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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
ESCAPED SAILOR CAPTURED.
German Who Was lnterned With
Crew Of vaterIand Caught in Iowa.

Des Moines, May 16.-Otto Green
burg, 33-year- old enemy alien, a
sailor on the former German steam
ship Vaterland, who escaped after the
crew of that vessel had been ordered
interned, was captured at Carroll,
Iowa. by federal agents from Des
Moines. This was learned here today
upon the arrival of presidential war
rant ordering Greenburg's internment
for the duration of the war. The
sailor had been in Nebraska and went
to Carroll, where he was threatened
with violence il he did not subscribe
to the Red Cross. Federal agents
charged him with making pro- German
statements
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Advanced Postal Rates Stand.

Washington, May 16.-Efforts to at
tach to the postoffice appropriation bill
a provision suspending during the
war operation of the act increasing
second class postal rates effective
July l will not be pressed at this
time. 1t was said today supporters
of the provision had been assured by
senate leaders that steps to i<roduce
the necessary legislation will be taken
up later by the finance committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16

and accuse her Of using the Russian
warships at Sebastopol for the purpose
of seizing coal and Ukrainian mer-
chantmen. 1t is reported that the Ger
mans have mined the straits Of YEN
kale, closing the passage into the sea
of Azov.
Serious trouble. it is added has ocI
Cured at Nlkolaiev. where the Ger
mans have dismissed the city council.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Official War Statements.

London, May 16.-The artillery was
active last night in the valleys Of the
Somme and Ancre rivers, east of Ar
ras, and on the Flanders battlefield,
the war office reports. The statement
reads:
Our troops raided the eremy's posi-
tion last night in the neighborhood Of
Gaverille (northeast Of Arras) and
captured a few prisoners.
Beyond artillery activity on both
sides at different points, particularly
in the valleys of the Somme and
Ancre, east of Arras. and on the north+
ern battle front, there. Is nothing fur
ther to report
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Austrian People Want Peace.

Amsterdam, May 1s.-The Tijd prints
the following significant and much
censored letter from its Vienna corre-
spondent:
"The reason why all classes Of the
population have regretted Count Ger
nin's departure (from the foreign Of
fice) is that in him they saw the her
aid of peace. and the people want peace
above all. This is not surprising, be-
cause the misery is extreme (this part
is censored). The people probably will
hold out thru the next difficult month
until the Ukraine grain arrives in SUI :
ficient quantities, but it is natural that
everybody yearns for peace (censoreG.
Hundreds Of times daily one hears the
lament, how long is this crazy destruc-
tion to LAST
.Only the conviction that the en-
peror honestly desires peace and has
given evidence Of this in recent action,
keeps the people going"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16

London, May ls.-American prep
arations are amazing in their I'M
mensity and plans are being made 10
care for 100000 American troops.
Harry F. Britten, secretary OF the
English branch of the Pilgrims Cluo'
told the Royal Colonial Club so last
night. If the Germans do not give in,
he added, the number of American
troops will be increased to any amount
necessary.
Sir Charles P Lucas said he Won
dered If the Germans realized what the
entry OF the United States into the war
S,ant. It meant, he said, not only
|. 4 accession to the allied powers OF
ssmahy millions Of fighting men and the
addition of vast resources. but also the
coming in OF the only one among the
great peoples OF the world who mas
seen and carried thru to an unmistaR-
able issue a four years war.
No Honorable Peace Presented.
In the house of commons today the
letter to Prince Sixtus, Of Bourbon
from Emperor Charles, of Austria, IN
which peace was offered to France,
was read and the whole topic OF En-
peror Charles proposals was discussed,
on the initiative of pacifists and adVo-
Gates of peace by negotiation.
In response to questions Foreign
Secretary Balfour said that Emperor
Charles wrote letter to- relative
(Prince Sixtus is a brother-ln-l Law OF
the emperor) and it was conveyed by
this relative to the president and pre-
mier Of France under the seal OF the
strictest secrecy No permission was
given to communicate the letter to any
one except the sovereign and premier
of this country. (This answers the
question which has been raised as to
why the emperor's proposals were not
communicated to President Wilson.
Mr.. Balfour said he had no secrets
from President Wilson. Every thought
he had on the war or in regard to Ques-
tions Of diplomacy connected with the
war. was open to the president. There
was no one more desirous than the
British government he continued, that
the war should be brought to an honor
able termlnatlOH. IL any hie'hou Soui
be shown the government whereby that
would be accomplished 1t would, OF
course, be accepted. He added. how
ever, that no effort at conversations
which had been made by the central
powers had ever been made In the in
terests Of fair and honorable peace;
to the contrary they had been put for
ward in order~to divide the allies.
Would Listen to Sincere Proposal.
Great Britain is prepared to consider
proposals from the enemy providing
they are put forward by accredited
persons in straightforward manner,
Foreign Secretary Balfour declared.
'Tf any representative Of any bel
ligerent country desires seriously to
lay before US any proposals" he said
Eve are ready to listen to Them"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Total American Casualti-s

Washington. May 16.-Wednesday's
casualty list brings the total to 5,7SS
according to figures to the war de-
partment. Among this number were:
Killed in action, u.s. died Of wounds.
1I5: died of disease. 1,O44: died Of ac-
cident. 237. Died from other causes,
6S. Severely wounded 492: slightly
wounded. $500; missing in action and
prisoners, 254, and unclassifed
wounded, s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Will Not Talk Of Church Union.

Hot Springs. Ark, Nav 16.-Presi-
dent ]. b. Gambrell Of the Southern
Baptist Association today emphatically
denied a press report that qualified
representative Of the association would
confer with the northern Baptists in
convention on the question OF unity
between the two Baptist bodies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Three Want G. o. p. Convention.

SUDVIUT 10 ITITIVS- fNtVIIUlIVdIf' :
Dcs Moines, May l6.-Cedar Rapids.
Waterloo ana Des Moinas are candi-
dates for the meeting place Of the re
publican state convention. to be de-
cided by the republican state central
committee at a meeting here Friday.
The date of the convention probably
viii be fixed for late In July,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Russ Soviet Threatens Germany.

Washington, May ia copy OF the
protest by the soviet government to
the German ministry Of foreign affairs
on April 25 against German aggres-
sions, made public today by the state
department, shows that they gave not
ice to the public that they would utilize
all of the military forces available to
secure the freedom of the Russian re-
publics, which is now threatened be-
yond the limits established by the
Brest- -Litovsk treaty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Chapman Officially Listed as MISSING

Chapman Officially Listed as Missing.
Washington. May 16-Lieut Charles
W. Chapman. of Waterloo Iowa, whose
recent airplane disaster was chronicled
in news dispatch from the American
front. is listed as missing in action in
todays casualty report which contains
ninety-one names. divided as follows:
Killed in action. s: died Of wounds,
4; died OF accident, 1; died Of disease
4: died Of other causes, I wounde>
severely 4; wounded slightly, 55; miss
ing in action, IA.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Woman Shoot. her,eIf.

Burlington, May 16.--Mrs. l.. a.
Shaw. aged IS, wife of prominent
farmer of Louisa county. committed
suicide by shooting herself thru the
head with rifle. Grief over the death
of one of her children is thought to
have unsettled her mind.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
!. Action PIea.es Erench.

Paris, May 16.-The first American
communicate was hailed with delight
by the morning Paris newspapers.
For the first time" says the Matin,
THE Americans, who hitherto, have
contented themselves with issuing a
weekly statement of the operation OF
their troops, furnish communique at
the same time as the other allies. The
fact is noteworthy as a fresh sign OF
the leadership on our western front"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
PAGE ONE.
ki~

Al I tnlS morning, 81, yesterday, bl.
PAGE ONE.
Telegraphic News:
American Plans Amaze Britons.
Italian Navy Raids Austrian Base.
Big Dreadnaught Destroyed
Daily Communique From American
Sector.
Must Win War to Enforce Peace,
Says Taft
PAGES TWO AND THREE.
Iowa News:
BooZe Traffic Dealt Hard Blow.
Rate Boost to Cost Iowa SIS. 5000
Crop LOSSES in Storm Not Heavy.
Half Million in Inheritance Taxes
PAGE FOUR.
War News and Comment.
Number Of Kaisers Fighting Men.
Restoring Rights of Former Resi-
dents.
Horse Helps Doctors Cure L. S.
Captain.
PAGE FIVE.
Story:
Long Live the King.
PAGE SIX.
Editorial:
When Music Began Churchgoing.
The Hughes Appointment
The President and Congress.
Topics and Iowa Opinion.
PAGES SEVEN. EIGHT. NINE, TEN
AND ELEVEN
City News:
Mate" Kendall Speaks Here Satur-
d:y
Liberty oan Flags to Re Awarded
Passenger Car Trade Hard Hit.
Red Cross Drive Next Week
Your War Garden
PAGE TWELVE.
Markets and General:
Grains Advance in Price.
Crop Gossip Has Bullish Influence.
Cattle Offerings Lack Quality
Hog Prices Advance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
AMERICAN WAR PLANS AMAZE L0ND0NERSH

when the wagon in which hewas riding
fell thru a bridge.
The other deaths resulted when a
Minneapolis and st. Louis locomotive
crashed into buggy near Grinnell.
One hundred and sixty-one were in
jured during the same month in ac-
cidents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Italy Invites American Troops.

Washington. May 16.-Italy, in an
informal way. has made known to the
United States that the presence Of
American troops on the Italian front
is greatly to be desired it became
known here today. A few thousand
men under American flag. italian Of
ncials feel, would hearten the Italian
civilian population and their troops.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
british Told That United
States Plans Army of
100000 Men.
NUMBER INCREASED
IFIT is NECESSARY
British House Of Commons Discusses
Peace Letter of Austrian Emperor
and Balfour Declares No Honorable
Peace Offer Has Been Presented -
Tells Why Wilson Was Not In
formed of Letter to Prince Sixtus.

Paris, May 1s. - The United
States has promised to have
100000 fighting men in France
by the end Of 1918, says Premier
Clemenceau's newspaper. These
troops, it adds, must have their
own organization and services,
which will mean at least 2,ooo,ooo
specialist workers, men in the
ouartermaster's department ana
others.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Lena-Ranse Guns Being Repaired.

Long 'NaHy6 0uHB 0e1TTY NePd'1 0u'
Geneva. May 16.-Two OF the German
long distance guns which have been
bonn harding Paris have been removed
to the Krupp plant for repairs. the
Constance Zeitung states. Such huge
guns, the newspaper adds. can not be
fred indefinitely without timely repairs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
FOURTEEN HIGHWAY DEATHS.
iowa Commission Reports Six Deaths
in March When Autos Overturned.

Ames, May 16.-Foourteen persons
were killed on Iowa highways during
March according to reports OF the Iowa
state Highway Commission. Six Of
these deaths resulted when automo-
biles turned turtle or went over en-
bankments.
-Four persons died from injuries
received when struck by motor ve-
hicles.
Two men lost their lives when their
teams ran away and another was killed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Nickel Coins For Bullets

Amsterdam, May 16.-Germany is
calling in her nickel coinage, the metal
OF which is needed for projectiles, and
is substituting zinc for minting coins
Of this class.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
ijkr.;n;ans Bitter at Germany.

London, May 16.-Anti German agi-
tation in the Ukraine continues un-
checked, says Vienna dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin. and trans
,mittedr from The Hague by the Ex-
schanre telegraph Company. Ukrainian
newspapers attack Germany bitterly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
National Peace League is
Warlike in Sentiments
and 70 ediate Objects.
IVY TO THE DEATH"
IS TAFTS KEYNOTE
Former President Presides at Confer.
ence Attended by 1000 Leading Bus
moss Men. Educators and States
men Of Nation-No Permanent Peace
Possible Until House of Hohenzol-
lern Is Crushed.

Philadelphia, May 1s-"war to the
death" demanded former President
Taft in his keynote speech at the open
ing session today of the win the war
convention Of the League to Enforce
Peace The convention will continue
for two days. After a stirring plea
for a fighting army OF 100000 men.
Mr. Taft said
I'VE should set our faces stern and
unhending toward one end--war, Let
us have peace. but let us have war
that we may have peace. To sound
the trumpet. stern. implacable war to
the end this convention was called"
Mr.. Taft presided Men OF nations
wide prominence, to the number OF t.
ooo are In attendance. They include
educators, business men and states
men.
Fighting the HohenzoIIerns.
This convention speaks an ir-
revocahe public opinion that the war
must go on until our foe is defeated
Mr.. Taft said. I'VE are fighting the
German party led by the Hohen1ollern
dynasty, it's military hierarchy, and
Prussian reactlonarles. They mafntai
the undiluted and cruel doctrine that
might Is right. They have been
strengthening their might for fifty
years in order to establish their right
to the domination OF the world
NO one in the boidest fight OF his
ina gination now can think OF un-
defeated Germany yielding either
proper indemnity to Belgium or Justice
to Aleace Lorraine, nor will the un-
conquered German ruling class con-
sent to lift the German paw from
PROSTATE Russia or give over to decent
rule the blood stained christian
provinces Of Turkey. II the wrongs OF
the oppressed are not rghted the war
will have been fought in vain"
Plans Outlined.
The league will take an active part
in win the war" activities. This s
emphasized in the annual report OF
the executive committee. THE task
Of the league has been one OF popular
education" he report says "lt has
marshaled the resources of a powerful
organization directed by leaders of
national reputation in every state OF
the union to accomplish the following
ends
Il Emphasize the high purposes OF
the war.
"2-Take an active part in the win
the-war activities.
"3-Oppose an lnconclusive and Ger
man-made peace that would be only
another breathing space before another
and greater contest.
"4-Plan the foundation for per
manent league of nations to make
peace secure in the future"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
BANK ROBBERS GET $4,000.
Daylight Raid at Madison. IT,. Profit
ably Successful

Madison. H.. May l6,-Three masked
men held up the Tri-City Bank In this
city at noon today and escaped with
$4,000!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
GERMAN SEA FLEET
ORDERED TO KIEL
Ships in Baltic Assembled at Naval
Base, Where Large Fleet Is Being
Concentrated-No Change on Vari-
Gus Battle Fronts.

London, May 16.-The entire German
Baltic fleet, except a few light cruis-
ers, was recalled last week to Kiel,
where important naval forces are be-
ing concentrated, says d,spatcn from
Hamburg, received in Geneva and
transmitted by the correspondent of
the Daily Express
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16

Army aviation officials are trying to
simplify construction of airplanes to
hasten production.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
NEWS OF THE DAY
T.-R. BULLETIN
Tho Weather.

Sun rises May II at 53S, sets at s: Is.
Iowa wa-Generaiiy fair and continued
warm tonight: Friday unsettled; prob
ably showers and cooler in west and
central portions
Range Of temperature at Marshall
town: Wednesday, rs and "a; Tues
day, II and As: May Is. 1917. 70 and 80.
At this morning, 81; yesterday, 6l
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
..oro. Reoeive. Americ.ns.

King George Receives Americans.
London, May 16.-The American
labor delegation was received by King
George at buckingham palace today.
Their visit lasted an hour
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16
Not At War With Uruguay.

Montevideo, Uruguay, May 16.-The
German government has informed
Uruguay. in response to the request
for definition of the relations be-
tween the two countries, that it does
not consider that a state of war exists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-05-16

A German submarine recently held
up a steamship on which a mission
from Uruguay was travelling to France
and detained the mission. The COM
mander of the submarine explained
his action by saying Germany con-
sidered that state of war existed with
Uruguay.
Subsequently the Uruguay mission
was permitted to proceed to France.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-07-25
ASCRlBED TO FALLING STAR
Mystery Crater in Plain of Arizona Is
Thus Explained by Biologists
of Prominence.

About forty miles from Flagstaff,
Ariz., in the midst of a great plain,
there is a saucer-shaped hollow or
crater about three-quarters of a mile
across and 600 feet deep. The rim
of the crater rises between $50 and
200 feet above the surrounding. plain.
Rocky fragments are scattered about
for several miles around the crater.
Among these rocks many fragments of
meteoric iron, some containing black
diamonds, have been found. The in
ner walls show that the crust of the
earth was broken when the crater was
formed, yet no volcanic rocks exist
there.
Biologists have offered theories to
account for this phenomenon. One is
that an immense meteorite made the
hole, and that the meteoric fragments
mentioned are remnants of the falling
star. Another theory ascribes the
origin of the crater to a tremendous
explosion of steam in the rocks be-
meath, and a third combines the first
two by suggesting that the blow of a
falling meteor, striking the earth'S
crust at q point where subterranean
water had accumulated in the neigh
borhood of heated rocks was the cause
of the explosion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-07-25
Traced by Laundry Mark.

Perhaps the most striking instance
on record in England of how laundry
marks assist the police was that of
the Yarmouth beach mystery, when
the mutilated body of a wOman was
discovered on the western shore of
that, previous to the war, popular sea-
side resort. Over 400 laundries We're
visited by the police to discover the
ownership of the linen found on the
body. 1t was traced at last to a small
hand laundry at Woolwich, whittier it
had been sent by a Mrs. Bennett.
Twelve hours later the dead woman
had been identified, and her husband,
Herbert John Bennett, was in custody
charged with her murder.
He had, as he thought, obliterated
every clew. He had persuaded the
woman to stay at Yarmouth under an
assumed name. He had also, by suspi-
cious pretenses, got her to hide her
identity in every possible way; and
he had decoyed her to the beach at
dead of night and there strangled her
silently, swiftly, secretly-while pre-
tending to caress her. But he over
looked the existence of that one little
telltale laundry mark-which brought
him to the scaffold.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-07-25
Save MIX and Save Lives.

Whipped cream desserts and lots of
butter on bread mean that milk which
babies need is being sacrificed to pam
per adult %appetites.
The childrens' bureau of the United
States department of labor Is trying to
save 100000 lives of young children
during this second year of the al
Clean milk is a food babies must have
to thrive; If they are not bottie-fed
their mothers need to drink it for them.
With the appalling rise in the price
Of grain, and the scarcity of labor,
farmers are selling off their COWS and
not nearly so much milk is being pro-
duced heretofore. This in face of
the fact that malnutrition of little chill
dren means certain death to thousands
Lives needed to replace the awful
waste of war.
In order to save whole milk, both
England and Italy have curtailed the
sale of cream and butter. Surely every
community in the United States will
exert itself to control the price of milk
so that it may not fail to reach the
children in homes where the income is
pitifully small, and will use the con-
tents of the morning milk bottle very
sparingly until our sick soldiers are
plentifully supplied.-By Reinette
Lovewell of the V~igilantes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-07-25
ELOQUENCE IN BRIEF WORDS
General Pershing May Be Said to Hold
the Record, but There Have
Been Some Others.
Attorneys for Administrators.

There are many fOur-minute war;
time speakers, but so far as known
there has been but one four-wOrd war
time speech. That was the sententious
utterance credited to General Perish
ing. 1t was delivered at the tomb of
Lafayette on the first of last Septem-
Der in the presence of q number of dis
tinguished persons who crowded about
| the f-lower-cOvered grave in the quaint
old cemetery.
Lafayette, we are herel' said Gen.
eral Pershing.
There are other contentious speeches
in the annals, but it is doubtful II
one can be found that combines as
much sentiment with it's brevity.
An exchange recalls a remarkably
brief dedication speech uttered by
Richard Mansfield on the occasion of
the opening of the Garrick theater in
Philadelphia. The eminent exponent
| of the drama took no advantage of the
opportunity afforded him. He came to
the front, cast a complacent glance at
the expectant throng and then grace
fully waved his arm and said:
II dedicate this building to theatrical
art"
This was very nearly as brief as the
ordinary boat christening.
Which recalls an incident that hap
pened many years ago at one of Cleve-
lands early-day shipyards. 1t intro
duced a peculiar combination Of brew
ity and novelty.
A big SchOoner-they were all wood
en- boats at that time-was ready for
her first dip into the waters of the
Cuyahoga.
A pretty young woman, a relative OF
the owner, had been selected to swing
the bottle of wine against the prov of
the boat and say, 81 christen thee ]. G..
rockingham" if that was its name.
Everything was in readiness. The
last prop awaited the final blow, the
bottle was poised in air. The yard
manager waved his hand. The bottle
struck the side of the ship.
Unhappily, there was a defect In the
GLASS. The bottle collapsed in an un-
expected manner and threw its con-
tents all over the young woman's nice
white frock. Consequently what she
said was this:
81 christen thee-good gracious! J"
And the stanch three-master Good
Gracious gracefully slid into the water.