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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
s~-AN ADOPTED 5Y $500 BANKS
Aeceptances Of Now Currency System
Represent 81 Per Cent.

Represent 81 Per Cent.
Washington. Feb. 24.-The new fed
eral reserve system will begin business
with membership of at least $500
banks. This was apparent last night
when at the close of the last day on
which national banks could signify
their intention Of accepting the terms
Of the currency law less than fifty Of
the 7.493 national banks of the country
had failed to respond favorably. More
than enough state institutions had ap-
piled for membership to bring the total
to $500.
Official count of the banks and tab
ulation of their resources and liabilities
will begin tomorrow at the treasury de-
partment.
Most Of the institutions that have not
come into the new system are compare
lively small, and it IS estimated that 81
per cent of all the capital and resources
in the present national bank system is
represented by those whose applica-
tions are in.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
VILLAS VERSION OF KILLING.
Reiterates That Benton Tried to Draw
Gun and Shoot Him.

Chihuahua, Mex, Feb. 24.-Genera
Villas story of the killing of William
S. Benton, told to reporters here diff
fers but little from the official state.
ment given out Saturday at Juarez.
The Juarez statement given out de.
clared that when Benton reached 70,
his hip pocket Villa knocked hin
down with blow of the fist. Villa
said that when Benton made thi:
move he pointed his own pistol al
Benton and then turned him over tc
the guards.
Villa insisted Benton came to take
his life and referred to Benton's mis-
sion concerning the welfare of his
ranch as a 'pretext" to gain admit
tance.
According to Villa, Benton, after
the verdict of the court martial, con-
fessed his guilt and declined to ask
for mercy. He merely requested tina,
his property be turned over to his
widow.
Villa contradicted his official report
to the American consul at Juarez thai
Gustav Bauch, a German American
accused of being a spy had been
brought to Chihuahua. Villa said he
knew nothing Of him.
Business Only Pretext.
OF Benton's death he said:
Benton gained entrance to my OF"
flee in Juarez on the pretext that he
wanted to see me on some personal
business connected with his ranch
Los Remedies, near the city of Chi
huahua. AS soon as he entered he be-
gan to address me in abusive lang
guage. had had some experience with
him before and knew of his violent
temper. I know also that he had
mixed too freely in Mexican politics
but did not suspect he was coming
into my Office to murder me.
"He had not talked long when he
reached for his hip pocket. It flashed
over me that he intended to kill me
I seized his hand and at the same time
thrust my revolver into the pit Of his
stomach to stop him. did not wish to
appear bloodthirsty and therefore
did not shoot him myself. My guards
siezed him, took his pistol away from
him and placed him under arrest.
Like Any Other.
..It was decided TO try him by court
martial and this was done in the regu-
lar m1nner prescrfbed ~ law and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Now York CITY E.e.pe..

New York. Feb. Gan extra cover
Ing OF an inch Of snow last night was
dumped on the heavy blanket left by
last weeks storm. The snow quit fall
ing early today with the Thermometer
10 above zero.
The snow here came N the tail-end
of the blizzard In the west. It was lit
tie more than a bluster but served as
a warning to the surface car lines and
tho street sweeping department.. Sew.
eral men were engaged all night in
sweeping the snow from car tracks and
street crossings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
To NationaIize oil Lands.

Mexico City, Feb. PA plan for the
naturalization of all the oil lands in
Mexico to be forced thru the next
Mexican congress which convenes on
April 1, according to an admission
made today by Querido Mohena, the
head Of the new cabinet post OF COM
merce and industry.
Senor Moheno says he presented the
plan while he was yet a member of
the chamber Of deputies. The report
is current here that it is the intention
Of the federal government to transfer
the oil lands to Lord Cawdray for $780,
100000 gold after they had been ma
tiOHaliZed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
WjI,ons Found GUILTY.

Chicago, Feb. 24.-Charles Wilson
and his wife Zoe. whose maiden name
was Willard, were found guilty, Dec.
l6, 1911, in the United States district
court, Of transporting F1ossie Bion and
Frances Vance, from Milwaukee to
Chicago, for immoral purposes. The
Wilson's were sentenced to three years
penal servitudc each. The case was
fought on appeal up to tbs United
States supreme court
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
PILOTS SEE wANAMAkeR FLYER.
British and American Naval Officers
May Attempt Irans Atlanta Elioht

New York, Feb. 24.-Lieutenant John
Cryal Porte. Of England, and Lieut..
John H. Towers. u. S. A., mentioned as
the aviators who will pilot the Rod
man Wanamaker flying boat in the
contemplated trans Atlantic flight,
came to town today for a conference.
Lieutenant Porte came in on the
steamer Carmania, which doclSed early
today. Following the conference it is
planned to take the aviators to the
Curtiss plant at Hammondsport n. Y,
to inspect the work already done on
the new flyer.
While it is generally believed that
Lieutenant Towers will be picked as
the second pilot, Towers is non-com-
initial on the subject.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
POLICE LIEUTENANT CONVICTED
OF MURDER, GIVEN NEW
TRIAL.
CONVICTION OF GUNMEN
UNANIMOUSLY AFFIRMED
hearing in Bee<er's Case - Reversal
Based Entirely on Errors Claimed to
Have Been Made by Justice Golf -
Of Evidence Not Considered.

Albany, N. Y. Feb. PA new trial
was today granted Charles Becker, the
former New York police lieutenant, un-
der death sentence for the murder of
Herman Rosenthal, by the court of ap-
peals.
The court stood 6 to 1, Justice Wer-
ner filing the only dissenting opinion,
The conviction Of the four gunmen
who appealed with Becker,s'was un-
animously affirmed.
The reversal was based entirely on
errors held to have been committed by
Justice Goff during the trial. The
question of the weight of evidence
against Becker entered in no way into
the opinion tho it was discussed.
Hold Guilt Was Proved.
Judge Werner held that the confes
sion should. be confirmed because the
main facts tended to prove Becker S
guilt. He said that the main wit
nesses were gamblers, degenerates and
criminals should have nothing to do
with the decision. He said that there
Was-nothing to authorize the court of
jury nor to decide in advance wha
must be done on another trial on a
similar state of facts"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Yacht Tax Hold Valid

Washington, Feb. 24.-The tax on the
use of foreign built yachts imposed up
on American citizens by the old Payne
Aldrich tariff act was upheld as con-
.stitutional today by the supreme court
The supreme court today sent the So
called bleached flour case back to the
district court for new trial.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
No New. Of Bauch.

Washington, Feb. 24.-State depart.
ment officials. today had no word OF
Gustav Bauch, over whose tate grave
anxiety is felt. Neither was there
news Of Compton or Curtis.
Officials were particularly interested
in news dispatches In which Villa was
represented as contradicting his previ'
Gus statement that Bauch had been
transferred to Chihuahua.
Officials still hope that Consuls Ed
wards at Juarez and Letcher at Chi
huahus would be able to get Villa to
give up the body Of Benton.
British Attitude Pleases U. 8.
Official announcement before the
parliament of Great Britains attitude
Of friendship and noninterference IN
our Mexican program was received
with great satisfaction by the wilson
administration yesterday.
The announcement Of the British
attitude is ex1p,cted to win for us sim
liar support from other European ma
tons. altho there has been no direc'
opposition from any of them at any
time.
& ono item called forth congratula-
tions here yesterday, and that was the
fact that President Wilson had taken
his stand for the repeal Of the Panama
canal tolls exemption clause before the
British policy had been announced.
Otherwise It might have been charged
that the United States was trying to
pay England for her forbearance In
the Mexican matter.
Now, It Is asserted, II ID England
that is trying to avoid any possible
friction In the hope that America Will
reciprocate by repeating the obnoxious
feature Of the canal act.
While all seems quiet in London
the administration is not finding
things 30 peaceful in Washington
Feeling In the United States. they say
10 far from friendly. Secretary Bryans
attempt to indorse the Villa explana-
ton Of the Benton killing has resulted
n some vigorous talk that is liable to
ret into the senate debates at any
time.
Wilson Orders Silence.
Regardless of whether or not the
execution sof William S. Benton,
British subject, by General Villa was
3uotined, yesterdays developments
emphasized clearly that protection OF
foreisners IN rebel-torn Mexico had
6ecome 8 commanding problem OF
incfeased ~ international Importance,
appreti4te6s no less by President Will
60n than - leaders IN congress.
Dt3ely ese were the days devei-
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erly winds.
PAGE ONE.
Telssraphic News:
Trail of Suffering In Wake Of Storm.
Villa Claims Benton Was Mexican
Citizen.
Body Withheld From Widow.
Exiled South Africa Union Leaders
Land.
Women Adopt Ways OF Ward Poll.
tics.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
Iowa News:
Canal to Boom River Traffic.
New Paving Law Hardship.
Henry County Rejects New Court
House.
Prison Contracts Modified.
Farmers on the Move.
Suit to Gust Insurance Head.
PAGE FIVE.
Story:
The valiants Of Virginia.
PAGE SIX.
Editorials:
1t Can Be Done.
Virtue It's Own Reward.
The River Never Went.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
LOCKER On In Iowa.
PAGE SEVEN.
General News:
Joker in Alaska Railroad BIZ.
Consul fMahon Ousted IN Techni-
cality.
PAGES EIGHT, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN
City News:
Albion Wants to Extend School Dis
trict.
Two Fires Destroy Country Homes.
City Wells to Be Renewed.
Clemons Postmaster Resigns.
Baseball Benefit Nets Nice Sum.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Snow Protection Aids Wheat Bears.
Corn weakens With Wheat.
Weakness in Hog Market.
Cattle Offerings Scarce.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Enqiand Want. No interference.

London. Feb. 24.-The British gov
ernment has invoked the good offices
of the United States government to
urge that there shall be no interfer-
ence by General Villa into it's investi-
cation into the death of William S.
Benton. The investigation is to be
made by Charles Percival, British con-
sui at Galveston. Consul Percival has
been instructed to supply the most
complete reports obtainable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
yelonment of real estate here"

velcpment Of real estate here"
II think 1t is very much to his
credit" Mr.. Mann retorted. that when
ths capital was located here ne en-
deavored to develop it instead of cp-
posing it,
Representative Garrett, of Tennessee,
reminded the deba ters that this city
was never the sea, of government
lille Washington was president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
MUST ARalTRATE DIFFERENCES.
No Hope For Settlement Of Fort Dodge
Telephone Wage Controversy.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Feb. "a. - Governor
Clarke today received word from
Mayor Ford, Of Fort Dodge, that there
Is no longer hope of any settlement Of
the telephone wage controversy and
the arbitration board will be appointed
soon to decide the merits Of the case.
Ohio Excise Law UpheId.
washington, Feb. 24.--The Ohio ex-
else tax on railroads was today up
held as constitutional by the supreme
court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
LOYAL TROOPS RErAkE rRou.
Haitien Rebels Driven From City Re-,
Gently Taken From EsderaiS.

Gently Taken From FsdsraIS.
Cape Hait.cn. Haiti. Feb. 24.-Tho
government troops today recaptured
from the rebels the town OF Trou.
south OF Fort Liberte. The victorious
army continued on Its march toward
Ouanaminthe. where the rebels. under
Senator Davilmar Theodore, took
refuge when they fled from Cape
Haitien.
At the same time a detachment Of
government troops, commanded BY
Gen. Carlos Zamor. proceeded by sea
to attack Fort Liberte.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
M.roen.d Train R.l.a,.d

Decatur. Ill. Feb. 24.-After having
been held in snowdrifts for twenty-four
hours near Monticello. ninety Ave pas
sengers on their Wabash trains continA.
ued their journey today. The Wabash
engine blew up at Mount Olive today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
ENGLAND NOT TO ExH,s,r.
British Governmsnt Not to Rseensider
Partioi patton in Execution.

Partioi patton in Exposition.
London, Feb. 24.-Af efforts to move
tho British government to reconsider
its decision not to participate officially
IN the Panama Pacific exposition at
San Francisco. have failed. Sir Ed
ward Grey, the foreign secretary. when
invited today in the house Of commons
to take steps to retrieve the position"
said definitely that the government
could not consider the matter or
modify Its previous decision.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
REBELS MAKING EFFORT TO Es.
TAsLlsH THAT DEAD MAN
WAS NOT HRIrIsHER.
SEARCHING DOCUMENTS
TO PROVE CONTENTION
Say Records Will Show Benton Held
Numerous Minor Offices Under Por-
firio Diax-Dsmands That esnton's
Body bs Turned Over to Widow Met
With Silent Refusal.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 24.-The attempt
of the Mexican rebels to establish that
William s. Benton, the Scotch ranch
man, executed week ago, was Mex
ican citizen, is based on report that
he once held minor offices while Presi-
dent Porfirio Diaz was in power.
This statement was made today at
Juarez by Federico Gonzales Garcia,
counselor to the commander of the gar
rison, who added:
1--WE have heard that Benton held
several offices under President Diaz
and he was once mayor of small set
tlement on his own estate. He could
not have held office without being a
Mexican citizen. and the records at
Chihuahua are being searched to estab-
lish the facts"
Relatives of Benton say that deeds to
his Mexican property refer to him as
"a British subject.
In the meanwhile the request of the
state department at Washington for
/ handing over the body of Benton has
met only with silence General Villa
has received kilograms not only from
many cities In the United States, but
from London, Paris and Berlin, asking
for an explanation Of the manner OF
Benton's death. All the answers sent
to inquirers have given the same story
Of court martial and execution.
Demand For Body Ignored.
Efforts Of the state department to get
the constitutionaiists to turn over to
the widow the body Of Benton con-
tinued unabated today.
SO Tar the;@rAquest Of the United
States that the body be given to Ben
TONS widow has met with no response
!. from villa, and 1t Is reported that Con-
sui Letcher. at, Chichnahua, Will renew
his plea.
Benton's friends. the federal junta
and many sympathizers continued their
attempt to ascertain the true facts COR
cerning the execution. Benton's friends
show no disposition, to change their own
verdict of murder" They hope to find
a witness to the shooting whose wor
can be relied upon. At chihuahua Villa
continued to insist that Benton had in
sisted on killing him.
Villa Repudiates Official Report.
The rebel general contradicted ms
Official report to the American consul
at Juarez by saying he knew nothing
of the whereabouts of Gustav Bauch.
German American accused Of being
spy. His official report stated that
Bauch had been taken to Chihuahua.
The sending of Charles Alexander
Spencer Percival, British consul at
Galveston, Texas. to FL Paso, was re-
sarded in some quarters as move in
tended to relieve the American gov
ernment to some extent Of the protc-
ton Of foreigners in northern Mexico.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Action on Alaska Bill DsIayed.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Altho house
and senate conferees we're prepared to-
day to smooth out differences between
the two houses In the Alaska railroad
bill. the meeting was postponed until
tomorrow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
a.,e..l chamberIain Dead.

!. Portland, Me-, Feb. 24.-Maj- Gen.
Joshua Chamberlain, ex-governor OF
Maine and former president OF Bow
doin College. died here today, aged ss.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Clear Weather In jowa,

Des Moines. Feb. 24.-Zero tempera. {.
ture and clear weather prevailed In Des
Moines and central Iowa today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
WiI.on siqns Labor eiII,

washington. Feb. 24.-President VIII
son today signed bill limiting the
hours OF labor of women IN lie District
OF Columbia to eight hours
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24

Sending pictures by wire 10 nothing
new in Germany and France. and now
they are talking Of cabling them across
the Atlantic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
History Of Becker Case.

New York, Feb. 24.-The crime fC/
which Becker and the four gunner
received sentence Of death stirred
every stratum Of New York society and
it's echoes were heard in the recent
city campaign. Herman Rosenthal was
shot down early on the morning o:
July 16. 1912, in front of the Hote
Metropole. in the heart of the ten
derloin. He was sitting in the hote
cafe when man told him he was
wanted outside. He walked to the door
and fell dead before a fusillade of pisto
shots. The men who killed him jumped
into waiting automobile and sped
away.
The police failed to trace the car
until the clerks of the E!ks Club near
by told them its number. The car
was found, its owner and chauffeur
were arrested and other arrests fol-
lowed rapidly.
The conviction of Becker and the
gunner was based chiefly on the testi-
mony of Jack Rose, gambler
"Bridgie" Webber, Roses partner, anG
Harry Vallon, one of their agents. This
trio turned states evidence and de-
clared they had hired the four gun
men to kill Rosenthal 9. Packers re-
quest.
Becker Demanded Murder.
Becker was a police lieutenant ir
charge of the strong arm squad
whose duties We're to keep in subjec.
ton the gangs of the city and to regu-
late gambling places and houses OF i'll.
fame. Rose, Weioher and Vallon said
that the police lieutenant made use OF
his position to collec. money from thest
houses as the price OF letting them dc
business. Rosenthal knew OF these
operations. they said, and was about
to turn over his evidence to the dis
trict attorney.
The states witnesses insisted thai
Becker urged and threatened than un.
til they agreed to do his bidding.
Becker was arrested July 29, 1912
but nearly two months elapsed before
the police found the gunner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Eorty.Ixo aelow in Yeek atata.

Little Falls. N. r.. Feb. 2l.-The cold.
est weather Of the year wns recorded
in this vicinity today. The mercury
dropped to ~ below zero at Dollesvtllc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
UPHOLD WHITE SLAVE LAW.
Constitute nality Of Statute Attacked
in Wilson Case.

Washington, Feb. N.-The constitu-
tionality Of the federal white slave law
was again upheld today by the SUI
preme court in the Wilson case OF
Chicago. The point whether the law 10
limited to commercial vice ID not in
volved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
NAVAL BILL APPROVED
House Committee Passes On Measure
and House 10 Expected TO Adopt Bill
-Providss For Two eattlsShips and
Minor craft-Ssisetlon Of Dry Dock
on Atlantic Coast Goes Over.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The naval bill,
including the two battleship program
for next year. was finally passed on to-
day by the house naval committee. De-
tails Of the bill have previously been
made public. The administration plan
for two battleships with the minor
craft contemplated is considered GER
tain of adoption by the house.
The bill puts over to next year the
selection of a dry dock on the Atlantic
coast and the determination of the
feasibility OF government armor
plant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24

Extracting the oil from tomato seed
has become considerable industry In
Italy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
T.-R. BULLETIN
NEWS OF THE DAY
The Wcathee

Sun rises Feb. 25 at S:39, sets at
SAC.
Iowa--Fair tonight and Wednesday !:
rising temperatures: Increasing south
erly winds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24

Italy.
The day book., 1914-09-11
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BY N. D. COCHRAN.

Hearst and Heney.-I note with
interest that Hearst's papers are
quoting Francis J. Heney of CalifOr-
mia on ''the great peace movement
launched by Mr.. Hearst"
That takes me back to the time
when Heney was risking his life
fighting the big grafters in San Fran
cisco, and when Hearst for reasons
best known to himself, switched his
policy over night and began a vicious
newspaper attack on Heney.
And all Heney was doing was to
prosecute Abe RUef, Pat Calhoun and
a lot of franchise gTabbeTs and politi-
cal grafters in the public interest.
While that prosecution was on
Heney's life was constantly guard
ed by Detective Burns. But he was
subsequently shot in the face in the
court room. E. H. Hartman was
alive then, and Heney was knocking
the stuffing out of the Southern Pa
cific Republican machine in CalifOT-
MIA
l wondered at the time if Hartman
was interested in HearSt'S VICIOUS at
tacks on Heney.
1 went to lunch with Heney one
day at the Pacific Union Club. AS we
stepped inside the front door, an en-
pIoye-a dooTman-called Heney to
one side. When he rejOined me he
said:
''The employees here are the only
friends l have in the club. That door
man asked me if you were a citizen
of San Francisco. He knew there
was a club rule against a member
bringing a citizen of the town to the
club, and he knew the members
would be glad of a chance to throw
me out for violation of the rules"
At that time Hearst was fighting
Heney savagely in both his San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles papers.
Hartman is dead. Hearst is now
quoting Heney.