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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
Advance in Cotton Market.

New York. Oct. 4.-Immediately after
the announcement Of the governments
crop report, indicting 10.s50.000 bales.
the market for cotton assumed con-
siderable activity and strength. Cot
ton futures advanced more than 81 a
bale in few minutes, anu ali prices
were soon up from IS to 50 points.
The governments figures were con-
sderably under previous private esti-
mates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04
OBSERVE RluEYs BIRTHDAY.
Secretary Lane Suggests General oh
servance in public Schools.

oervance IN PUBIC SCHOOLS.
Washington. Oct. 4.-Secretary Lane
today made the suggestion to school
superintendents thruout the country
that one Of James Whitcomb Riley's
poems be read In each school on Thurs
day, Oct. I. the anniversary Of MI.
Riley's birth. In doing so the secre-
tary called attention to the fact that
Mr.. Riley and william Dean Howells
are the last two survivors of 4 genera
ton of great literary men who were
distinctly American and did much IN
poetry and prose to reveal the charac-
teristic beauty and struggle Of Amer-
lean life.
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eulo.r Army coneentr.tino.

Paris, Oct. 4.-Concentration OF the
Bulgarian army has begun, according
to dispatch from Athens under yes
terday's date, to the Havas News
Agency.
The total effectives of the Bulgarian
army engaged in this movement are
estimated at 350,000.
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ADVANCE ON CHIHUAHUA.
Carranxa Forces, Under Herrera, Nov
ina in Two Columns on City.

Ell Paso, Tex, Oct. 4.-The Carranza
consulate announced today that
Mazatlan forces under Gen. Luis
Herrera are marching in two columns
on Chihuahua City. Chiapas. fifty
miles southwest OF Guerrero. on the
railroad, and Morris, thirty miles south
west from Guerrero, were said to be
in the hands of Herrera's troops.
which also occupied the neighboring
towns of Ocampo and Concheno.
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PAGE ONE.

FASe 0NCs
Teleeraphic News:
Bulgaria Must Choose q. Once.
Russia Sends Ultimatum.
German Note Unsatisfactory.
War Loan Entirely Subscribed.
Labor Leader Criticizes Rockefeller
Plan.
Conquest of Iowa Mud Next.
Road Congress Opens at Cedar
Rapids.
Transient Merchants Law Unconsti-
tutional.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
Iowa News:
Grand Jury Blunders.
Business Above Normal.
Box Cars Enroute to Russia.
Ames Faculty Threatened.
Stockmen May Retaliate.
u. B. Conference Appointments.
PAGE FIVE.
Story:
The Battle Cry.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
The Y. NJ. C. A. Campaign.
Just Common Sense and Cents.
Business Stimulated.
Topics and Iowa Opinion.
PAGE SEVEN
General News:
Rockefeller Plan Outlined.
Miscellaneous Matters.
PAGES EIGHT, NINE. TEN, ELEVEN
City News:
Gilman Man Suicide.
Robert Mckay Blows Head Off With
Shot Gun.
cosson to Be Guest at "y' Ban
quet.
Township Road Levies Reduced.
West High Wins Over NJ. Fl. s.
Melbourna Farm Sells High For
Cash
Marshal.,own Twenty-Five Years
Ago.
General and Brief City News
PAGE TWELVE,
Markets and 0eneral:
Rains Northwest Make Wheat Firm
Frost Predictions Harden Corn.
Cattle Strong.
Hogs Higher.
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Schmidt Murder Case eeoun

Los Angeles, Cal. Oct. 4.-Matthew
A. Schmidt went on trial here today
for murder. and opposing attorneys
Immediately plunged into arguments
over the validity OF the venire sum-
moned for jury service.
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Nav pi.mi.. Criminal c....

Denver. Colo, Oct. 4.-The dismissal
of most Of the criminal cases growing
out OF disorders Of the coal miners
strike of 1924 is imminent, Accord
ing to reports from persons close to
the state administration.
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Rockefeller Confer. With Governor.

Denver. Col. Oct. 4.-John ID. Rookie.
feller. Jr., before starting for Boulder,
today conferred with Governor George
a. Carlson. at the latter's office. No
information was forthcoming as to
matters discussed.
Near Boulder Mr.. Rockefeller visited
a road building camp Of convicts from
the state penitentiary
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Venezuela by law has prescribed a
standard of purity for butter and for
hidden the sale Of that containing any
adulterants - ~
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p.+;.;or operator. 20 Return.

Phoenix, Ariz.. Oct. 4.-Messages to-
day from Clifton, where several cop
per mines are on strike, said that
John Chrjsty, representative of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-04

A California inventor has succeeded
in pumping water to . height Of more
than forty feet with a wave power
motor. u
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SAME OLD Plan
SAYS MORRISON
retary Of Labor Feder.
alton Picks Flaws IN
Rockefeller Union.
HAS YIELDED MORE
THAN ANY OTHERS

But Rstains Option 60 Withdraw Priv.
iissss Granted 70 Employees, Aeessds
ing TO Morrison-skstehss Fundas
nsntai Differences Between Plan
Conceived by Finaneisr and Prin.
cipiss Of Union Labor.
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.aTro the end that road building Il
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father of hers. Caleb Swan. was mem
ber of George Washington's star
So much for the Hon. Mrs Haver-
fields American ancestry, OF when she
is. by the way. extremely proud ON
the British side of the house the mar
tial strain Is also strong, many Scar
let's, which is the family name, nav
ing been warriors of renown. Perhaps
the most famous of them was Gen SIT
James Scarlett who led the charge OF
the heavy brigade at Balaclava, a feat
that no less memorable. appar-
emily, than the more famous charge OF
the light brigade. albeit there was not
another Tennyson to immortaiize IL.
Gen. Scarlett was an uncle of the late
Lord Abinger. Mrs. Haverfield's father.
who was on his staff during part OF the
Crfmean war.
So IL Is by no means surprising that
Lord Abinger's daughter, who is the
widow. too, of British military man.
should have proved already that ac-
tual battlefields have no terrors for
her, and that. under circumstances OF
scarcely less stress in peace times she
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oned the matrimonial coup of that sea-
son, 1899.
More than once Lady Londonderry
has proved Enthusiastically that she mas
plenty of pluck. The day after the an
nouncement of her engagement to the
then yiscount castlereagh gssa she ar and me ne
were hunting together when the Wis
count. who had lust come of age, was
thrown over some wire netting on on ms hs
head and nearly killed. AS IL was ne
was unconscious nearly an hour. and.
instead of faintng. his fiancee. who mad
dismounted instantly. watched oeslde
him until help came, applying sucn
principles of lirst aid she knew and
probably saving his life, SO the doctors
said afterward A year after her mar
rage, Though attending . charity
bazaar at the Albert Hall. she causht
a chill which turned to pneumonia, and
for days her life hung in the balance,
but she made u plucky struggle ana
finally got well.
Although the scheme of the women
Volunteer Reserve did not originate
with Lady Londonderry, she took 1t up
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FRONT!"
How , bumorist he

enthusiastically as soon as it was
mooted to her by the Hon. Mrs. Haver-
field, and has spent no end of time
both in getting it organized and using
her powerful influence to have the re-
serve officially recognized. Every week
she attends the committee meetings
at Bedford College for Women in
Baker street. only about a block from
where Conan Doyle located the abode
of Sherlock Holmes and DR.. Watson,
and she is to preside at big matinee,
the object of which Is to raise funds
for the reserve, which will be held a
few weeks hence at the Shaftesbury
Theater.
Does the irony of her present occu-
patton appeal to her, one wonders
That was one question, with several
others, that the writer wished to ask
when he waylaid Lady Londonderry.
who is tall and fair. with the rich COM
plexion of the out-of-doors English
woman, after a committee meeting of
the Woman's Reserve, this week. For
it was but the other day. or, speaking
by the card. only a few months ago.
that Lady Londonderry helped to do the
honors Of Londonderry House, her late
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father-in-1aw's splendid mansion, at a
royal dinner at which the former am
bassador of Wilhelm III was one of the
chief guests The queen had Prince
Lichnowsky on her left, and Princess
Lichnowsky sat next the king: Lady
Londonderry wore her famous dia-
monds, the table was set with the fam
ilv's priceless Sevres china and Water
ford glass, and Niennese orchestra.
always associated with royal functions.
played selections from the "Rosen-
kavalier When did this happen? was
it really a few months back, or was 1t
some centuries? 1t might be a page
out of the novels of Disraeli. who, by
the bye, stood on the balcony that used
to run around Londonderry House TO
watch the coronation procession of the
young Queen Victoria.
Lady Londonderry, however. bade the
writer seek the Hon. Mrs. Haverfield.
the actual creator of the new feminine
army whose ancestral house is 1nrer-
lochy Castle. in Scotland. where her
American mother still lives, but who
now has a fine place of her own in
Marsh Court, in Dorset. The widow OF
an officer in the Royal Artillery, Mrs.
Hayerfield has been well known for
some years, chiefly as a Jealous hui
l'ui Ii6 th' 'o'i 'sNi 49,
husband was commaudant of large
district in South Africa-a district in
which, apparently the army horses
suffered severely--and at Capt. Haver-
fields request, his energetic wife, who
knows all that there is to know about
the equine tribe, organized remount
camp, ordered shot such animals as
were in hopeless state, and "doctored'
the rest Most of the time she had
under
this work. needless to say, brought her
close to the actual fighting. She WAS
familiar in the streets of London be-
fore the war as the clever driver of a
brisk votes for women" dog cart, and
was always prepared to face hostile
street crowd, and to tussle, single
handed as she did on one memorable
occasion, with hooligans who tried to
upset her vehicle and appropriate her
whip
She is a slender. obviously uncommon
ly Intelligent and practical put by no
means masculine woman. VINO prom
nhly is in the early forties. and who.
when we talked. was dressed In bust
nesslike blue serge. TWO huge dogs.
st Bernard and "A collie, the latter or
which subsequently appropriated hrst
one of my gloves ana theh my hae' lay
on either side of her.
FIRST we talked of her American an
cestry. in which she takes more pride,
annarently than in the fact that she is
har ms dauRntGT anu al HoHoTdple,
80 tban the writer asked If she really
Thought the feminine warriors would
he called upon to do any actual fight
ing.
.:ss
"I only hope we shall." said Mrs.
uaverfleld, but it will all depend on
wbether the occasion arises-whether,
In fact. the Germans ever land here.
We have the example of Belgium be-
fore us, and it seems to me that every
section of the public. even the women.
should be organized. Another point is
that it Is so good for the women them
selves, Think of all the thousands of
women there are in this country who
have been brought up among horses
and in the hunting field. They are
not the kind to be satisfied to knit and
nurse wounded soldiers. They ought to
Continued on Fifth PageD
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SPECIAL Correspondence" OF Inc star
LONDON, February %. 1915.
EIHE invasion of England by Ger
many is at last fact. From the
Ill shore promenade Of u Yorkshire
q port can be seen Il long line of
dark gray transports laden to the rails
with green-gray troops eager for the
descent upon Great Britain. Already
boats from the accompanying warships
are pulling toward the shore, and thou
sands of the inhabitants are fleeing by
foot and trap and train inland.
In one of the side streets of this
Yorkshire town Il trim figure of a wom-
an in khaki calmly mounts motor
cycle and starts westward at u trc-
mcndous pace Along English roads
she speeds; through towns and villages
and past country homes, pausing now
and then to deliver u mysterious mes
SAGE to similarly clad women. In lit
tie groups these women gather. and
shculdering kit aud rifles march brisk
iy to a common meeting point.
For this woman on a motor cycle is
d modern Paul Revere, and these
khakt-clad women who respond to her
call are the minute women of England.
In their thousands they are prepared
10 meet the German invaders. Trained
by the daughter of an American woman
in whose veins run the fighting blood
OF member of the staff of our own
George Washington, and led by tho
dashing wife OF the greatest of the
peers of ireland, the Marquis of Lon
donderry, they face bravely the horrors
of battle.
~ this has not happened, of course
There has been no invasion of Eng
laud; no Paul Revere of the gentler
sex has figured in the news, and the
thousands OF women III KHAKI have, up
TO the present. been compelled to rest
content with mock warfare. But all
these things might very easily become
true in the near future. For this small
army of women. which, only a few
weeks after its inception. must be close
OF 10000 strong. boasting over 5000
members in London alone, is going to
bc anything but unorgani nized and mex
per:enced. the business of training IT
being in the hands OF experienced mill
tary men, who are putting its fair rank
and file through Nheir pAces almost as
strenuously as kitchener's own re-
cruits are being trained.
The official name OF the corps is the
Womens Volunteer Reserve, and its
colonel-in-chief is the new Lady Lon
donderry, All exalted dame, who al
ready has demonstrated her capacity
as a combatant under conditions close
Iy akin TO real war The creator and
real genius of the movement, however
Is another fair member of the nobility.
who is half American, and who GER
tainly should possess martial qualities,
If remarkable military ancestry on
both sides of the house counts for any
thing.
She is the Hon. Mrs. Evelina Haver-
field. and she Is the youngest of the
three daughters of Lady Abinger,
widow of the third baron Of that name,
who, previous to her marriage, was
Miss Helen Magruder, daughter of the
late Commodore George Allan Ma
R-uder of the United States Navy, and
who was the first of the American
peeresses who now constitute nu-
Inerous body. One of Mrs, Haver-
fields uncles, moreover, Gen. John Ma
Kruder. fought on the Confederate side
n the civil war while 2 Il
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should have displayed both the genius
of born commander and a complete
lack of the emotional handicaps which
we used to associate, but now are less
Inclined to do, with the supposed gen.
tier sex.
And the rank and file of this femi-
nine army-Who are they? Well, they
are women and girls of every class be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty,
including number whose names fig
ure in "Burke's Peerage." and whose
fathers are men of title and wealth,
women of the same caliber, one doubts
not. those who, for far less vital
cause than the defense of their coun-
try and their homes, few short
months ago, were hurting themselves
against serried ranks of none too gen.
tie policemen, flinRing themselves un-
der horses hoofs and all but starving
themselves to death for a barren thing
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CIRCUS BIG SUCCESS.
Two Large Audiences Thoroughly En-.
10y Excellent Performances,


The circus has come and gone, but
the memory of it's glitter and show re-
mains, and today the entire juvenile
population is engaged in living over
the wonders which they viewed with
open eyes and mouths. Grown ups.
too, declared it fine circus, and the
pronouncement was true.
From the truly gorgeous and beauti-
full pageant of 'Lallah Rookh" at the
opening, to the thrilling chariot races
at the end, all was worth while. Two
of the most interesting and actually
Wonderful acts We're the trained bears
and the trained cockatoes. Palenberg's
bears did things that seemed impos-
sible Clumsy numbering bears rode
bicycles, skated on roller skates, ard
performed various other tri ks in such
comical, yet altogether skillful man
ner, that the audiences We're amused
and amazed. Marcella and her trained
cockatoos was not far behind, her birds
exhibiting training that was indeed
When the old raven can be
made to jump thru blazing hoops of
fire, and when white cockatoo rides
a tiny bicycle across a slender wire,
with three other birds hanging on for
dear nfe, one wonders what IS coming
next. For actual novelty in trained
animals these two acts were perhaps
tie best.
The opening pageant presented an
especially spectacular array of horses,
riders and dazzling gowns, while the
slow Oriental music added to the eff
fectiveness of the scene. The cover
inss Of the elephants were beautiful.
the acrobatic acts, Bird Mill
man, in an exceedingly rapid and skill
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full wire act, and Signor Bagonghi. the
German midget in feats of horseman-
ship, were worthy of more than usual
but Is sure footed. and her wire per-
Torrance was most interesting Signor
Bagonghi, dwarf Of very small stat
ure, delighted the audience with his
antics on horseback. He was suspended
by a rope to keep him from falling, and
doubled up and jumped around on the
back Of large horse in every con-
ceivable manner. Other acrobatic acts
that were new and novel were the
Chinese, who used their queues in
swinging around in various dangerous
positions, ending up with daring slides
from the top of the tent.
The clowns had many new and up TO
date stunts which they performed to
the delight of all present while the
usual run of trapeze performers, con-
tortionists and animal acts were all
well received. Especially pleasing was
a dog act in which numerous dogs
formed a pretty scene when riding in
trap driven by a woman. The posing
groups We're also we'll done. The
contained many animals, in
Guiding lions, tigers, bears, a rhi-
noceros. and a hippopotamus, not to
the elephants. These last gave
a novelty in their performance, IN
dulging in a real game Of baseball, in
which all the details were carried out
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liam NJ. Sherlock against his son,
Frank b. Sherlock, and the nieces and
nephews of the late Mrs. Sherlock
In this action just filed Leroy II.
Thompson. of this city, and others, are
plaintiffs, and William NJ. and Frank B.
Sherlock defendants. The property in
volved comprises 256 acres of fine farm
land in Vienna and Marion townships,
and bushes property at the corner OF
Main street and Second avenue. in
Guiding the buildings at the corner
fronting on Main street, and the build
ing facing on Second avenue. 1t is
estimated that the property involved is
worth about 100000. There is other
real property in the estate, but it is
situated in Jerauld county, South Da-
kota, and is not included in this suit.
Is Old ShorthiII Estate.
The property involved in the case
was originally of the A. f. Shorthill
estate, and passed into the hands of
Mrs. Shorthll upon her husbands
death. Mrs Shorthill, in turn, willed
it to her sister, Mrs Sherlock, and she,
prior to her death, March II, 1910,
willed a life interest in the estate to
her husband and son, the interest of
tIiS ciiS Wy MS iiiSl pdsoiiiS ~ VIZ oeiNi'
and upon the death of the latter to pass
into the hands of the nieces and
nephews, share and share alike.
Husband Elects One-Third.
Following the death of his wife Will
liam NJ. Sherlock elected to take his
legal onethird of the property in fee
simple so that this one-third can not
be partitioned. The plaintiffs, however,
by their suit just started, seek to par
tition the remaining two-thirds.
The theory in partition case is that
the land can not be partitioned by
metes and bounds into the different
shares without depreciation in value,
the law permits the sale
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AUTOS COLLIDE ON BRIDGE.
Two Cars Damaged When They Como
Tooathsr AT Rock VALLEY.

According to motorists who were east
on the Lincoln highway, disastrous
automobile collision resulted at the
Rock Valley bridge over Timber creek
as the result of two cars coming to-
gether Thursday.
Fortunately no one was injured. The
names of the owners and drivers of
the cars were not learned, but they
were said to be from Grinnell The
collision occurred at the north end of
the bridge, and both cars were badly
damaged. One was a new car.
The Rock Valley bridge stands high
er than the road as it approaches from
either direction. and it is not an easy
matter to see cars from the opposite
direction until the bridge is neared.
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SHERLOCK ESTATE
AGA|N INTO COURT
NIEcEs AND NEPHEWs OF MRS.
SHERLOCK BRING PARTI.
TON ACTION.
is SECOND CASE TO BE
FILED IN SAME PROPERTY
William M. and Frank 3. Sherlock
Made Defendants in Last Action,
Brought For September Term--Ask
to Sell Land and Business Property
and Divide Proceeds.

esting action involving the estate of
Mrs. Mary e. Sherlock has been filed
in the district court for the September
term, in which nieces and nephews of
Mrs. Sherlock seek TO partition the
Marshall county realty of the estate
and divide the proceeds.
A similar suit, involving the identi-
cal property, is already pending, hav-
ing been fled few weeks ago by Will
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county, Ohio. In 1866 her family moved
to LeGrand, where Miss Winterowd be-
came the wife of David p. Hayes in
1872. One Of her sons, A. p. Hayes,
lives In this city.
Funeral services were held from the
LeGrand Christian church, Rev. q. r.
Hammond officiating, interment fol-
lowing in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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of the whole to be made by q referee,
and division of the proceeds among
the heirs.
Ask Partition and Referee.
The petition Of the plaintiffs asks q
judgment of the court ordering the
partition and the sale of the property,
and the appointment of a referee to
sell the property and divide the pro-
ceeds according to the rights Of the
heirs.
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CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.
Qualifying Rounds Must Be Played
Before Monday Morning.

All entrants for championship of the
local golf club must file card with
the tournament committee, showing
their score for eighteen holes. 1'ho six
teen turning In the lowest SCORES will
be in championship fight All others
will be placed in flights with suitable
prizes. Tournament Committee.
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Former Resident Dead.

Word from LeGrand tells Of the
burial there of Mrs. Mary Hayes, wife
of David P. Hayes, Of oMntour, and a
former resident of Marshall county.
Mrs. Hayes was born Mary Win
terowd Feb. Is. 1856, in Laurel, Miami
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SATURDAY VALUES.
Last Reductions on All Summer Mer
chandiss at Benedict 4 Brintnall's.

chandise at Benedict e Brintna1Fs.
One lot of fine silk waists In white
tub silks, habitau and white and colored
crepe de chimes, all to go at $1.9S.
All white dresses and colored wash
dresses at one-half price.
All wool white serge skirts now being
closed at $2.25.
Palm Beach and white tub skirts
going in two lots at SO cents and $1.4S.
Another lot of those fine crepe. ging-
ham and batiste dresses at 80 cents.
Just received eight dozen Of those
new aprons. Now on sale at 40 cents.
Headquarters for satisfaction. Bene-
dict & Brintnall.