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Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Pretty Girl Thief Gets $500 by Ruse

PHILADELPHIA. Pa.-What the pc
i lice declare to be one of the bold
est and most carefully planned rob-
berries perpetrated here in recent
years was committed by beautiful
21-year-old girl, who. impersonatipg
an inspector In the John Wanamaker
store. collected 5000 In cash from Ave
cashiers. That the girl did not sue
ceed in getting away with several
thousand dollars was due to the young
woman cashier In the suit and cloak
department. who refused to turn over
the days proceeds to the inspector. !"
The only clew to the girls identity
that the store detectives have found
is the signature she used In signing
receipts for he money she collected.
On each Of the five receipts turned
over to the cashiers she signed In a
bold, firm hand the initials m. r. c."
That the robbery, WAS carefully
planned is evidehced by the fact that
the gir' preceded the regular inspec-
tor. who daily; collects the cash. by
but few MINUTES. So close was her
calculation thai while she was getting
cash from one cashier the regular in.
spector was collecting from cash
register only a few feet away. She
told the cashier that the regular In.
spector had been discharged and she
would in future make daily collec-
tons.
Without q word the cashier turned
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
A huntlno story.

An old backwoodsman that Abra-
ham Lincoln often told of had very
heavy, over-hanging eyebrows, and
wore big spectacles with brass rims.
One day he came rushing into his
cabin and selling his rifle, aimed it
carefully through crack OF the door
at great oak tree that stood near.
and fired.
What is it?" whispered his wife.
"A wildcat, Sairy," he said, en-
citedly, "an' missed him!"
He hastily loaded and fired again,
and then again.
Nov. hold on, joshua" said his
good wife. Let me look at you,
Why, laws-a-daisy, irs nothin' but q
little bug on one o. your eyebrows!"--
Housekeeper.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
FAv0RS THE PROPOSED LAW
Kansas City Star Sees Much Value
In National Presidential
Primary.

The bill to be presented to congress
for federal presidential primary law
will afford test of true progressive
ism. Those who believe in popular
government and who trust the peo-
pie will vote for the enactment Of
such law. Those who depend on
secret machine methods will oppose
its enactment
or course the bill as 1t Is projected
by progressives of both parties will
encounter the objection that 1t is 'un-
constitutional" Every, good thing is
said to be against the constitution.
But the constitution Is not hall as
bad as it is represented to be by
those who say they are its closest
friends.
A national presidential primary Ger.
tainly could not be as evasive OF the
constitution as Is the entire system
OF national party conventions. The
constitution provides an electoral col
lege for choosing president. We
still have an electoral college; but 1t
simply records what the conventions
initiate and the people determine at
the polls. The electoral college will
prevail under the new proposed ar
rangement. The change will be SIM
ply that the people will initiate
that the people, and not the machines.
will control the nominations.
The direct senatorial primaries
within the several states are another
instance OF change in the method
Of selecting high federal officials from
that method contemplated in the con.
stitution
The move for national presiden-
tial primary embodies the right prin-
ciple in the right and practical form.
1t is right for both parties. 1t Is non
partisan. Progressives OF both par
ties In every state should insist that
their senators and representatives
vote for it--vote for 1t in time to con-
troll the nominations of 1S12.-Kansas
City Star.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

over about $50 In bills of small de-
nominations, which the collector put
In a small tin box--a duplicate of
the one carried by the regular inspec-
tor. The same performance was re.
peated at one of the counters on the
main floor.
Emboldened by her success. the girl
made her way to the suit and cloak
department, but the cashier there be-
came suspicious and refused to turn
over the days cash, which amounted
to more than $4,000. The girl did not
demonstrate, but saying she would
take along the schedule Of the days
business went to another counter on
the same floor and was successful In
making collections.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
"Reeords" That Disagree.

When an enterprising reporter
asked Theodore Roosevelt whether he
would issue statement after he had
"digested the governments petition" !"
Mr.. Roosevelt said: ut might inter-
est you to look up my testimony be-
fore the congressional committee in
August To what said then have
nothing to add. Yet all that he said
then was that he was sure he acted
wisely in the Tennessee Coal and Iron
company matter. that he did what he
did In order to stop the panic. and
that he accepted unreseryedly and
without investigation everything that
Gary and Frick said. This habit Of
appealing to what he calls '.the rec
ord" is an old one with Mr.. Roosevelt.
AS long as man can make his own
record. and interpret 1t as he pleases.
this method of meeting an issue is
most satisfactory--at least to him. In
this case the best record up to date
is the bill filed by the government
against the steel trust.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

NEW YORK.-At the recent meet
" Ing of the National association of
Building Owners and Managers in
Cleveland. O., the statement was
made that skyscrapers over 80 stories
in height are monuments OF useless
ness. To show the absurdity of the
statement George T. Mortimer. vice.
president of the United States Realty
and Improvement company, Of New
York, stated that there are now In his
office plans for a 100-story building.
He claims that from an engineering
standpoint the plans are practical and
there is no reason why the building
could not be constructed.
A few years ago. when 1t was be-
lieved the building code would be
amended to prevent the erection of
buildings highed than 20 stories, the
Equitable Life Insurance company
filed plans for 60-story building, but
that was little more than dream of
the late Paul Morton. then president
OF the company.
When the Metropolitan tower was
built two years ago 1t was thought
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Wen Disposed.

A wellknown expert in cooking en-
countered trouble in suburban COM
munity the other afternoon when she
prepared to lecture to the Mothers
club, Her subject was How to Cook. .
She began by telling how much man
appreciates good cooking. and then
she proposed to give various recipes.
Among the first was one for cold
slaw. ITO have this best" began the
lecturer, take good-hearted cab
bage and"
At this point young matron inter
rupted She was eager to get all the
information possible. "Tell me,
please" she spoke up. how Is one to
know the disposition of cabbagew--
Philadelphia Times.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
ACHIEVEMENTS IN IGNORANCE

Geenral Barry's report concernins
the deficient education OF many can
didates examined for admission to
West Point Military Academy is In
teresting from more than one point OF
view. These young men were not ia.
ken at hazard from the mass OF their
fellows. nor were they merely young
men Of average ability. Each OF them
had been selected and chosen as a
nominee for cadetship. Each OF
them had presumably prepared for the
examination he knew awaited him,
says the New York World. Yet many
Of them disclosed degree OF ignor'
ance concerning history and hteraa'
ture that could hardly be surpassed
among flliterates. One OF these as.
pirants for West Point stated that
Lee and Stonewall jackson had fought
at Princeton and Trenton. another
that the battle Of Waterloo was fought
between "Nepolican" and "Welling
ford" OF Mason and Dixon's line II
was said It divides Maryland from
Georgia." Among the most import.
ant writer's of the nineteenth century"
we're included "Eller Wheeler Wilcox,
Gilbert Huggard. Jack London and
Dorothy Dix" These young men are
graduates of American schools. To
them have been open from their boy.
hood all the advantages of public Il
braries and an incessant and we'll
nigh countless stream Of magazines
and newspapers. They surely are not
dull boys nor unambitious. Their ig'
norance. therefore. Is as discreditable
to their teachers as to themselves
The idea of reclaiming Russian
swamp lands Is not new Like many
other valuable ideas It sprang up In
the fertile mind OF Peter the Great,
who built his capital In a swamp. be-
cause It was the only place he could
and affording access to the sea. Peter
selected the Holmogori district In the
province of Archangel for raising
Dutch cattle because he noticed the
resemblance between the grass OF
Holland and that Of the Holmogori
district. II is now pointed out that
At small expense the vast swamps In
.he province of Archangel can be
turned into lands covered with the
Holmogori grass. and that after few
gears large portion OF It will be III
tor raising cereals and vegetables. A
systematic reclamation movement is
now planned by the Russian depart
ment Of agriculture.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Competition eliminated.

The eleventh-hour resolution Of the
Steel Trust to divest itself OF part
OF Its ore holdings was confession of
guilt The Steel Trust dominates the
markets for billets and other basic
steel products. rails. steel plates, tin.
plate, wire. and structural iron as
completely as the OIL Trust dominates
the market for petroleum and It's vari-
GUS derivatives. Petroleum prices are
fixed by a few men. who meet occa.
sionally In tall building ON lower
Broadway; steel prices are discussed
and arranged at Gary dinners. Com.
petition has absolutely nothing to do
with the matter; 1t is completely elm.
mated. Philadelphia Record
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Where ls HaIlInqer?

81 believe" said Secretary Fisher to
the American Mining congress. that
the time has passed when the govern
ment should convey an unrestricted
title to It's coal fields. Nd. be.
lieve the leasing system avoids the
controversies and the difficulties of
both extremes of public and OF priv
ate ownership. The adoption
OF a leasing policy will take away
from the promoters of such road Gas
one to the Alaskan coal fields) the
lure OF great gain from the exploita.
tion Of the coal fields. The govern
ment must recognize that If 1t with.
draws from private capital this incen.
tive for railroad construction the gov.
ernment itself must assume the obli.
cation of making possible the kind of
development upon which 1t insists for
the general good"
No sale of Alaskan coal lands. Gov.
ernment ownership Of a railroad to
the coal fields!
Where is Mr.. Ballinger?
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
WILL FAIL OF EFFECT
PROTEST OF STEEL CORPORA
TloN Is ABSURD.
Workmcn Have Not Been Benefited
but the Reverse, by the Opera
tlons Of the Giant Company
Figures Prove 1t.

Mr.. Gary, OF the United States
Steel corporation, Is wonderful bus
mess executive, as also is Mr.. Car
negie, but at times both make some
exceedingly trite utterances. Subse-
quent to the suit against the corpora.
tion Mr.. Gary was quoted:
III any harm results, it will fall
upon the stockholders and employees,
aggregating very large number, and
any loss to them must be deplored.' >
Neither was 1t especially original
In Mr.. Carne gle to express solicita-
tion for the stockholders when the
even tenor of $2S rails and 80 per
cent. of the steel trade generally was
disturbed. Professed consideration for
stockholder and employe has long
been q clause In the trusts decalogue.
Hence the criticism of these gentle
mems comments as trite. Somehow
or other this worry over what will
happen to the employe vaguely re.
minds us of the familiar shibboieth.
Let us alone" which was last ex-
pressed by Mr.. Morgan's man, Per-
kins, In his Big Business speech at
Detroit.
But to return to Mr.. Gary. In the
one sentence quoted may be found
the kernel OF the nations protests
against the trusts and the tariff from
which they have sprung. Shifting the
blame, shifting the burden. shifting
the loss--are familiar enough to re-
quire no comment. Each time the
tariff has been threatened or an ef-
fort made to enforce the Sherman
law, the placard-"remember the
workingman"-has been held up in
warning. 1t is Of close kin to the
Standard OIL fines of several years
ago. when retail prices were raised in
keeping with the courts sentence 1t
ranks with the American Tobacco
company's solution Of the Spanish
American war taxa reduction in the
size OF the packages, which size has
never been restored.
And the tariff, surely, by this same
reasoning. Is for the benefit OF the
workingmen--for the trusts en-
ployes especially; that Is why the
trusts have chung so tenaciously to
the good old standpat schedules. That
the trusts themselves prospered was.
OF course, merely Incidental. Now
comes the employe as the great suf-
ferer by trust dissolution. The United
States Steel corporation points to its
system OF profit sharing and pen
sioning, to its beneficent treatment
of the thousands on its pay roll. Yet
in this connection we recall the find
ings Of the so-called Pittsburg Sur
vey. published last May by the Rus
sell Sage foundation. This report
showed that from the time OF the cor
poration's inception the cause OF
labor. organized and open. had been
losing; that working hours had been
heightened and that the wage increase
boasted Of had fallen below the In.
crease In the cost OF living. The
steel trust was not organized for the
benefit of Its employees, Mr.. Gary not
withstanding.-India News.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Kindred o,ooms.

Says the Chinese emperor In an i'm
perial edict:
Il have reigned three years. and
have always acted conscientiously in
the interests of the people, But |
have not employed men properly. as |
am without political skill. have EN-.
ployed too many mobiles in official po-
sitions. The people are grumbling.
yet do not know, Disasters loom
ahead, but do not see.'
OF what other distinguished head OF
government do tLese utterances re.
mind you?
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Germany is fast becoming Ameri.

Germany is, fast becoming Ameri.
canized. according to the reports Of
the British consul at Munich. who
notes the symptoms In altered trade
methods. the greater use of advertis.
ing by business houses and the growth
of luxury and restlessness in private
life. says the New York World But
what will strike Americans them.
selves as the best evidence of Ameri-
can tendencies In Germany is con.
tained in the mounting cost Of living
In Germany and In the imperial chan.
cellor's suggestion that 1t must be &C.
cepted as part Of the new conditions
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

Massachusetts is preparing to pu,
in force law which will compel the
retirement of state employees on age
limit but with pension. Inasmuct
as part Of the pension fund is to b.
obtained from enforced contributions
from these employees. based on Ger
tain percentages Of their salaries
there cannot be SO much objection te
the plan as there might otherwise be
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

A Chicago man who was arrested
for kissing a girl made a plea for
mercy. by explaining that he was SO
badly under the influence Of intoxi
cants that he didn't know whether he
was kissing a girl or horse. The
Judge, being unwilling to accept In
toxication as an excuse. fined the Of
fender $25 and costs. Things are moi
a. they used to be.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

fere with my shoot
ing / became so
nervous / could hard
ly hold a gun. There
was severe pain in
my back and head
and my kidneys were
terribly disordered.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured me after l had
doctored and taken
nearly every remedy
imaginable without
relief. l win give
further details Of my
case to anyone en-.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
HeipIno Out.

Didn't we hear you having an ar.
gument with your wife?" asked the
neighbor.
"Not exactly" replied Mr.. Meekton.
Henrietta was rehearsing for suf.
fragette debate and was supposed to
represent the opposition"
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Heathen Nations Invent Nothing.

Bishop Thoburn who has been q
missionary in India for so years, and
knows India better than any other liv.
Ing American. says: IF you visit the
patent Office at Washington. you will
see 600 improvements on the plow.
India has not invented one improve.
ment on the toothpick in 1000 years,
The nations without God have no in.
ventive faculty. They are almost uni.
versally the savage, unenlightened ma.
tions of the earth"
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Biologists are claiming that II

Biologists are claiming that the
greatest underground river In the
world flows from the Rocky noun
tains underneath New Mexico and
Texas. emptying itself in the Gulf Of
Mexico This river is thought to be
In places several miles wide. and 1t is
believed that 1t feeds rivers that flow
upon the surface. The artesian well
belt of Texas is pointed to as the up
lifting of the water from this river
often from eight hundred feet below
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Power,

"Water power is coming to play
a great part in the industries Of this
country"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Ara Grett "espe
cially In Wall street."
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
The Usual Result.

Yes. Charlie Is as brave as
stack Of lions. Did you hear about his
daring policeman to arrest him?"
mo! Gee, what happened"
"He was arrested" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

Another American heiress has de
cided to cut herself adrift from hei
noble spouse, bpt the market price q
dukes aud earls is as high as ever.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

Music is said to increase cow'i
output Of milk. but farmers who sub
Ject their cows to phonograph concerts
are lacking In the milk OF human kind
ness.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

Thomas A. Edison tells us that foul
hours daily Is enough sleep. but tht
average American citizen is not losin,
any sleep over the remark.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

A musical comedy star who is suint
for divorce accuses her husband Of
cruelty. Why should anyone be crue
to a musical comedy star?
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

or course Big Business has not
given up hope of blocking the trust
busting game. And It is prepared TO
give up literally long before II gives
up hope.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
WHY pa,Iv9

Lets drop in this restaurant"
"oh. don't believe l care to ca,
anything"
swell, come In and get a new hat
for your old one, anyway."--St. Paul
Pioneer-Press.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

New York officials prohibit flying OF
Sunday. but Newport authorities piac,
no restriction whatever on the higi
flying game.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

A Washington dispatch refers to the
wishes Of the southern Republicans"
meaning, OF course. the little hand,
full of federal Office holders in the
south.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Always the Same SONG.

When the trusts are hard hit they
always predict hard times again and
suffering for their old friends. the
common people. Journal.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

In the deepest night of trouble and
sorrow, we have so much to be thank
full for that we need never cease our
singing g.-Coleridge.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
UNDEFEATED CHAMPION OF THE
NORTHWEST.

r. A. Ireland, Rifle Shot Of colfaxs
WASH, Tells Story.
Mr. Ireland is the holder Of four
world records and has yet to lose his
first match--says he: kidney trou-
BILE 80 affected my vision as to inter-
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

The size OF women's hats appear Il
Increase as the sense OF womans i'm
portance grows.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

1t is safe to say that Mr.. Taft will
not be in great demand. after hs
leaves the White House. as cam.
paign manager.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
identifying a Scientist.

II you know the name OF every
thing that bites you in the woods
you're called an entomologist. Gal
weston News.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

Anyhow we know several womei
who have already started their Christ
mas crocheting.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29

CIOSIHS stdIHp.
"When Your Back Is Lame, Remeri.
berthe Name-DOAN'S." SOC, all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
Graham guardian., 1911-12-29
Agricultural.

Mother--Yes. Johnny. the queen bee
Is boss.
Johnny = How about the presiden-
tial bee?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-31
PAPERS FILED IN AN. ACTION
AGAINST IOWA FALLS PAPER
FOR sLANpER.
CLAIM HUMILIATION
FROM COMMENT IN STORY
Being Possessed Of Wealth, wi.nsr
Heirs AlIsss Article Caused Much
Public TaIk-Dsmand $4,000 Each
From Publisher Of ssntinsI-Many
Lawyers Engaged.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, Aug. 31.-The much talked
about petition in the case of the Wis
ner heirs. Of this city, against Ira A.
Nichols, of the Hardin County Citizen.
published at Iowa Falls, was filed m
the county clerks office late Wednes-
day afternoon. The petition alleges that
the Wisners want $4,000 Of the Citizen
for slanderous statements published re-
garding them in an issue in April, 1911.
which said statement was false and to
the great damage mentally of the said
heirs, Gilman H. and Lois Wisner. The
Wisners, who bring the suit in ques-
ton, are the grandson and grand
daughter respectively Of the late Ly-
man F. Wisner and the son and daugh-
ter Of George II. Wisner. The petition
also states that the complaintants are
possessed of considerable means and
that by virtue of the publication of
certain allegations In the said Hardin
County Citizen the said Gilman H. and
Lois Wisner have been made the sub
jects Of public talk and have suffered
mental anguish and ask the court that
they each be given $4,000 as compen-
sation for the alleged slanderous and
libelious statements. Something like
five lawyers on either side Of the con-
troversy will appear in the case and a
legal battle is sure to occur when the
parties in action eventually get into
c0I,rt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-31
MINING CAMP "sHor UP"
Excitement. at Ogden; One Fatal AZ
frav in Barber Shop.

Excitement. at Ogden; One Fatal AZ.
fray in Barber Shop.
Boone, Aug. 31.-Two shooting af-
trays occurred at Ogden at the negro
mining camp. One Of the wounded
men lies in Mercy hospital in Des
Moines at the point Of death and his
assailant is unknown. The other negro
who was the target for the bullets Of
one Of his race escaped injuries and his
assailant has slipped away and no one
seems to know where he has gone. The
man who was shot was Wyatt Sanders.
colored. It is claimed that ne entered
the barber shop at Camp No. and
pulling a loaded revolver began shoot
ing right and left. There were sew
enteen or eighteen other occupants OF
the shop at the time and they ducked
the bullets and scurried for places of
safety. One Of the men In the party
pulled a gun and aiming it at the
drunken man, shot him, the bullet en-
tering one of his lungs. !,
Sheriff Reid had scarcely gotten IN
bed after receiving his first call from
Dr.. Ross. when he was notified Of an
other shooting at the same camp. A
man named William McPersely Is
charged with the shooting and as he
skipped out Immediately afterwards
the conclusion Of Sheriff Reid is that
he is the man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-31

hut none OF them will have their full
quota OF players. Clear Lake anu
Charles City met for their closing game
at Clear Lake Wednesday. One OF the
remarkable things IL that the Clear
Lake team has not been compelled to
call q single game this year on account
OF rain. Baseball fans are now all
thoroughly convinced that they pay too
high salaries aud expenses must be
curtailcd In some way. Pitchers have
received from 800 to $l35 per month
and backstops on an average OF 800.
lnfielders have demanded nearly as
much while outneldcrs have been paid
on an average of $50. AS n consequences
Mason City went $4,000 into the hole;
Humboldt about 1880; Charles CITY
$1,000: Eldora $500. and Clear Lake
$500 This heavy deficit Will bring
about radical changes next year. one
of the changes will be reduction "f
salaries all along the line. Another
one city Will not endeavor to hire other
players without first getting the con-
sent Of the manager and then not nv
giving higher wages And then. only
three pitchers will be carried instead
OF five as Mason City had most of the
time. This change will permit of hired
umpires and better grade OF semi
professional baseball all along the line