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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

ton now on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
submitted to him for the changing
OF the names Of the Iowa towns ana
streets named after cities in Ger
many. The governor declares that
the more important work must be
done before entering into details OF
such matters.
Twenty-three graduate nurses OF
Iowa who were In Des Moines to be
examined by the state board Of
health. signed applications for Red
Cross work. A call for service was
issued at dinner given the nurses
by the Polk County Red Cross. chap
ter. About ninety@five nurses were
present. 81
Fred Haas. Of Sioux City. a draft
registrant, who should have reported
at Camp Dodge, has been bound over
to the grand jury, charged with high
way robbery. The might before the
quota LETT, Haas held up an aged man,
it is alleged. 1t is charged he took
this means of evading service. II
so, a serious charge will be made
against him, the authorities say.
That the war Will last for two or
three years longer and that the pres
emit strategy of the allies is to allow
the Huns to wear down their man
power in the huge o6ensives they are
now making, is the opinion Of Ser
geant Malcolm M, Steele, the 1rst
man to return to Hampton after see.
ing active service at the front in
France.
4 The forestry department. Of the
Iowa State college by conducting Q
campaign for systematic cutting and
utilizing OF wood for fuel this year
hopes to materially aid the state fuel
administration in It's efforts to relieve
the coal shortage. Much OF the at
tention OF the department in Its work
is being directed to the Mississippi
counties az they are the most heavily
wooded parts in Iowa
Cash prizes to the amount of $4,000
will he offered by the State Horticul-
tural society for exhibits at the mid
west horticultural exposition to be
held next November The department
devoted to fruits of the various kinds
grown in Iowa comes in for the larg.
est amount, the prizes offered in the
different classes aggregating $1,000.
Prizes amounting to $3.50 are offered,
junior garden club workers. This will
include not only garden products rails
ed by children but exhibits OF canned
fruits and vegetables put UP by them
iowa went over the top so quick
it made their heads swim, and Lib
erty Loan officials all over the ma
ton are still wondering how we did
IT., said C. H. McNider, director OF
sales for Iowa in the Third Liberty
Loan drive, who came to Des Moines
from Chicago to speak at the Liberty
day exercise. "All of our counties
are away over their quotas, contin-
ued Mr.. McNider, "and thirty -four are
200 per cent over. / believe every
township in the state will exceed ito
quota. SO sure am I that have or
dered 1000 honor flags for use IN the
atahAL"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

Mr.. Clark moved to Waterloo, pur-
chased an interest in The Corn Belt
Farmer, and was working with that
energy which is CHARACTERISTIC of him
and of Waterloo, to develop his busi-
ness, when war was declared between
our country and Germany.
In time of war there has never been
any question as to where the Clark
family stands in relation to the gov
eminent and flag. Ancestors of Cap
tain Clark fought under Washington
to gain our freedom and establish our
government. Mr.. Clark's father en-
listed in a famous Pennsylvania regi-
ment when only II years old and
helped Lincoln to preserve the Union
and uphold the honor of the Stars
and Stripes.
When the intolerable aggressions
Of Germany compelled President
Wilson to recognize that a state of
war existed, Editor Clark laid down
his pen, went to a training camp
though almost ten years over draft
age, and won a commission as cap
tain in our new army. He is now
stationed at Camp Pike, Arkansas,
serving as captain OF Co. 6, 348th
Infantry.
In the past year Captain Clark has
been in particularly good position
to know something of the gigantic
tasks which have confronted the gov
eminent and how we'll the administra-
ton has accomplished these tasns
There can be no doubt as to the Cap
tain's qualifications. Not content to
pledge himself to the betterment Of
agricultural conditions through his
publication, he has made the supreme
sacrifice of further defeating his life
to the cause of his country. We need
more men of his stamp in Washing
tom sf&Ea
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

Instead Of asking for subscriptions
to war funds, Page county committees
notify each person to come to des'
ignated place to subscribe.
Harold A. WaEburn Of Shenandoah
has been elected cashier OF the
Northwest Savings bank, leading
financial Institution, at Washington,
D. G.
Retailers may not sell over five
pounds Of sugar to local consumers,
nor over ten pounds to rural GUS
toners under rules announced recent
" by the state food admtnist ration.
Mai. r. p. Howell, now judge adyo-
cate in the army, wall return to John
son and Iowa counties to conduct
court during the May terra. No sue
cessor for the Judge has been ap.
pointed.
About 1000 Iowa men In class re-
sponded to the recent Call issued by
the war department for skilled work
ers, such as engineers, machinists, In
spectors of various kinds, clerks and
other lines.
After the school board had decided
to continue the use Of German text
books in the Denison school, the pu-
pills broke into the schoolhouse ct
night and made a bonfire of the Ger
man books.
A factory for the manufacture OF
pAend to be used by the government
In the manufacture OF explosives
will be erected at Storm Lake. The
factory will be located at Lakeside
farm, mile from the city.
Four men, all crack rife SHOTS,
have just received commissions as
Instructors In small arms prachce ct
Camp Perry, Ohio, with the rank OF
captain. They are: Cedric A. Barnes,
Grinnell; e. C. Johnson, Fairfield;
Edmund s. Geist aud w. II. Durch-
denwald, Waterloo
Figures compiled by the state ad-
jutant generals Office show that tho
total number of Iowa men in Class l
is 36,424, OF which 5s5 are Negroes.
Polk county has EOS men in Class !.
Since September is, 1890 registered
men have been called or inducted In
to the military service in this state.
The only girl student In The fresh
man law class at Drake university
received the highest semester aver
age. Miss Blanch Ro(bbins and MIR.
Gregory Drunk both were awarded
an "A plus" but Miss Roibbins' MARK
outclassed her classrnakes on account
of higher test marks. q
Governor Harding will take no &c
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
THAT ITALIAN OFFENSIVE.
telegraph HERALD.

The German military masters TO-
mented successful propaganda to
rouse the German public to demand
Austria-Hungary's immediate resump-
ton Of the offensive against Italy. All
Germany worried over the fact that
Austria Hungary was about to go to
pieces and spurred Emperor Charles
and his cabinet to get back into the
war. This is done with the hope OF
holding tottering Austria Hungary to-
gether.
If italy can only smash the Austro-
Hungarians several decisive blows in
the new campaign that country will
go to wreck at once.
Turmoil has been growing in Aus
tria- Hungary. Lack of food, Slav
agitation and the suffrage clamor In
Hungary have been tending to para
I'VE it internally. Rioting in Jugo-
Slav districts have trickled through
in the news. It is believed that Aus
ria-Hungary has frantically appealed
to the Pope to mediate as quickly as
possible for peace. Units of the Bohe-
milan national army have appeared in
Italian uniform on the Italian front
But, if with German help, Austria
Hungary can win several successes
in the new offensive, Kaiser Wilhelm
and his vassal, Emperor Charles, hope
| it will serve to keep the Austria Hun
gary nation together.
A deeper German trick is seen IN
the scheme to open up the Italian Of
fensive and thus force the Allies to
hurry large masses of men to help
Italy, thus removing legions of them
from the fighting zone on the western
front, and make it easier for the con-
tinuation Of Ludendorff's drive there
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
4 US. men DECORATED
Lieutenant and Four Pryates
Win French War Cross.
Awards Made for CALAMITY Displayed
In Recent Raid by Germans
Near Verdun.

Washington, May Some of the
smallest casualty list reported In sew
eral days was announced by the war
department today, only Al names be-
ing carried. Four men were killed IN
action, two died Of wounds, and one
Is missing in action. Five died OF
disease and one from other causes.
Fifteen were severely wounded and u
slightly wounded.
With the American Army In France,
May S.-One American officer and
three privates were awarded the cross
Of war at a hospital near Verdun for
gallantry displayed in the recent raid
by German shock troops on American
positions. The awards were made by
a French general who was accom-
panied by an American general. Inc
soldiers decorated are:
Lieut.. Harry J. Kelly, Ottawa, III.
Private Dewey d. Smith, Steens'
Miss.
Private George A. Hopkins, Balti-
more, Md.
Private Aloysius Brown, 316 East
Twenty-ninth street, Brooklyn, n. I.
Lieutenant Kelly and Private Brown
are cited in an army order, receiving a
palm with the medal. The other
privates are cited in the corps orders.
Lieutenant Kelly and Prlvates Brown
and Hopkins each lost leg.
Lieutenant Kelly was reserve OF
f1cer at Fort Sheridan.
Private Hopkins is Spanish Ameri-
can war veteran and has a son III
France. He was cited as q model OF
bravery.
Private Smith was wounded While
bravely defending his post.
The presentation took place IN the
ward Of the hospital where the men
are being treated, the medals Deans
pinned to their pajamas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

derers, held them in their arms"
You see, they did kill babies in Bel
GUM, babes in arms, in their mothers
arms.
Do not let anyone talk you into be-
lieving that these things were not
done. They would not have been set
down in MIR. Whitlock's article if they
were not true. not wholly true.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
WHITLOCK RETELLS OF BELGIUM
Cedar Rapids Republican,

Once in while you still hear some
one saying that, after all, they may
not have committed those atrocities.
That sort of whispering is recurrent
and 1t may have sinister meaning.
We need not continue to dwell upon
such things, perhaps, but we must
not forget them either for we must
remember such things against the day
OF their judgment A nation that has
done such things must be held &C
countable for them, for the contrary
policy would be one Of combinations.
These thoughts have required to us
in the reading of the things that
Brand Whitlock has been recounting
in one Of the magazines. He was our
minister in Belgium and he stayed by
the ship, as the saying goes. He was
there and he did what he could do
to protect the afflicted people. He
Is no swashbuckler when 1t comes to
writing. He is careful and con-
ascientious writer and it may be as
sumed that every statement he makes
has basis of fact and Is made with
In those facts. In short what he says
may be accepted as the absolute
truth.
Speaking Of Dinant, he retells what
happened there. The people were US
Y ed as a screen while they tried to build
a bridge They sent a Belgian over
to the French to inform them that If
they did not cease firing on them
while they were building that bridge,
they would execute the prisoners they
held. (What military-minded nation
Germany is, don't you see?) But
shots still came, stray ones, and then
what happened? We will let Mr..
Whitlock tell it, as follows:
"The prisoners were massed togeth-
er-nearly ninety OF them, old men
and young, girls and boys, little chill
dren and babies in their mothers
arms. A platoon was called up, the
colonel in command gave the word to
fire, and the gray soldiers in cold
blood shot down those ninety persons
as they stood huddled there together.
Among them were twelve children UNI
der the age of years, six of them lit
tie babies whose mothers, as they
stood up to face their pitiless MUIR
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

The time for the fling of nominal
ton papers has elapsed and, as the
ticket reads, there is no opposition to
Captain Harry b. Clark for seat in
the Flower house. Captain Clark,
former newspaper man of Waterloo,
| is now stationed at Camp Pike, Ar
kansas, in active army service. After
the primaries it is expected that he
will return to the "monkey-wrench'
district and wage an active campaign
against the winner Of the G. o. P. pri-
mary.
Patriotic Men Needed.
AT the conference, which endorsed
Captain Clark, w. w. Marsh, a Dem
ocratic leader in the state, made a
short talk and called the attention of
the conference to the necessity Of
electing men to Congress who would
and could be Of help in carrying out
the aims of President Wilson and
the administration.
He also emphasized the fact that
several districts OF Iowa are now re-
presented by. men in Congress OF
whom it can hardly be said that they
are fully supporting the government
and the president OF all times it is
most important that we have patriotic
as we'll as practical men of business
Judgment in Congress, now.
Clark Prominent Citizen.
Captain Clark has had a most ac-
tive and successful career. He was
born in Lancaster County, Pennsyl-
vania, November 9th, 1876, and comes
from Scotch-Irish and Welsh stock,
although his ancestors had lived In
eastern Pennsylvania for more than
century.
He graduated from the high school
of his home town in 1894, studied
law and then went to New York to
seek his fortune. Instead of a for
tune he found hard work, and with
which he has been intimately associ-
ated ever since.
In 1898 he began his newspaper car
eer in the circulation department Of
the Hearst papers in New, York City,
and in 1902 became circulation man
ager of the New York Commercial,
being at that time the youngest man
who had ever held the circulation
management of a New York news
paper.
Two years later Mr.. Clark was in
troduced to farm papers when he en-
tered the employ Of the Orange Judd
Company Of Springfield, Massachus-
etts. He served as circulation man
ager of Orange Judd Farmer and
Northwest Farmstead, with Offices in
Chicago and Minneapolis, until Mo-
vember, 1912, when he went to To-
peka, Kansas, as director of circula-
ton Of the Capper publications.
He became known from coast to
coast as an expert on magazine and
ton was fully sustained by his sue,
cess in handling the nine papers
owned BY the governor Of Kansas:
In 1910 he was married to Miss
George Keller Of Chicago and he be-
gan TO look around for the best spot
in which to make his permanent
home. For almost twenty years his
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
IOWA LEADS IN SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO THIRD LIBERTY LOAN.

Iowa made a great finish at 155
per cent Of her quota. Wisconsin is
second with LA per cent score. These
are the best records in the Chicago
district All of the districts have not
completed their tabulations, but it
is believed that Iowa will not alone
lead all the states in the Chicago dis
trict, but all Of the states in all of
the districts.
In everything that is good, Iowa is
the best
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
Was Anxious 70 Know.

One evening while the family were
seated In the living room the CONVERSE
ton was mostly on the subject Of
guardianship for the grandfather, and
several Zines 1t became quite q heat
ed debate, which greatly impressed the
little three-year-old, Irene. The next
morning upon opening her little brown
eyes, she sat upright in bed and said:
Mamma, did they get that guardian
tied on grandpa YETI"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
BRITISH OUTGUNNED RATHER
THAN OUTNUMBERED.

According to Frank H. Simonds,
the great war correspondent, the Brit
ish were not greatly outnumbered
during the first week of the great
battle, but they were outgunned heav-
lily outgunned, and that accounts for
the retreat which came very near to
the verge. of a disaster.
All the captures of guns and mater
ia1 from Russia, Rumania and Italy,
together with the best Of Austrian ar
tillery were brought over to the west
ern front, and used in tremendous
effort to destroy the British army
The timely arrival Of a French army
halted the Huns, as they were halted
at Verdun. After the arrival of the
French, with their unequalled artil-
lery, the German soldiers found them
selves charging through slaughter
fields to open graves. And the Brit
ish lines stiffened after the first three
weeks and increased their slaughter
Of the invaders. During "a period of
three days 265 train loads Of wound
ed German soldiers were counted on
their way to the rear over a single
line Of railway.
When the battle commenced the
Germans had only an over confident
British army to contend with. An ar
my so confident Of its ability to hold
its battle front that 1t neglected to
prepare for q possible retreat by for
tifying defensive positions in its rear.
Now conditions are quite different.
While the danger crisis has not en-
tirely passed, the enemy is confronted
by a mighty host Of French, British,
American, Australian and Canadian
soldiers, all under the command Of a
single man who has demonstrated his
fitness to command the greatest ar
my ever marshalled on a battlefield.
All Of the allied armies, except the
French, are newly constructed forces,
and therein lies the only present
danger. The German force is a pro-
fessional army, officered by men who
have made the problems of war the
study Of a lifetime, and the same is
true Of the French forces.
By this time it is reasonably safe
to say that the allies are not out
numbered, and they may not even
be outgunned. If they can hold the
invaders, where they are until Uncle
Sam can get into his fighting clothes
the kaiser will find his finish without
making a drive for 1t.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

Purchasing a little French terri
tory, by covering 1t with the bodies
of dead German soldiers, may seem
like good business from. the stand
point Of the Kaiser. At any event
that is the kind Of land business in
which he has been engaged for the
past three weeks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
]. 1 condition. Inquire at this Of
NATURAL oas.

Natural gas is probably formed h.
the earth by process Of natural dis
tillation from the animal and vegetable
remains Of past geological epochs, and
IL nearly the same product as Is dis
titled from the coal In the retorts Of
gas factories only, instead Of the heat
Of fires, the internal heat Of the earth.
aided perhaps by chemical recomposi-
ton, has caused its formation on q
huge scale.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
overman Bill Reported.

washington, May s.-The Overman
bill, granting broad powers to the
president to reorganlze and coordinate
government departments, was ordered
favorably reported to the house by
the judiciary committee by vote OF
16 to /.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
Captain Harry B. Clark
Endorsed for Congress
from the TMrd District
Democrats in tie '.MOnkeyr0re,lch" District
Unanimously Approve of Wnterloo;S
Prominent Soldier Publisher
Clark is NOrv IN Acfjve Army Service

work had compelled him to travel and
he had visited almost every point in
the United States, but after mature
consideration he decided that there
was no better country in which to
live than northeastern Iowa, and no
more desirable neighbors than the in
habitants thereof.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
GENERALIssIMO FOCH.

BY the appointment Of Ferdinand
F0ch as Commander-in-Chief OF al
their forces in France, the allied de.
mocracies have given the most strik.
ing answer that could be made to the
efficiency" claims Of the German
hegemony.
It will be to the everlasting credit
of President Wilson that the Allied
conference which was held In Paris
last November at which he was rep.
resented by Col. House as head of the
American delegation, he threw the
weight of American prestige into the
scale in favor of unity of command
Then came the supreme argument in
its favor out of the mouths of German
cannon laundering past Bapaume and
Noyon toward Arras and Amiens. To
that argument there was no answer
and General Pershing having placed
all available American resources in
France under French direction in a
message which will never be forgotten
in France, General Ferdinand Foch
w as fAlACu
Chief by agreement between Great
Britain, France, and the United States.
These great democracies, free part
ners in an enterprise Of self-preser-
walton and liberation, have thus made
one man their collective agent, with
supreme authority to use to the best
of his ability all their war resources
against the new German onslaught.
And this particular man has been
chosen for the greatest military task
of all times, because, by common con-
sent, in which even the foe has been
compelled to join, he is by all odds
the greatest general on the Allied
side. From ''Foch- Allied Command
erin Chief" by Maurice Leon, in the
American Review OF Reviews for
May, 1918.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

President Wilson says that meas
ured by the man test, rather than the
acre Test, the American farmers are the
most efficient in the world. They pro-
duce less per acre but much more per
man. The man test is better test.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

FOR SALE-An up-to-date residence
four doors off Franklin street, on
south side of Gay street. Price 81.
800, $500 down balance on long time
if desired.
1872 j. W. MILES,
20S e. Union st,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

LOsT-Several packages were put in
the wrong Ford Saturday night,
among which were pair childs
black shoes. Finder notify Mrs. Joe
Hermann, Phone on 10, or leave at
Democrat office. 1871
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

FOR SALE-Two used Ford cars, in
A-No. 1 condition. Inquire Of Ger
aid Stimson, Hawkeye Garage, Man
chester. 1871
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
Two Glasses Of Women.

In this country the women are d.
vided into two main classes-those
who don't believe all their husbands
tell them and those who haven't any
husbands. indianapolis News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
French Shoot Woman Spies

French Shoot Womah SP1ess
Nantes, France, May S.-Two wom-
an spies. Josephine Alvarez and VIC
torine Faucher, condemned to death
by court-martial, were executed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

FOR Electric Vacuum Clean
er, with attachments for cleaning
walls and furniture Machine in A.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08
r,orseracIno an Ola sport.

Chester was probably the first place
In England where horseracing was es-
tablished, as In 1909 the mayor Of that
city offered prize for such contest.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-05-08

If this world is to be habitation
for free people this war must be won
by the allies.