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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

Alden sold out and afterward paid
S110 per acre for 1S3-acre place
east of Iowa Falls. He built a new
barn said to have cost about $1,7O0,
harvested couple of big crops and
sold out at s165.
One eighty acre farm in this vi
cinity was bought at s135 and sold
at $3.50 within" two months.
1t required only three hours for
one farm to advance 5000 In market
value. While the first purchaser was
busy with the making out of a con-
tract man sought him out and Of
fered the above amount for the priv
ilege of signing the paper himself
and he got the farm.
A quarter section farm was sold
three years ago for sos. 1t was
afterward sold for $125 and later
again changed hands at $3.50. No
improvements in the meantime.
A S00-acre farm was disposed OF
at a trade price of s65 per acre five
years ago, was later improved to
some extent and recently sold for
cash at 500.
This is only a beginning in list
of deals of this kind. Nobody seems
to know of a case in which an in
vestigator has failed to secure a sub
stantial gain on Hardin county
land, bought right" or otherwise.
in recent years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
ARREST DESERTER
AT CHARLES CITY
Soldier Had Gone to Work In a
Factory.

Charles City, Nov. 9.--Homer
Crow, a deserter from the United
States army, was arrested here yes
terday by government detective.
Crow, going under the name of
Rawlings, came here from Des
Moines and applied for work at the
Hart-Parr factory, stating he had
been working in Mason City. He was
given job on the night machine
floor crew.
He Joined the army at Fort Sill,
Okla, last July and deserted Sept.
IT,
Crow applied for work at the
same factory two years ago but was
turned away.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

number plates and be in shape to OPP
crate their machines legally from
the first of the new year. If every
one waits until the first of the year
before filing an application for a
new number, there will be such a
rush that all cannot be taken care
Of promptly and there may be more
or less delay.
So please send in your applica-
ton early and "avoid the rush"
Please take notice and remember
that under the law, registration
mast be made annually.
The fee to be paid is an annual
fee, and Is in lieu of all taxes.
Number plates for the year 1912
cannot be legally used in the year
1913.
Machines that on January 1,
1918, will have been in use for four
or more years, may be registered at
one-half the regular rates.
Applications must be filed out in
full, and sworn to, the same as for
previous registration. The words
same as previous application" must
not be used in filing out blank ap-
plications.
Fees should BE sent in the form of
bank drafts, postoffice money orders
or express money orders. This de-
partment has no funds out of which
to pay for the collection of person
al checks. Also, do not send post
age stamps.
Herewith find blank application
for registration of your machine; al
so return envelope.
Kindly give this early attention
and greatly oblige.
Yours very truly.
w. C. Hayward,
Secretary Of State
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
Zapatistas Defeated.

Mexico City, Nov. 9.-Decisive de-
feat was administered to the Zapa-
tista rebels in the fighting around
Cuernavaca. The rebels left more
than 100 dead on the battlefield and
the remnants of Gen. de Ia O's band
sought refuge in the mountains.
where pursuit is difficult.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
Babe Dies of Scalding.

Grinnell, Nov. 9.-The little boy
Jesse Truman McGrew, who was SC
badly scalded by falling into a tub
Of hot water, died late Wednesday
evening. He was years old and
the SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Nc
Grew, who live on South State
street.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12
TO HELP SOLDIERS
IN THE BALKAN WAR
Appeal Of President Taft and the In
ternational Red Gross Re
lief Board

To the Editor: It is difficult to
bring home to the public in this
country the appalling. suffering in
volved in a winter war in the Bal
kans. Communication is difficult,
the cold Is intense, and even rudi-
mentary transportation is matter
Of extreme difficulty. Moreover,
the fighting in this particular war
is likely to be of an especially bitter
and severe character, while on the
other hand the medical organization
available is quite inadequate to cope
with the large numbers of wounded.
Reports have been received both
from our diplomatic representatives
in Turkey, the Balkan States and
Greece, and from the Red Cross So
cieties, of the desperate conditions
OF the thousands of sick and wound
ed and the inadequate medical SER
vice. With these reports have come
urgent appeals to the American Red
Cross for aid.
The British Red Cross and those
OF Continental Europe are sending
out medical attachments of doctors
and nurses and hospital supplies in
order to mitigate in some measure
the terrible suffering entailed by
such a winter campaign.
Because of the distance, the
American Red Cross will not send
expeditions of trained personnel, but
it earnestly appeals to the generos-
ity of our people to aid the sick and
wounded soldiers of all the countries
involved.
Though an armistice may be de-
clared. the great number of sick and
wounded must be cared for during
q number Of weeks and the troops
must remain under arms in the field
for months during the severe winter
weather, with all the suffering and
sickness this will entail.
The services of the American Red
Cross will be rendered impartially
to all the combatants concerned, but
1t is. of course, open to any sub
scriber to designate a donation for
the special assistance Of one or the
other OF the belligerent parties and
+ ia ~; 10 ho% of will q
strictly observed.
Contributions should be sent to
the American Red Cross, Washing
ton, D. c., to Mr.. Jacob H. Schniff,
Red Cross Office, United Charities
Building, New York City, or any
other local Red Cross treasurer.
(Signed)
VIM. H. Taft,
President, American Red
Cross
Huntington Wilson,
Chairman, International
Relief Board.
Beekman Winthrop,
Vice Chairman.
Bernard N. Baker.
John Barrett.
Mabel T. Boardman.
Ma. Gen. George w. Davis,
U. s. A.
Cleveland H. Dodge.
Henry Delaware Flood.
Lloyd C.. Griscom.
Seth Low.
Elihu Root.
Jacob H. Schiff
James Brown Scott.
Charles D. Walcott.
Chief Justice Edward D.
White.
Members.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

some surprising results of invest
ment or speculation, If it may be
termed such, in Hardin county farm
land.
One man bought forty acres near
Iowa Falls three years ago, paying
$500 for the property. A few
months ago he sold it for $500 and
it is said that a buyer could be
found for 1t now at $4,000.
A man left big farm he had
been renting for years and bought
twenty-three acre home just across
the road from the place above de-
scribed, at cost Of $4,000. The
other day he was offered $500 for
it. Neither of these has been Inn
proved to amount to anything in the
past three years.
In the year of 1909 another farm
er paid $65 per acre for 320-acre
farm four miles from here and few
days ago was offered $3.50 per acre
for it but refused to sell. A few
months ago a badly crippled farm
hand paid $500 that he had saved
on a 120-acre farm, taking con-
tract instead of deed and sold it a
very short time later at an advance
of $1,000, the easiest" money he
ever made.
About three years ago another
farmer paid what was then a big
price for quarter section a few
miles south of here and after insig-
nificant improvement he has been
offered an advance Of $40 per acre.
Another eighty acre farm went from
$50 to s152 per acre within three
years, the owner in the meantime
having spent few hundred dollars
on fencing and tile.
Two years ago farmer from near
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

a little Investigation will show
some surprising results of invest
ment or speculation, If it may be
termed such, in Hardin county farm
land.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-11-12

It pays to advertise.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
AMERICAN HITS
LONDON TRADERS
Starts Modern Department Store
and Makes Inroad Into Com
petitor's Business.
e-i.I C.fIe to The WaShjnrfon Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Nov. lS.-Proprietors OF the
large, oId-fashioned London emporiums
in the West End are anything but kindly
disposed toward the American hot
head" as they call Gordon Selfridge, who
has shown the people of London what a
first-class American department store is
like and how great are its advantages
over the London shops, which used to
consider themselves the most perfect In
the world. Had the American merchant
prince brought a staffSof American shop
girls and other employees with him from
the other side, he would have given his
old rivals a formidable weapon against
himself, but now they wish he had done
so from quite another reason. for the
superior working conditions offered in
the American store has robbed first
class English shops Of all their best en-
pioyes and is rapidly attracting their Gus
toners. too, even the most conservative
of them.
Since the war broke out in the Bal
kans. Gordon Selfridge has introduced
journalistic enterprise into the house of
Selfridge in the form of the latest war
cables. Daily can be seen an interested
crowd of onlookers watching and waiting
for the posting up of the latest war ca
bles. 1t is understood that when the
war terminates this will be followed by
cable and other news of interest which
will be available and at the disposal of
the public and his customers.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
YOUNGEST BAPTIST CHURCH
SHOWS PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT

Emmanuel Baptist Church, at Sixteenth
Street and Columbia Road, held its third
annual roll call and dinner last Tuesday
night. About 900 sat down to dinner
furnished by the Ladies' Aid. DR.. George
W. Pope spoke for the Bible school,
which is now the sixth largest in Wash
ington, with an enrolment Of S65, and an
average attendance of 367. R. T. Mof-
fett, on ''benevolences," reported over
s, 900 given during the past year to vari-
GUS benevolences outside the church IT.
self The financial statement of the
treasurer showed an estimated value Of
church property Of Sis, 900, represented by
a modern stone and brick Sunday school
house and a valuable lot upon which the
new church auditorium is to be erected.
In speaking for the possibilities OF
Emmanuel, Percy S. Foster, superintend-
ent of the Sunday school, optimistically
promised the completion of the new
church in the very near future.
Emmanuel Church is the newest Bap-
tist church In the District of Columbia,
having been established less than seven
years ago. Under the pastorate of the
Rev. Hermon Spencer Pinkham during
the past two years the increase has been
notable, and II is stated that the seating
capacity is taxed at both morning and
evening services.
Rev. z. Hez Sven will preach to-
morrow evening at the Centennial Church
on "A Queer Story and in the morning
on Into the Love Of God"
The revival services at the Fifth Church
this week have been characterized by
much interest and large attendances.
There have been many accessions to the
church. Many candidates will be bap-
tised at 7:30 tomorrow evening, after
which Pastor ]. E. Briggs will preach
the concluding sermon of the series on
the subject, The Friends Of the Home"
Concluding services in the celebration
of the torty-ninth anniversary of Shiloh
Baptist Church. strangers Home) will
take place tomorrow. The pastor, the
Rev. waldron will deliver special sermons
at the morning and night services, and
the officers will make a final report of
the funds being received to liquidate the
debt upon the church building.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL UNREST
AFFECTS ENGLISH CHURCHES

Rev. Samuel NJ. Crothers, minister Of
the First Parish, Cambridge, Mass, has
recently returned from a long trip
abroad. Half a dozen years ago he made
a similar visit to Europe and he COM
pared, on this recent trip, his observa-
tions with the things he had observed
before. He gives an Illuminating account
Of these observations and comparisons.
He finds in England, Wales, Scotland,
and ireland a pronounced gain in the
hold which the churches Of many de-
nominations have upon the life Of the
people. More noticeable still is the
growth of the spirit of fraternity among
the churches OF the different denomina-
tons The churches have not only gain
ed in influence, but are getting together
in the one great work in which they are
all engaged.
This IS a part of the social upheaval
that has gone forward so rapidly with
the political changes of the last five or
six years. Before the famous budget
(Which had been prepared by the cabi-
net and passed by the House Of Com
mons, and which the House Of Lords
had the temerfty to rejecD no one would
have predicted that within i've years the
House Of Lords would be shorn of its
power. Even ardent reformers did not
dream of so revolutionary a thing. But
events moved rapidly and the epoch
making change took place
A new spirit fills the atmosphere in the
country since that time. The political
parties are no longer conservatives and
fetormers; they are two parties of re-
formers, differing principally in the plans
. for the details of reforms. The old order
Of things is going: politically and socially
the changes are radical II the power Of
the House of Lords could be taken away,
why need any reform be considered hope
less?
This new spirit has had an effect on
the churches like a refreshing shower
upon garden, according to DR.. Crothers.
A part of the old order OF things was
TIE opinion-expressed even by Matthew
Arnold-that the Established Church of
England was an essential part of the
highway OF the national life, and the
large number Of non-conformist denomi-
nations were Just so many blind alleys,
which. though Travelled by many, came
to q dead end. This opinion has lost its
hold The churches of all denominations
are laying hold OF the work Of social
and political reconstruction; hence they
are q part Of the new order Of things.
As q reconstructive force, they are
respected. They have pronounced in
euence in molding public opinion. They
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
WASHINGTON MEN PROPOSE
NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT

A number OF local men interested in
furthering religious effort have announced
their purpose to organize THE Wash
ington Temple (nonsectarian), and have
ARRANGED TO have Sunday afternoon dis
courses given in the new Masonic Tenn
pie, Thirteenth and New York Avenue
Northwest, at 8 O'Clock. Each week men
said to be prominent In Bible study work
In different parts of the country win de-
liver addresses. G. B. Raymond, of New
York win deliver the address tomorrow
afternoon. taking for his subject, why
God Permits Evil"
One of the features of the meetings
which the new organization will hold Is
that no collections viii be taken. GER
tain members providing for the current
expenses OF the gatherings.
For some weeks past the meetings have
been held in the auditorium OF the tenn
pie and have, It is said. been particularly
successful in point Of numbers attending
and interest manifested. A decision has
been reached that the new organization
VIII not affiliate with any other and that
speakers will be chosen from time to
time on account OF their wide knowledge
OF Biblical teachings.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
News Notes of the District Schools

faIso enjoyed bright geography talk
given by Miss Galloway to her fourth
grade children.
.Gales-Seaton Association elected the
following officers last Tuesday afternoon.
President, Mr.. w. A. Defbaugh; vice
president, Miss NJ. T. Mckee. and sec
rstsry. Miss Bessie Robinson.
Langdon teachers are beautifying their
school rooms with weIl-kept window
boxes. They made fine showing during
the summer In the outside school gar
den and are now in healthy condition
for the winter indoors.
Wednesday is Supervisory day in
the schools No meetings outside the
division are held that day. Division 'cir-
Gle meetings. are usually held on We'd
nesday.
Capt. James F.. Oyster. president Of the
Board OF Education; Mrs. Rhodes, and
Mrs. Kern will be the noted speakers
TO address the Grant-Toner meeting, No
vember 26 Mrs. Kern still retains the
presidency OF this association.
Eastern High Dramatic Association
held its first meeting Thursday morning
and voted to give its spring play at
Easter.
Pennants and trophies Of the New
York Avenue Fairgrounds will be award
ed November p, in the haIl Of the
Grover Cleveland Building by Mr.. z. S.
Martin. director Of Fairgrounds. There
will be a musical programme and ad-
dresses by officials. Emery School won
the girls pennant, Seaton School the
baseball pennant. TYining School the
division pennant, and Thomson the PEN
nant for the greatest number Of points
to any one school These games were
played last spring.
Miss Edith C. westcott and her large
corps of teachers were hosts for more
than two hundred parents. who called
at Western High School Thursday after
noon between 2 and $50 O'Clock.
DR.. W. s. Hall addressed the boys in
most Of the high schools last week on
Northwestern university and works under
the auspices Of the y. NJ. C. A.
Mrs. S. r. Rhodes gave a splendid talk
at the visiting day exercises of The
Blair-Hayes School last Wednesday.
Boy Scouts, of Emery School. will go
on an aIl-day hike next Saturday with
their new scout master, Raymond
Schaefer.
Twenty feet have been added to the
towering smokestack at Mckinley Man
ual Training School. to increase the
draft in the new boilers, which furnish
power. heat, and light for the building.
X social meeting is given each semester
by the Daniel Webster Club. The first
of the season was a dance attended by
nearly 200 students in the gymnasium
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
FEDERAL COUNCIL
HEADS TOWARD CHICAGO

Bishop E. r. Hendrix, president; DR..
William H. Roberts, chairman OF the
executive committee, and DR.. r. r San
ford, corresponding secretary, unite 10
announce to ''the churches Of Christ In
America the second qusdrennial meet
ing Of their Federal Council. which Is
TO assemble in Chicago December and
continue in session through the five days
following, The meeting Is one to which
delegates are officially appointed by the
thirty-two denominations affiliated with
the council: these alone will form a body
of between 100 and 500 members But all
of the meetings will be open to the pub
lie. and nondelegates are cordially in
yited to be present and follow the dis
cussions.
The business sessions will hear the
reports OF the various committees or
ganized under the council. includins
those on home missions. foreign missions
social service, evangelism, peace, educa-
tion and literature. Apart from these,
however there will be held larger pub
lie meetings for the promotion Of all
of the interests mentioned, which Will
be particularly considered in sectional
conferences.
o. A representative committee under the
Craftsmanship OF DR.. John Balcom Shaw
is working diligently to perfect local
arrangements in Chicago. and cordial
hospitality from the Chicago churches Is
assured. The business sessions OF the
council will be held in the assembly hall
Of the La Sale Hotel. and the evening
popular meetings will be in the Audi
torium and Orchestra Hall. 1t is be-
neved that these gatherings win In every
way excel the preliminary convention IN
New York in 1905 and the first organized
meeting Of the Federal Council In Phil
adelphIa in 1908 Four years ago there
were only two State Federations affiliated
with the movement. To the convention
of 191: twenty-five such organizations
will report
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
GIANT ELEPHANT TUsKs.
Remarkable IvorIes Measure II
Feet and Weigh 293 Pounds.

From the Nov YoEk Timss
Except to a few scIentistS and stu
dents interested in the study Of pre-
historic animal life. it is not generally
known that the New York Geological
park enjoys the distinction Of possess
ing the most marvellous pair OF living
elephant tusks the modern world has
known. II these monster upper teeth
were taken as a gauge by which to
would Indicate an animal weighing some
sixty tons and measuring thirty feet in
height at the fore shoulders.
When DR.. Hornaday first learned OF
the existence OF these gigantic tusks, he
said their stated length seemed incredi-
BILE This opinion e shared by many per-
sons who see them for the first time now.
as they stand IN the geological park, espe-
cially when the visitors are informed
that the tusks did not come from an
extinct mammoth OF gigantic size. 1t
has been established beyond question
that the tusks belonged to a living
species OF East African elephant that
still roams through the Jungle.
The enormous tusks arrived in the ZOO
logical park from Abyssinia by way OF
London They were presented to tho
New York Geological Society through the
late Charles T. Barney, who in his life
time took great interest in strange forms
of wild animal life. The full story OF
how and where the tusks were found
has never been revealed. but il is said to
be certain that they formed, not long
ago, the offensive and defensive weapons
OF an East African elephant that lived
not longer than fifteen or twenty years
ago. The condition OF the ivory. in
which all the indications OF very recent
life are still visible. are accepted as ab-
solute proof OF this.
The left tusk measures on the curve
eleven feet five and a quarter inches.
The right tusk measures eleven feet.
The net weight OF both is 293 pounds.
The longer of the two tusks exceeds by
one inch the length OF the longest tusk
of the great Columbian mammoth in the
American Museum, which must have
grown from the head of a monster of
almost incredible size and strength in
the baby days of the earth.
Another feature Of this matchless pair
of tusks is their symmetry and beautiful
curve. At the point OF emergence from
the skull they curve outward, sideward.
sweep. To give an idea of their size to
persons who cannot visit the geological
park in person. a photograph OF them
was recently taken, in which a park
keeper. five feet nine inches tall, stood
between the rear curves Of the great ele-
phant teeth. Above him. as he stood
there. was a clear stretch Of almost
the same height. The tusks mounted
on two heavy black marble pedestals are
on exhibition at the park.