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Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
y. S. SHIPS MUST USE GREATEST
PRECAUTIONS TO IDENTIFY
THEMSELVES.
DISPLAY NEUTRAL MARKINGS
Vessels Should Be Well illuminated
at Night and Should Not Venture
in lncautiously, Declares the
German Foreign office.

washington, d. ca warning to
American shipping against traversing
the naval war zone incautiously and
to have all neutral markings dis
played as conspicuously as possible
including illumination at night, was
communicated to the state depart
ment by the German government
through the American embassy at
Berlin.
The German warning was an,
nounced in the first statement made
public by the state department. 1t
said:
The American ambassador at Ber
Lin has been informed by the German
foreign office that, in view of the fact
that during the last few weeks 1t has
repeatedly occurred that neutral ships
have been sunk in the waters desig
mated as an area of maritime war by
the German admiralty on Feb. 4, 1915,
and especially in one case where it
was esta ablished that the sinking was
traceable to an attack by a German
eupALaA AIfS WHICH, III 'uS uaI hHcos,
took the neutral ship for an English
vessel on account Of the inadequate
illumination of its neutral distinctive
markings, it recommended that Amer
tcan circles again be warned against
traversing the area of maritime war
incautiously, and also, urged to make
the neutral markings as plain as pos
sible, especially to have them illumi-
mated promptly and sufficiently at
night"
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Portland. 0re.-Policeman George
Trojan Of New York City was ordered
by Judge Stevenson 10 take Louis
Drongofsky back 10 New York at once
or the prisoner would be released. The
court asserted that since Trojan sr.
rived here three days ago, he had
been continuously entertained by
lodge men, while his prisoner re-
manned in his cell. Brongofsky is &C,
oused Of q minor offense.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Creditor Gets 10 Tombstones.

Purcell, Oklaho ma There is an
opportunity for someone to acquire a
lot Of tombstones at cut prices. Some
trick of fortune. or misfortune, has
placed B. H. Rackley in a peculiar po-
sition, He advanced some money to
a friend who WAS in the tombstone
business. Rackley had TO take the
stock Of 1S tombstones as security
He says he will make an auction sale
OF them.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
SUBMARINE SINKS ANOTHER
Captain and Five Men Drowned When
Life Boat capstres--others
Land at Falmouth.

Falmouth England The new Brit.
ish steamer Spennymoor has been
sunk by German submarine off Star
Point, Orkney Islands
The captain and Ave men OF the
crew OF the steamer were drowned
by the capsizing OF q boat while Il
was being launched. and the engineer
was badly injured by the bursting Of
a shell In the engine room.
Twenty-three survivors OF the dis
aster have landed here.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
RAILWAY MAGNATE INDICTED
Furnished q Special Car for Bunch Of
Friends to Take a
Trip.

Cleveland Ohio. -- Fred D. Under
wood. president of the Erie Railroad,
was indicted by a special United
States grand jury on charge Of vio
latins an act of congress regulating
commerce.
The indictment charges that Under
wood. on June T. 1912, gave William
b. Miller, former Akron rubber manu-
facturer, use OF special passenger
car to carry party Of 25 TO Beverly.
Mass
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Jellico. Ky-william Lowe was
Killed and deputy sheriffs Joseph
King and James Pennington were
shot while attempting to raid a blind
tiger on the Tennessee line. Six men
have been killed in similar raids.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Fire or Own rers.

Rnrao An official dispatch fruga
the Italian grand anAigaarters under
date Of Sunday. SAYS
In the Gludscara Valley. on tho
Trentino Tyro, frun,ier teItrene
soathwcs,) wr occupied ar Important
Position. the summit; ot sressa, near
e,oro. Our artillery destroyed the ar
morei fort ot t.siseruA, on n" AsiAxo
Plateau. which aolK;ed white aas.
Seeing this. tho Austrian Fort Belvt-
aerc, Situate! farther 10 the rear TN
n ediately turned sgns against Furt
I.usaYnA
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Santa re. N M.-Telephone reports
to the local forestry office state that
a disastrous fire is raging at Eland,
a mining camp in the Jemes Noun
tains. so miles west Of here. Citizens
are fighting the flames. which have
attacked Q number Of residsncea
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Washington. A man who called
himself Sues Otis Of San Ffancisca.
was detained by the police for OBJ
servation following an attempt to see
the president Otis said be was dis
tanly related to Harrison Gray Otis
q Los Angeles
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

London. EngiAssd.--A Bucharest dts.
patch to the Exchanse Telegraph
COMPANY says lmroran; negotiations
are In progress between RoumAniA
ard Bulgaria, Tho Bulgarian minis
ter to RouE.ania the dispatch adds,
len for SOFA. Turkey, according TO a
report current has offered To esds
Adrianople to Bulgaria
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Rockland. Me.-The mail and passen-
ger steamer W. G. Butman sank while
on her regular run between Metinicus
and Rockland In rough sea. The
10 passengers and crew are safe
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
20 Neoro Fishermen missino.

Charleston. South Carolina-Reports
received here indicated that at least
20 negro fishermen perished in the
Storm off Charleston. Eight fishing
boats were lost and 20 members of
their crews are missing.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Rates on Beef Suspended.

Washington.-Proposed increased
freight rates on dressed beef from the
East to St Louis. No. and East st.
Louis. III. were suspended by the In
terstate commerce commission.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
r. Drew caminetti Filed Appeal.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for a su-
preme court review Of the conviction
OF r. Drew Caminetti in the California
federal court on charges OF violating
the Mann act was fled here by form
or Senator Bailey.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Boston. hass.-A resolution asking
President Wilson to call at once a
conference Of neutral nations TO con-
slider conditions growing out Of the
war was adopted at a meeting Of the
New England Peace Conference.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Glasgow Butcher shops clo,.d.

Glaseow, Scotland.-Two hundred
butcher shops were closed for the rea-
son that the shortage of cattle has re-
suited in almost prohibitive prices
for beef.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Doctor Of Divinity, a. Killed.

San Francisco. Cay Rev. Arthur
Mcclure. D, d. head OF the manual
training department OF the ChrtstiAn
College OF bangkok. Siam. wNs struck
BY an automobile as he was aiighting
from = street car here and injured
fatally. He bled to death before hs
could BE- taken to q hospital DR. No
Clure was 2i years old.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Kaiser Psrdons Five French Nun..

Berlin.-The emperor has pardonsd
Eve nuns of the convent at Roye, who
were convicted of having concealed .
wounded French soldier in the con-
vent last December.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Breaks Two RIhs.

New York.-Theodore Roosevelt ct
the unusually strenuous task Of break
ing q new horse, managed to break a
couple of ribs. but has refused To 20
to bed
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
TWO MERCHANTMEN LOST
BRITAIN AND DENMARK EACt
FURNISH VICTIMS.
German Submarines Active in Prohi
bited Zone and Send Pair to
the Bottom.

Cardiff, Wales, - The steamer
Morwenna eof Montreal was tor.
pedoed and shelled by German
submarine Wednesday, l60 miles " vest
by south OF 81. AIMS Head.
One member OF the crew OF the YES.
sci was killed while three were
wounded
The Morwenna was bound from
Cardiff for Sydney, Cape Breton, In
ballast The Belgian trawler Jaque.
line picked up the crew.
The Morwenna was built Mt Dundee
in 1904 She was eco feet long and
WAS owned by the st. Lawrence Ship
ping Company OF Montreal The mar.
itime records show that she left Car.
diff. May 25. ST AIMS Head Ia in
Wales In Pembrokshire,
South Shields--The Danish steamer
Betty was torpcdoed by Ger
man submarine In the North
Sea and went TO tho bottom. The
members OF her crew were rescued
and have been brought TO the Tyne
The Betty was 2sl feet long and
1857 tons net register. She WAS
built in 1912 and Was owned In Copen-
hagen. she sailed from Baltimore on
April 10 tor Copenhagen. where she
arrived May s.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
4s4 10 rrismeh's Casualty list

London. Ensland-The casualty list
OF the British battleship Triumph, tor.
pedoed off the Gallipoli Peninsula.
shows that three officers and II men
sere killed and that 40 men are
miasing.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
A Fashion Note.
Arrest Him OfHeer,

Why are crossing policemen al.
ways such big. fnelooking men, IL
II any easier for them to makeNtheir
arTests,"
We'll. IL makes Il easy for them to
lrreet attention" - 81. Louis Daily
Republic
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
Whisky Poured into CT, Sewer

Lavton. 0k-One. hundred and
thirty pints Of whisky and sixty
quarts Of beer we're poured into the
Lawton sewers by Sheriff TomsRich-
ardson. upon court order. The liquor
had been seired in dry territory.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03
AUSTRIANS FAIL TO CHECK
ITALYS VICTORIOUS SWEEP

Roma italy. - All efforts Of the
Austrians TO check the Italian inva-
sion of Trent and Istria have failed
and the advance continues success
fully at every point.
1t is unoffioiaily reported that the
Austrian authorities have left Trieste
and that the city has been abandoned
A Fashion Note.
Did you know that automobile
caps will be worn In a special way!"
Yes, have been told they are apt
to be worn on one side at all head on
meetings.'
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

Now. Will you have the locks on
this desk black or bronze."
Bronze. I believe Since my own
locks are golden the Others should
harmonise, don't rou think"
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

10 the mercy Of turbulent nobs.
The Italian forces which occupied
Grsdisca have crossed the lsonso
river and are pushing seuthward to-
ward MontAicone A severe artillery
duel along the heights Of the Isonso
demonstrated the superiority OF the
Italian guns.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

First Bunoo Man-Havs you done
anything today
Second Bunco Man-speak more ~
spectfuily OF your fellow. man.
Marble Hill press., 1915-06-03

When first q man for Office tries
He thinks one term enough win b;
But every man who lands q prize
is out for two, and maybe three.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07

other amusement companies to de-
mand that 1t be subject to the same IL
cense regulations as themselves. Such
a regulation, however, means virtually
the extinction of the chautauqua as
semhly as 1t is now held in the smaller
towns and in a town like Pella where
there is religious prejudice against
It.. Chautauquas can hardly be made
to pay out in such places now, and to
lay heavy license fee upon them
makes their undertaking more than
the boldest will dare. We see in 1t,
however. one possible good. People
may awaken to the fact that license
fee Is despicable form Of tax and be-
gin to study the subject Of taxation
with view of finding something bet
ter. The very name license carries
with 1t the suggestion Of evil, some
thing that is permitted, not engaged
in as matter of right. II thing Ia
right. 1t should require no license,
or permission; If 1t is wrong, 1t should
not be licensed, or permitted at all.
To license an evil, is to compromise
a principle: to license good thing 10
a hold up. Cities should seek bet
ter and fairer way to raise neces-
sary revenues. The value of land aided
by the community effort Of people
offers revenue to which no one can
have valid private claim; and If that
alone is appropriated for public pur-
poses, we need not engage in such
picayunish business as licensing cl1au-
tauquas or any other legitimate private
business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
PRINT THE LIST.

The Marshalltown Times Republican
Is having a conniption At because this
newspaper and the Denison Bulletin
have been twitting on facts concerning
the notorious booze drinking INDUCED
in by certain of the IRIS prohibition
pets in the last legislature. II the es-
teemed T.-R. will just keep its shirt on
until the next campaign. 1t will know
all about who those drunken hypocrites
are for the people are going to be told
all about the liquor drinking and i'm
morality INDUCED in by some OF those
fellows If they are impudent enough to
ask for office again. II is just possible
too. that something may be said OF a
prominent republican state official who
has been soused. time and again. right
in the state capitol. and who was cor
rallied by one Of his friends in Fort
Dodge not long ago. so pifficated that
he didn't know what town he was In.
The T.-R. and Its ilk can not put
over" any more of that kind of fellows
on the republican ticket. This paper
will not support or spare any demo-
Gratis who may be guilty of such con-
duct. II Iowa is to be liquorless state
her laws are going to be made and adj
ministered by sober men all along the
liua
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
DID IT CURE JOHNSON,

lSdEnUTlOSe LedCeT.j
No. the boss Of the shop don't chew
tobacco, and had we been a tobacco
chewer. we certainly would have
stopped on short notice after seeing
plug Of tobacco now in possession of
L. o. Alcorn. of the Cambridge mer-
camille store. Ebert johnson happened
to discover it first-he had bought 1t
for real tobacco and he was not slow
in tasting 1t. Elbert's best molar
couldn't bulge it, so he took his
knife and split the plug open, and
to his surprise he discovered the de-
cayed cadaver OF full grown mouse,
and the obstruction his teeth had met
was little mousies collarbone. The
first words uttered by Ebert were that
he expected the discovery would save
him hundreds Of dollars.
How would you feel when q mouse tail
or foot stuck out of your tobacco plug
We have heard OF such a thing as find
ing negro fingers, etc., in the chewing
tobacco, but not a whole mouse nicely
pressed In the tobacco leaves How
FRAGRANT II must have been, and juicy,
too!
We know there are men in Cam
bridge who have spent several dol
lars for tobacco cures, but failed to
stay cured. Now you just go to AL
corn's store, take good look and
smell q. mouse mixture plug, and you
will at least look before you take an
other "chaw."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
PROGRESS IN COLLEGE EDUCATION.

There were 216,493 students in col.
leges, universities, and archaeological
schools in 1914, according to the an.
nual report of the commissioner of ed
ucation, just issued. This is an in
cvrease of 1892 over 1918. The bu-
reau's list for 1914 includes SGT insti-
tuticns, decrease of % over the pre-
ceeding year. States or municipalities
control 80 of the colleges; private cor
porations control 474. Men still out
number women in higher education;
there We're 1888 men in 1914 and
7I,120 women, as compared with 1885,
6444 men and 1887 women in 1913
Despite rising standards of admission
and graduation, college enrolment has
more than tripled since 1890.
Receipts during the year totaled
sl20.579,257, of which s1S,422 $50 was
for endowment. Benefa ctions TO col
leges and universities totaled s26.670,-
OIL, something over 100000 more
than in the year previous. Six nsti-
e-<'e l'o'4' III eAeesS
of a million dollars apiece, and firty-
five universities. colleges, and tech
biological schools reported gifts
'-'i.- si0''0OV' ~
~
0-i'e '-t- - u
state and municipal appropriations
s-p - ost 40 us
anu 'l'+-''-e4 pa appio-
- t'''
~ "it'te iees ioi
'-''- az o'+-ei el"'Sl'ioiiai sei.s ICES
ot'i S''o'V''a' -
--e u',ii-i'taii' iio'e OF 'he year III
IS t-ei 81 " d '-'ii' according 10 me re
pol l. was ooiice'i'i a'ioh' ooeh IN inter
no. mo lon anu IA iea'ioh u
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
THE WIDOWS TAXES.
IPella Chronicle L


We heard Of a piece OF city property
that sold this week for $1,000 which
was assessed for $1,000. 1t had been
the property OF widow, and at her
death the estate was settled up and
the house and lot sold. We call at
tention to this as illustrating the in
justice OF the present method Of as
sessing property. In the case Of an
estate where there is an admintstrat-
or or in case the owner is an honest
person, the property is valued much
higher than in the case of other prop
erty. There is no question that some
property in Pella is valued for about
half what 1t would sell for. but this
widows house and lot were valued for
all 1t would bring. The property gen.
orally in this section was valued 50
low that the board OF equalization
made a horizontal increase of the as
sessnsent. The injustice Of an assess-
ment that demands such an increase Is
seen IN the case Of this honest person
who had already given IN her property
for what It was worth. Surely 1t Is
time we had new deal in the matter
OF assessing property in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
Topics of the Times

The Poles seem to be almost within
reach of the persimmon.
The sooner that new hard roads
commission is appointed and getf
strictly busy and hands in Its report,
and the report is acted upon and we
get good roads, the quicker Iowa will
take her proper place among the pro-
gress:ye road making states.
Well have the corn crop ready for
inspection by the tourists by the time
they come stringing back from the ex-
position along the Lincoln highway.
Judge Lindseys conviction for con-
tempt OF court was to be expected. The
Judge has always felt considerable
contempt for those Colorado courts
and a very large number OF other peo-
pie feel the same way about it.
Noting that Dcs Moines is urging its
travelling men to boost for good roads,
the Algona Republican sneeringiy re-
marks that ''Des Moines was always
long on giving advice to the rest Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
The NEW POLAND.

The promise of the kaiser of i'm
mediate steps to restore national ex-
istence to Poland is a Polish dream
come true. The Pole has had a long
memory, an abiding faith and hope and
deserves the reward of fidelity. Not
even the Irish have been more true
to the hope Of restoration than the
Poles.
Poland was a great nation of a
great people, the defender of Christen-
dom against the Turks, the home Of
statesmen and arts and patriotism
and Poland was torn to pieces and d-
vided as brutually as ever hawks rent
and gorged on their prey by Russia,
Austria and Prussia 1t is significant
OF political changes that Germany
should in her own defense re-estab-
iish Poland as a buffer state between
herself and the Russian and that Aus
tria greedily savage in the partition of
Poland should be glad in her weakness
to consent and assist the re-estab-
Ishment; also that Russia should have
her Polish provinces torn from her by
force by the very partners of her greed
and barbarism
Catherine of Russia the woman who
combined the mental qualities of a
queen with the soul of a Cyprian, de-
ternined the destruction Of Poland
Austria was cold toward her diploma
tic advances. In Frederick of Prussia
she found her partner. Prussia de-
sired a weak Poland and sought a
powerful ally. Poland rose against the
constant aggression OF Russia and a
war based on religious differences
broke out. Turkey seized the oppor-
tunity to declare war on Russia based
on the proposition that she could no
longer endure Russian cruelty in Po-
land. Frederick had raised a storm
that threatened the place of Prussia,
And so thru the diplomacy OF Fred
erick Poland was partitioned between
the three great powers. AS time
passed second and third partition
took place. When Napoleon marched
thru Prussia and threatened Russia
hope sprung again in Poland but 1t
died in its birth. The revolt of 1892
was crushed. The lasts truggle of Po-
land, also stirred by religious differ
ences took place co-equal in date with
our civil war. It resulted in the loss
Of all privileges. The Russian Ian
guage became the language of the
schools. Protest from England. France
and Austria was UNDECIDED. Poland was
Russianized and Gernanized so far as
force could accomplish.
But Poland still lived in the hearts
Of the Poles. 1t is still alive. Perhaps
it will kindie again as great coun-
try; perhaps be the plaything Of the
policies of power. Today, however,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07

af
Subject to ratification by the miners
themselves. representatives Of the gov
eminent and Of the coal mine owners
on the one hand and the executive
committee of the South Wales Miners
federation on the other agreed to terms
putting an end to the coal miners
strike, which tied up the south Wales
coal fields and menaced the fuel supply
Of the navy. The terms arrived at
gran: substantial increase in wages
and involve concessions to the strikers
which are considered by their execu-
tive committee az tantamount to an
admission of the miners claims on
nearly all the outstanding points. The
thanks Of England went chiefly to Da-
vid .Lloyd-George. minister Of NUM-
lions. for It was his arrival At Cardiff
that paved the way for breaking the
deadlock between the miners and the
mine owners.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
About the Rain,

Do you ever get around TO read thu
lyrics OF Paul Laurence Dunbar the
young colored poet whose untinisly
death robbed the world Of much that
is remarkable? One need not be q poet
to find both beauty and philosophy in
the writing OF this young tempera.
mental man, who wrote, for instance.
about weather similar to that we are
ENJOYING, or reslizing, in Burlington at
present:
Hits been drizzlin' and been sprink-
lin,
Kin of techy all day long.
I amt wet enough fu' toddy,
rs too damp to raise q song,
An de case have set me t'inkin',
Dat dey's folks des lax de rain.
Dat goez drizzlin' wen days talkin',
An won't speak out fat and plain.
Gimme folks dat speak out nachul,
Whutll say des whut day mean.
Whut don't set dey wo'ds 30 skinny
Dat you got to guess between.
want talk des' lax de showahs
Whut kin wash dc dust erway;
Not dat sprinklin' convusation.
Dat des drizzle all do day"
Burlington Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
EFFECTS OF RAIN IN 1851.
Caused Great Depression Thrueat


1t is to, be hoped that the heavy rains
which have been experienced in large
portions Of Iowa this year will not
have the results which followed q
similar rainy season IN 1881. A MEM
Der OF the research staff Of the State
Historical Society of Iowa recently
found the following Renaissance con-
cerning that year:
The food, the failure OF the crops
and the sickness In Iowa, made many
dissatisfied and anxious to leave the
country. and many of them who could
disposed Of their farms and left the
state. The prospects of rapidly accu-
mulating great wealth west Of the
Rocky mountains, and almost famine
in Iowa because Of the wet season had
such an effect on the citizens that the
future prospects of the state were
very gloomy and unpropitious. Bush
ness became stagnant, many houses
and farms were tenantless, many sold
their possessions at reduced prices. and
it seemed for while as il everybody
were bound to leave Iowa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-07
More Grasshopper "Reminiscences.
A little might be added to the grass

hopper story:
They would gather ON the rails OF
the Northwestern railroad in such
numbers that the oil crushed out OF
them by the locomotive wheels couseI
the wheels to slip at times so the train
could not make time.
In Minnesota the governor asked the
people to meet at their churches and
places OF worship and pray to God
that he remove the grasshopper. Two
days before the time named by the
governor the grasshoppers Of that re-
gion rose up into the air and flew
away. Where did they go2f Very soon
after this, perhaps, the next day a
great swarm Of grasshoppers passed
over the north part of this county
(Marshall county. Iowa). going south
and little east. There were millions Of
them and occasionally one would drop
to the ground. They we're almost like
cloud. 1t was bright sunshine and
about noon. we could see them plainly
We guessed they came from Mime
sota-Wiliam Battin, Marshalltown,
Iowa