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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
DARBs HARDING TO DAvDNPoR

Davenport Democrat
Edwin r Meredith. democratic can
didate for governor. has appeared in
Davenport and made perfectly plain
his stand on the questions involved in
this campaign.
The republicans hoped that he would
equivocate in his remarks. They
would like TO be able to say that the
democracy also has an inconsistent
candidate. Mr.. Meredith disappointed
them. He left no one in doubt as to
where he stands.
Will the republicans now bring Mr.
Harding to Davenport, in time go that
his remarks here may reach the rest Of
the state? Why not let the voters OF
Scott county and of Iowa hear him
and judge for themselves whom they
Will support?
VIII they bring Mr. Harding 70 Dav-
export until the 18th hour of this cam
paign?
We think not.
They will continue to whisper
when Harding declared for prohibit
ton he only did so to fool the dry
voters into voting for him. and not he.
cause he believed in it or intended II
| be bound by his statements"
Whom will he fool-the Drys or tn,
Vets?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The average Iowan can't under
stand the republican campaign this
year The G. Q. P. pitchers are throw
ing too many curves. Here's one of
the republican organs declaring, Don't
be fooled. Mr.. Farmer, Harding can't
give YOU the saloon even if he wanted
% and you wanted him to- On the
other hand. the Harding boosters come
down here to Scott county winking
With both eyes and suggesting that all
We have TO do to get the saloon back
Is TO elect their candidate. HOw's
man who likes a souse once in a while
10 know how to vote?" asks the Demo-
crat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

don't make hit with me.
pilot commenced firing and, after q
short battle, he hit the sea plane in its
vital part, bringing 1t down headlong
IN fiames.-London illustrated News. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

cry now and then and compel the fru-
gal householder to burn cobs In the
furnace. Several good and pure trusts
have been broken up into small
chunks. but this law has stepped in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
TRUE TO FORM.
:
T S;ouy CITY Tribune

I-SiUUN N-lN! T iIt'UIIV'I II :
John L. Bleakly. former state audi
tor and one of the promoters Of the
new anti-competition Insurance law,
expresses his approval of Mr.. Harding.
For its own part, the Tribune expected
Mr Bleakly TO feel that way. On close
investigation il will be found that
most of those who have had part OF
the pork in Iowa politics during the
past ten years are with Mr.. Harding.
This situation is one Of the many
things which dscredit Mr.. Harding's
expressed antipathy to political
rings" Mr.. Harding has been in the
inner circle Of the ring during a
greater part Of his public career
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

The Monroe County News says:
Scratch the hide Of most of the demo-
Gratis who are supporting Harding on
the road question and you Will find
that they are in reality doing it be-
cause of their views on the liquor
question"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18
Iona Newspapers
MOUTH CONTROL.
Burlington Gazette.

Some birth contro! advocates need
speech control.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

III a vote could be taken in every
state on the morning of Nov, s, it is
probable that an. overwhelming popu-
lar majority would be rolled up for the
single presidential term, and an cleo
ton only once in six years" says the
Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

The object in Iowa is to encourage
p,ay presented .-ember
the habit Of voting" says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. and if any legal way
presented itself to reach that end,
Iowa would certainly make voting
compulsory"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-18

at begins to look now as Il the
fierce partisan OF the open shop az
Wilson called himself before he was
elected president, fooled even the
LADDERS of the railway brotherhoods,"
remarks the Davenport Times.
Evening star., 1916-05-28
Industrial Efficiency.

GREAT wave of enthusiasm for
RN military preparedness is spreading
over the country. and of this fact there
is a common and general knowledge.
Nobody can be oblivious to the wide
and deep sweep of the sentiment that
the American people shall be put in q
position whereby they would be able.
or should be able. to defend themselves
against military aggression, should the
need arise. Behind this enthusiasm for
military preparedness one may now
hear calls for industrial preparedness.
and in the current news may be seen
reports that industrial Preparedness
Leagues are taking definite form In
many cities. and promise to acquire
state and national Importance, and that
the purpose of these leagues rs to help
American business men to make the
most of the new opportunities for
American commercial supremacy grow
ing out of the European war"
It is prophesied that when the great
war comes to an end and it's military
strategy becomes a matter of history
there will follow period of Industrial
strategy. and one of the leading spirits
in the industrial preparedness prop
aganda has said: The necessities OF
the war are forcing England. France,
Russia and even Germany to an indus
trial efficiency never before dreamed
of: to undertaking and accomplishing
in their factories things which were
thought impossible of attainment be-
fore the war. and which will be carried
after the war is over He says that
when the soldiers of the warning ma
tions lay down their arms there will he
a mobilization of money. men. materials
and machinery and a commercial war
will begin. The nations at war are al
ready preparing for It.
The United States is a nation of won-
derful industrial accomplishments and
of still more wonderful industrial ca
Pacity. but in spite Of this there is at
present "A great waste of energy, lost
motion, duplication of effort. unneces-
sary overhead charges. actual waste of
material and faulty cooperation. all
acting handicaps against the highest
industrial efficiency. and consequently
against the most economical production
and distribution of products.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

= one of Uncle Sans govern
ment bureaus every day is Me-
mortal day. and 1.275 men and
= women do honor to the veter-
ans of the wars in which the United
states has been engaged. looking after
the interests of the living and the
families of those who have answered
the last roll call and fling thousands
of documents which will help the fu-
ture historians and genealogists to
write interesting and authentic ac-
counts of events and the people who
took part in them
The 24a old soldiers employed in this
bureau do not wait for the 30th of
May to do honor to the memory of
their old comrades and beloved COM
manders, but in inconspicuous places
VIII be found a picture of some de-
parted hero or commanding officer of
the civil war whose memory is kept
fresh by the bunch of flowers or i'm
mortelles before it. or perhaps Just
tiny flag or card bearing date and
place which has become part of the
history and hero worship of the coun-
try and in which the decorator of to-
day had a humble part.
Perhaps it was on May oS or "a in
1885. when the grand review took place
in Washington. that he marched for
the last time led by this commander.
and all the glory of that grand mill
tary pageant is living memory as
he recalls the march in Pennsylva-
MIA avenue before the President, the
chief officers of the government. Con-
nfati nff icn
and the great concourse of people who
had assembled to do honor to the SOL
diers that day when the Army of the
Potomac. on the 23d. and the Army of
the Mississippi. on the 2ith passed
before them. For many of the SOL
diers fresh from the battlefield that
was the last march. the last great ef-
fort to honor the flag.
While the Stars and Stripes wave over
all government buildings throughout the
United States and are treated with all
ceremonious flag etiquette-and this is
also true of the big flag which waves
its protecting care over the pension bu-
reau-still there are hundreds of flags
in the building which are not amen
able daily to the intricaces of flag dis
cipline. but are solely reminders of the
country for which the veterans fought.
This is the one bureau of the govern
ment where the colors are in evidence
on the desks of the clerks and officers.
having the place of honor and kept
fresh and trim. To go into. one of these
Offices is an inspiration to every one,
and preparedness needs no advertising
there. where the colors are. the heart
will be.
The pension bureau is the only gov
eminent bureau where a contribution
is allowed to be taken up for Memorial
day. This contribution is voluntary,
and is used for flowers and flags to
decorate with on that day, and any
surplus is contributed to such charities
Evening star., 1916-05-28

as workshop for the employees en-
gagged in the work of the pension bu-
reau'
To many architects it owes it's chief
interest architecturally TO the fact that
il has 100000 bricks in it, more
bricks than in any other building in
the world. 1t may not be artistic to
some of them, but to Americans gen
orally, and to old soldiers and sailors
particularly. it represents memorial
to principle. and the frieze encircl-
ing the outside of the building, which
is modelled in an array of marching
hosts representing the different arms
of the military and naval service of
the United States. is source of un-
failing interest and Inspiration to the
old soldiers employed in the building.
To them this unending procession of
infantry, cavalry, artillery and marines
has an animated and martial spirit
Evening star., 1916-05-28

Mother pensions are granted in many
states, a feature that is reflected in
the United States pension system.
where there were in 1915 BLISS wom-
en- on the pension roll. and during
the year there was paid to them over
s47 000. 900 Like the old soldiers. these
war widows are getting fewer each
year.
It seems indeed ancient history to
think of the war of 1912. and yet in
1915 the government was paying pen
sions to 134 widows of this war In
the same year it was paying pensions
to 4.253 widows of the Mexican war.
and to 2.o4s widows of the Indian wars.
These pensioners of the different
wars extend from Maine to South
Africa, and from Cuba to the island
of St Helena. In Germany the United
States had in 1915 427 pensioners. and
in England 420 in the same year. SO a
foreign element and interest centers
in these pension files. In the next few
years there will be interesting data
filed of the present European war
which will be of inestimable value to
the world.
Memorial day was kept last year in
seventy-one foreign countries besides
Evening star., 1916-05-28

about 1t which tells an eloquent story.
AS they go in and out of the building
daily and look up at this frieEe the
step quickens. their bearing becomes
more military and memories of those
trying days during four years come to
them and they live over again the hard
fought battles. the companionship OF
comrades in arms. b.
However, whatever may be the
opinion of the merits of the exterior
of the big red building, from tae mo-
ment one enters the doors there; is an
atmos phere of light and air andt good
fellowship which takes possession of
one. 1t is like being transported to
South America or Spain to enter this
great courtway patio. extending to
the height OF four stories, with its
massive pillars fit to adorn hall of
the MonteZumas. the fountain playing
in the center filled with goldfish and
frinsed about with palms and potted
nlants ard the great red brick stair
ways leading UP from 1t to the CALLER
les ABOVE on :, nicn open the offices.
Through the vistas of open. door
ways is mass of fiutterng red, white
and blue, and on Memorial day large
fags are hung about the court to wig
wag the message Secretary Lane in
terpreted for the flag a few years ago.
To him it seems to say: Put always
I am all that you hope to be and have
the courage to try for. ] swing before
you as bright gleam Of color, SYM
ton of that big thing which makes
this nation. My stars and my stripes
are your dream and your la bors. They
are bright with cheer brilliant with
courage. firm with faith. because you
have made them so out of your hearts.
For you are the makers of the flag. and
it is well that you glory in the maxi
ing
With a message like this it is not
wonderful that strength comes with
the days work
This great court is like beehive
of clerks are going out for lunch or
air. But they do not all go out. for
in among the files and desks, just
back of the big pillars at either end
of the court one comes across little
tea parties composed of the woman
clerks brewing pot of tea for lunch
con, while one of the number occupies
a good part of her thirty minutes in
reading to the others from a new book.
1t is like a big family. and IL one
runs into checker game up one
of the corridors it is evidence that the
players would rather unravel a knotty
move at checkers than eat
The pension bureau might well be
called the memorial bureau as 1T is
an archive of heroism. hope, suffering
and disa appointment, largely do the
tragedies and joys of life enter into
it's transactions. There are in its files
romances. comedies. life histories. pa
thetic and commonplace, which would
satisfy the pen OF a Victor Hugo or a
Charles Dickens. Several hundred peo-
pie at most constitute that classic OF
Honore de Balzac. the Coincide HUI
maine but in the files of this build
ing, passing daily through the hands
Evening star., 1916-05-28

occasion arise: to train the women.
physically and otherwise. to intelli
gently perform such duties as would
naturally fall to their lot should they
ever be called upon to serve their
country in war. end in case federal
volunteer reserve is created by Con-
gress to affiliate an integral part
thereof If so decided by a majority of
the organization. and for the men to
secure the physical benefits to be de-
rived from regular military drill.
While no particular arm of the serv-
Evening star., 1916-05-28

big family of courteous. we'll brought
up children. who do the things they
have to do, not because they have to,
but because they want to.
The community spirit is everywhere
among them. and there seems to be a
feeling of proprietorship and indi-
viduality in the personnel. Most of
them belong to the Home Club, and just
now they are very much interested in
the new military school plan, which
originated a the Home Club of the In
terror Department. and which has re-
ceived the Endorsement of Secretary
Lane.
The purpose of the proposed organiza-
ton is to prepare it's members to serve
the United States better and more in
telligently in military way should the
Evening star., 1916-05-28

\1ERE Twelve Hundred
w Which the United States
Only Branch Where Up for Memorial Day
Expno Buy Flags and Flowers Heroeestng Files Of the
Geneagy
Evening star., 1916-05-28

lily data circular was prepared seeking
information along these lines. In this
circular such information was asked as
would be valuable in the adjudication
of claims both of soldiers or sailors and
widows. and in some cases of children,
1t serves another purpose, and that rs
to place on record an accurate history
of the military or naval service of the
soldier or sailor, and of his marital and
family relations, data for appropri-
ate use and historical reference.
Four hundred and forty thousand of
these circulars were mailed to PEN
sioners and 349.o91 were filled out and
returned to the pension office in one
year. Old soldiers throughout the
country took the greatest interest in
perfecting this information. and many
of them expressed gratitude that the
task had been undertaken and that
they as well as their families would
be benefited by it.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

ice has been selected as yet as the
proper medium for service by members
Of the proposed organization, those at
present forwarding the movement be
lieve that for practical purposes il can
be most useful in the nature of in
fantry. However. it is pointed out that
instruction would be given in the
duties and uses of artillery, cavalry,
Evening star., 1916-05-28

as will do most good to the needy fami-
hes of soldiers.
Secretary of the Interior Franklin X
Lane. and Gaylord NJ. Saltzgaber, com
missioner OF pensions. have caused this
bureau to blossom forth and shed hu-
man and personal atmosphere that has
been found a tower of strength to the
hundreds of clerks 1t seems like one
Evening star., 1916-05-28
Every Day IsHfernorial Day in One Brea

the insular possessions of the tinted
states while in some of the most re-
mote places. like the Samoa Islands or
Egypt il is kept by a single pensioner.
Evening star., 1916-05-28

The great pile of red brick and terra
Gotta known as the pension building
was constructed as memorial to the
soldiers and sailors who had served
their country, and particularly those
engaged in the civil war; and. as Mr..
SaltzRaber expresses it, also to serve
Evening star., 1916-05-28

The evidence is sometimes most pa
thetic. as, for instance, in one case
where Identification of an old soldier
hinged on two little silver cups bought
at the height of the gold rage in Cali
Evening star., 1916-05-28

engineers. Signal Corps. Quartermaster
Corps. Ordnance Corps, Marines and
sailors.
Evening star., 1916-05-28
"Lady Luxury"

Our Famous Thread Silk
Full Fashioned Stockings.
Black, white or so new
colors SSo
at 3 for Sl.55; pair.
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ton. is sim adding 10 its captured
territory The peace openly striv-
on for By Germany is far differ
ent thing Involving. as IL does,
restoration of the status quo ante
as the limit OF concesHionl from
the only peace ever mentioned IN
Paris or london-a peace TO be
dictated TO Germany.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-04
COUNCIL BLOCKS
LAFE'S PLANS
OF ROAD WORK

The plan to change the route
OF highway Improvement from
i4th ave. S. 10 Ellis 1T. three
blocks west. az the solicitation
OF County Commissioner LATE
Hamilton, failed 10 win the APP
proval Of the council. at a ape
eial meeting Friday after.
noon.
Councilman Moore introduced a
resolution OF dlAapproval Hanna,
Bolton. Haas. Erickson and Moore
backed the resolution with their
votes. Hlosketh. Fitzgerald and
Dale voted against the resolution
Tho 100000 county road bond
issue. authorized four years ago,
provided $4,000 60 help improve
itth ave. 5. from tho city limits 10
Central ave. and according 10
Mooro's resolution. 5000 has
been spent on tho street between
south city limits and 4. Marginal
way.
city Engineer Dimock opposed
the change In route. which. II has
been pointed out. would mako n
less direct connection with the now
county highway. and divert from
plans already made.
Political friends OF Hamilton are
alleged TO have property that would
benefit by the change.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-04
BETTING FAV0RS Will SON HERE AS HIS HACKERS
PREPARE PARADE AND RAIL- Y IN HIS HONOR

republican candidates for governor
and is now stumping for Mcbride.
which Lee charged to tho state
Lee was formerly a member OF the
state Industrial insurance commits
sion.
II charge State Auditor Clausen.
republican. with passing thru
vouchers for Mr.. Lee OF 1896 for
overshoes; sox. 80 cents: cap,
sf25, and mittens, 1920" Lister
said.
Women Active
Activity in the closing days OF
the campaign is not confined 10
candidates. however. Women are
taking a more intense interest IN
this election than in any other ma
tiOnal and state election, It being
their second opportunity TO vote
for president in this state. Both
the democrats and the republicans
and socialists have a large list OF
active workers who. having fought
off their first shyness AZ watching
polls and distributing campaign III.
erature. plan to "electloneer" at
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-11-04

the polls Tuesday as vigorously as
the men.
Many women Will also BIO on
hand TO circulate the nonpartlsan
petitions Tuesday.
The greatest number OF women.
however. Will be active in the dry
campaign. They will urge the de-
feat OF the two initiative booze
bills. and. IN addition, tho w. c.
IT. u. is circulating the new mi.
tiative petition to make this state
completely dry by removing the
permit system.
Drys Busy
With George Cotterill firing the
last formal oratorical gun in tho
dry campaign at tho Y. NJ. c. a.
mass meeting Sunday afternoon,
the "drys" will devote Themselves
Monday 10 street meetings and to
the organization Of precinct work
ers at every polling place. Dry
workers arc urged to report to
1884 Arcade building Monday for
| instructions and literature.
ne VETS are busy Win an adj
vertlsing campaign chiefly.
Star Election Returns
Polls will open at n. m. and
close at p. m.
The Stars election returns will
be flashed from the Savoy hotel
on n screen at Fraser-Paterson =
department store. Eastern returns
will be flashed from Z o'clock on,
while local returns will come in
Immediately after tho polls close.
as the voting machines give quick
results.
Watchers at the polls are asked
10 call up Main 600 and report the
results In their precincts.
Friday night, Senator Wesley L.
Jones and Miss Hester Eloise Hos
ford OF New York spoke at the
Metropolitan theatre in behalf OF
Hughes. They rldiculed the VII
son claim that no kept us ont OF
| war"
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is nearer military victory than
she or any OF the boiligercnts VIII
como again Germans admit that
they are surfelted with war. but IN.
slst that France and Russia are
equally 80.
They say that ~ the present rate
OF the Somme advance in time and
caEuAliiea. Engiand's allies will be
bankrupt before the great push
can reach the Rhine.
Germans ridlcule the idea that
any offensive can penetrate the
Rhine defensos.
Capitals Change
Tho past IS months have worked
great changes in the belligarent
capitals Paris changed least dur.
INK the intervals brighter. Eayer.
and shade nearer her normal.
even tho the war sim is the allen.
crossing idea.
Berlin has become almost som
bcr. A rather noisy and cxagger-
atcd confidence has given place 20
determination truly grim. The
food situation. n not working the
havoc with stomachs that the allies
would like 20 believe. Is having It's
effect on nerves.
Tho difficulty f. not 30 much
scarcity OF food as soaring OF prices
and monotony OF diet. Everywhere
the question ia asked. When Is
peace cominE7' but nowhere Is
there evidence OF fear or voiced dis.
satisfaction with government or
army.
Peace With Honor
! When peace Ia talked OF by the
average German. II Is n peace with
full honor TO Germany. II is a
I peace creditahle 10 tho Germany
I mat has conquered Belgium. 20
land. Serbia and the richest dis
tricts OF Northern France: the Ger
many which r. ovorrunning Rumania
and which, even in war of attri