Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-21
IOWA ATTORNEYS ACCUSED OF
CHARGING APPLICANTS Excess
s,vE FEES FOR SERVICES.
LIMITED TO $40 IN
CASE OF WIDOWS
Attorneys Open to Prcsecutlon--'owa
Educator in Washington Complains
Because Bows Are Permitted Too
Many Hours Of Play During Vaca-
tions-lcwa at Washington.


Washington. Reb. '2l.-Iowa attor-
neys who are engaged in handling
pension cases are caution ed to strictly
adhere TO the law governing payment
of fees for such service, il was learned
today at the bureau of pensions. I'm
cess!ve fees il is alleged, have been
demanded by attorneys in Iowa from
widows seeking original pensions and
those desiring 10 take advantage or
the latest pension law. the Ashbrook
bill. which automatically increases to
$50 month widows after attaining
the age Of 20 years. and also providing
for federal aid TO widows who are
known as war widows"
II has come to the attention of the
blreau that the strict letter of the law
limiting To $40 the Zee of attorneys in
applying in behalf of widows under
the Ashbrook bill has not been fol-
lowed by certain Iowa attorneys, whose
names the bureau declines to divulge,
and that other attorneys are laying
themselves open 10 prosecution for de-
handing additional fee for the pro-
curement of affidavits for widows ap-
plying originally for federal aid.
The pension regulations affecting
orig inal claims or increases, which
provide a penalty reads;
THAT hereafter no pension attorney,
claim agent, or other person shall be
entitled to receive any compensation
for service rendered in securing the in
PRODUCTION of a bill or the passage
thereof thru congress granting PEN
sion or increase of pension, and any
person who shall directly or indirectly.
contract for, denand. receive. or re-
tain any con pensation for such
: arv.ceS shall be deemed guilty of an
oftense. and UPON conviction thereof
shall for each and every such offense,
he fined not exceeding $500 or i'm
prisoned not exceeding two years. or
both. in the discretion of the court"
The youth Of the nation were given
body blow by DR.. O. H. Benson,
president of the Iowa Society of Wash
ington. a high official in the depart
ment of agriculture. and formerly
professor in the schools of Clarion.
Iowa. in a recommendation he made
the other day before a meeting of the
parent cachers' association of the
district of Columbia
DR.. Benson said the youth Of the ma
ton should not be allowed to loll
around. go fishing and swimming, and
otherwise spend their time in unpro-
Luctlveness during the three months
summer vacation period each year. He
recommended that all students be
made to do some useful labor The
fact that the boys and girls of America
do devote themselves exclusively to
having a care-free time constitutes
waste. he said.
The long summer vacation given
our girls and boys is one of the most
serious handicaps for the building of
good men and women" was the state
ment of DR.. Benson. There is a great
opportunity for good or evil in this re-
Taxation of nearly three months, but
under the usual conditions all the
good accomplished during the nine
months of the school year is neutral
lied"
DIR. Benson then told Of the work Of
Illustrated it with photographs of the
dairy Of the summer kept by one of the
boys. Eleven tasks were assigned to
each boy and a certain marking given
for the degree Of achievement. The
boys who captured the highest ratings
for the summer We're given special
prizes.
The tasks included such things az
being kind to some elderly person of
the netg hborhood taking care of the
baby, doing some housework, moving
the lawn, making money by odd
chores for neighbors. producing some-
thing stable, self denial, careful at
tention to tooth brushing. bathing
etc. There were inculcated in these
boys. DR.. Benson pointed out stand
ards necessary to the making of USE
full men. DR.. Benson recomme n ded
that the school should be considered as
the distributing point of all COM
munity efficiency"
The postoffce department has
changed its regulations affecting the
disposition Of mail matter that here
tofOre has been dispatched to the dead
letter office in. Washington. Matter
coming under the headings of held for
postage "misdirected mail that can
not be returned to the writer" mat
ter of excessive weight and size" and
"mutlated or damaged matter" origi-
mating in the postoffices of Iowa, South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, North Da-
kota, Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois In
diana and other middle western states
are to be forwarded to the office at
Chicago for final distribution. The
new order becomes effective March /.
The following pension bills have