Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-23

| smothering the child in bed The pc
titlon also alleges Shaffer accused his
| VIE OF trying to induce Rose, an is
year old daughter, to lead an immoral
| life. Mrs. sShaffer alleged in her pc
thion that her husband could proS ida
comfortable home but was "Stingy."
The petition alleges he told merchants
not 10 give Mrs. Shaffer credit Dur
ing March this year, her petition al
legged. she spraired her back while
| drawing water from a well but her
husband refused TO call doctor. Mrs
$500 temporary alimony and $4,000
permanent llimony. Attorneys fees OF
$4,000 also were asked.
Sioux City-Can clipping and di-
| vorcing become a habit? Mrs Frances
Mckercher Mallory Knott has clipped
twice and for the second time seeks
divorce. She is % years old and the
mother of two children. 6 and years
old. 1t is true. ana her second husband
John Nj. Knott. is only % years old
but she alleges that he treated her
cruelty. The details of his cruelty
must be omitted. for the ladys attor-
ney took the petition right away from
the court house as soon as the title of
the case had been written in the rec
ords. Mrs. Knott was Mrs. Cecil Nal
lorys from 1911 to 1914 She eloped
with Mallory when she was barely Il
years old. She eloped with John Knott
in 1915 when he was 10 and she was
% years old. They went TO Onawa
IN the early morning and were welded
thpy in "a limousine
Humboldt Lucille, the 9-year- old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Stover
living south of Laurens, met with
death in "A very unusual manner. The
children had uitched a horse to a
stone boat to haul some Cobs, using a
receptacle COR the Cobs. There was
some water in the tank, and when the
kCrse got the rig In motion the splash
ing Of the water frightened the animal
ana it became unmanageable. In
| jumping around it struck the young
| lady. knocked her down and trampled
| upon her head. fracturing her skull
! She was rendered unconscious and re-
NAMED in this condition until death
came Local physicians and special
! list from Fort Dodge were called but
he:' life could not be saved. tnfortu-
| rately the parents were not at home
| returning an hour after the accident
! from a trip 20 Oklahoma to bury Mrs.
Stover's mother.
! Spencer-A glance at the naturali-
| cation records at the office OF County
| Clerk G. s. Weaver, in spencer lends
| some interesting facts regarding the
number who are seeking citizenship in
| Clay county. In Clay county as many
, former residents of Germany have
made application for their first papers
since the war ended as subjects OF that
country did for a full year before.
| Every applicant is closely questioned
when he files his declaration. He is
! asked If he claimed exemption from
| military service and II he did he has
been told that his application VIII no
doubt be refused by the Judge. Judges
! OF the district have expressed them
| selves as heiag against granting the
| honor OF calling themselves citizens OF
! the United States to foreigners OF
| draft age who claimed exemption upon
| the grounds of being foreigners since
! the war ended there have been nfteen
applications for their first papers MED
| by subjects OF foreign countries In this
| county. eight OF whom are Germans
| From November 1917 to November
1918. eight Germans had filed declara-
| tons also but since that time that
many have filed In five months.