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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
WHAT THE WOMEN OWE TO cummlNs

Women voters of Iowa owe q debt
OF gratitude to Senator Cummins for
several reasons which may be en-
umerated as follows:
Senator Cummins has distinguish
ed his state by rendering such SER
vice IN the senate that he has peen
elected by the senator's from all the
other states president Of the senate,
an honorary position next to that Of
ce-president of the United States
who presides over the senate.
Senator Cummins many years ago
as governor and later as senator
rendered valuable assistance to the
women's organizations in their efforts
for child welfare work and the
woman at the head of that work
publicly urges all women to reward
Cummins with their votes now.
Senator Cummins was among the
first to espouse woman's suffrage and
his influence in congress for the
amendment was great
Senator Cummins, as chairman of
the senate committee on interstate
commerce, led in the formulation of
the first legislative effort in America
to protect women from the privation
want and punishment always inflicted
upon them when their husbands are
forced out of employment by a rail-
road strike. The new law sets up
court of wage adjustment to which
employees can appeal for justice with
out going on a strike and yet the
right to strike still remains if the
courts award fails to give justice
By preventing strikes the wives and
daughters of railroad men are pro-
tected and by avoiding shut downs
at mills all over the country, which
always follows any strike delay to
train service, the wives and daugh-
tiers of wage workers in the mills and
in the building trades are protected
The widows who must live on thei,,
corn rent are assured cars In the
future to haul their corn. to market
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
r ILLyWI11cKERCE

When the old wolf spoke about how
tempting morsel OF food the boy
nearby was, Billy looked to see whom
he meant. and to his horror saw his
own little Dick holding fast to his
mothers hand They had passed
within q few feet Of Billy. but had
not seen him. He was thankful for
that. because he felt that he could
| never look member OF the Treat
| family in the face again IL he had
been caught hobnobbine with the
great Russian wolf. especially If 1t
ever leaked out what the wolf had
said.
Billy's nerves were so shaken and
| he felt so sick after hearing the
dreadful threats the wolf had made
that he crppt between the wheels
| under the cage and lay down behind
/, the wooden side of the cage which
was banked against the far wheels.
Here he had time to recover his
| ccmposure in peace and pull him
self together.
/ 1t was not long. of course. before
| Billy felt well enough to go on.
| Strang to tell, the more he thought
of the old VOLTS story. the less he
/, blamed him for being sa savage. He
realized that in picking out little Dick
as the one on whom he would like to
/ wreak his vengeance, he had not
/ known that he was Billy's dearest
friend and that Billy had once risk
ed his own life to save him from
drowning In the old swimming hole.
and was more than willing to do so
again If the necessity ever arose.
! Finally Billy owned to himself If he
had been treated as the wolf had
been, captured, taken far from home,
penned up in q narrow cage to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
lowa Newspapers
REPUBLICAN, CHANCES.
fort Dodge Messenger

The forty-eight states have a
total OF SCI electoral votes. A ma
jority necessary to the choice of a
president is 266. Because the drift
Of sentiment in the country at the
present time is Enthusiastically toward
the republican party. it is much more
simple to figure republican victory
on paper than to figure one for the
democrats. It is always easier to
figure with the drift than against it.,
as every politician knows. Some
times, OF course, such figuring is
misleading. Yet there are certain
rock bottom conditions that can be
taken into account with safety, even
three weeks In advance OF the cleo
ton. says Chicago writer on the
situation. The democrats. he says,
have solid rock foundation in the
solid south, in addition to which they
Will carry . few other states, Just
how many Is not yet certain, but not
enough. as the case now stands, to
menace the election Of Harding. The
estimate which follows gives them
four-New Mexico and Arizona in
the southwest, and Utah and Nevada
ali OF these it should be said. are
claimed for Harding, but seemingly
with not enough detailed proof, at
this moment to make tthe j claims
convincing. With the, solid south
they give Cox 149 electoral votes.
On the republican side of the
ledger, as against the sixteen states
credited to Cox, are put down
twenty five states as being rock
bottom for Harding. Ohio is in the
list. but II its twenty four votes
were taken out and gwen to Cox
there would still be 2S6 for the re-
publicans or q majority Of twenty.
The thirteen votes of Minnesota
might also be taken out without
electing Cox.
In the doubtful list for the present
are placed seven states, Colorado,
Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mis-
souri,, Montana and West Virginia.
That does not mean a republican
estimate, and that these states lean
toward Cox; it simply means that,
for the purpose of the estimate. they
are not counted as leaning either
way. Harding will, in all probability,
carry four Of the seven-Indiana.
Kentucky, Maryland and West Vir-
GINA. Harding has better chance
than Cox in one of the other three
Missouri, and cox's chances are bet
ter in Montana and Colorado. If
there is to be republican land
slide, Harding will carry all seven,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
A FIGHTERS MITE
copyrish
1920
BY FLORIAN SLAPPEY
AZ Told to OCTAVUS ROY COHEN

Florian Slappey tossed his news
paper on to the corner Of Lawyer
Evans Chews near mahogany desk.
HIM.! he remarked enviously, that
what calls easy money.
Say which?" inquired the colored
attorney interestedly.
Easy money: thas which,"
You talks. Floian But what does
you say?"
i is ben readin'." explained Mr..
Slappey. that Brother Jack Demp-
sey got fifty thousan' dollars To-
knockin' out Brother Billy Miske up
in Benton Harbor. Mish. Tha's what
calls easy money. Prize fightin' Is
all easy money"
Lawyer Chew thought lntensively.
'Yeh. Easy money TO- Brother
Dempsey. But how 'bouten Mistuh
Miske?"
Easy TO- him. too"
'fou says. But I amt gwine let
Mistuh Dempsey hit me TO no twenty
thousan' dollars which is what the
newspaper says Mistuh Miske gotten
TO his share.
"F,o' twenty thousan' dollars. Law
yer Chew-pd do anythin' In the
world 'ceptin' kiss yo' wife. An
what | reemahks is that this heah is
the dawn OF a new zero TO prize
lighters"
How Gomez"
Folks is kinder hankerfn' fo' blood
an action as they has had same To-
so long. An with all the states
passin' boxin' laws they is a chance
that pretty soon Mistuh ROCKEFELLER
amt gwine be the richest man in the
world
Won't last long" youchsafed the
lawyer pessimistically,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
HANDY DIRECTORY
-OP The
MASONIC. TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Weicoms.

MARSHALL LODGE NO. los, a
f. A. NJ, Friday. Oct. %. second de-
gree. p. m. sharp. G.. G. Jennings
w. NJ; John w. Wells, secretary
sIGNET CHAPTER NO. ss. Royal
Arch, Monday. Oct. rs. 1880 o'clock
Mark Master, Frank 7. Nokes, II. r;
John w. Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL NO.
20. stated assembly: Monday, Oct. 10
Business meeting. Carl Shaffner W.
NJ, John w. Wells, recorder.
coNcLAvE ST. ALDEMAR COM
MANDERY NO. so. Wednesday, Oct.
81, 1880 p. m. Red Cross and malta
Clyde H. Stewart, commander; Jonn
w. Wells. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 Q.
e. s. Special meeting "Wednesday
evening November 10 at 7:So O'Clock
for initiation. Past Matrons viii pun
on the work. Mrs. w. ]. Richards
w. NJ; Mrs. Archer Walton, secre-
tary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23

looked at by thousands of people
day after day, year In and year out,
with not the faintast hope or chance
OF escape, he would feel the same
way. The very thought OF such a
Fate made him quake and wish he
Billy crept out of his hiding place
and slipped quietly past the next
three or four cages without stopping
to ask any questions. fearing that the
wolves would see him and make an
uproar trying to call him back to
hear more of their sad story and to
persuade him to find some means for
their escape. Billy was always tend
er-hearted when it came to the cases
OF those in trouble and suffering, and
he knew it would hurt his. feelings to
be obliged to disappoint even that
pack of wolves, thieves and robbers
tho he knew them to be.
By Just CHANGING sidewise at the
cages he thus passed and observing
the labels on each he was able to
learn the names OK the animals he
felt obliged to skip. They were the
tain lion. red deer. wild boar, and
hyenas. The last were such ugly.
awkward, unclean and altogether
terrifying looking beasts that Billy
did not mind not making their per-
sonal acquaintance, tho he would
have liked to exchange greetings with
the beautiful. mild looking, gentle
acting deer and to have put a ques-
| ton or two to the mountain lion
| about his diet. He was crouched In
one corner of his cage and looked for
all the world as tho he were ready to
spring upon some victim.
[Billy sees the King Of Beasts in
tomorroW's story1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Reproduction
Prohibited,

You talks foolishment, Lawyer
Chew"
L repeats my reemahk over agin.''
That makes It mo- foolisher How
come you to say sech as that?"
On account OF wimmin"
What wimmin got to do with
prize fightin'?"
Prize fightin' is guvened by votin'
an wimmin now votes"
They amt gwine vote bouten
prize fightin' THEY dom know moth
In bout it."
Then said the attorney trium-
phantly. they il gwine vote agin II
on account what winm,n oon' know
nothin' bout. they is opposed to-
"Jes' the same" persisted Florian,
money Is the on'y thing prize fight
ers amt maxim nothin else but these
days. An, mo'-it's the fondest
thing they is of. We is got a good
I heaeJw ehampeen, an"
Says which?"
Says we is got a good nsavy-
weight champeen--"
You says! How we know he is %
Amt he sayin' he is gwine fight
eNybody which vans fight? Amt
he swine fight 'em all. an lick 'em %
yen. but that dom prove nothin,."
How come not?"
On account they amt none of 'em
no good. An beatin' fighters which
CANT fight is like preposin. ,na'iage
TO woman which has one husban'
an five chillun. It shows you is
"lliin' to pay compliment but amt
meanin' to be too se'ious."
But Brother Georges Carpenter
| Is q good fighter"
Sos my wife" reto,ted Lawyer
Chew. but it DON git her nownerey,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
T0bn Burroughs
, s, Nsst'ss:::

l. Are birds adept in pursuing
other birds?
2, What pleasure, does the study
Of nature bring?
3. How does a squirrel harvest
nuts?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
I /. Does a birds song vary in diff
ferent localities?
The song of certain birds seems to
vary slightly in different localities.
and also to change during series OF
years. Not a season passes but
hear marked departures in the songs
Of our birds from what appears to be
the standard song of given species.
?. What popularity Of MUSCLE
have the Cape Cod horses?
When Thoreau was at Cape Cod he
noticed that the horses there had a
certain muscle in their hips inordin-
ately developed by reason Of the in
secure footing In the ever-yielding
sand. Thoreaus vision at times fit
ted things closely.
8. What may close observer note
in winter?
A close observer hears at night
the roar Of the distant waterfall, and
the rumble of the train miles across
the country when the air is hollow"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
NIGHT coMETH


strife
all
grudge
of
the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
ROOT EXPOSES cox.

Elihu Root, secretary Of state UNI
der Roosevelt. international lawyer
called into consultation by the pow
ers Of Europe. friend of a league to
enforce peace, talks to candidate Cox
like kind father to a maynard son.
He explains as clearly as language
can express the danger which turks
in the Wilson league and shows Cox
that until he will endorse the spirit
of the senate reservations the Wilson
league threatens to cast us into war
without our consent
Root explains that If we contract
to let a council Of foreign nations
decide when and where our army and
navy shall be used we obligate this
nation to go to war under the direc-
ton of that council of foreign diplo-
mats just as tho we had contracted
by treaty to pay money; that con-
gress would have to declare war or
violate the treaty obligations OF this
country just as congress would have
to appropriate money for a treaty
debt or violate the treaty obligations
of the United States government.
What Root and Taft and Roose-
,velt's attorney general Wickersham
and Hoover. and the presidents of
Columbia, Harvard, Princeton. Cor
neil and Dartmouth universities and
colleges object to in the Wilson
league and in Cox's declaration that
he would go into it is that our gov
eminent should not obligate itself to
declare war when an international
league council directs but should ex-
pressly reserve that authority to con-
gress of determining when and where
our army and navy should be used.
This was.the purpose and language
Of the senate reservation which Will
son refused but which Europe offered
to accept which read:
The United States assumes no OBJ
legation to preserve the territorial In
tegrity or political independence OF
any other country by the employ
ment of it's military or naval forces.
etc., unless in any particular case
the congress which under the constt-
tuition has the sole power to declare
war or to authorize the employment
OF the military or naval forces of the
United States shall in the exercise Of
full liberty of action by act or Joint
resolution SO provide
Root kindly tells Cox that he can
never get right as to our part in a.
league Of nations until he can accept
that kind Of a reservation and that
he can never be "at one" with Wilson
without being wrong as to this vital
provision as Wilson was dead wrong
about it. It was bad enough for our
boys to be ordered into the fight by
inexperienced officers when Wilson
and congress had put us into the war
but great lawyers like Root who
know do not want our boys ordered
into future foreign wars by any
council of foreign diplomats. Know
Ing how quick the average person is
to sacrifice his wifes relations no
careful lawyer like Root wants to
put his country into the wife-relation
class.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
IOWA A BUSINESS MODEL.
mason City Globe Gazette.l


An inquiry was recently received
at the state house at Des Moines
from a state official In Virginia
asking about the system Iowa has
of accounting for fees and checking
bills and safeguarding the state
treasury. 1t was suggested that Vir-
ginia was considering making q
small start toward reform and look
ed to Iowa for help.
The letter was answered briefly
and 1t was shown that Iowa has q
system which is so far in advance
Of other states that it is looked up
on as model Iowa started this
work far ahead of Ohio or Indiana
or Illinois and long ago firmly es-
tablished reforms which these states
have only recently taken up.
1t was sixteen years ago that the
general assembly of Iowa abolished
the antiquated and wasteful system
Of permitting commissions and Off
GERS to collect fees and pay them
selves. making no account to the
state, a system in use in many states
yet. That bill, generally known as
the Haywood bill, provided that ev-
cry, fee of every kind received by
each and every official or board
for-any service. in any way connect
ed with public. business, should b.
turned into the state treasury
Formerly, for instance, the insur-
ance examiners charged for exam
ination what they pleased and pock-
eted the fees. The same was done
in the banking and other depart
ments. By operation of this bill
the apparent expenses Of the state
were enormously increased, because
1T followed that with all fee pay
ments abolished, all employees We're
paid by warrants on the treasury.
That bill was prepared by the
committee at that time on retrench-
ment and reform, of which Nate E.
Kendall, as chairman Of the house
judiciary committee, was a member.
1t was done more to bring about safe
and sound business methods in state
affairs than anything ever adopted.
It has been followed by other legis-
lation to supplement it so that now
Iowa has a system by which every
dollar is accounted for and there is
a complete published report show
ing every expenditure of every kind.
Every bill is audited and some Of
them two or three times. Iowa is a
model for other states in this re-
spect.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Topics of the Times

Whenever any person says that the
new railroad law legalizes watered
stock he says that which is not true.
The law absolutely forbids the con-
sideration Of watered stock as bas-
is for fixing rates. Railroad property
like farm lands and houses has ap-
preciated in value until today actu-
al values are closer to stock issues
than they were before the war.
The claims departments Of all po-
litical parties are beginning to func-
ton now.
w. T. Bryan has been accused OF
shifting his position on many INES
INT his genuine opposition to war
has never been questioned. II he be-
l;eved for one moment that the Will
son covenant would keep us out OF
war as it's advocates claim he Wouio
ride special trains from one end OF
the country to the other In its sup
mort. But he takes no stock IN the
absurd claims of it's supporters. He
knows they are as false as the VIII
son claim four years ago that ne
should be elected because he had
kept us out Of the war.
Looks like Cox was bidding tor a
seat on the Harding league Dano
wagon In his letter to Eliuh Root ne
saws If he is elected he will call 10
his council table the ablest minds IN
the country to assist in the framins
of reservations to the treaty. II that
isn't turning a back summersaui'
from his position when he announced
that he was "at one" with Wilson on
this subject then we have no KNOW
edge Of what constitutes a change OF
front in politics. The facts are thae
Cox knows he is defeated on the
Wilson league issue and he is trying
70 accomplish the difficult feat OF
swapping horses while crossing d
| stream.
So far in this campaign no demo-
crat has come forward to explain
why his party is discussing the
league issue to the exclusion OF eV-
erything like the purchase OF SIX
halters and two saddles for every
horse and mule owned by the gov
eminent. The waste Of public funos
! by Mr.. Wilson's appointees was
around eight billion dollars. Why the
| silence about this record?
No, Dear Reader, Elihu Root was
not in Europe all summer helping 10
build a court of international affalrs
| by appointment of President Wilson.
He was called to this position py
| European statesmen who recognized
his transcendent abilities in work or
this kind. For some reason best
known 70 himself Mr.. Wilson refused
to take with hin/on his treaty max
| ing mission men of the Root calibre.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23

before a storm he notes how distant
objects stand out and are brought
near on those brilliant days that we
call weather breeders" When the
mercury is at zero or lower, he notes
how the passing trains hiss and
simmer as II the rails or wheels were
red hot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Scandal in Church.

The little man approached sales
woman and sputtered:
"Y-you got me into pickle, you
did,"
u don't understand the girl re-
piled, timidly.
You remember when I came in
here to pick out silk dress for my
wife, don't your"
i Yes"
And you remember we asked the
assistance Of the lady who was buy
ling a kiltie skirt for her little girl? %
"Yes-yes."
"W-w-well, you got the parcels
mixed, that's what you did, and /
took that little kiltie skirt home to
my wife"
/ I'm awfuIly sorry, sir, but, OF
course we can put that right
"How?"
Il can change the skirt"
II know you can, but that isn't the
trouble. My wife opened the parcel
while 1 was away, thought it was the
latest style, and wore the. wretched
thing to church on Sunday"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
He Kept Us Out.

He kept us out Of war.
He kept us out of peace;
He kept us out of Mexico.
And mixed us. up with Greece.
He kept US out of sugar,
He kept us out of shoes;
He Joined the league of nations.
And wants us to pay the dues.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Pleased the Suitor.

Old Newrich--If my daughter mar
ries you I'll disown her.
Swell Suitor-That's jolly good Of
you. old chap. Introducing you to
my set would be frightfully humiliat-
ing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23

and perhaps Utah, Nevada and New
Mexico, credited in this estimate to
Cox. according to the Chicago writ
err.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23
Trees Liability to Lightning.

Tees' ETapIIIty 70 CI9htnln9.
Careful records made during sew
eral years show that poplars have
been struck by lightning 232 times.
oaks 100, willows 20 and yews so.
The safest three are birch. alder
and CHERRY, but all trees should be
avoided during thunderstorms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-23

Peanuts are now blanched by
means, of cold water circulated by
AN electric pump. The machine does
the work much more rapidly than any
method heretofore devised.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1920-01-28
Boost Your Town.

An ideal citizen is one who
sees something good in his town
and spreads the good news
abroad that others may benefit
therefrom.
Or course, there are other
sidelights to the ideal citizen,
but the quality of loyalty is one
which produces tangible result.
There are three distinct atti-
tudes which a person may as
sumo toward the community
which houses and feeds him to
boost, to remain quiscent, or to
knock.
The booster pushes his town
along, thesquiescent citizen lulls
it to sleep, and the knocker
helps to put it out of business.
Which fare you? Perhaps you
have never given it a thought.
You may not realize yourself
which you are-but your neigh
bors all know. They have you
accurately catalogued according
to your deserts.
If you are booster, they Ad-
mire you; if you are quiescent,
they wonder when you will
emerge from your slumber; and
if you are a knocker, they yearn
for the day when you will fold
up your tent and silently fade
away.
Boost the home town, and its
citizens will boost you.
Knock it. and you knock your
self infinitely more.