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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
GAINS BY THE ALLIES.
Germans Have Lost 1,o27,74o Square
Miles of Territory.

Germans Have Lost 1,o27,740 Square
Miles of Territory.
Statisticians who have been watch
ing the progress of the European war
have completed a compilation of fig
ures indicating the land area losses suf.
fered by Germany since the conflict
began. These figures show that the al
lies already have taken ,027. .740 square
miles of Emperor Williams colonial
possessions, which include former hold
jHgs in Asia. Africa and the Pacific
An idea of the immensity OF this may
be cleaned from the fact that the area
taken is nearly One-third as large as
the United States. or as big as the com
bined states of Nevada. Utah. Wyom-
ing. South Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas
Oklahoma. Iowa. Mississippi Arkan-
sas. Wisconsin, Illinois. Indiana, Ohio.
West Virginia. Kentucky and Tennes-
see.
Some idea of the financial strain on
the nations may be gathered from the
fact that Botha's short campaign
against the Germans in southwest At
ica cost Britain S67,OOOOOO.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
WAR PRISONERS THEATER.
English Captives In German Prison
Camp Give a Show

lamp GlVe SnO~.
The following story of life in a Ger
man prison camp was issued a few
days ago by the German information
service as proof that Germany is kind
TO the enemies who fall into German
hands. The translation reads:
''On the evening of the day on which
Lord Kitchener stated before the Brit
iSh parliament that English prisoners
in Germany were harshly used Il
vaudeville performance by the prison
ers and for the prisoners took place in
the camp at Ruhleben, says the Ber
liner Tageblatt. The program gives
evidence of good humOr, which could
scarcely exist with bad treatment.
'The commandant of the camp sane
toned the performance, and from t.:e
program it is seen that the prisoners
among whom there are we'll known
artists, made the performance very
Jolly affair. To be sure, one must not
conclude from this that the prisoners
receive any preferential treatment
The vaudeville performance in Ruhle
ben is simply one of the many proofs
that the treatment of prisoners is gov
erned by the strict principles of JUS
tice and humanity"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.
Germans Use Wood Pulp to Make Ex-
pIosives by New Process.

PIoSlVeS py new PROCESS
4 citizen of q neutral state who has
just made a tour through Germany
gives to the London Chronicle an ac
count of the work of German chemists
in discovering Il substitute for cotton
as a basis for high explosives. This Is
found in the shape of ordinary wood
pulp. The correspondent adds:
The experiments still are being car
ried on. but sufficient progress has been
made to enable the substitute to be
used freely and successfully.
Germany is under no difficulty so
far as the supply of raw material is
concerned. At one time she was de
pendent upon Scandinavia for supplies
OF wood pulp. but some years ago she
set herself to the task of making her
own. Since then she became largely
self supporting in this direction. Three
of the largest factories are engaged in
turning out the new basis for eXplo-
SiveS.
Large reserves of timber have been
accumulated from my own country and
from Russia. so that there is no fear of
any shortage. | was assured that if
the supply of raw cotton to Germany
was stopped entirely she might be able
to tide over the difficulties"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
AMERICA SAVES S25,OOO,OOO.
Steamship Official Estimates Loss to
Europe as Result of No Travel.

Steamship Official Estimates Loss to
Europe as Result of No Travel.
Europe's monetary loss as a result Of
no American invasion this year is esti-
mated by a high steamship official in
an interview with the New York World
as not less than $25.OOO,OOO. Steam
ship companies alone, he asserted. lost
more than $1.0O0.000 in fares.
In his belief the Panama exposition
obtained more sightseers through the
effects of the war and in consequence
Of the curtailment of American and
European trips than if there had been
DO war. for In the latter event there
was Il strong possibility not only of Il
limited European traffic to the expo
sition but large traffic from America To
Europe.
Few persons have gone from the other
side to the exposition. partly because
Of the limited travelling facilities. but
principally from an objection to ocean
perils consequent on the war and eff
forts TO retrench financially.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
The LOGIC of Ii.

The Yale freshman year was proving
too expensive to father, SO father decid-
ed to have heart to heart" talk with
Johnny, home for the week end.
"Now, son." said he gravely, but af-
fectionately, your mother and l are
spending just as little as we possibly
can. 1 get up in the morning at $50,
and work until after 3. But, son, the
money just won't go round at the rate
that your expenses are running. Now,
I ask you, as one man to another, what
do you think we had better do?"
For a moment Johnny's head was
buried in thought, and then he replied
"Well, father, don't see any way out
but for you to work nights. New
York Post.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20

DR.. Langdon says this tablet is at
least 1000 years older than the Gen
esis account and. so far as is known.
is the oldest record of the sort I'm ex-
istence The tablet was written pos
sibly 5000 years ago and evidently re-
cords a tradition which goes back to
the early history Of man.
The Babylonian and Sumerian ac-
counts place the food at something
like $4,000 B. c.. and the lapse of time
between the creation and the flood is
filed by ten kings who reigned alto
gether $4,000 years, an average OF
1920 years each. The reason later
kings reigned comparatively short pc
riods is that Noah sinned in eating Of
the cassia tree
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
BILLION BUSHELS WHEAT.

"A billion bushels wheat CROP
is the prediction of B. w. Snow,
grain expert for Bartlett Frazier
& Co. Figures compiled by Mr..
Snow to date show the winter
wheat crop will total 6S9,O00,000
bushels and the spring 305, 5,000,-
900, making a total of 994.O00,
coo bushels
The rainfalls have decreased
grain crops a little, according to
Snow, but the large acreage this
year will more than make up for
it. Iowa reports that all her
wheat has been cut, except per
cent There has been scarcity Of
fresh wheat since the rain start
ed to fall, causing contract prices
to jump cents a bushel
Delay in thrashing cut wheat
is the only trouble grain houses
have had" said Mr.. Snow. "but
with some good weather there
will be plenty to sell" Oats.
snow declared, were the princi-
pal sufferer from the rains.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
NOAH, NOT EVE, FOUND
GUILTY OF MANS FALL
Old Tablet Says Eating cassia Fruit
Prevented Life of $4,000 Years.

1t was not Adam and Eve who
brought about the fall of man, but
Noah. according to a translation Of a
tablet now in the University Of Penn
sylvania museum at Philadelphia.
According TO SUmerian theology
found on the tablet, said to have been
written before the days of Abraham
and translated by DR.. Steven Langdon.
professor of AssyrioIogy in Oxford uni
versity. England. Noah was ordered
not to eat of the cassia tree in the
garden of paradise, and when he dis
obeyed the curse fell upon him.
The curse was that he should have
Ill health and an early death instead
of living TO be $4,000 years old, like
his ancestors.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
TOBACCO FOR BELGIANS.
Cowboys of Montana Send Consign-
ment TO Relief Commission.

Cowboys of Montana Send Consign-
ment TO Relief Commission.
"For the fellows who are hungry for
smoke and chew-G L. Barker. Bill
lings, Mont. U. S. A. 11-21 IA
This was the only clew TO the iden-
tity Of one Of the quaintest consign-
ments yet received by the commission
for relief In Belgium. The above in
acriptnn was written on an address
tag found I'm large shipping case that
had been sent from Seattle The case
was filed with an assortment of tobac-
co, including 175 pounds Of plug" sew
eral gross Of tinfOil wrapped packages
Of smoking tobacco, several dozen
packages Of cigarette tobacco. q large
quantity Of cigarette papers in book
lets, two gross Of tin boxes filed with
Scotch snuff and seven boxes Of ci-
gars.
Although Ebe commission made ey-
cry inquiry, it IS unable to trace tbs
gift farther back than Seattle. How
ever, it is believed that the case is a
part Of a consignment sent last No
vember from Billings, Mont, to Sc
attic by the cowboys and cattle ranger;
of Montana and Wyoming. and that
G. L. Barker Of Billings was not the
sole donor. That the boys" Of the
western plains conceived the idea OF
sending to the fellows in Belgium.
who perhaps had not had a smoke or
chew since the beginning of the Euro
pean war, some real solace, there Is lit
tie doubt
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
Other Record HarVests.

The years barley crop will, it is esti-
mated, amount to 217,000,OOO bushels,
or 100000 more than last year; the
rye crop has been increased from 49,
100000 to 44SOO.OOO bushels; the rice
crop from 24OOOOO0 to 3O,OOO,OOO
bushels. Eighteen million bushels
buckwheat haIA been raised, as against
100000 in 1914.
Smokers will be pleased to know thar
the department of agriculture esti-
mates that there will be harvested
1,0S3.0OOO00 pounds of tobacco in the
United States. where but 1,O3J.O0O 000
pounds were gathered in 1914.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
BIG GUNS DEATH DEALERS.
Seven -eighths of Wounds Are Inflicted
by the Giant Cannon.

Seven eighths of Wounds Are Inflicted
by the Giant Cannon.
Seven-eighths of the wounds in the
Galicia fighting were caused by shells,
half of which were fired from big cali
ber guns, said Surgeon Major Les
ghintseff to an interviewer on return
ing to Warsaw from the front.
Bullets play no part now," he con-
dnued, land the infantryman's rifle is
a toy. Infantry merely occupies the
trenches the cannon won"
Most devastating of all are the new
Skoda shells of the Germanic allies.
which are seventeen inches in diane
ter and weigh $500 pounds. The Sko-
da howitzer shoots at high angle, and
it's shell penetrates twenty feet into
soft earth before exploding, two sec
Onds after striking These howitzers
do not resemble the Krupp mortars Of
the same caliber, to which they are
said to be superior in every way.
When a Skoda shell hits it means
death to everything within a radius Of
$50 yards and even farther off. The
mere pressure Of its gas rips open the
bomb proof shelters and catches those
who escape the metal fragments and
flying splinters. This gas enters the
body cavities and tears flesh asunder
sometimes stripping the men of their
clothes. OF course the men in the i'm
mediate neighborhOod of the explosion
are annihilated.
So fierce is the heat Of the explosion
of the shell that it melts rifle barrels
as if they had been struck by light
rninrr
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
TELLS HOW U-51
PASSED A PATROL
American Naval Officer De-
SCriOeS Successful RuSG.
OUTWITTED BRITISH GUARD

Five Spanish Tank Steamers Supplied
Fuel, and When These Were Sighted
and Chased Commander Otto Hers
ing Slipped Through the Strait and
Landed In Turkey.
An American naval officer stz toned
in Mediterranean waters decribes how
the German submarine U-51 succeeded
in passing through the strait at Gil
braltar and eluding the British blockade
there. This information was suppress
ed at the time by British censorship,
and until now the presence of the
U-51 at the Dardanelles has been un-
explained. The informant was at Gil
braltar, where his ship was stationed,
Immediately after the big submarine
made its daring and successful at
tempt.
The news was flashed from the Brit
tsh admiralty to the commander at Gil
braltar that the German cruising sub
marine U-51 had left Wilhelmshaven,
the great German naval base. for a
dash through the strait in order to Op-
crate against the allied fleet at the
Dardanelles. The order was given
either to capture or Destroy" From
then on, day after day, a Gordon Of
torpedo boat destrOyers steamed back
and forth between the coast of Africa
and the great rock known familiarly
by the English as Glib" but no sub
marine appeared to .eWard the watch
ers.
Finally a fleet of five small steam
ships, in close formation, was sighted
sailing through the strait. Upon their
cargo and their destination the Brit
ish destroyerS ordered them to stop.
AS soon as the destrOyers gave chase
the five small ships put on full speed
ahead, but were soon overhauled and
led back to port.
Steamers Laden With Fuel.
At the inquiry conducted by the Brit
ish commander of Gibraltar it was
learned that these five small steamers
were Spanish tank steamers loaded with
petrol, but having no destination. The
full particulars Of the inquiry could not
be learned, out enough was made
known to show that the U-51, on her
voyage to Gibraltar had been using
these five steamers as fuel ships and
tenders On the dash through the
strait the U-51 had escaped unnOticed
during the chase and capture of the
petrol ships by the British destroyers.
Although the latter had been sent out
to get her, they had not looked for
her in the midst of feet of slow GO
ing tank steamers.
That the ruse practiced by Otto Hers
ing, commander of the U-51, cost the
British dearly is only too well known,
says the officer. The German sea raid
er, proceeding from Gibraltar to the
Dardanelles, sank no less than three
British battleships, including the Ma
jestic and Invincible, he claims. She
seemed to operate at will among the
allied feet and did much to prevent
the latter from cooperating in the
land operations at the Gallipoli penin-
sula. Later the U-51 passed unmolest-
ed through the strait at the Darda-
nelles and the sea of Marmora and
reported to the German commander at
ConstantinOple.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
OFFICIALS WARNED NOT
TO PROBE LYNCKINC
Atlanta Man Specifies Number
of Brave, Loyal Men"

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 19.-How the
lynching of Leo NJ. Frank was planned
and executed was frankly revealed
by a business man Of Marietta, who
branded the act IS piece of justice
tardily but efficiently administered.
He said: "The public will never know
the identity of the twenty-five brave
and loyal men who took into their
own hands the execution Of a law
that had been stripped from them
by Governor Slaton. l would not ad-
wise inquisitive authorities or PEI
sons to Try to reveal them. Tney are
as zealously banded together now and
as relentless as at the moment they
invaded the state prison"
This business man knew of the
movements of the lynching men, of
their organization, of their plans and
Of their painstaking system of ad-
vance preparations.
Governor Harris is engaged in
work prelim mary to a searching in
vestigation of the lynching by the
motor mob" which carried Georgia s
famous prisoner half across the state
from the prison farm and hanged him
in an oak grove Tuesday morning.
81 am going to do everything pos
sible in the case," he said. "The con-
ference | have arranged with the
prison commission is to learn exactly
what happened at Milledgeville. That.
however, is to be a separate matter
from the attempts of the state to in
quire into the lynching.
81 will have a conference with the
attorney general and find exactly
what can be done in the matter The
state can offer reward for the ap-
prehension and conviction of the mem
bers of the mob. The executive Of
ficers can also urge upon the grand
solicitor genera to make prOsecu.
tions and the judge to charge the
grand jury. Should these be made
quate, we will try some other means
of arriving at the end desired.
'This office will issue a formal
statement to the public when it is in
possession of the facts"
And with this official statement, tn {
people of Atlanta and of Cobb countv
which now is generally regarded qS
the home of the lynchers-seemed
very well content.
Franks body was taken under guard
of police escort to the terminal
station in time for the midnight train
over the Southern railroad, but the
escort was not needed. Another police
party met the hearse at the station,
but no crowd assembled there.
Mrs. Frank had recovered from her
prostration sufficiently to come to At
lanta and accompany the body Of her
husband to the north. With her were
Rabbi David Marx, Herbert Haas, her
brother-in-law, Alexander Marcus, and
Harry Alexander, the attorney who
put up such a valiant fight in behal'
of the famous defendant.
1t is said the members of the
motor mob" were men of standing
and good reputation In the con-.
munity; business men; responsible
men; that they planned the raid with
all the acunen of a business venture
and executed it with all the intelIi
gence and daring Of trained soldiers
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
LONDON MEAT PRICES SOAR
Frozen Beef Up "a Per Cent Since Last
Year-Frozen Mutton Fifty.

Great increases in the prices Of meat
are disclosed in the report of the super
intendent of the London central mar
ket. He says the supply of meats of
all kinds for July, 1915, at the market
totaled 29,702 tons as compared with
86.S33 tons in July, 1914.
The price of fresh beef increased 4S
per cent, while that of frozen beef in
creased a per cent. Fresh mutton in
creased Is per cent and frozen mutton
90 per cent.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
a Stormy Trip.

"Good gracious! How in the world
did you happen to get lOst?"
"Oh, after we had been on the road
about five hours we found that the
chauffeur was trying to find his way
with weather map."-Puck.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
Questions Ih0f 0 Good Citizen Should kIOV.

D. Have you read The Consti-
tuition of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government
Is thiso
r. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. 1t is the fundamental law of
Ills country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States?
r. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
of?
r. Senate and House of Rep
fesentatIveS.
d. Who Is the chief executive
of the United States?
r. President.
d. How long is the President
Of the United States elected?
H. + years.
ID. Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
r. The Vice President.
d. What is his name?
r. Thomas r. Marshall.
d. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elctod2 e
r. Ry the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
r. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many State in the un-
ion?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration
of independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
r. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
r. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
r. Harrisburg
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Cooo+o0
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
Movino Floor For Deaf Dancers.

Deaf dancers kept time to the music
et q San Francisco ball by feeling the
vibrations through the floor.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
Uncle Sans Forests.

Publicly owned forests Of the United
States contain more than one-ffth OF
the country's timber.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20

r. Two.
D. BY whom are they elected'
r. BY the people.
D. For how long?
Il. 6years.
D. How many representatives
are there? e..
r. 435, According to the pop
ulation one to every 21l,O00, ,the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
edo
r. , Years.
d. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania
r. IS.
D. Who is the chief executive
Of the state Of Pennsylvania?
r. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected9
Z. years.
D. WHO is the Governors
K. Brumbaugh.
D, Do you believe in organized
government?
r. Yes.
d. Are YOU opposed to organic
ed government
R. No.
d. Are you an anarchist?
r. No.
d. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be-
ieve in organized government.
d. Are you a bigamist or poll.
gamist?
r. No.
D. What is bigamist or poly
gan list?
R. One who believes in having
mOrt than one wife.
d. Do you belong to any secret
SOoitty who teaches to disbelieve
IL organized government?
r. No.
d. Have you ever violated any
L'ws of the United States?
r No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The board Of Aldermen.
d. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. 81
R. Yes.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-08-20
WEATHER EVERYWHERE.

Observations at United States
weather bureau taken at s pm.
Yesterday follow.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-07-09
To Whom it May Concern

Notice is hereby given that on Nov
ember 10th, 1914, L. E. Bauer, then of
Charles City, Iowa, purchased from R.
j. Woods, of Cresco, Iowa, the stock of
farm machinery, supplies, merchandise,
fixtures, and furnishings and business
then being conducted by said Woods in
the Heinicke building, in Cresco, Iowa,
and that on December LIST, 1914, Bauer
took possession eff said business and
stock.
That it was agreed between said
Bauer and Woods that until Mr.. Bauer
became better known to the people of
this vicinity, he might use the name
and style of Woods & Bauer, but that
Mr.. Woods himself had no interest in
the business; that thereafter the bust
ness was conducted by Mr.. Bauer but
that he used the name of Woods &
Bauer to some extent.
Notice is now given to the public that
such business is wholly owned and con-
Quoted by L. E. Bauer, now of Cresco,
Iowa, and that Mr.. r. j. Woods has no
interest in or connection with the same.
Dated Cresco, Iowa, June 29th, 1915.
r. ]. WOODS,
45-2 L. E. BAUER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-07-09
A CRESC0 INTERVIEW
Mrs. pecov Tells Her Experience.

Mrs. PEGGY Tells Her Experience.
The following brief account of an
interview with a Cresco woman five
years ago, and its sequel. will be read
with keen interest by every citizen.
Mrs. Mary PEGGY, Cresco, says: u
suffered for years from kidney trouble,
so severely that couldn't do any
thing. I tried a number of medicines.
but did not obtain much benefit. Some,
times my back was so painful that
could not stoop or stand erect.
was nervous and at night could not
sleep well on account Of the dull back.
ache. Mornings was so lame and
stiff that could hardly move. Ny
sight was affected and suffered in
tensely from headaches. Doan's Kid.
ney Pills, procured at the Shuttle
worth Drug Co., gave me great re.
lief and in a snort time freed me from
kidney trouble
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER, Mrs
PEGGY said: 81 have had occasional at
tacks of backache which readily yield
ed to Doan's Kidney Pills"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-ths same that
Mrs. PEGGY has twice recommended
Co.. Props, Buffalo.
N. Y.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-07-09
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Bids will be received by the City
Council of Cresco, Iowa, until
o'clock P. NJ, July r., 1915, for
building concrete foundation for the
water tank and tower to be erected
in Cresco, Iowa.
Bids should be sealed, marked
Tank Foundation" on outside of en-
velope and filed with NJ. ]. Near
thur, City Clerk.
Plans and specifications may be
obtained of J. H. Howe, Engineer.
Cresco, Iowa.
Each bidder will be required to in
close with his bid certified check
for eighty dollars ($S0.00) payable
to the City of Cresco as a guarantee
that he will enter into a contract
with the city within ten days, if the
work is awarded to him.
This check will be returned to bid
der when contract is entered into.
The contractor will be required to
furnish a bond satisfactory to the
city in the amount of one-half of the
contract price, to guarantee the faith
full performance of the work and as
protection against claims for un-
paid labor or mater:al.
The City of Cresco reserves the
right to reject any or all bids or to
waive any infOrmality in any bids.
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