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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
NEEDY EUROPE ASKS CLOTHING
FROM AMERICA

Chicago, August II. Eastern ant
Central Europe particularly the
| children-are nearer nakedness thar
at any time since the close of the
! Napoleonic Wars This is the word
which comes to Central Division head
quarters of the American Red Cross
here. In recent review of European
conditions the American Relief Adj
ministration states: From the stand
point of food, conditions are better;
from that of clothing, they are worse
This coming winter will see the eli
! max of the clothing need. With no
clothes purchased since 1915, except
by the sale of household goods and
valuables, all surplus materials have
been exhausted. This is especially true
of the formerly well to do who are
the new poor as well as in the homes
Of laborers and peasants.
The chief reason why, Europeans
cannot buy clothes. is the depreciation
of their currency. In Vienna, $4,000
crowns or $4,000, once comfortable
income, has deprecated until today
it is about the equivalent of $50. Polish
money has even less value; in War
saw, 1000 marks. once worth $1,000
in our money, now brings only $40.
So desperate is the clothing situa-
ton that babies are born with no pro-
vision for clothing them and the sick
in hospitals are dependent upon paper
bandages. American Red Cross work
ers say that the number Of mothers
in Europe, who will be unable to pro-
vide clothing for their new babies will
pass the million mark.
The American Friends Service Com
mittee has united with the American
Red Gross in joint collection or
used and unused garments to meet
this situation as far as possible. The
drive is nationwide. Persons willing
to assist in this work are asked to
apply to the nearest Red Cross repre-
sentative. The clothing must be made
and collected Immediately in order to
reach Europe before winter sets in.
Only garments which are strong,
seryiceable and practical for heavy
wear are worth shipping. Knitted gar
ments, especially stockings and sweat
ers, are badly needed. Baby clothing,
new or used; uncut flannel and flan-
nelette, strong cloth for suits, yarn,
even thread in great or small guam
titles are also needed.
Red Cross workers are supplied with
specific shipping instructions. The
main collecting point for this joint
campaign is the big Red Cross Ware
house, Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, n.
Y. Goods may also be shipped to the
warehouse of the American Friends
Service Committee, 18th and Cherry
Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Donors may
specify the country to which they
wish their gifts to go. When no re-
quest is made it will be distributed
by the two organizations according to
the greatest need.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24

Division have donated $36, 450.64 either
directly to Pueblo or through the Di-
vision office.
OF the 100000 needed for rehabilita-
ion, $35o,000 has been received from
all parts of the country and is now
in the hands of the treasurer of the
American Red Cross This amount in
cludes the $4,000 contributed by the
National Red Cross as soon as news
of the flood was received in Washing
ton, $125, 900 from the various chapters
of the organization and approximately
$l25,000 contributed by Colorado cities.
Figures from the Pueblo area, where
the Red Cross is still engaged in the
task of restoring the life of the COM
munity, show that 1851 persons were
made homeless by the flood. The total
number of homes damaged or destroy
ed totals 2,31S. The half million asked
for rehabilitation work does not cover
the building program.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
TWO FARM HANDS SURROGATE in
SIJn

Geneva, ILL.,, Aug. 15-George Berg
of Geneva, and William Kuger of
Milwaukee, farm hands for J. R.
Kirk, were suffOcated here yesterday
by gas generated from corn in a
fifty foot silo. Kirk went into the
silo first. When he failed to reap
pear or answer, Kruger went down
to see what was wrong. Berg then
tied rope around his body and
was lowered into the silo. He lost
consciousness before he could be
raised.
The gas generated from silage is
composed mainly of carbon Dioxide
and gas familiar in most mines as
black damp or choke damp. Being
heavier than air, the gas lies in mines
or wells without rising and the lack
of oxygen means almost certain death
to anyone who must breathe it for
even a short ime The gas from sill
age is caused by fermentation,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
Cooperative Shipping Association Ba.
sis of Livestock Plan.

The farmers livestock marketing
committee of fifteen has agreed on
the essentials of marketing plan
The subcommittee is still working
on details but the essential features
to be submitted to nationwide rati-
fication conference of producers, are
as follows:
Cooperative livestock commission
associations provide for the establish
ment of producer-owned and controll-
ed cooperative livestock commission
companies at the markets where need
ed. The demand for the terminal CO.
operative commission companies must
come from the producers themselves,
who will thereby pledge their support
in advance, Subsidiary to each CO.
operative commission company will be
a stocker and feeder company, from
which the patronage dividends will be
prorated back to the consignor-mem-
Der. The commission associations at
the terminal markets will be governed
by boards of directors ranging from
to in number. The board of di-
rectors Of the commission association
will select the manager, hire employ
ees and decide questions of policy. The
usual commission charge will be levied
for ceiling livestock, but earnings will
be pro-rated back to the members on
the patronage dividend plan. The di-1
rectOrs of the terminal associations
will be apportioned on the basis of
shipments consigned to the terminal
association, and not by the state lines.
The various terminal associations
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
Delaware Co. Farm Bureau

will federate into a national organi-
cation, governed by a board of not
less than nor more than Is directors.
The national board will be supported
by the terminal commission associa-
lions. National headquarters of the
livestock producers associations will
be in Chicago
No contract to be signed by the
members is contemplated.
The subcommittee on cooperative
marketing will call conference to
be held in Chicago on Sept 2 to work
out a standardized plan for the or
ganization and management of CO.
operative livestock shipping associa-
tons. An effort will be made to out
line ideal shipping associations. The
cooperative marketing subcommittee
will request the producers of each
state to send not more than three
representatives to participate in the
conference, which will submit advice
and offer suggestions to the Commit
tee of Is.
President j. r. Howard of the
American Farm Bureau Federation is
requested to call ratification con-
ference of the livestock producers of
the nation between Oct. Is and Nov.
to consider the full report of the
Committee of Is.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24

agan, Masonville, Iowa.
20 bu. timothy seed.-T. r. Dunn
Manchester, Iowa.
WANTED
To rent good farm about 240 Acre
with improvements and good soil, on
shares. Have worked own farm for Is
years and have equipment and help
to run good business-Harry Slim
son, Masonville, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
CAUSE OF APPENDICITIS

When the bowels are constipated, the
lower bowels or large intestines be-
come packed with refuse matter, that
is made up largely of germs. These
germs enter the vermiform appendix
and set up inflammation, which is
commonly known as appendicitis. Take
Chamberlain's Tablets when needed
and keep your bowels regular and you
have little to fear from appendicitis.
For sale by A. c. Philip.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
IOWA AIDS PUEBLO FLOOD VIC
TINS THROUGH RED CROSS

Chicago August "a. $4,461.59 has
been contributed by Iowa residents
to Pueblo flood sufferers, through Red
Cross channels, according to figures
from the auditing department of the
Central Division with headquarters
here in Chicago. This includes per-
sonal contributions as well as those
from chapters. The nine states in, the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
A Timely Song

In the shade of the old apple tree,
where the snow and the wind blow
so free,
Is no place to store the binder and
mower and implements there you
see
For the rust and the rot, you'll agree,
are worse than hard usage would
be,
And the paint that they wore is a
shade-nothing more
Just the shade of the old apple tree.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
Picric Acid

A large supply of Picric Acid is
to be sold by the Government. 1t is
a very high explosive, which was used
during the world war. While it is
high explosive, picric acid is COM
paratively safe and not as sensitive to
shock, impact or friction as CONNER
cial explosives, and it is much cheaper
This can be bought in carload lots.
The state expects to buy $4,000 pounds
to, be distributed to the counties.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
Farm Bureau to Have Rest Tent and
Head Quarters at County Fair

The Farm Bureau will have large
tent which will be headquarters for
farm bureau members and club mem
bers. This will also be a rest tent
and contain an agricultural exhibit.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24

The following word has been re-
ceived from Senator VIM. S. Kenyon:
Il believe the present session Of
Congress has accomplished a few
things that will be helpful to agri-
culture. | am going to make bold tc
J call your attention to some of them
list A bill depositing forty mil
lion dollars in the Federal Farm Land
Banks for loaning to the farmers.
End. An increase in the interest
rave that bonds of the Farm Land
Banks should carry, this increase
being from five to five and one-half
percent, with no higher rate to be
charged the farmers. That has pass
ed both the Houses and will undoubt-
| eddy be signed by the President
by the time you have received
this letter. This is going to
help you very much in producing
more money for the Farm Land Banks
to loan
"3rd. The Packer Bill. 1t does not
suit me, but it is better than moth
ing and it will work good.
18th The Farm Bill just passed,
which is really tremendous thing
and is going to help relieve the situa-
ton, helping as to foreign markets
and helping as to credits.
18th. The Cooperative Marketing
Bill which we have now out of the
Committee, after tremendous fighting,
and we will pass it,
18th. The Bill for a representative
of agriculture on the Federal Reserve
Board. That is out of the Committee
and we expect to pass that.
18th. The Capper Bill for the .regu
lation of grain exchanges which has
now passed both bodies and will short
ly be signed by the President.
mo one will ever know the amount
of hard work and continuous pound
ing it has taken to get these measures
where they are. We will Lave gotten
that all through this session and it
will be a record of real accomplish
ment along agricultural lines.
Now, If we can only get reduction
of freight rates. We expect to make
a drive for that this month.
Some of us, at least, appreciate
the situation as to agriculture and
are doing our best to help relieve the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
FARMERS EXCHANGE

FOR SALE:-
S one year old and six months
old purebred Duroc boars, Pathfind-
er breeding. Price right--Wm. Elan
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-08-24
TWO Kinds ct Freedom.

There are two freedoms the false,
where a man is free to do what he
likes; the true. where man is free
to do what he oughL.--Chares Kings.
Law
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
THEATRE PRICES START TO
 DROP

New York.-The price of tickets to amusement houses continues to decrease. The latest announcements of reductions came last night in news that the new Klaw theater would be opened on Feb. 21, with the scale of prices that r. yailed before the war, and that the new Ziegfeld rooft per- formance, called the Nine O'Clock Revue,'' to be produced on Feb. l, would be without the convert charge and at $3 a seat instead of $4, a res toration of the pre-war price.
 The fact that these two anuse- ment places are bringing down their prices, even for opening nights, is regarded as indicating that drastic action along this line has become a necessity with theater men to fill their houses, @ condition that has been hinted at several times recently but never admitted.
 Marc K1aw, in announcing the prices for his new theatre, said
 "In announcing a pre-war scale o1 prices for the opening performance of the Klaw theatre, I am most hap py to aid in the re-estabiishment ot normal admittance scale in the theatre. It gives me especial pleas ure to be able to cooperate witt Sam H. Harris in this respect"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24

"Juventus,'' symphonic poem by Visitor de Sabata, consists of four movements, Joyous Aspirations" Love" "Despondency'' and Hope Triumphant These four4are not di- Vlded by a pause as is tHf case with most symphonies but coafesce so in timafely that they are joined into smoothly flowing continuity. It is very melodic and the composer has splendidly achieved his object. He has portrayed each one of the emo The soaring. jubilant strains of the last movement make a splendid con- trast to the heartbroken somber chords of the third movement which he has called ssDespondency"
 The Good Friday Spell" from | Parsifal,' was more familiar and | the thunderous applause showed how | much the audience appreciated it. | The profundity of Wagner's genius is | typica11y portrayed in the rich warm chords of this number. There is a | breadth and depth in the sonorous
 notes that no other composer |, achieves.
 The famous ''Rokoczy March
 from the '+Darnnation of Faust CGer1ioz) / concluded the program. This was given with splendid feeling and verve and the blaring, triumph had hardly ended before a storm of
 applause swept through the theatre
 from orchestra to top gallery. Tos- | canini came back three times anC
 bowed his thanks gracefully, and in
 dicated his men as sharing in this
 triumph but could not be induced tC grant an encore.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
Attempt WiIL Be Nude
 70 Set Aside Decision
 Which Bars Fight Films
Michigan Attorney Holds. Law Which Forbids Inter state Showing of Fight Pictures Is Unconstitu- tional, and Test Case Will Soon Be Made.

New York--Attorney Ray Cannon. of Milwaukee. is about to make n legal effort to smash the law which bars the interstate showing of fight
 one Hundred StraiEht- Cannon. so called because of his astounding achievement in winning 100 consecu- tive cases, figures on using the Demp- sey-Brennan fight pictures as a me dtum for the test The pictures will be transported to Milwaukee. adver- ing picture houses there It Is as stunned that immediately they are flashed on the screen the proprietor of the moving picture house will hs arrested
 Then" comments Cannon. "the ie- gal fight will begin It issmy conten- ton that the supreme court of the United States exceeded its limitations when it passed the law against inter state showing of fight pictures IL is my contention that the supreme court | CT the United States cannot pass laws | for individual states In ruling that l taken in another. 1t assumes power l which it lacks The supreme court of | the United States cannot make rui- i ings that have to do with the morals ! of individual commonwcaiths. and I l expect to prove this in court
 | "It may be few months before the ] matter is finally settled, but the main purpose of trying to break the cNistinE z
 law is to pave the way for the show
 ing of championship fight pictures in
 the future"
 Dempsey in defending suits filed against the champion by John ReisleI of New York The latter had a con tract to manage Dempsey and insisted that it was valid Cannon defended
 injunction suits against Dempsey in St Louiss St Paul. Milwaukee. Aiinne- apolis. Newark. Toledo and other cit. | -es- He scored a triumph for Demp- sey in each instance.
 Il Cannon, who Is only twenty-sever
 years old as regarded as one Of tn, nest slSillful lawyers in the niddI.
 west His success in his legal ven - tures has been marvellous. and thos, l who have followed his career feel su
 premely confident that he will SCOT, l. | another triumph that he will SCOT
 the law which bars interstate shovStui
 of fight pictures.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
"FRECKLES" ANT
 HIS NAME NOHOW!

Wesley Barry, juvenile arar Qf Mar shall Neilan productions, was not model schoolboy. Yves was a strang- CT to clean white collars and cuffs and the gentleness of good little boys black suits. He was the barefoot boy with face of tan''-pluS freckles and ragged knee trousers. Today at the age of twelve he is well on the road to fame. and those who remem- Der him in Daddy Long Legs" ''Go and Get It. and now in "Dinty-'' know the talent this "kid' actor possesses. Wesley Barry was born in Los Angeles and previous to his screen debut was in vaudeville and stock In the title role in Booth Tarkington's famous "Penrod" stories the boy is expected to achieve big added laurels to his fame as motion picture star He is ve feet three inches tall, weighs a hundred ad nten pounds and has blond hair and blue eyes
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
FOUR BABIES TO
 PLAY ONE ROLE.

Children 'grow like weeds,' as ev- cry one, particularly parent, is well known, but boy at the Goldwyn stu dios who has a part in Rupert Hughes Dangerous Curve AheadI" beats all previous records. When the picture was started this particular infant be- ing about ten days old. was wearing size one garments.
 Two weeks later, when the picture was almost completed, the child was wearing fve-year-o1d clothes. Of course there is a trick here some where, and the obvious conclusion is that two children were engaged for the part.
 Wrong! Four children were used one ten-day-o1d, one year and a half, one three and one five
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
vOCIFEROUs SHIRT

Harold Lloyd rightfully figures that he has one "on'' Producer Hal B. Roach. The boss of the Culver City '1ot' arrived at the studio one morn ing wearing a new silk shirt of many and colorful stripes. He walked slow ly across the stage that all might gaze and marvel. The shirt made a deep impression upon all observers Later in the day Lloyd overheard two dark ey ''extras'' in low spoken converse ton.
 seYo' all should "a witnessed 'at shirt what Mistar Roach had in com mand," said one. ''Boy, oh boy! She was a first cousin to a lallapoolooza. ?
 ''An she 1oud?" was the earnest query.
 s'Am she loud? Boy, at shirt jus naturally spoke seven languages an coughed in Chinese
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
COMEDIES ARE
 DIFFICULT TO MAKE

''Comedies-pictures to make folks iaugh-are filmed with the accomp- animent of a lot of grief" said Bps ter Keaton, comedian. First you lose a lot of sleep framing a plot. Then you put in several weeks per fecting the scenario. After that you select the caSt-Some job.
 "Production is then started and aft CT a lot of worry and delays and more worry and delays, the thing is finally filmed. Then the plot is lost in the cutting. That's only a part of the work of making comedies, but it's enough to show what a dolorous affair it iS''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24

Since Randolph Lewis, the veteran picture story and continuity writer, joined Rudyard Kipling in England to give the celebrated novelist technical assistance in preparing a series or motion picture features to be produc- cd for Pathe, interesting echoes from the KiplinS workshop nave been wait ed across the Atlantic. On his recent arrival in this country to prepare for approaching better conditions in the | picture industry Major A. F. Holt, l chairman of Pathe Frenes Cinema | Limited, referred to meeting with | Kipling and the English author and
 NIT. Lewis shortly before leaving Lon | don-
 eve await with most agreeable an | ticipations" said Major Holt "the l Rudyard KiplinE screen versions of several of his masterpieces, which he | now is preparing for production and distribution with the technical co-op- | eration of Mir. Randolph Lewis. Mir. | Lewis declared himself delighted with | the pains taken by KiplinE to insure | accurate accurate Anslo-Indian de
 tail in the screening of his work. Mir.
 cident, which pictures KiplinE making g a careful sketch of t1ze ints-ior of a | British-Indian officers bungalow in
 order to properly emphasize the grease mark on the wall made by the
 pukkah cord in the hands of the na
 tive employed in flaming his 'Sahib
 The absence of this ever-present grease mark would, according to Kip
 ling, be severaly criticized by every picture patron who had ever lived in
 British India"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
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STORIES ABOUT STARS YOU LIKE TO SEE SHINE
|Oscazliy,i 1riuz1aphs
 'With Scala Orchestra
By MABEL SHERWOOD.

rturo Toscanini, probably the Afe$t living orch eStra1 conductor, the famous La Scala orchestra of [an, came to Bridgeport yesterday 4 gave a remarkably fine program 4Rolrs theatre. This was one in Y series given by Rudolph lSteinert " Afforded music lovers a chance to 4r the best orchestral music per- Dned in a. way that would admit of Ey little criticism. Perhaps there |D not more enthusiasm, not enough least to bring forth an encore, for I reason that the music was too Kerely classical for an audience of ~kerday's calibre
 Xo those in the audience who were Uable of understanding and ap- 1ciating the several numbers play N1t was a treat whose like will HDaib1y not be heard here again for tUrisid derable period.
 Koscanini, inimitable as con- |ct0r and a director, has wielded Eether a wonderful organization. E men are literally at the point of <-baton, so to speak. He is apt to |ud1e the various themes and move &nts in a manner peculiarly his Fl. but at the same time. loses noth- from the spirit of the music nor |eo he misin terpret the composer |yvas very much of a novelty to see " man conduct a series of difficult Gnpositions without a score.
 The program opened with the Erture to .'The Barber of Seville |Ssini. This was comparatively MI known and was received witt claim. It was given in a more tkradned, more quiet manner thar |usual with orchestras.
 Whe audience was highly apprecia |0 and from the top gallery came 0uts of approval.
 her next number, Dvorak's Sym |ony.. No 5, in F. Minor, from 9Th
 R World" is a composition tha /Hrowing to be more and more il kor as the years go by. Man, &o were in the audience yesterda,
 nembered that when the Philadel
 Ia Symphony Orchestra appeare'
 Ee under Stokowsl<i some years az
 Selection was the leading mum
 on the program. Real musician
 %ogrize in this piece one of tn
 symphonies. It is extremely Il
 <rative of it's name, 'The Ne1
 rld.' The haunting refrains c
 ough it and are contraSted wit
 negro spiritua1s are wove
 baric strains honoring those wh
 1ner1y resided on this continen I8 second movement, the 'G.argo,
 pIure melody and the orchestratfo
 <o1ghout is wonderful. It is ton
 pture marvefously painted wit
 ywfng color effects.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-01-24
WEST END.

''The Forbidden Thing" playing to- night at West End theatre, is per- haps the most human1y interesting and absorbing. photop1ay of the sea- son. It is an Allan Dwan picture, and the fine hand of the director is seen throughout its several reels of entertainment Lighting effects are excellent, while the technical details, the atm osphere, types and all that enters into the picture are virtually perfect from every standpoint.
 Tomorrow: Trumpet Is1and'' by Gouverneur Morris.