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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-11-18
Others Affected.


However, deolers in cigars and to-
bacco are not alone affected by spe-
cial taxes and are not the only ones
derelict in paying the tax. There are
brokers handling investments, who
must pay $40; pawnbrokers. who
must pay $33.34, and commercial
brokers, $13.34.
Then there are theatres, muse
ums and concert halls, the tax on
which is graduated according to seat
ing capacity, as follows: $50 seats
and under S1667; $50 seats to 500
seats, $33.34; 500 to 500 seats, $50;
more than 500 seats, $66.67.
Next there are the proprietors OF
bowling alleys and billiard rooms
who must pay 1894 for each table
and alley. There are, too, the COM
mission merchants, who receive goods
wares or merchandise to sell On COM
mission and who must pay $13.34.
The amount Of tax as | have Civ
en- it in each case is correct. 1t is
eight-twelfths of the annual tax, due
to the fact thai four months of the
governments fiscal year had elapsed
when the tax became effective on Nov.
lst.
Banks, private and Incorporated,
n favn1 ha taI
ployed during the government fis-
cal year, ending June 80, 1914. In
estimating capital, surplus and undi
vided profits must be included. The
banker will compute this amount for
the year and thea take eight-twelftLs
of the total, paying the tax On thiS
at the rate of S1.O0 on each $1,000
of capital. For illustration, let it be
assumed bank on June 80, 1914,
had 100000 .apital, $4,000 sur
plus and $4,000 undivided profits.
The total is $175, 700. Eight-twelf-
tbs of this amount is $116,667. .67
The tax on this would be $116.67.
Penalty for Bankers.
Bankers must, under pain of pen
atty, send form filled out before De
cember 1st.
Special taxpayers covered by this
law should at once write the collec-
tor at Dubuque stating what their
business is and asking for form on
which TO make return. They should
then send the form, filled out, togeth-
er with the amount of the tax, to the
collector. The whole transaction
must be completed by December 1st
to avoid penalty
Some taxpayers are under the i'm
preston that they need not pay the
tax until demand for it is made, and
that they are not supposed to know
the law until an officer has called and
explained their obligations. In this
they are sadly in error. They are re-
quired, under penalty, to 60 to the
government, not the government 20
them" f
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DANGER
Legislation Dealing With T%uberculo.
sis Has Been Enacted In Ma
jority Of the States.

Legislation dealing with tuberculo-
sis has been enacted in 4S states and
territories OF the United States. ac-
cording to a comprehensive bulletin
on this subject published by the Ma.
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention Of tuberculosis. Only in
the states OF Arizona, Idaho. Nevada.
Wyoming and Alaska has the sub
ject been given no legislative consid'
Grafton. -
State tuberculosis sanatoria to the
number of AZ have been established
in 33 different states. Special laws
providing for the establishment of
local hospitals by municipalities or
counties have been passed; in IA states.
In 81 states laws are in force provid.
Ing for the reporting and registra-
ton of living cases of tuberculosis.
In four states, New York, New Jer-
say, Wisconsin and Minnesota, spe-
cial laws have been enacted giving
state and local health authorities pow
er to remove and detain t~uberculous
persons who menace the health of
their families or associates. Six
states, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Mime
sCta, New York and Texas. have laws
which give the people the privilege of
voting at general or special elections
OF the establishment of county or mu-
nictpalf tuberculosis hospitals, Massa-
chusetts.Y Minnesota, New Jersey. Wis
consin and Washington grant sub
sides ranging from 50 to IS per week
to such local hospitals. Laws prohib-
iting splitting in public places have
been enacted in more than twenty
states.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

" E'' E
driven back over the User; on Fri
day they secured a footing again, and
on Saturday they were again hurled
back. Now a bridge blown up by one
side is repaired by the other; it Is
again blown up by the first or left
as a death trap till the enemy is act
ually crossing. - ia ."4
Feats Of Armored Trains. Z
ACTIONS by armored trains, some !of
them the most reckless adventures,
are attempted daily. Each day accu-
mulates an unwritten record of dar-
ing Individual feats, accepted as part
Of the daily work. Day by day our
men push out on those dangerous ex-
plorations, attacked by shell fire, in
danger Of cross fire. dynamite, and
ambuscades, bringing a priceless sup
port to the threatened lines. ,
Now we are near the river at a
fiat country farm. The territory is
SCARED with, trenches and 1t is impos-
sible to say at first who is in. them,
so incidental and separate are the
fortunes Of this riverside. battle. The
Germans are on our bank, e%nflading
the lines of the allies trenches. We
creep up, and the Germans come into
sight out Of the trenches, rush to the
bank, and are scattered and smashed.
The allies follow with a fierce bayonet
charge. ~ '@ ,. ~.
THE Germans do not wait. They
rush to the bridges and are swept
away by the deadliest destroyer Of all,
the machine gun. The bridge is
blown w but who can say by whom?
Quickly the train runs back" II:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
BREEDING FOR THE FUTURE
Industrial Type Of Horses VIII Be In
Demand at the Conclusion
Of the War. ~

The American farmer who seeks to
take advantage Of the horse famine
now being made by Krupp and Creu'
sot guns should dismiss all thought
Of supplying the armies nov in the
field. IN, all probability the war will
be over before his first foals are
weaned. What he should do is breed
industrial types OF horses to I'LL the
gaps made by the present war, with
perhaps a small percentage Of the
type OF horses actually preferred for
military use. S4&
Wars may not cease with the end
OF the present masterpiece Of deviltry.
but there is good reason to believe
that martial glory will be at q dis
count in Europe for many years to
come. Let us get ready, therefore, to
supply the needs OF peace, rather than
to satisfy the demands Of = Moloch
who soon may be hurled from his
throne. NE Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
RETIRE BEFORE RUSS TROOPS
Berlin Announces That German and
Austrian Forces Have Been ~
Withdrawn In Poland. "''

Berlin, Oct. 19, via Amsterdam
The German and Austrian troops in
Poland, according to an official an
nouncement issued in Berlin today,
have been forced to withdraw before
fresh Russian forces advancing from
Ivangorod, Warsaw and Novogeor-
gievsk after having repulsed all for
mer Russian attacks. Il, :.
The statement continues: &
"At first the Russians did not fol-
low and the withdrawal of u troops
took place without difficulty. The re-
serve troops will change their forma-
ton according to the situation" =
Petrograd, Oct. 29.-The following
official communication was issued to-
day from general headquarters:
I'm the battle which has been In
progress for four days south Of the
.Pilitza river, in the forests On the
line extending from the Bialogura
(Bialobrzegi) to Glowaczow. Policzna
and Janowiec, our troops have infict-
ed upon the Austro-German forces a
severe defeat. Between the Pilitza
and Glowaczow the the heroic efforts
of our troops definitely broke down on
October 26 the resistance of the
Twentieth corps and the reserve guard
corps Of the Germans.
Five Hundred Prisoners Taken.
I'm Galicia the battle is raging along
the whole front of the River San. We
have taken an additional ten officers
and 500 e q.
"South Of Przemysl Jul troops are
advancing at certain points.
"In East Prussia the enemy has vio-
lently bombarded our positions in the
operations in the region OF Bakalar-,
jevo. Repeated attacks have all been
renulsed." 1884
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
Canvey Island.

~ n s-lf d - 81
Canvey island, which is now aim
ing to usurp some of the trade of
the Thames by providing deep sea
wharves for the unloading of the
worlds riches, began its career in .
somewhat peculiar fashion, says the
London Chronicle. It provided .
j%umping-on place for Danish pirates.
who boarded up the stolen wealth Of
Essex until the wind was favorable
for a voyage home. Canvey. should 1t
become a great entrepot, will probably
lose one of its distinctions, that Of
having only one church within its
borders. Another distinction is the
possession Of a house that has no like
ness anywhere else in England. This
is a six-sided Dutch cottage Of 1921,
built at the time when imported
Dutchmen were constructing the dams
which to this day protect The island
from slipping into the sea. y,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
VESTS SON TELLS A STORY
Humorous "Reminiscences Of the Fa-
ze Campaign Of 1872 and Ito
: Convention.

Alec Vest, son Of the late Senator
Vest Of Missouri, is a raconteur almost
as noted in his home state as was his
famous father. =. 49,
There used to be an old fellow,
John M. Sneed, who lived out in the
country a short distance from Sedalia,
No." said Mr.. Vest at the Willard. HE
was an old-fashioned bourbon Demo
crat of the EXTREMIST type. He really
gloried in his craftsmanship, and was
the sort of man who in drawing his
will adjured his sons to continue voting
the Democratic ticket. Captain Sneed
he had e " risen above the rank
Of a captain-was intensely interested
in 1872 In the result Of the Democratic
national convention, which, l think,
was held in Baltimore. and nominated
Horace Greeley. 1t wac in that year
that the Beecher-Tilton trial was held
and the newspapers everywhere were
filled with accounts of the proceedings.
In those days news of the election re-
turns or the outcome OF political con
ventions was not as easily o~btainable
as today. Old Captain Sneed, how
ever, would not go to bed on the night
the ~balloting began at the Democratic
convention until he got some word
from Baltimore. He seated himself on
his front porch and waited for those
who had beeD in town to come along.
He stopped everybody and asked what
they knew about the Democratic nomi-
nees for president. None could tell
him anything until long about mid
night a party of roysterers came up
the road singing and shouting. The
captain asked if they had any news
from the convention. .
EYES, said n Of the most jovial
members of the party. 'Beecher and
Tilton wer nominated"
"The old man was aghast for a mo-
ment. but he quickly recovered and
said: 81
"'Well they are both good men; it
will make q strong ticket .'"-Wash-
ington Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
America. Mineral Resources.


Mineral prod uction in the United
States now reaches a grand total of
81, 500, 000, 900 a year, according to sta
tistics gathered by Wall Street Jour-
nal. No other country Of the world
makes anything like so large a contri-
button to it's mineral wealth. The d.
rector OF the geological survey re-
minds us that this country mines 40
per cent of the worlds output of coal
and 65 per cent of the petroleum. or
the more essential metals 40 per cent
of the worlds production Of iron ore
comes from American mines. Our
smelters furnish SIS per cent Of the
copper and at least SIS per cent Of its
lead and zinc. In no respect will the
European wal probably bring more ad-
vantage to the United States than by
forcing home to us the possibilities
OF providing for our own needs In
stead OF depending on foreign sources
for much of our mineral elements e.
sential to industry.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

featured for the United States. 1t is
enough, he says, to fill the magazines
of every French warship seven times
over and still leave an immense sup
ply for the French army. -...
Europe is likely to run out of SOL
diers, of guns, of food, of money, be-
fore she runs out of powder, is Colonel
Buckner's idea. He says England has
ever more powder than France by
reason of her great navy, and that
Germany has as much as France.
The powder supplies of the warning
nations are kept secret. The Euro:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
Britain First sea Lord Resigns.

-
, London, Oct 31.-The Court Circu.
lar announces that Prince Louis OF
Battenberg has resigned from the ad-
miralty. Thus ends the campaign OF
innuendo and more or less utilization
that has been directed against the
first sea lord Of the British navy, who
holds the rank, Of vice.admiral, from
the very beginning Of the Prince
Louis crime was that he was born
a German. The fact that he had
served Is years in the British navy
and had risen from the rank of cadet
to chief commander by hard work,
loyalty and sheer ability counted but
little in his favor when war broke
out with Germany against the dam
ming fact that his father IA a Prus-
sian officer. Prince Louis was born
in Austria. His father was Prince
Alexander Of Hesse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

pean powers keep informed of mill
tary preparations through their sys-
TEN of espionage, and they try to
hold their war on an equal
footing. The enormous French pow
der supply is cited as prima facie evil
dence that the other battling powers
have great powder reserves. Ameri-
can makers of powder have no ex-
%pectation Of selling any powder to
European ~belligerents. That was one
of the things Of which there has been
an assurance of q full supply.-Wash-
ington Star .-,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

than the average winter temperature
of France and Belgium. We have, OF
course, no official information as to
the constitution of the Indian forces,
but we know that it consists largely
of Sikhs and Gurkhas, for neither OF
whom should the cold of Europe have
any terrors whatever. The Gurkha Is
essentially a highlander. accustomed
to the keen air of the Eastern Hima-
layas and the plateau of Nepal. He
is extraordinarily hardy,f suited to al
most any climate, as ready for hard
marching or fighting in the winter as
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

general, Beyers, heads a similar re-
volt in western T%ransvaal. :
, Gen. Louis Botha, premier Of the
Union of South Africa, has left for the
front in an attempt to quell the rebel
lion, an official Pretoria dispatch an
nounced late tonight.
Rebels Seize a Town. !
According to an official report re-
ceived today, armed rebellious COM
mandoes are already in existence; the
town of Heilbron, in the northern part
Of the Orange River Colony, has been
seized and the government officials
have been taken prisoners. while a
train has been stopped and armed cit
liens of the defense force have been
taken from it and disarmed. p
The union government has issued a
proclamation to the people, announc-
ing these events and explaining that,
although 1t was aware of these rebel
lious preparations, it had been taking
steps to preserve peace without blood
she'd. ''
Botha Routs Beyers' Forces.
London. Oct. 29.-The following ON
cial statement was issued tonight re-
garding the rebellion in the Union OF
South Africa: as * ~
General Botha reports that he left
Rustenberg "a district in the west
part OF the Transvaal colony on
Tuesday morning and proceeded in the
direction in which Gen. Christian Bey-
ers, with his commando, was supposed
to be. IN
HE came in touch with General
Beyers' men in the forenoon and drove
them, in headlong rout, the whole of
the day and captured S0' of them fully
armed. %r% ~ 80 -
I'm the fighting which took place
toward the end of the pursuit one of
General Botha's men and several of
Beyers' commando were wounded.
when the report was made the
pursuit was still in progress"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
u. s. Protests Goa, Seizure.

Washington, Oct. 30.-The state de.
partment holds as unjustif1able the
seizure by the British cruiser New.
castle of the British steamer Lowther
Range, loaded with American.owned
coal, off Guaymas, Mex, and has pro.
tested to the British ambassador at
Washington. The coal on the Lowthe1
Range vas the property of the South.
ern Pacific railroad. The British ship
Bankdale, with a similar cargo. was.
like the Lowther Range, seized by
the British cruiser Newcastle and sent
to q prize court at Esquimalt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
Work for Women.

Miss Theodore Butcher; head Of the
Bureau Of Occupation for Trained
Women, says hat there is a great de-
mand for dietists, to plan diets for
from SO to 500 persons. She says
there are requests for all sorts OF
women workers, the g rhythmic
dancing being very popular with great
demand for women who a teach it.
She says that one of the best occupa-
tons for women ia that >of secretary,
as it is pleasant work and gives a
wide range for the woman employed
and is generally not too strenuous.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04

he would have been for the trials en-
dured by the allied forces in the first
weeks Of the war.
AS a soldier and civilian he has
fought in northern China. and is to
be found several thousand strong
among the settlers of British Column
bia supporting the rigors of the Cana
dian winter. His land, the Punjaub.
is a country Of climatic extremes. the
cold Of December. and January, as
European visitors to the Durbar camps
at Delhi know well, having a peculiar
ly searching quality.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
De WET JOINS BoER REVOLT
Famous Leader, With General Beyers,
j In Armed Rebellion Against
. British Rule.

London, Oct. 28.-What is unmis-
takably a grave revolt against the
British government in South Africa
has broken out. i %g&.s
The colonial office issued officially q
dispatch from the government Of the
commonwealth Of South Africa stating
that the famous Boer general, Chris
tian De Wet, who gave the British SO
much trouble in the South African
war, is leading the revolt in the Orange
Free State. Another well-known Boer
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
INDIAN SOLDIERS IN WINTER
Little Doubt That British Allies VIII
Be Able to Stand the Rigors OF ~
European Weather.

/" How will the Indian troops stand
the continental winter? The answer
should not be in doubt. The martial
races Of India come mostly from re-
gions which have a very cold winter,
some from highlands where the pre-
vailing temperature for four or five
months of the year is much lower
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
CAPTAINS Of Industry,

This title, while not new, was
brought into general use by a lunch
con in New York arranged in honor OF
Prince Henry of Prussia when. he Wis
tied the United States in 1902. 1t was
attended by men who by their genius,
means or otherwise, were responsible
in whole or in part, for the creation
and development OF important indus
tries in the United States. The late
John Pierpont Morgan, the prominent
financier, presided at the luncheon,
and the men who attended it were des.
ignated Captains of Industry" "
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
Emden Sinks Liner.

Berlin. Oct. 49, by wireless to Say
vile, L.. 1.-The German cruiser EN-
den, according to an official announce.
ment issued today, has sunk a big
Japanese liner bound for Singapore
According to tho Italian newspaper
Stampa. the German cruisers Emden
and Karlsruhe up to the present time
have sunk 33 vessels aggregating a
tonnage OF $50, 900.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
ALL SUPPLIED WITH POWDER
European Nations Saw to That 6efore
Declarations Of Hostllities
= Were Made. -

Supplies of gunpowder in the maya.
zines of the warning European nations
are enormous, according to Col. 2. g.
Buckner, vice-president Of the du Pont
Powder company. He says that
France alone has 225,000 tons Of pow
der. This is nine times as much as
MI the smokeless powder ever manu-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
NEARLY CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

1854 Plum St.. youngstown. Ohio
"Blotches like ringworms started to
come out all over my face and neck.
Later 1t took the form Of white fakes
and when would rub they came OF In
little white scales. The eczema 20
disfigured me that I was ashamed
to 20 out anywhere. 1t itched all the
time and whenever l perspired or got
my face the least bit wet, 1t would
burn until, I very nearly went crazy.
The more 1 rubbed or, scratched the
more it spread and it made me 10
restless l could not sleep at night.
zone day q friend prevailed upon
me to get q sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. They caused the itch
ing to stop instantly and in q very few
days my face and neck began to show
q marked Improvement. I used three
cakes Of Cuticura Soap and one box
Of Cuticura Ointment and my face
and neck are completely cured"
(signed) Newton D. w. Chapman.
Feb. 81, 1914. ,
Cuticura> Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept. l.. Boston."-Adv.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
London Expects Air Attack.

London, Oct. 31.-Several German
submarines have been sent by railway
to Z~eebrugge, the port of Bruges.
where they will be dispatched against
the British feet off the Belgian coast.
There is no longer any doubt that Ger
many is planning an aerial invasion of
England. The shed for dirigibles at
Etterbeek has been more than doubled
in size since the Germans seized it.
Every possible precaution to prevent
an aerial raid by the Germans is being
taken by the authorities of Great
Britain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
British Army 100000

London, Oct. 28.-The British army
on rolls and drilling in the United
Kingdom nov amounts approximately
to l,500,0 600 men. OF this total about
100000 men belong to what is termed
"Kitchener's army'-men who have
responded to his two calls for 100000
soldiers to serve three years or for
the duration Of the war. IA
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
German Shells Hit Ships,

London, Oct. 31.-Contirmation of
the German report that the British
ships operating in conjunction with
the allied armies on the Belgian
coast had been struck by German
land batteries is contained in a dis
patch which says the bodies of eight
British seamen killed in the battle had
been landed there. Fifteen wounded
were landed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
In Hot Pursuit Of African Rebels.

IN no PUf3Uit OF Arrtcan HEbeT8.
Cape Town, South Africa, Oct. 81.
Troops Of General Botha are holly
pursuing the Boer rebels led by Cen
eral Byers, and all attempts of the
fugitives to rally have been checked.
Omcials Of the Union of South Africa
declare they have proof that General
Byers was receiving pay from German
sources while he was in command of
the Unions defense forces and that
he was making plans for a revolt for
several months before he resigned his
commission. Eighty rebels were killed
in one fight on Tuesday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-11-04
Cut Out Waste; Result, Beauty.

When Joseph Pennell' was in Pana'
ma he stopped to admire the lock at
Pedro Miguel. How is It." he asked
the engineer, that you make your
arches and b%uttresses as fine as those
of a cathedra1?" "Oh, that's done to
say concrete" was the reply. q.
Economy as the basis of beauty Is
not so strange as it may seem. 1t
was through elimination Of the super
luous that the loneliness as we'll as
strength OF that Panama structure
grew, and the same principle may
be found at the root of every success
full work whether of art or industry.
The Craftsman. to l.