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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
FATHER OF TURKISH NAVY
JAMES kALAFAr, RESIDENT OF
FORT DODGE.
TELLS OF BRUTALlTIES
OF suLTAN's SOLDIERS
Prisoners Taken On Shipboard At Night
and Thrown Into Black Sea-kalafat,
Native Of Greece, Served Thirty.
Five Years in Turkish Navy - Did
Not Serve Against Native Land.
oecial to Professionalism.

Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge. Dec. 15.--Only recently
retired as a commander OF the Turkish
navy after having seen thirty five years
OF service under the sultan's flag,
James kalafat, Greek, has been dis
covered a resident of Fort Dodge. AL
tho offered handsome income to re-
main a royal advisor, ka!afat retired
nine months ago. when he was II years
OF age.
Direct from Greece where he had
served the required three years. Kali
afat went TO Turkey and there estab-
lished the Turkish navy by taking COM
nland of a sailing sloop of twelve guns.
Ills first duties consisted in sailing
along the coast. protecting ArmenlanS
from the onSlaughts of the Turks, tor
the sultan was much averSe to such
massacres as his people reyeled III. In
later years. kalafat had charge of a
modern vessel, the Kaplan, which re-
Gently opposed the Italians entry %
Tripoli.
More than loco people have lost
their lives by being dumped over the
sides OF vessels l have commanded,
said Commander kaiaIat. i was AZ
unwilling instrument in the hands of
the sultan, for the military took charge
of my vessel on such expeditions. Tbs
prisoners, without trial and ignorant Of
their fate. Were marched to the ship
in the dead of ...sht. When a secluded
spot in the Black Sea was reached,
heavy iron bars We're tied on their
necks and they were tossed over the
side one by one. The world has known
nothing of these outrases. neither did
sleeping Constantinople, but they are
still going on
Kalafat did not fight with Greece in
1897 but became palace attache until
the war was over. Alttlo now -. ne
looks TO be but so He regrets keenly
that he retired before the war with
Italy commenced. kalafat lives here
| with his son.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
WOMAN PURSE sNATcAER.
Female Plies Trade Usually Resorted te
BY Male Crooks.

Waterloo, Dec. IA smooth purse
grabber of the feminine persuasion
made a clever play during the shopping
rush in one Of the loca! stores, and 50
successful was her plan carried out
thar she made away with a purse be-
longing to a woman who had bean
trading in the store and disappeared
without being detected in time to stop
her
The woman who made the haul Is
described as being well dressed and
of prepossessing appearance. Ming!ina
with the large number Of patrons ir
the store at the time she finally
singled out her victim and soor
struck up an acquaintance. Finally
upon some pretense she induced mel
new friend to accompany her to tbs
toilet room where the two spent few
moments visiting and then, by noticr
so quick and skillful that the owner o
the purse believed she had dropped It
the woman knocked the pocketbook GU
of the others hand.
No sooner had 1t struck the aoo
thar the purse grabber picked it up ant
hurri q from the room, taking the pre-
! caution to close the door after her.
The trick had been turned 80 quick.
and neatly that the owner of the purs
was dazed for a moment and by tn
time she had recovered herself her new
! acquaintance had lost herself amon'
the hundreds that crowded the stor
and in this way managed to escape.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
REs,DENrs OF WEBSTER CITY
UNCOVER MARES NEST AND
DECLARE THEMSELVES.
CITY DADS MUST PAY OWN
MOTEL BILLS ON TOUR
Claimed That .citixsns' Committee on
Junkstins rsur Appointed BY ceun-
ell, Not BY citixsns-ceuneil Pledged
to Brick Paving, Il 10 Alleged, and
Tour 10 Joke.
Spesial to Times Republican.

SpeSlal TO 'TlnfeO- HepuDIlcdu'
Webster City, Dec 15.-When the
members of the Webster City councii
and the special citizens committee of
three, who are now out on 1unket
examining various kinds OF pavtngs IN
different Iowa cities, return home to-
morrow they will find mares nest
has been raised during their absence.
Residents within Webster City's pro-
posed new paving district openly
threaten that should the council at
tempt to appropriate money out OF the
city treasury to pay for this junket. an
Injunction win forthwith be asked to
restrain any such action.
Yesterday the Webster City junket-
ing party we're in Sioux City and
Council Bluffs. Today they expect to
take in Shenandoah and Creston and
possibly other points. A route has also
been laid out for visitation next week.
The citizens committee accompany
ing the mayor. city engineer and coun-
ell is composed of c. H. Clifton, 8. s.
Parkhurst and ]. w Young. Property
owners along the twenty blocks to be
paved next year allege that the citi-
zens committee was named by the
council instead Of the property owners
They openly charge that the council
is committed to brick paving, whereas
the sentiment in the proposed paving
district favors cement. The council
and the COMMITTEES are out to look w
cement paving and to satisfy them
selves Of it's value as compared to 9TH
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
MISSING MAN FOUND.
Blacksmith Howe. Who Fell From Au-
tomobile. In Half Demented State.

Baskerville. Dec. 15-Peter Howe. OF
Montgomery, Iowa. the man who dis
appeared so ,nysteriously when he fell
from an automobile about three weeks
ago. has been found at Sioux City. ap-
parentIy in good condition. except as
to mind He hardly knows who he is
or how ne got to Sioux City. II is
thought that the fall from the auto and
striking on his head rendered him IN
part demente1 He was brought to his
home and put under the care Of a
physician.
Howe was returning home from
neighboring town with a party OF
friends He had been drinking. but
was not under the influence of liquor
In changing seats in the automobile
he fell from the running board at a
point where the road was elevated by
a grade along the side of which was a
large ditch. The car returned for him
inside Of a few moments. but he could
not be found Parties in search of hin
dragged the ditch and secured the
country for miles around for severa
DAYS but no trace of the man could be
found. 1t was finally concluded he hac
fallen from the machine purposely as
/ cover for leaving the country.
/ Howe has a wife and several chill
dren. He is a blacksmith and was II
fairly good circumstances.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15

for the bunk hitch one-half mile run.
hose laying and coupling contest event.
on the track at Des Moines. they neso-
tiated the event in 1913 AS.
In the contest In which the mosquito
state firemen claim the worlds cham
pionship. the conditions are . stand
ing start, run one-Quarter OF q mile.
attach hose to hydrant making three
turns. lay $50 feet OF hose. break
coupling, attach noszle making three
turns and show water thru the nozzle.
This event the Branchport company
accomplished in ssh seconds.
But it will be noted that the Clinton
team won in an event with more time
consuming features. The Branchport
horses were hitched and ready to go.
with the men on the wagon, before the
event started Then they ran only one
quarter Of mile. Clinton's crew were
in their hunks and were compelled to
leave the hunks. slide down the poles.
hitch the horses and get started. all
While the seconds licked away. Then
the hoses ran one-half mile, twice as
far as the Branchport team.
1t all started because the picture OF
the Bobs and crew was printed in
eastern papers and magazines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
WORST COLDS BREAK EASILY.
How 60 Cure Bad Cold and End
Grippe Misery in a Few Hours.

How 60 Cure Bad Cold and End
Grippe Misery in Few Hours.
Nothing else that you can take Will
break your cold or end grippe SO
promptly as a dose of Pape's Cold
Compound every two hours until three
consecutive doses are taken.
The most miserable headache, dull
ness head and nose stuffed up, fever
ishness, sneezing, running of the nose.
sore throat, mucous catarrhal dis
charges, soreness, stiffness, rheuma-
tism pains and other distress begin
to leave after the very first dose.
Pape's Cold Compound is the result
of three years research at cost Of
more than fifty thousand dollars. and
contains no quinine, which we have
conclusively demonstrated is not ef-
fective In the treatment of colds or
grippe.
Take this harmless Compound as
directed. with the knowledge that
there is no other medicine made any
where else in the world, which will
cure your cold or end Grippe misery
az promptly and without any other as
sistance or bad after-effects as %
cent package of Pape's Cold Com
pound, which any druggist in the
world can supply.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
jefferson News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
jefferson, Dec. 15.-Tne house be-
longing to Mrs. g. w. Young. just west
of DR.. Charles Enfield, has been
leased by Doctors Enfield for one year
beginning April /, and will be fitted
up for a hospital. He has engaged
,natron to look after the house and
will engage nurses to care for patients.
Mrs. Eleanor Whipple and son Sam,
who have been visiting in JEFFERSON
for several months, left this week FOR
Yates Center, Kan, where Sam ex-
poets to farm next year.
Mac Elvin went to Des Moines yes
terday where he will submit to an OPP
Grafton for appendicitis. Mr.. Elvin has
been up and around all the time but IT
was thought best to have an operation
and thus avoid more serious trouble
Mrs. Elvin accompanied him to Des
Moines.
Rev. D. Hietmeyer. Of the Baptist
church, resigned his position as pastor
of that denomination Sunday and has
accepted q call from the church AZ
Columbus, Ind. where he went a week
or so ago to preach a trial sermon
Rev. Mr.. Hietmeyer has been IN Je1-
tferson several years and his departure
will cause much regret among the
other churches as well as OF his own
congregation. He will leave after
Jan. I.
i DR.. A. l.. Sarchet viii occupy The
PRESBYTERIAN pulpit during the month
OF December. The church has no min
lister in view yet.
| Miss Esther NJ. Graves. Of Ogden
| Utah, IL visiting her uncle, Father Nc
| Auliffe. She will remain until after
| Christmas.
/, Mr.. and Mrs. e. H. Carter ant
daughter Marie leave tonight To-
/, Washington, d. c.. where they viii b.
over-Sunday guests OF Mr.. ana Mrs
! 2. b. Stillman. From there the Car.
tiers leave. for Florida, whore they viii
spend the winter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
IoWA's SUGAR CROP
Factory At Wavsriy Turns Out 10000, ;
900 a. Seasons Work-15,ooo Tons Of
Sugar sssts Consumed in Operations.

waverly, Dec 15.-There are $1,000
tons OF sugar beets at the factory and
on the railroads right OF way in
Waverly, waiting to be washed and
sliced. About 1000 tons are still to be
delivered from the fields to the differ
ent stations. All but about 20 per cert
Of the beets grown for the Waverly
factory have been delivered.
The factory will work just about
tho quantity of beets estimated early
in the fall. that is. 10000 tons. The
beets have remained in good condi-
ton; this seasons sugar Is the
best on the market and the reputation
Of the Waverly factory for sending out
the best sugar will be maintained and
strengthened.
The factory has been running day
and night ever since Oct. l6 1t Will
about Feb. l.
The factory has shipped out 100000
pounds of graduated sugar. The sugar
was sent to different wholesale houses
in Iowa, Pennsylvania. Indiana. Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska. Kan
sas and Missouri. This sugar factory
helps to feed the world and it surely
helps to Keep Waverly on the map.
This will be by far the most success
full season In the history Of this in
dustry in Waverly.
This Industry is giving employment
to 500 people In Waverly and at the
twenty-s stations and In the fields.
The factory has twenty-six stations
where beets are loaded on cars. but
they will make an effort to reduce TINS
number to twenty stations and they
will aim to get 900 tons Of beets at each
station. Sixty per cent Of the acreage
for 1912 has been contracted. The acre
age Of beets around Waverly will be
doubled for next year.
The factory will make 100000
pounds of sugar from this seasons
crop Of beets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
Southern Io1ua Items

the Saints Home for INDECENT members
OF the church also is maintained.
Within the last few months an asylum
for orphans has been started under the
auspices of the church The people Of
the town have recently gone in for the
good roads movement and as result
the town Is now located upon three i'm
portant trails: Tho Waubonsie. the IN
ter-state. and the Ocean-to Ocean A
celebration to commemorate the
founding Of the city Il now In prog
ress.
Avoca.
The famous setz case here which has
been on trial for several days ended
Monday when the clerk read the seal
ed verdict. setz was allowed dana ges
in the sum Of s1.o5o against j. D.
Harris, Frank Pollard and J. Pullen. OF
Oakland. The case was the outgrowth
Of bitter political fight in 1909 when
setz was a candidate for re ELECTION to
the office Of county treasurer Of Pot
tawattamie countyl The libel charged
resulted from letter. which It is
claimed the defendant circulated and
which is said to, have limited at crook
edness in connection with the Nish-
nabotna Valley ditch case.
Davenport.
The Scott County, Medical Society
Wednesday adopted Aresolutions de-
nouncing the so called School OF
| Chiropractic Medicine in the city and
asking the state board Of medical ex-
aminers to revoke the license Of NJ. P
Brown. NJ. D., the one graduate physi-
clan at the school whose certificate has
been used to legalize 1t for severa
! years. The physicians call attention tc
! the fact that DR.. Brown treated By
! chiropractice metho6s the only tive
children who died during a recent
| diphtheria epidemic here and that {
woman whom he so treated for frac-
tured femur is a helpless cripple as
result.
Shenandoah.
Frank ]. Beale met with a ve-.
quick and terrible death from tetanu'
last week week ago last Friday n
stepped on nail which penetrated hi
right foot near the ball. but onl!
slightly. The wound was 80 trtfllnl
that he paid no attention to It. but KEEP
on at his work-for he was bus!
man, I'll! OF life and energy. Thursda!
he moved from one Of the Doane farm
southwest of town to the old Varie.
farm four miles east Of Shenandoah
That evening he collapsed-the poison
had got in it's work. The doctor wa
sent for and all known remedies ap
piled, but the commissions continued til
HAS Saturday night when death cam
, to his relief. He was comparatively
! young man. having been born Il
, Pennsylvania July II. 1881. whicl
would make his age 81 yearS. month
, and 20 days He was married abou
: three years ago to Miss Sarah Coda,
but there are no children.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
TO OPERATE SEEDS MILL.
Old Landmark at Hampton to Asai
b Scene Of Activity.

Ola LANDMARK AZ Hampton 70 N0SSs
b Scene Of Activity.
Hampton, Dec. 15.-Beed's mill, one
Of the Oldest landmarks in this coun-
ty. again is to become scene OF ac-
tivity, and preparations are under way
for the resumption Of operations there.
William G. Beed. owner of the prop
erty, has leased it to H. A. Haase OF
Mason City. 1t is expected that he Will
restore the place; to the activity ana
.productiveness that 1t enjoyed in years
gone by.
Altho this property has not been IN
use for several years, the machinery Is
in splendid condition. and abundance
Of water power is at hand ready Tor
use. Thetmill dam that provides the
power has been kept in repair by MI.
Beed In anticipation of its being used
for power purposes again. and also be-
cause it is a picnic ground for the
county generally. The annual supply
of ice for this city is obtained from this
source also.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
AFTER FIRE TEAMS RECORD.
Clinton Would Back Pets Against Long
Branch, N. J., Pair.

Clinton. Dec. Is. Claiming the
worlds hose laying record, under their
own conditions, the Branchport Hose
Company. Of Long Branch, n. j., mas
bobbed up in an effort to rob the Bobs
of the Clinton fire department OF the
worlds championship title won at the
state tournament in Des Moines.
But the Clinton department is not
to be frightened by mere ink and pa
per. It is announced that $1,000 actual
cash money will be deposited in any
bank to become the property OF the
Branchport company if that designing
organization can wrest victory from
the Bobs under equal conditions. o.
course it is expected that the New Jer-
seyites Will produce an equal sum o.
| eastern coin Of the realm.
The Bobs have record, made on thu
local track, q minute i1M second.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
MANIA FOR sAopt,rrlNe.
Fort Dodge Msrehants Employ Do
tective to Watch Holiday Shoppers.

Fort Dodge, Dec. 15.-Because hum
dreds of dollars worth of goods have
been stolen by shoplifters operating In
the holiday crowds, the Retail Mer-
chants Association has hired a de-
tective. Women are the culprits, say
the merchants. because of the charac-
ter of the articles stolen. Among the
booty recently obtained were trading
stamps redeemable for SIS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
Jewell News Notes.

Special to Times-Republican.
Jewell. Dec 15.-Farmers around
Jewell since finishing corn husking an
nounce the largest crop they have ever
had.
John Millett has resigned his posi-
ton with the Western Union Telegraph
Company at Des Moines and is visiting
his relatives in Jewell.
Aug Abrahamson sold q large con-
signment OF furs to representative OF
New York concern Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15
IOWA: 1911

or kinds. The return home of the
junketeers Is awaited with interest. -
also 10 settlement Of the problem -
to whether the city or the council and
committee, individually. will have to
bear the expense OF this jaunt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-15

You will find that druggists every
where speak we'll Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. They know from long
experience in the sale OF it that in
cases of coughs and colds it can al
ways be depended upon, and that it is
pleasant and safe to take. For sale by
all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03

Merry came to Delaware county and he
remained on his fathers farm eight
miles north of Earlville, Iowa, until his
enlistment in Company *, Twenty first
Iowa infantry. in August 1852.
On Aug. 1, 1880, he entered the serv-
ices OF the Illinois Central Railroad
Company and for three years was
known as excursion agent. He then
was prom oted to general western pas
senger agent and later assistant gen.
eral passenger ageut of western and
northern lines. then assistant general
passenger agent of the entire system.
When he had finished twenty five
years of service in the passenger de-
partlnent he notified the general pas
senger agent that unless there was
something easier he would be obliged to
resign and look after his personal mat
tiers. The management would not all
low him to leave the service and APP
pointed him general immigration agent.
with offices at Manchester, his old
home, near which he has as plendid
farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
SHEEHAN is CHAMPION.
Defeats Rider in Final of State Golf
Tourney.

Des Moines, July 3.-Drivins his sup
portcrs almost to desperation by fail
ing to play up to form on the last
nine holes of his match With Ralph
Rider, William Sheehan pulled together
on the thirty fourth hole Saturday and
by Il wonderful approach and an
equally good putt he won this hole
and had the match dormie. He then
halved the thirty fifth hole and was
again champion Of Iowa. The score
of the match was up and l to play.
The match was a wonderful affair.
Starting three up at noon, Sheehan
was up at the beginning Of the last
nine holes. Sheehan was playing a
bogy game or better. With the be-
ginning of play on the inside, Sheehan
started topping drives. He lost ten
and also eleven, five strokes TO four.
They halved the next two. Rider won
the lake and the double gully and the
match started to sixteen with Sheehan
one hole to the good. He topped q
drive on this hole and shot his mashie
approach to within four feet of the
flag. holing in three Rider failed on
a shorter putt and was down in four
and dOrmie. Both men drove brilliant
" going to seventeen and Sheehan
played safe after being on the green
for a half. making this and winning
the match.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
GOOD JOB FOR IOWA MAN.
Judge Seeds. of Manchester, Chief
Clerk in War Department Office.

Washington. July 2.-Judgc Edward
p. Seeds, of Manchester. was appoint
ed chief clerk in the office Of the audi
tor of the war department. Judge Seeds
long has been deputy auditor for the
war department.. but by recent legis-
Iation all the deputy auditorships have
been abolished.
Friends Of Judge Seeds in the dele
cation and IN Iowa circles here urged
his retention and he was made chief
clerk. At the same time he is put in
the classified service and thus is good
for life service or as long as he desires
to remain. He receives substantially
the same pay as chief clerk as he did
when deputy auditor-s2 $50 a year,
Judge Seeds is we'll known among
the Iowans. He came here with Colonel
Henderson. He and George z. Roberts
were schoolmates and it was partly
thru the influence Of Mr.. Roberts that
ne was retained when the various dep
uty auditorships We're abolished.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
SHOOTS WIFE AND SELF.
Charles WestfaII Of Ida Grove, Guilty
Of Terrible Crime,

Ida Grove. July 3.-Charles Westfall,
n well known Ida Grove resident, sud
denly went insane and before neiShbors
learned Of his condition had shot and
killed his wife, shot at his little 3
Year old adopted daughter, and before
noting that the bullet had not struck
the little girl. sent a bullet into his own
brain When neighbors attracted by
the shots broke into the house. both
the man and woman lay dead on the
floor, and the little adopted daughter.
frightened almost into Mysteries by the
shots, was IN hiding.
Mrs. Westfall is believed to have
been Instantly killed by the bullet. She
was shot only once, but the missile en-
tered a vital spot Westfalrs death was
instantaneous. He was shot thru the
mead.
The shooting came as the climax Of a
quarrel 1t is stated that several per-
sons who passed the house heard heat
ed words passing between them.
WestfalTs reputation always has
been of the best and he was well re-
spected. The murder and suicide have
aroused the town.