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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

the county will elect board OF super
risors which, instead OF being con-
trolled by the county officials. will con-
troll them, appoint and dismiss. hire
and fire, according TO their integrity
and efficiency in doing the county
work There is no good reason why
the people of county should elect an
auditor, treasurer. etc. to look after
the county business. They should sim
ply pick out the three. Ave or seven
best men in the county as a board of
county directors. trust them with the
business of the county, and make
them responsible for good county gov
eminent.
Heretofore, the supervisors have been
mostly farmers. whom 1t was thought
the officials should control It was a
case of the tail wagging the dog. The
, true way Is for the dog. clothed with
authority by the people. 10 wag the
tail. in other words. to say who should
conduct the business of the county. 1t
rs not necessary that they should all be
farmers hut they should be the best
men in the county. Possibly the time
may come when these directors, like
the directors of corporation, should
serve without pay. For certainly about
the highest honor that could be be-
slowed upon the citizen of a county is
that ne should be entrusted. together
with his associates. with the manage
ment OF the entire business OF the
county. To secure this position with
out regard to political or church affil-
iations should be the browning glory
of a mans life.
Why do we speak of this in farm
paper? One reason is because the city
mas large influence over the country.
Country people are very apt to adopt
city fashions. city methods, and city
| ideals: and therefore the wrongs done
in The city affect the country.
Essentially. the government of coun :
ties and the government of cities is
the same. A great reform in city gov
eminent Is made when the ward sys-
TEN with its bosses is wiped out. The
whole city totes for each individual
person who has charge of any branch
of it's government. This is the new
plan. The county districts should be
wiped out in the same way. and the
whole people of the county vote for
the men who are to be directors in the
county government If this We're done.
there would be an immense saving to
the farmers of the county. 1t would
eliminate politics and therefore get rid
OF the idea that because a man has po-
litical ambitions and is DESTROYS Of get
ting his name before the public. he is
therefore fitted to discharge the i'm
portant duties of county government.
1t may be long time before we get
this. We don't expect to see it in our
day-and yet we may. For the people
of both city and country are becom-
ing broader in their intelligence, are
thinking more deeply on vital prob
lens than ever they did before; and
hence progress no longer moves at a
snairs pace, as it did before the days OF
the railroad and the automobile. City
government and county governments
are very closely related, and the prin-
ciples underlying just government In
either case are precisely the same.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07
EvADING TAXES.


The income tax receipts are onIy
about half what was expected Good
judges OF human nature expected
something like this People are used
TO dealing with local assessors. who are
publicly elected officials. They do not
always forget that a tax epader is also
a constituent who possesses vote He
also has several friend. So who have a
vote. Votes are handy things
The internal revenue collector does
not sec votes in this personal lish, II
tax evadeHs are intimate friends OF
senators. that might be worth consid-
ering. But II you are simply an every
day citizen, not entitled. to walk into
the front door of any senator without
knocking, you would better speak re-
specially TO the internal revenue man.
Also give him the square; deal.
Taxation laws have been in a state
OF choas, though some states are GET
ting their statutes on scientific basis.
The United States asks. one per cent
OF mans income while the state laws
take forty per cent.
II man TO whom You owe a bill
threatens that il you don't pay five
times the amount fairly due ne Will
shoot you. you may hand over your
purse. But you may deny the ex-
!stence Of the little roll in your vest
pocket,
These conditions are most unfor-
tunate. Tax laws should be so square
and even that TO man would have the
excuse for lodging them. Then it
should be matter of pride for every
one 10 do his share. He should hate
TO escape with less than his fair pro-
portion. just as one hates 10 give a
dollar 10 a public cause. while all your
neighoors are giving FIVE. Whatever
one may think of the principle Of the
income tax the amount is not large
in proportion to the income. Every one
TO whom /; applies Will feel more
cheerful TO pay II. Also 1t may be
cheaper
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

Mrs. Angle lived in her two room stu
do. According to her story, Ballou
visited her and had been drinking. She
supposed he fell downstairs in leaving
She admitted that she carried his UNI
conscious body from the second lond-
ing to the street. believing him dead
and not wishing to have her god name
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

compromised by the finding OF his body
in the building. They had been friends
for Ave years. Mrs. Angle bears Z
high reputation here. She has means
and lives In comfort in her studio. Bal
LOUIS blood stained straw hat may af-
ford clew as to whether he died Of q
fall or was attacked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

THE Iowa farmer has more trouble
than anybody" complains the Algona
Republican. HE has trouble finding
men to horvest his crops and then he
has trouble building cribs and gran
arys to hold 1t. and then he must go to
the trouble of hauling it to market. He
sure has a troublesome career"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

The Clinton Herald says: THE most
egregious blunder committed by the
las, legislature was the passage OF the
nonpartisan judiciary law, and it
should be repealed without hesitation.
nonpartisan convention might be
substituted. for it is well TO get away
from political organizations in choos-
ing judges But the present plan Is
monstrosity."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

The Stuart Herald says, Every time
a man like Senator Kenyon writes an
explanatory letter regarding public ut
terances imputed to him he detracts
something from the high estimation in
which he is held by his friends"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

Col. Keltz was in the city Saturday"
states the Webster City journal. but
we've been unable TO learn whether he
attended the democratic or moose con-
vention."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

When there is any appointive job
lodging around. Emory English can
cali out in several different languages"
observes the democratic Waterloo
Times Tribune
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

Looks as tho the Roosevelt Country
Life movement needs revivifcation.
Somehow that commission isn't look
ing after the suffering Iowa farmer the
way it ought 20 do and he's obliged to
take care Of himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

People notice Teddys speeches bu
they don't gather in groups 10 tall
them over any more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07

o. P. Myers. democratic candidate
FOR lieutenant governor and dry" by
prediction and preference will get as
many republican votes on tina: issue
as he is likely to lose from mis- own
party.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
S0C,TAI lists INVADE Office
Of JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
And Make a Demonstration in
Connection with the Strike
in Colorado.
MoURNERs GATHER THERE
One Man, His Wife and Three
Other Women Are Placed
Under Arrest.
esr AssoerArEe PRESS,

NEW, YORK, April 29.-Upton Sin
clair, his wife and three women were
arrested today. after a demonstration
at the Offices of John d. Rockefeller,
Jr, in the Standard Oil building.
They had come to protest against the
Colorado strike. A woman, who said
she was a Socialist, invaded the outer
Offices of John D. Rockefeller and
sought to interview him with refer
ence to the strike in Colorado. Mr..
Rockefeller's secretary told her that
he was busy at conference. the
woman carried an American flag into
the Offices and described herself as
Mrs. Belle Ann Silverman. She was
Joined on the sidewalk by Upton Sin
clair. who wore bit of crepe on his
arm in pursuance Of a plan announced
at Socialist mass m Getting last night,
where II was agreed that "mourners"
should gather in front of the Standard
Oil building as protest against the
sacrificetof lives in Colorado.
Mrs SiIverman and Sinclair were
the first to- arrive on the scene. Mrs.
Silverman sought to place this mes
sage before the younger Rockefeller:
Il am an American citizen standing
at your door waiting for just word
with you. Will you grant me this re
quest? My question will be brief and
to the point"
The prisoners were taken to the Old
nip police station, where Mrs. Sin
clair was released.
The other women, who were placed
IN cells pending their arraignment in
court, said they were Mrs. Elizabeth
Freeman, an English suffraget, who
has once been in Jail with Mrs. Emma
line Pankhurst, Mrs. Margaret Rem
mington Charter, and Mrs. Bonnie
Letter. All had been arrested on the
sidewalk in front of &c Broadway.
II was not doing a thing but walk
ing up and down in the street with a
piece of crepe on my ARM" said Sin
clair "a policeman stopped me and
said If did not stop walking would
have to go along with him. told the
policeman did not see any reason
why should stop walking and he
promptly placed me and my associates
under arrest"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
MEXICO MUCH
LARGER THAN
MANY Think
Are Practically as Great as
from Mississippi River to
the Atlantic Coast.

q a al
WASttlNGIOeN. April z ne 70
lowing tnformation ceneerllill
was given out by the ,1Ne1eioilat Seo-
graphic society IN Washlilseoh. tout -
It Is lnteresGsiis po ~ 90
area OF NheNtco - 20 ss4. t7,,se,S
as thatt OF the United staIes De tISs.,o
the MISSISSIPPI river anu Inc zAi', e,,1e
coast, the Great Lakes alla ,t,le 49, oH.ll
of Mexico varying IN aitI I.l 20, TO-
sea level to ls,ooO rect us ctI ls ~.
is affected by these elevations ana oy
range of Is degrees or 4aeLluue.
Twelve hundred miles rs inc oiSt s.Ss,s
traversed in passing SCUM 1ro ~
Juarez, on the noTeneIh ~ 49,
the capital, and 900 miles more TO the
southeastern boundary Inc GUN 70, u
Mexico and Caribbean Sea coast nue.
extends for LOO miles, Whl i' Hne
Pacific ocean and Gun or Caillofiiia
touch 1000 miles of Mexican coast
The Texas Secession.
Prior to 1895, Mexico, as a SopaLhlsl.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
Hello IN JAIL
Is Maggie Hall Awaiting Trial
on Charge of Being Person
Not of Good Fame.

Maggie Hall is in the county jail
awaiting a hearing before Magistrate
WilIiam<E. Starcher on charge of
being person not Of good fame. The
date of the trial has not been decided
upon but will probably be tomorrow
or the next day.
The woman was arrested by Police
omcers Hayes and !eorge Howe yes
terday afternoon and locked up in the
city Jail. She has given the police
much trouble in the past and it was
decided to try her before magistrate
so that, If she is convicted, she can be
given Jail sentence If she does not
furnish a satisfactory peace bond.
The warrant against her was sworn
out by Officer Hayes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
On the Way from Mexico City
to the City of Puerta in
Mexico Now.
ANXIETY is NOW RELIEVED
Rear Admiral Badger Will Have
a Vessel at Puerta TO Meet
Them Friday.
az AaeoeIATEp 80

VERA CRUZ, April 29-Anxiety
in Vera Cruz as to the friends AMI
relatives in the interior has been
greatly relieved by the events of
yesterday, which show that the
Mexican authorities are permitting
Americans to come down to tae
coast.
Today the American colony here,
which Is growing steadily, settled
down to await news from Puerta,
Mex, of the arrival Of three train
loads of refugees from Mexico City,
which the Huerta of1ciols promised
Commander Tweedie, of the British
cruiser, Essex, would be despatched
from the capital last night. The
route from the capital to Puerto Is
long and roundabout and t is not
expected that the trains Will reach
the coast before next Friday.
Rear Admiral Badger will have
vessel at Puerto to meet the refu-
gees. If the refugee trains are filed
to capacity as they probably will be,
it Is estimated that 500 people will
be conveyed to Puerto. 1t is impos-
sible in era Cruz to detS-mine how
many Americans this would leave In
the capital.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
SPECIAL TERIL
of the County Court to Act on,
Several Matters is to Be
Held Friday.

A special term of the county court
will be held Friday for several pur-
poses.
Claims against the county and dis
trfcts and Justices fines are to be au-
dited.
The claims of the Chieftain Coal
Company and the Madeira-Hill-Clark
Coal Company to mine under the
county roads are to be considered.
Qualification of Charles s.. Dakon
as executor OF Jeremiah G. Dakon is
to be acted on.
Certificates will be issued to per-.
sons upon which to obtain notary
public commissions.
Notaries'public win be qualified.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
INJUNCTION
Is Granted by Judge Dayton
against the State Public
Service Commission.
q AaseeIAvgp PREssl

WHEELING, April 29.-Judge AL
ston G. Dayton of the United States
district court, today granted temper
AIRY injunction restraining the West
Virginia Public Service Commission
from carrying out an order issued
last week reducing the price of gas
in from 81 to % cents per thousand
cubic feet in ten northern counties
The commission was asked by gas
corporations to permit an advance in
rates that would approximate rate
from 27 to 80 cents per thousand but
after several hearings on the petition
the commission ordered the reduc-
ton. The injunction affects 10000
consumers of gas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
SHERIFF
Gives Up Search for PauIette
and Rumor Has It That He
is at Simpson.

SheriR Ross F. Stout and his posse
gave up their hunt for Frank Pau
letta, the escaped murderer who was
seen hearth tin plate mills yesterday
afternoon, at a late hour last night
after making a systematic search of
all houses and places OF hiding in
and around the territory where he
was last seen by the officers.
A rumor this morning had 1t that
Paulett4 boarded fast assenger train
No 4, each bound. 1.-THE coaling sta
ton in the east end and rode the train
to Grafton where he got OF at the
west end Of the Grafton yards and
boarded freight train and re-
turned to Simpson where he
went into a telegraph tower, but as
the operator was .unarmed and Pau
Ietta had a rife and two revolvers the
operator could not hold him. He later
went to an Italian settlement near
Simpson.
Sheriff Stout has a number Of men
watching all trains and 1t is thought
that If Paulettaj Is using that avenue
of escape he will soon be captured.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
POSTMASTERS
Are Appointed at Washington
for a Number of Places
inThis State.
.ssEelAL e &c rE.EaRAM1

WASHINGTON, D. c., April 29.-
Fourth lass postmasters appointed
in West Virginia include J. w. Con-
nor at Duncan, Jackson county, sue
ceeding Fred s. Baton; Charles A.
Briggs at Glenray, Summers county,
succeeding John NJ. Myers, resigned;
Andrew j. Hickman at Levi, Braxton
county, succeeding Marion ]. Thrash;
John d. Pickett at Winding Gulf,
Raleigh county, succeeding Russell C.
Newman, removed. James r. Branch
at Branchfield, Lincoln county, and
Charles v. Pennington, at Pettry, Mer-
Ger county, have been reappointed
postmasters and placed in the CLASH
fed service after a civil service ex-
animation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
AGED INSPECTOR
OF Public Buildings is Quite
UnWeII Now at His Home
at Charles Town.

WASHINGTON, D. O., April 29.-
Julius Caesar Holmes, of Charles
Town, who has been chief Inspector Of
architect since the second Cleveland
administration, and for four years
under the first Cleveland administra-
ton also, is quite unwell at his home
He is ready to fill any assignment and
would not stop for illness, his friends
say, IL he were sent to inspect any
building. Dreamer Young, Of Charles
Town, was here to see the secretary
of the, treasury with the request that
he be not given any duty which might
be too severe for him until his health
is better Congressman Brown Joined
him in the request
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
WILSON'S SAFE
Matt Arrives at Galveston from
Tampico and Josiah is
Now on the Way.

Roscoe C. Brown received wire
last evening from his uncle, Matt Viii
son, at Galveston, Tex, informing him
that Mr.. Wilson had arrived there
safely from Tampico, Mex, where he
had been located the last twenty
years, and that his brother, Josiah d.
Wilson. was on the way to Galveston
from San Louis Potosi, Mex, with the
American consul who had been stat
toned there Matt is a single man and
Josiah sent his family from Mexico
Co Virginia two years ago.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29

MANY LOCk S AND
DAMS IN TIE STA 1fE
Are Numerous and Their Cost
is Great as Shown by Sec
rotary ofWar's Report.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 20
COMPLYING with a resolution OF the
senate. asking for information as to
the mum Der of locks and dams which
have been constructed by the Un1teo
states, the cost and the. number OF
men employed at each OF them, the
secretary of war, Lindley M. Garrison,
has furnished complete list OF the
locks and dams finished in all parts
of the United States, with their cost
and the number of men employed In
their operation. West Virginia has
a large share % these dams the ohio,
the Big Kanawha, the Little hanaw-
ha, the Big Sandy and the Monogahe-
la rivers all be improved. The data
as to the West Virginia rivers follow
Ohio river-Dams completed IN
West virginia: No. at Wentworth,
costing 81, ,265.63 and employing
Ia men: No. II at Brilliant, Ohio,
costing Sligo, 087-72 and employ
ing 10 men; No. 13 at McMechen,
costing $1,210,183.24 and employing
IA men; No. 1S at Vienna, costing
S91OT16.18, and employing 8 men;
NO. rs at Hogsett, costing S1.072,-
344.98. with the numb Of employed
not stated.
Montgomery, costing $363,60S. and
employing FIVE men; No at River
side, costing $4SO,o1v su t
I'VE men; NO; 4, atDlc sk s3n co So,
$275,OUO ano. enpA s9l Tug e sa1E oo6
No. 3 at Marmet, eos LIZ. ~ al
Charleston, costing 1897 ,625 and en-
ploytng eight men, 20 a. Z - s,,i1,
bans, costing 30 ; ana tso,d cnS{ins
eight men; NO % a. ~ eie;,t -,,e1S.
1921 ,9z5 ana empL ltss.,l. 1880 e1,S
NO. at Wooas; coss .l ~ ~ ~ ~ Rob-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
SuPERINIENDENTS
of the West Virginia Method
list Conference Hold Meet
inn at Waldo Hotel.

A superintendents' meeting of the
West Virginia Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church ended at
the Waldo hotel last evening. The
object OF the meeting was to bring
modern finance into the churches of
the conference. Those present were
burg; the Rev. s. F. Townsend, Of
Elkins; the Rev. w. D. Reed, of Oak
land, Md; and the Rev. DR.. Ford, Of
New York, field SECRETARY Of the
church finance commission.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
OFFICES
AT Three Places in This State
Handling Mail Are Ordered
Discontinued.
,epre,Al 70 rAr TELEeaAN,

WASHINGTON, D. c., April a.
Three west Virginia postofaces are
to be discontinued May 10, by order OF
the postmaster general. Mail intend
ed for Lead Mine, Tucker county, will
be sent after that date to Parsons;
mail for Via, Mercer county, will go
after that date to Princeton; and mail
for Wattsville, Braxton county. viii
90 after that date to Strange Creek
The postoffice at ArviIla, Peasants
county will be superseded on May 10
by rural delivery from Bens Run.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
.sINITH NAMES
Two Of the Seven Members of
His Force of Federal Dep
uty MarshaiS.

United States Marshal NED
Smith has announced the appoint
ment of two of the seven deputies
that compose his force. They are;
Charles Price Cook, OF Wood coln-
ty, to be- third office deputy In the
ONCE at Parkersbur /.
whose chief dut les be y Ee: seFEice
Of process In count ties Of Wood. Pleas
ants, GiImer, Writ, Richie and Call
houns Charles r !. "A Ilson s Of Chester,
with temporary ddltarterg at
Philippi.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
FITZGERALD ELECTED.
To Membership on Board of Di-
rectors of the Terminal
Railroad Association.

John Fitzgerald, OF St. Louis, SUI
perintendent Of terminals at St.
Louis for the LouisviSS and Nash
Vile railroad, has been elected a
member of the board Of directors Of
the Terminal Railroad Association,
succeeding George e. Evans, vice
president of the Louisville aad Nash
Vile railroad. resigned.
Mr.. Fitzgerald is brother of Mrs.
Agnes Francis, widow of Michael j.
Francis, former sheriff of this coun-
ty, and he Is quite well known here
as he has visited Clarksburg fire.
quently.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
MIR. TRAVIS DEAD.

John Travis, aged % years and
single, an employee of the Consolida-
ton Coal Company, died in Cooks hos
pitaI at Fairmont at 1880 o'clock to-
day. He was operated on there ten
days ago for appendicitis. His home
was at Watson. He had many rela-
tives here, among whom is Mrs. P. J.
Lyden, cousin. The funeral. will be
held Friday at Watson.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
And Officers OF the Company
Express Opinion None VIII
Escape Alive.
EIeHT BODIES TAKEM oUT
No Gas is Detected and Experts
DO Not Believe the Mine
is on Fire.
or AssoeiaTEp Ppxss

i COOLIES, April 2e-EIope that
some OF the ITS miners imprisoned
in Mine NO. 5 of the New river col.
lieriess Company. wrecked with Nina
No. by an explosion yesterday
might still be alive stirred the
throng on the mountainside shortly
before noon. rescue party driven.
out Of No g. reported they had heard
sounds of digging beyond the bar
riers of debris choking the connsct-
ing entry. "A party of fresh miners
was hurried in to the entry and at
tackled the fallen mass OF rock with
renewed vigor.
Earlier IN the day Governor Hat
field and Chief Inspector Henry
headed a party OF mining engs@z
and superinte in an effort 70
eter No. 5. They were compelled to
give up the attempt because of the;
distractions. The lrew from rescue
Car No. q, of the Bureau OF Mines,
has been steadily at work since fts
arrival and many experienced miners
from the surrounding country haVa
been carefully organized by the gov
eminent engineers so that the work
of clearing away to the buried men
may proceed with the least possible
interruption.
Twenty-Five doctors nave arrived
here and a carload of coffin came 20.
day. A great crowd has collected o.
the mountainside silently waiting
until the galleries OF No. are uns
sealed and Their tragedic story told.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-04-29
GUIDE GOES CRAZY.

Michael Cornin, the Adirondack
guide ana hotel owner who won
fame by driving Theodore Roosevelt
then vice president, on a hazar dOe1s
midnight trip through the North
Woods to the nearest railroad sta
ton, when news was received at the
Roosevelt camp of the President
DcKinley'e assassination, in B90S,
has been adjudgei insane and taken
to a state institution at Ogdensburg.