Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-18
Northern Io,ua Items

for sleeping purposes and had large
movable dining car built, mounted on
thresning machine trucks. The kitch.
en- was at one end and there was room
for twenty-six to sit down at one time.
In order that the men should have the
best kind OF board, Mr.. Sedlacek se-
cured the services of professional
Chef
vinton.
The death OF Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Butterfield. OF Belle Plaine. came near
being caused by asphyxiation at the
home Of their cousin. ]. A. Butterheld.
OF this city wednesday evening. Mr..
and Mrs Butterfield were attending
the veterans reunion and went home
after the camp fire to stay tho night
at the home Of their cousin. When
Mrs. j. A. Butterfield called them In
the morning they did not answer.
Later on she called them again. and
again they did not answer She went
to their room and found the room filled
with gas and Mr.. and Mrs Butterfield
wore close to death A physician was
called Immediately and with the aid
OF the city lung motor Mr.. Butterfieid
soon recovered and was able to be
down town In the afternoon. They
were not used to gas and evidently
blew instead of turning 1t out.
Waterloo.
Mrs. George H. Frush. Sr. aged IS
wears. died at st. Francis hospital at
$40 o'clock Thursday evening as
result Of injuries received q week ago
when the automobile in which she waa
riding with her son and daughter-in-
law, crashed into coal car On the W..
c. F. & n. belt line at the lndepen-
dence avenue crossing. In the accf-
dent. Mrs F'rush was thrown from tina
machine and suffered deep SCALP
wound and cuts about the head. Her
left ear was severed She remained
in a semi-conscious condition for sew
eral days and then seemed to rally.
with every indication that she WOULD
recover Thursday evening she SUI
fered relapse about O'CLOCK ana
died within two hours. Mrs. George
RI. Frush, Jr.. Is still in the nosp1tai
and is recovering from her INJURIES
Mr.. Frush, who was driving the car.
was not injured.
Fort Dodge.
Cornelius Ryan. an old man. was ar
rested Friday afternoon on three war
rants sworn out by the FRANK Gates
COMPANY. the a. A. Wheeler Clothing
Company dilu Iho -. 49,
store. each charging him with petty
larceny. He had in his possession
when arr.stei, three women's auto
hats supposed to have been taken fTo'':
the Frank Gates Company, pair OF
shoes reported taken from RudesiiFs
and a thin mackinaw said to have been
from the A. A. Wheeler Company
Also. unidentified. he had two pairs OF
kid gloves and some pins which he
said came from the Boston Store. AT
his hearing In police court he pleaded
guilty to all three charges. making
drink his excuse. He received nne
of 500 or thirty days on each OF the
three counts. and took the jail sem
tence He was turned over to the
sheriff at 3:l5.
Cedar Rapids.
Since his arrest Thursday. John
Young. the negro who Is being held at
the notice station for investigation IN
connection with the cutting array
Wednesday night when Henry Rely.
hotel cook. was robbed of $40 and later
slashed several times with knife. mas
denied that he Is the husband or MIS-.
Elizabeth Brown. alias Anna Brown,
the woman who is charged with the
crime. Young says he Is Pullman
porter on the SANTA re railway, H"u
is spending his vacation IN Cenar
Rapids. S. T. London and his Wite.
Lillian London, were also arrested and
are being held for Investigation In
connection with the same crime. the
four prisoners We're rooming at III
North Tenth street. and It has been
ascertained that the two women lett
the house together late "Wednesday
,,iyht Slortly afterward n man was
held up and robbed by two women at i
Fifth avenue and Third street. The
knife with which Mrs. Brown slashed I
Rely was found in Second avenue near
Sixth street. yesterday by w! F. spray.
IF this city and turned over to the
police. Rezy's wounds are causing him
a great deal Of pain and It will be some
time before he will be able to resume
his duties as second cook at the Hotel
Montrose.