Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-27
Legal Department of State
Asked to Decide Question in
Corwith Bank Frauds
LARGE AMOUNT is INVOLVED
Paper to Amount of $4,000 in Question
Probability That Bank Will Have
to Stand Loss-Plan Suggested to
Retain Director Sage in Crop serv-
ice--NoveI Ruling on Game Ship
ments.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Nov. 27.-A question of
law is involved In the Corwith bank
failure. About $4,000 of notes to
which names were forged by Cashier
Standrng and endorsed by the bank
aud then sold were without recourse.
Now the question is must the bank pay
will have to decide the matter.
When note is sold without re-
course" it is sold with no guarantee
OF payment. The man who buys the
note takes his chances on getting the
payment of the note. But the courts
hold that In selling a note without
recourse" everything but the payment
Is guaranteed. That is, the genuine
ness Of the note Is guaranteed by the
person who sells it.
The state auditor has submitted to
the attorney general the proposition for
an opinion. 1t Is important in the
Corwith bank case for there is $4,000
of this forged paper that was sold
without recourse" If the bank does
not have to stand for this $4,000 1T
will be saved considerable. The at
torney generals office has not COM
pleted the investigation of the ques-
ton, but it is understood that the
opinion thus far is that the bank will
have to stand for this $4,000 because
fEa ont pf tba
bank and. the genuineness Of the notes
is their one weakness and Is the one
thing that is guaranteed.
An official Of the state department
OF agriculture stated today that there
will be no change in the weather and
crop service of Iowa and Insists that
Director Sage will remain in the serv-
ice Director Sage says his services
will terminate with the expiration Of
his term next June. The state depart
ment of agriculture official says that
Mr.. Sage will be relieved during the
winter months so that he can avoid the
rigors of Iowa winters for the more
sulubrious climate. 1t is claimed that
the more important duties Of the office
are during the spring and summer
months and that Mr.. Sage can be here
then. They are willing to relieve him
after the December report provided he
will take care of the work for all but
the winter months.
A. D. Struthers, J. G. Beatty and T.
w. Dodd, the three business and pro-
fessional men Of this city who were
Oh:
released and the justice court holds
that the laws of Iowa do not place any
prohibition on the amount of game
that q man can ship. The law states
that man may ship twelve birds"
in any one day. In the argument to
the Justice the attorney claimed that
there was no direct prohibition against
shipping larger number and hence
there could be no punishment for
shipping a larger number.
The defense introduced no evidence.
The state introduced evidence to prove
the case but it was shown only that
+i,e men put the ducks in the baggage
car and took then. out again. There
was no express o. freight charges paid
AID no checks or anything. Ii they
had taken them into the coach with
trem they argued that they could as
well have been charged with shipping
game The action taken by the JUS
tice here is likely to have some bear
ing en- the enforcement OF the law else
M here in the state.
A, d. Struthers, cne Of the men ar
res ted, is one IF tho proprietors of the
o electrical no9n11f10.
tuning concern here and worth many
hu1 oreds Of thousands of dollars. Mr..
T eatty is a trav, ling salesman and
was, candidate for secretary Of the
I.ws. State Trave'ng Mems associa-
tiun.
Wesley Greene, secretary of the
State Horticultural society, is at work
on a report of the plants of Iowa. more
especially the weeds and wild plants.
The report is due for distribution
when the state society meets here next
month. This report will include in
formation on all the weeds and wild
plants of the state, including the do
mestic plants that have become wild.
The work will be quite valuable to
students and others interested In the
science of agriculture and horticul-
ture.
Some years ago the geological de-
partment got two volumes on the
grasses of Iowa One of these was
printed in 1901 and the other in 1908.
They cover the entire field of grasses
from scientific standpoint and 1T is
understood that the volume by Mr..
Greene will be along the same line
and will supplant these on grasses.
1t is expected that the program FOR
the state meet of the state horticultur-
al society will be announced tomorrow
by Mr.. Greene. The state meeting will
be presided over by C. G. Patten of
Charles City, who is the president. Mr..