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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

They say that religion will make a
man love his enemy. I'VE have seen
whisky do the same thing" comments
the Cherokee Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

The Rolfe Arrow observes that now
and then a republican in congress
awakens from the lethargy that seem.
to have held him as in a vice, and de-
livers himself OF something worth
while. 1T has seemed during the
summer" the Arrow continues, that
the fighting spirit had all been taken
out Of the republicans. but they come
of fighting ancestors and will probably
get 1t back before long"
Senator Kenyon says he will sup
port the new tariff bill if he comes
to the conclusion that it is a better
measure than the law now in oper-
alton. That 10 the right principle,
says the Webster City Freeman Trib-
une. THE Underwood bill is protective
in many features. Possibly it furnishes
amplep rejection for legitimate bust
ness operations. II It does, time will
vindicate 1t. II not, it will prove q dis
appointment and the party responsible
for It will suffer the consequences"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

cause Of the International legal tangle
over the Panama canal tolls. i - held
that many American lawyers side with
Great Britain in her demand that the
Hay Pauncefote treaty be uphel0. Aosls
High Chancellor Haldane Of EneIAnd
will be the most notable guest ana VIII
speak 1t is taken for granted tl1at 40
viii, refer to International relations
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

TERMS:
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Delivered by carrier by the month so
Later edition for morning circula-
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Twice "a Week edition, per year. 100
Entered at the postofflce ut Marsh
alltown as second class mail matter.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
Latest Move In Night Schools.

From the Chicago Post
After struggling along for many years
with night schools manned by tired day
school teachers, London has decided on a
better way. She has appropriated suf-
ficient funds so that IL will be possible to
hire special teachers for night-school
work alone. They are forbidden to teach
elsewhere during the day.
1t is not difficult to imagine the fresh
ness and vigor with which these special
teachers will attack the evening session
They are confronted with a motley crowd,
mostly tired adults. chiefly immigrants
The latter need stimulus as well as in
struction. These teachers. coming to the
task with energies unspent. have an i'm
mense advantage. They do not have to
whip themselves up TO the teaching point
again.
Furthermore, these special night school
teachers will not simply duplicate at
night as they do at present. the peda-
gogic methods which are used in the day
schools. They will begin to appreciate
that their special job demands a technic
of its own. and they will begin to develop
that technic. And every large city in
the western world will want to copy II,
too. for nearly every such city is at
tempting some form of continuation
school, work or instruction for immi-
grants.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
End of the Hartman Empire.

1t is a fortunate thing that the Fed
eral authorities and the Union Pacific
Railroad officials agreed so amicably
upon a plan of dissolution. The gov
ernment's only interest in transporta-
ton lines is to prevent restraint of
healthful competition, and to enforce
fair rates. This government never did
intend to destroy property. But de-
struction on a vast scale might have
resulted from a forced sale of SIeo,-
100000 worth OF Southern Pacific Rail-
road stock. A drastic Interpretation
of the law that meant instant liquida-
ton of so great property would bring
enormous loss to many thousand in
vestors and not any good to a single
individual.
Common sense has dictated another
and far better way. The separation
of two trunk line railroads will be
effected without a jolt to the business
or financial world, and yet the sepa-
ration will be as complete as if the
Union Pacific had never owned one
share of the Southern Pacific stock.
Harriman's dream thus collapsed. He
reared a railroad empire, but he has
not been in his grave four years be-
fore the Federal fist smote it.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
The Lost Art of WALKING.

Prom the American Magazine.
It is all very well for 1000 fans to
cheer the physical prowess of a
Smoky Joe Wood or a ..Rube" Mar
guard. But it would be more impor-
tant to know how many of these
10000 can throw a bail home from CEN
ter field themselves. 1t is all very we'll
to have trolleys and motors, which
make intercommunication easy between
distant points: but it would be more
important to know in how many cases
any useful purpose whatever is served
by going from one to the other and
back again. except the temporary satis-
faction Of vague, nervous desire for
change: and still more important to
know who would have the will power
and the leg power to get there II he had
to walk. Walking requires and develops
both. 1t is good for the body and good
for the soul. and to all true lovers Of
the open road and the manifold pictorial
beauties of our countryside II is the only
form Of locomotion. The time will yet
come when We shall walk again. It Is
our fate. After all. We were born with
legs, not cylinders.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
The Nose in Minnesota.

From the Pathfinder.
How did the United States come to
get that small corner of land which
juts out from the extreme northern
boundary Of Minnesota History of
that little nose" which sticks out into
Canada from Minnesota and which con-
stitutes the northernmost point of the
United States is very interesting. I'm
der the treaty of 1888 boundary be-
tween the United States and British
possessions was fixed. A certain point
on the Lake of the Woods was mu-
tually agreed to as one starting point.
this being considered toe headwaters
of the ST. Lawrence River and Great
Lakes system. At that time II was not
known whether this point was north
or south of the forty-ninth parallel.
but IL was known to be close to It, The
understanding was that from that point
the boundary should go north or south to
the forty-ninth parallel. as the case
might be. Later and more accurate sur
veys showed that point was about
twenty-five miles north OF the forty
ninth parallel, and so at this place the
boundary makes a jog above that line.
Uncle Sam thus has a little piece of
territory of about 100 square miles IL
extent north of the general boundary.
And the joke of it is that any one has
to go by water in order to reach this
little piece OF territory unless he WANT
to go through Canada
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
"Wof" Lamar.

The easy and defiant bearing of
David Lamar" before the Senate
lobby investigating committee indicates
that in his shrewd judgment no penalty
can be imposed upon him for his ap-
preparation of the names of Congress
men to mask his identity in the ne
farious operations in which admittedly
he has been engaged. His confession
that he posed first as Representative
Riordan and then as Palmer in tele-
phone conversations, conducted in fur
therance of his underhand campaign
for the employment of his friend, Lau-
terbach, by the Union Pacific interests,
conveyed TO his hearers the impress
sion that he regarded the whole affair
as a joke. Whatever may be the legal
aspects of the matter, from a moral
standpoint this humorous escapade of
the Wall Street Spectator was tanta-
mount to the commission of forgery. If
Lamar had written to the Union Pacific
attorneys the substance of what he
said to them over the telephone and
had signed the names of the Con-
gressmen to his communications, he
certainly would have made himself
liable to the law.
1t is the timidity of Wall Street
that stands out most in the Lamar
revelations. Lamar is notorious
character in the financial district. He
is sometimes known there as the
wolf" His long experience had
taught him just how much it paid to
brighten financiers into doing what he
wanted them to do. Yet all that he
regarded as necessary for him to do to
procure an opening for a lawyer
friend of his-and perhaps thus for
for himself-in the reorganization of
the Union Pacific Southern Pacific COM
bination, was to call up the hnanciers
interested on the telephone and pre-
tend to give them advice as a men,
Der of Congress. Evidently he had a
contemptuous opinion of men of large
affairs in the financial world And to
a certain extent his estimate seemed
justified. They did take the mysteri-
Gus telephone messages seriously
enough, at least, to tell the whole
story to the press and seek the pro-
lection of publicity.
1t is just this timidity which always
has made the big business interests of
the country a victim OF hold-up men,
Corporations used to tremble at every
bill that was introduced in State Legis-
latures. They maintained expensive
Hobbies everywhere to protect them
selves against hostile" legislation. To-
day they know that their fears were
as groundless as is the fear of this
wolf"
If they had done with the legis-
tive hold-up men what they have done
in this case; if they had taken the
public into their confidence and ex-
posed the improper demands made upon
them by publishing the blackmailers,
they would have had nothing to fear.
A disgraceful situation would have
been avoided and their status with the
public would have been better.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
Admiral Brown-An Appreciates.

A life well spent ended with the
death of Rear Admiral George Brown.
From his fourteenth to his sixty-hfth
year he was in the navy of the United
States. At Annapolis, in IS45, he be-
gan his career. He was attached to
the frigate Cumberland, which thir-
teen years later he saw sunk by the
Merrimac. He was a lieutenant,
twenty-five years old, when, in April,
1861, he was at the capture Of Fort
Pickens at Pensacola. From that event
on through the civil war he was en-
gagged all along the coast and up the
Mississippi. He was in the blockade
of Mobile Bay and New Orleans, in
the first battle of Vieksburg, and in
the blockade of Wilmington. He had
command of the naval forces of the
Ohio He superintended the building
of the ironclad Cincinnati and with it
joined Admiral Porter's feet above
Vicksburg. In command of the In
dianola he ran the fifteen miles of bat
teries at Vicksburg and Port Hud-
son. He was attacked by a Confeder-
ate ram and two steamboats, converted
into fighting ships. The Indianola was
hampered badly by her barges and
finally, after an hour and a half of
fighting, Lieut.. Commander Brown sur
rendered, after running his boat ashore
in vain attempt to get away. For
this he received a medal from Con-
gress. He and his crew were taken
to Libby prison. Later he was ex-i
changed. but not before he had been
in eleven Southern prisons. In the
blockade and battle of Mobile Bay
under Farragut his ship was among
those that passed the forts and got |
into the bay. While conveying an ex-
petition up the Alabama River it was
he. who personally fired the last gun
of the war.
After the war he saw service all |
over the world. He was selected to
take ships (bought here) to Japan by
request of the Japanese government,
with which he was in high favor. He
was in command at Hawaii and was
the host of the Hawaiian King on his
visit to this country. At Valparaiso he
saved the lives of revolutionists who
took refuge on board his ship by de-
Ginning to give them up. Chile was
angry at this, but Browns course was
by the Secretary of War.
He was then in command of the naval
stations on the Pacific and Atlantic.
MS shore duty lasting until he was
retired at the age limit. Surely his
was the life of fighter.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
Court Gossip of Interesting
Epents on Two Continents

place of our familiar orange blossom.
The ladies' present at the wedding are
In evening toilette, without hats, while
the men wear evening dress and top
hats. After the ceremony the bride
changes into a travelling dress and de-
parts quietly with her bridegroom with
out any throwing Of rice, slippers. or con-
fetti Those who remain sit down to the
ample Observation-Disclosures. which Ger
mans dearly love.
pretty custom prevails In the Black
Forest (Schwabentand) and in Saxony,
where a wedding Is made known by fixing
in front of the brides house two nr trees
decked with ribbons and flowers, and
guns are fired of during the day in cele-
bration of the event.
For forty years the people of Naples,
including the most learned folk. have en-
deavored to solve the riddle Of the enig-
matte inscription on a marble calumn.
''On May first every year have a golden
head" which an eccentric Frenchman at
the beginning Of the nineteenth century
had erected in one of the chef sIreets of
the city. On May 1 for q number Ct
years after the erection Of the shaft peo-
pie came and peered at II. thinking that Its
head would be covered with gold. but no
miracle happened, and at last the people
got tired of puzzling over the riddle and
came to the conclusion that 1t was a Joke
on the part of the Frenchman.
Then 1t occurred to the authorities that
probably the Frenchman had buried his
treasure under the column. They had 1t
taken down. but nothing but earth was
found and the column was regretted.
Then came happy idea on the part
OF Annibale Tosci. q beggar as lazy and
as ragged as only Neapolitan beggars
can be. who early one morning passed
the column and stood and stared at the
inscription. II was a lovely summer
morning. and the sun, In a cloudless sky.
cast a long shadow Of the column on
the ground.
Il have it, said the beggar to him
self. He told nobody that he had found
the solution Of the mystery which had
puzzled all for so many years, but on the
following LIST of May he came to the
spot with pick and shovel He waited
until the clock in the neighboring monas-
terry Of San Vito struck six, and then he
began to dig at the spot touched by the
end of the columns shadow. He had not
dug very deep before he came to a leather
satchel OF French workmanship, which he
seized. concealed beneath his shirt, and
retired to a lonely courtyard to examine
Breathlessly he opened the satchel and
found within the sum of 125.000 francs.
After all the inscription was true, and
the eccentric Frenchman had not lied
But Annibale Tosct. IL a beggar. was a
prudent man. He went to Mantuna,
bought a small farm. and lived on his
own property, cultivating his own vines
and olives, until his death a few days
ago. FLANEUR.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

thing when 1 look at it but an egg with
two yellows in it."
Seven members OF the United States
Senate are more than seventy years OF
age. They are Stephenson, of Wisconsin,
who is eighty-four. and the oldest men,
her; Gallinger. of New Hampshire; du
Pont, OF Delaware; Bacon, of Georgia;
Perkins. OF California: Bankhead. of Ala
bama, and Catron. OF New Mexico. With
the exception of Perkins, who was en-
feebled a few years ago by a fall, the
seven seem just about as spry as any
of their colleagu IL not more so.
Senator Kern Of Indiana always wears
his hat cooked jauntily a little to one
side. II matters not a whit, either. IL II
happens to be a silk hat. In fact, Kern
reasons, a silk hat gives one all the
more necessity to wear II at an infor-
NAL angle to take some of the curse OF
the thing.
Copyright, 1918. BY Fred C. Kelly. An rishts
reseryed)
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
The President and Gettysburs.

OF all places in the United State.
Gettysburg is the place for the Presi.
dent to be today. When beginning hi:
duties at the White House he made the
rule that he would not absent himself
from Washington while Congress was
in session. This is a good rule. The
people esteem the man on the Job
who is on the job all the time, bu,
there are exceptions to the best of
rules.
Induced by Congressman Palmer,
President Wilson wisely made an ex-
ception in favor of the Gettysburg
semi-centennial. Had President Wilson
adhered to his original purpose of not
being on the ground of the epochal
battle, his absence would have been
given a national significance. July 4,
1913, marks the completion of the re-
union of the two sections that faced
each other in arms on July 4, 1863. To
the completeness of this reunion what
more convincing testimony could be
given than the participation of Presi-
dent of the United States of Southern
birth and Confederate anteoedents !?
The answer is obvious.
1t is to be hoped that at Gettysburg
he will not miss the lesson of the ma
tional reunion. 1t will be within his
power to invoke the spirit of the wild
est nationalism which sees in Gettys-
burg not merely decisive battle, but
the dating point of a new American
ism, purified of the dangerous section
alism of the old Americanism. All our
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
The Stars and Stripes
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author Of "At Good Old siwash.~

On this, the glorious and jambangsome
Fourth Of July. 1t is fitting that We should
cease. for a few minutes, our painful in
vestigations concerning the effect of dy-
Mantle in small doses upon the thumb
and should take up the study Of the Stars
and Stripes.
The Stars and Stripes were invented
by our forefathers for use as a battle
nag while ejecting the hated tyrant from
our soil The stars stand for what we
should make our enemies without our
borders see, and the stripes indicate
should wear. For a long time foreign
nations did not pay much attention to
the Stars and Stripes because We had
not demonstrated their full meaning. but
during the last century this has not been
the case. In moments Of rashness sew
eral nations have monkeyed with our flag
and in each case the offending power has
gone into the back shop for extensive
and costly repairs.
The Stars and Stripes have waved on
many q battle field and have gone to
glory on many q sea- Men In second
rate ships have unfurie6 the Stars and
Stripes and underneath them have licked
enemies of twice their size: and faintins.
patriots on land have taken an
other look at the tattered colors and have
them into the jaws of death
and beyond.
The stars and Stripes have made heroes
Of several million men and these men
have made this nation great. In time
Of war the nag goes forward over fields
Of glory, and dying men lift up their
heads and bless 1t as II passes. But in
time of peace We are not SO particular
about II. Some of us bless 1t reverently
while others give II to trained dogs and
ponies to wave In vaudeville acts. and
stu others stamp upon 1t with great fury
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
Telephone Rates.

From the New York Evening Post
To the users of telephones in Chicago.
the immediate interest in the new ordi-
nance reducing rates is naturally con-
nected with the money saving which will
be one of its results. In a larger view,
however, a much more important ques-
ton was at stake. The City Council and
the councilmanic system of city govern
ment were on trial. II the proposed or
dinance had been rejected, a serious ar
gument would have been furnished the
legislator at Springfield who are looking
for excuses for taking from Chicago the
control of its public utilities. For the
ordinance under discussion was not the
outcome of impulse, but embodied the
carefully considered conclusions Of ex-
perts especially employed to make
scientific investigation Of the telephone
station in Chicago, with particular refer
ence to the matter of rates. II a measure
of this kind could not find favor in the
sight of the Aldermen. then. it would
have been urged. what benefit could the
city expect at their hands?
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
Respectfuy dedicated to the memory Of the "Blue
and the Gray" BY John ]. d. Trenor.)

Respectfully dedicated TO the memory Of the Blue
and the Gray" By John J. d. Trenor.)
o. sacred ground, where now repose
Our nations sons. whose heeting breath.
Loves deepest pledge their country gave
Sleep on brave hearts. for at the close,
An conflict DER. each lowly grave
Shall prove a portal to that life
Where dwells no sorrow, rules no strife.
Full oft 70 dared the jaws Of hell,
While crnnon roared and steel met steel:
What utter anguish youn to feel.
No mortal tongue can ever tell
Why close thy ztes. RELENTLESS Desthi
It's but halt" on GIory's path
tOnce mzrd b. signs Of hate and wrath,
For soon shall come the breik Of day,
When. arm in arm, both Blue and Gray,
With sladsome step. will forward" march,
Beneath loves broad. triumphal arch,
While sound Of fife roll Of drum
Ne'er to their ears shall thenceforth come
And when at length their goal IL gained,
AL gTief dispelled. an JOY attained.
As loved ones meet to part no more
tFor all may stand within that door,.
Eternal peace their hearts shall m,
Fierce passions quench. vain ansrr still
Nov grant. o Lord. that war's dread reign
Shall cease for e'er the world to stain:
Send down Thy spirit from above;
Undue all nations With Thy love.
I'M peace on earth. good will toward No.
1fum svezy heart evokes "ADnr'
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

From the Atlanta Constitution.
In his recent address before the Georgia
Bar Association at Warm Springs former
Supreme Court Justice Andrew Cobb
stated as follows. some Of the disquieting
tendencies OF our day:
I'VE are living in an irreverent age.
We are also living in an age that is
irrelevant. Men who have lost the sense
Of reverence, or willfully disregarded its
prompting, challenge the attention of the
public and pose as the leaders Of thought.
Facts which are immaterial, which have
no real protective force. are adroitly used
as reasons for determination Of issues and
in favor Of the side which should not pre-
vail. Reason, experience and the better
impulses seem to be at a discount and
prejudice and the lower instincts are ap-
pealed to to furnish the basis for action. +"
Boiled down, this means that We are
living in q half-baked age, and the asser-
ton Is largely true. The old and some
what silly saw runs that "a cat may look
at q king" We have. unconsciously,
taken the philosophy Of the saying to
bolster up a false Interpretation of de-
mocracy. The result IL that our perspec-
tive il all awry. We're getting cats and
kings mixed with ludicrous and harmful
frequency. The demagogue masquerades
~ the statesman. The layman, unlearned
IN tne law, KNOWS more imam the Judge
and wants to recall the latter for decid-
ing upon principles and equity rather
than upon transient popular whims. The
muck-raker masters. overnight, the DIFF
ficulties Of every business and industry,
and lambasts the men who have spent
their lives In It
Nothing Is sacred. nothing immune from
the higher criticism of the half-baked.
The man in the street. just able to write
his name, 10 qualified to discard the con-
stitution which Is the sheet-anchor of
our institutions. The lingo newspaper is
equipped to pass on grave international
issues in ferment Of Jingoism and shout
its head on to involve this country in
war.
Progress is excellent. indispensable to
life. But. isn't Judge Cobb right? Do
not We Of this age need at least a tine
ture Of the SOLDERING reverence and rele-
vancy of the fathers? Are we not in
danger Of forgetting that the world was
made whom man was born?''
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

vast developments since 1868 may be
traced to Gettysburg, which converted
Lincoln's emancipation from a fiat to
fact. Gettysburg was victory for
the people, and it marked, as Lincoln
said, a new birth in freedom.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

when they cannot run the country to suit
themselves.
1t is pretty hard to die for the Stars
and Stripes, just at present, but We can
at least remember that II q million SOL
diers have loved this country enough to
die under its flag In time of war. the rest
Of us should have enough affection to re-
frain from grabbing everything loose in
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

Bulgaria and Servia having made up.
1t is presumed that they arranged an
amicable division of the moving picture
royalties.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

Germany has increased the size Of her
army. and 10 ready to listen to any fur
Their peace proposals.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-04

As we understand II, the Democrats do
not propose to raise all incomes to 5000.
but propose to tax all over that amount