Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-22
Southern Io1ua Items

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1 institute also went on record as being
| the department OF agriculture, the
| resolutions declaring it to be needless
Orient. 80 a. a&@+ aa
c. J. Eatinger returned from a three
days trip thru parts sof Adair and
Madison counties in ahe interest of the
Adair County Mutual Insurance Com
pany. Of which he is, vice president.
He went as an inspector OF chimneys
! and said It was amazing the number Of
| defective chimneys he came across. In
one day he was obliged to hold up
nearly $1,000 of insurance because the
| chimneys were bad and hence the In
\ surance void until fixed. Mysterious
fires occur and people wonder how it
! happened when If they but knew. nine
times out OF ten 1t was a defective
chimney In Germany achimneys have
to be inspected, cleaned and repaired
! twice year spring and fall, and hence
their fire loss is minimzed and the rate
Of insurance is much less than in this
country. 1t is compulsory with them
and it ought to be SO here.
| Davenport. 80" .@
| Harry Kelly. chauffeur for Ed
ward Slevin. narrowly escaped instant
death about o'clock Sunday night
when a Burlington passenger train
struck the machine which he was dr,v-
ing at the railroad crossing on East
Second street, near; the government
bridge. Only Kelly's presence Of mind
| in jumping from the car when he be-
| came aware of the approach of the
! train. saved, his life, and he escaped
with only few minor bruises as the
| result Of his experience. Kelly. who
| lives at 322k Brady street, was driv-
ing east on Second street when the
accident occurred. and IT Is supposed
that he did not hear the approaching
train until it was too late to avoid
the crash. An instant besore-th train
struck the machine he Jumped from
| the opposite side and alighted several
yards away. The automobile was
totally wrecked.
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John Lyle, a Portuguese, was, bound
over to await action OF the grand jury
on charge OF carrying a deadly
weapon. In default OF bond in the
sum of $3.50 he was incarcerated 81, the
county JAIL there to remain until his
case is disposed OF. Lyle was arrested
by the police Saturday night. He is
said TO have been intoxicated. Earlier
in the evening he had fired revolver
on Exchange street, the police say.
When he was arraigned before Judge
Mcnamara in the police court this
morning Lyle waived a preliminary
hearing. Under the new law. which
makes the carrying of a deadly weapon
a penitentiary offense, Lyle must face
the grand jury. In years past such an
offense has been punishable by either a
Jail sentence or a heavy fine.
Nsota.
A serious wreck occurred at the
crossing Of the Rock Island and Nil
waukee railroad tracks here Saturday,
and but for the watchfulness OF the
towerman. who Htched the Rock Island
train.. would have resulted even more
seriously. Two freight trains were APP
preaching the crossing OF the two
roads. The towerman dropped the
board for the Milwaukee train to pro-
! coed And signalled the Rock Island
train 70 stop, at the same time throw
ing the derails in position. The Rock
Island train. apparently moi Under
control ana owing to It's own yno,nen-
tnm, could not stop, crashing into the
dsrS the big engine toppled over
anu feff into the S.!.nh hnffnrn side mn
The tender was thrown across the
tracks. One carload OF hogs wa,
wrecked. The crew OF the Rock Island
engine escaped by Jumping, but It wa,
reported the engineer. who was taker
to Council Bluffs, was slightly hnrt
The names OF the engineer and fire.
men were not learned. A wrecking out.
fit from Council Bluffs pulled tn,
y wreck aside and an engine took tn,
remaining cars iIltc the Rft,fYs 8.fA. 8 :.