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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24
Iona Newspapers

FLUSHING AT THE FUNERAL.
IEagle Grove Eagle.l
Now that Colonel Hepburn is dead
the formerly So called progressive press
is telling the truth about him and
shouting his great abilities. services
and virtues.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24

married men could be alone more.
the rag carpet was pushed ruthlessly
aside and the ankle-deep, velvet rug
took It's place. The corn broom was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Isn't Brer Grounding finding 1t
rather stuffy in there?" anxiously in
4uires the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24
METH U SELAH

Aethuselah the
among the ancient
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24

Everyone knows" declares tn
Boone News-Republican, that tn
democratic platforms are made for tn
purposes Of getting offices and tn
single term plank sounded good il
1912. because everybody was afrai,
theodore might get another grab a
the presidency"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-24

We are not SO sure that Cosson will
win in a walk now" says the Wash
ington Democrat "Deem's strene1 h
VIII mostly go to Harding"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

live without guard and busy them selves chiefly with agricultural occu- pations.
 With one exception-that @ con script camp in the city of Sedan it. self-the correspondent found the former residents of the cities to the northwest living under surprisingly clean, sanitary circumstances. Re- peated questioning brought only the answer that the people were reason ably happy and comfortable, justly and fairly treated, and, very often far better off than they had been at home.
 The correspondent ate the food which the Eva cues recefve-nost of 1t through the Spanish American com mittee with which the German au- thorities have nothing to do-and 1t appeared in general good and tasty. He was assured that in quantity it equalled the food reveiwed by the Germans themselves.
 The housing conditions varied ac- cording to the town and the quarters available in each, but without excep- ton they were spotlessly clean and ited was located in an old chateau or villa, and was declared by the men there to be far better than conditions as they had known them at home.
 Perhaps the best testimonial for the | generally prevailing sentiment was the
  form the group around Sedan, and eight of which the correspondents wis tied, only one attempt to escape had been made, and the man who made that came back voluntarily. The exception to the general rule of satisfaction on the part of the EvacueS was in the camp at Sedan, where, the correspondents were told, i only men of military age were kept, or men who in Lille, Roubain or Tur- coing had prosecuted some pernicious activity that made their removal a military necessity.
 Here, in 8 one-time factory now l out of business, two or three hundred 1 persons, from boys to men of 45, were housed in close quarters. Ask l cd regarding their condition several | complained that the food was monot- | Onous-a complaint that one can hear 1 all the way from the front trenches | to the best equipped prison camp in ! the country-said the bread was =cur and in some instances spoke of their | illnesses, notably rheumatism and tu- | berculoSis.
 The men on week days are em- l pIoyed from ' to 1 a. m. and from l 2 to D. m. at carpentering and 1 construction work, for which they re- | ceive from 40 to Ocentimes a day an dtheir food. They bathe twice
 weekly and receive rations equivalent 1 to those of the common soldier, o1 which rice and bread form the chief | components.
 i Both the overcrowding and the | complaints that were a feature of the | conscript camp in Sedan vanished as
 the district. taking in the villages o1 | F'rancheval, Villers- -Cernay, Daigny | Givonne lily Oily, lily, St. Menges
 and one or two others.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
cARRANzA,s OBLIGATIONS.

Carranza is insistent that the ef- lorts of the Mexican delegates shall be devoted to obtaining the recall of the United States troops under Gen. eral Pershing from Mexican territory He does not favor a discussion of the interior conditions until that matter has been adjusted satisfactorily tc him, for that is the thorn in his side which is the most troublesome.
 Whether the recent operations ot Villa will cause him to undergo a change of heart is not intimated, but surely he must recognize that if Villa can make such an attack as he did upon the city of Chihuahua, even though he has not captured it, it must be apparent to him that his forces are not doing all they should and by nc means what he claimed they would when he said that he would contro the conditions south of the border if he was recognized.
 The Pershing expedition has failed to attain it's object, the disposal ot Villa, because it was called off when the trail was the hottest. It has, how ever, served to decrease the menace from the bandit leader and it is today doing that very service which Carran- ga not only should be doing, but prom. ised to accomplish. It is rendering g service to Carranza, if he would but recognize it. though he has not beer made to live up to his obligations. Tc recall the expedition therefore means the extension of an invitation to ViIls to resume his depredations, for Car. ranza has shown that he cannot ol will not stop the operations of the out law.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
THE VALUE OF WALKING.

Once again a season is at hand which the devotees of walking always welcome. It means that they can get out in t3e open and take the exercise which they need and which is so ben eficial, without being wilted by a tor rid sun. It removes the inclination to hop on car to ride 9 few blocks or 0 mile and it is but natural that a New York professor should resort to long walks for the purpose of over coming a case of nerves"
 There is too much hustle and bus tie for a great number of people They fail to realize the value to body and mind that results from a good brisk walk in the air. They overlook the important requirements in maintaining proper physical development. As the Ohio State Journal says "One of our greatest aff1icticns is the mental perturpations that seem so universal. They destroy clear and sincere think ing and fill the mind with impressions and conclusions that ought not to be there. Talk to a man who sticks to his office or his shop and never gets out into the big world alone. and see how limited and contracted are his views. Talk with him a little while and he is sure to dispute an axiom, and set up in it's place whim or two. Walking restores him to himself and tends to make him love the truth. It is perfectly logical that it should be so for truth is simply a relation and long walk puts one in the midst of the most wholesome relations"
 Walking is likewise a strong con- tributor to good health and an active and sound mind and the fellow who can afford to do nothing but walk is fortunate beyond his realization.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

of each individual. whether he is dr1v- ing a vehicle or crossing the street
 This has been recognized by the judge of a police court in Los Angeles who has directed that certain Juvenile offenders commit to memory the traf- fic laws of the community as a pen atty for their infraction. The idea Is an excellent one and in view of the element of personal safety involved 1t might not be a bad idea if all the children were made better acquainted than they are with what is expected of them while using the public thor oughfares where so much danger ex- ists and where so many lives are taken.
 The effect of such instruction would be the same as the teaching of other important facts to the children. It would tend to make them more observ- ant and there would be firmly inn planted in their minds the necessity of using their heads to protect them selves, not only while young but as they grow older, and the benefit of it would also show when the time comes for many of them to operate vehicles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
HUGHES HITTING HARD.

In his tour of the middle west Charles E. Hughes is not sparing the administration. He is hitting out straight from the shoulder. He is put ting his finger on the flaws in the policies and the legislation of the dem- ocratic party, and there is nothing strange therefore that he is being en- Enthusiastically received by large num- bers wherever he speaks. He has tackled and smashed the democra tic claims concerning their accomplish ments as effectively as the British tank" cars, made in America, have crushed the enemy.
 When he declares that the Under wood tariff must be undone if we are going to have a sure basis of prosper ity in this country" it is @ fact which is recognized by democrats as well as by republicans. The operations of the law have made it plain. The demo- crats have even seen the advisability of making some of the needed altera- tions themselves, but there still re- mains much to be done, else why have they at the last moment favored a tariff commission to handle this prob lem when it was but a few months ago that they refused an appropria- ton for the continuance of a similar board?
 Equally true is his statement re- garding the child labor measure which has led the democrats to claim that they have emancipated children, when such is not the case and when there Is joker in the measure which they have passed which knocks out what was promised. Child labor exists to- day in its worst form in the demo- cratic states and it is those same com monwealths which have not only fought the emancipation of the chil- lren but which are strongly opposed 10 it today.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Postmasters in Politics.

MT. Editor: It will be remembered that President Taft had a very prom inent republican state central com mitteman removed from the position Of postmaster for conducting a poIiti- cal campaign and trying to hold a position of state committeeman at the same time. There is no need of en- tering into a detailed discussion of the particulars, but it is evident that the republican party does not believe in having postmasters mixing up fed eral affairb with politics.
 The democratic party of late has be- come ridiculous with it's postmasters holding state central committee jobs and acting as delegates in state con ventions, so that state conventions have now come to be a matter of postmasters conventions; and now the fact cGnes out into the public gaze of 9 robbery in the Colchester post office on the night that the state dem- ocratiC convention was in session in New Haven. An interesting question is, where was the postmaster that night and what was he doing in New Haven?
 When postmasters accept positions as such. their business is not in poIi- tics but attending strictly to their federal duties. Then there is less chance for anything going wrong in should devote all his time to those duties. and it is expected when he accepts such position that he will do so, and when he does not intend to do so he should either resign or be removed.
 CLEAN POLITICS.
 Norwich, Sept. 21. 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
STORIES OF THE WAR
In Conscrint Camns.

Following the protest abroad about the action of the German authorities in deporting from the cities of Lillie, Roubaix and Tourcoing several tEous- and of the civil inhabi itants, and about the alleged hardships those civilians thorities in the occupied portion of France recently afforded 8 number of neutral correspondents the opportuni- ty to visit several hundred of the so- called ''Evacues'' and see for them selves the conditions under which they now live.
 Press visited two large 'tconscript camps'--where men of military age are kept under guard-and some eight villages where large numbers of so- c-a1led emigrants, men and women.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
VIOLENCE CANNOT BE
 ERATED,
TOL-

Little help is being given to their cause by the striking railway men in ] New York who are resorting to vio- lence in their endeavor to win out at any cost. Equally damaging are the
 same kind of efforts which are being
 made by the members of their families or their friends. The idea may be held that the way to win a strike is
 to stone cars, infiict injuries and even
 threaten the lives of those aboard, but
 as long as such conditions prevail the
 duty of the authorities is plain.
 Lawlessness does not go with a
 right to strike. It should never pre-
 vail in a civilized community. There
 are many instances where those who
 actually take part in such disgraeeful
 affairs are less responsible than those who encourage them in it, or who at least fail through their leader
 ship to prevent such outbreaks against
 the peace and laws of a city, but riot
 ing and rowdyism must be prevented
 and those who dance to it's tune must
 expect to pay the fiddler.
 Just because there is a labor dis pute it cannot be expected that the right is given to any one to injure, tear down or destroy. Those who re- Sott 10 Sucn measures Weaken instead cf strengthen their argument. Stones and briclIbats make no impression up- on reason, and those who resort to heir use must expect that they will be treated like all others who show an utter disregard for the law and set out to have their own way. The duty | of a community under such conditions is clearly indicated. It can make no
 exceptions because there is a strike underway.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
POLITICAL
No One Was Afraid of Haiti.

Haiti did not behave as badly to US as Mexico behaved; but Mir. Wilson intervened, fought the HaitieEs, she'd ding their blood and the blood of our troops, took possession and now has our armed forces in control of Haiti and directing it's government. His course of action in Haiti can be de- tended only if his course of action in Mexico is unqualifiedlY condemned; 1; for such action was far more needed in Mexico than in Haiti. But there was @ difference in the two cases; and to MT. Wilson it was a vital difference. Haiti was weaker than Mexico. No one was afraid of Haiti-From the speech of Colonel Roosevelt delivered at Lewiston, Maine, in behalf of Charles E. Hughes.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

The Hartford board of health has is sued an order that children, who live outside Hartford, but attend school there must be in the city for ten days before the opening of the schools. The New Britain board of health made a somewhat similar order, but afterward modified it. As the New Britain or der now stands the home of children is wherever their parents are residing. This may be construed to mean that children out of town temporarily with their parents are still at home. This seems a sensible way to look at the matter.-New Britain Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
GET ACQUAINTED WITH RULES.

cidents which occur in the highways through a lack of knowledge on the part of the drivers of vehicles of the responsibility which rests with them, or a disregard therefor. to say nothing of the heedlessness of a great many people in looking out for themselves and doing their best to avoid danger, 1t is but natural that there should be an effort made to create a greater in terest among the people in familiar Lzing themselves with what is required
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Estate company of New York, now in a condition of collapse. Except for the courageous and determined stand of Commissioner Dover the concern might yet be deceiving people. Clearly the incoming legislature has a duty to perform in passing laws adequate to protect investors from fakers. Will it have the courage to do the work?- Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
Not So Easy Here

Parliament, before adjournment. thoughtfully passed a bill extending it's own life for considerable time in the future. How the democratic mem bers of congress do wish they could settle the matter as easily as that Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
A Pathetic Feature.

One of the pathetic little things of life, as they say out in Ohio, is the way @ girl will wear herself down to a physical wreck recuperating at some watering place, and then go back to work and rest up.-Philadelphia In uuirer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
Their Only Model.

The log-rolling thet built the hum ble home in Hodgenville is the only part of Lincoln's career that some of his professed disciples are able to inn itate.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
The Innnortant Thinn.

While devoting so much attention to physical exercise in the educational process, it would be well to introduce more spiritual exercise. It is more important.-Ohio State Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
Good Place to Start.

of print paper is there no way to curb the rapacity of the most wasteful of all print shops in the world-the gov ernment printing office in Washing ton ?-Houston Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

New York has shown that most of the progressfves are in the republican ranks anyway and of those who are not the big majority is favorabIy in- clined to the republican nominees.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

It may be that there is an increased amount of electricity distributed from the local lighting plant. but no one would ever suspect it from the re- suits which are being obtained from many of the arc lights about the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Thomas Edison has declared for President Wilson. Let's see, wasn't Thomas placed at the head of some commission by the chief executive?
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

There really isn't a bit of use try ing" mourned the girl in the fall felt hat and the extreme suit. 'fNo mat ter what effort a girl makes there is always something that downs her! Fates always against ne!h
 "Nothing's happened to your Pom eranian, has it?" anxiously asked her friend across the table in the confec- tionery shop turning her little finger ring so the light would strike is bet ter.
 'Dodo's all right admitted the blighted one. 'fNo, it's not Dodo. And it's not that I care anything for men, either, or that it matters whether they notice me or not-Im sure I'd be perfectly indifferent! Only, naturally, one likes to keep her old friends and all that, you know!"
 'fWhy, of course!" said her friend turning her head to watch the lights in her ring. Pm terribly interested, Elsie! Do go on!"
 If Harriett hadn't been such pig last year, when her brothers friend, George Brighter, visited then,' went on the sad young person, T shouldn't have paid the least attention to him :! I'm sure I have friends right here in Chicago lots better looking than George Brighter and making just as much money!
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Inasmuch as those strange looking, caterpillar tank-cars which are doing so much work for the British were made in this country. it is peculiar they were not utilized in the pursuit of Villa.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

The man on the corner says: Some men are as fortunate in getting out of a critical situation as the hero in a popular novel.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Villa declares that he owes us no grudge, but he cannot expect to get away on any plea of mercy after that attack on Columbus.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Irving Cobb is going to stump for the democrats. We'll, it is perfectly proper that all the jokers should not be put into legislation.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Reports which continue to come from Santo Domingo to the effect that the Memphis is a total wreck indicate that there was no exaggeration about the early reports.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

No householder is likely to be heard to complain because his coal bin groans under it's load of fuel.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

There is Hull in shipping and a number of vessels are awaiting in New York harbor to be chartered. Probably getting ready to sell out to Uncle Sam,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

As the cold weather approaches it cannot be expected that all the police men will be of the silent" variety.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Of course no one can hardly blame the Mexican delegates for not wanting to discuss the internal affairs of their country.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Tt was merely that T was deter mined to teach Harriet a little unsel- fishness and to show her that she couldn't put over anything like that! So when I saw she didn't intend to pass George around and expected to have him with her every living sec ond I just demonstrated to her that it was not so easy as she had imag ined. I would drop in to see Harriet in the morning and before she knew it George and I would be having game of tennis singles-she couldn't very well break into that.
 "Her mother naturally would ask me to luncheon, and in the afternoon George would take us both in his car I'd ask them over to my house in the evening, and you know that swinging seat on our porch is too crowded for three so Harriet would have to take 9 chair and Aunt Susan usually would
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

This fraud-for it is a fraud unless it is done with the buyers knowledge ought to be easy of detection; es- pecially in the case of wrapt loaves stating the net weight of the wrap per. If there is any discrepancy be- tween the actual weight and the stated weight, it is unlawful In fact it would be a benefit to the bakers themselves to pass a law requiring that every loaf be stamped with it's net weight. for it would prevent un- fair price cutting competition on the part of the short-weight breathen. - Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The hay fever nose is as out of place on some people as a licensed saloon in the state of Maine.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22

Connecticut has had a sufficient number of experiences with doubtful and fraudulent financial schemes, ''in- vestment' enterprises and other agen- cies designed principally to extract dollars from people without much con- cern about their return. One of the black marks on the fair name of the state was made by the American Real
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-22
OTHER VIEW POINTS

It is too bad, just as the admins tration is supposed to De finding a way to let the militia come home, to have it announced that the appropriation is about used up and there may be no money to pay their railroad farces. As soon as this is certainly known, let Governor Holcomb know and he will call another session of the legis- lature to provide the means. Any
 thing to get these men of ours out of the hands which took them there for no reason and doesn't know how to get them back.-Waterbury American.
 No great alarm should be occasion ed by the discovery of another case of infantile paralysis in New Britain. With the coming of the cool days the chances of an epidemic are greatly offset. The vigilance of the health New Britain immune from any seri- ous outbreak of this disease. Having 3 passed the torrid days and nights of the Summer, the threshold of the Win ter offers a secure standing place, Whatever else may be held against the coming of old Boreas, this much is true: Health and Happiness dance in the parkway of the invigorating North wind-New Britain Herald.
 Faced by the increased cost of flour, sugar, lard and other supplies used in the marketing of bread, the bak- CTS are studying the problem of get ting more money for their product Some are simply agitating for an in creased price; but others, taking time by the forelock, have already cut down the size of their loaf, while charging the same price as before.