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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
VIII Retain Tariff On Sugar.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Repeal OF
the free sugar clause of the Under
wood tariff law was approved as a
party measure late Thursday by the
house democratic caucus. The vote
was S4 to 20.
AS the law now stands, sugar
would go on the free list May /, with
consequent estimated revenue loss
at the rate of $40,000,000 annually.
The repeal which is expected to pass
both houses before May 1, is provided
for in bill prepared by Majority
Leader Kitchin.
Mr.. Kitchin told the caucus that
the preparedness program was going
to cost the government a great deal
of money and that the expense would
have to be met with as little burden
upon and annoyance to the people rs
possible. He said that while the com
mittee had not formed any conclu-
sions, he thought the majority SEN
timent favored meeting the prepar-
income tax on special articles and
munitions factories.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

Bishop Quayle of st. Paul will
make his first visit to Decorah, Tues
day, Feb. 29th. Although he has not
been heard in this city, there are
many who have attended his lee
lures in other places, and these peo-
pie are eager to hear him again.
Bishop Quayle's reputation as
speaker is world wide.
His history would make a fascin-
ating book. Born amidst hard circum-
stances in Kansas, he struggled for
an education. His early ministry was
spent in rural districts but his fame
soon spread. He was elected presi-
dent of college and left this to fill
some of the largest pulpits in Amer
lea. He was elected Bishop of the
Methodist church in 1908 at the age
of At. A distinction conferred upon
few so young. He is easily the most
popular of the board of Bishops, H.
lis always in demand
The great secret OF Bishop Quayle's
popularity is his unique, poetical hui
merous vision of life. He is unlike
anyone you have ever heard. There
is no stale matter in any of his lee
lures. You can't leave and say 1--WE
heard that before" For Quayle is in
imitable.
Concerning his lecture on "The
Tragedy of Rip Van Winkle,' a st.
Louis Paper wrote: RIP Van Win
kle" is one of Bishop Quayle's mas
terpieces. THE tragedy of a useless
hfe" has never been more clearly
thrown on the canvas of human
thought than in the wonderful por-
traval by the Bishop in the lecture.
You are compelled to laugh the tears
cut of your heart through two hours,
and you go out saying: my life shall
be kept awake to it's worth. To miss
this lecture is to remain in peaceful
slumber, for you cannot hear it and
remain Rip Van Wrinkle. 1t is be-
yond doubt masterpiece of oratory
and wit-full of sunshine. patho's
and manly appeal.
Over one-half the seats have been
sold, secure your tickets early at Par
mans, Schrubbe's or Sanford's
stores.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
BELOVED CITIZEN DEAD.
Wm. III. Smith, One of Winneshiek
COunty'S Pioneer Citizens
Passed Away Last
Wednesday.

William H. Smith, one of Decor
abs and Winneshiek county's be-
loved pioneer citizens, passed away
at his home on East Water street last
Wednesday night at seven o'clock,
after an illness Of two weeks, death
being due primarily to old age and
the breaking down of life's machin-
cry
The deceased was a native of Eng
land and was born there March 20,
1887, a son of William and Sarah
! (Hutton) Smith. both natives of the
mother country. The father was
tailor by trade and passed away in
his native land. In the year 1866
the mother and six children came to
the United States, and direct to Win
neshiek county, making their home
with an elder son and brother,
George, who had previously come to
the United States in the late '40s,
settling in Canoe township where
he took up large tract of govern
ment land. Afterwards the mother
purchased forty acres of land, and
the subject of this sketch took
charge and remained with her until
her death in 1862. He was the
youngest of seven children, the re.
mainder all having passed away.
Mr.. Smith received his education
in England, and was eighteen years
old when he came to the United
States and to this county, where he
farmed in Canoe and Bluffton town
ships until fifteen years ago when he
and his sister Matilda came to Decor
ah to make their home, the latter
passing away three years ago, since
which time Miss Mae Morrison, a
grand neice had made her home with
him and took loving care of him
until his death.
The deceased had made his home
for about thirty-five years on fine
farm in Bluffton township, owning
in the neighborhood of 500 acres OF
fine farm land, most of which he had
disposed of before his death. He
specialized in stock raising and al
ways employed modern and up-to-
date methods in his farm wCrk, and
he prospered.
Mr.. Smith was a self made man
While he had always been an ind s.
trious worker, he found time to read
and study the grea! problems OF the
day, and as a result he Possessed an
education second to none. In mathe-
MATES he had few equals. and it was
one of his delights to give mathe-
matical problems to his friends to
solve, and the problems were not Of
the easiest kind either, but none ever
puzzled him.
In politics Mr.. Smith was RepCb-
lican, but he never actively partici
pa.ed in them. He was a member OF
the Episcopal church, and always
took an active interest.
That Mr. Smith had a generoIs
heart and great love fer humani Y
was evidenced several years ego,
when the proposition of bu:laing 4
hospital in Decorah was beng d scas-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
"MORE BEES FOR IOWA" SLOGAN
Would Prove Big Source of Profit to
Farmer Who Cares for Them.

There is no better state for bee
keeping than Iowa, insists c. Z. Bar
tholomew, apiarist at Iowa State
college OF all agricultural indus
tries available to Iowa farmers. bee
keeping is the least developed, altho
there is not square mile of Iowa's
Sc, 600 that would not support at least
a dozen colonies and yield a good sur
plus. Iowa could produce 1900, 900
gallons of honey annually if there
were enough apiaries to harvest it.
April is the best month to begin
beekeeping in Iowa. Good colonies
bought then should pay for them
selves the first season. A beginner
should, however, not expect too much.
The habits of bees must be studied to
get best results.
This knowledge can be obtained
better by starting with one or two
colonies and studying their habits, by
spending a season working with
practical beekeeper, or by attending
q college where beekeeping is taught.
Excellent courses are now offered at
Iowa State college.
The expense of starting an apiary is
small compared with returns. Sew
eral Iowa beekeepers make an annual
income of $4,000 or more. If one be-
gins in a small way with one or two
colonies of bees and builds his apiary
as the bees naturally increase, the
initial expense should not be more
than SIS to $40. If one has the re-
quisite knowledge of beekeeping, he
should not hesitate to start on as
large a scale as capital will permit,
for Iowa clover fields are awaiting
bees to harvest their nectar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

One CT the weaknesses OF President
Wilson's defense stand is its indefin-
iteness, says the Muscatine Journal.
He has urged the necessity of half
million soldiers and the greatest navy
on earth. General Miles and other
military authorities declare that but
100000 troops are necessary in times
of peace. Mr.. Daniels boasts that the
American navy is at present as for
midable as any afloat. Pacific coast
legislators believe that the United
States should have an army of not
less than a million troops and that a
large part of this army should be To-
Gated on the Pacific coast to resist the
greatly feared yellow peril. The task
which lies before Mr.. Wilson is to
bring these widely divergent views
into unison. He will be forced to dis
play high degree of generalship to
win his congressional victory. Unless
he succeeds in gaining congressional
support for his preparedness plan
now that he has been instrumental in
creating the demand for that policy
he will share in the loss of prestige
and strength which will be the fate of
his party.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
Prisoners Sue for Wages.

Three men who were convned in
the county jail at Clinton, Iowa, and
were compelled TO work have brought
suit against the county for wages.
Their commitment to the Jail did not
bear a labor clause and they hold
that they are entitled to wages for the
work done while they were serving
out such a sentence The Clinton pap
ers say it is new phase of law and
the supervisors insist that hereafter
when a prisoner is committed to Jail
the commitment papers state that he
is to work on the stone pile. If not
abolish that institution.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
Think OF the Future.

One troGble with lot of people is
that they think too much about a
bank as being a place to get money
out OF, instead Of a place to put mon
ey in, suggested conservative indi-
yidual to a reporter of one OF our ex-
changes. I've all spend too much
money fer Iuxuries, with never a
though. that sometime we will need
assistance Save a few dollars each
week and place it in a bank and then
consider you have spent the money,
because it has gone from your pocket;
keep it Up SO long as you are able to
earn money, and when a dark day
rpiis around you will be able to say,
Well! I've got few hundred dollars
in the bank that will help myself and
family out nicely till things get bet
ter and am able to earn a living for
them, money that would have been
srent foolish,y had | not placed it in
4 bank
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
Dyes Up 5000 Per Cent.

The shortage in dyestuffs and the
demand by textile manufacturers for
this product was pointed out last
week by dealers who reported that
barrel of violet dye bought fourteen
months ago for $400, had been sold
here for $4,000, an increase of D.
900 per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
100000 Hogs q. Iowa, or More
Than Four to Person in
the 81 -
WOULD TAKE 1900 AS RS
TO SEE THEN q ASS By
Ii All the Pigs Were Placed hin
Squealing Distance of one n
other They Would Form
Ninety Circles Around
the Globe.

Sioux City, Feb. 21.-If all the
pigs in Iowa were placed within
squealing distance of one another
they would form ninety circles
around the globe and still remain
plentiful enough to loop around both
poles and crack back to Iowa-the
greatest swine producing country in
the world.
Ii all the pigs in Iowa We're train
ed as soldiers there would be enough
to fill trenches On both our Atlantic
and our Pacific seaboards, on our
Canadian and our Mexican frontiers,
and there would be enough left over
to garrison our forts and fill in the
ranks as fast as they were depleted
Ii an observer were to review the
pig family of Iowa, permitting one
pig to pass from view as rapidly as
another hove upon the prairie hori-
Zon he would have to stand in one
spot 1900 years watching them go
by.
Iowa's supremacy as a pig pro-
ducing state was so described at the
opening session of the 18th annual
convention of the Interstate Farmers
and Breeders association at the Mar
tin hotel Thursday in an address
delivered by Prof. John w. Evard,
assistant chief of the animal husban-
dry department at Iowa State col
lege.
There are 100000 pigs in
Iowa" said Prof. Evard,. "or more
than four for every man woman and
child in the state" Advantages Of
the free choice system Of self feeding
on pasture for swine were set forth
by Prof. Evvard by statistics based
upon tests made at the state college.
These were SUMMARIZED as follows
hogs are marketed sooner, the
earlier markets usually bring better
prices: money is received more
promptly; labor is saved; less feed
is required; some risk is avoided: :
the convenience and pleasure of feed
ing is greater; need of expensive
winter shelter is eliminated bedding
is saved; the penetrating cold feed
ing days of winter are avoided, and
the hogs are not taxed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

When a person makes a great
show of honesty when only a few
cents is concerned we wonder what
chance there would be if large sum
were concerned. Also we have
seen people who thought it is no
crime to keep a few cents that did
not belong to them who would be
absolutely honest if large sum
were concerned
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
May Ask Wilson to Recall Bryan.

Des Moines, Feb. 21.-Des Moines
and central Iowa democrats may ask
President Wilson to recall William
Jennings Bryan to his cabinet, it be-
came known Thursday. l. T. Jones,
of this city, announced that this ac-
ton was being seriously considered.
The basis of this request is probably
failure of President Wilson's defense
plan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

They are mad all over Iowa because
professor of history in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota in a magazine arti-
Gle refers to Iowa as state which
lost so much in population that 1T lost
one of its congressman. We still have
our eleven congressman and the only
population we lost was in the census
reports, which were not correct.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

It's a mighty good-for-nothing wo-
man who can't support one man and
an entirely good-for-nothing woman
VIII tries it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

The man who is not afraid to face
danger must also take the necessary
precautions to escape or he won't
face many of them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

The new rice crop pays California
$40 an acre, or more than the wheat
land gives.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

l. time lest and medical attention,
the wage earners of this country have
an annual sick bill of $6SO,00O, 900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23
BISHOP W. A. QUAYLE
COMING TUESDAY
VIII Give His Best Lecture on "The
Tragedy of Rip Van Winkle," at
Grand Opera House, Tues
day, Feb. 20.
REPUTATION AS SPEAKER
Is WORLD WIDE

The Secret of Bishop Quayle's Pop
ularity is His Unique, Poetical
Humorous Vision of Life.
Secure Your Seats at
Parman's, Schrubbe's
or Sanford's
Stores.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

The total value of tires used in
1915 in tie L. S. was S250,O00,OOO.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

Russia's land area is S,417,l1S
square miles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

Britain yearly uses 10000 tons OF
cork.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1916-02-23

California had 1924 forest fires in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28
KRENGEL NOT AN APPLICANT
FOR JOB WITH PETERS
I'rohihition COmmissiUner Named So
crrf Service star Several Months
before krrnEel Quit Police Force.

Former Detective Sergeant L. J..
lir.ngel. who voluntarily retired
from the police force on accoun, OF
an injury received more than two
the staff Of Prohibition Commissioned
-. Sidney Peters. il WAS authoritativeiy
announced last night. II was stated
that all tn" deputy positions We're
filled last June. ana it was added that
|if Sergeant ErcnEcl had offered him
self AT that time, his name would have
been considered.
Mr. Peters has not yet made known
the names of his deputies; but it was
|statcd that the name OF the man who
has figured much in recent pub
LEFTY Will not brought up for con-
federation.
With the facts concerning krcnscl's
disability the public Is familiar. More
than two years ago he Was shot
through the arm by fellow officer
while the two were examining Il re-
volver confiscated after a raid. At
the expense OF. the department. krcnecl
was sent To the Memorial Hospital.
where he was cared for until he went
back on duty Afterwards his arm
gave him further trouble. and recent
|ly threc-months furlough was
granted him. The wound, il seemed,
failed to respond to treatment, and,
after examination 10y Surgeon Open
|himer, krengrl vas declared To he
unfit for active duty. Desiring to help
him and to give him every opportunity
to make a living. the department,
through Major Werner and Mayor
AinsIie, offered Krengel Il position.
either as signal operator or us might
man" at headquarters. The latter po-
|sition requires only that telephone
calls be received and reported and
that reports Of crimes he recorded.
This position krcngel took and then
surrendered
The former detective is entitled to
n pension If his case is favorably re-
ported upon by the Police BENEVOLENT
Association. The pension is $40 Il
month.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28
Wilson 5 Message
Comes BY Wireless
Amatctr Operators Are on the
job When Test Message
Comes Through Iir.
A. a test OF preraredness OF Ima,eur

AS 4 test of preparedness az AMATEUR
wireless operators. message from
President Wilson WAS sent broadcas 81
over the country last night and was
picked up by Richmond amateurs.
The message reads as follows:
president Wilson say: 4 neither
seek the favor nor fear The displeasure
OF that small alien element amongst
us which puts loyalty to foreign,
power before loyalty to tn. United
States"
III. message was received here by
Wireless Station SIT. operated by'
George Robinson and Ralph Chappcll
at 2il. East Clay street. just after
midnight. 1t WAS sent from II num-
beg oi iGh-powcr sending stations.
Iii" message received here having
beet from station Il G y, by Operator
West NJ Lima. Ohio.
The sending was regarded "a, ties,
Of the preparedness OF wireless op.r-
ators in rclaying messages in time or
emergency. AS a sort OF key and TO
prevent talking by Amateurs. the word
puts" III the message was purp"Scly
m!SspGlicd.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28
.FIFTY-TWO HEROIC ACTS
RECOGNIZED BY COMMISSION
Carnegie Hero Fund Isody Awards
Medals nnd Grants Pensions
, Amounting to 81. 100.
my .NssocinteL press.l

lf* Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH. october 2,.--Fifty-
two acts rf hcrniSm were rcGog niZcd
By the Carnegie Hero Fund Commits
sion ~ tx fall meeting here to-day.
I'm sin cases, silver medals were award
81: in forty-six. bronz" medals
twelve OF the heroes lost their lives :
and To Tn" dependents OF six OF these.
pensions asgrccaiinE S3.i2o yearly
wcr" granted. TO the dependents of
tire" Of the others who died. sums
'"t;tiihr 5000 w~r" granted, |" II"
apple" in various Ways subject to the
direction OF the commission.
rive of TIL. heroes sustained injuries
which disabled them. In the case Of
"n. benefits Of $l25 were granted:
ami In that Of the other. {, pension Of
$50 ~ month WAS allowed.
In addition (" these money grants.
IN hin" cascs Su;us ngErogating SlS.-
o"o were appropriated ror educational!
purposes. payments to he made as
, needed and approved: una in twenty
MIN" cases awards aggrrgating S17.-
10" were iu:,dc for other worthy pur-
""S"S. Payments iu ,hosc cases viii
not 10" given until the beneiiciarcs'
plans for the use Of the awards have
been appr"v"d hy the commission.
Among the bronze medals awarded
were III" following:
'CorUaro s. l'atton. Murphy. ~ g.
II stationary engine. tried vniniy 4"
save Jess" Palmer. farmer. from
suf"cat!on az Murphy. Juiy -. 1913.
Patton descended we'll filled with
gas iumes. thrice being lowered in
Z, tun.
:. fl"nnie hoffman. Mtrshvillc. y.
G., medal. Mrs. Hoffman. thirty-ninc
Il housewife. saved hve-Ncar-old
Thomas j. caUdlc from drowning at
Marshvilie OH October ~. 1914, by
jumping into Il well. although she was
uianl" 10 swim.
Julian NJ W%kinson. .>hbevile. 8.
c.. medal. Wilkinson. twenty-five, a
farmer. saved Mary Perrin. twenty
four. from drowning. ut Calhoun Falls,
$. c.. July 30. 1913.
Medal TO father "s William II. Nc
Ceivey. deceased. Mt. Carmel. s -.
McCcivcy. thirty. Il switchman. died
in an attempt. assisting Julian VI. Will
kinson 10 save Mary Perrin from
drowning at Calhoun Falls. :. G.
Walter -. Crowder. Zetella, Ga.
medal cr"wdcr. iifty-six. Il farmer.
saved Homer G.. l:lanton. II farmer,
from suffocati"u in Il twenty hve-foot
well in Ictelia August IS, 1916.
Crowdcr descended on u rope into the
gas fumes
Russell l.. Norborn. Acton. y. c.,
medal. Nornorn. eighteen, a farmer.
saved RUPERT j. Crowell. sixteen. n
Of loo feet ov-r the torrent of a fall
OF 100 feet over the torrent "f Il fall
20 jagged rocks THIS was considered
:. particularly difficult rescue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28
WILL INSTRUCT POLICE
Prohibition Commissioners Pcters Ia
ADDRESS Chiefs of State THIS
Morning.

.An explanation OF the prohibition
act, including instruction as 10 the
additional duties which will he i'm
posed on the police, will be given in
Police Headquarters this morning by
Prohibition CommiSs oncr i. Sidney
Peters 10 all the chiefs OF police i'll Nir-
ginia.
j. NJ. BrouGhton. chief OF police Of
Portsmouth and secretary OF the Nir-
ginia Police Association, has sent
notices To all m.mherS OF the organiza :
ton. urging them to be- present
The meeting Of the police chiefs will
begin nj u o'clock. Complete and de-
tailed instruction will be given them.
and Commissioner Peters Will attempt
to clear M questions which are
troubling the states departments.
Chief Charles J. Kaiser. Of Norfolk
Chief Cotton. OF llopcwcll AMI Chief
Hamilton. OF Roanoke, arrived in the
city last nieh, They We're guests
nj Murphy's Hotel.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28
BURIAL MAIL CARRIER
HELD UP BY NEGROES
" ith Pistol ut His Head, He Con
vinccs Highwaymcn He Has
No Money.
SALE OF CAMPAIGN BUTTONS
Young Mems Democratic Club Raises
S2i1-Arrangement Being Made
for big Mass Meeting in Academy
of Music, Petersburg.
Especial to The Timcs.plari.tch. L

Especial to The Times ID ispatchJ
PETERSBGItG. VA, October 21.--I:
Ia. IL. Wyatt. rural free delivery car
rier on Route No. 4. in Dinwiddie
County. was held up 10y negro high
waymen on tn" Halifax Road. between
Two and three miles from This city.
yesterday. while driving in his buggy.
There were three negroes i'm the gang.
Two OF whom stood by while the third
thrust n pistol In the carriers face
|ahd demanded his money. Wyatt had
no money and after Il brief purlcy con-
|Nihccu the negroes OF that fact. The
mail was not disturbed. ana Wyatt
was told to 20 on his journey. covered
by the negroes pistol. AS soon az he
reached Itcams the carrier piIuncd
postmaster Barham of the occurrence
and the police We're notified
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-10-28

The Supreme conr, of Appeals has
Granted Il wit Of supcrsed.as and cr-
ior to the defendant In tho case OF
Irving Owines, az Washington. against
Walter Sachs, OF this city. The sui,
grew out OF an alleged contract 70.
the sale OF about twenty acres OF land
in Prince George County. near Hope
well. and on which the plaintiff paid
$500 as an option. which amount was
fortified, as Is alleged. 10y The faiiur.
OF the plaintiff to take tn. property at
the time specified in the contract. The
plaintiff dcmurrcd TO the evidence. sub
tcct 10 the decision OF the court there
on, and the court sustained the de-
murrer. giving Judgment against the
defendant. The latter appealed 10 the
Supreme Court