Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-07
Northern Io1ua Items

Lucke store, was held at preliminary
examination to await the action Of the
grand jury which convenes on Nov. 10.
Fort Dodge.
In attempting to wrest his rifle away
from. companion with whom he was
practicing target shooting, Joy Schaef- \
fer, I5-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
d. Schaeffer, was accidentally shot in
the neck Thursday AFTERNOON. The 22-'
caliber bullet entered his neck on the
right side underneath the skin. X-rayi
pictures have located the bullet lodged
about half an inch from the surface
on the other side. The boy was taken
to Mercy hospital. He is very weak
from the loss of blood. Ut is said that
an operation will be necessary to re-
move the bullet and save the boys
life. >@
Mason City.
Nearly 5000 in cash was obtained by
burglars who Sunday night entered the
rooming house Of James Banos, on
South Jackson avenue. The robbers,
evidently men familiar with the place,
entered the room of James Anagnostu.
of the firm Of Bochis & Anagnostu,
grocers. whose store is on the first
floor Of the building. There they
found about $3.50 representing Satur-
days receipts in the store. They then
entered the room of James Banos, the
landlord, and got about SIG there They
also took Banos' keys, and with them
got into the store below, where they
stole Sc or 81 that had been left in
the cash register for change.
Waterloo.
Sixteen italians from Des Moines
passed thru Waterloo Sunday en- route
to Chicago where they will join a party
or their cOunLryHlen vino arc soiis
back to their native land to aid Italy
in its present crisis. It Is said that
about 1000 Italians will leave Chicago
within the next two weeks for an east
ern point where a transport will he in
waiting for them. So far as could be
learned no Waterloo Italians have as
yet left to make the long journey back
to their country. Several who were ap-
preached on the subject said they were
considering the matter, however, and
unless present conditions take a change
for the better within the near future,
may leave their work and take up arms
for italy.
Waterloo.
Otto Stegman, while hunting in the
vicinity of the old paper mill Sunday,
discoered the body Of Jesse Beckerdite.
Indications pointed to death having en-
sued between one and two weeks ago,
but whether it was the result of ex-
posure or due to murder has not been
escertained. Beckerdite was known but
little in Waterloo. On Oct. II he was
taken to Jail TO sober up after falling
bridge. lie rushed into garage,
proclaiming he had just died and that
he wanted the best undertaken In the
city to go down the the river and get
his body. Following the conclusion Of
a two-day sentence, Beckerdite got into
fight with a young fellow who
logged him. Authorities are seeking
this man for information.
Mason City.
With Mason City consumers paying
Is and IA cents quart for milk as
compared with II cents at Minneapolis,
and liz cents In Chicago and distribu-
tors in all three cities paying approxi-
..:s .e..-s .he sa...e price e ...e n.-oa..cer
the local milk station is expected to.
reach the attention Of the November
grand Jury. Mason City distributors
say they pay $2.S5 per hundred for
milk-a shade over s cents q quart.
They ask grocers IL cents, and con-
sumers thirteen. minneapolis distrib-
utors pay Is cents a quart, and now
get II cents from the private consumer,
and the public safety commission de-
cided that 10 cents is a fair price for
the consumer to pay, and ordered =
reduction to that figure Nov. 10. Chi
.cago distributors pay over - for milk,
ana still deliver It tor ~ cents.