Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-30

Rock Rapids.
A west bound freight on the ROCK
Island was wrecked three miles east or
Rock Rapids Monday morning, every
car going off the track which was torn
I'D for a distance of 800 feet. Traffic
was delayed five or six hours.
Sioux City.
boarding foodstuffs has become very
unpopular in Sioux City Of late, and
great deal is being returned to the
food administration, Last week de-
spite the rainy weather $4,000 pounds
Of supply Of -four was returned by
farmers.
Sioux City.
Mrs. Bruce WEIGH, 1901 Eighth
street. who was seriously injured when
struck by a car driven by Paul Logan.
an Indian at Twelfth and Court
street Saturday night, will recover
attendants at the st. Vincent's hospital
announced today.
Cedar Falls.
Theaters will not be permitted to
operate in Cedar Falls if the ordinance
governing Sunday closing which was
passed last evening by the city coun-
Gil is signed by the mayor. The coun-
Gil adopted the ordinance by vote OF
4 to 1, one member being absent. The
mayor has the power to veto within
thirty days.
Waterloo.
Word has been received by = E. S.
Estel, manager of the Dairy Cattle Con-
gress from Ira Inman, secretary OF the
~
that the association would increase the
amount Of prizes offered at this years
show. Each year the association has
offered a large list of cash prizes and
cups for Brown Swiss cattle exhib-
tied.
Buck Grove.
At a Red Cross auction sale here
Saturday $4,000 was realized for the
Red Cross. Tom and Jerry, the Red
Cross rooster. sold for $500. Other
articles that had been donated for the
occasion sold for fabulous prices. This
is REGARDED as a record for a town with
population of but 80, and with only
about rs families in tributary terri
tory
Sioux City.
Late Monday afternoon Company D
Fourth Iowa national guards. assisted
by secret service agents, police ant
deputies from the sheriffs office, began
roundup of suspected slackers at poo
halls, cigar stores and other places. lr
an hour they had arrested 200 mer
who could not produce registration
cards. Many of the men were able tt
produce cards by sending home, but
large number is being held In jail. Ihe
raid is still in progress.
Manning.
A very distressing accident happened
at the Ben WEIGH home north OF Man
ming, when the baby son of Mr. ant
Mrs. WEIGH lost his life by drowning
The boy, aged not quite years, wa:
playing with an older brother about the
barn yard It is thought that the child
while playing, .toppled over the water
tank into the water. A moment latel
Mrs. W1elch missed her child and or
searching found him floating in the wa.
ter tank The child was still alive bu
died soon afterWard.
Cedar Rapids.
The finding of four sticks OF dyna.
mite, with a Illuminating cap ana luse
attached, on tile front porch at the
home Of A. NJ. McGregor, 1915 First
avenue, early Sunday morning, haf
brought about mystery which the
police are trying to solve today. The
discovery OF can containing ninety
| nine cartridges of large caliber, in
hollow tree in the same neighborhood
does not tend to lessen the mystery
Mr.. McGregor, who discovered the
dynamite on the porch Of his home
when he arose Sunday morning. is al
a loss to understand the matter. Sc
far as ne knows he has not rea
enemy in the world.
Cedar Rapids.
Alleging that he is using the war tt
play politics, prominent Rohenhans Of
this city are aroused over Governor
Hardingls order to abolish all foreign
language In Iowa until peace is agar