Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-16
Southern Io1va Items

congress. .uHNYasuNNiFes, fifteen children
and eighteen gsAkAehildren survive Mr..
Smith. His death occurred at the
home of his second wife. Josephine G.
Smith. His first wife. Sarah Farl
Smith. is now III Chicago visiting rel
atives.
Lytton.
Tha: the epidemic Of i~nfantiie
paralysis in the northwestern part of
the state is we'll under control is the
belief of DR.. d. H.. Hopkins of Lytton,
who was in Des Moines last week. He
declared that only three deaths from
ravages of the disease have occurred in
Calhoun and Sac counties. comprising
the district in which he n DR.. +. l..
Blair, his partner. practice. Two other
cases. he says, are on the road to re-
covery. DR.. Hopkins asserts reports of
the disease i'll his section of the state
have been ggerated.
Council sIufs.
f. f. Cass, former tax collector for
TAYLOR courty, who has been on trial
at Bedford all week on a charge OF
embezziement. WAS found guilty and
was sentenced to serve ten years in
prison. Cass was for years employed
as deputy tax collector in Taylor
ty. About eighteen months age i. was
discovered that his books showed q dis
crepancy Of about $4,000. An examine
ton was being made when ass d!sap-
peared. Some time later ne was found
in Pueblo. Colo and brought back.
Cass is All aGcd man and his wife is
broken in health and spirit over the
matter.
Ottumwa.
Suit for damages has been brought
by John Morris. administrators for the
estate of Ross Howard, shot by Officer
9. Llewellyn when resisting arrest
some months ago. The defendant named
is James Harrison. special agent for
the c., Is. & 9. Railroad Company, and
re company is also made a defendant
IN the case. The sun sued for is slD,-
500. James iiaT.isa" aaa the railroad
are held accountable thru seeking the
arrest Of Howard in which Officer
Iiewe,lyn's services were asked for by
defendant Harrison. The petition is one
Of much length. alleging Harrison's
responsibility for the loss of Towards
life.
Iowa City.
Hereafter sorority girls at the uni
versity OF Iowa will not accept invita-
tons from young men to attend thea
tiers and moving picture shows on Sun
day night. Neither will they go with
them on Wednesday evening. unless
there is an unusually attractive must
cal comedy in town. Such was the
edict issued by members Of the girls
Pan-Hellenic council here. In addition
to his ruling, the ruling Of last year
which declared girls should have no
dates with young men on Monday or
Thursday nights was r%eadopted togeth-
err with sincere appreciation Of the uni
versity's edict that callers must leave
at 10 O'clock.
Newton.
J. w. Jewell, OF this city, lies in the
county jail here. an alleged fugitive
from justice, wanted in Arkansas on a
serious charge. Jewell has been IN the
city for some time and has not gone
under any alias. He was arrested on
q warrant from an Office Of a Justice
in Arkansas and was lodged in jail. He
IL now being held on a warrant is
sued from he mayors office. on in
formation filed by County Attorney
Mowry and VIII be held awaiting
requisition papers. The charges in the
suit were preferred by his wife, whom
he recently married and lived with
but three days. Jewell worked In Des
Moines previous to his coming to this