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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
Charles Ashworth, Rich Farmer, At
tackled in Store Room by
Masked Robber.
HAD DEAL WITH ED WEGENER
Visited Place With Valley Junction
Man to Discuss Real Estate
Matter.

Des Moines, Oct. 10.-Inveigled
into carefully planned trap, bound
hand and foot, beaten over the head
with revolver and forced to write
Ia $4,000 check as a ransom for his
life, Charles H. Ashworth, wealthy
farmer, was made the victim at Val
ley Junction yesterday of one of the
most daring and brutal holdups ev-
err attempted in the county.
l.. Lavelle, who is suspected by
officers of having some knowledge
of the extraordinary affair was ar
rested shortly after Z o'clock last
night as he was boarding a Rock
Island train at Bonneville. The ar
rest was made by Detective John
Brophy and Deputy Sheriffs Henry
ALDER and Sam Henderson. Lavelle
was lodged in the county Jail, from
which he was recently released az
ter serving a term for selling liquor
contrary to law. When arrested,
Lavelle bore evidence of having
been in a fight, his face being
scratched and his clothing blood
stained.
Edward Wegener, we'll known
coal dealer, saloon proprietor and
real estate owner, who was with
Mr.. Ashworth when he was abduct-
ed and assaulted, has disappeared.
Attempts made by a squad of doz-
en- deputy sheriffs and city detec-
tives to locate him last night prov
ed futile.
The last seen of Wegener was
when he left his coal Office with
$1,000 in cash, ostensibly for a
point south of Valley Junction
where he said he had been told to
meet certain bandits who demanded
it as ransom for his life.
The man believed to have assault
ed Ashworth has a court record. His
name was furnished to the officers
by Mr.. Ashworth, who recognized
him when a red bandana handker-
chief he wore as mask fell from
his face.
The assault upon Ashworth oc-
Cured in a vacant building in the
heart Of the towns business district.
The check he scrubbed while his
hands were tied was found in the
room following the escape of the
robber. 1t was covered with blood
stains.
Although terribly beaten, Mr..
Ashworth was not unconscious at
any time. With his head and hands
bandaged and still visibly affected
by the shock of his experience, he
related in detail at his home last
night the story of the assault upon
him
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
HOBBS RIDE ON SLEEPER
Downy Natives Drop as Cut Train
Vestibules Part.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Stopping of a car
on Pennsylvania train No. SO to cut
in a diner in the Pennsylvania sta
ton put an end to Joy ride of
two gents of the road, with mattress
accommodations on the roof.
Half a dozen men sprang to un-
couple the car when the train pulled
into the station. AS the engineer
pulled his train away from the de-
tached car a downy mattress fell on
the men. A moment later two hobos
were seen making for Liberty ave-
nue., and when the trainmen pursued
them the knights of the road shout
ed, "Tu. tn, boys; au revoir!" and
disappeared.
The train, which was en- route to
New York, made only a few stops
between here and Chicago, and how
the hoboes got the mattress on top
OF the vestibule roof, supposedly in
Chicago, Is mystifying the train
Grew.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
Appreciatlon for Pa.

A Baltimore man had decided that
he must administer a stern lecture to
his 6-ear-old son Harry. The boy had
been naughty, but did not seem to ap.
preciate the fact; and it was with
some reluctance, therefore, that the
parent undertook scolding.
He spoke judiciously. but severely;
he recounted the lad misdeeds, and
duly explained the why's and where
fores OF his solemn rebuke. his wife
the while sitting by duly impressed.
Finally, when the father ceased for
breath and. incidentally. to hear the
culprit's Acknowledgement Of error,
the lad, his face beaming with admira-
ton, turned to the mother and said
Ma. isn't Pa Observation-Disclosures
per's Magazine.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
SjIencinu Echoes.

Emerson Hough, the author Of The
Way OF a Man" and several other
popular novels. is very fond of out
door life. 1t takes a good man to
beat him when it comes to telling a
story around the camp fire at night.
While camping out in the Adiron-
dacks with party Of his friends, the
conversation turned on echoes and
how plainly they could be heard.
Echoes were getting louder and loud
err" until silenced by the following
statement by Mr.. Hough:
"Out in the Rocky Mountains it
takes eight hours to hear the echo Of
your voice. When l camp out there,
and Just before l pull the blankets
around me for the night, l shout out,
Time to get up!' and-do you be-
lieve?-the echo wakes me next morn
ing!"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
RoBBER TAKES HIS LEG
Negro Leaves Man In Woods with
One Limb.

One Limb.
Birmingham, Ala-The meanest
highway robbery ever pulled off in
this section occurred recently at an
early hour in the morning. when
Crewe Wiggington, truck gardener
of the suburbs, was the victim. He
was walking to town through tho
woods when a burly negro thrust .
revolver in his face and ordered him
to throw up his hands. Wigginton
promptly obeyed and the highway.
man went through his pockets, Sc.
curing 81. Disguised over his luck,
the robber said: You're a cheap
skate; I've a mind to fill you full OF
lead. Take off those shoes"
Wigginton obeyed. Seeing his vic.
tim had a cork leg. the robber also
demanded that and left his victim
standing on one foot. Wfgginton had
to hop back nearly quarter OF a
mile to reach the nearest telephone
and notify the police. The highway.
man escaped, laughing at the one.
legged man hobbling along in search
of relief
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
STAY-AT-HOMF
IS SC0RNED BY
ENGLISH GIRLS
Young Britons Who Dodge the War
Are Being Made Butts for
Rdicule.

London, Oct. 10-A seriocomic
side to the events of these dark
days, if one may use such an ex-
preston, is the war between the
girls of the white feather brigade
and the young nuts" who shirk
the country's call to arms. These
girls are searching the parks and
gardens and seaside resorts, where
young men are holiday making, and
if they balk at the suggestion that
they should offer their services they
are handed promptly a white feath-
er.
Down Deal way these girls had
lots of fun the other day with Lon
don and other young men, who were
having a good time on vacation. The
girls paraded the sea front, and to
the coats Of every idler they met
they pinned a white feather.
The young men took it as a joke,
SAAAh IACy "SAC AlNlAS luNOlS NC
slowed upon them, until the town
crier went round with the following
call:
"Oyez, oyez, oyez!
Ladies want to present to the
young men of Deal and Walmer
who have no one dependent on Them
the Order of the White Feather for
Sinking their duty in not coming
forward in offering their services to
uphold the Union Jack of Old Eng
land.
God save the king"
Harry Provost Battersby, the au-
thor, being asked which white
feather might be most suitable for
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
MANY CIVILIANS KILLED.

London, Oct. 10.-The Evening
Stars Antwerp correspondent, tele-
graphing by way of Amsterdam,
says that eye witnesses of the Zep-
pelin flights over Antwerp insist
that they saw one such craft hit by
shells from the forts and fall to the
earth.
During the bombardment of Ant
werp Thursday night it is estimated
that shells fell at the rate of twen-
ty minute. Many civilians were
killed.
In addition to the law courts and
the museum which were damaged
by shells, fire broke out at many
points in the city.
London, Oct. 10.-In a dispatch
from Client, dated Thursday the cor
respondent of the Star, transmits
the following:
"An officer whom I met states
that the bombardment of the cathe-
dral at Antwerp had begun at the
hour he left the city, which was 10
o'clock Thursday morning. Fire
had broken out in many places.
The Germans were using their 16-
inch howitzers with terrible effect
on the inner ring of forts, but guns
of smaller calibre were being en-
ployed for the destruction of the
city itself.
''The airship which dropped a
bomb on the law courts was sub
jected to a terrific fire and must GER
tainly have been hit.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
new YORK IS THE
CITY OF CLUBS
10 Above Comparison with Any,
where Else in Number, Va
riety and Excellence
development OF BUT so YEARS
The sorosis, the Original Woman's
Club, Grew Out Of An Episode Of
Dinner to Dickens When he
Came to Visit This Country.

New York--The City of Clubs.
That is New York. No other city in
the world can compare with this in
the number, variety and excellence OF
its clubs. Every line of endeavor
has its club-whether it be a pala-
tial building in Fifth avenue, or a
room in side street in a tenement
district
Politics, the arts, the sciences, the
stage, labor, business, athletics, In
fact every phase of activity is found
in New York banded together In this,
that or the other club.
In Manhattan alone there are today
more than 500 clubs, taking the lat.
est directory list. In the entire
greater city, taking the five boroughs
and suburbs, the membership in
these clubs will come close to $780,.
900 persons, about one-tenth OF the
city's population. The cost in up
keep, dues and initiation fees Is i'm
possible to calculate, but it is safe
to say that it will run up into sew
eral millions annually. Some clubs
there are that have 5000 initiation
fees, and the yearly outlay for their
maintenance is enormous.
AS New York has advanced, so
have it's clubs. With the great in
crease of population the club idea
has grown and spread throughout the
entire city. And when one considers
that the modern club idea of today
is but the development of four score
years. the fact that New York is
the club center of the world is all
the more remarkable. The club, as
it exists today had no place in the
primitive life OF New York 80 years
ago. The hotel then was the gath.
ering place for those who sought
companionship and diversion outside
the home circle There were socie-
ties and organizations, but not for
social purposes. In Colonial days
there were organizations Of different
kinds besides political and religious
bodies, but they were not clubs. in
any sense
1t was a continued spell Of bad
weather that gave birth to the idea
and brought about the organization
of New York's first club, and today
it is one of the richest and most ex-
elusive clubs in the city, if not in
the world. That is the Union Club
now situated at Fifth avenue and
Fifty-fifth street. Its present-day
home is great contrast to the lit
tie frame building at Broadway and
Bond street that was it's first home.
The original woman's club, the So
rosis Club, was the answer to the
exclusion of women at the dinner
given by the local Press Club to
Charles Dickens, the author, on the
occasion of the great novelist's Sec
ond visit to this country, in 1868.
There We're even in those days, wo-
men journalists. Even these had no
place at the Dickens dinner. AS a
result Of their exclusion, they literal
ly and figuratively raised the Dick
ems. The prime mover was Mrs. Jane
S. Croly, and it was in her home that
the Sorosis Club was formed and
held it's first meetings. Now the
club holds its meetings in the Wal.
dorf-Astoria.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13

the brigade, first suggested the
down of plucked goose, but now,
conscience-stricken, he says he fears
he has wronged noble bird, which
was, at least, once connected with a
feat of arms; and even any bird
will fight in defense of it's home.
Perhaps, he now thinks rift of fur
from the tail of skunk might dis
play manly" qualities, did one only
know him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
SAY THE GERMANS
SOON Will ATTACK
Great BRITAIN
Berlin Newspapers Declare Opera.
tons Will Begin at the End
of This Month.

Rome, (via Paris), Oct. 10.-The
war against Great Britain, accord
ing to Berlin newspapers received
here, will commence at the end of
October, after Antwerp has fallen.
Belgium then will become the
base of operations against Great
Britain, the newspapers say. They
add that Admiral Won Tirpitz, the
minister of the navy, who is now at
general headquarters with Emperor
William, has announced that he
will go aboard the flagship of the
German fleet and direct the opera
tions of the navy.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
Mary's Lamb One Of Twins.

Lancaster, Mass.-Richard X. Pow.
ers, who claims close relationship
to MARY" who, with her little lamb,
10 the heroine Of nursery rhyme,
has just celebrated his one hundred
and third anniversary here.
Mary" whose full name was Mary
Sawyer, was a cousin of Powers. He
says her lamb was one of twins born
on the Sawyer farm in March, 1914.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13

Paris, Oct. 1O.-The following Of
fetal communication was issued
here last evening:
There is nothing new to report
except that there has been lively
engagement in the region of Roye,
where in the last two days we have
captured 1000 prisoners"
London, Oct. 1O.-The military
fortunes of General Won Kluck and
his one armed adversary command
ing the allies cavalry are being
rapidly made or marred within
sight of the North sea, which sets a
limit to the outflanking movements,
the accomplishment of which for so
long has been the supreme goal Of
the rival generals.
The storm center gradually has
extended northward. The battle Of
the Aisne already has been merged
into the battle of the Somme and
the battle of the Lys, and if the
long left tentacle of the allies con-
tinues to stretch out in it's present
direction the finale of the titanic
struggle may be fought out on the
banks of the Scheldt, and may de-
eide the fate of the beleaguered for
tress Of Antwerp, now prey to Ger
man howitzers and air craft.
Whether or not the garrison Of
Antwerp will be able to stand its
ground until the fate of the attempt
to relieve the fortress is decided, is
impossible to foretell.
While some pictures of the bonn
bardment of Antwerp may have
been overdrawn, it is nevertheless
fully confirmed that the damage
done by the incendiary shells and
bombs showering on the citadel
from the German howitzers and air
craft is extensive.
The admiralty announced last
night that naval airmen had made
successful attack on the German
airship shed at Dusseldorf. A
bomb, dropped through the roof Of
the shed, destroyed a Zeppelin. The
flames that resulted were observed
by the airmen rising to height of
500 feet.
The aerial raid on Dusseldorf was
confirmed by the German official
communication, which admits that
the cover of an airship in a hangar
was demolished.
From the same source it is admit
ted that the Russian army invading
East Prussia is again back at Lyck,
the scene of one of the earlier Mus
covite successes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
Awful.

The couple were Of the color Of the
ace Of spades.
You charge your husban, with hav.
ing struck you repeatedly with his
fists?" asked the Judge of the woman.
Yes, your honor" she answered.
six months!" shouted the Judge.
These black hand outrages have got
to ceasel"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
Suicide Fires Gun with Nail,

Georgetown, Del.-James Johnes,
4 prosperous farmer, shot and killed
himself at his home. He drove a
nail into a stick and with this pushed
the trigger Of . shotgun pointed a
his head
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13

New York Sober Alongside Pittsburgh
misunderstanding to a report
Of experts of the New York Bureau
Of Municipal Research there ia I'VE
and one-third times az much inebrity
IN this city as there 10 in New York,
population considered.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
GAS EXPLOSION HURLS
SMOKER TO STREET
Escaping Gas Blows or Lid When
Man Lights Pipe.


Yonkers-While crossing the street
John Flynn stopped beside a man
hole at the corner of Ashburton and
Palisade avenues and struck a match
to light his pipe.
The tobacco didn't get chance to
ignite, but the escaping sewer gas
did. 1t exploded with a roar that
disturbed the whole neighborhood
and knocked Flynn over.
AS the manhole lid flew off and
pavement blocks were hurled out of
place the flying debris struck the
terrified Flynn.
Although cut and soiled, Flynn es-
capped before Policeman Daily arrived.
Workmen are repairing the damage
today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
ANTWERP BURN:
ING; inner FORTS
HAVE Been TAKEN
Germans Are Using Their Mammoth
16-Inch Howitzers With
Terrific Effect.
MANY CIVILIANS ARE KILLED
Bombs From Enemy's Zeppelins
Spread Death Among Inhab-
itants Of City.
MANY CIVILIANS ARE KILLED

The Hague (via London), Oct. 10.
The bombardment Of Antwerp's
inner forts and the outlying parts
of the city started at 1890 o'clock
Thursday morning. At noon the
city was burning in four places.
1t is reported that inner forts
Nos. 4 and 6 have been silenced.
The exodus of the panic-stricken
people of Antwerp continues. 1t is
reported that the bikes have been
opened.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13

Conductor Ito tired passenger -
Did get your faref"
Passenger-"You must have got it.
for the register did not ring when
AaNAn1 you the nickel"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13
BATTLE IN FRANCE
MAY DECIDE FATE
OF BELGIAN CITY
With Lines Extending North, Strug-
gle May Be Fought Out Along
Scheldt River.
CAN ANTWERP HOLD OUT?
Extensive Damage is Being Wrought
by Enemy's Shells and Bombs
From Air.
CAN ANTWERP HOLD OUT?

London, Oct. 10.-The Morning
Post says that it has been Informed
by a good authority that Antwerp
has fallen.
The official press bureau says it is
unable to confirm the foregoing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-10-13

MAY I have the pleasure Of this
hundred step with you, Miss Cent?
pede?"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
Six Ounces of Mud.

Gardeners and other botanical ex-
perts may like to know of the two
following experiments which illus
trate very graphically the lavish way
that nature goes about her work.
One year, in the month Of Febru-
ary. Darwin removed from three diff
ferent parts of a small pond, three
tablespoonfuls of mud, weighing in
all six and three-quarters ounces.
This be placed in a breakfast cup
and kept it covered up in his study
for six months. By the end of that
time he had removed in all 537
plants.
Another interesting experiment
was carried out by Scots gentleman
a few years ago. In patch of soil,
taken from a hedge roof of about
% inches long by II inches wide
and % deep, he planted a dozen
acorns, and took note of the num-
ber of plants which grew from seed
naturally contained in the soil.
At the end of the year he had tax
en- out, as they came up, 155 plants!
The following year Sc more plants
were removed, and in the two sue
ceeding years 211!-Answers
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
VERDICT is MANSLAUGHTER.
Temporary Insanity Defence Offered
by Tidwell's Lawyers.

Greenville, May 22.-George w.
Tidwell, Sr, slayer of R. Emmett
Walker, was found guilty of man
slaughter to-day by the jury in the
case. The announcement of the ver-
dict at $40 o'clock p. M, followed
deliberations lasting more than eight
hours. A motion for a new trial was
announced Immediately after the YER
dict had been read. The immobile
countenance Of Tidwell was unchang-
ed as the verdict was announced.
When the jury made known that a
verdict had been reached, Tidwell
was Immediately sent for, not being
in attendance upon court at the time.
When he entered the court room
there was a hush of expectancy, all
eyes being turned upon the man
whose name has been prominently
before the public during the past few
months. Tidwell's iron nerve served
him we'll during the trying ordeal.
He appeared no more perturbed
when the clerk arose to read the
verdict than the first morning he en-
tered the court room. The audi
torium was crowded to the doors and
hundreds clamored for admlttance
when the news spread that YER
dict had been reached.
George w. Tidwell, Jr., left this
afternoon for his home in Augusta.
Mrs. Isabella Tidwell and Miss Olive
Tidwell will return to their home in
Clinton tomorrow. Argument for a
new trial will be made tomorrow.
No sentence was passed by Judge
Mauldin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
DEPRESSED SPIRITS
Everyone Has it Within
His Power to be Happy

A celebrated French physician has
said that "a mans liver is the barom-
eter of his disposition
Every man and every woman
knows that the cheerful smile is a
big factor in ones success.
Everyone should know that the dis
ordered liver is cause of ninety per
cent of human ills. Lazy overWork.
ed livers are the prime causes OF
headaches, indigestion, constipation
and dozens of other ills.
But the inactive liver always warns
by coated tongue, sour stomach, dull
eve and even laZiness. Heed your
warning and you insure happiness
to yourself and reflect it upon your
associates. Calomel used to do. Mod
ern day science has found better
Way in CARSWELL'S LIVER-A1D
which is a pure vegetable remedy on
sale under guarantee or money re-
fund at SO cents for large bottle. Ask
at Mack's Drug Store about it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
HOMICIDE AT HARTSVILLE.
Young White Man Killed by Negro
at Segars' Mill.

Hartsville, May 2O.-Tom Brown,
young eighteen-year-old white
man, was killed at noon to-day at
Segars' Mill, about three miles out of
Hartsville. III. Wingate, colored,
about the same age,. is accused of
the crime. It seems that the
two had been out on the pond in a
boat and gotten into some alterca-
ton, during which the negro is al
legged to have applied some insult
ing epithet to Brown. Coming to the
causeway, the white man demanded
that this be retracted at once. The
negro is said to have thrown up a
double-barrel shotgun, which he had
in his hand, and shot Brown through
the breast, killing him instantly.
Wingate was arrested Immediately
and brought into town and later
carried to the Jail at Darlington.
An inquest was held over. young
Browns body and verdict found in
conformity with the above facts.
Brown was a young fellow of good
nature, a worker in the employ of Mr..
Henry K. Segars. The negro was al
so employed by Mr.. Segars. The
tragedy caused much comment and
indignation, but there was no vio-
lence offered the negro.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-05-28
CALLS FOR TWO-CENT FARES.
Measure Introduced in House Relates
to Interstate Railroads.

Washington, May 2O.-A bill re-
curing all railroads now engaged in
interstate commerce to carry pas
sengers after the first of next Jan
nary at the rate of 2 cents mile
and to issue interchangeable mileage
books, redeemable at any time at the
office Of issue and to sell such books
at every ticket Office or accept cash
fare of 2 cents a mile on trains when
for any reason books are not on
sale, was introduced to-day by Re-
preventative Aiken. The measure,
which was referred to the committee
on interstate commerce, provides
that any agent or officer of rail
road company violating the terms of
the bill shall be fined $4,000 or
imprisoned three years for each Of
fence, and any railroad company
guilty Of such violation shall be fin
ed $4,000.