Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-08
LIKE WARDEN SP[AN.
Attorney General Would Have Office
OF State Sheriff Created
DISTRICT FARMS ALSO ADVOCATED
The Recent Murder Of the Moore
Family at viIIisca Shows the
Need Of Change In the
handling Of Crimes.

Family at viIlisca Shows the
Need Of Change In the
handling Of Grimes.
Des Moines-A law creating the
office of state sheriff, as we'll as es.
tablishing . central bureau of iden.
tif1cation, which was recommended to
the board Of control by c. c. Nc.
Claughry. warden OF the Anamosa re-
formatory. is needed in Iowa, accord.
ing to George Cosson, attorney-gener-
al. Two years ago Mr.. Cosson and
H. W. Byers, former attorney-general.
In their bill presented to the legisla'
ture for the reorganization of the at
torney-general's work, proposed that
the office Of state sheriff be created.
The bill was defeated.
Warden McClaughry's suggestion
Is a good one" Mr.. Cosson said. com.
menting on the central bureau idea.
And in connection with it there
should be state sheriff 1t is time
that the state take some steps to pre-
vent crime"
MIR. Cosson declared that II the
finger print system Of Identification
is universally adopted it will lessen
crime.
History shows US that the cleo.
trio light in the city had big part
to play with the work of criminals.
Shortly after they were installed in
the big Cities the records show that
the number of hoidups, murders and
robberies decreased. 1t stands to rea.
son that criminals will fear certain
Identification method as much as they
feared lights"
And while the state is going about
It to put up bigger bar to criminals
1t might establish a state farm or
district farms to send persons guilty
OF misdemeanors. the Encouragement
thinks. He would have finger prints
taken Of every person sent to such
farms He said that there Is some
objection to photographing persons
guilty Of minor offenses, but he can
see no reason why it should not be
done.
With every city and county work,
ing in conjunction with state Office
the attorney-general said that great
results could be accomplished in 70
ducing crime
Iowa Railroads Are Busy.
Contrary to the general supposition.
railroads are not busy alone with the
movement of crops. The grain move,
ment is enormous but it is not the
only item. The crop conditions have
in turn stimulated and created a de,
mand for merchandise The extraor.
binary movement OF freight has been
great thing for the country in more
ways than one. 1t has been parti.
cularly happy thing for the railroads.
1t is enabling them to recover losses
Of the last two years when the condi.
tons we're against them and 1t is put.
ting them back on their feet. If it.
had not been for this stimulation
some Of the roads would have been
forced into the hands of receivers.
Not only is freight traffic heavy. but
travel is heavy and it is increasing.
The passenger business has picked
up with the freight traffic and both
departments Of the railroads are ex.
periencing an unusual amount Of busi-
ness. People travel in prosperous
times. When it is dull they travel
only when they have to. Travel has
picked up wonderfully. And when
railroads are doing business it is a
sure indication that merchandise Is
moving and that money is circulating.
Women Want New Laws.
The executive board Of the Iowa
State Federated clubs is in favor OF
the mothers pension law. The board
advocates the following legislation
in addition to mothers pensions;
teachers pension bill. Capitalization
Of rural schools: laws for Setter
water supply and purifyHthe waters Of
the Iowa rivers and streams; equal
suffrage; q law appointing woman
assistant state labor commissioners.
The legislative committee will bring
all these bills before the coming leg.
islature.
The association has a scholarship
and loan fund committee which re.
ported thirteen scholarships award.
ed and sixteen loans made to help
worthy girls through school. No in.
terest is charged on these loans and
the girls pay the money back in small
installments as soon as they obtain
work. So far about $1,000 has been
contributed by the clubs of this state
to make up the loan fund.
Articles Of Incorporation.
Dayton Lumber company, Dayton;
capital stock. 100000.
Charles City Engine company.
Charles City; capital stock, $4,000.
The Wieling Opera House com.
pany, Toledo; no capital stock.
Colo Savings bank, Colo; capital
stock increased from $4,000 to $685..
900.
New Insurance Company Enters.
The Granite State Fire Insurance
company of New Hampshire was this
week admitted to the Iowa field by
C. S. Byrkit, head of the Iowa insur.
ance department. The Commercial
Union Fire OF New York and the
Caledonian Fire OF Edinburgh will be
admitted as soon as few formalities
are concluded. The Indemnity Mll.
tual Marine of London has filed an.