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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
WITH MILITARY HONORS.
Bodies of 56 Victims of Cruiser Leon
Gambetta Buried in Italy.

ROME, April 20, $40 a. m. - The
bodies of SO of the men who lost their
lives when the French cruiser Leon
Gambetta was torpedoed by an Aus
trian submarine in the strait of OF
ranto were buried with full ma
val honors this afternoon. The
funeral was arranged by officers of
Italian torpedo boat destroyers who
were Joined by residents Of the
neighborhood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
ALL ATTACKS FAILED.
Germans Advanced and Captured Ma
chine Guns, Berlin Reports.

BERLIN, April 20. = The German
headquarters today issued the follow
ing:
All attacks against the German posi-
tion on the west bank of the canal
north of Ypres failed. The number of
cannon of the enemy captured by the
Germans was increased to 63. South
east of Verdun the German line was
advanced more than 100 yards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
SERIOUS LOSSES FOR TURKS.
Severe Fighting Wednesday on the
GalIipoi Peninsular.

LONDON, April %, 1912 p. m. - A
despatch from Athens says fierce fight
ing took place Wednesday on the west
ern side Of the Gallipoli peninsular, is
miles north of the southern extremity,
and it resulted in success for the al
lies. The losses of the Turks were
serious
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
BELGIANs BoMBARDED.
Their Artillery Has Been Cooperating
With French Troops.

LONDON, April %, 11.33 a. M
There has been given out by the Bel
gian military headquarters the follow
ing report: Several points on oar
front have been bombarded. The Bel
gian artillery has cooperated with the
French. Our aviators have shown
great activity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
PLOT TO BURN CITY.
Fires Started in Bridges Connecting
Two Sections of Vancouver.

VANCOUVER, B. c., April 29.-Fire
said by police officers to be part OF a
plot to burn the city started stimuli
taneously today in the Gamble and
Granville street bridges, connecting
the business and residential portions
of Vancouver. The loss was 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
IN ODD FELLOWS HALL.

Thursday, April %. 7.3O p. m.-Special
meeting of Canton Palestine.
Friday, April 80, 7.30 p. m.-Special
meeting of Oasis Encampment. Ex-
emplifcation of the Royal Purple de-
gree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29

He = You seemed surprised that /
have asked you to marry me.
She-Yes; I've been proceeding all
along on the theory that you hadn t
the courage to do such thing.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29

Miss Helen Thurber viii return to-
morrow to Hartford, Conn, after car
ing for her sister, Mrs. Harry w.
spaulding, two months. Mrs Spauld-
ing is able to be dressed and down
stairs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
THE WEATHER.
Showers and Somewhat Warmer To
night-Friday Probably Fair.

WASHINGTON, April %. = The
weather forecast: Showers and some
what warmer tonight. Friday probably
fair Moderate southeast winds be-
coming southwest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
Son of Prominent Easton,
Maine, Farmer Arrested
at Oakfield Today
JOHN TIMONEY WAS
KILLED AND ROBBED

He Had Worked on the Farm of the
Father Of Harry Bolster, Who, it is
Now Alleged, Committed the Crime
Last October.
HOULTON, Me-, April 20. =. Harry
Bolster, son of prominent Easton far
mer, was arrested on a Bangor and
Aroostook train at Oakfield today
charged with the murder of John Tim
oney of Andover, Mass, at Easton last
October.
Timoney was killed and robbed of
$77, his wages as a potato harvester
on the Bolster farm as he was about to
leave town on Oct. y, at the close of
the harvesting season.
His body was found in the bushes
beside the road. 1t had been dragged
there after the skull had been frac-
tured by blow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29

ROME, April %. - Tomasso Tito
nj, Italian ambassador to France, had
la long audience Tuesday with King
Victor Emmanuel, who is devoting all
his time to a study of the information
I al situation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29
TROOPS TO THE BORDER.
Railroad Service for Ordinary Pur-
poses Suspended in Austria.

VERONA, Italy, April 80, 3.85 a.
m.-Railway service on the Austrian
side of the frontier has been virtually
suspended for ordinary purposes. All
lines are being used to carry troops to
the italian frontier.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-04-29

GENOA, April %. - Several banks,
including the Banca Commerciale,
which have their main branches here
have urgently advised their clerks Of
German and Austrian nationality to
leave Italy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
the 100 THAT IS BEFORE Us.

II he state OF Iowa would measure up
with Ohio in the matter Of road i'm
provement she would have to pave the
Lincoln highway and the River-to-
River road across the state with brick
or concrete She would have to
n,acadamize her entire county road
system SIS now designated in every
county and then she would have to
gravel township roads equal in mileage
to the present county road system. Tn
less she gets busy pretty soon the job
viii lbe twice as large for 1t is said that
at the present rate OF improvement
every mite of main travelled road in
Ohio will be improved with hard sur
face within the next ten years.
And what does It cost? Columbiana
county, for example, which sent a
colony Of pioneers to Marshall ccun-
ty, has twenty three miles Of paved
roads besides Hace dam and gravel and
yet her county road tax levy is the
equivalent OF one mill where our coun-
ty road tax in Marshall county is three
mills. A complete system of paved
roads for Columbiana county is now
being promoted to cost s1,o0o,000 on
the bond issue plan and the county
auditors estimate is that the total
county road levy will have to be in
creased to total equivalent of our
three mills, which will provide for
sinking fund and interest This is on
a par with 600 miles OF paved road in
Los Angeles county with a total coun-
ty road levy OF four mills when our own
are levying four mills for
township dirt roads.
There are farmers in Marshall
county who think that an editor must
be crazy to talk about a million dol
lars worth Of road improvement but
it is because the farmer knows more
about farming than he does about
public road finance He Is content to
keep on paying county road taxes at
the rate Of s4,0oo, 900 in Marshall coun-
~ alone for the next thirty years and
get nothing but mud for his money.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
The Strawpile
Premiums For Hired Men.

To assist nature the farmer culti-
Yates his crops, writes a corresponds
ence to a farm Journal. He must also
cultivate his hired man to assist
nature by developing brains from
labor. The simplest way to do this is
to make things for the hired man
worth while.
Years ago certain things on the
farms came under my observation.
When the corn was planted and be-
gan to come up early in June we would
find that it could not be plowed cross
wise because the rows were so crooked.
This meant dirty corn and large de-
crease in yield. / tried the plan OF
Offering the man on the planter IS il
the rows were straight both ways
That evening I found him out fixing
his machine and wires, and have never
had trouble since.
Was this IS wei! .nvested3
Last year had sixty sows with pig
. hog house Of only twelve pens, ana g
large shed. I knew that with little
pigs coming. from Marck IS on had
q problem in handling this outfit. &c
I took the man In charge and planned
campaign that, II possible, the SOW
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
our sight and hides the evidences OF
human mortality under flower symbols
Of the resurrection.
TEACHERS covRse N AeR,cvL rune.

To help rural and grade teachers
meet the conditions Of the new law
which requires them to teach home
economics, agriculture and manual
training after July I, Iowa State Col
lege at Ames offers to give them the
necessary training this summer. tuition
free. To make 1t convenient for all the
teachers two sessions will be held. one
beginning June IA, the other July Is,
each running six weeks.
Agriculture is to be taught in the
schools. So much Is decided. The
teacher who qualities for the work will
naturally get the better positions. 1t is
forecasted in Iowa that the rural
schools are to enter upon a period of
wide development. We are going to
teach the things that the sections need
where the schools are located. Country
schools are to change. The country
school teacher is to take higher rank.
The time is coming when country po-
sitions will be sought by teachers Of
the higher class instead Of being taken
as as topping stone to a position in
townschool. Several causes make
to this conclusion. One is the vast
improvement that is due in rural con-
ditions thru the passing of isolation.
Social centers are to grow. The tel
ephone and the rail route and the auto
mobile are destroying the narowness
and provinciaiism of the farm. Another
cause Is the growing expense to city
teachers without adequate increase of
pay. Thrift and TO some degree neces-
sity is to force the city teacher out
into the country where lighter expense
is pay balances better. The male prin-
cipal of those schools will have a home
near his school house and plot OF
ground big enough to be valuable to
him-if he works it: and he will have
to work it well in order TO hold the
respect Of his community and his
pupils In those schools we shall teach
a agriculture as we teach higher mathe-
mates in an engineering school. And
those who can and do teach it well
will be in demand.
This work at Ames is not taught in
the usual college or high school fash
ion, but in such a disable way that
teachers may take home with them the
very practical things and methods tina.
they need in their rural school rooms.
Much Of the work centers about the
of warm noon day lunches
for school children, that having proved
itself most effective basis for teach
ing home economics in the country
school. The instruction also includes
the use of specially devised domes-
tic science cabinet for rural schools.
The 500 or 400 teachers who had this
training last summer have written en-
thusiastic letters Of Endorsement of the
helpfulness Of this kind OF training.
Not only is tuition free for these
courses, but the grades are accepted
direct on the certificate by the state
board OF educational examiners. Teachs
ers may come for either of the two six
weeks Germs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
THE UNDERTAKES.

The state undertakers are in session
at Des Moines this week. It is q wet
and weepy week, time Of depression
and long faces and thus seems 20 be
especially adapted to a gathering az
undertakers. Also it might occur 10
who hold to the adage that 1t is an
i'll wind which blows nobody good that
this weather, bad as It Is for corn,
makes for activity in the undertaking
line. At any rate the undertakes are
in session at Des Moines which 20 the
minds Of former saloonists aai their
patrons no doubt appears to be the
most appropriate place in the state for
them to come together.
Do not measure the undertaken in
session by the undertaken in the pur-
suit Of his trade or profession or bust
ness or whatever term belongs to his
avocation. The undertaken is as other
men are. When he meets with his
peers in convention assembled the con-
ventional long black coat and funeral
long face are left at home with the
stock of caskets. He arrives n d sack
suit ofttimes of Glen Urquhart p!aids
that speaks In no feeble accents his face
is wreathed in smiles and the mt du-
lated voice with which he ushers US into
the house Of mourning has given way
to louder and even boisterous tones as
the crowd in the room OF the travelling
man who sells hearses and such like
and entertains with discriminating
judgment as to the manner Of enter
tainment fitted to the entertainee. The
undertaken at large is a very different
man from the undertaken in action. He
laughs where he sighed. sings where
he wept and casting behind him all
the griefs Of the world chirps and is
clipper.
This time he is considering code
Of ethics. Hereafter-using the word
as applying entirely to time and not to
eternity-lt will be far from en- regle
for undertakes to carry line of light
or heavy hardware in connection with
the undertaking business and advertise
the same together in the local papers.
Signs which proclaim that ice cream
and undertaking may be procured at
the same establishment are to be
frowned upon. Some are going so far
niture in this section" shall not be
mentioned n Tho space Ss"c.ed 70 an
nouncements Of licensed embalming, or
with the assurance OF new hearses
and complete equipment. The purpose
il to make undertaking a profession.
Why not? The undertaken is as
necessary In his way as the doctor in
his. He must know his business as the
doctor knows his. He is Of more use
than the lawyers because a man can
If he tries hard enough avoid the legal
profession but he can't get away from
the undertakers.
And when we consider It the under
taker n q good fellow. II he charges
high he waits long. Like the doctors
he hesitates to refuse those IN dire
need and often takes long chance on
his pay. He comes At . time when we
are helpless and Lifts burden that we
are unable to bear. All he does is with
the purpose Of softenins grief and re.
lieving the sorrowins. He steps softly
and speaks low in accord with the
time and place. He covers the darl
clay Of the grave in the cemetery from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27

campaign for the suppression Of dis
orderly places. With the police de-
partment keeping after the bootleggers
and vice purveyors individually, and
the county attorney slapping Cosson
law lnjunctions on the premises. there
will be bright prospect for material
and permanent betterment of condi-
tons
1t will be surprising to many to hear
that bootlegging has persisted in
prominent hotels despite Mayor
Smiths formal warning and the revo
cation OF the Towards bar permit as
an earnest of sincerity. 4 prosecution
is now pending against the West, and
in case OF conviction, the council can
not do otherwise than follow the How
ard precedent and revoke the hotels
license. II there is to be general re-
spect for the policy of law enforce
ment the law must be enforced impair
tally
Under the Cosson-Allen law 1t is
possible to secure injunctions against
buildings in which vice is housed. and
to fine or fmprison owners who toler-
ate persistent disregard Of the injunc-
tons. IF necessary the buildings can
be closed and kept closed to insure
against illegal use. This is the most
practical method yet devised Of break
ing UP any semblance Of organization
in commercialized vice. II this law is
invoked regularly and in good faith, it
viii be possible to drive vice from its
old haunts and make it extremely diff
ficult for it to find new ones.
In bringing this new reform agency
to bear 1t is possible that some inter-
ests aside from those directly con-
cerned in vice promotion will be hurt.
Property owners VINO are Indifferent to
the uses to which their premises are
put many be caused modification as
well as financial loss. However, il
Sioux City is to be cleaned up the
job must be undertaken with deter
mination to get results regardless of
individual discomfort Not much is
gained by sending one tenant to jail
II another can move into the same
premises and continue similar viola
tons Of law A great deal can be
gained by having one set of premises
after another SO surrounded by legal
safeguards as to insure against occu-
pancy by law breakers
Property Owners who would rather
be safe than sorry may see the adj
visibility of beating the city and
county authorities to action in the in
terest of reform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
Topics Of the Times

Germany's reply to the note as fore
casted by the cables must be taken
as satisfactory as could be expected.
The gist of the demands by the United
States concerned the slaughter Of non
combatants. II the official reply bears
out the cabled skeleton we may con-
slider that the main demands Of this
country have been met and favorably
answe cred. AS to the entire cessation
of submarine warfare it was and need
not be expected. Submarines are the
of attack and offense within limits Of
the century and will continue to be
used by all nations.
When the cables state that a king is
leading his troops" it doesn't mean
that he is out in front Of the van
waving sword. Not by any means.
The person out in front isn't a king.
Not ever.
A Mr.. Young is to head the state
association OF undertakers. Young or
old it's all the same to an undertaken.
Serum plants are new and profitable
enterprises. Under thes trict inspection
there can't be too many Of them as
concerns the consumer. But serum to
be effective must be made right and
kept right and should be sold right.
The campaign in Dallas county shows
its value in preventing and checking
epid denies Perhaps we have begun
on q system Of trea tment that in time
shall render our domestic animals az
immune to cholera as vaccination has
given humans immunity from small
pox.
II Georgia hangs Leo Frank in the
s:ce &c the nrotests Of the continent
her governor will have gained rep
utation for bullheadedness beyond rec
ord and left a blot on the fame of his
state and his administration. Neither
individuals nor states can afford to
defy their neighbors.
When Denison sold her water works
bonds the other day Chicago and
Omaha and Davenport bankers were in
the bidding but Denison bank bought
the bonds. Something about that
sounds right Why not keep the bonds
right in the home county,
80
1t ia an odd town in Iowa that
doesn't announce its intnetion to lay a
mile or two OF paving this year.
Bad weather Of course and worry
over the corn crop is wide and general.
But when we stop to think about it
whenever did Iowa fail to show US in
thief all with three stalks to the hill
and two ears to the stalk?
| A man a. Baskerville lately operated
upon delivered 100 gall stones. That's a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27

record until Q certain extreme north
western candidate for governor breaks
into the game.
This 10 real Harding weather. isn't
1t?
No wonder automobile tires have
come down in price. There must be
room for further declines too. If we are
to believe the stories as to profits from
the business as revealed at Keokuk.
The boosters Of that town are selling
stock in a rubber tire company and it
Is represented that 800 invested in
Goodyear stock has already returned
the investor $4,000, while 500 invested
in Diamond stock has returned $4,000.
The Firestone company started fifteen
years ago with one acre of ground and
its factory now covers fifteen acres.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
Rstxesn Two Fires.

II educated one of my boys to be a
doctor and the other lawyer" said
Farmer Corntassel.
you should be very proud OF them"
announced his visitor THAT seems
like an excellent arrangement
Il don't know about that" replied
the aged agriculturist; at looks as
though 1t was a-going to break up the
family. got run into by locomotive.
and one of 'em wants to cure me and
the other one wants me to go lame so
he can sue for damages."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27

should have their pigs in the twelve
pens, but that day after the pigs
were born they must go into the shed.
which had been divided into different
parts by temporary fences, three sows
and their litters being in each pen.
l arranged also that where two or
three filters were born the same day
the smallest litter be divided between
the other sows. BY doing this was
able to make forty eight sows instead
OF sixty raise the pigs.
/ also promised the man that every
pig weaned over 240 would be so cents
for himself. The consequence was that
the man raised and weaned 80 pigs.
On one cold stormy night there were
hfty-two pigs born. These the man
carried in warm boxes into his kitchen.
and when he 'phoned me in the morn
ing he had been up all night and had
saved forty-seven.
had the pleasure Of paying him a
bonus of $35.
The way to catch ash il to use good
bait.
Many bet lose in haying by tell
ing crew that they can't get up a
certain amount Of hay In q given time.
In business, il man has q loss he
Immediately sets about to retrieve 1t.
In farming, the whole work Of year
is often lost in a day.
If you plant poor seed It means q
poor stand ard poor crop.
Get ycur help interested.
If you have a good stand Of corn It
would amaze yoi to walk over row
in foriy-acre field behind the cult
vator, coua. the number Of hills COW
cred by careless work, and then fig-
ure out what 1t amounts to in day
for one team.
In many cases a careless man will
in one day cover up and pillow out as
much corn as would pay his wages for
month. Get him interested hnan-
cially.
1t is strange in this day and age that
in spite Of all the literature that Is
written on farming the business end Is
so often overlooked.
Here a few men will Join together In
a business enterprise. putting in $780,
900, and Immediately begin looking for
a $4,000 man to run It. The same
body of men might buy a piece OF land
for the same amount and fully expect
to get a good foreman or manager for
$40 a month.
They are loud In their denunciations
tirely overlooking the fact that in the
first case they are hiring brains, in
the second case labor, and that they
have no right to expect in the second
case anything but labor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27

That Italy has been preparing her
navy for years for the part it must now
play in the European struggle is well
known to all military observers on the
continent. The immediate task de-
volving upon the Italian naval forces
is the protection of long and vulner-
able coast line. and the task has not
been rendered easier by the knowledge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
HARDING NrT-ALLEN o. K.
IAl.a Advertised

IAlia AdvertiSeI.1
The election Of W. l. Harding for
Governor Of Iowa would be detri-
ment to the state. His attitude on tho
liquor question and his efforts in be-
half OF the johnson road bill mark him
as most distinctly reactionary. These
two things alone should be the means
of his defeat for the office. The state
of Iowa must have man Of larger out
look and one who win fight for the bet
ter interests of the state
The people of this tA1len's) senator
ial district are proud Of Mr.. Allen and
they are going to support him II he
comes before the primaries next spring.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27
Getting Orchard Profits.

What proportion Of the farm or
chards the country over are realizing
a profit to the owner? 1t is safe to
say not one farm orchard in ten is pay
ing its way except in some favorable
fruit region where orcharding is the
principal line of work.
After buying and planting. then cul-
tivating and fertilizing the trees up
to bearing age, the owners are losing
what has been invested. They have
come to believe the job Of saving the
fruit from disease and pests costs
more than the income they can derive
from the trees.
Lewis Scott, VINO mas DooN-
ing" knowledge and practical farm ex-
perience as well, after observing some
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-27

that within the last five years Austria
Hungary has been making additions to
the navy of the dual monarchy in the
shape Of uper-dreadnoughts Of a most
formidable type. Italy is better pre-
pared today. 1t is conceded, to cope
with the Austro-Hungarian feet than
would be the case two or three years
from now, and as between Italy and