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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
Government to
Check Sale Of
Wildcat Stocks

Washington, July 90. - Propaganda
educating the public to the value Of
liberty bonds as investments also has
served to aid. the flotation Of many
times more wildcat securities than in
peace times. This was asserted by
Louis b. Franklin, director Of liberty
loan organization for the treasury, at n
conference OF government agencies and
other organizations called by the capt.
tai issues committee to consider means
OF suppressing highly speculative pro-
motion and development enterprises
during the war.
Other speakers, declared the sale of
wildcat stocks and bonds had Increased
many fold within the last year. owing
to high wages and the Willingness OF
promoters to take liberty bonds in pay
mcnt for their securities. A nation
wide system Of minimizing this form Of
fraud was arranged. with the cooper
alton OF the American Bankers Asso-
citation. Investment Bankers Associa i.
ton. United States Chamber of Com
merce. Associated Advertising Clubs
and government departments.
Mr. Franklin stated that the success
OF liberty loun campaigns had taught
promoters new lessons In the market
Ing of their securities. These men had
Virtually Thrown away their old suck
.er lists" he said. and solicited thou
sands OF wage earners with the plea
that government requirements for oil
and coal and other products demanded
! that patriotic citizens loan money for
development Of new wells, mines or
factories.
Between so and 80 per cent of fraud
ulent securities now being marketed
are given in exchange. for liberty bonds,
which are sold by the promoters, said
Mr.. Franklin.
BetweeE e250,000, 900 and s5O0. 900, 0Og
OF fraudulent securities not passed on
by the capital Issues committees and
not recognized by organized invest
ment bankers have not marketed in
the United States within the last year.
SAID Richard Morse. representing the
investment Bankers Association. This
sum Is lost both to the individual pur-
chasers and to the government, he ex-
planned. ~
These wildcat securities have not
been submitted to the capital issues
committee for approval, altho the COM
mittee Is authorized to pass on all is
sues OF stocks, bonds or notes of more
than 100000, determining whether
they contribute directly to war pur-
poses. II approval is given it does not
imply specific approval of the value of
the securities and the committee has
no power Of compulsion.
TO meet this situation the agencies
reported at the. conference agreed to
cooperate with a national vigilance
committee. Of bankers and business
men to be organized by the capital is
sAes committee Wildcat issues will be
investigated and systematic efforts will
De made to direct public opinion
against them and to educate small in
vestors concerning the risks involved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
NINE ENGINEERS TO MEET.
Convention Of American institute in
Colorado in Septenober.

Convention Of American Institute in
Colorado in September.
New York, July S9.-Some 1000 min
ing engineers. members of the Amer
lean Institute of Mining Engineers, are
shoulder to shoulder in the endeavor
both to stimulate war mineral produc-
ton and to convert minerals to the
highest possible service in the war. In
an effort to increase the scope of their
war service, the American Institute of
Mining Engineers will meet in Colorado
during the week of Sept to take up
vital problems of immediate import
ance.
Mining engineers from every section
of the country will attend During the
meeting trips are to be made from
Colorado Springs to the Cripple Creek
district. PuebYAthe Leadville district,
and Boulder. Tie weeks session will
open in Denver on Sept and will that
evening move to Colorado Springs
which will be the principal headquart-
ers for the duration of the meeting.
This is the first assembly of the en-
tire institute in Colorado since 1896, and
an appropriate entertainment program,
planned by the roo Colorado members,
will include an automobile drive to the
top of Pixies Peak.
The sections of Colorado to be visited,
are rich in many war minerals of i'm
portance including ferro alloys, radium,
molybdenite ores and pyrites.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
WAR HITS ARGENTINA.
Akho Not Actively Participating ir
War Results Are Similar

Buenos Aires, June 1s.-[By NALL
Argentina, altho not in the war, is suf-
fering its material consequences, as
evidenced by the constantly increasing
cost OF living, scarcity of work, lover
ing of wages, development of trusts"
cornering Of articles of consumption
and extensive private speculation in
public necessities. The, government is
being urged to adopt emergency meas
Ves similar to those pursued by other
countries where the war produced such
conditions. It has been suggested that
special committees be appointed by the
state to intervene, or that additional
powers be extended to those branches
of the public administration, such as
the police. hygiene. labor. which from
the nature OF their functions are best
equipped for coping with the evils.
Comparison Of prices of various articles
Of prime necessity in force last year
with those ruling today indicate that
many increases may not be attributed
directly to the war but rather to arti-
hcial factors engendered by speculation,
price Juggling and cornering of sup
plies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
Engineers Solve
Difficult Problem,
of Transportatio,

New York, July 2g.-Transporting a
steamship 45s feet long. bo.2 feet wide
and with depth OF 25 feet, thru a
canal that is only A feet wide. ac-
commodating q draft OF "A feet and an
extreme length OF 2S5 feet, with the
cutting Of the ship in only one place. is
a problem that the United States ship
ping board believes 1t has worked out
In order to bring from the great lakes
for war service the steamship Charles
r. Van .Hlse.
The Van Hise IL one Of 100 lake yes
sells which the United States took over
on the great lakes when America en-
tered the war. Forty-eight OF these
were brought out before the closing in
OF ice last winter and thirty five sub
sequently to the opening Of navigation
last spring. Many were too long for the
Welland canal to accommodate and the
problem Of transportation vas easily
solved by cutting the ships in two amid
ship. bulkheading up the open ends and
rejoining at Montreal and Quebec for
the Atlantic voyage to American ship
yards.
With the exception Of the Van Hise
those now coming out which are too
long for the canal locks are. being hand
led the same way but in this vessel
there was encountered the problem OF
a breadth OF beam six feet greater than
the width of the canal.
Ships Of the size Of the Van Hise-a
5000 ton lightweight carrier-are need
ed; it was impossible to widen the
locks. and the engineers OF the shipping
board were instructed to solve the
problem.
This they apparently have done by
planning, after the ship has been cut
in two amidship to overcome the handf-
cap Of length. to bulkhead up the two
halves remove masts, tunnels and deck
houses, watertight the deck. place steel
pontoons on one side of each hs,veo
hull. fill the other side with wasar and
tip each half on one edge. THIS Will
give to each half breadth. mt IS ring
from deck to keel, of Twenty five feet
allowing sufficient room to tow the sec
tons thru the locks
Work of getting the Van Hisc ready
for this trip is underway and it is ex-
pected the floating will be done late in
August which will allow sufficient time
to put the ship together and arrive her
in the Atlantic before the advent of cold
! weather and ice blockades.
F. A. Eustis. special agent for the
United States. shipping hoard in charge
! of the great lakes district, declares
| there is no doubt but that this problem
one OF the most unique ever under
taken by marine engineers. will be
safely carried out.
The work of building new vessel.
and of preparing old like. ships for
ocean trade. according to Mr.. Eustis, is
progressing rapidly in every lake port
Fourteen ship yards located at Duluth,
Superior, Milwaukee, Chicago. Detroit,
Toledo, Cleveland. Buffalo and Astab-
ula. O., are working night and day.
! The ZAP lake steamers already launch
ed or to be brought out as this years
program will average $500 deadweigbt
tons carrying capacity. thereby adding
TO American shipping approximately
100000 tons. OF this tonnage. 1870 are
new ships and twelve are. old, and all
are of stt"' with one exception.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
! submarln., Id. EMsetixe.

Paris, July 2s-rhe growing inef-
fectiveness Of the submarine warfare is
indicated by official figures just pub
lished by the French government. relat-
Ing to the French traffic in the Mediter-
-ranean.
According to these figures. not fewer
than 1850 vessels. chiefly merchantmen
with total tonnage Of $500, 600, crossed
the Mediterranean between Feb. "a and
April l, under escort. The average
number o. ships coming to or depart
Ing from France. was 240.
The submarine attacks nevertheless
had so diminished in force that onl'
one in four resulted in damages to the
ships and one out OF every ten attacks
vas entirely fruitless. The result has
been that the water traffic has steadily
Increased from January to February to
March.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
NEGRO FAMILY IN WAR WORK.
Thirteen Sons in Service, Seventeen
Girls Do Work At Home.

Raleight, N. c. John Ward a
negro of Goldsboro. has thirteen of
his eighteen sons in the Ninth and
Tenth United States cavalry, while his
seventeen daughters are busy with war
work. The facts are vouched for by
Sheriff r. H. Edwards of >Wayne
county, CT which Goldsboro Is the
county seat. Ward also probably holds
the record for bankruptcies. says sher-
1T Edwards. who gives the record
thus:
Ward was born April Il, 1856, at
G,oldsboro. He was married three
times and his last wife is now living.
Fills first wife bore him fifteen chill
dren. four at one time twice, three at
one time twice, one at time once.
Ills second wife bore him two at one
time twice, three at one time once and
five one at time. His present wife
has borne him eight, one. at time
His first wife lived six years and three
weeks after marriage. his second wife
eight years and six months.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
VISITING Nurse Killed.

Council Bluffs. July s0.-Miss Athena
Eggleston. 80 years old. visiting nurse
employed by the Council Bluffs Asso-
ciated Charities. was killed at a cross
ing Of the Great Western railroad in
the southern part Of the city. She was
on her way to make call, driving a
Ford sedan, when a train backed into
her car.
Miss Eggleston was caught in the
wreckage and could mot be released
until the arrival of wrecking crew
which took nearly an hour She was
stilA alive when taken out but died
soon after reaching the hospital.
She has J sister living in Chicago.
which is all that Is known of her fam
lily. She had been employed here
year and was very proficient and had
made hosts of friends.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
GRUMPY s,ELEcTivEs LEAVE.
Last July Contingent, Numbering
Seventeen Men, OF For Camp.

Last July Contingent, Numbering
Seventeen Men, OF For Camp.
Special to Times Republican.
Grundy Center. July S0.-Anothrr
contingent Of seventeen Of Grumpy
county's soldier boys left Monday for
Georgia for training. Following are
the names Of the boys: Bruce Owen,
J. Kneppe, Tom Freese Henry Jepp.
Karl Kronherg. Harry Arends, Memo
Klunder, Henry Aswegan. Martin
Henze, Elso Groote. Axel Tonneson.
JOHN Schafer, George Radeff, Peter
Jensen and George Wzadraver. On
Thursday of this week John vorba and
Paul >Suttman leave for Syracuse, N.
Y. for limited service duty as neither
Of them were able to pass the physical
test.
The Dixie band and the Grundy
bands furnished the music Of the day
and a good address was given by Rev.
Mr.. Wilkeson. of Mason City. The
boys left on the afternoon train and
the depot grounds were crowded with
those who went to pay> their respects
to the boys who were leaving.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
SELECTS REJECTED BECAUSE OF
TUBERCULOSIS TO BE
\ OFFERED TREATMENT.
WILL LOOK TO COUNTIES
TO PROVIDE FACILITIES
State Hospital at Oakdale Filled to
Overlooking and Has Long Waiting
List-More Than 200 Iowa Boys Re-
jeeted by War Examiners Because Of
Presence Of tuberculosis in Systems.
special to Times-Re :

Special to Times Republican,
Des Moines, July 30.-Iowa men
whose physical examination for admis-
sion to the army discloses the presence
OF tuberculosis and who have there
fore been discharged from service will
not be permitted to go back to their
home and resume their old life without
consideration Of treatment to rid them
selves OF this malady.
/ Plans are now being formed by A. f.
kepford. who for years has been in
charge of the state department on
tuberculosis and since the war also
state director of the Red Cross for the
treatment of these men.
Directorkepford will look to the home
counties to look after the treatment Of
their men. They must have the right
sort Of hospital. properly equipped
with nurses and attending physicians
who understand the modern treatment
Of this disease. In most counties wards
are provided at the county hospital,
There are some progressive counties of
the state where county tuberculosis
hospitals have been built as provided
by law. The law also provides for tae
funds to care for tuberculosis patients
and, boards Of supervisors. will be en-
pected to secure the necessary money
under the law.
State Ready to Help.
Director Kepford declares that the
state and the Red Cross stand ready to
tot NJ hn - a
themselves Of this insidious disease. l,
has long been one of the activities OF
the Red Cross to fight tuberculosis.
The state hospital at Oakdale is fun to
overlooking and has a long waiting list
so there Is no chance to take these
men there. The hospital facilities in
the average counties are inadequate
But a survey will be made and It Is
hoped ways provided to promptly take
care of these men.
We have already learned Of more
than 200 young Iowa men who have
been rejected for army service because
OF the presence of tuberculosis in their
system" said Director Kepford. "The
disease Is In Ats incipiency and as ex-
perience has so thoroughly proven in
the past fifteen years 1t can be gotten
rid OF II taken in It's incipient stages
and properly treated. We aSe going
to see that this is done for these men
We are not'going to let these fellows
get careless or indifferent about over
coming their ailment. Within a short
time thru the three agencies. the coun-
ty. the state and the Red Cross we
hope to have this reclamation work
we'll In hand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
NEW EXCITING SEA SPORT.
Thrilling Adventure Prividsd in Hunt.
tna U.Hoats by. Airship.

ondon, July 4.-(Brit!sh Wireless
Service). A gen sport which has
arisen out Of the war--h,flting German
submarines by airshlp---is described in
the Times. The writer's story con-
cludes with telling how the crew Of
the U-boat APPARENTLY preferred death
to being captured.
one OF the crew OF an airship spot
ted submarine lying on the bed OF
the ocean In fairly shallow water.
The wireless, spanked" reads the
account in the Times. and soon away
en- the horizon there appeared little
destroyer. followed far astern by four
squat trawlers, all racing toward the
spot above which the airship cruised
around.
The destroyed came up first, Of
course. and It was not long before,
nuided by wireless instructions her
suns were trained In readiness to
greet the unsuspecting U-boat should
1t bob 10 the surface. It seemed ages
to the impatient crew before the
trawlers arrived but thing. moved
rapidly once they were at the scene of
action. for they knew their job of old.
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their victim from opposite directions,
steaming toward each other. Between
each pair strong sweep was
stretched and allowed to hang in a
huge loop that 1t might traverse the
sea5ed. The vessels met and crossed
each others tracks Immediately above
the doomed craft. The sweeps of
either pair engaged the U-boat fore
and aft simultaneously and held her
in a gigantic cradle.
Thus far the German boat had
shown no signs OF alarm altl1o those
with her must have heard the churn-
ing of the trawler's screws. Now she
suddenly seemed to awake to the
menace that threatened her" The ar
ticle goes on to describe the fate of
the submarine. she wriggled and
squirmed about in frantic endeavor
to escape but At was useless. Not
a loophole was there to be found, and
at length, realizing the helplessness
OF her plight, she ceased to struggle.
This fact was duly wirelessed by those
on board the airship to the destroyer
below. Trapped securely, the enemy
vessel could still rise to the surface
viz o'iS az uoSlie' ANU W give ner an
opportunity to do so, the British craft
how waited for several minutes. She
preferred to lie4still, and SO. at a flag
ged signal from the destroyer, the
starboard foremost trawler and the
port aft one attached tin Of high ex-
plosives to each of the cradle wires
and allowed II to slide downwards un-
til 1t rested upon the u-boat's hull.
Then those in the airshtp tagged a
signal and upon the two trawlers two
firing keys >were pressed.
Followed then the uprising OF a
geyser OF water andtwhm the troubled
ocean became calm. OF the submarine
there was no trace other than an ex-
tensive patch Of oil fiating upon the
surface of the sea-" 6
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
Prison For Draft Evader

Des Moines, u1y 3O.-A sentence Of
fifteen years in the disciplinary bar
racks at Fort Leavenworth was drawn
by Private Andrew G. Prince, of Hop
kins, Mimi, a draft evader recently
tried by general court martial at Camp
Dodge.
He refused to sign enlistment, as
signment and qualification cards when
ordered to do so by superior officers at
the cantonment.
First Lieut.. Carl ]. Zobel, of Duluth
pleaded guilty to charges of being alb
sent without leave. He was repri-
nlanded by the commanding general.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
Free Of Charge.

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eating, ETC., when you can get sam
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This medicine has remarkable cur
tive properties. and has demonstrated
its efficiency by fifty years Of success
Headaches are often caused by a dis
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gentle laxative. Try it. For sale
in all civilized countries
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
BoAsTEo TOO LOUDLY.
Drafted Man WHO Put One Over on
Officials lis Sorry.

Officials Is Sorry.
Special to Times Republican
De., Moines, July So Des Moines
man tried a rev one on the draft
officials down at Jefferson Barracks
and got away with it. They dis
charged him from the army but when
he returned home he Dragged about
how lie had fooled the army men. Now
he is on his way back to Jefferson Bar
racks and Is N the army to stay the
Officials declare.
Major Lyman. in charge OF the
draft work for the state adjutant gen
erals office. told ABOUT this particular
irdivadual but refused tc give his
name.
When this fellow appeared before
the examining officials at Jefferson
Barracks he suffered most skillfully.
He kept on suffering every time he
was given an opportunity to talk. He
was hard to understand and the ply
s.;cial1s and other officers wondered
how on earth the Des Moines draft
board ever happened to put such u
suffering fellow into the service. He
could not make himself understood and
was apparently useless as a soldier
and they sent him home.
His success tickled his vanity so
much that he Dragged about it. He
was reported to secret service men
and they determined to test him out
and prove to their own satisfaction
whether or not he suffered. So they
went around to two or three business
men and fixed 1t up with them that
they were to call this fellow On and
talk with him about giving him q Job
while they would sit conveniently
about and listen to his enunciation.
The scheme worked. At three DIFF
fcrent places the secret service men
cat about while the Fellow gljbly ex-
/ planned to these various employers his
abilities for the position he was seek
ing. He didn't stutter bit. He
showed no signs Of any impediment in
his speech. Consequently after he had
:.alked eloQuently with the third en-
sployer a secret service man grabbed
him. Now he is in the army for
Keeps
Another peculiar incident Is related
by Major Lyman. A drafted man with
his papers all signed up and in his
pocket was hurrying to get the train
which would take him to camp where
he was to be mustered in was arrested
by an officer who was looking for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
NO FAITH IN RoLsHEvlkI.
Russ Government Discredited by Ger
man Coionisfs in Rusei.


man coionists in Russia.
Amsterdam, June &c. (By Mail)-
There Is not single German colonist
in Russia who places the smallest faith
in the Russian government. Our minds
are made up. II Germany does not pro-
tect us with strong hand there is
only one way out, namely, to emigrate
to the United States or Canada"
This is the statement Of Pastor
Johannes Schleuning. who has come to
Berlin representing the interests of So
called Wolga Germans, a farming
colony OF 10000 persons established
along that river.
After the Brest Litovsk peace
Schleuning returned from three years
Punishment in Siberia and made him
self spokesman of 100000 German set
tiers spread over different regions of
Russia.
According to his statement the col
onists were Incorporated in the Russian
army first sent to the Russo-German
front and then some 300. 900 were trans
ferred to the Caucasus. There the,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30

Office of the clerk of tn district
court. State OF Iowa, Marshall county.
IS. District court, September term,
A. D. 1918.
To whom it may concern:
You and each Of you. are
notified to appear at the court house h
Marshalltown. Iowa, in said county. at
8 o'clock a. m, on the I'd day of Sep
tember. 1918. to attend the proof of and
probating an instrument in writing
purporting to be the last will and tesla !
ment Of Mary A. Artz, late of Marshal
county. Iowa, deceased, at which tjmS
and place you viii appear and show
cause, il any, why said will should nol
be admitted to probate.
In testimony whereof, have heret1
subscribed my name and affixed thu
seal Of the district court, this 18th daj
Of July. A. D. 1913.
(SeaD G. w. Gilbert
Clerk Of the District Court
BY Glen F. Richards. Deputy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-30
Is Keep colisoians In sekool.

Washington, July s0.-The military
status Of the college man In the stu
dents army training corps and his lela-'
ton to the draft were defined yester-
day in war department order. The
student soldier upon reaching the draft
age becomes subject to registration.
He then Is placed in class sd and will
not he inducted as long as he remains
in the students army, training corps.
On the day the order number Of the
student soldier Is reached a report
upon the mans record as student
soldier Ind as scholar Is put before
the war department with the recon-
mendation that he be called at once to
an OFFICERS training camp, to an army
camp or be permitted to complete coll
yegc training by transfer to the en-
listed reserve corps.