Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-06
Southern I01ua Items

Fort Madison.
Police are still holding Herbert
Glassford and B. G. Hutchns, whose
motorcycle struck and instantly killed
Miss Anna Schnitker, aged 81, Sunday
afternoon. They declare she stepped in
front of their machine and they could
not stop or get out of the way. Miss
Schnitker's skull was fractured and
neck broken.
Des Moines.
Robbers some time Sunday night
worked on the combination on the vault
of the Royal Mutual Life Insurance
office on the eleventh floor Of the Hip
pee building. They blew up the small
| fire proof safe. The loot amounted to
$3.50 in checks and currency. Entrance
to the office was made by unlocking
the door.
keokuk.
Poor boxes in st. Mary's church were
broken into by a thief or vandal. Faith
er Giglinger discovered the boxes had
been broken into and robbed when he
entered the church Friday and believes
the VANDALISM act was committed some
time the night before. The thief got
only few pennies is the belief of Faith =
er Giglinger. But at that the scamp
must have had colossal nerve to raid a
church poor box for it's pennies.
! Des Moines.
The second drowning within a week
occurred Monday night when Edward
Westburg. 10 years old, 1716 Twenty
third street, plunged to his death in
eighteen feet of water in the old Haw-
! kins sandpit two blocks west of Wau-
konsa park. between twentieth street
and the Des Moines river. The body
was recovered shortly after midnight
Paul Mckay, student, was drowned
last week.
OakviIle.
Mike Downey and son, David LIVING
a short distance from this place, were
injured about o'clock Saturday even
! ing when they were thrown from a load
of hay which they were bringing into
town. The accident happened as the
two men were driving down a Sigh,
grade little way out of town. Some
| part of the harness broke. allowing the
load of hay to run against the team
frightening them. The horses started
to run and tie men were thrown from
I lHe lOp VI tHe ludN. ue latter Is SUI
fering with internal injuries and
numerous conclusions about the head
while the son is less seriously hurt
| Burlington.
Drillers employed by wildcat specu-
lators struck a five foot vein of rich
oil at a depth Of 500 feet on farm
| near Biggsville. ILL.,, fifteen miles east
of here. according to J. f. Pearson. a
we'll known Biggsville resident, who
came to Burlington with samples of the
product. This is the nrst oil ever struck
! in the vicinity but geological experts
| have pronounced the site promising
| field, and already a rush has been start
| ed by spectators for leases on ada
cent land. The maiden producer of the
! field is not a gusher, but is similar to
the wells in the Plymouth, Ill.,, field
which are producing large profits for
owners.
| Fremont.
| Mrs. S. r. Fiddlar. aged about so
years, a resident of South Ottumwa,
was instantly killed about a mile west
of this place at o'clock Monday
| morning, when an auto in which she
was riding turned over after skidding
on culvert. Irene Fiddlar, another OF
the party, suffers a broken shoulder
and other members of the party are
more or less seriously injured. Sum
mons was sent for the coroner at o.
kaloosa and the body was taken to FIRE.
mont and later moved to the home in
Ottumwa. Mr.. and Mrs. Fiddlar and
daughter Irene. Mrs. Fife Colbert and
daughter Mary, of Ottumwa, and Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson Young, of Eldon
drove to Des Moines Sunday and were
making a night trip return.
CIarinda.
The examination of the affairs OF
| II. r. Spry. vice president of the
Clarinda Trust and Savings bank who
killed himself last week. discloses that
! he owed less than 5000 to the bank and
his total Indebtedness to everybody wa.
Hess than $4,000. A wild and absurd