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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRIP.

President Wilson is about to start
on swing around the circle" NO
doubt two impulses send him forth,
the desire to arouse a public express
sion in favor Of his scheme Of so-calied
preparedness, and 20 fire the Wilsonian
heart OF the western democracy which
has been beating rather sluggishly Of
late.
1t is a question to be answered by
the people whether the presidents tour
is good or bad politics from the stand
point Of a candidate or even from the
standpoint of a president anxious TO
force legislation along his own line or
plan and purpose. other trips of this
kind undertaken by other presidents
with dreams of future aggrandizement
have turned out badly. The recent tour
Of President Taft is an example fresh
in mind. And there have been others.
Moreover there is a growing feeling
in the public mind which falls away
from presidential domination Of legts-
Iation by congress. Theodore Roosevelt
had the advantage of q crucial time.
\ change of opinion and the end OF an
epoch assisted him. Mr.. Taft fell by
the waySide. He lacked much that
Mr. Roosevelt has in profusion and
lacked the opportunity OF change. ;
Roosevelt had an issue that had grown .
year by year 10 the exploding point. !
It touched every farm and business !
place in the land and came 10 break /
fast with every laborer. !
1t is not likely that the present flare !
Of fright over the future ;ngegrity of !
America as allegedIy threatened by .
'oreisn invasion, especially by when .
that alleged threat is confined 10 coun /
tries struggling to continue to draw /
their own breath as nations will afford /
MIR. Wilson the opportunity ne has set i
out TO seek.
We shall be glad to have the presi-
lent among US. Let US welcome him ,
as president OF the United States. an
excellent and capable man: but doing .
So it is not necessary that We shall !
subscribe to his plans OF militarism Or
TO his partisan political faith.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
REPUBLICAN, MARsHArLTowN IOWA: JANUARY u. 1915

half the fellows who simply rush into
marriage without doing any figuring
except on red, red, roses and who don't
know or care a continental how much
a bungalow costs are looking for joo
cutting ice in the winter and the fresh
young soprano voices that erstwhile
blondes Fith theirs in the long ago In
songs that consisted mainly ~
"you-u-u" and "two-o-o" and came in
strong on the part where the red, red
roses grew is remarkins
pvtulantly that there isn't anythA5 to
cook in the house and that Msfe can't
so to school until she has shoes.
Lay off this Sc week thing. man
who can't earn more than that before
he marries isn't fit to be married.
There ought to be a law against it,
Marry, sure, marry some good girl
when you're able and don't wait to get
rich before you do, but any girl who
is good enough to marry ought to
marry a man who can earn a decent
living. Never mind Charley Schwab.
Take care of your own case. Charley
is different. Put him on a desert is
land with a wrecked crew of harvest
hands and he'd start some sort of a
game to get all they had before his
hair was dry. You've got to earn
yours and hers. Get start on the
bungalow. Plant a few rose bushes
first. Then when you are singing the
''o-o-o" ballad as the dusk falls your
voice won't crack when you see the
grocery man coming up the walk.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
The Coercion Of Greece.

No railroad links old Greece with
Europe. A Greek would so phrase It;
he does not call himself European: he
is a sailor middleman between Asia
and Europe. One-third Of his race is
in Asia.
Specializing in sea trade more than
any nation save England, Greece could
be starved by blockade. Constantine
could never side with Germany. for It
would be suicide; and Greece need not
fear Germany, which can not get at
her. She does fear Bulgaria; she
greatly fears that Creeks in Asia may
be butchered as Afmenians have been.
by Hadt Wilhelm's Mos1en friends.
New Greece, the "panhandle. has rail-
lines north. Saloniki. "traditionally
Greek, historically Turkish. ethically
Jewish. geographically Bulgarian, Is
defended not by Greeks, but by French
and English arms II the Bulgarfans
take the city. they will keep 1t. Their
claim is strong.
Great Britain and France guarantee
the Greek throne only on condition or
constitutional government. The king
knew his risk when he overfhrew ma
jo-ity rule, and will deserve little sym
pathy II ne Ia coerced or d1possds Siii
| the nation is being treated much az
Belgium was, so far as the principle q
neutrality goes.
| In landing troops to Took for Ger
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over and adapted to the old fellows
that pack iowa money in trunks ana
rush to Give 1t to California lemon
orchard sharks.
Senator Garst may be trusted to
take no undetermined methods in boost
ing his candidate Mr.. Cosson. And
Mr.. Cosson could be trusted to select
a manager who would do as Garst is
doing.
villa Is losing money every day. The
bandit business in Mexico isn't q
patching on the chautauqua business
this side the line so far as getting
the coin is concerned. Here's Villa,
after long career of banditting, look.
ing for place to lay his head. while
Mr.. Bryan goes to room with a bath
nightly and puts the first $3.50 and half
the rest under his peaceful pillow.
80
OF course the bull moose is shrink
ing but if they break out against a
bad republican nomination they are
certain to I'LL we'll" when they get to
water.
Alexander Miller is reported to have
stated at democratic banquet thal
there are 100000 democrats in Iowa
and the gates Of hell shall not prevail
against them" Nobody ever supposed
anything else than that all the boys
were free of those gates.
A most gratifying thing is the item
in the local paper of the saloon town
nobody seems to miss the saloon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
THE PHILIPPINES.

The Philippines are = cluster OF low
lying islands inhabited by people OF
the same temperament They ars
located on bare ground in the middle
Of the Pacific ocean, which Is q large.
restless body Of water held In leash
by the Japanese empire. The Japanese
leash Is enc of the best forms In use,
having stout. aggressive jaws ana
no,seless, ball-bearing action. together
with clause calling Tor special ana
general execution at the option OF the
party of the first part.
The Philippines are ideally situated,
being bounded on the north by the
nubonic plague, on the east by the jap
anese merchant marine, on the west by
the Igorot breech clout and on the
south by the sixteen shot instruction
The islands produce a sa1ubrious ana
meaty climate, owing to the large num-
Der Of UNIFORMED cannibals which are
allowed to Craze at will and dissect the
curious tourist who Is interested IN
other things. They also produce paie-
full, spike tailed mosquito which nits
hither and yon with Its little filter and
hangs red, dubious pimples on the
white visitor.
The Philippines originally belonged
to Spain, which kept In print TOT
many years standing offer to ex-
change them for a good riding horse
or what have you. Finally, by dar-
ing stroke of second-story work, Spain
sold them to US and get out on the hrst
train. carrying with her q large sum OF
American money and collection OF
yenous Commissions implanted by the
native mosquito. This was one OF inc
most treacherous and unfeeling acts
ever perpetrated by Spain. worthy OF q
decadent monarchy which permits the
bull fight and prohibits the bath tuo.
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Topics of the Times

1t will interest those who have read
DR.. Steiners book The American
Spirit" to know that the Herr Director
of that relation is the Doctors brother.
And study of the two brothers as
they argue their way across the Am
erican continent is also a study in tho
effects of environment.
Perhaps the world is raising more
bides than since Alexander set out to
conquer the earth but things are In
pretty good shape inside the boun-
daries of the Declaration of Independ-
enee.
Des Moines, also, is preparing to
hold a carnival of city politics. This
year is going to be some year for corn
| and politics in iowa
Perhaps Senator Kenyon's PROPOSE
ton to put surtax on the self-ex-
patriated Americans could be worked
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26

= full OF hurnbly bess you for the price,
No doubt skate. who never tries to pay the
freisht no doubt loafs summer days when every
busy farmer pays handsome wage to those who'll toll
and push plowshare thru the soil No doubt ne y
chronic shrk who in for honest work. No doubt
the kopeck you bsstow will to the grog dispenser 60
Yet loosen up the BIO II Rum has brought him
down 90 low. And the helpful moral spiel that you
have wound reel all suffering to be unwound;
for the ground and bitter s the VIM
ter air and hunger bleak despair Jack up the
begsar man in May II won't help to put up hays but
when he teeters your touch for dime or
more upon freezing winter morn, dig up dig up nor
point wit ecorn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
STEINER.

The coming of DR.. Edward A. Steiner
to deliver an address in Marshalltown
has long been an event. His visits
have extended over a period of many
years during which time this most ex-
cellent man and wise thinker has de-
one end of a thoughtful world to the
other as a sociological leader. Steiner is
ripper now than when he came oftener TO
preach and speak in this city but his
message is the same. 1t has not
changed. The deep insight into hearts
was his before he became famous and
when we had him largely to ourselves.
The same splendid hope and firm trust
in humanity was his then. All that
wider field has done for Steiner is TO
broaden the sphere of his influence.
The man and his message last eve
ming were the same man and the same
message that came 10 us when he filled
an occasional pulpit in Marshalltown
years ago. The same fearlessness of
expression and the same manner and
earnestness attends him now that gave
unavailable truths a SAVIOR that was
not to be denied then. The friends OF
the early days are his friends now and
one OF the finest things that can be
said Of him is that he is their friend
as then, without change or variation
Of manner or heart.
This is great man and mighty In
fiuenCe in America, this immigrant who
came of an alien race and who grew to
his height in America. He has studied
his country well. Perhaps there is no
man in all wide America who knows
and understands her as well and sees
her future as clearly. 1t is certain that
none have written into words the rea!
strength and weakness OF our coun-
try and embodied it's genuine spirit III
sentences as Steiner has done in his
recent book And none, whoever he
may be, statesman. financier, student
could have brought a deeper or more
last evening to those who crowded to
sit at his feet in the spirit that ancients
sat at the feet Of their great teachers.
For this man is a great teacher speak
ing great underlying truths in COM
mon language TO q common under
standing. and gradually to a common
acceptance.
No guest of Marshalltown is ever
more welcome. None has better earned
and deserved such a welcome. The in
ffuence Of Steiner upon the community
thought and on community action IL.
this city has been incalcu!able. 1t was
he who suggested and cultivated the
Searchlight Club. How much that club
has had to do with the community
progress Of Marshalltown is not to be
set down in figures or reckoned item
by item. For nearly twenty years
Steiner has taught the active prin-
c!ples Of love and brotherhood and the
duty Of man TO man to us of MARSHALL
town. And it was most eminently
fitting that he stood last evening in
the finest community expression OF this
city and county to proclaim that the
strength of America is it's democracy.
And so wherever Steiner may go,
whatever he may do, however noted he
may become he will be Steiner, the
friend and teacher and companion to all
Marshalltown. If he has won dis
tinctjon elsewhere he has won some
thing better and that he will prize
more here-love and confidence and
universal friendship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
1owA's DROUGHT TO DATE.

ISiouX City Journal
The man whose memory goes back
twenty five years or more to the old
prohibition days will be pardoned for
rubbing his eyes over the marked in
difference Of the general public to the
closing OF the saloon in Iowa, and the
no more than faif-hearted opposition,
which the saloon men themselves are
Offering to the repeal of the mulct law.
More than two weeks have passed
since the prohibitory law became re-:
operative and communities which had
been wet from time immemorial be-
gan to get along without a saloon.
Citizens go about their business just as
IL nothing had happened. The wheels
of municipal and county governments
keep turning. and nobody seems TO he
worried that they may not be able to
make their usual number OF revolu-
tions in spite of the fact that they are
to be denied the old fashioned lubri-
cant that came from the mulct tax.
Gloomy Gusses who predicted that
there would be more drunkenness than
every under prohibition are being
called upon TO explain why business
continues TO fall off in police courts.
Even the so called river towns which
were expected to furnish all kinds of
business for the state agents. report
everything quiet along both the Mis-
sissippi and the Missouri.
And this in the same Iowa where,
less than a quarter of a century ago,
residences OF men who advocated pro-
hibition were being blown up by dyna-
mite,
John Mahin. for half century editor
Of the Muscatine Journal, was an
uncompromising foe Of the saloon. On
the night Of May 10. 1893, his resi-
dence and the residences of two other
citizens who had been active in prose-
cutting the saloons, were destroyed by
dynamite. Eighteen persons, mostly
women and children, were in the
houses at the time Of the explo, ons.
but all escaped with their lives. One
man was sent to the penitentiary. Mr.
Mahin suffered loss Of 5000. but
this did not deter him from continuing
the fight against the liquor traffic.
The liquor dealers OF Iowa, who on
Jan. 1, 1915. were put out OF busi-
ness by the repeal OF the mulct law,
have shown creditabie sportsmanship
in accepting the inevitable so grace
fully. No reasonable person questions
their right to test the repeal OF the
mulct law. 1t is TO the interest Of the
state itself that all question as to the
legality Of the closing OF the saloons
should be cleared away. Neither the
saloon men nor their attorneys how
ever, seem to have a great deal Of
hope Of making case. else would they
not be going about the business In
court with more earnestness and dis
patch?
In the meantime. Iowa continues to
drag on without the saloon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
MARRYING ON SIS A WEEK.

4 story is going the rounds ac-
credited 70 Charles Schwab, who is
making more money a minute than
most men see in a lifetime furnishing
one insane nation the mean Of killing
the people Of another and without par
killed SO long as they pay cash for the
murder material. Charles is reported
10 have said: y married on Sc a week,
but / knew success would come, and
before the winter was out l was max
ing 5000 a year
Maybe Charles said IL and maybe ne
who rushes into natrimony these days
Of high living and high cost on q
stipend Of S. a week is only a little
less foolish than the young woman
who takes the chance with him. For
get the Sc a week dream OF an idylI
in a bungalow where the red. red roses
bungalow will cost that much or more
without roses and there's grocery bills
and clothes and Docs bill for special
occasion and the nurses salary, which
is cash on the nail and coal and all
kinds OF truck that are necessary to
have in the house before young mar
ried folks can sing about bungalows
and red, red roses, and the like and put
real expression into the music. This
stuff about a bungalow built for two
is idyllic all right, it sounds convince
ing before the fact, but the bungalow
built for two quits right there: such
Bungalows generally find themselves
stretching 70 shelter three or four and
in extreme and Rooseveltian cases
seven or eight. You can build EN- for
two; that's the easiest thing the build
er does. He builds them that way and
gets somebody to make a song abou:
II. Later ne comes back and puts on
an addition OF course, there are cases
where the bungalow STAYS big enough
ard no addition is necessary, bu:
when that is the case it's only shell
| ter "a mere bungalow and not a home
| And after while the folks get mighty
sick Of red, red roses and desire greatly
q red, red, squirming little replica Of
themselves and when that wish Is full
| filled nobody has time or inclination
to sing syncopated truck about any
thing on earth that is confined to two.
Better not take that IS a week too
seriously. II you can't earn more than
! that nowadays quit singing and learn
| how to earn more. Anyhow work up
| to the price Of the rent or the monthly
! installment on the place and the Ger
| tainty of a few groceries and little
meat now and then before emulating
| Mr.. Schwab. There ought to be q
| little insurance and the like also. II
you don't know how to do all that on
Sc a week don't rush into matrimony
If you do you needn't wait minute
ing the secret of it to rich men. I!
wonuld be a bigger graft than any
steel works ever had.
There's too much of the SIS a weel
business. Given the right kind i
doesn't make much difference whethe,
they marry on So OF $500 a week bu
the divorce courts and the charity as
sociations and a host Of other wit
nesses testify that a considerable mum
J Der Of us are not the right sort. Abou
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26

man submarine bases" and possibly to
overawe the Boute. in making free with
Saloniki, Corinth and Corfu. in foment-
ing revolution ana ordering the dismiss
sal OF the TeutCnic ENJOYS. the entente
plans to force Greece into the war as
Germany forced Turkey. A rulers sins
do not jurtify such treatment OF a ma
ton; nothing can Justify It except the
desire Of the people TO be rescued
and OF that there II no evidence.
Z The entente's diplomacy has failed In
the Balkans. Taking leaf from the
.-.s-4.e <se....... ssist,tfliIneas" IL il
now trying the high hand. II the poll
lev succeeds, there Will be no one
strong enough to dispute tho msans.
View York World. ~ ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
KoSSUTH AND BLACK HAWK.

WEBSTER City Freeman-Tribune1
In the distribution of auto license
funds Kossuth got the lions share,
or sl9,376. Black Hawk, paying per-
haps ten times as much into the fund
pulls down S12,456.-Cedar Falls Rec
ord.
And Kossuth county has large sec
tons of country where roads are not
yet laid out. The land Is owned by
outside spectators and thousands OF
acres are yet in their virgin state,
devoid of improvements of any kind.
Quack grass and other noxious
grasses and weeds have been allowed
to take possession Of large sections
of Kossuth county. OF course a large
portion OF Kossuth is under cultiva-
ton 1t probably has more acres cul-
tivated than any other county in the
state, but is nearly twice as large as
the average county. having twenty
seven township. while Black Hawk
county. which is an average county, has
only sixteen townships Isn't it about
time for the legislature to repeal the
law under which the automobile fund
is apportioned and enact one that fs
more fair and equitable? The money
ought to be returned to the counties
upon the basis of the amount paid by
the automobile owners of the county.
Simply because Kossuth county has
thousands of acres Of uncultivated
land is no reason why 1t should receive
such a large slice Of the automobile
fund
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26

Department of justice officials bent
all their energies to running to earth
Ignatius T. T. Lincoln. confessed
German spy. who thoroughly enjoyed,
according to the authentic reports. the
sensation his escape from Deputy
United States Marshal Johnson in New
York caused, plus the additional
notoriety he has achieved. Govern
ment officials were startled to read in
the New York American that the fugi-
tive had visited its editorial offices at
night and left an article for publica-
ton describing his experiences since
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26

than graduate from the high school,
They are called Filipinoa, which
the lowest and crudest form of Span
ish profanity. The average Filipino
changes wives every full moon. but -
not downhearted which should be . re-
buke to Americans who have only one
wife.
The Philippines viii be allowed 70
govern themselves as soon ~ the best
paying offices can be filled by FntpinoN
who can read and write. At the pres
,ent rate Of progress, this will be about
the time when Mexico produces . pure
patriOt,
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Iona Newspapers
COPPERING IRISH.
fCarrOll Herald,1

Col. John P. Irish is scheduled to
stump the state in opposition to wom-
an suffrage between now and June. We
never knew the colone! to espouse n
cause that won in this state, and his
coming should not discourage the
friends of the amendment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
Masonic Meetings.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

Nv SPECIAL COMMONicH.
Marshall Lodge No. 10s A F. and A. ~
Work in second degree Friday jan 90
7:s0 p. m. John w. Wells, secretary
Is. o. Frazey, w NJ.
sIeNET CHAPTER. No. IS, r. A: M
Special convocation Monday evening
Ian. 81. for work in Mark Masters aG-
gree. Carl Shaffner, H. P; John W.
Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solomon
conrcil No. 90, r. & S. NJ. Monday
Feb. q, regular business. l. i. foFoVS'
recorder; George Gregory, 1. M.
STATED coNcLAvE. st. Aldemar
ro,,-andarv No. so, X T, Tuesday
Feb. %, 1880 o'clock. Regular nusi-
ness, T. T. Forbes, Rec; H. c. Mueiler'
E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap-
ter No. 81, o. E. s. Wednesday, eo'
16, 1880 D. m. Business. Eliza ; pa i,
tin. secretary; Cora M. Mcdowell
w. NJ.
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his escape and haunting the authors
ties. hoasting he WAS too clever for
them to catch. Here is q description Of
Lincoln. whose real name is Ignatius
Trehich. furnished by the department
of Justice. Lincoln IL q fugitive from
Justice: Height, five feet ten inches;
weight. It's to 1876 pounds; age. about
so: hair, very dark: mustache. dark.
moderately close cut, but probably re-
moved: forehead, high; appearances.
German; complexion, very dark
Wears glasses, heavy set, aften wears
spats. and when last seen wore q tan
derby hat and dark suit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-26
IOWA INSURANCE RATES.
Mount Vernon Hawkeye.1

The newspapers which continue to
contend and agitate that the insurance
rates have been raised In Iowa are due
for serious fall for Il is upholding
mistaken idea. The recent revision
permitted in fire insurance rates by the
enactment of new law brings about a
reimbursement which, from the stand
point Of the state as whole, means
a reduction and saving in this respect
for property holders. The rates which
show an increase represent a very
small proportion in comparison with
the rates which have been decreased;
rates of an extra hazardous charac-
ter have been increased, business prop
erty rates in some instances are high
er. but rates on property representing
nominal risk have been decreased.
1t is too early yet to have the state
figures on the pronnrtion nf increase
and decrease of fire insurance rates
under the new law, but insurance men
are Of the opinion that the rates have
been decreased in 50 and 30 per cent
OF the instances. This expression on