Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-20
RATE BOOST FEARED
attorneys Believe No Power
Will Prevent Increased Fares
HAVE NO GROUND FOR ACTION
Roads Have Not Yet Made Public An
nouncement AZ to When New Tar.
IFS Providing Increased Rates
Will BE Ready for Filing.

IA Des Moines.-While the state de-
APARTMENT of justice has not reached
la definite conclusion, the attorneys
|@have begun to lose hope that the
4 state of Iowa will be able to prevent
the railroads putting the "a cents per
mile Interstate passenger rate into
VI effect in this territory. The roads
have not yet announced when the
tariffs providing for the increased
rates will be ready for fling.
The interstate commerce commits
sion authorized the railroads to in
crease the interstate passenger fare
from cents to "a cents per mile.
Clifford Thorne, chairman of the Iowa
railroad commission, called confer
ence at Omaha a few weeks ago of
the attorneys general and railroad
commissioners of Minnesota, Iowa,
/. Nebraska, Kansas, North and South
Dakota and Oklahoma.
He urged that the states file action
in the federal courts asking for an In
junction to prevent the roads from
raising the passenger fares.
The Iowa department of justice has
been making careful investigation,
and is inclined to believe that there Is
no ground on which the state Of Iowa
can start action against the railroads
to enjoin the rates. The attorneys say
that the law gives the interstate COM
merce commission power to make pas
nd oh
provide for an appeal to the courts
from the decision of the commission.
Unite to Fight Increased Rates.
J. H. Henderson, commerce coun-
sci for Iowa, reports that he will join
the Kansas commerce counsel in
protest filed with the interstate COM
merce commission against the in
creased passenger rates which go in
to effect this month.
The attorneys will ask that the
new rates be suspended and that
thorough investigation of the passen-
ger rate situation in the middle west
be made.
The protest of the Kansas COM
merce counsel already has been sent
to the interstate commerce commits
sion. The Kansas official contends
that the decision of the commission
granting the increased rates is lille
gal. The protest is filed, 1t is said.
for the purpose of bringing about d
suspension of the rates pending an
investigation, SO as to lay the basis
OF possible action in the courts.
New Guard officer.
Maj, J. T. Davidson Of the regular
ARMY has been assigned to duty with
i the Iowa National Guard and will
make headquarters In Des Moines He
reported to Adjutant General Logan
recently. His work will be to in
struct the guard companies over the
state in the proper care of their prop
erty, and he will have general over
! sight over the property. He is un-
der the direction of General Mills,
who is in charge of the branch of
the regular army which has to do
] with the property OF the national
guard.
Major Davidson is an Iowa man and
J for many years lived at Muscatine.
In 1898 he was assistant inspector
Of the Iowa National Guard and was
in the Spanish-American war. Fol-
7 lowing that he went into the regular
army. He has recently been station
ed at Ieffersonville Ind
Kenyon Having Hard Fight.
Word comes from Washington that
Senator Kenyon is being flooded with
letters relating to his plan to urge
legislation for new assistant secre-
tary of agriculture who would have
control over livestock matters and
thus clip the wings Of the powerful
bureau OF animal industry.
These letters are on both sides of
the plan. On the one hand the bu-
reau is assailed as overfriendly to
the big packers. Officials of the bu-
reau resent the attacks on it, and say
they are unjustifed and want oppor-
tunity to reply to some Of the testi-
mony at the recent foot and mouth
hearing In Chicago.
Senator Kenyon will press the leg
islation, as he is convinced the bu-
reau needs controlling and is Impress
ed with the evidence against It,
Favor Dodge Monument.
A monument to the memory of Gen.
Granville M. Dodge may be erected
on the capitol grounds II the state
executive council acts favorably on
petition presented by representatives
of the Pioneer club OF Iowa.
Will Investigate Prison MutIny.
An investigation will be made of
the recent mutiny and riot at Ana
mosa reformatory. The members Of
the board of control will go to Ana
mosa following their visit to the In
dependence asylum. Reports from An.
amosa are that all is quiet at the re-
formatory following the mutiny. How
ever, Warden McClaughry, against
whom the demonstration apparently
was aimed, still had 81 men In soli-
tary confinement, and 81 more were
also confined to their cells on bread
and water.
csnsus Figures Ready Feb. I.
The county accounting department
of the state has received information
from the census department that the
1915 census results will be announced
about Feb. 1.
The raise in salary to many OF the
county officers depends on the result