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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-23

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Der taÌˆgliche Demokrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 186?-1918, 1915-12-23

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|hei. Gle gernGbll11g bes Sri. So
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|llod) i'm 6allie Der Gltern Ser jllllgell
ISralt neilt, fululte l1ibt i'll Grfab=
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SSobam @agge, 2Ot5 1ipiiion Str,
bot gelter1 Morgen inn ii llbr @err
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epa1gel. =%lutberild)en Irciei1tgfeits=
|&ird)e Serrn gilbert 9lod, 5pbn ocs
@errn Gbriliion Gof in 0iroll, NIT
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Der gSabe bon 0iron Adltslid) nicoer=
|laiien. Cine froblidF @od5eitsieier
fat gaitern s(beno i'm @allle Ser
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hue ltattgefullocli.
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linn 2 llbr 9sadmlittogs bot SEER
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lllallll bon ser @rItetl Gresbpterianer=
|&lrd)e Die 5rallll1g bon Serrn @il=
|liam Wlc2eal1 &ellD bon Birfsbllrg,
|MiiiI. NIT Sri. Sole 8rofldl bon $40
ne tlidje pierte 5trabe. Die Wpb=
nl1l1g npar fir bia feierlid)e @anolnllg
NIT @eibllad,tsgriit la1o Noien prad)-
tig geld)ntiicft.
slls Dos Bralttpaar SIT oem impro-
|piiirtcn slltar l6ritt, ipielte Sri. Sit
fer SnlaQfielO altf Bent 9iallp llNb
Sri. Margarete S'Iomlell altf Ser
@ipli,e Menbelsiobn's @ob5eits=
marid) aus Ser Wh,iif SIT 5bnfe=
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i'm Miercp &oipital III 6ulae ei,,er
Operation babell mir llod} i%Splgelloes

I'M Waercp &oipital III 6olge eiller
Operation babell mir llod) Splgell0es
ltadslltragelt.
Ger inn ibeltcn Mallnesalter, lntr'
30 Sabrc alt, DOM CODE bilnpegges
rafftc Ma1m mlroe ant 10. Septel,l-
Der 1885 bier in Napcllpprt oils Solnl
BON &errn ll1o 1yrall Sennillg s.
Irallf aeboren lnlo lit bier mlfgcluad)-
len. 9sad Mbipluirnlg ser %offentli-
d)ell Sdutlelt erlerntc ct 'beint Safer
oas Sdmieoegcmerbc, IN meldlem or
ieitoem tbatig mar. 3ulett 1par CT
@prr1am in Ser gilcuaieBerei 'eir1es
Gaters, 1926 mritlid}e 5lueite Strabc.
9nt 5. Moi 1914 perbeiratbete CT
iidl NIT Sri. Shuts Shnls, Die iett
NIT bent 5 Mnnote altelt Iod)terden,
Margaretbe 2plliie Ironf, oen Dor
ermabntelt Glterl, lllo bcn @eidni-
tern, 6ralt @elene @ieie, i'll 9scill-
bed, Sa., Sri. @crtfa Srallf im 81
terll6allle ulo @arrp s. Nrallf IN.
0apenpprt neb7t @%eriual1otea .llno
Ireulloen ben a%Qsltfriiben sos oes
trellelt @attel1, &aters mnO Sphncs
tief hetraltert. Ser Gntidlaiene auar
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MitglieO Ser bieIigcn Gpmpatp 9 Der
9eatio1ulaar0e pom Soma. Ias 2ci=
d]ellbegal1aniB iilloet n1orgel1, Irci-
tag, Sen 81. 3e5cllber, Madnnittags
| l1tr, poir- %Sralprlmlle , 1921
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oalc Triepbofe itatt.
SOB Sdaef CT bel Grirretor,
,Spmo.
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Scott Golllltp, Som Shaeffer, lit altf
leiner TarllL iillli Meilcn mcItlid)
bon Grincetu1 rad elmer &ru1fbeit
BON iiinf @od)en am Iiplstag N6enO
lllll 6 l1br 80 Minllten inn 6ofen eu=
ter BON SO SSabren aus ben1 2eben
geldieoen. Ser gl1tidlafene mlroe
im Sabre 1882 inl ebemaligen Sur
fiirltentbltm t@eiien=&allel gcboren
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GountD, 100 er ieitbem ur1lnter6ros
den ulliailig gemeien lit. Gr perbei=
rat]ete ltdl Dor plelen Sabr5ebl1ten
nit Sri. Sarah &eliinger, Die iebt
init orai &nlberl, 9ol1is 1l1ro 9tpia
inn glternbatie nno 6ralt Iranf
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tiers lbeflagt. 3wei ainoer iino Oem
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llid)t ieltgelebt mor0en.
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farm, auf melder ct ldpn piele Safre
~perpeifte, SO. $. Meemes, I'M Sitter
BON 67 Sabren %geltorben. Mlters-
ldfma6e uno allgemeiner gerfaa Ser
&rafte meroe1 als Iobesl1riadje on
aegeben. Ger Wam fat MIR cil1e
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Sobll %9eeen,es, in G6icago. @ieItge}
Srell1be n1o @obl15ater nproen fir
Die 9eltattnng 5orge tragen.
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Sodjseitsalodcn
IS q I mt ST. [ I M e T..

~ q III BoII INC T.
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ter l1tlleres iriiberel1 9lrloesabgeprb-
11etell, bes Ibtboren Serrp goQnler,
lpllroe geiter1 Nadnlittag IL l1br 80
Mi1r. III Ser Irillitp &atbeorale ol1rG
Tefml Warnlaol1fe @are nit Serrr
.gbwarb Ealm ebeli6 oe,lrbllll6en.
pie 6od)5eit mar cine ietr title.
Sour cinige ber J~amilienmitglieoer
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stabt nnb Gpuap,
9onnerstag, ben %. 9eSember.
&leille @taot=yf euigteiten.
3igorren in fleillen &ilten, poi
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Ser budppiiroige Moriigl1or
sSSolnes s. Npan, Efarrer Der ct.
Marp's airdJe, %feierte geltern bic gr=
innerllng an Den Dag, on Incident CT
Dor as Sabren in ser &atbeorale IN
louisville, &p., sunni Grielter gepeibt
allrOc. Gor 80 Sabrell fanl er nod
Iapc1port ll10 iiberlmfm oas Tfarr=
amt IN Der ct. M}arp's=&irde, Sll
Dieien orei Sabr5eblltel bat er bic ct.
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item Der Stuot genlud)t.
Meibllad)tsbGllnlc uno Miitle=
toe 5ll babel1 ilt 9So. 4OS groop Str.
Iclepljon Gap.=6315.
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Ser 6reieu 1elttid)en 5dulgemeinoe

SIN f(ei1cl1 saale ser Iapel=
port Surnbolle finoet am 3iens<
tag, sen %. 9e5enlber, oas @eib-
lladbtsfelt ser 6reien Iertiden 5dltl=
gemeilloe ltott, mofiir bas folgelloe
Nrogramm mlfgeltellt moroen lit:
/. &laiienlieo D5it bAalOerttan=
leno Stimmen.
Ne5itotionelt: ll1ter Sem Iannen-
baum, gle11ore gdllmlp.
@ir griiBen: Marie SSebens, 81
rl1er Nabl, Stella 8leoiea, SUI
Tia 9pnalb, 6lorenee 3onalo,
Gli5abetb MSontanlts, gfra Sci
ger, glia Sero, Norma Sin<
rids, Norma Sub.
@ilfpmmen: grmin 9ebr, 6arol6
Sebens, Mid)oro @oblman,
<rt Semlins, &arl Serb, Sreo
&inrids, Sscar @eiger, Sreb
8leblel, Serbert Silberitein.
2. &lalienlieo, 9as @aioer0slein.
Golplet, Serrp &rltle, 8altcr
S6roe6er, @alter 9rat0t,
@ernbaro 2enbuis.
&e5itution, Ser liebe @ei6nadts=
mann - Cora 1lno goralo Mie-
dc.
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ftp &if, Serbert Silberl teit, SIRE
ne @ngln1ot.
@e0idt, Sir 9eutl6lalro, grnla
gnglan0t.
9eltbetil6er Gang: Selma Sebens,
8elma Sebe11S1 Srrna @oettig,
8. Sanlen.
9ie %berlorene @rille, Goa Moor=
mon, Selma Sebe1s, Senrp arll-
G.. alailenlieo, 1entldlallo iiber M1-
les.
Z. Me5itation: Das Gelepbon Mllnn
@ron6t.
3as 8eibnadtsmdnnlein, Slga
5llb.
81 @ei6nadts5eit", 2ouiie
Sdmiot.
Sic @lrppesl1 : ,@eleGidoft: 2illian
5d)miOt, Sltlia 8onalO, glia
&erO, gli5abetb Molrtomus,
+, 5er6ert Silber5teil1 ll1b 5rieOa
8m1tot.
s. Mein @eunatbla1to: Margllerite
Sauberger, Cora M6rens, Mma
Brandt, Coo Moornal1, 8il6el=
mine S6nliot, g6riltine Moor-
ma1t.
Sdmetterlings=Ian Sl,lia
DonoIo, gli5abetD Mortann1s,
5lorence 9onalb.
8. 3igeu11erdpr - @a1ter 51roe-
Ser, Shop 8ebr, @enrp @ebr, Mein=
bar0 9odnlt, @erbert 5ilberltein,
@illiam 8oblmalt, Coma @iqers,
gle1ora Sblltlnp, Slllia 9onalb,
Grna gnglan0t, Olga Srb1 Slgu
56eel, DorotbD Mid.
10. Ser &nffeeflatlb Mlmo
9ran0t, Marie Heterien, Como
SdWn1ot, 9ora Wbre1s1 Gbrilttne
Mpornar.
10. Ser Meibndhtsmann 1r16 feline
Spieliaben ~ syl1lia @onalb.
Ser1rp &r1lie, SSrma @oettig
Sif0a @ilers, DorotbD g}tf
Serbert 5dumiot, @tIiam 9obl'
ma11; Serbert SilberI tet11, @al
ter gebr, @ilfreo Bebr, &llr:
Sennis, Snrolb Sebens, @altel
Sdroeoer, @er6ert Sebens ,@ern
bar6 2ennis, &apn1u1b @eiger
Gop 9ebr, SenrD 8ebr, Stein
boro &oda11, 8alter Se6ens.
gli3abetb Montamlts, $40
renee 3onal0, glenor 8abl, 81
ia Ser6, Garcia Miebe, gort
&iede, Cora Sdn1ibt, 9orot6i
2embecf, Marp Minfelmnn, Maa
bel Faull EN-, grna gnglanbt
Coma &lilrbt, @fra @eiger, Gl1tl
@ebrinM, 2illim Sdpnibt.
-. 2ieo - Stiae Nadt.
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- Saben sic idon 0Io waiiiion
gier probirt? @lei9 nit oem belten
importirten 9ier u110 empfoblen bon
BEN 9oftnren. Hod Sslan6 Bremin9
So. (Mna.)
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way of modern machinery of our best
American plants. 1t was begun about
four years ago and year and half
thereafter it was turning out beef
and a half minute for eight hours of
the day. Its present output is about
500 cattle and 1000 sheep daily. The
works employ about 1900 hands of
whom 200 are women The women come
from the villages nearby. They are
paid from sixty cents to a dollar
day. There are about forty Americans
among the employees and there are
also Germans and Scandinavians. The
average American hand does not stay
long. In many cases he has come to
South America to see the country and
he works only until he can get enough
money to move further on.
asked as to the price of labor. The
common natives get about dollar a
day, although some Of the skilled hands
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Meat

asked as to whether our farmers
need be alarmed at the competition or
Argentina and Uruguay in the meat
market. Mr.. DAILY laughed as he re-
piled:
: 81 think not We have been export
ing beef to New York for more than
sent is hardly mouthful for Uncle
Sans mighty stomach. me whoie
amount would not be enough to supply
New York for week
asked as to the character of the
beef Mr. DAILY said it would take an
expert to detect the difference between
our beef and that OF Uruguay if the
two were sold side by side on the
counter The meat here is just as
carefully handled as in the United
States The government has rigid
sanitary rules-fine stock is innoculated
against certain diseases and care is taken
that only good meat is shipped.
in speaking of Uruguay as cattle
country Mr.. Daily compares it to Illinois
or Iowa. There are many streams and
plenty of water for the stock. The
grasses are rather thin and for this
reason the Hereford makes the best
cross for the native stock. The Here
fords are light on their feet and they
can walk some distance in feeding,
which is not so of the Shorthorns. The
average steer of Uruguay is not as fat
as that of the states and for certain
purposes lean animals are required
rather than fat. This is so for the
jerked beef business. the lean meat
only being used. A great deal of the
beeves are sold to the Liebig factories
for the making of an extract OF beef
The best cattle come from near the
Uruguay river. where the meat facto-
rieS are
The largest cattle estancia in Uruguay
belongs to a German. 1t contains tens
of thousands of acres and 10000 cattle
and many sheep. This estancia is de-
its pastures are fenced.
There is one kind of beef industry
here which is unknown to the United
States. This is the making of tasajo, an
industry which consumes 100000 cat
tie a year and produces meat to the
value of six or seven million dollars.
Tasajo is the native term for terked or
dried beef. 1t was once the chief meat
industry Of the pampas and of Uruguay
and 1T is still carried on in various
parts of the Rio de la Plata basin. The
tasajo factories are known as soad-
eros There are more than a score Of
them in this republic. There are
dozen here in Montevideo and seven on
the banks of the Uruguay river.
In making tasajo the meat is taken
from the bones and then shaped into
the portions desired for the market 1t
is soaked in brine pans and then piled
up well covered with salt 1t is hung
out like clothes and dried in the sun.
After 1t has been in the sun from four
to six days IT is as hard as stone and
ready for baling. 1t is put up in pack
ages and shipped in bulk to the West
Indies Islands, Brazil and other coun-
tries. The cost of making it in Uru-
quay is estimated at about SIS ton.
whereas in Brazil the cost is %
per cent higher A great deal of
Uruguayan tasajo goes to Cuba and
Porto Rico. The amount exported to
Cuba sells for something like million
and a half dollars yearly and the prices
run as high as $40 per ton. Some goes
to Portugal and Spain and 1T Is eaten
by the Spaniards and Portuguese al
most everywhere.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

q q ALIFAN is an outpost of Brit
Hi ish imperial defenses.
tTI The same question arises
q & concerning the possibility of
its being included in the area of Ger
man submarine activity that exists
NTH reference to newfoundland.
Whether the suggestion purely fan
tastic must be left to future events to
determine.
Halifax is a fortified port of a certain
kind. The fortress on the hill used to
have some old mortars and other signs
of war as waged a century ago. There
was also the cannon captured by the
British troops at Bunker Hill. and
brought away as a trophy, about the
only trophy that the English COM
mander got on that occasion. The can
non sometimes is shown to American
tourists by ultra loyal Canadians whose
loyalist forefathers were driven out of
New England
What the actual land defenses of Hal
flax are is known to the British mill
tary authorities, and possibly to Few
others. But the real defense is the
British Atlantic fleet.
At one time there was strong move
ment in the Dominion for a Canadian
navy. 1t was coincident with the swift
development of the spirit of Canadian
nationality This spirit grew to the
point where it was assumed that the
Dominion could provide for Its own
defense and the imperial control both
at Halifax and at Esquimalt on the
Pacific coast, in difference to Canadian
sentiment, was loosened.
At that time the majority of the Ca
nadians did not take kindly to the propo-
sition which emanated from London
that they should share the burden OF
the imperial navy in a direct manner
The example of Australia in fitting out
at its own expense a warship Tor the
imperial navy was cited as something
that Canada might care to do.
Canada, however, did not care to do
this. She preferred to establish the
nucleus Of a Canadian navy. 1t was
argued that with so many of the in
habitants engaged in the fisheries there
was the natural basis for a navy, and.
moreover, this would be auxiliary to
the development of the merchant ma
rine. The subject entered more or less
into Dominion politics.
The nucleus of a navy was estao-
lished. but with the first gun fired In
the world war the imperial navy ap-
peared on the scene, and Canada knew
There the source of her defense was.
Halifax and Nova Scotia make their
contribution to the defense of the Brit
ish empire by sending troops to the
actual scene of war. The Nova Scotia
ba ttalion, which used to be seen on
parade, is now at the front along with
other Canadian regiments.
For two centuries the British regi-
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to perform The battleships go far beyond
the protection of the port against possible
German submarine invasion.
The patrol by which the ocean lanes
of the Atlantic are kept open to the COM
merce of the allies is maintained by sec
ton of this fleet. At the outbreak of the
war; when some daring German cruisers
were still abroad, the greatest watchful-
ness was necessary. Since the sea has
been swept clear of the German war craft
the responsibility has been lessened some
what, but there is no less watchfulness.
Halifax is actually the headquarters for
the British convoy on this side of the At
lantic.
Few of the transatlantic liners were in
the habit of putting in at Halifax. but
they were always reported from there. and
occasionally, in times of distress or
emergency, put in.
When the Minnehaha found herself in
midocean with a fire in her hold menacing
a cargo of munitions she made for Hall
fax, where the fire twas extinguished.
In addition to its convenience as the
British naval rendezvous, Halifax has
become a shipping port of great inn
portance. While little has been printed
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Canada must have transcontinental
terminal on Canadian territory.
The Canadian Pacific found it's chief
outlet across Maine and through Port
land. Patriotic Canadian sentiment,
which sometimes took the form of anti
American utterances, demanded a port
which should be free from this objec-
ton.
There are not many ice-free ports i'm
eastern Canada. The government. in get
ting it's measures through parliament .,e
shrewdly avoided committing itself to
Halifax or st. John, or any other port,
but the sentiment in favor of a Canadian
outlet for the Canadian railways was
worked upon, and later local adjustments
were made.
The advocates of the transcontinenta
railway now find themselves justified.
The munitions made in Canada are
shipped out through Halifax. Should the
United States be involved In any difficulty
with Great Britain which would prevent
shipments of munitions across American
territory Halifax would be a sufficient out
let.
Some of the American manufacturers
who have contracts are also shipping part
of their material through Halifax. 1t has
been given the preference for the ship
ment of horses during the summer months.
Recently press dispatches have reported
that a heavy shipment of gold from Eng
land to New York was waybilled. SO to
speak, to Halifax and then shipped by the
railway. In peace times this practice has
not been common, but in the case OF the
war gold the sea risk on the precious
cargo is lessened by landing it at Hall
fax and then transporting 1t over the rail-
ways to New York.
There are British subjects in Halifax
who are not ordinary Britons. They are
West Indian negroes. Most travellers see
ing their settlements on the outskirts of
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ment at Halifax was one of the insti-
buttons which marked the Atlantic out
post of empire. 1t dominated the So
cial and even the political life of Nova
Scotia.
Two generations ago 80 novel dealing
with British military life was complete
unless some of the scenes were laid IN
Halifax and a few chapters given to
the regiment. Often it had been pre-
viousIy stationed in the West Indies.
and in this manner the life in the trop-
les would be woven into life in north
ern latitude.
With the development of the Canadian
national spirit and the Incorporation OF
Nova Scotia into the Canadian confed-
Grafton, the influence of the regiment as a
political link with the old country disap-
peared but it's social prestige remains un-
changed 1t still continued to dominate
official life. This influence, however, also
disappeared when the change in imperial
policy was made and Canada undertook
responsibility for her own military forces
Now with the presence of the British At
lantic fleet, or a part of it. it may be
guessed that the military influence is
again in the ascendant in the social life of
Halifax and the rest of Nova Scotia.
The British Atlantic fleet, with base
at Halifax, has very important functions
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the city suppose that they are descendants
of slaves who escaped from the United
States during the times of slavery. A
stroll among them would dispel this no
ton, for the language they speak is not
the language Of the negro from the United
States. 1t is the broad cockney accent
heard in Jamaica. Most Of these blacks
came from Jamaica or the other British
West Indies.
There are a large number of Ameri-
cans who feel a personal interest in
Nova Scotia and Halifax as affected by
the war. The number of visitors from
the United States has not been so large
this summer as in former years. but
that is on account of favorable wealth
er conditions at home. AS it is, good
many tourists have made their annual
visit to the beautiful Annapolis valley
and to the other resorts.
The permanent summer visitors, who
are scattered all over Nova Scotia, have
been only slightly decreased. The hay
fever colony at Chester, little way
out of Halifax, is reported to be as nu-
merous as in former years. Hay-fever
victims find it just as necessary to get
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an ounce. The capacity of the scale
is 10000 pounds and 100 cattle may be
weighed at once. There are four of
rneey dnne SO uhar the oeo
of beeves are weighed here in a day.
Turn that into steaks and you would
have enough to give a meal to every
man, woman and child in New York
and Boston. The registers of the scales
are inside galvanized iron sheds and
officials appointed by the city do the
weighing. -
The sales here amount to something.
DAILY is buying. They will sell for $50
a head and that single purchase will
cost him $4,000. Many other herds
will bring $4,000 and upward, and we
have here on the hoof this morning
from quarter to a half million dol
LAYS worth of live beef. The best of the