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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22

OPERATION FoR PERlroNtTlo
PERFORMED ~ LAST aaoonTs
Complications osvsisp Whlis osavaS
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conarsss-Candldato for pou,eeeua3n
Nomination - osnaten

Clinton. Dec - - Congressmans
Irwin 6. Pepper. Of Muscatine. passsd
away At $40 o'clock this morning &C
Mercy hospital here. whore ne unders-
went an operation for peritonitisa aeeflY
Sunday morning. Tho operation wa0;
the last effort made to save the lffol
Of the Iowa legislator. who was takeas
Ill with typhoid fever several weeks.
ago. and who was slowly recoves1nv
when he suffered an attack Of periton.
tits in an aggravated form.
Tho funeral Of tho late congressman
will be- held At o'clock Friday after.
noon at Ottumwa. Iowa
Began carssr % Teaeher.
Congressman Pepper was born june
10. 1875. In Davis county. 1owa, four
miles northwest Of Drakesvtlla. the
youngest member OF . family of nine
children In 1897 no Sfaauatol zrums
the Bloomneld Normal school and ~.
gan his career a. q school teacher. In
1898 he moved to Muscatine county.
becoming the principal Of the AtAlissl
schools. ana three years later hs want
to Muscstins to become principal oe
the Washington school thero.
In 1908 no went to WashinSton -
secretary 70 Congressman Martin j.
Wade. While at the national capital
he attended tho law school OF 1ooF9o;
Washington University and a3tep
graduation returned to Afuscatine and
entered the law nrm OF Garskaddsn q
Burke In 1909 he was elected county
attorney and reelected In 1S04 In
1910 no was elected congressman 0vee
Charles GriIk. the republlcan naGnaaeA
and two years later was rs-elsete0 by
over 10000 majority. being oyopoe6
only by socialists ana socialist candle
dates.
Aspirsd 70 eenatorship.
Congressman Pepper aspired "a
higher political honors, and prior TO hio
illness had almost fully determined to
be- a candidate before the democratio
primaries for the senatorial nomina-i
ton and probably would have been
selected to make the race aEainse
Senator Cummins. His death leaves
the field open to democratic aspirants.
The members OF Mr.. Peppers family
have been here for some time. They
are John Pepper. OF ottumwn. his
father; two brothers. Or. ]. L. Pepper.
OF Goldfeld. and Ben Pepper. OF OF
tumwa. and a sister. Mrs. nellie Linden.
Secretary Of National comn,'ttss.
Washington. Dec. 22-Representa-.
tive Pepper was secretary OF the demo-.
cratic national committee. He WAS.
serving his second term In congress.
but previously had been secretary to
former CONGRESSMAN Wade, OF Iowa.
He had planned to enter the contest
IN Iowa for the senate against Senator
cummtns and had gone to his home
10 canvass the situation at the time;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
FEDERAL TROOPS IN NORTH
MEXICO CAPABLE ONLY OF
GUERILLA WARFARE.
NORTHERN STATES FREE
FROM FEDERAL CONTROL
Chihuahua City Scene Of Dssolation
Following Departure Of Government
Troops-viIIa, Unable 70 Read Or
Write, Exercises Functions Of Gov.
ernmsnt From state Capitol.

Chihuahua, Mexico. Dec. 22.-Rebel
control Of railroad and telegraph COM
munication to the south and west had
today reached q point where General
Villa believed he would be impervious
to any attack by the few federal troops
in the north.
As the cities in the rebel territory
are open to communication General
Villa declared the rebel forces are more
closely united and that soon the states
or Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango and Chi
huahua will be free Of federal control.
Altho 1000 federals at Ojinaga on
the border were reported to be prepar-
ing for action. General Villa believed
they would be unable to do more than
destroy the railroads in a campaign of
guerilla warfare.
General Villa said Chihuahua was
too well fortified to fear an attack.
The report that General Mercado had
ned across the border was regarded
here as the beginning Of the breaking
up Of tho federal troops.
chihuahua Scene Of DssoIation.
This city. next to Monterey, the most
important in the north, is a scene of
desolation occasioned by its long siege.
and its subsequent saclxing by the tn
vading rebels. No other large city in
Mexico 10 more destitute.
The stores. now scaled up against
further looting, are almost empty. The
Hitler in the streets betrays the haste
with which the federals took what they
could carry before they Ned and also
the eeSerness with which the rebels
entered the shops to obtain what was
left Of food or clothing.
The Spanish cathedr9f and churches
are empty. since the priests and nuns
were expelled, and Svsn the quietins
Of the bells has irnposd . silence on
the city.
/ The streets had been plastered with
notices that crimes ordinarily consid-
cred trivial win be punished with exe-
cution.
General Villa, who can neither read
nor write. exercises from the capital all
the functions OF government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
MoRIARlTY NOT MURDERER.
Jury Aequits Alleged Slayer Of Pretty
Mrs. Turner.


Mrs. Turner.
Toms River. N. J.. Dec. 22.-Joseph
Moriar1ty. also known as William J.
Leehan. was acquitted by a Jury on
the charge Of numbering Mrs. Caroline
Turner. wife Of gardener on the es-
tate Of George Gould, at Lakewood,
N. ].
Before the summing up began coun-
sci for the prosecution agreed to adj
hero to q stipulation that conviction
would be asked for first degree mur-
der only, and that IL Moriarity was
not guilty of that crime, he was not
guilty at all.
In his closing speech for the defense.
W. H. Jayne denounced the methods Of
the prosecution. The case against Mo-
riarity, he said, had been worked up
by detectives as "commerci UNDER
taking to advertise their profession.
The states evidence, he asserted. was
wholly circumstantial and much Of It
perjured. He contended that the de-
Tense had accounted for Moriarity's
movements ON the day Of the alleged
murder 80 closely that only seven min
utes remained unaccounted for and It
would have been impossible for him
to commit the murder within such .
short time. =
Judge James Minturn, IN his charge
to the fury. drew special attention to
the testimony given by Eli Goldberg.
who said that Detective Jamison had
told him that tMoriarity had been ar.
rested for the crime. that the reputa-
tion Of the detective agency might be
saved. He also pointed out that the
agency had been employed to get evil
dence against a suspect.
Mrs. Turner, the state contended.
was slain on the afternoon Of April 20,
1911. She was last seen alive by
friends while entering the pine woods
at the end Of Lakewood's main street.
Her body was found the next after
noon, with the skull crushed. A seven
foot club lay near by.
Tho defense advanced the theory
that Mrs. Turner had died as the re-
suit OF an automobile accident or was
the victim OF violence at the hands OF
an automobile party.
Moriarity, who left Lakewood not
long after the crime was committed.
was arrested on April 3. 1913, at Fort
Lee, N. ]. Shortly afterwards Mrs.
Jasper Lynch. a we'll known society
woman Of Lakewood, began to inter-
est herself in his case and engaged
counsel for him. Mrs. Lynch attended
every session Of the trial. She said
today that she would make an effort to
clear up the mystery.
BY far the most interesting testi-
mony offered was the sto1y Of q wom-
an who said that on TIE night Mrs.
Turner was supposed to have died an
automobile was wrecked near the wit
ness house and that she heard a
voice she Identified as Mrs. Turner'S
calling for help. The defense contends
that Mrs. Turner'S death was In some
way connected with this automobile
accident. and that Moriarity IL In
nocent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
eERTHoLDr TO RETIRE.

will Not Be Candidate For Re. .sleetion n
TO Congress.
Washington, Dec. 22.-Representa-
tive Richard Bertholdt. Of st. Louis.
who has represented the Tenth Mis-
souri, district in the house for twenty
two years. has issued statement he
will not be candidate for reelection
when his term expires in 1915. Only
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
CHARLTON MAN KILLED.

Prominent Merchant Struck BY Fast
Burlington Train.
Charlton, Dec. 22.--William A. Clark,
aged 81. one Of Chatiton's most prom
inent business men. was struck by Bur-
lington train No. 4. late yesterday and
instantly killed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
WOMAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Drunken Man Fires Bullet Into Hsae
Of Olive Layton. Of Davenport.

Of Olive layton, OF Davenport.
Burlington, Dec. 22.-Olive Layton.
% years of age, is in q dangerous con-
dition in a local hospital with a bullet
in her head. fired by Charles Anderson.
a cement worker. The woman says
the shooting was accidental and the
man says he was too drunk to know
how it happened.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
supreme Court Takes Recess.

Washington. Dec. 22.-The supreme
court recessed today to Jan. 5. when
decisions in several important cases
are to be expected.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
MONDAY, DECEMBER e. 1913

two other members Of the house, Rep
resentatives Payne Of New York and
Jones of Virginia, have longer records
OF service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22

made an argument to show that the
provision was unnecessary.
consptroiler On Federal Board.
Tho last drawn-out struggle Of the
conference resulted from the admin
istration's determination that the comp
troller should be given a place on the
federal reserve board which will con-
troll the new system. The senate con-
ferees were evenly divided on this pro-
position. three senators Joining with
the house members Of the committee in
supporting the administrations con-
tention. It was nearly daylight when
q single shifting vote brought the
conference to . close.
Tho house accepted the senate's
amendment Increasing the gold reserve
from 33 Is per cent to 40 per cent.
with . graduated tax on depletion as
arranged in the senate. It was UNDER
stood that the president and Secretary
McAdoo Let the conference know that
they favored An increase.
compromiss on Bonds.
A compromise plan for the retirement
OF ; per cent bonds on which the pres
ent system is based was written into
the bin. Under this plan $S6,000.000
Of theso bonds will be purchased each
year. beginning two years after the
system - placed into operation. by
the new regionly banks from the ma
tional banks. on one half Of its hold
ingAa regional bank may issue curren-
cy.
Thrss % 3slsc+ Regional Banks.
Under the conference cities where
the regional banks are to be located are
70 be selected by the secretary Of the
treasury. secretary Of agriculture and
che comptrollec OF the currency.
when kilograms favoring Seattle,
wash. were presented to the senate to-
day by, Senator Poindexter. Senator
Burton declared that the organization
committee should be left entirely free
from outside influences in determining
were the new banks were to be located.
Il Il wese practical, he declared. con-
greeo should pass . resolution that no
4 Oena*or or representative should use
his influence with the organization
Somniittee.9
Must purehass Bends.
The conference aSreed TO leave Alas
N out o& the new system.
The new pr0vision for the refunding
g tho eoweEnment 2 per cent bonds and
I he retirsEnsnt Of the present national
4, e,rfoalcy = - follows:
J. g - gaHiO1Al banks may make applica-
IN . tha tFeasursf Of tho United
o6i0oof1o lave Their bonds cold q par
n 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
T.-R. BULLT-N
Noticeable hs,l''' Today

Sun riseh DEG yat 1872. ssts ae A:ss.
Iowa--Una< "a weather tonight and
Tuesday: possible snow fiurriss IN
south and east portions: somewhat
higher temperature tonight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22
sENATE AND HOUSE coNFEREEs
ELIMINATE BANK oUARAN.
TEE FROM CURRENCY.
COMPROMISE REACHED ON
ALL pIepurEp FEATURES
osnseeskie Lssdsrs Prepare - Push
csmprsmiss Msssurs 20 Early Vote
cempkroiiar Piaosd on Control
Board separate Bill 70 % Presented
caIiins For Insurance Of Dsposits.

Washington. Dec. 22.-Altho admin
btration leaders In congress spent
every effort for . speedy approval Of
the currency bill today, that it might be
hurried to the White House before
night . series Of delays developed to
hamper their conference.
Printed copies Of the conference re-
port were late coming from the print
ers and the parliamentary situation in
both tho house and the senate seemed
to favor delay. Democrats in both
houses were prepared. however. to ask
for speedy approval of disputed points
agreed on by house and senate confer
ees In hope OF getting the bill out OF
way In time for the president to leave
for his Christmas vacation in Miss
tssippi tomorrow.
It was 2 o'clock before unanimous
consent was given in the house to take
up the conference report. At that time
the report had not been presented scd
the leaders expect at least two or
three hours debate when 1t came in.
AZ the house must first dispose Of It..
1t was not expected in the senate until
late in the day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-22

, -
Al the mouse must iirst DISPOSE oa ~;
IT was NOT expecteo IN the senate un''A
Iate IN the day.
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WasninSton' Dec. <5'-Ano "oAi1iA'1s-
tration currency bill In Its hnal form
was reported to both houses Of con-
-. 500, 81 \. -r,%+.n into law. The
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which labored until dawn TINS morn
lng, presented . perfected measure
~,,,r,. follo~,a -clo.ely the lines laid
dovv1n Nv President Wilson in his de.
mand. Tor currency reform.
y ~eneral deaire Of le4islators to get
avar ~ ~ Christmaa holidayv il said
- havr reenlted I'm : program calcu.
i.AsA - 6sn,onretic Ieafers "a place the
niil heSmro To nreaident for signature
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
DOC SNATCH|NC
PROFITABLE job
MuriSh viii Make $4,000 At
the Present Rate.

One week of service for the city has
netted Dog Catcher Arthur Murish
approximately $50. This shows that
despite the fact that it is the only
municipal position that goes begging
for candidates, 1t is one of the most
profitable In the community. During
the past several years the city has
had difficulty in filling the position,
so much so that 1t has been compell-
ed to take back men who formerly
served.
Thirty-one impounded dogs cap
tured the past five days, which were
killed at the city pound yesterday
afternoon under the supervision OF
Patrolman Hartmann, netted the dog
warden $46.50. The capture of sew
eral other CANNES, which were re-
leased, caused the earning for less
than a week to exceed $50. At that
rate, Murish is earning $4,000 a
year, an amount which many men
would be satisfied with. He receives
$3.50 for each dog impounded, killed
and buried, and 81 for each one that
Is impounded and released.
He has worked hard the past sew
eral days, capturing so many dogs
that 1t is believed improbable that
his weekly earnings will again reach
$50.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
DIR. TYRRELL IS
CHOSEN AS HEAD
Of Perth Amboy Progressive
Club Last Night.

DR.. George w. Tyrrell was last
night chosen by the Board of Gov
ernors of the Progressive Club, of
Perth Amboy, to succeed f. w.
Pugsley, who resigned as chairman
of the club, at meeting of the
Board of Governors last night The
action OF the board will be con-
firmed at the next general meeting
of the club the first Tuesday in Jan
uary.
Dr.. Tyrrell is we'll known for his
progressive principles. having taken
active part in the efforts of the local
progressive party during the recent
campaign. He has served indus
triously on the Board of Governors,
and energetically as chairman of the
membership committee. He is also
chairman of the Progressive City
Committee.
The board decided to pay much at
tention to social enterprises during
the coming winter to draw the mem
bers of the club more closely togeth'
er in common ties of fellowship
Debates and other forms of enter.
tainment are being planned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
LARGE SALES Of
RED CROSS SEALS
About $4,000 Have Been Dis
posed Of Already.

Indications point to record
breaking sale of Red Cross stamps
here this year. Already $500 have
been disposed of and there are 5000
on sale at three local stores. AS the
campaign will run until the first OF
the year, it is believed that the total
will be swelled considerably. The
money secured from the sale Of these
stamps is to be used in the fight
against the further spread of tuber-
culosis and the employment of dis
trict nurse to look after patients
here.
The manufacturing concerns here
have been very liberal in their pur-
chases. So far the following sales
have been made to local concerns:
Raritan Copper Works, 2,500; Amer
lean Smelling G Refining Company
2,500; U. S. Metals Company at
Chrome, 1900; C. Pardee Works.
1000; Barber Asphalt Works, $500;
United Lead Works. 1900; Henry
Maurer & Son, 1000; P. A. Dry
Dock, 1000; P. A. Terra Gotta, l.
900; P. A. Cigar Company, 1000;
Roessler & Hasslacher, 1000; s. U.
Cable Company, 1900; Chesebrough
Manufacturing Company, 1000; Ma
tional Fireproofing Company, 500;
Public Service Corporation, 500, and
Patrick White, Sons & Company
500.
other sales include: Po Ambo
Tribe No. So, zoo; F. of A, 500;
Daughters of Liberty, 100; Borak
Brothers, 100; Boynton Brothers,
500; Boston Store, 500; First Ma
tional Bank, 500; Reynolds Broth
ers, 1000; P. A. Trust Company
500; Fraser Brothers, 500; Hilsdorf
& Romond, 500, and Simmen's Bak-
cry, 200. The Woman's Club, which
conducted the sale last year, contin-
ued its usual policy of guaranteeing
the sale of 1000 stamps among the
members.
The stores of Barnekov & PETE,
Frank Neer and F. A. Seaman have
each 1000 stamps on hand for dis
trihutiOn
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
INVESTIGATION IN
NOVELLA MAT TER
Chief Burke To Aid Children
Who Seek Mother.

In an effort to aid the four little
Novella children in Newark that they
might secure the return of their
mother to make the coming Christ
mas a most joyous one, Chief of Pc.
lice Patrick J. Burke is conducting
rigid investigation in the case
So far as he Is able to recollect, his
department dealt with the same case
few months ago, at which time q
reconciliation resulted between Mr.
and Mrs. Novella.
Chief Burke is under the impress
sion that the children are living with
their father at 800 Lafayette street
Newark, and that the Oldest, Rather
inc j. Novella, prepared the letter
printed In the NEWS yesterday una.
wares to the father. Chief Burke
states that If 1t Is the case he has
In mind, Novella is an Italian and his
wife German-American woman
They formerly Kept a store in this
city. Mrs. Noyella deserted him and
their children repeatedly because oi
the mans temper. He was a sober
and Industrious man, and loved his
wife and family, but his temper was
such as to cause the woman to desert
him. At the time that the case en-.
tered the police court, Mrs. Novella
had run away with the three smallest
children, leaving the oldest girl tc
live with the father.
A reconciliation occurred after the
couple had been reunited on that oc
casion. 1t is claimed that Novella
beat her the same night and they
have since been estranged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
BROTHERS AF TER.
METZGAR ESTATE
Creitz Brothers, of Pennsyl-
vania, Here For Property.

Contending that they are the
rightful heirs to the estate left by
their sister, Mrs. Elmira j. Metzgar,
Sylvester and e. E. Creitz, the for
mer of fremont, Pa, and the latter
of Palmerton, Pa, are here to claim
the property. According to the re-
ports of Coroner James J. Flynn
who Is administrator of the estate
the woman left personal property to
the value of approximately $4,000,
which included the amount of q
mortgage on a house In North Am
boy.
F.. While Mrs. Metzgar died on May
S, 1912, her brothers did not learn
of 1t until more than a year later,
when they endeavored to notify her
of the death of their father, they
assert. They say that the notitica-
tion of the death of the parent was
sent on June 6, 1913, when he died
1t reached the hands of Mr.. Flynn
and it was then that they first
learned of the death Of their sister.
they claim. They Immediately set
to work learning what they could
concerning the death and made sew
eraI trips to this city.
Mr.. Flynn states that the personal
effects in question are in storage
intact in this city, and in the same
condition as when he took posses
sion as administrator. He says an
inventory of the list has been filed
with the surrogate In accordance to
law. The woman, he states, was q
widow, forty-nine years old. She
was found dead in bed in her apart
metns in the Rosette building, at
4S5-A State street, on the morning
of May 5, 1912. Joseph o. Garner,
colored, who had a room In the
apartment, battered in the door and
was the first to discover the death.
The woman was a laundry worker
At the time of her death, 1t was
stated that her property had been
bequeathed verbally to Hans John
son.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
BUILDING BOOM
At |TSzEN|TH
Permits Reach $50, 1000 Mark,
Which Indicates That Perth
Amboy Is In An Era of Great
Activity and Prosperity.
$4,000 OVER LAST YEAR
Likely To Continue All the Win
ter-Good Weather Is Said
To Be CauSe-Labor Ap-
pears To Be Plentiful.
$4,000 OVER LAST YEAR

Building permits for new work
which will cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000 have been iussed by
Building Inspector Mcnamara during
the past week. This indicates an un-
usual building boom for this season
of the year. About half as many
permits were issued for the same
period last December, and they repre-
sented a value of but about $4,000.
There were permits issued for nearly
thirty buildings and additions to
structures the past week, compared
with about twenty last month.
The boom Is taken optimistically
by the builders, who have hopes that
1t will continue throughout most Of
the winter. The continued good
weather Is said to have been one OF
the causes of the increase in build
ing following the depression of last
month. The plentiful supply Of labor
is also ascribed to its cause.
The most important permit issued
was for an addition to the Office
building of the Raritan Copper
Works, the company having become
cramped for office space. The plans
for the addition call for brick
structure 3Sx45 feet, which will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000. The
addition will conform to the rest of
the structure and be two stories in
height. 1t is the intention of the
company to begin the erection of the
addition Immediately. Most of the
permits issued include the erection OF
dwellings in different parts of the
city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-06
PRESIDENT WILSON is ABLE
TO Be ABOUT HOUSE TODAY

Special bV United Press Wire.
Washington, Dec. 6: - President
Wilson was up and about the White
House today, but not at home to
visitors. 1t is expected he will, on
Monday, receive the committee of
suffragettes named to remain in this
city and ascertain his views on the
suffrage question.
The President is considering can
didates for appointments to the in
terstate commerce commission. he
would like to name the successor
to the late Commissioner Marble
before the commission resumes its
inquiry into the request of the East
ern road to increase rates next
"Wednesday.