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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
SIT STEADY AT THE WHEEL.

Productions are Tor the greatest corn
crop Iowa ever produced. From gen.
eral appearance from the roadsides and
by report the optimism Of the prophets
seems likely to be sustained when the
cribs are measured. Frost hasn't hurt
any corn in the state. The season has
been favorable from spring to fall. AS
the corn crop is the measure and
standard Of Iowa prosperity business
should be good in Iowa this fall and
winter.
1t is good. It has been good No
body seems unable to sell anything ne
puts on the market. Demand Is at
high tide. Prices keep step with he
demand. And this is practically true,
not only of Iowa but of the United
States from ocean to ocean.
What, then, lies in the path Of good
business, common comfort and reason
| able prosperity FOR all?
| Bradstreet and others that make 4
business of keeping a finger on the
| business pulse say only one thing Is
| likely to bring about calamitous ON
| ditnons-strtkes.
/ Thuse vino cali strikes and those VINO
are willing to be guided by them will
do we'll to pause before they make the
| plunge. This country Is like driver
/ on a mountain road, safe while it keeps
the beaten and regular track. The
track is wide enough for all of US to
I get by unless we leave the road, crowd
each other and start racing for advan-
| tage. II we choose the latter the con-
census Of expert opinion Is that we
will find ourselves in the ditch, per-
! haps over the preclpice of hard times
It is easy to plunge but there ie
much toll and pain and suffering in
getting back. A man can drop sixteen
feet the first second and double up or
his speed every second while he is
going down. That's a proved fact
gather speed as he falls. But he con't
fall up again. He can slide down far.
Their in five seconds than he can climb
back in five years. And often he finds
himself so badly crippled that he CAM
help himself. Also, IN general calam
ity, all are 80 busy helping themselve:
that the cripple Is more likely to bt
stepped on than aided. There ar.
skeletons Of homes and the tatteret
garments Of happiness at the foot Of
the strike precipices.
In short If we, all OF US. do the bee
We can, this country and this state
and this community are going to ge
by the post war preclpices without
much injury and the shock will be tt
our nerves instead Of our business az
industrial bodies, But It ia
narrow road and long way down. 81
| ataadv of IN ,rp
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

not. And a long AZ the mind 10 young
the body remains 80, more or less al
SO, for the body II the sheerest creation
Of the MIND, The mind is all. It IL
health and wealth. heaven and hell and
earth and all that II in them. The
mind Is the immortal thing. II we had
no minds there would be no color. no
perfume, no music, no morning glow
or evening shadows-all would be dull,
lifeless void and dead. What 10 a vio-
let. to the OK that grazes in the hollow
and what Is q star to a babboon that
gfbbers In the branches Of the trees.
And II Patti lived to old age young
In heart, 1t Ii because she had a mind
that filled the voids that passing years
mako In 20 many human beings.
Something to do. something to think
about something to aspire for-not
the applause that she heard fifty years
before. these kept Patti young. And
thu same kind Of things can keep you
young.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

Kharkoff has experienced, eight diff
| fcrCnt governments during the last two
| years, including GerInanJ, ITkrnin!ans
and bolshevlsts. BY far the worst OF
all the regimes was that OF the bolshe-
visits durng their recent occupation,
which lasted for six months.
Horrible stories are told about the
terror. or the 26s persons who were
executed without trial by the eXtraor-
binary commission, many were tor
tured, the contents OF the sewers were
turned into the cellars Of the head
quarters Of the commission where pris-
oners were confined. Repulsive shcaths
of human skin are shown In the nature
Of gloves obtained by plunging the
arms of prisoners into boiling water,
and then peeling off the skin. Nails
were driven under the finger-nails,
prisoners were compelled TO dig their
own graves and stand on the edge Of
them while being shot.
Poor and Lowly Executed.
do not dwell now on the details OF
these excuses, because they are being
investigated by an official committee
which is collecting irrefutable evidence
and proofs. But stories of the inhuman
practices of the commissary and his ex-
jailbird Saienko still lingcr In the town
like the memory of an awful nightmare.
1t is curious that a large number of
the victims are entirely obscure per-
sons-porters, housemaids and small
shopkeCpers-who were executed for
no apparent reason except that perhaps
incautiously they abused the Soviet au-
thorities. Sixty hostages, includ ing
prominent professors and judges, were
carried off by the bolshevists when
they retreated.
But apart from the terror, life under
the bolshevists. according to all the
testimony have heard. was intolerable.
Trade was partlyt nationalized, many
shops closed dowa. wholesale stores
were recklessly plundered and the
whole economic life of this rich town
dislocatcd by ill-Conceived and inCom-
petently executed social experiments,
which We're perhaps sincerely intend
ed by the few fanatics. but which were
used by their gang of predatory fol-
lowers as cover for wholesale extor-
ton, oppression and robbery.
Repeated Old Abuses.
1t is curious how bolshevism repeats
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
THIS IS THE BIRTHDAY OF
Molly Pitcher,
rs TT YOJrRS7
IS IT YOURS ?
OCT. 10. 1744.

OCT. 10, 1744.
Whatever else the schoolboy may
forget about his history, he will be sure
to remember the romantic stoy OF
Molly Pitcher. heroine Of Monmouth.
AS in all such characters, so much
legend creeps in that the real facts
are frequently lost sight o. but in
Nolly's case the facts are quite as ro-
mantle as any legend could possibly
be. 49,.
She was born Mary Ludwig, she
lived in Pennsylvania and she was
servant in a doctors house. She
married a barber named Hays. When
the revolution broke out, Hays became
gunner, and when he Joined the army
she followed him, as many other
wives did, making herself useful by
doing the mems laundering and darn
ing. t0f.t
When the battle Of Monmouth &C.
CURED, it was something like 96 de-
erees in the shade and the men suf-
fered more from thirst than fatigue.
Molly carried pitchers Of water to the
Ifield-hence her name Pitcher. and
showed no fear of sun-fire. Her hus-
band was hit while firing cannon IN
an advanced spot on hill, and as
there were no other gunners in that
section, orders came to withdraw the
gun and the advanced men. Then
! Molly announced she cn,iid shoot and
actually held the hill while her nus
band lay dying. 49,
washington praised her later and
gave her a sergeant's commission.
some stories say she fought thru the
rest Of the war. 1t is known that she
kept a store the latter part OF her
life and that she married again. a
worthless man who abused her. She
died In 1923. There are two monu-
ner,ts to her courage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

In new forms and to far greater excess
the worst abuses of the old regime
without any OF It's compensating effi-
cheney. Countless raids, arrests, Con-
fiscation OF flats. furniture and person
al possessions, coarse appeals to the
worst instincts Of the criminal clements
and n constant sense OF insecurity
made life in Kharkoff under the boil
shevists u numb agony and dreary
suspense. The powerful South Rus
sian Cooperative Union had to close
down most OF it's institutions to avoid
naturalization. The University pro-
lessons maintained brave struggle to
prevent the complete capture Of edu-
cation by the bolshevists. who, for
instance, made medical orderly head
Of the medical faculty, and by plumber
ing the library, laboratory and furni-
ture completely ruined one Of the best
lrrown private high schools which took
fifty years to build up. One Of the
worst Of their crimes was the murder
on little farm not far from here Of
Nine. Ephimenko, q former elementary
school teacher, who by her own efforts
became one Of the most learned histor-
ians in Russia and was n professor of
the Women's University at Petrograd.
She was a democrat If ever there was
one.
Volunteer To Fight Reds.
Kharkoff is slowly relaxing now after
the strain and hasNalready. as a sign
Of its sentiments, given $4,000 volun-
teers to Denikine's army. Shops and
cafes are reopening and people come
out in the cool of the evening into the
hig park. where under the bofshevists-
they did not dare to venture for fear
OF robbery, insult and arrest. CO.
operatives. are at work. the trade ua-
ions are acting freely. prices which I'M
der the bolshevists were exorbitant are
reviving and the new police maintain
good order.
The press is under supervisors. but
1t is interesting that the Marxist
monthly Issued by the manshevists
continues publication. Here as every
where in South Russia, there ia a dire
shortage of Manufactured goods. but
the people are not badly dressed In 4
flimsy, summary way. Unbounded
hopes are placed in British aid and
am told that there is race here for
learning English.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
A Timely Tip,

How to elude your wife when she
insists that you positively must wear
your rubbers when you 60 out:
First--Tell her you positively will
not do 1t. This will produce In her an
attitude Of resignation, and she will
almost forgive you for not wearing
them for giving her chance to act
the role Of martyr.
Second-Say that you never wore
rubbers before you were married. She
will then tell you that you were al.
ways sick, and will work herself into
g. jovial glow by thinking what goot
care She is taking Of you. fl
II Trinirda-,TTss ar che rubber. e kee,
peace In the family.--Judge. AZ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
THE MIND AND STAYING YOUNG.
fCedar Rapids Republican,.

One commentator on the death Of
Patti said that she remained young
up to the time Of her death. at the
age Of II. Arthur Brisbane says ne re-
ported one Of ner great ope' attic
triumphs IN Paris thirty years ago when
Patti was almost fifty and sne was
then a blooming young woman but
perhaps she looked that way only
across the footlights. Even thirty years
ago women knew how to make up ana
as long ago as 1900 Shakespeare made
sundry remarks about women putting
paint on inch thick on their fAces with
out defeating the ravages Of time.
But the secret Of PATHS youth in
age and even old age they find tn tho
activity Of her mind and the warmth
of her temperament. Tho mind does
not grow old. Frederic Harrison mas
at the age of 80 past lust written what
is called his brightest and chattiest
book. His body is old. but his mind u
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
Beer Work, Eats.

n the Chicago railroad yards some
I. w. w. wrote upon the side Of a box
car the inscription: .5i55 f
No beer. no work! "a,
when the car reached Milwaukee a
brakeman wrote under the first in
scription, the following:
NO work, nc ii5 Peg! IN !.
En- route to Madison another work
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
IOWA UFhNiOv iND NOTES.

when all men come to realize and
admit that the only fair adjustment OF
the labor situation Is that which stipu-
lates not only the amount Of wages
that shall be paid, but the amount Of
work that shall be done also. and when
all man act in harmony with that stip-
ulation, then the country will gel
back on its industrial feet" says the
Waverly Independent
Mr.. Gompers speaks of the funda-
mental right Of railroad men to strike
but what about the fundamental
right of babies to have milk a few
times a day and If the railroads al 6
stopped how can the milk be carried
to the babies--and wa use milk
figuratively?" asks the Cedar Rapids
Republican Tine right or man II
] quit his Job Is fundamental. but tn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

Now that baseball players are talk
ing of forming a union, the Hampton
Chronicle is worried over what would
happen with nobody out and the win
ming run on third when the whistle
blew"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
How 1t Worked In Russia


OF
special
delphi Ledge
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

The Charlton Leader notes that
Former Food Administration Deems, OF
Darlington, is very active in his candl-
dacy for the republican nomination for
governor. There are some few things
attaching to the present. state admin
istration that is not sufficiently simon
pure. Maybe It would be possible to
say after his election, He :redeems,
suggests the Lender.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

anyone who has ever lived along or
ridden on a paved road will tell you
that they are worth the money re-
marks the Logan Observer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

right of a lot of men to starve others
into submission to their demands
can not be called fundamental or even
sound"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13
HANDY DIRECTORY
4 - OF THE
: MASONIC TEMPLE
~ Masonic Meetings
M Visitors Always Weleone.

MARSHALL LODGE NO. los A. r.
4. NJ, Stated communication Friday
Oct IT. 1880 o'clock, Business session
A. L. Frazer, w. NJ; John W. wells
\ secretary.
sioNET CHAPTER, No. 81 r. a,
NJ, Monday. Oct. IS. at 1880. RoSa'
Arch--afternoon and evening seS-
sions. George Gregory. II. r; 1ohh
w. Wells. secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solo
mon Council No. 20. r. q s, M Nov
day, Oct. 20. Business session. IT"
A. Davenport. I. M: John W. WehS'
recorder.
Special conoIave st. Alderman Cow
mandery No. 80, x. T. TUESDAY
14th at s p. m. Order OF tho Te'hl W,
J. E. Frederick. commander; John W.
Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81 o. e.
S.-Regular meeting Wednesday eve
ming, Oct IS. at 1880. Business. MES'
J. +. shultz. W. NJ; Mrs. Arthur wal
ton. secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

The Waterloo Times Tribune makes
the statement that there's about $75
worth Of steel in an automobile, but
we can depend upon the steel strike to
increase the price about 5000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

The Tabor Beacon insists that Mr..
Rawson has tn zee IN mis- bonnet, and
he won't he happy till ne gets some
thing, either a victory or defeat, and
unless he fulfills some present prophe-
sizes and conncs out for the senatorship.
he may be expected in the governor
ship race two years from now"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-13

TN short" declares the Iowa City
Press 1.-THE farmers can be depended
on to put n veto on most of the hare
Drained schemes of long haired pol
shevist agitatOrs. who Just now seem
to be the controlling influence in many
branches Of labor
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
Il CHILDREN INSTEAD Of
HAPPINESS IS PRIME
PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE

Chicago, Nov. 4.-Happiness Of
man and woman is only a seconda-
ry affair in marriage, the prime
purpose Of which is TO produce ro-
bust children, Prof, William j. Du-
rant of Columbia University said
in lecture at the Sinai Social Cen.
ter hero last night
Where there are no children
there is no marriage" he added
Free love is impossible, the pro
fessor said, because conquests of
a man are praised by other men,
but if a woman engages in one
free love affair she is held in ridi-
cule and beittled by her associ-
ates."
Most men now marry after they
have become incapable of love" the
professor continued, "and then
comes your divorce
Courts say that divorces are due
to cruelty drunkenness and half a
dozen other things, but they are all
wrong. The three fundamental
reasons for divorces are:
1.-THE natural vanity Of both
sexes.
"2-Psychological mcompatibilty
"3-Lack Of children"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
TWO MORE ARKANSAS
NEGROES CONVICTED
ON MURDER CHARGES

Helena, Ark, Nov. 4.-When hearing
OF cases growing out OF recent race
disturbances near Elaine, this county,
was resumed before Judge j. NJ. Jack
son in the Phillips county circuit court
here today, the case of John Martin,
WIN Wordlow and Az Banks Jr., ne
groes charged jointly with the killing
Of w. \. Adkins, a railroad special
agent, the night of Sept. 30, was called
up. The state asked a severance for
Wordlow and the court granted it.
The state called as its first witness
Charles Pratt, a deputy sheriff of Hell
ena, who testified he was with Adkins
and trusty in a motor car near Hoop
Spur the night of the shooting. He
testified to the death of Adkins. Pratt
was wounded at the same time.
Several negro witnesses introduced
by the state told of being at the church
near Hoop Spur that night and of see.
ing Banks and Martin there. EXis
tence of posts of the Progressive Farm
ers' and Household Union of America
at Elaine and Hoop Spur was brought
out in their testimony. Members were
armed to all meetings, witnesses said
and guards We're placed around the
meeting places.
The defense put Martin On the stand.
He said he was present the night Of
the shooting, but was under a railroad
trestle nearby. He admitted he was
armed with n shotgun and said he
fired three shots into the air because
he was told if he did not take part he
would be killed.
a verdict of guilty of first degree
murder was returned in the cases of
Banks and Martin The jury was out
nine minutes.
The court then took up the cases
of Joe Fox and Albert Giles, negroes
charged jointly with the murder Of
James Tappan OF Helena, Oct. |, in con
necton with the Elaine trouble.
Six negroes were found guilty Of
first degree murder in the two cases
heard yesterday.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
.SENAT TOR PROPOSES AN
ARBITRATION BODY To
TAKE UP COAL STR|K {

Washington, Nov A special presi
dental commission to attempt arbitra
tion Of the bituminous coal strike was
proposed in a resolution introduced in
the senate today by Chairman Kenyon
OF the labor committee. Without dis
cussion the measure. was referred TO
that committee.
The resolution provides that the com
mission he composed of three members.
who would call together representatives
Of the miners and operators Of such
mines and use all lawful means TO
cause them 10 consider and settle their
differences.
Should such differences not be ad-
justed or the strike terminated with
in so days, the commission would in
vestigate the controversy and within
Is days publish a report setting forth
the results Of its investigation and its
conclusions as to the proper conces.
sions if any to be made by one or
both sides.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
49, HOUR WORK WEEK
FOR EVERY COUN TRY
IS NEW LABOR PLAN

Washington, Nov. Am information.
al convention limiting the hours OF
work in industry to AZ Il week, in all
countries ratifying the agreement by
July /, 1921 was proposed to the in
ternational labor conference today by
the organizing committee. The draft
was prepared on the basis of informa-
ton received from the government of
the countries invited to the conference.
The limit of AS hours may be exceed
ed in certain Industries and under
special conditions. In industries where
processes are carried on continuously
by successive shifts, such as public util
tiles and steel plants. SO hours may be
prescribed as the maximum. \ limit
Of 60 hours is set for classes of work
such as that done by laboratory chem
lists engaged In research, furnace men
repair men and watchmeu, but prov
sion is made that in these classes over
time shall not exceed l5O hours in the
year and that compensation % per cent
above normal rate shall be paid.
For the benefit of Japan, China ant
India, reservations are made for post
ponemcut Of enforcement Of the agree
mont, because OF climatic conditions
the imperfect development of indus
trial organization and other special cir
cumStanCes.
1t also is provided that the convention
may be suspended in any country bS
order Of the governments, in event Of
war or other emergency.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
LEWIS BREAKS SILENCE
TO HINT A NEW WAGE
AGREEMENT POSS|BLE t

Indianapolis. Ind, Nov. 4.--Breakng
his silence here for the first time since
he was served with the restraining or
der from the court of Federal Judge
A. Z. Anderson last Friday, John l..
Lewis, acting president Of the United
Mine Workers of America gave out the
following brief statement in regard to
government efforts to end the strike
of approximately 425 900 softcoal min
ers.
"The machinery of the joint system
Of bargaining in the mining industry
is intact. Ii would be a simple matter
for the government and the coal oper-
ators again to set it in motion to ne
gotiate wage agreement"
The statement was given to press
representatives, following a conference
Mr.. Lewis had with his attorney which
lasted virtually all morning. The min
ers leader said he had nothing to add
to the typewriter statement, and none
OF the other officials made any com
ment
Reports from the Indiana coal district
today indicate there has been no break
in the ranks of union miners, the coal
operators, it is said, agreeing that not
q single railroad mine in the district
is in operation. No violence has beer
reported and many miners are helping
the farmers irD the southwest part OF
the state save their lowlands crops
from high water
While thus far no suffering has beer
reported berause OF lack of fuel, light
less nights may be the order soon II
Indiana il the strike is not settled
soon
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05
FEDERAL TROOPS ENTER
PENNSYLVANIA TO KEEP
NON.UNION MINES SAFE

Brownsville, Pa, Nov 4.--United
States troops entered Pennsylvania on
strike duty today when a company of
infantry arrived here from Buffalo, n.
7. The soldiers were held in their train
until arrangements could be made for
scattering them through the district.
The troops, in command Of Col. Il. d.
Evans, carried camp equipment and
lmple supplies for a long stay.
Brownsville is on the Monongahela
liver, the center Of an important min
hg field, with about 50 mines, employ
hg some 10000 miners 1t is on the
dge Of the nonunon mine country.
hany mines are closed by the strike,
ht an almost equal number not con.
Eolled by the United Mine Workers are
} be kept in operation under the pro-
Iction Of the troops, it was stated by
berators
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-05

Electors in five states went to
the polls today to ballot for gov.
crnors, while election of lesser of
ficials and decisions on constitu-
tional questions faced the voters Of
several other states. Governors
are being elected in Kentucky,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Ohio and
New Jersey.
The elections in Ohio are being
waged with interest by wet" and
dry" advocates, as there, for the
first time in any state. a popular
vote is being taken on the eigh.
teenthS amendment to the consti-
tuition. This is being accomplished
by Il referendum on the legisla-
ture's action in ratifyiag the amend
ment. Ohio also is taking a refer
endum vote on the prohibition en-
forcernent act adopted b. the leg
lslature and is voting on two pro-
posed constitutional amendments
touching on prohibition
Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mary
land, New Jersey, Virginia and New
York are electing legis itures. Con.
stitutona questions clnflont the
voters in Illinois, Nebraska and
Texas.
Illinois and Nebraska are elect
ing delegates to constitutional con.
vention while Texas is passing on
call for Il constitutional ,onven-
ton and six proposed Constitutional
amendments. There are no state
elections in the far West.