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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-28
Hardin County Grading Highways.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, June 2S-The Hardin county
board Of supervisors, at its session
Tuesday afternoon. let a contract for
fourteen miles OF permanent road
grading at IS cents per cubic yard. or
approximately $4,000. The contract
was awarded to L.%C. Wood,& Co., OF
Alden. The work is.to begnt soon and
to be completed by Nov. Is of this
year The townships affected by this
Improvement are those of Eldora.
Pleasant, Providence and Upton.
The hill south of the town Of New
Providence and the one in Upton
township are to be lowered .materially
by this Improvement Of the highway
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-28

The average yield Of corn in this
country is a little more than twenty
three bushels to the acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-28

One ton Of garbage contains. in heat
value, the equivalent Of 200 pounds OF
coal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-28
Funeral at Montour.

Special to Times Republican.
Montour. June 2S.-Funeral services
for Timoth Haskill, town marshal
who was killed Sunday when a trair
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27
HARRICAN

Reubin an | Billie Hobbs were
in Steppsyille- Saturday.
Mrs. L. Fults AMI children were
visiting at A. III. Fults Mon lay.
John Whitman was the guest
of Bessie Hobbs Sunday after
noon.
Willie and Bessie Hobbs were
visiting friends and relatives at
Steppsyille Saturday.
Lula Bess visited Octa Whit
man Sunday.
Little Elsie Fults is very sick
at this writing.
Vernon Northcut pasted thru
here Sunday.
Bob Fults an Lewis Whitman
werk at r. L. Hobbs Sun lay.
Meeting at Harrican Sunday,
April %. Every body come.
Hiram Argo was here Saturday.
J A. FL. Fults was in Altamont
one day last week.
Quite large crowd was at
the singing Sunday evening.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27

of service become more intense
ly fierce, the railway employee
still measures up his work.
In the great railway yards the
switchman whose tired feet strike
the engine ''footboardo or the
cinders all day, or night, or. the
! man in the cab who pulls the lev
ers back and forth all day or all
night, working among countless
and conflicting signals and end
less danger and in every condi-
tion of weather these are the
true soldiers of industry. These
men should not need to ask for
better conditions. Better condi-
tions should have been given
them years ago. Twelve hours
or more is their present day or
night when eight hours should be
their limit.
The fostering by some railways
of various unfair conditions, and
their usual opposition to all sug-
gestions towards improvement
and their complaint about unfair
regulations has provoked re-
proof from one of the me s. CON
sentative of our public nj n. In
a speech before the New York
Traffic Club on February q, ex-
President Taft reproyed the rail
ways for their misdeeds and their
opposition to the, laws Of the land
and to reform. He accused them
of corrupting councils and legis-
latures anddefying the interstate
commerce commission and being
generally unreasonable and then
warned them of a possible govern
ment ownership. The general
public will give this conservative
speaker serious considerat /.
The emp, oyes may well feel they
have able counsel upon their side.
President Wilson has said that
the workers have a rsght to say
under what conditions they will
work. The railway employees
merely ask that the public APP
prove their effort for a reasonable
condition.
Transportation Brotl.erhood's
Publicity Bureau
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27
HOW'S THIS9

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After you have taken Halls
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Send for testimonials, free.
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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27
RAND JUST
An Eight-Hour Work Day For
Railroad Train Service Men
Will Make Better Citizens

A STATEMENT has been
frequently made by the railroads
that the present demands of the
railway train service employees
are not really for an eight-hour
day, but are intended to secure
increased wages.
This is not true, as theemployes
composing the four brotherhoods
want shorter hours. They want
their working day to be as near
eight hours as it can be made.
To any reasonable person it
will be apparent that it will be
useless to secure an eight-hour
dav unless there is some penalty
attached for overtime. In all the
trades where the eight-hour day
obtains, there is an extra charge
for overtime; otherwise, there
would be no eight hour day, the
work would 60 on at the same
rate per hour just as long as the
employer cared to work the men.
1t has been amply demonstrate
el that eight hours hard work
is enough for any man and any
hours he works more than eight,
simply draw on his reserve
energy and vitality, shortening
his life and his available working
years. 1t has also been proven
that a man working eight hours
is more efficient, does better
work, and is in every way a bet
bet citizen than a man working
longer hours.
The railroad train service en-
ployes, in asking the railroad
companies for an eight hour day,
also ask for time-and- Lone half for
overtime, but this extra rate is
merely a penalty upon the
railways and is considered an
effective method for preventing
overtime. "Overtime' is COM
monty called .blood money!
and saps the very life out of the
employees. We trust that the
public will consider the fact that
it is overtime" and exposure
that is wearing OUT the en-
ployes and prompts many en-
ployes' age limit at q to 35.
Iu other vacations a man can
work at least 30 years-note the
difference in railway work.
Considered in this way the rail-
way employees could, in exact JUS
tice, ask for twice their present
rate of pay, but the employees are
not seeking the ''enormous in
crease" but desire better living
conditions.
The physical and mental strain
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27

on train service employees. c. com
PEELED to work long hours, is be-
yond comprehension by the
average mind. Nirtuallya the
accident and Fold-lines. ..insalr-.
ance companies classify railroad
ing as extra hazardous, many of
them refusing to insure railway
employees on account of the great
risk of loss, and where these en-
ployes are injured, there is a
definite limit set on the amount
of the risk, and an extra charge
is made to the insured.
In reality, the railway employee
receives a less hourly rate of COM
pensation than almost any other
trade. A ho1-carrier receives
$3.50 for eight hours or about
56 cents an hour. The highest
paid train conductor receives 55
cents an hour. If the hol-carrier
worked as many hours as the
railway conductor he would draw
a larger salary and could then be
named by the railways as the
saristocrat of the labor world. -
If the railways complain that
''time and a half" means in some
instances an increase let them
avoid the increase by avoiding
the overtime, for that is the de-
sire and purpose of the employees.
The railways claim there was
an increase in wages to the men,
of between 30 to AZ per cent from
1903 to 1914. This is partly true
but the price of living and the
additional work required OF the
employees has more than Offset it.
Also the wage increase came
mostly to the employees having
regular assignments and estal lis
ed hours for sersi,e, but the very
great majority Of the employees
who work in the irregular freight
service and are allowed to work
the day if sufficient freight ship
ments come to hand, but who
lose the days work if the bust
ness does not come-these ssirreg-s
ular freight service" employees
gained almost nothing, but were
crowded back to an hourly COM
pensation instead of mileage bas-
is, by excesssully long trains; or
in other words, the railways, to
recover the 1908 to 1914 wage in
crease, gave each of their irregu-
lar freight crews two trains to
handle instead of one, and this
not only deprived other crews OF
a train and their days work, but
kept the double train" dragging
along the railway until it has, in
many places, become the prac-
tice of the railways to work the
employe the Is hours AMI merely
allow them the eight hours rest,
anywhere, and then continue ON
with this freight drag as it is
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27

80 the net result of this is real
ly "a decrease in the earnings Of
the great majority of employees,
since they are forced from fast
miles also much per mile, to slow
long hours at the same rate per
hour and handle two, and often
three, trains where before they
handled one, and many other du-
ties added.
There are some railways that
require the full rs hours work,
at all times, from their employees
and it seems that the only rea-
sonable and humane solution for
this practice must be the present
movement. The railways de-
clare thrt the employees are de-
manding a 800, 100000 increase
but admit that upon many lines
and in many places there will be
but little change. I'll err may be
some inconsi1erable increase but
nothing like what the officials
claim and in the light of past ex-
perience the employees easily can
predict from what source the
railways will quickly recoup
themselves; additional duties for
employees is always fertile field
for retrenchment. But if the
employees win what they ask for
the public will soon find them an
improved class Of workers and
citizens along with this, the pub
lie will also secure an improved
railway service and prompt
freight movement.
The railroads are CIRCULATING
printed statements slowing nam
es of train service employees w, o
are being paid large wages, and
they are doing this to lead the
public to pelieve that because a
few men are earning large salar-
les, it is an example Of what the
Eaverage train service man is get
| ting. Invariably the men whose
names appear upon the lists as
example of large salaries being
paid to railway train employees
are men engaged in fast pa3sen-
ger runs and are. exceptional cas-.
es. They should not be used as
examples of what the average
train service employee gets, be-
cause in the present demand for
an eight hour day the PASSEN-
I GER SERVICE is NOT CON
CLUDED.
The public who do not always
understand railway conditions
and railway workers hear only
the railway side of the story. In
! the railway talk of moving ter
minals there is but little to heed
the railways can expedite their
freight service and continue with
their present terminals if they
really wish to do 50. In some
few cases there may be couple
of hours overtime.
When an enginee + has drawn a
check for 1868 and q conductor q
check for $247 for a months
work, the railway may call atten-
ton to this, but neglect to say
saw that these men worked ID
hours and rs minutes every day
IN the month and secured most
of their sleep in q box ccr sea
boose" out along the line. Later
when these men lay off to re-
cuperate, their big check mustof
course, dwindle and soon these
men are broken down and are
dumped on the ''scrap heap"
with the other old machinery,
and may be taken in by some
kindly relative or perhaps find
room in some distant home"
maintained by the employees
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1916-04-27

Z OUR LAUNDRY viii leave
here on Tuesday evening instead
of w ednesday in future. Gall US
and we will send after it.
Phone 36.
CITY DRUG STORE
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
SATURDAY. OCTOBER 2s. 1916
POLITICIANS AND PEACE.

The return from Europe of Ambas- sadOr Gerard and the announcement of a conference on the European sit uation between the President and MT. Gerard have intensified interest in a possible profrer of the services of this country to the belligerents looking to a cessation of hostilities. That noth ing can come of such an offer of me diation. even if it is made, is obvious so long as Englnd is determined to cXpend the last Frenchman in uphold ing her rights and Germany is indus triouSly strafinE all corners. Strong pressure is being brought to bear upon Presidcn; Wilson to persuade him to act
 While we are on the subject, it may he well to remind our readers that the originator of this peace scheme was one William ]. Bryan. he of grape juice and olive wreath fame, who fled from the Wilson cabinet because his sensitive souls could not stand the larslr words the administration was hurling at Germany.
 Mir. Bryan's line of theorizing was beautiful and comprehensive Aside from the fact that he believed in be- ing smitten on both cheeks and one end before starting a rough house, it embraced several new and startling innovations. There are several hun drcd thousand pacifists in this great land, as witness the popularity of the originator of the "Tin LizZie," the guzzler of joy-juice. Ergo if the United States will use it's influence in the interests of mediation, the pro jectOr of this peace horoscope will clip many vote coupons and win much popularity Also. it might be said, that he would receive as many Ger man-American votes as Milwaukee alderman. These have hitherto look. ed the other way when MT. Wilson passed by.
 It is realized. however, that a peace scheme embracing the cessation of hostilities would be of no value what ever for the reason that the combat ants are not in any wise exhausted. and are receiving their meal tickets with great regularity from one J. P Morgan. who believes strongly in war
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
Summons.


 In the District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third Division. Wm A. Schroeder. Plaintiff, vs. Net
 tie Schroeder, Defendant. The President of the United States of
 America, Greeting:
 To Nettie Schroeder, the Above
 Named Defendant.
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, within 30 days after the completion of the pub lication of this summons, tO-wit, within thirty (30) days after the fourth day of November 1916, and answer the complaint of Wm. A. Schroeder, the above-named plaintiff in the abOve-entitled cause. which said cause is an action for divorce in one of the cases prescribed by law, wherein the said plaintiff prays de cree of absolute divorce from you, forever dissOlving the bonds of mat rimony existing between you and the said plaintiff.
 And you are hereby notified that if you fail to appear and answer the plaintiffs said complaint as herein required. the said plaintiff will take judgment against you for want there of, and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in his said complaint as hereinabOve set out.
 The order for the publication of this summons was duly made and en' tered on the 21st day of September 1916.
 Witness, The Honorable Fred M Brown. Judge of said Court and the seal thereof, this twenty-frst day of September. in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six teen, and of our independence the one hundred fOrty-first.
 (Ofiicial SeaD ARTHUR LANG. Clerk District Court for the Territory
 of Alaska, Third Division.
 By Chas. A. Hand, Deputy. Donohoe & Dimond, Attorneys for
 Plaintiff. Pub. Sept. 23. 30, Oct. 2, IA. 21. 2s
 Nov. 4. It
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
ALCOHOL and CRIME
(From the August Forum.)
By ROBERT BLACKWOOD.

Convincing proof that liquor drink ing does not cause crime Is found in the statistics relating to the number of persons who drink, and the num- Der of criminals. AS stated above, at least 80 per cent of the adult male population of New York States uses liquor. There are nearly 3,00O,OOO adults in the state of whom 2,400,OOO drink. The report of the State Com mission of Prisons (Page 554) for 1914, gives the number of males sen tenced to Imprisonment after convic- ton during that year as 1928 or less than one per cent. Two million four hundred thousand men drink. Of these less, than one per cent com init crimes. If liquor makes crimi- nals of the one per cent why does 1t not have the same effect on the nine ty-nine per cent? Or to put it an other way: If the, use of liquor causes one per cent of the drinkers to become riminals, does 1t keep the ninety-nine per cent virtuous? How can drink be held to be the cause of crime, if 1t affects less than enc per cent of the men who use it?
 Weak Wills and Strong Drink. The prohibitionist reply to the fig ures above quoted is that liquor only makes criminals of people with weak wills, and that this is the reason why such a small percentage of the liquor users are criminals. If this is true, does it not show that it is the lack of moral character. or self-control that leads both to excessive drinking and to crime? That ninety-nine per cent of liquor drinkers are not crimi- nals proves that it is the weak will of the one per cent that is responsible for their criminal acts. If drinking liquor was of itself the cause of crime, all drinkers should be criminals When the prohibitionists' say that li- cuor-drinking makes criminals only of the weak-willed, they admit that it is weakness of will that is the source of crime.
 No sensible persons claims that li- quor drinking diminishes crime in a wet state. yet it would be just ss reas- onable as the assertion that prohibit ton decreases crime in the dry states. Two facts are clearly established by these statements: that the use of li- quor is not material factor in the causatiOn of crime, and that prohibit ton does not in any degree lessen the number of criminals. Adv.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
SHARPER SUBMARINE
 CAMPAIGN IS TINTED

BERLIN. Oct. 27.--The Kriegs Zcitung. the evening edition of the Lokal Anzeiger, publishes report that in consequence of the British having ordered the arming of all mer- Chanmen, with orders to sink all sub marines encountered, that Germany will have to take up sharper subma- rine campaign with the possible en dangerment of German American re latiOns. It continues:
 Now that England has armed her merchantmen with heavy and there. fore car-carrying guns and thus labels them as warships. 1t cannot be avoid ed that, whether we wish it or not we must give a sharper tendency to our submarine campaign"
 Eleven ships were sunk yesterday by the Germans in furtherance of this plan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
CATTLE KING LEAVES
 THOUSANDS TO POOR

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 27.-"To the poor of the City of Gilroy, Cal, to be distributed at Christmas time, s15,OO0.
 "To the poor of the City of Brock enheim, Kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, $25,OO0."
 The will of Henry Miller, who rose from butcher boy to land and cattle baron, made public here today, in- cluded these "reminiscences of early poverty. In addition, the multi-mil- lionaire included list of scores of employees who are to receive sums ranging from $25O to life pensions and homes.
 The estate, which consists wholly of stock in corporations is left to Nellie Miller Nickel, the testatOr's daughter, and her husband, J. Leroy Nickel, as trustees.
 It is provided that on their death $5O,0OO shall be given to San Fran cisco charities, the remainder going to their children, and upon the death of their children, $3OO,OOO is to be given to charity, including the estab. lishment of a hospital in Gilroy. with $5OO,OOO more for the establishment of a medical research hospital Those close to Miller in life estimated his estate at $2O,OOO,OOO or more.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
ORDER OF MERIT IS
 AWARDED CAPTAIN

BERLIN, Oct. 27.-The Order of Pour le Merite has been awarded to Lieutenant Commander Arnauld de la Perriere. commanded of the submar- inc U-53 for his achievements in sink ing 126 vessels, tOtaling 27O,000 tons.
 Among the vessels destroyed by the U-53 were one French and one Eng fish small cruiser While assigned to the Mediterranean. Commander Per Iiere sank a number of loaded trana- ports, intuition supply ships and el- even armed merchantmen. He is credited with fighting seventeen bat ties and on one voyage sunk 91 ,00G tons of shipping and brought home four cannon as prizes. The U53 visit, cd Cartegena on June 21. It was later officially announced at Berlin that the submarine carried an autograph let ter from Emperor William to King Alfonso of Spain and medical sup plies for interned Germans. News dispatches from Spain said that Com mander de la Perriere had stated while in that country that he had sunk fifty ships, including the Brit ish liner La Provence.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

and the loans it produces. Anyhow, it is not this country's tum tum, we have offered to do all we can, and our friendly offices have been suspiciously rejected.
 Also we must look on the fact that England regards Germany as whipped and would consider any peace move proposed by us as an unneutral act, in favor of Germany. The Central Powers also regard their cause IS won, and would consider interference by the United States as an unfriendly act, for the sole purpose of saving the British bacon and Morgan's money.
 President Wilson has done all in his power to keep peace. If this country's kind offices are refused, as they undoubtedly will be. the fault must be laid to the interruptions poli- ticians of all parties, who are reapine a harvest from Europe's travail.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

THE demand for resumption of the unrestricted use of the submarine is no indication that the national lead CTS will be led to blunder again. They realize that they have enough enemies already and as the imperial cLancel- Tor recently stated. the effectiveness of the submarine is not so great as some of the German people believe Il to be. Certainly it's effectiveness is not such that Germany can afford to drag still other nations, including the United States. into the war against her.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

ONE WEEK from next Wednesday will end the agony, so far as the cleo ton is concerned After that the chief bone of contention will be over who will divide the spells. And that is about all there is to politics, anyway. Several thousand men help place a man into a lucrative position and then idolize him for his kindness in allow ing them to vote for him.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

NOW that Rumania has gone the way of Belgium, Serbia and Greece, the Allies are endeavoring to get Norway to place her head oil the block.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

THE CHICAGO HERALD urges the, election of Wilson for president. There are several million voters in the country who are advocating the same thing.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

THE allies continue to float King Constantine and his government and are busily plotting a Greek republic It is not improbable that the Hellenic monarch may become, like some Of the other kings of Europe. d ruler without 0 country.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

IF HALF the energy and hot air that has been expended on the pres ent election were used for some use full purpose we would have one of the hest towns in the Territory.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28
LOCAL BREVITIES

Hand laundry. Phoae S1 McKinle. St. f
 Steam Heated Rooms. 5Oc. 75c and $l per day at the Arizona. If
 Don't forget the Clearance Sale at the Owl Drug Go.
 Fox's fresh Crab Cocktails at the LOve-Whitley Co. If
 & w canned fruits and vegetables at Blum's.
 Pure Fresh Drugs at the valdez Drug Store. If
 See our windows for Bargains at the Owl Drug Go.
 For all kinds of cement work see Blake. If
 Anything fin nugget and ivory jew elry at Valdez Drug Go.
 An up-to-date line of cook stoves and ranges at Mead's. tt
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

IF ROOSEVELT keeps on until the day of election this will be the second Republican he has kept out of the Presidential chair.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-10-28

VENIZELOS is not the first Greek who sold out his country to an enemy nation.