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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-16
PROVOKING PROFANITY.
Jefferson Bee.


An irate lady from south Chestnut
street visited the Bee office last Friday
to "lay in a complaint against her
neighbours chickens, and asked the Bee
to publish a request for all people who
own chickens to keep the ;lerned
things up. Winter onions, tulip beds
and early flowers are now on the way,
and the old blue hen can do more dam
age than a pile driver, not to mention
the disagreeable and AuGean task or
keeping walks clean. Hercules never
had a dirtier job. Nice christian peo-
pie sometimes get awfully shocked at
profanity. and hold up their hands in
holy horror. but they let their chickens
out and cause people to "cuss, who
might, otherwise, prefer not to. Pro-
family is deadly wrong, but we are
coming to believe that a certain
amount of it is permissible when the
neighbours flock is rOosting on your
front porch. However, the cuss words
in such cases, should be addressed per-
sonally to the neighbor, in order to get
the best results.
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both roads and public and the con-
servation Of public safety as much the
duty Of one as Of the other.
the RUSSIAN REVOLT.

Russia is in the midst OF revolution
and according to dispatches from Lon
don and Petrograd the revolt Is so far
successful as to force abdication Of the
car ascendency of the duma ana
change of administration and govern
mental policy. Reaction against Ger
man leanings of the car and his ad-
visers Is given as the cause of the out
break and it Is proclaimed that the
new government will push the war.
Whatever the strictly political bear
ings of the revolt may be the strictest
censorship can not erase the great fact
written between the lines which is
that the peoples of the battling ma
tons have come very close to the
breaking point. The strain IS becom-
ing too great to bear. Even in Ger
many there are indications Of strong
movement seeking a different form Of
government. 1t is current that a break
between Germany and Austria is near.
The ministry Of France is under severe
criticism and may fall. 1t is indicated
In dispatches that Lloyd George whose
war leadership has been approved may
lose in the tariff fight and be succeeded
by another And underneath the po
litical policies is that universal unrest
and awful WEAKNESS of the peoples as
an impelling force toward change
Something must break soon. Flesh and
blood can not endure all that it has
suffered and is to be called upon to
suffer
What the Russian revolt will amount
to is Of course problematical. SO far
it is confined to the capital and a few
large cities. 1t will no doubt result in
Russian activity as concerns the war.
That it means full liberty under a
constitutional government for the Rus
sian people Is not so sure. Russia is a
conglomerate of peoples, races and
dialects lacking the homogeneity of
France. Germany and England. At the
least it is indicative of an outbreak
that must come sooner or later and a
promise of ultimate freedom for an
enslaved people.
No wonder men tire OF kings and
cars and autocrats who build thrones
of power upon the bones OF common
ers and ride smiling in state amid
starvation and universal voc The best
this war can possibly bring is the
downfall OF imperial governments. The
price is great but the price of human
liberty has always been blood and suf-
ferins.
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After the Jay Bird had shown Billy
Bunny how to steer the airship, the
little rabbit started off. My. wasn't 1t
exciting! He went SO fast he couldn't
hold up his ears. Everything was 60
ing along beautifully, when, all OF a
sudden, zip. the airship went right into
telegraph pole and caught in the
wires
"Oh. dear! Oh. dear!" cried Billy
Bunny. He was just going to say the
same thing over again when he heard
the wires talking. First one said,
Hello. Central" and then another one
said. Give me 9245 Snake Fence!" And
then he heard his mothers voice call
ing up the police station and telling the
Chief of Police to hunt for her son,
William Bunny.
"Oh. dear! Oh. dear" cried Billy
Bunny all over again.
And then, such a sweet song came
over the wires that it made the little
rabbit take heart again:
Don't be worried II you make
Lots and lots Of fool mistakes.
Don't regret and do not sorrow.
Try for better things tomorrow.
But remember. never make
Once again the same mistake.
Then Billy Bunny turned the steer
ing wheel. and, would you believe II.
the airship slid of the wires and
started off as smoothly as could be.
And By and by he came to Uncle
Lucky's house and right in front of the
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rMEsREpUBIICAN MARsHAILTOWN, IOWA: MARCH 16, 1917

be in power at the time. President
Taft took the fourth class postmasters
In out Of the wet, and in the closing
year of his administration urged con-
gress to apply the civil service system
to postmasters Of the first. second and
third classes. Thus the general prin-
ciple was given approval from high re-
publican authority. Congress did not
accept the Taft advice. The late con-
gress turned down similar proposal
with scant consideration Probably
Wilson was acting advisedly in con-
Guiding that an executive order offered
the only feasible means of effectlng the
desired reform. Probably the pres-
dent also calculated shrewdly that this
was an acceptable time for bit Of
executive domination Of congress
On the merits of the issue there Is
not word to be said in favor Of leav-
| ing in the hands of politicians the
most important utility service carried
on by the federal government. The
postoffice organization is an elaborate
piece OF machinery thru which work
| of vast public and private Importance
is carried on. To secure the best re-
in the hands of engineers who are able
to operate. it with economy and eff
cheney. Instead Of so placing it we
have been intrusting the executive re-
sponsibility to persons whose con-
spicuous training has been in politics.
In passing out the postoffices as re-
wards for political service there was
implied disregard of whether or not
the appointee gave value received for
his salary. Under such circumstances
it was obvious that economical and
efficient administration must be acct
dental rather than logical.
After the appointment of post
masters is placed on a merit basis,
there will be an excellent opportunity
for revision of the salary list in every
postoffice. With politics out Of the
department there should be a general
speeding up in economy and efficiency.
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the FINLEY BILL.

Representative Finley'S Dill, pacing
the entire cost of eliminating grade
crossings upon the railways, passed
the Iowa house yesterday. The Dill
Is an important one 10 counties and
railroads as Il forecasts great changes
together with much litigation should 1t
become law. It is likely that counties
with dangerous grade crossings will
hasten TO take advantage Of It's provi-
sions and certain that the large e1-
pense involved will cause the railroads
In fight II 10 the last ditch in the
courts.
Mr.. Finley urges that the people
and the counties are not responsible
for the crossings but that the cross
ings were made necessary by the
building Of railroads and that the
roads should pay the cost Of their
elin!na ton. He would be willing, how
ever. to grant raise In rates that
should cover the cost. Mr.. Finley's bill
does not contain any provision for a
raise in raj es but Mr.. Finley's sugges-
ton of such a raise has peculiar
sound. Il will be rather hard for the
general public to understand his meth
DDS Of hnanciering which puts the en-
tire cost Of the crossings upon the
railways and then sticks the shipping
and consuming public for the cost in
an indirect fashion. If Mr., Finley had
incorporated his rate idea in his bill
there is every likelihood that the rail-
ways would offer no opposition to 1t.
However, with that provision the bill
wouldn't have gone far even in the
present house.
Perhaps the day may arrive when
elimination Of ali grade crossings shall
| be considered. For the day and the
i evil thereof 1t is sufficient to consider
elimination Of the most dangerous
grade crossings upon roads carrying
| heavy traffic. That much is neces-
sary wherever it can be accom- plished
and should begin at once. To include
every grade crossing in Iowa in the
plan is to get little or nothing.
Elimination Of dangerous crossings
is matter upon which the roads and
the counties and the cities should meet
| oy, cornrnnn ground IN a corn mon MIR.
pose. The interests of both are the
public safety. The roads should not
attempt to avoid proper responsibility
in order to save few thousands nor
should the public demand innn.sihiM-
ties or forecast bankruptcy for the
Arooads. Crossings are necessities to
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Billy Bunny and His Friends

door was Uncle Lucky himself in his
automobile.
Hello, Uncle Lucky! need some
gasolene," said Billy Bunny, after
landing his airship safely alongside the
automobile, altho the old gentleman
was scared nearly to death for fear
the airship would drop on him.
SO they got some gasolene and put
It in tho airship. BY this time Uncle
Lucky was getting curious, and when
he saw how much Billy Bunny knew
about It, he asked to be taken along.
So they started of and everything
went along all right until Uncle
Lucky's stovepipe hat blew off.
II can't lose that hail" cried the old
gentleman rabbit. II wore 1t on my
wedding day"
So Billy turned the airship down and
went after the old silk hat. But. oh.
dear me! Before they could catch It
it rolled into a deep cave where lived
a cross old bear. And while they stood
outside wondering what to do the old
bear came out with Uncle Lucky's hat
on his head.
What do you mean by throwing an
old hat at MOI" growled the Bear.
looking at them so fiercely that neither
rabbit could speak for fear.
lAnd II tho old oyster doesn't clam
himself and the catfish catch the little
mouse, in our pantry. 80 that we have
Ito send the trap back because It isn't
any good, I'll tell you next time how
the band played on Uncle Lucky's old
silk hat)
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THE POTATO.
~ ReliaI 15S:d eab6e9es:l @n&

The potato is a popular article OF
food which now costs more per front
foot than corner lot in the heart OF
New York City.
For years prior to the opening up OF
the European war the mellow, pink
eyed Irish potato was a drug on the
market in this country For forty cents
the shrewd householder could go out
and buy a bushel Of potatoes with the
waist measurement Of a mammoth
cheese A great many people who kept
a garden every spring gave up growing
potatoes as they could buy all their
neignbors had for less than it cost to
hunt down the elusive potato bug with
a can of Paris. green Others convert
ed their potato patch into a croquet
ground, SO that both feet could be ex-
ercised without draining the intellect
The only time that potatoes were
higher than they are now was during
the reign of Northumberland when
there was total crop failure, accom-
panied by twelve distinct forms of
valve head indigestion We are told
that ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, who was a proud
monarch with twelve story appetite,
became so famished that he would fain
eat grass like a horse If Nebuchad-
nezzar had lived until today and seen
the price of the boiled potato rise in a
hairlifting crescendo to the point where
it now roosts, the first thing he would
look up would be the local market on
baled hay.
The high price Of potatoes is due to
the large number of war prisoners who
are on foreign soil When we reflect
that the Russian army has lost several
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON
THoREAU

THOREAU
The books that Henry Thoreau wrote
are little read, these later days: men
care not how hermit pote disported in
the woodland ways. The struggle after
stock and bond is SO intense we little
heed the nature lover by his pond, with
hair and whiskers gone to seed. Yet
never should his fame grow stale, while
big assessments stick like wax; he Is
the man who went to jail before he'd
pay county tax. I think of Thoreau
in his cell, that hero sheriffs could not
serve, and feel the heart within me
swell with admiration for his nerve.
They tax us more each passing year.
and waste the coin on useless trash.
and we are all such slaves Of fear, we
meekly pay our hard-earned cash. In
public prints we make wall, for SYM
patty we make bid: but no one dares
to go to Jail. as Henry David Thoreau
did. We may forget that great mans
books, forget his toll with AK and rake
we may forget the sylvan hooks In
which he roamed by Walden lake; but
never let us be so lax as to forget this
splendid tale: Before he'd pay rob-
Der tax the hero went to jail.
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WHICH WAY WOULD you COZ


If you were Il again, 81 with the
knowledge that YOU have gained in a
lifetime, what would you do?
1t was different When you were 2.
There are so many more ways to go
now. Then we thought of being doc
tors, lawyers or farmers. Mechanical
ly we considered carpentry, black
smithing. and the common trades. Oc-
casionally some fellow went away to
become a civil engineer. Now and
then some adventurous chap struck out
"braking on the railroad" and eventu-
ally became a conductor or tough or
came home lacking a hand or was
brought home in pieces. Always we
could teach school and most OF us did.
Some fellows got religion and a call to
preach. Now and then a youth got a
job in q store and developed into a
merchant in time or became an old
standby known to all the country wo-
men who quoted his jokes. Now and
then he married some we'll to do farm
cr girl and her father set him up in a
store. That about rounds up the out
look when you and l We're q. If 1t
were to do over what would you do?
Nowadays innumerable professions,
trades and special avocations stretch
out hands of opportunity to youth. Inc
outlook is so different The world has
squeezed itself together. 1t isn't 1ar-
Their to South America today than Chi
cago was from a country township IN
Iowa. then. We used to live right at
home in those days. a township boun-
Diary meant something. Today the
state lines are scarcely more important
to the mind Of the average youth than
the county lines of those days. We go
where employment is. We take our
specia! knowledge to Timbuctoo and
Nova Zembla. Where a cross roads
existed then a thousand wide avenues
Of effort and opportunity open to the
youth Of today and down their long
vistas success beckons him on.
Saw kid, you don't realize it but the
stork that dropped you picked out the
best time in the world to let you fall.
You dropped right into the beginning
Of big things. into an era when mar
wells are being accomplished, when eV-
erybody has big chance and where
chances are thicker than blackberries
used to be in the thickets forty years
ago The world has found SO many
iohs e Do and !s seeking the right man
for the Job. Perhaps it Is a little con-
fusing at the beginning but If you pick
ont a good looking road and travel II
steadily without monkeying around
chasing leaves and playing with every
idler YOU meet on the way you cant
fail TO get somewhere. Just thank the
Lord that YOU were born into the
Twentieth century when every gate is
omen. OF course you must pay toll.
Everybody pays toll on these highways.
The coin that passes you is hard work,
ambition. purpose. perseverance and
straight living With those in your
nurse YOU can go to the end of the
rainbow.
But If you at 80 were q again whlch
way would you go?
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is certain that such a vote does not
represent the present sentiment OF
Cherokee county,"
Iona Newspapers
ADMINISTRATION BILL BEATEN.
rJeffersOn lBee,l

ADMINISTRATION BILL. BEATEN.
Jefferson Bee.l
The failure Of the Pitt-Johnson road
bill last Saturday Is the severest set
back the new state administration has
received. There was no concealment
at the last of the fact that the gov
ernor did his utmost to get house mem
bers to support this bill, and it must
be conceded just now when there are
six or eight big appointments pending,
and all the politicians desire to stand
we'll with the governor his influence Is
very considerable.
AS one of the curious turns OF poll
tics it Is worthy Of note that whereas
The republican campaign last fall was
largely devoted to an alleged road Issue
wherein the republican party was put
in a reactionary, and the democratic
party in progressive road attitude,
yet when the big test came a majority
Of republicans voted progressively and
eleven out Of fourteen democrats voted
on the reactionary side. This goes to
show that the habits Of a lifetime are
not changed by a single campaign.
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Masonic Meetings
Visitors always welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903 A. F. &
A. M.-Stated communication. Regular
meeting Friday, March 16, 1880 p. m
John w. Wells, secretary; w. II. STEM
err. w. M.
sIGNET CHAPTER. No 80. r. A. NJ.
Stated convocat!on Monday evening
March 10, $50 o'clock. Business SEES
sion. Carl Shaffner, H. P; John W.
Wells secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ. Mon
day, March 10. Regular business. l. l..
Forbes. Recorder; George Gregory
I. n.
STATED coNcLAvE, st. Aldemar
Commandery, No. 30, X. r Tuesday
March 20, for regular business ana
work. Order Of the Temple, 1880 p m.
T. T. Forbes, recorder; H. c. Mueller
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. e.
S.-Special meeting for initiation Wed
nesday, March 90, at 7:3O p M Mrs
George Downing, secretary; Mrs. }. r.
Frederick, w. NJ.
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THE CENSORSHIP.
80, yay

The American press will join In
heartily with any reasonable restric-
ton Of military information. The
press. however. will not permit itself
to become muzZled to the extent that
it's silence will injure rather than bene-
fit the military fortunes of the nation.
Unfortunately the censorship meas
ures thus far proposed appear to be
inspired primarily with an object OF
preventing a just criticism Of the ad-
ministration for It's failure to so pre-
pare the nation TO meet eventualities
which now threaten.
Those publications which have loud
" demanded for three years that the
administration do something are not
to be counted upon to fall unressting-
ly in line with a program which Will
prevent the, American public from
knowing what the government has not
done nor what It is not doing.
A censorship which suppresses news
&C military plans and operations is d
war necessity.
It will aid the secret service ma
terially in curbing espionage, making
arrests and detections easier by fore
ing foreign agents to become more
daring in their efforts to gain infor-
nation.
If we are TO have a censorship let il
be one which will serve military pur-
pose. Constructive criticism should
not be made a felonous act
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WHY NOT SAY IT?
Davenport Tfmes.1

II begins to filter down from Wash
| ngton turnout the whole people of the
| United States that the administration
must have some motives for it's atti-
tude in regard to it's relations with
Germany other than the controversy
over the submarine question There
are not a few observers who suspect
that the administration has come to
the conclusion that it IS not so much
a question of immediate as OF future
ends that have to be considered at this
time
Why should a president of the
United States declare what are Amer
lean iiizais IN regard 10 th.. status OF
states both large and small unless he
has il In mind to play part the mo-
tives for which may be open to ques-
ton?
If the president believes that the
United States ought to get into this
war on the side of the British for the
purpose Of assisting the entente as a
sort Of league to enforce peace to
bring Germany to Terms; If he be-
lIeves that, az Japan is an ally of Eng
land. getting in on that side will re-
move Japan as menace to the
United States: If he believes that
America, pioneer in the battle for lib
erty, should assist France whence
originated in Europe the modern con-
cept!cns q: liberty and equality, Il he
feels that there Is a spiritual heritage
common to both the British and the
American people that ought to bind
them closely together: II he believes
that we have less to fear from British
aggression with the British in con-
troll of the seas than from German
aggression with Germany in control
OF the seas; If reviewing history he is
convinced that the British will respect
the Monroe doctrine while the atti-
tude of the Germans, II they win the
war, will be a matter of uncertainty.
and II he has any facts on which to
base such conclusions that have not
yet been been made public. why does
not the president come out fairly and
squarely and say what Is In his mind?
So long as course of action by this
country is proclaimed merely on the
technical differences between the Brit
ish and the German methods Of en-
forcing blockades, there viii be OPP
portunity for debate So long as we
appear to take action for no other rea-
son than to make sure of the delivery
OF munitions of war there will not be
unanimity of opinion in this country.
SO long as the attempt is made to APP
ply antiuuated rules Of the sea to con-
ditions that have been revolutionized
by modern inventions there will be
discussion of the Justice of the course
of action. for there will always be op-
portunity TO contend that we might
take cognizance of the changes and
keep out Of the war zone--that is, let
Europe fight it out.
But II the president feels that the
future OF America must depend on the
ultimate success Of the British as
against the Germans he ought to make
that position clear. II he were to do
this-come out into the open and
frankly put aside neutrality on the
plea that the United States can no
| longer avoid taking sides and must
the risk of dealing with in the future,
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Sour gassy, upset stomach. indiges-
ton, heartburn. dyspepsia; when the
food you eat ferments into gases and
upsets you; your head aches and you
feel sick and miserable, that's when
you realize the wonderful acid neutral
ling power In Pape.s Diapepsin.s II
makes all such stomach misery due. TO
acidity, vanish In five minutes.
Ie ..c..- stomach e I. nonttnMoMs
revolt--if you cant get " regulated,
please, for your sake, try Pape's pta.-
pepsin. It's 80 needless TO have an acid
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IGNORED the Treasures.

Sir Frederick Kenyon, the director
of the British museum, tells some good
stories Of people he has noted there.
Once he was showing a distinguished
woman visitor some Of the priceless
treasures of which he Is the custodian,
but for a long time nothing seemed to
interest her very much.
Then suddenly he noticed change.
Her face lighted up and she leaned
forward.
What Is it. madam" asked Sir Fred
erick, gratified at this tardy sign of
awakening appreciation. Pray do not
hesitate to ask if there Is anything you
would like to know"
80 good Of you!" chirruped the lady.
II wish you would tell me what brand
of blacklead you use on those iron ven-
tilators that are let into the floor We
have the same sort Of things at my
house. but my maids never get them
10 shine half SO brilliantly"