Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-25
Southern Io1ua Items

heads. envelopes and drafts bearing
the name of the First National Bank
Of Joliet. The drafts are drawn on
| the First National Bank Of New York
City. Cox signed. the name Of A. ].
Stoos, assistant cashier, to the drafts.
Cambridge.
While working around a large ce-
ment mixer Lodovio Senzzi, an Italian
laborer, about 80 years Of age, In some
manner got beneath one Of the large
| wheels and 1t passed over his body,
crushing his life out Instantly. The ma
chine was being hauled to the Oliver
Hill crossing west Of town by w. t.
Longnecker, and the team became
stalled. Workmen were called to assist
| in starting the outfit and while pushing
on the wheel. Senzzi slipped and fell
in front Of the wheel and it passed over
his body. The man had been here but
q short time, coming from Chicago
with a railroad gang. He was single
and so far as is known had no relatives
in this country. He was buried mere
Perry. -.
sheriff George Ross returned here
Monday having in custody Ray 1aro
of Minburn, whom he had arrested IN
Des NJ Dimes on a warrant charging MN
| with wife desertion. Yard was former
resident Of Minburn and Is well known
TO many in this city. 1t Is stated ina!
he deserted his wife and child several
wears ago. at least he has not contrlo-
uted to their support for some time. On
Jan %. Mrs. Yard, whose maiden name
lher husband, and the sheriff had been
was West, filed information against
looking for his man ever since. He was
traced to Kansas City, Chicago and g
number Of other towns. and recently
located in Des Moines After his ar
rest Yard waived preliminary examina-
ton and his bonds were fixed at $500
Des Moines.
The farmers Of northern Iowa are
making frantic. appeals for farm Ia
borers to the state commissioner OF Ia
Dor. Demands for men are being re-
ceived daily, but Commissioner r. w
Van Dlyn is unable to supply the Ia
Dor. The farmers are Offering between
s25 and $35 per month and board fol
linen. Efforts have been made to star
the surplus labor Of Des Moines ant
other large cities Of the state towart
the farms and smaller cities withou
any great success. They state that thu
idle men Of Des Moines prefer to re
main here with the hope Of gettinl
work with the railroads or in butldint
construction. Unless a flood Of laborer
is started toward the districts in need
there is danger that the planting o
crops will be delayed. r3
Jamaica.
One Of the smoothest forgsriss tina
has yet been worked on an Iowa banl
has Just been unearthed here. In Sep
tember, 1910, Greek deposited som
} money in the bank at this place. H
was given a certificate Of deposit 70
the amount Thru mistake q blanl
certificate Of deposit was torn off wit
: the one filled out by the cashier. TIL
, absence OF the blank was discovere
|, Is each check was, numbered. It wa
supposed, however. that the lost b1an
!h.a heer left ont thru q mistake q
the printer and eventually 1t wac FOR
gotten. The blank certificate has Jus
turned up. It had been filled IN 70
| $4,000 and bore the forged signatur
. LOT the president Of the jamaica banl
!. The deposit slip had been cAshod. bu
ID yet unknown whether by III
; sforger or by sone victim OF the feEge