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Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
George when his father piled the stick
CARLTON HENLEY,
BS grade. Hoover street school 1906 West
Sixth street.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You guess what befel
AS he danced the tune of the stick.
ARTHUR PESSELI,,
165 East Jefferson street, Thirtieth street
school, IA grade. age 10 years.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Young George got licked with hickory
stick.
RAYMOND HARRIS,
Garfield school. eighth grade, age 15 years.
Santa Monica.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Little George ran away to his Uncle Dick.
LAUBIN sTowELL.
Grade six. sawtelle
Young George played April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
George when his father got a stick.
BENTIE TROUT.
Burbank grammar school. eighth grade,
16 years old.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay In bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Poor George got lick with stick.
GLADYS ROBSAKIN,
e44 West Thirty-sixth street, efferson
street school, grade B4. age 10 years.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick
When his father got well
You guess what befell
To young George of Limerick.
LYLPHA DISMUKES,
Grade eight, Watts, age Is years.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Young George that made him repent quick.
CUTHBERT HARRIS,
Covina, grade A5, age 10 years.
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Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
When young George felt his fathers stick.
HUGH TOLAND,
Ventura city school, first grade, years
old.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Young George in the mixup with the big
stick.
FLORENCE PEssELL,
1876 East Jefferson street, Thirtieth street
school. IL years old, grade BE-
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
When he got chastised with a ferrule stick
ALICE DONOVAN,
1881 Yale street, CASTELAR, street school,
AS grade, age 10 years.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
You can guess what befell
You can guess what befell
Something more than a licorce stick.
DOROTHY DENLINGER,
Atlantic school, grade AS, age years,
43 Linden avenue, Long Beach.
Young George played an April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
For he got a good taste of stick.
ELLA DONOVAN,
1881 Yale street. CASTELAR, street school,
grade AT, age IL years
Young George played an April fool trick
Ot, r Col xuh In In had sic
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
The boy he got the big stick.
HUBERT RILEY, Sawtelle.
Young George played April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You can guess what befell
Young George got a lick with a stick.
LOIS NUTTING,
Grade six, Sawtelle.
Young George played April fool trick
On his father who lay in bed sick.
When his father got well
You guess what befell
To make little George feel sick.
FLOYD A. BENSON,
Sawtelle school. sixth. grade.
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Winter times nice;
For though you may SILVER,
The hikes and the river
Are covered with ice.
After the storm,
When the wind is abating,
The fellows go skating.
And soon we are warm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
PUT ON WITNESS STAND BY
PROSECUTION in CASE
AGAINST MRS. BOYLE.
"a AM NOT TO BLAME"
HE TRAGlcALLY ExcLA,Ms
Questioned About the Threatening
Letter. to whitla. He Say. He Has
Not Got .Them-Evidence Produced
Much the Same as in Hoyls's Trial
The Testimony.

Mercer, Pa, May THE court room
was packed today when the trial c1
Mrs. James Boyle indicted as Mary
Roe as an accessory to the kidnapping
of BILLY" Whitla. was resumed. "Bii-
ly" Whitla. the kidnapped boy was the
first witness. Repeating substantially
his testimony OF yesterday. he identified
Mrs. Boyle as the woman who cared
for him in Cleveland and whom he had
known as Mrs. Jones. Several other
witnesses gave practically the same
testimony they gave yesterday In re-
gard to the Kidnapping.
Boyle On tho Stand
Declaring he wanted to tell the whole
truth about the kidnapping case. James
Boyle created n commotion in court
today. Boyle was put on for the state
and asked to produce the first letter
TO Whltla demanding $4,000 ransom
Without any reference to tho letter
Boyle almost shouted OUT
II want to tell the truth about this
case now. i want the whole thing
cleared up. l am not to blame. The
whole blame Is on someone else"
Attorneys for both state and defense.
court officials and Judge Miller himself
took part In the effort to stop Boyle's
tongue. He finally denied having the
letter, saying he had once had 1t and
subsequent letters. but he does not
know now where they are.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT
WoRkMEN LlKENED TO
INSuRREcTloN.
OF LABOR
SEEKS POLITICAL CONTROL
Scheme Is Seen In Latest Move to
Place Machinery of Government In
Hands of Laborites-Posts, Tele-
graph and Phono Employees Vote
General Strike.

Paris, May both public sympathy
and the law seem today to be clearly
against the Posts, Telegraph and Tele-
phone Employees Association which
yesterday threw down the gauge of
battle to the government by trans
forming itself into syndicate or un-
ion, under the laws of 1884. This ac-
ton placed the association on the
same footing as the woman's union
and Is calculated to give 1t the right
to strike against its employer, the
state.
Newspapers this morning with the
exception Of the extreme socialist or
gans, are unsparing in their denun-
citation of the stand taken by the as
ISOLATION as an act of rebellion, and
they urge the government to proceed
with energy and crush the insurrection
before the government engulfs other
accumulates today that the formation
Of this union yesterday was only the
first step in far-reaching plan for the
general federation of labor to place the
entire machinery of the government. at
its mercy.
The congress of railroad men. at a
secret session today, decided to sub
NIT the question of general strike
to referendum and appointed a per-
manent strike committee. Dispatches
received from Havre, Lyons and other
cities says the Posts, Telegraph and
Telephone Employees Association voted
in principle for general strike.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07

an indoor track meet in which most of
the prominent amateur athletes of the
northwest We're entered. The audience
was large, and the balcony was crowd
ed. There was keen interest when the
ten-mile marathon runners came out.
and when this contest was drawing to
finish, with F. L. Jackson Of Seattle,
and Ed Crabbe, of Portland, running
strong in the stretch and jackson just
a yard ahead, spectators in the bal
.cony were wildly excited, and crowded
against the flimsy iron piping that
served as the only guard around the
balcony. The whole east balcony rail-
ing swayed outward and snapped. An
instant later the entire section. fifty
yards long. went down and scores of
people fell onto the heads of the crowd
below. jackson and Crabbe, runners,
each fell under the weight of the fall
ing bodies from above. Neither was
seriously hurt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
GOVERNMENT WSNs sure
AGAINST OPERATORS WHO
MADE MILLloNs.
DEALS IN FUTURE PRICES
HELD TO be oAMBLlNo
Governments Contention That No AZ.
tuaI Stocks Were Dealt IN su.t.inea
by Tho Jury-Psnitsntiary ssntsness
and Heavy Fines May Hs I'm.
posed.

Cincinnati. May Tho Jury IN the
case of Louis w. Foster and five 9th.
ers. who are charged with using tho
mails to dcfraud In running = sos
called bucket shop" returned ver~
diet of guilty in the federal district
court here today.
Tho verdict today Il a clean victory
Tor the government, which consended
that actual stocks were not dealt in.
but the deals were nothing moro nor
less than gambling on future prices oe
stocks.
The men found guilty arc: Louis w.
Foster. John German. w. j. Campbell.
A. C. Baldwin, John NJ. Scott and Ed
win f. Hell. The penalty Is a fine oe
from $1,000 to $4,000, and eightceu
months in the penitentiary. or both.
william Odell. who died several
years ago. left an estate estimated se
100000. AT his death the dcfend-
! ants found guilty today continued the
odeil Brokerage Company. Defcnd-
ants German. Baldwin. Scott and He'll
were formerly telegraph operators in
the employ of Odeli William Dudley.
telegraph operator. and Attorney
Thomas Shay. both OF whom are dead,
were interested az partners with de-
PENDANTS at one time. All these men
| are credited with cleaning up a mil-
| lion dollars
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
MINIMIZING ITS GRADES.
c. & N. w. Road Conducting Two Cut
Offs on Galena Division.

c. & N. w. Road Conducting Two Cut
Offs on Galena Division.
Special to Times Republican.
r Clinton, May with the object of
minimizing it's grades from eight
tenths Of foot per mile. to three
tenths OF a foot, the Chicago & North.
western Railroad Company is con-
structing two cut-offs on the Galena
division. One Of these will reduce the
line between Chicago and Clinton by
LIZ miles. The other engthens the line.
but avoids great grade, reducing 1t
from $ to 3, and following the policy
inaugurated by the company, of min
imizing the grades. Both cut-offs are
in course of construction and will be
completed, it is hoped. before Nov. l..
The grade which shortens the line, is
in Whiteside county, extending from
East Clinton, on the bank of the Mis-
sissippi, to a point five miles east of
the river. The other Is in Lee coun-
ty, extending from Nachusa to Nelson.
Between those cities, huge grade ex-
lists, which will be almost eliminated
by construction of the new line. The
grades in Iowa are uniformly three
tenths of foot per mile. and efforts
are being made by the company to
reduce excessive grades in Illinois.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
SAYS HE is scHLAnER
Aged Man Claiming to Be Divine
Healer Wins Large Following in
clnton-Has Travelled Round World
Seven Times-cIaims to Bring Dead
TO Life.

Special to Times Republican.
Clinton, May 7.-Claiming to have
the power possessed by Jesus Christ
during his pilgrimage on earth, an
aged man who says he is Schlatter,
the "'Divine Healer" is holding forth
in Clinton, and astonishing the peo-
pie by his eloquence If not by the
magic of his healing art. Schlatter's
real name is Charles Mclean, and he
is a Presbyterian minister. He is about
70 years Of age, and wears long hair
and flowing beard. He processes to be
able, by the power Of the Almighty in
vested in him, to awaken the dead,
drive out devils, cure the sick, and
restore sight to the blind, and he al
ready has won large following in
Clinton. Schlatter claims to have
travelled around the world seven times,
curing 100000 afflicted, and bringing
seven dead persons to life. His elo-
quence, gentleness, and apparent sin
certify of manner have made pro-
found impression on his hearers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
OFFICIAL CROP REPORT
Winter Whs.t's Average Condition
Announced as S35 Per cent-Less
Than Ten-Year Average.

Washington, May s-An average
condition OF Ss3.5 per cent for win
ter wheat, and SS.1 for rye, on May /.
last against a ten-year average on
that date, of So and ss.1 respectively,
was announced in today's crop report
of the department of agriculture. The
area of winter wheat to be harvested
was about 1851, 900 acres.
The area Of winter wheat to be har-
vested was about 2,47S,OOO acres, or
81 per cent less than the area har-
vested in. 1908, and 2.16s,OO0 acres or
10 per cent less than the area sown
last fall. The average condition OF
winter wheat, a month ago, was S2.2,
and year ago SO per cent. Rye aver
aged S7.2 a month ago, and 9O.3 on
Nav l. 1908
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
OLD UNION RESIDENT DEAD.
Mrs. Addie Van vorhis Had Been III
Only Week.

Special to Times Republican.
Union, May Mrs. Addie Van Vor-
his aged II years, and for many years
a resident here. died at her home here.
this morning at 0 o'clock. after a
weeks illness Of pneumonia. For a
number Of years. she had conducted a
very successful millinery business
here.
Mrs Van Vorhis' husband, Stephen
Van vorhis. died about ten years age.
She is survived by. two brothers, Ern
est Beecher. of Union, and Clifford
Beecher. Of Lawn Hill, and sister.
MA:s. Ed Chaffee, also of Union.
The funeral will be held Sunday at
II a. m. from the Congregational
church. conducted by her former pastor.
Rev. j. H. Armstrong, now OF Dun
lap.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. B. Chaplin returned
home this morning. from winters
stay in Washington, d. c.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
OWED FROM A TRAIN
Muscatine Man Commits Suicide by
Headlong Leap From car-knocked
Brakeman Down Who Tried to Stop
Hin,

Special to Times Republican.
Muscatine. May with the evident
desire to end his existence, Earl Walk
er dlved headlong from Rock Island
train No. 81 last night as it was NOV
ipg rapidly about mile east of this
city and died an hour later in Hershey
hospital without regaining conscious
ness. The man was 35 years of age and
lived n solitary existence in cabin
boat short distance from the point
where he made the fatal leap. Some
believe he thought he might success
fully make the jump and brakeman
who tried to stop him was knocked
down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
CONSPIRACY INDICTMENTS.

Returned Against supt. o. Splitter and
Other Sugar Company Employees.
New York, May Indictments for
conspiracy were found by the federal
grand jury today, against oliver Spit
ger. who Is superintendent of the
docks of the American Sugar Refining
Company in Brooklyn, and six other
employees of the company alleged to
have been implicated in the sugar un-
er-weighing frauds charged by the
government in the recent suit against
the sugar company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Opinions Handed Down by lowa'a
Highest Tribunal,

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines. May THE following
decisions were rendered by the supreme
court today:
State OF Iowa VS.. Matheson. appellant.
Pottawatamie county Reversed.
Livingston VS. c. & n. w Railway
Company. appellant. Jones county. AZ
frmed
Steele VS. Andrews 4 Son, appellant.
Marshall county Affirmed
Kwentszy vs. Sirovy, appellant. Linn
county. Affirmed In part, reversed in
part.
In the will of Sarah overpcck VIZ.
Erickson. Woodbury. county Reversed.
Aultman Engine and Thrcsher Conn
nany ys. c. r. !. &. p. Railway Csn.-
pany. appellant, Linn county. Re-
versed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
FORMER BANKER A PAuPER.
Millionaire Morse, New in Tomba
Prison. Gave All to Croditora

New York. May Charles w. Morse,
the former banker who Is now In tho
Tombs prison. under sentence for vio-
lation of the national banking laws.
has not a share Of stock. bond or piece
OF real estate left. His fortune was
estimated at sso.00o.ooo. according to
evidence which he gave In supplements
tary proceedings made public today.
Morse was at enc time one of the large
est holders of securities OF $50, 000, 600.
in tho Consolidated Steamship Com
pany and controlled three national
banks He testified that ne had given
all his property TO his creditors, to se-
cure his debts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
SPECIAL CAR CATCHES FIRE.
Three Officials Of Pennsylvania Lines
Have Thrilling Escape.

Chicago, May First Vice Presi-
dent Joseph Wood, Second Vice Pres
ident j. j. Turner and Chief Engineer
Thomas Rodd, officials of the Penn
sylvania lines, experienced a thrilling
escape today from fire which de-
stroyed the special car on which they
were travelling. The occupants were
asleep when. Wood awoke and dis
covered the fire. Wood signaled the
train to stop. shouting the alarm to
Rodd and Turner. The latter was
forced to escape thru a window, and
his hand was cut by the broken glass.
The cause Of the fire is unknown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
BAD FIRE AT CARLISLE
Business Center Of Village Destroyed
in Early Morning elaxs-Less Is
$4,000.

Special toTlmes Republican.
Des Molnes, May Fire destroyed
the business center of Carlisle. near
here. early this morning. Tho opera
house. four stories. an undertaking
shop and lumber yard burned. Des
Moines sent a chemical engine The
loss Is $S0,000, partially insured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
LoNeFELLow STATUE UNVEILED
Nations of tho Earth Join in Tribute
Taft Unable to Attend.

sNNSioNo W Stu G0VfU JOtV Nv tTt00S0sS
Taft Unable to Attend.
Washington. May Tho nations %
the world thru their diplomatic rep-
resentativcs today Joined with Amer.
lea In paying tribute to the memory
Fof Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. when
the statue to "Americas most popular
poet" was unveiled with imposing ccre-
monies in tho fashionable center Of the
national captain. Chief Justice Fuller,
of the United States supreme court,
and president OF the LonEfsilow Meme
orial Association. presided
President Taft was compelled today
to abandon the idea OF attending the
unveiling Of tho Longfeilow statue In
this city. owing to badly In
famed eve, over which he Is wearing
light bandage. "A gnat or some other
small Insect flew into Tafts eye while
he was horseback riding. Wednesday,.
The president attended to business as
usual. today. sitting for two hours with
his cabinet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
FATHER SHOOTS BABE
Farmer at Sergeant Bluffs Accidentally
Discharges Shot Gun, Killing Child
instantIy-Maddened by Remorse, He
Tries to Commit Suicide.

Special to Times-Republican.
Sioux City. May 7.-While trying to
remove a cartridge from shotgun.
Elmer Owens, of Sargent Bluffs. this
morning accidentally discharged the
contents into the head of his 2-year-
old daughter, who was seated on a
couch. and killed her instantly. An
older daughter, Emma, aged II. also
received few shots but is not serious
ly hurt.
Maddened by remorse. the father
tried to shoot himself, but was pre-
vented from doing so.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
YOUTH HANGS HIMSELF
Permitted Team to Run Away and
Feared Fathers Wrath-Leaves
Pathetic Note Giving Reason for
Ending His Life.

Special to Times-Republican.
Ft. Dodge. May 7.-Sixteen-year-ol old
Elmer Soderbeck hanged himself to
rafter Of his fathers barn on farm
near Gowrie today. He left a note
saying he was tired and knew his faith
er would be angry because the horses
he was driving ran away.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07

Al the east
AGE ONE.
Buckets1S Hit by Federal Court.
Held TO Mere Gambling.
France ecs Menace in Pending
Strike.
Labor Seeks Control OF Govern
ment.
Boyle Creates Scene in Court.
Bernstorff Belittles Americana.
Winter Wheat Below Average
Dive From Train Kills Iowan.
Sundays Powerful Sermon.
breaches on Ten Commandments.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
Iowa News:
College Instructors Must Earn Sal
aries.
Impeachment Case Postponed.
Fire Injuries Two at Cedar Falls.
Dubuque Ready for Elks.
Clash over Seed Sales.
Sherman Asks Change of Venue,
PAGE FIVE.
County News:
General News OF Marshall County.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
VanVllssengen's Advice
Iowa's Influence at Washington.
business Keeps Up.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes
LOCKER On in Iowa,
PAGES SEVEN, EIGHT AND NINE.
City News:
Injunction Suits Against Saloons.
Home Guards Biennial Meeting.
Sunday on Personal Work"
Canton, o.. Wants Evangelist.
Old Settlers of County Dead
General News OF the City.
PAGE TEN.
Markets and General:
Sharp Rally In Wheat.
New High Record in Corn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-07
DUNs TRADE REVIEW.
Marked Improvement in Iron and Steel
Will Stimulate Activity,

New York, May 7.-Dispatches to
Dun's Review indicate some interrupt
ton to trade, because of unfavorable
weather, altho there Is less complaint
in this respect. An encouraging fea-
ture Is the marked improvement in
iron and steel, which is expected to
stimulate activity in all lines of bust
ness.