Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-14


from wheat until Aug. IS is being car
ried on. largely thru the woman's de-
partment of the council OF defense.
The campaign has opened well.
Waterloo.
Housekeeping rooms at 121k Fifth
street east, occupied by Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Scott. were rifled during the noon
hour Wednesday and the thief es-
caped with moro than $500 in loot. The
victims are proprietors of the Amer
lean restaurant and the robbery was
rerpetrated while they we're busy i'll
the cafe. Entrance was effected thru
a transom :lad then the drawers to
bureaus were pried open Mrs. Scott
lost $50 in currency and Mr. Scott
collection of o,d coins with face value
Of more than 500 was appropriated.
His Diamond ring also was stolen.
Only two pennies were left and those
were dropped on rug in front of the
bureau when the thief scooped up the
treasure. In notifying the authorities,
the word burglar" was understood as
murder" over the telephone, and as
a result every available officer from
the police department and sheriff s Of
fee responded.
Cedar Rapids,
One of the largest knights Of CO.
lunnbus affairs ever held in Iowa will
occur at Sioux City on Oct. 13, when
an exemplitication Of the fourth de-
gree will take place. 1t will be in OBJ.
servance of discovery day, Oct. II, and
because that clay falls or Saturday
this year, the day after has been
chosen This announcement has just
been made By Lee J. Dcugherty. mas
ter of the fourth degree for Iowa, who
| was In Cedar Paj;ds recently. He said
that many applications for the degrees
have been received since the last ex-
qualification held in davenport in
August, 1916, in connection with the
meeting Of the supreme council. 1t is
expected that a class Of at least 300
candidates will he elevated to the
highest honors in knight hood and an
attempt ds beiry made to secure a
speaker of national rencwn for the
banquet which will be held at the con-
clusoin of theidegree work.
Waterloo.
That the 1:ckel street car fare
may be thing Of the past in Water
loo looms up as a possibility. The
trend Of the country is toward 6 or
7-cent fare and in some localities OF
2 cents is addel for transfers. No
statement could be .obtnined from ex-
ecutives of tho local lines as G. D.
Tcass is in Washington, d. c., confer
ring with officials relative to opera
ton OF the line. The nickel street car
So. TOD hoA fyro
years ago. Little. or no complaint IL
heard around passenger stations about
the new steam train fares. A fiat rate
Of 3 cent mile for ordinary travel.
i3A cents for tourist rate and 3h
cents for standard or parlor car Is
now charged. For all fares exceeding
So cents an Yer cent war tax is
added. Intururban lines are affected
by these new rates AMI the fare be-
tween this city and Cedar Falls is now
Fl cents and the fare to Cedar Rapids
$3.50. Freight rates have also been
increased from Is per cent up. Mini
mum freight charges have been raised
from 25 cents to so cents.
Sioux City.
Rich loafers who use their money to
CtblIloulldS0 lslclA VAiStlSSS WALL w
rounded up in Sioux City and put to
real work, If the plan of Councilman
Hamilton is approved by the city
council. Mr.. Hamilton has requested
City Attorney George Kephart, to draw
up an ordinance wtich will not con-
fict with the state laws requiring
every man in Sioux City over Is years
of age, who is physically able to work,
to find useful occupation. The ordi-
nance will be framed this week and
submitted to the city council. There
are a bunch of exbartenders and get
rich quick slackers VINO own property
and live off their incomes while they
rover turn their hands to real work, i.
Mr.. Hamilton explained. 'Theq are
loafers, the same as the tramps and
buns who inflict themselves upon the
country. In these days any man who
hasn't a job is a leech upon the gov
eminent II the council favors tho
ordinance men over 10 will be required
to degster their names and occupa.
tons and big crusade will be begun
against those men who are not en-
gagged in a prod uctive occupation.
Sioux City.
Accused Of violating TIE Mann white
slave act, Sergeant Frank T. Fraser,
late Of the Canadian Black Watch
Royal Highlarlers. VINO distinguished
himself at the first and second battles
Of Ypres was arrested at the Jackson
Hotel by Detective M. E. Farley.
Fraser, who was awarded a distin-
guished conduct medal by Kins
George, is appearing in NO Mans
Land thrilling war playlet at the
New Orpheum Theater Sergeant
Fraser is accused Of having come to
Sioux City last Sunday with Miss
Evalyn Knshman. 10 years old, from
Lincoln, Neb., where he was playing
last week. They were found in the
hotel room together by the detectiv..
and had registered as man and wife.
Miss Kushman was taken to the polio.
| station, with him and also is being
held for, investigation. The arrest Of
1.-THE couple by the Sioux City police
followed the receipt OF d. Telegram,
from the girls brother in Lincoln,
with awhom she hadiformerly made hes
home. When they were asked at the
hotel for marriage certificate Ser
geant Fraser was unable to produce
one and admitted that they. were not
married. The sheet on the hotel reg
lister was taken by the detective, and
will y held - ssytdslsse : ~ inst The
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