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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
UNDER FIRE IN PARIS.
Grinnell AIumnus Describes Effect o
Long Range Bombardment.

GrinneIl AIumnus Describes Effect Of
Long Range 6ombardment.
Special to Times-Republican
Grinnell, June 10-The effect Of the
German .5ng range gun bombardment
Of Paris is described in a letter recent
ly received here from Grmnell alum
nus. The name of the writer is with
held by request. 1t follows in part:
'Of course you have been reading of
the long range gun and how it hit a
church on Good Friday and killed
seventy FIVE people. It was the falling
stones which did the damage for the
shell exploded when it hit the roof.
Last evening went out for a walk to
look at some Of the shell holes which
had been made near the hotel during
the day. They were shooting all around
us Yesterday afternoon, the nearest
shell hitting about two blocks away.
"rhe shell holes are very large. some
times five feet deep, but the damage
done when they hit in the street is al
most incredibly small. When a bomb
from an airplane hits in the street it
nearly always breaks all the windows
within fifty yards and often all within
one hundred yards. On the other hand,
LIeS0 SHCAiS AdlA W -ciOt1h "ihNo" .
twenty feet away. Only two or three
panes will be broken where stones OF
missiles from, the shells happen to hit.
The reason is that the shell is very
thick and of very tough steel so that 1t
breaks into few large pieces and most
of the energy is used just in breaking
1T.
.They killed only eight people yes
terday, not a. very large number out
of the millions in and around the city,
so unless the bombardment becomes
heavier we need not worry. What con-
Germs us all much more is the boche Of
fensive and there seems to be every
reason to be cheerful about that, for
tonight's communique says that the
boche has been held solid for twenty
four hours.
81 do wish you could see the effect
that the turning of the American forces
over to the French command for the
battle has had on the French people.
It is looked on here as the finest act
connected with the war. It has had the
Immediate effect of stiffening the back
bone Of the nation immensely"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
ARMY INDUSTRIAL EFFICIENCY.
Great Record Being Achieved in Ship
building and Railroad Construction.

Great Record Being Achieved in Ship.
building and Railroad Construction.
Washington. June 10.-Congressman
Caldwell of New York, in a "leave-to-
print" speech made public today. gave
further examples Of the war accom-
plishments of this administration.
To-day" he said, there is In opera
ton by the United States government
100000 dead weight tons OF shipping
engaged in transporting our army and
It's supplies and in kindred work.
1T Is believed that beginning with
January. 1919, America will be able to
produce 100000 or more dead weight
tons Of shipping each month as long as
the war lasts Of the standard steel and
wooden types. The U-boats can't sink
them that fast. What the apparently
successful concrete construction will
increase this amount to can only be
conjectured. From all reports OF the
trial OF the Faith 1t appears the ex-
pectation of the designers has been ex-
ceeded.
when we started to move our ex-
peditionary force to France we found
That the northern ports of France were
heavily congested with the ships of our
allies and the southern ports were too
shall ow to permit the entrance Of our
large ships fully loaded, nor were there
docking facilities available. It was,
therefore. necessary for US to dredge a
harbor and to build new docks. This
work has been carried out to the extent
that we are able TO take care Of all the
boats we now have in service and in u
short while we win have berths in
which forty ships may be locked at one
time, practically the whole of which
has been accomplished by US. And in
addition to this we have taken from
the United States the necessary steve
doring machinery to facilitate the I'M
loading of our cargoes and set 1t up in
/ sss.iiiit;Ss. -
They tell us Of German efficacy.
German war efficiency was forty years
In preparation. In forty weeks we have
adopted methods Of efficiency and pro-
duced results that would make Fred .
erick the Great turn over in his grave.
In recognition OF this gentleman's dis
comfort we have removed his statue
from in front Of our War College.
I'm France we are operating over 600
X s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
IOWA GIRL TRAIN VICTIM.
Addie Hedges, Of Logan, Meets Death
in Montana.

Special to Times Republican.
Logan, June 1G.-Miss Addie Hedges.
we'll known resident Of Logan and
teacher Of Harrison county, wa$
struck and instantly killed when
crossing railroad track at Butte,
Mont. The body was returned to
Logan Friday, and the funeral WAS
held at o'clock in the Presbytasaai
church, iIrterrleHt Il. Ii LL-eeggan cemetery.
She Is survived by two sisters and
other relatives. The sisters are Mrs.
Eugene Shallenberger, Elwood. Neb.,
and Mrs. F. II. McCabe, of Logan. This
church was beautifully decorated with
flowers by the p. O. O. Sisterhood who
attended the scrvices@in body.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

90 bad ] could noe
rest at night
would lie awake and
get 90 nervous /
would have TO get
up and walk around
and in the morning
would be Ill tired
out. ] read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Ccm-
pound and thought
! would try it. My
nervousness soon
left me. / sleep
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10

"poxsn" Becomes Obsolete in Germany.
Amsterdam. May 10.-German house,
wives and tradespeople will shortly
cease TO uss the dozen. ~ member
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
Conrad News Notes.

Special to Times Republican.
Conrad, June 10. - Miss Norma
Eimers, Of Conrad, and Elmer New
Vile, of Beaman, were married by Rev.
Mr.. Krone at Grundy Center on May
30. @f4se
The members Of Forrest Camp. M.
uf met. a.. !. their camn Sunday
afternoon and marched to the ceme-
terry where the ceremony Of decorating
the graves of departed neighbors was
carried out in an impressive manner.
Considerable damage has resulted to
the crops on the lowlands No trains
came in from Monday until Thursday
night.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
WOMAN'S NERVES
MADE STRONG.
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Winona, MINI. suffered for nors
than JJsas.. e:c.n nervousness, ..a $50
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-10
! Reason.

II you will not hear reason, she viii
surely rap your knuck lss.-Trs1kijN
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
WOMAN UNDERTAKES
war SAFETY WORK

Miss Charlotte Hine is now serving
the ordnance bureau in Detroit, where
she is working along !.:es in connec-
ton with the work of the department
of labor on plans to insure the safety
of women in government service. She
prepared for the position through a.
course in government war work at
the University of Rochester. Every
safety measure is considered a means
of increasing the productive power OF
labor.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
DULUTH NORRIS =.
PLAN: COMPANY

An institution Of great usefulness
to the wage Garner is now operating
in this city-and is fast becoming a
Plan company.
This company was organized nearly
two years ago by public-spirited men
Of this city to- provide borrowing ia
cilities for the salaried man or woman
or wage Garner who heretofore has
not been able to borrow money
often urgently needed at
usurious rates of interest.
It is not charitable institution
but seeks to put the honest, industri-
Gus borrower on his feet-lending
him what, money he needs at banking
rates.
All the borrower has to do is to
prove his good character, industry
and earning power-and get two peo-
pie of equal responsibility to guaran-
tee the repayment of his loan. If
Liberty bonds or other marketable Sc
curities are deposited as collateral
no guarantors are required.
Nearly 1000 people have already
made use of the company's facilities
improved their credit-made in
vestments Of value and been started
on the road to prosperity.
Many of these are returning for
second, third or fourth loans, which
is a striking indication of the fast
growing popularity of the institution.
Loans are made for any legitimate
purpose, such as temporary embar-
rassment, paying accumulated bills,
buying or improving property, saving
by paying cash for merchandise, IN
vestments, etc.
Advice is freely and cheerfully given
on financial matters.
/ One of the important features OF
the business is the financing of Lib
erty bond subscriptions. Bonds may
be bought on the weekly or monthly
payment plan-10 per cent on appli-
cation and $1.00 each week for each
$50 bond.
J. P. Morgan siad that Character Is
the basis Of credit" and Morris Plan
companies, of which there are over
100 now in operation, are founded on
that principle, which is being amply
proven from day to day.
The officers and directors of this
company are: President, J. L. WASH
burn; vice presidents, John H. Nc
Lean and T. J. Monahan; treasurer,
T. w. Hopes; secretary, A. T. Ban
ming Jr.; Manager, S. A. Harley.
Directors, J. L. Washburn, John H.
Mclean, Seth Marshall, c. A. Dun
can, r. M. Sellwood, H. r. Armstrong,
A. H. Comstock, George H. Crosby,
J. J. Eklund, I. Freimuth, A. Miller
McDougall, T. J. Monahan, Herbert
Warren. John G. Williams, T. w.
Hopes, A. T. Banning Jr., and Will
liam E.. Woodward.
The offices of the Duluth Morris
Plan company are located at 20 Third
avenue West Duluth MINI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

Great War Ballads" by j. Brookes Mors
Thrash-Lick Publishing Company, Fort
Smith, Ark, col lists, in the opening Sec
ton, of incidents of the war, related by an
Irishman with the conventional brogue~-
Mr.. Dooley at the front, in simple and
sometimes sentimental verse The second
part contains metrical TRANSACTIONS of sev-
eraI of the tales of Ovid. The verse 10
graceful in the traditional manner, and the
transations have elected approval from
critics better qualified for such compare
tive work than the present reviewer.
hasten to say that Mr.. More's Ovid is trans.
formed into modest and law-abiding citi-
zen.
Then there are the books of rollickng
rhyme by three men from the trenches.
"Buddy's Blighty" (Small, Maynard Com
pany, New York; is good Kiplngesquc mar
rativc. 1t IS by Lieutenant Jack Turner,
M. c., Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Ginger Mick" (John Lape), by c. J. Dennis,
is intriguing Australian. There's nothing
to beat Australian slang. Did you ever get
hold Of half a dozen Sydney Bulletins"
and spend all afternoon with them, It IL
an cxhiarating dissipation Read Dennis
for Australian types and lingo at their
raciest Rhymes in Olive Drab," By Ser
geant John 2. Roche, is an American
rockies reactions. Songs of the Skokits
by Anne Higginson Spicer (Ralph f. Sey-
mour, Chicago): "The Potter's Clay" BY
Marie Tudor putnam. New York;, and
Melodies in Verse;" by Mary B. Ehmann
(Stewart & Kidd Company, Cincinnati), ell
have varied charms to soothe the more OF
less soothable breast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

glory, to its last momcntous detail It Is
not to be again Perhaps am too
much haunted by this note. 1t is a book
of virile loneliness the record of peculiar
devotion.
Sonnets, l suppose, in this sinful day, are
a weakncss-to which I hasten to confess.
When nobly done what .aspirants of splen-
did melancholy may they be! OF truth,
then, have made a discovery. 1t is "a
Cycle of Sonncts" by Edith Willis Linn
Games T. White e. Co., New York;. Ex-
cclent verse seemed this persons "From
Dream to Dream" but these sonnets are
inefably better. ] would might quote
representative dozen Of them. The best of
them have all that sonnet should have:
dignity, lordly rhythms, we'll closed periods,
slyly cached, fine lines. They often open
with the simplicity which BELTS the begin
ming of the feast good sonnet is. Observe
this insinuating picture:
Like gray nun, who treads on silent feet.
The dawn creeps slowly, in her hand star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

seaworthy; the other might be "Breakers,'
or "a Shore Lyric" But much negligible
stuff fills out the pages.
Dennis A. Mccarthy of "Songs of Sun
rise" page Algenon Charles!D, published
by Little, Brown & Co., New York, is good
everyday rhymer He seeks no subtleties,
and writes with facility and gusto. His
popularity is deserved. Solomon de la Selva,
official poet of Nicaragua, is beyond me. I
suspect him of being that extinct bird, an
ego unashamed. His "Tropical Town and
Other Poems" (John Lane, New York; con-
tains some charming conceits and again
some ambitious fol- de-rol. Altogether q
promising mountebank, not beyond admir-
ing for his versatility and enjoying for his
candor. "The Final STAR" by Marion Cou-
thoy Smith DANES 7. White, New York;, is
excellent verse by attractive person
atty. There's fine ballad about New
York in it. "Western Waters" by Eliza
beth Sewell Hill (The Roadside Press, Chi
cago), is dedicated to civilian Stanley
Braithwaite, Friend Of Poets" He will
have to befriend it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

haps it is only the English country, which
both of them loved and celebrated poig-
nantly, that accounts for the resemblance.
But Thomas knew his country longer than
Brooke, and is the richer poet for it. This
is simply all that one gets from him. the
country in England, inanimate one would
say, SO far as the human is concerned, but
alive, in these poems, with the rich en-
broidery Of intimate facts and hoary tradi-
ttons. The book teens with names and
places, and like the work of that other
wood-struck dreamer, Jeffries, it riots in
glorious pessimism. One can see why Ed
ward Thomas found the war a release: he
was killed at Arras, on Easter Monday of
1917. Reading his Poems" it is as though
one heard uttered, gently, sorrowfully, with
exquisite caressing farewells the death of
all things spirited and young He paints
dying beauty for you, in its last simple
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
he Verse, Free and Otherwise, of Contemporary Poet

versions Of his life, but this book adds
nothing to his poetical work except fresh
evidence Of his remarkable virtuosity in
imitation Of the ancient balladsts Ballad
ists-Swinburne could initiate anything.
and to the life; himself he could not:
others have done that better. What Mr..
Gosse calls "a section of Swinburne's lyri-
cal writings which has often been talked
Of but will not at present escape our guar
dianship,". might indeed be an addition to
his known work. These are the verses Of
which Jowett, relating how he once drove
Swinburne home from dinner, said: ooh,
he sang all the way-bad songs-very bad
songs"
Edward Thomas, although he is said to
have been inspired by Robert Frost, to
whom no dedicated his "Poems" (Henrv
Holt, New York;, reminds me Of Rupert
Brooke, in the "Grantchester" mood. Per-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

I WAS a quarter of an hour since
the lady sent from the Mayors Office
had gone away. FRANCHISE in des-
peration paced the little room, her ears
tingling with the frightful words, ask
ing herself if 1t couldsbe true that her
son was dead.
Without doubt, since Antoine had sent
no news of himself for more than a
month. they had to be- prepared for
something. But ignorance is blessing.
Silence leaves some rays Of hope. While
now to know that he had been killed
that she would never, never see him
again-that was a bitter shock Fran
coise was still stupefied and sodden; her
grief had become something fixed and
irreparable.
She no longer wept. A spring some
where within her snapped. Destiny,
that terrible child, breaks sometimes the
mechanical toys-the human beings
it plays with FRANCHISE, in the space of
minute, bent suddenly under the bur-
den of ten added years.
Walking aimlessly to and fro, she
ended by falling into the worm-eaten
walnut chair, in the corner where her
son used to seat himself on coming home
from the fields.
He was "a good son, Antoine. He had
preferred not to marry in order to re-
main with his parents. Perhaps some
day they would have persuaded him to
marry, and the two old people would
have had little children to caress.
Now Antoine would never marry.
From the corner where she was, at
the edge Of the deep fireplace, one could
see through a window the road and it's
plane trees, an angle of the garden and
the fence, half white and half green,
which Antoine was repainting when the
war broke out. She still saw him there
arranging his brushes and saying with
his brave, boyish smile:
"Ill finish it when I come back. And
that viii be soon."
Now he would never finish painting
the fence
FRANCHISE recalled him also, when he
was smaller, setting off for school on
snowy mornings, with his wooden shoes
and his school bag, which he held pushed
up from his shoulder and which formed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

An unpretcntous start is one Of the secrets
of good sonnet 1t is like a modest and
decent manner in people. Anything that
smacks Of mouthing turns the page in
stantly.
Consider that this book contains some
hundred and twenty-five sonnets, and that
every fourth or fifth one will be wellnigh
thrilling. 1t is something Miss Linn falls
badly at times; but when she does the
solid thing it is an affair to roll upon the
larynx. Listen to this quatrain:
Across the hills, in vivid autumn trod,
Where sodden leaves and clinging SHOWS
have lain,
Barefooted April tips her urn of rain
And sudden greenncss sweeps along the
About q third of this book, discreetly
winnowed, would be a volume worth keep
ing at hand
James Stewart Doubleday's "Songs and
Sea Voices" Washington Square Book
Shop contains at least two bully lyrics.
The first one, 40 White Ship" is absolutely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

The father wasn't always agreeable
when he looked like that.
While she hesitated Voirin turned
toward her with brusque movement, as
If he was going to speak. But he re-
NAMED silent. He passed his hand
across his brow, squeezed his pipe be-
tween his teeth and lighted it.
Then it was FRANCHISE who spoke. Her
throat almost choked, she sought to
bring him around to the war-to the lat
est news. When they got on that SUBJ
ject she would deliver very gently
morsel of the truth-a very tiny morsel.
She looked at the fence. Her heart
grew weaker with each beat She felt
as if she were going to faint.
did you see anybody you knew at the
market?"
"At the market? All! yes, I talked
with Lorichon. Don't you know? Lori
chon. He has cousin who was-who
is-with Antoine in the 164th."
What a queer manner he had suddenly
assumed
And what did he tell you?" she asked
IN tone SO low, so full of anguish, that
he could hardly hear her.
She was afraid of something which
she could not define, but which she
thought she read in her husbands eyes.
She went to the sdeboard and got
napkin, with which she began mechani-
cally to polish corner of the table.
And then she said with great effort.
leaving Voirin no time to answer her
question:
"By the way, have some news"
"Ah?"
Yes, news of Antoine. Don't be
frightened. 1t seems that he was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

SO discreetl There are people who know
how to manage things, to say just what
is essential when misfortunes come. But
an old peasant woman like herself-no
one had ever taught her how
She made an effort to collect her poor
thoughts.
eyes. l shall say that he is wounded.
And then, little by little-to-morrow or
the day after to-morrow-a little more
each day l shall lead him on until he
has strength to hear it,"
She had hardly planned out her pitt
able method of suggestion when Voirin
entered.
He was tall old man. still erect, with
very white mustaches which set off his
bronzed face.
BY his expression she saw that he was
not satisfied with his day at market. No
fertilizers to be had--or hay too dear in
price.
"You are tired, papa, aren't you?
(she tried to control her faltering
voice. 1t want right to stay out so
long in the sun in this heat
lie approached the table YEARLY, put
down his hat and his cane and an
swered:
1T wasn't the sun. 1t was the crowd.
There were too many people there"
Francoise coughed, seeking for words
which eluded her
He sat down in the chimney corner In
the walnut chair, in Antoine's place. He
filled his pipe, his eyes on the floor,
frowning, deep furrow between his
eyebrows. And FRANCHISE, watching
that morose visage, did not dare to COM
hence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

little bump under his cap And as
still smaller boy, when he was not as
tall as the fence.
The lady from the Mayors office had
sworn by all the gods that she knew
none of the details. She knew only that
Antoine had died like brave man, had
not suffered at all, and that they were
going to give him the Croix de Guerre.
Why is it that those who die on the field
of battle never suffer when the news is
told to their poor old parents?
Suddenly she Strengthened herself up.
How shall she tell all this to his
father when he comes back?
Vorin had gone to market But in
quarter of an hour-ten minutes-per-
haps even five minutes-it would be
necessary to tell him of this terrible
thing-the death Of his only son.
1t was a fatality that she should have
been at home alone to receive that melan-
choly visit. 1t is easier to resist such
shocks when two are together. Now it
would be necessary to subject this poor
old man to the suffering which she had
already endured.
She walked feverishly across the room.
She was thinking how she should go
about it. To tell him the truth without
preparation-that would kill Voirin. He
had just spent three weeks in bed, suf-
fering from blood pressure, and the ply
stefan had warned her:
"Above all things see to it that moth
ing excites him. The next time it will
be more serious"
He must divine it. But how to put
him in the way of divining it? 1t would
have taken that lady to do it-so gentle,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
Predestined

YOU were SO grave when you were
Il small,
Dear little boy grown tall
All Of your sayings and replies
Were quantity wise.
Were your far-seeing ewes so mirthless
when
Upon them flashed the sight of marching
men,
When to your sense prophetic there awoks
The crash of shells, the sting of fame and
smoke?
And when you needed not some light conn
mand,
Was the gun pressing heavy on your
hand?
The muttering plant of nations did you
hear,
Oh, little boy so gravely sweet and dear.
Dear boy grown tall,
What are your thoughts when the swift
rockets fall
Down the red sky?
Are you content to die
That children, scarcely than yourself less
young,
Should safely grow within quiet home,
That men in peace should plough and
plant the land
And women go untouched by brutal handS
Are you resigned
To fill the niche hewn out for you by
The cruel niche that age on age has made?
Are you afraid
To hold the chalice Of your duty high,
Nor spill one drop of sacrificial wine?
Dear boy of mine!
Across the wild, wide stretches of the sea
Let your voice come to me,
And say of these same questions,
Aye, and of their sublime replies,
We're they, were they
What brought patience to your eyes
When you were little and so strangely
wise?
Elizabeth Eakin Compton, in MsasssxlA