Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-12
Northern Io,ua, Items

attempted to break into one of the
patent atankx apparently to obtain
some gasoles hut filled in the effort
FT3iir csr u Tracked TO Leeds where
.tkav g4te sp1fe SasSs then went to
Sioux City. The thieves are members
Of a gang apparently working out of
Sioux city. Only ten days ago the,
general storetsof J. Dobrofsky was
robbed. ~, q
EstherviIIe. ,q
Some of the residents on North Sixth
street witnessed very peculiar acct
dent on Saturday night. H. E. Clark
was driving his big car to the city.
AS he came down Sixth street he met
q motor cycle. He turned out for the
cycle and as he righted the car he
struck horse. From all appearances
the horse became blinded with the
lights and stood looking at~the car. At
any rate it was head on collision. The
horse was thrown on to the front of the
car breaking the tenders and driving
the radiator back over the engine. The
head of the horse was driven thru the
wind shield and the glass flew in all
directions. None of the occupants Of
ering everything it was fortunate no
one was killed.
Fort Dodge.
Lisle Burnham suffered rather severe
injuries when he accidentally stepped
into an elevator shaft at the Pill furni-
ture store and fell to the basement
His shoulder was dislocated and an
arm fractured. He was looking thru the
building about 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning and it happened that at this
time there was no one on the first floor
Mr.. Burnham does not see clearly and
when he got to the back of the room,
opened a door presuming to find
stairway The door led into the ele-
vator shaft and ne stepped directly into
the space. No one heard him fall, but
the office girls on the second floor
heard q moan. Upon investigation they
discovered Mr.. Burnham and he was
Immediately removed to a doctors Of
fee.
LeMars.
During the heavy thunder storm
which prevailed on Sunday morning,
bolt Of lightning struck the ware
house belonging to the Standard Oil
Company. The fire company made
quick run to the spot. The warehouse
with its contents and a motor truck
and wagon, were destroyed by the
flames -Four horses were got out OF
the barn and the barn was saved, altho
1t caught fire several times, the wind
blowing from the southwest aiding the
firemen. Three large tanks containing
several thousand gallons of oil, were in
close proximity 10 the warehouse and
the flremen devoted their energy to
throwing water on these when spurts
of fame were seen issuing from them.
LeMars.
The first arrest on the charge of be-
ing Stacker was made last Satur-
day when Sheriff Hugh Maxwell took
into custody Frank Celik, Bohemian
farm laborer. Celik had been WORKING
for Will Tentinger and has boosted
that lie did not intend to register but
would keep moving so TIE authorities
could not find him. H.: a--ss. move
was to leave the Tentinger place to
walk into Remsen but before he
reached that town the sheriff gathered
him in and furnished him lodging until
Monday when he was taken before the
United States marshal. Ceuk's offense
is the greater because he Is an alien
enemy and IL proven guilty OF defiance
of the laws of THIS country he will no.
doubt be locked up during the duration
sof the war 5gi55,