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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
ALLIES BUY ARGENTINE WHEAT.
1o0, 900 900 Bushels Acquired; Surplus
to Be Taken at S1.4I Bushe!.

The entire reserve stock of Argen-
tina wheat, amounting to 100, 600 900
bushels. probably will be purchased by
the allies.
In order to create a great surplus
stock of wheat at low prices, it is I'M
derstood that the purchasing agents Of
the allied governments shortly will
move to take over Argentina's surplus,
at approximately s1.44 bushel.
Already the allies have bought up
this year more than 10000, 900 bushels
of Argentina wheat at approximately
S1.35 bushel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11

rush on the part of dealers and private
persons for the orchards and fruit
gardens. Everywhere the fruit crops
are being bought up regardless OF
prices and food regulations.
The authorities seems powerless 10
cope with a rush Of this magnitude.
Fruitgrowers with .fnpunity charge
fivefold the maximum prices ana get
them Cherries, strawberries and other
fruit are unobtainable except at extor-
tionate, prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
Free Of charne.

Any adult suffering from cough. cold
81 bronchitis, &; 5 invited 10 cali at the
Old Reliable drug store and get Also
1uteiy free, sample bottle Of Boschee's
German syrup. q soothing and healing
remedy for ell lung troubles, which has
a successful record Of fifty years. Gives
the patient a good nights rest free
from coughing. with free expectoration
A standard medicine for fifty years
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11

nounced by Herbert l.. Pratt, vice pre-
sident OF the Standard Oil Company,
who recently returned from France,
bringing personally to the war work
council the needs as emphasized to him
by the high military officials Of the
allied armies and from Ambassador
William G. Sharp in Paris.
I'VE need the biggest. broadcast
gagged men in the country" said
Pratt. They go to France primarily as
big brothers for the boys who have
gone so far from their homes to fight
in a great cause. Those boys will get
homesick unless we carry bit Of
America and home to them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
ITALIANS BUILD sHIRs.
Production For June Shows Total
Tonnage of 5000 in Steel Vessels.

Washington, July 1.-America's
shipbuilding efforts are being ably sup
plcmented by the other allies. Italy
launched 5000 tons of steel ships in
June. the Italian embassy is advised
from Rome. in addition to wooden
ships. In the first six months of the
year. the output Of Italian shipyards
WAS l1s ships OF $4,000 tons. About
zoo. 900 tons of steel vessels are under
construction and many smaller wooden
craft.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11

Owing to a reduction in the amount
of garbage beeing collected and to the
ACCESSIBILITY Of feeding garbage to hogs
during the period OF the war, con-
struction was stopped on an.incinerat-
ing plant being built for the city Of
Springfield, o.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11

The most valuable pearls are those
which are round in shape, then those
Of the button shape, and lastly the
pear shaped oearl.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
pRoFlTEeKina I'M FHuiT.
"calamitous state Of Affairs" In Fruit
Regions Of Germany.

Amsterdam, June IL. tBy MALL
"R reports of "a calamitious state OF
things reach lls from all fruit grow
ing regions Of the German empire,
says the Dusseldorf Nachricften
The pa per states that there ia : srliass
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
Looking Over the Whale.

Butcher. do you sell whale meat?'
Yes, num-"
Can see some choice cuts?"
Certainly, mum. Jake, bring the
stepladder and show this lady over the
whale" Phila delphia Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-11
RED CROSS FAME WORLD WIDE.

Americans From All Parts of Globe
Contribute to Funds.
Americans over all the world
Clipped i'm for the Red Cross war
funds at the end of May. as shown in
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Germany's MonStrous C0nsplr-
aey and Its Defeat by Forces
of Civilization.
WORLD DOMINATION SOUGHT
Americas Entrance the Decisive Fac
tor In the Mighty Struggle in
Which Democracy Triumphed
Over irresponsible Auto
cratic Ml.tarisn,.
sy EDWARD w. PICkARD.

Auteeratic militarsm. imbucd With
an oyerpowering greed for world
DONNA ton, started the Great War.
democracy, inspired with deteaey
and common sense. ended II.
AL wars nre commercial is Il say.
Ing that is true OF all modern Wars
The greatest war Of al time, just end
ed. WAS no less 81 than others, fer
though II was made by the military
class Of Germany. ii Mis- FOR the Hene=
fit of commercial Germany. fer the
conquest of the trade Of the world
Ever since the defeat of France in
1870 and the formation Of the German
empire the ruling classes Of GermahA
had been nssiduously preparing for
the mighty struggle that began ia
1914 Secretly at times with hraZen
frankness at others, they laid their
plans. built up their mighty military
machine. extended their espionage sys-
tenn to all lands with the aid Of the
business houses and the diplomats.
Though warned by more than one stu.
dent OF affairs. the world In general
ignored all this or looked on II as
merely onstfulncss and legitimate
trade competition.
Germany's plan MAS nothing less
than an enormous conspiracy To es
tablish what the conspiratorS knew as
"Mittcl Europa" II dominion extend
Ing from the North sea TO the Persian
gulf As prclminaries German
princes were placed on thrones of
middle Europe wherever possible. and
financial relations We're established
that give Germany virtual control
over the coveted countries. Then the
The Day"
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sense enough to close his mouth. not
withstanding 1t had apparently become
useless, for there was only an occasion.
al sound, as though half articulated,
where some voice had not come with
in the range OF the sound abSorbers
d stributed through the crowd.
Say, | shall bust" groaned the in
ventor. 1--WE will raise the devil. We
must shut these things off. for amaze
meut was evident on every face.
Am hereft of my senses?" one
man muttered
Harvard, from her side, was shout
ing: whats the matter with the
EtIs? They've lost their wind"
Everyone was keyed to a great ten
sion, especially the Gazukes men, and
all Of them were greatly relieved when,
IN the third attempt, they heard the
leaders of the Blues call: "Now to-
geth-er, Rah rah rah Rah rah rah
Yale Hoo-ray! We're all right"
Mr. Gazukes knew IL would not do
20 interrupt the cheering again, and
exhlnrated with the first experiment.
It was with much uneasiness that he
waited for n further test at the thea
ter later
As the game proceeded. the inventor
was whispering to the millionaire:
"Wouldn't 1t be more fun than bar
rel of monkeys to take 1t into the
gallery of the stock exchange when
lids were being NADER Orders would
he given and, not being heard, would
forever fail to be carried out WI
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the sound waves assembled In the
howl For, rs the inventor argued. we
cannot prevent the creation Of noises,
but We can in II great measure stop
them from annoying Us.
Not caring to attract attention. tie
men lad hooked the plates across Their
Tuner coats Mt the chest, hanging
them from the front edges Of their
oyereoat sleeve holes. and allowing the
flaps Of their coats to hang out and
tide them from the side view. The
batteries which were to set the fans
in motion were in an inner pocket ot
each coat.
Harvard rooters We're busy alter
nateiy with Yalc's. The game stood
60 for Harvard ut the first half Bands
we're playing and college songs had
been sung. Red and blue fags and
banners were waved IN the spirit Of
the game OF the season. The women,
whose costumes displayed FREEDOM
iuantly the Colors OF their respective
teams. lent gayety to the scene.
The Crimson had emitted in one
roar "Rah rah rah Rah rah ruh, Rah
rah rah Harvard !" and Yale was get
ting ready.
Young men. swinging their arms To
get the Ellis to yell together. looked In
surprise that there was no response.
Again they tried, but could not hear
themselves.
Everyone was wondering what was
the matter. Plainly the leaders had
teen heard In the first place. but
there was no response No one had
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n Iuudemaniam would result. How
funny il would b" to see the quota
tom men running back and forth he
fore the board rs the prices came in,
but with no noise in the pit
Il rather think. though said tho
millionaire. That it would not be so
loaringly funny, when We We're put
ont
That evening ut the performance
e "Nuuey's Fancies," the party was
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Excuse Was Ready Made.

Merely an excuse MIS- needed IL
precipitatc the conflict, and this WIS
afforded on June -. 1911. hy the rs
saSsInatiou of Archduke Ferdinand Of
Austria and his wife in Saraj"Vo, Eos.
MIA. 10y n Serbian. That this crime
WINS inspired to serve ~ Il preteNl j.
evidenced by the fact that everything
WIS prepared n few days in advance
for putting the German military ma
chine In motion Austria, under or
ders from Berlin. made demands ON
Serbia to which no sclf=reSpeCtine ma
ton could submit. and GA July = de
cnred war on its neighhor. Russia, "a
ally Of and sponsor for Serbia. mo
biiizea It's armies nj once, despite the
protests OF Germany. Vhcrcupou the
kaiser declared War on Russia
France. being In offensive and d"fens-
I've alliance with Russia. was com
PEELED to mobilize. and the kaiScrss
armed forces got into action nj once
The course OF events 50 far had been
foreseen by the German high com
nand and II was In accordance with
Its prearrnnged plan, which WAS "a
crush France by swift advance oh
Paris. and then Ia turn about and
make an end OF RusSta's military re
sistance.
on August , German troops entered
France Mt Cirey and began moving
through Luxembourg. despite the spir
tied protests of the grand duchess
J.,
the passage of troops through TINT
country. This was refused, the king
OF Belgium appealing To the powers
that had guaranteed the neutrality Of
his Kingdom.
All this time Great Britain had
been striving TO avert the outbreak OF
q general war. and Germany rested
complacently on the Information OF
her spies that the British would not
enter into the conflict. But Berlin
rcckoned without the British spirit Of
fair plny and faithfulnrSs to treaties.
and when the kaiser tore up the
scrap Of Hlper" and invaded Belgium
Great Britain jumped 10 the rescue
Her mighty fleet MIS- modified anu
her army. pitfuIly small, began moY.
Ing across the channel Then events
came with dazing rnpidity one af-
ter another the natioas fcll into line
against the Germans and AuStro-lluu
garians, but the Teutons were ready
and the others. except France. We're
not.
The Invasion OF Belgium.
on August began one OF the most
shameful chapters in the history Of
tho world the rape Of Belgium. King
Albert and his heroic little army re-
sisted To their utomst. hut the suppos.
edly impregnnblc forts OF Liese, Ma
muir and other Belgian towns were
speedily reduced by the Hun ennaea
and the land and It's people were made
captive. The atrocities committed by
he Germans. officers and priHatcs
alike, will remain blot on the name
of Germany to the end Of all time
rhe world has been So well informed
concerning those brutal crimes that II
: unnecessary to recapitulate them.
Having overrun all but II narrow
strip Of Belgium. the Hun armies be
gan what Berlin foudly believed WAS
70 be = triumphal march to Paris.
rneaanifs little regular army was
thrown across their path and fought
and aseta almost to man. and side by
Ode With them the French Poilus con.
Fons srhax- xVara pushRi
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Auteeratic militarlsm, imbucd with
an overpowcring greed for world
domination, started the Great War
pemocracy- inspired with dcceney
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7
- of the Sound Absorber was
g shortly To be on.
4 Hon William Gazukes
the millionaire, who seemed
t. be renewing his youth, sat chatting
exCitedly with the inventor and a
party of friends. II seems that the
Hon. Gazakes had recently been forced
through Il practical Joke on himself.
to become interested in this sound alb
sorber and 10 realize that 4 had va
riety of possibilities. for his friend.
Faxon. the inventor. had lain in wait
for him one day by the side of build
ing. He had seen the millionaire com
ing toward him earnestly engaged In
conversation, and wishing to demon
strate his invention. he had quickly
sprung upon n barrel and. ms quickly.
he had set the abSOrber In rapid Vi
Dration. so as to disturb the atmo-
sphere before the faces of the gentle
men. Neither was able to hear the
other and after much CONSERVATION
Faxon. with twinkle in his eye, con
fronted them.
The millionaire then became anxious
TO try it on crowd. and had secured
seats for his friends In little groups
about the stadium. all of them being
located within the Yale cheering line.
Little do people about us know
what we have on our minds" he was
saying.
They were happily expectant and
laughed as the old gentleman added :
'Or should say. 'on our contS?' for
each one of the 80 men in the party
vas supplied with sound absorber.
This invention was simply clrcu-
Ian plate, with curying edges, looking
something like flattened bowl. The
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1918-11-21

r,ate was TO catch vibrations, WN III
are carried in waves to their ea RS
through the atmosphere around The ".
In the center of the apparatus we're
small revolving plates. which. heing
fanlike. when set in motion would
break up, by an area Of disturbed ain
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dleFS. NoFkcTS anu peasants tpuul-
tion that remains 10 be cleared up.
though the power OF the holSheViki Is
rapidly waning
Italy. Once Defeated, Triumphs.
Italy. declaring that the terms of
the Triple Alliance had been violated
10y Austria. cutered the war on the
side of the allies on May - 1918.
Turkey had gone In with Germany be-
fore the war was three months old,
and bulgaria east her lot with the
Teutons in October, 1913, The for
tunes of the Italians We're spectacular.
They Wen over the Austrians for
long time and invaded the regions or
Italtn lrridcnta along the Adriatic.
threatening Trieste. Then subtle
Fcuton propaganda. coupled with de-
feati>t work nj home. brought disaster
on them. Helped 10y German divisions.
TIA" AuStriuns made tremendous
drive and forced the Italians back To
the riavc river line. There the con-
test stood FOR many months. until the
middle Of June. 1918. when under Cen
'ia' ''i"1 '''' .'"''n''' ''p' '''' ~. s,'r :,
ped another offensive. bHt turned IL
into II great defeat and rout which
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back to Il considerable extent. hoping
to gain Independence and making il
self the Matching ground for many Il
German plot. kitchener's great work
practically accomplished. he went to
his death when German submarine
sank the cruiser on which he was
going to Russia.
Gcrmany's Submarine Warfare.
In the first months of the war the
British fleets. aided by the Japanese,
took away Germany's Island colonies,
and then, having almost full mastery
of the seas, established a blockade of
Germany designed to Starye her into
submission The reply To this WAS
quick in coming. The Germans start
ed out their submarines ut once, and
began building more and bigger IN
dersca vessels. piSregarding the rec
ognized laws of warfare, they declared
unrestricted war on all vessels of
their enemies. and murderous career
that finally resulted in dragging the
United States into the conflict and
bringing defeat To themselves. The
first notable victim of this method of
warfare WIS the Lusitania. more than
a thousand Of whose passengers per
iShcd. On this and many another YES
sci that WIS sent down by the sub
marines We're American citizens. and
there WAS powerful demand on our
government 70 stop the practice or to
enter the war.
For nearly two years President vii
son held back. writing numerous notes
of protest t. Berlin and receiving an
equal number of false promises.
Early in lal7 Berlin announced that
submarine warfare thereafter would
be uurcstrictcd-a ii had been In
reality most Of the time and there
was nothing LETT the United States hut
To declare state OF war With Ger
many This WIS done en- April i and
from that fatetul day the Doom Of
Gprmanys great conspiracy MIS- set
flaH
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HE Harvard-Yale football
game was on at the sta
dunn. and a demonstration
of the Sound Absorber was
shortly to be on.
Hon. William GazukeS.
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than two months cut the encmy's lines
OF communication from Metz and
threatened the capture OF all his
forces left in France.
When RuSSias vast man-power
gets into action Germany will be
crushed as under steam roller" said
everyone in 1914 and for a time this
prediction babe fair to be realized.
The Russians invaded East Prussia
and We're making fine progress there
and In Poland, which was kept up.
with some revcrses until early in
1918, when Won 1iindenburg admins
tered TO them II succession of terrihc
defeats. These were not due so much
mans us to the shameful betrayal of
the Russian armies by corrupt officials
who left them almost destitute Of
arms and supplies. From thnt time
on Kussia's main successes were won
against the Austrians and were tenn
purary. Decentralization steadily
Spread through the cars dominion,
fostered by German agents and the
outcome was the deposition of Mich
olaS and his dynasty and the estab
lishment OF a confused Senhlauce OF
government by the soviets OF the sol
diers. workers and peasants-n condi-
tipu that remains To be cleared up,
though the power OF the holsheViki is
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Americas Wonderful Effort.

w TN amazing energy ana Snctu
America went ut the tremendous task
OF making IN army out OF lis civilian
population. There were many mis-
takes and many delays, but these are
almost forgotten in the contemplation
OF the marvellous success with which
the thing WIS accomplished. After II
long and heated debate. the seleetiyc
draft system Of raising an army Was
adopted, and young men by the hun
drCd thousand were taken from their
civilian pursuits. put in immense
training camps and made into soldiers.
To command them, thousands OF of
iiCerS were trained in other camps. In
the incredibly short time of one year
nearly two million lighting men. rs
efficient as the world has ever seen.
had been transported across the Al.
lantic. with all the vast supplies re
CURED; and ut home the industries OF
the land had been reorgauized for the
business uf wnr. Knowing we'll the
righteousness of the task of winning the
war the government bent every eff
fort to II and the draft age limits were
extended To include all men between
the ages - eighteen and forty six,
Many thousands Of those thus drafted
We're in training when the war came
10 close.
Americas arrival in France was
most timely. Though the crown prince
had failed mlsolT,hly in his attempt Ia
force way TO Paris by the Nerdui
route ia 1910 the Germans never gave
up their pians To take the French cap
itnl, and In the spring of 1918. with
rc-euforeemeHfs released from the
eastern front by the collapse Of Rus
sin, they began powerful drive in
uorthu France. In the first stage
uf this they reached the Somme. and
In the SECOND they got to the Marine
again. only ~ miles from Paris.
Yankees to the Rescue.
The Yankees. who were getting
their final trimming behind the Hines
had not Yet seen very much action
but in this crisis their commander
General PerSbIng offered their imme
diutc services To the british and
French Hrteadcd with the allies,
they went into battle with Il rush that
inspired the tired Tommtes aud
roiJue aad the advance Of The Huns
was checked General Foch Frances
master strateglst was made supreme
commander If he niles in the west.
and ho NJ oace began delivering tie
series of terrific strokes that ultimate
ly forced the Germans haek to their
own borders Fighting with tLc
French the Americans had a big part
in clearing out the Marine salient
fighting with the British. they gave
great help in the allied victories fur
Their north. Then the First American
field army mis- organized. placed on the
extreme west of the line ami there
wiped out the St Mlhlel salient nnd
strrtcd ON the operations that IN less
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back slowly but surely until the
Marine was reached and crossed by
the invading hosts and the capital
seemed to be within the grasp of tn
Huns. Then came forward the first
heroic figure of the war Marshal
Joffrc OF France. Communicating
every motor vehicle In Paris, he rush
ed to the front the entire force left to
defend the capital and in a mighty
battle along the Marine the Germans
were defeated They had spread out
too much and permitted their right
flank to be turned and were driven
back To the northeast. Reaching lines
prepared with this possibility In view
they dug in" and then began II period
of trench warfare that lasted for three
years, In the course of which there
were no remarkable gains of territory
by either side.
Under the management Of Lord
Kitchener Brtnins millions We're be-
ing enlisted and trained and trans
ported 10 the battle grounds. Not
only from the homeland did they
come, but from Canada. Australia.
New Zealand India. South Africa and
all OF the far lung possessions Of the
empire, With an ardor that settled for
all time the question of their loyalty
To that empire. Ireland alone held
back To n considerable extent hoping
to gain Independence and making ii
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