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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

exaggeration. Billy Sundays method is
to laugh, rather than cry, his audiences
into heaven.
No Sizzling He'll in His
In recent years it has become, a Gus.
y tom among the greater portion Of the
evangelists of this country to work
upon the emotions of their audiences;
in short to scare them into repentance
AS a result after the revival ends the
inspiration of this fear departs for some
new field, the new-found religion goes
with it. Awful pictures of death and
hell are painted, and one can almost
hear the sizzling of flesh in the cald-
rons OF birthstone.
That isn't Billy Sundays style He
has said so repeatedly. He doesn't
preach 1t, and he will not permit it to
be preached at his meetings. Profess
sional shouters are conspicuous at
Sundays meetings by their absence
Sometimes women faint, but IT. is be-
cause of the crush Of the crowd, and
not because Of any deep emotion.
Sunday, with all of his aversion for
emotionalism, believes firmly in the
old-style religion. He gives formal re-
ligion, the sake of appearances, stab
in the back at every opportunity.
Billy Sunday gives one the impress
sion Of being college freshman, with
NERVE" galore at times during his
meetings. In an instant he will
throw off the mask Of youthfulness
and is transformed into full-grown
man, every fiber Of his being pulsat-
ing with passion and emotion that
sweeps everything before it.
Square Deal and Dogma
Whats does Sunday preach-what is
his creed? is a question that hundreds
of persons in Decatur have been ask
ing for several days. Summed up his
creed lis the square DEAL"
Sundays message is not especially
worth mentioning, for its newness is
the same old gospel preached by
Paul, on which all revivals are based
It is Sundays method that makes him
an unique figure; it is the startling
dress with which he clothes the mes
sage, the Sampson-like vigor with
which he strikes his sledge hammer
blows, the cyclonic whirlwind of Ian
guage that he sweeps over his audi
ences, the ceaseless flow Of Anglo-Sa
OH talk delivered in grammar suitable
to the White House, but in figures of
speech taken from the street corners,
the barber shops, the base ball dia-
mond, the prize ring, the saloon, the
counting room, the halls of scholas-
ticis,n, the scientific laboratory, the den
81 vice, the medical clinic.
In one of his sermons in Bloomington
the evangelist surprised his audience
by making some quotations fl ON Eng
lish literature that one would not ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Req. F. 6. Dau;;es

I cannot use words strong enough
to convey my appreciation Of Mr. Sun
days blows at evil in all forms and his
matchless efforts for righteousness,
whether personal, civic or national
Yours for the Master,
!. FREDERICK G. DAVIES,
Pastor First Baptist Church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Sundays Delightful In
for7na1;ty

Mr. Sunday is delightfully."- informal
with his audiences. With it all he main
tains kind of quiet dignity that even
his most intimate associates do not
overstep. The actions of his assist
ants toward him are marked with def
erence. They suggest things, and then
wait eagerly to learn their chiefs de-
cision. If he approves they are hap
py. If he disapproves they acauiesce
silently, giving way to his superior
judgment.
Mr.. Sunday rents home already fur
nished in every city where he holds a
revival. His home in Bloomington was
at 403 East Washington street, in the
aristocratic section of the city There
he and his family and all Of his assist
ants live
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
His Life at Home


Mr.. Sundays family consists Of him
self, his wife, his mother, and his two
children. One of the children is B.
year-old boy, the other is less than
years old OF his elder boy Mr.. Sum
day is especially proud. The first thing
that he does on reaching his home aft
er a service is to grab the boy up in
his arms and have a romp. Then he
goes to the bath room and takes hot
bath. Emerging from the bath tub
he dons heavy bath robe, which he
wears down to the supper table, and
until time to dress for the evening
service.
Every one Of Mr.. Sundays assist
ants is ever on the alert to relieve their
geHeral-in- chief of some detail of the
enormous work that he is carrying on.
He is constantly urged to "put on the
brakes" and go at a less tremendous
pace. Their advice goes in at one ear
and out at the other.
II often wonder" said the evangelist
one night, "who will die first-my wife,
my mother, my children, or myself.
suppose that it will be me, tho, for
I am going at too rapid pace. But
that's the way I was built"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
No Guarantee

lSunday asks for no guarantee OF
m oney except to cover expense of meet
i{hgs. He accepts thank Offering given
dn the last Sunday Of his meetings.
(which offering is planned and raised by
the finance COMMITTEES. Rev. Mr.. Sunday
yraises no money for himself.
The Marshalltown Evangelistic as
ISOLATION is Incorporated and next
Monday, Jan. 4, will sell 5000 shares OF
stock at 81 per share to the church
members of the evangelical churches of
the city, they then being participating
stockholders, but the stock is only sub
scribed Tor and remains unpaid unless
there Is . deficit in the collections
taken to pay the expense. In case Of a
deficit, the stockholders will be as
sessed pro rata OF stock owned. The
expenses Of the Sunday meetings are
raised by plate collections during the
drst three weeks of meeting, and no.
where that Mr.. Sunday has held meet
ings dn the last six years, has he failed
TO raise enough in these first three
weeks from the collections and IN Of
fering on the third Sunday to cover ell
expenses and usually there is money
over. The finance committee in Jack
sonvilie settled their business on Dec.
IL, incidental to the Sunday meeting
and they had $s09.5S surplus, after
paying expenses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
The Facts About Rev. Sunday
==Euan6aliet And the Documents tn Prove Them
Sunday has other places and
signed letters by unqueiond Judgment and integrity

his own peculiar way, but he does it
and wonderfully blesses men and
women in doing 1t.
Very truly yours,
J. FRANK HANLY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
"A Business Boomer

Thruout the Bloomington revival
which comes to close tonight, peo-
pie have flocked into that city from
Mclean and surrounding counties to
hear the base ball evangelist. Railroads
have run special trains to accommodate
the popular clamor to get to Bloom
ington. Business houses in Bloom
1ngton report that they have had
much heavier trade in the last five
weeks than previously, while the ho-
tells and restaurants have been over
run. On Sundays crowds have been
turned away from the eating houses
because OF the inability to care for
them.
II staid, old fashioned Bloomington
and Mclean county are capable Of
such enthusiasm, what about Decatur
and Macon county, where business
propositions and other good things are
seen, grasped, executed and then for
gotten, while Bloomington Is still de-
batting on the advisability of doing
something?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02
Helped the Germans Bust
ness

what effect has Sunday had upon
the saloon question in Bloomington 2"
Nearly every travelling man or Wis
itor to tho Mclean county capital asks
that question before he has been in
the town nthour.
Naturally a religious upheaval where
nearly 5000 persons make a stand for
"the square deal" and righteousness"
must have some effect upon every in
stitution worthy Of notice in that COM
munity Nearly every saloon keeper
in Bloomington will admit that the re-
vival has affected his business.
Never had so much business In five
weeks before in my life as have had
since Billy Sunday came to town. de-
clared one fat and sleek German bar
tender with q girth bullying like bar
rel. His face was wreathed in
broad, infectious grin.
Il haven't done hardly thing since
the meeting started admitted another
saloon keeper whose place Of business
is within half block Of the taber-
nac1e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

IN IS people of Marshalltown are look
ing forward with varied expectations to
the fcoming of the Rev. William A.
Sunday. The majority seem to favor
thef evangelist and his work. For those
who are honestly doubtful the following
fa4ts may prove helpful:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-02

with them, but not a tear will be. shed
in the entire tabernacle.
Tersely put. with due allowance for
exaggeration, Billy Sundays method is
to laugh, rather than cry, his audiences
into heaven
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
Cubic yards

It is not to be expected that the ratio Of in
crease from year to year will be continued. IN
deed there is little reason for expecting any
material increase In these last two years the
working force has been brought up to what may
lie regarded as the fullest practicable efficiency.
and it has been equipped with tools and ma
chinery upon which no particular improvement
is to be expected. The forecast is, therefore,
that of continued excavation at the rate Of a
little more than 100000 cubic yards month.
and as there supposed to be 1O1.541,l46
cubic yards yet to be excavated, the outlook IS
for that part of the work to be done in some
what less than three years from the present
time. 1t may, Of course, be found eXpedent to
slaCken or suspend the work Of excavation in
favor Of other departments of constructions
The estimate affords no basis which to de
ter1nine the time which will be required for the
completion of the canal, for that depends upon
the time needed for the building Of the dams
and locks, and as those structures are without
precedent in the history Of engineering there
are no data for determining their requirements
Detailed statistics Of expenditures are avail
able down to February 1 last, or three months
less than the five years. The total TO that date
was S93.915.657 rs OF this sum only $50 10
sos went for actual engineering and con-
structi0n work. Buildings cost SS.IS7,5O2, sani-
tation Ss.O54, ,962, municipal Improvements in
the Canal zone S4oDi 49t, CIVIL ADMINISTRATOR
S261S,T32, and so on 10 aggregate Of more
than one-third of the whole. Many Of these
non-construction expenditures were made once
for all and will not recur, so that hereafter a
larger proportion Of the appropriation will 60
for actual construction. The plan Of the canal
as now adopted provides for n sea level channel
500 feet wide from Limon Bay to Gatun. 6-T6
miles dam at Gatun Ia miles long and 1l5
feet high, with twin fights Of three locks each
each lock TO be 1000 feet long, 10 feet wide
and Al IS feet deep over sills; then lake from
Gatm to Bas Obispo. $3.50 miles, with sur
face level S5 feet above tidewater and a chan
mel from 500 to /. 600 feet wide; then a channel
at the same level, 500 feet wide, through the
Culebra cut TO Pedro Miguel, S11 miles; then
twin locks of the same size as those at GatUn,
down To a small lake 80 feet above tidewater,
through which channel 500 feet wide will lead
scarcely one mile to NirafOres, where there viii
be twin locks IN flights Of two each. leading
down 10 sea level channel. 500 feet wide and
As feet Deep reGching to deep water at Balboa,
S31 miles. Such has been the work Of FIVE
years, and such is the outlook for the future
which is based upon that work.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
trro, Tb. Tribune Bureau.1


Washington. June THE PRESIDENT J-as+
gold nugget studded telegraph key in the Eas'
Room this afternoon in the presence of MIS- IaLt
members of the Cabinet. the diplomatic COZ its' -.
washington Congress delegation. the oeles1'e'
Congress from the Philippines. Hawaii ana AiaSA
his brother Charles P. Taft, and a nunDe' %
others starting the machinery OF the AIasN- A.
Yukon Pacific Exposition at Seattle FreSi
Taft made a brief address OF conSratuiaIioN' =,
ator Piles responding The President also lolla--S
started the New York-to-seattle automoohe f4oe
the same time
Hsrbert Knox Smith Commissioner OF Corpora-
TONS discussed the work being done by MS bureau
with President Taft to-day, fully reviewing in'e
cations Of corporations now IN progress
Senator Smith. Representative TOWNSEND NAY
Jacob Martin and the Rev NJ j. Cro"IeS' "A :,
roe Mich invited President Taft to atteno INC
unveiling of the monument erected IN Hoho "
General George A Custer at Monroe In O'Io"ei
The President said he would be glad to be present
II he could find the time
Twenty Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians OF west
ern Oklahoma were introduced to the Great White
Father to-day by Robert G. Valentine, AsslsIdn'
Commissioner OF Indian Affairs.
Senators Gamble and Crawford were at the Wits
House. seeking an office for constituent Ine OF
fee Of auditor for the Interior Department DO"
held by Robert S. Person. of South Dakota IS eA-
pected to be vacant soon, and the Soutn Dakotd
Senators are anxious that President Taft name
Howard Shober, Lieutenant Governor OF their state.
that office.
The President and his brother Charles P Taft
went for an automobile ride this afternoon.
There were few callers at the White House on
account Of the Cabinet meeting. The list included
the Secretary of the Interior Senator Crane, Rep
resentatives Alexander and Morgan, General Leon
ard Wood and Chaplain O'Keefe-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

from Ths Tribune Bureau
washington June 1.-The Assistant Secretary or
State and Mrs. Huntington Wilson left here to-day
for New York 70 attend the dinner given by the
Japan Society in honor Of Baron and Baroness
U-rlu They will return tomorrow. Others in the
party were Rear Admiral and Mrs Stockton. Miss
BoarIrnan NIr and Mrs Francis \. Millst. John
Barrett and Commander Hiraga and Mr- Hanihara
of the japanese Embassy
Mrs John Kean and Miss Kean. mother and
sister OF the senior Senator from New Jersey viii
leave here on Saturday for Elizabeth. y !. where
they will remain for short time before going 70
their cottage AT Spring Lake for the summer Mss
Lucy Kean and Miss Elizabeth Kean viii go abroad
with their brother, Julian Kean, sailing from New
York the end Of this week Senator ksan viii
occupy his house here until the Adjournment or
Congress.
Mr. and Mrs Isrz Anderson went 10 Philadelphia
last Friday and joined Mr. and Mrs Van Rens-
selaer at their country place. where they are sun
members OF a house rarty- They will 60 TO their
estate in Brooklns. Mass, the end OF this Week
70 remain for the rest of the summer
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore Will close their
house mere on Thursday and 90 to their estate az
Prides Crossing for the rest OF the summer Ahelr
stables and automobiles are being moved there
now. Mr Moore Will probably make an occasional
visit To washington.
Mr. and Mrs Gardner Williams closed their house
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph 70 Ths Tribur

[By Telegraph 70 Tbs Tribursl
Newpo-t June William S-orrs Wells. who
spent the holiday IN Newport has returned 70 New
York
Nj and Mrs Il Mex TwonlbIy visited Newport
today TO inspect their summer home
Mr. and Mrs T. Shaw Safe and and Nrs
John r. DrexeI ard daughter. Mss Alice DrszsL
are expected soon from Europe
Nr. and Mrs William c Rocker are % rsru-a
on June % for tbs season
Ms. 8Iarsden J. Perry IS sn-s-rainins houss
party a. Bleak House
Mr. and Mrs Nathaniel Thaye-, OF Boston srs
expected this week FOR the summer Their son-11-
law ard daughter M and Mrs Pattsn. ars also =
spend The season here
Mrs Hermann Oelrichs has taken possession q
Pose Cliff for the summer
Edward Q knight has gene 20 New York
Mr and Mrs E Rollins Morse are 70 return 70
New York to-day.
Professor Alexander AgsSsiz, Of Cambridge aao
Mrs William G. Weld. are among the season ar
rivals.
Miss Mana Morgan an1 Stuyvesan- Trey Rave ~
turned from New YORK
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
AERONAUTIC ACCIDENTS.

All of Count Zeppelin's mishaps and disap-
pointments instructive. The self-prope.led
airshp is still so much novelty that a great
deal is yet to be learned about ii. In all new
arts and industries the world benefits by mis-
takes and failures as well as by successes.
A few weeks ago, with one of his old dirigible
balloons the count began a voyage under ap-
parently favorable auspices. So boisterous how
ever, was the weather when he reached the
vicinity of the place where he intended TO land
that he deemed 1t unsafe to carry out his plan
Immediately. He was obliged TO travel fifty or
sixty miles further than he wished TO- and did
not arrive at his destination until the next day
Postponement on account of the weather not I'm
landing but in starting, was also necessary in
making a trial of the new airship. The Wur-
temberger had hoped to begin his latest voyage
on Friday evening. but rain compelled him to
wait for tWenty-four hours. An even more
striking illustration OF the necessity for cons sid
erng meteorological conditions was furnished
last August, though the lesson was accOmpanie
by one relating to the explosive nature of the
gas with which dirigible balloons arc inflated.
The disaster of 1908 was primarily due to Il
summer squall which sprang up while the air
ship was at rest, waiting for trifing repairs to
be made to of the motors. Whether or not
so large an object can be adequately shielded
from q gale when at the level of the earth and
not completely housed is yet problem
The mishap to the arship at Goeppergen was
far less serious than the one which overlook It's
immediate predecessor but for a time it threat
ened to cause delay of several weeks Such
a detention would obviously disarrange IF il
did not utterly prevent, the execution of any
hostile mission on which dirigible balloon
like Zeppelin II might be bound Fortunately
however temporary repairs have enabled the
aeronaut to finish the homeward journey with
out waiting more than day. But even so short
interruption would doubtless have its strate-
gic disadvantages in time of war. It is neces-
sary, also, TO consider how the damage wrought
by an explosive shell fired from a high angle"
gun would compare with that inflicted by the
branches Of tree. Does the accident throw
any light on the service to be expected from
the weapons which ar least four countries are
said to have invented for repelling aerial at
tacks? To this question it will not be pos
sible to obtain an answer until It is known
whether the airship could have finished the
journey without even one days delay
Count zeppelins plan of dividing the interior
Of his balloons with partitions is shrewd, since
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02
DIR, LOWELL At COLUMBI1.
Hrrard President Urges Stimulus
for Mental Com petition.

President Abbott Lawrence Lowell Of Harvard
University delivered the annual Phi Beta Kappa
address at Columbia yesterday afternoon, speaking
on the subject of Competition in College He ex-
pressed views on athletics and the elective system
at variance with those held by his predecessor for
mer President Charles ". Eliot.
President LoweTs address Indicated his belief
that physical training for collegiate football and
other sports and taking part In the games them
selves were beneficial and essential parts Of the
college curriculum.
In discussing the need Of stimulus by competi-
tion in scholarly attainments, the lack of which
I'm the colleges to-day Dr. Lowell credited I'm a large
measure to the growth OF the elective system, he
said:
No one who knows much about intercoies1ate
tootoal believes that most OF tne men are on b S
Now. there is no reason to suppose that young men
t TOT t b tbe - rree nse of compettion
s Sf iarsgs t sfiaflon oy I 10th of unerraduates
and OF the community at large, has beaten scholar
ship out of sight
tests, for do not think We can afford to diminish
any spur to activity IN IN .Is;e fGef 6i 6thcr @ Forms s0 Of
energy, and that We can get many hint rom
srH. or even of the scholarly tone Of mind is
the only object of the college.
In discussing some Of the besides the in
iueuce Of the elective system. why competition ts
not now an effective stimulus to scholarship. Prest-
deut Lowell said
Competition a an effective stimulus 10 scholar
ship I'm colleges suffers to-day from a wide
spread feeling among the students that the dis.
tinctions won are of industry than or
real intellectual power. II We could make tIe
world believe that high rank tS PROOF or ihtel-
lectual power. task Ia instilltng among under
graduates a desire excel would be simple
The elective system which has to greater ,,y or
indeed furnish opportunity for seiI-deveelop-
uient but at the same time i weakened the sIIIdu %
lis TO exerticn. II based upon the assun1puoir
that opportunity alone Is enough-that man ., VIZ
congenal field.
In closing DR. Lowell said that the universities
should show the student how much lies IN the end
toward which his efforts to be directed. so that
he may relish the painful drudsery needed 10 at
tain it, And to do that We must. touch his I'M
agination," he said.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-02

votes, but 1t reaches the conclusion that MI
Tillman is decidedly inclined TO protection
especially where protection promises TO De OIL
benefit TO local industries" 1t condones MS
fat reputation of the Denver platform by say
ing that Ibis politics Is rather more practcal
than sentimental"
But If the South's attitude toward the tariff
for three generations is to be dismissed as I'M
practical and sentimental, what Landmarks are
left? 1.-The Columbia State" one Of Mr.. Bryan $
most ardent champions in the South in the CAM
paign of 1905 is panied to see the Denver Plat
form thus 1outed and pushed aside as obsolete
It cries out in alarm that a crisis has arisen
and summons all good Democrats Of the old
school to come to the rescue Of Democratic
principles. 1t argues thus:
II a United States Senator elected as Demo
crat and pledged to the party may ignore the
platform and ignore, not policy put a para
mount principle of the party since the days OF
Jefferson, and be thereupon regarded by Demo
cratic papers as more practlcal man sent sent,
mental then, truly. the party is without prln-
ciples-is adrift, rudderless
Yet. we can see no indications that such
alarums disturb the complacent South. Many
of the leading Southern newspapers are al
ready protectionist IN sentiment or fndlHerent
and neutral Few openly oppose the policy Of
protection for local interests, which logically
involves the admission that the local interests
of all other sections ought to be protected. The
Cotton Kingdom era has passed and the eco
nomic theories Of that era are being rejected by
the new Industrial South. That seems TO be the
explanation of the subsidence Of the old anti
protection spirit. The South is now more pro
tectionist than i-protectlonist It's people
did not realize that fact Il year ago. when the
Democratic national platform was drafted
They realize 1t now. and the awakening IS one
of the most interesting and important develop
ments Of present day politics.