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G~ HARLIE JONES was called
 first on the second day of the M trial. He gave his place of - birth as Pennsylvania and his present shore address as a sailors Christian home in New York He of fered without solicitation the informa- ton that he had been twenty-eight years ln the Turner service and could have been "at the top" but preferred the fOrecastle so that be could be an influence to the men.
 His rolling gait, twinkhng blue eyes and huge mustaChe. as well as the plug ot tobacco which he sliced with a huge knife. put the crowd in good humor and relieved somewhat the somberness of the proceedings.
 Where were you between midnight and a. m. on the morning of Aug. l2g"
 At the wheel"
 You did not leave the wheel during that timeY
 ''Yes, sir"
 When was thatg"
 After they found the captains body I went to the forward compan- lon and looked down."
 'Is helmsman permitted to leave his postY"
 with the captain lying dead in a pool of blood I should think"-
 "Never mind thinking Is he?"
 "No."
 What did you do with the wheel when you left it?'
 "Lashed it. There are two rope ends with loops to lash it with. When I was on the Sarah Winters"-
 Stick to the question. Did you see the mate, Mir. Singleton. during your watchF"
 Every half hour from 12.3O to l.3O. He struck the bells After that he said he was sick. He thought he'd been poisoned. He said he was going forward to lie down and for me to strike them"
 ''Who struck the bell at 8 o'clock| 'I did, sir"
 When did you hear a woman screamg'
 Just before that"
 What did you do?"
 Nothing. t was the Hansen wo- man. l didn't like her She was a bad woman. When I told her what she was she laughed"
 Were you ever below in the after houseg"
 ''No, sir; not since the boat was fixed up."
 What could you see through the window beside the wheelW
 "lt looked into the chart room. If the light was on 1 could see all but the floor"
 Between the hours of a. m. and 8 a. m. did any one leave or enter the after house by the after companion? 20 "Yes, sir. Mir Singleton went down into the chart room and came back 1 again in i've or ten minutes"
 At what timeT'
 "At four bells-2 o'clock"
 'NO one elseF" "No, sir; but l saw Mir. Turner
 "Conhne yourself to the question.
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..Ten what hnnnened :"

leu WuhJ happened.
 ~l was Knocked down from behind while 1 was standing at the port for ward corner of ur after house. The key was taken from me while | was unconscious
 Did you ever see the white object that has been spoken of by the crew."
 No, sir. ] searched the deck one night when Adams, the lookout, raised an alarm. We found nothing except'-
 "Go on."
 He threw down a marlinespike at something moving in the bow. The 8pike disappeared We couldn't tnd it although We could see where 1t had struck the deck. Afterward we found a marlinespike hanging over che ships 0ide by a lanyard. 1t might have been the one we looked for"
 Explain lanyard
 "A cord-a sort ot rope"
 "lt could not nave fallen over the side and hung thereY
 "It was fastened with a Blackwell hitch"
 show us what you mean"
 On cross examination by Singieton's attorney Burns was forced to relate the incident Of the night before his injury-that Mrs. Johns had asked to see the aX and he had shown 1t to her. Be maintained stoutly that she had nOt been near the bunk and that tine ax was there when he locked the dOOF
 Adams, called, tsstihed to seeing Q
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thought the prosecution looked per turbed and uneasy l went back to jail that night, and dreamed of Elsa not as had seen her that day, bending forward watching every point of the evidence, but as l had seen her so often on the yacht, facing into the salt breeze as if she loved it her hands in the pockets of her short white jacket, her hair blowing back from her forehead in damp. close curling rings.
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MEAT INJURIOUS
 TO THE KIDNEYS
Take a tablespoonful of Salts It Back hurts or Bladder bothers-
 Meat forms uric acid.

We are nation of meat eaters and our blood is filled with uric acil, says well-knowb authority, who warns us to be constantly on guard against kidney trouble.
 The kidneys do their utmost to free the blood of this irritating acid. but become weak from the overwork they set sluggish, the eliminauve tis. sues clog and thus the waste is re- tained in the blood to poison the en- tire system
 When your kidneys ache and feel like Jumps of lead, and you have stinging pains in the back or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or the bladder is irritable, obliging you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headaches, nervous and dizzy spells. sleeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad weath- CT, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water be- fore breakfast each morning and iR few days your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stim- ulate clogged kidneys, to neutralizo the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus ending urinary and bladder disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and can. not injure; makes a delightful effer vescent lithia-wster drink, and mo- body can make a mistake by taking a little occasionally to keep the kid neys clean and active. 92
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Where were you between midnight and 4 a. m. on the morning of Aug. l2g'
 'ln the crows nest Of the Ella" State what you saw between mid night and l o'clock"
 "I saw Mate Singleton walking on the forecastle head. Every now and then he went to the rail. He seemed to be vomiting. It was too dark to see much Then he went aft along the port side of the house and came for ward again on the starboard side. He went to where the ax was kept" "Where was thatF
 Near the starbOard corner of the forward house All the Turner boats have an emergency box. with an aE and other tools In easy reach. The officer on watch carried the key" Could you see what he was doing2' NO but Dc was fumbling at the box l heard him.
 "Where did he go after that?' "He went aft"
 You could not see hlmT"
 'I didn't look, l thought l saw something white moving below me. and l was watching it."
 This white thiug-what did 1t look ukey"
 Like a dog, I should say. It moved about and then disappeared"
 "HowT
 "I don't understand"
 "Over the railE
 "Oh-nO. sir 1t faded away" Had you ever heard talk among tho men of the Ella being a haunted shipT Yes, but not until after I'd signed on her"
 Was there some talk of this white thingy"
 Yes"
 Before the murdersT"
 Nc, sir not ull after ] guess I say it first"
 What did the men say about it? "They thought it scared Mir. Schwartz overboard The Elias been unlucky as to crews They call her a devil ship"
 Did you see Mir Singleton on deck between 2 and o'clockt'
 No, sir"
 The cross examination was very short.
 What sort of night was it?" "Very dark"
 Would the first mate as officer on watch be supposed to see that the emergency case you speak of was in Order?'
 "Yes, sir"
 Did the officer on watch remaln or the forecastle head|
 "Alr. Schwartz did not; Mir. Singleton did mostly. except when he went back to strike the bells"
 Could Afr Singleton have been on deck without you seeing himY
 "Yes. if he did not move around or smoke. ] could see his pipe lighted "Did you see his pipe that night7" "No sir"
 "lf you were sick, would you be likely to smokeE"
 This question, ] believe, was ruled out "A.
 "In case the wheel of the vessel were lashed for a short time, what would happenf'
 Depends on the weather She'd be likely to come to or fall off consider able"
 Would the lookout know itY' "Nes, sir"
 "H0w?"
 "The sails would show it. sir" That closed the proceedings for the day. The crowd seemed reluctant to disperse. Turner's lawyers were in troubled consultation with him. Single ton was markedly more cheerful, and l
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CHAPTER XIV.
"A Bad Woman"

HARLIE JONES was called
 first on the second day Of the
 trial. He gave his place of J birth as Pennsylvania and his
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21
WORDS FROM HOME.
Statements That May be 1nvestigat
ed.-Testimony of Webster
City Citizens.

When Webster City citizen
comes to the front, telling his
friends and neighbors of his exper-
fence, you can rely on his sincerity.
The statements of people residing in
far away places do not command
your confidence. Home endorsement
is the kind that backs Doan's Kid
ney Pills. Such testimony is con-
vincing. Investigation proves it
true. Below is statement OF a
Webster City resident. No stronger
proof of merit can be had.
Mrs. Ira Smith, 215 Division St,
Webster City, Iowa, says: 81 had
annoyance from my kidneys. I SUI
fered from backache and the secre-
tions from my kidneys were unnat-
ural. Doan's Kidney Pills quickly
relieved me and did me a world Of
good in every way. I advise any
one suffering from kidney trouble to
give Doan's Kidney Pills a trial"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States. Remember the name
Doan's-and take no other.-Adv.
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cal. The prosaic adult who would
undelude children of their food i'm
agintngs at a time when they con-
triblte both to their pleasure and
their symmetrical development
would commit little less than a
crime.
The way for the parents to main
tain reputation for veracity is by
being truthful in all their practical
relations with their children. Every
promise made them should be kept
as faithfully as an agreement in the
business world The little hypo-
crisies of social life have a baneful
influence on observant children. The
child is much more alert than adults
generally suppose. An outburst Of
temper on the part of parent may
linger long in the child's recollec-
ton. A child has a keen sense of
justice. A bit of meanness will be
long remembered, and when an in
justice has been done the child the
memory of it is never completely
erased. School teachers have often
lost all their influence over children
by a single hasty act of injustice.
The punishment of child on cir
cumstantial evidence, in spite of it's
protest of innocence, is especially
dangerous. A hundred offenses that
were never punished or detected will
not weigh in the memory of the
child against one case of injustice.
There are so many faults of parents
and teachers that are grievous in
their effect on children that it seems
a sheer waste of effort to dwell on
imaginary wrongs done children by
not undeceiving them as to harmless
myths
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TRUTH AND CHILDREN.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The
stork myth is as injurious to chill
dren as the Santa Claus myth, in
the opinion of a speaker before the
Northwestern Iowa Teachers Con-
vention at Cedar Rapids, and the
speaker argued that parents who
impose these myths on the children
will be made out prevaricators when
the prosaic facts are learned. 1t
would be interesting to know wheth-
er there has ever been a boy or a
girl who felt loss of confidence in
parents upon discovering the truth
about either the stork or Santa
Claus. When an individual reaches
an age when childish myths are put
away he recognizes what delightful
make-believe they were, how they
frightened his childhood and filled
the world of his activity with fairy
beings, whose like he will never see
again, except when by aid of mag
nation he himself plays child with
children.
The dull persons who assail the
Santa Claus myth on moral grounds
know nothing Of children and very
little of morals, in the highest
sense. The normal development of
children finds great need for a world
of make-believe. A child naturally
can have few practical activities,
and it is well that this Is so. 1t
dwells in play land, a wonderful
land, peopled with the most beauti-
full creatures of fancy. Nothing is
more pitiful than an overwise child
cold. practical and sometimes cyni-
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will replace the single home for the

will replace the single home for the
recreation hours of evening. But
the power of the home and the pres
ence of the parents must be extend
ed over that community center. The
wit of man cannot devise substl-
tute for the mother and the father.
There is no other form of social con-
troll equal to that of the home. II
our economic conditions are making
this home influence impossible, then
such change must be made as shall
enable homes to be decently main
tanned, youth to pass its formative
years in education and discipline,
parents to regain authority, and to
possess margin of leisure for fine
relationship with the growing life.
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

lLAlNolo CEN lhAL.
Going East.
No. 36, Fl. Dodge to Water
loo Express 1888 a. m.
No. Is, Sioux City to Chica-
go Express 1901 p. m.
No. IA, Omaha to Chicago
Express--------- -3:Oo pm.
No. Il, Omaha l. Sioux City
to Chicago Limited 10:l2 p. m.
Going West.
No. II, Chicago to Omaha &
Sioux City, Limited 1852 a. IN.
No. Is, Chicago to Omaha
Express --lO:OS a. m.
No. Is Chicago to Sioux City,
Fast Mail % a. m.
No. IS, Chicago to Fort
Dodge Express p. m.
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN.
Going South and East.
No. II, Des Moines Pass sos a. m.
No. 4, Chicago Express 1855 p. m.
No. "a, La. & Oak. Elk. 1910 p. IN.
No. 80, Way Freight 1000 a. m.
Going North and West.
No. 25, la. & Oak. Ex7:05 a. m.
No. 3, Ia. & Oak. Pass 1:20 a. m.
No. 13, Eagle Grove Pass $50 p. m.
No. 81, Way Freight $50 p. m
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21
FIRST CONCRECA-
T|ONAL CHURCH
Historical Sketch by Capt. F. E. Lam
ders-Organized Fifty-Nine
Years Ago.
LAD ONLY FIVE MEMBERS
Salary of $500 Per Year was Paid
Pastor in 1862-Rev.
Skinner First.

The Webster City Congregational
church was organized by Rev. Thorn
as N. Skinner of Toledo, Iowa.
The first records contain this
account:
MET on the 18th of August, 1855,
to organize a Congregational church
inWebster City, consisting of five
members:
George D. Wheeler and wife,
Leslie Grant and wife, John G.
Hancock.
Appointed Rev. W. l.. Coleman,
chairman.
Appointed G. D. Wheeler, secre-
tary.
Opened by prayer and proceeded
to organize.
Adopted as our articles of faith
and covenant the following: eve
believe" etc.
This meeting for the organization
of church was held less than a
year after the plat of the town of
New Castle was signed, only thirty
days after the signing at Newcastle
of the plat of the town of Webster
City, and twenty-eight days before
the postoffice was established
Hamilton county at that time
formed the east part of Webster
county, and Boone township, which
comprised strip six miles in width
running across this county, had a
trife over two hundred inhabitants.
The building in which the meet
ing was held was owned by Leslie
Grant, and located on the east side
of Superior street and fourth street.
There was very little preaching
for the first year, or until August
us, 1856, when Rev. Thomas N.
Skinner Commenced labors as a
home missionary"
Many. of the church services were
held in the store of Mr.. Wheeler,
which was situated on the south
side of First street and west of River
street.
On November Is, 1856, H. M.
Barstow and wife were admitted to
membership, joining by letters from
Lisbon, ILL.,, they being the first
additions to the church.
At the close of one years services,
Rev. Skinner declined further labor
on account Of i'll health.
During the year 1857 there was
no regular preaching, and until
January Is, 1858, when Mr.. SKIM
err was invited to preach as he
Thought duty called" on every
other Sabbath.
At this time, Rev. Skinner and
wife and John r. Clark and wife
were united with the church., and
we are told that cit was communion
season." This is the first commun-
ion service of record.
Contemporary accounts tell us that
the five charter members had moved
away previous to this time, leaving
Mr.. and Mrs. Barstow the only resi-
dent members, so that, wherever
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l., 1888.
Rev. Ransom was ordained Janu-
airy 1, 1871. January 22d, the new
church which had been used for
more than a year was dedicated,
Rev. DR.. Guernsey of Dubuque, Of
floating. The total cost of the
church and lot was $5,11O. Novem-
Der 10, 1872, Rev. Ransom was in
stalled pastor. He resigned his pas
torate in January, 1876.
In June, 1876, Rev. D. N. Bord-
well accepted a call to the church,
remaining until October 1, 1879.
December 31st, Rev. J. F.. Wheel
er became pastor and continued his
services until January LIST, 1888. He
spent his later years in Massachus-
etts, where he died March IS, 1898.
Rev. J. D. Wells accepted call
from the church May i, 1888. Dur
ing his pastorate the annual hand
book was published. He discontin-
ued his services March S, 1888. He
died July q, 1899. Mr.. Wells was
succeeded by Rev. J. S. Norris, who
preached but one year, resigning on
account of i'll health.
August Is, 1889, Rev. J. T.
Blanchard was called by the church.
He commenced services October 1st.
During his ministry, the present
church was built. March "a, 1900,
building committee was appoint
ed, consisting of Messrs. Covil, Es-
tes, McMurray, McMurchy and Ey-
er.
The new church was dedicated
January IS, 1891, President Gates
of Grinnell preaching the dedicatory
sermon. The cost Of the church
was $17,50O. The old church was
taken down and the material used
in the new one.
Mr.. Blanchard resigned August
Id, 1S1o, duu WdS SuSSccuCo W
Rev. C. P. Boardman, who COM
menced services January /, 1895,
and remained for three years.
April 8, 1899, Rev. J. o. Thrush
commenced services as pastor and
continued until January 8, 1910.
April 5, 1910, call was extended
to the present pastor, Rev. Arthur
Metcalf.
Since the organization of the
church there has been added to
membership making total of 1902.
The membership at the end of ten
years was 46; twenty years 1856;
thirty years 1854; fifty years, 3s1,
and January 1, 1912, 4O6.
The church maintains Sunday
school, Ladies Aid society, and
Women's Missionary society, and
has had in past years maintained
active young peoples societies.
The Ladies' Aid society recently
placed in the church fine pipe or
gan.
During the existence of the
church it has entertained many
state and district associations.
The social work of the church and
its societies is unwritten history.
The articles of faith were adopt
ed at the time of the organization.
In 1865, through the influence of
Rev. Harvey, new articles were
adopted, and in 1898 the st. Louis
Greed of 1888, took the place OF the
articles of faith.
To a student in theology, study
of these three Independent state
ments of belief would be of interest;
t. the church as whole, little
thought is given to these changes:
The three might easily be CLASH
fed as the Law, the Gospel and the
Epistles.
January 1, 1912.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21
ALL A BLUFF.

Washington County Press: 1t be-
gins to look like the Wilson ad-
ministration had ceased to be pro-
gressive 1t begins with a great
flourish of triumph-etc that herald
ed everything progressive. 1t promis-
ed to Guido even the progressive
party and for time it seemed like
this promise would be kept Then
the big fight began on the currency
bill. This too, passed the house
with the government in full control
of all the directorates. This looked
good and Wilson said this control
would never be surrendered to Wall
Street. In less than two months
it was surrendered. Then against
his own platform he now asks the
repeal of the law following free pas
sage of American ships through the
Panama canal. Without regard to
whether this is right or wrong it is
certain that railroads want it done.
At the same time he appointed
Daniels of New Jersey to the inter-
state commerce commission. Daniels
is the same man who as a member
of the New Jersey public utility
commission allowed the gas COM
panies the full value of all their
property and then added AZ per
cent for intangible assets and al
lowed them to charge enough to
earn s per cent on the whole thing.
This beats Morgan watering the
New Haven; but it also suits the
railroads and Wilson forced his con-
firmation over the protest of all the
progressive democrats. How did he
succeeded in this? Only by combin-
alton with the standpat republicans.
Root, and Smoot, Penrose and Gal
linger, Lodge and Brandgee all raj
lied to his support and confirmed
this most offensive appointment be-
cause it suits the railroads. After
Thorne had utterly destroyed the
railroads case for an advance in
freight rates, after he had forced
the railroad president to admit they
had juggled their books and made
comparisons to deceive the commits
sion, it was promptly given out
from the white house that the presi-
dent desired the rate advance should
be allowed Think of that will you.
Whenever did an administration go
out of it's way to influence decision
for the railroads The most Of
fensive days of Taft and standpat-
ism never went that far. What,
then, has become of the new free
dom. They busted a few trusts
and the stocks mounted skyward
the next day. They pulled all the
teeth out of the proposed trust laws
and even the Standard Oil company.
is now in favor of them. If the rail-
roads and trusts are going to run
the country, we would just as soon
Taft were president as Wilson.
The great hopes of this administra-
ton in the minds Of all progressives
have been shattered. Is it all a
bluff? Watch and see.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21

The First National Bank Is offer
ing through the Hamilton County
Short Course, $4,000, in prizes to
the parties who raise the most corn
on an acre of land. Now is the time
to enter. 6dlf3t3
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

"Will anybody show a single act
of an Iowa legislature in fifteen
years that has tended to bring any
body to Iowa." asks the Iowa City
Republican. "On the other hand,
crank legislation has driven out
thousands of people and millions OF
capital. Is it not about time to un-
horse the long haired men in Iowa."
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21
Seed Potatoes.

On Saturday we will have Red riv-
er valley Early Ohio seed potatoes,
the kind the college at Ames advises
planting. Model Grocery. 1921
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21

WANTED-competent girl for gen.
eral homework. Address, Mrs. A.
N. Boeye, 943 Second street, Web
ster City, Ia. 51f2t2
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"The only safe policy for this
country, as it is the only honorable
policy, is to open the canal to the
world upon equal TERMS" insists the
Des Moines Register and Leader.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21

"The trouble with the republic
can party for the last few years is
that it has too many political doc
tors who are carrying around on
their persons cure-all for all politi-
cal Ills" declares the Vinton Eagle,
in considering the political situation
in Iowa. s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21

IF an informed person were to
name the twelve lawyers standing
first in their profession in Iowa he
would include among the number
the names of Kelleher and O'Con-
nor, declares the Dubuque Tele-
graph-Herald.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-21

Judge Lee would make great
candidate and great governor,
thinks the Mason City Times.