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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26

the order neatly embossed or engrav-
ed upon them.
The pupils of Davis School, who
have enjoyed all the past year on
their own play grounds n fine variety
OF machinery for taking exercise,
have united their efforts and bought
for use at Arbor Lake Park giant
stride" to be placed on tho hill east
of the bath house.
j. A. Pierce, who has, been adver-
Using for some time in the local press
Cor a house 70 rent. is to move into
tho one at 1920 East street, to be va
Gated soon by G.. o. Hutchins. who
moves into the one he has Just bought
of Mrs. K. A Barr. located at 1920
Third avenue
Mr.. and MIS-. Harry r. McMurray
and children started by auto on Sat
ur6ay night late for Okoboj. where
the family are to rest for time. but
Mr., McMurray will hasten back to
look after business here.
Grinnell has worked UP wide
reputation for fine Merino sheep. For
many years they have been seen in
"a state of high development on the
old A. J. Blakely farm two miles
south of Grinnell. Judson Blakely has
had orders. In one case. for a carload,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
Good Ship Iowa
Floating Target
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, July 26.-The once
famous battleship Iowa, which played
no small part in the destruction OF
Cevera's fleet at Santiago Is being
prepared at the Philadelphia navy
yard FOR what naval officers say will
be one of the most unique target ex-
periments ever attempted.
Preceding unnamed, but under
her own steam and controlled by
radio; probably from seaplanes, the
old sea- fighter will become the OBJ
jective of the big guns of the Allan
tic fleet superdreadnaughts in Chesa-
peake bay late this summer. This
will be the first time that American
warships have used q moving craft
for a target except in actual war.
Two Of the IoWa's coal burning
boilers are being converted to burn
oil so that tho ship may continue
under way with no one aboard once
her fires have been started burning
and her engines placed in motion.
1t is expected that the unique prac-
tice will give the gunpointers of the
Atlantic fleet an opportunity to test
their ability under conditions as
nearly like those to be expected In
battle as can be obtained. Smoke
screens will be thrown around the
Iowa during the runs and the course
will be changed at will thru the
radio control system, necessitating
a change or range on all the firing
ships, exactly as would occur In &C
ton.
The Iowa has already been stripped
of some of its guns and much valu-
able metal and the practice will be
continued until the old vessel, mass
OF twisted metal, sinks beneath the
waves to joid the old Texas, which
as the San Marcos. was used for as
q stationary target years ago.
The battleship Ohio has been turn
ed over to the Bureau Of Steam
Engineering for purposes OF expert
ment in radio control and q staff
Of expert technical officers has been
placed on board to arrange the Iowa
practice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
News OF EIdora.

special 10 Ttmes-Republtcan.
Eldora, July 2s,-Fred Lamer,
about 50 years Of age, died Saturday
night at his home southeast of
Eldora. after an illness Of several
months Of cancer. For years Mr..
Lamer had been one Of the promi-
nsnt AMI influential farmers Of that
section OF Hardin county. He is sur
vived by his widow and three chill
dren. two girls and a boy. The
funeral lis to be held Tuesday and to
be in charge Of the Rev. Henry Ais
house, OF Written. The interment is
to be In the Eldora cemetery.
Charles Conner. OF Long Beach.
Calf. arrived in Eldora Saturday
and will visit in this vicinity for
some time and look after his farm
interests here. He L. now with his
brother, Frank Conner, living ten
miles east Of Eldora-
The funeral service for the late
Mrs. Arthur Howell were held In
Eldora Sunday from the home OF
Mrs. T. A. Robinson, being in charge
Of Rev. Leroy Smith. pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. The
intermer.t followed in the local
cemetery. Mrs. Howell was long a
resident Of this vicinity. Her death.
which occurred Friday near Grand
Rapids. Wis, was very sudden.
q. w. Ward, Dean Peisen and
Grant Tyler left today for Cedar
Rapids, where they will attend the
judicial convention which is to place
In nomination three men for places
on the supreme court Of Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
MANY WED IN STORY COUNTY.
Figures Show 2s7 Marriages Thi
Year a. Against f75 LAST.

Special TO Times Republican,
Nevad, July 2.-- Don Cupid has
won signal victory over old man h.
o. Of l. In Story county during the
fiscal year ending July OF this year.
There we're POT brides LED to the alter
during that year as against ITS the
year before. The year 1917-1s1s
showed s. record OF 172 and the year
previous to that which wan during
the time that the boys wers, getting
ready to go to war there were 229
marriages in the county,
While In the majority Of cases the
matches engineered by the little God
Of Love are we'll planned and never
ending such is not always the case.
In at les.st two cases the marriages
contracted during the past year have
already been several. In one case the
marriage was contracted on Jan. 10,
already foeen severed. In one case the
and the recree OF divorce filed just
two months from that day. In another
and the decree Of divorce filed just
on April 80 and the couple declared
divorced on Sept. 70, OF the Same
year.
There were ~ divorce declSes nled
during the fiscal year. OF these s'were
granted TO the husband and - to tho
wife. Cruel and inhuman treatment
was given as the cause Of action In
10 cases. desertion in seven cases and
case the marriage was soaemnixed
single case.
I Divorce actions have beer started
In at least two other marriages con-
tracted during the past year. but In
neither OF them has the case come to
trial or tho decree been granted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
MANY MEN DISSATISFIED WITH
CONDITIONS AND SEEKING
OTHER EMPLOYMENT,
COAL SHORTAGE TO
GROW MORE ACUTE
Miners Dissatisfied With Adjust
ments Made by Government Coal
Commission-President Lewis Asks
Operators to Agree to Conferenc
to Readjust Conditions.
ecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 26.--Iowa miners
are leaving the mines for other lines
OF industry because they are dissat-
isfied with conditions in their trade.
and they are fretful under what they
declare are the unjust adjustments
made by the United States coal COM
mission. With this attitude prevail
Ing, J. G. Lewis, district president of
the United Mine Workers. declares
that Iowa is facing the most serious
coal shortage the consumers of Iowa
have ever seen" which he declares
places great responsibility both up
on the coal operators of the state
and coal miners.
President LOWS has addressed a
letter to D. r. Gushing, president of
the Iowa Coal Operators Association,
requesting reconsideration by the
Iowa operators and mine workers Of
the working agreements between
them. He points out that the number
OF miners In the state has fallen rrom
IL 900 to 10000. The miners are going
Into the packing plants, into shops
and factories where they can find
more satisfactory working conditions
and make more money, he says. The
miners feel. he points out, that the
United States coal commission is un-
tit to deal with the great problems
confronting them.
Causes OF Dissatisfaction.
He specifies the causes Of dissatis-
faction among the miners ~ tho fol-
lowing:
Frst.-The disparity that exists
between the increase given day labor
and monthly men and tho increase to
contract men.
Second.--The new price OF explos-
ives, which increases the cost OF min
ing to tho miner and takes from him
q large part Of the increase allowed
him.
Third--The cost Of living, which
has advanced to such an extent since
tho findings OF the commission tnA.
a read1ustment Of the entire wage
scale Is warranted.
Fourth.--The knowledge Of the ire
mendous increase in the selling price
OF coal Of which the minor feels he
has not received his Just proportion.
Fifth.-rhe increase in the price Of
house coal to the miner, all out Of
proportion to the waSs increase. The
selling price Of coal has increased AZ
per cent while miners wares have In
creased In Iowa from II to a per
cent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
SMITH INDICTED FOR MURDER,
Jury Finds Frank Smith Guilty OF
Killing Mrs. Sherrsl.

Dubuque. July 2S.--"Mrs. Frances
septicemia or sepsis precipitated by
q wrongful blow inflicted by Frank
Smith upon the said Frances Sherrel
and that her said death was caused
by said Frank Smith by his felonious
act" says the verdict OF the coroners
jury rendered Saturday, after an in
vestigation Of Mrs. Sherrii's death.
Smith win be arraigned before
Justice Thomas M. Barrett Monday
morning and bound overt to the
grand jury. charged with murder.
The testimony submitted at the
inquest Saturday morning was prac-
tically Ill technical, medical terms
and phrases being translated by the
doctors who performed the autopsy
into language Of the layman.
Dr.. r. r. Harris told of the
spreading Of the swelling from the
left eye Of Mrs. Sherrel to her left
breast and Of tho quantity of pus
that was taken from the breast
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Sherrel died
at o'clock Wednesday morning.
DR.. Harris testified that he be-
lieved the pus to exist in the terri
tory Of the nasal bones prior to the
blow. The fracture Of the bones,
however, he said, allowed an exit
Of the poison into the cheek. The
bruising Of the tissues which pro-
duced the fracture, he said, caused
the trouble which resulted In Mrs.
Sherrers death.
Mrs. Sherrel died several days
after the quarrel with Frank Smith,
In which she received the blow on,
her temple. It was commended that
she died from a chronic disease and
that the blow was not the cause of
her death. She and Smith were
friends and he was visiting her when
tho blow was struck. The woman, In
whose house the trouble occurred,
returned to find Mrs. Sherrel I'M
conscious. He said he was mad with
drink when he hit Mrs. Sherrel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
Boy Of Is Years
Youngest Preacher

Lincoln. July 26.-Once In a while
one of Iowa's small churchless towns
wakes up and decides it needs re-
ligious organization for it's moral and
every other-kind Of welfare. Such
was the case of this town several
weeks aso, due to the efforts Of Rev.
Milton Mettessel, known as Iowa's
youngest pastor. and his cohorts of
boys and girls. This boy preacher is
only Is, and n senior at Teachers
college Cedar Falls, where he attends
In addition to his weekend pastoral
duties here.
He became identified with the Sun
day school organized here, ana ia.o.
developed d preaching service, which
has been continued since. Many
people from the surrounding country
have come miles to hear him. He not
only has Nfirn hold upon the boys
and girls, for whom he has organized
Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls, but
he Is a good friend Of the grownups.
who tak,s a rather parental pride IN
the lad. Business men. farmers, and
others have rallied to the church,
many Of whom were never inside
church before.
OF the nearly Is members of the
church In q town of 125. about 60
were baptized upon becoming mem
bers. In fact. upon the organization
day, tho boy preacher, his father,
Rev. N. S. Metfessel, Cedar Heights.
Rev. A. C. Preston, Waterloo, and
Rev. M. X. W. fletcher. Cedar Falls,
were literally swamped in the land
slide.
The inadequacy Of the present
church building has caused the ses-
sion to take steps toward erecting a
new church upon site recently pur-
chased for the purpose. Several men
have already made trips to the sur
rounding towns to get suggestions.
This newest church Of the state is
q community organized. but Is al
He'd to the Waterloo Presbyte
which licensed Milton Metfessel to
preach, and which accepted the Lin
coin church to its roster.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
CAPT. LOT ABRAHAM DEAD.
Well Known Civil War Veteran Dies
at AGE Of 02,

WSu NUoWU SIvu war V0Ior10 lies
at Age Of s2.
Special 10 Tirnes-Republioar.
Mount Pleasant. July 2S.-Capt
Lot Abraham died at his home here
1t . O'clock Friday night, following
several weeks illness. from conges-
ton Of the lungs.
No citizen In Henry county was
more hilrhly respected and estsemed
or had moro warm friends than did
Captain Abraham. He was an
honored veteran Of the Civil war and
= recognized leader in republican
circles. Thru broad reading. general
observation and experience. Abraham
had obtained 4 good education and
1t the outbreak Of the Civil war he
enlisted as a private in Company d,
Fourth Iowa cavalry. Inside OF six
months he was promoted to first
lieutenant and at the end Of the war
was male captain!
After the war he returned to his
Iowa home and took up forming. He
was prominent stock raiser, MAX
Ing a speciality Of Hereford cattle.
Captain Abraham was elected state
senator on the republican ticket and
served from 1882 to 1884. He was an
aS1ent advocate of prohibition. He
also served as commander Of his q.
A. r. post and was alweys an active
worker In behalf Of old soldiers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
CUES LAWYER SHE RETAINED.
Ben !. salinger, Jr., Named With Do
PENDANTS in Alienation Suit.

Sioux City, July 26.-Ben ]. Sal
niger, Jr.. son of Justice Salinger Of
the supreme court and Miss Carrie
B. Reeme Of Mcpherson, Kan, were
named co-defendants in suit for
$50. 900 filed by Mrs. Clifford Nudge,
chorging alienation Of her husbands
affections.
MRS. Nudge claims that she re-
tanned Salinger as counsel, and while
he was thus retained he met secretly
with her husband and planned to de-
feat her.
The petition states that Miss
Reeme formerly was a waitress in
MCPHERSON, Kan, where Nudge met
her. They lived together, says the pc
tition, In an apartment in Omaha as
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
GAS COMPANY ASKS RELIEF.
Concern Files Petition Asking for Re-
llef-Says Rates Too Low.

Especial to Timss-Republican
Nevada July 2s.-Branding the
rates which the city council OF Ames
seeks to enforce upon the iowa Pub
lie Service company ~ discriminatory,
unremunerattve ana rendering the
service non-comp ensatory." G. /.
Tenny, Of tho concern which furnish
es gas for the people Of Ames and
Nevada, filed petition in the dis
trict court Of this county BrioAy. IN
which no asks relief.
In the petition which was filed the
suit IL cls.sssd - one ITO enjoin al
legged confiscatory gas rates fixed by
the defendants. the city council Of
Ames, under the authority of the
state OF Iowa, and sets out that under
an ordinance which was passed some
time ago the company was allowed
a rate Of $l.7S per thousand cubic
feet Of gas containing not less than
$50 B. T. U. Of heat, together with a
Service charge Of 80 cents, per
month against each meter. Finding
that they were losing money they
went before the. council for q raise
which would allow them to collect
$2.10 q thousand gross, with the SER
vice charge Of 80 cents, with dis
count Of 10 cents for each thousand
feet provided the bill was paid be-
fore the 18th Of each month.
This rate the council denied them.
They then had an audit of their
books made by a competent gas en-
gineer and accountant, upon a valua-
ton placed upon their plant by a
competent firm Of engineers. and
they alleged that such an audit dis
closed the fact that even tho rate
that they had asked win not prove
compensatory.
They ars now before tho court ASK
ing for net rate Of $3.50 for each
1000 feet from those using 5000 feet
or less. $40 from those using less
than 10000 and over 5000 feet and
$500 from all of those using 10000
cubic feet or over.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26

Clinton.-Mrs. M. J. Kennedy. so
years old. died from burns received
when her dress caught fire from
bonfire in the back yard at her home,
TAT Stockholm street. Clinton. In at
tempting to extinguish the flames.
Bert Rupert, neighbor, was severely
burned about the hands and arms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
CITY BATTLEs OVER TREES.
Disssntion In lowa's Model Cit,
When Grove 10 Condemned.

Dissention In lowa's Model City
When Grove 10 Condemned.
Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, July 26.-cedar Heights,
Iowa's model city, Is experiencing q
small civil war. Trees. ono Of the
features Of the now town. are the
cause Of the trouble. The town was
plated In beautiful grove. but the
mayor, w. r. PARROT, and members
OF the city council decided It would
be necessary to remove, some of the
trees to provide the necessary
streets. When orders were issued to
remove certain trees tho battle
started.
William Galloway, former mayor
is heading the faction opposing the
slaughter Of the trees and Injunction
action is threatened to stop tho or
ders Of the city officials.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
sabe Swallows Bean and Dies.
Special 70 Times Republican.

SPECIAL 20 T1mes-ttepubHcan.
Iowa City, July 36.-A little green
bean, stripped from it, native pod.
and SWALLOWED BY . babe superin-
duced pneumonia and the child,
Mildred Louise Engelking, OF
Clarence, iowa, 10 dead In an Iowa
City hospital. The girl, aged but 20
months, was brought here and the
bean was removed from the lung into
which It had worked from the wind
pipe, but infection had preceded the
operation. ard Mildred died just q
week after the removal Of tho bean.
M. NngelkiKls 10 prominent mer-
chant Of Cedar county. He and the
mother were with their little one
when It dad
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26

with their two daughters, Louise and
Hazel, have left the old farm home
in Madison township for one at the
north end Of Elm street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26

OF all Teutonic languages the
Tristan has always been the most
akin to English.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-26
HERRING To make
HIS own PLATFORM
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR HAS PLANS
FOR REFORMS.
WOULD REMODEL STATE
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM
rrepoess 60 Eliminate Numerous
Commissions and Bureaus and
coAsolldats Thorn Under Nlne De-
partmsnts, With Chief for Each
Department.

Department.
Upecial TO Tiines-Republican.
Des loinss. July 1s.-Clyde l..
Herring. OF Dos Aoines, democratic
nominee for governor. has outlined
= most ambitious program for re-
form in state government on which
he win make his campaign and which
A. aspects to have largely incorpo-
rated In the democratic state plat
form to be adopted at the convention
Ut Cedar Rapids Thursday.
IL 10 Understood that when Herring
consented to run for governor on tho
monority ticket he did 90 on the
promise that he could secure in the
state convention the kind OF q plat
form he wanted. He has Jus, n,aus
public what he has In mind, which Is
IA effect the entire reorganization OF
the state government on mucn the
same basis - that now followed in
Illinois.
IN fact Herring doaa not c,.,r
credit for the nlan hut doe. clair,
crsdit for Initiating IL Ia thu STATE.
and says he ,,roooses 10 take M. case
- the people between now ana nsxt
Ndysmbsr In the hopes he can win
on such issues ~ reform in state
government ana : busines. admin-
istyuxion.
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aystsm II Iowa 70 too complex. that
thlre ars too many oomroissions ana
hutoaus ana that the state royern-
snAnt could 81 sinpayfied and made
1or moro etsioisut and economical. In
bsie4 he suggasts tie following.
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1Al9aaons. departments aud adn,inis-
frAkive offiOsA 30 would have nine
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80 eduoatieoe lahos mines ana min
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AAd ths nine dirSctors would consti-
= -. -.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-06-18
ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
STREET PAVEMENT

Sealed proposals will be received
by the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Pullman, Washington, until
$500 p. m. July 6, 1920, for the
draining, grading, curbing, and paw
ing of certain streets and alleys in
said City according to the plans and
specifications now on file in the Of
flee of the City Clrk. The bids will
publicly be opened and read at a
regular meeting of the City Council
on that date.
The work to be done includes the
following approximate quantities.:
$50 lin. it. vitrified clay storm sew
ers in. in diam.
6 storm sewer inlets or catch
basins.
l Go Gu. yds. rock excavation.
200 Gu. yds. earth excavation.
$50 lin. TT. curb.
2SS lin. it. Portland cement concrete
headers.
8616 SO. yds. paving.
Bids are desired on any or all of
the following types of pavement, to-
wit:
Brick or brick block, Portland &C.
ment concrete, asphaltic concrete,
Bithulithic, and asphaltic macadam !;
but only one of the above types will
be used for the entire district, except
that on certain very steep grades
brick or Portland cement concrete
may be required. A 4-inch Portland
cement concrete base will be used
with the brick or brick block.
Each bid must be accompanied by
certified check in an amount equal
to three per cent of the amount bid
Each bid must be made on blank
forms to be obtained from the City
| Clerk.
Copies of the plans and specifica-
lions may be examined on applica-
tion at the office of the City Clerk OF
at the office of the Engineer, or may
be had from the City Clerk on the
payment of $40, which sum will be
refunded on the return of the same
in good condition.
The City Council reserves the right
to reject any or all bids.
| Address all bids to City Clerk
Pullman, Washington.
MATILDA F. CANNON,
June l-1S City Clerk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1920-06-18
"DOLLARS AND SENSE"

In Dollars and Sense" which
comes to the Grand theatre June 10,
Octavus Roy Cohen, the popular Sat
urday Evening Post writer, has
adapted his equally popular story,
Dollars and Sense to the screen
for the Goldwyn Pictures Corpora
ton, who has produced it as the lat
est starring vehicle for Madge Ken
nedy.
The story centers around an
American girls struggle for an ex-
istence. One of her chorus girl
friends endeavors to persuade Hazel
to follow her example and take the
easiest way, but Hazel refuses and
with her last two cents enters bak-
ers shop to purchase couple of
stale buns for dinner The young
man behind the counter regards
her curiously and does not believe
her excuse: that the buns are for
ner POmefanlan. Later, Hazel re-
turns and witnesses the bakers gen.
erosity. He gives away his broad to
those who can not afford to buy it,
and those who can, he undercharges.
His generous acts inspire the girl
and it is not long until she is imbued
with his ideal-to alleviate the suf-
ferings of the poor, They join forces
and after a little while, outline a
plan for the accomplishment of their
purpose, but in the midst of their
arrangements David, the baker, falls
i'll. Then it is left to Hazel to carry
on, alone. She has no money-noth-
ing but the shop and its ovens to-
ward the realization of their ambi-
ton.