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The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
ADMIRAL LINE OFFICER FIRST
 TO REGISTER
O. KOhlmeister, Well Known Here, Qualities for
 COnscription.
(By United States CabIel

SEATTLE, Wednesday, May 23.- Otto Kohlmeister, 29, second officer of the Admiral Goodrich and former ly master of the schooner Harold Bleekum, which he sailed into Resur- rection bay in midwinter, was the first Seattle man to register under the military conscription act.
 Kohlmeister is a naturalized Ger man, trained in the German merchant marine, but he is so thoroughly in sympathy with the country of his adoption in this war that he lost no time in registering. His application was mailed just before the Admiral Goodrich sailed for Alaska.
 Mrs. Kohlmeister, daughter of Dr. J. P. Sweeney of this city, is very proud of her husbands record both as a sailor and loyal American.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
SECOND EXPEDITION
 ID FOLLOW PERSHING
(B- Jnited states Cable
CBy United States Cabls)

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, May 23.-It was stated here yesterday that the Pershng expedition to France will be followed shortly by second smaller expedition the second being practically reserve corps for the first
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
MOBOLIZE AIT AMERICAN LAKE
(By United States Cab'e)

SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday, May 23.-The eighth reserve engineer regiment will mobOze at American lake on June 1st according to announcement made today by Lieut. Col Cavanaugh, commander
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
TURKISH PORT FORWARDED
(By United States CabIe)

SOFIA, Wednesday, May 23.-Thrteen entente war ships and twelve airpanes bombarded Kavaa, northeast of Saonik, yesterday.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
MAXIM HAS PLAN TO BLOCK SUBS
pv ITrited states Cnble)

(By United
 NEW LORK, Wednesday, May 29.-Hudson Maxim, inventor of many military devices announced today that he had perfected method to make ships immune to the danger of torpedo attack by submarines.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23
TURKS THREATEN JERUSALEM JEWS
(By United States Cabls)

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, May 23-Word has been received here that wholesale of the Jews in Jerusalem is threatened at the hands of the Turks
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-05-23

Capt. and Mrs. Kohlmeister have been in Seward twice recently, first when he sailed the Harold Bleekum into port and later on their way south after the Bleekum drifted ashore on Kodiak island in calm. He has been an officer on Admiral line boats for years. He was quartermaster and at the wheel on the S. S. Buchanan, now the Admiral Evans, when her captain was killed by pirate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
Billy Bunny and His Friends

You, remember in the last story how
Willie Wind whispered to Billy Bunny
and Uncle Lucky that their cousin, Mr.
O'Hare had fallen into a deep hole.
Well, il didn't take the two little rab-
bits more than five short seconds and
maybe five and half hops to reach
the spot, and then they looked over
the edge. but very carefully you know,
for fear they might fall in, and there,
sure enough. way down at the bottom
was Mr.. O'Hare looking very miserable
indeed.
Keep UP your courage" cried Uncle
Lucky in as cheerful voice as he
could muster. and then he looked
around to find rope or ladder. But
of course there were not any ropes
and ladders lying about. 80 that kind
old gentleman rabbit peeped over the
edge OF the hole and called down again,
keep up your courage; Wen get you
tut!" aitflo he didn't know how he
was going to 40 it, and neither do you
and neither do ! ana neither does the
printer man. *t dz Ss fis
Well after a while and 1t wa6 quite
a long while, too Billy Bunny found
a wild grapevine which he let down
into the hole. Make a loop and put
i, around your waist and Uncle Lucky
and I will haul you out" he called
down, and then Mr.. OHare did as he
was told, and after the two little rab-
bits had pulled and pulled until their
breath was almost gone Mr.. OHare's
head appeared at the top of the hole.
And then with one moro big pull they
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
Rippling Rhymes
Q, WALT MAsoN
EMMA GOLDMAN.

All day long fair Emma sits in her
little whitewashed cell; for time
she'll throw no fits. urging hoboes TO
rebel. For time she'll boost no
cause, and she will denounce no foes;
and her gutta percha jaws win enjoy
an earned repcse. In the paimy days
Of peace she went shrieking Ger the
plain. saying government should cease
and that anarchy should reign. When
the dove of peace Is near. floating on
its downy wings, we don't care wha.
rot we hear and we grin at Emma's
f1ings When the sword is in it's
sheath, and we are not called to fight,
foolish freaks may grind their teeth.
cussing everything in sight. AN the
,cranks may whoop and rant, with their
whiskers wet with foam, may for
wreck and ruin plant, till the brindled
cows come home. When the sounds
Of war arise, and the tide Of battle
rolls, all the cranks, il they were wise,
would proceed to hunt their holes. In
a time Of blood and fire. when the
youth to battle fares, all the wind
smiths should retire co their divers
mouldy lairs. Emma thought she'd
rant and yell just rs in the times Of
peace; in her little whitewashed cell
she Is using elbow grease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
GENERAL pEasHIse's PROPOSAL.

General Pershing is said to have
recommended to the war department
that no officer over As be sent to
France in command Of regiment,
brigade or division. This recommended
tion-if such recommendation has
been made-would keep the regimental
officers Of the Iowa guard as well as
the brigade commander at home.
1t is offered as reason that the
older men can not stand the work.
However. that reason should argue
against General Pershng as strongly
as against the officers whom it is pro-
posed TO eliminate. His task is sure
ly as arduous as that of any regiment
al or brigade commander.
But if we do not use the colonels
and generals who have served long
years in the guard, whence shall we
draw the large number of those Sffi-
GERS 10 command two great armies?
We have q goodly number of regular
oTtlcerS who may be promoted ana
should he promoted. One instance
which comes quickly and inevitably ID
mind as 3 commander of Iowa troops
IS Major Charles Lincoln. But COM
pared 70 the demand that such an or
der would create the supply Is far be-
low the necessities. To promote shave
tails 20 places OF high command is a
very different proposition from a
process of selection which would be
made on proved merit and experience.
Better officers like General Allen OIL
mature judgment and Of experience
gained as he has gained his than i'm
mature juniors showed into positions Of
responsibility that require not so much
athletic activity as mature judgment.
Moreover in the effort 70 create a
national army it is wei! not to lose
sight Of the states entirely or TO at
tempt to bury altogether the volu1-
teer spirit or TO forget that old heads
are proverbially the wiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
To tho Drafted.

Oh, you fortunate ones who are
about to go forward to that long battle
line where the armies Of autocracy and
oppression are facing the armies Of the
free, congratulations and godspeed!
You go, not as reluctant victims Of
misfortune or fatal chance but
rather as our chosen ones; the pick
and flower Of our manhood, whole Of
body. sound in mind and spirit-what
all of US should like to be. And we
who are too old or too weak, or in
some other respect united to 90 in
body, shall go with you in spirit. We
know that we ask much OF you, and
we expect much, for we expect things
in keeping with our great traditions
things born Of the spirit of Nathan
Hale; but we know that we shall not
be disappointed.
In Imagination and in sympathy we
shall be there with you on the firing
line, and at home we shall do all that
we can to make you comfortable and
content. We shall pray that you may
return in safety. but even more fer
vently we shall pray that your COURAGE
may not hag or the edge OF your deter
mination be dulIed.
You are to fight In the noblest cause
in which man ever took up arms. ana
for a nation the most generous in all
the world to her soldier sons. You go
with her blessing, for she trusts YOU
and be sure that whether you return
or not she will hold your names IN
honor ana grateful memory until the
end OF time.-Youth's Companion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06

brought him out safely altho hik waist
was dreadfully sore because the grape-
vine had cut into his fur and squeezed
all the breath out of him.
Tn going to complain to'the Streee
cleaning department or the irst policy
man I see" said Mr.. O'Hare. ITS "a
dreadful thing to have hole like this
right in the middle Of the Friendly
Forest Trail"
Never mind that" said Billy Bunny.
lets go back to the Luckymobile. II
will be late before we get out Of the
woods and maybe the electricity VIII
all be gone and then we can't light the
lamps, and maybe we'll be arrested.
And this is Just what happened.
They had only gone little ways When
thes heard a voice say:
stop your motor car. I say,
You have NO lamps to light the way.
Come. stop your car and get right OUT!
Listen, don't you hear me shout
Stop your car or will shoot,
Don't try away from mo TO scoot!
I'VE didn't intend t." said Uncle
Lucky, and he put ON the brake Anc
the Luckymobile came to a standstiil.
And there in the. road stood big Po-
liceman Cat, with a club and gold but
tons on his coat and a big helmet. and
his number was two dozen and = half.
Get out of your car" he commanded,
which means to say something sternly,
hut before the two little rabbits obeyed
Something happened, but what it was
you must wait to hear in the next
story.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
GERMAN EDITORS.
ITana News. ]

The German editors will get nowhere
with their boosting of the ''all highest, :"
but they will accomplish much in injur-
ing the cause OF the Germans in Amer
lea. America will look upon the German
language newspapers az an institution
OF treachery. Many Of the readers of
those newspaper will be looked upon as
persons who secretly wished success to
the kaiser.
1t is the German language newspa-
per which Is teaching Americans to dis
trust, in fact to-, hate their German
neighbors. Lasting hatred may result
from such a condition, Another result
may be that the loyal Germans may
suffer along with the few guilty ones
who ran away from Germany to escape
Prussian militarism and who now allow
militaristic fanatics from Europe to
pull the wool over their eyes by glori-
flying the mighty force and brutal con-
duct of the "all highest"
The German language newspapers
have been losing subscribers lately
Loyal Germans have thrown the nSws-
papers out Of their homes as the genu-
Inc lovers Of the F'atherland have de-
nounced the Prussia of the present day
because she crushed the idealistic Ger
many Of Goethe and the German peo-
pie.
The Germans of the United States
can do no better than 70 repudiate the
hypocr!ticai German language news
papers. If they do that they Will be like
those Germans who stand up for those
ideals and national qualities they in
herited from their German ancestors.
but who set their faces flint against the
Prussian doctrines of militarism which
have robbed them Of the Germany
which all the world admired.
The German editors do not belong
here. They are not of US and not for US.
Mostly they are men who did not have
ability enough to make good in the old
country. for the "all highest" demands
ability Of its kinds. They came here and
instead Of looking around and finding
out what the American people are, they
remained surrounded by the narrow
ideas of kaiser worship 1t Is those
ideas they are trying to preach. They
shout America First" to hide their
real intentions and try to strike in the
dark, like the brigand. Every German
ought to take it upon himself to repu-
diate them, for they do not voice the
sentiment Of German family that
thru the ability inherited from those
fine German forefathers made good On
an American farm, in, American bust
ness or in American industry.
r
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
AIM. she cured willie.

You will find a moral in this story
if you search diligently. On his re-
turn from short journey man sat
down to hear the family happenings
during his absence. His wife was nam :
ing the reforms ehe had successfully
introduced.
"You know she said, that closet
that was locked for over month?
You said it couldn't be opened excep.
by a locksmith. Well, opened it,
How in the world did you do it?''
with hairpin. And the oven door
has been hanging on one hinge for ever
SO long, you know; but it's all right
now"
We'll, I'm glad you had it fixed"
Had it fixed? I fixed 1t myself with
a hairpin. And then there was that
portrait Of mother that stood on the
floor for six weeks because you hadn't
bought nc eny picture hooks"
well, i intended to, but"
ON, it doesn'; make any difference
now. made hook myself out OF
hairpin."
mol"
And there's Willie. You've been
coaxing him and bribing him for q
year to break him OF biting his nails,
and cured him in a week
with hAirpin7" he inquired weak
A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
Topics of the Times

The man who convinces himself that
there are holes in the dry laws sooner
or later finds that the holes have bars
on the outside instead Of inside them.
About time for one George Creel TO
step on his accellerator again isn't it?
When a man is conscripted it is only
for the duration of the war but when he
marries he doesn't know how long ne
may have to serve.
With all the talk about corn and
wheat why doesn't somebody say some
thing about the American sheep with
the golden fleece. The flockmasters are
shearing the price Of sheep off its
back and having the sheep left with
couple Of twin lambs as leniappe.
What's the difference about federal
equipment for home guards. Far as
guns are concerned we've plenty OF
scatter guns and Winchesters and the
like TO keep the bridges and roads with
and a lot Of. old time game and trap
shooters who might carry the guns be-
tween pinochle games.
That's great drive the Russian army
Is making toward Petrograd.
The Burlington Hawkeye remarks
that there are few great mer<i politics
today. Never are. A man has, to die In
order to be voted great in American
That roaring noise you hear imme-
diately after shutdown is the. country
canine baying on the chain.
Evidently the coal mine operators
were not included in the threat ,of rope
and telegraph pole. At any rate no
Mortified autoist has driven in to report
any dead bodies.
roadbed piled with chunks Of sod;
road gang with scraper;
A road patrolman with q gun:
A death list in the paper
The kaiser might as well put in his
time at something else than planning
peace terms. The peace terms will be
furnished elsewhere.
Il Is so::g to be 3 pretty hard
straddle to be for America first and not
for the allies in this war. The success
of the allies means the success OF
America. the saving Of American lives
Our interests in this fight. while y lasts
are inextrfcabiy bound with those OF
France and England and as fniiy sep
arte from those OF Germany. Such
bridges as may have to be crossed aft
er the war we shall cross as we come
to them. Just at present AL our efforts
and interests are centered on one bridge
the defeat Of Prussianism and the ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
SEVERAL DIRECT WARNINGS.

Butte conveys a warning, not more to
the loudmouthed and blatant than to
authority charged with the keeping Of
the peace in troublous times and the
for that purpose. Freedom Of expression
and utter RIGHTEOUSNESS Of speech are
as antithetic as liberty and license. The
Titles and their like should be prevent
ed from acts that inflame communities
to acts unworthy of civilization. Given
the instance Of the Wallace lecture"
recently delivered in Davenport to the
disgrace Of that city, it is plain to I'M
derstand that if Wallace were given
plenty Of rope by the authorities that
he would sooner OF later run his head
into another rope with a moose on it
and shortly after the populace had con-
cluded that the government wouldn't
do anything about it," The line between
patience and rage is not wide in such
tween lawful and unlawful punishment
narrow rapidly under great provoca-
ton. Under strong emotion communi-
ties do great things and we call the
act "a movement" Similarly they do
evil things and we speak Of "mobs" and
call the impulse emotional hysteria"
The mob that hanged Little deserves
punishment which it will never receive.
The authorities that permitted a situa-
ton to get SO far out Of hand when
they might have saved it by suppress
ing the agitator and the provocation
are guilty Of criminal negligence, either
cowardly Or calculated
The little town of Lowden has furn-
ished another instance close at home
that illustrates how suddenly a situa-
ton neglected may become a situation
most critical and how soon loose
tongues permitted to wag freely may
bring neighborhood or a community
face to face with mob lawlessness.
Notwithstanding the apparent poise
OF the American people and Of Iowans
especially volcanic flood seethes close
under the crust Of quietude 1t is some
thing that all authorities, federal, state
and local should give note. The in
stances are direct warnings to them
and to those whose tongues outrun
their judgment. We should take time by
| the forelock and guard against the pos.
sibility of mob violence and the surest
way to avoid 1t is to suppress the ut.
terances Of cranks and peddlers OF trea.
son and dissension from dry goods
| boxes, pulpits or platforms as it may
be and at once. Conditions will grow
more acute as the selected men leave
for the front and one family after an
other finds personal cause for resent
ment against those whose utterances
seem aimed against the backs of the
men on the firing line.
| Let US have no disgraceful outbreaks
in Iowa, no tarring and featherings
no Iynohings. And to that end let the
people exercise both patience and judg.
ment, officials keep close watch upor
unpatrlotic agitators and all Keep close
mouths.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
= . = EX4f717H7G MEN FOR EXEf1PTIoH FRoF1 DRAFT

ton boards and the examination of
more men than was contemplated
originally.
That it would be quite impossible for
any OF the, boards to finish their
physical examination within three
days, as prescribed by the regulations,
and that the filing Of quotas will be
long delayed.
Examinations were made on small
scale in about a half dozen New York
districts, the men in each case being
required to waive the five days notice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
THE DOUBLE STANDARD.
[Cherolree Defnocrat.l

A young woman is discovered in sin:
the doctor makes one visit and society
sends her to the devil 1t is known
that young man makes frequent VS.
it's to- the doctor that he may be healed
of the result OF sin as great as the
young woman's. and society invites him
to the choir to the picnic. to the social
fireside, in short, to him society opens
wide her portals. Yet some people say
there is no hell. Some people are
blockheads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06

Physical examinations vi possible
conscripts made in several districts in
large cities in advance Of the sched-
uied time demonstrated these things:
That the number of men found
physically disqualified for service was
likely to run as high as so per cent Of
those examined in some districts.
That the number Of those who will
claim exemption as having dependents
would be very large. necessitating very
strict work on the part of the exemp-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06

went trapping thru the snow anu
often returned home with his clothes
frozen stiff because the snow had con-
cealed an air hole into which he
stepped. That is another thing 1t cost
the father.
There are many other things it cost
father that this son might have bet
ter chance in life than he had. but he
paid the price and paid il Willingly
II he were alive today he would only
rejoice that he had succeeded so weii
that his son rode in a six instead OF
walking by the side OF an OK team.
Yes. father paid the bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
WHAT DID 1T COST,
Manson Journal


A few days ago we saw young man
driving down the street in handsome
six-cylinder auto. AS he passed we
wondered If he realized what that ma
chine cost his father.
No, his father did not buy the ma
chine for him, the young man PAID TOT
it with his own money; but 1t cost tine
father lot to put that young man
where he could have the money to pay
sslr such machine.
We knew the father when ne drove
an OK team thru the streets OF Manson
and walked barefoot by their SIDE
That is one Of the things 1t cost the
father.
We knew him when he drove ina!
same OK team to the coal banks ano
nearly persisted in his thin cotton
clothes, to get coal to keep the ia family
from freezing. That Is another tnins
1t cost the father.
We knew the father when u va.
hard work to get the piainest 1000
and clothing for the family. when g
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-06
Il Made a Difference.

A government official was discussing
the morality of certain war profiteers.
Their morality reminds me-" he
said, of professional gambler.
This gambler always won at cards,
whereas at the races he always lost.
!" Oh. pshaw, George his wife said
to him pne day, you make me tired.
Why is il you always bring home a
horse collar roll when you play poker
and turn up broke when you play the
horses
& my love, said George quietly !
don't shuttle the horses