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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
GAMBLERS RUMORS.
[Des Moines Capital.]

Look out for more rumors. The pro-
German interests in America have the
hest equipped rumor department that
the world has ever known. Germany
knows that we are preparing to sell
liberty bonds and during the next
month patriotic men and women
should be on the look for rumors.
A few days ago board of trade agen-
cies of some kind, either in New YORK
or Chicago, sent out over board OF
trade wires the statement that the
allies on the western front had cap
tured three hundred thousand Ger
man prisoners including the crown
prince. The men who started this re-
port knew it was not true. 1t may have
been sent out for board OF trade pur-
poses to affect the market, or it may
have been sent out to give American
patriots a glad half hour in order that
they may find out the truth a little
later and thus be Respondent. 1t was
the respondent effect that the Ger
man had in this rumor. If there was a
market scheme in it it related to the
rumor as to the immense number OF
German prisoners. This board OF trade
news was sufficient to throw many
towns In Iowa into a panic. At Fort
Dodge patriotic men believed the first
report and raised their office windows
on the second floors to shout their
enthusiasm on to the street. Flags were
suddenly thrown to the breeze.
Whistles of the factories were blown
and there was great excitement. Then
the people inquired of the Associated
and the United Press only to dis
cover that they had been deceived on
either a German or price-hXlnS
falsehood. 1t is safe to say that no
newspaper office was deceived and no
newspaper sent out the false news.
But at Fort Dodge the average num-
Der of long distance telephone mes
sages is S25 day. On the day Of this
false rumor the Fort Dodge long dis
lance calls were 1850. This matter is
almost important enough to demand
a congressional investigation. Men
who are familiar with the market,
strange to relate, believed and acted
upon the wild report. Our own inter-
probation would be that it Is part OF
the proGerman propaganda to first
enthuse and then depress the people.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

The clouds in thunder storms may
be very deep-from two to i've miles
and more.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
WHAT TO SEND over THERE"

Valuable space on ships can DC
saved by the families of enlisted men
if they will exercise care in selecting
articles of food and goodies" to send
their boys.
The Red Cross canteens and the Y
NJ. c. A. huts sell a great many things
to eat which parents and relatives need
not send their soldiers. Biscuits, pre-
serves candies, chewing gum, canned
goods, tobacco, dental creams. con-
densed milk, nuts, writing materials,
handkerchiefs, fruit, shoe polish,
spongues and many other articles are
readily obtainaole over there"
Tons and tons Of these things are
being sent Though the mails by parcel
post and using space which is needed
badly for munitions and other war
supplies. The American boys have all
the money they need to spend on these
Injuries and can get them there, so
the less that is sent from this side the
better all around.
Relatives can think of lots Of things
to send their boys not in the foregoing
list. The Red Cross and Y. NJ. c. a.
know he wants such things and sell
them to him at cost or slightly below
cost. It should be borne IL mind that
the Red Cross does not sell anything
to-the soldiers which has been con-
tributed to the Red Cross or women
workers. Thus sweaters, socks, muf-
hers wristlets. helmets, comforts bags
and all other articles made in America
by women for the Red Cross are never
sold but given freely to the soldiers
and impartially.
Eats, as the boys speak Of the
canteen stock, are purchased by the
Red Cross and Y. NJ. c. Aft in large
quantities and sold without profit. In
France many articles are actually sold
cheaper by this plan than in America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
WHY NOT GENERAL LEONARD WOOD?

General Leonard Wood is considered
hv military men across the seas as the
best American soldier. Still General
Wood is consp cious n this war only
beca1se he Is being subordinated and
set aside. We hear of him on the
hattie lines as an onlooker and then
only because he has been slightly
wounded
In a tine when America needs he1
foremost soldiers it Is not easily
understood why the services Of a
proved and tried soldier and ar
organizer and disciplinarian of world
wide repute should be thus utterly
neglected. General Wood Is not out
worn. Physically he passed the exam
ming surgeons with high marks. As
that board comprises three great ply
sicians and surgeons inclusive Of DR.
Charles Mayo the physical fitness OF
Wood for overseas command can not
be questioned.
It Is natural that practical elimin'
alton of such a man and his service.
able value should bring sense Of IN
ease and set the country asking ques.
tons. Wood has made good in every
task set him. He recreated Cuba ant
left a country where disorder hat
reigned instead Of government Woo
made the rough riders. Roosevelt fur
nished enthusiasm and acted as {
rallying point but Wood did the work
1t was good work also. And now in thu
prime Of his serviceable ability whel
he is thrust aside the country il
puzzled to know why.
General Wood has never been one o
that favored group who, Richar'
Washburn Childs relates stands at tn
door of the administrative mansion
exclaiming Absolutely right, MI
President" Woods insisted on pre-
paredness when I'VE were too prou
to fight" In fact Wood urged the
what every one knows now. Perhap
he spoke bluntly as citizen soldie
and not as sycophant. Wood also
not West Pointer Also he is frien
OF Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
TBy David Cory.1

10y bdS III SOiy.J
Miss springtime Wind is playing tag
With crocus bud and yellow flag,
And down the ba.bbling brook she
skips
And hides behind the gold cowslips,
And then across the meadow gay
She lifts her skirt and runs away.
AND after her went little Billy Bun
ny, clippity clip, lipperty lip, until he
lost her in the woods, where she hid
behind Professor Crow and tickled his
ear
Well, pretty soon the little rabbit
came to the Old Farmyard, where
Cocky Docky strutted about with his
gold tail feathers shining in the bright
rays of Mr. Happy Sun.
Cock a doodle do" said the friend
ly rooster, and the little rabbit wiggled
his pink nose and kickel out his hind
feet, and then he said: Pretty WELL
thank you. How are you" And then
the Weathercock on the old red barn
turned around on his toe and began
to crow, for Willie Wind made him
turn and go wherever he wanted him
to, you know.
where's Henry Jenny?' asked Billy
Bunny, and he looked behind the barn
and under the corncrib, but the little
hen wasn't there. No Sireemam and
Mr. Farmer. OF course she wasn't. She
was sitting on her nest with thirteen
white eggs under her wings, and pretty
soon they would break open and out
would come thirteen little yellow
,;.,-, That &c - Old Man Weasel
didn't get into the hen house and steal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Billy Bunny and His Friends

| them before they were Matched.
And pretty soon Turkey Purke1
strutted around from behind the big
haystack and spread his toll like q
Japanese fan, and said "Gobble. COB
BILE, sobble!" and after that he sobbled
up two kernels Of corn that Duckey
| Doodle had forgotten to eat.
And just then, all Of a sudden. OLD
! Sic'em, the Farmers Dog. spied tho
| little rabbit. And oh dear me! How
that old dog did bark, and this brought
the farmer to the Kitchen door, and
| when he saw the little RABBIT, he called
TO his wife, Say Marin, here's little
Billy Bunny" and the farmers wifo
stopped cutting the bread with the
carving knife and came to the doors
while Old Sicem scratched his ear
with his paw
But Billy Bunny didn't wait after
that. He wasn't so sure but whsS the
big farmer might like little fat rab-
bit for dinner and take down his old
shotgun from behind the door, so away
hoped the little rabbit to the Friend
" Forest; and when he got there, who
do you suppose was waiting for himt
Why, Old Squirrel Nutcracker ana
| Jimmy Chipmunk.
1--WE knew you weren't very far
away" said the old squirrel, -for Mis-
springtime Wind told US you were
near" E W
And the way she told him was ~
carrying the scent Of the little raD-
bit to the old squirrels nose. Fo1
that's the way the little four-footed
folk find out lots Of things. for they
don't have any telephone, you see.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Masonic Meetings
*
Visitors Always Welcome,

MARSHALL LODGE, No. 1903, A. F.
and A. M.-Special communication FIJI
day, April 5, 1880 p. m. Work IN the
second degree B. E. English, w. M
John w. Wells, secretary.
slGNET cHAPER, No. SO, r. A. M
Special convocation, Monday afternoon
and evening. Inspection. Ira a. DAY.
EXPORT H. P; John w. Wells, secre-
tary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, 2. & S. M, Mon
day. April %, 1918, 1880 p. m. Regular
business. l. T. Forbes, recorder; George
Gregory. I. NJ.
Stated Communication, st. Aldenar
Commandery, No. 80, X. T., Tuesday
April 90. p. m. Regular business.
]. E. Frederick, commander; l. 7,
Forbes. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER, No. 81, o. E.
Especial meeting for initiation We'd
nesday evening, April g. at 1870 O'Clock.
Mrs. Archer Walton secretary; Mrs.
Cora Wiley, W. M.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
found him as Roosevelt found PERISH

ing.
But all Of that will not be granted
as sufficient justification of the Of
fetal commander in chief of the armies
of the United States armies and the
present war department in ignoring the
best known and most highly estimated
American military man.
Wood is standing precisely where he
stood in his urgency for preparation.
The administration has changed its
ground since the election slogan
that kept us out of war" The ad-
ministration has come to Wood. But
Wood nor the country should suffer
because Wood was right, saw clearly
and spoke plainly when politicians
were bidding for a further lease of
power with a pledge Of impossible
performance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Member Of the Associated Pres.
SIX SONS AND THEIR SIRE.

Three hundred thousand German
soldiers are down in the last ten
days. Thousands of them lie rotting
on the fields where they fell, other
thousands and tens of thousands are
being dragged back screaming With
pain to field hospitals. The trains can
not hold those who may be sent back
into Belgium where most Of the
wounded are being sent to keep them
from +be sight If tbe hefooled and
overlooked German popuIace. The
neonla might not he able 10 bear the
s;ch+ ,,a r.voI+ r,iobt follow we're the
HORRIBLE nrocassion IF IT'S nangled sons
carriod hack into Germany
Glance across the mage. Note the
nic+ura of the kaiser and his six sons.
No+ ono of them has suffered a
scra+cb There's = reason Not one
of +,,o,, hos oo,,a c1ose enough tn ac-
+ro1 ,,orfore n no in danger of wounds
do,.. Whom +be kaiser takes
80 .,a +ror+ bis head
..o ora For o,,t of range of any
.;,,. zo - ,is bod, So with
;x rho,. s+ord ofar in safe-
.; o,o.s 70 s1aupb+ar
-. .iroo ,oo1,ad ., while
.,-,,, ohi,i+, ord corra 90 mar
49, t,,,.o cor,,a, COL
a. .,a s,onos Of Doua-
49,. =. y-ord,, ca tho HobenzoIIern
sons loci, on with rheir sire While the
$50, 90 German attack flows
so.s - hro,l, and sbat+er on the
.,..s NJ .i.+o,oa of +be british.
--.4,, .,,,z. I;,.a. a. -ar7hlers;
VIII, ct,ine And thew take no risk Of
.,otr ou,, s1,f,s
VIII, :, ,bro. ,,ears war and bloody
,,,,,, farr;1,. of seven have
- o,,o sora+cb n show. the charge of
. =, s,s+oi, itse1f Six
~ o,a 10 eash sword in
.bo ,.o, ~ .szar,+ IN lead brave men
4+., bra,..-,- civ sons watching from
,,,,o+e safa+v millions of
a;e for their ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
.hora danger with those men
Not leader among them. In all the
=, ~ ror and warriors that is the
,o,.on,tih,e spectac,e, that of
moot ,r,kine cowardly sons Of
,;1,o ,r.+er the
80 hrove mon from a poltroonS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
OTTO KNAPP WENT BACK.

SIOUX City 1TlDuHe.1
Genial Otto Knapp was famed
among good diners thruout this nation.
He came to this country from Ger
many, and for fifteen years before 1912
served breakfast and dinner parties
at the Waldorf hotel, New York. In
this way he amassed a small fortune.
He often spoke OF his ambition TO re-
tire and return with his wife to Ger
many, there to live the remainder OF
his days in peace and comfort. When
his 50th birthday anniversary arrived,
he sailed for Hamburg. Nothing more
was heard Of Otto Knapp until a few
days ago, when a letter came from
Switzerland from the father of Anton
Stille, at present waiter at the Wal
dorf. 1t read in part:
I have Just heard Of the death OF
Otto Knapp, who was once waiter
at YOUR hotel. You may remember
him A brother Of his, interned here,
said that Otto was pressedSinto the
army and all his savings taken. he
was killed at Verdun.
After life Of denial and saving, all
Otto Knapp's earthly possessions were
taken from him to help finance the
greedy ambitions of q man who calls
himself by the hollow title of EN-
peror." At Sc. Otto Knapp was forced
into the army to help satisfy another
human beings lust for power. A KNAPP
sack was strapped on his back. gun
put in his hands, and he was driven
to the slaughter at Verdun. Now Ger
man statesmen have ceased denying
that Germany invoked the war that
the kaiser mi ght become overload OF
two hemispheres. German land hold
ers. members Of the Bund Der Land
wierte. frankly admit that the common
people have been sent to death in
herds, that the land owners and their
king might make their already fat
pocketbooks bulge with loot from other
lands.
Today Otto Knapp is no more. But
the outlawed monarch he served stu
lives in safety. and boasts on OF max
ing the world his oyster. Today otto
Knapps widow is destitute, dependent
on charity for crumbs to keep body
and soul together. But the berioooned
fanatic who seized the widows share
of Otto Knapp's wealth, has invested
$1,000 900 more in krupp's steel works
to gain profits from the blood Of his
own people,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
RIPPING RHYMES
-Bv Walt Mason
MORE SIGNS OF SPRING.

to
things growng to him. Geo
in
need
with and lot
spiel with
to to him. oh
journal bonnet
done In,
sabre slush!"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

We warn our readers to accept no
rumors without diligent inquiry as to
the facts. A better way would be to de-
pend upon the press associations-no
to help the newspapers but to get the
facts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
IOWA oPloNIoN AND NOTES.

1T Is q better business practice to
use bonds Of the former issues as col
lateral, if necessary, in making addi-
tional purchases than to make sacri-
Aces" advises the Sioux City Tribune.
(which benefits only the spectators.
So long as new bond issues are coming
on, the selling pressure is bound to
be strong at all times, but this con-
dition has no bearing on the future
market value Of the bonds. Sit tight?
Hold the bonds you now have and buy
more"
The Boone News Republican thinks
it it, Queer how we rejoice when
the Bolsheviki are reported to have
retaken a town from the Huns. Now
whose hands would you rather be in.
the Rolshevil1i or the Huns!" asks the
News Republican.
"rhat 100000 men whom Teddy
wished to take to France three years
ago would have come mighty handy
just now" says the Mason City Globe
Gazett. They would be seasoned and
ready to wipe up about three times
their number after three years absorp-
ton of the Roosevelt pep and vigor."
1.-THE church in America can do
nothing more worth while now than to
devote itself assiduously to the win
-, - ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
not quite enough stock on the farm

if not quite enough stock on the farm
to pay the mortgage. And he has
made every dollar Of his money by his
own work and that of the members
of his family. II any young fellow
happens to read this item who has
been wondering how he is going to
make a living let him hunt up Andrew
Suchanek and ask him the secret of
his success
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
Iowa Newspapers
ANDREW CAN BUY BONDS

ISillid tttTdIU.I
Seventeen years ago Andrew Such
anek Struck" Tama with a total
cash capital Of 81. Today he owns
800 acres of Columbia township land
worth 5000 an acre incumbered with a
mortgage Of $4,000 and he has nearly
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02
CLUB
F. P. WALKER, Secretary

Physicians and Surgeons
Rooms so2 to sos. Phone IS for the
following physicians and surgeons
DR.. M. U. cHEslRE
DR.. NELSON MERRILL
Or. H. II. NICHOLS
m GEORGE M. JOHNSON
Or, r. 8. GRoSSMAE
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-02

1.-THE church in America can do
nothing more worth while now than to
devote itself assiduously to the win
ming Of the war;" Says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
LIVED LONG in WILD STAT
Alredaie Dog for Several Years maii'
tanned Wild Predatory State H.
tho Yellowstone Park.

An instance Of dogs return to IL
savage state of his wolf a0cesjEt
came to light in February in the le.
lowstone National park when SEQ
Anderson's report of trip into tn;
Buffalo Fork country contained, undo
the heading of predatory animal
killed, q mention Of one mountain lion
one bobcat. four coyotes and an Aire
dale dog. a
This dog. which probably wandere'
into the park from some farm or s..
Element 4 few miles over the border
has been living in the Yellowstone IL
q Wild state for several years,
Whether or not he fraternized with his
cousins the wolves and the coyotes
can not be known certainly. No doubt
he lived az they live, at the expense
q young and weaker deer and elk, anG
smaller prey. Probably he lived alone,
against all animal kind as they wers
against him. There are well-authentl.
Gated instances Of dogs thus returning
to savage nature. 1t speaks well f0-
his tenacity and strength that, alone
Of his kind in country where all
kinds of wild animals live still thei
natural lives, he survived. He ma
have been a dog Of good pedigree.
Anyway, the dog had been seen 81.
intervals for several years and W
officially classed among the anims
which, alone of all Yellowstone's AM
mails, are sought and killed becau
destructive Of the harmless amin;
which make of this national park the
best-populated wild-animal preserve IL
the world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
SLOUGH HAT OUT OF FAVOR
Pietsresque Headuear No Longer
Worn by American Soldiers on -
the Fighting Fronta

The SLOUGH hat has for many years
been regarded in Europe as distinctive
ly American, although for as many
years 1t has been no more commonly
worn In the United States than In the
British isles. and over a considerable
part of the continent. Nevertheless,
the typical American is almost invari.
nbly pictured in a soft hat, and the soft
felts worn by the soldiers Of the
American expedidonary forces to
France helped to sustain the tradition.
In the Civil war the soldiers of the
North wore caps Soft felts were
chosen for soldiers operating against
the Indians on the plains becauBe they
were supposed to afford greater protec-
tion than caps from the glare. They be-
came a regulation head covering for
tie srmv in the Spanish-American war,
and, because they matched the khaki
;ia.form, they have been in use ever
since. Now, however, General Per
shing is said to have decided that these
hats must be- discarded In favor Of
br;mless and peakless caps, and the
reason for the proposed change 10
Characteristic Of the period that has
Introduced into war so many innova-
IONS. TIE rim of the soft felt hat
throws shadow On the periscope
used in the trenches so as to interfere
With sighting by the wearer; also,
when worn by tall men the crown may
: seen above the parapets By the en-
y also, gas mask can be adjusted
1.;,. more quickly over q brimless and
e;.kleSs cap.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
MAKES STEEL HEAL ITSELF
Remarkable Machine Designed anu
Constructed In French Workshop
During the War.

One Of the most remarkable ma
chimes ever built Is in operation at the
great workshop in France, where the
Royal Flying corps repairs its damaged
airplanes. This machine, the only one
Of its kind, which was both conceived
and constructed In that workshop, Is
described by Gustave Babin in ILLUS
tration as one that makes wounde'
steel heal itself in exactly the SAME
way as wounded flesh heals.
1t is almost automatic, is operated
by electricity and uses galvanism a.
its principle. 1t needs only one or two
men to watch 1t, they being guided b.
chart, showing In many colors tn
piece Of metal to be repaired, the ex
act repairs necessary. the composition
Of the galvanic bath, the current need
ed. the diameter of the wires that con
duct 1t and the time of immersion. Al
this is worked out mathematically t.
the mirutest fraction and the machine
does the rest.
It Is used for restoring worn o.
broken parts Of delicate motors, mos
Of which are difficult to replace. When
N. Babin saw 1t there were lying on
the table beside 1t parts 1t had just
repaired that would have cost $4,000
ind much time to replace. In the
previous week it had turned out 300
pieces. all of great importance. for
uothing less Is confided to it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Hold No Grudqe,

Time brings many changes. Take
for instance the fellows who volun
teered their services when war was
declared and who have since been pro
NOTED to be commissioned officers.
Some of these men toiled in shops anG
offices and had to toe the mark for
clerks or foremen to get fred. Then
came the draft and these same clerks
and foremen became doughboys and
now take orders from their former of
fee boys and employees. Some humor'
Gus stories have come to light from
the nearby cantonments. but let 1t be
said to the credit of the former Office
boys, they have not made life UNI
bearable for their superiors, although
they have had the opportunity to dc
so. AS an Illustration Of this the 9th
er day doughboy was serving mess
to his top sergeant. AS he did 50 1t
spilled some dressing from the salad
The sergeant noticed this and smiled
Just about year ago was serving
you with SOUP" said the sergeant, at the
same time mentioning the hotel where
he had worked as serving man, "ano
you gave me the devil because 1t was
cold. Pm not going to kick because
you spilled the dressing. I'm going to
treat you right" And that is the gen
eral spirit throughout the camps.