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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
EDWARD McKENNA.

South Bend, Ind, Dec. 10, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
Will you bring me q doll and a set
of dishes and a writing desk and big
cupboard with dishes and a box of
Christmas candy and little chair and
a sewing machine and a rocking chair
and blocks and a drawer with look
ing glass and a clock and a table and
a stove and a house and a flag and a
Christmas tree with tops on it nd a
story book nd a piano and a little baby
doll with long dress on it and a book
of black Sambo and a hand bag and a
bed with a doll in it and black shoes
for the doll. From your friend,
Elizabeth HOrVath,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
/ pray every night dear Santa, for you
TO bring me a train that runs on tracks,
little wind mill. little toy twin Harley
Davidson motorcycle, lots of candies and
nuts. / have brother Carney who would
like the same things. From your little
friend. Oliver Hensel,
414 Wood St
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

south Bend, Ind, Dec. u, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
VIII you please bring me pony and
a gun and a wagon. Good bye. My
name is Joe NylkoS,
1918 Florence av.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear santa Claus.

Dear santa Claus;
IL - SO near Xmas / Will tell you
what 1 want for Xmas. i want set
OF furs and a punch set and a pair
OF shoes and peanuts and candy.
am years old and I have a sister .
years Old. She wants some stockings
and a dress. some shoes. candy and
peanuts.
EILEEN TESkA.
MARION TESKA.
22S f. Wayne ST. South BEND. Ind.
Mishawaka. Ind.
Dear Santa Claus.
AS Christmas IS drawing near I am
going 20 tell you what / want for
Christmas. Would you please bring
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
| am a little boy nine years old. l go
TO school every day. / want a pop gun,
and a drum, and little automobile, and
Some CANDY some nuts and oranges. and
apples And / got little sister Grace
She would like to have a white dress, and
little table, and dishes, and chair, and
ribbon. | got a little brother Krank, one
year old He would like to have a little
red coat. and little cap, little doll, a
little monkey with a red coat. wish you
merry Christmas. Santa Claus.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
1926 w. Baker st.

Dear santa (IauS =
/ want you 30 bring me a sled and a
new suit, and a drum, from your friend,
Charles Clayton.
New Carlisle. Ind
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

South Bend, Ind, Dec. II, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
Will you please bring me a set of
dishes and a sewing machine and tin
dishes and a liCtle iron and a little
cupboard. From Rose.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus -
Please bring me big drum and bring
me a gun. Please Santa Claus bring me
cap and bring me a black SambO
James Liz.
I515 Washington street
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear Santa Claus -

| want a pretty doll dear Santa Claus
I want a new coat. | want a new bonnet
Goodbye dear Santa Claus. / will write
again when another year comes. 2122 West
Washington St, and please bring some
candies and nuts.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

South Bend, Ind, Dec. IL, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:
L wish you could bring me a new
suit and / wish you could bring me a
pair of new shoes and L wish you could
bring a sled and bring me Christmas
tree Good bye. Your friend,
Joseph Dolgos.
334 y. Walnut st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus =
Please l wish you would bring me a
sled and gun and drum and pair OF shoes.
| am a boy fourteen years old. Your
friend
John Kovatch.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dear Santa Claus:

THERESA MAHANK.
SIS w. 4th st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

VIII you please bring me a set Of dishes
and a sewing machine and some iron
dishes and a little iron stove is all. Good
bye from your friend.
Rose Torok.
, S12 y. WilberS St. South Bend, Ind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus
Please bring me a drum, and a book OF
little Black Sambo, and a foot ball and a
pair of ski skates. / want ice skates. Good
bye from your dear friend,
Vernon Tobey
10 Sadie ST.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Mishaw ak9, Ind.
327 w. 18th st.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
south Bend, Ind, Dec. II. 1913.
49, SANTA Clans

south Bend, Ind, Dec. II. 1913.
Dear santa Claus:
please. Santa Claus, l like YOU TO
bring me a doll, and would like you
TO bring me a piano and pair or
shoes. That Will be all. Good bye.
NIv name is ElnOra Ptasecki.
1913 Linden av.
Dear Santa Claus:
Please bring me a pretty new suit.
II YOU Will L viii again write Good
hive Scott King.
South Bend, Ind, Dec. IL 1913.
Dear Santa Claus.
viii have a little Christina tree.
Please bring an old rose dress. 1 saw
YOU in the window the other night.
Did YOU get my letter Saturday morn
ing
Have you had many friends come TO
see YOU? Good bye. Your friend,
Genevieve Smith.
246 y. Studebaker ST
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus -
am a girl Il years Of age. and am in
the fifth grade / will tell yOut what l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17

Dear Santa Claus -
I am girl ten years oldaand I go TO
school, and | am in the third grade, and
my little brother is four years old. He
wants a little doll and heLwants candy
and nuts, a picture book and little
train. And now / will tell you what |
want 1 want a pair OF ribbons, and q
pOcketbook, and ring, little lamp, and
new dress. | guess this is all for this
Christmas Goodbye Your friend.
Vernice Grenest, WafkertOn, md.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-17
Dec. II. 1918.

10I6 So. Carroll.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
ALLEGED HORSE THIEVES TAKEN
Police Of Waterloo Captured Two Men
Wanted at Dixie

Waterloo. Oct. lS.-James Roberts.
aged 70 years and Ansel Connors. aged
Is years. wanted for horse stealing,
were arrested yesterday after a spec
tacular pursuit by Chief E. A. Leighton
and Police Captain H. T. Wagner. A
UP to the effect that the man who
stole the horse at Dixie" was in town.
sent the two officers out to invest;.
gate. They caught up with Roberts
and Connors near the northeastern
limits Of the city. Then began the
flight.
Abandoning their rig the two men
took to the fields. Wagner has prided
himself Of being something of a run
her but the way Roberts drew away
from MIN was most discouraging
Thinking to halt the -ugftives, Chief
leighton shot few tines in the air
but the firing seemed ou, to redouble
the speed of the suspects
By taking a roundabout way in a
rig. Wagner was able to head off the
pair and both surrendered. They were
lodged in separate cells, each main
tanning he Is innocent Of the crime
and blaming the theft on the other.
Roberts and Connors are accused of
stealing LOO pound horse at Dixie
Tuesday night. They drove to Oelwein,
where. it is alleged. the animal was
traded and then came back to Water
loo feeling safe from arrest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Brief News Of Hampton.

Special to Times Republican.
Hampton. Oct. 1s.-Mr. and Mrs. T.
e. Pollock, Of Flagstaff, Ariz.. spent a
few DAYS this week at the Dr. J. c.
Powers home.
Mrs Henry KrollmaS. of Lanhkin.
n. D., is visiting at the John Wurtzer
home.
The ladies' who attended the annual
district convention of the Woman's
Relief Corps in Mason City this week
were Mrs. D. 3. Henderson, Mrs. l. w.
Myers, Mrs. T. I. Wade, Mrs. W. w.
French, Mrs. NJ. K. Phelps, Mrs. Ella
Roberts, Mrs. G.. e. Sargent, and Mrs.
Ella Simmons.
Frank Rover has sold his 320-acre
farm, near Geneva, to T. F. Cohrt. Of
Tama. The price was $4,000. This is
one Of the big I st land deals Of the
season. The farm is known as the old
Roger place and is one OF the best
farms in Geneva township.
Mrs. G. A. Robinson was called to
Ashland, O.. by the death Of her father,
the first of the week.
Ralph r. Stuart was one Of the class
to pass the law examinations with
tonors. at Des Moines. He il now look
ing for a location.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Carter and
at Toronto, Canada.
Loren Inlay has been visiting here
with his folks. He is located at
Niagara Falls and has a very high
salaried position as expert electrician
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
NEGRO PURSUED NEAR 1URLlNG.
TON AS LEEGsoN MURDER
SUSPECT, ESCAPES.
BELIEVED TO BE HIDING
IN WOODS NEAR CITY
Has Not Been Seen During Past
Forty eight Hours-lf Not Lseoson
Murderer, is Undoubtedly Desperate
criminal-officers Still on Watch for
Colored Man.

Burlington, Oct. 1s.-Altho the
search for the negro. who has been
causing the local police and the coun-
ty authorities Of this and Lee coun-
ties the loss of much sleep, has no,
been discontinued by any means. the
officers who went to the scene Of the
man hunt activities have all returned
and state that il seems that the negro
has found some hiding place that is
practically inpregnable. Another phase
of the situation that has caused con-
siderable abatement of the interest is
the fact that recent Chicago dispatches
state that a negro has been arrested
there that in every way answers the
description OF the man wanted anu
that Chicago pawnbroker picked the
man from a large number of suspects
and states positively that the man
found IS the one wanted for the murder
of Miss Ida Leegson. the former Ma
son City school teacher.
Officer McEiroy went to the tract OF
woods in which the negro was thought
to have hidden, but today stated that
as far as could be ascertained there
was none of the entire force that have
either seen or heard of the missing
man since a couple of days ago, when
Commissioner Haskell saw him and
took q couple of shots at the man.
Undoubtedly a Criminal.
The fact that the negro has resisted
arrest so strenuously seems to indi-
cate that even If he had nothing to do
With the Chicago crime, of which he is
!, Io- -. -
makes it a matter of absolute indiffer-
ence to him whether he is killed or
not, if the alternative is being cap
tured. He ran away from Mr.. Haskell
after the Burlington official had
thrown his revolver under the negros
nose so close that he was forced to
draw his head back in order to turn to
run. a couple of shots were sent
after the man, but he paid no atten-
ton.
He was seen later entering a patch
OF timber and a large posse of men
nave had the place surrounded for the
past forty-eight hours. The negro's
position is good one. tho. and no
trace Of him has been found since he
nrst entered the woods. The opinion
uhat the negro Is crazy has been
az oA1Seo ny some, out on account OF
the sane actions Of the negro when
taking to anyone he knows is not all
OFFICER leads many to think he is sane.
he entered a store in Viewer and pur-
chased supply of provisions, and the
merchant states he appeared as sensi-
Bile as any one.
a sharp watch is being kept for the
man, but it is thought that he has in
some way managed to get out of his
getaway
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
EIdora News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora. Oct. 1S.-Miss Hattie Mead.
err. who for the past seven weeks has
been visiting turnout the eastern cities,
returned home Friday While absent
she visited in Washington and thru
the courtesy Of John Z. Crockett
former resident OF Eldora, she met
President Wilson. Miss Meader also
visited in Boston, Philadelphia and
New York.
Nathan Dillon who for more than
fifty years has been q resident of I'm
ion and Providence township. has
traded his property interests In the
town Of Union for farm IN Mime
sofa and will soon move with his fam
lily for his new home. Mr.. Dillon has
served as councilman, constable and
mayor Of Union and in all OF these
places has brought credit to himself.
All Hardin county will wish for Nate
Dillon all kinds Of good fortune.
Sherm Boyer is here from SanboFn
for a visit with his parents and other
friends. He leaves here soon for Nom
tana. where he has taken up govern
ment homestead.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Murray have
been spending several days with
friends In Des Moines.
Corn harvesting is in progress now
all over Hardin county. The yield 10
almost invariably greater than was
prophesied. The corn crop failure in
iowa generally occurs in May.
Mrs. Dale Wilcox left Friday for q
visit in Dies Moines with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Porter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Earth Tren10rs on Ist1ln1,s
First Test of Panama Canal

might destroy 1t. This possibility
should not be erected by the fancy into
q threatening danger. II timorous
Imagination is to be the guide no great
work can be undertaken anywhere.
This risk is to be classed with that of
a great conflagration In city like that
Of Chicago In 1877 or Boston In 1872.
at is the opinion Of the commission
that such danger 40 exists from earth
quakes is essentially the Same for both
the Nicaragua and Panama routes. and
that in neither case 10 It sufficient to
prevent the construction Of the canal"
Panama Route Favored.
1t was to this optimism on the part
OF the commission that Professor He'll
prin, in his IA Defense Of the Panama
Route" privately printed. PhIladel-
phia. 1902. paid his special attention.
He pointed out the fact that In its
preliminary report. submitted to con-
gress in December. 1900. the commits
sion was silent on the subject of the
dangers from earthquake and volcano:
then. citing what he calls IAN apology
for a discussion" as quoted above. no
ridicules its whole argument.
Little attention need he paid, he says.
to opinions based upon the older works
of Humboldt. Lyell. Daubeny and Mon
tessus de Ballore. cited by the commits.
sion as authority. when 1.-The sciences
Of vulcanoiogy and seismology have
made such rapid advances" since the
publication of the cited works.
He particularly scouts the safety
valve" theory. admitting only that
certain earthquakes" may have been
mitigated by the immediate presence
of volcanoes.
In another attack upon the Nicara.
yuan route. In an address as president
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Gathered in the By,Uays
Rv Ora Wil!iams.1

Des MONIES, Oct. 1S.-There are in
dications that in the state campaign
Of next year the effort will be TO make
use Of a great many petty issues rather
than to conduct the campaign along
broad lines and that appeals to pTeju
dice will be conspicuous feature Of
the contest The main fight will center
on the legislature naturally enough.
Evidence accumulates that the same
elements that fought the highway leg
isiation OF the Tnirtyffth general as
sembly will keep up the fight. 1t is
reported that In two places In the
southwestern part of the state, the
fight has already been started to elect
a legislature that will wipe off the
books all the new road legislation and
restore the old order of local manage
ment of all road matters. Some time
last summer there was a meeting held
which gave opportunity for discussion
of the road legislation and the coun-
ty auditor and members of the board
of supervisors and township trustees of
q western Iowa county appeared and
denounced, in vigorous terms the whole
highway legislation, declaring that
nothing could be done under it and
nothing would be done in their county.
In this same county it is now stated
the movement has been started to have
the road laws repealed. The avowed
purpose is to restore local control. 1t
is the same fight that appeared in the
legislature. The greatest obstacle the
members had to overcome was the SEN
timent at home in favor of letting the
local authorities go on doing road and
bridge work Just as it had been done.
Boards of supervisors have been
omniscient in bridge and road matters
md township trustees have done things
pretty much as they desire. The bridge
combine liked this because it meant
lots Of work for them and because they
were able to manipulate prices. Now,
under the new law, the powers of the
local boards are subject to review and
AZ result there is some authority to
enforce intelligent work for betterment
Of roads and 1t Is easy enough to
Arouse prejudice locally against this
state Of affairs. Again, the new sys-
tenn means permanent bridges, with no
repairs AID no rebuilding every few
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
ILL the Panama canal sue
cessfully withstand severe
earthquake shock?

SAl ll4uuhc SILVIA
That Is the question which
all the world has been asking ever
since the news first came, a few days
before the date set for the blowing up
OF the great Gambon dixie, the last
link in the chain which will Join the
two oceans. that several seismic dis
turbances had been felt on the isthmus.
The question has since kept repeat
ing itself In the face Of Colonel Goe-
that's official assurances that the canal
sustained no substantial injury. 1t Is
likely to come up again and again In
the future now that the canal is an &C.
complished fact, for destruction by
earthquake has been the only thing
feared regarding the canal since the
engineering achievement became Ger.
tain Of success.
From the earliest days Of the Pana-
MA canal project. in spite Of the opti-
mistic tone of all the reports and pre-
ditions. there has been constant So
licitude about earthquakes, says a
writer in the New York Evening Post.
This has been fomented internationally
by the advocates Of the Nicaragua
route, who have repeated their gloomy
forecasts of the day when the SUM
boring forces of nature under the Pa
mama route would awaken and shatter
the whole vast enterprise to ruins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Former cr;nn.II Man Held up

Cedar Rapids. Oct. 1s.-A. L. Smoth-
ers, who moved to Cedar Rapids this
week from Grinnell reported to the po-
lice that he was held up and robbed OF
about s11.S0 while he was walking
across 3 avenue bridge about IL o'clock
Wednesday night. The holdup was
pulled Off in the regulation manner. one
OF two men holding q revolver near his
head while the other went through his
pockets.
Mr.. Smokers came to the city few
days ago with his household goods. and
moved into the house at HOS North
Fifth street west. he expected his
family to arrive on the Northwestern
late Wednesday night. and was en-
route to the station to meet them when
held up.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTovN IOWA: OCTOBER

basic patent and consequently has ab-
solutely no competition. 1t measures
accurately the exact time consumed In
using q telephone. With the meter at
tachment telephone rates will be based
on the number Of minutes used up on
individual Instruments. The invention
is one that telephone companies have
been seeking for years and the predic-
ton is made that the Martin meter will
be In general use over the United
States within the next Ave years. One
dollars worth Of original Bell tele-
phone stock Is now worth $4,000 and
telephone experts believe the Martin
meter stock bids fair to equal this
record. Mr.. Martin has been years
perfecting his patent. There are 9.000.-
600 telephone in use in this country
today and they are increasing at the
rate Of 100000 a year
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

q 1S1S, by American Fre1o ASSOCIATION.
FILLING LOWER cHAMBER OF 0ATUN LOCK.
gates might b damned or broken or
slightly displaced also. But shocks Of
Sufficient severity to produce any Of
these results are hardly to be anticl-
pated. The dams, II built in the man.
ner proposed. Of loose rock with very
long slopes. would require shocks of OK
traordinaIy power. accompanied with
(sic) considerable displacement Of the
ground beneath them. to damage them.
As against earthquakes. they would
be the safest that could possibly be
built. Being already nothing but shat
tered fragments. it is not apparent
what more IN earthquake could do ex-
cept to dislocate the earth beneath
them.
Uncertainty Of Lake Level.
It was Professor Heilprin's conten-
ton that Lake Nicaragua could not bs
depended upon as IAN inexhaustible
supply Of water for the canal"
At great length In one Of his reports
he discussed the oscillation Of the level
Of the lake. concluding that 1t had low
cred fifteen or perhaps twenty feet In
the period Of little more than half
century.
He also brought forth evidence to
show startling changes In the confg-
uration of the coast line Of Nicaragua
and cited a British naval report 40
stating the fact that where two years
before the British frigate Eurydice.
drawing four fathoms (twenty-four
feet, Of water, sailed out Of port with
out the least Inconvenience, a greatest
depth Of only eleven feet could now
(1SGO) be found"
Conclusions u Expert.
Professor Heiiprin's Conclusions in
1902 were. broadly. that:
First-Commercially the true tfanS-
isthmian route Is that of the contem-
plated Panama canal.
Second.-Constructio inv0lv-
ing less engineering difnculties. avoid
ing the superior risks of earthquake
and volcanic disturbances and water
shortages and presenting a far more
acceptable course for steaming-the
tdUALu Cduul VI JIG wv SeAAsAAS ~
der discussion alone merits serious
consideration.
The drst serious earthquake since the
beginning Of the Panama canal work
has come and gone. II the reassuring
report Of Colonel Goethals does not
as some engineering experts fear IL
may-gloss over conditions more sert-
GUS than can be CLEANED from any in
formation yet at hand and unless I'M
discovered damage has yet to be dis
closed. the Judgment Of Professor He'll.
prin. expressed more than decade
ago, has now been INDICATED.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

along the Nicaragua route. He said:
The structures most easily injured
would undoubtedly he the locks. The
masonry might be cracked by power
ful shock. but unless the ground be.
meath were permanently displaced or
the walls moved bodily the damage
could b repaired at small cost The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
sWALEDALE MAN INJURED.
J. e. kreser Seriously Hurt While
Working About Gasoline Enqine.

Special to Times Republican.
swaledaie, Oct. Isl. z. Kreger, re-
siding three miles west Of here, was
badly injured while working about a
stationary gasoline engine and is in u
critical condition. No one knows at
present just how he was injured as he
is unconscious, but it is supposed that
ne was tinkering the engine or work.
ing around 1t and in some way was
caught in the belt, which drew him in
to the fly wheel breaking his arm in
several places, also injuring his side
badly and lacerating his face.
AFTER ne became tangled up badly In
the fly wheel he killed the engine ana
managed to release himself and walk
TO the house where he is now under
Doctors care.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
CHANGE IMPROVED ROAD ROUTE.
Highway Designated For Federal Aid
Not Transeontinsntal in Its Entirety.
Special to Times Republican,.


Des Moines. Oct. 1S.-There has been
a change made in the orders as to the
roads In Boone and Story counties on
which federal aid Will be expended for
the marking of good road Governor
Clarke has directed the change in the
route to be made upon the recommen-
dation Of Thomas II. Macdonald. state
highway engineer, and E. w. James.
government highway engineer. The
change is west Of ogden to the Greene
county line. Instead Of following the
Iranscontinental route due west, the
government road turns north a half
mile and then proceeds westward. The
enstneers agree that this is much
better route than the Transcontinental
road and the board of supervisors and
others interested desire to have the
work done on the new route.