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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
THE CANADIAN ELECTION.

Canada's election is victory fo-
corscrption and an announcement to
the world that Canada Is in the war TO
the fun extent Of her" resources As a
result Of this election conscription will
be inaugurated in Canada That was
the main issue boldly proclaimed by
the Borden wing The Laurier sup
porters made their campaign, not in
opposition precisely to CONSUMPTION
but on the plea that it is not neces-
sary at this time and that the vol
untary system had not been utterly
exhausted. In effect it was a deter
mined war party, a naturalization
party against band Of politicians
and the politicians went down.
Laurier and the half way crowd de-
pended very largely on Quebec, which
has been pivotal Peculiar conditions
exist in that province which is largely
of French blood but which has lost the
French spirit and failed of enlistments.
For some reason, not readily explain
able 1t seems, the French Canadians
held back, neither the appeal Of French
bleed nor cf Canadian citizenship be-
ing Of sufficient force to bring them
to the support Of the government and
the people OF their own blood Various
reasons, racial. religious and social.
have been advanced, but none OF them
fit the Quebec situation. So the cleo
ton came on the issue Of conscription
with Laurier appealing for delay and
Borden demanding enactment OF the
conscription law. And when the snow
down came Canada refused 10 quit
She stays in with every ounce Of
power.
Doubtless the franchise given the
| resident wives, widows, gigtere. aad
mothers Of Canadian soldiers granted
by the war time election act'' had
much to do with the result. Then, too,
that act provided for the voting Of
Canadian soldiers overgeag and Of
Canadian nurses in foreign service.
Granting Of votes to the women Of zol-
der families brought on much crlti-
cism. 1t Is a new thing and the pres.
ent election may have been in mind
when 1t was granted. However. Il n
not easy to see why a. gislcker IN Que
bee should vote on the war and the
women who have pledged their sons
and husbands lives should be 6enied a
voice. At any rate they voted and II
requires no particular perSpicacity u
understand that the woman VINO sen
her husband or her Syn or brother, o.
all three perhaps, voted 70 move tn
ablebodied Stacker out NJ 4ls Gimme,
corner to the support N the soldi>xx.
1t Is notable election. Coming ~
1t has after three years on sasrthee i,
war 1t Is to he studied by q aztil5
just entering upon a war which pr.ga
ises long continuance and gfesat rae
rifice. The difference between G&As,
dians and Americans w mainly one Q
boundary lines.
War change Laws aIl5 rsDsasE s1itt
ones and makes new ones, II sifls ~
! the politician Ia Tine. How sialt =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

pertinent to US, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.l
Ammunition workers in England, O.
those who should be munition work
ers. come right over here; creep watn
US along the edge Of Trones Wood, ano
watch this amazing sight You min
ers, YOU tramway men, you boiiermak-
ers. You who would throw down your
tools and strike, look upon this sight!
This Is the voice Of England. This
Is the stupendoue effort which Is pro-
tecting you. On your right. that dark.
creepy. silent place Is Trones Wood
Look across to your left, to those
sticks showing on the skyline, across
the valley. In those woods, churneo
up in the soil, lie the rotting bodies OF
your comrades, your brothers, your
sons. They have sacrificed all: they
have suffered untold deaths.
The contrast between that thunder
ing voice Of England and the silent
mystery Of those woods causes a shud-
der.
Bring out these strikers and let them
get a glimpse Of this and realize their
danger and the horrors which will
come upon their wives, their children.
their homes, II these guns fall.
What Is their quarrel to this? Shall
we stop those guns for q penny an hour
Ito you)?
Shall We leave unprotected those
desperate men across the valley. VINO
are hanging on tooth and nail to those
last trenches gained? Shall we DO
these things for . penny an hour!
Shall we do these things so that We
can stand up for those so-called
rights" in England?
No! Our mines must be worked:
Jour boilers must be made; and out
Va
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Wait Mason
EASY PArRi oTlsM.

strain hen you observ. meahee day; 50
tricks they did without
dies Ana
has because ne cut out wheaton
Scott
done be thankful for bun
felt prod cutting
beef
but pies all hs that
instead OF
Tnen anguish with the bark
andb BEAMS 2 4. eEg III n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

Now lot me see where we left OF In
the last story / remember that the
kind Yellow Dog Tramp was carrying
little Billy bunny back to the Old Brier
Patch when they both got lost in the
dreadful blixsard, and then. oh yes. the
kind hearted bear came out OF his cave
and took them In. And. oh dear me-
weren't they Glad to sit around the
kitchen stove and, get warm? Well. l
guess they were. and when the bear
brought out some corn to pop for the
little rabbit and a bono for the Yellow
Dog Tramp, he began to sing. tho
Tramp Dog, YOU know:
ooh. I have travelled many a mile
And rarely had friendly smile,
They always cry, Get out Of here!'
And throw a stone at me. and teer.' ~
Well, after a while the blizzard blew
itself out just like a candle. and the
stars came out and the big round moon.
So the big bear eaid, ri show you the
way back to the Old Brier Patch" and
he put ON his big fur cap.and mittens
and then ali three Of them, the Bear
and the Yellow Dog Tramp and Billy
Bunny, who had crawled again under
the tramp dog $ mufner, set out and by
and by they came to the Old Snake
Fence. You couldn't see much OF 1t, tho.
for the snow was piled UP almost to
the top rail. :.
Now you are so near home you cant
lose your way" said the kind old bear
and he turned around and went back
to his cave, and then, pretty soon, the
Yellow Dog Tramp reached the little
rabbits house where Mr. and Mrs.
Bunny were waiting for them.
Well when the next morning camo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
WHICH Is REAL PATRIOTISM?
Correspondence Des Moines Register. ]

WHICH Is REAL PATRIOTISM?
Correspondence Des Moines Register. ]
Winterset, Iowa.-To the Editor:
Among numerous questionable articles
appearing in your columns, in COM
ment on your editorial Of the first
inst, in The Evening Tribune with ref
erence to the German language, ] won
der what was really the intention OF
the writer. Thus unfolding the very
foundations and principles which our
soldiers have offered their very lives
to eradicate, do you think your article
would be inspiring and gratifying to
them or their friends and relatives at
home?
1 have one brother in the army,
have just returned from service for a
short period, and have one brother at
tending an Iowa educational institu-
ton. and do need to say that 1t Is
with grief to me that this boy comes
home from school with perverted ideas
in regard to our country's right to be
at war with Germany. and duo solely
to the subtle half loyal teachings Of .
certain highly esteemed Iowa professor!
Is it consolation to have two boys IN
the ranks Offering their lives to down
the principles for which a language
stands, and their brother in the schools
endeavoring to accomplish this Ian
guage, thus Influenced and taught to
favor the German empire, emperor and
system Of government? Or would you
teach them this language in fear OF
them being inhabitants Of lands con-
quered by Germany in which event II
would be death penalty to speak any
other Language? Is II this phase Of
art or culture for which you wish your
readers to teach and cherish the Ger
man language?
1t is hoped that the Winter1et school
board will not be guilty OF teaching
the German Language in our schools
instilling in the minds Of our children
the kultur for which our company
Company A. Third Iowa infantry-aa
now in France to prevent becoming the
kulture which might enslave our chill
dren at home. There is no question
Of the patriotism Of any paper pub
lished in a state like Iowa upholdine
the German language.
r H. Croft.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

munition machinery must be run to ita
utmost capacity, or we are traitors to
those guns and our fighting men; our
brothers, our own sons, who are de-
pending upon the might Of England Tor
victory and their lives.
Throw down your tools, slaclren
your machiney, and High Wood and
Trones Wood will become blacker still
with the mutilated bodies Of 1000 men.
A penny an hour! You who are be-
ing coddled under the protection of
these guns, what IL your quarrel to
this? II those desperate fellows on
the other side Of the hill were to leave
their task, they would be called trait
ors. Yet, when men in England. whom
these fighters are depending upon and
whose work is just as necessary for
the success Of the war, throw down
their tools, they are only called strik-
ers. The crime is the same; the pun
ishment should be the same.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
MAKING QUA TALK eoop.r

| Young Jack Dalton, of Manson, Is Q
son of his father, all right. He Is
postmaster at Manson, but has been
granted leave Of absence to Join the
United states army. He will be en-
listed with hospital unit which Is
being organized at Iowa City. Good for
| Young Jackie makes some OF his
dads talk good.-Rolfe Arrow.
The expression Ats. The boys in the
army and navy, the lads who stepped
to the defense of our country are
making our talk good" the talking
We have been doing for a generation
and more.
We have boosted Of American lib
erty, American purpose. American
strength. Our orators have saiIo6 the
blue empyrean on every Fourth Of July
and in all the campaigns. The SPELL
binders spell was an incarnation OF
the strength, grandeur and integrity of
American institutions. We have flung
verbal banners abroad and marched to
the music of giants. American has
been masnificently great and strong
and true-in our mouths.
Who is making good our talk? The
boys who are to fight this war. Who
stood boldly forth and offered them
selves for the idea of liberty and the
integrity Of America. The boys who
are to fight this war. The boys who
believed every word of 1t. The boys to
whom the American idea and American
ideals are sacred as the honor Of their
mothers. They are making good dads
talk. They are making good the talk
we have all been making. They mean
it. To the death.
Shall we make our talk sood7 We
have said that we shall stand true and
firm behind our sons, all our sons. to
the last dollar and the last crust. Are
we making our talk good?
God help the father who does not
stand behind his son and every other
son who, is fighting the battles Of hui
man liberty: God help hin! for he needs
help. God help all men who fail or
refuse to meet their obligation to their
country and the boys who are making
the talk of this country good. For poor,
sordid wretch he Will need help in the
stern days close at hand.
The boys are making our talk good
We must measure up to the standard
they set for us. Those who fail those
boys are super traitors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

For Drying clothes quickly in the
kitchen P. p. Avery Of Garfield, N. J.,
has devised ample arrangement that
any mechanic can make. He places an
iron band about the copper boiler near
the top. fastening It by boiling the ends
together. Wooden rods radiate from the
band. to-, which they are attached by
bottled angle irons. Each rod Is sup
ported when In use by q bent wire
bracket. On the rods the clothes can
be hung, and the heat OF the boiler will
dry them rapidly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

named rye . secretary oe their asso-
citation. well, here's hopin' he's the
huckleherry for the place. no pumpkin
but peach and that they'll be raistn.
his salary for cause. Black coffee ana
napkin. please. l
Another Christmas Is at hand ana
Kaiser Bill Is farther than ever IRON
that dinner in Paris.
II someone had told you ten years
ago that the congress OF the United
States would put prohibition up to the
legislatures you'd have asked for tho
insane commissioners. Now what ana
what next?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

Americans are introducing Ameri-
can business methods into the jungles,
writes correspondent. They find out
what the Germans paid for certain ami
mails and then give the natives the
same amount. They justify this meth.
Cd On the strength Of the fact that
The natives get as much for the uni.
mails % IL they were sold to Germans,
althoush the Americnns declare that
~ Germans have been making huge
DssnkA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
II the Guns Fail.

[The following are two extracts
from a little war book. called ION the
Right Of the British Line" written by
a British captain who was blinded by
German bullets. BY substituting Amer
lean for English the advice Is very
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

| Says the Davenport Democrat, Put
the blame where it belongs-on peo-
pie who let the small bore politicians
nominate themselves for office instead
of drafting their men If intelligence
and executive ability to serve them IN
posts of trust and honor and RESPONSE
bility."
Say, you pro- German, how would
you like to be made slave, like the
people in Belgium" demands the
Charter Oak Times. "Or prisoner!
Or be hanged? Don't you know that
that is what is awaiting you II the
German forces ever win over this coun-
try! You are a deserter in the eyes
of Germany, and you know what de-
serter can expect from the kaiser"
That Missourian who started a Gov
ernor Harding, of Iowa, for president
movement doubtless was hypnotized by
the gentleman's smile" says the Ackley
World journal. ~"Keerful, there, boy!
Some $4,000 or $4,000 Iowa democrats
were caught by the same blandish-
ment."
What shall it profit man." asks
the Manson Democrat, III he knows
all about this fuel administration and
then can get no coal down his own
chute?"
1.-The Roosevelt formula: T.(N.T.)R"
explains the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

Castor oil y the favorite lubrican,
for aeroplanes because It is so little at
fected by changes Of temperature. This
demand has caused the price to be
more than doubled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

be votins IN the event that ~ snail
have put three years OF war rehina
us, and who will be doing tho voting
and for whom? Al
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

THE Roosevelt formula: T.(N.T)R'
explains the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-19

The state teachers chose q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
PANAMA BOND SLUMP
PROVES BIG PROBLEM
Untangling of Many Hard Knots
Now Faces Finance Commit
tees Of Congress.

A financial problem with many hard
knots is facing the Senate finance COM
mittee and the House ways and means
committee in the complaints of many
bankers, who are greatly disturbed be-
cause of the slump in the price of
Panama bonds. These bonds. sold at
par by the government. bearing 8 per
cent, have had a remarkable decrease in
price since the liberty bond sale; the
Panama bonds now selling around
eighty.
When the Panama securities were sold
the Secretary of the Treasury agreed
they should be accepted at par as
security for United States deposits and
postal savings and the. government is
regarded by the holders of the bonds as
being under a moral obligation to MAIN
tain them at par.
Representatives Heintz and Long
worth, both of Ohio, are two of the
members of Congress who have received
letters on the subject, and it is we'll
understood that every mornings mail
brings to one or another legislator a
communication on the subject .
AS a consequence, there is talk at the
Capitol of maAing the Panama bonds
changeable for liberty bonds, thus
restoring the par value of the former.
The ways and means committee has been
asked by members of the House to give
the proposal fair consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
ACREAGE IN STAPLE CROPS
SHOWS MARKED INCREASE

Statistics from an official source made
public show marked increase of acreage
in many staple crops for 1917 over that
OF last year.
In some crops, however. there are de-
creases, as in winter wheat, which shows
a falling off Of 20.6 per cent; hay, per
cent, and Strawberries. 40 per cent
Spring wheat acreage shows an increase
Of per cent. oats, 33.9 per cent barley,
80 per cent. rye, 222 per cent ; early DO
tatoes. 1873 per cent, and peanuts, 60.7
per cent
The comparative figures follows:
Observation-Disclosures wheat, 1916, 34,-
1916. 17,s6l,320; 1917, 1s,o3s.oo9 Oats
1915. 41.540.900; 1917. 43.1S1 900. Barley,
1916. 7.s73,ooo; 1917, 1878. 900 Rye, 1916.
3,0S6.709 1917, 3,772,000
Hay. 1916. 1850. 200: 1917. ss.717.ooo.
Early potatoes-1916. 242,900; 1917,
281,100.
strawberrie-l91s.6 $500; 1917, s2,7oo.
Peanuts-1916. 1.245.000; 1917. 2,O01.-
900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
COMMITTEE is NAMED
TO PLAN FOR INSURANCE
Secretary McAdoo Submits Tentative
Program to Advisers for Men
in the U. s. Service.

Life insurance officials and expert
actuaries have been named committee
by Secretary McAdoo Of the Treas,Ify
Department to undertake consideration
of the intricate problems involved in
developing a plan for the insurance of
officers and enlisted men in the various
military services of the United States.
The tentative program for considera-
ton, submitted by Secretary McAdoo
to these advisers. includes not only
compensation to families ) and de-
pendents of those who die in the
service, are wounded or captured. but
indemnities for permanent disabilities.
industrial reha Utilization of the crippled
and separate allowances for dependents
The committee comprises George E.
Ide, president Of the Home life In
surance Company: Edward D. Duffield
vice president of the Prudential; Louis
F. Butler. president of the Travellers
Insurance Company; Arthur Hunter.
president of the Actuarial Society of
America; John L. Snuff of the Union
Central Company of Cincinnati; John
T. Stone. president of the Maryland
Casualty Company; George B. Wood
ward, vice president of the Metropoli-
tan Life: Fankln B. Meade. secretary
Of the Lincoln Life Insurance Company;
r. w. Blackburn. secretary Of the
American Life Convention, and /. L.
Boak. president Of the National Fra
ternal Congress of America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
WASHINGTON MAN
GETS DISTINCTION
Mai. Bomar Commands First
Battalion at Fort Myer Camp
RegimentaI Review.
EXAMINATIONS UNDER WAY

Mai S. E. Bomar, 521 Harvard street.
Washington, had the distinction OF COM
mandng the LIST Battalion at the regi-
mental review at the Fort Myer training
camp for reserve officers last evening. on
the first occasion on which the thirteen
companies were drillef in battalion forma-
ton. The other two battalions were COM
manded by Maj. Richard Stockton Bolo
Rubio of New York and Washington.
Maj. Stockton has for six years been
commandant instructor in military science
at the Bordentown Military Institute. He
is the only national guardsman in the
country to win the gold medal Of the Mill
tary Service Institution of the United
States. which he took in 1912, 1915 and
1916. He also is Reeve memorial prize
essayist of the same institution in 1915
and wears the American cross of honor
for valor in 1914. Maj de Rubio is a
soldier of fortune and has fought under
several flags. He is an exceptionally fine
hOrSeman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
TO TRAIN FIGHTING FLIERS.,
Rapid Progress in Construction Of
u. S. Aviation Fields Reported.

Rapid progress in the construction of
the aviation fields for training fighting
fliers for the war is being made. ac-
cording to Howard Coffin. chairman of
the aircraft production board, who has
just returned from an inspection trip.
He said the Chanute field at Rantoul.
Ill, where 1000 men are at work; the
Wilbur Wright field at Dayton. Ohio.
on which 5000 workers are employed.
and the Thomas Selfridge field at Mount
Clemens. Mich, would be completed by
July Is.
Work on the Chanute field has
broken all records" said Mr.. Coffin. "A
half million dollars worth of buildings
have been put up practically within a
month. They form a village a mile
long and the flying field which they oc-
cupy was a few weeks ago simply a
collection of corn fields"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
Recreation "stuntsv Provided.

Although the work at the camp is
very strenuous. 1t is not "all work and
no play" for each evening between
mess" and the study call all sorts Of
athletic contests are arranged One
of the most popular forms of amuse-
ment is boxing bouts in one of the
paddocks. Several of these are staged
each evening and are enjoyed by camp
visitors.
DR.. Oscar Dew. Randolph. all south
ern quarterback on the University of
Virginia team in 1902 and a minister in
the Episcopal Church in Lexington, Va,
is one of the leaders in this sport. He
challenges all corners. He was a coach
at the Virginia Military Institute for
five years and knows many of the EN-
bryo officers from that institution in
camp. He was also a Plattsburg man,
and the camp authorities have said
that he is doing as much as any man
in camp to keep up the right sort Of
spirit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
TAKE 117,77e PRISONERS.
British Capture That Number Since
Beginning of War,

LONDON. July 6-Since the begin
ming Of the war the British have cap
tured 117.776 prisoners. exclusive Of
natives taken prisoners in the African
campaigns. many Of whom have been
director of military operations at the
war office. today. The British have lost
to the enemy 51,o2s men. including Indian
and native troops. These figures take
in all theaters Of war
The British have captured 7ss guns
during the war and lost 1873 OF the
guns lost thirty -seven were recaptured
and OF the ninety-six remaining in
enemy hands eighty-four were lost by
the war.
THE British have not lost a single gun
on the west front since April, 1915"
said the general
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-06
HORN OFF FOR ATLANTA
TO BEGIN PRISON TERM

BOSTON. July 8.-Werner Horn, Ger
man reservist. whose attempt in Feb
ruary. 1915. to destroy the Canadian
Croix river at Vanceboro, Me-, was de-
scribed by him as an act OF war, has
left here in charge Of federal officers
for Atlanta. to begin an eighteen
month sentence. Horn was convicted
in the United States district court two
weeks ago of illegally transporting
dynamite on passenger train from
New York to Vanceboro. after the su-
preme court had denied his appeal in
haoeas corpus proceedings. in which he
set forth the claim that he was exempt
from punishment in this country.