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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-10-08
RUMORASE QUE HINDENBURG
HA RENUNCIADO

Del Se-rieio Especial pcrG LA PRENSA.
LONDRES, Octubre 7.-Segun d.
ce IN despacho de Amsterdam, reel
Dido por Ia Agsncia Central de No
ticias de esta capital, e. Mariscal Hin
denbure ha renunciado como Jefe del
Es1ado Mayor General alenan. e.
desnacho de referencia dice Que e.
Mariscal tuvo una acalorada entrevis-
ia con ell Emperado- Guillermo, du-
rante la cual e! Jefe del Estado Ma
yor ,e manifesto que era impossible
ev;:ar una retirada en- una gran esca-
la, 10 cual disgusto grandemente al
Kaiser v rino con e! Mariscal.
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de opinion: en- q no haya suspension
de h~ozti,idades en- cl case dc cue Sc
arreglen negociaciones de cualQuier2
claSe.
Enterarente independence de Ia
ratura eza de IA r~eSpueSta. parece Ell
cue So IA conveaido que IA nOta ale
mana no necesita pronta respuesta.
para que el pueblo americana no pue-
Ia ser afectado en- SIS e~Sfuerzos pa
"a suscr!bir ST. cuarto c~U7reSJito de
la Libertad: para que las tropas a
mericanas en- el campo de b~atalla:
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NO DEDE HAbER
SUSPENSION De
HOSTLDADH
La opinion publica esta de
acuerdo en- clio tanto en-
Europa como en- {. u.
.x..++ :.TTT%%T*T ::

True translation filed with the FoS
/. master IT san AHtcclo' rex -
n,,;-rJ nv the act OF October c 1917.
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ALEEMANlA DEBE
DEP0NER Las
ARMAS


True translation filed with the Post
master at San Antonio. Tex. as rc-
quired by the act OF October 3. 1877.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
the soYs AND the DRAFT.

I General Crowder's proposal that all
married men shall be exempt from
military service will CONFIRM the con-
viction held by many observers that
the plan ahead Is to flr up the army
over seas with boys from IS to q
despite the soothing impression that
il being cultivated that the boys will
be called merely for military training
onup this side. The general estimates
that nearly 100000 under II would
be subject to draft under the adnlin-
7tstration demand for lowering the age
to 49,, That would practically care
for the deficit between the present
100000 and the 100000 men which
Is the present administration limit.
Army officers desire youth In tho
ranks. They make the more biddabls
soldiers, and more dashtng armies.
Business also can spare the 10, to a.
year-olds betters and arts and indus
tries and profits and production seek
TO hold the older men,. II the scherne
to automatically exempt the married
carries the young men below q vial
fill the ranks Of the armies and the
number taken from those over Fl will
be comparatively small.
II that is the scheme. which many
things and incidents and ecpressi ons
Of those In authority corrob0rate, 1t
should be put squarely before tho
country and not slipped over under
the camouf1age that the boys are like.
~ to be kept at home That very
strong and decided objection exists
among the people to the wholesale
drafting of youth to fight the war
while three fourths of the man power
Of the country is exempt makes no DIFF
ference as to the necessity Of being
open with the people VINO must furnish
the fighters. Whatever plan Is in the
minds Of the administration-and II
Baker is to be credited with knowledge
Of the plan his utterances are sug-
gesttve of a boy arny-that plan
Should be plainly and openly given %
the people of the United States for
their consideration.
France, fighting as she has been.
called her 1S-Fear-olds only under
great, emergency. Germany has d
reason for taking her Is and 1S-year-
old boys to the front. But a system
that should take adolescence first
would he reversal Of CONSUMPTION as
proceeded upon by any other nation.
Have We come to any such desperate
emergency as to call 1S-year-olds2
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
FORCING a GOOD BARGAIN on US.

Death and taxes were once referred
to as Illustrations of certainties. debts
which must be paid without evasion or
hope Of escape. Add to the pair an
other-Tliberty bonds--for death, taxes
and liberty bonds are the trinity Of
certain and inescapable ,oblieations.
We pay taxes 4because that is the
cheapest and most certain way to pro-
tect ourselves and our property as an
organized government and community
and we get more than we pay for we
are told that tie payment OF. the last
mortal obligation is but an admission
fee to a higher and happier existence;
and OF bonds It is true that we get
more than we pay for the money we
pay for bonds In wartime comes back
to us multiplied.
sFor instancej British bonfls, or con-
soils, were standards as securities until
the war depressed t.em. War sends
national securities down for the time
and British consois are below par but
they went down to ATM during the
'Napoleonic wars. When Napoleon was
finally finished the consols few back
to the top perch and those who had
held them or bought at the Jow price
Of course prof1ted hugely. ,r:ley were
quoted at 1o2 when the Crimean war
broke out. They dropped to SSH but
short time after the close OF that
war saw them at 111h. United States
SKIES which were 10sh in 1850 slumped
to IS in 1852. Next year, in 1863. they
were at t27.
{ The bonds Of first class nations
slump somewhat In war time---but
they come back always bearing bacon.
i The. United States Is nation un-'
equalled in resources and power. Every
cent OF Its wealth and every ounce of
Its power is behind every bond it
issues.
3 The reason they slump slightly In
war is because of the money market.
The reasons they so high are that they
are eafest Of all Investments, most
negotiable OF all Investments, most
convenient OF. all investments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
SUGAR AND THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

When we throw our hats and cheer
over the advance OF our soldiersson the
west front let us remember that the
-four rattoning and the flour cards and
the conservation of wheat willing and
forced was an absolute necessity to
that advance. 1t held the allies To-
gether during the spring and summer
1t gave the soldiers courage to know
that their families at home were not
starving nor to starve and it fed the
men who broke the German offensive
and are making the advance.
|, The -four situation is saved but an
other and quite as serious situation has
developed in sugar. The -four saving
campaign was planned for.' That
shortage was plainly foreseen months
before it came. But the sugar short
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12

Language churches hereabouts have
been conceded modification OF the
original proclamation that will per-
nit their older members to receive
thcir usual religious inspiration In the
language to which they have been ac-
customed. In view Of this fact, does
IT not sem foolish for any man. in a
town where it is Objectionable. under
present conditions, to some. to hear
German used unnecessarily. to persist
in rs nse when REQUESTED to stop?
Surely there is no special hardship
imlbseu. The man lad but to switch
to English in this case, with a smile.
so on with his conversation and no
one would have been hurt. Instead.
he returned an independent reply and q
near-riot resulted. Was this wise7
Surely not. Tho the use of the German
language seems to many Of us a small
matter to argue about. 1t Is apparently
obnoxious to some in diffefent parts Of
tails state, Including Grundy. The wise
thing, therefore, to do, is to avoid the
use Of German In those places. Cover
nor Hardin.s proclamation may seem
foolish to us, around Wellsburg, but it
seems to be now modified in the points
where It was any hardship to obey It
so why persist In allowing II to pro-
duce discord among us.
The individual who 10 responsible for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always WELCOME.

Is T -
4 MARSHALL LODGE, No. 100, a. 9
and A. M.--Stated COMMUNICATION Fri
day. Aug. 16. 8 p. m. Regular business
.<B. E. English, W. NJ: John W, Wells
secretary.
sicNEr CHAPTER. No. 80, RIA. M
Stated convocation Monday evening
August 10. Business session. 7;s(
O'clock. Ira Davenport, H. P. John w
]. Wells. SECRETARY. &
STATED ASSEMBLY, kino Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. q s. NJ Mon.
day, Aug. 90. 1918, $500 p: m. Regular
business, 7. Forbes. recorder: aeo 'rs
snecial coneIsve. 81. Alderman Com.
rnandsry,s No. 80, X. r.. Tuesday. Aug
6. 8 p m, School instruction. Mem
hers are requested 10 be present ], E
I Ieroderick. commander: I. T. Forbes
J rr,r,utanNer. rs.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81. o, e
Y S-.-Nexulari meeting "Wednesday eve
nine, Aug. las o'clock, for business
land voting ON revision rot, bylaws
Mrs Archer waltoh, secretary; Mrs
3cors Wiley, W. N:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
IBy David cory.1

by David Cory.]
Oh. the grasshopper sat in the Lucky
mobile ~
With his knees up under his chin.
And he laughed and was gay as they
rode on their way
BY the light Of the big diamond pin
That the old rabbit wore in his big red
cravat,
Under the shade of mis- old etoveplpe
hat.
Now let me see. II remember right
the grasshopper had promised to show
Uncle Lucky and Billy Bunny q beauti-
full clover patch where >the clover top.
grew red. white and blue. and were
covered with dew, ira la loo!s
Turn to your right said the grass
hopper, so the old gentleman mbbit did
as he was told and by and by, after q
while, when It began to grow dark, they
came to a ,field.
Here we are" said the .srasshopper
and he hoped out Of the Luckymobile
and stretched his long legs, for they
were dreadfully cramped, yoa know
sitting In the Luckymobiles
Well. as soon as Billy Bunny had tied
the Lnckymobile to a rail in the old
snake fence, he and Uncle Lucky hop
ped into the field. And just then the big
round yellow moon came up In the shy
and shone right down on the clover
tops. And Oh myt Weren't they red
and white and blue. We'll. I Just cues.
yes and no! So the httle rabbits started
In to have feast. while the grassfop-
per sat on the top rail Of the old snake
fence and kept watch.
| Oh. the moon shines bright
On the pretty clover field,
All covered with clover tops 90 sweet,
But Oh dear! and oh my!
There comes across the sky
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
Frying Fat From, the Census
IBy william Howard T,

IBy William Howard Taft
Wartime does not promote the cause
of civil service reform and the merit
system. That cause depends upon
popular vigilance. which is absorbed
by more pressing subjects when our
armies are In the field The politicians
of congress take advantage Of this.
They are, in their hearts, utterly OPP
posed to any system of selection by
competitive examination of promotion
for the same reason. To those who
regard progress in this field as essen
tial to progress in good government 1t
is discouraging to find the same old
spoils spirit controlling the votes Of
both parties whenever fat patronage
offers itself. What maintains TING
spoils system In the federal service is
the requirement that the senate must
confirm postmasters OF thefirst, sec
ond and third classes, internal revenue
| end customs collectors, United States
marshals and other local repre-
sentatives.
This enables the legislative branch
to enforce O distribution of these Of
fees as patronage for congressman and
senators, and no administration can
stand against it. Were this reQuire>
ment abolished by an act OF congress,
then the president by regulation,
could provide for the fillingN OF all
these offices by regular promotion
from the experienced assistants, by a
competitive cxaTination. Such an act
of progress is too much to hope for
hitt IN ct q a
against. every retrograde step.
There is now pending in congress a
bill in which il is sough. to extend the
decentralization Of the spoils system. In
1920 I'VE must have another census. 1t
VIII need the service Of some 5000
or more new federal employees, and
the, act must he passed by this con-
gress. A bill is pending in the sem
ate which has passed the house. and
which reeks with the spoils odor. The
chief statisdcian, a disbursing clerk,
an appointment clerk, privatt seefe-
| tary to the director, four stenogra-
pliers, eight expert chiefs Of divisions,
are all to be appointed without exam
nation iby the secretary OF commerce
uponthe Recommendation OF the direc-
tor OF the census. There are to be $50
clerks of Glasses 2. 3 and 4 and as
many clerks Of Glass 1, as MANY
skilled tlaborers. as many messengers,
assistant messengers. messenger boys,
watchmen, unsettled laborers and char
women as may bs found necessary for
the prompt performance OF the duties
required, to be appointed by the direc-
tor Of the census and they are to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
INEsREPUBIICAN MARsHAILTOwN iowa AUGUST 4. 1918

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age as it is was mot foreseen SO plainly
nor could it be prepared for. We raise
our wheat but get our sugar mostly
from outside. We were getting most
Of it from Cuba and now the submarine
has scared the sugar ships into port
We haven't the ships to bring sugar
from Java. The sugar ships do not ply
between Hawaii and the mainland. We
are using them to carry soldiers across
and keep them In supplies. We are
going to keep on using them for that
purpose. Even now Germany is holster
ing the spirit of her people by telling
them that the U. S. is sending soldiers
over to be starved into submission.
For we are told plainly from Wash
inston that this sugar campaign must
stand or fall. succeed or fail in the
coming six weeks. What are we going
to do about it, Come thru at home
and wherever on ounce OF sugar can
be saved--or. fail the meh across the
seas who are driving back the kaiser
to his hole? 1t is directly up to us,
nationally and not less individually.
The sugar situation puts the question
up to every one Of us "are you in this
war to win or are you slacker'l
What we would have done had fruit
been plenty nobody knows. But we do
know that we must save by canning
everything fit to can The government
has communicated most Of the Gamers
product. II we are to can apples and
other fruit. use sugar in the canning
of vegetables we must do without much
sugar on our tables. Shortly the beet
crop will be in and the sugar from the
American canefields will come on the
market. But in the meantime what we
have we must save and we must have
ours after the soldiers have had theirs.
1t is also going to be dangerous to
hoard sugar. The sugar hoarder faces
the federal grand jury II he is discov~
cred. Why not, II a party OF. cas,-
Always WIRE on desert island with food
enough to get thru on and one or more
Of the party should be caught stealing
from the common stock ! little mercs
might be expected to and by the ,cul-
prits, And that Is the case In America
now. We are sharing from common
stock with our shares Of sugar appor-
toned.
Six weeks to do it In. WIN you stock?
Or be stuck? IS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Wait Mason.
! GOING DRY.


soon the man who wants old vn have TO swim
s celebrate With water from the There Is
and MI emslysa with babblns . The
held and nth Tired
the pos w The young HIT. the village
booze The has killed the Demon Rum
nnni httd
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
CARROLL DENIES IT.

ID. + u :
To the Newspapers and the Public
OF Iowa; In the name OF common
sense and .dencency. this newspaper
asks you. in behalf Of the, people OF
Carroll county, to help us refute the
lies which are being circulated against
this county.
The Times wishes to assure you
that Carroll county is as loyal as any
sother county in, Iowa. You know and
everybody knows that there Ii some
loose talk and dissension everywhege
Look about you, In your own COM
munity. and you can find as much as
there ID here in Carroll county. y
IT has been reported, thru the
press and otherwise. that drafted, men
have failed to respond to the call to
service: that there was trouble when
the boys were entrained here last Fri
day night. that the American flag
has been torn down in the postbfrice
and that the mayor has refused per-
mission for Four Minute speakers fol
Red Cross meetings here.
q Every pne OF these statements Is
false. Just for example, take the
last charge enumerated above The
mayor of Carroll is man by the
good old English name of Ross, who
was born in Australia. OF English
parents. Figure it out for yourself
whether or not such a, man would re-
fuse permission to four-minute or
any other kind of patriotic sneakers
It will give YOU some idea OF how
they are lying about us.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
in Philadelphia Ledger.1


subject to such special test examina-
tons as the director may prescribe.
Supervisors, not to exceed 400, are
to be appointed by the secretary Of
commerce upon the recommendation Of
the director Of the census. Each su-
pervisor is to designate to the direc-
tor suitable persons. and, with his
consent to employ such persons as
enumerators. one or more, for each
subdivision. The director is also au-
thorized to employ a good many spe-
cial agents. by Section 10 all appoint
ees and employees provided for in this
act are to he appointed or employed or
examined, II examination is required
solely with reference to their fitness
to perform the duties required Of them
by the provisions Of the act and
without reference to their political
party affiliations
Such general provisions as this last
above quoted are mere camoufiage. A
close study Of the act shows that the
5000 employees to carry out the CEN
sus are to be selected without any
practical restriction by the director Of
the census The examinations which
he may in his discretion prescribe are
not competitive; they are merely ex
aminations.
The result Of such system has al
ways been in the past that selections
have been upon recommendation Of
congressman and for their political
purposes. The direction that they
shall not b selected because Of their
political affiliations is inserted for
public consumption and not as real
restraint
1t Is a tub thrown to the whale Of
public opinion. 1t is a rule Of, action
directory and lot mandatory, and there
Is no method Of enforcing it. One
would think that the democratic mem
bers Of the senate and the house had
had in the last Ave years enough po-
litical pap in the shape Of patronage to
induce them, to give US good census.
Such a census must be taken by ex-
perts selected in the only way by
which political influence can be elm
mated and real merit made the basis
of selection. 20 wit, by open Compel
ttive examinations. But the desire for
patronage grows upon that which It
feeds. The enormous Increase in the
number OF the civil employees Of the
government, due to the war, has fed
the political nav OF democratic con-
gresmeh. but has not satiated IT.
President Roosevelt vetoed n census
law because it contained provisions
similar to this ono. Let ms hope that
President Wilson will follow that most
worthy example.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
Billy Bunny and I His Friends
Robber Hawk with hooks upon hi.

Robber Hawk with hooks upon his
feet.
Well sir! II the grasshopper hadn't
sung this little song 1t would have been
the end Of those two dear little rabbits.
But when they heard, the last two lines.
they didn't stop to eat another clover
top. No sireemam! But into an old
hollow stump close by they hoped as
quick as a ten-legged fly. And that's
pretty quick. they tell me. that is, II
you've ever tried to use fiy-swatter!
And the grasshopper crawie& into a
hole in the fence and then peeked out to
see what Robber Hawk was about.
There he was strutting around that
hollow stump and saying;
"Come out of that stump
Or I'll tear It in two.
Or I'll split It In half,
Don't care what I do.
feel just as mad an the Crown Prince,
I guess,
When he found at the Marine he had
made such Q mesa"
7 won't come out" said Uncle
Lucky.
Neither viii IT, said Billy Bunny, but
the grasshopper didn't say word. He
Just took out HIS fldd1e and commenced
to play And you know how q grasshgp-
per hddles. don't you. He scrapes his
left hind leg up and down under his
wing.
''Botheration." said old Robber Hawk.
and then he flew away, for he knew It
was useless for him to stay and walt
for those two little rabbits to jump out
Of that friendly hollow stump.
And In the next story. II You'll prom
lee to commence saving UP your mon
ey to buy another Liberty bond In
September, TIL tell you some more
about Billy Bunny sand his friends
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
Topics Of the Times

some Of these ane dav. aho,,. "a.
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listen - NJ. saaaa., - .os.'
livery boy had missed her three time.
running.
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~. nan su,u.e are no. outr Ea
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WI p'ease hosloe "h'ch way .ney are
800 WIZ 'aes meet men, Ane
super PEI man - IN tne soup.
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wy pui1llo.or No' even me foreign
question seems 70. poehei
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The bows, seem to take those town.
on the west front easier than wa nro.-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12

further controversy over tbs matter ID
not showing a broad mind. nor a
tolerance OF the feelings Of others. that
he should show.
II you are an American 0f German
descent and another American objA,ts
to your use Of German. why not
answer him In civil way. pass to
your own native tongue, and let 1t so
at that?
Now that the religious aspect Of the
proclamation has been taken care Of.
it is OF too small Importance to be
fussing about. Z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
THE OTHER SIDE.
WellSbllre Record 7

The editor of this paper has argued
with considerable earnestness against
the language proclamation OF Governor
Harding. 1t has semed to him to In
terfere in an unwise way in the matter
Of the religious Services of a large
number of the older members of differ
ent churches hereabouts. For this rea-
son ne has opposed it In that regard
But as to the portion which calls for
the use Of the English language, in
most matters Of ordinary business it
would seem that there would be little
hardship to many of us to use Eng
lisa. Where, an older person does not
get the idea readily. it should be and
doubtless is, perfectly proper to speak
in German. In Wglsburs it is no
tropble.
but when a certain American of
German descent at Grundy the other
evening was requested to discontinue
the use of that language. in a, conyer-
sation on the street with another man.
both perfectly able to talk, English; he
repliedl that he would talk German
whenaand where he pleased
! Now. the ministers Of the German
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-12
GET THEM TO work.
fTrner Star-Slipper. ] :

In spite of the great demand for la
Dor there may be, seen an occasional
tramp wandering about the country.
These profiigates ought not to be- given
food unless they are willing to work
for It. They should be required to
work before eating, because in nine
cases out Of ten, unless this is exacted
they, will give the donor q merry laugh
and pass on to the next victim. work
or fight" Is a good maxim at this time.
And there are lots OF gyps,es goins
about the country. They used to have
a lot OF horses with them. hut now
some OF them travel by automobile
The men are too lazy to work and de-
pend upon the proceeds from fortune
telling by the women and the thefts
that go with 1t. There is a state law
which, II enforced would put these
travelling vagabonds put Of business.