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PAGE TWO IOWA CITY PRESS-CITIZEN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 192 $2,000,000 Requested for New University Library STATEBOARD TO ASK HOGUE FOR MILLIONS Information From Moines Indicates Request for Big Appropriation to Be Made Soon Budget Director E. L. Hogue has been asked by the state board of education to approve an approprt atlon of $2,000,000 for the construction of a library building for the University here, according to information from Des Moines. The request is included with other appropriations sought board for the three state schools under its control.

The outcome of the hoard's action will not be known until the next public meeting of the board of education, at which time the request will be formally presented. Construction of a library to supersede the now inadequate quarters, which necessitates distribution of the library facilities in a number of buildings, has been the hope of University officials for some time. ARTHUR FORTSCH KILLED THURSDAY IN CAR ACCIDENT Relatives here have received news of the death of Arthur R. Fortsch who was killed in an auto accident in Louisiana Thursday. Although the accident occurred in Louisiana, Mr.

Fortsch's home is in Texas. His body will brought back to Iowa for funeral arrangements have not been completed. Mr. Fortsch was a graduate of the University and his wife will be remembered as Miss Mary Propst of Iowa City. be PILOT INJURED IN MAIL CRASH COURT WILL OPENMONDAY Judge Popham of Marengo To Preside At September Term "With a weighty list of cases for trial, the September term of the Johnson county district court will open Monday morning.

Judge E. G. Popham of Marengo will be on tire bench. An assignment of equity cases was made yesterday by Judge Popham and the petit jury has been ordered to report on the afternoon of the first day of court. Hearing of motions and the of empanelling a grand jury for the investigation of crime will occupy the first day.

Further motions by attorneys will be entertained Tuesday and the calendar will he read for defaults. The third day will be reserved for proving up defaults hearing of motions, the first case for trial having been set for Thursday. Suits of L. S. Palmer vs.

B. E. Manville, Miller and Sybil vs. A. W.

Ensminger, Hawkeye Lumber company vs. Harry S. the suit of Iva Wallen vs. Allen Wallen for separate maintenance are listed for hearing Thursday. For Friday the suits of Phillip Cook, et aL, vs.

Emma Stapelton, et at, Wesley Emsha vs. Antone WisniewsM, et al, and the divorce suit of Elizabeth Brant vs. Ralph Brant are listed. Another assignment will be made later. -READ THE WANT ADS R.

G. Page of Chicago Hurt In Accident Near Clarence, Iowa Delayed by storms and bewildered by fog, R. G. Page, air mail plane flyer enroute to Iowa City 'rom Chicago, was injured and his plane damaged when he attempted to take off after a forced landing near Clarence, Iowa, northeast of Tipton, yesterday afternoon. Page had lost his way in a fog and landed half a mile south of Clarence to get his bearings yesterday afternoon.

When he attempted to resume his flight his plane ripped out a fence and turned over. A party was sent from the air mail field here late yesterday afternoon to take care of the injured aviator and his machine. Little was known at the field today regarding the extent of the flyer's injuries or the damage to the plane, the party from here not being expected to return until late this afternoon. Travelling in Real Luxury Will Provide Wholesome Recreation New Pullman "Entertainment" Cars For All Types of Passengers MRS. ROWLAND ASKSDIVORCE Petition Piled in Court Here Charges Husband With Cruelty Cruel and Inhuman treatment to which.

Mrs. Annastatia Rowland alleges she has been subjected for several years is given as grounds for -a divorce sought in a suit filed by her against her husband, Ward N. Rowland, for trial at the November term of court. Judge Ralph Otto yesterday issued a writ of attachment against $1,500 of the defendant's personal property, pending settlement of the suit. Mrs.

Rowland asks that she be awarded S300 temporary alimony, $150 for costs and attorney fees, and a month for the support of herself and daughter. The Rowlands were married in 1909, separating after 16 years. Attorney A. E. Maine filed the petition at the clerk's office.

AGED MOTHER OF LOCAL MAN DIES AT ATLANTIC, IA. Mr. E. W. Johnson of 102C JSast Burlington street was called to Atlantic today by the death of his mother, Mrs.

Hannah A. Johnson, aged 85 years. Mrs. son has been failing for some time and her death was not unexpected. She is survived by three sons and five daughters.

BRIEFS Mr. John Hale, 25, and.Miss Mary E. Close, 22, both of Iowa City, secured a license" to marry yesterday at the county court house. It'll be fun to travel -when the railroads install iWnew "entertainment cars" that are now being huUt by the Pullman company. These pictures show the sort of entertainment that these cars afford.

Above the floor has been cleared for use as a dance hall, with music furnished by radio; below, left a moving picture is being shown, while at the right is a view of the women's gymnasium. SERVICES FOR MARY DALSCHIED TO BE SATURDAY Funeral services for Miss Mary Dalschied. a former resident of Iowa Cify, who died last April In Los Angeles, will held at 9 o'clock Saturday morning from the McGovern funeral home, with burial in St. Joseph's cemetry. The body arrived this afternoon from California.

It was accompanied by a sister, Miss Lena Dal- scheid. LOCAL JEWS WILL OBSERVE HOLIDAY Orthodox Jews in Iowa City will observe with special services tonight the day of atonement, Tom Kippur, which begins at sundown tonight and continues until sundown Saturday nighf. Many of the stores will be closed tomorrow in observance of the holy day. FELTS RR FALL OW comes Autumn and the style autocrats have laid down some very definite edicts as to what's correct in felts for fall. And in our assortment you'll see these very styles--so many of them that choosing will be easy and a pleasure.

A SPLENDID SHOWING AT 5. Iowa City's Finest Store For Men I for the second, and $150 a month i thereafter. i The motion was seconded by Alderman Will J. Hayek and when put to a vote received the support of all save Alderman Mullin, Galla. her and McGuan.

i The vote on the motion In effect gave an indication of the rote which may be expected on the ordinance, the way it had been worded i giving the councilmen an opportun- Council Considers Move to Increase Salaries of Men In Local Police Department Indications of another struggle within the city council appeared with a movement started to raise the pay of members of the police force at an adjourned meeting last night With the administering of the oath of office to Attorney G. A. Kenderdine, who succeeds Attorney Frank H. Randall as the representative of the second ward, the council for the first time in several months was fully represented at the meeting. Alderman Charles Grain brought up the matter of raising salaries of police officers, acting on a petition presented some time ago by which ity to vote their convictions without the result effecting later final action.

The amendment providing for the raise, estimated to cost the city less than $H)0 for its first year of operation, will be considered at the next meeting, September 24th. Po licemen now are paid at the rate $115. $117.50 and S120. Assessments were levied agains property benefited by paving com pleted in August by the William Horrabrn Contracting company, an issuance of bonds aggregating 343.60 was author zed by the coun cil. The paving -was done on Sey mour avenue, Blooming, Davenport Fairchild, Washington, Hotz, Rich ards and Gilbert streets, Park roac UNION TOWNSHIP WINNER TAKES MANY PRIZES Mr.

R. E. Williams Union township, a prominent breeder of Chester White hogs, has returned from a fair circuit which included West Liberty, Des Moines and Oskaloosa. His winnings numbered 55 ribbons including grand champion male and female at West Liberty and Oskaloosa, also a high moneyed winner at Des Moines, one of the strongest shows of the middle west. Thus, Johnson county is again brought forward by Mr.

Williams as the home of one of the leading Chester White herds in Iowa today. ute to the meetings, among them being Allan Hoben, president of Kalanmzoo college and formerly of the University of Chicago; E. St. Elemo Lewis, vice-president and manager of a large advertising concern. ami Professor Edward A.

Rosa of the University of Wisconsin a noted sociologist. Enroute to Hot Springs, the ex- ecutives from the eastern a middle western states will be guests of the St. Louis sec council and the St. Louis Chamb of Commerce Tuesday, Septem 21st. At the conference, Mr.

Stow will serve as chairman for reg No. 8 on the committee on exh its. UmmiiMiiiuimiiimiiiMiiiimiiimiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiNiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii FOR SALE A good second hand McCormick-Deering Corn Picker. This is a bargain for a person wanting one. Call soon and get particulars.

GEO. S. RANDALL CO. Iowa City, Iowa Timimiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiimmuiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiiiimimimiimiiiiiiimiiiiii 200 or more business men and citizens asked the increase. If moved an( several that the request be granted and the ordinance committee be instructed 1 to prepare an amendment incorporating the new scale, for patrolmen $125 a month for the first year, $135 The bonds will bear Interest 5 per cent, and mature at annua intervals beginning May 1, 1927.

Several petitions for permission to construct driveways through the curb line, install curb gasoline pumps, and other miscellaneous re quests were refened to the proper committees for action. An ordinance firing the" salary o' future members Cf the council at $120 a monthly, con sidered at various recent meetings at length readied passage last nighi and will become effective with the council nut into office at the citv election. PERSONALS Phone 1300 Mrs. H. H.

Jacobson and her new baby have returned home from Mercy hospital. I Mr. H. S. Roberts of Cedar Rap- is in the city on business to- 3 day.

1 Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Grinstead were in Cedar Rapids on business yesterday.

i Dr. Lloyd -DeFrance of West l-iberty visited friends, in Iowa City yesterday. Mr- and Mrs. D. Van Est of Farnell, Iowa, are moving to Iowa City.

They will make their home at -341 Soujh Governor at Mrs. S. Hoetz and her daughter, Stella, have moved to Iowa City from Oelweln, Iowa, Mr. (X F. Eenda, cJerk of the d5a tract court, Mrs.

Eenda, and their children, returned Isat night from a few days vacation spent in Des Moines and at the northern lakes. They made the trip by aatomobile. Mrs. A. K.

Fogarly of Davenport is in the city on business today. Mr. J. P. Clarke has come from Cedar Kapids to be the new manager of the Red Ball store on Linn street Mrs.

R. B- Manstt and son. Sam uel L. Manatt, hare returned to their home on East College street after a six months' automobile trip, on they visjted in a number of southern cities. WOMAN BOUND TO GRAND JURY Mrs.

Mary pleaded not guilty to a charge of resisting an officer and waived preliminary examination -when brought up for hearing before Justice B. F. Carter this morning. Sfa was bound over to coming grand jury and secured her release by posting bond of 51,000. Mrs.

trouble Is the outcome of an alleged tussle with Deputy Sheriff Arthur Jones and Mabel county probation officer, -which occurred during the summer at her home. Milo Reno to Again Direct Farmers Union DES MOINES, Sept Reno, of agency, -was re-elected president of the Iowa Fanners Union here yesterday. A. E. Cotterill of Leon, former secretary- treasurer, was chosen vice pesi- dent, and S.

E. Ros of Donnellson, was elected secretary-treasurer. Scout Leader To Attend Big Conference Scout Executive E. G. Stowell left today to attend the fourth biennial conference of scout executives at Hot Springs, Ark, during the coming week.

Nearly 700 men have registered for the conference, by far the largest number which have for any previous meeting of similar character. National leaders will be -in charge of the conference, among them James E. West, chief scout executive; Dr. Geo. J.

Fisher, national field director; L. L. McDonald, national camp director; Franklin K. Mathiews, chief scout librarian; Daniel C. Beard, national scout commissioner and pioneer woodsman, and others of national Men outside the field of scouting will also contrib- THE BIG THREE Most men have three mark's "or-interests, --their homes and their hank accounts.

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