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Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-04

prize crew will be permitted TO land
whenever they desire, Il was decided
late today.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Secretary
Lansing stated today that there was
no question as to the Appam's status
as prize. but that the question OF
its disposition still involved further
consideration of The Hague conven-
ton and the Prussian-American
treaty. Lieutenant Berg's refusal to
lend British seamen who we're gun
pointers on British merchantmen will
Re the subject OF further considera-
ton.
Feasibility that a still more formidable
German sea raider than has been re-
ported-the fast cruiser Roon-is At large
IN the Atlantic. and the report that the
Room was near by and directed the
operations OF the raider called the
Moswe. which sunk ak ships and cap
tnred the Appam within 900 miles off the
coast Of Spain. promises to. add another
chapter 20 ths yet untold story OF the
daring OF the German sailors.
Fast, Powerful Beat.
The Room In n fast. heavily armored
cruiser OF nearly lo.oco tons. with more
than is.ooo-hersepower. 200 feet long, and
with both oil and coal boilers IL was
built at Kiei. in 1901. has four tunnels
ane extra high wireless masts. II car
riss q Krupp armor belt. four torpedo
uIhes. which give discharges forward.
astern and broadside. and mounts TWEEN
ty-eight guns in all. four So. ten b.s-inch
and foufteeh St-inch.
The British embassy denies that II has
Information that the Room IL at large
and was reported off the Canary Islands.
but the story that Il accompanied the
Moewe IS accredited 70 British aboard
tho Appam.
Appam at Newport News.
NEWPORT NEWS. Feb. S-The
captured British liner Appam. in charge
Of German prize crew. anchored IN the
James river. off Newport News. shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning.
. Tho passengers we're TO be removed
% barges and taken 70 Norfolk on board
an Old dominion line steamer for New
York. Some OF the more prominent kng-
hah passengers were expected 10 come
70. Newport News.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-04

Considered resolution TO create standing
committee on flood control
Voted 10 print President Wilson's pre-
paredness speeches a. public docu-
slnent.
Resumed discussion OF Indian affairs
bill.
tinued hearings on preparedness pro-
rram.
Resolution 10 create n house committed
on flood control was debated.
Secretary Wilson urged a national en-
pioyment bureau before the labor com
mittee.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-02-04
The National Capital


The senate.
Resumed consideration OF Philippine in
dependence bill. Judiciary subcommittee
sheEan considering appointment OF Louis
ID HrandfiN 10 supreme court.
I,lhlic lands cefsitniiiae continued oil
and LEASING bin hearings.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25

Mexico whence the same president
warned Americans on peril of their
lives, where hundreds OF Americans
have suffered death and for whose
lives there has been no earnest of
bloody reprisal.
Certainly the American has right
to travel: but because he insists upon
travelling upon an armed merchantmen
able 10 sink a submarine that should
halt her is that a good reason to
threaten war? And considering the fact
that the submarine has come to stay,
that we with other nations are build
ing subs and contemplating building
many more is the instence that a ves-
sci able to sink a sub and prepared for
that very purpose likely to remain i'm
mune under International war asafies :?
That any number OF naturalized
Americans would gladly serve a.
travellers" aboard such a ship to the
benefit of their native country needs
no argument or confirmation. And Is
the United States justified in placing
the peace and prosperity Of the nation
behind such eventualties? And in
event that the threat were to be made
good would the United States follow 1t
with action?
Only a short time ago we were too
proud to fight" We have not proved
too proud TO threaten. We invaded
Mexico to compel a salute to the flag
and came away without il. 1t was the
better way OF course: few would have
approved war-but the best way is to
be chary Of threats whether made
mistakenly or for political effect. This
country should be businesslike but not
bombastic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
SS.SSssT INC REAL sEs... BUSINESS

Statesmansf1ip and hard practical
horse sense ofen seem strangers to one
another. To be sure the angle from
which a situation is viewed has it's
influence upon the conclusions OF men
and statesmen. but at the bottom Of all
questions whether Of state or Of every
day individual action lies the bed rock
of common sense
The insistence Of the president upon
the right OF Americans to travel
whether upon an armed merchantmen
or otherwise even to threat Of war
fails TO appeal to the average man OF
the middle west. The right to travel
the highways of Iowa Is an inaliena-
BILE as the right to travel the ocean
lanes; but the person who should in
sist upon his legal right to pass thru
a mob Of escaped lunatics of homicidal
tendencies. OF TO pass Unscatned while
a gun fight was in progress would ge:
little sympathy from folks who had
sense enough to stay at home until the
IIIsrnniiss-c: -e.c ronnded m ::S ~.
shooting was over. The other half o,
the world Is an open insane asylum
reeking with blood and filled with des-
perate nations engaged in a struggle
for very existence. 1t is more des-
perate situation even than that in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
THE AUTOMOBILE TAX.
1QE8rd LRdTlll
6 OF shoes and SINS
hPs -nd seelM8 wax -df cabbAEe . kin8

The automobile tax is q thoughtful
arrangement by which motor car own
ers are obliged to drag, drain. grade
ana pave the highways OF the state.
Inc state considers that man who
Is able to buy glittering $4,000 toy
ana skate around in it during business
hours should be willing to improve the
roads for the benefit OF his neighbors
VINO prefer to use a top buggy.
All automobiles sold on the open
market ut the end Of a prom issory
note these days come fully equipped.
The purchase price covers every pos
sible contingency except tire covers,
trouble lamp, electric clock, extra
tubes. tire pump, vacuum feed system
and the automobile tax. It is a mel
ancholy moment in the life of hope
ful buyer who has equipped his car
with every accessory listed in a 200
page catalog and is then confronted
by the harsh, fiinty voice Of the Sec
rotary Of state, demanding 1885 for
a pair of tin number signs that are
produced for so cents a dozen.
The laws Of this country are fear
fully and wonderfully constructed.
Why should man who puts his
money into rapid circulation by buy
Ing an automobile be taxed for doing
so and the owner of a narrow tired
lumber wagon be allowed to escape?
The narrow tire which Is allowed to
tramp up and down over the face Of
macadamized road Is a menace to
civilization, leaving ruts, wrinkles and
blow outs in It's wake, while the non
skid pneumatic tire carrying eighty
pounds Of elastic air does more good
to the roads than the King drag. Yet
the man who owns four OF these tires
and sees them fade away day by day
has to pay an objectionable tax the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
some WOMAN REASONS.

The equal suffragists are Offering
some woman reasons why women
should vote. How many of these rea-
sons appeal to you as man reasons
also?
For instance the women say they
should be granted the right TO vote be-
cause:
Women must obey the laws just as
men do.
Women pay taxes just as men do,
thus supporting the government.
Women suffer from bad government
just as men do.
Mothers want to make their chill
dren's surroundings better.
About 5000, 900 women in the United
States are wage workers and their
health and that of our future citizens
are often endangered by evil working
conditions that can only be remedisd
by legislation.
Women of leisure who attempt to
serve the public welfare should be able
to support their advice by their votes
Busy housemothers and professional
women ca not give such public service.
anu Ioii cHlS Sci VIC lHt Sldlt ny Inc
same means used by the busy men
namely, by casting a ballot.
Women need to he trained to a
higher sense of social and civic re-
sponsibility. and such sense develops
by use.
Women are consumers. and con-
sumers need fuller representation in
politics.
Women are citizens Of a govern
| ment of the people, by the people and
for the people. and women are people.
Woman suffrage is right these
women say because women need il
men need it, the state needs It. They
say women ought 10 give their help;
men ought TO give their help; the state
ought to use their help.
| Looking It over the women seem tc
make out an excellent case for them
selves. Most OF those reasons are
thoughtful reasons. Most Of them viii
appeal to thoughtful men as good rea.
sons, man as well as woman reasons
What do you thing of the woman
reasons Mr.. Voter Mann
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
WOMEN AND BOOZE.
Jefferson Bee. ]

Commenting upon the Bees criticism
Of certain women who, not wishing
to vote themselves are conducting n
crusade to try and prevent their more
progressive sisters from securing the
ballot the Scranton Journal says:
why should the Bee wish to deny
to any Iowa woman the right to OPP
pose thing she believes to be evil and
a threat against the very foundation
OF the best civilization. The editor Of
the Bee doesn't have to patron!ze sa
looms or drink booze. yet he thinks 1t
correct and proper TO interfere with
those who desire this privilege. Woman
suffrage is a question OF public policy.
It is difficult to imagine plausible
argument in Its favor and perhaps the
Bees, attempt is as good as the best"
Our friend Smith has chosen an I'M
fortunate illustration with which to
prove his point. The man who Opposes
booze does so because the booze bust
ness stands convicted as a deadly
enemy OF society: 1t fills the prisons,
robs the helpless. damns the souls OF
men and makes the word unhappy. Can
any one stretch his Imagination to the
point OF believing that woman suffrage
is IN any such sense intrtnsically I'M
moral or bad? That It's exercise
which Is wholly voluntary, can possi-
bly, injure those who do not care to
avail themselves of its privileges? II
not then the booze illustration loses all
force.
But while the booze ques ton is stilI
before US, we would fam try 10 make
use Of this very topic, suggested by
Brother Smith. as affording at least
one plausible argument OF the sort
for which he SO yainly seeks.
The only way to make absolutely
sure that the booze question will be
settled right, and settled for all time
in Iowa at the coming constitutional!
election In November, Is TO let the
women OF Iowa vote on that question.
Nobody will attempt to deny this. Now
II, as is generally conceded, the booze
question Is the most important moral
issue Of our times, does not this single
admitted item of woman's potential ef-
fectiveness in good government sugges.
some point OF merit? If she never ac-
complished anything more as a voter,
would not this certified result give
both plausible and practical force to
her claimed right of partnership in the
affairs of government?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
ENlARGikG OAkDALE.

| The state has let contract for ad-
| ditional buildings at Oakdale. the tu-
! berculosis camp of the state OF Iowa
II is TO be hoped that these build
ings will he rushed 10 completion. They
are desperately needed There are
many who need the help given there
who mast be refused because the in
stitution is over crowded To some
Of those thus barred from the institu-
ton il is a death warrant
0akdale should be enlarged to meet
the real demands upon it, 1t is not a
sordid question of money but a ques-
ton of saving lives and teaching those
afflicted how to live and conquer the
disease.
Many tuberculosis patients are I'M
able by reason Of circumstances and
unfit by lack Of knowledge to care for
themselves. They die and dying SOW
the germs of mortality about them to
spring up in a new crop of consump-
tives
So far We have paltered with this
most dangerous and fatal of diseases,
the most widespread and fatal of the
Ills that prey on mankind. 1t is time
that we went about practical methods
OF stamping it out. That it may be
depressed and in time practically elm
mated is scientific assurance. Oak
dale and other hospitals like ii where
human need may find shelter and ig-
norance learn hygienic common sense
are footsteps on the way.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25

or war or pushed over because in the
assertion OF this right few venture
some globe trottcrs bring trouble upon
themselves" inquiries the Des Moines
Register.
The Denison Review saws that Carl
kuehnle has been meeting good sized
audiences in his rounds over tine state
and returns home each time with re-
newed confidence that he will be NOM
mated for governor to which the Car
roll Herald replies .All of which may
be true; but appearances are delusive.
White man Is an awful liar and his
heart is desperately wicked"
The old-fashioned fellows who don't
believe in equal suffrage might as we'll
be getting ready to be swatted in the
June primaries says the Knoxville
Express.
More and more the logic of the po-
iitical sitpation points to Cummins as
the most available man for the repub-
iicans to nominate for president" in
sists the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Hughes doesn't want the place, Root
is objectionable to many republicans,
and Cummins stands next in line. with
no serious objection to him in any part
Of the country"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
THIRD TERN TALK.

WEBSTER City Freeman -Tribune.1
The men who are now urging Cow
ernor Clarke to become a candidate for
a third term were opposed to Governor
Cummins having third term BECAUSE.
they said, they deemed it improper to
continue man in such a position so
long. This anti-third term nonsense
usually SINNERS down to something
sooner or later which shows the aver
age ant-third termer to be ir1sincere.
we never yet saw one of them who
wound not desert what he termed the
principle involved when he was espe-
cially well satisfied with the personnel
or the third term candidates. And 1t
"iseii happens; ::::a.: ?:-..i5T the man who
mas talked loudest against third term
gets into office he hangs on for Just
as many terms as ne can. The Free
man Tribune would not oppose Gov
ernor Clarke because of the third term
nusaboo but 1t would oppose him for
the same reason it opposed him for a
second term. In its judgment one of
the other candidates was and is pref
cradle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
Making Jag. pifsicuI. to Acquire.

On the 10th Of April the new Missis-
sippi liquor law, which Governor Bilbo
has just signed goes into effect. It
provides that an adult inhabitant of
the state may import or have in pos
session, in any fifteen-day period, not
more than one quart Of whisky,
twenty four pints OF beer or two
quarts Of light wine. These being it's
provisions, the law might be christened
| The Drinkers Aid to Prohibitive In
temperance"
A quart OF whisky Will average about
twenty four drinks. Twenty four
drinks in fifteen days average one and
two fifths drinks q day. On that basis
there should be no difficulty In read
! lily finding the shortest way home from
the club. no matter how late the hour.
But how about the beer? In ,Missis-
sippi they have determined, appar-
emily that whisky has just twice the
! Intoxicating FcSS~er OF beer. since
| twenty -four pints OF beer are equal to
about forty-eight drinks, or three and
one-fftfl drinks a day. Not even the
fringe of crouch could be lifted
with three and one fifth glasses OF
beer q day
When it comes to the legal allot-
ment OF light wines 1t Is difficult to
follow the logic of the booze experts
called in to advise the Mississippi
statute makers. A light wine ID ac-
counted the least harmful OF alcoholic
drinks, because Of it's low content Of
alcohol.
Yet Mississippi experts concluded
that two quarts OF light wine would
do about all the damage to q citizen
Of that state in fifteen days that was
either necessary or desirable. Now, Il
yoh squeeze the bottle hard enough
and use glasses that are small enough,
you may get ten glasses out OF two
quarts of light wine. Ten glasses
spread over fifteen days would Give
| an average Of two thirds Of q glass
day. = =. y aei2:ssa5S
I But in spite of what appears ON the
surface stingy law when the fac
tors OF supply and demand are consid-
cred, there is still possibility that the
desert may be made to smiis = - :. =
cases. 1t is difficult to beat any KING
tof a devil but 1t is especially hard 20
beat the rum devil 1t viii be noticed
that the legal supply OF stimuiant =
for one adult person for = period %
| fifteen days. Let there be geteinE
together OF families, let there =. g.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
A JOB OF spRINsrrLEANINc.

.rFg a.
1t is about time for spring clean
ing in Manson. There are altogether
too many young men-that is. IL you
can designate them as men at all
who have not done a tap OF work all
winter and for months previous to
the setting in of winter for that mat
ter, who should be invited to get a
job, get out OF town or take a Jail SEN
tence for VaSrancy. The cleaning
should begin at once. No man who
has no private fortune can make a
living without work He must be an
artistic borrower. a hardened "mooch-
err" gambler or inst common thief.
Manson is too small a town for the
gambler. the bootlegger. the "mooch-
err the loafer and the thief. The
high toned loafer in the dude clothes is
no better than the bootlegger in sweat
er and overalls. Out with theu,-any-
where-to hell with them! Manson is
too small for them. Officer, do your
duty! ..aA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
Topics of the Times

The shameful news leaks out from
Washington that a dressmaker has
duplicated gown of Mrs. Wilson and
she and another social queen are un-
der the humiliation of wearing dresses
exactly similar. In the absence of a
secretary of war what do you suppose
can be done about it? At any rate the
crisis has arrived
Sioux City has a packing house
strike involving $500 workers. One
new feature about it Is that they will
not have TO close the saloons this time
lence
There's just as much economy in a
sod house and q straw stable as in q
wooden bridge in Marshall county,
Iowa.
Sioux City proudly claims the resi-
dence of the biggest Ten Nights in a
Barroom" show in the country. But a
Ten Nights" show in Sioux City now
lacks the proper atmosphere" doesn't
it?
About the only valuable feature of
the story of the old lads who :,avs
lived unkissed beyond three score and
ten is the warning not to live that
way.
Speaking Of Arthur Brisbane's claret
there's one thing to be said in his
favor: he didn't sneak round to the
feed shed and drink it there.
Those Manson libel and defamation
suits between Jack Dalton and Tom
Long have been dismissed and the
crisis has passed. So far it is not
known whether Tom Long agrees to
give warning before slipping a tor
pedo and Jack Dalton to quit dropping
bombs on Toms urfortified head hu.
the period of watchful waiting is al
legged to have passed. articles of peace
signed, amicable relations established
and the merry sound as Of marriage
bells fills all the air. German, French
and English papers please copy.
Hon. II. +. kulp, of Emmetsburg lis
candidate for the office Of railroad
commissioner One of the advantages
OF Mr.. kulp IS that he has been a SUBJ
| scriber to the Times-Republicau for
/ thirty years. He came TO Iowa from
Illinois locating in Grundy Center in
1875, and is thus familiar with the
needs Of the state and the development
OF its transportation systems; was
graduated from college in 1896, mem
; Der of the legislature two terms from
1910 and author Of the Kulp automo-
bile law; was member of the draft
ing committee which drew up the pres
ent road laws classifying county and
| township laws and author Of the law
| referring 10 leases for warehouses,
| elevators and lumber yards on railway
| right Of ways. He bases his candi-
! dacy upon his record.
| The general idea seems to be TO
| move the nominations closed in the
case Of supreme court nominees and
direct the secretary to cast the unani:
nous vote for Deemer and Evans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25
BELIEvE IT OR REFUTE 1T.
TpnrI;rr+o rr.,,.rax,a1


Mr.. d. w. Norris, editor of the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican and
chairman Of the special good roads
commission appointed by Governor
Clarke, delivered one of the strong
convincing and timely addresses OF the
day at the bankers convention yester-
day. 1t is the best presentation we
have ever heard. or read. of the spe-
cial point of financing the immediate
construction of permanent highways
by issuing bonds. The prevalent con-
ception OF this proposition that 1t in
wolves increased taxation and increased
annual expense was clearly refuted.
Mr.. Norris demonstrated there need
be no increased road taxes and the
improved highways will be available
for this generation instead of at some
nance viii be reduced and property
values enhanced.
As everybody can agree upon so de-
sira,ble a result, it becomes the duty OF
every citizen DO study the proposition
as outlined by Mr.. Norris and ask
himself the very practical question.
"Why should not have and enjoy this
long coveted advantage" To retort
tiiih ~ Suil hot DS uoAiS 10 Ho Icpiy al
all First prove that II is impossible,
before making the assertion. Failing
in this, it then becomes the part of
wisdom to look clear-cut business
proposition squarely in the face and
ascertain the truth.
Mr. Norris is thoroughly conversant
with the subject of good roads having
given that matter much time and Sc
rious thought. 1t Is not extravagant
praise to say that he made a wonder
fully clear and instructive address and
that he converted many to his way Of
thinking concerning thSs problem
which 50 imperatively confronts this
state. The Marshalltown man is a
very able speaker and held the close
attention of his audience turnout his
address. His points We're frequently
applauded and at the conclusion OF his
remarks he was given an ovation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-25


the modern bells? They made their gowns and they
their hose they made their hats with right good
will: they their quilts and such things those
they sewed and darned with the darnedest skill They
made good bread and they made good pies, they made
good jam and they made good tars; their doughnuts
gladdened weary eyes. and put vim in
faded They took blue ribbons at county fairs
fragrant butter golden rolls nooe pride In their
theirs-but they're vanished. God rest their
souls. They're past gone the brighter spheres
successors they left below; about time In
hundred years you'll see girl who can cook and sew
like eggs get them hard like tea strong and
get II weak. the toast - burned and the steak b
sharred. and tears glimmering my cheek. 4ss
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