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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Peace With Piracy.

OF all the deeds Of cold FLOODED afro
city OF which Germany has been guilty.
in this war, is there one that surpasses
in calculated fiendishness the deliDer-
ate drowning Of the crew OF the steam
ship Belgian Prince?
What happened after the ship mao
been torpedoed and the crew Of forty
four men had taken to the lifeboats IS
briefly related in the official report OF
the state department.:
THE officers of the submarine asked
whether they were any gunners LETT ON
board and ordered the crew OF the BEL
gian Prince on the submarine. The men
Of the submarine then searched them
for weapons, threw away the oars OF
the lifeboats and ordered the crew to
remove their life preservers The sub
marine proceeded for fourteen miles
and then submerged. drowning the crew
except William Shell, colored, OF jack
sonville, Fla, the chief engineer and q
Russian
No more wanton crime ever stained
the annals of piracy; yet from day TO
day the president is solmenly exhorted
to announce his peace terms to a gov
eminent that wages war in this fashion
upon unarmed men who are helpless
and in its power.
Societies are organized to protest
against the infliction Of any penalties
whatever upon such government.
Workingmen are urged TO use their IN :
! fluence to bring about an immediate
peace, whatever the conditions may be.
Honest Americans, Frenchmen, Eng
| lshmen and Russians are asked to Sit
| in council with the representatives OF
| the German government and bargain
| for terms. Pacifists whose hatred OF wal
has atrophied all their moral sense are
pleading everywhere that Hurderons
| red handed autocracy be allowed to
20 scot free provided it will consent to
suspend for the time being it's assault
upon civilization.
| Every peace movement originated II
/ this or any other country is move
ment to make peace with piracy and
give the pirates a new certificate o.
character.
The German government today Is the
herman government that invaded Bel
lgium three years ago. that massacreG
helpless populations, that slaughtered
the young and the aged with equal dis.
Termination, that dishonored the womer
land burned the homes and crushed hui
|manity itself under the heel Of Prus.
sianism The more 1t changes in 1t!
personnel the more it remains the same
thing, and whoever talks peace will
this monstrosity Of autocracy is mora
traitor to every human ideal OF righ
and justice-Naw York World.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
the BOYS ARE NOT STARVING.

A young Marshalltown coast artil-
iery man now located at fort on the
island of Oahu near Honolulu. reply
ing to the anxious inquiry of his moth
er as to the food and it's cooking,
thoroughly approves the menu fur
nished the c. A. c. Like most boys
he had highly developed and dis
eliminating appetite when at home
condition common to all the lads who
have enlisted from this part of Iowa.
And mother. thinking of the two pieces
OF pie and the several helpings of pud-
dings, naturally made inquiries. The
reply is:
The cooking is fine We have every
thing to eat. All kinds of meat. pork,
veal, beef, turtle, sausage, ETC., corn,
sweet and Irish potatoes, peas, beans
tstring and baked). breakfast foods,
coffee tea, pie. cake, ice cream every
Sunday and holiday, eggplant and
frltters that are absolutely delicious,
pancakes. once in a while Stun, bread
butter, oatmeal, hominy; everything
you can think of and it's all cooked
fire. Also radishes, tomatoes, cucum-
bers bananas, papavas, and pine
apples Also we have lemonade.
The mothers who are wondering
whether their boys will be we'll fed
may find the above menu pleasant
reading. 1t suggests that the govern
ment isn't starving the boys.
Fathers can find satisfaction in the
snap shots the boys send home. That
stoop of the shoulders, tho Slight has
disappeared. The photo is of active,
clean cut youths who look fit to fight
for a country like this and suggests
that the other fellow will find a mighty
dangerous proposition when he faces
the soldiers we bred at home and
which few weeks in the army have
made If and fine
The letters of the boys who have
gone forward breathe business and pa
triotism. the kind of patriotism that
serves and is willing TO serve. They
should shame sackers. The service IS
making men out of the material from
which men are made. Making strong
and faithful men who shall take over
this country when they come back 10
their homes, who will put country first
and sordid interests under their feet.
We miss them. Day and night we
miss their faces and the sound of their
voices. We fear for them. We con-
it. Let's feel that our sons are full
filing their best and highest manliness
and that we must live up to them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
EXPRESSING PATRIOTISM.

A bunch OF people got together n
patriotism and loyalty hanged the kali
ser in effigy.
1t was kids play and reminds one
of the fable of the gathering of mice
which passed resolutions providing for
the placing of a bell on the house cat,
the purpose of the bell to give warning
If the approach of that harmless and
necessary" animal thus affording time
and opportunity to mice. It will be
renlembe that all went swimminSly
until the organization Of the committee
which was to hang the bell. The gath
ering broke up right there, adjourned
sine die. II suggests that if the kaiser
and a uhlan or two had happened in
on the festivities at Abel most Of that
bonfire party would have been hard 10
catch and that the high places Of Dali
las would have thrilled to the touch
of rapid footbeats. Not that It amount
ed to much one or another way. They
had a pleasant enough time at the
party, no doubt.
But as an expression Of patriotism
such chud's play it is Intellectual and
weak. AS we'll hang in effigy the
president Of railroad while other
hands are busy rescuing those in dan
| ger from a crushed and burning train
condemns It. 1t was merely playing
circus.
There are other and effective ways
| of expressing patriotism. Those ways
are so many and so evident that they
are at the hand Of all American citi-
| zens. First there is the opport unity
| to volunteer for military service; witt
It the consciousness Of duty that &C
cepts nobly the lot that falls by con-
! scription nor seeksk by evasion t. shit
| it to the shoulders of another; there
is acceptance of responsibility for tn'
| dependents luOSG lilell icdNc oSiiAiN
there is willingness to contribute tt
| the Red Cross and Y. M. c. A wa
| funds: there is the readiness to serve
at home in such capacities as will as
sist and strengthen the arms OF TN
government; there is self denial tina
conserves necessities which are corner
stones of success in the struggle w
have entered upon. Those and muc'
more. and when the citizen is ous.
with those he will have neither tim
nor inclination for such childish AM
futile ebullitions as effigy burning
which is simply q demonstration OF
mob spirit and an act of the unthink
ing and idle.
| OF course it didn't amount to muc
one way or another: but there is
much that does amount that lacks DO
ing and awaits those who can an
should do 1t.
Patriotism is principle. 1t call
for action more than for cutlery. Rec
patriotism serves. Its expression
service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Ripping Rhymes
ey WALT MASON
IN THE EVENING.

The evening comes, the sun is set
ting, there's quiet everywhere; and
after long, long hours of sweating, l
take my easy chair. I watch the toll
ers homeward going, from the deserted
mart; the breeze is thru my sideboards
blowing, and peace is in my heart For
/ have wrought all day like thunder,
toiled with vim and Zest; and Slough
I earned but little plumber, surely did
my best. There is no finer, sweeter
feeling than that you've fairly won,
when, sending smoke wreaths to the
ceiling, you view the days work done.
and know you put in all your ardor,
your energy and skill. that you could
not have labored harder, If bossed by
Kaiser Bill. When 1 have worked till
I am Keeling, the sweetest rest I know;
] would not trade that comfy feeling
for fifty kinds of dough. I pity fellows
who are loaded with stacks of I'M
earned mon, their souls by idleness
corroded. and nothing worth while
done. There is no pleasure like achiev-
ing, like seeing work put thru; and all
the world would hear me grieving, II
I had naught to do.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Topics of the Times

Nv uoover.s success and the success
of the food law viii depend Gil
Hoover and the fairness and ehecti'e-
ness of the office. SO far there Is NJ
reason to impugn the motives OF the
man or question his ability for the Joo'
Don't do ii.
Let's nope that the Japanese mission
cut out folderol and start 'mlsMnS at
once.
Perhaps we could quiet the 1. w. w.
by giving them jobs as highway patrol
men in Iowa. The patrol activities
lust at present are of precisely the
strenuosity to appeal to an /. w. w.
If his wife takes in washing is she
a dependent or not?
OF course many beautiful things
are written in German but couldn't we
write them fairly well in United
States?
When two women who secretly hate
each other meet, kiss and call each
other "dear''-that's a camoufage.
Also it's a outage when ne wears
an ace high expression on his face
but holds a king full in his hand.
This American patience with copper
heads which we are praising will dis
appear shortly after the first death list
is published and especially If a reverse
to American arms occurs. 1t isn't pa
thence at all, but ignorance and indif-
ference.
Why argue over tobacco in the
trenches? The men who use it need
it and should have it. How silly to
talk Of depriving soldier Of his
smoke while every city block at home
has its smokehouse.
Old King Coal is still enjoying his
pipe and his bowl and the public Il
dancing to the time of his fiddlers
three.
One way to cut the cost Of bread Is
to bake Johnnycake now and then
And that's dear enough.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
SERVICE Foa CONSCIENTIOUS os,fcroRs

Just how and how far use In battle
will be made Of the conscientious OBJ
iector to military service is to be
guessed at but 1t is suggested in a
leading eastern journal close to the
administration that they may be used
in the trenches and on the battlefields
in positions which are non -combatanl
but not the less dangerous. The east
ern paper argues that stretcher bear
ing is free from opportunity to kill and
on the contrary purely non-combatant
and life saving. OF course the service
demanded of the conscientious ob)ector
will be set by the president. How
ever, it may include positions as dan
gerous as that of the trench fighters.
A member of an ambulance corps
who has seen service at Verdun and IL
going back to 1t, states that contrary
to general belief the ambulance serHlce
is a dangerous one and that Inv
stretcher- bearers are entitled to great
honor for their courage. In the trench
fighting, he states, the fighting man
can fall quickly and offer the least Oh
himself to an exploding shell. Inc
stretcher- bearer, however, can not
fling himself and his wounded buroeh
down. He must handle the wounaeu
man carefully with view to SAVING
his life. And SO he stands when others
are prone and takes a stretcher-pear-
er's chance.
The eastern paper has difficulty III
adjusting its logic to the Conscientious
director and says: 49,,
For consciences less sensitive th0i
these. however the moral dinerenoe
between being a soldier and ser'lns
the needs of soldiers is not oo'louS'
Those Of US who eat meat ADMIT ina
orr responsibility for the killing -"
animals fully equals that OF the outoi-
ar who does the actual slaughterl1s'
ord If we recoil from him as we'll as
from his occupation, 1t Is because We
are poor logicians. -,
Rut there! none Of us Is logical aii
the time. and it would be absurd uh-
inst and cruel to expect superhuhiaii
consistency from the conscientious w
sectors If they are willing to do any
WING except direct killing-and 1ney
are not too numerous-the country WA
manage to get along well enough
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Masonic Meetings
~ Visitors always welcome.
.eeuA,I nncE Mo 103 A. F. q


MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1os A. r; q
A. M.-Stated communication. RegutaI
meeting Friday, Aug. II, 5 D. m. JON
W. Wells, secretary; W. H. Stelae''
w. NJ
s,eNEr CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A; Nj
Stated convocation Monday eVehins'
Aug. 90, at s o'clock. Business seSs. nms
Carl Shaffner. H. p; John W. "e'@'
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King SOLO
no, Council No. 20, r. & S. M Mon.
aav Anz 90, 7:3o. Regular business
II FORBES, recorder; George Gregory
NJ.
STATED coNcALVE, St. Alderman
conmandery. No. 30. x. T" uesuaE'
Ang 81. p. m. Regular business; ,,or l.
FORBES. recorder; H. {. Mue'ie4
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o: &
s-Special meeting for initiation Gu
nesday, Aug. 90, S p. m. Mrs. George
Downing. secretary: Mrs. j. T.
erick, ". NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Sticking" THEM "ON."
Washington, Iowa, Democrat. ]

washington, Iowa, Democrat
Daniel Wallace the loud -mouthed
traitor who is in jail at Davenport, is
to be transferred to Ottumwa and
likely is there by this time. He is held
for failure to produce $4,000 bond,
which he said he would very easily OBJ
tain. When it came to showdown,
he did not find his friends as eager
to rush in as he anticipated. AS is
usually the case the fellows who stand
and sick" on fight, are the very last
to join in protecting the fighter whom
they urged into it. Wallace Is fast
learning more about human nature
than he ever knew before. He will
find that many who will eagerly urge
men into fight are apt to be the last
to protect the victims. And the poor
fools who urged Wallace into It, and
who heard him with enthusiasm and
who cheered wildly will find that
America can apply the mailed fist. also
in a pinch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
THE BEST POLICY"
TRurjir9fon HaWkeye.


1t behooves everybody who is cater
ing to the public to exercise care and
to have the goods What they are rep
resented 10 be- Thus at Oelwein ven
doris were fined s25 because they claim
ed to sell fresh-buttered pope corn, when
in fact they were using oleomargarine.
At Manchester an ice cream dealer was
fined because the article that he was
selling did not contain the percentage
Of butterfat which the law demands.
Here as ever it will be found that hon.
esty pays, and that the straight way is
the only way that leads anywhere.
These dealers are out the amount Of
their fines. They are also out the conf
dence of the public, who will consider
the matter a long time before they
again give credence to statements made
by these vendors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

to advancing coal from $1.35 to s3.oo
at the mines, that Is the time the peo-
pie have a right to begin to kick ana
kick hard. There is no reason why
few men should accumulate suco
wealth out of the nations necessities
that they should coin such moneys
while others are offering their lives tor
$50 a month. 1t Is not right and II
can not be made right, and those VINO
are practicing such despoilation OF the
public ought to be curtailed, curbed
and knocked in the head, II that be-
comes necessary. The young man VINO
is at the front does not want his moth
err to be held up at home by sharks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
The Perils of Delay.

In Vermont town they tell of
sutton who after some years Of devo-
ton, finally proposed to the lady Of his
choice.
"But, Henry" protested the lady
this is really sudden! You had bet
ter give me week to think it over!
Very we'll, my dear said Henry.
And" after due reflection, he AIDED
perhaps It would be as well If
thought it ever myself at the same
e!.--Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
THE ACTUAL COAL COST.

In the test case in which the state
of Iowa itself was concerned. it was
shown for the coal operators that their
costs at the mouth Of the mine had in
creased about so cents ton since the
beginning of the war-and that allow
ance included some additional profits
for the mine owners as well as provid-
ing for all the additional wages and
costs OF mining and operating. That
means that If SO cents had been added
to the cost Of coal there would have
been ample compensation. But the
public would have stood for even rs or
so cents more to satisfy the greed o.
those who want to make their fortunes
while the war is on, but when it comes
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

verse on the amendment might not i'm
mediately change our state policy. 1t
would influence the policy in every
doubtful state and influence the policy
Of congress"
''But possibly Secretary Allen can
show that another two-year term will
be absolutely necessary for the collec-
ton of the 1917 automobile license
fees" suggests the Sioux City Journal.
The Webster City Journal notes that
"tbe kaiser overlooked God in his last
two proclamations," and asks whats
the trouble, isn't Gott NIT uns any
more?'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
Iona Newspap
A SPECIMEN.
nSioux CITY JOllrnal,1

The military CONSUMPTION law has
rendered useless AEnericanization Of
many Of the English volunteer songs.
A good specimen of this type came be-
fore the British passed compulsory
service laws. 1t reads:
Send out the lads of the Boys brigade,
They will keep old England free.
Send out my brother, my sister, my
mother,
But for Gods sake don't send me.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

Canada's independent labor party
will place candidates in the field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The married women who have not
presented their husbands with hand
full Of babies are now handicapped
when it comes to claiming exemptions
for those husbands" remarks the Cedar
Rapids Republican. The war depart
ment seems to assume that a woman
might support herself, but the sup
port of a family of babies is man s
work"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

"One may make no terms with pyro-
maniacs or robbers. One may only be
safe from them when he can prevent
their approach or restrain their liberty.
So no terms can be safely made with
Germany, filled with Hohenzollern ira
ditions, governed by a Hohenzollern
dynasty and led by Hohenzollern gen.
erals" argues the Sioux City Tribune.
There is nothing to do with such a
Germany, but to take her guns away
and put wall of inhospitable fortress
es round about her"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

Canada has opened government
creamery at Henriburg, Sask, Canada.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

The Council Bluffs Nonparei OBJ
serves that "if Kerensky gets Russia
Strengthened out and his health is still
good Oklahoma could use him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

There is no use Of the kaiser hold
ing the telephone to his ear expecting
a call for peace" says the Cast;
Times. TT is up to him to do the
peace talking and get such returns as
he cam
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

1--WE. need not be deceived for a
moment as to what is ahead Of u.s..
We are in for by far the most agrees
sive campaign we have ever had over
liquor" predicts the Des Moines Reg
lister. "And much more is going to
hang on the Iowa vote than ever be-.
fore. For while here at home q re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17

when a man Is engaged in fisticuffs
he doesn't have time to discuss the
matter OF vino shall pay FOR The broken
furniture. The person on the sidelines
who tries to get him to do SO is a
friend Of the enemy" says the Des
Moines Capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-17
a Lono Lane.

sIt.s an extended corridor that has
- ultimate termination" unused the
absent-minded professor. as he pa.
taeatiy Nodded around the revolving
AoR.-Dartmouth Jack O'Lantern.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

u diCiUn
,Siu is al IN,
IS i takes the himself
dent has l'" w entertainments Nothing is further from
the morn NJ he II
the IlrS, until Io%" bath chang" clothing h"
j. 90, h q
ii one n"
callers drive through
the ciy~ parks
In the either drive III" hWe evening
Ol - he Il II
musical comedy Sometimes h" takes
White
Tn, president ucrmphs un,o
,ly he If lie believes however,
amount relaxation is necessary possible is
tlcat,r uIdl his
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

to Secretary rN"rlSos)
nj
with HIND. ANA ~ul other members tho lfty battalion.
90 70,
lie The
walked the White House
uunlul him.
York shotiug
ruNyn President
Wilson to iHy, u" started in Washington.
trgll,d ur'lrh"' the tide crUnks til" Union station
cunE White House. And IT Hics
inside
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

"mcw
which " thought III" assistant in need
II other III" roll o lilSO worth
thongtfuly the bills
the him the
urgCn Pc
frugal Mrs Newton asked If Mr. Newton had put that
would assistant
his household finance" Her suspicious
searched his pockets nE" his BRAIN
hen he had II
mai discovered had ~" box into the fireplace
H. Eow;n o n hundreds millions
Il axes, u i u '
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-10-06

entagc among the solid men of Chi.
cago Business and professional men
of standing and fame are among his
best pleased patrons
~eS>
Fred w upham would make
splendid United States Senator II he
would consent to make the race for
that position.
.<.&.S~
DR.. George Sultan always made u
good record in public lie.
HeSA
George w pauilin, the great rnr.
rier, has made business record for