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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
HORSE. HARNESS AND AUTOMOBILE.

The impression to be gained by the
common observer who sees ten auto
momiles whirling where one whirled
before Is that the horse is being sup
planted by the machine Everyone who
can't afford IT and most of those who
can hsye autos, somebody said wittily
and with a modicum Of truth. Horses
should be cheap but they aren't
At the harness makers convention
in New York lately the president Of the
association made the statistical state
nent that there are more horses in the
country than ever before and that the
prices are as high az at any period. He
said that harness makers have sold
more harness within the last twenty
four nonths than in any previous two
years and that tbs demand FOR harness
- Increasing instead Of diminishing.
70 subGtantists in part his assertions
- quoted from these figures from the
United States census bureau: The
Aofses IN the country In 1850 numbered
49,. 71S: in 1850, II, 2o1 800: in 1900,
about the time the automobile was
coming. Into general use, 13.537,624: ten
yeAs2 when the number Of automo-
0a1eG IN uss had been multiplied many
s1snss over. 100000. In spite. Of the
aufomobtls the horses had increased
0va9 syeo0,Ao0. AZ regards their value
tAe census Of tsn years ago gave thu
6a1uo 9 hsssss and colts ct . billion
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Girl. in China.

The childhood Of girl in China has
been very different from that of boy.
Before the present century there were
no schools for girls. and very few maids
were taught anything but household
work and needlework. By the edict OF
1905 the nation changed its attitude
and girls Of the upper class must now
be educated; indeed. many Of them are
sent to American schools and colleges.
But altho this new idea of an en-
lightened womanhood is becoming the
fashion 1t will make its way very
slowly thru those intricate compound
walls and into the conservative homes
of China. where 200,o0o,ooo women and
girls have followed for centuries the
customs of their MISUNDERSTANDING.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

Tho regular republican press. In heap
ing ridicule upon the bullmoossrs ON
account Of the plan. will gain nothing.
because, not being paid 100000 for
coming to Chicago, the new party has
adopted q perfectly legitimate way OF
raising money with which to defray
expenses.
There il another reason why the sale
Of tickets Is not such a bad plan. by
comparison At the Chicago convention
there were not enough seats to so
around. Men Of influence In party
councils were unable to gain entrance
in a legitimate manner, and yet, at the
hotels. on the streets. especially in
front of the coliseum, tickets were be-
ing sold. The familiar voice of the
scalper could be heard: Il have tick
ets!" Some persons paid $75 for the
week, others $50 for a day. others 50,
depending upon the market Some OF
these tickets were given to Chicagoans
who had put up the money for enter
tainment; others were given to dele
gates with influence enough to get Eek
tras." The money they could get in the
sale was velvet. Another thing about
tickets given away is that the powers
that be" have opportunity to pack the
meeting place with favorities and ex-
clude those who may be politically OPP
posed to those who are inclined to run
things
It has come in this day that the
galleries are a nuisance. They have
more to say and make more noise than
the delegates. They interrupt the pro-
ceedings. carry on demonstrations,
abuse the officers OF the convention,
insult the speakers and the delegates
there are none of the liberties granted
the American citizen that the visitors
TO political conventions do not take
advantage OF. They assume that they,
instead of the delegates, are the rep
resentatives Of the party and the peo-
pie.
Better it would be, much better. If
only the accredited representatives of
the party and the officers Of the con-
vention met and transacted the busi-
ness without interference and without
obstruction. The delegates are entitled
to quiet elaboration, something they
do not have under the present sys-
TEN. Or. at least, If there be visions
they should let the delegates do the
demonstrating ard make the noise.
Presumably the visitors would not feel
inclined to submit 10 the gag. even if
they did get in for nothing.
There is more fairness in the direct
sale OF tickets than there is in the
favorite system in vogue and practiced
by tire old parties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
EnaIIsh RaIIroads Net Ssfec.


julius Kruttschnitt oontradlts tA1
statement that British railrosu lines
are operated more safely than Iatls
roads in this country. He says false
conceptions to the contrary arise from
the fact that British roads opefato
only $4,000 miles. while roads IN this
country operate $4,000 miles. II
the last three years and ten monthA
no passenger has been killed through
collisions or derailmsnts on the
Southern Pacific, and during that time
the road carried 150,40o.000 passen.
gers an average distance Of q miles
In the last three years ana four
months but one passenger has been
killed on the Union Pacific out o.
q 800, 900 carried by that line. In
1911 II passengers were killed in col
lisions on railroads In the United
KINGDOM. The Hartman roads have
nearly a. many miles Of track -
those Of the United Kingdom-Wa0
Street Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
A REAL REFORM.
(Des Moines TribuI

(Des Moines Tribune.)
Some day some city that desires to
take a real leadership in reform will
propose to consolidate all the various
taxing agencies.
Here is Des Moines with a school
board levying taxes. county board
levying taxes and a city council levy
ing taxes, the taxes levied by each be-
ing again subdivided into funds that
are INTERCHANGEABLE.
The result is that while the city has
no money whatever for protection
against fire, it is building school houses
twenty years ahead OF the demand and
on q scale Of expense unknown to any
but one or two cities in the United
States.
Why should there be three taxing
bodies in Des Moines? Why should
the public money be tied IN 30 many
funds?
More than once Des Moines has had
a park fund or library fund that actu-
ally encouraged waste, when there was
not a dollar for street cleaning or
grading.
II rumor be true, there has often
been money for costly brcses where
there wes no road when there was not
| a dollar for making main Travelled
highways passabie.
The only outcome Of the present sys-
tenn is high tax levies. In spite OF any
thing that can be done Dies Moines
tax leyies will go up instead OF down.
within the year there will be higher
tax levies. 1t Is in the air. The board
is getting ready. The school board ID
not reducing expenses dollar. neith-
er is the county board.
| There should be one governing ana
taxing body in the city. Our many
boards. like our township trustees.
school treasurers and the like are
merely a survival Of the pioneer period
when there was little public business
to do and the work was distributed
around among volunteer workers.
There is Just as much reason 1of
having three separate governing bod
les for the Rock Island railroad as Tor
having three separate bodies for city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Clock. Run by Fan Motors.

Fans actuated by currents OF air
have from time to time been used ~
motors for running clocks. One, by
Lepaute, is in the Louvre, Paris. Ben
jamin Hanks, Of Litchheld county,
Connecticut, patented one in 1888. In
q more recent patent the weight Is
wound up by the current OF air In a
chimney which is stopped by self
acting brake as the weight nears the
top of its course.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Early Printers.

In the earliest form Of block printing
the characters were carved IN the wood
Just az a name IL carved in q tree
trunk, only in reverse. and the prints
were white letters ond black back
ground. Later Foong -Taou. Chinese
minister Of state who was apparently
the father Of the facsimile stamp idea.
hit upon the device Of cutting away all
parts of the wood but the lines OF the
characters. and produced the first block
Inscription in relief. When FoonS-
Tacu pulled the hrst proof . reprOduc-
ton Of his own handwriting stared him
In the face, the FIRST facsimile, perhaps,
In the history Of man.
Az once the method was taken up.
and In 5s3 the classical books OF Con-
fucius were printed from blocks on RAJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
A FAITHFUL RECORD.

The telegraph dispatches tell o. the
death of Talbert ". Hill, at Tama, aft
er continuous service with the Chi
cago & Northwestern railroad for
forty-six years. He began at about the
age OF 20 at Bertram and retired May
l, 1911 He was IS years old at the
time of his death.
The fact that he worked forty-six
years for the company at or near
Tama is not so remarkable. 1t is the
last sentence of his obituary that at
tracts wondering attention. In his
entire service there was not ono
mark against his record" Perhaps Mr..
Hill was not above the ordinary intel
ligence Of the railroad employe. That
he was remarkably faithful. however.
is evident. 1t was his ambition TO
the company saw fit TO retire him after
forty-six years Of work.
The record Of Mr.. Hill is one worth
having. It is all we'll and good to talk
about grinding corporations, but here
was a man who preferred to give the
best that was in him without grudge,
and whose only disappointment was
that he could not continue for half q
century HS d useldA NOlhSA III us
chosen field. Surely the company must
appreciate such service. 1t is apt to re-
uuire strict accoun, Of its employees.
but here was man against whose
record they could not make single
mark.
II is not given to the great majority
Of workmen to make such a record
Human frailty prevents it. But Mr.. Hill
was so careful and conscientious that
his record was absolutely 100 during
forty-six years. Many men who had
many marks against their record rose
faster than Mr.. Hill. Some began al
the bottom and climbed nearly to the
top while he was making his perfect
record. But none filed his place bette.
than Mr.. Hill.
If there is an account kept some
where Of human actions. this man viii
stand at the top. He performed what
his hands found to DO without muir
| muring. A human lie we'll spent and
deserving Of the highest reward.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

the one. with the most platforms and
passengers? No single station is nrst
In all these requirements.
The New York city station-certain-
IL now one Of the grandest and most
extensive railroad stations in the
world-covers an area Of % acres.
After this comes the Care st. Lasare.
in Paris, with al acreage Of over Is
acres; then the Waverley station, Ed
inburEh. with % acres: followed By
Waterloo, London, with 20h acres;
Euston, London, with Is acres. and
Liverpool street. London. with IS
acres. But there is railroad station
immensely bigger in extent than any
of these, and there is the Souht Rail
road station, Vienna, the whole OF
which area is close upon 100 acres!
This makes 1t easily the largest sta
ton In the world. from the point OF
view of space covered. Much Of the
land included In this area IL not en-
ployed, however. as railroads use all
their land at English and American
stations.
The New York city station IL the
costliest ever built; $2O.OO0,OVO was
expended upon II, and. including asso.
ciated work, the total cost OF the
scheme has exceeded 800 .000, 900. Dur
ing the first year Of working 100000
passengers used 1t. $4,000 trains
wore worked in and out. 1923. 800 tick.
cts were issued and 100000 trunks,
parcels. ETC., were handled. Its mag.
/ nificent facade r. one Of the finest Of
its kind in tho world.
When complete, the new Leipzig sta'
ton win b fer shove the average IN
respect Of siso and beauty Of German
architecture In railway buildings. The
masniAosnt central hall. with its sia
snosnaeus bays, splendid ticket omces
and superb waiting rooms. will be Just
! about the last word" In each par
! ticular sphere.
Al regards the number Of platforms
1t various railroad termini. the new
Waterloo station OF the London and
South Western, stands at the top
With 10, which win shortly become 81
when the alterations now going on an
! flnished. Then We have Liverpool
street, London. ana Waxerley station
| EdinburEh. with IS PLATFORM: Man
| chester (victoria) IL: Eustcn. 10;
I New castle (Central). Is; Glasgow
! (Central), 10: Glasgow (St Enochl
49, Victoria Probsszy nsx
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Good Work Of safety Appliances.

Good Work Of Safety Appliances.
Si1ty-six shops Of one Of the most
prominent eastern lines railroads en-
ploying nifty thousand men. have been
equipped with safety appliances. and
the result has been q decrease Of 90.
cidents from an average Of three hun.
bred q month to about one hundred.
Bulletins have been issued to the en-.
ployes. showing how to avoid ecce
dents, and these have had : AAloe0
inffuanco.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
The Wander Ina Jew.

Matthew Paris and Roger Wendover
identified the Wander Jew as Carta-
phi!us, . porter in the household OF
Pontius Plate Other authorities
identity him as Ahasuerus, cobbler
Of jerusalem The legend is far older
than the events which It proposes as
its central feature. In the course OF
its popularity throughout the middle
ages It has acquired many foreign ele-
ments by accretion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
New idea for Loeomotivs.

An obstacle to tho use of the IN.
ternal combustion engine for haul.
ing railroad trains has been the I'm.
possibility Of accelerating the train
from standstill with an engine Of nor.
NAL size and Of maintaining any con-
siderable overload at any speed. =
petroleum-electric locomotive ID nov.
proposed, In which the prime mover
is an internal combustion engins. NJ.
ing crude oil. kept continuously rum
ming to drive an electric generator
which In turn delivers electrical ensg.
gy to four 20horse power polyphasA
motors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

and q quarter. The last government
census placed 1t $500. 900 900 higher.
These are not dry figures. They are
lives tatements of the growth Of wealth
in this country. The automobile has
not replaced the horse or destroyed any
value. 1t has simply made new place
for itself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
klndero.rtsns for China.

Republican China is to have COM
pIete kindergarten system installed In
the national schools. Miss Mary F.
Lsdyard, kindergarten supervisor of
the Los Angeles city schools, an
pounced recently that she would head
The Chinese schools.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

Dysensery 10 always serious and often
q dangerous disease. but It can be
cured Chamberiain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured IL
ss7vssn wsisrr .I,.;i5 nan. 80 epidemic.
For sale by al DEALERS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
THE SPEED CRIME.

Huntington Hawk-Eye.]
In the face Of city ordinances against
over-speeding. and in utter defiance Of
the authorities and Of all human de-
cency, three motorcycle drivers raced
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
orlaln Of Pawnbrokers, slan.

orluln Of Pawnbrokers' Sign.
On the doors of early F1orentine
bankers Was the three-leaf lily sign,
tho lily being the emblem Of Flor
ence. and claim IL now made that
this 10 why the pawnbroker OF today
has the three balls 40 his sign, which
appears to be an evolution Of the
three-leef lily.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

Is to which 10 &C
tually the biggest
railroad station
In the world. He
points out that,
first Of all, one
must settle what
is meant by big
gest." Is It the
one covering tho
largest area, the
one which has the
greatest tramc, or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Men o. Various Pursuies.

Men of Various Purs0'te.
A policeman, Quarryman and .
roadmender were among the prize
winners at an arts and crafts exhibf-
ton held in Yorkshire (England) VII
lage recsntly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
The YOUNG and the Old.

The Young and the Old.
Tho principal trouble with a young
man 10 that he declines to realize
that he will have to grow old, and
with m old one his inclination to
forget that he ever was young.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
Iona Newspapers
VISITORS no coNvENr1oN,

[Watefloo Ttmes-Trtbune.J
No just criticism Is due the national
recsressive party for its determination
to sell tickets to the big show to occur
In the Chicago coliseum next month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Whatever may happen in November.
President Taft can have a lot of fun
during TIE next nine months sug-
gests the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26
FINE RAILROAD DEPICTS
UNITED STATES HAS ITS SHARE
OF The WORLDS eEsT.
Largest In the World 10 the Southern
station At Vienna, Austria, and
That At New York City
Ranks Next.

Mr. George A. Wade, in the Rail-
way Magazine, discusses the question
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

2
The primary law in Iowa is one OF
the best measures ever adopted for
the protection OF the right 70 vote ana
to encoura ge popular interest in the
termination Of public officers. admits
the Carroll Herald. But it was not
created in the state Of perfection and
should be revised. We reed the short
ballot. whereby only the principal
officers shall pc chosen ct the pri-
mary, and others at conventions COM
posed OF delegates elected at the pr,-
mary. The defeat OF e D. Chassell
shows how the undoubted choice of a
TO an unknown person of unknown
merits
IF the standpatters really wish to
defeat Roosevelt they will have to vote
the democrat ticket" argues the Mt.
Vernon Record. This ought to appeal
become quite accustomed to it during
the years Cummins was a candidate
for governor Eut the fight this year
lis between Roosevelt and Wilson.
Mark that down. A vote for Taft is
not vote against Roosevelt; it is
vote thrown away
Every investigation Of fatal
| wreck, If properly investig gated. shows
some form Of neglect or carelessness
that in the interest of safety should
be avoided ir the future" says the
Burlington Hawkeye. More impartial
and thorough investigation. and an in
! flexible insistence that all reasonable
safeguards by provided and maintained
| by the railroad companies. are called
| for by the increasing number of rail-
road tragedies that the papers are
| forced to chronicle this year"
| To the Jefferson Bee 1T looks as
| tho this new movement was launched
largely for the purpose Of taking care
| of Roosevelt"
| THE state and county nominee.
were selected at a primary election
where no suspicion Of unfair play o,
chicanery was suggested or though
OF. They are the honestly ma med nom
inees Of the party. are men Of abilit!
and standing. competent and reliable,
insists the Madrid Register News.
THE county is paying out eacf
month considerable sums for domesti,
animals killed by dogs. It would be wei
for people to use a well directed sho
gun on such dogs and thus save tfei
stock and the county from expense
suggests the Iowa City Republican
Half the dogs in the county could b,
killed without loss to the owners"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

paper, which had been invented by the
Chinese in los A. d. About 40 years
later block printing was practiced in
Japan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-26

Well. to all intents and purposes for
this year there is no third party in
Iowa. AS it stands there is simply a
third candidate. 1t is protest more
than a movement and as such fills the
bill pretty we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-28
is READY To FIGHT.
Turkish Fleet Prepared to Do Battle
With Greeks.

London. Nov. 2S-The Turkish fleet
with the exception OF the cruiser
Hamidieh is reported by special cor
respondents in Constantinople to be
ready to go out and fight 1t is still
doubtful. however, whether the otto
man military authorities will agree TO
allow it's use against the Greek neeU
despite the reported intention OF the
Greeks to transport large forces to
XeroS bay behind the DardaneIleS-
This move would seem to give the
Turkish destroyerS the chance for
which Turkish naval officers profess
TO long
Torgut Schevket Pasha is now in
command of the garrison guarding the
forts of the DardanelleS- The troops
under his command have been strong
" reinforced and are said to number
at least four divisions
The report of the arrest of five hun
dred Turkish officers and number OF
civilians including DR. Nazim Bey, the
chief organizer of the committee OF
union and progress by the Greeks in
Saloniki, is telegraphed here by a
special correspondent. The arrested
men have been deported to Greece
The correspondent says this step by
the Greeks was justified because the
Turks violated the terms of capitula-
in some cases by using fraudulently
obtained passports The correspond
ent adds that the importance of this
( development viii be understood when
~ - AG~-AANS0 NAcA the G4AclA dCNCA VI IAAC
war in Macedonia has changed and
that the Greek army is now seriously
haraSsed by numerous guerilla bands,
, largely com posed of liberated soldiers.
Moreover the Bulgarian commanders
have complained that Turkish officers
have left by steamer from Saloniki to
procee ID to COnStantinople for the pur-
pose of joining their comrades fight
ing at Tchatalja- It was discovered
that DIR. Maxim Bey was organizing
meetings and leading numerous in
tFigues against the authorities