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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
ALBION PHONE CASE UP.
Suit Growing Out Of Quarrel About
1eIaohone Service Tried,


The lawsuit known by those familiar
with 1t as the Albion telephone case.
was brought on for trial this forenoon
to determine who is to pay certain at
torneys' fees. The proper title OF the
case is F. D. Dennis, H. ]. Reidel and
Leonard Arney, the central committee
Of the Albion Marshalltown Telephone
Company. Iowa Valley Mutual Com
pany and the Home Mutual Telephone
Company VS.. ". B. Mantle, j. c. koontz,
and NJ W. McKibben.
The plaintiff central committee has
charge Of the switch board at Albion.
In 1911, it is alleged, DR.. Mantle re-
fused to keep his line from his farm
to his residence in repair. and the
committee ordered the line disconnect-
ed from the switchboard. Dr.. Mantle
seured a temporary injunction res
straining the committee from discon-
Meeting him. and posted bond upon
which J. c. Koontz and NJ. w. Mchip-
ben were sureties. Later the inJunc-
ton was dissolved and still later Dr'
Mantle dropped his lawsuit.
But the committee alleges that u
paid. or contracted 10 pay, $3.50 TO
firm Of attorneys TO defend the case
DR.. Mantle brought and il sued Dr.
Mantle and his sureties for that sum.
4 Jury was secured this forenoon ana
the case may be finished by late TINS
afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
RAID PLAZA HOTEL AGAIN.
Proprietor, William Nash, and Mrs.
JOSEPH Renda Arrested.

Joseph 6enoa HrfeSteo'
Efforts that have been made to get
possession Of the five children OF Mrs.
Joseph Benda were finally successful
this forenoon following the arrest OF
Mrs. Benda and William Nash about 3
o'clock Sunday morning when Chief OF
Police Lage ana Omcsr Sani-is Taiaed
the Plaza Hotel Nash is the proprietor
of the place.
Nash, Mrs. Benda, and the latter's
children were found occupying the
same room, the police say. Mrs. Benda
and her husband are separated, and at
one time recently Mrs Benda had
divorce case on file in the district court
After being arraigned in the mayors
court, where she was charged with dis
orderly conduct. Mrs. Benda signed an
agreement to allow her children to be
taken to the home of the Home Con-
serving Association, Joseph Walter
Home, OF Kansas City. They will be
sent there tonight by Mrs. Mary Wal
tiers, an agent of the home. VINO il il
the city and who. with others. including
Overseer Of the Poor II. Clark, has beer
interested in finding suitable home
for the children where they could bt
reared under good Influences. Mes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
Funeral Of Miss Carter.

Funeral services for Miss Susanna
Carter were held from the Friends
church at Albion Saturday afternoon
at o'clock. Rev. l. n. Rich, Of this
city, conducted the services. assisted
by Miss Overman. pastor OF the church.
and Rev. c. e. Luce. pastor OF the
Methodist church. A mixed quartet
sang. Many flowers were sent includ-
ing pieces from the s. c. I. Club Of
Taylor township. The flower bearers
were Misses Frances Collins and Mary.
Ethel and Laura McKibben, all nieces
Of Miss Carter. The pail bearers were
S. P. Davis. w. p. Maulsby. James An
drews. John Winslow, A. L. Cotton and
Mr.. Reisinger. Burial was in the AL
bion cemetery. A brief prayer service
was held at the home of Mrs. Mary n.
Collins at noon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23

danes r. W. Mccreery and r. L. Meek
er arc to accompany the children. Mrs..
Benda may be allowed TO 20 to the home.
Until time could be had to ascertain
from the home whether Mrs. Benda
would be admitted, she was returned to
the Jail annex. II the home will take
her, the case against her In the mayors
court win be dismissed. The children
range in ages from IS to about years,
For some time efforts have been made
by Overseer Of the Poor Clark and 9TH
ers to take the children from their
mother and put them into christian
home. The mother steadily refused to
allow them to be taken from her. Those
familiar with the case say the condi-
tons under which the children were be-
ing reared were most deplorable.
NASH pleaded not guilty in the may
or's court. His hearing was set for I
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
REV. HURLsuRT TO LECTURE.
Viii Tell Of Palestine Before Y. M. G. A
Audience

The next to the last of the series Of
free lectures for members of the Y. NJ.
C. A. will be delivered Wednesday night
by Rev. r. F. Hurlburt, pastor of the
Methodist church. Rev. Mr.. Hurlburt
will lecture on Palestine, and the talk
will be illustrated with stereopticon
views of scenes in the holy land The
lecture will be made up of personal ex-
periences Of DR.. Hurlburt when he Wis
tied Palestine few years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23

In no line Of human endeavor has the invsn-
tive brain Of the scientist contributed more 70
the worlds progress than by tho creation OF the
art of telephony, Of which the Bell system is the
embodiment.
When the telephone was born, nothing an
aloaous TO telephone service as we now kno"
existed. There was no tradition 20 9otoe no
experience to follow.
The system. the apparatus, the mefhoos-an
entire new art had to be created. ne art OF
electrical engineering did not exist The Bell
pioneers reeoqnizng that success depended up
on the highest engineering and technical SKIN
at once orsa nizsd an experimental and research
department which is now directed BY stan OF
over $50 engineers and scientists, including for
mer professors, post graduate students, seienti-
fe investg ators-ths graduates OF over 70 Uni.
versties.
From It. foundation the company has eontin-
uousiy developed the art. New improvements in
Telephones s~itehboards, lines, cables, have fol-
lowed one another with remarkable rapidly.
While each successive type Of apparatus to the
superficial observer suggested similarly eaen
step in the evolution marked decided improve
mont. These changes, this evolution, has not
only been continuous, but 10 continuing Sub
stantiaIly all the plants now in use, including
telephones, switehboards, cables and wires, mas
been constructed, renewed or reconstructed IN
Particularly in svvitehboards have the changes
been 80 radical that Installations costing in the
aggregate millions have frequently been d's-
earded after only few years Of use.
Since 1877 there have been introduced So types
and styles Of receivers and 70 types and styles Of
transmitters. Of the 100000 telephone rses'v-
srs and transmittsrs owned by the Bell Company
January I, 1914 mono were in use prior to 1soz,
while the average age 10 less than FIVE years.
Within ten years have expended for con-
struetion and reconstruction an amount more
than equal to the present book value Of our en-
tire plant.
Iona distance and underground transmission
was the most formidable scientific problem con.
fronting the telephone experts
The rsta riding effect Of the earth on the tes'
phone current often impaired conversation
through one mile underground as much 40
through 100 miles overhead. Overhead conver'
sation had its distinct limitations.
No possible Improvement in the telephone
transmittsr could of itself solve these d'fheu'.
ties.
The solution only found in the eumu!:.
tive effect Of improvements great and email,
in tsiephons, transmittsr, line, cable, switch
board, and every other piece Of apparatus or
plant required in the transmission OF spe:eh
While tho limit Of commercial overhead talk
ina had increased from strictly local to over
1000 miles 40 early 1899, Il was not until lsoe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
TELEPHONE Achievements
-.


that conversation could be had over tong die.
tanee circuits Of which 10 much ~ ~ miles wac
in underground cables. Dy 1906 vnderoround
talking distance had increased to 80 miles. by
1912 It was possible 70 talk underground from
New York to Washington.
Ii WAS then that the construction Of UNDER
ground eonduts from Boston to Washington WAS
determined upon-not that It was expected TO
get . through underground talk between those
places but in case Of storm or blizzard, to utii-
ire intermediate sections in connection with the
overhead.
Our persistent study and inesssant sxpsri.
hesitation have produced results more remark.
able still.
W. have perfected cables, apparatus and me.
thods that have overcome obstacles hsretesors
REGARDED a. insupsrabie both 70 long, distance
overhead and underground eonvsrsation.
Underground conversation 10 now possible be-
tween Boston and Washington, four timse the
length Of the longest European underground line.
This enabled the Bell System in the recent great
Storm 90 destructive on land and sea, to main.
tain communication for the public between ."
the principal points on the Atlantic :eaboard.
Telephone communication 10 establishes be-
tween New York and Denver, 10 potentially pos.
sible bstwssn al points in the United States and
by 1915 will be an accomplished tact ost"ssn
New York and San francisco.
In our use Of rnsthods Or apparatus, we are
eommittedto no one system. We own, control
or have the right to use inventions necessary
to operate any system reeogniEed Or soespseo q
the most efficient. The Bell Systen must At
ways recognize, and in its selection must always
be governed by the nsesssitiss Of . National
service, with it's complex requirements which !:
infinitely moro exaeting than local Or limited
service. !,
These aehievsmsnts represent vast sxpsndi:
lures Of money and immense concentration Of
effort which have bssn justified BY results Of
immsasurabIs benefit 70 the public: No local
company unaidsd could bear the financial or
scientific burden Of this work.. Such results are
possible only through centralized general STAN
avoiding wastsful duplication Of effort, working
out problems common to all, for the bs"s"t q 81:
The pioneers Of the Bell System recognizes
that telephone ssrves ~ they saw T. was IN the
broadsst sense . public utility; that upon thsm
restsd public obligation to give the best posi-
BILE service q the most reasonable rates con.
sistsnt with risk, Investment and the continues
inprovemswtg and maintenance OF its properly.
Without this expenditure Of millions and con-
csntration 81 effort the telephone art - Z exists
could not have bssn developed.
What We have done in working out these
great problems in the past should be accepted %
GUARANTEES 81 what we will do In the futurs.
THEo. N. VAIL, President.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
GIVEN LARGE VERDICT
jury Awards w. Il. Ewing $1,000 in
Case AGAINST c. &. Hatcher For
Damages For Personal Injury IN AS
sauIt.

The sealed verdict, returned FTidaE
night by the jury in the case Of w. n.
Ewing against c. E. Hatcher, was
s. 600 for Ewing. The verdict was
opened IN the district court this lore
noon. II is within $500 OF the sum Tor
which Ewing sued.
The case brought by Ewing was 10.
injuries alleged 20 have been pToduceo
by an alleged assault inflicted D!
Hatcher in October, 1872.
A motion will De filed TO have the
verdict set aside as excessive ana iof
a new trial. If the motion is denied
Hatcher's attorney will appeal the case
to the supreme court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
NEW DRESS GOODS.
aeed in Stock Today at .hs Benedict
. a.;.<nali C%oHe

Placed in Stock Today at che Benedict
4 BrintnaIl Store.
A large shipment Of beautiful dress
goods and silks, was received last sat-
u-day afternoon and placed in stock
this morning. This shipment includes
many exquisite patterns in chudahs,
crepes, poplins and novelty cloths. all
of which are in high favor with Dame
Fashion for spring garments.
Remember we are the exclusive
agents for Pneu dress forms and Pic
torial Review patterns.
BENEDICT & BRINTNALL.
Headquarters For Satisfaction.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23
LOCAL MARKETS.
Prices Paid to Farmers BY Marshall
town Merchants.

town Merchants.
The following prices are quoted by
Marshalltown dealers for the differ
ent varieties Of farmers provisions,
grain, produce and hides, tallow, wool
pelts and skins:
Brandon & Coleman quote the
following prices for country produce:
Butter-23.
Eggs-16.
Benedict Flour and Feed Company
will pay the following prices at their
place OF business in this city. subject
however, to market changes:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-23

Corn-60.
OatS-S5.
H. willard, Son q Co. quote the fol-
lowing prices:
Green hides-11 cents
Horse hides. large-$3oo.
Beeswax-30 cents.
No. / tallow-5 cents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
w. w. ROCKHILL DIES
NOTED AMERICAN DIPLOMAT
succuM5s IN HONOLULU.
Taken From Liner While En- Route to
China Attained Scientific
Distinction.

Honolulu, Dec. civilian w. Rock
hill, the distinguished American dip
lomat, died hero.
Mr.. ROckhill was taken Friday from
the liner Chiyo Maru, en- route to
China. AT that time 1t was said he
was suffering from a severe cold. He
was en- route to Picking to become ad-
wiser to President Yuan Shi kai. Mr..
Rockhill left San Francisco November
rs in apparently good health. He was
sixty years old
Washington, Dec with just half
Of his life span of sixty years de.
voted to the diplomatic service or sub
jects directly related thereto, William
WoodVille Rockhill could fairly claim
to be among the best equipped of
Americans to deal with international
issues.
He had also attained to scientific
distinction, being a student of ethnol-
ogy of high repute and was regarded
as an authority on the history, man
ners and condition of such little known
people as the Thibetans
Mr.. ROckhill was born in Philadel-
phta In 1854 and was educated in
France. He entered the diplomatic
service as second secretary at Picking
in 1884 and was afterward charge Of
American legation at Seoul, Korea.
Later he held the post of chief clerk
in the department of state for a brief
period and in 1894 became third as
sistant secretary OF state, from which
he was promoted to be first assistant
secretary.
In 1897 he received his first mis-
sion, going to Athens as American
minister to Greece. Roumania and Ser
via. He returned to the United
States to become the director of the
bureau of International American re-
publics, which post he held for six
years, relinquishing 1t to accept the
Chinese mission, where he served four
years. From Picking, Mr.. Rockhill
was promoted to be ambassador at
st. Petersburg, where he remained for
two years, and at his own request in
1911, was transferred to the embassy
at Constantinople.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
new GERMAN ATTACK
TEuToNs RENEW FIGHTING IN
ATTEMPT TO REACH COAST.
Allied Armies In Flanders Claim ia
Have Repulsed invaders With
Heavy losses.

London, Dec. 9.-The Germans have
resumed the offensive in Flanders but
their new efforts are being met by the
allies with determination and success,
Aggressive activity was shown by the
invaders all along the User, from Nieu-
port, where the bOmbardment of COST
Dunkirk continues, almost to the RiV-
er Lys.
The action was particularly yigor-
GUS in the vicinity Of Ypres, indicat-
ing a general movement in this direc-
ton. The effort crystalllzed in a vio-
lent attack against st. ElOi, a position
Of great strategic value, south Of
Ypres. The attack was made in great
force. The Germans lost heavily, for
they were hurled back time after time,
the Tapid-fire guns in the allies pits
cutting them down like rows of corn.
In the Argonne forests and ON the
heights and in the ravines to the east
Of the wooded sections the fighting
was very spirited.
Northwest of POnta-Mousson, in the
forest Of lie Petre, the fighting has
been in the open, for both armies have
cleared the woods in front of their
trenches In order to give a better
sweep to their fire. Here, the French
war Office states, the Germans have
been forced back and tn. French
troops have made slight gains.
On what Is now the center the ar
tillery is heavily engaged, and the
Aisne and the Champagne region rum
bles with the continuous crash of can
non.
The official statement issued by the
German headquarters says:
"On the coast Of Flanders the bad
conditions of the roads, made worse
by the recent torrential rains, is caus-
ing great difficulty to the movement
of our troops.
ITO the north Of Arras we have
made some slight progress"
THE war hospital at Lisle was
burned down. This is probably case
OF arson. There were, however, no
lives lost.
THE day before yesterday French
position at Malincourt, east of Va
rennes, was captured. The greater
part of the garrison fell on this occa-
sion. The remainder, two officers and
about one hundred and fifty men, were
taken as prisoners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
llIIMlInUIIIIIluIIlIIIlIlIIlmlIIIIlIII
: TODAY'S WAR MOVES !


FRANCE-Artillery duel
from sea to the Lys. French
gains reported in the Argon-
ne, in the Meuse and LePre-
tere forest. French artillery
in the Aisne region gains adj
vantage.
RUSSIA-Germans advan-
cling toward Warsaw from
the north. Russian state
ment says fighting at Pre-
znysz, fifty miles from War
saw, is in progress. Engage
ments continue south of
Pietrkow and in the vicinity
of CracoW.
ENGLAND English, French
and Canadian troops share
in offensive IN ov EN- en- t
against the Germans in the
west. General Beyers, lead
er of the South African rev.
olutionists, killed in endeav-
oring to escape capture.
GERMANY-Kaiser's con-
dition satisfactory. In the
Lodz region the retreatlng
Russians are being cautious
ly pursued. The situation
in the west is unchanged.
TURKEY-Cruiser Breslau
appears off Sebastopol and
is driven off by Russian
cruisers.
AUSTRIA-Stubborn fight
ing in Galicia. Claimed that
Russians south of Pietrkow
have been repulsed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
STEEL PASSENGER CARS BEST
interstate Commerce Commission In
Report Says They Should Re Re.
. qulred by Law.

Washington, Dec. 10.-Steel cars
in passenger-train service should be
required by law, the interstate COM
merce commission says in IT'S annual
report, made public here today. 1t
also declares that the use in passen-
ger trains of wooden cars between or
in front of steel cars should be pro-
hibited.
'Sixty-three train accidents we're in
vestigated by the commission during
the year ended June 80, 1914" says the
report. Forty of these accidents were
collisions and rs were derailments.
They caused the death OF 1859 and the
injury OF 2,134 persons, Collisions
caused by improper tagging continue
to be prominent feature OF these in
yestigation."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
NEW LLOYD'S BET ON WAR
They Offer $500 to $500 That The
Great European Struggle Win
End by March 81.

London, Dec 9. - The betting at
Lloyd's today was eighty guineas
$4,000 to 100 guineas ($5OO) that the
war would be over by the end of
March. In other words, person ask
ing insurance against the Continu-
ance of war after March 81 next pays
eighty guineas for a policy of 100 gum
cas-. The premium fiuCtuates with the
amount of business offered. The
greater the demand for insurance the
higher the premium.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
MINERS INSTANTLY KILLED
Fellow Worker Drops Quantity OF
Dynamite as. Cage lis Being
Lowered This Morning. =

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 8. - Thirteen
miners were instantly killed this
morning while descending into the
Trip shaft of the Lackawanna Coal
Co. when one of the number dropped
a quantity of dynamite which he was
taking into the mine, to the bottom of
the cage. The explosion completely
destroyed the cage and dropped the
occupants to instant death at the
bottom of the shaft.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
MERCHANT MARINE GROWING
Now Largest In Our History. Accord.
Ing TO Report Of Secretary Of
Commerce.

Washington, Dec. s.-The total doc.
umented merchant shipping OF the
United States on June 30, 1914. com.
prised 26.s43 vessels OF 7.92S.6SS gross
tons. This tonnage is the largest in
our history" says Secretary OF Com
merce Redfield In his annual report,
made public today. land II is crafty.
ing to note that the total 1890 ves-
sells OF l.066.2Ss gross tons are regis
tered for foreign trade, During the
year i.l5l vessels OF sls.25O gross tons
were built In the United States"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
Special Sunday Train.

Des Moines, Dec. "a special
train has been arranged for Thurs
ady night to carry about 200 resi-
dents of Pella, Oskaloosa and Prai-
rie City to their homes after the
Sunday meetings. The visitors will
come to the city on various trains
through the day, some to attend the
afternoon and evening services and
some to hear only the evening ad-
dress, but they will return together
in the evening. The Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific will furnish the
special train. 1t will leave here
about 10 o'clock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
WATERWAYS MEN IN SESSION
Annual Convention Of National Rivers
and Harbors Congress Opens In
Washington.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The reduction
from $35,OOO,OOO to $2O.OOO.OOO of the
rivers and harbors appropriation by
last summers session of congress was
the vital topic of interest when dele
gates from every state in the Union
gathered here today to attend the
eleventh annual convention of the Ma
tlonal Rivers and Harbors congress.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
GEN. WoTHERSPooN GETS JOB
Former Chief Of Staff of U. s. Army
Made Superintendent of Public
Works, New York.

New York, Dec. 9.--MaJ.-Gen VIII
liam Wallace Wotherspoon, who re-
tired as chief of the United States
army on November 16, has been Sc
lected by Governor-elect Whitman to
be state superintendent of public
works for New York. General Woth-
erspoon is sixty-three years old
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
Receives 1000 Volts.

Fort Madison, Dec 9.-John Young
aged IS, an employe of the MISSISSIPPI
pi River Power company, received a
force of 1900 volts of electricity
when he accidentally touched a live
transmission line wire here yester-
day. One arm was moderated and
both feet were badly burned. He re-
gained consciousness in a local hos
pital, but his death is expected
hourly.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-10
SPEND $15,ooo,ooo ON AUTOS
Kansas People in Year Use Big Sum
In Buying cars-Flfty-Eisht
Thousand in State.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. 9.-Fifteen mil.
lion dollars was spent by Kansas
people for automobiles this year. &C.
cording to an estimate based on the
number of machines registered with
Charles Sessions, secretary of state,
The list shows approximately $4,000
automobiles purchased since January
/. There are 58.11l motor vehicles OF
all kinds in the state.