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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Six thousand Waacs
Are Behind British
Lines in France

London, July 9.-Great Britain has
an army c: women which Is doing
equally as effective. tho less spectac-
ular. work than that accomplished 10y
the Battalion Of Death" the famoos
Russian women's corps which fought
the Germans The British women's
contingent, known as the Waacs -
short for Womans Army Auxiliary
Corps-numbers almost q division and
already has proved that when a ma
tion's man power runs short, women
can be utilized for soldiers tasks be-
hind the firing line. Every Waac Is
doing duty formerly performed by a
British soldier.
Being permitted within twenty miles
Of the front line trenches the Waacs
know something Of wars horrors first
hand But that has only made them
more determined to do their bit. Dur
ing the Huns drive to destroy the
British army It was necessary fpr tho
Waacs to retreat They were offered
motor trucks for transportation. But
they realized motor trucks were need
ed more for getting supplies to the
rear. So they walked the fifteen miles
rearward.
5000 With Overseas Army.
There are some $500 Waacs in the
British overseas forces. After being
recruited, they are drilled in the WORK
they are to TO- and uniformed. Many
Of the girls are engaged in cleaning
and repairing auto trucks and aero
planes, some attend to clerical duties,
others serve refreshments and add u
touch of home to the soldiers social
quarters. Others cool', sew, and sweep.
The Waacs are recruited from girls
more than IS years old. A majority
of them come from the middle class
homes. The character Of all the girls
is closely scrutinized by women re-
cruiting officers and a very high moral
standard is maintained The girls al
ways are under supervision of ma
irons who are officers.
The Waacs have helped lessen the
man power problem, and their work
IN this respect has been so effective
that Sir William Bull, parliament
member, has advocatei CONSUMPTION Of
all women between 10 and 30 years old
for national service. The Waacs have
proved to be good soldiers"
Make Men Fight Harder.
In addition, the very presence of thu
Waacs has increased the morale and,
according to some observers, the mo-
rails of the men in khaki. The soldiers
are enabled 10 see and iiinSlc with
girls from the home land, of their own
station in life, and this makes up, to
some extent, for the infrequent leaves.
Tt sec the girls from England who
have put aside all that is paltry and
have come to the aid Of their broth
crs. makes the Britisher better
scrnpper. He realizes what might
happen if the Huns should win.
The work Of the Waacs has been so
effective, both abroad and at camps
and canteens in England, that cam
poign of utilization, supposedly the
work Of German agents has been let
Loose to discredit these girls. The gov
errment was quick to act. The ru-
mors. including stories of widesread
immortality, have been jroved false
after searching inquiry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Entered Service
Reluctantly: Nou
Ardent Soldiers

Louisville KY, July 9.-Some of the
men to come to the national army can
comments at Camp Zachary Taylor in
the first quota Of selected recruits came
reluctantly. These same men as MEM
bers of the Eighty fourth division,
national army, recently transferred
to Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, o.,
wouldn't quit the army if they could.
Illustrating this change in feeling,
company commanders tell many stories
one of which concerns a mountain boy
who profaneiy objected to his fathers
efforts to get him out of the army. The
boys father had written many letters
to the captain declaring the lad was
not strong and might break down COM
pletely under strain Of active service.
To make sure of the boys health the
captain had sent him before the various
, medical boards. Their verdicts were
that he was in good health.
Finally the youngster came to the
captain and wanted to know if these
frequent orders to appear before
medical boards was caused by any dis
satisfaction of the captain with him.
Then he was shown his fathers letters.
Huh, pappy's crazy, captain" he
said. II amt delicate. Look at me.
He means we'll, but you just tell him
to go to blazes I'm going to France
"And that boy didn't mean to be dis
respectful to his dad" said the captain.
He wanted to go to France and he
meant simply to be emphatic about it"
Another mountain boy, when he first
arrived, while apparently in very good
trim, was unable to finish even the
shortest practice marches. Recently
he came in under seventy five pound
pack from forced practice march Of
twenty seven miles head up, smiling,
the freshest man in the company.
The change had been achieved it
was explained, by army doctors who
cured him of the hook worm, removed
his tonsils and adenoids and made
other slight alterations.
The boy had been resentful over be-
ing forced into the army and gave little
promise of ever becoming a fit soldier.
Today he is about the "smartest" man
in the company. his captain says. After
several months of service he was given
a. furlough home. On returning he
frankly told his company commander
that while he had been mighty glad
to see the home folks he was glad to
get back to the army. He expressed
the wish that the folks were living as
well as he was
Another boy who had been offered an
agricultural furlough to help his father
on the farm refused because he was
afraid the division might be- ordered to
France without him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09

Edgar Williams Is wonderful
steeplejack. He lives at 2s2 Ridgeley
street, Cincinnati, Ohio. His reputation
for daring and skillful work !s nation
wide. He likes his work and the more
difficult 1t Is to reach his 'job" as he
nonchalantly calls It, the better.
Ask him why he feels as much Mt
home dangling high in the air as he
does near his own coy Preside, and
he answers simply perfect health" He
will tell you also that II 1t were not
for Tanlac he would not q able to go
about his hazardous occupation with
the ease and composure he. now en-
joys. Here's what he says:
"Tanlac has been boon to me and
assures me That for many wears shall
be able to follow my dangerous Occur
patton without the slightest fear Of my
nerves failing mo.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09

II have not always felt at home sus-
pended high In nid-air as ] do now.
The prospect OF difficult job docs not
worry me In the least. prepare for
x b. taking Tanlan A few DAYS be.
fore an unusually hard bit OF work I
tone up my system by taking Tan
lac. It quiets my nerves and puts my
general physique into perfect athletic
shape.
My wife also declares Tanlac to be
a first class medicine for run down.
nervous women. For a long period she
was nervous and restless. Headaches,
and general debility had weakened her.
Tanlac restored her and today she on
Joys the vitality and ambition that
comes from healthy mind and body
Tanlac Is sold and recommended by
the Mcbride & Will Drug Company
and other first class druggists In Mar.
shalltown and nearby towns. X
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09

The navy department authorizes the
following:
Ensign Stephen Potter, u. 5.
naval reserve force. who was killed in
action on April o5, Is credited with
shooting down the first German sea-
plane destroyed by an American naval
aviator. Photographs, taken from Il
seaplane, showing the enemy plane
in flames and in the water, have just
been RECEIVED by the navy depart
ment.
A report of this action states that
on March 10, 1918. long distance
reconnaissance of the German coast
was made by large American lying
boats operating from a British royal
air force station. Two, American
naval aviators accompanied this eX-
rodition and enc Of them, Ensign
Potter, was successful in shooting
down a German seaplane which at
tackled the formation. second en-
envy machine was put to rout at the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
WAR TEACHES US HOW.
Good Grade of Cotton Gloves Now
Made in America,

Washington, July 9.-Technical diff
f1culties encountered by the American
manufacturers in the production OF
high grade cotton gloves have been
overcome and goods of this kind, made
in the United States" will be placed on
the market this fall.
A review of the industry issued by
the tariff commission said that the
domestic product which has been
evolved is Of excellent quality. One Of
the most difficult things to achieve has
been the velvety suede finish. which
gives the gloves the appearance Of
leather. "Duplexing" or combining Of
two thicknesses of cloth in heavier
gloves also has given much trouble.
Prior to 1914, no sueded cotton
gloves were made in this country.
Ninety per cent of those imported
came from Gedmany. Manufacturers
have been experimenting in an en-
deavor to produce an article which
would supplant the German goods for
all time and apparently now have sue
ceeded.
The United States is the only coun-
try in the world in which the manu-
facture of work gloves is of any i'm
portance. About $12.000,000 worth Of
such cotton gloves are made annually
in this country for home consumption.
These gloves are made in several hun
dred different styles and are used III
a great number of Industries, from
candy making to ship building.
For the year ending June 80, 1919,
imports Of cotton gloves Of all kinds
were valued at s2,1s4, C39.24: durIns
the year ending June 80, 1917, only
$20S565 worth of cotton gloves was
brought into the United States.
The price of the German made
gloves averaged so cents a pair to the
American consumer; the price now av-
erages 81 pair. Not all of tho in
crease should be ascribed to the higher
cost Of production in the United States,
however. as it is partly due to an in
crease in the general level OF prices,
the commission says.
From 1890 to 1909. with the excep-
ton of the years 1894 to 1897, the rate
Of duty on cotton gloves was so per
cent ad valorem. From 1894 to 1897
the rate was 40 per cent. An attempt
was made 1909 to encourage the
manufacture Of cotton gloves of the
sort worn by policemen and ny SOL
diers and sailors when on parade. a
duty equivalent to about 81 per cent
ad valorem was placed on gloves Of
this sort by the tariff Of 1909, but the
total value of gloves Of this sort made
in this country has been small. The
rate Of duty on cotton gloves, by what
ever process made, was reduced to 81
per cent ad valorem in 1919.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
coNvALEscENrs IN ENGLAND.
Wounded American Soldiers Sent &c
London For Treatment.

London, June TO- Convalescent
american soldiers from the battle
fields of France and Flanders soon
will be familiar sights on the streets
of London. Already many Of the Amer
:can wounded are being cared for in
hospitals here but plans are being
made to bring all or practically all
across the channel.
Those declared unit for further
duty will be sent back to the United
States as rapidly as possible and the
question of sending over for the later
stages of convalescense those whose
complete restoration is certain but
which will require many months. is
understood to be under consideration.
The medical department Of the army
took steps early this month to estab-
lish two moro base hospitals at English
ports and to increase the facilities at
those now in operation and the Red
Cross Is preparing to open 3,OO0-oed
hospital.
The largest hospital now used by
the American army is one in France,
equipped to care for $500 patients.
AS part Of the plan for restoring
the, wounded in England. instead OF
France there has been placed at the
head Of the American army's medical
department here a general officer,
General Winter.
One Of the reasons for the decision
to bring the American wounded here
for treatment was. the conviction that
recovery in many cases would be
FASTENED by the absence from the de-
pressing proximity to the battle fronts
and that the men would become fit
for active service in less time If in
the environment of a people speaking
their own language.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Ge"a" eaa @ GOVT

mans. In action, four were attacking
Potter and the others his companion.
POTTER fell behind and began 10 zig
gag. His companion throttled down
to enable him to catch up. Potter
dod. ted again. but was then broadslde
to all the enemy machines and under
theiI1 fire only fifty feet from the
water, His companion. $50 feet above,
saw Potter's machine burst into
tlan ies. come down part OF the way I'M
der control. then crash ON the port
wirss tip.
Hotter was last seen on the surface
an I'D flames, which turned suddenly
to "a huge cloud OF smoke. Two OF the
erhmy circlel over the spot. then
j. fned the other five. When the pail
had cleared. rot even, wreckage was
Visible
Ensign Potter enrolled in the
raval flying corps on Sept. rs. 1917
and was made ensign Nov. 2. 1917. At
daie Of enrolment he gave his next or
kin. brother. John II. Potter, Pasadena
apartments, Detroit, Mich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
COW AS MUNITIONS PRODUCER.
Exports Of Condensed Milk, Destined
For Trenches in France. Doublsd

Exports Of CONDEMNED Milk, Destined
For Trenches in France. Doubled.
The American COW Is doing her bit in
the great war. She has contributed
siG3.oGG.000 worth OF her products to
the exports Of the United States in the
last year, nearly all OF 1t going to
the boys in the trenches" chiefly In
the form OF condensed milk. A COM
pilation by the National City Bank OF
New York shows that the quantity Of
condensed milk exported in the fiscal
year 1918, ending with June, will ap.
proximate 6o0.000,O0o pounds, against
260,000,000 in the fiscal year 1917, 16O,-
100000 in 1915, and but 100000 in
the fiscal year 1915.
The stated value Of the condensed
milk thus exported aggregates for the
fiscal year 1918 about $4,000, GOO, and
when we add the other contributions
of the COW, butter and cheese. the total
value which she has contributed to the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
~ atGria; waste.

The waste of 100000 pounds OF Pc
per week entnils the cutting Of at
least 1900 trees week. Every ton
Of old paper recovered means a saw
Ing Of eight trees OF mature growth.
The saving Of wooden rags for the
manufacture Of shoddy saves land for
crops which otherwise would be re-
CURED for the raising Of sheep. Men,
money and materials-capital and Ia
bor-are conserved every time q bit
of material is re-employed which for
merly was DESTROYED.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
GERMAN COURTS SEVERE.
Law Administered With Stern Han
Brings Socialist Rebuke.

New York, July 9.-German courts
martial evidently administer the law
with stern hand in the attempt to
prevent the spread in Germany of boil
shevik doctrines. Their application Of
the law was denounced in the reich
stag by the :ocialis, DR.. Cohn. as g
disgrace to German justice. accordin;
to the: Cologne Gazette
Citing instances to show how severe
these sentences had been, DR.. Cohn
said that woman who stopped ia
pick up her hat which had fallen on
the ground near trolley car was SEN
fenced to serve one and one-half years
in penitentiary on a charge Of at
tempting to endanger transportation.
Dr. Cohn said he could enumerate
dozens of similar cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
somnampulIsts Deep Sleeper.

Sleep walking only occuO In deel
sleep. That Is the reason somnambu
lists are unaware Of their meamer
inss about. Here Is the proof. a col
lege student forrsed the habit or get
ting up in his sleep, dressing. walking
down to the ocean, undressing, taRAhi
deliberate and enjoyable svthi
dressing, walking back to his room. Jun
dressing, and retiring again, only u
wake up in the morning without TN
slightest inkling OF remembrancesfron
the escapade of the night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Reward for Riqht Doing.

1t is just as Impossible to escape the
reward Of right-doing as 1t Is to get
away from your shadow. or to accept
the light Of the sunbeam without Its
warmth It Is true that the reward
Is not likely to come as 1t did In the
old-fashioned story books, where the
girl who returned lost purse was
adopted into the family. Right-doing
brings reward beyond such dreams.
1t is as inevitable as gravitation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
YANKS BRAVE AND CHEERFUL.
Red Cross Worker Describes Soldiers
Back From Front.

South Bend, Ind, Jul s.-"Blood
soaked and weary but brave and cheer
full" is the way Miss Kathryn Carlisle
Red Cross worker in France. de-
scribes Americans returning from bat
tie to the canteen, in letter to hei
father, C. A. Carlisle, of this city.
Cur boys, with bayonet and shell
wounds, will tell you quickly and firm
~, I'm all right, can wait. Look after
jim; he's been gassed.'
Here is a toast one of our brave Of
ficers left with u.s., continues Miss
Carlisle, who has been in France year
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Tribute TO Friendship.

"Friends," said Joha Hay, ARE the
sunshine Of life. All men seek sun.
light, and every man seeks friend
after his own kind and nature. The
best and most intelligent of us adj
mits the rarity and value OF friend
ship; the worst and most Ignorant OF
us is unwittingly the better for know
ing some friendly companion. '-Atinn'
tic Monthly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Austrian Crops Damaged.

Zurich July 3.-Vienna newspapers
report violent transforms and abnor-
mally low tempe natures il; every part
OF Austri a Hungary. There also were
severe snowstorms and frost in Bos-
ria, Herzegovina, and Dalmatia. The
snowfall continued for nine hours and
greatly damaged the crops.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
LONGEST AERIAL MAIL ROUTE.
Daily Service Between Vienna and
kiev. Distance of $50 Miles.

Amsterdam, June 6 (by maiD-An
average of q thousand packets of mail
are now being carried regularly every
day between Vienna and Niev by air
pane. The distance between the two
cities is $50 miles and the claim Is
made that this is the longest regular
air express mail route now being oper-
atcd in any part Of the world.
The trip takes from ten to twelve
hours, compared to forty hours by
train. 1t is made in four stages. the
intermediate stops being Cracow, Lem
berg and Proskurow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09
Free Of Charge.

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eating. etc. when you can get sam
pie bottle Of Green's August Flower
free at the Old Reliable Drug Store.
This medicine has remarkable cur
tive properties, and has demonstrated
it's efficiency by fifty years of success
Headaches are often caused by a dis
ordered stomach.
A gentle laxative. Try it. For sale
in all civilized countries
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-09

Lieut. Edward Michael Mickey Am eican Red Cross at right and Lieut.
Gardiner a n New York
Red OF
while
He
machine
Red service
The daily morning oasis., 1918-07-17
Garden Memories.

Our present joy in growing things
grows deeper, as color and fragrances
Of our actual garden blend with colors
and fragrances from long ago. Wood
bine over the rafters takes on the
semblance of la petite chambre verte
in Normandy where we lunched one
September noon many years gone by.
In April the clear crimson of
our tulips brings back those plucked
wild on hills near Florence in long
vanished spring sunshine; and the lit
tie pink-tipped daisies that border the
bed make one see again those in AL
pine grass, high on the great slopes
above Lausanne, with the glory of the
lake, and Savoy and Mont Blanc
spread out before; those in English
meadows In sweet, chilly early sum-
mer. What associations come on the
breath Of lilacs, or lilies-Of-the-valley
or a few sprigs of blossoming hello
trope, recalling an almost tropical riot
of color in a great bed of heliotrope on
the shore of Lake Como, with every
soft shade of lavender, deepening to
richest purple and cloud of many
tinted purple butterflies lowering
acknowledgement Sherwood.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-07-17
ROOM FOR MANY MILLIONS
Vast Spaces of Siberia That Have Yet
to Be Surveyed and Exploited
by Man.

The biggest and loneliest land on
the globe is Siberia of which at the
present moment there is so much talk,
says London Answers. Any one who
would set about it's conquest by In
vasion would find the task herculean
one, for it contains nearly five mil.
lion square miles, and is about 40
times as big as the British isles!
In these vast spaces there Is popu-
lation less than London contains by
couple of millions, and there are hun
dreds of thousands of square miles of
territory where no human being is to
be seen. The mighty rivers of Siberia
are almost rendered useless by the
fact that they flow mostly into the
Arctic ocean, and their lower courses
are icebound during the greater part
of the year, and their mouths are at
all times very difficult of access. Arc
tic Siberia is vast country in itself,
but very inhospitable.
Siberia, it is said, is destined to be
the granary of the world; and the
opening of the railway across it's en-
tire breadth has certainly done much
to develop it's resources.
The daily morning oasis., 1918-07-17
PRETTY LEGEND OF NIAGARA
How the Great Lakes Joined in Their
Wondrous Leap Over the Fa-
nous Ridge.

In old, old times, on the highest
peak of a great mountain, there dwelt
a hunter and his five sparkling daugh-
tiers. Their lodge was of bright betula
bark and on clear days they could see
the distant ocean flashing like silver
band. "Come out! Come out !" cried
the youngest daughter, the little Err.
"Come Su! Come HUI Come Mi Come
Cha! (The names stand in order for
Erie, Superior, Huron, Michigan and
st. Clair). Let us away to the sea,
where the foaming breakers roar" So
they left their lodge and leaped and
sang with happy hearts. Their robes
were of blue and chrysolite green and
flOated on the breeze. Their moccasins
were of frozen water drops and their
wings of painted wind. And they scam
pered and romped across the plain or
foated beneath the sky, or rushed past
valley and hill and field, singing and
shouting with glee. At last they came
to precipice of jagged rocks and
moss "Alas !" cried Err, "what dread
ful leap! But we have come so far
that we must go on or our father will
laugh at us So come Su! Come HUI!
Come Mi! Come Cha and follow mel"
So over the steep they sprang and
floated down on their painted wings.
They leaped and they sang like happy
hearted birds. Then the little Err cried:
''Let us up and down the steep again!"
And I'M and down the five maids
skipped and laughed at the sport and
foam and called it Niagara Falls. And
today, through the rainbow mist, you
may see their robes of blue and chryso-
lite green and their painted wings and
their twinkling feet, as the five play
in the waterfall.-New York Evening
Post.