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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22

q &c rnfany 10 advancing into Rus.
hia to restore tho monarchy and
tho privileges of the monarehists
and the capitalists, the bolsheviki
l.goNsrnment in Petrograd declares
II proclamation to the people,
4 calling on them to resist tho Ger.
mans and protect the republic ITO
the DEATH"
All Russians must cooperate in
\ the defense, the boursoise classes
by compuIsion, If necessary, the
& proclamation declares. Petrograd
has been declared in a state Of
siege. ~
Instructions are given the peas.
\ a1ts and workers to take all meas.
urss 70 prevent valuable property
from falling into the hands Of tho
Germans. Everything must be done
10 keep German rnilitarism from
brushing the working classes in
great Russia and tho Ukraine, tho
proeiamation says.
The German navy 10 aiding in
the campaign against Esthonia and
Pstrosrad by investing RevaI, tho
second in importance Of the naval
hAsss on the southern coast Of Fin.
land.
h taking Minsk apd Rovno and
VI pushinS <hOir campaign swiftly
I1G othsr ssctions Of the long front,
,s2lsS ssnsans havs captured large.
7 quantities 0f war snsterial, ineIud-
inp more than 1900 guns and 1900
prisonsrs.
ss Ntsi0ht IS given reports. that
Forsign Minister Trotzky will rs-
sign by the fact that his name 10
missing from the proclamation or.
dsring resistance to tho German
advance. This may not be signi-
6cant but all previous orders have
bssn signed by Trotzky and 10.
nine.
Trotxky is said to have sent tho
deciding vote in favor Of accept.
ing 4 German peace Written con.
6rmation Of the acceptance Of Cor
man peace terms have passed tho
German lines, according to Berlin,
which adds that this disposes Of
rumors that the Lenine- e-Trotzky
government had fallen.
Demands Of Austrian socialists
that the government begin peace
negotiations on the basis Of Presi-
dent Wilson's recent message has
brought the threat from tho en-
psror that he will dismiss parlia.
mont " the budget 10 not ajven
q majority.
Not only are The socialists dis.
satisf'sd but tho cxechs, sIavs, and
Polish deputies In tho Austrian
raichsratn are openly hostile to tho
governmen. in Ito war and peace
policies. Tho socialists have call
cd mass meetings to support dc.
rsands for opening Of peace nego.
tiations with the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Artillery Section on Whole Front.

Paris, Feb. 22.-Heavy artillery
fighting on the whole front is reported
In today's official announcement. The
statement says:
Heavy artillery fighting occurred
along the whole front, especially in the
forests Of Pinon, Chevraux and the
California plateau (Aisne 'front.', Butte
du Mesnil champagne 'front.' and
Hartmansweiler-Kopf. H There was NJ
infantry action
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Sweden wooId intervene,

Stockholm, Feb. 21.-Sweden has
suggested to several powers that dip
lomatic Intervention be made in Petro-
grad to obtain evacuation Of Finland
by Russian troops, Premier Eden an
nounced in the riksdag today in
supplementary statement Of the Fin
uish situation. ...
The Finnish government, the pre-
mier added, had refusedla Swedish Of
fer to mediate between the Finnish
government and the revolutionists
Nevertheless Sweden is still ready to
use her good offices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
READY FOR DRAFTED MEN.
Arrange ments Completed for Arrival
Of 1890 Recruits at Camp Dodqe.

Camp Dodge, Feb. 22.-With the
designation today Of fifteen officers to
have charge Of registration and fifty
others to assist them, arrangements
were completed for the reception of
the 14.900 men who are to arrive here
in five day period beginning to-
morrow.
Col. r. P. Howell will have direct
supervision Of the registration of the
new national army men. which will in
clude more than $500 from Iowa, and
the balance from Minnesota.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Kai.er Hears Call For Help.

Amsterdam, ebF. 22.-Bmperor Will
liam, according to the Frankforter
Zeitung, replied to the Lubbock senate
appealing to him to help the Esthon-
ians as follows:
"Your words have found a lively
echo in my heart. The despairing cry
of distress which is ever more urgently
reaching our ear from the Baltic coun-
try shall not go unheard. Effective
measures must be taken to safeguard
the tortured population from the burn
ing and plunderlng Of robber hoard
ers and the state Of complete lawless-
ness" SO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
BROUGHT BEER INTO IOWA.
Burlington Teamster Caught Trans
porting Fourtsen Barrels Into State.

Special 10 TlmeS-RepubIlCan
Burlington. Feb. 22.--Deputy United
States Marshal C. 3. Shepperd last
evening arrested Harry Mackey. q
local teamster. at the Iowa end Of the
Mississippi river bridge here and
found concealed In his wagon four
teen barrels OF seer. L.!ackey states
that the beer was the property OF
Mike Bogenschutz. formerly agent for
a Warsaw H.. brewery in Burlington
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
compeIIed 20 ki,s FIao.

Macomis. Ill. Feb. 23.-Twelve men
suspected OF disloyalty were forced to
kiss the flag here last night by men
who visited their homes. In another
part OF town a farewell reception was
given twelve drafted men.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Germans Raid British Trench.

London, Feb, 22.-"Early last night a
large party Of the enemy raided two
|of our posts in the neighborhood of
the Ypres-Rulers railway and a few
of our men are missing says today's
war Office report.
"On the remainder Of the British
front there is nothing special to re-
port"
"A raid attempted by the enemy yes
terday morning against Belgian postN
near Mercken sector was repulsed by
artillery and machine gun fire."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
National Army Men Parade.

Louisville. Ky. Feb. 22.-Six thou
sand soldiers Of the national army
from Camp Zachary Taylor occupied
the place Of honor in q Washington
birthday parade here today. Few OF
the men had seen service before they
came to the cantonment here under
orders from their respective draft
boards.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Observance at Camp Dodge.

Camp Dodge. Feb. 22.-The soldiers
at Camp Dodge today were given a full
holiday.
The program today consisted OF 4
cross country run and formal re-
ception to officers and their wives at
the Y. w. C.. A. hostess house in honor
OF Major. General Plummer, recently
returned from France.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
BRITISH CAPTURE JERICHO.
Another Historical Town in Palestine
Lost to 1urka.

LOST 70 Iurk9.
London, Feb. 22.-The British have
captured Jericho in Palestine. the war
office reports.
Since the capture Of Jerusalem the
British have been pushing ahead
steadily, striking out to the north and
east. Official statements in the last
few days have reported rapid progress
and apparently the Turks have offered
no resistance. Aside from it's historic
influence the capture Of Jericho is Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22

fill their duties by the most decisive
and merciless measures
Peace or Death Struggle.
If the Germans refuse peace to Rus
gsia "a struggle to the death or vic
tory for US is inevitable" says an Of
ficial statement issued today. The
peoples herojsm must be opposed to
the advancing army, 1t is declared.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
HEALTH OF ARMY
CAMPS IMPROVES
Decided 6etterrnent In Conditions at
All Concentration Points-Pneumonia
Continues to Claim More Than so
Per Cent Of Those Who Die.

tions In all American army camps
showed decided improvement during
the week ending Feb. 15, and for that
week there was lower death rate in
all camps than at any other time since
last November
Deaths in all camps, regular army,
national guard and national army, for
the week totaled 1T, OF which s6 were
from pneumonia. Few cases Of the
more serious diseases were reported
as compared with last week. The reg
ulars show the highest rate, 1873 per
1000 per year, and their non effective
and admission rates show slight in
creases over the preceding week.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
lEN|NE CALLS
|Oh COUNTRY TO-
TAKE UP ARMS
uns In Sweep Toward
Petrograd Meet Little
Resistance.
CAPTURE PRISONERS
AND MUCH PROPERTY

Mar PresIamstion Issued by Lenins
Not Signed by Trotzky, Indicating
split Between BoIsheviki Leaders
3 Germans May Ignore Trotxky's Peace
y sOnsr-Russians Awake to Grave
Danger Confronting Them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22

Southern Soldiers Honor Washington,
Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 27.- Washington
birthday was observed generally thru
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
TIE Weather.

The Weather.
Iowa--Fair and warmer tonight and
Saturday: continued rnild temperature
Sunday. a 4
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
Parade Features Chicago Observance


Chicago. Feb. 22.-Chieago today
celebrated Washington's birthday with
military holiday. a. parade OF 5000
men Of the new Illinois reserve militia
being feature Of the celebration.
Governors of seven states in Chicago
for the congress Of national service.
reviewed the parade. Ho nes Of the
city were thrown open to tho soldi crs
from Camp Grant. Rockford. 1ll. 20
per cent Of whom were allowed to
spend today. Saturday and Sunday vis-
iting friends here.
Five hundred soldiers gave an early
parade In the downtown section.
Governor Iowden, Of Illinois; Gov
ernor Harding. of Iowa; the governors
Of South Carolina. Arkansas, Mime
sofa, New York and New Mexico, and
a number Of military officers and 9TH
er prominent men were in the review
ing stand for the main parade Of the
day.
A banquet to visiting notables, a
luncheon given by the Chicago chapter
Of the D. A. R.. and a number Of other
patriotic celebrations marked the day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-22
H oliday in Army Camps.

Washington, Feb. 22.-.Washington's
birthday was observed in all army
camps today. At camps where there
were no formal celebrations the men
engaged in holiday festivities.
The commission on training camp
activities made provision for enter
tainment in all camps.
Congress today observed Washing
tons birthday anniversary with time
honored customs. Washington's fare
well address was read in the senate by
Senator Gary, of Rhode Island. and in
the house by Representative Aswell, Of
louisiana.
The memory Of Washington was ex-
tolled by M. Jusserand, French ambas-
sador, and Senator Warren G. Hard
Ing, Of Ohio, in addresses delivered at
commemorative mass meeting held
under the auspices Of the Sons and the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton.
Every one knows the unanimity Of
the French people," said NJ. Jusseranl,
"in their admiration for George Wash
ington.''
Referring to the present war he de-
clared:
This fight is on. AS We shall no
more desist than Washington did. even
at his most perilous hour, the result ls
certain. The work must be done so
that It may not have to be done again"
Senator Harding declared the time
had come to apply the maxims in
Washington's farewell address con-
cerning the pernicious effects Of in
ternal dissent in national emergency
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
The Matterhorn.

The MatterhOrn was the favOrite
peak of those who "went in for the
hazardous sport of mountain climbing
in the Swiss Alps. Now reports say
that there is no more mountain climb
ing being done. 1t is easy enough to
guess why, writes Niksah. For those
who went around the world looking
for hazardous occupations before the
war there is now no need TO make ex-
tended search, to stop at expensive
hotels, or to hire a retlnue of guides.
Nineteen nations offer the adventurer
more or less of a salary along with
board, lodging and hospital facilities
for the pleasure of risking his neck.
No wonder mountain climbing has
fallen off.
There are those who say that 1t
will never again regain it's old high
estate. They rather think aviation
will attract most of the devotees who
survive the war. But your true noun.
taineer laughs at such a suggestion
For him there is no thrill to replace
the one he feels as he swings by his
fingertips over a 500-fOot drop.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
TELLS ABOUT MERINO SHEEP
Writer Accounts for Thick Folds in
Fleece, Not to Be Found in Other
Popular Breeds.

Just about every so often I get to
feeling sheepish, as it were and have
to write something to show my famil-
iarity with those animals, says Strick-
land Gillian in Farm Life.
The other day 1 saw my wife cook
ing a leg of lamb. Now and then she
would open the door of the oven and
flip some water over the meat.
Thus 1 learned how, when we start
to roast somebody, we may be said to
be giving him lamb-baSting.
You have often heard of sheepfOlds,
haven't you? Well, if you want to see
a sheepfOld look at any merinO sheep,
which accounts for the way the folds
show on them.
When merinO sheep were made, hide
was cheaper than mutton and wool
was drug on the market. So wee
bit of sheep was wrapped in several
sheepskins, necessitating lot of over
laps. 1t seems easier to shir a sheep
than to shear one.
There is an old rhyme which speaks
Of the folded flock" Those must
have been merinOs. It Is some nifty
stunt to de-wOOl a merinO and leave
on more of the hide than of the wool
1t is the only accordion plated sheer
in the solar system. If merinOs haC
been washed in green persimmOn juice
all their lives they couldn't have beer
puckereder.
Evidently their mammas didn't us'
(that kind Of) soap.
The SouthdOwn, OxfOrddOwn, ShrOp
shire-dOwn, etc, are sheep with clear
dresses and dirty hands and faces.
The only sheep that wear hustle:
are the fat rumped sheep now beinl
raised at the state college at Brook
ings, S. D. They carry a trailer
something like locomotive, only ther'
isn't tender behind, except for eating
purposes.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
GOLDFISH MARKET OF JAPAN
Koriyama and Tokyo Are Leading
centers of Industry From Which
Good Returns Are Gained.

Koriyama is known throughout
Japan as the great goldfish market
the city of Tokyo ranking next in i'm
pOrtance, says a correspondent. The
waters around the former city seem
particularly suitable for the culture OF
the many kinds of gold fish.
Generally speaking the gold fish lay
eggs in April, the eggs being hatched
in four or five days. No food is given
the younglings for three days, but they
are then fed finely ground yOlks OF
eggs mixed with water, the yolks be-
ing first boiled then strained through
silk cloth. This diet is later changed
to the larvae of mosquitoes.
The most valuable fish is called
the Lion Head" which gets its name
from the crests or head fins that have
the appearance of a lions name
Three-year-old fish of this variety com
mand prices ranging from $5 to 500.
1t is the usual custom to keep the
fish in glass bowls, although the FISH
cannot fully develop under such cir
cumstances. Flat boxes made of wOot
free from lye or shallow cement ponds
are considered ideal for keeping the
fish.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
switzerIand,s Water Power.

There are no coal mines in Swit2er-
land, but there is white cOal' or wa
ter power in abundance that can be
transformed into light, heat and pow
er. An electric railway climbs a tun-
mel inside the Jungfrau mountain.
Halfway on the journey a good hot
luncheon is served at the restaurant,
in a station followed out from the
rocks. The temperature of the tunnel
in this snOw-cOvered mountain is but
little above the freezing point, even in
summer, but the trains are lighted,
heated and driven up the mountain,
a07 the cooking and heating at the
nat are all accomplished by the
uuLLauon of the icy cold water run
ming down the mountain side as water
power to generate electricity.
Few countries in the world are SC
well supplied with potential water
power as Switzerland, and with thi:
power fully developed she need never
again see her industries at the mercy
of a neighbOr who might become a
any time an alien enemy.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
MAY KEEP ENGAGEMENT RING
Jersey City Judge Rules in Favor of
Girl Whose Intended Sought
Return of Sparkler.

There can be no Indian givers on
the Jersey side of the Hudson, so
ruled a judge in Jersey City, writes a
New York correspondent. AS a result
Of the decision a young swain is out
a $3.50 diamond ring, which he wanted
a blue-eyed, petite blonde to return to
him.
The two were engaged, and, according
to custom, he placed the sparkler in
question on her left hand. They then
quarreled because she, according to
his testimony, preferred the tango, jazz
and fOxtrot to sitting on a sofa and dis
cussing their future. Therefore he
broke off the engagement and demand
ed his presents back.
The judge was called upon to decide
whether an engagement ring was a
gift outright or merely a gift contin-
gent upon the fulf1llment of a promise
to wed. The court then arranged a
little Solomon judgment" skit that
worked to perfection, so far as the
judge and the young woman were con-
cerned.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
Experts PeriIous Task.

One of the thrilling and hazardous
duties which sometimes falls to the
lot of game experts and wardens in
mountainous regions of the West is
to search out eagles nests, rob them
of their eggs, and perhaps take the
young captive, says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. The perils of the task
are not all passed when, with a rope
ladder or by other precariOus means,
he has ascended or descended to the
aerie, for then the intruder must face
the powerful grown birds at close
range, and often when he cannot de-
fend himself to advantage. The
searcher for the lofty nests also finds
that the young fifty or sixty days old,
can become disagreeably aggressive.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
Monks and the sIIEcworm.

About the year 552 two Persian
monks stole furtively out of China
with scanty luggage, but treasuring an
ordinary bamboo cane. They set out
on foot and made their way from China
into Europe. In that cane were null
titude of the eggs of the silkworm
moth, which the monks had stolen.
They carried them to COnstantinOple.
When the time came for the hatch
ing of the eggs the monks tended the
little caterpillars, fed them on the
leaves of the mulberry, took their CO.
cOons when they spun, and from them
derived the first silk produced in Eu'
rope. Silk had for centuries before
been a treasure of China, and its man
ufacture, like the insects which pro
duced it, was jealOusly guarded. The
monks, while ON a missionary enter
prise to China, had witnessed the whole
process of silkwOrm rearing and the
manufacture of silk.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
Fishing Village That Floats.

In the shadow of the huge Manhat-
tan bridge which connects New York
proper with Brooklyn nestles a veri-
table fishing village consisting of nine
two-stOry hOusebOats moored side by
side so as to form a solid row and
sheltering the fishermen and their fam
lilies, on whom New York city is de-
pendent Tor a good part of its fish sup
ply. But unless you are familiar with
the vagaries of fish and the localities
in which they school in certain sea-
sons you need not go in search Of this
village. Often it disappears from a
locality overnight, without any fare
wells, reappearing as quietly q
few months later.-Popular Science
Monthly.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
Steps Drive Business Away.

Store entrances now are flush with
the sidewalk, or as nearly so as con-
ditlons will permit, observes a mer
chant in the New York Sun. We store.
keepers are aware that customers are
more likely to walk straight into a
store when unimpeded than to go up
even one short step. Banks were the
last to realize the handicap imposed
by steps at the entrances, and you
don't see architects planning bank
buildings now with steps at the front
as they did in the old days.
Smyrna times., 1918-01-09
SCOT BEATS LAW BY A NOSE
Thirsty Sandy, In Wild Race Against
Time, Arrives on Quarter Minute
and Gets His Drink.

Writing in EverybOdy's, Maude Rad
ford Warren enumerates some amusing
incidents showing the effects of lin
tied war prohibition in England. One
evening the author witnessed the fol-
lowing race against time that was
staged near Victoria station, London,
at an hour when traffic is thickest:
"Presently shouting and cursing
arose at the center of the intersecting
streets. People turned, peering and
gaping. Streaking straight through
the traffic, regardless of laundering
trucks and sliding cabs and Obstruct-
ing pedestrians, came a ScOtchman.
His eyes were CLASSY and staring; his
kits were flying; his knees were twin
king. On he came, straight for the
public house. If he could get hand
on a glass of his national vodka by
9:291h, he was saved. Would he make
it? A group of ribald Americans
cheered him on, yelling at him in race
track fashion. His fellow ScOtchmen
silently made way for him, and some
of them even pushed people out of his
path. But they did not cheer; it was
a matter too deep for sounds. On
came Sandy; painting, glaring, he
leaped through the door, and a sym
pathizer from over the seas who fol
lowed him reported that 9 :29% he had
a strong Highland paw curled around
three fingers of Scotch. The early
closing law. thanks to good SDrinting
had been respected-but nevertheless
the trench had been taken and the day
saved -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-03

BRISTOL COIORED MAN
CHOSEN AS WAR SPEAKER

Bristol. va. June 2--Robert Fl
Clay president Of the Bristol Negro
Business league and prominent
figure in his race. has been selected
one of the sixty representative citi-
zens of the colored race in the coun-
try by the war department 70 make n
speaking tour OF the country and
create and mobilize public opinion
among the negroes.
Clay received notification ~ his ap-
pointment from Emmett J Scott, as
sistant secretary OF war. yesterday.
Detailed instructions of his duties will
be mailed him in day or two.
The list OF sixty leading colored cttf-
zens In headed by Or. Robert r. Nor
ton, successor 10 Booker r Washing
ton and head OF the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial institute. Clay is nam
ed az the twenty-sixth speaker on the
list Other men selected are Or. W.
E. Dubois. editor OF the Crisis maya =
zine: Or. j. w. r. Rowan, vice presi .
dent Cannon theological seminary;
DIR. Robert F. Jones editor Of the
Southwestern Christian advocate
Major Allen w Washington. presi-
dent Virginia Organization Society OF
Hampton institute. Va. and Henry
Allen Boyd secretary of the National
Negro Press association of Nashville
Tenn