Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-11-28
IOWA TEACHERS TO MEET
Annual Convention Of the Associa-
ton to Be Held in Des Moines
January l, z and 3.
An INTERESTING SESSION EXPECTED.
Curious situation In Municipal At
fairs In Des Moines to BE Aired In
the Courts-UniQue Request of =
Paroled Convict Granted by the
Governor-Other News.
Especial Correspondence

Governor-Other News.
Especial Correspondence
Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 24.-The pro-
gramme for the annual convention OF
the state teachers association, which
will meet in Des Moines January LIZ,
and 8, has been prepared by Miss Inez
Kelso, chairman of this committee.
The general programme will include
the following:
Wednesday evening, Dec. 31-State
Superintendent N. C. Shaeffer, OF Penn
sylvania, will speak on "Grades of
thinking and thinking in the grades"
President Stuart. of the association,
will deliver his annual address.
Thursday afternoon, Jan. County
Superintendent Orville T. Bright, OF
Cook county, Illinois, will speak on
sour duties to the country school"
Thursday evening, dorado Taft, of
Chicago, will lecture on "Glimpses OF
an Artists Studio"
Friday afternoon, Jan. 2.-Dr. George
E. Vincent, of Chicago university, will
speak on "The Group Mortality Of
Children
At other meetings of the general as
ISOLATION Iowa educators will fill in the
time. Hill NJ. Bell, dean of Drake uni
versity, will present an address on "The
Attitude of Iowa Teachers Toward
Desired Legislation" Arson Bigelow,
of LIE Mars, G. E. Finch, OF, Marion, and
Miss Laura Seals, of Cedar Falls, will
participate in symposium on my
Hobby" The work of the schools in
the building of character will be dis
cussed by F. E. Palmer, of Villisca. +.
j.. King, of Centerville, will discuss
what the teacher may expect from the
city superintendent.
S. II. Sheakley, OF Des Moines, will
make a report for the legislative COM
mittee. This committee did not ac-
complish much legislation, but did pre-
vent considerable legislation which
would have been embarrassing to the
schools.
A report will be asked from the
authorities of the Independent school
district of Forest city, in Winnebago
county. This district has abandoned
the central school idea, of which it was
a pioneer practitioner. The rural resi-
dents protested against sending their
little children five or six miles into the
city for the school and rural school
houses have now been reopened. This
action for the district, which has been
devoted to the central school idea, will
discourage the movement everywhere
in the state.
Curious State of Affairs.
A curious situation has arisen in Des
Moines with respect to the relations of
the chief of police and the police Judge
OF the city. The former is appointed
by the mayor and the latter is elected
by the people. The police judge claims
that he has the power to issue orders
to the chief of police respecting the
conduct of the police department and
contends that the chief of police must
file informations when ordered by the
police judge 30 to do. This the chief
declines to do. He contends that he
is chief of the police department and
it does not have to file informations
except when it sees fit and that it's sole
duty to the police court is to serve
warrants, which that court may issue.
The chief contends that the police
Judge cannot be partisan enough
to order informations filed and
then try the eases n4der them
also. The controversy became
SO bitter the past week that Chief
of Police Fred A. Bracket was ordered
arrested for contempt of court by
Police Judge L. A. silvara. It is the
intention to take the matter to the
supreme court. If the position of the
police judge is sustained he becomes
CHIEF OF police as we'll as police judge.
Unique Request Granted.
A request which is decidedly unique
has been received by Gov. Cummins
from paroled convict and has been
granted. 1t was for privilege to
marry. It came from William Young.
p colorsd man, OF Sioux City. Young
and his bride will marry November
20. He was under sentence of muir
der, but was paroled because of his
good behavior. It is the first request
Of this kind from a paroled man,
but 1t is not supposed that other
paroled convicts refrain from mar.
rage after getting out despite the
danger of being returned. The pa
rolled convicts make monthly reports
to the Office of the governor of their
occupation, earnings, etc.
War ON Sunday Papers.
The Ministerial association of Des
Moines, composed of the clergymen
of the Protestant churches, has de.
cided that newspapers published and
circulated on Sunday are so pub
lished and circulated in violation of
the law; and its members are dis
GUESSING the feasibility of beginning
prosecutions with view to testing
the law. The question has been un-
der discussion for some time among
the clergymen, being brought espe.
cially to their attention because the
newsboys received the eastern news.
papers about ten o'clock disturb
the morning services at the churches
with their cries in the streets as thew
try to sell papers to the passers-by |
Brought Back.
Detective Sammins, of Burlington |
has returned from England with |
John 2. Bishop, charged with en-
bezzlement from r. s. and I. G. Nc
Cornell, for whom he was book