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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-17
WANT
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
People Make Camp align
For Principle of One Vote
For One Man.

Brussels. Belgium, Jan 17-(Cor-
resDondence Of The Associated Press)-
Belgium is facing a crisis in its po-
Ideal history The present govern
ment. comprising six Catholics, three
Liberals and three Socialists, is
acknowledged everywhere to be only
a provisional one. a government Of
transition. A real government which
viii direct the reconstruction OF Bel
GUM is in the making.
Suffrage Is Issue.
II is not expected that elections can
be held in less than six months. Mean
while the political fight will be waged
upon a basis Of universal suffrage-
one man. one vote Before the war
the priests had four votes. land own
ers and mobiles as many votes as they
had estates in different provinces and
Socialists and Liberals only one vote
each. The Socialists were mostly
working men and the Liberals mostly
professional men This enabled the
Catholic party 10 be in power tor
more than 80 years
Under the universal suffrage sys-
ten which would relegate priests ana
land owners 10 the same category as
working men. doctors and lawyers. II
is asserted the Catholic party may be
placed in the minority. Nevertheless,
cardinal MERGERS great personality
and the energy he displayed in behalf
Of Be1zfans during the war is said TO
have greatly helped the cause Of the
CatholiG party.
f-,,-fr.s & n hrrv liberty Bonds
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-17
americas Heroes; U. S. Casualty List

Roy Stanton. Barboursville, ". Va.
Otto Y. Taylor, Alexandria, Ind.
Samuel T. Taylor, Miliersburg, Ind.
Raymond J Wertz. Potter. Wis.
Don S. Williams. Butler, Tenn.
George s. Young, Santa Monica, Cal.
Adolph o. Zaiss. Denver, Colo.
CORRECTIONS IN PREVIOUS LISTS.
The following southwestern men
are mentioned in the corrections in
previous lists:
Returned 20 Duty.
Pvt Trinidad Galvez, Beeville, Tex,
previously reported missing
Pvt Guy Glenn. Dublin. Tex, pre-
viously reported missing.
Pvt Walter s. Price, Clifton. Tex.
Killed In Action.
Pvt John B. Ards. Brownfield. Tex,
previously reported missing.
Died OF Disease.
Pvt Jesse B. Lewis, Dallas, Tex,
previously reported missing.
Wounded Slightly.
Pvt. John K Moser, Hubbard. Tex,
previously reported missing.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Pvt Hope T. Gill. Emery. Tex, pre-
viously reported missing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
A pouahboy's PRAYER.

~ 6ou9npoyU TFayoPs
head Yankee doughboy pray
In the dawn Of the woods Of Fere
And doubt II he knew he spoke out
loud,
II he knew that I was there.
And I doubt n ever chaplain heard
Such language used In prayer,
But ! know that the good Lord God
smiled down
On that boy In the wood OF Fsra.
20 God OF Hosts. I ASK thee now
To make me strong 20 fight;
We've chased the-from the woods,
An they're startin' in to kite.
Hell amt . thing to these shells,
An lost heap Of friends,
But give me strength to follow o.
TIL this-battle ends"
] head Yankee doughboy pray
As we halted a moment there,
And the Lord Of Hosts smiled down
on him
In the dawn Of the woods Of Fsre.
Robert w. Mcknight h the Home
Sector,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
Chairman Trewin Would Call
Special Session in February

Cedar Rapids. Iowa. Dec. ~. 1919.
Hon. Wallace II. Arney. Marshalltown.
Iowa.
Dear Senator:
AS there are abroad In the state a
great many rumors about the extra
session and the reasons for not CALI
ing II. deem II proper to PLACE the
following before you for consideration:
On or about tho 25th day OF No
vomber, 1919, the code commission
communicated to tho governor that
the complied code would he completed
and distributed Dec. !, and that in the
opinion of the commission It's report
would be completed by February /.
All long understood that the commits
sion had in preparation n series OF
bills for the purpose OF amending. re-
vising, and codifying tho laws. and
that | arge number OF these bills
would be printed and ready for SUBJ
micsion to tho general assembly by
the first Of January.
So far as the work Of the commits
sion Is concerned. there has been and
Is no reason why the special session
might not be called at any rate not
later than February /; but it might
have been called earlier. and the gen.
eral assembly could have entered upon
q consideration or the bills already
prepared. Meanwhile. the commission
could have finished its work and SUBJ
mitted the remaining bills In time 70
that they might be considered by the
general assembly without delaying Its
work.
I have noticed limitations that the
reason for not calling the extra ses-
sion is because OF the commission not
completing its work by January 1. The
members of the commission advised
that the. time was too short TO Go the
work, and were given to understand
by many members of the general as
sembly that there would he no ohjec-
ton to taking an additional thirty
days beyond January 1 for the purpose
Of doing the work properly.
The commission employed such
number OF assistants as could be used
to advantage on the work. and all have
worked with great assiduity, without
taking any summer vacation.
You have had an opportunity to ex-
anime the compiled code and some
of our bills, and can, no doubt. appre-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16

VIA fur supply y the enactment Of
Rigorous game laws. Few species OF
fur bearing animals oan ever be raiped
In captivity In sufficient numbers 70
make much difference In the total
supply Of fur. But there II no question
that good protection by law will con-
serve indefinitely the wild fur crop.
The most staple wild fur In settled
Countries Is furnished by the skunk
and tho muskrat. Both multiply 80
rapidly that fair protective laws will In.
sure permanent supply. The seal fur
supply can be made permanent by en-
forcing an honest agreement between
nations against pelaEic sealing. This
practice stopped, seal herd la as de-
pendable stock as heard OF sheep.
Plenty OF skins for robes can be
had. % long as long haired goats and
cows are raised. Material for weather.
proof coats will be in abundant supply
a. long a. coat Innings are made Of
sheepskin. There Is. however, an esthe-
tic value In the fur OF certain wild
animals, a value not to be found In
domestic fur. This value we shall do
well to conserve by rigid game laws
rigidly nforced.-Minneapoli Jour-
nal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
WHkI Is HARplNas REAsoM4

James II. Trewin. chairman OF the
committee on revision of the Iowa code
has addressed letters to legislators
which makes the apparent anxiety OF
Governor Harding to deny a special
session for the purpose OF coce rev.s-
ion even less understandable. 1t APP
pears to be the concensus Of opinion
among the leading legislators that the
session should be called on or shortly
after January / as agreed upon at the
last session and that attempt to prop
erly consider the revision as submit
ted by the committee can do be ac-
complished at general session
Just why Harding should be buck
Ing the agreement and the conclusions
Of leading assemblymen and attorneys
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
rH,oocas ioHSsruH..A 5000 MAN.

A telegram brings news of the death
Of Theodore Johnston at his home In
Whittier California.
When a good man dies we truly say
the world has suffered great loss.
But the thought that comes THIS morn
ing with the announcement OF the
passing OF this old friend and associate
is what great good and gain have
come to the world because a good man
lived a long life In IT," FOR Theodore
Johnston won that highest accolade in
the battle of life, He was a good man.
Few men have endeared themselves
SO generally to those among whom
their lots are cast as did Theodore
Johnston. In the church and the COM
munity where he lived SO long he was
universally respected and universally
loved. No man ever better earned
affection and respect, No man ever
received that which he had earned In
fuller measure than did Theodore
Johnston. None knew him but to love
him. none named him but to praise"
A man of the strictest Integrity and
Of the yentlest and tenaerest nature;
rock ribbed in his belief and his faith
yet tolerant of the belief and opinions
of others; rooted like an oak in prin-
cipie and act with yet kindly word
and a hand of help held 20 the errin9'
an honest straightforward, friendly
and generous man; Christian VINO
lived his religion; to whom service was
a watchword: who loved mankind and
shed kindness as a rose sheds perfume;
who prated not of the fatherhoed OF
God and the brotherhood Of man but
looked upward to the one and lived
the other. The world will miss him.
1t would have missed more had he
not lived.
To the Times Republican force the
news Of his death is that OF the pass
ing of a beloved elder brother. In Ills
long incumbency as treasurer of this
newspaper We grew to iooS upon MN
as such. There's juist sne bert In q
Drumtochty and i:'s sair." fst the
legacy of kindness he left. the fnspira-
-tion of strength that came with the
man and his life will live on and serve
as he served. He built himself I'M
mutually into the lives o, those whose
privilege and happiness It was TO
know and love him we'll.
1t is worth while to be good man.
to live a good life, to earn and hold re-
spect and deep liking, worth while 70
tho man who lives thus and worth
while to the world he lives IN.
Nothing else Is worth while.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16

il not evident. - many Of Hsrdings
reasons srs not evident The opinisns
and reasons OF tho Legislators and OF
the committee on code revision arc
however made plain. Why is Hard
ing bucking code revision of the track
or insisting that II shall be done by "a
special session called In the busiest
time Of the year for farmer legisia-
tors?
The agreement was made before the
legislature adjourned. II thore Is any
public reason why the program should
not be carried out nobody seems to
know of It. Harding has given none
worth consideration.
Then what Is the reasonf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
Topics of the Time,

= The president OF the Shenandoah
equal suffrage club has died at the
age Of 95. She was elected when 81.
What pity the old lady could not
have survived to cast the ballot for
which she worked 50 many years.
It seems that Colonel House left
friends for himself abroad whatever
he and the president did to American
friendships.
Better buy err right away. Some
body else may strike tomorrow.
II Is not hard to understand why the
American Legion sours on Hun music.
They heard 1t under different circum-
stances made by guns throwing death
and poison gases. Theirs are not short
memories.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16


genera, asssmbly, h Jaaaasy. 1ost n
Ia Of the highest importanee that what
ever thsrs 10 In the way % changes In
tho law In section numbsrs. wording.
or other wise. should be evtokly printed
after tho general assembly has made
such changes.
do not think that code revision will
ever be satisfactorily accomplished at
u regular session, and IL II should 20
beyond the next regular session. great
confusion would bs produced by the
enactments thereof. and . large part
of the work OF the commission would
have to be done ever.
OF course, code revision In bound to
como before long. because OF it, great
necessity. regardless Of mere tempo
rary or political questions.
The only feasible way 10 for ar
rangements to be made for the COM
mission 70 10 steadily on until the
completion OF It's work, about February
/, and for an eariy extra session Of the
general assembly TO consider the mat.
ter.
You may make any use OF this let
tor you deem proper.
Very truly yours.
J. II. Trewin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16

clate the enormous amount OF work
and painstaking care required TO har-
monize tho law and cure defects
therein.
| have heard rumors that the COM
mission Is TO recommend great NUM-
Der OF changes In substantive law, up
setting the construction given by the
courts. This Is not the case. we nave
no intention of recommending changes
In the vorbiage OF statutes which nave
been long in existence, and have been
constructed by tho court so ~ to be
free from ambiguity. but We believe
II to be advisable to make a great
many changes In administrative law,
and in the procedure hereunder, for
the purpose Of clarifying the same,
and better protecting the rights OF the
people.
| ] bespeak in advance for our report
a careful consideration and UNDER
standing of It, and believe 1t Will, in
the main, meet the approval OF all
thoughtful persons. | may add that
we are unanimously of the opinion
that the report Of any code commits
sion should be considered only at
| speCial bSoSion VI ZIG bShSAoi "SSA
bly,.
After careful study of chapter fifty.
acts Of the Thirty eighth general as
sembly. the commission took tho posi-
ton that the date fixed In the law for
making It's report is directory, and
not mandatory. arr made an applica-
ton to the executive council to au-
thorize the payment Of necessary help
to complete the work after the first OF
January. citing Iowa and other cases
to support the position Of the commits
sion. The general rules governing
matters of this kind are:
/. That altho a time may be stated
In mandatory language in n statute
for the performance Of an act by a
public official, It will be construed as
directory unless negative words are
used in connection with It. In other
words. a provision that an act must
not be performed thereafter.
2. 1t is universal rule that no
statute will be held to be mandatory
when to do so Is against public policy.
The public policy of The state as enun-
ciatsd in the act IN question is GER
| tainly that the report of the code COM
mission should be completed AZ speed
| lily as possible, and submitted to the
governor and the general assembly.
/, Therefore, it would be against every
consideration of public policy to stop
and largely destroy the work of the
commission by refusing to pay for the
! completion of the work.
Should 1t be the holding OF the
executive council that the opinion OF
the commission in this regard Is
wrong, and If the council should refuse
| to pay for work done after January !,
| It would seem altogether advisable to
call the general assembly together at
once. In order that 1t might make pro-
vision for the completion of the work
of the commission, because II the work
| Is discontinued and the experienced
assistants discharged and scattered
the first OF January. 1t will be waste
| full and will not be easy or convenient
| to take II UP again.
The work of the general assembly
on code revision should be done 50
that the permanent code might be
printed and distributed before the
opening Of the courts in the fall OF
1890. and certainly should be done be-
fore the converting of the Thirty-ninth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
THE STRiK z.


unload you would
with I've laid the shei more
In all
witho
children
nothing but pie In rant
be- found remedy III sing more
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
THE Arch Enemy Of Middl. L,f.. y

Or. William J. Mayo, of Rochester.
MIMI. one Of the two brothers who
have made that little town the surgi-
cal Mecca OF the continent, calls can
Ger the arch enemy Of middle life"
The statement, dramatic tho II sounds,
10 none too strong. Cancer Is killing
10 per cent OF the people who die over
10 years Of aga
In the year and half that We were
actively at war with Germany. the
kaiser's soldiers and sailors killed
about $4,000 Of our men. In the two
war years OF 1917 and 1918, cancer
killed 10000 Americans.
The worst of the matter Is that
nearly all this mortality and suffering
which 1t implies. II needless. Cancer
Is neither contagious nor hereditary.
It Is q new development in each
afflicted individual. and nearly always
| gives ample warning Of It's approa Oh.
In few cases. such rs cancer Of the
| liver, there seems TO be no present
| means OF combating the disease. In
| q somewhat larger number Of in
stances. the onset is 20 insfdfous that
even . careful survey does not detect
II until late.
But probably four times out Of
every dvs. the patient Is warned in
time II he would but heed. Any sore
that refuses to heal. any persistent
lump, particularly In woman's
breast, any abnormal and persistent
bleeding from any part. any long con-
tinued Indigestion In middle life which
Is accompanied by vomiting or loss of
weight. Is danger signal which
should send the sufferer to a COM
petent physician at once. In most Of
these instances. careful search will
| show the cause to be something else
than cancer-but the number OF cancer
cases thus brought to treatment in
time would cut the death rate from
this disease in two within year.
4 favorits sneer leveled at those
who Oivs such advice az this IL that
they are trying to boost the business
Of the doctors" The answer to that
sheer 10 easy and conclusive: Every
case Of cancer comes to the doctor
some time and assuredly the fes in
desperate or hopeless cases Is no less
than In easy and durable ones. As .
matter Of fsct, II every middle-aged or
elderly man and woman In this coun-
try would pursue q sound policy IN
reference to this disease. the doctors
OF America would lose millions Of dol
lars per year-but they would be- sfad
to stand the loss for the sake Of the
human gain.-Chicago Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
FARM LOANS Az tlaHr p'R c-Nr.

| The T.-R. recently predicted that
there were going to be some rare bar
gains offered this winter In perfectly
safe and sound second mortgages upon
Iowa farms at per cent. Federal
Land Banks. state banks and insur-
ance companies are limiting the
amounts they win loan upon first
mortgages to 800 per acre. Farms that
| have sold for 5000 and $500 per acre
for March LIST settlement require more
than t1eS per acre in loans for their
financing. Second mortgages must bs
sold outside Of banks and private In
| veators.
Confirming this editorial prophesy
comes the following letter from u farm
land mortgage company to reader OF
this newspaper offering second mort
cages on valuable Iowa lands at per
cent interest. The letter reads:
My dear Sir:
Would you be Interested in buying
back or Federal loans, the two liens
not amounting to more than fifty per
cent Of the real vaiue OF the farm
All arc Iowa loans, and the following
data will give you an idea OF what we
hare.
They run behind amortization loans
under joint stock land banks. the frst
len being 800 per acre or less. Does
/! It not occur to you that q second
behind a mortgage running q long
time, SO years, with no due date the
principal being gradually reduced by
semi annual payments, Ia good in
vestulent when on q Marshall, Hardin
or Chicasaw county farm made by
parties responsible financially, and for
the most part living on the farm? In
fact you BY investing in these Junior
| encumbrauoes are helping many q
good farmer make his way and
succeed because he 10 permanently
| financed. He uses his surplus money
to pay your second. he never has to
Worry about a due date or a maturity
| Of the first, and by keeping his pay
meat ON interest and principal each
six months. you holding the second
| know exactly where your security
! stands as to safety.
Here are the $4,000 In safe seconds
, we have:
| One thousand six hundred on 22i
acres Hardin county. First $22,4
| Twenty thousand on 90 acres Hardin
county. First $1,000.
Two hundred acres. $4,000 on Mar
| sba1r co,IDfv Efrst S2O 600.
! Four thousand on Floyd county.
First $4,000. 100 acres.
Four thousand on Chicasaw county
| $50 acres. First $4,000.
| Eight thousand on Floyd county
| 100 acres. First $4,000.
Nine thousand on Marshall county
$40 acres. First $4,000.
Sixteen thousand on Marshall county
500 acres. First $4,000.
| Sixteen Thousand on Chicasaw coun-
! ty 500 acres. First $4,000.
| Ali that the above dealer says as &c
the desirability of n second mortgage
on an Iowa farm which is to be paid
before the first comes due and when
the first lien Is paid little each year
on the installment or amortization
plan Is true. People with money tc
invest should get next to their bankers
and take these second mortgages a,
8 per cent as fast as they can. Money
invested IN them Is safe whereas
money or liberty bonds traded 70,
capital stock in some far away enter
prise 30 seldom ever does come back
that tho average man Is a boob WIKI
listens to the solicitor selling It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16


Twenty years ago muskrat esin0 ooiA
In this market At from ssvsn 70 ten
cents apiece. Today they bring i've
dollars each. Twenty years ego wo-
mems fur Of high price wore mostly
made of beaver. seal, otter and mink
skins. Muskrat and coon fur were
worn by teamsters, policemen and
others who are much out Of doors.
Coats Of these fuD were sold then 1t
thirty-five to forty dollars.
Today muskrat and coonskin are the
popular material for womsn's fur
coats. which are selling for from two
hundred and fifty 20 four hundred
dollars each. This 10 more than seal
and beaver cost twenty years ago. The
high grade furs Of former days are
now rarely seen except IN oA gar
ments. The mink and otter hAvs Al
most disappeared from settled SEQ
lions Of the country. Beavers Would
have been extinct years aso. but for
protective laws. Seal herds have been
greatly depleted by the practice Of pei
agile sealing, that 10. shooting the ami.
mails at sea. The pirates who do this
kill FIVE seals where but one 10 re-
covered: and cow seals are killed.
leaving their calves ashore to starve
to death.
The present price Of raw furs = .
strong temptation to wipe out the wild
fur bearing populat ton. We are eating
up our capital stock. ~ We did In the
days when buftaToes were shot for
their hides. The only salvation for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
HANDY DIRECTORY
- or TN0 -
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings

MARSHALL LODGE No. 100 A. 2.
A. NJ, stated communication Friday
Dec. ~. 1880 o'clock. Annual e'ec-
ton. A. l.. Frazer. w. NJ: John W.
Wells. secretary.
sicNer cSAPrER. No. - \, A.
A., Monday evening. Dec. %. 7iSo'
Annual election. George Gregory
II. p; John w. Wells. secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY. KING Solo.
mon Council No. 20. r. a s. NJ. Mrr-
day, Dec. o.. Business session. IRA
A. Davenport. L M: John w. wells
recorder.
conciavs %. Aldsmar commandery
No. so X. r. Tuesday, Dec. IS az w.
Annual election. J. f. Frcder,cN'
commander; John W. Wells, recoroer'
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81 o. Z. .
Regular meeting wednesday. Dec !"
7.3o o'clock. Usual business and e'ec,
zion Of officers. Mrs. J. F. schultz W.
NJ; Mrs. Archer Walton, secretary