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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
WHO AND WHAT WAS PIERCE AFTER?

Most Of US are astonished and dis
appointed at The silence of the Des
,Moines Capital in the matter Of the
Pierce resignation" The Capital has
been practically the official organ Of
the state council of defense, very
naturally SO since its editor is chair
man of the defense council
Members of the council have been
denounced and threatened by Pierce,
among them the chairma-. himself.
Pierce declares war on prominent and
active leadership of the council and
defies while he threatens them.
The general conclusion will be that
Pierce's attack was upon the defense
council, against active war workers
and liberty bond workers more than
against the individuals he names; that
his attack while a flank movement ap-
parently directed againS. certain lead
ers Is intended and likely to be effec-
tive as against the motives and au-
tho-ty Of the defense council itself
and subversive of the effectiveness Of
organizations formed for the direction
of the war work in Iowa inclusive of
liberty bond sales.
The offense Of Pierce goes deeper
than against any county or state chair
man or any Individual member. 1t Is
against the var work. It ought not to
be dropped like a hot potato. Neither
a state nor county chairman nor the
governor himself constitutes county
council or the Iowa defense council.
Ii is bigger thing than any officer or
leader. And the easiest way ort" does
not appeal to !: as a whole. 1t wants
action in the Pierce case, the same &C
ton that is instituted against Old
women who gable disloyaky over a
back fence to fine and Imprisonment,
the Bohemian who drops into his ma
tive language, the preacher who prays
"Lieber Gott," and the school house
that hasn't a flag on it
So this silence-on the part Of all
| except Pierce-and this insistence-ex-
cent of Pfe1ce-that the incident
shall be CLOSED" puzzles and confuses
| the rank and file They are non
| plussed to know why. And they would
like very much to know the real diff
ference, If any exists, between a pub
Usher in the state capital and an ole
woman in an Up state village, between
Polk county and Hardin, or Des Moines
and Hubbard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
Topics Of the Times

Perhaps Hindenburg best order
lunch in Berlin. He's bound TO be late
for the Paris appointment.
McAdoo promises that transportation
shall be sufficient to bring all the coal
We need. Now if the secretary of the
treasurey would arrange to furnish all
the money needed to Iay for it We
could all go happily into the winter.
If Big Bill Thompson had been run
ming for senator or anything else in
Iowa would Pierce and the Iowa
Homestead been for Or against him?
One guess only.
Greater Russia seems to have re-
lapsed into utter barbarism But Of
course bolsheviki can't do us any harm
in Iowa
Attorney General Gregory says the
dragnet isn't just the right thing but
he's going to so on using it to catch
slackers.
Linn county will not cal la petit
jury this fail expecting that those thus
released will work. But who knows
what a petit jury will do?
A few persons who applauded Gene
Dehs' attorney the other day drew
fines. No designations accepted in
those cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

ficieut and satisfactory administration
OF the police department. The reason
for such frequent failure Ia that we do
not get the right sort OF man at the
top. Organized labor OF Sioux city.
which put him before the people an
candidate and helped to elect him.
made a wrong selection. 1t Ii due 10
organized labor 10 point out that In
standing by It's man after scandal had
begun to point at him labor did not
indicate any resolve to stand by him
1. he should hc proved unfit. And In
Dor will do we'll now to accept the ver-
diet of the great majority of the city's
people, and acquiesce whole heartedly
In the CouncIlman's removal II goes
without saving, also, that labor should
read the lesson Alright. and, II labor
must hereafter participate In politics
as a group, preferably TO 20 to defeat
with estimable candidates than to hoi-
low victory with unworthy ones.
out Of the rullncss of the heart the
mouth speakelh and Sioux City has
had an experience. II has been
costly experience and might have been
more costly had certain propects in
volvinS large sums slipped thru as
scheduled, But Sioux City has been
shamed and organized labor has been
shamed by their councilman elected on
a slogan and without full understand
ing of the candidate.
To elect an Incompetent or CRATER
is not victory for any faction or or
ganiZation but a defeat. 1t is not
enough TO vote against" We must
vote for. Too many votes are based
on the against" idea. Too little in
vestigation is given the opposing can
didate. And the voter who takes his.
ASIA right of serious citizen
ship and not DIS a club for his dislikes
or a lever for faction or an organi-
zation votes for and mas a good and
sufficient public reason behind his
vote.
Sioux City has had an experience.
She has ousted a councilman and is
still tied to the mayor whose testi-
mony in favor of the L W. w. brought
universal attention and comment upon
Sioux City. There's a warning in it
and a lesson that all cities and citizens
may we'll heed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

of the man we have the solemn find
ing of three responsible men, headed
by Judge Martin J. Wade Of the fed
eral court, John T. Morrell of the
packing plant at Ottumwa, and Pnul
NJ. Junkins, the Creston editor, to this
effect:
; 1T is our solmen Judgment that the
efforts Of Mr.. Pierce are disloyal and
are aiding and encouraging dfsfoyafty
anu sedition."
Under such pressure Pierce resigned.
and he is permitted to resign, but
in the current issue Of his paper he
threatens to make further attacks on
the men whom he has already attack
ed. Under such conditions 1t is nat
ural enough to think that something
more ought to be done to a man who
according to the report signed by
one Of the best judges on the bench.
has been promoting and encouraging
disioyalty and even sedition. The Des
Moines paper objects to the prayer Of
the governor to this effect: Il trust
that so far as the council and the
people Of the state are concerned, the
Sncident herein referred to Is closed.
But that sentence is part Of a larger
statement by the governor, which is
as follows:
I'VE have Immediately before US the
task of raising the allotment of Iowa
for the Fourth Liberty Loan. Gener-
ally the mind Of all the people. II we
get the best results, must be focused
on the one big purpose of bringing
the enemy Of our country to an I'M
conditional surrender.
Il trust, therefore, 50 far as the
council and the people Of the state
are concerned. the incident herein re-
ferred to Is closed and that the en-
ergetic war work carried on in the
state can go on uninterrupted. and
that a general situation will be main
tanned where each citizen will feel
that he must do his full share in ev-
cry request which the government
makes of our state"
The governor is evidently minded
to have nothing done that may In
terfere with the prosecution Of the
campaign for the next liberty loan.
| But the exposure Of Pierce and his
expulsion-his resignation was a mere
dodee-wfll help that campaign, not
injure 1t. The people have been made
to feel more determined, not less so,
| to 70 ahead with the business OF
making the war successful.
But whatever may be the effect on
the state council Of defense of the
resignation, the prayer Of the govern
or 80 far az the people are concerned.
they are not through with it-they
will at least keep it In mind. And Il
the one concerned had been an old
| woman talking over a back fence we
| are of the opinion the treatment OF
the case would have been slightly diff
erent. But the one who INDUCED in
| this talk that characterized by fed
eral Judge as tending toward disloyalty
and even sedition, is more or less dis
missed-and the man who was 50 char
acterized says that he has more Of
| like nature coming.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

Vt0tS0TO Always vvS'So''S'
Marshall LODGE No. 1903, A. T.
and A. M.-Stated communication Fri
day, Sept. - at 8 p. m Regular bust
ness. B. e. English. w. M; John w.
Wells, secretary.
siGNET CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A. NJ.
Stated convocatton Monday evening
Sept. 10. Business session. o'clock
Ira Davenport, ri. p. John w. Wells
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY Kino Solo.
mon Council No. 20. r. & s. NJ. Mon
day. Aug. 20. 1918. 500 p. m. Regular
business. r. Forbes. recorder: George
Gregory. L M.
Special coneiave 81. Aidemar Com
-,arderv No. 30, X. T.. Tuesday. Sept
II. o'clock .. m. Business session.
and Order OF the Temple J. f.
Frederick, commander. I. T. Forbes. re-
corder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81, o. e.
S.-Regular meeting "Wednesday eve
ming Sept. 49, 7:3o o'clock. for business
and initiation. Mrs. Archer Walton.
secretary; Mrs. Cora Wiley. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
RIPPI ING RHYMES
BY Walt Mason
VIEWING WITH ALARM.

predictions
He vets
He hears OF ana
defeat
does
patriot bet! For Uncle sam n o
how a
could III but now that war mas
Of hope all decorated "1'h
smile
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

II ~ =, hank In Spokane. Wash, BE-
$3.50 - diGetnctioa of. circulating the
Ilr1( anktsspt3c gem-proof national
&anns nGeoG TIE United States treas
w ~ IN experimenting with devices
lle dirty bank notes to bright,
1lDag, but the Spokane bank has
~ snnitary money on record.
1S 4 Nd dollars in bills, put out
Iank were signed with an ink
lgt largely Of carbolic acid.
IN ~ u the bills are saturated
Aesncy which means death to
IL VIGOROUS germ who'd live
y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
"BABY VAMPS."
fort Dodge Messenger.1

Fort Dodge Messenger.
Did you read the shot at the baby
vamps' in the Messenger a few days
ago?
Did you think it improper? Did you
elevate your smeller cause you
thought it too severe on the young
and silly girls of Des Moines and
nearby towns, who seem TO have just
enc craze, one tangent-to dazzle the
boys at Camp Dodge.
The picture of the senseless young
creature with her tam o-shanter, her
tissue paper eyed crepe de chine waist,
her high-heeled s3.49's, her hiked up
skirt, and her Crudely applied Madame
de Marvel rouge, was all too sadly.
shamefully true; and listen, mothers
of Fort Dodge, the soldiers in derision,
have named them baby vamps,' and
isn't it the undeniable truth, that the
Des MONIES writer was right in say
ing that the mother was largely to
blame?
And you know that Central avenue
has more than one instance OF this
newly dubbed creation, the oaoy
yanp"
Last Saturday evening two in par
ticular. oh so conscientiousfy dress
paraded up Central past one Of tho
theaters.
In their own foolish estimation, one
had Naznnova in full retreat while
the other so completely outseGera1ed
Theda Bara, that the original vam-
pire would have torn mp her diploma
and cried, Tn dona"
The one subtle necessity, the stun
before which the most impregnab}e
woman-fater "falls"-iS rouge, the rcd,
red pepper shade. The redest Sdud OF
red is red pepper and, therefore, that
shade in rouge is 50 effective 60 In
giving the amateur wan,p the appear
ance Of a bedaubed Judy" in a
Punch and Judy" show.
Well, little ladies. sensible and vaInp
brand. don't forget that you are a
part Of this great war.
Less rouge, Eyes. you may use a
tiny bib no vaanp. and more Red
Cross and knitting Is the real magnet,
if you want honest and respected rec
ognition from Mr.. Soldier Man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
RER CROSS PENNIES.
Newton News. ]

Newton ISeWS.J
Over $50 in pennies have been col
lected for the Red Cross in Newton by
having cigar boxes at different places
of business for deposits to be made.
Some of the boxes have been placed
for almost a month but the most Of
them have been placed only about
two weeks. 1t is nothing short OF
marvellous the way small amounts OF
money will accumulate II only a lit
tie effort is made. 1t is safe to as
sumo there was not one cent dropped
in the boxes that was in any way a
sacrifice and yet within a month there
have been 5000 pennies contributed
to the Red Cross. It y q dne thing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
Iowa Newspapers
MILD ARGUMENT.

hoOkuk tIttte SlIy.J
Two North Carolinians were shot
and slashed in endeavoring to decide
which was to teach a Sunday school
class. 1t would be interesting to know
what they would have done to each
other had they engaged in a discussion
Of the war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
Group Of Indiana congressman rssistssis0.

Sroup OF 'no'aUd So"S'0e"e" '~S's'
that they will be called for service
which will take them from their pres
ent duties.
Five Of the thirteen members Of the
house from Indiana registered in =
body in Washington, so that their
cards could be forwarded to the local
boards This is an unusually large
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

for tho Red Csoas and h no way
a hardship On eny one person. After
all. that Ia only one cent . person for
the city. II should DO an easy mattaS
to obtain that amount Of money IN
pennies for the Red Cross every
month and there would not 4 one
cent Of II be sacrifice.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

percsn&age Of members Of state
delegation In the draft age. They are,
standing. from leff toright: R3chardN n.
Elliott, Connersvflle: Everett Sanders.
Terre Haute: Oscar E Bland, Linton:
Fred s. Purneil. Attiea. sitting: left TO
right: Albert T. vestnl. Anderson, and
B. Gruberg. registrar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

The man who is the most heavily
involved is the man who is most vital
ly interested in the success of the loan
campaigns" points out the Muscatine
Journal. Investment in liberty bonds
is a form of insurance. This is be-
coming more evident as the wars
effects upon trade and industry be-
come more visible
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

Some papers seem disposed to
place upon Howard e. Coffin the re-
sponsibiGty for the aircraft fizzle and
failure. But history will put the
responsibility higher up-much higher"
declares the Mason City Globe Gazette
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

The Chicago headline writer's did
not see hardly anything in the tor
pedoing of the Mount Vernon, a trans
port. except that politician, j. Ham
Lewis, was on the vessel altho a long
list of brave seamen lost their lives
in the CATASTROPHE remarks the
Cedar Rapids Republican and asks
rs one politician worth more than two
score of brave sailors who face such
dangers continuously, and the politi
clan one who. seemingly, was travers-
ing the seas merely to advertise him
self as a candidate for an Officer"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The price of coal is going to be
a strong factor in persuading people
to conserve it. Mark the price on your
shovel in bold figures" advises the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

"The retail coal men, putting their
faith in the biblical ASK and We shall
receive asked for two bits more on
every ton. and got away with it, OBJ
serves bhe Davenport Times.\
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
NOW THEY'RE BACK.

W." ftTs is.NNsN.
tOnowa Democratl
Now that the preachers are coming
back-so many OF thcm--from sea-
shore and mountain resort. refreshed
by well-earncd vacations, to resume
their useful pastoral work, We, who
have been all summer on the job, may
perhaps presume to give them some
advice us to what we want from them
before they start In on the fall and
winter campaign against the world,
the flesh and the devil.
PIERCE PATRIOTISM AND VOTES
[Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Governor Harding talks strong and
fine on the rostrum but when II came
to a real test of practlcing what he
breaches he failed to deliver the
goods. jim Pierce should have been
removed from the council of defense,
He was persuaded by the governors
friends to resign. The spectre which
seemed TO haunt the governor In this
was the prospective political
Of the Nonpartisan league
which Pierce is fathering in Iowa.
Pierce is today the most effective
agent the kaiser has in this state.
Every damned Stacker In the state Is
using copies OF his paper as warrant
for refusing TO jGy Bond. They are
told in this paper that there is no
law to compel them to buy bonds
They are advised, too that such pa
triots as c. II. McNider, head Of the
Liberty loan work in Iowa, are Grim
mails because of the zeal they have
shown in dealing with slacknrs
Where would this country be now If
il was made up Of men like Pierce?
What sort Of support would the boys
in the trenches be getting If every
body was following Pierce's advice?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12
WOULD HELP NOT HURT BONDS.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,

One of the Des Moines papers pro-
tests against the mere acceptance Of
the resignation Of that nan Pierce as
a member of the state council Of de-
Tense. 1t cites the case of a woman
who was fined for doing less than
Pierce has done-the old woman did
her talking over a back fence, while
Pierce did it under red headlines in
special sheets. And as to the guilt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-12

The extension Of the draft law to
include all men up to forty-flve inclu-
sive ar well as youths Of eighteen,
means that many Of our lawmakers
above the old draft age must register
now. This does not mean, Of course,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09
FooBridge in New Orleans Across Dtch-Dug
with Gap Prevent the Passage

quickly learn to shun the places where
bodies of their follows are thickly strewn.
That is why the average commercial poison
is so often a failure. But the poison to
which New Orleans pins her faith is as
low as retribution, and an ant never knows
what was the matter with him, isn't able
TO warn the others and dying he kills the
babies at home.
There is no secret about the formula
though 1t should be mixed by n chemist
for best results. The constituents are 2
parts OF graduated sugar, l Of water, 8
per cent OF strained honey, small amount
OF tartaric acid TO convert the sucrose
into glucose and Is of / per cent of arsenic.
a sponge is saturated with this concoction
and enclosed in tin can. which has small
holes punched into the top to allow unsus-
piciouS ants with a sweet tooth to enter
1t is very dangerous 10 use this out of
doors. however Bees have a sweet tooth
as we'll as ants. and If cans are hung out
side the bees Will carry the poison home
to their hives where it viii not only kill
the queens and young as we'll as them
selves. but Will also poison the honey,
rendering it highly dangerous to its con.
sumers
An odd point about the Argentine ant Is
that 1t does not really look like an ant.
1t seems to have been originally native to
New Orleans by freight ships. Within a
few years It has spread from the water
front there to the entire city, and has sent
out vast numbers of colonists over dis
tances Of thousands Of miles along the
railroads and waterways radiating from
that commercial centre.
These pioneers have founded communt-
ties in the smaller cities and towns; and
each community has furnished It's quota Of
migrants, thereby extending the infested
territory in all directions. The dispersion
is now going on from hundreds Of different
points. Other Southern States are being
rapidly invaded, and separate and dis
tinct invasion, from where no one knows, is
even now exciting much alarm In Southern
California, where the orange groves are
seriously threatened.
The pest will certainly spread before
long over all of the orange belt Of the
South. Likewise over the sugar-cane belr,
and perhaps over the cotton belt. 1t Is a
deadly enemy OF the cotton.
The Argentine ant eats into the orange
buds before they are fairly open. 1t bores
into growing figs and destroys them. 1t
carries off garden seeds Eefore they have
time to sprout. Truck-growers cover rows
Of newly planted lettuce seed with corn.
meal. The ants like cornmeal. BY the
time they have removed it particle by par
ticle, the lettuce has had n chance to get
Copyright 1919 hv fba Star Comm
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-09

Even beekeeping has to be abandoned
when the insects become numerous, be.
cause they invade the hives, kill tho bees,
and carry off the young bee larvae.
In poultry-yards they are most pesti.
ferrous. They find the nests of sitting
hens particularly attractive; and, IL an
egg is broken. they will soon arrive in
such numbers as to drive off the brood.
Ing fowl. When the eggs are in process
of hatching-the chicks just coming cut
of the shells-they swarm over the chicks
and kill them. Nests Of young wild birds
are attacked In the Same way, aud the
young destroyed.
These ants are strongly suspected OF
carrying disease. They congregate about
garbage pals and any sort Of filth They
are hard to keep out OF sickrocms, the
odors apparently being strong attraction.
They have been busily engaged in carry
Ing away the sputum Of tuberculous
negro.
The only point alleged In their favor