Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

Davenport.
While tishing in the Mississippi river
Tuesday night. Robert Carlson fell out
of his boat and was drowned.
Des Moines.
4 Justice of the peace has been found
in Iowa who objects TO kissing the
bride after performing marriage
ceremony He not only objects to an
official escula ton, -lut assesses an al
ditional fee of SO % the groom in case
il IS required.
Des Moines.
Two Des Moines men dropped dead
Tuesday from heart failure. They
were Frank d. Reichman, SO, OF 1O1o
Park avenue, who died at the home OF
a friend just after having remarked
about his excellent physical condition,
and Mack Latham, 30, OF 2227 Maple
street, who was found dead in the rail-
road depot at Stuart.
conesviIis.
! Fire of unknown origin destroyed the
! large barn on the HaSerman and Vet
! ter farm, better known as the old John
! Tarpy place. The cause Of the fire Is
unknown. Twelve head of horses and
one COW were cremated in the struc-
| ture. The tenant, t1r. Wits losses
also included 1000 bushels of oats
twenty five tons Of hay. 200 bushels
| Of corn and eight or nine sets OF mar
ness. The losses We're covered BY
| partial insurance.
Knoxville.
The first annual track and field NEE
Of the Southern Iowa High Schoo
Athletic Association will be held a
Knoxville Saturday The association
which has been under process of or
ganization since early last fall, include
the high schools Of Osxaloosa, Abba
Charlton, Indianola, Pella and Knox
Vile. OF these schools lndianola seem
TO have the best chance to win tn
meet next Saturday. altho Oskaloos
and Knoxville will bid strongly TO
honors.
Davenport.
woman with whom he had former
" lived and whom he had told Of tn
crime was responsible Tor the arrest c
Verne Madden, a youth of 20 years, o
the charge Of murder. For eightee
, months the woman, Ruth Lambert. 2
of age. kept the terrible secret. Sew
, eral times she walked TO the police sta
, ton TO tell the authorities all the de
. tails of the murder, but each time sh
lost her nerve on reaching The door {
the police station. She says the untol
:, story weighed on her mind until sh
. could withhold it 40 longer.
/ CentervilIe.
i Chairman Of the county board {
! supervisors, B. S. Everman, has foun
{ it necessary to resign owing to cor
t tinued i'll health following stroke I
). paralysis last fall. William P. Smit
: of Walnut township, the same towr
: ship from which Mr.. Everman cam
a has been appointed 20 fill the plac
: The term will expire next Januar
:. when Butler Ellis. the frs. democrs
8 elected to the board for several year
n will take the place. The appointmel
- was made by the county auditor, cour
Q ty recorder and county clerk.
6 OskaIoosa.
n Announcement was made Tuesds
" that Floyd E. Thomas has rendered h
It resignation as athletic director at Per
d College and will leave '0skaloosa with
IL couple of weeks 20 accept positic
d on the local staff Of the ST. Paul Di
II patch and Pioneer Press at1St. Pal
II MINI. Thomas was formerly engage
is lin newspaper work, being with the 0
II tumwa Courier, Onlslha News, anu lat
IL the Knickerbocker Press attAlbany,
It Y. The news Of Thomas resignati,
in will be received with general regret
the football and basketball fans Of o