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GOVERNOR WILL ESCORT TAFT.

GOVERNOR WILL ESCORT TAFT
state Executive Arrange. TO Meet
Presidential Party With Staff
When Train Reaches Line.
Des Moines.-Governor Carroll and
his official staff. headed by Adju-
tant General Guy A. Logan of the
Iowa National guard. will welcome
President Taft to the state when he
visits Iowa this month and will con-
tinue with the presidential party en-
route through the state.
Members of the Iowa delegation in
congress have been invited to join
the governor and his staff as well as
the state officials. One private car
will be secured for the Iowa party.
1t will be attached to the presidents
train. Arrangements probably will
also be made to care for Iowa news.
paper men in this car.
Governor Carroll began making the
arrangements on his return from .
speaking tour Of the state. The Iowa
senators and congressman will DO
notified Of the plans.
The present plans are to meet the
presidential party at Council Bluffs
where he enters the state, on the
morning Of September 2Sth, and ac-
company it to Fort Dodge, Webster
City, Waterloo, Iowa Falls. Des
Moines and Ottumwa. The president
spends two days in the state. The
governor and party will leave him
at Ottumwa.
Health Board Makes Report.
Condemnation of former general
assemblies in curbing the building Of
modern improvements 1t the Fort
Madison penitentiary Is one Of the
strong points on the report OF con-
ditions at Fort Madison, submitted
to Governor Carroll by DR.. B. L. Elk
err of Leon, president Of the state
board of health, and DR.. Guilford H.
Sumner, secretary.
The board of control and prison
officials are praised for the excellent
manner in which they have kept up
the institution under the circum-
stances.
Following the campaign Of Dav16
Brant, editor of the Iowa City Repub-
lican, against the prison and state
officials connected with II, Governor
Carroll requested the state board Of
health to investigate. The report
filed deals mainly with sanitation.
and is an exhaustive treatise. The
report will be printed and circulate
ed widely.
In conclusion il the following
statement:
"Our conclusions are that the best
efforts Of the officials are being put
forth to manage the Fort Madison
penitentiary in the best possible
manner, taking into consideration,
the means furnished for managing
the institution"
Thorne Represents iowa.
The state board Of railroad COM
missioners appointed Clifford Thorne
a member of the state commission,
to assist a committee composed OF
state railroad commissioners in
fighting an appeal from the decision
of Judge Walter Sanborn in the Min
nesota rate cases, which will soon
come up before the United States
supreme court.
Judge Sanborn's decision does
much to destroy the power Of state
railroad commissions, It is said, and
the talent from several commissions
in the middle west is going to be put
into an argument for q reversal of
the decision.
The committee will be composed
Of one representative from the stafe
commissions of South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa.
will Protect II Cheaper.
when the cost of indemnifying
the workmen exceeds the cost OF
killing him, the workman will be pro-
tected," said John Mitchell, vice-prss.
ident of the American Federation Of
Labor. In an address Monday.
In addition to a plea for employ.
ers' liability and workmen's compen-
sation laws, Mr.. Mitchell urged that
congress and legislatures should act
in the interest Of humanity in en-.
acting laws compelling employers to
install safety equipment. In return.
he said, the unions should strive for
the highest standards Of efficiency.
Dates Set For Federal Court.
Dates have been set by Judge
Smith Mcpherson Of the federal
court for the holding Of court In the
six cities in Iowa in which the Unit
ed States court convenes. Des MOines
is the last city in which court is held.
Following are the dates on which
the federal court will convene In the
various Iowa cities: Council Bluffs,
Sept. 10; Davenport, Oct. 3; Keokuk.
Oct. II; Ottumwa, Oct. %; Creston,
Nov. z, and Des Moines. Nov. 81
STATE Has $1,000 Loss.
Word reached the state board Of
control of the destruction by fire of
the farm barn at the state peniten.
tiary at Fort Madison. The barn was
struck by lightning and Immediately
took fire, burning to the ground.
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