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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

Member Of tho Aaanciated Press.
ONE MAN A DAY DRAFTED.

Assuming that the next draft is to
start In April and that the men are to
! be called at the rate of 100000 per
month 1t rs going to consume most OF
the summer before any very large
number of registered men are actually
| conscripted for volunteering is going
on all Of the time which counts toward
the total number of men NEEDED.
II 1t is true that approximately halt
a million L. 5. soldiers are in France
| now and that the rate at which they
| can be transported is 100000 per
! month, both of which are the estimates
accepted by the war correspondents,
it would follow that three million tons
of shipping is now needed to serve the
half million men already over there.
Likewise at the accepted estimate OF
SIX tons Of shipping per man our ship
yards must launch 500, 900 tons OF new
shipping every month in order to
transport and serve 100000 more men
each month and three million tons Of
shipping seems 10 be the estimate.
There are ten million men registered
anad one in hundred would be called
each month were there no volunteers.
In a county like Marshall that would
be twenty-eight men per moonth
needed from the draft or less than one
a Gay and volunteers are going almost
every day so 1t follows that the men
who stand back to be called by num-
Der are not going to be separated
from their present occupations nearly
so rapidly as they might imagine.
When we have q million men in
France and ten million tons of ship
ping We can expect to send the next
million over much more rapidly and |
that will call registered men to the |
colors that much faster but so long as
we can not transport men faster than !
can be done at present there would be |
little use in drafting them any faster |
than thar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
Billy Bunny and His Friends

mobile with Billy Bunny and they
drove Off again, and by and by, not so
very long, they came to q big corncrio
that had only a little bit of corn left
in it. And just then Mr.. Sharptooth
Rat looked out through the little space
between the boards and said:
'Ive got three ears Of corn to SELL
Do you want any"'
What kind Of corn is IT." asked the
"Whoa!" to the Luckymobile and ~
stopped right in front Of the corn criD
as nicely as you please.
Its popcorn" said the old. rat, but
it's not popped"
yes I'll buy it," said Uncle Lucky.
So Mr.. Sharptooth Rat put the ears OF
corn in the back of the Laickymoplle
and the old gentleman rabbit gave him
three carrot cents and lettuce dollar
BILL and he gave Uncle Lucky thirteen
carrots in change. Now, how much
did Uncle Lucky pay for the corn, for
hope haven't made mistake and let
that old robber rat cheat dear KIM.
generous Unccle Lucky.
Well, after that the two little rap
bitsd rove off, and after a while, by
and by, they came to signpost which
read ITO Lollypopville."
Lets go there" said the little RAD
bit, that's the place for me-" So the
old gentleman rabbit turned to the
right for there were two roads right
there, you see. and pretty soon, after
a mile or less. they came to a pretty
village. And just as they were goins
to stop in front of the candy factory
the whistle blew, for it was Just ID
o'clock, you see, and all the workmen
came out for lunch, so we'll have TO
walt until the next story to hear what
happened after that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome

NSkoS <<'~0yo
MARSHALL LODGE No. 1o8.-Spe-
cial communication Friday evening.
March s; at 1880 o'clock. Work in sec
ond degree B. E English. W. NJ; ]. W.
Wells, secretary.
sIcNET CHAPTER, Ma. SO, a. A. NJ
Special convocation Monday evening,
March H. at 1880 o'clock. Royal Arch
degree Ira A. Davenport, H. P;
John W. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. & S. M, Mon
day, March 10. 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. I. T. Forbes, recorder; George
Gregory, I. NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAvE. ST. AIderar
Commander yTuesday, March r. 1918
7;3O p. m. For work; order of the Tenn
pie. I. T. Forbes, recorder; John E.
Frederick, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81, o. e.
S.-Regular meeting for business We'd
nesday evening, March 49, at 100
o'clock. Mrs. Archer Walton, secre-
tary; Mrs. Cora Wiley. W. NJ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
TBy David Corey.l

i
| Well, the Old Red Rooster didn't stick
his spurs into the rubber tires and
| burst the sofa cushion under dear
Uncle Lucky's left hind foot so I'll go
on with my story as fast as can. For,
goodness me! That Luckymobile had
dreadful time keeping up with that
wheelbarrow. You remember the little
rabbits had tied 1t on to the front or
the Luckymobile in the story before
this, and it's lucky they did 1t then
for there wouldn't be any time to do 1t
in this story, let me tell you. for the
Luckymobile, was going so fast that
the Old Red BOOSTERS comb nearly
came off.
And then, all of n sudden, just like
that, the whelbarrow turned one way
and the Luckymobile turned the other,
and out tumbled the little rabbits and
the Old Red Rooster.
Goodness gracious meebus!" ex-
claimed the old gentlemen rabbit, that
was a narrow escape for my old we'd
ding stovepipe hat and he picked IT
up and busted 1t off with his blue silh
polkadot handkerchief and then he put
it back on his head.
But, oh dear me! The Old Red
Rooster was so angry at being thrown
out Of the Luckymobile that he picked
up his wheelbarrow and ran off down
the road.
I don't want to ride
BY any rabbits side
Who doesn't know just how to steer,
And throws me out upon my ear.
And then he tapped his wings and
said, Cock "a doodle-do; no more I'll
ride with YOU"
Gracious me, but he's disagree
able old fowl" said Uncle Lucky. And
then he hoped back into the Lucy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
saying that II the party nominated him
he would accept the same.

saying that II the party nominated him
he would accept the same.
There was another state officer, who
was then In the sixth year of his in
cumbency Of office-that was the trea-
suryship. He desired a fourth term.
He was not so popular an official as
General Wright. AS the time for ballot
ing came close, the opponents Outright
and Rankin figured that to nominate
regular way, and General Wright got
the nomination, OF which there was
much more probability than OF Ran
kin's Wrights success would help take
the other thru, whereas, II the vote
were taken on treasurer first, the de-
feat Of Rankin would initiate against
Wright on the fourth term objection.
AS 1t turned out, Josiah T. Young, OF
Monroe county, was nominated for Sec
rotary Of state, and William Christy,
Of Clarke county. for treasurer OF
state.
Eight years prior to that time when
the foregoing happened, Jonathan w.
Cattell's third term as auditor OF state
was drawing to close, and he was In
duced to permit his name to be used
for a fourth nomination, and he had
such assurances of support that he was
much chagrined at his defeat, which
It took three or four ballots to do.
Plain Talk inclines to the opinion
that were the present primary system
of nomination in force at the times the
foregoing events Transported. both Cat
tell and Wright would have been nom
mated: the incumbent then as now
ordinarily having the advantage Of a
large personal acquaintance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
RIPPING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
WARTIME SMILES.

when should be
depressing chorus when grief
hear enough signing we see enough crying
Of
thing
al
steel
fearing and spiel?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
When Itching Stops

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blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm
and similar skin troubles will disappear.
A little zemo. the penetrating, satisfy.
ing liquid, is all that Is needed, for it
banishes most skin eruptions and makes
the skin soft, smooth and healthy.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
Imperfect FIapJaek.

Tho Toledo Blade thinks that it re-
quires physical exercise after eating
- make the fapjack success. There
must be something wrong with the To-
lido fapjack IL that is true. Here in
Houston. after the fourth fapjack one
bGho1ds the sky as bouquet of rain
b0w1 and then begins to dream
0ouoton Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

For the love Of Mike it can't be-,
can it, asks the Atlantic News Tele-
graph, that Havner will get the re-
publican nomination for attorney gem
eral without opposition"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

"Wheatless days do not forbid the
sowing of wheat" says the Iowa City
Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

counted for much Of those huge sums
collected from the Dakota farmers as
having been used "for promotion pur-
poses" Promoting what and for whom?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

about the only man not trying to
conserve fat nowadays Is the one who
has to carry it around permanently"
says the Waterloo Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

Nope" agrees the Sioux City Jour
nal ut is not advisable to throw a
monkey wrench into the machinery.
But to use one on the machinery now
anad then is the height of good sense
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES

"Are we winning the war; When
will the senseless censorship and SEN
selese optimism of the government he
abandoned and the people told the
TRUTH asks the Knoxville Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
J. M. HOLT
AttOrney-at-LaW

Attorney-at-Law
~ West Main Street, Marshalltown, la.
General law practice. Careful atten-
zion given to EXAMINATION OF ABB
GTRACTS and the management Of
ESTATES and PROBATE matters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07

But They Can Talk.
y loTge majority OF Turkish women
NJ unable to read or write their own
1lAlc1lf language. -.----..-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-07
Topics of the Times
TRA1ToRoUs PACIFIsM RAMPANT.

| TRA1TOROUS PACIFISM RAMPANT.
[Des Moines Capitai.l
The report comes to The Capital
! from various parts of the state telling
what certain lecturers from the east
| have said We are at loss to know
who it is sends out SO many freaks.
| The school teachers are frequently inn
posed upon. DR.. Driver at Cedar Rap
ids pulled off pacifist stunt before
500 teachers, and now word comes
from our own state university that a
certain Professor Ward, Of Boston,
Mass, last Thursday made an address
before at least 200 students on the sub
iect of War and After the War say
ing that anyone with hands red with
blood can not enter the Lords tenn
Pile" The German propaganda now
appears to be in the hands Of the high
brows, among them certain ministers
and lecturers. We call the attention
of the people of Iowa to the kind OF
work that is going on.
It is strange how the traitors in the
United States get to the front so soon
as Germany begins to win victories in
Russia or elsewhere. They are made
brave with the idea that Germany lis
going to win.
Things are quiet in the United states
in many ways but the war is on, just
the same. It is Your duty to find out
what your neighbor is doing and what
he is saying
FEW IDLE FARMERS THIS YEAR.
Hampton Chronicle.1
Not so many farmers as usual are
retiring to town from the farm this
year A good many who had this win
ter thought of retiring have decided to
postpone the move for another year at
least and possibly the period OF the
war. This IS only one OF the ways in
which the farmers are doing their part
to help win this war.
They realize that this Is no time for
laying down the plow; no time for
seeking ease in the towns while the
hungry millions in the armies OF the
allies are to be fed. The army Is TAX
ing enough men away from the farms,
as it Is More than half Of the ESQ men
from this county who have answered
the call Of the country came from the
farms. Two-thirds OF the Increment
that was sent to Camp Dodge last
Tuesday from this country were far
mers.
While the draft law possibly Is as
just as could be made under the con-
dtions, yet it does seem shame that
when food Is as necessary as men for
the winning Of this war, some possibly
more effective angementt could have
been made whereby the eligible men OF
the cities could not have been taken
first.
In the face OF this condition, we say
the farmers who have decided not to-
retire this year, are doing their country
a real service; they are doing their bit.
The retired farmers already in the
towns, who expect to put in a large
share of their time this summer help
ing the son they left behind TO run the
farm, also are to be commended In
their plans Of that kind. II there ever
was year in the history Of this coun-
try when the need for the retired far
mers to get back into the harness
wherever they can, that year Is 1918,
and Hampton retired farmers, as we
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01

half million dollar National Bonding
& Casualty company ten million dol
lar front. Once the future of the
bonding company seemed established.
Broker used his profits from that
company's stock sales to make the
million dollar Okla-Queen Oil COM
liberty bond issue. And dabbling in
pany, the bonding company and the
oil company, Broker advanced funds
with which to put the American Drug
company on the map.
According to stories related by state
officials who have Investigated the
case, the former Topekan taught
Kansas something new in the art of
stock selling. 1t is said that thou
sands of dollars worth of stock was
sold by agents, who received the GUS
tomary 20 PEI cent commission. After
collecting his commission, agents
ofte.. took up the stock and resoId
it al an advanced price and split the
a1gins $3.50 with the new customer.
Two Millions in Stock.
1t is probable that stock sales in
Broker companies totalled two mil
lion dollars or better. Globe Life
stock amounting to 100000 is said
to have been sold, altho the company
lad an authorized capital of only.
100000. Stock sales in the National
Bonding & Casualty company are said
to rave reached not less than a half
million dollars. The Okla-Queen Oil
company was capitalized for a mill
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01

get-rich-quick merchants of the
southern Kansas oil fields. State Of
ficials have been looking for Broker
since last Thursday, but the warrant
charging him with embezzlement has
not been served.
Latest figures indicate that BROKER
originated and helped execute an or
ganization program which has MIXED
various corporations of not less than
$2S0.000. The extent of Brokers al
legged defalcations is broadened with
each report Yet there is belief
that Broker really left Salina with
very little actual cash. 1t was his
pyramid of investments in various cor
porations which caused the crash.
When the playhouse fell on the heads
of the new western Kansas financial
barons. a syndicate found it necessary
to provide a fund of $3.50. 900 that in
vestors and policy holders might be
secured.
His Scheme Was New.
Brokers operations were some
thing new to the men in the short
knew some of the tricks of corpora
ton manipulation and organization.
Barred from states because of blue
sky laws, Brokers fertile mind de-
vised schemes which made stock sales
legal. The funds which came to
Broker are said to have reached hun
dredS of thousands of dollars. When
the revenues came readily to the
Globe Life Insurance company Brock
er used the money freely to give the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01

lion dollars and no. one seems to know
how much money came from the sale
of this stock. 1t is reported, how
ever, that Broker, who had started
from a shoe string, put $266,000 into
the OF, company holdings from life
and bonding company revenues and
later advanced an extra $4,000 for
development of the oil property
Broker is said to have held 10000
shares of oil stock, revenues from the
sales of which are unknown.
In handling his stock selling cam
paigns Broker skilfully walked all
around the mere provisions and re-
strictions of state laws. For example.
he could no. secure a permit to sell
stock in Nebraska. But under pro-
vision in the Nebraska law. corpora
ton in existence before the passage
of the law. might sell stock with i'm
pulity. So Broker bought the char
ter rights of blacksmithing COM
pany. He amended its corporate pur-
poses and Nebraskans bought heavily
l.. the Broker enterprises.
He Was an Entertainer.
South Dakota investors also bought
large blocks of the oil stocks. These
sales were made on the community
basis to a group of investors who sent
a representative to look at the prop
erty. Broker, who lived much of the
time at a Kansas City hotel, met the
prospective investors and hauled them
to Oklahoma and back to Kansas City
in standard Pullman cars. AT Kansas
City Broker also provided entertain
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
GET AMERICANS MAD
mats Necessary Before They Reveal
Real War Spirit.

Minneapolis. April William G.
shepherd, formerly of MINNEAPOLIS
ana war correspondent, will arrive
IN minneapolis soon with the express
purpose of making Americans mad"
returning to the United States from
scenes of the great struggle abroad.
after visiting every battle front except
the Turkish, Mr.. Shepherd admits that
he was disappointed in the apparent
general apathy toward the war situa-
ton displayed by the American people
Since January he has been lecturing
IN cities of this country giving his per-
sonal experiences and observation in
the war zones. By picturing the more
critical phases of the war as they have
come to him thru close observation
he hopes to arouse Americans to the
imminent danger of the war right here
as well as in the trenches. He declares
insidious German propaganda wrought
the defeat of Russia and that it can
bring defeat to our country If the
people ignore it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
CURTIS TAKES HAND
Kansas Senator Denounces Democrats
for Their Partisan Attitude.

Washington, April 1.-Senator
charles Curtis, on the floor of the sem
ate, criticised Senator Williams of Mis-
slsslppl' Tor INTERPRETING politics into
ms speech by the assumption that the
election of a Republican senator in the
state Of Wisconsin would be uupatri
otto.
senator Curtis called the attention
OF the senate to a document which he
neld IN his hand entitled First SEES
sion OF the War Congress-" issued nv
the committee on public information.
The senator from Mississippi has
gone out of his way to attack a Re
publican candidate for the senate in
Wisconsin," said Senator Curtis. land
yet on page 10 of this document. when
tnat candidate was a member of the
mouse ana was not candidate for the
senate. this administration t1uotes an
provlhgsIy from one of his speeches
IN the mouse and gives to the country
an expression from him showing his
ioyaity challenge any man UNION
the otner side to point to any doom
IIent issued by, this administration
Praising the Democrat candidate Mr.
DaVies, Tor any expression of LOYALTY
uttered by him."
me page in question gives n,,o+a
IONS from congressman Lenroot. Con
SressHlan Shirley and Senator Nelson
senator curtis called attention tn the
Idcc mat the members of the puhJi-
Satloh committee responsible for this
document comprise the secretarv Of
state, the secretary of war. the score
'aly OF the navy and Mr. CreeI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-01
OPEN UP A CHARGE ACCOUNT

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