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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
DEs MONIES HOUSEWIVES IN,
ACCURATE FIGHT ON HIGH
Foop PRICES.
LABOR UNIONS UNITE
I'm BIG MOVEMENT
Promise to Foreao Butter. Ess., Flour
and Potatoes Until Prices Como
Down--Lahor Leaders Charge Public
Market Is Manipulated by Commits
sion Mon.

Des Moines, Dec. 16.-The boycott OF
butter, eggs, flour. and -potatoessis on.
The proclamatfonS OF warsagailst the
high cost Of. these food, staples was is
sued by the club women OF the city,
1000 in number, and 5000 men and
women Of organized labor. at the trades
and labor assembly hall,
The boycott began today. This mes
sage was sent TO the public:
will you please help us cut the cost
of butter, eggs. -four and, potatoes by
refraining from using them beginning
DEC. is until the prices are again nor
NAL
Ills being flashed today by telephone
Ia the presidents OF ueighty-one wo-
men; /. organization OF the city. 1t rs
going to the officers Sof the unions at
fihated with the trades and labor as
sembly. Il.
representatives Of organized labor
attending the conference last night
pledged organized labor to stand by
the boycott and fight It out as they
would a strikes They have agreed up7
on a 5co-ordinate plan to-. promotes the
cooperative buying idea as further Z
means of forcing prices downward
All Women For II.
- All the women's organizations are
supporting the boycott, according to
Mrs. Frank Dodson, chairman of the
wonnen's committee. To make the eff
feet OF the boycott still greater, the
club women are calling, asking their
,neighboring housewives to join in the
fight.
{. The women.s executive committee In
charge Of the boycott is composed OF
Mrs. Frank Dodson. Mrs. C. A. Rob
bins, Mrs. Gertrude Miner, Mrs. A.
MacRae, Mrs. A. ]. Robinson and Mrs.
George Hawks.
charge Of D, II. Caldwell James Fitz-
gerald, L. o. Pouchot, Harvey Marshall
and j. w. Scott.
Investigate City Market.
~ Plans were made at the trades and
labor assembly last, night to make a
thorough Investigation OF the, operation
bf the city market house. The inves-
tigation was decided upon when a
Former market master declared that
ahe market is in the control Of com
mission meh aud not the farmer noi
ihe gardeneR
4 It is charged the market today is lit
tls better than store where prices are
Mked and controlled by commission
hsek II Found true, the women and
iorg1nized hbor will demand the GUST
tngp& the commission men and the es-
itdAMshnent az the system on which
thesmarket was founded-whereby the
a6roducef may come and sell direct to
the Yco1Sdmer. ~ .-ss,s 500
IL was also decided to make a study
lof the present boycott and establish !.
system whereby future boycotts can be
called with telling effect.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16

Dubuque. When he returned to the
Iowa side Of the river he was badly
intoxicated and laid down for q rest
in some weeds near the river bank.
When he WAS discovered his feet and
hands were badly frozen. He was
taken to d local hospital. It Is be-
lieved he will not lose any of the frost
bitten members.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
SING "MEsslAH" AT GRIhhELL.
oratorio to Be Given Sunday 40 Special
Christmas vesper Services.
~ Enecixkl sTSimeS-R anuh1ican

SpeciaI-tO T1meS-RepubIlcan.
Grinnell, Dec Is. - AS a special
Christmas vesper service. tomorrow
afternoon, Handers Messiah" will be
given by the college oratorio society
Of $50 voices and the Grinnell orchestra
of forty three pieces, together with
special solotsts. The solo parts will be
taken by Mr.. Cain and Mr.. Engstrom
OF the school of,music faculty, and Miss
Gladys Downing. Of Mason City, and
Miss Winifred Amy, Of Grinnell, two
Grinnell music students.
The oratorio society has been
trained under the direction. Of Prof. q.
u. Pierce. head OF the Grinnell school
of music. It has been an annual Gus
tom in Grinnell to give the Messiah" at
this time, %
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
Bond. Sell at Premium.

Special to Times Republican.
I Dubuque, Dec. 16,--At a special SEES
sion of -the city council yesterday re-
funding bonds to. the amount of s240,
900 We're sold, the successful bidder
being A. B. Leach & Co, Of Chicago
The bonds, two lots OF them Of $4,000
each, bear per cent interest. The
bidders gave, q premium of $500 fol
the bonds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
How sparrows Punish Thieves.

1t is quite common in early spring
for young and inexperienced sparrows
to steal twigs and other building ma
terial from the nests Of their elders. n
this theft Is detected. rs 1t usually Is,
a posse promptly visits the Offenders
nest and scatters it to the four winds,
soundly thrashing the occupant In the
bargain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
RETAIN COLLEGE STANDING.
Coo Students With Guard Troops (,
Receive Credit For Time Absent.


Receive Credit For Time Absent,
Special to Times-Republican.
s Cedar Rapids, Dec. ia night let
ter was sent by the secretary of the
$sCoe College faculty to its students on
the Mexican border, Thursday night.
telling them that II they come back to
college credit will be Eiven for the time
they have been absent. The college
considers that these young men who
have served their country should not
be handicapped by loss in college
standing.
The resolution will affect about
ttventy students who are enrolled in
s company D of the Iowa National
Guard. Word from the border an
lnounces that they will leave Monday,
Dec. IS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
Arbor Day In Spain In future.

BY royal order. the celebration of
Arbor day has been made obligatory
In every township and municipality in
Spain, and tree planting is to be- car
ried on upon q more extensive scale
than heretofore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
New paving Process.

81 Forestry, experts in the, employ Of
the United States government have per.
fected process to prevent creosoted
paving blocks from exud!ng their oil
"a hot weather.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
.Unssinsh.

Il Doctor7-.'Is your wife strong-mind
ed enough to see that you positively
refrain from eating sweets?" Patient
Sure. doctor! She's got spunk
enough to mAketne pass up the candy
and pastry and all that as long az
shes SLOWED to eat It herself
Judge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
BAscock RETURNS TO LAKE.
Sheldon Man to Manage Hotel Man
haitian at Okoboji Next Season.

Special to Times Republican.
Sheldon, Dec. IL. p. Babcock has
leased the Manhattan Hotel, at Lake
Okoboji for the season OF 1917. Mr..
Babcock was manager Of the Man
hattaE for several seasons and con-
Quoted the establishment with profit to
himself and to the satisfaction of the
summer resorters. Mr.. Babcock left
this week for Daytonia, Fla, where he
viii have charge Of the Hotel Seville
during the winter months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16
Reanan News .ltems.

Special to TimeS-RepupHcah.
~. POO r-an Dec. 16.-The entertain-
ment given by the pupils of the high
school as one Ilumbersof the lecture
course was we'll attended and greatly
appreciated. The training and rendi-
ton was handled with skill and re-
fleets great credit on the part of the
tutors = q; s II !; KS I; ~
Mr.. Hutchinson returned from Min
nesota aid Wisconsin, where he had
been looking after his land interests.
Ne repoHl FOOD crops and everything
of1I ltsrs at sAiarshfield. The
Ming 1886 per hundred
1inx went TO Brad
it her son, Edward
a )Rged M cattle and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16

ladies'. It stops itching almost N
stantly. ~e~~~a -@ss !
You may be told that there m
remedies 'justasg oodas Herpidde. =
You cannot afford to take chanoes
with nor can you expect 70 obt.in
results from 'tan off brand" article.
Insist on having genuine Herpicide;
the Original Germ Remedy for Dandl
ruff. y,s-<AR0asn.~~ vi
You can get q sample of this de-
hghtful,hair dressing and Z booklet
on the caro- Of the hair by sending
ten cents in silver or postage to This
Herpicide Co, Dept S, Detroit
Mich Try Herpicide opce and you
will never Be without It -~.~~
Sold everywhere IN so cent md
81. 90 sizes and guaranteed to Riva
satisfaction or money refunded.
Applications obtained at tho better
barber shops and beauty parlors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16

American merchants spend over ST.
100000 for free faahion sheets annually.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-16

llnx went to- Brad
" her son, Edward
:! Eged m cattle and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
GET SHIPS IN SHAPE
Navy Department Orders All Reserve
Vessels Inspected at Once.

Washington. Feb. est became
known today that the navy depart
mert has ordered an inspection of all
ships in reserve, to determine their
availability for use in case of an
emergency.
According to authoritative informa-
ton, the department about month
ago determined to ascertain the exact
condition of the vessels.
It was stated by an official of the
department that there have been oc-
casions when vessels ordered TO sea did
not get off as promptly as was ex-
pected by the department. An
nounced sailings, even on important
missions, were delayed
The navy officers have not been
informed of any immediate necessity
for getting such accurate information
from the reserve ships of the Atlantic
fleet. They all attribute the orders to
the necessity of having the ships pre-
pared eff they should be called upon
suddenlN.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28

years ago. They were divorced il
1915 and all the property was award
ed to the wife. Mrs. Hofsc 1der
then employed her former husband as
a farm hand. Hofschoinder claims he
never received a cent for his work.
Following the cutting Mrs. Hof-
schoinder crawled a mile to the home
of a neighbor where medical aid was
summoned: When Hofschoinder awoke
and found her gone he closed up the
house, ran the farm machinery into
the barn and set fire to the buildings
The house. two barns, a granary con-
tanning 500 bushels of wheat, a smoke
house, a large cattle and machinery
shed, the vegetable house and the hog
sheds were destroyed. The total oss is
about $4,000. After burning he
buildings Hofschoinder tipped over the
windmill and dumped stone into the
we'll
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
FIRE ONLY
ON SHIPS ARMED


Continued from Page One.)
surances privately given in which it is
stated that liners will not be sunk
without warning, provided they do not
offer resistance. Attention also is
called to the statement of the Amer
lean government in its notice to port
authorities that the presence of ar
mament on board a merchant vessel
creates the presumption that the YES
sci is armed for offense. 1t is stated
that a submarine commander cannot
be expected to warn an enemy mer-
chairman which has a right to fire on
the submarine which warns it and the
German government sets up the con-
tenticn that equipment and intention
to resist warning given by a subma-
rine does not come within the defini-
ton of defensive armament.
The note then sets forth that the
German government did not issue its
new instructions to submarine COM
manderS until after it had come into
possession of confidential instruction
by the British government to the COM
nianders of British merchantmen. It
is denied that armed British merchant
ships of any description are peaceful
traders, and it is declared that the ar
mament on board all of them is to be
used for attack.
England Breaks Pledge.
The charge is made that Austrian
submarines also have been attacked by
armed British merchantmen which.
the note declares, are not conforming
and have no. intention OF conforming
to the assurances given to the United
States by the British government in a
memorandum of August 25, 1914, by
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British am
baSSadOr. The German government
says it cannot see how the American
government in consideration of these
facts can regard armed British mer
chantmen as peaceful trading ships
The note makes it clear that the
Berlin government believes its new
instructions to submarine commanders
are in accord with the viewpoint ex-
pressed by the United States in its
vivendi to the entente allies, for the
disarmament of merchant ships 1t
declares that German submarine COM
manders have been so instructed that
they will not destroy a merchant ship
on a question of armament, unless it
Is known positively that such arma-
ment exists.
Cites 20 Attacks on U-Boats.
The declaration that previous
pledges will not be revoked, also is
formally given. The efforts of the
United States to have the Delligerent
agree to a modus vivendi, which
would cause all merchant ships to be
disarmed, it is declared, are welcomed
by Germany.
Then follows declaration that the
German government will no longer
allow its submarines to be made the
object OF attacks in violation of the
principles of international law and
that therefore the new instructions
Will not be postponed or modified.
Appended to the communication
which was signed by Count Won Bern
storff, was a list of about twenty in
cidents in which, it is charged. Ger
man and Austrian have been attacked
by merchantmep armed ostensibly for
defensive purposes.
At no place in the communication
is it suggested that American citizens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
State Auditor Makes Interstate
Fare Ruling.
Officials Must Pay Own Way to
X. C.. Union Station.
HEAVING SlGHS OF REGRET
Political Travellers Hate to Give
Up Their Privileges.
"COmfOrts" and "EnjOyments"
of Missouri Must Cease.

Get off at Kansas City. Kan, or pay
the increased interstate passenger fare
yourself. That is the ultimatum
which w. E. Davis, state auditor, has
sent to all state officials and en-
ployees who ride railroad trains at
state expense.
Kansas officials and employees who
desire to look at the union station IN
the Missouri side of the river may do
so by paying a nickel, riding a treet
car an hour or two and transferring
few times Junketing to Kansas City,
No, at state expense must stop. me
state will carry its employees no fur
Their than the Missouri river. From
that point men and women on the
state pay roll must walk or ride street
cars.
Not since the days when the passes
went out of style have politicians
heeved such signs of regret. The new
Davis order causes all sorts of ernber-
rassment and trouble. Some Of he
men attached to the state pay roll be
neve the dignity of the state has suf-
fered. But there is nothing to do. The
order must be obeyed and since the
auditor has the last guess concerning
the payment of vouchers, it is prob
able that the pilgrimage of Kansas
state officials to the Missouri side of
the river will be quite heavy.
just Think of 1t!
Just think of riding to Argentine,
Armstrong or Kansas City, Kan, and
unloading with a couple of 1eavy
grips and riding over to Kansas City.
Mo-, on a bumpety street carl" sighed
an official. What is worse, is the
embarrassment of telling a friend that
you will meet him in the evening i'll
one of the Missouri side hotels and
then riding over on bumpety street
car because the state won't pay your
expenses"
Nearly all Kansas employees stop at
Missouri side hotels while in Kansas
City. The fact that most of ceir
business is transacted in Kansas does
not affect the matter in the least. They
are perfectly willing to ride on street
cars after arriving at their hotel, but
to ride from Kansas stations to Il Mis-
souri, side hotel is positively huIniliat-
ing.
The Davis order recites that where
an official buys a ticket from a Kan
sas point to Kansas City, Mo, that the
increased fare must be paid by the
official or employee. The state will
pay only on the two cents a mile basis.
Unless the travelling official can pro-
duCe documentary and verbal evidence
to overcome the logic of ssthe state
auditor, the new order will In every
case be binding. The order is expecl e d
to save several hundred dollars year
in railroad fares of Kansas Officials
and EMPLOYEES.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28

district court, by Lizzie Dickerson,
route T.. Shawnee county, against
Charles C. Dickerson, a young Liberal
rancher.
The petition is filed by J. ]. Schenck
and Tinkham Veale, local attorneys.
The suit states that the couple were
married at Liberal, Kan. in July, 1918,
and lived together until last January.
A case of too much of his folks is
reeited in the petition. The plaintiff
states that her husband took her to
live with his parents who, she claims,
criticised her.
Then, she says. when she left, her
husband persuaded her to sign the
alleged contract whereby she relin-
quished all claims on his property
which she claims she thought amount
ed to about $1,000. The plaintiff says
she has since learned that he owns cat
tie and other property valued at
$4,000.
She asks a divorce, alimony, division
of the property and custody of their
minor child, Lula Ella. age 10 months,
and prays that the contract be set
aside
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
CLASH SERIOUS, SAY GERMANS.
Senator Stones Letter Throws Scare
Into TeutOn Officials
ny CARI w ACK ERNIAN

Berlin Feb. 2S.-PreSident Wilson'S
letter to Chairman Stone has suddenly
brought full realization to German Of
ficials that the situation between Ger
many and the United States has
reached a serious stage
These are impressive words" was
the statement made by a high official
at the foreign office today as he re-
read press versions of the presidents
letter
The official text of the Washington
letter, called tC the embassy here,
was not decided Sunday and had not
yet reached the foreign office Press
versions are accepted as substantially
correct and one of the statements that
has STRUCK home here is this;
Americans Rights.
IF the clear rights of American
citizens should ever unhappily be
abridged Or denied by any such ac-
ton, we would, it seems to me, have,
in honor, no choice as to what our
course should be"
The foreign office is puzzled at the
position taken by President Wilson,
that subn. arine attacks on armed
merchantmen will constitute violation
of international law.
I'VE do not know what your presi-
dent means" said the foreign office
official who commented on the case to
this correspondent. Surely he has
not received the Woodfield proof IRE
ferring to the seizure of the British
steamer Woodfield and discovery of
instructions to British merchantmen
to attack submarines.)"
Allies First VioIators.
will Germany reply to these state
ments?" he was asked.
president Wilson could not have
had our data when he wrote this let
ter" he repeated. surely. by arm
ing merchantmen and instructing
them to take the offensive against
submarines. the allies violate inter
national law first. thereby endangering
American lines"
Ambassador Gerard is not discuss
ing the submarine question with the
foreign office, having received no in
structions from Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
1863 LIVES, TOLL

Continued from Page Onel
carried a large number. Most of the
women and children lost their lives
owing to the fact that one boat al
ready in the water drifted under an
other which was being lowered and
capsized.
Owing to the fact that Dover is I'M
der strict military law, it was pos
sible to obtain only meager details
from those rescued. The captain said
that both passengers and crew be-
haved splendidly.
The passengers were for the most
part British officials in the Indian SER
vice, the most prominent being Judge
Oldfield, of the Indian high court.
Up to midnight the bodies landed
from the Maloja included eighteen
men, eleven women and four children
in addition to eleven Lascars. Among
the dead is Mrs, Mcleod, wife of
General Mcleod.
Second steamer Sinks.
Thousands of the inhabitants of
Dover witnessed the rescue work from
shore. A considerable number actu-
ally; saw the blowing up of the ship
while almost the entire population
reached the waterfront before the YES
sci went down. Just before the NAL
ola sank, those watching from the
shore had another thrill, a second
steamer, the Empress of Fort William
Delng lOSI unuGT eAdCIly similar NOI-
ditions.
Only one of the crew of the En-
press of Fort William was drowned.
Who Laid the Mines.
The British press is almost unani-
nous in assuming that the Maloja and
the other vessels sunk by mines dur
ing the weekend were victims of a
fresh sowing Of German mines. There
is much speculation as to how these
mines could have been laid. The
theory most frequently advanced is
that a certain class of neutral shipping
was employed.
The Pail Mall Gazette suggests that
such operation may drive England to
still more stringent supervision of
neutral shipping than has been exer-
cised by the admiralty.
A continuous search by boats in the
vicinity of the sunken steamer Maloja
and inquiries along the coast had fail
ed up to midafternoon today to raise
the number of known survivors of the
disaster, $50, of whom "a are passen-
gers.
The Peninsular and Oriental Off
Gals feared the death list will be well
over 100. Bodies continue to be wash
ed ashore ard fifty persons have thus
far been accounted for
The steamship company's statement
regarding the number of people on
board the Maloja, showed that of 11y
Ship Was Insured.
The steamer MaIoja was insured
against war risks under government
scheme but this insurance was based
on the original cost of the vessel, the
value of which had increased enor-
mously because of the war, and hence
the loss to the Peninsular and Oriental
line will be large. The vessel was
fully laden with a general cargo, vir-
tuaily all of which was insured with
the government.
1t has been learned that the MaIoia
was not carrying the eastern mails
they being sent overland to MarseilIes
Only IS Are Saved.
London, Feb. 2S.-The Russia n
steamship Petshenga has been sunk,
Fifteen of those aboard were saved
me Petshenga formerly was the Ger
man steamship Erik Larsen, which
was captured by the Russians early
| in the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28

Wall St, New York. Feb. 2s.-STOCKS-
The rally in specialties was shortlived.
steady offerings sending a general list be
low opening prices before the end of the
feverish first hour, in which some $50, 900
shares changed hands. The only note
worthy exception was Reading, which rose
over two points, while prices elsewhere
were displayed greater weakness. Next
can Petroleum and American Smelling
were especially Influenced by reports of
fresh trouble in Mexico. Losses of 31a to
Ga points were scored by Industrial Alec
hol. Sears Roebuck and Pittsburg Coal
preferred dealings diminished materially
in the second hour and at midday prices
ruled substantially above lowest levels.
oBnds were heavy.
Selling of stocks in moderately heavy vol
ume resumed at the opening to today's
market, advices over the week end causing
further unsettlement and providing the
short interest with fresh ammunition De
clines ranged from one to two points in
such issues as Marine preferred. Leading
coppers. Crucible and Lackawanna Steel
Baldwin Locomotive, Airbrake and Stude
baker. Substantial fractional recessions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-28
FOOD AREDNESS
Women Launch. Movement TO Insure
Health to Entire Nation.

New York, Feb. 2S-Prominent
women representing all parts of the
country have been appointed mem
bers of a special commission to organ
ize the campaign undertaken by the
National Housewives league to build
up the health of the nation through
proper feeding. as its contribution to
the preparedness movement, it was
ANNOUNCED heretonight
The committee is charged with the
duty of arousing women to the need
of studying the question of nutrition
and applying the knowledge obtained
to the members of their own family
Every woman's organization in the
country will be urged to take up the
propa ganda.