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Evening journal., 1918-03-09
AFTER UNCLE sAWs PLACES.

Twenty-nine men and women under
went examination at the Federal Build
ing today for positions as clerks in the
departmental service The examinations
were held under the Civil Service rules
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
IENNYs IN NEW sTnRF

A. and L. Jenny are now located in
their new millinery establishment at
no POS West Ninth street. and are show
ing unique and beautiful spring crea-
tions.
Evening journal., 1918-03-09

Lost articles wiz be found By adver-
tising In the Want Ads and good in
vestments may be had in the Want
Ads.
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
THE INCOME TAN.
Charity, or gifts, to individuals not

-t"i VI bN''i ~ ii"A' ier'iS hvt
deductible-
If, during 1917. you contributed
money toward the support Of a needy
family this contribution cannot be
claimed as a deduction.
Contributions. or gifts. made 20
individuals do not constitute allow
able deductions
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
NEW JOE ION ON COP.

Former Police Sergeant Aaron Rice
has accepted position as a guard at
the plant Of the Ball Grain Explosive
Company. Mr.. Rice is a retired officer
Evening journal., 1918-03-09

The above is a photograph Of a we'll
known young man, son Of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Cranston. Of No. 902 West
Tenth street, who went with the Della
ware contingent 10 Fort 0gleihorpe on
Monday. Mr.. Cranston mas been IN the
automobile business with r. II. Meg
ginson, but gives that up 10 become a
soldier
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish 70 extend our thanks 10 our
relatives and many friends for the beau
tiful floral offerings mt the death Of our
beloved daughter ana granddaughter.-
Mrs Minnie Leauby. Mrs. Fred Wahl'
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
RUSSIAN REDS MOBILIZE:
SLAV TROOP SHIPS SUNK

Continued
INC In couson with
ude information
propaganda
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
LOCAL SECURITIES

Laird and Company, dupont Building,
furnish the following quotations on
local securities:
Evening journal., 1918-03-09
QUICK CONSUMPTION

II the ThIegm floats on water
pin your faith to BRAZILIAN
BALM. Not only tGke il but be
sure 10 rub it hot on chest every
night. Same treatment for old
coughs and bronchitis. Mar
cOticS mem death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
DEEMS POINTS OUT
DANGER FROM FIRE
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINS.
TRAITOR URGES FARMERS TO
PROTECT GRAIN FIELDS
ALONG RAILROAD LINES

United States Food Administrator ].
F. Deems Of Iowa Is concerned about
the danger Of losses Of grain by fire
and has issued q statement urging
farmers, railroad managers and every
body to cooperate in avoiding this
menace.
Travel through the state discloses
that much grain is stacked and shock.
ed near railroad lines, and hay Is
stacked adjacent to rights Of way. Rail-
road rights Of way. for the most part.
are cdkered with rank growths Of
weeds.
All Of this material will burn rapid
". Indeed, cutover fields will burn
as readily as grain and hay which
have stood for day or two after be-
ing cut.
Sparks from locomotives will carry,
with the wind, sometimes $50 or 800
feet.
This combination Of circumstances
makes the danger from fire very
great peril.
But 1t Is easy to guard against it.
II farmers will stack as far from rail-
road rights Of way as possible and will
pillow guards IS to 125 feet within their
fences along railroad rights Of way,
burning the strip from the burrows to
the railroad, the danger will be large
ly eliminated.
Administrator Deems urges that at.
tention be given to this vital matter
IN Iowa at once.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
PREFACE

For II years the kaiser was
my patient. All I know Of him
and all that he told me came to
me while the relation Of patient
and dentist existed between US
For that reason I felt at first
that, no matter how vital to the
allied cause might be the infor-
nation I could give as to the kali
ser's viewpoint, ambitions and
plans, the requirements Of pro-
fessional ethics must seal my
lips and compel me to withhold
it from the world at large.
When, however, I considered
the grave crisis that confronts
the world and in which my own
country is playing so important
a part, and realized that what l
knew of the kaiser might prove
of some value to civilization, l
concluded that my patriotic duty
was paramount and rose su-
perior to any Of the ordinary de-
mands of professional ethics.
In this conclusion I was
strengthened by the urgent solicit
tatiOn Of the leaders of my pro-
fession who were most emphatic
in their contention that my
ethical quairns were entirely I'M
warranted in view of all the cir
cumStanceS.
ARTHUR N. DAVIS, d. D. S.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
CHAPTER IT,
The Kaiser at Potsdam.


Getting out of Germany proved TO be
q far more difficult proposition than
had imagined. ...
Realizing that it would probably be
several months before I could finally
settle up my affairs, and that my child,
who was anemlc, ought to be taken
out Of Germany with as little delay as
possible because food conditions were
fast going from bad to worse, l ap-
piled to the kommandantur for leave to
have my wife and child go to Mon
treux, on Lake Geneva, Switzerland,
where hoped to join them at the
earliest possible moment and accom-
pany them home. did not relish the
idea Of their going across the ocean
without me-
That was in May, 1917. Weeks
passed while our application was going
from one official to another, lying, per-
haps for days at time under pile Of
other applications of similar char
acter or awaiting the investigation of
our personal histories, and it was not
until the end Of June that we received
any word regarding it. Then we
learned that it had been denied.
This was my first intimation that we
might have difficulty in getting out Of
Germany. ...
A day or two later the kaiser called
on me professionally and told him Of
our plight, hoping that he would inter.
cede for us. It was the only favor Of q
personal character had ever asked Of
him.
my child Is aillng, your majesty" I
said, "and I feel that she needs a
change Of climate. I applied to the
kommandantur for leave for my wife
and child to 90 to Montreux, but have
Just heard that it has been refused!"
"Davis, I will see what I can do in
the matter" he replied reassuringly,
and as he was leaving my office he
turned to me and said in the presence
Of his two adjutants: Regarding that
matter you spoke Of, leave 1t to me
and / will see what can do"
The kaisers influence would readily
solve our problem, thought, and I
was very much relieved. Two days
later, however. I received letter
from Count Won Moltke, one Of the kai-
ser's adjutants, stating that the kali
ser had spoken to him regarding the
Switzerland project, but, under the
circumstances, it was out of the ques-
ton. If, however, my child's condition
were such as to make change of eli
mate really necessary. be added, the
kaiser suggested that trip to the
Austrian Tyrol might perhaps be ar
ranged, as the climate there was Just
as good as that Of Switzerland, but be-
fore permission would be granted for
that trip it would be necessary to OBJ
tain q certificate from the district doc
tor stating that it was necessary.
As the food situation in Austria was
Just as bad as 1t was in Germany, II
CTO BE cONTINUED.)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
IOWA DID Her "BIT'
TO FEED SOLDIERS
IMMENSE SAVING OF WHEAT
FLOUR EFFECTED UNDER DI.
REcTIoN OF FOOD ADMIN.
lSTRATOR DEEMS.

Iowa's part In effecting such saving
Of wheat -four that the United States
| could increase its export for our sol
diers and associates in the war from
20,0OO,0OO to 175,0O0OOO bushels Of
wheat in the past year was SO large
a. to excite comment from the United
States food administration at Wash
ington.
The work of sffecting this saving
was In charge Of D. g. Thompson, who
was made chief Of the dour division of
the United States food administration
In Iowa by Food Administrator ]. r.
Deems last winter, and through the
effective cooperation Of Mr.. Thomp-
son Administrator Deems was able to
report to Mr.. Hoover eaJly In the sum-
mer that Iowa had gone over the top
and far beyond in the campaign for
conserving this essential bread stun.
Mr.. Deems and Mr.. Thompson ~
cured 4 census Of all the wheat flour
and the wheat supply in the state, de-
termined the amount of flour which our
people required under the six-pound-a-
month rule, inaugurated an extensive
campaign to induce saving to point
below the minimum ration fixed by the
administration and thoroughly organ
lied the milling and flour interests Of
the state, including wholesalers and re-
tailers. in a cooperative effort to save
the products.
Food Administrator Deems estimates
that more than a million barrels Of
-four were saved by Iowa people for
the use of our soldiers. He Is con-
fident that our people used very much
less than six pounds a month-the
minimum ration fixed by the govern
ment--and he has authorized the issu-
ance OF message to Iowa people con-
graduating them on their very great
part in this national movement in sup
port Of our troops. '"
Administrator Deems has Just issued
the rules covering the handling Of new
wheat, which are as follows:
l. The minimum price for No. l hard
wheat, F. o. B. Chicago, is $2.26 per
bushel.
2. A farmer can sell his wheat to the
highest bidder.
3. A farmer can sell his wheat In
any market that he chooses; there is
no restriction.
4. A farmer, at the present time
can hold his wheat as long as he
wishes.
5. It may be, later on, that the gov
eminent will deem it advisable to requi-
sition same.
G. The farmer is permitted to retain
his wheat for seed.
z. The farmer is permitted to sell
his wheat for seed.
8. A farmer can ship his wheat DR.
rect to any market without license.
8. If 4 farmer wishes his wheat
graded, he can send sample to any
United States grain inspector.
10. The farmer is permitted to take
his wheat to the mill and have it
ground into flour, not to exceed a sup
ply that will last him over 80 days,
based upon six pounds per capita, pro-
viding he will use substitutes and sign
the pledge card same as was in vogue
early this year.
Following is the actual price for
sacked flour, bran. mixed feeds and
mlddlings, r. o, b., at the four points
Of especial interest to Iowa people,
under the price fixed by congress, and
including the various margins of profit
which are allowed by the United States
food administration for products Of
wheat:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

n. N. Carr. Hubert Carr.
CARR q CARR
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Special At
tention given collections. Real estate
loans and Insurance.. Once In Post
Office building. Manchester, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
How,s This :

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After you have taken Halls Catarrh
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Send for testimonials, free.
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28

YORAN 4 YORAN.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in
First National Bank Building, Main
Street. Manchester. Iowa
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
Cuckoo Superstition.

In some parts Of England, when the
drst note Of the cuckoo is heard in
the woods, every village girl asks the
question, Cuckoo! Cuckoo! When
shall be married7' The bird, in an
swer, Is supposed to sound as many
notes as years will elapse before the
happy event takes place.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28

There are some things that just
can't be done until the man comes
along who Just does them anyhow
and then most anybody can do them
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28
The Ouuhts and the Others.

"How you gettin' on wild yOuah 'rith-
metic, LouT' 'Well, I done learned to
add up de oughts, but de flggers bolder
NICHOLSON Transcript.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-08-28

These figures cover carlot shipments
only, and they include prices for sacks
quoted the last week in July.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
MICH|GANDERS BURY
 THEIR MONEY DEEP
Fear Government Will COnHSCate SaVings-W Work Of PropaSandist

Correspondence of the Asso. Press)
 Detroit, Mich, April 25.-State. county and government officials are seemingly agreed that the soil of Michigan is today hiding more money, coin and currency, than it has held for years.
 German propaganda is the reason. Despite the efforts of government agents and of newspapers, to assure persons of Teutonic extraction that their property will not be seized, there has been a noticeable shrinkage in the savings deposits of some of these people in various sections of Michigan.
 The mistaken fear, it is believed, has proved contagious in one or two districts which have a heavy popula ton. Hard earned savings which usually were hidden at homo in the days before the government postal savings system was instituted, have been going back to the soil.
 Governm agents have been en-
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
MEAT CAUSE OF
 LAME BACK AND
 KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Glass of Salts to Flush Kid neys If Your Back
 Is Aching.
Noted Authority Says Uric Acid From Meat Irritates
 the Bladder.

Meat forms uric acid which eXCites and overvorks the kidneys in their ef- forts to filter it from the system. Reg ular eaters of meat must flush the kid neys occasionally. You must relieve them like you relieve your bowels; re- moving all the acids waste and poison, else you feel a dul! misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment; the channels often get irritatcd, abliging you to get up two or three times during the night
 To ncutralize these irritating acids and flush off the bOd%'s urinous waste get about four ounces of lad Salts from any pharmacy; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before break for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts is made from the acid Of grapes and lemon juice combined with lithia. and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. lad Salts delightful effervescent hthia water drink which millions of men and women take now and then thus avoid ing serious kidney and bladder diSea ases.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10

that if this people pursues more eag- erly than others, with ceaseless toll, the quest for gold, it is less for the immediate pleasures which fortune brings, and which it enjoys in the present, than for the power which 1t gives to one who lives in constant contact with world better armed, stronger and happier?
 "When then, history in it's evolu- , tion brings one of those great dis turbances, or cataclysms, which re- veal some of the essential principles of hunanity-principle which flow from the nature of things, but which political societies have been able to realize only at the cost of long and terrible efforts-then the America spirit shines forth in all it's power, as by virtue of physical law, and one sees this extraordinary com apostle na- ton rise, as by reflection, out of the crucible wherein are mingled all the races and peoples of the universe, all religions and all philosophies, all splendors, and all miseries. Out of the millions of men who, on the pral- rie or in the factory, in the counting room or at the forge, labor to enrich themselves, she makes soldiers and Seanlen, the DllllOnS "nlcn Sile lli' won in laborious and profitable peace she throws without counting into the furnace of a war in which she covets nothing for herself save the honor of having broken, yesterday the shackles of the black sons of Ham. or of breaking tomorrow the menace of German tyranny in two continents. " The wind of civil war, wrote the Compte-de Paris, begins to blow. Tn this crisis the American peO- pie have proved to the world that the Statue of Liberty is no naughty idol, deaf in the day of danger but tue saintly image of a powerful divinity , to be invoked in adversity.' Once more is that verified"
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10

trade, since no figures are availa ble as to actual quantity produced. Japan, which in recent years has made highly scientific studies of the silk producing industry now supplies fully tWo-thirds of the silk entering International trade, moro than thrce-fourths of our own importa ton in 1917 having been drawn from Japan and the remainder chiefly from China.
 The manufacture of artificial silk fibre as substitute for that produced by the silk worm. which had made consdera ble progress prior to the war, has been interrupted not only by the demand for labor for other lines but especially because of the fact that the materials from which artificial silk was produced are now required for the manufa cture of high explosives, nitric acid. and sulphuric acid, trans forming cotton or wood pulp into nitrated cellulose, which, by the addi- tion of alchohol and ether, becomes collodion, which, in turn when pressed through capillary tubes, forms threads similar to those produced by the silk worm, and is utilized both for mixing with natural silk in the various man ufacturing industries and as a substi tute for silk in cotton industries. The manufacture of artificial silk was akinC such rapid progress prior to the war as to lead to the belief by many that it would prove a formil- able rival to the silk worm indus try, the worlds output of artificial silk in tho year before the war having exceeded $30,000,000 in value.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10

listing the assistance of patriotic citi- zens to combat this German propa- ganda.
 For several month however signs of hoarding have increased, particu- larly since the government began to take over the property of certain Ger man corporations in the east.
 One incident was reported from Ypsilanti, in WashtenaW county, near Detroit illustrates the situation. A farmer and his two sons drew their entire savings, about S7,000 from Ypslanti bank. The father buried the money and then forgot the hid ing place. After several days he To- cated the wealth and returned it to Ypsilanti where he told the bank cashier of his act.
 T had a tip that the government was going to confiscate the savings of all German-Americans, the farmer said.
 When he was told that such rumors were the work of spies and that many patriotic persons of German lineage had large sums of money on deposit the farmer put the money back in the bank.
 Then he went home and slept soundly for the first time i'll a week.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10

them. At the end of the two or three years of free treatment they are returned to their homes, not only cured of disease but without the handicap of having "dropped out' of their school classes.
 It is as pathetic and as inspiring tu see their enthusiasm to be of use to the Army as 1t is to see how, despite their physical disabilities and the iron braces which are the marks Of those disabilities they throw them selves into the spirit of their dances and dramas
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
CRIPPLES IN WAR WORK
Children at Orthopedic Hospital in New York Enthusiastically Knit ting Socks for Soldiers.

If the fingers of all little cripples at the country branch of the New York Orthopedic hospital could keep pace with their desires, the soldiers of the United States would not need to concern themselves about the three-day span of life for the wool socks-there would be socks enough and some to spare for the Allies. Knitting has become to the children the most fascinating of games, and the miracle by which a woolen string crisscrossing two wooden needles of their own making grows into 8 sweater, a helmet, or a stocking, is more entrancing than a puzzle. Even the 5-year-olds are busy at the task.
 It is not a lack of other interests which makes the children so zealous for this occupation, but the sheer, childish instinct that loves to help the grown-ups. They have folk-dancing lessons in which they delight; they
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10

write and produce plays, based upon their lessons in history or tales in their reading; they have their daily health regimen to follow, as well as their school work.
 They are all sufferers from tuber- culosis of the joints or bones, and they are sent to this country home for two or three years treatment after the necessary operations have been performed. A resident physician and a corps of trained nurses look out for their physical health, while regular teachers do regular school work with
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
FRENCH JOURNALIST
 DISCOVERS AMERICA
"Statuc of Liberty No Naughty Idol',
 Joseph Rcinacgi Writes Tor Fi-

One of the best known and most brilliant of French journal lists is M
 Joseph Reinach, who writes for Le Figaro, of Paris under the pen name of ''Polybe". After reading a history of the American Civil War by d Erenchman, the Comptc de Paris, NI
 Reinach wrote the following estimate of American character and idealism-
 Thus it is that l persuade myself that l too, have discovered America in the accounts of battle half a cen- tury old: The surface, q country of rough and furious workers of manu- faCturers, fnanciers, laborers farm CTS, politicians; within, under the rough bark, a spirit flaming with idealism and flaming moro profound ly than that of many another people who chiefly make sonnets or compose melodies for the flute. Shall I say
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
A. F. F. HOTEL IN LONDON.

Correspondence of the Asso. Press.)
 London, April 26,--The American authorities here have just taken over another hotel, the Belgrave Man sions in GrosVcnor Gardens, located only a stones throw from the present American Naval Headquarters. The embassy already has two hotels and five large houses in this district, as well as a large building a short dis tance away occupied by the United States Shipping Board.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
ENDOWMENT FOR INVENTORS.

Copenhagen, May 1O.-A German Institute of Inventions has been founded at Giessen. It is intended Ito foster German creative technical work by the selection and promotion of per sons endowed with inventive talent" Prizes arc to be offered for the solu- ton of important problems
New Britain herald., 1918-05-10
Honest Advertising

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El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-04-04
for. ourselves or for Germany

for. ourselves or for Germany
The Austro.Hungarian foreign min
istof. according to an Amsterdam dis
patch to tho Daily Chronicle declared
also that he had an earnest desire eur
peace and that his country wished 10
avoid any further military Offensive.
After referring TO his reply % fez
mier Clemenceau regarding Alsace-
Lorraine, be said that Austria lwoGsE
insist on the status quo. adding:
Strafing me Latino
The aseration 81 France and Italy
are utepias which win be terribly
avenged 4kT
= do not intend to 60 begging for
peace or to obtain II by entreaties
and lamentations, but to enforce It
by our moral right and physical
strength Count Czernin continued.
Amy other tactics Il consider will
contribute to the p~rolongation Of the
war"
Count Czernin declared he did not
believe that President Wilson In his
recent address really desired 10
u a separation between Vienna
and Berlin, because the president
lkrssw that such a thing was impos-
sihle. The count added that Presi-
dent Wilson probably saw that Aus
tria-Hungary was more favorable 70.
ward peace than Germany.