Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
HIGH MURDER RATIO
ioWA'S CAPITAL HAS ALMOST As
MANY MURDERS IN YEAR
AS CITY OF LONDON.
C0ssON SUGGESTS CHANGES
Attorney General Believes State Police
Force Working Under Orders Of the
Governor Should Be Established to
Control the Criminal Element.

Force Working Under Orders OF the
Governor Should Be Established to
Control the Criminal Element.
Des Moines.-Although Iowa has
made greater advancement in reforms
than other state of the union, there
are many changes in the laws requir-
ed before permanent progress can be
made, said Attorney General Cosson.
To make sure that state prosecuting
attornies shall be furnished. better
method OF apprehending offenders is
needed, he asserts.
recommendations made by the at
torney general are:
Establishment of state police I'M
der control Of the governor or depart
ment Of justice.
Greater powers to district judges in
criminal trials to further justice.
Deny reversals or new trials unless
the whole record shows substantial
rights of defendant to have been
prejudiced.
Simplify criminal procedure. Abol-
fish jail system and make minimum
sentence thirty days at productive
labor.
Establish district custodial farms
whose prisoners shall be employed at
wages that they may support their
families.
Support no man for political office
who does not have respect for the
law and its enforcement.
In dealing with crime. Mr.. Cosson
said that 1t is necessary to discard
kid gloves sociology and parlor eco
Monies and get down to real service.
Des Moines has almost as many
murders as the city OF London and
Iowa has almost as many as the en-.
tire country Of England, the attor-
ney general asserted. The United
States has 1923 murders to every mil
lion of population while the rate Of
other countries follows: Canada, 8;
Germany 4 or 8; England and Wales,
10 to IL; France, ~ to IL; Belgium,
Is.
NOW, Willis VIC arc Cou
ourselves that we are too civilized
to engage in the awful carnage OF
Europe where human beings are be-
ing slaughtered as never before in
the history OF the world, 1t Is i'm
portant for us to know that while the
American people are opposed to was.
opposed to the killing Of human beings
as national science, opposed to muir
der-yet in times of peace human
life finds less protection in this than
in any Of the countries now engaged
in this awful holocaust" said the at
torney general. "This is due almost
entirely to the fact that in this evun-
try we do not have respect for law
and we do not enforce the law"
Farm Hands Arc Migrating.
Many corn pickers are passing
through Des Moines on their way to
northern Iowa to assist in gathering
the huge corn crop in that district.
Experienced corn pickers have applied
to the department of agriculture at
the capitol to ascertain where the
crop yield was best in the state this
year, with the view OF going into the
district. Officials say that the crop
was exceptionally good in counties
north of the Northwestern railroad
in this state.
There will be good yield of corn
in southern Iowa but the farmers
there so far have not petitioned the
state departments to send them extra
laborers. In the northern districts,
however, 1t is said that considerable
extra help will be needed. The most
of the farm hands going north are
returning from the Kansas harvest
fields.
Dismiss Woodmen Appeal.
The supreme court dismissed the
appeal in the case of NJ. Reilly VS..
Modern Woodmen Of America, perpet-
uating an injunction secured by the
insurgents in the Polk county district
court against the Chicago rate plan.
The application for dismissal was
made by Charles Lyon, attorney for
the insurgent Woodmen. on the
ground that the society has reduced
its rates and there is nothing more
to fight about. The Woodmen attor-
neys opposed the dismissal, on the
ground that the society should have
an opportunity of removing the In
junction.
Marshal Must Serve Sentence.
Henry Mott, marshal of Gravity, Ia,
must serve his sentence for man
slaughter as the result Of killing Ed
Brand, an intoxicated person. by strik-
ing him on the head with his billy, as
the result Of the decision of the SUI
preme court. The court declares that
a police officer may meet force with
force and that he shall not take life
unless his life is in danger.
Trade Mark for Iowa Butter.
State Dairy and Food Inspector w.
B. Barney has asked E. r. Harlan,
curator Of the state historical de-
partment, to prepare design for a
trade mark for Iowa butter.
The commissioner will try to OBJ
tain trade mark for butter from
the state legislature this winter, it
is said, believing it will better the
grade OF butter and increase the price
2 or 3 cents per pound. This plan
has proved very successful in other
states that have adopted trade
mark.
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