Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-10
"WlrH INTENT 70
pEFRAUp" COMES TO END IN
IOWA JULY 4
RESPONSIBILITY Up 70 MAN
WHO HAS GOODS TO SELL
Publisher is Let Out Entirely Where
Truth Is Net Told in spaes Sold to
Advertisers stats Pure Food %.
partment Wins Peculiar Case State
Capital News.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines. June TO- Advertising
with intent to defraud' comes to an
end in Iowa July, 4. After that there
must be no intent to defraud" when
erroneous statements are made in ads
printed in the papers or posted on the
boards. Along with the necessity for
having foodstuffs pure? and bakeries
clean and the oil not mixed and plenty
of camphor in the spirits. there must
be honesty in advertising bargain days
and cheap farm lands at bargain.
But the newspaper publisher is not
to be held responsible il the advertiser
says things in the ads that are not
quite right. The new law let's out the
publisher entirely under good faith
clause which covers a multitude of
things.
The new Iowa law. as it was enrolled
and goes into the session laws, is as
follows:
Whoever. with intent to- sell, or in
anywise dispose of merchandise, Sc
curlt1es. service, or anything offered
by him. directly or indirectly, to the
public for sale or distribution, or with
intent to increase the consumption
thereof, or to induce the public in any
manner to enter into any obligation re-
lating thereto. or to acquire title there
to. OF an interest therein, causes, with
intent to defraud, directly or indirectly,
to be made. published, disseminated,
circulated or placed before the public,
11e 70 TO- in,
publication, or in the form of a book,
notice. handful. poster, bill. circular,
pamphlet or letter, or in any other
way. an advertisement of any sort re-
garding merchandise. securities, SER
vice. or anything so offered to the pub
lie. which advertisement contains any
assertion. representation or statement
Of fact. which is untrue or deceptive,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Pro-
vided. however. that nothing herein
contained shall be construed to place
liability hereunder on any owner. pub
Usher. agent or employe Of a newspaper
or other publication for the publication
Of such advertisement published in
good faith"
A total Of 139 persons were examined
for certificates to practice medicine or
osteopathy by the state board Of exam
liners the past two weeks. OF these
ninety were examined in Des Moines
and forty mine in Iowa City. ~.
The state pharmacy board holds
examinations here this week and in
Iowa City for examination of candi-
dates for certificates as pharmacists.
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The state pure food department won
peculiar case yesterday in police
court. One Dominick Mateo was en-
gagged in selling cherries and he had
filed the small sacks partly up with
paper and the rest Of. the way with
cherries. About the only thing that
could be charged against him was that
of cheating by false pretenses but that
would take grand jury action. So the
partment accused him Of selling adul-
terated cherries in that the packages
purporting to contain cherries were
partly filled with some substance that
would not pass for cherries. The court
found him guilty and fined him IS.
Students OF modern political ten
denotes will be interested in knowing
that the first use Of the new referen-
dunn law in Missouri is to prevent the
going into effect Of law adopted by
the legislature that is obnoxious to the
railroads. This is the bill to define
train crew and require a certain num-
Der Of employees with each train. 1t
is similar to the bill which was strong
ly urged in the Iowa legislature the
last two or three sessions.
The bill was passed by the legisla-
ture and would soon have gone into
effect but in Missouri the referendum
is already in working order and the
railroads have secured a petition to re-
quire that the billbe voted on by the
people before it becomes a law and
this holds it up. until after the cleo
lions. They claim that the bill, as
law. would cost the railroads half
million dollars year in extra pay to