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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
FINDS DIAMOND IN FLOOD,
Valuable Gem Lost in Railroad WreeI
Carried Far.


Waterloo, June los. Joseph &
Sons and j. B. Blake, an enploye Of
the store. received the surprise Of their
lives Saturday when diamond ring.
valued at $175. was returned to them
by Roelf Meyer. of near Arlington.
This diamond was believed to> have
gone to the bottom of Beaver river
when the mail coach of passenger
train number II on the Illinois Central
plunged in this stream on May %.
However it appears that Mr.. Roelf
in building fences along the stream
which had been washed away dis
covered the package. This was about
two and half miles down stream
from where the wreck occurred. The
package was not mutilated and bore
the name Of the addressee and the
consignor but the wrapping had been
damaged to some extent by the water.
The sealing wax used by the jewelry
concern in sealing the package before
consisning 1t to the mails was intact.
The package was opened by Mr..
Roelf, who, after ascertaining its con-
tents brought it to Arlington and
turned it over to the postmaster He
in turn returned it to the local jewelry
concern.
1t is understood that Mr.. Roelf s
farmer and he was astounded when he
discovered the contents of the package.
The fact that his farm is two and a
half miles below the place where the
wreck occurred and the finding Of tn"
small package this far away from the
scene has caused much comment.
Local postal officials state the
package was sent out from the Water
loo office in registered pouch. This
is the usual custom and they explain
that it is~probable the package had
been taken from the Waterloo pouch
by the mail clerks on the train, who
intended transferring it to a thru
pouch for the west but the wreck oc-
Cured about this time and the parcel
fel. into the stream.
1t was consigned to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and will be forwarded there in the
next few days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
Fake Soldier confesses.-.

Waterloo, June 10-Lowell Davis,
confined in the county jail awaiting his
induction into the United States army,
made "c1ean breast Saturday to
Sheriff D. B. Henderson, of his opera
tions under the guise OF returned
Canadian soldier from the battle front.
Davis was apprehended by local Off
Gals in this city posing as Canadian
private returned from France, How
ever, before he could be taken into Gus
tody he made getaway. Wires and
telephone messages sent broadcast by
the local officers were successful and he
was taken into custody near Tama- He
was brought back to Waterloo and
given sentence Of fifteen days for
vagrancy and also questioned regarding
his operations in his guise Of soldier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

miles or railroad. pArt Of which wH
have constructed, and In ccnnect3cn
with which We have built more than
1c5 miles OF side tracks. Beyond the
railroad In France there must DO mar
row Kuage track leading into the xone
OF fire. the total OF which will approxs-
mate 10000 miles. together with -
equipment.
mo difficulty seems to be unsur-
mountable. Our work In France has
filed that people with aiiazcrnent and
confidence. The only people In the
world that are not satisfied with our
efforts are the Germans and ourselves
the Germans. because we have done
so much. we. that we have done 30
little"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
War Teaches British
Women to Be Skil]ful
in Many Endeauors

Correspondence Associated Press.]
women not only how to drive cars,
make shells. plough fields and become
effective soldiers. but it also has taught
many of them, who didn't know how
before, to cook and to sew.
A writer in a London paper says ne
knows of several girls in British gov
eminent office who spend their evenings
in learning cookery. Most of them"
he says. come from homes where the
things of the house have always been
done for them by well-trained servants.
l asked one of these girls why she was
spending her spare time in learning
how to boil cabbages and make potatoes
look attractive.
~ want to feel independent she
said. I expect to be married shortly
and l should feel such fool if my hus-
band came home suddenly on leave and
couldn't cook him decent dinner
We can't count on servants these
days."
War work. the writer concludes
whether it is work in an office or in q
hospital or in a factory, is teaching
women to be businesslike and orderly
1t is teaching them that IL q thing has
to be done at all. it is more pleasant
and infinitely easier to do it we'll than
to do 1t badly. And. above all. it is
teaching women to be self dependent.
giving them the desire to make sue
cess of whatever they undertake..
One of the hardest worked Of the new
order of women employees is the Con
ductorette" of the motor bus. Her job
is particularly nerve wearing and
physically hard. She is exposed to all
kinds Of weather and she must be con-
stantly climbing the narrow winding
stairs to collect fares from the passen-
gers on top. She must make change in
the dark and punch ticket for every
fare. and the fare, unlike that collec-
ton in the usual American city street
car, various according to the distance
the passenger desires to ride.
In the rush hours she must handle
surging crowds. All these onerous
duties she performs wonderfully well.
and the marvel of it is that the strain
of the work doesn't spoil her temper.
But it is rare sight to see q con-
ductorette show irritation. As rule
she is CHEEKY. friendly little woman
who gains the goodwill and admiration
of all who ride with her, especially the
Americans. Londoners seem to have
recovered long since from their aston
ishment over her achievements.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
FLOOD is sUesIDlNe.
Conditions at Iowa City improving a
Water Begins to Reeede.

Water Begins TO Reeede.
Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. June 1o.-Graye peril
faced by Iowa city during the week
Just gone has been vitiated in part, be-
cause of the subsiding of the turbulent
Iowa river. The highways and by
ways within one, two and even three
blocks Of the stream are still flooded
and boating ie possible on boulevards
near the university campus ITSELF but
the stream has fallen nearly foot
since Saturday noon. The, water stu
alton is saved. and the Ice famine, i'm
pending, will be averted. The water
works walls have withstood the attack
of eight feet of surging water.
The ice houses destroyed during the
few hours before the flood reached its
crest, will represent with the 5000 tons
of ice that went down the river, loss
of nearly $4,000 to the owners. the
Englert Bros, but the firm is in con-
ference with Moline. Davenport, Cedar
Rapids, Waterloo, Belle PLANE and >Du-
buatie ice manufacturers and cutters,
and it is believed now that Iowa City,
altho practically out of ice now, save
as to a special storehouse. will be sup
piled promptly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
HOOVER HAS FOOD PRICE PLAN.
Dealers and Consumers Will Be United
to Control Cost.


to Control Cost.
Washington, June 1O.-A plan of linn
iting retail food prices that will prac-
tically fix maximum prices of staple
articles of foodstuffs for the country
was announced by Food Administrator
Hoover.
A price interpreting committee COM
posed of representatives of the whdle-
salers, retailers, and consumers will be
named in every community. This board
will ascertain fair retail prices on the
basic commodities that comprise a
large part, of the peoples diet. The
prices so arrived at will be published.
Representatives of the wholesale and
retail trades serving on the board will
fe, appointed by trade associations.
They will serve with representative
Of the consuming public.
TIE local food administrator will
serve as chairman. The published lists
will show the maximum prices that
should be charged in both the cash and
credit stores.
Newspapers will be asked to co -oper-
ate, running the lists with footnotes
on the food problem and the use Of
substitutes for the foods most needed
abroad.
Consumers will be asked to report
any stores charging more than the an
nounced prices. Investigation Of these
will separate the patriotic dealer from
the profiteer. Control over the retail
stores may be exercised by instructtng
licensed wholesale dealers to sever
business relations with the firms which
exacted more than a reasonable charge,
Retail price reporters are being ,.ap-
pointed in every county in the Emitted
States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

of the family of weights and measures.
It is the last surviving opponent OF the
metric system, which has now firmly
established itself in Germany. Its OIL
cial successor with be the tenth"
The abolition of the dozen. it is point
ed out, in certain sense marks the
elimination of English influence in
many lines of business, inasmuch as
this measure hailed from across the
channel. With the introduction OF
purchase certificates, which limit the
number of articles which shoppers are
permitted to acquire under wartime re-
strictions, the habit of buying in lots
of a dozen has practically ceased.
When normal conditions in all lines
of business have been restored the pub
lie will have to acquaint itself with the
new unit The gross, or twelve Dozen
measure will also disappear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

Germany has threatened the United
States with nhstreatment Of American
prisoners In Germany and the Amer
can government has replied with a
threat to retaliate with reprisals up",,
German prisoners held in this country.
In note transmitted thru he Swiss
government Germany proposed to ex-
change Siegfried Paul London, n
naturalized American imprisoned in
Germany as Russian spy. for Capt
Franz Rintelen Of the Germany army.
one Of the most notorious Tsutonic
plotters and spies now confined in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Accompanying the proposal was the
threat that unless Rintelon were per-
mitted to return to Germany the Ger
man government would adopt "appvo-
pirate measures of reprisal' providing
that persons be taken and made to
surfer because the United States ap-
parently was not sufficiently cognizant
of it's international oils atoms tcwa nj
German subject.
Lansing Sends Warning.
In a reply bristling with defiance
Secretary of state Lansing rejected
the exchange proposal and denounced
the principle enunciated in the Ger
man note that "reprisal occasionins
physical suffering are legitimate" In
addition he gave this warning to Ger
many:
1T would be wise for the German
government to consider that if 1t acts
upon that principle it will inevitably
be understood to invite similar rec'p-
rocai action on the part Of the United
States with respect to the great rlm-
her of German subjects in this couu-
try"
AS evidence that the United States
is in a position to make Gernany' pay
dearly for conduct sof the charncted
threatened the war department dis
closed recently that whereas there are
only 349 Americans held in Germany
there are 5000 Germans interned or
imprisoned in the United States. There
are 1873 American soldiers in German
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
Post ono. In Two ceun.r,e..

Hesrs S;.;n. Cue, n.. what Is s:!S
to be the only double post office In
the world. The once is half In Can
ada and half in the States, with
Beebe. Quebec. on one side. ana
Beebe, Vermont. on the other. An iron
post in the middle Of the front porch
marks the international boundary line.
Aside from its location the building
70 of interest on account or the ma
terial from which It IL built, which 10
granite, native to the locality. and on
account Of it's age, which Is about .
century. The two prosperous commu-
mites, which Mt serves, and which
are practically one village. have .
population Of about 1000, and are said
to own more automobiles than any
other village Of this size In Canada
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
WAR SAVINGS DRIVE.
Special Campaign, juno 22-28, in Thir-
ty.two Iowa Counties.

Special Campaign, juno 22-28. in Thir-
ty-two Iowa Counties.
Des Moines, June 10.-Thirty- two
Iowa counties will take an active part
In the war savings drive. which will
Dc put on II every state lie. MON
between June 22 and June %. These
thirty two counties represent those
whose showing in the recent drive put
on in the state was no. considered
good. The remaining counties in the
state which either raised or came
within a few thousand dollars of rails
ing their quotas. will observe the week
hit wifi not le expected to put on AZ.
intensive drive. An effort will be made
in these counties, however. to raise
their quotas.
Plans for the coming drive were
outlined to chairmen Of the thirty two
counties at a meeting recently held
In Des Moines. The government has
prepared an elaborate plan for put
ting on the drive.
The weeks campaign OF publicity
work and organization work will cul-
inmate on June rs, which has been
proclaimed tionals war savings day
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
m,ehine cunners Claim Credit.

London, May 5.-The official Aus
tra1lian correspondent at the front IN
France gives the following ac:ount o.
Australian machine-gunners' claim TO
have participated in the shooting down
Of Baron Won Richthofen:
about II O'Clock on the morning OF
April 81 the troops along the Somme
and Ancre had heard distant popping
from two fleets of British and German
airplanes which had been fighting high
over the German lines. when a German
plane was seen diving after British
plane.
"These two, detached from the fight,
came so low that they were temporarily
hidden by hills from the sight of the
Australian gunners and troops around
them. Presently the sound Of approach
ing enegines was heard and low over
the crest of the hills by the river came
the British plane. making directly tow
ards position where there were two
Lewis guns.
Behind his plane could be seen the
wings of the German plane PURSUING
The German was pressing the English
plane desperately close and firing short
bursts from machine gun.
when about hundred yards from
the nearest Lewis gun the German
plane which at first had been obscured
by the British plane, was now suffcient-
ly clear to enable the guns to fire on
1t without risk Of hitting the British
machine Both guns fired burst.
1.-THE German plane the next instant
wavered unsteadily to one side. banked
up, and veered in a sharp circle to the
left, then shot in q line sheer down
steep long angle to the ground about
400 yards from the Lewis gunners.
when the burst was fired, an officer
told me he clearly saw fragments OF
wood or metal flicked from the ma
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
PROBABLE NEXT LEGISLATURE
WILL MAKE CHANGES IN PRES
EMIT ELECTION STATUTE.
RIGHT IN PRINCIPLE,
FAILS TO WORK IN PRACTICE
Sentiment Of Majority Of Voters Not
Expressed - Election Judges and
Clerks About All Who Voted in
Some Precincts Of State - Best
Friends Admit Changes Necessary.
spec,a, to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines June 10-The doom OF
the primary election as applied to all
OF the offices Of county and state is
thought to have been sounded at the
primary last Monday. The vote was
so light that it lie recognized as in no
measure fair indication Of the real
sentiment Of the people.
Returns reveal the fact that in some
country townships only six, eight OF
ten votes were cast, which means that
only the election Judges and a few
Others voted in these precincts. Evil
IDENTIFY the farmers considered 1t more
important to work or to attend to
(, their other duties than to vote. OF
course a heavy rain came up that day
and the roads were undoubtedly bad,
but even had the weather been ideal
there would have been but little diff
ference.
Even the best friends OF the primary
are saying now that while it is abso-
lutely right IN principle it doesn't
work out. The old system of leaving
it to convention of delegates to name
the candidates on the whole resulted
in a better lot Of office holders. The
deliberate vote Of the convention,
which is usually in possession Of all
of the facts, is now recognized as bet
ter than no vote at all, as was the
case in this last primary, or the vote
Of citizens who in many instances
have not taken the trouble to inform
themselves On the candidates except
where they have some personal inter
est.
Revision Probable.
Efforts to reform the primary law
in the next legislature will. meet with
much more success, 1t Is predicted.
than in the Thirty-seventh general as
sembly Senator Kimball, of Potta-
watta1nie county, championed a revi-
sion Of the primary election at the last
session. 1t was defeated because the
legislators could not agree just how
the ticket should be fixed up, what Of
ficials should be named on the pri-
mary ticket and what ones left to the
convention. Hence It was not opposi-
ton to revision which defeated the bin
but divergence on how 1t should be,
done for 1t appeared the sentiment
was in favor Of primary revision. The
presidential primary was killed deader
than a door nail without any quib-
Il bling. One try out was enough for It.
IN the light OF the lack Of Interest,"
last Monday 1t is recognized THAT pri-
mary revision will undoubtedly occupy
the attention Of the next legislature.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

well and feel fine IN the morning and
able to do my work. ] gladly recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound to make weak nerves
strong. Mrs. ALBERT SULTzE, 603
Olmstead ST., Winona, MINI.
How often do we hear the expression
among women, IL am % nervous, can
not Sleep" or cit seems as though /
should fly" Such women should profit
by Mrs. Sultze's experience and give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound, a trial.
For forty years 1t has been overcom-
ing such serious conditions as displsce-
ments, inflammation, liberation, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, bsckache. din.
illness, and nervous prostration OF
women, and is now considered the stan.
dard remedy for such ailments. >
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
shor+ E.;l. "a Provo charues.

Sioux City, June 1o-rhe Sioux City
municipal scandal bomb has proved
fizzle. Graft charges against Council
man w. r. Hamilton have been
dropped, following conference be-
tween Councilman Hamilton and Mayor
Wallace M. Short. his accuser, and
committee appointed by the trades and
labor assembly,
It was decided to charge the whole
affair ito experience" without further
investigation or argument. The COM
mittee announces that while it believes
Mr.. Short did what he believed was
right, the investigators have been un-
able to find any evidence which would
warrant them in proceeding against
Mr.. Hamilton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

Cured Of Indisess,op ana Constipation,
II first took Chaxnbeslain's Tablets
about six years ago, AT that time was
suffered from Ills brought on by con-
stipation. Chamberlainss Tables were
the first medicine that helped me in the
least They not only afforded me quick
relief. but by continuing their use for a
short time I was cured Of indigestion
and my bowels were restored to reg
uiar action writes Mr.. q, W, Jack
son. Lifchdeld, III.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
CONGRESSMAN FROM MINNIE.
sofa POINTS OUT SINISTER in.
FLUENcE OF ORGANIZATION.
BECOMES MENACE TO
WAR WORK OF AMERICA
Many lowans Become Members, Not
Knowing Seditious Character Of
Leasue-Rush Of Membership, How
ever, Is From Pro- Germans-Hores
70 Elect Lirdt ,reh Governor.
rRy F.. q. Dougherty.1

Special to Times Republican.
Washington, June 10.-A heated at
tack on the Non partisan League, which
has gained foothold in Iowa, was
made in a speech Saturday by Con-
gresham C. B. Miller. OF Minnesota.
1.-The whole institution" Congressman
Mills says Of the league, has come to
be "a sinister influence in our national
life-a menace to all our war work.
MANY men have joined this league
not knowing it's seditious character;
many have Joined it who themselves
have not been exactly lacking in patri-
otism. They have, however, at once
found themselves among evil influences
apd many of them have been led sad
ly astray. The rush to its membership
comes from those of pro-German SYM
pathies."
Original Local Organization.
The Non-Partisan League was or,
ganized in North Dakota two or three
years ago and at first was concerned
with purely local and economic qres-
tions in which farmers were interested,
Mr.. Miller explained.
But" he said, since this country
entered the war it has taken a new
direction, extending it's activities over
several states, and by reason of the
character Of it's doctrines requires the
immediate attention Of the authorities
of the nation
Mr.. Miller said that the men who
organized the league were none Of
them farmers, but a crowd of social
lists beguiling the farmers to follow
their socialistic leadership"
Organize Pro- German Elements. .
Mr.. Miller charged that the league
has organized all the pro-German ele-
ments in Minnesota in it's membership
in an effort to elect former Congress
man Charles A. Lindbergh as govern
or. He quotes from book by Lind
bergh filed with anti-war propaganda
and says it IS incredible that any per-
son allowed to be at large in the
United States could entertain or ex-
press such views"
Congressman Miller gives long list
Of officers and organizers of the Nom
Partisan League who have been ar
rested or indicted for seditious utter
ances or for obstructing MILITARY pol
icies. He said that A. c. Townley,
national head Of the league, claims to
have forces operating in eleven states
and threatens to control these states
with the unlimited money at the
leagues command.
Honeyed Talk Of Eeooonny.
Let no farmer be begui1ed into
political support OF this program by
reason of honeyed talk about an
economic program" Congressman Mil
Ter pleaded in closing his speech.
"The nation is al war. Every thought
should be devoted TO the war; every
act to the successful prosecution Of the
war United we will win United we
must be. Economic probe ms can well
afford to be sidetracked until working
together we have won the war. At the
present time this organization. being
directed as it now is exclusively by
small group of socialists. is distinct
menace to our nation. Let every Am
erican citizen take notice and govern
himself accordingly"