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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-31

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINIsTRAi
TION.
Price Interpreting Committee for Dela{
ware County.
A. W. Stearns, chairman; Archie
Lyman, secretary. @
Executive Committee.
A. w. Stearns, w. H. Lafferty. Z, Js
Hird. ]. D. Irmscher and Archie Lyman
County Committee.
]. c. Witte, w. s. Klaus, W. ]. Hi
mer. r. Schroeder, J. W. Rizer, W. M
Wonleighton, H. ~. May, s. T. WheelN
ess. j. w. Holscher, Fred Lang, Archi!
Legg, r. J. Pierce.
Food Prices.
Wheat Flour-Wholesale price 311S('
to $1,000. Retail price $3.15 to $3.50
per 49-lb. sack and 6 1-2c and z 1-2SS
per lb
Rye Flour-Wholesale price 1-2c I'd
&c. Retail price z 1-2c to &c.
Corn Flour-Wholesale price, 1-2ts
to lac per lib. Retail price 1-2ti
to 1-2c per lb.
Corn Meal-Wholesale price, &c ttEi
lac per ID. Retail price &c to 7tI
per ID.
Corn Grit and Hominy-wholesaldl
price, 1-2c to &c per Id. Retail price;
Z Lee to 8 1-2c per lb.
Dat Meal-Wholesale price, 3-4c to-
6 lac per ID. Retail price &c to 81:
per ID.
Barley Flour--Wholesale price, &c ID;
1-2c per ID. Retail price &c to 81
per ID.
Rice Flour-Wholesale price, lie to-
12c per lb. Retail price. IL 1-2c to 1861
per ID.
Corn Starch-wholesale price, 1-2&
to SC per Id. Retail price, 10c per 1bN
Blue Rose Rice-Wholesale price,
8 Lao to 10 1-2c per h. Retail pricely
IL 1-2c to lac per lib.
Dat Flour-Wholesale price, &c TT
&c per Id. Retail price, &c to 8 Ito pei
ID.
Potato Flour--Wholesale price, IL
1-2c to 15c per lib. Retail price, l5c td
tic per lib.
Sugar--Wholesale price. 1892 teIs
ss.52eper cwt. Retail price, 3 leo peI
* H. ! II ~ I i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-31
REFEREES SALE OF REAL ESTATE

The undersigned have been appoints
ed referees to make sale of the real
estate described as the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter Of
section seventeen (17), township eigh-9
ty-eight 1881 north, range four az
West of the Fifth Principal Meridian
containing forty (4O) acres, more OF
less.
Said referees will be at the Delhi
Savings Bank on Tuesday, the 1Stlt
day Of August, 1918, at ten o'clock \
NJ, and will then and there receive,
bids for the purchase of said property
and if satisfactory bid is received
will sell the same to the highest and
best bidder
TERMS OF SALE: 10 per cent. ups
on acceptance Of bid Balance in cash
on or before the LIST day Of March /
1919, when deed and possession viii
be given.
This land is just outside the platte6i'
portion of the town of Delhi, conven
lent to schools, churches and markei
HENRY BRONSON, !
E. B. STILES,
31w2 Referees
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
Navy Is to Get $4,000
Monthly Through Draft

Washington, Sept. 23.-The pro-
gram under which the navy and the
marine corps will secure the men
hereafter needed was announced
yesterday by Secretary Daniels. The
navy is to have an average of $4,000
men monthly, while the marine corps
will get 1000 monthly for four
month thereafter.
of the navy's allotment. il NAV en-
list or enroll men who have special
qualifications for certain navy work,
but the remainder will come from
the run of the draft" navy officials
culling out skilled men to meet as far
as possible the special needs of the
service.
Men who now hold, or may here
after be given deferred classification
on account OF dependency, will be
permitted to enlist in the navy. as
the higher pay given is expected TO
do away with the possibility of hard
ship to the dependents.
Much the same system will be fol-
lowed in enlisting men both in the
navy and marine corps. Men desiring
to enter either the navy or marine
corps will be required to make ap-
plication at the recruiting center.
For Delaware and Pennsylvania it
will bs in Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
Escadrille Spad 3S.
Secteur Postal 240, G. c. %.
August 2, 1918.

August 2, 1918.
Dear Mother:
Answering your question as to how
many of the boys that sailed with
me are living. l would say that as
far as 1 know only one has been Kill
ed. But the percentage of the others
l had known in school in killed has
been rather high. And speaking
about getting stung, the Huns seem
to be starting where the bees left
off. Three times have l come back
to roost with numerous holes in my
plane. Fortunately, so far none have
caused me as much pain as those
bees of boyhood days.
In my hurry to write down an dc-
count of my latest scrap before, for
get the details. l neglected to say
that the day before that event l went
"en panne,' il was a very bad day
to fly as the visibility was very low,
that is, enc could not see far. for
there seemed to be Il thick mist 1000
meters thick which from our height
of 5000 meters was very hard to see
through. The day being very sultry
made our motors heat up very quick
ly and / found myself having trouble
before l reached the lines. The tenn
perature of my water continued to
mount and since a Spad flies water
cooled motor this is dangerous after
passing certain point-90 degrees
being the point. Even SIS is abnor-
NAL, and after ii reached there | los:
faith in the cool breeZes of the high
er atmosphere, and dove for home,
thinking the rush of cool air might
bring the temperature down. But
not such luck. AS l continued COM
ing down the temperature kept go
ing up, which was not according to
Hoyle at all.
Temperature Goes Higher
Soon l was down to 200 meter and
30 inches from the home roost and
still going up. Suddenly the little
needle which had been mounting
steadily all the time got feverish and
jumped from SIS to 10. l stopped
coaXing the motor to cool down then
looked around for some place to
land, for had to come down as the
water was boiling hot. There were
plenty of fields under me but the
question was to pick one which was
not filled with grain, as l did not
want to be upset by the high grass
Fortunately here was a smooth one
nearby and coming down l landed
and rolling along the ground came
to rest just at the edge of rye field
Walking 10 the nearest village
asked for the Mayor of the town,
and when l found him, demanded
two men to guard my machine while
l telephoned TO the escadrille for a
mechanic.
Wife to Rescue
The Mayor did not seem to be
very executive gentleman, but mis-
spouse took hold of things and in
formed the commander of a company
of artillery on "repose" there of NY
wants. With military directness l
was soon in communication with my
escadrlle after that. No, l did not
do the telephoning for the simple
reason that l could not pronounce
the name of the village. The opera
tor kindly spoke for me however,
while I told him what to say. When
they learned 1 was a "pilote de
hasse" connected with the escadrille
of Madon nothing would suit them
but that 1 must have dinner with
them. Imagine a Serg. dining with
Colonels, Captains and Lieutenants.
Some Meal
1t really was flattering and it was
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

ton, an aged millionaire. stockbroker
and social leader of San Francisco.
He is devoted to his motherless daugh-
ter. Beatric, a pretty girl of 20, and
to Waverly. his 22-year-old SON.
Into the life of contentment at Cow
ington home enters Fay Hope, a New
York adventures. Using all the
witchery of her sensuous beauty and
every alluring art of which she is mis-
tress, Fay plays upon her heart
strings of the aged millionaire
Friends warn Covington that Fay'is
seeking his money, but he is capti-
waited and does not heed even the
declaration of his daughter that mar
riage to such a woman means moral
suicide. Remarkable dramatic results
follow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
DOING WAR WORK
WHEN ARRESTED
AS GERMAN SPY
Beaver Springs Man Accused
of Aiding Huns; Explains
and Is Released

Beaver Springs, Sept. 23.-To vol
unteer for patriotic government serv-
ice, to be accepted. and then to be
arrested as a German spy was the
unique experience of Wade McClel-
Ian. Beaver Springs. who has just re-
turned from Newport News with
hatred for the Kaiser jutting out all
over him. Mcclellan, in company
with Charles +. Keller, also of this
town. went TO Newport News to serve
Uncle Sam in government operations
there. He worked hard and earn
estly. he declared, and one evening
after work decided to write the home
folks about himself and his labors.
Just as he finished the second para
graph of the letter something cold
crept up to his temple and, just like
the bad robber in the Jesse James
books, he had a pistol for a telescope
before his eyes. You are under ar
rest" he was told, and the march
TO the guardhouse began. Friends
Of his in Beaver Springs received
IS. O. S." calls for money and after
much explaining Mcclellan is back
home, with the high resolve that II
he ever gets the Kaiser, Bill II have
u terrible black eye.
Right in line with McClellan's ex-
perience is that of man who gave
his name as James Segrist, Dali
malta He came to Beaver Springs
last week, posing as a United States
Army officer, having a deserter in
tow According to the pseudo Off
Ger the two were ntheir way to
camp where the deserter was to be
penned up in the guard house. How
ever when he attempted to show his
authority in the town citizens became
suspicious, both men were arrested
and placed under the care of
Sheriff Charlie Mattern at Middle
burg, to ruminate on the sad turns
of fortune until the next term of
[ court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
HUNGARY WANTS
TO GET FREEDOM
FROM AUSTRIANS
Movement For Separation
Starts at Chicago; American
Peace Plan Approved

Chicago, Sept. "a nationwide
movement said to be approved by
the federal government and spon-
sored by the State Council of De-
fense, for the separation of Hungary
from Austria, was launched by Chi
cago's Hungarian colony at a mass
meeting attended by about 1000 per-
sons yesterday. 1t was planned TO
send emissaries to read the propa-
ganda of Hungarian republic
among the Hungarian prisoners of
the French, Italian and Serbian
fronts.
Among those present at the meet
ing was a delegation of Hungarians
from Akron, Ohio. headed by DR.
Husko, and Darego Polgar.
This is our answer TO the recent
plea of Baron Burian.' DR.. Husko
said. We will have peace when an
American peace is possible. when
Hungary is once and forever free"
Washington, Sept. 23.-Leaders of
the Tzecho-Slovaks, the Jugo Slavs
and Poles at conferences in Wash
ington during the past two weeks
have agreed upon a program OF aims
of the oppressed peoples in Austro-
HungT ~ which has been laid before
President Wilson. Creation of a new
central body of the Central Euro
pean groups which will protect the
interests of all of them, was fore
cast in the announcement to-day
of the result of the conference.
President Wilson was assured that
not only had the oppressed nation
alities within Austro- Hungary sever
ally reached agreements for the for
warding of their own nationality
aims. but also had agreed to uphold
the President and the American peo-
pie in winning the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
Flying With Shafer
FRENCH "CUSSING"


! some meal. starting out with fresl
sliced tomatoes-somethin I had
not eaten for ages-with a beef.
steak and egg course to follow and
| ending up with blackberry jam and
| cheese. l even had fresh milk &c
| drink, which is very difficult to OBJ
tain even If one is in the country
/ They hunted it up when they found
| preferred it to wine. The COM
mander even wanted to open cham
payne in my honor. I appreciated
the implied compliment, but !
lodged the drinks by saying l eX-
pected to fly again that day. which
was about the brightest excuse l
ever thought up. Incidentally dur
ing the meal the commander paid
me a most flattering compliment, for
when his orderly asked If he should
bring man who spoke English to
interpret, he remarked that un-
derstood tres bien." l was getting
along swimmingly, too, only getting
stuck several times, and then when
they changed the wording of the
sentence 1 got it. for you understand
my vocabulary, although workable
is not very large.
About two hours later, my me-
chanics arrived and the village got
the surprise of its life with actually
seeing an airplane get off the ground.
To repay the commander for his
kindness 1 did few stunts over
the village, and then seeing that
doggone temperature going up again
headed straight for home, landing
there safely.
Italians Building Barracks
There are quite number of ltal-
ians around here; for building bar
, racks. roads, etc, you know. Well,
the other night a few talented men,
bers got together with their horns
and played some mighty fine mu-
sic. 1t tickled the Frenchmen so
much, it went to their feet. for they
tried all kinds of fancy steps. One
even insisted on doing a two-step
with me. Armed with hobnailed
shoes as we were and with rocky,
uneven roads for a ballroom floor, 1t
was anything but a thing of beauty.
And you can imagine the penalty of
getting out of step.
It's very amusing to hear the
words a Frenchman uses when he
swears. Translated into English, they
are the most innocent words in the
world. But they make quite a
mouthful in French and that seems
to be the point in cussing-to let
off steam as quickly as possible. The
cow. the pig, name of dog! all
these are used in the cussing voca-
bulary of the French, and to call
a man a camel is worst of all, and
would probably provoke a duel all
of which goes to show that cussing
is more in the point of view than
in what one says. 1t was several
nights ago that a Frenchman, who
reminds me OF Bud Fishers Mutt
more than any other man. got eX-
asperated with his comrade and eX-
pressed his contempt by calling him
la vache".
That is quite a contemptuousl eX-
preston in France but it wasn't
contemptuous enough to suit him,
so he ask me to translate 1t into
English, l obligingly complied, and
was much amused thereafter by
hearing him proudly and with all
the emphasis he could master call
ing his fellow country man an old
cow.
And now 1 have written blister
on my little finger. it's raining again,
and I'm sleepy.
WALTER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

pheum. Tuesday night. October !. di-
rect from two-years'
ION, boy" run at tho Princess
Theater, New York,
with the same big cast and produc-
ton, Is the fourth OF series or musI-
cal comedy successes from the New
york Princess Theater. The book and
Wodehouse, with music by Jerome
Kern. "Oh. Boy" lis described as an
intimate musical comedy and is re-
plete with tinkling tunes, brilliant
repartee' lovely girls. effervescent
with sparkling enthusiasm and the
beauty of youth. 1t differes from that
style OF entertainment which America
has come to know as musical comedy,
inasmuch as 1t carries real story,
the unfolding of which is not inter
rupted by Interpolation of songs and
dances. but the songs and dances help
to carry the plot, each number having
direct bearing on the play.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
siAM!!.USEt tssSAt ttSsSt MENTSlIsssI SlIss lIsssI

MAJESTIC
High Glass Vaudeville.
ORPHEUM
Tomorrow, night only - Selwyn and
Company offer Fair and Warmer"
Wednesday night and Thursday,
matinee and night - Eyes OF
Youth"
Friday, night only. September 81 -
Stuart Walker offers Booth Tark-
ington's Seventeen"
Saturday, night only. September rs
4. H. Woods presents Business Be-
fore Pleasure"
stock and Elliott present the origi-
nal New York cast in "Oh, Boy"
COLONIAL
To-day and tomorrow = Mabel Nor
mand in "Peck's Bad Girl"
Wednesday only-Bert Lytell in "Bos-
ton Blackies Little Pal"
Thursday, Friday and Saturday -
Geraldine Farrar in The Turn of
the Wheel"
Monday and Tuesday. next week -
Mae Marsh in Money Mad"
REGENT
To-day and tomorrow - The Street
of Seven Stars" by Mary Roberts
Rinehart. featuring Doris Kenyon.
Wednesday and Thursday - Dorothy
Dalton in Green Eyes"
Friday and Saturday - Vivian Mar
tin IN 'NlNlette.
VICTORIA
To-day and tomorrow - Pathe pre-
sents Moral Suicide"
Wednesday - sgd Chaplin, in "A
Submarine Pirate" and Hands
Thursday - William Farnum in The
Bondsman." and "A Fight For Mil
lions" .
in Her Body in Bond and Marie
Dressler in The Red Nurse
Perhaps it isn't necessary to say
another word in order to insure. a
record night at the Or
"Fnir and pheum tomorrow Falr
Warmer" and Warmer is one OF
those plays of whom
everyone has heard and which about
everyone wants to see.
"Fair and Warmer" opened at the
F,ltinge Theater, in New YORK, one
night two seasons ago without any
more preliminary notice than is GUS
tonary to give any new attraction.
Within twenty-four hours 1t was the
talk of New York. A more hilarious
" funny plot had never been seen
Within the memory of theatersoers'
It is said about il that all that Is
needed to insure packed theater is
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

Student life in the Latin Quarter
OF Paris, the carnival of wintor
sports at the famous st. Moritz.
Switzerland, and other picturesque
and thrilling presentation of Euro
pean scenes and events of especial
interest to the tourist and the OBJ
server are given in all their realism
in The Street of Seven Stars" the
photoplay attraction at the Regent
Theater to-day and tomorrow, with
Doris Kenyon heading her own
company. For story interest and
artistic quality this charming photo
drama is said to be in a class of it's
own.
The standard set by Miss Ken
yon's company, De Luxe Pictures,
Inc. is the very highest. and her
director, John B. O'Brien. was in
structed to spare no time, expense
or effort TO meet that standard in
every detail of production.
The story is by one of the most
famous of American women writer's.
Mary Roberts Rinehart. 1t was
published originally in the Saturday
Evening Post. Since then it has
had sale of more than 25O.000
copies in book form. Recently a
special Doris Kenyon edition has
photograph of Miss Kenyon on the
cover and a picture of the author
and the young star as a frontispiece.
As Harmony Wells, young Amer
lean girl who goes abroad to COM
plete her musical education, Miss
Kenyon has a part which charmingly
nts her winsome personality. In
fact. Mrs. Rinehart has stated that
she does not know of any other
American star who could carry the
role so we'll and so consistently. The
story is one of tense human appeal,
and is Hvened with thrilling pas
sages. 1t squares absolutely with
the highest standards of clean
photoplays.
This is indeed a picture de luxe"
says Marion Russell, a New York
reviewer who has made a campaign
for clean pictures, "a step forward
in motion picture building. This un-
precedentedly beautiful screen idyl,
all smiles and tears, will afford
pleasure to the world at large for
many a day and should be booked
all over the country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

To-day is the first showing of the
famous saturday Evening Post story,
The Street of Seven
Ihe street OF stars" f e a [ + / n &
seven stars" Doris Kenyon. at the
Regent Theater This
is the story that ran serially a short
time ago and was written by Mary
kooerts Rinehart. This is an unusual
story and an unusual picture Mrs.
Rlnehart says il is her supreme eff
tort in story-writing and Miss Ken
yon says 1t is the best story she has
yet picturized
1t tells of girl violinist who goes
abroad to study and whose outlook as
musician is the very brightest. She
meets a doctor whom she thinks a lot
OF ana hnally gVes up her great career
FOR greater love.
wednesday and Thursday the popu-
lar star of Paramount PICTURES. Dor
othy Dalton, Will be seen her latest
release, Green Eyes"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
BARGAINS SNAKES

bargains in snakes! Closing them out
at ridiculously low prices. Rattle
snakes, blacksnakes, moccasins and
other plain and fancy reptiles are
offered by Carey Reegin, near Lith-
onia, Ga. at sass for fin king snakes.
marked down from. S., with equally
astounding slashes in prices on other
varieties Lack of demand. due,
Carey says. to the war has put de-
cided crimp in the snake business.
For the special benefit of bachelors.
chicken shakes will be practically
given away and the ladies will now
be able to secure special quotations
on the garter species. The big sale
is now open. First come. first serv-
cd
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23
REJECTED sTxTEEN TIMES

sedsO, WOOIey, Wash., sept. 3. =
Quimby r. Bingham, cashier of the
Clear Lake State Bank and champion
enlister of Skagit county, has gone
to war After trying to enlist in
various branches of the service six
teen times he was finally accepted
with the draft and left for Camp
Lewis this week. Bingham is the
son of G. r. Bingham, banker The
elder Bingham has two stars on his
service flag now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

events events OF of tba the e. conspicuous theatrical
forthoInis fhon is promised in the
Cuisines iSerthcoming productinn
Before PIaas,, - Diusl mess Before
s,,n se Iheater. New York
mooos will present at The ora "A; H.
sera eAt saturday night. "Rnsin pm u enm
non,,, Ieasure." the latest and pc De
cor,Si OF the Potash and Perir,i NOS
ooneoles has won measnra IN utter
Wi, SIIuom accorded a pIav IN S- SSc
naia, having been presented ~ New
pa peCtsy audiences month after 70 ca :
n the season of 1917-I91S Tbo inpnth
Ssi,p SanSs or playgoers who are faif1u anou-
~ . tne careers and charactarHII.air
VI Aoe Potash and ''Mawruss1 sue sues
nnutteT VIII welcome them err :
as.ssIIicaliy in their new surroundinus snusl :
stroLa magnates. 1t was tr,,a a
fe go ., genius on the part Of NJ
SIass and Jules Eckert COL :
niSa' the authors of the pIav r. %
SiuS on the film business as su;ta Ne hio
i5ioh. buck .round for the bickerines apd
..SSsIosyncracfes of ABE" Potasb Id aid
MaWruss' Perlmutter. The ro,I! any
+ai as oeen comedy that IiteraI1,, 60,
ta alhs laugh to the line and one tbnt
ns t, New york World procIairned ga
m, IhhIer @ than Potash and Perlmuttar !,
ne ne play will be interpreted bv 'ser. Ter:
able company. ny not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

The Colonial presents Mabel Nor
mand. the little girl you don't want
to forget" in a
Mabel Normand In regular NJ d b l
"Peck's Bad Girl" Normand story,
"Peck's Bad Girl"
Mabel is seen as the village cutup.
and is named after the stories famous
thirty years ago. But there is mate
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-23

=, IN seventeen" Booth Terkingtor
- salo TO have sung the Iliad of caifl
"Seycn,con,, rove. 1t carries men
pack to the time when
evep+ .L the first shave was ar
the first hS Hrst love catastrophe and
inc @ss @ uress suit an epoch. Moo
ING and moonlight, incense and ;il
Srn " poetry and paradise-aii ~ ~ al
dth the ingredients that 90 in.o t,S :
ter b ioVe of William Syiyanus Rsxe
Lola Pratt tteaches out vain hands for
Fratt as lily stretches M,h ioI
petals toward the unfeeiing fiines noo white t
virulent form. N"esS In its most
william Sylvanus siebs e..
wentI grace of evening cJotbas iIe re
in the worfS eSs SUIT more than anythin a
the the bewitching Lola. Bnt ne S may woo
is o act that the baby taIit nus us, ~, IN
dranS ~ the beautiful princes tduy
made lhet feet of his goddess ars
Stanea oa clay. Hugh Stanislsre are
woven into u .stannard Mears haVe
"vonth ihto no the four-act comedy We
If thd' love and summertimned y OF
cidene lualcrous and very bun, many m
tba ts OF the book windine ,,r IN
farewell 1ations of Willie at I,o1a,a m.tii
bbneeen bnn in IndianapoIis S Sew
b,, % ohe an theatrical records Fei, II
tnree months stav in SLiioWeu
wbara me tremendous hit in New Xassfo
oniv c1os,an Is ran for eight solid months' H.
has not TO give the cast a rest :,
aIker is sending "Seventae,,. Mr..
~ ~. its local debut at the 0ryIi mere
d,ctGS evening with the ori1inoI on
viii iII'pn In ana a metropolitan cast spa pro
Wednesden saIe at the box Office nr