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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
NEW QUESTIONS TO
BE FIRED AT i. r.
Counsel Fer Barnes to DeIvs Into His
tory Of Organization Of Progressive
Party by Roessvslt- members Of
leaislature 70 8e Called.

Syracuse. N. z, April 24-cslnsel
for William Barnes In his suit for al
legged libel against Theodore Roosevelt
took advantage Of the week end recess
Of court today to compile new set Of
questions to put to the colonel when
the cross examination 10 resumed Nom
day. Many Of the questions have to do
with the organization Of the progress
sive party by Mr.. Roosevelt The
cross examination Is expected to close
Monday.
The Roosevelt attorneys received In
formation that all members Of the leg
islature which voted against the
Hughes direct primary bill and other
bills cited AZ instances where ma
chine republicans and machine demo-
Gratis combined to defeat legislation.
were to be subpoenaed. BY these Wit
nesses It 10 hoped to prove that their
action was voluntary and they were
not forced into alliances by party
leaders. 49, -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
State Officials Attenpt tdI
Bloch Order For Mental
sa'est BY Jury.
I STE SEEKS WRIT
TO STOP HEARING,
Attorney General sf New York csn4
tends Justice Hsndriek Had NJ
Power to Grant Trial BY jury AsS
tion May Cause Delay in Trial ~
For May 17-Thaw Planned 10 Cali
Ten Witnesses.

New York, April "a. - Harry =.
Thaw. who went to sleep In the Tombl
prison last night, elated by the belief
that he had won ais long fight, awoka
today to learn that he must await 4
decision of the appellate division OF th1
supreme court before such hearinn
would be granted. 's
This new check in his attempt 70 OBJ
tain his freedom from the Matteawan
asylum was due to the announcement
by Attorney General Woodbury. that
the state would make application ID
the appellate division for writ o1
prohibition against the order for q Jury
trial. granted yesterday by Justice
Hendrick. Hr. Woodbury.s decisiou
was made public after Thaw had reS
tired for the night. The attorney genS
eral contends that Justice Hendrtcl
does not possess power to grant jury
trial on the writ Of habeas corpu8
gained by Thaw.
Trial TO Last Week. +
The hearing before jury has beefyi
set for May II. but 1t was considered
likely that 1t would be postponed bN
the states appeal.
In discussing the date for tho trial, io
developed that the consensus Of opin-
ion Of judge and counsel was that the
trial would last only about q week.
John B. Stanchfleld OF Thaw's counsel
said the matter should be settled Id
that time and Justice Hendr;ck AgsesdQ
with him. s-s 4
Ten Witnesses For Thaw.
It was said later that there would
be no great array OF expert witnsaSs1l
such aa marked Thaw's trial for YnurS
der. Thaw, It was said. would have
about ten witnesses. and it = ~
pectsd that the state VIII Gail Ds0l
Macdonald and Flint experts who
have testified previously In the ThaWl
case. and perhaps one or two othssn.
Thaw's trial on May II. will b IN
connection with the writ Of habsaaI
corpus secured from Suprsme Court
Justice Blur some weeks ago. The
application for this writ was based
upon the contention that Harry K>l
Thav Is not insane and that he should
be freed accordingly. whatever hial
condition might have been at the time
he killed Stanford White.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
PAGE ONE.

PAGE ONE.
Tslssraphic News:
Germans Make Gains In Flanders.
Switch Attacks to New Points.
Emden's Crew In Another Exploit.
Labor Leader Led Ludlow Battle.
New York Seeks to Block Thaw Trial
by Jury. .
New List OF Questions For Roosevelt.
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News:
Old Soldiers Legislated Out OF JOBS
New Interurban Deal.
Three Elections Next Year.
Gathered In the >Byways.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial:
Saving Few Millions.
The Jekyll and Hyde Of Us.
Judge Kennedy's Question.
Topics Of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
PAGE FIVE.
Iowa Nswss
Union School Head Sued.
1nfelicity Among Tama Tribesmen.
PAGES SIX, EIGHT AND NINE.
City News:
Proceedings in Confer Case Over
Again.
Y. NJ. C. A. Workers in Love Feast
No Election in Bangor School Con-
solidation.
Important Main Street Business
Transaction.
Viaduct Bids Opened Tuesday.
Marshalltown Twenty-Five Years
Ago.
Local Comment.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TEN.
Markets and General:
Liverpool Advances Cause Wheat
Gains.
Corn Shows Strength.
Cattle Trade Steady.
Hogs Weak and Lower.
Rockefellers Lambasted by Official.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
OPPOSE BREWERS RICE RATES.
Present Rates From Southern States
Alleged to 30 Too High.

Chicago, April 24.-Objections to tho;
proposed advances in freight rates ont
brewers rice from southern rice fields
to northern cities was made today be@s
fore w. NJ. Daniels, interstate come;
merce commissioner in the hearing o4
the petition of tho forty-onc western
railway systems for the increase OF
freight rates.
Thew itness said the southern rice
grower was meeting strong compotiA
ton from foreign planters. He COM
planned Of present rates as being too
high, and which shut the southern rice
from many brewing centers.
The proposed advance on rice 10 3
cents a hundred pounds from New Or
leans. interior Louisiana points. Texas
and Arkansas to st. Louis and an in-
crease OF X cent from the same points
to Chicago and Milwaukee,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
ANTl.wAR DEMONSTRATION.
Many Residents 81 Trieste Sent 70 Jail
Because of<Aaitation.

Many Residents of Trieste Sent 20 Jail
Because of<Agitation.
Rome. via Paris, April 24-Alarming
reports from Trieste -still are being re-
ceived from the frontier.
Most Of the male residents OF the
city are, serving in the army and the
majority Of those remaining are said
to have been arrested for participating
in anti-war demonstrations. So many
were taken into custody that al could
not be lodged In the prison and the po-
lice chief asked permission OF the
municipality to transform large
school building into q jail. Tho shops
OF the city have been closed for fear
Of pillage.
The mayor attempted to quell the
disorders by announcing that sufficient
bread would be baked to supply the
people and that potatoes would be sold
for five .kiios t2.20 cents per pound.)
Large quantities have been stored at
Pola in fear Of q siege.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
eRElruho TAKES STAND.
Defendant in Suit Brought by Former
Chauffeur Tells Of Troubles.

Chauffeur Tells Of Troubles.
81, New York, April "a. Edward N.
Bfeitung, capitalist, was called to the
stand when the suit for $250.o0o
brought against him and his wife by
Max Frederick Kleist, q coachman, for
alienation Of their daughter Juliet's
affections, was resumed in the United
States district. court today.
Mr.. Breitung's testimony, resume
Of that given at the first hearing of the
suit which ended in a mistrial. was
that he was disposed only to act in
Kleist,s interests from tho start and
was willing to help him. On cross
examination, however. Nj. Breitung
admitted that on one occasion he was
going to strike and kick kleist and
Juliet intervened.
This was when Kleist called on his
parents -in-law. Mr.. Breitung said
Kreist was wearing "My socks, tie and
scarf PIN"
"why were you going to strike him?"
he was asked.
Because he made sighting remark
at my daughter"
After his anger had cooled the witt
ness said he asked Kleist to 60 to New
Mexico. He did this, he said to give
Kleist chance to make good. He said
his daughter had asked him to have
the marriage annulled. She said she
was somewhat ashamed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
EXPECT NEW MARKS
AT PENN CARNIVAL

Ideal Weather and Fast Track Promise
to Aid contenders in Reducing
Records -Westerner Breaks Javelin
Record.
Franklin Field, Philadelphia, April
in track and field
events from the east and west were
to measure speed and strength In the
University Of Pennsylvania's twenty
first annual relay carnival on Frank
lin field today. The weather was
warm and the track fast. a combina-
|testants in various events in their at
tempt to break records.
The features Of the day were the
one, two and four mile relays for the
college championship of America.
Never has there been brought together
such a high class number of perform
|ers as in these contests. Interest cen
tered in the four-mile event. Eight
teams were entered, and among these,
Cornell, Wisconsin, Michigan and Chi
cago had teams good enough to beat
1S minutes. Cornell had quartet OF
champions enteTeu. NlsSoiisii' -hiN -
gan and Chicago, who met at Drake
last week. were to make another trial
today to beat one another.
The one-mile event brought together
quarter milers, nearly all OF whom
have done better than so seconds.
Champions of all kinds and worlds s
record holders were listed In the
sprints and field events. In the 100
ward dash there were Drew, Southern
California, worlds record holder:
Howe, Colby, American 22O-yard
champion Of 1913: Hoyt. Grinnell, VINO
has done AS seconds.
A large number of one mile relay
races for colleges grouped into classes
according to past performances "ere
also on the program.
The javelin throwing competition
was warmly contested. After Robert
T., Nourse, Of Boise. Ida. wearing the
colors OF Princeton. had broken the
collegiate record of 1853 feet SH inches.
made last year by NJ. Dorizas. UNI
yersity OF Pennsylvania, by hurting the
iayelin ITS feet SA inches, John l..
Phillips, Of Moscow, Ida. University
Of idaho student. broke the new record
with a throw OF 1T feet Az inches.
Results:
Jayelin throw: Phillips. Idaho Uni
versity, distance 1T feet Ak inches
(breaking intercollegiate record OF los
feet sA inches. held by iNorivas, Penn
sylyania): second, Nourse, Princeton;
third, Berry, Pennsylvania.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
AUTHORIZE SHIP SERVICE.
Operation Of Pacific Mail Company BY
Southern Pacific Permitted.

Special to Times Republican.
Washington, April 24.-Operation OF
the vessels Of the Pacific Mail Steam-i
ship Company by The Southern Pacific
railway, Notwithstanding tho prohibts
ton of the canal act against the owns
ership of steamship lines by rAllroAdss'
was authorized today in formal order
of the interstate commerce cOmmisstOn.
The order approves the action Of ths
railroad ot continue the operation oe
steamships, Subject to such orders
as may hereafter be entered by the,
commission"
1t provides that the ships shall not
operate thru tho Panama canal and
that tho rates, fares and regulations OF
the Pacific Mail Company must DO hied
with TIE the commission. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGE
C.. L. Nicola, Of oskaloosa, Freed-Shot
and Killed Father.


and Killed Father.
Sigourney, April 24.-The jury In the
case Of G.. L. Nicola, Of Oskaloosa,
charged with murder Of his father.
brought in verdict Of not guilty. The
plea Of the accused was that he COM
mitted the act in order to protect the
life Of his mother during aq uarrel be-
tween the two parents.
Nicola is young man about 25 years
of age The shooting occurred In. the
fathers home at Oksaloosa in 1918. He
was convicted Of manslaughter by a
Jury in the Mahaska county court and
sent to prison in Anamosa. The case
was appealed and recently reversed by
the supreme court. A change of venue
was granted.
The trial has attracted especial In
terest from the fact that 1t comes 80
close on the heels Of the Dunn ac-
quittal at Atlantic. which was brought
in Sunday.
There the facts and the line Of de-
tense were closely similar to those of
the present case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
WORLD RECORD IN
HYDRO-AEROPLANE
Naval Aviator Reaches Altitude Of
10000 Feet, Surprising All Previous
Efforts-Glidss Back TO Earth in
Sixteen Minutes.

Pensacola, Fla. April 21.-A new
worlds record altitude fight Of 10000
feet In hydro-aeroplane. was made
here late yesterday by Lieut.. P. L. N.
Bellinger at the naval aeronautical
station. In one hour and twenty min
utes, Lieutenant Bellinger made his
ascent and no took sixteen minutes
gliding back to earth. Greater alu-
tudes have been made by aviators In
aeroplanes not encountered by boat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
FREDERICK PLEADS GUILTY.

Throws Self On Mercy Of Court and 10
Given Ten Year Sentence.
st. Louis. April 24.-August H. Fred
erick, who recently resigned from the
presidency Of the board Of aldermen.
today pleaded guilty to forgery In the
first degree.
, He was sentenced to ten years IN the
state penitentiary.
The charge on which he pleaded
guilty was the forging OF the name OF
Mrs. Esther Ellis. OF winchester, Ill,
to 4 81, 100 deed Of trust.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
psfaultsr 70 Raise Amount es Dssief

Dsfaultsr 20 Raise Amount es Dsiieit.
f. Pueblo, Colo. April 7s.-With per-
mission Of county authorities. G. B.
Slaughter, president OF the closed 'Mer-
camille National Bank, at liberty on
bonds on charge Of embexxling $20,-
900 county funds, left here late last
.ni9ht for Dallas. Tex.
\ According 70 his attorney he plans
TO raise several hundred thousand dol
lars to meet the reported deficit Of the
bank. r. !
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
Want. Every stat. R.pr...nt.d.

New York. April 24.--Alan r. Haw-
lev. chairman Of the contest committee
Of the national aeroplane meet which
plans a national competition from July
to Oct. IL next. announced today he
had addressed letters to the governors
OF all states to have their states ofll-i
cially represented in the competitions.
Mr.. Hawley said he hoped each state
would enter at least one or two ma
chimes. which might be used after the
completion as nucleus for an AviAAfoA;
corps for the national guards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
.SCHWIND ADMITS HE
is GERMAN SUBJECT
Man Who Posed 40 Raymond swaboda
Tried by German Court and SEN.
/ tsncsd 70 Prison in shanohai-ssrvsd
Sentence in Germany.

Il j Is : . ~
{ Paris. April 24.-Raymond Rur
schwind, who has gone under the
name Of Raymond Swaboda, now ad-
;mits that, he is a German subject. ac-
cording to the Matin. The inquiry
conducted by Major Julien. Of the
Paris permanent court martial, has re-
tvealed that Schwind was sentenced at
Shanghai several years ago by the Ger
man counselor court to&two years im-
prisonment. He 10 said to have been
transferred from. China to Germany,
where he served his sentence.
The Matin asserts he was unable to
deny he had been In prison.
schwind was arrested on suspicion
of having been responsible for the fire
on board the La Touraine. but this
charge against him has been dropped.
aItho he II accused Of espionage by
the military authorities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
ie.vs your home until you return
no this senator Kenyon replied: {:

y0ef0. sEs self sie5a iiatts ft7tE4S ~
To this Senator Kenyon replied:
"You are In error No invitation was
ever extended to me. and did not know
that any special committee Of invita-
tion was In Washington. and rather
assume that the committee would not
honor mes with an invitation, as have
considered the Mpssel Shoals project,
Involving m expenditure Of some $1S.-
00O. 900, m attempt c6 = local commune
ity to ests something out Of the United
States treasury which was absolutely
unwaEranted."
Wrona 70 Ds sExpsnss" Guest.
Regarding the proposition to pay all
expenses. the Iowa senator wrote:
s'I assume you are sending the same
kind Of letter to all members Of con-
gress and senator's offering to pay their
expenses from home to the point OF
embarkation to inspect the proposed
Improvement.
II have always regarded this very
thing an one Of the most intquitous
methods employed to secure river and
harbor appropriations. II members Of
congress are to visit projects Of this
character. their expenses should be
paid by the government or by them
selves, ana not by those who are inter-
ested in the project.
II have opposed this Mussel Shoals
project and / shall continue to oppose
It. realize. OF course, the powerful
effect this 'junketing' trip will have
and the influence Of banquets and
entertainments and free railroad trav-
cling
&,,h iAe$ For lokahv lnouirv
Senator Kenyon reserved HE
"stinger" until the windup Of his letter
which concludes with: 1T seems to me
that the senatorial committee investi-
eating lobbying may ind herein field
for their labor"
The '.junket'' to which Senator Ken
yon has refused promised" invita-
ton calls for the visitors to report at
shefaeld. Ala, at $3.50 o'clock Monday
morning, May 10.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
Submarine Crow AZ c constantinopl..

Submarine Crow at constantinopls.
London, April 24.-Six officers and
nineteen members OF the crew Of the
British submarine ELS were brought
to Constantinople today. The Officers
and three Of the wounded rode in car
riages, while the others walked across
the Stamboul bridge to the war de-
partment. The procession was watched
by an immense crowd, as the men were
the first British prisoners of war tc
reach the city.
Announcement was made last Satur-
day Of the sinking of the E-15.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
cersy,ans Gratifsd.

4 Beslin, via London. April 24.-Ine
newspapers Of Berlin today express
satisfaction with the fighting at Ypres:
They are pleased also at the report OF
the German admiralty that the meet
has been cruising in the North sea.
Tho Tagee Zsitung says that SO 1ar az
IL II able 20 recall. earlier announce
ment OF naval activity did not speak OF
sha ma. .Gexman high sea feet" but only
a farts thereof.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
Germans FaiIleo Get caruo

steamer Wilhelmina, whose cargo Of
food supplies has been bought by the
British government, has reached Carliff
from Falmouth. She will now discharge
her cargo. which was originally con-
signed to Hamburg, at Cardiff.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
,ewa City Man : suicide.

Special to Time0- -RepubIican.
Iowa city. April 24.-Fred Bostwick,
an Iowa City fruiter and nursery
man. committed suicide by drinking
poison In his apartments at Los
Ang eles, Cal. His widowed mother
hero was preparing to leave to join
him when the death message came.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
Subject For Lobby inquiry.
FOURTEEN PERISH
IN AUSTIN STORM

Revised Lists Today Show Eleven 9th
srs Are Missing and Ars Believed ia
Be Drowned-rotal Loss Expected to
Reach $1,000, 900.
Austin. Tex. April 24-F1ood relief
work in the districts devastated by
Thursday nights rain and electrical
storm proceeded rapidly today under
clear skies. City authorities. churches
and charitable institutions co-operated
In the work.
Revised lists Of the drowned and
missing today give the number OF
drowned whose bodies have been re-
covered az fourteen. and the number
Of missing and believed drowned as
elevens
~ Railroad service was resumed par
TALLY today AA@ saivasing of,.1cores Of
wrecked houaas sbsSun.
The loss to the city streets and
bridges IL estimated at 100000 by city
authorities The total loss here is ex-
,pected to reach $1.000,00o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
Failing to Retake Hill No..
80 Allied Forces Are
Attacked Elsewhere.
TEUTONS DRIVE
FOES TO CANAL
iAli;ss Feresd q Fall Back Across
Yprss e .sems peints-Frsneh, Brit.
81 81 ;sh and Bs,sian Feross Taking Part
II New SERIES Of Engagements
Caused ~ Offensive Movement Of
Germans, (.

London. April a4.-over an arc-hke
'front.' in Belgian Flanders, which Is
roughly ten miles long. from the region
/ of Bixsohoote in the north to st. Eioi
i II ,the south, French, British and Bel
gian. troops arc locked with the Ger
man.,today In series Of engagements
which recall the hshting Of last oc-
tober.
Driyensfrom TIN 50 and falling to re-
take II. the Germans launched . new
attack to the northeast and a1ter
stupefying the men in the trenches
With gases. drove the French infantry
back toward and at some points ap"
parentfy across the Ypres canal. Q
& maneuver which at the same time
compelled tho British line north OF
Ypres TO tail hack to conform with the
4 French.
oeunan oains Considerable.
Alfho the German advance was con-
adorable. French, Belgian and British
forces-the French occupying the CEN
ter. the Belgians the left and the Brit
1sh the right OF the line-immediately
initiated . counter attack to compei
the Germans to give up some OF tho
ground taken and force them to the
northwest toward Langemarck. from
which place the attack started.
some Of the London newspapers to-
Sday characterizo this German rush az
i a attempt 70 break thru In q rush TO
Calais.
s-s ~ this time the British arc pre-
4 sumably well strengthened and have
consolidated their position on Hill NO:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
KENYON SPURNs
OFFER OF ..PORKERS''
Iowa Senator Calls sehsms Of River
and Harbor Promoters to Pay Junkst
Expenses Of Senators % lniquitous
Proposition.

Proposition.
Chicago, April 24-The Tribune to-
day says: z;
Refusal Of congress last session to
play into, the hands Of the pork bar
rel" advocates apparently has failed to
dampen the enthusiasm Of the Tennes-
see river Improvement hackers.
They are out with letter. presum-
ably to every United States senator,
and probably to each member OF the
house, extending an invitation, ex-
penses all paid" to be their guests on
an inspection trip Of the Mussel shoals.
Chattanooga. and Hartman and Can
ary creek sections Of the river.
There is a probability the Tennessee
River improvement Association will
have some congressional visitors on
May 10, the date set for the start Of the
trip. There is at least one senator.
however, who will not be present He
10 Senator. Kenyon Of Iowa. s
An "lniquiteus Propesition.v
In letter to the Tribune the senator
Iibels the 1s.oo0. 900 Nussel shoals pro-
ject "a thoroughly ubiquitous proposia
ton and says after II was killed in
tho house in the last session It's hack
ers tried the senate pulmotor on Il,
but all efforts to resuscitats the proJsct
failed.
These people are starting a campaign
to win out In the next session, IL
writes. You will note they expect TO
pay all expenses from the time the vis-
itors leave home until they return.
This makes q fine trip. ~ u
Various paragraphs In the invitation
apparently did not please the senator
from lows, who has been . foe to "'pork
barrels" and thru whose Efforts the
last attempt to put over on the pub
lics was shelved. ~ !! {. - Il;
Nswer Received Invitation.
I .sThe Tennessee River improvement
Association takes great pleasure 81 CEN
nrming the invitation extended TO you
In Washington TO visit this esction Ia
May wrote G. W. Ashcroft, 'sGnd cons;
arms the understanding with you when
our special committee of Invitation wao
before yop. that you win 10 Tie. gus6e
oe this aagecistion efom the time you
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-24
MOULD. b Assassin Hanged.

Would be Assassin Hanged.
Cairo, Egypt, April 24.-The young
Egyptian merchant named Khalil. who
made an unsuccessful attempt to as
sassinate Husseina Kamel. the sultan OF
Egypt, at Cairo. on April 8. was hanged
today. - 7zg5s7 Il I