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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
TARGET Is MuNlTIoN DUMP.
Aerial Bomber After Zeppelin Hangar
Hits Ammunition Station.

Correspondence Associated Press.
With the Grand Fleet, July %
Visiting the fleet this week King
George inspected mystery" ship
which is puzzle to the enemy. Refer
enco to her pecularitIes ls officially re-
stricted to the statement that "she Is
an .airplane carrier"
This carrier was concerned in the
recent attack on the airsheds at Ton
dern. She reached n suitable point off
the German coast in the small hours
of the morning and number OF air
planes were sent up with the object OF
destroying Zeppelin hangers at Ton
dern.
Captain Dixon arrived at Tondern In
the early hours OF the morning and
came so low in searching for hangers
that at one time he was within fifty
feet of the ground.
He found Tondcrn very much asleep
and flow over the main street un-
molestcd seeing only one human being
on n farm cart who waved n cordial
greeting.
Observing what he believed to be a
hangar Captain Dixon released one
bomb from a height OF 800 feet and re-
ceived a shock when a muntion dump
exploded He Immediately made out
the Zeppelin sheds and unloaded his
remaining bombs which caused a fierce
fire.
A heavy barrage was then put up by
the enemy but Captain Dixon new OH
and reached home after three hours IN
the air.
The barrage indicated to other at
lacking planes where to operate anu
another machine piloted by Captain
Smart, who was decorated by the king
later attacked and accounted for tn"
second Zeppelin shed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

tlnued at the scme relative rates. farm
mortgag today form more than one
half OF all the real estate mortgage
loans held by such companies.
The great agricultural sections OF
the country were those which at
tracted most OF the new farm mort
gage money OF the life insurance COM
panies during these two years. the
northwest leading with sS6,ooo,ooo, an
Increase OF 80 per cent. the south
west shows an increase OF si6.eo0,ooV'
or nearly % per cent: the central
northern, SIC 900 600. or 1913 per cent:
the gulf and MississippIi valley. sll.-
600 600, or 81 per cent which is the
highest rate Of increase in any section
of the country Tho south Atlantic
shows an increase of ss,So0.ooo. or ~
per cent. II thus appears that while
tho largest amounts OF money have
gone into tha northwest and south
vest the rate OF increase has been
greatest south OF the Potomac and
Ohio rivers. aud east Of the Missis-
sippi
The nineteen states having ths
great bulk OF life insurance farm mort
gage money produce nearly IS per
cent OF the country's essential food
crops. In addition. according to tho
Agricultural Year Book. these nineteen
states produce nearly so per cent OF
the food live stock Cattle, hogs and
sheep) OF the country, II, therefore,
appears that the life insurance COM
panics have loaned about Us per cent
OF their farm mortgage money in the
state that contribute approximately
three quarters OF the bulk OF the
countrys staple food production"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

Watson Is now waiter. or messman.
Harry J. Rultcn. known on the
vaudeville stage as Harry Murray.
who plays on one OF the chief vaude-
Vile circuits, IL an apprentice seaman.
sw abbing decks and chipping paint.
Lansing Wilcox. formerly president
Of tho National 'Mahaiwe Bank oil
Great harrington. Mass, Is assistant
raymaster on a training ship. Ernest
Jones cashier OF n Suffolk, Va, bank.
who entered the merchant marine as
all apprentice seaman, ~ also an AS
distant paymaster. Adolphus la
t'rahier for :wclvc years cashier In
Detroit bank, altho qualified Great
Lakes pilot. entered the training service
OF the merchant marine as an appren-
tee seaman, aad is now quartermas-
ter on training ship.
Charles StaIbits, OF Buffalo, \. Y"
lawyer. business man and agent for an
adding machine company, left an IN
come Of $4,000 n year to serve as u
ships writer ut $55 month,
Harry Dexter, OF Akron. o.. whose
family makes auto tires and Is rated
IN the millions, began in the mer-
chant marine scrubbing decks. He Is
now at n foraign port. on a vessel In
the overseas trade.
Albert l.. Bannistcr. OF Bondsvillc,
Mass, whose father and uncle own big
mills In his nome town. is serving In
the stewards department OF a train
Ing ship.
Reuben O. Cough. Chicago Uni
versity graduate. whose father owns
n big lumber business In Akron, o..
and who made career for himself
singing in he Metropolitan Opera
Company. Is doing mis- bit IN train
ing service store room.
Charles II. Peters. high hool
TEACHER from Orleans. Mass, Il han
ding n paint brush as an apprentice
seaman. w. r Stolte, superintendent
of penmanship in tho schools OF Mcri-
den. Conn. is n ships writer: William
y T. Il Now York policeman, Is n
timekeeper: William NJ. Humphrey. OF
Burnside, KY, a Mississippi river pilot.
Is an instructor in the deck depar; :
ment OF a training ship. apd Charles
J. Hitchcock. Of Chicago a nephew Of
Raymond Hitchcock, Is serving az pm
apprentice In the engine room Of II
merchant ship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
German, People
Convinced InUasion
of Rhine is Certain

The London Daily Express prints
ent:
"Germany's continued reverses have
caused the general staff to take pre-
cautionary measures considered out or
the question two months ago. These
include completion of Qualifications on
the Mouse. in connection with which
trench digging has been started on a
large scale between Dinant and Givet,
thousands of prisoners OF war and
Belgian civilians are occupied in the
work The Germans evidently believe
they will be forced back on the Mouse
front this winter and doubtless hope
to cling TO that line until spring.
Woman Tells Of Despair.
81 had a conversation today with n
Dutch woman of German descent, just
returned from a small village near
Bonn on the Rhine. This woman who
had not been in Germany for two
years, tho she was much attached to
the old country personally and had
lost two brothers i. the war. made the
following statement:
." The impression ! gathered from
what / saw and heard in Germany
was one Of real despair. In spite OF
what the newspapers say. or rather
do not say, Germany's ret It makes
the worst possible impression. espc-
cially on the Rhine. as the people there
know they Will be the first hit II the
enemy ever comes.
THE idea German soil would he
t..,a I.A ~ ~ L. l.,. .
and on the Rhine everybody expects n
foreign invasion sooner or later.
MANY families are making plans
to leave for the center OF the empire.
The ravages made by the allied air
craft are terrible. Nobody Is allowed
to print word about II. but you may
take 1t from me when you read that
there has been some material dam
age it means whole streets have been
torn up. with n terrible casualty list
to complete the picture.
Reverses Final Straw.
The Germans would have endured
everything, continuance OF the block
ade, famine rations. lack OF shoes and
clothes and all the rest, IL the military
successes had continued.
mo one ever believed 1t would bs
otherwise. The disappointment is
something tragic and many people told
me III we have not peace soon We have
lost" That Is what everybody thinks.
To the general encouragement ono
must add. to give an adequate picture,
the German lack Of fooG and clothes
and living is rising to fantastic heights.
How the people stand 1t | cannot
comprehend. | am terribly weakened
through remaining In Germany for two
weeks. 1t is really too terrible for
words. There is little hope for the
the future Some Of the people believe
there will be n revolution In France.
England or America that will end the
war but even the prospect of the Kali
ser's sudden disappearance does not
help them.
"Germany's appearance ms | lave
just seen 1t is the saddcst country In
creation. One never sees them laugh
and in fact the only smile | detected
was at a moving picture show in Bonn
when an American prc-war film was
exhibited. - Copyright. 1915 New
York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
MUST BRIDGE RHINE.
Engineers Face Big Task When Allied
c Armies Reach River.

a. Armies Reach River.
When the allied armies begin their
invasion of Germany. the euslnccts
will face a herculean task. saws P'i-
vate F,win r. Martin Of the Canadian
engineers. who arrived at Fort Des
Moines hospital Saturday with twelve
other overseas veterans.
Allied engineers will have TO huiiu
pontoon bridges across the Rhine
which is exceedingly deep AMI mile
wide, says Martin. They will have to
carry on tfiei.' task in the face of q
whitening fire from German guns. The
Huns will assuredly destroy all bridges
across the Raine when they retreat
accoring to the overseas warrior.
Altho Martin was attached to the
Canadian forces. he is Yankee ano
halls from Normandy, Mo. His hear
ing was impaired by the roar OF the
big guns along the Plcardy front. Mar
tin helped to throw back the German
hordets w:en the kaiser launched his
big offensive March 81.
"They sure had us goinS,' said Mar
tin. "They drove us back forty miles
We engineers were kept busy blowing
up bridges as we fell back.
Martin says the Somme river woulo
only be considered creek in TINS
country. At Perrone, the stream is two
feet deep and about fifty yards wide.
He paid compliment to Hun artli
lerymen. and said they were capao's
of laying down some beautiful par
RACES" Man for man. however. the
allied soldier is the superior Of the Hun
he declares.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

tempt 20 traak thru the enemy lin
n this had been Foch's object. II u
pointed out that the marshal would
have begun his offensive s!muitAneoue-
~ along tho whole line OF the present
battle, and then when he had con-
cluded thu. the enemy had been worn
down suff.cicDtly his masses OF rae
serves would have been thrown against
the part OF the line judged to be tho
weakest, In the hope of smashing thru.
Decisive Battle Not Yet.
That might or might not have re-
suited IN n decisive battle. but all the
facts available at present tend to show
that this decisive battle IN not likely to
be engaged in until later on, when our
unity In men and materials will assure
success In advance.
At present We have In iine sufficiant
forces TO deal the enemy q series OF
ASKING blows which are causing him
enormous losses throwing his defen-
eive forces into the utmost confusion.
upsetting all organisation. and COM
polling him 20 undertake retreat after
retreat In ever increasing disorder.
This policy In forcing Ludendorn
wherever Foch strikes TO sacrifice men
out Of ell proportion 20 his resources,
and no sooner has this been accom-
plished Mt one part OF tho front than
the same thing Is repeated at anothr'
Tho net result In that we arc indis-
putabIy succeeding everywhere, ana
rapidly reducing the German armies
along the greater part OF the front be-
tween tho Vosges and the sea TO sucn
n condition TIM; the moment may soon
come when II will be possible by con-
centratlon OF effort agains, ono section
OF his llncs % literally break thru
When that moment comes the series
o. defeats the Germans ape now sur
fering win DO transformed into irre-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
COMPLAIN OF COAL PRICE.
Polk County Manufacturers Paying
$3.50 For Steam Coal.

Special to Times Republican.
Dies Moines. Aug. &c. l.. Herring,
head Of the Polk county fuel board,
declares that local manufacturing con-
Germs and public service corporations
are being compelled to pay $3.50 for
steam, coal here whereas steam coal is
being sold very much cheaper else
where. He declares they are afraid to
buy outside the city for fear they
would be cut off by local mines in case
OF a pinch.
1.-THE truth Is that the national fuel
administration never intended that the
maximum figure named by it should
be the prevailing price OF steam COAL"
says Director Herring. They set 1t
high to encourage production. figuring
that high priced coal is better than
none at all. AS to whether the price
Is fair to consumers it may be stated
that Mason City firm--I have the
name and correspondence buying
steam coal at 81 per ton. know fur
Their that an Abba mine has offered tho
Des Moines Electric Company 10000
tons Of steam coal at $1.25. / have
quotations from other Iowa towns
showing that the operators. there would
be glad to dispose OF steam coal at
31.25."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
GE RMANS SlAY cApTlvEs,
Escaped Mon Toll Of Sentries Beating
the Wounded

Washlngton, Aug. 27.--TeStimony OF
eye-witnesses concerning the barbar-
Gus treatment OF prisoners Of war by
Germany was made public here by an
allied diplomatic establishment in a
series of statements by former prison
ers WHO escaped from enemy prison
camps. as fallows:
An English prisoner OF war was
killed by a sentry in the Krupp kom
mando No. 30 at Bergebirbcck ode
pending on the camp of Sennelager),
under the following circumstances;
The fatigue party which had to
bring the coffee was, short n man. The
sentry entered the barrack. saying. I
will bring YOU an Englishnan.' and
ordered an English prisoner to ac-
company the othors. The man, being
wounded in the foot, demonstrated with
the sentry, who forced him to go out
throwing him with the butt OF his rife.
Sentry Murders Prisoner.
In order TO parry the blow. the
prisoner tried to push back the rifle
The sentry. then standing at ten yards
slowly covered the man. None of us
dreamed that he intended shooting
him. Such threats were frequent in the
kommando. But the unexpected oc-
CURED. The murder was committed
coolly, deliberately. and the English
man. struck in the breast, fell dead
THE first English prisoners who
reached Munster CHanover) were
placed In n separate cage and sub
jected to specially drastic treatment.
having to Go more than their share OF
the most trying fatigue work. They
were so famished that some of them
offered even their wedding rings to
obtain a piece of bread.
Sentries Beat Captives.
II witnessed "A most painful scene in
wehel Rieke was particularly cruel to-
wards the prison erS. We were forbid
den to go out at night under any pre-
text. An Englishman. William Carney.
Cheshire reg imcnt, who slept in tho
samo~ hut having infrirSed the order
to go to the latrines, was seized by
Ricke and his men and beaten so
morcilcssly that he rushed back into
the hut bowling with pain.
AT in the morning in the camp of
Gottingen we were marching with a
group of British prisoners. One OF
them, called, MacEwen (Scots Suards).
was somewhat behind. and the sentry
told him to hurry on. The man could
not walk faster. as he was wounded in
the foot. He tried to explain. showing
his wounded foot. but the sentry shot
him down.
Officers Slap Prisoners.
ut was the rule in MunsterlaRer
that any prisoner against whom a
complaint was lodged should be called
out OF the ranks during the morning
parade. when the German officer boxed
his ears before the others. ! saw one
day ten British soldiers standing in a
row. a German non conn called Pep
pier passed before them and deliber-
ately slapped them in the face.
During the winter of 1867, I was
condemned three times to a fortnight
In cell at soltau. It is the punish
ment usually inflicted on those who
have tried to escape.
"One morning the sentry found
civilian prisoner dead in his cell. An
EnglishTan had both feet frozen and
a Belgian one foot badly frozen"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
DOING THEIR BIT.
Men Of Means Scrub Decks at 81 a
Day in the Nav Merchant Marine.

Washingt on. Aug. 27.--Men OF means
scrubbing decks at 81 e day. bank
president serving as n paymaster
aboard ship. 4 thirty second degree
Mason waiting on table in an apron
tees mess, II vaudeville toplincr of tho
$500 week class teaching sea cooks
Mt sS5 a month, an opera singer serv-
Ing in the supply department, and law
yer preachers and school teachers
polishing brass and chipping paint as
apprentice seamen-this In a nutshell
Is the story OF what Is happening In
the manning CT the new merchant ma
rine, as indicated in n report Just re-
ceived by the shipping board from
Henry Howard, OF Bost on. director of
the boards recruiting and training
service.
The board is training 1900 men a
month. on a fleet Of ten training
ships. for service In various ratiags
on the new merchant fleets. Recently
tn. age limits for recruits were broad
ened, the minimum age being fxed ut
is and the maximum at 3b. with a
limited barrsd zone between for
draftees. The result has been rush
OF recruits outside the draft age. and
the acceptance OF many men OF maturc
years anxious to do their bit on tho
sea,
Nearly all these new recruits arc
now on the boards Atlantic training
squadron, based at Boston. Among
them is r. c. Watson. OF Richardson,
Tex, who became tf!rty-second de-
gree Mason ard Shriner Mt Dallas
last spring, who with his family owns a
quarter million dollar farm. and whose
income runs into hve hgurcA MI
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
Now. of Greene.

Special to the Tines Republican.
Green. Aug. 27.-The Greene schools
will open next week and the following
teachers will have charge of the work:
Fred b. Tyler. superintendent: Walter
Schultz. agriculture; Mrs. Herbert
Chambers, English: Miss Ethel F.
Bebb. principal Of high school; Miss
Fay Roy. mathematics: Miss Irene
Parno. music; Miss Hazel Nyce. dom
estlc science; Miss Carol Stoddard,
eighth grade: Miss Merle Crandall,
seventh grade: Miss Emma Prlngle,
primary. West Side school, Miss Stel-
la Farley, sixth grade; Miss Hilda
Huns. fourth and fifth grades: Miss
Celia NJ. Buckles third and fourth
grades: Miss Viva L. Mann, primary.
Rev. Srugies preac' ed his farewell
sermon at the Lutheran church Sun
day. He has accepted call from
Otonka Falls Wis. and will move his
family there within the next two
weeks. He has been pastor at Greene
for about five years. While here the
old church building was torn down and
a fine new modern building has been
built in it's place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

II .. y
Or recruits yestsrday W rccsaved .
csse OF eggs. which We plscsd In orr
large and cold Ice box. This morning
we went TO our Ice box for some eggs
and we heard some scratching and
peeping. so we took the case out and
took the eggs out and In the bottom
layer were two little chicks, JAIL
cramped up.
I'VE took them out and put them in
a box with some old rags and fed
them some milk and now they are. as
spry as ever. none the worse for their
experience OF being Matched in the ice
box, the army incubator, which Is
cutting down the high cost OF living.
Tho weather down here Is awful
hot. The Clinton boys all like 1t but
are restless and want to go across and
show the kaiser what the Sandstorm
division can do"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

Paris. Aug. ~. - In Paris every
eye liz focused intently on Noyon, the
little city on tho Disc which more
than any other place In France SYM
bolized for nearly four years all that
the presence OF the hated invader OF
rroaoh soil means to every French.
man,
IL was Noyon to which the Germans
retreated after their defeat at thu
battle OF the Marne In 1914, and at
Noyon they remained until the great
strategic retreat OF Hindenburg In
the spring of 1917. II was to Noyon
they returned in the great drive OF last
spring.
Noyon is barely nifty nve miles from
Paris as the crow would fly UP the
valley which runs into and combines
with the valley of the Seine r dozen
miles outside Of Paris 1t WAS down
this valley from Noyon that the Ger
mans always planned TO swoop on
Paris, and the name OF Noyon conse~
quietly for four long years has been
able to evoke in the soul OF every
Partisan the hauting fear Of wha.
might happcn.
~ Ciemencesu's Warning Cry,
Les Allemends sont Noyon'--the
Germans are at Noyon--was the
PHI ase Clemenceau always used dur
ing the first three years of the war to
remind his countrymen OF the awful
danger threatening France. before
which every personal, party. and sec
,ional difference must disappear, The
Carp,,,o ora NJ Noynn" hna bcpn Tho
slogan which, more than any other
rallying cry. mas inspired the French
poilu to continue the grim and logged
uphill task which has brought the ar
mics OF the republic impershable
glory.
That is why France awaits with
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
SURGICAL Advance.

Until few years ago any wound OF
Tie hear. was considered fatal. Now
adays the heart Is handled and sewn
up like any other organ which has
been injured. There are persons Nv.
ing whose entire stomachs have been
cut out by the surgeons knife. When
some little time ago, q girl fell head
flrst on some ratings. a point OF which
snapped OF In her brain, the surgeons
cut away the shattered bone, extracted
the iron. and removed the damaged
portion II the brain. Tommy Atkins
need never say die till he is dead!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
Usage News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Usage, Aug. 27-Dr and Mrs. Nc
Cabe have received word that their son
Harold shas been badly Injured at an
aviation neid in Texas; inc extent vi
the injuries Is not yet known.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Wagner have
been informed that their son Jesse has
been wounded in action by a gunshot
in the ankle. He is reported to be do
Ing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Symmes cele-
brated their golden wedding very in
formally. They have been residents Of
Usage for many years. coming here
from Limerick, Me. Mr.. Symmes is
probably the Oldest merchant in town,
having conducted a grocery since 1884.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27

intense eagerness the news that the
ancient City OF Bishops on the Oise
has once more become French.
II In only now bes,nning to DO real
,zcd here. so skiilfuily has Foch de-
velopcd his great strategic plan and
with such entire absence of NIL attempt
at spectacular effect that we arc now
witnessing the progrtss OF what un-
iouptcdly is tho greatest battle tho
world has ever SEEM The hghting ex
tended the ot,er day over condnu-
Gus front OF eighty miies. This has
been increased by Byng's army on
n wide front" In tho Bapaume sector
west OF Albert. which hitherto has
marked the extreme left OF the oatue.
Paris Is convinced that Foch will be-
fore long be trying In other sections
both east ana west and especial at
tention ie now being paid the Veslc
front. where It lis obvious the Germans
can not long expect to remain In view
o, the steady advance OF Mangin In
the country between the Aisne and the
Disc toward the great German bastion
of I.aon,
Foch's hattie. as Il IS beginning 10 DO
called here grows more magni'cently
suggestive IN its possibilities every
day. What would the transforming
kaiser, who grand!louuently announced
that the name OF the battle OF the
Emperor he'd been formally bestowed
on the pi,itul failure east OF scissors
md that he had himself gone out to
see the triumph OF his troops, give
to stand in Foch's shoes today?
The absurdity OF tho method ny
which the Germans are seeking 10
camouhaec their long series OF de-
teats n TIE present battle by assert
inc the failure or French efforts 10
rier their front has excited much
amusement here, where it is fully real
lied that go far Foch has made no at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-27
Radcliffe News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Radcliffe, Aug. 27.--Mrs. Fl. Hamre
underwent an operation at the hospital
at Iowa Falls Friday. She is reported
doing well.
w. b. Gillian and A. r. Jester spent
Sunday at Clear Lake.
Mrs. Albert Kesler and children are
visiting at Swea City. %r
Our schools will begin for the COM
ing year Sept. q.
Mrs. w. B. Gillian and daughter
Helen came home Tuesday from Clear
Lake. where they have spent several
months.
H. A. Drake is in Minnesota and
South Dakota for several weeks on
business.