Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-17

Iowa City.
The university wireless station was
overheard by the Christian Brothers
College station in Memphis. Tennessee
as they talked to the government sta
ton in st. Louis last week, according
to operators. The Memphis college Ia
$50 miles from Iowa City.
Davenport.
Despondent over the death Of his
wife two years ago, DR.. Ward Beecher
Gilbert, local physician, Thursday
committed suicide by locking himself
in room and turning on the gas. DR..
Gilbert was 81 years old and was edu-
Gated in colleges of the east.
Bloomfield.
Walter Smith. young man, was
lodged in the Wapello Jail Thursday
after an exciting chase by bloodhounds.
Smith is charged with willful ncen-
diarism for firing an unoccupied house
in Fox township, Davis county. The
alleged firing took place Saturday
night. Smith was bound over to the
grand jury.
Iowa City.
Colonel r. P. Howell, Of the Fifty
fourth Iowa regiment, was called to
Riverside Wednesday night to organize
Troop B, of the new First regiment Of
Iowa National Guard cavalry. He will go
to North English next. to. organize
Troop A. The North English conting-
ent was ready first, and will bear the
initial letter, altho Riverside's soldiers
are "sworn i'm in advance of the Iowa
county riders.
Shena ndoah.
Among the cases to be tried at this
term Of the district court at Clarinda,
which began Wednesday Is one at
tempting to break the will Of John
Shultz, who died of typhoid fever In
the state hospital for the insane last
summer and who willed a 120 acre farm
to his sweetheart, Miss Bessie Nor
ledge. His family is suing to recover
the land, which is near Braddyville,
across the Missouri line. Mr.. Shultz
| was about As at the time Of his death.
keokuk.
Two Hancock county men were in
dicted by the federal grand jury
| Wednesday on the charge OF having
shipped cattle into closed area. The
alleged offense was said to have been
committed when Hancock county had
been declared a closed area by the
secretary Of agriculture, to prevent
the spread of hoof and mouth disease
The men who were indicted are w. w
| Lawless and ]. B. Johnson. They were
arraigned this morning and pleaded not
guilty. Their bonds were fixed at $500
which were given.
Davenport. y
BY the terms Of the will Of M. d
Petersen, Davenport's leading merchant
and financier, estate valued at over II,
OO0. 900 will eventually be distributed
among charitable and philanthropic or
Ranizations. His wife and children are
given life interest in the estate. At their
dealt, It is to be divided among the
Masonic charity fund of Iowa, Ladies
Industrial Relief Society of Davenport
| Cook Home For Friendless Women
Davenport; Lend-a-H Hand Club, Daven-
port; American Society For Physical
Research, Davenport Levee Improves
ment commission and the Friendly
House Settlement of Davenport. Levee
commissioners are directed to use their
share of the estate in improving river
front parks Of Davenport
cantril.
| Roy Pickett, q bachelor. aged about
go years, committed suicide in his gar
age Thursday morning by hanging
His housekeeper saw him last at
o'clock Thursday morning. When she
called him to dinner he failed to re-
spond and this led to an investigation
His body was found hanging behind his
automobile In his garage. and lifo wal
extinct. Indications were that he had
been dead for one or two hours. Mr.
Pickett suffered stroke Of apoplexy
| two years ago and since that time haa
been in poor health. He lived on q
farm about Ave miles north Of Cantril
He is q survived by one sister, Mrs
Josie Bushing OF Cantril. and 2 brother