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The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
JAIL PENALTY
FOR L|TTAUER
is SUSPENDED
Former Congressman and Brother
Will Pay Fine For Smuggling
of JeweIry
EX.-REP. WlleTT TO PRISON
He and Joseph Cassidy, Ex- Boss,
Must Spend Year and Half
in Sing Sing
.EX.-REP. WIlLETT TO PRISON

New York, Feb. 4.--Lucius Littauer,
former congressman, and his brother,
William, were today sentenced to six
months in jail and fined 1000 each for
the smuggling of jewelry. The court,
however, suspended sentence ON the
jail penalty.
The Littauers were paroled in GUS
tody of their counsel The court will
watch their conduct for five years, dur
ing which the suspended Jail sentence
viii hang over them.
In suspending the jail sentence,
Judge Thomas severely grilled both de
PENDANTS, and said the fact that Lucius
Littauer had served ten years in Con-
gress, and the general high standing
of both offenders, aggravater rather
than mitigated the olfense. He explain
ed, however, he had not found ii a GUS
tom in this district To innict such pen
alties.
"A money penalty is no punishment
travcsty on justice" the judge contin-
ued adding that the fact that the de.
PENDANTS pleaded guilty and made fun
restitution of their civil liability by
paying the government $4,000, and the
i'll health of Lucius Littauer had been
taken into consideration.
Former Congressman Sentenced.
New York, Feb. 4.-Joseph Cassidy.
former Democratic boss of Queens
county, and William Wilctt, former
congressman, were sentenced to a year
and a half in Sing Sing and Il 81 200
fine.
Willett was convicted of paying Il
bribe for a supreme court nomination
TO Joseph Cassidy. Cassidy was con-
victed for receiving the bribe, and
Louis Walter, Jr., the go-between, also
found guilty.
Walter was sentenced to three
and fined 81 1000.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
Revolt Due to Strict Economics.

Peru's sudden revolutionary trouble
was due principally TO President Bill
lnshurst's earnest efforts TO place the
finances Of the country on a sound
basis The scheme involved the strict
est economies throughout the public
service, and there naturally proved un-
popular, particularly among Office
holders, who saw salaries and esti-
mates pruned with a merciless hand.
At the end Of last year Congress re-
fused to vote the budget and Bill
linshurst issued a decree declaring that
the old estimates should remain IN
force till the end Of 1914.
Billinghurst is a son Of an English
man but was born in Peru. His moth
CT was a Peruvian. lie is 80 years old.
In 1863 his father was drowned in
tidal wave. Young Billinghurst was ed
ucated in Peruvian schools, and was
brilliant scholar. He took an active
part i'm the war between Peru and
Chill and later became mayor uf Lima
the capital. He became president in
September, 1912.
Dir. Durand, who today seized the
government, has led several revolutions
in Peru.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
PASTORS SEEK
RE EM0VAL OF
REV. c. F. AKED

San Francisco, FEB. 4.-Charged with
unorthodoX utteranccs concerning the
birth of Christ, Rev. Charles +. Aked
a clergyman of international renown
and formerly pastor of the Fifth Ave-
nue. Baptist church of New York, Of
which John ID. Rockefeller is mem
Der, has been asked by the Presbyter
ian ministers association of San Fran
cisco bay cities TO resign as president
of the church federation of San Fran
cisco.
The alleged unorthodox utterances
were delivered from the pulpit here
last Sunday. Aked said he would not
support the miraculous conception Of
the birth of Christ.
Aked said he probably would resign.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
DRASTIC STEP AGAINST
POPULAR GOVERNMENT
is TAKEN IN CHINA.

Peking, Feb. ALL district coun-
ellis i'm the provinces of China have
been dissolved by Yyan Shi Kai This
dictatory action is regarded as another
step toward the suppression of all as
semblages of popular government in
China.
a presidential mandate, abolishing
provincial assembages throughout
China also will be issued shortly. The
assemblies, established under the Re-
publican government, consist of a min
imum of fifty. and maximum of q
hundred members.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
CORN SHOW AT DALLAS.
Exhibition Will be Largest Of It's Kind
Ever Held.

Exhibition Will be Largest Of It's Kind
Ever Held.
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 6-AU arrange
mcnts are practically completed fot
the opening of the sixth National
Corn show in this city next week The
exhibits already i'm place give assur-
ance that the exhibition will be the
largest and most representative of it's
kind that has ever been held in the
United States Though corn and corn
products will form the bulk of the eX-
hibIts there will be interesting dis
Plays of many other varieties of farm
products.
\ majority Of the states have re-
sp1ndcd to the invitation to make ex-
Eihits at the show. Practically every
state of the south and middle wcsr
will have displays. Many of the
states Of the far west will bc repre-
scented for the first time Idaho viii
hc represented with wool display.
and Wyoming will show some meth
DDS of dry farming that were origin
ated in that state. California viii ex-
hibit some of her choicest products
Of the garden, orchard and vineyard
and Arizona, Nevada and Utah will
show the wonderful results accom-
plshcd by irrigation
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
JUDGE DRUNK; is CONVICTED.

West Union, Iowa, Feb. i--Judgc
T.. j. O'Connor. of the Superior court
district court of having been intoXi-
Gated on December .. The case was
tried i'm the lower court at Oelwein
and after the defendant was convicted,
II was brought here on appeal Three
other indictments, charging mis-con-
duct in Office are pending.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
DEMOCRATS ARE 0GAiNST
NATIONAL LEGISLATION
FOR WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE

Washington, Feb. i.-Thc Democrat
ic party was formally placed on record
today as opposed to national legisla-
tion conferring the right of suffrage on
women, by Major .ty Leader Underwood
on the floor of the House.
Underwood declared he believed
with the party that the suffrage ques-
tion was for the states and not for the
national government to determine.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
ARBITRATION BOARD ACTIVE.
Eighteen Disputes Settled by v. S.
Commission in Few Months.

Washgnton. Feb. 4-Since the federal
board of mediation an1 arbitration was
created few months ago, eighteen
cases of serious nature have been
settled amicably. The grievances in
VOWED practically every railroad in
the eastern and southeastern sections
of the country and two of the largest
railroads west of the Mississippi. The
number Of employees affected was about
100, ,00O.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
153,se7 WOMEN REGISTER
FOR CHICAGO PRIMARIES

en- to the number of i53,S97 registered
yesterday. preparing To exercise their
newly granted suffrage at the next
city election. This number. with S5.16t
men who registered with those pre-
istration up 10 676.404. the greatest
polling list of any city in the United
states.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
SCHOOL TEACHER GETS LIFE.

Heildronn. Germany. Feb. i.--lsife
sentence i'm an asylum for the
criminal insane was pronounced
here on school teacher named Wag-
ner. who on Sept. ). fired the village OF
Muehlhausen, Wuertemburg, murdered
his wife. and four children and after
ward shot twenty-six villagers killing
ten.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
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MANY CONCESSIONS
TO ULSTER IN THE
HOME RULE MEASURE.

Glasgow, Feb. 4-Concessions
OF the most sweeping descrip-
ton are to be made To Ulster
In connection with the intro
duction Of home rule in Ireland.
according To the Glasgow Her
aid. The concessions cover
practically everything snort of
exclusion of Ulster from the
provisions in the home rule
measure. They will be outlln-
ed in a statement by Premier
Asqnith at the reassembling of
parliament.
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The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
Continued on 9th Page, 5th Column.

phone after IA conversation with con-
gressman Patrick II. Kelley on the
subject of the investigation. Keliey
called at the office to return the vo.-
luminous report of the governor and
which had been loaned to him for use
i'm Congress. While there, the govor-
nor called up from his home In Bis
Rapids. Kelley and the governor felic'-
tated a moment or two over the phcic
each patting the other on the back.
Congressman Kelley takes exception
To the statement of Taylor, of Colora-
do. i'm this mornings Detroit Free
Press. Taylor said he had tried to get
the governors report from Kelley but
could not.
Fellows Awaits Ferris Orders.
"Not soul in Washington asked
me for that report said Kelley, Il
shook il i'm their faces on the House
floor but no one seemed To want IL.
II anybody tried to get IL they did so
after left Washington for Lansing.
Attorney General Fellows says he
will 90 To the strike region again only
on orders from the governor, If that
official wants him To go with the con-
gressional committee.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
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EUROPEAN BIDDERS
BEATEN By AMERICA
FOR S3o,00o,0oo ORDER.

: Genoa, Feb. A Philadel-
: phia firm received the initial
: contract 10 furnish forty-hve
: thousand tons Of pipe for the
: thirty million dollar aqueduct
: under construction in the Apul-
: ian district. The contract was
: won i'm the face of Italian,
: German, French and English
: competition The placing of the
: order was announced today.
: The proposed aqueduct will be
: one Of the largest in the world.
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The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
RE EYNOLDS IS
STAR IN GAME
WITH DULUTH
Captain of the Calumet Hockey
Team Scores Six Goals For
His Seven
lIhDER'S MEN LOSES, 7 TO s
League Leaders Again Display
Remarkable CIeverness on
Zenith City Ice
lIhDtR'S MEN LOSES, 7 TO 5

Duluth, Mimi, Feb. I'm fast
exhibition Of hockey. replete with SEN
sational spurts by both teams. the
Calumet hockey team defeated the Du-
iuth boys, : 10 :, at the Curling rink
last night.
During the first half, both teams put
up excellent games and the fastest
hockey that has been seen here this
season was in evidence. The men
from the strike zone got the jump on
the Duluth team and succeeded in
scoring four goals before the Linder-
ties got into the game. During the
latter part of the first period, however,
the Duluth team made wonderful
squirt and scored three goals in fast
succession.
There was a time when Il locked az
though Duluth would run away with
things, but it always happened that
as the local players were going along
at a good clip, one of the Calumet
players would be injured and he would
be carried off the ice for period of
three minutes. 1t was question
among the. attendants at last nights
game whether the players We're really
injured or not. The injuries seemed
awfully painful and very regular, but
at any rate the hospital corps and the
other sympathiz"rs OF the Calumet
seven had things well worked out and
the acting was fine
Reynolds Scores Six Goals.
In mentioning the stars, Captain
Linder of the Duluth seven heads the
list. Began. the other defense man.
played a rattling good game. Belleck.
the goal, covered himself with glory
and stopped some hard shots.
Reynolds was the biggest part of the
Calumet team. He was exceedingly
lucky on some of his shots but as
a whole. smiley" played excellent
hockey. He handled his stick in great
style and usually put them where Bel
lecl wasn't. making six of his teams
scores. The Treglone defense COM
Jinatiun was working in good shape
last night and the Duluth forwards
had considerable difficulty i'm getting
by the Us" Monette at goal also
played nice game, stroud, the rover,
was fast and assisted materially in
the team work.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04

motorman. conductor or walter Has
been DOING guard duty on strikes all
over the United states. Arrest and de-
tain ana wire at once.
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
FIVE KILLED AND
SEVEN INJURED IN
HOTEL FIRE TODAY.

Bemidii. Mimi, Feb. A.
Thomas Boyd, of Chicago, and
four other men were killed,
and seven were seriously in
jured today in "A fire that de-
stroyed hotel at Kelleher, near
here.
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The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
MUNITIONS TO
Be RUSHED TO
VILLAS ARMY

New orleans, Fob. i.-Dcalcrs ii
war materials here today began pre-
pairing supplies for shipment to the
rebels in northern Mexico, as the re-
suit of the lifting of the embargo.
Great quantities of munitions have
been here for months under the sur
veillance of United States officials.
Seek Orders From Rebels.
FL Paso, Texas, Feb. 4.-Reprcsen-
tatives of arms and powder manufac-
turers hurried To JuarcZ To seek orders
from the rebels. Advisers of Gen. VIII
la sent an attorney to thank Brig
General Scott for President Wilson's
action, and also ask permission to take
across a million and q half rounds of
ammunition, and a consignment of
rifles which have been held by ths
army.
Work on Warships Stopped.
Genoa, Italy, Feb. 4.-Work sudden
y stopped today on several torpedo
toats under construction i'm private
shipbuilding Yards. It is generally be-
lieved they were ordered by the Mex
lean government. Payments for tho
work heretofore were received regu-
larly, but they ceased today. The
money was supposed To come from
an European source.
Mexican Paper Scores Wilson.
Mexico City, Feb. 4.-"prcsident
Wilson has dropped the false mask Of
n Puritan, and has declared himself
friend and protector of the rebels" Is
seven column head line placed by the
FL Pals over it's account of Wilson's
action in raising the embargo on arms.
The newspaper declares the presidents
motive originated in commercial inter-
ests. 1t continues:
1T was known that European and
Japanese factories were turning out
war materials for the Mexican govern
mcnt. Similar establishments in the
United States. dissatisfied brought
pressure on Washington to put an end
to the embargo on arms.
The Yankee believes every thing in
life should he reduced To dollars and
cents It is the first step of the Yam
kee toward our frontier. Aftcrward will
come Intervention. The phantom
grows more distinct along the Rio
Grandc"
Troops to Stay on Border.
Washington, Feb. 4---The right 10
ship arms and ammunition across the
American boundary into Mexico.
through regular channels of com
mercc, today was extended To both the !
forces of Hucrta and the Constitu- |
tionalists--a situation unprecedented |
since the first outbreak of information
al hostiltics in that republic in No
vcmber 1910.
Instructions went forth to customs |
agents Cf the American government |
along the border of army officers in |
charge Of the border patrol notifying |
them of the proclamation of President |
Wilson i'm raising the embargo on arms.
No orders for the withdrawal Of the
United states troops from the border
will bc issued by the war department
unless this recommendation is made
by Biig.-General Bliss, in command
there. Secretary Garrison said that
while he supposed the duties of the
troops would be considerably lessenei |
bv the lifting OF the embargo, there
might he scattered situations that
needed much watching and which
The Calumet news., 1914-02-04
GET JURY IN
SEEBERVILLE
MURDER CASE

Casper Bruder, retired saloon keep
er Dollar Bay.
Cecil Johnson, lumberman, kenton.
Paul Sparse, lumberman, Kenton.
Fred Nelson, farmer, Pori, former
supervisor Laird township
J. X. Gronholt, hydraulic engineer,
Sidnaw
Norman Burkman, clerk and assayer,
Winona.
William Pearce, gas filter Houghton.
John NJ Messner miner c. & II.
company Laurium.
Joseph Foshey, clerk for South
Range Mercantile CO., South Range.
William Gillespie proprietor Of saw
mill, Alston.
Jerry Struble, farmer Kenton.
Donald Grant. farmer, Laird town
ship, former supervisor.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29

Webster City, Sept. 8, 1914. d1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29
YOUNG WOULD
Be fLOPER LANDS
IN COUNTY JAIL
Mason City Police Illustrate Plans
Father Opens Letter to Girl
and Spells Elopement.

Mason City, Ia, Sept. 2s.-Ed
Merry, farm hand who lives at
Austin, Mimi, failed to keep his
promise to elope with May Strawn,
the 16-year-old daughter of E.
strawn of Rock Falls. The reason
was because Merry was at Mason
City in the Cerro Gordo county Jail.
The trouble all came because May S
father became suspicious and open
ed letter from Merry addressed to
his daughter.
The letter was written from this
city without a date, probably Thurs
day evening, and it contained the
information the writer was coming
to Rock Falls on Saturday and a
plan of an elopement for Saturday
night. Merry arrived in Rock Falls
as scheduled Saturday and was
promptly arrested by Constable.
Merry was brought to this city
Saturday afternoon and imprisoned
on a mittimus to the grand jury
charging attempted kidnapping. The
girl admits Merry's attentions to
her, but says she had no thought of
an elopement. Merry is % years
old.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29
unknown MAN
IS KILLED BY A
FREIGHT TRAIN
Meets Death in Marshalltown Rail.
road Yards After Des Moines
Trip.

Marshalltown, Ia, Sept. 2S.-Mys'
terry surrounds the identity of an
unknown man killed in the Chicago
Great Western railroad yards IN this
city, while trying to get off north
bound freight train.
Not mark of any kind was
found on the mans person, although
from addresses in his pockets it is
known that he had been in Des
Moines. The man was apparently
about SO years old, would weigh
about $50 pounds, and was dressed
as a laborer. He had blue eyes,
brown hair and a grayish sandy
moustache. On an employment
bureau Identification card issued by
J. ]. Grier, Chicago, the name "Tin-
DALI" in lead pencil, appears. On
slips of paper in his pockets are the
addresses: "Mr. Wolf, upstairs,
1919 Grand avenue; S. Gilman, 1341
Thirty-first street, Des Moines, and
S12 Pleasant street."
The mans body was horribly NIL
tilated. His head was caved in, the
right hip crushed and both feet
smashed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29
GENERAL VILLA
ABSOLUTELY REFUSES
TO COMPROMISE
Demands Immediate Resignation Of
.. General Ca1ranza. - \

Chihuahua City, Mexico, Sept. %.
Immediate resignation of General
CarranZa as first chief of the con-
stitutionalists is the only basis on
which Gen. Francisco Villa will
agree to settlement of differences
between himself and Carranza. This
was his reply yesterday to messages
from officials in Mexico City, who
protested against his attitude toward
CarranZa.
Villa declared he never would &C
cept Carranza as head of the repub-
lie.
General Villas reply, as given
out here yesterday, follows:
IT lament the circumstances that
have brought about grave danger,
but sincerely protest that my sole
ambition will be to arrange existing
difficulties without shedding blood
if possible.
II emphatically state, however,
that the only move that can bring
about cessation of hostilities on my
part is that Venustiano Carranza de-
liver supreme command to Fernando
Iglesias Calderon so that, in the
shortest possible time, elections may
be called. At the same time I de-
clare l shall not accept Carranza as
president or vice president or presl-
dent ad interim of the republic.
81 shall prove the rectitude of my
intentions and the disinterestedness
which animates the force of this d.
vision. Later the world will realize
where rests true disinterestedness
and where abortive ambitions"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29
THE RUSSIANS ~
CAPTURE PART
OF PRzEMYSL
Most of Fortress Is Occupied by
Cars Forces, Vienna Re-
port Says.
SITUATION IS VERY CRITICAL
Austrians Are Concentrated in East
ern Forts Preparing for
Final Resistance.
SITUATION IS VERY CRITICAL

London, Sept: 2S.-"The Russians
on Saturday occupied the greater
part of the city of Przemysl (Ga-
licia), according to message from
Vienna" says the Rome correspond
ent of the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany. This message continues:
Russians approached the city from
the southwest, forcing the Austri-
ans to take shelter in the eastern
forts where the entire garrison is
now concentrated and is preparing
to make a final resistance. The sit
uation of the garrison is critical and
it is entirely surrounded.
Russian troops are advancing
from Grodek on the Austrian posi-
lions while the right wing contin-
ues to attack from the north.
Troops are being poured into the
city of Przemysl to press the attack
from the southwest"
The Petrograd correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph has forwarded
this semi-official report regarding
the operations in Russian Poland:
"The movement of German
troops from East Prussia in the d.
rection of Warsaw has come to
nothing. In the government of Su-
walki, (Russian Poland), the Ger
mans have suffered serious re-
pulse. The left flank of the Russian
army has defeated the troops under
the command of General Won Hind
enburg near Suwalki.
"At the same time our troops won
a complete victory at Mariampol,
and the attacking Germans were
thrown back ten miles across the
river Scheschupa with a loss Of
many guns and prisoners. On the
right flank at the Niemen river,
battle ended in success for us at
Snedniki, where German attempt
to cross the river was repulsed with
great loss"
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
graph company from Petrograd
says:
"A big column is retreating along
the road towards Sanok from Prz-
emysl. Galicia, after having been
shelled from the heights by Russian
artillery. In their hurried retreat
the enemy left parts of their train
of motor cars. -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29

few days at the l.. L. Hendrickson
home near Kamrar, returned to their
home today.
Mrs. J. Jensen and daughter,
who reside southwest of the city,
went to SibIey today for an extend
ed visit with their daughter and sis
ter, Mrs. Albert Essig.
Mrs. L. P. Shattuck, who spent
the past week with the Will Shat
tuck and Clyde Sweazey families, re-
turned to her home in Rutland this
Miss Bessie Benshoof returned
to her home in Iowa Falls this noon
after a visit with her sister, Mrs.
Fred D. Merrill and family.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Wilson and
little daughter spent yesterday Wis
iting relatives in harrisburg.
Carl Breitenkamp, who is NOV
ing from LaPorte, Indiana, to Iowa
Falls and has been spending week
here visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Breitenkamp, left this
noon for Iowa Falls to begin his du-
ties in the Office of the Gade Mfg.
Co. Mrs. B. will remain for long
err visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Hughes,
Mrs. ]. H. Birdsal1 and little Miss
Miriam Rauworth motored to Will
liams yesterday for a brief visit
with relatives.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-29
A PATIENT At
CLARINDA HOSPITAL
TAKES own LIFE
Harrison County Man Hangs Self
in the Asylum Park.

Clarinda, Ia, Sept. 2S.-Jesse
Harmon, an inmate of the south
western Iowa hospital for the in
sane, committed suicide Saturday by
hanging. His body was found hang
ing from a tree in the asylum park
after a search of four hours. AL
though known as patient with
suicidal inclinations, his recent con-
dition was such as to win for him
many privileges and he was given
employment in the hospital tables.
Saturday morning about 9 o'clock it
was noticed that work he was in
charge of had not been done and
that Harmon was missing. A search
was Immediately instituted which
ended in the discovery of his body
in the afternoon.
Unknown to the attendants, who
keep very close watch over all pa
tients, he had managed to hide
about twenty feet Of rope in a grain
sack. When last seen walking out of
the stable with the sack in his hand
he aroused no suspicious, for it was
a customary sight to see him pick
ing up things in keeping the place
in order.
Harmon was about SO years CT
age, and was committed a year asoI
from Harrison county. His home
was in Missouri Valley.