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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-05-05
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manager Bond Department
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20

his only. son. Dick Burma. married and
went to Z homo Of his own near the
homo Of his father he desired his faith
or and his mother. who u now In her
eighty-first year. 70 reside with HIM
but they prsfsrred the old homestead.
and the son since then has given an ex-
ample Of hhal devotion that deserves
public mention, since for years past
he has called four times daily at the
homestead to assist his mother In the
care Of the invalid father who was
totally helpless. Mr.. d. D. Burma WA
born in Germany in 1887. The funeral
services were held at the homo yes
terday afternoon at o'clock and 1T
the Reformed German church north OF
Ackley ut 2. o'clock. Rev. Mr.. Burn.
officiating.
Mrs. Christopher Marshall. resi-
dent Of Ackley for the past thirty eight
years. was buried in this city yester-
day, the funeral services being held at
the family home and the First Evange-
lical church. Mrs. Marshall was born
in Schilligen, Germany, in 1852, and
came with her parents to this country
in 1856 and the family settled In the
neighborhood Of Iowa Falls In 1859. She
was married to Christopher Marsnal'
in 1875 and made her home In Ackles
after her marriage. She 10 survived oy
Ave children. four daughters lda'
Elizabeth, Edna and Mary. all residents
OF this city. and one son. Frank MAR
shall residing at Oskaloosa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
UNUSUAL DEATH RECORD.
Several Prominent Residents Of AckIe
and Vicinity Pass Away.

Several Prominent Residents Of AekIey
and Vicinity Pass Away.
Special to Times Republican.
Ackley. Dec. j2o-The town Of Ackley
has had an unusual death record dur
Ing the past week. Beginning with tho
tragis death Of F. J. Russian, who hung
himself in the barn. I've other deaths
occurred in succession. 80 that the
sight OF funeral procession winding
thrue the streets has been Of almost
daily occurrence. Mrs. Aledius Victor
Sunday. so that If the vicinity were in
rapid succession occurred the deaths
Of Mrs. H. c.. Peters. Mrs. c. Marshall
Mr.. D. D. Burma and a, little daughter
Of Mr.. aid Mrs, Dick Woltjers. A
pioneer OF northwest Grundy county
just southeast Of Ackley, Mr.. c. NJ
Jansen. passed away at Arlington
Sunday. so that II the vicinity were in
cluded It would number death for
each day Of the week.
d. D. Burma, aged "a years, resi-
dent Of Butler county just northeast of
Ackley, passed away at his home there
last Tuesday. He came to Butler coun-
ty in 1884 and ten years later was
stricken with. rheumatism. which made
him an invalid for twenty years. When
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
Brief New. Of Hampton.

Special to Times Republican.
Hampton, Dec. 2O.-A. N. Eitsert,
postmaster at Bradford. has resigned
his position there. A civil service ex-
nation will be held there Jan. 10 Tor
the purpose Of securing 3 new post
master.
The Christian church Of this city
will celebrate its twenty-hrst ami
versary Sunday. Special services will
b.. q feature Of the day and also spe-
cial music. b. s. Denny. of Des Moines,
a. former pastor Of this church. will
preach the sermon In the morning and
the present pastor, Rev. ]. g. Coffin,
will conduct tho evening servicA
Mrs. A. r. Carter. MrA ]. NJ. Stout
and Mrs William Savidge gave q mis-
cellaneous shower at the home Of Mrs.
Carter for Miss Emma Showalter.
whose marriage to L. g. Fuller. OF
Mason City. will take place on New
Years day. Eighty ladies were pres
emit.
The high school pupils launched a
new high school paper this week en-
titled the III" The paper Is bright.
breezy and well written and has called
forth much admiration from the pupils.
The Hampton Poultry Association
will open its big exhibit on Dec. 30,
continuing to Jan. 2. Many prizes are
offered and it is expected that a. large
number Of first class birds will be en-
tered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
fund. 70 make the trip 4 local eersd-

funds TO make the trip n local versd-
itors leave her alone.
Those apparently close to tho case
here In Webster City say that Rines'
unusual activity in the search for Cor
man 10 due to what no claims IL .
shortage lin Germans accounts with
the National Life. but which in reality
represents money Rines had advanced
German. When the latter first went
to work for the National Life he start
ed out as apparently q strong producer
OF new business. This was when the
family lived in Algona. German be-
lieved he could do better. however, II
The had an automobile and it IL said
here that Rines advanced him the
money to buy the machine is this
money, say local friends Of the Cor
man family. that constitutes Germans
shortage. German mortgaged the ma
chine was his and 1t Is said here that
and when 1t was sought to foreclose,
Rtnes attached it, claiming the. ma
chine was his and ii Is said here that
Rines now has this machine in Des
Moines. ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
DECISION AGAINST REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IN CARROLL
ELECTION CONTEST.
JUDGE HUTCHINSON HoLDs
THERE WAS NO ELECTION
Rival Candidate Dies on Eve Of eise-
ton and County Central Committee
Fails to Provide suhstitute-Dead
Man 10 Chosen to Office and oppo-
mont Claims Election.
to es-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Carroll. Dec. 20. - The Patton
Schirck supervisorlal contest vas de-
cided yesterday afternoon by Judge
Hutchinson. who had taken the case
under advisement for more than a
week. and 1t was decided against Pat
ton, the republican candidate. who
contested for the office.
Mr.. Schirck. tho democratic candi-
date for recollection during the fall Of
1919. died on the evening before cleo
ton, but not until after the ballots
had been distributed to the different
precincts over the county. The news
Of his death was not known to the
democratic central committee until
after the polls were open several hours,
and many voters cast their ballots be-
fore the news was generally known,
and as a result Mr.. Schrick received
the normal majority Of his party. Mr..
Patton, the republican candidate.
therefore contested for the office on
the grounds that the central commit
tee had been negligent in that 1t failed
to have the name Of another candidate
written or stamped in on the ballot.
The boards contention was that
there was not sufficient time to have
this provision Of the law COM
piled with, and the judge, after having
the case under advisement for more
Than week. ruled that there was no
election. The law provides that when
there Is no election an appointment
siiall be made by the auditor, clerk and
recorder. which win be done immedi-
ately. Tho cost in the case were taxed
agsinst Mr.. Patton, and 1t is doubtful
II he will carry it to the supreme
court
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
ing will be ready for occupancy some
time during the early spring.

time during the early spring.
oskaIoosa.
The employees of the NJ. & st. L. rail-
way or more strictly speaking the rail-
road men Of Oskaloosa will have their
second annual Christmas tree celebra
ton in the waiting room at the NJ. &
st. l. depot on tn" evening Of Dec. "a.
It is doubtful who gets the most
pleasure out of these events, the little
ones who probably would not be
reached in any other way or the rail-
road boys themselves. w. G. Ebey, who
is in charge OF the affairs states that
in soliciting funds for the tree not one
railroad man had refused to give and
not one had given less than 81.
csnterviIIe.
William Morris. aged II, who was
Island reservoir at Allerton. and start
ed suit in the court at Centerville for
sac, 900 damages, has received $500 in
settlement without trial of the case.
The case was in the hands of Bubbell
Bros, of Trenton, who had prepared to
try the suit when the settlement was
made. The injury happened while he
was shoveling dirt at the base Of q
wall Of dirt and shale about fifteen
feet high. which caved on him. 1t being
necessary to amputate the foot. The
boys father is dead.
Brighton.
Emmett Long died at the home of
his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Price, one week ago. He was out hunt
ing and stumbled, the gun being dis
charged and the shot tearing off the
fore finger and injuring the bone Of
his left hand SO badly that the finger
had to be amputated Death was due
to blood poisoning. He was II years
Of age and q high school student. His
early death is deplored by large
circle Of friends, his father, John
Long, Of Altoona, one sister. MRS. Ethel
Dayton, Of Brighton. and one brother
Ralph, who Is attending school at Iowa
, City. His mother died when he was
quite young.
Abba.
Mystery surrounds the birth Of a
child at the Byer1y hotel. a youns
lady applied at the hotel Tuesday evc-
ming and engaged room. She reg
istsred ~ Goldie McConahay, Ottum-
wa, At q O'clock a. m. she gave birth
to a child. At 3 o'clock tho Same morn
Ing. or just six hours later. tho child
was 6ound dead In tho bed and the
case was turned over to the coroner
Tho body Of the infant was removed to
an undertaking paflor. while the youns
mother was taken to q hospital. There
were no persons who accompanied her
n was stated that she said she was on
| her way to Iowa City. Il 10 since
understood that she resides In tho ives,
part Of Monroe county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
TEST NEW ROAD LAW.
Driver Of Team Refused to Give Hail
Of Road to Autoist.

Driver Of Team Refused to Give Hall
Of Road to Autoist.
Special to Times-Republican.
Clarion. Dec. 20.-One of the first
offenses under the new road law to be
noted in this part Of the state came up
, before Justice White. OF this city, this
week. The law has been for some
time that vehicles shall turn out and
give half Of the road when meeting
another. But the recent law finds q
test case in this incident. Sheldon
Smith was arrested for violation of
the law. L. H. Lesher. who lives
northeast Of this city. was coming up
behind Smith and was in his auto.
Smith was driving his team and would
not turn out. 1t is alleged that he
made the statement he had never
turned out for an auto and never in
tended to. - -
Despite the signals, warnings, and
requests Smith refused to turn out and
let the auto pass. Information was
sworn out iby Lesher against Smith
and he wAs brought before Justice
White who listened to the evidence.
and believing that there was sufficient
evidence to carry the case beyond his
Jurisdiction, bound Smith over to the
grand jury.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
SHOW GREAT INTEREST IN FIGHT
BEING MADE FOR FAIR RAIL.
ROAD RATES.
DISCRIMINATION
WALL De FOREVER REMOVED
State Commission and shippsrs Of
: Many Cities Of HaM,Iesys state Rep.
resented at Chicago Meeting Rail ;.
roads ssnd Forty Expsrts 20 Conn
bat Demands For Square Deal.

Special to Timea-Republican. I,
Chicago, Dec. ao.-H any one ques-
tons whether or not the commercial
interests ;os the cities Of Iowa are. alive
TO the vast Importance Of the hgh be-
Ing made. for fair rates for the Hawk
eye state tosths end that the Chinese
wall Of discedu,dnation shall be forever
eemoysd he should have absended the
hearine here this week before Com
missioner Harlan OF the Interstate
cosmmesce commission. Tho represen-
tativsa Of the commercial bodies in
leading lowe. cities arc here in force.
fll.ed with seal and facts and figures
to back up their demands for q square
deal. On the other nand the import
ance Of the case was shown by the
fact that about forty Representatives Of
the railroads from New York and Chi
cago were on hand to present their
side So
interior Rates Important.
The question Of adjustment Of rates
TO and from mississippi river cities and
the rates to interior Iowa points. AS
to the latter the demand Of the Iowa
business tntereats, voiced thru the
Iowa railway commission and the COM
merce counsel. is for q complete re-
they, will CONFORM to the decision Of the
tnterstate commerce commission last
summer as to what would be reason
al ~ 2S-sp N. =
Of rates OF the rates by zones across
the state between the two rivers 10
that most difficult Of accomplishment.
The Iowa people showed that what the
railroads did in their arrangement Of
schedules was not even fair attempt
to make this spread CONFORM to the
orders.
The state Of Iowa IL represented at
the hearing by Clifford Thorne. chair
man Of the railroad commissions; J. H.
Henderson. commerce counsel; C.. A.
Robbins. assistant attorney general: A.
d. Beals. rate expert; and A.. T. Sim
del rate clerk, for the commission.
The following are here to represent
commercial bodies in one capacity or
another: w. B. Martin, Dubuque; M.
D. Smiley, Clinton; F. ]. Danner. Dav-
EXPORT; Edward Egan. Burlington; C.
NJ. Gould. Muscatine: ]. M. Fulton,
Keokuk: R D. Waller, Dubuque; A. P.
Bryant. Clinton; j. H. O'Hatlaran,
Clinton: H. F. Sundbers. Cedar Rap
Ids; E. q. Wylie and F. w. Lehman.
Des Moines: E. H. Draper. Marshall-
town; A. B. Coombs. Marshalltown; C.
Q. Dawson. Ottumwa: C. s. Herrick,
Waterloo; w. A. Hayden. Grinnell; ].
K. Mahon. Ottumwa: F. H. Dowler.
Fort Dodge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
eoRmAh STILL MISSING.
Interest In Case Turns 70 Character Of
indebtedness Of Insurance Agent.

Indebtedness OF Insurance AGENT
Special to Times Republican.
Webster City, Dec. 20.-There Is still
much interest in Webster City over the
mysterious disappearance Of Earl 9.
German, who wrote letter from Des
Moines to his wife In this city, say
ing he was going to commit suicide and
tina. his body would be found in the
river. Interest has SHIFTED largely. how
ever. from German, to his debts and the
statement is being freely made here
that. the 800 or $500 which State Agent
E L. Rines. Of the National Life Insur-
ance Company, says German abscond-
edwithin funds Of the company. in
reality belonged to Rdnes and not the
insurance company and that Rines.
personally. stands to lose this money.
There IL no longer any doubt but that
German is alive. Ills wife is satisfied
Of that and so are local officials, who
have now practically abandoned the
case for the reason that HamllteA
county has no reason for wanting to
locate the man. Mr.. German is now
selling on her furniture ct private sale
and announces that she will take her
little family Of six and 30 back to her
parents In California. The furniture In
the German homo was the finest money
could buy and will yield her ample
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
rr..r News in Brief.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to T1meS-HepuOucah'
rraer. Dec, 2O.-The L. v. Kuchynka
farm Of 120 acres, two miles west or
Clutter, was purchased ~ James
Hosek at 3125 per acre. The farm IL
rented for the coming year to Mr.. Eos.
Mr.. Hosek will not get possession TIL
1915.
Miss Dorothy Daniel, who has been
travelling with a concert company, Is
expected home for a short holiday va
cation. She has been in the east OF
late.
John Spiers and family are moving
to the N. H. Adams place. which they
recently purchased. William Boldt and
family are leaving the Adams place
to take charge Of the Morrison farm
Just vacated by Henry 1.ammert. MI.
Lammert is moving to Gladbrook.
Clarence Archer and Pete Wilson ar
rived this week from Alberta. Canada.
to spend the winter. Mr.. Archer walks
with crutches as g. result OF broken
leg which was caught In a threshing
machine.
Henry Beckett came from South Da-
kota this week to start building oper-
atoms on the Seelye tract in South
Traer which he recently purchased He
will have to move by March 1, 80 1t
is necessary to get some OF the out
buildings up this fall.
Mrs. James Bruna refuses to con-
firm the sale Of the Ryan Farm which
she and her husband recently sold at
auction to v. Yuska at $165 per acre.
The check for $1,000 to bind the sale
has been returned to Yuska.
George Tesmer has quit his job as
night man at the Rock Island depot
and will take a six months course in
telegraph in Valparaiso. Ind. He Is
succeeded by Henry White. q cousin
from Indiana.
A. T. Davis and family. late OF
Boone. have located in Traer. Mr..
Davis is blacksmith and Is in the
employ OF Roy McComas.
The w. c. T. u has made possible
the opening Of the rest room In the
federation building all day to accom-
| modate out-of-town shoppers and
country women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Schroeder. for
merly Of Traer, now Of Davenport. cell
ebrated their golden wedding last
Monday. All their living children were
with them on this occasion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
Southern Io,ua Items
Bloomfield.

Bloomfield.
The city council met Tuesday night
to consider the letting Of contract for
the laying Of 1900 feet of sewer pipe.
There were several bids made but the
firm of Tschergi & Son, Of Cedar Rap
ids. was the successful bidders. The
contract calls for the expenditure Of
abount $1,000.
Abba.
Dave Scott, who was arrested late in
September, on the charge Of assault
with attempt to commit great bodily
injury upon Mike Vedo, pleaded guilty
before Judge vermilion Tuesday morn
ing. He was given a fine of 500. In
addition. the Judge reprimanded him
for boozing, and stated that the case
would be pushed If Scott ever got into
another scrape Of the same description.
Fairfield.
u will be with you no more. I am
tired of life. Take good care Of ma"
A note containing these words was
found on the person Of Al Miles. who
committed suicide here by drinking
carbolic acid in front Of the home
of his youngest son, Earl. He had been
threatening to take his life Tor the
last few days and had spoken to his
son about It, but his friends refused
to take his threat seriously.
Dee Moines.
George Harnagel, attorney, and his
7-year-old daughter, Margaret, mar
rowly escaped death when struck by
an autom obile driven by George A.
Brewster, a professor in voice culture
lat Highland Park College. They were
taken to q nearby hotel, where It was
found that Mr.. Harnagel had received
q broken arm, q serious injury to his
eye and one broken rib. His daughter
escaped uninjured.
Yorktown.
Ed Henneman performed an experi-
ment Monday that proved very pain
full to him. He had heard that powder
exploding in q bottle would not burst
the bottle. SO Ed placed two teaspoon
fuls Of the explosive in . bottle and
put q lighted match into the bottle.
Tho powder exploded. burst the bot
tic and severely injured the boys
hand. THIS happened Monday and Ed
came In for tho doctor 70 sew up the
tendons Of two dngers which were
badly lacerated.
Washington.
The copper has been placed on the
dome Of the new Methodist church. Old
Jup P1uve held or his wintfy olasta
until tho $4,000 new church was en-
closed. The Job Of soldering the copper
on tho dome was completed ThuxUday
This u said 70 be a. large q dome on
. church building a. there b IN he
state. It required In the nedghborhood
Of $25,ooo worth OF copper 10 cover Il
The work of piastering - progressing
rapidly and 4 10 sxpeoee1 ths build
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
SMOOTH FoRoER At BOONE.

Passes Worthless chseI<s at ,Adix Ho.
: tel and Goodwin Livery Barn.
Special to Times Republican.
Boone. Dec. 20.-Boone has just had
an experience with q forger who was
| somewhat slicker than the ordinary. He
has made good his getaway and has
taken with him Of Of the coin of the
realm belonging to the Adix Hotel and
J. e. Goodwin, livery stable owner. A
man called at the Adix Hotel about
! $3.50 o'clock in the evening, and told the
llandlady that he was foreman of a
gang of men dismantling the Western
Unions line between this city and
Moingona. He said that he would put
his men up at the hotel and asked FOR
accommodations for SIX. The landlady
made the arrangements and he pre-
sented a check for SIS and asked her
to cash the check. giving him S.. He
told her that he would leave the check
with her and call for the balance Of the
money the next morning. She readily
cashed the check and then prepared for
the men. They didn't show up very
soon, 30 she telephoned to the Western
Union office and made inquiries. She
found that the man was q fraud. He
had presented her a check signed by
NJ. J. Schmidt, treasurer of the Kelly
Construction Company. and payable to
y. T. Garvey and endorsed by Mr..
Carney. The manager, Miss Gehr, of
the local Western Union. said that
there was no such person connected
with the work hero and as she was
talking over the phone with the Adix
landlady the foreman Of the gang at
work on the Moingona line entered the
office. His name'is P. v. Anderson and
he at once said that the man undoubt-
eddy was q forger.
Schmidt then went to the J. E. Good
win livery and engaged service for sew
eral horses, putting up the same tale
that he had at the Adix. He presented
another check similar to the one at the
Adix and received another IS and then
left. Tho check was blue one, and
belonged to the National Bank Of
Commerce, Sioux City. The man wore
mustache when at the Adix but had
1t In his pocket when at the Goodwin
livery. There is absolutely no trace of
him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
asaman Ners Netes.

Special to Times-Republlcan.
Beaman. Dec. 20.-Mrs. Susan Crick.
a pioneer. died at the home Of her son.
George Crick, at Sioux Rapids. last
Sunday, and was brought back here for
burial, Rev. J. J. Yost officiating. She
was Of English birth and came to this
country when young girl. She was
"a years Of age and was the oldest
member Of the n. b. church.
Thomas Dingman has been placed in
charge Of the drug store which be-
lonRed to the late w. E. Koeneman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
low. Patent. Granted.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 20.-The following
patents were granted to 1owans for the
week ending Dec. l6, 1918, as reported
from the Office OF Wilfred c. Lane
patnet attorney. sos Croker Building
Des Moines.
Saw jointer-Franklin NJ. Barnard
Milford.
Harrow disk-David w. Bovee. Wa.
terloo.
Actuating mechanism for washing
machines-Charles NJ. Dumend, Water.
loo.
Adjustable clothes line support-Al'
fred S. Erickson, Ames.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-20
CASH RENT OF 80 PER ACRE.

Extraordinary Price offsrsd For 200.
Acro Tama Farm.
Special to Times-Republican.
Traer. Dec. 20.-F. L. Elliott says he
has on offer Of 50 per acre cash rent
for the 200-acre farm he bought last
summer. near GladbrioA. He had ex-
pected to take personal charge Of this
farm but the offer IL so tempting he Is
considering accepting 1t and moving
his family to Traer.