Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-15
CEDAR FALLS FARMER NEED NOT
SERVE TERM IN PRISON
= FOR ARSON.
ExTENUAnNG CONDITIONS
GAIN HIM HIS RELEASE
Poor Crops, Sick Wife and Large Fam.
lily to Support Moves Farmerte Burn
Home in Effort to Collect Insurance
-Paroled Before cemmitmsnt-suf
frage Returns Being Counted Slowly.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 1o.-The state
| board of parole in session at Anamosa
yesterday approved the parole before
commitment of W. H. Angel, of Wat
erloo, who was recently found guilty
Of burning farm house north OF &C.
| dar Falls and was given sentence OF
; a long turn in prison. The man will
! be Gnder the observation Of the state
parole board for a tine.
! Following the tria! the state fire
marshal, who was active in Anglers
arrest and conviction, the judge before
whom he was tried, and others inter
ested in tho case joined in asking the
state parole board that he be paroled
Angeles children. accompanied by an
attorney. appeared before the board
| and argued for his release.
1t seems that the man was in hard
financial straits when the act was
committed. He was farm renter with
a family of several children and his
wife had been i'll for some time. His
crops had been poor. According to the
evidence the fire was started in an
effort to burn the furniture Of the home
and collect the insurance on the fur
niture. This is the first time he had
been convicted Of any crime.
The state board Of parole has many
persons under it's supervision who
have been paroled before commitment.
The law only permits this in case Of
first offenders. The judges over the
state are following the custom more
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offenders before commitment to the
parole board. The board has two
agents who can look after this sort OF
work and pay personal attention to
the men, help them to find work if they
need it, smooth over troubles with
their employers if necessary, and what
is considered most important in many
cases place the men in environments
where they will be free from the temp
tations which caused their fall.
State House Notes.
The state banking department yes
terday issued charter to the Farmers
State Bank of Harris, Osceoia county,
The bank is capitalized at $4,000.
Charles Snyder is president and Roy
w. Webster cashier.
The state IRE marshal's department
yesterday received sword that John
Scha0ffer, Of Keokuk. had been placed
under arrest charged with having set
fire to a garage there. The case had
been investigated by the fire marshals
office. rgt -
In accordance with the, provisions OF
the law the state executive council has
been meeting each day since Saturday
to canvass the returns on the special
election on womans suffrage. Only a
comparatively few counties, however
have sent in their returns.
The law provides in special elections
that the returns shall be canvassed the
next day following the election. Hence
the suffrage election returns should
have been canvassed June g.; But 1t
was not generally realized that the
special election returns should be can
vassed sooner than the primary re-
turns so most Of the boards did not
take up the matter until Monday OF
this week when they met to canvass
both the primary and suffrage votes
On next Monday the state executive
| council must begin the canvass Of the
| primary returns.