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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

THE SUCKER.

The sucker is a simple minded, OPEN
mouthed citizen, who will bite on any
thing from perpetual motion to self
stropping corn razor. ~
The sucker was devised by a
thoughtful and beneficent nature to
provide sustenance for people who have
cultivated the habit of looking before
they leap. In every community there
is quite collection of guileless people
who would rather take the personal
guarantee Of total stranger than do
business with the bank, and as there
is nothing In law or morals to prevent
them from doing so, they are plucked
and pinfeathered in neat and tasty
manner. One of the strongest proofs
of mans intellectual prowess and keen
discriminating nature Is when he draws
out of the bank money which is col
lecting 4 per cent. semi and
invests it in the patent rights for hog
cholera cure.
1t is very difficult for the average
sucker to learn anything from exper-
fence. This is because the voice of rea-
son Ia drowned out by the hypnotic
and silver throated promoter who
doesn't allow his victim to get set long
enough to think twice in succession.
The sucker is always animated by the
hope Of making 20 per cent. month
and building a rubble-stone bungalow
in California with the proceeds thereof.
hut unless called to a halt by shrewd
and far-seeing wife the chances are he
will wind up by tending the furnace
for some plutocratic relative with a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

would get something written INTO the
statute books &c please a conserva-
tive faction. at the same time giving
the liberal element the wink mot to
worry, that ii wouldn't be enforced
Now we have got an attorney gem
eral who says that he has been elect
ed to enforce all tse laws and that he
Is going to enforce all he finds on the
statute books He is TO be commended.
Mr. Havner has big job before him
with the blue laws. There Is not a
doubt that in many communities he
will have to try TO enforce them
against the will OF a great majority
Of the residents In ether commuh-
tiles he will have the majority with
him. 1t is pretty near Impossible to
enforce laws against public opinion
These laws may be kept for time
all over the state. Then the m!norit:
will weaken and we VIII find that they
will be kept in various communities
according TO the sentiment Of the ma
jority.
But IL Mr. Havner during the next
two years keeps hammering away IN
an effort to enforce all the laws on
the statute books, 1t Is pretty likely
the the next state legislature will
be composed OF men who have pledged
themselves to the task OF making or
state laws reflect the sentiment of"the
majority Of the people-and in this
way making 1t possible to enforce all
the laws.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
the BUSINESS FIELD.

The strong position OF finance, com
merce and industry Is demonstrated by
the stability Of the leading markets,
and it Is noteworthy that impending
foreign events have not lessaned conf
dence in any quarter. Everywhere,
there are clear manifestations Of whole
some conservatism and caution, and the
general avoidance Of overextension in
Legitimate undertakings affords the
best assurance Of sustained ecnoomic
progress.
With renewed demands of magnitude
in some important branches, manufac-
turing activity continues close to the
possible maximum, and where opera
tons have abated, it Is mainly because
Of scarcity of raw materials and Of la
Dor, or Of temporary suspension Of
work thru necessary repairs and alter
atoms Further additions to available
capacity appear in many directions and
are promptly taken up by the ever
flow Of orders in the hands Of produc-
ing interests, forward buying increas-
ing in some Of the prominent indus
tries, such as In steel and iron ter ;
tiles. Pressure to provide for future
requirements is In most instances I'M
PEELED By. the prospect OF even higher
prices and apprehensi0hs that supplies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
FLING OUT 7hE FLAGS.

Many cities will observe next We'd
nesday, April 4. as Loyalty Day.
Mass meetings will be held, patriotic
exercises take place in the schools and
marked demonstrations of patriotism
rule the day.
Let the flags bloom in Marshalltown
and all over Iowa next Wednesday
morning like orchards in blossom. Not
that Iowa is not thoroughly loyal AMI
patriotic to the ultimate of loyalty and
patriotism but as a general expression
of feeling and determination, Let every
building and every home IN city or in
country fling out the flag from staff
and Intel and write with the colors
in the sunshine and on the breeze the
proclamation of complete loyalty and
ready service which is in the heart Of
Iowa. Let none neglect or refuse to
float the flag next Wednesday.
Sturdy and faithful and fearless
Iowa has stood around that flag in
peace and in war. 1t is alive with great
memories, pregnant with pledges Of
unfailing consistency. Iowa has never
failed it in field or forum or else
where whatever its need. When Iowans
fling out the flag next Wednesday
morning 1t will be in simple reiteration
of that which all men know-that
Iowas patriotism and courage and un
wayering fidelity are second to no
commonwealth in the union.
Iowa may not lead the cheering but
Iowa has always led the van Of bat.
tie and sacrifice since Iowa was a
commonwealth. The markers on old
hattlefelds show where Iowa stood
and where Iowans fell. The rec
ords of the national capital re-
late the story of Iowa leadership in
peace and in war. Iowa Is depend
able strong. judgmatical. The quietude
Is simply an evidence of her strength.
Fly the flag on Loyalty Day" Let It
make individual proclamation Of the
great tide of patriotism and loyalty
to American institutions that runs
deep and wide between the Mississippi
and the Missouri from end TO end of
Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
NO STOMACH PAIN. /
GAS, INDIGESTION
In FIVE MINUTES
sPAPE's DIAPEPsiN" 10 THE BEe1
ANTAcID AND STOMACH RGGU-s
LATOR KNOWN. Ell

Really does" put upset stomschs Il
order--"really does" overcome indigesI
ton. dyspepsia, gas. heartburn md
sourness due to acid fermentattou
Ave minutes hat that-malge
Pape's Diapepsin the largest eellin,|
stomach antacid and regulator IA thd
world. II what you eat fermSues1 and
turns sour, you belch gas and eructAfd
undigested food or water; head = dig1s
and aches; breath 'oul; tongue coated;
your insides filled with indigsstible
waste, remember the moment spapN1
Diapepsin" comes in contact With ~
stomach all such distress vanishes. IA
truly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES mAryeioui
and the Joy 10 its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case Of Pape's Dial
pepsin il worth it's weight in gold =
men and women who can't get thelt
stomachs regulated. It belongs u you'll
home should always be kept handy n
case OF sick, sour, upset stomach sdyr1
INK the day or at night. It's the quick
e,t. surest antacid Tor the stomach a
the world. :
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
Ripping Rhymes
Oy WALT MASON
THE WIND

The WIND
The wind blows off my lid and makes
me reel and skid, and say distressing
things. 1t jars me like the deuce, 1t
blows my whiskers loose. 1t swats me
and it stings. It comes and takes a fall
from my new parasol, to my intense
disgust: it blows all kinds Of dirt
against my Sunday shirt, and fills my
ears with dust. yet blow, O wind"
say, and all the livelong day your pro-
gram weird rehearse: for IL you'd dis
appear, they'd send some weather here
that would be nine times worse" II
winds should cease to blow, we'd nave
a lot Of snow, or rain, or hail, or slush:
perhaps a thunderbolt would give my
muse q jolt. and make my harpstrings
hush. However bad things be. / look
on them with glee. embalming them
In verse: when evil things are gone,
we'll likely see the dawn Of something
twelve times worse. look on things
like this. and so I'm full OF bliss, when
I'm not full Of prunes: and all, the
windy day wend my cheerful way,
and MARBLE sprightly tunes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1903 A. T. &
A. M.-Special communication. WORN
in Second degree Friday, April b, f:5V
o. M. John w. Wells, secretary; w
III. Steiner, w. NJ.
s,GNET CHAPTER. No ss. r. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday evening
April :, 1880 o'clock. Royal Arch ue-
gree and a feed. Carl Shaffner, n. H.
John w. Wells, secretary.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No 20, R. & S, NJ. Thurs-
day, April ~, go p. m, for work Dlh-
ner at $50. I. T. Forbes, Recordet'
George Gregory, I NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAvE. st. Aldemar
commandery. No. so. X. T. Wednesday
April 4. for work. order OF the rem
ple 7:3O D. m l. 7. Forbes, recoroer'
II. c. Mueller, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. E.
S.-Regular meeting for business '" CO.
nesday, April II, at p. M MIS-
George Downing. secretary; Mrs. }. T.
Frederick. W. M.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
CHAPTER VII.
A History.


Whitaker consulted telephone book
without finding that Drummond had
any private residence connection, and
then tried at random one Of the clubs
of which they had been members in
common In the days when Hugh Whit
aker was a human entity In the knowl-
edge Of the town. Here he had better
1uck--luck, that Is, in as far as It put
an, end to his wanderings for the
night; he found a clerk who remem-
bered his face without remembering
his name, and who, consequently. was
not unwilling to talk Drummond, 1t
seemed, had lived at the club; lie had
dined alone, that evening, in his room !;
had ordered his motor car from the ad-
jacent garage for seven o'clock; and
had left at about that hour with .
small handbag and no companion.
Nothing further was known Of his
actions save the police report. The car
had been found stationary on Wash
ington bridge, and deserted, Drum.
monds motor coat and cap on the
drivers seat. Bystanders averred that
q man had been seen to leave the car
and precipitate himself from the bridge
to the stream below. The body was
stti;i;;; unrecoveTei. Tie club had noti-
fed by telegraph, a brother in San
Francisco, the only member Of Drum
mond's family OF whom It had any rec
Eord. Friends, fellow members Of the
club. were looking after things doing
all that could and properly ought to be
done under the circumstances.
Whitaker walked back to his hotel.
There was no other place to 60; no
place, that IL, that wooed his humor In
that hour. He was. indeed, profoundly
shocked. He held himself measurabfy
responsible Tor Druminond's act Of des-
perations Next to poor Peter Stark,
whom his heart incurred without ceas-
ing, he had cared most for Drummond
Of all the men he had known and liked
In the old life Now, q. he felt
alone and very lonely, sick Of, heart
and f0rlorn. There was, Of course.
Lynch. his partner in the Antipodes:
Whitaker was fond Of Lynch, but not
with the affection that . generous-spir-
tied youth had accordsd Petsr Stark
ana Dfunn bird ana slnrsason-
lug alBeetnoa that aased - qneSliona
land matI1 Iellhin1 me- -
lss :! !, ~ 8. 81! Il \.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
Topics of the Times

If congress declares war that 1000
additional Iowa guardsmen will be on
hand promptly. But the boys hate to
quit their jobs unless there's real
prospect OF active service. The 1owan's
idea Of war includes chance to fight.
AS illustrating a sudden change in
public opinion the shift as to conscrip-
ton flls the specifications. The coun-
try Is coming to the Consumption plan
as the fairest and most effective IA
shon Of raising big army. -e
We have started all our wars in
April from April 10, ITS to April 81,
1898.
It Is a mighty poor time to attempt
to revive political feuds whether from
spite or with tho hope Of personal po-
litioRl advantage.
The congress which eonvenes today
will do we'll to forget partisanship and
partisan advantage while remembering
It's own constitutional powers and re-
sponsibnity to the people It representa-.
April 2, 1871, Is likely to become a
momentons date in American history.
go
With the accession of the school
master in politics who knows but that
some day the school ma am may get
her annuity?
From sunrise to sunset Wednesday
fly the American flag.
II we actually start on the Job Of
raising a million man army that mat
ter Of Sunday law enforcement will
be minor excitement compared with
the big show .a- t.s.~ t''r
A Colfax farmer brands the cam
paign for an extra effort to produce
foodstuffs as scheme by "city fellers"
to tear down farm prices. How'd you
like to talk good roads to that fell
low7 .
Where would the draft dodgers go
now in event of a conscription law?
In civil war times they ran to Canada,
crossed the plains to Colorado and the
mines, but what refuge except Mexico
is left the Stacker now, and Mexico is
the definition OF no place to go.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
foreshadowed. the prevailing trend Of
the markets is still distinctly upward.

foreShadOWed, the preValNuS treHu Va
the markets is still distinctly upward.
With the improvement in transporta-
ton conditions. freight movements are
freer and certain commodities are yield
ing but Of this weeks list Of over 800
Wholesale quotations So disclose ad-
vances and only q recessions. Great
err economy in purchasing by consum-
ers reflects the influence OF the extreme
costs of necessities and demands FOR
seasonable apparel are checked by var
liable weather, yet retail trade bulks
large in the aggregate and an extern
sive Easter distribution is indicated.
Reimbursement OF retail prices to the
high figures current in primary chan
nels affects final distribution of dry
goods, and signs multiply that the ex-
IRENE living costs are restricting con-
sumption in some directions. Yet re-
cent sales of cotton for forward deliv-
cry have been extensive, and most tex
tile mills have sufficient contracts
booked to keep them busy we'll into the
future Quotations are again rising,
and in certain instances have exceeded
last years top levels. Because Of I'M
certainty as to styles, and also for other
reasons, most footwear buyers are hold
ing back and travelling statesmen send
in comparatively few new orders.
Indictment weather has been re-
tarding factor and jobbing business is
unsatisfactory, with spring lines NOV
ing slowly. Important transactions are
still lacking in leather and the under
tone of the market Is easier. with some
actual price reductions. Yet tanners
views are strong on such varieties as
may be needed for military purposes,
and the early placing Of large federal
is expected. With stocks ac-
sales of domestic packer
hides are made at concessions, while
other descriptions also display less
strength than recently.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
An Excsllsnt Remedy For Coughs and
Colde.

You will look q good while before
you and better preparation for
coughs and colds than Chamberlains
Cough Remedy. Mrs. George Bryant,
Charleston, ILL.,, in speaking Of this
preparation says. my husband caught
q hard cold that settled on his lungs
and he coushed terribly. "A neighbor
advised him to try G Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. He bought a bottle 6f
1t at the drug store and the first dose
relieved him. Before he had taken the
contenfs az the one bottle his cough
and eold had entirely aisappeAfeA.s.
1Dr sals ~ III druegists ADVERTISE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
Iona Newspapers
WAR RUMORS.
tMuscatine Juurnal.1

The prospect. of war with Ger
many has already given rise to many
rumors which have proven baseless
suspicious are easily aroused when a
nation is on the threshold NJ war and
one of the most patriotic services
which the lay American can render is
to remain calm in the face Of rumors
which incite a spirit of hostility. The
news reports Of the last few days have
carried numerous dispatches limiting of
acts Of espionage and Threatened dam
age to puolic property. 1t is wtll to
accept these with grain Of salt. In
the event Of war it is quite likely that
there will be attempts made 10 damage
governmental plants. 1t is quite likely
as well that hundreds of innocent per-
sons will be arrested on groundless
suspicious Wnen nation is stirred
up t. n sger touch it does.:t take
muca to crea,e . fash of pu5 ndis-
nation. This situation has many
threatening aspects. Sitting tight n
the boat is ABOUT the most patriotic
course the individual can pursue.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
THE BLUE LAWS.
TFort Dodge Messenger. ]

Attorney General Havner is to have
an opportunity to show whether he
was making an idle threat or not
when he decldrcd several months age
that he was goi.s t. enforce the sun
day la rs a. they we're left on the STAT
ure DO ,ks by tbs legislature.
The attorney generals threat w;rs
a warning t. tie legislature to clean
up laws that It did not want an
forced. The nouSe. by an overwhc,,n-
ing vote the other day. refused to re-
peal the so-called blue laws and 1t
seems pretty certain that the legisla-
tors will adjourn with tie Sunday on
servance laws the same as when hey
convened. In view of the warning
sounded by the attorney general it
places the Legislature in the position
Of favoring the absolute enforcement
Of the laws 1t is now up to Mr.. Hav-
ner to make good or back down.
Even most ardent advocate Of q
street observance of Sunday, II ac-
quainted with the facts, could hardly
be satisfied with .he action Of the
house. II it is the will Of the major-
lily OF tie people oi the stats that these
laws be enforced. then they should be
put into some sort Of shape so they
can be enforced. The blue laws were
adopted years ago when horse
racing was about the chief pastime for
Sunday. Since Their adoption times
have changed and pastinies have
changed. Movies are today perhaps the
most popular recreation for Sunday
yet these laws make no mention OF
them. If the legislature is determined
to put the laws into effect then by all
means they should have been brought
up TO date. AS it is now the attorney
general must founder around with a
set OF antiquated statutes trying to
make them fit conditions and times
for which they were not intended. OBJ
viously. there Will be much difference
OF opinion as to what the laws actu-
ally prohibit and what they allow. The
whole thing viii: prove unsatisfactory
to both advocates and opponents Of the
laws.
The plain truth is that Mr.. Havner's
warning has come as 3 rather painful
shock to the legislators, for 1t VIII
make Il more difficult than ever for
them 20 keep THINKS lined tsp with
|the various factions back home.
In the past anythins vent Il the
uatter q state aaNs ~ IL t0r
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

stack of first farm mortgages four feet
high.
The New York stock market furnish
es more suckers to /. the square inch
than any other locality. unless 1t Is the
shell game at the county fair. For
every little investor who pulls out OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
MAYORS SALARIES.

The salary of the mayor of Shenan.
doah is inadequate, insufficient and
ought to be increased at least to $500
$500 and for that small salary cannot
be expected to give much of his time to
matters of the municipality.
The mayor of Clarinda, we under
stand, receives $500 per year and be-
sides that the city has a manager at
about $500 a year. Much of the time
of the mayor should be given to the
city. There are many things that he
should give his personal attention to
which he cannot afford to give any time
to now under the small salary. The
mayor should go over the streets
often and examine the work of the
street commissioner. He should make
frequent trips through the city and
take note az to what Is going on that
he may be posted better to direct the
police force and to call the attention OF
the board Of health to existing menaces
to public health and morals. He should
keep a close personal supervision over
all the committees to see that they
do their work properly and promptly.
He should be the manager of the NUM-
cipahty the same as any big business
has a manager. But no mayor and eS-
pecially a man who has to make his
own living and that for his family can
afford to leave his own business and
devote his time to the city for 5000 per
year. Shenandoah has outgrown such
small salary for our mayor. Let US
boost it to five or six hundred dollars
and then expect and demand service
from the head of our municipality. We
hope the council will take this matter
under consideration.
WHAT KILLED TEACHERS PEN
SIONs.
dubuque Times-Journal.l
Speaking of the defeat of the teaat-
ers' pension bill by the legislature. tho
Des Moines Capital says:
Apparently it means nothing to the
opposition members In the house that
the average service OF q rural school
teacher in Iowa Is less than three
years. It means nothing to them that
in order to get enough teachers for
these rural schools young girls and
boys just out Of high school must be
recruited. Their attitude might be
defined thus: Millions for tie ad-
vancement OF our crops and ou:- live
stock, but not one cent for the welfare
of the profession to which we entrust
the lives and careers Of our children.
What can The teachers expect when
a representative OF the people viii get
up in deliberatiye body Of the stand
ing and dignity that belongs 10 the
Iowa house of representa- YES and sol
EMMY declare that II the teachers
would quit spending their money for
cigars and movies they wGlldn't need
pensions" And to think that the rep
resentative who said II was once a
county superintendent Of schools.
The defeat of the bill should not be
taken as an expression Of the views
If the majority o: the citizens Of Iowa.
1t was. due t. the opposition OF TIC
members from certain sections Of IONA
that are backward n progress. The
defeat Of the bill is not only an in
justice to the teachers, but refcc-
ton OF the pro sreiss veness OF the
state Thirty three Of the leading
states in the union have adopted
teachers pension laws. The states that
have taken an opposition view are
largely the southern states.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

1T will be pretty hard to make an
other state campaign on an imaginary
issue Of bonding the state for 500, 000,-
600 for hard roads, but perhaps some
thing just as taking will turn up says
the Logan Observer. And maybe, the
voters will be able to see that the econ
omy pledges Of last year were all
bunk" but somehow we doubt the
ability of the average voter to see such
things, until they're passed. Nobody
who knows expected taxes to he de-
creased by the Harding administration,
or any other-taxes don't go that way,
they increase. Caswell in the Denison
Bulletin says that the legislature is
spending SOS per day more for extra
help than the last legislature did. This
shows that the economy is always for
the other fellow to practice. like most
other good works"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

the market with ready money there are
nine thousand who are torpedoed and
thrown up on the shore. There Is
something unjust in the arrangement
which permits the corn crop and the
cotton crop and the potato crop to go
short, and yet allows the sucker crop
to flourish like the green bay tree. 2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

",rhere used to be complaint against
the Cummins Kitchen cabinet. How
would it compare with the Salinger-
Savage Messenger dispensation? ,' asks
the Hardin County Citizen. i,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-02

Explains Distribution o. AnlWsaI0. |
According to . German scaenttet
animals have been distributed v0rthd
world by the oscillation Of ~ asdsl
which has changed the climate g vaa1
Gus lands.