Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-29

| Des Moines.
Fire Friday night DESTROYED two
automobiles owned by Frank carey
which were stored in the barn owned oy
c. NJ. Stewart The loss is $1,000 ana
cause of the fire unknown.
i Des Moines.
Mrs Voleenah X Stark fell dead on
the railroad tracks near her nome mon
day night. Mrs. Stark had gone 10 d
grocery store and was hurrylnG nome
to avoid the rain.
Des Moines.
watson Heater. aged 35, of Cooper,
has been released on $500 bail follow
ing his arrest by deputy United states
marshals on the charge OF sending
| obscene letters thru the mail he
waived preliminary examination ma
I1be case will go before the next federal
grand jury: :.
Des Moines.
Charles Charbanau. aged 20, Oh Gar
Isle. who attempted to shoot MS VIE
while in the Manhattan restaurant
three weeks ago. was sentenced 10 t"o
wears in Anamosa by District 1udse
Dudley yesterday. Charoanau hao
been separated from his "lte ana was
| Jealous OF the WolI1dE.
Council Bluffs.
w. Townley. 80 years DID, farmer
=! of Moorhead. lost both legs just belo"
the knees when he fell beneath the
wheels of Northwestern passenger tram
No. - at the city station OF that road
at sos o'clock Tuesday morning. ne
is now at the Mercy hospital, where II
is said he will recover.
Moorhead.
The barn on the William Wright
place in the south part of town was
totally DESTROYED by fire Saturday night.
Two horses persisted and harness, nay,
blankets. etc, were also destroyed. Inc
fire had gained such a Roadway When
| discovered that it was Impossible 20
save it and, as there was hlgh "lno
blowing, the attention of the nre boys
was turned to the nearby buildings. Tne
fire was supposed to have been set py
a tramp who had been around town ana
who had slept in the barn the previous
night. The loss is wholly covered Dy
insurance.
Cedar Rapids. .
William l.. Taschner, % years old, a
resident of Newhall and possessor OF
a new touring car, attempted the oinl-
cult feat of driving his car win one
hand and hugging his 'giri win the
other Monday evening. the result was
a near collision with two automoplles
a lively chase by the police auto ana
the subsequent arrest OF the entlre
party. All except Taschner were re-
LEASED later, however. and that. youth
was allowed to return to Newhau a1tef
depositing $50 with Captain morrison
He also signed plea OF guilty &c
speeding and reckless driving. ana was
fined s25 and costs in police cour'
Tuesday morning.
Davenport.
break in grapevine wnicn mac
stretched across the river road culver
over the creek one mile this SIDE o.
Buffalo, has supplied new clue or
which to work in connection with tht
finding of the body of a man-beiievet
. to have been murdered-in the SWAMP
near by Thursday night. The vine
which had extended across the side o
the culvert, foot or more below tn
upper edge, was broken and torn ava!
from 1t and is now hanging loosely.
indicated that great weight had beer
on II. for the vine bore up under :
heavy test. This fact and other late
> findings, which seem to support 1t
have led residents of the vicinity o
.. Buffalo to the belief that the body o
.. the stranger was not thrown into tn
.. river upstream. The theory of a grea
many of the persons living in the com
munity is that the man was thrown II
: at the culvert.
/ Council Bluffs.
/ Clerk John N. Tollinger, of the dis
. | trict court, Tuesday morning receives
q letter from a committee at Red Oal
4 advising him that a monster memoria
lservice will be held at Red Oak May