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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-28
A MAN WHO KNOWS

find in my travels thruout the
good Queen City of the Plains our
people are more than willing to cast
their ballots at this coming election
for more pay. The same prevails all
over. The feeling to try and elevate
and be more humane, and have good
thought for one another seems to be
the right way in the name of this
great family of humanity. They are
Frightening up in every walk of life
and begin to believe it's our duty to
uplift and help each other in this
life while we live. At the best, there's
not much after all. Many thanks for
those that have given this your ear
nest support and may the expression
that is going the rounds of our city
be only too true. Kindly remember
the coming election, and cast your bal
lot for more pay for your fire depart
ment and policemen, and for the city
street and highways department.
OLD SOL.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-28
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There further business the meeting adjourned
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-28
PROPHECY.

Applicants there an opening here
for live wire, hustling college man !?
Office Boy-Naw, but there's goin'
to be if don't git me salary raised by
termorrow night.-Life.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-28
AS NOWADAYS.

"What did the old man say when
you asked him if you could marry his
daughter
asked me if / could support him in
the same style she did."-Baltimore
American.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-04-28

You will never miss q train IL you
carry one Of O'Keefe's watches. 1927
Fifteenth street.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
AMERICANS Receive War Cross.

With the American Army in France,
Nov. 26. An impressive ceremony
marked the presentation of the French
war cross to the American soldiers who
withstood the German raid, early this
morning. Fifteen officers and enlisted
men cited with their company by the
French general commanding the sector.
were decorated today.
The regiment was called to attention
as the general commanding came up.
The general first read the citation for
the whole company. which was stand
ing near the colors. breaches in the
ranks showing where the men now in
hospitals or prisoners now in the Ger
man camps had formerly stood.
The general then congratulated the
company, saying:
Occasions arise frequently In war
and will arise frequently again where
clear headed GOODNESS and courage are
necessary. This company behaved on
one occasion as 1t was expected t. do,
and as every other company of Am ri
can soldiers ia expected to do under
same conditions. The French COM
mander considers these men have
earned war crosses and I hereby de-
liver them. You understand you mast
not wear them but must keep them in
your possession until congress authori-
zes the wearing of them.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
PRICE OF TURKEY FIXED.
National, State and City Food Admin
is&nafnre Act Il, Ma,n Xnnk

NdCIONdiy OtdCe ana SICy e OOO HQ10tH-
,istrators Act in New York.
New York, Nov. 27.-The national,
state and city food administrations,
acting Jointly, checked the advancing
cost Of turkeys and announced prices
at which frozen turkeys must be sold
between now and Thanksgiving day.
This was done at a meeting held at
the office of the state food commission
in the metropolitan Tower There were
present City Food Administrator Ar
thur Williams, State Food Commits
sioners Dillon and Miller, and City
Commissioner Of Markets Henry Mos
kowitz. Facing them across the table
were some thirty-fve wholesalers, re-
tailers, and jobbers in fowl. These did
not look pleased, especially as many
Of them are going to lose largely on the
goods they are now forced to bring out
Of cold storage.
Here are the prices that the house,
wife will pay for her Thanksgiving fowl
# she buys a frozen turkey and Is will
ing to carry it home for the joint COM
mission wants it understood that these
prices are fixed on the cash and
carry" PLAN
Texas plain, not more than % cents
q pound; Texas fancy, not more than
35 cents a pound: northern plain, not
more than 80 cents a pound. and
northern fancy, not more than 81 cents
a pound. The wholesale prices are:
Texas plain, between 23 and 25 cents a
pound; Texas fancy, not more than 30
cents a pound; northern plain. not
more than % cents, and northern fancy.
not more than 80 cents a pound.
The commissioners want the house.
wives to bear these prices in mind and
to report at once to the city food com :
missioner at the municipal building
any overcharging. for the commission
ers have received the pledge of the
leading men In the trade that these
prices will be adhered to. The COM
missioners also want the Housewives to
report any attempt to unload any low
grade turkeys at high grade prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
MORE IOWA MEN
GET COMMISSIONS
Several Among Those Granted Stripes
at Officers Traigsas Camp At .Fbrt
sheridan-7.lIlinols, Michigan and
Wisconsin Men Become Officers.

Fort Sheridan, ELL, Nov. 27.-The
granting of several hundred commits
sions to men in training at the off,
GERS camp here were announced today.
The camp was attended for the most
part by men from illinois,, Michigan.
and Wisconsin,, altho several Iowans
were among those awarded commits
sions The list Of Iowans follows:,~
To be Captains, Infantry-John W.
Cooper, Davenport; Gerhard Hansen,
Elkhorn; Allison E. Swensen, Postville.
To be First Lieutenants, Infantry
Ralph E. ISaxton, Hartley.
To be Second Lieutenants, Infantry
L. Canady,, Lake View;
Ledgard B. Hakes, Laurens; Guy e.
Graybill, Underwood; Maturin l.. Fish
er Davenport; P. ]. Ryon, Charles
City; James ID. Merrill, Sioux City;
Perry B. Hendricks, Council Bluffs; /;
Wallace M. Welty, Wooster.
To be First Lieutenants,, Field Ar
tillery-Wendell H. Palmer, Cedar Rap
ids; Milton H. Scott, Sheldahl; Burt
L. Halligan. Davenport.
To be Second Lieutenants, Field
Artillery-Emil r. Messelheiser, Hamp-
ton; Reuben A. Wester. ,Gowrie; Mel
vile A. Smith, ,Marshalltown; Charles
c. Cunningham, Washington.
To be Second Lieutenant, Cavalry
Arthur E. Palmer, Mount Pleasant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Harding Threatens to
Use Force to Obtain
Data From Coal Me-,

Des Moines, Nov. 27.--Governor W..
L. Harding today threatened to use
force to get the information desired
by him and the committee Of mayors
investigating coal produetdon cost IN
Iowa.
1t was at the resumption Of the IN
vestisatlon today that the governor
served notice to this effect.
John w. Gillespie, attorney for A. G.
Williams, an operator Of Oskaloosa,
reported that the latter declined to
submit the information desired.
"The wise thing for you to do" the
governor told the attorney lis to have
this man come In here. II ne insists on
force being used. it will be. We are
going to get the information"
Mr.. Gillespie pointed out that the
federal trade commission already had
been furnished with the information
sought by the governors committee
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Wilson Cuts Alcoholic
Contents of Beer in
Order to Savs Grain

Washington, Nov. 27-President Will
son decreed today that beer brewed
henceforth in the United States shall
be less Intoxicating.
He approved recommendation by
Food Administrator Hoover reducing
the alcoholic content Of beer to 3 per
cent and also reducing the amount OF
grain used In brewing to approximate
ly 70 per cent Of the volume now con-
sumed.
With the alcoholic content reduced
from the present average Of 4 per cent
to per cent 1t will ibe possible to brew
the volume Of beer now consumed from
70 per cent Of the amount Of grain now
employed. Therefore, there will be o.,
dimlnution in the supply Of beer, but It
will be less Intoxicating. ~
While the action OF the president and
Mr.. Hoover is primarily a measure for
the conservation of cereals needed to
expand the food supply, the admin
istration takes occasion to declare itself
against the prohibition Of beer at this
time and otherwise to announce Its
stand on the liquor question.
Il This is the way the question appears
to the administration:
Altho the distilling has been sus-
pended for the period Of the war, per-
haps never to be resumed, there is a
two or three years supply Of whisky.
brandy, and gin in the country.
Altho the president has authority to
commander the stock of distilled
liquors to turn into alcohol, the supply
Of industrial alcohol from other sources
Is ample.
Prohibition OF brewing, therefore,
would divert tipplers from the con-
sumption Of the less harmful beer to
the more harmful whisky, brandy, and
gin.
Therefore, says the administration.
advocates Of temperance having the
best interests Of the country at heart
should be in favor Of continuing the
brewing Of beer ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
BRITISH PUSH FORWARD.
Advance Lines IN Wedge Driven Into
Hindenbura Support Lines.

[By the Associated Press.J
British Army Headquarters in
France, Nov. 2s.-The British troops,
i including some from London, last night
|, continued to push their way forward
thru the Hindenburg support line west
OF Moeuvres. There was vigorous
lighting at close quarters in this
region, and, as a result. the British
today were in possession Of a further
4 support trench. 1000 yards wide, run
ming east and west, just south OF
Prenville and Inchy en- Artois. The
British advance in the last few days
had made this section of the line vir-
Z stt;;ai,y. untennable and the Germans
were forced to withdraw. when pressed
by q new attack.
Fighting was renewed today between
Il Bourbon Wood and Cambria, about
/ Fontaine Notre Dame, where the Ger
mans were still installed and continu-
+ Cd to work machine guns from roofs
and windows.
Bourbon Battle Most sansuinary-
M The fight for Bourbon wood and VII
Ila9e will be long remembered as one
elcf the most bitterly contested and SAN
Ilguinary yet fought along the British
front Of France, American officers
Ivisiting the Cambrai sector have been
fhfilled with renewal OF this old type
warfare, and with one accord say:
That,s the kind Of fighting Amerl-
59csn troops would like to be n. for you
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Operations of Seven Days
Result Very Favorably
For Allies.
HUN STRATEGY IS
PROVING BOOMERANG
ncursion Into Italy Designed to Re-
lieve Pressure on French Front -
Success of British Offensive and Re-
sistance Of Italians to Hun Assaults
Factors Which May Be Termed Cor

Washington, Nov. 27.-"The week
just closed has been one very favorable
to the allied arms" says the war de-
partment's official communique issued
today reviewing military operations for
the week ending Saturday.
"The success Of the British offensive
in the region Of Cambrai and the steady
resistance of the Italians in the face Of
the repeated attacks Of the Austro-
German forces are two factors which
may be considered a correlative ele-
ments of one and the same movement.
1T is evident that the enemy took
the offensive in Italy. hoping thereby
to extricate himself from the increas-
ingly difficult positions in which his
forces find themselves in the west.
"Tho the British and French have
both dispatched large contingents to
Italy this has in no way hampered
their operations on the western front.
1t is the wastage of the enemy forces,
the slow, yet relentless. sapping of his
man power by continued sudden often
sive thrusts, which must eventually re-
suit in the softening of his line in the
west. This Is the ultimate objective
of the series of intensive offensives so
successfully pursued by the allies the
past six months and is even more i'm
portant than gain of terrain.
British Thrust Spectacular.
1.-THE military situation is dominated
by the spectacular thrust of the Brit
ish. BY adopting new tactical methods,
by evolving a strategy daringly con-
ceived and brilliantly executed, the
British forces have been able to record
greater success, when measured by
captives than any hitherto achieved by
either belligerent in equal space Of
time along the western front.
along the front held by the French
forces the latter have achieved a sue
cessful coup de main south of Juven-
court, in Champagne, resulting in the
capture of some enemy trenches and
the taking of numerous prisoners.
i"In the sector where our troops are
training the artillery activity has been
increased.
"The Italian armies now completing
their reorganization, have been able to
Withstand the assaults of the numeri-
cally superior forces of the Austro-
German - divisions engaged against
them. They have hitherto prevented
any invasion of the italian plain.
Italian Morale Improving.
"Strategic reserves. strengthened by
allied contingents, have been const-
tuted. The morale of the Italian forces
is improving daily and while the stu
alton Is not wholly free from critical
aspects the defensive measures appear
adequate to meet the situation.
''In Palestine the British forces under
General Allenby are advancing rapidly
on Jerusalem. They have now reached
a point on the Ramaleh road, approx
mately seven miles west Of the city,
while another force Is bearing down
from the north"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
lBy the Associated Press.l

italian Army -HeadQuarters In
Northern Italy, Nov. 2s.--During a trip
Of 100 miles today thru the fighting
zone in the north the correspondent
met the major general in command of
the most exposed front between the
Brenta and Piave rivers, where the
pressure has been greatest and the
losses heaviest, and obtained from
him details Of the situation AS the
general spoke heavy cannonading re-
sounded thru his field headquarters and
he looked out on the Brenta valley"
where the enemy is concentrating his
forces to break thru to Bassano and
the Venetian plains. s
Courage Beyond All Praise.
The general gave a good general
idea of the condition of the troops and
the splendid fight they are making
against great odds. He estimated the
odds at four or five to one. But even
against such odds his men were fight
ing with q power of resistance, cour-
age and dash beyond all praise. At
tacks were almost continuous at one
point or another, the Italians were all
ways ready to respond and had not
only repulsed all attacks but driven
the enemy back after a series Of hero
ic charges.
The general summed up the physical
condition Of the battle ground which
made the struggle particularly trying
on the troops. First, he said, there was
that terrible strained endurance and
natural fatigue accompanying nights
and DAYS Of ceaseless fighting with the
relentless foe Then there was the ex-
treme cold, with the temperatures at
nights at about fourteen degrees above
zero. There were no trenches or dug
outs which ordinarily give some shelter
and there was no water from unfailinS
sources, such as the soldiers should
have had while going thru such an or
deal.
Many Officers Killed.
After summing up the physical hard
ships the general added that there was
still more serious conditions, many
commands being with very few officers
as the continuous fighting had told ter
ribly on officers.
As q, result new men were suddenly
called upon to lead large forces far
beyond their experience and SUBJ offi-
GERS as well as Junior officers were d.
rectlng superior commands in many
instances.
The general said there have been
fearful losses among the troops, which
required constant reforming ct com :
panies, regiments. brigades and divi-
sions but with all thtse terrible condi-
tions, the general said. the spirit was
unabated in the determination to hold
at any cost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
British Hold Tenaciously tor
High Ground Dominat-
ing Cambria.
SEVERE FIGHTING
DOES NOT ABATE
Germans Also Fall TO Recover Lines
Of Trenches From Which They Were
Driven by French in Front OF Ver-
dun-Big Guns Active Along Almost
Entire Limo in France and Belgium
French Raids Net Prisoners.

Now German attempts to drive
tho British from their positions in
Bourbon wood and the high ground
dominating the Cambrai region
have failed.
General Byng's men have re-
pulsed another enemy counter at
tack at the northeast corner OF the
wood. There was much severe
fighting Monday around Moeuvres,
west Of the Bourbon wood, and in
tEe outskirts Of Fontaine Notre
Dame, Immediately east Of tho
wood, and toward Cambria. German
artillery has been active in tho
Ypres and Verdun regions.
In Flanders the British positions
at Pa.schendaele, the northern
part Of the Passchendaele- Ghelu.
vslt ridge, are being bombarded
heavily by the enemy, but Crown
Prince Rupprecht Of Bavaria has
not attempted infantry attacks.
On the right bank Of the Meuse,
whore the French gained the first
and second German defenses on
two mile front on Sunday, German
efforts to attack have been checked
BY French artillery.
The activity Of the big guns also
has heen violent In Belgium and
north Of the chemin des Danes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Russian Army Hungry.

London, Nov. 27.-The Russians on
the northern front have had no bread
for several days, according to reports
received in Petrograd, and transmitted
bv the correspondent OF the Daily
Press, and only two or three days sup
ply of army biscuits are on hand.
The army delegates are reported to
have recommended the withdrawal OF
troops to prevent general flight Win
its consequent excesses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27

but must not wear them till congress
gives its authority. The ceremony was
an impressive one. An American major
general presented the decorations and
citations, giving the regimental colonel
those for the men who were killed.
They will be sent to the next OF kin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Freneh Gain at verdun.

Paris, Nov. 27.-The French last
night overcame the resistance Of the
Germans still holding out on the field
OF operations of the French attack on
the verdun front Sunday. says todays
official report.
Prisoners were taken in raids else
where on the battle line. The COM
munication follows:
Active artillery fighting is under
way along the Aisne in the sector be-
tween Filain and Pinon.
I'm Champagne one OF our detach-
ments last night penetrated German
trenches north Of Prunay. After hav-
ing explored the positions, destroyed
shelters and captured materials, our
men returned to their own lines with
out losses.
"Thls morning we made successful
raid west Of Tahure.
"On the right bank OF the Meuse
(verdun 'front.' we carried out with
success last night an operation in de-
tall north Of Hill 344. We reduced a
part Of the resistance including the
gains obtained Sunday afternoon. On
the left bank Of the river patrol ac-
tion near Bethincourt enabled us to
take prisoners including an officer.
"1n Lorraine, northeast Of Nomenay,
I'VE made raid and brought back pris-
toners"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
COSSACkS CONTROL MOST OF RUSSIA

are in the open where you can get at
the enemy with cold STEEL"
The Germans have been conecntrat-
ing all efforts in attempts to oust the
British from this elevation, which is
vital for the enemy to hold II he Is to
maintain his present positions north
and northwest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
STABBED IN THE BACK.

Albert Mckinney, Of Near Augusta,
Slain by Unknown Assailant.
Fort Madison, Nov. 27.--County au-
thorities are searching for the assail-
ant of Albert Mckinney, 25 years old,
who was found fatally stabbed In the
back today, near Augusta north Of
here. He died two hours after he was
found,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
Bliss and Benson Visit Petain.

Paris, Nov. 27.- General Bliss ana
Admiral Benson, each accompanied by
two members of his staff, motored to
French army headquarters today. They
were the guests at luncheon of General
Petain, the French commander in chief.
Marquis De Chambrun, who was a
member OF tho French mission to the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-11-27
SECURING MEANS JURY.
States Hopes to Weave Net Of cireunn
atantjal Evidence About Defendant.

atantial Evidence About Defendant.
Concord. n. c., Nov. 27.-The trial OF
CASTOR B. Means, for the murder OF
Mrs. Maude a. King. the wealthy New
York and Chicago widow. shot near
here las. August. was resumed today
with the selection OF jurymen. which
the court hoped to complete before
night
The state counsel asked veniremen
il they would accept circumstantial ev-
idence and also II they would give
proper consideration OF testimony of
expert witnesses on an equal basis
with other witnesses.
1t was indicated that the state would
weave a net of circumstantiai evidence
about Means. Means counsel asked
many questions as to the opinions
formed and to what extent the venire..
men had talked about tho case.