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The Present Whereabouts Of the
short and Ugly Word.

\ spirited and, We hope. greatly
exaggerated account of an episode at
the mortuary meeting Of the Pro-
grcssive National Committee appears
in II Chicago despatch to the New
York World. Mr.. B%ArNBRipGE Colby
of New York had nominated Mr..
NiCToR MrRpoCk of Kansas for Pres
ident Of the United States. To fill the
vacancy on the Progressive ticket
caused by Colonel RoosEvELr's patri-
otto declination. Considerable AZ
plause followed. Then this Is what
occurred. according to the Worlds
correspondent
"RAYMoNp ROBINS Of Chicago was
discovered on his feet. excitedly calling
for recognition.
81 would Hike to ask Mr.. COLBY,
he said. whether he has any assurance
that Mr.. MuRpocK will accept the nomi-
nation
"CoiBY retorted that he had not. but
mat on the ctner nann ne mao no ~
surance that he would not.
We'll said the Chicagoan. the last
talk I had with Mr.. MvRpocK ne said
he would under no circumstances accept
The nomination. Now. ! want to ask
Mr.. Colby II he has not already agreed
to support WILSON
"'No. I have not roared CotRr, and
Mr. RoPiSs knows I nave not.
~ believe you have, nevertheless,
SAID ROBINS.
Then you lie. n YOU say that
nave, was CoLBr's retort.
81 still gay So shot back RoPiSs
Then you are a liar" Colby
shouted.
THE meeting was In an uproar b>
this time. Rig BILL FILM Of Pennsyl'
vania took the floor with a rush.
~ demand order, ne shouted. =
believe Mr.. Colby should he elected
from the room. He wouldn't call me a
liar and get away with II. I move tc
exclude him from the hall.
~ think both OF them should be
excluded. put in HENRY F. CocHEMs %
Wisconsin. One was a. bad as IN
other.
From tho point Of view of rarlia
mentary decnrum we are hound e
say that the neutral and impartin
attitude Of Mr.. CoCHrMs Is far more
admirable than the defiant partisan
ship Of Big BILL Finn. We hope
however, that both Mr.. BArSBRlDGI
Colby and Mr.. RAYMOND RoRrSs were
misunderstood by the reporters pres
ent NJ the meeting.
II will he obvious To the meanes
understanding that II u~nfortunatel!
the foregoing Is an accurate rec"r
Of the proceedings, Mr.. Colby an'
Mr.. RoBINs could not both have beer
%intrcnched in truth; and that ANA
MAS stands battling Mt Armageddon
wherce nearly all but him have fled.
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The committee tried again to get
papers desired from the fles Of the
Gaynor administration .-Lotest ne,Us Of
the Thompson inquisttton.
The upstate Senator Is no re-
specter Of lenses. Past and present
be the same to him. but his
friends might commend TO him n GER
tain reasonable regard for the future.
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What Lincoln Did Not Saw,

To THE EDITOR ~ THE suN-Str.
have read with complete approval your
editorial article IN the Horses and the
stream" and am moved to suggest that
Lincoln never said anything against
swapping n mule or a donkey for a
horse. e..
WASHINGTON. n. e., June ~
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Ripon, Wis. has a population Of
about 5000. Nine per cent. i5o. of
its citizens have Joined with it's Com
mon Council and its Commercial Club
In requesting, through senator PAUL
q HrsTING, that Congress divert the
SIS 00o recently appropriated for a
building at Ripon to military use.
"preferabiy in the aviation service.
The conversion Of pork into patriot
.sin involves some niceties Of parlia-
mentary procedure. but when 1t comes
to America First the anne of these
LOYAL Badgers lead all the rest.
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dunn and light weight horses for mill.

tary and other purposes. a
Some Of the greatest markets for
foreign buyers have been In north
western Missouri and in Washington
and Oregon. Perhaps as many ns
j00,OON horses have been sent to Eu-
ropean battlchelds. These represent
the pick Of the animals offered. This.
however. does not exhaust the supply
of horses In this country. Artillery
horses can yet he secured without
great difficulty. and dealers In big
centres If tho trade say good cavalry
mounts. though scarce. ran still he
obtained. Restriction Of expectation
may. however. yet he n necessary
measure to insure II needs.
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Railroad men are soldiers now.

The gentleman In Alton. Ill. who
paid a five dollar fine for smashing
a slot machine that failed To work
he had fed Ave coins into its
capacious nav got his moneys worth
m advance. 1t was not the pennies
but the principle Of the thing that
moved him to violent action.
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Patriotism Not n New Thing In LII
tie RIpOn.

To TIVE EDITOR OF TIVE efr TNe
town OF E!pon. In Wisconsin, which s."
sires to have the money appropriated
by Congress for n post office Their. used
for the construction OF army aero
planes. g evidently stu aG Catrtotic a5
II was when II gave birth To- tho Re.
publican party, the party ~ the people
patriotism and protection. RADGFa.
NEW York, June ~
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.olor>i ThrodOre RooSe,er'

Colonel Theodore RoOSeteif,
SIR No man who ever lived before con-
verted IN twenty-:our hours one million
enemies into one million friends No man
who ever lived before has the record you
now possess All doubts and clouds have
cleared away. and You stand IN the sun-
light revealed. IA great ami noble nslre.
and WI! 20 down in American history "a
such.
rs conqu.rins yours.lf you hsv- con-
lu"reI your enemies ! fee happy 20 see
that you have absolutely followed Gay the
lines set forth in my letters Of Apri, : ana
June : which were inspired by earnest,
true, patriotic Amer!cdnism, witch millions
81 other Americans posses. 80 largely and
set forth 80 rarely.
Al Americans. all real man. are proud
OF YOU and believe you viii round out your
splendid commencement by a glorious and
triumphant ending. ana gain tho further
gratitude OF every true American.
GEoRGs l.. CrsnrD-
Eyy YoRE. June 2r
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tive Of preparedness. SExrus POM
PEIus FEsrus. grammarian, G.. A. d.
$50, ed. KARL OTrrRIED MUELLER. cites
"vivissimus' without example" The
Chief Quartermaster has realized a
state OF LIKENESS which the people of
CAIrs julius CESAR recognized in
their grammar hut not in their pre-
served literary utterances.
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Send Them Away with Your Smiles.

SEN them away with your smiles,
Not with sad tears at the parting.
Theirs the wearisoms miles.
Heartaches and smart!ng.
Give them the hand that IA warm.
Hold them n ome heguilinE
Theirs the m"m'rles that charm
Good byrs ana smiling,
Smother an, smother your sob-.
san the hearts tr.mulous aching.
Theirs the pulls" beat that throhs,
Bleeding and breakins,
Il wt'l civ" cheer IN the boys.
when the long, veari.ome miles
Come hetw.en them ana Mss joys--
Gooh-byes and smiles.
AoaAcs suyhous kSLLsA.
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, Missouri professor Of chemistry

promises to out-Burbank BURBANK,
turning potatoes into fruit by con
verting their starch into sugar while
the tuhers grow, and, with other won
ders. producing grapefruit without
bitterness JosEpHUs and the Com
moner would appreciate a wizardry
that could take the bitterness ont Of
grape Juice.
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Niyissimus t. salute Motto displayed
IN the once 81 the Chtet Qunr,ermaster
Of the Department Of The Fost
The sentiment IL unmistakable and
admirable. The Latin 10 the superla-
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N our friends ,rho favor US rith mann.
a~rfpss and Whsf rIiI0pS for publication irtNh
10 hare rsjscfed drtr'es rcfhru"d fb'y must
In aN cases ScHd stamps FOR h1f purpose
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-28

The poonle II Mount Lebanon. accord
ing to the latest reports. ara suffering
untold m~iseries ard pr!vat'ons they are
actually DYING OF hunger the country *
threatened with famine And the recent
visit Of t.nver Pasha TO syria, Instead Of
aTording nope ~ instant relief. has
added 10 their distress and DESPAIR.
For Enver pasha mas cut Of all food
supplies from Mount Lebanon. except a
miserable excuse for flour. a Black mix
ture OF oats and sawdust, Of which n
person gets but four kilograms every
twenty-five days. This nou IS not only
not nourish!ng but eugendcrs disease
Th" result 70 thai peor'" are ,"-'shi"g ~
hunger. MANY Of them are found doe1
on the roads and in the valleys, where
they go seeking nour!shmer' ~ ~"
herbs. which they cannot Nrd. for IN"
locusts. to add to the Affections % the
country. have been for the last eleven
months its unwelcome guest and rave
scarcely left a green thing
All mules and horses and cattle have
been requ.sitioned for the army and for
lack Of oxen and lack Of seed It IS i'm
possible To cultivate tho and or TO SOW
new crops.
The leaders ~ the people, Including
many Bishops. have been ex.led wholn
families have been driven. either by hun
ger or by the Government, 20 the in
terror and the number OF the dead IS 60
increasing day by day that Il =. r'Nit
was issued FOR the burial outside the
cemeteries.
In many villages a third or moro -
the population have died ~ starvation.
Y IS true that the people Of Mount Lei r.
non are not permitted to buy any ~ tSe
immediate necessities OF i!fe IN Beirut.
And whoever is found smuggling Hpyr or
bread into the mountains - stripped ov
the soldiers on guard and whipped.
Hunting rights TOO have been suspended,
and no one dares carry a shotgun.
Up 20 this month, May. about 10000,
il Is estimated. have died OF starvation
As for the money that was sent 10 IN"
PEOPLE OF Mount Lebanon and Syria from
their relatives IN America, the Govern
ment has ordered the American mission
aries who kindly undertook the trans
mission Of Il 10 deposit all sums received,
IN the names Of their respective rec!p!-
ents. IN the Imperial Ottoman Bank q
Beirut. And then Il issued an order 20
the bank that said sums shall he paid N
monthly instruments q year after the
date on which they we're deposited And
the payments shall be in h!is, not IN
uold. at the rate OF exchange o: 50 0ias-
tres n pound sterling, which IN normal
times Ia worth 1886 piastres
\ whole people, under these appalling
I circumstances. Is doomed 20 extinction
And the gallows, which are stil! standing
IN the squares OF the leading cities. axe
adding 70 the horror OF the situation
Last month eleven people wore hanged N
+ Beirut eight In Alci. Mount Lebanon
seven In damascus and nine IN Hlfa.
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london once. 4o.43 Fleet street. .
Paris Office. Il Rue de IA Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre SspteWhr".
Washington ofico. HIbbs Ruili ng.
BROOKLYN oficr. los LIVINGSTON street.
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A Short Hut Enthusiastic Poem.

To THE FpiroR OF THs srN-rsir;
Uncle Sam A. last has hurst hts chetn ans
shackles.
Do1ed his classic Princeton 20 an. soun
as we'll:
Now he's through with ~a'chtu' WAITING
Through with foolish hes!ta''ng
Ana he'll surely give those GreAsers merry
he'll"
" ?, X. Jr.
DsnoEposT. Conn. June ~
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Published daily. Including sunday. hy the
sun Printing nn1 Publishing Nssociation at
$50 Nassau street. In the borough Of Man
haitian. New York President and Treas
urer, william g Reick, $50 Nassau street
Vice President. Edward y. Mitchell. -"
Nassau street Secretary, G. r. Luxton. loo
Nassau street.
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SYRIA TO-DAY.
Locusts Have stripped the Land OF
Green Things. the Turks Cypress.

FROM Hf'HHF- Hi-tNNTD OI tHlS 'ND'
CAIRO. May Ell cablcd you last week
OF the death of 50. uu0 people IN Mount
Lebanon, syria. Of stui,atiou. The cable
gram Of the United Syrian Society Of
New York in reply. asking for further
details. was received to-day and will he
read AZ a general meeting ~ SNrians
here, which Will he nrld at the Iatit-
archates OF the Greek catholic church.
\ Naronitc riiest seut from here N
investigate conditions iu Nount Lebanon
was taken on a French torpedo boat and
; landed somewhere on the Syrian coast.
lie had great difficulty In getting into
and on, Of the country HIS story, as 7
have 1t from his own lips. 10 that the
misery Of the people of Mount Lebanon
is past description. In one town alone.
Ashkout. only ninetv-four people stu
exist. the rest Of the population having
persisted Of starvation. And the death
rate has risen 10 such m extent that the
: Mutisarref Governor Munif rasha is
sued a decree allowiue the people 10 bury
their dead without a legal permit. iiu'
when he Mas appealed to he said. And
has any woman eaten. her own child vet
n Mount Lebanon? NO. Then there Is
no hunger and no famine In tho land
What little hour reaches Mount l.cba-
non is sold for % ~piasttes a rotl tahout
20 cents n poundl. while in Beirut i is
Sflll 1iT " I'iNlT'r. ANU IllE llF'li ~ N4A
a ground mixture Of oats and fodder and
n Ndust.
Any one ~ Beirut or In Damascus
I who is found carving bread to Mount
Lebanon is arrested and punished.
beaten with the lash.
Armenian girls are sold in the streets
of Beirut for IN or 20 ~piastres each :.
sold to Mohamnedans only. for II hap
pcned that a Christian one day bought
f e,t,Na 80 sIago girls 70 raertta tho, m hut
when tho matter was brought TO the at
tontion Of the Government they wcre
taken away from him and he was
whipped.
Among the many who were hanged ror
Z political offences was Joseph iiany.
whose name was subscribed TO n petition
found i'm the archives ~ the French CON
sulate in Beirut. asking ~ France that
Beirut he included in tho autonomous
plan Of Mount Lebanon.
We have appealed 70 the French agent
and the English Nlcerov IN Egypt. who
promised to communicate with their Gov
to the end that the Govern
ment OF the United states or rs agents
undertake the distribution Of food among
the stricken people.
The last news reaching us from Mount
Lebanon confirms the past reports I
quote from the latest communication.
which IL presumably from the Patriarch
OF the Maronites: Send us food. not
gold. For II gold were Of any use 20 rs
at present / should have long since dis
posed of the gold and sllverware Of III"
churches to feed the starving people
The relief committee which Is to be
organized under the auspices OF the sui
tan If Egypt. with one OF the princes ~
the royal family for It's chairman. IS go-
ing to obtain Tor us permission OF the
. Turkish Government to introduce food
stuff into Syria and Mount Lebanon.
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Hsnoxrosr, Conn. yuns ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10

Among the recent numerous and in
teresting rumors about the German
crown prince-emanating from French
and English sources. -. however-was
one to the effect that the German milf.
tary authorities were dissatisfied with
his conduct at ,the attack at Verdun
and would supersede him by, Prince
Aibrecht Of wurtemberE." The latter
lis one Of Gefmany's n4est famous royal
generals and Mas corninanded "a divis-
ion consisting Of several army corps,
Of the army operating in France He
is a member Of the Nucal line Of the
royal house of wurtefnberg and is 4s
years old.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10
BUILDING BUILT TEN YEARS AGO
AT JEFFERSON DECLARED
READY TO COLLAPSE.
BOARD ORDERS STRUCTURE
ABANDONED AT ONCE
Architect Who Examines Building
Makes Alarming Report-Ereeted at
Cost of s1o,ooo-Plans Declared -
Have Been Faulty-New Roof and
Alterations May Make Building Safe.

Jefferson, March 10.--'I would not
allow a child of mine to attend school
in the building" said Architect H. D.
Rawson. Should those roof trusses
give way and fall, the entire interior of
the building would be crushed to the
basement
1t has been a wellknown fact for
several years that the present high
was more or less defective not only
archi,ecturally hut in construction as
well. 4 short time after it was finished
several large cracks appeared in the
walls. one in particular near the south =
west corner of the building, showing
in a marked way. Some little time
ago the board of education had these
cracks filled with cement. Late last
week it was noticed that the cracks
were again gaping open. The board,
fearing some possible damage to the
building upon thawing out Of the
ground and spring settling. decided to
have the building examined by an
architect. They accordingly called Mr..
Price. who is local supervisor of the
new court house construction, and that
gentleman made brief inspection.
Mr.. Prices report was not at all re-
assuring, as he found conditions to the
north and south walls and the roof to
be in critical way. He recommend d
that the assembly room of the high
school he not used until such time as a
more complete survey be made by
some other architect. AcCoTdinSi: the
high school was dismissed Monday
noon to await the report OF Ny, Raw
son. member Of the firm of Proudfoot
& Rawsnn, who came Tuesday and
made an inspection. The following
day the board ordered the vacating of
the entire building.
He reported the building as posi-
lively unsafe for occupancy and that
should the roof collapse. as seems i'm
minent, the heavy weight would carry
the floors clear to the basement, and
probably Kill any one in the building.
He recommends that the entire roof be
removed, and a fiat roof placed there
on. and that interior changes be made
in order TO bring the walls more firm
y together. He is sending his en-
gineer here, who will examine the
trusses and see if It Is possible TO
anchor them safely so the building can
be used for school purposes until the
end of the term. ..e.;.x.
The building was erected ten years
ago at a cost OF $50, 900 -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10
EVEN CROSS, SICK
CHILDREN !.
SYRUP OF FIGS
LOOK AT TONGUE! IF FEVERiSH,
BILIOUS, coNSTiPATED, +;
TAKE NO CHANCES. ."
"cAlIfORNIA SYRUP OF FIGS"
CAN'T HARM TENDER SToM.i
,ACH, LIVER, BOWELS. .~

Don't scold your fretful. peevish
child. See If tongue is coatedt this
is a sure sign it's little stomach, liver
and bowels are clogged with sour
waste. 80.
When listless. pale, feverish. full CT
cold, breath bad, throat sore. doesn't
eat. sleep or act naturally has stom-
achache, indigestion. diarrhoea, give
g. teaspoonful of California Syrup OF
Figs" and In few hours all the foul
waste, the sour bile and Ifermenting
food passes out Of the bowels and you
have7a we'll and playful child again.
Children love this harmless fruit lax
ative," and mothers can rest easy
after giving 1t. because it never falls
to make their little "insides" clean and
sweet ~ s M -.
Keep it handy. Mother! A little given
today saves a sick child tomorrow. but
get the genuine. Ask your druggist
for a 50-cent bottle of California
Syrup of Figs" which has directions
for babies, children Of all ages and for
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Re
member there are scounterfeits sold
here, so surely look and see that yours
is made by the "California Fig Syrup
Company" Hand back with contempt
an other fig syrup. ~g s.3 s11
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10

Orange -custard--Mix two tablespoons
OF butter with two cups OF cooked rice
and a half cup Of sugar Add tie
juice and grated rind Of ono orange.
one pint of milk and four veil 6eaten
eggs, Bake In a moderate oven.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-10
LAW APPLIES AT PRIMARY
Absent Voters Can Cast Ballot Both at
April and June Primaries - Law
Broad in Its Scope Including All Le-
gal Absent Voters.

Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, March lot is not
generally known. but it is true, that
the absent voter law applies at the
primary as well as al the general cleo
ton, and persons who can not be at
home on primary day in April or pri-
mary day in June may cast their BAL
lots just the same. 1t will be reces-
sary for them to secure the ballots as
At the general election and to make
out the necessary affidavits on blanks
furnished from their home county, and
in addition make declaration OF party
utilization unless they are on record
as having expressed a party affiliation.
The absent voter is made to- specially
apply to the primaries by direct
refer IN the law.
An impression was created at the
time the law was passed that II was
particularly for travelling men; but
there is no distinction made as to the
reason why a voter is absent from his
voting precinct, and railroad men and
others will take advantage of it, also
students who are away at college and
others.