Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-04
Northern, Ioled Items

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I ing in juvenile court will be heldftoday.
It is said that the boys who are alleg-
ed to have taken'the goods took road
drag to Freeman on the day in ques-
ton and that they entered and took
the goods whensthe proprietor was at
| dinner. The material was recovered
from their homes in this city.
M arion.
Billy Chuck.a full blooded Meskwaki
Indian, had big time at the annual
fall pow WOW heTd~at the reservation
near Tama last week. Today he is a
prisoner at the county Jail at Marion
and when federal court opens in
October he will be charged with carry
ing booze to government premises.
Chuck was arrested at Tama Friday
| and brought to Cedar Rapids by United
States Deputy Marshal Michael Healy
He is accused of giving liquor to Elsie
kapayou, AN Indian squaw who joined
Chuck on the spree. 1t Is a violation
Of federal law to carry liquor onto
an Indian reservation without even
selling it.
New Hampton.
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mer Of Fredericksburg township. was
found dead shortly before noon here
Friday in a cornfield near his home.
The mans wife missed him early in the
-.c-:ino ard ia ilin9t tn find him on the
| premises, Immediately phoned the
neighbors asking that they institute
search for him. aAfter two hours Mr..
Geyer's sister<in-law found the body.
One shoe had been removed and shot
gun lay between his legs. 1t was seen
| that the charge from the gun had
penetrated the mans brain, and the
fact that a shoe had been removed
gave rise to the Theory that he had
pulled the trigger with his toe.
| Clinton.
One of the features which will char
acterize the introduction Of military
training into the Clinton high school,
will be the formation OF a sharp
shooters squad The United States
government furnishes the rifles for the
training in rife practice. The forna :
ton of sharpshooters' squad will be
one of the developments of the Wyom-
ing military training system in the To-
cal school. Roy Bixler, who was in the
Fort Smelling training camp, will proc
ably be placed in charge Of the military
drill work at the local school. The
United States government furnishes
rifles to the public educational institu-
tions when there is class Of 40 or
more regular cadets. The rifle sup
piled for the practice is the 1903 model
Krag -Jorgensen.
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Cedar Rapids.
More than 500 delegates and visitors
are expected to be In Cedar Rapids the
week of Sept. 10, at the convention OF
the n. C. B. j.. the western Bohemian
fraternal order Conventions are held
once every five years. and fifteen CEN
trail and middle western states VIII 3:
represented. Bohemians in the city are
planning on throwing open their homes
! =. -,s-e. - h,siraaa tn dalaRates.
Every form of entertainment has
been provided and 1t is believed that
the convention will be the most sue
cessful ever held by the Organization.
Cedar Rapids has two officers of the
national z. C. b. j.. Frank Barta be-
ing national president and Alois Hiaha.
national secretary. In connection With
Ethe program committee, Y MaiES Mil
| tor KMcera and Mrs. Herverta, the
Eafe!eere re planning on giving mems
lars IS me Bphenntan order monster
celebration. " ${ S A w 81