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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21
BOONE MAN HAILED BEFORE
MAYOR ON CHARGE OF Of
FENsIvE CONDUCT.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY,
MADE OWN DEFENSE
Wore Button Bearing Words, "Not
Man, Not a Dollar For War'-Claims
Right Under Constitution to Openly
Express His Sentiments - Court
Threatens to Make Example Of Him.

Boone, June 21-"Not man: not a
dollar for war" was the wording of a
button the wearing of which resulted
in the arrest this afternoon Of John
z. Hughes, on a warrant sworn out by
Chief of Police George Hannum. The
arrest was made shortly after noon by
Chief Hannum ana officer Claude Bar
rett at the Hughes home, 1872 Clinton
street
Mr.. Hughes was charged with often
sive conduct. He pleaded not guilty but
admitted wearing the button. Mrs.
Hughes, who accompanied her husband
to the station wore one of the often
sive badges. THE ordinance is not
broken" he declared when Mayor Ba-
ker read the ordinance, 1.-The ordinance
is not broken by the wearing of the
badge
Just the same / intend to make it
hot for anyone who wears such
badges" Mayor Baker answered, land
for anyone who distributes the kind Of
literature which has been called to my
attention.
Mr.. Hughes elected to plead his own
case. He declared that he had COM
mitted no offense against anyone by
the wearing of the button.
II do not believe in war" he said
II believe in reason. I believe in the
twentieth century. People should have
brains enough to reason out these
things"
He declared that he mad a constitu-
tional right to wear the button. He
asserted that the doctrine preached by
the badge was in line with the consti-
tuition of the United States.
'.If that ordinance prohibits the wear
ing of this badge then the right of
free speech and free press is denied in
Boone"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21

cept a permanent position with the
business management OF the school.
He will do some special work in north
ern Iowa for the college during the
summer months.
Mrs Allie Tomson has returned to
her home in Dickinson. II. d.. after an
extended visit with Belmond relatives.
Mr.. and Brs. Braig and children OF
Battle Creek, are visiting at the home
of A. l.. Luck.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Cleveland have
removed to Kanawha where they Will
make their future home.
A. P. McGregor and family will leave
this week for points In southern Iowa
and Illinois. They will make the trip
by auto.
Belmond has two cases of smallpox,
the homes Of r.. E. webb and Milton
Ramsey being quarantined. The cases
are both of very mild form.
John Rule and wife and daughter ex-
pect to leave the last of the week for
their sons. John and Fred Rule at
Jesse. n. D..
An organization meeting Of the local
Red Cross chapter was held Tuesday.
afternoon when an organizer from Fort
Dodge addressed the meeting and help
ed the chapter organize The local
chapter has separate charter and ex-
poets to do large amount Of work
in the future. The officers of the chap
ter elected were: president, Mrs. G.. F.
McBurney; vice president, Mrs. Ward
Martin: secretary. Mrs. John Berg;
treasurer, Mrs. Walter Ramsey. Six
trustees were also elected.
The divorce case of Fred Veeder and
wife has been tried in the district court
and Judge Wright awarded the decree
to Mr. Veeder refusing the wife ali
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21

special 10 IlUloS.1bcpUpiSnh'
Traer, June 21.-Jacob Shrine, OF
east Traer, is very i'll, with small hopes
of recovery.
Mrs Will Kidwell left for her home
at Versailles, Mo-, yesterday, after
visit of month with Traer friends.
Frank Lunare, of Tarkio. Mo, is
spending the week with his college
friend, Douglas Kieth.
Mrs. r. H. Moore II spending the
week in Cedar Rapids.
Willis Green, OF Chicago, is spending
the week in Traer.
Mr.. and Mrs. HAIRY Ebert, iorHies
residents Of this place, now OF Boulder
Colo, are visiting their old friends
and neighbors. They made the trip
overland.
Mrs, Jess Ashbaugh. OF Rushmore
MINI, is spending the week with her
mother. Mrs George Wignall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21

the home Of the brides parents. MI
and Mrs. n. MOSS They will make
their future home in waterloo satur-.
day evening at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Hes&lroad, west of town. their
daughter, Miss Adah. becarne the wife
Of Galen Gates, son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Gates. .E
The postoffice at Packard will he dis
continued in the future, and the pa
irons will receive their mail from
Clarksvlle thru the rural carriers
The funeral Of Mrs. Florence Wood,
daughter of Mrs Mary Cartwright. Of
this place was held at the Cartwright
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21

home this afternoon. Tho BODY, No.
brought here from Independence. wheis
she had died after spending the past
year dn the hospital. INK sli8 N v VI
F. L. Stober returned Tuesday morn
ing from Clyde. o., where he had been
called by the serious illness OF Mrs.
Stobers mother, Mrs N. B. Mason.
Mrs. Mason died Tuesday morning.
Fred Kivell and wife are spending
the summer at Sioux Falls, s. D..
The Leon Mitchell family has moved
back to Greene from Mason CITY,
where they have been the past two
wears, ~ 8sa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21
News o. orssns.
Special 10 Times-Republican. J

Special to Times-Republican.
Greene, June 21.-Cupid has been
busy in Greene the past week, with
three weddings within few days, two
Of them Wednesday. At high noon
Wednesday was celebrated the mar
riage Of Miss. June Preston to Clarence
G. Tilson, at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs William Preston.
The groom Is from v!nton, where he
IL engaged in the automobile business
Wednesday evening Miss Naomi Moss
was married to Thomas ahafer Of
Waterloo. The ceremony took place st
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21
euNDERsoN UNDER ARREST.
Iowa Attorney Accused by Wife Of Dc.
sorting Her.

Special to metropolitan.
Iowa City, June 21.-Attorney George
B. Gunderson, formerly Of Iowa City
Rolfe and Harlan, practitioner o.
prominence, is under arrest in Mime
apolis, says message TO County At
torney Steve Casey Of Iowa City, who
will send a local policeman after him
Gunderson's wife accuses the lawyer g
deserving her. prior to the birth OF thell
babe in an Iowa City hospital. They
were married about two years ago g.
Des Moines, she says.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-21
coRREcTs Excessive THIRST
Horsford's Acid Phoephats

Relieves tho DS.rccHeA throat ana
month, and prevents the dry feeling due
to heat. Substitute for lemons -Ad-
yertiseneni
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country. 1t is the races leading vel
low journal and it is always quoted at
a risk. Mr.. Smith suffers for demand
ing justice and denouncing the evils
all race people oppose. Shall he longer
languish in jaill-The News, Louis
vile, KY, Jan. 6, 1917.
The citizens of Louisville, KY, and
the people of this city as well as those
residing in other parts of the country
can well afford to contribute something
to this worthy cause. If any of the
friends or readers of this paper feel
like assisting in this matter be it ever
so little, they can forward their con-
tributions to US and we will send it
to Attorney R. D. Evans, Waco, Texas,
at the same time requesting him to
forward them a receipt for their money.
Editor
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Arsenic Absorbed by Hair.

New light has been thrown on the
legal side of arsenic poisoning, says
the Scientific American. 1t has been
found that arsenic compounds are abb
sorbed by the hair of living persons,
though not absorbed after death. In
the hair of man arsenic has been
known to reach concentration Of one
to five parts in 100000. The deposit
takes place in the hair after it has
been absorbed by the abdominal or
gans, liver and kidneys in particular.
Therefore in cases Of acute, quick
poisoning a chemical analysis Of the
hair would show no arsenic, while it
would be found in the liver and kid
neys On the other hand, if slow ar
senic poisoning were suspected anal
ysis would show arsenic in the hair,
but not in the liver and kidneys, and
1t could safely be assumed that the
poisoning was, not recent. The legal
value OF such evidence is apparent.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
The African MARRIAGE system.

You cannot fancy how deeply COM
plicated the African marriage system
Is or how many ramificatiOns there
may be to 'woman's palaver." One
day Mr. Heminger was sitting I'm a
hut talking with two members Of his
congregation, wives Of one husband.
He was talking to them about their
sins, which were of an obvious charac-
ter. The younger woman had been &C
cused Of stealing food. Then he turned
to the elder. Wawa, she of the ten
children, five Of them dead and five Of
them cruel.
"Wawa," he said, why cannot you
live at peace with this wife Of your
husband? Why are you always quar-
relingT" They are notorious scrap
pers.) well" said Wawa, "she was
bought with one Of my children, and
cannot forget it."-Jean Kenyon Mac
kenzie In Atlantic.
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The Great ExpGhaer,


In 1884, after an exciting debate OF
several weeks, congress passed a res
Ciution censuring President Andrew
Jackson for removing the public de-
posts from the old National bank.
The resolution as passed by congress
declared that the president in the
late executive proceedings in relation
to the public revenue has assumed
upon himself authority and power not
conferred by the constitution and laws.
but i'll derOgatiOn of both" The &C
ton of congress made Jackson and his
friends very angry, and Senator Thorn
as Benton of Missouri gave notice that
he would bring forward every year a
resolution to eXpunge the resolution OF
censure. After struggle of three years
BentCn's resolution was finally passed.
and black lines were drawn around
the resolution of censure, with the in
scription. "Expunged by the order OF
the senate this 10th day of Jdnuary.
1881" Senator Benton was nicknamed
the great eXpunger." His service to
Jackson on this matter was considered
the more remarkable because many
years before he and Jackson had a
pistol fight in hotel at Nashville, in
which Jackson was wounded and Ben
ton was pitched headlOng downstairs.
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Louis Compliment to Condo.

One need not overlook the enormous
shortcomings of Louis XIV. as a man
and as king to admit that in some i'm
portant respects he tried to do his
duty" He was hard working sover-
eign both in the sphere of administra-
ton and in that social sphere which
was to his mind no less important. So
courteous that he never passed the
poorest woman about the palace with
out lifting his hat, he carried polite
consideration to the level Of a fine art.
In the way of courteous speech there
are few things nobler than his remark
to the great Condo as the old hero
was slowly ascending the great marble
staircase at Versailles. Condo apollo
gized for being so long In mounting the
steps, at the top Of which the king
stood waiting. "Ah, cousin" Louis re-
piled, lone moves slowly when one is
laden with laurels."
The broad ax., 1917-01-13

The revolving brush of the ordinary
carpet sweeper is driven by the frlc-
ton Of the wheels on which the sweep
er runs against driving wheels on Ell
ther end of the brush axle. To insure
good friction the peripheries of all OF
these wheels are covered with tightly
fitting rubber rings. In time these
rings wear out, or the rubber becomes
hardened and loses its grip. An eff
cient method of repairing a sweeper
having imperfect or worn rubber rings
is to cover the wheels with common
electricians tape, such as is employed
for covering joints in wire. The tape
should first be wound around the
periphery of the wheel until a covering
nearly equal to the thickness of the
original ring is attained. This should
then be secured in place by passing the
tape around the ring and between the
spokes of the wheels. The gripping
power Of the tape is fully equal to that
Of the original rubber rings, and the
sweeper will be good for service until
other parts wear out.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13

y sample of the editorials which
caused the persecution of Mr.. Smith
follows.
els the law afraid to pursue its
rightly course or is it that the law
is the White mans and goes only as
he commands Why not the law,
which is said to be made for the peo-
pie, be enforced upon the White man
as rigidly as upon the Negro mani
Did that black skin make the Negro
a raving beast without the sense of
intellectually and humiliation to the
extent that he must be trodden down
by the White man because his skin is
White! Mo- No! a thousand times
no. God created all men equal. Not
the White man the black mans su-
perior, but equal But conditions of
previous servitude have tended to
make the Negro man feel that he is
the White mans inferior. So long as
this "inferior" spirit turks within our
veins, just so long will we be trampled
under foot by this uncivilized mass of
bandits who, for no other reason than
that dogish desire to see human blood
flow, will take our lives, abuse our
families, while we stand helpleSsly and
look on-helpless-Yes, just because
We won t take courage and stand to-
gether for the right. Oh how grating
on our minds is the memory of that
awful deed of only a few days ago
that happened right here in our city.
Could it have been helped' No, you
say; why You are a coward of the
lowest degree; you are unfit to live
and associate with humanity. You
ought to be exiled, yes worse, You
ought to have meted out to you a life
time torture. You, you eowardly cur,
are a murderer of the first degree. If
you ever attempt again to say that
dastardly mob could not have been re-
pulsed may the God of Heaven cleave
that lying tongue of yours to the roof
of your mouth"
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but with not much chance with five
days of travel to reach him. The tele-
gram today was to tell me of the
beginning of the end. Ny heart
breaks for my own boy is past words
and my pOcketbook is more than
broken to be able to make the trip
but / leave with Mr.. Green, a half
dollar for this prosecuted Colored boy
at Waco. If this editorial was unwise
he was at least brave enough to speak
and denounce the Waco murderers-
and he spoke for me-for all Louis
vile. It's the Smiths and the An
thony Crawfords who will finally save
us-not an anti-lyuching fund. If
there are really as many as one hun
dred negro men and women in Louis
vile, they will give fifty cents each
and send R. d. Evans $50.
G. NJ. McCLELLAND.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
SeIfshness.

It is curious how little selfishness Is
understood. 1t is generally assumed
to be an intense regard for oneself,
when In reality 1t Is a supreme disre-
gard.
Unselfshness, on the other hand, Is
q higher regard for oneself.
Selflshness Is only form Of destruc-
ton. 1t is produced by soul avarice.
What we put into ourselves draws no
interest. 1t is constantly deteriorating
In value. Selfishness Is an ingrowing
shortsightedness. Selflshness Is also a
form Of sincerity. Selfish people de-
ceive nobody. They wear their selfish
ness on their sleeves. Their sincerity
about 1t is something so apparent as
almost to cause a sense Of admiration
for its genuineness.-Life.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
Never.

Never" is a word which is wrongly
defined in the dictionary.
In that book We gather the under
standing that never" means not at all,
forevermOre.
But
Each day in our broad land young
women VOW that they will never for
give young men.
Men lift their right hands to high
heaven and swear that they will never
take another drink.
Husbands promise never to forget to
write every day.
Wives promise never to make an
other extravagant and foolish purchase.
Candidates aver that they will never
run for Office again.
Women say they will never speak to
some one any more.
In all these cases never" means any
length Of time from one hour to four
days.-Life.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13

Mr.. George E. Brennan, who has for
many years been one of the high
priests of the Democratic party in this
city and state and who is the resident
manager of the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty Company of Baltimore,
Md, with extensive offices on the sixth
floor of the Corn Exchange National
Bank Building, who contributed $4,000
to the Woodrow Wilson campaign
fund, will in the near future depart on
vacation trip with Mrs. Brennan for
several points in Florida, remaining
there until near the first of March, re-
turning home by the way of Washing
ton, D. c., where they will witness the
second Inauguration of President Will
son.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
littlA SURPRISES.

, "Mister, here's them five tons of coal
you ordered this morning"
mo, sir, this isn't the real, genuine
olive oil. That's the reason we sell 1t
so cheap"
you don't need to waste any sym
pathy on me, old peg. 1 am satisfied
with my Job, my boss and my wages"
Gentlemen, the conductor is asking
US to move forward in the car. Come
on; there's plenty of room"
young man, we find that we have
not been paying you enough. so We'll
increase your salary SO week, begin
ming today."-Portland Express.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
How Easter IL Reckoned.

The Christian festival of Easter cor
responds to the Pascha or Passover Of
the Jewish faith. Easter day (from
which the rest OF religious movable
feasts are recorded is invariably the
first Sunday succeeding the fourteenth
day of the calendar moon which -four
teenth day. falls on or next after
March 81. If the fourteenth day should
be Sunday, Easter day would be the
Sunday following.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13

All the world knows of the horrible
burning and mutilation of Jesse Wash
ington, an imbecile and half-wit, who
was charged with the murder of a
White woman in Waco, Texas, nearly
a year ago. But few people know that
the editor of a Colored paper in that
town was jailed Immediately after
ward for criticising the officials and the
mob and that he has not had a day of
| liberty since.
But such is the case. A. T. Smith
was the managing editor of the Paul
Quinn Weekly at the time of the lynch
ing. And his feelings were so out
ragged that he threw conservatism I"
and "caution" to the winds and wrote
such burning criticisms of the officials
and citizens of Waco, an apparently
progressive and university city, that it
riled the crackers and hurt their tender
hides so that they arrested Smith and
indicted him for criminal libel and
threw him in Jail, where he has Ian
guished ever since-forsaken by his
own race and by the college for which
he worked. His only friend has been
r. D. Evans, an attorney (White) who
volunteered his services rather than
to see him go to slaughter without an
advocate. Mr.. Evans succeeded in
getting the judge to give Mr.. Smith
the minimum sentence of one year and
to allow him the benefit of the four
months he had served. He also made
an effort to keep Smith off the county
roads as county convict by paying
81 day and having him remain in
Jail. He has raised from Colored peo-
pie and paid $34 to the county treas
urer for the first month. This he must
continue to do for eight months or
Smith will go to the chain gang, doing
hard labor for using his inalienable
right" of free speech. For what he
said in his paper denouncing this bar
barism he said for Colored people
everywhere-in Waco, Texas, in Louis
vile, KY, or Boston, Mass. Shall He
Got
The following will help elueidate
matters:
Waco, Texas, Dee. 80, 1916.
Mr.. c. NJ. McClelland,
Louisville, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Your telegram reached my Office in
due course, but 1 was over at Austin
on business and came in this morning
and found it. 1 am sending you copy
of the paper and have marked the
articles The editorial is not action
able, it being "free Speech" but the
news article was, the Chicago De-
fender, from which it was copied was
not given credit.
1 hope your people may find sufi-
cient sympathy with this boy to help
him. He is still in Jail by scratching.
certainly appreciate the race love
that you and your most excellent peo-
pie are displaying.
Yours with thanks,
R. D. EVANS.
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Hot Cross Bun In History.

The hot cross bun has both antiquity
and tradition in its favor. Its history
traces back not only to the time Of
Cecrops and Astarte, but also to the
Jewish passover cakes and the cross
marked wafer or eucharistic bread
adopted by the early Christians and
mentioned in st. Chrysostom's liturgy.
The substitution Of the cross mark for
the horn MARI on the surface OF the
bun by the Greeks Il supposed to have
been done for the purpose Of dividing
more easily the bun into four equal
parts. Similar cross marked buns were
found In the ruins Of Herchlaneum.
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Air and Hunqer,

Experiments have shown that the
air Of an unventilated, occupied room
contains substances which I'm some way
and without producing conscious dis
comfort and detachable physiological
symptoms diminishes the appetite for
food.-Exchange.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13

One mistake made by Mr.. Smith
was the quotation of an article from
the Chicago Defender in which it was
said Jesse Washington did not kill the
woman but her husband was the muir
derer. Mr.. Smith reprinted this ar
ticle without giving its source. This
counted heavily against him in court.
The Chicago Defender is the largest
and most unreliable race paper in the
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
tcHEL TO NAME NEGRO TO
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

s'" lork--Dr. Edward p. Roberts,
v. HrSfo has been appointed by Mayor
,'''ae 10 the New York board of
!, '.a'on. lie had the Endorsement of
> H. K. Notion, successor to Booker
""Shmgtru, as the head of Tuske-
=, institute. He formerly was medical
Fee'Or for the board.
The broad ax., 1917-01-13
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Typhoid Fever.

@ A noted English sanitarian has
@ said that every time one dies
q from typhoid fever some one
@ should be hanged. Aside from
O this view and In the light OF
@ modern medical science. typhoid
6 deaths are now admittedly the
9 result Of sanitary blunders or
q criminal carelessness. The ex-
o istence OF typhoid fever bears
. the stigma OF disgrace for two
9 reasons-frst. because we know
. more about its prevention and
= its filthy source than most any
. other disease and. second. be-
. cause fits presence betrays filth.
q either as to our food and drink
q or as to our personal habits
q Ignorance Is no longer q cloak
q under which to hide the disgrace
. Of typhoid fever. Keep your
y home and surroundings absolute
. " clean, keep yourself and your
. clothing absolutely clean. keep
. your food absolutely clean. and
. you viii have no typhoid fever.