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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-09
RAILROAD TINE TABLE
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
"Corn Belt Route" s
r,0VAyHN GNVYrKY

No. st Joe and K G.
limited ...... ........... sos .. N.
No. Six. c. Mail & Express S:1S p. N.
No. 6-kansas City ana St
Joseph ...... ......... 1890 q. n.
No. Sway Freight 500. .l0:36 q. IA.
No, 55-Des Moines Mail =. 6:A6 p. m.
GOING NORTH.
No. Irwin Cities Limited 1850 p. m.
No. Chicago and st. Paul
Express ................. s:%5 a. m.
No. 81 ................. 1850 p. m.
enc. So-Way Freight 49,. 7:45 .. m.
No. Chicago Filler ......10:3S p. a.
Except Sunday.
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MINNEAPOLIS 4 OF. Il
LoUlA

MINNEAPOLIS 4 OF. louOA
NORTH BOUND. aava
Twin cities Mail (daily)... Sis Z. -
Mason City Mail (ex. SUM- $50 p. =.
Twin City Limited DAILY Size. =.
Local Freight (ex. SUM- =. e:le q. =,
SOUTH BOUND.
st. Louis and Kansas City
Mali ldaily) -. ........ g:ss >. =.
Peoria Express (ex. Sum-. SOS Z.
az. Louis and Peoria Lin.
tied (daily) .......... 4:o1 q =.
Local Freight Cox. SUM- :. Zee Z. u.
STORY CITY BRANCH.
Leave. ArsavA
$40 .. m. Stock Dxpreso
(sxcspe Sunday ........ S:l0 -
's:1o .. u. Mixed (sz.osn.). Asl6 -
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CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN.
GOING WEST

GOING WEST.
No. 1l-Denver Special -. 1885 Q. n.
No. Los Angeles Limited 5:2S .. m.
No. s-China and Japan
Express ...... .......... $500 .. N.
No. 29-Ames Passenger ..11:0S .. N.
No. 6-Des Aoines Passen-
ger ...... .............. o:SO p. n
No. 1s-Hawkeye Express. 800 p. N.
No. 17-OreEon and WASH
ington Special .......... 4:46 q. n.
No. A3-Local Freight ..1l:2L q. m.
GOING EAST.
No. S-Los Angeles Limited 3:37 .. n.
No. 14-Denver Special 80. $3.50 .. n.
No. does Moines Passen-
ger ......... ............ SIS q. N.
No. 12-Denver Special -. 1910 p. m.
No. 1S-Oregon and WASH
ington Special .......... asa .. m.
No. 30-Clinton Passenger. 3:1l p. m.
No. atlantic Express :. S:15 p. m.
No. 22-Chicago Special ...12:05 q. m.
No. l0-Eastern Express :. SIS Q. n.
No. 42-Local Freight 800. 1850 p. N.
Nos. s. ~. 4 and ~ daily except Sun.
day. No. 30 daily to Cedar Rapids.
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Z Pedestrianism: Edward Payson Wes-
ton. tho pedestrian. arrived at Milwau-
kee. ending his walk Of l.6%s miles from
New York city. whence Ao started
June
Mining Accident: 10 miners killed In .
collsery accident ct Tower City. Pa
War Game: War game 6etWeon battle.
ships. torpedo boats and submarines Of
tho north Atlantic aest and forts at
tho eastern end Of Long Island sound
opened with Admiral Charles J. Badger
in command eI The enemy tnavy) and
Gen. T. H Barry hoad oe the defend.
ia6 6zE.
Obituary: osorss Hitchcock. noted Amer
lean painter. o. the Island Of Aarken.
Holland: aSed O.
PERSONAL: Federation Of H L Wilson.
ambassador % Asdce, accepted b. the
president
& Sporting: Ps<se volo made . new
worlds trotting record fer 3-year-olds
at Kalamaxoo. going The Afst mile In
Tea
Fire: Blue Mountain HOUSE. . famous
hotel IN the Blue Nldge &c Pen Mar.
Pa. destroyed BY IRE: loss shout Goo.-
ooe
& World Tour: J. n. Nsars arrived IN
New York city. snAins IN around the
world trip In 5 days. = heure. . min.
utes aud ~ eeoondA Q reoor4
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kCuSlc8ls Raymond fOlnCdrO WAS N
auEurated president of France.
the doposed Mexican president. was
killed by the revolutionists
Fire: Over 5000 buildings were burned in
Tokyo: loss 32.600.01
4 Obituary: Ye Ho Ma In, titular en-
press dowager Of China, at Picking:
aged =.
Mexico: The deposed president and vice
president Of Mexico. liadero and sua-
rex, were killed In Q mysterious man
ner while under guard BY revolution
lists.
q. Sporting: Alfredo Do Orc. the pool
champion, defeated Thomas Hueston,
challenger for the worlds champion
ship. BY q score Of 100 to 157.
q Fire: The burning Of the Dewey hotel.
Omaha, caused . heavy loss Of life.
MARCH.
L shipwreck: British steamer calvados
foundered In the sea Of Marmora; 200
Fire: Loss Of $4,000 at Arsenta, Kan.
BY the burning Of the Gulf Compress
companys plant.
L Disaster at Sea: German torpedo boat
destroyer s-i7s sunk in collision OH
Helgoland and u Of the crew persisted.
Political: woodrow Wilson inaugurated
a. the 18th president Of the United
States.
q Historical: The ship Niagara. which
Commodore Perry used IN hts victo-
s1ous battle on Lake Erie In 1sl3 was
raissd from the bottom Of the lake
near Efta. Pa
Balkan War: The Greeks captured ia
AHA from the TurkA securing 1890
pe1so0erA
Political: The senate confirmed Presi-
dent Wilson'S cabinet examinations ~
follows: stats. william J. Bryan Of
Nebsaska: treoap&s gN11ame Gibbs
McAAoo Of New York; war. knAisy
Murray Garrison ~. Nov Jsrssx; at-
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augurated president Of the Cuban re-
public.
z Centenary: Tho Tooth anniversary Of
the birth Of Richard Wagner. the mas
ter composer. celebrated throughout
Germany.
a. Accident: 81 people killed and many
injured BY the collapse Of . pier at
Long Beach. Cal
Sporting: Jerome D. Travers won the
metropolitan amateur golf champion
ship in New York. defeating A. =.
Hammer.
Personal: Princess Victoria Luiss OF
Prussia and Prince Earnest Augustus
Of Cumberland married In Berlin.
a Ship Disaster: ~ persons killed by the
destruction Of the steamer Nevada By
Turkish mines In the gulf Of Smyrna.
Obituary: Gen. James Heaton Baker.
civil war soldier. editor and historian.
at Mankato. Mimi: aged 81
q. Convention: United Confederate Vet
Grams met at Chattanooga.
n Personal: Bennett H. Young elected
commander In chief Of the United Con-
federats Veterans.
Obituary: Lord Avebury (slr John Lub-
bock), distinguished British scholar and
author. in London: assd n.
- Balkan War: Treaty Of peace between
Turkey a13 tie Balkan allies signed
at London.
TO tho Maine Heroes: National monu-
ment 20 commemorate the nartyrdsm
of the crew OF the battlsship Maine
unveiled In New York.
q. Sporting: whisk Broom II. won the
metropolitan at Belmont Park. N. T..
whore racing was resumed after three
years suspsnsion-
JUNE.
Z Obituary: =. A. ober. ornithologist ana
author. It Hackensack. N. J.; aged g
Alfred Austin. poet laureate Of Eng
lanA, ct Ashford, England: asod n
PeAestrianism: e. r. Weston started
from New York city on walking
match TO Minneapolis. expecting to
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-03

p IFE at a cable relay station on
the westward course Of empire
IL Is loneliness sublime. There one
watches day and night the swing
back and forth Of the siphon re-
corder Of the Morse code. which brings
to the cable hut the news Of the world.
its policies, its pulse Of commerce,
and every dot which comes in from
the Orient must be relayed for its
next leap to the waiting Occident, and
every western dash must be sped on
ward as an eastern dash that the
world may 30 ahead. That Is Midway,
station on the Commercial Pacific
cable. Few have ever heard Of this
remote outpost.
Out at Midway Is a vedette Of civil
lization, two dozen men and women.
The sun glare Is over them; they all
60 goggled lest their eyes be burned
In their sockets. Even variety has
gone from their lives In the lonely
exile; there Is neither variableness
nor shadow OF turning. Also the wind
10 not fatful; all day long for months
on end 1t blows from just the same
corner of the horizon and the sand
which whirled In yesterdays blast
will dance the same endless whirl TO-
day and again tomorrow. The rains
will come on their appointed days;
Just SO many gallons will pelt down
Is this day a year ago and the clouds
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Masons to Relieve BeIqians.

Cincinnati. Ohio.-At a meeting of
prominent Masons from all over the
country here a movement nationwide
In its scope was launched to procure
funds to aid the war sufferers in Eu-
rope. Forty six of the forty nine
grand masters of the country ex-
pressed their approval Of the plan.
while the other three Communicates
have not been heard from. 1t is esti.
mated that there are 1,5S0,0o0 Masons
in the United States and 1t is hoped
to secure at least 81 each from them.
The relief will not be confined to Ma.
sons or their families but will be Civ.
en- to all the suffering. as far as prac-
ticable.
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covered with grass and low bushes.
Lower Brooks. Sand island, about .
quarter of q mile west, rises to tho
comparatively imposing height of
fifty-five feet; but what 1t makes up
In altitude It loses in vegetation, its.
covering Of grass being much thinner.
1t Is mile and q half long. three
quarters Of q mile wide.
olarine Coral Sand.
The corals, on which the islets are
based, Of whose disintegration they
are in fact composed, are principally
mesndrinas and madrepores, 40
shown by the specimens still growing
In the lagoon as well as by the frag-
ments In the dry soil which have not
yet been reduced by the weather.
The sand, which ID the product Of the
teaching Of the dead coral by the rain.
is a clear white, very glaring in the
bright sun and remarkably trying to
the eyes.
In the center and eastern part Of
the Sand island the disintegrating
coral has been compacted by the rains
into stiff lime crust about a third of
an inch thick and forming q glistening
surface which requires considerable
force to break. On the immediate
shores Of the island the sand is about
eighteen inches deep before the frag-
ments of coral begin to appear Of any
size; the higher levels are apparently
The Raymer enterprise., 1914-12-03
WEDGE OF RUSSIANS .SUNDERS
AuSTRlANS FROM GER.
MAN ALLY.
NEW TROOPS TO POLAND
Won HINDENBERG's ARMY SPLIT
INTO THREE PARTS BY GRAND
DUKES STRATEGY.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

western Newspaper Union News Service. ss
London. Dec. Another day OF the
crucial battle between the Russians
and the Germanic allies in Poland has
passed without news OF decisive re
suit. The Berlin official statement
says that there is nothing Of import.
ance to report from Poland while the
Russian government rests upon It's
warning against over-optimism. The
facts. as Cleaned from various mes
sages OF correspondents, appear to b.
that three semi-independent engage.
ments are progressing between Thorn
on the north and Cracow on the south,
In which both combatants have
achieved local successes. without dis
tiact victory for either arms.
Some Of the British military experts
believe that Field Marshal Won Hin.
denburg's forces have been split into
three units. one OF which certainly is
almost completely enveloped, while
the Russians have driven a wedge BE-
tween the German army and its Aus
trian ally In the region OF Cracow.
They declare that the Germans
have consistently underestimated the
qualities Of their Muscovite opponents,
and have opposed them with a body
composed almost wholly Of second.
line troops. but are now rushing
heavy reinforcements from the west.
ern line to avert Polish Sedan.
They express the opinion that the
issue depends on whether these arrive
In time.
Berlin reports the failure Of the
Russian attack on the forts east Of
Darkehmen In East Prussia, with
heavy losses. while unofficial mes
sages from Petrograd describe i'm
portant Russian gains and the capture
of ten miles Of trenches to the north
east of Lodz.
Adyices from Holland report that
railway traffic. newspapers and posts
IA ehV huoocio TcBiou are eutlT6ly
suspended. it is presumed, for the pur.
pose of suppressing news of move
ment OF German troops to the east
ward.
The only development OF the day in
the western theater was the renewal
of the British naval bombardment Of
the German base at Zeebrugge.
England was surprised at the an
nouncement that King George had left
on a visit to the headquarters of the
British forces in France.
Monday was the fortieth birthday Of
Winston Spencer Churchill. first lord
of the admiralty. and the papers pay
a tribute to his remarkable career.
The SEVENTEEN birthday of the
queen mother Alexandra will be cele.
brated today.
Luxembourg reports that the Ger.
mans have paid substantial sum for
damages resulting from their occupa-
tion Of the grand duchy.
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and pursuit Of the Russian center was
to draw or the second and third
armies from East Prussia and Galicia.
What these lesser Slav forces are do.
ing, has not been revealed.
Veil Of Secrecy.
The veil Of secrecy has been
drawn over the battles between
the Russians and the Austro. German
forces. The headquarters of both
armies now are confining themselves
to the briefest statements concerning
the hostilities. saying merely that
fighting is In progress.
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entirely aolian, mere dune drift of
sand swept by the wind from the
beaches; at any rate digging to such
depth as was possible In the loose
and readily sliding material failed to
disclose anything but sand.
Water is nowhere visible, in fact
there can be said to be no supply Of
fresh water at all. Pits along the
beach will yield water at q depth OF
about four feet and this Is potable.
As is SO commonly the case in the
Line islands nearer the equator, this
water is sea water, filtered and sweet
ened by percolation through the coral
sand One such pit will be found serv.
iceable in general for about a month.
a brief life for a well.' but matter Of
no great moment. since another pit
may be dug to fresh supply within
few feet.
Plenty Of Birds and Fish.
II the land is of little worth, the
sea and the air bear an inordlnate
share Of the burden of food for man.
Small as the islets are. the number Of
birds passes all reckoning; one may
mention a million merely as a con.
venient unit of measure.
The albatross grudges mankind the
room to walk about in, the BOBBY is
as absurd and foolish and altogether
well named on Midway as wherever
found, the Sandwich tern is under foot
and an excellent table bird, the bos'n
bird and the frigate are found at GER
tain seasons on their nests, and the
plover and the curlew are In sufficient
quantity to find their way to the bill
OF fare. In the lagoon Is abundance
of fish, cod. sea perch, the always
toothsome mullet, mackerel and the
gaudy coryphenas. SO brilliant in the.
varied coloring that to put them into
the pan seems almost to desecrate
the rainbow by cooking 1t. The tre.
pang, or beche-de-mer. may be had
with no more exertion than that Of
picking its dark ugliness from the
clear bottoms Of the tide pools, and
those who lave had oriental table ev-
perience recognize that 1t may be
made into the most savory of soups.
A delicious cookie is somewhat sparse.
ly found and many univalve mollusks
afford plentiful supply " palatable
foods.
In the crevices of the sea reefs
which skirt the lagoon lie hidden
many large crustaceans. These are
rarely seen, for their habit is secre-
tive; but pot baited overnight with
somewhat high fragments OF Ash ID
usually found well filled In the morn.
Ing and the size OF the crustaceans
runs rather higher than our best lob
sters. They lack the strong claws OF
the lobster; they are more Of the
squilla type. but the meat is very fine
eating and abundantly wholesome,
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OUTPUT OF SUGAR BEETs.
Colorado Produces Nearly one-third Of
Total In United States.

Soioraoo PRODUCES Nearly Ohe-tntro OF
Total In United States.
Washington.-Th Department of
Agriculture estimates the beet and
sugar production of Colorado this year
as follows. Area harvested, 10000
acres; total production Of beets. 1,552,-
900 tons; average per acre. III tons;
value, sS,642,O0O; average price per
ton. $5.57.
Sugar production. $4,000 TONS per-
centage of sugar extraction to beets.
1913; per short ton Of beets, 24G
pounds.
A statement by the Department of
Agriculture also says:
Reports from sugar beet factories,
based chiefly upon results for the be-
ginning Of the campaign. indicate that
the area of beets harvested for sugar
making in 1914 will be 100000 acres,
and the production 5,147,000 tons. The
total sugar production, according to
these preliminary returns. is expected
to be C64, 900 short tons, which is about
$4,000 tons less than in 1918, and near
ly $4,000 less than in 1912.
while the beet crop is approximate
ly 100000 tons less In 1914 than in
1913, the average yield per acre in
1914 was exceeded only twice in the
past fourteen years; once in 1906,
when the average yield was 11.26 tons
per acre, and again in 1911, when the
average was 10.GS.
'The average yield Of sugar per ton
Of beets promises to be practically the
same In 1914 as in 1913"
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will roll aside with strict observance

will roll aside with strict observance
of the calendar.
Life is monotony; monotony stereo-
typed. Four times in the year comes
break. Once every ninety days the
supply schooner comes from Honolulu.
with mail from home. papers and
fresh food; once In so often a new op-
orator comes to take his trick at send
ing; once In SO often comes the
chance for weariness. to get back to
land where things happen and rules
have exceptions.
Here in picture and in text is Mid
way, outpost of empire, relay station
Of news, wind-blasted sunburnt home
of three and twenty pioneers. But
there is no lack of those who would
pioneer In the midst of the sea. At
the executive Offices of the cable COM
pany they will tell you that they have
more applications for a Midway billet
than they can fill. There is a five-
year contract into which the operators
on this distant post enter, but II the
solitude proves too much for anyone
on the island there are SO many on
the waiting list that relief is always
granted.
Part of Great Bird Preserve.
Way back in 1867 the tiny group.
then known as Brooks islands from
their supposed discoyerer, was an
nexed by the U. S. s. Lackawanna be-
cause the Pacific Mail company
thought 1t wanted 1t for a coaling sta
tion. The islands lie some fifteen
hundred miles northwest Of Honolulu
and between them and the Hawaiian
group is a string Of uninhablted islets
that, together with Midway, have been
set aside as a national seabird pre-
serve patroled by revenue cutter to
keep OF the poachers.
OF the Midway group, Brooks island
is a roughly pear shaped lagoon atoll
entirely surrounded by barrier reef
Of coral, with two passages sufficient
ly wide to permit vessels Of consider
able draft to enter the lagoon. The
atoll Is about two and half miles
long and varies in width from half q
mile to two and half miles, the
greatest breadth being toward the
southwest. The passages through the
reef lie on the west and northwest
sides. The lagoon is fully mile and
a half wide at Its widest and complete
ly surrounds what little land there Is;
It Is thickly sown with patches Of
coral which In many large masses
reaches close to the surface, but boat
channels may be found by careful
steering and there is no danger, since
the water Is always still.
The land is found at the east side
Of the lagoon, two islands each little
more than mile long. Middle Brooks.
or Eastern island. rises to height of
about fifteen feet, coral sand thinly
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ARMY ESTIMATE is $1o4,t24,512
War Department Asks Congress for
100000 increase Over That
Of Last Year.

Observation-Disclosures aggre-
eating 10i,12i,5l2 to carry the army
through the coming year are proposed
in estimates which the War Depart.
ment has just completed for submis.
sion to Congress This is an increase
Of s2.105,3o0 over the total carried by
the army bill for the current year, al.
though reductions are made in the al.
lowances for many branches of the
service.
A new item Of s15o,ODO for purchase
of automatic machine rifles is asked.
Altogether s2,s0O,OOO is sought for am.
munition, compared with $4,000, 900
carried In the current law.
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Mine lmperiIs Gotham Harbor.

New York.-A mine with five con-
tact points extending from 1t is afloat
seven miles west Of Fire Island, &C.
cording to Captain Davies Of the
steamship Etonian, in from London.
Captain Davies said he passed the
mine while his ship was bound In.
The spot where the mine is said to be
adrift lies in the pathway travelled by
all transatlantic vessels leaving and
entering New York harbor.,
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coIoradoan Seeks Niagara Falls Job.

Buffalo, N. Y.-The first application
for the office OF city manager of MI
agara Falls under the commission
form of government, was received
from P. w. Pinkerton. city manager Of
Montrose. Colo. The new form is ef.
fective one year hence.
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Cold and Fatigue.
Holy War Proclaimed.

The proclamation of holy war, an
nounced for the first time some ten
days ago, has Just been published at
Constantinople. II is signed by the
sultan and twenty-eight Moslem
priests and calls on the Moslem world
to participate in holy war against
Great Britain, Russia and France.
Turks Are Winning Fast.
Official reports given out in Con.
stantinople relate the continued sue
cessful Turkish advance upon Batum,
the Russian port on the Black Sea.
All the territory between the Turko-
Russian border and the River Chursk
is In Turkish hands. while a Turkish
force in the southern part of this ter.
ritory has taken Artwin. The Turks
declare that the English losses at
Shatt-el-Arab amounted to $50 dead
and several thousand wounded.
Russian Port Bombarded.
The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh, fol-
lowed by a fotilla OF torpedo boats.
appeared of Tauhse, Russia, and
opened fire. hurting 125 projectiles
into the neighborhood. The Russian
artillery Immediately replied with a
very effective fire.
Turks Reach suex Canal.
An official Turkish statement says
that the Turkish troops have reached
the Suez Canal. In fighting near Ell
kantara the English suffered heavy
losses and took fight.