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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07

dark. and whom they kept company
with, thess assaults" would not occsi
10 frequently. This "decoying" into
autos and other dangerous places Is
not always decoying. It is often more
voluntary than otherwise on the part
Of the girls. And II they are not too
young to know better. or te know the
danger OF being in compromising COM
pany. then 1t is their parents business
to keep them at home after dark. or
else know where they are and whom
they are with.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
Topics Of the Times

Home charities are q common duty
In war or peace like the support Of
ones own family. The suffering at
home must be cared for. This is year
Of multiplied care. cost and RESPONSE
bllity. Somehow we must carry the
load. Compared with the burdens other
nations at war are bearing our yoke
10 yet easy and our burden still light.
-
Revision Of the censorship order at
Camp Dodge has been made and news
Of the cantonment Will be afforded. It
was q sensible conclusion. Strict CEN
sorship as q retaliation against publ
cation of news In nowise advantageous
to tho enemy would not be received
as advisable or proper and would be
much moro to the enemy's advantage
than to ours in the long run.
Pacifist interference with the war Is
like stopping the Are wagon on the
way to blaze to discuss tho question
OF what kind Of building should be
case It should burn down. The thing
to do IL to take orders from the fire chief
and stay busy until the fire is out.
tss
Congress couldn't do better than to
include strikes and lockouts in indus-
tries essential to the conduct OF the
war in the same classification a. pre-
venting enhstments and obetructing the
saic OF war bonds The principle Of
compulsory arbitration ID great enough
for employers. Employees and people in
war time and should be adopted.
II King Charles - actually anxious
to save his monarchtcal bacon he
should move for peace instead Of talk
Ing loosely about It. It may be too late
next year.
'Siasolene stopped the enemy at
verdun." said Marshal Joffre, hero OF
the Marne. Tho debt we owe gasolene
does not stop there. It not only saved
France ut time OF mortal urgency.
but it will finally win the war. It -
not alone in the voitures, trucks, or
flying machines but also in the tractors
Of American farms.
Kalendines' Cossacks seem to DO
shout the only live thing left in Russia
But perhaps II we lend them money
they'll quit work like the other.
The accident ct Halifax reminds that
peace has its horror a. does war.
When We start eating range horses
we'll eat the saddle too.
Yes, wen rally round the farm. boyA,
Wen rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry Of Feed Um.
We've got the ships and tho money
And the hest of lighting men.
Shouting the battle cry Of Feed EN-.
The onion forever the beans ana the
corn. &
Down with the tater-ifs up the next
I. morn v
While Ne rally round the pillow. boys
And take the hoe again, .ss.ssF
Shouting the battle cry Of Feed Nm., !,
Fred Emerson Brooks. 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
THE PRuss1AN WAY

pCedar Rapids Republican,
2 But not having succeeded that far.
they seem to be leoting the plateau
upon which they have foothold, ltal-
ian peasants and even German and
Austrian prisoners taken tell the usual
stories, the stories that are usual
wherever the German army gets in,
Everything has been looted and the
people Of the conquered areas are be-
Ing taxed" and II they done pay, OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
Io,l,a Newspapers
THE IDA GROVE cAeD
rTo~n,c~ rY.~Nar

Il ~ ./ISCIICICVJt 11oI11V.J - .H.aE.lF
The habit Of ydPng men assAultinS
young girls seem - BE spreading.
Two Ida Grove boys sons Of wealthy
parents. were arrested last week on
the charge Of deSoyinS two youns
girls into an auto and then assaultinS
them. They were acquitted, the word
of the girls not being sufficient to con-
Wet them. Without condoning suoA
crimes in the least, we would suggest
that IL more mothers and fathers keit
track Of where their girls were after
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
THE U. s. AND LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Jefferson Bee.1

lJenerSon Bee
It 10 not at oil unlikely that we may
wake up some morning to And that
Uncle Sam has taken over the Lincoln
Highway AZ national military road.
in which case the cost of paving It
would be but drop in the bucket In
comparison with our other military e1-.
penditureA
Greene county has already done her
bit In the way Of preparation for such
an event. The Lincoln Highway 10
splendidiy graded and drained clear
across the county, ana 10 ready for
any sort Of top surface which ensi-
neers might decide was best adapted
to our soil and climatic conditions. In
fact the same conditions prevail on
this road through nearly all of Iowa.
and 1t would be possible for the gov
eminent to hard-surface this road clear
across the state Of Iowa during the
season OF 1913, II IL was decided to be
. military necessity. Tho slowest and
most tedious part Of such Job II the
grading and the subsequent settling Of
the earth. and this has already been
accomplished,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
rucross IN wAsnmE.

A tractor maker offers eeveral ready
made editorials for use by editors
which bear directly upon the manufac-
tnre and sale Of tractors to farmers.
.Ffrst the tractor manufa cturer begins
by plying tl1s fsrmer whose labor is
to be Araftsd from the farm. Then ne
gets down 70 the meat h his coooanut,
demanding more steel for tractor man
.ufacturssv ana BY sussrsting that the
trActcr On 10 very considerable de-
sree supply the NICK Of labor.
The s,1gssstion 81 tractors h good
ono and worth consideration by fhrm-
ess. The manner Of setting, however,
10 not % comnsndabie. There 10 no
occasson to pity the former more than
the manufactures or the other busi-
ness man who finds his business COM
'pncated by the emergency Of war.
Moreover II Il 10 be eugsested to the
tractor maker that TURNER'S buy trac-
tors because they can use them not
because somebody ofrer. mock sympa-
thy.
The farmers are up against . most
serious proposition. Howsvsr. It is
likely that the actual farmers WIN b
left on the farms and aforded sufft-
ctsnt help. 10 No. crops int = long
- the eountry can Hnnase TO le&ve
Them there Tsss neceiisiity Of food Ind
crops = ven usda ssstood by the suvesn-
mont ana tase people. There - no oo-
ca<ion to attempt to tncuicste . fed
ins q injury and no reason Tor re-
sentment.
& a nav tenant house ana married
farm hand issthe solution Of 4tye labor
problem On the sverase Iowa farm for
the II. g. q 4 = driving many fam
lily man back - tho land. The dralt
10 taiang mostly the SON ana the
stnsie fa1yn handsI 4as
But tho Aactor = one Of tho ways
ont On lis 1algs fasu. and IN aaree
operaions. Il ~ depends On Row GOOD
9 mechanio TIE An1nsr ON mako q
alisnek. Dut 4 Inn : mail farm
propoaltisu - yet. Il besooss on
the big fa's wshelse iArger trasts !ars
TO bs csiatiyatad. Given . tssctor to
do III heavy wuEk ana = t'wiod NV ooen
.cultivator one active and intsllfsene
man can, Eaase q lot q ooen and fed
= lot Of hogs. Il; s;
Il is busy In England nisht and day.
operated mostly by women. There the
minister Of agriculture organised an
army q fazzn traotors, placed head
hghts on them. and plowed day and
nisht Tor wee,us IN the spring Of the
year When the harvest was gaehered,
and Dnsiend found sbe had enough
food to wtthstand any blocseads Of sub
maatues Tor another year credit was
Given the tractor az most effective
weapon Of warfare.
-. +. y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
Takina No Chances.

Uncle Joe" Cannon dearly loves
circus. especially one with largo
monkey. q baboon, or an ape. In this
connection he spins . yarn.
When a boy, down In North Caro-
lima, Cannon and q corndeld negro
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07

European factories each week mako
about 100000 pounds Of ARTIFICIAL
butter with cocoanut oil - . base.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07

Now 1t 10 the packing house 5nep
who threaten to strike IL not granted
increased wages. There seems need
for this nation to draft more than the
men OF twenty-one to thirty-one for
service" says the Mount Vernon Re-
cord.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07

IT is a peculiar physiological or psy,
Geological phenomenon" says the oel-
vein Register, that the river towns al
ways favor moisture. while the interior
counties favor drouth."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07

The Carroll Herald says "the prin-
cipal reason urged against the renomi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-07
liovvA OPINIONS AND NorEs

Although It can always Be, shown
that the. automobile was going very
slowly when the accident occurred .
6ays the Knoxville Express. I'VE never
hear OF, anybody being run over by q
wheelbarrow." 4
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
THE EFFECT OF THE CAMBRIA
DRIVE.

| Important as is the material progress
made by the British drive in the Cambria
region, far more powerful will be the
| moral effect on the contending nations.
| The Hindenburg line, so-ealled, has been
considered by the Germans to be we'll
nigh impregnable, and back of 1t the Ger
man general staff has been moving its
troops as it wished, having firm conf
dence that the AngloFrench forces could
not break through. Confidence in this
line has caused them to shift their forces
to the Russian front, to the Rumanian
front, to the Italian front whenever they
made plans for the subjugation of an
other nation. AT the same time there
has been dominating feeling among
the allied nations that this confidence on
the part of the Germans has not been
entirely without good foundation. The
entente nations have felt that it was
possible to hammer the line so hard in
one place that it was possible to break
through for a short distance, but, on
the other hand, there has been feeling
that sweeping breach could not be eff
fected. Now that the British have been
able to accomplish this seemingly impos
sible thing it will hearten the entente
allies very greatly while it will disheart
en- the Teutons in the field and at home.
That supreme confidence in the invul-
of the Hindenburg line viii
be badly shaken if not destroyed entire
". There is, therefore bound to be
Of the morale of the whole
Teuton world and a consequent hearten-
ing effect on those nations which believe
they are fighting for the right Tat,
then, will be the greatest effect of the
Cambria success.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
GREAT ARE THE TANKS

Ever since the first appearance of that
British machine of war, known as a
tank" the German official statements
AS well as those of lesser supposed YER
acity, have endeavored to ridcule and
belittle the machines. From first to last
or up to the great British drive on Cam
brai this week, it has been asserted that
the tanks" were a failure, that most of
those sent into battle by the British were
put out of commission and their crews
captured The machines were described
as turned turtle with their caterpillar
attachments raised helplessly in the air;
they were pictured as ditehed in some
yawning cavity in the earth's surface;
they were said to have been punctured
by shells until the positions OF their
operators were untenabe In every way
the Germans officially have tried to mini.
mize the Importance of the invention.
Yet, when German soldiers have ex-
pressed their opinion Of the tanks" they
almost invariably have alluded to the
terror Of the great, crawling monsters OF
war, moving with tremendous power over
all obstacles. their guns belching forth
death and woe to those who were in their
path. The German soldiers themselves
have had wholesome awe Of the
tanks because they had been UP
against the mountains Of war mechan-
ism and had felt the crushing force Of
them And now, perforce, the German
war leaders win confess the mighty in
fuenee which these machines WELD. for
It was 70 the German maligned tanks"
that the British owe the success Of their
drive toward Cambria Drawn up in a
long line on the battle front north Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

st. Quentin, the clumsy looking machines
were primed for the important work
ahead and then, without warning, they
began their inexorable march toward and
through the heavy and strong barbed
wire defenses of the German front
Heretofore it has been necessary for the
British to spend days in pulverizing
artillery fire to break down these wire
entanglements so that the infantry could
get through, the concentration of the fire
enabling the enemy to prepare against
the impending infantry by bringing up
great reserves. This time no artillery
preparation was used; the enemy got no
warning whatever until they saw the
great machines numbering toward them.
There were no great reserves within
ready call of the defending officers, and
in consequence the British swept over
mile and mile of territory which had
been held by the Germans ever since
their march toward Paris in the first
year of the war. The element Of sur
prise was the deciding factor in the Of
fensive; and it was the part Of the
tanks" to make that surprise possible.
The tanks" demonstrated their value.
Great are the tanks!
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
HAD A GOOD MEAL.
Stanley Averill Writes What He Got in
France for 90 Cents.

The following letter was received re
Gently by his sister, Miss Dorothy Aver
i'll, from Stanley Averill, who enlisted il
the field artillery, l0lst Massachusetts,
and is Row somewhere in France:
in France, Oct. l6, 1917.
Dear Sister just got your letter with
your address on it, so will drop you Q
| line / suppose you are enjoying the
school work very much by now. The
weather here is cold and it rains most OF
the time, but last Sunday was quite
warm and a fine day.
Il went to a village about four miles
! from here and rode back on a train, after
| having dinner there. This is what we
had for dinner: First, sort of meat loaf
similar to hamburg steak, then roast
veal, with tomato sauce, beans, roast
beef, mashed potatoes, cider, all we
wanted, ladyfingers, coffee and all the
bread and butter we wanted. too. All
that cost was 60c. What would that
cost in Boston, En-
1--WE are drilling all the time now, rain
or shine. We have been on several hikes
in the wind and rain, but I'm studying
the flag signals most of the time, also
map drawing, and like it fine.
"Yes, | know all about that sweater
being knit and shall be able to make
good use of it when it arrives, as it is
going to be pretty cold here from what
hear. They say there isn't much snow,
but lots of rain and very cold. Beside
all that, we are on top of one of the
highest hills around here, and believe me,
it sure is some hill. You know how the
east wind feels there, we'll, the wind
blows here the most of the time, and it
is fully as cold as the east wind and, /
think, colder.
Il did forget about your birthday.
didn't II But guess You wouldn't have
gotten the letter in time Anyway, I'll
send my best wishes for a happy one.
We were moving then, so that probably
was why | let it slip my mind
Il don't know what there is that YOU
could make for me, but anything would
be acceptable that you want to make or
send | can tell you that some of that
fudge YOU made for me would go pretty
quick, but If you send that make lot
of it and have il packed tight, and an
other outer box with paper between
them. That viii be accepted anytime
you bet.
Its hard to get anything around here
All they have is cheese, wine, eggs, APP
pies. The only chocolate is like cocoa
and sugar, not very good. I'll tell you
what would 90 good-any National Bis
cult company crackers, like Nabiscos,
etc, OF graham brownies
Il suppose you viii be home for
Wish I was going to be
there with you, but we'll have a real one
when I am.
It's hard to fill this page now, as the
news we have we cannot say much about. |
Write as often as YOU can, It takes SO
long for them TO get here, and tell me /
an the news you can think Of, and then |
some. Stanley"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

ton train The letter was received to-
day by Barre friend of Private MELON
aid and, as the reader will note, the
Sammies cover there" feel strong aver
sion to French tobacco. The second let
| ter is from Private Floyd Wilfore of the
| 9th company, l0lst ammunition train,
who writes 70 Warren Wilfore of this
city
Says Private Mcdonald:
/ Dear Friend: We are settled in our
| French camp at last and it is the best we
have struck since leaving Vermont We
are living in barracks and each man has
cot bed and mattress So you see we
are not so bad off as we might be, II
took us almost month to get here. We
went from one camp to another after
landing and spent about Ii days on the
water But l think we will stay here
for some time The Americans and
French get along fine, but we were all
glad to leave England. We have received
orders as to what we cannot write and
it makes it hard to write good letter.
We can't tell where we are or what kind
of troops are here. The most interesting
thing / have seen so far is a French rs
at target practice. Believe me- the shells
make some noise going through the air.
Zone thing the fellows miss is Amer
lean tobacco and newspapers. American
tobacco cannot be had at any price and
French tobacco is strong enough to kill
horse. | have seen German prisoners for
the first time. They do not seem to have
much of a uniform The French soldiers
tell us that they gave up so that they
would not have to fight any more and
that they wouldn't try to get away II
they had the chance | have seen lots of
them going around without any guard.
They are we'll treated by the French. of
course they have to work, but they live
in barracks and seem TO have enough to
eat
Here is where close Be sure to
write-we haven't seen a scrap of mail
for a month John Mcdonald
Private Wilfore writes his people as
follows;
MY Dear Folks: just a short letter TO 4
let YOU know | am getting on we'll. I am \
feeling fine. Never felt better in my
life win be awfuily glad when I can /
hear from YOU aud know that you are (
we'll We had a good trip across. II
wasn't seasick at all, although ! was
pretty sick for a couple Of days from .
vaccination for smallpox. We were on
the shin over ---. so we got rather I
sick Of it. II seemed pretty good to get I
on land again They have awful bad n
weather over here. Il rains every day II
The sun has been shining an day, but Il I
Is getting cloudy and looks Ike rain
now. Now Is when ! wish that I had
learned more French. The fellows who
IAN speak French are in luck over here.
Will close this now 1nd write more soon
Don't worry. because they are using us
ine over here. FLOYD"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

We have received complaints that this
section of Vermont is being flooded with
another series of "chain letters" this
time devoted to an appeal to pray for
the soldiers and sailors of the United
States in this present war. One woman
has already received two of these letters,
each one commanding her to write to
seven friends and keep the chain going
under threat of dire disaster if she does
not do so; and she expects to receive a
great many more before the Chain" is
broken through commonsense considera-
ton. OF course, a sensible person will
appreciate at once that the ''ehain letter"
scheme as periodically foisted on the
public is the Vaccination of a wavering
brain and that it is continued largely
through superstition, while the threat of
disaster is the product of distorted
Imagination. This present application
of the scheme is no different in its essen
tial features than all the Others and it
ought to be squelched promptly. OF
course, if anyone wishes to pray for the
success of this nation and for the safety
of our soldiers and sailors, it is all well
and good; and such prayers are constant
ly being made. But to attempt to coerce
people into meaningless prayers by
threat is silly indeed. If you get one of
these chain letters, so called, throw it in
the waste basket but you need not cease
praying for our soldiers and sailors de-
spite the multiplying efforts of the letter
scheme.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

We were morally certain the fire insur-
ance companies would feel the effects of
the war sooner or later. Are there any
more to join the procession of price in.
creasers?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

The American troops now training in
France probably just itehed to get in a
whack at the kaiser when their British
cousins were delivering crushing blow
on Mister Hindenburg.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

One result of the British drive will be
that Premier Lloyd George win hold his
Office He couldn't have done better
thing for himself had he been in com
mand of the forces in the field
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

The Italians fighting to defend their
land from the invader win take fresh
courage from the success of Field Mar
shall Haig against the German peril.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

OF course, Russia cannot expect to re-
ceive further aid from the United States
if it withdraws from the war That
may make difference.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
BOYS WANT TOBACCO.
French Brand Is Strong Enough 90 Kill
a Horse

Tobacco and more tobacco, tobacco and
newspapers j. the appeal sent out from
France by the soldiers Of the American
eNpediti0nay forces and an echo Of the
appeal may Be heard in the letter re-
printed below from Private John MELON
aid Of the 9Th company. l0lst smmuni-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22
Auction Sale
City Auction Market
SATURDAY, NOV. "a, IT
NJ . and n, m,

at 2 and Z p. m.
A large lot of goods for this
sale and more not listed that
will be in.
One traverse express sleigh, l
horse, harness, express wagon, 1
large coffee mill, ranges, heat
ers, iron beds, springs and mat
tresses, blankets, quilts, feather
bed, extension and kitchen ia
bles, pedestal table, mirrors,
pictures, clocks, chairs, rockers,
crockery and glassware, sliding
couch, dropside couch, sewing
machines, overcoats, la die s.
coats, l fine rifle, Savage; l good
cottage organ, dresserS, COM
modes, baby iron crib and go
cart. A large list that will be in
for this sale, as people are going
out of the state. Sale will start
early.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Possibly the Russians will stop revo-
luting and 90 to work with their allies,
as they should.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Pershing saw the great British drive
and took note of how to do it when he is
called on.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Save your quarters for the war savings
campaign and thereby give no quarter to
the kaiser.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

1t was a German victory" because the
British did not reach Berlin the same
day they started.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

1t is up to the United States to "tauk
up" too.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Lieutenant General Sir Julian He'd
worth George Byng, M. V. O., X. c. B..
is a new name to coniure with.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Music furnished for all occasions by
Montpelier NJ band orchestra. Karl For
sell, manager, phone Montpelier 252-W.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

Vermont responded nobly to the ap'
peal for Y. M. C. A. war funds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-22

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