Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-24
AMERICAN RESIDENTS THREATEN
LYNcHINa UNLESS PRo.oER-
MANS sUBslDE.
HUeBARp CENTER or MUCH
ALLEGED DIeLoYAL ACTION
Business Man DECLARES unIsss Author
tiles Act 20 Curb DisIoyal Uttsrancss
and Actions Thsrs Will 30 "Nsck-
tie PARTIES German Pastor Blamed
4 For Much Of Trouble.

[Paul Bruner In Des Moines Capital
Hubbard Aug. 24.-south Hardin
county appears to be ripe for an old
fashioned "tar-and-feather' party.
Goaded 10y the reasonable actions
land utterances Of Germans, who COM
J. prise about IS per cent Of Its popula-
ton, loyal Americans are ready to take
the law in their own hands.
The breaking point has been reached.
Pro- Germans have hurled insults at
the nag. the president and the gov
eminent with impunity for weeks. The
IRE is hot A breath Of treason may
cause it to burst into flame at any
time.
Hubbard. with a population Of 700.
is a hot bed 'of sedition. Seventy Ave
or so per cent of its inhabitants are
Teutons, and a large number OF them
have not minced words in their de-
nunciation Of Uncle Sam, the draft law
and our relations with "the Father
\ land"
All We can Stand"
Il we've had all Of It we can stand :
said w. v. Knowles, music dealer In
Hubbard, and recognized leader of the
Americans who are attempting to
stamp out treason. The mob spirit
i does not prevail, but can assure you
that II pro-Germans continue their
course, despite warning Of the federal
authorities, there will be serious
trouble. The offenders may only be
treated to a coat Of tar and feathers
and drummed out Of town ON q rail,
but I fear q .necktie' party Is more
probable. II the officers can't stop
this pro German treason, we will"
Mr.. knowles sentiments are echoed
by the American business men In the
town.
Not all Hardin county Germans are
disloyal. There are scores who arc
just as patriotic as their American
neighbors They are active in oppos-
Ing seditious acts Of their countrymen.
Bitter Over CONSUMPTION.
Pro-Germans are exceedingly bitter
over the CONSUMPTION act. They don't
want their sons to fight the kaiser.
One German woman, residing few
miles out Of Hubbard, is reported to
7 have made tho statement:
They never win get my son in the
y OulIcu kJIbS0O O4Ays WAL hAAl A4AAA
! before they can take him away"
"A Hubbard German, In the presence
of three Or four Witnesses said:
"rlI shoot myself before go to war
This man = Is years old and has reg
sistered for the selective draft"
Sedtion has been gaining momen-
tum In Hardin county for some time
At the beginning Of the war German.
who were born In the Fatherland, nat
ural1y sympathized with the Prussiar
canss, hut the younger generation
evinced little or no interest in the
world CONFLICT. AT that time. It is safe
to say that IS per cent Of the Ameri-
can-born Germans were loyal to Uncle
Sam.
Blame German Church.
But since war has been declared,
the older Germans who read only their
Language papers and literature. have
brought about metamorphosis, 1t is
said. Thru their influence the minds
Of tho younger generation have been
poisoned, and Hardin county citizens
claim the percentage of disloyalty In
the latter class Is fully as great az
amongst the "old timers" A number
OF younger Teutons who are not guilty
OF downright disloyalty have marked
pro-G German leanings.
Had the younger Germans been let
alone, they would still be loyal" said
one man, but the natives Of Germany
have made 1t q business to convert
them to the kaiser's cause. They have
not only spread treason In their own
family but have gone outside their OWL
circle.
Is "And mark this well" he continued
trMost Of this pro- German influence
Y may be traced directly to the German
Z church"
@ Hubbard has four churches. Three
oftthem are German and the only Am
erican Observation-Disclosures Episcopal-is
In charge OF minister Of Germea-de-