Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-07-06
WILL NOT BE INDICTED FOR
SHOWING INTEREST IN NIT
cHELLViLLE GIRLS.
WILL SUE GOVERNOR
AND NEWSPAPERS FOR LIBEL
Not Probable That Carroll viii Be In
dicted-Grand Jury Convinced That
Governors Charges Were For Po-
litical Purposes and Not Worth
While to Start Criminal Action.
pecial to Times-Repubiican.

Des Moines. July 6.-John CoWnie
viii not be indicted by the Polk coun-
grand jury for having shown father
familiarity with state wards al
titchellvile.
Very likely B. F. Carron Will not be
invited to answer for criminal libel for
having accused Ny. Cownie OF sundry
crimes and rnisdemeanors.
Then viii follow civil suits for dam
ages in which the governor ard certain
newspapers viii appear as defendants
and be asked TO show cause for their
aspe-sions upon the character Of the
former chairman OF the board.
This seems 10 be the program. II has
come TO be almost an open secret here
that the grand jury did not And any
thing in the evidence 10 sustain the &C
cusation that have been made against
Mr. Cownie The evidence was ali OF
weak kind. The testimony especially
as 10 alleged improper conduct al the
state school for girls was OF a char
acter that would not go very Ear N
court Of justice Al the same time, SO
it is said. the jurors were convinced
that the accusations were largely for
political purposes and therefore thai
would be very hard 10 secure con-
kiction of the governor. hence mat II
4as not worth while TO take action on
that side of the case.
But as for the damage case, that is
pne which can be brought al any time
II the grand jury does not act, 1t is
expected that Mr.. Cownie viii take
feps TO have the matter brought into
urt in a civil suit that will establish
entire freedom from culpability.
The grand jury report is due a. any
me now.
The great meeting of agricultural
dentists at Ames this week. COM
encing today, will again call atren-
bn to the fact that Iowa is recog-
zed as one OF the states taking the
ID in development of agricultural
ence. Secretary Wilson is TO be
kre also President Thompson, Of the
10 University, who has been dis
ssed as a possible successor 70 VII
in the cabinet. For one thing It IS
pected that the meeting Will give en-
fragment TO the passage OF the DOL
kr bill in con gress 10 establish agrl-
tural high schools in every part OF
country.
red in making collection o. little
poration tax OF its own. 1t only
ruuts to 81 for each corporation, but
right TO bring in about $4,000 10 the
treasury. When the matter OF
revision of the corporation laws Of
state came up few years ago il
found that the state did not keep
track OF corporations, and II was
ed that they De required TO make
bal reports. Il was at first pro-
d that with the reports Ihey pay
annual fee ranging from 81 TO about
according 20 size OF corpora ton.
the corporations opposed this. and
vas even with great difficulty the
was passed requiring payment OF
zach The published list OF live
porations showed about $3.50 last
r. Il is believed that the next leg
lure will increase the amount OF
annual fee.
enato- a. B Cunmins has settled
TO a quiet summer. He has 2
Portable office in the Fleming block
spends his mornings there but
out into the country in the after
Under this treatment ne Is
dly gaining strength and will soon
himself again. He did not attend
Republican county convention here
was not at his office during the
day. He had left word that he
hot care 70 De named q TIE dele
"a but would prefer that the men
le rank and file who Do the work
i'd be thus honored; but his
DIS feared that an effort might be
10 prevent him acting as tenn
chairman unless he was placed
delegation.
rs understood that efforts have
made TO induce those in position
sponsibility and authority TO let
fh the matter Of the prosecution OF
1or Phillips, of Ottumwa- The case
the hands OF the attorney general,
has absolutely no discretion in the
er, as he was formally requested
sayernor Carroll TO proceed with
eecution. Unless Governor Car
les action looking to a compro-
e case viii OF course go to the
as there is no other authority
at can stop it. The news comes
trumwa that the prosecution Is
upon partly as a political mat
partly as personal. The Of
charged against the mayor Of
mwa is not nearly as grave as tina.
h has been made a matter of
ecution in some other cases.