Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-23
ALLEGED PRIZE FIGHT IN DES
MONIES DID NOT TAKE
PLACE.
cossoN ORDERS GAMBLING
At LAKES TO CEASE
Notifies Dickinson County Attorney to
Put Slot Machines Out Of Business
Attorney General Personally Invest.
gated Charses-St. Joe Rate Cues.
ton Complicated.
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Special TO Times Republican
Des Moines, Aug 23.-County Attor-
ney Guthrie has made investigation OF
the alleged PRIZE fight which was said
10 have taken place in this city some
time ago. This was the terrific encoun-
ter which the county attorney Of Linn
county saw one night and after he had
reported the same TO the attorney gem
eral the latter asked that inquiry be
made as to whether or not the law .~a
been violated. Guthrie reports to-.
what really happened was that some
one who IS engaged IN teaching the
practice OF boxing and conducting
school was engaged the night il par
ticular in giving MS pupils some hard
exercise with the g!oves-th!s and
nothing more. Il any one has any in
formation TO the contrary and espec!ai-
" anything TO indicate that the law
was violated and that prize fight took
place, the county attorney would be
glad TO have the incarnation. Unless
somebody comes forward with evidence
contrary to anything yet turned up the
matter will be dropped.
Some one has done Attorney General
Cosson an injustice IN declaring that
he has acted in regard 10 the gambling
devices at the northern Iowa lakes
without reliable inform ation as TO the
same AS matter Of fact lhe attor-
rey general received some time ago
formal written complaint about the
prevalence OF gambling devices ard slot
machines a, the lakes. AS he was on
the point O. going to the lakes himself
for a few days he delayed taking the
matter up until his return. But lie saw
for himself while at the lakes that the
law was being openly and HaSrantly
violated and ne SO wrote 10 the county
attorney o: Dickinson county advising
him 10 clean UP the place. The only
wonder IS that only one citizen OF the
county protested against the violation
OF law.
The complaint OF E. C. Wyl.e, o this
city. IN regard TO the discrimination in
rates on the Great Western south OF
pes Moines may bring UP question
that the interstate commerce commits
sion will And i, hard to deal with III
manner satisfactory 10 all The TACT
is that the long distance rates TO st
Joseph are made TO some extent 10
NEE, water rate competition by way OF
Galveston and New Orleans. 1t costs
more 20 ship a package OF certain
kinds of goods from Des Mones to st
Joseph than to ship the same package
from Dubuque 20 Kansas City. But MI.
wvlie wants this discrimination Gu, out
or some reason shown for It's existence.
1t Is a case that will raise big issue.
The telephone assessments FOR This
year have now been finished and the
clerical force in the office OF secretary
Of tina executive council .s bus!.y en-
gagged IN sending out the certificates to
me various counties so that ne valua-
tiors can be placed upon the tax DOCKS.
The task of making these telephone as
sessnents Is growing 50 rapidly thas
state officials will De glad when tax
commission is organized to do this Kind
Of detail work.
Corporations organized under the
Iowa law did better his year IN the
matter % making their reports and
paying their annual report fee than last
wear. The secretary OF state on the
18TH sent ont second notices 70 1.ioo
corporations that mad thus far failed ID
report. which is 200 better than last
YEAR They are given few weeks in
which 20 make reports before the
penalties ara attached and the matte!
is taken into court. There are NUM-
/ Der Of these corporations that are un-