Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-05-29
c.. r. /. 4 II. Railway company and
the Penn sylyania Railway cOmpany

| tAc 1CAASyAVduld halfway COulpdu!
for the recovery Of damages sustained
in the loss of two automobiles in tran
J sit from East Moline to Pittsburgh.
A warrant was sworn out for Emer,
D. Faatz, aged %, trusted driver fol
the Wells Fargo Express company al
Dubuque, who has been missed two
days. Eight hundred and twenty-five
dollars, $500 of which was in silver
dollars and weighed 30 pounds, is also
missing.
Thirty-five thousand dollars worth
Ct damage was done by fire in two
towns near Marshalltown during the
past few days. Fire originating from
an overheated stove did $4,000 in
damage at Rhoades, almost all of the
business section being burned. AT
Colo Story county, six business build
iLgs were burned, cause unknown,
fand about 5000 damage was done.
Ben Friend has been compelled to
give up his position with the Adver-
tiser-Gazette at Creston and will leave
for Los Angeles, Cal, where his sis
tiers and brother live He was away
a good part Of last year on account
of his health and returned in October
very much better. For several weeks
past, however, his health has not been
at all good and he has decided to
give up his work for time at least
and recuperate.
Mandel Clayman, aged As, was found
dead in the bath room of his home in
Des Moines. An examination of the
body by Coroner Lee disclosed bull
let hole piercing the mans forehead.
A revolver lying on the floor nearby
gave evidence of suicide. Clayman
left a note to his wife saying that he
intended to end his life and stating
that his act was due to business and
financial troubles.
Fire destroyed a large barn on the
farm of O. Z. WEIGH about six miles
southeast of Manning. A large six
cylinder automobile which was in
building nearby was also destroyed.
The auto had been driven less than
| hundred miles and was a new one.
The farm home was also in danger, in
it was quickly extinguished. A horse
was burned to death. A large silo
went up in flames, also farm machin-
cry. The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Two farmers claimed bounty for
wolves killed near Ottumwa within
the last few days. w. S. Stevens, who
resides at Chillicothe, brought the
pelts of one old and eight young
wolves, and Guy Kittermann of Dab
lonefa, northeast of Ottumwa, killed
an extra large gray wolf, for which
he filed claim for bounty. William
Stult of near Agency killed eight last
week.
Roy Johnson of Clinton was arrest
ed at Dewitt by City Marshal RED"
Moore, on the charge of stealing
horse and buggy belonging to John A.
Monroe, of Davenport, who conducts
a blacksmith shop in Moline. john
son has been taken to Rock Island
county for trial. The thief was traced
to Low Moor, and later to Dewitt. The
Clinton police notified the Dewitt au-
thorities that the purloiner of the rig
had come to Dewitt. and Johnson's
arrest followed.
George H. Woodson, the colored at
torney of Buxton, who formerly served
In the Twenty-fifth United States in
fantry, telegraphed President Wilson
proffering his aid as a soldier or in
any capacity in which he could be
used il war must come with Mexico.
Mr.. Woodson has sent out circular let
ters and has asked that 100 colored
men Of good moral character and be-
tween the ages of 81 and As write him
at Buxton that they are ready to go
with him to war.
Vi, The jury in the case Of W.. E. Nc
Cloud vs.. the c., B. & @. railroad in
district court at Centerville arrived at
q verdict shortly after the breakfast |
hour and reported to Judge Eichel-
beger as soon as court could be as
sembled. The jury gave to Plaintiff |
McCloud a judgment for $500 damages
for six horses which were killed by an |
engine in February of last year. Suit
was originally for double damages,
which would have been $1,000, but the
jury allowed for single damages only.
D. w. Lotspeich, the leading fruit !
grower of western Iowa and owner Of |
the large orchard at Woodbine used
by Ames horticulturists for demon
strating the proper methods of caring
for an orchard is back from an all
winters sojourn in the south, where
he made a careful study of the fruit
industry of Florida and is emphatic in
his expressions concerning more clear
money to be made in the fruit indus
try here than in the orange business
of the south as a result of the same
amount of money and labor expended.
r Donald Schroeder, 5-year-old son Of
Rev. and Mrs. F. Schroeder, 1908 Lo-
gan avenue, Waterloo, was struck by
an automobile driven by N. C. Morri-
son, but the child escaped with few
minor bruises. He has been quite
sick since the accident, but it is not