Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-29
PREPARED TO LE.
oALLY PRorEsr AoAiNsr IN.
CREASE IN INSURANCE.
COMMENDED THAT NEW RATES
WE'RE NOT LEGALLY ADOPTED
Special Session Of illinois Lesislaturs
Called in Effort 20 Remedy This %.
feet Before Courts Oct Aetion-ouss-
%ions AZ to Filing Of Nomination Pa.
psrs Open 70 Various Constructions.

SpeClal 10 IlmeS-HepuDncan.
Des Moines, April 2S.-Charles w.
Lyon. who heads the law COMMITTEES
for the protesting Modern woodmen.
has been engaged with others of the
committee the past few days preparing
to GO into court and make flght 20
prevent the imposition Of the new
In court that the new rates were not
adopted in accordance with the laws
Of the order. The incorporation is IN
der Illinois laws and action taken must
conform to the articles of Incorporation
to be legal, and 1t is claimed that the
action by the head camp without the
consent OF the members was In viola
ton of the law and the charter of the
organization. In Illinois, special ses-
sion Of the legislature is to be held
to pass q law authorizing the head
camp to convene, contrary to the char
ter, and take new action on the rates,
as this Is believed now to be the only
way the order can be saved from dis
ruption.
Legislators who had a hand in the
passage of the amendment to the pri-
mary election law requiring that for
county officers and for officers selected
In any sub division of county at
least 10 per cent Of the previous vote
for head Of the ticket should be cast
before a nomination could be made OF
a candidate who had not filed his pa
pers. believe that it will not be con-
strued to mean state officials. The in
tent Of the amendment was to prevent
snap nomination of township officers.
The attorney general will be asked
to make a ruling so that 1t Will be
known whether nominations for the
legislat ure can be made within less
than 10 per cent Of the total vote. II
Is not a question as to whether legis-
lator is or is not a state officer, but
q question whether the reference Is to
any candidate nominated In a county
or to any county official.
In case it should be held that 10 per
cent OF the vote is needed to make
nomination where it is necessary to
write in the names of candidates there
will be a number Of counties where
no nominations can be made. for 1t
will be impossible to get that many
Of the voters to write in the name Of
a candidate.
The state Of Iowa is reasonably free
from contagious diseases at the pres.
ent time. The report of the secretary
of the state board Of health for Feb
ruary shows that in that month there
was no death in the state from small
pox. only one from measles, five from
scarlet fever and seven from whooping
cough. Diphtheria and Group caused
eleven deaths. There was one death
from rabies. The heaviest tolls were
exacted by pneumonia 245. heart dis
ease 100. apoplexy 124. cancer 1913. tu-
berculosis of lungs 119, nephritis 101
and senility 100.>
A dealer In automobiles in Des
Moines registered with the secretary of
state fifty-four cars in his stock. the
largest single order for individual reg
istrations. BY so doing the dealer
avoids the necessity Of paying local
taxes on his cars in stock as personal
property subject to assessment. The
demonstration number does not protect
any car from assessment and taxation
in the ordinary way. The dealer here
figures that it was cheaper and better
to register all his cars and then he
can sell them with numbers already
secured