The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

| Usage, Ia, April 29.-During the
past week two churches, the Congre,
gational and the Baptist, were broken
| into and money stolen. About SO was
taken from the Congregational church
and it is not known just how much
the Baptists lost.
| MARsHALLTOWN,I Ia. April 30
H. T.. Kirby, deposed chief of the fire
department who resigned following
! disclosures that he had padded the
guilty in the district court to charge
of obtaining money by false pretense.
Judge Willett postponed sentence
until the October term.
| KNOXVILLE, Ia, April GA SOW
that has farrowed forty-two pigs in
one year is the property of Earl
Abbott, farmer living eleven miles
i southwest of Knoxville. The SOW
brought forth a litter of eleven pigs
last April. Another litter of thirteen
was brought forth in September and
| early this month the SOW delivered
another litter of eighteen. Mr. Abb
| bolt believes his sow holds county,
| if not a state, record.
INDIANOLA, Ia. April 29.-At a
meeting of the trustees of Simpson
college, James w. Campbell, d. D..
of Boston. was elected president of
Simpson college to succeed DR.. Ham
| ilton, who has been acting in that
capacity since the resignation of Pres
ident Francis L. Strickland, of year
ago. DIR. Campbell is at present serv-
| ing his eighth year as pastor of the
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CHARLES CITY, Ia, April %
The high school has organized q cadet
corps under the supervision of Capt.
T. A. Beardmore of the local militia
company. Sixty-ive boys have en-
rolled.
OTTUMwA, Ia, April 29.-Ottumwa
will be host to three church conyen1.
tons on May S, and, Z. The OF
tumwa district convention of the
Christian Endeavor Union will bring
100 delegates from Wapello. Davis,
Van Buren,, Henry, Jefferson, Des
Moines, Lee and Louisa counties and
the Methodist Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary societies from the same dis
trict will send 150 representatives.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia, April 90
Lew Younkerman, a hotel porter, was
the first man arrested here for boot
logging since the dry law went into
effect He was arrested shortly after
he alighted from the train. Eighty
bottles OF whisky were in his posses
sion at the time, and to each was at
tached corkscrew ready for action.
Younkerman was bound over to the
grand jury.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Ia. April %
Drastic punishment is provided for
Washers in a resently adopted city
ordinance Fines of 800 or thirty
days in Jail await the man who &C
costs or follows strange lady on
the streets Of Council Bluffs here
after, and accruing punishment for
succeeding offenses.
OTTUMWA. Ia, April 29.-E.
Bucholitz, living four miles southeast
of Ottumwa, brought two cub wolves
of the gray variety to the county audi
tors office and received bounty. of
81 each for them. He caught them in
the hills near his home Sunday. The
made her getaway.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 2s.-The
plea that the state officials are too
slow in getting out auto license tags
Is of no avail in the local police court
and more than a score of auto driv-
ers have been assessed fines for
using their 1915 tags.
CRESTON, Ia, April 29-Nelson
V. Luce was held here Friday to
await hearing upon an Indictment
charging him with the embeZzlement
of government funds while postmas-
ter at Hamburg, Ia. Luce was in
dicted by federal grand Jury March
81, 1916, but the indictment was not
made public, as Luce had disappeared
while postoffice inspector was going
over the books of the office. Luce
was una BILE to obtain bond.
oTTUMwA. Ia, April 2s.-Harry
Horton OF Glenwood. Mo, was indict-
ed here yesterday, charged with at
lacking a 4-year-oId boy. Harry B.
Rosene OF Princeton, ILL.,. was charged
with forging a mortgage to secure
loan of $4,000 he negotiated from for
mer State Senator J. F. Webber in
farm land near Cantril, Ia, belonging
to D. F.. Ossian of Woodruff, Ill.
WATERLOO, Ia, April 29.-Indict-
ments setting forth a variety Of
charges were returned yesterday
against former city officials here by
the Black Hawk county grand jury.
J. H. Meyers, former police judge, is
charged with ENLIGHTENMENT on six
counts; o. c. McClinton, former park
was indicted for al
legged interest in a municipal con-
tract; F. J. Hacker, park com mis-
sjoner. charged with accepting al
legged gratuities while holding public
office. II. G. Wagner, captain OF po-
lice. for alleged gambling, and Loren
for allie god