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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-18
To Whom Il May Concern.

/ wish to state I am moving away
and have sold my complete house,
moving outfit to George Miller. 3h
West State street and will assure any
person wishing his service perfect
satisfaction. He has many years
experience in all lines OF the work.
and will appreciate the patronage of
the people. George is recommended
as the most up-to-date house mover
In this part OF the state. Harry Cole
Green Mountain, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-18
VIII. sue, For Divorce.

Suit in divorce has been filed in
district court by Mrs. Hazel Hundley
VS.. John F.. Hundley. The plaintiff
asks temporary alimony in the sum
of $50 for costs of the action and at
torney's fees. and the restoration of
her maiden name, Hazel Wright. Mr..
and Mrs. Hrndley were married in
Toledo, April Is, 1918.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-18
Attention Auto Owners.

have just opened up a service
station In the McCortney Motor Com
pany building at 13-15-17 North Sec
ond avenue, and am able to take care
of all makes of cars, trucks and cleo
trical repair work. First class work
manship guaranteed. I solicit your
patronage. Howard Ward.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-18
FINISH CANVASS OF VOTE.
Few Changes Made BY Official Count
by SupervIsors

4 ny supervisors.
The official canvass of the vote
cast at the primary June was com
pieted Thursday by the board Of sup
ervisors. Attic the court showed
some change in totals in some pre-
cincts, they were not material and
the results Of the election remain the
same as announced by election
judges.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-18
CHELSEA CAR STOLEN.
Automobile Thieves Again Active in
1an1a County.

Tama County.
Sheriff N. s. Peterman, Of Tama
county. advised the police department
or this city. Thursday night, OF furth-
er activity OF automobile thieves in
this county. A Ford touring car, 1917
model. with wire wheels. was stolen
Thursday night at Chelsea The car
bore license No. S1s5z5. A reward of
$50 is offered for recovery Of the
car.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
Police Search for
Loftis's .Jewelrv.
Worth Thousands
Miss Wood Admits She Took
Several Pieces, but Saws
He Gave Them to Her:
Hunt Another Man i'm Case

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The police are
searching tonight for thousands of
dollars worth. of jewelry which Samuel
T. A. Lofts. millionaire diamond mer-
chant and man about town, is said to
have kept in his luxurious apartments.
Since Loftis's death Friday night the
iewelry has disappeared.
Miss Ruth Wood the young hotel
bookkeeper who was with LOFTS at
the time of his death. is being held
merely as a material witness and ap-
rarently was in no way responsible for
The death of LOFTS" Chief of Police
Garrity declared tonight. as the re-
suit of his questioning of Miss Hsood
and score of others.
The girl admitted to-day that when
she fed from the apartment after sum-
moning Roy NJ. Shayne, her fiance.
she took with her a watch. other
Erticles of iewelry and roll of bills
which belonged to LOFTS. She gave
the watch and jewels to her mother.
She insists these were the only Jewels
she took away from the apartment.
She had denied at first taking the
money and jewels. When questioned
further she said that Lofts forced her
TO accept the jewelry, but that she re-
turned the money to him and he placed
II N 8 dresser. she admitted that lust
before fleeing she took the money from
tho dresser.
Police Hunt for Babe"
While the girl is being held further
inquiry into the possible loss of other
iewelry is being made, and the police
are searching for another man known
as Babe who is thought TO have
been with her after the chauffeur, Her
man Waxler, took her from the LOFTS
apartment in taxicab, following the
tragedy. The chauffeur has admitted
that he introduced her. to another man.
Ii & revised story the girl said she
had gone with the chauffeur to a num-
Der of West Side cabarets and that
$50 had been taken from her.
The chauffeur said nothing of lew
elry, but declared that Miss Wood had
"a big bunch of money on her and
asked him to take her where she could
get drink"
Miss Wood will be questioned again
tomorrow. She has told several
stories, but they have been conflicting.
shayne Set at Liberty
Shayne has been set at liberty. 1t
Is thought that his story has been
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

merely an imaginative one, told to pro-
tect his sweetheart. The police do not
think LOFTS was alive when Shayne
arrived at the apartment in response
20 telephone call from the girl.
Sergeant John Norton, OF me homi
c'de squad. and Chief Garrity have
oec'Sed to pass the case on to cor
oner's jury. They have told Miss Wood
ma. she must remain in custody until
such jury has passed on her pos
s'ble guilt in the case.
", Whiie both say they believe Miss
woods story concerning the friendly
scuftie with LOFTS preceding his
Death and the other details Of the
afternoon ~party in his fiat, they arc
stil at loss to know just what trans
pred after she left the LOFTS apart
men1; The police also think that the
chauffeur has withheld some informa
ton. '''"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

[ - -<&..l.(h.S z
Speaking OF
Epidemics
HE average person feels he is de-
h prlved OF one of the luxuries Of
llfe unless he is allowed to launch
complaint every so often. Complaints
are as necessary to the common or gar
den humans mental complacency as
1000 IS to his stomach. Some of us COM
plain IN the home; some in the Office:
some IN restaurants; some on the sub
way. But we all complain of the govern
ment. Somewhere between the cradle
and the grave all of us take shot at
the bodies of men chosen to preside over
the countrys destiny
We are not alone
10 our credit let it be stated that Arneri-
cans are not alone in this bred-in-the-hona
shortcoming. If there is any government in
the universe which is not complained of Let
1t come forward now-or forever after hold
its peace!
In this age-old fact lies the origin of the
revolutionary radical and the boshevist
lhere are always measles in a cornmunitv-
few cases here and there without which the
family physician couldn't afford his SATURDAY.
night corned beef and cabbage. And then
along comes an epidemic of measles and
everyone up in the air as if thev'd never seen
measle before!
TUGS eDer fh,,s-
There are always complaints Then along
comes an epidemic of complaints and strai ght-
way everyone's up in the air and saws the
worlds going to the dernntion bowwows-
which it isn't!
lhe governments all right-as govern
ments CO. The people are all right-as peonle
60 The trouble is they find it pleasanter 20
dlsagree And alas, we fear twill be ever
thus as long as there are governments and
people,
The Rotary Club asks
The Rotary Club of New York a LARGE bod,, f
level-headed business all striving for the nrooree
OF the United States and the perpetuation of it's nos
tlo IN the van OF the leading nations of the world as
the good public always to hundred before
1t launches loud complaint and to prevail unon its
friends to do likewise .
IN TINS way comp aint epidemics will be avoided
and people will begin to believe what s rea11
the truth-that the world in general and the JInted
States IN particular in about best condition ever
and able to absorb all the healthy nourshment thew
ready to feed it, '
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

spectators at the Parkway Baths. the
manager giving him the freedoms of the
place as soon as an alert patrolman,
Thomas Craddock, had recognized the
British yachtsman and introduced him.
Among the few mshaps reported to
the police were two narrow escapes
from drowning and collision be.
tween a sightseeing bus and street
car. The latter took place at Sixty
eighth Street and Fifth Avenue. Sew
eral persons were thrown from their
seats in the bus and slightly injured.
Those who required medical attention
were Louis Gruber, twelve years old,
Of II Essex Street; Thomas Mulhearn,
six, of sol Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn;
Alexander Mcclellan, seventy-o one, Of
Dobbs Ferry. N. y, and Mrs. Susan
Tully, of 203 East Sixty-frst Street
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

purely religious nature. Divine ser
vice was held in Liberty Hall in the
morning, afternoon and evening. In
the morning, particularly, the service
was elaborate. All the executive off
GERS appeared in their robes Of office.
attended by choir girls in white and
uniformed guards armed with swords
In the afternoon there was a large pro-
cession to the hall from the sssocia-
tons headquarters, 81 West 135th
Street. The parade was headed by a
band and preceded by platoon OF
mounted police.
Tonight there will be large mass
meeting held in Madison Square Gar
Den. Leaflets announcing the meeting
were distributed. According TO the
leaflets the purpose of the meeting will
oe to elect "a President of Africa" and
q leader Of the race in the world.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
Healy Opposes Wadswortb

timothy Healy, president of the In
'erna1ionaI Brotherhood Of Fircmen
ana az = oilers, has indorsed the candidacv
O.. 9. ueorge Henry Payne for the IIniteS
ota.es atae Senate in his fight against Son. sru
ntor a James W. Wadsworth II NJ ~
ihcaly's Endorsement is contained IN ni H. :.
n.te;. ,e.Lei sent to Mr.. Payne and mada
public yesterday. "'aus
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

further examination on a charge of
conducting disorderly house.
Neighbors had complained of the
nigh revelry that had been permitted
in the hotel, the police say. Most of
the prisoners drove to court in their
own limnusines
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
35, 200 Visit Shamrock "
Crowds Disappointed That Lip
ton Is Not on Yacht

The police estimated that about 35,
900 persons visited the Shamrock ",
lying in North River at the foot of
Ninety-sixth Street, yesterday. Among
'ne visitors we're automobile parties
from Connecticut, New Jersey and
Massachusetts. The line of visitors
was block long as early as 10 O'Clock
IN the morning. Police reserves from
the l1oth Street station kept the crowd
IN order. To the disappointment of the
$4,000 Sir Thomas Linton was M. ME-
aboard the yacht
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
az Seized i'm Hotel Raid
Twelve Colored Women and
1hirty-five Men Arrested
in Manhasset

Twelve women, all colored, and
ehirty-hve men, Il majority of them
colored, were arrested at o'clock yes
terday morning in u raid on the Bay
view Hotel, at Manhasset, Long Island.
Justice of the Peace Arthur W. Jones
hned each Of the men $40. The women
each received six months jail SEN
ssence, but upon their promise to leave
Nassau County and not to return for a
year sentence was suspended
harry McCray and his wife, Chris
Una McCray, alleged proprietors of
the hotel, were held in $1,000 bail for
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

Shayne has been set at liberty. 1t
Is thought that his story has been
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
None of the passengers In +ho

None of the passengers in the car MN,
hurt. '''o car wa,
:, benjamin Fliegelman, Of 322 East
houston Street, was seized WITH
cc.r,amp while swimming off Henderson,a
Walk, and was brought ashore hv
,dfe III guard. Another life guard rescned
NJ Mario Marino. of Sea Breeze Avenua
ana west Third Street, Brooklyn. who
sank at the Parkway Baths. y"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
Crowds at Coney Small;
Bathers Pay $1.5O Room
New City Law Gets Inadequate
Test; Sir Thomas Upton
One of Cpccfators

Comparatively few persons visited
Coney Island Yesterday. Bathhouse
proprietors posted their prices in ac-
cordance with the new ordinance, but
there was not the usual Sunday vol
ume of business necessary for an ade-
quate test of the measure Prices
varied widely. An average charge
seemed to be rs cents for a locker
and Sl.50 for room for two persons
having their own suits. Suits were so
cents each
Sir Thomas Upton was one Of the
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02
Colored Convention to
Name presidents of Africa

The first convention Of the Univer-
sal Negro Improvement Association be-
gan q two days session at Liberty
Hall, ia West 13sth Street. yesterday.
The purpose of the convention, it was
announced, is to prepare bill Of
rights for the race and lay plans to
guarantee protection for its members
in all parts of the world.
fhe proceedings yesterday were of a
New-York tribune., 1920-08-02

The Rotary CLUB Ne York oygnnaion of men rebrecriuo ell
"ne' 0"meff'aI aIS4y IT'S LoAe
ethical lfoeA Headquarters I'D f00y Hotel Mc4itin '
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

viena. Sept. IS Ten thousand
criminal cases were recorded in VI
emma during the year 1919 against
1874 in 1910. The prisoners are So
crowded that It has become scandal
and the dockots so extended TO lead
the public prosecutor 70 recommend
thar all cases 81 when conviction
would inyolve not more than five
years Imprisonment. be quashed. 1t
Is said that many OF the cases cannot
De reached for years.
The judicial machinery o. She state
Is wholly inadequate TO cope with the
situation Burglaries alone are stated
20 average 300 monthly
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
MORMON HEAD Is
HAILED BEFORE COURT

Salt Lake City. Sept 25.-The
eight officers and directors OF the
Utah1daho Sugar company of Salt
Lake. named in sugar profiteering in
lictmens returned recently in South
Dakota, appeared before Y. S. com
missioner here today and were bound
ever for trial ID the South Dakota
courts Bail was fixed at s2.a,.Q each.
Similar gases are pending aga. .nst the
directors OF the company in Utah and
Idaho. Herher J. Grant, president OF
the UtahIdaho company and presi-
dent of the Mormon church. vas not
named in any OF the indictments.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Others is striking. In 1919 these
81 corporations engaged in wide
IL separated activities had an in
vestment of about $500, ,000, 600
and handled about 1920, 100000
worth Of business which netted a
little less than $500. 100000 in
profits. The combined business
Of the packers was about SS.500, :
100000 with an agsregate net
profit Of little more than S54. +
000. 900.
OF the 76 corporations aside
from the meat packers, three re-
ceivel 30 cents or more on each
dollar Of goods sold; five received
20 cents or more: Is received -
cents: 81 received 10 cents; only
II received less than II cents +;
none showed profit Of less than
3 cents and 50 per cent Of them
had profits 10 times as great as
the average of the packers The
average profit of the 76 concerns
was 1l.25 cents per dollar OF sales
the average of the packers was
less than cent per dollar OF
sales. SO to be precise The
slender margin shown IN the fig
ures Of President Wilson 5 ad-
dress answers criticism sharply
hut without removing any of the
burden from consumers The
question who gets the difference
between the 1873 the cattle grower
receives at one end and the SlT5
the consumer pays at the other
remains larger than the less than
one cent the packers average a.
profit per dollar Of sales
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
Six Men Hold
Up and Rob
A Messenger

Pittsburg. ka., Sept. 25.-ons
men robbed the Katy Coal con-
psny at South Radley near here
of sf1.cOo pay roll, most p
mhfcn was in currency. The ROB-
bers escaped In the cashiers car
w. c. Ferg. the cashier was seri-
cusly injured when struck down
By a heavy instrument in the
hands. Of one Of tre bandits.
This noon, il was reported that
Some Of the bandits were sur
rounded in corn field about ter
miles from, the place Of the rob
berry. The robbers abandoned the
car and took to the field. A Posse
Of armed men has been rushed 70
the scene.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

II ypr rereive hnlnher q ~
vlsa'lons from women trends in-
Ylllng yon 70 loln poli'ieai party
on a certain afternoon or evening
do not become alarmed nei'eFlls
that the women haze gone WIG
and are starting new parties ga-
lpre For such invitations only
mean that the political porcn
gathering. originated by Mr Me-
kinney and perpetuated by Mr..
ilariing- IS beng utilized by our
newest voters, the women to n
IN with their own social gather
ings On thel por'A Wllaeh have
been time ont q mind saeh pleas
ant occasions
Mrs. Manley l.. Fossen Of New
York, claims 70 be the first 10
think OF adapting the women 5
porch party TO political needs hut
doubtless many other women
naNe been fu'i as qniek g MAKE
use of the favorife place for sum
mer PARTIES Tor Fhe spread 81 po-
iiiieal propaganda. and now az
over the country may ne hear
around the gay tea table spread
= ihe porch animatei discus
SONS ot political candidates and
roliiiral issues
ears ago when women Wer"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

time and half for Overtime. and
bridge carpenters are offered 20
cents an hour. acsordlng to employ
ment officials
Construction work Is expected q
10 on all winter-it usually does D.
cause OF the favorable climate And
cotton picking probably will continue
to some extent. until spring Vita
spring. OF course, comes new farm
work. and additional activity in buiid-
ing trades II looks rather Ike
steady work the year rouAd now ia
Oklahoma for the man who wants 10
work. according to Commissioner
connally.
Fear Coal Shortage
4 delegation OF coal operators rer.
resenting the principal coal compsn-
les in the Henryefta district callei
on Governor Robertson "Wednesday
to apprise him OF an impending coal
shortage this winter Inability %
get cars for transportat is caus-
ing many Of the mines to remain iole
much OF the time. at least in that
district. and one operator predicted
that unless the situation improved
speedily coal will be scarer this WIN
ter than II was last County JudE
Il. C. Christopher Of 0kmulgee. ao'
cornpanied the delegation
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
COST OF BRINGING SHIRT FROM
NEW YORK BOOSTED Ia MILLS
UNDER NEW FREIGHT SCHEDUI E
lzIII

Just what the increased freight which went into effect
august % will the the of
hung the of articles Of clothing and standard
food products shown bulletin issued by W. NJ Whtenton
chief operating officer of the NJ T. railway Dallas
Texas
Freight charge pair Of shoes shipped from Boston to
Muskoge under the o dschedule 3 under the
the charge II increase of IL pair
On Of clothes from Chicago Vnita the old
freight 81 the is l2 increase of 33
suit.
Freight charge shirt from New York Oklahoma
Cv formerly SIS mills IS 12 cents increase of IA
mills
Freight charge packing house products from Chicago
Tulsa rs mills under the old schedule the IL
cents an increase of IS mills pound
From New Orleans Cushing the old freight pound
sugar y mills s3 mills increase of 81 mills
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

together, and then solemnly issue
formal statement TO the world
announcing the accomplishment
of their aims. Reading the an
nouncement the meaning is plain
that after agreeing upon the
necessities for reconstruction N
Europe and the menaees that inn
peril the little that Is left of civ
ilization, each decides he can not
consent to the other S policies and
they can only agree to disagree
The main point of their harmony
Is that Italy is left TO do as she
pleascs and France is left to do
as she pleases and neither will eo-
operate with the other II is not
a decision on a point of right or
wrong. good or bad on what
France and Italy do. but what
they viii do. Neither is disposed
to deny that Europe ; recovery
turns upon the adjustment Of
the Russian situation. since
permaneucy Of peace or pros
peritv is impossible in advance Of
settlement Of the Russian diff
Guilty. France has refused all
recognition of Russia, while italy
expects to 60 as far as political
exigencies permits. There is to
be an exchange of representatives.
and while they will lack sol.e
thing of the pomp Of anbsssa-
dorial dimensions Italy and Rus
sia win be able to transact all
their business quite as well
The mockerv Of European Dip
lomacy never was so pitiessly ex-
posed as in this conference and
accompanying statement Of the
two premiers After finding that
it i impossible for them to make
permanent agreements anon any
thing except their diplomatic
friendship they inform the world
that tl1ye are in perfect accord
The only clesr point Of harmony
is that they agree not to make an
open quarrel Of their differences
Otherwise they are aS far apart
as It j. possible to get. With re
gard TO Germany, the prcaicrs
found themselves in antagoniStlt
attitudes as they did in the ease
Of Russia The " harmony that
exists is Of d landFthaf may leai
10 further clashes of military
forces, since the real purpose of
the harmony conference seems ~
have been to feel each other out
to discover ii possible how far
each wound go under certain
provocative conditions.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Detroi,-A challenge to anyone
inside or cltside the ranks OF prof
essional baseball 10 appear uef.4s
Chicago grand jury and prove tnai
any chan pioaship game PLAYED N tne
Natioaal ieague ia 1919 or 1920 was
no; won or lost strictly on its ner
It's Elado in statement OF John A.
HeydIs'. president of the National
league hCHIIl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

-Dencer-Attacks upon Chairman
HAYS OF he Republican national com
'mittee aud Republican newspapers
charged with "a conspiracy OF all
ence" against the Democratic caasr
featured the Colorado campaign Of
Governor Cox Chairman HAYS was
likencd to "the sneaklng euerrils
who in days OF old poisoned wells 70"
the destruction OF enemies.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
LABOR SCARCE. FARMERS
WoRRiED: COTTON RIPE

Continued frcm Page ~
ton workmen. This is SO mark +
That 90 Connally, it indicates '
'is more railroad construction worl,
laid out for the immediate future IN
Oklahoma than at any time since tho
war began Common laborers in tais
lire are offered - cents an hour and
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Washington - President Wilson
declined to take steps toward ,erInin-
alton OF certain commercial treatles
as diretced BY congress in the nicr
shant marine act, holding that such
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

a course would Be wholly irreconcll.
able with his.orial respect which Un-
tied States has shown for information
al engagements.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
AGREE TO DISAGREE

Premier Giolitti Of italy. and
Premier Ntillerand Of France
courteouSly meet at Aix-les-
Bains, hold conference to bring
their policies and interests closer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Il is practice dating from
ancient days 70 experiment with
presenting a new play in a small
town. 1t is designated hy actors
rs trying it on the dog. The
league Of nations is playing az
the Aland Islands
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25
FRENCH FLIER BREAKS
THE WORLDS RECORD

Etampes. France. Sept. 25.-SaSi
1eCointe. farmous French aviator, to-
day made sixty miles IN 81 minutes
Is seconds. in the elimination flight
for tae James Gordon Bennett inter
national aviation cup race Monday.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Attention is called to the us, of
official premiums awarded at TIE Lo-
can county free fair continued in to-
days paper The balance OF tie list
will be published on Monday The
Leader this year and every othcr ys tr,
is the first and only paper to publish
a correct list Of awards in .fu
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-09-25

Calls for society ueetings cards Il
thanks obitusry Notices. resolutions
soclety ane chu-ch secisls. lecture notices..
calls foF church meetings except Sunday
sermonsl are considered as advertising
and viii be charged far.
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All unsolicited manuscripts ietfars ana
pictures sent % The Leader at sent a
tae risk Of tAe owner. The leader ~
pFessiy repudis.es any responsibility for
their ssfe custody or retgEn.