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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
One Man Killed and Eight
Injured in Collision in
Cedar Rapids.
LOCOMOTIVE HITS
NORTHWESTERN MAIL
Rock Island Switch Engine Gets Be-
yond Control and Makes Wild Dash
Thru Main Part Of city-coiIides
With Northwestern Train No. 26, In
juring Eight Of Trainmen-PiIot Of
Wild Engine Jumps and Is Killed.

Cedar Rapids, March Engineer
Harry Titzel, of q Rock Island switch
ing crew. was killed early this morning
when he jumped from his engine that
had got beyo ond control. The engine
ran distance of more than half mile
thru the main part of the city and was
demolished by a collision with
Northwestern train No. 2S, fast mail.
east. bound. Those injured in the col
lision are:
William z. Jones. Clinton. conductor
Northwestern. hand crushed.
Al Thuresson. Clinton. brakeman on
Northwestern, elbow crushed.
G. E. Mccartney, Chicago. mail clerk.
arm injured.
E. B. Hunt. Fulton. Ill.,, mail clerk,
injury to head.
r. L. Godfrey. Oak Park, H.. mail
clerk, back and neck injured.
j. r. Richardson, Clinton, fireman,
Northwestern, ribs and back injured.
Charles A. Mcmillan. Cedar Rapids,
Rock Island switchman. slightly in
jured.
p. P. Dietz, Chicago. mail clerk
slightly injured.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
PAGE ONE.


PAGE ONE.
Teiesraphie News:
Allied Fleet Penetrates Dardanelles
Fifteen Miles.
Hardest Fighting Yet to Come.
Russians Claim Great Victory IN
Poland.
German Retreat Said to Be Disorder
ly.
American Ship Has Exciting Trip.
Stegler Indicted For Passport
Fraud.
Engine Runs Wild in Cedar Rapids
One Killed, Eight Injured
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
Iowa News:
Hint to Legislature by Supreme
Court.
Plan to Simplify State Tax System.
Posed as Officer, Held For Blackmail.
Waterloo Drys Compromise.
Saloons Given Short Lease OF Life
Potato Growers to Organize.
End Of Walsh Colby Case.
PAG EFlvE.
Story:
The Scarlet Plague.
PAGE SIX.
EDITORIAL:
Let the Road Law Stand.
Fickle Iowa Spring.
The State Of Trade.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
PAGES SEVEN, EIGHT, TEN AND
ELEVEN.
City News:
Julius Pappe Dies in Buffalo.
Dickson Lad Saves Train From
Wreck.
Farmers Favor Bridge Bond Issue.
Railroad Starts Viaduct Survey.
Four Dead at Soldiers Home.
Mrs. Charles Hurd Dead.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Wheat Prices Again Slump.
Corn Sharply Lower.
Cattle Market Weak.
Hogs Active and Higher.
Seamen Win Radical Law Changes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
Fol, CONGRESSMEN
Much Work to Be Disposed Of Before
Adjournment Thursday = Both
Houses Take Up Conference Reports
on Big Appropriation Bills.

Washington, March 1.-Congress to-
day entered on the closing week of the
session in rush to wind up all busi-
ness before final adjournment on
Thursday. A large amount of work
confronts the senate but in the house
business is pretty we'll cleaned up. Both
houses took up conference reports on
the big appropriation bills. Awaiting
the action Of the senate also were the
Indian and rivers and harbors appro-
priation bills and President Wilson's
nominees for the federal trade commits
sion.
The house devoted itself to consider
alton Of the conference agreement on
the ship purchase bill with view Of
sending it to the senate before the close
Of the days session.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
ANOTHER SLUMP IN WHEAT.
Price Of May Option Drop 5La Cent at
Opening Of Market.

Chicago. March Rapid progress of
the Anglo-F'rench fleet up the Dardan-
elles smashed the price OF wheat today
as much as 5la cents bushel at the
start. May delivery opened this
morning with sales down to $14S. July
simultaneously dropped 3A cents to
S1.o1.
Worse weakness developed late in
the day. Advices that one 'of the chief
strongholds on the Dardanelles had
been rendered useless to the Turks
sent prices lower than before. The
British announcement OF the blockade
of commerce for the enemies ports
aided the decline. Just before the final
gong some sales showed losses Of as
much as 7A cents, May touching sl.A6.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
carrison Not informed.

Washington, March 1.-Secretary
Garrison said today that. he was un-
informed Of the proposed formation of
an American reserve legion Of 300,00
men, as announced in New York last
night, except by news dispatches, but
he would look into it at once.
Announcement Of the plan was made
by Capt. Gordon Johnston, aide de
camp to Major General Leonard Wood,
commanding the eastern department
Of the army, and It is said to have the
unofficial endorsement Of General
Wood and other army and navy Off
GERS. s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
German Reservist Indicted I
by Federal Grand Jury
for Conspiracy.
PASSPORT CAsy 20
BE AIRED IS COURT
Mrs. s..s'.r ria. ! in s.r...i...,
Police cour. at Time q Grand
Jury Action >srrestsd For Assault.
ing Man Who Accompanied Her to
Her Room in Hotei-Dismisssd ~
Magistrate, Who censurss Aeeussr.

New York, March Mrs Richard r,
Stegler. arrested today at the Gleno-
Bile Hotel on a charge OF fe!onious a.
sault made by Arthur Matlket, reporter
for German newspaper. was dis
charged later In the police court. Al.
most at the moment Mrs. Stegler's dis
charge in police court the federal grand
jury returned an indictment CHARGING
her husband with a conspiracy against
the United States In obtaining an
American passport falsely. Stegler was
a German naval reservist. Two others
were indicted with him, Richard Mad
den. in whose name the passport was
issued. and Gustav Cook. OF Hoboleen.
who. 1t is charged. participated In OBJ
tanning the passport. The three men
were to be arraigned later IN the after
noon.
Mrs. Stegler spent the night In cell
in the police station. The ccmplainane
against her told the court she hads at.t
tackled him in a bed room with a selxor
bottle. He showed no marks OF an en-
counter. The testimony brought out
that he and another man had accom-
panied two women to the hotel one OF
them being Mrs. Stegler. that the party
had obtained adjoining roomA whero
they remained until l o'clock. Mrss
Stegler declared they all remained in
one room. and that the two men tried
to disrobe her. At no time, she said
was she and her accuser alone.
In discharging the compaint against
her the magistrate said he would b0
inclined to send Matiket and his male
companion TO the workhouse IL the
statements Of Mrs. Stegler were more
definite.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
German Reverse Declared to
Be Ending in Almost
q Rout.
ABANDON MEN AND
GUNS IN RETREAT
German Hopes 70 Penetrate Russian
Line. From North Declared by Pet
roarad 10 Have Been Shattered
Russians Again Advancing Towards
East Prussia-Ambassador eerns-
..orff Not to es Recalled.
Petrograd, March Semi cniciai
4. made as follows:

pa+roorad March l-semi- ohiciai
announcement is made as follows:
russian troops should be creo'teo
with the initiative Of offensive move
ments north Of Gradnow. Prisoners
captured there are from the best corps
of the German armies now on lne
eastern battle front.
..Russian progress near f1asn'
has been notable. We have cap.uieo
one village after another, taxing ses
eraI hundred prisoners in each place
..In several sections Germans are
aa,;war;ng counter attacks and certain
v,,lapes mass from the possession VI
ono side or the other. Nevertheless our
-. aayapces are measurable eacI
day."
n.bo highest Importance is attacheo
Nv the Russian military authorizes 20
tho German defeat at Przasnysz. !. is
asserted bv Russian staff officers that
tho Germans hope Of success ournis
tho onerations Of the last fortnight on
the northern front was based upon
thair confidence to break the RUSSIAN
,i,a al this point. The attempt by the
Germans to strengthen the position Q.
the;r left wing, an important part
,f their plan Of gigantic encompass
Ing movement from Augusto"a 70
eastern Galicia, II said today TO nave
failed definitely.
Retreat Almost Reut.
TIE Russians assert that the German
retirement is more precipitate and ais
ora eriv than any in this theater OF the
war They declare the Germans nave
abandoned many light and heavy guns
Nd have left behind many snsnus
6unded soldiers in their hasty resrea..
Tffis adds signitacAnce from the 1ace
tlat the Germans are said to have EN-
Moved some Of their best troops IN tnls
fighting. -,
dertakinR siege Of GrodnaW woula
now appear to be venturesome' WIN
the Russians advancing along the leit
hank OF the river Nieman toward East
prussia and endangerins the posltion
~ the German left flank. The claim
,s made here that all the German
troops which recently crossed the Me-
man have again been forces back TO
the other bank.
Altho reports from the operations III
Galicia are incomplete, it would appear
that the Austrians were making httie
headway to force the Russians TO re-
tire from that province.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
STRIKERS oRpEREp TO WORK.

a-;+;.h Government Takes Hand in
I.hor Trouble at Engineering Works.
T.ondon. March MANY of the strik-
,np Iaborers at the Clyde engineering
wnr,es resumed work today in accord
anca with instructions issued by the
Government. These labor troubles
threatened to interfere seriously with
the supply Of equipment and war ma
tarial for the troops in the field and
the government took a hand in the
settlement.
81 q expected that all the strikers
viii be hack at work not later than
"wednesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
SEARCH FOR BODY
OF CITY OFFICIAL
clerk Andrew Gaylord, Of Fort Madi-
son Disappears and Police Fear He
Has Ended Life in River-Despond-
ont Over Shortage in City Accounts.

Fort Madison. March 1. Police
dragged the river mere today in the
hope of finding the body of Andrew
GAYLORD, city clerk, who was said to
have disappeared from his home Satur-
day. The state auditor recently re-
ported a shortage of about s40O in city
and aItho no blame was at
tached to Gaylord, the police were of
the opinion he had become despondent
over the matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01

Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Wis
consin and Missouri to Atlanta and
other points in the south.
The complaint sets forth that manu-
facturers in the complaining cities OBJ
tain raw materials from the same
sources and that despite the nearer To-
cation to southern points they do not
enjoy equally advantageous rates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
THIRTY MEXICANS
KILLED BY BOMB
ExpIosi< Hidden in Barrel Discharged
on ounboat Prosress-Aet Believed
That Of Persons Opposed to carran-
"a Regime.

Galveston, Tex. March THE Mex
lean consul here today received mes
sage telling Of an explosion of a bomb
on the Mexican gunboat Progress, re-
sulting in the death Of thirty persons.
Including five women.
The explosion, according to the first
report occurred Sunday morning while
the vessel by at Progresso. It Is stated
that what was supposed to be barrel
Of rice on the vessel proved to contain
explosives and the bomb was explod-
ed by persons opposed to the Carranza
regime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
DENIES ACTION AGAINST BILL.
international Mercantile Marine Has
Not Opposed Ship Measure.


Washington. March 1.--P. A. s.
Franklin. vice president of the Interna-
tional Mercantile Marine. today told
the senate ship bill investigating COM
mittee that that company had not
spent n cent" in propaganda against
the bill but that he had received LETT
ters from Senators Bankhead. Burton
and Lodge asking for information on
the subject, which he gave.
Senator Bankhead wrote to me-"
said Franklin. stating that he would
like to confer with me on the bill.
came to Washington in December and
talked with him. ! told him there was
nothing. in my opinion, the United
States could do to deal intelligently
with the situation. Senators Burton
and Lodge simply asked me about rates
and certain ships held in American
ports. which supplied"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
STEAMER pAclA ARREsTE0.

united states Ship Taken BY French
Cruiser and Held at 5rest.
Brest, via Paris, March THE
American steamer Dacia. formerly a
I'm amburR American liner, which was
captured last week by q French cruiser
and brought into this port, has been
towed from the roadstead into the
BreSt naval harbor.
Il French cruiser arrested the Amer
lean steamer Dacia in the channel and
took her TO sBrest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
eERNsroRF'F TO STAY.
Germany Not to Recall Present Am
hec..dor 70 United States.

Germany Not to Recall Present Am
bassador to United States.
New York, March 1.-Dr. Bernhardt
Dernberg, former German colonial
minister, characterizes as untrue today
q report that Count Won BernstorfI,
the German ambassador to the United
states, would be recalled and baron
Treutler. said to be with Emperor
1u;lliam now at the battle front, would
he sent to washington.
"The report is part Of deliberate
a+tempt Of English agents TO descredit
rrominent Germans in America" Dr..
Dernberg said. CAS- far as am con-
cerned the whole story is untrue"
The report stated that DR.. Dernberg
was believed the German emperors
representative in America, and ne was
thought to have reported the feeling
here regarding Bernstorf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
ADMIRAL DEwA NOT ANNOYED.

Denies Reports That He Was Refused
Admittanee to Private Car.
Washington, March Secretary
Bryan received today from Admiral
Dewa, now in Chicago, a tlegram say
ing there was no foundation for reports
that he was subjected to annoyance
while leaving New York.
A report published yesterday said
the Japanese admiral was at first re-
fused admittance to a private car that
took him from Buffalo to Chicago, be-
cause officials at first believed the car
was reserved for Admiral Dewey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
Germany Give. eoy.Ed,s ste,x.

Washington. March Tho German
|embassy's Communication to the staaa
department on the Stegier pasoDofe
case. which has involved the name ~
Captain Boy Ed. was received today
and laid before Councillor Lansing.
Count Bernstorff. In statement
given out yesterday. characterised tho
communication as one giving the facts
of the Steglar affair so far as the naval
attache is concerned.
The embassys communication was . !
copy of the statement Captain Boy-Ed
Issued shortly after the charge wal.
made by Stegler duplicating the navas
attache in the Sttgier case. The cap-
tain acknowledged that he knew Steg-
Ter. but denied he know of any effort
to secure the passport.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
RAILROAD OFFICIALS PLEAD.
Answer to Charge Of Criminal Cons |
spracy in Now Haven Case.


New York, March 1.--Tentative pleas.
of not guilty were entered In the fed-
eral district court to superceding In
dictments handed down last Friday.
charging twenty-one directors and for
mer directors OF the New York. New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
pany with criminal conspiracy under
the antitrust laws. Six pleas were en-
tered by as many defendants by their
counsel They were given to March
u to demur to the action.
Nine defendants in all pleaded this
morning. They are Lewis Cass Led
yard, Robert w. Taft. Edward D. Rob-
bins. Charles NJ. Pratt. Thomas Dewitt
Cuyler, Theodore y. Vail. Francis T.
Maxwell. Edward Milligan and George
f.. Baker
Tho remaining twelve defendants
were to enter pleas this afternoon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
nRlTAiN sTlLL coNFlDENT.

sA.uuith says Government Is Certain
cf Victory in Present War.
London, March 1.-Speaking In the
house Of commons today, Premier As
auith made the declaration that at no
time had the government been more
confident than today that the allies
would ultimately achieve victory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
APPEAL TO PRESIDENT.
Wilson. May Be Asked to Intervene in
Eastern Ohio Strike.

Washington, March President
Wilson may be asked to intervene di-
rectly in the eastern Ohio coal strike.
Representative Francis told the presi-
dent today he might later ask him to
take steps to restore industrial peace in
that region.
Secretary Wilson, of the department
Of labor, had an engagement to discuss
the strike situation with John p. White,
president Of the United Mine Workers,
and other leaders of the miners. Rep
resentatives of the operators also are
expected here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
WAR TIES PRECEDENT WILSON.
May 'Bs Unable TO 90 TO San francisco
Exposition.

Washington, March President
Wilson told callers today the European
situation was demanding 80 much OF
his attention that he was doubtful II
he would be able to leave Washington
this spring, even to make his proposed
visit to, the san Francisco exposition.
II am tied here by the legs" was ths
way the president expressed the situa-
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
su.pended from American Registry.

Washington, March 1.-At the de-
partment of commerce today 1t was
said that the steamer NJ. s. Dollar,
whose suspension from American reg
istry has been announced, never had
technically closed out her British reg
istry which is required by British law,
and that she was therefore actually a
British ship. Officials said that as soon
as that formality had been complied
with her American registry would be
effective.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
PERMIT NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ooamenS oui S'ossracNoo Oy TVess OF
More Important Business.
Washington, March President
Wilson has decided not to have q public
hearing on the seamen's bill, because
of the crush of other work attending
the closing days of congress. He has
asked the, state department how 1t az
fects existing treaties and is UNDER
stood to have been informed about
twenty-five conventions with foreign
nations would be concerned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
r Toot Case.

washington. March EWhile no Of
,cial word had reached the state de-
partu,ent Saturday night e. to the
seisinfp q ths American steamer. Dacla,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
popui.r er;ti,h Author Dead,

London. March 1.-Frank r. Bullen.
the English author and lecturer. died
today at Madeira. He was best khown
as writer OF sea stories. He VA;
born in 1857.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
DISCRIMINATION Is CHARGED.
Milwaukee Road Files Complaint
Against Great Northern.

Against Great Northern.
Washington, March 1.-The Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway today
complained to the interstate osnmerce
commission that the Great Northern
railway discriminates against It in fa-
yor of other roads In falling to make
Joint thru passenger rates to points
from the state OF washington and
British Columbia. to points on the.
complaining roads lines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
NEWTON PHYSICIAN DEAD.

Circles, Pneumonia Victim.
Special to Times Republican.
Newton, March THE funeral Of c.
e. Boyd, who died at his home in this
city Saturday night after an illness OF
one week of pneumonia, win be held
Thursday. DR.. Boyd WAS one Of the
most prominent physicians in Iowa. He
was As. years of age and leaves a wife
He was prominent in business circles
and a member Of many companies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
usE OF GAS SHELLS ALLEGED.

cermans Charge French With Using
Poisonous Explosive.
Berlin by wireless to London. March
THE official announcement on the
progress Of the war given out today
contains a statement that the French
force. have begun the use of an artil-
lery shell which spseads poisonous
ga.. or exploding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
~. 5. I. MINED.

Washington, March I. -. France
and Great Britain served notice on
the United States that they would
hold themselves at liberty TO stop
all shipping hereafter to and from
Germany.
The notice was delivered TO Sec.
retary Bryan by the French and
British. ambassadors here, who
called. at tho state department. TO-
gsther for that purpose. Secretary
Bryan promptly appri.ed Presi.
dent Wilson Of the now move, but
declined to make any statement.
Tho ambassadors intimated tho
state department would mako all
announcements on the subject.
It was pointed out here that
while there might be no precedent
for such wide range Of action as
the allies proposed, there was like
wise no precedent for tho German
submarine blockade Of the British
ialaa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
T.-R. BULLETIN
NEWS OF THE DAY
The Waathe

The Weather.
Iowa-Partly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday; slowly rising temperature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-01
Britain, to Cut
off All Food
to Germany

london, March 1.-Thc cstab-
lishment Of virtual blockade Of
hostile countries is Great Britain's
reply to attacks on British ship
ping it was announced today by
Premier Asqujth in q nomentous
speech.
The plans Of the allies to regu-
late shipping from and to ports Of
hostile nations contempiates the
commodities Of every kind reach
ing or leaving those ports without,
however, endangsring vessels or
crews Of neutral countries. They
have no intention of confiscating
ships or cargoes which are detained
unless they arc liable to confisca-
ton under normal conditions of
ACCUSES GERMANY.
The premier revealed these
measures Of >reprisals to parlia-
mont and the nation on introduce
ing the third and fourth votes for
credit to mset tho expenses Of the
war. These are respectively $685.
100000 to balance the expenditures
Of the current fiscal year, making
total cost Of eight months of war
$3.50, ,000, 900, and another vote Of
$3.50, 600 900, 40 the first INSTALL
/. mont for the year opening April I.
Referring to the German naval
campaign against British shipping,
Premier Asquith declared that
Germany had violated all tho con-
ventions intended for the mitiga-
ton Of warfare. She had taken
further steps, the premier said, by
organizing ian under-sea campaign
Of piracy and piIlage."
NOT TIME FOR PEACE TALK.
Germany, he declared, was not
bIockading and could never block
ado British shores. Mentioning
what he termed whispers of peace,
peace until "the purposes Of the
allies were accomplished or were
in sight"
"Germany has driven her op-
ponents to adopt reta!iatory meas
ures to prevent commodities of
every kind from reaching or Ieav-
ing Germany" said Premier As
quith.. 1.-THE proposed measures Of
reprisaI will be enforced with OBJ
servance Of tho strict dictates Of
humanity, but the allies do not pro-
pose to allow their efforts to be
stransIed in 4 network Of judicial
niceties."
There is no intention to con-
fiscate detained ships or carsoes,
he said.
The premier declared that tho
allies would hold themselves free
to capture goods wherever there
is presumption such goods are de.
stinsd 70 sthsiras enemies.