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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
PLANS FOR AERIAL EXPRESS.
Air Ships to Fly at Night Guided by
COMPASS and liahts.

CORRESPONDENCE Associated Press.
London. Oct. 24-Danser Of flying at
night will not interrupt the aerial eX
press service already being planned
here for flights between London and
Cairo or Calcutta, say aviation experts.
The great machines designed for this
work will fly by compass thruout the
night, with powerful lamps lighted on
their wings and the instruments in
front Of the pilot brilliantly Illuminated.
Lights will be turned on in the cabins,
and the members OF the crew who are
off duty will turn in and sleep. as they
do on steamships.
If the weather has been bad during
the daytime and it clears up at dusk.
the delayed machines will leave at once
in order that their cargoes and pas
sengers may be delivered on time at
their destination. It is believed that
business men, travelling from London
to Petrograd or Rome. will prefer to
journey AT night. so that they may
sleep during the voyagA and waste no
time. The wind, which is an impor-
tant factor in aviation, is nearly always
less strong at night.
Each airplane will carry powerful
navigation ngn1S- visible twenty VI
thirty miles of. and also luminous
number. There will be frequent land
ing places along the way so that what
ever its need. a machine will always
be able to land.
Each landing ground will be brilliant
" lighted and near it Illuminated wind
arrows will automatically indicate the
direction Of the wind. a knowledge OF
which is essential to the pilot OF a ma
chine about to land. All machines
landing will display a bright light Of a
particular color, in order TO warn pilots
of other machines Of its intentions.
Aerial lighthouses probably will be
used in the same way as coastal light
houses. They will consist presumably
( Of vertical searchlights. flashing on anc
! of. twin searchlights. colored search
lights. or bright flashing lights on the
ground. Machines will be able TO land
I either at sea or on the ground. and viii
! carry large flares to light up the ground
| below in case of forced landing.
! All that war conditions have taught
! the allied air1nan will be of immense
value in organizing night-fying after
/ the war
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
MUST USE LESS SUGAR.
Further Restrictions to Be Placed on
Manufacturers.

Further restrictions in the use OF
sugar by manufacturers were announc-
ed yesterday. Soft drink manufactur-
ers. who have been restricted to 80 per
cent Of a normal supply during the
period from July TO October inclusive,
will receive only % per cent during
November and December.
Ice cream manufacturers are cut
from - per cent to % per cent. while
makers of CONNECTIONS. beverage sirups,
chewing gum. chocolate, cocoa. cough
drops, matted milk, syrups and molas-
ses soda water and aduiterated honey
will be cut to 30 per cent Of the aver
age monthly consumption Of sugar from
July ! to Dec. 81 1915 and 1917, com
bined. And from this reduced output
of candy and chocolate the manufacture
ers are instructed 10 give preference TO
the overseas needs Of soldiers.
State administrators have been in
structed to see that the two pounds q
month per person allotment Of sugar
for home use is strictly observed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
German Official
Report Praises
Yankee Fighters
rBy the Associated Press. J

With the British Army in France
Oct. 24.-Just what the Germans think
of American soldiers, with few size
remarks regarding the st. Mihiel oper-
ations, is disclosed in a contldenta!
document which was signed by cnie1
intelligence officer Of the Nineteenth
German army. and was captured by
the Americans fighting on the BRUSH
front.
The document pretaces discussion
of the st. Mihiel attack by admitting
that the number of American troops
in reserve on that occasion was IN
known. II then takes up the DIVISIONS
which carried out the assault. II says
the First, Second and Forty second
are tried attack divisions, and the
Fourth and Twenty sixth are fighting
divisions. which already proved their
qualities in battles on other parts OF
the front. The Fifth, Eighty-ninth
and Nineteenth are described as dlTl-
sions never identified in battle, but
with some good experience in the line,
and the Thirty fourth as in reserve.
Continuing the discussion discusses
the details OF the operations, admitting
that when the Americans reached
Thiaucourt the entire st. Mihiel salient
was rendered untenable, and therefore
its evacuation was ordered and the re-
treat carried out according to plan.
A little further on the order. which
was distributed generally turnout the
German army and was considered OF a
confidential nature. has this TO say OF
the American soldier:
He obviously is very much afraid
of being taken prisoner. He defends
himself violently until the last against
this danger. and does not surrender.
This seems to be the result Of propa-
ganda picturing cruel treatment if ne
falls into German hands.
THE American is expert in handling
machine guns is firm on the defen-
sive. and develops a strong power OF
resistance fr0r his very numerous ma
chine guns. The bearing Of the in
fantry indicates light military train
ing. The artillery was at its best so
long as IT remained at its original po-
sitions during operation for an attack
The methods Of fire were good. II
was very quick in getting an opportune
target this apparently being due tc
the lavish employment Of technical de-
vices. Within a minimum period the
Americans were able to furnish vel
directed fire.
"'Liaison between the infantry and
artillery was perfect. When infantry
ran into machine gun nests il imre-
diateIy fell back and a new artillery
preparation from accompanying bat
teries followed very promptly.
"A large number Of tanks were as
sembled for attack. but only a small
number came at US, as large infantry
masses already had achieved the de-
sired end
A sentence II the document says:
I'm general il should be noted the
American is quite honorable-he doe:
not fire on stretcher bearers
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

London. Oct. ga dispatch from
the British headquarters in Relg,um
TO the London times says:
The measure of the German Vandal-
ism thruout the territory from which
he retired seems to have been in pro-
portion 10 tho length OF time he had
for evacuation before he knew his re-
treat was inevita Bile.
Deportations seem 10 have been
perpetrated on the people OF Turcoins
this year which were hardly less hor-
rible in detail than those in Lille.
Suddenly 400 women and S0a men,
chosen from wcll-tu-do families.
were taken away as so-coiled hos
tages, but the reason for their taking
appears obscure, though in some way
connected with the con;To! @: the
Aisace potash mines.
According TO the tales OF the VIC
Tins the women were taken TO Ger
many and the men 10 Russia and
were kept six and a half months from
January TO June Of this year. Then
such as were still alive were re-
turned without explanation Well-to-
do women accustomed TO comforts,
were treated loathsomely, being con-
lined in huts inside a barbed wire
cage.
Kept in Filth; Some Die.
Six were crowded in each small
hut and never allowed outside OF the
cage They had no utensils except
a fork. spoon and two basins. one
for washing and one for food The
food was horrible.
On arrival each woman was given
a postcard TO sign, which read
'aPlease note my address IS ---,
Send me food" Nothing more could
be written. These cards were not 70
he sent TO the woUen's homes. but
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

TO some friend at another address IA
France where the circumstances
would he unknown. Until the pres
ents ~ food came their diet was the
worst and scauticst ana they woT'
always Kept in conditions OF utter
squalor and nth.
They were treated 10y their jsilors
with every inGlgnlty. Some d.rd an'
all are more or lCss broken IN hoalth.
But their case seems less dreadful
than that cf the so1 mcn sent TO
Russia of whom 200 died OF sheer
starvation and hardship.
Can't Recognize Mates
When husbands and wives met
again. so bowed and old were the
men that their wives DID not reCos-
nize them.
l, was oct. -. 1914. when the Ger
mans FIRST entered Ostend, il was oSt
ls. 1918. that they left Il, and for
one who was there in the early daNs
il is wonderful now TO travel tho
same roads and meet the people who
were there then and who have stayed
ever since 1t MAS in oStend that the
Germans made their first experiment
Of bombing BY night an aNoWcdly
open. dcfenseless town. | went L"
look at the places where the bombs
so novel terror then-fcll crash
ing thru the poor Of the stalls
market. sattering Tho building. \
native who r-memnercd the night
well pointed ,ut the shots ard told
how the Germans had restored the
buildings and wiped out the damage
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

their hours on leave. they would have
to give them something else to occupy
their time, they had sent trained
worker. Mr.. Fisk, of the Recreation AS
ISOLATION of America, who set about
enlisting the citizens of Corpus Christi
to work together for attractive and
wholesome entertainment Of the men
when in town. A local war camp COM
munity service was organized. Under
it's direction club rooms were fitted up
for the men in service, the civil popu-
lation began to invite the soldiers
home: dinners. dances and other en-
tertainments were arranged. the
churches. fraternal. and similar organ
izations all doing their best to provide
worth while hospitality for the men in
khaki. Special features were planned
for the convalescent soldiers at the
government hospitals.
"As a result of the commissions
measures the cleanup was thorough
and complete in every way. The at
mosphere became wholesome. When
our regiment left it was in the pink OF
condition. physically mentally and
morally, vivid demonstration of the
significance of the methods used by the
training camp commissions. Corpus
Christi saw that ii was not only pos
sible to make good soldiers without
booze or women. but in the absence OF
such influence. to build up vastly
better army.
When the war is over and we have
| the leisure to look back upon our
tremendous achievements since April
| 6, 1917, we will be able to place a proper
measure of value upon the kind Of work
| that is being done by the commissions
on training camp activities. America
will win the war because of our eff
Gent man power, because our armies
| in the field. in the factories and on the
farms are composed of the strongest,
cleanest and truest men and women.
and that victory will be an everlasting
| tribute to the moral as well as the
mental and physical efficiency Of the
nation. The war department. commits
sion on training camp activities has
pointed the way"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
DRAFT eVADERs ON TRIAL.
Story Of Dramatic Gun Battle to Be
Told in Court

Owen, VIE Oct. 24.-The story OF
the dramatic gun battle between a
posse seeking draft evaders and
mother and three sons will be unfolded
when Mrs. Louise Kruger and her
son, Frank, are placed on trial for
murder here in a few days.
The murder charge followed the YER
diet of coroner's jury which invest
igated the death Of Harry Jensen,
railroad station master at Withee, who
was shot and killed by some unknown
occupant Of the Kruger home on the
night Of Sept Il. Jensen was a mem
Der Of the posse engaged in the gun
battle with the Kruegers, who were
barricaded in their home.
Jensen was reloading his rife behind
an automobile 800 yards from the
house when a bullet clipped him and
+ he fell dead. Thirteen other members
of the posse were wounded by the VOL
Ieys that poured from the homestead.
The mother OF the boys, who had re-
fused to register under the selective
service law, was the first to give up.
Her son. Frank, surrendered next but
wounded.
tinued to hold the fort. having estab-
lished their stronghold in the barn of
the homestead. An attempt was made
1 10 smoke the fugitives out Of the build
ing. which soon caught fire and was
X destroyed with a large quantity of hay
Sand grain and live stock.
Taking advantage of this situation
the two boys. Ennis and Leslie. slipped
4 way and disappeared.
|. was week later that Ennis, ~
!, ysars old was found ia = DaTn twenty
~ ..si,.ss ::S:S:: big haMs lie showed re-
Gistancs and was shot through the
& neck and instantly killed ~ fedora
Il officer
Sss Leslie fsiade good his escape and has
NOT been found Another' brother
louis. ALSO wanted for failure 10 reg
sister. liz believed 10 be In the FAR west
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24


Sioux City,
Organizer Negiey outlined this plan
at a meeting Of the state organisation
committee OF the public service reserve
which has been In session the past two
days at the Office OF State Labor Com
missioner A. l. Trick. The members
OF the committee are nov proceedings
with the work Of reorganization.
This district organisation directed by
the federal state employment agents
in each Of the twelve districts 10 exc
pected TO provide the machinery TO Sc
cure the labor which tho government
Is continuing to ask be furnished
from Iowa, or at least II is TO handle
the labor supply situation according
to the interests OF all concerned. the
needs of the state as we'll as the gov
eminent.
Iowa's needs have never been caught
up on in fact in supplying laborcrs for
Camp Dodge buildings and the new
houses being erected for government
workers at Davenport as well as tho
farm labor needs. This new move will
probably mean a more strict combtng
out in those industries not considered
essential to winning the war and the
utilization of labor in war industries
to a greater extent than has yet been
done.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
Belgian Women Held in Cages by Huns

out great convent, and hospital Tor
poor children for bombing.
Combs Ten actually On the roof OF
the great dormltory where forty
listers sleep. Every bed was wrecked
but not one woman Vas hurt' IN
other parts ~ the building where
there were hundred poor children,
several bombs hit and burst but not
a CHA vas hurt. The solitary injury
v.,r done TO the sole male inhaeitant
OF The institution. man of seventy
who was asleep In an clubhouse in
the convent yard \ bomb falling
close to the door injured his leg.
In Pruges sought out an English
woman. Who | knew had lived there
forr years ago, Mrs. Cousins. the
widow Of former church of England
chaplain. In 1914 she lived there
with her daughters, but wisely sent
them to England before the Germans
came. She STAYED herself to guard
hcr home.
For four years she vas forced to
b.uet German under Officers and had
to do practically all their work. She
strives to speak gently and kindly
of them: they were not bad men, eS-
cept few: some were even helpful
Yes. they stole everything" all her
fork. spoons and other easily pur-
loined articles.
Acquaintances Bare Abuse.
Other acquaintances Of the old days
had told me what a terrible time she
mad. but with a sweet wistful gentle
ness she tried to make light of il.
The billeting allowance she received
from the Germans was not enough to
live on with the high price Of every
thing. but the international commits
sion had helped her with money: then
there was the Green Cross
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
Millions For Motor Transport.

Washington. Oct. 24.-To supply
the requirements of the recently or
ganized motor transport corps. the
war department today announced
that contracts have been let for mo-
tor equipment. including trucks. trac-
tors, passenger cars and motorcycles
amounting to approximately 100000
COO. The order is the largest ever
issued by the government for such
equipment. ..
The contracts provide for the de-
livery, starting Immediately in some
instances and extending over period
of several months, of 800 trucks. 40
SS5 chasses, 1910, tractors, 1880 Di-
cycles. 1000 delivery cars. 5000 five
passenger cars, 500 Winter cars, $50
limeusines, $50 motorcycles and 49,
900 four wheel drives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
FREAK "FLU- CURES.
Many Offered Army Surgeon Battling
With Epidemic.


Chicago. Oct e4.-Place an onion at
the bedpost. draw out :he fever OF
Spanish influenza, point the index
finger Of the left hand at the moon
and make wish. Then go to work as
usual next day.
This and scores OF equally ridiculous
remedies have been swarnping health
authorities and physicians of the
middle west during the last few days
They come from correspondents in all
walks Of life and are based on home
treatment. witchcraft and voodooism.
Lieutenant Commander owen ].
Mink, medical corps, senior medical
officer at the Great Lakes naval train
ing station, has been tipped many
times to the great secret. Some corre-
spon dents guarantee to stop the cpl
deynic in ten minutes: others in three
days. The water in a certain well, one
writer informed Lieutenant Mink.
would bring instant cure. Another
writer told him that Indian tobacco.
sprnkled on the victims breast thru
perforated baking powder can was
sure cure.
Health auth critics in some districts
have been told of the famous negro
voodooism cures, not only for influenza
but for all ailments. For instance under
the negro practice, night eweats can be
cured by placing rusty ak edge under
the bed For malarial chills dip
string in turpentine and tie it around
the waist. or tie a strand OF yarn on
the top button of the coat. If this should
fail. hang horseshoe in a, peach tree
For collie have person who has
never seen his father blow his breath
in the child's mouth very early in the
morning. and for measles, bath the
eruption in the blood of a black hen.
For hiccough. drink water out OF a
brass bell while looking at a new moon.
Under negro yoodooism treatment,
fits can be cured by giving the patient
one drop of his own blood drawn from
the tip of the little finger of the left
hand, and nosebleed stopped by tying
a string around the little finger. PICK
wart until it Dleds. touch 1t with
nine grains of corn, throw the corn to
the chickens and the wart will cis-
appear.
For rheumatism, heat pan OF
grease, put nine live frogs in the pan
stir down to an ointment and run
Joints well and according 10 the VOC
dooism, practice permanent cure VIII
follow.
With the medical profession Of the
country fighting the epidemic with all
the tools Of modern science. the freak
suggestions have furnished some re-
taxation for idle hours, leading physi-
ciaiis here gay
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

Well, here 10 your opportunity.
am going to give away, during the next
ten days, two thousand packages OF
Gauss Combined Treatment to those
who need Il, and II you want relief,
sian the coupon At the foot Of this no
tiee, and the free package willlbs for.
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/ want to prove to you that Gauss
Combined Treatment will relieve your
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cause it strikes at the root of The
trouble and gives permanent relief by
removing the cause. This is the only
correct way to treat catarrh and II you
want quick and lasting results. send at
once for the free package. Fill out the
coupon below and package will be sent
to you by return mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

or in Mexico and may have been Joined
by Leslie.
Neighhors said that the thrilling bat
tic was brought on as a result OF
disinclination on the part OF the
kruegers to fight on foreign soil. a
considerable amount of pacitist htera-
ture was found in the home after the
battle and subsequent fire.
The KruegerS were prosperous, own
nC some three hundred acres Of land
in Clark county. The boys were well
educated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
Er.e 81 charus.

Any adult suffering from cough. cold
or bronze .itis. is invited to call at the
Old RELIABLE drug store and get abso-
iu.ely free, a sample bottle Of Eoschee's
German Syrup. a soothing and healing
reneoy for ali lung troubles. which has
successful record Of fifty years Gives
the patient q gsed nights rest free
from coughing. with free expectoration
standard medicine for fifty years
FIR sale in all civilized countriea
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

the direction Of the department AZ
Washington and following the sug~
gss.:Sa; 6. .NsSs:..ons s:c!!G. r'.ga nicer
H. H.. SAgley.
Instead OF q county organization
there is 10 he Il district organization
with twelve districts and ten si,bdiss-
tricts. The county organizations here
toforc maintained will bG dcmobilized
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

e-Meuse Line-The advance line
protecting the German frontier. II is
strongly fortified and follows natural
obstacles.
c-Main Frontier Defenses-Careful-
" prepared by Germany during the
forty years between the Franco-Prus-
sion and present wars. II was rated
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
FARMERS HAVE SUBSTITUTES
Not Necessary Hereafter for Them to
Buy Substitutes With Flour.

MANY farmers grow their o|c sub
stItutes. and It Is not desired by Fed
eral Food Administrator Deems 20
force them to buy other substitutes
provided that proper compliance with
the Food Administration program can
be obtained without this requirement.
Farmers may hereafter obtain wheat
-four in Iowa upon certiication in the
following form:
PLEDGE TO BE SIGNED By
FARMERS GROWING THEIR
OWN SUBSTITUTES,
hereby certify that have ground
IT have had ground Mt the mill for use
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

before the war as one Of the strongest
defense lines in the world and has
undoubtedly been improved since.
D-Rhine Fortfieations-The heights
on either side of the Rhine arc strong
IL fortified for nearly the entire
strategic length of the river. The
last ditch" Of the fatherlapd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

h-Hundins CIne-First German de-
Tense system behind the shattered Hin
denburg line. This line is being close
ly approached by the allies over almost
the entire western front and has been
penetrated in Flanders and northeast
of Lille.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
ANCIENT CAPITAL
SOON WILL BE FRENCH CITY AGAIN

Even many Germans are now
ready to admit that Strassburg. the
capital of Alsace-Lorraine since
ancient times, soon will be French
city again. Strassburg, whick was
a iourishing town even in the days
of the Romans, was . free city from
1862 until 1851. when it was annexed
to France. It remained French
city until 1871, when it was taksn
over by Germany rs one OF the spois
of the Franco Prussian war.
The GROWING glory Of Strassbufg
is its cathedral, which was begun
in 1176 and completed except for the
spire in 1865. The spire dates from
1889.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
We Must Send Fifty Per Cent
More Food to Our Soldiers
And Our Allies During this Year

Deems that must
Of food this as against TO-
lastly He says:
supplies The conferences on food
v and shipping Europe enable us to sate our burden
mo relief dependent US require the
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24

A conoave mirror has been designed
by which the effect Of an enlargement
is secured when small photographs
are held in front OF 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-24
RESERVE 70 BE RECOGNIZED.

Federal Service to Be Formed With
District Instead Of County Units.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct 24.-The work OF O.
the federal service reserve In Iowa Is
10 be reorganizcd in accordance With