Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-16
DANGER OF DEs MONIES CAR MEN
GOING OUT AFTER STATE
- FAIR.
NEW CONTRACT OFFERED
FOR COMPANIES SIGNATURE
Call. For Arbitration Of All Disputes
and Would Mako Future Strikes I'm
possibIs-Denmark Academy viii
Not Be Made Normal Sehooi-Un.
willing County Officials.
specta, 10 Times Republican.

the troubles OF the street car men and
their employers but on the contrary are
taking the liveliest interest in the ne
gotiations that are under way for
contract that will make strikes in the
future practically impossible. II has
long been anticipated that when the
present contract expires there would
be an effort 10 Dust the union entirely:
IN fact, as stated i'll this espondence
before the recent crisis came about.
there has been expectation on the part
OF the employees ever since the new
management took charge that an effort
would be made 10 break entirely away
from the contract The street car men
have now formulated clause in regard
to arbitration which would almost GER
tainly put an end 10 strikes and pro-
vide for arbitra ton in almost every
kind Of an emergency Unless some
agreement Is reached there will be
great danger OF repetition Of the
is not likely there will be any conflict
until after the state fair,
Herbert Quick. editor of Farm and
Preside. novelist, lawyer and poll
tiCldll. mas pcell III Les hOt.IHS !1pElHS
over the various things for which Des
Moines is becoming famous such as the
commission form of government. the
injunction method of settling strikes
and conversion of the streets into mar
ket places. Mr.. Quick is still a thorough
democra as he was in the days when
he ran for Judge of the Iowa supreme
court on the Iowa democratic state
ticket and represented the Eleventh
district on the democratic state COM
mittee. He is devoting himself. how
ever, TO miscellaneous writing and to
editing this farm paper
The state commission on the employ
ers' liability act held a session yester-
day afternoon and went over the work
~ far as they have gone. Secretary
Given has done some investigating in
other states and will go again on other
er1ands. The members Of the commits
sion are giving much of their time to
the reading Of reports of other states
, to f1nd out what has been turned up
there on the same subject.
It IL greatly feared that the state
educational department will not be
able to give recognition to Denmark;
Academy in Designating the list OF
normal high schools that the historic
associations OF that famous old acad-
envy would warrant. The main build
ing Of the academy was one which was
built in 1s43 when Asa Turner was
laying the foundations for the moral
community Of the new territory. The
academy is now a township high school
but L. not wholly free from its charac-
ter as a private school. its endow-
ment is administered by board of
trustees not elected by the people.
The academy has done and is doing
good work and there Is sentimnt in
favor Of having it recognized by the
state for normal work
Prof. ]. r Chittick, state chemist.
shipped today to Fairfield and to New
ton, an exhibit intended to show st
fairs and chautauquas the proper
methods of labelling paints. This con-
eists Of sample cans of paint with the
labels as they are now prepared by the
best makers Of paints showing the ex-
act ingredients of the paint in each
can. The department is carrying on
systematic campaign of education of
the public to an understanding Of the
law and the meaning of the various
labels and ingredients.
The urwillin eness of county officials
to conform to ordinary business princi-
pies in dealing With state officials is
the cause of much annoyance at the
state house II times. For instance,
when The county treasurers endorsed
the auto road fund checks sent out
last week great many Of them made
faulty Endorsements. One was signed
simply the name Of the treasurer, an
other with rubber stamp not the
name Of the treasurer. but treasurer
OF - county" One signed
merely his name with the word treas
urer' following: yet every one should
have been signed officially by the treas
urere of the county as such. FIRE.
Quently renlittances are received con-
sisting merely of a check with not a
word of explanation or any written
communication. and Of course all such
are sent back or await correspondence
SO that the records may be kept
straight,
NJ II. Byers. state oil inspector, re-
ports that the oil companies are OBEY
ing the letter of the law In regard to
the labelling Of gasolene with the test
number. He has found no viomtion OF
evasion Of the law and as a result the
buyers Of gasolene know just what
strength oil they are getting or at least
know the maximum gravity test.
Hon. L. H. Kutrz. postmaster Of Des
Mo!nes, Is one Of the annual victims
of hay fever and as result he will
30 this week to Colorado to spend a
part Of the hay fever season. He had
planned that Ex-senator A. b. Funk
should go with him but the latter is
detained at Spirit Lake by the illness
Of his son.
State officials and others directly in
terested in the state fair have been
watching the reports of the aviation
meet in Chicago with a great deal of
interest because Of the fact that the
Wright Bros, who have the largest
flock Of air machines At the meet. are
under engagement to make flights at
ssAse state fair and plan to br!ag se".
eral Of the machines here The reports
indicate that the WrightS havo held
their own and more In the various con-
tests.
The fact that Iowa has had but two
big dres-one in DUBUQUE and one n