Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-25
Northern Iowa Items

Of old boxes underneath the stairs
which the lad in his fall very luckily
missed.
Sioux City.
The work Of rebuilding and remodel
ing the Nolen laundry plant which was
| badly damaged by fire Sunday morning
Is already under way. The plant was
| damaged about s25.0O0; $4,000 insur-
| ance. The blaze started in the work.
| room. Adjoining buildings damaged are
the estern,Iowa building, loss $4,000
covered; the Globe Grocery Co. lOe
Jackson ct, $4,000, partly covered. the
Loyal hotel $4,000, covered. ]. Shen-
ders. an Omaha stockman, guest at
the hotel. was overcome by smoke and
vas carried out by fremen. He has
recovered.
Mason City.
One Of the first jury cases tried in
the present term Of court was that of
| the state VS.. Sam Clark on charge
OF wife desertion. After the jury re-
| tired on this case it was found impos-
sible to agree they standing eleven for
Hconviction and one for acQuital The
defendant was remanded for a new trial
and the last day Of court he came in
and plead guilty to the charge was
given six months in Jail. with allowance
for the time which he had already
spent in Jail He has been here since
February. so that the additional
amount Of his sentence will not
amount to much.
Fort Dodge.
The first indictment for white sla-
very under the Mann act. in this city
was returned by the federal grand
jury when they reported, last Satur-
day afternoon. the charges being made
against Emil Bettinger. Mr.. Bettinger's
attorneys appeared for him and put up
s.. 900 bonds. The case will in all pro-
liabilities be up at the next term of
court In November. In the Indictment
1t is alleged that Bettinger brought a
certain young lady here from Germany
1t is also stated that his purpose in
doing so was immoral. 1t was claimed
by the woman in the case that the de-
PENDANT promised her to marry then
failed to keep his promise
Sioux City.
Edward Wander Velde. officer in
charge Of the local navy recruiting sta
ton. Is requested in a government bull
letin received today to be on the look
out for possible surviving female de-
scendants Of relatives of three men ia
nous in naval history after whom three
new torpedo boat destroyers under con-
structfQn, are soon to be named. The
boats are the Gushing" the "O'Brien"
and Ericsson" John Ericsson was
inventor of the first turret ironclad
Monitor, which wrought havoc among
confederate ships In Hampton Roads.
Va, and decided the naval supremacy
Of the North in the Civil War. Capt.
jeremiah O'Brien was prominent in the
first American navy, and Lieut. w. B.
Cushing sank the British ship Alber-
marie against heavy odds, in the war
of 1912.
Cedar Rapids.
have Mayor Roth and Chief OF Po-
they had not stopped Sunday baseball
in Cedar Rapids was tried in the dis
trict court before Judge TriechIer
Saturday and resulted in a complete
vindication Of the two officials When
the testimony for both sides had been
heard, Judge Triechler announced
tn4G ne rWouiu later nc written de.
cision in favor Of the defendants He
took exactly the position, that had been
taken by the city officials. saying that
II the plaintiff really wanted to stop
Sunday baseball, there were two ways
for them to attempt doing so. One
by nling an information against indi-
viduals whom they believe guilty OF
violating the law: the other to sue out
an Injunction against the baae;i ~ as
ISOLATION These are the only two legal
ways for them or for any other per-
son 70 proceed.