Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-11
IOWA GRAND ARMY ADJOURNS
Review Given at Fort Des Moines for
Old Soldiers.
COwN1E CASE UNDER PROBE
Damage Suits Will Follow IL Charges
I'm Several Newspapers Are Not
Sustained by Grand
Jury.

DES MONIES. Ia, Jun 10.-(Special)
(Frol a Staff Correspondent
The closing business sessions of the
department encampment of the Grand
Arm OF the Republic and allied organiza-
tons were hid today, With installation of
offers and tn formal rports and making
up of delegations. military review was
given at the army post for the old SOL
diers. General @. M. Dodge, who goes
to the national encampment as delegate
at-large, returned to hi shome today
The department adopted the recon-
mendation of Department Commander
Mcdonald in regard to the removal of
the Iowa Soldiers monument to a more
| slightly location and named a committee
to wait upon the legislature to secure
| that result. 81
| Probe Into COyvqnfe Charges.
| The Polk county grand jury is evil
] IDENTIFY making thorough investigation of
the charges of Governor Carroll with re-
spect to the management of state affairs
through the Board OF Control and espe-
cially with regard to the alleged miscon-
duct Of John Cownie, the deposed chair
man. Editors of. several Iowa newspapers
were called before the grand Jury today
to give evidence which they are supposed
| to have SAs - basis for various ditorial
utterances attacking Mr.. Cownie The
latter asked a full Investigation and in
case the grand jury finds that aceusa-
lions are not we'll founded damage suits
will follow.
Mr.. Cownie has also asked that the gov
ernor be indicted for criminal libel. The
editors summoned today are "standpat-
ters' and include Bernard Murphy of the
lrNA INo II.
Telegraph, ]. w. Jarnagin OF the Cedar
Falls Record and Howard Ram OF tn,
Manchester Press.
Carroll, Thanks Supporters.
Governor Carroll isued short state
ment today thanking his friends for thei
support and expressing satisfaction witt
the result. His majority is 1900 He said
"We-shall now have about five month
before the fall election, and 1 shall use al
the Influence that l have to win an old
time victory for the party. not only in tn
state, but in the congressional and legis
iative districts aud counties OF the state
Two Murder Cases Decided.
The supreme court OF Iowa rendered de
cisions today in two cases involving flrs
degree murder. In the case of James Wat
kins who was convicted in this county @
. numbering James Weaver, the trouble aros
over woman who had lived with Watkin
eight years as his wife then suddenly lei
him and married Weaver. In the case {
/ Jesse Finly OF Poweshiek county, he ha
I killed T. w. Reed in a quarrel and got
: life sentence. The court affirmed bot
9 cases.
Game Law Case Decided.
In the case OF the state against ]. /
Carson OF Clay county the game law OF II
state was involved. He had shipped SON
i prairie chickens out o. season, startin
them outside the state, but the box was ii
y tercepted and he was prosecuted. Il
claimed that the shipment was incomple
and therefore he was not aInenable to II
= law. But the court hold that when he d,
= livered the box to the carrier II was
= legal shipment.
I. Court Decisions.
j State against Charles Dean, appellan
- Appealed IRON Marion county, affirmed.
- State against Jesse Finly, appellant Al
20 pealed from Poweshiek county, affirmed
d State against j. ID. Carson appellant, Al
y pealed from Clay county, affirmed
State against b. F. Daugherty, appellaT
70 Appealed from Lucas county, affirmed.
" state against James W. Watkins appt
A. liant Appealed from Polk county affirme
~ o. .. Fullerton against Joseph Hught
u aUDRllant. ApDealad from