Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16


stopped to investigate from whence it
came. II seems to have started be-
tween the walls and had gained quite
a Roadway when discovered. It is
reported that the sitting room furniture
was mostly saved and that everything
else was consumed. There was $500
insurance on the household goods.
Corning.
w S Hefing, who was defeated foi
the Office OF county attorney OF Adams
county at the general election BY At
torney A. Ray Maxwell, son OF Judge
Thomas L. Maxwell. of Creston. by
the narrow margin of seventeen votes
has served notice upon Auditor F. NJ
Linn OF Adams county, that ne viii
drop the contest which he instituted
upon the ground that errors had beer
made in the count sufficient 10 change
the election.
Des Moines
A seven passenger automobile be.
longing to c. W. Bruce was almost TO-
tally destroyed by fire Sunday mig HI
The fire started when the engine back
fred as Mr. Bruce was cranking It The
machine was less than a year old. A
the first flash of the flames Nj Bruce
narrowly escaped injury from the fire
4 glove he was wearing became ablaze
and was ruined before he could re-
move II from his hand There was nj
explosion from the gasolene.
Shenandoah.
In an effort to free two Of their cit
liens from the state reformatory a
Anamosa. the Turkish government has
AYfnrnayS ant
Barnes, of Shenandoah. to represen
them. Sakr Hasson and Sulermair
Hasson, two brothers from the Turk.
fish province, were sent to the prison
eight years ago, convicted of the muir
der of Trad Nonfel Syrian salesman
whose body was found on the ice in the
Boyer river. the head crushed with {
baseball bat. The trial was held a
. Denison, IN Crawford county. Sine.
| that time evidence has turned up L
tprove that the two men, under twenty
ifive-year sentences. are innocent of thu
crime and their release will be sought
| An affidavit from the murdered bay.
father states that he has learned OF
investigation that the two men con-
| yicted are innocent of his sons murder
/, Wapeilo.
I The sentiments Of the Louisa count!
! farmers and many others residing here
relative to the quarantine placed OF
livestock in this county. are espresso,
lin window display of a local clothini
store. State Veterinarian Gibson i
icaricatured as a wealth "plute" with /,
dress suit, silk hat, etc, the packer i
portrayed by another fashionabl.
fdressed figure. kid gloves, cane. etc
while teddy bears, costumed in over
falls. red kerchiefs and old hats repre-
fsent the Iowa farmers. The state vet
erinarian and the packer are attempt
| ing to explain Just how 1t all hap
pened One farmer is reaching for
big gun in his hip pocket and saying
t"Let me get him (Dr. Gibson). I'll fl
him. My stock are ready to ship.
lThe farmers children are crying. ~
\ Christmas for us. Father can't shi
his stock" Above all large eagl
Is swooping down, plaearded Power
d full Graft" Judging from the remark
made BY interested spectators. til
farmers are all saying. "Them's m
sentiments, tew." There has bee
considerable feeling here over n
quarantine. as there have been no ev
licences or the foot and mouth dis
ease in Louisa county or within twsn
ity-five miles OF It