Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-09-10
NEW LIABILITY LAW
Arbiters Hold Sunstruck Work
man Not Entitled to Damages
TROUBLE NOT DUE TO HEAT
Coal Company is Winner of the First
Case Submitted to Arbitration
Under Compensation Act
Passed by Assembly.

under the workmen's compensation
act, held at the office of Warren
Garst, industrial commissioner, ne
suited in defeat of the employee who
petitioned for hearing. Bert Smith,
the petitioner, teamster employed
by the Park Coal company of Dies
Moines, was refused compensation for
sunstroke. The arbiters voted unan-
imously that the prostration was due
to physical weakness and not the
weather.
The arbitration board was compos-
ed OF B. H. Schouboe, acting for
Smith and w. w. Wise, acting for
the Park Coal company and the FL
deity and Casualty company. War
rem Garst, industrial commissioner,
was the third member. G. A. Hodg-
man, representing the insurance COM
pany, made the defense.
The witnesses examined were DR..
Thomas P. Bond, Dr. R. R. Morden, ].
L. Meloy, L. w Block, L. Schaar,
James Maine, f j. Comfort, Bert
Smith and his wife, Julia Smith,
The principal point contested was
whether heat prostration is an indus
trial accident or injury Welker Civ
en-, secretary Of the commission, read
an opinion from the attorney general
stating that no set rule can be made
and that the facts must be consider
ed in each case. Smith had been I'M
loading brick at the Maine brick kiln
when overcome on July s.
The insurance company introduced
testimony to show that July was
rot a hot day and that the heat did
not go over 76. The heat from the
kiln did not raise the temperature
where Smith was working beyond 80
degrees, 1t was claimed Tests with
the thermometer were made on the
ground. These showed some queer
results. in that heat in one instance
is more intense some distance from
the kiln than Immediately along side
of it, This was explained as due to
air currents. 1t was claimed also
that Smiths trouble was due to over
eating.
An interesting feature of the pro-
ceeding was the clever work of Mrs.
Julia Smith, wife OF the teamster.
She objected to the appearance of Mr.,
Hodgman for the defendant until the
industrial commissioner appointed
her attorney for her husband. She
took an active part in introducing
evidence and questioning witnesses.
iowa Railroad Valuations.
Polk county is credited with 24S
miles Of railroad assessed for taxa
ton this year at valuation OF 81
1884 according to the report of the
board of review sessions of the ex-
ecutive council which has just been
issued. Eighteen lines are included
in the Polk county mileage.
The Des Moines Union has the
most valuable property in the state.
assessed at $105,0S2 mile. The In
terudban road has the lowest valua-
tion--a rate of $4,000 per mile, in this
county. Pottawattamie county is Sec
ond to Polk county, having POI miles
OF road valued at $1,757,130. Adams
county has the smallest mileage, a
total of 20 miles valued at s255.051.
The valuation OF express company
property for taxation in Polk county
follows: Adams, sS4s.34; American,
S1,455.04; United States, $2,067.35;
Wells Fargo, $2,97S16. The council
made a reduction Of 20 per cent in
the assessments on the plea Of the
express companies that the parcel
post has reduced their business.
Crop Movement Begins.
Despite the European conflict, the
big crop movement in Iowa has begun.
The Rock Island reports the ship
ping OF GA carloads in FIVE days. The
Chicago C Great Western reports the
loading OF rs cars daily in Iowa, south
Of Oelwein. The Chicago & North
western, loaded 325 cars OF grain.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis Is
loading 100 cars per day. Forty-one
cars we're pulled on the Des Moines
division of the Milwaukee on August
20 and 81, and the warehouse re-
ceipts and stocks totaled 1880 bush
els OF wheat, $500 bushels Of old
corn, and 272.2O0 bushels OF oats.
Patents to Iowans.
The following patents have just
been granted Iowa inventors:
w. H. voss, Davenport, washing
machine and gear.
Thomas Louden, Fairfield, building
block.
Matt Himberger. Woodward, auto
matte car coupling with air operated
release.
e. NJ. and H. e. Brown. Cedar Falls,
embaimins board.
Moving Pictures Of Fair.
Moving pictures of the state fair
were taken under the direction Of
Howard ". Whitney, publicity agent
The films win be used this winter and
next spring in advertising the 1911
fair.
The association began last winter
to use moving pictures OF the fair,
showing two reels. The films to be
put out this fall will be three or four
reels In length. There are SO many
more exhibits at the fair this year
and the class Is so uniformly better
that the new pictures will be better.
Iowa Suffragists to Meet.
The forty-third annual convention
Of the Iowa Equal Suffrage associa-
ton will be held in Des Moines on