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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-30
REGISTRATION
BOARDS TO Be
DRILLED AGAIN

Cooperation Counsel Caldwell
/ will 90 over the details Of thu
select service registration law
/ with the II district board mem.
bers at a meeting 10 be held In
the mayors conference room
/ Thursday q, p. m.
The meeting was called BY
( Mayor Gill in order that the
( dlssrie, registrars might be
{ fully familiar with their dulles
and able TO explain the law TO
( their precinct registrars.
Leo Barnard will confer With
I the registrars OF District No. at
meeting called for Thursday at
I 20 p. m. In the courtroom OF De
I partmcnt No 9. while James Dou.
+ gan will talk with the registrars
OF District No Il, In the council
/ chambers In tho eounty-city build
I INK Saturday AZ p. IN
There Is considerable speculation
as to how the exemptions from se-
+ tect service are 10 be determined.
/ but adyices from Washington TO
/ tho local authorities on this point
have been meager
Form Two Districts
1 In the county IL is probable that
4 two districts will be formed and
an exemption board appointed for
each to hear the arguments OF
/ those who would escape service,
and pass upon their Legitimacy
I In the city. each one OF the IL
{ district boards will perform the
same duties, II Is believed
/ Detailed instructions from the
war department are expected soon
after June 8.
Serve Permanently
| Lieut.. Gov. Hart wired Mayor
GIN this week. asking that he make
sure that the members OF his perm
anent boards would serve after the
registration.
| Men who have no families and
who claim no permanent homes.
are entitled to register in the pre-
clnct In which they happen to be
on June 3. according to Corpora.
I ton Counsel Caldwell.
I For such men this IL the wisest
course. says Absentee Clerk Street
II they apply for and receive n card
/ for mailing to another city. they
will be without certificate OF reg
istration until II has been mailed
back to them. and during this time
liable to arrest and detention AZ
slackers.
Mistake in Posters
The instruction on the posters in
all precincts which reads, Every
resident between the ages OF u and
81, must register" Is incorrect. &C
cordlng TO the officials. and does
not mean that both men and women
are to he registered. Tho state
printer is to blame. It Is said. The
word male was omitted
At the request OF the Central
Council for Patriotic Service the
trustees OF the Chamber of Com.
merce and Commercial Club have
adopted resolutions requesting their
members and all other employers
Of men to release from work all ell
ligible for registration for a period
OF two hours on registration day.
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-30
UNABLE TO DECIDE

Whether city employees who enlist
in the army or navy should be rein
stated at the end OF the war is a
question the civil service commits
sion was unable to decide Tuesday.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-30
WILHELM TO PREACH

Rev Honor l.. Wilhelm is the new
pastor of the Ballard Presbyterian
church. He will preach his first
sermon there Sunday He was for.
merry editor of the Coast, in Seat.
tie. and comes from Auburn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-30
Ubs Mloman's Arnp against gGlasit

Sign the and and
tho Waste Editor Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Billy Bunny and His Friends

and when it started off down the water
II just staid on. ! couldn't do anything
else
We'll. next time look before you
jump" said Tommy Turtle, I'm not
giving people ride for nothing" and
then he swan away with his little
houseboat on his back for Tommy
Turtle carries his house with him
wherever he goes. Rain or shine he
takes il with him land he never has
to pay rent, either: isn't that wonder
full? Well, guess you'd think SO II you
were father wnen the landlord came
around!
Sailing. sailing, down the Rabblins
Brook.
Next time, Peter Postum take care
full look.
Don't be jumping anywhere
Exercise little care,
Older people make mistakes
Sailing on the great big lakes!"
And then Billy Bunny laughed, for
1t was he who had just sung this little
song, and then Peter Postum said.
Thank you. Mr. Wise William Bunny.
I'll be more careful next time!" And
he ran on to the Friendly Forest to
tell his aunt that he had been sailing
ing on a great big river! And II the
Babbling Brook doesn't turn around
and run backward 80 that the Old Mill
Wheel turns the other way and grinds
the corn into lollypop -four. I'll tell you
another story tomorrow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
THE ANSWER The RAIDERS.

Heavily armed raiders that had
slipped by the Gordon of warships
blockading the German bases sunk two
British destroyers and the fleet of mer-
chantmen the destroyers were convoy
ing.
Perhaps this is the answer to our
seemingly successful raking of the seas
for submarines. We can expect fur
Their raids and dashes equally success
full
What is the answer to the raiders
Merely sufficiently powerful war yes
sells in sufficient numbers to Convoy
transports and merchantmen.
How shall we get the warships and
fighting ships to act as guardians to
our troop transports and the vessels
which carry food to the fighting men
at the fronts? By building them.
How shall we build them? With the
money the purchasers NJ government
bonds are lending the government.
How shall the Stacker on bonds feel
If the headlines proclaim the loss of
thousands Of our soldiers en- route to
France, lost because insuffciently
guarded by fighting ships powerful
enough to protect them?
now small the stacker CO. bends 1:,e-
tifv himself to himself and his neigh
bors If our armies are unfed and dis
aster oyertakes us and our allies be-
ause German raiders block the sea
lanes and sink our insufficiently con
voyed ships carrying supplies to oul
own men?
II troop ships are sunk and mef'
chantmen destroyed because the gov
eminent is hampered by our refuea
to lend our personal credit to the wa
how shall we escape blood outlines
and personal responsibility?
What kind Of company will we keel
with our own consciences2
Tne nea0iin-s "a rt.o os.i0-.e~
papers yesterday stated. whether truth
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Mothers of Men.
!. Eugene Chr.sman.

j. E-UStH' lll .Si!i'ti
Mothers of men, OF men at war
Let your hearts beat S,rung and true,
You have sent your SONS in tbs huur
OF need,
In defense Of the Rieht-und Nou.
To follow the path their Srandstres
bluzed.
When they stepped out of the blue,
Or whether they fought for the stars
and Ears.
They fought for Their tas-and YOU!
Mothers OF men. ot men at war,
When the battle tlass are turied,
When your boy comes back, his duty
done.
From half around the world.
When you fold him there within Your
arms,
A man both tried and true,
Who looks the whole world in the
face,
For he fought for his fag-and YOU!
Mothers Of men. Of men at war.
OF men then mothers be-
For 4 mothers son died at Lexington.
That your son be born free.
When you say good bye, perhaps Tor
aye.
Let your smile he brave and true.
II he comes not hack-ah. then you'n
know
That ne died for his hag-and you!
". E. Chr.sman. Albion, Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

"Heigh-ho," said Billy Bunny, as
he hoped along the Babbling Brook.
where the autumn leaves were. floating
down the sparkling waters like little
ships. "Td like to be a sailor. SO ]
would" and then he wiggled his little
pink nose maybe a million times more
or less. And the reason he did was
because he smelt something. Yes sir!
Billy Bunny's little pink nose was as
good as eyes. and maybe better. For
there in the middle Of the Babbling
Brook was Peter Possum. And what
do you suppose he was doing. Youd
never guess. so I'll tell you. He was
riding on a round fiat something, and
that round flat something was Tommy
Turtle, but Peter Postum didn't know
It. On, dear. no. He thought 1t was a
little ship that was taking him for
a sail.
Get of my back. Get OF my back!"
cried Tommy Turtle. for he was getting
tired, you see Of carrying Peter Postum
for Peter Postum hadn't bought q
ticket. I'm sure of that and who wants
to play ferryboat unless one gets paid
FOR 1t In some way.
I'll get of II you'll take me ashore"
said the little possum. and as soon as
his Turtle Boat came close to the bank
he jumped off. And after that he turn
ed to BILLY Bunny and said:
II didn't know it was Tommy Turtle.
You see, / wanted to get across the
Babbltng Brook, so stepped on his
back, thinking 1t was a round stone,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
cRlTIctsISG HARDING UkDEsERvEDly.

Some criticism OF Governor Harding
has been current because the governor
did not say a good word TOR the pro-
hi5ito-y amendment. II comes mostly
and probably entirely from those who
did NOT support ard vote FOR him last
year. II * pointed out BY them that
q speech or a word OF approval from
the governor would have been worth
thousands Of votes.
The T-R- was not noted in Iowa as
a supporter or defender OF the sGcces>-
tul candidate for governor However,
il can not join in or agree with the
criticism noted above.
The lines were drawn in that MEM
orahle campaign. The drys listed the
governor as We. and the vets agreed
with him al the polls. Candidate
Harding promised nothing to the drys.
Harding was under no obligations TO
them. If he lad obligations they ran
10 the opposite side OF the controversy,
for it is historical that those opposed
TO the amendment supported and voted
for Mr.. Harding in the election. From
the politician standpoint the drys had
nothing coming from the governor and
the vets had. And after the vote he
received why should Governor Hard
ing urge adoption Of the amendment?
Why urge legislation by plebiscite
which he had consistently opposed as
a legislator and candidate?
Whatever criticism is justly the
desert of Mr.. Harding that which IS
based on his failure TO boost the
amendment has no foundation Of con-
sistency. The governor was consistent
in his course. The Inconsistency IS
that the drys should expect or ask him
to advocate the adoption of the amend
ment
The T.-R. opposed Mr.. Hardin as a
candidate and supported the amend
ment. It was beaten both times. But
it is free to admit that the governors
failure to assist the adoption Of the
prohibitory amendment was entirely
consistent and not open to criticism
from the drvs-
Without much doubt the governors
support would have carried the amend
ment But what gave the drys the
idea that he would do so?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
THE LOSS TO PROHIBITION.
TSioux City Journal!

Whether the amendment proves
under the official count to have been
defeated or to have been adopted,
much has been lost to prohibition.
The situation in other states where
the issue Is up or is soon to be up will
be affected by the vote in Iowa In
congress the backbone Of those who
are at heart opposed to prohibition
will be stiffened measurably. The
cause Of the national amendment has
been made to suffer. And in Iowa, be
the vedrict win or lose, in the show
down, the bane of liquor issue in
state politics will have been removed.
If the "wets" have won, they will be
encouraged to start drumfire in prep
aration for an assault upon the next
and the next and the next general as
semblies. II they have lost, neverthe-
less they will have made so nearly
equal q showing of strength that they
can demand consideration of the ever
respectful politician; and the whole
problem OF enforcement of present
statutory prohibition will be made
more difficult, since it will be assumed
that approximately half the voters Of
the state are out Of sympathy with the
law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

eggs have I taken to Ackiey and Ell
dora and sold for 3 cents a dozen;
butter for s cents, a pound--and In
turn paid IS cents for a yard Of calico,
80 and 80 cents for gollon OF kero-
sene"; etc. Taliow candles We're in
use In the homes Of boys and girls now
men and women. still on the sunny side
Of middle age. A pair Of cow-hide boots
cost 81 to IS and overshoes we're ar
ticles of comfort unheard of. In 4
pork packing house then operating at
Waterloo (ttie Redltields) hogs sold at
So TO 50 hundred and the poor peo-
pie were privileged to go and help
themselves 20 the heads, hearts. liv'
crs, etc. without paying a cent. Com
pare this with the present wh9n tha
packer makes use of everything but
the "squsal." Corn was so cheap that
1t was burned in cook stoves for fuel
The "old fellows tell us that history
repeats itself. but we are inclined to
the belief that some Of these things
Will never be repeated again
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Torres OF the Times

The country is coming to the conciu-
S.oH H.. # sVIdiers and wealth can
jusuy ~ roAscr.pted labor also may
DC y-s,.! DC ur1f.sd i'll emergency.
They say now that the car was hyp-
noL..,d. And they also say Kelly )
rr, -. Eut III both cases they are best
WI, rs "a, ,un / bite and the dogs can
u.,v ,AyUt.
II a man declares he's a patriot and
wants to make everybody believe hun
thles the Liberty bond testimony
uu.ch will be accepted as conclusive
yurroJorative evidence.
The hotels agree that the meatless
day n complete success. However,
the patrons are yet 10 be heard from
Perhaps it's like successful opera
ton" which is successful all around
except for the patient.
Every bond is q bullet in the kaisers
bulls-eye.
Another illustration of camouttage Is
the person who cheers the stars ana
stripes and ducks the bond solicitors
However. that's a camoutiage that fools
nobody.
The householder who asks why her
bill for sugar is so high will smack his
lips over the preserves next winter ana
ask why she didn't make more OF
this
Emerson remarked that Good men
make the earth wholesome ITS pre-
cisely So Ask any committee OF bond
solicitors If that remark isn't borne n
upon them over and over every day.
The finest thing in the world is 9, good
man, always, Of course, excepting
good woman.
Bigger far than battles are. upon the
Meuse or Somme would be the news
10 Kaiser Bill that the loan was on the
bum. So every miser helps the kaiser
when they refuse 10 sign and they
better be in Germany keeping die
wacht am Rhein."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Iowa Newspapers
"HOGGING DOWN"
TWinterset Madisonian.1

"Hogging down corn is a compare
lively new idea. Thirty years ago,
man who turned his hogs into the
corn field would have been pronounced
insane. Demonstrations have proven
beyond any question that a field Of
corn "hogged" yields a higher feed
value than one that is husked and the
stalks pastured in the field. 1t has
the additional advantage Of enrich
ing the ground and lessening the cost
Of gathering. Lincoln Harbold, who re-
Gently sold his hog ranch at Peru, fol-
lowed this plan Of feeding extensively,
If the field was not hog tight, he would
furnish the woven wire to make 1t so
and he paid good prices to the tenant
farmers OF that community for their
corn in field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
WHITE HAIRED MOTHER" ISSUE
burlington Cazette.l


II is related in Davenport newspa
pcrs how Henry Vollmer, the silve!
tongued orator of the stale of Scott
moved the people to tears in his argu
ments to the court in behalf OF his lit
tie brother Fred, who, with other
kaiser right bowers, were on trial for
violating the espionage act. Brother
Henry. who fractured his suspenders
some time back in making a half shift
OF his allegiance from Potsdam to
Washington, pictured the little white
haired mother and her frief II the
son was incarcerated i'll the peniten-
tiary.
The hon. Heinrich put it over all
right Two members of the jury re-
fused to find bro. Frederick and
another guilty, and hung the jury on
the rest.
or course, bro. Heinrich did not take
into consideration that the little
white haired mother appeal works
both ways. He did not reckon the
other mothers who by the thousands
have sent their sons forth 10 fight for
their country: TO battle in the great
cause Of humanity. These little white
haired mothers" are not entitled to
much consideration from the Vollmer
family viewpoint. In fact, so scant is
the Follmer regard for them that bro.
Fred and the fellow members Of the
haiserverian in Davenport exerted all
their efforts to discred.t the soldiers
and ohstruct the course of the govern
ment in providing for their comfort
and welfare
Which OF the little white haired
mothers have occasion to be proudest
OF their sons!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Bound to BE Tidy.


A fastidious old gentleman was en-
joying cigar with a friend.
The guest, having reached the end
of his Havana, hurled the stump onto
the well-kept lawn.
What made you throw your cigar
there?" said the old man. angriiy. "Sea
how unsightly II is on the lovely grass. "
"That surely won't DO any harm"
said the other. FOR nobody would
notice a little thing like that"
my dear fellow" solemnly replied
the old grumbler. Its Just little things
like these that constitute tidiness. and
tidIne.s Is half the comfort Of life"
HIS friend said no more for time,
and in q few moments he arose hur-
riedly, disappeared. and was absent for
a full twenty minutes.
Where on earth have you been?'
said his host, when he returned at last.
"Oh' I've only been across the mea-
dow to spit in the river"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

The zigzag trench approach system.
in use during the present war is as old
as siege warfare since gunpowder was
first used in battle. All existing plans
OF the sieges Of the days OF MARI
borough and Vauban. In the same
Flanders country where British and
French are fighting side by side now,
show z!gzag communication trenches
connecting the parallels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
RIPPING RHYMES
,Bv Walt Mason
AUTUMN WEATHER.

- $3.50
wind mas note'
billy a.
doctor and the plumber are busy Wy"
-
bottom
.,sv,np heck the
ground raise doeful sound I'm
past TOT summer "
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

Hampson Gary, who has been ap-
pointed consul general at Cairo, Egypt,
holds position unique In the Ameri-
can foreign service, in that he has
both diplomatic and consular duties.
He Is diplomatic agent as we'll as
consul genera! at his post. He Is a
native Of Texas and has had several
years Of experience in the state de-
partment at Washingto ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Jim Dale.

1oung Jimmy Dale across our street.
Is just a gawhy lad.
he grew so fast, the doctors said
His heart was mighty bad.
They wouldn't let him do much work.
Or any hearty play.
But, just the same, they drafted Jim.
And Jim has gone away.
Jim was sort Of great, Dig Kid.
And fooling all the WHILE
50 when they ordered him 10 camp,
He went there with a smile.
Jim Dale is in the army now,
Lank legs. bum heart and all,
To fight like other drafted men
That got the country's call.
God, yes! Jiul's heart may drop him
dead
Or he may live to be-
Shot all TO pieces over there
What ODDS to you or me?
BY thunder, Its these odds to you:
II kids like y!m can 60
With smiles. to aght our wars for Us,
We can put UP the dongh!
II We can buy bond or two,
Ard don't while Jim, poor cusa
Goes smiling off to death or wounds
Then helrs to good for US,
BY Ellis Parker Rutjer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

Besides, II will be over a year and
a half before any legislature can even
consider the question. and II is very
likely that most OF the fellows who
are suffering so keenly now because
their cellar supply has been exhausted
will have gotten used to It" says the
Story city Herald They will discover
that they are doing excellently on a
strictly boozeless diet and won't care
particularly whether or not the state
ever goes wet again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

There was merit in Mr.. FTenniken's
!dea of A law that would place the
loan upon every resident OF the state
like the assessment Of taxes, in pro-
portion 10 property ownership" con-
cludes the Monticello Express.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
REPUBLICAN MARsHAILTowN IowAy OCTOBER n 1911

fully or not, that Iowa Il lated as
Stacker state" on the bond purchase.
Let's nail that Islander against Iowa on
the doors of the world with Iowa
money and Iowa credit freely offered
to our country this week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

Why should farmers not buy LIB
erty bonds?" asks the Traer Star-Cl.p-
per. and adds We would be glad TO
have any Of them write their reasons
for refusal for publication in the Star
Clipper"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
Masonic Meetings
Visitors always Sssieoma

MARSHALL LODGE. No 1903 A. F. q
A. M.-Stated communication, FRIDAY
Oct. Ia. 80 O'Clock Regular meeting
John w. Wells. secretary; W. h. STEM
er. w. NJ.
sIeNET CHAPTER. Ne. So, r. A. NJ
Stated eonvocat.on Monday evening
Oct. -, al 80 o'clock. Business SEES
sion. Carl Shafner. H P: John W.
Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r 4 s. NJ. M9n-
day, Sept -. 1850. Regular business
1T Forbes. recorder: George Gregory
l. N.
STATED coNcALVE, ST AienaF
rc-7us-dsrv. No. SO. K T. TuesdAN'
Oct IS. $50 .. n. Regular business. l.
r. Forbes recorder; H c. MueAe''
commander.
CENTRAL CHATTER NO 81. O. z
S-S7ecial meeting FOR initiation on
Wednesday. Oct s.. $50. Mrs. George
Downing secretary; Mrs, J. 2 FRED
srck. ". u.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

doctors consulting room, started on
the long story OF her troubles. The
doctor endured it patiently and gave
her another bottle. At last she started
out, and the decor was congratulating
himself, when she stopped and ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22
EGGS 3 CENTS A DOZEN.
CAckley World,]

Seated In downtown place the
other day was a man Just little be-
yond his fftieth year. Naturally con-
versations drift to prices today and
pa sUes yesterday, inennins ino ions
ago. Why. said he, many dozen
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

claimed:
why, doctor, you don't losk to see
II my tongue was coated?"
Il know it isn't" YEARLY replied the
medical man. You don't find grass on
a race track."-Epworth Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

right" as they pass the French COM
manding officers. In prison or on the
field they are soldiers born and bred
and their interment causes no loss of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

"As soon az Colonel Bryan sees
things going one way" observes the
Mason City Globe-Gazette. "he can get
around and seem to take the lead in
the most inspiring and spectacular
manner"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

The Usage News believes IF Colonel
Roosevelt had been president IN 1914
all would have been diTerent-and II
all had been different the colonel might
have been president"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

oh we'll. It might have been worse"
says the Knoxville Express. TT might
have been wet, if the election had been
held before the majority OF the voters
had gotten their eyes open"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

Why Look?
Mrs. Jenkens, a regular visitor IN the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-22

German soldiers, young and old,
around French interment
camp in the Disc district, with "eyes