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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
TERMS:
TWO PICTURES.

In the midst OF gray waste of leap
Ing seas burning vessel crowded with
frightened human beings. The life
boats as they are launched are crushed
against the sides Of the ship. Fire be-
hind, an angry sea before to the far
horizon and beneath their feet the frail
blanks licked by flames. What could
be truer or more dramatic picture Of
human helpfulness in the face OF the
elements than that presented by the
flaming ship, It's terrorized burden OF
humanity and the heavtng and solitary
ocean waste?
A man. merely q common cheap man
who earns perhaps $40 week sits at
a sender. Sparks leap and crackle as
he presses the key. And out into the
void and across those raging waves
rises the 8. o. s. of the modern mar
tner-the signal that no vessel dare
neglect or disobey. Out into a great
and widening circle the call goes ana
two hundred ships hear 1t. Away on
the rim of the circle Of 10o-mlle
radius vessels turn their proWs TOWARD
the cry for help and their furnaces
roar and their engines labor in the
race in which the stake is hundreds OF
human lives. Help comes but the
waves defy the life boats. Then the
call Of the wireless goes forth again,
insistent, mysterious. across the seas
The oil boat arrives. casts its burden
on the troubled waters and 500 human
beings go on living and loving anu
working because human intelligence
conceived and executed wireless teles-
raphy. what tTueT CO more dramatic
picture of mans power IN the face VI
destruction can the Imagination pre-
sent?
It Is all there, intelligence that
conquers, humanity that needs and
makes helpfulness it's highest privilege.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
rndEsREruB1IcAN MARsHA1LrowN IOWA: OCTOBER 49, 1918

underneath the crust and the rough
house begins right there. Let's be
honest about it. The attraction Of
football is in it's mimicry of war and
We all know what war 10.
The only woman master builder In
America Is Miss Alice Durkin, Of New
York City, who entered bid on the
New York public library. She super
intends the construction Of all her
buildings and never sublets q contract
The Mother-If you are polite, my
dear, and have good taste in dress, and
marry discreetly, l shall be perfectly
satisf fed.
The Daughter, Aged 12-Then don't
need an education! Isn't that lovely!
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

whiskers on it. Everybody, except the
some OF us recall q pretty fair imita-
ton Of whiskers which fringed the
chins Of certain ancient ladies of our
youthful acquaintance. When the his
torical rooms at the libraries are COM
plete the museum will contain fac
SMILES of the different varieties OF
whislzers that the winds of the earth
blew thru in the days when men grew
tall and wore whiskers.
The full beard is the earliest style
and the chances are that Adam had
one Of this variety. The pictures of
Moses and Aaron in the old family
bible presented those eminent persons
with full boards in their great act of
changing hard wood walking staffs into
snakes. And down thru history biblical
and profane the full beard ffutters in
the winds 1t was long and broad and
in the wood cuts always black. Ine
pictures of Methuseleh assisted the i'm
preston and understanding of extreme
age by a beard that swept away from
his chin like a waterfall and hung
we'll to his knees.
Coming down to grandfather's time
he wore his whiskers in the style ia
vored by Mr.. McGinty. He shaved his
face down to the angle of the jaw and
quit From under his chin his whis-
kers thrust forth asgressively. That
was one style once big in favor as dis
tinguished from the full heard such as
old man Peters wore who had pledged
himself not to shave until the demo-
Gratis elected president He had
whiskers two feet long and wore them
inside his vest in order to keep from
tangling his hands in them when ne
chopped wood. Old Mr.. Perkins wore
his on his chin after the style OF Uncle
Sam in the cartoons.
The next younger generation began to
see then possibilities Of wh!skers as
UNIQUE adornment. General Burnside
wore his after the style which still
bears his name, fashion which shaVes
the chin and retains the jowls and the
mustache. 1t was much approved and
copied. Then came the goatee, man
ner of wearing hair on the face that
earned and deserved e different
nomenclature apDliaS to it by those
careless of language. There arrived
the p!ratical mustache which dropped
and hung below the corners Of the
mouth and gave its possessor the ap-
pearance Of a Chinese junk pirate
Strange and fantastic face landscapes
were adorned with world triunphs of
maniac BARRIERS There were Nc
Ginty's" and "PiccadilIys" and Dun
6reary's" and side burns The spin
ach with which the faces Of our fathers
were garnished was tortured into more
and more peculiar contortions than
Jan gardener twists into an evergreen
tree. Why, nobody seems to know and
history sheds no light Old Major
Rogers said that his reason for wear
ing whiskers was to make himself look
he" Let it go at that.
Some day when nothing is doing dig
out the family photographs and con-
slider the whiskers Of the past how
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
A Feminine Religious Revolt.

"one Sunday morning Alison Parr.
who has come home for holiday. goes
with her father to church and hears
Holder preach sermon against ma
terialism and individualiso, into which
he threw all the passion OF which he IL
capable. Holder lunches with father
and daughter that day, and at the
table is an almost silent witness Of al,
outspoken and incisively worded de-
bate between the other two. Parr
claims that philanthropy and organized
charity were never on such scale as
in the present age. And Alison tells
him that charitw and philanthropy, as
they exist today, have very little to do
with the brotherhood Of man. So long
as you can make yourselves believe
that this kind of charity is q logical
Carrying out of the christian principles,
SO long are your consciences satisfied
with the social system which your
class. very naturally. finds SO comfort
able and edifying. The weak and
idiouc ought to be absurdly grateful
for what Is flung to them, and heaven
Is gained in the throwing. In this way
the rich inevitably become the elect
both here and hereafter, and the
needles eye is widened into gap In
the pagan garden she has designed ALI
son and Holder discuss tue same Ques-
ton which she and her father had
handled at lunch. She tells the rector
that his sermon Interested her as she
had not been interested since she was
20, when made q desperate attempt
to become q christian--and failed.
But why (she cried) do you insist on
what you call authority? AZ modern
woman who has learned to use hel
own mind simply can't believe, II the
God Of the universe is the moral Gos
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Topics of the Times

Governor Suffers lawyer argued
thai his client had never had any busi-
ness training Admitting that he was
a lawyer the attorney pleaded that
about the only evidence Of his pro-
fessional standing was that he had
law office Said he never kept books
or records Of his own transactions was
careless and unmethodical but a most
affable man. In short, according TO his
lawyer, Suffers only business and
talent lay in "affability" and "easiness
of approach" The plea following the
Sulzer impeachment and preceding
the verdict should set voters wonder
ing whether it isn't about time to elm
mate "affabiIity" as the principal ap-
peal to their franchises.
Sulzer was a democrat and a leading
democrat in congress. lie was chair
man of a committee which practically
controls our foreign relations. Still
this man who kept no records, who
had no business except politics in the
cheapest sense the term politics Is
used. who had neither business train
ing nor understanding and who lacked
even the quasi honesty Of the profess
sional politician to "be on the square
with his own friends" held one of
the most important committee chair
manships and was leader in his
party. Incidents like that in which
Sulzer has been involved are not re-
assuring as to government by poll
ticians and not by statesmen. An af-
ia BILE man may be both an incompetent
and a crook. And on the other hand
the man whose popularity seems to be
his slightest care may be an honest
and useful person in Office.
Seems like Colonel Roosevelt might
have found more excitement and bet
ter shooting in Mexico than in South
America Huerta's hide would look
well stuffed and set up as a fauna!
specimen.
| Spencer the Chicago murderer de-
sires to plead guilty and have his exc
cution set for an early date. Spencer
talks as tho he was expected to pay
his own coal bills this winter.
| We need a live local Lincoln high
way association in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Yes And If reports of travellers are
! to be credited, the breath of life should
| be extended east as far as Carroll
|
Talk of "debrutalizing" football II
all right. So IS talk Of debrutalfzinf
any mode Of fighting; but when mel
shock together where one must Civ
way there Will be bruises and careless
ness of receiving and inflicting injury
Football is brutality rough. When i
ceases to be so 1t viii! not be football
Rough sports have their charm TO
| those who engage in them and TO
| those who watch them. When an.
great excitement pierces the veneer o
refinement it taps the savage jus
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
IOWA FARM PRICES.

The Ackley w ora diS USs siA1' N--N
frequency with which the high price
of a parcel Of acre property IS re-
ported to have been sold is often err
roneousIy mistaken for real valuation.
Recent sales recorded have been as
high as 1858 to even $500 for fe"
acres. Such reports are not a correct
criterion Of the real value of land IN
anv county in Iowa, insists the
World. Frequently the strips are
located at the edge OF town ana
can be converted into town lots
then again purchases are made 10
square up short acreage or some
thing of like nature. the average
nr;ce of Iowa land is not $3.50 an acre,
but ranges from as low as $50 TO slso
in the best parts, concludes the Ackley
paper.
The World is of course correct IN
saving that the smaller tracts close 10
the cities sell for the high price per
acre and that small acreases have the
call on high acre prices; but it is Tar
at sea when it puts the high farm
prices at $3.50 per acre. That estimate
will not stand as against every day
sales and every day attempts to buy.
some farms in Iowa may be bought as
low as ss5 an acre perhaps. but such
farms must be very badly located or
peculiarly undesirable for other rea-
sons.
Starting from Marshalltown and
driving on up thru Grundy county II is
NOT likely that any one of the best
farms could be touched for $3.50 per
Ycre. There are hundreds Of farms
whose owners would ridcule offers OF
$500 an acre. There are some farms
that could not be purchased tor sZoo
an acre. One farm in Marshall county
comes to mind for which $3.50 an acre
has been offered and $500 asked and
where the deal still hangs with both
parties waiting each for the other to
come to his price. Speaking OF the
central and north central part Of Iowa
if NAV be said that there are no $50 an
acre farms, very few 500 an acre
farms. a vast number of $3.50 an acre
farms. large number of 5000 an acre
farms and many $3.50 ar acre farms.
Those who desire a rough average
price may do their own figuring.
And the land is worth all it is bring
ing. When any person says as many
persons do nobody can get adequate
returns from 5000 land" just smile and
mass on. That sort of talk is like the
LAWYERS assurance to his client whom
he was visiting in his cell that they
can't put you in jail for it, The an
swer to 1t is the answer of the client to
his lawyer, "But they have. I'm here"
Corn land. like that Of Iowa, will go
on to higher prices. How much higher
this generation as as unfit to estimate
as the last generation &c aS prices for
1913 But it must go higher. 1t is
the most desirable and fruitful land on
the face of the earth. It's possibilities
are merely uncovered, not revealed
The making of corn land ended with
the evening Of the sixth day of creation
while popula ton will go on increasing
4o the end of the world
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

came to roads. and altho every state
that has really done anything has done
It in that way. Chairman Brockway
and his friends refused to listen. They
enacted Q road law that was all orders.
From every quarter of the state ID
coming protest against the road law,
and from no quarter OF the state pro-
test against school consolidation.
In the next legislature there will be
tremendous fight against the effective
parts Of the road law, and no fight
whatever against the school law.
Here we have again illustrated the
folly Of going back on the experience
of the race, an experience that has be-
come matter Of proverb. for 1t is as
true as It ever has been that sugar
catches fiies and that while you can
lead horse to water you can not
make him drink.
If Chairman Brockway had con-
sented to / mill state tax for roads,
and the use of that and the automobile
fund, as Wisconsin and Minnesota and
Illinois are using similar funds, Iowa
would be moving towards good roads
as cheerfully as the state is moving
towards good schools.
Now the whole matter is i1ussed up;
prejudtces have been aroused, and It
back where we can make good start.
Meanwhile Illinois, which was later
than Iowa with its legislation, will
have hard work to keep up with the
popular demand for good roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

you assert him to be. that he has esq
kind you infer and delegated to It the
power Of life and death over human
souls. Can't you see that an au-
thoritative statement il Just what an
ethical person doesn't want Belief
faith-doesn't consist in the mere ac-
ceptance Of statement. hut in some-
thing much higher-if we can achieve
1t. Acceptance Of authority is not
faith, 1t 10 mere credulity, II 10 to shirk
the real issue. We must believe. II we
believe at all. without authority She
tells him that he and his religion are
as far apart as the poles; In order to
preach his doctrine logically, he should
be white ascetic, with q well oiled
manner. a downcast look lest he stun
BILE in his pride or do something orig
inal that spranE out OF his own soul
instead Of being an imitation OF the
saints Her provocative frankness and
clear eyed honesty goad him into in
Prospective study of himself
The Vice President ~ Preacher.
Nearly all our recent presidents and
some Of our vice presidents have fig
ured as preachers or religious teachers
Dental chairs, 80 II is not departing
from custom to fine Vice President
Marshall, tho Presbyterian. exhorting
at camp meeting Of Virginia Meth
odists. More startling than his motor
car costume says the Brooklyn Eagle.
was his reversal Of scripture to read
"the sins of the children shall be visited
, on their parents" in the development
Of which text he applied corrective
for some things that are puzzling to
large contingent:
Children are sent to Sunday school
for q part of Sunday; to regular
schools for a part Of five Gays week.
and the rest of the time they are for
gotten, and they do as they please. It
! is high time for American fathers and
mothers to have opinions on religion.
You wonder why the tu-key-trot. the
tango. and the slit skirt exist. say
1t is because the mothers Of the coun-
try are not interested in training their
children"
! The Eagle indicatea some other
points touched upon:
AFTER tracing a connection between
| the teachings Of the Master and the
teachings Of Thomas Jefferson, Thomas
Riley Marshall hnds that there IL no
freedom anywhere where there is not q
clear conscience. free from fear Of God
| and man. He adds: This country Of
our Is living a beautiful practical chris.
tiau life In many ways--in many ways,
say-but there 10 too much tendency
for men to counsel with sharp lawyers
as to what they can do and still keep
out Of jail ~.
"Many church members will agree
with much OF what the vice president
says, II not with all Of 1t. On the
whole. he IL resisting temptation, sub
jecting himself to restraint when he.
keeps So close to the beaten paths
os tssso!oS. on such an occasion
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
WHISPERS.

1t 10 historical fact that men used
10 wear whiskers. Picking up vol
ume Of civil war history illustrated
with pictures Of the leading generals
Che fact is revealed. Grandfather's en-
lafHed photograph that used to hang
on the wall beside grandma's before
fashion and "reefinment" banished those
ancestral pictures to the garnet had
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

! Noting that there isn't much Grund!
county land selling now, the Grumpy
Democrat explains THE reason is thai
there is very little land here that is on
! the market. There are several town
| shi. in Grundy county where man
with Darrell of money couldn't buy a
piece of land unless he paid more for
| 1t than even the owner thought it was
worth. What would happen to land
seeker with a pocket full of money III
California. The swarm of real estate
sharks out there would wine and dine
and automobile ride him until the land
seeker would give UP his wad in self
! defense"
THE Iowa town that has not built
new hotel within the last year or
two, is sure to build one within the
next year or two" says the Burling
ton Hawkeye. THE question, does the
town need new hotel. has nothing
! whatever to do with the case. After a
certain number have built new hotels,
the rest feel in duty bound to also
buildin new hotels. The fact that they
have ample hotel accommodations and
might use the money for some other
purpose. and to better advantage, Is
simply ignored. When the other towns
are building new hotels. no Iowa town
is going TO be left behind. 1t is just
like new bonnets and new clothes
Iowa has a real booster for COVER
nor says the Knoxville Journal.
Those who missed hearing Governor
Clark Tuesday missed one of the hest
booster speeches ever made in Iowa.
Governor Clark made q great hit with
the old settlers and all who heard
him"
The Knoxville Express, (democrat)
says THE most foolish thing we have
heard is that the American Liquor
Dealers Association will send a man
to Des Mo!nes TO fight against Billy
Sunday and prohibition. Billy Sunday
IS open to criticism, but not from horse
thieves, train robbers and LIQUOR deal
ers' associations. If the liquor deal
ers want Billy Sunday to enlist the
sympathy of every sensible, moral
man in Des Moines let them start
something like this"
The Tama News finds that good
women don't seem 10 have as much
influence upon men as they should.
Half the reprobates Of the country
seem to have good wives"
why don't they add a department
to the public schools teaching the
Young how TO care for an auto?" de-
mands the Grundy Republican TT Is
one Of the big questions OF tomorrow
and the increased cost OF living"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
Early Service For Protests.

Why should traditional methods Of
church service be so rigidly adhered to
"as IL they were too hallowed to be
modified?" asks The Christian Advo-
cate. The purpose Of the inquiry Is to
suggest the possibility to the city
church OF arranging its schedule OF
Sunday service with the view to slim
ulating the interest and supplying the
need CT all kinds Of worsh,pers.'' Fur
Their:
''Why could there not be an early
morning service for persons who are
compelled 10 work on the first day Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18

Such facts must be considered by those
who bear the responsibility in selecting
the best place for manufacturing
plants. st. Louis knows no equal In
permanent fuel prospects. in secure
facilities for getting power, light ana
heat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
COUNTIES AND CHOLERA SERUMS
[Cedar RaD!ds RepubIican

lSeuts1 1NdD4uS tSepuDllC2n.J
In Jones county they are thinking
of erecting their own cholera serum
plant in connection with the county
farm. 1t will require about $4,000
to equip such plant. If there is any
merit in the serum Their the price Of
the plant would be mere bagatelle
Jones county has probably lost ten
times 100000 worth of hogs, If the
cholera mas ragged there as 1t has in
other counties Of the state. And the
loss is almost a yearly one. The SER
ums are now made in q state iabora-
tory at Ames but it can not supply
the stuff fast enough and there are
some privately owned and managed
plants which make the serum. The
state veterinarian estimates that a
million dollars worth ..f the serum
can be used in Iowa in year, or s10,-
600 to the county. If there is that
much it would certainly pay to make
the investment. 1t might be more
feasible if several counties could be
combined, as there would seem to be
no need vt having such a plant in
each county in the state.
Fuller statistics on the efficiency Of
the serum should also be collected.
The state college ough. to get the
facts. There are some who do not
believe in serums. If it can be shown
that hogs treated have ESCAPED the
cholera this year, these doubts can be
dispelled. We advise them to make
some Investigations near Truesdale.
near Storm Lake. where, we were told
the other day, that the only farmers
who saved their hogs were those who
used the serums Such facts ought to
be collected. We need all the light
we can get on this subject. 1t IL OF
prime Importance. Hog cholera IL the
worst disease the farmers have to con-
| tend with.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
LIFEBOAT,

The volturno 10 here shown as she
looked ablaze when the rescue ships
started to take OF the passengers. The
other picture shows a lifeboat return
ing to the Grosser Kurfuerst with pas
sengers from the Volturno. The kur-
fuerst rescued los passengers and crew
and was the first boat to reach Amer.
lea from the scene Of the tragedy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-18
LET THANKSGIVING ALONE.

|
! There is a movement being started
; in Illinois to change Thanksgiving
this year to Wednesday. Nov 10, the
tiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's Get
tysburg speech in the hopes of making
the day more truly national. While
there may be something of merit in
the suggestion we are not in favor of
the plan. Thanksgiving day ante
/ dates the American nation and to es-
tablish a custom Of making it NOV
able day to coincide with some event
of more than ordinary Importance in
the nation Is to set dangerous prece-
dent. The day originated as one of
religious Thanksgiving and is in reality
one Of the foundation stones of the
nation, the last Thursday Of November
has come to be universally accepted as
the day to be observed and we see no
need of changing.
Neither can we see any real argu-
ment in the claim that the day has
come to mean a "big dinner followed
by game OF football. Practically the
same charge could be made against
Sunday and it might be as fittingly
argued that church services should
BE held on some other day that Sun
day. The big colleges in the east have
abolished football on Thanksgiving
day, just as the east has abolished
Sunday theaters and Sunday baseball
games What the east has accomp-
lished can be attained in the west once
the people make up their minds to that
end. Making Thanksgiving day more
truly national is more matter OF edu-
cation than Of changing days.