Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-25

pot mt Bingham, Ralph CATO heRto'
aud Robert walters were sentenced I"
ten ysars In Aanamosa and starred 70
the prison the same day, accompanle"
by sheriff Frank Pennington IN
men also confessed 10 robbirg Rio
crande car at Alton, llla March 10.
Davenport The second fire With
va month was reported from the NC
Manus site of the United states nous
ing corporation Flames We're discover
| ed In one Of the new structures ana
| when firemcn reached the scene II was
! thought that several of the houses
would be damaged. The house
valued at $500 and the loss was about
! $780, according TO Chief Denser. he
reports that the fire started from an
overheated furnace.
Cornino.-Something over a year
ago Miss Elpha Fees. from the vicin-
ity of Mount Etna. went to France
as a Fed Cross nurse. She returned
/ TO Corning this week 10 visit NJ tiie
/ home Of AIR. and AIRS q. NJ. 8. Peter
/! son before going to the home Of her
{ mother, Mrs. Alive Fees I'm Mount
Etna. She was married In London
4 last February to DR.. Emmett Proxa!l
, has received her discharge and later
Mr.. Proxali expects to come to this
| country.
Council BIuffs.-Fire OF unknown
/ origin totally destroyed the Cianr
! Transfger barn on Fourth street, be-
tween Tenth and Eleventh avenue,
shortly after midnight. Officials OF
! the company were unable to estimate
/ the loss. Five Republican trucks. four
big transfer wagons and three spring
wagons were destroyed. Two transfer
wagons and one farm wagon were saw
ed The barn back of the Geise bot
| Ting work was destroyed also. and the
residence of George Fcrd just north
| Of the barn, was seriously damaged.
CenterviIie.-E. c. Henry, whose
wife and six children live here, has
been sent TO the Wyoming penitentiary
! for life for numbering Sam Davies mt
! Casper The wife said that she had
so hoped that the news would not be
learned in Centervillc for the sake OF
| the children. Presuming that she had
been notified of the results of the trial
the visitor ventured to remark rs to
| the life sentence which had just been
! lillpOseu upon UtT HuSJdiINl, ~ N'A'
/ then that she burst into tears, it being
the first tine she had heard Of her
! husbands conviction.
| C'earfield.-A fire started in pile
! Of waste paper in the South Leon
school building Many parents rushed
to the scene expecting a panic but
| this was prevented by Delbert Soul,
one Of the pupils He had been sent
10 the basement on an errand. saw
| smoke calmly went TO the fire drill
1 bell, instead Of crying fire. and gave
the call. Fire drill is customary, so
not even the teachers were aware of
! the danger and al quietly and quickly
! marched out. Delbert left the bell and
| went to the phone and told central of
! the fire, then to his room and was
| rolling out the Victro1a. The building
| was not damaged much. just smoked
| some and some charred timbers.
| Davenport-A contract has been let
! to the EiitCr Manufacturing company
! Of Milwaukee, the largest manufac-
tarer Of ice machines in the country,
i for the erection OF an addition TO the
! Davenport plant of the Tri-City Plate
! Ice company. The new equipment viii
| increa Sc the capacity of the local plant
| by IS tons. giving it q daily capacity OF
| 100 tons Of artificial ice. The new
! plant will be in operation by July /,
and will represent an expenditure OF
! $4,000 The old plant will continue
! To operate up 10 that time at it's pres
ent capacity of s. tons per day. The
/ Tri-City Plate Ice eompany's plant is
| located at Second aud Fillmore streets.
With it's increased capacity, the Of
ficia,s state there will be plently of ice
availa Die for all local demands.
Des Mcines.-Supt. z. c. Thornburg
has presented to the Des Moines school
board a written communication recon-
mcnding that all teachers, principals,
supervisors and special teachers be
Increased at least 10 per cent over
| their present salaries next year. No.
salary should he increased less than
800 for the year. The 10 per cent
| increase program should he carried on
| for three years when the average an
nual salary in the high school would
be approximately sl,T30, and in the
grades. 1920, as against the 3l,2si
row paid to high school teachers and
| 5000 average paid to grade school
| teachers Superintendent Thornburg
stated in mis- communication that the
present salaries, in"compa with
the requirements are % per cent too
| low.
Iowa city.-suing for her share OF
millionaire's estate, Mrs. Sarah NJ.
| Kenyon. of Iowa City. asks for one.
fourth of $500. 900 forth Of realty. and
! s25 900 from income therefrom since
the death of Major William c. Daniels
| in South America, after the latter had
inherited the wealth OF his father, VIII
liam b. Daniels, Denver millionaire
merchant prince, who went to Denver
from Iowa City years ago. Mrs. Ken
yon is his sister, and she AYERS that
her brothers will provided that in the
event Of her nephew's death'she shonid
| inherit the fourth interest. butcher,