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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-24
THE LOAFER.
REPRODUCED FROM THE NEWS
FILES OF TWENTY YEARS AGO.



/ don't know how IL is with other
people. but as far back as 1 can re-
member everybody who has tried to
work me or sell me books or insure
my l..e has been self-cOnfessed old
newspaper man or woman. AS 1 re-
respectively view the past am
struck with wonder that the news
paper business could have dispensed
with the services of all these people
and still exist. As a rule they have
been connected with the leading jour
nails of the country and practically
controlled their destinies.
In some instances, / may Say "a ma
Jority. my faith in human nature has
been rudely shaken by an irrepres
sible conflict between claim and cir.
cumstance This is especially true
i'm my experience with advance
agents of ten-twent-thirt shows.
Every one OF them is an old news
paper man. though the down on
some of their lips contradicts the ad-
Jective Of age.
After all. it's a harmless sort Of lie.
Nobody believes it, and the eXpedient
TO place themselves en- rapport with
the editor 10 get the best of the ad-
vance notices is readily pardOned.
Yet / can never quite forgive a book
agent or a life insurance solicitor for
claiming 10 have been "a has-been.
They do il with an air of superiority
and cOndescension that rankIes in
my bosom, where j keep my pride,
as though il is a very respectable
business. but not 70 be compared with
the exalted state 20 which they have
risen.
Poor devils / pity while 1 despise
them. for i cannot understand how
any man with the love OF the profess
sion in his heart and the capacity Cor
i
thing short OF a sinecure. and then
not until declining years and phys
zeal infirmities make rest more allur-
ing than the fascinating work OF the
pen.
In Quarantine.
elm February 1894, the house force
and one or two other policemen were
Quarantined in the police station for
nine days ON accent of prisoner
developing case of smallpox
Astronomer Totem declares on his
honor
And conscience. that now the mill
lennium is due;
That's as much as To- say, that this
earth is goner.
And We re all of us scheduled for
quarters brand new.
Perhaps its in Mars or perhaps it's
in Neptune
or beautiful Venus that's crac.. ed
up i'm song.
That were bound 90 bee dumped
without any exception.
When Tottens millennium comes
pranCing along
Since we're booked for departure.
lets patch up estrangements
And cordially join 10 prepare for
the trip:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-24

Corrected Daily by Warner Bros. Seed
Co, ia l.. Wayne ST.
Seeds-TimOthy- $50 10 So per
bushel. selling at $500. Red clover paying
500, selling $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-24
after SUFFERING
OLONG YEARS
Mrs. Aselin Was Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.

Minneapolis, MINI. After my littls
one was born was sick with pains in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-24
LIVE STOCE

Corrected Daily by Major Bros, S. Logan
Street,
Heavy fat steers. live cwt.. 5000 TO STA /:
dressed, S12.O0 TO S12.50 Feeders. So I5 to
500. Lambs on foot. $500 TO 500. dressed
12c 10 14c Hogs 100 to 200 lbs s. Is TO
$50 20 to 800 lbs, Ss.2j TO $3.50.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-24

Since we're booked for departure.
lets patch up arrangements
And cordially join 20 prepare for
the trip.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
CHANGE IN TIME

CHANGE IN TIME
OF SHORT LINE.
A new time card took effect on the
oregon Short Line Sunday, August 8
and the trains now run as follows:
West Bound Trains.
Pony No. rs due 9:48 a. m.
Pony No. n due at GAL D. m.
No. II due at 1854 a. m.
Fast Mail No. 9 due at $40 D. m.
East Bound Trains.
Pony No. " due at $40 a. m.
Pony No. 70 due at $40 D. m.
No. Is due at 2:45 a. m.
FAST Mail No. 1850 will stop on
nag at Ontario, Caldwell. Nampa and
points east carrying passengers for
all eastern points.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
Notice of Annual Meeting.

The annual meetings of the stock
holders of the Payette Valley Land
and Orchard Company, Ltd, will be
heid at It's office in the Payette Ma
tional Bank building, in the city of
Payette. County of Canyon and State
OF Idaho, on Tuesday the 9Th day OF
January 1914, at the hour of 2 o.
clock p. M. for the election OF d.
rectors for the ensuing year, and for
the transaction OF such other bust
ness as may properly come before the
meeting. 51t2
A. P. sCRITCHFIELD,
Secretary.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
HOGS AND CATTLE

We buy hogs and cattle to be de.
livered any day as we have good
feed yard and guarantee highest mar
ket price. johnson & Walker.
Phone 1921 and 8. 47tA
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
Notice of Annual MeetIno-

Inc annual stockholders meeting
Oh the Greenwood Ave. Irrigation Co.
VIII be held ON Jany. 18th, 1914. 8
+. M. at the City Hall in Payette, for
The election of officers and transec-
tion of any other business that may
be brought before it.
S. d. CHAPMAN,
Secretary.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01

49,,
Notice-oreeonian Subscribers.
If our Oregonian Is not delivered
promptly and placed where you de-
sire 1t please phone my residence,
S7W. Premiums will be delivered
81 days after date Of subscription.
Papers ON sale at Filters Confec-
tionery and Mitchell's Cigar Store.
I9t2 NELSON Wu.RER
Oregonian Agent.
M. w. A.
The Modern Wood
men of America meet
In |. o. o. r. Hall the
first Wednesday Of
each month at 8 p. NJ.
Visiting neighbors welcomed at all
meetings
J. G. GIEsLER, Consul.
L. d. MERRITT, Clerk.
OFFICE Of Clerk at Idaho Dye w'ks.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01
ANNUAL. REPORT

For Good Road Dist. No. I, Canyon
County, Idaho.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-01

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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
RUSS DEFEATED az AUsrRIANs.

Amsterdam, Holland, Oct. 81, via
London. An Austrian Official an
nouncement given out at Vienna, Oc-
tober 10, says: 1.-THE battles yester-
day to the east OF Chyrow and Prem
ysl (both In Galicia) again were very
successful for the Austrians. The
fighting near Mizynieo was especially
severe. The Magiera heights, which
had been in the possession Of the Rus
SLAMS and which formed a great bar
rier to our advance, have now been oc-
scupied by the Austrians after a for
midable bombardment by their artil-
lery.
THE Russian attacks on the east Of
Przemysl to Medyka heights. on the
southern wing of the battlefield. which
was especially directed against the
heights to the southwest Of Stryj and
Sambor, were repulsed. In the Stryj
and Swica valleys Jul troops are adj
vancing. ,"1 &as
Petrograd, Oct. 21.--Fierce fighting
has been in progress since Sunday
west OF Warsaw. The Russian col
,umns have resolutely hurled back the
Germans toward their main positions
on the line Of Skiernewice, Kielce and
Sandomir. Tremendous losses have
been sustained by the Germans in.
their attacks on the Russian posi-
lions along the Vistula river, 1t was
announced here, but fighting contin-
ues day and night. The Army Ga
zette, official organ of the Russian mil
itary establishment, states that $4,000
Germans killed in the conflict have
been buried by the Russians.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

d., &-. .l ,nI ~ . 2 '.at - e.. "s' -. -hr'..
stroke, publish extravagant dispatches
dilating on British nervousness and
the fear of unavoidable destruction by
Germany. q ..iy-
Germans Are Impatient.
The German fleet is described as
awaiting with passionate Impotence
the moment when it can make
dash at the enemy. Prince Henry of
Prussia is actively engaged, it is an
nounced, in the work of inspecting the
fleet, and he is continually keeping
the men IN the run by surprise calls.
The prince is reported to be in Bel
GUM to take command of the general
operations against England.
On these operations, by means of
which the war will speedily be
brought to an end, the public opinion
of Germany is now focused. Should
they fail, the disappointment engen-
dered may have incalculable conse
quences. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
PLAN INVASION OF ENGLAND.

The Hague. Oct. 21.-Germany, &C.
cording to information received here
from Berlin. is preparing to deal
Great Britain a decisive blow. The
scheme is to >disembark several army
corps somewhere In the south of Eng
land, while the grand fleet is occu-
pied with fighting the German feet
in the North sea. ~
German experts believe the plan
will be entirely successful. .
According to this information, as
soon as the last resistance Of the Bel
gian army Is disposed of there will
be a great movement Of landsturm
troops from central Germany to o.
tend and Zeebrugge, where they will
await an opportunity to cross to the
English shore and march on London,
where Zeppelins and Taubes will have
caused havoc and demoralized the
population. s'-- ~
~, Plans Great Sea Fight. NJ.
While this is taking place Admiral
Won Ingenohl's feet, now confined at
Wilhelmshaven, will steam out into
the North sea for the great fight.
These German calculations rest on
the hypothesis that the south coast Of
England will be left absolutely with
out protection, all of Admiral Sir
John Jellicoe's ships being engaged in
the great North sea battle.
The German newspapers, by way OF
preparing public opinion for this great
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
REPORT GERMAN CHECK.

London, Oct. 21.-While British war
ships shelled the German trenches
one report from Berlin says they bonn
barded Ostend-the allied armies along
the Franco-Belgian border rallied and
gained decisive advantages over the
invaders on three battle fronts we
a total line Of As miles.
The Germans have been forced to
nee from Courtrai, according to an
other report; they abandoned and set
fire to portions of Lille, against which
today's fercest attacks of the allies
were directed. And %retreating Ger
man armies along the Belgian seacoast
are said to have bombarded Newport,
where fighting has ragged between the
two opposing forces until two days
ago.
The German advance on Dunkirk
was checked by the Belgian army,
supported by French and British de-
tachments, who repulsed the invaders
and took some further territory in the
line Of battle extending from Nieu-
port south Of Dixmude, on the User
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
4 NURSE takes
DOCTORS ADVICE
And 10 Restored to Health BY
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.

Euphemis, Ohio.-"Because Of total
ignorance of how to al for myself
when verging into womanhood, and from
taking cold when going to school, I suf-
fered from q displacement, and each
month l had severe pains and nausea
which always meant q lay-of from work
for two to four days from the time I
was 16 years old.
"Iwent to Kansas to live with my sis
ter and while there q doctor told me Of
the Pinkham remedies but I did not use
them then as my faith in patent medi-
cines was limited. After my sister died
I came home to Ohio to live and that
has been my home for the last 10 years.
g 1.-THE Change of Life anne when I was
n years old and about this time I saw
my physical condition plainly described
in one of your advertisements. Them
began using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and I cannot ten you
or any one the relief it gave me in the
first three months. It put me right
where I need not. lay off every month
and during the last IS years I have not
paidout two dollars to doctor, and have
been blestwith excellent health for wo-
woman of my age and I can thank Lydia
E.Pinkham' sVegetable Compoundforit
"Since the Change of Life is over ]
have been a maternity nurse and being
wholly self-supporting I cannot oveE
estimate the value Of good health: I
have now earned q comfortable little
home just by sewing and nursing. i
have recommended the Compound ia
many with good results, as it is excel
lent to take before and after child
birth. Miss EVELYN ADELA STEW
ART, Euphemia, Ohio. -
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Comic
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woman and held in strict confidence
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

Judge Miller. manual labor, am
we'll and hearty and weigh about
200 pounds. I feel very grateful that
I found Dodds Kidney Pills and you
may publish this letter II you wish. !
am serving my third term as Probate
Judge, of Gray Co. Yours truly.
PHILIP MILLER, Cimarron, Kan. p
Correspond with Judge Miller abo4t
this wonderful remedy. s4.
Dodds Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer OF Dodds Medicine Co..
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music OF National Anthem
English and German words) and re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.
Adv. sa" g. e., VIZ &&
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
hnw Corundrum,

Here Is q conundrum which your
greatgrandfathers asked each other
when they were little boys: -
How many legs has a dog II you
call his tail a leg?'" . '5< ii
"F1ve!" shouted the little great
granddad of Mr.. A. =
Wrong" corrected the diminutive
greatgranddad of Mr.. B. Because
calling his tail a leg doesn't make it a
leg" @%%
l am reminded of this venerable
brain twister of youth by the follow.
ing lines in the Clatyon anti-business
bill.
THE District of Columbia shall be
deemed a state within the meaning OF
this law"
So I shall modernize that ancient
query by propounding the following:
Allow many states in the United States
II you call the District of Columbia a
state?" - Girard, in PHILADELPHIA
Ledger. 49,. .za
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
British Release U. s. Ship.

Washington, Oct. 24.-The British
government through Ambassador Sir
Cecil Spring-Rice informed President
Wilson that the American owned oil
steamer John D. Rockefeller, which
was seized by Great Britain off the
Orkney islands some days ago, has
been released. This action by the Brit
ish government was the direct result
of a protest made by the United
States. The vessel was seized by Brit.
ish cruisers, it is said, because of C
misunderstanding as to whom it's
cargo of oil was consigned to. No &C.
ton has yet been taken regarding the
cases of the Brindilla and the Platuria,
tank steamers which also were seized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
GENERAL NEWS OF THE WAR
British Lose Thirteen thousand Mel
During the Observation-Disclosures
Flee rom Warsaw.

London, Oct. 20.-An official report
by General French, commanding the
British expeditionary force, gives the
total: Of killed, wounded and missing
from September IL to October 8 at
SIG officers and 1880 men.
The war Office issued tonight an
other casualty list received from head
quarters under date OF September l6.
1t gives 81 noncommissioned officers
and men as having been killed, 149
men wounded and sos men missing:
Those Of the killed belong entirely
to the Royal Scots, the Royal Irish and
the East Surrey regiments. The East
Surveys, the Kings Own Scottish bor
derers and the Somerset light infantry
figure largely in the missing list.
OF the commissioned officers the list
gives four killed and five wounded. u
Inhabitants Of Warsaw Flee.
Berlin, via Amsterdam, Oct. 22.-
The entire civil population is in full
fight from Warsaw because of the
approach Of the German army, and an
attack on that city is imminent, ac-
cording to reports from the eastern
front received here. The Russian an
nouncement that the Austro-German
forces have been routed along the Wis
tula is officially denied at the war
office. The fight of civilians from
Warsaw is said to have been advised
by the Russian government, which
has promised to care for the refugees
In st. Petersburg and other cities.
This action is declared here to indi-
cate that the Russian general staff
has practically no hope that Warsaw
will be able to hold out against the
German siege guns. ill.,. 81 +
Private reports received at Petro-
grad state that the Russians have
captured some heavy artillery near
Lyck, East Prussia, and also that on
the night of October 16, in the re-
gions near Warsaw, they took 80 guns
and two regimental colors, besides a
large number Of prisoners, including a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
KING ADOPTS new MEDAL
AS REWARD OF VAlOR

London.-The official press bureau
issued the following statement:
King George has been pleased to
approve the establishment Of a medal,
to be called the distinguished service
medal. to be awarded to chief petty
officers, petty officers and men and
bows in all branches of the service of
the royal army, to noncommissioned
officers and men of the royal marines
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
BRITISH ENGINEERS
HEROISM Is PRAISED

Havre, France. The Individual
bravery of the British army engineers
is being .lauded here by prisoners and
wounded coming from the front. An
instance of the courage Of these bridge
builders is shown in the account OF
how an engineer sergeant gave his Lille
to save from humiliation a small body
of English engineers who were pro-
tecting a bridge. The odds were
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

and to all other persons holding cor
responding positions in his majesty's
service afloat-for distinguished con-
duct in war in cases where the award
of conspicuous gallantry medals would
not be applicable. e
"His majesty has further approved
Of an award of the conspicuous serv-
ice cross, to be designated in the fu-
ture as the distinguished service cross,
to all officers below the rank Of lieu
tenant commander in addition to the
officers previously eligible for this dec
Grafton"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

that a large number of men should be
detailed for their protection.
In the case Of the present war the
base of the Germany army In western
Europe is, roughly speaking, the Ger
man frontier from Aix-la-Chapelle to
Pale, to which it's lines Of communica-
ton run from any point on a curved
line drawn from Brussels to near Bel
fort. The allied army in France, hav-
ing a friendly country in its rear, is
not under the same necessity as the
invader of guarding its lines. -.
The latter, however, are often sea
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

term Zines of communication" applies
more particularly to guarded roads
and railways, from the military bases
to the fighting front; and when AN
army cuts such a line of communica-
ton the belligerent army is, Of course,
seriously impeded.
The maintenance of communications
Is the first essential Of strategy, and
nowadays the broader the front with
which an army advances the more
easily can it be supplied, owing to the
greater number Of roads and railways
available. It is essential. however,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Relaium BEING Germanizen

London, Oct. 24.-All Belgium is be-
ing "Germanized" as rapidly as pos
sible, says a correspondent. "A fort
night ago." says this writer, Hundreds
of Belgian postal clerks went on strike,
refusing to work under German regu-
lations. Hundreds of Germans are
being imported to take the places of
the strikers. The grounds at the pal
ace of Laeken, n of the summer
residences of King Albert, have been
turned into a camp. German officers
occupied the Erg's palace for several
days" .r-..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

routes, as was the case in the Pen
insular war, when Wellington kept in
touch with his base, !. e., England,
by altering his Decentralization points
a she proceeded with the campaign.
In the present war, Of course, the
fact that we have control Of the sea
provides us with an enormous advan-
tage, for we are able to change the
base at need to any point on the
coast line. A British army advancing
from France into northwest Germany
could shift it's base to any port on tho
North sea.-London Tit-Bits,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
This is the way the Belgians destroyed the railway which was the Ger
man lire Of communication between the army in France and Brussels.
,Ypres canal. King Albert was in the
thick of this engagement. ;
Battle Lines 3Chanued.

,+E[' Battle Lines Changed.
A wedge of the allied armies fought
the Germans along an east and west
front extending from Ypres to Memin.
This battle line bisects the battle line
line of a few days agoi in which the al
lies drove the Germans back from
Roulers to Armentiere. 1t is reported,
although not confirmed, that the al
lies wedge was further extended, SO
that the Germans, as above stated,
were forced to evacuate Courtrai.
The third battle Of the day was
fought along a north and south line
from Warneton. Belgium, to LaBassee,
France, where the allies tried ineffec-
tually to dislodge the Germans from
their position. ~:
Apparently this battle marks tho
attempt Of the allies to follow up the
advantage gained at La Bassee, when
2 vigorous German attack was re-
pulsed, and press the offensive move
ment closer to Lille, headquarters for
the whole right wing OF the German
army. The battle from, Ypres to. Me
min is believed to be part of the move
ment for its capture and to have men
aced, II not interrupted. its commu-
nication with Client. "
Seek Important Positions. u
What the capture fSof Lille would
mean to the allies, the occupation Of
.Dunkirk would mean to the Germans.
Reinforcing the Belgian army along
the coast, the allies threw their troops
into the fight with desperate abandon.
Not only did the Belgians and allies
hold their ground against the at
tempted march on Dunkirk, but they
the Germans! to fall back on
their reserve lines between Nieuport
and Ostend.
The pick OF the allied troops appa.-
rently has been i~ntrusted with the
4taskS1ot stemming the movement
against Dunkirk. Could the Germans
seize this seaport they would doubt
less press on to take Calais. There
fore it is thought the pick of the Ger
man right wing has been intrusted
with the task Of selling Dunkirk.
This makes the battle ground the
grapple Of the choicest troops Of the
line on both sides. /
The battle Of the Aisne still goes
on, but the reduced forces on both
sides have caused the fighting here to
become less ferocious. The Germans
still hold their advanced positions Ut
Roye and elsewhere. ,...f =. =
German Official Statement.
Berlin, Oct. 22.-Main headquarters
makes the following report:
German troops advancing along the
coast from Ostend encountered the
enemy near Nieuport. The enemy's
attack west Of Lille was repulsed with
heavy losses. There is nothing to
report from the eastern theater.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

foot and on horseback, they appeared
by squads and by regiments. You
heard the thud of their heavy shoes
and the skirling of pipes as you ate
your breakfast; and the rumble Of
gun carriages and the clatter Of hoofs
awoke you at night.
Yesterday you visited old Hollywood
and its ruined chapel, trying to pic
ture to yourself the days when battle
was life's chief business and the
castle yards were thronged with men
at arms. This morning you pass
there again to discover that battle