Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-25
Northern Iowa Items

off dthat he had advised his client he
might have beer in the hou.e witht ut
violation of the law, Judge Foster
Iddings imposed a fine of 500 against
Kupiloff. Members of the police raid
ing squad testified they found 1873 bot
ties of beer and sixteen half pint bot
ties of whisky on thep Ten1ises.
Mason City.
Two hundred persons were dropped
in a heap Thursday when a set of tenn
porary blea chcrs collapsed during the
taking of a group picture. A number
We're cut and bruised but none were
seriously injured. The men in the
group were Iowa Masons gathered here
for a meeting of the Mystic Shrine. All
were present at a meeting when a
| class of more than fifty were initiated.
Dubuque.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Cunningham. represent
ing her infant daughter. Mary Cum
| ningham. Thursday filed at district
! conrt a suit against the Maxwell Auto
| Company and the Maxwell Auto Sales
Company in which she asks for dam
ages of $40, 500. Another damage suit
was filed by Lloyd Oatley, father Of a
| boy who was shot by Joseph Froelich
several weeks ago., when the lad with
| other boys is alleged to have tres
passed on Froelich's property. Oatley
asks for $4,000.
Ocheyedan.
Darwin Miller, Of Ocheyedan. and
| Arthur V~ansteenberg. of Spirit Lake,
left for a winters outing which prom
Uses to furnish them with many inter-
esting experiences. The young men
have gone to Deer lake. in the woods
tof northern Minnesota, and Will desert
the railroad at Hibbing. making TWEEN
ty miles Of the trip to the lake by
| canoe. They will be twenty miles from
the nearest railway station, and have
hired an experienced guide and will
spend the winter in hunting.
Dubuque.
The executive board OF the Master
Builders of Iowa met at the Dubuque
Commercial Club rooms Thursday, the
meeting being one Of a series Of
monthly gatherings held Al various
cities represented In the Organization.
The following officers and board men,
hers were present: President, H. A.
Maine. Waterloo; vice president, J. J.
Logan. Clinton; treasurer, John A..
Benson, Des Moines: secretary. J. c..
LOOMS. Cedar Rapids: trustees, G. A.
Dubel, Sioux City; Anton Zwack. Du-
buque; W. F. Park, Cherokee:, John
Seller, Davenport; and c. A. Larson,
Fort Dodge.
Dubuque.
Approximately $4,000 damage was
done to the pavement in Second street
between Main and Locust streets early
Thursday morning when q large va.
ter main running thru the alleyway
burst, causing a section Of the Sec
ond street pavement to cave in. A hole
twenty feet long and twenty feet wide
was caused in place while at the
Main street end Of the block a minia-
ture mountain caused by the upheaval
Of the bricks and concrete, made It's
appearance. The bursting Of he main
was caused by the extra high pressure
Of water being forced thru the pipe.
The main was an old one, used before
the pressure of water was increased.
and had never been changed for q
stronger pipe. 1t was necessary to shut
off the water before repair men could
get at the leak. Telephone wires
strung under grounds in, the game sub
way as that occupied by the water
main, were. damaged and the service
in the seathern end Of the city was
impaired /.