Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-25
Northern Io1ua Items

in the meantime. This petition will
be laid before the county board Of SUI
pervisors in the course Of the next two
or three weeks. The board will cam
vass the petition and II It is found that
more than Atty per cent Of the voters
signed. the petition will be granted.
Sioux City.
Admitting thatf:Mrs. William Schra-
der and Earl Blankenberg. named as
beneficiaries in the will Of Fred Blank
enberg, do not exist, defendants in a
district court action brought by Otto
Blankenberg allege that the names
were placed by mistake In the will OF
Fred Blankenberg. The names should
have been written William Schrader
and Edward Blankenberg, according
to an answer filed Thursday. Otto
Blankenberg sued Louis Weise and
other heirs Of Fred Blankenberg for an
equal division Of the property, altho
he was cut off in the will with the
statement that "he has received from
me all l think he deserves" A cOun-
terclaim for $110 against Otto Blank
enberg. as the purchase price Of two
cows and six and one-half dozen chick
ems bought from his father has been
filed by the other heirs.
Cedar Falls.
Blazing the way for future refor-
mers, Mrs. J. NJ. Fisk, prominent w.
C. T. u. member and church worker
here, has inaugurated an unusual cru
SADIE against the. smoking habit. Ad-
vancing the belief that young boys
are induced to form the cigaret smok-
ing habit wholly through the power Of
example set by the adult smokers Mrs.
Fisk comes out in print with a point
blank request that "the men who must
smoke refrain from doing so on the
streets or in other public places" This
all embracing demand is made over
the signature of Mrs. Fisk and those
OF more than 100 other feminine CO.
workers in the anti-smoking crusade.
The appeal follows: 'In view of this
expert testimony and with desire to
conserve the boyhood of Cedar Falls
for the best and highest manhood" it
reads. 1--WE. women of Cedar Falls, ask
that the men who must smoke refrain
from doing so on the street or In other
public places" The publication of
this demand with the long list of sig
natures of many women from the city's
the smokers. 1t has started a gem
eral discussion Of the smoking habit
and has focused the attention of every
boy in town upon the question.
Waterloo.
Girls under IS years are being barred
from all public dance halls in the city
at present This reform has resulted
from the activities OF Mrs. Martha
Scott, police matron. who has been Wis
iting the dance halls every Saturday
evening for several weeks. Mrs. Scott
has issued the following statement
relative to the dance hall problem:
''At public dances there Is a notice
able Improvement in the moral atmos-
phere and managers OF public dance
halls are working in harmony with the
city authorities in enforcing the recent
ruling that no girls under Is years old
be permitted to attend public dances
in Waterloo. II parents will also CO.
operate any little unpleasantness or
embarrassment arising from young
girls being escorted from the dance
halls to their homes may be avoided.
One mother when called upon relative
to her young daughters attendance.
admitted she had unthinkingly grant
ed permission. Keeping step to music
may IF Itself. be an innocent diver
sion, but 1t Is generally conceded that
in every city there are tendencies and
influences to be met at public dance
halls from which inexperienced and
susceptible young minds should be
shielded