Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-22

Mason City. nv s-:.i&. -
Announcement was made here of the
| appointment of J. Royce Brown, OF
/ Ottumwa,tfto be community secretary
Of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
| ton for the Mason City district. He
I will assume his duties about June l..
Mr.. Brown, is present secretary Of the
Ottumwa Y. M. G. A.
Sioux City. - =,
Frost wednesday night in northern
| Iowa did thousands Of dollars damage
4 to fruit and garden truck. Fruit grow
1 ers in and about Sioux City say the
crop was badly damaged and beans,
tomatoes. and other tender garden
| truck were black when the sun came
out Thursday morning.
i Dewitt. t5s -. ST..
For years Miss Hanna Murphy, aged
! go, was an invalid. For seven years
! she lay hoping to get we'll on cot at
Mercy hospital in Dubuque. Tuesday
| Miss Murphy decided she never would
get well and asked to be taken to her
|home, Her request was granted and
her presumption proved true as at b
o'clock Friday morning death came.
Waterloo.
| Thirty gallons of whisky consigned
to the Public Pharmacy, 621 Sycamore
street, and stored at the W., c. F. & N.
railway freight depot we're seized
Wednesday by Sheriff d. B. Henderson
on a search warrant proceedings In
stituted in the court of Justice Upton
B. Kepford. The seizure was MADE
on the ground that the packages were
mot properly marked according to law.
Sioux City.
Beverly N. Cook, head Of the Ma
tional Bond and Reference Company
and one of the founders Of the Gospel
| Workers of America, was indicted by
the county grand jury for alleged
cheating by false pretenses. Two
! typists also told the jury that Cook
asked them to stay at the office after
working hours and that he made I'M
proper proposals to them.
Clinton. r 49,. g.. ~, =,
i Confessions made by Edwin Foster
land Edward Sweetland, youths ar
rested for dlsmantling an automobile,
have uncovered gang Of boy thieves
believed to number between ten and
5ffteen. A third boy. Bruce George.
now is under arrest in Chicago. The
gang. equipped with tools, has made a
/ Systematic canvass Of the city, footing
launches, automobiles and vacant
houses, OF brass, copper and zinc Mt
things. None Of the boys is over 81
years Of age. All are to be arrested,
County Attorney Cfausson said today.
Waterloo. W
Charles 5clute. age %. son Of Mr..
and Mrs. r. G.. Clute. will attempt to
! break all walking records made 70 by
4 Waterloo young men, when Tuesday
morning he starts unaccompanied on
la tramp on the Lincoln highway to
4 San Francisco It Is his plan to take
/ the Hawkeye highway across the state
and then follow the Lincoln road. He
expects to reach his destination In two
months time by averaging twenty
miles day. Cute does not plan 70
3llive the life Of a knight Of the road, !
but will endeavor TO reach towns for
his overnight stays. 81
Watsrioe.
I Efforts to bring the 1917 convention
OF the Iowa state Reservation Of Labor
A to waterloo are being considered by
the central labor body which will be
represented by many delegates at the
i 1916 convention sSS; IN NJ iitown
4 juno 13. As cont ference. with officers Of
the commercial club Will be the first
! step taken by tho lahoring men. and