Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-13

countys expense. Miss Duvall had
been in Davenport for about a week.
and had been stopping at the Chandler
apartments at Sixth and Harrison. She
had $50 when she came, but soon ex-
pended this sum for joyrides and
touches Of the gay life, according to
the police, Her mother says the girl
works good for weeks at a time. then
! throws caution to the winds and
launches upon polite sprees.'
| IndianoIa.
Claude j. Martin, representing Simp-
| son college, was the winner Of first
prize in the state prohibition contest
here Saturday night. He will receive
SIS and gold medal. Second prize
went to Richard L. Mitchell Of Morn
ingside, who receives s25 and silver
medal The honors for third place went
to John L. Spargo of Central Holiness
University who received a bronze
medal. The other. contestants were
Ruth Benson Of Cornell, Agnes Aithken
of Buena Vista, Chase Conover of Penn
and Otis L. Walter of Western Union.
c. Durant Jones, of Perry. contributed
the 500 cash prizes for the first two
winners.
Davenport.
A loss Of $4,000 was sustained in a
fire in the pattern shop of the DaVen-
port Machine & Foundry Company. at
Fourth and Division streets late FRI
day afternoon. The origin OF the fire
has not as yet been discovered, but 1t
is believed that it may have started
from a spark Of locomotive. The
fire department was called at 4:25 in
the afternoon and when it arrived the
roof was in flames. In addition to the
damage to the roof the interior OF the
} building was considerably damaged
John T. Anderson. superintendent o.
the factory. said yesterday that ne
would be unable to place an estimate
on the loss until an inventory had beer
, made, but he believed it would be II
the neghborhood of $4,000.
Council Bluffs.
Mr.. ]. w. Frasch, living with hi
family at 14s Glenn avenue, Counci
: bluffs, is a nephew Of Herman Frasch
who recently died in Paris leaving al
estate of s25.00O,000. Matters affecting
the estate are now being heard in thu
, courts Of New York City. Frasch cam'
to America from Germany poor DO!
lin 1858. He became a chemist OF tn
Standard Oil Company and presiden
of the Union Sulphur Company. Thu
value Of the company's sulphur beds II
: Louisiana is estimated at a large sun
| | and was assessed in 1911 at 110,OOOO0O
|, A reappraisal Of the estate OF Frascl
: / is being demanded by the surrogate
. court Of New York. The Council Bluff
3 member Of the family is an official o
). the Northwestern railroad.
Museatine.
Within mile of the point where tn
!. llifeless body of Peter Goede was re
covered week ago fishermen discov
, cred another bloated form, foatin
with the current, Saturday morning
Another remarkable coincident whic
! marked the finding of the body is tina
like the gruesome find OF. last week tn
body was coatless and the vest wa
: also missing. The body which wa
( recovered by two fishermen, G. l
: Trout and Allison Garard was take
4 Il to the Illinois shore and later brough
v to the Meyers Undertaking rooms. Tn
/ body was discovered near the Drur
e dam at about 9 o'clock. The BODY
e THAT Of well dressed man as indi
n Gated by his clothing and shoes. In
r trousers were Of greenish color an
e q cord weave. They bore the label 9
y the 81 System" His shoes were OF
d modern pattern, being patent leatne
v buttoned. The body is bloated and tn
a flesh badly decayed. hence his identlll
d cation thru his facial feature Is hardl
. possible. The man has heavy dark hal
e and is about SO tall and weighed abou
q 1l0 nOunds. bs.g.