Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18

BILL INTRODUCED IN LEGIsLA-
TURE PROVIDING HEAVY PEN
ALTIEs TO PERSONS CONVICT.
ED OF OBTAINING WOMEN.
Des Moines Bureau Of
The Ottumwa Courier.

DeS MONIES, feD. IL.
White slave traffic will be punished
in Iowa in the future If the bill intro.
duced this morning by Saunders or
Council Bluffs becomes law. This
makes the white slave traffic punish
able by Imprisonment Of from one to
ten years and provides that any per
son guilty of OBTAINING female by
force, false promises or al agreement
to remunerate her shall be guilty.
Bills. Passed Today.
The house passed the bill of Koontz
as amenied by the senate which now
permits cities under 10000 to levy =
tax of three mills and over 10000 a
tax of five miles for fire protection pur-
poses. Dowell introduced In the SEN
ate a bill requiring air brakes on all
street cars by January l, 1910.
Nichols bill permitting the use OF
voting machines at primary elections
and DeWolfe bulk sales bill.
The house bill was passed by the
senate requiring all county clerks to
be Immediately furnished copies of the
new laws as soon as passed.
The Clarkson employers liability
bill which provides contributary negli-
gence shall not be bar to the recov-
cry of damages but merely evidence
in fixing the amount, passed the SEN
ate 81 to s.
Bill to Amend Primary Law.
To amend the primary law by re-
moving from the ballot the names Of
electors and leaving their selection to
the state convention, the same as the
selection of nominees for the supreme
court is the principal feature of bill
| introduced in the house this morning
by Representative Balluff of Scot,
foounty Also he would abolish the
blanket ballot and have party ballots
printed on separate sheets giving the
voter one of each kind and requiring
him to return the unused ones
Senate Hits Baseball Bill.
Memorial day will still retain Its
old-time significance as gala day for
| baseball fans. The senate military
committee yesterday decided to recon-
mend fer indefinite postponement the
bill recently passed by the house tc
prohibit athletic sports on May 80.
Representative Alfred, chairman ol
the house military committee and 6
veteran of the civil war, introduced
| tne Dill IN Lne lOWeT HOuSS anu IL Wds
passed there Senator Brown, chair
man Of the senate military committee
and himself an old soldier, is hearth!
in accord with the action, his com
mittee took yesterday.
Memorial day will still mean some
thing to the boys who like baseball
and horse races he said. "They cal
join with us older fellows to pay ;
tribute to the veterans Of the war
and then, after that is over, they cal
! enjoy their manly sports as the.
should. I believe that is right. II
fact, l like to see baseball gam
myself. see nothing wrong in hav
ing 1t on Memorial day"
Hits at Divorce.
Senator Cosson introduced signif
cant measure designed to curb whole
sale violation Of the Iowa divorce laws
Two years ago the legislature made
illegal for divorced persons to MARI
within one year. Divorces have bee
going to other states, marrying and re
turning to Iowa to live, with the court
powerless to punish. The Cosson bill
makes 1t crime for any divorced pei
son to cohabit within one year in tn
Ora Williams.