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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
HAS FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Grundy County Organizes to Enable
Borrowing Of funds.

Grundy Center, Dec. 19.-Grundy
county men have organized the nrst
farm loan association in this part OF
Iowa, with the following officers Pre-
gident, Charles L. Conrad; vice presi-
dent, J. A. Franken: secretary ana
treasurer, o. A. Ontjes.
The organization, with headquarters
At Holland, liz organized under federal
laws and Is attahed to the federal lana
bank at Omaha, Neb.
ANY farmer In Grundy county may
become member by borrowing from
the government. Such farmer must
either be operating his own farm Or
renting II on shares in order to secure
a loan and become member OF the
association. Five per cent OF the
amount OF his loan is deducted ana NJ
4s given q share In the federal lana
bank. For example, II a farmer borrow
ed 10000 he would get $500 cash
and a stock certificate for $500 In the
Land bank. which Is backed by the gov
eminent. This bank stock draws In
ter0st according to the earnings OF the
money loaned out and when the farmer
comes 70 pay up his loan his share o.
stock in the bank Is taken up as part
OF the payment. No farmer can retain
f,ts stock in the lank bank after he has
ceaged to be borrower from the GOV
eminent.
The loans usually run for S6 years
with m option of full payment any
time after five years have elapsed. Rine
prevailing rate Of interest today y ~
per cent. A few loans were gotten thru
IL s per cent but the rate has gone up.
Ar. Ontjes, the secretary treasurer,
has written to all banks OF Grumpy
county asking them to act as district
secrctary -treasurers OF the Grumpy as
a,c.ation and to handle the federal
farm loans Tor their customers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
MEMORIAL FOs EARL COONs.
People Of ADAMS County Honor Nam.
cry of Youth Whz Oisd IN Francs.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
LIGHT SIGNS WITH KEROSENE.
New Yorker Finds Way to Get Around
the Lights Out Law.

the Lights Out Law.
New York.--If you will stand at
Broadway and F'orty-seventh street at
II o'clock at night and look up at the
great electric sign atop the restaurant
there you will note that its myriad
globes do not fade out as the hour
strikes as required by federal regula-
tions.
The sign proclaims the qualities OF
a certain brand of underwear, and for
ten days in apparent definance Of the
ruling Of DR.. Garfield. federal fuel ad
ministrator, it's lights have been
twinkllng from sunset till a. m. al
tho all other display signs in the
earlier.
The answer is-kerosene. Curtail-
ment Of lights was ordered from Wash
ington to save coal. Kerosene is not
coal. SO, when Washington cried
Lights out" on Broadway. Walter J.
Salmon, real estate operator. inter
ested in electrical display signs hit on
the idea Of providing his own current
without the use Of coal
In the basement Of f572-757s Broad
way sixty horEe power kerosene en-
CINE wsA installed At O. cost Of $4,000
L, worked fine. Current, previously
obtained from an electric light COM
pany, was dispensed With. but the
sign continued to herald the merits 81
the underwear, and TO its letter Scheme
this announcement waz added:
Help conserve coal Kerosene gen.
crates all current used on t;lls sign"
I'VE haven't tried II long enough t
know how efficient the plan " g0ins
10 be-" Hr, Salmon said. Perhaps
It viii be that the cprrsp, VIII cost ~
more !n the long run than under tbs
old plan. But the point ", we arr
keeping The sign geiax, and we are moi
usIng c1alp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
BUSY, HARD.WORKED
MEN AND WOMEN

VIII find that the Garsaparilla, pepsin.
,nux and ironstfeatment comprised Ia
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron VIII
give brain, ands nerve force, relieve the
nervous strain incident to "too much
to do in too little time." ,characteristtc
Of life today. II ssS
seem to lift the nervous and over
worked into new life, enabling them
to accomplish easily the things that
have fretted them and have seemed to
bring them to standstill.
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron
are very effectively supplemental ~
Hoods Pills. in cases where laxative
10 needed. These three preparations are
all sold by your druggist. Get them
TODAY S W \. Vi ~ NJ ilAs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
Only Transports Under Many Control

and the French forces Is furnished by
the aid General Pershingssis giving to
make the third. French war loan ?
success. In proclamation Generai
Pershing says:
.,As allies Of the French, their inter
est in the, success OF this loan 10 our
own. A liberal response to their plea
will mean much to our glorious allies.
There were many French subscriptions
to our liberty loan. The careful con-
slderation OF the French loan as an
investment IL urged on all members
OF the American eNpeditionary force.
The commanderrin-chief will DO much
sratiied to have liberal subscriptions
made by the members Of his conn
mand."
General Ragneau, chief Of the French
military mission, sent General Pershing
letter OF cordial appreciation.
Recsiver Better Than Executor.
Persons who spend money for nom
essentials during the war are no bet
ter than those who would induce am
bulance drivers to run their pleasure
cars or hire munition workers from
their task, said Frank A. Vanderlip,
national director Of the war savings
campaign, in an address.
'If you wanted a chauffeur" said MT.
vanderlip, land you saw man driv-
ing an ambulance on an errand OF
mercy, you would not stop him and
say, I want you. will pay you more
than the government is paying
IF you saw group OF men working
on gun, turning shells. making NUM-
lions that you knew were going to be
essential m a battle. you wouldn't say,
Postpone that, want an automobile.
Make me an automobile first When
we are filling workshops with our I'M
necessary wants, when we are employ
Ing labor and material to make things
that we can get on without, we are In
terfering with the governments task.
IF you saw man interfering with
the equipment Of a soldier. undertaking
to tamper with a gun, to slow down the
engine of an airplane, to interfere with
the working of a submarine. You know
what the verdict would be-shot al
sunrise. We are all tampering with
the equipment Of this army when we
get in the way of the government In
it's construction OF that equipment.
"You are business men. and YOU say,
This is all we'll enough, but what does
it mean IL everybody Is to stop buying
nonessentials: business will be wrecked,
Business men must live Must they:
A lot OF men going into this war Will
not live. This is important enough Tor
men to die for, and would rather have
a receiver than an executor"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

supply Of water that a new well which
shall give an abundance II an imper-
alive need.
A. p. Wilson and daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Porter, left Tuesday for Roches-
ter, Mimi, where they will meet Mr..
Wilson's brother-in-law, Chester F1em-
ing, Of Junction CITY. Kan, who is TO
submit to an operation for abdominal
trouble. Mr.. Fleming was formerly a
resident OF Hardin county.
Daniel and Ray Shelter and fami-
lies left Tuesday for Long Beach. CAL,
where they expect to remain for q
number of weeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

the british standard gun for American
ammunition having been completed
June /. %s
On the machine gun situation Gem
cral Croxier says that several types OF
weapons have been found efficient BY
the machine gun board out that pro-
curement OF an adequate supply was
question OF procuring deliveries.
1t ie shown in the report that all
American field guns are to be similar
in caliber to the French 76s which have
been 80 much discussed since the wer
began. The French semi automatic
.breech mechanism also has been adopt-
ed SO that American and French bal
teries can be served from the same
ammunition factories. Anti-aircraft
guns Of the 75 type also have been
adopted.
Both these and the machine guns arc
under manufacture in quantity, the
report says.
The production OF large caliber mo-
bile artillery, that Is weapons Of the
type Of the German AZ centimeter
guns, appears to be the chief source
Of delay In the armys equipment. Cen
eral Crozier says a process of supply :
ing our troops with these guns "neces-
sarily will be slow and disappointing
altho every advantage has been taken
of the assistance secured from abroad"
Drafted Men May Volunteer in Navy.
Men registered for the draft may
still enlist in the navy or marine corps
under certain circumstances, Lieu
tenant George Treadwell. navy re-
cruiting officer, pointed out. The draft
law provides in section ISL, that
upon presentation to recruiting Of
hcer Of certificate Of his local board
to the effect that his class and order
number are so low that he Is not with
In the current quota Of his local board.
any registrant may enlist voluntarily
in the navy or marine corps" n
Registered men can not take advan-
tage Of the rule until they have filed
out and returned their questionnaires
and have been classified by the local
board It will be at least three weeks
before men with the lower order num-
bers have completed these steps.
The navy and marine corps nave ap-
parentIy been favored by this rule be-
cause there rs no provision for supply
ing them men by draft. Registered
men can not enter the army now ex-
cept by being commissioned or by
joining the medical department. Sec
ton 1H Of the draft law provides for
joining the medical department as fol-
lows:
Under such regulations as the sur
geon general may prescribe. and upon
receiving permission from the surgeon
general to do So any medical student,
hospital inferno, dentist, dental student,
veterinarian or veterinary student may
enlist in the reserve corps Of the medi-
cal department"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
A Million Enfield. Making.

Army ordnance conditions at the
beginning Of the fiscal year are treated
only briefly by Major General William
Crozier chief Of ordnance, in the an.
nual report Of his bureau. made pub
lie today Since the report was writ
ten General Croz;er has furnished the
senate military committee more COM
plete record Of what has been done to
arm the forces in France or under
training in the United States. The re-
port shows that up o.June 80 orders
have been placed for 1000, 900 Enfield
rifles, details for the Remembering OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

The shipping boards plan to put all
merchant ships of the United States
under the control OF the navy and
thereby escape the exactions Of the
seaman's union and bring discipline
into the crews has been spiked tenn
porarily. eS
\ AS the situation is at present this
plan will be followed only as to trans
ports and ships which are actually car
rying supplies to the soldiers in France.
There is endless confusion and In
efficiency In the merchant marine
service because war wages and the ex-
IRENE provisions of the LaFollette sea-
mems bill have attracted horde OF
sailors of all nationalities, tongues and
kinds of character and the old-fash-
toned institution of absolute control OF
the men while at sea has given way TO
the bolsheviki idea Of voting on orders
when given. There has been strong
desire to introduce discipline and Ell,
cheney and cut out drunkenness BY
putting all shipping under the control
Of the navy for the period of the war.
German Acmies Number 100000.
German combatant forces on all
fronts are estimated at 100000 by the
military critic Of L'Echo. de Paris. HIS
estimate of the present total strength
of the German army is 100000. Nom
combatant units. which he says total
e,370. 900 men, are needed for guarding
the frontier, occupying the invaded
territory. and maintaining the long
lines of communicat ton.
There are now exactly 154 divisions
on the Anglo French front" he writes.
"A German division possesses scarcely
10000 men.
The general total combatant forces
on the western front, including army
corps and army organizations, amount
to about 100000 men, figure consid-
rably lower than that of the French
British armies. Without counting re-
cent levies made on the seventy-seven
German divisions there remain on the
eastern front 100000 Germans.
"To Italy, Germany has sent in sup
port Of forty five Austrian divisions
only seven divisions or about 100000
combatants. On the Balkan front. held
chiefly by the Bulgars with PA bat
talions. the Germans have only 100000
fighting men, but certain indications
point to reinforcements having been
sent thither recently from the Russian
front"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
Eldora News Notes.
iaI to Times-Republican.

BpeCiaI 70 TlnSe8-ISepUUIIcsi1. 11I
Eld0ra, Dec, 19.-Because Of scar.
city Of water and the possibility that
A8disturbance OF ground near the now
might increase the supply, the city
authorities had the large well st the
water station shot" Monday with e
charge OF dynamite. Happily the hopes
a. the authorities were realized ana
n Increase in the water supply has j. so
far been the result. The city council
hopes to be able in the near future g
lei contract for = new well The De 4.
mAnAN 0k nsw sewer connection 49,
lna1e such Demands upon thy pse lsa y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

Hundreds az otherwise pretty girls
have regular s1un2ch face. Lizzie
pimples break out Than bigger ones,
all the result OF uHd!sss.ed food IN 4
weak digestive system Il these girls
would take tuart's Dyspepsia Tablet
after meals, the pinplss would so
away, the skin would be clearer and
the pinched, haggard expression would
give way to smiles. 1t isn't what you
eat nor the quantity--it Is the ability
of the digestive organs 10 turn food
into pure blood. When food lays in
the stomach and sours, ferments, be-
comes gassy, causes rurnblings and
belching, there is trouble ahead unless
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are relied
upon. Get a 50-cent box today at any
druggist and avoid spelling your COM
pleXion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
Am.. Quintet Defeat. simpson.

Special to Republican.
Ames, Dec. 19-In a game OF mid
season form. the Iowa State College
basketball team took on the Simpson
College i've defeating them % to 10.
Morgan starred for Ames, while Simp-
son featured for Simpson. Morgan
threw eleven out Of fifteen free throws.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

A patent has been granted Detroit
woman for screw hook that holds
plate above it and cup below it at the
same time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

sammies Buy French Bonds.
Further evidence Of the continued
warm friendship between the American
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
Railroad Time Table
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN,

GOING WEST.
No. 11-Denver Special .... 1:35a m
No. LOS Angeles Limited 5:12a. m
No. S--China and Japan Ex. 8:17 m
No 29-Ames Passenger ....11:21 a m
No 5--Des Moines Pass'ger 6:sop. m
NO ia--fia"heye cypress. s:25 q. IN
No. 17-Oregon and Washing
Ton specml ............. 1913 a. m.
GOING EAST.
No. 4-Des Moines Pass'ger s.22,
NO l--DehVer speclai...... 1:l0 D. m.
No. 1s-Oregon and Washing
lhseoh special .'....'..... 2:30 a. m.
NO. 'o-ciihtoh passenger %. 3:17 D. m.
No. 5--Atlantic Express go, s:25n n
No. 22-Chicago Special ..11:58n ~
No. 10-Eastern Express go. s;34a -,
Nos. as. 20. 30. daily except Sunday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN
Corn Belt Route"
GOING SOUTH
No. 1-St. Joe and K.C. Linn 4:55a m
No. Six. c. Mail and EXP. 9:1spm
No. SIX. c. and St. Ja=sph 1905 a m,
No. 55-Des Moines Mail. . s:55n m
GOING NORTH
No. Irwin Cities Limited .1t:3s n m
No. 4-Chicago-St. p. EXP 9:2Ga m
NO 54--Daily .............. 7:65 u. m
No. 6-Chicago Filler ......1O:35 n, m
MINNEAPOLIS q ST. LOUIS
Effective April j, 1917
NORTH BOUND f,eeve
No. 1--Albert Lea Mail, daily S:4s a, m
No. 9--Mason City Mail Eek
cept Sunday ....,. $40 %. m
No. 5-Twin City Lin daily 80 a, m
Local Freight except SUM-, $40 a. N.
"OUTH BOUND
No. 2-St. Louis and Kansas
City Mail DAILY. 5;i5 D. m
No. 10 Peoria Exp. Eek. SUM- 3: Is a. m
Nc. est. Louis ana Peoria
Lmitedl dallyi 40! ri,
Loeal Freight Except SUM /. 1905 a. m
STORY CITY BRANCH
LeaNA Arrive.
s:lgAn Passenger daily s.26 n, N,
$50 . n. Except Sunday. 1885 p. m
Z i
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-05-11
SOUTHERN MAN
DEFENDS RACE

The Discussion in Congress a lev day.
ago on the Rsce Question developed .oms
sentiment and Thought that is worthy ol
note Congressman Dyer. of Missouri,
deserves special consideration for his de.
fense OF the Negro st all times, and upon
all occasions. We can now see a ray OF
hope for the Negro in the war crisis. that
10 now spreading over the land. Ii is al
III wind rhat blows nobody good. Mr..
Huddleston, of Alabama. shows the spirit
Of the better class of Southern whites.
Ia his speech he said:
"Mr. Speaker, have in my distric,
over 10000 Negroes. Few of them are
voters, but l want to say, Mr.. Speaker,
that there never Was . more loyal race ol
people than the black rsce lApplause. !
And those 10000 Negroes in the ninth
district Of Alabama will produce - large
q percentage OF men who are willing T.
tight - any other 10000 people in tn.
shole United States.
81 wss raised among Negroes, played
with them in my childhood. and think !
know their traits They have many splen-
did qualities, and it is hitting that somt
southerner should stand up here and
speak for theIE now when the cowardl /,
finger OF suspicion is pointed at them.
know that they are loyal; know that
they are brave; l know that they viii
make splendid soldiers, and if the tim.
should come when tins nation needs sol
diers, the faithful blacks down in tn.
olack districts OF the South will come t.
the front like heroes. The cheapest ac-
tivity of patriotism 10 in spy-hunting and
calling in question the 10y atty of thoss
of other races Ii ID an unworthy pstri-
otism that confines itself TO suspicion OF
'ther Americans because they might have
peen born IN some foreign land or may
belonR to some other race. More thar
ever 10 il unworthy when the object o.
% attack Is the American Negro who has
40 other home than the United State
and never knew any other flag than I'll,
Stars and Stripes.
IL have recently regretted very much
20 80 emansting from one or two source
charges questioning the loyalty oil tn.
Negro race ! have regretted 70 see thi.
because it seems 70 me that those charge
and suspicions are in themselves dsloyal
in their effect. They have the tendency
TO breed oissention. They have the ten
dency TO stir up strife among our people
They are most ungenerous when they
point the unjust finger Of suspicion nj
this lowly and loyal race that have g.
lew spokesman and 30 sew to stand NJ
for them.
81 want to say 70 you, gentlemen, that
the Negroes are absolutely loyal. and they
will fight, too. They will make brave
soldiers, and you will lind that wheL
properly led, they will do their duty n
American soldiers, they will stand fire at
the front, and will suffer and die along
With the balance Of us. IAppIsuse.l
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-05-11

and her garments pesfumed With thu
Lilly of The vall~y. But - Ne have
wsschs-i boz in the xlorions msrrh, ~
have discsrped sSe dark sp<-ctre Of slsve.
~ ss her side, with his lean lsuk arms
locked IN hers. and wherever his ehossly
shadow hes fallen, there h.s been degrs-
dsGon and death
From Jamestown and Piymoth Rock
they began their companionship which
soon ripeued into friendship. bassd upon
the relations of capital and trade. Bn'
fair Freedom son found out that heI
hath end life were imperiled BY thin
sssociation. After . fierce and long strug
gle Freedom was able 70 divorce herseli
from the ugly monster Slavery, and with
her disheaveled locks. bleeding limbs,
pale cheeks. lsnRuid eye and aching
heart, she 10 conscious TO this day OF the
imminent danger in which she placed
herrelf and her votaries when stepping
from the deck OF the Mayfiower. she With.
out meditation, accepted the wooipes ol
IL.
Such is the story of slavery and free.
dom - zee it. The causes of the Wal
extended far back into the lives Of the
American colonies. constitutional amend
ments dimmed our national glory fol-
three. fourths of . century. As early .,
1880 slavery had disappeared in Msssa.
chusetss, and was gradually dying in Il
the New Englsnd Statss, and the repre-
sentatives of the people in the constitu
tional convention spoke sgainst it, though
by their votes they lesslized it - one Of
the most startling relics of barbarian
The admission Of the slave states into the
Union; the constitutional guarantee Il
protsct slave property; the bssis Of south.
ern Congressional representation made
the Declaration of Independence look
strange TO us, and made the non-impor.
tation act appear in . false light, and
made us poor black folks wonder and
(Oontinnsd on Pare ~
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-05-11
Visiting Relatives and
Friends in Mcdowell

+ Mr.. Bailer Hereford, of Pittsburgh.
Pa, brotheR to Dr. J. r. Hereford. ol
HortLfork, and who has relatives in Key
stone, Kimball and Gary, il how visiting
them. he represents one OF the bes,
families in Virginia but has been making
his home in Pennsylvania for the past I5
years. And TO bis credit a. man Of
thrift, energy and economy he has &C.
quired some valuable real estate in and
around Rankin, Pa, and lives in one Of
the finest homes in the city. lie is .
young man Of extraordinary mental sbil-
ity, by the side Of wbose memory few
men, II any at all, equal him. As pub
lic spirited citizen he 10 q cls-s With but
lev men, and when IL comss to domestic
hospitality he permits no man % come
IN and leave without Offering everything
n make his guests happy, comlortsbl.
and contented. lie, in company with
DR.. Hereford, DIR. W. L. Colson, Dr
W. v. Bridgeford and Mr.. @. y. Hill
spent Tuesday evening with Editor N
T. Whittsco where they talked at lengtf,
on the subject Of war, the Negro's loyal
~, his readings 10 defend the flag today,
played some xsme- and proposed a fex
t,s-ts till about 2 O'Clock Wedne-ds,
morning.