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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26
LAST RITES At MUSCATlNE.
Burial Service For Col. c. c. Horton
LARGELY Attended.

Musratire papers tell Of the burial
service for col. C. G. H Orton, late com
rnandant Of the Iowa Soldiers Home,
which took place at Greenwood ceme-
terry, Muscatine. late Monday after
noon. The Journal Of Tuesday eve
ming says:
"Co1 G. C. Horton was laid to rest
in Greenwood cemetery shortly before
sunset yesterday afternoon. The body
of the distinguished civil war veteran
and late Commandant Of the soldiers
home at Marshalltown reached the
city via Wilton about 5 p IN. and was
taken at once TO Greenwood chapel
High tribute was paid by the Rev
J. 3. Kendall. Of the Presbyterian
church, to the departed Muscatine citi-
zen. Tho all Of the services were brief
in keeping with the desire Of relatives
both the pastor and Past Master
Moore Of the Masons took occasion to
deliver eulogy to the man who had
brought fame to this city.
"Colonel Horton met the first test
Of distinguished citizen declared
the Rev Mr. Kendall, in that he was
more than a great soldier and great
leader of men. 1t was his eminent
goodness and his christian manhood
that made Colonel Horton great. Hun
dreds could tell today said the speak
er. of the inspiration to better living
that they had received from the life
Of the dead man. .
Following the brief eulogy Mrs.
Nellie Conrad Robertson sang a solo
Of more than ordinary appropriate
ness and the friends. who had gath
cred to pay homage to Colonel Horton
were permitted to look upon his face
for the last time.
Thru lane lined with members OF
the Masonic fraternity the funeral
cortege proceeded south almost to the
brow OF the hill overlooking the river
and there to the beautiful and i'm
pressive service of the Masons. the re-
mains Of Colonel Horton were lowered
to the grave. Past Master Ernest
Moore spoke the fitting words that are
d part Of the Masonic ritual {.
Members Of the Shelby Norman
post Of the 6. A. X. and of the local
Masonic lodge were the officiating pail
bearers, the six taking this part OF the
ceremony being DIR. H W. Dean. J. I'll.
Carl, George jackson. j. S. Blackwell.
Phil .. Murphy and Herman Schmidt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26
FreckLes and BLotches
Are Easily Peeled off

If you are bothered with any cutaneous
blemish, it's n poor plan to use paint,
Too often this only empha sizes the defect.
Besides, its much easier to remove the
Disagreement with ordinary mercolized
wax Applied nightly, the wax will sradsl-
patches liver spots, sallowness, red
b!otches or any surface eruption. The
affected cuticle Is absorbed, a little each
beautiful skin beneath is brought wholly
to view. Ask the druggist for one ounce
of mercolized wax and use this like you
use cold cream. Remove in morning with
soap and water. Many who have tried
this simple, harmless treatment report
astonishing results.
If troubled with wrinkles or burrows,
wash lotion made by dissolving 1 or.
powdered saxoiite in Il pint witch hazel.
will prove wonderfully elective
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26
r..R. PROPOSES PLAN AND CALLS
a
MEETING OF THOSE HAVING
PAPE
PROMISE SOLUTION
OF RETAILERS PROBLEM
Proposes Organization of Cooperative
Company Of Merchants to Save, Bale
and Sell Waste Paper So Dealers
May Get Maximum Price and to Aid
Conservation Movement.

Because Of the high cost of all kinds
Of PAPER and paper products, and to
aid in the conserva ton movement to
save the waste material from which
paper is made. and to aid local mer
chants to easily handle their waste
paper problem, the Times Republican,
hru its business manager. C. +.
Thayer. has proposed solution. The
plan. cooperative one, will be pre-
scented AT a meeting of all merchants
and others who have waste paper to
get rid Of a a meeting to be held at
the Ma-shalltown Club Thursday noon.
The T.-R. is interested because it
and the Marshall Printing Company
probably produce the largest amount
Of waste paper in the city. 1t also IS
interested in promoting a movement tn
conserve the waste paper from which
new paper is made. and is ready to CO.
operate with local merchants who find
the waste paper problem veXaiOus.
Waste Worth Saving.
Following the increasing price OF pa
per Of all kinds and all paper products.
The price of waste paper and every
thing made of paper has gone up. This
makes waste paper worth Sd HIS.
Movements have been started in many
cities to save the waste paper in or
der to supply the material for more
paper and thus help keep down the
cost Of the new.
The plan proposed by Mr.. Thayer
is to organize merchants who have
large quantities Of waste paper, many
of whom have balers, into cooper
fn
the paper Besides aiding in the con-
serva ton movement. the merchant
would receive for his waste paper the
full market price, less only the cost OF
supervision in collecting and shipping
1t including drayage-
Solve Storage Problem.
It is presumed that a company
might be formed Of enough retailers
and firms who have waste paper -
supply a car load Of paper week or
every ten days. The waste paper would
be collected from the merchant at as
FREQUENT periods as all combined haC
enough to make a car load.
One Of the merchants problems is
t, store his waste paper. Quantities
Of it accumulate and soon become
fire hazard. BY the proposed plan 1t
is expected that the members vast"
paper would be removed from his
basement once a week or perhaps ev-
cry ten days, which would eliminate
the storage problem.
= The supervision necessary would De
for a repres entative Of the company 10
arrange for drayage. shipping and dis
tribution Ct the money to the members
A number Of merchants have paper
baiers Those who have no baler burn
their per and get nothing from ~
Such would profit by getting a baler
and joining the company.
No outsider would have any proht
out of the venture. which now goes t"
dealers who collect the paper and pay
a small price for It. except the COM
pany's agent who supervises the de-
tails.
The meeting will he open to any ono
who Is Interested and who has waste
paper to dispose of regularly and VINO
wants to help conservation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26
MRS. VAIL PRESIDENT.
Will Head Twentieth Century Club
During Coming Year.

At the meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club, held Tuesday afternoon
with Mrs. VI. l.. Meickley, s South
Fifth avenue. officers were elected.
Mrs May Belle Vail was chosen presi-
dent Mrs II. J. Howe. vice presidents:
Mrs. Ruth Buck. recording secretary;
Mrs. II. f. E,chternacht. corresponding
secretary: Mrs. r. w. Stevens, treas
urer: Mrs. c. G. Urine. auditor. The
new directors are Mrs. Merritt Greene,
Jr. and Mrs. f.. r. Lay.
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BIG MONEY CROP
Raise Cucumbers, Horseradish Roots
and Other Vegetables - Marshall
Vinegar Company Making Contracts
For Seasons Requirements.

The big money crops are cucumbers.
horsera dish roots and other vegetab les
pany. This company pays big returns
to the grower Contracts are being
made now for the seasons require
ments. Marshall Vinegar Company.
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day was II of an inch. Some hail
and sleet accompanied the precipita-
ton. AT o'clock this morning the
was 43, two degrees cooler
than at the same hour Tuesday morn
ing "a ". ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26
For ChIdren's Colds and Group.

Il have used Chamberlains Cough
remedy in treating my children for
colds and Group with the best success
We do not feel safe without it in the
house. l cannot speak too highly of
it," writes Mrs. Joshua Nutter. Swift
water N. II. Obtainable everywhere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26

Mrs. Clair Switzer, of Gearing. was
in the city Tuesday with Miss Gladys
SwitZer of Union, who was on her
way back to school at Cedar Rapids
after visit at her home
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1 oo.t Weather n.eord

tremes Of temperature Tuesday. com
pared wilh So and 30, the range Nom
day and s5 and 50, the extremes q
year go TUESDAY The rainfail Tues-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-26

Fully 6O.0O0,000 cocoanut trees are
under cultivation in Ceylon.
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was easily the finest army hospital
have ever seen.
1t had been q cavalry barracks. and
was quite new when 1t was taken over
for medical purposes. The field service
is the all-important end of tbe medi-
cal auxiliary. however. and In speed
and sanitation 1t seemed to be quite
up to the average Of field services.
In discussing the qualities OF an
army. however, the morale is the one
thing that counts. In this matter of
spirit the Italian army grades worry
high. One might expect the Latin to
have grim ability to stick 1t out un-
der fire that it would be hard to better
In the Isonzo / found one organiza-
ton that had been for hfty-four
days in a front-line trench, under con-
tinual FIRE. and another which had
held a similar assignment for forty
four days, without day of relief. NO
other allied army except the french
of its soldiers. 1t had been two weeks
since a colonel to whom 1 talked had
been able to take off his shoes.
Last night a flier dropped gas
Of the gas. But I feel all right to-
day"
Right Spirit Shown.
The odd part Is that he looked 1t.
He was smiling. content, apparently
Mt as a two-year-old. This man had
been a professor of mathematics before
the war.
Another man had been cut Off with
handful Of men on a bald knob during
tho Austrian rush. He was there for
ten days with no food to speak OF. and
for three days with no water at all
The agony he and his men must have
suffered, freezing by night, frying by
day under this pitiless sun, makes one
shudder to think of. But he was CHEEKY
as could be when I saw HIM DO hao
been a Waldensian preacher.
I am placing emphasis on this mat
ter of the Italian morale because OF
tho tendency to which I have alluded
to speak rather lightly Of what the
Italian army has done since the war
began. This is not just They have
fought an uphill hght-a fight liter
ally up many hills-for the past year.
The Austrian has for the most OF
that time been on the defensive and
has therefore been able to make his
choice of positions. If one hilltop was
not sufficiently dominant he fell back
to another. Not only has the Italian
been Handicapped in the matter OF
has made proper intrenchment most
difficult.
Two Months to Take Hill.
TT took us two months to get up
that HILL" was told Of a small. bare,
concentrated emtnence near Mon
falcone.
Tho Austrians had tho position at
the top. The Italians had been
forced literally to quarry their de-
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haste the italian soldiers were forced
to build into the ramparts the bodies
of the dead that had fallen by their
side. The living only matter in war.
last winter as the work went forward
the exposed angles were plated III
haste with stones and sandbags and
things that had been men. and these
pitiless fire from the Austrian heights.
Some of these trenches that were
pointed out to me still bear their
ghastly cuirasses. Elsewhere the en-
envy heat of summer has forced a re-
construction of the walls
Singing italian Rare.
Men who can do these things are
good soldiers I had wrongly esti-
mated the Italian soldier before I saw
him. Ono hears So much-nonsense-
about tho songful Bersaglieri and the
tenor-singing Alpini that had rather
expected an operate chorus to greet
me from every trench
Perhaps tho Italian soldier does sing
in those sections where the action is
less intense. Over here whore fight
ing goes on day and night, whore
there IL not an inch on which q shell
may not be dropped from an unsus-
pected height. where the rif1eman is
busy at Quarrytng or marching under
q sixty-pound pack when he is not
actually fighting. the army is less
tuneful.
Now and then heard some man at
rest by tho wayside hum an air, and
once an accordion most unexpectedly
materialized. within forty feet of an
Austrian machine gun cabin. But for
tho most part they were too grim and
sharp set to bother with song.
They were delightfully."-, almost child
ishly cheerful. Anything that had .
grain Of fun in 1t was sure to get q
laugh. They were playing Jokes and
slapping one another on the back oop
tinually, and they are as absolutely
certain Of victory as good troops al
J Leg-weary, backs aching, perspfra-
ton dripping down their checks, they
could still chatter to one another on the
march and listen with white teeth
cleaning to the conversations between
the man who speaks Eng1ish-every-
where ono found the man who speaks
English-and the "esteri gtornalist"
from across the soa-
But they are not singing, these
Italian soldiers They are fighting.
The fighting man has little time for
song.
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FOG TINE ON POTOMAC.
Whistles Blow for Mist Concealing
Objects Fifty Feet Away.

Fog time on the Potomac Is at hand
For several mornings past fogs, more
or less heavy. have formed in the early
morning hours to give steamboat men
and other navigators trouble.
Tho fog. yesterday morning. was the
heaviest Of tho season. SO far. Fog
whistles had to be sounded for several
hourA At times tho mist cloud was
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so thick that objects fifty feet away
could hardly be made out.
The fogs are caused by the air Of the
early morning being much cooler than
the water Of the river. Fogs arc now
likely at any time through tho fall
and winter months, Az general thing
tho fog cloud vanishes soon after the
sun comes mp.
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fensive trenches out Of the stark rock
of the hill Work could be done only
| at night. During the day tho at
cover they could find. roasted by the
sun sometimes. lying in the snow for
days and hours at other times, half
| drowned in the spring rains. Every
foot they got they kept. It is impos-
because the enemy would be informed
by his ears of every inch of progress.
Night after night the men who
were chiseling out that trench-who
would be forced to drop their tools
to repel a swift and savage attack.
During the day they were under shell
and rifle fire.
Yet they managed to work their
trench so near the top Of that hill
zigzagging this way and that-that
the Austrians began to pump hand
grenades into the shelter. Then one
night the Italians went forward with
rush.
1t is perhaps little wonder that not
an Austrian left that trench alive.
After two months of that sort Of per-
dition hate tips every bayonet.
Gorilla at italian Mercy.
Gorilla is another case in point. I
am assured that the Italians could take
Gorizia by assault tomorrow II they
wished to do SO. But what would be the
use? Two hills overhang the little city
Mount Santo and Mount Sabotino-and
tho Austrians have held both from the
beginning Of the war. From them they
could drop shells in every street OF
Gor4zia. The Italian task Is, therefore,
not the capturing Of the town, but the
taking of tho two hills. They are work
Ing up to them, actually an inch at q
time. Their trenches are being hewn
out OF the solid rock of tho hill and al
ways under q deadly IRE. What does
that hillside recall to your" I was
asked. as I stood across the river in tho
old town of Gradisca and examin cd
Gorilla and its frame through my
I felt an odd sense Of familiarity with
this gray and corrugated landscape.
The astronomical photographs of
the canals of the moon
1t was the right answer. No ono could
fall to recognize the resemblance. The
grass and bushes have been blasted and
burned on these barren hills. Even the
thin plating of earth that once shield
their stone nakedness has been blown
away by the shells.
What remains Is only dirty and sor-
did and hard, and everywhere the
trenches run in twists, the weather
stained battlements of stone seeming
some convulsion of q sickened nature.
1t is quite unlike anything else in this
world There Is something repellent
and unnatural about it Those stone
Sranulations might be q half-healed
sore upon the breast OF q Mother Earth
that is pitifully old and gray.
In the making of those trenches IN
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Little Water in Alps,

For water is the great need in these
htl1y Businesses. One thinks of noun
tains as places in which springs
abound. They do abound in the val
leys. but these bare, rock-plated hills
are as dry as an Arizona ranch
The man who lives under an italian
sun all day long IN shallow scratch
on a hillside soaks up water as
sponge does when he gets IT. He must
have 1t in quantities II he is to work
and fight
He gets It. That is the jcb of the
vfctualing department, with the nbie
collaboration of the black mule.
A feature of the Italian army ts
the wander. Not a pretty girl, thank
you, in silk stockings. but q husky
person in motor truck, uniformed as
soldier Each regiment has such a
sutler apportioned to It, and the sutler
and his aids are under precisely the
same military discipline that his Gus
toners are. except that they do not
have to fight
Tho sutler Is always behind, of
course. during such an advance AZ the
recent one through the Dolon1ites on
the Austrian heels. At times we would
round bend to see canton ahead
apparently stalled. All over II, shout
ing. reaching, pushing. were scores OF
hungry and thirsty soldiers,
Carried by assault" my humorous
companion would murmur
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Robert Simpsons VIII Filed.

Tho will of Robert Simpson. = resi-
dent at the United States Soldiers
Home, dated Juno %, 1918, has been Of
fered for probate BE leaves his en-
Of Brooklyn. N. Y. She also 10 named
as executrtX.
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The Hospital Service.

The hospital service seems to be
quite on a par with military hospital
services elsewhere. One observation
hospital. where the wounded men are
watched for period before being sent
on to other hospitals. to make sure
that they have no contagious diseases.
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with it. So the Italians went back 70
their own trenches before day broke, ana
left the empty little fort to be reoccupieo
by the Austrians. It was with peculiar
pleasure that they watched the Austr1ans
shell that empty fort the next day, until
they found that it was a mere husk, only
tenanted by their own wounded.
They say they can take it again when
ever it is wanted If the Austrians both
err them too much they will take it again,
Just to teach good manners.
That is the sort of thing one hears
continually on this front. 1t is per-
fectly apparent that an army that
will do that sort of thing is a good
army. Let us not say that it is bet
ter army than any other, only that
it is a good army.
1t is the moro remarkable IN that
most of the Italian soldiers had had
before the war. 1t has been estimated
to me that half of them had no train
ing at all.
Organization Of Army.
In peace times Italy only called
class of $4,000 men to the colors an
are no men of less than twenty years
and mono of more than forty in the
present army. so that 1t is obvious
that II Italy entered the war with an
army of 100000 men only a moiety
could have had previous training. In
the first year of the war the army
was doubled, and in the second year
it will be tripled in numbers.
The private soldiers are for the
most part peasants. of course. They
are strong. hardy men, used to hard
work and simple fare. and good raw
material for fighting.
The men from the south are some-
what understood. by our standards.
but one does not notice any deficiency
in height or weight in an organiza-
ton as a whole. because of the Italian
plan of making up a regiment from
men of all sections
By peasant standards they arc we'll
fed. The average, italian working
family eats meat rarely. These men
have at least one good meal of meat
each day. and the remainder OF the
ration Is made up of tho soups, vege-
tables and pastes they live upon
The first ration of the war was too
generous. 1t has recently been cut
down in order to avoid needless waste,
so 1ar as my non-expert eye could
see the organization of the force was
excellent. Food was always at hand,
except in the cases common to any
fight in which the corvees could not
get to the fighting men because of the
enemy's fire.
The non-combatant Carriers" dis
played the same excellent spirit that
the riflemen did. In one instance that
came under my observation a corvee
had been sent up an exposed rock
chute to carry food to a body Of men
who had been holding an advanced po-
sition for some days. More than half
the carriers were killed or disabled by
shell fire during the journey.
The remainder went back after de-
livering their burdens, got the loads
of their comrades who were out Of ac-
ton and took them forward. Then
they picked up rifles and stayed for
the fight.
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Seventh and
Eye Streets.
Climax OF the August Sale This Week.
Notes of Interest.
479-4S1 C. STREET NORTHW

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Austrian Offensive Repeued.

During the work OF driving back the
Austrians in their recent offensive 1t
became necessary to transport food and
ammunition hurriedly over absolutely
impossible country. In order to accom-
plish this the Italians displayed that
same gift of improvisation that has
been so marked a feature of the French
organization.
They ran 'telefericaS-which are
aerial carriers supported by wire cables
from mountain top to mountain top,
or from top to valley, as the case might
be- Five telefericas were established on
a single summit in a comparatively few
hours. They are in as active operation
as cash carriers in department store.
Farther north there has been theory
that big guns would hamper the mo
bility of an army. Both the Austrfans
and the Italians have disproved this
theory. They have fooled heavy naval
guns around over these hills as though
they were field pieces.
Time after time I have heard an
agonized squeal around the bend
ahead. and found when I turned the
elbow that hundreds of men were
failing" some enormous piece OF ord
nance down the road by swinging on
to long ropes. The squealing was
from the steel brakes grinding against
the tires.
At the bottom of the hill the men
HitCIto lnciT RUPEES 10 the OlllcE Gnu
and pulled the gun up the grade. BY
and by the road stopped. Only a hill
was ahead, up which the gun must
be dragged. Perfectly simple. More
men. more ropes. That was all.
Other big guns were mounted on
caterpillar tractors. a peculiar form
of motor device in which the traction
wheels meshed inside sort of end
less chain device. plated with steel
links two feet broad. A motor of that
sort will go up any road that Is not
SO steep that the tractor will not fall
over backward. But the principal de-
pendence of the italian transport
seemed to be the old-fashioned army
mule
muleteer to mule was the
rule, and the roads were full of them.
Each mule was sleek and black and
fat and on as good terms with the
man as the mule ever permits to the
weaker vessel. They carried mule
guns and food and ammunition, and
above all, water.
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