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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-04
a YEAR OF WAR. !.

From the Register II Leauer.)
One year ago today the European
war started. On July %, 1914, Aus
tria declared war upon Serbia, and
the maelstrom began to swirl which
in less than a week sucked in most
of Europe.
One year Of war has accomplished
little in establishing the military SD
periority Of either set of contestants.
The odds Of battle lie with the Teu-
tonic forces, yet in comparison with
their expectations, they have failed.
Paris and Calais are still beyond
their reach, the Russians have been
driven back but not disrupted, and
everything points to a long.continued
deadlock. The German plan Of cam
.paign contemplated the capture Of
Paris in three weeks, the destruction
of the French mobile armies and the
occupation of all of France north Of
the rivers Seine n Loire. This
would have prevented any attacks by
the land ~contingents Of England, and
would have left Russia's immobile
armies an easy prey to the crushing
drives Of overwhelming, concentrated
forces. ID ., 49,.
Unless the Russians meet with a
6AVokl u4ooot(4 la IuC p1CoSAL las
campaign-and their chances or
escape are not too bright - the
9Teutonic allies from now on will fight
a strategically defensive war. And
they are equipped to. wage such a
war successfully for a long period,
perhaps Indefinitely, and certainly
until their enemies are sick and tired
of the game. x. s.
Germany's sole danger is in the
Balkans. The French and British
will force their way across
the Rhine. They will probably fail to
advance a%ppreciably in northern
France and Belgium. The cost Of an
advance is too terrible against such
powerful field defenses and natural
barriers as have been placed in op-
position to them. .
Russia has no chance to advance
in the east. The whole military pow
er: of the Russian empire, we're it
armed and modified, could not press
through the line Of Notifications
guarding the Prussian and Polish
border. The German and Austrian
strategic railways permit a concen-
tration of troops sufficient to force
a Russian retreat at any given point
which the Teutons select. A retreat
on one portion of the line means a
withdrawal elsewhere. Modern armies
cannot advance in sections. They
have to support each other on the
flanks. Germany has an immense
strategic advantage over Russia, and
the ultimate outcome of the present
struggle is apt to be the formation of
a permanent German line of defense
extending in almost a straight line
from the tip of East Prussia to the
easternmost Austrian province, Buko-
wilma. This would place all of Rus
sian Poland in German hands.
Italy is so barriered by mountains
that her entrance will scarcely be de-
cisive. t
The danger lies in the Balkans. If
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- -N- H--.a Ito .-."H 49, Az ~ ~ .. 20
R. J.. Bixby.
Miss Bernice Hindal was up from
Greeley last Sunday spending the
day with her sister, Mrs. Jay Durtey.
Mrs. Media Squires and son came
down from Arlington Saturday nlgh1
for a few days visit with her "a
ents, Mr.. and MIS-. Chas. Hammond.
Mrs. Harry Martin and daughter
were callers in Greeley last FRIDAY
night. ,o
from Ames Saturday morning, after
she had been attending summer ses-
sion of school. Il
Mrs. Llody Lathrop of Strawberry
Point called on friends here last T
day and Saturday.
Mrs. Jud Stiefer was on the
sick list last week. +.
Miss Ross of Manchester was a
caller in Edgewood. last Friday.
Milt Alcorn and son Lee came up
from Monticello Monday morning.
Geo. Glazier and family were call
ers in Strawberry Point Sunday at
ternoon.
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THORPE

Mr.. and Mrs. James Faust and
children were shoppers in @Manches-
ter, Tuesday. If
Miss Hazel Chapman, Of Manches-
ter spent Friday and Saturday at the
u. S. Martin home. ~
Miss Isabelle Daisy spent the past
week with her aunt and uncle MT.
and Mrs. Cherry nea Winthrop. ~
Quite a few from Thorpe attended
the ball game in Dundee, Sunday.
: Mr.. and Mrs. ,Warnie Boots spent
a few days last week at the Matthew
Rowley home in Dundee. 7&$
). Henry Heyer. was a visitor in
Thorpe, Sunday. es.%s~Az ge
Frank Davis autoed to Manchester,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank White and
children attended Sunday school in
Thorpe, Sunday.
Mr.. George Martin and son, Myril,
were business callers in Manchester,
Saturday.
Mrs. G. R, Briggs, OF &Edgewood, is
giving music lessons on "Wednesday
to pupils near Thorpe.
Mrs. John Kelley and daughter,
Myrtle, called on Mrs. Perry Smith,
Wednesday. =. ssi% II
Mr.. Melvin Fober called at the
Frank White home, Sunday.
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LOCKWOOD.
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Marsha Coolidge came home from
Manchester Wednesday morning af-
ter spending several days with her
son. 49,.
Fred Flenniken and Rev. Mr.. Cur
RE were callers in Arlington Satur-
day. n
There will be a big rally day for
the park on August 18th. The ladies
furnish a free picnic dinner and the
men are asked to come prepared to
work.
Mrs. Clair Whipple and son of &C.
dar Rapids were here last week Wis
iting at Hotel Whipple.
Tony Ultima has opeed a 10c hitch
barn in the building recently occupied
by Joe Sharp.
Irwin Madison called On relatives
in Fayette last Thursday. ~.-s,. ,
Mrs. Reynolds and children were
here last week visiting R. G. Lilli-
bridge and family. ~ 4 .
&Z-ESmith came last Monday
from Sioux Falls, for a visit with
relatives. .'~
Mrs. Floy Felter and little daugh-
ter came over from Colesburg last
Tuesday for a visit with her moth
er, mrs. Jane sROblnSOn.
There will beEa dance at the Star
theater next Thursday night, August
9Th. .zh
Mrs. Fred Smith was down from
Strawberry Point last Thursday and
Friday visiting her friend, Mrs. r.
Furman.
Mrs. William Kramer and children
were in Strawberry Point last Tues
day. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Schacherer were
here from Dubuque last week visit
ing their children and other relatives,
Clint F~airweather and family spent
last Friday in Strawberry Point with
his father and mother.
Mrs. Charley Hammond was in
Oelwein a few days recently visiting
her sister.
Mrs. Bush and little daughter, who
were visiting Mrs. Nell Blanchard,
left Saturday for their homo at Du-
buque.
c. H. True was in Des Moines last
week attending a meeting of the
State Board Of Horticulture.
Mrs. Albert Seward came home on
Monday from Savannah, Missouri, at
ter having submitted to an operation
for the removal of a cancerous
growth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Robson and
Miss Esther O'Neal autoed to Wat
erloo last Saturday. "
Frank Gates was here last week
from Lime Springs visiting at the
homes of friends.
Next Thursday afternoon the Gene.
terry Association will meet with Mrs.
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atives and friends here for a few

atlves and friends mere o a lew
days. 4 ~
Mrs. Chris Fliehler went to Iowa
City, Tuesday, where she will under
go an operation. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clint F~airweather
and two children, Of Edgewood, spent
the latter part of the week with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
Fairweather. @
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wathen and
daughter, OF Edgewood, spent Satur-
day evening with the latter's sister,
Mrs. G. W.. Barr.
Frank Anderson while returnign
from Manchester Sunday, ran off into
the ditch and help had to be sum
moned in order to get out.
Miss Hazel Pilkington Of Edgewood,
visited her brother, G. w. Pilking-
ton, one day this week. ~ %e
A great many from here autoed to
Manchester, Sunday, to attend the
ball game.
Last Thursday afternoon the west
bound local freight struck a broken
tie about three miles west of here,
which was the cause of two cars be-
ing thrown from the track. Quite a
piece of track was torn up, but no
one was seriously injured. Z
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imposed by the District Court Of To-
wa, in and for Delaware county,
against the defendant, in a certain
action entitled State Of Iowa, VS..
F. Richman," and entered of rec
ord, on the 28th day of October, 1868,
All objections, If any, to the remis-
sion OF said fine, shall be filed in
the office Of the governor Of Iowa. on
or before the Both day of July, 1915.
Dated at Manchester, Iowa, this
Goth day of July, 1915.
.2-wks. JOSEPH HUTCHINSON.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-08-04

When a public official, clothed
with arbitrary powers, enters into
partnership with organized crime, he
is guilty Of an offense which ranks
we'll up will. murder and treason.
In pioneer times in Montana and 9TH
er Western territories such offenses
brought into existence vigilance com
mittees which administered the Grim
linal law when the lawful agents of
the law became traitors to, their
trusts.
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Opposite Views.

my dear, everybody says young
Staylate, who is counting our Jane, IS
a coming man." 49,
"Well,, I would like him better If he
were a little more Of a going one
Exchange.
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IInfittinc Medium,

"Can't you play that round any bet
ter?' "Not on a square piano."-Ex-
change.
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ONEIDA.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Anderson enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. II. J.. Coon and
family for dinner on Sunday.
Marie Miller of Arlington is Wis
ting her sister, Mrs. Wayne Bush
nell. ~ Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Taylor and two
children visited at EarlvilleT Sunday.
Mrs. Ethel Purvis visited at the
Charles Kimber home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lillibridge are
the parents of a baby son, born on
July Goth. ;s%
J. b. Durham and Miss Adelia Cox
and J.&B. Howe and wife were Wis
itors at the w. J. Dodge home at
Oelwein Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Kellogg and Mrs. Kate Cox
spent Thursday with Mrs. E. Hatch.
Miss Agnes Lundine Of Delaware
has returned to her work at the
bank here. y
Frank D. Joseph Of Des Moines de.
livered an address on consolidated
schools at the M. e. church Tuesday
evening. K .. '.<@
Miss Lundine entertained her sis
ter from Delaware Monday. $s*'
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$50
Archaic.

- : ~ Wr'' "N"S' = = : . -.
Polly-What queer old fashioned
children! Dolly-Yes. They are posi-
lively childish.-Judge.
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. c. K. READING, ARCHITECT.
Plans and specifications on all
kinds Of work. Office, 808 East I'm
ion Street, Manchester. Iowa.
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Bros,

DENTISTS. Office on Franklin stree
north Of the Globe hotel. Manchester
Iowa. Dental Surgery in all itu branch
es. Make frequent visits to nei9hbor
ing towns Always 1t office on satu1
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& YoRAN.

ATTORNEYS AT LAY. Office in
First National Bank Building, Main
Street, Manchester, Iowa.
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NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
l. REMISSION OF FINE.

To Whom It May Concern:
= Notice is hereby given, that an
application will be made to the Hon.
G w. Clarke, Governor Of the state
of Iowa, for the remission Of the fine
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@ THEODORE SHELLY. +
LICENSED UNDERTAKEN AND
Embalmer. Telephone. office 494;r
residence. 500. Manchester. Iowa.
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new auto barn., ia, -
Henry Heycr' recently painted the
J. Billhorn school house, which helps
the appearance. +
Frank Schmock was a business Wis
itor in Manchester, Saturday.
William Cree was a Colesburg Wis
|itor, Sunday,
Farmers are busy trying to put
up hay, but owing to so muchNrain
are unable to make much progress.
Some oats are being harvested,
which area good crop, and the hay
is the best crop for many years.
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ARNOLD 4 ARNOLD
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office owe
Delaware County State Bank. Nanches
ter. Iowa. tzLtI% yg5" + sE[f yse5 "a =
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
CHIVN,RY.

4 young lady from Tennessee eX-
plains that southern chivalry is an
inheritance from colonial days, when
women were very scarce and hence
valuable" She adds that women are
plentiful now" Presumably, then, the
south Will ere long be treating women
in the same cool matter-of-fact way
that is supposed TO prevail in the
north.
As "a matter of fact, the Tennessee
girl was probably more than half
right. Women are no exception to
the rule that a good thing is valued
in proportion 10 its scarcity. The
American people as "a whole are still
recognized as the most chivalrous of
nations. Some races. like the French.
may treat their women with more
elaborate courtesy. but nowhere is the
sex So highly regarded and SO much
deferred 90 i'm essential matters as in
the United states.
And this is surely not because OF
any special virtue inherent i'm Ameri-
can men. 1t is because the American
standard of behavior toward women
was established i'm the long colonial
period when there were not enough
women TO go around. and it is MAIN
tanned by The scarcity of women that
still prevails i'm many sections of the
country on account OF the invariable
preponderance OF men i'm pioneer sec
tons.
The fact is clearly noticeable today
i'm the contrast between the east and
the west Women are plentiful IN
New England I'm and around Boston
they form a considerable majority It
is common there 20 speak of "unat-
tached women" and even Of super
nucus women" And the census fig
ures are reflected accordingly i'm the
Iesscned respect paid 20 women in
general. In the west. where the men
are more common, women receive
much more consideration
Economic determinism" is a new
phrase that illumines many old prob
lens It's really surprising how many
phases OF human manners ana morals
are determined by economic causes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
WHY Fuss so MICH

OF course if the Austrian ambassa-
dor acted, as he claims. upon instrUc-
lions from his government there is an
aggravating breach of international
etiquette But, then, men or countries
fighting to save their scalp locks can't
be expected to be always exceedingly
courteous
Pack DR.. Dumba's grip and send
him home. just as we would abate any
other nuisance. and forget about it.
He has admitted his act If Austria
sends a successor, give him his Gre
dentials after promise to keep his
thumb out of Uncle Sans domestic
pudding If Austria chooses not to
replace him, put a for Rent" sign
over the Austrian embassy and let it
go at that.
This may not be diplomacy but it is
presented as horse sense.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
TIME SHORT FOR
LATEST BOOK
Available Supply OF Most Recent
Fiction Title Rapidly
Diminishing.

Sunday and Monday entirely ex-
hausted at some of the branches the
supply Of the latest announced gift
fiction title The Fortunes of the
Landrays' by Vaughan Kester, the
well known author of THE Prodigal
Judge" Quick action is necessary.
We are doing our best to keep the
supply of books shifting around so
that none may be disappointed. You
cannot get the book without the cou-
pom printed in last Sundays big an
nouncement. This coupon will not
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This remarkable book shows
Vaughan kester at his best. No mod
ern writer is more loved by his read
ers.
Intimately he describes the wagon
trains laden with whole families. with
furniture and most of all with hope.
that made their slow way over the
arid plains. bravely facing starvation
and ambush The story is so planned
that the action and development of
the characters spring naturally out
of this characteristic atmosphere with
the effect that a pageant of uncom-
mon interest passes before the read
er's eyes.
Get your copy now before it is too
late.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
ALLEGIANCE.

Every alien who becomes an Amer
lean citizen takes an iron-cIad oath
of allegiance In that oath, the new
citizen renounces-
Absolutely and forever all al
legiance and fidelity 10 any for
eign prince. pOtentate, state or
sovereignty, and particularly
TO-. of which at this time /
am citizen Cor subjecD.
There is no provision in this oath
for divided allegiance. no recognition
of any mental reservation of loyalty
to the fatherland Some of the Eu-
rOpean governments maintain the
principle OF a dual citizenship" which
leaves them in theory certain rights
over the citizens who have renOunced
that authority for that of the United
States. But this country recognizes,
and can recognize. no foreign sover-
eighty whatever. express or implied.
There is only one allegiance, and
any citizen who nullifes or qualities
his American loyalty with a foreign
loyalty. when the two conflict, OBJ
viously violates the oath and forfeits
his right TO call himself an American.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
THE MlELTIN POT
GOMEZ TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

And two such putovers in one year
is going some, believe us.
But You Must Have Flexible Ears.
(South Bend Tribune
In this couture. originated by Rosa
Pachan, of Paris. the hair is slightly
waved and cOmbed backward, leaving
a small bang over the forehead and
temples. The side of the bang Is
curled. The hair is drawn TO the
back leaving the ears uncovered and
twisted into a small knot.
SEN. la TOILETTE declares we
viii cease TO be neutral when we eN-
tend credit to our allies, but in any
event we may show our impartiality
by extending the same courtesy to the
TeutOns
What the California Climate Docs to
or for Poets.
Sanger Cal. Herald
Judge says: Three dollars is the price
To charge for a ceremony said.
But it's "A guess chance like dice
To tell when they are going TO wed
Papa says: 4 can't go down there
any more
As my best fellow might have a
fight.
L or ii WOuIO MAKE MN ntdtl sore,
If L stayed out late at night.
The distance is 21a miles to Burrow
fiat.
1 am on my vacation for a rest.
And don't care a snap for all that
When walking exercise is for the
best.
However. I will listen to papas adj
vice,
And keep close to camp from now.
on
Some wandering Willies are not very
nice
When they act silly, as too tar gone.
The above is not exactly authentic.
And no offense should be taken
While life with its beauty and scenic
Mingle pleasures and infatuations
shaken.
THIS is a world of distress No
sooner is the hay fever season closed
than the football hopelessness be-
gins.
FAIRBANKS and Goodrich Both
Backing Watson. Headline.
"Hark. from the tombs q doleful
sound"
THERE will be a lot Of this resur-
rectiOn stuff before this time next
year
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21
Won BERNSTOREIrS LAST
CHANCE.

German-American relations now APP
pear TO be definitely in the hands Of
one man. Ambassador Won BernstOrft
According 10 his own statement he has
been given a free hand in negotiating
between Washington and Berlin. He
says.
am i'm charge now. AR.
Lansing and / have reached "a
complete understanding. We have
completely shared each others
views. and we are in accord. With
i'm = fortnight an supposed din
culties between the United states
and Germany will have been
settled. and permanently settled
II the German ambassador can
oring about such desirable consum-
nation. he will merit the everlasting
gratitude of the two nations and the
praise OF the entire world.
Neither Germany nor the United
states wants war. The American peo-
pie. at least. do not want trouble of
any kind. Count Won Bernstorn now
has a rare opportunity of acting as
mediator between friendly nations that
have drifted into MISUNDERSTANDING
His chief obstacle is the militarist
party Of Germany, represented by Ad-
miral Won Tirpitz the remorseless
leader of the submarine campaign and
apoIoelst for "frightfulness.
There is a secondary obstacle in the
anti-American feeling and Jingoist
pride aroused among the German
people by those same militarists. The
German government. having yielded to
them for a time, has sOwn the wind;
and now when the kaiser and his
more rational advisers seek 10 soften
their naval policy and conciliate
America. they find they have raised
the whirlwind.
The German people. however, can
he handled They are accustomed TO
taking their emotional cues, as well
as their facts and logic, from the gov
eminent through its established
mouthpieces. The problem, therefore
is chiefly one of Kidding German
craftsmanship Of the baneful influence
of such naval monOmaniacs as Won
Tirpitz and Won ReventlOw.
BY Won Bernstorff's work of these
two weeks he will stand or fall. II
Is the final test his ability and ms
sincerity. 1t is the test of German
sincerity. too: but we are judging Ger
many largely through. her ambassa-
dor If ne is really lin charge the
outcome is likely TO mean for nm
sitaer glory or ruin. lie has twice held
ont great hopes to the United states
If ne makes good now. we shall APP
nreciate his work to the full. The
first time he failed. If he fails again
We shall want nothing more to do
with him. and perhaps nothing more
20 do with his country.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-21

the liquor business and results in bad
management. There has been big
revenue from the traffic, and drunk
enness has been greatly reduced, but
the people made up their minds that
the evil Outweighed the good. That
is, with the exception of Charleston.
where the unavailing wet vote was
ten to one. 1t was country against
city, as usual. The south will now
constitute a dry" area of surprising
extent, including all the southern
states east of the Mississippi except
Louisiana In that state the numeri-
cal preponderance Of New Orleans will
probably prevent state prohibition for
a long time yet.