Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28
PAROLE EXPECTED
Friends Believe State Board Which
Meets Next Month viii Free For
er United States Marshal.


leased from the state penitentiary on
parole when the state parole board
meets next month. Richards was
sentenced for eighteen years for bur-
glary. He has served over six years.
By good behavior six years more is
taken off of his term. Members of
the state board Of parole stated that
he has been a model prisoner and
that he probably will not serve his
sentence. This statement gives rise
to the belief that October will see
his release.
1t is equally certain that Leonard
Haley, convicted in Dubuque of muir.
der, will not be paroled. Haley re.
Gently published severe structures on
the management of the prison and
its sanitary conditions and then later
and was locked in his cell. He had
refused to do the work assigned him
been prison librarian. His insubor-
dination occurred after he had made
an application for parole.
Questions Up At Freight Hearing.
The docket of the general freight
classification hearing to be held by
the state railroad commission Oct.
Sd, shows that some important
freight classification propositions are
to be passed on by the board this
fall. Among the requests are the fol-
lowing:
That cucumbers in the brine be
given a lower rate than the finished
pickles.
That 20 per cent of the present
rate on broken stone for paving and
good roads be established as the reg.
ular rate.
That western classification No. so
for eggs in cases be substituted for
the Iowa classification.
That the commission establish
switching rates on ice.
That there be a modification of
Rule % of No. IA classification re-
garding the notification to be sent
to the consignee of goods.
That minimum weight of $4,000
pounds be established for egg case
filters in place of the present 10000
minimum.
That hogs and calves under 6
months old may be shippd in mixed
car lots.
That there be a general reduction
of drain tile rates to enable Iowa
producers to meet interstate compe-
tition.
The docket also contains general
protest against the application of the
new coal rates to articles in Iowa
classification taking soft coal rates.
Warden Sanders Praises Farm.
The state executive council is ex-
pected to approve the expenditure Of
approximately $4,000 for barn and
other improvements on the farm
near the Fort Madison penitentiary,
where the convicts are employed.
The barn, which will be thirty by
seventy feet in dimensions, will
house the stock and feed on the in
stitution farm.
Warden j. c. Sanders hopes to
rush the work of building the new
barn to have it in readiness for the
winters supply of feed. Discussing
the work of the convicts at the farm,
he said the season had been sue
cessful one in the face of all kinds
of opposition. First it was drought.
then we had flood, and to top
things of, the hail came a short
time ago. Notwithstanding these
things, We have harvested fair crops
of small grain and truck. The stand
of corn is good and / believe the
yield will compare most favorably
with the yield of any farm in the
country. We are learning how to be
regular farmers down at Fort Madi-
son, and / tell you the prisoners GER
tainly do enjoy the work"
TRUSTEES" viii Be Well Guarded.
The recent escapes of prisoners
from the state reformatory at Ana
mosa gave rise to considerable dis
cussion as to the best way to pre-
vent these escapes in the quarterly
conference between superintendent
of state institutions and the members
Of the state board of control.
Most of the superintendent favor
ed stricter regulations regarding the
liberties allowed to prisoners. not
only in the state penal institutions,
but in the other institutions as well.
From the arguments which were
advanced during the discussion, the
conclusion is reached that the super
intendents of Iowa institutions are
convinced that strict rules must be
promulgated for dealing with the
wards Of the states, especially where
any liberties are permitted in the In
stitution.
Articles Of Incorporation.