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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
PRESIDENTS AND SENATES.
From the New York World.

(From the New York Worldly
OF all the weird delusions that be-
devil the, Republican leaders in
Washington and the Republican
newspapers outside Of Washington,
the weirdest is the delusion that the
President can be discredited if the
Ship Purchase Bill is beaten in the
Senate. g.
Presidents do not suffer political
ly from defeats in the United States
Senate. The Senate is the least
trusted part of the Federal Govern
ment. It is the least popular. Its
good faith is the most frequently
challenged. Presidents are strength
ened rather than weakened by
clashes with the Senate.
It is serious business for a Presi
dent to lose the support of his par
ty majority in the House, but when
he loses the. support Of the Senate
majority he can usually count on a
large measure Of public sympathy
This is especially true if the Senate
opposition is tainted with private in
terest.
Even the best of legislation does
not always turn out as it was ex'
pected to turn out, and the President
must bear the burden of popular dis
appointment. But a bill that is
strangled by. the Senate loses none
Of it's anticipated virtues, while the
objections lodged against it remain
Improved.
| Politically the President will be
better off if the Ship-Purchase meas
ure is strangled, provided he does
not undertake to call an extra ses'
sion of Congress. To be beaten by
the ship-subsidy interests and the
foreign shipping interests in alliance
with standpat Republicans and a
handful of renegade Democrats is as
good an issue as a President needs
A President who has already had
troubles with the Senate because he
refused to surrender the appointing
power to patronage brokers is the
better off for the defeat of a non
partisan, disinterested piece of legis
lation. His motives require no de-
Tense before the country, but the
motives of his opponents are sure tc
be subjected to the severest scrut.
my.
| When corporation Senators, job
mongering Senators and demagogue
Senators forget their pretended pc
litical differences to present a solid
front to a President, he has encoun'
tered a kind Of hostility that is
worth more to him in the long run
than any support they could give
him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
EARLVILLE
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Mrs Michael Ocker of Orangevillo,
Illinois, spent several days last week
at the J. K. Young home.
The Missionary Tea held in the
church parlors on Tuesday afternoon
was well attended.
Rev. John Klaus of La Crosse,
Wisconsin, spent several days last
week with Holscher & Co. dry goods
and general merchandise dealers, as
sisting in invoicing the stock.
I. S. Hutton is having his new
residence property which he recent
ly purchased, remodeled. Steger
Bros. Of Dyersville are doing the car
penter work.
Fred Voelschow of this city con-
tinues seriously i'll. His many friends
hope for better news soon.
Miss Hattie Lieb returned Tuesday
evening from Onawa, where she
spent the past winter. Is.
j. M. Dunn was the victim on Fri
lay of most unfortunate: accident.
While saving wood at the Ed Gibbs
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

section fifteen in township 80 north,
range west of 9Th P. NJ, and the
south half of the southwest quarter
of the northeast quarter of section
IS in township 81 north, range 4
west of 9Th p. NJ. X.
Bids are solicited on any portion
of the above described lands desired
by purchasers, in separate tracts, ant
terms of sale will be for cash on
March LIST, 1915. Referees reserve
the right to reject any and@all bids.
Dated February 9, 1915. ~
.l H. F. ARNOLD,
E. M. CARR,
w. I. MILLEN,
Referees.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

Representative Rogers, thirty
three Observation-Disclosures
setts-statesman, made fierce attack
upon Secretary of State Bryan during
the consideration Of the Diplomatic
and Consular Appropriation Bill
last Thursday. His remarks indicate
that his chief grievance against the
State Department is the appointment
of democrats to positions in the con-
.sular service. It breaks Rogers
heart to have his political friends
supplanted by deserving democrats.
He fairly frouthed over the word
deserving, used by Mr.. Bryan in
one of his letters. Rogers is small
specimen Of the tyro variety, and his
bark is no more to be feared than
the bark of a cotton flannel dog.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
ORIGINAL NOTICE,


In the District Court Of Iowa, in and
for Delaware County, March Term,
1915.
George Mckay, Lucinda Mckay,
Jane shambaugh, Letitia Mckay, Ii
da Mckay, Belle Mckay, Sarah
Shambaugh, Abigail Nickerson, Liz
zie Browning, Horace Collett, Sarah
Mccoy, Alice Williams, Albert Hack
ney, Emma Denny, Robert Mckay,
Jacob Mckay, Will Good, Emma
Jessup, Anna Swindler, Charles Nc
Kay, Edwin Mckay, Frank Mckay,
Luella Lackey, Clarence Mckay, Vera
Lewis, Harry Mckay, Martha Skim
ming, Weldon Mckay, Sara Smith,
Susanna Terrell,
The unknown claimants OF the
whole, or any part of or interest in
those tracts of real estate described
as Lot two hundred thirty-nine (239)
in the village (now city, of Man
chester, Delaware County, Iowa; and
the southwest quarter of section
thirty-six (36), in township eighty
eight 1881 north, range six (6) west
of the Fifth principal Meridian; and
the northeast quarter of said section
thirty-six (36); Carrie M. Miller,
Emma Mckay, Charles Jessup, Villa
Mckay, Alice Mckay, Ida Mckay,
Ida Good, Lucy Mckay, Walter Lack
ey, Flora Mckay, Charles Skim
ming, Harley Smith, Everett Terrell,
Ann Collect, James Williams, Kate
Hackney, L. A. Roe, and S. M.
Chase and Charles Thorpe, as admin
istrators of the estate of Laura v.
Mckay, deceased; the unknown heirs
at law of Laura V. Mckay, the I'M
known heirs at law Of Rachel Haines.
the unknown heirs at law of Virginia
Collect; the unknown heirs at law of
Sarah Collett; the unknown heirs at
law, personal representatives,
spouses, judgment creditors, devi-
sees, grantees, successors in in
terest and claimants against the
estates of each and every one of the
persons in this caption and title NAM
ed or referred to.
Defendants.
To each and every one of the
foregoing defendants:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the office Of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Delaware County, a petit
ton in equity of George Mckay, Lu-
cinda Mckay, Jane Shambaugh, LIE
titia Mckay, Ida Mckay, Belle Nc
Kay, Sarah Shambaugh, Abigail Nick
erson, Lizzie Browning, Horace Col
lett, Sarah Mccoy, Alice Williams,
Albert = Hackney Emma Denny,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

It is currently reported that the H.
Hnois Central has lead off with an
order for $5,000,O00. worth of new
cars. It is now up to the Central's
competitors to follow suit, or even
do little better. wouldn't it be
great If the Great Western would
complete it's double track between
Oelwein and Chicago?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
REFEREES SALE
OF REAL ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned referees will be at the
hotel in Greeley, on Friday, February
twenty sixth, to receive bids on the
farm lands of the estate of David
Hess, viz: f.
The south half of the southeast
quarter and the southeast quarter of
southwest quarter and the northeast
quarter Of the northeast quarter Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

Old ship-subsidy seems to have a
cinch on the United States Senate,
which nothing short of a special ses-
sion of congress will be likely to
release. One thing, however, is al
ready settled. When the sixty-fourtll
congress assemblies there will not be
quite so many ship subsidy senators
answering to the roll call.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

!, Robert Mckay, Jacob Mckay Will
Good, Emma Jessup, Anna Swindler,
Charles Mckay, Edwin Mckay, Frank
Mckay, Lnella Lackey, Clarence Nc
Kay, Vera Lewis, Harry Mckay,
Martha Swimming, Weldon Mckay.
Sara Smith, Susanna Terrell, alleg-
ing that Laura. v. Mckay died intes-
tate on or about the 23rd day of No
vember, 1914, seized of the real
estate described as Lot two hundred
thirty-nine (239) Of the village (now
city, of Manchester, Delaware Coun-
ty, Iowa; and the southwest quarter
of section thirty,six 1861, in town
Yship Lightweight (88) north, range
six (6) West of the Fifth Principal
Meridian; and the northeast quarter,
of said section thirty-six. That \ at
the time OF her death the said Laura
ified owner Of said premises That
the defendant, Carrie M. Miller, as
sole heir at law of Lucy v. Mckay,
mother Of the aforesaid Laura V. Nc
Kay, is entitled to an undivided one
half of said premises. That such
Of the other parties to said action as
are heirs at law OF Jacob F. Mckay,
are entitled to the other undivided
One-half interest in and share Of said
real estate in, the proportions and
shares set forth in said petition. Said
petition prays that the Court enter
judgment and decree finding that the
said Laura v. Mckay was the sole
and unqualified owner of said prem
ises at the time of her death and
barring and estopping the defendants
from having or claiming any right,
title or interest in or to said prem
ises except such as they may have
as heirs at law of the said Laura ",
Mckay, and establishing and con-.
firming the rights OF the parties to
said action in and to said premises
as set forth in said petition; and
providing for sale of all OF said
premises; and for the payment of
the costs and expenses of abstracts
Of title, and attorney fees from the
proceeds Of said sale, and dividing
the remainder of said proceeds
among the parties to said action in
accordance with their respective
rights and for such other relief as
shall be equitable in the premises.
You are furthered notified that un-
less you appear thereto and defend
on or before noon of the second day
of the March, 1915, term of said
court, which will commence and be
held in Manchester, in the aforesaid
County on Monday, the 18th day of
March, A. D., 1915, default will be
entered against you and judgment
and decree rendered thereon.
Dated this 9Th day of February,
1915.
E. B. STILES,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Upon reading the foregoing notice,
I, the undersigned, Judge Of the Dis
trict Court of Iowa, for the Tenth
Judicial District, do hereby approve
the same and order that the same
be published for four consecutive
weeks in the Manchester Democrat,
a paper of general circulation in the
County Of Delaware and State Of To-
wa. -,
Dated, February 9Th, 1915,
+. GEO. w. DUNHAM,
Judge Of the District Court Of Iowa,
in and for the Tenth District.
6-4wks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
TO ALL HYPHENATED AMER
r.. 1CANS.
(Frorn washinpton's Farewell Ad-
AM Err.

ICANS.
(From Washington's Farewell Ad-
s dress.)
$50, likewise, a passionate attach
ment of one nation for another pro-
duces a variety Of evils. Sympathy
for the favorite nation, facilitating
the Illusion of an imaginary common
interest in cases where no real COM
mon interest exists, and infusing in
to one the enmities of the other, be-
trays the former into participation
in the quarrels and wars of the lat
ter without adequate inducement of
justification It leads also to con-
cessions to the favorite nation Of
privileges denied to others, which is
apt doubly to injure the nation max
ing the concessions by unnecessarily
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed.
Deafness is the result. and unless the in
fiammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out Of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi-
ton of the mucous surfaces. 4.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
FL. CHENEY, co, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. s. q ~
Take HANS TanIiy P1ls for constipation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
LOST.

A gold watch on Saturday, some
where in business section of town
Finder please return to this office
and receive reward. 1wk.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24
DIRECTORY
BUSINESS
Carr,
YoRAN & YoRAN.

ATTORNEYS AT LAY. Office in
First National Bank Building, Main
Street, Manchester, Iowa. r.
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ARCHITECT AND BUILDER SUPER
INTENDANT. s. E. corner 8th and Maj
streets. Dubuque. Iowa - ~
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DoRMAN BROS.

DORMAN BROS. =. e., - a.
DENTISTS. Office on Franklin stree
north Of the Globe hotel. Manchester
Iowa. Dental Surgery in all its branch
es. Make frequent visits to neighbor
Ing towns. Always 1t office on Satu1
days. 90, 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-02-24

THEODORE SHELLY,
LICENSED UNDERTAKEN AND
EN- balmer., Telephone. office X 494;
residence. $50, Manchester, Iowa.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15
USE 513,61O BALES.
DURING LAST MONTH
4,os1 ,2a5 WERE CONSUMED DUR
ING THE LAST NINE
MONTHS.

Washington, May 15.-Cotton used
during April was 513,61O bales, exclu-
sive of linters, compared with 499, 646
in April last year, the census bureau
announced today. During the nine
months ending April 80 cotton used
was 4,O91,2S5 against 4,264,S56 in the
same period the previous year.
Cotton on hand April 80 in manufac-
turing establishments was 1881 ,035
bales against 1,572,058 last year, and
in independent warehouses, 2,S50,1S9
bales against 1,353,295 last year.
Exports in April were 672,O0S bales
against 39S,223 last year and for the
nine months 1851 ,621 bales against s.
334, 29S in last years period.
Imports were 54,479 bales against
32,917 last year and for the nine
months 261,269 bales against 1S4,074
in last years period.
Linters used were 36,S63 bales
against 26,636 last year, and for the
nine months PSI ,442 bales against 231,-
319 bales in last years period; on
hand in the manufacturing establish
ments 1867 bales against 99,S51 last
year and in Independent warehouses
S1,099 bales against 66,143 last year.
Linters exported 1869 bales and for
the nine month 1894 bales.
Spindles operated during April num-
bered 3O,933,236 against 31,014,O3S
last year.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15

who never got beyond what have hith-
erto been the confines of Turkey.
From a single corner of the Ottoman
Empire arose the Babylon that in its
day all but ruled the world. From
that same region envy and famine
conspired in the empire of the Otto
mans. Thence, as they marched back
from Africa to Asia, through the
Wilderness of Sin to the Promised
Land. they never once set foot off of
what came to be Turkish soil And
when the Star of Bethlehem arose it
stood over a Manager, on land that is
now Turkish soil.
'In Asia Minor once dwelt CrOesus,
whose name to this day expresses the
last degree of wealth. Here was Per
gamus, whose library in its period
was the finest in the world, making
such demands for papyrus that PtOl-
envy was led to prohibit the expOrta-
I,tiOn of that commodity from Egypt.
Under the reign of the Caesars, Asia
Minor alone contained 500 populous
cities, enriched with all the gifts OF
nature and adorned with all the re-
finements of art.
"The civilization of the Hittites,
whose lands finally were occupied by
h. Of I-r Il h0 fx-iI sc
Tyre and SidOn, the greatest colon
izers of ancient times; the civiliza-
ton of Egypt, rival of Persia and
Chaldea in the value of the heritage
it bequeathed to the future; the civil
zation of Constantinople and the By
zantine Empire, in its day more gorge
Ous than any that had gone before
all found their home within the bOun-
daries of what afterward came to be
the land of the Turk. Mohammed,
and the religion which bears his
name, and now claims several hun
dred million adherents, were also
born in the Ottoman Empire.
'The greatest of these ancient en-
pires was the Babylonian The
BabylOnian built their civilization
upon an irrigation ditch and made
Babylonia land teeming with peo-
pie, the seat of magnificent cities. and
the home of a world-conquering en-
pire, Babylonia rivaled the VALLEY of
the Nile in production. Every Greek
traveller who wandered that way mar
veled at the luxuriousness of the crops
of Mesopotamia. Even HerOdotus
hesitated to tell the story in its full
ness lest the people for whom he
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15

wrote history might regard him as a
nature fakir. The hanging gardens of
Babylon stirred the admiration of the
travellers out of the west, so that they
wrote them down as one of the seven
wonders of the world Nebuchadnez-
Ear built them for his wife, Amytis,
the beautiful Mede, to rescue her from
her inconsistencies for her native Me
dian hills.
king Sargon, though he lived at
the dawn of history, reviewed his
reign much as a President of the Uni
ted States or a great European SOW
ereign mi2ht review his official career.
He tells us that he restored ancient
ruined cities and colonized them;
that he made barren tracts OF land
fertile; that he gave his nation
splendid system of reservoirs, dams,
and canals; that he protected the
, needy from want, the weak from op-
preston, filled the nations granaries
with corn, brough down the high cost
of living, and found new markets for
the nations products.
"Babylon's Notifications are said to
have had a circumference of 50 miles.
the outer wall of which was $50 feet
high and IS feet thick. The palace OF
Sargon II covered about 25 acres, and
its front was twice as long as that OF
the United States Capitol. Forty
eight great winged bulls guarded its
entrances, and upon its walls were
more than two miles of sculptured
slabs telling the story of the kings
reign"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15
COTTON ASSOCIATION MEN
MAKE VIGOROUS PROTESTS

The filing Of claims against cotton
dealers in the state by State Revenue
Agent Johnson. which in two instances
have been refused by municipalities
and county supervisors, and an appeal
from this decision passed on by Cir
cult Judge j. H. Neville, in one Of the
coast districts against the revenue
agent, has brought forth cOmmuni-
cation from the Mississippi Cotton AS.
ISOLATION, pointing out the dangers
and detriment to the state cotton bust
ness, if these claims, in which the rev.
enue agent himself seems to have
some doubt, are pushed. The DECLARE
ton of Mr.. Johnson in an interview,
that he did not expect to secure more
than $4,000 from several million dol
lars in alleged claims, has caused the
cotton men to offer a strenuous COM
plant. The communication issued is
as follows:
ITO the General Public and Particu-
larly the Cotton Growers:
at is the purpose OF this letter to
call your attention to the action of
State Revenue Agent Johnson in at
tempting to collect back taxes from
the cotton trade upon cotton that
might have been on hand February 1St
for the past six years. We feel it our
duty to vigorously protest against any
such procedure upon his part, and en-
deavor to enlist the sympathy and CO.
operation of every fair-minded and
law-abiding citizen against what we
consider the gross injustice about to
be done the legitimate cotton dealers,
through either a thorough miScOn-
struction of the law, or desire to
harass with an expensive law suit
those dealers who are of immense
value to the farming interests of the
state.
THE position assumed by Revenue
Agent Johnson is clearly without reas-
on or precedent, and should such &C
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15
as GERMAN VESSELS
LIE IN i. S. PORTS
STEAMSHIPS WORTH MILLIONS
TIED IN ATLANTIC COAST
HARBORS.

Philadelphia, May 15.-There are
fortv-eight German steamships, worth
MANY millions of dollars, now interned
in the various ports along the Atiah-
tic coast of the United States. Thelr
gross register is about 441,29S tohs'
and the average age of the boats is
eleven and a half years.
In New York are twenty-nlne YES
sells. in philadelphia, four; Boston,
seven. Baltimore, three; Newport
News two, and New Orleans, three.
In this port, as in others along the
coast extra guards have been placed
nv the police authorities to protect the
informed ships from possible dangers.
The captains of the ships express
their entire confidence in the ability
of their crews to protect the properly
of the steamship companies, however.
II has been rumored that the Ger
mans. in the event of hostilitles be-
tween this country and their own, are
nrepared at a moments notice to DIS
able the machinery of their vessels
and perhaps destroy them at their
docks
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15

ton be carried out, with which we do
not believe can be done, what would
be the result? 1t might result in rev.
olutionizing the entire cotton business
to such an extent that instead of con-
centrating their stocks in our state,
outside points in adjoining states
would be used, thereby entailing upon
warehouses and congresses of our
state heavy losses and also dispens-
ing with the services of many salaried
employees who would not be needed
here, should the business be handled
outside of the state.
"But are buyers liable for this tax?
Is it not a well known fact that but
few buyers are able to carry any
stock and even should they have a
stock on February 1st, it is more than
likely this cotton is merely in transit,
and held over only long enough to ar
range CHASING, weighing and placing
under ladings.
1--WE have not the slightest doubt of
the utter failure of the agent to collect
one cent of this tax, and it is not from
any fear of having to pay this tax, nor
any desire to evade the law or dodge
any just taxes that we enter into this
protest, but we propose to show the
great injustice and pecuniary loss that
must undoubtedly result from these
suits.
Referring to a recent interview
with State Agent Johnson published
in the Times-Picaqune, we call atten-
ton to the absurdity of his conten-
tions. vet at the same time such suits
and for such amounts as he proposes
to contend for, will run the cost or
defending such suits into a useless
waste of thousands of dollars in fees
and expenses.
upon the face of his public declara-
ton as to the amounts involved and
Judging from the amounts already as
sessed in Kinds county, he afterward
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-15

states that probably not more than
100000 can be collected in the en-
tire state. If the revenue agent really
wants to do the proper thing, why
does he attempt by suits hopeless
case, which by his own words he can't
collect, yet he knows all lawyer fees
are based upon amounts involved,
whether recovered or not. Take
Kinds county, the amount assessed
against different buyers for six years
will approximate $4,000 bales at about
$15O per bale will run up near $685.
100000. Look at the gross injustice
done the buyers with no prospect, or
barely any chance to ever be called
upon to pay cent of this tax; they
are compelled to pay attorneys upon
basis of amount involved.
Kinds county is only one of about
80 counties in the state used as a
concentrating point, so the public can
see the vast amounts OF useless SUITS
that may be brought, which can end
only in failure upon part of the reve-
nue. agent, but in the meantime will
prove a heavy expense to innocent
dealers in cotton.
I'VE hope all good citizens will aid
us in this protest, and and use every
steps. that can only result in loss of
time and money to the cotton dealers
and cotton growers.
"A. S. Johnon,
Acting Secretary Mississippi Cotton
Association