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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
A COSTLY FARCE.
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An epoch marking event occurred in
Des Moines Saturday when Meigs,
United States engineer, started on a
trip down the Des Moines river Is it
too much to predict that the expedition
marks the beginning of a new era for
the people who live along the river.
banks, an era in which the broad bos-
ON of the stream will be plowed by
the fleets of commerce and by those
great fighting machines Of our navy,
the mightier Dreadnaughts which lie in
the womb of the future? Gazing down
the vista of the future can we not see
the transformation trade of an empire
cared for on it's broad waters? Who
is so rash as to set limits to the bene-
fits to be derived from the projects of
men whose imaginations will make
navigable the Des Ioines and the Ce-
dar and the Iowa rivers? Don't make
the mistake of thinking that it is
joke, for congress has appropriated the
very neat sum of 100000 for the sur
veying of these rivers to determine
whether or not they are navigable, and
the expedition which left Des ,Moines
Saturday is for the purpose of making
preliminary investigations
What a farce it ls-and what
costly farce! All over the country the
government is wasting money in SIM
liar enterprises. Congressman talk
glibly of spending $4,000 en- water
way project whose practicability has
not even been established. The maya
zine writer's, who deplore and condemn
and beWail the extravaganza of con-
gress to one issue, paint glowing pic
lures of the possibilities of river i'm
provements in the next decade and de-
mand that the government embark up
on the exploitation of schemes which
will require the expenditures of sums
so vast as to take the breath of the
most calm thinking. even in these days
of big undertakings.
The Panama canal was so enormous
an undertaking that this country hes
itated for years before finally under
taking it. Yet 1t sinks into insignifi-
canoe before the aggregate of the wa
terways improvement schemes which
are being urged upon congress. And
there seems to be a very general de-
mand that congress embark upon
these schemes; 1t is probable that we
are entering upon an era Of extrava-
gance in this direction which will
amaze and appall future generations.
For IL 100000 can be secured from
the government for the preliminary
survey of such streams as the Des
Moines and the Cedar and the Iowa,
where there are hundreds Of rivers
more capable Of being made navigable,
what limit cansb set to the aggregate
appropriations?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
A GREAT MESSAGE.

\ large part of the editorial page to-
day is devoted to the republication of
Rev. w. A. Sundays sermon delivered
yesterday against the liquor traffic.
Nothing that the editorial writer has
10 offer is so timely or Of such value
as this splendid defense of the home
and the wives and children and man
hood of America; no censure or argu-
ment against the saloon can be written
or said with greater sincerity and
stronger effect. 1t is not likely that
a temperance lecture or sermon ever
delivered contains SO nuch, go plainly
and effectively put as the one the T.-R.
an audience of nearly 5000 men. an
audience that perhaps could not be
as regards it's personnel in
the United States. 1t appealed so
strongly to its intelligence and the
souls of those who constituted it that
probably nine men out of ten rose and
pledged themselves against the saloon.
Let every one read ii. The test of its
strength is in the reading and it will
stand the test. Reading, however. can
not bring the marvellous effect pro-
duced on that audience by the manner
ana magnetism with which it was de-
-ivared; but these are the test of the
man. And were Billy Sunday never to
speak another word his sermon yester-
day would place him among the great
cgt pulpit orators of all time.
Eead It. 1t balances. 1t is the in
aic;mens of crime and there is no
flaw in the Indictment. Read it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
Why PAROLE THE BANK wREcKER7

Protest is being offered over the pa
role of Ware, the Seymour bank
wrecker whose outrageous footing of
country bank and its depositors is
still fresh in the minds of the people
of the state and upon whose commit
ment to the penitentiary the ink is
scarcely dry. The people about Sey-
mour are Indignantly wondering why
this parole should issue; the men who
were robbed are seeking some good
reason why Ware should be delivered
officially from Jail and the remainder
of those who took note of the crime
and approved the sentence it deserved
are wondering with them.
The Seymour case was one of the
most fragrant in the history of failed
ara lnoted banks. There was and could
be no defense. Ware was caught with
the goods on. He had simply skinned
the savings Of his county as milk
: He mad not the shadow of excuse to
offer. II was and is suspected very
strongly that he was the catspaw of
men higher than he but he kept his
mouth shut and went to the pen alone
IL that suspicion is justified. There
has been no plain showing or confess
sion of where the money went. The
bank was wrecked. shamefully
wrecked, looted as burglars loot a safe
and Ware accepted his fate and Went
to prison. Now he is out again by
grace of the official powers of Iowa.
Bank wrecking is not crime nj ir-
resistable momentary impulse. II is the
most deliberate theft imaginable. !:
requires time. thought, elaboration. L
IS betrayal of a sacred t:us- and IS
such is worse than common 5hef5 or
highway robbery. Bib Richards an Of
r6Ia wes accused Of sharing their loot.
-. to the penitentiary and the
state has risen up time after time to
prevent his parole. He ought TO serve
MS Tune. But Is the man VINO hOlds
out the pledge Of security and uses
the higher character of the banking
business to induce deposits and forget
ting every principle of honor steals
from the men who trusted him better
or worse than Bill Richards? If Bill
Richards must stay and serve his
twenty years what of Ware?
Some one got the money that Ware
stole. It seems to be pretty generally
believed that Ware did not and that
some others did. Who got it? II Ware
had any right 10 expect executive
clemency it was after full confession
and effort to see justice done and rep
aration made. When such men are
freed without apparent reason in JUS
tice the act opens poor prospect for
the sovereignty of law and growth of
respect for legal and moral obliga-
tons.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
SETTING BACK THE CLOCK;

When Benjamin Franklin, with his
peculiar hard horse sense long ago adj
vocated daylight conservation, the get
ting up at daylight and going to bed
at dark, and went on to prove the econ
omy of his schedule both in health and
In the saving of candles, he little I'M
agined Great Britain century after
ward would be seriously considering in
parliament a. change of working hours
to conform to the Franklin schedule or
that the president and cabinet Of the
United States would agree that could
the same schedule be put in operation
for government employees it would be
an excellent and salutary change. But
the parliament is working and the cab
inet is talking along the very line that
Franklin indicated tho Franklin and
the candles have gone out. How far
little candle throws it's beams and how
long hard common sense lives and IL
lumines.
For it is simple common hard sense.
For instance what is it that has made
q Millionaire Of Rockefeller and piled
millions upon millions in the name of
the Standard Oil Company until there
is some fear that this corporation will
soon possess a majority of the earth?
Nothing but a fool custom inherited
from the days at Franklin's protest of
beginning the day of mems activities
third of a day after the sun has
opened UP for business, which forces US
TO pay tribute to Rockefeller for a
/ third OF working days illumination
which the sun would gladly have given
us for nothing.
At first thought this suggestion of
going to work with the sun according
to Franklin's wisdom will seem as
ridiculous as returning to the tallow
lids Of his day but a glance at the
Egures Of the waste Of our present
useless custom will at once make the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
Saving an Ancient Freseo.

It is not only in this country that
church restcrers are allowed to do
much as they like. An interesting
story comes from Hal. The church s.
under restoration, and the workmen
came across traces of q fresco. Itu
existence had been unknown, and &C.
cording to the plats the plaster was to
come away. Fortunately a townsman
knew process by, which the plaster
could be taken OF intact on canvas.
He obtained permission 70 make tho
experiment, and It has been carried out
with success. He Is said to be now
the possessor of = valuable fifteenth.
century painting. The Brussels mu.
scum authorities have learned Of tho
existence Of the painting, and they
are endeavoring to prevent the aliena.
ton OF this interesting work Of tho
middle ages.-London Globe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
oplcs of the Times

Nobody danced oftener with Miss
Downward Revision than Secretary
Taft How much longer is the presi-
dent going to let her sit wishful
wall flower-now that the big dance
IS on?
An eastern scientist wants to know
what next after we learn to fly. A new
head for accidents, man, and the elm
nation of "derailment."
If Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock were
alive today he would be the democratic
party's only logical candidate for the
presidency.-New York Tribune.
But what would that have to do
with a democratic nomination?
Pride" said Uncle Eben, sis sump-
in like a flynn machine. It'll take you
way up over de heads of other folks;
but it has to be managed wifi great
care TO avoid a bump."-Washingt
Star.
A man has been declared insane be-
caupse he continually heard a phono-
graph ringing in his ears. Seems to be
time for the man close to the cheap
theater to dodge.
The presiding preacher predicted
that H, H. Rogers memory would
grow sweeter and sweeter with pass
ing time. 1t would have to wouldn't 1t
if it grew?
Angry Patron-That's the third time
you've given me the wrong number.
You must have what they call the tel
epfione ear
Girl in Central Office-I beg your
pardon, sir, but that isn't the trouble
You have what we call the cornmeal
mush mouth-Chicago Tribune.
The farmer with an automobile soon
suffers change of heart on the ques-
round.
What would the farmer of 1880 have
thought when he opened his agicult-
ural paper and found plans and speci-
fications for farm sewage disposal
plant" on its front page?
No. cardiac difficulty" does not re-
fer directly to motor cars but a balky
auto man cause cardiac difficulty"
Scribner's for May keeps up the
high class of that extremely good mag
azine In fiction and it's other fields and
especially in field where 1t especially
excels, the colored prints, the June
number is delightful.
The Pennsylvania railroad is plan
ming to set out this spring more than
1000, 900 trees. This will make a total
of $4,000 trees, which have been
planted in the last three years to pro-
vide for some of the company's future
requirements In timber and Cross ties.
This constitutes the largest forestry
plan yet undertaken by any private
corporation. Heretofore the company,s
forestry operations have been confined
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC NOTICES.

X MASONIC NOTICES. 1,
XXvisitors always welcome.
/V\Hal over 1867 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE LOS A. F. & "A.
NJ, work in third degree Friday even-
ing, May rs, 1880. II. G. Hoeck, wv. NJ.
M, H. S. Lawrence. Sec'y.
SIGNET CHAPTER No. SO. r. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday, May "a,
M. NJ. degree.
q. a. Bogsie. a. r.
I. g. Millard, secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL R. & q.
M.-Stated assembly Monday, May II,
p. m,
"A. d. Mesker. T. I. M.
!. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoNTNGANDERY,
No. 80, X. T.-Work In the Illustrious
Order OF the Red Cross, Tuesday even-
ing, May Is, at 1880 shary. f. M. Will
bur, e. C., Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, q. =.
S-Regular meeting Wednesday. June
16, at p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing, w. II.
Edna G. Fularton. secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

to limited area between Philadelphia
and Altoona. This year $4,000 trees are
being set out on tracts of land near
Metuchen and New Brunswick, N. J..
In addition there are to be planted
within the next month 100000 trees
near Conewago, Pa. 10000 in the vi
cinity of vanDyke, $4,000 at Lewiston
Junction. 1000 at Pomeroy and $685.
900 at Denholm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
popylatIon Of H-l. !

Because the News and Courier
stated the obvious conclusion. from
the fact that water pipes do moi
freeze in haAes. that there are no
plumbers in that region. some Of our
contemporaries are viiifying It IN their
narrow. partisan way. In spite Of this.
We now declare that the amount Of
gas constantly escaping from hades
shows that what plumbers who may
b there are apprentices. Charleston
News and Courier. M <, \. T;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
Nobody n Too Old.

to learn that the sure way to cure a
cough or cold is with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. soc and $1.00. Mcbride d
Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24
A Shooting scrape

with both parties wounded. demands
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Heals wounds.
sores, burns or injuries. Csc. MCBRIDE
& Will Drug company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

iowa is not looking for a sensation
at Mitchellville," says the Cedar Rap
ids Gazette, referring to the charges
against Superintendent Fitzgerald.
''The chances are that if anything had
been wrong the board of control would
have discovered it before this; and
the members of the board do not APP
pear to be worried lest a scandal be
unearthed."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

The Newton Herald approves Hon.
\. E. kendall's bill prohibiting the is
suing of government license for the
sale of liquor in states in which the
state law prohibits its sale, and be-
lieves it is one which should pass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

The Harlan American would Like
to see Mr.. Byers stay where he is till
Governor Carroll has served his sec
ond term and then made governor for
two or three terms but if Mr.. Byers
wants to go to Washington he will
never have a surer throw than in
1910"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

IF Roosevelt was in the White House
we will bet an old shoe that both con-
gress and the people would know
where he stood on the tariff question:"
exclaims the Britt News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

Paper Mills.
what are your
"a paper MILL
What do you make paper out off"
"Old rags and straw"
'Can you take rags and straw and
make white raper?"
Eyes, certainly"
Us the paper worth more than the
rags and the straw-the finished prod
uct worth more than the raw ma
terial?"
yes"
Good. We will make laws for YOU
and put you on that pedestal. We must
have paper on which to write notes,
and mortgages, and Deeds"
Gin Mill.
'And what are you?"
II am a gin MILL
What do you make?"
II make gin"
What is your power?t.
"The vo3 Of the church members
you lie"
''No, don't"
bow my head in shame that he does
not. When the day comes that the
Protestants and the Catholics and the
Presbyterians and the Methodists and
the Congregationalists and the Bap-
lists, when the day comes that all the
protesting followers Of Jesus Christ
put a stop to it, that day will that
damnable business crawl into hell. The
whisky business exists today by vir-
tue of the church.
| say to the gin mill:
What is your raw material?" (Come
here, boys.)
Raw MateriaI-Finished Product.
| These arc the raw materials. Boy.
of America, and your finished product
is drunken sons, and criminals, and the
scum of Gods earth.
Us the finished product worth more
than the raw materially"
| ARE drunken, puking sots and GRIM
nails worth more than boys?
| Say. the saloons must have 1000, 600
from every generation, or shut up
shop.
"Have you furnished your boy?"
mo"
Then must furnish two. But am
not going to wait until It strikes me.
| Their raw material Is boys-and you
are trying to pay your taxes in boys
instead sof dollars.
II IL Fell on You.
! wonder that you can sit idly by,
watching this passing panorama. My
tGod! az 1T fell on your hearthstone
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

Perhaps after few of our frisky
bigamists and wife desartars have
spent a year in the penitentiary." says
the Des Moines Capital. they will
come to the conclusion that while it
may be all right to get gay it does
not pay to get too gay"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

LAS the case stands, Senator DOLL
yer is behaving in such manner of
respectability that time should be af-
forded him to work out his salvation
with fear and trembling, understand
ing that the record he made in the pri-
mary campaign of last year carries
with it presumption of weak convic-
ton in behalf of public benefits" says
the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-24

j wonder that you can sit idly by
watching this passing panorama. M
God! II 1T fell on your hearthston
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-04
ORANGE VOTERS TO
PASS ON SALARIES
FOR ALDERMEN
Resolution to Accept Law Per-
hitting This to Be Acted
ON Tonight.

Voters of Orange will be given an
opportunity to pass on permitting their
aldermen to draw salaries at the com
ing election. A resolution will be Of
fered tonight at a meeting of the
Orange Common Council to accept the
law passed at the last session of the
Legislature permitting ~second-class
cities to pay Common Council members
as much as $500 a year. No sum will
be stipulated in the resolution, as the
city officers will determine the pay if
the voters agree to salaries.
The measure will likely prove the
first step in an effort to reorganize the
eity's governing body. There has been
agitation to revise the city charter, as
the present document is considered OBJ
solete. Mayor Arthur b. Seymour, in
a recent address, called attention to the
need OF such a change.
The successful nominee for assembly
from Orange this year, either Coleman
e. Kissain, former president of the
| Common Council, or John ]. Bracken,
will in all probability be requested to
ask for legislation providing for a
modern charter. This will provide d
substantial reduction In the number Of
councilmen, as the present representa-
ton of three men from each of the
five wards is considered unwieldy.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-04
BELLEvILLE.

John C. La Faucherie returned today
from a trip to Gettysburg, Pa.
Township Committeeman Joseph
Weston, Charles Hallweg and George
Rademacher, who were guests of Will
lam Jacobson ON an automobile trip to
Newburg and Poughkeepsie for the
Hudson-Fulton celebration, returned
last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Campbell, of John
street, have returned from Atlantic
City. Mrs. Campbell spent the summer
at that resort, and her husband was
there for a week.
Mrs. George Cummings, of Washing
ton avenue, is home from a stay at Lake
George, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles G. Pixlee, of Provi-
dence, r. l., Is visiting her nephew,
Frederick NJ. Pixlee. of 100 Joralemon
street.
Fire Commissioner and Mrs. Thomas
Mclaughlin and family are home from
a summers sojourn at Avon.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-04
WOMEKS CLUBS
LOOM LARGE IN
POLITICAL FIGHT
Mrs. Mills, Centre of Activities
in Struggle for Place on Mont
clair School Board.

Two of the most influential women's
clubs in Upper Montclair have decided
that there must be a woman member
of the Montclair School Board from
every district in the town. They will
support Mrs. Sophie Goodalle Mills, who
is running for the place. Their mem
bership numbers 500, and besides that
they have the support of the Rev. DR..
Armory H.. Bradford, pastor of the First
Congregational Church.
This all came about following the
candidacy Of Mrs. Mills for School Com
missioner In the First ward. Accord
ing to the Montclair politicians h
nomination of Mrs. Mills means the
injection of politics into the BOARD.
Heretofore party politics have been
eliminated as far as possible. Candi-
dates ave been selected at joint meet
ings of representatives of both parties.
Mrs. Mills ran OF the Democratic and
Republican tickets against Elme- II.
Neff, who defeated her for the nominal
ton on the Republican ticket. As far
as she is concerned Mrs. Mills declares
she will avoid anything of q political
nature IL elected.
I'VE need women on the School
Beard" said the Rev. Mr.. Bradford.
THE mothers know what the children
most need. They know more about
them than we men do. When Mrs.
Mills got the nomination I was glad.
Now we want to go ahead and have a
woman trustee from each ward"
Mrs. Robert H. Dodd, president of
the Woman's Club, said last night that
the organization would spend every Of
fort TO elect Mrs, Mills.
II am in favor of comforting with
the president of the Democratic Club OF
Upper Montclair and offering him our
services in our fight to elect Mrs.
Mills" said Mrs. Dodd.
The Civic Association Is enthusiastic
over the nomination OF Mrs. Mills.
George w. Da Cunha, a member of the
executive committee of the association.
said tina IL Mrs. Mills Is elected an
effort will be made to get other women
to run as trustees.
When asked regarding her plans. II
elected, Mrs. Mills said: II understand
that most Of the work of the school
board Is don by committees OF course
I would not expect to be placed IN the
finance or building committees or any
committee devoted strictly to the bust
ness end of the Board of Education.
would, however, expect to be appointed
to committees dealing with h work Of
teachers and the pupils in the school
rooms. There Is nothing novel abou'
a woman being a school trustee. In tn
West there are many school boards OF
which there are women"
Mr.. Neff, in speaking of the declare
ton of Mrs. Mills to run on the Demo
cratic ticket, said:
"If this results in partisan politics In
the school board the fault will not be
) mine. Neither will I be responsible II
the agitation and v result In
: detriment to the schools"
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-04
ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICER
ENTERTAINS ORANGE PARTY

Officer Edward Curnow, of the Eng
lish cruiser Inflexible, yesterday enter
tanned a party of twenty Orangeites
aboard ship all day. Mr.. Curnow Is a
nephew of Mrs. William Wright, of
Is South street, Orange.
The party. under the chaperonage of
Mrs. Wright. started from Orange at
10 o'clock and vas met at 129th street
by Mr.. Curnow with the ships launch.
Upon arrival at the ship covers were
laid for the party n an old-fashioned
English dinner vas served. After din
ner the party was taken over the ship,
from top to the engine-room, and at
$3.50 the party went to the mess-room
for tea.
After tea until $50 in the evening a
social entertainment was enjoyed In
Mr.. Curnow's room. The party returned
from the cruiser to Orange with Mr..
Cufnow. He will be the guest of his
aunt, Mrs. Wright, for several days.
Most of those present were either di-
rectly or indirectly related to their host.
In the party were Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam ]. Wright, Mr.. and Mrs. c. Coryell,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Tappan, Mr..
and Mrs. Pendergast, Herbert Jibert,
Miss Elsie Wright, Miss Myrtle Wright,
Miss Linda Wright, Miss May Wright.
Miss Coletta Dunn, Mrs. Percy Wood
ruff, Miss Ella Williams, Miss Bessie
williams and Miss Florence Coryell.