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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

created should be utilized by American
manufacturers and exporters 10 extend
their trade relations with Greece, par
ticuiarly in those products of which
the army and navy are heavy pur-
cnasers
While it can not be said that any
manufacturer, by sending represent
alive 10 Greece, can be assured OF get
ting orders, ii is noteworthy that Amer
lean statesmen who have visited Athens
during the past few months have been
almost uniformly successful, especial
ly in sales to the government. There
Is no doubt that many other manufac
turers of army and naval equipment
could profit greatly by sending COM
petent representatives to Greece in the
near future.
Mr.. Skondras believes with United
States Consul. General Alexander w
Weddell at Athens, that ii Is practical
ly useless to attempt to secure orders
by correspondence, for, apart from the
fact that in the placing of orders oS
the authorities a local agent is an
solutely necessary, representatives o.
numerous German, French, Engiish anc
Swiss manufacturers are constantis
on the ground. While looking WITT
favor on american products the p,ir
chasing officers of the army and navy
are at present 80 overworked by the IN
creased responsibilities that have bee
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

the main thing II the crops. On the
little or the big farm the basis OF
prosperity is the bounteousness OF tho
crop. Of poverty and stringency the
failure Of the crop. If ne has q GOOD
crop the world may go hang. hes all
right. His neighbor may be hit by
hail storm or the next county De
burned up with a drouth but he has his
and will gather it and sell it and be
prosperous. And that is quite as true
Of states and countries as of farms.
The main thing is that the crops upon
which all of US depend are good.
And they are good this year. How
any person can ride across Iowa and
imagine calamity and disaster or any
condition except prosperity is impos-
sible to imagine. Iowa is safe, safe as
a time lock. The middle west where
The crops are here. Nothing short OF
the unthinkable could prevent great
harvest OF corn. The other crops are
gathered. me "neet : u o's ''op'
oats are plenty Every 'i'iiis is y, ~.
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oei'e'e II "heii son'e'ou' i'oD'
can aho'u 70 pus ta' - "a a.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
AIoucn OF NATURE.

"A touch OF nature makes the whole
world kin That Mrs. Woodrow Will
son lies at the point of death brings
where her husband. not the president
of the United States but man facing
the greatest loss and sorrow of life.
sits waiting for the end. Political pol
icies and partisan differences fade at
the simple human picture Of Woodrow
Wilson at his wiIes side while she
prepares TO so out across the boundar
les OF the undiscovered country alone.
1t is common thing. death, separ-
alton OF lives that have been one for
many years. a common sorrow that
home. IN the Whitehouse and in the
little houses along the railroad track
the scene is the same. Only the stage
settings are different. The tragedy IS
there. President or pit hand, first lady
OF the land or laundress. no home may
bar the messenger. And so whereve,
death comes and loss and the inevitable
separation We stop 10 note and COM
fort as We may the sorrow which has
been or shall inevitably be our own
One touch of nature makes the whole
world kin. a common sorrow or a
common dread kindles human sym
patty and stirs human kindness. For
are we not all alike? The coloneI-s
lady and Julia O'Grady are sisters un-
der their skins" The ruler and the
aunbiest Of those over whom he is set
are brothers At the hedsides OF their
dying companions.
Over and over again since life began
men and women have sat thus while
their mates slipped away into the deep
enins shade. So while life endures in
the world shall they sit under the
shadow OF that darkened wing waiting
and weeping in the maze OF a mighty
mystery There are no distinctions o.
wealth or rank where the great levelar
comes in his power. We are all very
weak and helpless and human before
death. And that knowledge should
make men kinder and closer in human
brotherhood.
When We sympathize with Woodrow
Wilson We synpathize with the whole
world and with ourselves. For there
are none who must not 81, as ne sits
and taste the bitterness Of the sorrow
that is his
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
A FALSE MoDEs1y.

There is q type o. woman one meets
on trains and in street cars and else
where for the matter of that who
seems TO distrust all men. She is
frightened # man looks at her. or
appears 10 be. She refuses 20 look at
man squarely and casts frightened
and defiant glsnces at the men who
look her way. She evident believes all
men are vile and but wolves seeking her
destruction. And with all Of that she
may wear The most bizarre and ex-
trerne Of Styles that are calculated TO
attract and hold mems attention.
There is another type which seems
10 have different opinion of the male
world. She asks a question If she
needs Information, asks il squarely
with level eyes. II she rs II the street
car she moves over TO permit the man
who has paid for seat chance TO
sit down. On the railway train she
does not consider smile bestowed up
on one Of her children an advance
against the citadel OF her respectable
ity. She does not fear 20 pass a few
words with her seatna,e simply be-
cause he happens 10 be q man The
Two types are as distinct and as com
mon as sun and shade Everyone
knows them.
The latter type is always free from
annoyances Of which the other type
appears live in such lively dread The
latter type commands The very high.
est respect She respects herself ana
her sex and respects men as q iogica
result. Such women travel easily
They meet sincere comradship and fnt
ready helpfulness everywhere. Tn
! other type travels as though in
! Jungle. Her fears are mostly imagin
airy but they are fears nevertheless
She sees tigers behind every bush
! Whence comes this foolish and IN
just feminine fear that all men are ou
wolves in Sleeps clothing? 1t is ut
terly untrue. There isn't a street ca
or train running today where hun
5reds Of clenched fists would not pro
tect women from Insult The street
Of every town or city are safest wher
men are gathered thickest Give ne
their due. In this country at Ieas
there is the highest respect for WON
anhood and no woman need seek De
yond the sound OF her ordinary speec
70 find protectors.
The false modesty which assume
that none but It's own possessor
modest, that none but its owner rs vir
tuous, that all men are vile and 10 b
feared and summed Is going out {
fashion. There is no occasion fc
women to go yelled in America or
act as though they had just steppe
out Of a harem. This is a decor
country Of decent men. Only the foo
ish and uniformed or those who DIR:
trust themselves assume otherwise.
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the speed they are looking for from
such people as Johnson, Marquard,
Wood, etc Against such pitchers as
Nap Rucker and Eddie Cicotte they get
knuckIe ball that breaks at weird
angles and is widely differer: from the
old fashioned curve. Agains. Russ Fcrd
they get ball that sails end ducks
with sudden break-so sudden, in
fact, that Chief Meyers once told US
it was all he could do TO catch Ford
with a big mitt when he fist handled
his repertoire.
Then comes Mathewson with tine
fadeaway, and Terseau and others with
thes pitter, both wet and dry, that take
peculiar evolutions and break with
puzzling dips and drops and turns.
There are today fifteen or twenty va
rieties of curves. Many of these are
hard to control, the knuckle ball In
particular, as the ball when thrown is
pressed against the knucxies where the
grip is not nearly SO firm. The art OF
pitching has advanced to wonderful
degree thru varying methods OF hold
| ing and throwing the ball where there
| ID no room for any batting advances
beyond true swing and steady eye.
l-Grantland Rice in Golfers Weekly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
Iona Newspapers
THE UMPIRE HAS NO FRIENDS.
dubuque Telegrap PHI Herald

THE UMPIRE HAS NO FRIENDS.
dubuque Telegra PHI Herald.]
An exchange comments on the crowd
which roasts the umpire for decision
when no one in the crowd is nearer
than 200 feet from the scene of the
play that the umpire sees on the spot.
The moral il applies is this: Unless
you're dead sure YOU know more about
the equities of a play than the expert
who is there to decide, perhaps it
would be just as we'll to temper disap-
pointment with tolerance. Which" it
adds. applies to more things than
baseball
The rooter at ball game is the man
with enthusiasm. The dispassionate
gentleman in the grand stand who
thinks baseball would be q fine game
but for the injustice done the umpire,
has lost his enthusiasm. We are all Of
Us hero worshipers IN varying degree.
We all have our bellwethers and our
mentors. Leadership carries US for
ward. The end and aim is success. All
of which explains, when you think it
over. why we root for the home team
and why we roast the umpire when a
decision counts against our success.
Baseball, in the last analysis. is pop
ular because it is a means of outlet for
excess of animal spirits. It's good
thing for the peace of communities
when men ''holler their heads OFF, at
ball game. They get along better
then in shop and factory and at home.
That crowds can be unjust is no doubt
true. But so can law. as Blackstone
recognized when he said, explaining the
origin of courts OF equity. that law is
very often the ouintessence of inJus-
tice.
Let them roast the umpire. Some
thing is gained when they refrain from
bouncing pop bottles off his head In
time. as culture progresses. they will
temper the criticism, for even crowds
are cultural in their influence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
THE BLUE SKY.


Thank God for the blue sky stretch
ing ike an infinite meadow over which
the ieecy clouds are wont to play by
day and where the stars bloom by
night!
We have sometimes thought II
strange that our theological schools
not more emphaticaIly include as
tronomy in their regular courses OF
study. How can the earnest and
thoughtful contemplation of the moon
and the stars which the Omnipotent
hand hath ordained fsil to purify the
heart and elevate the life?
In reasons ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth glorious voice:
Forever singing as they shine
The hand that made US is divine
Are YOU weary with the heat and
burdens of the day? Are you discour-
aged by reason Of the defeats which
have come where you SO hopefully
looked for victory? Do you seem bound
By chains which ever gall. and does
+ freedom appear only hooking dream
Steal away for at least one brief
1 hour and get beneath the open sky. Lie
down upon the grass with your face to
/ the heavens and think and think and
( think Soon that blue expanse VIII
seem to breathe the spirit Of sympathy
I Ii il be night time what Tennysor
called the sacred everlasting calm" OF
I those twink,ing worlds will communi-
cate a like spirit into your own heart
! Because we fail to consider the
heavens" as daily and nightly priEi-
| lege we lose one Of the sweetest, rich'
est and most wholesome experiences q
life
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

The burghers o. Belgium are living
up TO the ancient estimate. Touch his
wool bales or invade his sol and the
burgher of Liege becomes a man a.
arms to be dreaded.
Going 10 war is easy. Quitting isn't
Really. z few more wa-ships o. our
own simply as a precautionary measure
wouldn't be bad things to have around
the house.
He is wise man who seeing Ger
man and an Englishuan arguing over
the war GOES right on his way without
attempting 20 offer Information.
The fact that those tourists who took
in the Yellowstone and the Grand Can
yon are getting home OF time and ali
right carries lis own suggestion for
next Years travel
rendering good offices" al present
is like saying tut tut" after the putt
has been missed.
The fuss is likely TO put crimp in
the business Of Ringing and empero-ing
Il should re hard TO pun that divine
right stuff after the funeral Sc over
and those who furnished the corpses
and paid the expenses have had time
to think it over.
If he is anxious for an exciting sport
ing event Sir Thomas Upton might al
tempt 70 peat a German cruiser into
an American port
With baseball and the war and Zen
Salirger's candidacy nobody is paying
much attention TO Hamilton's guberna
-orial campaign.
| The cla,;er Of self binder heats
| that of machine gun and the thumr
Of twelve .rcn ears against the corr
wagon is very much better TO hear thar
/ the explosion OF twelve inch guns.
! live cornhusker is worth a heap more
| to a country than dead soldier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

asks. permit the honor Of this re-
form to 60 to the women. or rather why
charge them with the responsibility OF
bringing 1t about7 Why should tho
men, themselves. not grab the liquor
bull by the horns and rub his nose IN
the dust instead Of waiting for the
women to come along and do TT
Noting that tract Of land in Linn
county recently sold for $500 an acre
the Cedar Rapids Gazette demands to
know where ar,e the men who laughed
raucously at the prediction OF Tama
Jim Wilson less than a dozen years
ago, that no tillable Iowa land within
sound of a railroad whistle could be
purchased for less than sl2S an acre
by 1922"
Judge Wade il said to be slated for
a cabinet position. Presumably he
would be in favor of the government
ownership OF railroads" says the Sioux
City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

assumed by the respective departments
that they are obliged to make decls-
ions quickly; it is impossible for them
TO conduct a lengthy correspondence
with the United States or with any
other country relating to purchases;
the result is that orders are being
placed in large measure with British
and continental firms. whose agents
are there to push sales.
The war situation may change the
drift of trade to America whose YES
sells seem TO have the right of way and
in case of a general conflict TO be
privileged. However representatives
in such countries as Greece from
American manufacturers on the ground
to show quality will do much towards
getting the orders.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
BAITG SEA WHEFs MAvAI GoNfL!cT is EXPGcTEp.

thirteen armored crisers. Germany had
twenty five battleships and four battle
cruisers on duty. while Russia placed
four battleships, and five armored
cruisers on duty in the Baltic The
top picture shows the English fleet put
ting out to sea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

within few weeks. But with the
pride of he- navy patroling nearby wa
tiers she feels comparatively safe With
the Iron Duke. one of the greatest
battleships in the world. as flagship the
English armada comprises twenty nine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
a Masonic Meetings.


Marshall Lodge, No. los A. F. A. NJ
Friday. Aug. I. 1880 p. m. for WORK
Second degree. John W. Wells, secre-
tary; l. T. Forbes, w. NJ.
STATED coNvocATIoN. signet
Chapter No So. R A NJ Monday.
Aug. II. 500 p. N. Regular business
John w. Wells, secretary: A. D. Meek
er, E. H. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 90. R & S. NJ MonoaS
after the third Sunday. Regular ousl-
ness. !. T. Forbes. recorder; a. D.
Meeker, r I. N.
STATED coNcLAVE Of St Aide
mar Commandery No. 80, K T. Tues
day. August IS at p. m. Regular ousi :
ness. and work in the Order OF the
Temple. F. N. Wilbur, E. c.; NJ 3
Mcfarland. Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, Q. E. S, Wednesday AUG.
y. p. m Anna Downing, secretat
Mary Black Collins, ". N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
WE'VE GOT THE CROP.

Among all the news and rumors and
possibilities one great strong fact
stands out clear cut and satisfying.
We have the crops.
When we get down to the essentials
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

This map shows the North sea waters
in which the British feet fastened 10
protect England from invasion by the
Germans and to keep her ports open
for mercantile trade. If England is
shut OF rom the World she will starve
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
Trial. o. IL. Modern Batting Eye.

Those who attempt to compare old
time batsmen with present day Sons
of Swat are working from widely
VARYING angles. The wonder in the
present day and time is not that more
300 hitters don't exist, but that any
man can attain this average after fac
ing the test Of modern pitching.
The batting eye OF TODAY Is UP
AGAINST the hardest test ever known to
the game. 1t is no longer question
of meeting speed and two or three
varieties OF curves. Today they get all
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
A STRIKE AvERTED.


The western railway managers nave
done the logical tning in accepting the
STRIKE settlement plan offered By the
federal mediators and previously az
eepted By the b-otherhoods- The presi-
dent s appeal to the patriotism OF ,ae
mana gers SHOULD not have been needed.
Even X the world were not exciteo
over war the business OF the country
should not be afflicted ,Hith the raraly-
sis that must attend a Widespread sus-
pension of railway traffic. After me
Official rediators had been called III
BIZ the managers. their rejection OF ar
hi:ra:ion would have seriously preju-
diced the RAILWAY SIDE Of the case IN
the udgment of the pl;olc
Under the plan proposed by the med :
,ators working conditions for locomo-
tive engineers and frernen are to re-
main as they were prior 20 the opering
of negotiations for the now scale, while
the wage question is to De arbitra.eo as
provided in the Erdman- Newianas la"
It is a foregone conclusion that such
arbitration viii, result in some increase
of wages. q similar process having
brought moderate increase IN the
east. The railway managers have been
insisting tDat loe pTesei-i Etote - e'-N-A
revenues prohibits any age increase
If an increase should be granted, it viii
be UP to the interstate commerce com :
mission to ascertain whether an in
crease in rates by the western roads
viii be necessary The roads nave
already taken steps intended to lead
to a rate increase. Their acauiescence
in the mediators' plan for arbitration
no doubt, will add strength to such
claims to an increase as might nave
been previously presented.
It would. OF course be unreasonable
/ to use the reguIative power to compel
a railway wage increase and then use
| the same power to deprive the ROADS
| of the means of paying 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
CAP M NAVAL UNIFORM SOME or RUS5lN5 blG SHIPS d.

This illustration shows the car In
naval uniform and types of some OF his
big warships. When the European
war crisis was reached the car ordered
his navy in readiness 10 protect the
Baltic sea and Black sea ports. Rus
STA has a comparatively small navy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The way Maurice Connolly and
the Dubuque Telegraph Herald are
slobbering over E. T. Meredith is
enough TO make the gentleman SICK
az the stomach declares the Webster
City Freeman Tribune. Before the
primaries they were insisting that
Meredith was not even a democrat
Now they are acting as tho they
though he was the greatest and best
and biggest and purest and most de-
serving democrat in all the United
States. Bah"
The Waterloo Courier says: eff the
democratic editors honestly had no
partisan intensions they could have
done nothing more effective in expos
ing themselves 70 misconstruction
than to pass these resolutions endors-
ing the one democratic candidate ana
ignoring the other five" supreme court
candidates
Iowa prohibitionists have refused
to merge with the dry progressiVes.
This Will cut the bull moose vote down
nearly 80 per cent, and viii IT =Fease
the cost of printing ballots" says the
Clinton Herald.
| The Charles City Intelligencer be-
! lieves that the men of Iowa ought 10
have the courage to put prohibition In
| 10 effect and not wait for the women
to get the ballot to do it. why should
i the men Of the state" the Inteiligencci
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

The gambling establishment at
Monte Carlo has just experienced IT.
most profitable year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

but some OF her new battleships are
formidable fighting crafts, costing sl4,-
100000 each and equipped with twelve
inch guns. The Imperator Ravel l..
shown in the illustration, is one OF
the latest of her warships in service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
GREEcr IS VERY FRIENDLY.

Gust Skondras, .one OF Mason CITY
most prosperous merchants who mas
Just returned from visit TO the father.
land, confirms the reports OF the sood
feelings In the ancient and historic
country for the United States.
The attitude at the present
time is more friendly because OF the
sale to the Hellenic government OF TWO
American men, of-war. 1t IL the opih-
ion OF many business men in AtpehS
that the favorable situation th"s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06
Topics Of the Times

The burghers o. Belgium are living
up to the ancient estimate. Touch his
wool bales or invade his sol and the
nurgher of Liege becomes a man a.
arms to be dreaded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-06

He is wise man who seeing Ger
man and an Englishman arguing ove-
the war goes right on his way without
attempting 20 offer Information.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-03-11

scientific societies and collectors. f.
saws mat the vandalism has reached
the magnitude Of a great crime. ana
should arouse international oppos'-
ton.
"ro plumber and destroy Chirn's
antiquities" says tho appeal. tends
TO break down Chinese society Il
crippl,s research and education ana
retards progress. American inllu-
enccs have shaped the chinese reyo-
IIut.on and are working for con-
scr,ub.on 1f uf, in china. To Amer
lean institutions OF civilization is
lsiprn the chief opportunity of COM
batting In China destructive activities
of western origin Upon these rests
the chief responsibility OF using those
means available 20 friendly peoples
for promoting the welfare OF Chinese
society.
The Asatic institute further em-
phaaizes the fact that "this plumber
ing Of China is q peculiar crime since
o. viii complete European civiliza-
tons spoliation ~ the whole chain
% ancient civilizations ana viii de-
stroy hope OF "a consciousness In west
ern civilization OF such evil