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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
Galles,Repubdtllll
Published Daily BY The
TIMES PRINTING co.
TERMS.
the TWO RECORDS.

Two notable educational feats APP
pear in the recent Iowa dispatches:
A 12-year- old girl won spelling
match against representatives of ten
or dozen counties and college run
ner worked 100 yards in 10 seconds
fiat
They are both speedy. Both notable.
Both leaders in their way. One with
her head, the other with his legs.
However twenty years hence she'll
be spelling like clock when he can't
cover 100 yards in twice the time. At
that he'll be going fast enough for all
practical purposes.
After the race is over he isn't 60
ing to need a ten second gait for any
thing in particular except another l0O-
yard dash.
Life isn't made up Of 100-yard
dashes as much as it is of good old
everyday spelling. Life is long
route. 1t takes wind and muscle and
endurance. 1t isn't much use to run
hundred yards a second faster than
the other runners If you can't keep on
going. And anyhow this isn't a day of
legs. If man is in hurry or has
a long way TO go he takes an auto
mobile
Somehow the spelling girl seems to
have the best of it on the mere state
ment of record She bids fair to be
useful. There Is a demand for good
spoilers. Any business man who gives
dictation can tell YOU all about that.
But you may watch the want ads until
your hair is grayer than it is and
hardly ever find a business house or
a profession advertising for help who
can dash 100 in ten fat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
THE TWO "UlTlMATUMS"

We are on the verge of another
"ultimatum" to Germany. The ulti-
matum industry is still active at
Washington.
When the note following the sinking
fthe great liner with its freight OF
women and children was sent the
country approved the protest. 1t does
not follow however that the same ap-
prevail will accompany an "ultimatum"
sent over the Sussex affair.
In the first place no American lives
were lost on the Sussex. In the sec
ond place the ship was not sunk.
There is no evidence that any Ameri-
cans We're injured.
The affair Of the Lusitania has been
settled and closed by agreement be-
tween the state office and Germany.
When the war is over the claims are
to be considered and settled by Ger
many So far as the Lusitania and the
lives lost there the cloud of war has
passed.
How then can we threaten severance
of relations and possible. perhaps
probable war. over the Sussex case
wherein no ship was sunk and no
American life lost? If the president
had severed relations with Germany
over the destruction Of the Lusitania
the country would have risen up be-
hind him. But it is not likely to agree
with him that the minor incident OF
the Sussex is a casus bellum If the
Lusitania was not.
When the Lusitania was sent to the
bottom the Mexican situation had not
taken on the critical and serious
aspect it now holds. Considering this,
it is harder to understand the temper
that petered out over the Lusitania
and blazes so high over the Sussex.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
HARDINGS PLATFORM.
EIldnra Ledger.

No one who heard Lieutenant Gov
ernor Harding's address In Eldora
Monday evening will accuse him Of
talking politics" 1t was not intended
nor expected that he would do SO while
speaking under the auspices Of the non
political organization which brought
him here. Nevertheless. probably
every man and woman who heard him
expected to get some Zine" on the
position he may be expected to take as
chief executive Of Iowa in case he
shall become governor, and what he
did say was carefully followed with
that thought in mind by most Of his
hearers. e yf1. g..
It will be no injustice to Mr. Harding
to say that a careful analysis OF what
he said leads one to believe that he
might be expected to favor a state
censorship Of the press, especially dur
ing a political campaign; that he
would favor better schools and fewer
newspapers; that he believes the AL
mighty put sin and temptation in the
world in order that men may become
stronger by reason Of having. to con-
tend Herewith and that. therefore, 1t
might be well for man to emulate the
Almighty by providing additional
temptation in the way of the saloon, In
order that men may become temperate
by fighting the open temptation to
drink: that he would favor law
which would compel newspapers to
make public their authority for every
statement they publish which might
possibly injure the political prospects
of a candidate, tho not requiring an at
torney to thus violate the confidence
of his client if called upon to give all
information he might secure concern
| ing the commission of crime by his
client: that he would favor legisla-
ton which would compel the news
papers to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth. while
permitting an attorney to bring out In
court from a witness only such facts
as would benefit the cause OF his
| client.
His repeated sarcastic reference to
the newspapers led some Of his hear
ers to feel that they were listening 70
q man who had grudge AGAINST the
daily and weekly press. He made no
references to road Improvement ~ a
part Of Community building. nor to
sss::c Sss iitoe I'll inGtitu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
CANADA.
MWR@d,LMlHls,
md Seelm6 uN a cabba& es-l, III

Canada is a prominent member of
the John Bull family which lies just
north of the United States. where 1t
can peek over the border and observe
the matchless. rapid fire action Of our
divorce laws. It is bounded on the
north by the aurora horealis, on the
east by the Maine drug store on the
south by the American grip germ
and ON the west by several thousand
miles Of pure. fresh air. II fresh air
could be sold for u a million feet,
Canada would have enough money to
finance the European war and repair
all the red inner tubes from Banin's
Bay to Buffalo. III a..
Canada was first discovered when
q mere infant by the French, who
were looking for a new form of eli
mate. When they ran into the
Canadian climate during the winter of
1904. which Is well remembered by
many Of the older residents, they did
not look any farther, but sat down
listlessly in the snow and examined
each others feet for traces of the
surreptitious chilbain. In 1860 Eng
land decided to annex Canada and use
1t as a buffer state between Doc Cook
and the North Dakota land shark,
despite the fast that the French were
first and had become able to use their
feet nine months in the year.
The principal products Of Canada
are No. wheat. the mild faced milk
COW and the American landseeker.
There are thousands Of Americans In
Canada. Most OF than wen. there TO
make money, while others took some
body else,s money with them and
Joined the church on arriving. One
Of the greatest shocks an American
can have Is to go to Canada and see
a horse thief arrested, convicted and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
SOUTH DAK0IRs PRIMARY PLAN.

A great deal of fuss much Of it cal
culated and with the purpose of whip
ping the state wide primary over the
shoulders Of the presidential primary
is being made over the recent vote on
presidential candidates and its cost
There isn't any manner Of doubt
that the presidential primary cost
more than it was worth this first year
Of it's trial in Iowa. 1t so happened
that we didn't need it this year as the
presidential affair is a family matter
in Iowa. But IL a contest had been
on the vote would have been very re-
spectacle In volume and we'd have
been pretty well satisfied with the
primary plan.
The principle Of the primary.
whether presidential or state or county
is absolutely correct. It stands. Then
it is up to US to adapt our primary
dates to the primary principle instead
of denying a fact IN government.
South Dakota has plan which
Iowa may investigate to advantage.
In that state the original plan included
two primaries, one for the presidency
in March and another for state offices
in June. The legislature moved the
primaries together and they will be
held at one time, the fourth Tuesday
in May.
The Dakota plan is worth watching.
Whether the presidential primary
will unduly affect the vote on state
offices or either primary overshade and
embarrass the other is part OF the
trial. However it Is not to be as
sumed that party members can not
vote for state officers and presidential
preferences intelligently at one time
and thus save the cost OF one primary
while adheTing to the advantages OF
q primary vote over the caucus sys-
tenn. IF
It is too early to condemn the presi-
!. tisii primary Tot -. ::s.: -.
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demand it's abolition, simply because
it brought out small vote on an un-
contested issue. 5st -Sl
Topics of the Times

} Naturally when the soldier boys
went to the town unarmed with good
United States money to spend for
chilli con carne and other Mexican
dalnties they resented being knocked
| on the head.
| Other signs of spring is the man
busy earning wages cleaning up for
househoders and that other contingent
| waiting patiently to catch 10 cents
worth Of bullheads a day on the river
| bank. Is
American foreign relations are so Pc
| culiar. One day Wilson will be threat
| ening to knock off the kaiser's block
and the next day he'll be calling him
Bill"
When we are complaining of the
raise in freight railroad rates perhaps
we can gain a little comparative solace
by remarking that ocean freight rates
have gone up 900 per cent.
Making two blades of grass grow
where one did before and making 80
per cent of the seed corn show in the
stand this year put the benefactor
percentage high Of the man who gets
it over.
Bernard Murphy and Cyrenus Cole,
one the editor of the Vinton Eagle and
the other an old bachelor editor on the
Cedar Rapids Republican force, are
writing Of kissing in their respective
newspapers. When people get past 10
they ought to be thinking of something
else.
Wonder if the ultimatum in process
Of preparation is in answer to Teddy's
slam about pussyfooting?
If Clifford Thorne is so big a man IN
Iowa why send him to Washington
where he will be lost in the shuttle?
inquiries the Dubuque es-Journal.
The Journal should have kept in touch
with the eastern newspapers and
magazines when we have sent Clifford
down east. Whenever Thorne has me.
up with the big face cards in the east
ern pack the shuffling hasn't been dis
astrous to Clifford.
The New York Tribune naturally
be a candidate. Is the Hughes candi-
dacy merely a decoy TO shoot delegate
ducks over?
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church prAys Tor nov. u not the scholar
Tor the orator, but the man who cnn
and win 80 down into the pit where the
hon Il, even on q snowy day, and bring
the brute out dead. ".
| .sss.4 I'LL
This is snowy day. We arc opti-
mists by nature, and by grace, too. but
this Is snowy day. Those old enough
to remember the great revivals Of the
past know what ID meant by that.
All. what summer days come back to
memory 40 we speak. What skies there
were above our spiritual Eden fifty
years ago. What warm. sweet airs laden
with the perfume OF flowers. and divine
with the breath of prayer. The first
thought as we rose was, Some new
soul will ind the Savior precious to-
day." The greetings upon the street
were warm with christian affection and
eloquent of christian communion.
have known the days in which 1t
was not hard to be q christian. It was
hard to not be christian. remember
the year when all but two In our high
school confessed their Savior; and days,
not long after. when all but half
dozen in college came voluntarily Is the
morning prayer meeting.
Those were summer days
Perhaps we shall never see their like
again. do not know. But Benaiah did
not wait for such. Some will say "Oh.
I could only have heard Mr.. Moody"
Alas, never heard Mr. Sankey sing
ALMOST Persuaded" The times are
cold, but Benaiah Is not. Snow Is in
the air, but there is no snow in Ben
aiah's heart. Such men do not consult
the thermometer before they, are or to
duty. It Is all the same to the man
who loves his flag whether the Fsbru-
airy SHOWS drift In Valley forge or the
July sun shines hot on the wheat fields
Of Gettysburg. Benaiah will lead the
host and save the land to his King.
Benaiah? Why, that's your name.
Prove IL today, So ~ '..0
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
PLAN ENTHUSING FARMERS.
[Spencar News.1

! Road work and ROAD plans are at a
high point in Clay county just now.
When the Clay county board of super
visors passed a resolution last week
providing for graveled roads anywhere
in the county if the farmers living
along that particular road will pay 500
in cash per mile. they gave a great
er impetus to good roads in this sec
ton than perhaps any other action In
the history of the county. From the
recent movement twenty miles more Of
graNeled roads in the county are IN
sight. Clay county farmers are be-
coming enthused with the good roads
movement and 1t Is only a question Of
time. and a very short time at that,
until every foot Of highway in the
county will be graveled Petitions have
been presented to the board or are be-
Ing circulated for ten and one half
miles OF graveled highways from Dick
ems north to the county line. of six
miles from Dickens to Ruthven and Of
three miles from Webb to Marathon.
These will be improved on the $100-a-
mile-cash basis and County Engineer
Walter Barber is drawing up contracts
for the work. In some localities the
apportionment to each farmer Is only
S25 for his entire road improvement.
The new plan adopted by the board
is much more sa tisfactory than the old
of asking $500 a mile to be paid either
in cash or labor" said Mr.. Ba r5er to a
News Herald representative last week.
Under the new system believe both
the county and the farmers will pay
less money for their roads while the
work can be let at contracts and more
expediently handled. Heretofore when
the farmer donated labor We were
compelled to wait until he was thru his
summers work and had to combat
frost and all kinds Of weather. Now
the work can be awarded by contracts
on bigger scale, consequently 1t can
be done cheaper by the contractors
than we could do It," Sss# "A
The contracts for the years road i'm
provement under the newtsystem will
be awarded soon. The 500 per mile
required of the farmers will not be
asked until the work of construction is
completed and the gravelng begins.
Donations are being made by Spen
Ger citizens toward the graveling Of the
east and west main travelled road
acros sthe county. passing thru Spen-
Ger. Dickens and EVERY. A fund OF
$4,000 is required to gravel the entire
highway and the Spencer Commercial
Club Is behind the movement for citi-
zens of the city to assist the farmers
in raising the necessary total.
Spencer'S portion Of the sum has
been placed at $500 and a committee
from the club expects to solicit sub
scriptions this week. The sum wifi
complete Spencer's funds for graveled
roads in the county since $500 was do
mated toward the road south from the
city some time ago. In, that project
only ten miles of graveled highways
were secured for the money while al
most twenty-five will be covered on the
east and west road. o.
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No Doubt Abou% Il.

An east side teacher was endeavor-
ing to elucidate some OF the simpler
phenomena Of electricity and at the
close OF her little lecture raid sweet
ly: 4,
Can any Of you children give me the
name OF some nonconductor and tell
about 1t In 4 few words?" II iss
A sharp eyed urchin exclaimed n
kin. teacher. Sam Hollys old man In
one. They was spotter on his car
seen him knock down fare. Old
Hollys a nonconductor ever since
New York Times. Il Az
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15

ny 'ess are s1ll my WHlsS
an ache in every Stat, skin the oct lAn
waxing old 7 look around with gloomy eye = y the
growing LADS like 70 Sit and oralize with the ancient
dads and tell how OF other days bsttsf 3han
the modern Jays. OF higher aims ana nober shSn
ming foolish fads. with such bunch of skates q
dock" sadly lament this poor old world viii e
wreck viii stake cent. the sraybeards AL asree I'm
fight. and the countrys In plight with all thees
Sfddy y0uths In sight, amusements bent There ~
AiaA gn that I'm date than tAeea
cufnful words d mine, which here reiate;
talks bunk Ut last tine present witksths
ana AndS Asssnsfsttan iieuld puiIf 81
freight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
ED CTIASSELL's DEPARTURE.
TCarrOll Herald

Hon. e. d. Chassell, well known
among public men In Iowa, has gone 20
Canada to take charge of large proper
ty interests in which he invested ex-
tensively some years ago. He leaves
Iowa for an indefinite period. his re-
turn depending no doubt upon the turn
Of business affairs In the future. Mr..
Chassell is one Of the most highly re-
spected men in Iowa. and the fact that
he never held any Of the higher offices
does not detract a particle from The es-
TEEN in which he is held.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
Masonic Meetings.
Visitors always welcome.


STATED COMMUNICATION Mar
3 shall Lodge No. los A. F. and A. M.
Friday. April IA, s p. m. Regular ousl-
ness. John W. Wells, secretary 3. o.
F'razey. w. NJ.
s,GNET CHAPTER. No 80. r.. A. M.
Stated convocation Monday evenlns,
April II. Regular business carr
shaffner, H. P: John w. Wells' sec
rotary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
Council No 20, r. & S. NJ. MONDAY
April II, regular business. l. / foroes
recorder; George Gregory 1. NJ
STATED CONcLAvE, st. Alderman
Commandery No. So h. T.. TUESDAY
April IS. Regular business ana "orA
| T. Forbes, Recorder; H. {. Mueller
Commander.
SPECIAL MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81. o. E. S.. Wednesday, May ).
School of instruction at 80 p. m; am
ner at 6 o. NJ: work at p. m. hiiza
5. Battin, secretary; Cora M mellow
ell. w. M.
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WILL VOTE FOR 'CoSsoN.
fM6nnt vprrcn Record,

The conviction Is growing stronger
day by day that Cosson Is the man;
that he can be nominated easily In the
primary IL the forces Of progress and
enforcement do not divide and permit
themselves to be beaten In detail. An
other conviction Is growing with the
strength of Harding gathered from re-
dictionary and disgruntled sources:
that Is that unless the majority vote
crystallizes on its stronger candidate
Iyasdin1 ssyyav be the Ilnssines e -. Z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
PREACHING TO THE PREACHER

A preacher from nearby town
was in Washington one day last week
with a So or 81 church job peddling it
around to all the printing offices for a
price. In his home town there is a
good newspaper which furnishes the
pastor and his church publicity every
week, and 1t struck us that he Is very
narrow and ungrateful man who would
take his printing to another town, even
If he could save 80 cents on It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15

Utilization OF trees which have been
washed loose along the river bottoms
has developed into a rernunerative in
dustry In Nebraska, on the Missouri
river. The hoatingg logs are made IN
to RATS and noated to the town OF De-
catur, where q sawnill has been erect
ed solely for the utilization Of this sal
wage timber. More than 10000 feet of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
,sfarshalltown Times.Re-

primary. ~ Marshaktown Times-Re-
publican. IL Y
Mount Vernon. II we are to judge
public sentiment, will be In line with
the other sections desiring temperance
by centering its votes on Cosson. In
fact 1t will be surprising If the vote
here Is not two for Cosson ito, one for
cause Of objection to Allen. but be-
cause OF objection to Harding and his
constant fight against temperance. The
only way to beat Harding, In the
minds Of Mount Vernon people, Is to
vote for Cosson as the strongest Of the
law enforcement. temperance men in
the field. ,%Eg .. -.-E
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

When the votes are counted after
the June primaries 1t will be found
that the saloon counties have cast
majority vote for Harding for govern
or, no matter what Mr.. Harding may
say from the stump or his friends de-
clare for him." says the Eldora Her
aid The saloon counties know their
man and are going to vote for him
Do the temperance people OF Iowa
want a man for governor who as lieu
tenant governor endeavored to sup
press temperance legislation" says
the Herald
| politics, like billiards, Is a game
that is never out until it is played
out Keep your eye on Cummins." ad-
vises the Knoxville Journal.
We'll wager a cooky,' says the
Grundy Republican, that the fellow
who said the women wouldn't vote II
they got chance was too busy prov
ing his argument last Monday to go
and vote himself. Otherwise how do
you explain why the men didn't vote"'
The Grand junction Glide is "in
favor Of a nation wide presidential
primary and the abolition of all state
presidential primaries. all conventions
and platforms, both state and national.
and allowing a plurality to nominate"
The Usage News says sit is a dis
couraging condition OF affairs that
men like Harding can go over the pro-
gressive state Of Iowa and win votes
| on a platform that has for it's supreme
| watchword. DO Nothing When we
hear men like Harding talk to an
| audience and see the gullible ones ac-
! cept in good faith the pure buncombe
| that he passes out to them we despair
Of this government ever achieving a
success"
THE New York Tribune which has
been more lnsistently for war pro-
! gram than any New York newspaper.
and the New York newspapers have
led the field. declares for Roosevelt.
The very reason the Tribune gives for
it's choice ought to be the reason why
the great body OF republican voters
should demand some other nomina-
tion." says the Des Moines Register.
"Oh, East Dubuque" exclaims the
Hampton Chronicle. I'VE are glad
that you are out Of the state-even
if it is just across the creek"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15

punished before the trial jury dies Of
old age. Canada lacks the ability 70
raise the American grape juice and
Fourth Of July soration, but 1t has -
set Of double-acting, penal statutes,
which nobody has ever stepped on
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15

More than the war. the assertions
that there has been graft In the fur
nishing OF war munitions is agitating
Canada. The charges reach into the
highest quarters. It was even init
mated that Premier Robert L. Borden
woald resign. Among the ether men
mentioned is General Sam Hughes,
head Of tho Dominion forces, who went
to England recently to look after the
Canadian soldiers sent there before
leaving for the front
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
Iona Newspapers
THE SAWWOODAWFIYLE Gil
Knoxville Express1

that "the Idylawhyle Club gave a very
enjoyable dancing party" Back here
In the tall grass we couldn't do any
thing Ike this, but the Sawwoodawhyle
fellows might give sawray OF some
kind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
THE TREND TOWARD cossoN.

IuTHHu JuNCLlOn VIIODe.I
An experienced observer Of politics
in Iowa write in a postscript to a BUSH
ness letter recently that the order
seems to be as follows: Cosson. Hard
ing, Allen Kuehnle." The writer was
not a Cosson man, but an adherent of
the tail-ender His view comedies
with many we have heard expressed
recently. 1t begins to look like Cosson
would get his 35 per cent. "-