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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
PAGE ONE.

TeIesraphic News:
Naval Seapianc Renches Plymouth.
No Modification in Peace Terms.
{; Stiii ni..st A.I.. .Ia....
Treaty.
Winnipeg Strike Near Settlement.
Death Rides With Speed Demons
PAGES, TWO, THREE AND FIVE.
Is.a News.
Iowa's Losses in Three Wars.
Washes Poodies But Not Hubhys
Clothes.
Federal Aid For 'Graveling
Ten Openings For West Point
Rescue Efforts Grow GrueSome.
PAGE FOUR.
Editorial:
The Mapmakcrs' Difficulties
a Ridiculous Refercndum.
Iowa weeklies and Editorials.
PAGE SEVEN.
Story:
Wolves of the Sea.
PAGES SIX, EIGHT AND NINE.
City News:
Six Near Death in Auto Wreck.
Tarr Out on Bond Rearrested
ii, & ( 81: &: Z. n ss Eeilehar 81. 500
Corporal yanhoy Wins French
Cross. M yN8a 3s,
Soldier Rushes Home to See Child.
PAGE TEN. 4
Markets and General: s
Big Bcccipts Lower Corn.
Easier Tone In Oats. "a s
Holiday at Stock Yards
< Robhing Public TO Save Rail Board.
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DEATH DRIVES
RAGING AUTOS
Lecocq and Two Others
Killed and Two Hurt
at Indianapolis,
One Driver Killed and Two Meehan-
icians Seriously Injured Before 200
Miles Were Covered in indianapolis
contest-Averaae Speed s1.2o Miles
Per Hour.

Indianapolis May 31-DePalma led
at the first 100 miles of the 500 mile
Speedway race heer. today. Bablot was
second and L. Chevrolet third. g. .Chev-
rolet was fourth. All previous records
of the speedway for that distance were
broken, the average being 92.70 miles
an hour.
Arthur Thurman's car turned over
on the north end OF the forty fourth
lap. Thurman was killed and his
mechanician was badly hurt. Thurman
was from Newark, n. j. 1t was his
first race on a brick track.
Z Rablot's car. driven by j. Chassagne.
his relief driver. turned over and a.
Romiguiere, mechanicisn, was injured
seriously. Chassange was only slight
ly hurt.
Various difficulties put the cars
driven by Durrant and Klein out of the
race.
Z AT 200 miles G. Chevrolet had to stop
at the pit ard change from first to
third position. DePalma took the lead
with Wilcox second. Following were
l.. Chevrolet, Earl Cooper, Lecocq and
Hcarne. Average speed, 91.20 miles an
hour.
Two Racers Burned to Death.
Lecocq and Rd Bandini, his mechan-
ician, burned to death on the back
stretch, when their car caught fire.
Lecocq's car caught fire while
rounding the southeast turn. The
machine turned over and the men
were covered with flaming gasolene.
Both men burned for five minutes be-
fore guards and spectators extinsuish-
ed the flames. The burning oil spread
over the track and several of the
speeding cars were compelled to dash
thru the flames.
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keppel to Be- Red cro., Director.

Washington. May 3l.--Dr. Frederick
p. Keppel. third assistant secretary OF
war, and former dean OF Columbia
university, will become director of for
eign operations OF the American Red
Cross on July /. He handed his resig-
nation to Secretary Baker today. Or.
Keppel has served with the war de-
partment since April II, 1917, and for
more than year has been supervising
the social and physical wellbeing Of
the soldiers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
BAR TO ALIENS FORCES FIGHT.
Bitter Contest in Congress Over I'm
migration Restrictions.

Washington, May 31--Developmcnts
foreshadow a bitter fight in congress
over the question Of suspendins imini-
grafton temporarily and deporting
aliens deemed undesirable.
At melting of the house committee
in immigration Representative Johnson
Of Washington, the chairman. and a
majority of,the members declared their
purpose Of framing at the earliest
possible moment Legislation embodying
drastric restriction Of immigration
white Representatives SABBATH OF III
inois and Siegel OF New York served
notice that they will fight the move at
every step.
The bill before the committee is
Chairman Johnson's meanlre provid-
ing:
That immigration shall be suspended
for two years, instead of four years as
provided by the bill reported by the
house committee in the last congress.
The aliens who withdrew their ap-
plications for naturalization to avoid
being drafted for the war with Ger
many shall be deported.
That all aliens in the United states
snail De required 10 reg lSlcE pcIiou'S-a
ally under terms designed to Induce
them to learn to speak and write
English and to become American
citizens.
Most OF the advocates of the legisla-
tion are convinced tina, unless the
United states puts UP the bars IT VIII
be flooded as soon as ocean passenger
transportation resumes on q lnrse
scale, with Millions OF Germans. Aus
TRANS, .Hungarians, Russians, and per-
sons OF other nationalities impcllAd
to omigrate to the land of promise by
the onerus conditions OF life resulting
from the European war.
There is no doubt that there would
be veritable tidal wave of immiSra-
| tion from Germany and other Euro-
pean countries unless we take early
stops 20 step ~" Repres
johnson said today. Taxes in Ger
many and other countries Of the
Germanic alliance to pay for the war
and to pay for rcparation exaoted Of
them are going to be extremely high.
"The United state has been least In
jured by the war and bears the light
est burden Of war taxes per capita OF
J all the belligerents. 1t is only natural
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WOULD REPEAL LUXURY TAXES.
Many Complaints Lead to censidsra.
alton in Aouse,

Washington. May 3D. -RepeaN of the
luxury tax section Of the war revenue
bill was considered today in the house.
Chairman Fordney, Of the ways and
means committee, said favorable ac-
ton on the repeal seemed advisable
because OF the many complaints
against the taxes.
am. opposed Of consumption
takes" he said. but where are we 20.
Ing to get the money; to run the gov
eminent. We viii fall behind $1,000
100000 or $4,000. 100000 next year un-
der present taxes"
He said that II possible it would he
desirable 70 transfer the present e.-
cess profits taxes from the Corporation
to the stockholder. This, he said,
would encourage business.
II Nm not asking for-any less taxes
q. es.stkssSogp0fAtion ~ or the st ockholder (
iies declafed. The present law dis,
+courasesl COMPOSITIONS t., make larger
earnings because the excess profits
rates take about all the increase"
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Famous Flying Unit Home.

New York. May 3f--The famous
Ninety fourth pursuit squadron. for
merly commanded ty Eddie Ricken-
bacher, some of whose rnemhers few
with the Lafayette esstundrille before
the United states entered the war, re-
turned today on the transport LOUIS
vile. Tho squadron has been credited
officially with seventy enemy planes
and unonlcially with forty-two others.
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Packers Say Beef
Prices Will Be
Lower at Once

Chicago, May :1.-"A decrease in the
price OF hcef is immediately at hand"
according to a statement today by the
American Beef Packers Association.
Despite the fact that beef already
is cheaper than pork. chicken or NUT
ton. It probably will decline further.
There ara several reasons. Cheaper
grass-fed cattle, which hitherto have
not been plentiful. are moving to mar
ket. Exports OF beef have practically
ceased. The government has stopped
buying. II may take few days for
the low prices to reach the consumer.
The retailer can not lower his prices
until he replanlshes his stock at the re-
duced wholesale figures"
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track. the twelfth annual Missouri
Valley track meet opened this after
noon with 10 entries from thirteen
schools.
Irinncll. Missouri and Ames pre-
scented evenly balanced teams. while
the return Of various athletes from the
war had materially strengthened the
Kansas Aggics chance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
Chicago Packer
Finds Meat Fam
inc in Germany

New York. May 3i.--Thomas +. VIII
SON Chicago packer. returning to-day
from over two months abroad, inc,u-
eating the food situation for the gov
ernment. said there was IA meat and fat
famine In Germany. Austria and the
Balkans, with the situation nearly as
serious In neutral countries. The peo-
pie had sinU Ughtrr-d ruvsi OF their iivS
stock. he said. and were suffering from
under nourishment.
''ln one area OF 100000 square miles
In Germany there was an average or
one horse, one and c-half head OF
cattle and one hog I. the square mile
Mr., Wilson said. "The markets OF the
world are open to the American farme
IL the situation is intclligently hane :
ed" :
He added that America had a
thy competition" in Great Brrts a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
GOLD TO BE STORED.
German Money Received For Food
. Supplies TO BE Held In aeloiun.

@
Paris May 2s.-Economic experts at
the peace conferences are making
close study of the disposition to be
made Of the gold which the Germans
are paying for food supplies. The gold
is being shipped into Belgium and
stored in the Belgian National Bank.
Realizing there would be disturb
ance of world credits II this gold were
taken to the United States. 1t has been
planned to hold the metal as security
to be redeemed by shipments Of COM
modities TO various parts of the world.
They say this would build up cycle
Of credits which would assistdn estab-
fishing world commerce, place, the
United States in a splendid position,
and eventually make the gold avail
able for the allies, who need 1t as a
basis for their currency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
ATrgRsuRY RETURNS home
Director Of General Transportation
- Tct,r Of AstiswernenAs u ErAnqpAs4As

Director Of General 1ranspcrtatton
Teiis Of Achievements - ErelepAxia, 4,
New York. May 51--BriE. Gen: w.
w. Atterbury. ce-president OF tho
Pennsylvanian Railroad.s and who
served rs director general OF transport
-tntion OF the American Expedttionary
Forces in France today told Of the
problems and achievements Off tho
American transportation service a
broad. He arrived on the steamship
Rotterdam from Brest.
One OF the greatest achievements.
General Atterbury declares. WAS the
CARRYING CO locomotives complete 0nd
ready to place on the tracks. to France
Other feats were the Guiding OF MANI
moth docks. the dredging OF harbors
and laying hundreds of miles ofstracks
necessary before the multitude OF
troops and the vast supplies could be
handled.
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May Try to Fly Home. :
Iime ApparentIx Slow.

Washington, May 31.-The American
naval transatlantic flight which began
at Rockaway Beach, l.. l., May s, was
successfully completed today with the
arrival Of the N. CA at Plymouth,
England after a 500-mile Mop" from
-Ferrol, Spain.
Announcement that Lieut.. Com. AL
bert c. Reads plane. the sole survivor
Of the squadron of three. had reached
England. was sent to the naval depart
ment by Vice Admiral Knapp at Lon
don. The time given in the message,
1926 p. m confused officials here. who
were unable to estimate the actual
time for the last leg.
The N. CA left Ferrol at 2;27 a. ln..
Washington time. and should have
reached Plymouth six hours later. How
ever, the-> time given in Admiral
Knapps message showed she got in
at 1926 a. M, Washington time. on
this basis>the plane averaged under
seventy knots an hour.
After resting at Plymouth Com
mander Read and his crew will go to
Paris by direction of President Wilson,
to give allied officers attending the
aviation conference there ali account
Of their voyage. The N. CA prob
ably will be taken apart for shipment
to the United States, and MAY eventu-
ally be placed in the National museum
here.
~ British Congratulate Read.
After news came OF the arrival OF
the N. CA, Secretary Daniels sent
this message to Commander Read:
"All the people of America are happy
over your successful flight; which has
Seen an epoch making event In the
history Of the world. My congr,tula-
tions and greetings and good Wishes"
4 Congratulations to Commander Read
and his crew and the naval air SER
vice have been sent by tho British ;ld-
miralty thru Admiral Knapp, who sent
the following caplegram today:
I'm a letter from the british admir-
atty they state that this mornings news
brings the epoch making information
that the space between, America and
Europe has been successfully passed
by air by way Of the Azores. 1T is with
great pleasure that their lordships have
learned OF this success, and they de-
sire me to offer their congratulations
to the crew ct the seaplape n, CA and
to the United states naval hlr service
on the fine achievencnt.' ",
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pr, shaw Improved.

Howard shaw. who was taken III here
Thursday when she spoke before the
state peace convention, was reported
as improved this morning. No ucii-
mite arrangements have been made 70
take DR. Shaw to a hospital.
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Do No. Buy "vietory Ribbons. :"

Washington. May 81. General
March today warned discharged sol
diers against procuring spurious vic
tory ribbons which are offered by
many stores. Adequate supplies Of the
official ribbon have been ordered by
the department and VIII be distributed
soon
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Answer to BE Short.
CBy Hayas Agency,1

Paris, May 3I.-Tbs allied and asso-
ciated powers the Paris newspapers
declare unanimously, will accept nv
important notifications 81 the peace
terms as a result of tn. German coun-
ter proposals. The allies will reject
all verbal discussion.
The Echo de Paris says that the
answer to the counter proposals will
be short. The answer will reject also
all the German suggestions. the En-
celsiorN says. but a fcw points on the
detail Of territorial clauses may re-
ceive SOME retoucniEg.
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Two Racers Burned 70 Death.
Civil Relief Worker. Return Home.

New York, May 31--Homer Folks
who for two years directed civilian
relief work in France. more recently
investigating after the war conditions
in France, England, Belgium and Ser
bia, returned today on the steamship
Carmenia.I In Serbia he received the
decoration, of the commander of the
order OF White Eagle.
=. AS director of civil relief in France,
Mr.. Folks expended as high as ST.
100000 month for food, clothing and
shelter for refugees.
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eoreas Coming Home From Africa.

Panama. May 3l.-AIal. Con. William
c. Gorgas, head o: the American yell
low fever commission, arrived here to-
day from Guayaquil. Ecuador, enroute
to the United States. The commission
has been investigating conditions in
northern South Africa, under the aus
pices of the Rockefellow foundation.
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WANT TO SELL HOSPITAL.
Chicago Citizens Insist government
Purchase Speedway institution,

Purchase Speedway institution.
Washington, May 3l.-Purchase by
the government OF the Chicago Speed
way hospital was urged before the
house military committee today by DR..
John Robertson. health commissioners
of Chicago, and delegation of Illi-
nois senator's and representatives.
DR.. Robertson told the committee
hundreds OF d:scharEed soldiers Of Chi
cago needing hospital treatment could
nor be taken care Of because Of a
Critical lack, Of hospital facilities.
These include. he said, 10000 suffering
from tuberculosis.
Chairman Kahn told the delegation
the committee was not empowered to
recommend purchase Of the Speedway,
as the public health service and not
the war department was charged with
providing HOSPITALS for discharged sol.
diers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
Little Switzerland Threatens.

Berne, May 30.-The Swiss federal
council today gave out statement in
which complaint is made that Switzer-
land has been unable to obtain from
the allies notifications Of the blockade
of Germany, the maintenance of which
it is said is putting Switzerland in "a
more unteEabla position
The statement is the text Of note
which has been sent to the allied gov
crnments formally demanding that the
blockade be raised III so far as II con-
Germs Switzerland, and saying, in case
the request is not granted, Switzerland
"wili find it necessary 10 recover her
liberty of action"
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New Record For Troop Movements.

Washington. May 81, = Secretary
Baker. in a letter today to Secretary
Daniels. thanking the navy for the ex-
peditous conversion OF eight German
liners into transports, estimated the
homeward movement OF troops this
month at $4,000 men. a new high rec
ord
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Correspondence Associated Press.l
Berlin. May 1.-THE familiar flow
ing beard of Admiral Won Terpitz has
been reduced to closely cropped chin
decoration and the haughtys former
chief of the admiralty may be seen
strap hanging" in Berlin trans.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
EedlraI ownership Como. HIGH.

~ Washington, May I31.-eaoyernment
control eof' telegraph and telephone
properties resulted in larger demands
for wage increases than would have
been made under private operation, N.
G. KinEabury: vice president OF the
Americai, Telephone and Telegraph
Company, told the HOUSE interstate
icommeoce committee today.
Under this public operation has the
government received anything 1t would
not have received under private. opera
tion?' Mr.. Kingsbury was asked. II
know Of nothing" was the reply.
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Supported by Labor.

The American Federation OF Labor.
Gates barring out aliens whose unre-
stricted admission soon viii produce
n condition of two men for every lob"
That there is any appreciable volume
of unemployment In the country. how
ever. has been seriously disputed In the
debates in the honse in the last few
days.
Emigration from the United States
now exceeds immigration, but the ad-
vocates of suspension legislation con-
tends that these emigrants are chiefly
aliens and naturalized citizens return
ing to Europe for the purpose of bring
ing back relatives and friends suffering
from the ravages of war.
The proposal to deport aliens who
withdrew their applications for citi-
zership TO avoid the draft is destined
to stir up row. There are more than
5000 OF these aliens, who. under the
terms OF the law are prohibited from
ever becoming American citizens. Ad-
vocates OF the deportation proposal
contend that men wfo were unwilling
to fight for the country OF which they
sought to become citizens are undesir-
able residents and should not be per-
matted to o4captinne. to gain n. livelihood
under protection,of American irstitu-
tons. - a -+
Opponents of the proposal declare
that these dcclarants have been un-
fairly treated by nation which
classes declarant as an alien and does
not assure him the protection OF an
American citizen. There were l64.iSs
aliens who waived exemption to fGht
for the United States.
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ent complete freedom to receive WIS.,

dent complete freedom to receive WIS.,
itors.
Meanwhile, two Jigo- -Slav delegates
to the peace conference conferred at
length with the entire American dele
CATION except PrAs'dsnt Wilson. The
was on the Adriatic ques-
tion. No decision was reached. the
Juso- Slavs standing firmly for their
claims. 1t Is understood they are
less disposed than the Italians to give
ground,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-31
Costa Riean RevoIutionlsts Di.arned

+ San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, May
S0.--The Niclraguan government IS
disarnrtng ani arrcsting all Costa Ric-
an revolutionists crossing the horder,s
Lack OF. communication is said to have
caused the failure OF the rebels
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NEWS OF THE DAY
T.-R. BULLETIN
The Weather.

Iowa Showers tonight and Sunday:
cooler Sunday and In west and central
portions tonight; much cooler by Mon-a
day.
town: Friday, 50 and e.: Thursday.
So and 80; May 80. 1918, 81 and 81. At
Z this morning, sS; yesterday. g..
Trace OF rain fell Friday nlsht.
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Commander Read, Completes
Last Leg of Fight Across
Atlantic.
CREW WILL VISIT
WILSON IN PARIS
Plane Flies From Fsrrol, Spain, to Ply.
mouth During Early Morning Hours
will Be Dismantled and Shipped
Home and May Find Place in Ma
tional Museum in Washington-Slow
Time Made on Last Leg.

Plymouth, England, May 31.-The
American seaplane N. CA arrived
here from Ferrol, Spain, at 2:26 O'Clock
this afternoon.
The American naval flier came into
view off Plymouth at 1928 o'clock Go
cal time), and three minutes later
dropped into the harbor.
Large Crowds Greet Americans.
Keen interest in the event and the
fine weather which succeeded rainy
morning brought out larger crowds to
greet~the arriving Americans, the
great wings of whose plane were made
out off the harbor at 1928 o'clock. The
N. C.-4, making dashing finish,
swept quickly landward and three
minutes later had settled on the wat
ers Of the harbor, to the accompany
ment Of cheers from the crowds that
salyos fro mall the steam craft within
sight.
The N. CA left Ferrol at 2:27
o'clock Greenwich time, and arrived
here at e:2e a. M. making the distance
of approximately 500 miles to this
port at the rate of less than seventy
knots an hour.
Lieutenant Commander Read. who
brought the seaplane across the Attain
tic from Trepessay to the Azores and
thence to Lisbon, had intended maxi
ing the trip from Lisbon to Plymouth
in one jump yesterday. He was COM
PEELED to alight yesterday morning in
the Mondego river, about 100 miles up
the Portuguese coast, however, be-
cause Of engine trouble. but soon pro-
ceeded to FerroI. on. the northwestern
tip OF the Spanish mainland, where
the plane was moored for the night.
The altered program for the greet
ing to the commander and crew Of the
N. CA included reception Immediate
ly after their arrival on the cruiser
Rochester.
May Try to Fly Home.
It has been learned here unofficially
that there is a prospect that the
American seaplane N. CA may trfly
home over the direct Atlantic route
from Ireland TO New Foundland. 1t
is understood a conference will be held
here shortly to discuss the project.
American naval officers say the N.
ca is in better condition than when
she began her flight Furthermore,
the experience gained by all>of the N.
C.-4s navigators and pilots would
prove Of inestimable benefit should
the return flight be attempted.
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that Germans and other Eurol,- ans
will seek to escape heavy taxation and
the bard times resulting from the up
heaval in Europe by migrating 20 'he
United States.
"Atho thousands OF there prospeo-
tive immigrants undoubtedly would
make desirable American citizens. we
ought to be on our guard against All
mitting more aliens than We can as
simulate. In fact, / am coming more
and more to the conclusion that We
ought to restrict immigration pcrrna-
nently by requiring every Immigrant
10 obtain a passport from the nearest
American consul In his country. The
American consul should be required TO
issue passports only to aliens deemed
desirable"
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london, May 3f.-A number
cs s.eninsnA Germans, chiefly ea-
>srians, hsvs conferred in Swift
1ssland with Representatives Of al
lied powsrs; ! Dsrlin dispatch says.
and Il 10 believed that Bavaria and
other south German states have
bssn offered peace conditions ia
case there should be . separate
peace.
The German government. the re-
port adds. d fully acquainted with
the ssituation and ssvsre measures
n.ay be taken against the persons
involved.