Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-29
Southern Io1ua Items

suicide, it Is alleged. Announced plans
Of the Dales are that they will reside
| at the tMittleberger home. 1901 AM
! hurst avenue, for the time being. The
groom who claims Chicago as his
| home, has been in this city for the past
several years.
Muscatine.
Permission to confine horses bound
for the front longer than twenty EIGHT
hours has been granted the railroads,
according to bulletin received at the
local passenger station. In the past
the railroads were only allowed to con-
fine horses and mules tWenty-eight
| hours in a car. However. horses and
mules for war purposes" may be con-
fined until their destination is reached,
according to the official notice sent
out by D. G. Coughlin, division superin-
tendent Of the Rock Island road.
Fort Madison.
At the solicitation of A. !. Renee,
special agent in charge of the depart
ment Of justice, bureau Of indentifica-
ton at Leavenworth, Kan, the state
penitentiary here has consented to CO.
operate in the work of furnishing
criminal records Of the inmates COM
mitted in Iowa. This means that
after this date all persons receiving
prison sentences in Iowa will be listed
as to finger prints. photographs and
Bertillon measurements in the United
States. criminal department The fed
eral department now has records Of
$4,000 finger prints, $4,000 Bertillon
records and 10000 descriptive cards,
by means Of which over 5000 identi-
fications were made last year.
keokuk.
J. A. M. Collins, former commissioner
Of public safety of this city and one
Of keokuk's representative business
men, died at the home of his son, J. f.
Collins, at Fort Wayne, Ind, Monday
evening at o'clock. Mr.. Collins has
been visiting With his son for the last
several weeks and had recently under
gone an operation. Death was the re-
suit Of bronchial trouble, combined
with a general breakdown in health, to
which worries and care of public Of
flee contributed. Mr.. Collins health
began failing during his term as COM
missioner, and after he left the city Of
flee he was taken i'll and was confined
to his home here for some time. Later
he underwent minor operation and
for several weeks had been at his
SUI . III rOEt wayne, attempting TO
recuperate from a general breakdown
in health.
Fort Madison. z-a
Dressed In a crimson silk gown and
a white heavy wooden coat. her hair
plastered over her ears and chewing
gum, Myrtle Cronk, a rather attractive
appearing girl, claiming that Denmark
several miles west OF Fort Madison, Is
her former home, entered the police
headquarters at Quincy Friday, to So
Hcit aid in locating her father Frank
Cronk. According to the story told
. to the police, the girl stated that her
parents had moved to Quincy from
Denmark, this county, four weeks ago.
She had been left with brother, who
was working on a farm. Thursday
she telegraphed her father than she
was going to Quincy. coming to Fort
Madison to board the train. She ex-
pected that her father would meet her
at the Burlington station at Quincy,
but was disappointed. When ques-
toned by the police she was unable to
produce the address OF her parents.
stating she had lost 1t. She could not
even recall the street Further ques-
tioning brought out the fact that
rather than leave the depot she re-
manned there all night. She was taken
.: .. ;,.. .:.!s d search
was instituted for her parents