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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14

And the sun next day knocked the
rim off that zero
The Cedar Rapids Republican has
dragged the wooden horse of Troy
into discussion of the political s,tua-
ton in Iowa with the Des Moines
Register and Leader inside il. And
the horse isn't the only wooden thing
In politics just now. Note the wooden
Medicines that makes the capitol ex-
tension an ISSUE
The man who buys cars is asking
himself whether that IS a day comes
out OF Mr.. Ford or whether he ;sn'-
prominent contributing agency him
self.
At any rate Mr.. RowIey has gained
some good advice by reason of his
candidacy. The printers all seem TO
agree that he should change the make
up OF the Keosauqua Republican.
Why is it that when some fellow who
ought TO have been kept in the pen
gets out thru trick he hurries TO de-
mand "vindication" when he should
be satisfied with getting outdoors?
Down in the Second district the bull
moosers have made a proposition OF
fusion to the republicans. The plan
advanced by the b. ms. is for the re-
publicans to all join the bull moose
party or to refrain from making any
nomination which seems to cover the
ground thoroughly from a b. m. stand
point.
Would 1t be better to keep Harry
Thaw in and continue the present
fuss indefinitely or to turn him loose
and give him a chance TO kill another
man and start something altogether
new and fresh?
The bullheadedest man on earth is
the one who simply will not be con-
WINGED that you are right and he is
wrong.
Perhaps the Ford case is another IL
lustration Of easy come, easy go"
The father and son movement in
cludes a vast field Of opportunity from
a conference in the woodshed to a
new racing automobile.
Ohio has adopted a compulsory road
dragging law very much like the Iowa
law. There one Of the township trus-
tees is designated as superintendent OF
dragging and he employees the draggers
at so cents per mile Of road dragged.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
CHAPTER II.
BY
BERTRAND BABcOcK
Locked In IN. Chamber Of Horrors.

Locked In the Chamber 81 Horrors.
lT the henlike retreat Of the
Ih Hon. Mrs. Beamish Tom Lam
I7 bert laughed long and loud. re-
peating some OF her phrases OF
pity for the old woman who had robbed
her.
Finally his mirth over. be put one
leg partially across the jury box rail-.
intending to leave the place. seek out
Mrs. Reamish and have good laugh
at her expense. But the voices OF Sar-
toris and Mrs. D'AQuila outside de-
tered him and again frOxe bis face to
likeness Of his conception OF wax.
The new Or. Crippen was quite i'm
movable when Sartoris and the won.
an who maintained that she was the
wife Of Brancaster came into the
cha mber Of horrors.
I'VE shall be all right bere. she
said Il suppose there's no chance OF
our getting shut in. There's notice
here about the hydraulic door closing
automatically after the bell rings"
Sartoris laughed.
Only to frighten the pumpkins" be
responded, land add to the horrors. II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
CERTAIN MEN ABOUT TOWN.

Every town has one or more of them.
They are the men who are allowed lee
way for reasons nobody seems to be
able to give. They are mixed IN law
breaking affairs, connected with
crooked schemes. and defiant of public
opinion. Sometimes they are sure
thing gamblers, sometimes crooked
promoters, sometimes one thing and
sometimes another, but always to be
counted on the side of disorder and vio
lation of statutes and Of moral laws.
Those who prowi the streets seeking
innocence unguar6ed or youth cor
rupred get advice and information
from them. If scandal in low life de-
velops or a crime against weakness
works to the surface their names are
practically certain 70 be connected one
it is that they often live their lives out
and flourish in vice and crime n ,ns
towns notable for good citizenship and
general decency.
Those fellows are as dangerous as
wolves and hyenas, and as unfit 10 be
at large. To a cunning and a sort OF
shrewdness they add criminal disre-
gard OF law and order, utter lack Of
moral consciousness and an under
ground boldness. Disgrace means moth
ing 20 them. Good opinion is no in
centive. Responsibility is a word with
out definition. Sneakingly predatory,
tndecently courageous, they are men
ace to the towns they live in.
The type is easy to recognize. Every
one knows t. because every town is af-
ficted with it 1t differs in towns mere
ly as one prowling thing differs from
another. 1t is a type that should be
locked up IN public protection. hunted
down and driven away as DANGEROUS
vermin.
Six weeks Of careful and sincere e,-
fort on the part of the police Of towns
thus afflicted would result in one Of
two situations: Either this type would
be in jail awaiting trial on a serious
charge or he would be in full flight
seeking hiding place ard sanctuary.
And in either case It would be a good
Job. Why not get busy?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING.

dubuque leiegTaDh- Herald
At the expiration of the city.s 5-year
contract with the Union Electric com
pany for street lighting 1t should
undertake to light its own streets for
reasons OF economy. We could Ugh,
the city all night and every night and
more literally than now and save sew
eral thousand dollars by the enter
prise.
Jacksonville. Fla. not only lights its
own streets but does commercial light
ing also. 1t has a popula ton Of 10000
and makes an annual profit of s4.55 per
capita. It's municipal electric light
plant Is valued at s515,7o3 of which
S111.039 was paid out of money raised
by bond issue. The balance was paid
out of the plants earnings and the
plant is fully paid for.
For the year 1910 the net earnings
We're s252.7s9.59. or 4s per cent on the
value of the plant, or 147 per cent on
the city's investment. Beside wiping
out it's original cost. Jacksonville's
electric light plant paid into the city's
general tax fund between 1901 and
1909 the sum Of s47s.s25.17. or $685.
3S0.3s more than the city invested in
the plant.
This record was not made by over
charging consumers. either. The price
for electric current in Jacksonville is
II cents, as compared with an average
Of IL cents in much larger cities OF
the East and South.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
SECOND DISTRICT POSSIBILITIES
Davenport Democrat


1t is just as we'll that we are to have
the special congressional election in
less than month, for the political stu
alton will be Of quite over-shadowing
interest in the Second district until
Feb. 10.
Quite number Of questions must be
answered in this thirty days. The selec-
ton of the democratic candidate is
practically equivalent to naming Con-
gresham Peppers successor, but the
question as to who will be the republic
can candidate is still to be answered.
c. P. Hanley. of Muscatine. seems to
be willing and likes to carry the pro-
gressive banner. but no republican so
far has offered to lay himself on the
altar of party loyalty. Two years ago
the party let the nomination go by de-
fault but with the eyes of the country
focused on the district at this time.
they are hardly likely to do so. Chair
man Woods. OF the republican con-
gressional committee. an Iowan him
self. is reported as watching the situa-
ton with the same interest az the
democratic and progressive chairman,
and ready to lend national aid to the
candidate nominated. A draft may be
necessary, pUt we are leIt 10 presume
that II necessary q candidate will be
drafted. The determination of the pro-
gressives to make the race seems to
assure a lively three sided contest. even
If it be short one.
OF course there is always the chance
Of unconditional surrender by either
the republicans or the progressives. But
there is no sign of 1t from the pro-
gressives. and only an occasional sug-
gestion Of it from republicans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
Published Daily BY The
rlMgo. REPUBLICAN PRINTING co
TERMS:
NOT An IOWA SPORT.

Not many weeks ago q negro was
killed in Iowa under circumstances
which are very much to the discredit
Of the. state. Somebody said he was a
bad Niger" a dangerous criminal.
Then party Of enthusiastic and self
appointed sleuths took the colored
mans trail and hunted him like wolf.
The frightened negro was chased like
wolf until somebody finally got in a
shot that brought him down. And
when the battle was over It was found
that the only crime the negro had COM
mitted, so far as known. was in being
black and a stranger.
There Is a tendency evident to pass
~ those who hunted the man down.
One northern Iowa newspaper at least
attempts to Justify the killing.
The good reputation OF the state of
Iowa and OF the community where the
stranger was hunted to death demands
that the matter be fully investigated
and measures taken to discourage
manhunting INDUCED in merely as one
OF the outdoor sports. There should be
no open season for shooting negroes in
Iowa The game laws OF the lower
delta as applied to color are not
adaptable to Iowa It Is true tina,
this merry hunting party that intro
duced the sport into Iowa no doubt
honestly supposed !, was hunting the
tiger instead Of marrying the house
dog and this mistaken ignorance is to
be taken into consideration but a
stranger. whether black or white or
yellow must be safe against the ignor-
ance which accepts an idle tale or
foors word as a warrant to shoot and
slay. A lesson is needed.
Let US have no moro attempt TO
dodge an investigation and to cover up
q crime: for the killing o. that wa11-
der1ng colored man was brutal crime,
q disgrace to the state and the comrnu-
nifty in which il took place and its
perpetrators should be punished. Life
must be safe IN Iowa, safe for men OF
all colors and conditions. The killing
of this stranger should be made a
deterrent example noticeable 70 the ig-
norant and excitable from one end of
the state to the other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
A SHAM PLEA


Next 10 the man who fights needed
reform on general principles comes the
man who wants 70 ruin the movement
by OVERRIDING it.
The Cedar Rapids Repu biican is
sudden convert to the referendum
Inc Republican is such a convert that
1t wants every proposition for over
$4,000 in Iowa submitted to a vote of
the state
The Evening Tribune assumes shat
no intelligent man Is honestly in favor
OF any such thing
Practically every appropriation OF
the legislature today runs above this
limit. and i, is unthinkai Die that the
people should interest themselves in
the details Of every state institution
sufficiently to go TO the polls and vote
inteilisently, even il our experience
with getting the people to the polls for
incidental matters were encouraging.
The Republican wants to have a
referendum because the particular APP
preparation it complains of deals with
Dess Moines. 1t is not calling for
referendum on the money spent at
Iowa City. or Ames or Fort Madison
The Republican is not for the ref
erendum at ALL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
IOWA OPINION AND Morea

The Abba Union suggests with the
oncoming depression In business the
idle element will increase instead OF
diminish and the loafing place for such
being ordinarily the free open house.
they will drift there. II the churches
would open their highly furnished
churches for the masses and make
loafers feel free to enter and enter
tain themselves with good reading and
free lunch occasionally, perhaps they
would at least get a part of this
patronage"
IF. as some OF the courts have held,
the Mann act does not apply to these
little private escapades.' it is hard
ly to be doubted that popular senti-
ment 10 almost unanimous in the be-
lief that IL should be quickly amended
SO that 1t can be so applied says the
Sioux City Tribune.
1T is possible" suggests the waverly
Independent, that there may be in
terest in Rowley's candidacy for the
gubernatorial nominate to send the
movie men down to Keosauqua to
take few views of that ancient and
quiet little burg on the big bend of
the Des Moines river in Van Buren,
county,
With the progressive party putting
candidates in the field ali along the
line and the republican and democratic
parties insisting on homestead rights
in the matter of progressive principles.
there is every indication" says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, that the
election next fall will in effect be q
sort OF political acid tesla sort of
conflict for the survival OF the Attest"
Under the commission plan it will
not De necessary for the moosers to
enter candidates for the city election"
points out the Sioux City Journal
The fact that Mr.. Rowley has
summed the photogra Pliers for twenty
years indicates he is too modes. to
ever become successful politician"
says the Des Moines Tribune.
II is not blowing ourselves. but
making cheap investment TO buy
these grounds now before they have
eovanced further in price" SAYS the
Charter Oak Times, referring TO the
capitol extension.
Inc Hopkinton Leader does not be-
neFe that Mr.. Row!ey will get very far
with his controversy or his candidacy.
Inc man with a crouch seldom wins
In either business or politics" the
Leader continues. Busy people have
something else TO think Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
Iona Newspapers
SOCIAL CENTER WORK,
lDes Mo;nes Cap;.aL1

The school board and the principals
of the high schools are just beginning
10 realize that school houses may be
OF use IN more ways than furnishing
pace Tor children to learn their les
sons. Inc social center programs
"hich have been outlined are only the
beginning OF movement which is
destined to develop tremendously in
me years TO come. Children and par
en,s as well are certain 10 be enter
tanned and educated while the social
advantages OF thus bringing the faith
ers and mothers together are manifold.
Inc capital sees bright future ahead
q the social center movement az ap-
pAed TO the city high school buildings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14

The New Or. crippsn Was Quite I'm.
movable.
1t did close they'd hear us shout. l ex-
pect.'
The chance OF 1t had impressed the
woman.
They wouldn't" she said. II no.
ticed that There's unified door be-
yond. and on the last stroke Of the
clock every attendant will be rushing
out for a last drink. Saturday night.
you know. ! don't want to be locked
in here until Monday"
lin the dark. too commented the
other. III 1t comes Oh Ill sit and hold
your hand"
Directly beneath Lambert and in the
same spot formerly occupied by MIS-.
Beamish Nrs. D'Aauila seated herself
and notioned the captain to her side.
We'll. sit and talk quickly" she said
I'm in Z hurry. rye brought you all
I could spare" She held out number
of banknotes to him. Notes. thought
,ou'd prefer theln-3OO-toward that
interest"
'Sban't ever be grateful enough" be
said
quite sure you won't she re-
sponded.
I'm give you something in return"
he went on gioofn;,y.
How sweet Of you. What is itf'
bad news
Good gracious"
''That horse OF Beverley-The Whip
has been tried-a fiier-the Two
Thousands a certainty"
There was one moment while Sar-
toris was giving this piece Of stable in
formation when Lambert. The Whips
trainer, had much difficulty in remen
bering that he was an image of wax.
He moved suddenly and had great diff
nculty in not lea wing bis perch and Civ
Ing Sartoris the tj.rashing be knew he
deserved. Hut he believed that, since
they were now on the subject of bis
vastly rewarded
Mrs. D'Aqula had not seemed star
lied at what Sartoris had said.
That doesn't sound bad" she said.
III one had bit on at, say. twenty
mo chance" came from the captain.
"Di must have told Brancaster. for he
caught Kelly. the big booknaker. half
drunk and OF his guard and rushed
him with three big bets. II The Whip
wins bell win q fortune"
"Brancaster" she exclaimed in voice
Of gloom. now thoroughly aroused.
"Yss. He'll have lots Of money to
light you with. II the horse gets beat
he'll be nearly broke"
In deep and dark thought the woman
now was.
Horses do get beat sometimes" she
said.
YES" said sartoris. equally gloomy.
That's what Kel-what . chap know
said. When Klarfkof was favor1te for
the Lsesr be got burned in his box"
''ln his stable?" she asked.
''No. horse boz on the railway" he
tsturned.
II woaler how Il was done.. sAS
,aid in = tone that might have stood
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
PAYING THE INCOME TAN.
dubuque Telesraph-H Herald

Time has arrived when everybody
considering himself affected by the in
come tax law should give it attention.
The duty is imposed upon every person
having net income of $4,000 per an
mum to make return Of his gross and
net income to the collector of internal
revenue for the district IN which he
resides. All Of Iowa is embraced in one
district and the office Of the collector
is at Dubuque. Many suppose that they
must await demand by the collector or
one of his deputies before making a
return. These persons are mistaken.
The law puts upon the taxpayer the
duty Of asking for blank on which
to make a return. Failure of a tax
able person to observe this requirement
is punishable by a penalty OF from $50
to $1,000 and it is safe to assume that
the penalty would be at least twice the
amount Of the tax 1t was sought to
evade. There are heavy penalties also
for fraudulent returns.
In deciding whether he is a person
with net" income of $4,000 a year.
the citizen needs reminder that the
term in this usage is intended to ex-
clude from consideration as income
only the income from government
bonds and the bonds of state or any
political subdivision thereof. and in
come received as an officer or salar!ed
employe Of state or any political d.
vision thereof. It is not intended that
in deciding. in connection with the
question of whether or not he has a net
income OF $1,000 a year, the citizen shall
take into account the specific exemp-
ton OF $1,000 allowed persons married
and living together. or the deductions
permitted by the law to be made from
gross income. such as business ex-
penses, depreciation. losses. etc.
One fact of the new law which is not
generally understood is that it repeats
the corporation excise tax law and with
it the specific exemption Of 5000 al
lowed corporations. The latter must,
FOR the whole year 1913 and thereafter,
pay taxes on their entire net earnings
not merely on their earnings in excess
of $4,000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14
PRISONERS ON PAROLE.

lDes MONIES Register and LS10er.J
Senator Berry presents very clearly
the argument for the rule Of the board
OF parole that prisoners on release must
remain in Iowa.
But the senator giosses over the
point in controversy when he fails to
make any distinction between a pris-
oner who has violated his parole and
again become criminal.
1t must be apparent to even those
who know nothing about prisons that
a man who is establishing himself
in the confidence Of the community.
after having heen a prisoner. is entitled
to much more liberal Interpretation
Of the technical rules of the parole
board than the man who has escaped
from the surveillance of the board to
gain begin his evil practices.
There is not court in the land
that does not take character into ac-
count. and good behavior, in applying
the rules of the law. There is not a
court in the land that DIES not weekly
overlook breaches Of the law, or ac-
company them with a mere reprimand.
many of them much more serious
breaches than leaving Iowa without
the consent Of the board Of parole.
1t is not necessary to go beyond the
various ciassifications OF homicide re-
cognized in the code TO, illustrate the
wide margin of condemnation the COM
munity visits on the commission Of
precisely the same act, all according to
the circumstances under which it was
committed
But Senator Berry would make a
procrustean bed OF the rule Of the
board OF parole about leaving Iowa-no
matter how the state IL left. no
matter with what results, leaving Iowa
without the consent Of the board Of
parole is penitentiary offense. and
anybody who raises a question proves
by that act hopeless ignorance Of the
whole matter.
After having given due consicera-
ton to all that Senator Berry has to
say. The Register and Leader is az
firmly as ever OF the opinion tina: &C
man should be returned to the peni-
Tertiary unless he has committed or is
in the way Of committing . peniten-
tiary offense. There are other ways OF
securing obedience to the incidental
regulations Of prisons and boards Of
parole.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-14

e1no = eseaps anA would - ooli9e1
y TSmain tlsrs from saturday night
until Monday. i
Now Beverley had Just left her He
~ thrsatsusd T. Gre Lambert ths
6Aek, anA ~ k1sw that the 6alnero
place was n langse.
Her coascsocs smitine ~ she
glanced ~ &C The clock
''Ttve and tWssEy past Z" she said
aloud u be- hard. dry voice. with it,
net Of . too attendant humor. ''ren
o'clock last nigAt Ten 70 tens twelve
hours ana TN 70 half past ssven's an.
ether nins-twsnty-ons hours alone u
that chambee-el horizon! Well, serves
him right. and sood Lesson for him.
Let him dream OF BIZ Nyrtle!'
She tried to turn % something else.
but In spite Of her her thoughts would
20 10 Lambert
"Poor devil" she sighed: ''how hum
gry he must b: wonder Il he has
any cigars with him.
And then though she had quite deter
mined to do no such thing. hef hand.
almost Of IT. own volition and with
certainly no willing force from her.
took up the telephone and her voice
called for Nine. Tussaud's.
without much dimculty she got the
place and explained to the night watch.
man that she bad reason to believe
that "a Mr.. Lambert" was locked in
the chamber Of horrors. She held the
lire for 4 time and finally had the sat
tsfaction Of hearing q humble. discreet
voice at the other end, which still bad
a cold defiance In It beneath the W.
nssr Of humility.
"Ah. LAmbertr' she exclaimed over
the wire. They've got you out. eh9
Tired Of being wax WORTH
But the trainer paid no attention to
the jibing quality Of her tones and
plunged Into q recital Of what he had
heard while be posed a. DR.. Cnppen.
the wire. You're inventtng 1t to get
at me! Tom Lambert, viii you swear
It is trueT'
Lord Beverley entered during her
concluding words and she explained
rapidly to him.
what cock and bull story's this p
he demanded.
But after another short talk WITH
Lambert she continued to Beverley.
Its true! He says he overheard q
plot to kill The Whip. They mean to
uncouple the horse boz at Manifold
junction just the other side Of the
tunnel and leave IL where the down
express III run into II and smash the
whole thing up"
Lord Beverley now talked with Lam
bert In bis turn.
III this story Of yours IL true. whose
plot 10 it - he asked What! Captain
Sartoris: Greville. Are you mad or
drunk. sir. to make such an ACCUSE
don: You'll take your oath upon It?
Going by the same train as The Whip
prevent the horse's starting at any
cost. Yes: I'll do that"
He snapped mp the receiver when
they heard the whistle OF the train a.
1t left Falconhurst station.
You can't. There goes the train"
lamented Mrs. Beamlsh.
TOO later exclaimed Beverley. II
wouldn't have that horse hurt for
three times what she stands to win.
Good heavens. Betty. Harry Arson and
the others-we must save them"
But Mrs. Beamish was already on
her agitated but rapid way to the door.
And we will!' she cried. st Is my
doing. Ny stupid jealousy has led to
1t all. It's my duty to put things
straight and I'm going to do It."
How Qui1zed the marquis.
Give me the big motor and couple
OF men," she said. "and I'll race the
train and get to the tunnel nrst-"
Go be Coutinued.)