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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04

lections are good There is still mod
crate demand in the local money mar
ket, with bank deposits continuing
heavy. and rates showing tendency
to advance, owing to outside conditions
Banks soliciting for the liberty bond
loan report results as very good and to
date one local bank has received sub
scriptions In excess Of 100000 from
private individuals, all in small
amounts.
Chicago-Wholesale dealings in the
staples reflect sustained demand from
the itnerior. Textiles are freely booked
and there is now more than the usual
request for prompt and later shipment
of millinery, fancy goods. furniture,
home utensils. hats and caps, knit
goods and food products. The advance
bookings show well in footwear and
clothing.
Minneapolis-There is little change
in general trade conditions. in the local
market. Jobbers are receiving orders
from country merchants in quite heavy
volume, and some lines find 1t diff
cult to make prompt deliveries. mainly
owing to the car shortage. Department
stores report sales well ahead of the
corresponding period last year, and
manufacturers have quite an amount
OF orders on hand for immediate and
future shipment Collections are good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Dear Boy!

A thousand fathers have said this to-
day,
Not knowing how to let them go away,
And yet so proud and happy that they
The badge of duty and can do their
share
To win the war that is the worlds great
right
For human liberty and for the right.
Dear boy! Dear boy! Blu. yesterday a
child
In frolic journeys over meadows wild.
Your little hand so trusting held in
ours
A faery world of sunshine and of
flowers.
And now the bugles and the banners
spread,
And you must go, and all the rest I'M
said.
Yes boy, dear boy. 1t must be as you
will,
You are more right than ali our selfish
sadness.
Go do your bit upon the battered hill,
Our little lad still full of boyhood glad
The shining eyes, the lips so full of
morn.
And never mind-our hearts shall be
reborn.
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Billy Bunny and His Friends

stopped grinding the music and put out
his hand. And in very few minutes
there wasn't any pie to be seen any
where around for miles and miles, and
the organ grinder had lovely smile
on his face! And then he played that
pretty song called In this sweet pie
and pie there are apples fresh and
dry" and after that he swung the or
gan over his back and the monkey
jumped on top and Off they went to
grind out more tunes for money. But
the little rabbit didn't go with them.
No, stree. For II he had to pay .
whole apple pie for a tune he'd rather
go another way, even If he couldn't
hear the lovely music, for you cant
grind out apples the way you can
tunes.
Well, by and by, after a while, not 80
very long, he came to river and he
couldn't get across, 50 he looked FL
about him TO And d little horse; but
there wasn't any horse and there
wasn't any boat, so the little rabbit
said, well, guess I'll have to hoat
So what did ne do but find an old
plank and then f1oated over on It TO-
the other bank.
Now I don't know what Is the mat
ter with my Typewriter that it didn't
make verse out OF all these rhymes
but II didn't Just went along IN
.prosy way, and so you'll have to make
a poem out OF them yourself. for have
no more room in this sDry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Ripping Rhymes
LIBERTY BoNDs,
D. WALT MAsoa

If you believe our country's right,
and want to help her win the tight,
then buy liberty bond. II you're In
earnest when you say you wish to
help in every way, then buy a liberty
bond. Now you've a chance that 10 .
beaut, to clip of coupons like plute,
so buy liberty bond. You wish to
put some coin away for time Of stress
or rainy day? Then buy liberty
bond. It's value never win retreat it's
good as everlasting wheat 70 buy q
liberty bond And when the course
OF war is run, you'll proudly tell what
you have done, and show your liberty
bond. And that will show you stood
up strong to help your Uncle Sam
along; hast bought thy liberty bond?
oh, talk is cheap and war comes high,
so let's be quiet an hour and buy
a good old liberty bond Don't let the
rich man have them all; produce your
pocketbook and call for, one large Ibis
.erty bond. The workers Of this happy
land should form In line, with cash.
in hand, TO buy their, liberty bonds
Then in the war they'll have q part:
they're close up to the notions heart,
SO buy a liberty bond.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04


Well, the Twinkle Twinkle Star
didn't sing me to sleep and so cant
tell you about Billy Bunny and the
woolly sheep as / said / would in the
last story, but will tell you something
else IL you'll only wait five hundred
short seconds And this Is what it's
going to be about: ii go s,
The organ grinders monkey
Who wears a little cap,
Is always kept SO busy
He cannot take nap.
He's dancing to the music,
And picking up the dimes;
But oftener it's nickels,
And pennies most the times.
AS soon as Billy Bunny heard the
"Star-Spangled Banner. for that was
the tune which the old organ grinder
was playing, the little rabbit, pricked
up his ears and hoped OF In the direc-
ton Of the music. and by and by ne
came up to the monkey, who held out
his little red cap.
Here's a. carrot cent for you" said
the little rabbit, but the organ grinder
scowled deep gloomy scowl and said:
me no lika da mum" But what could
Billy Bunny, do? And as the organ
grinder kept on scowhng deep.
gloomy scowl, the little rabbit opened
his knapsack. and looked thru It, And
pretty soon he found an apple pie, and
when the organ grinder saw 1t ne
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
IMMORAL MOVIES.
THumpoldt Republican.

Judge Marcus II. Cavanaugh handed
down decision in tho case Of the ex-
htbition of the moving picture The
Spirit of rs" sustaining the position
that indecent, immoral and obscene
moving pictures had and have no
place in movie houses. Each month
II is becoming more and more plain
that tho authorities are excluding IS
fast as possible all sex or suggestion
Of sex matter. The movies produced
by the second-class houses, and that
play up sex passions, possibly because
they cost the movie operator a small
er amount of cash, are being left Sc
renely alone in the better communities.
There are movie house managers who
insist on forcing this cheap stuff on
the public, and then fail TO understand
why they can not command a good
patronage where patronage is known
to exist. There are many excellent
locations for new movie houses where
the local managers insist purely from
pecuniary point. on disgusting their
patrons with this cheap stuff. New
houses properly conducted would bring
out the business that at the present
time shuns the movies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04

American housewife Is boarding and
there are millions Of her. Altogether
her purchases have started a run on
the flour bank and there were not re-
serve stocks enough to stand run.
The propaganda of alarm which has
been in progress for the purpose OF
stimulating production is responsible
for the run on flour. 1t was aimed at
the farmer and was intended to move
him to SOW more wheat. He was so
busy he paid very little attention, but
his wife read it and loaded up with
dozen sacks of -four and a big lot OF
canned goods. The woman in town
with no crops to market at war prices
sought to get her supplies before the
rise. All over the land the people have
been specializing in food supplies anu
prices shot upwards.
The crisis seems to have been passed
for grain markets are groggy. There
is hesitation in buying and prices fall
one day and react the next. In a few
weeks the market will begin to miss
the regular buying of people who are
now stocked up and so eminent an ex-
pert as the editor of the Northwestern
Miller predicts that the price will
weaken. He has made a business Of
crop statistics for thirty years and he
gives it as his opinion that the United
States and Canada are going to raise
grain enough this year for home con-
sumption and the foreign demand. He
says that there will be no famine but
that there will not be enough to restore
the country's normal reserve With
continued high prices the increased
acreage will come in 1918. He at
tributes the price of grain futures to
the enormous buying by European
governments for fall delivery, but the
much higher prices of wheat and flour
already on hand he charges entirely to
the run on -four started by the Aneri-
can housewife.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
WOMEN BOARDING FLOUR.

Gradually information is coming TO
light that the American housewife is
the Spectator who Is largely respon-
sible for the present unprecedented
p.ilo e ae..- and wheat. No multi
millionaire has as yet been discovered
long on wheat. No wheat corner Is
visible in the grain markets and yet
the demand for -four has exceeded all
known records.
All over the land it now appears that
people in their homes have been stock
ing up on -four. Those who once bought
by the sack have bought by the barrel.
Js,ffauy woman has laid in stocks of
nine and ten sacks who never kept but
mart OF sack on hand before. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
sAm,rioa' Complete.

Four verses Of America. as original
~ written by 9. F. Smith.
Our glorious land today
Meath education's sway d n
Scars upward still!
Its halls OF learning fair
Whose bounties all may share.
Behold them everywhere,
On vale and hill.
Thy safeguard, Liberty,
The school shall ever be 4
Our nations pride! 5$5
No tyrant hand shall smite 4
! While with encircling might
4 All here are taught the right,
i with truth allied.
Z Beneath Heavens gracious Will
The star of progress still
Our course doth sway!
I'm unity sublime, Z
To broader heights we climb,
/ Triumphant over time.
God speeds our way. ~
Grand ,birthright OF our sires
4 Our affairs and our fires
Keep we still pure:
Our starry flag unfurled
The hope OF all the world y
In peace and light irnpearled,
God hold secure;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04

pledge and forewarned the legislature
that it would be held responsible for
every law remaining on the statute
books when the day Of adjournment
came.
Bills were promptly introduced IN
bnth house end senate OF the last leg
islature to modify the Sunday law and
make it applicable to modern times.
The house bill was defeated by tha'
body by an Overwhelming vote OF -
to % on March 81. The senate Dill
went to the judiciary committee where
II was entirely rewritten and a sub
sttute finally offered which met with
the approval Of a large number OF IN
terests and many pastors. - ms
bill came up in the senate for disposai
and amendment after amendment were
offered but on the final roll call II
passed the senate 81 to II. The writer
voted for this bill. believing that the
attorney general and governor should
be taken at their word. That the old
law was antiquated no one seemed to
question. This proposed law would be
any amount better than the present
statute we believe. and the writer IS
not ashamed of his vote on this ques-
ton and will defend his action II ne
should be called upon to explain his
position. $3.50 In this connection
1t is interesting to note that the lead-
ers of the Pitt-Johnston faction were
lined up against any change and the
leaders Of the opposition. were in favor
of notifications in the law For ex-
ample, Pitt Johnston Of Lucas. An
derson Of Davis Roberts, Rowley and
Stanley, all voted against the senate
bill, while Elwood, Anderson, OF Green,
Kiinker, McF'arlane, Weaver and Mill
er voted for the bin.
Whatever criticism Is to be offered
against the present enforcement of the.
"blue law must be directed not at the
attorney general. but, at the members
nf the legislature and especially the
Pitt Johnston leaders who were able
In the closing days Of the session to
defeat measure which had met with
approval in the senate and really rep
resented an honest effort to bring the
Sunday law into some Kind of shape
where 1t would be applicable to modern
d
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04

IoldL. ...... e4oo.uf
Assuming, Of course, that Mr.. Sny-
der is a patriotic man, one who loves
his country and shares her trials while
he advantages himself, wouldn't It be
natural and just to assume that that
big profit would burn in his pockets
when he could, without cost to him
self and in perfect safety as to his
money, lend it at bank rate and on
the best security to equip a soldier?
Wouldn't you suppose that he would
get into the game when other men are
getting in?
And, if he refused and buttoned up
his profit and went sullenly and sor-
didly home with it, would you imagine
that Mr.. Snyder would be good COM
pany for himself or any patriotic per-
son?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Topics Of the Times

The government seems to have de-
cided to take the short cut with agi-
tators Of treason and half treason.
The farms must take their share Of
the liberty bonds if they are to be
fully patriotic.
However man may dislike the idea
OF going to war he'd best register
Tuesday and begin to look about for
exemption afterward-if he is that
sort This residence in jail for a year
isn't altogether a pleasant prospect.
If congress would take night ses-
sion and scare some coal out of the
ground and some of the unreasonable
profit off the price, the householder
would rise UP in the morning and call
that body blessed.
Funniest thing is that we brag about
the wealth of Iowa in season and out
of season and when the government
takes US at our word wonder why it
doesn't get it all somewhere else.
After ali a moujik is a moujik and
il will take generation or two to-
change him to a real human being.
Newspaper writers still use that an
tiquated figure throwing off the yoke"
when they mean thu. The owner is
driving his own car and every cylinder
is hitting and that the garage man
can't collect a cent.
When it comes to choice between
feeding a blown in the bottle tramp
and brave French soldier on the fir
ing line which do you take, madam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Masonic Meetings
always welcome.

VNtSoro always ~e'SVr"o.
MARSHAL. :-..IL LODGE No. 1903 A. F. &
A. M.-Special communication. WORK
in Third degree. Tuesday, June 5, I
D. M John w. Wells, secretary; w. il.
Steiner, W. NJ.
SiGNET CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A. NJ.
special convocation Monday evening,
June 4, at 1880 o'clock. Past and Most
Excellent degrees. Carl Shaffner, H.
P; John W. Wells secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Thurs
day, May p, .. m. Regular business.
I. T, Forbes, Recorder: George Greg
Org. 7. NJ.
STATED coNcLAVE, st. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 80. K. T. Tuesday
June -, at s p. m. Regular business
L. T. Forbes, recorder; H. c. Mueller
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. E.
S.-Regular meeting for business Wed
nesday. June Is at 8 p. m. Mrs. George
Downing, secretary; Mrs. ]. E. Fred
erick. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
aRR,v9L or TIE azUMa .

In the accompanying illustrations are
shown the Japanese warship Azuma,
arriving in San Francisco with the
body Of the late ambassador on beard
and the removal Of the body from the
warship to the revenue cutter Golden
Gate. The sudden death of Mr..
Guthrie was reported officially 10 the
state department at Washington in
dispatch from the United States en-
bassy at Tokyo on March s. He died
of apoplexy. Mr.. Guthrie was appoint
ed ambassador to Japan on May 20,
1913 He was credited as special am
bassador also TO represent the presi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
.lmperative priII ssrqeant.

An Imperative drill sergeant called a
recruit aside and in a gracious mood
talked to him paternally.
you're awkward" hef said, "either
because you was born 80 or because
you've been taught SO. Tell me now
what was your occupation before you
Joined up?"
1t appeared the recruit had been in
the toy trade--a packerSof toys, His
job was to pack toy soldiers into card
board boxes. He had been dismissed
by the firm.
why exactly did they FIRE you, my
man ~ asked the other
They fired me, answered the re-
cruit deliberately for a. good and. as
see now q very sufficient reason. I
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
MR.. snYDER's CORN PROFITS.
[Storn Lake Pilot Tribune. ]

lSlOTih LAKE fliut lIlDuAS.J
George W. Snyder, of Hayes town
ship, was in the office last Saturday
exhibiting a check for sl24.s5, which
he received from r. H. Moon for one
wogan load of corn. He says that it
is by far the biggest check he ever
received for a load of corn, and re-
marked that it was quite in contrast
with the times when they used to burn
corn because it was too cheap to pay
TO haul it to town. There were eighty
bushels and thirty-fi five pounds in the
load and he received s1.55 per bushel.
Mr.. Snyder would have considered
So cents a bushel good price for corn
almost any time during the past ten
or twelve years. Mr.. Snyder received
then 81 bushel or sS035 war profits
on the jag of corn he hauled into Storm
Lake the other morning. It was the
biggest check he had ever received for
load of corn. In peace times it wasn't
worth it. The war made the price
for him. He didn't make it.
It was, in a way. an unearned in
crement. At least, it was unearned un-
less he stopped at a bank and sub
scribed for liberty bond or two. For
this whole country is being taxed to
bring the money which is to buy that
corn and the foodstuffs Mr.. Snyder and
other farmers shall have to sell this
fall-money which, lent to the allies,
ha IN,
country with other billions to be raised
with which to buy food and equip the
armies that are to defend the integrity
of the country where Mr.. Snyder sold
a load Of corn with $50 of war profit
in it. For that was war profit to Mr..
Snyder quite as much and surely as
the dividends declared by the Duponts
are war profits. Pork and powder,
rifles and rye. wheat and warships, corn
and cannon are all necessary for de-
fence.
The armies must be equipped and
stopped at bank and bought 500
liberty bond. He would have had his
money or it's equivalent still safe as
church. And without loss to him.
self and still keeping all Of his great
war profit, he would have made it pos
sible to equip soldier, for here is
what it costs to get soldier in fight
ing trim:
L. S. magazine rife model 1903,
with sling, sight cover, oiler.
thong and brush 81 90
Ammunition ts39 per 1,oo0-a SOL
dier would probably carry AZ
about $50 cartridges). ........ SEQ
Cartridge belt ........-......... 400
Bayonet Observation-Disclosures. $50
Scabbard NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ISL
Shoes, two pairs ............... 1000
Stockings. trousers, two shirts,
hat web belt, leggins and hat
cord Observation-Disclosures. 1900
Blouse ................... 7.5G
knapsack, with fittings ......... l5.00
Overcoat 1900
Poncho; shelter half and two
blankets 14OO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
ANOTHER MOOT QUESTION
fro,,,a C,;.y papnh1icap

Is preaching on Sunday violation
of the state Sunday laws? This is a
question that comes to the Republican
The basis upon which it is commended
that 1t is violation to preach on
Sunday, is the remark made last Sum
day by an Iowa City man as he came
out Of church. When asked how he
liked the sermon, he said. 1t seemed to
him, to be a "labored effort"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
THE ELBERON WAY.

When that little town Elberon goes
after anything she goes right. She
had a community day program last
week. In advertising It she sent thir-
ty automobiles loaded with citizens to
surrounding towns. That would be
highly creditable to Tama, Toledo or
Traer, with many times her population.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
IT WILL BE TRENCH FIGHTING.

The Cedar Rapids Republican, whose
editor lies awake might thinking Of the
new ways to lambast ,Havner, says the
attorney general is German -Ameri-
can. Where does the Republican get
that stun? He was born In Iowa
down in Wayne county. He is 2 thor-
ough American. a veteran Of the Span
ish war. and IL cyrenus Cole called him
a hyphenated citizen TO his face We
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
WON'T HURT DANL.
rvinton Eagle.Jl

The American Union, Against Mill
tarism" has discovered that Daniel
Webster delivered in the American
congress in 1914 speech against the
draft because it was unconstitutional
and is asing it against the present
draft. 1t is all right; 1t won't hurt
Danlei. y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
HARMFUL CENSORSHIP.


THE department of state considers
enemy to discuss differences of opin-
ion between the allies and difficulties
with neutral countries. Speculation
about possible peace is another topic
which may possess elements of dam
ger, as peace reports may be of enemy
origin put out to weaken the combina-
ton against Germany" The quotations
are from the pamphlet put out by the
committee on public information in ex-
PLANTATION of code Of regulations pro-
posed for acceptance by the press in
war news. They may be
fairly assumed to reflect the exact
opinions of the state department.
Apprehension that this would be the
attitude of the state department has
been back of most of the newspaper
opposition to the various censorship
provisions proposed in behalf of the
administration in the 80 called espion-
age bill The indication is that the adj
or at least the state de-
partment, in exercising the .censors
function is disposed. to do more than
suppress military information that
may prove of advantage TO the enemy.
The indication is that the state depart
ment would want to influence the trend
OF newspaper discussion of world poll
tics in Its relation to both war and
peace problems. This IS what the
want to avoid and are de-.
termined to avoid, IL necessary by APP
ipealing to the right of free expression
guaranteed them under the constitu-
ton. While most of,the later drafts
of censorship clauses have seemed In
nocuous there would, of course. be
nothing to prevent the state depart
ment from interpreting any Of then to
cover such lines Of publication as It
objected to inst the above extracts from
an official bulletin.
Newspapers that could not discuss
differences between the allies or reigh
the merits Of proposed peace terms
would not be left in very good shape
to keep their readers posted as to
what might prove to be the most inn
portant developments in the world
war. S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04

have a notion Havner is red biooded
and loyal enough to break some laws
himself, and incidentally some bald
pates.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

"Old as the law H. 1t stands as an
evidence Of liberality when the legis
lature sixty years ago would pass such
a mild statute. for the records show
that Iowa even now has in this sixty
year old statute, the most moderate
Sunday law OF any of the states ex-
cept possibly some OF the newer noun
tain states" says tho, Iowa City Re-
publican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Iona Newspapers
INCLUDE THE 7. ". C. A
Davenport Times.l

davenport IlmeS.J
It ought to be a comfort to everyone
| to know that when the youth Of Iowa
goes to. war the Red Cross will go with
them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-04
Nationality.

Nationality is the aggregated indi-
stduality Of the greatest men Of the
ENTHUSIASTICALLY.