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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
EIGHTEEN DIE
IN SH|PWRECK
Forty. three Others are Rescued
From Sea OFF Frisco.
Mother Among Those Saved, But
Her Baby Perishes.

San Francisco, Cal, Nov. 25.-
Forty-three survivors had been res.
cued last night from the wrecked
wooden steamer Hanalei, which
went ashore Monday in dense fog
on Duxbury reef, nine miles north
of the Golden Gate and was shivered
into splinters early yesterday by the
pounding surf.
Eighteen dead had been either
washed ashore at Bolinas, just east
of the dreaded reef, or brought to
port by the United States revenue
cutter McCulloch and the navy tug
Iroquois. How many are missing
never will be accurately known, for
the best available passenger list in
the company's possession gives tWen-
ty-eight passengers and twenty-six
crew, total of fifty-four souls,
whereas the known dead and saved
number sixty-one, seven more than
are shown on the company's papers.
These figures do not include two life
savers washed ashore alive, and
three missing. Their boat was
swamped.
The ships purser had it's wits
about him and stuffed bundle of
tickets into his pockets, but after he
had been saved he found they were
for the northbound trip, useless to
show how many were aboard, south
bound.
AS the vessel was a small coaster
of $50 tons, plying on a local run,
all the dead are Californians. Among
them was the infant son of Mrs.
Valentine Franz of San Francisco,
who was saved herself. She held
her baby by it's dress in her clench-
ed teeth, clutching timber with
her two hands, until exhaustion
loosened her jaws.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
New York Merchant Convicted OF
Committing Misdemeanor
Also Fined $1,000.

Geneseo, N. Y, Nov. 24.-Short-
ly before midnight last night Henry
G. Siegel, the New York merchant
charged with grand larceny, was
found guilty of a misdemeanor.
Justice William W. Clarke at once
sentenced Siegel to pay a fine of
$1,000 and to serve ten months in
the Monroe county penitentiary. A
stay of execution Of the prison SEN
tence was granted until the second
Monday of June and bail was fixed
at $4,000.
Siegel was found to have commit.
ted misdemeanor in obtaining
credit on false financial statements.
The jury was out about four hours
In finding verdict on this
charge the jury took course out
lined by Justice Clarke in his final
instructions. He said he had SER
ious doubts as to the validity of the
grand larceny charge.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
"W|TCH'S" WHISKY
TOOK away HER VOICE
She Then Drew Blood From Wom-
ans Face to Danish Evil
Spirits.

Pottsville, Pa, Nov. 24.-Whisky
and witchcraft were combined in the
story Mrs. Michalena Somansky Of
Gilberton told in court here.
She was arrested, charged by Mrs.
Lizzie Shorts with having scratched
her face until the blood came. Mrs.
Somansky's defense was:
81 was at Mrs. Shorts house on
Christmas last, and she asked me to
have a drink of whisky. AS she was
pouring it out she said something,
and when l drank the whisky
choked and lost my voice."
She did not get her voice back for
several weeks, and finally consulted
a witch doctor, who told her that if
she scratched Mrs. Shorts face until
the blood came the evil spirit would
leave her.
The next time she met Mrs.
Shorts she scratched her as directed.
Mrs. Somansky's husband, present at
the time, was tried for assault and
found guilty.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
GERMAN army
SURGEONS SENTENCED
FOR PLLAG|NC
French Convict, Two Officers, Nine
Deaconesses and Twenty
Subordinates.

Paris, Nov. 27.-The permanent
court martial yesterday sentenced
Surgeons Majors Collins and Wohl-
fart, who were in charge of the prin.
cipal field hospital of the Second
German army corps, to years i'm
prisonment for alleged pillage. Nine
deaconesses attached to the hospital
were given sentences varying from
one month to three months, and
twenty subordinates, sentences rang
ing from one month to three years
on the same charge. Eleven other
persons connected with the hospital
were acquitted.
The hospital was captured by the
French at Peronne Sept. Is. The
bulk of the baggage aroused the sus-
picion of the French army officials
and it's search was ordered. In that
of Surgeon-Major Collins, it was
charged, there were found three
Tanagra statuettes with the labels
of the Peronne museum attached to
them.
1t was alleged that in the baggage
of the deaconesses there were pieces
of silks, carpets and fine linens
which the deaconesses claimed had
been given them by Carmelite sisters
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
CHARGE AUSTR|-
ANS With RAW.
AGING CAL|C|A
Members of Russ Committee Report
Utmost Cruelty in War-Swept
Country.
EXECUTIONS BY WHOLESALE
Say 258 Men, Including Two Priests
We're Put to Death in Seven
Counties.

Lemberg, Galicia, (via Petrograt
and London), Nov. 27.-A commit
tee appointed to investigate condi
tions in Galicia reports there hav'
been wholesale murders, execution!
and excuses OF every description il
war swept Galicia. Thousands Of
starving and homeless families gave
evidence Of these conditions.
The Russian population, the com
mittee says, suffered most severely
less from natural consequences Of
war than from the cruelty of Aus
trian officials who always suspected
the loyalty of the Galician populace
and have acted with marked sever
ity since the beginning of the war,
The committee reports it estab-
lished the fact that in seven coun-
ties 25S men have been shot or
hanged, including two priests.
Throughout Galicia it is estimated
10000 arrests have been made and
1000 executions have taken place.
In five counties the committee
states its members counted 1850
burned homesteads. In the county
in which Przemysl is located there
are $500 families with $500 chill
dren under 5 years old who are
Robbery and the sacrilege of
churches are reported, and it is re-
ported whole families, including ba-
bies, children and decrepit old men,
in one instance a deaf mute. have
been thrown into prison.
Near Przemysl the committee re-
ports every village has been burned.
In the neighborhood of Jaslo 100
persons in a deserted hamlet were
found to have been hanged.
Most of these outrages are said by
the committee to have been commit
ted by Hungarians. 1t is stated that
Cossacks who were pursuing a de-
tachment of Hungarians, found the
body of one Russian girl who had
oeen crucified. 1t is also alleged
hat in one field hospital five persons
horribly mutilated were received.
The committee reported all the facts
hat have been authenticated. The
'eport said the Russian troops had
,een aroused to a high pitch of fury
against the enemy.
The members of the committee
made their Investigations under the
direction of its president, Count
governor general of Ga
icia.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
Humboldt Farmer Makes Important
Bequests-Provides $4,000
for New Church.

Emmetsburg, Ia, Nov. 25.-Den-
mis- Hession, who lived two miles
from Humboldt, died a few days ago.
He had been suffering from cancer
for some time. He visited Roches-
ter, Mimi, and Baltimore and in all
had five operations performed but
without any permanent result. His
wife and daughter died a few years
ago, hence he was the last of the
family.
Mr.. Hession had some reverses
when quite young but later he pros
pered and became very wealthy. In
his will he left $4,000 for a me-
mortal church at Humboldt, $4,000
for a Catholic school, $500 for a
parochial residence and $4,000 for
the maintenance of the SCHOOL,
total of s106,50O for religious and
educational institutions in his home
community. He also left a number
of other requests for other purposes.
The requests made by Mr.. Hession
are about the same as those of the
late T. H. Tobin for the St. Thomas
parish in Emmetsburg. Father Co.'S
tello is the pastor at Humboldt a.
veil as at Livermore.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
George Bunt of LeMars Pinned IN
derneath Car,

LeMars, Ia, Nov. ga punctur-
ed tire proved fatal to George Blunt,
aged 81, a well known resident of
this town about noon yesterday
when he was returning from a trip
in the country. J. S. Hoyt, who
was with him in the automobile had
his shoulder broken and c. A.
Clarke and Carson Heron escaped
with bruises. The car turned over
and pinned Bunt underneath, death
being instantaneous. Blunt leaves q
widow.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
PRESIDENT
CAN GUST FOREIGNERS
New Law Gives Executive Power to
Eject Without a Hearing.

Panama, Nov. 25.-The national
assembly yesterday passed a law
which virtually places in the hands
of the president power to expel all
foreigners from Panama. The law
declares that the president may ex-
pei within twenty-four hours any
foreigner who has become obnox-
ious, without giving him a trial. 1t
also prohibits foreigners taking
part in politics and from writing
articles against the political party
in power.
There is much opposition to the
law owing to its drastic provisions.
1t is held in some circles that the
law takes away the powers of the
courts and confers them on the pres
ident,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
SHOTS WERE NOT
FIRED TOWARD THE
AMERICAN SHIP
Turkish Government Says That
Launch Had Been Warned of
Mined Harbor.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 27.-The
launch from the American cruiser
Tennessee which attempted to enter
the closed harbor of Smyrna was
signalled that she was approaching
a mine field before shots were fired
as a warning to the little craft, &C
cording to the explanation of the
Turkish minister Of war to Ameri-
can Ambassador Morgenthau. This
was announced by Secretary Bryan
last night.
Mr.. Bryan said he had received
from Mr.. Morgenthau a note ad-
dressed to the latter by the Turkish
minister of war recording a previous
conversation with reference to the
Tennessee incident.
The note" said Mr.. Bryan, CON
tains the statement from govern
ment officials that the shots were
fired after a signal had been given
to prevent the launch from ap-
preaching mines and that they were
not fired in the direction of the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hilton of Far
rahut Victims of Fatal
Accident.

Hamburg, Ia, Nov. 25.-Robert
Hilton, 60 years old, a well-to-do
farmer and his wife near Farrahut,
were killed instantly when their au-
tomobile was struck by a Burlington
north bound flyer half a mile south
Of Payne Junction yesterday. The
view was unobstructed toward the
approaching train but a steep grade
at the crossing killed the engine Of
the new auto. Hilton was en- route
to Lincoln to visit his daughter.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
in appreciation of their kindness tt
the French wounded.
rain HALTlNC
THE FLAMES
Southern Forest Fires Soon to Be
Under Control.

Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 27.-Rain
which fell yesterday over all the
southern part of Arkansas is looked
forward to as the beginning Of the
end of the forest fires, which have
been raging for more than ten days.
The United States weather bureau
here declared a sudden movement of
the storm clouds which have been
hanging over Texas has brought re-
lief to almost all the southern half
of the state, where the fires have
been most numerous.
The forecast for last night was
for continued heavy rains.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

seem to be supported by the absence
of an upheaval in the water as the
first lord of the admiralty explained
Although only fifteen years old
and no longer on the first fighting
line, the Bulwark was a useful unit.
The loss of the ship, however, was
nothing compared with the heavy
loss in trained officers and men with
whose relatives Mr.. Churchill ex-
pressed in the house of commons his
deep sympathy and sorrow. The
Bulwark in her early days was quite
a favored ship. For a long time
she served as the flagship of Admir-
al Charles Beresford in the Mediter-
ranean.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
CA|LD'S INJURIES
PROVE FATAL
Small Boy Near Emmetsburg Die!
Of Lockjaw Caused by Wound.

Emmetsburg, Ia, Nov. 27.-Fred
Singer, aged 4, died of lockjaw
Monday evening as the result of a
bullet wound in the arm and shoul-
der received when gun in the
hands of his 10-year-old brother. Jo-
seph, was accidentally discharged.
The accident happened last week,
and until Monday it was thought
that the boy would recover.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
FOOTBALL PLAYER
DIES Of INJURY

Russellville. Ark, Nov. "a
Thomas Mcclure, aged IS, quarter
back on the Russellville High school
football team, died yesterday from
an injury received in game a
week ago Saturday. The boys nose
was broken and lockjaw developed.
Fourteen deaths in the United
States have been attributed to foot
ball during the 1914 season.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
Prince Badly Hurt.

Amsterdam (via London), Nov.
24.-"Prince Aug. William, fourth
son of the German emperor, who
was injured in a motor car accident,
is improving, but complete recovery
will take long time," says the Ber-
lin correspondent of the TELEGRAPH.
The correspondent adds:
1.-The reports that the crown
prince has been wounded are I'M
founded"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
ENGLISH YES
Sci Blown Up
BY EXPLOSION
Bnlwark Is Destroyed Of Shee1ness,
Thirty-fve Miles Down River
From London.
ONLY TWELVE ARE SAVED
Great Vessel Disappears Beneath the
Waves Three Minutes After
Explosion.

London, Nov. Pit was officially
announced here yesterday that the
British battleship Bulwark has been
blown up off Sheerness. Sheerness is
about thirty-five miles down the riv-
er from London.
Only twelve men out of the 700
or 800 on board the Bulwark were
saved.
According to the admiralty the ex-
.plosion which resulted in the vessels
destruction is believed to have orig
mated in her own magazine.
The announcement of the disaster
to the Bulwark was made by Win
ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of
the admiralty, shortly before 4
o'clock this afternoon.
The explosion occurred at 1853 a..
m. A vice. admiral and a rear ad-
miral, who were at Sheerness report
ed that they were convinced that
the disaster was caused by a maya
zine explosion. There was no up
heaval. of the water. When the
smoke had cleared away the ship had
entirely disappeared.
An inquiry will be held tomorrow
and the admiralty believes that it
may throw some light upon the oc-
currence.
Mr.. Churchill, speaking in the
house of commons concerning the
disaster said:
1.-THE loss of the ship does not SEN
sibly affect our military position
but l regret the loss of life, which
was very heavy. Only twelve men
were saved. All the officers and the
rest of the crew, which l suppose
amounted to between 700 and 500
persisted"
The force of the explosion aboard
the boat was SO great that houses
in Sheerness and even in South End,
seven miles away and on the other
side of the Midway, were violently
shaken. The people fed into the
Streets in alarm. When the great
ship blew up dense clouds Of smoke
and fame shot into the air. The
vessel disappeared beneath the
waves in three minutes.
So terribly was the Bulwark rent
that it was impossible to render her
assistance Immediately after the
explosion the vessel was blotted out
by smoke and as the veil slowly lift
ed handful of men were seen
in the water. Small craft
rushed to their aid and picked them
up. Some of the crew were badly
A touch Of the dramatic was add
ed to the catastrophe by the fact
that the band of the Bulwark was
ylaying when the explosion came.
NNThe disaster occurred while the
Bulwark was lying at anchor off the
val port of Sheerness near the
til of the Thames, but the ofic-
the port scout the public i'm
.Aon that the vessel was the VIC
}of German submarine. They /
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

The compromising Of all right and
wrong in wild fury, has averted
FROM US the gracious favor of the
gods.-Catullus.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

The ethics Of socialism are identi-
cal with the ethics Of Christianity.
Encyclopedias Brittanica.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01
CARRANzA'S
AIDS ARE STILL
OPTIMISTIC
Generals Believe Both Zapata and
Villa Can Easily Be Subdued
by Force.
MEXICO CITY IS TO SUFFER
Carranza's Plan is to Besiege Villa
and Zapata and Starve
Them Out.

Washington, D. c., Nov. a.
General Carranza at Orizaba last
night telegraphed his headquarters
here as follows:
"The news relative to the capture
of Generals Oregon, Villareal and
Hay by General Blanco is utterly
false. Blanco with his entire force
has united with the troops under
General Obregon and Mexico City
as been abandoned. Generals Viii
lareal and Hay are now on their
way to Monterey. The greater por-
ton of the troops under General
Beulna have deserted and joined the
ranks of the troops loyal to the gov
eminent"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

Vera Cruz, Nov. 27.-The occupa
ton of Mexico City by the forces Of
General Zapata and the apparent
understanding that has been reach.
ed between the southern leader and
General Villa appear to be pleasing
rather than otherwise to General
Carranza's supporters here who, it
is supposed, reflect Carranza's opin'
ion in this respect.
In general the plan now will be
to besiege Zapata and Villa, cutting
every railroad and starving them in
to surrender if possible, but forcing
their capitulation at that point in
any way which may become neces-
sary.
Ysidro Fabela, Carranza's minis
ter of foreign affairs, who has locat-
ed his office here, expressed the con-
viction yesterday that the task of
subduing Zapata and Villa would not
be nearly so difficult as appeared.
He admitted that the consequences
for Mexico City would be bad. He
also admitted that already there had
been received news that followers
of Zapata had sacked certain parts
of the capital, although there were
no reports to indicate the extent to
which this had been carried out, but
he regarded this as one of the neces-
sary consequences incident to war
fare.
Just who is in control of Mexico
City is not known here by the Car
rama officials, according to Senior
Fabela. 1t is reported that neither
General Zapata nor General Villa
actually is in the city but that they
have sent forward one on whom they
have agreed as their representative.
Nor is it known just where General
Villa is, but it is thought that per-
haps he has headquarters at Quere-
taro.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-12-01

DR.. T. B. Larrabee. osteopatn. d-tf
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-08
ONE MANS OPINIONS
BY ND. COCHRAN.

+ \ u
I am able to Judge, Arthur M. Evans
Is writing more truth. about the war
IN Colorado than any correspondent
who has written for any Of the big
Chicago newspapers, In what l
have read Of his correspondence he
shows a disposition to. be fair, and the
Record-HeraId is evidently not cen
soring his news stories.
His story in Thursdays Record
Herald shows that while laws were
passed by the Colorado legislature to
correct abuses IN the mining district
the coal companies violated the laws
with impunitg, because they con-
troIled all the officers of the law
and hence the law itself For law is
only what officers of the law make It,
The situation is summed up in the
following statement by Mr.. Evans
Here is a meltingtpot containing
at least twenty-five hationalidesl to
be transmitted into American eiti-
zens. They come here ignorant and
sunversed in the meaning Of constftu-
lNUudl- EONCA nul01A anu Tic lAACeAA-AAAe3
of citizenship, and the first thing
they learn upon entering the mines
is that the labor laws of the state are
being openly violated. Not only that,
but the violators are safe because
they control the offices of local gov
eminent. If the miner protests he is
told down the canyon for you, which
is equivalent to telling him to leave
the camp" ~
In Colorado, as nearly everywhere
else in this alleged land of the free
and home of the brave, the real Grim
inals, the real violators Of law, the
really dangerous citizens so far as
lawlessness goes, are the employers
who have, money enough to hire
criminal lawyers or lawyer criminals
to show them how to laugh at the
law and still keep out Of jail
AS Clarence barrow has expressed.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-08
'didn I have money enough to hire a

Il ~ . 2
lately, because I find more Of the
truth In the Record-Heral concerns
ing the news from the Colorado war;
and it is a much more significant war
than that fake war in Mexico, There
is more human interest in it.
Murdsrous MiIitia,-The coroner's
jury, after full investigation Of the
massacre Of. women and children
at Ludlow, Colorado, found that the
fire which destroyed the tent colony
on, the night Of April 20, causing the
death Of 13sWomen and children, was
started by militia or mine guards, or
both.
It is well to bear in mind in this
connection that there is little if any
real difference.betWeen the state mill
tia and the so-called mine guards,
because officers were permitted to re-
crltit the state militia il the coal
fields, and proceeded to put uniforms
on the gunner, or mine guards. in
the employ of the coal barons.
Other. gunner in RockefeIer's pTi-
vate army were sworn in as deputy
sherifs by sheIif controlled by the
coal operators, just as gunner were
sworn in as deputies by a sheriff con-
troHed by the copper barons in the
copper country.
In other words, the practice is
nowadays for employers to make ex-
conWets and thugs from the slums Of
the big cities officers of the law. The
same thing was done right here in
Chicago by the publishers trust dur-
ing the pressmen's lockout in 1872 4
Ex-cOnVicts acting as special pO-
Hcemen or deputy sheriffs committed
murder in the. streets Of Chicago dur
ing that trouble, just as the gunmens
of Colorado have committed murder
there for the benefit of the coal
barons
This is the practice the people of
The chronicle=news., 1914-05-05

Millionaire WHO
Shot Eatker Thought
to Be UhbaIanced

Nss York. Mss 5.-ch-si-r Dur
yea. sho early today shot aud killed
his father. a millionaire starch man
utsa,arsr and veteran OF the siSii
sar. bA1am. violent after b-in :
placed III a cell and gave every evil
dshss a.. insanity,
IL. declared hs shot his ta,h.s when
Ls received a spiritual nsss<aS. FROM
G-ors- Washington and that he in
tended 10 take his osn life,
4 .as the hest ifi-ni nay father
had ani he ~as my b.s, friend sais,
Dury-a. Il lowed him isariy. II hs
hs ~-fs hers noa h- soaii expiain
the whole matter, I really don't
hha~ ~hS I shot him
While talking the prisoner dug hi.
ti.s-r naii. inio his hands until the,
bleed. \ poiis-nan sss stationed
outside th- door so ps-s-n, him ffoa,
iniarins hiass-it seriously,
When DurYsa ~as arraisn-d he ap-
lssaf-i nor- rational. lie said he
had ho attorney. bat wanted "h-. so
the examination -as pa.,I"a-d until
THURSDAY morning. T.. q, bar,-a. hi.
cousin. said the nars-a family had
saiisra foe some .ira- sha, Chester
uas msasa'iy unbaiaas.i and haa
had .onsiarsrs. taking steps is i.ias-
him in a sahisasiam .s an asFian,,
Ch-e,-rs mental condition. said the
cousin. eas aaa To nsrfssuif. f"s
s~e years. h~ said the prisoner had
i-sn ,oa..sa,iF engaged in the siads
of a tosma,a ~ ehish b" believed the
manufacture Of s,af.h eauid H. rrs'
oiuiionisri.