Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-23
Southern Io1pa Items

seen backed into the shanty boat and
several cases were unloaded. While
one of the officers held the situation In
hand, standing watch, the other Sc
cured search warrant. and on his re-
turn they visited the place. They found
Whitmore inthe. house. alone and found
that he had FIVE cases of pints, "a pints
to the case, and three one gallon jugs
of whisky. 1i
Mount Pleasant.
This week Will be busy one in this
city. Wednesday and Thursday. the
seventh annual corn, colt and calf show
| will be held, also the old soldiers and
ole settlers reunion. More than $1,000
| will be given away in prizes. Prof. P.
| c. Taft of Ames will judge the corn;
Prof. w. H Pow, the colts, and Prof.
Rex. Beresford the calves. The COM
| mercial club has made arrangements
! for good band music.
| Shenandoah.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Morrissey who
announce the birth of their eleventh
child, say they have run out of names.
1T Is a large family for these demo-
cratic days" the father says. There
are five boys and six girls The oldest
daughter, Irene, was graduated from
the high school last year, and Albert,
the oldest son, Is a student at Creigh-
ton College at Omaha. Mr.. Morrissey
is an implement dealer.
Des Moines.
Tossed forty feet from the wreckage
of huge automobile truck, Wendell r
Olson of Des Moines escaped uninjured
when a passenger train crashed into his
machine. Olson employed as driver by
a wholesale hardware concern, da not
hear the approa ching train. He was
stunned by the accident, but eye wit
nesses, thinking he was seriously hurt,
summoned an ambulance and he was
removed to a hospital, but outside of a
few minor bruises was unhurt.
West Liberty.
a telegram received here recently
tells of the sudden death of Mrs. John
McIninch at Villisca, where she had
gone to attend birthday celebration Of
her father, Marias Paumbley, formerly
Of West Liberty. Her death came in
the midst of the celebration. She was
about so years old. Mrs. McIninch's
home was in Burlington. Mo. She leaves
her husband, parents, and. brother
William Paumbley, agent for the Rock
Island railroad in West Liberty.
Upton.
Will Martens, young farmer living
west of town, was arrested Tuesday
night on an information sworn out by
Fred Schneider, an Iowa township
farmer, charging him with the theft Of
one and one-half bushels clover seed.
Martens was taken before Justice Horn
bond for $1,000 with his father as Sc
curity. He denies his guilt vigorously
and says he will have no trouble in
proving an alibi. The circumstances
leading to Martens arrests were pc
culiar. A few weeks ago a stranger
called at the Schneider farm and said
he was q seed buyer from Nichols.
Iowa. He dickered for the purchase Of
Mr. Schneider's seed but no deal was
made. That night some one stole the
seed. The same night about a. m. a
man stoppd at the Creese place and
asked to borrow a tire pump as tire
fon his auto had gone down. Mr. Creese
noticed that he had a number of sacks
of what appeared to be seed in the car
Tuesday Mr.. Creese was at the Phelps
him as the man who had made the late
call at his place. He went to the phone
and summoned Schneider who also
identified Martens as the man who tried
to buy his seed shortly before It Nvas
stolen. Martens was followed home and
the warrant sworn out for his arrest.