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New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
RoiShcviI1i Retire on USSuri Frontier

London, Aug. 2S-On the Usauri front, north of Vladivosok, the Bol- shevil1i have retired six miles before a general advance by all the Allied forces, according to reports received in Shanghai and transmitted by Reuters.
 American and Japanese troops. the advices add, are entraining for the Ussuri front.
 News from the front. it is added. is meagre, owing to the fact that the Japanese have taken over the pre- paration of information from the CHechs. The Japanese are said to be extremely retcent.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

Experienced Officers Come Home to
 Instruct NOW NiEmCn.

Washington, Aug. 2&.-ENpcrienced flying officers are being returned from overseas service a war departmCn an nOunCcmcnt says, to act as special in StruCtOrS in the advanced sections of American flying schools.
 At the Samc time, elemental in StruCtiOn at the fields has been put under new systems by which cadets are assigned to a single instructor, and kept under his tutclagc until they
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
GTRI, ES MESSING.

Mrs. Piorski of 15 Laurel street no- tilied the police last night that her 16-ycar-old daughter disappeared from home yesterday noon and had not re- turned She feared the girl had run .llEnN from home.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
NEW CLUB ORGANIZED.

A club Of JeWish N0ung men WNs organized last evening, to be known as The Arcadians. John Friedland state organizer was here at the opening meeting. Tho purpose of this clug is to promote closer friendship and fellowship among the Jewish young men in this city. The next meeting will be held at the Jewish Lustjtute on September ,.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

complete the first course. This is said to be d Safcr and more effective method than tbc former practice of giving the student a fixed amount of flying with instructors, after which he is required to make a solo flight.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
Victory for ScmcnOlT.

Picking, Aug. 23, (Rv the Associated Prcss.) )--Gen. Scmcnon, the anti Bolshevik leader, has crossed the Siberian frontier and rctuken Mat stcvski station, west of Manchuli, cap turing prisoners. The Japanese troops are engaged with the BoIsheviki near Dauria.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

turcrs' association, when told the facts received from Washington concerning the nationwide labor crisis, said that members of the association always have been and are today ready active ly to support the government fully in it's purpose of meeting all the labor demands of war industries.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
CAiDTNAL FARLEY IMPROVED.

New York, Aug. 2&.-Thc condition of Cardinal Farley was slightly inn proved today, according to his secrc- tary, Mon$icnor Carroll, although the attending physicians explained his condition was still regarded as critical
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
NEW TREATIES SIGNED.

Copenhagen. Aug. 2S.-Gcrman and Russian plenipOtentiarieS signed threo treaties supplementary to the Brest- Litovsk treaty Tuesday, says an off Cial telegram from Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
hiid Kicked hy !Forsc-II,ut by Bein ThroWn From Team Hit by Auto-- Arm iN Broken.


 Element pikcI, the four year old sor of Mr. and Mrs. frank Pikcl of Bris tol, is at the New Britain General hos ritoI with d fractured skull and 5evert scalp wounds a# result of being kick. rd ay horse, yesterday. The child'. condition is favorable today.
 Fred Taylor Of Woth>rsiicld, farm el for pr. ]. II. Potts is a patient at tht hospital being treated for injuries tc his knee. While driving his team along the BCrln turnpike ii was struck by @n auto Taylor was thrown off
 MHtron Mary Icons. who is in charge of tho ChiIdrcn'S Home house on Hart street, broke her right arm yesterday. She was struck by a heav, box. She WuS taken to the hospital
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
Can Close Somc Factories.

The community labor boards are charged with the responsibility Of 1e- tcrmining the methods which shall govern the |. $. employment service in attempting to recruit for war work men from industries which are not di- rectly connected with the proSccution of the war The power to determine priority among industries by shutting up non essential industries by shutting off supplies rests with the War Indus tries board and the employment scrv- ice through all it's agencies will keep in Systematic and constant CO-opera ton with the other divisions of the govern ment concerned with man power and maeral program.
 Tt is within the province of each community labor board to list those non-War industries in its community which will first be called upon to con- tribute men to war work.
 This does not mean that such in duStrieS will be compelled to close up or to discharge their male employees at once but with as much speed as may be necessary to meet the national emergency they will release male workers.
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

who are fighting DcmocracY's c:tuse overseas.
 One, Quentin. has already given his life; another, Archie has been wound cd. The third star, Theodore, Ir.
 The groups composed of Theodore
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
oyI Cam BeagEtify yoy1r Complexion

and rid the skin of un- slightly blemishes, quicker and surer, by putting your blood, stomach and liver in good order, than in any other way. Clear complex ion, bright eyes, rosy cheeks and red lips follow the use of Beecham's Pills. They eliminate poisonous matter from the system, purify the blood and tone the organs of digestion-Use
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

Can you imagine how this great American family must feel to be the proud possessors of a service t1ag with three stars shown in the hands of Richard Derby, JA, for three sons
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28

A German officer fired this weapon exhausted. Then cornered in trench,
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
LABOR SHORTAGE IS DELAYING WAR WORK
Conditions Really Serious, U. s.
 Eulloyment Bureau States

Hartford Aug. 2S.-~Tho task and Jurisdiction Of community IhboT boards. 14 of which haNc been 2Srah- Iished in Connecticut. is outlined ln statement by NHthan A. Snlytho of Washington, assistant director general of the federal employment service, made public today through the Con- nccticut State Nouncil of Defense, the department Of publicity of which ilaS been charged with the duty Of inform ing the public concerning the govern ment'S new labor program. Mir. Smythe's statement follows:
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
Shortage Of TnSkiiIcd Labor.

"Wc may as well face the facts.
 Much work essential to our program is
 being seriously retarded by lack of unskilled labor. In this situation it
 is obviously wrong to have able
 bodied men continuing to sell candy, cigars and like articles, to be doing work in shops and stores which might
 with reasonable effort on the part of employers be entrusted to women and
 to be dancing attendance in clubs. bar bershops, soft-drinll establishments. bowling alleys dancing academies and elsewhere.
 Our war industries are suffering
 severely for lack of skilled mechanics
 It therefore becomes a burden upon
 the conscience of every person who
 employs chauffeur to determine
 whether such employment is necessary or merely for the qualification of
 personal pleasure.
 Moreover every owner of an auto
 mobile should realize that every time
 he spends $5 for automobile acces- Sorles, supplies or repairs. he is in effect determining whether working energies of the country shall be devoted to winning the war or to his own per- sonal uses.
 The time has come when from the standpoint of conservation of labor we must all of us limit our expenses on these things which are essential" Labor Situation Serious The labor situation in essential in dustries continues to be alarminc,Iv | serious. according to information from Washington. War industries are short
 million unskilled laborers and the shortage of skilled workers is equally serious.
 Governor Marcus Fl. Holcomb, when asked about the national labor situa- tion, said:
 "The news which comes to us from Washington is alarming We have realized that there was an enormous 1 labor shortage, but I fear many of ns l have failed to grasp its great propor- | tions. There is but one thing to do | War industries must be supplied with 1 the labor they need. If the available 1 source for this labor is non essential l industry, then 1t must come from non- 1 essential industries. The government 1 labor program has apparently been l carefully worked out and both em- 1 ployers and employees have representa-
 tiVes on these important community l labor boards. which shall determine ]
 war plants. Connecticut has not l baked at any war demand of the gov 1 crnmcnt and I am sure Connecticut 1 will be req dy to meet it's labor demand whatever the cost be to industry which l means nothing to our success in the 1 war"
 ] Ira M. Ornburn of New Haven sec l rotary of the Connecticut Federation 1 of Labor, expressed the belief that 1 Connecticut employees would meet without muTmur the new war Ia bOr program of the government. La | hOr-and l use the term in it's broadest l Sense--has enlisted in the vast army l behind the lines upon which our fight l ing men depend to fill all of their needs. Labor can be depended upon | to come across"
 Officers of the Connecticut Manufac-
New Britain herald., 1918-08-28
THREE GENERATIONS OF ROOSEVELT FAMILY

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
mercy MUNITIONS.
NEEDED IN TRENCHES
Lieut.. coningsby Dawson, Fight.
Ing Author, Makes Stirring
Appeal for Y. w. c. A.

Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson, who wrote
Garry On" says of the war work
which the Y. w. G. A. Is doing: "You
at home cannot fight with your lives,
but you can fight with your mercy.
The Y. w. Q. A. II offering you just
this chance. II garrisons the women's
support trenches, which lie behind the
mems. II asks you to supply them
with munitions Of mercy that they
may be passed on to US. We need
such supplies badly. Give generously
that We may the sooner defeat the
Hun"
What Lieut. Dawson says Of the 7.
w. @. A. he might have said OF all the
national organizations which are com.
ing together for the biggest financial
campaign that organizat lions have ever
headed. All the $17O,5O0OOO to be
raised by the seven great national or
ganizations the week of November II
will be used to garrison and supply
the support trenches behind the lines
They are the Y. NJ G. A.. the Y. w.
G. A., the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil, Jewish Welfare Board, American
Library Association, War Camps Com
munity Service and Salvation Army.
American girls In various uniforms
mingle strangely with picturesque
Brittany costumes In France. The
American Y. w. G. A. has a hostess
house in Brittany where the Signal
Corps women live and a hut where
the nurses spend their free time Both
these centers are fitted with many of
the comforts and conveniences Of
home.
"At tea given at the nurses hut
one Saturday afternoon" writes Miss
Mabel Warner. Of Salina, Kansas, Y.
w. G. A. worker there, there was an
odd gathering-one admiral, bishop,
a Presbyterian minister, a Roman
Catholic priest, doctor, an ensign.
one civilian and myself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
Northern Io,ua Items

in the st Mihiei salient. In letter to
his father he says: Well, Dad, have
been over the top four times. The
last time In the big drive, ] brought In
twenty OF Kaiser Bills tin soldiers, and
had to finish two for good measure
so I guess that I got one for every
member of the family and few
thrown in for good measure.
Cedar Rapids.
Alton Sporton, 2-year-o old son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Sporton, farmers living
two miles east of Prairieburg was
almost instantly killed Sunday after
noon when he fell from a wagon. The
child together with a number or other
children was sitting on a wagon in
the yard. The horses became fright
ened and jumped and the child was
thrown under the wheels. The ami
mails started to run and the wagon
wheels passed over the hip and should
crs. Death onsued before a physician
could arrive.
Sioux City.
Nearly $4,000 garments were collect
ed by the school children Of Sioux
City in the recent drive for Belgium re-
sent were articles made by the Junior
Red Cross during the summer. There
were twenty two pieced quilts and
thirty eight knitted ones. One young
ster in summing up why such work
should be done and why savings should
be invested in stamps said: First
We gotta lick the kaiser. Second
gotta help the boys over there. Third
of course we gotta help our govern
ment when it asks u.s."
Waterloo.
Waldemer Rasmussen, age about Is,
died Sunday at Camp Dodge, victim
of influenza. Tho young man lefo
Waterloo in the fore part of last July
with a contingent of soldiers. p. X.
Fergemann. president of Waterloo
lodge, No. 212, Danish Brotherhood OF
which Rasmussen was a member. was
notified of the death. AS the decd
ent had no relatives in this country
burial will be at Camp Dodge. Soldier
Rasmussen came to America about
five years ago from Marble, Denmark.
During his residence in this commun-
nifty he was employed at farm work
and at thing. While in waterloo he
Tflaue MS nome WIFI MI anu WI %
Christ Petersen, 122 Wildly street.
Manchester.
Delaware county raised $4,000 in
the fourth liberty loan but failed to
reach the quota assigned by nearly
100000. The city of Manchester sub
scribed more than $230, 900 and had the
largest oversubscription OF any dis
trict in the county. Colony, Adams
and Hazel Green townships oversub-
scribed. but the rest fell short, Bremen
township making poor showing
altho it is one of the richest townships,
and several others Jagged far behind
while a number Of townships almost
reached their quotas and belated sub
scriptions may bring them up. The
county council Of defense called in a
number Of delinquents and got their
subscriptions but found some who will
have to be taken care Of by the fed
eral authorities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
CURE FOR BLUES
NEAR THE CAMPS
Community Service Takes Place
of Mother, Friends and
Home for Soldiers.

Ten young officers Of the Student
Army Training Corps of the UNIVERSE
ty Of Detroit recently applied for .
furnished house and a housekeeper
who would not be q servant, but, as
one young officer expressed 1t, "the
sort Of woman to whom the boys can
call out Hello, motherr when they
come in the front door,"
Homesickness is the malady for
which War Camp Community Service
supplies innumerable cures.
We've got your number" says the
W. C. C. s. to the homeslck boy from
camp with leisure to spend In any one
of the three hundred towns scattered
over the country. While he's wonder
Ing what on earth he'll do with him
self when he gets there, not knowing a
soul in town and with limited per-
centage Of his thirty per" in his pock
ct, along comes friendly printed card
from the local branch Of his own lodge
announcing reception that night es-
pecially for soldier members. BY the
same mail the Methodist church sends
an announcement Of all Its meetings,
addressed to him, with This Means
You printed at the bottom. How did
they know he was Methodist
He had forgotten about the little
personal Card" he made out at the
adjutant's request during his first day
in camp when 1t was only one Of the
endless details in the round of dentists
and doctors and general confusion.
The w. c. C. s. had not only his num-
Der, but his name and address. his
home town. the name Of the school
he'd gone to and good bit about the
things he was fondest of doing-each
fact written into little blank on tho
card especially for It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
TAX SHIFTED TO WAR PROFITS.
Senate Rewrites Section to Increase
Levy on incomes Above $1,000, 900.

Washington, Oct. 23.-The war
profits and excess profits section OF
the revenue bill was entirely rewritten
by the senate finance committee yes
terday. New rates which may Yield
slightly less income, but which are
calculated to reach more of the strict
ly war profits, were adopted
The alternative method permitting
the treasury department to collect The
tax under whichever rate would pro-
duce the largest amount OF revenue
was stricken out in accordance with
the suggestion Of many lawyers that
such a provision would be unconstitu-
tional
An entirely new set Of su-.axes for
individual income taxes was adopted.
These rates will make very small diff
ference in the amount to be paid on
incomes up to 1000: on incomes be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 the
amount OF tax xviii be considerably
lower, but on incomes above 100000
a year the tax will be higher than it
would be under the rates which the
house adopted.
The new war, profits and excess
profits section adopted by the COM
mittee Is a combination Of the two
methods put into the bill by the house
ways and means committee, with some
marked changes.
The house bill fixed the war profits
tax at so per cent upon the amount
Of net income after a speci Il exemp-
ton Of $4,000 and the average OF its
pre-war earnings for 1911. 1912 and
1913.
The excess profits tax allowed an
exemption of $4,000 plus per cent
Of the invested capital for the taxable
year. and rates Of taxation as follows:
Thirty five per cent of tho income IN
excess of the credits and not In excess
Of Is per cent Of the invested capital;
80 per cent of the amount Of income
between Is per cent and 20 per cent
of the invested capital, and 10 per cent
Of the amount Of income In excess or
90 per cent of the invested capital
The combination Of these two sys-
TENS of rates which the senate COM
mittee adopted is as follows:
Section 3O1-That the tax shall be
the sum Of the amounts computed I'M
der the following bracket:
First bracket-3O per cent OF the
amount of the net income In excess
of the excess profits credit and not IN
excess Of 20 per cent Of the invested
capital.
Second bracket-60 per cent Of the
net income in excess of 20 per cent OF
the invested capital.
Third bracket-The amount by
which so per cent of the net income
in excess of the war profits credit ex-
ceeds the tax as computed under the
first and second brackets.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
Grinnell and Vicinity.

Special to Times Republican.
Grinnell, Oct. 23.-Mr. and Mrs. c.
C. Keil. of 1888 Summer street, nave
made all plans TO leave their pleas
ant home here to spend year or more
at the home of their son in Seattle
Wash. They will start Immediately
after the November election.
Ray Curtis, soldier son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. H Curtis. came from the
training camp at Great Lakes. Ill.,
to attend the funeral of his chum and
army comrade. Montague McNabb'
which took place at Delta on Monday,
Richard Steiner has gone to Mer-
cersburg, Pa! for year in the Mer-
cersburg academy, in which he has n
scholarship.
T. J. Bray, foremerly of Grinnell but
for some years Of Oskaloosa, has sold
a forty acre tract Of land just west OF
Grinnell for $500 an acre.
owen Morgan. in the city hospital
for several days with typhoid, is re-
ported as making some gain.
Miss Ruth Preston, daughter of DR..
and Mrs. J. F. Preston, of this city,
graduate of Grinnell high school and
of Grinnell College in the class OF 1910
now a teacher in the Burlington high
school was recently married in Chica-
go to Ralph V. Peebler. of Fairfield
The groom has been in the banking
business in Burlington but has enlist
ed in the aviation branch Of the SER
vice and expects orders to report for
instruction at any time. The bride will
continue her teaching.
Lawrence Simmon, con Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Simmon, 1882 Reed street,
who has been in the city hospital for
some weeks with a serious case of ty-
phoid. is reported as making some gain.
Friends in Grinnell have received
the news of the death of Ezra Henry
Spidell. at the age Of past 81 years, at
his home in Fillmore. Cal. He lived
in this city for several years. leaving
here to make his home in California in
1912. He was for some years sexton
Of Hazelwood cemetery here.
Mrs. G. A. Christensen. Of San
Diego, Cal, formerly Miss Anna Dun
lap. of Grinnell, with her two young
sons and little daughter. is soon to
move to the Atlantic coast to be near
her husband, recently promoted from
captain to major and ordered to Camp
Johnston. Jacksonville. Fla. The major
expects soon to be ordered into for
eign service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
FOUR DEATHS At DUBUQUE.
Influenza Epidemic Unabated and Many
New Cases Develop.

Special to Times Republican.
Dubuque, oct. 23.-F'our deaths and
the addition of several score new cases
were the outstanding features yester-
day In the influenza epidemic when
has been raging here for the past sew
eral weeks. Two children, both under
: years of age, were among the victims
yesterday. Volunteer workers are as
sisting physicians in caring for the
poorer families.
Two physicians. members of the
Dubuque County Medical Society, have
offered their services to the state board
of health in answer TO appeal sent TO
DR.. j. Fl. Schrup, president of the or
here for physicians to go
where assigned in an effort to stamp
out the disease in Iowa. Several more
are expected to answer the call aitho
IL was explained that the situation mere
attention also.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-23
waukon.

Waukon.
The total amount OF thrift stamps
sold to children OF Allamakee county
schools this year to date. is s420.7S.
Alta.
Albert Loving. of Albert City. Is re-
ported as severely wounded In action
in France. according to notice received
by his parents.
Alta.
A census of the hogs in Buena Vista
county shows that there are 1888 OF
them on the farms in the county. and
Maple Valley township leading with
more than 10000.
jefferson.
The clothing store OF Gamble &
Bane, at Churdan, was robbed OF
about $500 worth Of goods, the burg
lar gaining entrance by breaking, the
glass IN the front door.
Anamosa.
Four inmates OF the reformatory here
died Monday Of Spanish influenza,
There are a large number OF cases In
the prison, but the majority OF them
are recovering. Whiskey and quinine
are being used to combat the disease.
Cedar Falls.
J. l.. Bailey, Of Cedar Falls. Satur-
day was nominated for the vacancy on
the board of supervisors of Black
Hawk county to succeed Frank o..
jackson. who died last week. HIS
name will be placed on the official
ballot for the November election.
Sioux City.
Of 40 rifv
closed. because of the influenza cpl
demic, the teachers are not idle. Sup
erintendent Clark has them busy out
lining their work. courses of study. ETC.
for the remainder Of the school year.
This is being done at this time, &C
cording to Professor Clark. because
when school once more gets under way
it will be attempted to make up Tor
the time lost because Of the enforced
vacation.
Manchester.
Claude Chapel, former Manches-
ter boy, was a victim of the influenza
epidemic and died at his home in Hop
l<inton, Saturday evening. Mr.. Chapel
was in the employ OF w. S. Beels, edi-
tor Of the Hopkinton Leader. He was
born in Manchester, twenty-seven
years ago. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Chapel, parents, residing in Waterloo
now. Mr.. Capel was i'll only few
days and is survived by widow, "a
daughter of Dr. Cummings of Hop
kinton) and a daughter about years
old.
Cedar Rapids.
Twenty captured German soldiers
and two more that he made way with
for good measure. is the record OF
Cedar Rapids man, Arthur w. O'Meara
the son of Co. b. II. O'Meara, of this
city. Private OMeara went over the
top four times and he is now in a
hospital. not wounded but suffering
with eye trouble. He entered the ser
vice April %. from Moberly, Mo. and
arrived in France just fifty-two days
later He is a member of the 356th In
fantry. the Eighty Ninth, or Prairie
division, and was in the great drive