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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
COMPANIES JOIN IN
SUIT ATTACKING 2. CENT
RATES IN IOWA.
WANT TO BE cLASSED
WITH STEAM RAILROADS
Because Order Of Director General Me-
Adoo Did Not Apply to Electric Pas
senser Lines Managers Claim, Dis
crmination-Suit Began to Enjoin
State From Enforcing Law.

Cedar Rapids, June 20.-Suits were
filed yesterday in the United States
district court by the Clinton, Daven-
port C Muscatine Railway Company,
Mason City &. Clear Lake Railroad
Company and the Cedar Rapids &c
Marion City Railway Company against
Attorney General Havner, the board Of
railway commissioners and other state
and county officials to enjoy the en-
forCement of the two cent fare law as
applied to these Iowa interurban rail-
way companies. 1t is promptly filed by
the remaining Iowa companies. The
Iowa interurban railway companies
have not been earning sufficient
revenues in the last few years to pay
the actual depreciation upon their
properties, to say nothing of any re-
turn upon their investment. 1t was at
creasng the rate of fare Of steam
roads to three cents per mile would
apply to interurban railways engaged
in interstate service. There now seems
to be very grave doubt about this and
it was thought wise by the companies
representatives that the matter be
properly presented to the courts
Sworn statements of earnings and
valuations are contained in the bills
and indicate that the companies are
facing bankruptcy unless immediate
relief is obtained.
1t is the intention Of the companies
to ask for the immediate appointment
OF a master in cnancery TO near the
evidence in the cases in order that a
very speedy decision may be obtained.
In the meantime, the fare of these
companies will doubtless be advanced
to three cents per mile to conform to
the rate of fare now charged by the
government on the steam roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
Lynnville News Notes.

Lynnville, June 20.-A son was born
to Louis Perry and wife on June II.
Mr., and Mrs. Albert Cause receives
word that their son Harvey had arrived
safely in France.
Mrs. T. c. Holy Is visiting her kus-
band at Camp Gordon, Ga.
w. A. Cunningham and wife left
Wednesday for Council Bluffs and from
there to Hamburg for ten days vaca.
ton.
Carpenters are erecting a new house
for S. II. Shahan, whose residence was
burned recently.
Charles Chambers daughter is very
i'll with scarlet fever.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
NaMa of Union.

Special to Times-Republican.
Union. June 20.-Mayor H. D., Han
son and mother, Mrs. Peter Hanson.
returned the first Of the week from q
visit with Second Lieut.. Walter r.
Hanson at Camp Dodge. They were
accompanied by Mrs. E. w. Lundy, Of
Union. and granddaughter. Miss Helen
Cromer, of Anamosa.
Mesdames Phil Lowell and G. 8. An
derson of Greene, are visiting at tho
D. Hauser p. E. With. and M. Hire
homes and with other relatives.
Fay Kaufman and Mrs S. Brush re-
turned Wednesday from Lake ORiboji.
where the Kaufman family has been
spending the past month. The others Of
the family will return by auto.
Misses Genevieve Dillon and Olive
Williams gave a miscellaneous shower
at the home of the former Wednesday
evening for Miss Frances Gearhart.
who soon is to be married to Mr..
Faehnstock, Of Avoca, Neb. Miss Gear
hart has been a teacher in the Eldora
schools the past three years. Each
guest hemmed tea towel.
Peter Hanson is patient in St.
Thomas hospital at Marshalltown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
Red Cross Benefit.

Special to Times Republican.
Greene, June 20.-A Red Cross bene-
fit was given at the opera house Tues
day evening by the Allison Dramatic
Club. The proceeds after deducting
their expenses were donated to the To-
cal Red Cross. They presented a drama
entitled What Happened to Jones'"
They were greeted by full house. The
society received nearly s25 from the
proceeds
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
Normal Session at Denison.

Denison, June 2O.-The branch Of the
state normal at Cedar Falls which Is
being held at Denison has opened with
an attendance OF two hundred. The
normal is in charge of Professor Fuller
Prospective teachers living in this local
ity have been quick to see the advant-
age of this school. It is being held in
the buildings Of the former Denison
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
ONE PHASE OF LABOR SHORTAGE
PROVES PULLING TO
EMPLOYERS.
LAUNDRY WORK NO
LONGER ATTRACTIVE
Ono Council Bluffs Laundry, Oldest
Institution of Kind in City, Compelled
to Close Down Because of Inability to
Obtain Women Workers--Number Of
Women In Factories and Offices
Increased.
Special to Times-Republican.

Council Bluffs, June 2O.-One phase
Of the labor shortage which is puzzlins
to all employers is the scarcity of
women workers. It is an easy matter
to account for the difficulty that now
exists in many factories and with yther
large employers of men, In repla2in :
employees, but all are asking what has
become of the young women?
One Council Bluffs laundry, the old
est institution of the kind in the city,
was forced to close its doors. and Man
ager VIII Traynor stated that it was
due entirely to his inability to main
tain a working force. He said that in
spite of good wages and constant
changes to make working conditions
acceptable, he was unable TO keep his
girl workers and never opened up in
the morning knowing Whether or not
he was going to be able to run thru
the day. The other 1aundies in Council
Bluffs are having the same difficulty
and today the wives of two owners Of
a large laundry, In despair and thru
fear of their husbands losin" the best
business they have ever enjoyed, made
a personal canvass of various sections
of the city with an appeal for workers.
It is true that the number of women
employed II factories and offices has
increased and many are nov doing
the work which men formerly did but
It Is declared to be a fact that the
shortage n women workers is greater
than there is any known explanation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20
Women FIJI Newspaper Ranks.

The sight Of woman reporters attend
ing council meetings, police court hear
ings and covering court house runs and
reporting inquests is no longer such a
novelty in Council Bluffs and Omaha
as to excite the slightest comment or
interest, many newspaper men from
the two cities having gone to war and
having been replaced by women.
Girl elevator operators are so geler-
ally employed that a boy elevator oper-
ator is now more of a novelty than was
woman operator a short time ago,
while in the banks and other places of
business the number Of women en-
ployes has greatly increased here.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-20

Weeds between paving stones or In
paths may be destroyed by a solution
of brine made with coarse salt and
boiling water.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
|Bolsheviki Yoke
In North Russia
Finally Thrown Off
Washington Embassy Gets
Encouraging Report From
Tschaikovsky
CBD The Associated pyessl

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. -- Contact
mas been established by the Russian
Embassy here with the newly organ
Heu independent governments in
Northern Russia and Siberia. Am
bassador Bahkmeteff, who long aeo
lepudiated the Bolshevik regime. IS
recognized by the American govern
ment as the official representative Of
.hc IN. people in the United States, and
ene new governments, which are CO.
operating with American and Allied
iorces therefore have spokesman in
Washington.
FROM the government of the North,
d. Arcnangel, the embassy to day re-
ceiVcd an encouraging dispatch telling
ol ac1iVitles there in cooperation with
Nhe Allies, and Of the purpose Of the
ne" government TO set up again a
great and lndivisiblc Russia.
ne embassy announced the dispatch
IN this statement:
ne Russian Embassy. having en-
,ercd INTO contact with various ma
llohal organizations newly arisen in
RUSSIA, has received by cable to-day.
among other direct information. the
nolicwing statement signed by Nichola
lschalkovsky, president of the govern
ment of Northern Russia:
AkCHANGEL, Aug. 3l.-In the re
glon OF Northern Russia the yoke Of
the bolshevlkl is thrown off. In accord
win the Allies. the government Of the
region OF Northern Russia. not recog.
nlzlng the peace treaty Of Brest, has
set as Its aim the expulsion Of the Ger
mans out of the boundaries of Russia
ana the creation anew of great and
lndlvisible Russia
owing to the initiative of the
League OF Regeneration of Russia.
composed OF representatives of all DO
litlcal parties except the extreme ones.
the government Of the region of North
ern err Russia was formed by delegates Of
'he northern provinces to the Corstitu-
ent Assembly and by representatives OF
Aemstvos and towns Of the region.
The municipalities and judicial bod
les are reconstructed. The Russian
army is, again created. and on the basis
oi disclpline The Allies are aiding us.
Mobll'zaton has been declared in the
Northern region. Desiring to secure
real liberty and democratic regime
me government of Northern Russia
joining hands with other regional gov
crnmsnts, has as final aim the forma-
tlon OF single government for the
"ho'e OF Russia, based on universal
suffrage >f''
"rhc government of Northern Russia
appeals to all Russian citizens to rally
around the banner of salvation of their
native country, of the liberties gained
ana the rcbirth Of Russia"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Docks at Bruges
And Ostend Bombed

LONDON, Sept. 10. British naval air
forces between September / and Sep
tember made four attacks on German
submarine shelters and workshops on
the docks at Bruges, Belgium, accord
ing TO an official statement issued to-
daS by the British Admiralty. Several
hits were obtained. Tie Ostend docks
and motorboat depot at Blankcnberge
also were attacked with good results.
lhe statement reads:
"The operations by royal air force
contingents, working with the navy,
during the period from September !
70 Z. have been considerably hampered
by unsuitable weather conditions.
Submarine shelters and workshops
at the Brugcs docks have becl attacked
on four occasions. direct hits being OBJ
tanned. The Ostend docks and the
coastal motorboat depot at Rlanken-
tcrgc were also attacked with good re-
suits end large fire was started
"knrmy mine swccpers alsr were
harassed with bombs and machine gun
fire More than fourteen tons of boSlbs
were dropped by day bombing squad
ronc, one machine failing to return.
In engagements with h,stilc air
craft ten machines have been brought
down and nine driven down cut of con.
troll. Three of our machines are miss
ing.
in home waters anti-submarinc and
convoy patrols have been maintained
Submarines have been sighted and at
tackled and enemy mines have been To-
Gated and destroyed"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11

students at colleges, General Crowder
replied:
How many there will be 1 do not
Know, but all who report and are phys
;cal!y qualified will be inducted into
ne service and permitted to continue
'helr studies until such time as thev
may be sent to commissioned off
GERS schools. officers. training schools,
vocational schools or to camp for gen
era' service"
while the total number Of regis
trants between eighteen and twenty is
estimated at 100000, provision has
1ecn made to care for only 10000 at
me IN 4oo colleges designated by the War
department. This number, it was
POINTED out, would not seriously drain
me man-power estimated as available
70 be sent to camp. 1t was likewise
pointed out that youths who fail to
snow promise as potential officers or
,echnlclans while in college, will be
transferred Immediately to training
camps and take their places with other
ieglstrants who are called into service
in the regular way.
In further explaining the duties of
auVlsory boards to be appointed to
assist the district boards in determn-
ing deferred classitications General
'rowder laid stress upon the necessity
or registrants claiming deferred classi-
icatlon on both industrial and de-
pendency grounds. He declared that
~ was the duty of registrants to claim
exemption on all grounds their status
N llfe suggested. as these claims were
an aid to the boards in the task of
classification.
ueneral Crowdcr likewise urged that
Ncl only the registrant himself, but his
e'np'oyer or any individual having an
interest IN the continuance Of the reg
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
urkish Army Sent
To Bulgarian Border;
Clash Thought Near

WASHINGTON, Sept. TO- Informa-
tlon reached here to-day from d source
usually reliable that Turkey has sent
a large force to the border Of Bulge
ria. whore trouble is brewing over 1i-
vision OF territorial spoils of war be
tween these two allies OF Germany and
Austria Hungary
The possibility of open conflict h.
tween Turkey and Bulgaria is watched
here with great interest. and is known
to be causing serious misgivings a..
Berlin.
The revolutionary spirit is rife r
the Bulgarian army and among the
civilian population, according to re-
ports. The Bulgarians want more to-
ritory and are said tc be determined
to secure all of Serbia and even . pos-
ton of Austria.
They already have secured strip 81
northern Turkey, including onc-half o.
the city of Adrianoplc.
Another cause for disserSioN IS thn
fact that when Bulgaria WAS awarded
the Dobrudja in the humanian peace
treaty dictated by Germany. Turkey de-
mandc the ccssion OF that portion of
its northern territory that had previ-
cusly been given Bulgaria AZ Il reward
for entering the war on the side of the
Central Powers.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Raider Destroyed by the
Frank H. Buck Of
Atlantic Coast
Nearly 80 Shots Are
Fired in Half Hour
Enemy Was CamouAaged
and Flew No Flags,
Captain Reports

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Sept. TO-
When an American tanker of the navy
overseas transport service, the Frank
y Buck, arrived here to-day her mas
ter reported he had fought and sunk
submarine of the enemy about 960
miles east Of Sandy Hook on Sunday
morning.
The captains brief report OF the
dght to the Navy Department was such
a strong narrative that his superiors
are convinced he had destroyed the sub
n,ersible.
I'VE know the man and we know the
ship said an officer of high rank,
and we believe that this tanker got
the submarine right and sent her to
the bottom
According to eyewitnesses of .the
combat, the tanker met the U-bost
carly on Sunday morning. The lookout
f.rst reported that "an oil tanker" was
dead ahead, about four miles. The
skipper took one look through his
binoculars and put about Immediately.
That's no tanker he remarked;
that's submarine"
Hardly had the tanker gone on the
first leg of its zigzag course when
shells from the submarines two SIX.
inch guns began to break over her.
Fragments struck the deck. causing
trivial damage. bu. iniuring no one.
The German tried in vain to get
broadsde bearing on the tanker, but
the skipper outmanpuvred him. Mean
while the gun crew we're working their
six-inch after gun with unusual accu-
racy. The enemy with his two six-inch
guns was giving two shots for the
Americans one, but the fire Of the
tanker was more accurate Every man
on board the merchantmen that could
DC spared from actual du,y crowded aft
and encouraged the eunners
The American gun crew fired thirty
one shots in thirty minutes. and two
of the last three shots hit the subma-
rine square amidships. A geyser OF
sea water, thick oil smoke and vaDor
shot upward several hundred feet on
the first hit. and after the second
American she'll tore into the German
he disappeared.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Sammy" Reid of
Princeton Killed
By German Shell
Popular Baseball Catcher
Lost Life Trying to
Save a Private

princeton University never had a
more popular hero than Sammy" Reid
For four years he caught on the var
city baseball team. Yesterday word
came to the Reid home. at 757 Han
cock Street, Brooklyn. that Lieutenant
Samuel j. Reid, jr., had been killed in
action
During his last year at Princeton
Lieutenant Reid captained his team.
He was known as the best leader a
Princeton nine had ever had. In
France the young lieutenant lost his
life trying to save one of the men in
his company.
Word of the death of Lieutenant
Reid was brought to his family bv
Lieutenant Armstrong, an old friend
Of the family who had been with Lieu
tenant Reid the day he was killed.
Lieutenant Armstrong supposed the
family had long since been notified of
the lieutenant's death. but thus far
they have had no word from the War
Department.
According to Lieutenant Armstrong,
Lieutenant Reds company had been
IN an exposed position for several
hours. shell had landed squarely
on the top of a dugout, burying sew
eral men. One of them called for help
and Lieutenant Reid went to his aid.
Digging the man free. he slung him
over. his shoulder a shell dropped at
ms feet and exploded. killing both the
lieutenant and the private instantly.
Two OF those whose names appear on
the casualty list among the men killed
IN action literally stole into the army.
One was boy. only sixteen years old
when he enlisted. The other was thirty
tive. married, and the father of two
children. The latter had gone South,
taking an assumed name and enlisted.
because his wife would not give her
consent to his going and he could not
resist the call
The boy was John Degnan. a private.
MS parents live at 10 Ninth Avenue.
A year ago he ran away and enlisted in
the marines. When his father ano
mother found he was determined to
stay in the army they gave their con
sent.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Posters Urge People
Against Registration

Hundreds of posters. urging the
popuiacc not to register tomorrow ap-
peared from some mysterious source
last night on the upper East Side. No
one seemed to know where they came
ttron, or who was responsible for print
ing them.
Early in the evening citizens began
20 call up the East 1O4th Street police
station and protest the posters, which
We're being scattered about the neigh
borhood. Officers were Immediately
sent out to investigate and DESTROYED
the placards as fast as they were
found.
The posters, which were printed on
an expensive grade of paper and
showed good workmanship. were headed
defend Yourself = Don't Register"
There followed a lengthy TRADE against
war, against registrations and against
the government.
Detectives are cndeavoring to trace
the posters: Meanwhile. patrolmen
"cro busy all night collecting and de-
stroying Che things.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Kaiser Scatters $4,000
Crosses to His Mobiles

PARIS, Aug. 25 Correspondence Of
The Associated Press ).-According to
IL Eclair," Emperor William of Ger
many h"s been extremely profuse in
his generosity to high officers, princes
and other high dignitaries in his be-
stowal of the Iron Cross. l. Eclair
points out that he has found 1853 princes
to honor with the highest German
decoration; 967 generals; 26 other
high dignitaries and 51,386 Germans Of
the general staff. The number of
private soldiers honored with the
decoration is but 4,743.
Besides. 1855 non commissioned Of
ficers have received it. Ne number in
the aviation service reaches 3,934 in
the navy. 1862; in the medical SER
wise, 1853; chaplains, "a; and mem
bers Of army service units, 472.
All these were of the irst class.
The number of Iron Crosses of the
second class reaches many hundreds of
thousands.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
Enemy Not
Yet Beaten,
French Warn
Continued from page ]

is CREATOR it is evident that it has
depressing influence on Germans -
and an instantly powerful tonic inhu-
enee on Ally troops, the German con
dition is a long way from the despera-
tlon we Ike to believe it,
Advantage of Shortening Line
Such officers place comparatively 2
small value on the mere loss of terri
tory, which, as q stage Of war, may
mean nothing decisive, as the extended
Ally retreat in March and June proves.
while the loss of material in these DAYS
Of enormous manufacturing can always
be replaced.
The main facts pointed out are tn
in exchange for such territory the
Germans have shortened the line, to
the decided advantage of their reduced
reserves, and in doing so their casual
ties arc probably not equal to those
inflicted on the Allies. Despite the
TACT that the losses of his reserves
has been so severe and constant that
the Boche does not gather his forces
for counter attack. we must not TOO
surely believe him powercss to do so
when his hour arrives. His hour may
never arrive-I believe it won't-vet
we cannot permit an encouraging hope
confidence.
At more critical points his line of
resistance has stitfened markedly. not
sufficient yet to stop The Allies, but
enough to slow them as they approach
the stronghold where the Germans in
tend to make a test. Should the AL
lies succeed in their gigantic under
taking of flanking the Chemin- dcs
Danes and making Laon untenable, in
connection with Other Forthcoming de
velopments in Foch's strategy, no pre-
conceived plans however carefully laid
could save the Bochc from a further
deep withdrawal.
While 1t is unwisc to count abso-
lutcly on such happy result in the
lace of a still powerful enemy and am
approaching rainy season. We may
reckon it among the possible happon-
ings Of this autumn, provided we do
not permit the hope to outpacc our
discretion. There is always the dan
ger of folks being uled by encourag-
ing news, lest their share of war ef
tort. which as has often been said it
would be fatal to stop, is slackencd.
We must maintain our speed to the
utmost or expect a certain postpone
ment of victory.
! emphasize the Bochc is not beaten.
though he is on the run, and the next
week or two will determine whether
We can keep him going to thorough
beating before winter sets in.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-11
rench Orders Cite
Entire N. Y. u. Unit

The entire New York University
ambulance unit, known on the army
roster as Section 592. has been cited
for bravery in French army orders.
The organization is attached to a
famous French shock regiment and in
its year abroad has seen service in al
most every engagement on tho front
from Lorraine to Yprcs. In addition
to the general honor, four drivers of
the unit have been cited for the Croix
de Guerrc
These four are Theodore Grecman. Of
Larchmont; Walter Hedley. of Ton-
kers, son of Frank Hedley, general
manager Of the InterDorough; Harold
Darling. of City Island, and Duncan
Phyfe, jr, Of Cold Spring. Grceman is
only nineteen years old.