Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-27
Southern Io1ua Items

! good running order after laying ff-
teen years exposed to the weather. Mr.
Thompson Is delighted TO recover his
treasure. - ~
Washington 'a
Andrew Craig. nephew OF Messrs
A. and j. T. Anderson and Mrs. Anna
Wells. was badly injured Tuesday
afternoon about $40 in the Rock
Island yards here. He was acting as
conductor Of an extra west bound
! freight train and had been sitting al
his desk in the caboose. AS the trair
was pulling in near the coal chute
Just as he was getting up from hi.
seat the train ca.pe to sudden stop
which threw him down. striking hi.
left side against the corner OF iii.
steps leading to the observatory Of
the caboose. Mr.. Craig was taken tc
the county hospital
Stockport. 40
What might have been serious ac-
cident happened the fore part of the
week to little Doris Dorothy. Several
children were playing on the street
when some one started bonfire. One
OF them had .32 cartridge and, re-
marking Il will show you something"
threw 1t into the fire., Doris was a
considerable distance away walk Ing
when the explosion occurred, piece
of the cartridge striking the tip Of her
ear. then entering the skin near the
temple and finally spending its force
un6er the skin near the center of the
forehead. 1t was lucky escape from
what might have been a very serious
matter.
Perry.
In an argument which arose Tues
day night at the negro laborer camp
at the Shorthill Steel and Iron Works
at Perry, jeff Herks. a Des Moines
negro. shot and seriously wounded
Charles Cooley, another negro hailing
from independence, Iowa. Herks was
found some hours later hiding in the
weeds. Cooley was taken to Perry
and his injuries, consisting of a brok-
en- arm and perforated side. were
dressed. He will recover. Herks claims
that Cooley started after him with a
knife and he had to shoot in self de-
Tense. The fight started over the dis
cipline of the camp, Herks being Il
sort of straw boss over the rest of the
crew.
centerviiIe.
Being refused admission to Canada,
where he was going to visit his son,
Alfred Graves, an old soldier, blind and
with five children. was in Centerville
recently on his way back to his home
In Pensacola. Fla His story IL that
they had started to visit his son. but
at Moberly, Mo, he found he had lost
his tickets. He bought others, and this
took about all his money. When he
reached the Canadian line ne was re-
fused admission by the immigration
officials, as he was blind and without
money. They are now trying to make
their way back home BY the assistance
of the public. He says he receives a
pension Of 372 month. but will draw
no money for some time yet He Is a
Mason and was given assistance here
to help them on their way.
Iowa City.
That Victor Ashdown, a young far
mer Of Pleasant Valley township, has
disappeared from home and that even
his own relatives can not tell where he
H. was made known today when his
father. T. H. Ashdown. q pioneer far
mer OF this neighborhood. came to the
city in a vain effort to locate his boy
According to the fathers story, Victor
left home about six weeks ago and had
expressed his intent Of going to HI
nois. presumably to visit friends. Time
went on, long past the date when Vic
tor had said he would PROBABLY be
home and still he did not return. Mr..
Ashdown Ia plainly worried over the
absence and accompanying
silence on the part Of his son.
The proposition OF the local school
board to appropriate $4,000 for
manual training building in connec-
ton with the high school was defeat
ed at the special. e!ectscn The vote
wa1 IsS for and 1.21s against. A ma
jotfty Of the women participants IN the
election voted against the proposition.