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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
STATE HEALTH BOARD PLAN.
MING DRASTIC MEASURES
TO COMBAT DISEASE
STATE AND MILITARY
AUTHORITIES ACTIVE
Death Rate From Disease Among
Troops Shown to 30 Less Than That
Among Civil Population-health Of
Soldiers Overseas Better Than in
Camps in America, Due to Wedding
Out Process.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. More drastic
measures against the spread of Spanish
influenza are being taken by the state
and military authorities.
Alta meeting of the state board of
health late Tuesday 1t was decided to
recommend to local health boards That
cases of Spanish Influenza be quaran-
tined and treated as other quarantine
able diseases. This is the first time
that such action has been taken by
the military authorities.
The military authorities both at
Camp Dodge and Fort Des Moines are
doing everything possible to check the
spread of the disease. Strict quaran-
tine is being maintained both at Camp
Dodge and at Fort Des Moines. No
cases have been reported as yet from
Fort Des Moines but the quarantine is
duction if possible.
The last health reports Of the war
department covering the period up to
Sept. 1 on the health condition of the
troops both in America and overseas
show an unusually good condition. The
death rate from disease up to Sept l
was only 2.1S per 1000 or an annual
death rate of only about two men per
year. The annual death rate for men
Of military age in civil life is ST. per
1000.
The government statement declares
that 1.-The combined reports show that
generally the health of the soldiers
overseas is better thaf, that shown by
the men in training in this country.
This is largely due to the fact that only
men in the best physical condition are
being sent to France with the result
that the reports of the troops in Amer
lea carry the men unAt for overseas
duty"
In the matter of fighting venereal
diseases the state board of health is
soon to receive $4,000 from the gov
eminent which will be expended under
the direction OF DR.. Mclaughlin. of
Sioux City. federal representative in
the control of this disease. Fifty per
cent of this money is to go to the treat
ment of the diseases, 20 per cent to
educational propaganda against it's
contraction or spread. 90 per cent in re-
pressive measures and 10 per cent for
administratiC \ purposes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
ARMIES DEVELOP SPEED.
Rate Of Advance Increased Four old
T. Past YEAR

correspondence Associated Press.l
Behind British Lines in France, sept.
l0-Ir Hreasing speed of fire and ever
swifter assaults and manoeuvre have
been the principal development of the
are Of war this year. \ year ago an
attack was numbering ponderous
thing. moving along heavily and DELHI
erateIy behind a great weight of ar
tillery preparation To speed is the
thing. The rate of advance in the
British army has been Increased four
fold in the past year.
Behind the Green of swift moving
tanks. armored motor cars and cavalry.
the assault divisions rush into the Ger
man positions. occupying trenches.
stamping out isolated nests of resist
ance and collecting the masses OF pris-
onsrs The infantry necessarily move
more slowly than the mobile assault
forces. but when one takes into account
the width OF tho usual thrust operation
nowadays and its depth. the movement
IS wonderfully fast. and days oper-
ations. II successful. mean the occupa-
ton OF many square miles Of territory.
In particular speed has been ap-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
Turks Plot Against Greeks IN Asia

Utica. rVasons pass a. adhercnta 6s
Islam. but who are really devoted 10
| Christianity and have kept up their
Greek national feeling,
Support Their Own Schools.
To speak only Of the increase in NUM-
beers. wealth and material progress Of,
the Greeks OF Asia Minor would give
very erroneous impression, for II n
their intellectual and spiritual proSrcss
IN the last century that has been most
remarkable. In 1914 there were i.t6o
boys sch,,ls. with s..)o tcs.hecs and
1890 pupils, and $50 girls schools, with
| /, 900 teachers and 1900 pupils. In
other words 10 per cent OF the Greek IN
habItants OF Asia Minor are In schools.
These schools are all supported by the
Greeks themselves. the Turkish govern
ment not only contributing nothing to
their maintenance but frowning upon
their existence, There arc also 1000
churches with $500 priests attached To
them.
These schools and churches arc the
centers OF the national life. but In all
the large cities the Greeks have their
ne Yspapers, casinos and other agencies
OF a cultural life. II n no wonder thSt
the higher professional places In the
towns OF Asia Minor arc filled almost
exclusively by Greeks Teachers. doc
tors and engineers are for the most part
Greeks, and among the higher adminie-
trativo and engineering officials Of the
Anatolan and Basdad railways arc
found many Greeks.
Though conquered by the TURKS the
Greek In his turn won the upper hand
by his intellectual superiority. When
one realizes that under government
which existed only to rob the worker
by all forms of taxation, this people has
lsucceeded despite numbcrless persccu-
tions. In making so formidable an effort
to obtain these spiritual needs. II IS
easy TO imagine what groprcss In civil
ization and wealth awaits them when
an era OF liberty and security for them
shall be introduced.
But this ls Just what the Young Turk
Igovernment Is determined shall not
happen They have declared that all
tho populations OF the empire must he
Turkihed or disappear. They have
virtually exterminated the Armenians
and are in process Of causing the
Greeks to disappear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
Allies 60 Continue
60 Press Germans
Turnout Winter
Correspondence Associated Press.l

Correspondence Associated Press
with the American Forces In France
Sept. lS.-Marshal Foch In the only
man who knows just what move he Is
planning for tomorrow or next week OF
the next month, but there Is growing
in the lighting armies. n feeling that
the German is not going to be permit
ted to rest this winter,
Fight in good weather and dig in for
the bad has become almost an accept
cd principle in this war Men trained
in the theory OF war prior to 1914 and
In it's practice since have agreed every
year to the uselessncss of attempting
to drive the enemy from it's trenches
in. but there are indications that the
initiative taken 10y the allies In July
will be retained regardless OF bad
weather
II Marshal Foch calls upon his army
groups Ia continue jumping at the
Germans they will and they will do 1,
as they did II In the early part Of the
war for, in addition to the reinforce
ment that America has provided, there
is spirit revived. The French are
lighting with a confidence restored and
the British are going in with greater
enthusiasm than had been apparent
for many months. They are not mere
~ carrying on. They are slashine
away like one does when he knows
there is another one right by his side
hitting just as hard.
The Germans are not exhausted
They are not so badly fed. Their
clothing is not bad and they probably
have plenty of ammunition notwith-
standing the enormous stores they
have abandoned. But there is some
thing wrong and men who have com
manded troops in the recent Franco
British American offcnsves are in
clined to believe il is the realization
by the people of Germany of the hope
lessness Of keeping up the fight against
a foe who obviously is growing strong
er instead Of weaker.
German newspapers, official and
semi official documents and private
letters that occasionally come to the
hands Of the allied troops no longer
contain sneers regarding the American
assistance. 1t is recognized that the
American army cannot be disposed OF
so easily.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02

piled to the movement OF artillery.
which is the vital thing in holding the
positions won. Mechanical improves
ments have been applied to gun trac-
tors 80 that now guns can be brought
up in a quarter OF the time that was
necessary a few months ago. In the
same way the tank has become mo-
bile gun battery. able to fire as 1t ad.
vances
Motor transport Is the essential fac
tor in concentrating infantry. Food.
ammunition. water and all supplies are
carried up in motor trucks.
As fast a. the line moves. the en-
-ineers are busy extending the light
railways. and as fast as the rails are
laid. they begin to carry their burden
Of supplies and ammunition. Many
miles OF track can now be laid by q
single section OF engineers in day.
and nv the evening after n successful
attack. the late field OF battle ie criss-
crossed with line after line OF steel
rails. all hard at work consolidating
-Yd preparing for a further step for
ard
As speed Of attack develops on the
allied side. so the helters SHELTER char
acter OF the German movement in the
opposite direction nv Increase. Tho
effort OF sudden y, sh- hack on tho
German lines is like the impact OF a
| locomotive on train Of freight cars.
the shock drivers the farthest freight
car farthest back. The effect of the
allied blow Is immesurably enhanced by
the speed with which 1t IL delivered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02

port of northwest Asia Minor is Avail,
newly built In the third decade OF the
nineteenth century on the site OF an
old Greek town.
II H. a fine example OF a large, almost
purely Greek and virtually self govern
ing community, with more than $4,000
inhabitants, yearly export Nsiness OF
IL .OOo,c 600 francs and shipping of
5000 vessels. II has thoroushly mod
crn business institutions, as well as q
chamber OF commerce and agriculture
and an agricultural bank.
A striking evidence Of the alert and
progressive spirit OF the Greeks is given
In the way In which they have followed
the railroads into the interior, Tho
cities that have been connected by the
RI ilroads going out from Constantinople
and smyrna and the towns that have
sprung up beside them have become
centers OF Greek influence
christior Faith Concealed.
1t is a great mistake, however, to as
sumo as many superficial observers
have done, that the Greeks or Asia
Minor are only sailors and traders, but
are not bound To the soil. that they form
a purely city element and that the coun-
try folk consist only Of Turks. The
large Greek islands Of the Assatic coast,
Mitylcnc Rhodes, Camps and Chois,
have dense populations living in great
measure from grape and fruit raising
and from silk culture. Farming plays
no large part simply because OF lack OF
arabic land, Hence many peasants have
cmicrated to the mainland where they
settled IN the fruitful valleys OF the
Marandcr, the Hirmos and the San
carlos.
In this way new and thickly populated
settlements have come into existence IN
the midst OF the more scattered Turk
ish populations, and the higher fccund-
ity OF the Greek settlers, combined with
their industry. their fruGality, their in
telleCtual keenness and their com
munity feeling. helped always by the
retrogrcssion OF the Turkish population
itself has contributed to extend the
HellenizinG process moro and more TO
the country districts.
In comparatively recent times there
have come 10 iish, In the interior or
Asia Minor large settlements or Greeks
who speak Turkish. conceal the fact
that they are Christians and for po-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
INDlcr GREENFIELD LAWYER.
O. w. Witham Charged With Securing
Deferred Classification for Draftees.

0cVCVVGo SsaoS'VSoSoV wv S'a'NSSss
Special to Times Republican.
Creston. Oct. 40. w. Witham,
prominent lawyer of Greenfield who
was recently indicted By the federal
grand Jury in session in Creston, has
given bond OF $4,000 for his appear
ance In court for trial, which has been
set for the March term OF court.
witham. who was formerly county
attorney of Adair county, Is accused OF
activities in securing deferred CLASH
fications for draft reglstrants. The in
dictment came after there had been
much talk and after he had been pub
licly accused and had brought suit
against an Adair county newspaper
man for damages for defamation or
character. 1t Is charged that Witham
was very active in aiding men 10
escape the draft. He was indicted on
thre ecounts.
Among the charges against Witham
Included in the indictment are that he
surreptiously removed papers from
the office OF the exemption board and
made changes and alterations in them
necessary for n dependency claim. and
that he was paid large sum for the
work. Also that he secured the re-
lease of a man who was already serv-
ing in France by making false state
ments in an appeal to the president.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
TWO SIDES TO COMMUNISM.
Victim OF Robbery Turns Robber and
Waxed Fat on Gains.
Correspondence Associated Press +

correspondence Associated Press
Amsterday. Sept. 1.-THE experience
Of an Austrian banker with bolshevik
methods. when he made a business trip
to East Russia recently, is the talk of
the Vienna house. advices received
here states:
The. banker was arrested and INTERN
ed. Disguised as a peasant. he es-
capped with 10000 r,bles in his posses
sion. He fell in with a company Of
bolsheviki who. despite his protests.
took and divided the contents of his
pockets.
Share and share alike :s the rule
here" they explained. handing him
back his share which was only a
tenth of his capital.
Soon. though. his fortunes took a
turn for the better. He fell in with
another band which added to its ranks
a ragged individual from whose pockets
100,0 900 ruhles was extracted. This sum
was pooled and carefully divided and
the banker received a fat share. Event
ually he returned to Vienna with 10000
rubles
There are two sides to commun-
ISM he now says.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02

Washington. Oct. News has arr
rived from the east that the Turks
have begun the systematic destruction
OF the Greeks in Asia Minor in the
same manner that they destroyed the
Armenians, and for the same purpose.
so that at the peace conference AT the
end OF the war there viii be no Greek
| question so far a. the Turkish empire IL
concerned
The inquIring American will natural
ly ask. How many Greeks are there in
Asia Minor? Why are they there? why
should they be destroyed"
Before the appearance OF the Turk In
| Asia Minor II was inhabited almost
wholly by n Greek speaking popula-
| ton who formed the backbone of the
Byzantine empire. furnishing L with
its finest soldiers from among the peas
antry and it's best administrators from
| among the aritocracy. The Turkish
hordes settled in the interior. destroy
ing the splendid cities and farm life
| there. prcfcrring themselves the life of
pa sturc which better suited their no.
made tastes. The Turk however
never became a sailor or u trader
hence the seaports all along the coast
! Of Asia Minor remained Greek, though
many Turks settled in them.
Moreover. the Turk has been at war
ever since he entered Europe. At the
beginning of the tiftccnth century. and
| that fact, combined with lie on n low
moral plane. explains h'G steady de-
crease in numbers. The Greek, on the
contrary, especially in the nineteenth
century. has been steadily increasing.
| Today there are no fewer than 100000
Greeks in Asia Minor. especially strong
on the western coast, but found also
spread along the northern and southern
coasts.
Greeks Most Progressive.
The Greeks are the most alert. cf-
ficient and progressive race Of the
mixed people Of Asia Minor. Nearly
all the trade and commerce and what
ever manufacture there is are in their
hands their only competition being the
| Armenans. In Smyrna, the chief city
of Asia Minor. they number $4,000 OF
the total population of $50, 600 and con-
| troll the Industrial and economic life Of
the city. But it is not only in old
cities like Smyrna that they show their
ability and efficiency. The chief sea-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
MARRIAGE WILL NOT BE BAR.
No Exemption in New Draft for Mar
riaae After August 5.

rage After August 5.
Washington. Oct. New editions
Of revised selective service regulations
issued today by Provost Marshal Cen
eral Crowder, fix August as the date
from which draft boards shall disre-
gard marriages as grounds for ex-
emption of men who registered on
Sept. IL.
The so-called Stacker marriage
provision says: THE fact Of depend
ency resulting from the marriage Of
registrant of the class of September.
1918, who has married since the date
Of the introduction in Congress Of the
act requiring his registration, to- wit:
August 5. 1918, will be disregarded as
a ground for deferred classification"
The new edition containing redrafts
Of some provisions under the new
manpower law, Is issued as guide to
all draft boards. and incorporates a
number Of minor changes in proceed
ure and methods designed to facilitate
their work as well as provisions to
make the wider exemption allowances
workable.
Orders were issued today by the
Provost Marshal General to draft
boards to cease on Monday accepting
cards Of belated registrants, thus al
lowing the attaching of serial numbers
to registration cards to be completed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
Ask Liberation Of Slaves.

! London. Sept. 16.-rBy Maill--The
Anti Slavery and Aboriginies' Protec-
ton Society has presented memorial
to t.r government asking for the abo-
ltion of the legal status OF slavery in
the former German territory In Africa
now under British administration. They
claim that there were approximately
1856. 900 slaves in German East Africa
on the outbreak Of war. Among the
signers OF the memorial are the Bishops
OF Durham, Manchester. oxford. Sails
bury, Exeter. Hereford, and kcnsing-
ton. with other prominent clergymen.
members OF parliament and we'll
known citizens.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02

nothing to "Kentuck". These minor
things never troubled him the slight
est. for how should he know the COM
fortinG warmth OF ones own home
"Kentuck" slipped fast after the
disease had Sripped him week ago
and when he dIcd and the word was
received that a sailor without relatives
was to be buried in the station il was
decided full honors should be given
him.
Captain William \. Monett COM
mandant. Captain Frank Thompson
chaplain: n number of high officers on
tho station. an armed guard that es-
Cortcd the caskct 10 the grave. after Il
hlnc Jackets band marching in slow
step. were at the services.
The firing squad fired three rovnds.
4 bugler sounded taps. And "kentuck
was laid to rest. Great Lakes was his
only home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
DEAD HEROES HoNoREp.
Black Hawk County Pays Tribute "a
Twenty one Sons Who Gave Lives.

Black Hawk County Pays Tribute to
Twenty one Sons Who Gave Lives.
Waterloo. Oct. BLACK Hawk
county paid tribute yesterday to
twenty-one young men who have given
up their lives since entering the army
or navy during the present war. A
county service flag was dedicated at
the cattle congress in the afternoon.
The nag contains gold stars for each
young man who has died in the serv-
Ice. while there Will be $3.50 stars for
the men from Black Hawk county in
the service.
The list Of Black Hawk county men
who have died in the service since the
declaration of>war are:
Lieut. Leo Nusent washburn, killed
In accident.
Lieut.. Can Chapman, Waterloo.
killed In service.
Lieut.. Fred Becker. Waterloo, killed
in service.
Sergeant Harry Marson. Waterloo.
KILLED in service.
Corporal Gordon Vaughan, Water
Z loo. killed In service.
Private Harry stanosrpolos. Cedar
Falls, died from disease.
n Harry Minkel. Cedar Falls. killed in
ACCIDENT.
Corporal Carl J. Lochner. Cedar
Falls, killed in service.
Private Leslie ]. Bruce, Waterloo.
sdied from wounds.
Priavte Clyde WAGNER Waterloo.
killed in service.
Private Tommy Larson, Waterloo.
killed In service.
( Private John Farris. Waterloo died
from disease.
r Private Dben Smith, Waterloo. killed
I'm service.
Harold Peverill. navy. killed in ac-
cidentl
. Private Clarence L. Beebe. killed in
service.
private Ernest Hansen. Cedar Falls.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
ESCAPES HUN PRISON CAMP
Blanchard Boy Captured BY Germans
Rescued BY Yankees.

Special to Times Republican.
Blanchard, Oct. 2.-Charles Miller
19-year- old son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Miller. of Blanchard, enjoys a dis
function that probably no other SOL
der in the service Of the country has
achieved in France. Young Miller. who
is a member of E Company. l6Sth in
fantry. has been a prisoner Of Ger
many and escaped.
During the fighting in Lorraine,
Miller was wounded while doing scout
work. He was taken in no mans land
by the Huns, who treated his wounds
and held him prisoner.
Later. when the American boys took
the town where Miller was confined
they rescued Miller and he is now in
a hospital in France rapidly recovering
from his wounds.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
American Negro
Troops in France
Fearless in Battle
Correspondence Associated Press.

81
With the American Troops in
France, Sept. 12.-Amcrican negro sol
dierS in France are a source of never
ending interest ard amusement to the
French. who do not tire Of watching
and listening as they WELD picks and
shovcls and chant as they work in a
wicrd minor key.
They have shown fearlessness
amounting almost to utter indifference
if their white officers are with them
Il carelesSness where personal
danger is involved that is at once
amazing and sometimes annoying to
the officers, and desire 10 fight that
amounts to Il mania.
The American negro soldier, in the
words of a colonel who commands a
regiment of them and has for years
known a good deal about their char
acteristics, Is very close to a fatalist
when it comes to fear. Repeatedly his
own troops handy remarks among
themselves, the gist Of which is about
as follows:
Don't worry about that shell. Ras-
tus. 1t amt Got your number on it,"
And the she'll screams by, the
neg roes who believe it had not their
number stand idly around and expose
themselves as they should not. The
colonel frankly admits being afraid
when big shells are flying about and
seeks cover.
The first regiment which went into
action, long ago now, went in primar-
lily. because 1t threatened to decimate
itself in inactivity. Razors and knives
came more and more freely into play
and the men demanded so frequently
AMI So irisistentiy OF their Officers why
they might not get some action that 1T
was finally arranged for them. They
proved quite as strenuous fighters IN
the line as they had behind 1t.
It goes without saying that the
negro soldier Is as boastful as any in
q similar profession. The marines had
just covered themselves with glory in
the Chateau Thierry fight when a
delegation from negro regiment in
line in quiet sector waited On the
commanding officer and asked II they
too might not get in on the FUN"
Let us go In. colonel they said.
I'VE are tho only real lighters. The
marines are all right Of course, but let
us have whack at the boche. Then
the marines won't be in 1t. And for the
rest, Lord they don't count at ALL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-02
BRINGS HOME WAR TROPHIES.
Waterloo Captain Has Remarkable
Collection Of Battle Souvenirs.

Special to Times RepubllCaD
Waterloo. Oct. g. Capt. Chester
Wright. one of the first Waterloo Off
GERS to land in France, who is in Amer
lea on furlough, has brought home one
of the most remarkable collections of
souvenirs gathered by an American
soldier. His collection includes an en-
tire outfit Of a German captain, who
was killed by the Waterloo officer in Il
hand to- hand fight. The German cap
tain's saddle, field glasses gun and gas
mask are among the trophies.
Captain Wright has left for Wash
'ington after spending few days visit
ing in Waterloo. He will be assigned
to one of the environments in the United
States as an instructor. He was gassed,
but has completely recovered from the
effects.