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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
QUICK TRIPS TO PRISON,
Grimes Committed at Baskerville Lane
Perpetrators in Penifen+iarv

Grimes Committed at Baskerville Land
Perpetrators in Penitentiary.
Special to Times-Republican
Baskerville, May 31.-Justice was
melted out quickly yesterday in Judge
Lees court to a couple of scoundreIs
who have been hanging around this
city for the past two months.
On Thursday Of last week man by
the name of Smith, while sitting in the
park. found his cash low and suddenly
decided to steal a Ford and sell it. He
did not get far until overtaken by the
officers and his sentence was five years
at Anamosa-
a man by the name Of Dickens
undertook to hold up Groceryman ].
W. Thompson Saturday night as he
was counting his cash, drawing a gun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

and holding it to Mr.. Thompson's ribs.
The sight OF the pile evidently caused
him to lose sight of his aim and
Thompson, noticing the gun pointing
low. grabbed it and soon had the
stckup man prisoner, turning him
over to the officers. Dickens pleaded
guilty in court and drew a five year
term at hard labor, this being his first
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
Unlueky Coins.

A peculiar superstition relating to
coins Is said to be current in Burma.
The inhabitants prefer those bearing
female heads, believing that coins
With masculine emgies WIN not bring
20 much luck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
To the Public.

y Just want to say that we keep a
bottle OF Chamberlain's Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remedy on hand all the time,
and find it excellent for bowel trouble, y
writes Mrs. III. P. Cook, Anderson. Ind
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
Daily Ihouaht.

The golden moments in the stream
Of life rush past US, and We see moth
ing but sand: the angels come to visit
US. and We only know them when
they are sone.-George Eliot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

Not In Terms Of Endearmsnt.
Il have observed" 1AA:.!o==crh!ca',y
said Professor Pate, that most Of US
talk about our neighbors In much the
same way that we'do about tho dande
lion."-Kansas City Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
aen.a. az colIeae rr.lnln.,

Benefit Of College Training.
FIrst Tramp-"So Waggles Is col
lege man? And what good does that
do him?" Second Tramp-"All kinds
O. good. He scares on lots Of dogs
BY giving the college yell!"-Puck
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

n 0slf-Destruetlon In japan.
In proportion to population Japan
has more suicides than any other
civilized nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31
Truck ssnice 70 Osaae.

Mason City May 31.-The first truck
load of freight in a proposed motor
service between Mason City and ST.
Ansgar, Mitchell and Usage will be
delivered next Tuesday when j. D.
Egleston who Is working for the or
ganization OF routes radiating from
Mason City will take a consignment Oh
goods from the Let's Spencer Smith
company Of this city TO stores in the
three towns. Mr.. Eggleston says that
ne Will make the trip rain or shine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

Smocks which had great vogue last
year for garden and sports wear have
become more fashionable this year
and now grace all kinds Of social
functions. The frmer materials Of
last year, the crepes, linens and pom
gees are still used for the ordinary
snocks, but those for dress wear are
of the sheerest georgettes and some
dainty ones make use Of organdte and
the voille especially in printed pat
terms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

r Many Names for Ladybird.
Other names for the ladybird. in
various parts, Of England. are the fly.
solding. Bishop Barnaby and God A.
mightY's COW.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

Philadelphia and Boston have free
schools for radio operators.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-31

Parcel Post Modified.
Washin gton, May 31.-Postnaster
General Burleson issued orders yester-
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war zone from England TO Morocco, TO
Gallipoli, Scotland and Norway, up and
down and away again.
This sailorman's views of the conven-
tlonal service viewpoints Of the navy men
are based on previous sound knowledge of
men and the sea, and his animadyersions on
the professional navy attitude toward the
German U-boats in the beginning of their
campaign belong in the same category.
His sketches of his cold man." Fourgues,
are lifelike without being at all literary"
a quality wholly and blesscdly absent
from these entertaining and spirited
pages
The Faith of France"
In The Faith of France Maurice Barres
discusses the prospect, nay the necessity,
of the "holy union" for France and re-
peats his contention that "the present
world crisis is conflict OF spiritual forces
even more than of material and economic
forces" two ideas that he has been en-
bodying in his writings since August, 1914
To point the force of his arguments he
has selected letters written by French
officers and soldiers since the beginning of
the war, divided into religious and political
groups such as the Catholics, Protestants,
Jews, Socialists and Traditionalists-th
last being cult new TO this reviewer
Barress text suffers from an overabund-
ance of extracts from letters that have
one general tenor TO prove this ease Being
deeply emotional, they become monoto-
nous; for it is not easy for an average
reader TO keep himself up on the high
spiritual plane of these letters through
1877 pages Moreover, one has the queasy
sense Of reading very private letters
meant for some one else that also counts
against the letterpress.
Miss Elisabeth Marbury has made the
translation and in doing so has followed
too closely the form of the original, which
gives the source of each letter with weari-
some iteration, thing Of consequence in
France but meaningless here There can
be no question of the fact that the war
has moved most men spiritually, and more
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An American Soldier"

suggeshveness reveal aspects of the home
life of India. They are told with Ger
tain literary art, though they occasionally
show Il straining after effect. At times
the style overmasters the substance. The
atmospheric effects are good and the
dreamy lansuor of the East pervades the
book.
TaSore is not so much of an artist rs
some of his American admirers appar-
emily consider him, but in these stories he
gives us pictures of life that are poetic
and realistic at the same time. He shows
an excess of sentiment, which, however.
may be forgiven in an Oriental. We see
:hc pathos of sacrificial love in NASH, and
the tragedy of missed destiny, frus-
tratc life, in The Skeleton. The Rircr
Stairs tells story dramatically and eco
nomically, while The Aaspici0us Vision
md The Snprcmc Night are delicate love
c.oIies. The tales as whole arc pleas
ING, though not great, and illustrate well
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Mate, Scholar, Soldier and AmbulanCicr

MIL the star Of Joseph Conrad rose
" above the literary horizon the
tramp steamer knew not its Dana, Mel
vile, Bullen or Clarke Russell rs cid the
"windjammers" and the whaling feet.
But in addition TO Conrad TO spin US Won
drous and beautiful yarns of the cargo
boats that go up and down the Seven Seas
We have McFce, and now the nameless
author Of The Odyssey Of a Torpedoed
Transport, that all lovers of sea tales will
cherish on the particular shelf where they
keep Tuo Years Before the Mast. their
choice of Conrad's tales and of Bullen and
Herman Melville
For, like them, this odyssey Of a trans
port is masterpiece of sea stories, al
though, unlike them, it is a new tale Of war
time and the havoc war, under the sub
marine dispcnsation, has played with the
merchant fleets of the civilized countries
Of the world.
The text of this odyssey is made up of
letters written by French mate on q
cargo boat named the Pamir 10 a brother
officer gone into the French navy at the
outbreak of the war, from August, 1914,
to February, 1917. The letters originally
appeared in the Revue dc PGris, but moth
ing is known of the writer save what APP
pears in the letters.
lie was a first officer on, a French
cargo boat, he married his sweetheart,
who was a girl of La Rochelle, and then
he sailed away. for Norway, from which
he wrote his last letter. In one of these
missives TO his friend he speaks of the
small recognition he and his Service
would receive "All we shall have for our
funeral Grafton will be silence every
where" That silence was broken later in
the month by the chatter Of German radio
grams announcing that the Pamir was
torpedoed. But We NAV venture to pre-
diet that it will be many 4 long year be-
fore silence will fall on seatale lovers
admiration for this wholesome, spirited
yarn of the Pamir's adventures in the
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book" that makes for cheerfulness. 1t is
the simple unadorned tale, set down in a
series Of letters home, of the experiences
of John Kautz, youth from the Middle
West who went to France to drive an
ambulance and drove a motor truck in
stead because the other service Was over
crowded.
The writer of these letters had no illu-
sions over the work he did. He knew it
was not regarded as a very heroic or gal
liant form Of soldiers life, but he also
appreciated the fact that carrying NUM-
tions and stores to the front was n very
necessary, if inglorious, part of the service
of supplies. So he did his work cheer
fully and well and had good time doing
it, thing that is reflected in his letters
home.
The hours of work this writer and his
mates in the convoy" service put IN seem
unbearable even to read about. hut it IS
TO his credit that he did it with light and
willing heart. The reader learns eventu-
allv that John kautz burned all his ships
behind him and enlisted as a private IN the
United States Army for the same service,
for they needed men like him so much
that the recruiting officers waived the
weak eyes that originally barred him from
the army at home.
Since this book looks at war through the
ewes of a service new to all armies, that or
motor driven vehicles, it IS well worth
reading for that as well as for the pleas
ure it affords of making the acquaintance
of so cheerful young soldier whose high
spirits and humor carry infection with
them.
THE ODYSSEY OF A TORPEDOED
TRANSPORT. ANoSyMoUs. HouShton
Miffiin Company. $l.95.
THE FAITH OF FRANCE. By MAURICE
RARREs Houghton Miilin Company.
$l.60.
AN AMERICAN SOLDIER: LETTERS
OF EDWIN AUSTIN ABBEY I'd.
Houghton Mifin Company. $l.35.
TRUCKING TO THE TRENCHES. BY
JOHN KAUrz. Houghton Miffiin Com
pany. 81.
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Tagore's general style of cloudy poetry
and emoti0pal sensitiveness.
The American Indian is realistically
and pathetically portrayed in 7epee
Neighbors, collection of short narratives
by Grace Coolidge. These are studies
from life, the author tells US, accounts Of
actual happenings, descriptions of living
characters that she has known among the
Indians.
TALES OF WARTIME FRANCE. TRANS
LATED BY WILLIAM l.. MCPHERsoN. Dodd,
Mead 4 Co. $l.2J.
GREAT MODERN FRENCH STORIES.
EDITED BY WILLARD HUNTINGTON WRIGHT.
Boni & Liveright. $l.50.
THE GAMBLER AND OTHER STORIES.
BY FYADoR DosToEvsKY. The Macmillan
Company. $50.
MASHI AND OTHER STORIES. BY
RABINpR.NATH TAGogE. The Macmillan
Company. $50.
TEPEE NEIGHHORS. BY GRACE COOLIDGE.
The Four Seas Company. $50.
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Short Stories Gathered in New Books

known and deservedly popula: French
stories, as well as several that seem to
have been decided upon rather to illus
trate Mr.. Wright's theories than to fur
nish the best examples of short French
fiction. The volume is one that students
of fiction will find extremely useful In
addition to the tales and the critical dis
cussion, it contains Biographies of writers
and photography of English transla-
tions from French fiction.
From the Russian.
Only within the last few years have
English readers not familiar with Russian
land few areD had The opportunity of
knowing Russian fiction. But recent trans
lations have brought many of the repre-
sentative works within our reach, and a
sharp demand for Russian literature en-
lists at present. The Russian short story
particularly lends itself to study Its
simplicity of structure, its depth of feel
ing and its genuine realism of tragedy as
of humOr make it of interest. The Rus
sian short story pays less attention TO plot
than does Nhe English, but it achieves an
effect Of power that many structurally
correct stories lack. The Best Russian
Short Stories in the Modern Library Sc
ries contains excellent examples.
The Gambler and ONcr Stories, by
Fyador Dostoevskv, translated by Con
stance Garnet, can scarcely be said to
represent the best Russian short story.
These three long narratives come nearer
TO being noyelettes than short stories.
They are not among the best of Dostoev-
sky's work, but they are interesting. Their
exhibitions of the Russian mind help TO
illuminate present political conditions in
Russia. II is people of passionate, of
ten misguided, impulses; of contradictory
elements of character; of longing for
what is not. The Gambler is psychology
cally worth while, but drags in action,
probably because it is written as diary,
a difficult form TO make successful. Poor
People has the similar disadvantage of
being in the form of letters. The Land
lady is more dramatically interesting than
either of the other stories.
Tagorical Tagore.
Rabndranath Tagore, in his new volume,
NASH and Other Stories, shows us exam
piles of the modern Hindu tale. These
are character studies that with poetic
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"HE May Bookmdn called attention
i to the fact that publishers are find
ing the short story better risk than for
rierly, and that volumes of stories are
coming from the press in increasing num-
hers. This type of ficI'on suits the con-
ditions of our modern life. Tabloid tales
that can be swallowed between Grand Cen
tral and Brooklyn Bridge are fostered by
some magazines. If reader starts ut
South Ferry and goes to 2i2d street he
can possibly finish a story of the Sdtur-
ddy Erening Post variety. Mr.. ShontS,
please write.
Tales Of Wartime France, translated
by William J.. Mcpherson, consists of
brief, poignant records OF the conflict
which have both dramatic and spiritual
power. They are properly called tales,
for not all of them have the structural
form requisite for the short story. They
are typically French in their economy of
method, their vivid suggestiveness and
their ironic lightness in handling tragic
themes.
New French Writers.
This collection will serve to acquaint
many Americans for the first time with
the work of various French writers of to-
day, authors who have come into promi-
neuce for their work during the war.
Readers who care for the French story
classics, the little masterpieces of De Maui
PEASANT, Daudet, Merimee and others, will
be interested TO read these stories by AL
fred Machard, Maurice Level, Frederic
Boutet, Nine. Lucie Delarue- Madrus.
Rene Ben jamin and Jean Aichard, as well
as those that are published anonymously.
The sketches reveal beautifully the spirit
of France in war time-the courage, the
self sacrifice, the serene beauty of char
acter and the deep feeling that the strug-
gle las brought out in French people.
Another recent collection of French
stories is Great Modern French Stories,
an anthology with an introduction by
Willard Huntington Wright. Mr.. Wright
traces the history of the French story His
comments are interesting, though he COW
ers too much ground for one essay and
makes statements which he does not prove
The style is bit heavy at times, more
like a professors lecture than an essay
for the general public.
The selections include some of the best
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that this feeling will result in the "holy
union" desired by NJ. Barres after we all
return to the ways of peace is too prob
lematieal to be settled even by such NOV
ing testimony as is presented here. DR..
Henry Van Dyke furnishes foreword to
the book in which he pleads for its main
argument.
AN American Soldier"
The spiritual reaction toward war of
young American who served in the Cana
diam army from early in the conflict until
he was killed at Vimy Ridge in April,
1917, is expressed in the very intimate and
self-revealing letters of Edwin Austin
Abbey I'd, published under the title An
american Soldier. The writer of these
letters was a nephew of the distinguished
painter of the same name and his letters
were written TO his father and mother in
Philadelphia.
They are so very personal they make
one feel rather abashed at pecping into
this home correspondence but when one
has put the book down one feels he has
made the acquaintance of brave, whole
some young soldier and officer who cared
above all things to fill his beloved parents
thoughts with the constant idea that he
was well, happy, and doing something
worth while for the people in the world
who would come after him and the men
who endured with him all along the bat
tlefront in France
Marked as these letters are with spirit
ual fervor, with constant references to his
church and his religious duties, there is
also wholesome sense of his soldiers all
pervading interest in food and clothes and
letters and packages of comforts from
home. We should think this TO be Il
mighty comforting book TO other mothers
with sons in the camps and trenches; for
we like to think of all American soldiers
who have mothers back home regarding
them with all the love and affection and
pride that Lieut.. Abbey did.
Trucking to the Trenches is "war
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Tagorical Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore, in his new volume,
NASH and Other Stories, shows us exam
piles of the modern Hindu tale These
are character studies that with poetic
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
Smallpox Patients
Are Not Popular as
City Hall Visitors

"Lcon Mcnlcn, chief clerk in the city
health department IS trying to draw a
Inc on receiving persons afflicted with
smallpoy in his Office in the city build
ing.
Yesterday afternoon a well dressed
Young man. walked into hIs office and
asked Tor the city physician Mr. Men
ten looked up from the records on
which he was working and said
'For the love OF mike man, what in
the world did YOU come IN here for
Don't YOU know YOU arc all broken
ont with the smallpox Here jump
in this office quick" and showed the
man into the office OF the iumipa'ion
officer To avail, the arrival Of Dr
Watts himself
Every day for the last three, a man
with smallpox ha, come into my office,
he said 1T is very thoughtlc,S for
person with smallpox to come into a
building IN which so many people enter
a day The disease could be spread
all over the CITY in few weeks II
they do not stop" There arc fifteen
smallpox cases in the CITY now
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
Kerr Investigating
Draft Fees Charged
by Sulphur Lawyers

An investigation of practice, Of al
torneys at Sulphur, Okla. accepting
large fees to represented drafted men in
obtaining exemptions for them is being
conducted by Major Eugene Kerr. Sc.
Icctiyc service adviser to the ld-utant
general
Major Kerr says that fees a, high as
500 have been paid to Sulphur at
torncyS by drafted men in consideration
Of the Lawyers representing the men
before the district exemption board.
There is no work that LAWYER can
do in representing men before the di,
trict exemption board Il, attorney. are
not even allowed TO appeal before tine
board Major Kerr said "li IT j, true
that lawyers have been accepting these
fees and have been soliciting huyuc,,
from drafted men, thereby increasing
the number Of appeal, To- the district
board | will suggest to the state bar
association that the lawyers be- dis
barred"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
M'ADO0 PROMISES AID
IN MOVING SUPPLIES

WANHlNGTON au 'n A,m
au,c ,ha, adequate number, of rail
road car, will be furnished 'or trans
porla,ion to seaport, OF allied put
chase, OF ioodSmiis was given by Dl.
rector McAdoo today in conference
with Sir Richard Crawford. CONNER
ull adviser of the British embassy,
Andre Tatdis,i, the French high com.
missioner, and Count Di Crllcrr. the
Italian ambassador and high commits.
SipnCr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-26
TRAGIC DEATH OF
SOLDIER WAS At
CAMP DON|PHAN
Chambedal0'S Example Proves
10 Be Young KanSan.


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