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Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The Carnegie Corporation will un- dertake to finance a study of methods by which Americanization is fostered throughout the nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The War Department has several thousand trained aviators on it's hands and doesn't know what to do with them. It is shy of airships.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Half the employees of the Syracuse lines of the New York State Railways will strike Saturday, unless relief men are furnished
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Navigation opened at oswego with the arrival on Lake Ontario of a tug boat from OgdensBurg.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Chancellor James Roscoe Day of Syracuse University was sued for $5.000 by the Rev. Lander Munhall of Philadelphia, for alleged libel.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Anthracite shipments for Marc reached 7,276,777 tons the highes reached for that month.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Art Smith, an aviator, at Langle7 Field, in a nose dive, dropped 2,00t feet and landed right side up.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

In tfe north of the province of Que bee there are still 25O.0O0 square miles of unexplored country.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The warm weather brought the sea- sons first mad dog scare in Brooklyn when Ethel McClane, aged s, was bit ten while at play.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

New York citizens of German birth or descent have announced that they will hold several Liberty loan meet. ings.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

A bell is being installed in the, re- built tower of the City Hall in New York. The bell will toll the hours
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Every foot of timber in New Eng land will be needed to provide material for the navy's aviation construction program.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

. Viscount Ishii, new ambassador to the United States from Japan, arrived at a Pacific port
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Southern New Jersey peach and ap- pie growers declare they will have bumper crops.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The Federal Labor Department an- nounced that more than 100000 men are being sent to work in intuition factories and shipyards every month
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

One of the largest transatlantic pas sengers steamers in the service mak ing her last trip as passenger ship, escaped from two submarines which fired five shots at her. One of the sunk.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Sir Adam Beck, chairman of the Hydro Electric Water PoPwer Com uunication of Ontario, told the House Water Power Committee that the gov ernment itself should retain some
 favorable sites for hydro-electric de-
 velopment. -
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Seward Presser, chairman of the committee that raised, the s100 0oo, ,00C Red. Cross fund lately, arrived st an Atlantic port after a visit in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

According to German newspaper &C., counts 1000 carloads of agricultural machinery are to be sent to Russia this spring to plant food for Germany
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The Rev. LeRoy Urban, rector of the Episcopal Church, is at odds with his congregation because. as alleged, he pulpit.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

The high honor of delivering the in vocation in the United States Senate was accorded by invitation of. the Vice President to the Very Reverend Ed ward J. Hanna, Archbishop of San Francisco.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-17

Boy scouts rolled the Liberty Ball out of Auburn on it's way to Syracuse.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-08-31

State Of Louisiana for the year Nineteen hum
dred and Thirteen, and the Laws of the State
of Louisiana be and is hereby called to be held
at the Town Hall in the Town of st. Martin
vile, Louisiana. within the hours provided by
law, seven A. NJ. and i've p. NJ, according to
ths terms of Act No. 256 of the year 1910, and
amendments thereto. on Thursday September
18th. 1918. at which Election shall be submitted
to the property Tax Payers of the said Town
who are entitled to vote at said Election under
the Constitution and Laws of this State. the
PROPOSITION to authorize this Honorable
Body to levy. assess and collect above the regu-
lar and other special taxes. under the provisions
of Article 232 of the aforesaid Constitution and
laws en- the same subject matter, an addition
al tax of Five 90 Mills ON the Dollar of the as
ssssed valuation of all the taxable and assessed
property, subject to State taxation, within the
limits of tn Q said Town of st. Martin
vile. Louisiana, for a term and period Of len
(l0) years. beginning say with the year Nine
teen hundred and eighteen 1881 and then end
ding and including the year Nineteen hundred
and twenty seven l1S.7l. The proceeds of said
special tax to be applied exclusively to the fol-
lowing works of permanent public improve
ment to-wit:
First: To the increasing of the capacity OF
the Water and Light Plant in the Town Of st.
Alartinville, Louisiana, To give continuous
service.
Second: To the purchase of all necessary ap-
paratus. machinery and supplies for the same,
Including all costs building, constructing and
erecting the same.
Third. To the repair aud completion of the
Market House. and Water Mains and Electric
Wires and apparatus in the said Town.
Fourth. To the extension of the Water Mains
and Water Drainage conduits in the said Town.
The said Tax to be levied and assessed and
collected according to Law, and conformably
| to the terms, conditions, and limitations reci-
| ted in the hereinabOve Petition, and under Ar
ticle 2n of the Constitution OF the State of
Louisiana, and the Laws and Statutes Of the
State of Louisiana, on the same subject matter.
Be it further resolved by the Mayor and Town
Council Of the Town of st. MartinviLle. Louisi.
ana, in regular session convened, That said
Election shall be held under the laws of the
State of Louisiana, Act 2J6 of the General As.
sembly Of the Stats of Louisiana, approved Jul,
9Th, 1910, and amendments thereto. at the Town
Hall. in the Town of St Martinville. Louisiana
as aforesaid. and that the form of ballot to bs
used in said election, shall be rs follows:
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-08-31

Proposition to levy a five 81 Mill tax
Oh all THE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
STATE TAXATION in the Town of St.
Martinville, Louisiana, for the period
Of ten years no years.. beginning say
with the year Nineteenth hundresd and
eighteen (l9lsI and ending and ipclud
ing the year Nineteen hundred and
twenty tI927 ], for the purpose of:
list: Increasing Of the capacity of the
Water and Light Plant in the
Town of st. Msrtinville. Louisi.
ana. 80 as to give continuous SER
vice.
End: Purchasing of all necessary ap-
paratus. machinery. and supplies
for the same including all costs of
building constructing and erect
ing same.
3rd: Repairing and completing the
Market House. the Water Mains
and Electric Wires aud apparatus
in the said Town.
9Th: Extending the Water Mains and
Drainage conduits in the said
Town.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-08-31
TAXABLE VALUATION s.
signature of Voter

NOTICE To VOTERS: To vote in favor of
place a cross XXI mark in the square after the
word YES; to vote against it place q similar
mark after the word NO"
Section Ill. BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
by the Mayor and Town Council Of tho Town of
st. Martinville. Louisiana, in regular session
conveyed, That the Mayor and Town Council of
the Town Of st. MartinvilLe. Louisiana, in open
session to be h % / d at the Town Hall,
in tho Town of st. Marti willie.
Louisiana, on Friday September the Thirteenth
A. ID. 1918, at o'clock p. NJ. and then and
there will proceed to open the Ballot Box, exa-
mine AMI Count the ballots. in number and
amount. and canvass the returns. and declare
and prOmulgate the result of the said Election.
SECTION Ill. Be it further resolved by the
Mayor and Town Council Of the Town of At.
Martinville, Louisiana in regular session con-
vened. That the following named qualified pro
perry tax payers and registered voters in the
Town of St. Martinvills. Louisiana. be and they
are hereby appointed as Commissioners and
Clerk to serve at the said Election to-wit:
l.. +. Gary, Commissioner
ID. Z. Duchamp. Commissioner
Geo. knight, Commissioner
Daniel DeBlanc. Clerk.
SECTION Nv. Be it further resolved by the
Mayor and Town Council of the Town of st.
Martinville. Louisiana, in regular session con-
vened; That this Resolution shall be Published
in the Official Journal of the Town of st. Mar
tinville, Louisiana, for thirty clear days previ-
Gus to the date Of said Election. and that this
Resolution shall take effect from and after its
passage.
The following bills were approved and order
ed paid, viz: Charles Bienvenu $5.65. A. L. Du.
rand Is cents, Laizsire Bienvenu $3.50, The
Teche Garage IS cents, Duchamp Hardware Co
$i.3s. Bertrand Borel $3.50.
There being no further business upon motion
Of Mr.. X. j. Guirard seconded by Mr.. +. +. -Four
net the meeting adjourned.
ALBERT BIENvENU. Mayor
SIDNEY Z. DELaHoUssAy. ESecretary
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1918-08-31
TO THE PUBLIC,

II you want to buy anything in the
way Of agriculture. horticulture. live
stock. or anything grown OH the farm.
write ysur wants TO the Commissioner
Of Agriculture. Baton Rouge. La. The
Commissioner has q Market Bureau. or
Swappsrs Department, and can nnd
what you want.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
SUES FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Webster City Land Owner Defendant
in Unusual Action.

Special 10 Times Republican
Webster City. May l1.-Bcnjamin
Bowling. of Champaign. H., has lust
filed a suit in the district court in this
city claiming damages in the sum OF
$50 900 against Thomas c. Wilson, who
owns a fine half section farm two miles
southwest Of Webster City. The case
is sensational in the extreme, and
charges that Wilson's actions have
made a nervous wreck of Mrs. Bowling.
which is the basis of the damages
asked.
The petition sets forth that Mr.. ana
Mrs. Bowling and a daughter make
their home in Champaign and That
their home is rented from Wilson. The
latter is we'll to- do and has consider
able property in Iowa and Illinois. Just
now he is here in Iowa, where he has
been, overseeing some improvements on
the farm near this city. This is the
reason that service was secured on him
here and the suit filed in this county.
The Bowling petition sets forth that
during the fall of 1916, Wilson occupied
a room in the home they rented from
him and took breakfast With he fam
lily. 1t is also recited that, under the
lease, it was Mrs. BowlinS's duty to
take care Of Wilson's room.
1t is alleged that while engaged in
this latter duty, Mrs. Bowling came
into possession of certain letters.
memoranda and documents reflecting
on Wilson's character. The petition
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
Cornell to Educate Two French Girl.

Special To Times Republican.
Mount Vernon, May ll.-Concn
College will gratuitously educate two
French girls The women Of the col
lege yesterday morning pledged nearly
5000 toward the fund.
II IS the desire of the French gov
eminent that certain number of It's
Young women be educated in this coun :
try and receive their degrees In Ameri-
c1n colleges and universities. For that
reason Cornell has agreed TO take two
ana to provide them with full coli
lcgc training, The college viii pay all
tuition board. room and fees. The
French government will provide funds
for transportation clothing and Incl
dentals. The young women who are TO
come to this country for training owl
IDENTIFY have been anticipating this move
FOR time past for it is agreed with
them that they are to be acquainted
with the American language when they
arrive in this country.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
.AMEs MEN FOR OFFICERS.
Thirty College Boys Assigned.
Training Camp at Camp Dodge.

raining camp at Samp Ooo9e.
Special to Zines Republican.
Ames, May 11.-Thirty men is the
quota of, Iowa State College to the
fourth officers training camp to be held
at Camp Dodge. These men are all
graduates Of the college and were Sc
lected from ninety applicants. Two
thirds of them have just completed
their senior year. They will report for
duty on May Is. The list follows:
Herman Bany, Tripoli: II. w. Bic
derman. Plymouth: r. II. Campbell,
Charles City: H. H. Cornell. Postville;
J. A. Day, Alton; f. NJ. Dean, lines;
Bruce j. Firkins, Rollo, H.: r. f. Cay
lord, La Grange. ILL.,: Vernon c. Gibson,
Clarinda; L. S. Goode. Ames; o. L.
Holden, Ames; II. X. Helseth, Apple
ton, Mimi; w. E. Hughes. Logan; II
H. Madison. Oskaloosa; w. NJ. Mac
Gibbon, 4Ames: Bert Myers. Ames: A.
S. Paterson, Marshalltown; j. Pickus.
Sioux City; Warren L. Porter. Stan
wood; Frank Schweiger. Chisholm
Mimi; Philip w. Shive. Austin, Tex:
A. E. Stoddard, Springfield, Ill: Paul
C. Tomlinson, Ames; D. S. Tubbs, Tus-
tin, CAL: A. H. Ward, Evanston, H.;
J. j. Wilson, Stuart; l.. G. Wilhelm,
Ames; Clarence L. Wygle, Clarksville:
Earl +. Wood. Ames; Otmar w. lack,
Columbus, Neb.
Alternates-S. f. Slime. Toledo: H. S.
Doty. Ames; Orville D. Vigars, Eldora;
Glen Ufford. Washington, D. c.; E. W.
Renner Brooklyn; John T. Liggett.
Des Moines: Rex n. Moss, Hollywood,
CAL: Arthur F. Carlson, Marshalltown;
j. Fl. Knutz. Neville; Charles r. Arm
our, Rockford, Ill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
Northern Io1ua Items

will cost about $1,000 Stock in the
organization was sold at SIS a share.
| An effort is being made by the Jasper
county agent and president Of the farm
bureau to duplicate the molasses or
ganization in every neighborhood in the
county, and plans are well under way
for several organizations.
George.
The doctors of northwestern Iowa be-
longing to the medical association Of
the four counties have decided to hike
| their fee bill upwards and a committee
made up of Dr. Winkler, of Sibley.
chairman; DR.. Rawleigh, of Little
Rock; DR.. Avery, of Primghar, and DR..
Meyers, of Hawarden, is now making
up the new schedule Of fees to- be
charged and as soon as this committee
reports and the report Is adopted the
physicians organization will announce
the Increased rates thru the newspapers
Of the four counties.
Sioux City.
mo young woman will lose any por-
ton of her social standing IL she enters
the hay field with her brothers or is en-
gagged in some other productive work
during the summer vacation. There Is
work for all, for men and women alike"
' DR.. Alfred Craig, president Of Morning
side College, expressed this opinion at
chapel service Wednesday commenting
on the labor problems facing the world
on account of the war. DR.. Craig said
he could not advise any man about en-
listing. That was problem for each
man to solve for himself, but every one
not in government service or engaged
in necessary productive labor should
return &c schoo! next fall.
Thornton.
The house of Adolph Sacks. of
Thornton, was struck by lightning
Thursday morning at about 8 o'clock.
The lightning entered the house and
afterward seemed to divide into three
parts, entering three different bed
rooms. In one room where an infant
child was sleeping the lightning burned
hole in the floor beneath where the
babe lay asleep. In another bedroom
child was 50 severely shocked that it
was several hours before 1t could be
brought to. The interior Of the house
was mass of ashes and debris after
the lightning struck and the chimney
on the roof was knocked down, the
bricks falling all over the yard. No one
was badly hurt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
CONNECTING JOBS AND JosLEss.
Employment Offices Of State Place 500
Persons During Week Of May q.

Employment Offices Of State Place $50
Persons During Week Of May ..
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 1l.-During the
week ending May state employment
offices in eight cities referred 499 per-
sons to employment and 1856 OF these
secured employment, according to the
report just made by State Labor Com,
missioner A. l.. Trick.
For the month of April these state
offices placed 1,247 persons in employ
ment out of 2,156 referred to- employers
Employment offices operated jointly
by the state and government are now
maintained at Des Moines, Davenport
Waterloo. Sioux City, Mason City, OF
tumwa. Cedar Rapids and Creston. MOI
all of these offices were in operation
during the full month of April, as some
of them were opened during the month
The week just closing indicates that
it will run about the same in numbers
of men and women referred and placed
in employment as during the week end
ing May 4. At this rate the month OF
May will greatly exceed the month OF
April in the number of persons dealt
with thru these employment Offices
The state ond government agents are
looking forward to harvest time ana
endeavoring to line up. if possible. labor
to help during the harvest times potn
during the summer and fall.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
.B|G CONTRACT FOR
IOWA CREAMER|ES
GOVERNMENT ARRANGEs FOR
MANUFACTURE OF SEVERAL
MILLION POUNDS.
10 BE DELIVERED IN
NEW YORK IN NINETY DAYS
Butter Must BE Of High Grade and OF
Quality Which Will Keep For Sew
era, Years Probably Intended For
Shipment to Europe For Army Use
Inspectors to Supervise Making.
pecial to Times Republican,.

| Special to Times Republican,.
| Des Moines May 11.-Because Of the
superiority of Iowa butter the govern
ment has about concluded arrangements
| for the purchase of from 100000 to
100000 pounds of butter to be made
in some 1C0 Iowa creameries and de-
| iivered to New York within the next
ninety days. For this butter the gov
eminent will pay cents above the New
York price.
Representatives of the governmcn,
have been in Iowa for the past several
days working out the plan. w. B. Bar
| ney, state food and dairy commissioner
has been helping them.
This butter has to be right because
| It must keep from two to three years
at least some of it. and possibly long
| or. Made according to government
regulations@n then putNn air tight
containers in New York according to
a government method. butter experts
declare that the butter so made and
canned is actually better at the end OF
two years than when manufactured.
Inspectors to Supervise.
In order to see that these creameries
follow infinitely the federal system for
making butter that will keep. both
federal and state inspectors will super
wise and inspect the making. State in
spectors will watch the quality of the
cream being delivered to these cream
| cries and federal inspectors will watch
the processes followed at the cream
cries.
The butter must have low moisture
content, in no instances more than IA
per cent IT mist he highly sailed and
the cream from which it is made must
be thoroughly pasteurized.
AS a matter of fact Iowa people would
have to go to New York City to buy
Iowa's best butter. 1t is not sold in
this state because the people won't
pay the prices which this superior but
ter brings from a special trade in New
York City There arc number OF
Iowa creameries for whose butter New
Workers pay fancy prices every week.
The Chicago market pays no such
prices nor does any other market in
this country but in New York there is
an exclusive trade which demands this
high priced product.
! Government purchasing agents know
of this and hence they are placing with
Iowa. creameries one Of the biggest but
| ter orders the department at Washing
| ton has ever placed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11
lama Man Dies Suddenly.

Special to Times Republican.
Tama. May 1.-the funeral Oh Jon:
TIixon was largely attended Friday af-
ternoon at the Methodist church. The
exercises were under the auspices OF
the ODD r-eiiuws. GT. Hunt delivered
the sermon. Mr.. Hixon was the only
son of Mayor p. HiXon and was en-
gagged with hisAfather in the news and
cigar business and was local agent for
the Wells-Fargo Express Company for
many years. He retired Tuesday night
i'm his usual health but early in the
morning was heard to cough several
times. When his father called him the
second time and received no response
he went into his sons room and dis
covered that he had died without a
struggle. Mr.. Hixon was highly re-
spected by every one. He was retiring
in disposition, was never married and
leaves besides the aged father several
brothers and sisters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11

ModaIe.
The Modale Onion Growers Associa-
ton, of Modale, has incorporated with
a capital stock of $1,000. Among the
incorporators are e. o. Feline. of Cali
fornia Junction, and w: a. Ritchison
and o. E. Middleton. of Modale.
Charles City.
The city council has granted the
Charles City Gas Company an increased
rate in gas to go into effect June l.
The new rate is $3.50 per thousand with
a discount of 20 per cent il paid before
the tenth of the month. The old rate is
$1.55 per thousand with the same dis
count. The old rate has been in eff
feet ever since the company has been
located here. -
Garner.
The navy department announced that
Harold Edward Livermore, electrician,
whose mother. Dora Livermorc, resides
at Garner was among the survivors of
the armed guard on the steamship
Tyler. which was torpedoed and sunk
by submarine May 2. He has been
landed at French port. Iivermore en-
listed in May, 1917, for radio service
but was not called to duty until July.
He was one of the seventeen men to be
aboard the ship which was torpedocd
and who were landed at a French port.
Sioux City.
American efforts to stamp out the use
of the Dutch language precipitated a
riot at Ocheyedan. A Hollander, after
rounding up his gang" and notifying
them to rush to the rescue when he
whistled, stepped out in the street, as
serted his rights and challenged pass
ersby to combat. He accented his re-
marks by brandishing a large knife.
The challenge was accepted by large
and enthusiastic crowd. The Holland
er's gang" failed to hearthis WHISTLE
signal, and the challenger was badly
mussed up.
Newton.
To aid in the present sugar shortage
a group of patriotic farmers of Kellogg
township have organized to grow cane
which will be made into sorghum
molasses for use in the township.
Mills owned by private individuals in
the township were found too small to
supply the needs of the Sweet" tooth
and the organization has ordered a
plant which will be large enough to
supply the entire township. The plant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-11

Since leaving college Hall has devoted
much Of his time to writing and has
become widely known thru his works.
Besides editing The Unit he WIS
q member Of the Chestomathial literary
society, of the 1910 college annual
board and of the mems glee CLUB.
"A canoe trip down the Skunk river
from his home at colfax to Keokuk
and another down the Des Moines
river from Boone to st. Louis are
evidences of his adventurous spirit
while in college.
A characterization of Norman Hall
written by one of his classmates dur
ing his college days is quoted here:
Here's strange mixture, indeed n
lot of talent and ability cemented to-
gether Ny good hard work and appli-
cation and smoothed over by sort or
genial good fellowship. and spiced with
dashes Of mischief and deviltry when
bellies his general appearance and
reputation. That's Norm When you
seem him properly cnsonced on the
chapel platform with the vesper choir
the sight would never remind you VI
midnight escapades and Hallo~c en-
pranks but Things are not always
what they seem