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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28
ALLEGED EMBEzzLER CAUGHT.
Ed Elmer. of Waterloo, Brought to
City For Trial.

Ed Elmer, of Waterloo formerly
a salesman in the employ of the
L. B. Price Mercantile Company, of
that city, was arrested Thursday
morning at Waterloo by the chief of
police and was brought To this city
Thursday afternoon by Railiff l.. -.
Hampton to face a charge of en-
bezzlement filed by J. Palmer for
the Price company
A warrant for t.mor's arrest was
sworn out here some weeks ago
when II was believed he was still
in the city acting rs salesman for
The company. a search for Emer,
however. failed to result in his cap
ture and later word came from ST
Joseph. Mo, that he Was under ar
rest there. The company did not
press the suit, however, as the sum
involved was only $40. Thursday
morning Elmer appeared in Waterloo
where he was recognized by the
chief of police and taken into Gus
tody.
Judge b. o. Tankersley and Bailiff
Hampton went to Waterloo Thurs
day morning and brought Emer back
in the afternoon. When arraigned
Elmer pleaded not guilty and was
held under $500 bond for trial at 2
o'clock this afternoon, Being unable
TO furnish bond Elmer went to Jail.
Elmer visited this city in the in
terest of his company. selling silver
ware. rugs, etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28
Rhodes News.

The first band concert OF the sea :
son was given Tuesday night. A
large crowd was in town from sur
rounding country and towns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Schaap. of
Baxter, were Rhodes callers Tuesday
evening.
Miss Bertha Rattray had the mis-.
fortune to slip on the polished floors
at her home Sunday morning and
receive a bad cut on the forehead.
Miss Ielma Phillips returned home
Saturday from Kasson Mimi. where
she has been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Ed Duffy was at Marshall
tswn Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Niles. of
State Center. were at Rhodes Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. NJ. CromIey were
at Baxter Wednesday.
Thelma Weeks. of Newton. is Wis
iting with her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank McCloskey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Tribby and
Mrs. Fred Preston were at Mar
sh'll Wednesday.
Mrs. Freeland and son, Raymond,
are visiting with relatives in Good
Country. Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Long, Of Mar
shalltown, were at Rhodes Thurs
day
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

with his brother and sister for Il
short time.
Martin Stangcland, of Chicago, Is
visiting at the home of his nephew.
Bert Sawyer, and with other friends.
Some of the boys accdently put
ball thru the big glass window in the
postoffice Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carroll and
Mr. and Mrs. +. l.. Conden. of Mar
shalltown, were callers at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. II. d. Hoover Tues
day afternoon.
Mrs. j. r. Mack returned to her
home in Bangor Wednesday after
caring for her sister, Mrs. H. u.
Hoover who is recovering very nice
~.
Henry Serle has sufficiently re-
covered from his severe sickness to
be out.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28
Pr.ces Some Cotton
COOKS We're Higher in
1864 Than This Year

Altho he prices of cotton goods in
the United States today are higher
than they have beer for several
years. the prices have not scared 10
anything like the heights they at
tanned at the end of the civil wal.
This has probably been due to the
control exercised by the federal re-
serve board and other agencies.
Conditions have, of course. been
quite different during the last six
ySrs from those that obtained when
the United States was IN the throes
of its most exhausting struggle.
In Lincoln's day the worlds sup
ply OF cotton was of far smaller pro-
portions than those of today. Then,
as now. the great cotton belt" was
"a most important factor. but during
the period of the civil war. Amcri-
can cotton could not figure extern
sivoly in world commerce because oil
the blockade maintained by the
United States navy,
Due 10 shutting off the American
supply, the price of raw cotton in all
markets rose to unheard of levels
during the early COS and this was
reflected in the cost of cotton goods
ut the time. But during the last six
Years he American supply of raw
cotton suffered no such reduction.
Great quantities of the staple were
demanded and supplied to meet
emergency needs. the production OF
war materials and IA much expanded
demand for wearing apparel. caused
by scarcity of wool and other tex
tile raw materials. Nevertheless the
supply held out and our manufaCtur-
ers managed to meet all the demands
made Ipon them for cotton goods.
The following comparative prices
of cotton goods today and in 1864 and
1913 illustrate the great difference in
the condition of the cotton market
then and now.
American shifting prints now sell
ing for II cents a yard. sold for -
cents in 1918 and correspond in
quality. to American prints which
sold for A. cents in 1864.
A. j.. c. Bingham. which now sells
for 31E cents. sold for 2Tia cents in
1918 and corresponds 10 the Lam
caster Bingham which sold for 4SIa
cents in August, 1864.
Utility Bingham, now selling at
35 cents, sold for % Y cents in 1918
and is of the same quality as the
Everett Bingham which sold for A. y
cents in 1864.
LanSron G. p. Sc inch bleached
cotton. which sold for 81 cents in
1918. corresponds to Langdon bleach
ed cotton, which sold for 63 cents in
1864.
Dwight Anchor bleached cotton
sold for 32la cents in 1918 and in
1864 Dwight d, its equivalent in
quality. sold for 6S cents.
Hope bleached cotton now sells for
So cents and sold for 90 cents IN
1918. This same brand In 1864 sold
for 81 cents a yard.
Pepperell sheeting. now selling for
81 cents. sold for s1.50 in 1854. Those
sellirg for 81 cents now. then sold for
sl.0o Another grade, which sold for
s132B then. can be bought for ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

into fabrics as fine as silk. which are
unaffected by temperatures of from
1000 to 5000 degrees + II IL tn"n
in layers filing assures in certain
seryentine rocks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

the accepted bid of $1,000 an acre by
Mrs. Eunice Madison for the eight
acre homestead tract of the J. p
Glass estate. north of Cedar Rapida
which was disposed of at auction
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

cents now. Still another grade OF
Peppcrell shecting, which now is
sold for 80 cents, was held at $l.6O in
1864.
Colored cambria which now sells
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28
Quebec For Asbestos.

The finest asbestos, and the great
err part of the worlds supply, comes
from Quebec. Asbestos is fibrous
mineral that can be spun and woven
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

Cedar Rapids-What is believed to
he record price for land in Iowa was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

for % cents was sold for 80 cents
in 1864.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-28

leGrand Items.
p. ID. Harvey returned home from
Tinsley where he had been visiting
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
Fewer Fios Reach Market.

The fig yield of the vilayet of Alden has arisen from approximately 5000 tons raised on 10000 acres of land about thirty years ago to about 23000 tons raised on 25000 acres. However. this advance. in supply has not keDt pace with the demand, and prices of figs have steadily risen. The big pro ducing areas are, under normal condi- tions, exclusively tapped by the Otto man (Aiden) Railway company's sys- tenn. The orchards. located mainly in the Meander valley, are owned chiefly by Turks. The best figs are produced in the Inovassi and Ortaxe districts. The product is marketed in smyrna, where the figs are packed in accord ance with the demand of the region to which the figs are. exported. Blight, neglected fertilization and lack of com munication have cut down this seasons export output to about 10000 tons. Exports went to the United States (about 4,OOO tons) the United Kingdom (5,5O0 tons), and European entente countries (about 1000 tons).
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
WAT W. WHITE
PHONE 5s

ity in a telling nl;lnner Much oITwas going to waste i'll the Northwest Burkburnett oil field because the pipe lines were inadequate, when the boys. who are brothers, saw crude oil from q broken pipe running down a small ravine. Hitching donkey to rattle trap spring wagon, they began to haul dirt to dam the ravine and succeeded after much hard work in collecting q great quantity of oil.
 The owner appeared on the scene about that time. and he admired the pluck of the youngsters. He did not claim the oil outright, although it had been his, but offered the youngsters one dollar and a half a barrel salvage for it. The youngsters accepted h.s offer and. perching themselves on their new dam with stubs of pencils. check ed out the oil as it was hauled away. It tallied exactly three thousand bar rels, and the boys got their money.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
Unconventional aprofessions.. !.

Some of the unconventional ''profes- sioEs" which have developed in after war England include the man who guarantees to be able to furnish an afternoon or evenings pleasant con versation at moderate fee. Another ex-officer, who says he became an effi- cient letter writer while In the trenches in Flanders. will write breezy letters to interesting people for ESQ much per-" Owing to the ravages of the war on old-established fortunes, scores of highly placed women are try ing to obtain jobs as chaperones or companions to women and girls who have to travel. Others are willing to share in the management of large houses for nominal wage. Thou sands of girls, some of them of title, are applying for jobs as cinema actresses.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
MURDER MADE EASY MATER
With Formula Possessed by English Chemist, Slayer Might Laugh at
 Human Law.

The luneh-time conversation of the scientists at the national physical lab oratory. Teddington, shifts daily to all sorts of interesting subjects, and it was inevitable that the topic of mur- der should have been suggested by the wave crime in Great Britain Gan epi- demic that amounts to less than one homicide a week..
 It was agreed that all the murders reported in the daily papers were com monplace, dull, sordid affairs. showing no ingenuity and deliberation. If l had a murder to commit, how should go about it?" became the theme.
 The metalIurgists. electricians, radi- ologists, physicists and other scientists had many astounding murder methods. but with common weak point, writes an English correspondent. None of them disposed of the body so that de lection would be not only improbable, but impossible.
 It remained for chemist to solve the problem. T would not be so clever as you in the assassination itself he said. Any quick way of silent dis patch would do. But I could swiftly dissolve q body, bones and all. so that fl could be poured as liquid into sewer and be thoroughly done away with. No; mustn't give the formula" He was the. victor in the discussion
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
FIND NEW SOURCE OF SUGAR
Scientists Have Learned Frcm Indians That It Can Be Produced From the
 Douglas Fir.

An Indian secret closely guarded for genera iens by the red man has been brougA to light by John Davidson, botan.sl of the University of British Columha. at Vancouver, and James Teit. who hYs spent most of his life in the interior of the Canadian prov lnce and has an intimate knowledge of the life and habits of the natives. The secret is that the Douglas fir a famous tree of, great size-produces sugar that is extremely sweet and is valned at see q pound
 The announcement is made by the American Forestry association, through an article written by Francis Dickie and published in the American Forestry Magazine The area in which this sugar Is found in abundance is between the fiftieth and fifty-first par alIels and between 121 and 122 de- grees of longitude. These areas take in the Thompson river valley, west of the mouth of Nicola river, the district near the junction of the Fraser and Thompson rivers at Lytton and small part of the Graser valley above LillOoett. In the Kamloops district, the Nicola and Similwameen valleys and the eastern part of the state of Washington the sugar is also reported to be found.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
Scots spurn Sunday Work.

Lord Leverhulme has encountered the religious prejudices of the Scots men who live on the extensive proper ty he has purchased in the Outer Hebrides and has suffered rebuff. He had planned to make Stornoway, on the island of Lewis. the headquarters If huge fishing fleet that would sweep the seas for 800 miles around. The project involved Sunday labor. and the islanders, who adhere to the strict and intense form of the Presby- terian faith, rejected 1t.
 Commenting on the incident, the London periodical. Common Sense, says: Lord LeverhuIme is man of big ideas and new ideas, while the population over whom he has declared the rights of lairdship are folk of old and intense ideas. Hence the inevita- ble collision"
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
Is 1t Still Coffee?

Two young man walking along Chestnut street the other evening met two girls, recent acquaintances, dress ed in height of fashion-fur coats and hats, expensive looking shoes, and in- vited them to go to high-class res taurant.
 The girls agreed and after they had finished eating, they were asked if they would enjoy demi-tasse.
 They looked at each other.
 'Is it some sort of sundaeT' in quired one as though there might De some hidden joke in the invitation
 T don't think it would go good af- ter a hearty neal" said the other The young fellows gave it up. "Would you like some coffee?" asked one of them.
 Sure" replied the girls in chorus that's what we was waiting for youse guys to ask us. Philadelphia Record
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
Es pERLf mAr uuuD WALKER
prooklyn Citizen, Fond of Pedestrian ian, Has a Record That Fe" ~"
 Likely to Equal.

Garret Brewer of this city walked 2,O00 miles when he was ninety sea.s old. He Is now ninety-seyen years oiu and for the past three years ne nus given up walking as a regular oceu- patton. But for about F years before that he walked consistently, Tn oaa weather and good, on week days anu holidays. And this at time when he had long passed beyond the three score and. ten years supposed 10 oe mans allotted span of life.
 lie used to walk with pedometer at his belt ss his only compSNion' From his former home on Willough- by avenue. he would walk out to the Williamsburg bridge and across 10 Manhattan. This not appearing long enough for grownup man, ne oiteil would walk back to the Brooklyn enu ,f the bridge and then crass and re cross the bridge two or three tunes before starting home. In his diary he kept a record of the distances GOV cred on these expeditions. They va ried from month to month; but seven years ago. when he had reacheu the age of ninety. his walks sti averaged six miles a day. Being nc close to the century mark, he has discontinued walking out of doors. "A friend Dor rowed by pedometer," he explained with a laugh.--I,rookly Eagle.
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
"cook crabbero Meanest Criminal.

What is unofficially considered to be
 the meanest type of crime in England
 in the last five years is the "cook grabber." It is crime from which
 men have held aloof. The crime con- sists of turing cook away from one's neighbor. So great has been the shortage of cooks that desperate housewives have resorted to quietly engaging their neighbors cooks in conversation at the kitchen doorway and promising higher wages and better hours. In any gathering of women the consensus of opinion Is that a cook in the kitchen Is worth hundred any. where else:
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
MADE THEIR OWN OIL WELL
How Two Small Boys Reaped Rich Reward for the Exercise Of
 Little Ingenuity.

Two barefoot boys, respectively eleven and twelve years of age. earned forty five hundred dollars in one week. according to the Oil Weekly of Dallas. Terms. by combining thrift and ingenu-
The Prescott daily news., 1920-04-21
LASTLONG UNION SUITS FOR MEN
 Absorbent Fabric"

This underwear is made of the famous lastlong Flat Knit Fabric, it absorbs and expels bodily moisture, keeping the wear CT dry, cool, comfortable. Protecting against sudden chills and the clammy feeling of damp underwear.
 We also have complete line of summer underwear for the whole family.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01

.ulation. The standard paper money of the country at present is that iSsu- cd by the National Bank of Rumania
 Tn June. paper money printed m the United States will go into circr iation and all other moneys will be ,vithdrawn, it is believed, through the Rumanian government, since it has taken over tho new provinces of Tran. svlvania and Bukovina and Bcssarab.a where crowns and rublcS are in circu- lation, has not yet decided how it will solve note circulation problem or what value will be given to these old mon cys.
 Meanwhile the Rumanian govern mcnt k making determined effort to stamp out the new industries c running cheap moneys over her from tiers and trading it for lcis. At time men have been arrested with fou five or six billion patches of Austria Hungarian notes. Some of the men ar. tested have been Americans oStenS bly on automobile tours from Hun ~avy. Whenever captured these monev runners are arrested and the money in
 heir possession confiscatcd.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01
WOMEN IN
 LONDON ARE DOOMED
 TO BIG DISAPPOINTMENT

LONDON, July 1- Restrictions placed upon American women who aspire to presentation at court are such that nearly all of them in Lon don will be disappointed this year On eight of the many who are reported .o have applied will be presented and they must have qualifications which have surprised some of the uninitiat- ed.
 If married, their husbands must previously have been presented at a levee, they must have entree to the White House and if they have been divorced it must be indisputably shown that the divorce must have been granted to the woman Even in such cases the demand for legal de
 ais iS so minute that the king, in de- ference to the ideas of the queen, it is said, has let it be known that it is nadyisable for divorceeS to apply at all.
 Applications of Americans for
 ourt presentations must be made to ne American ambassador and he stands sponsor for those he selects. Of ,ourSe this feature of the embassy work is almost as carefully guardei, 5ut of respect for the feelings of the many who try and fail, as is some of the important diplomatic correSron- dence. Bat it is known among Ame'- cans in London that the list of appli-
 ations is quite long this year.
 This is emphasized by an embassy ircular which has come into the hands of some influential Americans here explaining what is required of sue
 cssful applicants. It is longer and | much more explicit than the usual circulars on the same subject and does
 ot mincc words regarding what may and what may not be expected.
 Considerable space is devoted to .hangcs in dress required. In the in- tcrcSt of economy the queen has de- creed that woman shall no longer wear head feathers or trains on their dresses at court. Some of the former adornmentS for the men also have been eliminated but it still is stipu lated what kind of buttons they must wear on their knee brooches and that they must not wear buckles on their patent leather pumps.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01
CHASTISER OF PRINCE
 CAPT. JOHN COX, DEAD
VANCOUVER, B. C., July l.

VANCOUVER, B. C., July l. The death of Captain John John cox, who had the distinction of hav- ing once attempted to chastise the late King Edward of England, then Prince of Wales, was reported here today.
 During the regatta at Cowes in 1880 Johncox was crossing the yachts mems green after dark when some one sitting on bench thrust forth a foot and tripped him. The captain started after him with both fists, when the princess identity was discov- cred and the battle ended.
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01
RI'NA\IA WANTS \ LOAN
 FROM THE UNITED STATES

BUCHAREST. July l- Rumawa is seeking to place a loan in the Unit eel States and wants to give as sccuri- tv her six percent national bonds without lien on her forests or her oil properties.
 According to Tc Progress the coun- try's most pressing problem k the re- organization of finances, which are in a confused condition, partly due to the dumping in Rumanja of several bilI- ions of AuStralia-Hungarian crowns, Russian and Ukrainian rubles and oth- CT worthless moneys. Within the past ten months the value of the lei has de
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01

creased from ten to the dollar to $5- so to the dollar, according to the fluctuations of the market.
 This depreciation is also due, it is stated. to an illegj;imate influx Of paper money from Germany. During the German occupation, quantities of paper money bearing the name of this bank. It is suspected that since the armistice, the Germans have SmuggIed into Rumania more of this money printed up in Germany.
 Le Progress states that at the be- einning of the war the Rmanian na- tioual debt was only 5,OOO,0OO lei and that now it is more than &0,OOO,OOO.- 900. with no means of estimating the exact amount of paper money in cir
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01

Bids will be received at the Rail road Building, in Seward, Room 10, between 1 F. VI. and F. M. on Fri day. July Pad. 1920, for the grading of A street and building of sidewalks .n the Federal. Addition. between Third Avenue and point near the ailrOad tracks. For particulars M' ouirc of C. ". Colwell, Room 10, Rail road Building, Seward. Jy1.
 
 Fifty pair Of very best stock of blue foxes for sale from our Long Island Ranch. either in pairs or will furnish foxes of either sex. Can ship in OctO- Der or November. Prices given on ap- plcation.
 Jvl$ KODIAK FOX FARM
 KODIAK, ALASKA
The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1920-07-01
DEPARTMENT or TIE INTERIOR
 Alaskan Engineering Commission

AldShan iHSllctIlHS NOhlh'SSiOh Trains leave and arrive at Seward q. fo,lOwS:--
 soc A. NJ. Wednesday and Saturday for Roosevelt, Tunnel, GrdwC"G Anchorage. Arrive 4:G5 r. N. Mon Jay and Thursday. Connections at Anchorage on Mohda! and Friday at S:&O A. M. fon MatanuSka, WaSilla, Houston, Ia krctna, and on "Wednesday at S:&O \. VI. for MatanuSka, ESka ana Chlykaloon.
 BREAKFAST. LUNCHEON and Dinner served on the Seward An Choragr train in the buffet car. M6.