Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-17

raimert and high living They are
said to have admitted everything to the
deputy sheriff. No plea Of any sort was
entered by the boys. now being held.
They demanded a lawyer and will plead
today. The ofrense OF white slavery. or
pandering. which faces the youths. is
serious one, the sentence upon con-
viction being provided at from three
to ten year. in the penitentiary. The
laws are comparatively new and this
is the first charge OF this nature to be
brought in Cerro Gordo county.
Durango.
John Jones. aged 81. for the past
thirty years postmaster at Durango.
died at his home Of old age at 10 o'clock
on Monday morning. His wife pre-
coded him to the grave last November.
Mr.. Jones was born in Wales and had
long been a resident Of this country.
He was a man highly regarded in the
community in which he 50 long resided.
Mr.. Jones Is survived by one daughter.
Mrs. Ellen Jones. residing IN England.
and by his granddaughter. Gladys Jones
of Durango. who came to this country
last fall to care for her grandfather
after the death of Mrs. Jones The
funeral of the aged postmaster was
held on Wednesday morning at 10
O'Clock to Asbury cemetery from Dur
ango.
Sioux City.
Alleging that his business had been
gobbled up by illegal methods. n. K
Wicks demands $4,000 damages from
the National Refining Company OF
Iowa, in a petition filed in court Wicks
who was the principal stockholder Of
tie Iowa Oil Tank line. alleges the
National Refining Company. Of Ohio.
giant corporation of that name. seized
the tank line outright April %, 1910.
Wick asserts that the refining company
held bill OF sale for the tank line
plant. which was executed only as
chattel mortgage to cover a debt OF
1000. and that the refining company
foreclosed on 1t without process OF the
law He values the tank line COM
pany at $4,000. the amount of dam
age he sustained
Boone.
The unknown man who was found
dead near Jordan Sunday and who was
brought to the Weline undertaking
parlors In this city, was buried in the
potter's field Of East Linwood cemetery
The man dropped from No. 1 early
Sunday morning and was ground to
pieces. his mangled body being picked
up In a cracker box. The body was
brought to this city and placed in a
casket. His face. strange to say was
not marked by the grinding wheels. In
his pocket were found soap, matches
needle. thread. thimble and a Mar
shalltown bank deposit slip. There
was nothing else. however, that would
lead to an Identification. He had on
a brown suit with white stripe. was
about 80 years old and weighed 1870
pounds. He was dragged about 200
feet by the train
Akron.
Two black hearses. two white
hearses. which contained the remains
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Johnson and
their two daughters. ana more than
two miles Of vehicles soiemnly filed
thru the streets of Akron, Iowa. YES
terday afternoon. Three thousand per-
sons. who a short time before had
thronged the little Baptist church yard.
rode quietly to the Riverside cemetery
All showed in some manner the depth
OF their sympathy and love After a
brief service at the cemetery the four
baskets were lowered simultaneously
into one large grave. At the st. JOS
eph's hospital. little girl tosses rest
lessly on her white bed. Often she calls
weakly for mamma" Sorrowful rela-
tives and attentive nurses reply that
mamma" has not come yet, but prob
ably will arrive in few days Com
forted. the girl sinks back in her pill
lows and renews her pitiful fight for
life. That little girl is Fern Johnson.
Little Fern is the sole survivor Of a
train automobile collision that oc-
CURED near Galva. Iowa. Last nixht
she continued to show improvement.