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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-11-27


er Emden.
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Eighteen men arrested in Terre
Haute, Ind, on charges Of conspiracy
to defraud the United States govern
ment in the recent election for United
States senator and congressman, have
been taken to indianapolis for trial.
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The country wide effort to furnish
aid to cotton producers and find bot
tom for the cotton market came to
successful conclusion when Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo announced
the completion of the $135,00O,O0 cot
ton loan fund.
More than fifty persons are suffer
ing from ptomaine poisoning at Pana,
ILL.,, as the result of a barbecue held
there in celebration of the completion
of a new brick road. More than a
score are in dangerous condition.
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Four persons were instantly killed
at Convoy, o., when a Pennsylvania
flyer struck an automobile in which
they were riding. The victims we're
Durbin Leslie, mayor of Convoy, his
wife and DR.. and Mrs. De Hayes, par
ents of Mrs. Leslie.
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John Lind of Minneapolis, personal
representative of President Wilson to
Mexico in the Huerta administration,
made plea before the Industrial Club
of Chicago for a warmer and kindlier
interest in Mexico and Mexicans by
the people of this country.
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Charter amendments presented to
the city council of Los Angeles, which
will proclaim a special election De-
cember 2S, provide for a city manager
and a board of eleven directors in
addition to the mayor and city coun-
ell.
The steamer Mildred, plying be
tween Tampa and Fort Myers, was
sunk in collision with the schooner
Brazos off Egmont Key, southwest of
the Tampa harbor entrance. The Mil
dred's passengers and crew were res
cued.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-11-27

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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-11-27
Domestic Items.

Wind and snow have stopped, tenn
porarily, all traffic on the upper lakes.
1t is estimated that forty vessels are
in shelter between the 500 and White
fish Point, Lake Superior.
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The Waechter Anzeiger, leading
German daily at Cleveland, o., urges
that all German children born Novem-
Der 10, be named Emden to commem-
crate the sinking of the German crus-
er Emden.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1914-11-27
Foreign Affairs.

States and Spain in Belgian relief
work. A widely known engineer, &C.
lasio Gaetani, investigated the COM
mittee's work last week and returned
to Rome to submit his report
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David Lloyd George, chancellor Of
the exchequer in the House Of Com
mons, estimates that the cost of one
year of the war for England would be
$50 million pounds (2,25O million dol
lars) the largest amount England has
ever spent on war and more than
twice what was spent in the four
years conflict in South Africa.
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The Swiss parliament has before it
for consideration new measure con-
corning foreign spies found in Swift
zerland. 1t provides a penalty of i'm
prisonment, and a fine of $4,000
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

Errors, like straws upon the surface
now;
He who would search for pearls
must dive below. Pope.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
HELEN KELLER AT
Fl. DODGE, FEB. 9
Famous Blind and Deaf Scholar Will
Give Lecture in That
City.

Helen Keller, the blind, deaf and
for many years dumb girl, whose
marvellous career has excited the
wonder and admiration of the world,
and who has many admirers in Web
ster City who have never seen her,
will visit Fort Dodge, in company
with her instructor, now Mrs. John
Macy, and will lecture there under
the auspices of the Y. M. c. A., on
the evening of Feb. 9th. Mrs. Macy
will also deliver an address.
The story of Helen Keller and her
teacher, is one of the most marve-
lous educational stories of modern
times. Miss Keller became blind and
deaf at the age of nineteen months
and although she has not been able
to use the sense of sight and hearing
since then, she has, through the
most patient and skillful teaching
by Mrs. Macy, become highly edu-
Gated woman. She has graduated
from Radcliffe college. the female
department of Harvard, 1904, re-
ceiving the degree of B. A. with
honor.) 1t would seem incredible
that a person who practically could
never see nor hear should be able to
take up higher educational studies
with marked distinction and even,
as has been the case, become the au-
thor of books. One of her stories
which she wrote in college, "The
Story of My Life" has been trans
lated into fifteen different languages.
Mrs. Macy in her lecture will des-
cribe the circumstances which led to
her becoming the teacher of Miss
Keller and will detail the methods
by which she instructed Miss Keller
and thus opened the outside world
to her, which seemed locked forever.
Mrs. Macy will demonstrate her
method of communication with Miss
Keller.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
Our Beautiful Trees.

A birdseye view of Webster City
in the spring would be beautiful
thing with the soft green of return
ing foliage tinting the landscape.
Such view of the city in midsum-
mer would only reveal the presence
of towr. by the spires of the
churches; but birdseye view of the
city on one of these frosty mornings,
| would bring to the mind wherein
lies the true beauty of the town
the trees. To the eye of a wild
pigeon nesting in one of the church
spires. the city must almost present
a celestial appearance before the sun
burns up the frosty beauty of jan
uary morning. Not street in the
town is bare of trees; we have as
consequence no ugly streets, no mat
ter how poor.
The trees are the oldest settlers
of the town; strange stories they
could tell of the early days, if only
SOllS lAlSl ~ SkCA might DS AoohN
who, loving the trees with an under
standing heart, could interpr their
language. There are oak trees on
Second street and in the extreme
north and south parts of the town
which were here perhaps several
hundred years ago. Many there are,
it is sure, which were young when
Indian trails crossed and recrossed
the ground upon which the cement
ed streets are now primly squared.
The true beauty of the entire COM
munity is in the trees which fill the
yards and line the walks, which
shade the, parks and shelter the
school grounds, and, unless diseased
or torn by storms, should not be cut
down. 1t is surely a solemn thing
to take the life OF tree which has
attained middle age we'll rounded,
we'll branched and deeply rooted.
where it stands like some broad
minded man of maturity. we'll poised
in character. deeply rooted in order
!!ly habits, blessing to all who pass
that way.
Let us save our trees; If they
stand in the way of a new sidewalk
we should build our walks around
them. A new walk may be built in
a day. 1t takes twenty-five years
and more to grow a beautiful tree.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
Find Mrs. Stamper's Body.

Omaha, Neb, Jan. 9.-The body
of Mrs. Ida Stamper was washed up
by the Missouri river eight miles
above Onawa yesterday, fifteen
months after Mrs. Stamper and four
others were drowned in the stream.
The body was positively identified.
Mrs. Stamper was drowned on her
wedding day. Sept. /, 1912, when
the automobile in which the wedding
party was en- route from Sioux City
to Onawa went over a bluff into the
Missouri near Winnebago, Neb.
The entire party of five were
drowned and the bodies recovered
one at time. Frank Stamper, the
husband, was a dealer in agricultur-
al implements in Danbury.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
Real Estate Transfers.

Western Town Lot Co. to Chris
tian T. Larson-wd-lots II and Il.
blk Z, Jewell Junction.-s15.0O.
Hans Jacobson and VT to Gilbert
Knudson and B. c. Hanson--wd-se
and all sw ne south of r. r. 31-S7-
24.-$27, 10000.
Gilbert Knudson ct al to A. H.
Danielson--wd-lot 1, blk Z, add
ton Jewell Junction.-$S,O 100000.
Blazj Haysman and VT to Frank
Haysman-qcd-nR ne 21-S9-2S.-
$1.00.
Vim. Myers and VT to Joanna
Beem-wd-lot s, blk 4, w. c.
$4,000.
Lewis Peterson and VT to F. A
Nordblom-wd-sB sw 22-S6-26.-
F. A. Nordblom and WI to Levi!
Peterson-wd-part sw Sc 7-S6-26
So. 10000.
F.. A. Nordblom and VT to Ottt
Quick and Frank Rose-wd-ne nv
32-S6-26.--$4.4OO.00.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
v|TR|F|ED CLAY
SECMENTAL BLOCKS
Plymouth Clay Products Company
Manufactures Substitute for
Open bitches.

!, Farmers of Hamilton county
especially those having large oper
drain bitches passing through theil
farms, will be interested in knowing
that an institution located at Fort
Dodge, the Plymouth Clay Products
Company, is now manufacturing
segmental blocks from which tile
drains as large as 108 feet in diane
ter can be made. In speaking Of the
new product the Messenger says:
The latest product brought to the
attention of the public to make it
possible to farm every foot of Iowa
soil that has been or may be reclaim
ed by drainage, doing away with the
open ditch, is vitrified clay segment
al blocks, made from sewer pipe clay
and burned to vitrifcation and salt
glazed, same as sewer pipe, now be-
ing manufactured by the Plymouth
Clay Products Company of Fort
Dodge. This company has sold a
job of about mile of 30 inch block
in Boone county for an outlet to a
large county farm drainage district,
which, by the way, is the first sale
of its kind in the state and will be
only the initial move in that direc-
ton, as numerous other counties are
watching this product with interest;
and engineers are beginning to spec
ify it instead of large open bitches.
The blocks are made in various
sizes for drains from 80 inches to
10S inches in diameter, and when
their uses have become universal,
these monumental open bitches,
whose banks the up to date Iowa
farmers are beginning to look upon
with disfavor, will be replaced with
q permanent drain. Then the numer-
Gus acres hitherto useless will be
producing hundreds of bushels of
corn that will in a very few years
pay for the little extra expense of
installing segmental blocks, which,
when once placed, are there for all
time to come.
AS we understand it, Sioux City
was the first city in the state to use
these blocks for city sewer, having
recently installed one. The largest
size used was &C inches. The engin-
eer, city council and all city officials
of Sioux City are so we'll pleased
with the new segment block for
large sewer construction that sever
al large projects are contemplated
for next year.
In one of our neighboring coun-
ties a drainage district is being es-
tablished, several miles in length,
for which these blocks will be spec
flied.
The Plymouth people expect to
put fifty per cent Of their output on
this block for the year 1914.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
Cashed Worthless Checks.

1t is reported that young man
of this city, Saturday evening cashed
a number of worthless. checks among
his friends and Immediately left
town. When the authorities, both
county and city. were questioned as
to whether the matter had been
brought to their attention they stat
ed that it had not and that they had
heard nothing of it beyond hearsay
upon the streets.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13
Thinking of Building.

The Webster City Mercantile Com
pany is contemplating the erection
of a building which will be adequate
for their business. Owing to their
great volume of trade and the many
lines of merchandise and groceries
carried they are pinched for room
Should they decide to build Webster
City will be the gamer in having an
other fine business house with mod
ern facilities.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

Every one is as God made him,
and oftentimes a great deal worse
Cervantes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

Typewriter supplies at this ONCE
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

F. A. Boysen, Dentist, Second st.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

FOR RENT-303 acre farm near
Woodstock. Johnson Bros, Eagle
Grove, la. 13F2*
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-13

nave already spoken OIL lnlS park
as Eden-like. What are the points
of resemblance?
First. God planted garden east
ward in Eden, and this park is east
ward in Webster City
Second. Out of the ground grows
every tree that is pleasant to the
sight: as in Eden.
Third. A river went out from
Eden to water the garden, and from
thence it was parted and became in.
to four heads. In like manner, q
river goes out from this park to wat
err the garden of Hamilton county tc
the southwark: and from hence it /.
divided into four heads.
The name of the first is Brewer:
creek, which goeth out into all thu
land of Freedom and Fremont to tn.
northward.
The name of the second is Lyon:
creek, which compasseth the lant
round about the Poor Farm, ant
stretcheth out its arms even unit,
the Percheron place.
i The name of the third is Whit,
Fox, which goeth toward the east o
the land Of Cass.
i The name Of the fourth is Boon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
l.. & N. WILL HAVE CHARGE
 OF FVIADUCT CONSTRUCTION

The city engineer and the railway engineers held their first meeting yes terday in regard to the actual plans for the viaduct. in the offices of City Engineer Maury Nicholson. There were present MT. Nicholson, Special City En- gineer Stearns, Engineer w II. Court ney for the Louisville and Nashville, Engineer w. H. Wells for the Southern and Engineer l.. l.. Newman for the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company. MT. Courtney and MT Wells, it was announced after the meeting, are to draw up plans for the viaduct and submit them to the city engineer, r., and when these are approved the formal contract between the city and the rail- roads as set out in the agreement reached Manday will be executed.
 Meetings of the engineers will be held from now on very frequently, it is stated. and work on the viaduct Is expected to start within the next month or six weeks.
 An idea of the immensty of tho structure is gathered when it was stated yesterday that 1t would proba- bly, be seven blocks long. The genera. feeling among citizens everywhere yes- terday was relief that the matter had been settled and satisfaction with the agreement reached by the city com missioners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
JEFFERSON ID SEE
 SPECTACULAR END
 OF BIC CAMPAIGN
Heflin and Brandon Will Speak Here for Under wood Next Saturday
 Night

The campaign will be closed in Jeff ferson county by spectacular incl dents.
 Captain Hohson a candidate for the Senate. will deliver his final address Saturday night at Capitol park. J. Tom Heflin and W. w. Brandon, the one congressman of the Fifth Alabama, and the other probate judge of Tuscaloosa county. will deliver addresses in the interest of Oscar w. Underwood at the Jefferson theatre Saturday night.
 MT. Underwood will be unable to be here Saturday because of pressing af- fairs in Washington.
 Last night Capt. Reuben F. kolh, candidate for governor, reached Bir mingham and will begin at once a systematic tour of Jefferson county The gubernatorial aspirant believes that he is strong in Jefferson and will make a strenuous effort to turn the big vote of this county in his favor But the captain will have rivals. Walter D. Seed will come to Birming- ham tonight and will speak in the county Thursday, Friday and Saturday R. B. Conner will speak Friday and Saturday.
 On account of the fact that Jeffer- son county will in all probability poll a vote as large as one-eighth of the total vote of the state, this county is proving attractive to all candidates There are at the present time in thf county at least score of aspirants foi minor state office Thomas E. Kilby candidate for lieutenant governor. vii reach Birmingham today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
] QUINN IS ARRESTED
 FOR CREATING SCENE
Charged With Brandishing Pistol at Mrs. s. E. Cook on Nine
 teenth Street

l.. H. Quinn, a section foreman of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at OK
 moor, was arrested yesterday afternoon about l: 30 o'clock in front of the Flor
 ence hotel by Officer Propst and placed in the city jail on the charges of carrying concealed weapons and disorderly con duct. Later in the afternoon Detective
 R. c. Williams lodged a charge of assault against Quinn and also ordered that he
 be held without bond pending the swear ing out of a warrant this morning. The charge of assault was made on the com plaint of Mrs. $. E. Cook of 607 South Twelfth street.
 According to the officers the actions of Quinn attracted a large crowd at the
 Florence corner yesterday afternoon. It
 is alleged that he brandished a pistol at Mrs. Cook.
 Quinn and brought him to the city jail Detective Williams, who was in the crowd and saw the entire proceeding. induced Mrs. Cook to come to the city hall and lodge a complaint of assault against Quinn. Mrs Cook was hysterical fol- lowing her experience. At detective head quarters Mrs. Cook stated that Quinn, who she did not know. had been persuing
 her for sometime.
 At the city jail yesterday Quinn stated that he was married and lived with his wife at Shanton, a small station a few
 miles from OXmoor. He would not dis l cuss the charges against him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
TRASH CAN PROTEST MAY BE OF NO AVAIL
Indicated Two of City Con- missiOners Are Favor
 ably Inclined

Indications appear to be that the trash cans like the one which has been setting al Second avenue and Twentieth street
 for the past several days will be installed in the downtown section by the city com missionersin in spite of the protest of some
 of the merchants. One of the eommis- sicners is opposed he says, on account of the objections of these merchants, but
 he other two will no doubt vote him down.
 Both the Chamber of Commerce and the
 Board of Trade have appointed eommit- tees on the trash can proposition and although no formal action has ever been
 taken it is reported that they are op-
 posed to the cans on the ground that the advertising makes the cans out of sym
 pathy with the city beautiful movement.
 Two of the commissioners, however. be-
 lieve that there are other reasons which
 have not been mentioned
 Many citizens have stated that they thought the cans artistic and attractive. and these two commissioners think like wise. If the cans are to be eimlanted on the ground that their advertising is un- slightly, 1t is stated that there Is many a billboard and advertisement in windows | and painted on walls that would fall un- der the ban also, The cans are to be given | to the city, If they are accepted, and through the advertising is where the donor gets his money, the city. too, mak- ing goodly sum out of the advertising | The can, it is said, is in use in many other cities. The advertisements are paint
 ed on opaque glass sides and light in-
 side the can at night makes the ads visible after dark. The advertising IS
 under the complete control of the city
 commissioners and will he of the highest
 standard if the project Is accepted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
GOadbY Is Pessimistic

Col W. H. Goadby, a director of the Slcss-Sheffield Steel and Iron company, and widely known man in industrial circles, is here with President Maben of the Sloss company engaged on an inspec- ton trip of the Sloss properties. He was very pessimistic yesterday about busi- ness conditions. He said that the antics of the administration at Washington had served to withhold the prosperity that this country was entitled to by every right that Is known to business men. Colonel Goadby said that by rights this country should be on the highest crest of prosperity of it's entire history, but that the politicians and agitators had thrown a severe scare into business men. This country is tremendously rich, said MT. Goadby. There is a great chance for prosperity but for the poli- ticians. Business men cannot determine where things are going to end. We don { know what to expect what will happen. This country is entitled to and prosperity in its history, but for some reason the business men do not care to go up against the uncertainty created by tn. politicians at Washington. I cannot see any end to the situation. I had hoped that 1t would be over by now. The outcome may be different from what I believe 1t will be, but all that depends cpon the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
BLACH DISCUSSES
 HONEST ADVERTISING
Other Speeches Made to Ad Club by w. L. Beasley, George Bowers
 and Joe Saks

At the Ad club luncheon. held at 1 o'clock yesterday at the Southern club, Colman Blach was the principal speak CT, telling of his views as to truth in advertising and giving some of his experiences along that line. Mir. Blach stressed the importance of absolute truth in advertising in order to se cure the best results and said that it was not fair to the newspaper to tell untruths in advertising.
 He said that the space used in news paper advertising would have much less value if il were used to tell an untruth, to make a misstatement or to magnify merchandise; that the adver- tiser so doing would lose the confidence of the people, and that he himself would get the false impression that the newspaper had no pulling" power. He closed his remarks with an appeal for truth in advertising and asked the ad men to rely upon truth and the merit of the goods they sell.
 Mir Blach was followed by James H, Hard, who spoke along the same line, and by W. L. Beasley, George Bowers and Joe Saks.
 Willard J. Wheeler made a report for the membership committee, of which Henry F. Beaumont is chairman. MT. Beaumont has been unable to serve during the past three weeks, because of illness in his family and MT. Wheel CT becomes temporary chairman He appealed to the members of the club to get together and close up the mem bership campaign in a whirlwind fash ion and called for meeting of the cap tains and members of the various teams It is possible they will lunch together at the Press club at l o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at which time the plans for the closing of the campaign will be discussed. 1t was originally intended to close the campaign on Wednesday, but the plan now is to organize the forces and start the clos ing on Thursday afternoon, working all day Friday and closing on that day.
 Following MT Wheelor's talk, James H. Hard secured recognition from the chair and asked that the Ad club lend its aid and support to the proposed mu- sic festival for May. His proposition was taken under advisement, but Vice President J. D. Rosenberger who pre- sided in President Sparow's absence yesterday, said he did not care to take the responsibility of appointing a com mittee. and the committee will be ap- pointed by President Sparrow later in the week
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-01
CITY ENGINEERS AND RAILROAD ENGINEERS HELD FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY SINCE AGREEMENT

The Louisville and Nashville Railway company, under the supervision of the city, will have direct charge of the big concrete viaduct to be erected this sum- mer at First avenue and Twenty sev- enth street, it was stated yesterday This arrangement, it is said, has been made between the corporations erecting the yiaduct.
 That from now on the apportionment of cost and other details among the four corporations erecting the viaduct are to be worked out by the corpora tions themselves without bothering the city officials, was stated yesterday by MT. Weatherly. The city has dealt with the Louisville and Nashville railroad and the Southern railroad, he stated, and these two corporations will ar range matters with the Sloss company and the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company