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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-27

H. VIM. philip sImms, United Pres'
staff Correspondent
PARIS, Aug. 27-The fight.
" along the entire Belgian.
french frontier continued to.
hy. There was this change
{hum yesterday, however, that
bday's fighting was admitted
n much farther inside of the
huntier than on yesterday. At
me points the line was said
be twenty-five miles inside
she frontier.
Ihs government, however,
aintained its policy Of 81
nce. It had permitted no
purd of the operations to be
eme public since its state
[nent issued at midnight that
Epart Of the defense lines had
hem pushed back. The usual
|norning and noon announce
|lents were withheld and there
sHas no confirmations of re-
ports that important centers
q the frontier had been
|racuated before the strong
'Gsrman forward movement.
The chief danger is still ad-
nittedly from the north.
There the Germans are com
bining a crushing forward
movement with an extensive
ilanking attempt in force. The
var office experts say that
provision to meet this move.
nent has been made and that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-27
Citizens Are Worried But Do
Not Think German Army
Will Reach the
City.
FIGHTING IN FRANCE
Admitted Today That Germans Have
Gained Foothold But at AW-
ful Cost to
Life.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
PARIS, Aug. 27.-sInce the general
staff has closed the avenues Of news
from the front because Of the serl-
CUISINES Of tho situation, enough has
been permitted to leak through {" In
dlcate that tho allied lines on tho
north are again under heavy pres
sure. The admlssIon that f'ankln0
force Of Germans, said by some to
number nearly two army corps. had
been operating against tho extreme
LEFT, Indicates that the Germans are
trying to force the withdrawal Of part
Of tho allied lines from tho center and
thus weaken Il. II 10 not believed this
will be permitted, 40 reserve forces
In the northwest should be strong
enough to take care Of any new a.
sault on this section. Cavalry raids
In this section have already been re-
pulsed by the French artillery with
great havoc TO the enemy.
The very frankness Of newspapers
! in admitting today that the French de-
fense has received serious check
has had the effect Of clearing up tho
situation. Tho damage is not believ-
ed lire reparabIe and even though tho
lines are forced back we'll within
French territory, the consensus OF
opinion Is that long before Paris can
be seriously threatened the Germans
must Withdraw to meet the Russian
peril. The significance between onen-
sive and defensive tactics was state
mcnt today by the war office that the
German losses to date are estimated
at three times those Of the allies. Tho
latter are admittedly staggering.
CABINET CHANGE.
The changes In the cabinet have
Given the people much confidence. Tho
orloinaI announcement that Mlllerand,
Bryand and DeIcasse desired on the
counsel of defense was not realized by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-27
Ioday's Battle Goes Against Allies on East Line
While Russians Crowd Forward
on West.
|EWs HELD BACK WHILE WAR RACES
|hpan Cannot be Heard From Excepting to In
sist That She Will Stay
in Far East.

forces are now in action. On
the result of this movement
will depend the next move Of
both sides.
REINFORCEMENTS SENT.
LONDON, Aug. N.-Eng-
land has stripped the reserve
ships of the North sea fleet Of
marines to aid in the fighting
in Belgium. Alarmed over the
imminent danger to which
England would be exposed
from airships raids should the
Germans establish q perma-
nent base in Ostend, Belgium,
the British "sailor soldiers"
have been sent to reinforce
the Belgians now there.
In the house of commons
this afternoon First Lord OF
the Admiralty Churchill an
nounced that marines were
now at Ostend. He stated that
the expeditionary force was a
large one, but did not give any
| figures.
BIG SHIP SUNK.
LONDON, Aug. 27-1n the
house of commons this AFTER
noon, First Lord of the Admir-
atty Churchill announced that
the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Crosse
has been sunk off the west Az
rican coast by the British
cruiser Highflyer.
Churchill said one member
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-27
COULD SAVE NOTHING.

"The soldiers rushed In and threw
bundles Of wood under the stair ease'
poured petrol over them and lit them.
in an instant the house was abiaze. A
woman tried to push In to save some
souvenir, a photograph, cradle, any
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CABINET CHANGE.

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/ s.h.erIbers Of The Daily Cats City
:. served tho full Lsased Wire serv.
4. 4 tho United Press Associations.
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THE WEATHER.
Possible Showers. Warmer.
Local Temp p. m. 78; 7 a.
m. 63.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
SAYS TAX DODGERS 4
ARE STEALING 100000

Chicago.-Charging that s50,000,000
have been stolen from Cook county
by tax dodgers. Maclay Hoyns, states
attorney, has begun In the county
court proceedings which he said
eventually will include 1900 persons.
A brief hearing yesterday revealed
about SO instances of tax lodging
and a system said to be used in the
assessors Office whereby a red mark
opposite d property owners name in
the tax books means his assessment
has been conceded by an assessor.
Charles Kruetckoff, assistant chief
clerk of the board of assessors, testi-
fed that the late A. H. Veeder was
assessed for 5000 worth OF personal
property last April and for the same
amount a year ago. The testimony
was interrupted to introduce a copy
OF the inventory filed in the probate
court with Mr.. yeeder's will showing
that at the time of his death he pos
sessed personal property to the value
Of $1,026,756.
The clerk also testified the late
Darius Miller, president Of tie Bur-
lington road, was assessed on $1,000
worth Of personal property. The rec
ords of the probate court were intro
duced to show that at the time of his
death Mr.. Miller had personal proper
ty valued at s168,198 Wide discrep
ancies In the personal property as.
sessments of several corporations also
were shown.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
DEMOCRATIC TROUBLES
BEGINNING TO THIckEN

49, AEl4F
Washingtons-The most serious thing
that c~pnfronts the democratic party
during the second half Of President
Wilson's administration is the pros
pect Of passing additional taxation law
or the equally bad alternative from q
political standpoint of having a bond
Issue. The democrats, although con
siderahly dismayed BY the election re-
suits, would face the 1915 issue with
Infinitely more confidence IL it we're
not for the condition Of governmental
revenues.
The expenditures of the govern
ment already exceed its revenues by
many millions. II there Is big
business boom within the next eight
cen months the outlook from a demo
cratic standpoint win be improved
greatly. The party now Iii power Is
banking everything on such Il boom.
together with d prayer that 1916 and
1915 mar produce bumper crops.
The prospect that the government
during the next two years Will need
morH revenue than possibly can he
prfinced by thenaw tariff law and
the war reyenue YAK Is 4 very rl
0A&et sASss #Svsffsgs
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
Bred Stock Sale
On 18th Of November

Next Tuesday, November II, Is the
day of the Livestock Breeders asso-
citation sale, when some valuable ami
mails will be placed On the auction
block.
The sale OF these animals does not
mean that the owners offer them be-
cause OF inferiority, o because they
are no longer useful.
Breeders, as is well known among
them, purchase males from among
the best they can find. After using
these animals for a year or so, 1t be,
ONE necessary to change the males
in order to prevent what Is known as
iu-breeding.
Some of the very best animals that
the country affords are offered at
such sales. They may be equal ID
every respect to animals OF thef4
class that could be found elsewhere,
but for reasons stated they are no
longer seryiceable to their owners,
WIN must either dispose of them at
what they can get for breeding pnr,
poses or must convert them into besf
for the butchers block, which is not
frst-class beef at the best.
The livestock Breeders, association
was organized in this county about
a year ago, partly for the purpose oi
improving, individually and collective
~. Inc stock owned by the people gen.
orally but also for the purpose OF
facilitating interchange OF views ard
likewise for the purpose OF making
III more convenient for exchanging
animals that can no longer be retain.
ed by the owners on account OF con.
ditions5aiready stated.
Another point which prompted the
organization OF the livestock breed.
ers association was that just such
sales as that which will take place
on November IN may become an an.
nuaI event, facilitating the exchang
Ing and replacing Of animals that
good stock breeding principles suggest
should be turned into other herds.
The livestock interests on the couns
are looking forward to the sale
lot some very credftabie animals next
Tuesday. It Will be worth wnfIe foi
all farmers and stock breeders to be
on hand.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

Notice Is hereby given that !. the
undersigned, will sell the herefnaf-
ter described personal property, to
the highest bidder, for cash, DIT public
auction, at and In the furniture store
known as the Cozy Home, situated
upon lot 4, In block 8. Original Plat
of Watertown SD Id the county 81
Eodington and State OF South Dako-
ia, on Tuesday, the oath day Ok Nov
ember, A. p. 1914, at two o'clock I'd
the afternoon Of said day; that said
property Ii described as follows, to-
Wit: III comb, B. G. and desk; one
sewing machine; one library table,
complete; one dresser; one chiffon.
ier, glass and cases six diners; three
rockers, one high chair; one carpet
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
FARMERS Crs3IB

- -
on November 10, the PelieSn, Farnnsaf
ers club meeting was presided ever
by President &c. Benthin. Each
piece OF news, local Ill public Affairs,
What Is War; was discussed byl
Mi. Bentfin,
Not the glory OF the battle z
Not the victor's loud acclaim:
Nor the strains Of martial music
And the shouting of name
But the tears of wives ana sweet;
hearts.
And the starving children's cries
The means Of widowed mothers
And the gref that never dies
That is war
Ii 1t not good to live lii this peace,
full prosperous United States OF ours
and be d farmer.
Mrs. Klatt. speaking or Work and
Duties OF the Farmers Wife said:
that in the days or our grandmothers
there were few drones In the city
hive as well as in the country. Is
there no economic loss to our country
when VIZ keep so many parasitic WO-
men In the city? Farm women earn
their social times, The fact Is, where
farmers wives get any time for social
ffunotions4, Y IS through a iperfee1
knowledge of their work and the way
Ito plan to secure the time.
Our social doings do not amount 10
much anyway, vet they use 1T more
probably than in playing whist.
We work hard and continually. We
always thought it was for our family
but 1t seems that it Is for the econ
omic gain Or our country. The
farmers wife works from twelve ID
| sixteen hours and yet she does not
do enough. The city woman is to be
protected so she VIII not work more
than eight hours day is this con-
sistent? 1t does not seem SO to us.
We hope to see the time when town
folks Will do something.
sBreaking the Monotony of Farm
Lite was discussed by VIII zamow
who said that the farmer should have
more enioyinents, mor pleasure,
should take life easier, and should
own an automobile SO that he could
use it and have FUN. Farming would
then be more interesting, more easy,
etc.
The reading BY August zamow was
appreciated by all, AS was also the
music by Mrs. Klatt.
The program for November "a the
date Of the next meeting, Is as FOL.
lows:
Music, Vivian Mapes.
Local News. George Scott.
Country Life, Mrs. fl. Eyens0n.
MY Best Crop and How i raised
It,,, Roy Zamow.
How asCountry Boy Can Make d
Farm Successful G. zamow.
What Are the Clubs of South Da.
kota- Doing?' r. Benthin.
Recitation, Ella Scherer.
Health In the Home" Mrs. John
Lebert.
Home Economics, Mrs. r. Benthin.
Aim and Purpose OF the Club. H.
Evenson.
AN Around the Farm" otto "a
NOW.
Reading. Myrtle Scott
Dialogue, Selected.
Music, MrH. Aug. Klatt,
song, Battle Hymn 81 the Repub
lie, Club.
Open Discussion.
Il AEEAl
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
Wonderland Here
On November 2O-2l

Another splendid home-talent affair
is to be given in the near future.
That the people Of WATERFOWL are
ton Of the efforts OF their townspeo-
pie In local presentations was clearly
demonstrated by the magnificent au-
dience which greeted the recent home
talent production in the Metropolitan
opera house on Monday and Tuesday
evenings.
This willingness on the part OF the
public to recognize its own citizens
in this direction goes a long way to-
wards repayng those who gave SO
freely and SO readily OF both their
time and fine talents In order to as
sist in the good cause for which the
splendid performances were given.
10 the public who enjoy these even
ings OF mirth, the announcement that
IA HWonderland" is soon to be given
In Watcrtown will no doubt be well
coined.
II is to be given under the direction
of the Methodist Episcopal choir of
the city In syverson's hall November
30 and ri.
The sideshows and midway will
offer great attractions. Fortune-tell-
ers, living pictures. quack doctors,
minstrel show, the orpheum, fashion
shows; and many others. will be
featured.
In addition to these, a better baby
contest will be ably conducted, Civ
ing each mother OF Watertown an OPP
portunity Of finding out whether her
own baby Is the best baby in Water
town. Two prizes will be offered in
this contest.
The general admission to the hall
will be only 10 cents. Further par
ticulars, will appear later.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
Black Burns
In Second Number

I Henry Black Burns, at the Congre-
gational church Tuesday evening,
gave the second number Of the ly-
sceum curse under the auspices of
the ladies Of the Congregational
church. The large ediice was well
filled and the auditors gave the speak
er close attention throughout.
The striking feature OF DR.. Burns
address was his arraignment of the
home for it's neglect to inculcate into
the rising generation the principle of
submission to constituted authority.
We are at the great crisis of our
national existence, declared the speak
er-the great danger point. We boast
that W. are the richest people on
earth, the most intelligent and SO
forth but we are Utterly ignoring some
of the fundamentals essential to hap.
piness and continued prosperity as a
nation.
Crime, aVerred :the lecturer, is in
creasing - heinous crimes. There
were more murders committed In the
peaceful agricultural state Of Iowa
in 1913 than in all London with more
than double its population. There
were murders In New York In
1913 than in all the German empire
with its sixty odd millions Of peo-
pie.
One cause for this widespread In
crease Of crime, said the speaker,
may be tracel. iii his opinion, to the
utter lack OF the exercise Of parental
authority In the home. The father
is SO busy getting money that he has
no time to consider the welfare or the
future geenraticn; the mother Is en-
gagged In a supreme effort to spend
the money that father gets, and thus
the continued round goes-father
hustling to get more money that
mother may have more to spend,
8The raj for the almighty dollar has
brought is To the verge Of the boz
ginning Of the end unless we reverse
ourselves.
Or. Burns address throughout was
Goth instructive and entertaining.
The next number WIN be December 4,
when the Gamble Concert company
will be here. This Is considered one
q the finest numbers La the entire
course. al this musical aggregation Us
said TO be I'M of the best that trav-
els.
trR
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
Real Estate Transfer.
Reportsd ~ codInstcn County

ri. z Horswill HrickeN Eonstruc
tion Coz lot II, block HorswilIssE
Addition; loo.
I. Hushaw to Albert sasse, SEN
2-1Is55; 800
William Scholtz To n Scholtz,
lots |. 3 and B, block lots ]. 8
4, s. and I block /; Arends Park
s1.00.
Pearl s Barnes To I. j. scholtz.
lots !, 8 and 3, block lots 1. /,
5. s and blocls#3 Arendss Park
SI.00.
John b. MondIorh Il Mary Peck.
lots and !, block Henry, $
$4,000. sss$
Nick Nelson to Andrew 4. Holtan,
lots 1. {. 3 4 and land NEN sec
ton 10; NWhNW section 29 and
lot 8, section 3A-112s54: 300
Albert BeskoM to Hermans a VOL
ter, undivided half OF lot 3 block 2
South Shore; $1350.OO:
O. A. SaBse 10 81. r. Cosgrove, tota,
- g. and s, block Al, Henry. lido.
Edward Short tof2Anasnw III HoI-3
tan, S5la S9sI19-54; SIae
benjamin Il. Linnensa1s I'd Elizaheth!
Zimmerman, SL5NWN 4as1I7161; 500.
Il, N. Stoeckel tn M Stoeckel.,
d part OF lots 10, IA and Ia, block rs
Ffrfs Railway Abolition; $3.a00.00
Laura A Jones ID Ole j. Haugnn.'
lots no II ard i block |, Waf
lace; $1.00,
Lewis u. WuIG Ia II Wolf. IofA'
II and r.. W TEokC co. snhdivision
sof block 4os Second Railway Addi
ton; sIs00,
John WafkliIi to- q, Rfekansrud
et. all NEA I3-ftsrb1s $l0s00OoO.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

Switzerland spends more on relief
Of the poor than does any other coun-
try.
The population OF France has in
creased only 10 per cent in forty
years.
Malaria causes more sickness and
death than n other single disease In
India. 81
New York city is said to have more
than fifty known lepers running at
large.
Women employed III the rubber in
dustry in British Guinia get 70 to %
cents q day.
English colonies total 13,0o2.s2I
square miles In area, with a popula-
ton Of ss9,o65, oS5. ssss
It has been estimated that 4,70S,0O0,-
600 wood screws r used in the Unit
ed State each year.
There are 500 golf clubs within
twenty-five miles OF London, with an
aggregate membership Of 100000,
a stream runs most rapidly one
fifth OF the depth below the surface
and Its average speed is that OF the
current two-fifths OF the depth above
the bottom.
In 1900 there were sixty-two beet
cattle In the United States for each
100 persons OF population; now there
are thirty-seyen cattle to each 100 81
population.
a. street In Lyons, France--the Due
de la Republics paved with glass.
The blocks are eight Inches square
and so closely fitted that water can
not pass between the interstices.
More than 100000 tons OF ore a
year are expected To be exported from
iron mines In Algeria by French cap
italists who have obtained concessions
after more than ten years OF efcrt.
The municipal board Of Manila has
passed an ordinance providing that All
buildings constructed In the city here
after must be rat proof. This meas
ure Isl for safeguarding the public
health against bnbonie plague: The
ordinance was drafted by the director
ok health and the city engineer HoI.
low walls md partitions are forbid
Iden
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
TOO rarticuIar.

a drarnnler On thisfrainr-this haps
penad years ago-said pleasantly to|
the conductors
Were going to be late, friend.
NO. said the conductor. In suriy
tones; no. we amt going 10 be hate
neither,
But said the drummer,
thought we were going to Tia UP here
for the night" Sss
so we are. theconductar snessr
ed. $50 we are; but that liant going
to make us late. don't run Sd
close to time as all that sss
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12
usaa lesuit

S0ceslcnal AZ asiator bre ne;
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

Switzerland spends more on relief
Of the poor than does any other coun-
try.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

The population OF France has In
creased only 10 per cent in forty
years.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

Malaria causes more sickness and
death than any other single disease in
India.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

There are 500 golf clubs within
twenty-five miles OF London, with an
membership Of 100000.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

a stream runs most rapidly one
fifth OF the depth below the surface
and Its average speed is that OF the
current two-fifths Of the depth above
the bottom,
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

New York city is said to have more
than fifty known lepers running at
large.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

Women employed in the rubber i'm
dustry in British Guinia get 20 to 26
cents q day.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

1T has been estimated that 4,708,o00.-
900 wood screws are used in the Unit
ed State each year.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

In 1900 there were sixty-two beef
cattle In the United States for each
100 persons Of population; now there
are thirty-seyen cattle to each 100 OF
population.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-11-12

English colonies total 13,002,321
square miles In area, with a populas
ton Of 3S9,065, 035.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-01-10
South American Beef Coming into
This Country,

Judson G. Welliver, Washington
correspondent of Farm and Fireside
writes an article in the current issue
Of that publication, entitled "Argen.
tine Beef in American Control" He
says the number Of meat cattle in
the United States is getting smaller,
while the population, Of course, is in
creasing. The best government fig
ures show there are about 36,O00,000
meat cattle in this country. This is
over a million less than it was a
two years ago, three and a half mil
lion less than three years ago, and
almost six million less than the cen
sus reported in 1910.
Argentina has now about $4,000, 900
cattle, most Of them meat animals.
Their number has been increasing
very fast during the same years
when ours have been decreasing. One
Argentine authority says that country
is capable of raising it's total to
200 100000 This may be an exag-
geration, but there is little doubt
that Argentina will increase it's cat
tie production for a long time to
come. 1t will pass the United States
in few years, according to past per-
Torrance and present outlook.
Great American business concerns
like Swift & Co., Armour & Co., and
the Morris interests are heavily in
terested in Argentine beef. Great
quantities of this beef are shipped to
Europe from Argentina and consider
able quantities are shipped to this
country.