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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Chief Iu.tie. steeis..

The recently appointed chief justice
is a pretty good story teller. He was
formerly a Louisiana sugar planter
and his is one Of the stories attributed
to him:
ton became involved in a row with
Ethiopian who was handy
with a gun. The two started to run
just about the time the bad man be-
gan to shoot. The fleeing ones had
proceeded about a hundred yards when
the following dialogue occurred:
"Sam, you hear dat bullet?"
Yes, I hearn 1.-TWO times"
How o mean two times?" asked
the q%uestioner a he quickened his
pace
II hearn dat bullet once when It
passed me. and den anudder time when
I passed it." jerked out Sam between
breaths.
Chief Justice White vies with AS
sociate Justice Harlan in his perform
ances as a pedestrian. Each is averse
to the use Of street car, carriage OF
automobile, and each walks milet
daily. The chief justice has a beaten
track-the White House Eclipse, a
course about three-quarters of a mife
around. On clear afternoons Mr.. Jus
tice White can often be seen travelling
his usual path. He generally walks II
a hurry and is unaccompanied. This
il about the only form OF exercise he
takes. excepting a short seance each
day with a physical culture teacher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
ONE WAY TO GET EVEN.
TBoone News-Republican7

Boone tcpuuiicdlJ.
There is a loan shark in Cedar Rap
ids who got what was coming to him
the other day. These loan sharks have
a habit OF renting money to poor peo-
pie at the rate Of bou 100 per cent A
year. AS a result. the borrower pays
back the principal several times and
also pay the original amount.
A couple of packing house employees,
who got tired Of paying the Cedar
Rapids loan shark the e~xhorbitant in
terest charged, fell down on their pay
ments. The shark then garnisheed
their wages at the packing house TO
pay the principal. This started some
thing. The LOAF shark received a visit
from he two employees. who peeled Oh
their coats and CAV him the privilege
Of giving them their money back, or
being pounded thru the floor into the
store below. The loan shark was not
long in making his choice and speedily
disgorged to W. his hide.
That is about the only way to get
even with q "a shark. 1t is said that
such practices are going on in Boone
and that several victims have been
paving an exhorbitant rate OF interest
and getting in deeper all the time 80
II is impossible to pay back the prin-
cipal. Of curse these loans are hurry
up accommodations but the loaner
ought 4 be satisfied with something
reasonable instead Of wanting his mon
ey beck our or ~ times in the shape
OF interest. The transaction IL purely
illegal and is only protected by the fact
that the victim does not wish to be
exposed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
A MARsHALlTowN HEROINE.

A young girl died the other day who
was a truer heroine than Jeanne dare
or Boadicea; for while heroism is great
and notable at the head of charging
armies under the eyes of a watching
world is it greater tho unnoted when IL
bears uncomplainingly for three years
the fortunes of an agonizing disease
smiling thru its pain. thoughtful of the
WEAKNESS of others n heedful Of their
SORROWS and their joys,
Imagine il You can q girl Of II
healthy and happy. suddenly cut Down
by cancer OF The spine; stepping for
months upon hands and knees. living
death in the flesh. tortured beyond the
power Of language TO express but kind
ly. loving, gentle and without COM
plant. bearing her agony with silent
tears for mothers sake. interested in
those she knew. glad in their gladness.
sharing their hopes and their SORROWS,
Imagine three years OF all this and You
have a~pprehended a gentle heroism
higher than that of battle as Goo IS
higher than angels. No dead conqueror
who has stained history red knew such
as she: for she had conquered
pain. overcome self and risen above
suffering.
And then she died uncomplainingly.
oravely and hopefully as she had
lived: thai is. gentle hands carried
away with loving tenderness a wasted
body and laid ii in the earth. But the
spirit which radiated its influence over
a community shines on. Men and
women are stronger for its light. The
lesson remains, and thus the child lives
on among those who knew her. helpful.
teaching patience. t-rustfulness and
courage.
her j the dust,
And from her far and unpolluted flesh
Shall Violets spring"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Topics of the Times

orville Wright declares that aviation
is less dangerous thar a~utomobiling.
Yes, to the public al large.
\ high light of Columbia University
says that a college course doesn't help
a young man TO make up his mind
what TO DO in life. Just SO it doesn't
Influence him 70 make up his mind
TO do nothing.
Chicago boasts OF an increased hotel
and restaurant capacity for the year
Of 10000 persons. All very well if it
isn't az the expense OF home capacity.
Carnegie has an income of $4,000 900
a year Where does it come from?
1t is not too late yet 10 have a few
Christmas tree fires.
II is reported that one Of the leaders
Of the Mexican revolution is a poet.
Perhaps that's why the revolution has
been largely or paper.
If they are not fit 10 smoke, give
them to the chauffeur.
The people of Medicine Hat ak Of
changing the name of their town. That
mus, look like rank foolishness To the
manufacturer who has paid out a mill
lion or two TO advertise q brand.
Italy proposes 10 neutralize the aero
plane. If the law of gravity could be
neutralized. that would be more worth
while from the point Of view Of the
aviator.
Hello, here are the January sales al
ready.
Did you get something from some
body to whom you gave nothing? Or,
worse Yet, did YOU give something to
somebody who gave you nothing?
If Los Angeles's dynamite crop keeps
on thriving it may presently interfere
with the tourist crop.
The red-haired man with a pink tic
has his troubles.
The weather man did his share. His
gift was among the best.
Better go on a light diet for a day OF
two before writing those New Years
resolutiors.
Vaudeville managers are makln
overtures TO Doe Cook. If they get
him hey should AXE the p~recautiop 20
screen the stage before exhibiting
him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
WHAT IS A WOMAN WORTH?

Since the terrible destruction If life
IL the fatetul Green Mountain wreck
in which many a woman and ch!!i met
a horrible death under ne detris If
crushed passenger coaches, remarks
and runor nave become current that
under the Iowa law no one could legal
" recover dalrages from a railroad for
the loss OF a life Of a wife 3r mother;
that while the principle o. liability Tor
damages 10 the dependents ant re-a-
sives Of an injured man was finally
established tFSt TIA right Of -ecove-y
TO- rhe loss Of a worlar frcli the fam
lily lies entire y with the mercy If IN.
railroad corpoia Jon.
Upon inquiry al tie attorney gener-
ars Office and elsewhere il appears that
ills story contains nora IF tumo- than
o fact. 1t seems thai in law the ques-
ten of damages for -hs loss Of relation
varies according 20 each and every in
dependent case. il is governed largely
by the common law, and by precedent
a raan does not have any proprietary
right in a WIFE Or mother and hence can
have no rigct in nn tina. basis.
Tut a husband or child may prove ac-
tua, damage by reason of the loss If 4
witea mothe- " child or other female
relation by reason either of the loss
of companionship or Of service
II has been a very common practice
among railroad lawyers and claim
agents 10 represent that there IS nc pro-
vision in the statutes of Iowa regarding
the recovery for death of a relation,
which in fact is strictly true. but at the
same time deceptive and doubtless
when used Is intended % scare claim
ants into cas- settlements. The hus-
band has practically the same legal
right to recovery for loss of a wife as
the wife for the loss of a husband. ex-
cept that in the case Of a husband. who
is generally the wage Garner. II is so
much easier 10 prove the matter of
actual dependency and Of actual loss
of support.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
r1MEs-REpuB11CAN. MARsHALLTowH. IOWA, DECEMBER 81 1910

acter. As an object lesson to US, the
Canadian government IL starting . night
against the United Shoe Machinery
Company, which u congress-, state
legislatures, and department OF justice
have repeatedly given up as one i'm.
presnable combination.
Under this new Canadian law, six
citizens may go to any court n
charge that any trust is Expressing or
o~vercharging the consumer. If they
make a reasonable showing. the court
orders the department of labor to IN
v~estigate. The compliments name one.
the trust a second. and the government
the third member of a commission to
do the investigating. This commission
may call for persons and papers. ad-
minister oaths. and look up folks who
don't obey or who perjure themselves.
II it finds the trust unlawfully enhanc-
ing prices, it can suspend n tariff
duties which protect the trusts prod
uct. Think What that would do to u
sugar trust, steel trust. lumber trust,
rubber trust, and all the rest of them!
The commission. If it finds that a bad
trust is the owner of patent rights
which enable it to Increase prices and
promote monopoly. may issue a sweep
ing order ~suspending or ~abrogating all
these rights. That is the provision I'M
der which it is expected 70 bring the
shoe machinery trust to time. The
shoe machinery trust. as YOU will re-
member. has come nearer than any
other combination ever formed to
maintaining a worldwide monopoly.
M it has done this thru a wonderful
system of buying up patents and sup
pressing invention.
The minister of labor for the do
minion is now proceeding vigorously
against the shoe machinery trust under
this remarkable law. He expects to
drive the trust out OF Canada. and to
bring competition in. If he succeeds.
he will give our American trust bust
erS a valuable lesson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
HApLEY,s PICTURE MESSAGES.

Governor HadIey OF MISSOURI mas
one up his sleeve for the Legislature OF
his state which, when he brings it
forth this winter, seems destined to
mark him as a genius among exec
utives when il comes to getting what
he wants out Of the legislative branch.
Instead of sending special messages
sditions and needs Of the various state
institutions. the governor will call
upon each institution to send repre-
sentativeS to Jefferson City who will
deliver lectures, exhibit pictures and
in some instances s~tereopticon views.
setting forth conditions in this way,
Governor Hadley believes, an Infinitely
better impression ear be made upon
The members of the general assembly.
As Governor Hadiey looks at the
matter, special messages touching the
necessarily made up largely of figures,
are not generally read and create little
impression. AS a rule, members of
b legislature lave no personal
knowledge of state institutions. The
new experiment need not entail any
extra cost, since each institution must
send representatives to the capital at
stated periods, anyway, to appear be-
fore the appropriation committees The
state university already is at work
preparing for one or more of these
lectures an dthe state food and dairy
department not only promises a lecture
but one illustrated largely with stere-
opticon views. Thru means of thi:
Covarnnr Hadley believes tls
members Of the legislature readily
may acquaint themselves with the con
ditiOns and needs of each state institu'
ton, something not possible thri
special messages and reports.
Crest scheme. And If effective for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Important Decisions
rrhe following notes q . ass
from the West Publishing Company.
81 paul. Mimi

ak CENTS FOR A ISLANDER.
II am standing within the shadow
of the court house where I can be in
dicted IL 1 am not falling b truth. I
charge Henry o. Bennum with havins
sold out to the liquor league for $780,"
This statement gave rise to an action
OF SANDER found in q Atlantic Re-
porter, So, entitled Bsnnum vs.. Cour-
sey, The court held that the words
imputed a crime, and were therefore
slanderous, unless true. Plaintiff ad-
mitted that ha had suffered no special
damages. and he claimed no compensa-
tory damages. but only such as the law
presumed he had received from the
language used. Acting upon this pre-
sumption, the superior court Of Della.
ware awarded him 8 cents.
TWO MASTERS.
The question II decided in Murray vs..
Lizotte. "a Atlantic Reporter. 2;l, a.
70 whether a detective engaged by
| plaintiff in q divorce suit 10 invest.
gate and look up evidence can sever his
| connections with such plaintiff. and
| subsequently ngage himself for de.
! PENDANT in the same suit to furnish evil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Where the Railroads Stand Now.
TCO1lier'S

III the railroad rate hearing a:
Washington, Mr.. Brandeis demon
strated by witnesses that there is a
science of efficiency. a science Of re-
ducing costs: that it has been applied
IN a large number of the most inn
portant industries of the United
States and Europe. and that it has
resulted in increased wage to the la
horer. increased profit to the employer.
and lower to h consumer. That the
proof was complete and satisfactory
is shown by the following utterances
from h two member of the inter-
state commerce commission who sal
as judges in the matter:
Commissioner Prouty-Mr. Brandeis,
You can hardly add anything to your
case by calling the representative Of
some other industry n showing that
these same principles have been APP
piled there. 1t is perfectly evident that
If they ave been applied in one cas-
they can be applied in another analog-
Gus case. If the railroads were I o
show. in answer. some facts which
tended to prove that they could not be
applied to railroad operations. then
you might desire to go further; but it
seems to me you hav mad out your
cas- now as far as it can be made out.
4. . . pages 3~3s7-33ss.1
commissioner Clements (sitting as
chairman)-Of course this thing could
be carried on and on almost indefinite
Is with respect to different lines Of
business.
Mr.. Brandeis-It could, indeed.
Commissioner Clements-And when
you have shown that fact and what
you AVE done with respect to several
kinds of business. and the details OF it.
SO far as it may be helpful TO any ex-
tent. does not that illustrate the pos
sibilities in all lines of business just as
we'll as II you were 20 call them in 9TH
er cases?
MY. Brandeis-lt does Il my mind
absolutely ....."
The significant point here is con-
tanned in the words of Commissioner
Prouty:
IF the railroads were 10 show. in
answer, some facts which tended to
prove that they (the principles Of ef-
f%ciency) could not be applied to rail-
road operations 49,"
That is precisely the point. The rail-
roads have offered no evidence in re-
buttal of Mr.. Brandeis's proof. OBJ
viously, II they continue to ask for
higher rates, they must SHOW either
%, that the railroads have already put
the science Of efficiency into practice.
or (2), that there is something in the
nature of railroading which makes the
adoption of the science OF efficiency
impossible in that particular industry.
The railroads do not claim the first;
IN the second lies their only opportun-
ity. Before they can in good faith
ask for higher rates, M before the
interstate commerce commission can
in airnes grant them, the railroad
managers must show that there Is
something inherent in their business
which prevents them from doing what
has already been done in the Bethle-
hem steel works, in the Panhard auto
mobile factories. in making concrete,
in Mr.. Franz Gilbreth's contracting
business, in the manufacture of cotton,
and in other similar industries.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
YOUR JOB.
Ida Grove Record Era

ida Grove RECORD EFdI.
Ever get tired of you job, wish you
were in the other fellows boots and he
in yours?
Ever get tired Of the everlasting
grind Of monotonous sameness n
wish for anything. just so it's a
change?
Sure you do: we all do.
There isn't q merchant in business
but sometimes wishes he were a far
mer.- nor a farmer but who at times has
a longing for the counter n the deck;
there isn't a professional man who does
not at times yearn for the open and a
close communion with the soil; a
housewife who has not dreamed dreams
Of the footli9hts nor an actress who has
not at times lett iieI heart strings
drawing her to the kitchen. We have
even known preachers to forsake their
pu!pits for the editorial chair-and
! others who felt Ill It. but resisted the
Temptation. II isn't on the cards that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
JOHN J7. AND MARY JR.
shenandoah Sentinel Postl


A thousand Illustrations OF human
%selhshness might be given. John Smith.
Jr., awakes on a cold. blIs.ary winter
morning and sees the sidewalk covered
With eighteen inches OF SNOW. Does he
hustle ~. quickly and shor"l it Of ?
No. he waits for his oil dad to do it.
Nay be there is no Junior. Smith. sen
Tor. shoyeis the enoH up TO his lot line
and not one inch nver ort, the walk
o. his widow neighbor. Tow much
better that boy would 'ee' u lie had
done hat job unasked 4 onac in
hungry IL: the warm pancakes and
hear the "Well done, my boy" from the
father and mother. How much better
the old man YOU feed all day II he
could just remember that he had show
|eled the snow oY for the neighbor not
able to dc It hersel? It is The little
deeds OF Kindness Oft repeated that
make life pleasant. Many a man or
woman idles away his opportunities
dreaming Of some great deed he will
do If the opportunity comes and it
never comes. The opportunities are
before US every day and hour
Then there is Mary Brown. Jr.,
snoozing in the morning while her
mother does all the work. She accepts
the sacrifices. the hardships, the over
work that mother love prompts but
seldom thinks Of doing anything to
make the life Of the mother happier or
easier. Then the ho,ne tasks are done
grudgingly and snarlingly by all the
members. each one trying to show a
little uglier disposition about it thar
the rest. The mother usually gets the
worst Of it because the father gets
away, the sons get away. the daughter
gets away and the mother is left with
the pots and the dishes and the scru0-
bling and the residue OF the morning
unpleasantness, and h gets SOU and
grabbed thinking about her hard Ut in
life. A few simple thoughtful deeds
Of kindness. a few pleasant woods in
the morning would have made all feel
better and the mother would be left
singing at her tasks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27

governor in dealing with state institu-
tons. why not also in the hands OF the
president in getting before congress
the needs of the country in various
matters. The idea seems to suggest a
new fell for the moving picture ma
chine. Possibly in this way and in
due time messages from the president
to congress might De popularized -
even that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27

any oe us should b oa4lsdod az 81
times with the 10 We havo In hand
We al long for . change, but few OF u
really want It.
How do we know?
Been there ouruelf!
/. We've had our dark days when We
would swap any old print shop We even
owned for 80 cents and a job on q
rock pile. and feel that we q beaten
the other fellow out Of the 80 cents
Yes. and the only reason We didn't
make the trade was because h Other
fellow wasn't AFFLICTED with the blue
devils on the same days that ours were
working overtime.
But mex morning the u shOne and
our pulse beat normal and there waA
red blood In our veins. JOY In our hearts
and a love Of life and our work.. and
we wouldn't trade Jobs with q king or q
Standard OIL bookkeeper.
It's seventeenth in the atmosphere.
two tenths in our digestion, and one
tenth In the attitude Of our friends.
(To the normal man tho attitude of his
enemies doesn't count in h equation
OF his satisfaction or dissatisfaction
with his job).
In our present state Of mind and be.
ing we'wouldn't swap the Job OF edit
ing this dissemination Of truth and
democracy for any other Job on earth,
not excepting the building Of Carnegie
Libraries or the endowment Of Rookie
Teller chairs OF philosophy-but the
mood may not last long: we advise you
to beware what you offer in exchange
tomorrow.
And 1t is sc with everyone-the job
doesn't look the same from every angle
of the mental horoscope. II the job
looks good to you seven-eiGhts Of the
time. YOU n ven -eighths happy
and that's far above the average. If it
looks good to you more often than 1t
looks bad. rest assured o are in your
proper element: you've tackled the
right job; freeze to 1t: o let anyone
pry YOU loose with a jimmy-even
when you are feeling at your worst
You'll be cursing yourself for an idiot
if you do-and that's bad for the NOR
ais and does not materially assist di-
gestion: only serves TO make you dis
satisfied with your new job-if you get
one
No. don't let 'em pry you loose. Hang
on until HI mood changes-then they
can't pry you loose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Taks c.p!

Remember that when your kidneys are
affected, your life 10 in 1an0se. u:
Mayer. Rochester, N. r.. sayo: ny
trouble started with . sharp sAeoeine
pain over my hack which 0oW Wseso
daily. I felt sluG1tsA. and t1fo1, ny
kidney action was irregular snesSs
ouent. I started uaang y1Soy kidney
!a:.s zach lose seemed 10 put nsst
life and strength into ma, ana Q Z
am completely cured. and fsol Aotter
and stroaesr than tor ysAfe.s.. NeA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
Ysu Must Rsad This ~ Ysu Want ehe
DO0A6t.

J. W. Greer. Greenwood. La. suRessA
with . severe case Of iumba0o. The
pains wore 80 intense I was forced
to hypodermic infections for relief.
These attacks started with . pAaa IN
the small Of my hack which gradually
became fairly p~aralysing. Ny stten-
Remedy and I am glad TO say aftee
using this wonderful medicine I an
no Longer botheesd ii any Wv BY my
old enemy iumbagU." Mcbride 4 WI
DRUG Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-27
SEC. WILSON AND THE RETAILER
mt Vernon Record.1

Secretary Wilson lays the high cost
OF living onto the middle q secfe-
tary Wilson is a part OF the Taft am
lily, and he has to do something to help
out his boss. To what lengths he would
20, and to what extent he would stulu-
~ himself in his effort to hold his po-
sition was never realized until h past
year, when he has made the widest
Imaginable statements In his efforts 10
keep favor with he president. His
statements in the Ballinger case. FOR
instance. have branded him In h eyes
of thinking people. But as to his lat
est statement: The fact is there
when the average profits Of h retailer
were as small as they are now. Fee"
retailers are making more than good
wages. and many not that. Can the
same be said OF the trusts and the
monopolies which are being given the
privilege OF roDbing h consumer thru
a tariff that protects them In heir de-
sire to charge An ~e1orbitant pront !?
This might. be an interesting top Tor
Secretary Wilson to discuss.