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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
WATER FLOWS INTO cuLEsRA.
Next Preblsm. on lsthmus 10 Removal
Of Cuearacha Slide.

Of CueaPacha Slide.
Panama, Oct. 2.-Water was let into
the Culebra cut from Gatun lake thru
four twenty-four inch pipes under the
Gamboa dixie at 8 o'clock yesterday. At
the present rate OF flow the cut be-
tween the Cucaracha slide and the
Gamboa dixie. q distance Of about five
miles. will gbo hlled to depth Of If
teen feet by Oct 10, the date set for
the destruction Of the Gamboa dixie.
Since the suspension Of steam shovel
operations, the Cucaracha slide has ex-
tended completely across the cut to the
seventy-three foot level. 80 that when
the water IL admitted to the probable
lake level Of sixty-eight feet on Oct.
10 Il can not pass this barrier.
It y proposed to ditch thru the Gu
caracha slide and the rush Of water is
expected to carry away q large portion
Of the obstacle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Add. "a Appropriat;ons.

washington. Oct. 2-1n report on
the urgency deficiency appropriation
bill made to the senate today, the SEN
ate appropriations committee added an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the federal
board Of mediation and conciliation to
the bill and the $3.50, 900 balance for the
new Portland, Ore, postoffice. was
made Immediately available for use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
BUTCHER TOO POPULAR.
Fears News Of Marriage Will Provo
Disastrous to Business.

Milwaukee, Oct. 2.-Declaring that
his business would be ruined II the
news Of his marriage would be made
public an applicant for marriage IL
cense last night asked that his name
be withheld from publication.
'T own butcher shop and am coin
ing money" he said. "There are over
500 young unmarried ladies in my
neighborhood. Everybody knows I am
making money and the match making
mothers send their girls to my shop
with view OF getting me Interested.
When ! get married I am going to in
troduce my wife as new hired girl"
The county clerk agreed to suppress
the mans name.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
PARTS WITH 5000
Canadian Couple FIeeeed BY Confidence
Men at st. Louis-Give Experts"
Large Sum to Bet on "Sure Thine"-
Call on Police to Aid In Search for
Graftsrs.

st. Louis. Oct 2.-william J. Young
and his wife, of Brandon, Manitoba,
appealed to the police here today to aid
them in recovering $4,000. which they
said they had given to two confidence
men who persuaded them to bet the
money on a sure thing" horse race.
The Youngs said they met the al
legged confidence men. known as Klein
fielder and Rector, at West Baden.
where the ability of the strangers to
pick a winner was demonstrated by a
81 bet from which Mr.. Young received
So.
The $4,000. the police were told. was
turned over to the two men in a hotel
here. According to Young, the two men
"quarreled fercely" soon after receiv-
ing the money, and left the hotel with
the money promising they would re-
turn. They never came back and the
YoungS sought the police.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
DYNAMITE NEWSPAPER PLANT.
Attempt Made to Wreck Potter Enter
prise at Coudersport, Pa.

Coudersport. Pa. Oct. 2.-An attempt
to wreck the plant Of the Potter En-
terprise was made early today. A heavy
charge of dynamite was exploded under
the typesetting machines. The, side OF
the building was blown out but. the
machines were only slightly damaged.
No one was in the building at the time.
To place the charge tunnel had
been made from the alley way under
the wall.
The paper Is published by NJ. T.
Stokes, who was formerly engaged In
newspaper publishing in Ohio. The pa
per has been conducting a vigorous
campaign on local issues. A reward
Of $500 has been offered by the county
commissioners for the arrest of those
RESPONSIBLE for the outrage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
SEISMIC DISTURBANCE ON ZONE
DOES NO DAMAGE TO BIG
WATERWAY.
BUILT TO RESIST ALL
ORDINARY EARTH SHOCKS
Engineers Confident Canal Will Never
Be Damaged BY Quakes Unless They
Are Moro Severe Than Any on Rec
ord-Recent Slides Not Duo to Seis.
mic Disturbances.

Panama. Oct. 2.-Absolutely no dam
age was done to the structures of the
Panama canal by the earthquake
which occurred in the canal zone be-
tween II and II o'clock last night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Lodoe on Road 10 .Reeoxerx.

Eahant, Mass, Oct. 2.-Unssa states
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge main
tained the Improvement shown in his
condition Yesterday. His physician say
that danger Of serious results from his
reosn.. operation has now ssed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
German lnvsntor Mi..;na.

Antwerp, Oct 2-The mystery Of the
disappearance Of DR.. Rudolph Diesel,
the German inventor, while on his way
from Germany to England, was still
further deepcned today by the asser-
iion -Ui 8 be: &c .se Gregg ehernel
sseamsr Dsesden, who said that DR..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
nrx,n Name. New cIerk.

Washington, Oct. i. Secretary
grvan today appointed william r.
Kelly, a Lincoln, Neb.. lawyer. as his
confidential clerk to succeed George G.
Waite. Of Lincoln. resigned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02

Diesel went on board the steamer at
$3.50 In the evening on Sept. 2S. but on
learning that the vessel would not start
Tor two hours, went ashore and was
not seen again. The steward did not
enter his name on the cabin list.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
kimmi, Wanted EI.swhers.

San Diego, Cal. Oct. 2.-Dr. Bruce b
Kimmis. alias Chemist, who Is In prison
In Los Angeles. is wanted by the local
police on at least two warrants. The
charges are OF passing bad checks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Cedar Rapids phy.,eian Dies.

Cedar Rapids, Oct. 2.-Dr. w. J..
Bradley. prominent local physician,
died this morning following a months
illness Of typhoid fever. He was ~
years old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
,owAN ENDS OWN LIFE.
William White Johnson, Of shenan.
doah. Fires Bullet Into Brain.

Shenandoah, Oct CIVILIAN White
Johnson. aged 62. killed himself here
This morning. He had been Ill for three
months but was better yesterday.
Early this morning he sent Mrs. john
son to neighbors to call the doctor
saying he was worse. While she was
gone he got a revolver and shot nm
self thru the temple. He leaves wife
and six children. Five OF the latter are
married and one is at home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Road users' Day at pstr,;4

Detroit. Mich, Oct. 2.-The American
road congress now meeting here an
nounced that today was road users'
day and the principal session was ieiI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Condition Of Cotton Crop.

Washington. Oct. 2.-The condition
Of the cotton crop of the United States
on Sept 25 was s4.1 per cent Of nor
NAL. the department OF agriculture an
nounced at noon today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02

under the Ssspices Of the American
Automobile Association.
The American Highway Association
Will hold its annual meeting tonight,
for election OF. officers and transaction
Of official business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
HEARINGS ON CORN GRADES.

Department Of Agriculture Plans to
Explain New Standardization Plans.
Special to Times Republican.
Washington, Oct "a public hear
ing will be held at the department OF
agriculture In Washington. on Tues
day, Oct. 29.-at 10 a. m. In order that
all persans interested in the CONNER
cial grading Of American corn may
have an opportunity to be heard on the
tentative grades for corn. as an
nounced on Aug. %, before federal
grades for commercial corn are def
nitely fixed by the department Of agri-
culture.
For the purpose of giving those in
terested an opportunity to become fa-
miliar with the data on which the ten
tative grades are based, prior to the
hearing. representatives of the office
Of grain Standardization will present
the more important results Of the in
vestigations at New Orleans. La. on
Oct. Is, in connection with the annual
meeting of the Grain Dealers National
Association: and at Des Moines, Iowa,
on Oct 81, at a special meeting under
call of the president Of the national
council Of farmers cooperative asso-
Citations
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
A.+.n,t CAPTURE Of piedr.s N,ur,s,

Piedras Negras. Mexico. Oct. "a
filibustcring expedition attempted to
CAPTURE piedras N egras from the An.
erican side of the Rio Grande today.
They were repulsed by the border
patrol and the neutral guards placed In
charua Of the city yesterday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
SAN ANTONIO FLOODED
Down Town District Under Five or Six
Feet Of Water-Damase In State
Expected to Amount to $3.50, ,0oo-
Southwest Louisiana Inundated and
Waters Still Rising.

San Antonio. Tex, Oct. with the
San Antonio river out Of it's banks and
overfowins the down town districts
of this city to depth in some places
of five or six feet, business in San An
tonic was demoraliZed this morning.
The damage probably will reach several
thousand dollars. So far as known no
lives We're lost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
Abandon Heteh-Hetehy eilI.

Washington. Oct. Am effort to
pass the so-called Hetch-Hetchy bill
was made in the senate today but was
finally abandoned because the measure
interfered with consideration OF the
tariff bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
REScUERS HOPE TO RELEASE
ENToMBED MINER BY NOON
FRIDAY.
PRISONER LOSES COURAGE
ON SIXTH DAY OF PLIGHT
Mrs. Toshesky Taken into Mine and
Permitted to Converse With Hus-
band Thru Tube Thru which En-
tombed Man 10 Fed-Thrso Shifts Of
Thirty Mon Each Working to Save
Life.

Centralia. Pa. Oct. with twenty
five feet OF solid pillar Of coal to ex-
cavate, rescuers hoped to reach by noon
tomorrow Thomas Toshesky. who has
been entombed in the Continental mine
OF the Lehigh Coal Company for six
days. H. j. Heffner mine superintend-
ent, installed air compressers in the
heading today and the work of digging
away the wall Of anthracite is ex-
pected to proceed more rapidly. During
excavation work last night only one
miner at a time was able to pick into
the face Of the COAL
Toshesky is becoming very restless.
He started to dig himself out Of his cell
and had picked away about three feet
OF coal in the direction of the rescuerS
when those outside told him to be care
ful lest he cut the rope used in drawing z
his provisions thru tho long pipe in
serted in a mine breach. He was told
to stop digging. but he sai( he had
nothing to do to help pass the time
away.
Inc imprisoned niuei DesseI foT .
stick Of dynamite to blow down por-
tions Of the barrier between himself
and liberty. To quiet him another bot
tie of eggnog was sent in to him, along
with instructions from MIR. Heffner to
try to go to sleep.
Converses With Wife.
Toshesky was more cheerful during
the night after the fifteen minutes talk
he had thru the pipe with his wife
yesterday afternoon. He was glad to
hear that she and the four children
were well and he begged her not to
worry about him.
Mrs. Toshesky is hopeful her husband
will be home She had mourned him
as dead until news was brought to her
three days after the accident that he
was alive.
Three shifts Of thirty men each are
engaged in the rescue work. The more
experienced miners In the region are
enlisted in the corps. A telephone line
had been constructed from the breach
to the office three miles away In order
that officials might keep in touch with
rescue work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
JUDGES, TERMS EXTENDED.

Commerce Court Jurists to Retain Of
fice Until Dec. 81.
Washington, Oct. 2.-The terms OF
office of the five circuit judges now
serving on the United States COM
merce court, which wou!a have c2ded
at once under the provisions passed re-
Gently by the house, have been extend
ed to Dec. 81, by the senate approprl-
aticns committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02

1t is expected Mr.. Dindell's nomina-
tion will be sent to the senate immedl-
ately.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
T.-R. BULLETIN
Noticeable News Of Today
The Weather.

The Weather.
Sun rises Oct. at 6. sets ut b:Ao.
Iowa--Fair tonight and Friday: mod.
crate temperature; moderate variable
winds. E3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
RUSSIA ACCEPTS PINpELL
Notifies State Department. That Ap.
pointrnent in Satisf aetorx.

washington, Oct. 2.-The Russian
government, in reply to an inquiry
from the state department, has signi-
fled that Henry NJ. Pindell. Of Peoria,
ILL.,. editor, will be acceptable as Amer
lean ambassador to Russia to succeed
Curtis Guild, Of Massachusetts. re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-02
JolcE posToFFIcE ROBBED.
Safe Dynamited, Crooks Are Poorly
Rewarded With Few Stamps.

HsWdTUGU WITH u wv 0HdTUpJs
Special to mes-Republican.
Mason City. Oct. 2.-Fo: the second
time in the last few months the post
office at Joice was robbed Last night
robbers blew the safe with nitroglycer-
inc, but got only a few postage stamps
IN the former robbery over 800 was
secured
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-15

In the Carlisle-Harvard game,
1903, the ball, on the kickoff, was
slipped under Charley Dillon's sweat
er, and surrounded by his mates Dill
Ion ran los yards for a touchdown,
while Harvard fioundered- about look
ing for the man with the ball.
Earl Sprackling, Brown captain,
AIl-American quarter in 1909, caught
the Carlisle kickoff on his 1-yard
line and ran los yards for a touch
down.
Arthur Poe, one of Princeton's
greatest stars, wrenched the ball
from a Yale man in 1899 and fled
100 yards for the touchdown that
gave the Tigers the game.
Sammy White, Princeton, was hero
of the other two, which revolution
lied football. In 1911, against Har-
ward, White grabbed a loose ball, in
stead of falling upon it, and ran 80
yards for touchdown. Two weeks
later, against Yale, White grabbed a
fumbled ball and sprinted go yards.
Six players, in addition to White,
LoNO L4cLOC I"O IOuCLUO"lO lOuOH-
ing runs of more than so yards. They
are:
Gustav WEIGH, Carlisle, 1911; 100
yards against Pennsylvania and 80
against Cornell. .......
Walter Camp, Yale, 1878; 80
against Penn; in 1880, so against
Penn.
]. H. Sears, Harvard, 1886; 80
against Penn; in 1888, go against
Princeton.
G. o. Barclay, Lafayette, 1895; 80
yards against Lehigh and so against
Cornell.
R. V. Lewis, Williams, 1912; 70
against Cornell; &c against Cornell.
Jim Thorpe, Carlisle, 1908; go
against Penn; 1911, 80 against Penn.
1000
LETTER TO THE DAY BOOK
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-11-15


tice just what was said until saw
one lady's face turning frey red, the
others eyes were blazing, and they
moved away from the men.
Then he called her back by asking
for my Boy" and when 1 Dream
of Old Erin" She laid them out and
walked away again without a word.
Then he called to her and she came
back, and he tried to get her to put
in a large order for both songs. Then
she blazed out: Nothing doing. I'll
not boost your music after such re-
marks"
Then these fresh gents" tried to
get little fresher by asking for an
other song which their firm didn't
publish, and which, by emitting part
of the song title, sounded somewhat :
suggestive. .....
When business firms hire such
brutes as these men were there is
only one resource for the public pro-
lection, and that is to turn on the
IimeGght and let the public know the
inside workings.
never saw any of these four
parties before yesterday, but l do
wish to say in behalf of the manager
of the Marvin Lee Publishing House,
Frank Clark, that it was not Frank
Clark. And had Frank Clark have
witnessed what we customers did
there would have been some sudden
changes in the Marvin Lee Pub. Co.
am not interested in any publish
ing house, nor do l belong to the
Knockers Union," but l felt sorry
for these two young ladies, because
they acted like ladies, and will doubt
less again be forced to submit to
brutal remarks, and they are helpless
to protect themselves in any way.
1 know, or at least always feel,
when see bright young girl stand
ing and working from dawn till dark
for the pittance which State street
hI,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

wage is about 20 cents day. and until
everywhere the women are paid less than
the men .and the boys less than the
women. This is so in the tobacco fac
tories as we'll
/ had a talk last night with an Amer1-
can contractor who has been putting up
buildings all over Mexico. He tells me
that the ordinary mechanics wage in
the cities is from 30 cents to 81 day
Carpenters get 81 for good work. and
bricklayers and masOns the same. In the
coast towns. where there is plenty to do
around the wharves, the wages are high
er. but a rule the higher the wages the
less number of days of work furnished
The man who gets 81 a day will work
only two or three days a week. and II
he gets 50 he may work while and then
lay off for month. A few weeks ago a
contractor found that six of his men
were doing so well that he could raise
their wages 30 per cent. They were re-
ceiving 81 day, and he gave them 81 30
The result was that he got only three
days of work the next week. and he final
ly had to discharge the whole gang and
bring in new men al the old rate OF
wages. He says the labor is not so eff
cient as ours and that one American will
lay more bricks than four Mexicans
The laboring people the haciendas
or farms are far worse off than those
of the cities. The average wages there
run from 10 cents and upward per day.
but millions of the farm hands and their
families are in a state of debt slavery,
getting little more than their clothing
and food. The laws are such that they
dare not leave their masters without pay
ing their debts, and as result they work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

leo were brought to Montezuma's table
within twenty-four hours from the time
they were caught The Indians of that
day wore clothes of woven cotton, and
they were far better clad than they are
now. The women had skirts and petit
coats of different lengths. and these were
of fine texture and prettily embroidered.
The people made beautiful toys and We're
skillful in metals. making hatchets OF
copper alloyed with tin and great plat es
of gold and silver wonderfully carved.
We do not know just how much gold Cor
tez carried away. but among the first
was a golden plate as big as a cart wheel
and ii is said the Indian chiefs who met
him wore Grmor of gold and that they
had collars, bracelets and earrings of the
same precious metal
Such were the Indians who lived here
about 400 years ago. They We're enslaved
by the Spa niards and a large proportion
of them have been slaves ever since. 4
wish l could show you how they are liy
ing in these DAYS of our advanced civil
ization and in this year of our Lord 1913.
On most of the haciendas on the plateau
they have huts of sun-dried brick, many
stand upright in them. The rooms are
small and dark. Some of the houses
have no windows and their doors are OF
the rudest description. The roofs are
fat and the houses are, in fact, little
more than brick boxes. They are very
like the homes of the fellahin on the
banks of the Nile.
In the mountains about Toluca are
shanties not more than four feet In
height and near the railroad OH the way
to Mexico City you may see families nv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

derS. The poems came over in a body
and We're instructed by the Americans to
get papers showing their exact Indebted
ness. They did so and the Americans
then went with them to their old employ
ers and saw that they were legally freed.
The men were then able to contract and
their contracts were registered with the
officials of the district so that they be-
came legally bound to their American
employers
Nominally there is now no slavery in
Mexico. but really this form of debt
slavery is still in existence The
trolled the iefe-politcos or local officials.
who can force the men to go into the
army. and it is through them that they
have kept the Indians at work. During
the administration of DiaZ 1t was the
same with the factories, the jefe-politicoS
aiding in keeping the men on the job.
The wiping out of this great labor
forcing machine is one of the questions
agitated by the reformers of Mexico to-
day, and ii is the hope of the most adj
vanced that 1t may be accomplished.
The system has been complete and wide
reaching. and all sorts of methods have
Nearly every big estate has its store,
of credit. and the same has been true
of the factories and in the mines. The
peon is naturally thriftless. He is like
child. and he will borrow all that he
can. This is especially at the times
of weddings and funerals. A man will
mortgage his future in order to have a
big wedding outfit. and when deaths
occur there is more debt on account of
the funerals. 1t is now over forty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-27

years since peOnage or debt slavery was
abolished by law, but that law is a dead
letter In many parts Of the republic
There are back districts. such as ma.
hogany camps. from which now and then
come stories Of logging and there is un-
doubtedly forced labor on certain OF the
hig haciendas
heard the other night a story or how
the innocent Indian is sometimes kept on
the job. 1t shows a condition more cor
rupt than the worst practices of the
American loan shark. In this instance
one Of the poems thought he would keep
track Of his Indebtedness and had 1t
marked down item by item in a book. he
took this book to his master. and asked
him how it came that the foreman had
charged him $15. when he had only re-
ceived S.. The master called in the fore
man. whereupon the foreman swore at
the peon. saying:
You ignorant fellow. can't you see you
owe SIS? First there was the S. you
asked me for: second. the s. gave you.
and third, the S. which was charged to
your account. Now three times FIVE Is
fifteen. You owe SIS. and you must get
out of here and go back to your work
This Is probably an overdrawn state
ment, but fraud could be easily perpetrat-
ed upon the peon by an INSCRIPTIONS
master
Indeed. 1t Is hard to describe the condi-
tons of the Mexican masse6. There are
here about 100000 men, women and
children, and Of these more than three
fourths are Indians. of as pure blood as