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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-04
AMERICAN REDCROSS IS NOW IN SARAJEVO
City Famous as Scene of As sassination of Archduke
 Franz Ferdinand
n. A..n.ia.aa prs..

Sarajevo, March 25.-This little Bosnian city, famous as the scene of the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which was the precursor of the great world war, is new the headquarters of the United States food administration and of the American Red Cross, which is extending its ac- tivities to every part of the Balkans. American officers, soldiers, physicians and nurses are numerous in the streets.
 Four and a half years of war have made little change in the ancient capital. With the exception of a small district near the Serbian frontier, Bosnia and Herzegovina were not battle ground and there was no destruction of property. Indeed except for the wounded and sick Bosnian soldiers returning from Austria and Germany, and the presence of allied officers and troops, one would scarcely kf,ow the country had ever been at war.
 The. streets are thronged with people of all nationalities and of all manner of dress. Crotians, Serbs Austrians, Ger mans, Turks. Italians, Frenchmen, Brit ishers and Americans rub elbows with one another. The cafes are always crowded. The moving picture theatres are full at all hours, and dancing is ever popular. Public and semi-prbic balls are frequent
 
 The slender niinarets of more than 100 Turkish mosques give very picturesque appearance of the city. Nearly one-half os Sarajevos 5000 people are of the Mohammedan faith. The scores of Turk ish bazaars are well patronized, particu- larly by Americans, who seem to be keen for oriental things of all sorts.
 The Turkish people here really are Slavs who embraced the Mohammedan religion. They are noted for their in- dolence and drtiness. The women never work. Many of the older ones adopt beg ging for a profession. The Serbians, on the other hand, are industrious and tidy. The homes of the Serbian peasants are models of cleanliness
 The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have great native intelligence. Many speak several languages The educated classes are students of politics and eco- monies The words liberty and freedom are constantly on their lips. They say that all their hope is centered in Presi- dent Wilson.
 While there is an abundance of food in the larger cities, some of the villages are suffering severely. There is complete lack
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-04

London, April 12-There is only one
 thing in England concerning which the
 whole nation is entirely and unanimously
 agreed, and that is the weather. Regard
 ing every other political, national and
 social subject. no matter what its i'm
 portance, everybody is at sixes and sevens.
 One has only to say something concern
 ing the temperature, the rain, the wind
 and the general unspringiness of today,
 yesterday and tomorrow, when at once violent arguments cease, and everybody within hearing says: "Yes, I agree with you entirely; it is the worst spring we have had for years"
 I suppose it must be this same weather and its effect upon everybody's nerves, that makes us so contentious. The most trivial matters give room for acrimonious argument, and it makes me laugh in-
 wardly, as well as outwardly, to note
 how grave and reverend churchmen, such
 as Canon Duckworth and Cardinal
 Vaughan, are leading a chorus raised in protest against the immortality of the dancing that is now being so strenuously
 indulged in in London and throughout the country. They preach sermons and write
 letters about the effect of Jazz upon
 the nations morals with such industry
 that one wonders whether these reverend gentlemen being less strenuously occu- pied since hostilities have ceased, are not overindulging themselves in wordy ar guments that have had their birth in war strainl
 Of course, from the American point of view, all this controversy about Jazz must be extremely entertaining. The dances that are being danced in London at the present time have no more rela- tion to the style of dancing that is prac- ticed in American private or public ball. rooms than the cavorting of an amiable and very quiet barn-door fowl. England has invented dance of her own that she persists in calling "Americar." Two win ters ago, when I was in New York, visited every public ballroom of repute in that great city, and was present at many charming and exclusive social functions, where dancing was the special attraction. Never during that period did 1 see any dancing like unto that which is now practiced in this good old city of ancient memories.
 I went to private dance the other evening with some charming Americans who are extremely keen dancers. They were delighted with the band that per formed after the best New York condl- tions of brass and bang, but they sat out the first one-step in order to see how 1t was done in England" By the time it was over they were bewildered q must learn these new English dances," was the unanimous verdict of the group. Whek I told them that we in London were or | the opinion that we were dancing in real American fashion the surprise Of all or them was extreme. And by this l do not mean to suggest for an instant that the present dancing craze throughout Eng
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-04
PRIMITIVE METHOD
 OF EXTRACTING OIL

Coblenz, March 14.-One of the sights in Remagen for American soldiers quar- tered in this section of the occupied area is primitive stone wall used by the Germans for the production of a vegetable substitute for animal and mineral oils and fats An oil was made here from the seeds of beech trees and the fodder plant rape. These seeds were mixed in equal parts and ground in the stones of the old mill Twelve pounds of seeds yielded
 about one quart of oil and left highly
 nutritious cattle fodder. Remagen has
 been the headquarters of the One Hun
 dred and Sixty fifth infantry. New York
 "Old Sixty-Ninth" of the Forty second di-
 vision.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-04
Frances Fastest Airplane

Paris, March M-France's fastest air. plane today is the new Nieuport biplane No 9, which was scompleted in the late fall of 1918, and was to have been incor- porated as a fighting unit in the French air forces this month. This biplane car ried a 300 horse power engine, and with a load of $40 pounds reached at the of ficial test speed of 1471k miles an hour. It climbed 1000 meters in 116 seconds. 5000 meters in 397 seconds and coco meters in 1126 seconds. At the latter elevation a speed of 131 miles an hour was main tained,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21

London (Special.)-Dcspite the sign
ing of the armistice more than six
months ago and the subsequent labors
day sixteen wars raging in Europe.
and more are in prospect. We're Is the
list, according 10 latest advices:
Bolshiviki VS. Allies.
Bolsheviki rs. Russian loyalists.
Bolsheviki VS.. UkrainIans.
Bolsheiki VS.. Germans.
Bolsheviki W. Poles.
Bolsheviki VS.. Rumanisns.
Bolsheviki VS.. Firms.
Bolsheviki vs. Lithuanians.
Poles VS.. Germans.
Poles VS.. Ruthenians.
Poles VS.. Czcchoslovaks.
Germans VS.. Let's.
Austrians vs.. Jugoslavs.
Rumaians. French. Serbs and
Czechoslovaks VS.. Hungarians-
Bulgar Royalists vs.. Bulgar Reds.
A seventeenth war. but recently
concluded, was that between the Ba-
yarian government and the Bavarian
Reds.
Danger spots in Europe, where
aclual ISntiHS may d. aug sihS
gin, are:
Ireland.
Dodecanese Islands.
East coast Of the Adriatic (Fiume,
Dalmatia, Alban4a)
Belsheviki Are Warlike.
The Russian 5c!sheviki who have
displayed an eagerness to fight
every body except the old German
autocracy. appear TO be at the bot
tom of more than halt the present
trouble in Europe. Until recently
they have been waging war against
the forces of the allies on two fronts:
the northern, comprising the region
around Archangel and the Thurman
coast, where several thousand Amer
leans are part OF the allied forces,
and the southern, including Odessa
and the Crimea. On the southern
front the bolsheviki have prevailed.
but in the north the lighting has been
going against them.
The war between the bolsheviki
and the Russian Loyaiists is being
waged on several fronts. the most in
portant being those where the 10y
l.lists are commanded. respectively. by
Admiral kolchak and General Deni-
kline These ;.o leaders have recently
reported brilliant successes in engage
ments with the reds.
A third. war being vaged by the
Trotzky-Lenine government is against
the Ckrainian Eationalists under Pet
lura, who resent bclshevist interior
ence in Ukrainian affairs. Latest ad-
vices would seem to show that after
some reverses Petlura is finally gain
ing the upper hand.
Considerable haziness surrounds the
fighting between the bolsheviki and
the Germans and the bolsheviki and
the Let's. The latter accuse the boil
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
Southern Iowa Items

days. The reflection on the sky OF
some OF these lights can be seen for as
great distance as sixty-eight miles.
You can travel all over the territory
covered by the lighthouse service and
never be out Of sight OF light and
sometimes be in sight Of two or three
al the same time"
Iowa City-Lieut, Victor Hoersch, OF
Davenport, who is working for his oe-
gree as doctor of philosophy, at S. L. l.,
has been awarded the croix de guerre.
and citation for bravery. signed by
Marshall Petain. of France. In recogni-
ton Of the Iowa warriors splendid ser
vice overseas. Lieut. Hoersch was
awarded this honor Nov. "a. but 1t was
not until more than five months later
that the concrete evidence OF the APP
probation Of France reached him. the
Iowan was wounded at the battle OF
Vaux. July ., 1918, being seriously hurt
while leading his men thru fierce
bombardment. He stuck 20 his post
refused 70 be taken 70 the year; and
encouraged his men to fight thru TO
victory.
Davenport-The body Of 4-year- old
Harold Stiger. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Le-
Roy r. Stiger, was found in the Mis-
sissippi river in the vicinity OF Wide
Awake Point. off Suburban Island.
Ita.. ..: ::os fishing in the vi
cinity when he first noticed the body.
He secured it and the park policeman
at the island notified the police. Cor
oner Clarence D. Ebert was on the
scene in a few minutes, and the body
was identified as that of the Stiger
child. One Saturday afternoon three
weeks ago the child, with playmate
was tossing stones into the river from
the levee seawall. He lost his balance
and fell in. Coroner Ebert announced
that no inquest would be necessary
death being clearly accidental.
Malvern-Mr. and Mrs. John David
son, living near Hastings, could claim
/ a curious record 81! their own Dur
ing the past winter, Mr.. Davidson los,
three horses, which would ordinarily
| be quite q loss. but in this cae. was
| merely interesting as the combined
ages of the three were ninety six years
| Mr. Davidson had raised these horses
from colts and they had never been ou
of his possession, although. OF course
they had been pensioners for the pas
few years Then Mr.. and Mrs. David
son have wringer for n washing ma
chine that they have used the pas
forty-two years and are still using
They also have a Howe sewing ma
chine which they have had in their pos
| session for forty-two years, and which
Mrs. Davidson still uses for her sew
ing. Lastly they have a customer t
whom they have delivered butter TO
the last thirty five years. Can aI,the
such record be found in. the state?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
HAD GREAT EXPERIENCE.
Ralph Young Wears cro'* de Huerre
For Exceptional VaIor.

Ralph Young Wears cro'x de Guerre
For Exceptional Valor,
special to Times Republican.
Acklsy, May 21-Ralph c. Young
how raised in Ackley tho born IN
Williamsburg, Pa, has Just returned
from France, wearing the crolH &c
euerre, bringing with him young VIE
married at lockwood, Pa, not lar
from his native city. before he went
to France, and an infant child porn
while he was overseas. On July ~
1917, at the age Of IS years, and AFTER
considerable effort because he was
underweight, Young succeeded in get
ting into the Fifty eighth Infantry, OF
the Fourth Division, at Pittsburg, Pa,
In the early part of 1918, he embarked
with members OF his division Tor
France. Off the English channel the
Moldayia, on which he was, was tor
pedoed on the morning Of May %, 1918
The soldiers and the crew were
promptly picked UP by the conveys,
Ralph being taken on board a torpedo
boat of the conveys after being in the
water on a raft for twenty minutes. He
served al Chateau MERRY anu III INC
first American advance his company
went too fast and were outfanked by
a German machine gun which threat
ened to annihilate them. An officer
discovered the location Of the machine
gun. and called for volunteers to take
it. Ralph and a young man named
Kelley, from Boston. volunteered.
Creeping thru wheat field on their
stomachs. thew surprised three Ger
mans in charge Of the machine gun.
Kelly disposed Of one Of them with his
rife and Ralph took care of the other
two with his revolver. For this ex-
plot Ralph wears the French croix de
guerre or cross Of war. In addition to
these experiences. ne has been laid up
in the hospital with shell shock and
splinter wound of the left leg and
again from the effects of gas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21

OF its central department in New York
in which As persons are employed, and
its thousands of representative in
every part OF the country. the ~ has
been able TO deliver remittances TO any
individual. in any locality specified by
the doughboy.
Two months ago the total Of unde-
liyered remittaaces stood at 1853 Co.
operation Of newspapers in publishing
lists of payees who could not be found
has resulted in a marked reduction.
The present figure, 1929, shows a
slight increase of the 1887 Of the pre-
vious month. an increase caused by the
taking over OF number of Express
company money orders from dough-
BOYS overseas. which the receiving
company has been unable TO deliver.
and which the ~" bureau has under
taken to clear.
Checks are being held at the Y, NJ.
c. A. soldiers remittance bureau. BAT
Madison avenue. New York City, for
the following persons, information
concerning the whereabouts Of whom
is requested: the first name that Of the
payee, the second, the remittor:)
Miss Elsie State. Yale; Floyd A.
State, Pvt. Med. Dept. % Eng.
Mrs Harriet =. Weltch, Welton:
Jesse o. Weltch. HQ. Co. II Inf.
Egnas Valoshon. Sioux City; Andrew
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21

Corydon-Within the past two weeks
twenty-five young wolves have been
captured by three farmers living IN
WAYNE county One litter consisted OF
ten little fellows and before they were
destroyed picture Of them was taken.
4 bounty Of 81 was paid for each wolf
captured.
Council Buffs-Mrs. W. l. Haller,
residing at 2523 Avenue A, met with an
accident. She is a trimmer at Ream' 3
greenhouse. She and her helper NOV
ed close up TO Mrs. Halter, who un-
aware Of her proximity, stepped down
from the ladder hitting the one close
TO her and throwing both 10 the
ground. Mrs. Haller had her open
scissors in her hand and in falling fell
on them running the points into her
back. She will be laid up for several
days as a result Of the accident.
Kno1vilIe-Ed Chapman, living ten
miles east of Knoxville near the Des
Moines river. captured a rare bird the
other day while out in the river in a
motor boat The bird proved to be a
pelican. of the European variety, and
measured eight feet, six inches from
tip 10 tip with a beak eighteen inches
long. The bird had been injured in
some manner so it could not lily ana
was taken captive alive. The bird is
being kent nv Mr. CHAPMAN in the lake
by the sand plant.
knoxvilie-While people in the state
of Iowa are paying 10 and II cents per
pound and more for pinto or speckled
beans, which are shipped here from
Colorado and other western states, the
beans are finding slow sale in Color
ado at 214 and cents per pound. Har-
old Jones, a former Knoxville boy, has
written his father from Biggsvillc
Colo, where he lives onNa ranch, that
the inhabitants of Weld county. Colo
have raised sufficient pinto beans to
give each of the $4,000 inhabitants a
ration of 40 pounds each.
Muscatine-Did you know an Iowa
man, born about as far from the sea
as possible, is in charge of the light
house service Of the United States
Well, it's a fact. Secretary of Com
| merce RedfieId Of the presidents cab
met, who recently visited Muscatinf
and Davenport, disclosed the fact
The largest service in the department
of commerce is the lighthouse service,
said Secretary Redfield, and this ser
vice is run by George X. Putnam, o
Davenport, Iowa. Mr.. Putnam is on
of the ablest administrators have eve
ever seen. In the New York harbor tn
| lighthouse service has a factory wher
| all Of the lights used in the service ar
made. We must have an UNUSUAL,
good light so we make 1t ourselves t.
make sure that it is good. 1t must b.
so good that no hurricane can blow
out and 1t must burn for at least eigh
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
FoRTY.El6AT HAWkEYE STATE
SOLDIERS AWARDED DIS.
I TINGUIsHsp CROSSES.
WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES
AN INCOMPLETE LIST
16Sth lnfantry-other Honers Won
by Boys Who Served in Various
Regiments, Volunteer and Regulars
List Announced at Washington.
IBy Il. G. Dougherty ]

Washington, May 2l.--An incomplete
list of the soldiers who have been dec
Grated with the distingJls service
cross by the American government for
gallantry in action was issued today
by the war department. OF the total
OF forty eight Iowa soldiers, officers
and men. who have won the coveted
honor, nine were members OF the
famous l6Sth infantry regiment, the
old Third Iowa which returned 10 Iowa
last week. The l6Sth infantry soldiers
awarded the .neritorious service badge
included:
Guy :. Brewer. Merl Z Clark, Ar
thur +. Brandt Glenn -. Haynes. Os.
car b. Nelson, Bernard Holson, Mat
thew Spauts, Liberty L. Pease and
Clarence z, Davis,
Other IowaHs similarly decorated,
with the organizations To which they
were attached, included the following:
Ernest Bickford, Sixteenth infantry.
George &. Clarke. Eleventh infan-
try.
Earl A. Hoffman, 34lst machine gun
battalion.
John T. Baker Seventh engineers.
Edwin D. Bramble, l02nd infantry.
Richard NJ. Kirk. 36lst infantry.
Raymond B. Smith, Eleventh ma
chine gun battalion,
Arthur j. Goetsch, Fourth engineers.
Richard J. White, ll3th infantry.
Hemior Peterson, Ninth infantry.
Carl w. LANCE, Second machine gun
battalion.
Harold A. Hudson. 10th signal bat
talon.
Chester R. Howard, lo4th infantry.
Earl W. Porter, air service.
Paul J. CASTOR, 12lst machine gun
battalion.
James A. Vincent, 363rd infantry.
Hanford McEider, Ninth infantry.
Walter D. Ballard, Sixteenth infan-
try.
George 4. Bushing, 1lSth infantry.
Otis Turner, 117th infantry.
Rufus B. Jackson, 37Oth infantry.
Emery ]. Pike, Eighty diyi-
sion.
Leland Brown, Sixty first infantry.
Hugh P. Kidder, Sixtieth marines.
Otto F. Westminster, llIth infantry.
Elmer J. kiIcner, i39th infantry.
Clarence c. Schide, ll4th infantry.
Henry Henderson, Thirty-tifth IL
fantry.
Fred L. Sexton, Sixth marines.
Carl Lee, ll7th infantry.
Kenneth Gardiner, Tenth neld ar
tiilery
sylvester Phillips, Tenth field ar
tillery.
Edgar ]. Rulc, Tenth field artillery
Emmett c. Michaels. Ninth infantry
Robert Colflesh, Seventh infantry.
Nicholas Weber, 325th infantry.
Paul Cross, 325th infantry.
Ira Swanger, both infantry.
William H. KofmehI, Fifteenth ma
chine gun battalion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
"Y" Handled Twenty
Millions For Yanks

The highest paid army in the world
has proved itself the most thrifty. APP
prox!mately sI9.500,000 has come back
10 the folks al home from American
doughboys in France, Germany Eng
land and Russia since JAM, 1918, thru
a single channel. And because that
channel was available, the richest
army is about 100000 richer.
That $50, represents the estimated
cost for postal and express money
orders, which the coughboy would
have TO transmit s19,53S,172.71 10
America, had not the bureau Of SOL
diers' remittances of the Y. N. c. A.
war work council been prepared TO
transmit the money without charge.
AT the close of business, April 81.
1919. the bureau had handled 1896
accounts making up the amount
stated. Because of its $3.50 represent
atives with the American Expedition
airy Forces - for every Y. NJ. c. A.
worker overseas is an agent Of the Re-
rnittance Bureau-the y" has been
able TO receive the soldiers money for
transmission to America when no
other agency was available. By virtue
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
TO LOAN CALF MONEY.
Story County Bankers Will Back Am
bilious Bows


bilious Boys.
Special to Times Republican.
Nevada, May 2l.-The bankers Of
Story county will lend their support
to the Story County Calf Club by
financing the boys who desire 10 buy
calves TO enter the club
AT least that was the sentiment Ct
those present at the annual meeting
Of the Story County Bankers Associa-
ton. which was held at the Knights OF
Pythias hall in the city on Friday
afternoon.
There was representative attend
ance Of the bankers present. All
three Of the Nevada banks were rep
resented. at least three Of the Ames
banks. two Of the Story county banks.
also the banks Of Roland McCalls-
burg, Cambridge, Kelley and other
parts Of the county.
H y. Donhowe, Of Story City. was
elected president OF the association
for the ensuing year; S. A. Knapp. OF
Ames, secretary. and J. 0. Har5rcuke,
of Ames treasurer.
The matter Of the backing Of the
calf clubs came up for discussion and
IL appeared to be the almost unani-
nous sentiment of the meeting that
it was good business proposition for
the bankers Of the county that they
get back of the move and assist In
financial way the boys who are going
into the calf ciuu WORK.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-21
How to Combat
Cucumber Beetle

Garden gumption" will do more 10
reduce the ravagcs OF the striped
cucumber beetle than open warfare
methods. In other words prevention is
again more effective than cure.
Cucumber, watermelon. squash, can
taloupe, beans, peas, and other crops
are attacked by the cucumber beetle.
II damages crops in all parts OF the
United States east Of the Rocky noun
tains and is nearly always present in
the gardens and on the farms of this
area. II Is by far the most common
and most destructive cucurbit pest the
farmer and gardener have TO fight.
The Insect and Its Work.
This insect is destructive in two
stages OF it's life-the larva or worm"
stage and the beetle stage, The larva
Is a small threadlike white worm with
darkbrown head and tail. which works
underground and tunnels the roots and
stems Of the plants. II is by no means
as destructive as the beetle.
The beetle has black and yellow
striped back when It's wings are folded,
a black abdomen and yellow neck and
legs. II eats the leaves and stems Of
plants and later gnaws the rinds Of
tho fruits and renders them unmarked
able.
The principal injury is done by last
Years beetles that have wintered in
the trash left in gardens and fields and
in dense weeds along ditch banks and
river bottoms. These beetles devour
the tender stems and leaflets of plants
not Yet fairly started. The beetles are
also carriers OF some plant diseases.
After feeding, these last years
beetles lay their eggs IN the soil about
the roots of the plants the new gen
Grafton Will later attack. The eggs
hatch IN one or two weeks. When
Matched the worm" lores into the
stem Of the plant. or may be found on
the fruit where this come in contact
with the earth.
In two to five and one half weeks
the larva is full grown. II then pupates
which takes from FIVE 20 ten days, and
energies as an adult beetle about the
first week IN July n the central west.
Adults continue TO appear FOR several
weeks thereafter.
Methods Of Control.
There is no specific remedy for the
striped cucumber beetle. Spraying will