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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03


The good old fashioned game ot high
spy. One trouble is that we shall
find so many spies where they aren't
any
The difference between talking about
the necessity Of a garden and making
one is the difference beteewn hot air
and sixty cabbages and ten bushels OF
potatoes. with carrots, beets and truck
in the cellar in the fall.
Maybe it's all right to put old Watch
law that would force the neighbors ia
tie up their chickens in the day time
would bring tears Of gratitude from
thousands OF eyes.
Perhaps during war time Iowa audi
them is sung or played before them.
History is making today while We
go about our various tasks and amuse-
ments. The map Of the world is by
way Of being revised
The proposition to sell the custodial
farm found thirty-nine representatives
to vote for It yesterday. However the
proportion was as 80 to 80. which af-
fords some occasion for congratula
ton.
Not much use to make peace talk
while the torpedoing Of American
ships is carried on consistently
Well cabbages along the right OF
way would have the advantage Of APP
pearance as of utility over ragweed
and thistles. Foreign countries long
ago learned to use the arabic road
sides OF railways.
That couldn't have been a very des-
perate mob at Spencer when the only
casualty was one man hit in the eye.
Why old Senator Lodge did as well
as that
But suppose than Congresswoman
Rankin were a senator how'd you
married men go about it to enforce the
cloture rule?
A state inheritance tax on all es-
tates is being considered by the SEN
ate ways and means committee. Some
weeks ago the proposed bill was men
toned in that committee as sug-
gestion OF the governor. Senator Kim
balls proposition, which probably is IN
line with the governors ideas on the
subject would start the tax on $4,000
estates at per cent and rising to 4
per cent on larger legacies. That kind
Of tax should be prolific Of revenue in
Iowa when an eighty acre farm at 5000
an acre steps into the "over $4,000"
class. The state accountant figures
that the tax would bring in $4,000. 900
annually from Iowa legatees.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

slumping or prices at the store: they'll
trying when you've been plying the
hoe, all summer long. It makes you sad
dish to find your radish IN worth less
than a song! You vow you'll never
waste fierce endeavor by raising things
from seeds, and you determine you'll
do no squirmin' hereafter in the weeds.
This year you'll find us at work, dad
blind us. in cheap and sweat stained
buds; in years hereafter we'll shrek
with laughter II you name home grown
spuds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Ripping Rhymes
~ WALT MAsoN
An OLD STORY

well soon be giving the cost OF hv-
ing solar plexus blow!" So men are
crying as they 60 plying the rake
and spade and hoe. About ten million,
perhaps billion. have made their SOL
emn vows, to labor hard in the fertile
garden. encouraged by their fraus.
Well all be raising green goods amaz-
ing all kinds of peas and beans, our
bosoms glowing we'll all be sowing
huge stacks Of luscious green's. And
while we're humping we'll hear the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

ture Just below the freezing point and
winds up by encrusting the eyebrows
OF the victim in icicles four inches
long. This causes the red corpuscles TO
rise vigorously to the surface. where
they can be driven back in with a
crash towel. There are several kinds
OF heroes In this world, but the great
est of these Is the man who can throw
himself carelessly into 4 porcelain tub
full Of ice water and pretend that he
likes II,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
THE NEW DOG LAW

Iowa has had a good many dog laws
off and on since the state started bus
mess, but none more drastic than tho
one recently passed which requires all
country dogs TO be restrained between
shutdown and sunrise. This law has
been put thru under the inspiration OF
the sheep raisers who have been dis
turbed in their business by the noe
turnal raids of sheep killing dogs. The
law is going to be a hard one TO uni
formly and constantly enforce. "Old
Shep" is not always going to be on
hand at shutdown for the snap Of a
chain in his collar. Again. the over
worked farmer will not always find IL
convenient to whistle up the dog and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

and In this way keeping his health
good. it has prolonged his life, and
brought ease and comfort.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is sold
by druggists everywhere. and costs only
nifty cents q bottle. To avoid imita.
tons and ineffective substitutes be sure
to get DR.. Catdweii's Syrup Pepsin.
See that q facsimile Of DR.. Caldweil's
signature and his portrait appear on the
yellow carton in which the bottle 10
packed. A trial bottle. free Of charge.
can be obtained by writing to DR.. w. b.
Caldwell. 455 Washington st.. Month
cello Illinoi0
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Washington A.. That way.


Over at the restaurant little boy
helped himself along with his meal
by means of his knife. Amt you
ashamed" rebuked his mother, "eat
with your fork" The crowd snickered
behind their hands. Perhaps they had
a suspicion that little William Henry
wasn't so carefully observed at home.
But at that none of them know that
the kid ate after the fashion OF Wash
ington and other presidents Of the
United States. when he used his nib
lick. The fact Is, that the Father OF
his Country balanced his grub on the
knife and took chance every time
he fed So did those who succeeded
him down to John Quincy Adams
Adams had been at the French court
and had learned to eat with fork,
dismissing the knife from official SER
vice as impolite as well as dangerous.
The new custom did John Quincy
small good as political asset. Folks
rather took offense at the importation
OF F'renchifield manners and fork eating
was scorned as effeminate. Andrew
Jackson ate as he fought with the
bare blade. Common folks depended
upon the fork to hold the food Sc
curely while the. knife separated a
mouthful from the parent body OF the
piece de resistance, and so much ac-
complished, conveyed the morsel to the
mouth on the snickersnee. Eating with
a fork ranked with parting the hair In
the middle. Plain people esteemed
those who adhered to the fork custom
as merely nasty nice" What had
been good enough for Washington and
Thomas Jefferson was good enough for
them. Madison had eaten with his
knife and Jackson would and the son
of a Dutch tavern keeper, Martin Van
Buren,, was still to do 80. SO you see
the boy had high precedent behind
him when he insisted on hosting kid
ney beans on the blade OF his table
cutlery.
In fact, viewed from the standpoint
Of skill and dexterity, the fork lacks
much that the knife accomplished.
Those who have never managed peas
or hominy on a bone handled knife
with a curve bigger at the point than
at the haft, can not understand and
appreciate the manual art OF eating.
Those who have never seen 1t done
have missed a curious and entertaining
sight. Potato was easy, as were baked
beans and other "spreadins" but !.
took an artist to bring a mouthful or
green peas safely home without losing
Il pea.
OF course it is vulgar act now, but
If George Washington and Israel Put
man and Charles Carroll. OF Carrolton,
and John Hancock and Andrew Jack
son were at the table they would be
a great and magnificent corpany--and
every mothers son Of them would eat
with his knife.
Berean college students, numbering
/, 400. are being sufficiently fed at cost
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

Davenport Times However, that
there are no intermediate courts be-
tween the district courts and the SUI
preme court OF Iowa to weed out many
of the cases Is fact that has to be
taken into consideration" GH
"The fractional fights only so to show
that the legislature should be modern
lied" says the TT. Dodge Chronicle
The state body should be put on n
business basis. Were business men
elected members of this great state
body, they would get into harness at
the opening OF the session, would enter
their duties with business methods
prevailing and in half the time taken
under the old system. would pass laws
that would be good laws not the kind
to be passed one year and repealed
the next, or laws that are never expect
ed to be enforced"
GAS a medium for airing personal
prejudices of various kinds the halls OF
the Iowa general assembly almost rank
with the time honored drySoods box
near the street corner" says the Sioux
City Tribune,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
SPEAKER PITTS ISSUE.

lSouiiSil DIuhs
1t is reported that Speaker Pitt pro-
poses to make his views on highway
legislation an issue in the campaign
before the next primary. He is prob
ably proceeding on the theory that the
bridge which carried him over safely
once should DO trusted to do SO again.
To an innocen: hystander. no" ever it
appears that Mr.. Pitt has nothing but
sort of Hobson's choice betTeen a
dead road issue on one hand and a
worthless record % legislative achieve
ment, coupled with an unquestionably
close connection with the Salinger ma
chine. on the other. 1t is not surpris-
ing, therefore, to find him thus early
in the game deciding to resurrec. his
dead road issue viii he puts in the
grave thus vacated his legislative rec
ord and MS SilInger machine assoc
ciat ions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

To the Council Bluffs 'Nonpareil las
the session Of the legislature wears on
1t becomes more and more evident that
Governor Harding could never dupll-
cate the percentage Of that majority
last fall In the present senate"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

"A starved world is calling for the
overflow Of IoWa's horn OF plenty"
says the Muscatine Journal. II is truly
a Christ like mission that the Iowa
farmer has been called upon to per-
form.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Iona Newspapers
HANDS ACROSS THE RIVER.

How embarrassing it would be 20
have all the suit cases carried on the
bridge line laoe.ed as to contents and
ownership!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald says
"The present session of the Iowa legis-
lature. regardless OF the sanity 1t in
jeets Into its work from now on to the
end, will 50 down In history as one of
the most II not the very most freak
ish in the history of the state"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

1T would appear on the face Of
things, at least, that II the United Sta
ties supreme court OF nine members
can attend to the cases that come up
to 1t from the nation At large, seven
Justices ought to be able to handle the
appeals in the state Of Iowa, says the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
TUNES REPUBLICAN, MARsHALLTOWN IOWA April 5. 1917.

pen him up for the night. The dog ID
going to be forgotten now and then.
The wise dog, as soon as he learns
that restraint Gomez at q CERTAIN hour
will take to hiding at that time. We
are afraid that this law Ii another one
OF the many laws spread upon our
statute books without much thought as
to possibility Of enforcement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

THE railroads are asking for an in
crease in freight rates. This Is to be
expected In view Of the legislation that
union labor bIuffed congress into en-
acting last summer" says the Month
cello Express.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

The manufacturing capital Of the
south today IL nearly so per cent OF that
of the entire country In 1889.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

marvel that there are not more widows
extant.
The most pleasing and thorough
form Of cold plunge Is the shower
bath, which started with a tempera-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Greater Than All Else.

We take care Of our health, we lay
mp money, we make our roof tight and
Dnr clothing sufficient, but who pro-
svides wisely that he shall not be want
fAg IN the best property Of all
fsi4ndsf-Emefson. u 4 Fl :
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03

Berean college students, numbering
1,400. are being sufficiently fed at cost
of II cents per day, and those at Car
Isle school at q slightly lower cost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-03
Topics of the Times

the good old fashioned game of high
spy. One trouble is that we shall
find so many spies where they aren't
any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
SECOND |NCREMENTOF
NATIONAL GUARD CALLED
Troops From Enumerated States
Come in Under Presidents
Recent Proclamation.

The second Increment Of National
Guard troops was called into federal
service today
All troops from Maine. New Hampshire
Vermont. Massachusetts,. Rhode Island
Connecticut. New Jersey. Delaware
Maryland. District of Columbia, Virginia.
North and South Carolina. Tennessee. IL
hnois, Montana. Wyoming, Idaho, Wash
fngton and oregon come in under Pres,
dent Wilson'S recent proclamation, pre-
paratory to mobilization in southern
training camps to be equipped and out,
fitted for duty in France
The remainder of the state forces
from far western and southwestern
states will be taken on August 3. WHOM
the draft clause of the national de-
Tense act will be applied to the entire
force. and the guardsmen will cease
10 nave any connection with the state
authorities for the period Of the war
The first increment. which Included
the New York and Pennsylvania d.
visions. was called out July Is and
mas been held at state armories for
preliminary equipment or started south
10 the training camps. The same
process Will be carried out with the
men called out today. and the federaU-
cation of the force for war purposes
Will be completed on August g. There
after there will be no constitutional or
other legal barrier 10 the Immediate
transportation of guard organizations
to France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25

LIST street northwest. preparatory to
rolnr Into service at Fort washington.
The officers are Capt, Walter w.
Burns, commanding the lse Company
First Lieut.. Howard w. HodEkins
commanding the I'd Company. ana sec.
ond Lieut.. James F. Fierce of the ase
Company,
The coast artillery did not 70 into
camp today because Il 10 TO be mus
tered into the federal service. and
when the senior muster omcer, MAJ
A. c. Thompson Of thu coast artillery.
L. 8. A., reports 1t ready to the De-
partment of the East it VIII await or
ders to 70 to Fort washington: IL Is
expected that such orders viii come
promptly and that 1t can embark on
4 government boat Friday afternoon
Last time that the National Guard
was mustered into federal service the
physical examinations came AFTER the
muster. and many were olscnArkeu y,
causing q great deal OF work ana
confusion in checking equipment. me
physical examinations for the coast
Artillery companies are being given
f,rst this time to avoid that complica-
tion. and they started about CLOCK
this morning. First Lieut.. Charles
n. s. selinger Of the United states re-
serves had charge of the physical e3-
II is expected that the two com
nanies will be mustered In tomorro"
sT,arnoon about 2 o'clock at the
armory. When they get orders TO pro-
coed to Fort washington they Will go
either on the wetheren or the Wake
neld and will start from the engineer
wharf or from the foot of sth street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
WEATHER MAN At SEA
OVER 50 MUCH RAIN
Admits He Doesn't Know What Is
Causing It, Though Unofficial
Explanations Are Plentiful.

We don't know
In these frank words Or. Frankenfield.
local forecaster. admitted this afternoon
that the water bureau--er-the weather
bureau is up In the air about the weather
that has been assailing the National Capt
tai for several weeks and today reached
a climax in a continuous performance OF
rain sheets.
Washington was favored" community
today. the rain being the result of a
purely local thunderstorm which the city
did not share with many other towns
between here and the Pacific ocean
Neither sun spots nor dry areas In Ger
many or Virginia have anything to do
with the local weather, the weather bureau
officials s.renuously declared although
they said something about a general dis
position OF pressure areas having a hand
in the general state of moistness.
Strange to say, no unusual precipi-
tation was registered at the bureau,
although to the man on the street
and in the rain--it looked as If 1000
inches of rain was descending every
hour or two, at least.
There is no official explanation, but
there are plenty of unofficial ones,
freely proffered on all sides. Here are
few:
There has been SO much heavy ora
torical artillery on Capitol Hill that
the clouds have been Jared to an I'M
usual degree.
1t has been so warm here recently
that the sky is perspiring
! The weather man knows that Gen.
Goethais is in town and is Fostering
him to cause shipping board slide
like the Culebra cut slides that used TO
bother the general in Panama. If so
the weather man wins.
The Washington base ball club has
come home.
The umbrella trust has arranged 4,
| all.
And all the old weather prophets. who
foretell rains by the aches in their
bones. are having some awful rhsu-
matte twinges. by gosh.
/ Etc. etc. ETC
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
EMPLOYERS TO PROVE
WORKING CH|LD'S AGE.
Strict Regulations to Be Made When
New Law Goes Into Eff.
feet September /.

Strict regulations for proof of age
of children working in mills and other
employment under the child labor law,
Will be retained in rules and reeula-
tions for carrying out the act, despite
protests of southern mill men at the
hearing yesterday, it was learned to-
day.
Members OF the advisory committee
were mistaken in their belief in the
fundamental wisdom of strict proofs
or age. although approaching the dec
iarations Of the mill men from the
south that vital statistics are prac-
tcally unohtainable there
The tentative rules were sent today
to the board named in the act to make
uniform rules and regulations The
board is composed of the Attorney
General and the Secretaries of Com
merce and Labor. The advisory COM
mittee. which heard the pleas of the
mil men yesterday, is composed of
Judge Latimer of the Juvenile Court
and Assistant Secretaries Sweet and
Post Of the Commerce and Labor de-
partments.
Great good was obtained from the
hearing. Secretary Post declared to-
day. Tentative regulation requiring
that a child work eight hours straight
through. not four hours In the morn
ing. then two-hour rest period"
and then work four hours in the aft
ernoon, for instance. will have to be
decided by the board named in the. act.
Secretary Post today admitted that
he Is in doubt whether or not the
regulation in question exceeds the law
itself. when the regulation read: The
act does not allow a division of time
in such manner as to permit the en-
ployment OF a child more than eight
hours in any one workday. even though
the total numbers of hours Of labor
would not exceed forty eight in any
one week"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
Third Infantry Regiment
Nav Be Sent to Camp Sewer,
at GreenvilIe, S. c., Is Report

The Third Infantry regiment OF the
Mver receiving intensive training FOR
overseas duty. Brig. Gen. William F..
Harvey, commanding the District
guard, as was stated exclusively In the
Star yesterday, does not expect that
!tbe I'D Infantry will be ordered to
the cantonment at Admission, Ala, with
the other District units. Although no
Official announcement has been made.
IL is Gen. Harvey's belief that the so
Infantry will be sent to Camp Sewer,
at Greenville, S. c.
Recruiting for the Sd Infantry has
picked up somewhat during the last
couple of weeks, but it is practically
impossible that 1t will be recruited to
war strength, and 1t is expected to be
filled from those who are called into
the national army. The Sd Infantry
now has something under 500 men and
should have more than 1000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
HyattsviIle Guardsmen,
100 Strong, March to Their
Camp to Await Trip South

EVANSVILLE Md, July 25-Com-
pany F. local National Guard. Capt Fran
els Fainter. commanding, this morning
mobfli5ed In the armory here More than
1S0 men answered to roll call. The men
were given their equipment and then
marched to their camp near the local
high school. In the northern end of the
town By tonight everything at the camp
Ia expected to be in military order
The company IL to camp here ten days
before leaving for the Admission. Ala, con-
centration camp Members of the COM
pany last night turned out to witness the
presentation by local talent of the two
act comic operetta, The Pennant," in
Masonic Hall here The proceeds are to
go into the company mess fund and for
other incidental expenses. A capacity au-
dience was present and a large sum re-
allied.
A decidedly patriotic touch was given
the entertainment when NJ F. HalIo-an
recited The Star Spangled Banner" with
soldiers standing at attention on either
side with a huge flag as a background.
Harry T. Knight. jr, Of Riverdale a
few days ago enlisted in the District Ma
tional Guard. His brother, Karl Knight,
also recently enlisted in the District
Guard. The Knight brothers are promi-
nent in athletic circles Of Washington and
vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-25
THIS IS RED-LETTERD DAY
FOR LIEUT.. COL. STEPHAN
Marks Call Into Federal Service and
Thirtieth Anniversary of Enlist
ment in D. C. Militia.

Although this is a great day in the
history of the National Guard, 1t is
greater day in the personal history of
Lieut.. Col. Anton stephan. Cd Regi-
ment of Infantry, National Guard of
the District of Columbia. By a happy
coincidence, the day marked by the
Presidents proclamation to call into
federal service the entire National
Guard happens to be the thirtieth ami
versary of Col. Stephan's enlistment in
the local organized militia. His serv-
ice has been continuous. He was with
his regiment on the Mexican border
and is now in camp at Fort Myer
His record for continuous service is
the longest in the National Guard OF
the District of Columbia.
1t was July IS. 1887. when Anton
Stephan enlisted in Company b. 4th
Battalion. as the organization then was
termed. He re-enlisted July %, 1890,
and October "a OF the following year
he was appointed first lieutenant of
Company D, 4th Battalion. He became
adjutant of the battalion February ,,
1892
Col. Stephan was commissioned Sep
tcmber 20. 1899, a major in the I'd ID.
G. Infantry and assigned to the list
Battalion. October Z. 1910. he was COM
missioned lieutenant colonel of the
regiment. When Col Harvey was ap
pointed brigadier general, two years
ago. Col. Stephan was commissioned
colonel OF the I'd Regiment of Infantry