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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
Pilots Hero Sunday.

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Larry Browns Clinton team will be
the opponents of the champions on the
home field Sunday, Monday and Tues
day. The Pilots are accompanied by
Sergeant Kelsey. Of Battery A, OF Clin-
ton, drill master OF. the Clinton team,
and the visitors will 90 thru their mill
itary drill on the field while here. The
personnel Of tho Pilot team on its pres
ent trip follows:
Brown, manager, and Elliott, catch
|ers: Watkins. Walkup. Tesar. Harding.
Wright and Miller. pitchers: Henning.
first base: Wilkes second base; An
derson, shortstop: Hauk. third base;
Sears left field; Nolt, center field; Pet
|erson, right field.
MEME and Feureborn were left at
home, the former on account OF the i'll
ness Of his wife, who Is in hospital
lat Clinton.
BIuejacket4to Join Pilots.
Manager Brown, Of Clinton, has COM
pleted deal for the services Of Pitch
er James Bluejacket. until recently with
the Lincoln Western League club. Blue
jacket was the property OF the Bloom
ington Three-I league club, from which
his services were secured. Bluejacket
is we'll known in the Three-I and Cen
trail association ranks. Last year he
won eleven and lost four games with
Bloomington. In 1915 he was with the
Brooklyn Federals, to which he jumped
from Bloomington.
Mrs F. L. Hite, of Gilman, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. o. Shan
,op ra+,rnad home Thursday
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

Notice For Payment Of Dog License.
All parties keeping dogs in the City
of Marshalltown are hereby notified
that they must pay their dog license at
once to the> city clerk or get rid of
their dogs. s. H. Reilly, Mayor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

BY Reese, 4: by Torkelson. .. Bases
on balls-OT Reese, !; off Torkelson, l.
Hit by pitched balF-LeBeau, Lee.
Double pays-Widener to French; Lee
to Durkin. Umpire-O'Neill. Time Of
game-1:o1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04
STANDING OF CLUBS

Results Thursday.
At Observation-Disclosures 3;
Cedar Rapids. 0. Give inningso
At waterloo-Clinton. IS; Waterloo,
Il
At Mason City-Mason City 6;
Lacrosse, >.
At Fort Dodge-Fort Dodge Dubuque
game postponed: rain.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

Games Today and Saturday.
Cedar Rapids at Marshalltown.
clinton at waterloo,
Lacrosse at Mason City.
Dubuque ataF'ort~Dodge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-04

Mrs F. L. Hite. Of Gilman, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. o. Shan
non, returned home Thursday.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
GENERAL SCOTT FAVORS CHANGES
RECOMMENDS REORGANIZATION OF WAR DEPARTMENT ON SOUND GENERAL STAFF
 BASIS
Asks That Congress Examine the Question of Staff Control of the Army in a Spirit "Freed From Every Touch of Personal Interest or Prejudice"

Washington, Dec. 15.-Reorganiza. ton of the war department on a sound
 general staff basis and adoption oi
 universal military service as a na-
 tiOnal policy are recommended in the
 last annual report of Major General
 Hugh L. Scott, as chief of staff. The document, made public tonight Is devoted almost wholly to a dis cussion of the staff question, Gen. 1 eral Scott explaining that his long absence in Russia and his "impend- ing departure for France gave him little time to prepare an adequate ac- count of the army's preparations for the war
 After referring to what had been accomplished in the way of prepara- ton, General Scott deployes the pau city of general staff officers flor work of such unparalleled import ance' and ascribes this shortage to the act of congress in 1916 which linn nted the total number of such officers to fifty-five, only half of whom could be held on duty in Washington at any one time. The staff did not reach a strength of forty-seven officers until congress increased that body in May, 1917, the report says, and adds that had this number of officers been available in February and the months following preparations for our en- trance in the war would have been improved and hastened"
 General Scott asks that congress examine the question of staff control of the army in spirit freed from every touch of personal interest or pre- 'udice." and recommends that the chief of staff be made the secre- tary's one and only organ for com mand of the army in all that pertains to dis ipline. recruiting. instruction, intelligence, training, arming. equip ping. mobolization, transportation, education. moving of troops. the ap- pointment. the promotion detail and selection of officers with authority to secure CO., operation of the entire mili- tary stdblishment Creation of chiefs of cavelry, infantry and field artil- lerv under the chief of staff and staff sections to deal with recruiting. movement of troops and promotion and detailing of officers also is rec commended
 The annual reports of the adjutant general and inspector general were also made public tonight, but they add little information as to the pres ent military situation or the Sondi- tion of the army as they deal mainly with the period prior to last June.
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HIS ATTORNEY TALKS

Denver, Colo. Dee. 15.-Nothing is known here of an action reported filed against Werner Z Reed, presi- dent of the Midwes, Oil Company, of ficials of that company said today.
 Tyson s. Dimes of counsel for the company, declared this action must have been just filed. have received no word of it. l cannot say whether 1t is connected with an action filed by Vim. NJ. Fitzhugh in the federal court in Arizona last May, in which Fitzhugh alleged breach of trust"
 The action filed in Arizona, it was learned, involved what Fitzhugh claimed was an unfair division of the proceeds of leases on Wyoming oil lands given jointly by Mir Reed and Mir Fitzhugh to the oil company.
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ASSISTANT POSTMASTER
 CONFEsSES ERBEzzLEMENT
IN STATEMENT HOPES TO BE GIVEN CHANCE TO MAKE
 GOOD IN EVERY RESPECT

Amarillo, Tex. Dec. 1j.-N. P. Hen derson, assistant postmaster here confessed today that he had embez- zled $500 of postal funds during the last three years. Announcement of the confession was made in a statement addressed: ITO the public and my friends, by Mir Henderson. In his statement he says:
 q was not caught in the use or taking of these funds, but have vol- untarily confessed my weakness and now have the one hope that l shall be given chance to make good in every respe l. The burden of the dis grace and my thoughts is heavy load"
 Mir. Henderson first confessed tu Postoffice Inspector Curley when the latter began an audit today. He said he had deceived inspectors three times and could easily have done SC on this occasion, but rcmorse over came him.
 warrant charging embezzlement was issued immediately. Bond will 5e arranged Monday
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PILOT ON MONT BLANC
 GIVES TESTIMONY
DOES NOT BELIEVE PILOT ON STEAMER MO GAVE ORDERS
 WHICH CAUSED COLLISION

Halifax, N. S, Dec. 15.-The signals given by the steamer lmo just before she crashed into the French munition steamer Mont Blanc, causing an ex- plosion which wrecked the northern section of this city were not given by Pilot Hays, in charge of the Bel gian relief ship, according to the firm belief of Francas Mackay pilot on the Mont Blanc, expressed in his testi- mony at the government inquiry into the disaster today. Hays, who was killed in the explosion, was a careful and experienced pilot Mackay said. and could not have given the orders.
 Describing the signals that passed between the two steamers, he said his object was to get both craft into parallel positions. Suddenly, he tes- tified, the 1mo blew two blasts when she seemed to be moving to starboard. Five seconds later he saw her throw wake from the starboard quarter of the propeller and she swung quick ly to starboard into the course of the Mont Blanc As the Imo was travel ing at a good speed there was no alternative, Mckay testified, but for the Mont Blanc to go full speed astern and he so ordered. But sol quick had been the Imo's maneuver. he said, that the order was too late.
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aside from the main purpose of the

aside from the main purpose of the mission.
 Asked regarding the progress of General Pershing's work Colonel House said His task is really more difficult than the people know, but he and those who have been sent abroad on other missions since our entry into the war-have made a highly favor able impression
 American representation at any further councils of an inter-allied na- ture was entirely matter for Presi- dent Wilson's decision, Colonel House stated, and he knew nothing of the presidents intentions respecting the return of himself or other delegates to such conferences.
 Accompanying Colonel House on his return today were General Tasker II Bliss, Vance C. Mccormick, chairman of the war trade board; Bainbridge Colby, of the United States shipping board, and Thomas N. Perkins, of the priority board, Oscar T. Crosby, as- sistant secretary of the treasury; Dr. A. E. Taylor, representing the food administration, and Paul D. Cravath, remained in London, Colonel House said, primarily to complete some de- tails respecting priority matters"
 Colonel House paid a tribute to his fellow members of the mission in this statement:
 q wish to record my appreciation of the individual members of this mis- sion. Whatever success it has had as force for good is due to them. In all my experience of men, have never known better and more intel ligent team work. There has been no confusion, no stacking in pursuit of objects to be obtained and there have been absolutely no personal differ ences or friction to retHrd their work. They have been amenable to both ad- vice and suggestion and have left the impression in England and in France of men of great ability and of equally great modesty."
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
B0LSHfVIkl LEADERS
 PLANNING 4 MONARCHY
Russo German Peace Negotiations Are Proceeding and the Germans Announce That Draft of a Treaty Had Been Formulated, but What ls Meant is Not Clear.

New York, Dec. l5.-Nicholas Ro- manoff, former emperor of Russia, de- posed last March by the revolutions ists and for several months in con- finement at Tobolsk, Siberia, is re- ported to have made his escape.
 The report, unlike previous rumors to this effect came through the Bol- shevih headquarters in Petrograd, but a few hours later it was officially denied by Bolsheviki leaders that Nicholas had escaped.
 Previous reports of the escape ot
 Nicholas had him making his way out of Siberia through Harbin. Man | churia The route to Harbin is a long , one, however, and he would have 4.OOO
 miles to travel before reaching the Pacific coast from Tobolsk although
 that place itself is some 1.5oO miles
 east Of Moscow. There remains the | possibility that Siberia itself might oe 6 safe asylum for him for the time
 being, as that vast province was re-
 ported last month to have declared
 it's independence and to have named Nicholas as it's emperor.
 The effect of the escape upon Bol- sheviki plans for the future course of Russia could scarcely be even sur missed, so enigmatic in many ways has been the recent course of the Lenine-T -Trotsky government in Petro- grad, which now appears to be get
 ting the upper hand in many parts of the country outside the northern con- ters, overcoming the opposition of the more conservative clements. Some English correspondents in Petrograd. indeed, have lately come to take the view that the Bolshevih leaders were planning eventually to put monarchial form of government in force after they had established their sway by drastic measures, coupled with their hold on the proleteriat through tho popularity of their land reform and peace measures.
 The Pusso- German peace negotia- tions are reported proceeding apace. A German official announcement says the conditions and the draft of "a treaty" has been formulated, Whether the word treaty" refers to a formal peace treaty or merely to the armis- tice agreement that has been pending is not clear from the German aa-
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steps concerning the suit. It was re- ported that he claims immunity from the pro -ess because of being at pres ent engaged in the government ser wee. His secretary said yesterday:
 MT Reed has laid aside all his personal affairs. and therefore these can not be taken up with him again until after he has finished his gov ernment work"
 An analysis of the voluminous bill or complaint would be very lengthy. In brief it recites in part that the de- fendant together with o. Fl. Shoup and another man. who it is claimed was not a stockholder of the Reed Companies" had planned, directed and consented to fraudulent opera . tions." The charge refers to the oil and gas properties of the nine sep arate corporations known as the Reed Companies"
 The petitions ask that an account ing of the property be made, and that a receivership be named
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Means Case Has
 Reached the Jury
Judge Rules That Jury Gan Re- turn Its Verdict or Sunday If
 One Is Reached.

Argument of counsel. which began three days ago. was concluded at 3 o'clock and Superior Judge Cline i'm mediately began his charge to the jury Two hours was required for the court to review the evidence and in = struct the jurors.
 L. C. Caldwell of Statesville, made the closing address for the state.
 E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, made a dramatic appeal to the jury and in the midst of his address Miss Belle Means, sister of the defendant broke down. She was removed from the court room
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New York, Dec l5.--The Italian front remains the only major field of military operations in which there is more than local activity on the part of the infantry The Italian line, al though almost ceaselessly assailed in the moutain regions, is still intact and holding well except for small re- cession here and there forced at the cost of extremely heavy casualty on the part of the Austro-German in vaders. Berlin claims the taking of more than 5000 prisoners in the fight ing of the last few days and the re- pulse of the Italian counter attacks on positions won by the Teutons
 The Franco Belgian front is inac- tive except for local fighting mostly
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KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE
 CREW IS LANDED

An Atlantic Port, Dec l5.-The siXty-four members of the crew of the British steamship Knight of the Thistle were brought here late today by an American naval collier which rescued them shortly before their storm battered steamer foundered on Monday, 200 miles southeast of Cape Race. Twenty three of the men were English and the remainder were Chinese. The steamer left an At lantic port November % for England, encountering rough weather almost from the outset On Thanksgiving day her rudder was smashed making her unamanageable.
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 Werner (. Reed, of Denver million aire oil operator, who Is in this city, has been made the defendant in a caancery suit wherein William NJ Fitzhugh and wife, of San Francisco. are the plaintiffs and which action asks for an accounting of the Reed Companies and a receiyership.
 Mr. Reed has just returned from the Pacific Coast where he went as chairman of the national mediation board, to help settle the shipbuilders' strike.
 He also is expected to leave this city today or tomorrow for Houston, Texas, where 1t is said that as an agent of the government he will un- dertake the settlement of the gas and oil strike in that section of the country.
 Mir. Reed came 10 this city in a private car, and perhaps needed the short rest He has been under the care of physician since arriving here
 Yesterday a representative of the Sentinel Record asked Mr Reed for & statement concerning the suit that had heen filed here. His secretary first answered for him. and stated that the suit was not news. that it was personal, and that as Mr Reed was in the government service. noth- ing could be published relative to his personal affairs. The secretary later presented Mir. Reed, who said among other things:
 "l will refer this to Mr George Greet, who will answer for me"
 To the uniformed fl might be cx- plained, Mir. Creel is the man who ccnsOrs the war reports
 The suit was filed yesterday in the thancery court, and which will have 10 be answered within twenty days is perhaps the most voluminous tha, has ever been filed in that court William M Fitzhugh and wife are the Complainants, and Mir Reed is made the defendant. The purpose of the action is to secure an accounting of property reputed to be worth perhaps sl3,000,000, and which lies for the most part In Wyoming and Arizona.
 Attorneys Moore, Smith, Moore hnd Trebor, of Little Rock, one of the leading law firms of this state, filed the action. and Attorneys Charles s. Wheeler and John F. Bowie are also named as counsel. It is assumed these are the San Francisco repre- sentatives of the plaintiffs.
 Mr. Reed yesterday had taken no
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Concerd, N C.. Dee. l5.-The jury trying Gaston R. Means on charges of having murdered Mrs Maude A, King retired shortly after 10 o'clock tonight and it was announced that there was no possibility of verdict tonight The case went to the jury early tonight
 The jury had deliberated about two hours on the case before retiring for the night
 Judge Cline ruled that there was no reason why the jury should not deliberate on Sunday and render It's verdict then if one was reached
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
Italian Line Almost
 Ceaslessiy Ass0iIed
TeutOns Said to HaDe Paid Dearly for Their Attempts to
 Break Through.

due to German thrusts here and there delivered with the seeming intention of keeping the Anglo French com mand guessing as to the enemy inten- tions. h Palestine the British have scored further advance northeast of Jerusalem
 In making known the sinking of two more Norwegian steamers, the Norwegian government announces that 5000 Norwegian sailors have been lost during the war.
 Two airships of the non-rigid type have been lost by the British. one was sunk by Zeppelin in the North sea while on patrol and the other being compelled to descend Tn the Dutch territory because of engine trouble.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
PEOPLE DETERMINED TO WIN WAR WITHOUT COST
Colonel House Declares Much Good Was Accomplished by the lnter.Al. lied War Conference-Will Make Report to President Wilson in Per. son.

New York, Dec. 15.-"What the American mission was sent to accom- plish in the interallied war conference in Paris has been successfully and satisfactorily done" was the message brought to the American people by Colonel E. NJ. House, head of the mis- sion, who returned to the United States with his colleagues.
 The return of the party was void of ostentation. After advising the press of the missions arrival, Colonel House motored to his home, where he later received newspaper men and announced that the missions reports already had been dispatched by spe- cial messenger to .e state depart ment at Washington.
 These reports. which in .luded that of Colonel House, will be supple mented by the colonels personal re- port to President Wilson. He said he would go to Washington Monday.
 "In England and France the influ- ence of the United States is para mount" said Colonel House. Tn both countries the morale is spIendid-the best l have observed on any of my three trips abroad since the beginning of the war"
 You mean the morale of the fight ing forces?" Colonel House was asked
 No. mean the morale of the men in uniform and the people as a whole he replied Their determination to win without thought of the cost is admirable"
 Through the elimination of speech making and entertainments both of a public and private nature. Colonel House said the inter allied var con ference, accomplished its full purpose at three sittings. At their tcrmina tion, he said the supreme war coun-
 il, an OutgrOwth of these delibera 70 tions, completed its work in four weeks time-twO weeks being spent in London and two weeks in Paris.
 The prime ministers of Great Brit ain, France and Italy and Colonel House, together with their military aides, were the only ones participat- ing in the supreme war council. The others who had taken part in the first conference were assigned to membership on various committees task to accomplish. These commit tt-ft and other subjects.
 The council brought things to focus--up to that time there was no co ordination and things were not go- ing on very we'll" said the colonel. Everyone worked well, hard and cor -dially."
 In reply to questions as to what the council decided 10 do with reference to various military matters, Colonel House said the deliberations were concerned primarily with the eco homie situation He declared what had been decided upon with reference to this situation would not mean the introduction of any measures 'radi- cally different from those now oper- ative in the United States.
 Colonel House said he did not dis cuss war aims while abroad. In his estimation, he declared, one person opinion was as good as another's as to what Russia might be expected to do Gathering of data in preparation for the eventual peace conferences anr barley incidental and entirely
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
GERMAN REPUBLICANS
 WANT A REPUBLIC

Washington, Dec 15,-The commit tee on public information tonight made public an article by German re- puohcans' proclaiming of republic ana the overthrow of the war lords The document, which contains about I,oV0 words, and was distributed through German republicans in Switz- erland' declares that peace will not come until Hohenzollernism Is over thrown and the German people take their stand for humanity and civiliza- tion.
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
EMBARGO ON CANNING
 OF BEANS LIFTED

Washington, Dec. l5.-The food ad- ministration prohibition against the canning of beans, pending a survey of the available supply of tin plate, was lifted today to permit canners to put mp 2 per cent of their capacity up to the first of March next.
 The survey disclosed" said a food administration statement, that there will be released soon enough tin to relieve the situation. but 1t was deem- ed wise to limit the supply until as surance of an adequate supply of the materials from which it is made"
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
STEEL SHIP LAUNCHED

A Pacific Port, Dec. l5.-The sec ond standardized steel ship launched on the Pacific coast for the emer- gency fleet corporation, took the water today, sixty days after the keel was laid. This is said to constitute a record for speed. This ship Is the first one launched by any of the newly launched ship builders of the govern ment fleet
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
JEWS BIG SUBSCRIPTION

New York, Dec. l5.-Jews through out the United States have oversub- scribed the $10,0O0,00O for welfare work among their race, 1t was said here tonight,
The Sentinel=record., 1917-12-16
HOOVER LAYS THE LASH IN
 SPRECKLES
CHARGES THE SUGAR KING WITH BEING SORE BECAUSE HIS
 PROFITS WE'RE cURTAILEp
CANADA SUPPLIED ElTH
 ONLY 10000 TONS SUGAR

The People Have Had Seventy five Per Cent of the Normal Amount of Sugar During the Months of October and NoVember-chalIenees spreek. els to Name Where Sugar is Hoarded.
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RENEW SUIT AGAINST REED
 IN THIS CITY
AGENT OF THE GOVERNMENT IN STRIKE MEDIATloNs SERVED
 WHILE ON VISIT HERE
REED CLAIMS IMMUNITY
 BECAUSE OFFICIAL LIFE

Action Filed by Fiuhugh and Wife. Stockholders Of Company fn Which Reed Was Central Figure, and Which Charges Fraudulent Opera. ton of the Business Of the Com. panies,
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4 FOR RENT 40 WILL
 PENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to the classified ads of the newspapers to see what is offered. An ad in the gentnel-Record is almost sure to bring a customer.
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Forecast for Arkansas: Sunday and Monday fair. rising tempera- lure.