Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-14
Complete Findings
of Investigators in
Commission Case
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moines. July 14.-The complete
report of the retrenchment and reform
committee of the Iowa legislature on
its investigation OF the Pierce charges
against Woodwork Clum and MEM
beers OF the Iowa commission TO the
Panama Pacific exposition commits
sion follows:
To the executive council OF the
state OF Iowa: Gentlemen-The COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform OF
the Thirty-eighth general assembly
was authorized by house concurrent
resolution passed and adopted on the
10th day of April, 1918, as appears in
senate ournal, page 2o4o. 10 publicly
investigate the entire acts of the Iowa
commission 10 the Panama Pacific In
ternat!onal Exposition, its expendi-
lures and all charges connected there
with, and make a public report and
audit Of said acts and expenditures to
Your honorable body within ninety
days from and after the passage Of
said resolution.
Pursuant TO said resolution the
said committee did meet at Des
Moines, Iowa, at the state house, on
the 18th day of June, a. D., 1919, and
continued said hearing from time TO
time and finished said investigation
on the nth day Of July, 1919; that
pursuant TO the summons and request
Of said committee the said exposition
commission appeared in person by its
president, W, w. Marsh: its secretary.
Woodwork Clum. Ralph Bolton,
Emmett FINLEY, and other members Of
said commission appearing from time
to time before this committee and also
appeared by counsel Emmett FINLEY,
Judge James ". Bollinger and BEN
jamin F Swisher; that J. NJ. Pierce
and Austin Haines. of the Iowa Home
stead, also appeared in person before
this committee and also by their
counsel Robert Haines, that as the
request of the committee a large num-
Der of witnesses We're called TO testify
relative to matters under investigation
pursuant TO the said resolution; that
all witnesses requested by any Of the
said parties appearing before the COM
mittee were called. together with all
witnesses requested by any member of
the committee: that testimony was
taken for a period covering seven days
and the matter was fully argued be-
fore said committee by the said parties
present and represented.
Investigate Is Exhaustive.
THAT in addition to the taking of
said testimony the said committee did
employ two competent persons to
make an Independent examination of
the report Of the said commission and
Of the vouchers On file in the office Of
the secretary Of the executive council.
together with such other vouchers as
could be procured and did require said
accountants to make a report OF the
following matters:
81. Showing the amount of all fun DIS
used to reimburse the guarantee fund
created by the said exposition COM
mission before the appropriation to
aid the exposition was made.
"2. A statement Of all expenditures
for which no proper vouchers are now
on file with the secretary Of the execu-
tive council.
"3. Also a statement giving IN detail
the expenditures for all purposes by
said commission out of the s75, 900 ap-
propriated by the Thirty-sixth gen.
eral assembly.
81. Also to procure and produce all
the vouchers from whatever source
obtainable for such expenditures.
"5. To indicate to the committee
such expenditures itemized as afore-
said for which there were no proper
vouchers on file with the secretary OF
the executive council or otherwise OBJ
ta!nahle: that the report Of said ac-
courtants was made part Of the
record as exhibit No. IS and is fled
with the other exhibits in this investi-
cation.
Results Of Investigate
IAN after a full, fair and complete
Investigation Of all of the matters sub
rnitted to the committee we make the
following findings and recommended
tons:
THAT In April 1914, at the sugges-
ton of the Greater Iowa Association,
Governor George W. Clarke appointed
a commission consisting Of the follow
ing members: W. W. Marsh, Water
loo: G. Watson French. Davenport; Z.
AIncs, L. 10 NoIcSA, w ~"S
Liberty: W. G. Haskell, Cedar Rapids:
George Haw, Ottumwa; George Will
son, Sr, Clinton; G. D. Cass, Water
loo; T. A Black, Sioux City; Emmett
Tinley. Council Bluffs. and Ralph Boil
ton. Des MONIES, said commission to
be known as the Panama-Pacific In
ternat.onal Exposition Commission,
with full power to conduct an exhibit
for the state Of Iowa at said exposi-
ton; that the said commission did
raise, by a guarantee subscription, vol
unfairly made by the various citizens
of the state, the sum Of about $780,
900 for the use Of said commission in
participating in said suggestion; that
such fund is gnown as the guaranty
fund Of said commission. The said
commission organized with w. W.