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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
sTASShEIM TO PRISON.
Man Who Defrauded Northern Iowa
Banks Givon tndeterminate Sentence.

Humboldt, March 9.Karl Stnss.
helm was taken to the Fort Madison
penitcntlary today to begin an inde-
terminate term on conviction In ths
district court here last week for OBJ
tanning money by false pretenses from
the Peoples Savings Bank.
Stasshclm. who operated under tina
name OF John Hanson In northern
Iowa, applied to and received from
banks at various points temporary
loans which he claimed were TO help
him out while he prepared hogs for tae
market. His scheme appeared to D.
working we'll until the Iowa Bankers
Association took up the trail and cap
tured Stasshelm. He pleaded guilty
before Judge Coyle last Friday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
Iowa at Washington.

Washington. March Editor A. B.
E,unk is here from Spirit Lake and VIII
remain several days in Washington.
u. ,s visiting his daughter who Is at
tending school here Mr. Funk called
an some of the Iowa delegations and in
tends to have a good time looking on
congress
William Armstrong of Waterloo IS
ber. IN take n civil service examination
In tho income tax division OF the
treasury department.
The post office at Sherman. Hardin
county has leen discontinued: mail to
Hubbard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
prasidsntial PIums.

Washington. March Q. President
Wilson today made the following nom
nations:
Surveyor general OF Utah, I. c. Thor
esen. or Salt Lake City.
Registrar of the land office at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, Frank Langley. OF
Occur d'Alene.
Receiver Of public money, A. Mccall
of Sand Point, at Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
J. A. Mayer, at Havre, Mont.
Postrnasters. A. p McManus, keo-
kuk: Robert Speer Fort Worth. Tex;
George b. Day. Walld Walla. Wash.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
FAIR WEATHER coMjNa WEEK.
Moderate Disturbance Over Middle
West Wednesday.

Washington, March s.-Hope for a
week Of bracins seasonable weather
with generally fair skies was held out
by the weather bureau forecasters to
practically every section OF the storm
battered, snow and ice covered coun-
try. -.
mo important storm Is charted
to cross the country during the week" :"
said the bulletin. altho a disturbance
of moderate intensity &ill prevail over
the middle west Wednesday or Thurs
day and the eastern staHes about FRI
day. The precipitation attending this
disturbance will be generally light and
confined to the northern states.
"There will be frosts ct, the beginning
Of the week In the gulf and south At
lantic states. except central and
southern Florida"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
Ere. raxt Books Issue.

Ottumwa, March 9.--The spring
school election here today is featured
-by the vote on free text books. The
labor ORGANIZATIONS have waged cam
,paien favoring the city supplying the
text books to the pupils Of grades and
hirh schools, but little more of inter-
est manifested in school election is vis-
.ible. Six candidates for director are
out. There .is no candidate for treas
urer. c9f
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
FiIibu.ter Promoter, Arrested,

FL Paso, March "a warrant charg-
ing E. NJ. E. Diebold, inspector of the
Mexican consulate. Senor De LaSierra,
Mexican consul here. and two others
with organizing flibustering expedi-
tions on American soil were sworn out
here today by agents Of the depart
ment OF justice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
uou,el After Woods place.

Special TO Times Republican.
Des Moines March s.-Nomination
blanks were secured today by Lorenzo
Housel lawyer OF Humboldt, to be-
come candidate for congress in the
Tenth district.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

grasped him about the waist and car
ried him down ladder.
Manager Aroussa Guests.
Reisinger then rushed into the ele-
vator and went to the Nth floor. There
he awakened Robert c. MeGill. house
manager. and Mrs. McGill. Mr.. and
Mrs. McGill refused to leave the build
ing until they had aroused guests In
thirty-eight rooms. Meanwhile q fire
alarm had been turned in. presum-
ably by the night watchman of the
Charles Baumann. was coming upstairs
from the basement when he saw the
reflection Of the flames on the wall and
ceilings Of the bank. He started for
the Washington avenue main entrance
of the club to arouse the guests. The
heat from the lobby drove him back.
Entire Department. to sosns.
Additional alarms were sounded and
apparatus was rushed to the scene
from all parts Of the city. When the
firemen arrived men were jumping
from windows in their night clothing.
Others were clinging to the window
sills. and others were climbing down
fire escapes. Others were making ropes
out Of sheets. preparatory to lowering
themselves from the windows.
Flames bursting from third story
windows cut off guests from the fire
escape at the third floor. and as fire.
men called out encouraging words sew
eral persons descended the escapes to
safety.
Walls Begin to Fall.
After the fire had been burning an
hour the wall on the Fourth street side
collapsed from the fourth floor up.
Firemen fell back to the wall of a
building at the opposite side of the
street and thus escaped the falling
bricks. One fireman. however, was
struck by brick. His leg was broken.
Assistant Fire Chief said he heard
three explosions az he reached the
burning building. At first the theory
WdS dOSduC0u thhl llc ioAplOSAOho "OA {
the work Of safeblowers who had tried
to rob the bank. Later it was suggested
what seemed to be the sound Of ex-
plosions was the dropping of elevators
to the basement.
Newspaper Man Among Dead.
The death Of Joseph e. Chasnon. Of
st. Joseph. MO-, advertising manager Of
the st. Louis Republic. virtually waa
confirmed by Ernest Evans. who
roomed at the club with Chasnon.
"Chasnoff reused me when the alarm
was given, and we started out Of the
room hand In hand" Evans said. In
the corridor Chasno6 was overcome by
smoke and dropped awGy from me.
looked for him fora few niinptes and
then had 70 run 10 aaxe my own hfe
Outside / waited q few minutes. bat
he did not come out fear he waa
burned to death.
The Missouri Athletic Club occupied
all but q part Of the first floor OF
seven story building at the corner OF
Washington avenue and Fourth street
The remaining part of the floor was
occupied by the Boatmen's Bank. The
building stood at the end OF the St
Louis approach Of the Eads bridge, and
the head Of the principal retail street
of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
BLOWS HIS HEAD OFF

soIon Man Makes cemplsts Job Of
Effort 70 Commit 4euieids,
Special to Times-Republican.
Iowa City. March 9.-Frank Shemon.
aged 6s, committed suicide at his coun-
try home near solon. He tied string
to a gun and his great toe. pat the
muzzle of the gun In his mouth and
blew his head of and thru q window.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
BUSINESS MEN DIE
IN CLUB HOUSE FIRE
Seyen.Story Bank and Athletic Society Struc.
ture in st Louis Destroyed.
SIX KNOWN DEAD, MANY MISSING

PROMINENT BUSINESS ST. LOUIS AND OTHER CITIES
AMONG DEAD OR INJURED-ouEsTs DURING
NIeHT-rwo SCORES INJURED JUMPING FROM WINDOWS
OF UPPER sToRIEs-sUlLDINa MASS FLAMES WHEN FIRE
ARRIvE-MANv HEROIC REscuEs-FALLlNo WALLS I'M
FIaHTERs-LIsT DEAD, MISSING AND
INJURED
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
rhrs. lows Pesspa.tsrs.

Three lows PeseWastsrs.
Special to Times Republican.
Washington, March S.-The presi-
dent today nominated the following
postmasters for Iowa: ZIG. 49,
e. r. McManus, KeokNk.
H. F. A. Hilmer, New Hampton.
John r. Strickland. Paskersburg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

The stumps of the great trees which
have been cut in the northwest are
now being utilized for shingles. Ten
thousand have been made from
single stump.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

rary quarters this morning In build.
ing four blocks away. In the vaults of
the burned building. bank officials said,
are $1.34s.0oo incurrency and $4,000 in
coin. This money, it is believed, is in
tact. The building is fully covered by
insurance. The loss to adjoining build
ings is estimated at $4,000.
Uncertainty as to the number of men
in the building when the fire broke out
made it difficult to estimate the exact
number Of missing.
Ssvsnty.Fixl in -Builaiaa.
Jack Reisinger. night clerk at the
club. said forty-five club members had
rooms there. and that the registration
Of guests brought the total number of
the club for the night to seventy-f five.
Whether all Of the regular guests were
in their rooms when the IRE broke out
IL not known.
Explosion Starts Fire.
The cause Of the fire is unknown. Al.
sistant Fire Chief Tucker said he found
the floor At the desk Of the clerk caved
in. but that the adjoining part Of the
floor seemed to have been blown up
ward. seeming to indicate that the IRE
yas due tosAn axploSion. "A fireman
who climbed the fire escape six hours
after the fire was discovered, found a
blaze still burning on the NTH and sew
enth floors.
The fire Is believed to have started on
the third floor Of the building. which
was occupied by the dining room. On
this floor one man was found dead. Two
others known to be dead jumped from
a sixth story window.
Woman Gives Alarm.
The fire was discovered by an un-
identified woman who was waiting with
her escort for taxicab. Looking out of
the window Of the club house she saw
the reflection of the flame in a plate
glass window across the street.
Rushing to the clerk of the Missouri
Athletic Club she cried Fire" Jack
Reisinger, the clerk, and the night tele-
phone operator. Norman Roe, began
awakening the guests. Roe rang the
telephone in ninety-eight sleeping
rooms. Reisinger rushed to the Turk
ish bath establishment to arouse any
guests who might be there, then ran
back to the first floor and tried to save
the register Of the club. In this he
failed. He said the register was
knocked from his hands by man who
ran thru the lobby, and is believed to
have been lost.
Property Damage Exessds Million.
The property damage is estimated
at more than 100000. In the vaults
Of the Boatman's Bank. now covered
by the ruins, are more than $1,000. 900
in currency and $4,000 in coin.
When the fremen arrived on the
scene few minutes after the blaze
was discovered the flames were shoot.
ing out Of the roof and all the windows
on the second floor. Men were Jump
ing from windows and others were
clinging to ropes made of bed clothes.
More than dozen jumped to the
roofs Of adjoining buildings and es-
capped with broken bones or less SER
ran about the streets in bath robes or
night clothes. apparently wild until
they were forcibly carried to neishbor-
ing hotels. 80. v,oi ~.
Firsmen Do Heroic Work.
Heroism bordering the superhuman
was exhibited both by hremen and
guests at the club. The Are ashtcra
time and again dodsed falling walls
only to find themselves under another
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

81. Louis, March s.-setwssn
thirty and thirty. five dead was the
estimate made this afternoon by
offiesrs Of the Missouri Athletic
Club ~ to the number who per-
ishsd in tho fire that destroyed
the club building here today. Six
bodies are in the morsue. The
bodies Of the twenty five or thirty
unaeeountsd for are believed to
be in the ruins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
T.-R. BULLETIN
NEWS OF THE DAY
The Weathar,

Sun rises March 10 at s;22: sets
500. !
Iowa--Cloudy and probably unss -
tonight and Tuesday: warmer tv
moderate variable winds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
SERUM FATAL 10 SEVEN
County Patients in Los Angeles Hospi-
tai Poisoned and Plans to A"a'yze
Treatment Ars Frustratsd-AutoPsy
Useless.

Los Angeles. March s.-Plans to an
alyze chemically the serum treatment
under which seven county hospital pa
tients suffering from specific blood
poisoning have died since Saturday.
were defeated today when DR.. C. H.
Whitman, superintendent. Of the county
hospital, announced that all Of the
serum made up. for administration had
been used. * i-
Calvin Hartwell. county coroner, or
dered an autopsy performed on one Of
the bodies. but did not expect to de-
velop anything regarding the cause of
death more specific than, toxic poison
ing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09

No Official Report Rsesivsd.
Washington, March .. = President
Wilson expects Q full report from Gov
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
offering mass Of granite and brick.

totterinE mass OF sranitN and BRICK.
Theodore Levy. Of Louisville. KY.
were scorched almost black. Just as
he was about to let go fireman
grasped him about the waist and car
ried him down . ladder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-09
Firsmsn DO Hsreie Work.

Heroism bordering the superhuman
was exhibited both by nremen and
guests at the club. The Are hshtcrs
time and again dodsed failing walls
only to find themselves undsr another
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12

mustache very cruel mouth sought to hide. The stranger gazed at Magee with an annoyance plainly marked
 "A friend of mine e-A4r.-er-Downs, Mr. Magee, muttered Bland.
 s.Oh, come now" smiled Magee. Lets tell our real names. I beard you greeting your friend a minute ago. How are you, MT. Hayden Y'
 He held out his hand. Hayden look ed him angrily in the eyes
 .sWho the devil are youY' he asked.
 ''Do you mean, said Magee, that you didn't catch the name. It's Magee William HalIoweH Magee I hold a record herea bouts, MT. Hayden. I spent nearly an hour at Baldpate inn-aIone. You see, was the first of our amia ble little party to arrive. Let me make you welcome Are you staying to din ner? You must. 7
 s.I'm not. i" growled Hayden.
 Don't believe him, Mir. Magee,s 2 sneered the mayor, he doesn't always say what he means. He's going to stay, all right
 ..Yes. you'd better, MT. Hayden ad- vised Bland.
 .sHuh-delighted. I'm sure. snapped Hayden.
 Peters said Magee, s.an extra plate at dinner, please. I must leave you for a moment, gentlemen. He saw that
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12

@Murder-that is hardly in your llne." their eyes followed him eagerly of suspicion, menacfng.
 Hayden slipped quickly between Ma gee and the stairs. The latter faced him snilingIy, refecting as he did so that he could love this man but little.
 seWho are youY' said Hayden again.. ssWhat is your business here 2s
 Magee laughed outright and turned to the other men
 ssHow unfortunate,' he said, ''t1is gentleman does not know the manners and customs of BaIdpate in winter Those are questions, Mir. Hayden, that we are never 1mpolite enough to ask of one another up here"
 He ran upstairs and passed through No. out upon the balcony. Trudging through the snow, he soon sighted the room of Professor Bolton. And as he did so little shiver that WAS not due to atmospheric conditions ran down his spine, for one of the professors win dows stood wide open, bidding well come to the mountain storm. Peters had spoken the truth. Once more that tight little, right little package was within MT. Magee's ken.
 He stepped through the open win dow and closed it after him. By the table sat Professor Bolton, wrapped in coats and blankets, reading by the light of solitary candle.
 Good evening, professor" said Ma gee easily. Don't you find it rather cool with the window open?''
 MT. Magee,'' replied the much wrap ped gentleman, ttI am that rather dis turbing progreSsive-a fresh air devo- tee. feel that Gods good air was meant to be breathed. not barricaded from our bodies.'
 sPerhaps,,' suggested Magee, sI should have left the window open?' The old man regarded him narrowly. 'I have no wish to be inhospitable, ? he replied 1But, if you please''- Certainly" answered Magee- He threw open the window. The professor held up his book.
 .I was passing the time before d1n- ner with my pleasant old companion Montaigne. MT. Afagee. have you ever read his essay on liars ?''
 Never said Magee 'sBut do not blame you for brushing up on it at the present time, professor. have come to apologize. Yesterday morning re ferred in q rather unpleasant way te a murder in the chemical laboratory at one of our universities. I said thai the professor of chemistry was miss ing. This mornings paper, which secured from MT. Peters, informs me that he has been apprehended-'
 You need not have troubled to tel me-" said the old man. He smiled his bleak smile.
 T did you an injustice,'' went or Magee.
 ..Let us say no more of it" pleaded 1 Professor Bolton.
 MT. Magee walked about the room Warily the professor turned so tha the other was at no instant at ha. back He looked so helpless, so little so intellectual, that MT Magee aban doned his first plan of Ieaping uDo1 bizn there in the silence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
Thesea Two Won1er, Prove O,1r Claim.

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 Now answer this question man submit to a surgical oper E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Com 1t has saved many others-u
 For 80 years Lydia E. Pinkl Compound has been the gtandal male i11ss No one sick with " does justice to herself If she doe nous medicine made from roc has restored so many suffering eszg.seWrfte to LYDIA E.PINKH
 (CONFIDENTIAL) LYNN, YOnr letter will be Openeds req by a woman and held in strict
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
STATE OF CONNECTICUT. DISTRICT OF BRTDGEFOET. g-s PROBATE COURT.

 PROBATE COURT.
 Estate of Justus Smith late cf Bridgeport, in said District dsce1ee
 Upon application prayfng-that a instrument purportiug to be the la will and testament of said deceare1 l admitted to probate-as per gai1 ll- pication on file more fully apDea4Hs it is
 ORDERED, That said apDucatlcl be heard and determined at the EF@- bate Office in Bridgeport in ~ district, on the 18th day of Marc1. A- D., 1914 at 10 o'clock i'm the forenoon and that notice thereof De given tc 1l persons known to be fntere1ted lu rri' estate to appear, if they ace causs. @ said time and place, and b@ heard thereon,-by publishing once fl 1c-- newspaper having a circulation iu ar-1 District, leaving WItn or by mailing in letters addree-e4 t- each of the persons named in uail -r- p1icafion whose addresses are know "a copy of this order all at lear- days before said day of hearlnG. ar. that return of notice given De uAl1 to this court
 Attest,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
Legal Notices
STATE OF CONNECTICUT DISTRICT OF BREDGEPCHI, q PROBATE COURT

March o. A-a4- the town of Bridgeport in said Ul1- trict, deceased-
 The Court Of Probate for Che Uig- trict of Bridgeport, hath limited a-t allowed six months from the Eatl hereof for Creditors of gafo Estzte to exhibit their claims for gettlgr1r.l- Those who neglect to present theif r1- counts, properly aftesteds within r1Il time, will be debarrsd a recovery ALt persons indebted to sa&d Egta1e 1F- requested to make immediate raJr1s-- to
 DORR R. WHTTHE1s S12sp AdrnfnfstF1s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12

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 Charlotte, N. C-.I was in bad health for two years, with pains in both sides and was very nervous. If I even lifted a chair it would cause a hemorrhage T had a growth which the doctor said was tumor and I never would get well unless I had an operation. A friend advised me to take Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegeta- b1e Compound, and I gladly say that I am now enjoying fine health and am the mother of nice baby girl. You can use this letter to help other suffering en.H-Mrs. ROSA SIMS, 16 Wyona St., Charlotte, N. 0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
cHAPTER xvII.
-The onen Windovt.

ne QFsSI1 w FIHdoVf.
 n (fAGEE stood up, and in the light fsVNs of the fire met Hayden. Now Sl he saw that the face Of the lat ~-1 est conner was schenning and weak and that under small hland
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12

When suffering from form of feminine disorder is told that operation is of frightens her.
 The very thought of the hospital operating table and the surgeons knife s<esete to her heart and wonder It quite that of these troubles may reach stage where is the only but thousands of have avoided the necessity of operation by taking ated by the grateful letters they write after their health has been restored.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
Cleaning and Pressing

M. RrICKEISoN, s4s Main S. cn save you real money on eleaulu- and pressing. 6 12 gga GOT 'EzA1 ALL BEAT A HEILEl B1l1 made to measure only g10-e2- Brad shaw Clothing O.. 1455 Main e.
 asD
 Legal Notices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12

EDWARD F. HALLElT
 Julr-.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-12
(To be Continued.l

Here is a triumph for the surgeons. A woman in Belle Center, Ohio. died from heart disease after having pas sed eleven surgical operations.
The Holly chieftain., 1914-03-20
mo, sir. save that it was between

"No, sir. save that 1t was between
nine and ten"
Thank you And now, Mr.. Phillips.
think we will go down and have y
look at the causeway walk"
At the end of terrace we found a
policeman waiting. He touched his
helmet to the inspector. and. after a
few words with him. led the way down
some moss-grown steps and over a
sloping lawn towards the lake. We
skirted the right hand edge for per-
haps two hundred yards, until We
came to where n short causeway of
stone had been built out into the
water. joining the lawns to a shrub.
grow. Island The roof of a gabled
cottage peeped out from the heart OF
its yews and laurels. The causeway
paved with great slabs of slate. was
never more than five feet broad. On
either side of 1t was dense growth Of
feathery reeds, hiding the lake be-
hind their rrstling walls.
What cottage is taat!" asked
Peace, pointing finger.
When he was a yousg nsn, Sir
William, tha. was Sir antrcw'p uncle,
used to give lunches and teas there In
the summer months said the police.
man. But the place has been shut
up for long time now. sir. No one
goes to the island barring the ducks,
and they nest there by the hundred"
Where did you catch the prisoner"
About this very place. sir. 1t was
about half-past nine. and was walk
ing down the public path, which passes
the east corner Of the lake, when |
heard the shot. 1t seemed strange
time OF the year for night poaching,
but there are rascals In the village
who wouldn't hesitate about the sea.
sons SO long as they had duck for
dinner
"Off l raced as hard as could put
legs to the ground. When l came to
the causeway head pulled up and
looked about me. There was a slip
of moon over the island aud a
plenty of stars, SO that the night was
fairly bright. No one was in sight,
but presently heard the :hump,
thump, OF a man running over the
turf. and who should come painting
down the slope but Jake Warner, the
keeper. He was In such hurry that