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The Washington times., 1918-04-24
SPECIAL SHOWING OF
birth" AT The CASINO

This evening and every night
thereafter for the rest of the week
men will be permitted to see the mo-
ton picture. Birth" which has been
shown exclusively to women at the
Casino Theatsr, Seventh and F streets
The Washington times., 1918-04-24

northwest for the past few days.
Men will be admitted nightly from
T:I5 to IL D. m. and women will be
admitted from 1 to 7:15 p. m. daily.
The last show for women will start
at s:15 daily.
The Washington times., 1918-04-24
B.F. KEITH LOAN FUD
GAINS Sl2,25O IN DAY

B. F. Keith's campaign for the third
Liberty loan was boosted S12.25O at
the two performances yesterday, the
total being announced today as
81 ,246,750. Mrs. Vernon Castle was
largely instrumental in securing OF
subscriptions. She responded to d
The Washington times., 1918-04-24

wheat lends Itself to the habits Of
ease and eORVenEenss Of the people.
hnd because IL leads Itsslf to the con-
VehIenes 81 the people, We want II
sent to Europe and net kept here
The Washington times., 1918-04-24

Food control In North America toE
lay means chiefly EettiaE the feed
across the Atlantic at all cOsts-D. c.
Food Administrator.
The Washington times., 1918-04-24
Ex.AusrRIAN PaEMIER PIE.

AMSTERDAM. April 2A.-Baron
oautsch Won FrEnkshthurn, three
times Austrian premier and writer
of note along educatiopai lines, is
dead in Vienna. says . dispatch. He
was sixty-seven yoars q age. During
his term a. head OF educational AZ
fairs in Austria, he brought about
many reforms.
The Washington times., 1918-04-24
URGES APRIL 6 LEGAL HOLIDAY

To commemorate Americas formal
entry into the war, Senator Smoot OF
Utah has proposed a bill to make
April a legal holiday. and to desig-
nate it as Liberty Day"
The Washington times., 1918-04-24

Ne net help the Han - neal tila.-
D. C.aFoOd Administrator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
and dew.
A butterfly Beautifully made

4 TIM glad didn't run over you saad
dear Uncle Lucky. 'for then you would
never have been = BUTTERFLY And amer
that the fuzzy caterpillar drew In Ais
funny little horns and climbed M :,
chestnut tree and comnenced = eDtn:
his little house. So the Two lit41e RIB.
bits started on again IN the LuckyMo-
bile. and by and by, sitter q while they
saw q deer who was rubbing his horns
against Z tree, II wonder what he's
doing that for?" said BiIly Bunny, and
Just then up came old PruE Crow. I'm
explain" said that wise old bird. and, he
took out his little Black Book end turnsd
TO page - and read: IAN male deer.
have horns which they shed every year.
The horny stubs are covered With skin
which IL filed with veins. and this skin.
which is called the ''veivst.' keeps on
growing longer and longeF and Larier
and harder until by ana ~ It. turns into.
horns, and then the deer fube on tie
covering, leaving the A9d, white horn
bcneath. s
"That.s very ineefestfne.s saeA the ola
gentleman rabbit, and he ting on hia
gogslcs and wiped nsem VITA his blue
silk polIsxdct HANDKERCHIEF. I'VE are
very much Obliged to you. Hru1 Cruw."
And after tbst tho old black bird closed
his little book and Asw away. and IN
the next story II the deer Anikhes pol-
ishing his horns In time. Tn tell you
something morsee0eut tAels tWe little
rabbits.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06

periodicals should print a line notifying
subscribers that by pasting a one-cent
stamp on any publication it would be
mailed to the boys at the front" Well,
as all know, the boys at the front have
not only had difficulty in getting maya
zines. but the letters from home have
been delayed not only by weeks but by
months. The latest observer to come
home repeating this very serious COM
plant is Otto H. Kahn, who details
some extraordinary cases Of the failure
of the men to get any letters at all after
months Of service. and this Includes Of
hcers as well as men IN the ranks.
Moreover, the tragic fact is already
coming out that many Of those already
killed never had the comfort Of hearing
from home before they passed away
the letters sent them now coming back
to this country, unopened and marked
Deceased Verified by the Registration
Bureau" etc. Under the circumstances
the folks at home and the boys at the
front can easily stand a little less ora
tory about things needed to stiffen their
morale. II only the soldiers mail serv-
Ice be expedited. 1t ought not be pos
sfble any longer for returning Amer
leans to tell such stories as Mr.. Kuhn
does, which can be duplicated by every
one who has tried to get in touch by
mail with the men over there.-Phila-
delphfa Public Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
Billy Bunny and HIS Friends
EBy David cory.1

Well. we left the two little Rabbits,
Master Billy Bunny d Old Brier Patch,
Snake Fance Corner, and Mr.. Lucky
Leftindfoot, the old gentleman rabbit OF
Lettuce avenue and Carrot street, Rab-
bitville, u. S. A., motoring In their
Luckymobile thru the beautiful cot1n-
try. And after a while. all Of sudden
a caterpillar crossed the road just In
front Of them, and Billy hadn't put on
the brakes, something dreadful night
have happened.
Goodness me It takes you longer 70
cross the road than for me to 80 TO
Washington" said the old gentle
man rabbit to the caterpillar. for Uncle
Lucky didn't life to have the Lucky
mobile stopped suddenly. for It made his
coat collar turn up In the back. you see.
Why don't you blow your horn ? re-
piled the caterpillar, and then he shook
his horn at the old gentleman rabbit
But that didn't brighten Uncle Lucky.
for a caterpillar,s horns aren't very
sharp, you know. And then he little
caterpillar sang this song:
Soon must spin my little cocoon.
And fasten 1t safe to tree.
{ And there / VIII sleep while the winter
wind
Blows over the land and the sea.
And when in the spring hear on the
wing
The birds in the forest ana siade.
+ I'll come forth anew mid the sunshine
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06

wagon fort" The wagon fort was
iron or steel clad and was drawn by
horses. When the Bohemian tank
the wagons could be opened 80 that
even the horses could find protection
inside. Women and children, infatuated
travelling with the Bohemian army.
also gathered within ana sent their
arrows thru the loopeholes.
Against an attack OF horsemen the
wagon forts we're linked together by
heavy iron chains. and in four deep
columns formed practically invulner-
able defense. On the offensive they
were terrible engines. for they carried
artillery. Ziska placed on the seats.
next to the drivers. his picked marks
men, who soon became the terror OF
the Germans. Their pieces were the
boml,ards just then coming into use.
But the tank corps also carried a few
heavy guns--unwieldy weapons which
would be toys today, but which set up
among the intrenchments OF the iron
wagons did great execution. When the
wagon forts got to moving well across
the smooth Bohemian fields Ziska used
to direct his drivers on the end Of the
line to speed up, thus fianking the
enemy-a maneuver which was con-
sidered extremely unfair ia those
days.
The Bohemian leaders, greatest VIC
tory was at Ziska's HILL near Prague.
He had 10000 troops arrayed on a
steep slope and protected by wagon
forts. Against him there were flung
about $4,000 troops, led by number
OF German princes. among whom the
chief was Frederick Of Hohenxollern,
who had Just become elector OF Brand
enb,lrg. Frederick was a weli-known
ROLLER baron Of his period and the an.
cestor OF the present overlord OF Ger
many, Kaiser Wilhelm.
Well. Elector Frederick Just walked
up that hin and then walked down
again. incidentally great numbers OF
Germans were either killed or driven
into the vttava river by the Bohem-
ians. who hurried down the hill after
them in their wagon forts. Then, az
today. the tank, properly unanswered
proved irresistible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
Expedj.e the Soldier. Mail.

Early last winter serious complains
began to come in about the unconscion-
able and seemingly inexplicable delays
in delivering the soldiers mail on the
other side. Secretary Baker and all the
public speakers and special workers in
camps; in theaters, in pulpits and in
public places are engaged in a very ac-
tive campaign to build up the morale
of our fighting men. Among other
things, but frankly admitted to be the
chief factor in developing this very
much desired morale, the letter from
home" was referred to by all the speak
ers. In fact, the chorus Of write cheer
ing letters to the boys over there al
most becomes hysterlcal.
From this every one supposed that
aside from preparing men for the fight
ing, the question of the soldiers mail
service had been given a most thorough
consideration. For it must also be re-
called that the postmaster. joining In
the melee. asked that all magazines and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
OLD FORT DEFIANCE.
Built to Protect Northern Iowa
Against Indians,

After the great massacre by the
Sioux Indians in Minnesota in 1862
several rude forts We're built in north
ern Iowa to protect the settlers against
possible tnroads by the Irdains.. OF
all these frontier Notifications, says
the writer Of an article recently pub
hshed BY the State Historical Society
OF Iowa, apparently the most extensive
was Fort Defiance" Vat, Estherville,
built BY a company commanded by
William H. Insalam. The stockade OF
this fort was built of planks four
inches thick and enclosed an area
which was about one hundred and
thirty feet square. At one corner and
extending six fest beyond the stock
ade we're the barracks, a building fif-
ty-two feet n length. and eightee
feet In width made Of tfmbers eight
inches thick. The Office and commits
sary room at enother corner was a
building fourteen by tlhirty-two feet in
dimensions, ruilt In much the sarne
manner as the barracks. The entire
south side of the enclosure was formed
by barn. the sides OF which were
built OF four-inch planks. The ex-
posed side OF the barn was protected
by sod wall over seven feet high and
several feet thick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
the SOLDIER AND TINE FLAG.

A number OF letters from soldiers re-
Gently refer to the disrespect shown
the nag by Those who neglect TO re-
move their hats when ~ ooIors pass.
Soldiers resent It, They know tho 70
spect which h the dus.of the American
flag from soldiers and civilians alike.
As expressing the feeling Of the SOL
diers ovcr the boorishness which Keeps
on hats and fails to Give any sign Of
recognition or respect to the American
flag carried in parade the following
from . soldier IL reprinted hero:
don't SEQ why the people allow any
man to stand with hts hat on when the
colors go By. It is the absolute duty OF
every man to stand at attention with
his headgear opposite hts LETT shoulder
whom the colors pass. What's more it
is tho duty Of every American to tell
q man to remove his hat and II he
doesn't It - then che duty Of the nrst
man TO knock e OF and NOT b gentle In
doing It When = man does not re-
move his hat It is an insult to TIE flag.
think that = one place the councils o6
defense could ct n some good wosek.
What would . visitor think stopping
In the town aaM noticing that people
do not o0Ae rasDeot the fAg1
II II . thing that should never be
overlooked and people who salsw 4 to
pass ainnoticed arc not doing their duty
~ American c4tfnans. Regulations in
the army say to Salute al colora and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
TIE First Tank.
Especial Feature Service. Commute,

Especial Feature Service, Committee
a on Public Information
Who invented the tank?
Easy" you say. ut was an Ameri-
can invention adopted by the British
and then adopted by the Germans"
Wrong-you are thinking merely OF
the tractor machinery-the cater
pillar" arrangement by which It crawls
over the ground. And the tank Is
chiefly and essentially an arnnored
vehicle for use in war fare.
AS every schoolboy knows, the an
Gent Britons dyed them selves blue and
used war chariot with curved knives
attached to the hubs. These were
armed vehicles. But the first armored
vehicle used in battle was invented
and perfected about 1920 by John Ziska
a Bohemian nobleman and follower OF
John Illus. Incidentally Johns tanks
also shunbled q Hohen7ollern.
You may never have heard Of John
ziskAt hut he was undoubtedly the
greatest military genius Of hs age and
tn father Of modern tactics. Certainly
nothing more could be more modern
than his idea for the tank. Indeed he
had some ideas. forgotten long ago.
which might even be revived on the
fields OF France today.
Zislca was fighting the full power
of Rome and, as It turned out. the
whole of Europe Joined crusade
against him. Ziska won. And the way
he won was this:
HHis fighting forces consisted almost
entirely Of townsmen. small farmers
and farm laborers used to the iron.
mounted fail, the heavy club and the
short SPEAR With these forces he had
to meet horsemen In heavy armor
the picked chivalry Of Germany anc
Hungary. His answer was the arnored
wagon.
|. The German name for tank is q.
long as a snake about 10 separately
articulated syfables spoken like q
burst Of shrapnel. Ziska's tank alse
had a hard name-in several senses. II
was called the Hradbavozova (pro-
nounced as It Is spelled, which mean.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
RIPPING RHYMES.
By Wait Mason.
IN OLDER DAYS.


bought
why
last And still
of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
where Ancient. Exeelled.

Although tunneiing Il, among the
most ancient Of, enterprises. more pro-
gress has been made in the last cen
fury than In the twenty centuries
which preceded It. 1t is now known
that back In the semimythical days OF
the Theban kings the long tunnel into
the mountain rock, expanding at dis
lance Of 400 feet or 90. into some lofty
chamber. was common work. The
rok temples Of Nubia and india, too.
show that in certain matters ut any
rite moderns may still learn from the
nnnfoota
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
wno,sA -elmpERv,

I A new slang is the term "gimper."
What is a gimper? A gimper IN the
vernacular Of the airmen Is one who
stays by in time Of trouble. Not a
shouter or buffer, but one Of those
quiet chaps that stick and when you've
more than you can handle alone takes
part OF it upon himself and helps finish
the job.
It's only new way Of saying an OLD
thing. Whether in the air or on land
or seas or under, the person under dis
cussion Is the same. We call him
man to tie to, a square guy, fne citi-
zen, give him all manner Of terms and
appellations. but he is just the Same
now as he has always been. depend
able man. Gimpers are not uncommon.
They are not restricted to aviation or to
war or peace. OF course. they are not
as common as they should be but when
all Is said and done and counted up
there are a lot OF them sticking around
hero and there.
It was gimper who slipped down 70
the home when the death occurred in
9 family not too well OF, and asked
quietly how the finances were; It was
a gimper who lent the drayman the
money to replace the horse that "died
on him" and told him he could pay it
back as he got it to spare. It was an.
other gimper who stepped in between
the mortgage and the widows prop
orty. II we mouse around we'll un-
cover q whole lot Of gimpers that we
haven't known much about.
There,are charity gimpers, Red Cross
gimpers. public service gimpers, GIN
pers to beat the band when we once
get q census Of gimpers. The fellows
who are shocking oats as 4 patriotic
duty are simpinI.
Come to look arbund we shan find
that considerable chipping is going ON
all around US. Going over the past
years We shall be astonished to dis
covef that the gimper isn't strange
or fabulous animal but almost a COM
mon % cows. OF course we don't
notice It until something extraordinary
draws our attention, but the number OF
men who are to be depended on in
trouble and emergency are legion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
cAp,rAllz,lva Fame

Gunner Depcw, interviewed BY the
Sioux City Journai. was quoted az
making remarks not at an to the glory
and credit Of Carroll. lows. Inter
viewed again passing thru Carroll, the
gunner Is quoted from Carroll a. having
denied saying anything Of the sort. The
Journal however. reiterates that he
was correctly quoted and suggests that
II the gunner IL making the same kind
OF blundeu everywhere he had best be
called off the platform and the re-
nEinder Of his dates cancelled.
The probabilities are that Gunner
Depew was fairly quoted by the Jour
nal. They usually are. It may be also
that the gunners structures on Car
roll were more or less justified ~ the
Circumstances. But the point in tho
quarrel is this:
Guy Empey, also author Of several
books on the war which have had .
great sale and brought fame and an
ancial reward to the author, has been
+ Z
'1et out" Of the army. It Il suggested
that Mr.. Empey made q good story
better. Just why Empey was dropped
Is not in evidence but that suspicion
has been voiced. There Is a suspicion
that with books and movies and lee
ture and the like Mr.. Empev was
capitalizing his heroism and that he
never failed to make his story good and
himself better. HIS moving picture
stunts rather disguested the British
and canadian officers and rankers.
alike.
When a. returned hero engages a
manager and begins q campaign OF
lectures and moving pictures and the
like his comrades are likely to view
him with critics eye and the public
sooner or later to find weak spots in
the man and his tales OF blood and
war. Adulation turns stronger heads
and big money in sight all the time has
Its effect upon the strongest characters.
So it is not astonishing II the young
men forget themselves.
Gunner Depew and Guy Empey and
a million others have done noble serv-
Ice and suffered much in tho war.
However there is growing a feeling
that too many are capitalizfng their
services both for fame and fortune in
books and in talk and in moving pic
lures. The first thing a soldier demands
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
FRENCH IN TILE SCHOOLS.
rWaterloo Times.1

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06

modesty IN regard to his own explaits.
"Jawbone' Is below par in the army.
1t is fine for returned hero to speak
Of what others did and what his coun-
try did and what our armies did. But
when he begins to tall what he did with
incline to sicken Of It and the suspicion
forces itself that he is making good
story better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
Io,ua Newspapers

WOULD DONATE TEIE HEMP.
lWehster City Freeman Journal.1
There 10 . large field of hemp grow
ing between Webster City and Fort
Dodge and It is said the farmer who
owns 1t says he will donate it to the
government X the government will use
1t to stretch pro- German necks. It
could not be put to q better purpose
However, pro-Gerrnan necl1s are not as
plentiful as they were year ago and
they arc growing beautifully less all
the time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06

The Britt Tribune notes: zone of the
things that is tanning down the pro-
Germans whoe lot is the boys that are
going to the front. You never hear
any complaint from them, and the old
man and woman at home don't seem to
howl much about kaiser love when the
boy Is at the front or on the way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06

The Neville Mail says: IF after
reading about the brilliant fighting of
the Yanks you do not swell with pride
your soul is dead
III bill should be introduced in the
state legislature next winter to COM
pei the teaching of the American IAN
guage in all the schools in this state,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

II any changes are made in the ages
recommended by Secretary Baker, they
should be to eliminate the boys" says
the Des Moines Register. "But it is
still more important to choke on any
movement which would put the boys
into classes to be called in advance Of
the men reached by the upward extern
sion OF tn edraft ages. Such an at.
tempt Is liable to be made, and the
answer should be prompt and effective.
The Odebolt Chronicle says: Strange
tho it may seem, Burleson is. reported
to have stated that he will try to i'm
prove the telegraph service We Just
cant refrain from smiling when we
think Of the postmaster general saying
that he will try to improve the service.
Tho public quite generally understands
that his endeavcrs will be strictly con-
fined to trying"
Money is never 50 scarce but what
q circus can do fine Job Of finding
most Of It" says the Iowa Forum.
The Webster City Freeman Journal
says: "The linotype machine that put
him in the paper as the clown prince
realized the everlasting fitness of
things, as 1t did when it called 1t the
nonpartisan plague
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-06
THE HORRIBLE NxAn6PIE.
rCharfer Oak Ti,nes


II Il announced that Havner and
broom brigade will soon sweep down
upon Sioux City and give the oldtown
such a housecleaning as Il never
dreamed Of oh. well, there Is an cleo
tion coming after awhile. and Mr..
Havner needs something to whic., he
can point with pride. And We know OF
no better place for his purpose than
Sioux City, with Ito mayor short on the
better things and one OF It's chief offi-
Gals declaring man nuisance ne
caslse he was ferreting out the boot
leggefs and undesirable resorts. When
q man who could not borrow dollar
. year ago, and now, after year Of
public Office in Sioux City can buy a
fancy residence. maybe Mr.. Havner
finds the smell % bad that he can not
wait any longer, election or no election.
SPARE THD BOYS OF NinNErEEN
II the age limit is changed, AZ it will
have to be changed, we trust that It
win be moved upward not downward.
It Is better to take tho men Of forty
than Il II the boys Of nineteen. The
boys ought to be spared and they
ought to be going TO school where they
can be trained for service later.
Twenty-one is young enough, unless a
boy wants to volunteer. The men OF
forty have received something Of life
already and their children may be on
the safe side Of growing up.
TIE giving up Of life or limb at that
time of life In many things less serious
than It IL for the boy OF nineteen who
has all OF life still before him. We have
always felt that wars ought to be car
ried on by men Just as old as they are
fit for such service and at forty there
IL NO appreciable elimination Of ply
sical. endurance. II hoy = taken OF
twenty-it Is soon enough-and the vol
unteers are apt to be very young men.
Hut the whole burden should not be
laid upon the lads. nor should all the
sacridces necelsary be required from
than