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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
KEEP CONGRESS ON the JOB.

Senator Falls bill to give the presi-
dent power to use force as he should
see fit against Germany-for that is
what the bill means-met with sturdy
opposition in the senate Saturday and
brought some plain speaking. Senator
Lodge led the opposition to the presi-
dents proposal.
There Is evident in both houses not
only reluctance but apparent deter
mination against turning over the stu
alton to the president. 1t seems in
clined to retain it's just powers and to
trust itself as representative body as
more capable to deal with q situation
so fraught with desperate prospects
and possibilities. In this it will have
the unqualified agreement of the mid
die west which prefers to trust con-
gress as a, deltberative and representa-
tive body rather than any one individ-
ual however high his station or great
his anxiety for dictatorial powers. This
country is standing by the president,
not as an individual but as the presi>
dent Of the United States. 1t is stand
ing by itself and it's welfare and its
honor. When congress refuses to dele
gate the powers with which it is charg.
ed and which it has no moral right to
delegate it is doing the right thing
Naturally. the country will incline to
trust a meeting Of the stockholders
presided over by the president more
than delegate authority to one man
tho that man be the president.
Senator Lodge-whose inclination
has been Wilsonward, asserted that
this country has stood and Is standing
by the president He said that con-
gress had given all that had been ask
ed with lavish hand and that he
| would refuse no authority and money
needed for defense of the United
States: that the president should have
sonal feelings but he added, Il shall
not give my consent under a blackmail
| threat Of war to an Objectionable
treaty"
Congress might we'll stay on the job
until the crisis Is past or eliminates
With all our nagging at congressm en-
and congress the fact that 1t is In session
and at hand to balance and weigh con-
ditions and circumstances affords a
feeling of greater safety. II congress
finds itself obliged to remain in session
while the crisis endures the country
will feel that it is doing it's duty in q
time when every wise adviser is needed
and the wisdom of every branch Of
government is required.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. &
A. M.-Special communication. Work
in Second degree Friday. March 2, 1880
D. m John w. Wells. secretary; w. H
Steiner. w. NJ.
siGNET CHAPTER, No. SO. R. A. M.
Special convocation Monday evening,
Feb. 20, 1880 o'clock. Royal Arch De-
gree, followed by banquet. Carl Shaft
uer H. P; ohm W. Wells, secretary
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. & 5. NJ. Mon
day. March 10. Regular business. t.
Forbes, Recorder: George Gregory
I. N.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE. st. Aldena7
commandery, No. 80, K. T Tuesday.
March s, for work. 100 p, m. T
Forbes, recorder; H C, Mueller, COM
mander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. O. e.
e.-Regular meeting for business Wed
nesday, March IA, at 1880 p. N. Mrs
George Downing. secretary; Mrs. j. E.
Frederick, W. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
Ripping Rhymes
sx WALT MAsoN
rRlALs oE AM INVALID

TRIALS OF AN INVALIO
have the anthrax in my knees. and
remedies won't rout It; when l have
any punk disease, like to talk about
it. Oh. could tell you, Ind repeat,
about acute lumbago, and how the
doctor makes me eat such things as
bran and sage. And when | tell about
the state Of my old stomachs lining,
It's wonderful how l orate-my elo-
quence is shining. But when try TO
tell the tale Of aches that I'm enjoying.
my neighbors say, THE subjects stale;
long since we found 1t cloying Come,
talk of battle and retreat. where ma
lions strive together; discuss While
the winter wheat, and analyze the
weather. The peach crops killed IN
Delaware, the late dispatches tell you,
and yet you sit and maunder there OF
ailments that befe1l you. The wooden
mills are shutting down, because tney
can't get teasles, and yet you roam
around tire town, and talk ABOUT me
measles" There Is no solace Tor the
gent who's loaded with diseases nus
healthy friends don't care 2 cent for al
his signs and whecSer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
RESOLUTIONS JUSTIFIED.
TDeS NntppG RapiStar


The treatment accorded Iowa
guardsmen by the war department up
on their mastering out this week war
rants every word L? the resolutions
adopted by the house of representa-
tives.
In fact, the more strongly worded
senate resolution probably was as near
the mark as 1t is possible to get and
It's modification was due to a desire not
to weaken the case by an appearance
Of heated language.
Nobody denies that the state Of Iowa
paid for the uniforms which the sol
diers wore when they left for the Dor
der and nobody denies that the order
Of the war department compels the
guardsmen themselves to pay in dupli-
cate for clothes that were worn out in
service and which the state Of Iowa
had already paid for.
The spectacle Of the war department
compelling the guardsmen to pay full
price for worn out uniforms which the
state had already paid full price for or
OF going home IL their underclotnes In
enough to convict the department
either Of stupidity or malice. g.
AS this decision was made by m Of
ficer Of the United States army, who
could not be stupid, it must have been
inspired by malice And what malice
could there be except the desire to
crush the spirit OF the guard in order
to make the regular army more power
full?
The Iowa guard spent seven months
on the border without firing rifle.
Most Of the men were equipped with
rifles which the regular army officers
declared were as good as new, after
their repairs but which proved In tests
on the Iowa range to be worthless.
Nothing was left undone which stupid
ity or malice could improvise to make
the men sick Of their Jobs.
There will be no fair investigation at
Washington OF the treatment Of the
National Guard, for the reason that ev-
| cry influence at Washington Is back Of
the regular army IN its plan to crush
the guard.
The patriotism OF the Iowa guard Is
a. tribute to the character Of the young
men Of this state. But what about the
patriotism Of the army officers who
are cudgeling their wits TO think OF
new plans for driving the loyalty out Of
those who enlisted at $15 a month?
| THE TOLL OF CARTLESSNESS
| IMuscatine Journal
| Five deaths have been reported IN
! Muscatine this winter as result Of
the measles epidemic. Reports from
| the homes in which children are now
convalescing from the disease brinl
the distressing information that In mol
q few cases permanent defects In eye
4 sight and hearing are found. Physj-
i SLAMS declare that a number OF little
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
The North Pole BY Submarine.

2 AS early as 1899, Mr.. Simon Lake,
the inventor of the Lake" type of sub
marine. proposed and planned sub
marine for sailing under the ice of the
Arctic waters to the north pole. 1t
was realized that this way of travel
ing would save an explorer many tedi-
Gus months and would increase the as
suranee Of his his reaching his destination,
explains the Popular Science Monthly
for March. But the submarine was in
Its early stage of development and the
carrying out of the plan never got
much further than a few experiments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

from Omaha into Iowa are on their
way to face a federal court at Creston
and number of points, Council Bluns
included, are waiting to get crack at
them when the U. S. A. gets thru. 1t
looks as tho lively industry was to
die abornin'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

The extensive Improvements IN the
submarine since that time, however,
have again brought this matter up for
serious consideration. The submarine
required need not be very much differ
ent from the Deutschland, 1t Is said.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
Iona Newspapers
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OWNERS.

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OWNERS.
Manson Democrat
Not a day passes in ordinary busl-
ness that does not bore right into a
business mans mind the fact that
government ownership Of public utili-
ties must come if a standard Of eff
cheney is maintained to put and keep
this country on commercial equality
with other world nations. No matter
where one goes and attempts to trans
act ordinary business with privately
owned public utilities. he meets with
Indifference on the part OF the en-
ployes and often impudence and in
science to say nothing of the uncer-
tainty and inefficiency Of the service
rendered. If you are skeptical as to
the truth Of this, 80 to any postofrice
above the fourth class in the United
States, and especially in the larger
towns and cities, and compare the
service and treatment you receive
with that handed you by the tele-
graph. telephone and express COM
panies, the freight traffic carriers and
the passenger carrying railroad and
steamship lines. If that experience
does not convince you. just look about
you and see the conditions existing in
the food and fuel supply, the very
heart Of the public welfare, at the
present time. The privately owned
and managed railroads are utterly in
capable Of handling the ordinary traffic
Of the country. If war should come to
the United States now. nothing but
immediate command eering Pf the rail-
roads would give anything like a
semblance of efficiency III transporta-
ton. Private ownership and manage
ment Of public utilities must soon be-
gin TO realize that only complete
revolution in methods VIII save them
| from government ownership
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
CoNcERNrNG cYCLECARs.

8. r. 8. asks, Can you. give me-
anv information about cyclecars7
Arc they good investments? Do you
think that one would be better than
n motorcycle, with Fside-car attach
mont. as to maintenance expense7
Answer: Some years ago follow
lnr q similar development abroad. q
consid cradle number of models were
brought out In this country that
ware called cyelecars and which were
characterized by the use OF marrow
treads, two passenger tandem or
aide-by-side bodies, wire wheels, un-
conventional transmtssions. air :
cooled, two or four cylinder engines,
peculiar axle, frame and body con-
struction, extreme lightness and SO
forth. In general. these models ala
not obtain q permanent hoia upon
the buying public and most OF them
were discontinued. so that very rev
indeed are now manufactured. The
cyoIecar seems to have lost itself IN
The small car OF conventional type
ana can hardly be said to constitute
q class in the motorcar market, At
the present time. The motorcycle
and side-car combination has. on the
contrary, been receiving constant
careful development for years past
This colun,s ~ devoted to the
generator. Both pleasure and CONNER
ospecf. 9'Hs Mdi,s articles ~" ecs's
Of motor veAlctes, what 10 do asg i
interest to &solovfstS s0isJ tslotssscsre'
1fosfoh $50 fIfa 1lfan L. I. n -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
Topics of the Times

AS another illustration Of the AFRO
gance Of the male human the Berlin
government is to issue tobacco tickets
to men but not TO women. This will
be a grave disappointment 10 the men
whose wives do not smoke.
Everybody is advising everybody to
plant potatoes and it is excellent ad-
vice. However, at 81 a bushel for seed
it is going to cost about 1872 an acre to
plant the tubers this spring which the
planter is likely to take into consider
alton. Years ago grandmother used TO
save the eye ends of the potatoes she
peeled in time Of scarcity and she used
to get some mighty, good potatoes from
their planting.
The Dubuque Telegra PHI Helald
thinks the Pitt-Johnson road crowd has
done harm that can not be effaced for
generation. Pshaw, we don't let such
things hang on for a generation nova
days. The Pitt-Johnson crowd have
hole. When we get on good going
again we'll simply speed up and make
up the lost time.
If grandmother had to send out and
buy onions for an onion poultice" at
present prices she'd make certain re-
marks beginning with law sakes." But
if it were grandmother she'd have the
onions waiting in the cellar where they
were put last fall from the onion patch.
That's the difference between us and
grandmother.
Supervisors and mailcarriers and
farmers elevators and all kinds and
conditions of folks who use the roads
are sending in protests against the
Johnson-Pitt road bill and favoring the
present road law. All that the Iowa
public needs is time to think things
over quietly and without hurrah and
| prejudice Things usually come out
| right end up in Iowa tho they may roll
over once or twice before they right
| themselves.
Down at Palm Beach prominent
| society woman appearing on the sands
| in a hula costume that would get her
arrested in Iowa merely attracts uni
versal attention" Perhaps that helps
to explain the tendency Of Iowa winter
tourists to head toward Florida with
the first frost
Naturally those people who are
marching for bread aren't satisfied
with the stony promise Of food in
vestigation." A food quiz hasn't any
| immediate bread and butter in 1t except
| for those who conduct it.
The news Of Judge Deemers death
| this morning, tho not unexpected, came
| as shock to Iowa newspaper offices
The best thing Frank Jackson ever did
for Iowa was when he appointed
Deemer TO the supreme court.
i One activity of the automobile seems
| to have been crushed at its inception
The fellows who were running booze
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

The Des Moines Capital says 1t IS
difficult to make the public understand
that the attacks upon the state high
way commission are In great measure
prompted by the bridge contractors ana
purveyors of road materials; that for
years everything connected with road
bridge and culvert building represent
ed easy money for somebody. me
contractors, the Capital continues have
succeeded in befogging the public mind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
PUBLICS TASTES AND DUTIES.
shenandoah Sentinel Post

shenandoah Sentinel Post.1
Twenty-Five years ago, when the ed
itor Of this paper did not know as much
about human nature as he does now,
there was big religious gathering In
Shenandoah with prominent church
workers here. The Sentinel reported
the meetings as fully as our limited
equipment would permit and printed
several hundred extra copies expecting
to sell them to people who would want
to send them to friends. half dozen
or so of papers were sold.
Soon after the Boggess trial came on,
full Of testimony not fit to print, nut
we did print some of it and there was
the greatest rush for extra papers we
ever had The calls came from the
best people in Shenandoah too. II we
had a reprint of that paper we could
sell 5000 copies today.
Now. this is not stated for the pur-
pose Of excusing in any way the the
alter manager or the newspaper that
profits by the prurient curiosity Of the
public. Anything that tends to corrupt
the morals OF the public or to appeal to
the depraved appetite for nastiness
should be condemned.
But along with this is there not the
converse duty to approve and encour-
age those who seek to elevate the the
alter, the moving picture show or the
newspaper? Mr.. Holdridge, manager
Of the Zenith Theater, in conversation
with US the other day voiced this com
plant. He said that the ministers and
others who condemn him and others
for class of shows that they think
are Immoral do not patronize the very
highest class shows that can be
brought to the city. Mr.. Holdridge
saws that he brought several shows
here Of very high merit and lost money
on them. -.r..
What Is the natural and inevitable
result Of this trait Of the public-that
shows will be produced that pay or
the moving picture houses will be clos
ed. There are many no doubt VINO
would favor closing them entirely. on
the theory that the tendency of all the
aters is bad. "
But we have TO take the world as it
Is. not as we would Ike to have IT.
Young people demand amusement
They will have it whether or no. An
attempt to deprive them of 1t is futile
The church. the school, the newspaper
and above all the home, by judicious
effort can elevate the standard oil
amusements and entertainment but it
is impossible to do this simply ny con-
demning the immoral and doing moth
ing to aid those people who provide
the higher types Of amusement. The
censors Of amusement have a positive
as we'll as a negative duty to perform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Vinton Eagle figures that
Lieutenant Governor Ernest Moore
will probably be promoted to the gov
ernorship in four years when Governor
Harding Is through with the governor
ship
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

The Knoxville Express, remarks that
the present plan of electing county
superintendent in inadequate and that
we had as well elect the auditor by
vote Of the assessors or the county
engineers by the road overseers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

atives. 1t IL said, by studying the So
rillo at close range.
The chimpanzee 10 blood relative
OF the ape, but comes in larger pack
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

Meredith could have done no worse
from a wet standpoint" complains the
Carroll Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

There is a general assent to the
argument that if there now were
S1,00O.00O surplus in the Iowa treasury
it wouldn't be there very long after the
Legislature got through notes the
Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

and these machines are dessrvedly
most popular. No other self-pro.
PEELED vehicle for two passengers,
can be operated 80 cheaply and while
q light car u more comfortable and
perhaps safer, the side car arrange
ment is highly satisfactory within its
appropriate sphere Of usefulness.
VALVE STEM CLEARANCE.
!. n. Il. r. asks: How much free
space should be allowed between the
end OF q valvs-stem and It's push
rod in order to secure good valve
action7
Answer: This clearance Is very
slight in modern motors and should
never exceed the thickness of an
ordinary visiting card. In the fac
tory setting Of valves two thin sheet
M tal gauges, one of which will Just
pass through the clearance space
and the other will just not pass
through it, are sometimes used. In
making an approximate setting. the
engine Is turned over until each
valve, in turn. Is in its full closed
position and tho adjustment Is 70
made that thin card will just pass
between the push-rod end and the
end OF the vAlye-stem. This should
preferably be done when the engine
! Is warm. US
sseyests Of the automobile osc,ier and
,io, cars tDill be considered from cvevp
: al phdses Of the running and core
Plat not 70 40. Qsesttosa Of general
j! tpscss 1erxststtRS. k1desss Albert si.s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

children are suffering from deafness
while weak eyes in many cases are
certain to follow, d *
The health authorities have put forth
every effort to curb the spread of the
disease while physicians Joined In the
effort to awaken the community to the
necessity Of cooperating with the
health department. For the most part
their efforts were rewarded by a sub
lime disregard of instructions.
The epidemic just closing has been
one Of the most alarming Muscatine
has ever experienced. The disease was
spread promiscuously and the toll OF
carelessness has been severe Because
many people still adhere to the old
fashioned idea that children should
have q childhood malady as regularly
as birthday, In many cases little or
no effort Is made to safeguard the
youngsters against catching or spread
ing the disease. Quarantine has been
observed strictly in but a small per-
centage of cases.
Quarantine signs have been given as
little regard as a For Rent placard.
During the early stages Of the epidemic
mild cases of the disease passed for
chickenpox. a failure to call physi-
clan defeated diagnosis and afflicted
children became circulating carriers OF
the disease. That the contagion should
have assumed the menacing aspect that
it reached this month was not to be
unexpected. The situation here empha-
sizes the necessity Of more stringent
isolation laws. Physicians report that
the measles is becoming annually
more dangerous malady, particularly
with regard to It's after effects. Thous-
ands of dollars will be expended by
the parents of afflicted children in an
effort to overcome the physical effects
OF the disease. Many children are
doomed to face the struggle OF lie
against uneven odds. Physical defects
will handicap them through the school
life and after years as we'll. The price
they must pay for the carelessness or
others Is as severe as 1t is unjust. Yet
the law of nature demands Of them
and not the real transSressors to pay
the penalty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

The Ottumwa Review says there is
real work ahead for the department OF
justice. considering the high prices
wholesalers charge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

The Logan Observer is for the Ell
wood bill in preference to the john
ston bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

reserved animal, and has very little
affection for anything except his
meals. 1t is not safe to toy with
chimpanzee unless the toyee is looking
for a pleasing form OF suicide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

About the only hope for who likes
his nip is to move to a wet state con-
fesses the Perry Chief.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

ION touch of nature makes Iowa hard
roads mud again." remarks the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

AS another illustration of the AFRO
gance Of the male human the Berlin
government is to issue tobacco tickets
to men but not TO women. This Will
be grave disappointment TO the men
whose wives do not smoke.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-26

One activity of the automobile seems
to have been, crushed at it's inception.
The fellows who were running booze
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1917-12-07

Louis Williams, son of Mr. and
Mrs. d. r. Williams of st. Ellen.
dropped in few days ago and had
the Herald sent to his brother, Jon
athan Williams who is attending
Blue Mountain Male Academy this
session as previously stated in these
columns. We wonder if there are
others in some family who have over
looked redeeming promise of that
kind to some absent member away
at college or school, The Herald is
mighty good comfort to those off
from home, or they tell us so, those
who have it sent-and you can add
to their happiness by doing like
Louis did, thinking of and attend
ing to such kindness.