Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-03
SUPREME COURT TO GIVE EARL
JONES CASE FAIR RE-
VIEW.
WILL TRY TO KEEP OUT
ATTACK ON STATE LAW
Granting Of Writ of Haeeas Corpus
Does Not Indicate Merits Of Case
Have Been Passed Upon Court
overrules All Applications For Re.
hearing.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, July 3-An effort Will be
made by the attorneys interested to
stipulate as to all the material facts
relating to the Earle Jones abduction
cast SO that when the case comes be-
fore the supreme court on it's merits
in September there will be no dispute as
to facts and the argument can be en-
tirely on the law points involved.
1t may be and in fact is quite likely,
the case so far as it relates to Jones,
will be disposed OF aside from the at
tack upon the constitutionality Of
constitutional amendment. The state
is not really making any objection to
the release of Jones, or the ending OF
his sentence, for that is a small mat
ter, but is DESTROYS OF having the prop
er defence made in the attack on
law.
The granting Of the writ of habeas
! corpus did not indicate that the merits
of the case had been passed on.
"All the court has done thus far
said Attorney General Fletcher, lis to
decide that there We're real grounds
presented for asking writ and to open
the way for a hearing on merits next
fall. The only thing unusual was that
the court asked to have arguments
made on tine application for the writ
Usually writ is granted first and
the arguments all later. Courts are
required to grant writs Of habeas cor
pus wilen any reason Is assigned there
FORE and are, in fact subject to heavy
penalties for refusing. The court want
ed discussion to decide whether there
was any substantial reason for granting
the writ What has been done does
not indicate that the court has decided
the merits of the case"
AS usual in such cases the writ was
granted and notice given first to at
torneys for the applicant at Shenandoah
and when bond was forwarded the
warden was directed to bring the ap-
plicant into court.
An interesting argument may be an
ticipated when the case comes before
the court for hearing.
Partial reopening of the Iowa rate
cases Is probable because of a situa-
ton which could not have been fore
seen in the adjustment of rates. The
interior Iowa cases and the Mississippi
river cases were decided together.
While the interior Iowa cities got what
was asked for in reductions from the
east. and the river cities got what they
wanted. the decrease in the latter was
GO pronounced that 1t still left de-
cided discrimination against the in
terror Iowa cities. Or at least that is
what the traffic men from the interior
iS RI
and remove this discrimination that a
new case will be made before the inter-
state commerce commission. AS 1t was
the intent of the commission to elm
mate all discrimination it is probable
the next step will be an easy one.
The supreme court may not get to-
gether again until the fall term, tho
because of the meeting of the state
bar association the court rather hast
lily dispersed last week. The justices.
however, have abundant work on hand
to keep them busy during most OF the
summer. If they meet at all it will be
late this month for the sole purpose
of fling a number of decisions pre-
pared. The court before dispensing
ruled on all the motions for rehearing
which had been argued recently and in
fact closed out the entire rehearing
proposition, not granting rehearing in
a single instance
The state officials have received in
formation Of change of name of one
Iowa railroad. This is the Southern
Ie1a Traction Company. changed to
the Centerville. Abba & Southern Rail-
| way Company. 1t operates twenty five
miles of line from Centerville to Abba.
According to the reports it has had
| a peculiar experience in a financial