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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-27
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Freeman-Tribune
Pub. Co. will be held at the com
pany's Office in Webster City, on
Monday, Feb. 2, 1914, at, three
o'clock in the afternoon, for the pur-
pose of electing seven directors fol
the ensuing year.
t1f1 W. F. Hunter, Sec'y.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-27

For rent, suburban homes with
either 8, 5, s. 10 or II acres of land
and conveniences. G. w. Lee. 23t2f1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-27
How We Secured the Wholesale
Grocery and Shoe Factory
Latter was a Failure.
CANNING FACTORY STARTED
Webster City Hot Water Heating
Company-The E. H. Martin
Telephone.

From the History of Hamilton
County by F. @. and j. w. Lee: Ac-
cordingly, when it became known
that large wholesale grocery con-
Germ from Des Moines was looking
for a new location, the people were
enthusiastic in their efforts to in
duce it to locate at Webster City.
They were successful in these eff
forts and the Webster City Grocery
Company, owned chiefly by Howell,
Wall & Little of Des Moines, was
organized with a capital stock Of
$4,000, with its principal place of
business at Webster City. To secure
this enterprise, a two-story brick
building was erected on West Sec
ond street by w. C. Wilson and J.
M. Funk, 50X120 feet in size and
subscription of about $4,000 was
raised to pay the rent on this build
ing for term Of two years. The
city, with rather doubtful authority,
voted free lights and water for a
term of two years and municipal
taxes were RENTED for a term of
five years. In consideration of these
concessions, the new wholesale groc-
cry company agreed to continue in
business in Webster City for term
of five years., The business was plac-
ed in charge of r. M. Warfield. The
grocery company fulfilled its con-
tract and stayed five years, but as
soon as it's time" was up, it beat a
hasty retreat to a larger trade CEN
ter
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-01-27
THE SHOE FACTORY.


Now that this policy of giving aid
to new enterprises had been inaug-
urated, it was not hard to find peo-
pie who were willing to accept the
aid. In April, 1898, an imposing
looking gentleman by the name OF
Shoesmith, appeared in Webster City
looking for location for large
shoe factory, then located in Illi-
nois. His scheme was to buy tract
of ground adjacent to Webster City,
plat it into town lots, sell the lots
to the people and use so much of the
proceeds as the promoter could spare
to encourage the enterprise. The
scheme was we'll received and tract
of ground was purchased just east of
Boone river and adjoining the ILL
nois Central Railroad track. Two
hundred and fifty lots were placed
on the market at $3.50 each. These
were to be sold and then at public
drawing" the location of each lot
was to be assigned to the purchaser
by lot. Thus the sum of $37, 500
was raised. A large brick factory
building was erected close to the IL
linois Central Railroad track and on
the tract that had been plated. The
factory building was two stories
high and 40x125 feet in dimensions.
The cornerstone of the new factory
was laid with imposing ceremonies.
August 16, 1898, and in December
the building was completed and
Strohmeyer Bros. took charge of the
factory and conducted it for several
years. They did not succeed and
finally went into bankruptcy. At
the bankrupt sale, in 1902, the fac
tory building was purchased by J.
M. Funk and a new company COM
posed of local stockholders was or
ganized.
This company was well capitaliz-
ed and was known as The North
western Felt Shoe Company, its prin-
cipal business being to manufacture
felt shoes. A manager by the name
of McKowan was secured from an
eastern factory and the business
started up again with bright pros
poets. 1t continued about year
when some Irregularities in the
management of the business were
discovered by the directors and sus-
picion was directed toward McKow-
an. Almost Immediately after the
discovery of these irregularities, the
factory was burned to the ground.
A few days after the fire, McKowan
left for parts unknown. 1t was
charged that McKowan had been
playing "fast and loose" with the
business of the company and had
covered up his shortages by turning
in bogus invoices foI goods that had
never been received, and to prevent
checking up of the stock of sup
plies on hand, had set fire to the
factory. His fight so soon after the
IRE led to the belief that the charges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
A Solution of War.
70 the Editor of The Star: 49,. -

NEW YORK, May T. 1914.
As d member of the mayors commit
tee | was present at the impressive cere
monies in honor of the nations dead who
fell at Vera Cruz | sat in front of one
of the bereaved families. The grief of
the parents and sisters brought home the
stern realities that make innocent hearts
suffer. My companions we're a Catholic
and a Methodist minister. Their COM
ments emphasized the crime cost and
curse of war. The bereaved family pre-
scented the emotional the ministers pre-
scented the logical SIDE of war War can
always be prevented and with honor.
\ democratic international court of
arbitration. composed of three. or null
tiple of three. delegates from every civil
liZed nation, would need but two provi-
sions to make it effective. First, that
the sisnatory powers shall pledge them
selves not to draw the sword until the
dispute is brought before the court; and,
second, that all the signatory nations
and not only just one, shall draw the
sword against any nation that refuses to
submit its dispute to the court or obey
the verdict of the court. OR impose an
international boycott as preliminary but
a boycott that shall include post. tele-
graphs. commerce or communication of
any kind with any Of the other nations
One sharp, thorough and swift lesson
so administered to recalcitrant nation
would spell one century's peace for the
world.
But the court must he democratic. by
representing the three chief elements of
society-the religious. the legal and the
political. This tripartite division of re
ligious. judicial and expert is the Bible
suggestion as TO the composition of an
ultimate court of appeal.
II. PEREIRA MENDES.
Munster Spanish and Portuguese Con
g:egaton, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
OVERLAPPING OF VESSELS.
Two Schooners on Marine Ways. An
other Just Launched.

For repairs to her hull under water
aud to he cleaned and painted the two
masted bay schooner Cherubim is out
on the marine railway at the Alexandria
shipyard. The work on the vessel Will
require ii is stated. but a day or two
to complete and she will then go to a
bay point To load lumber for this city
or Baltimore .......
After having had her hull cleaned and
painted and having received general re-
pairs the schooner Idelia y. Moore. be
longing to Capt. Gibson. has been launch
ed from the railway at Deans boatya9i
at Alexandria and brought back to this
city 10 be made ready for general freight
Ing work on the river. Capt. Gibson
has his vessel at anchor in the harbor.
and will have her ready to go into com
mission in a week or ten days.
The We'll known ram schooner Lula
NJ. Quillan, one of the lumber fleet plying
between North Carolina and Chesa pea =
bay points. is at a Baltimore shpyard
for her annual overhauling. preparatory
To the coming of the heavy summer
traffic on the bay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
LANGLEY MODEL SUCCESS.
Machine Flown in France Similar to
One Built in Capital.

There has just been demonstrated in
France a new aeroplane almost identi-
cal with the big Langley aeroplane
which was originated in the Smith
sonian Institution here. 1t is called the
Albessard after its inventor. The span
of its wings is thirty-five feet. and
there are two monoplanes set one
behind the other in the shape COM
monty referred to as a tandem mono
plane There is very little difference
between this machine and the original
Langley machine. which was wrecked
in an attempt to launch it over the
Potomac in 1903. The Albessard has
made a number of successful flights
and is expected to be adopted by the
French military service.
This is the second aeroplane built on
the lines of the Langley machine that
has been flown in France. In 1907
Louis Bleriot. the man who first flew
across the English channel. built Il
tandem monoplane which he called "the
model du Langley" This made a num-
Der of successful flights, but was not
the form that Bleriot finally adopted in
his successful monoplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
Balmy Peace

Let dogs delight To bark and
bite: they have no better sense
but human ncighbors shouldn t
fight across the garden fence.
There are So many village rows
The husbands scrap and swear.
the while their energetic iraus
are busy pulling hair: and cen
the little kids are foes. and let
their passions rise; and one goes
home with bloody nose. and one
with blackened eyes Md nearly
all such wars are vain. and fool
iSh and unjust; how shall it
soothe Your spirit : pain. a neigh
bor's head to bust | kicked in
ten OF Timpson Stats. and he
bombarded me with cabbaSeheads
and long dead cats. and eggs OF
'6,. | Law upon couch OF PAIN.
and there sadly thunl that all
such doinss are insane. that war
like words are bunk Md when
again | was on deck. | went to
Iimpson's shack. and found that
he was but a wreck since had
sprained his back Md there
we vowed such things should
cease. no more we'd scrap. by
iinss. we'd give the whitewinged
dove Of peace CHARGE to wave ITS
wings. And now we love each
other well, and mind the golden
rule: I borrow water from his
well, he rides my saddle mule ::
and every time we have chance
we do kindly deed, and all day
long we sing and dance. like
Gabvs gone to seed.
WALT MASON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
ECONOMIC ADVANCE
Of LIBERIA DESIRED
Officials Interested in African Repub-
lies Progress Now in
Washington.

John Lewis Morris. I.iheritn Secretary
of the Treasury, and DR.. John II. Reed
president of the Caroline Donovan Nor
NAL and Industrial Institute of Liberia,
arrived in the United States and are in
Washington to-day, accompanied by DR.
Ernest Lyon. consul general of Liberia
Yesterday was spent in Baltimore
The visitors paid their respects to DR.
II. l.. l.. Johnson. president of the Amer
lean Colonization Society the orsaniza-
ton which established the negro repub-
lie. They expect to call upon the Secre-
tary of State and later to arrange to ht
received by the President.
Secretary Morris is here in the interest
Of plans for the economic development
of Liberia II" hopes to raise funds for
4 railway which is projected to open ul1
the hinteriand. Their" are other economic
projects pending. on which the cnlored
iinancicr will seek advice and encourage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
TRUTH SOCIETY ISSUES
"WHITE LIST" OF PLAYS
Will Not Publish Black List, as It
Serves to Advertise Harm
full Shows.

Declaring the conviction that to han a
harmful play serves frequently to adj
vertise it. and that more harm is done
thereby than by silence. the Washing
ton Truth Society today issued a white
list" of Endorsed plays for the guidance
of theatergoers of this city. The pro-
auctions Endorsed follow:
The Governors Lady" BABY Mine -
The Littlest Rebel" The Sauaw Man.
The Thief The Runaway" Liberty
Hail. Sweet Lavender, The Light
Eternal. The Rainbow. The Charity
Ball Little Miss Brown Mice and
Men, Mrs. Temples Telegram and
prince Karl"
The officers of the Washington Truth
Society are: President. Rev. Eugene DE
J.. Mcdonnell. rector of St AloysiuS'
church: honorary vice presidents. Rev.
Augustus j. huarte. vice president Of
G"uzasa college: RI. Rev. Mgr T. i.
Shahan. rector of the Catholic I-nivcr-
Sity: ri. Rev. Mgr. William r. Russell
rector Of st. Patrick Church. Rt. Rev.
Mgr James +. Mackn. rector of ST;
iaUls Church. and Rev. Eugene A. Han
nan, rector Of st. Martins church: vice
president. Francis de Sales Ryan. score
tary. NJ. Joseph Ryan: treasurer. John II.
Berger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
OPENS ITS NEW HOME.
Columbia Lodge, Loyal Order Of
Moose. Entertains at Dedication.

Columbia Lodge, No, l26, LOYAL Order
of Moose opened its new home on the
second floor of 80 G street northwest
last night with exercises attended by 200
members and friends. The new quarters
consist of a large lod@eroom. a reception
hail and cluhrooms, with western and
southern exposure
A. W. caulfield, dictator. made the
opening address. The dedication services
We're IN charge of the following commit
tee +. NJ. Van Ness. chairman: w Al
bert Stahl, y. W. Caultield. Theodore
Lee. +. j. l.anahan. Charles b Terry.
LYMAN Jacobs, br. W. A. Mess. DIR. H.
r Perry. Mark Stearman, b. H. DUE,
J.. n. Disney, Phil kronheim. H. g.
Hopper. Webb Hancock, T. J. Ryan and
Thomas McNerney.
Musical numbers We're given by Wal
ter Busey. J. +. Bond. W. Ii Nash. l..
Burnstein. Henry Weber and Roy Kuhn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
TO MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT
TO CONSERVE FISHERIES
DR.. E. L. Jones Is Planning for Fur
Their Legislative Campaign
to Limit Netting.

In the renewal of an attempt to con-
serve the fisheries. of the Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries DIR. T.. Lester
Jones. assistant commissioner of the
bureau of fisheries is to make further
efforts to have the Virginia and Mary
land legislatures enact appropriate legis-
lation to limit the amount of netting
i'll the bay and rivers SO that the fish
will have a chance to reach their spawn
ing grounds
DR.. Jones is now striving to arrange
for conferences with state officials with
a view to outlining a campaign for the
legislation Conferences were held last
wear and bills We're introduced in both
legislatures. They passed the Virginia
house. but failed in the senate. They
did not pass either house of the Mary
ltnA ln2iSl a1ure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
FORTY YEARS IN ONE PULPIT.
Rev. DR.. Joseph 7. Kelly Subject of
Fluctuations.

Rev DR.. Joseph T. Kelly has inst
rounded out forty years in the pastorate
or the Fourth Presbyterian Church. and
at the. meeting of the Presbyt terrain Min
listers Association, Monday. IN the New
York Avenue PRESBYTERIAN Church. Rev.
DR.. Wallace Radcliffe presented reso-
luton congratuIating Or. Kelly and com
mending his work. The resolution was
as follows.
The Presby terrain Ministers .Associa-
,iun Of Washington. y. &, congratGlates
Rev. Joseph r. Kelly. u. b. upon the
completion Sabbath last. May IL, 1911,
o. forty wears service in the PreSby-
terrain ministry. and upon the further
unusual and honorable fact that this
ministry given in tine one passionate
o. the Fourth PRESBYTERIAN Church of
this citS. We gladly make record of
the distinguished faithfulness and loyal
servire of this ministry and pray that IL
may long continue its benediCtiou To Us
and to all our churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
Hopes to Take Back Teachers.

DIR. Reed, who resigned as president Of
the College of West Africa. to undertake
the direction Of the newly established
normal school, from which so much is
expected in the .velopment of the man
ual skill of the younger generations of
I.iberian citizens, hopes to take back
with him corps of efficient teachers. He
Will visit Hampton Institute. where there
is prospect of finding the material he
seeks.
The Caroline Donovan Normal and In
duStrlal Institute was recently estah-
lished with funds turned over to the
colored republic by the American Colo
nization Society from the Caroline Dono-
van bequest which had accumulated Ia
over S6oHD by reason of the abandon
ment OF colonization, the prime pur-
pose OF the fund.
Secretary Morris and DR. Reed will he
guests of Or. Lyon while in Baltimore,
which they will make headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14

DIR. George NJ. kober of this city YES
terday was elected secretary of the As
ISOLATION of American Physicians at the
final session in Atlantic City. y. j. Other
officers We're elected as follows. President
s. j. Melt.er. Rockefeller Institute: vice
president, Henry Sewell. Denver: record
en-. Thomas McRae. Philadelphia; treas
urer j. 7. Grocer Griffith. Philadelphia
councillor, W. 5. Thayer. Baltimore: eN-
ecutive committee. Theodore {. Janeway
baltimore: alternate. Richard strong,
this city. ..-...--
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
RESIDENTS ARE URGED
TO REMAIN WC|LANT
Connecticut Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation Says Seton 8 and Borland
Amendment Are Vicious.

| Recording their appreciation of the
action of Congress in turning down the
GeorSe-J ohnsonP routy tax measures.
| members Of the Connecticut Avenue citi-
zens' Association last night adopted a
resolution urging citizens not to relax
their vigilance. because section of the
District appropriation bill and the Bor
land amendment are as vicious in their
purpose and would be as detrimental i'll
their effect if embodied iii the law as
were the defeated bills"
The resolution was offered hy David
sseikc and carried without dissenting
voice. II rutitod that the appreciation
of the m"mhcr& ut the association IN
common with that Of all IN" people OF
the piSttict + due the ncrnhrrs of the
House 1T Reprcs ,utatjves who voted
against Tho bills which wcr" Intended
to erippt. the growth Ut our city and
place ouerous tax burdens upon cur PEG
PIE"
The resolution also stated that 'th"
eNSls;tpers of the city ar. entitled to
the hearty co.nmeudation of all our
people for tn, zeal displayed by them
in This h=ht
Commissioner Harding Present.
Engineer Commissioner Harding Was
the guest Of The association III its meet
ing which WAS held in the assembly han
OF tho Army and Navy Preparatory
school. Upton street near Connecticut
avenue. The other two members OF the
board of Commissioners Oliver L. New
man and Frederick l.. Siddons-had eN-
pette to attend. hut We're prevented
from doing so at the last minute.
At tn. conclusion of Il brief address
in which he predicted that the time will
come when Congress will transfer to the
Commissioners a large part of its re-
SponSi bilitX in connection with the
authorizing of local improvements and
the building up of the city. col. Hard
ing announced that he would be glad to
answer any questions that he could re-
iatng to conditions obtaining or inn
provements contemplated in the section
covered by the activities OF the Connec-
ticut Avenue Association.
Among some of the questions discussed
at the informal conference between the
members OF the association and the
head of the District engineer depart
ment We're the safety of Calvert street
bridge. street ear transfer facilities at
the loop and street improvements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
WOULD HONOR COL. HASKELL.
Movement Started to Name New
Country Market for Him.

\ movement has been started among
tn. friends OF the late Col W c. Haskell
to have the new country market between
10th and nth. and Little h streets
northwest named in honor of Col Has
kell. who was for many years superin-
tendent of the markets of the city
and who was largely instrumental in
building them up to the high degree oil
efficiency that has made them models
for other cities.
1t would be particularly appropriate to
give the new country market col. Has
kell's name it is declared as he spen,
several years urging tn. erection of the
big steel shelter shed, which was com
pleted about the time Col. Haskell was
called by death. He also strongly adj
vocated other shelter sheds. the erection
of which will be started shortly. Tn,
movement is taking form and it is stated
that within a short time the idea will be
brought to the attention of the District
authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
WILL OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY.
Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A. to Hold
Celebration Nav II, 10 and 10.

The 18th street Y NJ. c, A. is to cele-
brate it, second anniversary May IL IS
and 10 Sunday Man Il, at !:3o p. m
Representative Martin r. Madden of
Chicago viii deliver the address Mon
day. MAY Is. at p m. Judge Robert II.
Terrell will speak. The meeting will he
under the auspices of the Sure [ VIII
club, and VIII he for men only,
Tuesday. May IL. at 5 y. m. ". H. j.
Beckett, physical director. has arranged
a gymnastic exhibition and pageant. III
Guiding work on horse, bars and rings
:, dance Of victory. Venetian waltz. Irish
tilt boxing and wrestling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
Matter a Serious Question.

The fisheries question i'll this section
is Il serious one. said Or. jones. Owing
to the network i'll the bay aud rivers.
the fish in the last few years have been
unable to reach their spawning grounds.
Practically all of them We're caught in
the nets. The results are beginning to
he felt and the matter is serious. he
said. He has information already that
during this season not one fSh has
been caught in the SuSquehanna river
and few in the bay and other tribu-
tarieS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
K OF C. LADIES NIGHT.
Wives and Friends of Members En-
tertained at Rauscher's

The annual ladies' night of Potomac
Council No. 't&. knights Of columbus
was held last night AT Rauseher's. at
which the wives and friends Of the
council members were guests Grand
Knight Frank l.. Hewitt opened the
evening festivities with an address
Solos We're repdered by Pau Hines Miss
Nellie Corrisan. William H Barnholt
and Master Hunter Madison, while Ed
ward HealS gave recitation
he following composed the COMMITTEES
IN charge of the entertainments. William
A. smith. r. +. Myers. w r Column
bus. William q. Feely. Joseph Il Fitz-
patrick, John +. Cclpoys NJ. j Schaefcr.
John p Dawson. Ernest smith f. l.
Tucker. j. j. ". o Leary. Edward Dunnl-
gan. Walter Plant, NJ J. Mcnamara L
{ Breen, John r. Hoffman, oliver
Moore. John J Hogan, George \ Trap
and John A. Myers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
LOCAL MENTION.
avn sEMENTs TONIGHT.

Columhia-The Columbia Players In
1.-THE Charity Ball" S:1J pm.
Pon's-Poli Players III The Littlest
Rebel" S:1J pm.
Keith s-High- class vaudeville. S:io pm
Gayety-Harry Hastings Big Show, ST
pm.
Ccsmos-Naudcvillo and pictures, contin-
nous show, to 1910 pm.
Casiuo-Vaudevill, and pictures, contin-
uous show, lis to =. G::H to 1o:3o pm.
Gardcn-Feature motion pictures, 10
am. to II pm.
orpheum-FeatUre motion pictures. 10
am. to Ii pm.
Crandall's-Feature films, !" am to IL
pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
SUES FOR $4,000 DAMAGES.
Mrs. Annie T. Daley Alleges She
Was Injured on B. & O. Train.

Mrs. Annie r DALEY of Harpers
Ferry. w Va. has filed suit in the
District supreme Court to recover
$4,000 damages from the Baltimore
ana Ohio Railroad Company COR alleged
personal injury. Stt was a passerge.
May II last on a train enterine t'nIolt
station and had arisen to leave tie
train when il was suddenly stopped
and She was hurled vioIeutI.- backward
in the aisle. sustaining severe bruises
she says. Negligence is alleged ri
torneys Raymond +. Dickey ard II. L.
Franc appear for the plaintiff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-14
Taken to Hospital for Observation.

Joshua Matthews, colored. left his
home. at l Gordon avenue northeast, this
morning after having spent sleepless
night and alarmed his wife. lie called
at I.addou's drug store, at Sd and III
streets and said that he was being fol-
lowed by unidentified persons who We're
going tn shoot INN. Policeman Rarteman
engaged in a lively struggle with Mat
thcVSS and finally succeeded in getting
him from the store. Matthews was taken
I" Washington Asylum Hospital for OBJ
seEYatlon as To his menta! condition.