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Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Northern I01ua Items

proposition. The tax levy to pay off
the bonds shall be mills on the dol
lar.
Cedar Rapids.
Tho public morals committee OF the
ministerial union announced that plans
were being considered to take a hand
in the investigation which is being
made against dsorderIy houses here.
which We're supposed to nave been done
away with owners of property where
such places are said to exist will be
notified to terminate the leases or
prosecutions will follow. The council
formally passed resolution clearing
Sergeant Christensen from charges
that he stood in" with the alleged
immoral women, and also setting right
Commissioner McDuff and Chief of Po
lice Carl.
Cedar Rapids.
]. kaminsky. for two years one of
the most efficient iabcrcrs employed at
the Quaker Oats plant. was crushed
to death between freight car and a
pla tform at the Quaker Oats plant at
20 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Ia
minsky is about % years old. He lived
with his wife and three children at 51l
Seventeenth avenue, east. kaminskN
was working with a cable on the plat
form which extends along the Fourth
street side Of the Quaker Oats plant
The cable was used to pull freight cars
for u short distance so that employees
could load them quickly kaminsky
evidently had been down on the track
near a car and Just rs the car moved
he tried to jump on the platform. The
car caught him and rolled him against
the platform. His chest was badly
crushed and he was dead when the
other laborers rea chcd him.
Sioux City.
Albert j. Schmidt. of Pierson. is a
sane man at all times, according to the
opinion of experts at the state asylum
at Cherokee from which place he was
DISCHARGED as improved some months
ago. However, any mention Of his
wife's name now causes him to act in
a manner so peculiar as to excite APP
preh ension among his associates.
Schmidt is the defendant in divorce
action being heard in the district court
here. He did not appear Mrs. Anna
Schmidt isjthe plaintiff. According 80
testimony introduced. Schmidt became
so angry with his wife on one occasion
because she would not work that ~
threw a hammer at her. Mrs. Schmidt
proved agile enough to avoid the mis-
sic but it struck a hog feeding at a
trough nearby. killing it instantly. NJ
all times he was harsh with the wife
abusing her and accusing her of un-
CHASTITY Harry G. Schmidt. aged -.
SON and Ruth Schmidt. aged II.
daughter. testified in behalf of the
mother Schmidt was confined in tn
Cherokee asylum for six months. al
the end of which time he was released
as improved. He accepted employment
from hrother-in-Iaw, Ed Moore. in
South Dakota. near Armour. and has
remained there since In position OF
responsibility and authority. The wlt"
is guardian of 81 400 belonging to the
defendant. which will likely be divided
between them. she receiving part as
alimony. Any mention of Mrs Schmidt
in the presence of the husband causes
him 10 act strangely. according to in
formation submitted to the court ~,
T.. G. Whitney, appointed by the cour'
to look into the case.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27

Charles City.
John Bramlner. brakeman Of .\lber
Lea. probably was fatally injured here
late Tuesday when train crushe,
him against the depot platform
Postvi!ie.
At special election held for the
purpose of deciding the question o
issuing $4,000 in bonds to build a new
school house. the proposition carried ,!
the following vote: Mems vote, 19l
for 81 against: women's vote. 175 for
42 against: total, 265 for, 90 against.
Usage.
Mrs. Elizabeth Renner. who died las
week at the home of her daughter. Mrs
il. f.. Bower, in Burr Oak township
was the oldest woman in Mitchell
county. having reached the ripe age o.
"a years She had been a resident o
the county for thirty years.
St. Olaf.
Farmers and business men Of the
vicinity OF St. Olaf have organized
the Second State Bank, twenty thirt
organization Of the kind in Clayton
county. The total capital in the bank
ing business in the county now is
s646. 900.
Waterloo.
From renter to land cwner is but g
step for thrifty 1owars. Twelve wears
ago Burr Lynch became a tenant uror
County Auditor Rainbow>s 200-acrc
farm north of town. Now Mr.. Lynch
has bought eighty acres at $3.50 ar
acre. and takes possession March |
with the property nearly paid for. His
public sale netted him $1,000 and he
reserved enough domestic animals tc
stock his own place.
McGreeor.
What is said to be the largest alb
stract Of land ever written in Clayton
county has just been drawn up TO,
r. C. Parnel of McGregor. 1t con-
tans sixty typewriter pages. $50 in
struments are recorded. 800 Others
were examined and Mr.. Parnell paid
bill of s1S0.42 before the instrumen'
was handed over to him. The land
covered in the abstract is the ahan-
doned townsite Of the former village
of Hardin between Luana and Post
Vile. In early days a thriving village
existed at Hardin.
Sioux City. 20 = !.
Interest is gfoa:ii;:, in fne idea o.
forming an. Organization to have charsf
of opening a day nurs~rs In Sioux city
and more enthusiastic are being added
each day. Itsshss s:hsen... foundtto be OF
so much, larger proportions than was
at first thought that the meeting that
WIS to have been hold at the library
:fdr the formal ion of m, association tc
handle the work. hsssReen %ilecsssar1ly
postponed until q atieterSs' date. More
time sfor preliminary aMangenents wa :
found to he needsd. sinGs the greatly
aided interest crsassSE possihil-
ities.s ~" * :. -1iS
Sioux City. as 49, :,
& The voters Of WoodbnrY county will
.aepide at a special "eleelion2 to be held
June /. at the ti.ne!s Of the regular
primaries, whether the, county shall
erect q new court honse' at cost OF
$500, 900 The county board of slp"l :
viscrs by a unanimous; vote OF the
members TUESDAY afternoon, passed a
resolution providing that the proposi- l.
ton be submitted to vote OF the
people. The resolution also makes pro
vision for a bond issue to finance the
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Clarion New. Items.
>cial to Times-Republican.

1
| Clarion, Feb. 27.-The churches OF
campaign to have the residents OBJ
serve go-to-church Sunday next Sab
BATH The town will be billed. and
many placards have been put up IN
! the windows of the business houses.
The prisoners who broke Jail here
a week ago last Saturday night are
still at large. tho the entire surround
| ing country has been notified and every
possible effort made to locate the
men.
Charles Gross, of Eagle Grove, has
decided to enter the race for the office
of county clerk and has announced his
candidacy Mr.. Gross thought some OF
entering the race two years ago, but
gave up the fight. He has been a civil
engineer and is we'll qualified. This
makes three candidates who are in the
| race.
Walter Pardun and family have
moved to Fort Dodge, where they will
make their future home Mr.. Pardur
is training the choir of the NJ. e.
church in that city and also has
class of pupils in vocal music.
MrG II Eldridge. l%ho has been
on the sick list the past week. Is grad
ualiy improving and is able to sit up
some. 60 ~
Mr.. and, AIRS. c. L. speight have re-
(turned from Des Moines, where they
Ewere called by the death Of the wife
Pof Mrs. speight's brother. who died
Esuddenly while attending a lodge meet
EFng. -
1t begins tos1ook as If Clarion would
[haye Chautauqua, the coming sea-
son. representative from chau-
tauaua bureau was. in the city the
|other day and had "a meeting called.
plans were drawn up to the effect that
the course would cost 5000. less 20 per
cent commission. Season tickets are
to be 50 each Over thirty citizens
signed the contract with the under
standing that in case Of deficit. not
more than S. would be taxed to any
signer.
The Clarion creamery is now opened
and doing business. The company
erected a very fine, comn1odious buili-
ing near the Great Western depot.
DR.. J. H. Sans has been at Cedar
Rapids where he visited cousin who
was ~auite i'll in the hospital. Th"
cousin died short time after the ar
rival of DR.. Sans. ssas<
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
STATE ASSOCIATION FAvoRs
PERMANENT STATE COM.
MISSION.
RETURN TO FORT DODGE
FOR 1915 CONVENTION
Old Officers Reelected With sparbes
as President - Proposed National
Legislation Endorsed and Iowa Con.
gressmen Urged to Give Their Sup.
port-Othsr Iowa News.

Fcrt Dodge, Feb. 27.-The following
officers were elected by the Iowa State
Drainage Associations:
Presidential. NJ. Sparboe, Webster
City.
Vice President-J. w. Boyer, Fort
Dodge.
Secretary and Treasurer-M. f. Cos
tello. Ames.
An invitation was extended to the
association to make Fort Dodge its
meeting place for 1918. While the cx-
ecutive committee. composed of the
officers, decide the place of meeting it
is practically settled that they will
meet here again next year.
Among the resolutions adopted
We're:
Resolved that the Iowa Drainage
Association hereby endorses the house
Of representative bill No. S1S9 and rec
ommend that our representatives in the
house and senate use their influence
10 secure its passage.
Resolved. further that the secretary
send copies of this resolution to
Speaker Clark and the Iowa repre-
sentatives in congress.
Whereas, the work of the Iowa state
drainage and water ways commission
has been Of great benefit to the state
in connection with the promotion OF
drainage and development Of water
power. and
Whereas, in the opinion Of this COM
MISSION it was a matter of great ben
eft to the state, that the work of this
commission be continued.
Be it resolved. that the Iowa State
Drainage Association shall recommend
to the Thirty-sixth general assembly
of the state of Iowa. that a permanent
state drainage and water ways COM
mission be established with an appro-
priation of sufficient size to enable
them to carry On this important work.
Be it further resolved that the leg
islative committee Of the Iowa State
Drainage Association be instructed TO
present this matter in an approprl-
ate way to the Thirty sixth general
assembly at she proper time.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
CONGRESSMAN GREEN, or IOWA,
SCORES MANAGEMENT OF
ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD.
OPERATIONS LIKENEp TO
THOSE OF NEW HAVEN
Declares S121, 100000 Of Water Wa.
Poured Into Stocks and Bonds in
Face Of increase in Fixed Charges
Sums Appropriated For Equipment
Which Failed to Equip.

Washington, Feb. 27.-Bitter critic
:sm Of the Rock Island railway and
its financial operations was raised in
the house late yesterday by Represen-
tative Green, of Iowa, speaking in sup
port of his resolution authorizing the
interstate commerce commission to
make an investigation Of the road.
The speaker compared the operations
of the Rock Island to those Of the New
Haven and Frisco systems already
under investigation. and declared that
the plan under which the holding COM
panies control the finances of the Rock
Island was utterly indefensible from
any standpoint. - ts
Thru the manipulation Of the holding
companies. Mr.. Green asserted, $121,-
100000 OF water was poured on the
company's stocks and bonds, while the
fixed charges Of the road had been
increased from 40 to 80 per cent.
Exploited by Freebooters.
THE railway company never re-
ceived one dollar benefit from the hold
ing companies" he declared. Their
Oi kS3kI d14O10S AHdAGldl A1SSDuoLcIS OIL
opportunity to exploit the railway and
the public"
The speaker further charged that the
millions Of securities floated We're put
'up merely for the aggrandizement of
q few men without any return being
given
Referring to the equipment Of the
Rock Island. he said ut is reported
that It has spent $6o00.OO0 since 1907
for equipment hire alone, and still it is
known that 1t has not been properly
supplied. A chorus OF complaints has
arisen from the public because of lack
OF service. trains behind time. inabil-
ity to move traffic, and the road has
been heavily mulcted in damages by
reason of delayed freight. Wrecks
have been frequent"
Management insufficient.
An investigation by the interstate
commerce commission, Mr.. Green de-
clared, was the only way to get at the
facts.
The operation OF the road. he said.
was a notable example of cases where
the board OF directors and high Off
cials Of the road have not been taken
from men trained in the schools Of
efficiency or practical work.
"They usually have bean aistin-
guished for operation on the stock ex-
change rather than in transpor alton"
he added.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27

at the Y.aM. C. A. hall and completed
the organization Of the Methodist So
cial Union. The object Of the union
Is to bring the members and friends
OF the church into closer social touch
and thus to promote the cause of the
church. The membership now reaches
over $50.
John wooff this week sold his resi-
dence to III. B. Esdohr. the new grocer.
Possession Is to he given March Is.
Mr.. Wooff thinks he will locate in some
town not far from here.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
DECLARES CLARK LIVES
Prominent Iowan Claims Iowa Attor.
nsy. Lona Believed to Have Lost Life
in Lake Michigan. Has Been Seen
in Distant city-ciark Disappeared
Several Years Ago While on Boat
Trip.
,ecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. Feb. 27-Is Horace Gree
ley Clark. son Of the late Iowa state
senator and bank president, Ezekiel
Clark, alive? A prominent Iowa man.
recently returned to Iowa City, from
another state, declares positively that
the young Iowa attorney, long sup
posed to be drowned, is alive and that
he has been seen and talked to in a
distant city. Clark. following his mar
rage to a Grinnell girl. and certain
domestic infelicities, vanished one day
several years ago when voyaging from
Chicago to Milwaukee by boat. He was
reported drowned and that report held
good for several years but no direc;
evidence of his accidental or suicidal
death in Lake Michigan was adduced.
The Chicago papers had many sensa-
tional stories about the mysterious van
ishing at the time. Clark was never
seen in Iowa City again subsequent to
the day of his disappearance.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Brief New. Of Steamboat Rock.
ecial to Times Republican,

Special to Times Republican.
Steamboat Rock. Feb. 2I.--The meet
ings which have been held in the Ger
man Baptist church for the past three
weeks, closed Thursday with stotal
OF twelve converts. Mr.. Lange, who
has been conducting the meetings. re-
turned to his home in Muscatine.
Rev. Mr.. Steiger left Tuesday for
Davenport in response to a telegram
stating that his wife's mother Mrs
Keller, was very low. Mrs. Steigel
was called there last week by her criti-
cal condition.
Mrs. John Harms, living east OF
town. is reported quite sick with pneu :
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Sheffield News Notes.

Special To Times Republican.
Sheffield, Feb 27-Mrs. Orville Sravis
of Chicago. was called here Wednes
day noon by the illness of her mother
Mrs. susan La Valley.
Reuben Esslinger returned from
Oxford Wednesday evening for short
stay at home.
Thursday at 3 O'Clock at the home OF
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson, who live
near Thornton was celebrated the mar
rlage of their daughter Miss Hannah
to Alley kottoman, Only the relatives
and intimate friends were present n,
the ceremony. They will go to house
keeping on a farm near Thornton al
once.
Mns. Henry Bolk is very Ill. grave
fears for her recovery are felt.
Guard the health of your family by
keeping ut hand a bottle Of Chamber
lains Cough Remedy. 1t has no equal
For sale by \, L. Elder.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
DIES DURING COURT SUIT.
Defendant IN Breach Of Promise Actor
Passas Away Suddenly.

Sioux City, Feb. 27.-While standing
trial on a breach Of promise suit
brought by Sioux City woman. Mrs.
Mary Harrington, Charles O'Connor, of
Nacora, Neb., was found dead in his
bed at the home OF his friend, j. J..
McAllister, near Dakota City.
Suit WAS begun yesterday morning
in the district court by Mrs. Mary
Harrington, OF Sioux City, against
O'Connor for $1,000 damage on a
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
Mentour News Notes.

Montour, Feb. 27:-Mrs. Horace p.
James. of North Yakima, Wash. is a
guest at the Congregational parsonage
Rev. J. B. Adkins Is attending q
meeting at Grinnell.
The Branson family goes to their
new home in Toledo rhursday.
Mr.. and Mrs Horace Adkins are
moving to Grinnell: -rhey will live on
the Moore farm one mile from Grin.
nell
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27

monia Mr.. Harms is also suffering
with d-poison in his, right hand.
Mr. and Mrs Herman kluger and
daughters of Swea City, spent the
past week here visiting with relatives.
Evening times-Republican., 1914-02-27
AGED MAxwELLlrE DEAD.
N athan Bennett, Aged IS, Passes Ava,
Peacefully.

Special to Times Republican.
Maxwell. Feb. 27.-Nathan Bennett.
an aged resident of this town. died at
: o'clock Thursday evening. He was
o. wears old last month and was never
sick week in his life. His wife is
very i'll with pneumonia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-01
FUTURE DAYS.

psNcEs. 10 Iai2 AND 10. l2ix i
sTREET E9RTHEAsT E. ,,5 TH H,s sr E
s BRICK Stable Stable 81 sToRbRooM II
REAR, AND ALSO A Two-SToRY BRICK
9th STREET NORTHWEST
By virtue Of certain deed Of trust duly re-
land records Of the District Of Columbia, and at
the undersisned trustees. viii sell At public
pHY RE NINTH Day 81
AT FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the following de-
scribed land and premises. situate in the city
e Lot. aed & ss in Se
Warrington Brick Machine Company's subdi
vision Of square ten hundred and three (1O03l
as per plat recorded in Liber 10. at folio 1o7:
Columbia. and on the same day. ut HALF-PASI
FOUR O'Clock Pm: lot si1ty.four go; in
in Liber ". r.. folio 1856 Of the records Of the
ONCE Of the surveyor Of the District Of Colum
bia; and immediately thereafter. lot one hun.
subdivision Of the said square (365). as per plat
recorded in Liber II; folio SO: Of the aforesaid
81. $50 on each. Lot "a, in square 1856, is sold
subject to prior deed Of trust Of a. 900. fur
ther particulars Of which incumbrances win be
numbered save BY this deed OF trust under which
sold.
Terms: All over and above said prior fncum-
on each lot required at time Of sale. Convey
ancing at cost of purchaser. Terms to be com
piled with within fifteen days from day Of sale
otherwise the property will be reso1d at risk and
cost Of defaulaing purchaser.
HERBERr 4. GILL Trustee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-01
NEW LEADERS FOR GOLF.
Nominating Committee Puts Up
Ticket for Election.

NEW YORK, December 1.-Accordine
to the findings of the nominating COM
mittee of the Metropolitan Golf Asso-
citation, practically a new ticket will
be presented for election at the next
annual meeting. Among the officers
Darwin p. KingIey, the present chief
executive, is the only one to be re-
tanned. For vice president Mortimer N
Bucker Is the choice to succeed John
Reid, jr.. while E. Mortimer Barnes is
carded to take Frederick II. Thomas
place as secretary. James A. Stillman
has been named for treasurer in place
Of S. Clifton Mahon.
On the board of governors George H
Barnes. Paul Moore, A. H. Pogson and
J. F. Stanley are all new.
The following ticket will come up
for election at the annual meeting;
which will be held at Sherry's Tuesday
evening, December s:
President, Darwin P. Kingsley, St
Andrews; vice president, Mortimer N
Buckner, Garden City; secretary, E.
Mortimer Barnes, Englewood; treasur-
er, James A. Stillman, Sleepy Hollow
for executive committee, the above Of
ficers and George H. Barnes. Apawamis;
Paul Moore, National Golf Links; A H
Pogson, Fox Hills; J. F.. Stanley. Deal
and Howard F. Whitney, Nassau.
The nominating committee consists
of Frederick S. Wheeler. chairman: D.
H. McAlpin, I'd. and A. NJ. Reid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-01
ARMY'S BEST ELEVEN.
Coaches Praise Men Who Defeated
Naval Academy.

WEST POINT. N. z. December l.
The Army foot ball team as a whole
was considered by its coaches rs tho
best ever turned out at West Point.
This statement was made yesterday
by Lieut. Charles D. Daily of the Sd
Field Battery. who has coached the
Army eleven for the past two years.
The lieutenant left yesterday for Fort
Sam Houston. Tex, to rejoin his COM
mand. Before he departed he made this
comment on the work Of the team:
I'VE are unwilling to admit that
there was any team in the country
that could beat it. It's excellence was
due entirely to the efficiency of the
group of position coaches, who worked
so faithfully for it's success
Head Coach Days assistants, in
holding the Army eleven this year,
were Capts. Graves and Sultan and
Lieuts. Hammond, Thompson, Pullen.
Hayes. Stilwell and Stearns All ex-
cept the resident coaches, who are sta
toned here, have returned to their
commands.
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TRAVELETTE
The MADAM.
BY NIKSAH.

In most towns one drives in the park
to seek pleasure. In Calcutta he doef
it because it is necessary. In mos
| towns carriage is a luxury; in Cal
cutta it is an essential. Charles they
call them. and they are of classes
| three:
A third-class gharry is a fiat-bot-
toned, two-wheeled cart, upon which
the passengers sit cross-legged In that
bone breaking posture impossible for
us of the occident. I don't know what
it costs to ride in a third-class gharry,
but it must be cheaper than walking.
A second-class gharry is distinguished
by having only one horse. only one
driver and only one footman. 1t may
any one who is any one would not care
to be seen driving in a second-class
gharry, with only two servants. 1 be-
lieve a second-class gharry costs near
ly 20 cents an hour.
But now a f1rst-class gharry Is q
thing of joy. It is a big, wide, open
carriage pulled by span of well
groomed horses, and on its box are
seated two beings arrayed like Solo
mona coachman who knows that
his are the best horses in the world,
and footman whose silent hauteur in
forms every passer-by that the occu-
pant Of the carriage Is an aristocrat
Of the aristocrats. (This patent of no.
bility is conferred, of course, by the
fact that the occupant has hired this
particular equipage for the enormous
sum of 33 cents an hour.)
But that is not all. Up behind ia q
syce. The syce is a small person of
brown hue, clad in purple and gold,
equipped with stick. The only rea-
SON he is up behind is that you are an
American and have made him sit very
quietly: otherwise he would be rum
ming ahead of your horses. swinging
his stick about and commanding the
common people to make way for your
Transparent highness.
In this 33-cent-an-hour glory you
will see the Madam driving park
not excelled in beauty and color any
where in the world. On one end is the
government house, the palace of the
viceroys Of India At the other end is
Fort William. And along one side for
two miles runs Chowrtnghee road. one
of the famous streets of the world. In
Guided within the Madam is the Cal
cutta race course. where the races are
attended by a more numerous and a
more colorful throng than ever was
seen at Ascot or Longchamps. Also
grounds, where every afternoon at s
o'clock the British garrison is on
parade for the delectatton of the hum
dreds of people who drive: And there
Of natives.
It is an odd thing that any visitor to
Calcutta will notice that this native
band has one particular afr-a march
with a good swing to it. and one that
makes every Englishman inquire Of
every Englishwoman. What is that
the band Is playing?" Why 1t should
be I'wouldn't dare say. but the favor
lite tune of the MADAM is a Sousa
march, 'The Stars and Stripes For
ever"