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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
Reported Rammed Amid.
zip in Collision and
Is Sinking at Sea.
STEAMER WILMETTE
BELIEVED CRIPPLED
Wireless Calls Indicate That Wilmstte
Rammed Texan or Was Damaged BY
Same Agency That Caused psstrue.
tion"o Texan-Loeation Of vesssla
Not Indicated In Radio Mcssaoes-
Texans Crew Takes to Boats.

An Atlantic Port. Jan. 14.-Agents OF
the American steamship Texan, a ves-
sci OF $4,000 tons. today received ad-
vices from naval authorities that she
was sinking at sea. The location OF the
snip was not given. 1t was reported
mere the vessel had been rammed amid.
snip In a collision with another shin
Inc crew OF forty three has taken To
the boats
The Texan left here recently with a
cargo or nitrates, bound for French
port.
MESSAGES reaching here from another
port SAID steamer arriving today re-
ported at a: m. she picked up an
,. .. s." from the Texan reportinr
she was sinking. The last messar -
from the Texan said,
Good bye: no more"
Life Boats Are Launohsd.
Inc Texan's wireless operator re-
ported that the starboard boats had
been lowered. that the aft boat was lost
ana an attempt was being made 20
lower the forward boat Oil in the hold
or the ship was poured on the star
board side In an effort for making sss,
conditions better for the LAUNCHING ~
life boats.
The ship reporting the Texans plirl,t
reported she tried to got in direct cofu,-
munication with the doomed slfl, Assk
was unable to do sos The veesaa5 Z ~
up a message from tho steamer WE
mette. saying:
Go to assistance Of Texan"
In the absence of definite WORD -
garding the accident shipping men e.
pressed the opinion that the Texan may
have encountered an iceberg Efforts
were made by government radio sta
tons to communicate with ships with
which the Texan might have been In
collision. ~
WiImette Apparently In Distress.
a government radio station picked up
message later from the steamer VIII
mette sent to an unidentified shin saw
ing:
VIII YOU escort me back to -s.
The answer was not intelligible.
Naval authorities who got the mes
sage said they were unable to DETER
mine whether the Wilmette had been
in collision with the Texan or had been
damaged by the same agency which
caused the destruction Of the Texan.
The Texan Is commanded by Capt
G. t. Night. She was requisitioned by
the government from the American
Hawaiian line, for which she was built
In 1902. She registers s.615 gross tom
mage and $4,000 tons dead weight
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
NO CLUE TO MURDER MYSTERY.
Italian Who Found Moman's Body
Sticks to Original Story.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City. Jan. 14.-County At
torney Ralph Stanberry and Sheriff
Fred Marsh this morning are no near
cr solution Of the Wedge murder
mystery in which Mrs. Clara Wedge,
Of this city, was murdered, her body
mutilated and the house fired on ST
urday afternoon, than they We're two
hours after the body was discovered.
Frank Camardo, the italian, who
walked into Sheriff Marsh's office at s
o'clock Saturday evening and told Off,
cia!s that 1t was he who found the body
and discovered the fire. remains cool
and collected. According to his story
he went to the house to call on Mrs.
Wedge and found the building burning
and the woman dead on the floor Eff
forts to make him change his story
have failed.
Wisps OF hair which were found in
the dead woman's hands are now be-
lieved to be from her own head. They
are long and. the same color as hers
and do not match the Italians. No ar
rangements for the disposition Of the
body had been made at noon and It
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
TEN OR MORE DIE
IN TEXAS WRECK
Houston & Texas Central Passenger
Train Splits Switch, Resulting in:
Death Of From Ten to Fourteen and
Injury to Many.

Houston. Tex, Jan. l4.-Ten persons
are reported killed and more than a
dozen injured as the result Of Hous-
ton & Texas Central north bound pas
senger train. from Houston to Dallas,
splitting switch at Hammond early
today. Reports Of the accident from
Bremond said FIVE soldiers. one WON
an two girls and baby were instantly
killed and one injured man died shortly
afterward.
The train left here Mt 1880 last night.
The wreck occurred when the head
coach split a switch.
Twelve or fourteen dead and pos
sibly twenty injured" was report res
ceived by the Southern Pacific general
offices from dispatcher at Kern. The
steam pipes of freight engine which
was standing on the siding and which
was hit by the passenger engine. were
broken and escaping steam cause the
death and injury Of a number OF the
wreck victims.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
IDAHO SENATOR DEAD.
James n. Brady succumbs to Attack
of Heart Qisaaaa.

Washington, Jan. 14,-Senator James
Fl. Brady. of Idaho. died at his home
here Sunday night from heart disease.
He suffered an acute attack a week ago
yesterday while on his way to Wash :
ington from Idaho, and had been in
critical state since. IS
Senator Brady was a member q .
committee on military affairs the
senate. He resided at PocateV @laho.
He was born In Pennsylvanias ID edu-
Gated at Leavenworth. graduating from
the normal college there Ha. taught
school for three years and was editor
Senator Brady As elected governor
Of Idaho in 1908. and was elected to the
senate by the legislature Jan "a, 1913.
He was reelected to the senate in 1914.
He was prominent in republican, pole
tics in Idaho and was delegate to the
national conventions in 1900. 1905 and
1916. :.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
BIG LOSS IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Fire In Plant Engaged in War Work
Believed to Be lncendiary.


| Indianapolis. Jan. 14.-Fire, believed
by Fire Chief Loucks to have been Of
incendiary origin, last night destroyed
street and the Canal, cafsing loss
that Is expected to run from s1,000,0O0
| to 100000.
The blaze was discovered at 5:45
yesterday afternoon and before the first
companies had responded the entire
structure was in flames.
Every available bit Of apparatus in
the city was requisitioned and the fire.
men bent their energies to keeping the
! fire, which was famed by a gale from
the southwest, from crossing Tenth
street and destroying residences. In
this they were successful. The damage
done to residences was slight and was
caused more by water than by flames.
Had War Contracts.
No lives were lost, altho a number
Of firemen narrowly escaped death
when walls Of the big five-story build
ing fell.
Twenty-three manufacturing con-
Germs were housed in the structure,
which formerly was known as the Lay
cock building. .. ~..
In addition, some automobile COM
panies had storage rooms in which they
kept used cars.
The fact that several Of the concerns
housed In the building had govern
ment contracts leads the fire chief and
others to believe that the fire was
started by an alien enemy.
The police and government agents
are working Oil this theory.
Families Driven Out
The houses that were endangered
are. for the most part, cottages. Fam
lilies were driven from them and the
zero weather added to their suffering.
People in the neighborhood, safely re-
moved from the threatened sweep of
the flames. took these persons in,
however, and made them fairly COM
Portable.
1t required every bit Of the fire
fighting capacity Of thirty-one COM
panies-all that Indianapolis has-to
conflne the flames to the Industrial
building and prevent that portion Of
the city lying north Of Tenth street,
south Of Fall Creek and between Illi-
nois street and the Canaf from being
destroyed.
The firemen were handicapped by
the weather, with the thermometer
registering close, to zero.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
MARsHALLTOW1N, JANUARY H. 1918


was still being held at the morgue
where it was taken pending investiga-
tion by the sheriff and county attorney.
County Coroner w. r Long gave the
undertakers permission at noon today
to prepare the body OF Mrs. Wedge for
burial. Services will be held at tho
Randall home tomorrow afternoon and
Will be strictly private. Only few
relatives and immediate friends OF tho
woman will be permitted to attend.
Burial will be made in the cemetery at
this place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
MAY REoOlsITIoN COAL.
Supplies of Certain Industries May 81
Distributed Among HsNseholders.

Supplies OF Certain INdustr'es Way 6e
Distributed Among HcNsehoiders.
Washington, Jan. 14.-Requisitioning
Of coal supplies of certain industries
for distribution to householders Is one
Of the plans considered by the fuel ad-
ministration to relieve the fuel sltua-
tion in the east.
Homes must be kept warm. DIR. Gar
field declared today. at all costs. Fuel
officials look for little increase in coal
in the next ten days.
1t IS likely that certain Industries
will be closed down for a week or long
er il necessary to keep householders
supplied. The utilities will escape the
order.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
Milk 1rain Gets Thru.

Aurora, Ill.,. Jan. 1.-THE Burlington
milk train got thru to Chicago today.
It was the only important train Of any
kind from this part Of the Fox river
valley to get thru. It was packed to
the roof with milk.
Railroad tracks generally began to
emerge from the snow today. Engine
driven snow plows and armies Of
shovels brought them to light. Train
service has been restored in small part
Passenger trains are running slowly
but no freight Is being moved. There
Is clamor for coal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
May Requis'tien Sailing Vessels.

Washington. Jan. 4.-Requisitions of
all American sailing vessels was fors.f
cast today. when the shipping board
asked that all such vessels be regisss
tered.
There are nearly 500 sailing vessslss
OF 1000 tons or larger flying ths
American flag and 1t Is being nrgtslR
when the liberty Of the world depend9
on the shipment OF food and suppiisfss
to Europe the.vessels should he tAken
and put into government service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
cerman rrenche, Raided.

London, Jan. 14.-German trenches Of
Lens were raided last night by Cana
dian troops, who brought back prison.
ers the afficial statement today says
Near Mericourt, southeast Of Lens,
British soldiers were victorious in pa
troll engagements
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
Disaster Due 10 coIl;.;o,

Washington. Jan. 14.-rndirect infor-
nation reaching tho navy department.
said the Texan had been in collision
with another ship which has gone to,
the rescue Of the Texans crew. AS far
as Is known no lives were lost.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
STIR IN HUN oFFlc'ALDoM.
Kaiser in confsfenos With Crow
Prince and War Chiefs.

Amsterdam, Jan. 14:-Mo1t important
conferences were held in Berlin at the
week end. according to German news
papers. They were inaugurated with
the cmperor's reception Of the crown
prince on Saturday when Field Marshal
Won Eindcnburg and General Luden-
dorff also conferred with leading per-
sonages. Sunday there were more i'm
portant discussions, after which the
emperor had an audience with the
chancellor and Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg The result Of these confer
ences will be the basis for further dis
cussiOns today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
British Lossei Increase.

) London, Jan. 14.-British casualties
reported for the week ending today
totalled 24.924 officers and men, divided
as follows:
Killed or died of wounds. officers,
III: men, 5,149; wounded or missing,
officers. 304; men. 19,409.
Casualties in ti1s British army for
the week exceed by almost 6.000 the
total reported in the previous week,
when the figures took an upward Jump.
virtually doubling the casualties Of the
preceding week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
Trouble in Austria.

Zurich, Jan. 1.-THE municipal
council of Vienna threatens to resign
and disclaims all further responsibility
for feeding the city.
Bitter complaint is made by the Neue
Freie Presse Of the action Of cutting in
half the -four ration Of Vienna, which
it says is likely to be permanent be-
cause in six months from the harvest
flour for Vienna is lacking. -
Die Post admits that the last harvest
was very unsatisfactory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
TIE Weather,

Sun rises Jan. Is at 1928. sets at 4:42.
Iowa--Partly cloudy In west and GEN.
trail portions, probably snow in extreme
east portion tonight and Tuesday; con-
tinued cold.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14

London. Jan. 14.-Warning Of tho
possibility Of final breach In the
: Russo German negotiations is the out
standing feature Of the current news
from Petrograd.
fIn the meantime, It Is, reported, the
J. armistiee has been extended to Feb.
Is, and the Russian delegation returns
ito Petrograd tomorrow. The negotia-
tions will be resumed. after an inter-
val, at Warsaw.
Premier Lenine has returped to
Petrograd and Is. reported to be TAX
ing ON. important part in guiding the
negotiations with the central powers
/ altho avoiding the limelight.
The correspondent Of the Daily Mall
says some extremists are dissatisfied
with Foreign Minister Tretzkys con-
duct Of the negotiations, as he is too
willing to meet the German view.
The Petrograd correspondent Of the
Daily News reports that the Germans
are doing their utmost to stop frater-
nization ct the front.
Propaaanda Having Effect.
He interprets this to mean that the
bolsheviki propaganda is having its ef-
feet among German soldiers. The
Germans confiscated all copies Of the
Facko, a Russian newspaper printed
in/German, containing full account OF
the Brest- -Litovsk negotiations.
Notwithstanding this, he adds, the
German soldiers crawl across the Rus
sian lines at night to obtain copies Of
the papers secretly.
Y, A dispatch from Odessa describes
the disorders at Sabastopol, in which
sixty two naval Officers were killed as
the result Of two days Of butcher!ng,
in which the horrors of Kronstad dt were
re- e-enacted. It Is added that most Of
those killed were members Of the COM
mittee which I'M 1912 held an inquiry
into the rebellious sailors revolution.
It is reported in Odessa that the
/. number OF officers killed is greater
than ssxty-two.
Town OF Ki.;s Looted.
The town OF Kilia, at the mouth~of
the DdNube, which has been called the
xlussisJ Venice. another dispatch to
\ the Ti| }es says, was looted during the
I holidays by soldiers stationed there
i assfAted ~ hoodlums. The rioters
ArSd buildings after they we're sacked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-14
Another Halt in Negota-
tions With Bolsheviki
Presages Break.
KAISER SUMMONS
HIS WAR CHIEFS
Hurried Conference Held With Crown
Prince, Hindsnburs, Lude"dortf and
others-Peaee Conference With Rus
slams May 30 Resumed at Warsaw
Armistice Extended Until Feb. 1s-
{, u. 8. Ambassador Warns Russians.

! Russo German negotiations at
Brest- Litovsk apparently again
have been broken off temporarily
and the possibility Of a final breach
is not unlocked for in Petrograd.
Tho armistice on tho eastern front
has been extended until Feb. IL,
while il 10 expected that the con-
ferenees will be resumed at War;
saw.
Nikolai Lenine, the holsheviki
premier, is again back in Petro-
grad, and 10 reported to be taking
a more important>part in the neso-
tiations. There is some dissatisfae-
ton in Petrosrad with the way in
which Foreign Minister Trotzky
has conducted negotiations. Trotz-
ky's propaganda among German
soldiers. has had its effect and Ger
man authorities are doing all in
their power TO check It.
Meanwhile German political and
military leaders have been having
hurried conferences in Berlin. Tho
crown prince has returned and with
General LudendorH and Field Mar
shal Won Hindenburo has been hav-
ing conferences with the emperor.
The conduct Of the peace nego-
tiations has caused much political
furors IN Gerrnany during the past
tive week.. Chancellor Won Hort
ling is expected to address tho
acon,mittes Of the .reichstas on
"wednesday and possibly may an
swer the recent statement Of war
aims by President Wilson and Pre-
mier Lloyd George.
The boIsheviki are said to have
taken EkaterinosIav, stronghold
Of the Ukraine.
Russian sailors in Sebastopol arc
reported to have killed and lynch
ed more than 81 Of their officers,
including four admiraIs. The town
.of kilia has been looted by Rus
sian soldiers, who set fire to
buildings, after robbins houses and
shops, causing the population to
flee in terror.
Patrol encounters at several
points and artillery activity in tho
Arras area 10 reported from tho
British front. North of the Aisne,
on the Freneh front, the artillery
fire has beer violent.
Engage nSnts between patrols in
the mountain zone and artillery fire
along the Piave marks the situa-
ton on the Italian front.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-14
New Telephone Device.

OF the many devices which have
from time to time been introduced for
improving the telephone or for permit
ting the user the free use of his hands,
one of the latest, says the Scientific
American, appears to be in every way
ideal. It consists Of a sound chamber
over which can be placed the usual
telephone receiver, and bifurcated
+ube ending in ear pieces. So in use
the telephone receiver is removed from
the hook and placed on the sound
chamber, while the ear pieces are
placed in the ears; and the user, talk
ing In the normal tone, can carry on a
conversation with party at the
other end of the telephone line with
out holding the receiver or stand. Fur
thermore, by splitting the sound and
distributing it to the two ears, all ex-
traneous noises are shut out and the
conversation becomes much clearer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-14
A KLONDIKE TO THE|
REAL FARMER
A Western Canada Crop Estimat-
ed at $4,000, Makes
$4,000.


Messrs. Harris, formerly Of Audu-
bon, Iowa. wrote the Audubon Advo-
cate" expressing their satisfaction Of
things In Western Canada. They To-
Gated at Makepeace, Alberta. They
say there are those who make good,
and those who fail. The former are
those that land agents refer to when
advertising their land. "But," contin-
ues the letter, "A great many Of the
farmers In this vicinity pay for their
land with their first crop. A man
near here bought section of land In
the year 1915 for $23 per acre. He
broke 300 acres Of the land during the
summer Of 1915. In the fall of 1916
he threshed 10000 bushels Of wheat,
which paid for his land, all expenses
and had q balance Of $4,000. In the
fall Of 1917 he threshed nearly as
much off the other nalf Of tire section.
At the present time he would not take
$50 per acre for his land.
1--WE have had five crops In Alberta.
The two dry years (1914191O our
wheat made 20 and so bushels to the
acre respectively. In 1916 we raised
80 bushels of wheat to the acre on
summer fallow. The best results are
obtained by plOwing or breaking In
the summer, working 1t down in the
fall so that it will retain the moisture.
Thus farming One-half your ground
each year.
Persons owning land here and still
living in the States should, If they
| don't feel themselves able to come up
here and finance themselves until they
could get their first crop, get some Of
their land broken and worked down
in the fall before they come. The
neXt spring they could come and put
in the crop, fence and put up their
buildings. This way they have to
wait only one summer for their first
crop.
ut is not advisable for q person to
come here in the spring, break out
land and put it in crop the first year,
because the moisture IS not in the
ground and q failure is almost cer-
tain unless it is an exceptionally wet
year.
zone Of the boys from that locality,
Mr.. Peder NJ. Jensen came to Alberta
last spring. He bought 30-G0 Rum
ely Oil-Pull engine on the Sth day of
June, 1917. After that date he broke
100 acres of prairie sod for which
he received an average Of $500 per
acre.
mfr. Hansen from your community,
was up here last fall with several
prospective land buyers from that
neighborhood. At that time he in
quired the value of the crop on the
section we were farming. We told
him that it would probably make in
the neighborhood of $4,000. This
same crop when sold brought nearly
$4,000. The most of it being solo
when prices were low for the year,
Advertisement,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-14

eighths inch above the cover and run
from a distance of one inch from the
corners to one inch from the steam out
let in the center.
The galvanized-iron box has no bot
tom but fits in the square formed by
the four strips on the cover. The box
is IL inches high. Inside it, three-fourths
inch from the top and One-half inch
from one side, a stiff wire should be
riveted and Soldered. 1t is sometimes
desirable to re-enforce the box at each
corner with angle iron six inches long
and one-half inch wide, riveted half.
way up the side.
Kerosene Stove Used.
In the department of agriculture's
tests of the outfit described two
burner wickless kerosene stove was
used with excellent results. The ster-
nizer, however, may be placed on the
kitchen stove or over any other source
Of heat, such as gas, gasoline, or
laundry stove, which burns either
wood or coal. Good results also are OBJ
tanned at very little cost by building
under the sterilizer q small brick fur
mace II inches high. 1t is necessary
to have sufficient heat to furnish steam
at the end of the outlet pipe at least
2O5 degrees Fahrenheit. and 210 to 211
degrees Fahrenheit should be obtained
If possible.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-14

ls an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh. Per-
sons who are subject to frequent "colds
In the head" will find that the use of
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System. cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks Of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrh.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is taxi
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$4,000 for any case of catarrh that
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
F. J. Cheney C Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-02-14

derm" the G. o. p. emblem. Mast wES
born in Bavaria September %, 1910.
and came to America at the age of
six. In the early sixties he went to
Italy and was with Garibaldi as an
artist for British and American news
papers. AS political cartoOnist for Il
popular weekly, he achieved an inter-
national reputation, and his cartoons
were said to have been largely respon-
sible for the downfall of the Tweed
ring in New York. In 1874 Mast
drew cartoon representing an ele-
phant labeled Republican Party"
about to fall into chasm. Mast also
depicted the democratic party as a
fox, but later the donkey was sub
stituted by the cartoonist of opposite
political faith, and this has been the
democratic emblem ever since. Mast
died In Ecuador in 1902.