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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
sEApLANe pesNvuroo0.
German Destroyer osui ~ AD0
Dsleian cooae

German OO0trOy~ WINK ~
Bsisian ceesG
fCorrcspondence AGDouon1n4U 49,
England Sept Tho 1u011 g ~
German destroyer ~ - 1nu1A -.
plane IL graphically tos4 ~ ca Nll
Bowsher, VINO observed ~ 0una
occurrence from tie coe1V3 q . lnat
British bombing plane.
He was nying on he Bsl1SuA 1oAOe
when he saw two Brit5ah maDAaD0 -
front Of him.
Suddenly" ne writes, me tFo.se
machine turned 70 the rtght and &sans
to fly towards the coaSt. lts oc0uDants
had evidently seen Something % iln-s
portance. Looking below. cav. ~
miles from the ZeobruEge molA ~
little shapes which seemed Stationary
on the grey sea
-They were German dest1uyeTs
which wefe In reality steaming - top
speed toward the coast. Gradually the
seaplanes drew nearer and neATVr. and
soon wcrc but few miles from the
land.
NEAR tho front machine appeafo1
n small black ball Of smoke. Another
appeared. and another. and could
hear the sharp crack Of bursting shells.
Nov. however. they wefc almost
over the destroyer, which were be-
ginning to zig-zag a. the DANGER o.
the coming attack wns realised
II saw six black cylinders dru1
spinning from tho front machine. Near
the destroyes appeared the white
smoke and spray of a bomb. Another
followed. and another. Then on ono
OF the destroyers a great red flash ap-
peared and the center Of the boat wns
left clouded in smoke. It's attac&er had
stored o;.e ,,....:.e.. hit asA5lsi
u shouted excitedly to the pilot -
one OF the destroyeH dropped out o.
line and made swiftly for its MORALLY
wounded consort
'-rhe appliances returned 70 report A.
patrol returning few hours later
stated that they had seen five German
dcstroyers returning toward Ostend-
BY then, tAe sixth. torn and shattered,
lay with many another twisted ana
rusted companion. under the sec" z "
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21

shortage OF pursuit machines. the L's-
session of a bombing or observation
machine which can take care OF itsel'
against German pursuit planes VIII so
a long way toward remelying tn de-
feet.
This was TIC first battle psrt'rmance
O. American machines equippHt VIII
Liberty motors. and our az officers ars
enthusi. Sic over the results.
Our air supremacy durn; iisht iol
the salient led to the Germans placing
,,ryc i, l.bcrs Of purs, = machines on
this frort. Whereas for Two days very
f,w (..,nau aviators app.ar' a. Ses,e'-
.tar my were out III so:cc. |''
sonad.,, 81 ten alilrd planes out i'f
oombine encountered formation OF
s;xty &c ,nan machines. ana the IS Gr
illustration Of recent German tractics
in the air. The enemy takes ne cha'ices
but flies, only in large numbers ana
gives battle only when in superior
force.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21

The reduction of the massive walls of
steel and concrete. This fort occupies
billy eminence and dominates the
terrain bordering on the Moselle river
and the Franco German border. There
fore it must I've put out of action be-
fore a material advance can be made
by General Pershing.
/ The present detectives Of General
Pershing now that the st. Mihiel sea
tor has been reduced are believed to
be the rich coal and iron region of
northern France and southwestern
Germany which extend for many miles
on each side Of the Franco German
border as far northward as Belgium. 1t
is from this region that Germany has
been drawing her supplies Of coal and
iron that have made 1t possible for her
to continue the war. This region has
for its Industrial centers Metz. in Ger
many, and Contains and Briey, near the
German border in France. Should the
Americans succeed in driving the Huns
from this region the end OF the war
will be fastened by the cutting off of
necessary fuel and ore supplies now
going to the immense munitions fac
tories along the Rhine.
The mighty blow predicted as the al
lied answer to the Austro- German
peace proposal has not yet fallen. 1t
may come in Champagne, on the line
between Verdun and Rheims, which
has been comparatively quiet, or it
may fall in Flanders. far to the north,
or attacks may be launched IN both
sections simultaneously. Marshal Foch
still holds the initiative and is free to
strike where he may elect. AS Aus
TRANS were among the captives taken
by the Americans at st. Mihiel it is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
Balloon, Direct ARTILLERY Fire.

Behind the Lines in France, Sept.
21.- Observation balloons in the allied
armies are utilized not 30 much for the
purpose Of discovering possible enemy
targets .butyfur the very important task
OF directing artillery Ore so that tar
gets may be destroyed.
I. The lot Of the balloon observer may
be considered on a par with that Of the
observation aviator, except that while
the aviators risks are compensated by
the excitement Of dying the balloon
observer most Of the dam
ger Of the air service without any OF
It's thrills.
There Is one moment in the life OF
the balloon observer. when he enjoys q
thrill not found perhaps In aviation,
and that is when. his balloon success
fully attacked by an enemy aviator. ne
Jumps over the side Of, his basket with
NO more than q parachute; to sustain
him in his flight to the earth, any :
where from one thousand to eight
thousand feet below. sss
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
WANT BELGIAN POST cAN0s.
Views in Territory Occupied ~ huns
Useful TO War Department.

81 ~
New York. Sept. too picture
post cards and photographs of France
or Belgium Of my Of the territory
now occupied by tho Germans are
needed by the war department, accord
ing to an open letter written today by
William Guggenhcim, chairman Of the
army and navy committee OF the.
American. Defense Society to the:
American people. This letter which ~
written at the request Of Nal. 4. 81
Campbell. OF tho military intAlligencel
branch Of tho war department rcAds:
az :.: :sS patriotic Americana e Tor
ward any picture post cards. photo
graphs and prints Of any Of the towns
and Of the country now occupied ~
the Germans In Belgium ana Hosthseo'
France to the American DseeaeeS
Society Mt a East Twenty thlFd Sereet I
New York city, from where thoy W0E
Do sent to the war depaztmsnk -
they will be Of value to cur e(1oeeeS
abroad who can famiiaT'iss theaGe3vo9
with the appearance Of lccaleties 49,
ward which they are advancln@ whtcAlsS
viii undoubtedly be q distinct aid N ~!
military operations. s5 y
II especially ulKe people who hAysE
travelled abroad and who have cets
lrcted postal cards to caref,llly - :;
these with q view 10 their ,petrg uss!5sa{
by the war dcpA rtmei,t, WrlfsS
dissertation ot the territory I.
mentioned Will - q cea1ids !, y
value SsaS n III s' 'ssss|
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
EVERY PROVINCIAL SECTOR OF WESTERN FRONT.
FIGHTING DURING YEARS CAMPAIGN

Where will FoAh strike nsats
This 10 today the universal question. Il d besv1
the allied commander win give the German - ~
winter weather makes hard hghting inpeoahse - -
remainder Of 1918 ~
The hrst great allied drive Tie ysae - stasooe
July Is in the old French prsviness n = yssas -
Champagne whom the enemy ~ ~ - 1''r -
Marne. 1917
The NEXT came In HesSdy ~ so11A01 AGtpds ~
less auspicious opsrsteas In neFgA ASels end -
ders. tf
where the Americans, with Preach aid sllnhatsd ~
four-year-old st. Mhisl selSant-
which the battle line runs. that ~ NJ ooa na{of
operations this year. That provnes , Alsace, ea -
Swiss frontier. ~
II Is here thes the allies AZ nssrsse - Mia ~
is doubtful whether Foeh win attempt Msvsnns .
Alssce until after he has cleared more ef rrsaeh ts
tory Of the Germans.
It Is likely that he may follow up his succesDes h
Lorraine with attempt % the rich res inse
in the Brey valley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
Genuine Reign of
Terror Shaking
European Russia

Washington, Sept. IA real reign
OF terror has been instituted in boil
shevik Russia by the soviet govern
ment, according to teiegram1received
by the state department thru neutral
country. Lives Of allied nationals are
in the greatest peril. The condition OF
the Russians themselves is indescrib-
ably worse. Some concern Is felt here
for the safety of Acting Consul Cen
eral Poole, at Moscow. who is "de-
tanned by the bolshesiki The state
department did not disclose whether
Mr.. Poole actually Is under arrest
The dispatch stated that while the
situation Of the allied citizens is dan
:.erous. that Of the Russians them
selves IS tragic in the EXTREME All
newspapers except those published by
the bolsheviki have been suppressed In
bolshevik Russia since6u1y 1. For this
reason. the advices. state, the outside
world con have no true conception OF
the situation In RUSSIA
There has been created a new insti-
tuition Of execution called the Extra
ordinary Commission Against Counter
Revolutions. This commission has
carried on since last May q campaign
Of terror, and thru It's fundamentally
thousands Of persons have been shot
to death without any semblance Of q
trial in the ordinary sense Of that
word, large numbers Of them innocent
of counter revolutionary activities.
Regime 81 Tyranny.
The telegram states that the aSsas-
Fsination Of Commissarie Uritslsy, at
Petrograd, and the later attempted
assassination OF Premier Lenine were
caused BY the regime of tyranny under
bolshevikism. These socialists. who are
Sighting the hoishevilxi were said 70 be
employing the same methods as those
used against czarism.
A bolshevik newspaper was quoted
as assertiny, In connection with the
staying OF Commissaire Uritsky, that
500 persons had been executed by order
Of the Petrpgrad extraordinary COM
massion against counter-rev0lutiOns
that their names would be published,
and that in any new attempt to assas-
sinate bolshevtk officials. the names OF
the persons guilty likewise would be
,nafie ps;t:: s1S .a ~ y
There has been undertaken at Mos
! COW q wholesale arrest q All well -to-
'sdo pcSsona ana Former Officers n IS
aFil ~: 3. ~ y Fl v x
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
70 PROSECUTE D,sLoyALlsTs.
o'Leary and Other Draft obstruoso''
10 Be Placed on Trial.

to Be Placed on Trial.
Nou, York. Sept. 21.-Preparation OF
important prosecutions growing OUT o.
violations Of war time statutes Is near
inr completion, according to federal az
tor,evs who announced here today
that jeremiah A. O'Leary and other al.
legged constructors Of the nations mil
tary progress will be placed on trlai
this month and next.
The case against OLeary and six as
sociates indicted on charges OF con-
piracy to commit treason and espion-
age will be one OF tho last heard, SAID
officials of Thea department OF Justice'
because one OF the defendants John
-, RYAN, a Buffalo. N. Y, lawyer, still
is at large.
4, Others involved In the case, includ-
Ing willard Robinson. Emil Ripper and
Albert Paul Fricke all Of New York
Lieutenant Commander Herman Wes-
sells OF the German navy. generally
known in this country as Carl Rodiger,
and the Baroness Maria Won Kretsch-
mann, who posed here under the name
OF Nine. de victorica, are in jail here,
OLeary, who was captured on the
Pacific coast after n sensational flight
on the eve Of his trial for espionage
as q writer in the anti British maya
zine Bull, also is In the, Tombs.
The lesser charge against O'Leary, In
which he is q co-defendant with pub
fishers OF Bull and officers ofsthe AM
erican Truth Society, charged with ut
tempting to interfere with conscription,
IN acl1eduled for trial Oct. IA.
The frat case on the Espionage cali
.endar" is that Of MAX Eastman and
the staff Of Masses. ret Tor Sept. ~.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21
British Airn,en Human Beings.

London. Sept. eI.-"Clonds save
Cologne from attack" reads the head
line OF newspaper article detailing
a recent air raid carried out by Brit
lsh air forces.
What really saved Cologne" says a
semi offlciaI statement OF the Royal
Air Forces was the British refusal TO
initiate Germany's outrageous policy OF
indiscriminate bombing. THE British
squadron, finding II impossible to obs
serve and range upon their detectives
OF military Importance, RETAINED from
tie casual bomb dropping which might
have hit the hospitals or children
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-21

* IA full grown elephant can carry
load az three tons upen it. back.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

"I always enjoy seeing a rural con-
stable on the stage" said Mr.. Chugs-
forth.
"You like that style of comedy, eh?"
mot particularly, but it gives me a
great deal of satisfaction to see a per-
son of that sort in a position where
the number on my motor car means
nothing to him."-Birmingham Age
Herald.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Increase the Pressure.

Ten per cent more pressure all
through life would mean about 100
per cent more achievement. The law
of diminishing returns" would not ap-
ply on this basis. The trouble is hat
most of US do not want to pay the
price for the extra ten per cent.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
TRANSPORTATION.

'oThink of the great age we live ini
Think of the marvels of rapid transit"
THAT'S what I am thinking of. And
am thinking also of the days when a
rood old canal boat would bring down
all the coal you wanted in less than a
week"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
A scornfui Remark.

"Your colleague eve has to re-
tract statements"
"What he says" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. doesn't make enough differ
ence to warrant the expenditure of
time necessary to correct it"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Earned a Sweater,

"Well, Tommie, were you a good boy
at school today?" asked mother.
eyes, l was, mamma. I licked the
stuffin' out of a German boy. Now,
mamma, will you knh me a sweater? ~
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
showino Pride in Ancestrv

"Many Americans have easily trace
able relatives among the nobility of
Great Britain" declares a Boston
writer. We are one of them. We are
undoubtedly related to Lord Willough-
by de Broke, who is so often men
toned NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Post.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Tn ELL Nail Holes

Nail-holes in wood may be filed ue
bv mixing sawdust with glue till it is
of the consistency Of stiff paste. Press
this compound into the holes, and it
will become as hare as the wood itself.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
AIihi.

Didn't a great many of u musical
comedies formerly come from Ger
manyT"
81 don't think So" replied the tired
business man. 81 don't think German
talent could produce anything with so
little plot in it as a musical comedy"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Something Wrong.

"What makes you think the new so
.prano won't do? At first you said het
voice was good. \
ST know / did, but nom of the other
sopranos seem to be Jealous of her."
Brooklyn Citizen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
The Real Test

Don't conclude that a man is a pa
tent mortal because you've watched
him sitting on a log fishing" said the
milk toast philosopher. watch him
while he's waiting for his supper"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Washington

Senator Stone of Missouri. chair
man of the foreign relations commit
tee, was stricken with paralysis when
riding in a street car en- route to his
office in the capitol at Washington.
The governments aircraft program
is characterized as 'gravely disap-
pointing" and a drastic ~reOrganiza-
ton of production machinery was rec
commended in n report by the senate
military committee, which charges
government officials with mlsrepresent-
Ing the situation and misleading the
public, and with representation" and
'indecision."
Discharge from the federal service
of Brig. Gen. Frederick e. Resche Of
Minnesota, a German-born officer com
handing a brigade of the Thirty
fourth National Guard division at
Camp Cody, N. NJ, was announced in
army orders.
F'ANh huAitAOuo nlOhlhNuNAOhSf NHS
senate without a roll call passed the
sedition bill designed ostensibly to
arm the department of justice with
more drastic authority in rounding up
spies and disloyalists. The measure
has already passed the house.
Five billion dollars is the goal to-
ward which the Liberty loan organiza-
tons all over the country are working,
regardless Of the $4,000, 100000 mini
mum set by the treasury. This became
evident from reports to Washington
from campaign committees in many
cities which are anxious to reach their
quotas of subscriptions within the first
half Of the four weeks period and to
devote the last half to doubling the APP
portionment.
Greece will receive a loan of $44,-
100000 as soon as the Greek parlia-
ment has passed the necessary legis-
lat1on, 1t was announced at the treas
ury department In Washington.
DR.. August Philips, minister to the
United States from the Netherlands.
will sail for Holland shortly. Poor
health, it was explained, caused the
minister to ask for relief. Doctor
Philips departure, it was said, has
nothing to do with the requisitioning
Of Dutch ships.
President Wilson started a large
part of a theater audience at Washing
ton Smelling OUT when he subscribed
to a tho~usand-dollar Liberty bond. A
total Of $4,000 was subscribed.
Elimination from the army medical
reserve corps of all men not qualified
for active service has been undertaken
by Surgeon General Gorgas. 1t is esti-
mated about 1900 commissions in the
reserve will be revoked.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

IL was announced In London that
the sinking Of British merchantmen
by mines or submarines last week
reached the next lowest level Of any
week since Germany began her In
tensive submarine campaign early in
1917. -Four vessels Of more than 1000
tons. and two OF less than 1,6OO tons
were sen TO the bottom.
Premier Lloyd-George revealed In a
speech In the house of commons at
London the fact that General Foch had
been appointed supreme director of the
strategy of the allied armies on the
western front. which Is taken to mean
that besides being made commander
in chief he has superseded the Yer
sailles war council.
Charles Kerwood Of Bryn Mawr, Pa.
and Houston Woodward of Philadel-
phin. both of the Lafayette ~escadrille,
have been missing since April 1. Ker-
wood fell behind the German lines
in a fight with four German planes.
Woodward left on a scouting expedi-
tion and failed to return.
The Japanese landing at Vladivo-
istok has created great excitement In
Moscow. The peoples commissaries
held n long session considering the sit
uation. NJ. Tchitcherin, the acting
commissary Of foreign affairs, told
allies diplomats that the only solution
was the immediate withdrawal Of the
troops.
A British torpedoboat destroyer sank
last Thursday as the result of a col
lieion and all hands on board are be-
neved to have been drowned, according
to a British admiralty statement.
che German long-range gun which
has been bombardlng Paris has been
located In Crepy-en-Laonnais, 1t was
announced. French artillery and avia.
tors are bombarding It continuously.
An American officer who returned
from the battlefelds of northern
France. where he has been since virtu
ally the beginning of the German Of
fensive. estimates that thus far tbs
Germans have lost at least 100000 in
killed. wounded and missing.
An American, a member Of the Stew.
n railway commission, is reported tc
have been wounded in street fighting
ut Hardin.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Women TO Fill Places.

Bacon-T see by the paper that
America has the distinction of having
the first woman dentist at work in the
wal zones.
Egbert-Another evidence that wom-
en- are to fill the places once filed by
men.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
The New Vocabulary.

N n should use words he does
not precisely understand"
But" objected Miss Cayenne, eff I
kept running to the dictionary and the
gazetteer, I'd never get a chance to
talk about the war"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
AT the Huh

The Cop-Are you lost, sonnie?
Emerson Hybrow-No, sir; but I
cannot, at this immediate juncture,
exactly remember the exact location
of my domiciliary h%abitation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Ereddie's Lodic-

Mamma-Just look at that dog
without a tail. Isn't it too bad?
Freddie-Yes. it is. But, mamma,
why don't they take him to the tailor'A
shop?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

About 10000 officers and men are
engaged in coast patrol work of the
navy.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

Bacon-You know a prophet is said
10 have little honor in his own country.
Egbert-Yes, but how about the
profiteers?
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

Among the purchasers of the quar-
termaster's department are 81, 1000
pounds Of prunes and dried beans;
273,000,000 cans of tomatoes, con-
densed milk, and baked beans; 40
100000 yards of mosquito bar; 75,-
100000 yards of olive drab; &c, 0
600 wooden blankets; 100000 pairs
of heavy stockings; 100000 wool
coats. The ordnance program in
cludes the purchase of %, 000,O00 hand
grenades, 725,OOO automatic pistols.
100000 revolvers, 100000 projectiles
for heavy artillery, 427,246,000 pounds
of explosives, 100000 machine guns,
and 2,484,000 rifles.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

Two ounces Of bread Inc rolls and
four ounces of quick bread is the
maximum that can be served to n
one person at a meal in all public eat
ing places after April IA, the food ad.
ministration announced In making pub
lie amendments and additions to the
baking rules.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19
Personal

Rear Admiral John d. Ford, q. s.
n, retired, died at Baltimore. Nd, at
the age Of seventy-eight years.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

NJ. W. Kirwen, royal flying corps
cadet, was killed at Fort Worth, Tex,
on the eve of his ~squadron's departure
for Toronto. His home was in Nova
Scotia. He was twenty-one years old.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

Detroit's Liberty loan drive for $780,
100000 was launched by Secretary of
the Navy Joseph Daniels. 1t was es-
timated more than $40. was sub.
scrfbed in Detroit.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

A war emergency our to train
selected men for machine-shop occu-
p%ations, blacksmithing, sheet-metal
working, and pipe fitting has been
prepared by the federal board for vo-
cational education and will be distrib-
uted to the schools throughout the
country. 1t is known as Bulletin
No. s.
The board is acting with the war
department in preparing these courses
of study and in dealing with the state
authorities in charge of the school
work.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-04-19

When the American oil steamship
Atlantic Sun. Of 1888 tons gross, was
torpedoed and sunk by q German sub
marine in the war zone a few weeks
ago the first officer was taken pris-
= by The crew OF the U-boat.