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crushing in the foundation walls upon
the cellar.
VIII they come again. monsieur?
inquiries Louise, our servant. clearing
off the dinner table. Louise was not
servant before the war. She has her
own home. She returns to it nightly.
We tell her to go off early-later. the
streets might be darkened.
After dinner we sit round the lamp.
as usual
Nine o'clock. 10 o'clock. Shall we go
to bed? 1t is SO annoying to jump up
and dress. Let's wait a little. Half
past 10. 1t is annoying. also. to sit
waiting. NO. really. mother. I think
you can go 10 bed now l shall--
Ia -ra-Ta ia -ra-ra.
Calls and rumors in the street again.
At the same moment the electric
light goes out. In our secteur the warn
ing is perfect. IESnust ring up Nine.
D., our fair neighbor. on the same
floor. She is for the cellar, in spite OF
all arguments. Mother hates the cell
lar. After all. it is a toss-up. If the
house is hit. all floors are bad. If the
house is not hit, the home fiat is COM
forta BILE.
peer from a balcony.
The black night and fog No search
lights. Seemingly, three blocks away.
Now it is lower. There's a house on
fire." / called. But. no; the flaming
light descends more. Down, down.
Now it is the ground floor that seems
ana now DldCkHeSS- IN inc
morning l look across there. 1 see the
broad staircase windows of a new
apartment house. Had some one sig
nailed to the Germans with colored
fuSee?
/ peer from the other balcony.
Crash,
The sound is far away.
In the distant blackness there are lit
tie. short flashes-evidently French
aeroplanes. firing their cannons; but we
hear no sounds from them. 1t is like
heat lightning. except that the flashes
are small. each in its spot. Flash.
Flash! Continual, silent pickering.
Flash! Flash. No searchlights. Si-
lence.
In the fiat we are tired of waiting.
Where is mother? She mas gone to lie
down.
! try to read by candle light on my
bed. 1t is a collection OF German clas-
sizes. j read. from Gen. Hartmann:
When the national war breaks out,
terrorism becomes a militarily neces-
sary principle" From Bismarck: You
must infiict on the inhabitants of cities
the maximum of suffering, to disgust
them with the struggle and cause them
TO press their government for peace.
Leave the populations only their eyes
to weep with" Again. from Bismarck:
Make the war so terrible for civilian
that they themselves will
cry for peace. And from clausewitz:
"The side which uses force without any
scruplc whatsoever-
Click.
l must have slept.
The jolly electric light is burning
brilliant in the fiat. 1t is 'midnight
The alarm is over.
STERLING HELLO.
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regretted. prudence must prevent the
naval flyers from unnecessarily taking
undue risks until their own type of
aeroplane is ready. and the new
catapulting device. for launching them
installed.
The great difficulties of navigating
these birds over water. which has no
landmarks. and through atmosphere
which moves in directions unknown to
the pilot. make delay here not unrea-
sonable. however much the machines
are required.
If, however, they can fly a hundred
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chiefs of division and the captain and
men OF the individual ships. No one
knows exactly what order may come at
such times by signal or wireless from
the flagship, but every one knows that
It must be carried out promptly and
exactly. for failure is known
throughout the fleet. and results. not
excuses. are what count.
Imagine the feeling of the wardroom
when some visitor casually inquiries
what happened to throw the big dread
naught out of'line. or why she did not
execute a turning movement as or
dered. OF course the excuse is ready,
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it away battle cruisers are necessary
to a well balanced feet.
Destroyers are not good scouts: they
do not stand up we!t enough against
heavy seas: and battle cruisers are too
costly to have in great numbers AS a
compromise scout cruisers. of which at
present we have none but the three
are from three to seven times as large
as a destroyer and should have a speed
in excess of the lighter boat.
They will carry a light armament.
sufficient to beat off desiroyers and
light cruisers in case of need. but it is
intended that their reliance for sa fety
shall be their speed The largest OF
such vessels. in conjunction with their
scouting duties. may we'll be used a
pennant ships for the several divisions
OF the destroyer force. and also may he
employed to some extent. if not needed
elsewhere, as destroyers of commerce,
although, not to be considered sub
stitutes for the battle cruiser.
In these maneuNerS the perform
ances of the scout cruiser. since we
have none of this high-speed type. were
only theoretical. but very useful mega
tive data were obtained to what can
he done with them, and very positive
data gathered as to what cannot be
done by the feet which does not pos
Sess them.
In these maneuverS the destroyer
force under Rear Admiral GleaveS bore
an important part for the Reds. How
stroyerS are attached TO that feet is
not stated. but in cruising they with
their flagship. the Birmingham. formed a
fringe or screen about the feet of
drcadnaughts and its attendant ships:
and their wireless messages kept the
Red flagship Informed of every pass
ing vessel.
If all his force We're with the Reds
and to maintain the proper ratio of
four destroyers to each capital ship,
they needed them all-the Blues had
only a theoretical or imaginary de-
stroyer force; for with all our destroy
ers in commission the navy has only
"a destroycrs to each capital ship.
When England stopped German COM
merce, when she needed ample pa
troll to keep submarines away from the
big ships, she had 500 deStroyers which
were thrown out in clouds. That is
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FEW weeks ago the Allan

a FEW weeks ago the Atlantic
IN fleet. it's battles over. dropped
~ anchor in Guantanamo bay.
q & Fortunately, since the engage
ment was only a practice maneuver
and no ships were lost. the fleet imme-
diately resumed practice indispensa BILE
TO tactical smoothness.
The Reds, or dreadnaught fleet from
New York. which is under comma nd
of Vice Admiral Mayo. was more pow
erful than either of the others. but
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firing. cannons and searchIi2hts, the
whole business. Zeppeiins would not
dare come lighted, See them. swinging
by their head and tail lights
Madame was for the cellar, all the
same. Laughter on the stairs. Ten
ants were carrying down chairs, little
tables. rugs, an alcohol stove. teapot
Evening star., 1916-03-05

Mark and Comparable Other Nes of the
~ Thrilling Stunts
Based Upon Vague Possibility,
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fleet: their individual power is deter
mined by their design and their eff
cheney. by the discipline of their crews
and officers.
:. =
The sea problem which has been
worked out is not a mere theory based
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Slenee. Waiting. We are sure it is
Il false alarm. Il dress rehearsal. But
what were those crashes? Cannons.
pardie! We complain of the bother of
it. but we are all proud of the defense
of Paris. For ten months no Zeppelin
has penetrated, in spite of continual eff
forts to sneak past in the dark. The
automatic listeners are we'll nigh
perfect. They are reversed megaphone
horns CONSTRUCTED to receive sounds
and register their intensity on Il dial.
They vast horns. facing north,
SOUTH east and west. The impercepti-
BILE rumble of a Zeppelin motor fifteen
miles distant is caught by their mi
crophones in the still countryside.
Which dial registers the strongest this
time? The north and east dials alike?
A Zeppelin is coming from the north
east. Alarm the front aeroplanes.
Notify the Paris suuadrons, the forts.
the searchishts and the automobile
batteries, At every attempt, in ten
months past, the night birds have been
located and chased back like terrified
butterflies,
A mans voice comes from the street:
Two Zeppelins over Paris
Nobody believes it. Shut that win
dow! Don't go near that window with
a candle. You will be accused of max
ing signals.
Voices on the stairs We peep out
for news. Up come Nine. D and
Angelo with the blankets. The fair
creatures head mods.
They all went to bed. and left me
in the cellar. I'm afraid. down there
alone. There might be mice!
The eyes close, but the lips still
speak
Bed, dodo. Ring if anything hap
pens.
Alone in the dark fiat. we sit by the
cutting candle. Snorc. Mother sleeps.
Really, | shall go to bed. Then. sud
denly. the electric lights flash up, all
bright and gay. The dress rehearsal
is over.
Next morning we read the papers
Geso0teen deaths and twenty wounded.
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~ Sterling Hciiig.t
and little comforts The cellar is warm
and dry.
In the fiat dress by candles. 1t is
cold. Mother asks for quinine.
Crash,
Did you hear that? a faT-of muffied
crash Dewey comes from the balcony,
in QSercoat and hat.
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But what scouts and battle cruisers
might have accomplished to make the
operation successful or to cause its de-
feat will be reported in order that the
department. and the congressional COM
mittees may be aided by this practical
information; and that our officers may
learn the possibilities of these craft
and how to maneuver them as soon as
any are added to the fleet.
Submarines should form one of the
four integral parts of the principal
ships of the fleet and should be able to
accompany their fellows: but those at
tached to the Atlantic feet are too
small and too slow to take an active
part in these operations.
A subsidiary branch of the service
which cannot be utilized for these
operations. one which may develop into
one of the main branches and prove of
untold value as an adjunct to the
scouting service, is the aeroplane for
naval uses While the delay in testing
these in sea scouting service is to be
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"The French dirigibleS are eone,' he
says. Il saw flight of heroplanes, like
bunch of rockets"
Crash.
We went to the other balcony.
what is that bag of light" 1t looks
like Il luminous cloud. Some new
trick of the defense" argued. At
that moment shaft Of watery light
swung from it, hit weakly in the
eyes and disappeared. We underSt ood.
Low. thick little clouds like wads of
cotton met and mingled with the fog.
which WAS mounting. searchlight
had lit up one of them, for moment.
Far away. a falling red light.
Swift darting stars. Look at the
aeropIancs. How swift they are by
night, It's cold out here. Wen get
our death. Let's go inside to warm
ourselves.
All this took place in a few minutes.
1t made small impression on us. in
comparison with the long waiting aft
erward in the dark fiat, with the
fickering candles. Down In the streets
nurmurs. A womans voice: Il had
TO walk all the way from So-and so.
It's as black as a hat in this ward.
over there they've got their gas and
electricity.
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weaker than the other two (the Blues)
when combined. The Norfolk fleet. un-
der Rear Admiral Dunn. and the Bos-
ton fleet. under Rear Admiral Coffman,
were ordered TO effect a junction at
predetermined point somewhere on the
Atlantic ocean, unknown to the Reds.
Just as IL was the military plan of
Germany to defeat first France and
then Russia without having to engage
both at the same time. so it was the
object of the Reds to locate and crush
one or the other of the Blue fleets be-
fore the two could unite and with
their combined strength. stronger than
the Reds. hold the sea power-that is.
sufficient force to take any position
they pleased. including pursuit and
attack upon the then inferior Reds.
Each of the three fleets consisted of
dreadnaughts, destroyers. scouts and
submarines. besides subsidiary fuel.
provision and hospital ships Each at
least theoretically had scout cruisers.
although unfortunately in fact only
three. with speed of twenty-four
knots. which is but little faster than
that of the best dreadnaughts. are all
that the navy possesses. There were
no battle cruisers for scouting or other
purposes, and they were not present
even in spirit, however much they were
needed to break through a screen of
lighter boats to ascertain what lay be-
hind them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
RETURNS HOME CURED.
Blanche Dixon Back From Iowa City
Well and Stronq. Is


Well and Strong. Is
There was not a happier father and
mother in Marshalltown Monday night
than Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Dixon, s North
Thirteenth street, when their daugh-
ter Blanche returned from Iowa City
we'll and strong, with no traces of the
crippled foot and arm with which she
had been afflicted since babyhood. The
childs left leg and arm were deformed
and twisted from an injury received
when she was babe.
Last July. when the new law provide
ing for free treatment for defective
children at the state university went
into effect Blanche was taken to Iowa
City. She left here on July II. An
operation was performed on the de-
formed leg and arm. and when Blanche
stepped off the train into her fathers
arms she was as we'll and happy as
any little girl She showed her father
her foot and hand, straight and strong,
and walked down the station platform
without sign Of a limp. She was the
second child from Marshall county to
receive treatment under this law,
which went into effect July 1. 1915. The
first case from here was that of Henry
Kassel. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Kassel, of Melbourne, who was sent to
Iowa City suffering with infantile
paralysis.
The Kassel boy is still! at Iowa City
but, is able to walk, and Is expected
home in a short time, according to DR.
L. Fl. Ferris, of Melbourne, who had
charge of the case.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
!" Johnnie Stokhr On
Anothe,-s6ug Ride

Johnnie Stoehr the small son OF
B. f. Stoehr. 4O4 North Second street,
is either persistent seeker after pub
Lefty, or else there Is something in the
lads makeup which makes him OBJ
livious to all warnings, policemen's
threats, and paternal thrashings.
Johnnie has taken another horse
and buggy. He and his small sister
Bertha were evidently out on scout
ing expedition Monday afternoon, for
they found a horse, and buggy belong
ing to George Hinecker, 9O7 South
Eleventh avenue, hitched in, the shed
back of Myers grocery, at 125, East
Main street. This time johnnie was
merely out on pleasure drive as he
and Bertha drove the horse around at
Very leisurely rate of speed, and were
proceeding towards the Hinecker resi-
dence when Mr.. Hinecker saw them
near the union station. He relieved
Johnnie and Bertha Of their equipment
and the two children came into the
station to play.
Here they were discovered and ques-
toned by Officer Wertenberger, and to
him Johnnie told the story of his aft
SI'iooi . adventure. 4. re flau also con-
fessed to Hinecker that he took the
horse and buggy. Wertenberger ssug-
gested to a crowd standing around that
he guessed he would take Johnnie and
Bertha to Jail. A. perceptible culver
of Johnnie's lower lip was noticeable,
and bystander suggested that he and
Bertha run while the policeman was
looking the other way. The officer
obligingly turned his back and the two
children 'hiked." Asked as to why he
took the horse. Johnnie merely looked
rblankly and offered no informal ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
NELSON ENsMINoER DEAD.
Former Well Known Resident OF Gil.
man Dies AZ ColiinsviIle, Okla.

/
man Dies AZ ColiinsviIle, Okla.
Word 4 received at Gilman tells of
the death at Collinsville, Okla, of Nell
son Ensminger. former well known
resident of the Gilman neighborhood.
Mr.. Ensminger died at II o'clock Sat
urduy might after an illness of about
two weeks, due to gastritis. His body
is expected to reach Gilman this even
irlg. and the funeral will be hold at Gill
man Wednesday,.
Mr., .Ensminger was about 81 years
old, and was born and reared on the
farm of his father, the late Henry Ems
minger, three miles northeast of Gill
man, and lived there until his marriage,
about thirty-five years ago, when he
took Miss Mary Xix as his wife. Mr.,
and Mrs. Ensminger went to live on Il
farm one and one-half miles east of
Gilman. and lived in the Gilman neigh
borhood until they moved to Collins
vile "a few years ago.
Surviving Mr.. Ensminger. in addition
to his widow. is one son, Henry. Two
brothers and three sisters are also liv-
ing, In the persons of Dennis Ems
minger OF this city; Frank, of Gilman:
Mrs. Braden Campbell, five miles
southwest of this city; Mrs. Charles
Radcliffe, of New Sharon and Mrs.
Anglo Patterson, of Gilman. John Ems
minger, of this city, another brother,
died in 1903; Mrs. John Campbell a
sister, died twenty three years ago;
and another sister, Emma, died in
young woman hood.
Dennis Ensminger and his sister,
Mrs. Patterson, will accompany the
body to Gilman, having been summoned
to Collinsville several days ago owing
to their brothers illness. Frank Ems
mirger, who also went to Collinsville.
reached Gilman Monday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
DURHAM coNcLAvE BEGINS.
Representatives of Company From All
Over Country Here.

Representatives of Company From All
Over Country Hero.
Representatives of the G. A. Dun
ham Company from New York to San
Francisco, and from Winnipeg to st.
Louis, are in the, city today or viii
arrive tonight for the second annual
conclave of the Durham company.
which opens Wednesday and closes
I Friday,
Today was spentiSin inspecting the
factory, and the 1iffan who were here
were taken about the town About
forty will be here altogether. The
conclave proper will open Wednesday
| morning. and business sessions will be
| held Wednes day, Thursday and Friday
thruout the day. Tonight the men will
attend q moving picture theater in O
body. Wednesday they will be at the
Marshalltown Club, and later will 60
\ to the Y. NJ. G. A. to witness the in
I door baseball game between the Dun
ham company and the clerks. Thurs
! day evening q big minstrel show will
/ be put on at the office by the local
force, and the conciave will close Fri
day with a banquet at the Stoddart.
t The officers, statesmen. and supply
! men who are here or will arrive today
| and tonight include the following:
| c.. A.tDunham, George w. Best, J
w. Johnston, o. ]. Prentice and j. NJ
| Stannard. Chicago: d. c. Murphy and
r. J. Blank. Davenport; William Nc
MILAN. w. H. Uhl. w, H. Wilson. H
! e. Chase and Mr.. Dennison. Mime
| apolis: IT. Fl. Wright Kansas City: E
| G. 6Beeson, G. w. Locker. and c. w
| Wheeler. Detroit Z H. NJ. Hammer, ST
Louis: H N. Reynolds San Francisco:
! H. K. Mead, Portland, Ore: G. r.
schofield. Spokane, Wash; T. A. Will
liams and e. r. Ha,wley. Salt Lake
City; J ]. Mckee. New York City; F,
H. Morris, Rochester, n. Y: ]. j.
Walker, Pittsburgh: Joseph w. Sey-
mour, Boston: L. A. Michael. Denver
Colo: c. L. Chase, Milwaukee,; Pres
ton Daniels and Edward Foster. Des
Moines: r. S. Mayer, Cleveland: J. p
/ Mewshaw. Washington, D. c.: c. S
/ Bartholomew, Cheyenne, Wyo.; A. J.
Dickey and e. T. Flanagan, Toronto
Ont; and ]. II. Leonard. Winnipeg,
Man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
Local Live Stock Market.


Britain & Co, today quoted the fol-
lowing prices for hogs in wagon load
lots:
IL. D. Ratesole quotes the following
Premium hogs, over 17O--7.35.
Hogs, 125 to 17O-7 10
Good packers--T.25 .r''r-. '.s.-.. s--7 re-
Premium hogs, over 17O-7.25.
Hogs, 1875 to 170-7.o0. -.rnay
& Good packers--7.15. ~ yf,r
Laurel News. >Ee..
George w. Read has shipped his
household goods. farna,i lements and
stock to Rolfe, near where he recently
purchased a farm. Mike Connors as
sisted him in the shipment, and will
work for him on the farm the coming
season.
Vera >McIlrath, the Swear old
daughter of S. A, AkcsIlrath and wife.
has been very sick with pneumonia
during the past. week. but & is now
Slightly improved aud-recovery hoped
for. gG-slv
Peter Pfeifer .hah the misfortune tc
fall on the ice Saturday night and
fracture bone IL, hts left shoulder by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
SCHOOL HOUSE BURNS.
Building South of State Center De-
IS stroysd Early This Morning..

District school house No. 4, State
Center township directly south of the
town of State Center, was totally de-
stroyed by fire about o'clock this
morning. The origin of the fire is not
known, but the teacher Miss Mary
Evans. thinks that a tramp may have
been responsible for the act. She says
she saw tramp walk back and forth
in front of the school building several
times Monday afternoon. The building
was an old one. valued at about $500,
and twenty children went to school
there.
Mrs. Josephine Henns, who lives
four miles southeast of State Center,
still suffers a great deal of pain from
the fracture of the left hip. which she
received Monday morning. Her condi-
ton was somewhat improved today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
JOINT MEETING TO BE HELD
WITH mARsHALL COUNTY
FARMERS ASSOCIATION.
o. w. NORRIS TO TALK II
ON eRAvELTp ROADS
Business Meeting Of the Institute to
Be Held At 1880 in the Forenoon
Second Massins Of the institute Will
Be Held at Gilman on Saturday,
Feb. 26.

A joint meeting Of the Marshall
County Farmers Institute and the
Marshall County Farmers Association
will be held next Saturday afternoon,
Feb. 5, and business meeting Of the
institute will be held at 1890 in the
forenoon. All of the meetings will be
held in the court house. A second
meeting of the institute is to be held
at Gilman Feb. &C. III
The joint meeting will open at 1870
in the east court room and the prin-
cipal address Of the afternoon will be
by D. w. Norris, editor of the Times
Republican and chairman of Govern r
Clarke's better roads association. His
subject will be "Graveled Roads For
Marshall C'o1,pfy"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
A Safe Food
For Baby

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as it is most nearly like mothers
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
In the District Court.

Henry S. Mayer, a druggist Of the
firm Of Peter Mayer q Son, ~ West
Main street, city. has filed an applica-
ton for a permit to keep and sell In
toxicating liquors.
George Chevill has filed petition tn
quiet the title to land In Eden town
ship. Andrew J. Rees, ct AL. are the
defendants named.
petition to quiet the title to land
In LeGrand township has been filed by
Thore Olson. The defendants are Hoyt
Sherman. ct al.
j. b. Charlier was given judgment
for $12 and the costs against the NJ. &
st. L.. and the counter claim of the
defendant was dismissed Monday.
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