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The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01
No Sale

"Good afternoon, madam" said the
jeweler. "What can l show your"
I'D like to look at the platinum
sunburst in the window, if you don't
mind"
Happy was the jeweler to oblige; SC
many people buy automobiles nova
days and so few buy sunbursts.
He climbed into his window on his
hands and knees. Carefully reaching
past hundred other articles on dis
play there, he secured the beautiful
object that had caught the lady's eye
He set it before her on the counter.
She examined it closely. GLOW much
is it," she asked. He told her.
"Thank you," she said. "My hus-
band gave me one like it for Christ
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Peter Knight, defeated
for political office in his town, decides tc
venture New York in order that the fam.
sly fortunes might benefit by the expected
rise of his charming daughter, Lorelel.
CHAPTER ia well-known critic in
terviews Lorelei Knight, now stage beau.
ty with Bergmans Revue, for special
article. Her coin-hunting mother outlines
Lorelei's ambitions, but Slosson, the press
agent, later adds his information.
CHAPTER III-Lorelei attends Mil
ionaire lannon's gorgeous enter
sainment. She meets Merkle, a veal
Thy dyspeptic, who seems fond of
scandal.
CHAPTER ". - Bob Wharton
breaks into the ball in a novel way
md wins thousand dollars from his
ather. Merkle asks Lorelei to be his
detective in an affair which he fears.
The intoxicated Bob Wharton insults
Lorelei and then jumps into the foun-
tain.
CaASI r4rI vim knights doings dis
gust Lorelei and arouse her suspicion.
Her dressing room partner looms as a
central figure in the blacllmail scheme
against Harmon. Mrs. Croft, the dresser,
tells what she heard.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01

Harmon. I've heard enough to know
hat him and her is after his money
millions of it. Mister Jim can tell you
cyerything-"Mrs. Croft broke off her
narrative suddenly, and Miss Lynn her.
self burst into the room, painting from
swift run up the stairs.
'Quick, Croft! Don't be all thumbs
now" She tossed a sealed letter upon
her table, rapidly unlocked her dress,
stepped out Of it, and then seated her
self, extending her feet for a change
Of slippers. She took the moment to
open and read her note.
Lorelei looked up from her sewing
at little cry of rage from Lilas. Miss
Lynn had torn the message into bits
and flung it from her; her eyes were
blazing.
1.-THE idiotr' she cried. furiously, ris-
ng so abruptly as almost to upset Mrs.
Croft.
"What is it?"
"T-must telephone-quick! I must;
)r-Lorelei, dear, will you do me a
'avor? Run down to the door and tele-
)hone for me? l won't be off again
i'll the curtain, and that will be too
ate" Lorelei rose obediently That's
- dear. Call Tony the BARRIERS place
I've forgotten the number-any-
low, you can find it, and ask for Max.
Tell him it's off; he can't come"
"Who can't come? MAXI?
"No. Just say. 'Lilas sends word
hat it's off; he can't come He'll I'M
Ierstand. There's my cue now. I'll
10 as much for you" Lilas was off
With rush, and Lorelei FASTENED
fter her, specializing vaguely as to
he cause of all this anxiety. AS Lo-
'elei hurried down the passageway a
nan in evening dress turned, and she
recognized Robert Wharton.
'fYou are sent from heaveuI he
ried, at sight of her. Il enter out Of
he night and unburden my heart to
his argus-eyed Waterman, and. 10!
on come flying in answer to my wish.
luick service, Judge. In appreciation
{ your telepathy l present you with
some lumbago cure" He tossed
bank note to Regain, who snatched it
eagerly on the fl
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01
IN COURT OF THE COUNTY
JUDGE, STATE OF FLORIDA,
PINELLAS COUNTY.

In re Estate of
John F. Cogan, Deceased.
To all Creditors, Distributes and all
Persons having Claims or Demands
against said Estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified and required to present any
claims and demands which you, or
either of you may have against the
estate of John F. Cogan, deceased,
late of Pinellas County, Florida, to
the undersigned Administrative of
said estate within two years from the
date hereof.
Dated June 9Th, 1916.
HAZEL HILL,
Administrative of the Estate of John
F. Cogan, Deceased.
Sat.-1 Mo. Tarpon Springs, Fla.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01
CHAPTER vi.

Lorelei did not secure another word
alone with the dresser until the middle
of the second act, by which time Mrs.
Croft was her own colorless, work
worn self once more.
81 don't know no more than I told
you," she Informed Lorelei MIR. Mel
cher has been coming here for a long
lime. and he ALWAYS talks about Mr..
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01
Tarpon Springs
Ice and
Electric
Company
Muzzled

Students of garters-have you heard
of the Harvard students who spied a
pair with silver clasps in a Harvard
square show window, and thinking to
raise a smile at least, from the charm
er at the counter, asked the price of
dog collar, pointing at the same time
to the silver-clasped garter. She turn
ed, looked sweetly at the young men,
and said: eve do not separate them
for puppies, ir."-Boston Herald.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01

mas and l just wanted to know how
much it cost him. Good day."-New-
ark News.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1916-07-01

Everything in Its Turn.
To everything there is season and
q time to every purpose.-Ec clesiastes.
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Sein r all.

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fam Gin Rann nit Der 5raoe:
.&6unen Sic mid nldt ais GeA
biIfen brailhen2"
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,uno ba made ih Die slrbeit alIein,"
llnbeirrt er,taegnete Der anoere:
.Das marc nun geraoe et,uos paiieH.
oes Fir mid.
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Der arpbe Tag.

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Ser 5aeb pirtlit eintn srObsn 5asS~
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tak Der Dilbbdnbler Wleper 3u bsa
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
HARD ROADS BOOST LAND VALUES

SO long as the Livestock World, pub
lished in the stockyards and sold ex-
clusively to farmers is not under sus-
picion Of seeking to exploit the farmer.
the following from it's editorial COL
umns will be accepted as au,horita-
tive:
I'm Franklin county. New York
where 124 miles of good road has been
built, eight pieces of land selected at
random increased IS per cent in val
ue. In Lee county Virginia, which
built elghtyfour miles of road, land
advanced % per cent in value. Spot
sylvania county. in the same state. i'm
proved forty one miles Of road and the
land adjoining sold for s4475 where
previous to the Improvement it had
been bought for just SEQ less an acre.
After Manatee county. Florida had
constructed sixty-four miles of ma
cadam increased more than $40 per
acre in less than two wears and the
land a mile away from the road
showed an increase Of $40 an acre. In
Wood county Ohio. where land has
been drained and bounded by lime
stone pixies, the values have risen from
so to $3.50 an acre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
WHAT HAPPENED TO ROBB.

W. II. RObb was removed yesterday
from the postnnastership at Creston
with half his fonr-vear term vet to
run. Robb, as everybody in southern
Iowa knows, has been a strong and
consistent fighter in the cause of DEM
ocracy many years, having held hope
and fought republicans even in the
darkest hour of democratic despair.
Not long ago he suffered an attack of
apoplexy and has been in i'll health.
His removal was on the grounds Of Ill
health and consequent incapacfty.
The removal for the alleged cause
would not be so noticeable were It not
for the fact that the man who wanted
the postoffice and got it is a partner
Of the chairman of the democratic
state committee. DIR. J. w. Reynolds,
and that he succeeded in getting the
office from Robb over a Wholesale Pc
tition" signed by Creston people.
& Imagine z The. e::ttccrryy that would &C
up had republican administration re-
moved a democrat under the same cir
cumstances. 1t is to be assumed that
the postoffice was going on all right
Most postofrices would were the p. ms
to go to bed. Sickness is not the only
evidence Of incapacity and in most Of
fees the deputies are fairly competent.
Robb got the postofrice because he was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

are to be delivered to the coast in 1917.
The American Shipbuilding Com
pany at Cleveland has an order for six
steam freighters from Norwegian In
terests and the Toledo Shipbuilding
Company for four boats from the same
source. The latter company also IS
building six auxiliary schooners for
New York interests. g. x 80
The Manitowoc Shipbutlding Com
pany has orders for three steam traw-
lers from a Boston concern and for a
government survey boat toSbe used in
Alaskan waters. Five huge bulk
freighters are to be built by the Amer
lean Shipbuilding Company at its Lo-
rain yards in 1916 and ten In 1917. Or
ders for seven other such boats for
1916 delivery have been distributed
among smaller shipyards on the Great
Lakes. +teS ~ &C.,.
At Cleveland 1t is understood that
Italian interests are negotiating for
twenty eight ocean-going trading yes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
THE BEST is GOOD ENOUGH.

A man named Buchanan had a pub
lie sale on his farm in Mitchell county
the other day. II brought him $4,000
gross. However. 1t isn't uncommon for
an Iowa farmer to take in $4,000 to
$40. 200 at an auction. There was how
ever. one extremely uncommon Incl
dent at that sale.
He had 100 bushels Of seed corn. 1t
sold at an average Of So a bushel at
auction.
If that seed is s5 per cent good the
seed corn was the cheapest thing
bought at the sale. 1t meant a dollar
an acre for seed to those who bought
it. What's dollar an acre on an Iowa
corn field when it comes 10 a question
Of returns? Two bushels in the fall.
That 100 bushels of seed will plant
500 acres Of corn. The difference be-
tween full stand and one IS per cent
short on sixty bushel corn would be
twenty bushels to the acre or $1,000
bushels. The seed cost $500. The pro-
fit on good seed to those who bought
and planted it would be the difference
between $500 and $4,000 Anywhere
between eight and eighteen automo-
biles to that neighborhood that repre-
sent the velvet in businesslike farm
ing. Or from four to eight miles of
graveled roads or 6 mile of paved
road and a lot Of other things that are
new and desirable from a standpoint
OF living up TO the opportunities and
responsibilities OF farm land that will
render back the biggest returns to
common sense and industry of any
farm lands on earth.
Good seed corn. good farming, good
schools, the best Of everything for
Iowa. That's the true slogan
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

democratic politician. not because
there were not plenty Of men in Cres-
ton who could run the office as well
or better than he. Seems like 1t could
have got along a little while without
dragging the office out from under a
sick man. Especially a democrat who
had labored so hard and long for the
democracy and a postoffice.
Funny thing, politics. 1t isn't a
blood brotherhood by any means. Har-
mony in adversely changes to a dog
fight
Contention comes with the bone.
Still it seems that when a bone has
been fairly acquired and buried the
crippled owner ought to get some con-
sideration from his own pack.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
Of Those Who Walk Alone.

Of Those Who Walk Alone.
Women there are on earth. most sweet
and high.
and lonely,
Loving that one lost heart until they
die,
Loving it only.
of flowers:
Consoled by subtler loves the angels
know
Thru childless hours.
they bless
row:
Their look is balm their touch is ten
derness
To all sorrow.
Betimes the world smiles at them. as
'twere shame.
This maiden guise, long after Youths
departed:
But in Gods Book they bear another
name
The faithfu1-hearted
Faithful In life, and faithful unto
death.
Such souls in sooth illume with lus-
ter splendid
That glimpsed. glad land wherein the
vision saith.
Farth's wrongs are ended
Richard Burton In the New York
Evening Mail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
MOODS

no spiel; sit here twddlng of thumbs. and long.
Ing for meal And oft feel privation's lash upon my
person fall: o. for plate of beef hash. O. for
Goldfish BALI" such things as moods the
short-hared poet said land write plattudes
that tester in my head. Perhaps song 10 not il
spired, perhaps It's lacking Art perchance makes the
highbrow tired and breaks the pursts heart; but MI
the merchants in grad pleased to get ade they
know that when owe scad, that scad Ia promptly
paid. Each day I buckle down to work regardless OF
my mood just like tnsnith a clerk. with earnest
zeal imbued; and then, until muscles tire turnout
my eight hour day punch the stufnng from iyre
make that punching pay Should for inspiration
wait, could not turn the trick; could not
credit straight get meals on tick" S9sfs4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
CUMMINS OR ROOSEVELT. 4
lBoone NeWs-Republican

EBoone News-Republican.1
The Washington correspondent OF
the Des Moines Register and Leader
predicts that the presidential POSSIBLE
tiles of the republican party will be
reduced down to Cummins and Roose-
welt. This is rather radical pre-
diction as there are many other good
men In the republican party who have
not laid down hope as yet. 1t is true,
however, that Cummins is forging
strongly ahead in the number Of dele
gates he will have pledged at the
startoff. .I
If the contest dwindles down to a
choice as between Cummins and
Roosevelt it ought not to take the con-
vention five minutes to settle the mat
ter in favor Of Senator Cummins. This
whole mighty country Is anxious to
restore business administration to
the seat Of government in Washing
ton. All that the republicans have to
do this year is to nominate republi-
can who can be elected. The only pos
sible mistake the convention could
make is to nominate a man who can
not be elected.
Almost anyone can be elected on
the republican ticket this year, but
there are exceptions. Mr.. Taft or Mr..
Roosevelt could not be elected. The
nomination of the former would
ALLEVIATE one-half of the republican
party and the nomination of the latter
would ALLEVIATE the other half. The
convention must go outside Of the
principal characters in the bitter fight
of 1912. It must conform to the pro-
prieties OF harmony. 1t must not nomi-
nate an extreme Of either wing of the
party. 1t would be foolish to nomi-
nate Barnes, or Penrose. and it would
be foolish to nominate La Toilette but
it would be the height of folly to nomi-
nate either Of the losing candidates in
the 1912 struggle. 1t would be con-
fession of the utter lack Of suitable
material for progress in the republic
can party to revive the sores which
split it in twain four years ago. If the
party Is looking for sue
cess 1t must cast loose from the stones
which dragged 1t down by the neck In
the last presidential campaign. It Is
that the party will ad-
vance an "old man Of the sea" as
standard bearer in 1916.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

| Ambition Is slow, relentless mall
i ady which attacks people in the head
and feet and never lets go Until the
| votes are counted. This disease Is
! responsible for more blighted hopes
than the counterfeit corn eradicator.
which starts out full Of promise and
winds UP with a heavily increased
acreage
| Ninety-nine times out of hundred
| ambition is caused by the office hunt
ing microbe, which has wrecked so
many happy homes and fiourlshing
law practices. This microbe began to
do business In this country immedi-
| ately after George Washington re-
fused a third term in the presiden-
tial Office. Washington was the only
office holder Of whom we have any
record who was immune to the in
sidious plea OF this microbe. When
ut approached him he spurned it
with much Indignation and his left
foot, preferring to retire to his farm
at Mt. Vernon and thus escape the
clamor Of the postoffice petition.
Mr.. Washington set q, noble example
for posterity, but posterity's method
is to hang on until shaken loose by
the Icy finger of death or Jared away
from the trough by an embittered
electorate, F-
Ambition usually starts out in a
small. weak way, like running for.
justice of the peace or member Of
the school board. but if not checked
in it's first stages will usurp the seat
Of reason. This accounts for the
large number of men in congress
who, would be of more use to their
country in some humble pursuit, like
delivering groceries or running a
feed stable, but who have yielded to
ambition and are now trying to catch
up with their campaign expenses.
The political graveyard is dotted with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

sells OF 3.000+tons each. IN addition "a
all this building activity twenty-fouz
freighters with total capacity Of liz
700 tons have changed hands on the
Great Lakes in the vicinity OF Cleve-
land since the first Of the year. Since
last October. vixen the present boom
first began to be felt. eighty vessels
with an aggregate tonnage OF s0g000
tons have been sold on the Great
Lakes. This is exclusive of packags
freighters and Canadian ships.
A new shipbuilding company shae
just been organized at Duluth by Capt
Alexander MacDougall, who has beeh
interested in the Collingwood yards.
The new company already has an orr
dar for boat Of the Welland canni
size. "a .v ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02

Women have just as much am.
bition as men, but it is better d.
rected. 1t is the height Of woman's
ambition to cook a better turkey or
wear a newer gown than anybody In
her club, and when she does this She
is satisfied. Woman always knows
whether she is destined to be home
body or a social luminary, and YOU
never see her running for some Office
which will not fit around the neck
or anywhere else. Man should take
q lesson from woman and thus im-j
prove the quality of our lawmakers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
Topics of the Times

The Burlington Hawkeye puts it
squarely up to the doubters by saying.
as to the claim that hard roads are
| possible without Increased taxation:
! To retort that it can not be done. is
! no reply at all. First prove that it is
| impossible before, making the asser-
ton. Failing in this, it then becomes
/ the part of wisdom to look a clear-cut
business proposition squarely in the
i face and ascertain the truth"
President Wilson's notification to
congress that he is himself the whole
cheese in foreign relations is the very
thing to set congress asserting itself
Other presidents have put up Keep
Off the Grass" signs but they never
kept an American congress from cut
ting across. The president. disinclined
as he seems to be toward the kaiser.
evidently finds the "verboten" system
appealing.
England is inaugurating a national
campaign of economy in struggle
that depends upon economic exhaus-
ton the saving should have begun ar
the beginning. That's the German
idea. The people at home win the war
quite as much as those in the field.
sHs
Henry Ford has announced that he
is not To be seriously considered as a
candidate for the presidency. Mr..
Ford may dismiss any worry he has
had in this direction. Nobody ever
considered it seriously unless Mr. Ford
He could have put his head in a barrel
TO make the announcement and
reached every serious considerer.
A Sioux City judge has recided that
the anti-,ipping law is unconstitu-
tional as class legislation. OF course
the supreme court has the last guess
but the popular verdict reversed the
law long ago If all the tippers and
tippees were arraigned before the bar
Of justice the barber shops and hotels
would have to close for the day.
The man or the country that seeks
trouble is pretty certain to find II.
The bystander who insists upon crowd
ing into the outskirts Of a free fight
usually carries away a souvenir.
That old headline American Killed
in Mexico" keeps on cropping up on
the front pages Those Americans
We're warned" by the president. But
mans as dead in Mexico as he would
be in the Atlantic ocean. 4
a case in Waterloo charges an in
surance agent with intent TO mug and
kiss" a lady. That's getting the mat
ter down to a pretty close margin
isn't ii? Il:
The Carroll Herald and the Carroll
Times are a the outbreak OF hostili
ties. Hungerford has referred to
Bundy as a "saxaphone enthusiast"
Tut, tut, the Names and Manson.
Iowa.
AS a current evidence OF prosperity
note the boost of. wage to Burlington
section men. They had been getting
Is cents an hour. Now they are
revelng in a cent an hour raise.
Photograph agents and auto sales
men take notice.
A 1900 car is utterly out Of place in
1916. SO Is an 1875 highway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
THAT DEMOCRATIC SPLIT.


Various prominent democrats or Iowa
held a conference Friday in Des
Moines, the conference, as we UNDER
stand it. running thru the most of F'ri-
day night and having some aftermath
on Saturday. Just what was settled
is not clear; but there Is an UNDER
standing that the settlement, whatever
1t was, was not satisfactory and that
there will in consequence be two states
presented for the important state NOM
nations on the democratic ticket.
Seemingly the organization which may
be regarded as regular, conservative
and generally unfavorable to prohibi-
tion has not yet agreed upon its can
didate for governor - for the reason
principally that neither Ed Meredith.
Wilbur Marsh nor Farley Sheldon has
yet expressed a willingness to be q
candidate. On the other hand, the ele-
ment which Is set down as insurgent,
progressive and for prohibition, has a
single choice in favor Of Senator
Clarks on, of Abba, author Of the bill
for the repeal of the mulct law. who
is at least believed to be willing to
answer to his party's call. A primary
contest along the lines indicated would
have a good deal of interest in the
state; but to the outsider it would ap-
pear almost inevitable that the reg
ulars should control the nomination.
In the remote possibility of the demo-
Gratis nominating Clarkson and Of the
republicans putting up a confirmed OPP
ponent of prohibition we think we can
see likelihood of Mr.. Clarkson receiv-
ing an immense republican vote In the
elect ion. But even then, we should re-
gard his election as improbable; for we
do not believe that the democrats OF
the river counties would stand for him
for either nomination or election. We
do think, however. the republicans will
save great deal of trouble all along
the line by not making the sort of a
nomination above suggested.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-02
He Understood.

DESTROYS Of effecting economy, was
travelling In a tflird-class carriage with
d rather rough locking workman. The
latter exhibited surprise at suSh s.; :
perior company. and, consumed by
curiosity. inquired:
II suppose you are a poor curate,
SIR"
'Er-no," weakly replied the bishop,
mot exactly--Dut--Dut 1 was oI,uv 9
curate."
Il see,'' commented the other: that
'orrid drink again !"1I Liverpool Mer-
curry.