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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
WEBSTER CITY
DEFEATS LEH|GH
The High School Basket Ball Team
Adds Another Victory
Score 80 to II.

The high school basket ball team
added another victory to their honor
Friday evening when they defeated
the high school team of Lehigh on
the Lehigh floor. The local men
played fast, consistent ball and
greatly outclassed their opponents in
all branches of the game. The score
at the end was thirty points for
Webster City and eleven for Lehigh.
Arthur France, for the Webster City
team, was easily the star of the ev-
ening, making ten baskets alone.
If the team can keep up the pace
they have set in the last two games,
Coach Berggren says they may cas-
lily have claim for the state cham
pionship.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
A Small Blaze.

The fire alarm was sounded Sun
day morning at eleven o'clock and
people who were down town hurried
to the The Wilson corner, from
which the alarm was turned in, ex-
pecting to see a fire, but when they
went to the alley south of the hotel
found that some business men had
put out the blaze which was in an
old shed back of the hotel barn. How
the fire originated is not known, but
no great damage was done.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
Russian ThistleS.

Quite few Russian thistles have
been blowing around the streets dur
ing the past few days. scattering
seeds in various directions. 1t is sup
posed they came from the patches
along the Northwestern railroad
right-of-way through the business
portion of the town. Last summer
the Freeman-Tribune called the at
tention of the authorities to these
thistles and tried to get them to de-
stroy the noxious weeds before go
ing to seed. A couple of farmers
picked up big thistle one day last
week on Second street and brought
it to this Office. 1t was loaded with
seeds, thousands of which We're nc
doubt scattered broadcast. Some Of
them will of course take root. TIL,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
GROVER NEESE IS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Webster City Man Appointed Tenn.
porarily Until Van Wagenen's
Successor is Named.

Sioux City, Dec. 22.-Accusins g
Attorney General McReynolds of be-
ing affiliated with the trusts and as
sailing the department of justice in
general, A. Van Wagenen, until to-
day attorney of the northern Iowa
district, took the first step in his de-
Tense last night. Besides attacking
the integrity of the attorney gener-
al the dismissed official accuses sew
eral Iowa officials of the department
with petty misconduct.
The order for Van Wagenen re-
urday from Attorney General Nc
Reynolds, was followed by another
appointing Grover NJ. Neese of Web
ster City, who has been Mr.. Van
Wagenen's assistant, to act as attor-
ney until a successor is named
In his statement Mr.. Van Wage
men says in part:
the matter could be held in allegiance
so as not to air my grievance like
the attorney general has at the 9th
er end. 1t is time for me now to
give my side.
"The real cause of serious differ
ence of opinion between the attor-
ney general and myself arose, as
nearly as I can tell out of the trust
prosecution against the Master
Plumbers association. Early in the
summer 1913 Mr.. Piper, of the firm
of Piper & Larson, plumbers, came
to my office and reported to me thai
the Master Plumbers association o
Sioux City. Ia. together with th'
state and national associations con
stituted an iron clad trust, the trus
maintained an office in an out-of
the-way room on the third floor o
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
ANOTHER ROBBERY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
MI. and Mrs. J. H. Claybaugh Find
Money Stolen From Sitting
Room.

A robbery occurred Wednesday
night at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
John II. Claybaugh, who reside at
315 Third street.
Whether or not the dining room
door in the Claybaugh home was
locked that night they do not know,
but it was found unlocked in the
morning and all the change they
had in the house was gone. The
thief evidently entered from the din
ing room door and went through
that room to the sitting room, where
Mrs. Claybaugh's handbag lay upon
the lounge. The thief had opened
the bag and procured the small
purse inside and also handkerchief
in which some money had been tied.
Altogether the thief got about four
dollars.
The first that the family knew
about the theft was the discovery of
the handkerchief, which the thief
had thrown down in the yard, after
removing the change. Mrs. Clay
baugh had planned to go to Fort
Dodge yesterday and the change tied
in the handkerchief had been given
her by member of the family, who
desired her to make small pur-
chase. When the handkerchief was
found in the yard further investi-
cation was made which resulted in
finding that the small purse was also
gone.
Mrs. Claybaugh says that she
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

the Marks building in Sioux City,
where every Monday night they met
and assigned jobs by rotation among
the members.
"The plumber who was assigned a
job could bid as high as he pleased
and all others were bound by SOL
emn oath, the original Of which we
secured in the raid Of the office here,
to bid at least 10 per cent higher.
This referred to jobs coming from
the architects offices. The ordinary
work was assigned to the men who
first reported to the office and every
plumber thereafter had to bid 10
per cent higher than the man who
first reported on the job. They kept
a man in this office and paid him a
salary for doing nothing else but
simply assign jobs. Every plumber
belonging to the trust had to pay 5
per cent of all his earnings to sup
port the trust.
"Mr. Piper brought with him to
my office letters from wholesale
plumbing houses, absolutely refusing
to sell goods unless he rejoined the
trust. He had belonged to it for
short time. | secured from him and
sent to the department certain little
slips which read like this, Boone VS..
Shirley Radiator company. first Of
fense'; this was printed with rub
Der stamp on plain piece of paper
and mailed from Des Moines in a
plain envelope to members through
out Iowa and elsewhere. It's mean
ing is plain. 1t simply meant that
the Shirley Radiator company had
sold someone in Boone who did not
belong to the trust and were there
after to be boycotted
"What the attorney generals OBJ
ject is in not prosecuting fragrant
matters like this | cannot under
stand Sometimes I think he is in
league with the trusts and at other
times that he is infatuated with
some pet scheme of his own. But
absolutely every turn the attorney
general makes looks to me like he is
interested in the corporations and
trusts"
The deposed district attorney crit
icises the attorney generals anti
trust policies, declaring the recent
Bell Telephone compromise leaves
the corporations just where they
were before and generally in a posi-
tion to carry out their combination.
intrenched behind the law.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
A Fine Exhibition.

The Last Days of Pompeii," pre-
sented in moving pictures at the
armory' opera house Saturday night
by Geo. Kleine. was perhaps the fin
est thing in that line ever seen in
Webster City. The performers were
all stars and the settings were mar
velously realistic. The destruction
of the city of Pompeii by the erup-
thrilling manner and gave those
present a vivid idea of the terrible
catastrophe that overwhelmed the
town some two thousand years ago.
then magnificent city of about 35,-
600 people.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
Fine Decorations.

Almost every shop window in the
city is beautifully decorated in hon
or of the approaching holidays.
Much time, taste, and expense have
been spent upon these decorations,
which are so in keeping with the
season and the general aspect of the
country's prosperity. The beautiful
windows are, however, shown in
setting which places them at a great
disadvantage for the street in front
of the stores has not been swept for
days and papers, weeds, and smaller
refuse line the cutters and blow
across it. These splendid windows
lining this unkempt street remind
one of fine home rising from a
dooryard which has not been swept
or raked for months.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
TO HOLD CIVIL SER
VICE EXAMINATIONS
For Applicants for Positions in the
Webster City Postofice-
Jan. 10, 1914.

A competitive examination under
the rules of the U. S. Civil Service
Commission, for the commission, for
the position of clerk (male or fe-
male) and carrier in the postoffice,
Webster City, Iowa, will be held on
Saturday, January 10, 1914, COM
at 9 o'clock a. m.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary instruc-
tions, may be obtained from the
local representative,
Mr.. William E. Gossard, Secretary
Civil Service Board, at the Webster
City, Iowa, post Office or from the
.."
Applications will not be accepted
unless received by the undersigned
before 4:30 o'clock p. M, on Tues
day, January 6, 1914. All persons
wishing to take this examination
should secure blanks and fill them
out at once in order to allow time
for any necessary corrections.
]. NJ Shoemaker,
Secretary Civil Service Board.
ST. Paul, Mimi.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
DEATH Of COLONEL
CHARLES A. CLARK
Former Webster City Man Died at
His Home in Cedar Rapids
Age 70 Years.

+ A telegram was received by
friends in this city yesterday an
nouncing the death of Col Charles
A. Clark, who died yesterday at his
home in Cedar Rapids.
Col. Clark was one of the leading
lawyers of the state and some years
ago resided in Webster City. At that
time he was democrat and was a
leader of the party in Iowa. In 1896,
during the McKinley-Bryan cam
paign, he left democracy and cast
his fortunes with the republican
party. A few years ago he was a
candidate for supreme Judge, but
failed of the nomination. He died
at the age of 72 years. He came to
Webster City in 1866 and resided
here until 1876, when he went to
Cedar Rapids and formed a cO-part-
nership in the law business with the
late n. M. Hubbard. He enlisted as
a private soldier in the union army
in 1861, being a member of COM
pany A, Sixth Maine Volunteers,
and was promoted successively until
he reached a colonelcy, remaining
lin that position until honorably dis
charged because of wounds in Feb
ruary, 1864. He received a special
congressional medal for gallantry
and meritorious service in saving
his regiment from capture in action
at Brooks Ford, Virginia. He had
good record as soldier and as a
citizen and died with the esteem and
respect of wide circle of friends
and acquaintances.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
BODIES OF THREE
GIRLS RECOVERED
We're Drowned Last August in Lake
Geneva. Wisconsin-Had
Friends Here.

The three young ladies, students
of Pella college, who were drowned
in Lake Geneva, Wis, on August
2Sth, had many friends in this city,
who knew the girls while at Central
college To these friends it will be
gratifying news that the bodies Of
the girls were recovered last week.
The girls were drowned in the deep
est portion of the lake and the re-
covery of their bodies was thought
to be impossible. However, recently,
Mr.. GeZel, father of one of the un-
fortunate victims, heard of some eX-
pert half breed Indian divers, who
were willing to dive in the extreme
ly cold waters of this lake and
search for the bodies. The reward
was one hundred dollars a body. AZ
ter week of diving of these Indi-
ans, who are father and son, they
were rewarded by finding the body
of Miss Cornelia Degeus, whose body
was recovered a week ago Saturday.
On Sunday morning the body of Miss
Gertrude Gezel was brought to the
surface and in the evening of the
same day, that of Miss King, whose
sister was miraculously saved from
drowning, at the time her sister
went down. The body of the latter
was long distance from the others
for she had clung to her sister or
the bottom of the upturned boat
which foated from the spot where
the first girls went down. Her body
was in water twenty-five feet deep
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
RECKLESS DRIVER
HITS A BUGGY
Accident Near the Schweppe Farm
South of Town-One man
Quite Badly Hurt.

Sunday night near the G. Schwep-
pc farm about four miles south
of this city occurred an accident,
which, if the driver of the auto
which was concerned could be found,
would mean his prosecution.
Bailey Brock, his sister, Meris
Gordon was quite badly hurt,
Brock, and Jim Gordon, were driving
south from this city and when near
the Schweppe farm an automobile,
driven at reckless gait, struck the
horse and buggy, scratching the ami
NAL badly and tearing two wheels
from the buggy. The occupants of
the rig were thrown out and Mr..
Gordon was quite badly hurt,
his back being injured. The
other people in the rig were
badly scratched and cut. The
driver of the auto stopped at the top
of the hill and returned and asked
the three people if they needed any
thing, handing them knife, and
when they asked his name and auto
number he turned and hurried away
in his car. Such accidents are rare
when the person driving an auto
mobile has not enough decency to
stop and find out how badly the peo-
pie are hurt, and offer assistance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
A Sermonette.

Ellsworth News: If we done as
much trading out of town as some of
the moral uplifts do. we'd have
mighty good reasons for not reading
our bible more regularly. We'd be
ashamed to open the book. But that's
what makes a town boom. Just keep
on and in a few years some farmer
will be raising potatoes where the
business houses now stand. They'll
be driving 20 miles to market-even
when the mud is hub deep and then
they can thank their God that they
are boosters.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
MUELLER HARDWARE
STORE IS ROBBED
Thieves Effect Entrance Through
the Rear Door-Get Consid-
cradle Booty.

Thieves entered the hardware
store Of Aug. F. Mueller some time
Thursday night and stole a number
of revolvers and other articles val
ued at $100. They effected an en-
trance through the rear door. No
clue to the robbers has been found.
These robberies are getting so num-
erous that it appears that home tai
ent is responsible. 1t is likely that
they have fence" some place
where the goods are disposed of. Of
ficers are at work upon the case, but
thus far nothing has been discovered
that promises detection of the cul-
prits.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
Elected Member of Student Council.

Miss Pearl Neel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs w. A. Neel, was honored
last week by being elected to mem
bership of the student council at
Grinnell, where she is attending
school. The council is composed of
twelve students, six young ladies and
pose of taking up all questions re-
garding the school from the stand
point of the students The council
then confers with the authorities of
the school. The council, which has
lately been newly organized, will be-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
SMOOTH CON man
WORKS At BOONE
Victimizes Landlady and Liveryman
by Unusual Method.

Boone, Dec. PA man called at
the AdiX hotel early Friday evening
and told the llndlady that he was
foreman of a gang of men disman-
Ting the Western Unions line be-
tween this city and Moingona.
He said that he would keep his
men at the hotel and asked for ac-
commodations for six. The landlady
made the arrangements and he pre-
sented a check for SIS and asked
her to cash the check, giving him
S.. He told her that he would leave
the check with her and call for the
balance of the money the next morn
ing. She readily cashed the check.
The men didn't show up, so she
telephoned to the Western Union Of
flee and made inquiries. She found
that the man who had presented her
the check signed by M. J. Schmidt,
treasurer of the Kelly Construction
company, and payable to j. 7. Gar
vey and indorsed by Mr.. Garvey, was
not connected with the work here.
Schmidt" went to the J. E. Good
win livery and feed stable and en-
gagged service for several horses, put
ting up the same tale that he had at
the Adix He presented another
check similar to the one at the Adix
and received another SIS and then
left. The check was of the National
Bank of Commerce, Sioux City. The
man wore a mustache when at the
Adix, but had it in his pocket when
at the Goodwin livery.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

Raymond Whiteman, the eleven
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Whiteman who reside on north Des
Moines street, is i'll with an attack
of pneumonia.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
Pool Hall Sold.

The Butler pool hall was sold Sat-
urday and possession given this
morning to the new proprietor, Roy
OBrien, whose home is at Jefferson,
Iowa. Mr.. O'Brien comes to this city
well recommended by his acquain-
tances in Jefferson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

er than that in which the others
were found The extreme coldness
of the under. current had preserved
the bodies perfectly so that identi-
fication was easily made. The fun
eral of the three girls was held last
week at Pella, from which place they
had gone on their fatal pleasure trip
to Lake Geneva.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
In Justices Court.

J. w. Myers of Woodstock, who
was to appear before Justice Tucker
yesterday, appeared and plead
guilty of striking j. A. Bishop and
was fined the sum of one dollar and
costs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23
Real Estate Transfers.

w. A. Crandall ard VT to H. L..
wd-n1 lot 3, blk So,
w. C.-S1 90.
Christina Stoneberg and hush to
Peter Standardization |. blk g.,
Ross addition, Stratford.-$l. 90.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

thought she heard noise in the
night, but that Mr.. Claybaugh had
been bothered great deal with
toothache the day before and she
thought that it was her husband she
heard, SO did not Investigate.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

people of the community are not TAX
ing enough interest in the destruc-
tion of noXious plant life and may
pay severe penalty later on for
their Indifference.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-12-23

The Lehigh Sewer Pipe & Tile
company have filed suit in the Office
of the county clerk asking for judg-
ment against the Tuscola Supply &
Construction Company ct al, for ST.
1S1, the action being brought on a
note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20
Too Many Elections.

The Stars Richmond correspondent re-
ports that the people Of Virginia are firing
Of elections. The primary law produces too
many OF them. This year will witness
four in the state. At the recent primary
for state offices only some sixty thousand
democrats recorded themselves. hun
dred thousand is the normal party
strength. So that a little more than half
OF the electorate responded.
What Is true in Virginia Is true else
where. For some cause the primaries
are not bringing out the strength OF
either party. Nominations are being
made by small votes. and sometimes by
minorities.
Primaries were adopted with view
of breaking up boss rule and clique rule.
So-called courthouse rings had been DOM
mating counties. So-called state capital
rings had been dominating common
wealths. A few men skillful In manipu-
lation had been parceling out ofnces and
other booty to suit themselves and to
their own profit.
The primary. It was thought. would
cure this. BY forcing candidates to make
appeal directly to the voters, the occu-
patton Of the machine politicians would
be destroyed. The evil had been so great,
remedy was hailed with pleasure.
As 1t tyrn out. however, the remedy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20

has its drawbacks. 1t imposes too heavy
duty on voters. They are called upon
too often. Elections have been made al
most a continuous performance. No
sooner II one polling over than another
begins. The fear is that presently the
show will never stop.
A remedy for the remedy. therefore.
should be found. It would not do to
return to the old order. There was never
too severe condemnation spoken OF the
boss system. That deserved the aboii-
ton neted out to X. But some means
should be found 20 make direct appeals
to the voters less frequent and less ex-
pensive to candidate. Objection to the
present arrangement has been made on
both scores.
All possible changes have been rung
on the proposition that those who enjoy
the privilege of voting should exercise
it. Nobody disputes it. Nevertheless,
tens of thousands of voters in nearly
every state absent themselves from the
polls on election day, apparently without
care as to what takes place then, or
may take place later. partly as the result
of their indifference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-20

through Canada without detection his ac-
lions. as reported, were certainly remark
able. for he made no pretense of con-
cealment Of identify on board the train
which he took after abandoning the auto
mobile in which he fled from Matteawan.
much safer line Of flight would have
been to cross the Hudson river and then
make for the Pennsylvania line. To do
this he might have had to go up to
Poughkepsie, about forty miles. and cross
there by bridge, or he could have been
ferried across the river in q swift launch
to Newburgh and there taken by auto.no-
bile on the run toward Port Jervis, where
he would have been within a few rods OF
Pennsylvania soil. Possibly the difficulty
of getting across the Hudson deferred
him from this course. His selection OF a
Canadian route proves TO have been most
fortunate for the state authorities. for
they have their best chance to recover
him now that he is in custody In the
Dominion faced with almost certain de-
portation. The chief question 1T pres
ent is whether in case OF an order of
deportation, which would seem t. be i'm
perative under the Dominion laws Thaw
will be set across the state boundary at
the nearest point or at the point of en-
trance or at some point on the New
York border in recognition OF the fact
that he has fled from tnat state. Ii ne
is put across the lane into New Hamp-
shire long legal delays may intervene be-
fore he is returne;: to the New York
jurisdiction. if ever, whereas if he is
deported directly INFO the state of New
York at Rouse's point the case will be
practically ended the moment he reaches
American soil