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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
FISH DYING AT GREEN GAY.
Many Causes Contribute TO Rapid De-
crease in Numbers Of Firny Tribe.

Fort Madison. Feb. thousands OF
fish are dying al Green Bay due te
the methods used in removing rousn
fish from the waters and other condi-
tions. over 10000 pounds OF fish
have been removed from those waters
by illegal methods. II is believed. Fish
are also dying from being handled by
workmen in moving them while some
are being sucked into the big drain
age pump pipes which are not covered
by screens. Fishermen also state that
the fish are dying from eating moss
that clings to dead tree trunks or
stumps and which becomes poisonous
in shallow water Local fishermen
foresee the end Of the Anglers para
disc" a name that has been applied to
Green bay not infrequently in former
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01

H. 49, ~1nOicateu IN
they wef} Onlln2 70 bond Mulii
again. bu demanded certain conditio
which. iyis said. were not acceptable
to the county attorney upon whose ad-
vice the supervisors acted.
Custer proceedings against the for
mer county treasurer were instituted
by Attorney General ii. y. Havner
several months ago. but Mullin
out the affairs in his
office recently and the proceedings
were dropped. He was charged with
failing TO collect about $4,000 In penal
ties due on taxes overdue,
The announcement OF the action OF
Muliin and the supervisors came as a
complete surprise as IL had been sup
posed that everything in connection
with the county treasurer's entangle-
ment had been Strengthened out.
While no definite information could
be obtained yesterday. 1t was indicated
in some quarters that legal proceed
ings may be started to re-instate
Mullin.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
HIGHWAYS TOLL OF LIFE.
Twenty Deaths and 1853 Injuries Dur
s jnn November and December.

Ames, Feb. Twenty persons
we're killed in automobile accidents on
Iowa highways during November and
\ DoceYnber, according to figures issued
ssbv the Iowa state highway commits
sion.
During the same months 1863 persons
were injured and $50 accidents on the
Highways in which no fatalities oc-
cured.
Eight persons lost their lives by
4 being struck by automobiles or by be-
ing knocked from bicycles. Four deaths
feSuited when as many autos turned
turGie. The others resulted were cars
crushed into trains or were wrecked in
I cbSlfSlon with other automobiles.
Fifteen OF the fatalities occurred in
November and five in December. The
~ 5Ority OF accidents in which no
1 Aoaths resulted were recorded during
Il gOxember.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
TREASURER RESIGNS.
Difficulties Arising Between County
Supervisors Thought Political.

Special 70 Tlmes- KepubIICan.
Dubuque. Feb. l.-Friends Of ES-
County Treasurer Q. Z. Mullin who
resigned his office yesterday just be-
fore the board OF supervisors declared
il vacant. declare that politics is re-
sponsible for MS exit at this time.
Mullin. who was reelected recently
applied FOR d 100000 bond from the
concern who furnished him during his
first term in office. Information from
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
News Of Arlington.

Special TO Times Republican.
Arlington. Feb. Mrs. J. y. Clark
left Wednesday for Madison. S. d., for
a visit with her daughter for a few
weeks. .r.
The influenza epidemic here has dis
appeared. Nearly all who have had
il are about recovered. Comparatively
fen families escaped having II within
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
News Of Allison.
Special 10 Times

Special 70 Times -RepuDlican.
Allison, Jan. 31.-Adolph Brummund
and Alice Mund. of Arlington, were
united in marriage On Monday at the
parsonage in Allison, Rev. E. ]. Starr
officiating.
Dana Wilder has returned home
from army service at Camp Pike, ac-
companied by Mrs. Wilder. who had
been visiting there for several weeks.
Pew. John 3. Gonzales, Of Dallas.
Tex. preached for the Associated
church Sunday morning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
seu.a.. /. Fertile Country.

Ecuador 10 rich In agricultural lands.
but in very few cases are they worked
TO their full capacity; IN fact much OF
the most fertile land 10 not under cui-
ovation at all. Al s'tbe case in other
south American countries, tho land 10
held In such large tracts that proper
supervision and cultivation II not prao-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
CONDUCTOR INJURED.
sustains Broken RIBS in Plunge From,
Train Step into Ditch.

Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs. Feb. III. NJ. Patter-
son of this city. conductor on the
Sioux City passenger train on the
Northwestern train is lying at his
home here suffering from broken ribs
and bruises sustained when he fell
into creek near California Junction.
His train was stopped and he stepped
to the platform to ASCERTAIN the cause
and stepping of. AZ he thought to the
ground, stepped into space and landed
in the mud sixteen feet below. The
mud saved his life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
Tractor School Popular.

7eiaI. to TImes-RepubIlcan.a
&Exnnes, Feb. 1.More than twenty
70 DSrsons. the limit set. have already
va for admission to the next two
ntD tractor short course which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
THINK Of THE
"''S SAVE E1 On $SH0 SHOES

Clarence ]. Bloenker of St. Louis,
Missouri, writes, Il have a pair OF
shoes with Ne6lin Soles and have used
them for two years. I think they will
last another six months" /
Mr.. Bloenker also recommends
Neolin Soles for their comfort and
waterproofness
1t is a remarkable fact that Ne6in
Soles cost no more than others that
give only ordinary wear. You can
get them on new shoes in many styles
for men, women, and children-and
they are available everywhere for re.
soling, too.
And look 1t tie money you cave
because you need fewer pairs of shoes
with Ne6lin Soles. Remember-these
soles are made by Science to be espe-
cially tough and durable. They are
manufactured by The Goodyear TIE
4 Rubber Co. Of Akron, Ohio, who also
make Wingfoot Heels guaranteed to
outwear any other heels.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01

Judging from the rate ~ which ar-
plicatons have been received, the COM
ing courses viii bs n2re popular than
those which have been given hereto
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01

in the order that pNtisssticns are
received. Three more schools are sche-
dpled to take place this winter, start
Ing on Feb, IL and Marcn 5 and J ! re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-01
Don't Coax! Your Little Pet
Needs Candy Cascaret

Look At the kiddie's soaguei Then hu'yi Give
Csscarets to work the nasty bile, sousng food and
constipation poison from the little liver and boweh.
Children love Candy Cascarets. Harmlessl
Never gripel Ne.:: dsappon;! Cost 10 cents = box.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Classic Romance

THE Song or THE SIRENS BY Edward Lucas
White. Emo. pp. Xii,3iS r. = Duton X Go
Having pictured to us with marvel
lous skill Paraguay under its famous
Dictator, and Rome under dccadent
Caesar, Mr.. White gives us varied
collection of short tales some purely
imaginative and some -most-based
upon classic themes. They are all
classics, however, some because of
their themes and some because of their
extraordinary power. The first tale,
which gives the title to the volume, is
modern, though inspired by an ancient
theme, and is worked out with much
originality and consistency; and the
last IS of Italy since classic times, in
stinct with mediacva tragedy and
grewsomeness. The others are ancient
Roman, Carthagenian and Greek tales,
reproducing with much skill what we
may woll believe to have been the GUS
toms and atmosphere of thoscs times
There is in these far less of the ten
dency to put distnctively modern
idioms and slang upon the lips Of the
anclents which we could not help re
garding as a blcmish of THE Unwill-
ing Nestal," while there is all of the
familiarity with classic customs that
marked that romance. They are all
admirable stories, admirably told, and
If some of them, as we are told, are
the outcome Of dreams we must hope
that Mr.. White will long continue to
be dreamer
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Beatrice COnradi
THE DUCnBSS OF sIONA BY Ernest Goodwin
Illustrated by W T Benda- l2mo. pp. 36S Tn,
UOughtOn MiNlin CnnpanY

TIE DUCHESS OF SIONA BY Ernest Goodwin
Illustrated by W. r Banda l2no. pp 36S. The
Iioughton MiAlin Company.
The skill which evolved the irresist-
ible charm of The Caravan Man" is
easily perceptible in these pages.
though it is turned in a very different
direction. In the former work we had
an idyllic comedy of rural and provin-
cial England in our own day. Here we
have a drama of medieval Italy, some
times sombre and tragic, sometimes
heroic, sometimes instinct with the
tenderest sentiment 1t is in a sense
an historical novel, in that it repro
duces with what we must regard as
sufficient accuracy the atmosphere and
temperament of olden times, though
not actual characters and events.
More than most such works it avoids
on the one hand affected archaisms
and on the other the too great mod
ernization of the past. The characters
are clearly drawn. the plot and narra-
tive are Of gripping interest, and the
composition is full of fluent charm. If
we say that it treats a far greater and
more serious subject as successfully
as Mr.. Goodwin's former work treated
the lighter theme we give it high
praise, but no higher than it deserves.
The illustrations by Mr. Benda sare
also worthy Of special commendation
for their fidelity to the spirit Of the
book as well as for their artistic merit.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Epics Of Sea and Land
Marvellous Tales of Sentiment,
Pathos and Tragedy

ANCHORS AWEIGH. by narrie, Welles. Illus
tratcd l2no. Up 275 Charles Scribners Sons.
When first we read some of these
stories. singly, we thought that we had
seldom met with any that surpassed
them Now, reading and rereading the
whole collection, we wonder if we have
ever met with anything finer.
There are three essentials of an en-
tirely great tale. One is theme that
appeals to human interest. The second
is an interesting plot or narrative
based upon that theme. The third is
charm of style in telling the story.
In each of these three respects Mrs.
Welles's stories triumphantly meet the
most cxacting test. In war and in
peace, on land and on sea, in sentiment
or in the grimmest tragedy, her themes
are irresistible in their appeal, her
narratives are of gripping interest, her
style is exquisite.
This is high praise, but it is not too
high. 1t scarcely could be. Every one
of these dozen tales is a literary and
dramatic masterpiece, entitled to i'm
mortality amid the best Of our con-
temporary letters
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Battling Hunnish Spies
Capital Tales Of Patriotic Oar
inc and of Love

THE nIGnFLYERs By Clarence Budinston Kel-
land with frmusliece l2mo. pp. 56l. Harper
THE PRIVATE WIRE TO wAsHINGTON. Rv
Harold MeGrath. Illustrated. I2mo, Up 287
Harper & Bros.
Here are two exceptionally clever
and entertaining romances of the Great
War, very like each other and also
very different. Both deal with the
Vaccinations Of murdcrous German
spies in this country, and the battling
Of them by brave and loyal Americans.
In each an innocent, noble and heroic
person is caught in tolls and made to
suffer cruel suspicion. But in the one
the sufferer is a woman, in the other
a man. In the one the scene is laid
in Detroit, in the other in New York
and on Long Island
Mr.. Kelland tells US Of German sab
otage, ineendiarism and attempts to de-
stroy American aerOplane works; of the
loyal American daughter of hyphenat-
ed traitor, who for fear Of the shame of
her fathers exposure suffers living
martyrdom until his death; of the
splendid young American inventor and
aviator who loves her, and who in the
clu destroys lne CUlel Oh lnc 1uHnlSn
devils in the very hour of his antici-
pated triumph. 1t is a tale ingenious
in invention and construction, spirited
and expeditions in narrative, beautiful
in the sentiment Of love and thoroughly
admirable in literary style.
Mr. McGrath lays tn chief scene Of his
story in a big country house on Long
Island, close by a secret U-boat base and
infested by German spies. The splen-
did young hero of the tale has inno-
Gently become the victim of Hunnish
blackmailers, and is made to appear a
Stacker if not a traitor in the eyes Of
the girl he loves and who loves him,
but through tragedy he is released and
he brings to book the treacherous plot
ters. There is little of that whimsical
artificiality which weakens some Of the
authors stories, and there is much
dramatic power linked with singularly
sweet and winning sentiment. There is
also a refreshing novelty in the con-
struction and arrangement of the plot,
all contributing to the charm of a most
fascinating romance.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
''What a Fool He Was.''
Yet Some Regard His Foolish
ness as Wisdom

CAPTAIN MARRADAY'S MARRIAGE. by Thomas
Cobb. l2mo PIP 81. Tho John Lane Company
If you will have problem novels. here
is one worthy Of the name. 1t is, of
course, a sex problem, and it is one of
the most daring kind, differing from
most in that the shoe is on the other
foot. Briefly stated, here is the prob
lem: A man is the guardian of an at
tractivc girl and is much in love with
her, without her realizing it. She be-
comes infatuated, temporarily, with a
plausible scoundrel, is seduced by him
and is about to become mother And
then her guardian learns the fact.
Problem: What shall he do?
Well, in this book he marries her to
save her coming child from shame.
What a fool he was!" exclaimed the
goodly wisdom of the world. Yet there
are other standards of judgment, es-
pecially the "single Standard" of which
we have heard something now and then
in our day, according to which we are
inclined to think that there are those
who, reading these pages, with their
marvellous delineation and analysis of
character, will think that perhaps the
wisdom of the world is not, after all
supremely impeccable. If there are
Dick Marraday we do not envy them
nor can we envy them, either, the task
Of demonstrating what else he should
have done.
more cleanly written, sympathetic
thought-inspiring and ultimately con-
Vncing "problem novel" we have not
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Russia's Revolution
Its Pioneers. lis Realization and
Its consequences

PIONEERS or TIE RUSSIAN REYOlU UTlvN.
Iy Dr Angelo :. KaN0p9rt illustrated limo,
pp aSYi. 2sl Brcntuos.
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ASPECTS. By Rohcrt
Cro1.er Long $40. I'D. Vii, za4. T. T. button
nrssIAs AGONY BY Robert wilton. Illus
trat-d syo pp 357 L. T. Duitou x Co.
Whether or not we forget the Presi-
dents promise that we shall not for
sake Russia, we may be assured that
Russia win not forsake US. The dis
position Of that country is one of the
greatest problems now before the
world, and it is one upon which there IS
the greatest need and the greatest lack
of information. We must welcome,
therefore, every serious work which
throws any light upon the revolution,
its antecedents, its achievement, its
results.
Dr. Rappoport's volume, fascinating
in style as a romance, tells of the
anteccdents of the revolution, and of
those men and women who, during
more than century, labored for the
overthrow of czardcm. 1t is sympa-
thetic in spirit but avoids excessive
radicalism, and gives, on the whole, as
fair an account and estimate of the
goodly company of Russian revolution
lists of various stripes as can any
where be found. 1t brings the narra-
tive down to the present timc and
shows the relation of Bolsevism to
the various agitations which have gone
before.
Mr.. Long was the correspondent Of
The Associated Press in Russia dur
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Problems and Adventures--
Some Noteworthy Fiction
By Willis Fletcher Johnson

all and, apart from such comparison, as
work of exceptional merit in all re-
spects, save perhaps one.
1t is the story Of Chicago boy Of
German parentage who in his child
hood feels the promptings of a desire
to become thoroughly American, but
who has to fight desperately against
the Hunnish influence within for many
years, until we'll on in manhood, when,
after paying a heavy penalty for the
hereditary curse, he casts out the last
remains of the hyphen. Obviously,
this is a theme of great interest, and
of no little practical and timely value,
and it is one which affords fine oppor-
tunities to the writer. These have
been splendidly improved. Seldom
have we read d book in which boys and
girls, in both speech and acts, were
portrayed so truly to the very life;
so that at every passage we involuntar-
lily think. yes, that's exactly what q
boy would say, or do. Inevitably, there
are some unpleasant passages, con-
cerning violations of the seventh and
eighth commandments. But these are
not put in for their own sake, but be-
cause they naturally belong there and
are essential to the completeness of
the story.
The one failing. to our mind, is at
the very close. The ending has not
that convincing and triumphant
strength which we could wish. 1t
would have been better not to leave
so much to be inferred. But despite
this the work as q whole is one of the
most interesting and most meritorious
romanccs of the season.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

ments on the great men in her circle
Of friends for any enlightenment as
to the author herself. And in these
descriptions she has maintained
rather extraordinary detachment. She
has given US tangible figures with
certain salient trait noted and de-
veloped into a fairly complete char
acterzation. She does not make these
men and women live for US, which is
perhaps not necessary in a book Of
this kind, but she does give us
bowing acquaintance with them, and
this viii enable us to greet them all
in the world Of shades and pursue
those whom she has drawn in colors
to our liking
We wonder why it is that she treats
those departed from this life 80 kindly
There is never q harsh tone or rude
gesture perpetrated. All is gentle
graciousness in those men of d former
generation. Is it the youthful respect
We might look for in one so modest
and shy Cher own picture Of herself
as a young wOman), or is it that rev.
erential feeling 50 many Of us have
for the fighter who has given up the
ghost and passed on to the great un-
known? Surely the Mrs. Ward who
can SO fay her contemporary, II. c.
Wells, could not have neglected to
notice somc slight lapses from the all
but monotonous sweetness with which
she would have US believe herself sur
rounded.
With truly admirable poise, consid-
ering the fact that this book was writ
ten during tho topsy -turvydom of this
great war, Mira Ward has maintained
her Victorian atmosphere of easy calm.
Realizing keenly that her writings were
to be as a mirror in which the un-
initiated could catch glimpses, soma
poor, some gloriously adequate, of the
personages of two continents for three
quarters of a century, and where those
fortunate famihars could renew the old
contacts, she woye round about her
with painstaking care a web which
sheltered her from the martial vibra-
tions of the hour At the very end of
her work we find: "For while these
'recollections.' during the hours have
been at work on them. have swept me
out of the shadow OF tho vast and
tragic struggle in which we live. into
days long past on which there is still
sunlight though it be a ghostly sun
light, and above them tho sky of normal
life For this brave, triumphant at
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
An Argentine Rornance

AA1AIIA- BY Juso AIarma Translated from the
Spanish by Mary J. sa7rnno. leIno pp 4l9.
j ~ DuItnn & Co.
cry mastcrful romances have re
Gently been written and published con-
cerning South Amcric n countries, and
particularly relating to Argentina,
Paraguay and Uruguay, and they have
worthily taken their place In standard
literature They are not, however, the
first that have been written on such
themes Tho volume before US is a
reminder that more than a generation
ago some Of the worlds ablest romance
writer's we're finding opulent themes in
that same region Of the world.
Marmols ~Amalia" has for rnanv
years been familiar to readers of
Spanish, Russian, Polish and German.
but never before the present was fnlly
translated into English. 1t was we'll
worth while TO translate it and English
readers have been placed under a debt
of gratitude to Miss Serrano for her
work 1t Is a powerful romance deal
ing with the times and in part with
the deeds OF one OF the most remark
able men Spanish-America has ever
produced Manuel Rosas was a dictator
and ruthless tyran1- But be was p
man Of singular force, and he made a
great mark upon the history of his
time In Marmols fascinating pares
he and his contemporaries are made to
live again, and the reader is enabled
to realize vividly what political and
social life was in Southern South
America three quarters of century
ago. The volume is entitled to a place
by no means inconspicuous amid the
important historical romances of the
world
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Victorian Views

rilry Ward Two volumes PAotographs syo
lil 2l2. 2t0. Harper ~ Bros
What complete, serviceful life Mrs.
v ard reveals to US in her "Recolec-
tions'l 1t will remain a mystery how
4ne woman could have known so many
great men and women so we'll, could
have spent so much time with them,
and still have accomplished the thou
sand affairs of her own life OF her
intimate connections she gives us little
view, however. She dedicates her book
to ]. H. W, in memory of April 6,
1872. but beyond this address she men
tions only as a triling comment that
on that date she married Mr.. Thomas
Humphry Ward. Her children she
refers to as d and NJ, but we have
to accept them as living facts, for we
are not let into the secret of their
arrival on the scene of this world
Surely it is more than idle curiosity
that will cause many Of us to regret
this delicacy of personal conscious
ness.
We have to turn, then, to her COM
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

ing the crucial year of 1917, and per
sonally witnessed the stirring events
which then occurred. He does not at
tempt to give a complete history of
the time, but rather to describe and
to explain some of its salient features.
Particularly valuable are his accounts
of Prince Lvof, Kercnsky, Kornilotf
and others, and of the events in which
they participated. 1t is gloomy but
not hopeless picture which he pre-
sents of Russia, his hope largely re-
siding in Great Russia and Siberia as
the saving remnants of the once all
embracing empire of the Cars.
Mr. Wilton was the Russian CORE
spondent Of "The London Times" and
had particularly intimate and author
itative personal view of the Bolshevist
revolution. His detailed and compre-
hensive narrative of events is of in
tense interest and inestimable value;
but if possible still more to be priced
is his keen analysis and judicious esti-
mate Of Bolshevism, as a great de-
structive force, mcnacing to Russia and
to the world 1t is a. volume of ex-
ceptional value, both for record and
for forecasts