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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

that II high because II deals In large
figures and low because Il u utterly
without morals.
Early in 1902 the stock Of the Rock
Island was selling at more than double
its par value. Then the chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad COM
pany was organized with an Iowa
charter and capital stock Of $780,
100000 with which 1t acquired o. per
cent Of the outstanding stock Of the
old company little over 371,0o0.oo0
paying 5000 q share for II. The hrot
was Q railway company, the second
was railroad company, the difference
being expressed In the modern verb
to railroad" But not satisfied With
doubling the capital stock without In
creasing the value OF its assets, the
fnanciers organized another company.
called the Rock Island company, also
with capital stock of S160.00O,000,
and this concern by q complicated
hocus pocus Of exchange of paper, ac-
quired control Of the railroad" COM
pany which In turn retained control
OF the railway" company.
Thus the Rock Island railway"
company, which had really owned
some tangible property, had to pay
dividends to the railroad" company
and it to the Rock Island company, on
$375, 900, 900 OF stock instead of the
original s75,000,000, and support two
holding companies, load which no In
could forever sustain. The
wipes out the Rock Is
land company, whose stock selling at
over so in 1903 was quoted at less than
I cent last week. What will become
OF the railroad" company and the
railway company remains for time
and the receivers to determine. When
all of these high financed" wrecks are
cleared away the railroad business OF
this country will once more get upon
its feet.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
Condemn. cisarst Ads.

The advertising Of cigarets and the
printing Of stories about drinking in
magazines. in connection with edi-
torials and pictures on the Hottest re-
ligious subjects was denounced by tho
Rev. M. p. Boynton. pastor Of the
Woodlawn Baptist church. In his ser
mon last evening.
I'm most Of the cheap fiction Of the
magazines Of our day" he said. I'VE
see the heroes and heroines using all
sorts Of fancy strong drinks.
Whole nations rise up against rum,
and even the newest champion prize
fighter is heralded az living on the wa
ter wagon, but the little love story,
with it's gush and flare. is set IN the
days Of the middle Of the last century.
and it's leading characters are quite
unshamedly slipping their cups.
1.-THE devil L. also quite supreme In
the advertising departments Of our
monthly and weekly journals for the
most part. Even some high class week.
lies have not driven the devil from tho
advertising department. A weekly
which made a brave night against the
patent medicine takers and has long
refused liquor advertisements and has
editorials Of the highest order had in
It's Easter issue thrilling picture OF
the Christ standing and sadly gazing
on battlefield, and in its editorial
section another picture Of Christ, with
the words, And the soldiers plated a
crown Of thorns and put It on his
head
TN this single issue there are over
fourteen columns OF tobacco ads: q
total Of nearly 189 inches, or nearly
sixteen solid feet Of columns. This
is all bad enough, but when 1t is
noticed that the nine feet Of this space
Is given to cgaret ads, and the middle
pages Of this issue arc devoted to a
three or four color double page I'D for
certain brand OF cigaret, the whole
thing becomes the more hopeless.
Where patent medicines in5ure tens
the cigaret 10 running hundreds. The
cigaret in the mouth OF our American
youth Is doing more to prepare the way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
A nRailroadsdv Railroad.

Fourteen years ago the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Com
pany was one Of the best conducted
and most prosperous corporations in
the United States. Today it is a wreck,
not as a direct result of hard times or
low rates or higher wages, although all
these have fastened the end which it
must have been known, was inevitable
when the so-called high financiers"
began their work upon It. It is a strik-
ing example Of the kind Of financing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

rights IL concerned the American griev-
ance runs against both belligerents.
Towever, II we should lot passion lead
US into taking sides with the allies
they have no use for our navy, while
we have no army and no means Of
transporting 1t across the Atlantic II
We had one. Under such circumstances
discussion Of the United States as an
active military factor in the war Is
idle"
IT is well II we as people look
after our own soiled linen instead OF
putting too much energy in attempt
ing to wash that Of old world bellig-
ertns. If the advise of those who are
seeing red should be taken and war
should be declared against Germany
We would hardly get to first base" de-
clares the Oelwein Register. III Eng
land Is not risking many of her war
ships in the seas about that country
we should hardly care to risk our
war vessels in the same region consid-
ering the fact that our navy Is hardly
one half that Of Britannia"
"A hot headed, fly the eagle, sort
OF man today in the presidency would
be a national calamity" says the Des
Moines Tribune.
II the German excuse that warning
was given to the passengers on the
Lusitanfa Is held sufficient, we must
conclude that the forty babies who
went down with the ship virtually
committed suicide" explains the Bur-
lingt ton Hawkeye,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
Masonic Meetings.
srArEn coMMUNIcA1IoN

" STATED COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge. No. 1os F. & A. NJ.
Marshall Lodge, No. los A. +. q A. Va
Regular meeting Friday, May H. .
o'clock. John w. Wells. secretary; W..
n. Steiner. w. NJ.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. ss. R. A. M.
Regular convocation Monday. May ~
l.. S. Kilborn, H. P, John w. Nells'
Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20, R. & S. M. MONDAY
after the third Sunday. 1. 7. Forbes
recorder: George Gregory. T. I. M.
REGULAR coNcLAvE, st. AldemaF
commandery No. 3d. z T.. Tuesday
May IS, at o'clock. Regular business
NJ. s. Mcfarland, Rec, George Gregory
E. C.
SPECIAL MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. o. E. s., Wednesday, May
as. D. m. Initiation. Anna Downing
secretary: Mary Black Collins W. M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
THE RURAL HOME.
TDes Moines Tribunal

Crawford county will De accepted at
once as one Of the representative coun-
ties Of the state. It is neither in the
old nor in the new section Of the state.
1t is rich county, and fertile
Here are the returns of the state
census for the country townships of
Crawford in comparison with the re-
turns of the federal census of five
years ago:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
Iona Newspapers
SAFEST AT HOME.
fDes Moipos Tr;h,,o

The quicker we all come to see that
the American abroad Is inviting trouble
Tor himself, and will continue to invite
trouble for himself until the war is
over, the freer we snail be from danger
not only to person and property but
from danger Of national ENHANCEMENT.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

first and the other business viii take
care of itself, Failure 10 visit the sick
is widespread human failing, a self
ish trait common among the best Of
men. But It u never TOO late to reform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
THE PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.


President Wilson makes 1t easy for
Americans to follow him, when he talks
such pure Americanism rs he did in
his address at Philadelphia last night
The president believes that peace is
a much finer thing than war He has
demonstrated more than once that he
is always ready to fight for the right,
but he believes an appeal to arms
should be the last resort. That he has
effective weapons which do not de-
vastate countries and cover fields with
the slain, he yet may demonstrate.
First think not only Of America but
Of humanity" he enjoined his hearers
Monday evening. And In this spirit he
approaches the great problem forced
upon the administration by the sink
ing Of the Gulflight. an American ship
flying the American flag, and the
drowning of more than one hundred
Americans who went down with the
Lusitania.
His vision Of America "created to
unite mankind by those passions which
lift and not by the passions which
separate and debase" is as fine as any
thing that has inspired any leader Of
American affairs. The country can
safely and wisely; stand behind 1::ess:=
dent Wilson in the present crisis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14

quite aside from the moral consid-
erations which make for peace in the
present emergency" says the Sioux
City Journal, "is the impracticability OF
our playing a dignifed part as a bel
ligerent. So far as disregard of neutral
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-14
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
1--WE must confess we admire German
nerve more than we do our own kind;
We shall yet all have to take of our
hats 10 The !ssss:.:::cc:--he seems RI be
able to dominate q large part Of the
world, We can at least be certain that
the kaiser will not back down. And
for us it may be the best policy to do
nothing, but in that event we may at
least wish the president had never said
as he did in that note that we would
do something"
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LoorING GERMAN SHOPS.
[Burlfngton Hawkeve.l

C.
No one Is surprised that the sinking
OF the Lusitaaia has aroused England
to the highest pitch Of anger, and that
the most intense indignation is felt
turnout the United Kingdom against
Germany. AT the same time it is
rather difficult to understand how the
looting Of German shops in England,
and the persecution of Germans living
there is going to help matters. Steal
ing the wares Of German merchants Is
contemplate sort Of revenge, and
those guilty OF it have not the proper
conception Of what real patriotism is.
1t would seems a more fitting course
for the indignant English looter to
pursue, II he were to take the bob"
and Join his fellow countrymen in
Flanders. There he would find op-
portunities a plenty for revenge Of a
sort that is not contemplate.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
MARQUARD HAS
HAD ROUGH CAREER
Finally Makes Good With
No Hit-No Run
Game
ALWAYS CLASSED
AS "ONE LEMON"

Richard w (Rube) Marquard has
had remarkable career as a mem
Der of the New. York Giants From
the time he joined the team in 1908,
having been purchased from Indian
apolis for $1,000, until Thursday,
when he pitched probably the most
brilliant game of his many unusual
performances, he has been before the
eyes of the fans" as lemon" as a
twirler of exceptional merit and as
a contract jumper.
Marquard started his baseball voca-
tiOn at Canton, o., in 1907, where his
work attracted the Indianapolis man
ayers. They purchased him and he
continued at such fast clip that
John McGraw willingly parted with
$l1 900 TO make him a member of the
team. This was in 1908, and for three
years Marquard sat on the Giants
bench. never getting a chance to show
his worth and learning to the fulness
McGraw baseball He was so obscure
that when he was referred to at all
he was called the 81 900 Lemon
II was not until 1912 that Marquard
received the plaudits of the fans. "
He pitched and won his first game
that season on April IL and II was
not until July 3 that he lost a contest,
being beaten on that day by the Cubs,
after having compiled a pitching rec
ord Of nineteen straight victories,
SURPRISING any similar achievement
in the history Of the game.
Marquard was at the top of his ef-
lfectiveness in 1912. winning % games
and losing II during the season and
helping materially in winning the
pennant for the Giants In the
worlds series with the Red Sox
which the latter team won. Marquard
captured two of the three victories
credited TO the Giants.
In 1913 Marquard was a power OF
the Giants staff again and was on the
way 10 big year in 1914 when he
was Overtaken by misfortune after
misfortune. which cost him victory
after victory and lost him the conf
dence of the fans" On July II. al
( Pittsburgh. last year. Marquard de-
feated the Pirates 2 TO 1, in a twenty
one inning game, which was the long
est contest in the history OF the Ma
tional League. Pittsburgh scored in
/ the first inning of that game, but
never was able to reach the plate
afterward This was Marquard's
turning point in the last campaign
for after that he dropped clever
struggles in a row.
Last winter MarQuard jumped t.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
ALLIED SOCCER LEAGUE
HAS Banner Season

The race for the bunting in the various
divisions of the Allied American Foot
ball Association this season has resulted
in creating more than usual interest, and
in consequence this year can be written
down in the record book as being the
best the Allied Association has hereto
fore experienced. The Allied Cup com
petition, which will be played next Sat
rdsy between the Wanderers and
Puritan Y. NJ. L., the winner of whica
viii receive the cup and medals, also
promises to prove above the ordinary,
and there is everv likelihood that it
will add credit to the association and
their officers in general for the good
work they have done during this season
in helping boost the dribbling game.
which is fast becoming popular among
the masses on account of its many fine
points, which are lacking in the major
ity Of the other outdoor winter sports.
All the officers Of the American
League have been notified TO attend a
meeting OF the Football Association Of
Eastern Pennsylvania and District to-
night at the Athletic Club, PHILADELPHIA.
when the matter will be taken up re-
garding the league refusing to allow
any of its teams TO participate in tho
recent benefit matches held under the
auspices of the Eastern District.
Edge Moor ended champions of the
Third Division of the league, with y
games won. Wilmington finished third
in the Second Division with eight games
won.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
here IT IS AGAIN.
What IS AN AMATEUR
RY HAL SHERInAN.
written for the United Press


NEW YORK, April 19-With the
spring opening of the athletics and
the advent of summer" baseball.
sport mentors and athletes are today
facing new rulings and interpretations
Of the old. old What is an
amateur
New restrictions are cropping up
TO hamper amateur athletes in gather
ing In the long green. New standards
Of sport purity are about TO be estab-
lished. The good old summer time"
tlis year promises to be financially
barren, compared TO former years.
Closer tab is to be kept on the athletic
activities of college athletes during the
vacation.
The newest rule in vogue is that
OF a western college requiring an
athletes OATH" pledging athletes 20
take no money for their services. The
most drastic feature of this new oath
is that college letters may be recalled
II an athlete Is found breaking the
money-acceptance rule.
Some strange contradictions in the
amateur" rulings are also cropping
up One of these is that a golfer may
take money for writing golf articles.
but professional baseball player, at
least in some leagues, cannot earn
money by writing baseball articles.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
MURPHY'S Horses IN
FORM FOR The season

Thomas w. Murphy, who heads the
list of winning rcinsmen last season, and
who wintcred his famous string OF trot-
ters and PAGERS at Poughkeepsie, will
ship his lot Of harness horses from his
Hudson river quarters about the middle
of June, his present plans being to reach
Detroit ON June 20, where the final
touches to the preparation for his sum
ncr campaign are TO be made. All the
famous members of his string have gone
through the winter in good shape, includ-
ing Drectum J. which was added to his
lot Of campaigners during the winter.
Murphy's string of horses, numbering
about 80 in all, is said TO worth more
in hard cash than any lot of horses ever
assembled in one string of harness
racers, and good authority who has
looked them over at Poughkeepsie says
they would fetch at auction at least half
million dollars.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
WILMINGTON HIGH AGAINST
BROWN prep. TOMORROW

Wilmington High School will play its
third game at Front and Union streets
tomorrow with Brown Prep, of Phila-
dclphia. A big crowd is hoped for,
"Dutch" Shollenbergcr, who it viii he
remembered, caught a great game for the
Wilmington lri State when the team
won the championship Of the Tr-State
League, is coach of the Brown Prep.
team.
Captain Donohue will use the follow
ing line-up' Pierson. catcher; Snyder,
pitchers Crawford, shortstop; Donohnc,
first base; Mckay or OKecfc, second
base; Webb, third base; O'Nicl. left
field Ainkcr, center field, and johnson.
right field
The game viii be called at $50 O'Clock.
"lmp' Ryan will be umpire.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
{. {. DUPONT Holds
TARGET CHAMPIONSHIP
Forced TO Shoot Off Tie
With Hammond for
Open Title
SMITH GETS NEAR
RICHARDSON CUP

The feature of the shoot at the
DUPONT Tranpshooting Club traps Sat
urday afternoon was the contest be-
tween Wardlaw NJ Hammond and Eu-
gene DUPONT for the open state cham
pionship at 100 targets Both tied at
S5. and on the shoot-off dupont. who
was the holder Of the cup, made n out
of a possible 25. and Hammond made
10. Ideal weather conditions made
good scores possible, and they were
the hest in weeks.
In the shoot-off for the A. b. Rich
ardson Cup. held from last week, G.
u. Springer made 10; W. 3. Smith,
II: n. X. Smith, 21, and II. n. Part
ington, 20. N. X. Smith was the win
ner.
In the spoon shoot. Eugene du-
Pont won in class A. with "a. II. S.
Coslett. and J. T. Robertson tied in
class b, with p each. b. II. Moore
won in class c. with 90: II. G. Bye
won in class ID with 90; Il. Maylon led
the ineligibles with 21.
In the contest for the w. A. Simon
ton cup for the best score in doubles,
II. +. Carlon won with a. Scores:
Coleman dupont Spoon Contest
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
What Do You Want
10 Know About Sporf7

Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
Did Gunboat Smith ever get the de-
cision over Jim Coffey Mac
No. They met In ten-rOund no-de-
cision bout, Smith getting popular de-
cIsl0n.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
CD Is IL true that the champion
heavyweight fighter wears belt
worth a million dollars which he is
supposed 10 pass on TO another cham
pion when he loses? (2) What is the
nationality Of Freddie Welsh7 CD Did
he ever meet Knockout Brown?
ANXIOUS.
OD OF course not CO English. Cs)
No.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Was Johnson the first negro to be
champion heavyweight of the world =?
II not, who we're the others?
LIGHTWEIGHT.
Don't remember any other cOlOred
world heavyweight champion.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
A bets that Johnson was put down
for the count in his fight with Stan
ley Ketchcl. NJ. A. r.
am under the impression that
johnson rose Mt six seconds.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
Was John l.. Sullivan ever cham
pion Of the world? p.
No.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
TO settle a bet. kindly publish in
your valuable column how many
rounds did James J. Corbett and Peter
Jackson fight Also the result. BOB.
Slxty-One rounds 10 a draw.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Kindly inform me through your
paper from whom did James j. JEFF
rios win the title. JOE.
Bob FItszimmOns.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
II a championship battle. forty-fve
rounds 10 a referees decision, ends in
the challenger locisively beating the
champion, does the title revert to the
challenger? g. c. ID.
Title goes with referees decision.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
A says that Ty Cobb is the best
ball player in the national game r
says that Eddie Collins is the best.
Who, in your opinion, Is the best?
S. n.
Cobb Is considered the greatest hall
player Of all time.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL:
Who held the title before the fight
At Reno, July 4, 1910. between Jack
johnson and Jim Jeffries? p.
Johnson.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL
Bill bets Fred that when a iigh
is stopped by referee on account o
one man being helpless II doesn'
count as a knockout. Fred says 4
does Who Is right? FRED.
Fred Is right.
Sport Editor EVENING JOURNAL.
10 settle a dispute kindly answer
/ the following A man runs to firsi
base, touches base but runs over frs
and turns TO his left, but makes nc
! effort to go TO second base. The um.
( pire calls the man out simply be
cause he turned to his left. Was tn,
umpire right?
NJ. A. ROBINSON.
Umpire was wrong.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19

the Brooklyn Feds. accepted $1,000
advance money and tried TO repudiate
his contract with the Giants. He
escaped trouble on this account only
because the Federal leaders we're
liberal and allowed him to rejoin the
Giants.
His game on Thursday undoubtedly
was his test. for there we're few Of
the crowd present who were not
awaiting an opportunity to censure
Marquard for his actions last winter
That he made good with a no-hit no
run game against the Dodgers and
with vengeance is to his advantage.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
DELAWARE STARTS WELL.

NEWARK. Del, April 19-Delaware
experienced little trouble in defeat
ing Baltimore Polytechnic on Satur-
day, 9 to 3.
Delaware used eighteen men in the
lineup, playing the last few innings
with whole new team. Buck" Hoch
pitched the first five innings and
though he did not let out held the
Polytechnic team to two runs. Ewing
and Bounds twirled the last four in
nings and both men showed plenty
of stuff. Mike Fidance was the star
with the bat. getting four hits out of
four times up. Mike" also scored
three of Delaware's runs and stole
four bases.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Delaware .3 2 90 0 0-9
Polytechnic ....1 0 0O0 900 1--3
Summary: Earned runs-Delaware
s. Polytechnic 1. Two-base hits
Wallace. Stolen bases Fidance 4.
Doherty 2, Jones 2, Michael 1. Lentz
2. Parsons 2. Bases on balls -Mahonee
1. J. Knecht l. Hoch l. Ewing 1,
Bounds 2. Struck out-Hoch 4. Ew-
ing 3. J. Knecht g. Time of game
Two hours. Umpire Ryan.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
son, to Bob Moha and to Frank Man

son. to Bob Moha and to Frank Man
tell.
But those little setbacks. showing a
distressing lack of class on tho part
of Papkc. did not influence the union.
Papkc had beaten Carpenter, who
was "ze grond fghtaire," and there
fore Papke was the champion of the
world. Then along came Frank Klaus
who had not been losing TO any one
and proceeded to beat both Carpenter
and Papke.
Did the international Boxing Union
acclaim Klaus the champion of the
world? Not even in whisper. And
there was no diamond-studded belt for
Klaus. who by beating nearly all the
American middleweights and the for
eign ones as we'll, had clinched his
claim TO the middleweight champion
ship Of the world.
But that is the way OF the Interna-
tional Boxing Union. and no doubt II
Will soon issue another proclamation
more ridiculous than the one in refer
ence to willard.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
COMMERCIAL CLUE no pLAy

Tomorrow afternoon az Second ana
dupont streets groumus. the Commercial,
Club team, new organization Of the
Wilmington High school. will play the
fast Beacon Business College team. This
viii DE the first game By the Commercial
Club. but after a couple weeks Of hard
practice they look to lee in the pink Of
condition.
Evening journal., 1915-04-19
yANDEVER HAS TT EASY.

Vandever A. c.. of the All-Wilming-
ton League. defeated Delaware Hard
Fibre team by the score Of 9 10 4,
on the Vandever lot Saturday after
noon. The contest was witnessed by
the usual crowd Of fans in the Ninth
ward. Mcclure did excellent mound
work for Vandever. as did also Collin,
back OF the plate The infeld of
Dougherty. Vernon. Dill and Keathley
were on the job at all times, playing
in the usual form. The outer garden
jobs were well taken care of by Wal
ther, Guest and Algard. all Of whom
performed in great style. Price and
Lyndell we're also worked in the field
and did we'll