Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-16
CITES NAY HAVE
70 REPAY MONEY
Auditor Carroll Investigates
Drawing Larger Sums Than
Legal From State Fund
ENUMERATION WAS STRETCHED
Method Followed in Number Of Iowa
Cities Has Been to Enumerate Child
rem in State Institutions With Those
of the city-Attorney General May
Institute Proceedings to Recover.

Institute Proceedings to Recover.
Special to Tlmes-Kepublican
Des Moines, March 15.-Auditor b.
F. Carroll is looking into the matter
of the cities over the state enumerat-
ing the children in state institutions
with the children of the city and thus
getting larger sums from the state
school fund. 1t is possible that pro-
ceedings may be instituted by the at
torney general to recover the money.
The investigation is started thru the
visit of a Malvern, Mills county, man.
In that county there is also a county
fund that is distributed among the
school districts Of the county on per
capita basis just as the state fund is
distributed. The other schools OF the
county raised kick. There are l,OO5
inmates in the school for the Feeble
minded at Glenwood and about 500 OF
these are of school age. This very
materially increased the amount of
money which the Glenwood board OF
education secured from the county
and state funds. It is learned that this
same method Is followed at Daven-
port and some of the other cities of
the state where there are such state
institutions. If the attorney general
decides that it will be possible to re-
cover to the state treasury the money
thus illegally obtained there may be
quite large sum for some of the cit
les to repay to the state. Auditor Car
roll is awaiting the decision of the
attorney general before instituting
proceedings.
Captain J. w. Carson of Woodburn
and Captain Hayes of Red Oak have
been in conference with the governor
over the matter of the Shiloh monu-
ment inscription and are arranging for
a date when the matter will be pre-
sented to the secretary of war in
washington again. It has been de-
sired to present the matter at the re-
hearing on the anniversary of the
great battle and this may be done.
Captain Carson is feeling quite en-
couraged over the matter and believes
that the contention will be won at this
hearing.
Henry A. Leipziger of Burlington is
one Of the candidates for appointment
to the vacancy on the state board of
health. He was at the state house yes
terday calling on the governor. He
graduated from Bellevue Hospital
Medical College in New York in 1881.
If j. L. Kennedy Of Sioux City is not
appointed to succeed the late Judge
Wakefield he at least has very strong
recommendations, and on the face. of
the matter it would look as tho his
chances for winning the appointment
were good. It was understood that a
delegation from Sioux City represent
ing the anti-Kennedy element would
be at the state house today to have
an audience with the governor in the
interests Of A. G. Strong. Mr.. Ken
nedy, in the first place. has more than
half of the members of the bar with
him. Furthermore, the other three
Judges on that bench have endorsed
him and he has the endorsement Of his
congressman and all the state senators
and state representatives of his dis
trict and the chairman Of the county
| organization. There is little left for
the other candidate to get but the
remnant of the bar association.
$50
Paul Voelker, of Ida Grove, accord
ing to his friends in this city, is not
an opponent of foot ball athletics, but
has been made the victim Of the peo-
pie Of that city because he was in
favors of pure athletics. According to
the story as told by his friends here
Voelker is opposed to the participation
of men in the high school teams who
are not members of the high school.
The business men wanted a team that
would always win and SO started the
idea of putting in big boys of the town
who they thought would strengthen the
teams. voelker opposed the idea and
because of his opposition the CAM
paign was made against him. Voelker
is one of the most conscientious men
in the state. He is graduate of the
state normal at Cedar Falls and took
charge of the Ida Grove high school
Just after the failure of the self-gov-
ernment idea in the high school there.
He is one of the best known OF the
younger educators in the state.
Joseph Smith. grandson of the
founder of the Mormon church, has
been in Des Moines for some time look
ing up evidence to prove that his ia
ther never ordered polygamy. Mr.
Smith is following the course Of the
Mormons on their journey from Ohio
to Council Bluffs, studying the files OF
the newspapers and visiting the librar-
les and gathering every scrap of infor-
nation he can secure to substantiate
his contention. Mr.. Smith is now al
lied with that branch of the church
that split off in 1852 on the question
of polygamy and settled in Lamont,
Iowa. He asserts that polygamy was
the idea of Brigham Young and not
of his grandfather and ne is seeking
to forever free the name of his ances-
tor from the strain. Step by step he Is
following the memorable march Of ths