Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-15
Southern Io1ua Items

effort to undo his wrong he paid back
the money to the two Fairfield banks
and would when released from prison,
make an honest effort to pay back the
s14 due the National State Bank of
Mount Pleasant on the $500 voucher he
cashed at that bank. The court In pro-
nouncing sentence gave Bower lee
ture on the error of his ways and or
dered the prisoner confined to Fort
Madison penitentiary where he will
serve a concurrent term of fifteen
years, an indeterminates sentence in
which he is to expiate- both offenses
committed in Fairfield, Sheriff Camp
bell took him TO Fort Madison We'd
nesday.
Muscatine.
Charles Rabbit, who was arrested
Saturday for attempting to pass a
raised 81 big sat the Dollar Store. was
taken to. Davenport .by United States
Commissioner H. b Mills. OF Omaha,
and given, hearing before Federal
Judge Bush. and was bound over to the
federal grand jury. which will meet IN
two weeks. Bond not being furnished.
the youth will be retained in Daven-
port. Rabbit denies any knowledge of
lIc ldSl lildl luc Dla was IdlSSQ anu
stated that he obtained it in Rock Is
land over year ago. The work on the
bill was crude and the attempt here
attempt made in Davenport several
days ago.
Extra.
general meeting Of the members of
the Extra Cooperative Company was
held in the Danish Brotherhood hall.
The work Of organizing, begun at
former meetings, was continued. The
temporary board of directors, chosen
at the last meeting, submitted a set
Of articles Of incorporation and by
laws which were adopted without
change. Eighteen candidates were then
nominated for permanent position on
the board of directors and the follow
ing nine were elected to serve for the
coming year: r. G. Nancarrow. p. NJ.
lessen, H. A. Nelson, George Mccall,
j. B. ]. Lohner, William Ridgeley,
Chris Wolf. Abel Stone and w. F. VIII
liams. The new board of directors
met directly after the general meeting
and proceeded to elect their officers
for the year. The following were cho-
sen: P. NJ. lessen, president; H. A..
Nelson. vice president: J.. B. j. Lohner,
secretary, and r. G. Nancarrow, treas
urer.
Ottumwa.
1t is not given to many people to
serve half century in one calling, but
among Ottumwa's ministers Is one now
retired who has served in the church
in numerous pastorates for more than
fifty years. This is Rev. David Van
Dyke, D. D., who has made this city
his home for several years. Save for
supplying in one of the local or near
by churches occasionally, this veteran
of the cross has given UP active service.
Rev. David Van Dyke was licensed and
ordained by the presbytery at Man.
chester, o. After fifteen years there
he accepted the pastorate at East
Saginaw, Mich, of the First Preshy.
terrain church. In seven years he be-
came pastor of the First Avenue church
at Evansville, Ind. For twenty mine
years and six months he continued to
work in the ministry in Indiana. His
last charge was the Sixth Presbyterian
church in Indianapolis, where falling
health caused him to have PASTORAL
relations severed.
~ "
A woman, whose name Is withheld,
walked into the Hershey State Bank
Monday and after looking over the
place carefully. proceeded to enter
the private office of the president,
which was vacant at that time, and
locked herself in. Every effort on the
part of the employees to have her open
the door proved futile and the police
station was notified. Chief Of Police
Rice responded, and succeeded in hav-
| ing the woman open the door. Upon
| being asked what she was doing she
stated that she wanted to know some
| thing agout the banking business. She
| was taken to the local station, and re-
fusing to give her name was taken over
to the county jail and detained unit
her identity could be established. II
later developed that the woman hat
been visiting relatives here and hai
left the house. Her brother appeared
| and stated that her home was in Wau-
kegon. It is believed that she is In .
demented condition.