Emmetsburg Democrat, The (Newspaper) - August 6, 1924, Emmetsburg, Iowa VOLUME XL IOWA WEDNESDAY AUGUST C 1924 THEY FOUND VOSS AT ROCKFORD IOWA Deputy Sheriff and C A Baird Had Lively Ex- Deputy Sheriff Ray Hilton and C A Baird landlord of the Waverly hotel arrived home from Rockford Iowa last evening after a somewhat sensational experience with Voss who lives at that place It seems that in February Voss came to Emmetsburg and driving into the country bought worth of hogs When it came to delivering them he sold them to Will Laughlin of this city Mr Laughlin made an offer of for them which was accepted In writing out the checks he made take in his calling in life He con- siders him the equal of Billy Sunday and thinks he ought to be in the field as an evangelist The meeting was held in the opera house Mr Luse has been very busy during the and summer mouths delivering Speeches on the corn subject He tells us that eight out ever farmers he meets are in favor of ator LaFollette for president WANT GAMES OF KITTEN BALL Will Be Something Doing Every Night Attracts Much At- tention At a meeting of the captains of the Kitten Ball teams held Monday it was decided to play one game an ning from now on and the game to start at prompt On Wednesday evening the Shamrocks will play the All Nations on Thursday evening the lowans will play the Rangers an error giving a check for to the Friday evening the Dare Devils fanner and instead of paying Voss I will play the Cubs on Monday he wrote the check out for As soon noticed the blunder he made his leaving a at the Waverly unpaid He was also owing at a hotel at Mal- lard In Mr Baird swore out a warrant for his arrest but it seems the sheriff of Floyd county hesitated about taking charge of the offender who is said to be a rather some fellow The marshal of the town also neglected to arrest him When Deputy Sheriff Hilton and Mr Baird went to Rockford a day or two ago they were told that Voss was at home but that if they were not ful he might give them the slip When he catered his room he took Hilton for a live stock buyer and shook hands with him Mr Hilton notified him that he was under arrest and Mr Baird put on the handcuffs Voss stepped into a neighboring room ing that he wished to change his clothes He slammed the door in Mr Hilton's face and Mr Baird ning the Court House Rats will play ALGONA AOTO IS A Man and Two Women Are Hf ington Crossing Saturday afternoon a horrible auto tragedy occurred at the foot of the hill at Thorington street Algona which is in the outskirts of the city on the road north to Burt Mr and Mrs A P Ives of Irvington suth county were killed and Mrs ward Mawdsley was so badly injured that she died some time after she was taken to thi Algona hospital Mr Mawdsley jumped from the car and saved his life The members of the party were on their way to the lakes to spend Sunday The ington street hill is very steep as it approaches the Milwaukee railway track The freight which Ou Way Home From Hospital Dr Michael Joynt of Marcus is iting his mother Mrs M Joynt of this place He is on his way home from Chicago where he spent time in a hospital We are pleased to learn that he is much better and hope he will continue to gain In strength tie is one of the excellent young men who went out from our community and has made a success in his profession 83 Everly Man Killed On July 25 Peter C Frydenberg was killed in an automobile accident His car collided with another auto j coming from the opposite direction Mr Frydenberg was -on his way to Spencer He was accompanied by his wife but she escaped without in- jury He was fifty-eight years old LOWMAN ARRESTED AT JACKSON MINN Many Jugs Some Booze and Gun Found in His session Ja Aug Roy E S 10 near l arrested ic this city ing routes While reckless driving must be discouraged technical tions of the law are generally over- looked by officers With a fairly good car aud no other auto in view a party who has a long distance to travel will often put his foot on the gas The Sheldon people will nwa to be careful about this matter or they will lose considerable from a distance KEV 0 K A TOLLEFSON evening about 8 o'clock in an Intoxicated the Farmers Last week's games reached about were just as exciting as any games of the season Tuesday the Fanners met defeat when the Tire Patchers won with a score of 17 to 19 Wednesday evening the Rangers beat the Cubs by a score of 19 to 4 and the All Nations won over the Dare Devils by a score of 13 to 14 There were no games on Friday ning on account of the rain Monday evening the Outlaws and the Tire Patchers played the Outlaws winning by a score of 21 to 15 Jack Higley went to Ruthven day evening and captained a team that beat the Ruthven boys with a score of 14 to 9 Ruthven is anxious to play our boys another game and play a return game here on Thursday evening On this night there will be a double header the home teams playing first at 6 o'clock sharp and the Ruthven game will start at to the window outside He dis- Standing of the covered that Voss was about to make P W his escape but he finally decided not j Court 3 3 to leave He offered a check in lowans 3 2 ment of the amount asked and the i Outlaws 3 2 costs which footed up the costs i being but the check was refused Farmers 2 about of to give him a deposit slip which she had received from a bank in town Mr Baird went to the bank j Shamrocks 3 and secured L 0 1 1 1000 750 WERE INJURED IN AN Mr and Mrs son in Hospital Had Hard Luck in Minneapolis Word was received here last day by Ivan Pettit saying that Mr and Mrs Richardson and Mrs Carl Mosher were all confined in a The car was crushed The spokes hosPital ln Minneapolis for injuries coming down hill from the east when it struck the car It was going at a rapid rate of speed as there is a big hill to on the west side of the Des Moines river Mrs Ives was e- headed and her body was badly lated It was carried under the train for a distance of 200 yards The re- mains had to be gathered basket were broken from each wheel but the tires were not deflated Mr Ives was driving Mr and Mrs Ives are survived by an only son J D Ives who Is a Chicago broker Mrs Mawdsley is mourned by her band and one daughter Dorothy five years old who was left at home The affair is one of the saddest in the history of the community Splendid Bain Tuesday Tuesday morning this locality was visited by a splendid rain It com- about two o'clock and con- until The ground was thoroughly soaked Corn and tures are greatly benefited The 7501 weather continues warm Though received in an auto accident Very few particulars have been received It seems Carl Mosher was driving in Minneaplis and either struck a car or one struck him Mrs Mosher was thrown to the pavement and received injuries to her back that will confine her dn the hospital for three months and during this time she will be kept in a plaster cast Mr Richardson and his wife received bruises and cuts which will confine them to the last F when tion 1 Was searched before completi r e arrest Thirty some em were found in the car nd others containing some liquor He was selling Ford accessories but Henry didn't need Lowman's brand of accessories to climb the hill Lowman was brought before Justice Dann on Saturday morning and was bound over on three selling moonshine in which he gave cash bonds to the amount of uu the first charge The second charge was carrying concealed weapons He had on him one automatic revolver and one one- barrel pistol He gave a cash bond of the third charge was ing in his possession one prairie chicken in the open season Lowman is now out on bail waiting his hearing on Tuesday August 5th The mayor of Estherville says that Lowman is claimed to be one of the biggest bootleggers in the state of Iowa A party by the name of George Graham who was in company with for being intoxicated Installed as Pastor of New Church at Mason City On Duty at Ft DCS Moines During the present month civilian young men from seventeen to twenty-four years of age will be hospital for a few days and probably in training at Ft Des Moines a week The only one in the car They win be given trips to injured was Mr Mosher and he no Park and to the Iowa State Fair In the amusement line there will be Enterprise Mr Richardson mentioned dancing parties a couple of field above i swimming contests and is a brother of Wid Richardson and i Dames Fifty officers are in- corn is not so far advanced as it has Mrs John of this city Mrs the young men The camp the amount while Mr Hilton remained in charge of the Clarence prisoner The entire affair was ad- i household goods justed and Messrs Hilton and Baird dav where he will make his home returned to this city Mr and Mrs Charles Thoman and guests of Mr and Mrs F G Gilchrist of this city enjoyed an auto trip to West Bend during the day Mr Thoman is a brother of Gilchrist We are pleased to learn that he has done exceptionally well since locating at He spent his boyhood in Emmetsburg and has still a warm regard for our citizens Mr and Mrs Thoman will visit Mr and Mrs 2 500 11 for several years the pr outlook is not particularly disco 1 U 12 1 2 333 0 3 for July The weather reporter at Rock ids says that the rainfall in county for the month of July wa inches The days were fairly but the nights were cool shipped his s to Knoxville make his WAVE AT STORM U jr Lyon iit K v Haii in burg Sunday Afternoon Kept Busy In His Home Town for some time Richardson was un- conscious for a while after the dent but she is able to be about again Mrs Mosher was so seriously injured that she will probably have to remain in the Minneapolis hospital for two or three months burg friends of Mr and Mrs son are very sorry to learn of the sad affair and hope for their speedy 01 are in the will visit the camp Koch Island Cars Ditched The Rock Island company had 15 freight cars ditched near Fruitland a few miles south of Muscatine early Monday morning The cars carried wheat and oil tanks Sunday was a great day for the theran people of Midland Heights The realization of plans years ago became a reality by the securing of a pastor for the congregation there the Rev 0 R A Tollefson of Em- After a selection by a junior chestra the congregation joined in singing a hymn The installation service proper then took place This was conducted by the Rev H Cl Holm of Eagle Grove president of the Iowa district Rev Holm then AT GALT SOUTH Vigilant Officers Watch Blowers for Over an Hour la Aug men early this morning blew the safe of the Bank of Gait at Gait located on j the Rock Island seven miles east of Clarion and escaped with its contents according to word received here by Sheriff Henry Lang of Wright county Before perpetrating the bary the bandits cut all of the tele- phone and telegraph wires into Gait The robbery became known about o o'clock this morning when a senger brought the news tu Sheriff Lang who immediately set out for Gait with a posse According to the messenger four men drove up to the bank forced an entrance by window and then blew open the safe The delivered a short address to the j sion Was so terrific it was reported tor and likewise an address to tha the windows of the bank congregation of their duties in the broken and other damage was work of the of the i done to the building Tom of God Trinity choir assisted in the The messenger was unable to teH j wilat amount of money had been the rendition of an i en if any Ut he declared that song after which the pastor lowing he explosion the four men the Rev Mr Tollefson delivered the i into their automobile and installation sermon la rove northward out of the city The pastor then sang a nolo after i II was impossible to reach Gait by two children were baptized telephone this morning as all wires The Rev 0 L N Wigdahl of Trinity j were disconnected Mrs Lang rc who ills nf Sheriff said her husband surrounding counties and that roads leading out of the county were being guarded Headed Toward DCS Moines Des Moines Aug ty authorities this morning requested Des Moines police to be on the out for four men who were reported cliu work begun by the Rev Mr Cordate gave a good talk and reminded the congregation of its duty towards its pastor The Rev J W Jenson ing the mission board gave a short address with well chosen thoughts David Olson of Trinity and J I Wik were called upon to say a few words i to have a bank at Galt last after which the services closed with The bandits who drove j ward Des Moines were believed offer be attempting to reach this city ing was taken to help pay for the i No details of the robbery were renting of the parsonage for the new available all telephone wires into pastor The audience was then Galt having been cut by the robbers to partake of ice cream and Police were informed take and after a short visit with one another all departed Hainan fied with the day the Midland have bagged at least one of Heights people are grateful to all j the bandits who blew up the who have helped in the work at Mid- j at Galt at midnight and escaped with land Heights do they in cash and a lot of liberty feel thankful to Trinity congregation j bonds and securities and the Rev Mr Cordale as well as But he yielded to the pleas of his of the Doxology Before closing however an Sunday a meeting was held in the K C hall In this city to organize a district conference for the purpose convention to be held at Des Moines September 7 to 12 Mr sent to this city by the of Lakota before returning i general committee at Des Moines to home Mrs Rosenau was employed in the Reporter office in this city for a number of years explain the purpose the tion The district surrounding Em- takes in Kossuth Emmet Palo Alto Clay and Dickens counties Is With Missouri Highway Com- missioner Mrs M M Rogers informs us that Mr and Mrs G G Young are at present living at Bethany Missouri They are soon to change from that place to Maryville Mr Young is ject engineer for the Missouri way commission A line at Bethany is nearing completion Bethany is perhaps 125 miles south of Des Moines Mrs Young is Mr and Mrs Rogers daughter A press report from Storm Lake dated Friday says that Buena Vista county's crime wave is still on The week's fireworks began when Sheriff tucky that three automobile thieves were in this locality The sheriff started to sleuth and within a short time had apprehended a man who gave his name as Tom son Tom was traced through a man whose name is being kept cret by the authorities He was Took in Thirty-five people from this ait TO SOON Bauck Brereton Will Keep Thirty People Busy and Day took in the Rock Island excursion T H reports that he ami Spirit Lake and the last j Mr Brereton have their gravel pit on the Rev Mr Wigdahl TAXES Ef AND 1924 J J Martin County Treasurer Makes Some Interesting Comparisons Sunday 13 cars on the train It left Emmetsburg between in the evening Those who took the trip feel well pleased the Wallace place about three miles north of Emmetsburg completely 9 and 10 a in and went south early stripped They hope to begin ing on their Creek contract the last of the week or the i early part of the coming week They will have twenty-four hour drivers They will employ over thirty people Sheriff Leo Shea Had a Lively Chase They will have two shifts Work will SECURES CAR THIEF ESCAPES Monsignor Farrelly Officiates Friday August 15 the new lic school building at Ayrshire will be dedicated Father Smith expected out he can not come Monsignor Farrelly will officiate at the services Several priests from this vicinity will be in attendance The dedication will be followed by a grand picnic dinner at Silver Lake general invitation is extended the public to attend members Charles Duhigg T R Martin Mrs Joe Kibble Miss Tessie Estherville and Mallard This Mrs Fitzgerald of trio committee will ar- ouis cac named in each of ithe various towns in the counties named and get them inter- ested in having appointments of to attend the Des Moines conference There are no credentials required and it is left to the people to choose some one who is willing and ready to go Those who will serve will be obliged to pay their own while fn HPR night the sheriff picked up another one of the suspected trio at Newell He gave his name as Harold Gerald He was jail Th is still at large Ray Collins a dope fiend broke j into the offices of Dr E F Smith in I quest of drugs The doctor heard the burglary and called Night Officer Elmer Giddle Within half an hour Giddle had tracked Collins to the Il- linois Central depot where he was waiting for a freight train He was searched and was found to have the key to the doctor's office in his sesion He was tried before Judge This Morning This morning at an early hour j continue night and day so that the graveling will be completed at as early a date as possible They will Sheriff Leo Shea had an interesting i use a drag line wnich wi hoist the chase after a Pocahontas county car j gravel to a conveyor from which it Count Treasurer J J hands us something rather ing in a tax receipt made out March 20 1884 for the taxes of 1883 on the of the SEyi the SEyi oi the SE the of the and the of the of section field township This receipt was made out to Frank Koepke and was j wife Who did not want him to shoot any person even a robber The yegg was stationed in front of Hanson's grocery store Hansen and his wife live in apartments at the rear of the store He is a member of the vigilance committee of the I ty town a sawed-off shot gun His impulse was to take a shot at the robber but his wife insisted that he not do it While a score of people stood around and watched the proceedings the yeggs blew up the vault of the bank and stripped it of everything of signed by Robert Shea county a little small change urer It was I believe made out j for the robbers to waste time on It took them an hour and a half to blow the vault for it In comparison with the taxes of took to do the business the present year Mr Martin finds the j robbers went about it leisurely following facts with about three years after the present Court House was built thief five or six miles southeast of win be into a bin containing Fairfield reference to for there was no interference and none threatened After the three this city He succeeded in getting the auto but the offender jumped out and ran He made his escape The Ford is a new coupe It seems that last night the actions of the thief aroused the suspicions of a farmer near Rolfe and he was watched for some time tout later he took the car five or six yards As the bin is some distance above the ground cars can be driven beneath it and by the use of a lever the filling can be done in a few seconds Another gravel bin will stripped near Jack When the work on the northern con- tract is finished the The sheriff phoned will be graveled The Shea who soon became busy offender is a young man We have not learned his name or the name of the owner of the stolen total contract is for thirty-one miles Some of the work will be from Mal- lard south to the Pocahontas county ne more of it on tbp secondary Levies Mills 2.50 State County 5.00 Road 5.00 Co School 1.00 Bonds and Bond Interest 5.00 School 10.00 For 1924 Mills 10.19 6.00 1.00 4.20 30.60 dynamite charges had been set off and the vault and the brick building almost wrecked the five men ed with sacks full of money bonds and securities and made off north No one observed the make of car or the number Cashier Joe P ger said that he could not estimate the amount the robbers got away Is He Head of of Kraft who was sent to the pen from Storm Lake a short time ago for stealing an auto was it is thought the leader of a gang of car thieves Tho matter ia being investigated Several arrests are likely to follow Bishop Heelan has been selected to celebrate the opening mass to be held on Sunday September 7 The people thait are especially anxious to have good representations i after a written confession had been rendered to County ney Mack and was sentenced to five years of hard labor at Fort Madison j Other violators of the peace were from the Iowa towns It was pated that more would be present at the meeting Sunday but tbs day was very warm While the attendance was not large there was a good ing Mr Connolly over the tory of the conference and spoke on Use be held in ber The owns represented at Joe of Marathon who was fined and costs by Justice Chas F Aiken for driving an automobile while intoxicated and three or four bootleggers were arrested Three young men were reported to have assaulted a 14 year old girl at Linn Grove and written confessions were obtained but arrests hare as ret been made road running east through the Band Concert Program ern part of Independence township The following program wil oe dered tomorrow evening by the local I Bus line The total tax valuation of this land with but the bank for the year was For The bank burned about a the year 1923 it is year ago and a handsome brick This table does not show all the structure had been erected to take levies that we have at the present the time as we now have levies for I diers bonus county bridge county been completed only within a Legion Milwaukee and Northwestern Woodys March I are protesting to the Iowa Somebody's Wrong Popular Railway against the Monte Carlo March of a bus line from Des Sitting in the Corner Popular to Carroll It is claimed that That Old Gang of Mine Quartette j lt is uot necessary and that it cuts months The explosions were poor insane soldiers relief j by the casnier to have practically age road building animal health wrecked the building well as the which was recently added and is in- vault The robbers cut all the wires tended to fight tuberculosis in cattle into town before besan work Galt has 200 population and two By request True Love Polka ady Popular j lown the etc and several other levies In figuring the total levies for the two years we find that the total receipts of the two ies for were mills while for j banks American Patrol Overture Stalk borers aro doing able damage to corn oats barley and potatoes in Sac Very little can he done to protect grain and vegetables aim Forest City Boy Monday Maurice aped 14 of Forest City was drowned in Clear lie was in swimming A was used in nu effort lo restore him to consciousness but all efforts were fruitless Should Be An D N Luse spoke to a large nt Whittemore last Wednesday evening on the benefits to be derived Mrs Lloyd of Chrisholm from the Growers arrived in this city the first At the one of the farmers prev nf the n short ent told him that he has made ft mother Mre Thompson County Fair Week The annual Buena Vista ty fair at Alta August 12 13 14 and 15 promises to outdo any of the pre- vious exhibitions held in the history of the association A total of i Oats new wili be offered as this Butter in Hie oi Theodore Sad Spectacle at Falls There will bo several A ver spectacle was nil j tions played for community ecl at Sioux Falls on Monday David j and I find that the taxes tor the year Hoffman aped 72 entered the state i were while the taxes of Markets where lie will spend the 1923 payable this year are Hoga j rest of his life for his Corn and Mrs Hoffman lived in Earl Blue Knocks Out Mart Moore the year 1923 it was 71.40 mills Friday night Blue the well This land is now divided into two i known boxer knocked out Mart farms each containing 120 acres j of Minneapolis in the tenth and final Oats old e Selby Walworth county ami already large numbers of entries are being received Carroll Tonne Man Sunday evening Karl Ho liner of Carroll drowned while in V 1 17 cash i I trade i I Cream 3301 Heavy Sore on SlioMon Tourists arc they ire often pinched for speeding on body invited he paved road running from to Sheldon when it is not 13c j to impose a They Heavy springs that traffic rops are anxious to 1 Old Roosters fie they threaten to aver A dance will be pi von at Matt home vest of this city Thursday 7 Music round oi the at Waterloo Moore was given a beating before he was compelled to yield to a right Blue won every round but the fourth which was given to Moore and the fifth which was even He scored knockdowns in ery round but the fourth fifth is siili the ol who with him when he appeared hi Era- State Bui ni Simix and Friday pf next week the members of the Smith Dakota will of Us I Mrs p 1 and Thursday t bey visited Mrs sister Mrs W A
