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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Ordered All Americans Executed.

New Orleans. Dec. "a cable to
the Plcayune from Panama sasy:
Death to Americans" is the order is-
sued to the Nicaraguan government
armX by Zelaya. Positive information
was received here today that more than
a month ago Zelaya issued instructions
to his military commanders to shoot
every American caught fighting in the
army of the revolutionists. Some of
Zelaya's military officers protested
against the order and warned him
trouble with the United States would
result. ITO hell with gringoes" Ze-
laya replied. "Shoot every one you can
capture"
The gunboat Vicksburg. which has
been stationed at Corinto ever since
the Niearaguan trouble assumed ar
acute stage. has been reinforced and
there are now four American warships
in Corinto harbor. The Vicksburg
needs coal. and now that reinforce
ments have reached Corinto she will
probably come to Panama to replep-
ish her fuel supplies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
the expert knowledge and freedom from
all political or other influence of their
chiefs and instructors. You can help
see to that
MEAT PRODUCERS ELECT.
List Of Officers For 1e1c-Most Sue
cessfuI Session Held.

LIST OF OHlcerS for l9lC-MoSe sue.
cessful Session Held.
Des Moines, Dec 9.-The convention
Of the Corn Belt Meat Producers AS
sociation, which has been in session at
the Savery Hotel since Monday, was
brought to a close yesterday afternoon
with the election Of officers for the
coming year and the raising Of a fund
for the prosecution Of the case to Sc
cure lower rates for the Iowa shippers
of live stock which the association now
has before the interstate commerce
commission. During the afternoon the
members Of the association visited the
corn exposition and last night most Of
them left for their homes.
The following officers for 1910 were
chosen:
President-A. Sykes, of Ida Grove.
Vice PRESIDENT. NJ Brockaway, of
Let's.
secretary-H. c. Wallace, Of Des
Moines.
Observation-Disclosures Goodenow, Of
Wall Lake.
Directors-First distriSt, j. NJ. Brock
away, of Let's; Second, E. D. Baird,
Of North English; Third, d. Muir, (Of
uldtIlPIOIli Z OuIlli wv LlletHl IAdA oli1CS,
Jr., of Clermont; Fifth. W. G. Alcorn,
Of vinton; Sixth, Joseph Lisle, of Mall
com; Seventh, T. N. Thornburg, of
Linden; Eight Jerome Smith, of Cor
ming; Ninth, Hamilton Wilcox, of Girls
void; Tenth, ]. r. Doran; Eleventh,
d. w. Anglum, of hardwood.
Executive comittee-A. Sykes, T. "A.
Thornburg and H. c. Wallace.
The convention just closed has been
declared by the members Of the asso-
citation to be one of the most success
full in the history Of the organization
Oae hundred delegates have been in
constant attendance upon the sessions
Of the convention and many more came
to the city for the purpose ow seeing
the corn show. That the attendance
would have been larger had it not been
for the bad condition Of the weather
and the consequent danger to the corn
crop, was the confident statement
made by several of the officers of the
association.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
ENOUGH OF DEs MONIES
Because of Capital cty's Lack of In
terest Iowa Corn Show Will Go Else
where Next Year-severaI Cities
Want It-sundbers e,elected-More
Prize Winners.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Dec. 9.--lt was decided
today. because of the almost total fail
ure of interest in Des Moines, that the
Iowa corn show will go elsewhere next
year. Cedar Rapids, Marshalltown and
Waterloo are under consideration.
John Shndberg. of Whiting. will be
reelected president.
The prize for the best ten ears of
corn went to j j. Proudfoot of Altoo-
ma. and the bost single ear to C. o.
Garrett. of Mitchelvllle
In the apple exhibit at the state
house the largest prizes were won by
j. w. Murphy. of Glenwood, who also
won the sweepstakes for southern
Iowa, and by c. II. True. of Edgewood
forr the northern district and C.. o.
Garrett for the central district.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
sANlTARlUM SENSATION
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Against
Sister of Mercy Institution Create
Lively stir-Friends Insist lnearcer-
ated Man Was Perfectly Sane.

Special. to imes-Republican.
Dubuque. Dec "a sensation was
sprung in the habeas corpus proceed
ings against the Sisters Of Mercy in
sane asylum. for the release of Michael
Hogan, orf Iowa Falls. The knights Of
Pythias OF that city began the proceed
ings. Hogan has been confined six
years, at the instance of his wife
Friends insist that he is perfectly sane
and that he was never before the COM
missioners Of insanity or of any other
Judiciary, II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
OLD NAVIGATOR AND A LANDS
MAN SWEAR THEY MADE REC
oRDs FOR EXPLORER.
COPENHAGEN, AMAZED,
THINKS CHARGES ARE A LIE
Stories Considered So improbable That
Faith in Cook is strensthened-Men
Admit They Sold Their Services for
Price and Failed to Get Their
Pay.
10000 100000 100000

9909o0 100000 000o0f
. Copenhagen, Dec. "a sum- {
9 mary of the affidavits of the per-
9 sons claiming to have aided Cook
9 in the preparation of his polar
2 data was read here with amaze
9 mert. Scientific circles are in
9 clined to be increduIous regard
9 ing the charges, and some persons,
9 like Dr.. Carl Burrau, the astron-
. omer, consider them so improb- {
9 able that their effect will be to {
. strengthen confidence in Cook. {
. In the interview Burrau said:
q Passages in the story teIe-
Q grahed here give the impression
. that the matter is thoroughly un- {
Q trustworthy. Take for instance
Q the statement about capela. Ca
Q pella neither rises nor sets in the
Q Polar regions, but remains fixed
Q over the horizon. In order to
Q make observations at the north
@ pole a more extended and more
Q detailed knowledge is necessary
. than is enjoyed usually by the
Q average ships captain. It will,
@ thowever, be easy for the univer-
Q sity to determine the truth or
o otherwise Of the charges"
o The committee Of six under the
Q presidency of Prof. Ellis strom-
@ gen, astronomer, which is to ex-
O anime Cooks Polar records on
o behalf Of the University of Copen-
@ hagen, will begin it's work at the
O end Of the present week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09

Kalamazoo. Mich. Dec. s.-One ,lre
was probably lost. many flremen wore
overcome by smoke, l6o hotel guests
were driven scantily clad into the icy
streets. and property valued at 81. .ooo.-
ooo was destroyed by fire which
started here at 10 o'clock last night.
and was only estInguished after an all
night struggle by the combined fire
nghting forces of Kalamazoo. Battle
Creek and Grand R-pids.
Starting in the basement OF flye
and ten cent store. at lis West Main
street the flames. famed by strong
southwest wind. spread eastward along
the north side OF Main street, totally
destroying the Burdick house. n four
story hotel and a store building
Business Concerns Burned Out.
Sweeping eastward on Main street
the hames ate their way thru the Pos
tai Telegraph and American Express
offices, Chase's shoe store; Bowldeck's
mems furnishings store, Kennedy's
drug store and several smaller business
places. The flames made such rapid
progress that Battle Creek and Grand
iNtpiNS otiS 10 ibT assistance
The Battle Creek men arrived at 4
n. m. and the Grand Rapids mon at {
y. m.
Guests Without Shelter.
The guests OF the Burdick house
when warned of their danger. hastily
| fed to the street. many OF them scanti.
ly clothed and as the other hotels
were crowded, some OF these persons
were compelled TO remain out in tha
biting cold several hours before find
| Ing shelter.
| While the flames were. raging In the
hotel, n man suddenly appeared at an
upper window and cried for help. Be-
fore the tiremen could reach him he
disappeared and 1t Is believed that he
perished.
Water Shortage Proves Expensive.
| Too low pressure In the water mains
is principally attributed the extent OF
the fire. The city depends for It's sup
| ply on artesian wells. SO great was
the shortage of water that nt one time
| only two streams could be directed
upon the fire and these barely reached
the third floor.
Over Thirty Concerns Suffered.
| Later estimates place tho total loss
at about s750,000. More than thirty
concerns suffered losses The heaviest
loser was the Arcade Company. which
owned the hotel and Arcade building
and whose loss is estimated at $3.50. 900.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
NAVAL MILITIA BOOST
Bill to Bring Naval Militia Under
Same Benefits and Training as Dick
Bill Receives Unanimous Endorse
ment Of National Association.

Washington, Dec. "a bill having
for it's object the bringing of the naval
militia under the same benefits and
training as the Dick bill made possible
for the National Guard, received un-
animous endorsement of the National
Naval Militia Association at it's con-
vention today.
Delegates from twenty three states
were present and listened to speeches
by Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Beekman Winthrop and Commander
Winter Halter, chief Of the hydro
graphic service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
sALTzMAN GETS VERDICT.
Allowed $4,000 on Old Claim Against
Insurance Company.

Council Bluffs. Dec. s.--M. Saltz-
mann. Of Council Bluffs, was awarded
q ;-e-dic. for $4,000 the full amount OF
his claim against the Grain Shippers
Mutual Fire Insurance Association. OF
Ida Grove. for insurance on a stock OF
goods which were partially destroyed
by fire at Sioux iCty. Dec. IL, 1904. This
case had been twice tried. two years
ago. by Saltzmann in a similar suit
against the same concern for sl,700.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
New York, Dec. e-The New York

New York, Dec. 9.-The New York
Times presents the remarkable mar
ratives of two men, made under oath.
declaring that they were employed by
DR.. Frederick A. Cook to fabricate as
Economical ana other observations for
submission to the University. Of Copen-
hagen, which is about to pass upon Dr.
Cooks assertion that he discovered the
north pole on April 81. 1908.
These men are George Fl. Dunkle. an
insurance broker of 81 Nassau street
New York and Capt August Wedel
Loose, a sea captain of 437 Thirteenth
street, Brooklyn.
For their labors they We're to have
received jointly from DR.. Cook s4, 900,
with an additional bonus of $500 to
Captain Loose upon the acceptance of
the records by the University of
Copenhagen.
They say DIR. Cook had paid them
only $3.50 when he disappeared on the
eve of the dispatch of his records" to
Copenhagen, two weeks ago. and his
failure to pay the sum remaining due
them, they freely acknowledge, is their
motive for coming forward with the
story.
Mems Movements Are Verified.
The Times has followed the steps de-
scribed by these two men and has
verified their goings and comings, their
purchases of books and charts, and the
fact of their intimate relations with
DR.. Cook
1a uN1>c k1e,,
lated by Captain Loose and supplied. as
he alleges to Dr. Cook, were adopted
by the latter and made a part of his
report to the University of Copenhagen.
1t is, of course, impossible to say with
oui comparison Of CAPTAIN Loose's
narrative with that report
The Times has communicated to the
University of Copenhagen the main
facts Of Captain Looses story and Mr..
Dunkle's. and has offered to supply to
the university the corroborative docu-
ments 1t has received from these two
men. One of these purports to be DR..
Cooks memorandum directing the
preparation of observations from
scartevaag alf the way to the pole.
Narratives Are Fascinating.
The full narratives of Captain Loose
and Mr. Dunkle constitute one of the
most fascinating chapters in all the
literature of alleged imposture. Captain
Loose frankly expresses his scorn OF
Dr. Cooks claims, laughs at his ignor-
ance of the simplest essentials for ac-
curate observations in the arctic re-
gions, and describes at length how
working backward from the pole, he
calculated obserya tions that would al
in with Cooks narrative, and coached
him on the necessary notifications OF
the latter-as. for example, that he
must be sure to record that he rose
before AIS o'clock on certain morn
ing, because 1t was at that hour a
certain star mentioned in one OF
Loose's calculations, would be visible
Mr.. Dunkle describes The inception OF
the enterprise: how, from the newspa-
pers. they gathered that DR., Cook was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
ZELAYA TO RESIGN
ON DEMAND OF ]. 5.
LONDON HEARS NicAR . An
PRESIDENT WILL RETlR
DECEMBER.
BACKS DOWN FROM PoLics
OF ITO HELL WITH GRIN s.
Issued Orders Some Time Ago For
Soldiers to Shoot Every American
Found Fighting With Revolutionists
= Was Warned by Aides That
Trouble Would Result.

London. Dec s.-The United States
government has demanded. formally,
the resignation OF President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, according to a cablegram
from Nicaragua received by business
house here today. The message adds
that this information was communi-
Gated by zelaya himself, who said his
resignation from the presidency would
take effect and likely end in December
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
PAGE ONE.
1eleqraphic Ncws:

PAGE ONE.
Telesraphic News:
Cook Data Declared Faxed.
Witnesses Admit They Forged Rec
ords.
Copenhagen Discredits Story.
Kalamazoo Fights Fire All Night.
Loss Almost a Million,
Knox Denies Zelaya Rumor.
Hill Scores Land Lotteries.
Two Disasters on the Lakes.
Bank OF England Reduces Rate.
Big Talk for Waterways.
Corn Show TO Leave Des Moines.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FIVE.
Iowa News:
New Men on Agricultural Board.
Hero Dies in Poverty
Colby's Plan to XIII Himself
Father Sues Son for 10000
Teamster Crushes Leg to Save Life.
Pardon for Youthful Convict.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
Not a Roosevelt Message.
The Standpat Limitation.
An Unjust Tax.
Topics and Iowa Opinion,
Farmers Column
PAGE SEVEN.
Story:
The Riverman.
PAGE NINE.
General News:
Brown Authority on Sports.
Victims of Zelaya's Hatred
PAGES EIGHT, TEN AND ELEVEN
City News:
Frank Batesole's Murderer Under
Arrest.
Joe Slycord Confesses to Crime a,
Grinnel
Capt. e, c. Mcmillan Dead at Keo-
keok. Page ID
Il. NJ. Wentworth Succeeds Packard
Municipal Ownership Movemen,
Launched.
j. l.. Carney's Ideas on Commission
Plan.
General News of the City.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Wheat Scare Continues
Increased Demand for Corn.
Too Many Steers Offered
Hogs Top at $3.50.
Insurgent Cohesion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Washington Makes Denial.

Washington. Dec. 9.--The statement
telegraphed from Nicaragua to London
that the United States had demanded
Zelaya's resignation is declared at the
state department to be without founda-
ton. The department also discredits the
story that Zelaya ordered his soldiers
to shoot all Americans. The state de-
partment has not received anything of
consequence from the American Of
ficials in Nicaragua for some days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
FORGED MOTHERS NAME.
Joseph Grcmorc, Tracked For Four
Years, Gets Jail Sentence.

Special to Times Republican,
Dubuque, Dec. 9.--Judge Reed. in the
Federal court here today sentenced
Joseph Gremore, formerly OF Prairie
Du Chen. to six months In the county
jail and fine of S1oO. for forging his
nother's name to n pension check for
$24. Gremore committed the act four
years ago. He was tracked TO Memphis.
Tenn. and taken into custody there last
week. The act was committed at North
McGregor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
How Did He Know?

An ancient Egyptian moralist, writ
ing to his son. says: "If thou takest
q wife. try to make her happier than
any Of her women friends; she will
be doubly bound to thee II the tie is
sweet to her-accord her what pleases
her-she Will appreciate the >ffort."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
over-Modes est Lover.

Yes" admitted the modest young
man. 4 have broken OF the engage
7aent- have been thinking 1t over
tc- . long time. and I've come to tho
conclusion that girl who can love
An idiot like me must be wanting In
both taste and intellixence."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
castronomic Disaster.

A big fat alderman at turtle din
ner exclaimed to bore: Your con-
founded questions and talk have made
me swallow big piece OF green tur.
tle fat without getting to taste IT."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
GETS GOVERNMENT JOB.

School superintendent OF Pottawatta-
mic County offered Forestry Position.
Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. Dec. 9-Edwin r.
Jackson. county superintendent of pub
lie instruction In Pottawattamie coun-
ty. has been offered government po-
sition In the forestry department and
viii probably accept. His resignation
as superintendent, 1t Is expected. will
be filed with the county board al an
early date. Mr. Jackson is leading
finn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Daily Thought.

We pass for what we are. Character
teaches above our Wills. Men imagine
that they communicate their virtue or
vice only by overt actions. and do not
see that virtue or vice emit q breath
every moment.--Emerson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Freishter and Five mon lost.

Buffalo, N. Y. Dec. 9-The steel
freighter w. C. Richardson, sank to-
day five miles up the lake from Buf-
falo harbor and five of the crew went
down with the ship. A life saving crew
rescued other members of the crew.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
The Extreme.

visitor-"So this town is strongly
opposed to corporal punishment"
Waiter-"Yes. sir. Why. mister, aey
don't even let US serve whipped
cream"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Blackburn OF Canal Commission.

0TWCNUVItI VII OuVV0t O0uVIuuIIooJOUs
Washington, Dec. 9.-It was officially
announced today at the war depart
ment that former Senator Blackburn
had resigned as member of the canal
commission and that his resignation
was accepted by the president, becom-
ing effective Dec. 4.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Tho Better Part Of couraoe,

ITO DeNeST Ed'S OI OOuTuYU.
II admires courage" said Uncle
Eben, but doesn't blame man foh
gittin' out'n de way when he ain got
no show Oar wouldn't be no sense
at all in mouse tryin' to fight q
cat"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Seeking Knowledge.

It had been raining all day and
finally little Lola asked: Mamma.
when God gets all the Juice squeezed
out OF cloud what does he do with
it?"-Chicago News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09

Importance Of Starting RIGHT
Clark: Let us watch all our begin
nings and results VIII manage 49,.
selves. H
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Foodstuffs Our Currency.

TT is the more necessary because
the great bulk of our foreign trade is
made up of. these commodities. Food
stuffs4 and articles but one remove
from the soil are the currency with
which we have paid for what we
bought abroad. What we have to do
in this country is to apply to farm
ing the scientific knowledge, shaped
our average product per acre to some-
thing like that Of countries which
lack many of our advantages of soil
and climate. When Great Britain, in
what ner own people regard as an
age of agricultural decline, can pro-
duce over 80 bushels of wheat per
acre, and other grains in proportion,
while the United States calls 1T a big
crop when Its average rises to IA, it
argues mere want of intelligence on
the part Of this country; a failure to
grasp the simple reasons for coming
hardship and its obvious and natural
remedy.
Quit Abuse Of Soil.
"All that is needed to turn an i'm
pending national good deficit into a
surplus, TO support in plenty $50 or
more persons to the square mile in the
United States, is the use instead of
the abuse OF the soil; the practice of
that knowledge which agricultural
schools and experiment stations have
already formulated and are daily put
ting before the people the future of
this nation, political and moral as well
as financial. Is bound up with the
future OF the farm. BY that will our
character and our Institutions be tried.
BY It, In the long run. all wealth is
measured, conditioned and supported
The work OF education has been begun,
but 1t must be enlarged, supplemented
and advocated all the time. The in
stitutions that are doing most for the
country today are the agricultural
colleges. They should grow in num-
ber. In attendance, and above all, in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
KALAMAZOO FIGHTS
ALL NIGHT FIRE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY HOTEL
GUESTS DRIVEN OUT INTO
ICY STREETS.
PROPERTY LOSS 100000
AID FROM OTHER CITIES

Main Street Swept by conAasration.
Which Famed by Strong Wind,
Battles Combined Fire Companies
During Entire Nioht-one Life Prob
ably Lost and Firemen overoome.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
Loose Reiterates Statement But Make
Dantaoinu Admission.

New York, Dec "a. w. Loose,
msater pilot and navigator whose aft
fidavit stating he had formulated the
long series of observations and data for
Cook at the latter's request since his
return from the arctic region was pub
hshed today. in an interview today
practically reitered the story told in his
affidavit. He persists in the declara-
tion that Cook did not reach the pole
and suspects that Cook never was out
of sight of land. He admits he never
saw Cooks original records.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
T.-R. BULLETIN
Noticeable News Of Today
Tho Weather.

ho We0tHer.
Sun rises Dec 10 at III. sets at 4 SO.
Iowa, Illinois and Missouri--Fair to-
nigh, and Friday; slowly risinb tenn
perature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-09
NEVER SAW cooYs RECORDS.

10000 100000 100000
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-07-29
A Needed Reform.

\ negro who seriously wounded a
sheriff at Paris, Tenn, has been lynch
ID by a well organized mob which
Effected the hanging in very order
I w uld have been futile dor the Oh
iceTs TO have endeavored TO protect
the negro, and but litrle resistance
vas offered by them.
WHAT Paris, Tenn, ewdently needs
s an emergency court and jury which
AN lie kept permanently in sort
II fire headquarters with trained
rorses, drop harness and all. Let this
,ourt on wheels be notified whenever
lynching Is to be held. Then, at a
moments notice, it can race to the
scene, hear the evidence, If the mob
has time TO offer any, pass sentence
OF guilty and fix the penalty at death.
Heretofore a few conscientious
good citizens have felt some quaans
that an orderly mob can NOT take a
prisoner from Jail and hang HIM from
a convenient tree without violating
the law. But with this court ON
wheels, everybody would be within
he law. even If Justice did have to
nm with its tongue lIanging out TO
keep up with its own execution-ln-
lianapoC6s Star