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Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
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 T0 VIGOROUSLY /. PROSECUTE WAR
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ROME, March 26 A comprehen- give view of what Italy has been do- ing to perfect her organization of niltarT. industrial and political forces may be gathered from data given to the Associated Press at the ministry of war. where t is declared that Italy is nov prepared to enter lnto still more vigorous prosecution of the war
 It Is frankly stated that Italy be- gan the war with tEe feeling that she Was a weak nation, poor in money and material resources with an army that was unfitted to cope with that of Austria which was far superior in artillery and which for many yrars had been planting heavy cannon in the fastnesses of the high m0rntains that lie between her and Italy.
 The Italian genera staff. in com- mand of General Cadron3, has never made a secret Of the fact that when Italy's troops were first in May, 1915, launched against the Austrian from tier, along 500-miie front. defended by 25 divisions (625. GOO mem Of trained troops, it was with an Italian army of which perhaps a mere 200. = o0o mer might ne c!asseG as trained troops. and troops which were lack ing in artillery support, even in the very clothes needed to keep them warm in the mountains Nor has ie been a secret that politically. Italy began the var divided into two part ies, one of which was against war with Germany or any kind of war at all.
 Therefore. internally. one Of the big tasks or the general staff and Of the government has been to main f1.in Lhe nation's noorale u the fight
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
WE APE WEAK IN STRAGEGY

We al weak in strategy. because
 we have paid little attention to It
 We have few comDetent strategistS,
 even in the army and navy. The com
 potent strategist is a man so versed.
 in the values of the various factors
 that are used in war. so familiar with
 the causes of success and failure Gas
 taught by the lessons of history and
 the game boatd). so clearly cQgniZant
 of the military and naval idAs and ambitions of foreign countries, SO well
 aware of their points of strength and
 weakness, SO thoroughly in touch with
 the military naval and industrial con-
 ditions in his own country, so keenly
 alive as to what his country's inter
 ests iemand that she should do. and
 so well posted as to the difficulties
 in the way and the means by which
 the difficulties can best be met, that
 he can estimat te correctly, each mili- :ary situation, as if arises, and come
 promptly to q wise decision as to what steps should be taken.A
 He employs invention and logistics
 to assist him: invention for devising plans and methods and logistics for
 providing the men, guns and inecha- nism that his plans and methods need for execution. He plays the same palt in conducting his work that the rail- road president or captain of industry
 plays Yin conducting his work. His work differs from theirs in that he handles he complicated methods plans and instruments of war, while
 they handle the simpler methods, i plans and instruments Of commerce. The requirements as to specialized etill and knowledge apply equally to all.
 A French proverb says that without imagination a man cannot be a great
 general The American people have great imagination. great inventiveness and great powers to operate in all matters of logistics. In these ways we compare favorably with any DOS sible antagonist; but we are weak pitifully weak, in the factor that doni- nate war. in strategy. Our statesmen are unframed in the analysis of mill tary situations, and therefore have lit tie conception of strategy. The proof oi this statement is the fact that the CHited States has been committed for many years to the greatest strategical folly imaginable. that of supporting militia organizations in forty-eigEt senarate states on the theory that they could constitute an army.-Rear Admiral Bradley A. F'islle in the New York Indepedent.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
WOULD REMOVE
 SUPERINTENDENT
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DENVER, March 26.-The Denver school board tonight voted to re- move Carries M. Cole, superintendent of schools, formerly of Colorado Springs Colo and Des Moines, Iowa, and replace him with Harry V. Kep- ner, for some time principal of one of the local schools. Cole announced he would oppose the removal.
 Cole mas beer here more than q year and says he has contract with the board which still nas Is months to run.
 The board 2nnounS ed Superintend- ent Coles reomvai on charges that he was out of harmony with the board. The board has been involved in a bitter faetional controversy for several months.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
POLICE INDUSTRIAL SURVEY

LOS ANGELES, March 26.-A poll,
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TO KEEP POLO GOING
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NEW YORK, March 26.-In a letter addressed to William A. Hazard, sec retary of the Polo association, H. L. Herbert, chairman of the association, advocates the continuance of polo tournaments in the event of war with Germany.
 Players over and under military age" says Mr Herbert, should be en- couraged to keep polo going, which will afford our soldiers useful recreation when opportunity offers and at the same time keep up the spirits of the stay at homes The horses, too, will be kept fit for an emergency call. Where gate money is charged at any .of the tournaments it should be urged that the proceeds be applied to some form of war relief in case of need
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
COAST SPR|NTERs
 GETTING IN SHAPE
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 SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-Six institutions will be represented in the Pacific coast track and field confer ence meet which will be held May 19 al Seattle, Wash. The competing teams will be those of the University of Washing ton. Washington State college, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Az ricultural college. the University Of California and Stanford University. Whitman college, the University of Southern California and Occidental college all of California, have requested permission to compete, which doubtless will be granted, although 2niy the six regular members of the conference will participate in the division of the gate receipts.
 The events of the meet and their or der are as follows:
 1-100-yard run, trial heat
 2-120-yard high hurdle, trial heat.
 S-Onemile run.
 4-440-yard run.
 5-120-yard hurdle, final
 6-100yard run, final.
 Two mile run.
 S-220-yard hurdle, trial heat.
 9-220yard run, trial heat
 10-Half- f-mile run. 11-220-yard hurdle, final. 13-220-yard hurdle, final.
 Field Events 1-Shot put. 2-Pole vault. 3-Running high jump. 4-Throwing the hammer. 5-Running broad jump. G-Javelin.
 .7-Discus.
 In view of the fact that California and Stanford have been throwing the hammer, that event has been added to l the list. The intercollegiate rules do not include the javelin and the discus, l but since these events nave been used by the northwest conference, they have l been added to the Pacific coast con- ference.
 Each college may register four men in any event but will not be permitted to enter more than two, except in field events, where the maximum number will be three. The total entry list of any college will be limited to 10 men. Four places in each event will count for scoring, both in track and field 1 events and in the relay Points will be split in case of a tie in the running | events, but tie in field events will be | thrown or jumped off
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
THREE ARE KILLED
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 GLOBE, March 26.-Three persons were killed and one perhaps fatally injured when eastbound Southern Pacific passenger train No. struck an automobile near Wilcox late Sun day. The dead are prominent Mex ican ranchers in Los Cabezas and were returnig home from Johnson at the time Of the accident. They are Carlos Martinez, a wealthy rancher; Mariana Pancheco, his niece, and Manuel Sanchez Mariana Martinez was badly mangled.
 Martinez and his niece died on the way to Wilcox. where they were being rushed for treatment. She has been unconscious since she arrived at the hospital.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27

industrial survey of Los Angeles was begun today by the police department on its own initiative to obtain data for properly protecting manufacturing plants Printed forms with a diagram Of locations were delivered today by patrolman with instructions to collect them tomorrow and to see that they were complete and accurate. The data sought includes munition making ia cillues, number of alien employees and 2 physical description of plants
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
GIBSON REINSTATED
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 CINCINNATI March 26.-Catcher George Gibson, formerly of the Pitts buhg team, today was declared eligible for service by the national baseball commission. The New York Nationals obtained Gibson last fall when Pitts burg aksed waivers on him. Gibson, however at that time, refused to join the New York team. He recently ap- piled to the commission to be restored to good standing, stating that the de- sired to join the New YorkS.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
WOMEN GOLFERS COMPETE
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 P1NEHURST, x. C., March 26.-- Seventy women golfers participated in the qualifying round of the north and south championship tournament here today. The medal for the low qualify ing score was won by Miss Elaine Ros- enthai, of the Ravinsloe club, Chicago, with card of S6
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total of the Chicago team, who set 8 new worlds record with their 3,061, was considered by the officials as not likely to be surpassed. An unofficial canvass showed that 2,6S3 was the lowest mark that would figure in the prize money this year, 5 pins better than last years low mark.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
BROTHERS MAY WIN
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 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, March 26. indications early tonight pointed to the Birk brothers of Chicago as the victors in the five-man event of the seventeenth annual tournament of the American Bowling Congress. Only A cllhs were left to play. and the big
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
DIES ON TRAIN
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla, March 26.- Richard J. Bolles of Jacksonville in dicted in 1913 in Kansas City in connection with alleged Everglades lard sale swindles. died on a train today. The trial of the case agaInst Rolles in the federal court at Kan sas City on a charge of using the mails to defraud, has been postponed from time 10 time because of the de: fendants Fl health. He was 74 years old.
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carry 500.O00 men, 75,0OO horses, 15,- G00 carts. cannon, ratiOns, ammuni- tion, medicines and other material
 The difficulty of this movement will be appreciated by the fact that the troops were fighting in water less mountains and each day to those dry plateaus were carried 450 GOO quarts of drinking water to the thirsty men.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-27
HARBOR IS CLOSED
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 LONDON, March 26, 1:15 a. m.-A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Amsterdam says the Wilhelms- haven newspapers announced that the harbor of Wilhelmshaven will be closed to the public for the next fortnight and that a special permit from the admit ralty board will be necessary for admis- sion to the docks The reason for the order is not given, the correspondent adds.
 Wilhelmshaven is one of Germany s strongest naval stations. It is situated , on Jahde bay, B miles northwest of Bremen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
Medical Students.

With so much discretion left to local
exemption boards, composed in some
instances Of men unable to take
broad view Of the national necessities,
it was inevitable that there should
be more or less uncertainty as to the
character of men most needed at home,
whose dispatch to the front would ac-
tually result in an impairment OF mil
itary strength.
The military strength Of nation is
not represented solely by the number
Of men in the field. If all the industries
were stripped of their male workers,
the army in the field would be almost
helpless It could not fight without rnu-
nitions, and it could not live without
food and clothing.
But while there has been some doubt
as to the sort of men who should be
exempted in the munitions industries
and among the married men with
pendents. there has been distinct error
| in the view taken of the status of med :
lical students. MANY Of the boards have
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
Quarter THEM AWAY FROM TROUBLE.

The occurrence of race riots in when
negro soldiers bear a bloody part sug-
gests naturally that the colored troops
should be quartered so far as possible
in sections where race riots are the
exception. The southern estimate or
the negro soldier and that of the
northern states differs very widely.
The rioting soldiers should be
thoroughly punished They are soldiers
of the United States sworn to mani
tain law and order. But that does
not change the fact that whether as
soldiers or as citizens the negro it still
considered helot in the far south and
that the resentment Of both races is
quick to kindie into riot on slighter
occasion than in the north.
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Coal Control.

When President Wilson wrote THE
New Freedom" he little thought that
he would live to appoint number OF
trade dictators The dictators whom
he appoints must be equally surprised
to find themselves doing by law the
very things they deem necessary for
the salvation of the situation, and for
which many of them had been put on
trial before juries of their peers. Yet
it is easy to reconcile the contradic-
tons. The ordinations and pools
and lawful monopolies which are Gre
ated daily now are for the public good,
and not for selfish profit Their
claim to the public confidence is that
they are managed by men of expert
ence rather than by radicals and
theorists. There are few more ac-
complished railway managers than
Chairman Lovett Of the Union Pacific,
whom the president has put in charge
Of the coal situation by virtue OF his
appointment as director Of priority of
shipments. Naturally, his first official
act was the order giving precedence to
shipments of bituminous coal thru lake
ports by either rail or ship. Nothing
more practical could be done. 1t Is
dictated by conditions, not theories,
and it is done in the teeth Of writer's
of reports not charged with the re-
sponsibility Of acting.
For example the federal trade COM
mission had reported that this trade
was "paralyzed," and it's paralysis was
causing Industrial paralysis. That re-
port was challenged at the time and
yesterday, the fact was published that
in July the railways carried 129,7zi
more carloads than last year, which
was a record in itself. In that one
month six and half million more tons
of coal were supplied consumers, ana
yet the demand was for more. Inc
"extortion" Of which we hear so much
is not due to scarcity, whether pro-
duced by paralysis" or by restriction
OF production in order to create scare
ity prices. The problem before the
government is not to break up monop-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
Billy Bunny and His Friends

for the boys and telling how they USED
to shoot with them when they were
little boys.
"Helloa there, children!" cried Uncle
Lucky, while Billy Bunny honked the
horn. Don't you want some lolly-
pops?" And in about Ave hundred
short seconds there wasn't a lollypop
left in that big box, and Uncle Lucky
was hero, or Santa Claus, ! don't
rerremheSi which. And then one big
boy said, Lets give three cheers for
the, two rabbits and one more for the
lucKymobile.' And you never heard
such noise in your life. One little
boy got SO excited that ne swallowed
a raspberry lollypop and his mother
had to reach down his throat and pull
1t out by the stick.
Nov be good until I see you again."
said the kind old gentleman rabbit as
he drove off, and by and by Billy
Bunny saw something moving among
the trees.
whats that?" he said to his rabbit
uncle. But before the old gentlemae
rabbit could reply, a big stone hit one
Of the lamps on the automobile and
broke it to splintereens.
stop that whoever you Are!" shout
ed Billy Bunny. II you do it again I'll
shoot!" and he held his popgun up to
his shoulder Just like soldier boy In
battle. And if the little canary in my
room doesn't wink at me all night SO
that can't hear the alarm clock IN
the morning, I'll tell you another
story. rss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
NOT m0B BUT LAWFUL CONTROL.

There are things which being said
and done are not punishable by any
speific law or statute that are never
theless so opposed to public concep-
lions Of right that they become moral
ly illegal and are to be left unsaid and
undone If merely as a precaution OF
safety first and Of all things disloyal
acts and utterances take precedence in
war time as most dangerous to the
public peace and to the persons OF
those who do and say them.
Old and wise observers who have
passed thru many experiences Of pub
lie excitement fear and predict serious
consequences if disloyalty persists in
making itself publicly manifest, They
insist that the situation Is becoming
seriously dangerous.
Of all things we wish in Iowa TO
avoid mob violence. However it is the
history Of wars and war times that
disloyal utterances and acts and acts
and utterances that are so considered
by the public often bring about serious
consequences. When excitement rises
to it's last pitch trouble ensues.
The councils of defense and the fed
eral officers should busy themselves
most thoroughly to avoid the consuma-
ton of threats of violence already be-
ing made in several parts the state
The situation is still within hand. Amy
day may bring a story of a reverse to
American arms in France and death
list OF American soldiers. Then q ser
ious situation will become an acute
crisis
The loyal should be counseled
against the mob spirit but dsloyai
mouths must be closed. That IS the
only way to avoid trouble. No person
whatever his convictions or how hon
estIy he carries them can continually
utter disloyalty and get away with
it. in loyal communities.
If Iowa is to maintain the peace and
avoid the stigma Of disorder the soon
er those in authority act decisively and
surely the better in this matter.
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refused to exempt medical students on
the ground that, having no practice and
no dependents, they can easily be spar
ed by the community.
The percentage of losses among
medical men doing relief work on the
battlefield has been greater than among
the aeroplane operators, artillery or in
fantry forces. Replacement Of the doc
tors and surgeons will be difficult UNI
less this government conserves its sup
ply Of students and encourages them
to finish their medical education. Even
officers of the army 1t has been shown
can be trained In three months, but the
shortest period Of training that can
be given to q surgeon or physician
is two years.
Ninety per cent Of the wounded in
France, it is said, now return from the
hospitals to the firing line. They are
able to return because of the expert
work of trained surgeons and physi-
clans. American scientific resources
should be conserved SO that the per-
centage of recoyeries among the Amer
lean troops may reach this high aver
age.-Washingto Post.
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Heritage.

Heritage.
We see women in the street, sad eyed
and heavy-hearted.
They can not smile when those they
love respond to wars demand,
At night they beat their breasts and
pray to God to send them back, un-
harmed, to their starved arms.
We see soldiers in the street, our splen-
did country's splendid best,
Brown skinned and brawny armed.
They laugh, care-free hilarious. ready
to carry on here on in France.
1t matters not when youth and health
are in command.
Alas. twas ever thus, God must ordain
it so.
Love is a womans life Its ebb and
She needs must give the treasure OF
her heart.
While man must do and dare, with love
a thing apart,
Alice Carroll in New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-25
Ripping Rhymes
sx WALT NAsoN
HOT WINDS.

A little while ago 1t looked as though
we'd have a harvest great; the corn
was standing. green, uncooked, In shin
ing fields. in many state. The farm
ers, grieved by barren years. beheld the
prospect with smile. This year,
they thought, "the golden ears will
bring us goodly pile" And then, 40
from a dragons mouth, there came a
blazing. blighting breath, q fried wind
sizzling from the south, and all the
corn was done to death. Don't talk OF
grief till you have seen your harvest
wilt beneath the eye; till you've be.
held the walls of green change in q day
TO dun, ant a;c. The long hard hours
in sun and rain, the heat and burden
of the day. the hope of q substantial
gain, all nullified and thrown away. In
this sad year of Seventeen, with all
the world in war employed. amounted
farmers thus have seen their harvests
and their hopes destroyed. And yet
the farmers, brave and strong, make
little moan, and shed no tear; they
say to burned up fields. so long!
Well hope for better luck next year,"
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Of the hundreds OF boys who fastened
to offer themselves from Marshall and
adjoining counties. And they know
something more, something that soothes
the hurt--they know that they bred
men.
Since then the fathers and mothers
Of those sons have pitied the fathers
and mothers of those who should be
drafted.
Now the son of this frantic mother
Is a citizen. Of the United States, en-.
dowed with all its liberties. He de-
mands them and his mother demands
them for him. He is also subject to
all it's laws. Under the CONSUMPTION
law he. took mis- chance. Either he or
some other man must go. Either the
mother who bore him or the mother of
some other son as beloved as hers
must sorrow. Why in free country
should one man or one mother have
advantage over another?
Why should one man send another
to war? One man doesn't. One man
cant. The American people are send
ing their soldiers to war. The nation
that protected us and our sons, that
gave all men equal opportunity under
it's fundamental law is simply insist
ing that all men shall take equal re-
sponsibility under the law. That is
ali. The man who perfumes himself
to escape his responsibility and thrust
it upon another is a Stacker and a
coward. There is no evading that.
But the mothers. the sadhearted
mothers all over the land, let us not
resent or condemn when their sorrow
breaks out in unjust elimination and
accusation of the men who demand
justice between men and continuing
honor and safety for the nation. God
knows we pity them one and all and
pity the mother of the Stacker most
of all.
Every one of those youths who went
from here to the navy the army, the
aviation corps and other branches Of
the service released some other moth
ers son to stay at home with her For
every one of those boys who went Il
billet that otherwise would have drawn
a son or a husband was removed from
the lottery of the draft. More, nine
ont of ten of those boys were under
conscriptive age. They were under no
legal responsibility. But they heard
the call of their country in need and
needed 1t.
The Vanderwicken brand of patriot
ism is satisfactory. Let US all wear it..