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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08
A Travelling Mans Bill.

An attempt will be made to get an
absent travellers" law thru the nexi
legislature. That means that those
whose business imperatively de-
mands their absence from home on
election day may be conforming with
legal requirements cast their vote by
mail, or by such other method OF
getting il into the hands of the cleo
tion board as the law shall provide
says the Marshalltown Times-Repub,
lican.
There seems to be no valid objec-
tion TO urge against the proposed pri-
vilege. No voter should be disfran.
chised If by any safe and proper
method he may be able to cast his
vote.
The bill is primarily for the bene-
fit of that large class of voters, trav-
cling men. As it stands the travel
ing man who must go is disfranchis-
ed Others must make long trips
and night rides in order to vote
Those who are able to stay over un-
til Tuesday morning lose day. If
there is a way out of this manifest
annoyance which amounts to inius-
tice, the general public will approve
the law that provides for it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08
WITHIN The LAW
COMING APRIL Is
Ii is The Theatrical Sensation of
New York and Chicago, a Play
of World Wide Success.
A LAVISH PRODUCTION.
CLEVER CAST OF PLAYERS.
Seats Are Now on Sale and Selling
Rapidly. The Play Has the
Punch Necessary to Make
il World Wide a.
Success. q -
smokeless powder, noiseless

Smokeless powder, noiseless H..
arms and a Maxim Silencer, such as
the Mcnamara dynamiters are alleg-
ed to have employed against their
enemies, are adopted for the first
time on the stage in Within the
Law" Bayard Veiller's thrilling new
American play of modern metropoli-
tan life, which The American Play
Company is to present at the Grand,
Wednesday evening, April 18th.
These ingenious devices of modern
killing of a person, with practically
minimum danger of detection-are
adroitly introduced by the play
wright to inject an element of baf-
fling mystery into the murder that
forms one Of the exciting scenes of
within the Law. Although the au-
dience sees a pistol drawn and the
character at whom it is aimed, drop,
seemingly lifele3s there is not the
SllSHIeSt ISpOIl lIOul the ulSCudISe
of the bullet nor the faintest
trace of smoke. 1t is the use
of these weapons that makes
so puzzling the solution of the crime
in the play. In New York and Chi
cago, where within the Law" is the
current dramatic hit, the play was
designated the drama of the min
ute" With a clever cast of players
and a lavish production, it is an
nounced as one of the most impor-
tant attractions scheduled at the
Grand this season. This play which
engrosfingly depicts good girls
struggle in the underworld, after
having been unjustly sent to prison,
is the triumphantly successful dra-
matte offering of the year in both
New York and Chicago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08
FARMERS AND AUTOMOBILES
Two Expert Opinions On Agriculture
And Buzz Wagons.

Mr.. Frank Brown, formerly gov
Iernor of Maryland, and known in
that state as the farmer governor
has been in New York recently, tel
ling the residents of the metropolis
why the farmers are not as prosper
Gus as they should be.
Mr.. Brown blames it all on the au-
tomobile, and he draws a curious
picture of farmers dashing about in
touring cars while the work of har-
vesting is neglected In this con-
nection Mr.. Brown says:
The automobile has taken the
'rmer away from his fields, and,
"a. efore, diminished his production
o.Ts. ds. Instead of quitting work
at S d wp, as was his custom, he
stoppess ~lier in order to give his
family a vide. Then he began TO
lie a5ed in t., morning. AS a natur-
al consequence, he raised less grain.
Then he found cattle raising too
much trouble. so he gave that up"
This utterance is not logical. If
the farmer stops work before sun
down to give his family some recre-
alton he does we'll. The twelve-hour
day is just as bad for the farmer as
for the factory worker. If man
can do more and better work in the
factory in ten hours than twelve, or
in eight than ten, the same principle
is true with the man who works on
the farm.
1t is hard to follow Mr.. Brown in
his theory because the farmer quits
work earlier in the afternoon to get
some recreation he necessarily lies
abed' in the morning. Nine men out
of ten who get a little recreation in
the late afternoon can and will get
up earlier the next morning for that
reason
In many sections of the country
the automobile las proven a valuable
adjunct 10 scientific farming, and
this development is in its infancy.
Moreover, the statistics show that
much larger proportion of city dwell
ers who can afford to buy automo-
biles do make such investments than
is true of country people.
The American farmer is doing
pretty we'll and will do better as each
year passes. If there is a trouble,
however, 1T is exactly the reverse of
what Mr.. Brown thinks Many farm
ers have not yet solved the labor
problem. In the large cities business
men have discovered that shorter
hours and larger wages increase the
product OF labor. The farmer needs
to learn the same thing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Henry Ford just now promises an
other revolution in rapid transit. 1t
has a four cylinder engine, "a x4.
1t can attain : speed of forty-five
miles an hour and will carry two
passengers thirtv-five miles on a gal
Ion of gasoline. 1t has a 26-inch
tread and 104-inch wheel base. 1t
will be equipped with Presto lights
and will sell at 1875 for a two pas
senger car. Imagine a system of
paved roads and automobiles selling
at $500, and where would this coun-
try be going to anyway.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08
Clothes And Church.

Not having had the money tC
spend for broadcloth," writes a man
who complains of the high cost OF
living, Il haven't been to church for
a year" Lack of clothes by some
persons is made an excuse for not
going to church just as the posses
sion of an abundance of them, ac-
cording to a popularity held notion
constitutes a reason for other per-
sons attending regularly.
An uncomfortable feeling result
ing from the consciousness that you
are not as well dressed as your
neighbors is a perfectly human one.
1t is experienced not only in church,
but in other places of public gather
ing. Women are naturally far more
sensitive on the subject than men
for men are not observant of other
mems clothes to the same extent that
women are of the raiment of their
sisters. The woman who wears a
hat two seasons old cannot rid her
self of the notion that critical eyes
are upon it during the service, al
though the chances are better that
the real criticism is directed toward
the newest creation blooming on the
head of some wealthy pew holder.
The custom Of wearing ones best
to church arose from a desire 10
honor the Lord, and if the Lord does
not resent coats worn shiny in the
back, as He probably does not, there
is no reason why humble mortals
should do so. There is much to be
said in favor of a church uniform,
but it should not be necessary. Plain
dressing probably will do much
toward filling empty pews.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

National reputation is being selected
and the program for the entire day
will not only be patriotic but will be
a continuous performance of great
variety. Be sure to watch the pap
ers for further announcements and
boost for the 1914 Decorah Chautau-
qua. 1t will be worth your best ef-
forts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Hon. l.. NJ. Enger of Decorah
who is out for the nomination on
the republican ticket for senator for
the Howard-Winneshiek district was
in the city recently getting acquaint-
ed and looking up his prospects
politically. Mr.. Enger has we'll serv-
ed his county in the lower house of
the legislature for two terms and is
we'll fitted for the position to which
he has been urged by his friends
Riceville Recorder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

When you want to hear something
mean about some one, have. you no.
ticed how little trouble you have in
hearing it? Others have just as lit
tie trouble in hearing the mean and
disagreeable things said about you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Iowa is the "hennery" of the U. S.
Last season the hens came cackling
up with billion eggs to their credit
This was an egg and half day for
each person in the state. A man
could hardly be starved completely
who got that ration every day. The
chicken and egg crop was only worth
$3S,00O,00. Poor Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

The plan of having an essay con-
test in each county in the state will
be followed as heretofor. The boy
who wins in the home county essay
contest will be given a free trip to-
all expenses paid while in atten-
dance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Why wouldn't it be easier for a
farmer ten miles from town to say to
his wife IN be back before noon"
rather than THE roads are fierce, !
won't get home before dark" That
the difference between a hard road
and any dirt road in the county this
morning. says the Marshalltown
Times Republican.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Arrangements Have Been Made to
Hold Another Chautauqua i'm De-
cOrah This Summer.

At the close of last summers
Chautauqua number of our bust
ness men met and formed what is
known as the Decorah Chautauqua
Association. Their object was to be-
gin work at once in order to secure
strictly high class Chautauqua fol
Decorah and vicinity during the sum.
mer of 1914. Beginning early, they
have been able to procure an espe-
cially high grade talent including
some of the most expensive attrac-
tions now on the public platform
Among the talent listed, the follow
ing will give a good idea of the quail
ity value which will be offered at the
1914 Decorah Chautauqua.
Lecturers.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hills, the fa-
nous brooklyn preacher (who hailed
from Iowa) Judge Frank P. Sadler
of the Chicago Criminal Court; Prof
Clarence w. Wassen of Iowa State
University; DR.. John A. Gray OF
New York City; Madam Mountford
the famous German Lecturer, born
and raised in Jerusalem, who will
lecture on Palestine and the Holy
Land; and DR.. Mattison w. Chase
THE wittiest, wisest fun-maker on
the American Platform.
Grand Opera and Concert Band.
Under this head will be offered the
one supreme musical attraction now
playing before the Chautauqua of the
States,-Liberati's Concert Band and
Grand Opera Company, lead by Alex
ander Liberati himself. This Con
cert Band and Grand Opera Company
numbers over thirty people includ-
ing some of the best soloists in the
country and will undoubtedly be the
geatest musical treat ever offered to
IA Decorah audience.
Other Musical Entertainments
The La Dell Concert Company:
consisting of soprano Soloist, Vio-
linist, Pianist and Reader, giving
splendid satisfaction everywhere.
The Hoosier Male Quartette; not
only rated as one of the most pleas
ing organizations but their work
on the Concert zylophone has prov
ed to be marked success.
A Company of Dramatic Artists
known as the Gilbert Shorter Play
ers; giving an evenings entertain
ment consisting of the best scenes
from standard plays This is some
thing entirely new to the Chautau,
qua Platform which is proving to be
great success where ever this
troupe has played.
Other Features.
Decorah people will be pleased to
know that Mrs. Louise d. Mcintyre
and Miss Margaret Hall will conduct
their School of Health which was
so deseryedly popular last summer
anu ldli. uelT lectures ana class
work will continue throughout the
Chautauqua and will be free of
charge to all holders of season tick
cts. Mr.. l.. H. Maus, the afternoon
lecturer last season, will be Platform
Manager and his pleasing personality
will greatly assist in making the
Chautauqua success. Mr.. Maus
will conduct the "Childrens' Hour"
every forenoon, as was done last
year.
The exact dates will be announced
later but will include July 4th. De-
corah people are requested to keep
the Chautauqua in mind and arrange
their engagements accordingly. 1t is
the aim of the Chautauqua Commit
tee to make the Fourth the greatest
day on the program. A speaker of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Iowa is in the center of the rich
est farming section of America. Her
farmers are not less advanced than
any others and they are but in the
beginning of their Improvement in
the matter of scientific agriculture
AS Iowa is going forward in tsA de-
yelopment of the industry which is
the basis of all prosperity, she is
lending her influence towards like
advancement in other states and in
other nations. Iowa is teaching the
world how to farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08
ITEMS OF INTEREST
AT NATIONS CAPITAL
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVFN
TO NEWS OF IOWA PEOPLE.
Special Representative VIII Keep
Public Opinion Readers Posted.
Interesting Developments of Ma
tion's Affairs Tersely Described
by Former Iowan for Iowa
Readers.
Public Opinion Bureau
Washington, ID. c., April 8, 1914.
wait Until The Clouds Roll By,
Emma"

"Wait Until The Clouds Roll BY
Emma"
Since the course of true love was
never known to run smooth, it ought
not to be so surprising that the Dem
ocrats have been indulging in sort
of lovers quarrel" The partisans
within the party should not forget
that Democratic harmony was first
established in Congress two years be-
fore the beginning of the present Ad-
ministration, and that for more than
a year past it's inventors have kept
the cogs of peace running easily. II
! is unreasonable to expect the Presi-
dent to do all the thinking for his
party, and if some of them go off in
an opposite direction at times il
ought to be their privilege under a
free government. Our Uncle
Champ" and our genial Oscar
think they are right, and they Ger.
tainly have as much reason to sup
port their judgment as anyone else
| Politically this Panama canal toll ex-
emption matter is very exciting, and
while some of the big steamship com
panies and the transcontinental rail
roads doubtless have axes to grind
yet there is no evidence that they are
becoming agitated by conditions
Meanwhile it is a mistaKe to think
that harmony has been routed at the
Washington wigwam, and the more
conservative expect to see the hosts
of Democracy breaking bread and
singing glorious hallelujahs in har-
mony in a short time. 1t is only a
lovers quarrel. -
The Broader Question. =.
1t has been several years since
! Washington has become so perturb-
ed over a public question. Tariff
bills, currency revision, and the go
ings and comings of new political
parties have hardly caused such dis
turbances as the proposition to treat
eyerybody's vessels alike at Panama
The President says the treaty stands
for just what it says. Read it your
self, and you will agree that it is
plain enough, no matter what your
political creed may be- The opposi-
ton says that American vessels en-
gagged in the coastwise trade can be
exempted because they are not en-
gagged in foreign Commerce." which
is the meaning of the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. There are Supreme
Court decisions and acceptances af-
ter sort of this claim from the
British. Still another argument is
that the treaty was made before the
Canal was commenced, and at the
time it was not known whether Bri-
tain, France, America, or some 9TH
er country would dig the ditch.
However, the time came when the
Canal Zone ceased to be a territory
of Columbia, but was acquired by
the United States, after which the
canal was built in domestic territory.
Ex-Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
have taken positions exactly opposite
to that of President Wilson. Add to
Continued on last page)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-08

Since women began to vote in New
Zealand divorce has decreased II per
cent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-04
Scripture-Atterbury

The marriage of Miss Emily After
bury, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace T. Atterbury, of Sixteenth street
north, East Orange. and Otis NJ
Scripture, of New Britain, Conn, took
place last night at the brides home.
Rev Henry ]. Johnston, of East Or
ange, performed the ceremony. The
bride, who was given in marriage by
her father, was gowned in white satin
charmeuse cut en- train, with bodice
of Chantilly lace and pearls. She
wore a tulle veil edged with princess
lace and caught up with orange bios
sons She carried a shower bouquet
of bride roses and lilies of the val
ley. Her ornament, the gift of the
bridegroom. was d necklace of seed
pearls with a pearl pendant. The
maid of honor. Miss Florence Miller,
of Newark. wore pink charmeuse
draped with shadow lace. She car
ried pink roses and wore a sapphire
and pearl bracelet. the gift of the
bride Charles Sheldon acted as best
man and Elmer Sweetland and Albert
Scripture, all of New Britain, were
ushers. Mrs. Atterbury, mother of
the bride, wore a gown of gray crepe
meteor. Mrs. Scripture, mother of the
bridegroom, was in black shadow lace
over white attn. Mrs. Albert Scrip
ture wore her wedding gown of white
satin charmeuse A stringed orehes-
ira played the wedding marcs2. The
decorations were pink peonies and
roses, with palms and smilax. Mr..
and Mrs. Scripture left for a three
weeks wedding trip in Maine. They
will reside in New Britain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-04
STATE WILL NOT
LOWER TOWN TAX
MiIIburn Must Go to Court for
Writ for Reduction of
Assessment.

If the taxpayers of Millburn want
to have the tax rate there reduced
from s2.16 to SILL, they will have to
institute certiorari proceedings in the
Supreme Court. The state Board for
the Equalization of Taxes. at its
meeting here yesterday afternoon de-
cided that it had no jurisdiction in
the matter of the appeal of the Tax
payers League of Miiiburn from the
rate set by the County Board OF Tax
alton. Court action was recommend
ed as the proper remedy.
The rate of s21s for Millburn was
fixed by the county board after the
township committee had submitted its
budget and the county budget had
been made up. One of the items IN
the township committees budget was
a resolution. appropriating sl2,VoO 10
make up the amount of taxes that had
been RENTED for the previous year
by the county and State officials. The
actual amount of renissions in 1872
however, had been only $S,576.6o, leav-
ing a balance from the $4,000 of So
423 40. If this amount was deducted
from the budget the tax rate would
drop from S216 to s2.11-five points.
The Taxpayers League tried to
have the county board make this re-
duction, but the president of that
body, Jerome T. Congleton, decided
that it had no power to look into the
uses of the money asked for by the
municipalities-that it was simply the
boards function to compute the rate
from the figures furnished by the
county and its municipalities.
The State board agreed with this
view and dismissed the petition. H
E. Reeve, of the league, represented
it's interests before the taxing off,
Gals
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-04
DEADLOCKED ON
SALARY FIXING
Irvington Commissioners Un-
able to Agree on Their
Own Compensation.

Several attempts to fix the salaries
of themselves resulted in deadlock
among the Irvington Board of Com
missioners last night. The session
was exceedingly lively, verbal tits
resulting from an attempt to displace
DIR. Albion C. Christian as town ply
stefan by DR.. Ernest w. Mierau. The
legal department will decide the fate
of the first named
Commissioner Leonard Setaro Of
fered a resolution calling for the ap-
pointment of DIR. Mierau in place of
DR.. Christian and in explaining it
stated that as DR.. Christian had failed
TO qualify in ten days he forfeited
the office.
"Was DIR. Christian notified by
Town Clerk Wehman?" asked Com
missioner David II. Greene.
"The town clerk told me he notified
DR.. Christian by phone" answered
Commissioner Setaro. Anyway, he
knew he had been appointed, for he
met me on the street and wanted a
retaining fee of 5000 per year in addi-
ton to the usual fee of 81 patient"
DR.. Christian was in the room and
Mayor William L. Glorieux asked
him if he wanted to say anything.
DR.. Christian replied that he had re-
ceied no official notice, and that, any
way, it was not necessary for him to
qualify. He then started to criticise
Commissioner Setaro, and Setaro said
that he would not stand for it.
HE is set against me because
sent a patient to st. .MichaePs Hos
pital, in Newark, instead of to Glad
den Lodge Hospital here" insisted
DR.. Christian.
That's all bluff; I want re-
count" answered Setaro.
81 hold the office legally, and there
is nothing in the Walsh act that
makes it necessary for me to quail
ify," again remarked DR.. Christian.
After considerable more dialogue
the matter was referred to the legal
committee for investigation.
Commissioner Stockman Immediate
ly brought up the ordinance on salar-
les for second reading. This provides
that the commissioners all get 81 zoo
and the Mayor $1,000 per annum, the
maximum. When the vote came
Mayor Glorieux and Commissioner
Greene voted against it and it was
lost, as it is necessary to Have -four
votes to pass an ordinance.
Mayor Glorieux offered a resolution
making the salary of the Mayor $500;
that of the director of revenue and
finance (Stockman), $1,000; that Of
the directors of public safety and
streets (Setaro), $500; director of pub
lie improvements Stanley, 5000, and
director of parks and public buildings
$500.
Commissioner Setaro Immediately
stated that he did not go before the
public as an advocate of cut rate
prices, that he was there to give al
of his time to the work and thought
he deserved to be properly paid for
and in this view he was agreed with
by all except Mayor GlorieuX, who
was the only one voting for the ordi-
nance. The resolution was lost ano
new ordinance will now have tc
be drafted and acted upon.
Ackerson ]. States was appointed
an assessor. He was formerly a
school commissioner and will take the
place which Edward r. Fulsom de-
clined.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-04
TEAR'UP VIADUCT IN ORANGE TO
RECOVER MONEY TO PAY PHYSICIAN

Ninety-five perfectly good dollars
rested at the northeast corner Of
Day and Main streets Oranges
-Four Corners, yesterday afternoon
and last night, while thousands of
persons passed over the little en-
velope of wealth dropped in an exca-
walton by Pasquale Sementa, of 81
Cone street, Orange. The money
was carefully secreted, and this
morning Pasquale was the happiest
man in Essex county when his gang
finished carefully digging in the soil
opposite Music Hall and rescued
from the earth the money he never
again expected to see.
A gang of laborers employed by the
New York Telephone Company open
ed an excavation to connect the
Bijou Theatre and other office phone
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-04
ObsterperOus Cable Fined
in East Orange Police Court

Directing a TRADE at Chief of Police
O'Neill, of East Orange, who ar
rested him, Peter McNally, cabman,
at the East Orange station of the
I.ackawanna railroad, was fined $40
in the police court of that city today
as a disorderly person. Recorder
Francis A. Mott, jr, almost broke
his gavel when ordering the man to
stop his mumblings.
The magistrate threatened to COM
init him if he did not cease talking.
The "cabbie" mumbled he would get
square" with the police head when he
was being ushered from the court
room. McNally upset the City Hall
Yesterday when an inspection was
being made of hacks by Mayor
Gregory. and he was alleged to have
heaped abuse on Chief O'Neill for no
apparent reason. After declaring he
would have Mayor Gregory strip the
police head of his authority. McNally
was put in the cooler" and his ire
was considerably smoothed after he
spent a few hours in a cell