Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
.HARD|NG TO PICK.
FOUR new JUDGES
LEGISLATURE CREATES FOUR
ADDITIONAL JUDICIAL DIS
1iRicTS.
WEBSTER AND HUMBOLDT
FORM NEW DISTRICT
Many Candidates Appearing-Havnsr
Succeeds in Securing Enactment Of
2. His Bill Aimed at Private Detective
Alphabetically Penalties For vio-
!aticn to Be Imposed.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines. April 17.-Governor w.
L. Harding will have four district
judges to appoint inasmuch as the
Thirty seventh general assembly
created four additional district Judges.
These are one in the Eighteenth, one
in the Eleventh, one in the Fourteenth
and one in the Third.
The Eighteenth judicial district in
cludes the counties of Cedar, Jones and
Linn. The Third includes Adams,
Clarke. Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor
Union and Wayne
A. new Judicial district was created
by taking Webster county out Of the
Eleventh district and Humboldt county
out Of the Fourteenth. This district
will be known as the Twenty second.
There will be no new judge for this
district however, as the resident judge
in Webster county and the resident
judge in Humboldt will be the judges
Of the new district. However, this
means the appointment of another
judge in the Eleventh district and an
other one in the Fourteenth to fill the
vacancies made by the two judges be-
ing taken away.
A delegation from Ringgold county
called on the governor yesterday to re-
quest the appointment Of Homer
Loring, of Mount Ayr, as the new
judge in the Third district. Many
candidates are coming out in the
various districts.
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legislature which just closed increased
the salaries Of the district judges from
S3,500 to $4,000 year. The effort to
increase the salaries of the supreme
court justices was defeated. This in
crease in the salary of district judges
together with the four additional
judges means an increase Of $93,600 in
the cost of the district courts of the
state as provided by the legislature
which has just adjourned.
Havner Gets Bill Thru.
Attorney General Horace NJ. Hayner
succeeded in securing the passage of
his measure directed against persons
who would Improperly influence, OBJ
struct or impede the due administra-
ton Of Justice" thru both houses OF the
day. The senate acted on the measure
Saturday morning and the house in the
evening. 1t provides an Injunction
feature to restrain such acts. The bill
in full Declares.
IF any person attempt in any man
ner to improperly influence, intimidate,
impede or obstruct any petit juror,
grand juror or other officer in any civil
or criminal action or proceeding or
any one drawn, summoned. appointed
or sworn as such juror or officer or any
arbitrator or referee or any witness or
any officer in or of any court or
tribunal in relation to any cause or
matter of proceeding. pending in, or
that may be brought before such court
or tribunal for which such juror or
other officer has been drawn, APP
pointed or in which said witness has
been or may be called to testify in re-
gard to which such officer is or may
be required to act in his official
capacity. or If any person shall in
tentionally or by threat or force or by
any threatening letter or threatening
communication or by any public speech
or in any other manner improperly in
fluence obstruct or impede the due
administration of Justice, or the ac-
ton or conduct Of amy such Jurors
witnesses, arbitrator, referee or other
officer he shall be punished by fine
not exceeding $1,000 or by imprison-
ment in the penitentiary not more than
one year or by both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
THE commission, threat or attempt
to commit any of the acts or things
hereinbefore referred to shall be held
to be an injury to the general welfare
and any person doing or threatening or
attempting to do any such acts may
be enjoined and restrained at the suit
of the state upon the relation Of the
attorney general"