Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-16
Southern IoDa Items

the home of the bride In GfiffithSiile
a suburb Of Red Oak, where about
twenty Of their friends and nsighbors
were waiting to receive. them Refresh
ments were served and the evening was
most pleasantly spent. 49, 81. rs p
keckuk. 8 e~a-
Keokuk's mayor and members of the
city council had narrow escape
Thursday when an automobile driven
by Mayor Ed S. Lotion went over the
dixie and into slough Of water ten
feet deep. across the river The steer
ing column on the machine broke. ana
the four people in the mayors car
found themselves fioundering in the
water. The mayor and a man in the
front seat were forced to dive into the
water while those in the rear seat were
able TO crawl out to dry land The
members Of the council who were In
cars following the mayors, lent aid and
the danger Of a serious catastrophe was
avoided.
Council Bluffs.
James Dstrom. l2-year- old boy hy-
ing at 1928 Third avenue, is at the Mich
oias Sem hospital in Omaha suffering
from a fractured skull as the result OF
being hit by a horseshoe pitched ny
Fritz Schultz of 1911 Avenue f. Schultz
and Herbert McMuilen of lT12 South
Twelfth street were pitching a game or
horseshoes at the kellsr collar factory.
Thirty-second street and Avenue A.
when one of The shoes struck the lad
who Was on his way to school. DIR. r.
W Houghton gave the boy surgical at
tentiou. The accident was reported to
the police department by Mrs. Kellogg
OF Sss7 South Twentyfourth street, a
half sister of the injured lad.
Davenport.
Did the Steamer G.. ". Hiir have
enough life preservers and life boats on
board when the boat became unman-
.ageable Thursday night with 500 physi-
clans and their wives as passengers
This is what local physicians say they
are hasing a request for a federal In
yestigation On The question has also
arisen as TO how the rudder became
fouled and what condition the rndde,
was in before the accident occurred
Many OF the physicians on board tbs
big excursion boat believe that another
accident similar to the Eastland disaS-
1 ter was narrowly ayerted when the fer
Iry boat came to the assistance OF tins
-.HH" The anchors Of the big boa
refused 10 hold and the steamer wal
drifting toward the rock piers Of thu
Crescent hrsAse .- 4l4
ottusnwa. 3
Ottumwa Eiks lodge has organizes
an EIks' Cadet corps. made up OF boy
from to II years Of age for miiitar:
drill Captain Theodore Al. Stoessei ha,
the drill in charge which he holds ever,
Saturday afternoon at O'Clock In tn
lodge room. The committee in cfarg
Of the work IL Capt T. A. Stoessel
George X. gibson, Or. e. ~. Work
John Lewis and e. I'll Emery. exalte,
lraler For some nonths the moyemen
for such corps has been agitated Il
Elk circles AZ q means toward prepared
i ness and on April rs, return card
were sent out and the first drill wa
held on Saturday afternoon, April q
Appetizer practice was held last SAT-
urday and will be continued every Nee
In the future. Many prominent me
look with f0reboding toward the future
4 The Elks think it proper TO show p
this and other means their patriotic ii
/! terest b. teaching the elements OF sol
q dIerifg In this eonr1aunft N the lad
Of Ottumwa show the proper resP1ns'
IT In the plan of the lodge 80 equip tn
/ company with suitable unif6rms an
Z guns and make this feature of fhe K1sB
work No prominent that ii VIII gre2t1
! imBEe4A the c0mmuuify.syssE n