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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
A SERIOUS CONDITION.

The difficulties of this nation in a
world at war are complicated by the
threat of Japan against China. 1t
China refuses to yield to the Japanese
demands there is small doubt that Ja-
pan will declare war; for Japan makes
her threats good.
China has looked toward the United
States for counsel and encouragement.
She will continue to look this way The
great territory which is at the begin
ming of development and TO which the
United States has looked as a great
commercial and industrial field is to be
closed. For there is no doubt that the
open door will swing close shut should
Japan take over China. The neutrality
question between the European ma
tons and this country is minimized by
the evident purpose of Japan to control
all Mong Ola
With this move of Japan the yellow
peril again intrudes itself upon the
world. What Japan would do with
China once her place and power were
fixed there is not speculation but GER
tainty. She would make the japanese
Chino empire the most powerful mill
tary nation the world has seen since
Rome; for Japan is military and China
needs only Jap domination and Jap
training to become military; lacks only
japanese thrift and initiative and skill
TO become mighty industrially. If ia
pan shall take over and control China
We shall need to change commercial
maps and figures if not the aliases
materially within the next twenty
years
The situation Of this country is Sc
rious. II has been serious ever since
this general debacle of national murder
broke out. And the latest development
adds vastly to the seriousness of the
situation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

term. and It fell to Garfield to lead the
forces in opposition to Grant Grant
had almost but not quite enough
votes. Blaine was his principal OPP
ponent. Garfield's boom started when
Wisconsin on the thirty-fourth ballot
gave him thirty-six votes. On the
next ballot there was q scramble in his
direction and he won with 1913 votes to
Grants 3O6. while poor Sherman's
original 80 votes had dwindled to
three.
APPLES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
(Red Oak SUM-
Two Red Oak young men, Ralph
Jackson and John Vetter, thoroughly
convinced from the results of orchard
experimental work in Montgomery
county that retaining orchards can be
made profitable. have engaged In an
enterprise which is new In this coun-
ty and which seems to be founded on
sound Judgment. They have made ar
rangements for the care of two sizabie
orchards, neither of which has ever
been a paying investment, and Will
prune and spray the trees. give them
the kind OF care suggested by horticul-
tural authorities, market the product
and take their compensation from
share of the fruit. This venture Will
without doubt he watched with inter
est by numerous Montgomery county
people who have orchards OF greater
or less acreage for most any man with
an orchard around here admits that the
returns are not large in ordinary years
and the fruit raised little more than
pays for the work involved. to say
nothing of the returns which might De
expected from the land If devoted to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
CONFOUNDlNG Or, 0SlER.

William H. Crane is heartening
example TO those who grow old. Mr..
Crane whose finished acting has de-
lighted Two generations is past the
three score and ten limit OF years but
retains his power 20 cdify and delight
his audiences. He is masculine
American Bernhardt. Others Of the
all-star cast that presented an excel
ing mad long since made their names
familiar to the public. Figures Of
course are barred as to feminine mem
bers OF the cast but it is breaking no
confidence to whisper that none is a
spring chicken. And yet, no players
were ever better received by an audi
ence than they.
1t was an Illustration of how to be
happy tho aged, not only happy but
useful and prosperous and telicitous to
the pleasure of othars. The packed
audiences that greet this company are
glad that these still remain to bring
an evening of enjoyment.
Crane might be srouching and
grumbling in chimney corner-but
he isn't. He is working and content
with his work. Amelia Bingham has
earned the rocker and the cap and the
pleasant seat by the fireplace but she
is having better time In the knowl-
edge that she retains her power to
please and charm. And so on.
There's a lesson in it. 1t is the Sc
cret elixir that wards away senility
and old age, this defiance Of the years
and dependence upon oneself, this
refusal to accept the dictum Of those
younger that men and women are old
and should be set aside at so and 20.
Take the example. Never say die.
Stick. The years are your own. Fight
it out to the last ditch. Hold your
own. The time will come when the
grasshopper will be a burden and the
dark draw nigh its curtains of
oblivion. But stay awake until the
light fails. Be happy and make 9TH
ers glad. For men may be happy and
serviceable instead of obsolescent at
20. Mark William H. Crane who at
IS, made his debut as an actor in 1868.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
WAS TIME TO QUIT.
i6uriiIIs ton GdSstta.3


A man named Marion NJ. Keller, who
has been serving as chief deputy audi
tor Of Polk county, Iowa, has rendered
his resignation. Certain acts ascribed
to Keller will be investigated by the
grand jury. The nature OF these acts
is not disclosed. One circumstance
was brought out in regard to Keller,
however, that does not look well. It
develops that Keller Is the proprietor
Of q store doing thriving business In
one Of the small towns OF Polk coun-
ty. He employs Ave men In this es-
Enlistment, and It stands to reason
that the salary he has been receiving
as deputy auditor has been velvet. Just
why a prosperous business man own
ing q store employing five people
should be chosen from the hundreds of
deserving Polk county citizens who
need the Job and could I'LL 1t capab1y is
hard to understand. The auditor who
makes up an appointment. Of this
character is open to condemnation
And Mr.. Keller, the merchant prince,
does not appear in favorable light.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
COUNTING IOWA NOSES.

Muscatine is dissatisfied with the
count of population as made by the
assessor and will go over the town in
a one-day canvass to check up. Those
who know most about the conditions
are sure that the city has grown instead
of fallen away in population. They
propose to find out where the leak is.
This census period is due to teach
Iowa cities something about census
taking. The Eve year census never has
amounted to much because the assessor
considered census taking q sideline that
might be neglected and dismissed az not
essentially important to his duties. In
some cases the count was fairly COM
plete. In others utterly Incomplete.
Two things we have learned. that ap-
pointment of assessors should not be
made in a spirit of kindness and desire
to favor worthy men who are unfit for
the work and that the census Is one of
the equally important duties Of the man
who is appointed.
Once in five years is not too often to
count population, and to count 1t right.
The state census should DO divorced
from the assessors once and be made
| a separate and distinct fun-+ion. The
pay should be sumcienr 20 Sring cap
able help to the chief enumerator and
he should be selected for his adapta-
/ biIity Tor the task. That's the way &c
count noses for Iowa
The probabiiiues are that we have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
BEWARE THE DARK HORSE.

tSlouX City Journal
Will it be Borah, Burton, Cummins,
Fairbanks, Herrick. Hughes. Mann,
Roosevelt, Root Sherman, Taft,
Weeks, Whitman or Willis in the re-
publican convention of 1916-or some
one whose name is not now being
mentioned or even considered as
presidential possibility? The race is
not always to the most talked about,
and it may not be aniss for one-year-
in advance candidates and their
friends to bear in mind the prominent
part Of the dark horse heretofore has
played in the proceedings Of national
conventions.
Polk was the first presidential dark
horse. He had been considered by the
democrats for the vice presidency
in 1884, but was not q candidate
for the presidency. Van Buren,, who al
ready had served one term in the
White House. was the leading candi-
date, and others who We're voted for
on the first ballot were Cass, John
son, Buchanan, Woodbury., Stewart
and Calhoun. Polk did not get a vote
until the eighth ballot, after it had
become apparent that neither Van
Buren, nor Cass could secure the
requisite number Of votes, and on the
ninth ballot as compromise candi-
date he was given the unanimous vote
Of the convention.
Pierce did not figure in the precon-
vention gossip Of 1852. He had made
a record in the Mexican war and was
prominent in politics, but he was not
considered for the presidency. From
the start Cass and Buchanan were the
leaders in the balloting, with Douglas
and Marcy getting scattering votes.
Thirty five futile ballots having been
taken, Virginia finally presented
Pierce's name on the thirty-sixth, and
1t made hit. He kept gaining strength
and was nominated on the forty ninth
ballot by vote Of 2s9 to II.
Hayes, as governor Of Ohio, was a
candidate for the nomination in 1876.
but was not one Of the leaders. On the
first ballot Blaine got 2S5 votes: Nor
ton, 1925; Bristow, 11S, and Conkling 50
to Hayes paltry 81. Blaine failed by
handful of votes to get the neces-
sary number for nomination and the
opposition combined on Hayes. naming
! him on the seventh ballot.
Garfield's nomination In 1880 was
one of the greatest surprises in the
history Of presidential politics. He
went to the convention At the head OF
the Ohio delegation, which was conn
mitted to john Sherman, and made 4: =; 8
speech which placed Sherman In nomi-
nation. Grant was asking for third
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
Iona Newspapers
A RULING PASSION.
[Iowa City Republican,

The editor of the Republican has
two Jersey cows. The old COW has not
been fresh for four years, but she
gives a nice mess Of milk twice day.
In fact, she has not been dry the la st
twelve years. The younger COW Is the
mother Of a fine Jersey calf, days
old. The old cow takes grand
motherly interest and looks after the
calf more attentively than does it's
own mother. and it lakes the milk
from the old COW as first choice and
finishes with its mother. The first
thing you know that calf will be down
at Des Moines looking for a political
lob,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

they will 90 over the trees with tho
spray for the last time this season.
& The spray used Is the same for Al
three times, It Is composed OF TIVE
pounds OF lead arsenate and five
quarts of lime sulphur to fifty gallons
Of water. and the cost Of the mixture
win be about 20 cents per tree for the
thrss sprayings. they figure. They will
do the work themselves with barrel
pump, but II the business turns out
this year - they expect 1t to they will
have . power pump by next season
Red Oak Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
Irxlns - STAY Youna.

'rhe business man Of tn past loved
TO wear goggles. He thought they made
him look more capable and honest. He
thought they drew trade. But the gay.
dancing business man Of today, with
his tango matinees and make teas.
can't bear the thought OF goggles. for
he wants. UP to the age OF 90. to look
like college boy"
The speaker was Jerome s. McWade.
q retired millionaire business man OF
Duluth. With laugh. Mr.. McWade
went on
II heard gay. young dancing bust
ness man of 81 summers get good call
in court the other day. He was read,
ing a document-without goggles. OF
course-and he stumbled and suffered
and kept holding the document farther
and farther from his poor eyes.
1.-The judge got mad at last and
roared at him:
For goodness sake, Mr.. Smith get
ora Of two things-get q pair OF tongs
or a pair Of spectacles! Duluth
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

No doubt, the man II worth all that
| the board is paying him and more.
One simply wonders IL the hard work.
ing grade teachers at Boone also re-
| ceived q raise" Of almost 10 per cent,
| and II not. then why not? They sure
ly earn their small salary. and If the
district has money to spare. they ought
to be entitled to an occasional increase.
But the fact Is, that grade teachers are
quite numerous and easy to get and SUI
perintendents who really superintend,
are in demand. The superintendent will
not stay on the job unless he gets more
| money. The average grade teacher
will remain on the job even II 1t
| should become necessary to reduce her
pay a trifle now and then. either by
cutting a few weeks off the school year
or by cutting salaries.
REMOVES THE STREET LoAFERs.
lSioux City Tribune.]
Chief Britton announces that all
panderers and other men who live of
the proceeds of unfortunate women
must be driven off the streets. 1t is a
splendid order, and might we'll be sup
plemented by another one which
would order the police to stop the con-
gregation Of men on the streets where
they do nothing except ogle every
woman who comes along. and, more
often than otherwise. compel women
to shove their way thru the crowd.
There is nothing more contemplate
than this species Of male. They are
! the more despicable because they use
the shield of responsibility to cover
their lecherous habits. The streets
should be kept clear of them. Women
and girls of Sioux City are surely en-
titled to walk the principal downtown
streets without running the gamut OF
a dozen crowds of men who insult
them by looks. whispered comments
and personal contact by jostling.
Furthermore, the merchants along
Fourth street whose show windows are
often hidden by these crowds of loaf
ing men, and their doorways even
blocked by them, are entitled to some
police protection. There isn't the least
doubt that such congregations in front
of a store drive away customers, who,
rather than elbow their way thru a
crowd and have to listen to smutty
remarks, will go elsewhere to trade.
Make the street :nasher move on
along with the street panderers and
the l. w. w. OF the three, the first is
the greatest curse TO a community.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
Expression Of the Eye.

III Lauder Brunton, the great Lon
IN doctor, declares expression TO de-
md chiefly upon the setting OF the
mes, and not upon the eyeball itself.
no tails that he illustrated this ~ PIC
s0nrse. IN one he had Madonna. In
Anoxhof figure OF Anger, from Lava
t sPhySaoGnomy." He had, besides,
nu1Cl and his, and used these. pair
6ee6lnary syss. for each picture. ana
~ a. noe materially alter the express
-. He also inside The "ffat:Ss;sa eye
elmDly ~ JoWegtng. - syesdA ovse .
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
A HAIL STORM.

lNeOdI
A bit of hail storm passed over the
vicinity of Cedar Rapids Sunday after
noon between 4 and o'clock. 1t came
with a rumbling noise and it passed
with a CLINT OF sunlight. For few
moments the grass looked white as
snow. Fortunately the stones were not
large. but they did some damage to
the foliage as 1t was. However. those
damages will soon be repaired in the
processes of nature. Every tree and
shrub that was denuded of some Of its
leaves has buds in reserve and these
will now come forth. In the strange
processes OF nature these buds in re-
serve perform strange mission. II
the first set prospers the reserve forces
are absorbed by the trees But if the
first output perishes the reserves do
the work that Is allotted to them.
But the hail storm is in itself still
stranger manifestation of nature. In
ages past such storms were regarded
as manifestations of the displeasure of
heaven. They were associated with
the wrath Of God But now We know
that they are natural enough and or
binary enough. The roar and clatter
that precedes them Is audible at long
i
clonio hail storm In fact rep
resents cyclone UP in the air often
miles high. It would of course be i'm
possible for enough rain drops to freeze
together to for the big hail stones in
the short distance from the clouds TO
the earth. BY cyclonic action upward
the large hail stone is made possible.
A vacuum is created ascending upward.
BY suction the hail stones as they are
formed are held in suspension or
drawn upward. a svtrling mass, until
the stones become so heavy that the
suction can no longer hold them in
aerial suspension, or they are cast off
in a tangent The roaring that always
precedes a hail storm is the cycloaic
swirling of the wind, accompanied by
the Gathering Of the hail stones as
they swirl around. II the hail storm
represented simply the freezing of rain
drops while falling from ordinary
clouds they would not be large. Every
hail storm is a cyclone, but 1t is mani-
tested far up in the air.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

been getting closer count on livestock
than on humans in Iowa by the AVE-
year censuses. The outlook IL that we
win arrange matters differently before
the next period.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
THE REASON FOR IT.

At Boone e. c. Meredith was re-
elected superintendent Of the public
schools at 32.400 per annum. being an
increase Of 500 over the past year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

There is one way OF getting rid OF
the dandelion that we do not believe
has been tried" says the Burl!gton
Hawkeye. Buy drst quality seed,
carefully prepare the ground and SOW
it. This method has proven SO relia-
BILE with other seeds we do not see
why the rule may not hold good with
the dandelion."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

"One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives until real
moral clean up hits town." observes
the Sioux City Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

The spring seeding season never
dawned in Iowa with more favora bic
outlook" says the Des MoiEes Capt.
tai
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06
Masonic Meetings.

" SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Marshall Lodge, No. los A F. A. NJ
Work in third degree Friday May g.
John w. Wells, secretary; w. H.
steiner, w. NJ.
slGNET CHAPTER, No. 50, R. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday, May A.
FOR work in NJ. NJ. degree. L. ,. MI
born, H. P, John W. Wells, Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20. r. & 5. NJ. Mohuas
after the third Sunday. I. I. foroes'
recorder: George Gregory, T. 1. M.
REGULAR coNcLAvE, st. AldemaF
Commandery No. 80. K. T.. IuesoaS'
May Is. at s o'clock. Regular business
NJ. S. Mcfarland, Rec, George Gregory
E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central chap
ter No. 81, 0. E. S. Wednesday, Nay
q. 8 p. m. Business. Anna DoMhit -
secretary; Mary Black Collins. ". ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

The Clinton Herald says "One good
argument against annual elections is
that the present arrangement restricts
the political activity Of Frank S.
Shankland."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-06

We spend $500 per day for tobacco
in Council Bluffs. This is substan-
TALLY equivalent to the cost of main
tanning our public school system" says
the Council Bluffs Nonpa, ell. The
taxes which we impose upon ourselves
for things which actually harm rather
than help US are much greater than
the direct taxes we pay for all govern
mental purposes"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-15
CITY ORDER SLABS JITNEY
DRIVERS IN THE FACE

The city has slapped jitney bus,
wagon and all other conveyance driV-
ers right in the face.
Today an order was issued by Chief
of Police Healey to the effect that all
automobiles, wagons or any other
conveyances must have a license. The
auto and wagon licenses cost from SIS
to SIS, according to the number of
passengers they will carry.
In the auto cases the owner must
also have state and ethyl license for
the chauffeur. The two licenses to-
tai 81.
The order will be enforced right
away.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-15

to bring the scum of the earth here
to break the strike of honest work
ingmen. If you pass this you will
help prevent repetition of the Hay
market riot
Aid. Henry D. Captain, who had
earlier in the day urged the finance
committee to give Chief Healey
100000 for $4,000 rounds of car
tridges and other expenses of 1000
special policemen, said the ordinance
should go to a committee. He said
the council was getting ''hysterical"
and aldermen should be sane" -.
81 tell you, Aid. Captain, don't
want to see workingmen shot down
in the streets of Chicago" Kennedy
broke in. - .
A storm of applause, cheers and
yells split the council chamber and all
but shook the walls. When Captain
then spoke of Aid. Kennedy as hav-
ing a loose tongue" the audience
Kissed till Captain could notbeheard.
Mayor Thompson's voice brought
order. He said the spectators were
not there to influence legislation and
he would regret taking drastic action.
When Kennedy again got the floor
he said: ..-..
I'VE are legislating here tonight
for the people of Chicago and not for
the New York owners of Chicago
street railways. l don't understand
that Chief of Police Healey would ask
for SO, 900 rounds of cartridges unless
he expects to use them. We know
what happens during strike. There
are public records to show that riots
are started by the imported gunner
and sluggers. We should take action
to make the city safe"
Mike Kenna and John coughIin led
off with voting AYE" for the Ken
nedy ordinance against strikebreak-
ers, which won by 81 votes. These
ten were against It: De Priest, Stern,
Werner, Nance, Mccormick, KimbalI,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-15

anybody from getting job as strike
breaker.
Chief Healey's request for money
for ammunition was beaten in finance
committee by vote of II aldermen
against immediate action on it. These
three voted for the $4,000 cartridges:
Captain, Lipps, Nance. One item Of
Chief Healey is not clearly under
stood. He specified that $4,000
would be required for two meals a
day for 5000 men. 80
eve are asked for nearly $500, 900
for something the chief anticipates
might happen" said Merriam. why
should members of this council grant
this request? Why an item of $4,000
rounds of ammunition unless to pro-
woke violence? Why is this item of
clubs named unless it is expected
that heads are to be beaten? This
whole affair reads like a declaration
of war. If the chiefs request were
granted we could do more here in
two hours to stir up. bitterness and
strife than could be done in three
weeks otherwise. Let's try some other
way"
, ct was hasty, uncalled for police
action that caused the Haymarket
riot" said Aid. Block. Aid. Sits
pointed to the car mems union order
to the men to stay away from sa-
looms and that there has been no sign
of an outbreak so far.
CITY ORDER SLABS JITNEY
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-12-13
AT TIE LASALLE.

TOday's feature picture at the La
Sale introduces the clever English
coster actor, Albert Chevalier, in a
filmed reproduction of his famous
character in vaudeville and on the
dramatic stage in My Old Dutch. -
Mr.. Chevalier has visited this coun-
try many times and in the larger
cities is a great favorite. He now
lives before the camera the same
part he has depicted so successful
ly so many times on the stage.
on Tuesday the LaSalle will at
tempt an Innovation, that of present
ing two full length feature pictures
on the same program, starting each
picture on the hour. This plan was
necessary in order to bring back al
this time the big allegorical photo
play The Miracle of Life" with
Marguerite Fischer in the part of
the young wife. The story is a won
derful lesson and is most artistical-
ly presented. on the same bill will
be seen Charles Cherry in THE
Mummy and the Humming Bird" a
society drama.