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Track TrespaSsing.

An effort is being made by the Ameri-
can railways to secure the enactment OF
laws calculated to prevent trespassing
upon the rights of way of the transporta-
ton lines 1t has been stated in this con-
nection that in eleven years some 5000
persons have been killed in the United
States while encroa ching upon railroad
property an average of fifteen a day.
This is an enormous death toll. repre-
sentng the carelessness of people VINO
neglect to take proper precautions while
approaching a railroad track. At the
same time it in some mea sure reflects
the failure of the railroad companies
properly to safeguard the public and TO
protect their own properties.
In another column of The star today is
printed statement by one of the officials
of the Pennsylvania road regarding the
evil of track trespass. AS far as the i'm
provements to which he refers, calculated
to eliminate the grade crossing evil. have
gone they are effective in lesSening the
public danger from this source. But
unfortunately despite an enormous ex-
penditure of money both by the District
and the railroads, there remain several
exceedingly dangerous grade crossings
taking human life. AS long as these
crossings remain open, virtually unguard-
ed, there can be no general public SYM
patty with the desire of the railroad
companies to impose stringent trespass
law upon the public
1t should be Impossible for any person
without deliberately climbing a fence or
scaling a wall or jumping into an exca-
tho lie
anywhere in the District of Columbia.
1t should be also impossible throughout
the railroad stretch through the populous
eastern states as between here and New
York, for instance, for trespassers to
gain access to railroad tracks save
through violation of boundaries. When
the railroads have thus inclosed their
rights of way by fences or walls and
have afforded public means of crossing
in perfect safety at convenient points
they will have safeguarded their own
properties to the extent to justify dras-
tic statutes in punishment of trespass-
ing.
An open railway line is an invitation
to disaster. The person who crosses a
track at grade at fixed and customary
point of road use must obey the in
junction to stop, look and listen before
passing upon the rails. But the railroad
companies should go beyond the common
law requirement which lays the burden
of precaution upon the pedestrian or
driver and should provide safe means
of crossing where it is not necessary for
the track crosser to exercise any care
whatever. People who use the tracks as
highways, who make short cuts across the
rails at unaccustomed points, are tres
passers in the full sense of the term, and
il would seem that they take their own
risk and it is known from the statistics
that they pay heavy penalty for this
privilege.
AS long tracks are accessible they
will be trespassed upon, and no writing
of laws will hold the public in check, nor
will the possibility of death deter the
intrepid. the thoughtless, the hasty from
encroaching upon the danger zone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
A Good Catch.

The police have made a good haul in
the capture of Robert Jones whose recent
HOUSEKEEPING enterprises, as far as they
have been confessed and identified. have
been the cause of great anxiety to Wash
ingtonians. The similarity Of methods
employed in these burglaries has pointed
TO their commission by one man. At this
time Of year many householders leave
their windows open for the sake Of better
ventilation and in order to get the benefit
of the cooler night air. 1t is not difhcult
for an enterprising thief to make his way
into q dwellin., in such circumstances.
This man has not taken much from any
of the houses he visited, and claims
TO have gone unarmed upon his expedi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

opportunity to pilfer. AS in most of these
cases he began modestly, plunging in Wall
street on a small scale with the bank
securities as his capital. Intending al
ways to return what he had taken, he
finally found himself too deeply involved
for recovery, and then did the only manly
thing in connection with his crime and
confessed ii frankly.
Most bank robberies from the inside
may be attributed to overconfdence by
the employers and an differentiation of
the services Of trusted men. Young men
are placed in the most responsible posi-
tions. in custody OF immense sums of
money. and paid mere pittances in return
for invaluable services Their habits ARE
not watched or their associations scruti-
nized They are left to their own devices
while the banks employing them trust 70
their bookkeeping as protection against
crime. Inasmuch as the thief Is often a
more expert bookkeeper than the bank
own officials, concealment of theft Is
comparatively easy for period And SO
conditions favor not only the development
of the criminal impulse and accomplish
ment, but continuation without discovery
until a life is wrecked and sometimes the
institution is brought upon the rocks.
This latest case is simply another Illus
tration of the folly of placing a weighty
trust in the hands of an underpaid man.
The responsibility which attaches to the
care and handling of money calls Tor
greater consideration than is very OFTEN
given to these men. Enough Is lost an
nually by the fiscal institutions through
the populations of employees to JUSTIFY at
least doubling of the salary scales as an
additional protection against the tempta-
ton of those who are exposed daily, hour
~, to the opportunity to commit crime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
"Standpatters.'

AS we have revised the tariff, why not
revise some of the recent nomenclature
connections with the subject! For eX-
ample, why not drop the word standpat-
ter?
At one time there were standpatters as
respected the tariff MIR. Cannon frank
~ confesses that he was a member OF the
band. They were opposed to any changes
whatever in the Dingley schedules. Their
argument was that. while the country
continued to prosper under those schec-
ules, it would be folly to change them.
But the argument was rejected. A lit
tie Slowly. but surely, sentiment in favor
of revision grew. The country was
brought to believe that new schedules
were necessary, and in November, 1908,
thew were ordered. A potent factor in
the election of Mr. Taft was the re-
publican promise, Endorsed by him, that
republican success should be followed by
the enactment of a new tariff law.
Right then, the standpatter, properly
so-called, ceased to exist. Against his
will and judgment he had been swept into
the ranks of the opposition, and was
now a revislonist He was forced to as
sist in the framing of a measure to
could not be bettered in the then existing
condition of things.
Today We have the Payne law in place
of the Dingley law, and as the work
largely of men who worked against their
will. 1t is an imperfect law, as even its
fashioners admit, and some changes may
not be distant. The statistics now be-
ing gathered may be made the basis of
action after Congress has digested them
and decided upon their value. So that
there are no standpatters today in the
sense that Mr.. Cannon and his friends
were standpatters as respected the Ding
ley law. The very men who revised the
Dingley schedules made the appropria-
ton for the tariff board, the creation
of which was a confession that something
further would be done.
The phrase stand pat was appro-
priated from the card table and made to
do political duty by Mr.. Hanna. He was
not a sporting man, but had an every
day knowledge of popular lingo, and an
appreciation of its value when brushed
up for higher duty. And the American
public is not violently sporty. But some
how MIR. Hanna's appropriation struck
both the popular comprehension and the
popular fancy, and passed at once into
everyday use. Which supports the old
contention-if support is necessary-that
draw poker, il not the national game, is
widely known and relished in North
America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Strikes and Disorder. }
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

Although labor troubles were fondly re.
garded as past. two scenes of violence at.
tending strikes are reported in yester.
days news One Is at the WILLIAMSBURG
plant Of the sugar trust in New York; the
other attends a street car strike at CO.
lumbus, Ohio. Both presented the stereo-
typed feature of the strikers or their
sympathizers attacking and stoning non
strikers who undertake to work.
OF course, this is mob law Of the variety
which the north experiences as freely as
the south does its more murderous type
of lynch law. The right to strike is in
disputable. But il the strike necessarily
implies the right to riot and forbids the
free and peaceful use of the public high.
ways, It rises above a strike to the over
throw of the law. over all other issues
the supremacy of the law and mainte-
nance of order rise supreme. Whether
the labor trouble is located in Brooklyn
or Columbus, the first and paramount
duty is to keep the peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Letters.

There's dear, pathetic ballad that was
popular of yore.
They played it until II o'clock at night.
The tenors and sopranos and the barry
tones would roar
Its melody. SO soulful. yet polite.
1t was just simple ditty of a style that
was the rage
Until the ragtime MARBLE blocked its
game
All, well do 1 recall the words upon the
title page:
1.-The Letter That He Longed for Never
Came
How often has my sympathy gone forth
unto that lay
Until l thought about the discomfort
OF many careless person who is mourn
ing to this day
Ger the letter that he wished he hadn't
sent.
That missive undelivered, though a mat
ter for regret
Unto the'one of whom the poet wrote,
If it had been Received, perchance would
make it's writer fret
When lawyers came selected bits to
quote.
tbs safer in the Office where dead letters
have to go
II it was something penned with heart
afiame.
And now to some one it may be a great
relief to know
That the letter which was longed for
never came.
The epithets endearing and the choice
but ardent rhyme,
Though most delightful when sincerely
meant,
May undergo strange transformations in
the course of time,
And be letters that you wish you hadn't
sent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Crane.

If Senator Crane makes a tour of the
west for observation purposes he will
observe. and have something to tel
upon his return. He is listener rather
than talker; negotiator rather than
an agitator or expounder. He holds his
tongue in several tongues. Such men
are very useful at all times in politics
but particularly so at a time like the
present. The man who can hear both
sides and see both sides is able to find
his way around and help both sides
And today there are two different sides
to the republican problem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

tons. Nevertheless. he stands confessed
as having engaged in one Of the most
dangerous of crimes, and should receive
prompt punishment n such terms that
all possible imitators will be thoroughly
warned that burglary is too hazardous to
be lightly undertaken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Aeroplanes and Submarines.
From the Pro.idence Evening Bulletin,

Aeroplanes may be more useful to the
navy than submarines, as a report from
Washington indicates that somebody in
authority thinks But the discussion as
to both Is hardly out OF the academic
stage. There has been no battle prac-
tice" with the airships. while the only
real damage ever recorded to the credit
of a submarine was when. the other
day, ,the Bonita CHANGED to ram her
parent ship, the Castine, which perform
ance a tugboat could have illustrate ed
quite as effectively
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

An eminent pianist's dislike of the au-
tomobile is not unreasonable. However
admirable the honk may be as practical
device, as a musical instrument 1t Is a
failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

One of the influences which terminate a
pugilist's activity at a comparatively early
age is the temptation to luxury that &C.
companies great wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

People who wonder what a man would
do with a two-months vacation every
year evidently do not appreciate the
allurements Of golf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

ANY time the republican party desires
to know what it is going to do next
1t can read what Mr.. Norman Mack
has to say on the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

1t would be lucky town that had no
more to worry over than Baltimore S
burning question of at which crossing
the car shall stop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

The fact that the role Of the rooster
is to be taken by woman in the Pro-
duction of Rostand's dialogue poem
ought to please some of those extreme
London suffragettes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

One of the things the member Of Con-
gress may find himself called upon to
explain just now Is what was the mat
ter with the garden seed he distributed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
SHOOTING STARS.
031VV l. N0 01 121G0s
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Not Resentful; Only Curious.

You advertised all the comforts Of
home, said the man with the frivolous
hat.
Well, rejoined Farmer Corntossel,
aren't you getting them?"
Yes. But how did you know l was
accustomed to hall bedroom and canned
food?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

There is no denying that Mr.. Nicholas
Longworth takes as handsome a photo
graph as any statesman now before the
public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

There are no doubt statesmen who
would be pleased to see Mr.. Butler
Ames' attention wholly engrossed by
the destinations of the aeroplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

A disposition to be generous in CRITICS.
ing Mr.. Gaynor may arise from realiza-
ton that mayor of New York has a
hard job at best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
An Anxious Situation.

1T must be very annoying to be paid
| dollar a word for your work." said one
writing man.
Il should think it would be jolly re-
| piled the other.
Yes. But imagine feeling that you have
squandered tive-spot every time you re-
| mark, 1t is very warm today"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Pistol Toting.

From the Atlanta Georgian.
The man who totes a pistol to protect
his reputation no doubt realizes that his
reputation cannot take care of itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

Suggestions that Mr.. Bryan get in line
for somebody else find little encourage
ment In the biography of Alton B. Parker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

BY looking thermometer frankly in
the face one often finds that the heat
Is not so great as he imagined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

| DR.. Crippen is another traveller who
would be quite willing to dispense with
any reception at the pier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

Mr. Bryan refers to some who oppose
him as 'assassins.' This is not nearly so
mild word as insurgents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
A Comforting Comparison.

From the Sioux City Tribune.
This Is a favorable time to consider
that more people are frozen to death
than are killed by lightning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

| Uncle Joe Cannon has demonstrated
that he can stand pat in any climate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
A Sporting Criticism.

ight?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
Luck.

did you have any luck fishing?''
YES" replied the man who is persist
emily cheerful. II was pretty lucky.
didn't get sunstruck'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30
The Coy Refusal.

Il will not be a candidate
He said. And then he stayed awake
In hope to hear, mid clamor great,
That what he said was a mistake
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

Entered as second class mail matter at the post
Office al Washington. ID. Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

Payable In sdrance-by mail postage prepaid:
Daily, Sunday Included. one month, 60 cents.
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month. 20 cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year. Sunday Star, $Z4o year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
NV. a.,n Shown.

In Centralia, Mo-. an enthusiastic
dealer writes, Your shells are win.
ners. We have practically put the 9TH
err makes Of shells out OF business In
this place."
Many more letters similar to their
general tone to the above are being
received from day to day by the Robin
Hood Ammunition Company, and every
one Of them bears out the claim that
this firm makes when they state that
Robin Hood ammunition kills fur
Their, gets there quicker. hits harder
and kicks less than any other ammuni-
ton"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
See. Harm In RevivaIs.

That religious REVEALS are make
shifts" and often productive OF moral
harm is the charge made by Rev. o. G.
Helming of the University Congrega
tional church in an article on Modern
Evangelism in the Light OF Modern
Psychology" in the current number Of
the Biblical World. The publication
was issued by the University OF Chi
cago Press. Mr.. Helming objects to the
emotional appeal and teachings of re-
vivalists.
The vice of revivalism is the strain
ing for immediate effect. the misuse
OF the power Of suggestibility and the
power to infatuate the crowd which
yields to the will OF the leader and Is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

ostensibly converted without any moral
change in itself" he says. The APP
plication OF the ethical and religious
ideal to actual life Is = process which
requires time.
III the christian appeal falls OF It's
effect-and there seems to be wide
spread feeling that 1t often fails--it Is
because the powerful moral quality In
1t has been weakened by cheaper senti-
ments, which reach the softer tempera-
ments. or appeal to slckly emotions,
but fall to stir the souls OF virile men,
Or 1t falls because II repels men by It's
false picture OF God as 4 vindictlve
feudal tyran, eNacting his bloody price
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
MRS. FIELDS DEAD.
Former Marshalltown Girl ouoeurbs e
Long illness This Afternoon.

lona illness This Afternoon.
A telephone message to the Times
Republican from Rsinbeck this after
noon tells OF the death there at .
o'clock OF Mrs. Arthur N. Fields. for
merly Miss Olive Gallagher. of this
CITY, The news Of Mrs Fields serious
illness appears on another city page OF
this issue
Mrs. Fields body viii be brought
here for burial. from Central Church OF
Christ at o'clock Monday afternoon.
Rev. w. NJ. Scott will officiate, and In
terment will be in Riverside.
Mr. Field has selected as pail bearers
whom he desires to serve: Messrs. f.
L. Stoltz. w. T. Bennett. Frank Jerome.
Lou Echternacht, Lee Atkinson and
Harry Hotchkiss. the latter OF Webster
City.
Mrs. Fields was 81 years old. and
was married nine years ago on Nov. rs.
Aside from her husband she is sur
vived by her mother. Mrs. Mary Ellen
Gallagher, Of this city. and two broth
ers. Harry Gallagher. OF this city. anu
Clarence Gallagher. Of Seattle. Wash.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
CLAIMS VIOLATION OF LAW.
Case in Federal Court Started Aga;nst
Local Manufacturers.

A case in the federal court, at Des
Moines, has been started against the
Marshalltown Syrup and Sugar Com
pany, OF this city, in which violation
OF sections 2O22 and 2023. relative to
the pure food laws. Is alleged Appear
ance has been set for Dec. 20.
Mr.. Roy Bailey. OF the company. when
asked this afternoon relative TO the
case, said that so far as he knew no
service had been made on the company.
and he had no idea what the case could
be about.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Of Conrad. for - Is cents . bushel.
The crop gave Mr.. at. Clair 2 money
yield Of 3l.s17. or q gross return per
acre from the land OF S26.l5. which is a
gross profit OF ~ per cent on land
valuation OF 5000 an acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
Highlander. Attention.

landers Monday evening at which Oc-
ours the annual election OF officers.
This is an important meeting and all
members are urged to be present. f.
B. Abbott. secretary. Joseph Scheid.
I. P.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
Notice.

will not be responsible for anything
charged to me. unless bought in per-
son or written order signed by myself
or Mrs. Ely. r. A. Ely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

WE POINT TO STYLE
because that is one of the main at
tributes of all the clothes that we
make Quality of material and work.
manship is also very prominent in
all OF
OUR TAILORING.
Don't you need new suit or over
coat before Christmas? we wifi make
you one that will please you.
The difference in price between
our work and the ready made goods
is not go great, but the satisfaction
of wearing our clothes is infinitely
greater.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10
RAISES Big CROP.
Bart St. Clair Gets Yield Of Seventy
Eight Bushels Of Corn TO Acre.

A remarkably good yield OF corn.
grown from seed picked from crib Of
1909 corn. is reported from Conrad.
The corn was grown by Bart st. Clair.
who lives in Vienna township, three
miles south OF Conrad. From, sixty
nine and one-half acres Mr.. ST Clair
picked 5.425 bushels and thirty pounds.
This gives an average OF .eventy-eigh
bushels to the acre. The entire crop
was sold and delivered to Gier & Belz.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Mary Gertrude, the little daughter OF
| Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Jones. who was so
seriously i'll this week, a victim Of
| m embraneous Group. is now out Of
| danger
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

You can get what you want in the
way of meats and groceries at right
prices at the Palace Market and Gro
Gerry, 90 South Center. Phone 1892.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Mrs. F. L. Meeker, daughter Marcia.
and son Mahlon left for Monmouth, ILL.,,
this morning to remain until after
Christmas with Mrs Meeker's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Sipher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Call and see the fne display o,
Christmas goods at Marinello beauty
parlors. Miss Arson, Masonic temple,
South First avenue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Pictures-pictures- pictures - pic
tures-for Christmas presents. at
Skeggs wall paper store-See his vim
dow display. 116 East Main street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Ladies' Guild supper-Braised pork
tenderloin, mashed potatoes, scalloped
apples, cabbage salad, pickles, white
and graham bread, pie, cheese and
coffee. Tickets % cents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Be sure and see the display of fancy
box paper, all prices. at the big art
store. +. NJ. Pinkerton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

The accounts Of the City Fuel Com
pany are now at my office, No. South
First avenue. for settlement. Persons
knowing themselves to be indebted will
confer favor by making prompt pay
ment. George Gregory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-10

Simmons book store will be open
| evenings until Christmas.