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Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
MAEiNI: DISASTER COSTS IiE'TN
liti,.5.

Washington. October t. The
American steamer Herman FraSch. a
small cargo carrier manned by Il navy
r:CW and in the overseas supply ser
vice. has been sunk in y collision at
sea with Il loss Of probably fifty of
her crew.
The vessel collidcd at night with
the American tank steamship George
{. Henry. about 15O miles southeast
OF The Nova Sc0tian coast and went
down in seven minutes. She carried
i crew of about thirteen officers and
SrvoutySiX men, and survivors re.
ported number only forty-on".
The Henry, with Il hole stove in
her bow ;tboyc the wutcrlinc. picked
MP the Survivors and stood by all
might hunting for others. When day
light cane she abandoned the search
and resumed her voyage.
There were few details III Il brief
dispatch upon which the Navy De
partm"nt today based an announces
mcnt Of the disaster, and The date
was not given.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
II.DEE.NtE Ii,TT..H.

'|"r""r". $. e.. Dr'ohrr ~ .
Harrr arc quit" Il uImhrr OF people
""" "ith tn" Spanish milucuza.
>t3nn" thu$" who thou~ht they h"d
""W tAn"u hut NO proof. are.
'&~ l."1"2 Nlu" Webster. kry. {.
&. '#o"" yna T. =. Webster. The
!, "'r E".H"u i,srll'> 'tv oUt Without
h"Ni'& amy sign except Il .Ii< bad
'HIu.
AZ oil IN" churches and school
""i>'& al the city a'I comfy ;rn
san 'lN "u N'ihoU, ANY oWlci&H
ol "ANn lHrN VIII open.
''"%'HH Mllier. an Industrious
>o"H& E".:, son - .''.,itn.s Mrs. -
gem" Miller died Oh Sunday \. NJ.
tI' wa hH''rd ut H2Ntil Grave
tr.'. Iu'~l"F. October II.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

rE" Students Army Training Corps
1T thc Agricultural and Technical Col
tr&c beg ms October 18TH, l9lS. All
cu!rCA men from Is TO u years Of
a&c "ho have Il public school cduca
j:on or It's equivalent should enroll in
tn" Students Army Trainirg Corps.
3u"Id, lodging. tuition and clothes
"rr furnished and one dollar Il day
paid hy thc United States Government.
Army Officers will be selected from
among the men who enroll in the Stu
dents Army Training Corps.
The military training will Lc supple
mcntcd by strong courses in Sani,a-
tion, Mathematics, Science and Eng
l;Sh. For further information write
today to
JAS b. DUDELY. prcG.d dent.
Greensboro, \. G.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
~ NERAL OF MRS. TROTTER.
N0trd FOR Tier Work Among the
tOlorcI Race.

N"trd for Tier Work Among the
tolorcd Race.
The funeral Of Mrs. Geraldine
Louis" Pindcll, wife of William Mon
roe Trottcr. editor Of the Guardian.
NI& held yesterday at 2 o'clock from
her home: ~ Sawyer avenue Dor.
chester. The Nrv. Walter u. Me
tan" rector ot ST. Tiarthoomrw's
Episcopal Church Of Cambridge con
duG.cd the service with the EpiSco-
pal ritual. "croSsiuE the Bar and
"Fcar We Not. q Israeli" from Eel.
iaA' were sung by Harry Drlmor".
tenor. The gray Ca%kct WAS banked
with profuSion of beautiful floral
tributes on" from the Roston Liter
"iE Association; another from tho
m"n of tn" Parker House
Thr honorary pallhcar"rS were
Wjllam u. brigham, T.. +. Morris:
c. II. l'mmmcr; Will;am t.. Reed
T.. T.. Brown; Dr. j. Wa&hinGion lliu
til" Rev. NJ. \. n. Shaw. The AZ i've
rallhrarcrS were f.. +. Benjamin:
William +. Hare: James Anderson;
N"'"rt J"hnSon: ErcdCrick Brooks;
Private" David G.. Morris adopted sol
dicr son Of the deceased from Camp
n"vcns; DIR. \ =. Russell and DR..
- W. Ross. There was II large at
tendance of friends. lntcrmcnt was
- r"irvj"w cemetery Hyde Park. Mrs.
Tr"tt"r left to mourn their loss her
n0thcr. Mrs Mary pindcrI: a sister
Miss; Ger rude pindrll. \ foster hrot,
and her bushoud
tr"'liinr Louise Trottcr WAS born
in Boston October >. 1872 the ,nuglt
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Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

Mrs. Victoria Johnson. of 200 w
'"d'rAl street has returned home
from y TWO months visit to her son.
Undertaken John B. Johnson, OF
Bridgeport. Conn.
Miss Maria Payne. daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Julian Payne. 12l2 y.
TWcntN-Nith street. who has been
confined TO her room for more than
= week with the Spanish Influenza.
is now much improved. She horcS
to be out in 4 few days.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
4 PECULIAR CONDENSATION.

When he PM il back in place, We
were ready to go back to The PLANET
Office. II was p. NJ. Friday when
we started on our long journey. We
were we'll prepared for he trip. We
were cnrOu1c to charlottesville, Staun
ton, etc. | know something about
the steam car, but Robinson, having
Iaid around Machini$l Bourne, IKE
'%irant around RichmOn6' knows
more ahout il than | know. How
ever when was in Chicago recently
| had visited the plant there and
studlrd the mechanical make up OF
The marhi@c. Il * Il locomotive ad-
juStc0 and rcadjuStcd. aligned and
rrHliguci to ran as an ant OW Ohlir.
with kerosene or g&SOlinc or 4 mix
t"rc Of both rs Il fuel.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

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Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
Death OF Mrs. Martha Williams.

Passed peacefully away at her resi-
dcncc, log II. Byrd St, Wednesday
October lG. 1918. Mrs. Martha vii.
liams, beloved wife Of Mr.. Wade vii
liams. She is survived by her husband
four children, mother Mrs. Julia Gre
CORY. one brother, Mr.. William Rol-
lins.
The funeral services were conduct
ed at the grave in Woodland Gene
terry. Friday October IS, 1918 at 1
o'clock p. M.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
Mrs. Sadie Eta IsroNn Gone.

Died October Is. 1918 at 1880
o'clock Sadie Eta Brown after 4
brief illness Of Pneumonia. She
leaves 10 mourn their loss, her huS-
I"rd. Allen Brown. father, three sis
tcrS and \ host OF relatives.
She was before marriage Miss
Sadie Harris. c.taught school one
term at WoodviIlc and AT Benedict.
Ter death has caused a deep regret
among her many friends.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

The battery VS. Installed and them
~ found ou, that the lights wo u I
rot work. The wires wcr" short
,ilrCilrd. We found tie cause OF
Ihr trouble. Mr.. |. :. Hoffman. Il
whit" gentleman, came to our as
HiStIn"c and gave us advice. He is
proprietor Of III" Hoffman Auto
R"uair shop, IL Thiri and Water
Streets. We were then ready. hut it
was too hate to take tn" road that
ui%ht and So We went To he'd 10 start
nut early tn" next morning. In pass
iu%. Mr.. Charles cole. .lr. OF i. i.
iieli aNd Company. unicrtakcr&. was
~ m,tch assistance To us.
JOHN MITCNIEII.. IR
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
ONLY ONE MAN "MISSINC. ="

The night Of Au~u&- II was me-
morAh!" hccanS" il Witnessed three
r2idS in tn" Negroes sector. orc stag
cd by them and two by thc Hor'f">
Our boys penetrated Il NILE or 50 In
to The enemy lines. but found nothing
Tor their trouble. The Germans made
Il prisoner in their second raid. but
th"r" IS good reason to believe he
dlod from the severe wounds he had
received before they could get him
back to their trenches. He is the only
man the regiment has had to report
rs missing"
Shortly before the Negroes wcrc
relieved and son; into rcpose, for the
first time S:ncr he middle of April
there occurred The ARRAY I described
IN an exclusive cable dispatrn
10 the World on August %. in which
Scrg. william Butler DISTINGUISHED
himself by killing four Germans. NOR
tally wounding their officer. putting
a dozen others to rout and libcrating
thereby white officer and four Ne
gro privatcs whom the Bochcs wcro
carrying off into captivity.
New York Ago.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

Andrew Edwards. violiniSt. student
oi Virginia Union University has Il
recital arranged. Same Will hc ad-
Nr:li:.rti - soon rS quarantine j.
littcN. Mr.. K. Powell uud Mr.. Oar
h~aU. Of Union are now under the
instruction OF Edwards. who expect
TO extend The art Of violin execution.
also cnli%htcu the public in rccilalS
ana converts.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

E"1 trrr ruuplctrly cHrrh,d vithuu. |,
the necessity ol counter attack.
An Hour Later rhr Negro unit was |
ordered Ia move 20 the Lift. where |
the I"Alin" was Still at is h".ght !
and = roratrr thrust Ivy our. side up
pcar"d advisable. ILe companies were
"M.'sr,d to make their way southward !
"n"rr @Gclitirr almo"s rs severe as
tHr preparatory bombarumvnt thry
had just undergone. Iucy marched
in little WdcIy &rpara cd groups.
creeping along tour almost parallel
roads.
AS watched them hiking alon%
with shells cutting capcrS Wherever
on" lookcd,' the Lieutenant Colonel
couiidod. Il was willing 10 have 5hc
war end right then and there. Wei.
they &ot through auG irtu their un~
''"', IN lmlurGlutr reserve WItGru
Il single casualty luck again.
More of tho Sanc kind oi good Tor
tun" followed. The curmy suddenly
ceased To struggle in tbs sr,..ur and
;" tn" proposed counter Attdck WAS
'alltd oh. Circumstances made il i'm
Irr& We. hoW,rrr for thc Americans
I" <" int" tn" firing limo again. For
tour hours they had sat tight under
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Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
on THE W WAT OUT.

HERE arc very few OF the ears in
use in Richmond IN fact, the agcn-
e" | ere l.; not u':jtc Il year old ana
when / purchased the car. there We're
O.ly five OF tncm here. The FIRST
time saw it, | tok il to lie Pack
ard. There are no gears 10 shift, no
spark rlu%s to look after, no valves
TO Grind and no clutches to worry.
| mad { $a1chcl$. blankets and other
equipments in the ear. | even car
rici Il large funnel with Il &trainCr
to take care OF the Kerosene. We
went ont the Hermitage Road. All
went we'll until we had gone about
fifteen miles. when Robinson am
nouncing that the pumps were not
working. He couldn't get any kcr-
oScnc to the burners. We had cmcr
gcncy treatment for this and in the
night time We got busy helping him
fix the trouble. IN working on the
car the loose tubing came in contact
with the wiring, short circuited tho
wires and left tho car In darkness.
A BROKEN DRIVING ROD.
Roscoe undertook tho task OF act
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
BANKS DESIGNATED AS
DEPOSiTORIES FOR SCHOOL
FUNDS,

Tho Richmond City School Board
has designated the Mechanics Savings
Bank and tho st. Luke Penny Say
ings Bank az the repositories for tho
syaings OF tho colored pupil in tho
Public School Of tho City OF Rich
mond.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
In M.rniOliallI.

Homes In sad. but loving mem.
orN OF #. Endom Jones. who departed
this life October Il. l9l2.
Ills parents.
j. T.. and ROSA *. JONES.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19

WANTED-~A Good Linotype Opera
tor at once. Good salary to the
right one. Apply to The Star Print
ing Company. 511 35th Street,
Newport News, Virginia.
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
NDER WAY At |. tSSr.

We were now cnroutc TO Cn;,r-
!ot,ca>illr. We had no trouhlc. The
ear was runnng fine We passed
throu"h Mineral. Louisa and then
tiN>ilN we SAW the mountains rising
il the diSt.yncr. Robinson WAS &c
static n: he saw tn" steamer climb tn"
Grades. He VAS 10 sec more rf its
rn;ciency. The electric lights wrr"
soon on, again. There was a leak
somewhere for the battery was
"drNd." | found out that Irving
May Company rcchnrGcd batteries in
FnarIottcSNiilc. This one WAS left
there Saturday might ana as il takes
from IS TO 4% hours 10 rcchar@c Il
haltory. il was necessary to spend
SuI,uay in Charlottesville.
CAPT. CONN A&D HIS TROUBLES.
called on Captain o. G.. Conn., Hc
hai Just gone down town, his Mad
"mc Informed M" from an upstairs
room. He had been down with The
Spanish influenza and his wife and
Two children we're in the bed with it.
Mrs. Conn said that no one would
come near them on this account. |
laughed at this and vnultcd upstairs
into the room where they were all in
bed. | told her | would come again.
Then | went out to get a place to
spend the night. | met Mr.. j. H.
Ferguson. His daughter was III with
the Spanish Influenza.
MRS. COLE SICK, TOO
mot Mr.. Charles e. Colo, He
allowed mo the privilege Of parking
tho Stanley steam car on fis two lots.
His wife and daughter were Ill with
Richmond planet., 1918-10-19
MRS. COLE SICK, TOO.

mot Mr. Charles e. Colo, He
allowed mo the privilege Of parking
tho Stanley steam car on his two lots.
His wife and daughter were Ill with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30

Metric" stands for quality in mems
Gress shirts. Gi1dreT's.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30

three each Wednesday and Tuesday. o
total OF fifteen FOR the four days.
One new patient was admitted to the
Red Cross hospital. and another DEATH
the second since the hospital was
opened. occurred there this forenoon
making two deaths from the disease In
the city since Friday. There are nine
teen patients at the hospital today.
The mayor Of Perry, who Appealed
to the state board OF health for advice
as TO what 10 do to control the situa-
ten there. was referred 10 this city In
the hope that Perry might bc aided oy
the experience gene thru here. Tho
Perry mayor called MAYOR Reilly on
the telephone. That city quarantineu'
then released the quarantine. but was
forced to place II back on agaln. Busl-
ness interests were demanding that the
quarantine be raised, aa-thcy did here
and tho Perry mayor was puzzled re-
garding what 70 do He is quoted as
saving that there were 300 school
children Of Perry who had the disease
The experience. of this city in handling
the disease was told the Perry mayor
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30
DEATH FROM OVEREXER7IoN.
Mrs. Hedge Larson LeGrana Woman
Falls Dead After Wadine Snow.

The exertion Of wading thru the
snow a few blocks to he house Of a
rcichbor. Mrs John Rasmus. over
taxed the heart of Mrs. Hedge Larson,
of LcGrand causing her death in few
minutes after she entered the Rasmus
home about 7 O'Clock Friday evening.
When she stepped inside the Rasm "a.
house. Mrs Larson, who is very cor
pulcnt woman. sat down hastily ana
complained that she was feeling badly.
4 moment later she collapsed. Mrs.
Rasmus fastened to the Larson home,
bat before members Of the family ar
rived hurriedly Mrs. Larson had died
Mrs. Larson was born in Chicago
July 4, 1868. Her maiden name was
Josephine Erickson. She became the
wife Of Hedge Larson in this city Jan
5. 1882. Mr.. ard Mrs. Larson first
lived in Ida county, then in Tama
county for a number OF years. Five
years ago they moved &c Vega Tex.
+ from where they returned TO LeGrand
two years ago.
Mrs. Larson was the mother Of eight
children. who, with their father survive
her. The children are E. ]. Larson
and Herman and Marion. LeGrand;
Mrs. - Oscar Turner. Mrs. James
Sprouse and Dewey 8. Larson. Vega
Tex; Harry Larson, Montour; and
George J. Larson. Maria, Tex. One
half sister, Mrs. Anna Zimmerman
lives at Arcadia, Fla.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30
AMUSE M ENTS.
Az the Casino.

"On the Jump" Is the name ~ the
newest photo production in which
Gcorae Walsh is featured, and the title
is most appropriately chosen. as the
AerH e kept moving during the whole
picture. Large Audiences enjoyed the
picture. which was shown for the first
limo Friday evening ar the Casino.
The theme IS patriotic. and OF es-
Dec.al p-esortday interest. as 1t deals
with the liberty lean drives. the eNpcst
Of the teTtoI plot to purchase Amer
can newspapers, and the unearthing
Of the master spy who directed sabot-
age work here. This furnishes the
setting for darin=. dashirG. original
stunts and good. clean, wholesome
comedy. all Cleverlv executed by George
Walsh with the assistance Of cspec'Hiy
good support
\ comedy. Kicking the Germ Out of
GERMANY and Pathe news. also was
shown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30

thcre are much worse thsn they arc
here.
II the union war work committees
In town can not raise their net quotas
any other way let them pass the hat
again. Several hundred men would
rather chip in again than TO have the
old town fall on che last drive OF tho
war. Hereafter other appeals mus'
come in tho name Of reconstruction.
q
Before people give to outside chari-
tics In response to solicitors they
should demand credentials from some
local body which has investigated the
charity Tor which appeal Is made. Most
charities arc worthy, A few are not
They have n private profit concealed
and II Is these that should not get by.
q
Newspapers from Washington. ID. c..
where the rush OF war work has over
taxed all the houses, hotels and res
taurants In town, have arrived in Mar
shalltown containing advertisements
Of turkeys for Thanksgiving at "
cents per pound.
II men who protest against the al
lotments of war work committees and
make their task OF checking up or
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30
Red Cross Workers.

We arc now working on a new quota
Of 400 pajarna suits. Other request
lions are expected at any time. our
faithful afternoon chairman IS on
hand at the Red Cross rooms every
afternoon to superinten1 the sewins
hut the workers are few. II IS hoped
that all old workers. surgical dress
in- workers. and many new ones VIII
plan and give at least ono afternoon a
week TO thi,; work. The Fed Cross work
is rot finish I'd. Many Of oar 7o:s VIII
not he homo for long time. there
arc q great many sick and wo'ndcd'
ard garments arc needed. The refugees
need clnthing. To supply their needs IS
the work Of the Red Cross.
TIE Marshall county chap. mas
done srlondid work, but dont lot us
omit while so much is needed P!e;'''e
send in nil finished garments. Kits, ana
knitting in town and branches: also
an. material on hand not needed anc
finish all cut work as soon as possible,
Mrs. A. F. Balch. Chairman General
supply Committee. -,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-30
LOCAL COMMENT


The size Of the Job which Marshall
town and M arshall county put over IN
the war stamp drive this week can
better he realized by comparison with
Davenport and Scott county where the
campaign Is still struggling on
lfty big business men have formed a
syndicate to underwrite $3.50 900 oil
that countys quota Of STAN. sales
provided the people will take the re-
naming ZOO yet unsoid. This syn
dicate will do nothing but hold the
stamps for year or until the gov
eminent can float it's bonds at par on
the open market and then II Will cash
in this quarter of n million OF stamps.
In Marshal county the people nave
taken all the stamps in fairly allotted
amounts and the great majority OF the
stamps will be kept as permanent
sayings deposit in the governments
war stamp savings bank.
Waterloo has commandeered TWO
regular hospitals for influenza patients
and will scgregate the disease In an
attempt to stamp II out. Conditions