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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
Responsibility For Success
or Failure of Building
Plans Put on Labor.
YARDS, MATERIAL
AND MONEY READY
Six Government Yards to Be Ready In
Sixty Days, When $4,000 Additional
Mechanics Will Be Needed Yards
Now Working One Shift Six Days a
Week-Must Run Three Shifts Daily
to Keep Ahead Of Submarine.

Washington. Fob. 6.-Responssblity
ernment's shipbuilding program wis
put On labor today by Charles Piez,
vice president and general manager Of
the American fleet corporation. In an
appeal for ship yard workers.
The board has the necessary yards.
the materials and the money. All that
IL lacking is the spirit in the nation
that will send the quarter OF a million
mechanics into tho yards"
The fact that the yards are working
only one shift six days a week was
characterized ae 'monstrous.'
If we are to keep ahead Of the
submarine campaign said he. I'VE
must run three shifts n day fifty-two
weeks a year, In sixty days six gov
ernment yards will be completed ana
soon thereafter $4,000 more workers
Will be required IL these yards arc TO
turn out ships according to schedule.
The shipping board now has 7l6
shipways-So2 for wooden, ships and
4i4 for steel construction.
F.! Our program calls for the constr1ic-
ton In 1919 OF eight times the tonnAGa
delivered In 1916 at cost OF more
than a billion dollars"
| Deersass in Merchant Tonnoee.
| American owned merchant veAseis OF
Ave tons net register or more operating
In inland waters, coastwlse or In for-
eign trade during 1918 numbered 3T.-
9S4 and had gross tonnage OF IL.
100000, according to II report ISSUED to-
day by tho census bureau. u, showed
the increase in the number Of vessels
rs compared with 1906 was equal to
only y. per cent and the GROSS tonnage
showed II decrease amounting TO B, per
cent.
The average tonnage per vessel for
the country rs n whole decreased from,
345 in 1915 to 32s in 1916. This is ar-
counted for, the report said. by the
marked falling Off In the number and
tonnage Of sailing vessels and In the
tonnage OF unrigged craft
Big Decrease on Mississippi.
Tho geographical distribution of -
100000 gross tonnage was givep as
follows: Atlantic coast and Gulf OF
Mexico. 6,509, 900. 'Mississipp! river and
It's tributaries. 1871 900: Pacific coast
including Alaska, 1.1S60oo great lakes
and St Lawrence river 2,T0s 600;
canals and othor inland waters. loo, 900
The proportional increase during the
ten year period In number Of vessels
was most pronounced on the Pacific
coast. whero Il amounted TO 81 per cent.
for the lakes and st. Lawrence river
the increase in tonnage was II Iter cont.
On the other hand a great decrease
from 4ll2,000 to 1921 900 or 60 per
cent took place on the Mississip ppi river
ana It's tributaries.
! Despite the falling of In total gross
tonnage ms a whole during ths ten
year period. the figures for value OF
vessels. gross income. wages paid and
freight carried showed marked In
creases. amounting to 80 per cent. ~
per cent. ~ per cent and 42 per cont
respectively. Tho value Of the vessels
was fixed Mt $3.50, 900 900 and the gross
income computed at 1854 900 900,
|
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
M;..our; Lifts FueI Restrictions.

Ct J,ouis Feb. G-All fuel restric-
tions in Missouri were llrted To-Day py
the state fuel administrator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
sh.lden soldier Boy Dead.

Camp Cody Deming. n. NJ. Feb. 81
Private ]. @. Slouthber. Company 6.
lissd infantry. whose home Is In Shell
don. Iowa, died at the base hospital TO-
day Of septicemiA. ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06

Des Moines, Feb. s.-Boys Of the
lssth, formerly the fighting Third Of
Iowa, are going to help stop the Ger
man offensive.
Col. E. r. Bennett, Of Des Moines, IN
a letter to former Senator Lafayette
Young, says the rainbow division Is
being trained for active duty in the
front line trenches.
This is in preparation for the Ger
men offensive" says Colonel Bennett.
A brief letter from Major Conkling,
also Of Des Moines, accompanies Col
onel Benefits letterf. The major re-
ports his men to be we'll and cheerful.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
WAR TRAINS COLLIDE.
Opposing Soldiers in Finland Clash ir
Unusual Manner.

London, Feb. "a great number OF
persons were killed or injured In con-
sequence of a collision between a train
loaded with Red Guards and a govern :
ment train sent to intercept the Reo
Guard train in month Finland. accord
ing to telegram from Copenhagen'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
Rainbow Division Being
] Prepared For Trench
Service in First Line.
OFFICERS SEND
WORD TO RELATIVES
Renewed Activity All Along Western
Front Indicates Spring Offensive by
Germans 10 Drawing Near-ArtilIery
Activity Intense at Several Points,
Including Portion Of Limo Held by
An,ericans-sammlss Smelling Huns.

Raidins operations and artillery
dueIs are increasing on tho western
front az tho time for the beginning
Of the spring operations approach
20.
Two years ago, after . successful
attack at Souehez, tho Germans be-
aan their drive on verdun with
heavy artillery fire on Feb. 21,while
last year the British captured
Grandeourt on tho somme front on
Fob. 7, and the Germans two weeks
later retired from the Aners, tho
first step in tho retreat to the Hin
denburg line.
All official statements report
great artillery activity. Tho big
guns have been busy around Ypres
and before cambrai on tho British
front, on tho right bank OF tho
Meuse on the Freneh front, and on
the American sector.
Tho British have made q success.
ful raid northeast Of Yprss, and
French rsoiers brought back
prisoners in the Aroonne. German
attempts near cambrai and near
,corbsny, in Champagne, were re-
pulsed.
There has bssn lively aerial and
artillery fighting on the American
\ ssetor nsr4hvssst ~ TsUl. The slsiss
sisers have clsaesd and ths Ger
vv,ans are reported 70 b. hombard-
ing viIIasss they had left untoueh.
- <ar - = nv ssnon$hA
Entente airmsn have been active.
British flyers on Monday dropped
three tons Of bombs and account
for eight snsmy airpIanes with the
loss OF one machine.
On tho Italian front italian and
British aviators have brought down
thirteen enemy machines, while the
Germans have again bombed
Padua.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-06
MILITARY MEASURE PASSED.

Senate UnanimousIy Approves Soldiers
and Sailors Bill
Washington. Feb. 6.-The soldiers
and sailors civil right bill was unani-
mously passed today by the senate
virtually in the form It passed the
house.
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Audun lie Roman with good results.
Large numbers OF enemy airplanes
were encountered and bitter lighting
took place.
Two enemy machines were de-
stroyed and one was sent down out
OF control. Six Of ours failed to re-
turn
On the night OF Thursday in heavy
attacks on the Metz-Sablops region
many direct hits we're observed. Tho
railways of Mezieres and Thionville
and the Frescati airdrome were at
tackled. There were several direct hits
on the Thionville station and juno
ton. All our machines returned.
Another communication dealing will
operations over the British part of III,
Aghtlng front and behind the lines
says:
Our machines Thursday carried out
large number of reconnaissance
flights and man1uvres for observing
the effect of'our artillery fire.
More than twenty tons of bombs
were dropped on railroads and billets.
In a raid on an enemy airdrome
several hangers were set on fire and
a hostile machine was destroyed on
the ground and seven others, which
attempted to repel the attacking
squadron. we're shot down. Four hos
tile machines were destroyed on other
parts OF the front. Five of our ma
chimes were missing during the day
Little flying was possible at night
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DECISION LEFT TO SMITH.
Democrats Discuss Harris Problem
NJ Syracuse Headquarters.
Special Despatch 10 TIRE Sex.

special Despdfch 10 TIE SCN.
SYRACUSE. Sept. democratic head
quarters we're buzzing to-day with gos-
SIP over the expected forthcoming resig-
alton OF Edwin S. Harris as State COM
mittee chairman.
National Committeeman Norman E.
Mack, Senators Foley and Wagner.
state Committeeman Walsh OF Yonkers.
'ahil of Richmond. Smith of Utica. KEEL
10y Of Syracuse and Representative party
leaders, In Greater New York were
among those who talked with Al Smith
about the matter. II was finally decided
10 leave the decision entirely in Mr..
smiths hands.
There is only one name being men,
Toned here as Harriss successor. that OF
Judge Augustus Kellogg OF Glens Falls.
nresent campaign manager in active
'harge Of the Syracuse headquarters. No
one has yet been mentioned as Kellogg o
successor.
Little will be done at headquarters
mere for the next week or ten days be-
'ond preliminary organization and start
ms drive to get out a large registra-
"on
Chairman Kellogg to-day announced
me names OF thirty-four men on the
"fnpaign committee. Frank Croker
,'7reScnts Nassau and Cornelius Pugs-
'' Wcstchester county. Ten more New
York city men and a woman's committee
''e Ia be named later. Charles r. Ratti-
San 81 Auburn, who has buried the
'S'"let, is the cayuga man. while D.
tady Herrick. Martin II. Glynn and AL
uert Hassbeig are selected from Albany.
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any other German unit. Even after
they lost Vauquois they fought stub
bornly for Varennes and Cheppy. When
these points fell the line moved forward
more rapidly and the average of ad-
vance was well maintained.
The country over which the Americans
progressed was ideal for the conceal
ment of guns and observation posts.
On the roads to the rear, amid the
confusion of smoke and noise, troops
were waiting In what shelter they could
find for permission to go forward and
take their share in the fighting. They
were lined up In the lee of a wood or
crowded In sunken road. The soldiers
were in a happy mood and were anxious
to know what was going on in the mad
turmoil beyond the hill top. They were
awaiting without a sign or apprehension
the supreme test of their manhood that
any moment might bring.
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and Cuisy form n triangle and kind OF
hinge where the Velker position Joined
the Hagen position enabling the enemy
line to swing some 30 degrees to meet
any attack from the south and to pre-
vent any successful exit from the deep
Montfaucon wood In front OF It.
The American position IN Montfaucon
should exercise a most important effect
on further operations, as Montfaucon
lies just half way between the front
line, which has been captured by the
Americans. and the Kriemhilde POSI-
ton. During the late afternoon the
American front was pushed further for
ward and tho town of Nantillois added
to the large number taken by the Amer
leans.
The stiHest Fighting.
But perhaps the stoutest fighting Of
the whole day was on the left of the line
just east Of the forest Of Argonne, where,
at Vauquois. an entire division OF the
Prusslan guard was holding the front
trenches. The First, Second and Fourth
regiments were in the line and the Third
In reserve. The Third Regiment was
brought from a rest camp eight days ago
in anticipation of this attack. which at
least Ia proof Of the enemy determine
ton to resist It II possible.
1t evidently was not possible for the
guards to stop the Americans, though
they held their end of the line longer
than the troops on the other part of II.
They had an admirable position and
were nearer their actual strength than
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AIRMEN AID IN ATTACK.
German supply Bases In Lorraine
Heavily ROmb

LONDON. Sept 27.--The following Of
fcial communication dealing with the
operations Of the British independent air
force was issued this evening:
In conjunction with the Franco
American operations Thursday our
machines in the afternoon attacked
the railways OF Metz-Sabons and
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ARMY HOSPITAL AT SARATOGA
state Offers Site and VIII Furnish
Waters Free.
Special Despatch 10 The srx.

SpecIW Dfspdtch 10 THE sly.
ALBANY, Sept. 27.-The establishment
OF an army hospital on the Saratoga RES
ervation where invalided soldiers from
overseas may enjoy the benefits of the
medicinal and mineral waters which
the State owns was. suggested 10 the
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American Task DimcuIt.

American troops III their attack north
west of Verdun were confronted by the
German Fifth Army. although this force
had been diluted.
The American advance over most diff
ncult ground amid woods is looked upon
here as a fine feat of arms. Montfau-
con. whose heavy silhouette dominates
the horizon. was passed by the Ameri-
cans and now is well within the newly
conquered ground.
The Areonne forest itse-, Is dead
ground" between tho two attacking
fronts. but the capture by the Ameri-
cans of Montblanvale Con the eastern
outskirts OF the forest) bottles up the
Germans holding the positions in front
Of Four de Paris. Germans there now
have the French in front OF them and
the Americans at their backs
The Germans. II is believed here, have
only one division in the Argonne. This
force now has no other means OF re-
treat but over the rough roads leading
northward through the woods
by taking Varennes and Montfau-
con with series of positions that Gen
Won Gallwitz considered so impregnable
that he could not have taken indispensa-
BILE precautions" says Marcel Hutin In
the Echo de Paris. the Americans have
given magnificent new edition OF their
victory In the st. Mih!el salient"
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Az Hot'iN and Eosi0WdHis IdreJiiScd ~
7HI SIN COmpiV wNh NE Ord,iS Of m,
uiicf Stdfss tOId idmiuisf, 0iiDr.
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ADJUSTMENTS
FOREMOST M AsP .s UNDER THE DIRECTION
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Artillery Reply Is Weak.

THE German artillery reacted feebly
except in the hilly region. where the
enemy waited in vain for the principal
attack to come on that side. We took
possession Of the Roman road and merely
sent recommending parties toward Fort
Moronvilliers. which we had momenta-
rily abandoned during the man9uvre OF
July Is.
Toward the close Of the day our
troops had progressed beyond the old po-
sitions Of the 1915 battle of the Cham
payne and had taken the villages Of
Servon, Ripont and Rouvroy and the
Butte-du-Mesnil. the Butte du -Tahure,
Butte-du-Mont Muret and the Butte-du-
Souain. Navarin Farm and the redoubt-
able mountain Of Montfaucon also were
captured. We took 5000 prisoners and
much material which has not yet been
counted.
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Dimculties Increase.

Beyond these two villages the diff
culties increased. The Bots de Mont
faucon on the left bristied with machine
guns and Mont-aucon itself. r most pic
turesque village. had been turned into a
centre OF resistance.
One watched with tempered regret the
admirable craftsmanship Of the Amer
lean gunners shaking roofs into ruins
and busting the hillsides with the pow
dsred Wilderness OF walls But the enemy
chung TO the shattered places and the
American advance was stayed for a
while until Cuisy. to the right. fell to
the men who had taken Bethincourt and
by a fianking movement. which ended in
Septsarses being taken. threatened 10
cut of the defenders of Montfaucon.
The town and hill of Montfaucon We're
In the centre OF the American advance
and may be considered the dominating
position.
The towns of Montfaucon. septsarses
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In the fighting yesterday on the Amer
lean right. which rested on the Mouse
at Regneville, Gen. Pershing's men early
In the day forced their way across a
brook and pushed the stubborn opposi-
tion clean through the woods beyond.
Then swinging down from the crest of
the hill they cleared Gricourt. In their
stride they swept through Jure Wood
and finally. after some stin fighting,
brought their advance to a close by the
capture Of Dannevoux.
The advance OF the Americans was
seven miles deep notwithstanding that
the artillery OF the enemy was massed on
the further bank Of the river and that
It was thought this probably would make
an advance in this sector extremely diff
ficult It Is possible that the gassing Of
the Germans by the Americans which
had been continued throughout the night
proved more efiicacious than had been
expected.
That was on the American extreme
right, but little further to the left
and in the same sector. Bethincourt and
Malancourt. both of which were Just in
side the enemys line. were acquired
shortly after 6 o'clock.
While the mist mt that time still made
the accuracy OF alignment extremely diff
ficult 1t might have been expected to
tell much more seriously than II did
against young troops unaccustomed to
work together In the dark
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that the fires were started by shells from
the heavy guns they are using.
Gen. Pershing's troops made a great
haul OF German artillery dn the region
Of Dannevoux. The Americans capture
included four big 30 millimeter guns
and eight $50 millimeter pieces and If
ten trench supporters, ten field guns and
thirty-four machine guns.
West of Dannevoux the Americans
captured twelve IT'S. which are now
being used against the Germans, a large
amount of ammunition also having been
captured.
Captured German orders tend to con-
firm the belief that the enemy expected
the American attack but was unable to
determine the exact objective. One or
der reads;
We must count on big attack on
September rs In the Champa gne and
in Lorraine. The width of this attack
on our front Is not yet known.
While II has been established that the
Germans knew OF the projected move
ment for some days, they made no dis
positions OF their forces until wednes-
day, when their infantry began with
drawing to the ma n line Of defence and
Inc artillery echelon was increased in
depth.
ihe army OF zen. .Scurauu mas taken
by storm not only his old positions but
all OF the German fret positions, says
an Official review OF the Franco-Ameri-
can operations issued to-day. A large
portion OF the old front here had been
stabilized since 1915. The barrier be-
hind which the enemy thought his army
was absolutely safe. the statement adds,
has been shattered and captured.
On July Is Gen. Gourauds army
achieved magnificent victory BY
abandoning narrow strip OF its ad-
vanced positions II broke the German
drive and made possible all the sue
cesses obtained on al fronts since that
day.
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The resistance OF the Germans, how
ever, has steadily increased at almost
every point. Apparently they are maxi
ing desperate efforts to hold their newly
established positions.
The greater part OF their line upon
which counter attacks were thrown was
that held by Gen. CSmeron's corps
Thsse counter attacks were repulsed by
troops from Ohio. New Jersey. Virginia
washington. Colorado. Wyoming. Mon
tana, Maryland and Oregon.
Aerial observers reported to-day fires
In the region Of Haraumont and
Brieuiles, both northwest Of Verdun and
in the territory under the fire Of the
American artillery for the past few days.
The nres are believed to represent am
munltion dumps set on fire by the enemy
and Temporary frame buildings erected
IN Rrieulles by the Germans.
The American srtillerymsn assume
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strong Positions Fall EARLY.

csF"uB Positions rail- early.
The front OF Gen. Gouraud's attack
ran from north OF Marazee and Vennae
lie Chateau, straddling the Aisne al Mel
zicourt, bordering the Tourbe Ribxr.
north OF Vile sur Tourbe. through the
centre OF the Main do Massiges, the
edge OF the Butte du Mesnil, then north
to lie Mesnil lez IEnrlus. Perthes iez
Hurlus and Souain, thence running
along the Roman road to st. Hillaire lie
Grand to tho west Of Prosnes and
through the No Mans Land at Prunay.
The famous positions of Mesnil. Sou
ain and the Navarin farm we're cap
tured during the early hours OF the at
tack. strictly according with the sched-
ule mapped out.
In an attempt to initiate the lesson
received on July 10 from Gen. Gou-
raud." the statement continues. the en-
envy had abandoned his advanced posi-
items In order to concentrate his forces
upon positions strongly organized for re-
sistancs. but the new positions were To-
Gated Immediately and the range OF the
artillery heightened accordingly
The artillery preparation began at
ii o'clock Wednesday night. The SOL
diers OF the Fourth Army went over the
top exactly at 8 o'clock Thursday full
of confidence and cheered by the order
which their chief had sent them at 5
o'clock and which concluded with these
words
1T is our turn now and with all
those who are attacking with us. For
ward
Denver labor bulletin. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-19??, 1918-06-01
christian Science Monitor.)


How far from the truth is the argu-
and accepted by some who fail to give
ment fostered by the liquor dealers,
thought to the subject, that the fees
received by a community from liquor
licenses constitute a reason why the
traffic should be allowed to continue,
is shown effectively in Massachusetts,.
The fact is considering it entirely
as business proposition, and putting
over against the revenue received from
liquor the expense it causes the state,
the industry really costs the common
wealth a lot of money each year.
Robert w. Kelso, secretary of the
state board of charity, has made an
estimate, using only items where the
relation is readily identified, and fig
ures that the sum is about $2,782, 576
annually.
In report he presented to re-
cent special conference of the League
for Preventive Work, he says: sit
is possible to Indicate certain definite
OUTLAWS which are indisputably the re-
suit Of drink"
He begins with the pOlicing of the
354 towns and cities in the state. In
1915 it cost S6,356, 800. The total num-
Der of arrests that year for all causes
was 179,010; of these log, Jag, or SO
per cent of the total, were for drunk
enness. "If one were to divide the
expense of the department" he says,
ION the basis of the arrests made,
therefore, over half of all the activi-
ties of our police departments would
have to be assigned to this particular
problem; and we should have some
thing like result of about $3,17S 400
paid out by the public for policing
made necessary by the drink habit"
Then comes liquors share of court
expenses. In 1915, he says, criminal
prosecution was begun in the lower
courts in 102.919 cases of drunken
ness and in l, 633 other cases relating
to liquor laws. This is a total of 20
per cent of all the criminal cases be-
gun. The total net expenditure of
the district and police courts was
1862, 091.57. Mr.. Kelso, conservative,
charges liquor with so per cent, or
$1S1 ,045.7S.
In the jails and houses Of correc-
ton in 1916, being maintained at pub
lie expense. were 39,903 persons,
about Go per cent of them there for
drunkenness. Mr.. Kclso puts down