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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

The American embassy has been be-
set to such an extent with applica-
tons from American parents TO obtain
the release OF their sons OF minor age
from the British army that to cut down
an extensive business In debating and
typewriting letters printed requests to
the British foreign Office for the re-
lease of BLANK" have been run or by
the hundreds. Already Ambassador
Page has obtained the release Of about
sixty such youths-boys under age who
ran away from home and managed to
get to England and enlist before their
parents could stop them. The printed
application to the foreign office pre-
sents the compliments OF Ambassadors
Page to Sid Edward Grey. the foreign
minister. and requests the discharge or
the minor (here Is the blank space for
name) from the British army. The
embassy is extremely anxious to i'm
press on American parents who may
find themselves with minor son In
the British army the necessity of for
warding s65 or $40, the amount neces-
sary to send boy back to the United
States. The money should be deposited
with the state department at Wash
.i;S.cn: also when soldier Is DIS
charged from the British army it is
necessary for him to have money with
which to buy new clothes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
OFFICIAL REPORTS INDICATE
DAMAGE or 10 PER CENT IN
SOME SECTIONS.
NORTHEASTERN COUNTIES
hit HARDEST BY FREEZE
Twenty four Per Cent Of Crop to Be
safe BY Sept. 20. and ~ Per Cent
by sept. so-ssvsnty-f five Per Cent
Il Crop Will Mature by Oct. Is IN.
= ...s== c..fsh. by Another Freeze.

&. e.. i = e. =
Special to Times-Republican.
Des yMoines. Sept S.-The weekly
weather and crop bulletin says:
Ideal weather prevailed. during the
week. The days were practically cloud
less, and the nights were moderately
warm, which made the best conditions
possible for. maturing the corn crop,
threshing and finishing haying. The
frost on Aug. 80 and 81 seriously in
jured corn on low ground in the north
and central and northeastern counties.
Probably 10 per cent Of the corn in
the northeastern counties. was badly
damaged. stock threshing is nearly
completed.
A summary of reports received on
Sept. 1 show the average condition OF
crops, to be as follows: Corn. S6 per
cent; potatoes, "a; pastures, 1O7;
apples, 101 per cent Of the 1913 crop.
which indicates 100000 bushels OF
apples to be harvested. With favor
able weather "a per cent Of the corn
will be safe from frost Sept. 20, AZ per
cent Sept. 80 and Is per cent on Oct.
Is. Preliminary reports indicate aver
age yield Of winter wheat to be % bu-
shells; spring wheat, 1s: oats. AZ:
barley. 50: rye, 10: timothy seed 81
bushels per acre. Threshing was SO
per cent completed. The acreage Of
timothy cut for seed is 10 per cent less
than the area cut in 1914.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

said the boy. He went first into the
basement OF the Scott street building,
built the fire. and when that failed ia
burn the structure, had gone back and
set the fire in the rest room on the Sec
ond floor. The next night he had set
the fires In the Main street building
II couldn't seem to get over my mad
SPELL" he said.
Setting the fire in the Main street
building was bad enough" It was sug-
gested. "but didn't you realize when
you set the fires in the Scott street
building that you were endangerins
the lives of all the operators there?"
"Well." he said, lowering his eyes,
II guess l didn't really intend to XIII
anybody"
Didn't Intend TO Light II.
He admitted. too. having arranged
the setting for the supposedly rus
trated Ire at the Elgan home on vine
street Sunday night and pouring the
oil over the porch. But I never IN
tended to light it, he added.
Only once did the boy intimate any
thing like a reason for selecting MS
particular mode OF venting ne mh''
spell. He said that some time ago ne
had seen in the moving pictures q
scene of a man who had become mad
and who had lost c,mplete control OF
himself. lust as l did.
The formal written confession tha'
is held by the police was made our
ing the day Monday to Police captain
Shafer Mr.. Hanson. the special audi
tor OF the telephone company. VINO
has been in charge Of the inquiry into
the fires and Guy n. Pratt. OF Omaha.
tho general superintendent of the Bell
phone interests in this section.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
EXPLOSION is FATAL.
One Dead and One Dying as Result o.
Liuhtinq Fire With Kerosene.


Srecial TO Times Republican.
Mason city. Sept. s.--With Neil NC
MILAN dead and Henry Lorenzen
burned so badly that the doctors can
hardly see how he can recover. the
awfulness of the kerosene explosion
which nearly wrecked the home can
hardly be realized. Nell Mcmillan
was a bachelor Lorenzen lived with
him much Of the time. The threshing
crew were engaged on the Mcmillan
farm. Mcmillan and Lorenzen quit
work at II o'clock and went to the
house to get dinner ready. While NC
MILAN busted himself in getting plates
arranged he told Lorenzen to hurry
the fire along.
Lorenzen lifted n five gallon can
over the stove and began pouring 1t
on the wood. He did not know that
beneath were slumbering Goals. AS
soon as gas formed there was an ex-
plosion and fire was thrown into every
part of the room.
Lorenzen ran out Of the house with
his clothing all aflame and jumped into
the water tank Mcmillan was daZed
and ran out Of the house and stood
near the door The threshing crew
heard the explosion and rushing to
the house. gave the men immediate
attention and then put out the fire.
Mcmillan lived about six hours. The
burns about his breast were deep. Lor-
enzer was burned about face, neck
back and legs an If he does live great
amount Of skin grating will have to
h.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

ton, on the Wintersct branch OF the
Rock Island. The patrons Of these
other two roads contend that the clos
ing down Of stations by the Great
Western would mean that the other
roads would probably try the same
thing
Martensdale is a new town which is
being developed at the crossing of the
Winterset branch of the Rock Island
and the Osceola branch of the Bur-
lington. Citizens Of that town and
farmers near there are anxious for the
Great Western to establish a station
there. The railroad men say the ex-
change Of traffic there would be OF
benefit to them and that there is not
enough business at Conger and
Churchvilie to pay them to keep agents
at those stations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
YOUNG ELeAN, OF COUNCIL
BLUFFS, NOT TO eE PROSE.
cUrED FOR lNcENolARlsM.
OFFICIALS REGARD ACTS
As THOSE OF PYRoMANlAc
Do Not Believe Youth Had Criminal
Intent or Realized Seriousness Of
Aets-Eisan Unable to Explain Why
Hs Sought to Destroy Property in
Which Father Was Interested.

Council Bluffs. Sept. S.-Adolph Ell
gan, the 15-year-old son of District
Manager Frank Elgan, of the tele-
phone company, who confessed to set
ting the four fires in the Scott street
exchange and the Main street build
ing of the telephone company las
Thursday and Friday night. says he
does not know what impelled him tc
set the fires. MY temper just got
away from me, that's ALL" he told the
newspaper man. and I hardly knew
what l was doing"
The boy was plainly nervous, and
scarcely wanted to talk of his offenses
but in reply to questions he admitted
posed attempt at his fathers home or
Vine street, without cavil.
Will Be No Prosecution.
Officials of the telephone company in
Omaha have declared that he will not
be prosecuted, as he seems to have
been afflicted with mania, rather
than with any real criminal purpose
1t seems probable he will be sent away
to a military school or to work for ar
uncle in st. Louis by his parents. who
are heartbroken at the sudden turn III
the search for the pyromaniac who sci
the fires.
II have no excuse to make for the
boy" declared his father. Indeed,
can not understand it yet l cant
realize how he ever came to do sucf
a thing. He has simply broken his
mothers heart"
Young Elgan made two important
statements during the course of ms
talk with the reporter One was tha'
while he had set the fires, ne had not
called his father over the telephone tt
give any warnings nor had he sent
any threatening letters to his father OF
any other persons connected with the
telephone company.
The other was that on each occasion
when he had entered the building
where the fire was set he had gained
ried no keys, he asserted and in fac
had almost neverghad any keys in his
possession,
Tells Of the Fires.
The boy told an apparently straight
story Of the setting OF the fires, tho
much of it. especially at first, had t.
be ELECTED by questions. He said nj:
mother had sought to give him some
good advice-"I would have done bet
ter to have taken IT," he said-and i
had made him mad. His temper, h,
said. seemed to run away with him.
my first thought. was TO come dow,
here to the office and do something.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
AUTO IS DYNAMlrED.
Car Left at Roadside Is Blown tc
Scraps by Unknown Persons.

Special to Times-Republican..
Nevada, Sept S.-A large Mitchell
touring car belonging to Edwin Amund-
son, of Radcliffe, was completely
wrecked by an explosion Of dynamite
a few days ago, the charge being
placed under the machine by some I'M
known person and for an unknown
reason. The affair is complete mys-
terry and there is no clue thus far.
Amundson was driving the machine in
the country near the Iver Hia farm and
one of the fore wheels went wrong.
He left the machine by the side of the
road and went home after repairs.
Some other work demanding his at
tention at the time he left the ma
chine over night and the next morning
when he returned for 1t found 1t to-
tai wreck. A charge of dynamite had
been placed beneath it and parts Of
the car were strewn in every direc-
ton for a distance as far as ten rods.
Mr. Amundson knows Of no one who
might have grudge against him that
would work 1t out in this manner
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
PRIZE HERDS RELEASED.
Marsh and French Cattle May q,
Cured Of Disease.

Des Moines, Sept. S.-Dr. j. I. Glib
son, state veterinarian, yesterday re-
leased the Marsh and French herds
which were held in quarantine for
ninety days. after being returned to
Iowa, to determine whether the ami
mails had recovered from the foot and
mouth disease.
The state department is not ready
to declare that the herds have been
absolutely cured or that the expert
ment in attempting TO cure foot and
mouth disease has been a success.
The authorities say that Apparent
ly" the animals have been cured.
Healthy animals which have been
run with them, have not contracted
the disease. The Marsh herd is at
Waterloo. 1t is composed of Guern-
seys. The French herd is at Dav-
export. 1t is made up Of Holsteins.
On account of the order of the Cali
fornia animal health commission that
none Of the stock which was at the
Chicago stock yards when the foot and
mouth disease broke out, shall be per-
mitted to be exhibited at the Pana-
ma-Pacific exposition, these two ia
nous Iowa herds will remain at home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
ROB NAN; ASSAULT WIFE.
Five Man Attack Mr.. and Mrs.. Elmer
Shaw on Public Highway.

rive men AtSaek mr.. ana WIS., et"0r
Shaw on Public Highway.
Sioux City, Sept. s.-Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Shaw. OF Defiance, while walk
ing to Sioux City from Sloan. were
held up by five men, Shaw was robbed
Of his money. amounting to 80 cents.
Mrs. Shaw was attacked, dragged into
the weeds near the roadway, and GRIM
inally assaulted by three men.
The couple continued their journey
on foot to Sioux City. They told their
story to Chief Of Police James G. Brit
ton. who made provision for them to
remain at the police station over night.
About an hour later, however Mrs.
shaw became 60 alarminglv i'll that
DR.. p. E. Keeffe. police surgeon, was
summoned. He found she had tenn
perature Of 104 degrees and ordered
her immediate removal to st. Vim
cents hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw had been work.
ing near Salix. but were without
funds. Shaw wrote to his father at
Defiance for money. He received So.
With this they went to Sloan.
Shaw said he was held by two of the
assailants while the other three at
tackled his wife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
FESTIVAL. At FEARING
Preparations Made For Annual Har.
vest Homo Celebration, Sept. e and
23-LibsraI Premiums Are Offered
For Exhibits.

For Exhibits.
Special to Times Republican.
Nevada. Sept. s,--The people OF
Gearing have practically completed the
preparations for their annual harvest
festival which is to be held on Sept.
90 and %. There will be a large dis
play Of grains, vegetables fruits.
flowers and domestic, culinary and
school work. and liberal premiums have
been offered by the association as well
as the merchants OF the city. There
will be baseball games and all sorts
of sports but the racing will not be
feature this year as has been the case
in the past. The program follows:
Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Rand concert
Minstrel performance.
Illustrated lecture on hog cholera by
United States veterinarian in the town
hall.
Dinner.
Band concert.
Minstrel performance.
Vaudeville.
Baseball game.
Domestic science lectures in hall by
Miss Bentley. of Iowa State College.
Supper.
Band concert.
Vaudeville.
Minstrel performance.
Band concert.
Thursday, Sept. %.
Band concert
Vaudeville
Minstrel performance.
Grain Judging by Professor Dunlap
of Iowa State College.
Domestic science lecture by Miss
Bentley.
Dinner.
Band concert.
Street sports.
Vaudeville.
Baseball game.
Minstrel performance.
Domestic science lecture by Miss
Bentley.
Supper.
Band concert.
Vaudeville.
Minstrel performance.
Band concert.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
Short Crop Near WeIIsburs.
WANT STATIONS MAINTAINED.

Residents Of congsr and churehviIIe
Fisht Proposed Railroad Changes.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. S.-The proposal
Of the Chicago Great Western railroad
to remove its station at Conger. in
Warren county. to Martensdale and
to take tho agent away from Church
Vile and maintain only a flag station
at Chrrchyille brought a delegation OF
about fifty farmers and stownspeople
from towns In that region to the hear
ing before the state railroad commits
sion which started today Not only
did they come from towns along the
Great Western but from Probe and
wick, on the oscecla branch Of the
Burlington. and Patterson and Beving-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
Leander Clark College Opens.

Special to s-Republican.
Toledo, Sept. S.-Leander Clark col
lege opened at Toledo Tuesday with a
fine enrolment. The faculty has
been increased this year and the
Greater Leander Clark movement In
troduced last year has doomed the
school and the student body consists
OF enthusiastic workers in both
academy and college. President NJ. r.
Drury reports this as beginning for
one of the best years in the history OF
the school
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
News of swea City.

Specia. to Times Republican.
Swea City, Sept S.-Dr. c. w. Pat
tison and family returned Saturday
from their trip to the coast.
c. G. Dourte is building race
track on his farm adjoining town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nelson, of Sac
red Heart, Mimi. are visiting relatives
here
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
Tn. Clark Guaranteed 81.

"A customer came into my store tho
other day and said to one of my clerks.
have you anything that will cure diar-
rhoea? and my clerk went and got him
a bottle of Chamberlain's Colo. Cholcra
and Diarrhoea Remedy. and said TO
him, II this does not cure you. viii
not charge you a cent for IT. So he
took 1t home and came back in a day or
two and said he was cured" writes j..
II. Berry 4 Co.. Salt Creek. Va. Obtain
able observation-disclosures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

and he was promptly hauled before
Justice Heney for the alleged onense
Of breaking into the house. The case
against Slattery was dismissed at the
cost of the plaintiff: now Slattery
comes back at Mosher for damages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
SUES BUILDER OF HOME.
Dunlap Man Asks 5000 Damages For
Election From House.

Special to Times Republican.
Logan. Sept. S.-A damage suit to
the amount Of $4,000 is now on between
J. T. Slattery and j. E. Mosher, of
Dunlap. and promises to be bitterly
contested. in the district court Of Har-
rison county. according to the notices
issued and served today
1t is alleged that Mosher built res
idence at Dunlap for Slattery, but be-
fore word or permission was granted,
Slattery moved into his fine new home,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
Find. ~. Cattle Dead.

Lewis. Sept. S.--Clare Jones. living
just north of town. on going to his
pasture found three Of his yearling
cattle dead and another one very sick.
The cause Of the trouble has not been
found as yet but it is supposed to
have been brought on by eating
poisonous vegetation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

Kangaroos. OF which there are fifty
six species. can sometimes leap as
much as twenty feet. The male kan
CARGO stands from six to seven feet
hjOh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

An electric device for indicating tho
location OF vacant seats in MOVING
picture theaters has been devised.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08
plsAeREEs on CORN DAMAGE.
Franklin County Farmer Says Crop !,
Reduced BY Freeze.

Hampton. Sept. s.-Editor Times
Republican,: In your issue Of Sept. 5.
your Hampton correspondent states
that the freeze. Sunday night, Aug 20,
did not materially damage Franklin
county's corn, as only in a few low.
wet places did the frost leave any
trace
Such a statement is misleading and
not founded on facts for there is a con-
siderable acreage Of as good corn as
there is in this section that was almost
completely ruined by the freeze.
II Is true that only low places were
damaged but the writer lost sixty out
Of eighty-five acres, all good corn and
as well advanced as any in this section.
and can name several more who have
lost good share Of their crops.
Whether this corn frosted so early
viii make good fodder or ensilage is
only to be ascertained by the fellow
who tries It, for when he asks the "old
timers for their opinion he gets such
a diversity of answers that he Is as
completely at sea as when he got up
Monday morning: Aug 80. and found
his Thermometer registering 80 or 50.
In stating that with warm weather
for this month and a little less rain.
and no frost. one Of the biggest corn
crops ever harvested here awaits
Franklin county farmers he takes q
far more optimistic view Of corn crop
conditions than do the farmers.
with such conditions we will have
lots Of corn. hut certainly not a
bumper crop. Floyd E. Ravlin.
short Crop Near WsIIsburs.
Special to Times Republican.
Wellsburg, Sept. S.-If the frost will
stay or this month about one-half the
crop In large section about here will
make half a crop or better. A great
deal Of It can never make corn on ac-
count of wet weather and the freeze In
August.
Shock threshing is about done. grain
Yield fairly good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

Sir Hiram Maxim's many inventionn
include roundabouts and mouse trays.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-08

Here's tho latest member offhs "old.
time jimmy-pipcrs" club. IT'S fno
likeness Of John e. Bach. l0i yeArs
old. of Newark, N. J. He has boon q
pipe smoker for 80 years. Mr.. Bach.
who enjoys his smokes every dsy.
fives this idea Of q lon6 life: Smoke
all you want. eat al You want. sieep
ali you want and don't worry"
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-11-30

men and mayor selected last night
will make u strong wrsKiug organiza-
tion, and there is no question as to
their qualifications to cope with the
intricate problems. Mr.. Uoman. as
mayor, will make an official who is
not attempting something now, for
he has been identified with the city
government I'm the capacity of council
man, long enough to be thoroughly
acquainted with the duties OF the of.
flee
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HOW TO REDUCE SELLING
COST.

Every merchant is in business
for proGt-not gross profit hut
.a net profit Gross profit Is the diff
ference between purchase price
tor pruuuc'0E rosn and the SELL
ing price, while net profit is the
difference between the purchase
price plus selling cost and the
selling price.
Every merchant knows THAT
If the selling price does not oN-
coed the purchase price and sell
ing cost combined at the ,ud OF
the year thare is no real profit
coming to him out of the bus'-
ness TO remedy this he must
do one of the three things gee
duce purchase price. increase
selling price o- reduce selling
cost. a merchant may reduce
the purchase price % little hy
buying 200 quantities. or w"tgh-
ing The market and alwgy huy-
INK safe hUt trr purchase price
% f- always liked lt others ara Ee
must pas their price. Ot course
it che article .- one thH Ugrga-
aut produces 0iusel. ho NAV pee
8uca tlc cost of production "'o
merchant may Increase the sD,,.
.a- price. although tbe demand
and fDH.r.fIffnr E4t. Id .-..,s f
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II will pay you TO see Mrs Burk-
hardt's samples before making up
your carpet rags. Carpet and rugs
woven to order 10y Mrs 5. Burkhardt.
Wyoming a Grant St, southeast Of
the Catholic church. 44tf.
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.rl.- SOM. very grave problems
face Ontario DarH- t.e coming .r
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BULLS FOR SALE

Registered Short Horns. ages Z to
Is months. At Moore Stable.
These bulls are direct from Iowa.
2-2t' n. \. CHAPMAN.
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published Every Tuesday and Friday.

Entered in the post office at Ontario.
Oregon, for transmission through
tbe mails as second class mail matter.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-11-30

DANCt--Saturday night-Moore
Hall. Every body invited