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The chronicle=news., 1913-12-11

Vera ,uls. Mexico. B.s. IL
Fighting b-,s--n the g-i'ris sni III"
f-'i-rais i"r i"s--issi"n pf IN. city
OF Tampi'p Nas in progress all das
Yesterday aai !pHi nish,. according
,o r-taris received here today fr""'
Rear sliniTai Fletcher. 'om,nspd"r
of the American ~aIshii.s oft tia;
ror. a dispatch i.i-j a' u o'.i1ss
Inst nigh, ana received here sh,s
morning sa,t thai 'h" federal cat.
laa,a had l-sr. asi..n ~ and i.ss
IN. insuIE-n,. had Gs'a ps'.s~s.ioa
.f 'hs i..; bank "t the river fs,a'
y" 'cr.,ss-rs nss" b'on injured.
it, mouth q. TaniisH,
~. admiral s,i'i. nor has any prop
-r,y h-.n s~s,roy-d, \ number at
refugees Nrr- taken an beard ia.
United State uu' cruise. 'Ant"r
and III cruiser Tacoma. Other r-:u.
sr,a wcr- In buildings near III" vat
or front
Another disps, IA -.n' by ADMIRAL
Fletcher from Taingicg lt an earlier
h.pr yesterday aud received at Vera
Cruz this mosniaE said
General Castro attacked ranIi"p
this morning Reports i'Glsa," that
thu rebel band Is pusninE bsck the
f.-icrai adssn'. guard.
u am taking all po-Aibl, m"a.u'.a
To protect aud ear" Tor Americans.
and other forciEnc:H. except British
ard German subjects. who are he
ing look an,r bv their own repre-
s"rta'is.s
"Th. rebels arr reported To he re
sp.c,inS Americans nnd American
property"
Under date OF noon ON Wednesday
Admiral Fletcher ,-lcgraphed:
The federal forces at Tamrico
have been reinforced ana now mum
her . 900 men. Th. Tacoma aud
Chester AT. IN ,n-r iycr with 800
marines from til. American battle.
ships aboard. A place OF safety for
Americans and other foreigners mas
been assigned under ib. guns Of tue
wsrEhips.
"Th" steamer Losician. Who has
been chartered Blythe British admir-
al and MANNED by a crew from inc
British cruiser suffolk. has all the
british residents of the town on
board. All tho Germans are aboard
the steamer kron prinosssin Cecilic.
II have warned the ioaders "f
both sides that fiEh'irg viii not he
allowed near the neutral territory
assigned to noncom batan's. nor near
valuable American property.
NO steamer is available Tor the
American refugees.
"Firing continues In tnc suburbs.
1 have hoistcd my flag OF the Ia
coma
The British cruiser Berwick ar
iiy.d here today from Puerto. Mex.
leo. md probably viii proceed to
rampicu.
Grave fears ar" felt here lest the
insurgents should fire the oil tanks
lining botr SIDES of the river at
Tamricc. in which event IT Ii be-
lieycd tho warships will be COM
pcllaf to retire down the river
Extraordinary arrangements ara
being made by the military auth"ri-
ties here to complete the loading OF
The chronicle=news., 1913-12-11

Lansing. Mich. Dec. il.-Gorer-
nor Ferris this afternoon again re-
fused to send more troops into the
strike district under existing condi'
tions. He received u telegram from
his personal representative in. the
strike zone. Special Prosecuting At
torncy Nichols. stating that the
Houshton county sheriff had re-
quested more truoos. The governor
promptly wired the sheriff that he
must not ask FOR troops unless he is
totally unable to cope with the situa.
ton.
The chronicle=news., 1913-12-11
INCOME TAX SUIT
THROWN OUT OF COURT

Chicago. Ill. 5cS. it.-Th- suit
to t.S, tbs iheou.- taA las vas
thrown out Of the .tai,-d State. it.-
Iri.t court here today by Judge Ian
di.. ~hp decided that h- had no jur-
issii-iion
Tire effect ot t.is decision .Io-ss
n.s Involve t.- rsh.iiiu' tonaiity or
nncon.iiiuii..aiiiy oi th. iA~'. is 4"
s~li I'll. cas-, tiFrr, Ia tbs suprs n.o
court os ih- init-i States
TIE na-diuin selected iut the test
~ss = suit in which Elsie tArNoif-.
'hc former ACTRESS os New York. ns~
r,sia,.s a, v.sas.ii-.. France. 4. the
piainiiI! ana ,tr Continental sud
Con,,n-r, ,Ai 'rru., and sssir.a hank
Of CHICAGO i. a-f-nsans ". i,ourk.
Co.k.rah Ut N.~ York and coi'a ~,
fyifc OF Chicago. appsSrvd for M'ss
D~tvoair. aud iir,, Mayor ot CHI
caso su, the 1sns
Nis- iA~wois-. .~'u.r az =: G~t
c-s,s honda of la- Appalachian Pow
er eonipsut. which r-fnssr'i payment
CT interest .iu. nn, h- boads D@ssn-
,.- I les, tyt.. LanS .--.usa rh~
Lad no, fiisa the rerin,.s,- "f own
rr.hip which She bank claim. u re-
a,iir-'I IS the income Ian Law. Yer
suit IL t.r ip,-t.s, sAd jpnisa'-s IN
ih. sum o' 81 i."y'
Washington lice. ii.--=tonsidr's-
u,n o.,h- .aH, by tho supreme court
aT til. I'ni,-.i States wouii hcl Init
-,i To tho aa"stion of Jurisdiction
.as..L ul.n by iuds" i.andr an"
~ouii not involve III" constitution
ai.tv II ti,s ia-on. t,>.
III" .s.. viii faii within the "ias-
,' ,h..- which u!.N ''r r"ni Z" 'h"
sunv.,r court directly FROM y dts
tri,, .uurt ~h-n thu jurisdiction III
:b- ','i-rai rouf, I, hear IL" cas-" iE
the oIb point in,"i'-'i. fr s""h
ease. III. 6i-,rt.; ju"rc --riiiics to
III, supr.m" court thri lac h.T con-
sisrr.J the question OF turtsdi,t,cr
only. That Units the ruprrni- court
con si,l-ra,ipn to- that question alone
The chronicle=news., 1913-12-11

Weather ToIecss,
Tonight FAIR nuI "a .ul,i ssuth
r.T,ion traas f-n
Yesterdays Report.
The chronicle=news., 1913-12-11
THE WEATHER

Frank" ssA
son I tlAy es
My hsnie.1k-.
Z % la Lawson,
made a hit with
ais book. tr-n-
died Finance I
au ~f.tiE one
on "sr-n1ia.i
ini"ni.u -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21

part Of the social functions Of the male
population. And Jess" grew up with
his smile and his faculty Of following
and his inheritance Of irresponsibility
in that environment.
Poor Jess!" His fate is not a thing
to crack jokes upon. Back Of Jess
and his squalid tragedy lies an invis-
ible and t. such as "Jess," IAN Irresistible
force. Back Of jess" is that myster-
ious process Of transmission which we
term heredity; behind him lies the in
fuences Of early environment; weak
ness. unguarded from temptation
marched hand in hand with him from
boyhood and stood to look down on
him in his grave and grouped behind
jess" and his life and its failure looms
the responsibility of all Of US who fail
in our duty to Jess" and such as he
and who by example and perhaps by
companionship led him out into the
stress CT an undertow which he had
not strength to overcome. Poor Jess.
A pleasant fine faced boy at 10,
lost man at %, ptiiful thing. dead IN
its own degradation at 20. God help
those who can smile upon or seek ma
terial for mirth in the sight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21

DRY that he is half-insane, for he
realized all the time that he could earn
more money as a skilled chauffeur.
third became a bandit thru loafing in
poolrooms and the drink habit. Severe!
of the bandits appear to have started
as amateur auto stealers.
And so on to the end Of the chapter.
A Few gang leaders boast of their sue
cess and thrilling exploits and attract
weak minded and weak willed follow
ers, mostly oilers and habitues Of the
low salocn. the poolrocm and the
gambling den.
1t would be rash to assert that Voca-
tiona! training, proper recreation, or
gained play. the closing OF vicious
dives and like measures would rid US
OF boy crininaljty. 1t is certain, how
ever. that many boys would be saved
or reclaimed by such constructive
measures. Punish the bandits for tneir
crimes, and deter others from imitat-
ing them. But in addition TO prompt
and impressive justice, which Is es-
septia,. society must seriously con-
slider systematic meals OF directing the
energies and impulses Of youth into
safe and wholesome channels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
Looker-On In Iona

Eagle Grove, Feb. Gin many grain
offices now are seen corn testers. AT
first the farmers objected to their use,
but they are finding out that occas-
ionally their corn crop sells for a cent
or two more per bushel than their
neighbors. Under the old style of do
ing business local dealers had TO guess
whether Jones crop would grade TO
justify a certain price. Now they know
what il will grade in Chicago. The
expense OF these testers Is only about
$50 for the size commonly used, which
Is much less than some corner grocery
pays for a cash register. 1t has been
more than limited that occasional mis-
takes" were made in Chicago in testing
carload Of corn. Now the Iowa dealer
knows when such mistakes are made.
H. E. Carpenter, of Roland, was for
many years agent there for the old
Iowa Central. He is now SO years old
and all this winter has not wore an
overcoat. He says he did not even
own an overcoat till he was over q
years OF age. Every night on the ar
rival of the evening train he Is down
to the depot with lantern but no;
an overcoat, gets the bundle OF Times
Republicans and delivers them to the
business men. He has done this work
for years and has probably missed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
POOP CESS

An Iowa newspaper Of some prom
inence found material for jocular
paragraph in the circumstances sur
rounding the death Of young man
who drank alcoholic preparations from
a barber shop and thus practically
committed suicide.
It made a regrettabIe mistake. There
is nothing funny about the circum-
stance, no fund Of humor TO be drawn
upon in suffering and deep sorrow and
desperation which ends in death
whether it comes by intent or thru ig-
norance. And this case has no element
of hum Or in IL to be drawn upon by the
paragrapher, however immediate his
need OF copy. on the contrary.
Poor Jess" When he came TO school
a lad Of 10 fifteen or sixteen years ago
he was a mild hammered, rather unob-
trusive little boy with pleasant smile
and a desire to please and to be loved.
lie was the seC Of g widoW and hack
CT the widowhood was the story of a
husband dissipated and irresponsible.
1t was hard life for her and for her
children in the hard times Of the middle
nineties. She toiled at the washboard
to keep the family together. Jess was
one of these and a IiiSable little fellow
ready TO run errands, anxious to be Of
kindly service to those who cared FOX
looked on him with disfavor. A boy
.easily led" Drinking was commo.
then in the little village where he lived
II was g. type of the little town Of
Few years ago where key parties flour
1hed and constituted a considerable
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT II
Modest Appearing Man Proved 10
Had Right to critieise Youth
full Art Student.

An art student was copying one OF
Abbott S. Thayer's paintings at the
New York Metropolitan Museum OF
Art one day. when a plainly dressed
man who looked as II he might be
IA mechanic approached and, posting
himself at the young mans elbow.
watched him as he labored over his
subject.
You've got the angle of the mouth
wrong, and the left eye is too obliQue."
remarked the man decidedly.
The student blinked aEgrtly and the
hand that wilded the brush trembled
slightly, but he took no notice OF the
unsolicited criticism.
There is too much yellow in your
flesh tint" continued the man.
still no reply from the student,
vino ostentatiously slapped on more
yellow in the high light on the nose.
Did you hear what l said?" ques.
toned the man.
YES, heard" responded the stu
dent wrathfully, turning and glaring
at his modest looking critic. What do
you know about it, anyway"
II ought to know something about
it," was the smiling response ut was
II who painted tho picture"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21

carrying the papers many time1 less
than some of the younger carriers IN
other towns.
The new brick creamery building At
Roland is a model for all proposed
buildings of the kind. as expense was
not considered in making it up to date
in every respect. The building, 3OxS0,
cost S3,O6S, and the machinery over
$4,000. Electric power Is used for ev-
erything, and some are wondering II
the Story City plant will be able to
carry the extra load. However, the Ice
crushing machine will be run early In
the morning when there Is the light
est demand for light and power.
sss
The town Of Clemens had an unusual
auction last Saturday. Four school
houses-empty ones-were sold to the
highest bidder Reason. no use for
them as they now have fine big brick
up to date schol house in the town,
and the children that formerly attended
the country school now eide to town.
every morning in four covered wagIns
The other day an opponent Of cc1f1soli-
dated schools in town, told t,Ae writer
no man would haul in scIfool children
for $40 a month. Here's doping he reads
this. On good authIfity the writer is
told contract ha,s. been made for pick
ing up these school children and taking
them to sch sol and return home for
$3.50 month. 1t goes without saying
the mothers Of these small children
much prefer this plan to sending the
little ones half mile on foot to the
country school house. And as q mat
ter of expense to the taxpayer it surely
costs less to heat one brick building in
town, to four wooden buildings on the
prairie Better than all, even if some
taxpayers will not consider it, is the
benefit to these children of the kind
of education they receive in the modern
town school building. at the hands of
II, are capable and higher priced teach
eTS.
The American may not be SLOW to
anger but they are slow In adopting
reform ideas, and Iowa in some things
Is way behind the procession" The
drinking cup so long used by every
body. has gradually been driven out of
schools, railroad trains and public
places. One way of educating the peo-
pie is by the railroads emitting to furn-
ish drinking cup. and passengers have
to buy or go dry. On the train the
other day, in the smoker. the news
agent sold eight collapsible cups at 10
cents each. One tight wad" refused
to buy and damned the railroad. Soon
after he borrowed one of G passenger
who invested 10 cents for an individual
cup. We have heard Of the man on
the steamboat who borrowed his neigh
! So-'s :0c:hbrush and was astnnished
to see the owner throw II overheard
when he returned it. Most extrava
giant man he ever saw. just threw
away good tooth brush"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
the SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT.

Equal suffrage won in the house and
met a check in the senate The senate
committee postponed acrion indefinite
~.
1t would be well for the senate to
settle the fate of the resolution by a
convention OF the republican party in
Iowa called for the submission OF the
amendment. The least the senate can
do is to meet the matter fairly and
vote for or against it. There should
be no attempt to smother 1t in com
mittee. Moreover there IS very wide
spread opinion that this amendment
should come out TO the voters for
adoption or rejection. When a move
ment has progressed as far as has this
one the best thing the legislative body
can do it to put it up to those who
in the best sense are the government.
1t must be assumed that the conven-
the sense Of the party that the amend
ment should be submitted.
Between the good roads, the schools
and the suffrage questions 1t will be
easy for this legislature to get in
bad" There is a great load of re-
sponsibility upon this assembly. When
1t gets a chance to shift somewhat of
1t back to the shoulders of those who
placed it the best thing the legislature
can do is to make the shift.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21

Ing the freming Of the bill In charge.
might have agreed among thsmsalves
that the cities and towns Of the state
will be satisfied with granting them
police regulation over the public utilt-
ties. such IS control over stringing Of
wires, laying of pipes and setting OF
poles In the streets and alleys Of the
various cities and towns, but that does
not make It the fact.
II the League Of Iowa Municipalities
mas forsaken the principle Of local con-
troll OF public utilities the change OF
front has come recently and suddenly.
One thing that the league has stood
for. among other things, 10 that the
people OF the community should have
fuil control over utilities furnishing
them with water, heat, light gas and
other public seg<ice, as to service, as to
rates and as to their very existence.
Under tbe proposed new public util-
lily rates and service-the people OF the
eltles End towns have no rights what
e'eS In the premises except as to so"
, called police regulation. The bill! sim
ply means that the affairs OF the To-
cal COMMUNICATIVE vital affairs as al
fectinE them in their efforts for q
square DEAF with public service con-
cerns-would be taken over by state
commission, a body of three or five
politicians with headquarters In Des
Moines. Do the cities and towns of
the state of Iowa want that? Are they
| ready to agree to grant franchises that
run along without definite termina-
ton? We believe not. 1t would be
one of the easiest things in the politi-
cal world for the public service cor
porations of Iowa to gain control OF
! a state commission holding all that
! power. Thar would be their business
and no one has yet accused them of
/, neglecting such business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
IN A NUTSHELL.

A man in Algona owns a residence
lot and a new house which actually cost
him about $4,000. He also owns a
farm in which he invested $4,000. The
other day he paid the first half Of his
taxes. On his home the amount was
about $50; on the farm, a little less. In
other words, his city tax was not quite
twice his farm tax. This is the rule
everywhere in Iowa. And yet when it
is proposed to levy state tax Of l
mill on all taxable property for the
benefit Of rural roads some farmers
Arise in righteous indignation to de-
nounce the proposal as a scheme Of
the city folks" to put an unfair burden
on the farmer.-Algona Advance.
There it is in a nutshell. The farmer
Who uses the highways as a factory
uses the railroads would get much the
best OF taxation which drew upon all
taxable property for the benefit of high
ways.
The ordinary city dweller is the one
strong protest against the proposal. The
man without vehicle or a horse and
who rarely goes out of town except by
rail, might offer we'll founded objec-
tons to paying for permanent country
roads. The business man and the auto
owner are not a majority Of city resi-
dents and do not pay all the taxes
assessed and collected for property in
side the corporation by several rows Of
apple trees
The fact Is that the good roads prob
lem is not class problem 1t touches
lying farm 10 the center Of the city
We shall al! gain in greater or lesser
degree by facilitated Intercourse be-
tween the town and the farm. Our in
terests are inextricab bic. Nobody can
sort GU. one class or another and say
these are highly benefited and there
are not benefited al all.
But the farms have the best of the
present proposition 10 build roads with
all the peoples money because the farm
is most of all dependent upon trans
portation between the town and the
farm. When the roads are laid the
farm acreage first feels the stimulus in
price Of land.
We should come 10 better under
standing of each other, our needs and
our purposes, and the mutually of our
interests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
DEGENERATE SONS.
Huntington Hawkeyel


In the Union school in PickSay town
snip, near Shel5yviile H., three young
hoodlums threw the teacher out OF the
building, locked the door on her and
kept her out Now the law is inter-
fering, and those practical jekers will
be taught the lesson that they need
They will get it at home in all proba-
bilny. After they have been fined. and
dad has paid the fine he will take it out
Of their hides. And that is the only eff
fectiTe way Of getting anything into the
heads Of practical iokers In some parts
of the country, many years ago, the
big students. some Of whom We're past
legal age. made it pra ctice to harrass
the teacher But that teacher was a
man. He armed himself with q club
and if that did not suffice. with a gun.
But those rough and tumble fighters
would never have dreamed of throwing
out q woman-it remained for the
twentieth century to produce that kind
of cubs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
How Bandits Ar. Produced.
[Chicago Record-H


Tire autohtoeraphical sketches of the
automobile and other Chicago bandits
must be read with much mental reser-
walton. Not every boy bandit Is socd
1T psychology and self-analysis. Still,
some OF the stories and accounts are
natural ard credible. They deserve
study by practical sociologists and !1u-
name workers. They throw consider
able light on the problem Of boy saving
and crime prevention in great cities
full Of snares and temptations.
One OF the bandits claims that he
tried to lead an honest, industrious life
and gave up the struggle only when
loan sharks had made 1t absolutely
hopeless. Another says that he liked
fast driving and joy riding in automo.
biies, and stole cars for the fun and
excitement OF the game. rather liking
the danger of being fired at by police
men. He cheerfully ventures the the.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-21
HOW NOT TO DO 1T.

Alld!lllc Ne"S- eIesEdb.t.1
The News Telegraph does not pro-
pose to devote very much space TO a
discussion cs the report Of the senate
and house subcommittee on road leg
isla ton, because il is inconceiVab!e
that there are sufficient men in the
senate and house so completely out OF
touch with the sentiment OF the peo-
pie OF the state as It relates to better
road legislation TO make the provisions
of the report stand ghost Of a
chance OF being enacted into law.
The whole report is Of the hoW-not-
10 do-it variety. There are a few good
provisions in it, of course, but they are
rendered nugatory by other provisions.
and they are so few in number that
they are completely overshadoWed b.
the provisions which are either pueril2
or assinine.
From the first section. which pro-
vides three highway commissioners al
salary for a years work each OF c2e-
half Of the house or senate for three
months work. down thru the provision
that makes it possible for boards OF
supervisors to pander to bridge CON-
hines and on to the meaningless jargor
which pretends to define the duties .:
the boards of supervisors and the
township trustees, the report Shows q
fine Italian hand of the interests ad-
verse to a business administration 81
the road and bridge funds of the state
The discussion OF the report on sat
urday disclcses the fact that there arc
some rnembe Of both house and sen
ate who do not propose that this legis-
lative abortion shall be enacted inc
| law. The continued discussion OF thf
report viii develop all OF its weak
nesses. all Of it's impotence. all of l.:
| cowardice.
| The best part of the report is the
omission of any additional tax fol
| carrying out its inane provisions. A:
has been well said, the taxpayers o
the state are already pouring million:
Of dollars into the road and bridge ra
holes every year, and there should no
| be an additional tax unless 1t is to ac
complish some material good.