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Evening star., 1918-02-16
Stretches Of Thin Cloud.
BY JOSEPH sTEHLIN.

Through stretches of thin cloud / get
shnpseS OF name and smoke and know
tnat the others have been successful
1 know also that the alarm has heen
sent ahead that the French are out af,er
balloons and that by this time NV dr.
enen as being hauled to earth as rapidlv
rs frenzfed boches can reel in the ca.
pies know that every second brings
ner closer to the ground and makes nv
attack that much more dangerous The
gunners about her landing place are
etrain1ng their eyes to see at what
point l Will break through the cloud
blanket. and very likely a swarm of
Fokkers is spiraling up to get me from
above.
will pass the "sausage"-wiu turn
and pique down upon from the other
side. Then when l rise-if 1 rise-I will
already be headed for home and will
lose no time turning while in range.
1 take last look at the rockets; they
ere fastened there on each side of me
TO the V-shaped strut that holds the
planes together. They look like the
rockets 1 fred July 4, 1916, in Sleeps
bead bay. only they are bigger and the
beads. instead of being made of paper,
tre OF metal. They point forward.
l pull the marche-barre over for a
downward virage and plunge out into
plain view Of the gunners below. AS
Expected. they are ready for me: but
their aim II wild.
Tho balloon is inst whefe I expected
A1De44 nee0 lhaRfed
Evening star., 1918-02-16
MESSAGES TO SURRENDER GO
TO GERMANS IN SAUSAGE MEAT

The much ridiculed German sausage
may be playing an important part to-
ward disintegrating the kaiser's army.
Frances message to German troops
that they will do well to surrender and
give the password "Kamarad Repub-
liaue" is being carried to the German
front lines in sausage meat and in
other ways.
Small walls containing the message on
oiled paper are dropped in Germany
from allied airplanes, and relatives who
hope for peace and the lives of their
men to be spared, slip the message into
things they send to the troops. Many of
those receiving the message surrender
Evening star., 1918-02-16
BRANDED AS PR0HTEER, {
ENDS LIFE WITH POISON
George Leroy Jump, Canned Goods
Broker Of Queen Anne, Ill., +
Left Note to WIFE. .

BALTIMORE. ma. February 1e|UAs
able to bear tho brand Of Q va1
profteer. George Leroy Jump. Anetys
two years old. OF Queen Anna. Ia, .
general broker in canned goods. ennud
his life late yesterday in a room -GhA
local hotel by swallowing poison.
The fact that Mr.. lump was caoo1ly
questioned Thursday when he appeazsd
in Washington before tho Federz1
Trade Commission IS believed to have
preyed on his mind He was before the
commission on an official summonA 40
cording to testimony taken At the
hearing. Mr.. Jump practically admitted
that he had overcharged for canned
goods, explaining. however. that he had
done so to make up for other lossea.
Mr.. Jump left note to his wife exy.
ing he had been adtudged guilty ef
profiteering in canned goods
Evening star., 1918-02-16
A raw, SORE THROAT
Eases Quickly When You Apply
Little Musterole.

And Musterole won't blister like the
old fashioned mustard. plaster. Just
spread it on with your fingers. It pene-
trates to the sore spot with a gentle
tingle, loosens the congestion and draws
out the soreness and pain.
Musterole is clean, white ointment
made with oil of mustard. 1t IS fine for
quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis,
tonsilitis, Group, stiff neck, asthma, neu-
ralgia, headache. congestion, pleurisy
rheumatism, lumbago, pains, and aches of
the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles,
bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds on
the chest lit often prevents pneumonia.
Nothing like Musterole for croupy chill
dren. Keep it handy for instant use.
SOC and 60c jars; hospital size, $3.50.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
OVER SEAS TO FRENCH PORT
PROVIDES THEME OF LETTER

ering< place in the evenings for such
officers as are not on duty. frequently
we will have Quartets and other en-
tertafners from among the enlisted
men. and they furnish some excellent
forms of entertainment There are a
number of colored troops aboard. and
they have given US a lot of good mu-
sic and dancing.
Yesterday was Christmas and the
dining room was quite pretti1y dec
Grated in honor of the occasion. We
had quite a long program Of enter
tainments in the evening.
On several evenings the naval Of
f1cers have put on moving picture
shows for us They have been exceed
ingiy courteous to the Army. to say
nothing of the caro- they have shown
for our safety and comfort and in
consequence the best of good feeling
exists between the representatives of
the Navy and of the Army on board"
Evening star., 1918-02-16
INVITES THOROUGH INQUIRY.
American International Corporation
Offers It's Books and Records.

NEW YORK. February 16.-The Amer
ican International Corporation. through it's
president, Charles A. Stone. has noti-
fed Attorney General Gregory that it in
vited the most thorough investigation of
its connection with the construction of
the government shipyards at Hog Island.
near Philadelphia, and that all it's rec
ords in the matter would be freely sub
mitted for examination.
Evening star., 1918-02-16

and surprisingly few spies have been
found among their number.
Information to this effect was given
yesterday to the House committee on
postal expenditures. which was hearing
a representative of the committee on
public information on the propaganda
campaign being carried on in Germany
by the allies.
Propaganda pamphlets showing that
the war aims of the allies are for the
overthrow of the Pruesian autocracy
are being dropped from airplanes 200
and 300 miles behind the German front
lines, the committee was told.
Germans in Switzerland, working for
a German republic, are also using their
own methods to have troops surrender,
giving the password, "Kamarad Re
publique"
Evening star., 1918-02-16
PRISONERS IN RUSSIA
GATHERING NEW IDEAS
Austro- German Political Commis-
sion Alarmed at Un-Prussian
Sentiments.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE.
Cablegram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. COpyright, 1915.

!. PETROGRAD, February Is The
Austro-German political commission
sitting in Petrograd protested to the
soviet against the deplorable condi-
ton of the Aust stro-German prisoners of
war. The commission cateSoricalIy de-
manded assurances that the soviet pre-
vent the further concentration of pris-
oners in large cities. There are now
10000 Austro-Germans in Petrograd
and $4,000 in Moscow. All are slowly
becoming victims of the insidious poi
son of bolshevikism. German delegates
who talked with the prisoners were
highly shocked at the un-Prussian SEN
irents they heard. The delegates real
ize that these prisoners never again
will be model subjects of imperialistic
Germany They desire to keep the
number of AuStro-German converts as
low possible.
The commission urged the peoples
return to the, interior, concealing the
real reason for this demand under the
plea that through lack of special or
Eanization for their care the prisoners
are rapidly dying of starvation. This
is quite true. but it is not the real rea-
I son why the German commissioner
wishes the war prisoners elected. One
sees German and Austrian prisoners
4 =,
singing, and also in groups of eight
\ to ten, mostly clean and we'll brushed,
| in startling contrast to the Russian SOL
diers. The majority are obviously un-
derfed, yet every one in Petrograd is
| underfed. Regardless of the amount of
money one spends it is literally difficult
| to get enough to eat.
| German prisoners come to Petrograd
with the intention of returning to Ger
| many through Finland and Sweden.
Some get away, but the majority re-
| main behind listening to the soviet's
| skillfully conducted propaganda, which
! says: THE German land should belong
| to the peasant, the factories should be
controlled by the workmen."
In the foreign Office of the soviet
| there is gigantic bureau whose duty
| it is to conduct propa aganda among the
prisoners of war by pamphlets and even
| daily newspapers published in the Ger
/ man language in which they expose the
] wickedness of the militaristic German
government This propaganda extends
| throughout the country even to the
| smallest internment camp. The priS-
J oners swallow the poison and cry loud
| the alarm of the German commission in
| Petrograd when it thinks of what will
| happen when 1000, 900 prisoners in Rus
| s1a exposed to the deadly bolsheyik
propaganda return to Austria and Ger
many after peace is signed.
| The Danish and Swedish Legations
| have large amounts of German money
4 deposited for the purpose of relief for
Austro-German and Turkish prisoners
banks prevented the legations from
drawing this money and the relief
stopped. This is another point for pro-
/ test.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Gamers Reflect Burden President

BOSTON, February 16.-Henry Bur
den of Cazenovia, n. Y, was reelected
president of the National Gamers AS
sociation at the closing session of its
annual convention here yesterday Frank
Gerber of Fremont. Mich, first vice
president, and Frank Z. Garrell of
Washington, D. C.. secretary -trea surer.
also were reelected.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
ATTACKS UPON BRITISH
GOVERNMENT beaten

LONDON, February 16.-Through the
adoption Thursday night by the house of
commons of the address in reply to the
speech from the throne, which was ac-
complished without division. the at
tacks against the government for the
time being have come to naught. All hos
tile amendments against the premiers ad-
dress were either withdrawn or rejected
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Profteer Gives $3.50 to Red Cross

COLUMBIA. S. C., February ia
South Carolina wholesale dealer has
given the Red Cross Society a check for
$3.50, representing the excess proceeds
from charges on sugar. The food ad-
ministration agreed not to revoke his
license II he would take this step, and
he gladly accepted the opportunity
This announcement was made by the
food administration, who did not give
the name of the dealer
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Col. Burr Transferred to Washington

ROCK ISLAND. ILL.,, February 10
Col. George w. Burr. since 1911 COM
mandant at the Rock Island arsenal.
has been transferred to the office of
the chief of ordnance at Washington,
where he will be assigned to larger
responsibilities, it was learned here to-
day. He is succeeded here by Lieut..
Col. n. F. Ramsey.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Entitled to EXEMPTION

NEW YORK. February 15.-Salvation
Army officers are competent to per-
form marriages and other rites of the
church. and for that reason are, en-
titled to exemption from military serv-
Ice as ministers Of religion" accord
Evening star., 1918-02-16

down from 1000 meters to 500. From
1900 meters l piQue downward straight
at her. 1 reach for the button ready
to release the rockets as soon as 1 am
close enough.
The shelling is terrific Pieron and
THESE are waiting at 1.500 meters to
! drive off any planes that try to stop
me.
A speck drops from the basket Of the
''drachen." It is the observer. His
parachute. trailing behind him. fails to
open, and he goes out of sight. 1 know
he is killed. The balloon is descend
ing more rapidly now.
Press Buttons in Front.
I press the two buttons in front of
me. The rockets leap ahead toward
the balloon. bait too early they curve
downward and I know that they will
miss. 1 press the detente-the trigger
of my mitrailleuse-and let fly few
vain machine gun shots. Then I pull
up and begin to snake upward as fast
as can. 1 am scarcely more than 800
meters up.
heavy rotary motor in front of me and
the petrol tank. Now the whole belly
of my machine is exposed. There is
nothing between me and the Arches
DOI air ana painted canvas. ne peJFol
tank behind the motor is likewise ex-
posed
They are firing at me with every
thing. l hear the swapping of rifles
and the rattle of machine guns be-
tween the pops of the Arches and the
booming of the shells. In the slang of
the escadrille, they are doing every
thing but throwing bricks at me-"
l am climbing and shaking, expecting
every moment to hear the tack-tack-
tack-tack of boche plane firing ma
chine gun bullets at me. But Pieron
and THESE are evidently taking good
care of me.
Climb as fast as I can. I can't get
out of range. The black smoke of the
shells is blossoming everywhere. The
clouds have thinned out now as even
ing comes on and l can't hide in them.
The fact that the shells are bursting
farther away proves that l am hard to
see in the dusk, however.
At last the firing ceases. I am again
over our lines. l heaye a big sigh of
relief. I am out of it once more.
relax and tone down the motor to a
contented purr. Pieron and THESE
join me. We ride home quietly and
plane down to the piste, taking care
not to land brutally.
Ny mechanician runs to meet me.
"Mitreilleuse? Cest va bien?" he
inquiries. anxiously. and asks if I got
the drachen. He helps me out of my
combination and boots. gives me my
hat, and / start of to my chamber to
write my report to the commandant
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Enemy Aliens Moved.

GLOUCESTER, N. J.. February 49,
One hundred and sixty-three enemy
aliens, interned here since the United
States entered the war. left for Hot
Springs, n. c. in charge Of United
States deputy marshals yesterday.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
ROAD
T0DURABLE PEACE
Dr.. Nicholas Murray Butler
Also Tells Why Present War
Was Inevitable.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS. February 16.-Dr. Nicho-
las Murray Butler, president of Colum-
bia University, New York city, in an
address before the chamber of COM
merce today pointed out the way to a
durablepeace. He said, in part:
The war which now involves the
whole world is. on the part of the al
lies, avowedly a war not for conquest
for revenge. or for economic advantage.
but war to restore the rule of law and
to establish durable peace. No other
war has ever been fought for like
motive. This explains the fact that it
has been entered upon by the several
allied peoples not with shouting, with
excitement or with wild demonstration,
but with restraint with firm conviction,
and with stern resolve. The aim of the
humanity possible.
Conflict of Ideals.
'"The cause of the war and the reason
that the war was inevitable (as we can
now see) is a conflict of ideals in the
life of the world. 1t is clear now that
the old notion of a world-dominating
power was not dead.
When this notion took possession of
so powerful, so active minded and so
highly disciplined a people as the Ger
mans, II became only question of time
when it must find itself in a life-and-
death struggle with the opposing prin-
ciple. This is the dominating fact which
stands out above and beyond all par
1icular explanations of the origin of the
war. The war is at bottom a Anal
struggle between the principle of
world domination and the principle of a
group of friendly. cooperating nations,
all equal in sovereignty and in dignity
in the eyes of the worlds law, however
varied they may be in resources and in
power.
Where Road Begins.
"The road to durable peace begins
at the point where this false notion of
world domination is given up once for
ALL Commercial Interpretation,
financial control and military domi-
nance are the three forms in which the
lust for world power manifeStS itself.
free world made up of independent.
liberty-loving nations must combine
to prevent any one of these. The lib
crty-Iovins nations have almost with
unanimity now combined in this war
for that very purpose.
I'VE must persist with steadfaStness
and with all possible speed until the
war is definitely won, and until our
enemies admit that they have lost in
the. combat which they forced upon the
world.
Long Way Toward Peace.
when that end has been accomplish :
ed, the world will have travelled a long
way on the road toward a durable
peace While it is true that the coming
international organization and the
coming international economic rela-
tionships will powerfully aid in estab-
| fishing and in maintaining peace. yet
after all, the main thing is to remove
! from the world a notion and a pur-
| pose that compel ornaments and that
eventually force war. That notion and
| that purpose are those Of world domi-
natioDn
Evening star., 1918-02-16

Pneunoaia Threatens:
Take Father Johns Medicine to gain
lighting power against colds and coughs.
Evening star., 1918-02-16
Men Wear Life Preservers.

"All the men have life preservers.
which they are required to wear or
have with them at all times Some
nights we have not been allowed to
take off our clothes
The dining saloon is the big gath
Evening star., 1918-02-16

TRis g tho third Of fpe. thrilling articles
b. L1ext Joseph Stehln of BROOKLYN, an
D1phoa boy. tcho at nineteen sailed foT
Frusce to Join the Lafayette BscGdrlAe;
eoith;n tioenty days after going to the
front he .co,, the French icdr cross for
bringing do.on ttoo boche machines in q
6rilliGnt fight. He t0ds promoted ttctce,
first being made q sergeant and then q
Eeutendnt He has been q year in France.
has t,co official citations to his credit, teds
sootlnded and IS one of the first American
upi0tors to return to the United StGtes
He .ras one of the youngest, IL not the
Youngest. of the pilots in the French army.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
"FLU' SITUATION IMPROVED.
Fewer Cases Reported Over Sunday
Three Deaths.

Much announcement is seen in the
influenza situation by the reports OF
new cases Saturday, Sunday and this
forenoon. These reports indicate either
temporary lull in the disease or that
the epidemic is waning. The new
cases reported Saturday and Sunday
numbered twenty EIGHT nineteen
Saturday and nine Sunday. COM
pared with twenty-five Friday. twenty
three Thursday and forty-four Wednes-
DAY. The total cases reported up to-
day since last Tuesday were 347. Up to
late this forenoon only two additional
cases had been reported. There were
three deaths from the disease over
Sunday. one of which may have been
partly due TO accident.
There were forty-three patients at
the Red Cross hospital at noon today
Four were admitted Sunday and one
this forenoon but six were to be dis
charged before the day was over. The
convalescent ward has not yet been
equipped with beds to increase the
capacity Of the hospital as it was
though that for the present at least
patients would be discharged as rapidly
as they were being received.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
AMUSEM ENTS.
At the Odeon.

w 3. Patton, the well-known COM
edian. appearing in characteristic
play. "A Wise Boob" pleased a good
sized audience Sunday evening at the
Odeon. Patton, booked thru central
Iowa territory earlier in the season, WINS
compelled to cancel many BOOKINGS
including Marshalltown. because of the
influenza epidemic. Sunday night he
filed his local engagement ard found
a sympathetic audience. which showed
it's appreciation OF the PattoncG Que
style of comedy.
"A Wise Boob" is very similar to the
usual offerings of Mr.. Patton, and as
usual the supporting cast was adequate
and the presentation quite good. Prin-
cipal in Mr.. Patton's support was MISS
Phyllis Mackey. who shared honols
with the star. Owing to the restric-
tons due to influenza, making "troup-
ing" difficult the company has been
travelling in trunks" and no attempt ~
made to deliberately stage the play,
The company left this morning for
Waterloo where it will rest until Christ
mas, when performance at the
Waterloo theater will mark the re-
sumption of the seasons tour.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
RINGS FOR CHRISTMAS
II You Are Contemplating Purchasing
a Ring For Your Friend For Christ
mas, see William Hsllbcrs.

The most exquisite taste dominates
in our collection of ladies' stone set
rings. We can show you them in n
thousand and enc different stones to
be had today such as diamonds,
rubies, emcralds. pearls. sapphires,
sardGnyN, moonstones, almondines.
topaz, turQuois, cameo, aquamarines,
and many other kinds. In gentlemen's
rings we were never able 10 show you
a greater number of new styles. The
always popular signet ring for ladies
or gentlemen we also wish to tell you
We can show. All told we can show
You more rings than you find in the
average half n dozen jewelry stores.
See the many new rings carried by
the old firm of Hellberg's in the new
store. in the new location next door 10
Morgan's drug store. William He'll
berg
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16

to do -.
The nurses had tied In the bed
| clothes to hold simmons down and
while they went to caro- for other pneu-
monia patients they temporarily left
Jack Johnson. colored, an employe OF
| the Y. NJ. c. A., who remained on duty
| at the hospital, In charge of Simmons.
| johnson. whose dirty II was to answer
the telephone, started to leave the
room TO answer a call.
Nearly Caught in Leap.
He had reached the door Of the room
when he heard a commotion In the
bed simmons had torn the bed
clothes loose. had loaped out and was
running toward the window. Johnson
FASTENED after him and caught him,
just as Simmons loaped. Johnson
seized the crazed man by foot, but
just as he did so he struck his head
against the window sash. Either the
force OF the shock momentarily dazed
him, or Simmons jerked loose in
jumping and fell headlong. Johnson
suffered a bad cash on the forehead
where he struck the window. Sim
mons, unconscious. was carried back
into the hospital and the physician was
called. Sister Josephine, superintend-
ent in charge while regretting the I'M
fortunate accident, believes it was un-
avoidable.
To avoid a recurrence of such acct
dents, the windows of certain rooms of
the building are to be at once covered
with iron bars and straight jackets in
which to secure patients have been
procured.
Had Been Here Few Weeks.
Mr. Simmons, who was employed by
the Lennox Furnace Company, had
lived here only six weeks, coming here
from Mendon, Mo. He was born APP
Ri %, 1883. at IaClede, Ill. April l6,
1909 he married Miss Lois Harvey at
bingham, ILL.,. who survives with two
sons, Earl, aged and Darold, aged
years. He leaves, beside, his mother,
Mrs. Mary Simmons of F'arina, III. and
five brothers. They are Jacob, of Men,
don; Geoarge of Illiopolis. H., Harley,
Of Tolono. ILL.,; Edward, of FTina;
and Charles of LaClede. Private Fun
eral services will be held at o'clock
Tuesday afternoon from the Pursel
chapel in charge of the Odd Fellows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-16
Red Gross Starts isAh,
Doing Cantssn Work

Beginning this evening the local
chapter OF Red Cross will do canteen
work at the union station and VIII
serve to soldiers passing thru on trains
sandwiches. doughnuts, cookies. candy,
chocolate bars. gum and cisarets' Az
present only thru trains pulling into
the union station will be met but as
the need requires. the work will be en-
larged and more trains met.
Mrs. q. ii. Ruth Is chairman OF the
committee which consists also of Mrs
c. Ii. Whitehead and Mrs. G. p. Cook
A chairman has been placed In charge
Of the distribution each day and they
will provide their assistants, On Mon
day Yrs. NJ. l.. Mundy will be In
charge: Tuesday, Mns. j. w. Eden
burn: Wednesday, Mrs. May Sandoe'
Thursday, Mrs. Marion Gard; Friday,
Mrs. w. d. Culley; Saturday, Mrs.
Max Smith, and Sunday. Miss Anna
Maude Kimberly.