Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-18
ATTACK ON JUVENILE LAW
County Attorney Considers it a HindranCs
in Preventing Crime
PROPOSES TO TEST VALIDITY IN COURT
Prof. Holden of Ames College Pre-
diets a Fsur Hundred million
BusbeI Corn Crop for the
state of Iowa.
CFrom a stan Correspondent

ASiiA a oNal wi iNopplutuNJ
DIES MONIES, Aug. 17.-(Special.)-
County Attorney Jesse A. Miller today
stated that at the September term Of the
district court here he would make an attack
on the Juvenile court law. on the ground
that II is unconstitutional. The attack will
be made by disregarding the law and taking
juvenile offenders before the grand jury In
the old way. Mr. Miller basis his belief
that the law Is unconstitutional largely on
the section which forblds sending a boy
under II years old to the penitentiary. This
leaves one year in which there can be no
punishment for a boy. Under this law"
said Attorney Miller today the boys are
fast learning that to be arrested for a
crime means little more than a scoldng by
the fudge and they therefore more bold
than formerly. Out Of ninety seven boys
and girls arrested under this act less than
dozen have been punished. The law may
he all right for the smaller boys but for
the larger ones am of the opinion that a
few indictments will have a wholesome
effect in stopping Juvenile mischief" The
attack will be the first against the con-
stitutlonality Of the law. 1t has been COM
monty reported and expected that the
friends of the law would appear before the
legislature next winter and ask that the
law be amended in some respects to remedy
defects. The law was passed at the last
session.
The Sea Girt Tenn.
Adiutant General Thrift today announced
that the organization of the team which
will go to Sea Girt to compete in rife
shooting will be as follows: Lieutenant
Colonel Cooke. Fifty-sixth regiment, team
captain; Adjutant General Thrift. team
coach; Captain L. D. Ross, Fifty-hfth regi-
ment, spotter Team members: Major F.
r. Fisher Fifty-third Captain E. s. Gest,
Fifty-third; Captain Stanley. Flfty-ffth;
First Lieutenant Bowen, Company l. Fifty
third Second Lieutenant Cummings Com
pany NJ Fifty-fourth; First Sergeant Hide
brand, Company II, Fifty-sixth; Sergeant
Bonebright, Company c, Fifty-sixth; Ser
geant Hildman, Company A. Fifty-sixth;
Sergeant Johnson. Company NJ, Fifty
fourth; Sergeant Hird, Company A, Fifty
third Corporal Bever, Company E, Fifty
fourth; Corporal Harms, Company A, Fifty
third; Corporal Finkle, Company F, Fifty
sixth; Musician Kenyon. Company X,
Fifty-flfth; Private Radcliff, Company F.
Fifty-sixth.
MRhnslJa Census.
Oficial census returns show that Oska-
loosa has now 1915 people, while five years
ago the census showed 9,212, gain OF 9S3
The population OF Mahaska county now is
81 1872 and five years ago was 34273.
Boone Girl Drinks Poison
W. B. Payne Of Boone came to Des Moines
today to secure the body of his daughter
Norma, whose death was caused by the
girl drinking carbolic acid. The scene at
the undertaking rooms where the girls
body was taken was affecting. The father
stated that he had attempted to keep the
girl In righteous path. but when he failed
he had given the Home of the Good shep-
herd at Dubuque guardianship. The papers
were signed yesterday, just too late to
save the girls life
Predicts Big Corn Yield.
p. q. Holden of the State Agricultural
college stated today that he had visited
corn fields In nearly every section of the
state and he predicts a yield of 100000 900
bushels this year If favorable weather con-
tinues. Last year the yield was about
S25, 100000 bushels.
College IL Prospecting.
DR.. Loran Osborne, the new president
OF Des Moines college appeared before the
directors of the Commercial club and made
the statement that the endowment of the
college is now 100000 and the property
valued at 100000 He made an appeal for
assistance and stated that the college
would now remain in Des Mones and had
dropped the idea Of removing to Waterloo
j. A, Earl, of Waterloo, who was back of
the efforts of that city to get the school,
is authority for the statement that the
articles of Incorporation of the college are
such that 1t cannot legally leave Des
Moines.
VIII Postpone Action.
Al the next meeting of the State Board
OF Health an effort will be made to induce
the board TO postpone the trial of DR.. w.
II. Smith of Shell Rock for the reason that
there is no appeal to the courts from the
action of the board Smith is charged
with an offense that may result in his H.
eense being revoked by the board He and
his friends claim that II his license is re-
voked he has no recourse to the courts
under the present law and the board is
asked to delay the matter till after the
meeting of the Legislature when It is pro-
posed to Introduce a bill making the acts
OF the Board of Health appealable to the