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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
PAGE oNF n
Telegraphic News: o.

Geographic NeWo: o
Bloody Battle For FIR, Ny.
Germans Sending In Reinforcements.
Age Limit 81 to 80 For Conscripts.
Roosevelt Plan Rejected.
Food Shortage Menaces World.
General Foraker Dead.
PAGES TWO, THREE AND FOUR.
Iowa News:
Tama County's Loyalty Day.
Old Men For Home Defense.
Nine Iowa Men Get Commissions.
Mrs. Berthelson's Defense Revealed.
Brother and Sister In Lawsuit.
War VIII Make Over Factories.
PAGE FIVE.
Story:
Inside the Lines.
PAGE SIX.
Editorials:
Should We Take the Booze Bribe?
When Everybody Kept Cow.
Taxes to Make Us Groan.
PAGES SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN,
ELEVEN
City News
Cavalry Company May Be Accepted.
Five to Report For officers, Reserve.
Poor Cost County Large Sum.
Ansons Drub Dubs, 10.
City Pays Old Judgments.
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Rumors OF Peace P3!! Down Wheat.
Corn Eases in Sympathy.
, Cattle Firm.
Hogs Higher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
pjot Authorization Of Vsnixelos

London, May 1O.--An official tele-
gram received today from Saloniki,
says that conspiracy has been dis
covered to assassinate ex-Premier
veniselos. Nine men who were arr
rested the dispatch says, confessed
they were acting under Instructions
from secret committee In Athens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
Struggle For Possession Of
Strategic Point Demands
Sacrifices.
DEVELOPING INTO
ANOTHER VERDUN
Germans Must Hold Place or Lose Inn
portant Line and Control Of French
Coal Fislds-Gsrmans Concentrating
Divisions on Western Front, Trans-
fsrring Men From East, Whers Rus
sia 10 Offering Small Resistance.

The battle for Frssnoy continues
TO rage with fury which recalls
the bloody struggle for Forts oou-
aumont and vaux in the days Of
the battle Of vsrdun. Thousands
Of lives are being poured o.s fer
the mastery Of the little heap Of
ruins that was once village and
the blaekened, blasted stumps that
were once . wood, until Fresnoy
:hreGtens to rank with vimy in the
price paid for ito possession.
The great Importance Of the po-a
sifion 10 due to the tact thst it
forrs Z last important defense TO
the northern end Of the Drocourt-
Qusant line and also covers the
only remaining railroad to Lens,
connecting the coal city with the
main German line to the south.
The Droeourt oueant line ira
vsrsss one eide Of railroad trian-
gle which has Lens, Arras and
vitry at its respective angles. All
Of one side Of this roughly squi-
lateral triangle 10 in the hantls Of
the British, and about ons.half Of
its base. Frssnoy must BE- held il
the whole triangle 10 NOT 20 bs
svacuatsd and the fall Of Lens ron
sdsrsd certain.
The grsat concentration Of Ger
man divisionS on the British front
.p;ys addsd significance q the rs-
I sineC4 tjsa4 F5o)d n9arshal ven Him.
- = 1Iak}a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
uNIvERsAL TROPHY RACE.
Fifteen Drivers Face Starter in Union.
town Auto Contest.

toWh NUIo V0nStSS.
Uniontown, Pa. May 10.-Fifteen
automobile drivers, including Ralph
De Palma, Barney Oldfeld and Ralph
Mulford. faced the starter today in the
annual contest for tho Universal
trophy to be run at the Uniontown
speedway. The race is for the distance
Of 112.5 miles or 100 laps Of the saucer
shaped board track.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
ATTEMPT LIFE OF
CUBAN PRESIDENT

Plot to Assassinats President Msneeai
by. Means ef Bomb Explosion Fails -
Conspiracy 70 Stay vsnixslos is Dis,
covered.
Havana, May 1A.-,An attempt was
made hast night to assassinate Pres!-
dent Menocal of Cuba by means Of q
bomb explosion. Nine arrests were
made.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10

49, 49, - -
). Tk0 " 1e0aaizltion o. the RUS
sian army laS appNeently iad Z
very sssidus effect on the vhois aJ-
lied situation and has materially
increased the burdens imposed on
the British and French.
Tho news from Russia 10 far from
rsassuring in any rsspsct and ap- Z
parsntIy the provisional govern
msnt is still ii . prsearious posi-
tion.
While today's official reports
throw little additional light on the
situation around Fresnoy, they
rsvsal important gains for Tho
British and French at other points
on the front In northern France.
London's announcements Of Brit
ish progress south Of tho souchsx
river means q further pushing
back o. the German lines immsdi-
atsly sovth Of Lens, Tightening tho
hold of the nippsrs which tho Brit
ish are applying to this important
town and coal district
Further inroads also have been
made on the German positions at
Bullecourt on the Hindsnburo line
just west Of its point Of junction
with the ousant- Drocourt switch,
whsrs the 0srmans, altho reported
nearly surrounded, are stubborniy
cIingins 70 the town.
Far TO the south on che British
front, two miles north Of st. Quen.
tin, General Haio's troops have
pushed east from Grleourt. They.
are right atop the e. Quentin
cambrai road at this point.
81 The French, like tho British,
have made no now general attack,
but they likewise are delivering
q thrust here and there and MAX
ing valuable headway In preparing
the ground for the next push.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-05-10
NEWS OF THE DAY
T.-R. BULLETIN
The Weather.

Sun rises May III at 4;44, sets at 1:os.
Iowa-Generally fair tonight ana
Friday, not much change In temper
ature.
Range Of temperature at Marshall-
town. Wednesday, 81 and 43; Tues
day, 50 and As: May Q. 1916, so :,
81. AT this morning. 45: yes'
81 ~
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Simmons Sells 8 Autos Last
Week.

The war hasn't stopped the
rush in auto sales in any way as
is evidenced by the record made
by T. G. Simmons, the Brinkley
agent, last week, he having sold
8 cars in that time.
The sales of a Studebaker 6
cylinder to Perry Martin, Claren-
don, and Overland cars to Tulla
Brown and J. P. Rideout, Claren-
don, was made by w, J. Brown
of Clarendon.
C. R. Gordon, the Holly Grove
garage man, handled 3 Overlands.
Rev. Jas. B, Evans of this city,
bought an Overland and the 9th
sale was the Stoddard- Dayton
Woodfn car to a colored man,
Hancock, of Clarendon.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Colored People Busy

| am indeed pleased to have
the pleasure of noting the follow
ing: A number of our good
ladies in Ward No. 8 met Mon
day, April 80, and organized a
Very enthusiastic Beautifying
Club. with an enrolment of
twelve. Our motto is Let Home
be First. 1t was also suggest
ed by the Pres. that we organize
an Industrial Handcraft Club of
adults and children. We feel
that it is indeed important to
continue the stress of industry.
Too much cannot be said or
done in this direction. Let us
continue to strive for the things
of life that that will sustained
our homes. our cities and our
country. Let US work on until
we shall have accomplished the
thing much needed.
Another write up will appear
next week.
The following names are the
officers of this organization:
Letitia J. Brooks, Pres; Carrie
Wilson, Vice-Pres; Ora Davis,
Sec'y; Joanna Ford, Advising
Dictator.
Letitia J. Brooks.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Baseball Season Opening

Lamm & Co. have received the
new suits for the Brinkley Base
ball Club and they are beauties,
and each one bears the name on
the back of the shirt of the
Brinkley firm contributing same.
The team this year will consist
of some of our best ball players
and there is strong talk of the
forming of six or seven club
Eastern Arkansas Auto Circuit
League, composed of Clarendon,
Holly Grove, MARVEL, Mariana,
Forrest City, Cotton Plant and
Brinkley.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of the authority and
directions contained in a decretal
order of the Chancery Court OF
Monroe County, made and en-
tered on the &c day of February,
1917 then pending therein be-
tween Georgia State Savings
Association Plaintiffs, VS. W. S.
Mccullough ct al Defendants,
the undersigned as Commissioner
of said Court, will offer for sale
at public vendue to the highest
bidder at the front door of the
County Court House in which
said Court is held in the County
of Monroe. within the hours pre-
scribed by law for judicial sales,
on the IA day of May 1917, the
following described real estate
to-wit:
Lots l and 2, Block 70, City OF
Brinkley, Monroe County. Ark.
TERMS OF SALE-On a cred
it of three months, purchaser be-
ing required to execute a bond
as required by law and the ord
and decree in said'cause with az
proved security bearing interest
at the rate lof 8 per annum from
date of sale until paid and lien
retained on the premises to Sc
cure the payment of the pur-
chase money.
Given under my hand this Is
day of April, 1917.
R. A. Holloway, Commissioner.
Leee & Moore,
Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Rolling Bed for Baby.

/ bought four wooden wheels and
two wooden axles such as the boys
use for their play wagons. Then my
husband made stand as high as an
ordinary chair, adjusted the wheels
and axles, and attached baby's bas'
sinette. He then enameled the whole
thing white, and we have bed fit for
any little king or queen. Our little
daughter is now three months old and
cannot tell you what a stepsaver her
little bed has been, and not only that
but baby has been handled less, for
when | wanted to take her from one
room to another for her bath or for q
change of air, simply rolled baby and
all wherever | wanted her. Good
Housekeeping.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Liuht on Obscure Law.

A clay tablet bearing a map of an
cient Babylon, which has just been
cred, throws, according to DR.
ST.. H. Langdon of the University
of Pennsylvania museum, "a welcome
light upon an obscure law in the great
law code of Babyionia. In column
XIV, lines 65 following, there is a ref
erence to the custom of blowing a
horn at the village gates to notify
shepherds that the grazing season was
over. These rural villages appear to
have been so arranged that the VII
buglers We're able to make. eAe 4ep
herds and farmers hear the sound of
the horn in every part of Babylonia."
The tablet dates back probably to
1900 B. G.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1917-05-04
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System

rhe Old Standard general strengthening tonic
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC. drives out
Malaria enriches the blood. and builds up the sys
tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. Soc
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
Be Ii Ever SO Humble
They All Missed 1t

\ A young man dropped care
! lessly onto the piano bench at the
\ Y. NJ G. A. last night and played
\ several snatches of ragtime mel
, odies None noticed him or his
\ playing.
, Later his idle playing drifted
\ into the familiar strains of
\ Home, Sweet Home" The tones
\ We're no louder than those of the
! latest and most popular song he
\ had played, but the effect on the
\ small audience was noticeable.
! Magazines dropped into several
\ laps. 4 loud conversation be-
I came hushcd .Whatever the sew
\ eral young men had been doing.
! their eyes momentarily closed as
\ tho they were visualizing the
! memories that the song recalled
\ to them,
! The last note Of "Home. Sweet
I Home" was followed by one of
! the latest war songs" A slight
! pause came. Then conversation
! was resumed. Reading was taken
! UP whore 1t left off. A hand that
! had suddenly been checked in its
! course toward bowl of candy,
! continued its journey, Someone
4, started the victrola and the short
! period of thotfulness was over.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
EVERY HOME IN TULSA
HAS CHRISTMAS CHEER
Chief of Police Declares Not
One Report of Oversight
Received During Day.

So far as the police could learn
no family spent yesterday without
some reminder that ii was Christmas
day. Chief Il. l.. Lucas, speaking OF
the observance Of the day, said:
80 far as | have been able to as
certain no family in Tulsa has been
without some kind of Christmas.
We have had no reports whatever OF
any family being denied something
for their Christmas. There have been
"a number of cases brought to our
attention where families We're in des-
titute circumstances during the past
few months. but they We're al pro-
vided for so far as we have been able
to learn. The police made donations
to the Christmas fund, and others
that have been made by individuals
and thru organized effort have been
sufficient to take care of all who
were in need. No reports of any
family being without something to
eat have come to the station. II has
been the quietest Christmas I have
ever known in Tulsa"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
TULSA CHRISTMAS
UNUSUALLY QUIET
Home Visiting Feature of Day
Few Arrests; Two Acct
dents; No Fires.

Quietest Christmas in the history OF
Tulsa. That is the unanimous judg-
ment of yesterday. While retailers
reported record breaking holiday sales
there was a marked lack of the levity
that generally accompan Christ
mas. Disagreeable weather had its
dampening effect and the fact that the
war had taken either member or
friend of practically every home in
the city also tended to more sober
observance of the day. The outstand-
ing feature of the occasion was home
visiting and family dinners. Further
more, so far as the police and charity
workers were able to discover, not a
home went without its special Christ
mas feast.
only two minor automobile acci-
dents were reported and not single
fire The police made but four ar
rests
Several of those who had been in
carcerated on minor offenses went
free and the 20 prisoners remaining
were given a turkey dinner. There
was no session of the municipal court.
Iobhics Show Dropping Mouths.
For many, Christmas was little more
than a postal card or "A box of pres
cnts from home, and an effort to pass
the hours us pleasantly as possible
under the circumstances. Expressions
on the faces of some of those about
hotel lobbies of the city We're far from
joyful.
Many went to the various theaterS,
as soon as they opened. They went
from one to another until the last
had closed And the funniest caper
and newest joke could not drive the
gloom away. Some wrote letters To
the folks at home and doubtless lied
about their feelings.
statesmen, transients aud a few or
life's derelcts, failed to get into the
spirit of the season. 1t was merely
an extra Sunday tor them. with the
apparent pleasure of others empha
sizing their own loneliness. This per-
sonal feeling of sympathy caused
dropping lines around the mouth.
Liquid Cheer Missing.
Christmas cheer in Tulsa was with
out brandy in the fruit cake ana
steaming bowls of eggnog, in the opin-
ion of Edward S. MacQueen, evidence
man of the county attorneys office.
The capture of a plant" of $50
pints of whisky last Thursday night
effectively limited the supply, Mac
Queen believes, ard reduced the ac-
tivities of 'hip.pocket' bootleggers
to a negligible minimum
There is little whisky i'm Tulsa to-
day" MacQueen said. The supply
confiscatcd last Thursday night was
undoubtedly intended for Christmas
consumption" Bootleggers were un-
able to refresh their stock because of
the locating of several good sized
plants" last week. and as conse-
ouencc, those who figured on slipping
down town and buying pint or so
for the family bowl Of eggnog. were
disappointed, and the majority of the
Christmas dinners were strictly tenn
perate.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
DEALERS BEING PROSECUTED
FOR MAKING SHORT WEIGHTS

NORMAN, Okla, Dec. % Several
dealers are being prosecuted for sell
ing underweight packages of food
and feed commodities, according to a
statement made by Food Admins
TRAITOR Brooks today. Dealers have
been warned not to make short
weight sales. In stabalizing prices it
is essential that dealers give correct
weights and the food administration
is rigidly enforcing the regulation
against lean sales. Such proceedings
defeat the main purpose of the food
administration.
The public has a right to be pro-
tected against being cheated" de-
clared Doctor Brooks, and we are
going to use every power we have to
forbid short-weight sales
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
NIP |. W. W. PLOT
TO POISON STOCK
Concentrated Lye Intended for
Cattle; Acids to Be Fed
to Hogs.
GOVERNMENT SOUNDS ALARM
Warns Ranchmen and Ship
pers Against Employing
Strange Hands.
GOVERNMENT SOUNDS ALARM

Plots OF l. w. w. destructionists to
sweep oklahoma and Texas ranches
Of cattle and hogs in retaliation for the
tarrinE and feathering of some OF
their members by the Knights Jf Lib
erty Of Tulsa and other aggressive
measures against them in the south
west have been nipped in the bud by
federal agents. Wholesale poisoning
with concentrated lye and acids was
the meana to have been employed.
Had il not been discovered, federal
officials declare, the great plains Of
Oklahoma and Texas would have been
swept barren of live stock before
next spring.
The plan was to sprinkle lye with
tho rock salt cattle men use at
'licks" for their stock and place
muriatic and nitric acid in bran fed
to hogs The acid in the hog feed
would have produced illness that has
the symptoms of cholera, while the I've
in the cattles stomachs would have
caused disorders which would have
been diagnosed as "hOof and mouth
disease"
Herbert Hoover, United States food
administrator, has issued warning to
cattle raisers thruout the southwest
and executives of all railroads have
been requested to warn ranchers to
beware Of |. W. w. mercenaries and
report Immediately the arrival of amy
stranger in their midst
Had the plotters been successful in
their reprsals they would have caused
the death of so much live stock that
the packing industries would have
been seriously hampered. This means
that the output of meat for United
States soldiers at home and OVsrse As
would have been impaired
Ranchers and others engaged in live
stock raising are requested TO hire no
new help during the winter, unless the
applicant comes well recommended
and properly vouched for. in this
manner, it is believed, even Vagrant
l. w WIS will be prevented from
starting their work of destruction.
The southwest still is the great live
stock section of America. The Frisco,
Katy, Santa-Fe, NJ, O. 4 G. and Mid
land Valley are the carriers from this
district Their executives have been
told to keep "a sharp outlook for /.
W. Ws aboard their trains, headed
for the cattle country.
Railroads Notified.
The following communication to
the presidents of railroads traversing
this section has been received in Tulsa
from the food administration bureau
at Washington:
"The information comes to us that
the l. w. w. planned this winter to
use concentrated lye and roach pow
der for killing cattle and hogs in
Yards and feed pens in the southwest.
II is said lye and acids from powders
used for roach killing cause symptoms
similar to those in cases of hog
cholera. and hoof and mouth disease.
1t always produces death.
1T l. absolutely necessary that you
at once advise all farmers and citizens
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26

At the Strand today and tomorrow.
along your lines, SO far as possible. of
this opaganda, so they may guard
against 1t as much as possible. Sug-
eest they employ no new people unless
they cone recommended and properly
youched for.
1T will be too late to lock the
stable after the horse is gone. This
should have your immediate atten-
ton"
Government agents in Tulsa are
noncommittal
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
PATROLMAN FRACTURES KNEE
\. j. Rauls Turns Ankle on Brick
While Walking Beat.

Patrolman A. ]. Rauls who is as
signed to the Second street police beat,
suffered broken leg in "A fall last
night in the alley between Cincinnati
and Boston. The right limb was frac-
tured just below the knee. Rauls, who
is one of the heaviest men on the
force, was walking his beat when his
foot turned on a brick, throwing him
with much force to the ground. other
members of the force took him to his
home at ll3 Brady, where the frac-
ture was reduced
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
COmmisson Fifty-SiX,

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 25.-
Fifty-siX cadets who have been train
ing at Taliaferro Field here, have
been recommended for commissions
as first lieutenants in the aviation sec
ton of the reserve corps. The names
Of those commissioned will not be
announced until approved by the war
department at Washington.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
WANTS VOTE FOR SOLDIERS
Secretary of State Writes Governor on
Subject of Enlisted Men.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 25.-Pro-
ceeding on the theory that soldiers
and sailors who have gone to the war
from Oklahoma still have a right to
have their vote recorded in any cleo
ton in their home county or precinct
in which they would be entitled to
vote had they remained at home, Sec
retary of State j. L. Lyon has written
Governor Williams on the matter. The
secretary is of the opinion that the re-
suit of any election might be subject
to attack in the courts where any
proposition was voted on without haV-
ing given the soldier and sailor vote
OF that place a right to vote.
Secretary Lyon says there are IA
number of elections coming in the
near future in which bond issues are
involved, towns voting ON the propo-
sition of becoming cities of the first
class and taking from one county ter
ritory and adding it to another. These
are matters the voter is as much inter
ested in as any other election, the
secretary contends.
The secretary says ii is his duty to
have ballots prepared and himself
send them to the absent voters in
such cases lie is telling the governor
that after making requisition for the
supplies on the state board of affairs,
the latter has not acted as yet.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26
Prohibit Cream.

LONDON, Dec. 25.-The latest
food restriction order issued here
prohibits the use Of cream, except foc
the purpose of making butter or for
inNalids, children. or othe- persons
upon u doctors order
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-26

New Telephone Directories will go
to press January l. Any corrections
or changes desired should be made
before the above date. Southwestern
Boil TelephOne Cody.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-24

form, yet they far from believing themselves
more deprsved than their sbstemious brothers
Here is solution Of the problem which is at least
worth thinking about:
drink because their spirits are oppressed by
the drabness and monotony Of life in machine
dominated world. They drink most in our big cities
where they approximate the closest machines where
thes are pennei il factory store once doing work
that is rarely interesting and almost excitins
where they hardly ever the except through a
Custy pane beating down i'm street canyon and
where their recreation taken stuny over-heated
theater in the poisonous air billiard room
bowling alley.
Intemperance is not the vice of the who lives
in the open. After all. only Yesterday that We
were all roaming the woods and plains with enough
thrills furnished by dinosaurs -oothed tigers and
the like obvate the necessity OF artificial excite
ment. Perhaps some day shall become reconcled
factory existence. II our tendency al pres
ent is 20 revolt Is only natural. though lamentsbe.
II is all the more reason why prohibition puttine
the artificial stimulaut out Of the way should pre-
vail Drink is resorted 10 because is there 70
to. IL isn't necessary. IL is only convenience
and a convenience to good end. II is convenience
resorted of line OF least resistance Well
then. why make the resistance still less? VIII,
ma intsin the temptation?