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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-03
o. have occurred with Russian
troops guarding the railway. The
Germans are said to have $4,000
soldiers in this degion.

Washington, July S. General
Pershins's communique for yester-
day announces that one German
regiment practically was annihil-
ated in the heavy losses inflicted
by the Americans when they
stormed and held tho village Of
Vaux, the Bois de la Roche and
neighborins woods, advancing the
American positions 1000 yards on
a mile and half front.
War material captured included
some trench mortars' and over six
ty machine guns. Three American
aviators are reported missing from
squadrons which participated in'
fighting northwest Of Chateau
Thierry. :.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-03
s,.rmlno tbe Iounoer.,

Siammina the lounGer.
Many a mans standing would b
better IL he didn't spend SO much urne
sittinp.--Rostln TRANSCRIPT.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-03
ALLIES KEEP N|BBLING into HUN LINES

carry more men, food and munitions
to the intrepid American expeditionary
forces" &
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-03
NO PAPER JULY a.

Following it's custom Of Civ
ing it's employees holiday on the
Fourth, no paper will be issued
from tho office of the Times
Republican on that day.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
A Respite for Mooney

Governor Stephens Of California has
done a statesmanlike act M saving Tom
Mooney from the death sentence. Local
opinion being what it naturally was, the
clemency extended rec 1ired courage and
farsightedness. We congratulate the
Governor and his state.
What is to follow there is now ample
time to decide. So long as MONEYS life
is preserved there is full opportunity to
review the facts and do final justice with
care and precision We still hold that
the one satisfactory course will be re-
trial of Mooney in the light of the new
evidence at hand. AS was pointed out
in these columns, murder indictments of
Mooney for other dea tbs by the same
act still exist Let him at once be tried
on one Of these, we urge. The issue can
abide the jury's verdict The case will
be identical in essentials with that al
ready tried. If the new verdict con-
firms the old, no possible objections can.
exist to it's execution. If it acquits
Mooney, then a full pardon is surely
his due
We hope that Governor Stephens will
follow up his admirable act by setting
the wheels of justice in motion which
will result in such a retrjal- His present
decision merely confirms the country's
doubt of MONEYS guilt There must be
a clear-cut decision on the new evidence
before the conscience of the nation can
be satisfied
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30

there never was greater need. 1t Is
highly to the public j interest that the
roads be put in the best possible condi-
ton, even if this has to be done at
seemingly very high prices. And heavy
expenditures just now would unques
tionably hove highly beneficial effect
upon ma lfacturing conditions, the
equipment and steel trades and eventu
ally upon the railroads themselves.
A very interesting experiment is on.
Large claims have been made for great
economies introduced under Federal con-
troll. The results to date are quite in
conclusive. 1t is to the public's interest
that centralized operation be given 4
clean-cut trial. 1t is highly regrettable
that SO competent and energetic di-
rector as Secretary NcAdoo should not
continue il charge. But that is no rea-
son why we should not give fair try
out, in peace times, to & purely wartime
measure. Nobody will be hurt by con-
tinuing the present arrangement until
there is evidence enough on which to
rest "a public judgment for or against
government ownership of railroads.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
A Peace Programme--With Teeth

The President is going to Paris to
champion the idea Of league Of ma
tions. This league, presumably, is to en-
force peace, compel disarmament, pro-
claim the freedom OF the seas and abolish
naval power.
Yet at the same time cur Navy De-
partrlent is pushing ahead with a pro-
grammo Of naval construction which aims
at making our navy at least the equal of
any other in the world.
It is as il the United States We're drop
ping a gentle hint to Great Britain to
this effect: If you want to go in for
league Of nations and for an internaton
alization of the seas we~will go with you
gladly. If you don't want the seas put
under an international police we will
keep on building until our navy is Gin
comparably the greatest in the world
This is sound, old-fashioned national
istic diplomacy. 1t is the diplomacy of
the yelled threat. But how does it con-
sist with the new diplomacy of abnega-
ton and self-denial which Mr.. Wilson
has led the world to consider his greatest
passion?
Can a policy Of abnegation also have
teeth?
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
The Jugo-SlaU Problem

There is some conflict of political thought
between the Italians and the Jugo -Savs on
the Adriatic, and the problem presented is
serious, yet the cause is not 80 much racial
and fundamental as the result of Austrian
intrigue and unfair dealing.
The injustice and humiliation hoaped upon
the Itslisn population OF the Adriatic dur
Ing the last century by Austria may carry
as q consequence some burden to the Juco-
Slavs Of to-day, but Italy seeks to lift that
burden, restore equity and build an nde-
pendent, prosperous and friendly Jugo-
Slavia, with Serbia as her basis
To such q friendly Jugo- -Slavia Italy
wants to eytsnd all possible moral support;
she wants to establish with her close, un-
selfish cooperation.
Will the nations Of the world recognize
the practical wisdom of helping Italy to
establish such cooperation rather than to
emphasize the differences that may exist
between Italians and Jugo-S!avs and be-
tween the various sections of the Jueo-
SlAvs themseves2
There was n time when Cuba bitterly re-
sented the "intcrference" of the United
States, which sent her soldiers a second
tsms to establish order in that republic.
To-day Cubans realize their material and
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
The Senate, Too

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Since the President insists upon
going to the peace conference, why doesn't
the rest of the treaty-making power Of the
United States insist upon accompanying
him? A resolution should be introduced 70
The effect that, since the President OF the
United States is going to attend the peace
conference, and in view of tho fact that it
will be impossible for the Congress to do
any business in the absence of the Presi-
don't, and since the United States Senate is
an equal part with the President Of the
United States in tho treaty-makinr power
Of the United States, the Senate should
arm itself with a certified copy of the
Constitution OF thc United States, and each
and every member os it present himself At
the peace conference and demand seat at
tho table along with the President.
Certainly, the ninety Senators have ;ust
as much right at the peace table aa has
the President himself.
GUY NJ WALKER.
New York, Nov. 27, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
The Return of the Railroads

It is evident that the proposal for the
immediate return of the railroads to
their owners meets with a divided sent-
ment even among those most interested.
Mr.. Warfield and his committee are en-
gagged in an aggressive propaganda to
this end; but at least one Of the greatest
railway executives of the country is not
80 minded. In the s. .tement given to
The Tribune by Samuel Rea, president
of the Pennsylvania, he expresses him
self as opposed to any precipitate action
The proposal, he says, involves large
problems. Some of these are obvious
There is no doubt that in the public
mind the radical increase Of rates was
largely accepted as war measure. The
return Of the roads would undoubtedly
precfpitate new agitation for lower
rates A glance at the income accounts
of the roads for the nine months Of gov
ernmental operation, and especially for
the last two or three, would indicate
that this is for the present practically
impossible. These returns show, as our
financial column printed the other day,
that for the nine months Of this year
the gross revenues increased by over
half billion dollars, but the operating
expenses increased by nearly eight hun
dred millions. In other words, the ratio
OF operating expenses increased from 70
per cent to 80 per cent
Conditions were still more accentuated
for the last month reported, September,
an ideal month for railway SEPARATIONS.
In this month the revenue, almost
wholly by reason of the increased freight
rates, was augmented by some 80 per
cent But the operating expenses rose
so per cent, with the result that even
with 30 per cent Of increased revenues
the net gained practically nothing at all
In other words, tins financial position Of
the roads Is no oetter, even under a
drastic increase in rates, than it was a
year ago. All the gain has been eaten
up by the heavy rise in wages and every
kind Of operating cost.
1t is all too early to speculate upon
when these costs Will begin 70 go down.
Tho wages of the employee we're raised
only after long investigation. and after
the roads had been crippled by large
losses Of good men. With tho cost Of
living at anything like present levels, a
proposal to put wages back to the for
mer scale would meet with violent op-
position and probably prolonged strikes.
At this juncture the country could not
afford it.
The situation is further complicated
by great need for equipment OF the
more than one Thousand three hundred
millions in Mr.. McAdoo's budget for
improvements and purchases this wear
only little over four hundred millions
had been spent up to the list Of Novem-
Der. RailwSs. buying under government
cenRal bay bssR As tAA. laNsst ebb, Aad md
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
The Peace Commission

President Wilson has plainly selected
Americas representatives at the peace
table on the theory that there will be
little left for them to do after he himself
has visited Paris and sketchcd out the
broad outlines of the great settlement
This is hazardous theory to act Oh
There may be no great differences among
peace. All Allied terms have been strik-
ingly similar when couched in general
and cOlorless phrases The rub will cume
when the conference gets down to details.
The vital question is whether the appli-
cation of the principles enunciated by the
Allied governments and embodied rough
fy and somewhat obscurely in President
Wilson's Fourteen Articles is to be
felicitous or bunglng.
No one can contend that American
opinion will be adequately represented in
the conference by these appointees. They
will be merely the agents there of the Ad-
ministration's policy, whatever that may
be. They will seek merely to carry into
effect the Presidents personal judgmsnts
The Senate-the coordinate branch of
the treaty-making power-and the Amer
lean public as a whole, will be left in
articulate.
When at the end of the Revolutionary
War the treaty of peace was made at
Paris in which Great Britain recognized
the independence of the United States,
sour government was represented by John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay
and Henry Laurens.
When the Treaty of Ghent was signed,
at the end of the War of 1912, the Amer
ican commissioners were John Quincy
Adams, James A. Bayard Henry Clay,
Jonathan Russell and Albert Gallatin-
When the Treaty of Paris was signed,
in 1899, ending the war with Spain, the
commissioners were William R Dsv,
Cushman K. Davis, William P. FRYE,
George Gray and Whitelaw Reid
Now, in the conclusion of world
peace, after the greatest Of all wars. the
United States is to be represented in the
most critical portion of the final labors
by Robert Lansing, Edward NJ House,
Henry White and Tasker H. Bliss
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
Americas S Debt

America, the most powerful the rl'A'.'
OF nations, owes much to IMMORTAL h0'',
to italian culture and to the soldiers :
modern Italy. The Italian Michael AnssS
left the deepest impress upon the w0'.S.
art; the Italian Calico added the teles''s.
to astronomy; the Italian Garibaldi io'sa.
for those same principles of democracy ~
which America and italy have just si'ss
their blood; the Italian Marconi gsVe y.
world the wireless-~and ftaly's unharhesss,. :.
water remains to enrich those OF Amef'.. :.
sons wise enough to grasp their oppor''n'.s.
Italy needs American money and An'.'e
needs Italian labor If we loaned ner w.
billion dollars during the next 1vs ses..
we would render possible great preersn',, :,
q reconstruction. which Italy wants -. -.
deserves, and which is essential 10 - =.
peaceful development Of her land anu i, -
development of human civilization 10 NAI
this war has committed us all. Ano 'le'
dcntally, | Will add, there is more sehA,.. =.
friendliness in Italy for America anu IS
Americans than in any country in the W.
outside of the United States. 49,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
The Need of Coal

In the development of her water power
alone there is solution of Italy's most seri-
Gus defcit-coal-an handsome returns for
invested capital, for Italy has no coal and
pays hundreds of millions every year to
import it for her railways and factories.
About 1000 miles OF the most important
railways in the industrial section OF North
ern Italy can be electrified in the imme-
date future through employment Of the
water now running free and unbridled, ssv.
ing thereby money and tonnage. And Ter
tino has about 100000 water horsepower shss
can be very pro6tably developed from its
rivers and falls.
No nation of the size and importance Of
italy can remain without fuel Perhaps Ru-
manian oil can be piped to Valona. on the
Adrlatic, or arrangement made for the de-
velopment of coal fields in Asia Minor, bns
Italy must see that her fuel problem is
solved
Situated IS an immense dock IN the cen
ire Of the Mediterranean, Italy has been 10Y
centuries a natural port for profitable COM
merciel exchanges between the East and INC
West. And now that the Turkish Empire
at last shorn of her power 10 restrain shs
East from entering the field of modern eus'
ness and civilization, it is fitting that iEal!
resume her historic service. But shs neeo'
modern port facilities. ships and efhe'sn'
inland transportation, in securing which ns'
national income can be considerably Ii
creased and the world at large benefited
These various undertakings caf1isO
through will put Italy again on her 1ees
She will be enabled to pay the interest sn'
ultimately the principal Of her staggerlas
debt. To America Italy looks for help saa
there are many reasons why America sn0''a
give it, artistic, scientific, commercisl sp.''
from its discovery by an Italian ss' wv
development to considerable extent 0i ~
natural resources by Italian labor.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
Soldier Violence
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Relying upon your long and honor
able record a champion of fair play,
ask the privilege Of protesting through your
columns against the. un-American spirit
shown by the mob of soldiers and sailors
that surrounded the Palm Garden last night.
When we are freeing French and Belgian
cities from the rule of soldiers, are Ameri-
can cities to be placed at their mercy?
I was chance visitor at the Palm Gar
den last night. With many other Americans
I have been greatly depressed by the re
ports from Russia. friend asked mo To
attend this meeting to hear the report OF
Mr.. Williams, who has just returned from
Russia. | understood that his report uae
more hopeful, and SO an American and q
lover of fair play I never dreamed that
1t could be taken as unpatrotic to hear both
sides Of an important question.
without single exception, the spirit. the
language and the conduct Of every man and
woman present at that meeting was above
reproach- For mob TO smash the windows
to attempt to break up the meeting. and 70
offer violence to the citizens pcaceably as-
sembled there is a disgrace to the whole
American people. 1t was utterly without
excuse. 1t would have been just as sens,-
BILE for mob to have attacked a Metbod;s+
prayer meeting.
Evidently there are some in this e;tv
guilty Of melting Yiot or themselves the
soldiers and the sailors would never have
molested that meeting. have enouYb
faith in their sense of decency and fair plav
to believe that not one Of them could have
taken exception TO the speeches il they had
come inside and had heard them The
speakers were all splendid. wholesome
Americans, eager to see the triumph of
democracy. President Wilson could have
said Amen" TO every word.
AS l sat there / could not escape thu
thought that these people-whits headed
neu and women, teachers, minister's. work.
srs. all lovers Of humanity--.wers Just such
people as many years ago brayed mob
violence to hear Lucrctia Mott and Wil,i.r
Lloyd Garrison denounce slavery. Surely
America Is not blind enough to repeat that
black mistakel Give these people fai,
chance to be heard. II they are wrong. all
their talking will not make them win: e
they are ght, mob violence cannot ston
them~-it can only disgrace the city.
JOSEPH A. KYLE,
Minister Of the Third Unitarian Church.
Brooklyn
RlTcsklsn. Nay. ~ 1sls- q
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
Here They Speak French

The school system in the A. e. F. has
not begun to reach all the men who want
education, for the obvious reason that
most Of our fighting men had other and
more important engagements Yet at
that, even before the armistice was
signed, the record shows that we have
been teaching reading, writing and ele-
mentary arithmetic to about $4,000 or
10000 illiterates, higher branches of
mathematics to some $4,000 soldiers and
French to more than 100000. The plans
rs outlined by Professor John Erskine in
The Columbia University Quarterly" call
Tor a vast increase in educational facili-
ties in the period Of waiting between
peace and home.
How goes the French? With unex-
pected success, asserts Professor Erskine
1T is no exaggeration to say that of the
soldiers who have been in France for six
months two out of every five can carry
on a conversation in French" he de-
ciares. Their French is not perfect in
grammar, he comedies, but their achieve
ment looms high alongside of French
as 1t is taught in our schools and col
ieges for six or eight or ten years With
out producing any conversational ability.
AS a matter Of fact, the result is only
what might be expected. Teaching for
eign language to ear and tongue is ex-
actly like teaching swimming. Theory
and book can do little. but the only
way to learn 20 swim is to swim Chuck
any American into French billet and
he is bound to chatter kind Of French
IN very few weeks and in three or four
months 70 commit only pardonable
crimes to it's grammar.
After the army retuiAA the real oues-
lion will begin. Has French received a
permanent boost or shall we all relapsa
and forget even that first line Of the
"Narseillaise" upon which We all now
Jump go enthusiastically? Isolation has
been the great obstacle to our becoming
linguists. Much Of that remains. But
some change in outlook and custom has
undoubtedly been won. Our trade has act
forth 10 other shores, never to Withdraw.
Our whole interest in foreign lands has
taken @p a new cast AS a result Of our
gharing the burdens Of the Allies. Travel
- France il certain 10 incrcaee cnor-
ra0ualz ,fpsnisa ia q nksiy xyN to
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
Did the Kaiser Abdicate?

The Ner Eork Tines's correspondent at
The Hague declares, from thoroughly
trustworthy source that no official doc
ument exists in Germany of the Kaiser's
abdicatiol 1t is very notable fact
that not merely no text Of such an abdi-
cation but 40 official announcement was
ever lblished. All that ever reached
this lntry or England in the way of
an official statement was that made by
Prince Ma, simply that "the Kaiser has
decided t, abdicate." a II the rest came
from unofficial sources. The Timess
correspondent goes on to say:
"The authorities endeavor to explain
this by the fact that he abdicated so sud-
denly that the transaction had to be car
ried out by telegraph. This does not
alter the situation that the Kaiser has
never formally abdicated, and so is still
King of Prussia and Emperor of Ger
many, with the advantage if he returns
to Germany that he is the only King, as
the other kings have abdicated. Thus he
would be still more powerful"
The rest Of this extraordinary incident
has received singularly little comment
The Kaiser did not simply relinquish
power to the existing government of
Prince Max, or to the Reichstag, which
was the sole official power representing
the people Of Germany, he arbitrarily
handed over the government to the So
cialists, exactly as if he was still En-
peror and had the right to appoint what
Chancellor or government he chose. Now
he is reported as busy plotting from Hol-
land. "His mail is enormous" And
counter revolution of the militarists is
fomenting in Germany.
The issue is clear. The peace of ma
tions cannot longer depend upon the in
sidious activities Of this rattlesnake
from Potsdam. International law may
have its delicaces, but necessity has
none. If Holland does not wish to be a
party to propagating anarchy and fur
ther bloodshed in Germany, it will get
rid of an extremely undesirable citizen.
1t can put him back on the soil whence
he came. Then Germany can deal with
this conspirator against it's peace and
welfare as the law provides.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30
BACK HOME STUFF
Whistling Bob Lucas

Whistling Bob Lucas was the drayman
back home. He drove a blind white
horse and always stood up in his dray
and whstled. He was black man with
a powerful frame and deeply religious
Roustabouts on the levee used to quit
swearing and shooting dice when he
drove over the top of the hill.
He whistled only church hymns. In
the late evening people along Third
Street knew it was dinner time when
they heard Bob Lucas driving home
whistling Nearer My God to Thee" He
could be heard over at LIE. Blanc's Point
across the creek
He was the first black man in town 70
build his own home, and he sent his two
boys to the Tuskegee Institute His
mother, Mandy Lou Lucas, was one of
General Lees slaves and raised Colonel
John Rance. Nobody knew her age.
Her mind was feeble and all day long
she sat on Bob's front porch and
smoked a clay pipe and crooned old
plantation songs.
The day Colonel Rance came home
from Europe the town gave him re-
ception. Whistling Bob sat on the plat
form at the courthouse with all the lead
ing white men of the town, and Colonel
RANGES voice quivered when he men
toned old Aunt Mandy Lou Lucas, and
he pointed his finger with pride to
Whistling Bob.
Whistling Bob wore frock coat and
a plug hat that day, and afterward
some of the men took him down to the
Park Studio, where they had his picture
taken. Folks used to say that Whist
ling Bob sometimes carried as high as a
hundred dollars in cash in his pocket.
He never tried to mingle with the white
folks. Fleet White, who drove the hack
to the depot from the Merchants Hotel,
found Bobs body one morning near the
Hooking railroad cut His dray had
been hit by train. The old blind white
horse was grazing off at the side of the
road.
Frank r. Kent, of "7he Baltimore
Times" and Colonel Charles A. Rook, of
"7'he Pittsburgh Despatch" are hereby
nominated for life membership IN the
II 1t Hadn't Been For Us Club, of uhicf
William Randolph Hearst is perpetual
president.
Energetic Mr.. Galbraith
Taylor sped down the field and recovered
the ball, whereupon Eisenberg tossed
forward pass to Galbrath, who ran 15o
yards for touchdown.-rhe Tribune.
If his people would only promise to
try him for all his crimes III succession
Wilhelm might go back to Germany with
perfect safety.
BduarId has broken cith Prussia and
1t looks as though Germany we're about
to declare avar on herself, in .rhich case
7Oe could remain neutral qcithout an
effort. F. +. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-30

French because of its utility in South
America. But both tongues should be
learned together to make a competent
agent abroad. Our schools and business
colleges should lead the way. Business
can be counted on to support the de-
mand Our soldiers with command Of
French will find real value in their
learning. And growing generations may
we'll complete the great shift.