Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-11
Northern I01ua Items

, an average of four tons to the acre OF
the Country Gentleman, and II l..
Benz ere also reports and tons to
the acre of Evergreen and Country
Gent eraan. H. L. Benberg has the
corn during the run, having on his
wagon 800 pounds. The largest run
in fun capacity of the season was 1872
500 cans, on Sept s. On Saturday.
Sept. %. 10000 cans were packed with
single capacity Up to Friday even
ing, Sept. %, 2,161,35O cans were
packed, making over 10000 cases. The
run up to the close on Wednesday was
2,375, 900 cans. The largest pack up to
this year was in 1912, when 2,231, 55S
cans were packed
Cedar Rapids.
Eugene Schaffer of Eagle Grove,
was elected grand master of the grand
council of Royal and Select Masons
at the annual meeting held in the Con-
slstory building. A. f. Ophmer, of
Muscatine was elected deputy grand
master; c. Huttenlocher. of Des
Mones, principal conductor Of the
work. A. H. Holt. Waterloo, grand
treasurer; D. NJ. Brownlee, Of Sioux
City. grand recorder The newly eelct-
ed officers will be installed during the
day and before the session ends the
appointive offices will he filled. Thurs
day and Friday the grand chapter of
Royal Arch Masons will be in session
in this City At the meeting Tuesday
of the grand council 100 were present
and annual reports were read. The
election was the principal item of the
morning session. All the meetings will
be held in the Consistory building.
Cedar Rapids.
Paul Calder, OF Cedar RdpiG&, f::.:::
erly student at the college of st.
Thomas, and at present on the reserve
list Of the United States aviation
corps, has accepted the position Of in
structor Of military science and tao
tics at Manchester College and began
his duties Monday. Calder is an as
sistant in the military office at st.
Thomas College. He received the offer
from the Manchester authorities after
it had been decided by that college,
as we'll as Hamline University, to
adopt military drill and make it COM
pulsory for all students. Calder will
be in charge of the drill, which will
take place two days each week, and he
will also have special classes on other
days for commissioned and nom com
missoned officers at Manchester. At
st. Thomas Calder was a member of
the track team and of the Mohawks, a
Junior athletic organization. He held
commission on the staff in the st.
Thomas regiment before he left school
last spring to enter the Fort Smelling
reserve officers training camp
Fort Dodge.
A German with kaiserish sympathies
narrowly escaped being arrested here
| Tuesday morning. He got into an argu-
ment with a Fort Dodge business man
ever orr right to be in the war The
argument was heated for q few mo-
ments and Just as 1t was nearing q
close federal agent happened along.
Calling the loyal man aside the Off.
cerN outlined plan for trapping the
German, who says Uncle Sam surely
will be whipped. The German bought
a newspaper at the interurban station.
The Fort Dodge man approached him
and told him he had no business rs.t.
ing that paper because it stood for
the United States and not for the
kaiser. But the German became sus-
picious. He noticed the detective loiter-.
ing around. Apparently with an entire
change of heart, he said he had been
Joking and that he was as loyal as
anyone. It seems strange that any
ono would be joking about a matter
that might lead to his arrest on
charge Of treason. The German kept
his mouth shut until the train arrived,
J then bid Fort Dodge Rood-bv