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Evening star., 1916-07-20
Farmers Want Good Roads.
the Indianapolis News.

From the indianapolis News.
Z The question of roads gains in i'm
portance and interest with every pasS-
ing year. Road engineers. of course.
realize what good roads mean; they
know their subject from every point
of view. But all their knowledge. to
saw nothing of their experience, is of
little practical value unless the farmer
himself begins to study roads. And
that fortunately. he is doing. Incl
dentally he is asking a good many
pertinent questions. He is preparing
himself in his own way to discuss road
building inteIligently with road build
,ers.
First cost of construction and choice
of material are TWO phases of the sub
feet in which he is vitality interested.
But he is showing also 4 keen interest
In cost maintenance. A correspondent
of "A farm paper writes that he and his
nei gh bors are thoroughly converted to
the doctrine of good roads. and they
are willing 10 pay for them. But
he continues. what guaranty can we
have that the roads. once constructed,
will be properly maintained? Every
thing or TOO much at any rate. de
pends on the township trustee. If we
could be sure of good township trustees
who would see to the upkcep of roads
wc would feel more inclined to build
them.
This voices the sentiment of a good
many farmers. And that il Is one of
tn. main considerations in ROAD i'm
proyement may be easily proved by con-
ditions surrounding Indianapolis
Evening star., 1916-07-20
DR.. v. {. HARRIS HAS
CHANCE TO RECOVER
Meanwhile Police Are Holding DR..
E. D. Atwood, Who Sent Three
Bullets Into His Body.

BOSTON, July 20.-Hospital physi-
clans attending Dr. Wilfred E. Harris,
president of the Massachusetts College
of Osteopa thy, said today that he had a
lighting chance" to recover from the
three bullet wounds inflicted Tuesday
by DR.. Eldridge D. Atwood, also an
osteopath. Meanwhile the police are
endeavoring to clear up the mystery of
the death by poisoning of DIR. Celia
Adams, DIR. Atwood's fancee, a few
hours before the shooting of Dr. Harris.
The autopsy failed to reveal when,
where and under what circumstances
this poison was received"
Or. Atwood told the police he left
Miss Adams about IL o'clock Monday
night at the Park street subway sta
tion. and that he first learned the next
morning that she had been found un-
conscious in her Office. 1t was said to-
day by the police that she regained
several attempts to speak to a phy-
sician, who asked her if she had taken
poison.
She did not reply. but nodded her
head. An analysis of the young wom-
ans organs was being made today by a
chemist to determine the nature of the
poison that caused her death. DIR. At
wood is in Jail on a charge of intent to
kill.
Nature of Poison Undetermined.
In an Internal statement last night
lhe medical examiner, DR.. George B.
Evening star., 1916-07-20

bers of the union to induce congress-
men to vote favorably.
Mr.. O'Connell is to talk to the men,
bers of the union upon the principles
and objects of trade unionism and the
methods of accomplishing the purposes
of organization. The talk should be of
value to the members of the Federal
Employees Union. as the executive COM
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Might Follow Outgoing Liner.

~ George NJ. Williamson of New ork,
a submarine expert, who is in ash-
.ington to obtain copyrights on photo
graphs made under the sea. believes
that the Deutschland could submerge
In the path of an outgoing freighter
off the Virginia capes; that the wake of
the freighter would hide the Deutscn-
land and that the freighter's propel-
a lors would make sufficient NOISE 10
drown any noise the Deutschland en-
gines might make.
my firm, the Williamson Bros, built
a submarine more than a year ago
which We called the Nautilus, Mr. VIII
hanson said. 1T was equipped with
microphones and other scientific devices
used by all first-class underwater YES
sells
Last winter, during our operations
below the waters off Nassau. Bermuda.
we demonstrated the possibility OF steer
ing by sound. On numerous occasions we
allowed our big tug to become path
finder, submerged} in her wake ana
followed her for short distances with
ont elevating our periscope and steer
Ing entirely by our microphone reglstra-
tfon Of the tugs propeller revolutions
:.'This is not a vague theory. but
<pra ctica BILE idea. The Deutschland mas
the finest devices for registering sound
known to- modern science. Capt.
Koenig can submerge in the waters OF
lChesa pea ke bay or at any point withln
the three mile limit, elevate with COM
pressed air his starboard and port
naicrophones to a point just under the
surface. wait until reIghter passes
above him and then guilty follow in
her wake until she is w-ll out at sea.
He might even have an opportunity TO
pick tramp steamer flying the Eng
iish flag What a delightful bit of
: IRONY il would be if the Union Jack
served, unwittingly, as protection
for the boat mat England's navy is
king every effort to capture or de-
stro:
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Somewhat Euphonious.
ON the Kansas CITY Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
You must have cut a dash in italy"
Why do you say that?"
Il hes!- YOU rented a palace.
well. /. real estate agent called II
a palace. Real estate agents the world
over are NV alike"
Evening star., 1916-07-20

Magrath, who examined the body an
nounced merely that Miss Adams "ca,,o
to her death from the effec,s ~
poisoh' received by mouth, the nature
or which is at present undetermined -
The police bulletin issued had dec1a
ed that the young woman died FROM +.
narcotic poison seif-administere5 -
II was believed she had ended her Iife
IN nj OF dependency after the sun
posed interview with Dr. Atwood in
which the latter, according to his story
to the police. learned of her ALLEGED ra
lations with DIR. Harris. Both DIR Har-
ris and Francis i. Adams, father of
DR.. Adams have denied the charge of
DR.. Atwood regarding the motive for
the shooting.
The relations between my daughter
and Harris were proper in every way"
said Mr.. Adams. she came in contact
with DR.. Harris frequently at the COL
lege. She knew he was married man
and a respectful Bile and honorable man.
believe the real reason for the shoot
ing was that Atwood thought DR.. Har-
rs was interfering with his plans for
marrying my daughter"
Mr. Adams added that last week DIR
Harris called DIR. Adams and Dr. At
wood to a conference, and al that time
told DR. Atwood for the good of the
profession" not to show so much atten-
ton to the young woman.
May Plead Temporary Insanity.
Temporary insanity will be the de-
fense of DR.. Atwood when he is
brought to trial, unless present plans
are changed, it was intimated today
predisposition to insanity probably
will be established if this is possible.
DIR. Harris is making a remarkable
resistance to the effect of the three bull
lets that entered his body and the shock
of the experience, and it was said at the
hospital this afternoon that. while he
was still considered to be in a danger
Gus state, he was unquestionably i'm
proved since last night
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Much Needed.

From the Boston Transcript
What do you think Of the Don't
Worry Club"
IS all right, Only ] wish some one
would start Don't Worry Other Peo-
pie Club"
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Zoo Park Road Closed.

Owing to the fact that repairs are
being made to some OF the roads in the
Geological Park, the road from the lion
house to the west entrance OF the park
will be closed for several weeks.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
May Plead Temporary Insanity.
In the Right Glass.

From the Boston Transcript.
Reader-This story has quite a swing
to it.
Publisher-Then we'll print it as one
Of our Hammock Series.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
Nature of Poison Undetermined.

In an Internal statement last night
lhe medical examiner, DR.. George B.
Evening star., 1916-07-20
TIME Of DEPARTURE
OF SUBMARINE NEAR
Engines and Machinery Given
Final Test for Return
" Dash to Europe.

BALTIMORE, Md, July 2O.-Pre-
pared to leave port at any moment,
Capt. Paul Koenig, commander of the
German merchant submarine Deutsch-
land, put on his uniform today for the
first time since he landed here eleven
days ago and for several hours this
morning studied the charts of the
Patapsco river and Chesapeake bay
with Capt Frederick Hinsch. com
mander of the North German Lloyd
liner Neckar.
When Capt. Koenig went back aboard
the undersea liner he took with him
a duplicate manifest of the ships cargo
Another copy was ready to be taken
to the customhouse. Capt. koenig said
he would not leave his ship again and
indicated early departure, but said
nothing that would give an idea just
when the submersible would leave.
It was understood the Deutschland S
engines and submerging machinery had
been given a final test and were found
to be in perfect condition.
Evening star., 1916-07-20

department Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, are to address members
of the Federal Employees Union. No.
1882, at o'clock Friday night IN old
Masonic Temple, 9th and F streets.
Mr. Nolan Is to speak particularly
about the minimum wage bill provid-
ing that all employees of the United
States shall receive not less than So
per day. and is to appeal to the MEM
Evening star., 1916-07-20

To lessen the humming of telephone
wires fastened to buildings a new Ger
man system incloses them in cement
cylinders that are softer on the in
side than the outside
Evening star., 1916-07-20
REP. J. I. NOLAN TO TALK.
Will Address Federal Employees
Union on Minimum Wage.

Representative John I. Nolan of Cal
ifornia, author of the Nolan minimum
wage bill now pending in Congress,
and James O'Connell of the metal trades
Evening star., 1916-07-20

Labor has just decided that the Fed
eral Employees Union Is a trade union.
Evening star., 1916-07-20

Della studied medicine, you know
and I've taken a cooking school
course"
Well"
We're going to start q magazine
called What to Eat and How TO Get
over 1t It''-Woman's Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10

| being especially so. and the only point
rejecting backwardness Is New Or
leans. Eastern markets are active al
tho dry goods lines seem to be expe-
riencing a lull and labor Is more trou-
blesome In Colorado bank deposits
are Of record proportions, and in the
mining fields to which Spokane caters
, work is active. dividends on the older
properties are increasing and new dis
tricts are being opened In the far
northwest and on the Pacific coast
generally. improvement is the order Of
the day.
Activity reigns supreme in whatever
direction one may look-whether to
trade, industry. mining, railroading or
shipping by water-and a further
surge forward is expected when ice
closed harbors open to navigation and
country roads improve. The pace is
rapid at a record rate. in fact, being
neither deferred by high prices nor
misgivings over international matters,
which latter at the moment seem
rather beclouded. The only existing
drawbacks to final distribution. cold
weather and bad roads. are deemed to
be but temporary factors. Whatever
lulls may be experienced are due
either to inability to get goods or to
the fact that the producing units of
the country are sold up. with perhaps
some slight easing in this or that line
the larger sense, purveyors view with
satisfaction the results of what has
probably been a record turnover for
the first three months Of the year.
with the knowledge that new orders
need not be solicited with the energy
Of other years.
But apparently the stream of new
orders can not be checked. active buy
ing for fall account having come for
ward to hold the center of the stage,
and even in sections where country
roads are still impossible merchants
evlnce a strong disposition to stock up
lest prices go still higher Indeed, it
is to this stocking up process that
note of caution must be addressed, for
it seems certain that fear OF high
prices as we'll as concern over short
age of materials has caused many
merchants TO rush buying which in or
binary years would be corsummated in
a leisurely way. At the same time
there is some evidence of recorders
out. tho it is quite patent that
retail trade on spring account has not
as yet received it's full expression. |
final distributors have
sold and continue TO sell large quaint |
ties of staple articles, for which high i
wages and brisk employment may be
thanked
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
DO you KNOW7

The season is open wherein people
pay their admission fees for the priv
ileges of feeling the thrill that arrives
when human life is the stake of the
game.
Burman. auto racer. and his mech
the latest to feed the nav of sensa =
tionalsm on a California track. The
other racers did not slacken speed but
went on to the finish and the purses
at the wire
Did that crowd go home that night
better satisfied tina; ii had received
its moneys worth than if the race had
been free from death and accident?
How would you feel about it: Was
IT a big day for spectators or not?
How could person get more for
his admission fee than TO sit tense for
four or five hours watching and wait
ing for a car flying ninety miles an hour
to smash thru fence and hurtle thru
a packed crowd: Why the old gladi-
torlal games hadn't much over the
modern method of purveying thrill for
an admission fee, had theyo
Ii there We're to be public eXecu-
ton say a Crucitixion or a stake burn
ing what is your estimate OF the crowd
that would gather? Would people hide
in their houses and shudder with the
horror of it or would they speed up
the autos on the highway lest they
arrived at the scene Of execution TOO
late?
Would an an old fashioned Spanish
auto de fe"r be a drawing attraction
al a county fair. or not?
What is it about chance to see
man mangled from rude health into
quivering clay that attracts and holds
human nature? Do you know?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
the BUSINESS FIELD.

Western report to commercial agen-
cies that business is good and that it
is likely to increase, but, nevertheless,
there is some apprehension lest coun-
try merchants allow their fears of high
prices to cause them to overbuy. While
retail trade at Chicago is said to be
excellent, other western points note re-
tarding effects from cold weather.
Turnout the northwest trade is in
creasing, Notwithstanding low temper
atures, and country merchants seem
especially anxious to buy, even tho in
terror roads are well-nigh impossible
In the southwest the question Is not
how to get orders. but how to get
goods, regardless Of prices, and recent
rains, following drought, have buoyet
sentiments in Oklahoma and Texas
Southern news is encouraging, tina
emanating from the Industrial center
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO v0TE7

An impression grows stronger day by
day that the fight for nomination vii:
be between Cossor and Harding. com
pliCated by the candidacy Of Senator
Allen. Close observers OF state politics
thru many years and those thoroughly
acquainted with the state have come
to the conclusion that either Cosson or
Harding will be nominated and that the
nomination will be made in the pri-
mary instead of in convention. 1t is
to be noted that papers favorng Har-
ding and elements unfavorable 20
liquor restriction are urging that the
nomination will go to the convention.
From their point Of view that is good
politics. If they can lull the enforce
ment voters into the thought that Har-
ding will have to take his chance
against Allen and Cosson and power
full outsiders in convention and thus
induce a split vote in the primary they
will have their opportunity to land their
man Harding in the primary. That is
Cosson and Allen which will afford the
foxy candidate from Sioux City room
to slip between.
1t is an old trick in war and politics
to divide the majority and defeat it in
detail. 1t gets over always thru the
heedessness Of the stronger. And bear
~, ,,l hot crat
after time.
IL ought not to succeed this year in
Iowa. We are come upon a critical
time, one when personal likings should
be subordinated TO the crisis. If there
is a saloon organization or an individ-
ual thoroughly favora BILE to the liquor
traffic in Iowa VINO is not for Harding,
where is it and who is he?
Now are We to divide in the interests
of such a candidate? 1t is likely that
he will be able to organize the wet
! and disgruntIed elements sufficiently 10
receive the requisite 35 per cent. Is
there TO he a division of the majority
that has made Iowa dry to enable a
wet minority to win?
| 1t is evident that cosson has the
strength TO win. So much Is not evil
dent in the case of Senator Allen. The
estimate Of political observers is that
| Allen is losing ground and that Cosson
is gaining and that Allen can not be
nominated in the primary. That Is no
derogation of Senator Allen in any
way. 1t simply shows Cosson the
stronger Of the two and the logical
candidate upon whom law enforcement
votes must concentrate If law enforce
ment is to nominate the next republi-
can candidate for governor.
What are we doing to do about it?
Take care of a movement that has cost
incalculable time and money to bring
to the gate of complete success or lose
by indecision and division?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
HARDING ON ROADS.
Fl51.o. uT;f1y T<,-1c


It would have been just as well for
Lieutenant Governor w. L. Harding,
perhaps If the Des .Moines Register
had declined to print his views on the
making of roads In Iowa. His letter
shows a woeful lack Of constructive
craftsmanship. It has more the ring
Of the old time democratic platform.
which was against everything in the
line of progress. Mr.. Harding appears
to have no definite program on the
making Of roads except to oppose ev-
erything which has been done in recent
years to make permanent roads posi-
bic.
Mr. Harding would dispose OF the
generals in the making of roads. He
would have every man who has any
thing to do with road making drive
team of handle the scraper. How far
would the great trunk railway lines
crossing Iowa have gone If the gen
erals had mapped out their rights-of-
! way and given blanket instructions,
| with no specifications, to the graders
and rail layers to hop to It?
AN iowa road will never amount &c
a continental highway unless there Is
overhead supervision with definite
plans of construction. This Is abso-
1 lutely necessary If Iowa gets any
where with roads, whether they arr
1 gravel, dirt or hard surfaced. Tit
members of the Iowa highway commits
i sion are no better men than many 9th
er men in Iowa who have made stud!
Of road making Their nsefulness Y
i road makers is because they adopt tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
Topics of the Times

This ns the day when the Marsh
drains out thru Salt creek or the
Mason City man is Dunn brown. And
there was great excitement.
However. If Teddy were bossing the
worsk those Mexican railroads would
be carrying supplies to the boys at the
front.
If 81 bill went is far as it looks it
would be worth s..
Nothing in the negotiations this
country has had with the Carranza
government indicates any friendship
for this country. Carranza has taken
all he can get and refused everything
possible. If an American force shall
be surrounded and cut to pieces thru
the vacillation Of Wilson that will be
about all for him and his party for an
other fifty years.
The German who took the British
by movie makers TO reproduce his feat
on films. AS he is holding out for s25.-
900 the charge of piracy seems to have
corrObora ton.
The milk producers who struck and
picketed the roads to spill the milk
of the farmers who failed to join sug-
gests that human nature is very much
the same in one industry a. in another
And dark horse LaFollette came fast
and nipped them at the post in an eye
lash finish.
The colonel declares that he will not
"pussyfoot" Nobody expected him to
What is desired is assurance that he
will not leap with sharpened claws and
all spraddled out on the first stray dog
that comes along.
Carl Kuehnle is aiming ground every
day.-Denison Bulletin.
Which suggests that the Bulletin hai
been looking over the real estate trans.
fers
Why make all this fuss over the pub
LEGATION of ownership. ETC., OF news
papers? Nobody pays any attention te
it anyway.
At least one of the Tenth distric
| newspapers is in full accord with thu
ideas Of the congressman from tina
district. The Charter Oak Times say!
it wound be folly to supplant Franz
Woods with another aspirant for con
gressional honors.
| Seventy-six out Of eighty-six case
of typhoid fever which occurred in I
recent outbreak have been traced b.
the United States public health servic
to infected milk. Had the first case
been reported to q trained health OF
fcer the outbreak could have beel
stamped out promptly. When will W
learn that disease prevention is sur
and cheap? -..-,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10
WOMAN'S SPHERE.

Woman's sphere is a cosy compart-
containing kitchen cabinet, a NAL
Tabletop range and room for deep
thought. Some Of our greatest think
ers have been women who learned to
think on both feet while engaged in
trying household tasks, such as toying
with the elusive safety pin. designing
cream pie and carrying in coal from
the barn. e. -.
It Is a peculiar fact that woman
never had a sphere until man came
along and pointed It out to her. For
thousands OF years woman went her
way without knowing. sphere from
Adams off OK, and was perfectly corr
tent to wait on man, prepare his meals
and sew on his buttons with a brass
thimble. In ST. Paufs time women
were not even allowed to speak up in
prayer-meeting and express their
opinion of the new minister's wife. in
short, woman was classified as a part
of the household furniture, and was
not allowed to contract debts or any
thing else, except nervous prostration
from overwork.
In an early day in the history Of
the world man showed woman that
her sphere Is in the home. and he
succeeded in keeping her in that To-
caNty for long time. The worst jolt
man ever got was when woman de-
cided to support herself, leave him in
an unkempt and buttonless condition
and grab the ballot. This Is due to the
pernicious habit of allowing woman to
read the daily newspapers when she
ought to be figuring out a new pattern
Of cornstarch pudding. 1t was never
intended that woman should know
anything that would make her dissat-
isfed with her lot. and yet short-sight-
ed husbands continue to bring home
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-10

best ideas Of the practical road corr
missioners of Cerro Gordo county and
communicate these ideas to Scott
county and bring the best ideas of the
Scott county commissioners to Cerro
Gordo county.
A road supervisor who is worthy or
his position. desires the best instruc-
ton he can get from the generals on
the Job. The worst roads we have are
in districts where supervisors refuse 10
cooperate in progressive methods.
Bankers are forced to work under fed
eral or state general in very many in
stances inferior IN every respect to the
men they oversee Doctors are re-
quired to practice their profession un-
der direction Of generals Of less edu-
ca ton and practice. There is hardly a
business or profession which Is NOT
required to do business according TO
law that does not have generals to SUI
perintend. The generals tell newspa-
per publishers how they must operate
to prevent accidents to employees and to
prevent fires. They even go INTO the
conduct Of the business and specify
what and what can not be published.
While Mr.. Harding has been in the
general assembly, he has by vote and
speech established many generals &c
look after businesses which were with
out generals before. Should he be
elected governor he will create more
generals than the state ever had before.
because he is good fellow and would
not have the heart to turn down
friend who had an ambition to become
a general.
The trouble with Mr.. Harding's pro-
gram is that it is in rut and he hopes
by resorttng to rot to get out OF the rui'