
grocery house of Groneweg & Schoentgen.
Is In Mercy hospital suffering from In
juries that may cause his total blindness.
Many yearn ago he lost the sight of one
eye. Yesterday while burning some rub-
blah he had raked together a bottle, partly
filled with water or some other fluid, waa
drawn Into the fire. It,was tightly corked
and when a heavy steam pressure was
generated It burst, sending broken glass
In all directions. A splinter of the glass
struck him In the sound eye, Inflicting
a dangerous Injury. He was hurried to
the hospital and the services of Dr,
Dean and Hennlnger called, it Is feared
that the Injury cannot tw overcome. Borts
Is about 35 years old and Is unmarried.
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Feb.
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You will distinctly feel all the dts-
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1'im nniiunl mnnttnir of the Clvlo Im
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afternoon at the public library building very "r,t l0e-
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first meeting of tho association for tho head and nose stuffed up. foverlshness.
.... ih. i,m.n hn mmilv onmnii inttuw, running oi mo nose, sore
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McQee and Superintendent lleverldge "Istanco or bad after )ffeots a a i6-cent
talked entertainingly, each offering sug. i'"""- -- .u
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Mm. Donald Mncrao was made president no nubstltute. Taste, nicc-uct. gently.- ,
by tho unanimous vote of tho largo num. ""'"'""'
ber present! Mrs. Uetta Dodgo Montgom-
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Dodge, second vice president: Mayor Ma-
loncy. third, vice president; Miss Moore,
eccretnry: Mrs. John Mchlhop. treasurer!
Mrs. Wk J- loverett, corresponding secro-l
try, and Emmet Tlnley, auditor.
Tho association will meet again ono
Week from Friday.
When you buy a piano at A.' Hospe Co.
volt know that you get the best for tho
money paid on the market, protected by
the guaranteo of tho best reliable mu.ta
house In tho west. 407 Broadway.
FIRE AND POLICE BOARD
WANTS NO NEW STATION
The Uourd of Fire and Police Commis
sioners la not enthusiastically committed
t the policy of adding another fire at.
tlon In tho wentern part of the city, and
the special meeting held last night
did not take the favorable action Alder
man Ooyer thought vtould be taken.
No action waa taken on tho request for
a special report to me council rei&uve
to tho matter and alt that was done was
to acoept the Invitation of Alderman
Itoyer to go down thero -Thurtiday after
noon for the purpose of looking over the
situation with a view to future recom
mendation.
The board recommended a tractor en
gine to drag the big uerlal Udder truoK
and approved jthe recommendation of
Flro Chief Nicholson for the purchase of
tho necessary equipment to transform the
big ladder truck Into a water tower at a
cost of about $160. It favored adding two
men to the department a. soon as the
olty. finances will permit. Two adul.
tlonal noixles and S.000 feet of new novo
wore recommended.
For the police department the board re
newed Us recommendation of tho pur
chase of art automobile - for use of tne
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The resignation of Detective Tom Calls.-
ghan, who was suspended by Chief
Kroom on Friday evening- on charges cf
Intoxication and who tendered his res.
Ignatlon on Sunday, was not considered
at the special meeting of the Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners last nlgn.
The resignation could not o considered
under the rule of the board while tho
charges were pending. The only action
taken was to, approve the suspension by
the chief. ThU leaves It possible for
laghan to be reinstated upon recom
mendation of the chief. If he sees fit to
do so. Mo was not present and no ev.
dence was taken.
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