Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
IOWA MAY LOSE RIGHT TO CARRY
Its woRkMEN,s coMPENsA.
TON INSURANCE.
HAS NO FUNDS WITH
WHICH TO LIouIDATE
One Claim Long Unpaid and States
Own Law May Deprive Common
Wealth Of PriviIege-Iowa Enjoying
\ Great Growth in New School Build
inss. s.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, April 1O.-The state Of
Iowa may lose its right to carry it's
own workmen's compensation insur-
ance. Insurance Commissioner Eng
lish has raised the question with In
dustrial Commissioner A. 3. Funk and
asks why that right should not be re-
voked in view OF the fact that the
state has neglected to pay compen-
sation when ordered to do so. '@E ~.
Mrs. J. Fl. Green, of Clinton, mother
Of j.! Fl. Green Jr., the member of the
Iowa National Guard who was killed
in August while at camp at Sparta,
Wis, was awarded compensation for
the death other son amounting to So
per week for a period OF 300 weeks.
This was last September. The state
has never paid any of this compensa-
ton and it. is reported that Mrs. Green
has been compelled to receive help
from the county
! The state executive council says
there Is no fund from which this can
be paid. The attorney. general has
been asked for a ruling on the ques-
ton and he has also said there is no
fund from which to pay this. Never
theless the state made showing be-
fore the state industrial commissioner
and the state insurance commissioner
that it was able to carry it's own in
surance and its request to be permitted
to do so was granted. Now it is
claimed there are no funds with which
to do this.
The law is unrelenting on an en-
nh yINa,, %, n
has been made and never since the
law was enacted has an employer
failed to meet his payments when the
law said he must, SO Commissioner
English reports. But with public
cases it seems to be different. The
city of Des Moines for long time
held out against paying compensa-
ton to the relatives of man who met
his death while in the employ of the
city altho ordered to- do SO by the in
dustrial Z commissioner. The city
claimed it had no funds for such a
purpose but when the payment was in
sisted on by the state "a w., way was
found A. similar attitude was taken
by another Iowa city which later
paid up. E, .,t
Boom in School Buildings. "a
= Never before in the history Of the
state were there so many new school
buildings dedicated or planned las at
this time, SO the reports given out at
the state superintendent's office de-
clare. The buildings. are of8modern
type with splendid equipment @apd
spacious grounds. as required by the
department of public instruction. H. 4.
The progress Of consolidation is
largely responsible FOR this" There are
now 1863 consolidated school districts
in the state and many of these have
been formed in the past twelve or six
teen months. Necessarily these dis
tricts require buildings and they must
meet the requirements Of the state
office. Hence only
modern we'll planned structures are
erected. tl.
State Supt. .Deyoe. assisted in the
dedication of $4,000 building at
Pierson in Woodbury. county, a few,
days ago.. The day following the
dedication he met with school boards
from four different districts in that
Lawton, Salix. Seargeant
Bluffs and Sloan and discussed new
with these boards. At Sloan
they are ready to start $4,000 build
ing IA
The school board of Early. in Sac
County, Is issuing bonds for site,
building and equipment. amounting to
5000. There are thirty-five sections
of land in this consolidated district.
Superintendent Deyoe says these
new buildings are ideal for community
center work and they are being used in
many places for farmers 49, institute
meetings, entertainments and various
social gatherings. E@
The opportunities in these rural dis
tricts are great said Superintendent
Deyoe in discussing the progress be-
Ing made. 1.-THE superintendent Of such
districts should be employed the year
round. A house and plat Of ground
could be set apart for him in which
the agricultural work Of the district
could be carried on and he could de-
vote his time in the summer to prac-