Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-26
Southern To1ua Items

AtIantic.-Announcem has been
made by heirs Of the M. c. Cardlo
estate that they will build 100 room,
three story, fireproof hotel, 75x14O, In
Atlantic next year. The hotel will be
named 1.-THE Naples" after the birth
place of Mr.. Cardio in Italy.
Cedar Rapids-Ben Hildenburg, said
to have been the Oldest active travel
ing salesman in Iowa. dropped dead
at his home here Monday from
apoplexy. He was ~ years old and
had been on the road for a half CEN
tury. He was with one firm for %
years.
BurIinston-Miss Ella Linn, aged
20, has sued Alvin Hassel, aged II, and
John Campbell, aged is. for $4,000.
She alleges that they took her auto
mobile riding last October and at
tackled her. She sues for $1,000 for the
support of her child and $4,000 ex-
| emplary damages.
Davenport-A credit club. the pur-
| pose of which will be to secure better
| credits in Davenport, will be organ
| lied at a meeting at the Davenport
| Commercial Club. The club will be
\ organized by Miss Helen /. Croul, of
the Davenport Rating Association: 1t
is the plan to hold monthly or semi
monthly, meetings.
| Ottumwa-John Craig and his wife,
reconciled, have gone back to Blue
| field, Va. Craig felt SO good about 1t
he dismissed his charge of abduction
against Boyd McCarroll, whom the
girl had married while her husband
was in France. McCarroll has been
discharged. He has gone back to his
farm near Agency, wifeless but free.
Mount Pleasant--Harold Ward, a
senior at Iowa Wesleyan College, and
r. G. Meyers, pilot Of Washington,
Iowa, were slightly injured when the
plane in which they were flying fell.
Ward took a sky ride in the big air.
plane which is being operated by R.
G. Myers and J. e. Eldrfdge. of Wash
ington, Iowa, pilot and mechanic, re-
spectively.
| Iowa City.---A motor transport unit
of the reserve officers training corps
/ is to be established at the University
Of Iowa and will form a part Of the
course in military instruction which
will be compulsory for all freshmen
and sophomore men at the university
The war department at the present
| time is seeking an officer to be placed
/ in charge of this unit.
Council Biuffs,-Citizens Of Council
1 Bluffs will soon be. asked to vote $780,
900 more in bonds for the construction
of the west end high school. This was
/ determined upon at an adjourned
\ meeting of the school board to agair
60 over the bids for the construction
of the building, which were opened
last Tuesday and found to be far II
excess Of the money available for sucf
purpose.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an audience tina
filled the First doors, Dr.. John Lin
tneaus Hillman received the charte,
and keys Of Simpson college from tn
hands OF Senator a. iToudfoot
president Of the board Of trustees. ant
lis now duly indicted president Of tn
college. The audience was composed
in part Of the 500 members Of thu
Des Moines district ministerial ant
, lay electoral conferences, who cam
down from Des Moines, where the,
were in session, In a special train, pro
vided by the college and the indian
ola Commercials college. =
Marion-An insane co1ored man wa
taken in custody at Center Poin
and was brought to the county jail b,
a the marshal, N. Lindquist. Deput.
q Sheriff Van Dyke searched him an
Y his belongings and found that he ha'
q several rolls of paper, a skinned chick
en- badly decayed, q dressed bird wrap
u r.HA IN s,ilv wastf ard a lot Of cd
and ends including empty talcum pow