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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
BROWN,
Sells Cedarine Furniture Polish

suth and Wayne counties helped to
do it, and number of patriotic towns
like Eldora and Nevada and Villisca
Iowa was asked for s1,OO0,OOO. 1t will
give more than $2,0OO,0OO.
A government weight car, sent out
BY the federal agricultural depart.
ment at Washington for the purposes
Of testing railroad scales, is making
the rounds OF Iowa, E. c., iLytion, in
charge Of the weights and measures
department in the Office Of the state
food and dairy commissioner, is as.
sisting the government men In their
work in this state.
Five persons were killed and a
score injured, some seriously, when
Illinois Central passenger train No.
II, westbound, was wrecked near Ap.
lington recently. The wreck occur
red at the approach to bridge over
Beaver Greek. The track was weak
ened by the high water, the locomo,
tive and mail cars plunging onto the
benk, and the combination express
and smoking car turning over. The
known dead are: w. A. Alderman,
engineer, of Waterloo. A. F. Colin.
veaus, fireman, of Waterloo. J. J..
Rae, postal mail clerk, of Dubuque.
Two other mail clerks are dead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

and Corey, despite repeated atl...A.,
remained In the hands Of the French.
Our counter-attacks kept the Germans
constantly In check and enabled the
line Of villages in front of the forest
to be maintained. The Twenty-eighth
German division has relieved the First
guards division, which suffered heav-
lily in the opening days OF the battle.
"The only change In the battle line
east Of Chateau Thierry Is the draw
ing in of the German line around
Re!ms. This line, beginning at St
Leonard, on the Ains-Aasne canal.
taines on the northwest and runs
southeast Of the city, passes through
musketry range on a hill Immediately
east Of Reims. Thence it goes through
Betheny to the north and Troisfon.
southwark between the suburb Of st.
Brice and the city itself to La Hau-
bette.
"None of these places, except St
Leonard, Is more than mile away
from the city. The Germans now
have an armed circle almost three
fourths Of the way around the CITY,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
"suB" TRAPPED BY WARsHIP
oubmarine Which Sunk American
TanikQ 10 Captured, Accord.
inq to Naval Officers.

An Atlantic Port, June h-Hovering
for two days oyer the sea Where the
AfhBrfta6 tanker William R0ek44e1lef
had been sunk by German subma'
rine. q flotllla Of destroyers and two
seaplanes finally succeeded in captur-
ing the U-boat, according to naval Of
f1cers, survivors Of the disaster. who
LANDED bere, The ses Tor miles about
tho SPOT where the fatal blow struck
the tanker was closely watched by
destroyers and their accompanying
seaplanes for any sign Of the .Q-boat
speeding from the scene Of its encoun-
ter. No trace Of the submersible evil
IDENTIFY was seen, for the boats stayed
in the neighborhood and waited for
the U-boat to make its appearance.
At last the submarine, which had
stayed below. the surface 80 long that
it's air tanks had become exhausted,
rose to the surface and was netted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
SHOOTING DOCTORS.
(Telegraph-Herald).


It has been decided that the sur
geons and Observation-Disclosures of the
American army shall no longer wear
the red and white brassard which in
dicates their noncombatant character.
The reason is easily guessed. That
humanitarian symbol makes too good
a target for Hun marksmen.
ut is established beyond doubt"
says the New York Sun, that Ger
man sharpshooters have been decorat-
ed for hitting the noncombatants en-
gagged in aiding the wounded"
There is no question Of the fact
that the shooting of men engaged
solely in the work of mercy has be-
come a common practice on the part
of German troops. A captured Ger
man officer is said TO have confessed
that the medical men Of American
forces have been marked for death.
It's all matter of Prussian eff
cheney. AS that officer explained, the
Hun leaders figure that the death OF
one army surgeon equals the loss OF
500 soldiers, and a stretcher-bearer
counts as much as 16 infantrymen. It's
economy of ammunition and effort,
then, to kill these men instead Of the
fighters.
And this may help to explain why
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
''u''' BASE IN MEXICO?
U. S. Officials Are Divided as to
Truth Of Report.
Secretary PANELS sexs Navy II TAX.
Ing Necessary Steps to Safe
guard Shipping.

Washington, June 5.-Opinion in
Washington was sharply divided al
to whether Germany has established
a submarine base In Mexico, or else
where on the coasts Of the Americas
or is operating her raiding submarines
from German bases.
Naval officials insisted there Is no
evidence whatever substantiat1ng the
claim that there are German subma.
the bases In Mexican, tNicaraguan, OF
West Indian waters. The state de-
partment shares this view.
Shipping board officials, however, in
sisted there is at least strong sus-
picion Of bases in Mexico.
A submarine base in Mexico would
not avail Germany for operations in
the upper Atlantic, naval officials con-
tended. They pointed to the fact that
it is 1000 miles from the Jersey coast
to Mexican waters. almost as far as
the German bases in Germany or Bel
GUM.
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy
Roosevelt insisted there is no evidence
to substanttate the report of German
submarine bases on this side Of the
Atlantic.
There ia widespread belief In the
navy d6bafH@7at that the ISt2Ep Of
the German overseas submarines &C
counts for the loss Of the naval col
lier Cyclops, sunk without trace"
after leaving Barbados.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

The order of the fuel administrator
directing that no more anthracite coal
be shipped into Iowa. this year will
bring loud protests from many. Most
of us do not possess the information
necessary to judge whether or not
the move is necessary. It must be
desperate situation, however, that re-
quires the denying Of fuel to thou
sands who do not have their homes
and places of business equipped to
burn any other kind Of coal. Anthra-
cite shipments are now denied to more
than twenty states, while others are
getting the normal supply, and the
New England states are even getting
more than in other years. The stu
alton is being handled by states. It
would seem that it would be more
just policy to take the supply, after
Government needs have been met, and
pro rate it over the entire country &C.
cOrding to the normal demand
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

German gunners fire on Red Gross
ambulances and why German airmen
bomb military hospitals and torpedo
hospital ships. Very likely it isn't the
wounded soldiers they want to kill;
it's the doctors and their helpers. The
military value of nurse isn't express
ly given, but a slain Red Cross nurse
is probably reckoned, in Prussian
arithmetic, as equivalent to at least 20
or 80 fighting men killed.
In this, as in everything else invol-
wing a question of fairness, justice,
manliness and decency, the Prussian
overlords reckon wrong. They can
not see that outside of Germany there
is a different set of morals, and a diff
ferent system Of military arithmetic.
For every doctor or nurse or stretch
er-bearer shot down by a cowardly foe,
a thousand men rush to arms. And
so in this matter, as in all others,
Prussianism invites its own doom.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

FLOUR-The United States administers
ton -four standards are as follows: Pei
bbl., in jute, IS ID. sack basis, barley -four
1850; corn -four, $1l10; white flour, 5000
dark rye. $3.50; spring wheat, $l0.000lo.So
special brands. SOTO; hard winter, $4,000
1880; soft winter. l0.eo010.So.
HAY-Choice timothy, $22.0000Oo; No.
timothy Sl9.00@1.oo: standard. $ls.0o0n.0o
No. 2 timothy and clover mixed. $4,000
thrashed timothy, T.0o0900.
BUTTER-Creamery. extra. 90 score
flo; frsts. 81 score. lOc; $3.50 score. $50
393kc: seconds. s4@s7 score, 34@36hc: stand.
ards, 41@4lAc; ladies' 3211h1033c; renovated
SIC; packing stock. 3O@31c.
EGGS-Freeh frsts. southern and south.
western. 29@29hc: Kansas and 'NebraskA
29@29hc; northern. 3O@31c: ordinary hrsts
27Q2shc; miscellaneous lots, cases includ-
RR3sc; checks. 23@24c: dirties. N@z5c;
storage packed, extras. Sc: frsts. 32A@
s2Kc.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. &c: fowls.
mic; ROSTERS. 2okc: brotlers. 1&@2 ID.
average 4S@5Oc: 1,z@1N h.. 42945c; ducks.
21@25c: geese. 13c.
POTATOES Wisconsin and Michigan,
9Oc6$1.c per 100 lbs.
CATTLE-Choice to fancy steers $16760
i7.75: good to choice steers, $l5.5O9 rs;
plain to good steers. $11.50915.50; yearllngs
good to choice s11.Oo617.25: stockers and
feeders, ssoO@l3.75; good to choice cows.
s9.5O6E1s.00: good to choice heifers, $1,000
400: fair to good cows. $s.D@s.5o; Gamers
s7.00dS35 cutters, $7.7068.3 s.; bologna bulls
SOOo4lO75: butcher bulls, $lL0091350:
heavy calves. $9Ooa11.oo: veal calves. $11.of
015.25.
HOGs-Prlme light butchers, $1sD@l7.1o
fair to good light. $16.4O017.10: medium
weight butchers. z8610 lbs, N6601LO:
heavy weight butchers 2so@loo lbs. S1s.1
91s.s5; choice heavy packing. Slo00166o;
rough heavy packing. $15.D@1sQo: pigs,
fair to good. s1soo@1s.w: stays. u6oo0
B.G.
sIIEEP-shorn yearhngs. S00el60:
western lambs, good to choice. SlS0oon %;
native lambs, good TO choice. 115B0i70o;
Colorado shorn lambs, s16B01I0o: spring
lambs. StS5eG5o.0o; shorn wsthsrs. uA16o
III: shorn ewes. tlAoo01A.M
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
PLAN DEFEATED
EnIistments in the Navy SWelIed
by Pirate Visit.
German Attempt at FriehtfuIness Only
Increases the Determination
to Crush Prussianisn,.

Washington, June 5.-Attempts OF
Germany to carry her submarine war
fare to America through the depreda'
lions of undersea craft upon coast.
wise shipping off the New Jersey shore
and thereby check the increasing flow
Of troops to France and put fear into
the hearts of the American people will
be retroactive.
The other purpose Of the German
raiding party, it was believed by off,
cials, was to sink transports soon after
the troop ships left their home ports,
the activity Of British and American
destroyers having made hunting in the
old grounds on the other side Of ths
Atlantic too dangerous to be profit
able. Thus it was considered the Ger
man plan had primarily resulted In de-
feat.
As to the number of U-bOats taking
part in the raid on American coast
wise shipping, officials here were unde-
termined, but were inclined to the
view that all the vessels were sunk
by one submarine. Only in one in
stance had it been reported that more
than one submarine was seen. and in
that case only the periscope Of the
second boat was said to have been Wis
ible.
On the other hand, naval officials In
Norfolk, Va, were inclined to believe
that from two to five undersea craft
were engaged. All reports tended to
show that the craft which sank each
Of the vessels was Of unusually large
tonnage.
Officials continued to consider the
accessibility Of armlng all coastYise
shipping ID rrsf6faH6h 1M Mldlhs
operations along the coast. The pre-
caution. 1t is understood. has been un-
der considerations for some time in
view Of threats by Germany to carry
the war to America. =
Some officials were inclined to the
view that guns should be- placed
aboard all coastwise craft as. soon as
possible. &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

Capt. Harry B. Clark of Waterloo
received the democratic nomination
for congress in this district at the
primary election Monday. He has
been in the service since the begin
ming of the war but still retains his
interest in The Corn Belt Farmer, a
paper established and published by
him for several years. The advisable
thing Tor the Third congressional dis
Hict Of iowa to do, issto send this man
Clark to congress. He is made of the
stuff we would feel satisfied to have
represent us in Washington. More
will be heard about Captain Clark be-
fore election day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
HUNS TO SPARE DUTCH SHIPS
Two to Sail for America Under Agree
ment for Return Of Grain
Vessels.

The Hague, June 6.-The German
authorities, after long delay, have
granted safe-conducts for the steamers
Zijldijk and Hector. They therefore
will sail for the United States next
Tuesday under an arrangement by
which the United States will permit
vessels now in its ports to sail for Hol.
land with grain and -four on the con-
dition that ships Of similar tonnage
proceed simultaneously to the United
States. A.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
~" TO ASK 100000, 900
Heavy Losses Caused by German
Drics In France Makes Sub
scrlption Imperative.

New York, June CLOSES incl
dental to the German push on the
western front have made 1t impera.
tive that more than $100,00O,O0O be
subscribed during the coming cam.
paign for funds with which to main.
tain Y. NJ. @. A. war service activities
at home and overseas, the annual
meeting Of the associations war coun-
ell was told here by DR.. John R. Mott
general secretary. who returned re-
Gently from France. >
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

Delaware county gave State Treas
urer Hoyt a splendid vote last Mon
day. He may well take pride in the
endorsement which his home county
gave him. He received the nomina-
ton by a large majority and The
Democrat joins with his other home
friends in extending congratulations.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

On next Saturday afternoon there
will be total eclipse of the sun along
line about 70 miles in width extend
ing across this country from the state
of Washington to Florida. The eclipse
will be partial in most of the states.
II Saturday is clear day have your
smoked glass ready. IS e.: -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

The submarine attack in American
waters means that Germany will try
to establish a blockade of our coast.
She finds it necessary to prevent, If
possible, the carrying Of American
troops and supplies to Europe. Only
small coasting vessels fell victims in
the recent raid but increased sub
marine activity in American waters
may be looked for. Our navy is at
the highest point Of efficiency and the
German will get fight wherever
his presence is known in American
waters.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Ignorance, Oh, s,lss!

A young clerk was called before the
manager to explain why he was doing
his work carelessly. Mr.. Jones'" said
the manager, "of late your work has
been very perfunctory." Just as he
was going to ask for an explanation
the young clerk brake in: ''Mr. Smith,
I've been working here for three months
now, and though have tried my best.
that's the first bit Of praise / have
received since I've been here. Thank
you."-New York Sun.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Unpreparsd.

Daughter weeping bitterly -"Oh.
do have pity, papa. and let Edward
and me be happy" Papa (naturalist.
furiously)-"What! You think Of mat
rimony, when you don't even know
how many vertebrae there are In the
spinal column of q lizard &c Christian
Register.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Most Aggressive Reliaton.

Mohammedanism Is the aggressive
religion Of India, says the World Out
look, and has increased It's membership
8 per cent In decade, while the gener-
al population has Increased only 2 per
cent. Many more native Indians are
becoming Mohammedans every year
than are turning to Christianity, but
proportionately Christianity Is leading
In growth, having Increased % per cent
In ten years.. = o.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Food va,ve Of Peanut

The peanut Is a substantial food, ok
ounces Of shelled peanuts being said to
possess 0 food value Of 20 ounces Of
Found steak, five ounces Goldfish, ono
ounce rice, 20 ounces rye bread, $50
ounces spinach, 5!6 ounces apples q
six ounces bacon. The peanut IL rich
In fat and also has mineral salts I'm
portant In the diet, such a. phosphorus
lime, sulphur and iron.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
United States ssashers Cities.

Seashore cities-small and sleepy
villages in winter, great, busting cities
In summer-are now 20 numerous that
they can hardly be counted. They dot
the coast from Maine to Florida; the
gulf coast has any number Of pretty,
salubrious bathing spots, and the Pa
cinc coast, from Gray's Harbor to San
Diego. abounds In ocean resorts. The
gulf coast and the lower Pacific coast
have the advantage, however, Of all
the-year-round bathing; the Atlantic
coast season is about three months
only. Il
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
sTEPsoN OF RlBoT KILLED
Major de Mongeot, Whose Mother Wa
chieaooan, Dies in Action
In France.

Paris, June 5--Marccl de Mongeot,
major in the French army, was killed
IN action near Scissors on May =. He
was son Of Nine. Alexandra Ribot
and a stepson of the e1-premier. Nine.
Ribot was formerly Miss Mary Burch
Of Chicago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
holiand.s orsat pliss.

One Of the great bikes Of Holland
IL 40 miles long, starting far up In The
country. near the Yssel river, and COO
tinuing across the Hook Of Holland p
the sea. It was built In sections, and
for seven centuries has held back the
waters from the lOw-lying fields.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Finger Prints invaluable.

OF course 1t is in.connectlon with tho
detection Of criminals that the finger.
trint record 10 most o1sd. II i
claimed that China used 1t 1000
Years ago. It is in use In Scotland
Yard and in Paris and In the big citis6
Of this country. But 1t has proved In
valuable in Identifying honest folk %
well as criminals.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Foods Long Ii Use.

The following fruits, vegetables, etc,
have been in cultivation moro than
1000 years: Almond. apple, apricot
banana, bean. cabbage, cucumber, data.
eggplant, fig, grape, olive, onion, peach,
pear, ounce. rice, sorghum, turnlp, wa
termelOn and wheat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Finest. New Year Celebration.

The finest New Year celebration In
the world IL in Japan and China,
where before the clock strikes New
Years eve, every debt and account
must be paid. No good Chinaman or
Jap ever thinks Of entering the new
year with an unpaid bill. Would that
we might emulate that form of cele-
bration Ladies' Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05

Japan and China, aided by the United
States and Great Britain, could drive
German influence out of Russia.
Something along that line should be
started in the near future.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
SIN she Complaint.

II don't old with this ere vaccina-
ton, Mrs. Green. What's vaccination
done foe my little Tommy. Since I
'ad I'm done 'e's 'ad whooping cough.
chicken pox, measles-in fact, every.
thing but smallpox"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
LooIss on Love as Compliment.

loosD On Love as Compliment
A woman always feels herself COM
phmented by love, though 1t may b
from man incapable Of winning her
heart, or perhaps even her esteem
Abel Stevens, life Of Madame do
Stael."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
This is mild year in politics, ex-
cepti in the minds of few collectors
Of campaign contributions.

The war Is not thousand miles
away any more. It is right at our
front door.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Americans Aid French In Throwing
Hlndsnbure's Troops Back Across
the Famous River-GreAt Of
fensive Against Paris 10
Brought to Standstlll.

Nice, June 5.-The first batch OF
wounded Americans, who have been
amalgamated with the French forces,
has arrived here.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
Rsssrvs stock Of Patience.

The patience man expends in bear
ing his little trials Of his daily life
nature stores for him as wondr0us
reserve in Z crisis Of life.-W. g. Jor-
dan.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-06-05
THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1918-01-03

Jan. r.-Danish West Indies passed un-
der sovereignty OF United States.
Jan. 2-Blue sky laws Of Ohio, Michi.
gan and South Dakota held constitutional
by U. 8. Supreme court.
Jan 3.-Women Of North Dakota grant
ed limited suffrage.
Jan. 2e.-President Wilson vetoed the
immigration bill because Of literacy test.
Feb l.-House passed immigration bill
over presidents veto.
Feb. 2.-Indiana and Alaska prohibition
bills passed and governors Of Oregon and
Tennessee signed dry" bills.
Feb. b.-Senate passed immigration bill
over presidents veto
Feb. s.-Utah's prohibition bill signed
by governor.
Feb. M-ohio senate passed woman SUI
Feb. Is ashingtons bone dry" bill
signed by Gov. Lister.
Feb, @.-senate passed drastic espion-
South Dakota prohibition bill passed.
| Feb. H.-House passed senate measure
prohibiting importation Of liquor into pro-
hibition states.
Prohibition bill for Kansas passed:
| Feb. 22.-House passed army bill without
larger general staff and universal train
Ing features.
Feb. 2s.-House passed senate bill max
ing city OF Washington dry.
Senate passed administration revenue
| Dill 10 raise x&N.VU.WW.
March 2.-senats passed ssi7.ooo.ooc navy
March 4-Sixty-fourth congress expired:
| Twelve senators by filibuster prevented
passage OF ship arming bill and much
other important legislation.
Woodrow Wilson took oath OF ofnce In
private.
March 5.-wilson and Marshall Inaugu-
rated
March st-Federal grand jury at New
York indicted 1863 eastern fuel dealers for
criminal conspiracy to raise coal prices
March s.-President Wilson called extra
session OF congress for April IS.
March 21.-President Wilson advanced
date for extra session Of congress to
April 2.
amid great patriotic enthusiasm.
April 9.-Supreme court upheld woman's
minimum wage law Of Oregon, and de-
clared Illegal price fixing restrictions by
means Of licenses for public use Of
patented articles.
tended presidential suffrage to women.
June 6.-Serious revolt In Joliet. ILL.,. pen
itentiary quelled by military.
June T.-House passed rivers and har'
bors bill appropriating $4,000 900.
Senate passed daylight saving bill.
July 2.-Race riot in East st. Louis n
which more than 20 negroes and two white
men were killed and heavy property loss
caused.
July 2s.-Senate passed rivers and har'
bors bill.
Aug. l.-Senate passed Sheppard resolu
ton for national prohibition amendment
to the constitution.
Aug. 23-Soldiers Of Twenty fourth U
8. infantry tcolored) started race riot a
Houston, Tex, killing Is whites.
Sept. 22-Gov. J. Il. Ferguson Of Texas
found guilty Of accepting illegal profit
and impeached.
Nov. 6.-Hylan elected mayor Of New
York; Socialists there and In Chicago
overwhelmingly defeated: woman suffrage
won In New York state.
Nov. 23.-Ten policemen and womaI
killed by bomb In Milwaukee.
Dec. 17.-House Of Representatives
adopted Webb resolution for prohibi
ton constitutional amendment.