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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
UNJUST TO IOWA.

II is a pity that justice could not DC
done here in Iowa until two prominent
politicians fell out. However, It Is pet
ter that political vendettas rage thru-
ont the state than that criminals go
unpunished. 1t does not look very
well. especially for Iowa, but 1t might
be worse Burlington Hawkeye.
Internationally no doubt the Hawk
eve Is doing the character of the state
a wrong and spreading an unjusuted
impression when it suggests that just
ice can not be done in Iowa unless
prominent politicians fall out. In the
case to which ii evidently refers 1t Is
only lust to say that the agitation
started in the county where the crime
was committed. 1t is certainly unfair
10 assume that the hundreds Of sigma
lures to the protest against executive
action in this notorious case had been
procured as ammunition in a personal
fight between two politicians who had
fallen out. 1t is unfair to the county
attorney who put his protest into act
ion, unjust to the county and to the
state as a people who desire justice
done and object to arbitrary evasion
Of plain justice.
It Is human to suggest in every
case that some person is striving to
profit politically or otherwise by bring
ing facts forward that should be pub
lie property in matters vital to the
public interest. Counter accusation Is
the first defense OF the American of
fetal accused of dereliction in office
and persecution the earliest plea. So
very often, more often than not per-
haps, public attention is drawn to the
dog fight and thus attracted from the
matter in hand.
But Iowa desires justice within her
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
borders evenhi,nded Justice. Il Is true
that II is not always done but II II az
true that II is as often defeated by the

borders, evenhanded Justice. II u true
that II is not always done but II In as
true that 1t Is as often defeated by the
very plea that prosecution lis perse-
cutlon and that politics and not law
and order are the moving impulses as
In any other way. When that impress
sion Is widespread psendo sense Of
fairness and sympathy for the under
dog very often permits criminals and
their friends to get away with it,.
Politicians fall out II Is a common
thing among politicians. Their petty
warfarcs and grudges are given alto
gether too much notice in this state as
in other states. We like to see a fight,
like to line up. love excitement. SO
very often real issues are hidden and
camouflaged under petty official fuss
es and fights and real issues subordin-
ated to small men who battle each
other with peanuts. II is a weakness
and not n Characteristic Of Iowa how
ever
iSut Iowa wishes in its honest heart
that justice be done and 1t is not ne
cessary for two politicians to fall out
in order that justice may reign in this
state, When the facts are plain to
the people of Iowa they will demand
justice. The pleas of persecution and
political enmities are the fog In
which weakness and wrong strive to
conceal themselves.
Iowa is sound from the core out to
the skin. We are decent, plain and
capable people DESTROYS OF the best for
yourselves and the state but sometimes
we are careless
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

1t Is Intoxicating. A man can get
drunk as Paddy's pig on branded
peaches. lemon extract and anything
that has alcohol in it. And il he is
bent on getting drunk the proportion
or alcohol in the tipple merely makes
time the essence of the contract
When group OF men organize under
no beer, no work" banner they are
they are guilty Of treason and should
be dealt with as traitors.-Jefferson
Bee
Hardly; where thew interfere with the
man who is ready and anxious to work
whether or not he has beer then some
thing should be doing and Ole Hanson
showed how it should be done.
80
Charles Van Loans stories OF golf
and other sports will be missed by u
great many people who found much
pleasure in them. For Mr.. Van Loan
was able to write a real story with
living characters recognizable on every
golf course in the land.
When Senator Sherman called the
president a Caesar dye s'pose he was
referring to the seizure Of the cables /?
Those Holland Germans who four
flushed over the kaiser didn't help Hol-
land any nor did they do Mr.. Hohen-
zollern any good. Many man has
been hanged by fool friends with q
supposed gift OF oratory.
II may interest many socialists to
know that Trotsky has special
manicure lady" who attends to keeping
his hands, clean. The Thotsky sort Of
socialist usually requires constant
washing and watchfullness. Perhaps he
has a special laundress for his neck
and ears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
Billy Bunny and His Friends

Wicked Wolf will eat me up. 80 what
shall dor" And just then he heard a
voice say:
Tell Billy Bunny TO get out his gun.
He can shoot Mr. Wicked Wolf Just In
fun.
And then IL that wicked beast won't
III tell you OF something else ! know"
so Billy Bunny opened his knapsack
and took out his little gun. and then he
pointed II at Mr.. Wicked Wolf, But
he only laughed and came closer to the
Sledmobile.
"Oh dear. oh dear said Uncle
Lucky. Now we are done for. | know
II. know It,"
And then, all OF a sudden. the voice
came again from the tree tops:
III you have bag Of peanuts IN the
Sledmobile, | say,
Just toss it out 10 Mr.. Wolf, and then
he'll run away
And, would you believe II, when the
little rabbit came to look in his KNAPP
sack he found a bag Of peanuts which
he had bought a long time ago at the
circus. Wasn't it lucky he hadn't found
them before? Well. just guess it was.
And when he threw the bag over to
Mr. Wolf that dreadful animal picked
it up and ran away to his den, for he
had little wolf boy who loved pea
nuts, and his father never could buy
any for him, for ali the peanut men were
afraid Of Mr.. Wolf and wouldn't let
him come near them. And In the next
story you shall hear what happened af-
ter that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
ApollAR FOR An ARMY BLANKET.

Arrests of the men who attempted
by bribery 70 buy a large number ~
army blankets which are placed On
the market 1T Camp Dodge sheds light
on the amounts the government s.
likely 10 get FOR such articles as army
blankets which have boen selling at re-
tail for $12. The offer was dollar
apiece for the $4,000 blankets which >
probably reasonably approximate 20
what it will get for sucn articles oi
junkman who buy up and dispose a.
huge profit % themselves OF blankets
uniforms and the like.
OF course those blankets are most OF
them second .land but also most ~
them are still good blankets that with
cleansing AMI ironing out Will seem
almost new aud give long service. the
amount to be received for them COM
pared with prices the government has
paid for supplies Of all kinds suggests
that the blankets might better be given
TO the discharged men to carry home
with them than shifted for pitiful sums
to the harpies that seek them for next
to nothing and resell them at all the
traffic will bear.
The incident brings UP again the dis
cussion over the uniforms that the
BOYS wore home with orders to turn
them In after ninety days that the
junkmen might buy them for next 10
nothing and peddle them at q profit.
The probabilities are that the uniforms
would bring the government about the
same as an army blanket--a dollar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

letter from hsr son. Buslsr Harry N.
Fletcher. Company r. Fourth Anpu-
lance Train. The compahy.is now sta
toned at IIlerick, Germany and Ii
good way from any city He said the
place is about the size OF Agency, and
forty kilometers from Coblenz, and he
felt as II he were out of luck.
They have amusing times trying to
talk to the people to show them what
they want.
THE other day corporal and ] went
to buy some eggs and We repeated
everything we could think of, German,
French and English and few other
languages, but sim they didn't get wise
to what we wanted. The next think
the corporal did was TO squat down on
the ground and make a noise like a
hen, and then they caught on. We only
got twenty eggs, and paid 20 marks
for them. A mark is worth IL cents in
our money. so you see we got them
real cheap"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

The Boone News-Republican can Sc
nothing particularly to be gained by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
Masonic Meetings
a
Visitors Always Welcome.


MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903, A. r
A. NJ. special communication Friday
March I at 1880 D, m. Second degree
A. l.. Frazer. w. NJ; John w. Wells
secretary.
eicNEV CHAPTER. No. 80, r. A. NJ
Monday, March II. Business session
George Gregory. II. p John w. WeIls
secretary.
ePGciAL ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, 2. & S. NJ"
Monday. March 10. 1919. Supper al
$50 followed by Royal and Selec'
Masters degrees. Ira A. Davenport
T. NJ; John W. Wells. recorder.
Special conelave ST. Aldemar Com
mandery No. 80, X. r., Tuesday, March
4. 100 Order Of the Red Cross. ]. r
Frederick. commander; John w. Wells
recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o.E.S
Regular meeting Wednesday evening
March -. 1880 for business. Mrs
Archer Walton, secretary; Mrs. j. F
Schultz, NJ. w.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
Topics Of the Times

Milwaukee has its Berger, Chicago
has its Thompson and other towns big
and little may profit by their example.
Of all the people who fool the epople
the people themselves are the surest
bet. They put more over on themselves
than is put over on them in any other
way. The worst feature Of It all is that
they burn the same fingers in the same
fire over again.
Just how much dinners and courtes-
les mean in official life is illustrated
by the news that Senator Lodge took
Mrs. Wilson in to dinner the other
night when Mr.. Wilson was telling the
guests where to head in at.
All this trouble as to what, consut-
utes intoxicating liquor should be no
trouble at all. Drink with alcohol in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
Member Of III. associated Pres,

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled
To the use for republication OF all news dl s,
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise ersdileu
N this parsr and also the local news pun
lshed herein.
All rights OF republication of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

When politicians fall out, criminals
get their dues. At least it has Sc
happened in Iowa says the Burling
ton Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

the president Visiting congress In hun
and oa1sring this and that Ieaislation
without debate. Nor would we justify
tn United states senate In swallow
ing whole the league Of nations ON one
mans word"
Let the Germans know what hunger
Is. Let them bo a little OF the suffering
they sought to bring on the rest OF the
world insists the Cedar Rapids Gaz-
cite, 1T is wrong to kick a fighter
when he Is down. but 1t likewise is
wrong TO stand him on his feet II he
only seeks that position in order TO
renew his stabbing."
AS an accomplish Of movie actress
es. Mr.. McAdoo is not not so presi-
dential-sized as he was" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

1T appears that a year from this
spring Nate Kendall of Abba will be
a candidate for governor at the pri-
mary election" observes the Waterloo
Courier. I'VE violate no confidence in
declaring that at least one high-grade
qualified candidate will be available
for the consideration of republicans
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-04

GET THE EGGS.
tOttumwa Courier.l
Mrs Sarah Fletcher, 925 Queen Ann
avenue, has received very interesting
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
WHY DOES THE
VICTORY LOANLAG?
State Chairman Charles H. Barron Issues Stirring
Appeal to South Carolina.

this loan. They would do it, but we
should do it for them. Is there no
gratitude in America? The best way
to show it is not by making pretty
speeches to the returning soldiers, but
by paying them for what they have
done. America, can fight and she can
pay in full for the privilege Of real
izing her ideals of freedom. "The
barrage is down, let's so from here"
Dollars put into victory bonds, serve
IA double purpose, they discharge the
country's debt to the defenders of de-
mocracy. and they make much easier
the conditions for earning living.
Help the treasury to pay its debts and
thus put more money into circulation.
This is an installment proposition
and the bonds do not have to be TAX
en- up with the final payment until af-
ter the cotton crop comes in during
October
1--WE appeal to the people of South
Carolina to be aroused to the patriotic
appeal and the business opportunity
in this victory loan. Let South Caro-
lima not have to explain to the SOL
diers how it is that we have failed.
The Rainbow Division and the Wild
cat Division are yet to come home.
Shall the boys of the Goth tell the
boys yet overseas that their home
folks have not appreciated them ?"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Special to The Daily Item.

Special to The Daily Item.
Columbia, May There is a
dragging somewhere in the Victory
Loan campaign said Chairman
Charles H. Barron, Wednesday, "this
campaign must be vitalized. The en-
tire driving power Of the workers and
of the press of the State must be put
behind this enterprise. 1t must not be
permitted to fall short, or we viii
stand ashamed before the world. ]
don't believe it will fall
This is the last loan. The people
at. large should pay it out of their
savings. There should be the widest
distribution, the resources of the
banks must be left clear for the CO.
operation of our industries and for the
developing Of this countrys resources
II the banks must absorb this loan
capital will not be available for
financing commerce, agriculture and
the other important industries.
'sThey said we would not fight, but
we did. They say that we will not
pay, but we will. We will pay even
if the soldiers themselves must pay
for the war, which they won. The
soldiers who slept in ;.the, mud, who
suffered disease, vern1in, hunger, a
hundred forms of discomfort for ou1
sakes, what a shame it would be if
they should be called upon to save
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
WORLD NAVAL
POLICE FORCE
League of Nations Calls For
Large international Naval
Force to Keep Peace
DANIELS CONFERS WITH
OTHER POWERS
Nations Still Desiring World
Conquest Must Be Shown At
tempt Would Be Improbable

London, May IA large naval in
ternational police force will be neces-
sary under the league Of nations plan
Immediately after peace is declared,
in the opinion of Secretary Daniels,
and one object of his trip abroad is
to discuss with the admiralties of
France, Great Britain and Italy some
of the details as to the force, par
ticularly the types Of vessels desir-
able. '"The desire Of conquest may
still linger in the hearts of some ma
tons after peace and such nations
must be shown that it would be un-
profitable to attempt to accomplish
those DESIRES Secretary Daniels said.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Allies VIII Proceed With Peace
Negotiations and VIII Sign
Treaty With Germany
PEACE CONFERENCE CAM
NOT BE DELAYED
First Meeting With The Ger
mans VIII Probably Be Held
Friday Afternoon

Paris, April 30.-It is planned in
peace conference circles to go ahead
with the peace treaty without regard
to any action by Italy as it is consid-
cred probable that the Italian dele
cation will not return, certainly not
within the present week.
The delivery Of the treaty and the
first exchanges with the Germans,
therefore will occur without the par
ticipation Of Italy and it is said in
American quarters that this proce-
dure will go forward steadily until
the signing of the treaty.
The first meeting with the Germans
will probably be Friday afternoon or
Saturday when the pact will be pre-
Sented.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Loan Campaign
Dragging
Banks Are Not Making Reports
And South Carolina is at
Foot of List

Columbia, May 1.-The Victory
Liberty Loan campaign in South
Carolina is dragging" said Chairman
Charles H. Barron today. "Only sixty
out of the 419 banks in the State
have reported by the postal card sys-
TEN furnished for the daily state
ments.
L am advised from headquarters at
Richmond that South Carolina is at
received many honors from the gov
ernment in this drive, urge the banks
to send in their reports daily. I know
from unofficial reports that several
counties are over the top. or nearly
so, and yet the reports from the banks
do not show it. We must have these
reports to know where we stand.
II see from the newspapers that
cotton is selling in some counties for
20 cents / do not urge the farmers
to sell until they get whatever price
they want, but this spots figure shows
that they are winning their fight. and
that cotton is going to bring the price
they have demanded. Therefore, the
farmers should take fresh courage
and realize that they have the mon
ey, vast lot Of money. in their cot
ton and they can sell when they get
ready to put their promises into Vic
tory bonds now
1t is feared that the banks in
South Carolina have not been report
ing the purchases of bonds because Of
q ruling by Secretary Glass to the
effect that none must be reported un-
til the initial payment had been made.
Chairman Charles Barron, stated to-
day that this is not correct. The dis
trict headquarters at Richmond have
arvised Mr.. Barron that the. banks
may report where they have conf
dence in the ability and intent of the
subscriber to carry out in full his
subscription. bearing in mind. how
ever, that the bank obligates itself 20
the federal reserve bank when it
makes such a report.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
The Peace Conference Officials.
Hope For Settlement Of
Adriatic Question 6
MIR. PAGE OFFERS
TO ASSIST
Rome Dispatches Indicate That
Overtures From Paris Would
Be Acceptable. !,

Paris, April 80 (By the Associated
.Press)-There is a Slight rift in the
Italian cloud which gives hope of the
clearing of the difficulties that have
arisen in the peace conference over
the Adriatic problem. Overtures for
the resumption of relations have not
come thus far from either direction.
but there are intinaations- from RDmes
that overtures from Paris would M
be unacceptable, and would receive
every attention. ssssss IS. =
The prevailing sentiment among
the delegates, including several of the
American delegation. IS against 3ss-s
liciting a return of the Italian repre-
sentatives and it was atsfrst believed
that President Wilson shared this
view. Those nearest the president,
however, asserted that If italy is dig
posed to relinquish Fiume and accept
the compromise the president sug-.
gested he could doubtless, in the in.
terest of harmony make such friendly
suggestions as would permit the
resumption of relations by the 1tal-
ians without any sacrifice of dignity
or self-esteem.
These personal susceptibilities are
felt to be more Of an obstacle at
present than the territorial merits OF
the case. While popular sentiment i'm
Italy still insists on holding Fiun1e,
the recent official attitude has been
less insistent and apparently tends
| toward acceptance of one of the vari-
Gus plans proposed by the courcil OF
three, whereby Fiun1e would be inter.
nationalized and some Dalmatian out
posts given to Italy.
It is the declared purpose of the
council, as well as President Wilson,
not to yield on Fiume, even If the
peace treaty is signed without Italy's
participation. But, should the recent
Official tendencies take the defuite
form Of acceptance Of a compromise.
the presidents friends say they are
sure that no feeling Of pride will re-
strain him from taking steps which
will fully restore the Italian delega-
ton to its former agreeable status in
the conference.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Bomb For Overman
Internal Machine Sent North
Carolina Senator Stopped at
Salisbury Postoffice

Washington, May THE postmas-
ter of Salisbury, North Carolina, tele-
graphed the postoffice department to-
day that package containing a bomb
similar to those found in New York
had been addressed to Senator Over
man. AS acting chairman Of the
senate judiciary committee Senator
Overman had charge of the espion-
age act and many other measures
dealing with law enforcement during
the war. He was also chairman of
the special senate committee investi-
eating pro-German and other radical
propaganda.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
President Wilson Cables His
Endorsement of Postmaster
Generals Suggestion
CABLE CONTROL ENDS
MAY TENTH
Telegraph and Telephone Lines
Will Be Surrendered as Soon
as Necessary Laws are En-
acted.

Washington, April 29.-President
Wilson has approved Postmaster Bur-
leson's recommendation that the tele-
graph and telephone systems be re-
turned to their owners upon the en-
actment of legislation deemed neces-
sary and that the American cable
lines be restored to their owners i'm
mediately. The presidential approval
was announced in a cablegram today.
Mr.. Burleson stated yesterday that he
hoped to return the cables by May
10th.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03

war to enable them to purchase war
material and other property of the
United States in such countries which
is no longer essential to this govern
ment Funds also will be needed for
tn. upkeep and other expenses of the
navy since. the signing of the armis-
rice and for the operation Of the rail-
roads. In addition to these military
costs, the civil expenses of the gov
ernclent ere running at about S2,-
Qoo,000.Q00 a year
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Internal Machines
Siezed

New York, April 30.-Every agency
Of the national and municipal govern
naents was at work tonight trying to
track the reds" responsible for the
terrorist bomb plot which has startled
the country.
Sixteen internal machines were
found, literally by chance, early to-
day in the general postoffice in this
city Apparently they were identicaf
with six others which went through
the mails safely and were delivered to
the persons whom they were ad-
of the intended victims has been in
jured this far. How many others have
been mailed no one can tell.
From all the information available
tonight it was apparent the makers
of the bombs hoped to eXtermira ate ev
cry one who has beer prominently in
.volved in the prosecution or deporta
ton Of members of the I. w. w.
Not only were officers Of the i'm
migration bureau marked for dcstruc-
ton but also the authors of the bill
which would have stopped immigra-
ton for year. This measure would
have made it difficult for Russian
radicals to gain access to this coun,
try.
Agents of the department of justice
said they believed the mailing of the
bombs was intended to cause 4 reigr
OF terror on May day. observed
throughout the world not only b,
peaceful laEc- o-ga,!zatans b1:. +.
ness5 prpncunced radicals. II Has 70
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
French Workmen Loaf
General Strike Declared For
Twenty-four Hours

Paris. May 1.-W'hile Paris and a
great part of France are tied up to-
day by labors' twenty-four hour gem
eral strike, as demonstration for
better working conditions and
changes in certain government poll
cies. no disorders had been reported
I'D to this afternoon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-05-03
Will Make No
Concessions, rs,
japanese Council Votes to Make
No Compromise at Paris

Toxic May 1.-The diplomatic ad-
visory council voted today to adhere
to Japan's attitude relative to the
Shantung peninsula and to make no
concessions or compromises at Paris,
according to newspapers here.