Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
WILL MAKE EFFORT TO HAVE.
woMANs REFoRMAToRY Lo-
GATED NEAR BY.
TWO SITES TO BE OFFERED
FOR STATE INSTITUTION
Argument Presented That Expense Of
Administration Would Be Le.sened
by Having Two eReformatories Close
Tosethsr-Jones HaBeas' Corpus
Case Comes Before Supreme Court. .
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Dies Moines, Dec. s16.-Anamosa will
make an effort to have the women's
reformatory kept-near that city, but
separate and apart from the mems re-
formatory. Two, sites for the women's
reformatory are to be offered to. the
state. Chaplain Pickworth says they
are both very fine sites and admirably
adapted to the purpose. He read a
paper on the subject of the delinquent
women before the quarterly conference
and referred to some of the problems
in connection Herewith. The idea of
having the womens reformatory To-
Gated not far from the other reforn1a-
tory is that it would greatly lessen the
expense of administration. The stone
for the building is near at hand and the
labor to put it up. 1t would obviate
the necessity for another superintend-
ent or warden. The administrative Of
ficials from the otherreformatory could
attend to the women's reformatory. Mr..
Pickworth recommended that from
forty to sixty acres of q farm be estab-
lished, that it be enclosed by wall,
that no male attendant remain inside
the wall, but a keeper and guard out
side, that the women be given work in
gardening and similar things as much
outdoors as possible. The people Of
Anamosa have secured options on two
desirable sites and very likely one of
them will be selected for the new insti-
tuition.
$3.50
The habeas corpus case of Earl Jones
VS. Warden McClaughry came up for
argument before the supreme court at
the sitting Of the full bench today. The
case involves an effort to have declared
not adopted an amendment to the con-
stitution adopted many years ago. on
the ground that the amendment en-
braces two subjects instead of one, and
that is why the full bench was called
upon to listen to the arguments
The final answer Of the attorneys for
Jones was filed early yesterday. From
this it appears that good deal of
stress is placed on certain of the al
legged irregularities in the matter of
sentencing Jones in court at Corning.
It is claimed the written plea OF Jones
Of guilty was fled before the indict-
ment by the county attorney was APP
proved by the judge. hence was of no
use. 1t is also claimed the court had
no right to lear the oral plea of guilty
in the sheriff's Office. There is also
claim that no written plea of guilty is
OF any avail whatever. The state, how
ever, contends that Jones having APP
peared before the judge and orally
: pleading guilty to abduction Of the girl
he eloped with and having accepted
sentence, he Is in no position to escape
on technicalities.
The supreme court in decision by
Judge Withrow held that Judge Hobson
went wrong in sentencing and filming
two persons who had failed to respond
TO subpoenas to appear and have their
dispositions taken. They were sum-
moned at the instance of the plaintiff in
a lawsuit and later filed statement
that they could easily be reached when
the case was called for hearing and
would appear and give oral testimony.
The supreme court holds that under
such circumstances they had right to
reIy on the advice of their lawyer that
.hey would not have to appear and give
the dispositions.
In a damage suit from Cedar Rap
ids superior court-Brossard vs.. c., M.
e. st. p railroad-the well-intentioned
effort of the bailiff who had charge OF
the jury in helping the cause of justice
by advising the jury that he wasn't
going to let them out unless they
agreed on a verdict, was at least not
very strongly condemned. The balm
had inquired Of the jury as to what it
was doing and was told they had
agreed to disagree. He advised them
not to do it and limited he might keep
them longer. They went back and
agreed on a verdict. The court says
the actions of the bailiff were not COM
mendable, but what he said did no
harm.
Enforcement of the state law forbid
ding the use of tobacco by school stu
dents in the public schools Is causing
some friction in different parts of the
state.
At Morning Sun, in Louisa county,
the school board has been under dire
threats because it has conformed to
the law and enforced the anti-tobacco
rule. A student was expelled by the
board for persisting in the use Of to-
bacco. His relatives sought to have
him reinstated, and failed. They set
IN the cry of favoritism or dlserin1in-
alton and claimed that others who
used tobacco were not expelled. Failing
tosget any satisfaction they have car
ried their grievances to the depart
ment OF public instruction.
The law is compulsory. The school
hoard must include in its rules and
. regulations a clause forbidding the
use of tobacco. There is no alterna-
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