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Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
GIRLS UNION IS
|. CREOCN|zED; GET
RAISE IN WAGES
STRIKE SETTLED
BY FEDERAL MEDIATOR.
UNION LEADERS AGREE
MUST RECOGNIZE
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE.
One of the Greatest Victories Won by
Federal Governments Strike
Settling Organization.
STRIKE SETTLED
BY FEDERAL MEDIATOR.
(By Associated PreSsl


Washington, Nov 23-Girl tele-
phone operators in the employ of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
on the Pacific coast will get wage
increase of IL per cent. The company
will also recognize the right of the
girls to organize into a union.
This was announced today by the
Department of Labor Secretary Will
son states that the threatened strike
has been warded off and that all that
remains is the ratification of the
agreement by a referendum of the
girls working for the company.
A working organization was esta1- :
lished on the Coast to prevent further
strikes in all lines.
Secretary Wilson personally visited
the telephone company and called the
union leaders together. He succeeded
in convincing the company that they
should meet the employees half way.
bi- 4 u
Note: There are more than 40 girls
working for the Pacific company in
the Valley, who will be affected by
the advance in wages and the recog-
milton of the union, it was stated at
the Ell Centre office of the telephone
company today.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23

The Press classified columns have
become clearing house for the wants
and demands Of Imperial Valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23

Press Liners are rea,: bv those who
vant work! Do you need help for tn.
anchI
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
Germans Claim Success.

Berlin, Nov. 23.-Fighting has been
progressing favorably for the Teutons
in the Italian mountains and between
the Brenta and Piave rivers, and the
general staff is in possession of this
territory.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
Teutons Repulsed.
(By Associated Press)

Vby ASSOCI1teU FTeSSJ
Paris, Nov. 23.-The French have
repulsed a German endeavor to re-
capture ground lost on the Aisne
front. sNAlA AIA
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
(By Associated Press)

Army Nov. 23-Th British drove back the
dominating large section of the Dunod canal
tho Of
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
CAPPS MUST RESIGN.
Chief Constructor of Navy Will Step
Down Because of Sickness.
(By Associated I'ress)

Washington, Nov. 23.-Chief Con-
structors Capps of the navy will re-
sign Immediately as general manager
of the Shipping Boards Emergency
Fleet Corporation. Physicians advised
him that his health would not permit
of the work.N
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
TROOPS NOW WITHIN THREE
MILES Of GERMAN CENTER
DRIVE EXTENDS TOWARDS CAMBRIA, AS TANKS,
INFANTRY AND CAVALRY DRIVE ON.

Women, Men and Children Held Captives for Three
Years by the Germans Released From Cap
tured Villages by the British.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
(By Associated Press)

22Th the
in the to grow steadily.
fighting Haig's
to
drive
Used.
Nothing officially unofial the
of constituting correspondents described gand
fleet"o of employed in Tuesdays advance.
than action
among reported being slight
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
(By Associated Press)

23Brsh advanced slightly southeast of Ypres
The situation unchanged the Somme 'front.' southwest of Cam
British repused hostile raids Chapee ST. Quentin and
in they prisoners.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-11-23
READ THEM TODAY

Ton mar he one Of a dos-
en- people tn whom one of
tOday'a Claasifled "Ad~" In
the most lmportant thing
printed In this paper.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
''0ovE; the instrunent is yours"

''0ovE; the 1nStruinent is yours"
That was the first step and the next
step came very shortly after, when,
having further demonstrated his ca
pacity in other ways, Meade was CIV
en- charge of the work "a the east end
Of the dam.
II don't care who he u.s." said Van
deventer to his chief subordinate, "he
knows what he's about, and If you
watch him you'll see. He's keen on
handling men. The other section fore
men will be hard put to keep up with
him. He keeps watch on himself. He's
got some secret he won't betray. He
doesn't mingle with the crowd, but
every once in a while something slips
out. What he doesn't know about en-
cheering nobody needs to know, I'll
wager"
"How do you account for his being
out here?"
"Oh, it's the old story, I suppose ;
he's come a cropper somewhere
down and out and wants to begin
again, and can't do anything but this.
It's not our business, Stafford he does
good work for us and we're satisfied"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER XIV.

The Former and the Latter Rain.
The work on the dam was progress
ing splendidly. Vandeventer, driving
his men hard, shared In all their furi-
GUS efforts. He was not only their
leader, but their inspiration. He had
surrounded himself with q body of
able assistants, and his transfers and
workmen had been culled until they
had become q small army Of picked
men of which to be proud.
Among all these Meade stood very
high. In the four months he had been
with Handkerchief he had shown such
a grasp Of things, such IN ability to
handle men, To one or two instances
when, with intention to try him, the
resident engineer had given him
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23

charge of some special work, that
Vandeventer unconsciously looked to
him in any emergency. He actually
found himself consulting Meade on
occasion.
He had accompanied the younger
man on one of those rambles which he
had hitherto taken alone. He had not
broken down Meade's reserve, but he
had won his admiration and regard.
Vandeventer was not unknown in en-
cheering circles. In earthwork he
was by way of being an authority.
His experience had been varied and
extensive. Meade's reserve and reti-
cence rather hurt the older engineer.
He had invited confidence and had
even given his affection. He intimat-
ed delicately that If the other were
under q cloud Handkerchief might be
in position to help him.
It was fortunate for Meade's pur-
pose of concealment, for his incognito,
that most of his engineering work had
been done abroad and that he had
been out of touch with American en-
cheering for practically the whole of
his career. Vandeventer was q Har-
ward man, too, and that made it espe-
cially hard for Meade to keep from
betraying himself. AS matter of
fact, the younger man actually longed
to make clean breast g. 1t, but he
could not quite bring himself to do 1t
yet. That might, come later.
Three months ought to see the COM
pletion of the dam and the long canal,
which was to carry the stored water
to the irrigation bitches below. Van
deventer was already making plans
for another big job, and he had de-
cided, in his own mind, that among the
subordinates whom he would take
with him the newcomer should have
the first chance. Vandeventer felt
the work that had been accomplished
in tho six months of labor. To be sure
the delay in the completion Of the
spillway disquieted him a little.
The dam had reached the spillway
level = fortnight before, and had now
passed 1t. Indeed, on the fifth Of jan
uary the dam builders were within
five feet Of the top; that is, the crest
Of the dam was 120 feet above the
level Of the valley. They lad planned
to run the spillway around the east
ern end Of the dam. The rock drills
and dynamite which had been ordered
had finally arrived in December, and
by putting as many as possible to
work on the spillway Handkerchief bad
succeeded in opening it for it's entire
width to an average depth Of about
seven feet below the intended top of
the dam; that is, it was now about
two feet deeper than the actual crest
Of the dam, but it still lacked five feet
Of its designed depth.
The rainy season, an inspection of
thu records had shown. was not due
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER Xll-Continued.

II believe you are right" said Rod
ney, leaning back in his chair and
staring at her through his glasses. III
we can only make him speak But
where is hep
'Working for my father"
"What do you mean"
II mean that I suspected him from
the first, and as there was an opening
for private confidential man, who un-
derstood engineering vacancy made
by the promotion Of my fathers prt-
vate secretary-I prevailed upon him
to give the position to Shurtliff. Fa-
Their hates the name of Meade, but he
worships efficiency and he knows that
Shurtliff is the very incarnation Of the
particular kind of ability that he de-
sires, so he is with my father con-
stantly and I have him always under
my eye. When we go away in the car,
he goes along"
"What are you going to do?"
"Win his confidence, his affection II
I can, appeal to him, and"
by Jove," said Rodney, II believe
you can do it. You can't drive that old
man."
II know it," said the woman.
"You haven't told him that you
thought it was his fault?"
mo"
II couldn't do anything with man
like Shurtlin. You can. You can win
his devotion, you can let him see how
much the reinstatement Of Bert Meade
in honor again means to you. You can
do it."
Meanwhile you will help me, won't
you?"
In any way, in every way. Do you
know where he has goneT'
II haven't the slightest idea. He
might be in Africa, or South America,
or out West, or up North. Do you see
those flowers?'-she pointed to great
bunch of American Beauty roses,
which had been forced for her appar-
emily, and which she had received on
that very day-"Dards, you know, the
Madison avenue florist, sends me box
of magnificent blossoms-roses, vio-
lets, orchids, always different-every
week. They speak to me Of him."
'Have you ever tried to trace them?"
mo. know whence they come and
that is all. We will hear from him
some day, somewhere, somehow.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Alexandria.

There are few cities that can look
back to q past like that of Alexandria,
and Fewer stfT With such past that
can contrive to keep up with the times
and Took forward to the future. The
relice of 25 dead centuries of Alex
andrian history have to be looked for
in IT,, guide books. In the city itself
they are covered up by the latest mod
ern improvements. A few erudite
Alexa1irians may argue about the real
natiocality of Cleopatra, but most Of
them are talking about the price Of
cotton and the latest project for dredg-
ing the harbOr.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
Wanted Joy Distributed.

Marion was given a beautiful ring
Christmas eve. She was overjoyed,
but changed it from one finger to the
other all evening. No one noticed it
that evening, but she kept it up the
next morning. Her mother, fearing
Marion would lose the ring, said:
'sWhy don't you put your ring on one
finger and keep it there, MarionT'
swell, don't like to be mean. When
I keep it on one finger I pity the 9TH
ers"
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
He Had Natural Instinct for Topo0-
raphy.

Meanwhile we will work, work, work ]"
"And you will allow me to say be-
fore 1 go that since I have had this
conversation with you I do not see
how even love for his father or his
family name would have led Meade to
do it,
''Don't say anything against him."
said Helen nlingworth quickly. HE
was mad with anxiety, shame, regret.
Whatever he did, I love him just the
same.''
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23

How young Roberts, the mys-
FERROUS engineer, uses his talents
and knowledge to good advan-
taqe is told in tho next INSTALL
ment-he gets the opportunity to
wipe out all disgrace, real or
fancied.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
CHAPTER XIII.
WORKING Up.

Working Up.
The autumn went by as dream.
Winter, warm and mild in that far
southern cline, was at hand before
Meade realized it., An ordinary engi-
neer of half tie ability Of Bertram
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23

Buried IN his own thoughts, COM
muning with himself, considering cease
lessly his position, dreaming of the
woman he loved, planning a new ca
reer, Meade yet explored every foot OF
the valley and ravine. He climbed to
the top of Spanish mesa, and from Its
height the whole country clear up the
valley to the main range was visible
to him. he could look down into the
deep ravine Of the Kicking Horse, and
note the marvellous beauty and airiness
of the orch bridge for all it so solidly
carried the heavy freight trains Of the
railway.
He could see far up and around the
crooked course of the Picket Wire. The
big grass-covered, but otherwise bare
and treeless hogback, that ran from
the upper end of the stone island OF
the mesa was equally visible to him.
AS it was the low tide Of the new res
ervoir, he descended to it and studied
II carefully. On another occasion, hav-
ing said nothing to anyone about his
excursion, he took advantage Of half
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1917-08-23
OF ENGINEERING, MEADE FAILS AND PROMOTION
COMES TO HIM RAPIDLY AT THE DAM

bridge which his father noted
engineer death disgrace
disaster which
his home New York He
irrigation
dam project good Meades
sweetheart Rodney working clear
tuary written by the elder
Meade
" held by Shurtf
rotary years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03

ston who have been visiting At the
home Of DR.. Marble have returned to
their home In Webster City.
Mr.. and Ms. w. .Ssaddis and fam
lily have returned from q visit in
Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. r, A. McKibben re-
turned Thursday evening from visit
with relatives at Emmetsburg.
Mrs. Sarah Bueghly and Frank
Black returned Monday from a few
days visit at the Robert Black home,
in Davenport.
Mrs. Ben Smith, of Toledo, spent
several days last week with Mrs. J..
o. Gould.
Mrs. Sherman Boyd of Tama spent
Sunday at the James Boyd home.
Mrs. Clarence Weatherly and daugh-
tiers returned Saturday evening from a
visit with relatives at Coon and Rock
Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Johanson, Of
Marshalltown, spent Sunday at the ].
B. Sweet home.
J. ID. Parker and George Willis spent
Sunday at the Frank Freed home near
Grundy Center
Mr. and Mrs. James Small and MI.
and Mrs Gordon Ewalt are snersling
the week at Clear Lake.
Earl Clark accompanied two car
loads of cattle and one of hogs to Chi
cage Sunday.
f. A. buchanan and daughter Lora,
went to Chicago Saturday to visit their
son and brother. Ray Buchanan who
has enlisted in the navy.
John Clifford and Harold Boyd went
to Des Moines Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clapsaddle left We'd
nesday for visit with relatives in
Ohio.
John Rails, of Des ,Moines, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Rails.
Miss Inez Hooker, of Marshalltown.
is visiting at the home of her aunt,
Mrs. G. B. Rolls.
Frank Rails went to Des Moines
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. 6. B. Rails and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03

a full mans right which is after all
the meaning of democracy. 1t Is a wal
against war, a war that must put down
wars that the world may never again
enter such a catastrophe.
He also suggested some OF the
things we must do. He said: I'VE must
grip the throne Of the eternal, and pray
that America may be worthy Of VIC
tory that we may really be on his
side in waging the war. Pray for the
president and all those in official
power"
He urged that every one to keep fit,
morally, mentally and physically; to
keep alive every constructive agency
in the country: to give as never before,
and to support Herbert c. Hoover N
his campaign of conservation; that all
due honor should be shown in honor
of the selective Consumption campaign.
That! in fact, each and all should
realize their burden and responsibility
and meet it as men and women should.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
Liseonb News.

Miss TT-etttts T >7,ii.ttt:.,rri Tag returned &C
Alden where she will complete her
twelfth year as teacher in the high
school.
Lester McKibben expects to attend
high school at Marshalltown.
Former high school pupils OF Mrs.
]. E. z. Turney, of Winslow. Ariz., en-
joyed a weinie roast in her honor at
Boyds camp north Of town FRIDAY
evening. Mrs. Turney expects to leave
soon for the west.
Mrs. Lucy Starks Of Conrad has been
spending the week in Lscomb. NJ
Misses Ella Fry, Ellen Rudy Lora
Buchanan, and Martha and Rozzie
Neff, Mrs. Maude Hogan, Rev. Mr..
Musgrove, Sherle Clapsaddle, John Gif-
ford and Orlie Brush attended Chris
tian Endeavor social at Marietta
Thursday evening.
The young peoples class Of the Re-
formed Sunday school gave picnic al
Boyds camp Thursday evening In
honor of Byron Biersborn who will
soon return to his school work at
Iowa City. Supper was cooked in the
shack Toasted marshmallows and pop
corn were enjoyed around the camp
fire. Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Worries and
Mr.. and Mrs. e ]. Dillon chaperoned
the party. Miss Thurza Barngrower,
OF Strathmore, Cal, was the only out
of-town guest.
The Priscilla Club will meet With
NJ. w. Ritter Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elias Bueghley return
ed Friday evening from visit with
Got~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Strand.

Billie Burke, the piquant little actress
of fame, is enough to attract large
houses to any show" but the photo
play she is seen in at the Strand has
many other merits to commend 1t. The
story is written by Gellett Burgess the
delightfully."- clever humorist, artist and
detective story maker. 1t is full OF
good things and pleasing situations,
amusing as well as interesting all the
way from start to end.
The supporting company is very
good one. The scenic settings are ad-
mirablf. How the little daughter OF
the idle rich plays the fairy TO three
young people not so well fixed in
worldly wealth is shown finely, and
there are thruout the action present
ments of the real life of folks that
charmed the large crowd that assisted
in front last evening at the premier
of THE Mysterious Miss Terry
And the Burton Holmes pictorial
story Of the long climb to the peak OF
Mount Hood in Oregon is worth seeing
too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TWENTY, @
FIVE YEARS AGO IN MARsHALLToWN


I Nettie Ravens. Emma Curtis. Mar,
McFarlane. Emma Pierce. Woodbur,
Rose Woodward, principal: Kate
Francis. Maude Drum, Minnie Thayer
Ella AdamA Mildred Moffatt, Nellie
| Play. Arson Catherine Morgan
principal: Edna Weber. Minnie Ash
brook.
Mrs. Schechter, mother Of Joshua
Schechter, Of Marion township. died OF
general debility. She was SO years old
Before her death she requested that
her body be kept over two nights be-
fore being inferred. which was COM
piled with"
Members OF the Entire Nous Club
Joined in surprise on Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Janney, Ill South Center street, to
celebrate the twenty-second anniver-
sary of theiS marriage.
Wednesday, Sept. 7, 1892
with bated breath" local followers
OF prize Hghtms crowded arouuu inc
wires for the returns Of the mill that
was to decide the heavyweight cham
pionship of the United States. The
fight was at New Orlean between John
II. SoulilNdu, plSScilN SLoihpiSii' - 49, =
old and James J. Corbett, Of Califor-
mia, aged Is. Corbett knocked out the
champion in the first round and won
purse of $4,000. Attic there was COM
paratively little Corbett money Of
fered on the fight Corbett was popular
with the masses. Probably nothing
has occurred in long time that has
given the universal satisfaction Of the
outcome Of the Sullivan -Corbett fight.
Nothing but expressions of satisfaction
could be heard on the street that the
brutal John L. Sullivan had at last
been overcome. Business men were
talking about 1t, and even the clergy,
altho condemning the whole affair.
were anxious to scan the columns OF
the morning papers"
G. L. Lampman, farmer diving
four miles west of the city. was struck
by lightning anG instantly killed. de
was working in his barn at the time.
At the home Of the brides father,
Mark Bovee, at Green Mountain. was
celebrated the marriage Of Miss Flora
e. Bovee and E. G. Wallace, Of New
Duluth. MINI. Rev. J. H. Rhea per-
formed the ceremony. Miss Ada NJ.
Bovee and B. c. Brock attended the
bridal pair and Miss Lou Bovee played
the wedding march.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. We'll
lington Russell, In Liscomb. Rev. s.
Ream united in marriage Miss Alice
Russell and Howard s. Mcmahon. The
young couple was attended by Miss
Pearl Mcmahon and Bryant Russell.
Thursday, Sept. 8, 1892.
Barnum & Bailey's greatest show
on earth" exhibited in Marshalftown
before two large audiences. The spec
tacular feature Of the circus was Co
lumbus and the discovery of America"
Mrs. Sarah Cronk, aged a. died at
the home of her son, James Cronk, at
LeGrand. She had been resident Of
LeGrand township for forty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-09-03
INDEPENDENTS ARE BLANKED.
Lose to WeiIsburg in Pitching Duel BY
Score Of z to O.

Score OF to y.
In a pitching duel between Hub
Hill and Coleman. the Marshalltown
Independents lost Sunday to Wells
burg, on the latters grounds. to D.
The game was fast and declared to De
the best that has been played at
Wellsburg this year. Coleman held the
Independents to two hits, Matson ana
Willigrod being the only members OF
the local club to connect with the
Wellsburg hurlers curves. Matson
was the only local player to reach third
base. Hill was almost as effective,
holding Wellsburg to four hits. but
breaks OF the game and erratic support
at the critical stage resulted in his de-
feat. The game was featured by
remarkable shoestring catch in left
field by Koerner, Of the Independents.
Coleman was credited with eleven
strikeouts and Hill with seven.
Shortstop Red" Bell. Of the INDIE
pendents, was injured in collision at
second base with one Of the WellsburS
players. The baserunner slid into the
bag with his spikes up, striking the
!cca! sAc-.s.cr &c he CANE !cte the bag
to take the throw. Bell continued the
game but is quite badly crippled as
result of the accident
The Independents have been asked
to participate in a tournament at
Wellsburg, Friday and Saturday and
have accepted. The teams to parti-
cipate follow: Allison, Wellsburg.
Clemens and Marshalltown. Reinhart
Hruska and Kennedy. Of the Waterloo
Central Association team. are members
of the Allison aggregation. Score OF
Sundays game:
+. r. III. Z.
Independents .......... $3.50 3
Wellsburg ........ ..........2
Batteries-Hill and Tate; Coleman