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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
Local Comment

We can now watch the course of the
what kind OF stuff City Attorney
Northup is made. A similar law suit
helped to make congressman in this
district. There are great possibilities In
it. Here is q lawyers chance to get
his name in the paper free Of charge.
4
Under all probability the injunction
secured by the gas company restrain
ing the city from enforcing dts ordin-
ance is not sought with any more SER
ious intent than to furnish the basis
of compromise but the city council
will be disloyal to its people df any
compromise is accepted. The new or
dinance reduces rates only about ten
cents, per thousand cubic feet on an
average and will probably not amount
to reduction Of over $4,000 in the
gross receipts Of the company should
the consumption Of gas not increase.
When their books are hailed into court
it will be shown that their earnings
can stand the reduction and more. At
any rate Messrs. Jones and Hovey Of
fered to accept the proposed rate if
postponed a few years hence, so there
can't be much wrong about it now. The
injunction suit is started merely in the
hope of getting a compromise either
as to the gas reduction or as to the
electric light reduction yet to come.
4
II the city can prosecute dts side Of
the litigation with the gas company
with such vigor as to force it to ex-
pend about 100000 On improving and
charging its plant so as to give the
service to which the public is entitled
the public money will have been well
spent.
The letters appearing in the T.-R.
from citizens who have responded to an
invitation to speak about Marshalltown
can not help but be of great value to
the community. They express what is
in the average mans mind and are a
fair indication Of the state of public
feeling. There are many others who
ought to write to the T.-R. who have
neglected to do so. Their letters would
make just as interesting reading as
those already printed and would con-
tribute valuable ideas.
No man car talk about town or read
the opinions OF average citizens with
out being impressed with the urgent
need for several hundred new houses
that can be rented for SIS to SIS per
month. These houses can be very small,
FIVE rooms if necessary but they must
be modern. There is the grandest OPP
portunity in this city today that ever
existed anywhere for a new addition
to be opened. Acreage plated into
lots and improved by the building OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
Indoor Baseball
Standing Of the Clubs.

Only one of the two games of the
Railroad Y M. C. A. Indoor Base Ball
league, scheduled for Friday night.
was played. The Central Iowa Bust
ness College beat the senior gymna-
stun class by the score Of II to I.
The business men, who were to play
the Lennox Machine company, did not
appear This latter game may be de-
clared forfeited to the Lennox Machine
company, or it may not because of the
storm The following is the score of
the game played:
|C. l. B. C. ..........o 0 2 5 2 2 Oil
'.Gym" class ........2 1 0 o o 4 o.
The teams lined up as follows: Cen
trail Iowa Business College-1ngledue,
pitch; Gallatine, catch; Hixson, frs;
Rails, second Bright, third; Kuhns,
left short; Clemens, right short: Nc
Crazy, left field. Senior gymnasium
class-Carlson, pitch; East catch;
Lounsberry, first base: Ingledue, Sec
ond base; Burritt, third base; Smith,
left short; Lincoln, right short; Scott,
left field.
WEIGH and East were the officials.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
BeIated Red Men Return.

The belated delegation of local Red
Men, which went to Boone for Thurs
day night pow WOW, reached home at
1880 this morning. The train bearing
the party should have been here at
4:43 Friday morning. Owing to the fact
that telegraph poles were strewn across
the track, together with a tangled mess
of wires, the train backed to Nevada
after passing that station, and tied up
there for the night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
MAY OPEN STORAGE STATION.
Marshall Vinegar Company Seeking
M>aa RaIln DIainA

Marshall Vinegar Company Seeking
cucumbers Near Belle PLANE.
The Marshall Vinegar Company, thru
it's president, Mr.. w. w. Doolittle,
NAV establish collecting and storage
station for cucumbers at Belle PLANE,
provided farmers in the vicinity of
that place can be induced to grow the
crop and a suitable place for storage
can be secured. Mr.. Doolittle has just
returned from Belle PLANE, where he
has been investigating the situation.
Mr.. Doolittle will probably return to
Belle PLANE next week to present his
proposition before the farmers insti-
tute which will be in session at that
time. Cucumbers are a profitable
crop if properly cared for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
CHILDREN WHO ARE sICKLY

Mothers who value their own com fort ana
the welfare OF Their children. should never
be without box OF Mother GIay.s sweet sweet
the season. They break up colds. cure few
erishness. constipation. teethng DISORDERS,
headache and stomach troubles, THESE
drug stores. Csc. Don't accept any substi-
tute. A trial package Will be sent tree to
any mother who will address Allen s. Ohm
stcd, LIE Roy. N. Y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
THE FUEL SAVER.

Ask M. D. Huston About Hager's Aut-
omatic Furnace Regulator.
It is absolutely automatic. The
drafts are operated thru the expansion
and contraction of the furnace dome.
There are no batteries to wear out.
No springs, weights or clockwork to
wind up. Nothing to get out Of order
or repair. Reduces coal bills rs per
cent. Will pay for itself in one season.
Keeps even temperature in house and
prevents waste Of coal. Try it thirty
DAYS and if not satisfactory costs you
nothing. M. u. HUSTON
1876 West Main.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
FAYETTE VETERAN DEAD.
Andrew A. orvis, of Hawkeye, Dies Of
ApopIexy at Soldiers Home.

Andrew A. Orvis. aged 10, who en-
tered the soldiers home Sept "a last
from Hawkeye, Fayette county, died
at 1915 this morning of apoplexy. Mr..
Orvis was born in Chenango county,
New York, July Z, 1888. He enlisted
Aug. 9, 1862, at Mason, ILL.,, as a pri-
waite in Company G, Ninety-e eighth Illi-
nois infantry, and was discharged June
81, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn, with the
rank of corporal. He was never mar
RED and his nearest relative is a
brother, Samuel Orvis, living at Hawk
eve
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
MUCH DAMAGE IN COUNTRY.
Reports From Country Show Telephone
Lines and Windn,iIls Suffered.

Reports from the rural districts show
general damage to telephone wires,
some of which had not been repaired
today A few of the rural telephone
lines have been repaired so that COM
munication is again established.
All the telephone lines in the MARI
eta neighborhood are down, and the
farmers will be to considerable eX-
pense to get them in shape again. The
warm weather of a few days ago had
taken the frost out of the ground to
such an extent that the high wind blew
the poles over without breaking them.
The sieet-covered wires also helped in
the general demolition Of the telephone
services.
In the Marietta country three wind
mills were blown down, one on the w.
IN. c. Woodward farm, another on Rob-
ert Harper's place. and the third at the
home of E. P. Arson. Several other
windmills were damaged.
There is not much damage done to
orchards, so far as has been observed.
Several shade trees were blown down.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
End of Barn Blown IA.

At the Long farm, in Taylor town
ship, where George w. Ferguson lives,
the wind storm of Friday was of such
force as to blow in one end of the barn.
Several trees in the neighborhood north
of the city We're broken. AT the l.. M.
Kinsey farm, four miles north wind
break fences were destroyed, together
with a windmill Mr.. Kinsey estimates
his loss at about 5000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
514 North First Avenue


cstern House
OF
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will
% a.
F.. SMITH, PEckHAM & SMITH, A9entss
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neat but modest houses would make a
fortune for the builder.
&
We are to have another new church
That Is assured. The United Brethren
have decided 1t.
The farmer who got out his pillow,
thinking spring had come; the hunter
who would chase the festive but mis-
guided mallard in January. and the
busy bee which began buZzing because
he could scent the sap that had started
on the NAPLES, had better emulate the
ground hog and move twice If neces-
sary to cast a shadow Spring has not
came" gentle Annie.
It Is now up to the oldest inhab-
itants" to recall the storms of the sos.
SO that the generation of today may
derive some little satisfaction out Of
present weather conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-30
candles at a Premium.

If. this condition continues for even
a. few days merchants will reap a mar
vest in the sale of lamps and candles.
The sale of candles Friday afternoon
reached proportions unheard of for
years, excepting just before Christmas.
Families who had no other Light but
electricity, borrowed or bought lamps
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

Samuel Walker, better known
as Sam" clerk In department 1
of the superior court, holds the
record for having been long ,st
employed in the Pierce iounty
court house. For eleven years
Walker has sat at the same desk
In the court room and something
oyer 100000 words have fiowei
from his pen point and have been
stored away in nine massive
journals In the court vaults. Ha
has covered 800 of those large
journal pages with his carefully,
slowly executed hand writing.
Sam" is no Aouch in his
work, That IS a well-kno&n fact
OF the court house. Letter after
letter. each one exactly "so-so, =
he has penned away for eleven
years, Hc has written line 81
words a little over 40 miles long
6urInx those eleven years. a line
that would resch beyond Seattle II
one end were placed 1t Tacoma,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
THE LOAN SHARK
BY T. J. DIIIoN.

BY 4. j
From the beginning Of things loan shark under his
gulses been parlah thing
despised and feared Mankind always upon
with that shuddering aversion
SHINY eptan creatures that nfes the dark parts
the earth and has presence
vampire who the helpless heartIess soul
less biped shape
of God-made 81 sts--- -.-
The miser dislike pity; thief liar, cad and
have naugh but nauseating
OF all low things is the lowest; the
to search for trace of quality
Iere is nothing In his soul but
safe greed that cries out forever More More until
tires OF his and him eternity.
Like some huge, hdeous spider in the dim corners of
misfortune he spins his promises
gums his threads with smiles and geniaty creepy
insect patience waits for his victims craftily
them drop by drop squeezing their almost
quite dry .... !. -
That is toing backbreaking load is moth
Ing to him. that despair that children
cold and hunger is less than nothing long as grmy
nickels and dimes flow into box
The loan shark sells
and throws for good
He lives excluded decent peo-
pie or else hides his shameful calling He
epers In society, uncleanto
heads proudly he by, they they at
least have hearts place. low
thought 1t be- in the brotherhood
may always hope a ray of human sympathy.
sss Ihe loan shark makes he Let him
have it. He 1t sorely when he look common
thief in the Maybe he's Who Perhaps
his wife loves him, children
be that his dag his tail when
that must end It, The rest OF the world Views him
squmng wiggng thing whose head invite the
whose existence is ebomination insult
Th loan shark knows It. And that's how he his
wealth.
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torney.
The gauntlet of battle has been
practically thrown down to the
people of this section of the city
by the street railway company and
there is war coming.
This morning in a car full or
Fern Hill people, probably half Of
them came through for five cents.
The conductor compelled severar
who refused to give more than
fiive cents to sign a card giving
their names. Others refused 20
either sign the card or to give up
more than nickel and they came
through just the same.
But Mr.. Grosscup says this is
not authorized. He declares the
company will maintain the old
fare.
The citizens declare they will
not pay more than five cents.
Fern Hill will present solid
phalanx tomorrow ON the ca rs
refusing to pay more than five
cents, according to the present
program. A meeting will prob
ably be held tonight to plan to
fight. Any attempt of the com
pany to collect more than five
cents will Tbe met with organized
opposition both on the cars and
In the courts. 3.
The company, however, can be
expected to fight also, as sur
render to the demand for five
cent fare would Oring all the
other suburbs in with a whoop
The T. r. & p. is making quiet
but determined campaign against
annexation. Reports that the SER
vice on the suburban lines Is to
be cut down and other similar
tactics are being employed to
|frighten the people.
Unless the company recedes
from It's stand and grants the Hye
cent fare this week the city coun-
Icil will probably be asked to take
some action in the matter and n
suit may be brought to compei
the company to abide by the ''ses-
tlcment agreement. which calls
for a 1--WE cent fare with transfers
within the city limits.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
WHO WAN IS THIS
BABY GIRL?

Gladys Baker a bright, IT
months-old baby girl, wants a
home.
Her parents live in Grays Har-
Dor, but they do not want her.
They have been sending checks
monthly to pay her way in the
world, but Mrs. John Bews, 621
South Thirty-fourth street, who
has had the child for several
months. is no longer able to keep
her and the child is on the ma :
ket for adoption.
Why Gladys Is not wanted by
her parents is not known. She
came into the world in this city
nearly a year and a half ago aDN
was at once abandoned by her
parents. They have sent money
to pay for her support, however
every month.
The parents are said to be we'll
to-do bht they Just don't wan'
that baby.
And they are ready to give her
away to anyone who does.
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.ZELAYA OUT, MOVE IS MADE IN
US. CONGRESS T0| RECOGNIZE
ESTRADA AS THE PRESIDENT +.

Vasquez, leader of the Zelayan
troops nea" Rama, will surrender.
1t was also rumored that the
Zelayan and the revolutionary
armies would combine to support
Estrada for the presidency.
Pioneer Suffrage Nation.
In the event of Estradas
accession to the presidency,
1t is being whispered that
Nicaragua will become the
pioneer equal suffrage nation
of the world. The provisional
president is reputed- to be
warm supporter of votes for
women.
MANAGUA, Mic, Dec. 17.-lt
was stated semi-officially today
that Provisional President Estra.
da, and his chief lieutenant, Gen
eral Chamorro, have agreed with
General Vasquez and General To-
ledo, the Zelayan leaders, that
there shall be no fighting at Blue
fields.
There is much speculation today
concerning the probable successor
of President Zelaya.
Zelaya bitterly condemns the
United States for interference.
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, Imagine yourself beginning now
and writing a line ali, 200 feet
long, letter after. letter. Thea
you can conceive of the work that
Walker has done during the past
eleven years.
But that's not all Sam" has
been doing. Thousands . an I
thousands OF times he has ad-
ministered that same oath. "You
do solemnly swear, etc." to wit
nesses, until he knows It better
than his a, b, c's. And then tn are
are the innumerable other duties
that he has been performing over
and over again, always precisely
the same, sae
Walker has served under three
different county clerks. Rigney,
Banks and Lbbbey. He was APP
pointed in 1898 by Clerk Robert
Rigney and there he has remain
ed while two clerks hare each
served four year terms and Mr..
Libbey has now served three
years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17

(By United Press Leased Wire. }
RICHMOND, Cal, Dec. IT,
Muscular Christianity, as advocat-
ed by the Rev. A. Vorhoeven, an
evangelist of the Billy Sunday
type, resulted In a unique prayer
meeting in the preachers apart
ments last evening.
Late last evening the evangelist
was awakened by two men prowl-
ling In his bedroom. He Crap
pied with the intruders. Severai
swings that reached their mark
had the desired effect, and soon
the iptruders were obeying the
preachers command to disgorge
their swag.
Then, to the amazement of the
thieves, Vorhoeven compelled
them to kneel while he offere 1
prayer. After presenting eacn
with a bible, and exhorting him
to mend his ways, the minister
escorted. them to the door ani
bowed them into the night.
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Ithe final few days of his illness
when he refused to become recon
ciled to his daughters, the Prin-
cess Stephanie and the Princess
Louise.
Was Married to Baroness.
The confirmation of Leopold's
marriage to Baroness Vaughan
who was the daughter of a char
woman, probably will serve to
complicate the administration oi
his estate. The late king had
two children by Baroness
Vaughan, and they will have an
equal claim.
The funeral of the late kins
will be held next Wedn esday and
Prince Albert will take the roya
oath on the following day.
New King Popular.
Prince Albert, the heir apparent
to the Belgian throne, is the son
Of the late Prince Philip, Leo
pold's brother. He is "a years
of age.
Prince Albert was married nine
years ago to Princess Elizabeth
Continued on Page Six.)
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Declares Affidavit a Fake.


NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-New
York is again astir over the Cook
Peary controversy.
I'm out for the money, and
don't care how / get it,"
This is what B. s. Osborn, se:-
retary of the Arctic club, says he
heard Captain August w. Loose,
whose affidavit that he faxed re-
ports of the discovery of the north
pole for DR.. Cook was recently
published, say in the presence OF
witnesses.
Loose gays he didn't say 1t, and
that he has no intention of con-
Tossing that his affidavit is a
fake. He does say, however, that
somebody approached him with
an offer of $1,000 to repudiate his
affidavit regarding DIR. Cook.
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SEPARATED AFTER
TWENTY YEARS OF
MARRIED LIFE

ages Of 1S and J6 years. In 1900
the husband told the court, Mrs.
Mcpherson became interested In
another man, and after a period Of
discontentment and strife, she
abandoned her home.
Other DEGREES.
Mrs. Hattie z. Hurley was
granted a decree from Robert ].
Hurley. who, she said, deserted
her eleven months after they
were married at Portland, Ore.
Because her husband, Eibert
NJ. Stump. subjected her to 'cruet
and unkind treatment, rendering
her life burdensome and compell-
ing her to leave him for fear of
bodily harm," Della Stump was
given a divorce by Judge Clifford.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
LOSES $3.50
and FINDS IT
on The FLOOR

Foreman little of the Carstens
packing plant saved the police de-
partment some work and
butcher a lot of worry when he
found a vest containing $500 Ca
madam dollars on the floor this
morning.
The theft of the money had
been reported to the police, but Il
seems that the vest containing
the silver had merely been mis-
laid.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-THE Ma
tional Monitor announced today
that pending the accession to thu
Belgian throne of Prince Albert,
to succeed the late King Leopold,
Belgian affairs will be admits
tered by regency consisting of
a council of ministers.
The king died at 2:35 o'clock
this morning. The immediate
cause of his death was embolism
of the heart.
Leopold's death occurred on
the forty-fourth anniversary of
his formal ascension to the
throne, although his kingship dat
ed from December 10, 1866.
Little Grief Shown.
All the daily papers of the capi-
tai appeared today with great
black page borders. Aside from
this tribute, however, there is lit
tie manifestation of public grief.
The little affection for the king
that remained in the hearts Of
his people was decreased during
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
WIFE LEFT HUSBAND AND HE
GETS A DIvORCE-OTHER
DEGREES GRANTED.

After more than 20 years OF
married life, Emma ]. Mcpherson
tired of her husband, David A.
Mcpherson, and abandoned him,
according to his story told to
Judge Easterday today. McPher-
son was granted a divorce upon
these grounds.
On Sept. 1. 1880, Mcpherson
says, he and his wife were married
at Antwerp, Ohio. For little
over 20 years they lived peace
ably together, and reared two
children, who are now Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
NOT TRYING
To BLOCK
GRAB
Will. ADMINISTRATION AL
LOW N. p. TO TAKE OTTY
WATERFRONT WITHOUT A
FIGHT? - MAYOR TAKES
JUDGE REID'S WORD.

is Mayor Linck going to lie
down in favor Of Jim Hill and Iet
him grab the rest of the Narrows
waterfront and take what the city
already has there for municipal
docks?
The mayor says the city will
be protected, but he also said to-
day:
prefer to take the. word of
Judge Reid on the situation than
that of MFR. Titlow." TitIow is the
man who gave the waterfront
property To the city.
The condemnation case of the
N. z. against Titlow and the city
comes up for preliminary hearing
Monday.
Will Fight. But
We will fight EN-" said Judge
Stiles today. But he declared that
he had not yet even seen the COM
plant in the case and did not
know what action would be taken.
This suit was brought jointly
against Titlow and the city to
coniemn the waterfront at Wilton
waterway. and to close up the
strip recently given the city for
city docks.
TitIow's Motive.
Titlow made the city a present
of this strip for docks, and the
city accepted 1t. His object was
to prevent the N. p. company
from bottling up the waterfront.
1t will make his other property
more valuable IL extensive docks
are located there and vast busi-
ness enterprises later spring up in
that section.
City VIII Benefit.
But If this happens 1t will also
be of tremendous advantage to the
city. 1t will prevent the railway
monopoly from ever having things
entirely Its own way on the wa
.terfront In Tacoma. For this
reason 1t is mighty Important for
the city and the public at large to
keep that lagoon open. and wheth-
er Titlow or some other individp-
Continued on Page Six.)
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PAYS So FOR
JUST ONE HUG
Five dollars for a hug.

F1Ve dollars Tor a hug.
That's what it cost Joel Wahlbura
to squeeze Miss Daisy Essey. an EN-
ploye of the s. II. Elder Paint Co.
and 1t was only little squeeze al
that.
Miss Essey called for help and
Wahlburg was arrested. Miss Essey
failed to appear against him yester-
day and because of the lact of evil
dence. he was dismissed with a
small fine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-17
|DR,COOK WINS
|. FIRST POINT
IN FIGHT
COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING
HIS RECORDS DECIDES TO
IGNORE CLAIM THAT AC'
COUNT OF POLAR DISCOV-
ERY WAS FRAUD.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 17.-The
committee investigating the rec-
ords of DR.. F. A. Cook this after
noon announced that the affi-
davits of Loose and Dunkle,
made in New York, claiming they
fabricated records for Cook, will
be ignored. The committee will!
base it's decision entirely upon the
records of DIR. Cooks trip to the
north, as submitted by him.
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Fern Hill people are riding 20
Tacoma today for five cents
some of them.
But not with the consent Of
the street car company.
There will be no reduction In
the fare" said B. s. Grosscup, at
torney for the company, this
morning.
1--WE will not pay more than
five cents" said Lorenzo Dow, a
resident of Fern Hill and an at