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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

when he fell down the cellar stairs,
striking his head on the cement floor.
He was unconscious for over an hour
and his head was badly cut.
| Ed Wolcott has been taken to the
detention hospital for scarlet fever.
He came to Grinnell, to consult a
physician and the case was clear
One case of diphtheria in Grinnell is
announced the Conrad kaisand home
on the corner of Fourth and Chatterton
being quarantined One of the chill
dren has the disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Barr are enjoy
ing a visit from their daughter-i law,
Mrs. Will Barr and Mrs. Lyndal, of
Omaha
F. B. Fisher of Grand Rapids. Mich.
chairman of the board of directors OF
the United States Independent Tele-
phone Association, and w. S. Vivian, OF
Chicago. secretary of the board who
have been attending the convention OF
the Iowa Independent Telephone AS
ISOLATION held in Des Moines this week.
spent the day in Grinnell yesterday.
While here they We're the guests Of H.
L. Boyer.
The fire company was called out as
a precautionary measure yesterday
morning about g: so when short cir
cult on one of the lines overheated
some of the machinery AT the electric
light plant There was no serious dam
age.
Bernard Carney. coach of the Grin
nell college basketball team. enter
tanned the team at a dinner Thursday
evening. At that time Mike Angus
tine was elected captain of next years
team.
The announcement has come TO
Grinnel friends of the marriage on
Feb. g of Miss Esther Friets, OF
Ledvard. 70 Reuben White, Of Grinnell,
at the Christian Church at Swea City.
Mr. White is the son of A. s. White
and is We'll known 10 Grinne!! people
Mr. and Mrs. White expect TO live on
what is known as the Lewis farm one
and one-half miles west OF town, when
is owned by A. 5. White.
Joseph Kelly IS TO represent Gr!nneH
high school in the sub district de-
clamatory contest of the southeastern
division. which will be held in Belle
PLANE March IS. His selection is
Robert Emmets Vindication.' The
winner in each division will go to FAIR
field the following week. March 30, TO
take part in the district contest.
s O. Taylor has come from his
home in Wichita. Kan 70 spend sew
eral months with his uncle, E. E.
Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs G. r Hyde leave soon
jaS wi, I'alifOrr a
Their son, George Hyde, assisted by
Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Sheffield. will carry
on the farm work during their absence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

occurred. Shortly afterward the RUS
SLAMS abandoned their campaign and
after some desultory fighting withdrew
to the Persian mountains.
The resumption OF British operations
en- a major scale did not occur until
December, 1916. when an advance on
Kut- Ell Amara was made from the
Babylonian plains, while second
force again moved up the Tigris. Gen.
Frederick Stanley Maude was in COM
mand and was officially reported to
have 100000 men at his disposal. The
exact composition and numbers Of the
British forces, however, never has
been Officially made public.
From the time of the beginning OF
the new campaign the British prog
ress was steady and uninterrupted and
in its last phases of remarkable rapid
ity. on Feb. rs Kut- El-Amara was
captured for the second time and sew
eral thousand Turkish prisoners taken
Within two weeks the British cavalry
patrols were within few miles OF
Bagdad.
The fall of Kut- FL Amara and the
rapid progress of the British toward
Bagdad was the signal for the renewal
of the Russian campaign to the north.
A Russian army advancing from Per-
STA captured Hamadan and pushed
swiftly forward in the direction of the
Tigris.
on March 9 the Russian troops were
reported within seventy miles of the
Tigris. while another diversion was
caused by the unheralded advance Of
second British expedition into Pales-
tine from Egypt. At last reports this
force had pushed within striking dis
lance OF Jerusalem. but the meager Of
fetal details have shed little light on
its ultimate purpose and composition.
Gen. Stanley Maude, the conqueror
of Bagdad. is SO years old and has
had distinguished military career.
He took part in the Sudan campaign
in 1885 and received medal with u
clasp and the khedive's star. He served
with distinction in the South African
war. where he won the distinguished
service order and the queens medal
with six clasps.
Before taking command in Mesopot-
amia he saw service in France, where
he was wounded. was mentioned In
dispatches Ave times and created a
commander Of the bath. From 1901
to 1904 he was military secretary to
the governor general of Canada and
later private secretary of state for
war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Once Glorious City
Of Bagdad Links
Past and Present

Bagdads capture marks the climax
to one of the most dramatic and pic
turesque phases of the world war. The
city which has fallen to British arms
links the present to the past 50 dis
tant that it is emifabulous. The
known history of Bagdad reaches back
for more than 1000 years, to the
shadowy times of King Nebuchadnez-
Ear of Babylon, a quay built by the
scrlptural monarch still existing sub
merged in the Tigris. Within its pre-
cincts also still stand tombs of the
Jewish prophets, Joshua, Ezra and
Ezekiel, and the well Of Daniel.
Long after the Babyionlan dynasty
had ceased to be more than a memory,
Bagdad rose to splendor as the artis-
tic. literary. scientific and religious
capital of the world. The heart of the
great Islamic empire of the caliphs for
hundreds of years, it was known thru
out the world as "the glorious city"
and was the scene of the fantastic en-
ploits Of Haroun Al Raschid, the poten-
tate whose magnificence is immortal
lied in the Arabian Nights.
In 1900 B. c., Bagdad was credited
with population of 100000 souls
and was easily the first city in the
world in wealth and commerce.
With the fall of the caliphs before
the Turkish sultans, the decline OF
Bagdad commenced. 1t was success
sively the prey of Turks. Mongols,
Tartars and Persians. but 1t was not
until 1888 that the city became def
ritely a part of the Turkish empire.
Its ancient Importance was largely due
to the fact that It stood at the center
Of the lines of communication between
India and Persia and the west, but the
opening Of new routes by way OF
Trebizond and thru Armenia diverted
its trade and was a vital factor in its
decline.
The British campaign against Bag
dad was opened early in 1915, when on
force under Maj Gen.
Charles Townshend was landed at the
head of the Persian gulf and moved
rapidly up the Tigris. The primary
object of the expedition was TO secure
the valuable oil wells at the mouth
of the Tigris, but the ultimate and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
r1MEsREPUBIIcAN, MARsHAILTowN, IOWA: MARCH TX 1871

far greater object was the shattering
of the great German dream OF do.
minion in Egypt. This dream was
based on the construction OF the Ber-
lin Constantinople Bagdad railway.
and by the seizure of Bagdad the Brit
ish hoped to prevent the completion
of this road at least by German hands,
and striking SCATTERING blow at Ger
man prestige in that section OF the
world.
General Townshend commanded a
force of about 10000 men. and at first
he pushed forward with amazing
speed. Early in June, 1915. he captured
Kut- Ell Amara, about 250 miles from
the mouth of the Tigris, and about 100
miles from Bagdad. On the ed of the
following November he reached Cte-
siphon. twenty miles from his goal
when he was attacked by an over
whelming force of Ottoman troopss His
water supply gave out and he was
forced to retreat.
Fighting In continuous rear guard
action the British expedition regained
Kut- Ell Amara on Dec. 5. Here General
Townshend determined to make a
stand with a portion Of his forces, and
entrenched with about 10000 men.
while the remainder of his troops con-
tinued to fall back along the Tigris
In order to join hands with the relief
army that was hurriedly dispatched
from France and India after the defeat
at Ctesiphon.
Thirty thousand India troops and
two Anglo Indian divisions which had
been fighting in France formed the re-
lief corps that joined the remnants OF
the Townshend expedition, and made
desperate effort to rescue the be-
ieaguered garrison at kut-El- Amara.
For three months Gen. Sir Percy
Lake, the relief commander. fought his
way up the Tigris, and was within
eight miles of his besieged comrades
when on April 10, 1916, General Town
shend his food supply exhausted. was
compelled to surrender. In the mean
time additional reinforcements had
been sent from Egypt, including the
Thirteenth colonial division which had
taken part in the ill-fated Gallipoli
But after the disaster at
Kut-El- Amara. the British abandoned
the offensive for several months.
General Townshend's operations
against Bagdad had been seconded by
the Russians. who had advanced from
Persia and the Mush region, and had
reached within seventy miles of the
Tigris when the Townshend surrender
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Grirneil and Vicinity.
to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
GrinnclL March 1.-THE establish
ment Of a milk plant for pasteuriZa-
ton. bottling and distribution is the
plan Of Ed Newcomer, who has just
purchased from c. A. Blair the old
Star theater building. Mr.. Newcomer
proposes to form a corporation Of all
the milk dealers Of Grinnell.
Another important business trans
action took place Thursday when Ed
f. Buffum took over the Tntlers Hotel
and restaurant business valued at
$500 in exchange for his farm just
north Of Ewart. Mr.. Buffum recently
traded his Chester Center store to
Bert Dexter for his farm. The farm
is valued at $4,000. The transaction
was made with William Keenan,, who
was the owner Of the Antlers.
County Clerk Glenn Eichorn is re-
ported to be recovering nicely from
the severe fall ne received Monday
evening at his home in Montezuma.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Man Dies Of Exposure.

Atlantic March 1T.-Charles Clark
who has been confined to the Atlantic
hospital since Dec. y. suffering intense
pain from the effects Of a fractured hip
and frozen legs. received when he fell
from a Rock Island train between here
and Walnut and lay al the side Of the
track for several hours before being
discovered, died az the hospital here.
Death came as relief to the man who
had one foot already amputated and
was about to lose the other and both OF
his hands. after weeks Of intense suf-
serine in brave struggle for life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

Sir Arthur Lee, member OF parlia-
ment for the Fareham division Of
Hampshire, has been appointed d.
rector of general food production Of
Great Britain. Sir Arthur will be re-
sponsible TO the president OF the board
Of agriculture for the coordination
and executive control Of those Sec
tions Of the board which deal with the
supply and distribution Of seed, fer
tilizers, foodstuffs, labor and work
and the war and agricultural COM
mittees in England and Wales.
Sir Arthur Lee was the British mill
tary attache with the United States
during the Spanish American war and
was military attache with the rank Of
lieutenant colonel at the British en-
bassy in Washington in 1899-190o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Much Extr, Work in March.

It's between seasons now, when few
persons perspire as much as health de-
mands. The result is double work for
the kidneys. for the kidneys must throw
out waste matter from the system that
is eliminated through the pores when
persons perspire. Overworked. weak or
disordered kidneys need help now. B..
H. Stone, Reading. Pa. writes: When
ever I need a kidney remedy rely on
Foley Kidney Pills. They have been
worth their weight in gold to me-" Sold
everywhere.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Dr.. Flint Honored In Canada.

Special to Times Republican.
Mount Vernon, March ia recog-
milton which in Canada carries with it
singular honor was accorded DR.
Charles w Flint. president Of Cornell
College, while IN Canada this week,
when Sir James A. Aikens, lieutenant
general of Manitoba, entertained at
government house. Winnipeg. in his
honor. The leading educationalists Of
the province, including the president OF
the Manitoba State Normal and the
state inspector Of high schools. were
the guests.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

Nyou ae to get the correct idea f ctzhmers,y ua
must 70 beneskh the surface. Thee de BIG important
di6erences Lie. Difference IN mataish- Dideres1ces
In methods Of building. D6e1sness N qua8v d
workmanship.
70 look only & die exterior # he ChalzneEs you
wouldn't discover ta,at the eeaU md shafts of the
Transmission Of ouch3e nice3 stea, ease han3ened
aod carefully hest trested.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17

The Qulnine That Does Not Affect Head
Because Of its tonic and laxative effect,
Laxative Bromo Quintne can be taken
by anyone without causing nervousness
nor ringing in the head. There is only
one "Bromo Quinine." E. w. Groves
signature is on box. Csc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
Some Truth in This,

"And have you lived in this village
all your life?" asked the traveller, after
he had told his tales of wonder to the
villager.
yep" answered the villager. you've
been everywheres, an ! amt been no
where's. But it don't look to me like
you'd stopped anywheres long enough
to learn nothin'. don't see as you
globe trotters has a call to think your
sells any mort experienced than ~
farmers"
How 500"
well, as you say, all we do Is to set
on the fence an watch the train go by.
An say. all you do Is to set in the
train an watch the fence go by!"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-17
II Produced More.

Mrs. F'latbush-They say the English
language has eighty-two sounds.
Mr.. Flatbush-Is that all?
why. isn't It enough?"
Il suppose 1t ID, but II that Is a fact
that cat next door must know some
other language besides English" -
Yonkers Sfatesman.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
List of Men Who Have Enlisted
Recently From Robson.

Mr.. T. L. johnson, chairman Of ex-
emption board for Robeson district l.,
has received report Of the enlistment
recently Of the following men from
Robson:
In the aviation branch at Fort
Thomas, Ky.-Leroy 3ullard, Archie
F. Britt, Clarence A. Moore, Alfred
P. Page, Cough M. Davis, Edward J.
Glover, Joseph A. Nye, Archie 7.
Stone; in navy at Norfolk, Va.--Ben
Erskin Thompson; in navy at Raleigh
-Zanie G. Hayes, George Branch Nye,
June Pittman, Archie Pittman, James
Stackhouse, Wilmer Clyde Spivey
John Furman Price, Tilman G. Britt,
William Henry Stewart, Hugh Arch
ibald Stewart, Daniel G. Sinclair; in
quartermaster's corps at Fort Slocum
N. Y.-Ernest A. Mckay; in navy at
Wilmington n-Ernest Livingston Vim
son, Elmer Jesse Pittman, Runy Lee
Thompson, Silas Ralph Mcdaniel; in
navy at Richmond, Va.-David Nc
Bryde Austin.
These enlisted before December II
and report has just been made to the
local recruiting board.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
ADDRESS BY GOV. BECKETT
He Will Deliver Address at An
nual Meeting of Camp Pope in
Lumberton on Anniversary Of
Birth Of Isee-Occasion Will be
Made a Grand Patriotic Rally.
To Confederate Veterans and Other
Citizens of Robson County:

To Confederate Veterans and Other
Citizens Of Robson County:
It gives me great pleasure to an
nounce that His Excellency Governor
T. w. Beckett has consented to deliver
the address at the annual meeting of
Camp Willis H. Pope, January 18th,
Lees birthday. It is designed to make
the occasion a grand patriotic rally
"a day that will fittingly commem-
crate the illustrous patriot whose
birth we celebrate, and an occasion
worthy of the historic traditions of
our section of North Carolina for 10y
atty and patriotism.
Every veteran who can possibly at
tend, every teacher, every preacher
and every other citizen who loves his
country is urged to be present.
To the mothers, wives and sisters
Of the soldiers a special invitation is
cordially extended.
This is probably the only speech on
the war that Gov. Beckett will make
in Robson. He is measuring Up
splendidly as the worthy Governor OF
our great State.
Let us give him reception worthy
of his high office, and in accord with
the patriotic impulses Of our people
in this great crisis of our country's
history, and in accord with the patri
otic ideals and traditions of NORTH
Carolina.
J. A. McALLISTER,
| Commander Camp Willis/H. Pope
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
PEACE TERMS
NOT SUFFICIENT
Terms on Which Teutonic Allies
Seek General Peace do Not Sat
isfy Great Britain and France.

Great Britain and France, respec-
lively, through their prime minister
of foreign affairs, have made known
to the world that the terms under
which the Teutonic Allies seek gen
eral peace are not sufficient. And
backing their prime minister, the Brit
ish proletariat, represented by ma
tional labor conference, has. reaffirm-
ed without equivocation, that it is
the determination Of labor to contin-
ue the war in order hereafter to make
the world safe for democracy.
Fortified by the known attitude of
President Wilson as to the require
ments of the United States if the war
is to end and a peace concluded, the
uttefances of Premier Lloyd George
and Foreign Minister Pichon and the
almost unanimous sentiment OF the
British workers seemingly make GER
tain that the Teutonic Allies proffer
given in reply to the Russian Bolshe-
wiki proposals, will 90 for naught I'M
less it. is materially added to and
brought into 'ine with the demands
that the United States and the E11ton-
te Allies have laid down IS the con-
erete<ssssfS Cor The, discussion OF peace
Nevertheless, the Bolsheviki ele
ment in Russia apparently has not
lost heart that something may come
from the Czernin proposal, for the
Brest-Litovsk peace conference a
which it was made has taken a reces:
until January and meanwhile Trot
zky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister
purposes to send note to the Entents
allied embassies in an endeavor t.
have them participate in further peac'
parleys and also in drafting a note t.
the peoples of the world.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
Leave Liberty Bonds With the
Purchasers.

Secretary McAdoo appeals to mer-
chants to discontinue the practice of
offering to take Liberty bonds in ex-
change for purchases of customers.
He does not doubt that the offer is
prompted by patriotic motives but
points out that it's acceptance defeats
the primary object of the sale of the
bonds, it discourages thrift and in
creases expenditures, thus depriving
the government of labor and material
needed for war purposes. In addition
to this, such bonds, when taken in ex-
change for merchandise, must in most
cases be Immediately sold in the open
market. This naturally tends to de-
press sthe market price of the issue
and makes it less easy to sell future
issues at the same rate.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
LUMBERToN, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY DECEMBER 3d. 1917
THESE CANNOT BE LOCATED
Information is Wanted as to the
Whereabouts of the Registrants
Named Below.

Following is a list Of registrants
who cannot be located by the exemp-
tion board of Robson district 1:
Colon Porter Osborne, Luther M.
Wilkins, William Addison, Mark Car
ter, Millard Dawkins, David Thomas
all of Lumberton; James Smith,
Worth Pittman, June Gardner, Bill
Stoney, Henry Parker-all Of Fair
mont; Thomas Henry Shumate, Green
vile, S. c.; Rufus Jacobs, Hillsboro;
George Key, Orrum; Richard M
Thompson, Rowland; Neill A. Nc
Lauchlin, Rennert.
Any one having information in re-
gard to the whereabouts of any of the
parties named above will do very
great service by writing or telephon.
ing Mr.. T. L. Johnson, chairman
Lumberton.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31

-Robeson chapter, U. D. c., will
meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock
in the directors room at the Nation
al Bank of Lumberton.
License has been issued for the
marriage of W. Grover Tyson and
Cattle Howell; Andrew J. Balling and
Bessie Cashwell; George o. Rogers
and Edith Council.
Mr.. Earl A. Thompson left Thurs
day for Jacksonville, Fla, where he
has been assigned to the position of
sergeant clerk in the quartermaster's
corps of the U. S. army.
Mr.. M. J. Merritt, manager of the
Lumberton bargain house, underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Thompson hospital Wednesday after
noon. He is getting along as well as
could be expected.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
Delegates of Russia and Central Pow
ers Reach Agreement.

Provisional agreement on series
OF important points, including liberia
ton of war prisoners and resumption
OF commercial relations, was reported
Dec. Is by the delegates of Russia and
the Central powers, in discussion Of
Issues which in the event Of & gener-
al peace would have to be settled
among the nations represented in the
negotiations at Brest-Litovsk. This
provisional discussion was terminal
ed Dec. %, the basis Of an agreement
adopted being reached under the res
ervatlon that it was to be examined
6y the governments representa- by the
delegates.
Little has been reported from the
major theatres of the war during the
past few days.
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
Will Open Office in Lumberton.

Mr. C. A. Purcell Of Wagram was
a Lumberton visitor Friday. Mr.. Pur-
cell is engaged in the automobile bus
mess and will open, an office in Lum-
berton at an early date. He has the
agency in Robson, Hoke and Scotland
counties for the Packard and Elgin
automobiles and has the Robson
agency for the Dodge. Mr.. Purcell
will leave on the 9Th of January for
Detroit, Mich, where ne will buy a
supply of Dodge automobiles to ship
to Lumberton.
Before going to Wagram Mr.. Pur-
cell was engaged in the automobile
business at Pensacola, Fla. He is a
native of Robson, having been rear
ed in the part of Robson which form
ed a part Of Hoke
The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
IN GRIP OF COLD SPELL
Coolest Spell Locally Since Feb
ruary 1899-Mercury Register
ed 4 Above Zero Yesterday and
B Above This Morning-Two
Stoves ExplodedYest with
Disastrous Results

This section is now in the grip of
the coolest weather since February
1899 9-19 years ago. 1t showed the
greater part of the day Saturday, the
snow was accompanied by blizzard,
and Sunday morning mercury regis
tered above zero at the local gov
ernment weather station. This morn
ing it registered 5 above zero. 1t is
showing again today. The cold wave
is record-breaker throughout the
South. The weather bureau promises
slowly rising temperature by Tues
day.
According to the records of Mr.. B.
M. Davis, local weather man, the
weather in February 1899 registered
above zero, which was perhaps the
coolest weather ever known here. At
that time Lumber River was frozen
over. While the river is not frozen
over now, large sheets of ice are
following each other closely down the
stream and the water about the edges
is frozen.
Many people here are having trou-
Bile with their water pipes, many of
which have already burst, and radia-
tors.
Two stove explosions occurred yes
CSLuoy 1i1O1l lilllS Will OlSdSLIOuS re-
suits. A range at the home of Mr..
A.V Wishart Fifth and Cedar streets
exploded about 10 o'clock The range
was broken into small pieces and the
kitchen furniture wrecked in general
A piece of the range went through the
ceiling and large hole was torn ir
the floor. Mrs. Wishart haG
just cleared the room when the ex.
plosion occurred and had been stand
ing near the range before leaving the
room.
Another terrific explosion occurred
at the home of Mr.. O. C. Deese, Elm
street, about 7:15 a. M, when a range
was completely demolished and tn,
building damaged around $10O. Mr.
Deese was putting a piece Of wood il
the range when the explosion occur
red and the door of the fire box struc]
him on the breast. While he had
close call, he escaped without seriou
injury. Mr.. Deese thought the waite
was cut off when he started a fire i
the range.
The cold weather seems to be gen
:. -eral east Of the Mississippi and sno7
is reported as far south at Miams
Fla.