Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-20
SAVED EVERY CHILD
Sacrifice OF Teachers at Council
Bluffs Fire to Save the
Children.
Allowed Their Personal Effects
to Be Destroyed-$25.0 600
Will Be Used.
Judge Weaver's Associates Re.
verse Him-NO Fees in Dis.
barment Cases.

DeS Mo1neS, May 2O.-teW or the
Iowa people realize what a lesson of
unselfishness and heroism was taught
at the recent fire at Council Bluffs, con-
suming one of the buildings of the
school for the deaf. The state executive
yesterday afternoon the full story Of
the fire and what was done to stop it
and to save the children gathered there
from every quarter of the state for edu-
cation. The building was four stories
high-something entirely wrong in a
building i'll which dependent persons
are quartered. Had the fire occurred
late at night nothing could possibly
have prevented the burning to death of
scores Of the 800 children. AS it was.
only by the greatest of sacrifice was it
possible to guarantee safety to every
child. Within few minutes after the
fire broke out superintendent Rothert
had started the hose lines at several
places and he had gone to the upper
floor of the building, unlocking rooms
one after another to see that all the
children were out. and he followed this
thruout the building. He had keys to
every room. A personal friend said to
Kim afterwards that he, tho the super
intendent, should have turned to care
for his own personal effects and to
save his own property.
But" said Mr.. Rothert, "if / had
cone so and thereby lost even one of
those children committed to my care, l
could not have lived"
And so it was that he and the teach
ers and officers gave up everything of
their own for the sake Of the children.
Within very short time after the fire
was discovered and while he was still
at work Superintendent Rothert re-
ceived from the teachers a definite
statement that every pupil in the
school was accounted for and not one
could possibly be missing. This was
the result of system in the management
CT the school and preparationsfor emer-
gencias. Az the conference of the ex-
ecutive council and the board of con-
troll the former action in deciding that
about $4,000 ought to be set apart for
the immediate needs of the school was
virtually ratified.
Judge Weaver was overruled by his
colleagues on the bench yesterday and
that in case relating to matters in
which the courts alone are interested.
The supreme court held that an attor-
ney may not require pay for his serv-
ices in conducting q disbarment case,
Judge Weaver while sitting on the dis
trict bench in Hamilton county having
held to the contrary. The court found
that disbarment cases are not criminal
cases in any sense, and while they are
sometimes conducted in the name of
the state they are not In fact state
cases and the costs are not chargeable
to the county. The purpose of disbar-
ment proceedings says the court, us to
purge the profession of those who, ow-
ing to lack of personal honesty or OF
good moral character, are unworthy OF
public confidence and unfit to act as the
officers of the court in the administra-
ton of justice. The citation is in the
nature of rule on the accused to show
cause on day certain, to the court,
whose officer he is, why his name
should not be stricken from the roll or
attorneys" But the supreme court
finds that it is as much the duty of at
torneys to assist in the purging process
as it is the duty of the court, and they
should take enough interest in 1T to do
the work without expense. The fact
that the Iowa statute makes no proVis-
ion for payment of expenses in such
cases indicates that this is the theory
of the lawmakers. Last winter this
very subject was considered in the leg
islature and an effort made to pass
bill to provide for taxing costs in dis
harment proceedings and making ths
state pay the state.
Des Moines people have become
pretty we'll convinced that their ap-
for the purchase of addl-
tional ground for postoftice site is
not sufficient, and that unless they can
some way to get more money
they will not get their new million
dollar postoffice started very soon.
Hull has reported that he is unable to
get any more than S125,000 with which
to purchase additional ground. Local
are figuring on getting a
site for that sum or making up the diff
ference necessary to secure good
postoffice site. In the meantime Sem
ator Allison reports that he will be able
to put the figure up to 100000 in the
bill. At the same time
some other changes will be made in
appropriation items relating to Iowa
postoffices.
The United States legal department
is engaged in securing evidence in and
about Des NIoines that there is meat
trust in existence somewhere and 1t is
reported that abundance of corrobor-
ating evidence has been secured. The
affidavits go to Chicago to help out
the attorney who is fighting the meat
trust at headquarters. 1t will not be
hard to convince the Des Moines peo-
pie that there is a real trust OF the
packers.
Charles l.. Dahlberg, of this city.
has received letters from G. Wen
nerstrum. former state labor commits
sioner of Iowa, who has been sent by
the Louisiana exposition people to So
licit interest in the Scandinavian coun-
tries in the exposition. His letters OF
May state that he had been well re-
ceived, that the outlook was excellent
and that he would proceed at once to