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The Little River news., 1917-11-21
\ NEW LOAN TO FRANCE
[. s. Advances $31O,000,0OO, Making
 Allies Total $3,S76, 400, ,0OO.

Washington, Nov. 13-A loan of $31O,- 1000 to France to cover expenditures ill this country during November and December was made today by the treasury. This makes the total credits extended to France $1,13O ,oO0, 900, and the total loans to all the allies $3,S76,- 400. O.OOO.
The Little River news., 1917-11-21
Battles in Vest Impending.

Again the artillery duel OF the Elan ders front has reached tremendous proportions, and it is not unlikely that Field Marshal Haig has in preparation another dash forward from the region of Passchendaele toward the town of Roulers and the important railway line serving the German front from the North sea southward. The Germans, anticipating this move, are directing heavy gun fire on positions in the neighborhood of Passchendaele and Langemarck and south of the Polvgon
The Little River news., 1917-11-21

wood.
 To the south the big guns of the French and the Germans also are ac- tive along the Chemin des Danes and the present week probably will wit ness another attempt by General Pe- tain here to press forward toward
The Little River news., 1917-11-21
British Capture Jaffa.

The British troops in Palestine are giving the Turks no rest. They have captured the important city of Jaffa on the Mediterranean. The Ottoman forces offered no resistance.
The Little River news., 1917-11-21
ITALIAN L|kE HELD
 FIRMLY EvERyWKERE
Is Believed Reinforced Defenders Ha, c Stepped Encmy.-BOth British and French are Expected to
 Attack this Week.

New York, ov 18.-All along the Piave river the Italians are holding the German and Austria Hungarian armies in check. Nowhere have the invaders been able to cross the river, and at several places where they pre- v-ously had gained footholds on the western bank they have been bril- liantly counter-attacked and forced to withdraw to the waters edge
 On the Benson loop sector in the south the enemy has endeavored to ex- tricate himself from his serious posi- tion, but the Italians closed in upon the invaders and made the,r situation more preca rious. The Italians here have captured more than 1000 pris on- CTS and 27 machine guns. In the Fe gare zone the enemy has been defeat ed and forced to give up h.s position. , In the hilly region of the northern front, from Lake Garda to south of Feltre all the Austro- Ger.n,n attacks, some of them delivered with extreme violence, have been re9ei3ed accord
 ng to the Rome War Office, although Berlin says that northeast of Asiago and between the Brenta and the Piave .'iyers the Itc'isrs hcvc he2a driven rom ful lther strong mouHta Il pest tions.
 No adyices have come through to show that the British and French rein to"cements have 1eached the Italian line in any cons derable ndmters, bu
 the flew days which it was an- nounced last week must in;orvent be- fore they could stiffen the from ROW are at an end. Therefore, t is pre- sumed that the Ital ans, having borne the brunt of the attacks during the llast week unaided now with the aid of the allies in their line VII tul n the balance of the scale in their ia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
ss,s2s.4oo s7a,s7S.225
SOLDIERS MONUMENT DEDICATED
Governor Harding and Others Partiei'
nate in Ceremonies at Denison

Special to Times-Republican.
Den!son. Nov. 1.-THE formal I'M
yelling of the monument in or
the union soldiers and sailors OF the
civil war and all who come to the
help of. their country, in this city yes
terday. drew an immense number or
people. Governor Harding was pres
ent and made an address which arous-
ed his hearers to intense patriotic en-
thusiasm. AS no building would con-
tain those who wanted to see and hear.
the speech making took place on the
paved street at the intersection OF
Main and Broadway. Judge Conner
presided, opening the exercises with a
short address Of congratulation on the
coming of the day and pleasure that
the deeds of the union veterans were
TO recognized. Rev. Adams Of Bows
City gave the prayer. j.. B. Lyon,
chairman OF the commercial club, read
an original poem; State Commander
Ferington. of the G.. A. R., Of Cedar
Falls, spoke to the point, calling spe-
Cial attention to the capture Of Vicks-
burg by Grant and the sacrifices of
men made there. Governor Harding
came quickly to the situation Of sup
port or ~non-support of the war with
Germany. A third of his hearers were
Germans and they heard themselves
held up to sCath!ng denunciations If
they did not with enthusiasm help the
United States to win the war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Former fowans Die in West

Special to Times-Republican.
Whittier, Cal. Nov. 17.-John II
Green. for many years a prominent
Quaker and business man Of Oska-
Ioosa. Iowa, died at his home in Pasa-
dena. Nov. 10, at an advanced age.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day, Nov. "A. He is survived by his
widow, a son Frank Green Of San
Diego: q daughter, Mrs. Elmer White.
Pasadena, and another daughter, Mrs.
DR.. Gray Of Abba, Iowa. Mr.. Green
will be remembered by all the older
members OF Iowa yearly meeting for
his activities in the work of Penn Col
lege and the Quakers in general.
G. w. Blair, formerly of Newton, and
for twelve years a Whittier resident,
passed away here Sunday, Nov. II, af-
ter an Illness of many years. He is
survived by his widow and seven chill
dren. One son, R. II. Blair. was until
recently a resident here, but now re-
sides at Lankershe!m. Funeral ser
vices were conducted at Odd Fellows
Hall, Wednesday,. Nov. Il. and inter-
ment was made in the Whittier
Heights Memorial Park.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Federation of Wo1nen's Clubs.


The work Of food conservation is
getting from the minds of women down
into their hearts. That IS where it
must be If We in the midst Of plenty,
learn to save. An increasing sense Of
the Importance Of saving IS due to the
group # women who have been going
from Dan to Beersheba attending dis
trict meetings. They have impressed
their story upon the conscience OF their
hearers. No women who has
these talks can 90 home and a OF
the forbidden fruits OF the field in com
fort, or refrain from talking to her
ncighbor about il. The nucleus OF the
work Is established.
Patriotism in many forms Is the key
note Of all club meetings. And II Is
easily understood why our country Is q
compelling motive for action among
club women when 7 knows that very
many Of them nave sons IN France in
training for officers ,ad others scatter
ed in lamps over the country.
The ninth, the eleventh and the sixth
districts recently have held their meet
ings. The press chairman has per
sonal knowledge Of the ninth district,
and perhaps you will Ike to hear about
IL. Mrs. 3. Z. Griffith, Of Harlan, Is
the chairman. There IA n attendance
Of eighty people from outside the en-
terta!ning town. Greenfield people
were 50 hospitable that they invited US
not only 70 come early but to t
late. We were officially welcomed by
the club women IN the evening, and u
the d and the commercial club
president the next morning. a district
meeting does not usually receive 20
much welcoming. The reason must
have been that both gentlement were
guch good speakers that Greenfield
wishes US to hear them.
Miss Bentley, Of Ames, made q most
telling speeach on what she said some
child called food CONSERVATION.
Club reports which arc innocent
sounding things are often n most orr
ginal part Of a program. In response
TO n name Of d country club a lady
arose and gaid, Our club was started
after our president visited Mount
Pleasant. She learned there that most
CI tn5 "CmEl !JllLGDSs u lag E>
asylum were farmers wives and
daughters. She came home and said
% us, we will start d club"
There Is a most extraordinary
country club at Grant. Hrs. Kate z.
Given is president. But Mrs. Stein
berg, press member from Mason city,
IS going TO make q fine report Of ali
country clubs
Almost without exception clubs re-
porting at Greenfield were doing Red
Cross WORK, and they nave given var
ious GUMS from IS 70 $50 10 the gociety.
The war library fund VIA q popular
one. The largest amount, :is5, was
raised by the Ideal <..:A - z:G....eti
Bluffs. This clUD and the Browning
Club Of Atlantic are each On the Hhoiar-
ship and loan commission honor roll
as giving 81 per member.
Liberty bonds were purchased by the
Women's Club Of Guthrie Center and
by the Progress Club OF Greenfield.
/ Tine eleventh district meeting Wal
what Mrs. Watzek, the president
| called a small biennial, IT has a fins
PROGRAM. Ars. John c0ry of s2encer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
STATES CONTRIBUTION TO SEC.
oND WAR LOAN BRINGS OF.
FlclAL coMMEN DATIoN.
ALMOST TO MAXIMUM,
WHICH WAS TOO HIGH
Federal Reserve Chairman Admits APP
portionment Was Placed at Unjust
Figure - Many Counties oversub-
scribe AlIotments by Large Sums -
Other Communities Fall Down.

Chicago, Nov. 17.-1owa's contribu-
ton to the nations war fund thru
subscription to the second installment
Of the liberty loan IA SS2,s2S,i0O, or
$40 52175 in excess of the minimum
allotment, based on county quota, OF
S72.276.225. The maximum allotment
was $l24.25O,030 which, even in the
most hopeful moments OF the strenuous
campaign, generally was considered
too lofty a target TO hit. The cam
paigners of the state, however, did not
let up in their efforts when they were
assured that the minimum mad oeen
topped, but kept pegging away vigor-
ously at the task Of narrowing h dis
lance to the maximum.
II consider that the maximum quota
allotted to Iowa was entirely out OF
proportion" said Watkin w. kneatn'
federal reserve chairman for the state.
In fact, there IS no question at all that
there was an error made, for If the
maximum quota for the counties are
totaled. it will be seen that the gram
totol is considerably less than the
maximum figure set for the entire state.
Il personally feel that Iowa's show
ing was a remarkably fin n and / SO
stated officially to the members OF the
Iowa liberty loan organization. I would
even go further and say that, compare
lively speaking, very few states in the
union did any better when the whole
situation was analysed. There are
very few large cities IN Iowa, the
largest being Des Moines. which did
we'll, subscribing y per cent over ana
above its maximum quota.
The point I wish TO emphasize IS
that iowa has no very large cities. We
had to depend upon general subscrip-
tons turnout the entire state, and the
results indicate. TO my way OF think
ing, that Iowa performed in a manner
to make US all proud Of her.
THE number of individual subscrip-
tons officially reported IN Iowa was
247.I67. excluding those fun paid sub
s~criptions amounting to a par valu OF
s7.452, 900. The executive office IN
Chicago informed me that the average
subscription was not more than 800.
On this basis the state probably listed,
in round figures. 32O, 900 individual sub
scriptions.'
The following table shows actual
subscriptions by counties. with the
minimum allotments:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17

have recognized It as necessary, and
steps already have been taken to limit
production gradually. Walter S. Gift
ford, chairman Of the council. said dis
continuance of pleasure production
would surely come within a short time.
Henry Ford, Of the Ford Motor Car
Company, and Hugh Chalmers. chair
man Of the board of directors of the
Packard Motor Car Company. are
among the representatives Of the in
dustry now here who are devoting their
efforts to Transforming the motor car
production Of the country
into war industries.
A committee rpresentlng the auto
motive industries of the country, in
Guiding Mr.. Chalmers, Mr.. Lee, pro-
duction engineer of the Ford Company.
and J.. L. Copeland, is cooperating
with the government in an effort to di-
vert the enormous organizations built
up in recent years by the automobile
manufacturers into the government
uar rork
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17

Is the only chairman who has the tenn
Gritty to have a two-day session. She
has seventy-fve clubs and a big re-
presentation.
The sixth district celebrated its
nual meeting at Brooklyn. Mrs. Henry
Taylor, Of Bloomfield chairman. The
session opened with TWO one-act plays
by the Bloomfield Players. In the third
story Of Mrs. Taylor's home where most
women have an attic and old furni-
ture, she has a real theater with stage,
drop curtain, and all the necessary
p~araphanal!a-
II there is any n in the federation
who has not read the little booklet
Looking Backward" she has missed
more than a pleasant time, she has
ioregone the profit OF knowing what an
authority on Iowa Federation matters
can tell OF It's history. The contents
Of h book was given as an address
by Mrs. Henry J. Howe, OF Marshall
town at the past-presidents' session at
the biennial convention last spring.
The federation issued II in book form.
Speaking Of books, when you buy
YOUR copy OF Prairie Gold you will
have a new study course in Iowa
authors IN addition TO the interesting
stories told by them. This valuable
bit is printed under caption. Iowa as
a Literary Field and 1t Is written by
Johnson Brigham. II is O than q
matter Of pride. It is a matter Of IN
telligence, that We know our writer's.
These few pages will max a good
short course In Iowa literature. Be-
siGes IL Ls a pleasure to know h In
cidentIy you are assisting your local
Red 'Croes when you make this pur-
chase Of Prairie Cold.
The press chairman iB heartily con-
WINGED OF the value Of Newspaper and
postal card notices. In response TO a
Request for club items direct from
clubs, 80 many Interesting ones have
been received that they be PAID
out On the ingtaiIment plan Please DO
not lay the request on a top shelf after
| you have GENT one item, but continue
| your interest in club n~ewsgivinx. From
the orgy o. club industries, 1t might
be imagined that the fancy-worE
lady, and the dust- my houss-a ll-the-
time lady, and the eycry-afternoon
card LADY. war entirely out OF style IL
no. out Of existence. But ts sure tn
| be somewhere eating frosted cake. d3
| you suppose? The club Items VIII
| follow in the order Of receipt
| sss
At Mount AR the president of the
| Twentieth Century Club writes thai
| her club is eliminating refreshments AT
a part Of its patriotic duty. The Mon.
| Day Club OF the same place has acSec
Red cross work 10 is literary pur-
\ suite.
In Narsha1Itown. the study class o.
! ~ a..Actf1fh nextary Club formed q
unit for knitting for the Navy League
and $50 mas given by the u
buy yarn and the knitted garment
we're sen. ~ the United stasss Cruises
I, Deg Moines and the battieShip Iowa
the club gave SET TO the war library
fund.
The ynZiesads I1.lD Gf Na1snSo rails
I'd about haif OF ths wsx library dnots
in their town, thsy hsys bought . ~
berty bond and are enthusiastic II
civic improvement
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money.

Don't miss this. Cut out this slip. en-
close with ) cents and mail it to Foley
& Co, 1885 Sheffield avenue, Chicago,
H.. writing your name and address
clearly. You will receive in return a
package containing Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound, for coughs, colds, and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills, for pain in
sides and back. rheumatism. backache.
kidney and bladder ailments; and Foley
Cathartic Tablets. a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartIc for con-
stipation. bi~liousness. headache and
sluggish bowels. Sold everywhere.
Advertisement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
NO MORE PLEASURE CARS.
May Divert Motor Plants to Produe-
ton of War Materials.

Washington, Nov. 16--Production of
pleasure cars is likely to be stopped for
the period of the war by the automobile
manufacturers of America. According
to the plans, their plants will be de-
voted instead to the production and
storage of ammunition, aeropianes,
guns, helmets. and other war material,
with the manufacture Of enough cars
to meet absolute demands Of business.
Storage OF steel, war board officials
declare, and the pressure of war de-
mands on industry will account for the
discontinuance of manufacturing pure
ly pleasure vehicles.
Discontinuance in Short Time.
No date has been set for discontinue
ing the pleasure car industry. but rep
resentatives of the automobile industry
and the Council Of National Defense
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Dubuque Swanps euena Visit

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, Nov. 17.-Dubuque Semi
nary won the final conference game Of
the season against Buena Vista here
by a score OF l25 to 0. The visitors
were unable to stop h rushes of the
local men, who scored at Will.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Area 81 Su17ose q ehe Ear4h.

The superficial area Of surfacs Of
the earth 10 estimated to be 190.79T.-
900 square miles, Of which o5,boo,000
square miles are land and III. $4,000
square miles water. OF the entire land
portion the best estimates place the
fertile regions at 2e,O00,o0 o square
miles; unproductive plains, 100000
square miles deserts, 4,se1. 900 square
miles; polar regions Of ice-bound land
and water. e,970.000 square miles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
COURAGE,

Courage is not simply the absence
OF fear. To be brave is not merely not
to be afraid. Courage is that compact
ness and clear conference Of all a mans
faculties and powers which makes his
manhood an operative unit in the
world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
PURCHASING COMMITTEE TO REP.
RESENT BOARDS OF SUPER
viSoRS OF STATE.
TO SAVE MILLIONS BY
COOPERATIVE EFFORTS
Delegates From Various Congressional
Districts to Mset and Perfect Organ
ization - Competition Viii Not 30
Eliminated and Home Dealers viii
Be Permitted to Bid.

Waterloo, Nov. 17.-Work Of ire
mendous importance TO the taxpayers
Of Iowa will soon be undertaken by
what is known as a purchasing COM
| mit,ee. representing each congression-
al district, to secure the lowest offers
possible on lumber, cement, structural
steel and culvert material.
This committee was authorized at
the last annual meeting OF the County
Supervisors association Of Iowa, at us
convention in Waterloo. The sugges-
ton was made by Thomas MacDon-
aid. chief engineer Of the Iowa high
way commission.
! Each county board in the Third con-
g~ress:onal district was asked TO name
a member. to meet here today for the
naming of a district committeeman on
this purchasing body.
Buy in Large Mass
Heretofore each county board has
been buying its own material
Necessarily, the quantity Of lumber
steel, cement and tile has been linn
tied. Under the new plan each county
Will send its estimates for 1918 work
10 the purchasing committee, whose
members will procure lowest bids OF
iumbermen and manufacturers in a
mass quantity that will mount into the
millions of dollars in value.
The purchasing committee can not
buy for each county. 1t can only re-
port to county boards quotations OBJ
tanned by it. Competition will not be
eliminated. as home dealers may put
in bids. 1t is expected, however. that
the bids on the massive orders will
be so low, in competitive bidding that
they will land the contracts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17

Showing the seas Of mud that impede
the allies in Flanders (above) and
British engineers draining posi-
tons recently captured from the
foe.
The difficulties Of the steady allied
advance in Flanders are well shown
In recsnt pictures Of the roads In
that region that for some while have
been deep beds Of mud. Carrying
forward the ammunition and heavy
guns has been one Of the chief prob
lens of tho western front British
engineers have been busy In doing
their best to help accelerate the ad-
vance and in draining the most i'm
portant Of the new positions cap
kured from the foe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
COMPLAINT Almost Gone.

"Foley's Honey and Tai is great"
writes L. W. Day. SIS Campbell avenue.
E., Detroit, Mich. 1T relieves bronchitis
quickly. My complaint a almost
gone and nope never to have It
again." The experience of thousands
proves there Is no better remedy for
coughs, colds or Group. The genuine
costs no more than substitutes and this
old reliable family cough medicine
should be in every home every win
ter. Insist on Foley's Honey and Tar
time tried and never failing. Sold
Observation-Disclosures.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Minimum


Nou1iIy Suo9I4-p14o"'
Adair zee. 900. Sl9o'soo s4lV'ozo
Adams -. .".... 10000 ZZa'ooo
Allamakkee =. 30. l72'Soo o2l'soo
Appanooso - '''" 9o-'oVo IVo'--o
tHuuuooh ''"' 49, o
Benton 80. ...." oZl'ooV o-'tIo
.. -. 2'ls2,4oo l'e4V"IoV
Boone .... .".... o93'sOo oZo'ooo
Bremen 80. ."... 2o2'Ioo 4s4'oL2
Buchanan . . 59|'30o o3"JoIo
Buena vista ..... 4SI'boo 4o4'o''
Butter -. ...... 44o'42V oo9'lzo
Calhoun go. go. 577.s9o 32l.SoO
carroll 80. ..... 4I'.4oo iVo'zZ'
Cass .... ."-..... 5oo'49o o33'o'3
Ceoar -. $500. oO4''OV $500
Cerro Toroo $3.50. l'4oo'79o 9o''IvO
tnerokee =. .. oo''-"V 'o''l-'
thIcKasaw ..'.... 2Zl'I3o 4S4'oi7
'Iarke -. ...... -"l'-op -oo''-3
Clay .... ........ 1860 1920
clayton -. $500 f4o'"0o 'f9"'V'
Clinton -. ....... 1.iS2,6oO l,3I9,lI3
Crawford 80. -. 1,4+9,9O0 596'4o0
Dallas 80. ...... l,432.3oO I62,''5
Davis 80. ...... 13O,250 2s8.2O0
Decatur &C.. -. l34,6Oo 4lO,V-o
Delaware ."-. -. 437|s0O 4S4,515
Des Moines .....- 1,o761oo 1677,375
Dickinson $50. .. $4,000 298.2o0
Dubuque -. -. ISL, 100 1,82S.+15
Emmet ......... 234,050 335,475
Fayette ......... 343.S5o 745,500
Floyd ...... 49,. 378,50o 55e.125
Franklin ........ S51,8e0 410,Q25
Fremont .... -. 456,150 4+7,300
Greene .......... $4,000 447,300
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17
Provost Marshal Crowder (eross) and his sta6.
This Il a new pf

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17

LABOR anu Sne Marinee.
"Any man who goes to matinees layD
himself open to the suspicion of not
being q hard worker" "Nonsense."
replied Mr.. Twobble. "The hardest
work I ever did in my life was escort
ing my wife to an Ibsen' Matinee
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-17

In the district court Of the state Of
Iowa, in and for Marshall county, Jan
uary term. 1913.
Flora B. Rodman, plaintiff,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-10
Grand.

"Thc Princess Pat" the Cort thea
tire, New York production OF the Hen
~ Blossom-Nictor Herbert musical
play success. will be the attraction at
The Grand opera house today matinee
and night When this latest triumph
of the celebrated collaborators re-
coived It's METROPOLITAN hearing II
scored unqualified approval and was
stamped the best musical offering OF
the year. \ Victor Herbert score can
always lie depended upon for thoro
enjoyment. while NJ. Blossoms book
and lyrics have never yet failed to
fully fll all requirements. The story
Of the opera relates the flirtations of
the Princess di Montaldo, an Irish
girl. who has married an Italian no.
hleman, by her friends she Is called
"Pat" for short,