Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-26
Northern Io,ua Items

problem to solve with the women of
the city in regard to the rest room in
the city hall. The women say when
they voted for<he city hall that they
were promised rest room on the first
floor and the architect so planned it,
but 1t appears that before the build
ing was completed the council changed
plans, 'notw outstanding the carved
name, REST Room over the entrance
on the east. The space was closed up
and it was turned into council cham
Der. The city offered instead the room
upstairs which the architect planned
for council chamber But the women
say may"
LeMars.
Playground equipment is being in
stalled this week in the yards o. the
LeMars public schools. The expense
Of purchasing the apparatus. abnut
5000, is being shared jointly by the
board of education and the pupils. TO
pay their share of the cost, boys of
the schools collected-and sold waste
paper. In that way they realized about
5000
Clinton. .
Rem Rush, middle aged resident
Of East Clinton. employed as a sec
ton hand by the Northwestern rail-
way, was badly bruised Tuesday morn
ing about o'clock when he was struck
by the east bound shuttle train while
working at the south end of the East
Clinton yards. He was busy with
his back to the coming train and did
not hear its approach in time to step
off the track The engine was imme-
diately stopped and the injured man
was taken TO Clinton in the shuttle
train. The CITY ambulance was wait
ing at the station, and took the un
fortunate man to Mercy hospital. EN-
animation showed that while Mr. Rush
had received some painful bruises, his
condition was not serious.
Sioux City.
Sioux City recruited forty-o eight men
to the regular army Monday thru Ser
geant Buffers office. All of the recruits
came from points outside of the city.
1t was the largest number of men ever
sent from recruiting station in Sioux
City. The army recruiters were we'll
satisfied with the days results. Thirty
three OF the men gave their home ad-
dresses as Coleridge, Neb. The re-
manning fifteen came from small towns
in Nebraska and northern Iowa. Not
one man gave his address at Sioux
City. Six Ponca- Neb.. youths signed
up. making an even dozen from this
town SO far this month. The navy
obtained fifteen men during the day.
Company H officers signed UP two men
and the Ambulance company sergeants
enlisted one man. The days results
were disappointing to the national
guard officers.
Cedar Rapids.
Clifford Dodson, brakeman on
Northwestern thru train No. Z. leav-
Ing Cedar Rapids at 1925 a. M. west
bound. was found on the tracks at
Blairstown by the crew Of No. 8. east
bound, who had been notified Of his
disappearance at s o'clock Tuesday
morning. The body was placed on the
train and brought to Cedar Rapids. A
doctor was summoned, but life was
extinct. and after an Investigation by
Coroner King the body was removed
to the Beatty undertaking parlors The
body was badly bruised and the skull
was fractured. The exact manner In
which the man met death is not known
for train No. z does not stop at Blairs-
town and there is no night ticket agent
there. It Is supposed that he fell
from the observation platform Of the
rear coach. Little is known about the
man except that he has relatives in
Clinton. They have been notified