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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
BREWERY OFFERED TO U. S.
Ordnance Department Asked to Take
Over St. Louis Properties.l

WASHINGTON, Sept "a. - August A.
Busch, president Of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company OF st. Louis,
rendered to the ordnance department
the entire Busch brewing
properties in St. Louis, providing the
government can use them for the pro-
duction of munitions. Mr. Busch re-
auestcd General Trip of the ordnance
department to reach an early decision
on the proposal as the Busch interests
intended to enter upon the production
Of munitions AS a private corporation
if the government does mot assume
control.
Some army officers here believe that
the plants can be equipped for the pro-
ducton of small shells within few
weeks. The discussion related entirely
to the production of small shells and
cartridges.
The Anheuser- Busch property has
been one of the show places Of st.
Louis. A description Of the property,
as given to General Trip by Mr..
Busch. emphasized its magnitude. The
buildings offered cover i45 acres OF
ground, with many times as many
acres Of floor space. There are seven
miles of railroads within the plant and
ten modern machine shops.
Mr.. Busch told General Trip there
are 10000, 900 cubic feet Of refrigera-
ton space, that one unit in the plant
was producing 1000 tons OF ice each
day. that the power plants were Pro"
ducing $4,000, 900 kilowatt hours Of
electrical energy annually, and that tile
boiler capacity-- was ia, 900, 900 horse
power.
Mr.. Busch said 1t was his desire to
retain the men now employed at the
plant, as they had purchased homes
with the intention of remaining in st.
Louis, and this would relieve the hous-
ing situation il the Government de-
cided to manufacture munitions at the
plant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
TREATED TO OWN MEDICINE.
Hun Prisoners Attest To Destructive.
ness Of Allied Air Raids,

London. Sept. 24.-The increasing
destructiveness OF allied air raids Is
attested by German prisoners. While
statements Of this kind must generally
be treated with reserve there Ia
violence that this particular informa-
ton Is very near the truth.
Valenciennes station was heavily
bombed by British airmen recently. A
prisoner subsequently stated that for a
number Of days following the raids
trains were unable to pass thru Val
enciennes as big engineer dump had
been hit and barrels OF oil and ex-
plosives were burning and blowing up
A raid was made on an ammunition
dump near Marais Wood and several
photographs taken during the raid
showed the explosion. A party Of pris-
oners capturd later volunteered the
information that the dump blew up
and that the moral effect was ennr-
nous.
A prisoner is responsible for the
statement that not long ago an am
munition train was hit and blew up in
valenciennes, fact which fully cor
firms the British official report that
direct hits were obtained upon n NOV
ing train at Valenciennes on the night
Of May 81.
Still another report by recently
captured German prisoner records
that saw-mill at Somain. MANAGED
by German and employing $50 work
men. was completely destroyed as .he
result OF an afr raid ,Somain was
bombed by British airmen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
Only ons c4n,srmAs sox.
Government Places Limit on Packages
For 6oldjore.

Only one Christmas package can be
sent to any soldier "over there" this
year. That is the latest decision In
washington. according to an Assoc
cia;ed Press dispatch today The
authorities have even taken the trouble
to decide how big the soldiers Christ
mas boxes may be. They can't be
larger than nine inches by four by
three and must be mailed on or before
Nov 10.
The restrictions announced by the
war department are based on the eN-
pectation that otherwise the govern
ment would be swamped by the flood
OF gifts that would be poured out for
our fighting boys. Officials feared they
would be utterly unable to handle them
In time. II Christmas packages were
to be accepted by the government Tor
delivery without stint to soldiers in
France it is believed a huge amount OF
space would be taken up by Santa
Claus that Is needed more for sup
plies and food for our armies.
No favoritism will he possible under
the proposed regulations and one fell
low with lot of friends over here
won DC SctIInp 'nIlSlH'tS phNN"~'N
galore around the holidays while others
not so fortunate are getting only a
few. No buddy" is going to get more
than one.
General Pershing Is now forwarding
coupons bearing the name and address
OF each member of the American ex-
peditionary forces. These coupons are
to be distributed by the war depart
ment to the soldiers nearest of kin.
They can then be attached TO standard
containers, Of the approved size, which
are to be provided by the Red Cross
chapters upon application.
The Red Cross will have charge OF
the delivery Of the packages to the
$500, 900 American soldiers abroad
under an Arrangement made by the
government. The final date-Nov. 10
was made in order that ample time
might be allowed for the gifts to travel
to the seaboard, to be loaded on ships
transported across the Atlantic. UNI
loaded in France and finally conveyed
by trains and motor lorries to the
camps and front lines or hospitals
wherever the recipints Of the Christ
mas remembrances may be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
RIVALS NAME STATION.
Big Assembling Base Known as Tim
Der Town" and "Tin Town."

An Irish Port. Sept. Shy MALL
The naval aviation station at one OF
the destroyer bases in Ireland Is local
ly known both as Timber town" and
Tin town." 1t is located on the site
of some old British barracks. The
British had used metal sheets in con-
structing their buildings and the Amer
leans, who disliked metal structures.
dubbed the place Tin town." When
the American wooden buildings began
to appear the Britishers retaliated by
calling It "Timber-town" and both
names have chung and become known
to the extent Of superceding the name
of the village near which the plant is
located. The town" is one of the
busiest centers of activity in Ireland
now that the increased ocean tonnage
is making possible regular shipment
of airplanes Here the machines are
being assembled.
Considerable work was necessary to
lay out the station. A part of a hill
that slopes down to the water had to
be cut away to make room for some
of the great hangers and everything
excepting a power plant had to be con-
structed or installed. A power plant
that had been used by the British is
now doing duty. Virtually all the ma =
terial had to be brought from the
United States and the officers had to
contend with labor insufficient in guam
tity and quality. y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
War Responsible
For Numerous NeW
Human Ailments

ICorrespondence Associated Press.l
Amsterdam. Sept. 5.-The war has
been responsible for the development OF
numerous new ailments in Germany,
a sserts Professor Albu in an article IN
the Berlin Lokal AnZeiger. It's effects
have aggravated various human ills.
There can be no doubt, he says, that
many people are ageing more rapidly
now owing to the worries and dill
culties Of daily life. People are gong
gray sooner. The action of the heart
and blood vessels suffers. Exhaustive
observa tons. he believes. point to the
fact that both at home and in the field,
arteric sclerosis is a genuine war dis
ease. What part chronic underfeed-
ing takes in this we do not yet know
he adds. The increased blood pressure
on the heart and the blood vessels en-
tails many dangers. Only in the years
after the war we shall be able to gauge
the full extent of this unprecedented
tension which is using up human
strength. Individual power of resist
ance. of course, plays a great part in
organic reaction.
"The number of those who have gone
| JnTu lnIS euOieSS Wal So ih' "'''o"'
any impairment OF health is not large.
and it is safe to say that when we come
to the end there will be few indeed who
can claim perfect immunity. 1t seems
to me- therefore. that it is the wrong
policy for the authorities to place so
many difficulties in the way OF people
who need rest. relaxation and change
Of air and surroundings.
THE state" Professor Albu con-
cludes, Sand this may well apply to all
belligerent nations-needs careful nus
banding Of human material. Public and
social hygiene are faced with prob
lens Of stupendous magnitude. This
war has killed. manned or injured
more sound stock in four years time
than in four peace decades.
Consistent undertaking has weak
ened the system to an extraordinary
extent, especially in the matter OF in
fictitious diseases. Nothing proves this
more conclusively than the increased
mortality from tuberculosis. dysentery.
etc. Burned down villages can be built
up again more easily than human gen.
trations. The value of the individual
has risen to u point which demands the
most careful consideration"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24

laws passed to 1T peace conditions
prevent this. He holds that " should
be possible TO suspend these laws for
war purposes durins the continuance
OF the war by act Of congress That II
has not been done Mr.. Francies thinks
is due TO an oversight rather than to
the determination Of anybody u re-
fuse to make use OF the resources Of
the prisoners labor.
Mr. Francies expressed a Arm be-
lief In the patriotism OF labor and does
not think II will oppose the use OF
prison labor In making supplies under
present conditions.
II am in possession OF data which
shows that per cent OF the prison
labor Of the country, engaged on the
manufacture Of socks, will turn out
1000, 900 dozen OF pairs In n years
time" recitcs Mr.. Francies. I'VE should
have had twice that many socks ready
to send to our soldiers In France to
keep them from freezing during the
coming winter. We could have had
them il this proportion of our prison
crs had been allowed To work on them.
What is true of socks is true OF
other supplies. There are build kgs
and machinery available to turn out
immense quantities of supplies and
they are not being used. There are
so, 900 persons rotting in idlencss in
prison cells in this country because
they have no employment They are
degenerating morally, mentally and
physically. while their country and the
people OF Europe need the work they
would be glad to give. Something
should be done to change this condi-
ton OF things"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24

err and some 10000 wood cutters Will
be required 10 produce tho wood TOT
heating. There are already 10000 tor-
esters at work but as their product Is
being used largely for buildings. more
will be put on for the wood-cuuins
and the total of enlisted foresters may
reach $4,000.
Wood is the chief dependence Tor
winter. as the 900 tons OF coal
brought in from England every month
is used chiefly by the railroads ana
constructive works. French forests are
proving the main source of supply but
Spain and Switzerland are also fur-
nishing large supplies Of lumber.
Every day a table is made up to
show the exact state of all the sup
plies required by this big army. THIS
table is sort Of barometer winch
gives warning of any shortage. but
there Is no shortage and on the con-
trary all the articles considerably over
run the provision for three months
stock always ahead. Flour, for in
stance, is on hand much beyond the
three months limit, and so are beans
and tobacco.
at is known each day. too. whether
the advance zone has it's required min
imum OF fifteen days of reserve stores.
the intermediate zone thirty days, ana
the base ports forty-five days-in all
three months OF reserve supplies con-
stantly on hand and constantly moving
forward as they come from America
on the way to the fighting 'front.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
American aim
As Ne,us Comes Of
Yank Successes

Correspondence Associated PreeSl
London. Sept S.-One Engiishman
writes frcm Kansas city to a London
rcA sraper to express his surprise be-
cause Americans are not boasting over
thu achievements OF the American COL
iiers in the war.
Before the Americans began 81 fight
he was much Impress by evidence OF
great enthusiasm for the war and little
realization Of the sacrifices involved.
II wondered what W ould happen when
the Americans had their first big at
fair he writes. II anticipated an un-
precedentcd burst of patriotism which
would probably eNaggerate what had
been accomplished by the American
troops
The German drive started and the
reports came in of the way the boys
had held the line and stood firm and
in fact had done all that their home
folks had expected of them. There
seemed TO be an ominous calm when
the news arrived. I began to look for
the uproar for the enthusiasm which
my previous experience had led me to
expect
Now come the enigma. The calm
continued. One man said, Were get
ting a lot of credit. ! wonder II its
true Women whom had heard again
and again making remarks TO the effect
that the boys would show them how to
fight were absolutely subducd, Not n
single boastful expression have heard.
on all sides people are wearing quiet
smile. The external enthusiasm seems
to have vanished right into their hearts
and today the United States is real
iznE with quiet pride the seriousness
and tremendous possibilities OF the
cause IL has undertaken.
when | read in dispatches from
England of the impression the Amer
leans were making by their modesty
and their quiet way of accomplishing
things was inclined to be skeptical. 1
am no longer skeptical. The past few
weeks Of the war seem to have changed
everything and now know more of the
United states as a nation than ] could
have learned had lived here for thirty
years Of peace time
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
BACK LIKE A
BOARD? IT'S
YOUR KIDNEYS

There's no use suffering from the awful
agony of lame back. Don't wait till it passes
off," 1t only comes back. Find the cause and
stop it. Diseased conditions of the bladder
kidneys us,ia!!y indicated ~ 5tt::s, lame
back. wrenching pains. lumbago. sciatica. ner-
vousness. sleeplessness, tired, worn-out feeling.
pain in the lower abdomen. These are natures
signals for help!
Here's the remedy. When you feel the first
twinges OF pain or experience any of these
symptoms, get busy at once. Go to your drug
gist and get box Of the pure. original GOLD
MEDAL Harlem OIL Capsules imported fresh
avery month from the laboratories in HARLEM,
Holland. Pleasant and easy TO take they al
most instantly attack the poisonous germs that
are eiessins UP your system and bring quick
relief.
For over two. hundred years they have been
evsrywhsrs By reliable druggists in sealed
packages. Three sizes. Money back Il they
and s. :uzs tie name GOLD MEDAL" Is on
the boa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24

Copenhagen. Sept. 2i.-The Politi-
ken Of Copenhagen writes a | eadlng
article on Americas stake In the war.
The attention of the world In these
exciting days Is directed toward Wash.
ington. not toward London or Paris, II
was as II the whole situation de-
manded that IL should naturally fall 10
President Wilson TO formulate the de-
cisive answer to Austria Hungary. To
that extent America has now taken
undisputcd leadership, This fact Is In
contestable, II not exactly pleasing
from the special European viewpoint
other out, world leadership goes To the
United States.
Europe undereNimated America.
Before all. Germany did so. when. in
stead Of Americas friendship and
neutrality, u preferred unrestricted
submarine warfare, which America
made ineffective by forcing. even In
tho European sense. quite marvellous
shiphuldng
Last year icerlng voices from Ger
many spoke OF Americas platonic de-
claration OF war A country without
an army and navy would be unable to
bring an army 10 Europe. even II 1t
had one, was the exclamation then.
Nobody believed in the possibility OF
IN Using an army OF millions in one
year. One had seen how long il took
England to let her immense forces
loose. Even II the human material were
available. how, with short training.
could n replace and outweigh the ad-
vantages possessed by the European
military powers. before all Germany
with centuries OF military traditions
and years OF preparation in arming'
80 one reasoned in Germany and
outside. Now we live to see American
transports cross the Atlantic appar-
emily as safely as In peace time.
Troops depart and arrive punctually-
in August 500. 900 soldiers: in one year,
about four millions.
This is not the only achievement
comma ding everyybody's admiration.
even the Germans. who so miscal-
culated that they proba bly, never would
have proclaimed a submarine war II
they had imagined the American mil
lions would swarm to France.
But there lies herein a great threat
against the root OF old fashioned mill
tar.sm. After this war even the most
hardened militarists must ask them
selves whether there is any sense IN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
WRITE CHEERFUL LETTERS.
"Sob" Missives One Thing Which A.
fsets Courage Of Boys in France.

fsets Courage OF Boys IN France.
Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. Sept. 24.-Sergeant
George Whites member of L Company,
16Sth infantry. who is visiting Council
Bluffs and Sioux City relatives before
going to Camp Dodge to enter upon
work Of training the new troops for
overseas duty in an informal talk to
about $50 relatives Of the boys Of L
company. laid emphasis upon the state
ment that there is but one thing which
affects the courage and stamina Of the
soldiers fighting in France. and that is
sob letters from home. He made it
plan that the Iowa boys, no matter
how serious their situation on the bat
tie line nor how great the odds against
them. never lost their courage or their
belief in success in defeating the foe:
that they faced every discomfort and
even lack Of food and water with a
smile and a cry Of Lets Go. But the
receipt Of a single discouraging letter
from home was quickly felt turnout
the command. Sergeant White said the
boys over there wanted to know only
that the folks at home are carrying
on"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
Scandinavia No,u Friendly to Entente

annual flag procession Of all the
schoolchildrcn. when passing the Brit
ish consulate burst out N cheers ard
the teachers were unable to stop them.
II IL proof OF the solid sympathy fos
the allies that Norwegians have been
able to withstand the overwhelming
propaganda from the German side. Tho
German newspapers and Press corre-
spondcnce. from Berlin arrive here In
two days, while the Britieh news
papers and letters from London
Journalists do not arrive here until
three. four or five weeks after they
have been posted The German pro.
paganda had actually suceecded In
making the people here believe that
the Americans could not arrive In time
10 prevent the defeat of the allies. The
marvellous sight OF an American army
carried across tho Atlantic undis-
turbed by the U-hoat war has raised
a new spirit OF enthusiasm.
Tho Norwegian people generally
have suffered much during the war. u
IL true that some people have gained
millions. and wages have been raised
for all classes, but the prices OF iivins
have risen correspondingly.
Norway may Chliu 10 udN' uoilc wv
great things for the allies. She wis NJ
first n great help In keeping Sweden
from Joining Germany. and she has. al
the most critical time OF the u-boat
war. when even America stopped her
ships from leaving the harbors, placed
about c.00o. 900 tons OF shipping at the
service OF the allies. Almost all OF Nor
WAYS products. consisting of fish, min
erals, and nltrates, are exported Tor
the allies in return for coal and food.
Many people here think that Nor
way in this way has served the right
cause better than IL she had Joined the
war. as that might have complicated
the situation.
Half OF the original Norwegian Meet.
with LOO sailors, has been sunk by
German submarines. The press says
openly that the purpose of Germany "
torpedoing neutral ships, regardless OF
their cargo and destination, Is not tho
starvation of England. as alleged, bts
IL aimed at the direct destruction or
neutral tonnage to make her own mer-
camille fleet more valuable after the
war. II Is felt here that stronger rnea-
suros should now be taken for the SELF
defense OF Norway against the wilifui
destruction OF her mercantile fleet by
the German t-boats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-24
HoRVATH OUTLINES PLANS.
Would Rid Siberia Of BoIsheviki and
Russia Of Huns.

vladivostok. Aug. 26.-(By Mail)-
General Horvath. leader Of one Of the
anti bolsheviki factions in Siberia. an
nounced to the newspapers on a recent
visit to this city that his first effort
would be directed toward clearing
away from Siberia and afterwards
from Russia Of the bolsheviki and their
co-adjutors. the Germans and Hun
garians. He continued:
81 do not desire to limit the freedom
which the people have won by the
revolution but it is possible the cir
cumstances Of the times may render
some abridgement expedient neces-
sary. Ny attitude towards the Siberian
government is conciliatory. I shall not
take any decisiv action against 1t but
shall endeavor to realize my program
as II it did not exist anu the people
shall themselves judge which side to
take. The Siberian government here
wrongly considers the western sioe--
ian army theirs"