The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14
IOWA.

dent Norwood OF the Mississippi Val
ley Terminal league. has received the
report of group of engineers who vol
unteered their services free, at meet
ing at ST. Louis last winter, TO draw
plans for the improvement OF levees
at any city or town on the Mississippi
river. These plans can be adapted to
the Improvement of any levee and will
be furnished free to any community
wishing to improve it's terminal ia
cilities. 1t will save them a large in
ftial cost for surveys and engineering
advice. The plans are adapted from
the best features of New Orleans and
Davenport terminals.
MARSHAILTOwN, April 14-Mar-
shall county has let contract for
forty-eight reinforced concrete bridg-
es and ouiverts to the Thos Construc-
ton company of Cedar Falls, for S43,-
42S. Included in the contract are
about 60 per cent OF the bridges and
culverts County Engineer Morehouse
has reported to the board Of supervis-
OTIS as needing rebuilding at once. Tho
contract was let for $6,242 under the
county engineers estimate.
WEBSTER CITY, April 14.-Web-
ster City may lose her militia which
has been In existence in this city for
over thirty years, unless the present
members attend drill and report reg
ularly each week as they are supposed
to do. The sheriff has been given the
I names of all recent delinquents at
drill.
! OTTUMwA. April 14.-The case OF
I the state of Iowa VS.. c. c. Cremer,
sheriff of Wapello county. is now in
progress here before District Judge A.
n. Hobson, of West Union. who was
appointed by the state supreme court
! to try the action. The state seeks to
Dust Cremer on grounds of mal-admin-
istration, corruption and misconduct in
office.
| DIES MONIES, April 1.-THE su.
preme court judges have consented
| to hold a full bench session May 6 or
g for the purpose of hearing the ap-
! peal in the mulct repeal law case. The
Scott county district court declared
the repeal law which closed the Iowa
saloons Jan. to be constitutional
/ The wet faction attacked the measure
on the ground that the supplement- to
the code 1913 was not recognized Off
cially by the legislature and that the
repeal could not cancel a valid saloon
consent petition.
MARSHALLTOwN, April 14.-Gov-
ernor Clarke has granted complete
pardon for Bert Pell of this city, who
was convicted Of the murder of John
Lepley Of Clifford in this city. Lepley
was killed in the summer Of 1907. and
Pell was convicted On Nov. 81 of that
year and sentenced to q years at
| Fort Madison.
| DUBUQUE, April 14.-ln their sale
! of Belgium flags for the relief of Bel.
sian war sufferers, the Dubuque branch
| of the Daughters OF the American
Revolution realized 800.
CLINTON, Iowa, April 14.-Instruct-
! ing the jury In the case of George n.
Cook against the Chicago and North
| western railway, in which the plain
tiff asked Judgment for damages
against the railway company for eject
ment from a dining car when he re-
fused to don a coat, Judge Let's
ruled that the company's rule, requir-
ing dining-car patrons to wear coats
is an unreasonable one. The jury,
however, returned verdict for the
! defense.
BROOKFTLD, April Thames
Connors, 100 years old. native of
Ireland, but a resident of Brookfeld
for sixty-one years, Is dead
ILLINOIS.
PEORIA. April 14.-Three wives
have appeared to claim the estate of
]. Frank Pierce Of the Peoria Ter
minal railway. who was killed few
days ago in an accident. None OF
the wives knew OF the existence of the
others.