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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
Wanted His Orders Direct.

A rather quaint yarn concerns
certain general officer who was so
misguided as to take his son with
him as aid The well-mearing young
man, delivering an order to an artil-
lery brigadicr, who was feeling bit
liverish that morning, unwisely said:
If you please, my father wants you
TO move your guns to SO and So
Very we'll. my boy" replied the bri-
gadier. Now run along and see what
your mother wants done!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
The Camel.

When man first saw the camel, he
was so frightened at his vast size that
he fled away. After a time, perceiv-
ing the meekness and gentleness OF
his temper, he sumEao ned courage
enough to approx CHI him. Soon after
wards, observing That he vas an an
imal altogether deficient in spirit, he
assumed such bclG"ess as to put a
bride in his mouth. and to set child
to drive him. Use serves to overcome
dread.-From Aesops Fables.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
At a StandStill,

Mr.. Henry Clay Pinckney, an Afro
American of deepest ebon hue, lay
very i'll. The mistress of the planta.
ton called to ascertain his condition.
How is your husband this morning,
Marinda ?" she asked. mis- Jane, dey
hain't no improvement one W y or de
yudder."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
CAPITAL OHenses.

You are opposed to capital pun
ishment?" Yes; even in its mildest
form. don't even approve the
writer's and speakers who begin every
other sentence with a capital L.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
INK Era;dIicator.s

Il Ink 4 Erad Gator.
"a very good way to remove ink
stains from cloth is to wash them
with boiled rice. Rub the rice on the
stains, as you may soap, and wash
with clear water. If the first applica-s
ton does not complete the cure repeat
the process. It usually works like
magic, even If stains are perfectly
dry. (
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
Well-kert Shops.

Keep thy shop and thy shop will
keep thee. Light gains make heavy
purses. TITS good to be merry and
wise.-George Chap man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

Alike In One Respect.
War and friendship admit OF 10 eI-
cuses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06
PaipabIY q Strain.

"PolitcEess costs some men such
an effort" said Uncle Eben. dat you
can't help wishin' dey'd settle back
an jes' act natural"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

Sharks Fear the Splash.
If man falls into the water and
splashes, a shark will wait until he
finishes splashing before trying to eat
him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

Optimistic Thought.
Things arc not to be estimated by
their number but by their importance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

III Years In Active PraetIce.)
Poor vision, also headaches, pho
taphobia (sensitive to light and
other ailments due to eye strain
promptly relieved.
Optical office at the Drug Store.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-10-06

Poor kine: Of Sympathy.
Sympathy that begins and ends in
lip service is Of little help to any of
US.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
GEN ERAL.

Four war-order plants in the United
States were damaged by explosions
and fires Sunday.
Organization of the International
Pavedway Association, which was
formed to promote an automobile
highway from the Mexican to the
Canadian border, was perfected al
Chicago.
Former President Theodore Roose
welt, at Oyster Bay, issued another
lengthy statement, in reply to Secre
tary Of War Garrison in the contro
versy brought about by Roosevelt's e
Plattsburg speech.
Former Gov. Alva Adams of Colo
RADIO, speaking at suffrage mass
meeting at Boston. characterized the
preamble to the federal constitution
as ''lie and a delusion," in those
states which have not granted woman
suffrage.
A majority of governors and former
state executives, delegates to the gov.
ernors' conference at Boston, at the
final session Of the conference agreed
that the United States is inadequate.
ly prepared to resist invasion by Q
hostile European force
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
FORTRESS NEAR GRoDNo FALLS
AS GERMAN ARMIES CON-
riNUE ADVANCE.
CzAR's HOPE IN STORMS
AUSTRo-GERMAN. .sMASH DooMS
RUSSIANS LAST STRONG
HOLD IN POLAND.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Sept. 1.-While reports
from the eastern war theatre, en-
bracing the region from Courland to
southeastern Galicia, indicate that the
Germans and Austrians are still
pressing the Russians hard in combat
or tenaciously following them in re-
treat, military observers here are hop
ing that the approaching equinoxia4
season will limit the further forward
movement of the Teutons and force
them to be content with the fruit of
their past successes as the winter sea-
son falls upon them.
Both Berlin and Vienna lay empha-
sis on the statement that Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg's forces along
the Dvina river in Courland have re-
newed their activities, which were
brought to a sudden halt recently with
the success OF the Russians in holding
Riga as a menace to Won linden
burg's rear.
In southwestern Russia, in the
Brest-Litovsk region, the Austrians
and Germans are chiefly concerned in
driving Grand Duke Nicholas armies
further into the Pripet marshes, evil
IDENTIFY with the purpose of repeating
the early score Of the Germans in the
Mazurian lake region of East Prussia
To the northwest, in the section ly-
ing only short distance to the east
Of the East Prussian frontier, Berlin
reports an advance of the Teutons
and the capture of the town of Lipsk,
lying just to the west of the fortress
Of Grodno, upon which the aims of the
Germans now are evidently centered.
Grodno is the last Of the great fort
resses in Poland held by the Russians.
Gen. Won Eichhorn has defeated the
Russians in battle east of the Me
men, northeast of the fortress Of Olita
recently taken by the Germans, cap
turing 1,600 prisoners and seven can
non, the German official statement
announces.
The defeat by Field Marshal Won
Mackensen's troops of the Russian
.orces which made stand south of
Kobrin while retreating in the marshy
districts east of Brest-Litovsk, is re-
ported.
Desperate fighting continues in the
0ardanelles in the vicinity of the
lpot where the British recently made
heir landing. The Turkish reports
claim the recapture by the Ottoman
Iorces of allied trenches with heavy
allied casualties.
Violent artillery fighting took place
1t many points in the Argonne district
rs a result of which the trenches of
The Germans were seriously damaged,
according to the French official re-
port.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
WASHINGTON.

The coast artillery force on duty at
the Panama canal will be increased at
once to full strength of twenty.eight
companies or about 1000 men.
Secretary Garrison telegraphed Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood, deprecating that
opportunity was given at the citizens
soldiery camp at Plattsburg, N. Y, for
Col Roosevelt's sensational speech
and directing nothing similar should
be permitted at any of the other
camps. Secretary Garrison referred
to Col. Roosevelt's remarks on the
military unpreparededness of the coun-
try and the attitude of the administra-
ito,
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT
- HOME ANc ABROAD.
FROM. ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, DO IN G 3, ACHIEVE
MENrs, sUFFERINes, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

Gen. CarranZa has moved from Vera
Cruz to Mexico City.
Mexicans raided an American cat
tie ranch near Columbus. New Mex.
Peace and end of worldwide war is
the real object of negotiations be-
tween Germany and the United
States.
The total number of Prussian
losses published up to Aug. "a
amounts to 1,740.s36 killed, wounded
and missing.
Wounded members of ! the former
garrison of the fortress of Ossowetz,
recently evacuated by the Russians,
who are in hospitals at Dvinsk, Rus
sia, declare that the German losses
before that fortress surpass imagina-
.tion.
A dispatch to the Central News from
.Petrograd says: 1.-The President of the
Duma has announced that the Ger
mans lost. the battleship Moltke, three
cruisers and seven torpedo boats in
the Riga battle
Teutonic pressure against the Rus
SLAMS in eastern Galicia has resulted
in the piercing of the Russian lines
across the "Zlota-Lipa river, it. was Of
:ficially announced by German army
headquarters. It was also announced
that the town of Narew, about twenty
miles southeast of, Bialystock, had
been occupied by the Germans.
Authentic reports were received by
county officers at Brownsville, Tex,
that forty-seven of the Mexican ban
dts, who participated in the attack on
the Norias ranch, sixty-five miles
north of Brownsville on Aug. have
been killed by American posses and
officers, and that the others of the
band; numbering probably fifteen, are
still at large.
The British steamer Palm Grove
has been sunk. Her crew was saved.
During the week ending Aug. rs nine
teen British merchant vessels, with
total tonnage Of 10000, and three
fishing vessels, were destroyed by
submarines or mines. The week was
one of the most successful German
underwater craft have had since the
commencement of the war. Fourteen
steamers were sunk by German sub
marines Aug. 10 and TO- The largest
. of them was the Arabic.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
Retort Courteous.

E. Pluribus Jones reached the sta
tion platform just as the 5:15 was
pulling out. A little burst of speed
before the admiring onlookers netted
him so feet IN overcoming the train 8
handicap but the best that his am.
pie carcass could do thereafter was
to run losing race. He quit at the
end of the freight yards and returned
"Miss your train, sir?" inquired the
porter cheerfully.
Jones flicked a speck Of dust from
his coatsleeve.
mo. my friend he said earnestly.
"oh, no. ] was just chasing It out
Of the yard. You oughtn't to allow
it around here. Don't you see the
tracks it left?"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
WESTERN.

John D. Long, former secretary of
the navy and former governor of Mas
;sachusetts, died at his home ct
Higham, Mass.
Miss Maria Murdock, daughter of
former congressman and Mrs. Victor
Murdock, was married at Wichita,
Kan, to Lieut.. Harvey Delano, U.S.N.
The movement begun in tentative
way last spring to form a reserve
corps Of engineers to be available in
case of war has assumed definite
form, according to an announcement
made in Chicago by Bion j. Arnold.
Religion was proclaimed an essen
tial in mans life and in his relations
to the state, in an address delivered
at San Francisco before the National
Unitarian conference by William How
ard Taft, president Of the conference
and former President of the United
States.
Mrs. Pershing, wife of Brig. Gen.
]. J.. Pershing, and three children
were burned to death at their home
at the Presidio at San Francisco. War
rem, her 5-year-old boy, was rescued.
The dead children are Helen, 8: Ann,
Z, and Margaret, 6. Mrs. Pershing is
the daughter Of Senator Warren of
: Wyoming.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
FOREIGN.

At Ayezzano, Italy, several earth
quake shocks were felt Sunday
A cotton importation company with
capital of sl.OOO,OOO has been found
ed in Bremen.
Japans decision to assist Russia by
increasing her output of war muni
tions has been communicated Off
cially to Petrograd.
Seventy-one Frenchmen who have
been killed in battle were designated
by the French academy as recipients
for prizes and for literature
A rumor is current in Athens that
Turkey has threatened to sign q
separate peace with the allies unless
Germany declares war on Italy.
The minister of interior, DIR. Silva.
announced at Lisbon in the national
council that a monarchical movement
had broken out in northern Portu-
gal
Owing to- few cases of cholera
along the rivers Oder and Spree, the
Berlin prefect of police has issued a
warning to the populace against using
unboiled water from these rivers.
Mrs. Edith Spreckels, who was
granted in San Francisco a final de-
cree of divorce from John d.
Spreckels, Jr., of that city, was mar
ried at Honolulu, T. H., to Frank w.
Wakefield, also of San Francisco
Dr. WI Ting Fang, well known in
America as the former Chinese min
lister to Washington, has just cele-
brated his 74th birthday at Peking,
and boasts. that vegetarian diet keeps
him in such splendid condition that he
expects to live $50 to 200 years.
One of the passengers on board the
White Star liner Arabic, which was
sunk by German submarine, was
Kenneth Douglas, well known Eng.
lish actor. Mr.. Douglas was on the
Lusitania when she was sent to the
bottom. His good luck followed him
He is among the survivors.
Reports are arriving in Japan that
parties of American tourists are being
made up to visit Japan in November
and attend the coronation of the EN-.
peror. Japan has many attractions ir
November, when the naples are red.
but Americans should be warned that
seeing the coronation will not be one
Of them.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
Frost Damages Vegetable Crop.

Waterloo, la.-Heavy frosts, in
some instances taking the form of ice
were reported in this section Sunday
night. The government thermometer
here registered "a above. All tender
vegetation, including melons, late po
tatoes and some sweet corn, is said to
have been damaged. Field corn prob
ably escaped serious damage in this
county, but reports from the northern
Iowa counties were that this cereal
suffered more serious damage.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
SPORT.

Six thousand persons ate lamb un.
til they could eat no more, and en-.
joyed program of racing at Pros.
pect park at Fort Collins.
George Williams, 25 years an aero
naut, was killed at Fort Worth, Tex,
when he jumped out of his parachute
to escape falling in forest. His neck
was broken.
The Los Angeles team, with score
of 1924 in possible $500, won the
1nter-Club Military Rifle Shoot in
July, according to an announcement
by the National Rifle Association at
Washington.
Little Prince, 7-year-old bay horse
owned by j. C. Brubaker of Maquon,
ILL.,, set new record for Nutwood
park at Dubuque, Ia, by winning the
2:07 pace. He made the second heat
of the race in 2:05K.
On Labor Day, at Juarez, Mex, in
the old bull ring, Battling Nelson, for.
mer lightweight champion of the
world, will celebrate his nineteenth
ring anniversary, by fighting Bobby
Waugh, the Texas lightweight, TWEEN
ty rounds.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal Of the
Ravisloe Country Club, Chicago won
the women's Western golf champion
ship in the finals at the Midlothian
Club links, defeating Mrs. Harry D.
Hammond, Highland Club, Indian
apolis, 4 up and to play.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
offered an Appropriate Hvmr

Offered an Appropriate Hymn.
special preacher, about to ascend
the pulpit in country church. was
asked if he would like any special
hymn to be sung to agree with his
sermon.
No, no." he replied "as a matter
going to say until l am in the pull
pit"
"Oh, well, in that case" said the
vicar, I'VE had better have the hymn
For Those at Sea-"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
Fianee! Stop, Think.

Lest it be blamed by the unhappily
married for leading them to the altar
Judge has issued a series of straight
tips to bridegrooms." Here they are:
The married gentleman Of correct
department places his Nose to the
Grindstone at an Early Date. II he
tries to watch the effect of the grind
stone on his nose all he gets out OF
1t is Eye Strain.
Any man can be husband, but It
takes an Artist to get by.
Don't flatter your vanity; it is going
to die, anyway.
Steal anything you can get; you are
entitled to it now.
A word in time will elicit eighty
thousand of them.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
COUSIN OF WILSON KILLED.
Mexican Bandits Shoot Former Den
yer Man After Dynamitins Train.

Mexican BdndtS ohoot FORMER Oen
YER Man After Dynamitins Train.
Denver.-Edward F. Welles, a for.
mer Denver man, according to the of
ficial dispatches from Vera Cruz to
Washington, was killed by bandits in
the interior of Mexico. Mr.. Welles
was travelling on train which was
blown up by bandits, who then shot
and killed many Of the passengers
Welles being one of the victims. Mr.
Welles was employed in the position
of auditor by the Tobasco Plantation
Company.
He was for many years a resident
of Denver, and was cousin by mar
riage of President Wilson His di
vorced wife, who is sister of Thomas
R. Woodrow, with two children lives
in Denver.
He was largely interested in Grip.
pie Creek and Clear Creek mining for
a number of years.
Corpus Christi, Tex.-Two Mexican
bandits were shot to death near Kath.
ryn, Tex. They had been arrested by
a posse and were trying to escape.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

Nearly every man you meet is con-
ceited enough to think he isn't.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

Whom the gods would destroy they
first induce to marry foolishly.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
No Profan1t

No Profanity.
What did he say about the arti-
hcial lake in the garden?"
Said it wasn't worth dam"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

Always.
mo man could approve Of the re-
call as applied to himself"
"Oh, yes; an actor would"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03
BuruIar Proof.

IF you say this service is solid sill
yer, suppose Ill have to take your
word for it," said the man who was
selecting wedding gift, but it GER
tainly doesn't look it."
That's just the beauty Of it, re.
piled the salesman You can leave
that silver service right out in plain
sight on your sideboard, and burglars
will never touch it,"
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

While the little dog is barking the
big one absconds with the bone.
The Holly chieftain., 1915-09-03

The dollar mark is a sign of wealth.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-11-19
Mahan Wasn't Athletic Coach
At ROxbury Tutoring School

other members OF the football team.
Fred w. Moore. graduate treasurer OF
the Harvard A. A., made the following
statement last night:
"Mahan was employed as q coun-
sellor at the Harvard Roxbury Tu-
toring School in New London, q
school which was backed and owned
by q Yale man. The nature Of the
employment was not that Of athletic
coach In any sense of the word. 1t
was the same kind OF a Job as Capt.
Wilson Of the Yale team had ut the
Yale Roxbury Tutoring School, also
at New London. In neither case can
there be the slightest question OF pay
ment for athletic services. As a mat
ter or fact, Mahan has never received
"a cent for his work there, though he
was promised payment. do even paid
his own expenses TO and from New
London"
Mahan when pressed for a state
ment, said:
Il hear OF SLY, petty digs at my
amateur standing, II any person be-
lieves he has any reason to think !
am not what | claim to be, let him
come out like a man and make "a
mans statement and not take labs at
my reputation by innuendo or behind
my back.
Il will captain the Harvard team
against Yale. Enough said"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-11-19

mons rushed, Jeffries jabbed him on
the jaw again. lifted him from his
feet, and dropped him fiat on his
back. Fitz got up and tried TO land
a terrific body swing, and again JEFF
fries knocked him down with the
left. The blows looked like knockouts,
but up came Fitz again. rushing as
furiously as ever, but for the first
time going into a clinch to avoid the
giants blows. The end OF the tenth
found Fitzsimmons looking a beaten
man.
Yet out he came for the eleventh
fresh and smiling, no trace OF blood
on him. as confident as II Just be-
ginning to fight. He rushed In and
swung on Jeff's jaw, and big Jeff
stopped him as II he'd run into
wall. His legs trembling, Fitzsim-
mons rushed in again. Another fierce
drive into the body met him. He
reeled-rushed again. Jerfriess stiffly
extended left caught him on the
mouth and knocked him fiat. Ref
cree Siler stepped over the PROSTATE
champion 10 keep Jeffries away, but
Jeffries was already stepping back,
waiting quietly.
Fitzsimmons got up. His blue eyes
we're glazed, MS legs shaking, but he
was still every inch a champion. He
moved In. tho left that had won him
the championship poised for one des
perate last effort to defend II. AnC
Jetfries staggered him with a straight
left, then whipped over the right
Fitzsimmons fell nat on his face. In,
stinctively struggling, he rolled owe
on his back, and there the last coun
found him.
! Young Jim Jeffries was Champion
Of the World
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1915-11-19

, Within year were held at the solicita-
ton OF the head OF the National League.
John X. Tener denies this in the follow
ing statement:
Il do not know whether or not Mr..
Powers was correctly quoted. but l will
state that ] never talked with him
privately or publicly regarding an ad-
)ustment OF the baseball conditions"
William II. Page. for three years Pres
ident OF the New York A. c.. will not
accept a denomination. The candidates
for office must be posted by the nomi-
mating committee by next Tuesday. Mr..
Page says that the demands OF his law
practice and family compel him to refuse
denomination.
The Irish American Athletic Club yes
terday announced that entries for their
indoor games at Madison Square Gar
den on Nov. 81 will close on Saturday.
Among the entries already received are
Ted Meredith OF Philadelphia, Leroy
Campbell OF Chicago. Joe Higgins. Dave
Caldwell. Tom Halpin. Billy Leanix and
Bill Barron OF Boston: Hannes Koleh-
malnen. Pat Ryan, Matt McGrath. Pat
Mcdonald. Jack Eller Pat Flynn, Ar
thur Fogel, Eddie REM and Frank Ste
Dhenson.