Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-09
Northern Io,ua Items

The corner for which the Repass COM
pany paid SIS, 500 to the holding COM
pany, cost more than the other three
put together. Mr.. Beck said. but this
has increased to more than six times
the price at which it changed hands
in the early days of the city.
Cedar Rapids.
Charges that Miss Katherine Ewing,
secretary of the social welfare league,
advised poor mothers to give their
babies away if they could not support
them and charges of bribery and in
timdation against Miss Ewing were
made before the committee of the To-
cal federation labor committee here
Friday. Miss Ewing, known as the
most capable welfare worker in the
west. denied the charges. c. Fred
Henson, chairman of the labor com
lnttee, accused Miss Ewing of at
tempting to intimidate witnesses as
soon as the investigation started and
furnished them with bountiful supplies
so they would not appear against hec.
Sioux City.
A few hours after he had been re-
leased from the city Jail. Bert Carey,
26 years old, of Ticonic, returned to
Ticonic to claim his 16-year-old bride,
Marjorie Metcalf Carey. Carey was
arrested at the instigation of the girls
parents on Il charge of KIDNAPPING.
Carey and the girl elOped to Dakota
City and were married Tuesday by
Judge Henderson. Carey was arrested
and brought to Sioux City by con-
stable from Ticonic. No one appeared
to file an information against him. He
was released Sheriff E. G. Dilley re-
ceived a telephone call later from III
comic asking why Carey had been re-
leased The sheriff was informed that
Carey and his bride had left Ticonic.
Fort Dodge.
The amount expended in taking care
of the Webster county poor in 1916 Is
s1,1O1.92 less than it was the year
preceding. This was noted in the re-
port which Miss Mabel Tibbott, over
seer Of the poor presented to the
board of supervisors. The figures for
the year 1915 are s7,693.21 for 1916
they are s6,591. Miss Tibbott performs
the double work of secretary OF tho
Associated Charities and overseer Of
the county poor. The combination OF
the two under one head has been emil
nently satisfactory as seen from the
report above which in view OF the ever
increasing H. c. l.. and the growth OF
populat ton is more remarkable.
Mason City.
A Mason City man who has had
more than the usual run of hard luck
in the past year went to the BANK
Friday to draw $25 to make a payment
OH d house he was TO buy on the iii
stallment plan. He thought he had
something over a hundred dollars in
the bank. When he presented his
check the teller told him ne had no
SUM to his credit. Investigation
showed his account had been charged
with hundred dollar check and when
it was looked up it was found that
& check in which, fha an,n,inf writ
ten in figures showed 500. had been
charged at that figure. The check
had been cashed by the party to whom
it was given at a Greek pool hall, and
the pool hall man deposited 1t In the
bank. The matter was reported to the
police, but later the complaint was
withdrawn, the bank assuming the re-
sponsibility for the error, and telling
the drawer of the check that his ac-
count would be properly credited.
Whether the bank actually paid out
the 500, or whether the whole thing
was a matter of bookkeeping the police
did not learn.