Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-08
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND FARM EDITORS TO HOLD
MEETING.
If EDITORS MAKE SHOWING
RESIGNATION WILL BE ASKED
Probable That Attack on Ames In
structor Will Be Dropped as Best fo-
All Observation-Disclosures of Dav-
export Enter Tuberculosis Cam an
TO Prevent Automobile Racing.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 8.-The state
board of education will accept the sug-
gestion Of the editors and publishers
Of the agricultural press Of the state
for an open meeting and free discus
sion Of the merits of Prof. W. j. Ken
nedy as member of the faculty Of
the state college and the propriety of
recalling the resignation he offered
when he engaged in business last
spring. A date has not yet been fixed
for the event. The editors complained
because the matter had been disposed
of by the board without hearing. Be-
cause Of this fact it will be reopened
and If the editors make good their
showing the resignation Of the pro-
fessor may be asked for. 1t is thought,
however. that very little will now come
of the discussion and that all will agree
that it is better to drop the matter.
The Christian Endeavor union Of
Davenport has organized a campaign
for hard fight against tuberculosis
in Scott county and in support of the
movement for a tuberculosis hospital
to be erected by the county. A vote
is to be taken in November on the pro-
posal. DR.. Kepford, of the state board
Of control force, will give assistance.
Among other things he will show to
the Scott county people the actual eco
nomic gain in stopping the ravages Of
tuberculosis. In that county in the
past five years 265 persons have died
of the ailment. A conservative esti-
mate on the actual value to a commun-
ity of persons makes it appear that the
loss in Scott county alone is over $780,,
900 year, hence they can we'll afford
to construct hospital to try to save
some of this great loss.
The express companies will not be
ready for the hearing on express rates
before the railroad commission the
coming week. The issues raised in the
action brought by the attorney general
involve going pretty deeply into the
finances of the companies and they
are not prepared as yet to do so. They
probably will be asked to produce
books and papers as bearing on the
matter of their profits as companies.
and this with other matters will In
volve a great deal of inquiry and in
vestigation. But Attorney General
Byers intimates he will go to the bot
tom OF the whole business and try to
disclose the actual facts in regard to
the express business
The terrible accident to Mason
City auto dealer in the races here this
week has started agitation for a law
forbidding races Of that kind. The
hundreds OF spectators Of the race all
agree that it was practically a fore
gone conclusion when the races started
on half mile track with the dust a
half inch deep that somebody was go
ing to be killed. There was much
righteous indignation directed toward
the promoters of the race meeting be-
cause they permitted or encouraged
races under such conditions. It is en-
tirely probable that IL other and SINH
lar accidents occur the legislature will
be asked to stop all automobile racing.