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and Lieut. Commanders Lee and Denny
make up the Navy team. All these
officers are holders Of the coveted Navy
distinguished rife expert badge. and
Commander Osburn was a member OF
the American rifle team which won the
matches in Stockholm in 1912.
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TOMORROW
NAVY SHOTS IN TRIALS.
Taking Part in Olympic Try-Outs
at Quantico Range.

The United States Navy rife team.
commanded by Commander c. T. os-
burn, former commander Of the naval
yacht Mayfiower, is taking part in the
try-outs at Quantico, Va. for the team
to represent the United States in the
Olympic games at Antwerp this summer.
Owing to the shortage Of men with the
fleets it has been found impossible to
get together enlisted men Of the Navy
for the team, which will consist this
year entirely OF officers. In addition to
Commander Osburn, Commander Stewart
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of the work of the various commit
tees.
The Wanderlusters' moonlight stroll
will be held this evening. beginning
at the end of the Brookland car line
at Sis o'clock. w. B. Handy leader.
A public meeting Of the kOlumbia
Esperanto klubo will be held tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock at the Public
Library.
The Writcrs' League Of Warrington
will meet Friday night at o'clock
at the Public Library.
The will Of Enoch c. MOreland was
sustained late yesterday afternoon by
a jury in the Probate Court before
Justice Stafford. Moreland, seventy
FIVE years old, left the bulk of his es-
tate valued at 100000 to his four
daughters by his second marriage.
Two sons and daughter by the first
marriage contested the will.
Mrs. Charlotte G. LittletOn Inns filed
suit for an absolute divorce from
Henry NJ. Littleton. charging that he
deserted her and has purchased a
home at Langdon for another woman.
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ent-Teachers' Association, 8 o'clock.
at the school.
Annual festival of Zion Baptist
Church, at the church.
TOMORROW.
Meeting of the KiwaniS Club, 1880
p.m., on the roof of the Washington
Hotel.
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Socie 4:45 o'clock, at the Teachers
Iclubrooms, COZ 18th street.

clubrooms, COZ 18th street.
TONIGHT.
Dance by the Banzai Club, 3 O'Clock,
at 1917 r street.
Interclub dance at COL e street.
South Washington Citizens Assoc
citation meeting, 8 o'clock, at the JET
ferson School.
Citizens Association of Chevy
Chase, D. c., to meet. o'clock, at
Elizabeth v. Brown School.
Meeting Of, Dixie Chapter at Con-
federate Memorial Home.
Meeting of Urell Camp, Spanish
War Veterans, at the Pythian Temple
Meeting of the Pen and Ink Club
at the Thomson School.
Meeting of the Jewish Choral So
ciety at the Y. NJ. H. A. building, 11th
street and Pennsylvania avenue.
Meeting of the Hilton School Par
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ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES.

TODAY.
/. Meeting Of the board of education,
4 O'Clock, at the Franklin School.
Meeting of the Washington Welles-
ley Club, 1870 o'clock, at the College
Women's Club.
Picnic by the Delta Delta Delta
Fraternity. 5 o'clock, at the Gravatt
home. 5 Leland street, Chevy
Chase, Md.
ORGANIZATION of Connecticut State
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A special meeting Of the Rotary
Club will be held Friday afternoon at
1890 O'Clock at the New Willard.
The club will entertain Rotarians
passing through the city en- route to
the Atlantic City convention June is,
10 and 20 The woman's preconven-
ton entertainment committee will
give a luncheon at the New Willard
at the time of the mems meeting.
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They were married in Baltimore Oc-
tober 6, 1910.
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of the work of the various commit
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Progressive Council. No. 9. Daugh-
ters of America, will hold it's an
nual May ball tomorrow evening at
Naval Lodge Hall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
IOWA CROP RECORDS BROKEN.
Corn Yield Exceeds That Of All Pre-
vious Years.

Des Moines, Nov. 11.--Iowa broke
Gil records in corn production this
year, not only leading oil other states
Tut surprising her own record crop
production by twenty million bushels.
pdutin by twenty milin bushels.
The November estimate of the Iowa
corn crop as made by Frank S. Pin
ney, agricultural statistician for the
United States department of agricul-
ture, gives the total production as
AL. 500 900 bushels. The largest crop
before recorded was in 1912 with 421,
O00, 900 bushels. The Iowa \ farmers
also have now s3,ooo.ooo bushels of
last years crop.
The average yield per acre was 43.3
1urhelS. which is about IL bushels
higher than the average for the five
years from 1915 to 1919.
The potato crop this year totals
1890, 900 bushels as compared with
$4,000 last year The quality is "a
per cent 1t is estimated that Is per
cent is grown for market.
Glover seed averaged is bushels
per acre, compared with Ia bushels
last year.
The total production of grapes in
Iowa this year is SO per cent, apples
: 20 per cent and the quality Is per
cent. The estimated production of
apples is 4,41O,000 bushels compared
with i $4,000 bushels a year ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
AMES COLLEGE PUPILS DONATE
QUARTER OF MILLION TO
MEMORIAL UNION FUND.
COMPLETE CAMPAIGN IN
FIFTY-FouR HOURS
Faculty and Special Gifts Increase
Total to Almost $500, 0oo-Alum nj
and Former Students Hope to Com
plete Million Dollar Fund Shortly
Foreign Students Contribute Freely
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ames, Nov. ;1.-In tifty-four hours
OF whirlwfnd campaigning, students
OF Iowa State College completed n
subscription of $aoO,0o0 toward the
erection of million dollar memorial
union building on the campus. To
1 this amount must be added approx
imatcly $4,000, subscribed by the
faculty and several special gifts
amounting to $4,000. bringing the
total to over S290.000.
The alumni and former students of
the college are ready to take up the
campaign at this point and en-
dcavor to complete the million dol
lar fund by the coming June COM
mencement
5 The campaign started Monday noon
and ended last nisht. A giant cons
svocation set the campaign off Nor
.Sday mornin", after which more than
four hundred student solicitors were
put into the field.
This drive breaks all records for
quick time in student giving at
Iowa Colleee and probably at allNmid-
western colleges. Enthusiasm came to
1 fever heat toward the close Of the
campaign today. in the effort to reach
the goal before armistice day.
The campaign slogan, Every
student subscriber has been re-
allied in the case of number of de-
par ments and the final results will
how that a laree majority Of all the
-tudcnts on the campus contributed
IL the, fund. Incomplete returns show
hat fully &.GG0 students out of a to-
tai enrolment of about 1900, sub
ser.ted
Students of TIE engineering division
led the field in total amount of sub
secriptfons At e o'clock last night
figures showed the following records
made by the different divisions on
the campus. Engineering, 03 pled.cs
totaliag $685.: Agriculture, 719'
p'edses. >tutaiing $62250; home
economics. $40 pledges, totaling $50
.3-3: veterinary, seventy five PLEDGES.
statalling 5000; industrial science
40 pledges, totaling $S.1s5.
Many cases of sacrifice and whole
hearted giving came out in the course
sof the canvass. The first pledge for
$500 was made by a freshman engi-
neer. He came into campaign head
quarters, asked for blank, filed it
out and laid it down. do you really
mean it, he was asked.
YES" he replied with n smile. Il
vas overseas thirty six months Il
know what memorial should mean"
Foreign students have taken an
& acs I've. interet In the drive two FLY
pinos in the engineering division
each subscribing $50.
1t is planned to erect q union
building which Will be memorial to,
the Iowa State College men and
women who lost their lives in the war
&. which will serve as home" for
esI student and alumni activities on
the campus.
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moro numerous; and at a point near
the north shore of Goose Lake, they
were encountered in such vast num-
bcrs that when the work was COM
pleted. several acres of ground re-
sembled a veritable charnel house.
1t is believed that great herd Of
buffalo had been driven by conner
cial hunters of an early day, into the
marsh, where they floundered to
their death in the treacherous mo-
rass.
While the field Of bones is not so
vast In extent. as similar discoveries
that have been made at different
times turnout the middle west, yet
Is of sufficient magnitude to attract
a great deal of notice in this part of
the state, and has caused the few re-
manning old timers to bark back to
the early days when the plains Of
Iowa were a bleak stretch Of western
frontier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
NINE LAW VIoLATORS FINED.
Federal Court at Fort Dodge Deals
Out Justice

Out .Justice.
Fort Dodge, Nov. 1.-THE defend
ants named in nine indictments for
violations of the prohibition laws re-
turned by the federal grand jury
pleaded guilty before United States
Judge Henry r. Reed. who imposed
fines ranging from SIS to $500 or a
total OF $l.365.
Harry Cnvannaugh, Mason City,
who pleaded guilty to information
charging Illegal manufacture. re-
ceived a fine of $500. George Baroff.
implicated in the same case, re-
ceived a fine of 5000. A wide assert
ment of intoxicants. including, mash
and wines, and evidence of liquor
operations on a huge scale, were
made the raid and filed the informa-
ton against the defendants.
Pete Criostiff, charged with operat-
ing still at Iseimond, drew fine
of $3.50. Charles Wallenzein. George
Goubiff. John Stroker and John
Kudren were each sentenced to a
fine OF 500, after pleading guilty to
INDICTMENTS charging illegal trans
portation. Peter Bernhard, indicated
on similar charge. was given a fine
of $40. The defendant, tiler at
Glare, was arrested by Sheriff Meek
ms. who seized eight pints of alcohol
which Bernhard had brought to a
soft drink saloon att Webster City
during the home coming celebration
last spring. Jay McClelland. indicted
for illegal transportation. was given
a fine OF $500.
Judge Reed dismissed thes grand
Jurors after they had made their
report late yesterday afternoon. The
petit Jurors were also excused after
the twenty eight law and equity
cases on the calendar for the Novem-
Der term had either been settled or
continued.
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Moines about Dc. 10 to confer with
Mr.. Young and t committee Of BUSH
ness men to be appointed later.
j. F. Deems Of Burlington and
George r. LichtY of Waterloo, have
been named by Mr. Young to take
charge of the work in their rcspec-
tive Sections Of he state. Other dis
trict chairmen will be named later.
No general drive will be made
The new organization announced by
Mr.. Hoover, will receive contribu-
tions without ma king any general so
licitation.
Former subs criptions and con-
gressional appropriations are now
practically exhal sted. and Mr.. Hoov-
er reports that two and q half mil
lion children in Europe are looking
to American aid to save them from
freezing and starvation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
POISONED BEANS CASE ENDS.
Alfred Davis Suit For $4,000 Fol
Death of Child, About Over.

| Fort Dodge. Nov. Il. The
taking of evidence and testimony
in the case of Alfred Davis
against the Van Camp Canning Com
panv sued for $3,006 damages on a
charge of selling beans containing
poison will be closed this afternoon.
The case will be submitted to the
| jury some time Thursday. Five
similar cases are scheduled for trial
as soon as the present case isAconl-
pleted.
Thru ruling made by the state
supreme court in reversing the de-
cision rendered here at the original
trial in 1916 by Judge Wright, Attor-
ney B. j. Price today submitted evil
derfce which the court would not per-
nit at the previous trial. The evil
dence determined to be competent by
the state supreme court relates TO
lathe Archie Grouse family Of
the same lot as that which is alleged
to have contained the poison that
proved fatal to one of the children Of
the Davis family. The Grouse fam
lily. according to Attorney Prices
evidence. discarded their purchase
after an examination had proven
that the beans werSespeiled
Attorney. Robert Healy appearing
for the Van Camp Company sub
mitted evidence purporting to show
that the Davis child, said to have
eaten the greatest portion Of the con-
taminated beans, did no vomiting
while the other members of the fam
lily who claimed to have eaten the
beans on Monday We're not afflicted
until the following Thursday. The.
defense contended that there has not
been any evidence introduced to
prove that the Davis child, who died
week after the beans were served,
had partaken with the others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
REYNOLDS HEADS NEW BANK.
Will Manage Fund to Aid Stock
Raisers.

Des Moines. Nov. 11.-George NJ.
Reynolds, president Of the Continen-
tai and Commercial National Bank
of Chicago, formerly Des Moines
banker, has been elected president OF
a newly organized s3o,00O,oO0 corpor-
alton. the purpose Of which is to as
sist in the financing Of the live stock
industry in various cities, according
to information reaching Des Moines
yesterday.
The banks subscribing to the cor
poration will agree to furnish
definite maximum sum to the cor
poration which will be loaned to the
livestock raisers, especially those
whose loans have been called by the
banks and who, as consequence,
are threatened with the alternative
marketing immature stock.
The Continental and Commercial
National Bank will share in the pool
Of marketing immature stock.
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TIMEsREPUBlcAN MARsHALLTowN IOWA. NOVEMBER H. 1920

was stated in court has $50 900 posts
IN process Of construction at present.
but it was also asserted that there Is
a possibility, of liauidati2s Its as
sets.
Notes for 100000 each have been
given by r. r. Selway and H. H.
Budke, officials OF the corporation
but J. l.. Parrish, attorney for the
General Fircproofing company OF
Youngstown. o.. holder of $4,000
worth OF the company's notes as
serted that considerable sum OF the
money paid by stockholders has not
been accounted for and he accused
Selway land Budke OF wasting the as
sets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

stairway and Casey Brown. the
proprietor was burned about the
head and shoulders
Slim Weber was also Injured when
the oil heater he was carrying down
stairs. exploded in his arms.
Browns children, Harold and
Nelda, were saved with difficulty but
are not injured,
The cafe was destroyed causing
q $500 loss
Weber is truck driver whose
relatives live in Sioux City
The Mattresses tried to jump out
OF a window but fell down the burn
ing stairway into the burning tim
bers below. They are In serious con-
dition.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

way force of. the Rock Island rail-
road has been laid of for the winter
months. according to an announce
ment made at the local offices OF the
company today. 1t was said that
this does not mean a curtailment or
the general working forces OF the
company. but that there is not as
much work for maintenance gangs in
the winter as in the summer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

has issued a call for the fifty fist
annual convention OF the order at
Des Moines December 14-17.
The grange indorses the farmers
strike, to hold produce for profit.
but the master suggests that the
farmer can finance himself If he will
He also hints that the grange would
do well to oppose the proposed repeal
of the excess profits tax
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
RECEIVER FOR sELWAY FIRM.
Post Company Forced Into Hands Of
Court

81
Des Moines, Nov. 11.-After an ex-
tended hearing, the Selway Steel
Post and Fence Company was yester-
day thrown into the hands Of re-,
ceiver by Judge Hubert Utterback in
the, district court, and Thomas Tobin
of the Moetzler &, Tobin Lumber
company, was named receiver.
Allegations Of the petitions. Henry
Lex Of Fort Dodge and H. c. Harlan
of Indianola. are that attempts had
been made to place the company's
assets beyond the reach of the stock
holders by consolidation with the
Selway Steel Corporation of Virgin
ia.
There are $40 stockholders of the
company owning about $1.O00,0O0
worth of the stock. The company, it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
ACRES OF BUFFALO BONES.
PIow Uncovers Relics Of Early Days
in Worth County,

Fertile, Nov. ia literal Golgo-
tha-a. place of bones, was unearthed
near here on land belonging to Peter
oswald, Sr., an old settler and well
known Worth county farmer.
Workmen on the Oswald place
were engaged in breaking strip OF
sod land when the pillow share was
observed to turn up huge. partly de-
cayed and discolored bones. AS the
work progressed, the bones becam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
THREE HURT IN FIRE.
Explosion in Cafe at Sioux Rapids
Stsrts Panic

Sioux Rapids. Nov. 11.---Three per-
sons are in critical condition and
another Is seriously injured as the
result OF an explosion and fire at a
cafe here this morning.
Edna Meyers and Clara Williams.
mattresses, fell down the burning
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11
YOUNG HEADS RELIEF BODY.

Des Moines Man Selected by Hoover
to Conduct Work in Iowa.
Des Moines. Nov. 11.-As head OF
the American relief administration.
Herbert Hoover has appointed La
fayette Young, Iowa chairman of
European relief work for this winter.
Mr.. Hoover will come to Des
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

Oregon was the first state to pro-
vide PREFERENTIAL vote. for. presidep-
tial candidates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

Rock Island Lays or Men.
Cedar Rapids. Nov. 11.--Twenty-
five per cent of the maintenance of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-11

State Grange to Meet.
Balfour. Nov. ia. b. Judson,
master of the state grange in Iowa,
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Banker Drops Dead.

Philadelphia.-Awh Emlen New
bold, widely known tinancier, and a
member of the firm of DreXel and
company. dropped dead in his office.
He was sixty years old. He was
talking to +. r. Stotesbury, and other
members of the firm at the time \
few minutes before he had eaten
lunch with them in the office. in ac-
cordance with his usual custom. His
son, Arthur L. Newbold, Jr, was also
present
The cause of death is said to be a
cerebral hemorrhage He was feeling
well up to the instant of his fea,h,
and friends say he was unusually
cheerful
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Bin Git TO IIniversItv.

Rochester, y VA S09,0OO,OOO
school of medicine,l surgery and
dentistry, including a 2j4bed teach
ing hospital, has been given TO
the University of Rochester by. the
Rockefeller General EducaJion board
and George Eastman, of Rochester, it
was announced here.
The board contributed S5,O000OO
and Mr.. Eastman SL000.00O.
In addition to these outright gifts,
the Rochester dental dispensary,
which was built and endowed by Mr.
Eastman, win furnish the schools
clinic for the study of dentistry.
The medical school is 10 have mod
ern laboratories for the study of anat-
omy, physiology and pathology. The
hospital is to be cooperating ad-
junct of the whole
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
TEST OF CORN IN NEBRASKA
Loss of Nine Bushels Per Acre From
Specially Choice Seed From
Other States.

At the Nebraska Agricultural College
seed grown on the farm was planted
beside seed grown within sixty miles
of the college, and beside prize win.
ming corn from Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. Seed grown on the farm pro-
duced ASS bushels al acre; seed grown
within sixty miles of the farm pro-
duced 45.6 bushels an acre, and the
specially choice seed from other states
produced 39S bushels an acre, a loss
of nine bushels an acre by sending
out Of the state for seed.
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Mexico.

The ineffective policy Of the present
administration In Mexican matters
has been largely responsible for the
continued loss of American lives in
that country and upon our border;
for the enormous loss of American
and foreign property; for the lower
ing of American standards of moral
ity and social relations with MeNicanS,
and for the bringing of American
ideals OF justice and national honor
and political integrity into contempt
and ridicule in Mexico and throughout
the world.
The policy Of wordy, futile, written
protests against the acts of Mexican
officials, explained the following day
by the president himself as being
meaningless andl not intended 10 be
considered seriously or enforced, has
but added in deg rec to that contempt
and has earned Tor us the sneers
and jeers Of Mexican bandits, and add
ed insult upSA insult against our ma
tiOnal hon<h thd dignity.
We shodNp Of recognize any Mexi-
can goYernA az a lnless it be a respOn-
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Rifle Ball is Powerful.

Comeusville, Pa.-When forty
caIibra Winchester rifle which En-
erson Weaver was handling in an up
stairs room was discharged, the bullet
passed through the floor, wounded Al
eNander H. Weaver who was sitting
in a downstairs room. in the lip, chest
and right arm, passed through the
floor of that room in-o another below
and stopped on rocking chair.
Weaver. who is superintendent a.
the emergency hospital at Leisenring
No. 1. was taken TO the Cottage State
Hospital. His condition is no- con
sidered serious
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18

sioie government, willing ana able %
give sufficient guarantees that the
lives and properly of American citi-
zehs are respected and protected that
wrongs viii De Promptly corrected and
Just compensation Will be made for
injury sustained.
The Republican party is a sincere
friend OF the Mexican people. In its
insistenCe upon the maintenance of
order for the protection of American
citizens within its borders, great
service will be rendered the Mexican
people themselves for a continuation
of presen. conditions means disaster
to their interests and patriotic aspira-
tiOns.
Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Rello Of Hun Terrorism.

sydney, y. S-AIelville Brennan,
fourteen years Old, was brought to a
hospital here badly injured as a re
suit of trying % use fishing rod that
his friend, Charles McKinnon, of the
Nova Scotia Highlanders, found in a
German dugout in France. The rod
was tifHed with high explosive and
de,onated when the boy tried to put
il together, according to the police.