Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-13
Southern Io1ua Items

+hree weeks ago, will not be reinstated,
Secretary Daniels told Senator heh-
yon and Representative KENNEDY az
cording to A Washington dispatch. 1t
is resrettable that the keokuk man
was dismissed. especially as he was on
the eve of his graduation from the
academy. The trouble occurred over
shielding one Of the middies, VINO was
accused of having been intoxicated
Retts was charged with breach of dis
ciplne and summarily dismissed.
Missouri Valley.
notwithstanding the admonition that
it is good for brethren to dwell to-
gether the republicans OF Harrison
county are in serious trouble over
electing a representative TO. the state
LEGISLATURE. A. H. Sniff. republican ed
itor Of the Harrison County News, Is
our fighting the reelection of M. b.
Pitt and has named w. Il. Stern, OF
Logan, as the man to defeat iMr. Pitt.
Mr. Pitt opposes the bonding OF the
county to pave the 1851 miles OF pub
lie roads and Sniff favors bonding the
county for the improvement OF the
highways, especially the Lincoln high
way and others largely Travelled.
| Muscatine.
The commissioners Of insanity had
sad case to deal with here Saturday
when May Garrett 49, daughter Of Will
liam Garrett, was declared insane ant
committed to the Mount Pleasant hos
pital. The girl graduated from the Bur
lington high school at the age Of IL
and was considered the brightest stu
dent in the school, The ease with
which she mastered her studies was
! considered remarkable. After her grad
| uation she went to Chicago and fol
! four years worked in q large depart
ment store. Her wages were SO small
she was compelled to use every precau-
| ton against actual want, she said al
the hearing, and it is believed that the
strain caused her mind to weaken. Hei
:! mother is dead, -
AMOUNT Pleasant. x-a --
Frank P. Porter, editor Of the Noun
| Pleasant Republican, died at his room!
| In the New Brazelton hotel Monday
evening at $40 o'clock. Uraemic pol
soning, resulting from sudden am
acute attack of Inflammation OF thu
kidneys set in late Sunday evening ant
Inconsistencies followed almost i'm:
mediately. For some time, Mr.. Portel
has been in very poor health. He ha!
been growing weaker and weaker da!
/: by day, but Sunday evening he wa!
tauite cheerful and number of hi
| friends visited him in his room in tn
hotel. About eleven o'clock, however
he was taken with symptoms of Sc
lrious disturbance. His physician, d.
10. A. Geeseka, was hastily summoned
but in, spite~of al! that could be done
Mr.. Porter at about 2 o'clock In tn
4 morning lapsed into uncensciousnes
from which he did not emerge.
iWapelio. ~
; With more than a dozen warrants al
Iready served the Louisa county author
Titles are still searching for partie
J against whom true bills We're lodged b.
the April grand Jury. Monday som
twelve or more offenders were hale
into court to answer to the indictment
returned against them. A majority g
these were arrested on the charge Q
gambling, the wholesale apprehengsoi
!. following some interesting game
which were staged at this place som
: time ago. With the serving OF tn
4 warrants came a few surprises %
number Of men well known thruou
Louisa county were included In the Jill
Eof those charged with this offersse. q
latter part of last week Witnessed tn
arrest OF ten Wapefl6 and 1<ettsviit
i Iowa. defendants charged sam
J: ling and betting. Pleas ct ~ ~ sver
1 entered in each case and I'M al st
lone OF the instances a fine OF t2a an
/ costs WAS assessed ny Judge Snny tt.;