The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-07-01
IOWA VICTIM Of
CONCRETE TRUST
COURT, DECISION INsUREs PER.
MANENCE OF SCHOOL.
CHURCH STRUCK BY lightning
Clarion Ticket Office is Robbed. Two
are Drowned at Davenport. Mo-
torcycIist Fatally Injured In
Collision With an Auto.

COlIlStOn WIN an HuIO'
Des MONIES, June 30.-Iowa victim
ization in a gigantic concrete bridge
steal may run into the millions.
The first indications in the case
came last week. according to the pro-
lessor, John H. Ames OF the State
Highway Commissioner, who confer
red with county officials here today
after a hurried trip to Dubuque and
other counties in the eastern part of
the state.
Every one of 8 counties so far visit
ed have been victimized to the tune
of from ten to fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Ames tapped a concrete bridge in
Clayton County with bar and 1t sank
to the handle. The commissioners
nave several samples of concrete,
gathered from bridges, which they
are handling in suit case very care
fully for fear that it will crumble to
pieces before they can take it back
with them to Ames. Some of the
bridges were put in during the freez-
ing weather. II consists of a sub
stance which would not have passed
for plaster for dwelling, with We
neer of concrete. They believe they
have only touched the surface of the
steal
II their theories prove correct, the
counties so swindled may recover, In
which case, he said, it will simply
mean ruin and bankruptcy for a large
number of concrete bridge builders
in the state.
Iowa Yearly Meeting Case
Fort Madison, Iowa, June 30.-The
disposition of the case of l.. M. Hart
ley versus the Iowa Yearly Meeting
of Friends in the district court here
insures the permanence of Whites
Manual Institute, a Quaker organiza-
ton, situated near Salem, In the
northwest corner of this county. The
properties of the institution include
some 1,400 acres of good farm land
and the institution buildings. The
property was Bequeathed the Quakers
by Joshua White, who died in Penn
sylvania several years ago. The hand
ling of the estate is left to the defen-
dant organization, which manages
several industrial schools of like faith
in addition to the one in Lee county.
The matter went into the hands OF
the courts h'TC some time ago when
an action was brought by Hartley
asking for an Interpretation OF the
will. AS construed by Judge Bank of
the district court the institution was
essential to the fulfllment of the de-
sires of the testator.
Some time after this, the present
suit, the one disposed of was brough?
in equity. Hartley, on behalf of the
Quaker congregation at Salem, claim
ed that the school had only seven or
eight pupils and that the proceeds OF
the White estate we're not being de
voted to the upkeep, advertising, and
standardization of the schools as re-
uuired by the judges Interpretation
of the will The case dragged in the
courts for years until the school has
regained somewhat of its former foot
ing and is we'll on it's way to success,
with nearly fifty students. Such being
the circumstances the issue of the
litigation was lost and the suit dis
missed.
Killed by Bolt.
Buffalo Center, June 30.-Llghtnlng
struck the Lutheran church at Rake
yesterday afternoon instantly killing
Martin Guam. seriously injuring the
others. and stunning a hundred or
more. The church was crowded to ca
izen was being held.
Ticket Office Robbed.
Clarion June 80. The Chicago
Great Western ticket office was brok-
en- into here. About $34 was taken, the
sales of the evening. The ticket office
is on the floor directly under the dis
patcher's office. The night ticket sell
err is also one of the operators on the
second floor.
Two Drown In River.
Davenport, June 30.-The Mississ-
ippi river claimed two more victims
when Alvin Sundeen, aged 30 years.
and John Vancencellious, aged IL
years, were drowned. Vancencellious
dived out of a boat and did not come
to the surface again. He Is believed
to have struck his head on rock.
Sundeen overbalanced while standing
up in boat aud fell into deep water
above a wing DAM
Spine Crushed In Auto Accident
Cedar Falls, June 3d. Carl Book
aged % had the base of his spine
crushed ana sustained other severe
injuries when his motorcycle collided
with an automobile Book was riding
behild an automobile and attempted
TO pass at the same time an AUTUMN
bile whizzed into view from the OPP
posite direction. Book lies in the hos
pital here in a serious condition.
Finds Old Emblem.
Logan, June 30.--When six feet be
low the natural surface of the ground
excavating for a cistern at his faith
er's home at Magnolia, Charles e
Wakefield found Catholic emblem
The emblem is bronze and distinct,
shows the date 1880, the Virgin Mar,
and the cross. Just how the emblem
found its way six feet below the sur
face of the ground on resident lot II
the town OF Magnolia puzzles many