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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
ATTACK OF ProMAlNE POISONING
CAUSES DEATH OF WIFE or
ALBION PHYSICIAN.
DISEASE BROUGHT ON
~ EATING SALMON
Indirset Cause Of Mrs. Mantle. Death
Was the Terrible Burns She Acct.
dsntaliy Received Last February =
Weakened BY Suffering, She Sue
eumbsd to Recent Attack.

Weakened by the suffering caused
by terrible burns she received last win
ter. Mrs. Hattie Mantle the wife of DR..
w. B. Mantle, of Albion, died early
this morning of ptomaine poisoning
caused by eating canned salmon AL
tho Mrs. Mantle had almost recovered
from the effects OF her injuries, the
shock and the intense suffering had go
weakened her that when ptomaine de-
veloped she did not have the strength
to combat it successfully.
Mrs. Mantle ate the salmon, which
caused her sickness, little more than
two weeks age. For time her condi-
ton did not become especially alarm
ing, but late last week she became crit
ical and fear was entertained that she
might not recover
Grew Worse Thursday.
Thursday noticeable change in her
condition alarmed DR.. Mantle and the
family. Friday her condition was des-
perate, but Saturday at noon Mrs.
Mantle appeared TO be tribe inn
proved. Altho the improvement was
only slight it was enough to give hope
to those who had done everything that
the physicians could susscs; e :.e
hope of saving Mrs. Mantle. Sunday
night Mrs Mantle grew weaker and
she gradually sank until the end came
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
'rRAiR HANDS IN HARMONY
ssSoo1 q Railroad with Whom Every
Man Behind the Locomotive 10
Satisfied.

Thsre II . railway line in southern
MARYLAND with the head q which. It
would seem, every employe behind the
locomotive 10 entirely satisfied The
road 10 20 miles long and runs from
.Brandywine, in Charles county. TO
Aechanicsvflle, In st. Mary's county.
The single train which runs each
way daily is made up Of the engine.
one freight car and one com binaion
baggage and passenger car. The con-
ductor OF the train, who also acts as
baggage master, is general manager
OF the road. He issues orders as gem
eral manager and obeys them as con-
ductor When, as conductor, he thinks
the schedule should be changed, he
notifies the general manager-himselr
who, II he thinks it advisable, makes
up q new schedule and issues run
ming order according to the conductor.
also himself. and the latter obeys.
There are no ticket agents along the
route. and the conductor collects fares
IA ION q street car, punching hole N
the slip Of cardboard for each fare.
Then he goes into the baggage car.
sees that the trunks, il there are any,
are properly delivered, and looks aft
or express and mail packages. Moth
Ing Is lost or overlooked, for the gen.
eral manager, conductor, baggage mas
ter, express and mail agent has his
eye on everything. The people who
travel By this road are as well salts
led with it, management as the en-
plOyOS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
visement by the commission and a de-
cision Will be rendered later.
HiRUM ULMER DEAD.
Old Resident Of City Passes Away Al.
ter Iona Illness.


Hiram c. Timer, an old residen, Of
Marshalitown, died at his home, 20S
South Fourth avenue, at 6:55 Sunday
evening. of cancer of the bowels after
a lingering illness. Mr.. Timer suffered
a stroke OF paralysis three years ago
last May and since then had been dan
serously i'll. the past year being con-
finel to his bed He was removed to
ST. Thomas hospital last September
and remained there about two months.
but was later taken back home.
Mr.. Timer was born in Lancaster
county. Pennsylvania Nov. "a. 1898.
He married Miss Sarepta Harrah. in
Columbiania county, Ohio. April %,
1858. Shirtly after their marriage MI.
and Mrs. Timer came west settling in
Illinois, and resided in Coleta for IS
wears Twenty-Five years ago they
came to Marshall.own where they have
since made their home. For many
years Mr.. Timer was ar employe Of
the Iowa Central.
Mr. Timer is survived by his wife,
four sons and two daughters The lat
ter are L. w. Ulmer. of Philadelphia,
Pa: Mrs Frances Deets. of Milledge-
vile, H.; Mrs. Frank Grub. Of Ster-
ling. H.: c. A. Timer, Oakland, Cal;
James H. Timer, Ida Grove, and Harry
D. Timer, of this city. One brother. A.
c. Timer, of Palestine, o., also survives.
Mr.. Ulmer was a member Of the Mod
ern Woodmen. He had also been a
member OF the Methodist Episcopal
church since his 20th year
The funeral will be held from the
residence Wednesday afternoon at 2:30
and will be private. Rev. s. E. Ellis
will, have charge Of the service. Inter
merit viii be in RiverAide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Saving Life at Sea.

A safety device which has given e1.
cellent satisfaction on modern passen-
ger vessels is one for releasing life
rings fore and aft, both on the port and
srarboard side OF the vessel as soon as
the news, man overheard" reaches
the bridse either by wig wag' or the
ships telephone. The officer on duty
there gives one turn OF a valve and the
life rings are automatically released
Alter they have all reachej- the water
a red electric light flashes up at the
top Of the bridge apparatus. showing
Tue officer that the mechanism has per.
formed its duty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
MELBOURNE MAN DEAD.
Robert z. Nelson Dies 81 Tuberculosis
Of Stomach.

Robert E. Nelson. aged 20 years. died
at his home at Melbourne ct 7:30
o'clock this morning Of Tuberculosis soe
the stomach. Mr. Nelson was taken
sick in March and he had been serious
~ Ill for the past two months. Robert
click Nelson was born in Rhodes Dec.
Is, 1883. During most Of his boyhood
days his parents lived at Mitcheilville.
He married Miss Sarah Homes. Of Vim.
ton, in March, 1905. Mr.. and Mrs. Nell
son had lived in Melbourne for four
years, and during that time Mr.. Nelson
had been in the employ Of railroads on
track work He had been lifelong
member Of the Methodist church.
. In addition to his wife. one child.
Emma, survives him, as does also his
father, David Nelson. who lives 1t his
sons home. and one half brother. Hy-
ing in Enterprise. The funeral will be
held from the residence Tuesday after
noon at o'clock Burial, will be In the
Melbourne cemetery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Thru all her intense suffering she had
been most patient and hopeful
AecSdsnt lnditOet Cause.

xQtO AL 0oTf 1utouD0 oOA0SASA8 $40 sAer>s
been most patient and hopeful
Aeeidsnt lnditset Cause.
It IL firmly believed that the burns
Mrs. Mantle received accidentally last
February were the indirect cause OF
her death as they Slapped her strength
70 such a point that she could not
Withstand the attack Of poisoning,
which, however. did not make other
members OF the family seriously sick.
Mrs. Mantle's injuries came about by
gasoline she was using catching ire
accidentally. Mrs. Mantle had been
using a pan OF the gasoline to clean
coat After cleaning 1t she thought
lessly hung the coat on Jet OF the
acetylene gas lighting system OF the
house, in the kitchen near the range,
and set the pan Of gasoline In another
part of the room. The gasoline vapors
from the coat were ignited by the f1re
in the range.
Was Terribly Burned.
Forgetting for the moment that her
rciothing had become spattered with the
Rasolene. Mrs Mantle seized the burn
ing coat from the gas jet, but In doing
so she broke off the gas Jet and the
flames from the coat set her dress on
fire. In a moment she was covered
with flames. Blinded and crazed by
the fire. Mrs Mantle rushed to where
the pan of gasolene was. and thinking
il was water, plunged her hands ana
arms in it to put out the fire. This but
added fuel to the flames which burned
deep into her flesh. Her arms. hands,
face and neck and parts OF the upper
part OF her body were badly burned.
Narrowly Escape Explosion.
The screams of Mrs. Mantle and her
sister, who was with her in the house.
called DR.. Mantle, who was In his OF
flee. Selling rugs he wrapped them
around his wife and smothered the
flames. He barely had time to run to
the cellar and shut off the acetylene
gas plant to prevent the gas escaping
from the broken Jet In the kitchen be-
ing ignited and blowing up the house.
For weeks Mrs. Mantle suffered pain
that was almost uncomfortable. and dur
ing that time her condition was 30 sert-
GUS it was thought she could not re-
cover. Just after she had been able
to be out of bed after this ordeal she
ate the salmon that poisoned her.
Was Tama County Woman.
Mrs. Mantle, whose maiden name
was Hattie SAWYER, was born In Tama
county. March 10, 1878. Most Of her
girlhood days were spent in Belle
PLANE where she graduated from the
~: cchcoi :: 1so2 she graduated
from Cornell College, Mt. Vernon. in
1897, after she had fitted herself to
be a teacher and later she taught In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
PLAN TO ENLARGE PLANT
Enaineers for pows, Smith, Reed and
Cook Examine Local Power Plant to
Prepare Plans for Enlarsins lex.
port. Working on Bost<s.

Messrs. Bows, Smith.-Reed and Cook
have had their chief engineer and con-
ssructing engineer examining the pow
er house of the Marshalltown. Light,
Power and Railway Company, gather
ing data from which to prepare plans
for extensions and engagements to the
power plant. A firm Of expert account
ants from Chicago are now at work
upon the books Of the local company at
Independence and if the books verify
the representations made in the option
contract the properties will soon be
taken over by the new franchise gran
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
The City League
STANDING Of The Clubs.

The Marshalltown Buggy Company
lost to the Marshalltown Trowel Com
pany in the city league Saturday and
as result slipped from tie for first
to third place. The score was to 6.
The game was an uncertain one to the
last inning and was finally lost thru
errors.
The scheduled game between the
Let's Fletcher Company and the Len
nox Furnace Company was forfeited by
the latter team in failing to appear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
TO ORGANIZE UNION HERE.
Preaehs Of Church Of Christ Meet i,
This City in July.

For the purpose Of organizing min
isterial union of preachers of the
Church of Christ OF northeastern Iowa.
a meeting is to be held in this city
July II and is. The organization will
be perfected at that time. The date for
this meeting was fixed and arrange
ments for holding it were made at the
meeting Of the Northeastern Iowa
Christian Association, which was in
session at Waterloo last week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
u...u, .ne ,noenious PIavthino.

An electrical engineer Of Paris gave
his Rttle daughter toy which per
forms IN actual service as well az be-
ing q source Of amusement to her. It
consists a a miniature electric train,
which carries dishes along the pas
sage from the kitchen to the dining
room, running 10 the center of the din
dnR table. By touching button on a
circular ivory indicator messages are
electrically transmitted to the kitchen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Green Mountain Team Win.

Sunday school of Green Mountain.
beat a team OF boys from the local
Congregational Sunday school at Green
Mountain Saturday afternoon by the
score of to 5. The game was fast
and well played.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10

for such articles as bread. knives.
forks, napkins. etc. The cook places
them on the car and the train 10 start
ed for the dining room. The outfit
cost about 5000, and the train will
easily carry a load Of IS pounds
Scientific American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
SEWER PETITION GRANTED.
Extension to Be Put in on North Sixth
Street.

The petition Of property owners on
North Sixth street for sewer extern
sion from Summit to jerome street was
granted by the city council at its meet
ing this morning. The petition was
signed by seven petitioners. c. E.
Wilson, one Of them, who was going to
build a cesspool to accommodate new
house he is building. offered to put in
$40 to help build the sewer rather than
spend the amount for a cesspool. His
offer was accepted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Wit. sue. For pixeree.

Mrs. Cora F. Bowman has flied suit
IN the district court for a divorce from
Hubert s. Bowman. The petition al
leges desertion. The couple was mar
ried in Benton county, Oct. -. 1884.
Mrs. Bowman asks that she be allowed
81 900 permanent alimony.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Minor Council Business.

The council this morning granted
permission to the Clifton hotel oa
North Center street, and the Palace
Laundry on North Second avenue to
hang electric signs in front OF their
respective places of business. The
signs are to be subjected to the usual
inspection.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Eagles Beat Jacobs.

The Eagles baseball team won from
the Jacobs at the fair grounds Sunday
afternoon by the score of 10 to S. The
batteries were: Eagles, J. Bowman
and Wittel: Jacobs Tretter and Lain
son. The attendance was small.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
VETERANS WIFE DEAD.
Mrs. Nancy G. Wilson, Of This City,
Dies at soIdises' Hems.

Mrs. Nancy c. Wilson. the wife Of
Henry Wilson, Of this city. died at the
soldiers home hospital Saturday after
noon at 4:3o o'clock Of cancer. Mrs.
Wilson entered the home from this city
on May 3. 1911. Her husband 10 vet
eran OF Company e. Ninth Iowa cav
airy. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson had no
children. The funeral was held from
the assembly hall at 3 O'Clock this at
ternoon. Chaplain Jesse Cole officiat-
ing. Interment was in the home ceme-
terry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-10
Lieensod 70 WED.

Floyd c. Slaves, carpenter. aged ID,
and selma G. Violet. aged 1s both OF
this city.
Patrick H. Townsend. locomotive
engineer, aged %. OF Waterloo. ana
Kathryn Mcguire, aged -. OF this
city.
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training facilities are limited the navy has turned
out some OF the best men In the boxing world
today.
For example, there are Sailor Burke and Tom
Sharkey, both graduates Of the navy prizefght.
ers, and Sammy Robideau. lightweight champion
OF the navy, who is considered one OF the best
lightweights In the country either In or out OF
the navy.
"The constant change In the personnel Of the
men," says Paymaster Bovine. mot only means
constant work on the part Of the officers to mold
them into shape, but It also means that Uncle
Sam Is Just 30 much richer by every man who
leaves the navy after serving his apprenticeship.
He has Just 80 many more to call on In case OF
necessity. for man never forgets the A b OF
the war game once he learns II. SO for this
reason. as well as because II contributes to the
health and pleasure Of the men, nothing they can
get In the way Of training is thrown away ON
them.
And too. the sailors life is pleasant one.
There Is lots OF hard work. to be sure. but there
Is plenty to eat. clean place to sleep and good
share Of recreation In the matter Of athletics.
as well as In other ways. the government does
more for Its sailors than any other country.
Where will you 1nd 1t matter for active educa.
tion and concern It is with US? Certainly not In
the British navy.
THE superiority Of the American sailors In
athletics has been demonstrated often. Our men
are satisfied with nothing but the best They
want to be expert In whatever they undertake:
therefore they train systematically and are fur.
nished with every facility in the way OF equip
ment they need. This is provided for from the
canteen profits. It is arranged that the profits OF
the ships stores can be disposed OF for this pur.
pose. 80 the men lack nothing In the way OF
paraphernalia that will conduce to their success
In athetics.'
As an illustration OF the aptness OF the Amer.
lean sailor In athletics an ofncer tells this expo
rience Of his when on the China station The
ship was stationed at Hongkong and one day
group Of American sailors tried TO induce some
British sailors to Join them In football game
The latter preferred soccer. Finally. however.
the Britishers agreed; they would play football
II our men would learn soccer This was accord
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or something tnat especai'! apP'"'' ~ ~
the impulse will move them to take turn
around the deck
Personally lack has love Of betting. Gambling
.noun;. IN passion with him and at the big
athletic events a considerable sum OF money Is
ant IN change hands But Jack doesn't conhne
himself to big events for as one sailor says. ne
bets at the drop Of hat
He carries his propensity for wagering to the
possible destination OF the ship. whether he
will have salt or fresh water In which to wash
his hammock and thousand and one things be-
side You see one OF Jacks duties Is to give his
hammock thorough scrubbing once fortnight,
and sometimes when the vaporizers that turn salt
water into fresh fail to work he has to use salt
water for the purpose
Every minute OF Jacks day has a correspond.
Ing occupation for him. and from reyelle. when
the buge's y can't get EN- up penetrates to
every part OF the big 3attleship. until taps s
sounded the sailors life Is busy one. First OF
all Jack arises at $50 His first duty Is to turn
to and wash down decks and slick up things gen.
orally. Mess gear comes at 1915. which interpret.
ed means letting down the tables for breakfast.
Then comes pipe down" for mess. This Is q
long drawn note on the bos'ns whistle.
Mess lasts half an hour usually and then fol.
lows the call for colors quarters prayer and
uTii anu oeiore he hho"b u 1achs horhins 10
gone and It is quarter to twelve when dinner
time has arrived
Stand b., scrub and wash clothes" Is the
next order from the bo'sn. and this comes at ten
minutes past one. This arduous duty over. there
is drill until 4:30 when the bo'sn calls pipe
down clothes II dry" for meanwhile Jacks
clothes are swinging on the line. Now the
smoking lamp" Is III and for a while Jack Ia
lost In contemplation Of the delicious weed
Lighting the smoking lamp" Is one OF the pic
turesque customs that have come down from the
old navy and at this time the men are privileged
to enjoy their pipes and cigars. In earlier years
the smoking lamp. an ordinary copper affair, was
brought up from below decks at stated intervals
during the day and II was the signal to smoke
up" but while in more recent years the actual
operation has been abandoned the term remains
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Kidney Pills the swelling disappear.
ed and he felt himself again. He says
he has been benefited and blessed by
the use of Dodds Kidney Pills. Sew.
eral months later he wrote: ! have
not changed my faith In your remedy
since the above statement was author.
lied. Correspond with Rev. E. Hes.
lop about this wonderful remedy.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music Of National Anthem
English and German words) and re.
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv.
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Millions Of Red Cross Seals on Sale.
Over S0,0c0,00O Red Cross Christ
mas seals are now on sale in almost
every large city and nearly every
state in the United States. The pro.
ceeds 90 for the benefit OF the anti
tuberculosis movement In the commu.
nifty where the seals are sold. So
carefully has the sale been organized
throughout the country that with the
exceptions OF the states Of Florida,
Oklahoma. Nevada and Idaho, Red
Cross seals will be on sale in almost
every city, town, village and hamlet
in the United States, and even In
Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Canal
Zone.
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United States Tobacco Report,

Washington.-Leaf tobacco held by
dealers and manufacturers, other than
original growers, on October l..
amounted to 1,O47,4O4,5GO pounds, the
Census Bureau announced in making
the first report under the law enacted
April 80 last. OF this total, 916,GS2.-
0o9 pounds were unstemmed and $780,.
G72,551 pounds were stemmed. These
amounts were held by manufacturers
Of tobacco, who last year manufac.
tured more than $4,000 pounds of to.
bacco, 100000 cigars, or 100000 ci.
garettes,
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PAY CHECKS GROW LARGER.
AZ Living Cost Increases, Is Colorado
Labor Bureau Report.

Denver.-A comparative wage scale
report for Colorado has been complei-
ed by tho State labor Bureau. showing
changes In earnings of various trades.
men In the last ten years. With the
exception OF bankers. BARRIERS. boiler.
makers and cigar makers. whose
wages have decreased In the last de.
cade. other labor Is paid on a higher
scale now than in 1901O2. The list,
az compiled by Statistician Croskey,
Is as follows:
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ingly done and the American SAL
lors beat the Britishers at their
own game.
One OF the newest amusements
provided for the sailors is the
moving picture show. and this
they enjoy hugely. The films are
rented for the most part, though
the navy recently bought a set
which Mr.. Edison took depicting
the life OF the sailor. This Is very
popular. How often exhibitions are
given depends on the weather and
where the ship happens to be. II
in port where the men can get
ashore, there is little need OF spe-
cial recreation. But II on cruise
or the weather Is bad. then the
movies" are given two or three
exhibitions a week. Apropos OF
this feature Capt. II. B. Wilson OF
the North Dakota Is considering a
plan to introduce the Kinemacolor
pictures soon.
Another innovation which Cap
tain Wilson is also responsible for.
according to Paymaster Bovine, Is
the setting aside Of one OF the gun
compartments on the ship as a
reading and writing room for the
sailors. Though small. 1t Is a
great boon to them. for now they
can write comfortably at a desk In.
stead Of on their ditty boxes. More.
over. there are provided between
thirty and forty magazines with
two or three copies each Of the
daily papers, so the sailors, when
at leisure, can pass the time read
ing II they So eject.
"The sailors Ike dancing" adds
Paymaster Bovine" and though
they may not always take adyan'
tage Of the band concerts given
every noon and night, II popular
air like Great. Big, Beautiful Doll
lo utr rtlrnu
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THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY's
SKIN

In the care Of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap Is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only is 1t unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
Its gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irrl.
.tations. remove redness, roughness
and chalng, soothe sensitive condl.
tions. and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Cuti.
cura Ointment, 1t is most valuable in
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
other itching. burning infantile erup.
tions. Cuticura Soap wears to a wafer,
often outlasting several cakes of ordi-
nary soap and making Its use most
economical.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L. Boston"
Adv.
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servlans Occupy Port of Durazzo.

London.-The Servians, ignoring the
PROCLAMATION of Albanian indepen-
dence, have occupied the port of Du.
razzo. without resistance. Thus the
conflict Is now raised III acute rorm
between Austria and Scryia and It re.
rains to be seen whether the Aus
trian government will take any direct
action or will be content to leave the
question to the afterthe-war settle
ncnt.
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Crop of Apples is 45,ooo,ooo Barrels.

Spokane. Wash.-According to II
statement made by President r. L.
Strahorn of the fruit growers associa.
tion, the apple crop Of the United
States fell from 7O,OOO,OOO barrels In
1896 to 22,OOO,OOO in 1899, but now Is
steadily increasing. The production
this year, he said, is estimated at 49,.
100000 barrels.