Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-01
Reports Show Sufficient Care is No. Taken
to Safeguard Life a1d Health.
HALF OF PHARMACISTS FAIL TO PASS
Frank baird Gets Eighteen Years for
His share I'm the Sullivan Rob
berry and Richards il
Scared.
(From a STAFF Correspondent

blanks we're sent out with some changes
from previous years, and these went to a
list of about $500 firms and individuals.
who are required under the laws Of the
state to make reports. The compilation of
this list was a difficult task, as no such
list had ever before been prepared. Now
the reports are coming in and they are
found to be more complete than ever be-
fore in many respects, and generally sat-
isfactory. But they disclose that in many
cases some Of the plainest requirements of
the state laws Of Iowa are violated by
employers and that many of those who are
responsible for the comfort and health and
safety OF many employees are negligent.
This week the commissioner commenced
sending out the required notices to en-
ployers who have been delinquent, calling
attention to their failures or the things
that should be rem edied. The largest num-
Der Of these notices are going to persons
who state in their reports that they have
not provided fire escapes. The employers
are directed to provide FIRE escapes and
their attention is called to the law pro-
viding penalties for failure so to do. The
next largest list Of delinquents are those
who have failed to provide separate re-
firing rooms where both male and female
employees are at work. 1t is surprising
to the commissioner how many there arc
Of this class and what Indifference there
is manifested to ordinary sanitary regula.
lions in shops and factories In the cities
Of Iowa. Many of the reports indicate a
desire on the part of the employers to
escape responsibility for their delinquen,
cies and to shift the blame to the landlord
or others, while quite a number make
promises OF betterment Of their conditions.
This work will take some time and will
pave the way for complete regulation of
the conditions of labor in the state, as no
such thorough work has ever before been
attempted in Iowa.
Get Pharmacy Certificates.
Out Of a class Of eighty-hve students of
pharmacy who were xamined this month
for certificates the commissioner have
granted twenty-eight certificates, the fifty
seven Others failing in examination. The
following were granted certificates: Otto
Anderson, Austin. Mimi; G. d. Brock,
Iowa Falls; Charles II. Berkeley, Logan,
Robert Baker. Eldon; NJ. d. Benson, RAN
dali; R. w. Bass, Rose Hill; J. w. Roche.
Riceville: j. w. Crumrine, Sioux City; G.
r. Clark, Hampton; c. NJ. Corbett, Bayard;
w. E. Hattenhauer, Des Moines; H.. Mob.
Harr, Janesvllle: H. c.. Hawley, Clarindr;
B. G. Jones, Beaconsfeld; A. ]. Kupka.
Chelsea; Don Latta, Charlton; V. r. Nc
Lucas. Winterset; G. B. Lillibridge, Man.
chester; @. H. Mullan, Sioux City; Walter
H. B. McArtor, Marengo; w. L. Newman.
Marshalltown; c.. W. Noble, Dallas; John
Thome, Dubuque; Charles ITCHY, Cedar
Rapids; j. C. Watts, Hampton; F. O. VIII
cox, Columbus Junction; w T. Weston.
Colfax; Frank Wiley, Columbus Junction.
EducatiOnaI Committee to Meet.
A meeting Of the educational committee
OF the State Teachers association on the
Iowa educational exhibit at st. Louis and a
general conference of educators has been
called for next Tuesday, to be held in the
state educational department Offices in the
capitol. Senator Trewin has sent notice
to that effect. This will be the day pre-
vious to the meeting CT the Louisiana Pur-
chase commission.
TIL commission will meet on liarch 4
to sign up the contract for the building TO
be erected and transact general business.
1t is probable that some general plan for
the other departments will be decided upon
at that time.
Military Examining Board.
The military examining board adjourned
this morning and reported the following as
having successfully passed examination for
commissions in the National Guard: Glenn
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lieutenant OF the new company in Des
Moines, v. W. Greene, second lieutenant.
Centerville; Fred W. Hood. secord lieu
tenant, Sioux City; Wiley S. Rankin, cap
tain, Mason City; Willoughby w. Phillips,
hrst lieutenant, Perry; Thomas H.. White,
second lieutenant, Perry. An order was is
sued today for an election for a captain OF
the signal corps in Des Moines for March
10 to succeed Captain Prime, who resigned.
Information was also received that the
new armory of the company at Abba has
been started aid is being built.
Want Law Amended.
Chairman Cownie Of the State Board Of
Control In an interview declares in favor
of an important amendment to the state
law for the placing Of dipsomaniacs in the
state hospitals. He would have the mini
mum time Of sentence six months instead
OF thirty days. At present the inebrIates
and morphine victims can be paroled in
thirty days on the recommendation OF the
superintendent. The judges are alleged
to be misleading many of those who are
sent by telling them that they will remain
only thirty days. and as soon as that time
is up they begin to clamor for release and
trouble follows. The state board will rec
cmmend to the legislature an amendment
to the law so that no one can be paroled
short of six months.
Frank Baird Gets Sentence.
Judge Gamble in court at Knoxville this
afternoon sentenced Frank Baird to eight
cen years in the penitertiary for the Sulli-
van robbery at Hamilton. In so doing he
declared that there was not a particle of
doubt as to the nature OF the crime and
further stated that w. A. Richards, ex-
deputy marshal. was shown. to have been
an accessory of Baird in the crime. All
through the trial there was much evidence
duplicating Richards. II was confidently
asserted by Richards friends that he would
appear in Knoxville today. but he did not,
and rhey now express the fear that the
heavy sentence given Baird aud the deelar-
atoms OF Judge Gamble will so brighten
him hat he will not give himself up at this
time.
Two Juries Disagree.
The jury in the Lavelleur murder trial
at Newton was discharged after being out
twenty-six hours and falling to agree on a
verdict. Four Of the jurors only favored
conviction OF the woman.
The jury failed to agree in the Hossack
case at IndianOla. They stood 3 to 8. &C
cordinR to reDort for ronv'cti1n rfph. f-ou,