Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-24
Council Bluffs.

Council Bluffs.
The Iowa State School for the Deaf
will open for the fall term on Sept. Is
The school is free to all deaf children
Of Iowa Of school age.
| Mount Pleasant.
| Three youths who stole two automo-
biles last week, were arrested between
Boone and Denison and sentenced to
Anamosa for five years They were
Charlie Wyant Clarence Connery and
]. w. Henry. The first car they stole
was that Of Attorney ]. c. McCold, OF
Mount Pleasant The other was
larger car belonging to a Boone man.
Both cacs were recovered.
OskaIoosa.
The Rock Island passenger station
here was broken into, the safe blown
and $2S.10 taken some time between 10
o'clock Friday night and o'clock this
| morning. Nitroglycerine was used to
gain entrance to the safe and few
tools which were left lying upon the
floor are the only clews upon which
the officers have to work. 1t Is their
opinion that the crime was the result
Of professionals labors and that they
were frightened away before entirely
finishing their efforts.
Dss Moines.
Union labor leaders held a confer
! ence with the state board OF control
to discuss the employment OF seventy
five prisoners in the construction or
the state epileptic home at Woodward.
The committee left the state house
without fling protest J. H. Strict.
president Of the Iowa Federation OF
Labor, was the spokesman for the Ia
bor conittee. He told the board of
control that the labor interests had
been informed that the contractor at
| Woodward will use convicts for the
skilled work. The board explained
that the convicts will be used for the
common labor only. and that the skill
ed work will be done by free labor.
This appeared to be satisfactory to
the committee. The union men did
not protest the establishment OF the
chair factory at the Fort Madison PEN
itentiary.
Woodburn.
The postoffice at Woodburn. was
robbed some time Wednesday night or
early Thursday morning and between
$50 and SITS worth of money and
stamps taken. The robbers gained en-
trance to the building by breaking IN,
and then blew the safe with nitro
glycerine The Woodburn officials no.
titled Creston authorities as soon as
the robbery had been discovered this
morning, and requested that the blood
hound be brought at once. Deputy
United States Marshal w. w. Exline,
Alva Thomas and John Buzzard re-
parted on No. with the dog king"
The bloodhound readily took up the
scent at the postoffice and followed
the same trail to the Burlington depot
three or four times. The conclusion
reached by the officials was that the
robbers had made their escape on q
freight train. or possibly on one OF the
Ringing circus trains which passed
thru that town before daylight.
Iowa City.
With their auto engine stopped dead
in the middle OF a steep hill near Scion
and the brakes refusing to hold the
heavy car, Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Houser
and party from Iowa City. INDUCED in
sensational coast backwards down
the hill. For short distance Mr..
Houser was able to guide the car and
keep it in the middle Of the ROAD, but
when 1t began to coast down more
rapidly he lost control and the machine
swerved and ran hind end foremost
into a soft clay bank at the side of the
road. The automobile was running SO