Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-06

Mason City.
+ The handsome new building Of Mod
ern Brotherhood of America has been
completed and opened, but it will not
be dedicated until June.
Stuart.
John Piner. for twenty-one years a
deacon in the Congregational church,
lis dead. He was born in England and
came to America in 1870. a4G
Sioux City.
A rush Of aliens to become citizens
City. Seventy-flve made application in
March. Russians led, with Austrians
and Germans following in close order.
Waterloo.
Cedar township housed 15,O37 head of
Ioultry last year. Egg production
reached 61,675 dozen. At an average of
% cents per dozen the receipts
amounted to $15,41S.75. .,z,..> s.,
BIairstown.
P. Fl. Lynch. who has been critically
ill for some time. is improving. He is
a pioneer lawyer of Benton county,
civil war veteran and many times
mayor. ~
Sioux City.
Brick building operations in Sioux
City are practically at standstill as
the result of demand for scent
per-hour increase ngthe part OF brick
layers, it was announced by contract
ors today. The men ask a boost from
rs to so cents per hour.
Cedar Rapids.
Alphonse D. Burhyte. of this city, an
engineer on the Illinois Central was
stricken in his cab while on his return
run from Manchester. He died shortly
after reaching his home. his fireman
having brought the train to Cedar Rap
ids. Burhyte was "a years Of age and
leaves a widow and two daughters.
Fort Dodge.
The $4,000 damage suit of Irene L.
Platt against c. L. Carter began in dis
trict court "Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Platt claims she was injured when an
elevator in the building fell. Among
other injuries, her foot was crushed so
as to necessitate the amputation Of her
great toe.
Dubuque.
Byron McMullen, Lewis township
farmer. was bound over by Justice OF
the Peace j. X. Cooper to answer TO the
grand Jury charge Of serious atatu-
tory nature preferred by 13-year-old
Flossie Points, a child taken from the
creche into the McMullen home. Nc
Mullen's bond was fixed at $1,000,
which was furnished. AFA
Elkader. -k}
J. II. Reilly, pastor here for twenty
nine years. died early Monday after
one weeks illness OF pleural pn,umo-
MIA. He was Ga years old. He was
formerly stationed at iMoGregor. He
was Instrumental in the erection of
handsome churches both here and at
McGregor Funeral services were held
Wednesday. Burial was at Buffalo
Grove.
Sioux City.
When the brass button on the uni
form of policeman accidentally
touched the heads of two nails 1t form
ed an electrical contact and section OF
the wall in a dance hall here slid back
and revealed a furnished bar we'll
stocked. Fred Elder. proprietor, was
arrested. Several raids on the place in
previous times failed to reveal any
liquor.
Cedar Rapids.
Earl Fuqua, who is in st. I>uke's hos
pital recovering from. a bullet wound
inflicted Monday by Detective Joe
Kroulik when he attempted to escape
arrest on a. bookkeeping charge, is a de-
serter from the United States army in
addition to being a parole violator. Ev-
idence against him on this additional
charge was unearthed today by the po-
lice thru the fingerpsint records of the
army and Of the Cedar Rapids police
station. A,poster carrying information