Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-10
Southern Iowa Items

Little Rock, Ark; Zittlotzen Tent and
Awning Company. st. Louis; Bauer
Brothers, St. Louis: Clinton .Saddlery
Company, Of Clinton, Iowa.
Fort Madison.
Superintendent +. D. Bradley, Of
Muscatine, chairman of the executive
committee. was unanimously elected TO
the presidency Of the Southeastern
Iowa Teachers Association to succee ed
Superintendent C. w Cruikshank
whose term OF office expires. w. J.
Sampson. Of Burlington. was elected
vice president and Superintendent F.
IL Welsch, Of this city, was unanimous
ly selected as the head of the appro-
priation committee. The nominations
Of the candidates for the various Of
fees were made this morning during
the business session at the Grand The
| alter by the committee chosen by. the
president recently for this work.
Muscatine.
Taking what is believed to be the
biggest haul in the history Of Musca-
| tine since the days Of the saloons.
| county and city officers raided the boat
| Emma b." owned by George Barrows.
ne results "GIt L SiitS
five eight gallon kegs sixteen barrels
and ten cases Of booze were found on
the vessel and seized by the officers.
Three wagons were required to carry
| the enormous quantity OF liquor up to
! the police station. Marshal Bronner
had been tipped off to the fact that the
boat was carrying liquor from Rock
| Island to Muscatne, it is stated and
| Friday evening at about 6 o'clock, in
company with the other officers gave
the boat hearty welcome as it landed.
No arrests were made pending an in
vestigation Of the consignment OF
liquor.
Fairfield.
Parsons College. Of this city. may be
the first college in this section OF the
country to take up the regular work OF
military training as part Of the re-
quired studies of the college II the
present plans Of the faculty are carried
out. Parsons College men are in no
means behind other institutions in
showing their patriotism as was evil
denced when q petition signed by about
. sixty young men Of the college was
4 presented to Dean w. A. Wertz, acting
| president Of the college. The petition
reqested the faculty to take such action
as would Immediately insure the plac-
! ing OF military training in the school
A copy Of the resolution and the sigma
lures of the young men was Forwarded
to Adjutant General Guy e. Logan al
Des Moines and also to Secretary OF
! War Baker at Washington. D. G.
Let's.
Austin Blake. a prominent youna
farmer residing about six niles west Of
here, was seriously injured when a
shotgun was accidentally discharged
Mr.. Blake and his brother, Harley
were driving in a wagon on the for
mers farm and in passing thru a gate
a shotgun which was standing in the
wagon, was discharged, by a jar 1t is
thought. The charge Of shot entered
Blake's right side about six inches be-
low the shoulder and came out thru the
top OF the shoulder. Both the shoulder
bone and the collar bone were shatter-
ed. The injured man was placed in ar
automobile at once and rushed to Mus.
lcatine, where he was placed in the
Bellevue hospital. Altho the wound Ns
a serious one, it is thought that II viii
not prove fatal. Late reports from Thu
hospital say that Mr.. Blake issrsstina
) easily. "