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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Within the past two weeks serious
inyasions of the cornleaf beetles
have occurred in Missouri, near
Charleston. and in some instances it
has been necessary to replant. The
nest has become of considerable I'M
portance the past few years and is
found chiefly in the south half OF
the United States, but is known to
have made it's appearance as far
north as southern Iowa, central ILL
nois and central Ohio. The beetle Is
q small. dark bronzed insect about
GIG of an inch long and about Is
as wide. usually more or less cover
cd with soil. When disturbed they
drop from the plant on which they
are feeding, and hide so successful
" that the farmer is often unable to
discover why his corn is SO serious
" damaged. The adult beetles lay
their eggs early and always in the
vicinity of the corn plant, after
which they disappear from the fields
The larvae hatch in from 6 to 10
DAYS and feed on the corn plants OF
on cocklebur. Somewhere between
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

the first of July and the middle OF
August the larvae enter the pupa
stage, which appears to last approx
imately Is days, when the beetle OF
the first generation energies. Be-
tween then and Information early IN
the fall, the beetles feed among 9TH
er things on the kernels of unripe
ears of corn, and on the buds Of
cockleburs. In cornfields they hi
bernate under piles of corn husks
fodder and shocks, etc., to emerge
again in the spring to lay their eggs
But the beetles frequently appear II
destructive numbers on young grow
ing corn planted on sod lands wher'
the ground had not been cultlvate'
the previous year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

According to a dispatch sent out
from Rockwell City a few days ago
the council of that town has just
let a contract to the Ford Paving
company of Cedar Rapids aggregat-
ing in value $4,000. The paving
is to be of Trinidad asphalt and the
price is s1.4S per square yard. A
lot of combined curb and gutter IS
also to be put in at As cents per I'm
ear foot. Last year Webster City
paid $40 for paving and 40 cents
for curb and gutter. The dispatch
says the paving is to be sheet as
phalt, but that is probably mis-
take. 1t is likely it is to be asphalt
tic concrete.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

When the United States bought
Alaska from Russia she did good
lob. 1t cost us only $7,OO0,OOO ana
it was worth then ten times that
amount, Notwithstanding the fact
that s7O,OO0,OOO in that day was as
hard to get hold of as $700,0O0,0OO
is today, Alaska has enormous re-
sources and has paid for herself
many times over since she came into
our possession. Since 1867, when
the United States bought Alaska,
she has given the world $50 mil
lion dollars worth of gold, 1873 mil
lion dollars worth of fish, 65 mil
lion dollars worth of seal and other
acquatic fur skins, 20 million dol
lars worth of copper, nearly mil
lion dollars worth of whale, walrus
and fish oils, million dollars worth
of silver, and whalebone, coal, gyp-
sum. marble, tin and vegetables in
sufficient sums to bring her total
output to more than $500, 900.
This result has been achieved with
a sparse population and an made
ouate system of railway and other
Transportation facilities. With the
new era of Government railway con-
struction recently announced by the
Department of the Interior the de-
velopment of Alaska will be greatly
accelerated and that territory,
which already yields as much gold
as the state of California, which pro-
duces half the worlds salmon, and
which includes a domain as large as
our area east of the Mississippi riv-
or and an acreage for tillage sever
al times that of those sections OF
Norway, Sweden, and Russia of sim
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25
WILL GET YOU IF YOU DON'T
WATCH OUT.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Sena-
tor d. c. Chase of Webster City
has a. gubernatorial bee buzzing in
his front door yard. Better shoe him
away, Cady. If you try to catch him,
while you are engaged in the effort,
some politician will slip around and
get your goat.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

The newspapers of the United
States would serve their patrons
best by not trying to forecast what
Germany will do in regard to Pres
ident Wilson's note concerning the
Lusitania horror. Nobody knows
what Germany will do and the news
papers in this country by guessing
at it might prepare the people for a
great disappointment.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25
HARDLY FAIR.

Ellsworth News: Nobody ever i'm
agined for moment that Mr.. Barnes
would get $4,000 out of Col. Roose-
Welt in that libel suit; but it hardly
seems fair that "T r" should get
million dollars worth of free adver-
Using out of it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

The Marshalltown council has de-
cided to bar carnivals by refusing
them a license. That is good de-
cision. The average carnival is a
nuisance and ought to be wiped
from the face of the earth. The one
we used to have in Webster City was
no exception. 1t contracted a lot OF
debts which have not been paid and
which never will be. The Times
Republican truthfully says that
"carnivals are the hobos and tramps
of the amusement proposition. They
bring nothing to town and leave
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25
DIR POLICY CONSISTENT.

Kansas City Journal: Andrew u.
White. who was ambassador to Ber-
lin in 1898, reminds the Germans
that they sold arms to Spain when It
was at war with the United States,
and that this country made no pro-
test. Which goes only to show that
our policy is consistent and the Ger
mans are not.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

a.t, Penrose has announced
that he will not be candidate Tor
the republican nomination for presi-
dent. Score one act of Mr.. Penrose
in the interest of his party. Now II
Mr.. Taft would do likewise hope OF
republican success at the polls would
increase
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Secretary Bryan is kept so busy
with the duties of his Office that he
cannot augment his income with
Chautauqua addresses. Wonder how
he is going to manage to live on only
his salary of $4,000 year?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

The United States navy now LOOKS
better to the people of this country
than it ever did before, and in the
future they will be more liberal IN
it's support than they have been IN
the past.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

It is to be hoped that the big
newspapers will get through talking
about Chauncey M. Depew's eighty
first birthday by the time that dis
tinguished gentlemen begins cele-
.brating the occasion of his eighty
second anniversary.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

If submarine warfare cannot be
carried on without numbering lnno-
cent bystanders it is time for sub
marine warfare to be discontinued.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

If the presidential election had
taken place a month ago it is likely
President Wilson would have been
defeated by a tremendous majority
hut if it were held today he would
sweep the country like wildfire. The
people are practically solid in sup
port of the president at this time
and this is as it should be. When II
comes to dealing with a foreign pow
err the United States must and VIII
present a united front.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

OF course, if Germany decides that
she will lose less by being pacific to-
ward the United States than she will
lose by an aggressive and uncom-
promising attitude it is safe to pre-
dict that she will follow the former
course.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

nothing valuable behind. The aver
age carnival is a detriment to the
city that gives it place. 1t should
have the hurdy gurdy.'
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Italy is still bouncing up and
down on the springboard, not know
ing whether or not to dive in.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

The Stratford Courier has just IN
stalled a new Mergenthaler linotype
machine. When these machines were
first put upon the market 1t was sup
posed they would be used only in the
larger offices, but they have proved
their worth and now many of the
enterprising papers of the smaller
towns have them. The Freeman
Tribune is glad to note this evil
dence of prosperity on the part OF
the Courier and hopes it will con-
tinue to grow and prosper during all
the years to come.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Champ Clark is not saying any
thing these days about the anneSa-
ton of Canada.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Non-combatants have a right to
live and they have right to main
tain that right.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Fighting with gases reminds one
that China used to fight with stink
pots.-Iowa Falls Citizen.
And this reminds us that the ma
iority of the Webster City council
has taken up the game just where
China leF off -
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

This mornings news dispatches
contained the startling information
that Italy is still waiting
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

. The Dupont Powder company OF
Delaware, with plant located IN
northern Wisconsin, has been work.
ing upon a contract for $5,O0o,ooo
worth of ammunition for Germany
according to a Madison, Wisconsin,
disnatch. The supplies were ship
ned to Germany by underground
routes through Italy. However, the
Dupont company has stopped work
ing for Germany and is now devot-
ing all of it's energies to making am
munition for the United States.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

DISPATCHES and editorials in the
big newspapers tell us what Ger
many is going to do in relation to
the presidents note on the slaughter
of upwards of one hundred Amerl-
cans when the Lusitania went down
as the result of a German torpedo.
II is stated that Germany is going to
ask that the matter be submitted to
arbitration: that the Kaiser's gov
eminent will propose to discontinue
the submarine warfare upon unarm-
Cd merchant vessels without warn
ing etc. etc. Fact Of the matter IS,
nobody knows what the German gov
ernment will do. Nobody knows
what position the Kaiser will take.
Nobody knows how near we are TO
the verge of war with the greatest
military organization in the history
Of the world. 1t is just as well to
stop specializing upon what Ger
many will do until there is some IN
dication pointing to at least PROB
ability of what she is likely to 90.
The German newspapers are dis
nleased with the presidents note,
and while they are guarded in their
utterances, it is evident from ex-
tracts published in this country that
50 far as they are concerned Ger
many will stand pat and insist upon
resorting to every means, legal or
otherwise, to accomplish her purpose
of winning in this titanic struggle.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

liar latitude with 100000 souls,
may be expected to attain an even
greater degree of industrial and COM
mercial Importance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Albert G. Vanderbilt lived like
nrince but died like man.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

None of the nations now at war
have Just cause to complain when
belligerents or neutrals pursue
course all agreed to at the Hague
and which all have pursued in times
mast The Hague covenants per-
nit the sale of all contrabands OF
war-including ammunition-and
Germany, Great Britain and Russia
sold to Spain during the Spanish
American war. None of them
thought they were doing wrong. But
now Germany, being unable to ship
large quantities of ammunition from
this country, pretends to believe
that we are doing an unneutral act
nv selling to those who can ship IT,
Germany has a perfect right, under
the Hague covenants, to intercept all
boats carrying contraband, but she
has no right under those covenants
or under international law, or un'
der any custom or practice of civil
ized warfare, to sink neutral OF
belligerent passenger or merchant
shin without giving passengers anc
crew opportunity to escape.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

During the past few years Iowa
has INDUCED in more advertising
than during the previous twenty and
the result is being shown in the cen
Sis returns. For number of years
the newspapers of the state, and
other sources of publicity, paid lit
tie attention to the advertising OF
Iowa, devoting much space to tel
ling of the advantages of other coun-
tries to the west and southwest. AS
. matter of fact, Iowa has them all
heaten to a fragile from every point
of view as a desirable place IN
which to live with the single excep-
tion of climate. Iowa is neither a
summer resort nor a pleasure abode
in winter, but is the place where the
people can make the money to take
them to other zones in winter or
summer where climatic conditions
are more to the liking Of the lndl'
yidual. Iowa has the resources &c
make one of the richest communities
in the world and that is just what II
is doing at the present time.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

During the early stages OF the
European war it was often said in
pro-German quarters that there
were 100000 naturalized Amer1-
can citizens in the United States
from Germany who would be loyal
to the Kaiser no matter what hap
pened. And this was the view taken
by quite a number of our people.
That statement, however, has been
fully refuted the past few days since
the relations of Germany and the
United States have been strained ov-
er the Lusitania outrage and 1t is
now manifest to all the people that
in the event of war between the
limited States and Germany the Ger
mans in this country will stand al
most solidly for America and against
the Kaiser. Nothing else could be
expected. The adopted citizens from
Germany have taken the pledge OF
allie glance to this country and II
they are not ready to support the
United States against their native
country they have no business here.
However, there is no question OF
where those of German descent
stand and there is really no occa-
sion to discuss their attitude. They
will be loyal to their adopted coun-
try to the end and that is all that
can be asked of them. or course
they are with the fatherland as be-
tween Great Britain, Russia OF
France, but they are with the Unit
ed States as against the world, in
Guiding the German empire.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

The newspapers of Germany are
very much displeased with the con-
tents of President Wilson's note, but
that is no indication of what the
German government will do in rela'
ton to it. The government will take
the course it deems for the interests
of Germany, no matter whether II
likes the sentiment of the note OF
not. That is diplomacy and the Ger
man government is something OF
diplomat.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-25

Practically every neutral nation
of any consequence in the world has
endorsed the note of President Will
son to Germany. The South Amerl-
can countries seem especially pleas
ed with it. Submarine warfare IN
which non-combatants are slain
without opportunity for escape is SO
repulsiye that it is denounced by the
entire civilized world, except only
those nations that hope to temper
arily profit by such means.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
INVESTIGATION OF.
BOOZE PARTY TO |
BE MADE SHORTLY.
School, Inspector Will Confer
With Superintendent Kinney
and Police May Be Called

=" Within a few days George S. Ray
mond, inspector OF public schools. will
take up with Superintendent Henry W.
Kinney the ACCESSIBILITY of an investi-
CATION of the alleged booze party"
held in the PoEukaina school. Kakaa-
ke. the night of April q. the details
of which were published in the Star
Bulletin yesterday. $50 .
Mr.. Raymond said today that he be-
lieves il viii be an easy matter to To-
cate the persons who participated in
the party which, according to the tes-
timony of two Hawaiian pupils. was
attended by sailors and marines,
plenty"
81 think it will be quite an easy mat
ter" he said, 'aS several OF the per-
sons attending the party wrote their
names on the bIaekboarCs. The thing
! regret is the obscene matter which
was written On the beardssand which
was left for teachers and pupils to
erase. | believe that there was suffi.
Gent evidence when the police arrived
the next day to enable the. police to
locate the persons. This, Japanese
whom the Hawaiian boys say was
beaten By those who attended the
party might be able to tell something"
Following Mr. Raymond's conference
with Superintendent Kinney. the mat.
ter probably will be placed in the
hands of the police.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
ONLY COURSE TO
TRANSFER SHIPS
TO foreign FLAG
That Is the Attitude of Pacific
Mail Directors, Says Gen.
eral Manager SchWerin

The directors Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company probably decided
on Wednesday of this week whether
CT not to transfer steamers to a for
eign fag-a course Of action which If
adopted will practically eliminate
Honolulu 50 far as passenger traffic
from mere to the mainland is con;
cerned .....- - =
This information is contained in a
letter received by Albert p. Tay-
lor, assistant secretary Of the Pro-
motion Committee. from Fl. p Wood.
secretary. who last week consulted at
San Francisco with r. P. Schwerin.
vice-president and general manager of
the Pacific Mail. concerning the com
p7ny's probable course when the new
shipping law comes into effect The
new law, by its regulations, will make
the operation OF Pacific Mail steamers
so costly that they will have to be
transferred to another flag, or else tie
up indefinitely at San Francisco. ...
"As you know" writes Mr.. Wood
the Matson Navigation Company
quite recently made plans for new
freight steamer somewhat smaller
than the 'Manoa' They were later
changed by adding passenger accom-
modations, but they have withdrawn
all plans now, and everything is mp in
the air with them, though feel that
il the Pacific Mail Company shoIld go
under a foreign flag that the Matson
Navigation Company might feel justi.
fed In building a new steamer even
larger and faster than the Matsonia,
but of course this is all in the future.
Just now the only outlook the Pa.
cific Mail directors can see is to place
their steamers under a foreign flag"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
HOW THIN PEOPLE
CAN PUT ON FLESH
A New Discovery.

Thin men and women---that big,
hearty filling dinner you ate last;
night. What became of ali the fat-s
producing nourishment II contained?
You haven't gained in weight one
ounce THAT food passed from your
body like unburned coal through an
open crate. The material was there,
but your food does not work and stick.
enough nourishment from your meals
to pay for the cost of cooking. This
is true OF thin folks the world over.
Your nutritiye organs, your functions
Of assimilation, are sadly out of gear
and need reconstruction.
Cut out the foolish foods and
funny. sawdust diets. Omit the
flesh cream rub-ons. Cut out every.
thing but the meals you are eating
now and eat with every one of those
a single Sargol tablet. In two weeks
note the difference. Five to eight good
solid pounds of healthy stay there"
fat should be the net result. Sargol
charges your weak, stagnant blood
with millions OF fresh, new red blood
corpuscles-gives the blood the carry
Ing power to deliver every ounce. of
fatmaking material in your food to
every part OF your body. Sargol. too,
mixes with your food aud prepares 1t
for the blood in easily assimilated
form. Thin people gain all the way
from 10 to Is pounds month while
taking Sargol, and the new flesh stays
put. Sargol tablets are a scientific
combination of six Of the best flesh
producing elements known to chem
istry. They come 40 tablets to pack
age, are pleasant, harmless and mex
pensive. For sale by Benson, Smith &
Co, Chambers Drug Co., and HOLSTER
Drug Acknowledgement. 4
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
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PIANO WILL NOT PLAY
BUT KAnGAR00 CAN HOP

Last night the board of super isors
had to sidetrack the resolution for an
electric piano and kangaroo for Kapio-
lani park There was no complaint
against the Australian marsupial pet
but Hollinger humbly confessed that
the piano would not deliver its music.
On its second reading the resolution
was tabled, and when 1t comes up
again there will be nothing to 1t but
the SIS kangaroo.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
% DEFENDANTS AIR
THEIR TROUBLES IN
U. S. COURT TODAY

Twenty-thTee defendants, their al
legged offenses ranging from destroy.
ing mail and smuggling opium to sell
ing obscene literature. and statutory
nisdemeanors, were arraigned before
Judge Charles f. Clemens in federal
court this morning, making one OF the
heaviest Saturday morning sessions
the court has experienced in many
months.
Aki, a Chinese, who went down to
one CT the steamers and purchased
two dollars worth Of opium, was sent
to Oahu prison for Is days. An elo-
quent plea for a light sentence was
made by Attorney Garden, who said
that the defendant had been a habit
uaI user of the poppy drug for the
past 20 years. He also said that Aki
was a poor man and that he recently
lost his wife and family through
death.
ku, who pleaded guilty to statu-
in Oahu prison and one-half the
costs of the case A plea at bar was
filed in the case of John p Mendoza,
charged with having destroyed certain
mail matter. The case has been con-
tinued week. In the majority of the
other cases ,continuanees were in or
der for plea or further hearing.
The twenty fourth defendant was
not in court He is John ]. McGrath
and he is wanted on an opium charge.
He failed to answer when his name
was called and the case was contin.
ued. McGrath recently escaped from
the city and county jail and has not
yet been. apprehended
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
BAND CONCERT.

j The Hawaiian band will give a pub
lac concert Sunday afternoon at kapi-
olani park at 3 o'clock = *.
Mareh-1s15 congre ssfeltaf Party.
1newI - Kalani
0verture-Victor Emanuel. Killing
Songs. -. Hawaiian. Band Cleo Club
Selection-Sunday Parade :. Hume
oeal-Hawaiian sonss ar. by Berger
Waltz-Les Syrens ~ -. .Walteufel
Polka--A Good kiss. ,-...... .Coote
March-Mayor j. C. Lane 49,. KaIani
5 Hawaii Ponqi g
The Star Spangled Hammer
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-05-08
WELL-kN0WN PEOPLE
BOOKED FOR COAST

Among those who have booked pas.
sages to the mainland on the Matsonia
for the June 2 sailing are Governor
Pinkham, j. NJ. Lydgete, A. r. Keller.
John Efinger. ]. NJ. McChesney. Dr.
and Mrs. c. B. Cooper. Raymer Sharp,
T. b. King. w. L. Hopper, Mrs. c. C.
Cunha and party, J.. Lennox, Senator
]. L. Coke, Mrs. G. Schaefer, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. j. Belser and DR.. Arthur G.
Hodgins.