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Smyrna times., 1918-01-30
Lantern on Broadway.

The dimming of the white lights in
New York has brought the jOkers to
zhe fore. Recently after the current
had been turned off q man walked up
the big street with a lighted lantern.
He wended his way across Broadway,
and after swinging the lantern about
his head much after the fashion of
trainmen signaling, he continued up
the street. He had sOwn seeds that
began to sprout in many directions and
a few minutes later rival humorists
appeared with lanterns, electric flash
lights, and one Optimist tried to keep
a candle going as he walked down to-
ward Times Square.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-30

Tuesday, Feb. IL. Stock, farming
implements, &C., Of Walter E.
George, at his residence near
Severson's Church.
Monday. Feb. 18. Stock, farming
implements, &C., of Charles H.
Dukes.
Tuesday, Feb. 10 Stock and farm
ing implements of John N. Cook,
at his farm known as the Hutton
farm, on road leading from Under
woods Corner to Blanco. Leroy
Roberts, auc.
Wednesday. Feb. 13 Stock and farm
ing implements of Ross Numbers
on the w. G. Hill farm on road
from Clayton to Blackstone X
Roads, one-fourth of a mile from
Blackstone. R. w. Slaughter,
auc.
Thursday Feb 14-Stock and farming
implements of John w. Attix on
. his farm on road leading from Ken
ton to UnderwOOds Corner J mile
from Kenton. Leroy Roberts,
auc.
Wednesday, Feb. 20 Stock and
farming implements of Harry Wal
ton, on his farm on road leading
from Clayton to Millington. one
half mile from Blackiston's K
Roads. r. W. Slaughter, auc.
Thursday, Feb. 21.-Stock ana farm
ing implements of Vim. T. CarIow.
on the R. Y. Wallen farm, on road
leading from Greenspring to Prices s
Corner. one and one-half mile west
of Greenspring. R. w. Slaughter,
auc.
Friday, Feb 22.-StOck and Farm
ing implements of Harvey FARRELL
on the John Wright farm, on roaC
from Smyrna to Greenspring, 1
miles from Smyrna. W. H. Col
lins, auc.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-30
Roche Had Sense Of Humor.

Rain had fallen steadily for three
days and nights and the trenches were
in frightful condition. The German
trenches, a few yards distant, were in
an even worse state. Suddenly plain
tive voice cried out:
''Are you dere, Jock2 Haf you
whisky7 We haf plenty waterl"
Not bad for boche. the platoon de-
cided.-From "All In It." by Ian Hay.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-30
THE UNITED STATES FOOD
ADMINISTRATION SAY

There Is no royal road to food
conservation. We can only ac-
compIish this by the voluntary
action of our whole people, each
element In proportion to it's means.
1t Is a matter Of equality Of bur-
den; a matter of minute saving
and substitution at every point In
the 10000, 900 Kitchens, on the TO-
ooo, 900 dinner tables, and In the
1000, 900 manufacturing, whole
sale and retail establishments Of
the country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
SEEING" VACANT LOTS.

Des Mofnes leaders of war activities
are considering Selling vacant lots for
garden purposes. The inference is that
some vacant lot owners are refusing
their lots for such purpose or are at
tempting to get extortionate rentals.
But somebody says, perhaps the va
cant lot owner, you can't seize mans
lot that way. There's no law for it
Without going into the legal aspect OF
the proposition it might b asked OF
the objector what would you do about
it IL the lot were to be seized" Go
into court with the attendant publicity
of an attempt to profteer on the rent
OF vacant lot? Take chances on the
expression of public opinion however
that expression might take form?
Scarcely. Not unless more bullheaded
and careless of the opinions Of people
than most men. Anyway II the COM
mittee has the spunk in it il would
have the lot when the fuss was over
There are many so called rights
that must stand back and wait for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
DANDEuoNs, MURpHRlEs. THRIFT BOMBS

Somebody years ago, so the story
goes, sent back east for dandclion
head, She missed on these western
pra!rtes the familiar CLEAN of the dan
delions that covered the worn out past
ures of New England with gold in their
season.
She planted the seed when it came
and raised a few dandelions in the
front yard. And now all Iowa is alive
with dandelious.
Mike Haverty's old mother when he
brought her over from the "oowld
enough to do it working as a farm
hand, brought three potatoes with her
when she came They were Of most
excellent aand celebrated variety at
Ballyohosan in County Wicklow, And
they were all the old lady claimed for
them From those three potatoes
came variety famous all over north
high for small quantities of seed And
millions of bushels were grown from
the three tubers old Kathleen Haverty
put into her meager little bundle when
she left Ireland
A thrift bond IS merely a saving
seed. It's little, easy to put into the
bundle as the three potatoes of Mother
Murphy prolific as the dandelon head
that somebody sent back east for and
that seeded state with leontodon tar
axacum and other swear words. II
grows while we sleep It works night
and day It makes FIVE dollars grow
where four grew before More than
that it's catching like dandelion seed.
By example it floats with the winds of
conversation and emulation until, If it
be given its chance it seeds a whole
state with the saving spirit and multi
plies it's golden dollars and the dan
deiion does its fool gold.
It takes experience and judgment to
SOW wheat and plant corn but a child
can SOW dandehon and thrift stamps
and get a crop.
Get your thrift seed early. Plant it
now Reap the crop when it is ripe.
Neither Mrs. Murphys potatoes nor
Mrs. Somebody's dandelions have any
thing on the thrift bond in certainty
of full crop.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
second table when the emergency OF

second table when the emergency OF
war calls. 1t will not avail any OF US
to seek technical rights" and insist
upon individual liberty to "do as we
please with our own" Definition of
what is our own and what belongs to
the common welfare has changed. That
is it has lost a meaning 1t never should
have had and stripped of sordid techni-
calities comes back to the original de-
1nition that all that we have and all
that we are belongs in time of war first
to the public service and afterward to
ourselves.
1t Is going to be rather hard for some
persons to understand and admit the
correct definition of rights" But the
lesson is in process of teaching and
when the full course of study and prac-
teal eyemplifcation has been gone thru
all will understand and accept it II not
willingly yet thoroughly.
Yes the committee win take the
lots If 1t needs them and is the right
kind of a committee. The committees
on liberty bonds and thrift stamps and
war funds will get what they go after
if they are the right kind of COM
mittees. Fright" nowadays means the
right of the nation over the imagined
individualistic rights" of the citizen.
And while Selling the vacant lot
commltteese should seize the vacant
resident the individual who asserts as
one of his rights that the world owes
him a living and that he needn't work
much for it. He ought to 90 with the
lot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE.

For the re education of crippled and
mutilated French soldiers, a 5O0-acre
farm. near Tours, in France, has been
obtained by the American Red Cross.
Here the use Of farm machinery and
care of farm animals will be taught.
Glare Arnett, former professor OF
animal husbandry at the Montana
state Agricultural College, will be the
director of the farm, and NJ. Marchand,
French farmer who has been held
prisoner by the Germans for thirty
seven months, will be chief of agri-
culture.
Another work done for the manned
Poilu by the Red Cross is the installa-
ton Of model electrical training work
shops at the National Professional In
stitute for War Cripples, at st. Maurice.
other plans for training him in skilled
work are being developed.
The expansion Of this educational
system is shown in a report to national
Red Cross headquarters by Miss Grace
Harper, of Boston, chief of the Red
Cross bureau for the re-education OF
mutilated soldiers, who has just com
pleted an inspection of French schools
OF this type. A cablegram from Robert
Perkins, Red Cross commissioner 10
France, gives the following extract
from Miss Harper's report:
The mutilated soldier must and
should reenter industry on a basis OF
competition with able-bodied workmen
Cripple who have lost an arm or leg
and at first seem hopelessly disabled
can be taught many processes of in
dustry such as running lathes, operat-
ing motor tractors, controlling drills
and other skilled operations. The pro-
LESSONS which offer the greatest APP
peal are industrial draughting and de-
sign making for surgical instruments
tools of precision, watch making, etc.
The American Red Cross also will
establish in the United State similar
schools to teach new trades to Grip
pied American soldiers.
why doesn't the government do ~
Over and over again the Red Cross
! workers are asked this question by
people who wonder why the govern
mcnt does not put up the money ant
order all supplies manufactured instead
of having the Red Cross produce then
thru the work Of women.
The answer to such QUESTION is con-
elusive says William Allen White, who
lists the varied activities of the Rec
! Cross making surgical and hospita
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

supplies. sweaters and other comfort
APPAREL, canteens at the front for SOL
diers relief to their families nat home,
rebuilding the wrecked homes OF Eu-
rope mothering orphan children. teacn-
ing crippled soldiers new trades and
lot of other humanitarian exertions.
If the government did all this, the
clement OF sympathy would be lacking,
and this is precisely the element that
reaches the heart of mankind. Be-
cause the war stricken people Of Eu-
rope know that the funds of the Red
Cross are the free offering Of the Amer
lean people, that they represent a
heart to heart message, the expenci-
trire of this money is making fort future
international peace.
Nothing would be more harmful to
the American people, says Henry P.
Dawson. chairman of the Red Cross
war council, than for this opportunity
to give to be denied them He there
fore opposes any congressional up.
preparation to the Red Cross. Every
dollar spent should come out Of the
generosity of the people And so far
considerably more than 800, 900, 900 has
SO come!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
Topics Of the Times

Anyhow with all that has been said
of Secretary Baker nobody has sas-
gested that he is gathering material for
a book or series of magazine articles
on his trip to the front.
Now that whale meat Is an estfso-
lished food why not stock Iowa rivers
and lakes with whales? The suggestion
is as practical as the proposal to raise
enough pheasants for every shot gun
in Iowa.
Claude Porter will have corroborated
his reputation as self sacrificing
democrat if he accepts that nomination
for governor.
Somehow we'd think better Of the
Kaisers family if one of them would
even get bruised somehow.
II you keep pig this summer the
pig WIN help keep you this winter
That's reciprocity.
The boys who are killed on the bat
tie front may be charged to Germany
but those who should die from lack
OF hospital facilities or for lack OF any
thing money can buy or effort supply
must be charged against us at home.
Kindly settle chat draft plan one
way or another at once and settle 1t
for good. A few millions Of young
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
Billy Bunny and His Friends

, again for my typewriter not putting
my poetry into verse, for she brought
w. s. Stamp today and gave 1t to
poor little lame boy, who took 1t home
to his mother and she pasted it in his
Thrift Card.
What are you going to about your
sore toe? asked Uncle Lucky. Ana
then the poor lame duck replied.
IT was going to see my cousin, Dr.
Quack, the famous Duck Doctor"
"All right. ri take you there said
the kind old gentleman rabbit, and nc
turned up Turnip avenue to LILY Pond
street, and pretty soon they came to
the little house where the duck doctor
lived. SO Uncle Lucky stopped the
Luckymobile and Billy Bunny hoped
out and pushed the electric bell and
out came DR.. Quack as fast as he could
and when he saw his cousin he said:
Didn't I tell you not to wear such
tight shoes! Your little toe Is all
twisted, and what's the use of my Civ:
ing you bread pill for a twisted toe!
What YOU need is. a bigger shoe for
your left foot, anyway
"Well, let's go down to the shop,
said Uncle Lucky and buy her new
left shoe" So they said good-by to DR..
Quack and away they went and Uncle
Lucky whispered to Billy Bunny. That's
the best prescription our friend the
duck doctor ever gave" and then ne
laughed so hard that the Red, White
and Blue silk handkerchief almost cho-
ed him, FOR it was tied under his chin
and over his old stoveptpe hat, you
know. to keep It from blowing off his
head.
Well. when they came to the shoe
shop little brown monkey came OUT
of the door and bowed, and in the next
story you shall hear what kind OF
s)ipper he sold to the poor lame duck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

MARSHALL LODGE No. 1os.-stat-
ed communication Friday, March TO-
1880 p. m. Regular business. B, +. Eng
fish, W. M; John w. Wells, secretary
sIGNET cNApER, No. SO, r. A. N
Stated convocation, Monday evening
March IS, at 1880 o'clock Business
meeting. Ira A. Davenport, n. -
John w. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & s. NJ, Mon
day, March 10, 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. l. T. Forbes, recorder; George
Gregory, I. M.
STATED coNcLAVE, St. Alderar
comn,andery. Tuesday March 10, 1918
7:S0 D. m. Regular business. l. L
Forbes, recorder John e. Frederick
commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81, o. {.
S.-Reg11lar meeting for business We'd
nesday evening. March 10. at 1880
o'clock Mrs Archer Walton, secre-
tary: Mrs. Cora Wiley. W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
RIPPING RHYMES
.By Walt Mason
THE HELPFUL AUTO.


eroadsy
pawned his Sunday
be
When tired of
and thru valleys
homewad jog along and feel fit to write
the my immortal Tyre Don't
of
who tries to be q brothe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
[By David Cory.1

"well, l declare" said the Old Gen
tleman Rabbit who you remember in
the last story had ridden on the cow
catcher and then had been asked by
the disagreeable Pelican Conductor tc
pay fare, 'if that man hasn't more
| nerve than the kaiser. He must think
/ belong to the Bull Sheepee,' anc
| then he wound his gold watch and
chair backward, he was so excited you
see, and after that he hoped into the
old buggy and Billy Bunny drove OF
with Mr.. Jack Hare in the middle WITH
his dress suit case and a box of Huy-
lers for Mrs. Bunny.
Well, after they had gone for maybe
a mile, and maybe more, they came tc
an old lame duck that was waddline
along the road And, oh, dear me. She
looked dreadfully tired. and every time
she'd life her big fiat yellow feet she'o
say:
It's hard enough to walk. I say,
On two feet, good and strong,
But tell me true, what would YOU dc
If one of yours went wrong.
If were on the Old Mill Pond
I wouldn't care not |,
But waddlins with a broken foot
Would make hero cry.
Get into the Luckymobile said
dear kind Uncle Lucky. Be carefui
not to sprain your good FOOT! And
when that poor lame duck was seated
beside Mr. Jack Hare, Uncle Lucky
honked the horn and away they went
over the hills and far away, where the
merry breezes love to play with the
huttercups and the daisies white and
the timid violets hidden from sight.
And I'm not going to a-pol-o-glze
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
men are standing IN suspense and
with activities suspended while you
chew the rag over 1t.

Some Of tire state newspapers are
wondering whether there will be any
argument against q fifth term II the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
]. M. HOLT
Attornev-at-T,aw

Attorney-at-Law
n Wet Main street, MarshaIItown, la.
General law practice. Careful atten-
zion kiven to EXAMINATION OF ABB
I GTRACTS and the MANAGEMENT Of
rgTATES and PROBATE matters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

men who IRE now asking for fourth
terms get what they are after, OBJ
uerves the Cedar Rapids Republicans
"Why should there be an argument
against Q man staying in office as long
as he can, II ne likes the office holds
ing? And some men do like it." w
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14
ron the Stump"

N early times in this country 1t was
the custom Of campaigners in politi-
al canvass to travel through the coun-
~ and make open air speeches. Pub
ne halls and platforms were rare and
- stumps or trees were numerous
And furnished convenient places from
vnt6A to speak. Hence the words,
svtusDp speaker" stump orator" and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

isn't it a little inconsistent to ask
us to make garden and keep chickens
at the seame time. Mr.. Hoover tim
idly inquiries the Council Bluffs Non
pareil. 80
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-14

Member OF the Associated Press.
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
to the use for republication of all news dis,
patches credited to It or not otherwise credited
In this paper and also the otal news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication Of special des.
patches herein are also reserved.
Evening journal., 1918-02-12
NEM C0LUMRIA RECORDs.

Greek Evans big baritone voice is
heard in l"Thats a Mothers Liberty
Loan" one Of the most appealing Of
the new songs having wartime sacrifice
as its theme The same Columbia rec
ord has There Is Green Hill Out in
Flanders" sung as q tenor duet by
Campbell and Burr.
One Of the liveliest medley fox-trots
Of the season Is Colmbia's sally
Down Our Alley" contributed TO Co.
lumbla's collection Of dance records for
March by lockers Brothers. Coupled
with It is They Go Wild, Simply Wild,
Over Me- one-step in which the
violln-piano duet introduce with brill
liant effect pull the Cork out Of Old
Evening journal., 1918-02-12
FnqhffuIness is Germans Policy;
They Want the World TO Know II

win pass along. colonels and officers,
gentlemen and cultured folk. And they
know what they are doing. These dead
women must remain there as an ex-
ample"
Another German soldiers diary con-
tains this incident;
1--WE destroyed eight houses with
their inmates. In one Of them one man
with his wife and a girl were bayonet-
cd. The little ono almost unneryed me,
so innocent was her expression" q"
The following IS from the diary Of
a resersisi, man named Schlauter.
third battery Of ule fourth regiment,
field artillery Of The guard:
"Threc hundred Of the residents were
shot and the survivors were re-
QUESTIONED as grave disgers. You
should have seen The women at this
momenll When we left Owelo women
and an were fired on
The diary Of a saxon prisoner con-
iains This
~ scout from Marburg. having
placed three women, one behind the
other brought them on down with one
shot"
A Eolsian defended his i5-year-old
iaugfter when She was attacked by a
GcuH officer lIe struck the officer
wii' g chair.
Tho Belgian was arrested At the
same time 80 were a. other prominent
rliizcn- who knew nothing OF the incl
doa' Among these vas the mayor The
70 were stood ur against o wall and
hot 20 DEATH a proclamation was then
issued which In effect said
The person of the German soldier
is sacred. swift death awaits not only
those who raise iheir hands against the
Germans, but with them shall perish
~ times their number Of innocent
Therefore take heed Restrain yourself
Restrain your neiehbor
Early in the war the Germans cap
tured three Canadians They cruciiied
them on co. side Of a barn This was
expected SO 10 inspire The sreen Cana
dian troops with horror that their
morale would crack and they would
quit lighting Instead it he's made them
the nercest fighters on the west front.
Private Peat says he saw IN France
o girl of A. who was "a mother one Of
her arms had becu cut Off above the ell
bow. She had been outraged and then
mutllaied-not wantonly by skulking
degenerate brute, but with cold calcu-
lalion. and IN conformity with the Ger
man policy Of horror-inspiring.
Some British soldiers came upon a
church, from which thc night before
they had driven the Germans suspend
ed on a wire they found a cat. The wire
had been drawn through It's paws. II
was suffering terribly. A soldier cut the
wire to free the cat. AS the wire was
severed Il set on a nest Of bombs. The
church was destroyed and many Of the
British soldiers were killed.
Nothing is sacred 70 the German.
Converts. far from escaping his besti-
atty are made special obiectives by
him.
Evening journal., 1918-02-12
BY VICTOR MORGAN.
Editor Of Tho Cleveland Press.

fCopyrighi. 1913. by the Newspaper En-
tcrprlsc Associationl
Atfila Tho Hun commanded his invod-
ers 10 slash and slap, to give no guar
Bismarck counseicd the soldiers &c
leave the enemy only his cycs to weep
WITH"
Comes now William II nan. eN-
ponent Of kultur. and ri divine
right. And he orders
Rot the cnemy's lungs with pol
son gas.
fire.
Ravish his women.
Muiflaic his young.
Kill only when killing best suits
the purpose.
Rcmembcr there are worse pun
ishments than death.
Terrorize always.
Make horror your motto and
frightfulncss your watchworl.
German militarisis do not doay afro
riins Thev want pennle 60 know
nbout them. Thst Is why The atrocities
tere committed A iudlciou~is placed
trociiy. in the German miiiiarlsts pian
does the work Of q regiment uf sol
1Icrs. Cow q community, inspire it with
horror. and It will need little watchine
ly soldiers. The atrocities are part Of
d well-thought-out plan Of The mlli'ar-
ists.
vital instruments in this war arc tAo
~nbmarine. the airnlane, the wireless.
ne telephone. the trench the big gun
The submarine. thc airnllno and tho
telephone originated in America. The
wireless is italian. Holland first used
the trench centuries ago. The hie gun
vas FIRST proposed by Britlsher
though nevcc used by Britain. The
lirieiblo balloon might bc regarded as
vital instrument hy some. The dirlg-
t,, balloon. of which iho baby-killing
npolin IS Development originated in
lncc
What then. has the superman con-
ibutsd IN hi. 10 years OF preparation
Tor conquest ~ Sourse De has taken
the products 0f the brains Of other ma
lions and given them large develop
mont. But what have the Germans ac-
iually originated? These
POISON GAS.
LIQUID FIRE.
Both are no products Of his dark
ohambered brain. long trained in mill
tsry matters to think IN terms Of hor-
ror and frightfulness.
A diary taken from a German prison
or may be seen at the foreign ONCE In
Paris. II contains this incident
1--WE are now passing through Lange-
viller. This village was destroyed by
ihe iith battalion Of The German
Pioneers. l saw three women hanged
on trees. Among these now troops vii
there be a commander, a. captain e
order the cords TO be cut and releas'
these dead women? No, the regiment
win march by under the gibbet and tn
ilags viii brush by these corpses; the
Evening journal., 1918-02-12

Erin" "sweet Evangeline Of Old Ar
cady' and Daniel in the Lions Den"
Thoroughly good music. the kind
that bears hearing over and over again,
is offered by Columbia in Lucy Gates
singing Of stephen Fosters well-loved
SONG "Massa's in De Cold, Cold
Ground accompanied by the Colum
bia stellar Quartette. Equally pleas
ing Is the coupled number, Carry Me
Back to Old Virginia, in which the
same artists are heard.
Evening journal., 1918-02-12

This IS the eleventh Of series Of ar
ticles written exclusively FOR THE
EVENING JOURNAL in this city by
VICTOR Morgan. editor OF the Cleveland
Press Morgan was sent to Europe by
this snd other American newspapers TO
tell the true story Of WHAT IS GOING
ON N GERlIANY TODAY.