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manned, he became her right hand man.
Loaded on the backs of Indian carriers,
the demolished hotel moved over the Chill
koob and later by perilous water jour
ney reached its goal, Dawson City, where
only new lumber was neeled to set up
the Corteau House.
The Countess was Q woman Of the
world. She was older than Pierce, but
when she saw him losing his head she
made no effort to stop him. Finally the
secret came out, the Count Corteau was
alive and the marriage bond still intact.
Pierce was crushed. He drank a lot
and woke up in barge in which COM
pany Of chorus girls were making the
arduous trip to Dawson. He found that
one Laurie had made herself his guardian
and proprietress.
Without realizing it Pierce had an IT.
resistible way with women. 1t was the
Countess who told him he had the "sex-
call, the sex-appeal."
"Men who possess that attraction are
spoiled sooner or later" she told him.
"You don't realize that you have it, and
that's what makes you so nice, but-Pye
felt it from the first and when you feel
it you'll probably become spoiled, too,
like the others. / mean what / say.
You're the kind who cause women to
make fools of themselves-old or young,
married or single. When q girl has it
she's lost"
Laure was hit hard. At Dawson City
she gave Pierce false information con-
corning a claim he was offered half
interest in that he might refuse it and
remain near her, working as cashier and
gold weigher in Miller & Best's saloon,
dance hall and gambling palace. Despite
his indifference the girl persisted and
gradually Pierce came to accept her as
q matter Of course.
Rouletta Kirby, daughter Of a notori-
Gus gambler and bad man, but a girl of
refinement despite her bad parentsge, was
another victim of his charm, but she, too,
lacked the ability to arouse q mutual
passion.
Meanwhile enemies made in his first
days in the north were active against
Pierce and he found himself In jail on
a framed-up charge Of short-weghing
gold dust. He was released, and then
came the murder, the solution Of which
brings the book to an end.
The fourth girlf She was q "niee"
girl, the kind he used to know back home
and it was she who finally caused him to
find himself.
An old friend from former novel by
the same author, 'Poleoa Doret, is one Of
the leading characters b TIE Wiads of
Chence. The big-hearted French Cana
dian here earns riches and happiness Of
which none ever was more deserving
than be.
Lucky" Broad and "Kid" Bridges,
gamblers by profession and instinct, are
an interesting pair. With three walnut
shells, under one Of which was concealed
the elusive pea, they mingled with the
rush for the gold fields and did thriving
business.
The Winds of Chance is hardly the best
thing Rex Beach has done. Yet it stands
head and shoulders above the average
story of the Northwest, OF which there
has been a flood of late. One at least
can accept Beach characters without eff
fort and without the grain Of salt, A
rafting good story.
THE WINDS OF CHANCE. By Rex
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A WRITER'S RECOLLEC-
TONS
By Mrs. Humphry Ward

At last this famous author has
given her memoirs to the world.
Through her pen all the big writer's
of her time come TO life and YOU viii
be able to meet BENJAMIN Jowett,
Swinbune, Walter Pater, Cardinal
Newman, the Brownings and many
other well known, people. At her
fathers home she met every literary
celebrity of the day and N these
pages she tells Of the fascinating
times she spent IN their company:
2 Vols. f6.oe
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Private Charles Divine, the American
soldier poet who is in France and whose
recent work, as well as his book, City
IFays and Company Streets, IS familiar
to readers Of Books and the Book World,
isn't Private Charles Divine any longer,
but Second Lieut.. Charles Divine, SAM
tary Corps, A. Z. F. A letter from
Divine dated November 8 gives this in
formation and the poet adds:
II have been dashing around madly
getting together Sam Browne belt, gold
bars and the rest Of my new uniform.
Tonight, as 1 type this, I'm wearing
them all. You ought to see me. feel
like poem, but a bit uncertain about the
meter. My rise has been as rapid as a
Horatio Alger, Junior, from-Canal Boy
to-President story. was private
month ago, a corporal three weeks ago,
a sergeant a week ago and now I'm
Loot. I'll have to write some verses on
how it feels to be Loot some time. But
Just now I'm busy as the devil I'm the
Evacuation Officer for this hospital centre
and it keeps me pretty much on. the
jump"
George H. Doran is publishing a new
novel by Marie Corelli, The Young Diana,
which is described as a scientific romance
with heroine over forty who becomes
youthful without the aid Of cosmetics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
Corporal Charles r. Breb-
ner, of Milo, Reported
Died of Disease.
FIFTEEN OTHER
IOWANS WOUNDED
Army and Marine Lists Today Show
Names Of 252 Americans Thirty.
Two Soldiers and Twenty Marinss
Killed in Aetion-Army List Shows
Total Of 1888 and Marine list Sixty
Four-No Commissioned Officers.

Washington. July Is. - Sixteen
1owans are named in today's army and
marine corps casualty ltst. corpoHll
Charles r. Brobner. OF Milo. Iowa. died
OF disease, and the other fifteen Hawl,-
eye men were wounded. The Iowans
are:
Marinoe-Wounded in action sewers
~: Private Sidney Mcintosh. Council
Bluffs.
Army-Died of disease: Corporal
Charles r. Brebner. Milo.
Severely wounded: Cook Miles w.
McBeth, Des Moines; Private John ].
Ronk, Lewis.
Wounded Corporal Ray v. Hewitt.
Keokuk; Privates Harry u. Arnold,
Manson: Leslie C. Booth. Webster
city; Paul c. Cordes. Kamrar; Harold
G. Ere. Manson: Richard Henry,
Iowa Falls; Irwin II. Hvnaker, Coun-
Gil Bluffs: Harry n. O,Corner, Sioux
City, George NJ. Peterson, les
Moines; Oscar p. Pirtle. LAnona; Win
frsaas Twedy, Ireton; Edward J. vo4,s,
roney.
Lisls Show 2s2 Nance.
The army list shows:
Killed In action, 81; died of,wountls.
8: disd cf disense, 3; died of accident
and other causes, s., wounded severely
12s: wounded slightly. 1; wounded de-
gree undetermined 1s: missing. q.
prisoners. 2. Total 1873.
The marine list shows:
Killed in action, 20; died Of wounds,
3 wounded severely, 3S; missing. B.
Total, "a. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
Russ Detection
Enables Huns to
Mass 21O Divisions
[By Associated Press

With the French Army in France,
July 25.-Owing to the detection of the
Russians from the allies, the Germans
have been able to place 210 divisions
on the western front this year. From
January to July "a, little more than
six months. these divisions have been
engaged about 43O times, so that eac:l
has been thrown into battle twice in
the half year.
Greater efforts than ever before have
been exacted this year by German
army chiefs from the troops under
their command. Compared with last
year. when the fighting was rather
severe all their divisions have been
called upon to make at least a double
effort
During the last year the Germans
possessed on their western front be-
tween 160 and ITO divisions. The most
of these were engaged twice and some
three times during the entire twelve
months, having in the meantime be-
come reconstructed.
Verdun used up some twenty divis-
ions. the Somme twenty five, the
Aisne and Chemin- des- DANES fighting
eighty. Flanders twenty five. and
minor operations ninety, making alto
sether $40 divisional enEagementst
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
ADMIT DRIVE IS STOPPED.
German Writers Draft Excuses for
Failure Of Offensive,

Amsterdam, July 25.-Baron Won Der
Osten. in the Rreinische Westfalische
Zeitung, admits that 1:eile latest Ger
man offensive has come to standstill,
but only temporarily, andsit reached its
main objective" He argues that time
works in favor Of the Germans and that
the main strategic position is unchang-
ed. for "Hindenburg has other irons in
the fire."
Other German correspondents are
still making voluminous explanations
as to why the southern bank of the
Marne was evacuated. s.
Hegeler Of the Berlin, TAgeblatt, ex-
plains that the capture Of the heights
on the southern bank of the Marne
was essential to provide for a flank
protection for the troops advancing
eastward on the north bank of the
river.
When this task was accomplished
and it became necessary to meet the
enemy offensive, he says, there was no
further object in holding the southern
bank.
Hegeler and Kayser OF the Zeitung
Am Mittag Of Berlin and Rossner Of
the Lokal Anzeiger. each have their
own versions Of how. undiscovered by
the enemy, the Germans Withdrew and
blew up their pontoons aud captured
French guns which it was impossible
to take across the river.
They also tell OF how the French
sassed and bombarded alFead evac-
uated positions and how In their sub
sequent progress toward the Marne.
the French were badly mauled by
fire from the southern bank and also
from batueplanes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
British Mun;t;io,,
Workers on Strike
Number 100000

Birmingham. England, July z5--yt
was estimated that 100,9 600 munftion
workers were out. on strike. in the Rir
mingham district this morning. WORK
ers in a few factories decided to ren,ain
at work pending the outcome Of nee,o.
tiations, which are proceeding with fhes
ministry of munitions at London. and
the result of the conferGnce of enri.
neering and allied trades, Which onered
at Leeds today.
The trade union advisory cornmiftec
met this morning and requested the
government to set up committea ~
inquiry. composed of rebresenta fi.-s
of the government, Of the EMPLOYEES ana
OF the trade unions concerned. to ir
quire into the cause Of the n,nit,a,
dispute. The government agreed
The British war cabinet has der,
that II the munftion strike cont
the strikers of military axe 81
drafted promptly into the arm
cording to an unofficial n, ,ast
printed In some Of the mornfnw ye,v.
papers. &c ~ =. &
George II. Roberts. minister ~ Il, ~.
gave hint to this effect IN .nee.e, ~
London, Wednesday. when - 49,. =,
tnat no young man had RIGHT -
emption from military service -, as,,.e.,.
on the ground that he was dosne ,..ery
more valuable than fighting
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
Kaiser Spectator
at Defeat Of Cropn
Prince by Yankees

With the American Armies at the
Marne, July 25.-From aged civilians
left in Chateau Thiarry details were
learned yesterday of the German occu-
patton of the city and OF visit by the
kaiser. He arrived on the Marne
June 3.
He expected to stand on Hill 2o4
and watch his troops debouch from
Belieau wood. reach the Paris highway
in the rear of the prepared French posi-
tions and capture La Forte, then Meaux
and finally Paris.
But the sudden attack Of the Ameri-
can marines on Belieau wood broke up
this German plan and disorganized the
German reserves. Civilians were kept
in the cellars for thirty y-six hours
The kaiser. while In Chateau Thierry,
stopped at the Elephant Hotel. At night
he slept in the hotels wine cellar. The
hotel is now in ruins from shellnre
What the kaiser did see was the
crown prince getting the worst licking
ne has received since verdun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
Proportionate Number of
Colered Registrants .
Also Are Called. q
DRAFT ORDER
IS MISLEADING
Specifies That August c.iI on Isws
Will Equal That Of July, sut Fis.,ss
Fail to Agree - Locat Boards In.
structsd to Refuse Releases q cisss
! Men For Naval, Marine corps 8
Emergency Fleet Servies.

Des Moines. July 25.-Iowa VIM ~
called upon to furnish approximately!
$500 white selects for the national
army in August, according 70 tele-
graphic Information received By Al
Jutant General Logan.
The message, which va forwardsA
to all local boards, says:
The August calls upon Iowa WI -
as large as the july calls. or appro1d-
mateiy $500 white men and prop0e-
uonate number OF colored men. g e
Maj Frank LYMAN, draft aid ii ~
ad5utant generate office, be3aeVoe thesS
Is an error in the statement Tor Il M
August call equals the July draft the
number Of men called would total
1900. IS s.
It 10 Mkeay. It was pointed out, fhaf
the $500 il approximately correct
and that cblored selects VIII NOT exceed
several hundred.
Refuse Releases Te Mavy.
INSTRUCT all local boards to refun1
releases to the. navy, marine corps, al
emergency neet the order from Pr3-|
vost Marshal General Crowdef cok 4
dnued, to all reetstrants who have
been or Elhhn 81 6i0s
until snHioient NUMBER 81 ciass a,
Eegtstrants physically quAzffed for
general military service are in sight ID
I'LL promptly and properly all calls up
to Aug. 81, with q general allowance
for physical reflections in camp"
Boards have been notified to report
at once to the adjutant general the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
BOOSTS RAIL SHOP PAY.
MeAdoo Grants Wage Increase TO 5o0,-
600 Workers.

Washington, July 25.-Wages OF rail !
road shopmen we're increased Wednes-
day to IS cents an hour by Director
General McAdoo, with proportional adj
vances for assistants and miscellane-
Gus classes in mechanical departments.
The new rates. which are retroactive
to last jan 1, are from to 13 cents
an hour higher than wages paid these
men in most shops under the general
wage advance allowed two months ago
by the director general. but are some
what less than the labor organizations
sought
Beginning Aug. /, eight hours will be
recognized as standard working day,
and overtime, Sundays, and holiday
work will be paid for at the rate, OF
one and one zhaf times the usual rate.
Back pay will be given the men as
soon as it can be calculated.
The advances apply to about 80, 900
men and apply flatly to adj sections of
the country, despite local differences
prevailing heretofore. The addition to
the aggregate annual pay roll is esti-
mated as nearly 800, ,000, 900.
The advance is the first extensive
modification of the new wage scale AMI
was made on recommendation of the
commission on railroad wages and
working conditions, following repre-
sentations of shop crafts that high
wages paid machinists and other me-
chanical workers in ship yards re-
suited in discrimination against rail-
road shop employees.
The new scale of wages~was an
nounced as follows:
'Machinfsts, boilermakers, black
smiths, sheet metal workers, welders,
cents per hour.
Car men and second class electrical
workers, 5S cents per hour.
Helpers, As cents per hour.
"Foremen paid on hourly basis, 5
cents per hour more than respective
crafts.
'Foremen paid on monthly basis, in
crease $40 per month, minimum s155
and maximum $3.50
New rates are retroactive to Jan. 1.
1918.
Beginning Aug. /, 1913. eight hour
day. with time and one half for over
time. Sunday work. and seven speci-
fed holidays"
The full text of the new order which
deals in detail with methods of calcu-
lating specific increases will be issued
within the next week. The former
wage increase order provided for per-
centages advances, with minimum Of
IS cents an hour for shopmen-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25

edible booty found in the wake Of tho
retiring French speedily vanished, In
stead of being distributed among the
hungry troops in due proportions.
The order continues;
ut Is necessary to depart from, the
beaten track. which has been followed
visions and stores from the occupied
territory. Hopes Of the utilization OF
captured food as rations and OF the
distributin Of fixed portion OF the
provisions to the fighting troops have
proved to be fallacious owing t. the
fact that the troops have taken these
provisions themselves and eaten them
without treating them as part Of the
authorized scale OF rations. >.
In this way some units. which have
chanced to have the opportunity to
capture booty of this description. have
lived in abundance. while others are
suffering privations.
Further 1t has not even been the
troops In the front line to whom this
more abundant supply OF food has
fallen. but second line troops. train
echelons. and. especially, stragglers
who are roaming about behind the
army.
'It has even happened that men
have taken food without authority and
by force from the stores in the miIi-
tary occupation and administration.
and, regret to say, some officers have
not been ashamed to interfere with
the guard in the execution Of their
duty and to insult the officials to
whose charge the provisions were en-
trusted.
1T appears to be necessary for the
supply officials to follow the first line
troops rs closely as possible and to
be accompanied by escorts OF cavalry
or police. 80 that important stores and
depots may ut least be administered
by, them with as little delay as
possible.
III our progress recruits In the oc-
cupation Of a new area, this must be
placed under regular system on ex-
ploitation as soon as possible. Order
must be maintained in the villages by
sentries and patrols.
"The troops must be prevented and
prohibited from making acquisitions
in the fields and taking the crops. The
people at home are so short OF all
provisions necessary to life that
enough can never be done to diminfsh
the amount which they have to supply
to the army in the field.
Rapid and complete seizure and
economic use of provisions may prove
OF capital Importance for the continu-
ance OF the operations"
The pillaging In the back ASeaS. of
which Won Boehn complains sppears
to have become widesprcald Recen&
orders Issued by the commanders OF
the Eighteenth and Second armies
opposite the British have revealed ax-
cesses which seem almost incredible.
considering that the German military
machine has been notorious for its
iron discipline.
Trains have been held up and the
guards killed and provisions carried
away by gangs OF desperate soldiers
intent upon satisfying their hunger,
even IL they are shot for It,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
Latest Summary
of Big Offensive

German rear guards have again
hurled themselves at tho pursuing
allied forces on the north bank of
the Marne.
Before tho momentum Of their
blow Nthe allies wsre obliged to
Withdraw from the little wood TO
The north Of the town Of Treloup
and wers forced back out Of the
village Of chaffins.
Tho success Of the Germans was
however, short lived, for they were
Immediately driven back by the
allies. Southwark along the lines
toward scissors and to the north
cast, toward Rheims, there has
been heavy bombardments but no
intensive fighting is reported.
A study Of the map Of the region
whore the struggle 10 going on
shows that along the line .@~
Jaui9onne northwest to Qulct z
Chateau, just north Of the =
the aiiiss have pressed ahs = Ir-
ing the past two days. , ): Arly
% the location Of the !, ding
forces can be determine Ger
mans have been force * over
much Of this line, 4nee Of
nearly three miles q ) uesday.
North Of the o, ; river the
situation is obseu, wing to the
lack Of details sivea out thru
official reports or press dispatches.
II may be said, however, that for
the moment, the line from scissors
seuthward to the oureq has
reached a state Of equilibrium and
that the deadlock between the
offensive Of the allies and the de-
tense Of the Germans probably
will continue until the former
hRinss up sufficient fresh troops
to brock the line At some vital
peint.
The German crown prince has
not yetsbeen forced into a general
retreat, but not day Of the allied
offensive has gone without addi-
tional gains being made by the
allied troops. Virtually all but one
Of his lines Of communication have
been lost, and his position is heS
coming increasingly uncomfortable
as fresh troops in repeated efforts
fail to check the steady sweep Of
the allies.
Berlin continues to report that all
allied thrusts are being defeated,
using the adverb completely in tcll-
ing Of today's fighting: Similarly
the German war Office describes the
aIlisd advaDce toward the Avre.
northwest Of Montdidier, in which
the enemy lost 1850 prisoners, fcur
cannon and 800 machine guns, ,ss
T Of no effect.
e The lult on tho other fghtine
sectors in France and italy st;Ii is
unbroken. In Albania the French
have completed their present for
ward movement by the capture of
important heights and the 5ccupa-
tion Of two additional villages.
British and allied shipping losses
in June were the lowest in twenty
one months, or since September,
1916. Losses due to German sub
marines and r,ines and marine
risk totaled 276,620 tons in June,
the British losses being $4,000
tons. Compared with May. the
sinkings in June were $1,000 tons
less and with June, 1917, $4,000
tons less.
The losses for the quarter eHd-
ina June 80 were the lowest for
any quarter since the third Of
1916,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
COLONEL LASHER
SUCCEEDS LOGAN
Davenport Officer to Become Adjutant
General Of Iowa Sept. 1-5ssins
Duties Today a. Assistant To
Genera, Logan.

Des Moines. July 25.-Col. L. p.
Lasher. of Davenport, has been com
missioned adtutant general OF Iowa
and becomes adjutant general Sept. l..
Governor Harding said today. Colonel
1.asher today began his duties as
assistant and between now and Sept. !,
during the occasional absences from
Office OF General Logan. he Will be
acting adjutant general.
When Colonel Lasher is commits
stoned adjutant general, Sept 1. 1t is
expected General Logan will accept
the reglar commission OF major which
already has been granted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
ALLIED SHIP FIRES
ON U. s. SUBMARINE
submeroibls Of latest Design. Mis-
taken For Hun U-boat, Disabled BY
Shots From Friendly vssnsl-Ne One
on underssa Craft Injured.

washington, July 25.-An American
submarine Of the latest design has been
fired on by an allied armed ship OF the
New England coast. The submarine
was only slightly damaged and a naval
tug Is towing 1t to port. No one
aboard the submarine was injured.
i The submarine, according, to reports
to. the navy department today. which
was cruising submerged suddenly APP
peared near the allied ship and the lat
ter opened Are.
The scene Of the attack was not far
distance from the water In which &
German submarine recently appeared
aand when the American submerci BILE
came to the surface the captain OF the
allied ship assumed that it was an
enemy vessel preparing to attack him.
Ee Only one shot hit the submarine
which quickly made known It's identity,
when the allied ship began to fire. The
shell struck on the deck near the con
ing tower, denting several plates. II
was announced that the vessel could be
repaired in q short time.
The navy department did not make
known the identity of either the CUB
marine or allied ship, nor was It an
nounced whether the latter was a cruis-
er or a transport.
The navy depa artment later issued this
formal statement:
''The navy department is informed
that a United States submarine was
fired on by mistake by an armed n1er-
chant vessel, on July 20, of the Amer
lean coast. One shell penetrated the
outer huh Of thetsubmarine but did not
explode. No material injury was done
only a small section of shell plating be-
ing damaged. No one aboard was in-
5ured and the submarine proceeded to
her base under her own power"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-25
HUNGRY HUN TROOPS REVOLT.
Desperation Exists In Kaisers Arm,
on Western Front.

Desperation Exists In kaiser's Army
on Western Front.
With the British Army in France,
July 25.-The claim OF the German
higher command that the retirement
on the Marne is part Of a set program
is given the lie by an order of Cen
eral Won Boehn, commander of the
Seventh army.
The Seventh army has borne the
full weight Of the Foch counter Of
fensive on the west, and its divisions
suffered heavily at the hands Of the
Americans. while those east of Chateau
Thierry were thrown back acroas the
Marne by. the pressure of the French.
For this reason the order Of General
Won Boehn. written month prior to
the beginning of the battle. is ofSun-
usual significance. He deplores the
lack Of discipline which resulted In the
pillaging of stores in the back. areas
during the advance in May, when all