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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Destruction of Capital Of Guate.
maIa Completed BY Sec
0nd Disturbance.
INHABITANTS FLEE CITY
Many Killed In Disaster While Thou
sands Are Rendered Homeless
Red Cross Aid Is sent
Quickly.

| San Salvador, Jan. IAN earth
quake has destroyed Guatemala City,
capital of the republic Of Guatemala.
Many persons were killed in the dis
| aster, some in their homes and others
In the streets.
The Colon theatre, which was filled
with people, collapsed. There were
many casualties among the audience.
Various hospitals and aslyums and
the prisons were badly damaged and
many patients and prisoners were
killed.
The railroad depot, sugar mills, post
office, the American and British lega-
tons, United States consulate and all
the churches in the city have been
leveled.
Deep assures opened in the middle
Of the city.
The inhabitants have fled from the
capital. Many thousands are home
less. The stock of provisions in the
city is scant and aid is required
promptly.
The Salvadorean government has
suspended the official New Year cele-
bration and entered into mourning in
sympathy with Guatemala.
Quake Completes Destruction. ,
Washington, Dec 31.-A terrific new
earthquake has completed the1estruc-
ton caused by others beginning Go1tst;
mas day in Guatemala and tie enttEe
capital city and many othera4iEpsaarB
merely piles of debris.
Advices to the Navy department re-
ported $4,000 persons homeless and
msny killed by falling walls.
The latest and most severe of the
quakes occurred Saturday, four days
after the first of a series which has
wrecked the country. Naval dispatches
reported cold and intense suffering in
some sections OF Guatemala and urged
that relief be sent.
So severe was the last earthquake
that it was distinctly recorded as last
ing more than an hour on the seisemo-
graph of Georgetown university here.
American Red Cross To Aid.
Washington, Jan. 1.-The ma
chinery of the American Red Cross
has been set in motion to relieve the
earthquake sufferers in Guatemala.
In response to an appeal for assist
ance from Alfred Clarke, chairman of
the Red Cross chapter at Guatemala
City, a preliminary appropriation OF
$4,000 has been authorized for the
purchase of relief supplies.
At gulf port large quantities of
-four, potatoes, crackers and other
staple foodstuffs, as we'll as disin-
fectants and stores Of galvanized
Iron for temporary buildings, already
are being loaded aboard a vessel to
sail for Barrios, on the east coast
of Guatemala.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Mexicans kidnap Woman.

Ell Paso, Jan. Mrs. Rita Costello
y Garcia, Cuban woman who is being
held in Jaurez by the authorities on
a charge Of espionage, was kidnapped
from her home in FL Paso by two Next
can policemen from Janrez, who came
TO the American side in plain clothes,
induced the Cuban woman to go to
.iaurez on the preteXt of wanting her
services as trained nurse and then
arrested her Cs soon as she crossed
the international bridge, according to
her husbands story to the American
officials here.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
DR.. J. J. Gle MN G !
DENTIST
Office over +. A. Clemmer's
Drug Store.
ORIGINAL NOTICE.


In the District Court In and For Howard
County, Iowa.
G. Nj. Hass, George E. piehl,
Plaintiffs.
W. j. Livingston. Anna Liv- March Term
ingston, Joe Armstrong, A. u. 1918
Mrs. Joe Armstrong
To W. ]. Livingston and Anna Livingston:
Joe Armstrong and Mrs. Joe Armstrong:
You and each of you are hereby notified
that on or before the 30th day Of Decent er,
A. d. 1917, there will be on file In the Off &C
County, Iowa, a Petition OF Plaintiffs claim
ing personal Judgment against you, W. ].
LIVINGSTON and anna Anna ,r, Livingston in
HundredtSs pe1lars e 49,
S7ssl with Six 49, per cent. inteIes,
justly due plaintiff from you on your :V one ne
certain promissory note dated March l, 1915,
and executed and delivered to Plaintiffs,
Including the statuatory 0f fee ses as
provided in Section 1863 Of Code or Iowa as
provided in said note and claiming against
you, w. J. Lfvtn gStOn, Anna Livingston, Joe
Armstrong and Mrs. Joe Armstrong, the
foreclosure Of certain mortgage Of even
date with said note and securing the same
wit:
South west quarterD Is. w. N Section
Twenty-Eight (2s), Township One Hundred
(lOO), Range Thirteen Q3), Howard County.
Iowa, and asking that a receiver be
appointed t. collect the rents and profits OF
said real estate during the period ofredemp.
ton and that same be applied in satisfaction
Of plaintiffs claim.
Now unless you appear thereto and defend
on or before noon OF the second day OF the
March term of said District Court to be
begun and holden in the Court House at
Cresco in said County on the 4th day OF
March, 1918. default will be entered against
you and Judgment and decree rendered
thereon.
AYMER d. DAVIS,
Attorney for Plaintkffs.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Review Before Execution.

Washington, Jan. president Will
son has prohibited the execution of
any more American soldiers, except in
fore the sentence of the courts martial
have been reviewed in Washington.
Heretofore this has not been necessary
in war time, but the President has
made the rule that II may be made
LOUDLY sure that no injustice is done.
Thirteen negro troopers of the Twen-
ty-fourth infantry were recently exc
ruted for rioting at Houston Tex.
without review at Washington.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
TO SPEED COAL SHIPMENTS
Relief For Cold Ridden Districts
Promised.

Washington, Jan. 1.-Freer move
ment of coal to districts suffering Nm
der the cold wave and the treatment
of labor questions will be the chief
railroad questions dealt with this
week by Director General McAdoo.
BY the end of the week, Congress
is expected to be we'll along in the
task of framing legislation guaran-
teeing railroads compensation on the
basis of pre-war earnings.
Heads of the our railway brother
hoods have been summoned to con-
fer next Thursday with the director
general regarding the relations BE-
tween labor. and the government rail
road administration.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Is Permanently Dissolved By d.
rector General McAdoo At
Its Own Suggestion.
ADVISORY BODY NAMED
Hale Holden Chosen to Direct Oper
ations-Far Reaching Orders To
Relieve Congestion Are
Put In Force.

Washington, Jan. AT its own
suggestion, Railroads Director Gener
McAdoo has dissolved the Railroads
War board and appointed Hale Hol.
den, member of the board, to direct
its nationwide organization.
The director general also appointed
temporary advisory cabinet, consist.
ing of Mr.. Holden, who is president OF
the Burlington Route; John Shelton
Williams, controller of the currency;
Harry Walters, chairman of the board
of the Atlantic Coast line; Edward
Chambers, traffic manager of the Food
administration, and Walker D. Hines,
now assistant to the director.
Much Coal Now Moving.
The director general suspended all
priority orders in territory east of the
Mississippi and north of the Ohio
rivers, and directed, instead, extraor-
binary efforts to move all freight.
Fifteen hundred carloads of coal
destined to New England and stalled
on the Pennsylvania, have ben sent
on their way.
Lines west and south were notified
that soon they might be called on to
furnish locomotives and other equip
ment to help tighten the traffic burden
In the East, and q committee Of gov
eminent officials was created to work
out a plan for diverting export traffic
to ports south Of New York.
Pay Problem to Come Up Soon.
The question of increased pay for
railroad employees will be taken up
soon by McAdoo. Heads Of the four
brotherhoods will confer with him
Thursday. Many advisers of the d.
rector general advocate increasing
wages, particularly for many unor-
ganized classes.
The federal board of mediation and
Cancellation will continue to pass on
wage disputes now pending, it was
announced after a conference of the
board with McAdoo, but eventually
the director probably will handle ques-
tons directly.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
VESSELS LACK COAL
Tons of Goods for Allies Block
Seaboard.
Railroad, Ship Coal Problem Will Do
mestic and International Pos
sibilities Results.

Washington, Jan. IA three cor
nered railroad, ship, coal problem with
domestic and international p0ssibili-
ties of the greatest importance has re-
suited from the piling up of 1,250,000
tons Of allied shipments along the At.
lantic seaboard.
The possibility that an absolute EN-.
barge would be placed on further ship
ments for export until the congestion
is relieved was officially admitted.
Various hurried conferences have been
held between the president, represen-
tatives of the French government,
Chairman Edmund N. Hurley Of the
shipping board, Director General w. G.
McAdoo of the railroads, Fuel Admin
istrator H. A. Garfield and Secretary
of War N. D. Baker
The cold wave which mas frozen
thousands of tons of bunker coal still
in the cars added to the problem of
supplying ships. Vessels now carry
enough fuel for return voyage, be-
ing unable to fill their bunkers in
Europe.
'dIudUlc uuuuAI1OuS dIc StdCheu up
on the open ground, where they were
dumped to empty the cars. Millions
of dollars worth of property still in the
cars are adding to the shortage of rail-
road equipment. Other tonnage is stor-
ed awaiting shipping space.
More than $50 ships lie in New York
harbor, tied up for various reasons,
principally lack of bunker coal. Mr..
Garfield announced that large ship
ments for this port are being rushed
from the Pennsylvania and other west
ern cOalfields.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Message of the Hour

AS we know for more than three years the
world has been involved in the greatest war
of all times. The people everywhere are
asking, ''Why should we have such war?
What will be the result? Those who read
the Bible have wondered if this is the great
war therein foretold. For long time order
loving people, Bible Readers and hristians,
have desired to understand the prophecies
of Revelation and Ezekiel.
The Bible Society of Brooklyn, New York, have
work recently published which is the first and only book
that makes clear part Of Revelation and Ezekiel 1t
takes these prophecies by and explains them
1t throws light the present the real
and what will be the result than does thing writ
1t shows what part the Catholics Methodists Bap
tsts Presbyerians and other church denominations have
played in the world history and what part they
perform 1t treats the subject from the POLITICAL cien
t1c historical and prophetic viewpoints You will
it, You can't afford to be without it, The publishers have
placed it at such low figure that it is
within the reach of and it is for en-.
sale at the Plain Dealer Office for
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
ALIENS MUST BE REGISTERED
German Citizens to Record Names
Week Of Feb. a.

Washington, Jan. 1.-The week of
February has been set aside by the
Department of Justice for registration
of the half million unnaturalized Ger
mans in the continental United States
by police and postmasters in pursu-
ance of President Wilson's alien enc
my proclamation, directing this action
as a means of minimizing the danger
from enemy sympathizers in the Unit
ed States.
Registration will involve the gather
ing of detailed information concerning
the business, relatives and habits Of
every German, together with his
photograph and finger prints. After
registering he must carry a certificate
card, and may not change his place of
residence without approval of the po-
lice or postmaster. Violation of the
regulations will be punishable by in
ternment for the war;
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
FLORIDA CAPITOL IS GUARDED
Plot Discovered To Blow Up State
Structure.

Plot Discovered To Blow Up State
Structure.
Tallahassee, Fla, Jan. 1.-The acct
dental uncovering of plot to blow
up the state capitol frustrated the plan
and the capitol was put under armed
guard.
Details were not revealed by the
chief of police, but he considered the
design to wreck the state building of
sufficient Importance to communicate
his findings to Governor Cats.
The latter conferred with other state
and city officials and directed that a
posse armed with rifles guard the
building.
The men on guard were instructed
to shoot anyone who seeks to enter
without revealing his business.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Could
Not Sleep
No
Appetite
Now Well.
We Away.
Have PERI
Home.
Those who objee
cineS can procure F.

gins.
The plan for sending the tractors
was conceived by Henry Morganthau
and his son, henry Morganthau, Jr
Young Morganthau will go to France
to supervise delivery of the tractors
and to establish schools to train older
men and women to use them.
Use of the tractors will release g.
100000 tons of shipping next year that
otherwise would be required to trans
port food.
They will also enable the French in
the spring to plant 100000 additional
acres in potatoes and in the fall an
extra million acres in wheat.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
PERSHING REPLIES TO WOMEN
Says Their Patriotism Is Inspiration
To Soldiers.


To Soldiers.
Washington, Jan. 2.-General Per-
shing has cabled to DR.. Anna How
ard Shaw, chairman of the woman's
committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense, this reply to the
Christmas message sent by the wom-
en- of America to the expeditionary
forces:
"All ranks of the American expe-
dictionary forces unite in heartfelt
thanks to the women of America for
their love and their prayers.
"The patriotism of our incompar.
able women, than whom there are no
others more noble, shall be our con-
slant inspiration until the great cap
ital task which has been entrusted
to US shall be accomplished.
Accept our best wishes for the
coming year and our firm confidence
in our final success"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Floods Block Coast Traffic.

St. Paul, Jan. 2.-Three Northwest
transcontinental railroads running
from st. Paul, are rerouting their
traffic an additional $50 miles on the
Pacific coast as result of floods in
the Cascade mountains. The Northern
Pacific and the Milwaukee road
bridges over the Yakima river at e.
lensburg, Wash. were washed out and
gave way. Through routes are not
expected to be resumed for at least q
week, if it can be done that soon, it
was announced.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Catarrh of Throat

Miss Amalie Ruzicka, 1449 South
10th ST., Omaha, Nebraska, writes:
Il have suffered with catarrh of the
throat. I caught cold and it settled
in my throat, and l coughed badly
and was very weak. could not sleep
and had no appetite. had two doc
tors, and had taken so many different
medicines and found no help. I thought
I will have to give up; but at last
my mother read about Peruna, so I
thought of trying that great medicine
Peruna. I got bottle Of it and in
about four days almost stopped
coughing, and after while I surely
found relief, ard from that time We
2 n,,- -rithcrt Peruna in our home"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Time to Concentrate.

''V ny. l fc'l in love with first one
GIL ::ud 1h,'n another before l got mar
r C." I'D III" susceptible young man.
- S'"il>.>. Ly ".-ectiD,.is Al. over the
mar"
"'ihat is ~ ri"ht, l." replied the
elderly wi, ''!:"". "Nuh0ly will OBJ
jet to \ LIT !,'u did then, just so you
"a !Dl:r wedding day."
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Yarn! We Have III

Grey, Khaki and Fancy Silk Mixes.
two grades, Csc and 81 per skein. Pay
ment must be sent with order. Special
prices in quantity, to Red Cross Chap
tiers. S. B. johnson, Harmony, MINI.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
U. S. TRACTORS IN FRANCE

Expected To Aid In Production o:
1918 Crop.
Washington, Jan. 2.-Fifteen hum
France by the Food Administration for
use in increasing French food crops.
One hundred, it is learned, already
have gone forward. All will be across
by March when the spring blowing be-
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Estate of l.. F. Markovetz, Deceased.

Estate OF Il. +. MarkoVetZ, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, That the sub
scriber has Been duly appointed Administra.
tor to the Estate OF L. F. Markovetz, lateoi
Vernon Springs Twp. in the County OF How.
ard. State of Iowa, deceased, inteState. and
has taken upon himself that trust by giving
bono as the law directs.
All persons having demands upon the
Estate of said Deceased are required ia
xhibft the same: and persons indebted to
the said Estate are called upon to make
payment to JOHN KAkAC.
Dec. Il, 1917. Administrator
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
A PARALLEL.

81 cannot ilna:,iae women fighting
like men. Try as l may, carnot pic
ture to myself the Russian women they
tell about, on the field, fighting like
demons and working havoc right and
left.'
swell, I'll call you over some night
when our cook is fighting mad"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04
Two Aviators Killed,

San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 2.-The
second fatal accident since the estab.
lishment of Kelly field at San Antonio
occurred when H. R. Gladback of
Fort Wayne, Ind, civilian instructor,
and Cadet r. A. Seguin of Rouse
Point, N. l., were killed in fall
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-01-04

There are persistent rumors here
that King Ferdinand of Rumania has
abdicated in favor of Crown Prince
Charles. Disturbed conditions in Ru-
mania have been reported in dis
patch from Petrograd. 1t was said
that news of revolutionary plot
against King Ferdinand had been re-
ceived at the bolsheviki headquarters
in Petrograd. Other reports tended
to confirm indications of a political
crisis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20
Poor Father Will Have No Dav

To The Editor of Woman s Page:
Dear Madam-Will YOU kindly answer tho
Following questions IN your exchange column
of the paper
~ Is "Fathcr's Day" officially rccoE-
nizcd, and II 50 what is its date?
keys? tMrs.) O. Il. =.
OD "Father's Day" is not officially
recognized, but came very near to being
at one time, In 1915 a hill was intro
duCed in Congress providing that the
first sunday in June in each and every
year hereafter he designated as Fathers
Day upon which. as an expression Of
continent corresponding 10 that Of
Mothers Day the rose, regardless Of
color, shall he regarded a. the emblem"
This hill was never voted on The
Fathers Day Association was granted a
charter by the State Of Delaware in
1913 under the laws Of that State. The
association was founded by two PhiIa-
delphia women. Interest IN It, however,
seems to have died down. and, according
to one of its founders, there will be no
attempt to celebrate it this year The
first Sunday in June was "Father's
Day"
co Peroxide OF hydrogen is the best
agent to use for cleaning piano keys,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20

0NE very original woman in
" Southern State went at making
quilts with vigor and enterprise. She
went about among dressmakers and
tailors and begged wOOlen samples
that would have some warmth to them
The result has been several very worth.
while quilts one was made en- rely
of the tailors' samples. 1t is rot hard
to imagine that this frightened NJ
with the bright yarn will he sure to
win a soft spot in the heart Of some
soldier hoy.
In another state, in n certain little
city, regular baCk.tO.the-quilt move
ment is on foot. The women hold Old
fashioned UultinE-hcCs Just as they
did in the days of our Erandmas
Sometimes thcs" are in session i'm tho
afternoon, sometimes in the evening
when the mon can come and smOk"
and play tho phOnOCraph. Scraps arc
traded and little stray memories come
to life as the women sow. Sometimes
it is very hard to remember that the
year is 1915
TT Is not very much tn ask. is ii. that
/ these idle little patches h" mnhilizcd
and take their place IN the great world
war. too Vet the good that can come
from enough Of them cannot he over
estimated,
WHEN UoUr quit is finished send it
to tho American Fund for French
Wounded. n Madison avenue. New
York city. It viii ho forwarded to
France
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20

s-xxtrr- -. -Iill
se uaE OF my employment at
-. ti,s iiprary Mr GrF"" called me into
fnis oniee and complimented me on the
ar.AS IN winch, though a lateCOmer on
tne lon' l had surmounted obstacles and
nag not only followed Instructions
Pelnstakingly but also shown initiative.
\. miss Kent said he, removing a pile
81 pooks and charts in order to offer me
: Z 9 cnair' II Is pleasure +" tell You that
you nave been more than satisfactory"
When / had seated myself he dropped
into MS oid' padded office chair and
onsied himself with the dusty disorder Of
MS desk, keeping on meanwhile with
lquestion and comment Now, if YOU
1nappen TO know of any other phian-
hropist who could be persuaded to give
1ua some more books and a place TO put
them in--we must be sure to insist on
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-20

- fht Editor Of Wond1's Page:
). Dear Mad&m-I am very much Interested
6ided to make it my vocation. but now |
would feel very selfish If l should study
zny kind Of art when my country fGnt nerhs me ne
81 very much pleased II you could give me
dss eSG Of 5Ss RseGd e d9Tent Sort "u9 Of
rn<iflons Young ladies may III. ! would
IKE 10 work toward definite object or goal;
'sojnefhing that l COulh still do even II IN"
~ aosS snu soon AN AMERICAN GIRL.
+ II you write to the womans commit
tee n the Council of National Defense.
1907 Walnut street, for a registration
2tard this will give you a very good idea
.Qf the postions open to young women
i4lsr at this time. booklet that l think
would be very helpful to you is one sent
out By the wonan's section of the COM
s111ittee on public information, Washing
& tpn n. G.. IL is called War Work of
Women In the Colleges" but on pages
.1f. ~, 20 and 2l you will find list Of
oUfJortunities for women regardless Of
whether they have been to college or
not. You can get this book by writing
II / felt that had more talent for
art than anything else | would not give
np the thought of it permanently, but
would take up some of the war work
now and then go back To the interior
1ecorafing after the war is over That
Ks Of course. If you really have your
heart set on IL. Again, you might take
|ap farm work all summer and take your
n tourse In the fall and then go back
1o farm again II the war is still going
: next suininer War work that you
er{I1 take up now and keen at after the
Is over is social welfare work.
ufaIuR oi' any activity in the field of in
1{FEpGr government business.