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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-28

PTSSs HS SCTFldHSy ~ 10 SSaSSdS a. e
losing severely in both men and ma
terials.
ToRPEDoED BY SUBMARINE.
ROME, April 2s.--The French ar
nnored cruiser Leon GambeTta was
torpedoed and sunk at midnight Mon
day night in the Adriatic, twenty
miles from the Italian coast at u
point off otranto. The cruiser fell
victim to an Austrian submarine, as
sisted by torpedo boat, presumably
from the naval base at Pola. A ma
jority Of the members of tho crew
were saved, being landed on the rocks
near Santa Maria Leucas lights.
The French cruiser was steamfng
slowly when the hostile submarine
launched the torpedo which struck
her amidships on the starboard side.
The crew was summoned to quarters
and the disabled warship headed for
the italian coast, but when off the
light house, the Gambetta gave Iurch
to starboard and turned over and
sank. The members Of the crew are
being cared for at Otranto.
Gains of Feet and Yards.
by william Pnllp SImmS, UnltS'l
Press Staff Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY AT
THE FRONT, April 13. (By mail to
New York, April 2s.)-One of the
things that has caused amusement
where 1t was not understood. has
been the pleasure expressed in the
official communiques over gains Of
territory numbered in yards and feet.
You smile when you read. In this,
the greatest of all wars where thu
Belgians hold twenty-five miles OF
trenches; the British thirty-two; the
French 543, not to mention the Rus
SLAMS 1,125 miles and the Servians $50,
they speak of winning few yards as
though it was a football game. Yet it
takes only visit to the actual scene
to understand and appreciate just what
few yards mean.
Imagine yourself in Arras, the beaI-
tiful city in French Flanders, north
east of Amiens whose fourteenth cen
tury city hall. one of the most wonder
full examples of Flemish renaissance
in the world, is now mass of ruins.
You make your way to the railway
station, pile of debris, then swing
to the left and continue mile and a
haIf. Here is your objective.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-28
CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.

CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.
PARIS, April 29.-Today's official
reports from the front declare that the
French and British continue to make
progress against the Germans north Of
Ypres. The Germans, it is stated, arc
losing severely in both men and ma
terials.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-28

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-28

Fair and Cooler. Local temp
Z p. m. 76; 7 a. m. GA.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
POPULAR MECHANICS
New Heat Measuring Device.

Perhaps the most delicate thermo.
electric battery ever constructed is that
used by W. w. Coblentze, a physicist
Of the United States bureau of stan
dards, in the radiation pyrometer with
which he has succeeded in measuring
the heat which reaches the earth from
112 celestial bodies, Including 1O5 stars.
These measurements are the first ex-
tensive series Of the kind ever made.
and the work was done by Mr.. Cob
lentze in the, Lick observatory at
Mount Hamilton, Cal. AS an example
Of the amount Of heat that the earth
receives from the stars Mr.. Coblentze
estimated that If the rays of Polaris.
o. the North Star, were focused upon
a gram Of water it would require
100000 years for. the temperature Of
the water to- be raised ! degree G..
The suns rays will, accomplish the
same work in about one minute.
The distinctive thing about the py-
rometer devised by Mr.. Coblentze Is its
extreme delfcacy. which makes it SEN
sitive to a change in temperature Of a
millionth Of degree. With the aid of
three foot reflector his. instrument
will register the presence Of a candle
fifty-two miles away.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
MONEY CENTER SHIFTS FROM
}'.ti LONDON TO NEW YORK.

H Financial authorities agree that if
this nation can keep out of war, fl
.nancial conditions will be reversed.
We have been. a debtor nation and
since the close Of the civil war
have paid enormous sums of inter-
est to the foreign holders CT our Sc
curities and obligations. Now they
are being taken up by the great
trade balance in favor of this coun-
'try.&Of the foreign nations Eng
land suffers the most. She is fl
nancing the allies in the war, and
she held more American obligations
than any of the other countries. It
is predicted by competent author1-
ties that when the war is over, Br1-
ton will be debtor nation and will
owe so much to the United States
that our debts to John Bull will he
more than balanced.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
.RoosEvELT's BAD MANNERS.

&ROOSEvELT'S BAD MANNERS.
& Following Colonel Roosevelt's in
cendiary speech at Plattsburg, Sec
rotary Garrison directed General
Wood to allow no repetition of the
unfortunate occurrence. On this oc-
casion Colonel Roosevelt visited a
government training camp and laun-
ched a TRADE of abuse at the admin
istration and sowed the seeds of dis
loyalty and contempt for our institu-
tions among the very men this ma
ton must depend upon in time Of
war. Such utterances come from
demagogues and are unworthy of a
man who has occupied the highest
office, in our nation. His: object is
OF course to get up an argument with
some one connected with the pres
ent administrai ton. He is green
with torturing envy and jealousy
because he is not president instead.
OF Wilson. It would be the same
no matter. who was in the White
House. 1t, makes no difference what
the president does, the colonel is
against him. Roosevelt's attitude
lis unpatriotic and childish. How for
tunate this country is that Roose-
welt. is not president during these
troublesome times abroad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
Testing a, Steam Boiler.

A boiler intended to- stand a workin;'
pressure Of 100 pounds should be. e:a.:@
q water test Of 40 pounds. Some e.
gfneers recommend a test Of :one-hs;.
more than working pressure, but this
pressure may injure a boiler that is
safe. While the boiler is under pressure
examine it carefully inside and out for
bullying places, indicating a weak spot
Look for cracked stay bolts. To make
the test fill the boiler, full Of water up
to the top Of the steam dome so as to
expel all the air. Make a small fire In
the boiler and heat, the water luke
warm. Then close the boiler and at
tach pipe or strong hose to it., con-
Meeting with force pump. Pump in
water until the gauge shows the de-
sired pressure, and then examine the
boiler for defects. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01

gathers !. Ii. There's an army of
them. 8 Most Of 4 them take their
med icine. Once in a while one
squeals under the gait and occasion.
lally some fellow like, Perrin steals
TO cover himself But the squealer
and the thief are odd instances a
mCng the army of seasymarksz who
play the races or frequently " brace
gambling houses. The vast major
ity, Of 'Mikes'", picket their, losses
and save their faces.
.5'"The crooked promoter and reality
agent are no better than the monte
man and the thimble rig sWindle'r or
any other sure thing artist of the list
of those birds of prey who feather
20 forth to deceive and Stay. If crook
edness has anything admirable about
it the. yegg who blows safe is
much more admirable than the
confidence men or the porch-ehmb-
ers who do second story work in
stocks and real estate. They all be-
long in. Jail together,
GLOW vast is this army of suckers
and how great the. volume of cash
they send away and pay out to graft
ers may be learned of the banker
who issues the drafts, the. postal or
der clerk at the postoffice. and. the
express agent-if they will talk. One
banker estimates the loss to Mar
shall county through fakes of vari-
GUS kinds at half million year. 4
1T is hard of course to keep a
fool from parting with his money.
That is scriptural, historical and OF
common observation. However, 1t
isn't beyond the possibilities to put
away a crook whether he is a yegg
carrying soap and "soup" with which
to crack a. safe or a crooked agent
with phony stocks and worthless
deeds. 80
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
Cement railways DEPEND
ABLE.
; Iowa, Farm cir

(Frcm The Iowa Fa1mer.)
Cement is either huge success or
a. dismal failure, or it may be both.
It largely depends upon the quality
of the material and the knowledge
and honesty of the fellow who does
the mixing. A number of Iowa
towns have used cement for paving
and in several instances a complete
failure has resulted. Cedar Falls
put down several blocks some four
years ago and now it is cracked,
scaled and worn out. Knoxville ex-
perimented with it and badly cracked
streets are visible. Des MONIES has
some bum paving out of the same
material, SO has Newton and Mar
shalMown. It is claimed in most ct
these cases that the concrete was put
down by experts and that the ma
ferial out of which it was made was
up to standard. This would indi-
cate that the stuff is unreliable and
treacherous. Someone suggests that
the difficulty is in the curing of it,
The claim is made that after being
placed the paving should be covered
with drit or some other covering and
permitted to cure without the hot
rays of the sun.
Right in the face of the sad expe-
rience CT numerous Iowa towns IN
the matter of concrete paving, j..
B. Lyon, of Denison, tells Senator
Caswell of a visit he made to Sioux
City recently at which time he took
occasion to Investigate paving con
ditions in that place. II was in
! Sioux City last week." says he, land
| it was my privilege to meet MI
Johnson, the City Engineer, who
took me over the city and showed
me what they are doing i'm the line
of paving They are paving with
concrete only, having excluded all
others, and Mr.. Johnson. informed
me that when the present contracts
are completed Sioux City will have
over 40 miles of concrete paving.
They claim it is more lasting and
that they experience no trouble on
account of it's being slippery in pull
ing heavy loads. This speaks we'll
for it when some CT their grades ex-
coed Is per cent, which l think is
sleeper than anything we have in
Denison. The most attractive fea-
ture in concrete paving is it's cost,
ranging from $1.15 to $1-27 per
spare yard, according to the length
of the haul
John H. Ames, of Knoxville, an en-
gineer in the employ of the state
highway commission has discovered
some glaring frauds in bridge cen
struction. In eight counties where
Icareful investigation has been made
Icement bridge work amounting to
thousands of dollars has been con-
demmed. In this case the fault
seems to have been with the WORK.
manship rather than with the ma
terial.
Engineer Ames submits a sample
CT the concrete taken from bridge
in Clayton county that crumEled like
dirt. He had another sample that
had practically no cement. : in it.
1t was nothing more than sand.
| A third sample had the appearance
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
GERMANY BOWS TO. WILSON'S
Il DIPLOMACY.

The submarine controversy with
Germany seems near a solution in
harmony with the contentious OF
this country. Germany has assured
i our government that full satisfaction
i will be given and that our rights
upon the high seas will be respect
ed in. the future. This assurance
has greatly relieved the tension OF
the relations between the two gov
eernments and has allayed the tear
in the public mind Of this country,
that we were very close to war with
Germany. If the outcome " is to he
complete recognition Of the cor
rectness of the position taken by
President Wilson, he may be given
credit for having won a most no
table diplomatic victory. The Ameri-
can people want no war with Ger
many or any other country, but they
want their legal rights respected In
every quarter by the nations now
at war. =
The German issue was more
acute because of the loss Of Amerl-
can lives involved, but there are 9TH
er problems unsettled which promise
to be equally difficult TO solve. Eng
land has iRterfered with our COM
8merce with neutral countries, and
claims the right, under certain con-
ditions, Ito seize our boats and hold
the cargoes. This right is firmly
denied by the administration, and
the president will soon take up this
question with England for final de-
termination. May he succeed as
well as he did with the German is
sue. - :,%5 .>.&&. ....,. .:t
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
of soapstone. It was exceedingly
LIGHT and soft

| llSuL anu SO1L
| A fourth sample is the basis of
the charges OF fraud in bridge con-
struction. It was" taken from the
floor Of a bridge completed a year
ago. From all appearances. the con-
crete floor appeared to be of the
best construction. A very good
grade Of concrete, richer than usual.
| was found on the surface. Engineer
Ames declared that when he brought
his pick down on the surface the
point sunk into the supposed con-
crete almost to the head. Investiga-
ton showed about one-quarter to
three ighths of an inch Of rich con-
crete covering the body OF the
bridge like veneer. The inside con-
crete was merely a mixture of sand
and a little concrete to hold it to-
gether. The mixture crumbled I'M
der pressure of the thumb. Some
of the bridges were put in during
the freezing weather. It consists of
substance which would not have
passed for plaster for a. dwelling.
with veneer. of concrete. The en-
gineers believe they have only touch
ed the surface of the steal.
If their theories prove correct, the
counties So sWindled may recover. in
which, CASE he said, it viii simply
mean ruin and bankruptcy for a
large number of concrete bridge
builders in the state.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
CROOKS AND FOOLS.

The Cedar Rapids Republican,
speaking of the investments" made
by Perrin, paying teller of the bank
he robbed of 100000, says the ex-
hibit as it stands is net worth ten
cents on the dollar and that no sem
sible investor would take the list
over for much more than that says
the Marshalltown Times-Republican
There are lots in Idaho, Minnesota
lands that Perrin never saw, gold
mining and similar stocks. The list
appears to be made up of the pro-
jects which modern slang calls "blue
sky and which earlier colloqulal
ism termed wild cat"
Perrin is only = one - of the -. in
yestors the fly-by7night promoters
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
Reamers From Old Drills.

Old twist drills may be converted
into taper reamers by softening aud
turning to the required taper. thus
turning to good account Cd drills. which
in consequence Of the increasing use
OF high speed twist drills. rapidly tend
to become merely scrap. says, Black
smith and Wheelwright. The direction
of revolution of the drilling machine
spindle must he reversed. and the
grinding. Lacking off. or relieving of the
reamer correspondingly altered. so as
70 obyiute the digging of the flutes of
The drill ReaElars made in this way
ire also useful for roaming holes into
line on general plating work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
. Care Of the Clutch.

A clutch that "grabs" is always a
source Of injury to car. 1t throws
the whole load Of the car against one
tooth on the driving pinion. strains the
clutch and gradually wrenches the uni
versal joints and other parts that car
lot of lost notion" A. clutch. is Of
the cone type. should be kept we'll OIL
ed with neatsfoot oil when it is grab
bling. This will cause the leather to
become soft and spongy and the clutch
will spin in the cone little before, 1t
takes full hold, thus enabling she driv-
er to start his car gradually ana throw
ing no unusual strain on the driving
parts -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
THE WEST LEADS IN GOOD ROAD
BUILDING.

California spent $18,000,000 on hard
surfaced roads within the past three
years and will, spend $12,000,O00
more during the. next two years7a
total of $30,O0O,OOO in five years.
Comparing the wealth of the two
states, Iowa can better afford to
make such an expenditure. With
this sum Iowa could complete nine
permanent roads across the state,
four running east and west and five
running north and south. Iowa has
made several good starts in the
way of building cross state roads.
Why not make som. Of them hard
surfaced from end to end?
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
Points on Hill CLIMBING.

Don't try to demonstrate to your
friends how nicely your car will so up
a steep grade. in high gear at a slow
speed. The. manufacturer went to con-
siderable, expense to equip the car with
an intermediate gear to be used on
grades. If you can't get run for a
steep grade go into second and be %
the safe sidess. OF course with the six
and eight cylinder cars hill climbing at
slow speed is not so>fnjurious to the en-
CINE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
examine Tank First.

The man, who starts tearing down
his magnetic because he doesn't get u
spark In one.cof his cylinders is start
ing at the wrong end. He should first
look over hisgwiring carefully and then
sinspect his. spark plug. The trouble is
seldom NJ in ti FIN magnetic. Look for the
simple ca uses first. and by eliminating
these one by one It is certain that you
win finally arrive at the real trouble
Likewise DON'T investigate the carburet-
or until you have assured yourself that
there is gasoline In your tank.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
HONE NlDs Nd
Y III HE M Q UNTAINs AND AZ THE III
VA BAD LAN DS. Z.
&(By E. M. Carp

\ There is a broad expa-aee e $ emf
laird country bounded On the north
by British America, on the east by
a line not far from the center OF
the States of Kansas and Nebraska
and the two Dakotas, and on the
west by the foothills of the Rockies
which are not far from a north and
south Line through the center of the
States of Colorado and Wyoming
and Montana.
The files of the Democrat will show
that ON several former occasions the
writer has recorded his views of
this tract Of country, which is
about four times as large as the
State Of Iowa, and always mention
ed it's surplus of sunshine and short
age of water as it's browning defect.
Well, there are exceptions to all
rules, and this year is certainly an
exceptional year for these semiarid
lands. The rainfall thus season has
been abnormally heavy from Maine
t Mexico and from Boston to San
Francisco. The dry lands Of these
western plains are not brown and
dry this year. They are dotted with
ponds Of water and covered with
luxuriant vegetation and bountiful
crops.
Heretofore the stockmen have
calculated that it took 100 acres out
here. to feed 10 head of cattle for
year That calculation could have
no APPLICATION to conditions this
year.
It is more than 400 miles from
Aberdeen, South Dakota, to Miles
City, Montana and the small grain
through that section of country APP
peared as good as the Delaware coun
ty crop. About half OF the, grain
through that section was in the
shock last week and the shocks stood
good and thick, and the uncut grain
stood up straight and had all the
appearances of a good crop. If the
conditions of this year could be made
to continue, our semi-a.rid lands
would become the equal Of Iowa
lands. Z
While such climatic change lis
not probable, present conditions
suggested a theory which might keep
these western plains green all sam
mer long. ...l-..l 5sts
While these prairies of the far
west are literally interspersed with
buttes and high ridges, these eleva-
tions seem to be set down upon a
comparatively level plain.
A small dam three or four feet
high is sufficient to impound a
large pond of water. In many pla-
ces the writer saw ordinary highway
embankme only a few feet. in
height causing q flowage which ex-
tended back, in some instances, more
than half al mile, and in every in
stance sufficiently far to make a
good sized pond. Let US suppose
that there was one sof. these pond rul 8 8
on every. section Of land in this semi
arid region, what would be the re-
suit? i. In any event they would all be
filled by the melting of snow each
spring and the water titus impound-
ed might cause more rainfall. Trees
could be grown around these pounds
and they certainly would increase
the rainfall. ''
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
!:mbiquous.

she-Do you prefer an ugly woman
with brains or a pretty woman without
brains? He-Madam, prefer present
company 70 either. (And she Is still
wondering exactly what he meant)-
New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
Reinforcing an Auto Frame.

REMEMBERING an Auto Frame. =
The frame Of light delivery wagon
became badly strained from an acct
dent. so badly. in fact. that some meth
cd Of reinforcing the rear portion of
it became absolutely necessary, says
Popular Mechanics. 1t was done in the
following manner: Two channel pieces
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-01
BRACES sT1FFEN THE FRAME.

were riveted diagonally between the
two cross members directly above the
rear axle. The ends were cut out, as
shown at A. so that the riveting was
done on the. upper and lower hanges
only. It was surprising how rigid the
frame became after these braces were
in place.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-02-11
Reports of Committees

Committee on Enrolment reported
assembly bills Nos. 9, 25, 10, 80 and
"a correctly enrolled and delivered 70
the governor.
Committee on Public Morals re-
ported senate bill No. l5-majority
that bill do pass; minority by Gala
CHER that bill do not pass; also SEN
ate bill No. 10 with similar reports
on motion majority reports were
adopted.
Committee on Agriculture report
ed assembly bill No. y favorably,
that ii do pass as amended.
Committee on Corporations and
Railroads; reported senate joint and
concurrrnt resolution No. favorably.
Messages from the senate contain
ing senate bills Nos. 81, 50 and 40 for
consideration OF the assembly,
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-02-11
Divorce Measure
Loses In Senate

On special order assembly bill No.
II. amending the divorce law was
brought up i'll the senate at ? o'clock
this afternoon, and though it receir-
ed a majority of the votes Il the
members present it failed in securing
a constitutional majority Senator
Stickney was the only senator failing
10 vote. he being absent through
sickness. Following was the vote:
Neas-Arnold. Balzar, Buol, Car
pentcr, Fulner, tIuslley, Hussman,
Keddie, Kendall kenney aDd Tha,th-
er--ll.
Nays-Bradshaw, Chaplin, Elliott,
Fernald, Gault. Harrington, Hesson,
Lee, Lemaire and Scanlan-10
Senators Arnold THATCHER and Full
mer then announced that they woul1
change their vote from aye to nav,
and gave notice that on next legisla-
tive day they would move for re-
consideration OF the vote
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-02-11
'ASplendid DiShOnOr'
Tonight's Feature

u Reel Feature)--A Splendid Dis
HONOR S&Al-Francis X. Bushman
again exhibits unusual histronic abil-
ity i'll this great two act photo
play. Ruth Stonehouse also shines
III this play together with Bryant
Wasburn and Lester Cuneo. A new
drama with a big thrill and climax
that is one OF the sensations OF mo-
ton pictures.
The Gold Thief Bio)--As Ell
tertalnlng, this picture is all that
could be asked for. There is an un-
usual plot we'll developed. 1t is well
acted and produced. the principal
characters Claire Mcdowell, Charles.
West and Frank Evans.
A Horse Shoe for Luck-( Vita
That's what we all say When you
see this comedy you will see one
man, at least to whom it didn't bring
ANY thing but bad luck. He had a
most terrible time, but one can't help
laughing at his misfortunes. Sidney
Drew has the lead in this laughable
production
10 and 20 cents.
Comins-The Exploits OF Elaine