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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Topics of the Times

| OF course majority report favorins
submission of national prohlhltory
amendment doesn't necessarily mean
that IL would pass the states but what
do ynu know about congress in con
dition of mind like that?
| And the senate denied that It had
the makins for d cigarette bill and no.
body had a match anyway and anyhow
mother and father could soc from III.
back windows.
The sixty day note Of the legislature
| is TO be extended. The boys prop nse to
legislate and labor for their wages. Ii
may require long. long time for this
LEGISLATURE to earn $1,000 apiece.
II. as proposed. the jag asylum at
Knoxville is 10 be closed or used for
other purposes it might be both 4 wise
and reasonable plan TO set husky and
obdurate drunkards at work on public
projects like highways, etc Eiimina-
ton of alcohol thru the skin by profuse
Precipitation under summer sun has a
| tang Of complete reformation about II.
The Alton Democrat finds that biz
yards have their uses" and their uene-
fetal features. It's beautiful and
| buoyant spirit that can feel tina. way
| but none but a democratic newspaper
/ Injured to adversely and billiards has
| IL in such fr,Il perfection
| Our boys need discipline Even in
their own homes they rule the rnosi-
| President Taft.
The x-president's idea Of dis cipiine
as dependent upon war is remlndful OF
the experience Of the mother who took
| her had boy TO a private school which
advertised that it never used the rod.
/ When she asked the truculent i,r!nci-
| pal what he substituted for the rod he
replied the revolver madam, the re-
volver.'
| One excellent achievement may be
credited 10 the German submarine
! torpedoed and sunk the American Hy~
phen.
| We might save a very snug sam TO
the state by setting legislative salaries
from 81 900 back to $500 and still be
paying fair scale inclusive of over
time and Sundays.
They say that German folks get eggs
al meals only once in several weeks.
Hard luck, but say, when did you have
eggs on the table?
| OF course those explanations OF why
California went wrong and the dssur-
ances that Johnson was loyin' nit
| Hughes may have general interest
but Charles Evan isn't individually
absorbed in them himself.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

time the richest man in France. He
was executed for his atrocious crimes
476 years ago. Dec. 2S. 144o.
His beard was of tint which won
for him the popular title later given
by Perrault to the fairy tale Villain
The original Bluebeard was noted alike
for his piety and his RIGHTEOUSNESS his
chapel was the richest in its FURNISH
ings in all France, and he gained IRON,
the pope permission to nave soio
cross carried before him on his travels
All of this time his aocomplices were
Turing children to his castles. all OIL
whom were put to death by the mon
ster, Just how many he made away
with is not known. but it is certain tna'
they numbered hundreds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

the two front ones being capable # be-
ing turned in the same manner as
those on motorcar.
The interior resembles very much
modern sedan or small limousine. Tho
control mechanism, conveniently locat-
ed in front Of the single pilots seat. In
cludes all the. rudder. aileron and ele-
vator controls usually found in an aer-
oplane as well as a set OF instruments
Ger secesA!..: .reeds. elev.:....oIls, angles
and other data Of interest to the avia-
tor. Just back Of the pilots seat are
two passenger seats.
The machine Is powered with an
eight cylinder 100-horsepOwer motor,
which will drive the auto-piano at a
maximum speed OF sixty-five miles per
hour thru the air.
The wing spread is forty feet. The
length over all is twenty seven feet
and it's vertical height is slightly over
ten feet Picture shows Rear Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske, retired. and auto
plane
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

sympathy with the city adminIstra-
ton,
The plan proposed practically puts
the cntire police control not In the
hands Of the mayor. who is RESPONSE
BILE to the people for results. but In
the hands Of the police and fire COM
mission. which often shows itself out
of touch with sentiment OF the COM
munlty.
1t would have been much better, If It
was desired to protect policeman
under his civil service rights, to amend
the law so that mayor might appoint
a member of the force to be chief and
IL he failed as chief he would have the
privilege. II he so desired, of returning
to the ranks OF patrolmen.
The bill as passed by the house
ought either to be killed or amended
in the senate so az to give the mayor
sufficient authority to make effective
his administrative policies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
REPORTERS As ~Tou-Ts.
fsioux CITY Tribune. !


Thru the intrusion OF other and more
absorbing interests many newspaper
rea ders may have overlooked recent
disclosures in the leak investigation.
Illuminating as ii may be for ne9spa-
pers to recite the facts. the Information
was brought out that a; least three
Washington pf~s- tsurrespondsnss have
been getting esuiar mDnthly: retainers
from brokers in payment for tips on
official actions that might affect mar
sets
Washington newspaper men, as
class. are honorable. and the reputa
ton they have achieved in rh.S respect
has made 1t possible for a fsr men
without honor 10 harvest petty per-
auisites by betraying The condolences
reposed in the spordents.. As in
many other affairs of life the actions of
the crooked few will unfairly reflect
against the integrity 81 hundreds OF
ltinimpe achable press representatives, in
Washington. The least that can be
done to clear the atmosphere IS TO
heaye the "Jpnahs" overheard and
| work for recovery Of lost ground.
Il is customary for officials In WASH
ington to protect the press represent
atiyes as far as possible when impor-
tans announcements are pending. In
pursuance OF that custom corresponds
erts had received the intimation that
| the president was preparing a dec
laration on foreign affairs. altho no
information wars given TO them on the
nature OF the declaration.
After the manner of race track
- IN, fly. "a 4
jof the brokers jumped at conclusions
| II they had guessed wrong-possibis
some did-the alleged information
merely would have been classed with
many other bum lunches. Those
who guessed right naturally acquired
| the reputation OF having inside inform
alton. secured thru leak OF come
kind. .
No reputable newspaper expects lis
correspondents to act as lookouts fol
stock brokers or gambling institutions
The fact that such conditions exist il
an impressive illustration Of the or
ganization methods OF the big market
gambling operations conducted from
New York and Chicago 1t Is said tt
| be quite the common custom, even, te
get congressman enmeshed in the tolls
usually by letting them make small
winnings in their opening ventures
After the congressman get to be regu-
lar operators they are not in position t.
make an outcry. whether they win OF
| lose
| There was a time when the people o.
1.-the United States viewed the Louisiana
llottery as necessary evil and thii
delusion was very little worse than thu
one now held that the big gambling
operations In grains and stocks arr
economic necessities. II the system
ever is dethroned, however. the move
ment must come direct from the peo
pie Congress Is too firmly held in thu
ltentacles to do the things that shoult
t5e ddoI1s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
THE IOWA GUARDSMEN.

l.NSNaua
One interesting feature Of trip to
Des Moines Just now is the meeting
with officers and inen back from
service with the Iowa national guard
ON the Rio Grande border 1t does
not take very protracted inspection
nor very much conversation to con-
vince one that the guardsmen are back
in fine shape and have in fact bene-
fited generally by reason of their
military service. General Allen al
ways did look well enough; but he is
now thoroughly Drowned and most
obviously In the pink OF condition, and
he takes satisfaction in telling about
one company that was weighed up and
showed an average gain Of six pounds
per man. And this is net gain such
as is TO advantage both ways: for the
fat men have been reduced in weight,
hardened In flesh by the soldier work.
while the thin men have thickened up
to the extent of more than the average
indicated. One captain whom we have
happened to know since his college
days and who used TO have the ap-
pearance of being we'll built but not
at all stout, is now husky young fell
low. hardened. stout and vigorous and
evidently fit for any service from the
Rio Cirande to verdun. And that Is
the way it looks with the whole crowd.
The only qualification is that 1t has
been something OF shock to the boys
10 come directly at this season from
the far southern border to Iowa. They
we're trotting around down there IN
their undershirts. and up here they
arc Funding in their overcoats and
catching colds. The parade they were
y. herA made was called ~ h~Scsiii5r III
their present unfa,niliar,ty with the
beautiful Iowa winter: out all the boys
need Is little time 70 get used once
again to the home climate.
The evident fact = tho the guards
men arc ali rlghs. ard that Iowa has
mos; al rrdant reason 10 10 proud of
taem And they are Of the right sort,
too. IN ire present cTfs's: for from the
Commanding general down they are
ready for sur her service, and much
harder service, 4 such he ;heir coUln-
tt,y's demand Arc. and iiraAy. after
locking over the lot ans G.s Eliminating
observer viii End MS confidence in the
guards rs faeter IN the rtt!on's de-
tense G,stinrtiy stimulated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Ripping Rhymes
~ WALT MASoN
The WAY OUT

The cost Of gruh's beyond all pardon;
ii makes me rend my buds; and 80 this
year I'll have garden. and raise my
green's and spuds. Like others, ! have
formed the habit Of buying All my
eats, from caulihower to potted rabbit
from succotash ito beets. MY spread
Ing lawn has been devoted to grass,
and still more grass. but after this It
viii be coated with blooming garden
sass. / cannot eat the lovely roses that
seem the countryside: they're gratify-
inesto our noses. but are no good when
fried. II I should boil q mess OF lilies.
In place OF cabbage head, the dish
would give my guests the willies ana
set them seeing red. | buy my CABS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
THE STATES ESS.
Waterloo Times Tribune.I

Waterloo Times Trlbune.j
Pending a report by a committee
appointed for the purpose. the public
will not be sure that the state is
broke and that there VIII be s1ro0O,-
600 deficit by july i. Deputy Treas
urer Willis comes forward with a
statement that the governor, in stating
that the state Is in a bankrupt condi-
ton does not know what he is talk
ing about and reached conclusions
without investigation Of the facts.
While some funds are overdrawn, as
Is usual in pubic business affairs,
there are other funds in which there
Is a comfortable balance. For instance:
There are warrants outstanding and
drawing ) per cent interest amounting
TO 1921. 900, but there Is balance in
The general fund Of $2S1.000, leaving a
net deficit Of $4,000. The deputy also
,says that there will probably be a
small balance in the tree s;ry by July
H. 1917, but that there will be appro-
priations at that time unpaid.
As Governor Harding is boun dhand
and foot to the Taxpayers League and
pledged to not allow an increase in the
tax levy and to decrease the levy II
possible he is naturally much con-
cerned. 1t is well that the legislature
knows the financial condition OF the
state that unnecessary appropriations
be not made but the average. pro-
gressive citizen OF Iowa will be for an
Increased levy rather than a program
Of economy that VIII cut OFT needed APP
propriations. The governors attitude
seems to be that he does not care
much what happens to the state 90
long as the Taxpayers League - moi
called upon to pay dollar or two In
crease in state taxes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome.


MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1903 A. r. &
A. M.-Stated communication. Regular
meeting Friday, Feb. Is, $50 p. m,
john W. Wells, secretary; W. ri
steiner ". NJ
SlGNET CHAPTER. No. IS. r A, NJ.
stated convocation Monday evening
Fen lq. 40 O'Clock. Business meet
ing. carl Shaffner H p; John w.
Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
moE Cuurcu No. 20. r. & 5. NJ, Mon
day. Fe0. 19. Regular business. l. I.
Forbes. Recorder; George Gregory
/ II.
STATED coNcLAVE, St. Aldemar
Co!nmandery No 80. X TuesaaE'
Feb. 20. regular business, $50 =. m. l.
I. Forbes, recorder; II. {. Mueller,
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. z.
Especial meeting for school OF in
s.~uct!on at .: 90 Wednesday afternoon,
Feb "A. dinner $50. Regular business
and Initiation al 100. Mrs. Geo. Down
ing. secretary; Mrs. J. E Frederick,
" NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

There is just one way to explain
the increased sales Of liquor under
prohibition and that is by producing
the membership card Of the author OF
such statistics in the Ancient Order OF
Ananias' says the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

bage from the grocer, my tulip buins
/ raise; and that is why the VOL draws
closer. and howls, thes4 dismal days.
This year I'll raise my prunes and on-
ions. on these, my fertile Stands. and pis
the hoe I'M / have b.lHIpns upon my
snow white hands. "a s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

of course" remarks the Sioux City
Tribune. III the United States wishes
to 20 to war on an Independent basis,
it has the indicated support Of China.
Panama and Uruguay. An alliance OF
that kind Is not exactly one that an
authority would select, on first thought.
for the serious business Of setting
the world on fire."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

see thousands Of American citizens
running the vacuum cleaner and tend
ing the baby. This teaches us that
Ynatrimony is fast converting the aver y
age husband into a combination cham
bermaid, trained nurse and Chinese
laundry, and yet the marriage license.
is almost as popular as the comic sup
pieftisnt. 49,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
RI. orioin.I "DIuebesrd,. y

The "Bluebeard" or "Barbebleue" OF
Perraults fairy tale had the habit Of
killing his wives, but the first and orig
inai Eluebeard was slayer OF chill
dren. He was Giles de Laval, Marshal
de Retz, famous soldier. and at one
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Iona Newspapers
INTERN I3DIATE SCHOOLS
EAa.. tf,ines 1

For the purpose of bridging the gap
between the grade schools and the hish
school in Davenport, the board OF edu-
cation after much investigation VIII
submit the question of the issuing OF
bonds to the people March ~, the pro-
ceeds of the bond sale 10 be used Tor
the purpose of erecting three o, the
intermediate high schools.
Children under the present plan,
have to remain in the grade SCHOOLS
associating With the primary ana
Kindergarten children, long after at
tanning the age when they feel they
ought to be exclusively with children
of their own age. 1t is this eondi-
ton that causes so many to drop out
without finishing the grades.
The plan, TOO. will reduce the con.
&c ton in some OF the graded schools.
I; vii; take from the high school the
first year class and will distribute 1t
IN the three intermediate high schools,
thus relieving congestion IN the high
school The plan Will thus postpone
for number of years any need OF
erecting another high school building.
The new intermediate schools as pro-
posed. viii be modern in every way.
provided with auditor.ums. gym
nasiums and manual training depart
ments that will make them attractive
for the boys and girls so that they will
continue in the schools instead OF
dropping out.
The idea is not peculiar to Daven-
port. ii mas iieen tTlorougni, tried out
in many cities and has proved 10 be
good thing for pupils and taxpayers
alike.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
NAMING POLICE CHIEFS.
rDayenport Times.


The house OF the Iowa legislature
has passed by vote Of So to the
0Donneii biii placing chiefs OF police
of cities under municipal civil service
The bill as stated in the title seems
innocent enough. but upon investiga-
|tion it appears to be quite another
matter.
1t provides that the fre and ponce
commission shall appoint q chief OF
the fire department and q chief OF the
police department" !.
The only means OF removal q .
chief OF police now In office or to pc
appointed will be "for cause. - pro-
vided in the law governing such Ii1u-
r,icipal civil service. H. 4. i.
The bill 10 step in the wrong di-
rection. Instead OF providing for CON
centrst ton of authority in the mayor,
or some official at the head OF CITY
affairs. it tends to decentraiize au-
thority.
II chief of police MANAGES % SIP
along without doing anything partic-
ularly bad. even tho he may not oe
fitted for that kind Of position
viii he able to hold his position r.
gardlcss Of whether or not ne ~ =. -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

Iowa in it's present and potential
wealth need not fear that it can not
keep step wftn ner sister states II
the performance Of social and political
duties,. says the Muscatine Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

ger OF overwork and prevent him from
getting all tired out as the wife was
expected to provide the living. The
ancient Roman and the proud Ameri-
can Indian never did tap Of house
hold work in their lives. but now we.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

The Boone News Repu blican be-
lieYes with the presidential primary
eliminated, arguments against the gen.
erai primary system will cease"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

This thing has gone far enough
exclaims the Waterloo Times Tribune
that Johnston Pitt Harding road bii
may be properly called an overt act. >
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
Child Has q No [.ilI H i d i &.

8. II looks as II a child cant put his
playrhings where they will be SAFE. n 10
matter which f.oor he leaves them u.
the middle OF. some ono ~ almost sure
to step on them Fort Worth Htarv
8Teieara m. u ~. X sssf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

AT one time discussion Of the liquor
question was confined to What will
YOU f,aveg" says the Mason City
Globe Gazette and remarks in passing.
/" Thin were the happy days
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16
!. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SCHOOL.
Davenport Democrat


An obligation which Davenpor,ers
is the building of the three Intermedi-
se schools which Will relieve the con-
scstion OF our present elementary
:, ,1ools aad the high school.
Tho school board at itx meath:
Tuseday decided 10 pace before tna
people at the next school election tae
proposition TO issue bonds for si5e.aoo
for The purchase OF sites ard the build
ing the three needed schools one to
be located In the eastern portion oi
the city. one in the central and one in
the western.
Davenport erected its last schoo! III
lst2-five years ago The city has
had splendid growth since then, The
grammar schools have been filling up
until several are overlooking. and all
SOON will be. The high school has
about 1900 students enrolled. against
the 754 who enrolled the first year the
present building was opened. The
new intermediate schools are intended
to meet these conditions. by housing
the seventh and eighth grades OF the
grammar schools and what is now the
first year of the high school course.
Pressure from both directions would
thus be taken up by the new schools.
Davenport Is growing and expand
ins. needs more schools and Will ne
aDundantiy able TO pay for them as
the school bonds mature without Sc
rous strain upon anyone. 1t is fair To
believe that the decision viii be that
the schools shall be erected and the
city continue to have a. school system
of which 1T will hasseseTs right to be
proud.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

OF course those explanations Of why
California went wrong and the dssur-
ances that Johnson was "loyin' nit
Hughes may have a general interest
but Charles Evan isn't individually
absorbed in them himself. :.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

They say that German folks get eggs
al meals only once in several weeks
Hard luck, but say, when did you have
eggs on the table?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

We might save a very snug sam Ia
the state by setting legislative salaries
from $1,000 back to $500 and still be
paying a fair scale inclusive of over
time and Sundays. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

Biliy Bunny opened his knapsack
md took ont 4 chocolate layer cake
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-16

One excellent achievement may b
credited 10 the German submarine
torpedoed and sunk the American Hy
phen.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1917-12-21
PRAISE FOR ARMY LIFE
FROM DR.. CHRISTENSEN
Letter Full of Patriotism From Well
Known Surgeon-Faces Trials
Ahead With Courage

The following letter to the editor
of the Starbuck Times from Captain
G. r. Christensen, now at the base
hospital at Camp Custer, Michigan,
will be read with interest by his
many friends here:-
Editor Starbuck Times:
Am writing to remind you that
the ever welcome columns of your
paper has not been here to greet me
with the home news. The pleasant
memories of twenty-one years asso-
citation combined with the grand
farewell banquet has been my only
sense of inconsistencies since arriving
here Friendships and attachments
forged thru these many years of
sharing together the sunshine and
rain of life cannot easily or ever be
broken, and this letter is written to
every reader as a personal message
as a greeting and a friendly visit on
paper. For l realize it will be all
on paper for the next five years I'M
less the war should be over before
that time.
From the minute the orders from
Washington came over the wires I
ceased to be an independent indivi-
dual My time, my work, my life,
belongs to my country. Nothing but
death or discharge will ever separate
me from the army. 1 am cog in
this great machinery that must move
automatically without hitch. My
time, my work, food, clothing, man
ner of living, speech, writing, is gov
erned by regulations. This is neces-
sary in order to have efficiency and
uniformity. The army life is as diff
ferent from civilian life as the earth
is from the planet Mars.
While on the subject of the army
I wish to mention a few facts that
are not commonly cOmprehended or
even believed. The army is the
greatest education force in our coun-
try today and when we are modified
and trained we will have the finest
army in the world. We have the
cleanest and most intelligent army
and when l say cleanest it is in a
moral as we'll as physical sense.
Those who doubt this are sadly mis-
taken. Every effort and every tend
ency in army life is for clean NAH
hood. Remember l am not speaking
of the German army whose unspeak-
able crimes would put the most ex-
quisite tortures of our Indians in the
shade, but of our own boys. Take
any of our soldiers. He must battle