Evening times-Republican., 1913-12-19
Heads OF STATE INSTITUTIONS
REGRET DEATH OF CONTROL
BOARD MEMBER.
RAILROADS SCORE POINT
IN COURT DECISION
Claim For Double Damages For Stock
Killed Hold to Have 6ssn in Bad
Faith-Another Inspector Of high
Schools to Be Appointed Soon
Other News.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 19.-The quarterly
conference Of state institution heads
adopted by unanimous rising vote the
following tribute to the late John r.
Wade, Of the board, and ordered 1t
made of record:
Since last we gathered, our friend
John F. Wade, has passed out Of the
activities Of this life. AS a friend he
was loyal. helpful, sincere. AS cit
izen he was honest, industrious, suc-
cessful. AS an official he was diligent,
painstaking, capable. AS Christian
gentleman he had the confidence and
esteem of all who knew him. In his own
immediate circle OF friends and nelsn-
bors he was not only most beloved,
but most trusted, most honored. For
years he was a county or state Official.
The close of his public career found
him clean and honest as he was at the
beginning. He held the confidence OF
the electorate as few men can gam
and hold it. Measured by any OF the
standards of honorable, useful citiZen-
ship, he was man.
His death was a distinct loss to his
community, county and state. Another
sits in his chair. He had our respect
and confidence for his own personal
worth. but the place that John F. Wade
made for himself in our esteem and af-
fection is his own. and not even death
vacates it. Either personal or officia!
contact with Senator Wade was
pleasure. His service on the board OF
control was not long, less than full
term, but it was Of vital value to the
states wards for whose interests he la
bored keenly and kindly.
He was not glib in words, but quick
and easy in measuring a situation and
determining a policy. His infallible
geniaiity and cordiallty, his approach
ableness, and his humaneness made
him JOY TO superintendents. employees
and inmates Of the states institutions.
we mourn his going. but rejoice in
the pleasant, helpful memories Of his
graciousness and his work.
Truly man has gone from our
midst"
Attorneys for the railroads are much
interested in one of the recent deci-
sions of the supreme court in passing
on claim for damages for stock killed
by railroad. This was the case OF
Charles Binder against the Northwest
ern. 1t was for two horses killed, for
which settlement was not made
promptly, whereupon demand was made
for $500, being double damages for the
loss. On a trial a jury found the actual
value of the horses to be $275 ana
awarded $3.50 verdict. The railroad
company wanted the question Of the
good faith of the claimant to be sub
mitted to the jury and tnsitsed that
making such an excessive claim showed
lack Of good faith.
The supreme court held. in effect,
that it is incumbent on the part OF a
claimant, in asking for double damages
under such circumstances, to not de-
mand in excess of actual value, and
that the excessive claim did show bad
faith in the demand and should have
gone to the jury. The claiman, 4s d.
Tected to accept s275 or nothing.
The superintendent of public in
struction will soon appoint another in
spector, one to be state inspector OF
high schools and to work under the de-
partment. There was some question
as 70 whether the new law author
lied another but the attorney general
rules that another may be named. Pro-
fessor Mahannah is a special inspector
in charge cf the normal training work
in the state aided high schools, and
Messrs. Fuller and Woodruff are ap-
pointed under the new law, one TO have
charge of smaller high schools and the
other looking after rural school consol-
idation. Now an inspector will be
named for the high school work. There
is need OF ali the help that can be Sc
cured. for the calls for speakers are far
more than can be attended to and the
work IN charge of the school is grow
ing rapidly. In fact there has been such
enormous revival of interest in the re-
organization Of the school system Of
the state that the department is fairly
overwhelmed with work.
DR.. A. E hepford expects to address
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