Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
WARDEN M'cLAUGHRY TO DIS
cuss OUTSIDE INFLUENCES ON
PRISONERS.
CONDITIONS IMPROVED SINCE
SOB SQUAD SUBSIDIZED
state Employs Engineer to Survey
Lakes OF Northern lewa-keokuk
Murderer Appeals to Supreme Court
in Effort to Save His Neek-stats
House News.
special to Times Republican.

McClaughry, Of Anamosa reforma-
tory, Is on the program for next week
of the quarterly conference OF the
state institutions for q presentation OF
.5..s ..ass subject "Use and Abuse OF Dis
I :ipiine." Warden McClaughry has
made a special study Of the subject and
\ has some original and valuable ideas
thereon. In his last report lately
printed Is given chart showing the
L discipline record OF the reformatory.,
i Attic 1t Is not SO stateds1n the report
I. Il makes q remarkable showing Of. outs
tide influences on prison discipline. For
B instance, the point In the history OF
4 the institution when discipline was at
Its lowest and theEs were. the largest
aumber Of inmates reported for in
fraction Of the rules was coincident
with the period when the sob squad
was working overtime filling the Des
Moines papers with material lionizing
one Haley for having refused to con-
torn to prison discipline. At that time
the warden at Anamosa complained
that the turmoil at Fort Madison
caused by the flare up on the Haley
case and the effort to justify Haley IN
refusing to work, had a bad effect even
In Anamosa, for 1t was impossible to
prevent every person at both institu-
lions knowing all about the case and
what was being said. AS soon as the
Haley propaganda worked itself out
and Haley went back to work the dis
cipline improved at Anamosa as we'll
as at Fort Nndison and there has been
no trouble since.
Warden McClaughry, however. does
not believe in abandoning the solitary
as q last resort In the punishment OF
mutineers. for in his report he recon-
mends the building OF q special build
Ing with cells for the most unruly OF
the prisoners
other papers on the program next
week are:
"Some Demands Made Upon the
State For tho Care Of the Feeble
minded"-T. b. Lacey. third assistant
at Glenwood.
"Parollng OF Delinquent Girls"-Ray
NJ. Hanchett, state agent for Mitchell
Vile school.
"The Typical Child" - r. II. syl-
vester. state university.
Agricultural Observations"-L. w.
Forman. state college.
'Dairying"-L. Eschenheimer. head
farmer. Mt. Pleasant.
Tho survey and investigation of the
lakes OF northern Iowa with reference
to their preservation and improvement.
which was decided upon by the state
executive council. has been placed in
the hands Of Seth Dean. one OF the
most prominent engineers OF the state.
He is to make investigation and re-
port on Trumbull lake first and the
work viii be done at once.
The appeal papers have Just reached
the Office Of the clerk Of the supreme
court IN the case of Matthias Martin
O'Donnell, Of Lee county, who is under
sentence to be hanged for the killing Of
his wife. The deed was committed
last January and In April he received
sentence. He has appealed 20 the SUI.
preme court, probably as much as any
thing else, to compel pOstponement OF
the interesting event in which he Is
to play such conspicuous part.
The papers have also Just been re-
ceived here on the second appeal Of J.
r. McGaskill, of Waterloo. who has
now twice been convicted for the kill
Ing Of one Phillips, a book agent with
whom he mao Quarrcls - III
There is still vacancy in the list
Of members Of the Iowa national guard.
There is one company in the Fifty
third regiment and no town seems very
anxious just now to I'LL tho PLACE with
the company Adjutant General Logan
has lust sent to Mason City authority
for the organization Of Company d.
Fifty sixth regiment, which completes
that regiment. ~ ~
Hon. Tim McCurdy Is back on the
Job again. McCurdy has charge Of the
capitol grounds extension and the work
Of clearing 1t up. He has an Office in
the state house and he. looks after
rental of the buildings. moving. grad
Ing and the sale OF Junk. Some time
ago he had fall and broke a rib which
= laid him up for some time, but he is
well again. McCurdy made great
record as custodian Of the capitol in
the matter Of saving everything and
selling the oldsJunk for all 1t is worth.
Those who 49, been trying TO get old
buildings an4%maeerial from the state
Thu c&ra,nnln Amaine%