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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
4 SUGGESTIVE INCIDENT.

Des Moines' chief of police sent an
agent to Boone Saturday to keep tab
on those who have been purchasing
liquor there for distribution and con-
sumption in Des Moines. This special
agent noted the men and sent descrip-
tions ahead of them to the police chief.
Imagine the CONSERVATION when Off
GERS met the bibulous messengers upon
arrival at Des Moines, arrested them
and confiscated the liquid cheer. The
newspapers declare that 1T did not
matter who the men were or how
vehemently they protested They went
signments. And the police chief laid
down as rule: Liquor has no stand
ing in Des Moines." 1t suggests two i'm
portant things, first, that any police head
can stop the Bookkeeping and liquor
peddling if he chooses and is permitted
to do so. EX-Mayor Ingledue Of Mar
shalltown was right and knew whereof
he spoke in his Waterloo address when
he stated as positive fact that a
mayor with the purpose can stop the
traffic out of hand. When the mat
ter is ciphered down to the last figure
that figure is the police head, mayor
or commissioner of safety ard his po-
| lice force who act under his orders
Such standing as liquor has in a dry
| town comes of a stand in with police
And that Is as true out of Des Moines
as in.
Another thing the incident at De:
Moines suggests very distinctly is thai
the use of the plain clothes man OF
special agent delivered the enforce
ment goods to Des Moines. The leg.
| islature should take note OF it, The
Coson special agent bill is to come VI
again soon before the senate. THAI
to that under discussion. Given a few
agents the attorney generals office car
| do for the state Of Iowa what the DO.
lice chief did last Saturday. Il Is to bt
noted that the chief did not send De.
Moines flatfoot to Boone in uniform
and with the number on his cap. A
little secret agenting and plain cloth.
| ing is part of the process of law en-.
forcement- The legislature will do wei
to give the state g. few agents and t
put them under the control of the de.
| partment Of Justice.
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unfavorable weather. the setback was

unfavorable weather. the setback was
overcome last week.
However, effects Of passing indus
trial depression are reflected IN the
tendency exhibited by many to buy
merchandise that is low in price. On
the other hand, merchants sho wa dis
position to purchase for the future--to
regard the past as an unpropitious Pc
Rod. due almost wholly to the war,
and to talk more cheerfully Of good
business to come. The agricultural, as
DISTINGUISHED from the Industrial
south, still is depressed as regards cur
rent trade, but other sections OF the
country. including the east, manifest
signs of improvement, tho 1t must be
conceded that betterment at the east is
slow, while parts Of the southwest 1t
is irregular.
AS a general rule, roal statesmen meet
with more encouragement. and the
principal western center notes the re-
ceipt OF enlarged orders for future de-
livery. Mail order houses are doing
well, and retail concerns selling low
priced articles experience good de-
mands. Automobile plants are work
ing to capacity, foreign demand being
a stimulating factor. In the soft coal
mining regions there is some evidence
ON improvement, but even so. oper-
atoms are slow, and in the lumber In
alton in this respect being but slightly
favored by the opening Of the season
of outdoor work. Building has begun.
TO improve, but as yet this tendency
is most manifest IN the eastern half
of the country
To Bradstreet's Chicago reports i'm
provement in road sales, both for i'm
mediate and forward shipment. Buy
erS are more numerous. At the same
time trade at retail and with mail or
der houses exceeds that Of this time
last year. Machinery and machine
tools display more activity than at any
time the past two years. The federal
reserve bank is 10 clear checks for
members free of charge, which ulti-
mately will probably reduce clearings
at contiguous points. Foreign demand
for lnseed oil cake is a factor in trade
at Minneapolis, where general jobbing
business is good, and where there is
talk of importing aaXseed from South
America to exc out limited supplies.
Foreign orders help the machinery in
dustry at Milwaukee, but domestic de-
mands lags. However, hardware and
agricultural implements are in better
request, and retail trade in general re-
fleets Improvement over 1914. Water
loo notes that the gasolene engine and
implement industries are doing we'll.
two houses having more orders than
they can promptly handle. Dubuque
says country roads are in better shape,
that retail trade is active, and hard
ware and farm machinery are brisk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
the CITY MANAGER LAW.

The Grout- McFarlane city manager
bill passing the senate without a dis
senting vote. will become law with the
signature of Governor Clarke. Water
loo urged the bill, and is said to be
anxious to try out the plan provided
in it.
The law provides for an elective
council which serves without pay and
which elects one of it's number mayor
perhaps chairman would be more
correct designa ton of his office. This
council attends to legislation. passes OF
rejects all proposed ordinances and
selects the city manager, whose duty
it is to see that the laws and ordinances
of the city are faithfully enforced
the city. purchase materials and sup
plies and check them properly, In short
act as business agent and overseer OF
labor activities. He will have super
vision and direction over all appointive
officers except police judge, clerk
ass ssor, solicitor and board of review
and it is his duty to recommend to the
council such measures as he may deem
eXpedient and for the good Of the city.
In appointment of city manager the
council is required to give consideration
only to the qualifications of the person
APPOINTED to give no consideration to
his political affiliations and it is not
required that the appointee shall be a
resident of the city at the time of his
appointment.
The plan should result in better city
upon plan similar to that occupied
by the superintendent of schools and
affords a wide field of selection. The
provision against compensation of
councilmen has drawbacks as well as
advantages, but on the whole is more
advantageous. The general character
of the school boards of cities is higher
than the average of its city govern
ments
The 25 per cent might it seems to
advantage, have been raised to IS in
avoidance of annoyance by attempts
to change system thru pique or for
of influence Twenty i've
per cent is too easy to get.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
Not From west indies.

Some time ago the teacher Of q public
school was instructing q class in geog-
raphy, and when It came time to hand
out q few questions she turned FIRST to
Willie Smith.
willie" she said. ''can you tell me
what 10 one Of the principal products Of
the West indies"
mo, ma'am," frankly answered
Willie. after moments hesitation.
'tJust think a bit, Willie," encourag-
ingly returned the teacher, where does
the sugar come from that you use at
your houset"
Sometimes from the store" an
swered Willie. "and sometimes We bor-
row 1t from the next-dOor neighbor. y
phiiedelnhts Evening Telegfanh. Ks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
The Friendly American "Nots."

The tone OF the latest American
note solidifies the feeling that the
American people propose to keep the
ring fairly in this mighty struggle for
existence which Is in progress in Eu-
rope The mote" seems to be intended
chiefly to put the American nation In
"a proper legal attitude toward this
whole sickening business. 1t Is largely
an academic performance. sort of
thing at which President Wilson Is an
adept. But II contains not the slight
est hint that the American govern
ment contemplates restricting to the
smallest extent the actual policy Of the
allies in their Determination to meet
the piratical methods OF Germany.
1t Is as II a shop keeper should see
two men fighting desperately in dan
gerous proximity to his plate glass
window As the fight progresses he
notices that one OF the combatants Is
fighting foully. But he feels himself
under no moral obligation To intervene.
He even ignores the fact that, If the
aggressor wins. he himself may be the
next victim. To be frank, he feels con-
fident that the aggressor will not win.
But he soon perceives that the man
fighting on the defensive may be driven
by the foul tactics OF his assailant to
take such measures as will endanger
the plate glass window OF the shop.
So the shop keeper enters a formal
protest against this-not So much with
q view to preventing it as with a view
to laying a foundation for a claim to
damages. Also he desires to reassert
the law that fighters shall not be al
lowed to damage private property. But
he most decidedly does not propose to
do anything about it.
The analogy is by no means per-
feet; but it will serve. The settled
policy Of the American government has
been from the first to keep out Of this
thing. 1t is panied and shocked by the
existence Of war at all. The whole out
break is contrary to the principles
which this American government has
laid down for the guidance Of hui
manity. So 1t passes by on the other
side. It ignores the whole moral issue
at stake in Europe. Yet It takes the
utmost pains to keep its own skirts
clean, so far as the writing Of notes"
and the registering Of protests can ac-
complish this end. It will have a
white paper or a yellow paper'-or
whatever color 1t favors- to publish
at the end OF this war which will chal-
lenge the admiration Of every detached
student for all time.
Meanwhile the British 'Tommies''
and the French red pants and the
Russian "moujiks" and the Belgian
remnant-and yes. thank God! the
Canadian volunteers-wlll man the
ramparts Of liberty alone, and die for
such PRINCIPLES as the right OF every
people to base government upon "the
consent of the governed" And Il IL
grateful and comforting to our boys,
as they die, to know that the great
American nation will not strike q blow
against them, even tho American In
terests may be suffering from the ac-
tivities Of the allies nayies. The
American mote makes this plain.
There will be no American interyen-
ton In any case.-Montreal Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
HE HAD THE COIN.

IOII1TlS TIaZVItV.I
An anonymous correspondent from
Maxwell sends us an account OF a
courtship and wedding. but as 1t does
not give the correspondents name we
VIII have to omit the names OF the
happy couple. However. the poetical
effuson (why is it that poetry fits so
nicely with cour:ship and marriageD
will not be lost to our readers and we
here reproduce the inspired words:
He said BE my bride"
And she sweetly. replied:
oh JOY! do not tarry
For soon we shall marry;
If you have! the coin
We shall go to Des Moines.
And they went.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
THE COUNTRY PAPER.
IManson Dernocrat.l

Manson Democrat
Sioux City Journal: Why should a
first class paper published in first
class town be classified as q country
paper simply because 1t happens to be
published only once q week?
There are various reasons, but the
best reason is that the real country
newspaper Is published in q country
town. 1t is an honor for town to
be classed as 4 country town. for that
distinguishes 1t at once from the city
class 1t makes no difference how
first class it may be, it is still q
country town and the people in and
around 1t are country people and
proud of the fact, therefore its news
paper, no matter how first class 1t
may be. Is q country newspaper and
Its editor is q country editor and
usually proud OF. 1t. The country
newspaper can not be = daily for the
field is too small. It should. and
usually does, aspire to be good week.
~. To be the editor and publisher
Of a good country weekly is honor
enough for any man. II he refuses to
allow himself to get into q rut and
stay there; IL he studies his work and
looks about him for new things and
methods; II he labors earnestly to
make his paper interesting to its SUBJ
scribers and its advertising columns
a paying investment for his advertisers
as we'll as for himself, he has done
we'll and nobody will ever sheer at him
for running country" paper. 1t Is
only the drone and laggard who runs
the typical country paper that peo-
pie of progress and intelligence sheer
at. The country newspaper man en-
Joys his work far better than the city
newspaper man can ever hope to. He
knows the people of whom he writes.
He is semi-partner in their Joys,
their sorrows, their business success,
their progress and development. These
emotions are unknown to the city
newspaper man who simply writes
down the cold. Unconditional facts and
thus experiences none OF the joys Of
running country newspaper. This
editor knows Of no position he would
take in preference to running a coun-
try newspaper. He knows Of no news
papering that he would accept and
leave the dirt roads and highways Of
the country for the pavements Of the
city. He wants his newspaper to be
called a country newspaper now and
as long as he is on the
tripod. Give him the pile Of exchanges
to run over" and see what 1.-THE boys"
are doing, let him grin. smile. laugh.
grind his teeth and cuss little at
what they say about the politics and
things he is interested in: let him write
about his friends and neighbors and
their goings. comings, weddings. births
and other incidents Of their lives; let
him sympathize with them when they
are in sorrow and rejoice with them
when they are glad-in short run a
regular. genuine country newspaper
and he'll never want to get away from
that job.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

CHAPTER XVIII.
Two Lovely wom. ;,

There was music at the Villa dei
Bougainvilleas. Miss Redmond sang;
not Goodnight, God Keep You Safe.
but other things. Ever since her talk
with Hammet Abou she had been
II not gay. in good spirits. more like
her old self. and the Marquise d'Esclig
mac began to think that the image OF
Charles de Sabron had not been cut
too deeply upon her mind. Tho mar
quise,. from tho lounge In the shadow
Of the room. enjoyed the picture
(Sabron would not have added It to
his collection) Of her niece at the
piano and the Duo de fremont by her
side. The Comtesse dc Ia Maine sat
IN little shadow OF her own, musing
and enjoying the picture Of the Due
de fremont and Miss Redmond very
indiRerently. She did not sing; she
had no parlor accomplishments. She
was poor. q widow. and had . child.
She was not . brilliant match.
From where he stood, fremont
could see the ComteSse de IL Maine
in her little shadow, the oriental
decorations q background to her
slight Partisan figure. and little out
Of the shadow. the bright aigret in
her hair danced, shaking its sparkles
of fire. She looked Infinitely sad and
infinitely appealing. One bare arm
was along the back Of her lounge. She
leaned her head upon her hand.
After . few moments the Due de
fremont quietly left the piano and
Miss Redmond. and went and sat
down beside the Comtesse do Ia
Maine, who. In order to make . place
for him. moved out Of the shadow.
Julia, one after another. played
songs she loved, keeping her fingers
resolutely from the notes that wanted
to run into . single song. tho music.
the song that linked her to the man
whose life had become mystery.
She glanced 1t the Due de fremont
and the Comtesse dc L. Maine. She
glanced at her aunt. patting Mimi.
who, freshly washed. adorned BY pale
blue ribbon. looked disdainful and
princely. and with passion and feeling
she began to sing the song that
seemed to reach beyond tho tawdry
room OF the villa in Alg1ers, and TO 60
into the desert. trying in sweet In
tensity to speak and to comfort. and
% she sat 80 singing TO one man.
Sabron would have adored adding
that picture to his collection.
The servant came mp to the mar
n,,1sn and ~ava hap = rnnaaa1A Tho
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

treating the public fairly. They are
using AL Of their vast resources to-
hoodwink and deceive the people, and
the very money they are spending for
this purpose ID being paid to them by
their victims in excessive freight and
passenger rates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
DISCUSSING PREFERENCES.

washington County Press.l
We would rather be the local man
Friday for Clifford Thorne than to be
the official egg sucker Of a local rail-
road attorney who hides his head in
the sand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
Fathers Limitations.

mother" asked the small boy, do
- believe everything that dad tells
$500 THAT depends" replied the
10y Of the house. Your father IL
frlvly accurate concerning matters OF
atness, politics and religion, but
IN he touches on fishing, poker
dc and why he did not get home to
1innsr, he leaves Z good deal to b
& $50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
Iona Newspapers
NOT INCLUDING MOTHER.
TTama Herald. !

The girls of many high schools have
Voted not to spend more than So each
on their graduation dresses. This does
not probably include any payment to
mother for making them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

lican. hut We DO not just now remSm-
Der anything that Harding hAS done Of
said that would mike VI feslF thaf he
would be good successor to Governor
George w. Clarke All we have Aeen
of Harding's platform makes us feel
that he Is not built Of the stuff that
Iowa wants in the governors chair
The republicans OF Iowa are not going
to stand on a wet or reactionary plat
form in 1916"
The Algona Republican says ITS
hard for the man who has just paid
out a big sum for an abstrict to un-
derstand why that real estate title law
would not be good thing"
The Knoxville journal Confidently
believes that Iowa can name the next
president Of the United States and It
is firmly convinced that there Is no
man In public life who would make
more. inspiring leader for the reunited
hosts Of republicans to follow. or who
would make a greater chief executive
than Albert B Cummins, OF Iowa"
The Carroll Herald desires to sug-
gest to Lieutenant Governor Harding
that he made mistake IN placing
even enc foot on the Johnston bill plat
form Any man who seeks the gov
ernorship on such a rickety old plat
form is bound to get his shins skinned.
and finally become hopelessly entangled
in confusion of worthless planks.
Tho we'll admit that as politician the
lieutenant governor is a wise guy
The Cherokee Times suggests EN-
considering the literacy test it may be
found that some of the incoming fu-
ture citizens are desirable because Of
the things they have not read"
state campaigns for some time are
apt to turn upon wet and dry issues,
even if there is a polite amount of dis
cussion of other TOPICS" thinks the
Clinton Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
Masonic Meetings.
STATED COMMUNICATION

Marshall Lodge, No. los A f. & A. M,
Regular meeting Friday, April Is. John
W. Wells, secretary; W. H. Steiner
w. NJ
SlGNET CHAPTER. No ss, r. A. M.
Regular convocation Monday. April 49,
L. S. kilborn, H. p; John w. Weils'
Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20, r. & S. M. MONDAY
after the third Sunday l. L. foroes'
recorder; George Gregory. T. l. NJ.
REGULAR coNcLAVE, st. Aldemar
Commandery No. 80. X. T.. Tuesday
April 20 at 1880 o'clock. Regular ousl-
ness George Gregory, e. CT; NJ. >.
Mcfarland. Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No, S7,. 0. E. S., "Wednesday Aprn
IA, 8 3. m Business. Anna DoMnins'
secretary; Mary Black Collins w. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

'If the men now before the public
as champions of prohibition will unite
upon a candidate there can be little
doubt as to the outcome" says the Des
Moines Capital, discussing the guber-
material contest Of 1916.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
THOSE RAILROAD ADS.
1Nashinptnn County Press.

tho question of paid advertisements in
the Iowa newspapers came up Tor con
sideration Mr.. C. c. Wright. general
attorney for the Northwestern. who
appears as the leading attorney Tor all
of the forty-one roads asking the ad-
vance repudiated these advertisements
and denied that anybody in the rate
case had ever authorized any such ad-
yertisements and refused to be bound
bv any claims or statements IN the ad-
yertisements. He especially repudiat-
ed all claim that the railroads had not
been able to maintain their properties
and keep them in a high state OF enici-
ency for good service. When Thorne
began proving that they had spent
hundred million dollars more Tor main
tenance in 1918 than ever before ana
still more in 1914, Mr.. Wright cut the
testimony short by admitting the roads
had been properly maintained and re-
pud:ating all of the paid advertise
ments.
What we would like to know now Is
who did the advertising. We certain
ly do not accuse all Of the 700 papes
in Iowa who ran that stun and marked
it paid Advertising" Of Tying about 1t,
and in view of the reputation by the
big attorney for all the railroads. we
would like to ask the local papers to
name the parties who did the paying.
The people are entitled to know what
kind OF q bunco game 10 being worked.
Even in the papers that give the peo-
pies side Of the rate question, we saw
many statements complimenting the
railroads for coming out In the open
ond stating their side OF the case IN
paid advertisements. They were all in
connection with this same rate case
and they certainly purported to state
the railroad side But now 1t appears
that they did not and from the mouth
of the chief attorney of all the rail-
| roads: The advertisements were fake
They did not present truth. They only
presented material to deceive the peo-
pie. It is SO unreliable that they dare
mot use 1t before the interstate com
merce commission. There 10 but one
conclusion to draw from this history
Inv faiiiT dads ii.ye no ::::::s;;:.. ::s::: 9:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

THE near beer bill doesn't look
good to US. Either the genuine article
or little Colfax. please" orders the
Manson Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12
BRYAiN's DRY LETTER.

lSioux City Journal
II Mr.. Bryan's advice carries weight
W. w. Marsh. Of Waterloo, will not
be the next national committeeman
from Iowa. Mr.. Marsh was the choice
of Judge Wade, the retiring commit
teeman, for the place. and had some
strong support from former Bryan
leaders, He is. however. natural
conservative and wet, and Mr.. Bryan 8
latest declaration on the dry SIDE
puts the Marsh candidacy under ban.
Whether the Iowa democracy Is
ready to accept Mr.. Bryan's advice as
to lining up on the dry side OF things
as a settled political policy is doubtful,
to put it mildly. An effort to bring up
the liquor question In the last state
convention was ruthlessly smothered.
An attempt to indorse dry candidate
for speaker Of the house at the open
ing OF the present legislative session
failed in the democratic caucus.
It is safe to say that good many
Iowa democrats. including not few
so called leaders, would have been
more grateful to Mr. Bryan FOR with
holding his late advice than they are
| to him for rendering it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

Lieutenant Governor w. L. Harding
is advertising himself as candidate
for the Office OF governor of Iowa in
1915. That is laudable ambition" adj
miIs the waveriy independent; fSsDuD-s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-04-12

Estate campaigns for some time are
apt to turn upon wet and dry issues,
even if there is polite amount of dis
cussion of other topics,' thinks the
Clinton Herald.