Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
Invasion Of Family Circle
Forms Basis for White
Slave Action Here
CASE BEING HEARD
IN : FEDERAL COURT
Stella Kaffalos, Together
With Paul Ergarhos,
Is Facing Trial

The eternal triangle, woman. No
husband and another man, form fhoE
basis for the trial Of Stella Kaffaloa
and Paul Ergarhos, which Is being
heard IN the United States distr1ct
court today.
Mrs. Kaffalos and Ergarhos ~
charged with conspiracy to violnte Ne
Mann white slave act. They were q.
dicted by the federal grand Jury. when
IN session here last October, but weros
not arrested until after court had " y
1ourned for the term. Meanwhile tk6Ss
have spent part of the time ii 1ail SS1Is
part OF 1t out on bond. The fury Wnas
empanelled at 1890 this morning - n
the trial will probably last day 6|ss
two. 4
Invaded Family Circle.
The two are accused of this crime
by the woman's husband, Scoop Kalsl
falos. The story leading up to tho1rI
indictment and ultimate arrest Ii one
dealing with the invasion OF 1 family
circle and the wife taken BY another. /.
The woman's husband acts as an In
terpreter on a railroad. When thu
woman, is said to have been stolon
away from him, he was at Manila, now
he is at Clyde He is employed With
a gang of his fellow countrymen.l
Greeks, who were engaged ii railroad
work there. The man, who IL said tOS
have enticed the woman II aleo NJ
Greek interpreter in railroad camps,
but he makes his headquarters III Kdhss
sas City. His father, brothers and
camp boss from there are all here for
the trial.
Pleads to Harrison Act.
F. A. Zimmerman, was brought here
from Des Moines Tuesday night ana
this morning pleaded guilty to tiClat.y
ing the Harrison drug act The court
did not pronounce sentence imme6l-
ately. Roy Delap is here from Dayans1
port, coming on transfer from that
division on a car breaking charge. fa9S
will &c before the court for sentences
before the week is over, Deputy
Marshal Peterson of Davenport ~
companied Delap.
Act Constitutional.
Judge Wade handed down "a Cpir.'
ion in Des Moines Monday In Which
he upholds the constitutionality Of tl9I
Harrison drug act. He says that & III;
drug fiend comes into doctor j ofeioGs
begging for dope, the mere fact that
the physician feels his pulse does 0n8E
legally give him the right to delivero II
large supply Of prohibited drugs aI(6
does not prove that same have bQ0G
distributed in professional cs
pacity.' II
Induo wada oyarrul>A !. - .Aaa.s ~
set aside the verdict in the arrest of
judgment and quash the indictmGutS
against DR.. Samuel Miller, prominAnt'
East Desa Moines physician, who WAs
convicted in federal court on charge
of selling morphine to oops
fiend."
DR.. Miller is liable to five year'
sentence in the penitentiary. He Nas
indicted November "a, 1915. He claim
ed he sold the dope In professional
capacity to effect cure. q;
Raise New Point. ss
The doctors attorneys, In present.
ing their motion, maintained that the
federal government had no auth0rtty
to restrict or regulate 2 phystciAn IL
Iowa in the practice OF his profsssiOaI2
this being the province Of the stat0|
legislature. 1t is the first time Tim
question has been raised as applicaba&E
to the Harrison drug act. y
DR.. Miller's counsel further maiIs
tanned that the act violates the tentl
amendment to the federal conStitukie
in that congress has no right to pkC
scribe the manner In which the cit1l
zens of state may do business Wit
in that state They contended 49,
that power rested in the legislAtuyO
and the state police. VII .2s
Judge Wade holds that such regU
lation is clearly within the power ~
congress and does not interfere with
legitimate practice, or the legitimate
use of drugs, only requiring the maln
tenance of proper records. The judGo
states that the sole question befor0
the court is whether that part Of the
Harrison drug act under which D1y;
Miller was indicted Is constitution1
and whether there was evidence SHOW
ing violation Of the act. SS
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