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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
POOR SORT OF ADVISOR.

The New York Times made an out
dated the official reception of the first
Austrian proposal for a conference
looking toward peace by unwisely and
even impudently CounSeling accept
ance of proposal for u conference
that should haze no official recognition
and no actual standing. In that no.
torious editorial the Times got in bal
with Wilson. with the newspapers and
with the people generally.
Now it is apparently striving to
square itself with the powers that be
by assaults on Roosevelt and agree
ment with the presidents proposition
Of selective congressional draft
under his own selection. Again the
of public opinion and the will of the
republic as it was when it agreed with
the Austrian proposal to meet and talk
things over in a store box conference.
One of the fears with which the
American people approach the end Of
the war is that a false altruism will
be written into the peace terms. Ger
tain socialistic tendencies assist to ac-
centuate that unease Q. mind The
Times insistence upon immediate ac-
ceptance of conference proposal
which had nothing to propose and it's
agreement that one man selection Of
congress would be wise and neces-
sary do not relieve that uneasiness. II
the advisers of the president are all of
the class of the New YORK Times then
the necessity for a republican con-
gress becomes still more apparent as
an equipoise and stabilizer in the
portentous days that lie ahead of US.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER.

Some one sends in the following as
Suggestion for an EDITORIAL
During July and August there were
in Iowa alone S32 auto accidents re-
ported in which $50 persons were in
jured more or less seriously and sixty
persons killed. This is about the
average rate from month to month
and yet it appears to create no parti-
eular concern. Should Iowa lose $50 in
killed and 5,736 in wounded during a
battle of the war it would be con-
sidered appalling and yet that is about
the annual loss thru auto accidents.
mostly thru carelessness. The coming
session OF the legislature should take
some drastic action looking to the
saving OF the population Of the state
from auto fools. Of the sixty deaths in
july and August twenty-five were at
railway crossings.
The Suggestion for an editorial is
very much like the chairman who in
PRODUCES the speaker Of the day and
covers the ground so thoroughly thai
nothing is left for the orator to talk
about. However the main thing is to
get the thought. before the reader and
there it is. The legislature ought to
do it, certainly. but the larger fault is
not with the legislatures. There is law
enough if it were enforced to make
streets and highways reasonably sa fe
for pedestrians and vehicles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
Iowa Newspapers
A MONUMENTAL BLUNDER.
burlington Hawkeye.l

President Wilson had every oppor-
tunity of coming out Of this war with
the plaudts of his fellow countrymen
and an enviable record in history. In
a moment of weakness ne has made
the great blunder of his public career
by issuing a selfish partisan appeal to
the voters Of the United States to vote
for democratic candid dates and vir-
tually claiming that this war is
democratic war carried on and sus-
tanned by the democratic party. the
public is astounded at the letting down
of the dignity of the presidential Of
flee and the prostitution of the public
service to promote a narrow partisan
ship There is a wide spread feeling
OF resentment, among democrats as
we'll as republicans, and among all
fair minded citizens.
1t is humiliating that free America
the world model of self government
should thus be proclaimed to all the
world by its chief executive as a
people of whom one-half are conduct
ing the war. one half Of them patriots
and loyal to the principles Of liberty
and the other half are to be distrusted
and denied participation in war acti-
vities. or perhaps by implication held
up to view as obstructionists seeking
to evade their duty. The accusation Is
so unjust. so untrue. as the RECORDS
unimpea chably demonstrate, that the
presidents partisan appeal mars his
public career His act will always
stand in history as monumental
blunder
It will be a matter Of profound re-
greet to the American people that
while our allies witt monarchiel forms
of government nave maintained coall-
ton cabinets. embracing all political
parties, and all patriotic citizens have
shared in the duties and responsibilities
of the war it remained for Free
America" the model republic, to con
duct a great war upon a party basis
substantially excluding one-half OF rne
loyal cit;Zenry from patriotic partlci'
patton in the government. The wound
and the humiliation. were made the
deeper by the brazen announcement
by the vice president that the war IL
"a democratic asset" and now
emphasized and made lurtd by the ap'
peal of the president to continue TIL:
J. strictly partisan policy!
! Turnout the United States there il
modification and deep indignation a
| this unprecedented and scandalou'
! conduct.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
Billy Bunny and HIS Friends

duster,'' said the Old Red Rooster. ~
the two little rabbits drove into the
front gate. ''I,ldidn't know what had
become Of YOU"
Don't YOU ever worry about u.s.
said Uncle Lucky. and he jumped out
OF the Luckymobile like a young rab-
bit, for it made him feel young to get
back 10 his own little house, where no
had lived ever since ne was born.
Have you had your breakfast ne
asked, but the Old Red Rooster shook
his head and tapped his wings, all yell
low and red. and then he crowed out
loud and said:
NO. sir. was up with Mr.. Happy
Sun this morning, but found the kit.
chen door locked. so | thought you
mast be away"
Well. pretty soon, not so very long.
the two little rabbits were sitting down
to breakfast, and when that was over
Tnce Lucky wound up the Victrola
and it began to sing,
Oh. I'm SO glad you're home again,
My dear kind Uncle Lucky,
The Old Red Rooster missed you so,
And so did Dickey Duckey,
And all the pigeons in the barn
Were worried lest you'd come to harm.
! So please next time be home at night
And save US all dreadful fright.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
the HUGHES REPORT.

An outline OF the Hughes report oil
the airplane scandal Is out, As ex-
pected 1t is relation OF sordid profit
taking. Incompetence, carelessness ana
worse. 1t makes clear that the criti-
cism aimed at the airplane board was
fully justified and that thru mat
criticism and the action of the senate
in investigating tho airplane situation
the results since attained came about
Money was wasted like water. Off
GERS appear from the report to have
conveyed confidential information to
manufacturers with whom they We're
allied in interest, delays were dis
astrous and expensive. the situation
seems To have been utterly shot to
pieces by incompetence, greed, and
confusion.
Tho list Of corporations which have
grabbed outrageous proSt Corroborate
the charge that the automobile manu-
fucturers started in to get theirs and
got it.
The fact is plain as pike staff that
whether the waste and manipulation
of the money and material may be
brought home as criminal that the de-
lay and the confusion and the utter
lack of CO. ordination and purpose was
morally criminal Nothing Attorney
General Gregory can urge or argue
can obviate or explain that.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
lBy David Cory. !


Well, as the Policeman Dog jumped
into the Luc!Symobile In the last story
with his big club and silver shield
number one, two, three, the Man In
the Moon threw the light OF his
lantern right Gown on the two little
rabbits. and .hen he began to sing:
"Oh. Lucky Uncle Lucky. and Billy
Bunny, too.
I'm glad that DREADFUL owl has flown
So far away from you. ~
Hut If that brave Policeman Dog
Had not been on his beat.
You wouldn't now be sitting on
That automobile seat.
You're right, Mr.. Man in the Moon,
laughed Uncle Lucky, and then he
horked the horn and made the Lucky
mobile go so fast back to Rabbitville,
L. s. A.. that they reached the town
pump at break of day. And they were
mighty glad, too for they were as
thirsty as a clam at low tide Good
bye said the Policeman Dog, and he
wagged his tail and ran Off to the
police station to report for duty. and
then the two little rabbits turned down
Carrot street and pretty soon they
reached Uncle Lucky's little white
house on the corner Of Lettuce avenue.
Goodness gracious and a feather
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02

The aces OF the air, our bird men are
certainly a factor in the winning of the
worlds war Fighting at dizzy heights
or In the oceans depts was an un-
considered phase of warfare In We olden
days, Much destructive lighting and
In air and water.
To be efficient in battle and along
the avenues OF self preservation, In
either branch OF the service 1T is alb
soutely to know leads, angles
and velocity. hence expert wing shots
are preferred operators,
Governor Whitman. of New York.
has called upon the sportsmen of his
state, thru trapshooting and rifle or
ganizations, for aid in training in
Workmanship and gun handling the
men subject to draft who have not yet
been induced into the service. The
governors object Is to conserve the
most salient factor as yet injected into
the wartime.
The shot gun loaded with buck shot
has become one of the most effective
service arms extant, not only in the
trench work, but mid air duels.
Prior to the call of Governor Whit
man. many successful trapshots have
been acting instructors at the schools
of military aeronautics. The largest
camp Is at Austin. Texas. Mr.. and
Mrs. AID Topperwein, chapion allround
shots Of the world are there teaching
cadets the art Of wing shooting. A
battery OF six L-eggett traps has been
installed. Twelve gauge shot guns OF
the pump and auto loading trap pat
terms are in use. The ammunition used
in training is the regular trap load.
Cadet shooting classes vary from
twelve to fifteen hundred men. repre-
senting every state in the union. An
approximate number Of two hundred
shoot at twenty five targets each day;
the complete course Of instruction runs
$50 shots, divided into six days work.
This with the lectures and black board
demonstrations. comprises line Of in
struction. which enables students to
understand and put in successful opera
eion the necessary leads on flying OBJ
jects. Less than % per cent Of the
cadets have ever shot over the traps.
due to a lack Of opportunity to learn
tnlS great pdtIlOtiC SdiHe VI ouloop'S'
At this ground school engineering. OBJ
servation signals and machine gun
mechanism are also taught.
The necessity for a knowledge OF
wing shooting leads and angles is now
recognized by the government Every
branch Of the service utilities the
knowledge acquired. The air. subma-
rine. trench warfare. with shot gun
auxiliary has caused the Hun TO
scream. Guerrilla Warfare, unfair
tactics. "ungentlemanly ADVANTAGES
Yet Uncle Sam continues strafing them
with this modern invention of the
Browning Brothers which We were slow
to adopt on the score of regular army
prejudices." Major General Franklin
Bell was the first commander OF the
old school to sanction the use of the
scatter gun during his campaign in
the Philippine Islands. when it was
necessary to dislodee thoseIittle brown
hornets when hiding in the tall grass
Under Topperwen's direction. tow
er 40 feet high was erected at Austin;
a trap is set at the base Of the tower
which throws a target with great
ra pidity, the cadet is taken to the top
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02

nov, with the war ended and all the
politicians claiming credit for the
good achieved and charging their op-
ponents with all the ills inflicted upon
mankind thru government. love. war
and disease. wen just be worked to
death and most OF us viii be driving
just as hard then TO get our candidates
elected to Office as we are now working
to win the war.
The Huns misdirected their appeal
for an armisticc. They addressed II
to Washington, ID, c.. u, >. A, III
should have been inscribed Marshal
Ferdinand Foch, Somewhere in France"
and dispatched with a messenger
carrying n white flag.
Evidently what the president really
had in mind when he said politics is
adjourned" IL that the republicans
should adjourn and leave clear field
for the men in his party.
Talk about disappointment, what do
~" '"''N VI ''' Po'' Na"S"S '""h
who died with the "hu" just few
hours after he discovered that he had
inherited million dollars?
DO YOU imdgine the faith of the
kaiser in the second member of the
firm of Me unit Colt" is as strong as
it was last March, for example?
The anxiety of Austria to get out
of the war is very much greater than
her zeal to get in-and this zeal to
get in was irrepressible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
az much entitled TO o. vote OF 0eeA
dence by the people ~ they Are.


Tho loWoy NV. N
shut your eyes and think Of the -
der you miss most.
II may be your own boytpand vol
think OF him. not a. the stx-Ioot %
YOU kissed goodbye. but an that new
mysterious. flesh land blood bundl'
YOU pressed to your heart an houl
after he was born.
II may be your sisters child. or yo'
brothers.
II may be the man, barely tweaty|
one. YOU married less than six month
ago. III
II may be only the grocery boy VIII
came to your kitchen door and forgdI
to bring your yeast the day you wNntV
ed 10 make bread.
But whoever he is,--this soldier DO!
you carry In Your mind, shut your sye'
and think Of him now.
Think Of him when ne mas come
safely through "a hell OF lame An
fight. Perhaps he has seen hts ows
buddy torn to death by sheli-hi'
lieutenant shot by y snAper. He hsi
received his baptism Of fire; no KNOW
what this war means.
Don't you think he needs some place
to 20 after that--sosne place where -
can see with his own eyes that. thew
are still in the world books and musso
and, miracles OF miracles, women
women from the United States Of Am.
erica, who bake him cookies and pu'
colored paper shades over the hgh'
bulbs?
Don't you think when or weeks ~
has been billeted in barn. over-ruf
with rats and vermin, when he''ha'
slept in his clothes--that ne needs
place 10 go where it Is clean and warn
and dry?
Do YOU wonder that II warns HE
heart and puts fight into his spirn
to feel that the folks who sent him u
war have made 1t possible to get
piano and canned peaches and moving
pictures to him through the mud ane
rain and cheerlessness Of those aband'
oned French towns.
Hut--the mean little word has taken
on a glory Of it's own since 1917!
1t may be that it's only a dugout, OF
the corner Of q ceIlar---it may be that
the Salvation Army has opened IT.
or the Knights of Columbus. or the y
NJ. c. A.-the big thing is that It has
an 1s-karat welcome for every lone
some. hungry boy whose feet are wet
and hands cold-who wants TO get hoio
Of something to read worse than any
thing else in the world,
The great organizations which are
deyoting their efforts to relieve some
Of the strain of this grim business OF
war have either built or rented o,sOs
separate buildings for the sake OF our
soldiers, sailors and marines. There u
a hut in every cantonment where sol
diers come direct from their family
life. There are boys who never siept
away from home night In their hSes
until they were drafted. There are
huts at the Atlantic ports where they
set sail and huts 1T the foreign ports
where they leave the transports-ports
which have been pest places for men
who had no place to go when they
wanted to go somewhere.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02

States. 1t is stepping down from
world leadership to the dirty mire OF
ward polotics. President Wilson would
not have done such thing II 1t mad
not been for the building up OF
powerful machine around him that
must become, if it is not torn down
at once, as much Of menace to the
White House as the Russian autocracy
was to the government OF Russia.
CHICAGO Tribune: We would say To
Mr.. Wilson, as solemnly as he has
spoken. that the craftsmanship and dls-
ingenious argument of his appeal
viii add nothing to the confidence in
him the American people and the
world are sincerely anxious to retain.
At a moment when confidence In MN
Az president Of all the people and as
q disinterested leader is of great value
he has seen At to make party APP
peal which, in spite of his perfunctory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02

iisvsA n w their var. TO be fought
by them and ssttlsd BY them. VIII BE-
shocked and Indignant to be told by
tho president Of the United states tina
nothing less than calamity awaits
them and the situation unless they
vote certain political party into
power In congress. E.
William n. Taft In the Philadelphia
Public LEDGER The appeal OF the
president is forcible, but specious. The
unified leadership he asks IL autocratic
power in fields in which the constitu-
ton and principles Of democracy re-
quire that he should consult other re-
representatives. of the people than him
self. In pursuit Of his policies he con-
suits neither his own party nor any
other He wishes democratic SEN
ate. not because he would seek the
assistance OF democratic senator's In
the foreign policy concerning which by
the fundamental law they are to ad-
wise and consent, but because he can
mold them absolutely TO his will with
out consulting them. He has visited
his displeasure on every democratic
member OF either house who have
differed with him and called upon that
members constituency TO reject him.
Is II necessary for the country's well
fare that he should he absolute ruler
OF this nation for the two years en-
suing from March 4 next? That is the
premise upon which the ,soundness OF
his appeal, in it's ultimate analysis.
must rest. Do we need during the
life of the next congress q dictator?
One who knows the facts of this war,
and our part in 1t, and who loves lih-
erty and popular government. must
answer no.
Minneapolis Journal He fears that
the election OF republican congress-
will be interpreted on the other side
OF the water as reputation of my
leadership" The chief reason why 1t
might be so interpreted lies in the
presidents own action in drawing the
issue. II he had strictly maintained
his own lofty position as the chosen
leader Of the American people, en-
trusted by them with greater powers
than any man in this country or per-
haps any other, ever welded. there
would have been no question Of inter-
probation Of republican victory
abroad. - This partisan appeal
is unworthy Of the great character
and the noble achievements Of the
president We believe he will live to
regret having made it.
Kansas City Star: 1t is note
worthy coincidence that in the presi-
dents mind patriotism and partisan
politics are identical. In considering
his statement due weight must be Civ
en- to the partisanship behind 1t. The
president is. first Of ALL democrat.
Springfield, Mass. Republican: Mr..
Wilson is still a war president. The
war is by no means ended, and no one
today can say surely when it will be
ended. Is he not entitled. on his war
record alone. to a vote of confidence?
The French are not demanding the
head OF Premier Clemenceau, nor are
the British demanding the head OF
Premier Lloyd George Mr.. Wilson is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
Topics Of the Times

OF course you don't have to use the
whole three pounds if you don't need it,,
The idea of self determination" as
held by the president is seemingly to
determine everything himself.
In the great issues that are to be
settled when the war is over we shall
need all the ability, courage and eff
cheney in America. And very consid-
cradle part OF these is in the repub-
lican party.
Claiming sanctihcation doesn't estab-
lish it either ir individuals or parties.
-
u We can now set Turkey aside for
hash. a..
There is very little political oratory
in evidence now. but let US not worry
on this score. Reserve stocks are
being accumulated. Two years from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02

and inconsistent disclaimer Is. in fact.
a reputation of the loyal service of
his republican supporters In congress
and an effront to the whole loyal mass
of the republican party turnout the
country For the sake Of the success
of the democratic congressional ticket
in November. and not for the reason
set forth, which facts do not support.
he has created in the hearts Of the
republican half Of the nation. which
has so Loyalty held up his hands in
this war, a feeling Of outraged justice
that will long survive. This is an in
jury to American harmony in the
midst of war for which Mr.. Wilson
must bear heavy and unacceptable
responsibility.
St Paul Pioneer Press: The Am
erican people who have gone into this
war, given to it Of their best blood
and their treasure and who have be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-02
Masonic Meetings
sisIsers Always Welcome.

vsOvsVTW V'"syS
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903. A. F.
A. M.-Speciai communication Friday
Nov. I. 1880 p. m. Work in first degree.
B. f. English, w. NJ: John w. Wells
secretary.
SioNEr CHAPTER. No, 80, r. A. N.
Stated convocation Monda" evening,
Oct. 81. at 1880. Business session. Ira
A. Davenport II. P. John W. Wells
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY. kim Solo.
mon Council No. "a. r. a s. NJ. Mon.
aay Oct. Il. 1918, $50. Regular
business. 1T, Forbes recorder: George
: Gregory. I. NJ.
Special coneiave ST. Alderman Cam.
,nande-v No. 80. x. r. Monday, Nov.
4, at Tao. Work in the order of the
Red Cross. J. F.. Frederick, COM
mander 7. r. Forbes. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. E. S.
Special meeting Wednesday evening,
Nov. 6. z: 80 O'Clock for initiation. Mrs.
Archer Walter. secretary. Mrs. Cora
Wiley, W. NJ.