Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-03
Iowa
STANDS BY HONOR SYSTEM
Warden Sanders Of Fort Madison
Says His Belief in Great Body
Of Convicts mistaken.
SUCCESSFUL IN MOST CASES
CFrom a STAFF Correspondent

(From staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES. Ia. oct. 1.-Cspecial
Telegram)-T honor system as prsc-
tised at the state penitentiary Is not GO
ing TO be abolished. according TO Warden
Sanders. While n number OF convicts
have recently made their getaway from
camps established at different state In
stitutions Mr.. Sanders says that his faith
In the system is not at all shaken.
In connection with II Mr.. Sanders said:
why should It be abolished? The sys-
tenn has proved a success at Fort Madison
and at number Of other penal institu-
lions all over the country
such a system should not be done
away with because Of one or two fail
ures. It still holds in Illinois. where
there has been more serious trouble than
we have had. / believe that In a great
majority of cases the honor system is a
great success.
Right now have over 200 men out at
different camps. There have been a few
escapes, but how often IL a mans word
broken outside of PRISON. '....
With favorable weather so per cent Of
the early planted corn in this state will
be out Of the way of frost by October
10, according to this weeks estimate Of
the weather and crop bureau. But this
is not half OF the crop because so much
OF IL was planted late. Considerable corn
Is now being cut and put i'm the silo. The
potato harvest has begun and II is found
that many tubers have rotted. Rapid
progress was made last week with fall
blowing and considerable wheat was
sown but this week thus far has been too
wet for blowing. The winter wheat
acreage will probably be short because It
has been too wet for blowing and seeding
much of the time. Many of the fields
have been in no condition for seeding to
wheat. ............ ...,a
Robert Abeles OF st. Louis, owner Of
the Atlantic-Southern railroad, yesterday
served notice on the Iowa Railroad COM
mission that he will not comply with the
commissions order to restore train serv-
ice on the road. w. a. Folett of At
lantic, an attorney representing Abeles
reached Des Moines yesterday. He talked
With Mr.. Abeles over the long distance
telephone and the owner of the road In
structed the attorney to tell the commits
sion that he will refuse to resume opera
lions on the Atlantic-Southern because
the road will not pay operating EXPENSES,
I'VE are ready to fight the matter out
In the courts" declared Mr.. Follett. We
have contended that the commission has
no authority and cannot compel a rail-
road to operate a line which does not
pay. I do not believe there Is court
on earth that will force a company to
operate trains at a loss"
Farmers Have Most Automobiles.
The registration of automobiles In the
secretary of states office shows that the
counties in the state which have no
large cities have more automobiles per
capita than those in which the cities
are located. There are 14O,16S automo-
biles registered in Iowa. Figured on the
1910 census, there Is one car TO every fiji
teen persons. Polk county, of which Des
Moines is the county seat has $3.50 cars,
or one car to every nineteen persons
Woodbury. county. OF which Sioux City
is the county seat, has 1885 cars, or one
to every twenty-five persons. The coun-
ties which have no large cities average
one car to every nine persons Buena
Vista county has i.722 cars, while the
population OF the county is 1881. Clay
county, with a population OF I2,766, has
1885 cars. Humboldt county, with a
population OF 12,lS2. has 1.24O automobiles
Pottawattamie county, with a population
OF 65.sS2, has 2,4Ss cars. Iowa has re-
ceived N.1S,6O0 In automobile registra-
tion fees so far this year. Last year
the fees were sl.04O,1S5. This year there
are $500 more cars registered than
in 1914.