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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
sAAkE.uP IN POSTAL SERVICE.
Severa! Department. Heads Said to Be
Slated for Retirement,

Washington, Feb. Ga condition Of
inefficeincy, INSTRUMENTATION and mis-
management has been developed in the
operation of the railway mail service
that is likely to result in an upheaval,
and perhaps in the reorganizati ton of
the entire service.
Postmaster General Hitchcock is
Thoroughly moved by the disclosure.
His inquiry is not concluded yet, but
indications are that its results are like
ly to be drastic.
Rumors reached Washington yester-
day from several points that changes
in prominent officers Of the railway
mail service are imminent; indeed, it
was reported that the designations of
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Stewart, and Chief OF the Railway
Mail Service Grant have been submit
ted
Hitchcock expressed himself as en-
tirely satisfied with Stewards admin
istration, but he expressed himself as
much dissatisfied with the manage
ment Of the railway service. particu-
larry as respects the personnel of the
service.
His investigation. ne indicated. had
disclosed the fact that orders had
been issued by subordinate officials
placing upon employees unreasonable
and humiliating burdens. These or
ders were promulgated in the name Of
the postm aster general, altho he knew
nothing about them.
The orders were issued. too, Hitch
cock pointed out, Notwithstanding the
fact that had issued general instruc-
lions that in carrying out the proposed
Improvements, no additional burdens
should be placed upon the employees, as
I believe that In the development OF
our system that the good will OF the
employees Is necessary"
Hitchcock said the only changes In
the status of the railway mail clerks
was caused by the effort Of the de-
justment Of hours of service, so as to
eQualize the service thruout the coun-
try. Thru the operation Of this system,
the hours of service Of some clerks
were slightly increased, while those OF
others were reduced. The general pur-
pose was to have the maximum en-
ployment not to exceed six and half
hours per day.
In working cut this system. Hitch
cock suggested, railway mail clerks
had not been devoted. and the service
the contrary the departments effort
has been to obtain improved physical
and financial working conditions. while
striving to keep the service apace with
the development OF the country
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
have organized their live. so that the,

have organized their lives so that they
live simply and very economically.
They spend only a small part Of what
Mr.. Brandeis could earn.
The seriousness with which the man
goes into his work was illustrated, for
example, in the Ballinger case. 1t is
matter of fact that Brandeis during
that fight generally began his work at
o'clock in the morning. He is a Won
derful. brilliant lawyer, and tire.
mendous worker one of the most Inn
portant and inspiring figures in Amer
lean life today.
He is the lawyer, for example. who
is now representing the shippers before
the interstate commerce commission, in
their endeavor to keep the railroads
from raising freight rates. He does all
this work for nothing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
Iowa Read justmsnt.


In connection with the recent census.
the unexpected happened in, various
parts Of the interior. Returns in the
middle west were for the most disap-
pointing. In some instances the per-
centages Of gain in population fell be-
low those shown In the eastern states,
assumed by superficial students OF the
situation to be declining. The result
Of the count in Indiana and Missouri
came in the nature of q blow; still
there were gains in each case, and 1t
remained for the Iowa count to cause
a general shock For Iowa showed an
actual falling of in population. and this
in face Of the fact that it had made
immense gains in every other respect
The loss was 1852. or 0.3 per cent.
1t is thoroughly established now that
the loss was due to causes that might
be quoted to the advantage rather than
to the disadvantage of the state. One
Of the most potent of these was the
advance in the value Of small holdings
during the decade, an advance which
made it possible for the small farmer to
sell out at a large profit ant. to settle
comfortably in a larger holding else
where. Another, and closely related to
this. was the growth, during the de-
cade. Of land hunger among the large
farmers. With them. agriculture had
become commercialized; having capital,
modern machinery, skilled labor and
business methods, they found that they
could work a greatly increased acre
age with profit. All OF this is now we'll
understood in Iowa and the middle
west. There is no depression, no gloom
out there. But there is readjustment
of ideas to the new conditions. For
the first time since the west was thrown
open to settlement there Is widespread
recognition of the fact that conditions
are likely to arise which may interfere
with the steadiness Of its growth in
population.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
MILLIONS IN LAND GRABS.
illinois Commission Reports State Has
Been Defrauded.

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. Gland grabs
aggregating a minimum of S250,OO0, 900
in value have victimized the people of
Illinois. This is the official finding of
the committee Of the legislature which
will be handed into the governor and
to the general assembly next Thurs
day.
The joint committee completed its
report today and it is prepared to show
in sixteen volumes Of facts, figures and
maps and diagrams that the lake front
of Chicago has been searched by all
sorts Of interests for places where
made lands could be taken over for
private purposes.
The Chiperfield committee. as 1t is
known. because Representative B. M.
Chiperfield of Canton has been the
chairman Of the investigating commit
tee during the two years the inquiry
has continued, furnishes a voluminous
and thoroughgoing display Of statistics
tending to demonstrate that the land
pirates have shown no quarter. from
Waukegan down the Indiana state line
and down thru the Chicago river clear
to Cairo, embracing the tremendous
levee interests at East st. Louis claim
ed by the Virgins Ferry Company, and
the riparian rights and attached water
power sites thru the course Of the Illi-
nois river and continuous streams, from
the confluence OF the Desplaines, down
to the mouth of the Mississippi.-
The Chiperfleid report declared that
in the opinion Of the committee:
1.-THE charter OF the Illinois Central
railroad is subject to revocation. 1t has
not carried out the provisions of its
charter
Every action Of the Lincoln park
commissioners in making their plans
for the development OF the outer park
system should be subject to the closest
legal scrutiny, extending even to the
suprenhe court OF the United States.
The Chicago Canal ana JOCK Com
pany has no title to the lands which
IL claims ON the lake shore noreA Of
the Chicago river.
The Corheft q Connery CompaeD o.
anlswsally Ssisea asads lsN11 - @e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07

rect when he complains Of girls walk
ing the streets. His complaint will be
corroborated from every city, big or
little, by the police and observing citi-
zens. Little girls are no uncommon
sight down town long after bedtime.
They hang about the vicinity of the
picture shows, or stand near the crowd
ed corners or perhaps shelter in the
shadows lest some relative or neighbor
shall see them and ask embarrassing
questions. They are not bad but only
beginning TO be bad. 1t is from these
children. forgotten Of their ia theirs and
mothers that the girls Of whom Chief
Yeager speaks are recruited
1t is useless to argue q segregated
conditions. 1t isn't cure and the
theory that it is even an amelioraton is
a false one Responsible parental at
tention and control are the true rene
dies but there isn't enough to go around.
The child of the true father and real
mother is not on the street corner of
night o.. waiting outside the picture
shows.
Without any reasonable doubt condi-
tons are largely as the Des Moines
chief describes them The girls are in
the chop suey houses picking up men.
The men are in the chop suey houses
seeking the girls. Did it ever occur to
Des Moines and the chief that the chop
suey house is open late for tina. very
purpose? Why such loud complaint OF
the girls" and none of the chop suey
house and the mem" Does the re-
sponsibility for morals res. entirely on
the girls" Are these men who are
being picked up" and lured away with
out responsibility Why is II that
pimp can walk the street or hang on the
saloon bars from daylight to daylight
free from interference by the police.
who cry out against the girls? ?" Why
is il that a chop suey joint can operate
as an designation house and be con-
sidered as outside police control and
When Chief yeager gets
up to explain, let him go into the entire
question and ask for Discretionary pow
ers TO send girls home Of night jail
the men who are found preying on
young girls and slam the doors Of the
chop suey place when II becomes an ex-
change for immortality.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
She Got Even With tn. Tax Assessor.

The United States is the only great
nation remaining which has not abol-
ished all personal property tax laws.
Mr.. A. j. Mock wages war on the SUBJ
iect in a very interesting article In the
February American Magazine Some
Of the anecdotes the author recounts to
illustrate his points are very amusing
the following being an instance Of one
Of them:
"An Ohio school teacher had saved
$1,000 from her earnings, and by advice
Of banker friend, invested 1t in a
railroad bond paying per cent. When
the assessor came around, she was
quite proud to declare possession of the
bond; she was patriotic soul and
willing to stand her share The local
rate was five and seven-tenths per
cent. She was little Startled at re-
ceiving a tax bill for s57, but confident
that 1t was a mere blunder. she went
to the tax office to have it corrected
But to her amazement. she found
that the bill was correct-that she was
supposed to pay tax on her bond OF
81 more than the bond had earned.
She finally gathered her wits together
sufficiently to ask what on earth was
done with all the money.
We'll. for one thing the assessor
said, urbanely, we have very expensive
public institutions to support. There.
for instance pointing thru the
open window-'there Is the poor house,
a model of Its kind and credit to the
county. We have to support that
"'All right said the teacher with
rising Indignation. then you can sup
port me in it. I bought this bond to
help keep me independent against the
time when I am past work: but II this
is what happens. give you notice that
I am going to sell 1t forthwith, and
blow in the money on the one time OF
my life-and when I'm thru, your
model institution can take care OF me-
"She sold her bond. went to Europe.
enjoyed herself hugely until the money
was gone, and has saved nothing since"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
The Pistol Business.

(NeW YORK IFlDune.)
Manufacturers and dealers naturally
object to the proposed restrictions up
on the selling OF pistols. as likely to in
terfere injuriously with their business.
That view of the case is, however, not
necessarily final or convincing. There
are sometimes higher considerations
than the profits of even the most re-
spectacle business. The manufacture
and sale of various drugs which are
deadly poisons are just as respectable
and as necessary as the manufacture
and sale of firearms, but they suffer re-
strictions at least as severe as those
which are proposed for the latter.
The proposition that record shall be
kept of the names and addresses Of all
purcha sers Of firearms seems to be rea-
sonable and desirable. That Is nothing
more than is required in every drug
shop of every purchaser OF a poisonous
drug. Nor can we see any undue hard
ship in the provision that every pur-
chaser Of pistol shall be required to
have license to carry the weapon. It
is doubtless true that many and per-
haps most purchasers do not mean to
carry the pistols in their pockets. but
merely to have them in their houses for
use against burglars; but we can not
regard it as an intolerable hardship to
demand that they shall secure licenses.
The pistol kept in the house is poten-
TALLY and often actually az mischievous
as the one carried in the pocket. and If
a man owns a pistol at all he is likely
now and then to carry 1t. even II 1t
was bought for possible use at the home
in an emergency.
The eact is that good morals and the
public welfare require all possible dis
coura cement Of the pistol habit The
number Of llomicides in this city in
which pistols are used is discreditably
large and is ominously increasing. and
in very many cases the crimes commit
ted were directly due to the facility
with which the deadly weapons could
be used. The pistol is. at least here.
nure!y g thanksgiving weapon. and the
purchase or possession OF 1t implies All
incaution. an expectation. or at least an
apprehension of man Staying. We can
not believe that conditions IN this city
are such as to make 1t necessary or de-
sirable for citizens to carry an instru-
ment which is designed expressly for
the destruction OF human life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
FsaeA GIRLS, CHOP suEY JOINTS AND POLICE

Dies MO1neS city council Will bring
Chief Of Police Yeager before that
august body to explain statements
which seem to reflect on conditions in
Des Moines under enforcement of the
laws against red light districts Chief
Yeager 1s reported to have said:
There should be a movement started
in Iowa for a state home in Des Moines
for young girls who walk the streets
Conditions are worse in Des Moines in
that respect than under the old red
light district plan. Young girls work
in stores in the daytime, walk the
streets, go to chop suey places at night
and pick up men, and the worst part
of 1t is, we can do nothing"
Mayor MacVicar is especially inter-
ested in the explanation. On his east
eYn trip he says he pictured Des Moines
HIS d clean, moral city ard declares he
was not aware such conditions existed
The police chief, however is without
any manner OF doubt telling the truth
when he says young girls walk the
streets in dark and daylight, frequent
chop suey houses and pick up men who
are walking the streets in dark and
daylight to pick UP girls. Where he is
probably wrong is in his conclusion that
conditions are worse. Conditions are
never worse In closed than in a
vide open town. There are not more
girlS walking the street in Des Moines
tia nunder the outrageous condition in
vogue there a few years go. There are
3FohaIbly more men walking the streets
than under previous u..uil..oa5. the
ooA1 suey joints are better patronized
- populated since the red light dis
SlFAA crew dark and Its male habitues
Earned to tine cheap theater. the picture
sAeWe and the shady restaurants.
But Chief Yeager is absolutely cor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07

tor Emerson's bill. 1t provides an ap-
preparation Of $1,200.000 for the con-
struction of that section Of the proposed
thru road between New York City and
Montreal.
Four Georgia democrats in congress
oppose reciprocity with Canada because
it would admit lumber free. This IL
enough to make old John c. Calhoun
rise out Of his grave.
Since the filing of heavy damage
suits for statements made by Cleveland
Moffet in Hampton's Magazine to the
effect that the Standard Oil Company
had supplied impure materials to the
makers of candles, written retractions
have been published by Moffet and the
magazine editor. Miss Tarbell seems to
sift her information better than does
Mr. Moffet.
Canadians are said to fear annexa-
ton to the United States. Canada need
not fear forcible annexation. but some
Gay the Americans who are crowding
into the Canadian northwest may come
home bringing the dominion with them.
While on the witness stand the other
day ex- Gov Shaw gave a little talk on
the hard times of the last democratic
admin Standardization Review.
Under cath:
Editor Young's editorial semonette
for Saturday carried the text: The
last shall be first Nay. Pauline, not
in the senatorial contest. The text
doesn't apply. How would from him
who hath not shall be taken away even
that which he hath" apply to the case?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
THE THREE OLD MEN.
Hamburg Republican,.


The people Of eastern Fremont and
the western part of Page, and also the
northern port of Atchison counties knew
three men who We're counted old forty
years ago. The three old men" all liv-
ed together in a rude log house on the
banks of the West Tarkio. few miles
southwest of where Northboro now
stands, and short distance southeast
OF the once prosperous village of Walk
erville. They were Englishnen and
lived alone. altho one Of them. we be-
lieve. had been married. They were
rich in land and stock. but appeared to
the world as paupers, from the manner
of their existence. Possibly two Of
these brothers are dead. but Uncle Tom
passed his Goth birthday on Monday,
the 10th inst. He is remarkable man
and has attained to a remarkable old
ge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
THE OLD OIL LAMPS.
Hampton Chronicle1.

THE gloom lest thing on farm" says
dispatch from Manhattan. Kansas,
urging the instalment OF private cleo
trio lighting plants. "is the light, the oil
lamps. Not only are they a nuisance.
source of labor-and danger too
but they are discouraging and depress
ing"
Pish! Tush, This is an age Of cleo
| tricity. to be sure, but why SANDER the
light by which the vast ma jority of the
present generation OF civilized men was
guided to bed? Was, and still H. Don't
YOU recall when your father brought
home the first student lamp to the
house. and all the family gathered
about the table for the ceremony Of the
lightingo The tank thta you took out
and held over the sink while you filled
it. was a fascinating thing. Once full
1t had to be closed and then deftly in
verted into its receptacle. That was
the job of a skilled operator. for II due
pains were not taken the Oil flew in
every direction. Then half turn OF the
barrel to open the tank and a satisfy
ing gurgle announced the pursuit OF
the wick by the OIL
But what a fine clear flame the stu
dent lamp ma6e-and makes today for
that matter. A food of brilliant but
mellow radiance delrged the room.
enough for all the kids to see to get
their lessons by. You certainly re-
member even if YOU have succumbed
to the Establishments of gas or cleo
tricity.
| Besides. plenty of people haven't sue
cumbed. Walk along any comfortable
street after dark, and you will see liv-
ing rooms in abundance illuminated by
oil lamps Some Of them are Of cur
ious and beautiful workmanship. They
came from the jewelers. or the china
merchants rather than from the cor
ner grocery store. But their light isn't
any better than the common inexpen-
sive affair that was universal in other
years.
| or course if the lamp isn't taken care
of it is just as resentfu1 as any other
household OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES car,
furnace or coffee pot Neglected. 1t
| takes vengeance by smoking emitting
foul odors and dim light hut prop
erly looked after it is as bright ana
cheerful as a successful candidate on
| election night.
| Welcome the electric light. but don't
| throw the oil lamp out Of the window.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
a cass of Nees..itx.

One Sunday two small boys were In.
dustriously digging In vacant lot,
when a man who was passing stopped
to give them lecture.
Don't you know that it is sin to
dig on Sunday, unless it be case Of
necessity"
yves, sir" timidly replied one Of
the boys.
'.Then why don't you stop itr'
"'Cause this is a case OF necessity
replied the little philosopher. "A tel.
Ter can't fish without bait"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
GIVE HIM THE MONEY AND DON'T LAUGH.

When the children ask for money to
buy valentines, give II to them. Give
them enough to buy one really good
one and don't inquire into its destina-
!tdon too pryingly. Always there is one
valentine which carries a great deal
from the child who sends it.
II you can not remember your child
hood and the hutter OF valentine time,
,perhaps you'd better see a specialist.
'one of the "alienist' variety. And if
you can remember you Will understand
why the boy acted so embarrassed and
funny when he spoke OF one which
would cost a quarter.
a quarter buys really artistic Gre
alton nowadays. A nickel gets a thing
OF taste and beauty. Remember the
old daub you spent the treasured dime
for and the three-cent stamp You
begged of mother that you might mail
#? It was prodigious. The picture Of
two fierce looking hearts straight from
the slaughter house and dripping with
OF fence stake. a cupid of whose at
tire you found yourself wholly unable to
approve and who looked like Pete Jonas's
crazy child IN the face. with a lace
fummididtlle around tina edges. That's
the valentine you bought He gave you
an envelope to put it in and after il
was in and sea led you got afraid she'd
think it came from another boy and
took il out 20 write YOUR initials on ii
where they wouldn't be noticeable out
where you could find them if it hecan me
necessary 20 prove anything. Do you
remember that just then the valentine
business was quite the main thing in
life Wen. ne Kids feel just the anne
as you did Children don't change as
much as valentines Ard valentines
don't change anything but their shape
and colors ard 50 on. Thev mean the
same now tia. they did then when the
rose was red and the vtolet blue,
The kids are only little men and
women with little man and women :
loves ana l!hlHSS ana desires ana hopes.
Disap poin-r7en- hits them as hard as
il does bigger man and women. Only
il doesn'. hang on - them like it does
70 their elders There * as much
noblesse ob,ige on The school grounds
as in society: a promise or duty
means as much in the school room as
upon the market. Give the kid enough
TO be right among his peers Let him
do the right thing He must be an
average among his fellows If he is TO
become an average among men.
Above all don't give him the impress
sion that his hopes and ambitions and
liking. and all thar goes up 10 make
his sphere IS boys play and benea N
your notice. Il isn't so. We make our
good and bad men. our useful or worth
less grown ups at school and at home
and on the way to ard fro. Really the
most important life in the world is that
iof the children. 1t doesn't make so
much difference about the ripened crop
iits the growing one that will count to-
;morrow and the next day.
II he wants quarter to buy valen-
Ffine for some little girl whom his fancy
singles, give 1t to him. And don't laugh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-07
The Wrong Bill.

BIZ Jones, Louisiana storekeeper.
went to New Orleans to buy a stock Of
goods. They were shipped at once, and
reached home before he did. When the
boxes were delivered at his store his
Wife happened to look at the largest:
she uttered a loud cry and called for a
hammer. A neighbor, hearing the
screams. rushed to her assistance and
asked what was the matter. The wife,
pale and faint. pointed to an inscrfp-
ton on the box which read az follows:
''H... .neiAa"