Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-08
Northern Iowa Items

Missouri river late Saturday afternoon
a. The foot OF Virginia street. while
three coynpa nienss ~-Johr DoDgerty.
Peter Means and George Griffin. looked
or. unable 70 help him. Blade. accord
ing 10 his companions was one of the
party Of four which had been INDUCING
in an ali afternoon party at the foot OF
Virginia street Blade declare he was
going in bathing. He threw his coat
and mai on the bank while the others
protested that The water -as too cold
and that ne was in no condition To
swim While they were arguing Blade
fell into the water.
Sioux City.
Mrs. Anna Sundstrom. aged GO. per.
ished in flames that destroyed fhe
home OF her son A. x. Suudstrom. q
farmer living half mile south OF the
Floyd monument. Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Sundstrom vas found by neigh
bors in q downstairs room unconscious
with her clothing burned off. She died
without being able TO expiGin how the
ire started Mrs. Sundstrom had
talked over the telephone with q
reigilbor fifteen minutes before the fire
was discovered. She said then that
she was preparing to start dinner. A
gasolene stove was used, aDG 1t is be-
. iieved there was an explosion. The
Morningside fire company went to the
scene but was unable 10 save the
mouse The body OF Hrs. Sundstrom
was brought TO Westcotts undertak
ing establishment.
Cedar Rapids.
A runaway threshing machine COM
ing down grade on Bever avenue
caused no end of excitement shortly
after noon Friday. A fly wheel on the
engine broke and the man at the throt
tie lost control. As it neared Nine
teen;h street the big machine struck a
pole supporting street car trolley
Tire, swapping il in Two. The three
men on the thresher jumped when they
saT collision was inevitable and one
Of them had a narrow escape from
being hit with the pole as it toppled
over. The curbing was damaged and
street car traffic tied up, the repair
wagon from the street car compan,
being brought to the scene in double
quick time TO repair the trolley wire.
The tlresher was in the hands of two
: brothers, WenciI and Yves Nechell,
i the only other person on the machine
being Z. A. verba. All three escaped
+ injury by jumping.
Sioux City.
! with the issuance by the state su-
preme court Of a procedendo ordering
payment on 5000 Judgment against
J. II. Jones. formerly local saloon
keeper. fined for contempt CT court In
connection with a liquor injunction
the Woodbury. County Anti-Saloor
League has won out all along the line
: in its contention for the constitution
ality OF state prohibitory law, parti-
cuIarly in its application to injunction
and contempt cases. The case was first
heard in the Woodbury. county distric,
court. in December 1910, by Judge
Hutchinson. He dismissed the case
John r. Joseph. attorney for the
league. took 1t up on . writ Of GER
tiorari and the supreme curt reversed
Judge Hutchinson, ordering that 5uds.
ment De entered against the defendant
Jones then appealed & second time
raising the question Of constitutional.
ity. He was again reversed ana h
appealed to the United States supreme
court nearly two years ago, but flet
mo abstract. When the case wal
thrown ont OF the United States court
the state supreme court issued thu
iprocedendo. After nghtlng the CAS-
thru the courts for nearly four years
J Jones must now pay he fine ana costs