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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01
Menzies, Tanjarie, and Good Bow

MENZES. the imported Percheron stallion and Tanarie
and Good Boy good jacks will make 1917 season at nv
barn miles southeast of Monroe City, Mo- Terms $1,000
to insure living colt to Money due when is asceaned
Removing mare from the community change of ownership
orfeits the insurance and money becomes Immediately
shall retain lien all colts for service fee Care taken
to prevent accidents but will be responsible should any
occur will be pleased to furnish description pedigree of
the above stock on application
A. LEE ELY
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01
Warning

No hunting. fishing or trespass-
ng of any kind allowed on our
arms; T. j. Proctor
Minnie w. Proctor
lack C. ProctO.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01


iisht on many events before the
war. Among them is the long un-
explained declaration of Emperor
William at Damascus in 1898 that
all Mohammedans might confident
ly regard the German emperor as
Their friend forever" There also
is complete understanding now of
1ermany's eaeerness to secure in
1879 a concession for the Baedad
railway, an artery of communica.
ton now Indispensable to the Ger
man operations.
FITTING in squarely with an actu-
atlne desire for conquest to the
southeast is the general German
military policy during the entire war
1t is noted that even at the expense
OF recessions on the Eastern and
western fronts, Germany has taken
pains to overrun quickly Serbia.
Montenegro and Rumania, and to
keep in check all allied attempts TO
strike at the southeastern pathway
from the DardaneIles or Saloniki
Not until the present British ad-
vance in Asiatic Turkey has there
been any serious danger to any
part OF the greater stretch from the
Baltic to the Persian Gnlf.
Economic Element a Factor.
In consolidating this territory. it
is revealed, the economic element
has been given conspicuous place
This work was going on before the
war, although it had not reached
maturity comparable with the eco
nomic effort by which Prussia
bound the German states in the
customs union of 1928, forty years
before she bought them under the
empire. A comprehension of the
present danger prompted the allied
economic conference at Paris, where
plans were made for meeting the
German trade war after the war.
1t is problematical to officials,
here how far Germany might 60,
should peace be made now with re |
nunciation of all territory on the |
east and west, in political concen-
tration of the great territory in the |
1t is pointed out than |
any German peace offer would be |
to demand at least some |
for Bulgaria. and reten-
ion of enough of the conquered |
Balkan territory to insure the route
% Constantinople. That it is the
Intention to briLe Austro-Hunsaria.
Bulgaria and Turkey into a whole
economic entity thus established
With a formidable tariff wall has
,een made clear by the declara-
ions of Frederick Naumann and
'ther opponents of an economic
Mittel Europa"
Peril of Premature Peace.
Some influential men of this
roup even have suggested that
Germany so SO far Immediately as
0 establish a joint chancellory for
Germany, Austria and Hungary to
onduct foreign affairs.
All of this is taken as revealing
he peril of premature peace which
hould leave the German southeast
IN domains unbrokeD, 1t is re-
arded as giving a sinister color to
ecent movements for a separate
eace for Austria-Hungary or Bull
aria, in the region where German
DnQuest is most safe; to the eager
ess with which German leaders
ave taken up the cry of no an
exations" so far as the great ma
onsl powers are concerned; to the
erman chancellor's recent Reich.
az speech indicating that the gov
nment was not yet ready to re-
ounce its territorial gains in
rance, Belgium and Russia. while
other matters are left in suS-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01


economic ~ concentration, the Ger
man officials have used with only
slisht notifications the system Of
customs union expansion which
aided Prussia in former years to ex'
n fend her domination over the other
German states now making up the
empire.
All One Empire Nov.
As early as 1911 the ParGerman
Geaaue is said to have circulated a
definite propaganda Of conquest
with printed appeals c0talnine
maps of a greater Germsas whose
swav from Hamburg to Onstanti.
NOBLE and then soutbfastward
through Asiatic Turkey Ss marked
ont bv boundaries virtusly coin.
cidept with the military ines held
| today under German O6cers, by
the troops of Germany Austro'
Hungary, Bulgaria and 1rkey. Ad'
hesion of the GovernmsS Itself to
| such a plan was suspectd by the
other powers, although the pro
uagandists we're permits to con
tinue their activities uhlndered
and to spread their apfais In a
country of strict press spervision
through the Pan-Germa Gazette
and other radical public6ons. How
closely the German sovnment did
adhere to the plan in rality has
been demonstrated clssly. it is
considered now, by tk course
of the war. Follalns in
the footsteps of Bismarct who Used
the Franco-Prussian WI alliance
to bring Baden. Bavariaind Wur-
temburg into the Germn confeder-
acy and then into the GnaE en-
pire, Emperor William those war
as the means Of establishing the
broad pathway to k southeast
which was essential fanalization
of the dream of a great srmaly.
Austria's Sutjection Gmplete.
The subjueation Of Antria-Hun-
gary. which would haw presented
a difficult task under urinary con.
ditionS, became 10 thHe circum-
stances comparatively simple. A
polyglOt combination dsates hav-
ing little in common aa apparent.
ly held together only BY the decay
ing genius of the aea Emperor
Francis Joseph, the duamODarcby
was regarded everywhsn as on the
verge of dissolution. Hr helpless
ness before Russia's aruies became
apparent early in the vi. and the
eaeerness with whid Germany
seized the opportunity tus present |
ed is pointed to as empasizine the
tarsightedness of the Canaan plans. |
Austria-Huneary's submission
now is declared to b compelled
both in a military an economic
sense. The German Gcers CON-
mandine her armies, shdted by po-
lltlcal and industrial cents scat
tered through the couusy by Ger
many, evidently are hiding Aus
TRAN and Hungarian npulation in
a union which neitbstk hardships
of war, the death Of he emperor
nor the inspiration Of outside in
tiuences such as the Russian reyo,
luton can break
Spread "Kultur' in Iurkey.
Bulsaria's declaratiuu of war on
the side of Germany M sctuated
by a German diplomatic coup
which, in itself, is resaded now as
a further evidence that, clear road
through to the Dardnelles was
in Berlin q a primary
and Imperative purpoe Of the war. {
1 is pointed out that b. only con. S
'rete Cause for action II forth in {
ne Bulgarian war Proclamation is [
hat the Central Psues have (
promised US parts Of ssbia, Great. a
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01
HoEOr Buttons Presented To Re-
jected Volunteers

Upon our entrance into the world
conflict, prompt slept were taken
by navy recruiting stations at New
York TO protect men OF patriotic
motives from being confused with
spineless slackers because of their
civilian attire. Buttons bearing the
inscription: Il have volunteered for
the navy-have your were issued
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01

Tor persons who applied for enlist
ment but. because of physical i'm.
PROJECTIONS, could not be accepted,
When presented, the badge is ac.
companied by a letter which O..
tabllshes the holders right to wear
lt-From the June Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01

Henry burst, OF Ely was in this
city Saturday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1917-06-01

Don't overlook our big offers for
your reading.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-10-25
Martyr Heroes of Red Cross.

The tale of victims to the "white flag crossed with red" is q long one. Medi- cal men, nurses, ambulances bearers and helpers have fallen by scores. sometimes under fire, sometimes strick- en by typhus. The representatives of the Russian Red Cross followed the advance guard into action at the at
 tack of Kheok-Tepe. Twelve of them paid for 1t with their lives; six were wounded. The Dutch on the outbreak of war with the sultan of Atchin sent a messenger to announce their inten- tion of adhering to the convention. The messenger was murdered. The Ital- ian Red Cross society during the Abys- sinian war escorted the wounded to Massaua through a savage and hos tile country. At Abba Carima fifty surgeons of the Italian army were kill cd or left for dead upon the field. Many fell under fire in the act of relieving the wounded: others were savagely stoned to death by the Abyssinians.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-10-25
Red Cross In a Palace.

The Qurinal. famous royal Italian palace. transformed Into n hospital for
The Wrangell sentinel., 1917-10-25
l: ::HOURORSOF WAR ;
! 4s+*+.s*+....*s--s*.s.s.ss,

Remarks by Ian Malcolm, M. P., Rep
 resentative of the British Red Cross
 With the British Mission, Made In
 Washington, D. C, May 2i, 1917, to
 Delegates From American Red Cross | Chapters.
 In France and Flanders you come nearest still to the true agony of th1 situation. How can l describe 1t? Think of the worst earthquake, of the worst floods that have scourScd and shocked you here at home. multiply the horror of your impressions hun dred fold. and you will come near to the horrors of the Marne and the Aisne. Multiply them a thousand fold and you will realize the ferocity of car maze at the battles of the Ancre and i the Somme.
 l Multiply them two thousand fold and that Is the picture of misery and pain and death after the great battles on the plains of Russia and in the noun tains of Persia and the Caucasus. Think of the ruin by floods in Elan 
 carcasses. human and animal, poiSOn- l ing the atmosphere for miles around for those who must stay day and night ], in the trenches Think of the devasta- tion by fire in France. where villages and woods and broad pasture lands are 1 utterly wiped out of existence, not q ] house nor church Ter d tree left l I,&n ,,1i yrbn sands of families living in q condition as prosperous and happy as anywhere ill the world. Then turn your min Is to the picture of some great engage mcnt. Try to conceive long trenches of men writhing in torture from poi sonous gas or from liquid fame, of soldiers smashed and disfgured by 1 shell wounds, their lnocrations indc- scr!hablc us their heroism is unduuntcd. l Leave the trenches and retire behind the firing line with me Here we are on roads lined with men on stretcherS, some dead, scores mortaIy wounded, hundreds upon hundreds of casualties | In one or another degree of collapse. The middle of the roadway is filled by ooSSAS oi t'i N'Ni "N- tion. There Is perhaps a mile length of hospital trains waiting in a siding to convey the wounded to base hos pitals. And all this purgatory of pain l is dependent for relief upon the skill of our doctors. the tenderness of our nurses, the efficiency of our equipment. all Of which means, and Is dependent upon, the generosity of the public. May l not take it for granted that just as the fighting manhood of the United States Is soon to be with Us in the trenches so you of the Red Cross. who have done so much for Us in the past. are now eager to be mobiliZed ill the allied army of mercy and of char ity that is almost divine. l assume that your organization is coming with | us ill mcrea Sed numbers and with iu- creased equipment, if necessary. to the mountains above and around Salonilii. to the plains of Egypt, to East Africa. to the watcr,ess wastes of Mesop0- tamia. our tears and triumphs mingling beneath the shadow of the Red Cross | flag.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
SOUTH DAKOTA TROOPS
ARE WELCOMED HOME
Returning Border Heroes Are
Being Entertained in Many
Cities Today.

IanNton. S. d.. March 7-Early Sun
lay morning, after an all night vigil.
Yankton citizens welcomed home the
members of Company NJ, Fourth South
Dakota regiment. The announcements
called for the arrival at 5 IA. m. and
on account of the cold weather plans
we're modified. The train CARRYING the
fankton. Mitchell, Aberdeen. Webster.
Lennon and other companies arrived
at $3.50. The whole city. the Yankton
band. fire department., college and city
school pupils We're at the depot. The
soldiers We're eager to see the home
folks. A banquet and reception was
rendered h company at noon by the
CITY.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
APPROPRIATION
RECORD BROKEN
South Dakota SoIons Appronri.
ate $4,936,OOO to Run
State for the Next
Two Years.

Pierre, s. d.. March The legisla-
lure which has just closed its session
made the biggest appropriations of ny
legislature in the history OF the state.
The total direct appropriations were
$4,936,O0 in round numbers, an in.
crease of 81, 900, 900. This increase was
covered in several directions outside Of
ready incurred, and covered in the es.
Inmates of maintenance cost for the
state charitable institutions for the next
two years, which forced the general
appropriation bill, providing salaries o.,
state officers and of the employees of the
state institutions generally, which in.
crease went up to $4,000 over the
same figures two years ago.
Big Military Appropriation.
Another material increase was i'm the
military department OF the state. which
was increased to meet the expenses of
mobilization, and to further meet the
requirements of the federal law i'm re-
gard to the military organization of he
state up to SPAS, 600.
The agricultural college was given
most liberal treatment by the members.
who We're ready to do practically ANY,
thing asked for the extension of asri.
cultural work. the increases for all pur-
poses at that Institution being S279, 900
owe The appropriations of two Years
ago.
Another item is the appropriation
made to the state tuberculosis hospital.
This institution has been practically
neglected since it was first established.
and pleas for betterments We're ignored,
but this session gave it i'm maintenance
and buildings $125, 900 over what was.
granted 1T at the session of 1905.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
MITCHELL AoNoRs TROOPS.


Mitchell. S. d.. March 7-Forty-five
sun bronzed guardsmen, members of
Company r. detrained here at noon
yesterday. They were given a warm
welcome from Mitchell citizens. Flags
flung from every business house and
martial music added to the greeting.
The Mitchell company was the first
chosen from the Fourth infantry for
active patrol duty on the international
line, and made a record in mobilization
camp.
Two hundred other guardsmen. mem
bers of companies from Aberdeen, Ip-
served with dinner upon arrival by To-
cal civic bodies. After the meal they
resumed their trip northward by spe-
cial train.
Company F will attend a banquet
tonight after a monster parade in the
afternoon.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
a chip without . rudder is help,ea

A ship without . rudder is helplesa
eno % u an automobile without 1
wheel. That seems to be tho
ooueht behind q new invention de-
oEned to prevent the stealing of auto
noole. left at the curb. The new
wheel 10 easily attachable and detach-
Sote. 90 that b owner can take it with
- when he leaves his car. The wheel
@Rers from b conventional construc-
In that It has a hub In which is q
Got which dts over a similar sized
aeock rtgtdly ecured 70 the upper end
9 III steering post. The hub may be
socked on N block in two different
vays. according to whether the lock-
eng bar is integral with the wheel or
vssh h block In the first method q
onAl bar is pivoted over a small pin
= the opposite side. In the second
@esnod q small bar Is pivoted to h
Mock At the center. As the bar is re-
VOWED about its pivot notches provided
y = ends of the bar on opposite sides
~ owe pins on tho hub. To prevent a
e1aef from fitting . wheel of his own
= tho same type the hub is provided
WITH . socket into which a min in the
6Aeck dtA
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

Ni4BAL!-While the Interior of the
new Catholic church in this city Is near
ing completion. 1t ia planned not to have
the STRUCTURE dedicated until the latter
part OF the ummer Ri. Rev. Thomas
O'iorman. Catholic bishop Of the eastern
diocese OF South Dakota, could not bo in
the city until h latter part OF the sum-
meF or early fall. 90 1t was decided to
have the dedication at that time. Biehon
O'Gorman will have charge.
GEDDES-The women Of the Geddea
Woman's club have shown themseive.
to be up-to-the-minute in the so-calied
feminist movement by renting ana oper-
ating q roller skating rink ct that place
to raise funds for tho beaOtify1ng Of the
Cemetery. The rink has proven 70 be 4
A.. g. B~oesinGham. under whose mn.
ase1ncnt the pAn u being Carried 81.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

Drought and the ravages Of locusts,
oeys Commercial Agent Frank H. Won
4oe Buenoa Aires, have so reduced
Rsturage and the available supplies of
fodder in Argentina that the attention
= planters and stock raisers has been
1netsed on the feeding stuff question
md The Advantages Of silos discussed
VIII vigor. Il am told tina many silos
q reinforced concrete are being erected
~ local contractors. The machinery for
DeepAring ensilaEe and for filling the
MOS will have to be imported and sew
01 American factories already have
0Ade arrangements for the sale OF this
e2AAB OF machinery"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

The girls OF Rumanian country dis
61cts take great pride in a clear, heal
thy complexion, and Just as the girls in
our own rural districts a generation
g would get up before breakfast and
steal down unobserved on the first day
OF May to wash their rockies away il
The dew OF h morning. SO the girls of
take red and white threads,
twist them into cords, from which they
suspend coins around their necks
These talismans they wear from the
dead OF winter until they see the first
blossom OF spring, feeling sure that
thereby they will guarantee themselves
. milk-white complexion. rosy cheeks
and ruby lips.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
MADE $1,000 +.
OUT OF HOGS
On His Western Canadian Farm.

1t is getting to be a long drawn out
story. the way that Western Canadian
Farmers have made money. Many Of
them q few years ago, came to the
country with little more than their
few household effects, probably a team
Of horses and a COW or two, and suffl-
cient money to do them for a few
months, until they got a start. Hun
dreds Of such a be pointed out, who
today have splendid homes, we'll
equipped farms, the latest machinery
and an automobile. Here is the case
Of A. e. Merriam, formerly of DEVILS
Lake, N. ID. He didn't leave there be-
cause the land was poor, or farming
not a success, for all who know that
country are aware that it is an excel
lent country. He wanted to expand,
to take advantage Of the cheap land
that Western Canada offers. And that
same story has appealed to hundreds
of others who have had like success
with Mr.. Merriam. But his story, and
! he signs 1t, too, is:
Il came to Alberta In the Spring Of
1909 from DEVILS Lake, North Dakota,
locating on my farm e Dalroy.
II arrived with six head of horses
and two head of cattle and about
$500. Since then, I have increased
my live stock to seven head of horses,
four head Of cattle, and about hun
dred head Of hogs, a four-roomed
house, good barn with all modern i'm
provements. a feed grinder, elevator.
chopper, tanning mill, etc. I have In
creased my original capital at least
four times more since coming here.
"From the feeding of hogs during
the last year, I had q gross return Of
$4,000.
II first started grain farming, but
during the past four years 1 have made
hogs my speciality, and you may see
by the foregoing statement for 1916
that I have not done so badly.
Land has increased at least twenty
per cent in value during the past few
years, now selling for from $25 to $35
per acre, with nominal taxes of about
$27 d quarter section yearly.
"The climate here is better than Da-
kota in that We do not have SO much
dry wind; the winters are similar to
Dakota.
"As for farming in general, the grow
Ing and feeding of live stock is more
sure than the grain farming, if con-
tinued year after year, and If every
farmer follows this he will be ahead
Of the grain growers in the long run.
Taking everything into consideration,
I feel satisfied with my success in
| Alberta"
(Sgd.) A. q. MERRIAM.
DalrOy, Alberta, Jan. 10Th, 1917.
There will be the greatest demand
for farm labor in Western Canada dur
Ing the early spring, and, in fact, all
season until November, and the high
est wages will be paid. There is an
absolute guarantee by the Canadian
Government that those who go to
Canada for this purpose need have no
ear OF Observation-Disclosures
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

Leather for shoe manufacturing pur-
poses comes under two broad classifica-
lions, upper leather and sole leather,
these, IS their names imply. being used
respectively for the sole and for the
other portions of the shoe. The upper
feathers most commonly used are calf
ekdn, coltskin OF horsehide and kid.
Calfskin in various finishes, pat
ent, wax, bright, dull, boarded and vel
vet COltskin and horsehide are Used
principally as the bases for patent
leather. but they are also employed in
dull finish for mems high grade shoes.
Kid may be glazed, patent, pebbled or
morocco. according to the tanning pro-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16
cARRAMzA sTIll alLeNr.

Guadalajara, Mex. March 3.-Gen-
sral Carranxa remained closeted with
the members Of his official family and
denied himself 20 those seeking infor-
nation concerning the note OF DR.. Al
fred Zimmerman, the German foreign
secrcte.y. to Minister Eckhardt. the
Gersr.an representative heve. in the at
tempt 10 form an alliance between
Germany. Mexico and Japan against
the United. StatA.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

There was more fog during 1916 than
In n previous year. according to
figures compiled at the various signal
for the United States bureau
Of lighthouses. The figures represent
the total hours Of fog or thick weather.
The greatest fog Wa at the San Fran
CISCO Light Vessel. where there was a
murk for 2,221 hours during the year,
Aoro thar 0ne-quarter Of the time. The
highest record on the Atlantic coast
at East Rock, Me-, where 2.O43
hours Of fog q recorded, equivalent
to about % per cent of the year.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

A new arnish which. when applied
= metal. giving 1t . crystalixed effect,
- now on the market. and is known
- crystallizing lacquer. It il as vet TO
~ had only in black and in . trans
parent vernish thai gives the effect Of
0oated glass except that the design il
not % regular. Hat helt
eucaklea. buttons md all sorts Of arti-
clog may b coated with 1t with excel
lent results.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-03-16

The loaded cane has gone out OF
0ashion, principally for the reason that
.uch a thing Is a source OF danger ly-
ing around loose, as a cane is apt to do:
but a whistling cane has been invented
by which help may be summoned by
one who is attacked and for any rea-
son unable to make In cutlery. The
apparatus is entirely hidden in the
handle or he cane. but yet exposed
sufficiently to be quickly reached by
b hand of the person carrying it, and
two or three hard compressions will
u a whistling noise. which will at
tract instantly the attention of anyone
within a distance of several hundred
yards.