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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
Topics of the Times

The Iowa City Republican hasn't
as yet raised protest against the i've
mile limit of the foot and mouth quar-
antine.
When Goethals asks for torpedo
boats he is pretty sure to need them.
The best way would be to send them
He knows enough to use them wisely
Like the need of a revolver in Texas
when a man needs torpedo boat at
the canal ne is likely to need it bad
and right away.
The Blairsville Courier. published at
Blairsville, Pa, wherever that is, is be-
ing sent broadcast over the vest with
a marked article nominating boise
Penrose for President. The same is
sue gives an account, of oasepaii
game between Blairsville and another
village which is of quite as mucn IN
,erest to Iowans as the marked item.
Connecticut has cut out the word
convic;s Something after the fashion
Of Iowa which calls reform schools IN
dustral schools" peniten,iariee re
formatories." and poor houses county
farms" without changing anything puf
the nomenclature.
If next March the moving tenant
farmers were making their last move
Tor ten years 1t would be worth the
price of three corn crops 10 the state,
the landlords and the tenants.
The Des Moines school board is plan
ming 10 do a lot OF schoolhouse repairs
this winter in order 10 afford employ
ment 70 idle men That's Des Moines
plan hat will do more good than send
Ing the mayor and other hot air artists
east to talk on that other plagiarized
pes Moines Plan"
The sheep men OF the state are TO
NEE. at Ottumwa. Dec % But in the
present. saloonless condition of that
town where are they going 10 get their
sheep dip?
BY a majority OF more than to
9
voted a measure which will provide
s775o, Ooo annually for the state to use
as a state aid fund for stone roads.
The Times Republican Acknowledges
with thanks ard has read with much
interest and pleasure the little book
entitled Personal Recolleetions OF
Abraham Lincoln, Gen. L. S. Grant and
Gen ". T. Sherman" by Maj. Gen.
Grenville NJ. Dodge. General Dodge's
book is a distinc, contribution to the
history OF these men. General Dodge
( had the privilege of intimacy and his
simply told story and "reminiscences
+ of conferences and conversations be-
tween them casts additional light on
their characters and purposes. Tha
! book IS scarcely of less value for its
glimpseS OF the long and capable SER
vice OF its author.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
AN "EnLIGRrEHlse EXHIBITION

An astonishing and enlightening'
exhibition was put OF in she office of
the police chief of Des Moines Tues
day evening, at any rate that is what
the reporter called ii, astonishing and
enlightening." The police chief is put
ting on campaign against opium dens
and coke dives in that city so little
mu!atto girl gave an exhibition of
hitting the pipe" before the chief and
policemen and reporters behind closed
doors" The girl cooked and smoked
it while she told of the prevalence of
hop houses and coke peddlers in the
city and of her Acquaintance with
them. L was good show. Also as
the young gentleman assigned 10 the
story states 1t was enlightening. 1t
enlightened every dope peddle- and
every knight Of the yen hook in Des
Moines that the girl was blowing the
gam and warned them TO be cautious,
gave every crooked druggist who sells
adultered coke at 10000 per cent profit
hint 10 stick to the old reliable Gus
toners. No doubt it raised the price 10
the Sleigh riders for all kinds Of
business straight and crooked puts Up
prices when goods are difficult or dan
gerous TO procure and dispose Of What
else the astonishing and enl.ghtening
exhibition given behind locked doors
and printed in the newspaper next
| morning accomplished it is hard 20 un-
derstand unless the attempt to convey
| the impression that the chief is wide
awake and up and coming IS success
| full.
1t may occur to some minds that
this eniiShtening exhibition was like
getting out drum corps and town
crier to search for thief in a thicket
| that better system would have been tc
slip up quietly upon the coke peddlers
hop heads while they were engaged Ir
supplying and consuming the poppy
juice. Some of those who are closely
L
acquainted with police and pipe dens
may offer the assertion that hoI
house can't exist without the cop or
the beat knowing it unless the cop is
a mutt and ought to be back driving q
dray. They viii perhaps insist thai
what ali the underworld knows the DO
lice ought 10 know and that In mos
instances they do know. that plair
clothes force that is worth it's mea
ticket could have taken the inforna
ltion to be had from the mulatto tina
gave the enlightening exhibition anc
lcleaned up the hop joints between on,
Sunday and another and put their pro
Iprfetors where the dogs can't bit,
them. The whole thing is irresistabI.
iremindful Of Mr.. Wrinkles business O
taking off his coat and loudly pro
claiming that he was going 10 begin
on that funny occasion tsee Pickwicl
Papers).
Put this down as fact: The police O
every city, large or small. know the 10
cation OF every hop joint and bootleg
lying establishment in town, that 1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
every one OF these places Is within
the aggregate knowledge Of the po-

every one Of these places Is within
the aggregate knowledge OF the pc.
licemen. either that or the OFFICER on
such beats is fat-witted and incompe-
tent. He can't get away from the
knowledge. They tell him. He sees
the patrons. Where there's bees there's
honey. 1t does not escape the police
mans observation. 1t ought not to be
necessary for outraged citizenship to
bring in outside detectives at large
expense to locate and punish bootleg
gers and hop dealers and coke ped
dlers. The city police know. They
could do ii all. But they don't. At Des
Moines they wave banners and shout
their purposes loud enough to send the
crooks scutthng for cover.
Take this as fact also: there isn't
"A town in the state that can not be
cleaned up in a month when the city
police resolve to do 1t, when the police
authorities are in fun accord with the
clean up. And add this: the ordinary
policeman is willing to do the work. He.
Ike the rest of us gets disguised with
conditions. He thinks we'll Of his JOB
and wants TO 90 II. The trouble goes
farther back than the pa,rolnan. The
forces that fight for vice are more
powerful than he. He takes orders or
they set him. Most Of them would
rather hold their Jobs by law enforce
men: and official merit then to hold
them as most of them do on sufferarce
Of political powers that have influence
enough TO get their stars.
Ii was ar "enlightening and aston
.shing'' and instructive exhibition tha:
Al Des Moines. Very much so.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

Nevada s10.%S. California S7.ss, Idaho
1871, and Massachusetts S7.02. Tne
| four states with revenue receipts below
| 81 per capita were all southern states.
Iowa came In the list OF twenty one
states with receipts between 81 and -
! per capita, while Nevada was the one
state with receipts over $40 per CAPITA.
Evidently we are In the fortunate
state of being 'betwist and between
Expense or tax does not lay heavily
upon Iowans In proportion to their
ability to pay their way.
THE UNANSWERED LETTER.
chamberlain in Sioux City JournaLI
How would 1t be during the Christ
mas holiday season, when business ana
other la bors are fer a little while given
a rest, to take pen and ink and paper
or sit down TO the typewriter and an
swer that almost forgotten srist of let
ters? Isn't il strange how careless
many OF us are in regard to replying to
friendly missives. We're n friend to call
us up in a social spirit over the tel
ephone. it would be deemed rank dis
courtesy on our part should we fail to
respond, and yet an old friend. not to
say relative, will take pains to send us
genial missive by mail and after q
rather careless reading. or glancing
over of it. we Will cast il aside and
there is the end of it.
This. perhaps. does not arise SO
much from disposition TO be uncivil
as it does from pure neglect and habit.
ont of sight. out Of mind, is an old
adage which might in a measure apply.
Then, again, the company OF our alb
sent friends and relations may be
large so great. indeed, that there
comes sinking of the heart when we
begin to think of addressing them each
by letter. Again, there are those who
say they can never think of anything
to write about. and also those who
admit that they can. but never find
time to start.
Why not start Christmas week? Send
a dozen letters. not postcards with
their scan1 and almost indecipherable
missives. but generous and honest let
tiers. such as the old poets and our
grandparents used to godspeed forth
even IL they had to pen them with a
pointed goose quill dipped into black
berry juice. BY all means give atten-
ton to the shamefully neglected and
unanswered letters and then write a
few more for good measure.
DO 1t holiday week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
70 melt Paramn.

Take . large empty tomato can or
any other large can; cut It off from
the top al around about two inches
from the bottom with can opener.
It il large enough for any jar and
deep enough to parafiin a little way
past the cover Of the jar II there is
enough pasafsn In when melted to all
can three-fourths full I ian be put
tight on the stove and the paraflin
nelts very quickly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

the last day Of school and saw their
blocks as the chief Of the corner show
ing of before the assembled neighbour
hood they had their reward.
The thought comes to mind that II
there were more judicious whaling and
more well meant shaking and urgency
there would be less hookworm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
Masonic Meetings.

Nv SPEClAI WV
,sar,hou lodge. No. los A. Y. & A. NJ.
Tuesday Dec. Is. 1880 p. M. For WORT
Third degree. John ": Wells seefe
,ary; I. T. Forbes, w. NJ
STATED coNvocATloN, sign ne.
Chapter No. IS. r. A. NJ, tsnsiuess
Dec u, 7:so p. m. Regular ous.''v "
ystd secretary; A D Meeker' E. II Z
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon :. On
Council No. 20. R. & 5. NJ. MONDAY 49, IS.
the third sunday, l. T. Forbes reeoroes'
A. D. Meeker. T. l. Nj.
REGULAR coNcLAvE St AldemaF
commandery No. 80 x I: NJ
Dec %. I: 80. REGULAR business ~
yyilhur. E. C.. NJ. :. Mcfarland -Hee
eec,uAR MEETING Central Chap
Hseo1H = = s wednesday. De-
cember Is. $50 p. m nary
GERS. Anna Downing. secretary Mary
Black Collins, W. Nj.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

AS matter Of fairness why should
not the farmers who have suffered loss
thru hogs dying with cholera while
held by quarantine be paid for their
losses as Well as those whose stock has
been condemned and killed because OF
foot and mouth disease?" demands the
Upton Advertiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
Iona Newspapers

ENFORCING TRAFFIC ORDINANCES
WEBSTER City Freeman-Tribune.J
Will it not be somewhat l1umili-
ating for the city to acknowledge it
is not able to enforce its traffic ordi-
nances? Life and limb are being i'm
perilled every day because the law
is not Observation-Disclosures Hawk
Eye.
The people Of Burlington and OF
every other town can have the traffic
and every other ordinance enforced
if they really want to. 1t is rs easy
as A. 3. c. Let them elect officers
who have the courage and the in
clination to enforce ordinances and
the trick will be turned. Voters too
often vote for the glad hander OF
weak sister candidate merely because
such candidate has TO enemies. Usual
! ly the candidate who has no enemies
has been blank and will continue to
| be one after getting into Office. L laws
and ordinances are not enforced the
man who holds the ballot in his ilanc
/; Is TO blame.
STATE RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES
Davenport Democrat
| Government cost is kept low in the
southern states, and taxation must be
relatively low. altho the resources o,
the people are probably as deficient
The government report on state rev.
enues and expenses. just issued shows
that the four states with lowest govern
mental expense, per capita, were NORTH
| Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Arkansas. the highest figure fol
the four being $l.s7. or the four states
with highest governmental cost tvs
were in the east and two in the wesf-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
SPEAKING TO A HALF-MILLIoN
rDes Moiues Capital


Billy Sunday has been preaching al
most night and day in the great 'aner-
nacle in Des Moines for i've weeks he
has looked into the faces OF more than
a half million people. We presume no
other public speaker in America, eN-
cepting possibly in a presidential cam
paign, has ever spoken to so many
| people in a like period. He is an Iowa
boy. self educated and self made. He
Is the son of soldier who gave his
life TO his country. He was a great
| baseball player and now he is great
/ preacher. Everybody goes to hear him
| Strong men and women go; children
go; the old and the young are there.
From the time they take their seats
their eyes are focused on Billy. He
never disappoints them. He may amuse
but he comes right back to the subject
There is purpose in all his levity. He
does not preach a new kind Of religion
He does no. introduce a patent system
of getting to heaven. He springs nc
novelties. He tries to show that 1t
would be better for everybody to lead a
christian life; to pray and worship God
| and to place all dependence on Jesus
! Christ Christ is the central figure in
all his sermons. Christ is his rallying
point He has awakened the hearts
and souls OF thousands and thousands
4 in central Iowa. He works all the time.
He goes to shops and factories. He
keeps all his assistants at work. Every
body works. 1t is team work. The
good he has done in this community
can not be ESTIMATED. He has shown
the folly OF sins, and has made ar
especial attack upon drinking ant
| gambling. He has put thousands o:
young men on the water wagon.
Thousands of these men will live tt
bless his name and memory Those
who do not believe in him remain
away and feel unkindiy But TIM.
number is small Thousands Of thos,
who hear him realize the good he j.
1 doing to the general cause OF human
jity and they sincerely hope that h,
may have the health and strength t,
go ahead in the great work in whicl
he is engaged. We have no doubt 5u
: that his last week, which has begun
will be his greatest week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

IF there had been few Woodrow
Wilson's in the governments Of Europe,
half the world would rot have been
plunged into the most devas1a ting ,var
Of human history declares the Fort
Dodge Chronicle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16
THE FIRST SNOW.

Waterloo Times TTibune.I
Joy for the kids arrives with the first
snow storm OF the season and as soon
as the ground is we'll covered with
snow Il !s cannon sight to see warm
ly clad little figures engaged In a battle
royal with snow balls for ammunition.
OF course if snow ball hits passer-
by, 1t is good evidence that he has
watched the progress OF the battle long
enough
Mittens and gloves are discarded,
with chiidhoods beautiful scorn of cold.
and little blue fingers become so still
that they hardly can shape the snow
into the deadly weapons with which
the battles are fought.
Snow men and forts are built by busy
little workmen who sometimes succeed
/ in performing really clever feass OF
sculpture. But the greatest pleasure
Of the average child, when the first
snow falls. is TO fashion a snow ball
and hurl Ii at some imaginary enemy
Snowballs are efficient in the hands OF
a youngster. TOO. They are synonymous
with the happiest jolliest time OF
boys LIE. But it's the sort of ammuni-
ton that doesn't last. Snow balls will
! melt away. And the beautiful snow
stood so brave and strong. Today he
may begin to sag and look forlorn.
while his small creator looks on with a
disappointed face. He thought the
(, beautiful snow man would last for ever
! so long 1t seems like nothing that you
like SO very much lasts so very long.
All lit,le lad you are just beginning
/ to learn life's hardest lesson. The
beautiful things do not always last
T i,ey will come into your life for a little
season and happy indeed are you II
YOU make the most OF them. Be happy
with them while you may. They are
passing Like the snowman, they will
melt
| But there IS always the blessed
knowledge that the snow will come
again next year. and the next and the
next
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

The Hampton Chronicle says IF. s.
Shanaland, the perpetual Des Mofnes
candidate for something every time
there Is an election, is already writing
letters asking for support for attorney
general two years hence. He better
enjoy himself in anticipation now. be-
cause there is not much doubt but that
some other man will receive the votes
for ttat office when balloting day rolls
around again
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

What has the west done that it can
never have a republican candidate for
PRESIDENT" asks the Dunlap Reporter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

The next office that the legislature
ought TO place on the non partisan list
is the county supervisor" says the
Carroll Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-16

The Iowa City Republican hasn't
as yet raised protest against the hve
mile limit of the foot and mouth quar-
antine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-13

Extraordinary and magnificent" There
police refused 70 allow a parade or an
exhibit on Of the ashes, but most OF those
present were too busy talking about a
new plan that has been evolved to to any.
thing else
This plan Is to build a permanent
mauso!eum, designed by Adolph Wolf,
sculptor OF the urn. in which shall rcpose
the bodies Of all anarchists who meet
a ath for the cause" The idea had
just been suggested Yesterday, hut II met
with great favor and in a day or so a
committee will be appointed to carry II
through. A great deal OF money Will he
needed, but Il rkman said he was sure
that could he raised,
The urn on view yesterday was simply
of clay. 1t will he there to-day also but
by next Sunday the bronze container will
b. ready and will he on exhibition in the
back yard.
Among the vstors Yesterday were Wild
Joe o'Carroll. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and
, Carlo Tresca Of the |. w. w. and many
prominent anarchists. including Leonard
n. Abbott, Ludovioo Camlnetta, Becky
F,delsohn. Adolph Wolf and Charles
Plunkett Near the door was n dish in
which visitors were asked to put money
to help pay the funeral expenses The
Mother Earth company also did quite a
business dsposng hooks by Rerkman,
Emma Goldman M other reds,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-13
WILL BAR SPECULATION
IN CITY'S NEWSSTANDS
DefOrmcd and Afflicted VIII
Have Preference in Get.
ting Licenses.

Hereafter the city government IN 70.
suing permits for newsstandS viii g.va
preference to> applicants who would frl F..
difficult to make a living any other Uav
because Of defornuty or anliction tfger.s
Commissioner BELL announced YESTERDAY
the new prog anime Of his bureau
THE blind and the crippled ana Those.
afflicted with consumption In utgl..sa
stage and with other diseases m4kirl ay,.
door work vital to their well hotrg ST.. ,.
given first consideration said Nj 1914
1T is not the intention of the department
to disturb a holder Of a newsstand l......
whose case Is needy and who boy industry
has built M livelihood frr hu.II, ur
herself II is only In cases ~ r.u .....
lions or whore old locations have Do. w.
vacant that those whose physical r.ri ..p
is such that they cannot follow ZEN, .t.,.
occupation viii he granted licenses rl.,
those physically sound.
THE department is satisfied ht. n
years past there has been wholcsa'p Spoon.
lation in newsstands by a fcw o.. .n--wen
who are not bona ide ncwsd,l.,r,. .gt
who pose as such and ny purport ue p,
represent and speak for the great mas ?
the licensed ncwsdcalcrs uf the city have
been able to trade upon this supposed ave-.
thority to make handsome profits ~
agents In the sale or exchange of news
stands"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-13
Big tim MAY HAVE
LEFT LARGE SURPLUS
William B. Ellison Thinks Not
More Than Half Of Claims
Are Valid.
UNLISTED ASSETS FOUND
Estate Estimated at S1.57O.OOO
Aggregate Of Claims Is
Over 100000.
UNLISTED ASSETS FOUND

Information obtained yesterday by THE
sus regarding the assets and liabilities Of
the estate OF the late Timothy u. Sullivan
compe lied to pay certain large claims for
which they contend that the estate is not
liable there will he a substantial sum to
be distributed among the heirs
Claims agsregating more than 500. 900
already have been filed against the estate.
The appraised value OF the personal prop
efty is N.lO0.277. and 1t Is estimated that
BiF Tins equity in the various parcels
or realty he owned H. at least $50. 900.
Patrick H. sullivan and Lawrence Multi
gan. the executors and their counsel. ex-
Corporation Counsel william r. Ellison,
have agreed that many OF the claims re-
quire the closest scrutiny. Two Of the
claimants ask 1870. 600 but their identity
will not he known until the Anal settle
ment OF the estate unless they file suit be-
fore.
The fact that Big Tim sullivan was ex-
tremely careless In business matters has
made the settlement OF the estate difficult
and has been the chief cause OF the delay
| In filing the inventory OF the personal es-
tate. a delay which nearly resulted in the
commitment of the executors TO jail for
contempt Of court. Big Tim never knew
how much property he had and was com
paratively Indifferent concerning money
matters.
] Not long before his commitment to the
sanitarium from which he escaped IL
meet death Big Tim borrowed $50 0t
/ from a Brooklyn bank. giving securities
worth 100000 as collateral. He made
various payments which reduced the ioar
to $4,000. After his death the executors
/ found evidence OF the loan, together with
list OF the securities deposited as col.
1 lateral. They Immediately Gent check
TO meet the note when IL fell due and
when the securities were returned they
found among them stock certificates
worth 900 which were not LISTED
among the collateral and which had beer
deposited ny mistake
The list Of realty owned nv the late Con
gresham includes several parcels %
which no mention has been made. Hi
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-13
500 AGENTS WORK FOR THAw.
Petitions VIII Re Taken over state
for signatures To-day.

Petitions stating that undue efforts are
being made TO return Harry X. Thaw to
the state Of New York and aiming at
Thaws release from the custody " the
Federal Court In New Hampshire will he
taken to-day over the state by 500 agen's
Of Arm OF lawyers whose names have
not been announced When filled the
petitions will he mailed to John u. Golden.
a member Of the Assembly.
The petition registers an objection TO
the payment from the State Treasury Of
s43,6l5 fees to lawyers In New York.
Canada and New Hampshire. being more
than the combined salaries OF thirteen
regular Deputy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
four times the salary of the Attorney
General himself for a whole year. OF
which sum s2s. $50 is TO go to Special
Deputy Jerome for alleged services in
attempting to return Thaw from Canada
and New Hampshire. the said Jerome
having already received slo,6O3 from tho
state Treasury last year In this case, and
we request our representatives to vote
against this Illegal. unwarran'ed waste
Of the states funds"
The resolution states that attempts "a
extradte and prosecute Thaw are Illegal
since the matter Is one between the Fed
eral Government and Canada and not
within the Jurisdiction Of tho State Of
New York