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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
WHEN A NATION is BANKRUPT.
From New York WORLDLY

1t was President Haverstein OF
the Imperial Bank of Germany who
said year ago that when a nations
debt has become so great that the in.
terest charge equals or more than
equals the excess of production over
consumption, that nation has become
bankrupt. He further stated. while
protesting that it could never come to
pass that when Germanys debt reach
ed 100000, 100000 marks it would be
on the verge of bankruptcy with q
yearly interest charge of 100000, 900
marks.
The British Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer now says that the German
Reichstag has voted war credits of
s4,7OO,O00, 900, or s4,OOO,OOO,O 900 marks,
exclusive of loans to allies. These
credits have practically all been real
lied through funded and floating OBJ
legations, while the pre-war debt of
the empire was 5,OOO,O00,OOO marks
Herr Haverstein's verge of bankruptcy
is thus within a billion marks of the
fact.
What an autocracy, gripping a whole
people and all their work with an
iron hand, can do in overriding all
such considerations is beyond calcu-
lation. But Germany is now virtual
ly bankrupt and faces reputation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
|=aE2R' s s,. t5SS&E
\ FINANCE
N "a
DEMOCRATS WIN EASY VICTORY
IN NEW YORK CITY.

BY getting squarely behind Presi-
dent Wilson, Judge Hylan, the Demo
cratic nominee for mayor of New York
city, won the mayoralty race by an ov-
erwhelming plurality. He carried with
him the entire Democratic ticket.
Mayor John P. Mitchell, who sought
reelection as a fusion candidate, al
though not formally nominated by any
party, was poor second in the race.
His vote in 1,615 districts out of g.
06S in the city was 1855, compared
with 229,9S6 for Hylan.
Morris Hilquit, the Socialist can
didate, about whom rallied most of
the radical elements in the city and
all those who favor an immediate ne
gotiated peace, stood third, with 104,-
OTIS, and William M. Bennett, who un-
expectedly won the republican pri-
mary nomination from Mayor Mitchell,
was fourth with 1929.
Judge Hylan's first act after being
assured of his election, was to make
this statement:
81 want to make it plain to the
whole world that there was no is
sue of Americanism or loyalty in
voIved, so far as I am concerned.
my first utterance in this cam
paign in response to a question put
by a reporter was that I stood I'M
compromisingly behind the president
in support of the acts and policies of
my country, and that the war must
be fought to a conclusion which
would bring an honorable peace to
America"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
SWEET HAS FAILED.
From the Waterloo Times-Tribune.)


When nearly 100 republicans Of
standing in the party representing
few counties in the eastern part of
the district meet to consider the dis
trict's representation in congress and
when every one of them agrees that
the distict has not had the patriotic
representation that it should have had
land when this meeting follows a
meeting had in the northern end of
the district some weeks ago, it es-
tablishes pretty we'll that Congress
man Sweet has failed to represent the
sentiment of his district in congress.
OF the men gathered at the Independ-
ence meeting last week there was not
one voice raised for Sweet. No one said
that Sweet should be called in; no one
suggested that he should be given op-
portunity to explain his attitude. All
spoke in a way that left no quarter
for him. 1t is long time to the pri-
mary election next June which augurs
that the republicans of the district
are anxious to place man in con-
gress who will uphold his country in
the war and fairly represent the senti-
ment of the district.
The sense of the gathering was that
it is not time for politics but time
for patriotism; not time for the
politicians, but time for the states
man; not time for compromise with
the enemy at home or abroad, but a
ing him.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
IOWA TO HONOR SOLDIER
Citizens to Erect Shaft In Memory Of
Dewey Kern, Who Was Captured
by Germans.

Omaha, Neb, Nov. 7.-Citizens Of
Collins, Ia, and of Glidden, Ia, are
talking of erecting monuments to
Dewey Kern, first Iowan taken prison
err by Germans, and Morel D. Hay,
first Iowan killed In action in the
American army abroad. Kern lived
at Collins, a., and Hay lived at Gid
den. Memorial services for Hay were
held in Glidden last night.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
VILLA. KILLS 125 ON TRAIN
Bandits Dynamite Engine and Two
Cars and Escape With 100000
Owned by American Firm.

Juarez, Mex Nov. with blood
stained floors, shattered windows and
coaches crowded with frightened Mex
lean men, women and children who
were shivering half naked in the bullet
broken seats, the Mexican Central pas
senger train, which was attacked by
Villa followers at Armanderiz station
Sunday, arrived here. One hundred
and twenty-five soldiers and passen-
gers on the train were killed. The To-
connective and two cars of the train
we're completely wrecked by dynamite.
Sixty train guards from the federal
garrison at Torreon were either killed
during the attack or executed soon
after.
The messenger for large Ameri-
can company in Mexico is missing
with the 100000 worth Of silver bull
lion which he was bringing to the Dor
der.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
MORE STAMP TAXES TO BECOME
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST.

On the first of next month stamp
taxes will become effective on legal
instruments. time financial paper, cor
porate stock issues and parcel post
packages on which the postage
amounts to rs cents or more. This
new tax is not applicable to parcels
on which the postage amounts to less
than Is cents, nor does it apply to Or
binary bank checks
The country became familiar with
many of these taxes during the Span
ish-American war. q,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07

TeIIIno Fortunes by Candles.

To tell fortunes by candles: Name
q pair of bayberry candles, one for
the man and one for the girl. Light
them and If they burn evenly and
smoothly the pair will wed and live
happily ever afterward. But if one
sputters and smokes and goes out you
may be sure there will be many vexa-
lions In their course Of true love. II
one candle burns more quickly than
the other 1t augers i'll for the match.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
STRIKERS GO BACK TO WORK
Men Of the Fore River (Mass.) Ship
building Plant Agree to Arbltrate
Differences With Company

Quincy, Mass, Nov. 7.-As the result
of Il Geographic appeal from Franklin
D. Roosevelt. assistant secretary Of
the navy, the 1000 strikers at the big
Fore River Shipbuilding plant voted
to call the strike off and return to
work.
They accepted Henry b. Endicott,
executive manager of the Massachu-
sets committee on public safety, as ar
bitratOr of their dispute with the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
Logan Condemns Hazine.

Logan. - Resolutions condemning
hazing and asking prohibiting same
were passed at the forty-fourth annual
meeting of the Harris Grove Farmers
club held here The Willow Valley
club, which meets at Magnolia in the
near future, also has the hazing bouts
for the state schools UP for considera-
ton, and it is rumored that candidates
for legislative honoTs will be asked to
commit themselves on the matter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
Liberty Bond 1874 Years Old.

Waterloo.-E. C. Foster, a deputy
in the county treasurer's office here,
possesses what is thought to be the
oldest liberty bond still remaining un-
redeemed. in the United States. The
original face value of the bond was
5000. 1t was issued in 1888 and was
payable in 1856. Instead of redeeming
it, however, Fosters ancestors pre-
ferred to keep the bond and it has
been handed down through three gen
erations. Compounded at the rate of
six per cent per annum the bond is
now worth $326,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
SOCIALISTS BEATEN 3 TO 1 IN
CHICAGO.

The neutrality-suspicious. fusion
ticket swamped the socialist, anti-war
shouters at the judicial election held
in Chicago yesterday
Backed and encouraged by the mayor
of the city, the socialists would have
the question of loyalty to the admin
istration made an issue and the people
of Chicago embraced the opportunity
and did its work so effectively that it
will not have to be done again.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
DISCUSS QUESTION OF WAGES
Representatives Of Locomotive Fire.
men and Engineers Meet In Impor-
tant Session at Cleveland.

Cleveland, O.. Nov. 7.-General
chairmen of the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen and Englnemen,
Eastern division, representing hun
dred railroads east of Chicago, are in
session here considering the advisa-
bility Of requesting increased wages.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
SAYS COURTS RULE ON DRAFT
United States Judge Declares They
Have the Right to Hear
Exemption Cases.

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov. Judge
BENJAMIN F. Bledsoe Of the United
States district court has ruled that the
courts have the right to determine
whether military exemption boards
have acted arbitrarily in ordering Sc
lected men to camps. The ruling, fed
eral officials said. might result in the
filing of thousands Of writs of habeas
corpus in behalf of men who sought
exemption in vain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
GERMANY LOOKS FAR AHEAD
Ready to Bid for Commercial suprem-
acy in Argentina and Uruguay
After the War.

San Angelo, Tex, Nov. 7.-Germany
is thoroughly prepared through her
pro-German dealers for commercial SUI
premacy in Argentina and Uruguay
after the war. according to Phillip Lee.
Hereford breeder here, who returned
from six months Of judging fine cattle
in those South American republics.
Germany has been buying and storing
food supplies and contracting for mil
lions of cattle. Lee said.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
WOMAN SUFFRAGE WON IN NEW
YORK.

Incomplete election returns in both
the city and outside districts of New
York show a majority in favor of the
woman suffrage amendment. 1t is
possible, but not at all probable, for
the present figures to be changed by
later returns.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
Red Cross to Aid Italians.

Rome, Nov. Carl Taylor, deputy
commissioner of the American Red
Cross to Italy, is making arrangements
to render assistance to Italians made
homeless by the Austro German drive
In northern Italy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
DISCUSS QUESTION OF WAGES
Representatives Of Locomotive Fire.
men and Engineers Meet in Impor-
tant Session at Cleveland.

Cleveland, O., Nov. 7.-General
chatrmen of the Brotherhood Of LO-
connective Firemen. and Enginemen,
Eastern division, representing hun
dred railroads east of Chicago, are in
session here considering the advisa-
biIity Of requesting increased wages.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
Wall Known Iowan Dead.

Perry.-Word has been received
here Of the death of Mrs. H. D. Ken
nedy, wife of the we'll known evange-
list, who has conducted revival meet
ings in many Iowa cities during the
last few years. She passed away in a
Chicago hospital.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
FILIPINO May Be U. S. Citizen.

San Francisco, CAL, Nov. Judge
w. W. Morrow of the United States
district court upheld the right of ma
tive of the Philippine islands to be-
come q citizen of the United States.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07

The German paper mark is now at
q discount of about 60 per cent In
other words, German paper money Of
the face value of $1.OO is only worth
40 cents.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
New Jersey Hotel Burns

Wildwood, N j., Nov. THE Hotel
Ereylock was destroyed by fire here.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The
origin of the fire Is unknown.
Color of Egg Yolk.
German chemists have found that
the yOlkS of eggs are cOlored by a
pigment similar to that which gives
autumn leaves their golden hue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-11-07
Warns Of Attack on Venice.

Amsterdam, Nov. 7.-Commenting
on the Austro-G German advance In the
direction Of Venice, the semiofficial
Berlin news agency prepares the pub
lie for an attack on the famous art
center. 1t contends that Venice has
developed into an important center of
war industries.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
BEES INCREASE FRUIT CROP
Little Honey Gatherecs Carry Pollen
From One Blossom to Another
Weather Counts.

Bees will pay well for their keep In
honey, but that Is not all the good
they do. They increase the fruit crop
by fertilizing the blossoms. II there
were no bees nor similar insects there
would be little fruit. The wind cam
not be depended on to do the necessary
work of carrying the pollen (that yell
low powder) from the male blossoms
to the female blossoms. Most OF this
work is done by the bees in their trips
from blossom to blossom.
Weather at the time the orchard
blooms has much to do with the size
of the crop. If it is wet, cloudy ana
cold, the bees cannot work as they
will when it is clear and warm. Con-
sequently fewer blossoms are tertl-
lied and there is less fruit.
You may have noticed that some
times one side of an apple tree VIII
be set heavily with fruit, while there
will be little or none on the other
side. This is often caused by strong,
cold winds that prevent the bees
from working on the exposed side OF
the tree.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
SAVE ALL BREEDING ANIMALS
Department of Agriculture Urges
Farmers Not to Be Tempted with
Present High Prices.

"Don't sell your breeding animals
unless you can replace them immedi-
ately with better ones" is the mes
sage the United States department OF
agriculture is sending to farmers ana
stockmen everywhere. Don't let the
temptation of high prices now being
offered for live stock or undue fear OF
the prices asked for many popular
feeds misead you into selling a cow
or SOW that will drop the golden calr
or litter. Such near-sighted pront-
taking or lack of courage, II VIDE
spread, would strike at the founda-
ton of the country's live stock indus
try and cripple it for years to come
AS there is shortage of meat animals
throughout the world, we cannot nope
to import new breeding stock to re-
place those we foolishly have killed
off. Our own breeding animals, there,
fore, must be regarded as the seeo
essential to the domestic meat supply
of the nation.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
GROWING SWEET CORN
PLANT SOME VARIETY AT SHORT
INTERVALS UP TO AUGUST.
Loses Quality Very Rapidly After Be-
Ina Plcked--Does Best In Fertile
Soil, But Adapts Itself to All
Textures.

Sweet corn should always be found
In the home garden when space III
lows, since it loses quality very rap
idly after being picked. It's sugar
changes into starch, so that to nave II
at it's best it should be on the hre
within Is minutes after being pulieu
from the stalk.
Corn does best in fertile soil, but
Is able to adapt itself to all textures
from sand to clay. To grow 1T in SUI
fcient quantities for the average ram
ily requires more space, however,
than for most garden vegetables. IL
should not be planted until after dah-
ger of frost IS past.
The rows should be spaced not
closer than three feet apart, ana Tor
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Bone-Dry Prohibition.

Washington-Bon prohibition
extending not only over whisky, but
over beer. was voted by the Senate
Agricultural Committee. To the Pres
tdent was given discretion to allow the
manufacture of wine. This is the very
latest change in the prohibition fight
now raging in Congress and masked
IN the food control bill under the guise
of a conservation measure. The SUBJ
committee of the Senate Agricultural
Committee decided to prohibit the
manufacture of whisky, beer and wine,
but to allow the President to authorize
the making of the two last named il
he saw fit.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
CARE OF HARNESS ESSENTIAL
uorses Never Look Their Full Value in
Shabby, Patched-Up Affair-PrIces
Going Higher.

The harness has lot to do with
the appearance of team. The ami
mails never look their full value in
shabby, patched-up affair, while, on
the other hand, the veriest plugs are
vastly improved in appearance by
bright. well-kept harness.
But that isn't all. With the hlgh
and rising cost of leather care of the
harness is wise economy. Harness
that is never cleaned and oiled soon
stiffens up and goes to pieces. The
sewing breaks. the buckles rust anu
the leather loses Its life.
An occasional cleaning and scrub
bling with warm water and good soap,
followed by a thorough oiling with
neatsfoot oil, when the leather has
pretty well dried, will add years to
the life of a harness.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
ANY CORN LIFTS OUT,
DOESN'T HURT A BIT!
No fooIishness! Lift your corns
and caIIuses off with fingers
It's like magicl

Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of a corn, can harmlessly be
lifted right out with the fingers IL you
apply upon the corn a few drops OF
freezone, says a Cincinnati authority
For little cost one can get small
bottle of freezone at any drug store,
which will positively rid ones feet OF
every corn or callus without pain.
This simple drug dries the moment
1t is applied and does not even lrri-
tate the surrounding skin while APP
plying it or afterwards.
This announcement will interest
many of our readers. If your druggist
hasn't any freezone tell him to surely
get a small bottle for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Bills Support.

1.-THE German viewpoint is incred-
ible," said Booth Harrington of IT,
dianapolis, as he laid down a ne"&i}a-
per account of the kaiser's recent pray
err to the "old German God for more
U-bOat assassinatiOns.
""That's a hard-Workin' wife o
yourn, Bill said the bartender
"'You bet she u.s. said Bill, as n"
extended his glass for it's eighteen'h
filing. 4 only wish had three or
four more like her. ;"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

the larger growing late varieties the
distance had best be three and one
half feet. Stalks should be thinned
to stand from Is to IS inches in the
row. In planting, the seed is coVereu
with one or two inches OF SOIL. Culti-
walton must be thorough, frequent ana
shallow.
1t is possible to use the ground &C.
cupied by early corn for fall plant
ing of such crops as spinach, turnlps
and kale. Large, late varieties, now
ever, will occupy the ground for prac-
tically the whole season.
For early use the yellow sweet
corns have recently become quite
popular. OF course the Golden Ban
tam is a well-known variety. early
Minnesota has long been favorlte'
White Mexican Is valuable early
corn. Early Malakohf is q very early
sort of excellent quality, which does
better in the North than In the MID
die states, however. Early Adams Is
a variety frequently grown for mar
ket, and it's virtues are rather those
of the market than Of the table. Ii
is a flint corn, not a sweet corn, but II
used during the very short perloo
when its qualities are at their best, Its
flavor is good.
1t is possible to have a fairly long
season of disable corn If three varl-
cites, such as Golden Bantam, Crosby
and Country Gentleman are planted
simultaneously in early spring. TIC
make the season continuous until
frost, however, it will be necessary tc
plant some variety at intervals OF
two or three weeks up to the last OF
July. Crosby is very good variety
for this purpose.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Abandon Use of oyster Shell.

The commissioners of st. john )
county, Florida, announce their inten-
ton of abandoning for all time the
use of oyster shell as a paving ma
teriai for the country roads. 1t is Claim
ed that enough money has been snehV
in st. Johns county for oyster shell IL
the last forty years to have paved with
brick every important highway IN the
county.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
RAKE FOR GATHERING BRUSH
Implement Invented for Purpose OF
Collecting Underground is 'dea
of a Nevada Man.

In Illustrating and describing re-
volving rake, the invention of "A. H.
CLAYTON of North Fork, New, thd
Scientific American says:
"This invention provides rake fot
gathering sagebrush and similar under
growth, said rake embOdying wheel
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Add nnrrors of War.

A friend just phoned US, 81 have Just
thought of another great horror OF
war" he said excitedly. "Just thinS'
It is going to take all Of our chorus
men away"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
velvet" FROM SHEEP FLOCK
Animals Will Now Orchard and Keep
Down Weeds About Windbreaks,
Fences and Buildings.

small flock will NOW the orchard
and keep down the weeds about wind
breaks. fences and buildings. All of
this is simply incidental velvet" as
the wool clip pays for the fock's keep.
The mutton return is the main source
of profit.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

suffraaists Convicted in Police Court
Washington.-Behind bars six wom'
en- suffragists, convicted in Police
Court of obstructiug the sidewalk by
displaying propaganda banners before
the White House, held a song service
and suffrage meeting for the other 40
women inmates of the prison.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Revolving Rake.

supported frame, a second frame NOV
able with relation to the first and car
rying teeth, means to adjust and main
toin the teeth in spaced relation with
the ground and means for elevatine
the second frame"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Matter Of Good JUDGMENT.

Successful farming is largely mat
ter of good judgment and Of taking
fine by the fOrelock."
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Imnrovinu Dairy Herd.

Improvement in the dairy herd lies
in better breeding, in better housing
and In better feed in greater quaint
ties.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

If you insist upon having DR.. PeerE )
druggist win get it for you. II he shol1 i
not Use then he send rs cents to a72 Pearl ST.,
New York, and you will get 1t by ret~iA
mail Adv
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
cnnd and Bad Fruit.

Clean. well-formed fruit viii usually
sell AT a good price. Wormy, poor
lrsIt does not sell readily, II at all
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Aunid ALI Dead Ones.

There can be no success from sick
animals. Neither will sick or dead
seed bring profitable returns.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
MARX Of Rahcoek Tester.

The Babcock tester never finds very
GOOD cows which are owned by poor
feeder.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
Good DItchIng Machine.

A good ditching machine will do all
the ditching on your farm at an amaz-
ingly low cost. 1t will terrace the hill
sides and clear out the old bitches.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

Many a housewives idea Of a brave
woman is one who isn't afraid to talk
back to the cook.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06
SUSPICION.

Mrs. Slobrowsky-What makes your
hands so dirty, Jan? Have you oeen
washing your face?
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1917-07-06

LESSON TEXT-II Chron. 2Sl-5, zo:z'.
GOLDEN TEXT-Without faith IL -
impossible to please him.-Heb ITO.
LESSON TEXT-II Chron 3Ol-l3.