Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-17
Northern Io1ua Items

turned quickly to avoid a sma sh up
and was thrown. Fortunately he was
not hurt anG the machine suffered no
material damage. one control being
broken and the starter slightly dam
aged.
Sioux City.
Carl Julius Larson, of this city. was
so anxious to become a citizen Of the
United States that he told Judge Sears
Of the district court that he would for
felt his South Dakota farm, rather
than have it. prove a barrier to his get
| ting his final papers. Larson was re-
minded by Fl. A. Wilson, federal ex-
aminer, that as he was proving up on
his land in Butte county. South Da-
kota, he could not become natural
lied here without FORGETTING the land
Il don't care" said Larson, Il expect
to make Sioux City MY home and
want TO he a citizen even II have to
lose my lard" Larson's fidelity was
considered sufficient and he was ad-
mitted but will lose the land.
Cedar Rapids.
An automobile owned by Fred Nc
Conkie, 1871 Third avenue, and driven
by his daughter, Miss Elizabeth, col
lided with horse and buggy in Fourth
avenue near Tenth street and resulted
in injuries to the horse which made it
necessary to kill the animal. The horse
belonged to L. L. Simmons, and the ac-
cident occurred in front of the Sim
mons home at 1924 Fourth avenue.
The horse was tied to weight, and
it is said that the animal dragged the
weight along the paving and was at
considerable distance from the curb
Miss McConk1e SAID after the accident
that the windshield of her machine
had become clouded with mist and
fog, and she did not see the horse
and buggy unit! the crash came. One
of the animals legs was broken, neces-
stating its being killed.
Ames.
Virgil, the 3-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. A. Matlack, came near meet
ing with a serious accident Tuesday
night when he was struck and run over
by an automobile in front of his home
on Grand avenue. The fact that the
car was going very slow at the time
was all that saved the baby from seri-
Gus injury. AS it was he escaped with
some bad bruises about the face and
left shoulder. His eye is rather badly
SWOlleH anu Inc ShlN Is UTOheI III SeV
eral places. 1t is not thought that
any of the injuries will prove serious
The car tina. struck the baby was from
Gilbert and at the time was being
driven by young and inexperienced
driver. When the child appeared III
the street the driver evidently became
After passing over the child the car
j,,ko he
parking.
Waterloo.
Haunting fear that officers were
lurking everywhere to take him into
custody is said to have impelled Rein
hold Beimler. % years old, to give him
self up at the local police station on a
charge of embezzling $4,000 from the
Prudential Insurance Company Of New
Jersey. II committed embezzlement
in Chicago four weeks ago." said the
young man as he rested his head on
the night sergeants desk.~a sobbed
He explained that the sum taken lasted
only three weeks on the great white
way" and he drifted into Waterloo
without friends and broke Beimler
loitered about the station for more
than an hour before he went inside
The uniformed police officers and the
sight of the bars seemed to fascinate
him. Now anc then he caught glimpses
of the steel doors and the cages in the
rear of the city hall. The changing OF
heavy door caused the young man
to start and he skunk back into a
shadow as a patroiman passed by
After an hours waiting, summonins
all his courage. he walked into the
sergeant's quarters. The officer took
the stranger at his word and locked
him up. Later message was sent to
police headquarters in Chicago.