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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
YOUNG MAN HELD At COUNCIL
BLUFFS TELLS CONFLICTING
STORIES.
CHARGED WITH PASSING
SEVERAL WORTHLESS CHECKS
Bad Paper Was For Small Amounts
Claimed He Wanted to Enlist Despite
Glass Eye-Father From Chicago to
Attend Hearins-Msy Be Turned
Over to Federal Authorities.

Council Bluffs June 2S.-Officers he
turned from Joplin, Mo-, with William
Roberts, wanted here in connection
with the cashing of worthless checks
to be In Chicago, has had a somewhat
fantastic career during the past few
weeks, judging from facts secured by
the authorities of this city and Joplin,
and just what disposition shall be
made of his case is an important ques-
ton just at this time.
The operations of young Roberts in
this city were not brought to the at
tention of the police until after his
arrest in Joplin, which occurred last
week when he attempted to secure the
sum Of SIS from the Young Women's
Christian Association, according to the
police of that city
According to the JOHN story, Rob-
erts went to the association headquar-
tiers and asked for SIS. saying that he
had been robbed by a young woman
and wanted the money to spare him
the disgrace of publicity" He was re-
ferred to J. NJ. Leonard, trustee Of
the institution, who not being salts
fed with the story, notified the police.
Roberts had given the name of Morris
koongold.
The young man told the Joplin po-
lice that his name was Roberts and
asked that telegram be sent his
father, Leon Roberts, at Chicago.
When the telegram was about to be
sent, he stopped proceedings and said
his name was not Roberts. When
he produced registration card, issued
at Persia. Iowa, in the name of Will
liam Roberts.
Writes to Daniels.
Two letters, one to Josephus Daniels.
secretary of the navy, and the other TO
L, NJ. Garrison. secretary of the army,
were found in his possession both
signed Morris koongold. The letter to
Secretary Garrison follows
Il am a young man, q years old,
bodily fit for service in the army. but
can not pass the examinations on &C
count Of having an artificial eye. l
do not see why can not obtain en-
listment if can see we'll with the
other eye, and Furthermore do not
want people to think am Stacker.
Therefore, beg Of you to allow me
to join, or ! demand that some action
be taken in regard to the same, even if
have to write to the honorable presi-
dent myself. I will not stand idle,
watch others go and be left behind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
POSTPONE woopmEN PICNIC.
Hardin County Celebration Called OF

Hardin County Celebration Called OH
on Account Of Rain.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, June 2S.-The weather
man put a crimp in the Hardin county
Modern Woodmen picnic that was
scheduled here yesterday. drizzling
rain mcst of the day caused an aban-
donment of the event and 1t was de-
cided to postpone the celebration until
July 4. Elaborate preparations had
been made for the day and big crowd
would have participated had the
weather been at all favorable. Hon.
F.. r. Korns, of Des Moines, was on
the program as the principal speaker
ard the training school band of Ell
dora was to furnish the music. The
program as originally planned will be
carried out here next Wednesday and
will include big athletic program at
Ellsworth College athletic park in the
afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
Northern Io1ua Items

starting, and it is believed that Della
wares quota will be met without diff
Guilty. The Plaza moving picture the
alter plans to exhibit a special film
within few days and will give the
proceeds to the Red Cross. and other
business houses are planning similar
donations. 1t is also expected that a
handsome sum will be realized from
| the Fourth Of July celebration at the
| fair grounds for the benefit of the Red
Cross, conducted by the commercial
club. The amount collected in Man
chester up to Monday night was about
| 81 900.
| Britt.
Frank Clark, formerly connected
| with the Kossuth County Advance at
| Algona, has purchased the Garner
| Signal Mr.. Clark built Up the Ad-
vancs and made it one Of the best-it
| not the best-paper in Kossuth county
and his ability as builder was felt
outside of his paper as well. The re-
firing editor, E. F. l<luckhohn, has not
| made known his plans, but it is said
he will remain in Garner for the pres
ent. ....
| Clear Lake.
The high waves Sunday evening did
| considerable damage to boats ans:
property along the lake shore. c. H.
McNider's boat, the Gretchen" was
| tied to the end Of the dock in from.
of his cottage and the waves fleu
the back Of the boat, causing it to sinh
| and the furniture floated ashore. Thu,
! Yankee" a sail boat belonging TO the
| White Ipipr nanp1o al
| that only the top Of the sail showed
above the water. Many other smaller
crafts about the lake were sunk.
Mason City.
William Hoffer and family were
quite badly shaken up and bruised
Sunday evening when an autoist re-
fused to give them passing room on the
north shore drive The Hoffer car was
ditched on the side of the road, turned
over on its side and occupants tumbled
| out on the grass. The name of the
driver OF the other car or the number
or make Of the car were not learned
as he did not stop. The road is quite
narrow at this place and with steep
bitches on either side slow driving is
required for safety. The strange car
was going about forty miles an hour.
Manchester.
! Some months ago the Delaware
County Telephone Company notified It's
patrons on the rural lines that begin
ming with July 1 the rate would be
increased from s!2 &c $1s & year be-
cause Of the increased cost Of materials
and labor and the prospective neces.
sity for replacing much Of the equip
ment. AS result, large number Of
the rural patrons held a mass meet
ing at the court house on the after
| noon Of June %, to decide on action in
resistance to the increased rate. The
| first motion made after the selection OF
q Siia.i;s:.:: was that customers should
pay Is cents month, instead of the
81 rate now charged. This motion was
lost. but a committee OF nine was
finally chosen to meet the directors Of
the telephone company to discuss the
matter. The street corners were crowd
ed Saturday with excited citizens pro-
testing at the action Of the company
and planning reprisals. large num-
Der prepared to discontinue the serv-
Ice II the rate IL put into effect
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Dubuque.
Dubuque's new bathing beach at
Eagle Point has been formally opened
for the season. Sunday hundreds OF
people flocked to the place for a plunge
in the Mississippi.
Storm Lake.
Waldo l.. Clemens, for thirty-six
years a resident of Buena Vista county,
who was found dead in his bed at his
home in this city, was buried Friday
in Woodlawn cemetery in Alta. He
was formerly engaged in the mercan-
tile business in Alta.
Vinton.
John and Stella Lunger, farmers
living six miles northeast Of Vinton
were arrested on the charge Of COM
hitting malicious mischief. The spe-
cific charge in the information filed by
George R. Knapp is maliciously tear
ing down fences on his farm which is
next to the Lunger farm near Mime
Estima.
Spirit Lake.
Mrs. H. A.. Welty is ready to do her
''bit" for the soldier boys to go to
the front and has this week donated
an Aberdeen Angus male calf, six
weeks old, to the Dickinson county Red
Cross chapter, to ne sold at public ate
ton to the highest bidder on the four
corners in Spirit Lake on Saturday od
this week, June 30. II. A. Stillwell
will act as auctioneer.
Charles City.
The Hart-Parr company is in receipt
of an inquiry from the United States
government as to eight-i shells. The
order if let TO the company will call
for a hundred and twenty thousand
shells, larger order than either OF
those received from the English gov
eminent. The inquiry wanted to know
what price they will make them for
how soon they can be made, etc.
Mason City.
In keeping with the announcement
every Boy Scout and every Camp Fire
Girl who has obtained thirty members
ships for the Red Cross has received
a wrist watch from the local chapter
The supervisors of the Scouts and the
Camp Fire Girls have certified the
names Of those entitled to the watches
The boys are Kenneth Waughtal, En-
erson Decker, and Forrest De Sart
The girls are Geneyieve De Long, Lu
cile Burnham and Ruth Chaplin.
Britt.
Lyle Montgomery, who would have
been two years old in September, fell
from a porch at the home Of his uncle
Alden Thompson. of Stilson, on Sunday
evening, fracturing his skull. Every
effort was made to save his life and he
was finally taken to Algona where an
operation was performed. He passed
away in the hospital Monday evening
The little fellow had been living Will
his aunt and uncle for several weeks
his mother having died recently.
Manchester.
Those in charge oi the ned Sruss
work in Delaware county failed to take
any action toward raising this county's
share in the s1O0,0oO,0o0 fund until
Friday night when they called on the
commercial club for assistance. A
committee from that organization cam
vassed the business district Saturday
and Monday and met with generous
response in most instances. Branches
Of the organization thruout the county
have also been active. altho late in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28

held at the school auditorium and will
be for the benefit OF the Red Cross
chapter.
The Wright County Farm Improves
ment Association has received word
that their request for soil survey
| in Wright county has been granted. and
the government and state will under
take the survey during the season OF
next year. Two men will have charge
OF the work. one an expert from the
government department of agriculture.
Following the survey the soil experts
will spend some time in tabulating the
results and preparing the bulletin. The
bulletin will contain a series OF maps
showing the different soils OF the coun-
ty
The board OF supervisors for the
county will be asked to appropriate
81, 500 year for the support Of the
county agent work. This decision was
reached at a recent meeting at Clarion
of representative business men and
| farmers.
Rov,Mr, Jensen and family have ar
rived from Badger to make their flu
ture home here. He is the pastor OF tho
Norwegian church and pending the
completion of the new parsonage the
family will occupy the house OF William
Jenison in East Belmond.
Henry Woare, of Galata, Mont, has
been visiting relatives in this vicinity.
W. + Patrick and family. OF Minot,
y D.. are visiting Belmond friends and
relatives.
Marion Packard was operated on at
the local hospital Tuesday for appen-
dcitis.
| MIR and Mrs. Johnson and Mr., and
Mrs. Childers from South Dakota. are
being entertained at the home OF j. NJ
Berry.
| Mr. and Mrs. Edward Goltz, of Gut
| tenberg are visiting at the home Of
| their son. Walter Goltz.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
New Hampton Happenings.
.io1 RI Times Renlb1ican

New Hampton, June 2S.-The death
Of Mrs. James McGinn. ST., occurred at
the home of her son, Peter, in this city
Tuesday. She was nearly SO years old
The funeral was held this morning at
9 o'clock. from st. Joseph's church
Rose Marie Russell is suffering sew
eral crushed fingers from catching
them in a wringer while washing her
doll clothes. No bones were broken
but the bruises are painful,
Leo Kieben returned Tuesday from
Chicago, where he has been taking ex-
aminations before the state board OF
examiners and before the national
army board. If accepted he will serve
in the dental reserve corps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
Juice
For FreckIes
oirisi Make beauty lotion at
home for Z few cents. Try Il!

Squeeze the juice Of two lemons into
lsbottle containing three ounces of
orchard white, shake well, and you
have q quarter pint Of the best freckle
and tan lotion. and complexion beauti-
der, at very. very. small cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck. arms
and hands each day and see how
freckles and blemishes disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin be-
comes. Yes! It Is harmless.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
News Of Pocahontas.

Special to Times Republican.
Pocahontas, June 2s-The Pocahon-
tas Chautauqua has just closed The
attendance was good. The program was
shorter than last year this years meet
Ing covering only five days. while last
years program ran seven and one half
days.
Mrs. John Hudek died suddenly and
was buried Wednesday morning. She
leaves 2-year- old baby and her hus-
band. Mrs. Hudek was operated on
about week ago for appendicitis and
was thought to be getting along nicely
when her condition became worse and
she died suddenly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
DELoIT MUST BE QUIET.
Mayor Wier Assesses Big Fines
AGAINST Violators Of Law.

Special to Times Republican.
Denison, June 2S.-'Mayor Wier. at
Deloit, six miles north of this city,
has decided to make his town place
which will be steered clear of by those
not law abiding. After public dance
some fellows who had brought IN
LIQUOR became loud and drunken and
were put in the lookup. One broke
out and was afterwards arrested and
brought for trial. The mayor fined
him 500 for breaking out and $40 Tor
being drunk All fines came to nearly
$3.50 as the mayor says he means u
have things more quiet about his town
in the future.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
ReImond News Items.

Special TO Times Republican.
Belmond, June pa grand union
Red Cross meeting will be held next
Monday morning at the high school au
ditorium. Judge Fry of Boone will ad-
dress the meeting.
The Belmond Commercial Club has
secured William Jennings Bryan for an
address on July - The meeting will be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
Storm Uproot. Shade Trees.

Special to Times Republican.
,Glidden, June 2s.-The damage done
to the trees in this locality by Fri
days storm was more serious that was
a: first thought. It has been hard &c
find men to clear up the brush about
town. Several Of the shade trees that
were blown down tore up large sec
tons of the cement walk. the worst OF
which was in front Of the O., e. Neft
building, where the whole WALK was
raised and broken. e rfrt,,
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then be assigned, according to popu-
lation. to each county and deductions
will be made of the guardsmen and
regulars furnished and the resulting
number will be the number OF con-
scripts each county will have to fur
nish thru the local boards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28

More than $4,000 clerks in England
have been replaced by women.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-28
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-22
Sherihrs Sale

Sumter County.
Will be sold before the court house
door. in the City of Americas, said
State and County. on the first Tues
day in March, 1917, within the legal
hours OF sale, to the highest bidder
for cash, the following described
property. to-wit:
One twenty horse power internal
fired boiler, Farquah patent, or style;
also one fifteen horse power Frick
engine.
Levied upon and will be sold as the
property of Willie King and John T.
King to satisfy certain Mortgage FL
ia issued from the City Court of
Americas, in favor of F. G. Beavers
and C. S. Duer, against Willie King
and John T. King.
This 18th day of February. 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff Sumter County, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-22
Only Three Southern States
Fmto Outlaw Liquor Force

Al a recent session the legislature
passed bone dry bill prohibiting
the shipment of liquor into the state
after March / next
The Reed amendment is attached to
the postoffice appropriation bill and
Irovides:
Whoever shall order, purchase or
cause intoxicating liquors to be trans
ported in interstate commerce, except
for scientific, sacramento, medicinal
or mechanical purposes, into any state
or territory, the laws of which state
or territory prohibit the manufacture
or sale therein of Intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes, shall be pun
ished ty fine of not moe than ST.
600 or Imprisonment not more than
SIX months. or both, and for any sub
sequent offense shall be imprisoned
not more than one year"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-02-22
Legal Advertisements
SheriF,s Sale.

GEORGlA-Sumter County.
viii be sold before the court house
door in the City of Americas, Sumter
County, Gorgia, on the 9Th day Of
March, 1917, the first Tuesday, to the
highest bidder for cash, between the
legal hours of sale, the following de-
scribed property, to-wit:
certain lot in the City of Americas
on College street, situated on the South
side of said College street, beginning at
point at the Northeastern corner of
said lot where it intersects the lot of
C o. Niles, and running South along
the lot of c. o. Niles two hundred and
eight (208) feet, more or less, to the
lot of ]. E. B. McLendon. thence in a
Westerly direction along the line of
the lot of ]. f. B. McLendon distance
OF one hundred and eight Q08) feet,
more or less, to the lot OF Miss Maria
Harold, thence North along said lot
two hundred twenty-three and one
half 1923 1-2) feet to College street;
thence East along College street one
hundred Q00) feet to starting point;
bounded North by College street, East
b. lot of c. o. Niles; South by ]. E. B.
McLendon, West by Miss Maria Har-
rold, and North by College street.
Levied on as the property of Mrs. C..
A. Carroll, formerly Miss Annie May
Bell, and Mrs. Lula F. Bell, to satisfy
a certain execution which issued from
Fulton Superior Court on the 29th day
OF December, 1916, in favor Of the
United States Fidelity G. Guaranty Co.
against the said Mrs. Carroll and Mrs.
Bell. Tenant in possession and de-
PENDANTS in fl ia notified in terms of the
law.
This LIST day of February, 1917.
LUCIUS HARVEY,
Sheriff Sumter County Georgia.
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business; to appoint officers and
agents for the management of its
business; and generally to have and
enjoy all and singular, the rights,
powers. privileges and immunities
conferred by the laws of this State
upon corporations of like character.
VII
It's principal Office and place of bus
iLess Of the proposed corporation
shall be in the City Of Americas, said
State and County, with the right and
privilege to establish and maintain
branch offices of business elsewhere.
WHEREFORE, Petitioners pray to
be made corporation unde- the
name and style aforesaid, entitled to
the rights, privileges and immunities
conferred by law upon corporations
of like character, and subject to the
liabilities fixed by law.
This, the 22nd day of February, 1917.
w. A. DODSON,
Petitioners Attorney.
Original filed in Office February
22nd, 1917 H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
GEORGIA-Sumter County.
l, H. Z. Allen, Clerk of Sumter Su-
perior Court, do certify the above and
foregoing is true and correct copy
Of the original petition for charter OF
The Americas Lighting Company, this
day filed in my office
This the 22nd day of February, 1917
H. E. ALLEN,
Clerk Superior Court.
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company is to continue is 101 years
and as much longer as the laws in
force at the expiration of saia 10l
years may provide.
Sth. That the principal Office of said
Company is to be located in the city
or town OF Americas, Georgia.
9Th. That the petitioners do intend
in good faith to go forward without
delay to secure subscriptions to cap
ital stock, construct, equip, maintain
and operate said railroad.
10th. That the undersigned petit
TONERS have given four weeks no.
tice of their intention to apply for
said charter, by the publication of
this petition in one of the newspapers
in which the Sheriff's advertisements
are published, in each of the counties
through which said proposed road
will probably run, once week for
four weeks, before the filing of this
petition.
Your petitioners, therefore, respect
fully request that they be incorporat-
ed under the laws of Georgia, and In
pursuance of this petition.
Respectfully submitted,
~ ]. s. Morton, Byromville, Ga.
~ R. N. Berrien, Jr., Atlanta, Ca.
go Wash Baker, Atlanta, Ga.
"a Crawford Wheatley, Americas,
Ga.
60 c. S. Glover, Americas, Ga.
co. w. NJ. Jones, Americas, Ga.
(O Frank Lanier, Americas, Ga,
(S) John Sheffield. Americas, Ga,
90 j. E. Poole, Americas, Ga.
Q0) l. G. Council, Americas, Ga.
WALLIS & FORT,
Attorneys for Petitioners,
Americas, Ga.