Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-14
Northern Io1ua Items

blood is said to have existed for some
time. The shooting occurred in the
Barton restaurant.
Cedar Falls
Ed Lane, q one-legged man, resi-
dence unknown, returned Saturday at
ternoon and secured his money he had
tossed out Of his funds for being
drunk and disorderly. Lane. who IS
obviously a professional hobo, had
s11.20 when arrestedf Friday night.
When arraigned Saturday morning IN
| Mayor Newman's court Lane wanted
to save money by laying out" his
fine in Jail. The court refused, de-
Quoted the amount-ef the fine, 80. ana
cost-s7S5 in all, and handed the re-
mainder to Lane. The latter threw
the money on the floor and left, de-
claring he wanted all his money or
none, Later he changed his mind and
returned for his change.
Sioux City.
Incompetency is no ground for the
removal of policeman, according TO
the Iowa statutes, Judge John Ander-
son announced in decision In the dls-
trict court. The case in point was
that Of the appeal Of Policemen Frank
Toxic and Thomas Tracy from the de-
cision Of the civil service commission o!
the CITY. They had been dismissed
from the service by the chief OF police
! for incompetency and the commission
had modified the order to suspension
for a certain time. The judge nelo
the commission could only affirm or
revoke the chief of policies ruling IN
its entirety. AS to the question OF
competency the judges ruling stated
il does not appear to be statutory
cause for removal.
Fort Dodge.
The Fort Dodge, Des MONIES anu
Southern will soon enter Des Moines
over it's own right of way. according
to an announcement made by General
Manager Crooks The company has
purchased the right OF way from Swan
wood Junction to Brooks street. Des
Moines. The contract for grading has
been let, the work to start this fall. so
that by next spring, when the rails will
be laid, the ground will be settled
When finished, the Improvement will
cost the company 100000. At present
| tho line uses the Rock Island from
Swanwood Junction. Aside from this
announcement Manager Crooks stated
that he has received word that the two
new passenger coaches would be ship
ned from the American Car Company,
| ST. Louis, on August 1st Both coaches
are to be constructed OF steel. One
will be put on the Ames line and the
/ larke one on the main line.
!! Cedar Rapids.
A long search for an automobile
stolen from Ann Arbor, Mich. on May
lis. ended in Cedar Rapids when the
car was found at the home of George
Stoner, farmer living about four
miles south Of the city. Mr.. Stoner
purchased the automobile ten days ago
from Cyril Westphal Of Brighton,
Mich. who is accused Of stealing 1t.
and who was arrested yesterday at
Colorado Springs. and is now on his
way back to Brighton in custody of an
officer from the Colorado city. The
stolen car was recovered and the al
EleRed thief arrested thru the efforts OF
! Deputy Sheriff James Morgan. OF
brighton who arrived in Cedar Rapids
early today from Omaha. The deputy
sheriff had followed Westphal from
Brighton to Omaha, where he learned
| the fugitive had purchased ticket for
4 Colorado Springs. where he has rela-
tiyes. Morgan Immediately telegraph
ed the authorities at Colorado Springs
and Westphal was arrested. In the
opinion OF the deputy sheriff. the ar
rest OF Westphal brings to sudden
termination the operations Of an or
ganized gang Of car thieves who have
been operating in Ann Arbor and Lam
sing during the last year. One other
| member OF the gang. a man named
Merrahue, was arrested short time
= ago and confessed to having stolen q
car at Lansing. it Is said.