Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-01
Southern Io,ua. Items

them to be quiet They obeyed In
| moment or two the youngest girl
| Mabel, screamed. Her sisters shouted
| for help. The negro jumped UP and
ran out of the back door. Hardly hal:
| an hour later Sontenberg was picked
up at Fifth and iowa street He was
coming from the east: He answered the
description given by the Schnoor sis
| ters. N ,s+sN' ,fS, %
Burlington.
Loyal citizens of Burlington. who
backed up the action of the county,
state and federal authorities in pre-
venting meeting here q week ago by
j. T.. kSchuirmann of the Peoples Peace
Council, We're indignant Friday when
they learned that Schuirmann had held
the meetings at farm house abouS
seven miles from the city. The meet
ing was scheduled the night before, but
rain prevented it. United States Mar
shal~Nick Reed called on ,Schuirmann
few days ago and prohibited the
country meeting, threatening to ar
rest the organizer if he proceeded with
his plans, but Schurmann chose to
defy the order.
Davenport.
Kaiser is no more, The popular
traffic officer at Third and Main
streets. who for many years was
Gus Kaiser to the members Of the
force and his "Reminiscences. let 1t
be known. that's the name that be-
longs to him--,has changed his name.
When the roll is called at the station
no
to answer, the lieutenant in charge
shouts Jones at the place where i,o
used to say Kaiser" The big officer
answers Here The genial officer is
patriotic to the core. That's the rea-
son, he says. that he has changed his
name. OF course. when the wars over
and there is no more kaiser in Europe,
the traffic officer intends to resume the
name his parents gave him.
Montezuma.
Judge Silwold convened court again
last week and jury was secured to
try the cause Of Schee Company vs..
Malcom Savings Bank. The jury
Thurdsay evening brought in verdict
in favor Of plaintiff for S4s9. The suit
is a peculiar one. The Schee Company
held an automobile mortgage note
against Jess Carpenter Some live
stock was included in the unrecorded
mortgage note Later the Malcolm
Savings Bank, a creditor OF Carpenter,
and Harry Boyd. who held landlords
lien, took the proceeds Of sale. or a
sufficient amount to satisfy their
claims. The Schee Company claimed
their mortgage note covering part of
the stool, should have been paid in full
and were successful in securing ver-
dict. The case may go to the higher.
court,
Lone Tree.
Members of the First Iowa cavalry
narrowly escaped injury when the
train which was bearing them to the
south was wrecked near st. Joe Mis-
souri, last week Letters which are now
being received by relatives and friends
of the cavalrymen tell of the mishap.
When the train left Des Moines 1t was
composed Of nine day coaches. one
standard Pullman and q number OF
freight cars In which was carried the
equipment. The freight cars were at
the rear of the train and the wreck
was caused when one of them left the
track. The car was turned crosswise
Of the track and all of those behind
1t plowed thru. AS the passenger
coaches were ahead the men were not
in danger but the equipment was very
seriously damaged. The wreck oc-
CURED at about midnight and neces-,
stated continuous work on the part of
the men from that time until the next
evening.