Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-15
Ano<ler Inquiry Ordered.
This Tfme Into Alleged
Insurance Combine
ACCUSED or KEEPING
RATES AT MAXIMUM !,
Avrsswsue, Alleged - ExfsGas Dsasres
Of Blanchard La~-Companiss AIse
Charpsd With Collecting 10 Per Cent
Surehargs Under Guiss Of War
Misunderstanding impeachment Re-
port Up Wednesday.

Dcs Moiner, April 15--rnvestigation
Of an alleged combine OF fvo insurance
companies operating in Iowa was
ordered in n resolution adopted today
by the state house OF representatives.
SIS to /. with Meade OF Butler casting
the only dissenting vote.
Tho resolution. presented by Rep
resentative Miller. OF Boone county.
charges the fire Insurance companies
are In n combination TO keep up rates
In contravention OF the Blanchard
anti compact law.
Other charges are that the COM
ranies collected 10 per cent sur
charge under the guise OF putting
war measure into eject. whereas they
were entitled 10 only per cent. there
by realizing an unwarranted profit Iof
1900. 900.
The investigation would be conduct.
cd by the attorney general OF Iowa
under the terms OF the resolution.
Harding Report Up Wednesday.
. Consideration In the iowa hous. ass
mittee's recommendations ~ impeach-
ment OF Governor w. l.. Harding for
his part in the Rathbun pardon case
will start at $3.50 a. m. tomorrow.
Both the majority report which
recommends Impeachment OF the CHIEF
executive. and the minority report.
urging merely censure viii be t@ken up
at that time, the house decided today
when the reports were finally pre-
sented.
Critieism OF hasnsr.
Majority and minority reports ON
Attorney General II. M. Havner re-
gardlng his part in rsvokiug the par
don Of Ernest Rathbun we're complet-
cd this afternoon for presentation to
the house.
While the majority report was said
to criticize the attorney general Tor
some OF his actions, 1t declares there
is no basis for Impeachment nor does
ii consider censure warranted.
y The minority report recommends
Censure, declaring Havner violated the
rules of professional ethics, violated
the spirit If not the letter of the stat
utes in compromising criminal pro-
ceedings out OF court, and caused the
Ida county grand jury 10 violate It's
oath.
1t IL expected the house will take
mp the Havner report after dtsposing
OF the Harding matter
There was no change in the claim
OF Harding's supporters in the house
today that they were assured or
enough votes to defeat Impeachment
deCisively, but conceded the censurc
resolution might pass.
CIum Wants No Secrecy.
Woodwork Clum, of Davenport,
formerly secretary OF the Iowa COM
mission TO the Panama Pacific exposi-
ton formally demanded that public
sessions be held by the special scnate
committee investigating the exposition
commissions expenditures. Misuse OF
the commissions fund by Cium has
been charged.
rhe demand was made TO the COM
mittee, which has been holding closed
ses sions He also insisted that he be
permitted to appear before the con-
mittee and answer charges made by
lanes NJ. Pierce, which caused the
inquiry.
Mr.. tlum ethphtncaIly ucDieS hts
guilt az to each OF the charges" and
contends he should be permitted legal
representation. with the privilege OF
exam mnation of his witnesses by hks
counsel
"1'wo OF the six charges are made di-
rcctly against the Iowa commission"
Mr.. Clum points out. II was not n
member of the commission but only
it's >empioye. Therefore the members
Ss :..% c1TIi;s,isss..a. shnnlA he notified OF
this hearing and be summoned TO ap-.
pear before you.
The charges made against me by
Mr.. Pierce Intended TO charge me with
a crime. Either the charges have been
committed or crime is committed In
involving me with crimes involvingymy
| honor and reputation"