Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-30

Boyden.
nose. a farm dog saved the life OF the
small son Of Joseph Horn. near Boy
den, Just as the bull seemed likely TO
gore the youngster fatally.
Fort Dodge.
Whatever may be said Of German
clereymen in other sections OF the
country does not apply to Fort Dodge.
Albert. son of Rev. E. M. Schroeder OF
the Zion Evangelical church is COOK
with Company G and departed with
StfIgm to aid in the fight for democracy.
Cedar Rapids.
Maurice Sweesh, aged years,
was suffocated in said pit at the
plaster works here while climbing In
the pile. He was drawn down by sue
ton created by conveyor. At the same
time the crane used in unloading
barges dumped a loadrover the place
where the child went down.
Dubuque.
The election Of the Lutheran synod
in session here showed that Dr.. r..
Richter of Clinton had been chosen TO
succeed himself as president for q Pc
Rod of three years. Monday evening
a public meeting was held Sat local
theater, and the building was packed.
The speakers were DR.. Taylor Rygh in
reformation and Civil Liberty, ana
Rev E. Kraus in The Reformation
and Education"
Cedar Rapids.
I. William Broukal a contractor, sur
fered four broken ribs and an injured
shoulder at 10 a. m. Tuesday, when ne
fell from the second story of ashouse
Of which he was experimenting con-
struction. Broukal was inspecting
some work on the house and backed
into chimney hole. He was taken
to his home, 1873 Fourteenth street and
was said to be resting easily. The
house at which the accident occurred
was about three miles out Of Cedar
Rapids.
Sioux City.
County Attorney o. T. Naglestad
and state agents are at work on the
Sioux City police force scandal. This
office has already secured considerable
important evidence which it will re-
port to the September grand jury,
County Attorney Naglestad said re-
garding the charges against Rounds
man william II. Keane. Cooperating
with the county attorney in the Keane
investigation are State Agent ]. e.
Risdep and Assistant Attorney J. w.
Kindig. It Is understood that their
probe into the roundsman's careeShas
disclosed entirely unlocked for facts.
Charles City.
Due to the presence of so many dead
fish in the Cedar river at the present
time, the bathing beach here has been
temporarily closed, until the river can
be made safe for bathers Game
Warden Wilson has not found as yet
any cause for the death Of the fish.
but is Of the opinion that it is some
disease, as all the fish are carp. and
none Of them the game fish. The
larger ones seem to be the ones found
dead in the greatest numbers. The
game warden made trip up the Ce-
dar a number Of miles and discovered
nothing which would cause the death
Of SO many.
Sioux City.
Judge Foster Idd.ngs imposed sem
tence of capital punishment upon
"Shep,' a dog belon ging to e. q. White,
so Nebraska street, in police court
but the heart of the Judge was softened
and the sentence was modified to ban
lshment from Sioux City when ne
learned how the dog had caught a
fo- the police about a year
ago. The prisoner lad escaped from
The police ; Sc Z: z,asstiriven UP TO
The court horse TO unload tne prison
ers and ran down the alley pctween
Fifth and Sixth sire rs from ..senrosEa
10 Jackson street. The officcys. hot
On his trail, saw that he Was gaming
ground on thea. spi q tho dog 9and