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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
BOMB IS FOUND
 ON SHIP TAKEN
 BY PORTUGUESE

Lisbon, Feb. 26.-The Portuguese premier stated in the chamber of dep uties today that attempts had been made to damage seven Of the Teutonic ships requistioned by the governTn ent and that an explosive had Been found on the steamship BueIew Of the North German Lloyd company
 The premier added that he consid- cred it in the best interests or Portu- gal that the existing treaty with Ger many be allowed to lapse and sald that the Portuguese government was prepared for all eVentuaht7es rnaE might arise from the exercise by For tugal of her rights.
 Dr. AIfonsof Costa the premier, ln answer to a asquestionS by Deputy Cam acho regarding the employment to which the reouisitioned German and Austrian vessels would be put, said that the governments aetton In re- duisitioning them had been prompted by the necessities of the nations eco homie situation. The req1isitton, he said. had &been carried out siInulta- neously in order to forestasll as far as was possible attempts at wiIfHn dam age of the ships which there was req been found in the boilers of the steam shin BueIow which would have caused an explosion when the vessel moved. An explosion was prevented. but tho
 machinery was damaged.
 These acts, he declared, were of lenses punishable by the Portuguese courts.
 Dr. Costa further said that he con- sidered it was in the best interests of the country that the existing treaty with Germany should be 5dencunced and allowed to lapse on June 5. 1917. In conclusion, he said:
 ''WA are prepared for all eventuall- ties that may arise from our exercis- ibe- our rights"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
MOVIES MAY BE USED IN SCHOOLS
 IS FRENCH PLAN
Present Subject More Vivid ly Than Teacher Can,
 Claim of Exponents

Paris, Feb. 26.-The motion pie ture as factor in public education has been the subject of inquiry by a par Hamentary commission, which has just published a, report recommending the official adoption of picture in struction by all government schools and colleges.
 Military hospitals have been using moving films for the physical re-edu- cation of disabled war victims, and ohe primary school in Paris has in troduced cinematograph projections in its curriculum. In both cases the results have been most encouraging.
 The report explains the application of film education in it's general out lines. In primary schools, for ex- ample, spelling, writing, arithmetic, geography, and especially history can be illustrated on the screen with greater vividness than by the teacher, whereas in more advanced schools the study of foreign languages can be profitalbIy supplemented by views of the countries where these tongues are spoken, their customs and institu- tions. In high schools the cinemato- graph would play an even more inn portant role, especially in the study of science, chemistry, botany, biology, mechanics, etc., particularly in their comparative aspects, lend themselves more than any other study to film illustration, particularly as it is pos sib1e to stop the film at any moment so as to emphasize or reiterate some point. Public lectures and. patriotic instruction are also, as has been re- peatedly proved, greatly aided by the cinematograph. The commission is of opinion that the Ministry of Public Instruction should either create a spe- cial source of production for these films, or, with the help of editors of cinematograph films, establish a rep ertory of already existing films which could be utilizetd for educational pur- poses and give orders for creating new ones to suit the needs of schools and colleges. The widespread continu- ous demand for such films would ann ply repay the cost of production.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
BUFFALO BILLS
 BIRTHDAY

If the twenty-sixth day of NFebru- ary doesn't eventually become a na-
 tionaI holiday in the United States, it will be because the red-blooded youth of the land have nothing to do with fixing such festivals. For this is the
 birthday of Buffalo Bill.'' immortal hero of youth William Frederick Cody, to give him his real name, was
 born hree-score-and-ten years ago to-day, Feb. a26, 1846, in Scott conn- ty. Iowa, near Davenport. His fath-
 CT was a man of adventurous bent,
 and was slain in the Kansas t.border war; Young Bill inherited the same qualities and at the tender age of
 profession of pony express rider. He was only fifteen when he enlisted as l scout and guide with the Seventh
 Kansas Cavalry A little later he con- tracted to furnish the Kansas Pacific
 railway with all the buffalo meat re-
 the construction gangs, and within a, period of eighteen months young Co., dy killed 4.2sO buffaIoes. By this feat as a Nimrod he won the sobri- Quet of Buffalo Bill" / We are now accustomed to sheer at the juvenile heroes of the Beadle dime novel days, and to dismiss as too great a strain upon credulity the idea that boys in their teens could possibly perform such feats of Va1or
 
 fa1o Bill was little more than a child when he began his adventurous ca reer, and that he was barely twenty eight when he earned the nickname of blessed memory. Nor was Cody to be viewed in the light of an infant prodigy. While his career was more glorified than that of other pioneer boys, thousands of youngsters of that
 period engaged in duties quite as haz- ardous. The tenderly nurtured city T7 Of <a1xr
 rate the dangers and privations en-
 dured by the pioneer lads in the era when the west was really wild and woody and largely inhabited by In-
 dians who would rather lift a pale
 face scalp than sit down to a ban-
 quet of roast dog.
 Colonel Cody earned his fame as a
 buffalo killer in the days when mill
 lions of the animals roamed over the west. He lived to see the once mighty herds shrink to thousands and then
 to hundreds, until to-day there are probably not a dozen left in a state
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
THE NEW HAVEN SUBSIDIARIES

9WN NEW HAVEN Company at the time when the of it's began to be publicly
 
 requirement oer propertes These vast had been steamboat most of which property employed for the public But most of these subsidiaries had been tremendously capitalized acquired by the New Haven at their waered and not at their real value
 thus happened that these $2oooOooo0 securities added capital realized scarcely than per cent upon the company annual charge of it's and enough more to hundreds securities issued acquire subsidiaries well the deficits of subsidiaries. II
 AS parasite organizations government separation of them The state of sachusets through Public Utilities Commission that the be dveged of most of it's other sub diaries t. policy both relieves the Haven it's subsidiaries. greater in future for this reason In nearly the subsidiary taking income from the public day. probably distant day all of these organiza will brought within the law, and the water them squeezed out
 Haven owned them, their sustaining power the to the New Haven would be eorrespondngly
 There is another angle After the New Haven has divested the purchase price of the goods there
 hundred millions of securities issued and after the subsidiaries cut off, represented As long as these securities existence transportation will be required not only cost of railroad service, but the the water the hundred millions left without value when the subsidiaries stripped away
 temper the times is apparent Those who through would permit railroads to continue in the unearned income growing less number that the law should control railroads well as others are increasing determination and power
 later probably the New Haven and corporation will be held to the rule that is entitled only fair prop erty actually used for the public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
Professors Attack the Aristocracy Among
 Students of Britain,

London, Feb. 26-While other ed ucational reformers are striving to displace Latin, Greek and the old non Investigating methods of study with science and modern languages, Alex ander' Devine, headmaster of C1ayes- more School, Winchester, has come out with an attack on class distino- tons in school life.
 The English elementary and pre- paratory boarding schools, known here as public schools, are the main prop of the aristocratic system. It is necessary that the students of these instituti ons belong to the gentry, while the free schools are left for the sons of tradesmen and laborers. But it is the public schools that give the Englishman of the better class the manner that is his special distinction. To come from a public school almost settles the young Englishman's stas tus in society. Positions in official f1ife and the dignified branches of commercial lifeI above the meniaI, are largely limited to public school men. Tn the present war, a regiment of public school men was organized, so as to gather together those Of good class. socially. The name counts much as membership in college fraternity does in the United States, with the exception that it carries weight among all classes of people in Eng land.
 Professor Devine said he viewed with deep concern the widening of the gulf between class and class, which was becoming peculiar to. Eng land above all the nations of the world, and showed itself strongest in the matter of education.
 The upper, or so-calIed governing classes" he declared, "hold strongily to their own institutions of prepara- tory and public school. and aristoc- racys shields itself under an attitude of superiority of blood, breeding and tradition.
 Now men and women of all class es are working together with one sympathy and one airn-the dead ly- ing side by side. cooks son and dukes son treading the Valley of the Shad- ow together. Never again will men and women be quite as they have been in the past. We shall be a lost nation indeed if after this we are not a very different nation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
MORE STEAMERS TAKEN
 BY PORTUGAL IS REPORT

Paris. Feb. 26-A Lisbon despatch h to the Paris Temps says that the re- qlisitiontng of German and Austrian ships has been extended to all those lying in the ports of Portugal and her colonies. There are S7 at Lis bon. and 3 3 in the other harbors. The Secolo, of Lisbon, says that 1T tne German government wishes to see in PortugaPs. action a Tacit denuncia- tion of the treaties existing between Germany and Portugal no one in For tugaI will object as the. maintenance of those treaties is no longer possi- ble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26

of freedom. Young Cody was the Beau Brummel of the frontier-a reg ular Diamond Dick in dress and de- portment-and although he wore his hair long and affected the regulation attire of the frontiersman, he also had an air which set him apart from his fellows and eventually gave him a distinction far beyond them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26

to degree of scrutiny What great man like Ehu Root Elihu the does the past disclose who resembles Ehu Root? His likeness must be sought the notorious of the past
 Only the future remains If there is like Ehu it is for the future disclose him. It would be interest ing to know what world that will be which ideal greatness. will surely unpleasant live in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26

The two Updike brothers, of Chi cago, accused of murdering their parents in the hope of getting a large fortune, will not be prosecuted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
AMERICAN NURSES co TO FRONT

London. Feb. 2s--Thirty-three American nurses, most of them from Mercy hospital. Chicago, left London today for the British front They have been detailed to service for six months in field hospitals. The nurses had been in London for nearly two weeks, gathering their equipment,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26
WHERE'S oNEiLIKE ELIHU?

wK HERE DOES from, prevalent some WV circles that Elihu Rootis great man. The future is The present, but partly known The past is subject
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26

Carrying 355 passengers, the Araeri- can liner Finland sailed from New York for Liverpool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-26

Gasoline and naptha prices were ad- vanced cent 8 gallon by the Aelanttc Refining Go.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09

CHARLESTON. W. Va. Nov S.-
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
HUGHES' MAJORITY
 DROPS IN INDIANA
(By Review Leased Wire ]

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. S.-Although Hughes was leading by more than 5000 with only 3S2 of the 3,143 pre- cincts in the state unaccounted for, the Democratic state headquarters to- night refused to concede victory to 9he Repnh jean dandidates in the state The Republican candidate for. goyer- nor and senator with a'. smaller num- Ser of precincts reprssented showed larger Pluralities than. did the presi- dential candidate,
 According to unofficial report Hughes has been in the lead in India ma ever since the tabulation of the 'vote started. but his lead. ranging around 15,OO0 early last night. has dwindled to a little more than 5000.
 Leaders of both parties in all parts of the country, especially in the west were in constant touch by telegraph and telephone with headquarters in this city They sought information imparted such news as they had and were given instructions if any were required.
 b Apparently the rank and file of Will son adherents who had no opportunity to contribute last night make up for tonight what they had missed. A crowd of such proportions that it blocked traffic for blocks in Forty Second street gathered in front of Democratic headquarters. Two bands joined forces in playing "The Star Spangled Banner" and all kinds of noise-making implements were used in New York. The crowd announced it's intention of parading all over the city.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
CALIFORNIA SCENERY is BIG FEATURE FILM
Beautiful Spots in Golden State Will Be Thrown on Screen at
 the Royal Today.

California through the windshield of an Oldsmobile," a scenic feature, will be shown this afternoon and evening at the Royal theatre. The picture shows all the best camping and outing places to be found between Tioga Pass and. the Mojave Desert and shows the "Olds Scout" covering 2000 miles of California.
 A great deal of interest has been aroused by the various out of the way places shown in this picture, where there is good fishing, hunting and splendid places to camp. Especially is the latter phase of the picture in teresting In the day of the finely equipped and modern automobile H is hardly any trick at all to cover this much ground, but as general thing the average person does not know how to properly camp out.
 R. c. Paulson went through this picture with owen Bird, with a camp ing outfit, that was complete in every detail, that weighed 195 pounds.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09

With less than 800 precincts missing out of the 1.713 in West Virginia at II o'clock tonight. Mr Hughes was leading President Wilson by but 1867 The vote is Huches. 1o-.74e. Wilson 10S.773. This lead. however. was maintained steadily throl-hout she late afternoon and during the night Earlier in the day ,he re- turns had shown a swing from Hughes in the ballotins until his lead Nss but a few hundred over the President Re turns that began to come in the Iate afternoon. however. swuus the diner ence in the vote back 10 ,ha neislbor hood Of the 2.O00 mark. wh re it had been since last night
 There were 1.235 precincts heard from in the presidential ace. those outstanding being in the remote and sparsely settled mountainous counties. At this hour 2f Of the 55 counties were. complete.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
WILSON LOSING.

The returns from North Dakota were in doubt at 10 o'clock tonight. Presi- dent Wilson had taken the lead in California and continued to lead in Minnesota though his advantage was decreased precipitately from more than 12.OOO to 1000 votes with 800 pre- cincts missing.
 This still leaves the result in doubt. Without these three states President Wilson would have 251 votes and with them he would have PSI.
 Without these Charles F.. Hughes would have 242 votes and with them he would have PIP. These figures pre- sume there would be no other changes in the states as previously accredited.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09

Iris is the exact size and shape of the OWL, the Million Dollar Cigar, that sells for Sc.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09

eration. The town is situated entire ly on the side of the mountains and by looking off down through the Verde Valley view equal to many of those obtained in the Grand Can yon of Arizona may be had, which must admit made a very marked i'm pression on the writer and won Je- rome a big place in my heart. Je- rome has already made name for itself on the map of the United States but with the newly discovered miner al deposits in its district, it is bound to become internationally famous. more power to it's welfare and sue cess.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09

An army of 175,000 loyal men, well equipped, provisioned and clothed, is now under command of Gen. Carran- ga, and satisfactory progress is being made toward restoration of peace in Mexico, according ro Andres s. Garcia, inspector general of consulates for the de facto government, who arrived in New York a few days ago.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
HEAL WINS AT BILLIARDS

TOLEDO, O.. Nov. s.-By defeating Hugh Heal here tonight George Moore of New York regained his title of three cushion billiard champion. The final score of the Moore-Heal match was 15O to 125.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
WEST VIRGINIA IS
 LIKELY FOR HUGHES
(9y Review Leased Wire)

CHARLESTON. w Va. Nov S.- MT Hughes lead over President VII son in West Virginia was suddenly in- creased by 1.53S votes just before mid night by the returns from Mcdowell county, one of the southern counties of the state. This made his total plu- rahty over Mr. Wilson 3.059. the great est since the count of the vote began The y0te is:
 Hughes, 110,611; Wilson. 107106 from 1,276 precincts out of the ITS.
 CHARLESTON, W. Va, Nov S. Returns from 1,276 precincts out of 1,713 in West Virginia give Hughes 110,611: Wilson. 1O7.1O6.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-09
OREGON FOR HUGHES
(By Review Leased Wire ]

PORTLAND. Ore, Nov. S.-Incom- plete scattered returns from all sec tions of Oregon but the sparsely set tied counties give Hughes 104142; Wilson 94,919
 Eight hundred and ninety incom- plete Oregon precincts out of 1880 gave Hughes 74,S57: Wilson. 7O.925.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
DEMOCRATIC PROMISES
TO FARMERS FULFILLED
Benefits Under Wilson Set Forth In
Official Pamphlet.

Benefits Under Wilson Set Forth In
Official Pamphlet.
The Democratic platform OF 1912
made this promise to the farmers Of
America:
"Of equal importance with the
question Of currency reform Is the
question of rural credits or agri-
cultural finance. Therefore we rec
ommend that an investigation OF
agricultural credit societies in for
eign countries be made, so that 1t
may be ascertained whether q sys-
TEN Of rural credits may be de-
vised suitable to conditions In the
United States; and We also favor
legislation permitting national banks
to loan o reasonable proportion Of
their funds on real estate security.
1--WE recognize the value Of vo-
cational education, and urge Federal
appropriations for such training and
extension teaching In agriculture In
cooperation with the several states"
These pledges, with many other
services to the farmer, have been COM
pletely fulfilled in the legislation Of
the present Administration. The rec
ord of Democratic Performance Is Of
Tered In comparison with the Repub-
llcan record Of broken promises to the
farmer. in an attractive pamphlet is
sued by the Democratic National Com
mittee. Copies have been furnished
10 every Democratic State Commit
zee for free distribution.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
HONEY CREEK.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Barr Of Edge
wood spent Tuesday afternoon at the
Frank Schmock home.
Mrs Earl Anderson entertained rel
atives last week.
James Hayes Of Strawberry Point
was caller in our vicinity Friday.
George Barr of Manchester was
out visiting his farm home north OF
Thorpe Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. John Knight returned home
from Sioux City Neb, from q visit
with relatives.
A. r. Carrier and family of the
Point spent Sunday at the Fred Car
rier home.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ]. Fitzpatrick were
Dubuque callers one day last week.
Miss Myrtle Grapes attended the
teachers meeting at West Union.
Silo filling is the order of the day.
Mrs. James Barr visited at the
parental Martin home in Edgewood
Tuesday.
Henry Hildyard Homewood was
born October 20, 1864 at Cherry VAL
ley. Winnebago County. Illinois. in
his infancy his fathers family moved
to Iowa, He was educated in the
public schools Of this county. On Dec.
4. 1889 he was united in marriage to
Miss Minnie Orpha Earle To this un-
ion five children were born. On Satur-
day evening. September 16. he passed
away at his home near Strawberry
Point. Mr.. Homewood was a highly
respected citizen interested in all
things right and always ready to do
his part. Was member Of the M.
p. church. Besides HIS wife and chill
dren he leaves a host Of friends and
relatives to mourn his loss. Our sym
pafhy is extended the bereaved ones.
Frank Schmock and wife were bust
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
"WATCHFUL WAITING" HAS
SAVED A NATIONS LIFE
Mexican ENJOYS Tribute TO- President
Wilson's Policy.

Convincing testimony to the wisdom
and justice of President Wilson'S
Mexican policy Is brought from Mex
leo itself by Luis Cabrera, one Of
MeXicos commissioners ut the joint
Mexican-Amerlcan Conference now in
session at New London, Conn.
II do not care to discuss political
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
Couldn't Take Any Chances

'What are you doing with the lady's
slipper in your pocket? Looking for q
CinderellaY "Naw; my wife wanted
some stockings to match. couldn't
cut section out Of the slipper, so ]
had to bring the pesky thing along"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27

or International questions Of any
Kind" said Senior Cabrera in O recent
interview, but I will say that In off,
cial circles of Mexico President Will
son Is looked upon as one Of the great
est men the United States ever has
mad as a leader. He Is calm and con-
siderate, and his much abused
watchful waiting policy has probably
saved the life of my nation and pre-
vented your country from entering
nto a needless struggle"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
Injunction stops Drainage otteA.

Logan.--Drainage projects on the
Harrison drainage district have been
tied up by Injunction. TheEe were sew.
eral projects contemplated by promot.
ers, but the injunction comes from
the land owners who prefer to stand
the loss by foods now and then rath-
or than to expend large sums far In
excess Of the original cost Of the biz
ditch and the impGnSonAnts q ~
Little Sioux y1vUk
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
FOR SERVICES RENDERED
NOT PROMISES DRok4N

n do not doubt that tho people
; Of the United States Will wish
the Democratic party to con-
tInue In control Of the osverr-
n,ent They are not In the habit
Of rejecting these who ha~s 40
tuaily served them for thses ~hs
are making doubtful and eenJ 90
tural promises Of service. Least
Of all are they likely 70 svbstl-
tute those Who prsmissd to
render them particular ssFvIoss
and proved false to that promise
for those who have actually rem.
dered those very ssrvleea-
From President Wilson's Speech
Of Acceptance.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-09-27
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
City Mgr.'s Onice. Manchester. Ia.
Cant 18th 1915

Council met in regular session.
Present, Mayor Richardson. councilmen
present, Davis. Dorman and Williams;
absent, Cowles and Hockaday. MIN
utes Of previous meeting read ana
approved. Moved and seconded thet
crossings be built on Tama street AT
Howard and Marion streets. carried:
Moved and seconded that water ana
sewer committee construct sewer on
Clara avenue and Madison streets, car
RED Moved and seconded that CITY
treasurer's report and city manager
renort for August be approved. carried.
Moved and seconded that the following