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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
BUSINESS NOT TO SUFFER
Democratic Leaders Say Sanity and
Common Sense Will Be Rule
on Tariff Question.

Washington.-Re leaders
in the senate and house made 1t plain
that it is not tho purpose OF the
Democratic party in the extra session
to run amuck" ON the tariff question.
Senator Owen, the new leader Of
the progressive Democracy in the up
per house; Senators Bacon and Over
man. and Champ Clark, who is to be
speaker, have declared that sanity
and common sense will be the rule OF
action of their party.
According to, the program these
representative men have talked over
the reciprocity agreement is to be
ratified and those schedules that in
volve monopoly controlled products
and the necessities of life will be re-
vised The remainder Of the sched-
ules will be left for the regular ses-
sion. There will be no wholesale
revision and no upsetting of business
generally. While the reciprocity
agreement is unde~ way in the senate
the house committee will work out
it's scheme of revision regarding wool
and cotton, WOODEN and cotton goods,
flour, dressed meats and other neces-
saries of life and probably agricul-
tural implements. ...
Whatever action the Democrats may
take it will compensate the farmer
for the free admission of agricultural
products from Canada and remove
from his shoulders the burden of car
rying the entire load Of tariff taxa.
ton. In return for free farm prod.
ucts from Canada the farmer is to
be given either free or at greatly re-
duced rates the articles he consumes
and the implements with which he
raises his crops.
The general business interests will
not suffer, unless it be the agricul.
tural implement trust.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
sal,eoad. WIN Extend.

pes Moines.--In an interview with
gentleman fully qualified TO talk
Of the matter he stated 'na'
.The fact that the Rock Island soon
win possess a through route from 81.
paul to Kansas City via Des MONIES
and Allerton, suggests the company
may contemplate extending It's track
southwark from Allerton to Eidon'
Mo-, to a connection with the Kansas
City.St. Louis line, and thus give the
Rock Island entrance to st. LOUIS cS.
er its own rails from st. PAU ana
Minneapolis. Connection could oe
made from st. Louis by constructing
a line from point on the Kansas
City-CEicago route to that extending
from st. Louis to Kansas City. Irat-
fic by any other ronte would make II
necessary for the Rock Island 10 go
far roundabout and then divide the
business with either the Burlington
the Wabash or the Missouri Paciilc.
That the Great Western contem-
plates substantial improvements IN
its roadbed, time schedules and ex-
petition of moving freight traffic Is
by the present activity Oh
President S. NJ. FELTON, in arranging
for an early spring campaign Tor the
repair or replacement OF bridges. yes
terday Mr.. FELTON,, accompanied by {.
Willard, division engineer, and W. D.
Causey, superintendent OF the south
western division, left the city In MT.
Felton's car for tour OF inspection
Of the bridges between Des MONIES
and Oelwein, with the view OF plac-
ing these and the culverts and ROAD
crossings in condition for fast tram
service to meet the competition OF
The Rock Island with its contemplat-
ed shorter route from the Twin Cities
TO Kansas City via the st. Paul q
Des Moines."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
BALL|NCER RESIGNS
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR PRE-
SCENTS RESIGNATION AND TAFT
APPOINTS WALTERL.F FISHER.
GIVES ILL HEALTH AS REASON
Retiring Official Bases His Request
Entirely Upon His Condition and
Receives Warm Praise In Letter
From the President.

Washington.-Richa A. Ballinger's
resignation as secretary of thei in
terror was accepted by President
Taft and Walter l.. Fisher of Chicago
was Tuesday appointed as his sue
cessor
Mr.. Ballinger rendered his resigna'
ton in q letter on January IS, being
on the condition of his health. The
president replied at once, expressing
his confidence in Secretary Ballinger,
his reluctance to accept his resigna'
ton, and requested the secretary to
remain in office until the close of the
session of congress. Immediately on
the adjournment Of congress Score
tary Ballinger renewed his request.
Tuesday President Taft, in letter,
formally accepted the resignation and
Mr.. Fisher was appointed as his sue
cessor, his commission being signed
Immediately by the president. MI
Fisher will take office Immediately.
The correspondence between the
president and the secretary is not
voluminous, but displays beyond ques-
ton the confidence which Mr.. Taft
has reposed in Mr.. Ballinger through
out the long siege and the indignation
with which he has viewed the attacks
on the secretary's personal and Off
cial integrity.
II have had the fullest opportuni
ty," the president says in his letter
accepting the resignation, ito know
you, to know your standards Of serv'
ice to the government ant the public,
to know your motives, to know how
you have administered your office and
to know the motives Of those who
have assailed you. r.
II do not hesitate to say that you
have beeen the object of one of the
most INSCRIPTIONS conspiracies for
the defamation of character that his
tory can show"
And in the conclusion of his letter
the president declares that every
fiber OF my nature rebels against such
hypocrisy" {referring to the attacks
on Ballinger's character) land nerves
me to fight such combination and
such methods to the bitter end. lest
success in this instance may form a
demoralizing precedent. But person.
al consideration for you and yours
makes me feels that I have no right
to ask for a further sacrifice"
The president goes on to declare It
evident that he has been himself the
ultimate object of the attack, and says
that to insist on Mr.. BaNnger's re-
naming in office with the prospects
Of further efforts against you, is
selflshly to impose on you more Of a
burden than I ought to impose"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
HIGH COURT UPHoLDs BLAIR
Disfranchisement Of 1000 Voters by
Adams County, Judge Ratified by
Ohio Supreme Tribunal.

Portsmouth, O. More than 100
indictments will in all probability
be reported in Scioto county by
the grand jury as the result of
decision by the Ohio supreme court
UNFOLDING the Acknowledgement Of
more than 1000 voters in Adams
county by Judge A. z. Blair. When
those acknowledgements were taken
to the supreme court, Judge Blair
dropped the investigation OF scioto
county's affairs and waited until his
action in Adams county was ratified
py the bench. Now the probe will 70
on and these indictments may be
returned this week.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Win Prizes in Missouri Contest.

Ames.-The famous "fVe-acre
farm contest held by the state poul
try board of Missouri has just clos
ed. This contest consisted in laying
out a five-acre poultry farm, drawing
plans for all the buildings and giving
a detailed estimate Of the profit and
loss for three years. There were
more than 200 contestants from nine
teen different states. The following
are the names of the first three win
ners: Frank E. Mia, Ames, five
acre farm; Miss Lille S. Tidweli
Arkansas City, Kas., Prairie State in
cubator; Rud H. Hicken, Ames, Ia,
five sacks poultry feed.
F. E. Mixa, who won first and has
had five acres of Missouri land deed
ed to him by the governor OF Mis-
souri,, is superintendent OF the Iowa
State college poultry farm. Mr.. R.
H. Hicken, who came in third, is al
so an Iowa boy and a student taking
poultry work at Iowa state college.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
STARTS ON LONG TRIP
ROOSEVELT TOUR TIE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST.
Will Participate In MANY Important
Events During the + .xt Two
Months.

New York - Former President
Roosevelt left Wednesday on two
months tour of the south and soutl.
west. A $4,000 dinner, reunion Ct
the Rough Riders, day spent In pre-
siding over ceremonies to be held in
the town of Roosevelt, Ariz., to mark
the opening of the Roosevelt dam, one
of the greatest engineering feats ia
the west, and .ong hunting and fish.
ing trips in and about the Rockies are
some of the things which will enliven
the peregrinations of the former pres.
ident.
In Birmingham he addressed Child
Labor Commission. New Orleans en-.
tertained the ex-Rough Rider with s
$4,000 banquet given under the
auspices of the Commercial club OF
Louisiana. The annual convention OF
Cattle Raisers,' one of the most pow,
erful organizations in the state Of
Texas, was addressed by the Colonel
at San Antonio. The next stop in tho
initerary was Albuquerque, N. NJ,
where the ex-Rough Rider spent two
days among his old friends Of the sad
die. From there he went to Grand
Canyon, Ariz.. where a short address
was delivered. Then on to Phoenia
for the opening of the Roosevelt dam
In Los Angeles, Colonel Roosevelt,
viii speak at the invitation of Gov.
ernor Johnson of that state.
San Francisco, the termination OF
his trans-continental trip, will receivs
some ten days OF his time. Here he
will divide his time between the Uni
versity of California, at Berkeley
where he will deliver the Earl lee,
lures, six in number; and his head
quarters in the city where he will re-
ceive visitors from the Pacific slope
No definite arrangements, othe,
than personal promise to be pres.
ent at the opening of the new Y. NJ
c. A. building at Reno, have beer
made, though it IS probable that he
will visit friends in Oregon and Ne
vada for an intermediate period. aft
er which he will visit Seattle and
Spokane. No speeches to be deliver.
ed In those states are yet announced:
nor is the length of his stay. At the
conclusion of his visit he will proba.
bly, go to some place in Idaho thence
to Sand Point, Montana. and home
through the north and middle west.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
TELL OF PROGRESS
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL COW
DRESS OPENS At ATLANTA.
Presence Of Prominetn Men From ="
sections Of Country Adds DIG
nity 70 Gathering.

Atlanta, Ga.--The presence OF Pres'
ident Taft, Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson, sec
rotary of War Dickinson, WOODROW
Wilson, governor of New Jersey To-
gether with all the governors OF the
southern states and some OF the Iore'
most business men Of the nation ~
the opening Of the Southern CONNER
cial congress here Wednesday added
dignity to convention whose I'M
portance to the country at large ana
to the south in particular will be sec
ond to none. Coming as 1t does just
fifty years after the division OF the
states in civil strife, 1t exemplines
that great commercial union that has
sprung from the ashes of dead revo'
luton to bind the North and the
South firmly in the bonds OF mutual
interest.
Three men of worldwide reputation
occupied the, attention OF the conven'
ton with addresses of much interest.
Secretary Wilson delivered speech
on agriculture In the South, George
Westinghouse spoke on Electricity IN
the Development of the South, ana
George w. Perkins addressed the con-
vention on Business Efficiency IN
Southern Progress"
During the three days OF the con-
vention many speeches were DEW.
cred. These discourses were headed
by speech from Senator Duncan Y.
Fletcher of Florida on "The Southern
Renaissance" The second speech OF
national Importance will be by SEN
ator Money of Mississippi on THE
Obligation of the Panama Canal.
The third national utterance was
from the lips of Former Senator
James Gordon of Mississippi, who
brought a message From Yesterday
to Today" He was followed by Or.
Clarence J. Owens, commander-in-
chief of the United Sons of Confedl
crate Veterans, who spoke on To-day
and Tomorrow" Colonel Roosevelt
was the fifth speaker. President
Taft made the closing remarks OF the
convention, taking for his topic, "A
Greater Nation Through Greater
South"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
SEVEN INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Alaskan Development Company Off.
Gals Accused of Using 800 Citi.
zens to Make Coal Entries.

Detroit, Mich.-Government investi.
cation into alleged Alaskan LAID
frauds involving approximately 49,
600 acres Of land. valued at more
than $5o,00o,00O, resulted in the issu.
ance Monday of an indictment by
the local federal jury, charging seven
individuals with conspiracy against
the United States. The defendants
are Wilbur W. McAlpine. Albert H.
Roehme. George w. Ross, Frank d.
Andrus. Arthur Holmes and McCurdy
G. lie Beau, all Of Detroit, and John NJ.
Bushnell of Chicago. The foregoing
are officials Of company known as
the Michigan-Alaska Development
company
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Ben Hur Tribe to Meet.

Marshalltown. The sixth annual
convention of the Tribe of Ben Hur
of Iowa, fraternal o. ganization,
will be held in this city OIL Thursday
and Friday, March % and "a. Many
social features are being planned in
honor OF the visitors by tie local
court.
DR.. Royal Girard Of Charlottesville,
Ind, supreme chief of The order, Is
TO be in attendance. NJ. L. Lawrence
Of Sioux City is president Of the Iowa
organization, and Mrs. s. A. Case OF
Council Bluffs. secretary. Cedar
Rapids, Oskaloosa and Mason City
ere bidding for the 1912 convention.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
County Clubs to ORGANIZE.

Ottumwa.--The farmers of Wapel-
10 county will organize q county club
for the purpose Of discussing better
methods of farming. This action is
the result OF a visit here of j. w.
Johnson of the extension department
OF Ames college, who is endeavoring
to organize the state in county clubs
to secure better results from the
farms of Iowa.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Butter Makers to Help Barney.

Des Moines.-Forty creamery men
from Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, Min.
uesota and Illinois met in Des
Moines and appointed a committee
to assist Food and Dairy Commits
sioner Barney in the. enforcement OF
the Iowa pure food laws. The com.
mittee appointed to assist Mr.. Bar.
ney is made up of j. w. Fowler,
Grinnell; H. B. Dunlap. Des Moines;
w. s. Wilcox. Mason City; F. A..
Leighton. Des Moines and J. j. Jeck,
Atlantic.
How to better the butter making
of Iowa was the principal subject for
discussion.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Plans New Auto Road.

Hampton.--Good roads and dairy
meetings are in session here. Prem.
tice Rawson, good road expert; w.
B. Barney, state dairy commissioner;
Professor Van Pelt, state dairy ex
pert, and +. L. Odell, government,
dairy expert, are in charge Of the
meetings.
There has been considerable talk
favoring the putting through of an
automobile road from Ackley to Shef-
field. The road would begin at Ack-
ley and run through Geneva, Hamp-
ton, Chaplin and then to Sheffield.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
10000 Strikers In CHICAGO.

Chicago.-A general strike OF build
ing trades, tieing up the entire build.
ing industry In Chicago and involving
probably 10000 workers was called
Wednesday as the result Of the filing
OF petition for an injunction By the
steamfitters. against which organiza.
tion the plumbers, members Of the
Building Trades council, are fighting.
BY ordering general strike before
the injunction proceedings, instituted
before Judge Gridley. could be heard,
the officials Of the trades council exc
cuted a coup. X
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Punils, Teeth Examined.

Observation-Disclosures is the first
city in the state to hare complete
examination of the teeth OF grade
pupils made at the instance of the
board of education and 'superintend-
ert, and the results Of the recent ex-
animation of nearly 1000 children In
West Waterloo will be awaited with
interest
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Ninety Burned to Death.

St. Petersburg. Ninety persons,
many of them children. were burned
to death and forty others injured in
a fire that destroyed a moving pic.
ture theater at Bologoie Monday.
In the stampede that followed the
first appearance of the flames forty
or more persons were burned and
crushed. Many OF these are expected
to die. The toll of death may reach
125 Z
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Scottish Rite Wagons Meet.

Clinton.-The annual winter reun.
ion of DeMolay consistory No. 1, Az
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite Ma.
sons, at the Scottish Rite cathedral,
attracted visitors from many parts
of the state. There was . large class
of candidates for the thirty-second
degree.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Church Burns at Waterloo.

Waterloo.-Fire of unknown origin
in the choir loft Sunday morning, de-
stroyed the $4,000 pipe organ and
damaged the new First Methodist
$4,000 church to the extent Of $15,-
00c and forced postponement Of the
dedicatory exercises which were to
have been held later in the day. Tie
loss Is fully covered by insurance
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

The Aero Club Of America has
acted commercially in taking steps
looking to lessening Of danger IN
aviation. One proposition is that ma
chimes shall be examined more close
~ before any attempt at flying II
permitted. This is simple precau-
ton which should be easily taken.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Grinnell Has 5000 Fire,

Grinnell.-Fire broke out in the
Grinnell Herald building on Sunday
and did damage CT about $4,000 be-
fore being extinguished.
How the blaze started is not
known. 1t originated in the Herald
composing room, which was Destroy
ed. The press and other rooms, how
ever, were saved from the fire.
The Herald building is owned by
Ray & Cowden and the Herald by
Ray & Frisbie. All the damage is
fully covered by insurance.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
New Farm Publication.

Ames.- Profitable Breeding and
Farming" is the title Of new live
stock and agricultural paper soon to
be issued from the Office Of the Ne
yada Journal. The paper will be de-
voted particularly to the interests OF
the farmers and breeders Of Central
Iowa
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
CANNON sPURNs $500 A DAY
TOO Busy" Is Reply Telegraphed Back
BY illinois Representative to
lyceum Bureau.

Washington. Five hundred dol
lars night for 100 nights" was
an offer telegraphed from west,
ern lyceum bureau to Representative
Joseph G. Cannon OF Illinois. Too
busy was the reply telegraphed back
by Mr.. Cannon. a5 5s
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

Innovating dressmakers may try to
Danish the waist line from the feminine
form divine; but enterprising man will
continue to seek. locate and restore It
with his strong right arm.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

a New York physician tells us that
he can cure old age. We have also
heard Of men who thought they had
discovered the secret Of perpetual mo-
ton, Strange to say. the physician Is
not III Matteawan.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Master Head Of Alliance.

II Cedar Falls.-The meeting Of the
Cedar Falls district convention Of
the Young Peoples alliance, closed
here after an interesting three days
session. w. F. Master. Waverly,
was elected president, and w. H.
Brunn, Waterloo, vice.president.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
German Prince AL Cairo.

Cairo. Egypt. The German Crown
Prince Frederick William arrived
here Monday from suez and was well
coined at the railway station by the
khedive, the ministers and the diplo-
mats resident here. He will spend
some time in Egypt.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Price Of champaone coln, n,

Price Of Champagne Going up.
New York.-Advices from Par,.
Wednesday to local wine importers IN,
dicate that an advance between IS
and $40 a case on champagne Is con.
templated by the French wine grow.
ers this year.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Legislature Is Held L eos,

4 Columbus, O.--The present session
Of the Ohio general assembly is coEsti.
tutional. The supreme court handed
down that ruling Tuesday. thus making
all acts OF the legislature efYective
There had been question as to tho
constitutionality OF the session. #
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Thrown bx His Horse: Hurt

''0' " TIC wv ScI T1UTt. -
Perry,-Geo Podmore, %, was
seriously injured when he was
thrown from a horse The horse
stepped on his face while he was w.
Ing on the ground, crushing his jaw
and knocking ort most Of his teeth.
He was taken to Mercy hospital, Des
Moines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Apponyl Salts for hom..

New York. Count Albert Apponyi
sailed for his home in Hungary Tues.
day after lecture tour here adyocat.
ing universal peace. The count said
ne was delighted with his audiences
and hoped to return to the Unitad
States in the near future. N
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

One marriage out OF every three in
San FRANCISCO ends in divorce, accord.
Ing to one who delves in such things.
Apparently matrimonial earthquakes
are common there, too.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Moor Kills a Frenchman.

Melilla, Morocco. Mangin. the
chief Of the French military mission
at Fee, was killed by the son Of the
Moorish minister Of war Tuesday, be.
cause the officer had caused the execu,
ton of two native soldiers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Jamea q. RIalna m Nedded,

James q. Blaine III. Welded.
Boston. At noon Thursday James
G. Blaine HI, Of Newport, and Miss
Marion Dow Of this city were married,
the ceremony being witnessed by rela-
tives only. The couple left for New
York. where they will sail for Europe.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

A beauty expert says that to keep
their mouths beautiful, women must
shut them. Here is the sex confront
ed with the most narrowing alternative
ever presented to distracted human
choice.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

And now q physician blames the
spread OF infantile paralysis on feas.
What? Fleas on pity itty tootsie woot-
sic! Lot the doctor prepare for an
onslaught OF highly insulted moth
ers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Love Causes soIdle =. suicide,

Love Causes Soldiers Suicide.
l4eavenworth, Kan. Driven mad BY
the thought Of leaving his sweetheart,
Quartermaster Sergt Fred Snyder,
Company An Thirteenth infantry, shot
and killed himself Wednesday in Ms
bunk at Fort Leavenwo rth.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Rear Admiral Fremon+ n,..

Rear Admiral Fremont Dies.
Boston.--Rear Admiral John Charles
Fremont, commandant OF the Charles.
town navy yard, fell dead Of heart dis,
ease in his home at the navy yard
wednesday. He was born in San
Francisco In 1849.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

Not content with the hobble skirt,
those Partisan intriguers have sprung
the "trouser gown" on us. Possibly
the pantaloon effect is expected to
make q hit with suffragettes.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10

Now We hear Of an order issued by
i railroad forbidding the holders Of
passes to occupy seats In crowded
Trains. This Il construed BY co
temporary O "aimed At the complste
deaiSe u tho deadhead; I" but 1t seems
n Othsrs to hit harder the recent
1s9Al Action tint passss have bsen
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-03-10
Mrs. Mary ]. Jenkins Dies,

Baltimore, Md. Mrs. Mary Isabella
Jenkins. wife Of Michael Jenkins. cap
ttaitst and philanthropist, died at her
home Monday. The title Of duchess
Of Llewellyn was conferred on MT.
Jenkins by Pope Plus X.