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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
STEAMER IS CHASED
BY BRITISH CRUISER

Havana, Aug. 15.-The German
steamer President. which left here sew
eral days ago proceeding toward the
east returned today and reported that
she went as far as Point Maysi, on
the eastern extremity of Cuba. and
was then chased by a British cruiser
and compelled to return.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
ALGERINE SAFE IN
ESQUIMALT HARBOR

Vancouver B. c.. Aug 15.-The Brit
ish sloop of war Algerine, which had
an exciting trip up the California
coast lodging the Leipzig is now safe
In Ezouinalt harbor.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
AMBASSADOR MEETS
PREMIER OF spain

San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 15.-(via
London) Some significance is attach
ed to a prolonged conference today
between the British ambassador and
the Spanish premier, who came here
especially to see him.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
CAVE BLOOD IN HOPE
OF SAVING BROTHER

Seattle, Aug. 15.-Elmer ]. Anderson.
miner of Valdez, Alaska, who was
robbed of 5000 and shot in an alley
beside the post office Thursday morn
ing, died of his wound today in spite
of the TRANSMISSION of large quantity
of blood from his brother. C. A. Ander-
son of Ellensburg. Wash, to the
wounded man,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
GERMANY RENDERING
AID TO AMERICANS

Washington, Aug. 15.-Germany will
permit the cruiser Tennessee, bearing
gold for Americans, to enter Bremen
and will provide trains to bring Amer
leans from the baths and resorts in
the south, to port. This government
was so advised today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
CHINDA IS silent ON
THE PLANS OF JAPAN

Washington, Aug. 15.-Ambassador
Chinda Of Japan, state, department
caller today, said he had no advices
whatever tending to confirm or deny
published reports that Japan was
about to declare war on Germany.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
STARTS ON
NEW ENGLAND TRIP

Oyster Bay, N. Y, Aug. 15.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt broke his rest cure to-
day and left Sycamore Hill by motor
preparatory to plunging into the Pro-
gressive campaign in New England.
Tonight he will speak before the Pro-
gressive state convention at Hartford.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
ANOTHER STRIKE IN THE
PAINT CREEK DISTRICT

Charleston, w. Va, Aug. 15.-Twelve
hundred miners at Bloomer, in the
Paint creek district, struck today be-
cause one Of their number had been
discharged.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
TO COMPARE PRICES
With THOSE LAST YEAR
At Chicago Inquiry Will Be
Conducted Through Fed
eral Grand Jury-Depart-
ment of Justice Is Receiv-
ing Reports.

Washington. Aug. 15.-Reports to
the department of Justice today show
that the investigation into food prices
is proceeding in every state and almost
every large city.
The United States attorney at San
Francisco telegraphed that the in
Yestigation thers had prevented an
increase in shipping rates to foreign
ports on canned goods.
The department of justice Is prepar-
ing comparisons of food prices on
July 1, 1913. and July 1, 1914, the
prices before the first declaration. OF
war in Europe and the present prices,
in this country.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
Shot and Killed by Robbers.

st. Louis. Aug. 15.-F. H. Soller.
paymaster of the st. Louis Refrigerat-
ing & Cold Storage company. was
shot and killed by robbers today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
saiIinas From NanIes.

Naples, via Paris. Aug. 15.-Ths
steamer San, Giovannia sailed for New
York today with seven hundred Amer.
lean passengers
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
Grand Jury Invastiuatlon.

Chicago. Aug. 15.-The federal grand
jury now sitting will be the medium
for the Chicago inquiry into war time
prices, according to a statement made
by District Attorney Wilkerson, who
returned from his vacation today.
Cut meats at wholesale were un-
changed today, but the packers said
that the tone was easier
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
DAY IN CONGRESS.

Senate:
Met at IL a. m.
Debated the bill to require
federal registration OF all
opium dealers or producers.
House:
Met at noon.
Debate was resumed on the
conservation bills.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
Town Of Saales is Entered by the
French Troops German Aeroplane
Brought Down and I Two Officers are
Taken Prisoners

London, Aug. 15-"There are indications of an inten
on the part of the German troops to envelope the
treme left of the allied forces according to statement
issued by the official press bureau here this afternoon
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-15
THE WEATHER.

Generally fair and
cooler tonight and Sun
day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
ostsnd's Tribulations.

The first siege of Ostend. the beauti-
full Belgian city, ended on Sept. %,
1904. when the city was surrendered
to the Spaniards, who had invested the
city for over three years. The honor
able capitulation followed one Of the
most heroic defenses In the history Of
warfare. On the death Of Charles IL.
Of Spain the French seized Ostend, but
in 1906. after Marlborough defeated
the French at Families. 1t was taken
by the allies. In 1745 1t was retaken
by the French, but restored three
years later. In 1856 the French garri-
soned the town for the Empress Maria
Theresa. In 1902 Ostend again fell to
the French, who evacuated it in 1893.
regained it In 1904 and defeated the
English there In 1903. The city was
under the flag Of Netherlands from
1914 to 1880. when Belgium regained
its independence. Modern Ostend Is
known - La RENE des PLACES (the
Queen Of Beaches). and for many years
1t has been the greatest seaside play
ground Of Europe, favorite resort for
the people Of all nations.-Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Maohina Guna.

In the British army the machine gun
is the Maxim; the French use the
Hotchkiss. or Puteau1: Austrians EN-.
ploy the Schwarzlose and Germans the
Maxim. In all cases machine guns are
attached to the infantry forces. usually
in the proportion Of two guns per bat
talon, or 1000 men,.
These guns fire rife cartridges at i'm
mense speed by mechanical means. and
usually the kick, or recoil. Of the gun is
used for the purpose Of reloading. It is
interesting to note that in test forty
two British first class shots engaged
against q machine gun, each firing at
the same target for one minute; the
gun discharged 228 rounds and made
sixty-nine hits; the forty-two marks
men discharged 40S rounds and made
sixty-two hits.-Pearson's Weekly.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
BY 1hues.

Three paths that lead but to the
grave-allopath. homeopath and osteo-
path.
Three motions that rush US, push US
and delight us-locomotion, promotion
and motion pictures.
Three creams that cool as, fool us
and rule us-ice cream. face cream and
cream Of society.
Three sights that are great - fore
sight. hindsight and out Of sight.
Three ships that are more or less
uncertain - friendship. courtshlp and
airship.
Three days that are universally re-
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, holiday and hey
day.
Three hearts that beat anything in
the world-big heart, warm heart and
sweetheart
Three times that We 60 by and stop
by-slow time, fast time and time to
quit.-Judge's Library.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
OUR OWN "ORPHANS",

No one Will begrudge the small
bounties that have been sent and arr
stu being sent to the orphans - OF
Europe and to those who have been
dispossessed of their homes. Fol
many months our people have read
OF Antwerp. Namur, Liege, Dixmude
Verdun, Lodz, Belgrade, Przemysl
Cracow and other European towns
until them seem like locations in
our own county.
Who knows where Bridgeport, Ohio
is located? Or Blue Rock, or Glous-
Ter, or Cnauncey, or New StraltsvIle,
or Joetown, or Lathrop, Or the tous-
and other towns, villages and mere
ram-shackle settlements in the great
bltumlnous coal fled generally known
by the regional title Hooking Val
ley?' Who cares?
Who knows how they live, what
they eat; what they wear; what
books they read; what schools they
attend; what social conditions sur
round them; and who on earth cares
Wholesale liquor dealers at Mariet-
ia, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus,
Louisville, Toledo and Youngstown
care and keep track OF pay days
when the men are working.
But just now Bridgeport sends out
word that twenty thousand children
Of the region are destitute; that
Christmas is not for them; the strike
of several months, with only forty
nine dollars relief to each man for
the entire time has brought them to
the verge Of pinching want.
And the cause of the quarrel? The
men want forty-nine cents the ton
run Of the mine, the operators will
concede only forty-seven cents. 1t
all means about twelve to eighteen
cents on your average yearly coal bill
and the railroads and operators
swipe as many dollars.
To state the brutal truth, the op-
CldCOAp SSCh W hOOR IAOA4 AuVA IL al
least financial clavery, and seek to
prevent proper educational and en-
Tightening social influences for their
families, because the operators know
that they must 60 on recruiting from
this self-same class, that enlightened
and independent men will not bear
their continuous abuse and that am
bilious women who have pride for
self, for husband and their young will
not abide the conditions that sur
round bituminous coal camp in the
state of Ohio, u. S. A.
In the winter the men work at in
sufficient pay. In the summer they
work enough to pay the rent,-and
the operators own the shacks in
which they abide-and live, to put
it in the idiom of the valley, ION the
groundhogs they can catch, on the
potatoes and mutton they can lift"
No relief has been suggested for |
them at any time. No Red Cross reg
ment invades their localities. No
Christmas ship-or Christmas box
for them. And, as was
said before-who cares? If you do,
say so.-The Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
THINKING DESTRUCTIVELY
BILLIONS.
Chicago Tribune.)

|
Not many months ago the finance
ministers of Europe were, as they
admitted, at their wits end trying to
find new sources Of revenue for con-
structivs and retormatory purposes.
When the British medical profession
struck against the social insurance
|act, because the compensation offer
ed the doctors for their services
hereunder was deemed to low,
oyd-George earnestly protested that
he could not possibly raise another
million or SO to pay the doctors
more. In Germany complaints were
heard that the indus trial insurance
and compensation laws were costing
the empire too much money, and that
industry couldn't stand the growing
burden. In France proposed and
promised reforms were postponed be-
cause the taxing authorities positive
ly didn't know what else to assess.
Think now of these things in the
light of the war loans and war cred
its voted by the parliaments OF
Europe. The German reichstag, with
but one negative vote, has sanction
ed new war loans to the amount Of
81 ESQ, 900, 900, and this money will be
needed in the spring, If not earlier.
The British parliament voted like
sim tho other dav
The countries at war, with the ex-
ception of the little fellows who are
being financed by big brothers, are
all emphatically thinking imperial
ly,'' thinking not in millions but in
billions, and thinking of these for
destructive purposes only. The Lon
don Statist,I in stoical if not
cheerful editorial, tells the British
that the war is costing them a bill
lion and a half per annum, and that
they will have to pay indefinitely in
terest on new war debt Of about
$4,000, 100000. 1t thinks, however,
that the money can be raised with
out much difficult ON fairly moderate
terms per cent.
Well, perhaps it can. But these
staggering totals are not likely to be
dropped from the sky. Hoarders may
become investors to a certain ex-
tent, but the greater part Of the
money must be diverted from indus
try, enterprise, commerce, and con-
structive social reform. The wealth |
and capital burne wasted, Destroy
ed, cannot be used in further pro-
duction, in extensions and improve
ments. The loss is irreparable. The
loss is a world loss. Every nation is
suffering and will continue to suffer
from it. And the infinite pity, the
tragedy, the bitterness Of it is that
the tremendous and almost inconceiv-
able losses in life, health, vigor, and
treasure are entailed not by war
for principles, for human rights, for
progress, for essential interests, but
by war which even DR.. Dernburg,
the able eponent Of the German
view, describes as unnecessary, STU ,
pid, and uncalled for?." Must such a
war really go on for years? Is there
no chance for the still small voice Of
sanity and common sense in Europe? ]
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Go A-fshina.

1t Is no contradiction to aaZ that no
man is a true fisherman until he can
angle all day without catching any
fish. &c. many serious persons still
think to catch fish is tho prime object
of fishing that q most earnest effort
should be made to set them right
They who pity the angler coming home
dog tired at the end Of the day with
bis empty cresl are the ones to be pit
led. They do not understand the mean
ing of life nor Of fishing, which Ia a
sample and smile Of life.
It is never best to put a main pur-
pose too much to the front. II love is
the best of life 1t ia foolish to wear
ones heart Oh ones sleeve. When one
has a great object In life and begins to
know it and feel It growing within
him then he should nurse and guard 1t
and 60 a-f1shing.-Countryside Maya
zine and Suburban Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
imperial Rune.

There are various estimates of the
population of ancient Rome. One fig
ure given by Gibbon was 100000.
Baker, in his notes to Montesquieu's
"Grandeur and Decadence of the
Romans" gives good reasons for think
ing that Rome's population was 2,000,-
900. The city had within its walls, in
the time of Theodosius, 1882 habita-
tons, built, as a rule, with several
stories
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
First Rounded Table Knives,

During the first half of the seven.
teenth century Cardinal Richelieu, the
founder of the French Academy, be-
came offended by the rude manner in
which pointed knives were used and
thereafter caused his knives to be
rounded. Before long the fashion was
generally adopted, and the pointed
blade. which, in lieu of a fork, had
been useful in picking up pieces of
meat, was abandoned. Since the sew
enteenth century the form of table
knife has remained substantially as
We know it. '4-...--
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
PROGRESS IN FINANCIAL INDE-
PENDENCE

j., Secretary McAdoo's annual report
for the Treasury Department deals
with a period more trying to the
finances Of the Nation than any 9TH
er which has arisen in twenty years.
1t is able to show an emergence from
the crisis which promises for the Ma
ton greater financial stability and
strength than has ever been known
before.
At the outbreak of the great war
We were owing Europe some $45,-
100000. This demand debt has al
ready been either paid or composed.
We have so far absorbed the i'm
mense amount of foreign-owned
American securities thrown back
here in the panic of approaching war
that our Stock Exchanges are pre-
pairing to resume business with few
or no restrictions.
We have gone through a heavy
gold drain to Europe from these
causes and come out with loss to
the Treasury in gold of only $88,6O0,-
600, and no loss at all in gold to
the country at large.
And for the first time in thirty
years We have an annual Treasury
report which, instead of crying out
alarmingly for banking and currency
reform, can dwell upon it as a great
fact most satisfactorily accomplish
ed. i II IdslI
The road at last lies clear and
firm before business and these are
some OF the particular reasons why
t can be entered upon with an
confidence. :
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Round Of Pleasure.

WELL" unused six-year-old Harry Al
he was being buttoned into a clean
white suit, this has been an exciting
week, hasn't it, mother? Monday we
went to the zoo, Wednesday I lost
tooth, Thursday wss Lily's birthday
party, Friday I was sick, yesterday I
had my hair cut; and now here I am
rushing of to Sunday school"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Need a Few New Guns.
WHAT is PREPAREDNEss7

What possible oDjeclion can Rep
resentative Gardner have to the PTes
ident's counter-proposal for an inves
| LEGATION by the regular committee!
OF Congress OF the countrys prepar
edness for a defensive war? Much
Of the credit for any investigation
would belong to Mr.. Gardner.
The President has formally stated
that there We're no facts in the pos
session Of the executive departments
which were not at the disposal OF
those committees" What more does
the Representative from Massachu
sets want? Whatever is done must
be done by Congress. Whatever mon.
ey is appropriated must be appropri-
ated by Congress. The final decision
as to men and ships and money rests
with Congress, and the committees
of Congress provide the natural agen.
cy for investigation.
The World trusts that there will
be very thorough inquiry by the
House and Senate. Whether the
Unite States is prepared to resist
the attack Of any country that is
likely to attack us ought to be
known publicly. Whether the Amer
lean people have been getting value
received for the immense sums ex-
pended on their military establish
ment is a matter that ought to be
known too. AS for the lessons Of
the present war, the United States
should be ready to take the fullest
advantage Of them.
1t cannot be said that Congress has
starved the army and navy. The navy
appropriations for 1914 were the larg-
est in the history of the country.
The army appropriations exceeded
those Of the two previous years. In
the estimates submitted to Con-
gress yesterday for 1915 the appro-
priations for military purposes ex-
ceeded $3.50, 900, which is no mean
sum. For many years more than
two-thirds Of the ordinary revenues OF
the United States Government have
been expended on war, either past
or future.
This Democratic Congress has
dealt more generously with the mill
tary establishment than any Repub-
lican Congress, yet the demand for
new armament and greater appro-
priations was never before so insis-
tent. Part of this clamor is mis-
chievous and INSCRIPTIONS partisan
ship. Part of it is sheer jingoism.
Part of it is sordid and selfish. But
back Of it all is a genuine and prop
7r anxiety on the part of the Amer
lcan people to know whether the
United States is reasonably well
protected.
The startling rapidity with which
he greatest war in human history
Vas brought to an issue by Austria
Ind Germany, the invasion Of Bel
,uim and the sudden disintegration
# international law have disturbed
he whole country. People want to
now whether if we were attacked |
With as little notice as France and |
Belgium received we should be in
position to protect ourselves, and
he best way to relieve these ankle
les is through a serious, dispassion-
to, honest investigation Of our
lilitary establishment by Congress-
ew York World. -,-...... !.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES, FOR THE
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF

In the Matter of Cyrus P. Joseph,
Bankrupt
In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors Of Ella G. Joseph of
Hopkinton, in the County OF Della
ware, and District aforesaid:
Notice is hereby given that on
the 30th day of November. 1914, the
said Cyrus P. Joseph was duly
adjudicated bankrupt; and that the
first meeting of his creditors will
be held in the Court House in Man
chester, Delaware County, in said
District, on the 10Th day Of Decem.
Der, A. D. 1914, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, at which time and place the
said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, ,appoint = trustee and trans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Your Parents' DipIomaa.

Although your parents may have no
college diplomas, remember that they
are graduates of the school of ex-
perience, in which you are the merest
freshman.-Youth's Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
TAFT ApvANcKs SOUND sUooEs
TIoNo.

Assumption by congress- Of author
1ty to prevent states from violating,
by laws or by 1awless violence, Unit
ed States treaties would do more to
prevent the possibility Of war be-
tween this nation and another than
increasing the army and navy, for
mer President William Howard Taft
declared in an address recently.
1.-THE only real possibility Of war
that l can foresee is the wanton,
reckless, wicked willingness on the
part Of a narrow section Of the coun-
try to crafty racial prejudice and
class hatred by fragrant breach OF
treaty rights in the form of state
law, or by lawless violence he
said.
Congress should at once assume
Authority for the national govern
ment to see to it that it cannot be
dragged into International difficulties
through such blind selfishness, and
this step would be quite as effective
as improving our military defenses.
Indeed, 1 think it would be more ef-
Elective to prevent the possibility Of
war;
Congress Should Curb States.
Congress should delegate power to
the national government, to the
president and Federal courts. Mr..
Taft did not name any state in this
connection.
While deprecating the mild hys-
ter Ia regarding the country's de-
ifenses, Mr.. Taft admitted that parts
of the army and navy should be
strengthened. He would increase the
larmy from Is to so per cent; insure
the navy enough men to man the re-
serve vessels, and provide new artil-
lery, chiefly for coast defenses.
No Need for Excitement.
There is no necessity for great
Excitement he said. What should
be done can be done in short time
and with no excessive expenditure.
1T is said that our coast defenses
have no artillery with a range long
lenough to resist the attacks of some
of the naval artillery that could be
brought against them.
This is true, but l venture to
think that an attack upon our coast
Notifications out OF range Of the guns
We have in them would not be likely
to result either in their destruction
|or surrender, but that is no reason
why with the development of guns OF
longer range we cannot have enough
Of them (not man-needed) and have
them within a reasonable time and
at reasonable cost.
! Need a Few New Guns.
| Our coast defenses are otherwise
quite complete for the resistance to
naval attack, and with congressional
provision for the new guns in one
appropriation bill can make sue.
cessful naval attack upon them en-
tirely out Of the question"
The present wa, Mr. Taft remark
ed, showed that the day has aot~ar-
rived when the possibility OF war
can be removed by treaty or arbitra-
ton.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
NOTICE..

Anyone wishing to purchase va
cant lots or houses and lots in Man
chester. one Of the best towns in
the state, or farms in Delaware coun-
ty, call on the undersigned. Any
one wishing to buy life insurace, call
and see M. I. B. RICHMOND. -.
3Stf. Manchester. Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
One Came of Old Aoe-

According to Roumanian scientist,
old age is simply due to a decrease
in the amount of water in the human
system. .t-s.. ...--..-..-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Valuable Gum,

A gum has been discovered In large
quantities in the Malay peninsula that
yields from 10 to 20 per cent pure
rubber, ,s-'r. r. .- ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
Radiance Of the Soul.

Carry the radiance of your soul In
your face; let the world have tho
benefit OF it.-Fox,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-12-16
FOR SALE,

Two spotted ponies, one six years
old and one 1 year old. Inquire at
this office 4s,tf.