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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
MANY iMTEREsTs SEEK TO De.
Law CASE or MAsRAv,rE
oo.DErWEEN.
STORY TOLD ~ MAsRAv
no Dc sUesTANriArEp
otats Has Witnesses Who viii Tell 81
Inside Workings Of swindIs Syndi.
eats-esnsatien Promised When A.
P. Fair Goes On stand-Tom 0snni.
con Active.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Dec. 11.-Attorney Gen.
eral Cosson and Assistant Attorney
General Fletcher are in Council Bluffs
to take up the trial of Ben Marks, To-
cal boss and proprietor of gaming
between thru which the Mabray gang
reached city. county and federal Off
Gals, and dealt with the politicians
higher up" SO as to secure protection
for the operations of their big store"
These two state officials were asso-
ciated with Attorney General Byers
when he directed the campaign which
finally broke up the operations of the
Mabray gang and has headed one of
the "steerers" for the state prison. Mr..
Cosson decided that he would not have
done his full duty until he should have
exhausted every means for securing
Justice not alone for the helpers and
associates of Mabray and his partners
but also for those persons who gave
the protection and assured immunity
while the robbery was going on. 1t had
long been known that the Mabrayites
diverted of their ill-gotten gains por-
ton to be used as protection fund
and that 1t was handled thru persons
OF great political influence.
Induced Mabray to Confess.
1t was thru the personal influence Of
Mr.. Cosson that Mabray himself was
induced to go before the grand jury
and tell the facts in regard to this mat
ter. Mr.. Cosson visited him twice In
the prison at Leavenworth and induced
him to make a clean breast OF the
whole scheme and to tell Of all who
have had a hand in the business.
In order to make sure OF the sue
cess of the prosecution Of Dobbins, the
first one to receive5a prison sentence
under state law Tor the larceny of
money from the Mikes attorney
General Ryers took personal charge of
the trial before. Judge Green. In or
der to make sure, Of no miscarriage
in the Ben Marks case. Attorney Gen.
eral Cosson went to Council Bluffs and
took personal charge. even going the
length Of taking his office stenogra-
pher along to act as clerk to the grand
Jury. Now hesWtal. personally direct
the trial Of Marks. r. . b.
Every conceivable subterfuge has
been used to force delay Of the trial
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
PRISONER SECURES RELEASE.
Claimed to Have Served Term and
Starts Habaes Corpus Proceedings.

Fort Madison, Dec 11.-John Smith.
convict. walked out Of the penitentiary
Saturday eight months before the time
set for his release. His release came as
the result of an order from the district
court and followed the hearing OF ha-
beas corpus proceedings instituted by
thep risoner thru his attorneys at
Cedar Rapids.
Smith was originally sentenced to
fifteen years for larceny from Cedar
Rapids. He had served ten months of
his sentence at Anamosa when the SUI
preme court reversed the decision Of
the lower court. On the retrial, Smith
plead guilty and was sentenced to ten
years. which term would be up next
August But Smith demanded that the
ten months service Mt Anamosa be
taken into consideration. and his de-
mands were allowed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
RUN INTO CLOTHES LINE.
Madrid Citizen Seriously Injured Will,
Playing With Children.

Special to Times Republican
Boone. Dec. 11.-George Hammans.
Of Madrid. was the victim of peculiar
and at the same time serious acci-
dent. one day recently. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hammans and the children were guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Lackey, and dur
ing the afternoon the children were
playing around the house and entering
into the spirit of their fun for a mo-
ment. Mr.. Hammans Joined in. He ran
around the house after one Of the chill
dren and in doing so ran against a
clothes line. He was picked up un-
conscious and carried into the house
and DR.. Shaw summoned. After re-
gaining. consciousness he was taken
violently i'll and has been confined to
his bed since. 49,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
Rsinbsek Brsvitiss.
to Times-RepubIican,

Special to Times Republican.
Reinbeck. Dec. 11.-There were two
good games of basketball here Friday
night between the boys and girls teams
Of Traer and Reinbeck. The score was
as follows: Reinbeck boys. SO, Traer
Z; Reinbeck girls Is. Traer 2.
p. f. Geb and wife left Thursday
for Los Angeles, where they will spend
the winter.
Saul, Meissner & STANCE have prac-
tica1ly completed their new brick gar
age building, 44x1O0. and 1t will be OPP
Grated by George NJ. Saul.
W. w. Wagner has sold his restaur-
ant business to Watson and Van Vlfe:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
Iowa Fall. Woman Stricken.
Special to Times Republican.

SpeclaI 20 mes-RepubIlCan.
Iowa Falls, Dec. Word has just
been received from Pasadena, Cal, tina,
Mrs. J. J.. Hoag, a pioneer resident ot
this city. is in a precarious condition
and it is thought she can not live
long. She recently sustained another
stroke Of paralysis and is now forced
to take nourishment artificially. Mrs
Hoag is the widow OF Joseph l.. Hoag
who was q prominent business mar
here in an early day. She has made
her home in California for number Of
years. living with her only child, Mrs
Bertha Harrington.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11

and attorneys resisted almost with
bittcrness the demand Of the state that
trial should b. commenced 1t once. but
now the case - st Tor hearing COM
mencing today
osneatieN Provided.
A sensation y promised in the cass
A. p. Fair goss ON tho stand and gives
testimony strongly corroboratins the
story of Mabray - to the part Marks
played In the saIae. Fair was manager
Of the Nebraska Telephone Company at
the time the Mabray gang was nperat-
ing most extensively. A such man
ager he became aware Of VIVA. was
gc,ns on. He overheard q Seea' many
conversations. He knew where the
t. ephones vera loneted for the Mabray
sang and for Marks and ne knew Of
their connections %ith Omaha people
It has long been known to the authort-
ties that Far could give testimony Of
the greatest Importance in the case. but
h., could noe be found. An OF icee was
sent to Texas for HIM. as he had gone
there at one time: then he was traced
to Lincoln, and he Is said to be now In
Omaha again. Much will depend upon
the testimony Of Fair. who. while not
in any way a party to the Mabray sys-
TEN. innocently became aware Of what
was being done 1t Is stated that he
is perfectly willing to give testimony.
tho he has hesitated because of fear
that what he says would involve still
others In the net, and ne does not care
to bring in the names Of influential per-
sons.
Defense Fight Hard.
The defense in the Marks trial. 1t is
definitely known, has not only sought
to delay the trial, but has been bringing
terrible pressure upon some OF the wit
nesses relied upon by the state. Tom
Dennison the well-known Omaha
gambler, whose connection with the
Shercliffe case and the securing Of
from Governor Shaw Of pardon for
him is we'll remembered, has been in
Des Moines two or three times. making
headquarters at Bob Kings saloon,
since Mabray came here from Fort
Leavenworth. y
A man named Robinson. serving time
here under federal conviction. will be
a witness in the Marks case. and he
has information that will go far toward
sustaining the evidence Of John c. Ma
bray.
AS for Mabray himself there seems
to be no doubt that at the present time
ne is without money. He hss SOLD some
Of his personal effects. including var-
liable diamond. and he has sought earn
estly to get into some business where
he would be able to earn a living. He
is under a state charge and out on
bail
The next week will determine to
wha: extent the political influences that
for many years sustained and support
ed the Mabray gang and shared in the
profits OF the store will now go to
shield the men who gave the Mabray-
ties a safe domici!e.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
HvoRoPHoeiA FEARS ALLAvEo.
All Parties Taking Treatment at Iowa
City Doing Wall.

Special to Times Republican.
Creston, Dec 11.-Afton friends Of
the nine persons who went from the
vicinity Of Arispie to Iowa City with
the Berry family to take treatment
against the hydrophobia infection. have
received letters from one Of the party
who states that they are all doing we'll
and that surgeons at the hospital have
all expressed the belief that there ~ no
danger of the malady developing in
any Of them. Two Of the persons we're
deemed immune from the first and are
not being treated at all.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
eiqo..s Sal. on Record.

Creston, Dec. I'm. J. Jordan 4
Son held a public auction OF livestock
at their home few miles from here
that is said to have been the most sue
cessful in this section Of the country
for several years. There were 800 head
OF stock aid the sale brought moro
than $4,000. Two hundred and eighty
seven head Of the stock were cattle and
twenty two horses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
Aupsndieiti. at $500" Rapids.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux Rapids, Dec. 11.-John Gill
more was taken suddenly and danger
ously Ill Thursday night with appendi-
citis. He. was taken to Sioux City to
hospital Friday afternoon, for an oper-
alton.
Mrs. John stalk underwent very
serious operation at the st. Joseph hos
pital, at 800" City, last week. Her
condition is still critical
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
TRAMPLEo az HORSE.
Boone County Boy injured In Fall
From Family Naa.

Special to Times-Republican.
Boone. Dec. 11.-Robert, the 11-year-
old son Of G. w. Jones, of Harrison
township. met with a serious accident
Saturday. He was riding horseback
with his brother and the ANNA!
stumbled and fell The unfortunate
boy fell beneath and was badly bruised
but no bones were broken. He did not
recoved consciousness for fourteen
hours and for a time 1t was feared
that he would not recover. He Is
getting along nicely now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11
TIMES REPUBLICAN,

and attorneys resisted almost with
bittcrness the demand Of the state that
trial should b commenced 1t once. but
now the case - ct for hearing COM
nlencing today
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-11

been used to force delay Of the trial
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

business interests to put the lid on
Madero
While Madero was in the field.
with the power of the common people
behind him he was the most power
full in Mexico In just so far as the
business interests of Mexico stand
between MIN and the common people,
With their advice and interference,
and their time-honored cry, Don't
interfere with business In that
same degree he will lose his power.
With his power gone the Cientificos
which means the Wall-st OF Mex
leo land that includes a large part
of our own Wall-st) will turn on him
like wolves.
To be a strong president, Madero
must stand, solitary and alone, with
only the power of the people behind
him
The answer will be written soon
on the already bloody page OF Mexf=
can history.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

The school Social Center idea is
spreading like. fire on a prairie.
It's breaking out In new places all
the time.
AT least 100 American cities and
towns have either begun social cen.
ter work. or are preparingS'to take
IL up. Here's brief survey OF the
field. touching only the high spots
Rochester-The pioneer In strictly
social center work. Three fully equip
per social center schools and many
other schoolhouses opens for neighbor-
hood activities.
New York City-Has effective sys-
TEN Of recreation centers. and evening
schools for children and adults. Best
school lecture system in America
Philadelphia-Seven schoolhouses
open to the public for social purposes
through cooperation with the Home
and School league and civic clubs.
Chicago-Leads the world in play
grounds and field houses (has spent
$ll 100000 on them) and is now begin
ming to take up all-round social CEN
ter work. Nine Chicago schoolhouses
are now open for the wider uses, and
others soon will be.
Buffalo-ls now completing a new
high school building, planned as a
complete social center--with gymnas-
lums, baths. assembly hall, kitchen,
etc.
Pittsburg-Social center work be-
gun with the opening OF two ward
schools. Movement spreading TO 9th.
ar netghboFAoeds- --
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

Milwaukee--Eleyen schools open
for social center work Lecture sys-
tenn second only to New York.
.Baltimore-One old schoolhouse
turned into neIghborhood club.
Cleveland-"Committee on Lectures
and Social Center Development At
work. Has long used schoolhouse for
night vocational schools.
Columbus. ohio-"Public Recreation
and Social Education" department
the first In the country-has engaged
a supervisor to push social center
work. Is using schools and the city
hall itself
Boston-More than "A score,of school
houses are used as neighborhood
meeting places.
Cambridge-Move well under
way with a Harvard professor at the
helm.
Minneapolis-Plans afoot for adding
auditoriums To existing school build.
ings into social center rooms Estate
law forbids use of Easements for reg
ular school work.
Observation-Disclosures school gymnas-
iums are open TO the public for even
ius use, lHeIe lS Tree CHOIdl CLASS,
four swimming pools. several lecture
courses; the schoolhouses are open
for the use OF. social clubs on Friday
evenings. (Free discussion barred,
thanks TO the personal Interference OF
Boss Cox
Oakland Cal.-Agitation for com
plete socialization OF schools is on
Toledo-Ward schools have ,ong
been used for neighborhood gather
ings. New high schools planned to
serve as neighborhood centers.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

Wisconsin was the first state 10
recognize the social center movement.
A little over year ago Edward j..
Ward. who organized the work in
Rochester. WAS called 10 Wisconsin as
adviser for the department OF Wei
fare and Civic and Social Center De-
velopment" OF the University OF Wis
consin. The work is progressing rap
idly. A state law now requires all
state boards 10 open school and other
public buildings on general demand
from the people. Now the movement
Is general throughout the state.
The University OF Virginia has fol-
lowed Wisconsin In the establishment
of department of social centers. Sew
eral other universities have similar
plans afoot, namely: California. Kan.
sas, Texas, Oklahoma. Missouri,
The development OF the social CEN
ter idea in Texas has been unique.
There IL has caught not only the peo-
pie OF the cities. but the country folks
as well Scores of country schools
are being opened for neighborhood
use. Col. Frank p. Holland. publish
er of Farm and Ranch. Is pushing the
movement. and young man named
Charles w. Holman has been put in
charge OF the field work
Thirty million dollars is the esti-
mated yearly loss entailed through the
idleness of American schoolhouses.
That's counting the idle time about
81 per cent and the investment about
billion, the approximate value of the
American school plant. This waste
has been going on for decades.
The schoolhouse is now coming to
its own.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23
GRAPES.

Candied Grapes-Pick grapes from
stem. wash carefully. then place in
jar have boiling water ready and
pour over them; let stand 20 minutes,
then pour off and repeat twice more.
When the third water is put on, place
sugar in water on stove TO make thick
sirup. Then pour OF water and I'LL
with sirup. Seal as any other fruit.
Grape Juice Lemonade-Make a
pint OF lemonade and sweeten II well.
Put into a pitcher quantity OF
crushed ice. pour the lemonade upon
il, drop into 1t six sprays OF mint and
add a quart OF grape juice. When
very cold serve.
Grape Wine-Three pounds OF sug-
ar 10 basket of ripe grapes, remove
stems and place in small layers OF
fruit, make barrel alright; put away
for 10 or II weeks. then bottle for
use; the older the richer in flavor.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

In her latest book Zona Gale tells
how some OF the women OF Friend
ship Village" expressed their social
motherhood by opening the Friend
snip Village schoolhouse as social
center The national movement for
social center development has behind
II the interest OF "A couple OF Mothers
TO Men" In real life-Mrs David Kirk
and Mrs. Francis Vandergrift
Mrs. Kirk was probably the frst
woman superintendent of schools in
America-at Bradford, Pa. She saw
the possibilities OF the wider use OF
the schoolhouse and help the people
to get their moneys worth out Of their
property.
She married. but never lost her in
terest In this. When she moved to
Pittsburgh and became an intimate
friend of Mrs. vandergrift her own
enthusiasm aroused the interest and
cooperation OF her friend
And now these two women are fur
nishing the financial support for the
wUsk Of the Social Center Association
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23
MADERO'St UP AGAINST SOMETHING A HEAP
STRONGER THAN DIAZ NOW
MONEY POWER.

coal, which they SELL II the state au-
thorities inteIfered, they would un-
doubtedly start a local revolution.
Yet these same miners can hardly
be blamed because, when they struck
for higher wages three years ago the
Diaz administration gave the mine
owner permission TO organize some
of his miners into a branch OF the
federal army, with power of life
and death over his workmen. He
broke the strike.
A holdover chamber of deputies
elected under the DiaZ rule, with one
year more to serve, will be another
handicap. The Cientificos still have
a ruling vote.
Madero is further handicapped by
his quarrel with DR.. Vasquez Gomez,
his right hand man during the revo-
luton. Gomez says that the quarrel
arose because he demanded that Jose
Limantour, minister OF finance, leave
Mexico at the same time that Diaz
departed and that Madero's family
were so entangled financially with
Limantour that they persuaded the
revolutionist son that Limantour
ought to be permitted to stay, even
though the Mexican people regarded
Limantour as Cientifico leader
There is one more grave problem
how to reward his generals SO that
they will yield up their Scholarships
without discomfort. When Diaz was
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

Ella Buchanan comes OF a newspa-
per and literary family. On the
paternal side, are editors and writer's
straight through generations. On the
maternal side. are artists and writer's.
For some years. her father was an
editor In Springfield, ILL., Then the
family moved to Pittsburg, Kan.
where the father became prominent in
state journalism and politics
The young sculptor is still resi-
dent OF the Kansas town although
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

she spends the larger part OF each
year in Chicago
Miss buchanan tells a significant
story In her suffrage group. "Suf
frage" Is the central figure, callins
upon her sisters with the bugle al
her lips. Leaning upon Suffrage" Ia
the wage Garner; the other figures
represent prostitution in the dust
vanity and convention.
The New York suffragists plan tc
have the group produced in bronze,
in heroic size.
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

Inc comprehensive composition In
sculpturing, The Suffragist Arousing
Her Sisters by Miss Ella Buchanan,
has become a bond of sympathy and
effort between leaders OF the cause"
in New York, Chicago, San Francisco,
st. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville.
Pretty casts from II, in ivory-like
statuettes, are on sale, as are also
postcard prints.
The young sculptor is a clever Chi,
cago Art Institute student
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23
BY W. C. SHEPHERD.

BY W. u. SHEPHEHD.
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23.-It Is ask
! ing almost too much OF flesh and
blood to expect Francisco Madero to
carry out his dream OF Mexican in
dependence.
Part of the dream was that every
Mexican citizen should have a chance
TO own a bit of land, now held by a
few persons.
He has already declared that the
only way TO raise the land taxation
so high that the land owners will be
forced to relinquish portion OF their
vast holdings. Yet his own family
owns vast estates.
In the state Of Chihuahua man
named Terrasas. holds $4,000 square
miles. Every peon on this land is
practically his slave. The state gov
ernor is Abram Gonzalez, man
something OF the Clifford Pinchot type.
If Madero informs Gonzalez that he
wishes the land tax raised. Gonzalez
will see to IT, But the Maedro fam
ily also owns, II is said, about one
million acres in this same states
Will Madero raise the tax against
his own family? All Mexico is asking
the question.
Another problem is the misunder
standing many ignorant poems have
Of personal liberty"
In Hidalgo many miners quit work
and are now cutting down mag
nificent oak forest owned by the gov
ernment and converting IL into char
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

first elected president after his revo-
luton third of century ago, he
made his generals governors. They
were mostly rough men and some
had the dispositions of bandits. But
Madero is doing no such thing. Not
few Of his generals are dissatisfied,
including the famous Pascual Or
DISCO
The leaders in business are doing
their best TO send the impression
abroad that Mexico now is splendid
place in which to invest. Newspaper
and magazine writer's who visit Mex
leo City are lavishly entertained, are
even given free railroad transporta-
ton
"Of course" said railroad official
to favored correspondent 1--WE ex-
pect you to see the best side OF Mex
leo.
This Is all part of the plan OF the
The Detroit times., 1911-10-23

We all remember the way
In which men used TO come to-
gether In the schoolhouse meet,
ings in the country. and we
look back in our history to the
time of the old New England
town meeting as one of real
democracy. There Is no reason
why We cannot develop the
same democracy ..... through
the use OF the public school
buildings as neighborhood civic
clubhouses- Mayor Seidel, OF
Milwaukee.