Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-01
JEFFERSON BANQUET At DES
MONIES AN OPENER FOR CAM
PAiGN OF NEXT YEAR.
PARTY LEADERS TO DECIDE
ON GENERAL PROGRAM
Bryan, as Usual, VIII Be Star OF ths
Ceeasion-ecth Wings Of Party to
Be Represented on Oratorieai Pro-
aram-Many Aspirants 20 Ice Cream
lnspectorships-F Marshal Law.
Special TO Times Republican.

Special to Times RepupISdH
Des Moines. May l-Des Moines and
Iowa democrats are anticipating tha'
The annual Jefferson day dinner that is
10 be held here this evening will be
sort OF curtain raiser for the campaign
of next year 1t is not improbable
there will be some keynote addresses
made. AT auy rate il will be an oc-
casion for the getting together and de-
Gliding on the work for the party next
year
William J. Bryan, who has become
fixture at these annual Jefferson day
dinners in Iowa, will Of course be the
star of the occasion, and it is hlnted
that he is expected 70 say some Things
that will attract attention far beyond
the confines of Iowa That ne is the
man whose influence is absolutely eS-
sential to any democratic candidate
for president If success is TO De ap-
breaches, is the confident belief OF the
Des Moines democrats. They hope he
will take this occasion to outline some
thing OF his plans for next year
The other speakers on the banquet
program are all good and they repre-
sent both wings of the party. A boom
is 10 be started for Frank O'Connor
for governor and possibly for Judge
Wade for senator. But 1t VIII De IN
regard 10 national affairs that the
event will have greatest interest.
1t is not yet known whether or not
Des Moines will be able to get Wood
row Wilson to stop off here and make
Tha laaS3er tons
have sought this arrangement and II
Wilson can be induced 10 favor DeS
Moines the event will be made one
Of Importance.
Since the adoption Of the law in re-
gard TO ice cream, positions as inspee-
tors in the pure food department OF
the state are in great demand Inc
task Of inspecting ice cream and
+. sampling the product has many at
fractions, and there may be inspectors
named in all the large cities of the
state. The law provides that ice cream
sold in Iowa hereafter must really be
| ice cream, that is, 1t must contain at
| least - per cent OF butter fat, which
can only be obtained from the use OF
real cream The law will be in fun
| force and be enforced before the
| Fourth OF July.
|
| That the fire marshal law will be OF
Immense value to the insurance COM
panies Of the state in protecting them
from the danger OF damage suits due
to arrests for tncendiarism is the con-
| fident belief OF the Insurance men who
| have studied the matter. This is taken
| to be one OF the most important Of the
benefits Of the law. The insurance
/ managers claim that they would be
| able to greatly reduce the fire waste OF
| the state but for fear Of damage suits.
They know Of many cases OF 1ncen-
! diarsm but they can not under the
present law secure any investigation
| without causing an arrest or making
| accusations. They know that il they
fail 70 make their case they will be
liable for damages, hence seldom take
action unless il is a clear case OF crlml-
! nal conduct. Now under the new law
! the state will take full responsibility
for all these Investigations and injured
persons VIII have no come back. As
soon as this fact becomes generally
known il is expected that the number
OF incendiary fires will decrease
A peculiar case came to the atten-
ton of Secretary Sumner of the sttae
board of health recently. A practicing
physician asked him to issue a dupli-
cate of his certificate to practice
claiming il was lost but telling when II
had been issued and giving the certih-
cate of another doctor that he had seen
il But investigation of the record
i showed that the doctor In question
+! never had a certificate nor sought one
tho he has practiced a number Of years
/ 1t so happens that Secretary Sumner
had personal Acquaintance with tbs
4 man and knows that he graduated and
has a diploma, t,r't Il ne gets d GER
1 tificate he will have to take the exam
/ nation like a new practitioner. An
other remarkable case came to the at
tention of the department last week
Persons wrote to the department max
ing charges against an old practicitone!
and asking that his certificate be re-
voked Investigation Of the record;
showed that the doctor never had {
certificate, hence it could not be re.