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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Happening. at clarion.

special to Times Republican.
Clarion, Dec. 27.-H. H. Bernard and
wife, Of Of E1kader, returned home
yesterday after a few days. visit at the
home Of their son. DR. r. u. Bernard.
Miss Minnie Smith has been assist
ing in Mosely's variety store during her
vacation home from her school work in
;Marshalltown.
Mrs. John Beckett went to Belmond
yesterday to visit with relatives.
Ray Cramer has gone to Riceyille ia
visit friends.
Ed smutney. who has been i'll with
appendicitis. Is able to be around
again.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. q. Leonard went to
Traer. where they left their children
with Mrs. Leonard's sister, then de-
parted for Rochester. MIMI. where Mrs.
Leonard will undergo an operation.
L. 8. Sanders, assistant cashier OF
the Clarion Savings Bank, il erecting
q modern home on the lot Just south OF
the new high school building.
Mrs. Matte Hite and daughter Mar
garet, Of Audubon. are visiting at the
home Of Mrs. A. r. Brenton, Mrs. Kites
daughter.
Miss Mae Morton IL Visiting in Cedar
Rapids during the holidays: later she
expects to go to Pasadena, Cal, TO
spend the winter.
Mrs. Jennie Robinson and son Ursel,
Of Modesto. Ill. visited this week q
the home Of Allan Robinson, the for.
mer's son.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hanna have gone to
Bristow. where they will remain for
three months while they assist Mrs.
Hanna's father in conducting his ner.
camille Business.
Nels Swan, Of Norning Sun. y vis-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Sues Electric line For Large Sum

Sues Electric Tine For Large Sum.
Boone. Dec. 7.-Robeft d. O'Brien,
Of Humboldt county, as executor Of R.
E. O'Brien. has brought suit in the
Webster county district court against
the Fl. Dodge, Des Moines and South
ern Railroad Company for $4,000 dam
ages. The case will come to trial at
the January term.
r. e. OBrlen was an electrical line
man in the employ of the road, then
operated by receiver. On Aug. last.
while engaged in removing dead wires
from the poles Of the company near
Fraser. in Boone county. the curren:
was suddenly turned on and the I'M
fortunate man was instantly electro
cuted, says the petition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
News Of Manson.

Special to Times Republican.
Manson, Dec 27.-Miss Ethel Lent
and her parents went to Fort Dodge
Wednesday. and there Miss Ethefs
marriage to Mr.. Lee Place, of Water
loo, took place. Miss Ethel graduated
in 1911 from the Manson high school
and the next year entered business coli
lege at FIT. Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs. Place
will make their home at Waterloo,
where the groom has provided q coy
home.
William stenson passed away yes
terday at the home Of his grandson,
Will Ferrand. Mr.. Stenson had reached
the age Of So years. He suffered =
stroke Of paralysis over week aeo
and had been helpless since.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
st.nd.rdize Po.toff;e. Work.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Dec. 27.-Joe Farrell.
for number Of years postoffice in
spector for this district, has been APP
pointed one Of committee of three
to standardize the work in tbs war;
Gus departments If The service. He
will leave soon after the holidays Wis
iting all the larger cities Of the central
states from Canada to the Gulf of
Mexico.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Dunn Rallies From Operation.

Special to Times-RepU5Iican.
Mason City. Dec. 27.-Ed g. Dunn.
recent democratic candidate for gover-
nor, Is rallying from his double OPP
Grafton for gall stones and appen-
dicitis The operation was much more
serious than at first announced. While
he is denied all callers the surgeons
report that he is doing as we'll as they
aynected
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
Fined For spearina Eish.

Cedar Rapids. Dec. 27-Howard Rob-
bins and Wesley Ward were fined $25
each by Justice Nugent for spearing
Ash In the night time. Both were ar
rested Thursday night while spearing
fish from boat. They gave ignorance
Of the law as their excuse, claiming
that they thought that spearing was
allowed both during the day and dur, ng
the night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
KILLED UNDER AUTO.

Elkader Youth Dead and Two Sisters
injured When Machine Turns Over,
Elkader. Dec. 27.-An automobile in
which Harvey Henning, his two sisters
and his brother were returning home
from Christmas visit turned turtle,
instantly killing Mr.. Henning and seri-
ously wounding the two girls.
The cause of the accident has not
been clearly determined
John Lenth's auto turned turtle near
Monona Christmas day. He is still un-
conscious.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

x-ray apparatus has been invented
for killing the tiny parasites that eat
small holes in leaf tobacco.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

To keep her hands warm the pretty
New York maiden in the photograph
Is carrying white fox doubled over
Ter arms. A muff of this kind is con-
sidered very chic. 1t is matched by
the little round collar on the coat Of
seal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27

iting at the home Of his cousins IN. the
Breckenridge family.
Ed Martin and family have left for
their new home at Minot, ND.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-27
SECOND FLOOR
MARINELLO SHOP

Let the Marinello Girls do your
Shampooing. manicuring and facial
1ieatments. First quality hair goods
and guarantee 70 match hair.
Phone 181 oresn.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
NAME WOMEN IMMORTALS.
Five IIIustrious Females on List Pre-.
pared by Professor Matthews.

Five IIIustrious Females on List Pre-.
pared by Professor Matthews.
Chicago. - Professor Brander Mat
thews at the American Academy Of
Arts and Letters named five Ameri-
cans who, he says, are eligible as "im-
mortals." They are Ida M. Tarbell,
research; Mary Wilkins Freeman, fic-
ton; Edith Wharton, fiction; Mary
Cassatt painting, and Margaret De
land, fiction. ..
"rhere are other women who might
obviously be eligible" added Mr..
Matthews, "but these FIVE came first to
my mind.
II want to put you right on the
question Of the admission Of women
to the 'immortals.' 1t has not been
discussed at this session of the Ameri-
can Academy of Arts and Letters, be-
cause no woman has been proposed for
membership. The subject has not come
up officially for ten years, since the ad-
mission of Julia Ward Howe.
"The five come to mind as women
about whom there could be no question
Of worthiness, but I believe 1t would
be advisable for them to start an i'm
mortals' Of their own"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
1,769,889,284 RODE
ON new YORK CARS
Greatness Of city Illustrated
by Statistics.

New York.-Professor Supan Of Go.
tina, whose annual "Bevolkerung der
Erde" Is accounted the authority on
such statistics, last year estimated the
population of the world at 1923 300, 900.
During the year which ended June
30 last the ground, underground and
overground transportation lines of
New York carried more passengers by
146, $50, ,24 than this total, tables made
public by the public service commits.
sion giving the number Of passengers
as 1,769. .SS9.2S4.
BY boroughs the traffic was distribut-
ed as follows: Manhattan, 1,112,908,-
1923: Brooklyn. 521, ,233,9 ,913; Bronx, a.
I'll, ,453: Queens. A. 7,O14; Richmond,
13,57S,O66. The years increase for
the city was 9O,OT4,5SO, which is al
most equal to the population Of the
United States.
The figures for the subway and ele-
vated lines in Manhattan are regarded
by the engineers Of the commission as
being the most significant In the new
tables. For the first time the subway
carried more passengers than the ele-
vated lines. it's total being 327, All 80
more than 100000 each working day.
The elevated lines carried 306.S45.-
OO6, a gain Of only 2.574.165, while the
subway gained 24,497, ,654. During the
year ending June 30. 1912, the 81" ex-
ceeded the subway by 1,296,9S5.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28

study Of cancer. and he was dissected
in accordance with his own request.
The widow was present at the post.
mortem. The surgeons addressed the
spirit Of the dead prince before and
after the operation.
The brain weights Of famous men
have been as follows:
Turgenieff. Russian novelist. seventy
one ounces.
DR.. Abercrombie. Scotch physician,
sixty-three ounces.
General B. r. Butler, American SOL
der, sixty-two ounces. v..,.-.
Thackeray, novelist: Cuvier, natural
ist; Jeffreys. English Judge. fifty-four
to fifty-eight and six-tenths ounces.
Napoleon, Daniel Webster, Agassiz,
American naturalist. fifty to fifty-three
and six-tenths ounces. ,aa.
Average man ESTIMATED by DIR. Aus
tin Flint of New York in his "Physiol-
ogy'D, fifty and two-tenths ounces.
Average boy of seven. forty five and
nine-tenths ounces. ~.
Leon Gambetta, great French states
man, forty and nine-tenths ounces.
Imbeciles' brains may weigh over
seventy ounces. One such, Russian,
had brain Of seventy-eight ounces.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
HOLDS COURT BY PHONE.
With Receiver at Ear Judge Asks
Questions and Gives Order.

With Receiver at Ear Judge Asks
Questions and Gives Order.
Denver.-A rap Of the bailiff's gavel,
followed by a loud Hear We, hear ye.
hear vel" brought number Of Specta-
tors to a halt in the first division Of
the district court. Court attaches as
sumed their accustomed places, and
the first judgeless court ever held In
Denver was In session.
Judge J. r. Little. eighty miles away,
was presiding. He was giving orders
to the division clerk, Lynton Hubbard,
over the long distance telephone from
Colorado Springs.
"Hello!" greeted his honor. "Is the
court in session."
"The court Is in session, your honor"
replied Clerk Hubbard.
"Take this message and enter 1t on
the docket" said Judge Little.
1.-THE judgment in the case Of Charles
Miercourt against Charles and Blanche
M. Snyder is set aside. The finding Of
the court Is that the judgment was not
regularly obtained. You may adjourn
now"
The Judgment against the Snyders,
amounting to $1,730, was awarded by
a jury over which Judge Little pre-
sided last May. The judgment was set
aside on the showing made by Snyder
that he had not been officially notified
concerning the date Of the trial and
the case was allowed to go by default.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28

DDS Of handling them. The old custom
Of selling eggs by the dozen has been
discarded, and now the producer dis
poses Of his eggs by the pound. This
has improved the character Of the egg
'The quickest way to arouse a de-
sire in the producer to raise better
chickens and supply better eggs Is to
show him that good quality poultry
and eggs are worth more than those
Of poor quality" said H. G.. Pierce of
the food research laboratory of the bu'
reau Of chemistry.
In the southern states this has been
done. At one time the North Carolina
egg was considered the poorest on the
market; the meat was lean. When
the producers found that fat eggs
weighed more than poor ones they be-
gan to take better care OF their hens
and get better eggs. Soon North Car
olina eggs ranked with Tennessee and
Kentucky eggs. -.
Mr.. Pierce says that $4,000. 600
worth Of eggs are lost annually In this
country between the producer and the
consumer. .-.a- .
''In marketing eggs there IL an enor-
nous loss" said Mr. Pierce. Much
Of this Is preventable. White this loss
falls upon all who handle eggs, 1t Is
borne chiefly by the producer ard the
consumer The producers loss, caused
BY a decrease in price. under present
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
NEW MONEY ORDER PLAN.
Postoffies Department. Would Cash
Checks at Any Station.

Postoffies Department. Would Cash
Checks at Any Station. X
Washington Oficials of the postof-
1ce department have determined 10
urge congress at the regular session to
amend the postal laws so that money
orders may be paid at any postofice in
the country. although drawn on q CIV
en- office. A committee appointed by
Alexander NJ. Dockery, third assistant
postmaster general. has worked out
details Of the plan. ...
Information has reached the depart
ment that the express companies al
ready are opposing the plan because It
would mean sharp curtailment Of the
money order business handled by
them. The expectation is that bank
ing interests also will oppose the plan,
as 1t would be likely to cut into the
bank draft business. ...
B Under such a system money order
would be treated identically as draft
or express money order. The party to
whom such an order was made out
would indorse 1t Just the same as a
draft or check. making It payable to
the bank or individual whom he de-
sired to cash 1t If he did not take 1t to
the postoffice. ....'
Postmaster General Burleson will in
clude the proposed change in the mon
ey order system in his annual report.
Officials Of the department are conf
dent that congress will act favorably
upon It. ...
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
CHATTANOOGA NOW
NEARER The ORIENT
Tennessee River Made NavI-
gable the Year Round.

Chattanooga. Completion Of the lock
and dam ut Hale's bar, near this
city, marks one important step by the
government in its plan of making the
Tennessee river navigable all the year
1t presages the time when there will
lie an uninterrupted navigation be-
tween all points on the Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Ohio rivers, and also be-
tween this section and the orient via
the Panama canal.
The great project at Hale's bar,
thirty miles below Chattanooga, in
cludes lock built by the government
and dam and powerhouse erected by
the Chattanooga and Tennessee River
Power company Many serious OBJ
stacles to navigation have been for
ever obliterated by increase in depth
Of water for many miles above the
dam.
The project is peculiar in that 1t is
the first instance where private COM
pany was permitted to construct a
dam across a navigable river, where
river Improvement and power develop
pient have been combined. The work
has been done under supervision Of the
secretary Of war.
The lock at the opposite end Of the
dam from the powerhouse is built
against a rock bluff and has clear
width Of sixty feet. 1t is about 300
feet long inside the gates. The lower
gates are ffty-nine feet high. Each
cate weighs 100 tons The dam Is 200
feet long; average. height. -ifty-two
feet: eleven feet four inches wide at
the top and from fifty-seven to sixty
four feet wide at the bottom, accord
ing to depth Of foundation. The pow
er house Is sixty six feet wide and 1853
feet long. . It contains fourteen tur.
Line units, each capable Of delivering
5.250 horsepower or total Of 73,5OO.
The power from this station will be
rarried to Chattanooga at 10000 volts
uver 175 steel transmission towers, the
line crossing the winding Tennessee
liver twice In order to maintain a
straight course. A substation in the
city, not far from the river bank. has
equipment to step down the current
FOR the various uses to which II will
be put. .a... .s".
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
FOR YEARS THOUGHT
HIMSELF AN ORPHAN
Recently Found Mother Living
and Reunion Followed.

Minneapolis, Minn.-A meeting Of
mother and son who had thought each
other dead for nineteen years took
place when Charles Hatch, twenty
three years old. stepped off train at
Bemidji. Minn.. into the arms of his
mother.
For nineteen years the Hatch boy has
wandered around in state institutions
In Minnesota and Illinois. with no
knowledge Of his parentage. Placed in
the state home In Owatonna. Mimi,
when he was four years old. after he
had seemingly been left an orphan in
Minneapolis. Hatch grew up in the be-
lief that his parents were dead.
When he was fourteen years old he
left the home and worked for various
farmers in southern Minnesota and
later wandered to Illinois. Some weeks
fever and placed in a county hospital
at Edwardsville, Ill. Here the officials
started to search for the young mans
relatives. They learned he had broth
er at the school for the feeble minded
at Faribault, MINI.
A letter from that institution stated
that the brother had died. 1t was sug-
gested that the Minneapolis Associated
Charities might know the mother.
Hatch was brought to Minneapolis,
and for the last four weeks the Asso-
ciated Charities has made search for
his mother. J. J. O'Connor, secretary
Of the organization, learned his mother
had remarked and was living on
farm near Bemidji. A telegram was
sent her. and she at once forwarded
money and railroad ticket for her son.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28

conditions represents that due to spoil,
age or poor quality. The consumers
loss Is due to curtailed supply be.
cause of the eggs that are either OF
poor quality or total loss: hence the
consumer has to pay higher prices for
those that finally reach him.
"While these losses are increased at
all stages Of handling by the producer,
the country storekeeper. the produce
dealer the railroad. the commission
man and jobber and the retailer. the
greatest preventable loss occurs before
the produce dealer obtains the goods
that is. while the eggs are still on the
farm or in the hands Of the small
country storekeeper who takes eggs In
exchange for supplies"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
No. 10


unteered to make a trip through the
Constitutionalist lines and visit their
different camps. Disguised as an old
woman Of the peon class, Miss Bordaz
set out on the back Of burro and for
ten days travelled from place to place
in the valley. visiting many rebel
camps. At night she slept upon the
ground
Upon her return to Torreon she made
a complete report to General Aubert
which showed that more than 5000
Consritutfonalists were within striking
distance OF the town. For the small
force Of federals to have remained In
Torreon would have meant their utter
destruction. The town was therefore
evacuated BY them.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
SPOONERS' SEAT WALKED.

The "Overturned Boat" Was Six Hun.
dred Pound Sleeping Turtle.
Charleston, 8. CA young couple
strolling on Sullivan's island became
fatigued.
Why not sit on that overturned boat
over there?
They did.
But the "boat' moved.
She shrieked. and the "boat' moved
faster.
It was a 600 pound turtle asleep on
the beach.
The turtle carried six men to the
water.
In its nest were found 200 eggs.
Spooning couples on Sullivan's island
now sit on the ground.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
BONDS OF RECLUsE FOUND.
Are Contained In Small Safe In the
Rear Of Pawnshop.


Rear Of Pawnshop.
Fort Scott, Kan.-More than $6O,OOC
in government bonds and other Sc.
curities was found in the small room
Of a pawnshop I'm the negro district OF
this city, where Thomas Lahey. re.
cluse, lived many years. Lahey drop
ped dead the other day.
He was known to own thirty three
cheap dwellings and had no patience
with the talk Of the high cost Of living
boasting that he was living on $1.5O a
week.
His brother. John Lahey of Arma
Kan, retained a lawyer and together
they broke into the safe. Another
brother Of Lahey lives somewhere In
California. and three sisters. whose
addresses are unknown. lived In Penn.
sylvania when last heard from. Search
is now being made for a large amount
Of gold Lahey is supposed to have
boarded.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
TRY TO ELIMINATE
THE MIDDLEMAN
Seeking Method Of Sending
Eggs by Parcel Post.
GREAT NEED IS A CONTAINER

with Finding OF Safe and Light Box
Both Producer and Consumer Would
Be Greatly 5ensfited-chief of Bu-
rsau Of Animal Industry Has Long
Been Seeking Such Device. ~s.
Washington.-How to get the egg
from the farmer or the poultryman to
the consumer without the employment
Of the middleman is the problem that
the division Of animal husbandry of
the bureau Of animal industry has
sought to solve. It has suggested,
"Cut out the middleman and bring the
producer and the consumer together
through the parcel post" But DIR. A.
d. Melvin, chief of the bureau, says
that this Is easier said than done. The
softness Of the eggshell Is the great
obstacle in the way. No container that
exactly fllls the bill has been found.
II the container is secure 1t weighs too
much; IL light enough 1t is not secure.
DR.. Melvin and associates have been
experimenting for months to find the
pAOPCA COuIdluCI Iva hudliluS cSS6s
A hen that lays. every day in the
year would be worth her weight in
gold. There were laid In the United
States last year 100000 600 dozen
eggs, worth $3.50. 100000. The price Of
eggs has gradually increased for twen-
ty years In 1900 New York paid for
the average best fresh eggs from IL to
% cents. In 1912 the figures were 201a
to 60 cents. At the same time New
York has been consuming more eggs
each succeeding year In 1900 2.To9,-
737 cases of eggs Were received in
New York: last year the number in
creased to 4.723.558 In 1891 Boston.
Chicago, Cincinnati. Milwaukee, New
York, st. Louis and San Francisco re-
ceived 5,04O.S .SSS cases Of eggs, and last
year 1906. .401. II
Within the+ last ten or fifteen years
there has been decided Improvement
Of the quality Of eggs and in the meth
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
BRIDES WEIGHT IS 500.
While Bridegroom Only Tips tn
ls Scales at 1873 Pounds.

While Bridegroom Only Tips the
~ Scales at 1873 Pounds.
Davenport. Ia.-Hundreds attended
the marriage Of A. L. Woollett, weight
1873 pounds, of Ornsby. Wis.,. and Miss
Anna Gene Bare. weight $50 pounds, Of
Olympia, Wash, the bride being the
heaviest woman in the west. Miss
Bergina Delhoyo was bridesmaid, while
acting as best man was James Boyd.
Both contracting parties are with a
carnival company, but have been ac-
quainted for sixteen years. They at
tended school together.
The ceremony was performed by
Deputy Treasurer G. C. Gibson, for
merly minister Of the Church Of
Christ. A handsome silver service
was given to the bride by members of
the carnival company following the
marriage.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
Rat Short Circuits Current.

Argos. Ind.-The charred body OF a
rat explained the reason for the sud-
den going out Of electric lights here.
Argos gets its current from Rochester.
south. In Fulton county. and lights
there were affected. The rats body
formed short circuit that played
havoc with the lighting system.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1913-11-28
MILK CURE FOR BABIES.
London Physician Discovers Cause Of
st= Infants illness.

gf"' Infants tJneSSs
Baltimore. - DR.. Ralph Vincent. d.
rector Of the research laboratory Of
the Infants hospital. London. an
nounced here that he had discovered
the bacillus that causes stomach trou-
bic among infants. He read paper
before the local Academy Of Med
icine and told of some recent discov-
cries that he believes will be Of great
value in combating infantile diseases.
The principal topic was milk. THAT
Is the whole story Of disease among
Infants" said DR.. Vincent. "Get pure
milk and keep 1t pure and there will
be practically no disease among the
babies. MIX should be given infants
Just as It comes from the COW, without
boiling or any other preparation"