Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-21
ENFORCEMENT IN PLACES, PAR
rAL EMF oRcEMEhr, OR NO
~ ATTEMPT IN OTHERS.
! eEhERAL OBSERVANCE
3l.s IN MOST OF STATE
More Than 100 vioiators in Council
81 BluHs Summoned to Appear, lneiud.
ing Employees Of Newspapers and
s Nswssoys--sunday Paper Sales Are
Barred in Crawford County.

Des Moines, May 21.--A slight fitting
Of the blue law lid in Des Moines
and a more or less general enforcement
thruout the state featured yesterdays
program In the Sunday closing cru
SADIE In Iowa.
In Des Moines two downtown drug
stores opened up for business and did
rushing trade in the sale of cigars,
ice cream sodas and refreshments.
Cigar stores stayed closed down.
town. Jewish merchants arrested last
Sunday were again open, while moving
picture shows operated without interS
ference
In some. counties, especially those
along the Mississippi river there was
no enforcement Of the law, or only a
perfunctory effort. Lee county and
Clinton county were open as usual.
Blackhawk county. in which Waterloo
Is located, was not affected. County
attorneys In these counties say that the
lid will 60 down next Sunday.
More than 100 technical arrests were
made In Council Bluffs, where proper
ties Of Sunday newspapers, telephone
operators and garage keepers were
among the victims"
III Iowa City, altho the county at
torsley announced that the law would
be Enforced, 1t was quite generally dis
regarded
Three Arrests in Dos Moines.
Joe Larando, who operates temp
bar and fruit stand at Second and
Locust, the Homann drug store at
Fourth and Locust, and the McCurnin
drug store at Sixth and Mulberry OPP
Grated as usual during the day and
were no tilted by the police dcpal tIuent
to'Appear in court tomorrow morning,
charged with violating the blue laws
Following the arrests the places con-
tinued business in the usual manner
except that the rush Of patrons was
far above the average
The message to the attorney general
which reached Des Moines from Cory
don shortly before midnight Saturday
night, evidently nipped in the bud
whatever plans may have existed for
the opening up of drug stores which
closed last Sunday by agreement, Fear
OF becoming amenable to the conspir-
acy laws Of the state held the druggists
of, and the cigar men in a statement
issied following the receipt of word
from the attorney general asserted
that they had had no meeting and had
made no plans to open and would re-
mSin closed all day. So far as can be
learned all Of them did remain closed.
Interest now centers in the decision
oflthe court on the cases already taken
under advisement and on the new
cases OF the men arrested today.
May Get Decision Soon.
1t was expected that a decision with
regard to Sunday baseball and the OPP
GRAFTON Of theatens and movies" would
be handed down early this week, pos
sibly tomorrow. The cases against the
Jews who close on Saturday but open
up again on Sunday is set for We'd
nesday. May 3d. An early ruling is
expected In the cases OF the men ar
rooted yesterday.
Outside OF Des Moines the nature Of
enforcement Of the blue laws depend
ed largely upon the county attorney.
Sale OF Sunday papers was prohibits
ed in Crawford county.
Attic County Attorney Phil Wilkin-
son OF Madison county announced that
die would hold that ministers who
preached for q salary We're violating
the law, no arrests were made among
the clergy. The county. however, was
closed UP tight.
Names OF baseball players and man
ayers were taken at Marshalltown and
Fort Dodge. but the game was not
stopped.
Moving picture show proprietors
were arrested in many cities, but the
shows were not stopped.
AS a rule, drug stores and cigar ee-
Refreshments closed up.
In counties with a larger rural pop
u!atjon and no large cities the laws
were. generally strictly enforced.
All Tight at Webster City.
Webster City, May 21.--Webster City
Yesterday experienced her first real
Puritan Sunday. The city was fairly