Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10
Des Moines.

les "SifSS-
The body Of Mat; Kane. prominent
Iowa hy,eI man who died following an
operation al Rochester. MINI. will Dc
brought back 10 Des Moines for burial
Fairfield.
L1ihtrlyliii is row an incorporated
town and as such IS entitled 10 put on
airs. Quite a biz of inceres, was Shown
and out OF the loI ballots cast but two
were spoiled BY improper marking The
vote vas IS for incorporating and IL
against.
Clinton.
Under The guidance Of W. T. Betting.
ri he Town Criers' Club OF ST. Paul
the Clinton Ad Club was formally or
gan.zed and will be affiliated with the
STATE and rational associations The
first officers arr H H Hobart. presi-
cert; o,to ku-n, vice president; o. T.
Roberts. secretary: s. s. Cook, treas
urer Thirty members are on the char
! ter Isl
Cedar Rapids.
TIE mystery of an explosion that
| Jared 4 good share Of the city OF
edar Hap.ds Saturday evening ana
gave rise TO al sorts OF wild rumors
was sov-d by the police Wednesday
TWO school boys confessed to having
stolen he.t case Of dynamite and ex-
+ p!oded 4 N pasture on the OUTSKIRTS
! Of the rty. They said they merely
; PLANNED a little private celebration ana
| id NOT mean to injure anybody.
Muscatine.
/ Albert Smith was arrested Monday
! night by officer Moore. On informa-
| ;ion filed by Robert Riepe. and when
; aiken 10 the station a weapon was
! found on his person. He was hailed
! before Judge roster and q charge 81
| carrying concealed weapons. and as
sau!t was preferred against him by
County Attorney Stafford. and Smith
! was bound over TO the grand jury on
| the sum Of $500 bond. which was fur
nished. l.. A. Cruil. attorney. is repre-
! senting the state on behalf Of Riepe.
Washington.
Thomas Godfrey. after an illness OF
| almost a year. died Tuesday at ms
I residence, and the funeral was helo
| Thursday afternoon. conducted by the
Rev J. NJ Wishart- pastor Of the First
) United Presbyterian church. His only
surviving children. Jessie and Harry
, Godfrey reside in Davenport. Mr.
Godfrey was a native Of Ireland, born
Sept IS 1899, and had resided in this
county ze-enty-.wc years. He had
been a resident Of this city more than
20 years. and was pias,erer by trade
Des Moines.
Miss Louise Orwig. Of Des Moines, il
the winner Of the $50 prize offered by
the committee of the Iowa Equal Suf-
frage Association for the best suffrage
n
artists Of the state and sixty-one re-
sponded. Those who won honorable
mention or second honors. are George
Rackleman Miss Edith Bell. Miss lisa
bel Hunt Mrs G. II. Everett Of Des
Moines. and Miss Enda Patzig. Of the
university Of Iowa. Miss Bell was the
winner this year Of the 800 prize Of
fered by the Des Moines Woman's Clut
for the best painting and Miss Hunt
anu Mrs. Everett were former winners
Mount Pleasant.
The busiest place In Mount Pleasant
is the campaign headquarters where
plans are rapidly nearing completion
. for the gigantic half million dollar en-
dowment campaign for Iowa Wesleyan
} College. which is to be started with {
rush next Sunday. March IL. on wha
is to be known as Kickoff Sunday"
force Of fifteen people Is at work In tn
office under the management OF Her
! bert Jeffery. secretary of the cam
patsr committee. Three s.e:cs:srhs r
; and expert senltigreph operato
from Chicago, as well as ten people o.
. the mailing desk, are kept busy hand
; i ling the large volume of correspond
| enoe that is connected with the cam
, | iraisn. Last week i6,666 personal let
tiers were sent out from the head office
] Also 100000 pages Of reading matte