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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
sl,r SOMETHING MUST aRElK s0ON.

The entente allies refuse to con-
slider peace proposals from Germany
which they assert to be empty ana
insincere." But along with the refusal
they dimly outline some of the COUNTER
terms the entente means to bring for
ward, when as must finally arrive. the
question of peace shall be considered
and completed.
The reply to the United States is
mainly argument for the righteousness
of the entente cause and the I'M
Righteousness of Germany. But it IS
possible to see between the lines that
the allies are not averse to DEFINITE
proposal of terms by Germany. Al
present they prefer to consider the
tentative proposition put forth by the
central powers in the light of a war
maneuver rather than a sincere move
toward peace.
However. it is step towards the
end Of the war when argument begins
over peace and peace terms. Without
any manner of doubt the people of all
the countries involved are and have
long been ready for the conflict 10
cease. They are the greatest sufferers
bv it and have borne their suffering
very close to the limit. The diplo-
mats and rulers of course Will pla! the
game of bluff and TO the showdown
There will be assertion and counter
assertion of ability to prolon2 the wal
indefinitely and each nation will seer
it's own advantage But it is a pro-
phecy when they begin dickering. Anc
behind that is the certainty that every
people embroiled and those not al
rectly enlbroiled in the war have come
close to the limit Of endurance.
The war must close soon Human
flesh and blood can not withstand the
strain. Bankruptcy and population
| lies not far ahead The conditions haV'
| become so utterly desperate that some
| thing must break. That is the his
| tory of all games and the war game i
| no exception to the rule.
1t is within the province Of the neu
trail nations not only TO suggest peace
! but to urge peace. The United State
as the greatest of the neutral power
and from the very character Of its pop
| ulation drawn as it has been from al
| the warning nations is peculiarly jusu
fed in any reasonable efforts it ma
make toward accomplishing a peac
| settlement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

The senate failed to confirm the
presidents nomination Of Winthrop
Moore Daniels, Of New Jersey, to con-
tinue as member Of the interstate
commerce commission. Mr.. Daniels' re-
appointment has aroused renewed OPP
position among the members Of the
senate who opposed MIN two years
ago.
The opposition to Mr.. Daniels, which
nearly resulted in his defeat when he
was first named as a member Of the
commission, comes chiefly from west
ern senator's, members Of the progress
sive wing of the republican party,
among them LaFollette, ClapD anu
Cummins.
The cause of the fight Is difference
Of 'economic opinion. Mr.. Daniels, while
member of the New Jersey pubic
utilities commission, decided in the
Passaic gas case that intangible values
as we'll as physical property should be
counted In the valuation Of a public
utilities corporation as basis for fix
ing reasonable rate. His opponents,
who hold that the valuation should be
confined to physical holdings in fixing
rates, say that his economic opinions
unfit him for membership on the COM
mission.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Billy Bunny and His Friends

!, $50 to the cupboard and show Daddy
5.r Fox .zat
The frosted cake in the big tin box. ~
Billy Bunny scratched his left ear
with his left hind foot and pretended he
did not hear. what Robbie Redbreast
was singing. And Bobby Tail wiggled
his little pink nose sideways SO fast
that it almost made Daddy Fox cross
eyed to look at him. And as Daddy
Fox was quite deaf, he didn't hear the
words Of the song at all; no, sir. he
only heard the voice Of Robbie Red
breast indistinctly, so after few nlin1
utes, Billy Bunny said: z Daddy FoA
won't you have some frosted cake? III
over in the cupboard on the top shef
in the tin cake box"
Daddy Fox walked across the roorA
and opened the cupboard doors. Th4
cake was just out Of reach. SO he pull
ed a chair over and climbed up ant
stood on his tip-toes. He could jusl
reach the top shelf but before eacoull
take down the cake box, Billy BUNNY
and Bobby Tail hoped out of the back
door lippity-lip, clippity clip, toward
Cousin Cotton Tails house which was
only a short distance of. The srsat
door was open and they popped in
closing 1t behind them.
How they did fool Daddy Fox. There
wasn't any cake in the box, after all!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
MAKING GOOD FOR IOWA.

The list of public improvements made
by Iowa towns and cities is an i'm
posing and astonishing one. 1t totals a
least 500. 0Oo,0 900 and is probably mucf
a newspaper They are too numerou:
for the space any Iowa newspaper has
provement has been busy. Scarcely al
incorporate town or village however
small has not made some notable pub
lie Improvement during the past year
II has been a year of paving, of es'
adjustment of public conveniences oil
all kinds private building, road inn
provement, bridge building, a year OF
great activity.
It means that Iowa is beginning to
realize her wealth and ability to have
the things she needs both privately
and publicly speaking. The farmer who
builds a new house builds it well nova
DAYS He has found that he can AFFORD
10 build it and that he can not afford
| tolve in a poor one. If any city resi-
| de,ces are being built without modern
| coneniences they are conspicuous by
ther very infreguency. The smallest
| tow is paving its main street or is
cOnidering doing so. 1t desires cleo
| trio lights and has set about getting
| ther. Il demands sewerage and Will
| hav, it. Aud in time we shall have
goot DIS: for the public spirit dis
playd in the marvellous Improvement
by te towns and villages will be ex-
tendd to the highways.
IOa is good state to live in. II
is @eting better state to live in each
| year. Iowa has always been good
stateto work in and receive the re-
turns,f labor II is now offering better
schocs. more conveniences, more COM
fort Tong with opportunity to earn. II
is gi'ns the man who desires to live
well nd comfortably and happily his
chant. And when Iowa has completed
4 goo roads system over the state
Iowa i'll be the best state in the union
to liv in comfortably. decently, hap
PLY I'D advantageously from every
huma, point of view except climate
and W are doing pretty we'll thank you
as to innate.
If ay Iowan shall have soured on
his ste a glimpse OF what Iowa has
done Ell Is doing and must in the very
natureof things continue to do should
swecte him. We have the foundation
wheret to build the best any state has
schem. or accomplished. There is lit
tie thaany other state has that Iowa
can nOhave and have as we'll or bet
ter.
Iowa; the best state in the union.
the cerr of the greatest tract OF
arabic i'd fertile land under the sun
and Mahaltown is the rich center OF
Iowa. twas d good year. They have
been go' years for the seventy that
Iowa ha been a state and each year
from l84to 1917. If the man with. the
OK teamnd his successor with the
span Of )rses could go thus far in
seventy ars. now far ought we to &c
in the ne seventy years?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Topic of the Times

Whetheit IS TO be a happy new
year depels more on ourselves than
on circunances: and when We came
down to ass tacks we make mos:
of the crmstances also.
About surest way to lose the en-
tire good II OF the public would u, to
call stri which would tie III ira as
portation this time
Some ks will consider Lord
Curzons sond Sabine raid on Ameri-
can heiress as almost hoggish.
So long MacVicar grabs the coal
for the pc who are in dire straits
for fuel npdy but the coal operator
and the coignee is going to criticise
him with 3 severity.
rs%
The reas that Belgium was made
prominent d Constantinople wasn't
mentioned asn't because CONSTANT
| ople is a 10 word to write.
Mighty sd shedding If anybody
wanted to , it.
When thwar has killed or de-
stroyed aist 100000 men seems
like it is alt time to consider saw
ing few.
Mr. Horiays suggestion that a
ten-year cid season should be made
upon prairrhickens and quail In
Iowa is wo consideration by the
Legislature. iowever why not a tria
trip of five RS as an experiment?
Il Among Eat World Events" as
compiled bye Des Moines Register II
is found th:the Register started q
movement { a new jail in Poll
county. ...
3 It now beg to look as though In
, stead of seek Villa all we need DE-
is, to stick ard and he'll come to us
y The proposmerger OF the Ave tenn.
Z perance orgaations would be ont
! combination restraint Of trade whici
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
The MESSENGER Boy.

When he goes whistl!ng down the
street
His eyes are young and young his
feet
He does not know the words tllt stand
Like rows of flame within his mana.
He casually rings the bell
OF AZ. where all is we'll.
And waits there in the vest!pule
Where it is hushed and clean ana cool,
A careless lad. who does not guess
The words he brings bring EMPTINESS,
Bring sorrow and engulfing tears,
And change the smooth march OF the
years.
The door is opened. \everm"fe
Will one pass thru that friendly door
White fingers tear the enVelJpe
White fingers thru the message grope.
There is a cry. sound OF feet.
\ boy goes whistling down the street
Saturday Evening Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

cents. 1t brought us drouth, Fl. G.. of
L., more war across the seas; but why,|
fair reader. should we dwell on painful
things like these? The New Years.
hanging round the place.; come In, New
Year, come in; to greet you with
gloomy face would surely be, q SIM
Come in, what are you waiting for 4
We welcome you with songs; perhapRl
you'll put an end to war. and regulatY
all wrongs. Perhaps you'll bring thu
hungry Kid a biscuit or d roll ea,llt !
the widow with lid, the freezing mars
with coal. Perhaps you'll scourge the
soulless crew that speculates In wheat,
and split the robber cost In two, on
things the poor folk eat Come In,
New Year, the latchstrinss out, We
welcome you some more; just make
yourself at home. old scout. slide down
our cellar door. @ n 4 ssls sss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Masonic Meetings.
visItors always welcome

SPECIAL coMMUNIcATioN-Mar
shall lodge No los. A. +. d A. w.
Tuesday, Jan. 2, 1880 p. m, worn ia
second degree. John w. Wells, Secre-
tary: B. O. Frazey, w. NJ.
s,cNET CHAPTER. Nc IS. r. A. NJ.
Stated convocation Monday evening"
Dec. IS. 1880 o'clock. Regular business.
Election of officers. earl ShaHner' H.
p: John w. Wells, secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, R. & 5. NJ Mon
day. Jan. %. Regular business l. l.
Forbes, Recorder: George Hresois'
T. NJ.
STATED coNcLAVE, St. AldemaF
commandery. No. 80, X. T.. Iuesaas
Ian. %. 1917. 7. T. Forbes Recoroei
H C, Mueller Commander
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. :
ESPECIAL meeting. Installation Oh o.
6cers Wednesday. Jan. 10, ''3o y. "
Eliza s, Battin, secretary: Cora Nj. No-
Dowell, w NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

Thomas w. Lawson and his asso-
ciates made hundreds Of thousands in
the recent big stock slump, Boston
says.
Stock exchanges will be asked to
make an investigation of the operations
of brokers who acted for the so-called
secret pool.
\ few,tweeks ago Lawson. as the
chief of operators for the pool, began
selling stocks, mostly United States
Steel, the story runs. He acted thru
agents. who in turn divided the huge
transactions among many brokerage
houses. "
Steel was then around 1925, but the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

big selling campaign caused it to sag
slowly to 120 and then lis, altho Law
son was nursing the market to absorb
his big sales without breaking. At 115
he stopped. Then came the German
bid for peace and Steel went to 105.
and Lawson began to cover.
Just as the professionals were rec
gaining confidence came the news OF
President Wilson'S peace note. Lawson
was able to cover all his short sales.
1t is said that his purchases on one
recent day alone totaled 100000 shares
of Steel around 100 and that his av-i
erage profit was better than ten points
q share. 's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Ripping Rhymes
II ey WALT MASON
THE NEW YEAR

The New Years knocking at the
door: we greet him with a smile. "Oh,
hang your. hat upon the floor. sit down
and stay while!" The New Year fills
us with the hope Of blessings we may
share;, and yet, according to the dope,
such hopes are all snare. Remember,
how, a year ago we welcomed sweet
Sixteen, and how our mouths worked
to and fro, with Smiles that were Sc
rene? And then 1t brought financial
wreck to many weary gents; potatoes
sixty cents agpeck, and eggs 1t nifty
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

the banker duly made out for so many
loads of gravel. To this bill he added
the following cryptic insertion:
"To five ROSTERS at 81 apiece, total
&c." which, being added to the gravel
item above totaled $1T.50. He called
at the counter of the genial banker,
telling that worthy that he had a Dill
for gravel amounting to $3.50. The
banker threw him out the money.
Jack marked the bill paid, threw 1t
in at the window. pocketed the cash
and went his way.
Not long after this transaction JACK
called upon Jim and related to the lat-
ter the particulars of the deal, up 10
date. Jim whirled to his phone and
rang up the banker. -
How much are you paying qtor
chickens today?"
"Whaddye take this ranchrfor any
way-a poultry farm
NO" says Jim, but tell me the price
You are paying for roostersep
1--WE are not buying roosters, .hens'
chickens, cockerels, pullets, caprons
nor mavericks" says the banker.
BET you are" says Jim. LOOK at
the bill you just paid Jack Reeder
A slight pause here. Then
Say, YOU. - etaoin shrdlu cmfwy
bang!, (two telephones out of order!1
And now Jack Reeder is buying all
the ROSTERS he can find in order TO
supply the market.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

considering the biblical story OF
the prodical son and the fatter calf in
the light of the present baby beef
quotations." the Council Bluffs Nom
pareil is convinced that the fathers
love for his offspring looms up as
great example"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
LESSON IN ADVERTISING.
II nnn Rennrtor


Along last spring smooth tonsueo
individual representing the Lewis toW-
Ter Advertising Company. OF Des
MOines came to Leon and Interested
the pastors of the Leon churches In Sc
curing a big free sign, on Whlch t'ie
words Go to Church" were to DE
painted. He was a very smooth lndl-
vidGal, working for the cause, and All
he hoped to get out of donating the
sign was that his firm could sell the
space to some national advertiser AFTER
the expiration of the three-year con-
tract to advertise the religious move
ment for the benefit of the churches.
II looked good for the churches on the
face of his representations, and the
pastors assisted him in getting twelve
business firms to agree to pay the cost
of furnishing the electricity to illum!-
nate the sign. Twelve firms signed an
agreement which now turns up in the
shape of prOmissory note, each hrm
agreeing to pay s9.lo every six months
for q period of three years. making q
total Of s54.90 each. or a grand total OF
s65s.S0 Not satisfied with this, the
smooth promoter induced the Leon FL
ectric Company to donate one year
lighting, which left him over $500 Tor
his WORK in soliciting the Leon hrms
and putting up the sign, and as ne
closed up the deal in a couple Of DAYS
he made Il pretty fair profit. One OF the
firms caught by the graft wrote to the
Thomas Cusirk sign Company. of chi
ca9O. and asked them what they Wouid
erect such sign and main tain il for
three years for, and they replied they
would erect it. repaint it once each
year. and maintain 1t for $52 a year. a
total of 1915 for three years.
The sign was erected this week on
the top Of Harris Bros. marble block
Oil the north side of the square. ana
the names of the firms who pay for 1t
appear in small letter on one corner
which a person would have to get a
field glass to read al any distance. the
Leon ministers who were induced TO
lend their aid to the scheme naturally
feel that they We're imposed upon, and
are mighty sorry they had anything to
do with at. but the fellow came to
Leon with credentials from ministers a
other places endorsing the scheme, ana
they SUPPOSED Twas all right
The smooth promoter made whirl-
wind campaign in Iowa and succeeded
in placing one OF these church signs ~
nearly every county in the STATE, ana
when you figure there are ninety-nine
counties it looks as il he cleaned up a
pretty good sum for his work in the
interest OF the churches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

Iowa isn't bothered because New
Years eve will fail on Sunday. One
can sit up late, eat an apple ana
drink a bottle of grape juice as APP
propriately on Sunday as on any other
evening" suggests the Sioux CITY
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
BOOSTERS AND REPRIsALs.

Jefferson Bee.]
It's cold day when the bunch on
the immediate northwest corner Of the
square can not turn some stunt of
real amusing interest. According to
Charlie Stream. who works at the
Tucker potato factory, the following is
said to have happened:
Not long ago Jack Reeder purchase
at a nearby auction six fine roosters.
One Of these roosters was said to be
scrapper. All were in one crate, in
Guiding the fighter. Not having rig
at the sale Mr.. Reeder asked Herr
Tucker to take the crate to the potato
factory and leave it there until he
could get it home When Reeder
came up town one of the ROSTERS
the fghter-had mysteriously dis
appeared. He was finally convinced
| that the fowl had not been in the
crate, and filed objections to paying
same Immediately. .-, -..
Jack went home to get his rig to
carry the BOOSTERS to their destination,
but when he got back to the potato
factory, 10! and behold. every rooster
had disappeared! Jack had his gus
picions'' but suspicious don't count for
much at Christmas time. The follow
| ing day he was again at the potato
factory. and was there invited to par
take of lunch, carefully spread with
| in the warm walls of the block. The
piece de resistance was a fine rooster,
of spartan pedigree, tho done to a
turn. Still later he was presented
with a bunch Of feathers, carefully
selected from the carcasses OF five
other roosters. And still Jack Smiled
and was a villain still"
But you can't keep a good mar
down. Jack had been spreading some
gravel upon the road for number OF
parties, including q prominent loca
banker. Jack had bill OF $3.50 agains,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Looks now like the non partisan
judicial primary is to go and Ben
Salinger is to stay" remarks the
Grundy Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

The Burlington Gazette thinks
while the Iowa primary law is not
ideal, it is a safe bet that if the next
general assembly thinkers with it It
will be worse than ever when they
finish"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
Iowa Newspapers

AFTER TIE REVINALS-W HAT?
Washington. Iowa. Democrat
The various churches in Washington
are planning to have revival meetings
soon; the Christian church meetings
will begin on jan : and the date OF
the Methodist meetings has not been
set. Revivals have their. definite place.
and it seems to be agreed by the differ
ent ministers here that revivals are
necessary in Washington this winter
Rev. J. A. Glendinning spoke truly
when he said that every one must pay
the price of a good revival, that it does
not mean simply course Of meetings
by minister but that the pastor. the.
official board and all the congregation
must work together to produce a real
revival We must pay the price for
everything We have, not in money al
ways but often III hard work AMI
prayers.
Perhaps we are wrong, but 1t strik es
US that there is a great work to be
done after the reviyals. We may in
terest the boys and girls n the churcn
and church activities. but that will not
take all their time. Some prominent
speaker has said it is what you d,
when you rest that codnts: how YOU
spend your leisure time that makes
for character. stranger going thru
the largest church buildings in town
remarked "Wha; a pity you have n
place for your boys and girls: no gym
nasium. no room where they feel free
to come and spend a pleasant evening.
And it is a lamentable fact. Washing
ton has no place for her young people.
Do you know that the 100 boys who
bring their lunches in from the coun-
try, have no place TO eat? Often they
will buy crackers and pickles in Il
grocery store: at best everything is
cold and even then there Is no real
place to eat. Mrs. GAMER matron at
the rest room. was asked whether ar
rangements might not be made so the
boys could eat their lunch at the rest
room. But that was impossible, the
place ia full of girls at noon. Invest-
cation has proved that there Is no
place for these boys.
But it is farther reaching than that,
they need a place for recreation where
they may meet. The girls in our
Washington stores offices and in
schoo! need physical exercise, and for
two years the girls have tried to have
class Of their own. 1t has been hard
to secure a room they could afford to
hire, harder still to secure teacher
and we have been told that this year
it has been absolutely impossible to
get a teacher to conduct a class.
Isn't it worth thinking about?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

The number of candidates for
legislative jobs brings to mind that
there are still people who are willing
to work for their board and room
rent" observes the Monticello EN-
press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
would not bump against the antitrust

III, .n...,"s.
In view Of the assertion In the dis
patches that Great Britain proposes to
send million troops thru Holland to
attack Germany British indignation
over the invasion Of Holland would
SEINE to lose some of it's force this side
of the water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

No man ever thinks Of giving up snnok.
ing until New Years day rolls around.
merchant. There Is nothing more sat
isfying than to have some customer
who has not paid anything on account
since the Franco Prussian war walk In
on New Years day and spill a roll OF
currency that would choke a wardrobe
trunk. On this account we should all
respect New Years day and encourage
it's use whenever possible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

Sad But True.
Distance prolongs the life Of = great
many friendships
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

The Muscatine Journal thinks likely
those carpers who sought to blame
the republican newspapers OF the
country for withholding news of Will
sons election are maintaining an elo-
'quent silence on the alleged leak at
washington which permitted some
folks on the inside TO make $60.00O,OOO
in Wall street as a result Of the peace
negotiations"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01
NEW YEARS DAY.
'ttONHd LRdlln
e OF Shoes: and ships Iad &eh8 Wsx.'

On New Years day some people pay
what they owe and thus gladden. the
heart of the patient but hopeful retail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-01

The Logan Observer notes that II
frequently happens that the great cry
Of economy before election is promptly
laid on the shelf after the votes are
counted. It's that way in the nation.
likewise it's that way in Iowa