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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
Masonic Meetings
. Visitors Always Welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903. A, F

MARSHALL LODGE NO. loo, A, r
A. M.--Special communication Thurs
day and Friday, Dec. 10 and 20. AT :: 80
.. m. First and third degrees. +. r.
English, W. NJ; John w. Wells, secre-
tary.
SIGNET CHAPTER. Nc. SO, r, A. NJ.
stated convoCation Monday evening"
Dec. is, at =: 30. Business session.
election Of officers. Ira NJ. Davenport
II. T.; John W. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solo
mon Council No. 20 r. G. S. NJ, Mon
day. Dec. Is, 1918, $50. Regular
business and election of officers, !. 1.
Forbes, recorder; George Gregory. |. NJ
Stated coneIave St. Aldenar Com
mandery No. 80, X. T., Tuesday, Dec.
II. at 7:s0. Business and election OF
officers. ]. f Frederick, commander
I, T. Forbes. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. {. S.
Special meeting Wednesday evening,
Dec. IS. 1880 o'clock. for initiation. Mrs
Archer Walton, secretary. Mrs. Cora
Wiley, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
SENATE SHOULD SPEAK.
(SiouX City Journal.)

tSlOUN Cuy JouTndlD
The senate and the president are at
variance over what should be the de-
tailed policy of the United States in
the peace conference. The difference
between the treaty making and treaty
ratifying powers has not been i'm
proved by the course Of the president
in preparing TO conduct the negotia-
tions. Ii will become more emphatic
as the disc ussions in Paris advance.
unless the president and his commits
sioners adopt the senatorial policies
which is not at all likely. Yet in this
conference the United States is on trial
before the world as a treaty, making
power. The other nations concerned
in the conference deliberations are
differently situated. The action Of
their commissioners is final. The
treaty signed by the American COM
missioners or by the president as high
commissioner. must be brought home
and subjected to the approval or re-
lection Of the senate. The United
States will make a sorry spectacle II.
after sending the head OF its govern
ment to the conference as the &C
claimed originator of the terms Of
peace, il rejects the treaty accepted by
him and his peace ambassadors.
whether it is founded on the presi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

10 work ,hrt produces things to be
csei rsr an mems comfort instead OF
making munitions to be destroyed In
war, y the government viii only send
The noys boliN tad win provide all the
.arm thcy need
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
UNIVERSAL. TRAINING.
[Des Moines Register.J

How many people without stop
ping to consider are beguiled with
this roseate picture OF a nation Of
broad ,shouIdered, athletic. fine looking
young men. il only We shall go
to universal military training In
these concentration camps, never
asking themselves why it is that the
American young man has already
topped the world, and proved enor-
nous superiority to those who have
had this military training? How many
more entirely overlook the evils Of con-
centration camps. while they are mag
nifying the benefits?
II we should stop only long enough
to ask why the recent epidemic has
been so much more deadly in the army
camps than anywhere else we should
have a final and effective answer to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
BLAMING HALE ON WILSON.

lCedar Rapids RepuDllcan.J
The Hearst papers have kicked
William Bayard Hale back into the
presidents own back yard. Hale's
name you have come across, Of course,
in the dispatches. from day to day, In
the almost criminal exposures. in the
senate Hale was an American who
was in the employ OF the German
propagandists and he was go-be-
tween OF some pretensions as well as
dimensions. and his name Is now an
execration in his own country. 1t was
shown in the testimony that he was
Hearst emDloye and the Hearst pa
pers now say that they received him
with the 0. k. Of the president on him.
although they found him not worth
what they paid him. The president.
while he was candidating had book
"The New Freedom issued in his
name, but he did not write If himself,
the writing was done for him by Hale
it was largely, however, work OF
ARRANGEMENTS The president select
ed Hale for his abilities and 30 DAD
Hearst. 80 Hearst now says, and not
because he was traitor to- his own
country. sre s;' &
But the presidents employment OF
this hack writer was before his Ger
man complications, while the Hearst
papers had him in their employ after
he had developed his German mania
and what is more, they knew perfectly
well--it cannot be supposed that they
did not--What Hale was, what ne
was doing.i This distraction ID quite
important and the Hearst papers
should not be permitted TO plead In
nocence and hide their own rslatfons
with him in the previous relations OF
Woodrow Wilson, who. 1t maybe add
ed is not always immaculate In his Sc
lection OF men to do what he wants
done. IN 1850:
But blaming the president is = clsvf
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
Io,Ua Newspapers
BEN DIRKS OF IOWA.
TWatnrIn, T,rriar

An American soldier boy, Ben Dirks
Grundy county, community almost
eolidly of Teutonic ancestry, was
awarded the English Victorian cross
for having captured. single handed.
torty-two Germans. When this boy
gets back to his home we fancy there
is likely to be some modification of
feeling both toward the late kaiser and
the good old L. S. A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
IOWA MATERIAL FOR IOWA
FACTORIES.
burlington Hswkeye.I

lburiington Hawkeye.I
The government has repeatedly urged
the Iowa farmer to y. odu - NOR" wool
and more mutton. There Is but one
reason, why there has not been un-
,animous response, and that IL the dog
nuisance. Az long as the tramp dog
Is privileged here, and MANY people
value any sort OF ~ cur higher than
the prosperity OF their state, the farmer
IL not apt to become enthusiastic Oh
this subject OF sheep.
When We get that closer corporation
between town and country, things may
improve. And that will be bene0cln'
TO the towns. Suppose, that Burlington
were to do her full, honest share in the
war against the tramp dog and the
sheep-killng dog, who is not always
a tramp by any means. And then the
number Of sheep in Des Moipes county
grew to very respectable size. and we
got a big wooden mill. Their" would be
home market for the wool and there
would he goods manufactured here at
LONE, instead of sending the wool down
cast and then bringing the goods back
&C. Burlington.
There has been much talk OF maxi
ing Iowa manufacturing state. and
we have tried TO bring ali sorts OF
factories to Burlington and to Iowa.
We have had rolling mills stove foun
dries, wire mills, etc. here and they
had their day and disappeared. Be
cause we have none of the raw ma
tnrials here. However. II We ara to
become manufacturing state along
the line Of working up the raw material
that we have here. that would be a
different proposition. We might lead
in butter and cheese. We ought to be
one Of the great centes for the pro-
duction OF wooden goods. We ought to
stop shipping our hogs and cattle out
of the state and then shipping back the
product. Beet sugar
mills and canning factories are -four
ishing in Iowa, and we could have
many other plants. working up home
products. and We could lead the whole
in this regard. N
That is the kind of manufacturing
state that Iowa ought to become
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

II nothing more. Nor ~. Hale write
anything moro prosGermsn than did
the rest Of the Hearst writers. and
aearst himself. They we're all that
way aud instead OF hiring Hale be-
cause he had been In the employ and
confidence Of the president. II would
be better 10 say that they hired him
because he was one Of their kind
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

MY dear. the doctor says I'm Nj
need Of little change"
Then ask him to give It to.you. He's
got the last Of minc."-naltimore
American. M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
A vvarn;na.

d "oh. daddy. Isn't the world ust too
lovely for apythinz?' II q Z.
"Er~-yea-I suppose $50. What's hIs
,GaIna this time ~ Judge n rs. s sgz3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

Just before retiring, Secretary Me-
Adoo recommends sweeping increases
in salaries for all the office holders
under his jurisdiction. There are a
lot of folks In this world who are
mighty generous with other peoples
money" remarks the Waverly lnde-
pendent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

The Burlington Gazette insists that
Censorship OF household bills Is still
In order"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

The government Is going to junk a
lot OF things. now that the war Is
over, including materials and build
ings. There will be many opportunities
for profiteering even in those pro-
cesscs," remarks the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican. Some OF the men who made
unho!y profits in putting pu the hasty
buildings may be able To make some
more tearing them down, Some men
always are in position to play the
game"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

I'VE shall be surprised " Your con-
science lets you buy that new car un-
I'll Europe is fed and clothed aeain.
says the Mason City 1,obe, Ga2ett 3
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

The council of defense has taken
the bans off Christmas shopping. But
il hasn't told us how to initiate the
pocketbook made fiat with numerous
war drives. etc. In the homes made
glad by the return Of the boys from
the camps there will lie happiness
enough without presents, In the homes
where the return Of the boys has been
deferred. the Christmas JOY will be
diminished. They will not care for
presents. But we should all remember
the homes where the gold star hangs
IN the window. They need our SYM
patty and love as never before"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
". W. MILLER I'LL
Widely Known StOckman in n
Serious Condition.
He Was on Way to His Home
When Stricken.

w W. Miller, widely known stock
man and banker and vice president of
the Miller Livestock Investment COM
pany, suffered from a stroke of cere-
bral hemorrhage this afternoon. He
was on his way to his home, 171O
West Tenth avenue, when he was
seized Oy the hemorrhage. His con-
dition is serious, altho the exact eX-
tent of the stroke could not be defi-
nitely determined this afternoon.
Miller is one of the most widely
known stockmen in the state. He is
one of the owners of the 9000-acre
Miller ranch in Lyon county. The
ranch IS one of the finest stock rails
ing tracts in the west. In addition to
his interest in livestock, Miller was for
number of years extensively inter
ested in banking and for years was
engaged in the mercantile business in
Usage City with his brother, the late
H. B. Miller. He is an uncle of Clyde
Miller, Republican nominee for con-
gress in the Fourth district in 1915
He afso is the father of William Mil
Ter and of Drs. J. Miller and Milton
Miller
For more than six years Mr. Miller
has been resident of Topeka and
was one of the incorporators of the
Miller Livestock Investment company.
Shortly before noon today Mr.. Miller
visited the state house and transacted
business ir several state departments.
The attack which seized Mr. Miller
while he was on his way to his home
for luncheon, was entirely unexpected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
LABOR CHOOSES WALSH
X c. Attorney to Represent Workers
in Framing National Policy

washington, Feb. 27.-Frank p.
Walsh of Kansas CITY, Mo-. formerly
chairman of the federal industrial re-
lations commission. was today selected
by labor as its representative in public
interest on the board framing ma
tional labor policy for the government.
EMPLOYERS already have selected
former President Taft to represent the
public interest for them.
The employers already have an
nounced the selection of former Presi-
dent Taft as their representative.
Walsh Accepts Commission.
Chicago, Feb. 27.-Attorney Frank
p Walsh. representing packing house
employees here in wage arbitration
hearings, today accepted appointm ent
as a member of the government labor
planning board. The first meeting of
the board will be held March s in
Washington Walsh said this. would
not interfere with his work here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
SEIZE CAN FOODS
Govt Commanders for War,
Stocks of Canneries.
But Order Does Not Apply to
Household Supplies.

Washington. Feb. 27.-Al Gamers
today were advised by the food ad-
miristration to retain on hand for war
purposes all canned corn, peas, toma-
toes, string beans and salmon.
Rerorts of such holdings must be
made at once to the division of CO.
ordination of purchases of the food
administration. Quantities of these
stocks mot wanted" will be released
promptly within a few days after re-
ceipts of these reports. This was
taken to mean practical commander
ing of all canned goods by the food
administration
Gamers who have no stocks of
these commodities on hand are re-
uuired to report this to the food ad-
ministration.
Beware German Agent Lies!
Reinsurance to householders that
the government has no intention o1
Communicating any canned goods
preserves, home grown food or usual
stocks of provision kept for family use
was given today in placards Whlch the
food administration will distribute
The placards were headed DO Not Be
Fooled by the Lies of the Enemy"
Sensational reports that the gov
ernment would take over all food sup
plies have been spread by enemy
propagandistS who in some instance:
represented themselves as agents o.
the food administration or as govern
ment officials. They appeared frs
in the southwest it was said today
In the south the negroes began tt
lies and smoked meats for fear i
would be taken from them. All tht
reports We're turned over to the de
partment of justice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
FIRST ATTACK
BY GAS KILLS
FIVE SAMMIES
Fifty Are Suffering Gas Tor
lures in Front Hospital.
Didn't Get Gas Masks in Place
Quickly Enough.
WHOLE U. S. ARMY AROUSED
New Experience of German
RuthIessness Fires Fight Spirit.
Gassed Victims in Hospitals
Fight for Air as Tho Drowning.
Didn't Get Gas Masks in Place
Quickly Enough.
WHOLE U. S. ARMY AROUSED
New Experience of German
Ruthlessness Fires Fight Spirit.
BY FRED S. FERGUSON.

With the American Army in France,
Feb. 26.-F'ive American soldiers were
killed and fifty, suffering terrible
agonies, sent to hospitals today in the
first German gas attack on the Amer
lean sector.
These were the casualties up to the
hour of cabling this dispatch.
The first victims included boys from
Massachusetts. Pennsylvania. North
Carolina, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jer-
sey Tennessee, Rhode Island, Ohio,
New York, Washington and Arkansas.
The attack came suddenly early this
morning after an all-day rain The
clouds had parted and the moon was
shining brightly in the trenches. Still
ness prevailed.
Officers Escape to Dugout.
Suddenly there was a huge flare
from the German trenches as the
minewerfers were discharged Then
came the detonations of high explos-
ives with the quick spread of deadly
gases.
Three officers ran into a dugout and
closed the curtain so tight they mar
rowly escaped death thru asphyxia-
ton from the charcoal fire. They
were taken to a hospital but then
condition is not serious.
Three men were killed and nine
overcome in this sector alone during
the first attack.
When the gas came over the men
endeavored to adjust their gas masks
Those who were not quick enough
were soon gasping for breath. These
were carried to a hospital A child
could not look more helpless thar
these Americans. Their huge chests
raised and lowered the covers as they
fought for breath. As their breath
ing grew louder and more difficult and
choking started. the doctors hurried
an oxygen tank to the side of one vic
TINS cot He drank in the oxyger
from the rubber cup with a sigh o1
satisfaction at the temporary relief
american Soldiers Enraged
The American army has gas equip
ment and will use it as the occasion
lContinueG Page T1ol
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
GERMAN PEACE
Is JUDGED BY
GERMAN ACTS
GObbling Up Russia Offsets
Mild Words of Chancellor.
RObS Kaiser of Plea He's Wag.
ing a Self Defense War.
aim is GERMAN DOMINATION
See Only Sham in Hertling's
Talk of Self Government.
"Allied Democracies Will Not
Stand for Annexing Russia"

London, Feb. 27.-As far as the
British public is concerned the mild
words of Count Won Hertling concern
ing Germany's pacific intentions as his
partial acceptance of President Will
sons basis for lasting world peace
fall Upon almost deaf ears. A few
weeks, sven a few days ago, the re-
ception would have been different, but
the German speech is judged here by
German acts
All details of the new war against
helpless Russia rob German statesmen
of their stock in trade-the plea that
Germany is waging war of self
defense.
The British press is virtually unani-
nous l.. the belief that the whole
eastern situation has been cleverly ar
bringing eastern and central Europe
under German domination, and for the
vital immediate purpose of getting
fooC from the Ukraine.
No Hope in ChancelIor's Speech.
The most important newspapers
which lean toward peace by negotia-
ton notably the Westminster Gazette
and the Manchester Guardian, seem to
ha, undergone a change of outlook
as the result of the events of the past
week while theeDaily News today.
altho condemning the entente for aid
ing Won Hertling's argument that the
entente and not Germany is the real
obstacle to peace because the allies
have not jointly formulated war aims.
says in effect that no hope can be
drawn from the chancellor's speech.
The Daily News says:
When we turn from his words to
his acts in Russia, we see his profess
SONS have meaning. German
craftsmanship which plumbers an in
, (Continued on Page Threel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
Also Are Defeated by Slavs Is
Miles From Orsha.
Russ Blow Up Berezina Bridge
Made Famous by Napoleon.
PEACE OFFER is REJECTED
German Forces Ordered: "The
Advance Must COntinue.o
Bitter Fighting at Pskov Ends
i'm Russian Victory.
BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN.

Petrograd, Feb. 26 (delayed) The
Germans have been hurled back at
Vitebsk and eighteen miles from
Orsha-
''Vitebsk is the capital of the prov
ince of that name, 800 miles south of
Petrograd. Orsha is an important
railway junction on the Dnieper river,
thirty miles south of Vitebsk and "A
miles north of NTohiloff."
After fortifying BorissOff ESQ miles
west of Orsha and 3S miles north of
Minsk) the Germans advanced toward
Orsha. Russian forces made a Sortie
and beat the Germans back, 18 miles
out from the city.
Then, retiring upon the city, the
Russians blew up a bridge over the
Berezina, where Napoleon suffered
heavy losses in November, 1912. and
began an orderly evacuation.
Germans seeking to occupy Vitebsk,
where the first mobilization for the de-
fense of Petrograd occurred we're
thrown back.
Germans are organizing detach-
ments of Ukrainian prisoners at Rovno
Gin Nolhynia).
Determined to Get Petrograd.
Petrograd, Feb. 26 (Night) The
German command advancing toward
the capital, informed that the Russians
had accepted peace, queried their rep
resen tatives at BreSt-Litovsk- The re-
ply came back ''the advance must
continue"
The Germans evidently are deter
mined to occupy Petrograd and are
also seeking to cut off the capital from
the south.
The battle for possession of Pskov
(1E2 miles southwest of Petrograd)
which continued thru the night, ended
~. IT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
Army Captain Who Wanted to Resign
Arrives at Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kan, Feb: 2f--For-
mer Can't. David A. Henkes of the
Sixteenth infantry, L. S. A, convicted
by a general court-martial, ordered
dismissed from the army and SEN
fenced to twenty-five years in the fed
eral prison here, arrived TINS aIter-
noon and was dressed in" Henkes,
vvbo is of German descent, endeavored
10 resign his commission, saying he
did not care to fight against relatives
and friends in Germany. The au-
thorities obtained information that
Henkes, in spite of his commission
1-ss in touch with German agents,
before America entered the war
The court-martial was held at GOV
ernor's Island, New York. He tor-
merly was stationed at san Antonio
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-02-27
Crumbine Did Not Say Soldiers
Would Be Kept Away.
He Says He Knows No Reason
Why They Should Be.
ALL CITIES BEING WATCHED
Local Authorities Constantly
Warning on Bad Women.
House Says Street Walkers VIII
Be "StrOng-Armed."

ToDeI1a is not regarded by the war
aenartment as the primrose path OF
the nation. Neither is the menace VI
wicked women held more serious IN
Toneka than in several other Kansas
towns Neither has an order placing
Tnneka in a barred zone for soldiers
-, t1,,..a+ered or considered. Nor
has Topeka been selected as a spot TOT
. .necia1 investigation. Topeka IS
suniect to the same regulations ana
,estrictions surrounding every town
adjacent to an army camp in the
United States.
II. a statement to the State Journal
today DR.. 5. J. Crumbine. secretary OF
the state board of health, denlea EN-
phatically that he knew OF any threat
to bar soldier visitors from the city
He said that the government crusade
apainst the tinsled and spangled
maidens who laid in wait for nauonai
army men would be conducted In 10
pel<a 1t will be conducted also III
Lawrence. Leavenworth, Atchison'
Manhattan. Junction City Aollene,
Salina. Wichita. Hutchinson ana every
other Kansa. town where any con-
siderable number of soldiers visit
Contradicts Malicious Story
Doctor Crumbine's statement today
was IN contradiction of story car
ried by the Daily Capital, Whlch
painted Topeka as the immoral spot
Of tic state. The story droPPeu tnS
burden of Kansas vice and SIN ana
suffering and all the suodry immoral
ltv rfrht in Topek o.. Doctor Crum pine
w has been a resident of Topeka
fourteen years. said he was convinced
soldiers had been confronted by I'M
in
TO Topeka. But he maintained that
in his Judgment conditions mere are
bet. er than in many towns OF TINS
~ and of the same proximity TO an
army camp
10 personaI knowledge was held by
the state health board secretary OF eN-
ten-ivc immoral practices He knows
conditions only as does Wilberforce
Hopp. the banker, or S2lamander Con
zalus. the gentlemanlv and discreet
81 oe shine artist
As for an investigation as to De
tailed immoral conditions, Doctor
Cr,..nbine knew nothing He has not
conducted such an Investigation. he
doe not know that one is being con-
ducted. He is in charge of the army
morality educational campaign IN SIX M
states He knows Topeka VIII oe
treated inst as other towns-no bet
Ter nc worse AS for the ban which
10 to he placed on Topeka. Doctor
Crunbine knew nothing until ne reau
his interview in a morning paper he
does rot possess one of the facts gain
ered and presented by the reporter
whom Doct. r Crumbine might invest-
.1te for impediment of veracity II
Topeka is to be selected as the nor
rihl example of an immoral place no
word has been sent to Doctor Crum-
bine.
There was no thought on my par
Of making Topeka look like the blacH
spot of the state" said Doctor Crum'
tine Il did not initiate or issue
statement. The reporter called on me
and asked what would happen II I'M I'm
,1ora1 women were permitted to prey
on the soldiers. 1 told him the same
rule would apply as in other towns
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