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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
special to Times-R Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, July 16.-Col. Ralph r
Howell, OF Iowa City. recently on Gen.
eral Pershings staff as Judge advocate
in France. has been commissioned col
onel of the newly born Fourth infan-
try United States National Guard of
Iowa.
His fellow officers in command are
as follows:
Major, first battalion, Arthur l. Rule
Mason City. Battalion adtutant, lst
battalion, First Lieutenant Harold T.
Moffett, Mason City.
To this new organization. accord
ing to the roster issued today by COL
onel Howell, the following companies
official personnel noted-belong:
Supply company, Fourth infantry,
Des Moines-Captain David E. Bull
lock: Second Lieutenant Nelson j.
Goodsell.
Headquarters company, Fourth in
fantry, Fairfield-Capt. David B. Cas-
sat
Machine gun company, Fourth in
fantry. Fairfield-Capt. Forest r.
Wright: First Lieutenant oscar c.
Gaumers.
Company A, Fourth infantry. Coun-
ell BIuffs-Capt. Samuel A. Greene;
First Lieutenant Charles E. Telling
ham; Second Lieutenant Floyd c.
Hendricks.
Company B, Fourth infantry, Des
Moines-Capt. Charles D. Jarvis; Sec
ond Lieutenant Harrison S. Hartley.
Company C, Mason City-Captain
William R. Hayes; First Lieutenant
Dave H. McAuley; Second Lieutenant
Harry W. Knapp.
Company D, Sioux City-Capt Ira L.
Storm; First Lieutenant Howard B.
Rev; Second Lieutenant Hal B. Clark.
Company E, Fort Dodge-Capt. Fred
f. Frost; Second Lieutenant Lindsey
E. Thompson.
Company F, Sioux City-capt. Al
bert F. Swanson: First Lieutenant
George J. Ross; Second Lieutenant
Edward A. Schaefer.
Company G. Eeagle Grove-Capt.
Clyde H. McConaughy; First Leuten-
ant Lewis Elmer Wilson; Second
Lieutenant Benjamin 8. Borwey.
Company II, Charles Cty-Capt.
Jacob L. Schrader: First Lieutenant
Samuel B. Farnham.
Company I, Cherokes-Capt. Lewis
L. Totman.
Company X. Cedar Rapids-Capt.
Sewall C. viles; Second Lieutenant
Ernest F. Meyer.
Company L. Ottumwa-Capt. Joseph
E. Smith; First Lieutenant Lee Phelps.
Company M, Waterloo-Capt. Her
man B. Kohl; First Lieutenant Earl
W. Fisher.
Sanitary detachment, Fourth infan-
try, Des Moines-Maj. Guy q. Gift.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Eldora News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, July 1s.-Mrs. Paul Kier
and children. Of Santiago, Cal, arrived
in Eldora Tuesday for a visit with
friends. DR.. and Mrs. Kier were for
merly residents Of Eldora-
Mrs. Elizabeth Brookings. who had
been in Eldora visiting her father. DR..
J. e. King, and brother, o. ]. King,
has returned to her home In st. Paul
Attorney W. H. Sopher and family
have returned from several weeks
visit at different points IN Michigan
and Ohio.
A. D. Davis and E. E. Mcfarland
have purchased what is known as the
N. S. Carpenter business building Of
Mr.. Carpenter and expect to move into
the same early in August.
A young man about rs years Of age
was picked up in Alden Monday and
on Tuesday was taken before the
commissioners Of insanity. Inquiry
developed that the unfortunate had
but recently escaped from the institu-
ton in Independence and Is to be re-
turned there. He formerly lived near
Remsen, Plymouth county.
There Is a scarcity Of labor on the
farms of Hardin county, notwithstand-
ing the fact that most of the boys have
returned from overseas and from the
different camps. Men wanting work
can get all kinds Of labor in town and
country at good wages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
oUeUoUE CONDUCTOR REcov.
Frs SENSE OF SPEECH
AFTER THREE YEARS.
LOSS OF spEEcH
WAS DUE TO ACCIDENT
Physician Operates OF Head, Remes-
Inc Plate Placed Over Brain Follow.
ing Accident and Patient Again
Spsaks-Prsvious Operations Failed
to Relieve Sufferer.

Dubuque, July 16-After being I'M
able to speak for over three years be-
cause Of an injury received over fiji
teen years ago, George Kuntz, con-
1908 Lincoln avenue. was able to talk
to his family and friends last week.
For the past four or five years his
power Of speech has been gradually
leaving him and about three years ago
Mr.. Kuntz was able to speak but a
few words. His condition became
worse and lately he has been unable
to speak at all. A local physician was
called to attend the man and an opera
ton at city hospital occurred little
over a week ago, in which his head
was cut open, q plate removed and
pus which formed there released. The
railroad man recovered his power Of
speech and. according to his friends at
the Milwaukee shops, is again normal.
Particulars regarding the accident
which brought about the loss of
speech to Mr.. Kuntz are not known
by the men who have worked with
him for years on the local division of
the Milwaukee. Mr.. Kunt- has been
a resident Of Dubuque fo1 over twenty
years and before that was employed
on the 800" line.
Accident Cause. Less ct Speech.
three years ago Mr.. KuntZ was able
to carry on a conversation. About that
time, however, the change began to
manifest itself and the men noticed
that he talked less and less. Not know
ing any reason for this they put It
down as merely q within of Mr.. Kuntz,
from which he would probably recover.
1t proved different, however, and his
power of speech became less and less.
Then the men learned that he had
been injured IN the head some time be-
fore and that this was presumably
him to lose his power Of talk
Ing. He made trips to several places
where. it Is understood, operations
were undergone. but his condition be-
came worse and some time ago, they
claim, he was quite unable to speak.
He was forced to give up his work
and finally Dubuque physician de-
termined on an operation. Accordingly
he was removed to local hospital
where the operation was successfully
performed.
The news spread like wildfire about
the shops and the room occupied by
Mr.. Kuntz at the hospital was visited
by large numbers Of his old fellow
workers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
GrinneII and Vicinity.

Grinnell, July 16.-L. L. Woods died
Monday night from injuries received
from contact in some unknown way
with the gasolene engine that has OPP
Grated his cream separator. The &C
cident took place on Sunday morning
and the case was hopeless from the
first, Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at o'clock from the
home, just beyond the western limits
of the city. The local lodge OF Elks
will furnish special quartet music ana
have charge of the body at the grave.
Mr.. Woods was widely known and
greatly esteemed and the community
mourns his departure.
P. d. Burton has sold his residence
property, just east Of the Brande
apartment building on Fourth avenue
and adjacent to the Norris garage and
storage building, to ]. w. Motifs, VINO
plans to remove the dwelling and cover
the entire space with a two and one
story building, arranging two modern
apartments in the upper story and
making a storage repository OF the
lower part. The ground to DO thus
covered measures S0x150 feet.
The Community hospital has just re-
ceived another generous gift as nu-
cleus for a fund to defray In full or
in part the expenses Of those in strait
ened circumstances yet not dependent
on the public funds. This gift Is a
pledge of $500 a year until the amount
Is $4,000. The donor Is anonymous.
Rev. Ernest Starr, who has leave OF
absence for some months from his
church at Allison, Is soon to be in
Grinnell at the home Of his wires par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. e. Hale Bump. Mrs,
Starr ts here caring for her mother
who is i'll. A son, Floyd Bump, was
here over Sunday from his home IN
Waterloo.
It is publicly announced that Rev. p.
M. Vittum, who has just left his home
here for q vacation at his old home IN
New Hampshire, will. on his return
Sept. 1, begin his pastorate Of tho First
Congregational church Of Muscatipe.
C. B. Chambers and J. A. KrkpaA-
rick were managing q load OF hay
along the highway east Of the city
when It was upset and broke Mr..
Chambers ankle in three places. Mr..
Kirkpatrick was not injured. Mr.
Chambers Is the rural mail carrier on
route :.
The news has come to GrinneH
friends OF the death at his former
home In Tacoma, Wash, Of Mr.. George
Henderson Hanlin, a former resident
for many years Of this city. The body
is to be brought to Grinnell for inter-
ment. He was born In Pennsylvania
in 1872 moved to Iowa in 1852, enlist
ed in the Third Iowa cavalry in 1851,
moved to Grinnell at the close OF tho
war. married Emily Zimmerman OF
this city in 1870, and continued 70 I've
here until 1889 when he moved to Ia
coma. His brother, james Hanlin.
lives in Chicago, and his sister. Mrs.
Marian Kilbourne, in San Dtega, Cal.
He also has o son, Henry T. Hanlin.
with whom he lived in Tacoma, ana Q
grandson. George Louis.
a 2. Pnsten died yesterday noon at
the age Of 80 years, at the homo az his
daughter, Mrs. ]. A, Anderson, In this
city. Funeral services Will be held
from the Anderson home Thursday
with interment at Brooklyn.
Prof. and Nina II. w. MaNack, Of
this city are having a visit FROM NE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
MAYOR VIOLATES LAW.
Excited Over Birth Of Son, Parks Car
In Wrong Way.

In Wrong Way.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. July 16.-May the mayor
OF a city, after filming many traffic
ordinance violators s12.s5 and other
varying amounts, be exempt himself
when he blocks parking with
wrongly-turned car-in the event that
the lapse from auto righteousness is
due to the coming of an eight-pound
son? That is the question that is
vexfng Attorney ingalls, Swisher,
mayor Of Iowa City, who parked his
car in the wrong way, near a hospital
entrance this morning and was aston
ished when he came forth to find n
card tackled on the machine, ordering
him to appear in his own court for
hearing. A policeman had signed the
command. in accordance with the gen.
eral instructions of the mayor who has
been pressing the auto ordinance
vigorously. What happened at the hos
pital was the arrival of the young
mayors frst-born, a. boy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
VOTE MUNICIPAL PLANT.
Traer Citizens Vote Bonds For Light.
ing and Heating.

Special to Times Republican.
Traer, July 16.-Traer proposes to
have light and steam heat this winter.
At the special election on Tuesday on
the municipal electric light PROPOSE
ton the temper of Traer voters was
shown in the magnificent vote that
was polled. The municipal plant prop
osition carried by vote Of 264 for to
q against. The question of bonding
the city for $4,000 carried with a vote
Of 235 for to 81 against.
This, in spite of the fact that Toledo
had delegations working against the
proposition, both on Saturday and on
Monday evenings.
A three-fourths majority vote and a
majority over the last election was
necessary but Traer carried the day
with nearly 10 to vote.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
U. S. Reimburses University.

Special to Times RepubIican.
Iowa City. July 16.-Almost one
third of a million dollars has been
paid to Iowa university by the United
States war department In settlement
of the Hawkeye institutions claims.
based on wartime service.
The figures are as follows: 8. A. T.
C. expenditures refunded, $2So,23s.s0;
army vocational training school ex-
penditures refunded, $4,000. OF the
former, about 81. 900 was expended for
the navy students.
The university's claims, allowed by
the government, were based on hous-
ing. subsistence and instruction,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Montsxuma News Briefs.

Special 10 IlneS-ftepuDlCdu.
Montezuna, July 16.-Funeral SER
vices for w. L. Butts were held Sun
day from the home of his brother, G..
w. Butts. Mr.. Butts was born in 1851
and resided most Of his life In this Vi
cinity. A few years ago the family
went to Wyoming. where he passed
away.
r. P. Hobson IL to give one Of his
prohibition addresses here this evening
at the Methodist church.
Mrs. Grover Grier and one of hef
children were injured yesterday when
the car she was driving went over q
bank.
Preparations are being made for the
opening ct chantnnne next .-Teeiiss
A new business building is assured
by the purchase by J. J. Rodgers OF a
lot owned by Joseph Morris on Fourth
street, north Of the square.
Elk Governor George w. Clarke was
the principal speaker Saturday st the
picnic At Deep River.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
FORTY BLOCKS OF PAVING.
ment Program For 1920.

nlent Program For 1920.
Montezuma Council Plans Improve
Special to Times-Republican.
Montezuma, July 16-The council on
Monday decided to advertise for bids
for about forty blocks Of new paving.
Some Of the proposed paving was cut
out, A full afternoon was spent in
hearing the objections Of property
owners and in discussing the various
phases Of the matter. Most Of the
proposed paving win be in the resi-
dence district It is feared that by the
time the legal fornalities are COM
pleted that nothing can be done this
season but everything should be
ready for early work next spring.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Church Honors lowan.

special 10 IlmeS-ItepuDitcdn.
Iowa City, July 16.-Rev. DR.. w. d.
Williams, formerly pastor OF Trinity
Episcopal church here, and later pastor
of the st. Paul's Episcopal church at
Southington. Conn, has been signally
honored by the parish there at the
conclusion Of his sixth year there. The
Southington church has not only or
dered an increase In salary but has
voted to ask the bishop to mako the
former Iowan's appointment there ono
of life-tenure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
RETURNED SOLDIER ENDS LIFE.
Takes Stryehnire at Home Of Brother
Near Charlton.

Charlton, July 16.-Artie Prisler. re-
recently returned soldier, committed
suicide at the home Of his brother,
Bert Prisler, near here, Wednesday
afternoon by taking strychnfne.
He had only been in this city a
short time, coming here from Camp
Funston, Kan. where he had been in
the service. His wife and two chill
dren are living here at the present
time. They were divorced several
months ago. but remarked June 81.
Dependency over his inability to
secure employment is believed to have
been the reason for taking his own
life.
The body Of the man was found In
the yard of the home by his brother
and removed to a local undertaking
parlor. He was "a years old. Burial
took place this afternoon from the
undertaking parlor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
GETS HOSPITAL TREATMENT.
Aviator Receives Treatment For Eye
Hurt in Fall.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, July 16.-llnsign Dwight
Macy, Of Lynnville. Iowa, a Grinnell
College student, who fell $500 feet at
Key West, Fla, when his airplane
went into tail spin and failed to
come out Of it because the control
went wrong, is here to receive trea-
ment, under Uncle Sans war risk in
surance system, at the university hos
pital. He escaped remarkably. with
his real injuries limited to a badly
wounded eye. The cadet whom the
Iowa pilot was instructing was not
even hurt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
Truck CoIlides With Train.

vinton, July ia Maxwell delivery
truck driven by N. P. Carl and Clar-
ence Haymaker was hit by a freight
engine on the railway crossing at G
avenue Saturday. MT. Carl was driv-
ing down town after lunch when the
accident occurred. Neither Carl nor
were seriously injured. Mr..
Carl says that he did not hear the
whistle blown or the engine bell ring,
and as the trees prevent one from
seeing tho track coming from the
south, the accident happened too
quickly for him to do much. His at
tention was drawn to the approaching
train by Haymaker, who Jumped. Carl
used the brakes, but the front wheels
were on the track and the blow sent
the truck about fifty feet. Carl was
thrown about six feet and Haymaker.
who had Jumped to the ground. was
knocked nearly twenty feet. They
were both quite badly bruised ana Carl
has a bad bump on the back Of lis
head and q cut on one hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
ONE FARM ER's SUCCESS.
Sells Quarter Section For $50 900 After
Almost Losing Place.

Special to Times-Republican.
Montezuma, July 1s-Robert Hicks
has sold his 100 acre farm to Fred Dee
for $4,000. This item in itself does
not indicate anything unusual. How
ever, it is recalled that soon after Mr..
Hicks came to this country he invest
ed all he had II an eighty acre farm.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
once VOkor.

Have you ever noticed that about
% out Of every 100 Of the people who
cali at your once want you to do
something for thsm7-Chioago Re-
rd-Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-16
HOWELL TO LEAD
FOURTH INFANTRY
MEMBER OF PERShiNo'S STAFF
MADE COLONEL IN NATION.
Al GUARD.
ROSTER OF NEWLY
ORGANIZED REGIMENT

Arthur [. Rule, Of Mason City, Major
Of First Battalion-Maj. Guy z.
Cliff, of Des Moines, in Charge OF
Sanitary petaehment-other Com.
missioned Officers Named.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-18
A New Charter4or Philadelphia

Philadelphia has adopted new charter, de-
signed to redeem it from the clutches of contract
ors and boss rule. All the commercial and civic
organizations of Philadelphia approved the char
ter and all the newspapers supported it. Instead
of double body of 146 men, elected from easily
controlled burroughs, the new council has 81
members, each of whom is to receive salary of
$4,000 annually. On December Is, each year, the
mayor must present financial budget for the
coming year, within which the council must keep
it's financial program. Contractors who have
made millions on the city are thwarted by pro-
vision requiring the city to do all street repair
ing street cleaning, and collection of ashes, waste,
rubbish and garbage. The purpose of the charter
is to overcome political organizations and to COM
pei party leadership to respond to the popular
will.
The Outlook presents the following digest of
the charter:
Philadelphia is to have charter. the conspicu-
features of which singechambered council of
twentyone members and provision that the city shall
do its street paving and repairing and its
bage and removal.
The first Of these that the voters of the city
viii have large in the selection of their representa-.
1854 the consolidation clumsy and out
modelled the United States senate and consisting of
fortyegh members and the lower Consisting of ninety
six modelled the national house of representatives
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-18

In other words the city possessed system
with and of course political machine was
absolute essential The public works provision is aim
ed the rule which has long dseredsd the
city and magnified the power Of the famous shall
we say. the notorious philadelphia organization"
II the charter contained other provision 1T would
still be important piece Of legislation but contains
many other which make it in respects one
the important contributions charter revision Among
things the elimination of the police
and frepen politics. Furnishing such activity by loss
office and by and Imprisonment The BALLOT is
shortened by providing for the appointment OF the city
solicitor by the heretofore the cttys law officer
having been elective
Other important sections provide for budget pre-
pared by the estimates submitted by the
troler and for doing with the accumulation Of
floating indebtedness the charter requiring this point
that receipts of the city from taxation and
funds the council shall appropriate
before the beginning OF the ensuing year sufficient
exnguishing the floating Indebtedness
(other than that accruing within from condem
nation real property which the city comptroller
estimate to be outstanding the LIST OF January follow
ing: and the payment of all lawful obligations due by
the city during the fiscal commencing January l.
and for such expenditures to be made from such receipts
be authorized by the council" The comptroller is
forbidden to ceuntersgn warrant pertaining to
of the appropriations until the council shall have first
passed all appropriations for the for
the year. In itself reform Of
ton The Improvement section
it of the best and most modern in American
provision of the revision of the lists
of voters which made the basis of councmanic
resentation constitutes another important reform in
view of the fact that heretofore there has been official
revision of these lists and has been possible for de-
signing politicians increase their ward representation
practically without let hindrance
The council of twentyone is elected every four
in the various state senatorial districts Of which there
eight There is to be councilman from each dis
trct and one additional councilman for each unit of
10000 assessed The charter contains interest
ing provision that if at time hereafter the
OF the commonwealth shall be given the right to vote. the
unit Of representation shall be 10000 assessed voters In
stead of 100000 that the council shall continue to be
composed of twenty-one members"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-18

the Son of God
And leaving Simonides lost in Won
der at such a speech from him, he
went where Balthazar was kneeling
nearby, and laid his hand upon the
good mans shoulder.
20 wise Egyptian, hearken! Thou
vert right-the Nazarene is indeed
the son of God
"BalthaZar drew him down to him,
and replied feebly, L saw him child
in the manger where he was first
laid; it is not strange that ! knew him
sooner than thou: but oh that should
live to see this day! Would that l
had died with my brethren! Happy
Melchoir! Happy Gaspar!'
Comfort thee!' said Ben-Hur.
Doubtless they too are here"
Within the frame of the story of
Christ Is told the tale Of Ben-Hur, be-
ginning with the appearance of the
three Wise Men, Balthazar. Melchior
and Gaspar, and ending with hte sub
lime tragedy on Golgotha. From tbs
days Of the scenes at the manger until
the elimination of the great story,
the figure Of Christ appears but once,
and that for a moment, but over all
that happens in the intervening years
hovers the gentle spirit; thrilling as
the episodes are In themselves, strong
ly as the characters are portrayed,
they are but a preparation for what
is to follow, mere worldly setting for
Him who was too great for all save a
few to understand at that time
Some twenty-one years after the
scene at the manger, young Jew
Ben-Hur, a prince of Jerusalem, rich
happy, ambitious, was standing by 3
parapet of his palace, watching the
progress of Valerius Gratus, imperial
governor of Judea. AS the Roman
passed beneath the wall amid the jeers
and insults of the Jews, the young
prince leaned far out to see the new
governor; a loose tile was displaced,
and, as bitter fate would have It, fell
full upon the governor. The accident
was not fatal; but 1t was an opportun.
ity for exemplary justice, especially as
the estates of the Jew were very de.
sirable to the governor and his friend
Messiah, hitherto almost brother to
Ben-Hur though the latter had been.
The unhappy Jew was sent as a rover
to the galleys where the limit of life
was at most but year. His mother
and sister were immured in a secret
cell in the Tower of Antonio, where
they were domed to the fate OF lepers.
The only act of kindness Ben-Hur
could remember during the years that
followed was on the day he was
dragged to the galleys. "The hand
laid kindly upon his shoulder awoke