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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
tended for the Russian and Italian
drives back to- the west front.
BRITISH IMPROVE POSITIONS.
Adverse Weather Conditions Prevent
Operations in Force.

Operations in Force.
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent
With British Headquarters in France.
April 1S.-Operations on the British
front may be said ito have reached a
temporary holding. stage along the
line of the recent advance. Between
Lens and st. Quentin 1t seenaS to be
one of absorption. Minor assaults
here and there are improving British
positions.
War operations involving such num-
bers as are now opposed on the west
ern front necessarily move in waves.
The work OF bringing up supplies.
guns and ammunition often is more
strenuous than are actual assaults.
The British plunge forward in
Easter week reached a greater depth in
a shorter time than any attack since
the beginning Of the war. The total
OF 227 guns brought In, together with
ammunition. exceeded any haul made
during similar period Of the war.
All captured German documents
show the enemy Knew an offensive was
being planned around Arras. 1t is
evident, however, that the Germans
expected their first or second line to
hold This was particularly. true OF
their positions on vimy ridge, which
was the northern Gibraltar Of the Hin
denburg line.
Operations around Lens are proceed
ing. The British already hold posi-
tons on all western approaches. Lens
10 the central point of the great min
ing district which straddles for miles
In all directions.
able with no sign OF spring. The
temperature was below freezing last
night with winter downpour.
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British shippins Losses.

London, April 1s.-The weekly re-
port Of British slipping losses issued
today shows nineteen vessels OF more
than 1900 tons sunk and nine vessels
Of less than 1000 tons. Twelve fish
ing boats also were sunk
[During the last Seyen weeks. the PEE
rod in which statement Of the losses Of
British merchant vessels have been
made in their present form. the figures
show that 1853 vessels have been lost.
the total for vessela Of more than L.
600 tons being 116 and for vessels Of
less than that tonpage. 50. This weeks
losses of twenty.eight merchant ships
are slightly ineexcess Of the average.
which is twenty-fours for the seven
weeks periodl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
LEAPS TO DEATH IN RIVER.
Man Who Leaps From Council Bluffs
Bridge Believed to Be Fred Metz.

SpoclaI 70 T1mcs-Republfchn.
Council Bluffs, April 1s.--An uniden-
titled man, at first believed from
Omaha, jumped from bridge here
lats-yesterday, to his death. While no
one appears to have been close enough
to tho man to get good description
Of him. the police Of this city have a
suspicion that the fellow was Fred
Metz, the Sioux City man who created
q disturbance here by kicking out win
dow lights upon which picture of
President Wilson had been pasted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
Munitions Plans Affected.
Workers Promised Broad.

London, April 1s.--A Berlin dispatch
to the Poutikens of Copenhagen, as for
warded to the Exchange Telegraph
Companyrsisa that work has been re-
sumed Il, n,most Of the Berlin factories.
The vosstsche Zedtung Of Berlin.
says that as conditions Of returning
to work the strikers demanded suffi-
cient supply o1 bread and potatoes and
a. proper distrfbution of food and a
guarantee ofSthe promised Prnssian
electoral reforms
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
, CIV Nioht LNo to b Checked.

New York, April 1s.-War will soon
cast its pail over the gay night life II
New York City. An order was issued
Iby Mayor Mitchell, to take effect May
1, TO stop the sales Of liquor at !
o'clock In the morning. All night IL
censes held by saloons. hotels. roof
gardens and cabaret places VIII os
Mayor, Mitchell said his action was
called for by good taste and a proper
sense OF, the present crisis, also from a
sense Of conserving our resources ma
tional and personal. human and ma
terial.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
STRIKE ALSO PEACE MOVE.
German PopuIace Secs No End .
Hunger Until HostiIities Cease.

German PopuIace Sees No Erd Of
Hunger Until HostiIities Cease.
Copenhagen, via. London, April 49,
The, number of strikers in Berlin is
placed in even semi official reports at
1876 900, distributed, according to the
Tageblatt, thru machine works, some
the munitions plants. The latter state
ment is interesting in view of dis
patch from the official bureau which
denies that the munitions factories
are affected. The Tageblatt says the
great munitions plant at Standau had
not been involved.
Reports In all the Berlin newspapers
which have arrived here agree that
the demonstrators were usually order
ly, altho roughs resorted to occasional
window breaking in Unter den Linden
and other central thoroughfares. Sol
diers as we'll as police were used In
cardons thrown about the imperial
castle.
Feeling 10 Bitter.
Great crowds gathered in the neigh
borhood Of the castle during the day
and the temper Of the crowd Is de-
scribed as very bitter. The crowds
denounced the farmers, the whole
ssalers and. the government as respon-
sibleS for the food situation.
Even socialist leaders who opposed
the strike made 1t evident that fur
ther curtailment Of rations from any
cause could not be borne.
Labor leaders interviewed Lord
Wermuth and the Prussian food COM
missioner yesterday. They were given
assurances In regard to food which
1t is hoped will induce the workmen
to abandon the strike.
Deep Longing For Peace.
The Vorwaerts alone Of the big Ber-
lin papers ventures this morning to
comment editorially on the strike. 1t
said the demonstration was based not
only on the. food situation and the de-
mand that internal reforms be no
longer delayed but also on the deep
longing OF the people for peace. While
claiming that the peace sentiment has
a decisive role In the movement, the
paper argues that the strike can not he
regarded as anti-goverpmental since
tho Austrian and German declaration
Justify the hope that the policy Of the
central powers is now on q path which
will soon. lead to peace"
The paper laments the fact that the
demonstration will have exactly the
opposite effect from that desired, by
encouraging Germany's opponents to
continue the war. It also regrets that
among other excesses a crowd gath
cred in front Of the vacant British
embassy Yelling and cat calling.
No reports Of q strike movement +. In
labor centers outside of Berlin have
been received as yet. At Kiel the dis-
patch says. the radical anti-war party
got control Of the greater Kiel social
list assembly and passed resolutions
against voting war credits.
Another sidelight comes from Mum
|ich. where . woman teacher was put
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on active war duty are prohibited
from firing salutes.
Boston. April 1s-Three coast guard;
stations at Race Point. Peaked Hill
Bar and High Head reported that they
heard heavy guns being fired at 9:41
a. m, today, north of the stations, In
quick succession. These stations aro
loff Provincetown.
The firing. which apparently came
from point just outside OF Massa-
chusetts Bay, at the end of Cape Cod,
began at s:l5 and continued at inter-
walls since.
Naval officials explained that the
firing probably Indicated that naval
engagement was in progress.
Sends Thrill Along Coast.
Reports OF heavy sun FIRE at the en-.
trance Of Massachusetts bay sent NJ q
thrill along the coast today. ThrsN
coast guard stations on Cap Cnd guc-
cessively reported they had countAA
distinct and rspeeted guns TRIM ~,
north and northeast Of the TN ofi ths
cape.
1t was believed at the navy yard that
American vessels were engaged with
the enemy. Inside the cape heA.y
fog hung over the waters but outside
the weather was calm and a gentle
breeze was blowing. No warship was
sighted and after thirty minutes the
firing ceased
II was suggeste- that ships OF tho
allies which are constantly on patrol
duty might have come up with friendly
warships and that salutes were ex-
changed However naval men could
not understand warships on active
duty betraying their location thru
naval etiquette. They believed there
was no saluting unless prearranged.
Subsequent attempts to learn some
thing more definite failed and explana-
nation OF the firing awaited reports
from war vessels in the vicinity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
READY ToFAcE ENEMY.
Unrsst Among Russian Soldiers Said
70 Have Disappeared.

London, April ia Petrograd dis
patch says that Premier Lvoff and
some Of the others members Of the
provisional government who have been
visiting, army headquarters say that
conditions on, the front had consider
ably improved esAecially with regard
to the supply Of food products.
The premier declaFsd in an interview
that the unrest which tie army, had
shown during the nrst stage Of the
revolution has completely disappeared.
He said the troops now are ready to
encounter the enemy and are confident
Of the outcome.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
Escapes From Submarine.

New Fork. April ia German sub
marine disguised as sailing ship with
three masts. was sighted by the British
steamship Southern Down on April 4
when about 500 miles west Of Lisbon,
and for two hours the British freighter
was chased, escaping capture or de-
|struction thru her superior speed. ac-
cording to the officers of the vessel on
arrival Of the vessel today at an Ameri-
can port.
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sPANlsH STEAMER SUNK.


+ cen Lives Are Lost.
Madrid. via Paris April 1s.The
Spanish steamship Tom has been tor
pedoed and sunk without warning.
Eighteen lives were lost.
1t is expected that this occurrence will
further tinfiame, the people Of Spain.
[The Tom. of 2, ,4Qs. tons gross. was
owned in Bilbao. Recent dispatches
said much excitement was caused by
the torpedoins Of the Spanish steamer
San F,ulgencio. The Spanish govern
ment sent ! proteststo Germany and Il
reported 20 have demanded N indem-
nity.l ss " Il Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
Ru.. RepvI.. Teuton Attacks.

Russ Rsputss Teueon Attacks.
I Petrograd, via London, April IS
Teuton forces yesterday made vio-
lent attack on the Russian positions on
the Danube river. northwest Of Braia,
the war office announced today. The
attackers were repulsed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
COLD. WAVE FOR OPENING.
Unsettled Weather Predicted Fol
Western League Getaway.

Denver, Colo, April 1S.-"Unsettled
and colder was the weather forecast
for the opening day OF tho Western
League baseball season here, but ii
large attendance was looked for. Gov
ernor Guntsr was expected to pitch the
first BALL Boehler and shesteak prob
ably would be the battery for Denver,
club officials said. In the opening
against Omaha. Merz and Gratten
were to form the Omaha battery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
Heat Record Broken,

Des Moines, April 1s.Heat records
for the last -fve years wesAs broken to-
day when the mercury rseistered II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
TROY F,REMEN KILLED.
Explosion Causes Death Of Battalion
Chief and Two Men.

Troy, ", V. April 1S.--Rattalion Chte1@
Bailey and two other tiremen were kills
ed and eight others. including Chief
Patrick Byron. were injured early todayiss
by the explosion OF an ammonia tank
in the Mohecian Grocery Companys
building. The property loss y cstinat..
ad at S5O.OOQ. "a ss SssA s' e
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and 80; April II. 1915. "a and 40. At Z
this morning. 81; yesterday, As.
PAGE ONE.
Telesraphic News:
French Make New Gain on Twenty
Mile Front.
Germans Lose 10000 More Men.
Germans Cry For Bread and Peace,
Congress May Disagree over Con-
scription.
Heavy Firing Heard at Sen.
Naval Battle May Be in Progress. IS
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FouR.s
Iowa and General News:
Disloyal State Employees to Lose
Jobs.
Seven Billion War Issue Passes
Senate.
Boost For County Agents.
No Sunday Lid For Some Time.
Capital Women Quit F'rivolity.
Review of Sports.
PAGE FIVE.
Story:
The Destroying Angel.
EDITORIAL:
1t Is Crime.
Lord Northcliffc's Warning.
Hog Cholera and Food Shortage.
Topics of the Times.
Iowa Opinion and Notes.
PAGES SEVEN. EIGHT, NINE, TEN,
ELEVEN.
City News:
Liberty Township Woman Meets
Death
Mrs. Elizabeth Keoppel Killed il
Runaway.
Supervisors to Receive Road Bids
April 80
More Boys Off For War.
Much Interest In Red Cross Work.
General and Brief City News.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Wheat Losses Quickly Regained.
Corn Declines and Rallies With
Wheat.
Cattle Weak.
Hogs Sell Lower.
Iowa Field Work Well Advanced
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
AIR aAr;ker. Re.uma Work.

All Strikers Resuma Work.
II London, April Is. - Reuter- dispatch
from Ainsterdam.axS II is X repoyted
there from Deflid x1sat THE last Or the
strikers have resumed work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
HEAVY FIRING
. OFF CAPE GOD
UNEXPLAINED.
Navs1 5 flicials at Boston
II N Naval Battle May
be In Progress.
EB1G GUNS BOOM
FOR SEVERAL HOURS

American Ships Prohibited From Fir,no
sa'utes and Battle Is Only Explana.
ton Accepted by Officials, - Firina
Believed to 6s Just Outside oS
ma''aehusetts say-u. s. s. Smith
Sends Details Of "sub" Attack.
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on trial for "pacifigt intrigues." She
was acquitted on the ground that she
was "demented from over strain"
Munitions Plans Affected.
A strike has broken out among Pol
ish munitions makers In Warsaw,
where Germany has been using Polish
iaborers TO help supply the German
eastern army. Ordinances Of the gov
ernor general, which are repuhlished In
a Posen Polish paper, threatened those
refusing to work to years imprison-
ment. The governor declares that no
releases for Polish prisoners of war
will be granted until the strike move
ment is checked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18
GERMANS LOSE $4,000 men and HEIGHTS
NEWS OF THE DAY
T.-R. BULLETIN
The Weather.

Sun rises April 10 at 5:l4; sets at 6:4S
lowa--Showers and cooler tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy and cooler in
east and south portions.
Range Of temperature at Marshall
town: Tuesday. Is and As; Monday. 63
and SO; April II. 1915, "a and 40. At Z
this morning. 81; yesterday, As.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-18

Z The Present Age.
We live In an age In which superfiu-
pus ideas abound and essential ideas
IRE lacking. -Joubsrt. ---.--s
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British capsurs vill.rs Guislain.

British Capture viIlsrs- GuisIain.
London, April 1s.-The British forces
have made further progress north of
st. Quentin and have captured the viii
|lage Of villers- Guislain, according tc
an official statement given out by the
war office today. The statement says:
During the night we made further
progress southeast and east Of Elephy
and this morning captured the village
Of Villers- -Guislain with some prison
ers We also improved our positions
in the neiyhborhood of Lagnicourt.
Elsewhere there 10 nothing to re-
port OF special interest. Heavy rain
Is again falling"
Germans, TAX. 5000 Prisoners.
| Berlin. via London. April 1s.-The
number OF prisoners taken by the Ger
mans on ths French battle front yes
ltsrdAJ. Acearsatn8 70 thu official state
Inssnt ~ to- tsttlaeAs ;OoS
| onfcef1 SMnd men - s,s,s
Gernsan forces Il, Macedonia, the
German official statement says. drove
lthe French from positions one kilo-
meter wide on tho Crvena Stena
which were captured by the French
last March.
French attacks IN the Champagne
yesterday over a twelve mile front, the
statement adds were prevented from
piercing the Germans lines by the
German barrier positions. Part Of the
Moronv1llieres wood and Auberlve was
wrested from French colored divisions
which had reached there. DURING the
fighting on April 1s, twenty-six Of
the numerous French armored motor
cars were destroyed.
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pri.ens Welcome v. s. AZ Ally.
London. April ls.----In the house OF
commons today unanimous approval
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Provincstovn, Mass, April ia
r'r'ne was heard off the tip Of
cape Cod today. II was suggested
that Il might have beer an sx.
change OF salutes Of naval v.s-
sells, aitho il 10 statad tk.s -e..>i.s
on active war duty are prohibited
from firing salutes.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18

for attracting marked attention to the
Superior district throughout the min
ing world. The shoot of ore opened on
the 1900 level in the Magma, showing
"a width 'sof thirty-one feet of IL per
cent copper ore, is declared to be a
rival of the ore body in the United
Verde Extension of jerome, Arizona,
which proved the sensation of the
mining fields last year.
THE fact that the surface indica-
tons to the Superior district are so
distinct and easily read appears to be
the magnet which is attracting min
ing operators away from other Ari-
IONA copper fields, where geological
conditions are more difficult of solu-
ton.
MIR. Newhouse, latest operator to
take holdings in the district, has been
one of the most picturesque figures
in the mining industry during the past
thirty year. a number of large min
ing enterprises throughout the western
country have resulted from his ac-
t.vity and well-esta bliShed ability. His
successes have been heralded through
out the United States and across the
Atlantic ocean into European financial
districts for many years. Mr. New
house is as we'll known in Boston, New
York. London and Paris as he is in
Utah, where his far sightedness and
enterprise We're in great measure re-
sp0nsble for building Salt Lake from
a large town into a beautiful city The
advent of this well-known operator
into Superior will add another incen-
tive to that interesting field"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18

hovc in the doctrine he has preached
rc9 riding Arizona that he has written
numerous articles regarding conditions
here, which have appeared in the lead
ing mining journals of the country. In
an interview last evening Mr. Mac
MILAN made the following statement:
Our property, which, in the main,
is patented, lies Immediately south
and adjoining what was known in
the early history of the Superior
camp as the Lake Superior and Ari-
IONA holdings. These holdings are
now controlled by the Magma Cop
per company. and by settlement of
long standing litigation become
contiguous part of the Magma estate
in the Superior district Aside from
the tremendous ore body opened on
the Magma ground at the 1500-foot
level the company is shipping high
grade copper ore from this L. s. and
A. ground. and at no great distance
from the property which We have just
acquired.
we have been disinclined to go into
new mining enterprises at time
when the advanced price of metals is
responsible for innumerable promo
lions and ventures, but the results of
our Investigations of the opportuni-
ties offered the Magma Copper COM
pany's holdings were such that we
could not overlook the chance to de-
velop a mine. The reports Of Walter
Harvey Weed Well-known geologist,
and others on the district and on prop
erty aside from the great Magma itself
court careful and earnest investigation
Of the possibilities in that field Our
search brought conclusions that make
us rather optimistic regarding the Su-
perior camp. We have confidence in
the future of the Magma Superior
Work is to be theoretically prosecuted
on the further exploration of the es-
tate and. with the development al
ready accomplished there, our expec-
tations for. early satisfactory results
are strong.
Mr.. Macmillan said that the price
paid for the control of the company
reaches into six figures ard is large for
a property not already in a producing
stage. The board of directors of the
company will be changed to some ex-
tent, and announcement is TO be made
later as to its personnel.
The recent rapid rise in the price
of Magma shares, which carried the
issue from around $l2 to $50, with re-
cessions to $35 and later advance to
about $50 a share has been responsible
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18

laws for the enforcement of prohlbi-
ton in Nebraska. which voted dry last
fall. Governor Neville proposes that
the state county and city authorities
be re-erforced by a public welfare de-
paItment whose chief duty will be to
make sure the prohibitory law is be-
ing enforced He also suggested the
following:
Penalty for the illict sale of liquor
to fall upon the landlord as well as
the tenant of the offending property.
"Forbiddance Of drinking clubs or Of
lockers in social clubs.
Strict regulation of drug stores.
A severe penalty, graduated with
each offense for bootlegging.
Contracting within the state for
the sale of liquor by outside brewery
or distillery interests to be considered
the same as bookkeeping"
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18
MINING bARONS TAKE OVER OLD.
SUPERIOR PROPERTY YESTERDAY

One of the largest mining deals
ever consumated in the history of the
state was announced yesterday, when
J. Harry Macmillan, representing
Samuel NeWhouse of Salt Lake City,
and other prominent mining operators
Of both the west and east, paid through
the Valley bank large sum for the
controlling interest in the '1nterloper"
group at Superior.
So positive was Macmillan that the
Superior district is the coming camp
in the state of Arizona, that he has
made five trips between Phoenix and
Salt Lake, and has at last succeeded in
securing what he thinks is about the
best piece of mining property to he
obtained in the state. He refused to
divulse the price paid last night, but
it was rumOred that it was one of the
largest considerations ever paid for a
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18

mine in that district.
W. J. Graham Of Phoenix repre-
scented the holders of the group. and
with Macmillan. conducted the negoti-
atoms which resulted in the transfer
yesterday
Incorporation papers were filed for
the Magma Superior Copper company
yesterday afternoon, the name under
which the group will be operated. Ac-
cording to Macmillan, who is one of
the best known mining operators in
Utah and Nevada, Arizona is the
coming mining state of the union. All
through the west, he stated last night,
Arizona is constantly talked among
mining men. The boom which the state
has undergone in the past, is nothing
to what is to come.
SO earnestly does Mr. Macmillan be-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-18

ISOLATION tc hire amy hearse, carriage.
motor car or other vehicle, thus des-
troying competition and increasing
the high cost of dying
1t is alleged that the association has
boy2ottcd the Meiners Livery and
Undertaking company and Hickey and
Stephens, making it impossible for
them to hire vehicles or obtain con-
tr1cts with the Carriage Drivers
union. The boycott was so success
full. it is asserted. that Nora c.
Stephens, who owns a half interest in
the partnership of Hickey and Steph-
ems, was unable to hire a carriage for
her own personal use to attend the
funeral of friend.
1t is further alleged that, under the
rules of the association, any member
who rents a vehicle to a member