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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Traer News Items.

Traer, March 27.-The little daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dickey, living on
the A. L. Ames farm, who was oper-
ated on Sunday for acute appendicitis,
passed away early Monday. The child
was not strong, having never fully re-
covered from a mastoid operation two
years ago. The funeral was held to-
day.
John Hattons family, who came
from Missouri recently, are located on
the Clifford farm in Geseseo, now
owned by Henry Strohbehn.
The deal between Ira Perry and VIII
Stuart for the latter's dray business
fell thru and Mr.. Stuart sold to Ira
Gates instead.
Roy Plogman has been employed by
the Perry township trustees as tractor
engineer for this season. No road su-
perintendent has been hired as yet.
Carl Cohrt is at Lakefield, Mimi.
looking after his mothers farm inter
ests
At the pie social at the Eagan school
s14 was realized, one half OF when
was donated to the Red Cross.
Mr.. and Mrs T. Jensen, southwest
Of Traer, were called to Sterling, Ill,
by the death of Mrs. Jensen's father.
Mrs George Townsend returned
Tuesday from Lenox, wrere she spent
the winter with her son, Dr.. w. j.
DeyErmand She will occupy her own
property during the summer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Montour News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Montour March 27-Mrs. Kitty
Turner who is at the home OF her
daughter. Mrs. I. Z. Welton, is re
ported very Ill.
Mrs. Albert Hoskey and children
went 10 LeGrand Thursday TO WISH
Mrs. Hoskey's parents.
Miss Ida Stevenson returned from
a visit at Garwin Saturday
Miss Flossie Durham was pusl-
ness caller in Des Moines saturday
The town election was held Monday
resulting in the following officers De
ing elected: c. J. Stevens, mayor; H.
f, Austin. treasurer; A. 4. Harvey
assessor and Ed smith, 7. c. GIBSON,
p c. Smith, Ray Wallace and FREQ
Corrock, councilmen.
Mrs. Charles F'rantz and children
went to Tama Friday to visit reIa-
tiyes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hepfer and chill
dren visited the formers mother, MIS-
Nancy Booth Sunday.
Ed Davis and Alvie Kelsey, Of Fort
Riley. KAN came home Monday for
a short furlough.
Mrs George Streeter who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas Flynn, for the last week, re-
turned to her home at SteWartVllle,
Mimi. Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. W. Cronk, who nave
been spending the winter in California
expect to arrive here Saturday.
Jess Davis and Alva Kelsey came
from Fort Riley. Kan. Monday to
spend few days with their parents,
They like the soldier life and are look
ing well and fit.
Ozias Butler and wife went to Camp
Dodge Tuesday to visit their son
Ralph. 1t is reported that he with
others will in a few days be assigned
to Camp Meigs at Washington, D. ..
Mrs. Nellie Paxton has purchased
the r. E Austin residence property
and will take possession on or about
April !.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Bridges have
sold their residence property to r. E.
Austin and will leave for their new
home in Lisbon Friday. Mrs. Bridges
and the children will leave Thursday
for Mediapolis to stay until their home
is settled in Lisbon. Mr. Bridges has
bought a hardware business there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
STATE TO ENLARGE PRODUCTION
OF SWINE MATERIALLY DUR
ING PRESENT SEASON.
STOCK BUYERS REFUSE
TO SHIP PIGGY SoWs
Dairy and Food Inspectors Co. operat'
ina With County Agents in Locating
Corn Suitable For Seed armers
For Most Part Selling Seed to Neigh
bors at Low Price.
Special to Times Republican.

special TO LINES
Des Moines, March 27.-There Will
be fifteen per cent increase II nos
production in Iowa this wear according
to the reports of the dairy and food in
spectors who have been cooperating
with county agents over the state in
getting data on agricultural and lie
stock work. The agents have also
been helping in locating seed corn and
in prospecting corn thot not up TO
standard.
Farmers are making liberal offers OF
old seed corn to their neghbors the
inspectors report. Many Of them are
offering their 1915 seed corn to the.r
neighbors at from $50 TO s. per
bushel This is in direct contrast 10
some seed concerns which have peen
asking high prices for seed corn.
One farmer in northern Iowa how
ever, was yesterday reported to the
authorities who has 1000 bushels or
spring wheat and declares he will not
sell il until he receives IS per bushel
for il. The seed wheat purchased IN
Minneapolis was secured at $3.50 per
bushel until the supply was exhausted
Stock buyers In many parts Of the
state are turning back piggy sows and
refusing to ship them. But com
paratively few piggy sows are being
sent to market the inspectors report.
The packing houses also are dis
coura aging the market of sows.
1t was reported earlier in the spring
that farmers were growing dis
couraged with the stock business be-
cause Of inability to get cars TO ship
their stock and were quitting the bust
ness. Commissioner Barney. however,
says this is not the case in districts
visited by the inspectors.
Railroad Commissioner Dwight y.
Lewis today received a statement from
Regional Director r. H. Ashton, OF
Chicago that the NJ & St L. would
receive just as many stock cars as
other roads. Complaints have been
made that this road was not being
furnished the cars in proportion to
what other roads were receiving.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Grundy Center Items.

Special to Times Republican.
Grundy Center March 27-At the
municipal election POI votes were cast.
G. C. Allison, vice president Of the
Grundy County National Bank. was
elected mayor, w. D. Wilson, c. l..
Kinney, w F. Benz. A. D. Cassidy and
John Souers were elected councilmen,
W. l.. Miller. assessor; ". c. Morrison,
treasurer. and Vernon II. Wilson. park
commissioner. Some discomfort over
the paving assessments entered into
the election. All men elected to office
are business men of the town.
Work began today on tn new Bap-
fist church building. Mr.. Knudsen. Of
the Standard Construction Company,
of Minneapolis, II here superintend-
ing the work He superintended the
work on our new school house when
that was built.
Income tax officers were here the last
few days checking up on the estates
that had paid estate taxes recently.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Montezuma City Election.
!, Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Montezuma, March 27.-The city
election yesterday proved to be 4
very interesting affair. With no candi-
dates for mayor on the tickets it was
up to the voter to nominate and elect
at the same time.
Former Mayor G. w. Hawkins was
elected by vote of so to 20 for mayor
Rodgers. Five others received votes
ranging from thirteen down to one.
An interesting fact developed upon an
examination Of the ballots. Forty vot-
ers wrote the names or some person on
the ballot as candidate for mayor
and then omitted making a cross in
the square and thus lost their vote
for that office.
For counclmen there were two full
tickets and pretty race resulted.
Eight Of the ten candidates finished
within six votes of each other R. S.
Alexander was high man with 104
votes Fred Carr and e. H. Haigler
tied for second place with 81 votes;
John Hutchinson and Sam Bone tied
for the next place with 70 votes; c. w.
Clark had II; William Blakely had
rs Earl Shearer and w. II. Stull tied
with rs each and Ed Elliott had &c.
j. w. Vest received 100 votes for
treasurer and for Assessor ]. w. Rose
received 20 votes to Ralph Butts SO.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
DRAFTED MEN ENLlSTlNG.
lowans Respond to Call for I 500 Men
For Auto Mechanics Work.
publican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Des Moines, March 27.-Men within
the draft age evidently are anxious
to take advantage OF the governments
offer to give them two months school
ing in autom obile mechanics in some
of the best schools Of the country be-
fore being indicted into automobile
mechanics work. Iowa IS expected to
furnish 1900 men for this service and
registered men are given the oppor-
tunity to volunteer for this service up
to March 20. Several Iowa draft
boards already have reported to Gen
eral Logan that their number has vol
unteered. Shelby county, which can
induct eleven men under this call. has
secured the required number of vol
unteers as has also the second division
in the city Of Des Moines. Men beyond
the draft age are asking to be per-
mitted to enlist in this service but the
government IS not permitting these
men to do so.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
sCHMEDlKA FILES SUIT
Former Member Of Iowa Legislature
and Candidate For Return to Office
Asks $4,000 Of Iowa Falls Merchant
For Alleged Libel.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, March 27.-Hon. William
Schmedika, of Radcliffe, who formerly
represented this county in the legis-
lature and who will again seek that
honor has brought action in the courts
against A. Altshuler, a clothing mer-
chant of this city, for $4,000, alleging
libel in his petition. This suit is said
to be an outgrowth Of a political cam
paign Of two years ago and an echo of
the suit of Schmedika aaginst Fayette
Holmes, an insurance man Of this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Searsboro Items,

Special to Times-Republican.
Searsboro, March PA baby boy
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miner
Saturday morning.
Lon Boget has been adding exten :
sive improvements to his house.
Mrs. Maria Mccoy Is Ill.
The Friends Sunday school will have
an Easter program Sunday.
Mrs. James Copeland has been very
sick with neuralgia Of the heart but
is much improved at the present time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Montezurna News Briefs.

Special 70 Times RepubIican.
Montezuma, March 27.-There was
much satisfaction here over the fact
that on Friday Miss Frances Smith
won the subdistrict declamatory con-
test held at Indianola and will now
go to the district contest soon to be
held.
The council has been working on
plans for sewage disposal plant and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
Al authoritative Egg Ration.

[By A. c. Phillips, Chief Of Puoltry
Department Purdue University.l
All hens kept for laying purposes
must be fed meat scraps, skim milk, or
tankage with the mash if maximum
egg production is to be expected in
winter.
Seven years Of experimental work
with both Leghorns and Plymouth
Rocks have clearly demonstrated that
the addition Of one of these three pro-
.ein feeds to corn, oats, bran and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
nfEs.RrruB11CAr, MARsHA1IrowN. IOWA MARCH N lss

based on full returns. indicate that
the goose which was sold at auction
brought $4,000. The total receipts
from the sale amounted to $4,000. The
elk which was killed by the city au-
thorities and sold by the pound brought
$1,000. In token of the appreciation
of his services in conducting the sale,
a gold headed cane was presented Col.
J. W. Brown by the citizens Of north
Hardin county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
H oRSEs AND BARN BURN.
Fire on Farm Near Wellrnan Results
in $1,000 Loss.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City March 27.-Fire, before
dawn, destroyed the big barn Of Will
liam Foster, near Wellman. All Of its
contents, including six hoses, were
burned. Hay, grain, farm machinery,
etc, were also destroyed The adjac-
ent corncribs and other small build
ings, ltgewise burned. Arthur RuSg,
a SON. law OF Mr.. Foster, also lost
considerable property stored in the
burned buildings. The loss will reach
$4,000 The insurance IS partial. The
origin Of the fire is unknown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27

Take a few doses of Chamberlain's
Tablets as directed for indigestion, and
you will soon forget about your stom-
ach troubles Try it.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-27
GOOSE STILLS FOR $4,000.

Receipts of Red Cross Sale at Iowa
Falls Total $4,000.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, March 2I.-Revised
figures on the Red Cross sale here
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
NAVY IS STILL IN
 NEED OF RECRUITS

Two recruits for the United States navy left the Navy recruiting station in Cannon street this morning for New Haven, where they will be en- listed. The men who left today are Lester Harlon, of 36S Carroll avenue and Harold L. Scoville, of 164 Han- cock street, Springfield, Mass. Both men will enter the service as appren- tice seamen.
 At present the regular navy, and the naval reserve forces are in need of more men. Three men are sent to the regular navy each week from Bridgeport, anad recruits for the na- val reserves are sent to New Haven for enlistment on Tuesdays, Wednes- days and Thursdays.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
SUGAR DEALERS FINED FOR RED
 CROSS BENEFIT

As a penalty for overcharging on sugar deliveries and lieu of attempt ing to make refunds to the trade af- fected, Blake & Backes, sugar brok- CTS in Hartford have been ordered to pay $,1000 to the American Red Cross.
 It appears that the violations Of the administration's sugar regula- tions extended over several months and the $1,O00 penalty we'll covers the total prof1teering by Blake & Backes. Joseph Reiter, Brooklyn sugar wholesaler, was recently com pelled to donate s1,S42 to the Red Cross as the equivalent of his exces- sive prif1ts from charging $17 per 1000 pounds of sugar. Both these concerns will be permitted to continue in business provided they hereafter conform strctly to the administra- tion's rules and regulations, further violation of which, however, will en- tail further penalties and publicity with the possible indefinite revocation of their licenses.
 The specific charges against Blake & Backes appear to be that they charged more than twenty-five cents profit per hundred pounds plus the freight. This twenty-five cents in- cludes carriage both to the buyers warehouse and to the retail dealer, except in cases, where, before the war, it was customary to charge re- tailers carriage. This drayage charge is seldom allowed and is always very carefully scrutinized by the Food Ad- ministration.
 It was explained that Blake and Backes promptly stopped such charges when notified weeks ago by the Food Administration that they were violations of the regulations. Another factor in favor of Blake and Backes was that during the sugar shortage they did everything possible to effect an equitable distribution.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
EXAMINATIONS FOR
 CLERICAL PLACES

Civil service examinations to fill vacancies in first grade and clerical positions in Connecticut will be held in Bridgeport on May 25, according to information received in the local GUS toms office today. Tests will be given in spelling, arithmetic, penmanship, letter writing and copying and correct ing manuscript. Successful candidates stand an excellent chance of securing positions immediately inasmuch as there are many vacancies in these of- fees at the present time. Salaries range from s90O to $1,2000 a year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07

same corps told me a story which re- fleets glory on the Scottish troops. '"The Kaiser was right" said this man. The Highlanders are foes to be feared. My battalion, having ad- vanced some eight hundred yards through difficult country, appeared to be having everything our own way until we came to an outlying British post.
 Tt was held by forty men in kits Our strength then could not have been far short of eight hundred. We thought it would it would be an easy task to dislodge those forty men. Pres ently, however, my company came under terrible machine gun and rife fire.
 ''In a few minutes half my com- pany were dead or wounded, and the rest refused to go further without re- Inducements. Two more companies came up, and we started to work around the position. ! We succeeded after two hours of trying, but suf- fered. heavily in doing so. By then my company was reduced to eight men, and the other two companies were skeletons of what they had been.
 The fourth company was brought up to make a final attack on the band of Fhghlanders. So long as their am- intuition lasted they kept us back but it ran out, and then we rushed forward, thinking that our task would be easy. It was not
 Those men used bayonets, fists feet, anything and everything, and they fought like furies. It was not the fighting we could hope to carry so we retired and waited until ou1 men brought up the terrible flamm. enwerfer.
 "As the flames spurted forth the kilties rushed at us with levelled bay. onets, like men possessed of devils.
 Never have I seen the eyes ot men gleam as the eyes of those mer gleamed. Terror laid hold of me. ran without waiting to use rife ol bayonet, and so did my comrades. The Highlander overlook us, and bayonet ed right and left.
 Fortunately, I got away, but man, of my comrades were killed by thos, kilted furies, who fought on unti they were shot down by the machin, gun fire which was concentrated or them by the reserve company of m battalion" (By The Internationa News Bureau, Inc.)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
TWO ENLISTED FOR
 THE REGULAR ARMY

John T. Rogan, 3s, of 1866 seaview avenue, and Jiacomo Ayellino, IS, of 207 Congress street, left Bridgeport today for Fort Slocum, N r., where they will be enlisted in the United States army. Rogan will enter the field artillery and Avellino the cay- airy
 The Army recruiting station in Fairfield avenue received word today to discontinue enlistments for the 20th Engineers, a gas and flame regiment,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07

ington avenue yesterday. Wild ex- citement and panic was spread in the neighborhood when the men began to mix it and the unroar was greatly added to when policemen began shoot ing.
 The case was so mixed up that even the authorities found great difficulty in unscrambling the facts today, but according to what can be learned of the fracas the cutting scrape arose over the fact that four highwaymen tried to take SIS from Gomez.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
MOSS IN CHARGE OF STAMP DRIVE
 IN BRIDGEPORT

Hartford, May "A list of chair man of the retail merchants commit tees to supervise the sale of $1,S00, 900 worth of war savings stamps ,n the stores of Connecticut has geen announced by Joseph T. McWeeney, state director of the reail merchants division of the National War Savings Committee as follows:
 Bethel, F. B. French; Bridgeport Isaac Moss; Danbury, Nathan Spiro; New Canaan, Edw. Burdett; Newtown, John L. O'Neil; Norwalk, Samuel Keeler; Stratford, Frank B. Sam mis.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
STABBING CASE
 IS CONTINUED

Lawrence Gomez, a Portuguese, of Nichols street, and Louis Sherman, colored. were arraigned in the city court yesterday charged with stabbing Mike Juk, of 595 Water street, and George Phelemetta, alias George Johnson. both of whom are in the hospital in a serious condition. Their case was continued until next Satur- day.
 The sstabbing occurred when a free for all fight took place on East Wash
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
BRIEF NEWS. NOTES

John D. Ryan, recently selected to take charge of the aircraft board. was formally nominated by the Presi- dent.
 Railroad men, dock workers and miners are idle in Escanaba, Mich. as the result of disagreement over wages.
 Five men were arrested in New York by naval intelligence officers on g. charge of shipping rubber to Ger many.
 Fire in the business section of Three Rivers, Quebec, quickly spread. Help was asked of Montreal and Que bec.
 MajorGen. James W. McAndrew was appointed chief of-staff of the American Expeditionary Forces by General Pershing.
 Persia notified Holland that the Russo-British treaty of 1907, regard ing the spheres of influence in that ! country, is null and void. William Carlson, a Norwegian of Brooklyn, was sent to Governors Island for trying to evade the draft. He claimed to be an anarchist. | Pershing asks for 500 physicians to go to France at once. Fully 12,0OO men uiII ha called to tha eoIor, +L, :. year for service in the medical corps | J. H. Reyes, an insane marine, es. capped from the government hospfta at Washington. He was run over anG killed by train in Philadelphia.
 Two men were arrested while talk. ing photographs of the Federal ship. building yards on the Hackensacl river.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
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 FRISBIE'S PIES
LOSS OF APPETITE,
 LOSS OF WEIGHT,
 SIEEPLESSNESS, ETC.

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 When taken for a short while they will give positive relief in all cases of nervous exhaustion, mental depres- Gion, lack of vitality, general debility, aneuia, etc.
 The GlycerphoSprates of which Re- cupertabs aar composed, contain the element necessary to overcome these conditions. They are now being pre- Ecribed and recommended by many physicians in this and foreign coun- tries as the best, quickest and surest nerve and blood tonic that they know of.
 Recupertahs are for sale at all drug stores at soc and $1.0o per package or will be sent direct upon receipt of price.
 Curtis Chemical Co.,, No. 414 West 23rd St, New York. Distributed in Bridgeport and vicinity by J. D. Harti- gan, No. s1 Fairfield Avenue.--Adv. RI tfs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
CITY PROBLEMS IS
 SUBJECT OF TALK

Members of the Bridgeport Cham Der of Commerce are looking forward with much pleasure to Wednesdays noon-day luncheon in the Stratfeld, at which time Lucius E. Wilson, vice president of the American City bureau will speak on Municipal Problems D MT. Wilson has long been associated with city projects and his talk will undoubtedly prove very interesting to the Chamber of Commerce mem berz
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
Plan Expenditure
 of Appropriation

Plans for the expenditure of the $3,000,0o0 loan which has been granted the Bridgeport Housing Go. by the government for housing pur- poses, was discussed at an important meeting of the executive committee scheduled at 2:S0 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 The comPittee has not yet made public it's building program, having first to submit it to the board of direc- tors of the Housing Go. for approval. Definite action will prooably be taken however, in the near future.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07

n this article British Staff officer records of the stories told to him by German officers and captured in the great batte)
 With the Allied Armies in France)
 Along the whole battlefront facing ordeal such they faced efore but the Germans not getting things their by
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
LAUNCH 10 SHIPS
 DURING LAST WEEK

Washington, May e.---Ten steel ships of 57,695 tons and six wooden sn1ps Of 21,5O0 tons were launched by A1ner1can yards in the week ending May 5, the shipping board announced today. Twelve steel ships of S0,1S0 tons were delivered to the board com pleted in the same period
 New F'oundland clocks were ad- vanced an hour
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
BRITISH STAFF MAN
 TELLS HOW TEUTONS. KILLED OWN TROOPS.

Huns Rolled by Smoke Screens Plunged Bayonets Into German Soldiers and Kill Them in Mistake for Dread ed Hghlanders- -Assaulting Hordes Were Flung Back and After Sixth Repulse Kilties Broke From Trenches and Captured Enemy
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-07
TORRINGTON HAS TOTAL OF S1,1OS,OOO

Torrington, May 6 = Torrington doubled its Liberty loan quota, it was announced today. A total of $1,10S,- 900 was raised.