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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Lyle Eason, who is attending the
University Of Nebraska at Lincoln, is
home for the holidays with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewar. Eason, North
I-ifth stree.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

The Universal Film Company's pre-
sentation Of Annette Kellermann in
the remarkable. stupendous and costly
film production, "Nepture's Daughter"
will be shown for the first time at the
Odeon Thursday, matinee = at 2:30.
Christmas matinee p. m. The story
that is acted upon the screen concerns
young mermaid who Possesses a
charm by which she can change herself
from mermaid into q woman. She
tires OF her home in the deep sea, and
by use Of her charm, transforms her
SELF into a beautiful woman. The re-
suit IL q charming love affair, and her
lover proposes. Altho she is supremely
happy, she remembers her duty to hel
fasher, and must return to the sea
Ude0n.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

We are headquarters for diamonds.
We have the largest stock that has
ever been in Narshalltown. And our
previous sales have at all times been
most satisfactory. A diamond from
Hodges is right and at the right price.
w. II. Hodges, 5eweler.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
CITY IN BRIEF

o. z. futile. the jeweler.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Members OF the literature depart
ment Of the Womans Club enjoyed
their regular meeting Monday after
noon at the home OF Mrs. E. D. Hamil-
ton, 209 North Center street. The at
tendance was good and an interesting
program included three very good pa
pers in connection with the club study
on Robert Louis Stevenson. Mrs. w.
II. Arney read 1.-THE Lantern Bearer"
Mrs 5. z. Klissiy read from, doctor
Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" and Miss Min
ME Russell gave paper entitled.
"Some Aspects Of Robert Burns" The
program was closed by Miss Evelyn
Lawrence, who played several pleas
ing piano numbers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22
DR.. Burkart. osteopath. IL W. Main.
F. H. Herrold was here from Eldora
Saturday

DR.. Burkart. osteopath. IL W. Main.
F. H. Herrold was here from Eldora
Saturday.
w. H. Ford, Of searsboro, was in the
city Monday.
S. H. Hagen, of Dillon. spent Mon
day in the city.
w. r. Lippincott, of Dillon, was in
the city Monday.
A NJ. Jacobs. of Melbourne, was in
the city Saturday.
D. I. Miller of Albion. was in Mar
shalltown Saturday.
w. r. Lippincott was in the city
from Dillon Monday.
G. f. Schilling was in the city from
State Center Saturday.
Mrs. F. B. Harmon, of Albion, was in
Marshalltown Saturday,
Mrs. Henry Nielandt was in the city
from Gilman Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs w H Brown were in
the city from Conrad Monday.
Thomas and Frank Gill, Of ST. Anth-
ony, were in the city Saturday.
High grade bicycles cheap. K. c.
Cycle Shop. Is North First treet.
j. L. Wiley and H. G. Bennett were
in the city from Gilman. Monday.
r G. Cummins has returned to Des
Moines after a business trip here.
For moving or storage see US. White
Transfer line. IS South First avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Ramsey. of Gill
man, spent Monday in Marshalltown.
James Bor,on and Robert Buschbom
were in the city from St. Anthony
Monday.
Mrs. S. G. Brown and daughter Irene.
OF New Providence, were in the city
Monday.
Order Your sweet cream for Christ
Ivy & Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Nuts. candy and fruit from the OPP
pice Fruit Company means that j, is
fresh and good. Get yours here. OPP
pice Fruit Com pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Mrs. c. Christensen, 40l South Third
street has returned home from visit
to Cedar Rapids.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Mrs. S. G. Brown and daughter Irene.
OF New Providence. were in the city
Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

For Christmas dinner table we are
showing very large assortment of
sterling silver knives and forEs az well
as steak sets, game sets, triyeta, sery-
iers, sandwich plates. 1aiad sei., lemon
sets. olive sets. Most anything you may
think OF for making the table beautiful
w. u. Hodzez jeyeIer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

A A. Cook, of vancleve. was in the
sity Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Country dressed chickens and geese
Kendall & Hines. Star Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Melton arrived
nome this morning from Dumont.
where Tuesday they attended the fu-
neral Of Mrs. Melton's brother, Frank
Angstnann, who Giea Thursday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Remember your friends Christmas
with box of Fords fowers.-Adver
tiSement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Quality gun repairing. *. c. Cycle
Shop. 10 North First street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Claude and Sidney Schickell. OF Colo
were in the city Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

c. c. Swalwell. of Collins. was il
Marshalltown Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

George 2. Shugart was in Ceca
Rapids Monday on business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

H. J. Oehlsen. OF State Center W
in Marshalltown Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

r. H. Gray was IN the city from
State Center Monday.
Miss Nellie Buck was here from
State Center Saturday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

James Borton and Robert Buschbom
were in the city from st. Anthony
NIoplay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Make it q happy Christmas for all
the family. Give them plenty of fruit.
Oranges, bananas, grape fruit, apples,
etc. a big supply at this store. Kendall
& Eineg. Star Grocery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

Mesdames F. r. Preston and a. R.
AYES. of State Center. were in the city
Monday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-22

c. o. Gilgen. of State Center, was il
the city Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
An Eye Upon the Doubtful States.

1t is evident however that the reformers seriously
doubt whether the present publicity laws accomplish
all the good which is sought They to make COR
ruption still more difficult.
The most important section of the new law there
FORE proposes to limit the amount of money political
committee may expend for campaign purposes
in any State to in excess of greater than
the aggregate contributed to such committee
by actual residents of such State. 1t is very truth
fully asserted in the report made upon the bill by
Representative Rucker OF Missouri, that the OBJ
jectonabe and vicious practice, sometimes INDUCED
in of collecting large campaign funds in the great
money centers and carting them into other States to
demoralize, corrupt and debauch the electorate and
thereby destroy the safety and purity of the'balot
box, is a crime against public morals which cannot
be too harshly denounced or prohibited" Re-
duced to simple terms, these words mean that cam
paign managers must not pour all their money into
one or two doubtful States Everybody knows, for
instance that in the past the votes of citizens of In
diana have had cash value, while Mississippi on
the one hand, and Vermont on the other, have been
neglected being foreeone conclusions This system
of things is to be changed If the political contribu-
tions in Indiana for party organization aggregate
only $4,000 that is the limit of the amount which
the State managers can expect from the national COM
mittee
1t would seem, however, as if the trainers of the
bill felt that this beautiful ancorruption idea would
not work out in practice They have added proviso,
therefore that this section shall be construed
limit the which such political committee may
expend" for campaign speakers and their expenses,
printing and distributing literature the of
paper advertisements etc This proviso really seems
nullify the object which is sought to be gained
but it explained upon the floor in the of
the debate that if Presidential Vice Presidential
candidate is swinging around the circle the cost of
his tour through each State ought not to be con-
sidered when the allotment of funds to that State
comes to be made. While this is doubtless true the
fact also remains that the provso makes possible the
expenditure of much larger than is contributed
by the residents of State There seems also to have
been in the framing of the law the ignoring of in
divdual contributions to campaign managers in doubt
full States. The committees are debarred from send
ing excessive sums, but individuals are not so that
it is possible by this evasion to whip the devil around
the stump. 1t is the belief of the trainers of the
measure, however, that the law will cure an ad-
mitted evil and they appeal Congress for the expert
ment to be tried.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
THE VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.

A startling charge and one which
should attract attention of every educa-
ton board in the United States was made
at a convention in Philadelphia the other
day where were gathered advocates of
vocational schools and of the more ex-
tensive introduction OF vocational teach
ing in the public schools. The charge
referred to, briefly stated, is that in the
city OF Philadelphia there are 1900 chill
dren who left school before they finished
the sixth grade and who are untitled for
any trade; that there are 5000 such
children in New York and 100000 such in
the United States" That is to say,
there are S0OOOOO children in the United
States with some slight knowledge of
the three RS. but without any training
whatever in any useful art or handi-
craft.
II this statement is accepted as being
true. il is not necessary to argue further
as to the missing link in our popular
educational system. The teaching Of
reading, writing and arithmetic cannot
be dispensed with. but an ability TO in
terpret printed language or the know
ing how TO figure the cost of seven
pounds of sugar at ) l-2 cents per pound
will not greatly aid the one possessing
such knowledge in being Of useful account
in a strenuously practical world. Primary.
secondary and even the higher academic
education of the colleges is but basis.
Upon the basis there must be con-
structed the sort of education that fits
for practical service. and no education
should be regarded as finished that turns
the child or young man out without some
knowledge of an art, profession. trade
or business by which to earn a liveli-
hood. That is the theory of the vocation
school agandists.-Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
Prayers for AvIatorS.

The Lutheran prayer-book has been
brought up to date in Germany at Sle
instance of the Kaiser. il is said. by in
clusion of a special petition for airships
and aerOplanes Of the imperial service.
1t is in the form of an amendment of
the prayer for the army and navy.
which is made to read: That il may
please Thee to protect the royal army
and all the imperial forces by land and
sea. and especially all the aircraft now
voyaging."
The petition is none too soon The NOR
tality among aviators is Of startling pro-
portions. Death losses among them in
time Of peace exceed the percentage Of
loss that would be suffered in war -
the other military branches. The pubIie
has not forgotten the numerous acci-
dents to Zepplin aircraft, involving loss
OF life, and there have been similar
losses among the aeroplanists.
Aviation is an extra hazardous calling.
and not less but perhaps more so in Ger
many than other countries. The Kaiser
IS not unwise in arranging to have Ger
man military and naval aviators regu-
larry prayed for. and il might help con-
siderably IL he should issue instructions >
that they pray diligently in their own
behalf, and then do their best TO make
their prayers come trUe.-PittsburEh
ChronicleTelegraph.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
Somewhat Troubled Over Stat. Rights.

Those Democrats who still hold to strict inter-
probation of the Constitution in the matter of State
rights, confess to doubt to the extent to which
Congress can go in dealing with elections. Even a
Republican like Mr.. Mann admitted in the debate
that he doubted the power of Congress to regulate
primaries in the State, even though Congress has
assumed that jurisdiction
The trouble is that the election of Presidential
electors and>of Representatives and Senators is held
coincident with the election of State officers In
close Presidential election voter might be cor
rupty influenced to vote the State ticket with the
knowledge that the of the Presidential electors
were upon that ticket. The remedy for this evil lies
of course, in the enactment of State laws furnishing
corrupt practices in connection with any elections and
many of the States already have these statutes in
force. The trainers of the new law make no secret
Of the fact that if there is be absolute purity
of elections there must be cooperation between the
States and the Federal government. Perhaps the
discussion of the subject before Congress will 60
far toward securing this necessary cooperation.
Under the present law the national committees
report the of their revenues and also specify
their expenditures If however, the sum of $4,000
is paid over to the chairman of the party organiza-
ton in Missouri for instance that fact alone is stated
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
Political Situation.

On the eve of election the Democratic majority
IN the House proposes to enact a new law relating
to the use of money in campaigns.
The era of reform is upon US. The people and
the politicians TO be made good by law Elections
to be conducted by ideal methods. Every avenue
of contribution and every outlet of expense must be
made public The people are to see for themselves
where the money comes from and where it goes. At
least, that is what the reformers contemplate The
laws already the statute books not apparently
sufficient. code has, therefore, been prepared.
An entire day was devoted in the House last week to
its consideration Unfortunately for the advocates of
reform the progress toward enactment was slow Many
questions arose. such the conflicting jurisdiction of
Federal and State government which could be sat-
isfactory settled while many possible contingencies
were suggested which had not been taken into con-
sideraton by the trainers of the bill Next Wednes-
day the problem viii again be tackled by the states
men of the House. but it is evident that some very
material changes will have to be made in the measure
before it can be enacted into law.
Meanwhile public sentiment sustans the wisdom
and necessity of legislation additional to that which is
on the statute books. There ought to be the very
largest degree of publicity concerning campaign re-
cepts and expenditures. 1t would have been most
enlightenng, for instance, if the public could have
known where Mark Hanna secured the many millions
of dollars which he expended in nominating and elect
ing William Mckinley. That was probably the. most
expensive campaign in the history of the country
Mark Hanna spent money like water to secure dele
gates for Mckinley, sending special trains loaded with
decorations badges and campaign paraphernsls, from
States convention to State convention in order to
arouse enthusiasm. After the nomination enormous
sums were expended for special trains which carried
delegations to Canton for speakers and literature to
combat the free silver idea and for every scheme which
could possibly attract votes to the Republican candi
date. Nobody knew where the millions came
from nor how they expended. The campaign
for the nomination of Taft managed by President
Roosevelt was also most expensive undertaking. but
its details have never been revealed. In the last
three years there has been accounting the part
of the national committees to the Federal authorities
but the statements, somehow, have been innocent
as a Sunday school lesson. Any reading them
ought to be convinced that politics nowadays is a
thing without guile.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
BOYS WHO WORKED UP.
Notables in Business Who Earned
Their Way Through College.

Stories OF boys who were working their
way through college twenty or twenty
five years ago and have since risen to
positions Of responsibility and affiuence.
the wielders Of power and the possessors
of wealth. were among the interesting
high lights OF the meeting of the Asso-
ciated Harvard clubs. just ended.
Among the notable successes In the
business world who attended the con-
! clave of Cambridge men was Thomas w.
Lamont class Of %. who rose from a
$40 a week job on the copy desk OF a
New York newspaper to a partnership in
J. Pierpont Morgan's banking house.
Back In the late eighties and the early
nineties Lamont, the son OF a minister
not overburdened with worldly posses
sions, was working his way through Har-
| ward as a newspaper correspondent He
| aimed at literature as his life career,
| and after graduation he got a berth with
the New York Tribune, starting at SIS
a week.
The lapse of four years saw him COPY
reader drawing $40 a wek. One day he
was sent out to interview Z. C. Con-
verse. head Of the Bankers Trust Com
pany. At that time Mr.. Converse was
panies that were not In the best OF finan-
cial shape. He took a liking to the
young reporter and put him in to man.
age the companies, and from that point
Mr.. Lamont kept climbing until he be-
came a partner in ]. p. Morgan & Co.
He is only 43 years old and Is SC
popular among Harvard men that he was
made overseer by the alumni, the your
est man ever elected to that coveted
position.
The story of Thomas w. Slocum c90
has a different start Mr.. Slocum was
born with silver spoon in his mouth"
but threw the spoon away and earned
feeding utensil for himself He is 4
member of a family that holds the most
member of all the exclusive societies,
and his farnily had him all cut out for
a society man." an ornament for all
the pink teas OF Back Bay.
Upon leaving college. however. Nr. Slo-
cum turned the ambitions Of his parents
topsy-turvey. He announced that he
wanted his allowance stopped and that
he proposed to make his own way.
He went to Lowell and obtained work
in the cotton mills at IS a week Even
tually he became superintendent Of a mill
and grew out of that job into the posi-
tion OF general manager. first OF the
Boston ONCE and then OF the New York
ONCE
Minot. Hooper & Co. Slocum's employ
ers. had been In business for three of
four generations. One by one several of
Mr. Slocum'S relatives died. leaving him
substantial bequests OF money and land
Finally one day when the stockholders
meeting Of the cotton mill company was
held IL developed that Mr.. Slocum had
control OF most Of the stock, and he
became head Of the concern with which
he had started as a miIl-hand.-Chicago go
Record Herald.
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
A THREE-CENT FAILURE.
Canadian City of 10000 a Sorry
Example of Municipal Ownership.

Canadian City of 10000 n Sorry
Example of Municipal ownership.
H~he official report on the operations
OF tie city-owned street railway OF Ed
monitor. Canada. the theorists who be-
Iieve that municipal ownership insures
Scent fares, transfers. a seat for every
passenger and a surplus for sewers and
pavements will find information which
does not support their contentious.
Edmonton. a city OF 1000. is losing
money and has poor service; a deficit OF
$405. 3S4 is troubling the taxpayers who
listened TO the alluring stories of the pub
lie ownership enthusiasts. and a further
deficit OF SlS4,52407 for 1914 predicted by
the superintendent, has impressed upon
the authorities the fact that If the drain
is not stopped the municipal experiment
in time will bankrupt the city.
The expert engineers, auditors and ac-
countants engaged TO suggest remedies
found that the power plant was too
small. that the machinery was antiquated
and that the Scent fare did not bring
enough TO cover the costs of operation.
The first piece Of advice given the public
officials who had failed in the street rail-
way business was TO raise the fare TO
cents.
1t also was estimated that the advance
would still leave a big shortage if the
city should write OF the full amount of
depreciation Another recommendation
vas the raising of money by general tax
alton to pay on the deficit and the city
council is contemplating also relieving the
street railway of the expenses of paw
ing and the maintenance Of roadbed. In
other words. all the taxpayers are sub
jected 10 extra assessments to pay the
losses of the municipal electric railway.
To what extent politics is accountable
for the fiasco is not stated The prob
ability. however. is that Edmonton has
no more politics than the average city.
municipalities are very much alike on
both sides of the international boundary.
The one thing certain is that the show
ing is deplorable, but il may serve a
useful purpose by convincing other COM
munitieS in which the municipal-owner-
ship bee is buZzing that when put to the
test politicians cannot make a street rail-
way pay expenses on a Scent fare and
that good service at 5 cents is vastly pre-
ferable to the bargains given passen-
gers in Observation-Disclosures Journal
The Washington herald., 1914-07-05
The District Gorcrnment.

Editor Herald: In every State Of the
Union the reading Of the Declaration OF
Independence has always formed an ap-
prOpriate part of the Fourth Of July
exercises. The District Of Columbia il
the one place where il cannot con-
sistently be read in any spirit OF iubila-
ton.
The present form of District govern
ment does not derive its just powers
from the consent Of the governed" When
local seh-government was abolished by
the legislation of ISL. 1874. and 1s7s the
people Of the District were not consulted
They have never been consulted since.
The apologists for the present system
would not dare to submit the question
Of popular government to a referendum
vote.
In the immortal declaration. We are
taught that whenever any form Of gov
eminent becomes destructive of these
ends, il is the right OF the people 10 alter
or abolish il. and to institute a new gov
ernment. laying its foundation on such
principles, and organizing its powers in
such form. as TO them shall seem most
likely to effect their safety and happi-
ness" II these words mean anything.
they mean that the people of this Dis
trict are in duty bound to demand not
only representation in Congress, but the
10 frame LOT themselves an -AIneEl-
can form of municipal government
We hear a great deal about the half
and-half system II is a misnomer. The
District people are actually paying about
50 per cent. or three-hfths, Of the ex-
pense Of running the District govern
ment- Is it right that they, as Ameri-
can citizens. shall have no voice IN de-
termining how they shall be governed
or how the funds derived from the taxes
they pay, shall be expended?
II democracy is a good thing for other
cities and States of the Union, il is a
good thing for the District Those peO-
pie who do not believe in democracy for
the District do not really believe in de-
mOcracy anywhere. At heart, they are
Tories and reactionaries.
In view Of the fact that the principles
Of the Declaration of Independence are
now ignored or denied in this Federal
District, at the very heart Of the nation.
should not the District people observe
the Fourth of July as an occasion for
political ''sackcloth and ashes" humilia-
ton and repentance, or. better still, as an
occasion for some vigorous kicks against
political Acknowledgement?
Not until suffrage is restored in the
District will the conditions be favorable
for a good. old-fashioned. tubilant Fourth
of July celebration.
W. D. MACKENZIE.