Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-07

ministers under investigation are in
the northern tier Of counties. Agents
already have accumulated a mass of
new evidence. The same official said
it would not be surprising II there were
riots in several cities between loyal
citizens and those who have been
guilty ofttreas6fiable ,rtterances. The
patience OF the loyal citizens Is being
exhausted at &,y
Cherokee.
Those who have read OF the care
with which the life Of President VII
son Is guarded in these trying times
of war will be interested in Knowing
that a Cherokee man was chosen to
command this picked body of guards
men. Captain Green, son Of j. S.
Green, Of this city. was the man given
this responsibility. This Information
was brought back by d. w. McNeai,
who visited the capital city while In
the east short time ago Mr.. McNeal
made trip to the White House
grounds IN an effort to see Captain
Green. but as it Was the captains time
Off duty Mr.. McNeal was disappointed.
However. he heard mary words OF
commentator for Captain Green from
his comrades ingthe service
Cedar Falls.
Elmer Price, who says that he is Is
years old and that his home is at Ona-
wa, was arrested here by Nathan En-
low. city marshal, charged with failure
to register. He was placed in the city
Jail pending hearing before j. e.
Dempster. United States commissioner
at Waterloo. Price says he was honor
ably discharged from the regular army
June 5. He is unable, however, to pro-
duce any papers to that effect. 1t is
also thought that he is past 81 years
old. Another information has been
filed against Price. charging him with
obtaining goods under false pretenses
1t is said he told local merchants he
was employed by a local ice company
and received his pay every Saturday
night SO far as can be learned he has
not been employed here.
Sioux City.
Use Of motor equipment in the con-
Quoting OF the modern funeral no
longer Is limited to the cities. The
farmer Of the middle west demands
the gas propelled equipment FOR several
reasons and 1t Is coming into general
use in the smaller towns as well as in
the larger ones, according to J. g.
Quisenberry, Of Omaha, veteran en-
balmeY. and salesman Of accessories.
THE farmer wants the motor hearse
because he and his neighbors are pro-
vided with cars that cannot well be
run In slowly moving procession
behind horse drawn vehicles" Mr..
Quisenberry said" Speed. the mad
craze of America today has even hit
the undertaken and funeral to be UP
to date must cover the stretch from
the town to the cemetary at from
Sight to ten miles an hour"
vinton.
vinton has been an unusually busy
place the last three days on account OF
the work Of the exemption board. DR.
y E. Luckey and Drs. Whitney and
Chadbourne have been examining those
cited to, appear a. rapidly as possible,
working until midnight at their task
Other members OF the board have been
busy examining petitions for exemp-
tons, A number OF Women have vol
;s;a::eered their services and are now
working with the board on the lists Of
| &. the 8 boys called for examination. A.
large number OF applications have been
made for exemptions, most Of them
being young men with families depend
ent upon them. Anthony Frondlc was
the firAt man to he examined and
passed the examination successfully,
and waa therefore the flrst man drawn
from Benton county. HEELS very happy
over having been drawn and when
asked n he wanted to 20, he said he
would have gone long aso had Il not
been FOR his mother.