Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-19
Will INVESTIGATE
CH|LDR[N@' HONE
State Board of Control May Re-
ceive the Report of Investi-
CATION at Des Moines
CRUELTY HAS BEEN CHARGED
Secretary Of the Iowa Humane Society
Say. Grossest Cruelty Has Been
Shown Many of the Children and
She Proposes to Make an Example
Of Those In Charge.
Special to Times Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines. June 19.-It is not like
| ly that the affairs of the Iowa Child
| ren's Home in this city will be dropped
| with the little that has been done thus
| far. Mrs Elizabeth d. Jones, secretary
of the Iowa Humane Society is wom-
an Of considerable force of character
and she stated today that she had
about determined to give to the state
board of control the results of the in
vestigation she had made. The state
| law places all institutions, private or
public, under the supervision OF the
state board of control and they have
extensive authority. The trouble In the
Iowa Children's Home was given but
| little attention in the local papers and
one quoted Mrs. Jones as being thor
| oughly satisfied with the explanation
| that had been made by the superin-
tendent. Mrs. Jones denies that she
lis satisfied and for one thing has de-
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s2ss
1t seems from Mrs. Jones investiga
tions that the custom has been to try
and see how many children could be
secured and placed in homes to make
a big showing and very little attention
given to the children while they We're
| in the home. Mrs. Jones charges that
the grossest cruelty was shown to
l .N~si. u
the effect 1t will have on the matrons
of other institutions of the state she
says she will make an example of
this one. The law requires that tbs
institutions placing children in homes
shall visit them twice year and see
how they are cared for. Mrs. Jones
| found that one child from this insti-
tuition placed in Benton county home
had never been visited and had been
1 treated SO erGelly that the neighpors
had filed informations against the
4 adopted parents, who had adopted the
child to herd cattle and had given it
no education whatever. Further she
found that the home was in the first
place an Objectionable home. Mrs.
Jones believes that there should be adj
ditional legislation along this line so as
to prevent helpless, orphan children
from being placed in homes where they
are given no opportunities and also tc
prevent their being abused in the
children's homes.
| Judge Sherwin and Judge Weaver, Of
| the supreme court, have planned long
1 trip to the Pacific coast for their sum-
mer vacation. The supreme court will
return to the city in July to hand down
decisions the arguments on which
| were had at the last period Of court.
| The visit and trip of the two judges
to the coast will follow this sitting of
the court. Judge Weaver has written
a number of decisions and dissenting
decisions since he has been on the
supreme court bench that are classed
| as literary gems. On one occasion
when Judge Weaver was in the south
on an extensive trip, he wrote extens-
| lively and regularly to the Iowa Falls
papers and the extra copies of the pa
per were bought up after each issue,
and nearly every family in that section
| is said to have stored away the COM
| plete files of the paper containing his
articles. The articles were read eager
! ly and created great interest because
of the literary quality Of the articles
| and also because of the original man
| ner in which he handled the questions
that have vexed the people of the
south.
| George A. Newman, adjutant of the
Iowa department G. A. r., has been
badly mixed with the George c. New
man, secretary of the Des Moines I'm
derwriters' Association, who has been
cited for contempt of court in refusing
to answer questions put to him by the
| loo came out with glaring headlines
wrong" supposing that the man cited
for contempt was George A. Newman,
of the G. A. r. George A. Newman
has had very little to do with insur-
ance further than to carry little on
his own property. George c. Newman.
secretary of the Des Moines Under
writer's, has been in insurance business
all his life and is an oldtime resident
of this city
A cork carpet Is likely to be tried on
| the floor of the G. A. r. room in the
state house. Samples have been left
with the custodian or the bulidlnS ana
! the authorities are considering the
| matter The old carpet in that room
was badly damaged by the water at the
| time of the fire and has never been re-
placed Cork carpets are much used
! in the government buildings in Wash
ington, but thus far have never found
a place in the state house here They
are very soft and springy and easily
| cleaned and cost less than the best
brussels carpets such as are used in the
public offices ordinarily. On a tile
floor. such as that in the G. A. X. room
the usual method is to spread coat
ing of glue to the floor and thus glue
the carpet fast to the floor. 1t is not
definitely decided to try the carpet yet
| TIE carpet resembles the brussels car
pet very much, but is not figured.
: State Dairy Commissioner n. R.