Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-07-07
sTHE ,EvANGELIsTIc ASSOCIATION
TURNS OVER PETITIoN- TO
CIVIC BODY TODAY
WORK TO BE PUSHED
wlrA RENEWED veoR
Change Of Venue to Court Outside of
District is Sought in the Seven sa-
loon Injunction cass.-Justice Peek
| Getting Ready 70 Hear Seizure Cases
--Esermayer Talks.

After today the Civic Reform League,
which came in: existence during the
municipal campaign last spring, will
be behind the petitions of remonstrance
TO close the saloons Of the city. which
the Marshalltown EWangelistic Associa-
zion, has been circulating for three or
four weeks. Late today the petitions
were turned over to the Civic Reform
League,s which will continue to pros
ecute the work.
Just what the leagues plan for con-
tinuing the circulation of the petitions
has not been determined, but it will be
accomplished either by volunteer work
ers or by securing workers. who, if
hired, will be paid by the league. which
has good-sized fund left from the
Sunday meetings to use in the anti-sa-
loon movement.
Altho no definite statement of the
number of signers on the petitions is
ebtainable, 1t was estimated this morn
Ing that the petitions lacked anywhere
from fifty to 100 of being sufficient 1t
was also said THAT the circulation Of
the petitions would be continued, if
necessary for eighteen months, or until
the next general election.
Ask For Change of Venue Again.
Answers and motions for change IF
venue were filed in the cases brought
tor injunctions against the seven las.
saloons by County Attorney j. H. Eyer
mayer. These cases are against Schulz
e Wetzstein, IA North First avenue;
". II. Muelhaupt, 402 South Third
avenue; II. S. McGoogan, % North
Center street.; Bernstein Bros, 10
North Center street; Sam Wenger, S12
May 4 street; and C. F. Dieterich, II
North Center street and Is North First
avenue.
The answers are general denials and
the allegation that all of the saloons
have compiled in all particulars with
the 1nulct law. The motions for a
change of venue seek to remove tNe
bases to some court outside of the Sew
bnteenth judicial district.
These motions set forth the same al
legations that were made in Identical
motions filed in the first three cases.
They allege that Judge j. M. Parker is
IN sympathy with the anti-saloon
movement. that the pubic has been
wrought UP to = high state of excite
ment against the ssaloons, and that the
r.-R. has influenced the newspaper
reading PUBLIC against the liquor BUSH
ness. In the first three cases the mo-
lions for change of venue were over
ruled.
Hearing Of Seizure. Soon.
Ut is very prohable that the justice
fourt hearings on the liquors seized
by the sheriff on search warrants Sc
fured by County Attorney j. H. Eyer
mayer, will be held in few days.
Eheriff Nicholson has made returns to
lhe justice in all but one of the cases.
Fhe law gives the justice forty-eight
hours in which to post notices of seiz-
pres. and to fixathe time for the hear
ing. If the owners appear and contest
fhe right of the state to destroy the
liquor and are successful, the liquor is
returned to them and the st:ae paws
the costa of the seizure and court ex-
penses. Of the state wins, the LIQUOR
Is destroyed and the owners pay the
POSTS, gf the owners fail to appear, the
Eiquor y ordered destroyed, and the
state has to pay the costs.
The total cost Of all the cases will he
large,as It includes fees, carriage, stor-
age charges, and cost of icing.