Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-17
Northern Io1ua Items

oughly convinced of the tractabilty of
their citizens and their citizens as
sociates are the members of the Rem
sen" town. council that that body has
abolished the office of day marshal
Largely because;sof his duties outside
the enforcement of the law, the night
city marshal was retained.
Independence.
/ The dental Office of DR.. f. F. Plank
was burglarized recently. The thief
Fentered during the noon hour and
stole 800 w6fth OFFS gold used for
dentM Purposes The thief had key
and, after completing the job" re-
locked the door,. From the open safe
he also took $40 in cash and two saw
ings blanks lefti there. the contents Of
which were to %be deposited in the
afternoon. A. ,transom in physicians
office was also found open after the
noon hour. the same day. and it is sup
posed an effort was made to steal
dope but nothing was found to be
missing.
Dewitt.
De Witt women are organized for
Red Cross work. A mass meeting for
this purpose was held Thursday after
noon in the public library. Miss Emma
Merrill presided as temporary chair
man. Four members of the Clinton
Red Cross were present and assisted
in the organization. They were Mrs.
w. ID. Jacobson, Mrs. Fred I. Ware
Mrs. Herbert Sugg and Mrs. A. r.
Schuyler. The list was signed by
na WITT v,o,,,a,, op5 tba Ia
cal will be known as the De Witt divi-
sion of the Red Cross Society Of
Clinton county. Officers were elected
as follows: President, Mrs. Mary
Frances Moon: secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Elmer Saltmarsh.
Waterloo.
That u rooster may crow at night II
he feels like 1t, without subjecting his
owner to q charge Of disturbing the
public quiet, has been decided in the
affirmative in the courts here. Thurs
day the city dismissed Its complaint in
the case of the state against O. O.
Wolfe. Wolfe appealed from a fine in
police court and tho appeal was to have
been heard Thursday before Judge G.
w Mullan. Nelghbors complained they
were unable to sleep because Of the
lusty Growing at night of Wolfe's
rooster. The police judge held the Of
Tending fowl to be nuisance. but be-
fore the ROSTERS status could be de-
termined by the higher judicial tribun-
al City Solicitor Burr Brown dismissed
the case at the city's cost.
Sioux City.
mi t,Cr tIr1
thronging along Pierce at Fourth street
Saturday afternoon. when Il rather
small man, we'll dressed, and bearing
the ordinary sWagger of a business
man on just an ordinary business mis-
sion, stepped out of the Fourth street
entrance Of the Will Fl, Beck store,
ard walked on across the street. At
the same time big man, with keen
eye. took up position on the north
east corner OF the intersection, and
window opened on the second floor
Of the old Beck store and n mans head
shot out. His eyes followed the Or
binary business man who carried under
each arm large tin box. Behind the
small man with the tin boxes, perhaps
ten PAGES, walked another mana big
IeliON, uHdSsuiiIhS, SSI WIN o'i W
on the tin boxes. The little man with
the tin boxes was w. Cornish Beck.
and under his arms in those strange tin
boxes was no less than $250,000 worth
of jewels. He was moving the WEALTH.
est part Of the store In midday. In
the boxes, Mr.. Beck said after they
had been tucked safely away In the
big new safes Mt the new store at Al
Pierce street. were diamonds to the
value Of $4,000, and rubies, pearls and
other gems to the ralue Of 100000.
The big men, who watched so closely,
obviously, were detectives. who, tho not
exactly needed played their part Just
a. matter Of safety hrst.'