Meade County news., 1915-12-02
KANSAS NEEDS NEW PRISON
Warden codding Says Modern Build
ings Are Necessary for Reform
Structure Out of Date.

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the Kansas Conference of Charities
and Corrections, ]. K. Codding, ward
en- of the state prison at Lansing,
said that one of the great necessities
in prison reform is a modern peniten-
tiary.
"Our present institution is unsafe,
insanitary and absolutely cut of date"
Warden Codding said. Since it was
built there has been great revolu-
tion in prison policies"
He said that thirty years ago pris-
on methods were adapted to the
handling of prisoners who would try
to escape, assault an officer or break
any of the rules of the institution.
At that time the Silence" rule, the
lock step and striped clothes, he said,
were believed a necessary part OF
prison government and, perhaps, were
but for only Is per cent Of the men.
Eut the IS per cent who could be
trusted and were willing to live up
to the rules of the institution had to
| live under the same conditions.
The speaker told of prison manage
ment and spoke at length on the pa
role system. He said that paroled
prisoners who had been cleaning
house" and casting away bad things
while in confinement returned to their
home towns, to the city which spoiled
him, to find "the same old vile pool
halls, the same alley joints and the
same old rendezvous where some OF
the boys slip down after night to play
poker and shoot craps. He finds that
while he has made earnest, honest
efforts to reform, his town has made
none"
whenever the municipalities OF
Kansas take as active and efficient
steps to prevent the making OF Grim
nals by cities of Kansas as the state,
through its penitentiary management,
uses to reform the boys thus spoiled
said Warden Codding in closing, then
will we commence to make progress
in prison reform"
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Rejoices at Oil Strke-Eldorado
county seat of Butler county, is in
the midst of enthusiasm that knows
no bounds. 1t comes as a result or
the Wichita Natural Gas Company
strike of oil on the Stapleton farm,
three miles northwest Of that city
at the very unusual depth of SAB feet.
The first we'll was estimated at 300
barrels day. Five rigs are at work
on the lease at the present time;
seven rigs in all are at work near
Eldorado.
Woman Wounds AssaiIant-A Wald-
ron woman named Snyder was at her
home preparing the evening meal re-
Gently when she was attacked by a
man. She seized a pair of scissors
and struck the man in the face with
them, cutting a deep cash, but she
was overpowered. When her husband
came home he found her unconscious
on the floor She still is in critical
condition.
They Both Guessed Wrong-.Leon-
ard Watkins, 19 years old, of Edo
RADIO, is unconscious and may die from
being hit by a motor car driven by
, Miss Aleene Sanford, an acquaint-
ance, when he waved his hand in an
, endeavor to stop her car. Miss San
, ford expected Watkins to get out of
, the way and he probably expected her
, to slow up.
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2 Farmer a Suicide-John Erps, a
1 farmer living near Morrowville, COM
mitted suicide the other day by hang
ing. No reason is known for the act.
e He was about 65 years old.
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q X. U. to Hear Peace Advocate
!. Norman Angel, international peace
|. advocate, will speak to students at
e the University of Kansas on Novem-
j. ber 3O The subject of his lecture
s will be America and the European
Settlement"
e Sled Crushed Child-While trying
It to get whip which lay inside of an
d upturned fodder sled, Ruth Moore, the
v 4-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
e Will Moore who live north of Pro
J. lection, was caught and instantly
@ killed by the terrific blow of the fall
r ing sled.
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Identified a Holdup Man--"That'!
n the man. said Mr.. Burns, cashier o
n the Chautauqua State bank at Sedan
i'd when A. L. Wildes, formerly of Wichi
ip ia, was brought before him for iden
re tification as one of the two men want
Id ed for robbing the bank, Of whicl
b. Burns is cashier, November IA.
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Duck Hunters Arrested-Duck hunt
s. ers who shot before sunrise at Beal
re lake and Sugar lake, near Atchison
TX we're considerably startled when I'm
ne ted States Inspector j. B. Thompson
ly and Deputy Sheriff Hiner made raj
n i'd raid upon them. Six hunters wer
ne arrested at the lakes, their name
rd taken and then later they were r.
lis leased. The government law prohil