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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
THE TIE THAT BINDS

THE TIE THAT BINDS.
George d. Perkins in Sioux City
Journal.
BE of the same mind. one toward an
other. Mind not high things. but con-
descend to low estate. Be not wise in
Your own conceits.'' In these sentences
there is enough for no end of sermons.
IF it be possible. as much as lieth in
you. live peaceably with all men" And
this to the end that power may not be
wasted in the struggle to draw all men
into union of the spirit.
The finite judgment OF men is weak.
and yet their differences may be sub
merged in the infinite life of the soul.
That is the life that needs quickening;
that is the life that needs redemption
overe and over again. The transitory
things of the world, its contentious and
perplexiries. are not the agents Of peace,
but the things that cherish the nobiH
ties OF life, that lift the aspirations
above the level OF the earth and carry
the soul into the atmosphere Of
divine love, serving as hand into
which every man may place his own,
and vet as a hand wherein the uni
verse has place. are things for which
at times all other things should be SET
aside. that the voice may be heard,
saying: BE of good cheer: it is I: be
not afraid"
Love is the only bond that binds;
and to strengthen that bond is to give
stay against transgression. to open the
mind to understanding and to hasten
the day when men may know out o.
rich experience that all things work
together for good to them that love
God
Render therefore unto Caesar the
things which are Caesars: and unto
God the things that are Gods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
The Daily Dream.


Mallet dynamo and steam,
Make the music of the dream.
Engines, trolleys frames of steel,
To the stars the buildings steal.
Thousand acres at a time.
Plowed with coulrers like a rhyme
Trailing in each others track,
Where the shadows wander back
OF the lost tribes of the land
Where the vanquished tepees stand.
Steel bolts flying thru the air.
Caught and fastened. with the glare
OF their red heat on them yet,
Thus the modern towers are set.
Thus the teeuling towns uprise
From the meadows to the skies
Thus the doors of the race
Grid the vast and vacant space
With the vision and the CLEAN
OF the men who dream the deram.
Shuttles flying to and fro,
FORCES whistlirg with their glow:
Spindles clicking in the loom.
Labor bringing into bloom
OF the gradual beauty still
Rlaster rock and tunneled hill:
Locomotives dashing down
Thru the country and the town:
Hurry. energy and strife
Thus the daily dream of life.
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
Topics of the Times

If Kelley was insane he wasn't
guilty Of n,ans,aughter and if ne was
guilty Of nanslaughrer he wasn't in
sane. Why not split the difference
and give him ten years each in the
asylum and the pene
Dubuque is worried over the pros
pect OF a Moon law cut in the number
Of her saloons from 10 to thirty nine.
But Dubuque should be willing to try
it out. She has never lined up to her
opportunities until she was forced to
and every step toward decency he
stall laws have forced on her has been
a benefit to the city.
4 Benton county preacher trimmed
one OF his parisllioners who had been
talking too much and was arrested for
assault and battery. But you can hear
pin drop all over the parish now.
The baby show at Des Moines is to
be conducted on the style of the live
stock exhibits at the county fair AMI
babies are to be graded like animals.
But what woman is going to let her
darling child be scored on points like
rooster at chicken show?
Lawyer Darrow is getting thousands
CT dollars worth of advertising Of the
strictly ethical sort.
Now it is predicted that 1.-THE Lori
ner trial will be a long one What a
lucky thing for the family that the
Chinese system of cutting off the heads
Of the grandchildren for the grand
fathers offense doesn't obtain in this
country.
Des Moines charity workers are fer
ninst Santa Claus letters Better
drop the opposition or the public will
be feminist the charity workers. The
Santa letter may not be. scientifically
correct but we have made it a part Of
Christmas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
The Secret Of the Maine.
New York Tribune).

Just one highly important and graf
flying fact is to be regarded as estaD-
jshed beyond all further reasonable
dispute by the official report of the
experts who have been examining the
wreck Of the Maine. That is, that the
destruction of the vessel was not due
to any interior fault. The fatal ex-
plosion was not the result Of careless
ness or slovenly methods or lack OF
discipline on the part of any of the
officers or crew Of the Inflated ship.
Neither was it due to faulty construc-
ton or to the use of unsafe or badly
prepared ammunition, or any such
cause. 1t is gratifying to have this es-
tablished. not so much because of the
few vicious destinations against the
conduct of our naval officers and sea-
men which were made with intemper-
ate passion during the days OF the
Spanish war, as because it is known
that some grave disasters have oc-
Cured in other navies thru careless
ness or the use Of bad material and
it is now assured to us that in this
case, at any rate. the American navy
did not share such faults.
This fact is confirmed by the conf
OF the ship was affected by an internal
explosion it was not spontaneous MOI
Of internal causation, but was due tc
an instantaneously preceding external
explosion. propapiy not OF prujeciiit
| torpedo. but rather OF mine contain
| ing q comparatively low powered ex-
plosive. The external explosion badly
damaged the ship, but was not in itself
totally destructive. But 1t caused ar
explosion OF the ships own maya
zines and that was sufficient to rem
der the hull asunder and to destroy 26t
lives. This explanation OF the disaster
is in accord with the original repor,
which was made by Admiral Sampson'l
| investigating board years ago and aiss
with the belief into which the major.
I:ry OF tilousHtfui Al: e-ice.s hare !s c:.:::
since settled. We may now regard Il
as the permanent judgment Of history
| There IL absolutely no occasion Q,
excuse, however, for the wild pretens'
which some are now intemperatel.
making. that this judgment convict
\ Spain Of the crime OF destroying tn,
ship. It does nothing Of the sort. I
leaves the question Of responsible.
unanswered, and with several othe
POSSIBLE answers ~ - pIausible TIA,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
eUERNsEps CHARGE AGAINST DEEMER.

The delegation Of leading Iowa law
yers who are urging on President Taft
the claims of Judge Deemer to con-
sideration in connection with the va
cancy in the supreme court find an
Iowa lawyer named Guernsey and the
president of the New York Trust Com
rany opposing the appointment. Law
yer Guernsey writes to Mr.. Barnard,
the financial magnate, deprecating
Judges Deemers ability and charges
that Senator Cummins is trying to
break up the republican party in Iowa
and that Judge Deemer is allied poll
cal1y with Senator Cummins.
Strange as it may seem this is not a
peculiar state Of affairs. Judge Deem
er il an honest man and an upright
Judge, without much doubt the most
eminent member Of the Iowa judiciary.
While he has never been considered
entirely progressive in politics he has
refused to be made a catspaw Of cor
porate interests. There is neither rec
ord nor suspicion that he has fouIed
his ermine in political slums or that
40 shs: he1 one face for corporations
and another for individuals. The fact
- that Judge Deemer has kept fairly
ont Of bitter political contests, that he
has been and II considered as of the
Aighestc lass In his profession, on the
bench, and AZ citizen Of Iowa. He
Aas refused to q carry club to pound
peoaressives with. It il not astonish-
- TIN that the delegation uiearths
e baiiins attempts asains: him
s1Aoo Il arrives in Washington.
IL = hard for the average man to
an1erstand why refusal to curse pro-
: ove1s1veo and cruelty progressive lead
80 ahsald disqualify an upright man
- Q harmed Judge from consideration
- = eaaASdats for the supreme bench.
1uesths prophecy from Washington is
80 0eneey ana Barnard afe suf-
$500 1ns1Ssr 70 Dssmer's aspirations.
81 + = - y inferrsd. II moi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
Dynamite Common as Grocer;ec

purchase Of dynamite was made. An
explosive. it was learned, is sold In the
form OF two harmless and non-explo-
sive in Ingredients. One of them Is a
liquid and the other is a solid. When
the liquid ingredient Is poured on the
solid ingredient there is created, ready
to use within twenty minutes. an ex-
plosive equal in strength, to high grade
dynamite. What law can prevent
dynamiter from carrying in each hand
a suitcase. each containing an innoc-
Gus substance, but which substances,
easily and quickly combined. constitute
a deadly high explosive? Would not
this form of explosive evade the fed
eral law forbidding the carrying OF dy-
Mantle on passenger trains?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
WHAT Is SUI eide?

The evidence as we'll as the holding
in Walden VS.. Bankers Life Associa-
ton Isl Northwestern Reporter. S62.
is Of interest. This action Is to re-
cover upon a certificate Of insurance
upon the life of DR.. Walden, dentist.
The defense is that deceased commit
ted suicide which is the main issue.
The facts are: Dr. Walden had pur-
chased a small quantity Of cyanide of
potassium. He had been in the habit
Of using the drug as an ingredient OF
the bath for dental plates. The evil
dence is undisputed that he and his
wife were devoted to each other, and
that on the morning Of the day of his
death. when departing for his office, he
had kissed her good-by. About
o'clock the occupant Of an office In the
building where the doctors office was
located noticed that persons coming to
walden's office did not gain admission
Abotu 9 o'clock some persons entered
the office and found the doctors
corpse upon a couch. Near by glass
containing particles Of a white sub
stance was found upon the floor.
There was some testimony that this
substance was cyanide Of potassium.
but no tests were made to ascertain
the truth. The evidence showed that
the corpse Of one whose death Is
caused by this poison furnishes defi-
mite physical evidence Of the fact. and
that in the instant case all Of those
indicia were absent. A written declara-
ton was found upon one Of deceased's
letter heads. which read as follows:
Dear Wife and all: am going to
1t nv d-hv
I am using cyanide Of potassium, ken.
PRAY for me and may God forgive me-"
With this evidence before 1t. the SUI
preme court Of Nebraska holds that the
evidence does not exclude all reason
able probability Of death by accident,
or from natural causes. In passing
upon the strongest proof, which SEEM
ed to be the written statement, the
court says: THE doctor did not state
he was taking cyanide of potassium,
but that he was using 1t. nor did he
write that he was about to commit
suicide; he often used the drug In his
laboratory, and 1t Is possible that one
Of the fainting spells to which he was
subject was approaching. and he had
premonition that it would be fatal. We
do not say that an inference that DR..
Walden intended to take his life by the
use of cyanide Of potassium can not
be logically drawn from this communi-
cation; hut we do say other and inno-
cent differences may likewise logically
be deduced therefrom" A verdict for
plaintiff was. affirmed. Judge Sedg-
wick in the dissenting opinion says:
III anything can be proved by human
testimony to a moral certainty this
evidence, 1 think, proves suicide. and
no good can result from denying insur-
ance companies the equal protection of
the law"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
PERPETUAL CHRISTMAS.

"A Gift That Repsats Itself Every Day
to the stent Of Complete Library.
The daily Times Republican makes
an ideal Christmas present to give to
anyone because It repeats itself day
by day turnout the year. At the end
Of the year it will have delivered for
a few dollars interesting reading equal
In volume to 326 ordinary library
books such as retail at $3.50 per vol
ume: a complete library which would
MI Ave book shelves eleven feet long.
There would be at least eighteen good
stories which would fill a book each.
and enough other good reading to COM
plete library OF 32e standard sized
books all in one years subscription to
the Times-Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
La FollEnE's ALASKAN AMENDMENTS.

Senator LaFollette has offered three
important amendments to the Works
bill, proposed legislation for immediate
It is known that the amendments are
based on knowledge of conditions in
Alaska gained by actual study on the
ground by the president Of the Nation
al Conservation Association Clifford
Pinchot, and others.
The LaFollette amendments are in
entire harmony with the intent ard
purpose of the bill. One amendment
provides that any citizen above p years
of age may stake out and record 4
coal claim, just as if il were a placer
claim. and secure a domestic coal To-
cation for a period Of ten years. This
removes the great hardship which lack
of legislation for the proper mining If
coal has hitherto imposed upon the
citizens Of the northern territory. 1t
means. further, that coal near at hand
may be mined freely for domestic pur-
poses, and that it will no longer be nee
essary for Alaskans to buy at excessive
prices coal that has beer shipped n
from ether points.
Mr.. LaFollette's second amendment
to the Works bill provides for the con-
struction of government railroad
from either the Matanuska or the Ber-
ing coal field to the coast at cost not
to exceed $1,000 900. By the terms Of
this provision the secretary of war is
instructed to proceed at once with the
necessary studies and surveys for the
location Of the railroad on the best
practicable line at reasonable cost. and
suggests that much OF the equipment
now in use at Panama may be put 20
use in Alaska. The third amendment
instructs the secretary of war to make
without delay what ever field examira-
tons and surveys are necessary to de-
terrnine the best practicable coal route
from the coast to the interior of Alaska.
The purpose of this is to pave the way
for building second government rail-
road, specifically aimed at developing
the resources of Alaska TO the best in
terests Of her trade and commerce, with
consistent with permanent service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

that which would FIX the guilt upon
Spain. It - possible that the explosion
was due to accident, thru contact with
q mine which had become displaced. or
thru the crossing Of electric wires. Il
has been suggested more than once
that it might have been done by mis-
guided Cuban patriots, DESTROYS Of forc-
ing Cuban Intervention, and even that
some Americans might have done It,
intent upon gaining some advantage
from the trouble between America and
Spain which was likely to ensue-the
intention Of these cases being. OF
course, merely to damage the ship and
not completely to destroy it and Its
crew. It IL also possible that 1t was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

done by some fanatical individual or
company Of conspirators In the span
ish service, of whose doings the Span
ish authorities had no knowledge. Thae
the Spanish government was prtvy TO
it, or that any important members OF
It were, does not in the least degree
appear and is not for a moment to be
maintained.
The real cause Of the external ex-
pIoeion remains undisclosed. The Sc
cret Of the Maine remains hid. and
probably always will thus remain. I'M
less the seal Of secrecy is broken by
voluntary confession or by an acciden-
tai discovery which there Is no reason
to expect. Perhaps it is best so.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
Now You Know.

Once. after exposing tho ridiculous
blunders Of the editor Of certain old
plays, James Russell Lowell conclud-
81; with the remark, In point Of fact,
We must apply to this gentleman the
name Of the drst King Of Sparta
No one remembered. q couFse. Whist
this was. but when they looked It Up
thoy found It was Eudamidaa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

tracks. ana hen
daShA into some
city across . net
work OF puzzlinG
switches, have
you ever won.
dered Why 1t was
you felt % -
cure?
Somehow, you
are conscious Of
the engineers
confidence in his
route BY the
masterful way ho
rushes his train
over the tracks
and through the
great yards @
terminals.
Last year one
large railway
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

DR.. Finney will not go to Princeton.
1t is just as well. perhaps. He is a
surgeon and there Is no telling what he
might have cut out.-Charleston News
and Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

Has Martin Littleton ever heard that
one of the Maxinis invented silencero
New York World
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

The advice now is to do your shop
ping early in the day. not early in the
season, for it isn't early in the season
any more-Philadelphia Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

Would not Chiffonier Of Corpora
tons, instead OF plain bureau, be more
in keeping with the ornamental style OF
the other furniture? st. Louis Repub-
lie.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
Rlaht OWNS

Our Swing must be such % truly %
enrich both givsr and receiver. But
wo can all Judge these things fairly
well for ourselves; II We make mis-
takes sometimes those mistakes will
be forgiven to " where The motive
Wa fiGhf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
49,, rh,iii for ~ JaleA.

ales~ Thrill for The Jo006,
Could personally conducted tourist
shipwrecks be scheduled In advance
there are doubtless some persons need.
ins change to whom II would appeal
a. m addsd attraction OF the ocean
voyaoa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

The best part OF dining in restaur
ant as the guest of somebody is he has
TO do the tipping.-New York Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

is still wide open, and nobody has the
nomination won.-Phila delphia Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

eff that is fact, as come OF the
standpatters claim that LaFollette is
not as strong in Iowa as claimed. why
fight the presidential primary scheme?"
asks the Sheldon Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Republican hopes
the Sunday schools are filling up af-
ter the proverbial pre-Christmas Gus
TOM"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

An man spends bills at Christmas
and gets them for New Year's.-Char-
lesion News and Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12
Equality.

EQ01jtSy.
ITS Q eood thing you're % mech
bieeer thaa Am. would have giv.
"a you good one for daring to SAY
that one ca4pt establish absolute
...-.::4. .,;.3 =ea s-pele Met.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

I'm Los Angeles, according to the
figures there are 10000 women who are
qualified to vote. we would rather
read that 7a.000 of them could bake
good pie says the Ida Grove Pho
neer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

When you irave; 9: {: 49,: 49,
speeds over many miles Of intricate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

"The president wants to let one
thing at a time soak into the congress
icnal mind" says the Cherokee Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

Congress is again in session, but
our country has got so it can stand al
most anything" says the Winterset
Reporter.
Samuel Gompers can not be expect
ed to know everything that is going on
in the labor world, but he might show
a little better disposition to find OUT
says the Waterloo Times-Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-12

IF the good Of the public service is
the factor. and not politics. pure and
somple," says the Storm Lake Pilot
Tribune, IF. F. Faville will be reap
pointed United States district attorney
for the northern district OF Iowa. II
the good of the service II weighed B.F.
keith. of Webster City. will be named
United States marihal.~
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14
GOVERNOR MAKES APPEAL
AS PRESIDENT OF n. G. BOARD OF
AMERICAN RED CTSOOSS, lie
ING MILLIONS OF CHINA,

Governor Kitchin, as president Of
the North Carolina Board Of the
American Red Cross, has issued the
following appeal:
"To elie starvation and suffer-
ing iii China donations Of money and
provisions will be received and for
Wardcd under the auspices of the
American Red Cross. Congress has
granted all army transport to convey
relief. Flour. rice. dried fish. meat.
coarse cotton cloth, cotton Wadding
for clothing and similar supplies
hOuld be forwarded to Seattle Com
nelvial Club. Seattle, Washington,
which is cooperating with the Amer
lean Red Cross.
An inventory Of supplies sent and
donations i'll money houId be trans
! mitted to Mr.. JOS. G.. Brown. treasu-
rer, North Carolina Board OF Ameri-
can Red Cross, Raleigh. n. G.
The people OF this State are in
vitet to make such contributions as
they may feel disposed to make for
the above worthy object.
w. W.. KITCHEN.
"President n. {. Board Of American
Red Gross
February II, 1911.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-14

place in the woods to hide from sieh+
and lay down behind some bushes
Vane Richardson and George Mayhew
telling Garter Parks they had some
Wnlskey entced Parks from his home
and got him into the woods close 10
where Plyler n F~underburk were
hldden. AS Parks raised the pint
flask n was drinking Funderbuck
fired at him with his shot gun. the
pack part Of Parks head being blown
off. shot passing through and taking
Off the thumb Of the hand holding the
flask. The body was not found until
some days afterwards. The sentences
OF the negroes were 80 years for Will
Funderburk, Is for George Mayhew
and 10 for Vane Richardson. At the
first trial Richardson had been a wit
ness against Plyler, h George May
heW was also on trial.
Plyler explained how it was tina he
had such good evidence OF an alibi
place selected for the murder was near
his home, and the place to hide had
been fixed, as had the time. He was
in front OF his house as a neighbor
passed and as soon as the man was
out Of sight he hurried into the woods.
He had his pistol With him. AS soon
as Funderburk had shot he hurried
back and going aroun his house went
to the barn and came out with a
bundle Of fodder under his arm, anoth-
er %neighbor seeing him then. There
was not five minutes between the two
times he was seen at his home and
the alibi looked good, but the jury did
not accept II.
Now the appeal to Governor Kitchin
is that as by the testimony Of Plyler
the three negroes We're convicted that
executive clemency should be shown
Plyler. The negroes protest that they
are innocent, but are in the state $
Prison. The application to the Gov
ernor is to change Plyler.s sentence
from death to life imprisonment.