Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-29
Welcome ] wdits Bride
and Babe Of Hero

Waterloo. April 29.--In a pleased hut
| nervous state OF expectancy, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. ID. Clark. 10 Linden avenue,
visited all the passenger trains coming
in from Chicago last night and this
morning.
Their interest lies In a girl bride and
her g-month- old babe, the widow and
child of their son, Eugene H. Clark,
seaman who was killed while saving
his comrades and ship from an ,eX-
ploding bomb when there was a COLI
sion between the American destroyer
Shaw and "a British vessel oct. O. 1918.
The war bride and the babe are ON
their way from Cork, Ireland, to Wat
erloo, Iowa, 20 make their home.
Wonder what Is OBTAINING Them"
commented Mrs. Clark this morning
when her husband returned disap-
pointed. from the last. train that ar
rived from the east. Surely they can
not be held in New York City for the
girl is an American citizen. When she
married Eugene she became citizen
of this country. II my daughter does
not arrive tonight | will be almost
tempted TO ,eave for the east to find
out the cause of the delay
The cozy home has been set in order
to receive the very welcome guests
members of the family whom the par
ents-in law have never seen.
Give All to Country.
In the front window of the Clark
home is a service flag that tells IA
heart-touching story. 1t contains four
stars, one of them of gold. 1t signi-
ties that all the children in the home
the four boys-marched away to serve
their country. The gold star is for
Eugene. the sailor boy who enlisted at
Is. He was % when he died
The three other sons-Andrew, Leon
and Harry, now all In service with the
American expeditionary forces In
France, went to the armory In March,
two years ago, when the call came for
young men to join Co. 3 before it left
for Des Moines.
Our three boys joined at that time,
explained Mrs. Clark TO-DAY. We are
proud and happy TO know that they
were so patriotic and wanted to serve
their country. hut it was hard 10 go
home to an empty house. Eugene had
been home cary in the month, but re-
enlisted in the navy. He marched away
March s and the three ether boys fol-
lowed March IS. When Harry, our
baby, came homo with the uniform on,
It nearly broke cur hearts. We were
giving our all. even our last born who
was still in high school.
Has Daughter at Last.
The boys always wanted a little SIS
fer and father and | wanted a daugh-
ter but il was not to be until now.
On her way there comes our daughter
al last. How proud we are of her ana
hoy welcome she will be, How proud
and pleased the boys will he when they
come home to find a sister here How
happv they will be to play with the
little babe We call the babe Jean
for her father. The only regret my
daughter has. the only one she has
written US about. is that it Is not pos
slble to recover the body of her loved
one. She writes beautiful letters
more like a Young woman or 81 IMAM
like one of 10. She says her husband
roid her Of the great, free, faT-TedchifiE
America. When she came over mere,
she wrote, she would never think Oh
going back to Ireland to live She is
lovely. christian girl and how anxious
we are to see her ana ner little babe.
Harry was allowed to return from
camp to graduate. He IS now pelns
sent thru a college in France by the
army He is located at Beune. The
other two boys are at st. Angin.