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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
pOSToFFicE FUNDS TAKEN.
Robbers Secure $50 From, Strahorn
Store at Robertson.

SprvIa |, Time Rep"" lean.
Iowa FaGS March Il.-Roo hers en-
,erec the RU! l.. Strahorn store in
Robertson Thursday night and touched
the postoftice tuH6S for $50. Mr.. Slra-
horn IS postr12a ~jer there and was low
on stamps and money orders so these
were no, nu.estet. The postal funds
were sep, IN a drawer and this was
pried oi,er and the contents appr0-
rrra,ed. There Nas o:E .oGge meeting
IN ,nvr ,ha, night and few people
were on the street. - the TohoefS
worked unno!-steci. There IS no clue
to the robbers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
NORRIS At SAC CITY.


Special 10 Times Republican
Sac City. March I'D. ". Norris
editor OF the NarshaNtown r INES Pc
publican. IN the capacity Of chairman
IF the better roads commission ap-
pointed by Governor Clarke. vii! oe
the principal speaker at q mass meet
ing Of the taxpayers Of Sac county
to be held at the court house Friday.
March "a. In accordance with the plan
made at the Graveled Trail conference
at Storm Lake Z fcw days osU, LIS
meeting was authorized by the board Of
supervisors Of Sac county to consider
plans for the speedy grading and
sra-e!!ng Of ali the county road sys-
tenn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
GRAVEL HAWKEYE HIGHWAY.
Hamilton County to improve Thirty
Six Miles Of Roadway.

Special to Times Republican.
Webster. City. March II. Just as
soon the frost is out of the ground. the
Hamilton county board 81 supervisors
viii begin the graveiing of the Hawk
ssss HH;ssssh@~ay thru this county. TlI1z
highway, which follows the route vi
the Illinois Central thru Hamilton
county. was all graded ard drained by
the county last year 80 that no preiimi-
xSssy $50 Il
Ing II.
For this Improvement the board has
kH1T5rrsa.ea $4,000. The highway IL
thirty-six miles long thru this county,
which means that the board viii ex-
pend $1,000 per mile In grayeIing II
TIT gravel loader and spreader have
zAffeAdy been taken out on the highway
. - ready Tor use Just as soon Nc the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
LETTER FROM THE GRAVE.
Mother Receives Message From Sailor
Son Two Months After Death.

Son Two Months After Death.
Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, March 1l.-Like mess
age from the grave was the letter that
Mrs. s. Josseiyn received today, from
her son, who was washed overheard
two months ago from the L. S. s Dale
in Manila harbor. 1t takes six weeks
and sometimes longer for letter to
get here from the Philippines The
boys body has never been found and
Mrs. Josselyn has taken up the matter
with the navy department. The letter
written so shortly before the disaster
was newsy and full Of cheerful &C
count Of the ships operations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
VALLEY MEET AT ALGONA.
Twenty Hugh Schools TO Participate IN
Annual Meeting May 5.

SpeclaI 10 Times Rep AHl.caH-
Webster City. March il.-CfT:i1als OF
the Boone Valley H!g:: Schoo! Athletic
Association have voted 10 hold this
wears annua! meet n Algoaa- The
GATE fixed IS May ). There are some
-n-y high schoo.S II .his assoc latl"v:.
The officers are President NJ
Hamne,, Of Mason City: secre tary. j.
= O7-ermeyer. Of Algora: treasurer,
VIII A Pye Of Eagle Grove.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11

weather will permit. With the gravel
ing of this road. the Hawkeye High
way will be the best highway thru
Hamilton county and will, in fact. be
the only gravele,l road running across
the county
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
FORMER aEAMAN WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. J. =. Maeombsr Suecumbs to Op-
Grafton At Nevada.

Grafton At Nevada.
Special to Times
Beaman. March lit. l.. Evans re-
ceived a phone message Friday from
Nevada announcing the death Of Mrs.
J. H. Macomber, formerly Of this place.
but OF late OF waterloo. Mrs. Macom-
Der had gone to Nevada for treatment
at the Adventist hospital An oper~
alton was necessary and which she
proved. owing to her weakened condi-
ton. unable to withstand.
The body was brought here Satur-
day morning and funeral services were
held in the Methodistc hurch at 1885.
Rev. Mr.. Smith conducting the SER
vices. Mrs Macomber was an early
pioneer of this county. coming here
with her parents when a young girl
soon after the civil war. She Is SUR
v!red by her husband. TWO sons and
one daughter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11
BOAT BUILDER DEAD.

Jacob J. Sehreiner, Of Dubuque. Dies
Of Com APPLICATION Of Diseases.
Special TO Times Republican.
Dubuque. March il.-Jacob J.
Schreirer is dead at his home in this
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-11

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THE 0VERl And MellAIl0 CO., Distributors
Ma1shalltown Buggy Company Building Phone 1871
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
SUFFS To De BATE
CAMP A|GN PLANS
Methods of Procedure Will Be
Subject of Conference to Be
Held In New York
City.

New York, Aug. Interpretations
are being made for a great assemblage
Of suffragists at Atlantic City, N. j.,
from September 6 to TO- when leading
suffragists from all over the United
States will attend the emergency con-
vention Of the national American wom-
ans party to discuss it's policy.
One Of the most important phases of
the convention will be a three cornered
debate of the question whether the as
ISOLATION shall advocate the granting of
suffrage to women by amendment to
the federal constitution, through action
by the different states or by both
methods. Arguments representing the
three points OF view will be presented
by Miss Laura Clay, of Kentucky, Mrs.
Ida Hustled Harper, of New York, and
Mrs. Raymond Brown, of New York.
subsequently, the convention will vote
as to which method snail be approved.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
of the association will preside. Among
the speakers announced today are New
ton d. Baker, secretary Of war; Miss
Julia Lathrop, chief Of the children's
bureau of the United States depart
ment Of labor; DR.. katherine B. Davis,
chief parole commissioner, New York /;
Mrs. Raymond Robins, president of the
National Woman's Trade Union league;
Raymond Robins. Herbert Parsons
and DR.. Anna Howard Shaw, of New
v0rlS
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
Ne,U E1,uoy to Turks Faces Big
Task as Famine Looms Certain,
Abram ]. Elkus Well Equipped
to Handle Post-PIans
Social Reforms.

New York. Aug. 15.-Abram I. Elkus,
the new ambassador to Turkey, who
leaves here for his post on August II,
hopes to accomplish much work of an
educational and sociological as well as
diplomatic, character in the land to
which he is accredited. His task is
perhaps greater than that Of any of
his predecessors, since he leaves for
Constantinople in what is generally
conceded to be the most critical and
difficult period in Turkeys history.
Il cannot but believe that condi-
lions as to residents in any country
in the civilized world will improve"
said Mr.. Elltus, when asked concern
ing the future welfare Of the Ar
menians and Christians in Turkey.
All religions and religious beliefs
seem to grow more tolerant of the
dn Turkey which are maintained by
Americans are f1ourishing despite the
war, the only drawback being scarcity
Of supply, which is not peculiar to
Turkey"
The new ambassador has had long
and technical experience with soci-
illogical conditions in this country,
especially in New York city and state,
and his friends are sure that his work
as chief counsel for the New York fac
tory investigating commission, when
he drafted over 80 bills recommended
~ liial collHliSSlon TOT the improve
ment of conditions, will be Of incalcula-
Die benefit to the poverty stricken and
famine ridden people of Armenia. The
principles involved in these problems
are practically the same, according to
| Mr.. Elkus
Il do hope" he said, because of my
interest in education and social legisla-
hon that | may be able with the ex-
| perience and knowledge that 1 POSSESS
20 use that knowledge to advantage in
| turkey The many Investigations 1
have made into labor conditions may
be of service there, and if they are, 1
! shaii not hesitate to allow anyone to
avail themselves Of it,
Henry Morganthau, the predecessor
| Of Mr.: Elkus. who has returned to this
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
COMFEssES CRIME, NOW
REPUDIATES ADMISSION

Albion, n. " Aug. 14.-Dstrict At
torney NickerbocSer, Of Orleans coun-
ty announced today that Erwin King
had repudiated the confession he made
at Little Valley, August 10, that he was
guilty of the murder of Charles Phelps
and his housekeeper Mary Wollcott at
West Shelby, on March %, 1915.
Charles Stielow, now is in Sing Sing
prison under sentence of death for
these murders, and was reprieved re-
Gently on the day set for his execution.
Stielow's friends believed Kings con-
fession would save the life of the con-
demned man.
Later today a warrant was issued by
Justice of the Peace, Fl. G. Tucker,
charging King with murder in the first
degree in connection with the Phelps
and WollcOtt murders.
The justice refused to say upon
whose information the warrant was is
sued.
David A. White, Steilow's lawyer,
declared that the prisoners recantation
was ridiculous, false and inspired"
He added: II understand that King
says in his alleged statement that the
was offered $4,000 to confess the MUIR
ders. This, l am sure is false"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
MINING CONCERNS
BEHIND 0UTLAWRy
Refusal to Operate In Hope of
Forcing intervention, Driv-
inq Poems Into Brig
andage, Claim.

Chihuahua City, Mex. Aug. IS
Charges are being circulated even in
official circles that American mining
and other concerns with vast proper
ties in Mexico are refusing to operate
in order to help bring about interven-
ton.
This action, it is claimed, is based
on the fact that the only key to the
present economic situation, particular
ly in the state Of Chihuahua, is the re-
opening of the properties.
The American owners import food in
large quantities. With plenty Of work
and food, defacto government officials
say, the prevailing tendency of the
poorer classes to turn to banditry
would disappear BY refusing to OPP
crate, it is charged, the foreign con-
Germs encourage lawlessness and de-
prive the CarranZa government Of
revenue, in the hope, officials say, that
his downfall will ensue, attracting the
interference Of the United States.
1t is said here that resumption Of
work at the various mining camps
could be accomplished without danger
from small bandit groups now in
operation, while large garrisons are
available for all property.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
Big INCREASE SHOWN
IN INTERNAL REVENUE
S97,o42,264 More Collected
This Year Than Last New
Sources Yield Much.

Washington, Aug. 15.--Collections by
the Internal revenue bureau for the
fiscal year ending June 80 reached
total of s512,723,28S, an increase OF $97,-
042,264 over those for the fiscal year
1915. A preliminary report made pub
lie by Commissioner Osborn shows that
of the total s3s7,7s6,033 Games from
ordinary collections and s124,937, 253
from the income tax. OF the ordinary
revenue $S4,27S.302 was collected under
the emergency tax law and the rest
came from the taxes or spirits, to-
bacco, amounting to about $3S,OO0,000
accrued from sales of documentary
stamps, about S29, 100000 from the addi.
tional tax of so cents per barrel on
fermented liquors and almost $7,OOO,-
600 from special taxes on bankers.
brokers, theaters, etc.
The normal tax on incomes-thosa
over $4,000 and less than s20,0O0-pro-
dured $23,995,771. Incomes from 800
900 to $4,000, produced s6,091,775
those from $4,000 to $4,000, produced
$4,O71 1862; those from $4,000 to $780,
900, produced s3,623,473 those from
100000 to $250oOO produced $10,938,-
1926; those from $25O,OOO to $500, 000
prodr ed se,39s,s5s, and those over
100000 produced s12,647,86 Offers
of compromise were accepted involving
$1S3,159.
The cost of collection of all internal
revenue is put at about s7,19O,000 COM
pared with s6,S04,699 last year.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
BLOOD SERUM PROVES
EFFECTIVE In EPIDEMIC

New York, Aug. 14.-Physicians en-
ployed by the health department to in
vestigate reported cases Of infantile
paralysis hereafter will be equipped
with serum made from the blood Of
persons who have recovered from the
disease so that in every true case an in
lection may be made at once, before
the patient is removed to hospital.
The epidemic of infantile paralysis
took a turn for the better today. The
number of new cases reported to the
health department went under the 100
mark for the first time in several
weeks. During the 24-hour period end
ing at 10 a. M, the plague killed 81
children and 95 new cases We're report
ed, 43 of them in Manhattan and 81 in
Brooklyn. This compares fayorably with
Yesterdays figures when there were al
new cases and 90 fatalities. The falling
eff in cases was attributed to the cool
er weather.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
TWO men HELD FOR
KIDNAPPING ATTEMPT
I. w. w. Gang Accused of Try
ing to Kidnap Two Women
and Boy.

Kinney. Mimi. Aug. 1.-two men,
giving the names L. Burotich' and Andy
Ventich, both alleged to be leaders in
the Industrial Workers Of the World.
were arrested here today and held
without bail after, 1t is charged, they
had attempted to kidnap Mrs. Edward
Emo, wife of a deputy sheriff, and Mrs.
Edward Clark, of Virginia, Mimi. and
Mrs. Clarks 4-year- old son. AS the
two women and the child alighted from
a Mesaba electric car last night, four
men appeared. One struck Mrs. Clark
on the head with a club, inflicting a
serious scalp wound. Another grabbed
the child and carried it to an automo-
bile beside the road The women
screamed and ran. Within five minutes
Chief Of Police Palmer and a dozen
deputies were on the trail. The child
was found in a ditch beside the road
unhurt The two men arrested were
found hiding in the brush nearby.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
Unions Are Ready to Launch
Strike That Would Paralyze
Nation From Coast to Coast

The tension in business circles here
today showed a realization Of the
acute danger OF national calamity.
An aggregate of financial losses run
ming perhaps into hundreds of millions,
labor. idleness and food privation, were
some of the possibilities which strike
presented.
Some Strike Possibilities.
It was to be remembered that there
is scarcely factory which does not
depend on railroad for it's prouucts.
strike. for instance, would mean
that the steel mills of Pittsburgh will
be cut off from their ore supplies in
Michigan and Wisconsin, the automo-
bile industry Of Michigan from supplies
of steel from Pittsburgh, the cotton
mills Of New England from their cot
ton from the south, the garment manu-
facturers of New York Of their cloth
from New England, and every indus
try everywhere will be cut off from
coal to feed their furnaces and dyna-
mos.
OF more immediate seriousness
would be the question Of food supplies.
The large communities which receive
the bulk of their food from long dis
tances would be forced to rely on what
products could be brought in by wagon,
automobile, trolley or vessel.
Fear Sompi-te Paralysis.
The suspension of the country's ex-
ports the congestion of imports at
coast cities, the stranding Of hundreds
of thousands Of travellers and summer
resort visitors far from their homes
these are other possibilities which the
strike situation presents to say nothing
Of it's effect on the railroads themselves
and their employees.
The latest estimates available show
hof ho 1xuo To
of tracks and transport annually L.
033, 679,680 passengers. The passenger
cars have been computed at 51,700 and
other cars at 2,393,80S.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
RELIEF FUNDS FAIL
TO REACH SUFFERERS
And Now New York Preacher
Faces Inquiry as to How
Money Was Used.

New York, Aug. 14.-Mrs. w. K. Van
derbilt, H. H. Westinghouse, Daniel
Guggenheim and others have been sub
pocnaed at witnesses in grand jury
inquiry which the district attorneys Of
flee announced would begin tomorrow
in the disposition of $1,000 of funds col
lected from phianthropic persons by
the Rev. DR.. Charles Il. Bayles, as di-
rector of. the Allies Hospital Relief COM
mission.
According to Assistant District At
torney Boesch, much of the money was
used in organization and expense de-
tails of the commission, but none has
been expended for the relief work for
which it was intended.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
SAY BLACKLIST PROTEST
DUE TO MISUNDERSTANDING

London, Aug. 14.--In discussing the
American protest against the recent
blacklist on American business firms,
the Times asserts that both the United
States and Great Britain have used
similar methods in times of peace to
suppress tie opium traffic and that the
United States followed a similar plan
in the pacification of the Philippine ISL
ands. The Times says:
I'VE are convinced that, in the main
the cutlery is due to the same factor as
has been at the bottom of more than
one of our recent controversies with
the United States, mainly, misunder-
standing.
THE blacklist is based upon the in
contestable right of governments to tell
their subjects with whom they may
trade"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17

New York. Aug. 15.-R President
Wilson fails to persuade the railroad
men and their employees to settle their
differences, and a strike is called, 1T VIII
be directed from headquarters in this
city. This announcement was made to-.
day as the leaders of the four brother
hoods and the railroad managers met
In Washington for conference with
the head of the nation.
At brotherhood headquarters 1t was
said that all preparations had been
made for putting into effect strike
and freight on the 225 railway sys-
TENS of the United States. The critical
state of affairs was indicated by the
anxiety displayed in every big indus
try which would be crippled by the
failure of transportation.
Unless the president can find road
out. it means a strike" said M. B. Car
retson, president Of the Order of Rail
road Conductors and official spokesman
of the employees, as he boarded the train
for Washington at midnight
Elisha Lee, chairman of the confer
ence committee of the railroad mana
gers, who, with the IS members of his
committee, went to Washington on the
same train that carried the 80 repre-
sentatives of the brotherhood delegates,
placed responsibility upon the men for
the failure of attempts at mediation.
Mr.. GarretSon SAID that InSSiidiiiS
attitude of the railroad managers was
to blame for the break.
Power Of the President.
Authorities here declared that while
the national labor laws gave the presi-
dent no right to interfere officially, the
broad police powers vested in him gave
him authority to put soldiers on the
trains and even declare martial law, If
he believed the situation called for such
4 low, 11<,1
to the last national railroad strike in
1894. when President Cleveland used
the regular army to guard locomotives
and cars.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
LINCOLN GIRL JOINS
Her LOVER in DEATH
S. A. E'ossler's Fiancee Com
mits Suicide By Taking Poi
son-Well Known Vocalist.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 14;-Because she
claimed she could not live without her
lover. S. A Fossler, a former Lincoln
newspaper man, who died Saturday
morning, Dorothy Ellsworth, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Ellsworth, took
poison Sunday afternoon. She died an
hour later.
Miss Ellsworth was 20 years old. She
was we'll known singer and a student
at the state university, and would have
graduated next spring. Miss Ellsworth
was active in university student circles.
Mr.. Fossler and Miss Ellsworth were
engaged to be married
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17

country with the avowed intention Of
personally acquainting the American
people with the dire needs of the peo-
pie in Armenia and Turkey, has ac-
quainted Mr.. Elkus with some Of the
more difficult features of his position,
and especially with reference to the
lack of food in these two countries.
Morganthau does not hesitate to pre-
dict that there will be a terrible famine
in Armenia and Turkey during the
coming winter, unless help is offered at
once by the American people.
E1Kus has heen prominent practic-
ing attorney IN the city of NeW York
for % years. He is an independent
democrat, and has been az active sup
porter and warm personal friend Of
President Wilson for years. He is also
trustee of the Baron de Hirsch fund,
and president of the Jewish Chautau-
qua society. He has also been one Of
the regents Of the university of the
state OF New York since 1911.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
HEM IN 100 BANDITS.

Chihuahua City, Mex, Aug. 14.-Re-
ports received here today from General
Domingo Arrieta said that one of his
columns has surrounded a band of 100
men under Nicolas Hernandez, Villas
foremost chief of staff, at Las Adargas,
Chihuahua, and will attack Immediate
ly upon arrival of reinforcements.
Hernandez, it was reported, failed in
his mission to locate caches of ammu-
milton from which Villa had hoped to
resupply his forces. Announcement was
made at the commanded here that
Gen. Luis Gutierrez, commanding the
Torreon- Laguna district, has been
transferred to command the garrison
at Aqua Calientes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
WHEA T GAMBLERS MUST
EXPLAIN BIG WINNING
District Attorney Cyne Trade Commissioner Hurley
Big Operators to Answer List Questions
Reveal Methods of Buling Market.

to present and convincing proof Of the
answers will be demanded:
Is the sudden jump in the price
Of wheat justified?
Did the spectators secure ad-
vance information on the report of
wheat conditions before it was
given out by the federal govern
ment?
Will the spectators allow an in
spection voluntarily Of their books
and records of their transactions
by the district attorney?
Do the spectators intend con-
trolling the wheat output until Eu-
rope Is forced to pay a higher price
than America can possible offer?
Will an embargo on wheat be
opposed by the men in control OF
the wheat market?
Did the spectators know that
the big bakers were short on flour?
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-08-17
SHOOTS SWEETHEART
FOR refusal TO Wed
Young Illinois Farmer Captured
By Posse-Spurned Be-
cause of Temper.

Morris. H., Aug. 15.-Guy O'Brien, q
wealthy young farmer who shot and
perhaps fatally wounded his sweet
heart, Miss Ida Torkelson, while she
was riding with her mother here last
Wednesday, was captured early today
near Lee Ill
O'Brien had successfully eluded a
posse of farmers and deputy sheriffs
since the shooting.
Miss Torkelson, who was shot twice,
is in hospital here but it is not ex-
pected to live. She was engaged to
O'Brien, but the engagement was brok-
en- off at the request Of her mother
because Of O'Briens alleged temper.