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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
SAYS WINTERS GIRL
IS HIS DAUGHTER
Sheriff Shuster Hurrying to Spring
field, Ark, Where Relative is
to Identify Girl.

Huntsville, Ark, Feb. 23.-Ed-
ward Stuart, held here as the kid
napper of Katherine Winters, the 10
year-old daughter of DR.. w. A. Win
ters of New Castle, Ind, nearly a
year ago, persisted yesterday in his
claim that the girl was his own
child.
He is said to have told the officers
that the girl was Katherine Winters
and that she had been taken from
an orphan asylum and given to him;
that he was married to Mrs. Winters
and that she divorced him and mar
ried the Indiana dentist, keeping
the child.
While Stuart, who is in Jail, was
telling the story of his wandering
with the child through many states,
Sheriff Shuster was hurrying with
the girl over the mountain roads to
Springfield, Ark, to meet relative
of DR.. Winters who is on his way to
identify the girl.
DR.. Winters was expected to ar
rive yesterday but missed his train
in St. Louis and will not get here
until today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
A Cleaning Up Promised.

The officials are seriously consid-
ering cleaning up several places
where it is reported gambling is 60
ing on quite regularly. 1t is said
that some of the young men of the
city are indulging in this pastime
frequently and that it has come to
the notice of the authorities. They
have decided to take immediate ac-
tion unless it is stopped. This is
perhaps one of the worst practices
that young men and boys get in
the habit of and it is continually
coming up before the authorities in
every city and town, as it is crime
which cannot be suppressed without
severe penalties. However, it is
hoped that the reports that have
been circulated in regard to the
large amount of gambling being
done in this city are exaggerated
and that the officers will not find it
necessary to take any extreme meas
ures.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
Three. Nights at Armory.

J. Doug. Morgan and his company
of players are to open three nights
engagement at the armory on
Thursday. The opening play will
be that great labor play, "The
Builder of Bridges" This play is
not one that you have seen before
under some other name, but new
one, a drama full of human inter-
est, one in which the everlasting
fight between capital and labor is
shown in it's true colors. A beau
tiful story of love runs all through
the play. Do not be afraid that you
will not have the opportunity to
laugh, for you will as the ever pop
ular comedian Chas. A. Coons is
busy all he time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
LOOKING FOR Mr.. MEL
SON AND mrs. HOY.
Parties Who Have Been Working in
This City Several Weeks
Suddenly Disappear.

A barber by the name of Nelson
who has been working the past few
weeks at the Mccullough barber
shop, left town very suddenly Sum
day and Mr.. Mccullough has dis
covered that $34 in cash and $12
worth of tools left also. At the same
time Nelson left, on the
west bound train early Sunday
morning, a Mrs. Harry Hoy, who
for the past three weeks has been
working for Mr.. Chase at the Hell
vetia cafe, was also a passenger.
Monday morning it was discovered
that leather travelling bag belong
ing to Mr.. Chase, hundred ten
cent cigars, several boxes of candy
and about sixty dollars in cash had
also disappeared from the cafe. 1t
is thought the two left together, as
they were seen together at twelve
O'Clock Saturday night. He was go
ing with her at that time to local
dressmaker, where she was having
a dress made. He paid for the dress
and they went away together. Nell
son told parties here that he and
the Hoy woman had to leave Oska-
loosa. Both parties formerly lived
in Fort Dodge, their parents living
there now, and at first it was
thought they had gone to that city,
but the Fort Dodge police could not
locate them and it is very doubtful
if they stopped this side of Omaha.
The local authorities are trying
hard to get track of them.
Both thefts were made between
two and two-thirty Sunday morning,
the parties going to the Helvetia
cafe and the Mccullough barber
shop just a short time before the
west bound train was due, and then
went directly to the depot where
they took the train and have not
been seen since.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
To Stop Train Gambling.

Judge Lee of this judicial district
has decided to stop gambling on
railroad trains through the district.
While holding court recently in
Franklin county he instructed the
grand jury to investigate this form
OF gambling. 1t is well known that
gambling is allowed on trains and
the railroads have been informed
that in case they did not take steps
to stop the practice that every
grand jury in the Eleventh judicial
district would be instructed to in
vestigate and bring indictments
AGAINST the roads for allowing
gambling upon their property.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
A COLD WAVE
IS PREDICTED.
Bureau Forecasts Violent Storm
Sweeping Across Continent.
NO. 43.

Washington, D. c., Feb. ga
violent storm sweeping across the
continent from Colorado last night,
according to the weather bureau,
will cause rain today in the south
ern states and snow in the Mississip-
pi and Ohio valleys, the lake re-
gions and the north Atlantic states
today and tomorrow.
"This disturbance" the bureaus
bulletin said, Twill be followed by
a pronounced cold wave which will
overspread the Mississippi valley,
the southwestern states and the lake
region Monday and the eastern and
southeastern states by Tuesday. Fol-
lowing this storm the weather will
become fair and remain so for sew
eral days in the region east of the
Rocky mountains.
Rains will be frequent the great
er part of the coming week in the
north Pacific states. In California
and the southern plateau region the
first half of the week will be fair
while during the latter half of the
week there will be rain.
"a general change to warmer
weather will set in over the north
western states about Tuesday and
this will spread eastward over the
great central valley by Wednesday
and the eastern states by Wednes-
day or Thursday.
"The next disturbance to cross
the country will appear on the north
Pacific coast Monday or Tuesday,,
cross the great central valley about
Wednesday and the eastern states
Thursday. This disturbance will be
attended by snow in northern and
probably rain in the southern states
east of the Rocky mountains"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
Same in Webster City.

Des Moines Capital: II the affairs
of this community are to be put on
a business basis the people must
perform an important pat toward
that end.
One important reform is in rela-
tion to paving. Since the commun-
ity ceased to use brick, there is no
competition in paving. The con-
tractors have had everything their
own way.
Competition ought to be restored,
If possible. There are many streets
where brick paving would perform
most acceptable service. In fact,
bricks make a good pavement pro-
vided there is no cheating in the
quality.
In fighting for paving reforms
the public will find little sympathy
at the city hall. The public can
easily imagine that paving contract
ors employing large numbers of men
are looked upon with a great deal
Of respect in certain quarters, not
withstanding the rotten work that
has been given to some parts of the
city under the name and guise OF
asphalt paving" 1t is easy to re.
member the paving on East Walnut
street which after a hard winter
melted away on the following spring
as if it had been composed of Dutch
cheese.
improvement leagues should sent
committees to the city hall; should
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24

Peple-A night out.
Isham-Aladin from Broadway.
Ridpath- Memorable addresses by
American patriots.
Richards-Valentin
Sladen-The curse of the Nile.
Smithsonian Inst-Report for
1912.
Stanley-What l saw in foreign
lands.
Tucker-Historical plays of col
onial days for fifth grade pupils.
Wilson, Woodrow-The new free
dom.
Whittaker's almanac for 1914.
Warde-The fools of Shakes
peare; an Interpretation Of their
wit, wisdom and personalities.
Wright-The new century book of
facts.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
Death of Simon P. Hartman.

Word has been received by friends
here that Simon p. Hartman, a for
mer we'll known resident of Webster
City, died a few days ago at his
home in Carthage, Mo. No particu-
lars of his death are known here.
Mr.. Hartman lived in Webster City
many years and resided upon a farm
northwest of town many years be-
fore moving to this city. He has
many friends here who will regret
to hear of his death. He left Web
ster City fifteen or twenty years ago.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
new BOOKS ADDED
TO THE LIBRARY
A List of Books Which Have Re-
Gently Been Added to the Ken
dali Young Library.

I'm the course of my work as q
lecturer and writer upon popular
government subjects during the past
ten years, / have come into close
touch with a large number of the
vital, progressive men who are Gre
ating the new America of our time
In those quiet conversations which
occur at the home fireside or in the
smoker of the Pullman, when men
open up their inner hearts, I have
found that nearly every one of them
traced his first inspiration, or the
acquisition of new point of view
which has determined the direction
of his whole life, to some book. Oc-
casionallyIt is man or woman but
more often it is book
-Judson King,
Secretary, The National Popular
Government League
Abbott-The white linen nurse.
Andrews-The courage of the
commonplace.
i Beach-The iron trail.
Brindley-The history of road
4 Legislation in Iowa.
Burrou ghs-Time and change.
Burroughs-Th summit of the
years.
rnett-T-Tenbarom
Wonderful escapes by
Americans.
Blythe-The price of place.
Bradley-The story of the pony
express.
Blackstone-New pieces that will
take prizes in speaking contests.
Boylan-The supplanter.
Bell-Courtin' Christina.
Beach-An Annapolis first class
man.
Barbour--Around the end.
Blashfeld-Mural painting in
America.
Burns-The masked war. The
story of peril that threatened the
United States, by the man who un-
covered the dynamite conspiracy.
Clark-Handbook of the best
readings.
Cumnock-Choice readings for
public and private entertainments.
Collier-England and the English
from an American point of view.
Dickinson-The children's book Of
Christmas stories.
Dudley-The half-miler..
Edgar-The red colonel.
Fitzhugh-For Uncle Sam, Boss;
or, Boy Scouts at Panama.
Fothergill-The first violin.
Furman-Mothering on Perilous.
Fowler-The art of letter-writ-
ing
Hewlett-Lore Of Proserpine.
Hawkes-The boy woodcrafters.
Hueffer-Ring for Nancy.
Hungerford-Th modern rail-
ROAD.
Iowa Dept. of finance and muni-
cipal accounts-Statistics of cities
and towns of Iowa for 1928.
Ingrahm-The unafraid.
Jackson-Nelly's silver mine.
Johnson-Highways and byways
from the st. Lawrence to Virginia.
King-The way home.
Kipling-The jungle book.
Kaler-The boy scouts in a lum-
ber camp.
Lee-Crowds; a moving picture of
Democracy.
Lancaster-The law-bringers.
Lynde-The Honorable Senator
Sage-Brush.
Lee-The taste of apples.
artha-by-the-day.
Lincoln-Cap'n Warren's wards.
McCutcheon-A fool and his
money.
McMaster-History of the people
of the United States vols. 6, Z, g.,
completing the work.
Mulford-The coming of Cassidy
and the others.
Maitland-Heroes of chivalry.
Munson-Jungle days; being the
experiences of an American woman
doctor in India.
New international yearbook for
1911 and 1912.
Ninth reunion of the Iowa Horn
cts Nest Brigade held at Pittsburg
Landing April 1912.
Pammel-The grasses of Iowa.
Pammel-The wood fora of Iowa.
Porter Pollyanna.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
AMONG THE CLUBS

There will be no meeting of the
Six O'clock club this week.
The Swastikas will meet on We'd
nesday evening with Mrs. w. e.
Brown.
The Thursday card club will meet
this week at 2:3O o'clock with Mrs.
B. G.. Mason.
The Wednesday Bridge club will
meet with Mrs. C. H. Currie on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Fortnightly Bridge club will
meet on Wednesday of this week at
2:3O O'Clock with Mrs. r. E. Chan
ner.
The February meeting of. the D.
A. r. will be with Mrs. w. ]. Covil
this week on Thursday afternoon al
3 o'clock.
Mrs. w. G. Burleson will be hos.
tess to the Royal Auction Bridge
club at a luncheon on Wednesday o1
this week.
Mrs. l.. A. McMurray will be hos
tess to the Wednesday club thi.
week at one o'clock luncheon. TIL,
lesson afterward will be on eth,
Making of Books
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
CLERKS AND JUDGES
OF SCHOOL ELECTION
Board Makes Appointments -Elec
ton Will be Held Monday,
March Ninth.

The school board met Saturday
night and after allowing the regu-
lar number of bills, named the
judges and clerks for the school
election to be held the 9th of March.
The judges appointed were s. w.
and P. J. Brandrup. Geo.
G.. Tucker was appointed clerk. j.
J. Peterson and J. R. Sterling were
as the registration board
and will be in session at the school
house on election day.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
NO court Until
WEDNESDAY A. N.
Proceedings of Saturday-Case
Against Town of Stratford
Finished.

I, The court Saturdar heard the
case of Frank Rose ct al VS.. the In
Town of Stratford. A
decree will be rendered in a week
or so.
An order was made in the case of
the First National Bank VS.. the
Acme Cooperative Brick & Tile
Company in which a hearing was
ordered for Friday of this week in
regard to the receiver taking the Of
fer of $1,000 which has been made
for the plant or have it sold at auc-
tion.
A decree was granted for plaintiff
in the case of Anthony w. Garth VS..
Gilbert Brewer ct al.
The case of The State of Iowa VS..
c. A. Thur was dismissed on recon-
of the county attorney
as was also that of the state against
NJ. G. Benson, the Randall druggist.
On account of a necessary business
trip to Des Moines tomorrow Judge
Wright did not convene court to-
day, but will hold court Wednesday
at nine o'clock, at which
time the jury are cited to appear.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24

secure samples Of paving contracts
where work has been done, and
should find out why a pavement
could not be let under one contract
and at one stipulated price. Inquiry
should also be made as to why the
city should charge the property
holder for surveying and inspect
ing"
The city is signing up paving
contracts that are forty years be-
hind the time, and there will be no
reform unless the people insist upon
Ii
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
Before Examining Board.

Col. N. P. Hyatt left this morning
for Ames to look after business mat
ters. From there he goes to Des
Moines where he and number Of
other national guard officers will ap-
pear before the state examining
board for three or four days.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-02-24
One on Judge Wright.

Fort Dodge Chronicles: Friends
of Judge r. M. Wright are guying
that good natured gentleman on ac-
count of letter which he received
from the Neal sanitarium at Sioux
City a few days ago and which in
some way got out of his possession.
A portion of the letter is as fol-
lows:
''You promised yourself as did
hundreds of others that you would
quit on the first of January.
You did not do it. You know
you didn't
Then follows a dissertation on the
success of the Sioux City cure in
treating the drink and drug habits
and the large number of individuals
who have freed themselves from
these baneful practices by a course
under the Neal process.
The Judge, who never took a
drink in his life, is congratulating
himself that the Neal institute is
not necessary in his case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
CLAIM TWO BOYS
 CONFESS TO MURDER

Gulfport, Miss, November 1.-Two white boys, Nathaniel Beggs and Fletcher Harvey. each 15 years old. were arrested here in connection with the finding today of the body of Cap tain Summer aboard the fishing boat Santa Marie, drifting about in the Louisiana marshes off the gulf coast opposite Dunbar. La. The police say the boys have confessed that during an argument aboard the schooner last Thursday night they struck the cap tain. who was 70 years old, several times with a hatchet. Then then turned the schooner adrift and got to land in small boat.
 Young Beggs recently killed his fath- CT at McHenry, Miss. He was exoner- ated, 1t being shown the father was threading the boys mother when he fire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
WAR HAS COST COTTON PLANTER
 JUST S455,O00,OO0

Washington, November 7.-war's effect or the price of cotton and cotton seed has caused a loss of about S455, ,OO0, ,0OO to American cotton farmers this year, it was announced today by the bureau of crop estimates of the department of agri- culture.
 Experts base their estimate on the shrinkage of prices this year compared with those of last year. This years prices are the lowest that have prevailed since 1898.
 Cotton prices on November 1 averaged 6.3 cents per pound. while a year ago the price was 13 cents. This reduction rep- resents total shrinkage of income of cotton farmers for lint cotton of about S425, 100000.
 Cotton seed was sold by producers Oc- tober at about s1525 a ton, while a year ngo the catalog price was about $22 a ton This reduction represents a shrinkage of about $30,0OG, 900.
 The average price of cotton per pound to producers on November 1 by states vas North Carolina 6.5 cents; South Carolina, 6.6 cents; Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas, 62 cents; Tennes- see, Mississippi and Arkansas 6.1 cents and Oklahoma cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
FEEL BILIOUS! CA[OMEL S|CKENS! CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
 
Don't lose day work! If Conspaed Sluggish Headachy,
 take spoonful of "Dodsons Liver Tone

night, and if 1t doesn't straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous by morning I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore it can not saliyate or make you sick.
 I guarantee that one spoonful of Dod- sons Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which Is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. I guarantee that a bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give it to your chii- dren. It Is harmless: doesn't gripe and they like its pleasant taste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
Sopg and Addition

From the London Chronicle.
 If soldiers be encouraged by the author ities to sing on the march, civil servants might be exhorted to tighten their duties in the same way. Sir Laurence Gomme confesses that at the beginning of his official career he used to add up huge columns of figures for statistical pur- poses by the simple process of doing the task to the tune of Gregorian music, and he was always correct in his arithmetical results. Examples of the practice of per- forming labor tasks to the accompani- ment of music could, Sir Laurence says he produced from all over the world. He instances the case of the London paviors who until 40 years ago or so used to be mulcted by their mates of the price of pot of ale If they omitted to groan rythmically at each thud of the ram.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
Dives Under Auto to Save Girl

Phi1adelphia North American.
 Trenton, N. J.-An automobile with three occupants plunged through a bridge into the Delaware and Raritan canal. at Scudders Falls today. Those in the car were William Smith, Miss Bessie Wyndoff. and Miss Hazel Thorn, all of Lambertville. They escaped with a few painful injuries and ducking. The auto overturned as 1t crashed through the rails.
 The girls were in the rear seat and Miss Wyndoff was trapped under the machine. Smith bravely dived down and opened the door of the car. saving the girls life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
North Carolina Wins Again

Charlotte, N. C., November 1.-The Uni versity of North Carolina defeated the Virginia Military institute in football here today, 30 to z. Two touchdowns were scored within one minute of play in the second quarter Bain of V. M. l., recov- cred a tumble and crossed the goal line. On the ensuing kickoff, Winston of North Carolina, went through the entire cadet team for a touchdown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
WAR AND PEACE IS
 CLOSE TOGETHER Women Work in the Fields While Fight Rages Nearby INTERRUPTION SLIGHT Soon Pick Up Thread of Their Ordi- nary Life Again--Twe German
 Prisoners Claim to Be
 Half Starved
INTERRUPTION SLIGHT

Nancy. November 7.--(Speciai) )-In this war-battered district one of the curious eights is men and women at work in the fields with hot fighting going on so near by that the toilers are not out of the danger gone.
 The dividing space between peace and war is curiously narrow. Up to the last moments before fighting begins. men and women are working in the fields and children playing in the streets among the soldiers and the horses and the guns. Almost before the sounds of the last shots have died away they are out again in the air and sunlight, looking at their damaged homes-it there is anything but smoking ruins left to look at--and once more gathering up the threads of ordi- nary peaceful lifo. Or, rather, except for the hours when actual bombardment or street fighting is going on, 1t is more true to say that they never drop their peaceful occupations.
 Long after the last trump has sounded there will still, I believe, be French yemen washing clothes in the Mouse and Marne and Meurthe and Moselle.
 You may burn a Frenchmans house; 1t Is not so easy to crush his spirit Lune- vile, Baccaret and Badonviller, three small villages I have recently seen, are cases In point.
 French Spirit Unshaken We came back from Badonviller. at that time the most advanced French post on this side, by way of Montigny. On the way we saw a dark mass of German ha Jtofa of about two miles from the road, and dur ing our 20 minutes stay at Montigny four shells were fired by their artillery cn Domevre and Blamont from their po- sition between these two towns. But beyond, no doubt, wanting to maintain their present position, the Germans do not seem inclined to resume their offen-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
FRENCH CENSORS
 STRONG FOR STYLE"

Paris, october 3o.-(Correspondenc of the Associated Press.)-The censor ship staff is being recruited from the faculties of French universities and the public recently was amused to learn that a news dispatch from the battle front had been stopped on the sole ground that it contained defects of style. Force of habit Is so strong with the improvised official that 1t is sometimes hard for them to realize they are not correcting recitation papers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-08
Social Cluhs Indicted

Chattanooga, November 7.-(Special.) The Hamilton county grand jury made a report today to Judge McReynolds, in which they returned indictments against all of the social clubs in the city on the charge of violating the pro- hibition laws of Tennessee in dispen- sing liquors. The indictments are against the clubs as corporations. Ser vice was begun this afternoon.