Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-05
Northern I01ua Items

ter recently from his mother in Sa-
mos, Greece, written June /, 1917, but
which did not leave Athens until Sept.
8, according to the post mark. At that
time, June 4, Mrs. Amers said she and
her husband were starving, that they
were unable to purchase food even tho
they offered fancy prices for it. The
Waterloo man, who Is proprietor of the
fighting at Saloniki.
Waterloo.
s. ]. Swartz finds himself in d.
lennma- Mr., Swartz has been certified
by the local and district exemption
boards for army service and, ordinar-
lily he would be summonded to the
colors in the next increment from Wat
erloo. However, there Is a complicat-
ing factor in the case. The grand jury
"Wednesday returned an indictment
against tSwartz on charge of assault
with intent to commit great bodily In
jury upon Miss Rita Pennington. He
has been at liberty on bond since he
was arrested. What effect the indict-
ment will have on 'Swartz's status in
a military way is not known. He wrote
from LaPorte City, his present address,
to the exemption board some time ago,
asking he be sent to the training camp.
His certifcation was not made until
after the sending Of the last incre-
ment Of 40 per cent. The local board
decided to send him among the last
So per cent, but these registrants have
not yet been summoned.
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Halloween complaints, ranging from
the loss of white rocking chair to
the recovery Of a stolen automobile.
flooded the police station Thursday
the aftermath Of the fun of the night
before. Joseph Hladky, proprietor of n
meat market and grocery store at 1000
Fourth avenue east, has offered a re-
ward of $40 for the apprehension Of
parties, who bent the awning rods at
his store and upset the smoke house.
The awning is said to have been bent
almost beyond repair. William How
ard, BIS If avenue west, reports that
party of men and girls smashed two
flowers urns in his front yard. The
urns were valued at $40 each. Two fifty
gallon tanks We're stolen, one from
Will Alter, 2os Third avenue west, and
the other from William Christie Of the
Bicycle Step Ladder Company. PIG
South Second street. Alter lost thir-
ty.flve gallons of cylinder oil in the
tank which was taken from the rear
Of his house. Christie reported that
his tank contained fifteen to twenty
gallons Of naphtha.
keswick
The business section of Keswick was
visited/by very disastrous fire Tues
day morning at about 2 o'clock, when
1t was discovered that the electric
light plant was on fire. The flames
soon spread to the "A. T. Parke Furn,-
ture Company and later to the postof-
flce but by much heroic effort on the
part of the hastily formed bucket bril-
gade" the flames were brought under
control and no other buildings were
burned ut was thought for u time
that the whole west side of Main street
was doomed. The losses will total
several thousand dollars with but
{l,u00 insurance mat Mr.. Parke carried
on the furniture stock. Most of his
furniture was removed from the build
ing but all his paints, oils, etc, were
burned. Mr.. Holmes, the proprietor of
the light plant, suffers q complete loss
as he carried no insurance, and Jared
Irwin, the owner Of the buildings in
which the furniture store and postof-
fee were located, will also lose all, Il
is understood. It is not know how tho
IRE started, but was mysterious enough
to cause some OF the citizens to wire
for the state are marshal, since this
liz the third arc IN about elk weeks.