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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-04-19

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state Of cultivation. lying two miles OF
Marsha lltown. Land lays almost per-
feet. all tiled out. fine grove. plenty
OF fruit. eleven room modern house.
large barn and other buildings, fenced
and cross fenced with woven wire.
Every foot of this farm Is the best of
farm land. VIII carry back some at
per cent: this is a snap. See me. J. f.
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For SaIe-Manure spreader in excel
lent running condition. A bargain. Call
at Western Grocer Mills or Phone 7.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
SOLDIERS MuTINY
and JOIN REBELS
elHlnlas' Revolt More Serious
naa Government Admits.

' MEXICO City. March l7.-Some 400
coosssl troops In the army Of General
NAocAs Campos refused to obey or
n1ss when commanded to 70 from
0oosa Palacio. on tho eastern border
- 0ursngo. TO Parras. In Coahuila. to
Nooss rebel bands In that state. The
Nuoo1ses fred upon their commander
~ 700 Of them have Joined the
Boss os Carranxas, the rebel COVER.
~ q Coahuila
GnSermation from reliable sources
1nakss II appear that Carranzas' re.
~ 10 far more formidable than the
Wvesnment reports would Indicate.
AAvlces say he holds Lampaxos and
011tAmente, In the state Of Nuevo
RnDa. and Ciudad Poriirio Diaz. In the
I11as Of Coahuila. and that he has at
- 1000 men, many Of whom are
nas troops. under his command
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
HIS FIRST TASTE OF WAR.
The Time When sohlsy Was Almost
Scared 10 Death.


"The late Admiral Schley admitted
In conversation with me one afternoon,
sitting on the veranda of an Atlantic
CITY hotel, that the tirst time he was
under lire he was frightened almost to
DEATH" remarked Victor Murdock OF
Kansas.
"'When Admiral Farrsgut at Mobile
bsy boarded my ship I was a young
ofhcer, said Admiral Schlsy. and In
the height VI the battle the captain Of
my vessel was killed. I suddenly
found myself face to face with q sit
ustion which for the moment seemed
70 take away all Of my nerve.
"I was in moment elevated to the
command Of battleship IN actual en-.
gagement II I had been unnerved by
the shot and she'll before. was al.
most terrified at that Instant. In the
midst OF my predicament--for that In
what Il amounted to--Admiral Fara.
gut boarded the ship do not know
what thought came to him when he
saw me. for my face must have b..
trayed my fear.
"'Just ut that moment shell whia-
Fed across the deck. cutting u line as
cleanly as " II had been done by q
chisel Farragut turned around TO me
and said; Lieutenant. let's take our
stand on thls line. They saw that
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
JIlTEO LOVER KILLS
YOUNG GIRL AND SELF
Ems Al When SwesthelTt After
1m Rsiusss b Make Up.

Macon. Ca, March l7.--W. p. Mise.
"a. formerly travelling salesman foI
. fruit company Of Springfield. L. l.,
and more recently : telegraph oper
ator for the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
road. shot and killed Miss Annie Hall,
. college girl, here and then shot and
killed himself An automatic revolver
was used by Mi2e and seven bullets
In all were fired. four entering the
body of the girl ana three that OF
Nike, two piercing &ls heart. While
dying. Miae crawled several feet over
the doorstep and hghed the girl. Then
ne laid down to die beside her
Mixe met Miss Hall. daughter Of 2
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
The Cookbook.

Crackers covered with grated cheese
and toasted In the oven are good serv-
I'd with salad for luncheon.
A tiny sprinkllng Of sugar placed
over each layer Of meat in a steak pud-
ding will make the steak tender.
Add n few breadcrumbs to the scram,
bled eggs for breakfast. They will i'm
prove the dish and make the eggs go
further.
Toughness OF angel cake IL often due
to the fact that the eggs are not beaten
properly. They should he beaten so
stiff that they viii stand alone"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
RURAL BILLS UP
important Legislation by ohio Assem-.
bly, Expected This Woak.

- eSVSSsSo sUto W00Ns
Columbus. O.. March 17.-Legisla.
ton for which Governor Coxs rural
congress was intended to peve the way
% to bs given the right Of way in thu
General assembly this week. The
Cunningham bill. creating an agricul.
tural commission to supersede numer.
Gus separate departments. bureaus
and boards having to do with the pro-
motion OF farming. will be put Oh pas.
sage In the Ssnate. The Hite bill to.
tAx the state heavily to build roads
Will be considered In the house. e +
Slated for An early vote ID the Diser
resolution to amend the constitution
BY inserting In 1t authority for the re-
call BY popular vote Of judges and,
ether public oficers elected by popu.
lar vote.
>The hauor license bill will not be-
brought up IN the hnnse before Thurs
day. .T n
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
Nidins q Camel

4 man who has experienced the ssa-
sat1on described the doubtful pleas.
ures Vf camel riding.
"YOu know the game Of cup aud
ballr' he said. You have q ball aud
cup. and you toss the ball In the ais
and try to catch II In the cup, then
toss and try to catch II again. and 70
on Well. when you ride camel the
beast plays cup and ball with you.
missing you nearly every ums"--Ex.
change.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
MORSE BACK FROM EUROPE
Former New York Financisr Appears
Free From lllnNse.

Former New York Financisr Appears
Free From lllnsss.
New York. March l7.--Charlss w.
Morse, who after his release from
prison at Atlanta was allotted year
q life by DR.. Charles Fowler, on
whose recommendation the inancier
was pardoned by President Taft, ar
rived ON the liner Kaiserin Auguste
Victoria. stepping down the gang.
plank lightly and LOOKING almost -
debonair a. In the days whom no was
q power In Wall street and head Of .
big steamship combination and =
great Ice business. I His eyes were
bright and his face free from symp-
toms Of illness. He will 80 into buai-
ness here,
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
ResourcsfuI.

And men relate a TILE Of n brave
and rcsourceful little schoolteacher In
one Of our suburbs who supports her
mother and three young sisters on her
by no means munlilcent salary. Last
week her mother called her up by tele-
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
TREATING PATIENTS TODAY

Frlsdmann Rsturns From Canada
happy Over success os Trio.
New York. March 17.--Dr. r. y.
Friedman returned from Canada
tired but happy over the succcss Of
his trip and the manner In which he
was received. He treated . dozen or
more cases today at Bellevue hos.
pital. but until he has . chance to cul.
turs his preparation further addition.
al treatments will be postponed. The
cases which he administered at Belle.
vue were examined by him Sunday,
lie also looked over nearly q score Of
cases at Mount Sinai hospital. which
had been reserved for his treatment
In both institutions the tests were
under the eye of government doctors.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

lightning never strikes twice In the
same place"
~ was mighty glad to follow said
Admiral schley 'F9rragut stood there
with the shells bursting all around. and
shall never forget how big and grand
be appea red - Washington Post
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

Furthermore, II is reported ON the
Same authority that Carranxas practi.
cally is In control Of the MEXICAN In.
ternstional railway aud Ia operating
portions OF 1t. aud has damaged the
National railroad between Monterey
And Laredo.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

planter at Gordon, Ga. year ago at
. party. They had been madly In love
ever since and were to have been
married In the fall. She broke OF the
engagement, following . quarrel.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18
FIood Reminds TAFT Of Home.

Augusta, Ca, March II. - The
waters Of the swollen Savannah river
covered some Of the principal bust.
ness and residential streets Of Angus.
- and ex.President Taft was remind
~ Of dear old Cincy." The freshet
was not destructive 1t al and did
nothing more than All q few cellars
and cause considerable Inconvenience.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

Successful 10 the man who gives
His best unto his tasks each day.
: Who decently and nobly lives,
Who loves and serves and knesis to
pray.
Detroit Free Press.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

Adam heard them blame tho cost OF
living ON the middlenan.
"rhe only thing they don't blame on
the nrsi man. he Thankfully observed.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-03-18

Pa Son. you talk toO much. Son
Well. ia. an' tO blame for your mar
rying into y talkativs family - Boston
Transcript.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
CHAPTER Viii,
A New Clue

~ w." S'uG.
$50. Davis" l concluded. you see
that every new clue points to Hugh
Crandall"
The post office inspector shifted
What have they done with the
dead woman's clothes?" he asked, "I
want to see them at once"
had been anxiously awaiting Davis,
arrival, not without some little feeling
of triumph. to tell to him the startling
developments in the mystery since I
had left him hardly more than twenty
four hours before at the ferry T was
at the station awaiting him and led
him at once to the little hotel The
noise Of his coming had been br,,ited
about by the village gossips. and as
his fame had penetrated even to the
obscure Jersey village, there was q
curious crowd gathered at the station,
Some OF them even followed us as
far as the hotel lobby, pressing 80
close that private conversation was
impossible. To avoid interruntion. I
took him at once to my room and or
dered our supper served there.
While We waited for IT summarized
as briefly as l could the new features
OF the case, beginning with my finding
the post office deserted. the name
missing from Lock Box II, the suicide
OF the woman. the calling up of the
Bridgeport police. the testimony Of
the maid that the woman had been
crying over yellow letter the dis
covery Of the five thousand dollars in
new hundred-dollar bills in the cash
drawer, the coincidence in the initials
OF Cook and Crandall that had first
attracted my attention to .he missing
guest In the hotel, his peculiar con.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
BOY osEYEo ORDERS GIVEN
Welcomed BY Hotel Manager
Just at That Time.

A certain New York hotel manager
y one Of these nervous men who COZ
staAtly warn their employees against
keoping them In ignorance Of any
happening around the place. He hired
. new bell boy recently. and gave
him the usual warning:
Remember" he warned. III any
thing happens around here I'm to b
the first person to know about It."
Soon after that he was showing
three naughty Daughters Of the Con-
federacy one Of the best rooms in the
place. when the new bell boy rushed
in with his hair on end.
"Something's happened" he yelled.
\ The three Daughters Of the Con-
federacy turned coldly, and the man
aser. anxious to get rid Of the boy.
demanded to know the trouble.
"That old cat down stairs" said
the boy. has Just had kittens. What
shall we dot"
The managers suggestion was
rough
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
COFFEE THREsHEp HER.
Is Long Years.

For over fifteen years." writes q
patient. hopeful little Ills. woman.
while a coffee drinker. suffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
was treated by good physicians. but
did not get much relief.
never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea II
Just as injurious. because it contains
caffeine, the same drug found In COT.
fee.) I was down.hearted and dis
couraged. but prayed daily that I
might find something to help me.
Several years ago. while at .
friends house drank . cup Of Post.
um and though l had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on I used Postum
instead Of coffee and soon began to
improve in health. 30 that now / can
walk half dozen blocks or more with
ease. and do many other things that'I
never thought would be able to do
again in this world.
NY appetite il good. I sleep well
and ind life 10 worth living. 4 lady
Of my acquaintance said she did not
Ike Postum. It was 70 weak and taste-
less,
Il explained to her the differspes
when 1t IL made Fight-boiled accord.
Ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the rest Of their
lives" Name given upon request.
Read the little book, "Ths Road to
Wellvtlle." in pkss. There's . Rea-
SON."
Postum now comes in concentrated.
powder form, called Instant Postum.
It Is prepared by stirring a level tea
spoonful in cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the favour is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers-45 to
60-cup tin 80 cts.. 30 to 10o-cup tin
80 cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co.. Ltd. Battle Greek,
4ich.-Adv.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06

-Uct me mlbut I MenttoAed the y0l-
low letter and his flight froa the town
oehine the fastest horse obtainabie.
While I vas only an amateur in
criminal investigation. prideA myself
as Davis himself could have dose.
doubted if even he. with all his
shire wdness. could learn the identity
Of the dead woman or could explain
what the postmaster was doing with
such An unusually large sum, left 80
carelessly hid In the cash-draver Ny
private opinion was that the money
was probably counterfeit and that
when We had solved the mystery We
would find that Hugh CrandalI Was at
the head Of . band of skilful rogues
who were defrauding the government.
More than likely they had headquar
tiers somewhere In the vicinity. Prob
ably with the connivance Of the post
master they conducted some sort Of
green-g goods or other swindling game
through Lock Box II. II seemed to
me more than possible that Crandall.
taking advantage Of Katharine Far
rish's love for him. had shared her
father into some nefarious scheme.
Such theory would explain her sud
den break with him and might even
account for her fathers terror At the
sight of the yellow letter that had re-
vealed to her his error. The knowl-
edge OF her fathers plight. too, might
have driven her to try suicide Old
Elser possibly was one Of the gangs
dupes or agents who saw exposure
coming. through Katharins's activity,
and feared to face 1t. The one flaw in
my theory. It seemed to ne. vas that
it In no way accounted for The second
woman's suicide. and in spite Of Da.
Wis prophecy that there would be
more suicides. was inclined to be-
lieve that perhaps. after all. II was
only . coincidence. Learning her
identity. did not regard ~ half so
important ~ to locate Crandall. I al
most wished that had gone in pur-
suit Of him alone. I would have felt
an unholy Joy in rounding him up sin
gle-handed. while Davis followed 9TH
er minor clues. felt considerably
annoyed that Davis apparently was
more interested in learning who the
dead woman was than In discovering
Crandall's whereabouts.
II have NO idea what they have done
with the Clothes" I said almost cross
ly. II suppose they are still in the
room. The inquest was adjourned un.
til tomorrow morning. Maybe they
have been taken to the underta kers.
He came this afternoon and took the
body away. forgot to tell you that
Crandall called up the Parrish house
this morning and asked for Katharine
right from this very hotel"
What did he say" he asked apa-
thetically.
l repeated the conversation with
Louise word for word az she had
told 1t to me.
That" said I, rs definite evidence
that Crandall, the man whom We sus.
pect. was here in the place where you
sent me-here under an assumed
name. What greater proof Of guilt
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06

skir the woman had vos0- Perhaps
II vas sonethiAg N Davis anthorita-
tive manner.
There's no use in your looking
these over" said. They were care
fully examined today. and there 10 not
. mark on them. The only clue 10 the
letter g. on tvo black -bordeRed hard.
kerchiefs and . return ticket =
Bridgeport. She signed her name -
Mary Jane Teller. but there 10 noAs
Of the bridgeport Teilers Who sA-
swers her description. nor are any At
them missing. found out all that
long ago"
Davis vas paying little attentioa to
my conversation. doubted II b
was even aware that ! had spoken.
With . small pocket tape measure 10
was taking the various dimensions Of
the coat and skirt. He turned up the
hem Of the latter ard inspected It ~
carefully as II he expected to nnd .
name written there. He did the same
thing hrst with one sleeve and .hen
with the other
You say that she registered as
Teller and that her hAndkerchiefs
were marked with an '0r" he sudden
ly asked me. showing that he had
heard all l said.
Both the landlord and ! answered
him afiirmatively.
Where 10 the telephone ?" he asked.
Il want to call long distance"
There was Q note OF excitement
in his voice that indicated to me that
he believed himself on the verge oe
some discovery. though what 1t was
could not imagine.
He dashed away to the telephone.
the landlord following. ate my sup
per alone and waited. Just ~ was
finishing he came back into the
room. and. seating himself. began to
eat. apparently Indifferent to the fact
that everything had grown cold in
the halfhour he was absent.
"Well." said inquiringly, "did you
learn anything?"
He nodded and calmly finished
drinking his cold coffee.
Expectantly I sat there. waiting for
" ~ VI. AA0 bOC11Su uVt ~ NJ
tice my impatience, though 1t must
have been apparent. and waited until
he had pushed back his chair and
lighted q cigarette. He always rolled
his own. and never before had real
lied what an irritating operation roll.
ing 4 cigarette can be made. It
seemed to me that he was taking en-
tirely unnecessary pains to have the
ends twisted Just 20. Finally could
brook NO further delay. and burst out
With: well, what have you discov-
cred, Mr.. Inspector"
supposed that he might have OBJ
tained 4 clue to where the woman's
garments had been manufactured.
some tiny thread by which he hoped
to run her identity to earth. Little
was prepared for the startling dis
coveries he volleyed at me. 70 tersely,
90 concretely put that could not
doubt the accuracy of his information.
The woman was Sarah Sackett,
spinster. She lived on 4 little farm
just outside Bridgeport with her broth.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house IN
great excitement over the attempted sui
eide OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, suitor for Katharine. who had
been forbidden the house by General Far
rish. had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself
A torn piece of yellow paper Is found
at sight of which General Parrish 10
stricken with paralysis. Kent discovers
that Crandall has left town hurriediy
Andrew Elser. an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as Katharine
attempted her life. yellow envelope is
found in Elser's room. Post ONCE In
spectOr Davis. kents friend. takes up
the case. Kent is convinced that Gran
dali Is at the bottom of the mystery.
Katharine's strange outcry puzzles the
detectives. Kent and Davis search Gran
dalrs room and find an address. Lock
Box II. Ardway. N. J. Kent goes to Ard
way to Investigate and becomes suspi-
cious OF Henry, Cook" A woman
commits suicide at the Ardway Hotel.
yellow letter also figures In this case.
Kent calls Louise on the long distance
telephone and finds that she had Just been
called by crandall from the same booth.
Cook" disappears. The Ardway post
master 10 missiAK.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
WYOMING RATIFIEs AMENDMENT
TO Y. 6. CONSTITUTION;
3SIh STATE.
RAISE s1oo,ooo,ooo
GOVERNMENT ExPEc THAT
AMOUNT WHEN MEASURE
TAKES EFFECT.

Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
Washington-An income tax is now
one of the provisions of the constitu-
tiOn of the United States.
Wyoming's ratification of the in
come tax amendment-the sixteenth
change in the constitution and the
first since the reconstruction-com
pleted list of thirty-six states-three
fOurths of the Union-which have ap-
proved the provision.
Congress now will enact a law to
levy the tax. and 1t probably will be-
come effective during the extraordi.
nary session to be called by Presi.
dent-elect Wilson In March,
The tax itself. its provisions and its
limitations. are left to Congress.
The new law probably would super
sede the corporation tax and provide
for q tax on all incomes above $1,000,
although there has been some senti-
ment in favor of making the limit a.
low as $4,000. Congressional leaders
who have been preparing for the final
ratification by the states each year.
estimate an income tax would bring
in about SlOO,O0O,OOO a year to the
government.
Now that the tax is provided by the
constitution, the proposed excise tax,
framed by the Democratic leaders in
1912 to meet the Supreme Courts de.
cision which held a former income tax
unconstitutional. will be dropped and
some Of its provisions may be in.
cluded In the new law.
West Virginia ratified the amend
ment few days ago. One house in
New Jersey and one In New Mexico
have approved it.
Wyoming's ratification was wholly
unexpected at this time
The provision authorizing an in.
come tax as now made part of the
federal constitution will be known as
the sixteenth amendment, and reads
as follows:
Article XVI-The Congress shall
have power to lay and collect taxes
on incomes, from whatever source de-
rived. without apportionment among
the states adm without regard to any
census or enumeration"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
BALKAN GUNS DOOM scurAR,.
Allies End Armistiee With Attack on
Adrianopie and Other Ports.

Constantinople.-The bombardment
of Adrianople by the Bulgars and Ser
vians began an hour after the armis-
tice ended. Fighting has begun in
earnest at Tchatalja. Scutari is on
the point of falling, the Turk COM
mander begging the Servians to post
pone the capitulation, fearing a mas
sacre. The consuls at Adrianople
have requested permission for 12O for.
eigners to pass through the lines. II
this cannot be. the ambassadors will
ask that the Bulgarians respect that
portion of Adrianople set apart for
foreign residents.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
Dollar oIlls.

can you have. unless It 10 actual con-
fession?"
"The man you suspect" he correct
ed with some asperity. turning alb
ruptly to the waiter, who had entered
with our supper.
Tell the proprietor to come up here
at once" he said. "and tell him to
bring with him the garments worn BY
the woman who killed herself"
II had sent Mahlon Williams such
an order am positive he would have
paid no attention to II, but Davis was
obeyed. So quickly that 1t almost
seemed as II Williams had been listen.
ing outside the door the landlord ap-
peared carrying thu black coat and
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1913-02-06
Watered Stock.

Two old Cronies had been sitting In
cafe on Cortlandt street one Saturday
afternoon for several hours and were
pretty much the worse for their
lengthy tete-a-tete.
What Is your nationality. anyway.
Jim?" asked one.
We'll. I'll tell you. Bob. My father
came from Glasgow. 80 you see I'm
half Scotch"
And the other half seltzer. guess"
put in his companion.-Saturday Eve
ming Post.