Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-02

\ hshed June i between sioux CITY ana
| Crystal Lake. Neb., summer resort, ten
miles distant. A dirigible with ca
pacity OF sixty passengers has been
\ secured,
Dunksrton.--The result Of the school
| election for bonding the district for a
! new school building was IS for and 10
| against. The erection OF "A new school
| building IL n step In the right way,
| the old school house being in no con-
| dition TO accommodate the scholars OF
| the district for some time. bunker
tors wealth and intelligence demands
new brick school house, according
to the ballot.
Ellsworth--R. c. Simpson, superin-
tendent OF schools, returned from CYL
indcr. where he had been In consul
tation with the school board and re-
| ports that he has accepted n situation
as superintendent OF the schools at
that place. on a three year contract.
at a salary OF 81. 500. $1,000 and $500
and house rent free. This is an ad
vance OF $500 for the first year over
the salary he has been drawing here.
Sioux City-A shortage OF wheat is
| responsible for the fact that some or
the flour mills in Sioux City are grind
ing only so per cent of their capacity,
| according to ". j. Hutton, OF the
81, site Milling company. The demand
for the flour is very brisk. but the
81 pply OF the Mystic Milling company
is being held to about 500 barrels a
day because of the wheat shortage,
Mr.. Hutton said There have been no
lp. "a
by the United States food administra-
| tion for sevepal months.
Sac City.-S. r. kurtz and Jay Har-
| ter left for Detroit to continue their
experiments in perfecting the Kurtz
| governor valve. They appea red before
Henry Ford and his superintendents
week ago and were given avery warm
reception when they demonstrated the
valve. Mr.. Ford offered Mr.. kurtz
| free use Of his sc5. 900 gas engine labo-
| ratory to use in finishing the prelim-
mary work before final demonstra
| ton. when proposition will undoubt
eddy be forthcoming which may result
| il the Sac City mans invention being
| used on Ford products thruout the
country. Mr. Ford expressed the be-
lief that the Kurtz governor was the
best one that had ever been examined
in his plant.
Cedar Falls.-Paul Bergstrom. an
| employe OF the Larson garage. received
serious injuries when the car he was
driving was hit by Rock Island train.
| He was badly cut about the head and
| received numerous bruises. but no
bones were broken. altho the car was
| thrown about 50 feet from the point
at which ii was hit. The force of the
collision turned the car completely
around and left ii facing north instead
| of west. MIR. Bergstrom attempted to
| speed ahead Of the approa ching train.
| Mr.. Bergstrom is about So years old.
! married and has three children. He
lad not regained consciousness early
| today and his exact condition was not
| known. He is at Sartor Memorial
! hospital for treatment
Dubuque.-Monday night over fifty
service men gathered at the CONNER
ciaI club to lay the foundation for
| new organization to be known as the
| Association Of World War Veterans
! The object of the association is SINH
| lar to that formed after the civil war
and still known as the C. a. r. The
organizat ton has for it's purpose the
| furthering Of the interests of the men
who have seen service in the late war.
! Only service men can be members and
| share its benefits. At the meeting
held Monday night a membership COM
mittee was appointed to get the men
| interested in the new project and to
| secure as large a membership as pos
| sible. All the members present at the
initial meeting pledged themselves TO
| join the association.
MonticelIo.-A most peculiar acct
Dent occurred when an automobile
went over an emha nl<lnent six feet
| high. turning the car completely over.
| and throwing the four occupants out.
without inturing any OF them. and
| damaging the car but slightly. Four
young men were in the car. The roads
were not good. having many deep ruts
| and being soft In one place. about a
| mile out they were driving along in a
| deep rut, and when they turned to one
| side to get out. the bank gave way
| and turned them over into the ditch
along the side of the road. None of
| the boys was hurt in any way. not
| even receiving a scratch. The wind
shield on the car and the fender in
| trent We're badly damaged, but out
side Of that no damage was done.
| Dubuque.-The trial case OF #. J..
Ccnlin against August Schmitt. dam
age suit growing out Of an automo-
bile collision on the Asbury road on
September go. 1918, was started before
~, 81 -, Vt
Conlin is suing for 5000 for damages
he alleges were received by his auto
| mobile when the collision occurred. He
claims that Schmitt's car was being
driven at a reckless rate Of speed by
| Harry Ernster and that Ernster was
or the wrong sid, Of the road. SChmitt
| has filed a counter suit in which he
seeks to have Conlin pay 500 for
, damages that his (Schmitt's) car re-
ceived in the crash. He charges that
Conlin's auto was being driven at
reckless rate of speed and that it was
beyond the drivers control!
Webster City--Sheriff VIM. Meekins
has received notice to be on the watch
for Jay Lynch, alias George w. Owens.
wanted for the murder of John NJ.
Harlow sheriff Of Barton county, Mis-
souri,, and his son, Walter Forest Har-
low on March 3. Owens committed
1.-THE murder when esca ping from the
county Jail at Larmar. Mo. after hav
ing been arrested in connection with
box car robbery at st. Louis. On
the afternoon Of March 3, his wife and
mother visited him. and it is believed
one or the other Of them struggled the
| revolver to him with which he killed
the sheriff and his son. A reward Of