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The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Austin in City Bank.

o. P. Austin, former chief OF the United
State Bureau Of Statistics, and for many
years secretary OF the National Geo
graphic Society, has accepted q position
in the National City Bank Of New York,
and will take charge Of the foreign trade
OF that institution. Mr.. Austin has been
in New York for several weeks, and q
few days ago his home in Cleveland Park
was disposed of, and Mrs. Austin Joined
her husband
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Dies as Result Of Fall.

George Clayfeld, OF East Grove, Nd,
found in an unconscious condition at
Third street and Pennsylvania avenue
last Wednesday night, died at Casualty
Hospital yesterday. He suffered a con-
cussion Of the brain, thought to have
been received as a result of a fall In the
street Coroner ]. Ramsey hewitt Is in
vestigating the case.
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Dr.. Fairfield Dead.

DR.. Frederick W. Fairfield. who taught
Greek and Latin at Howard University,
In this city, for thirty-three years, died
at his home IN Los Angeles, Cal, Friday,
according TO word received here Yester-
day. He Is survived by his wife, Harriet
Allen Fairfield. and three children DIR.
Fairfield served on the board Of directors
Of the First Congregational Church OF
this city for a number Of years.
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Masters Entertain Friends.

A special entertainment for their wives
and friends was given by the Masters
Association OF 1913, in Masonic Temple
last night. In addition addresses were
delivered by Jason Waterman, c. z.
Baldwin. Albert H. Pike, and Grant 8.
Barnhart. After the entertainment the
party went to the Hudson Hotel where
dinner was served
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five blows in the head with walking
stick. The police believe. however, the
motive was robbery, the assailants plan
being to beat his victim unconscious and
then take his money ----
DR.. Bauer stuck up his left arm when
struck to protect his head, and this ex-
plains why his arm was fractured. Then
he called for help. and the negro hed.
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o. 5. Surgeons Warn Parents.

published an offlclai intelligence bulletin
for the benefit of washington parents
and school children The bulletin deals
with scarlet fever and measures that
should be taken to avoid the disease.
Putting things In your mouth Is one
OF the dangers against which the bulletin
warns school children. The notice de-
elares that with the opening OF public
schools. the dIseass u most likely to gain
itB headway. .
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Prize Nnde Harred from MaiI,.

Chicago, Nov. THE use OF the
mails was today denied to copies Of
The Nude the painting which won
the Potter Palmer prize of $1,000 az
the annual exhibition OF American
paintings OF the Art Institute here.
The work IS described as purely
vulgar, by c. A. Angler. postcfics In
spector.
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NO HALT TO DANISH sHIPpma.
British Admir.ity Replies to Pro-
test OF Denmark.

coDenhagen. Nov. 7.-1n reply to queries
from the Danish government the Brit
ish admiralty has transmitted the follow
ing information relative to facilities for
Danish shipping in the North Sea:
Scandinavian American liners, as wei
as Danish steamers running to Farce
Islands. win be permitted to follow their
usual routes with very little change. The
so-called closing OF the North Sea for
war purposes does not mean there wiz
be any harsh restrictions upon neutral
shipping.
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DR.. BAUER ATTACKED BY NEGRO
scientist, Assaulted by Footpad,
Suffers Fraetured Arm.

While on his way home from the Car
negie Institute, where he Is head OF the
department Of terrestrial magnetism. DR.,
Louis A! Bauer, of the Ontario. was a..
saulted last evening on Chappelle road.
near Connecticut avenue by an unidentl-
fed negro. His left arm was fractured.
DR.. Bauer said his assaiIant aid not
ask for money but struck him four o.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Chaffee's Body at Arlington

The body Of Lieut. Gen. Adna r. Chat
fee, who died last week in California, Is
resting in a vault In Arlington National
Cemetery until funeral services In ST
Johns Episcopal Church tomorrow. The
body arrived here yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Touring Car Stolen.

A. W. Singleton. Commercial National
Bank Building, yesterday reported to the
police that his touring car was stolen
from In front OF his ONCE Friday night.
II bore the license numbers. Maryland
1877 and District Of Columbia 1861.
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THREE DIE m FLAMES
Fourth I'm serious cOndition IRON
Fire In Home.

Sloan Springs, Ark, Nov. z-Three
persons were burned to- death and a
, fourth Is dying as q result OF a fire
that destroyed the home Of Charles Nc
Connell, six miles east OF here today,
The dead: James McConRil. aged d:
Stella Mcconnell. 1s and Ollie Hatha-
way, 76
The Washington herald., 1914-11-08
Feumeyer Made Manager.

W. G. Neumeyer has been appointed
general manager OF Miller Brothers Au-
tomobiIe and Supply House NeumeyeE
Iington.
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Readinp For the Blind,

The National Library for the Blind at
172e H street northwest viii have a read
ing for the blind next Friday afternoon
the reader.
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NHupp" Representatiyes Here.

Fred w. Nichols and r. A. spilIane,
of the Hupp Motor Car Company. have
been IN washington several days, and
are negotiating with several dealers who
desire to make the Hupmobile agency.
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that Is to Be rsckon6d with IN ssms Sec
tIons. Besides. they have elected some
Senator's, congressmen and govefnors.s
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WISCONSIN, N DOUBT.
GOV. MeGovern Claims senate seat
by zoo majority.

by zoo Majority.
Milwaukee. Nov. z-only the oncial
count It Is now certain, can decide
whether Gov. F. E. McGOvsrn, Republi-
can. or Paul Husting. Democrat. was
elected United States Senator on Tues
day.
AcGoyern men. say he has won by 90.
Hnstiug claims his election BY Loo the
alleged nlegality Of 400 1lilwaukee
votes being the vote at issue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28

farmers were to be most benefited by
the four miles Of added pavement. Here
1t was found comparatively easy to
raise $1,000 by systematically appor-
tioning the cost and asking farmers
adjoining the road for 1925 per acre
and 80 cents per acre from those q
short ways back from the road. The
county could issue ten year bonds for
all the cost, hence this gave sub
scribers ten years in which to pay.
Bids were then asked for an all
nlacadam road sixteen feet wide. but
We're rejected because the price was
considered too high. The Winona
boosters then raised some more money
and took the county commissioners in
a body to Detroit to see those famous
concrete roads of Wayne county. They
came back enthusiastic for a concrete
pavement eight feet wide in the center
with limestone macadam on each side
six feet wide and the bids on this
twenty foot road were actually cheaper
than had been received for the all
macadam road. 1t is being built now
at cost of $1,000 per mile. The con-
tractors are using tractors and trains
Of dump cars for hauling their ma
terial
Since this project started Minnesota
has adopted a 1-mill state levy for
state aid fund which is offered to the
eighty-stX counties not less than l
per cent and not more then 3 per
cent to each county. Again the boosters
of Winona saw their opening and took
it, for they have applied for the maxi
mum of per cent of state money
which will be enough to add eighty
miles more Of concrete roads to their
county and the state highway commits
sion is considering seriously granting
the request for the sake of the object
lesson it will be to the rest of the
state. The assessment against prop
erty especially benefited has also been
upheld by the courts.
Here in Iowa the automobile license
money is fast growing up to the pro-
portions Of a 1-mill levy. Were it to be
handled by the state as state aid
fund as Minnesota uses her l mill.
were the counties empowered to issue
road bonds for twenty-five years and
We're a portion of the cost to be as
sessed by law to the lands benefited
within a district as Lands are now as
sessed for drainage. the boosters of
Fort Dodge and of Marshalltown could
build Winona roads over the major
portion of all their county road system
and the county road levies OF today
would not need to be increased to pay
the bill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28

dance" or despite the general condsm'
nation Of public dances" few would
have dared to have displayed the mod.
ern dance o. the modern costume at
the hal" where all might come who
were willing to part with 80 cents a
couple. supper extra"
But the Elderly Person and Mothe,
finally waltzed. Times changed and
dances changed and dress changed and
they changed and public al prevail and
criticism changed as all things change
Perhaps their grandchildren dance the
tango and grandmother notes with
pride how we'll the granddaughter
writhes and wriggles and grandpa
smiles approval on the COW steps OF
MS grandson. 1t is only a few days be-
tween the lancers and the tango, mere
~ breath Of time between youth and
OLD age, handsbreadth between the
road he, who is the Elderly Person
drove over On that winter night, she
"AAo AoS Ueen MOtner 10 these many
years, cuddled up beside him in the
shelter of the buffalo robes and his
strong left arm, only the ticking of q
CLOCK between that night and last night
when The auto stopped at the door and
youth fingered a little time before the
girl who was named for her gra and J.
mother came in from the ball. We
snail all be elderly persons some day
before we know it and with the elder
ly persons viewpoint.
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding
the Elderly Person is OPPOSED to the
tango. 1t hasn't the rude courtesy in
1t, lacks the deep respect of woman
mood OF the old square dance. or
rather that those who danced the old
square dances held for all women.
Perhaps it is one of the evidences Of
"oman's new independence and adver-
used ability to take care IF herself
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
THE BOOSTERS OF WIN0hA.

The boosters Of Winona, MINI, have
done something. They have raised
money enough by popular subscription
to start their county to building six
teen miles Of paved road out Of their
city and now the state has a big road
fund for state aid with a law which
assesses the cost of a good road one
half to the state, one-fourth to the
county and one-fourth to the farm land
benefited, giving everybody ten years
in which to pay the bill and the pros
poets are that the state highway COM
mission will extend this paved road all
over Winona county as an object les
son to the rest Of the state. At least
that is what the boosters Of Mankato
fear and they are hard at it to get
q movement started Tor 100 miles of
paved roads In their own county.
Under the Elwell law in Minnesota
the state would pay one-half the cost
OF q paved road, the county one fourth
and the remaining one-fourth was to
be assessed to the lands near the road.
but the supreme court had previously
gone on record with decision hold.
ing that road improvement was a
public Improvement and not private
benefit, hence there was fear that as
easements against the property could
be resisted in the courts. To overcome
this difficulty the boosters OF Winona
started out to raise the property por-
ton by public subscription.
At first seven miles were planned
and the one-fourth raised. but there
were three out Of the five county COM
missioners who couldn't see anything
In 1t for their districts so five moro
miles were included to interest an
other member and one-fourth the cost
OF this was raised as before. But still
Il was impossible to get past the coun-
" board until four more miles in
another commissioners district was
added to the plan.
By this time the boosters Of Winona
had raised $23. 900 in donations and had
about exhausted their field so hey
struck out for the country where the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
"cANN1NG" THE HYPNoTIsT.
IAlden TimSS1

Alden has this week been visited by
a public operator who has the power
to hypnotize. He came TO use sacreu
power upon sacred faculties for the
amusement of the public and FOR the
purpose of getting the peoples money.
There was a young man placed on
MOTORCYCLE in one of the store VIM
dows of our town and hypnotized and
made to peddle the machine for SIX
hours. This was for the edification
and entertainment of the dear people.
If the true purpose were known, 1t
would undoubtedly be found that 1t
was wholly for the sake Of advertising.
The people of Alden have better sense
than to desire that kind Of entertain
ment and a general request was made
for the removal of the man from the
window. The mayor gave his orders
to the marshall who called on the dis
tinguished gentleman and told him to
remove his gruesome subject from
the window. The DR." (?) then gave
a pretty exhibition Of offended dignity
mingled with scorn and contempt for
such ignorance and explained that the
subject could not be removed without
doing him, (the subject) great men
tai injury. The officer insisted, so a
compromise was made that he be
screened from the gaze of the public.
But couldn't he remove the man? We
took the trouble to phone to Webster
City and learn from the mayor Of that
city that he gave the Or" (?) just
an hour and a half in which time to
remove his subject and it was done.
The man survived. Strange wasn't It?
How long will Alden allow such
people to come to town? How long will
we give our money, time and trouble
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
WRITE A LETTER HOME.
rWhat Cheer Patriot

We noticed a writer last week IN
county paper had an article on visiting
home once a year just take the time
is a good idea. And, II you can't get
to write mother q letter. No one but
q mother knows just how much q good
letter from her son or daughter does
except mother. We think we do not
as a rule pay enough attention to our
relatives In the way Of writing them
when they are absent or visiting them
when we can We think an exceedingly
fine thing to have q family reunion at
least once year. We know several
families where We lived who had an
nual reunions Of all the relatives and
there were some families who would
have ~ many a. q hundred persons
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28

needs a strong champion. The south
is getting Gin the saddle fast. No
man secs this with clearer sight than
Senator Cummins.
Should Iowa fail to return him she
would make mistake. the Ill effects
Of which would take a long time to re.
cover. am writing this because love
Iowa, her welfare. her people, and I
know If republicans could have seen
and heard what have, he would be re-
turned by an overwhelming majority.
Is he is q republican? Yes, and is true
as truth. Is he q progressive? Yes, be-.
cause republication Is progressive. All
progress since 1861 has been because
Of this republican progressiveness. e.
r. Hutchins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
HOW THEY DANCED.

HUN THEY DANCED.
| The Elderly Person had had his first
glimpse of the tango with a tang in it,
He had come from the sight somewhat
excited. 1t was his opinion that dane
ing had degenerated since the days
when he and mother used to dance,
those old days when he was slim and
smooth faced and light o heel as a
| yearling colt and mothers cheek was
| blooming. He insisted that the tango
| ma tch in his day and held in the town
hall at popular prices Of admission. He
said the tango Mortified him; but it
was noted by those who listened that
he stayed until the final fling was DONE
Yes, they danced differently when
the Elderly Person was young. Some
body hired fiddler and sent out i'm
vitations by word Of mouth to the
neighborhood. Sometimes a real or
chestra was engaged. a fiddle and bass
Viol, or two fiddles and a guitar but
these only on grander occasions. Two
fiddles and guitar constituted some
grandeur. With them went a caller
who stood on a chair while the festiv-
ity was in full swing and called direc-
tons in a loud voice. The waltz had
taken hold Of the towns a that time.
but out in the country the Elderly
Persons Of those days described the
waltz as a "hugging match" and there
We're Elderly Persons Of the weaker
sex who did not scruple to condemn
the frenchifed three step as utterly
immoral. If there were 70 be Waiting
Mary Thompson and Hattie Hurd and
a half dozen of the very brightest girls
couldn't come. So they stuck to
square dances. The fiddler gave a
warning scrape with his bow. Youthful
chivalry sought it's fair women, the
caller mounted his pima Gle, the
fiddler's bow swept the strings as his
toe thumped the floor in time and the
bass Viol doomed in unison. "Honors
to your partner yelled the caller.
Opposite lady" To and fro swept
the bows Of the gallants. The ladies
pie out to the right. Balance to the
opposite couple. Swing half and right
and left six" Two to the right and
ladies change. Balance to the next.
Chase the squirrel. Balance to part
ners and swing EN- around" You
grabbed her around the waist as she
tripped snihngly up and whirled in
ecstacy. That is If she were one of
your own crowd. If she were from
Barclay Corners or a stranger you
touched finger tips gingerly and
pranced around her in a solemn fash
ion for the etiquet of the dance was
as unaiterabfe as that Of the Spanish
court. And then there was another
Change" After that the Gig" The
music grew faster, the caller more
vociferous. To the Irish washerwom-
an" "McCloud's Reef or tunes Of SINH
lar measure the set" dashed madIy
thru the figure. o. it was fun, fun
alive, girls and boys and fiddles and
smiles and sly squeezing Of hands and
all that; but withal 1. lacked very
much of the tango. 1t would have been
a daring couple indeed that would have
sprung the merry widow, the bear,
the bunny or the tango In
those elderly days at q private
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
cuMMINs POSITION.

[Des Noines Register and Leader. ]
The facts are that Senator Cum
Minis is occupying position In pol
itics very similar to that occupied by
Lincoln.
Greeley, who was not n reactionary.
turned to Douglas and the conserva- :
tives. just as many men not reaction
aries are turning to Root now. or even
to Cannon. Phillips who was radi-
cal, believed in no compromise, and
stood out for a new party. win or lose,
just as the progressives are doing to-
day. Between the two the majority
joined with Lincoln, who was distinct
ly progressive but who would go no
further in his war on slavery than he
could carry the sentiment of the coun-
try with him.
Senator Cummins has been as radi-
cally progressive as any man. but ne
does not believe that the cause can
be advanced by abandoning the po-
litical machinery with which every
thing has been accomplished in the
past forty years for the cause he Is
fighting for.
Without in any way disparaging the
good service Of those who prefer TO
stand on the picket line of new
party, 1t is still possible to appreciate
the practical wisdom that dictates
keeping the rear guard in touch with
the vanguard of the progressive move
.nent and that does not propose TO
have the whole cause defeated. as Ro-
land was defeated in the pass at
Roncevalles.
His magic horn did not save Ro-
land nor has any magic horn been
discovered since to save movement
that allowed itself to be split in the
middle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
!, me eorouesr OF COMMON SENSE.

The apparent deadlock in Wisconsin
over the amendment to the marriage
law requiring a physicians certificate
as a condition for marriage license
has been broken, for the present, at
least, by the decision Of the Milwaukee
county circuit court that the law is I'M
constitutional and void. The matter
was brought before the circuit court on
an application for writ Of mandamus,
directed against the county clerk, or
dering him to issue a marriage license
to an applicant without health Ger
tiflcate. The court held that the amount
of fee provided for he examinations as
required by law was unreasonably low
and that the law was an undue inter-
ference with personal liberty. This de-
cision, while only that Of circuit
court, will act as stay to the enforce
ment Of the law until the higher courts
have passed on the question.
Whether or not the Wisconsin law is
upheld By the upper courts the dis
cussion consequent upon its enactment
and attempted enforcement will have
done a great deal toward informing pa
rents and possibly the marriaseable
girl. It is only common sense and
reasonable precaution after all. If the
law can not insist on medical certifi-
cate Of health and physical decency pa
rents and prospective brides and
grooms may. However. II the law max
ing health requisite to marriage does
not stand up in the courts Of Wfscon-
sin It will be merely delay. Soon or
late such q law will be general and
generally enforced.
We are pushing ahead very fast, so
rapidly that q considerable number OF
US fall to keep up. The wisconsin law
is an instance. But changes arrive
within ten years that formerly required
a century. The general conclusion very
shortly will approve the matter of
health certificate as requisite. so
far as the restriction Of the personal
liberty of candidates for matrimony is
concerned public welfare is coming to
take precedence over personal liberty
and tho right Of the public as an in
tervenor IS rapidly becoming estab-
ished.
Let not our hearts be troubled over
the future. The past twenty years are
the best pledge to the future. In them
have marvels come to pass. Opinion
and conviction have changed. A new
understanding Of private and public
rights has become manifest, an under
standing which considers both indi-
vidual and public welfare in business,
in politics. and in all else.
Some day we shall have regulation
of the marriage laws. not the over
regulation Of the extremists but COM
mon sense supervision of marriage in
the interests of the individual, the pub
lie and posterity, plain, sensible, sim
cere regulation that within three gen.
erations will reveal seemingly extraor-
binary effects upon the race. We shall
quarantine against the transmission of
certain plaques from one generation to
mother, cease propagating and per-
petuating disease, in short pay some
what of the attention to the human
race that we give the domestic ami
mails The Wisconsin law and the agi-
tation over it is simply a sign Of pres
ent times and a promise Of better
times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-28
A CANADA LAND STORY.

While telling about Minnesota lana
while in the Office the other day, IRWIN
Schoonover gave us som" interesting
information about Canada. Few people
he says. realize just the condition that
prevails with specula tors and sharpers
that the money has practically all been
tied I'D. fIe told of one instance where
a friend of his bought corner lot IN
Mooscjaw for $500: later he sold it for
$4,000 and the man that bought II
received $4,000 for it. Nov it wouldn't
bring the original 5000. He says that
Moosejaw has been sold off in lots to
the extent of a total acreage greater
than that Of New York City.