Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-10
CANOE cAPSIZES AND YOUNG
MANeGoEs TO BOTTOM OF
SPIRIT LAKE.
BODY is RECOVERED \,
IN ABOUT TWO HOURS
Was At Lake, For Few Days Of Vaca-
ton Before, Coming Here to Visit
Parents-Niouns Mans Predicament
Was Unotserved Until Body Had
Gone pown-Rurial at Geneva.

The waters. of Spirit Lake claimed
Tuesday the nfe of Otto Rubee, elder
son Of Park Commissioner Fred NJ Ru-
bee, and WIFE,. 607 North Center street.
Young Rubee vas drowned while out IN
a canoe while the waters were rough.
The vessel capstzed and Rubee went to
the bottom. de spite the fact that ne
was an excellent swimmer. The BODY
was recovered two hours later.
The first news of the drowning came
70 the ua-ents-lstte Tuesday afternoon
in a telephone message from their
daughter. Mrs Ludwig c. E.spersen, a.
Clarion. Mrs. E<se-sca had been mott
fed by wire from Split Lake. Later
& G. Wallace. of this city, who is at
IN. lake, confirmed the news OF the
drowning by telephone to Mr.. Ruoee.
Unnoticed Until Al Over.
Ny. Wallace said that persons We're
attracted 70 the drowning by seeing the
canoe upside down, hoa1ng on I1s va
ter. No one saw the crafts occupant
however, and no ore knew whether ne
had had a fighting chance for life or
not. Under ordinary circumstance the
vo1,ng man would have been pretty
safe II, the water, for he was an extra
ordinarily good swimmer and had been
know, TO swim as far as half a mile at
q stretch Mr.. Wallace said the lake
was very choppy at the time Otto Ven
ru-ed out in the carDe.
Was On Vacation at Time.
MI. Rubee was on his vacation at the
time Of the accident, having gone from
Sioux City, where until recently ne
was in charge of Graoeland cemetery,
TO Cherokee and Spirit Lake, After
few days at the lake the young man IN
tended coming 10 this city to visit his
parents.
Was Landscape Gardener.
Young Mr.. Ruoee was landscape
gardener of great promise, having re-
ceived his training under his uncle,
S. w Rubee, superintendent OF River
side cemetery in this city. About
eighteen mouths ago the young man
was en- ployed to lay out the Graceland
| cemetery at Morningside, Sioux City,
and had been It's caretaker ever since.
/ He gave up his work al the cemetery
( about two weeks ago. Since his boy
hood Mr. Rubee had been employed in
Riverside cemetery under his uncle, and
spent more or less of his time for elev-
en- years, while in school, learning the
art of landscape gardening.
Otto Joseph Rubee was Is years old
and was a native of Geneva, Franklin
! county, where his parents lived before
coming 10 this city nineteen years ago.
The boy, Otto. attended school here
and was a student a. Drake University.
Des MONIES, for about four years. Aside
from his parents and his sister. Mrs.
Esperaerl, he IS survived by enc broth
er, Kenneth. aged IA. who is employed
by the Joseph Jewelry Com pany.
Burial at Geneva.
F. VI. Rubee, the young mans fat her
accom- panied by his nephew, City En-
gtneer w. H. Steiner, left on an early
train this morning for Spirit Lake to
claim the body and accompany il 70
Geneva where the funeral will be hets
on Thursday. Mrs. Rubee and son
Kenneth will go 70 Geneva Thursday
morning to attend the funeral, as will
also other relatives and friends from
this city