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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
Little Fighting Taking Place
on Any Of the Battle Fronts

NcETT Tor Northeast Monte
- negro. along the SerbO- Monte
neErtn frontier, ma In the Ison1o
SECTOR OF the iustrO-ItnIInn Mnr
zone, little lighting Tx taking place
on nny OF the battle fronts. III
France and belgium virtually moth
Ing IN going on except artillery en-
EnEcmcnts. In which. the French
assert, considerable damage has
been done 10 German defensive posi-
ttons. TN the itussinn front the
fighting IN ut n stundstiIl.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
MOST OF PASSENGERS

iiQw other passengers escaped serious
injury is not known. The car register
showed that thirty-four people had
boarded the car after il left the car
barns but With the exception of three
OF four who We're located by rcprcscn-
taiivcS OF the street car company late
last night, all of them escaped injury
These We're only injured slightly.
After the accident Policeman Latham
took charge OF the situation until Can
tain i:pps and Sergeant thinner arr
rived. Persons who had been in the
car scattered in all directions as soon
as they were able TO drag themselves
from the damaged vehicle. and but few
~ them could Toe located by the police.
ih" police witnesses Of the accident
consist OF the train and street car
crews and several negroes.
The steel pole against. which tho
street car was lung was bent and
broken almost OF .bou, ten feet from
Us base rs it TOPPED. it brought down
Jh" main trolley line along Broad street
and all Of tho network al auNilinrv
wires close to tn" swi,rn. 'rhc current
waS cut off from these wires as soon
as possible ana before the wrrcliina,
crew of tn" street car company began
10 clean IN. lin,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

Special I" The Times D!spa,ci,j
lTNCliHCRG. VA. pccCirbcr l.
David !. inrc. AGED sevrnty.ivc years.
lied 1T his home in Lynchbur, on, Tues
day.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

crnI kocNcss captured i0.S0n Ser
blum troops and :B.iuU civilians 1T
for military service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

Along the isonxo the violent
Italian attacks have IcSScnrI gem
orally, although at various points
the big Italian gums arc still raining
shells ON the Austrian positions.
The political situation surround
in;. Greece and Esotimnnin has nut
yet cleared. Ron:uunia mt last nc
counts wax still holding out for tic
maIntcnnnrc OF her neutrality. while
Greece wnS said not To have I'M
severed satisfactorily to the demands
embraced In the lntcSt entente note.
\ dispatch from Athens asserts that
the situation there TX tense.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

SNOW nrc holjluI up British nnd
French opcru tiUns.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

The hustro-IiunEnrinn forces are
continuing their inrOnds into North
and NOrthcnstern Montenegro, hut
the MontcneErIns, aided by the Ser
binns who escaped the Tcntonic net,
ARE giving them bnttic. In the
northeastern sector, the advance tx
north and toward PIeyIjc md
against the GrndInn height. with
the tnkinE of l'rfsrend on NIontlny,
the last important town In Serbia,
except Monnsfir, fell into the hnnds
OF the TcutOus. Nothing official has
come through as to the fate OF
MOnnstfr.
'iennn reports TINT during No
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

Adviccs from Copenhagen are that
tho Socialist leader In the Gcrmnn
RcichStnE will nNl, the Germnn gov
eminent to give Information us to
the conditions ON which Germany
would he rcndy 10 bcgln peace
negotiations,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
MnIHnMhN TELLS IIow
ACCIDENT R.;,pENI.p


"l-. 49, ~ '''' '"sl night,
own rato I'm -,f., ...I t.| vs.
time ~ cross H.. ty.rl,. Nh ..
been for splitting rt. s,yi-.t 80.
Dulug waved me ahead ana az.
covered THAT rhc r.at. ,rrrl ~,
turned along the curve eEu, 80. 49,,
current and hastcu.d along mo ,r,ri;s
waving my hands i'm ar U,r. ..
Tho train s,u, Duiirp na.,. 49,, >,Up
tin" passengers off The car .yr.r 80. 49,
that tN, train ,ya. not etnuni,r ~,
crash made when The. ,..r y,,s ii.
terrific ana tic entire ca, soo,,,.a -
hav" been lfred bodily ana url.J
against th, steel uol, do no, "
II tIt- johnson worua, v,,s o
car Il Wa~ NOR. than noIr mi .,i
great many ur We passcr..rr. ,,,,,n
white So ~ as .,ijld 500, 80 49,,
motives stva'u waa not GU; nrr u,,,
after the train HaG nir TN. car"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

colored, and told him of the death of
their friend.
Arthur Bass. 526 North Second
street: Patsy Weaver lie st. James
Street. and William McGrifr 1903 West
Franklin, where he is employed are
the names OF the witnesses secured by
the police. None Of them had been
questioned about the accident last
might. and il is probable their first
testimony will he given at the cor
"rncr'S inquest.
Engineer Moncurc has been driving
frain No. so for some time, and the
accident of last night is said to have
been the first serious one in his ca
reor. He is said to have remarked to
representatives Of the street car COM
pany immediately after the accident
last night that he did not see the car
until he was about forty feet away
HIS train. the engine of which was
No. 81. is one of the heaviest and fast
est which leave this city during the
early night II makes through con-
nccton with New York. and consists
chiefly Of rullmans
The Johnson woman is said to have
been about Twenty-Five years old and
unmarried. She has u sister named
Jones living at 1918 Taylor street,
another sister named Johnson and two
othcrs whose names could not he
learned last night. No arrangements
Tor the funeral will he made until ar-
Ter the outcome Of the corouc:'s in
NcStiSatlOn
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
BRITISH SHOULDERS
ABLE TO BEAR BURDEN
Asquith Believes All Classes VIII
Gladly Incur Sacrifices NeceS-
Sury to BE Made.
ADDRESSES LABOR CONFERENCE
Government Asks Trade Union Lead
crS to Use Their Influence to Pre-
vent Anything In Nature of Cen
cral Demand for Wage Increase.

LONDON. December Title belief
! that British shoulders We're strong
enough TO bear whatever burden the
war was imposing upon the country,
ana that all classes would GLADLY incur
the sacrifices which they were called
upon 10 make was expressed by IRE
mtcr .\squitu to-day before II repre-
sentative labor conference which ms
s"mblcd to consider the best means
oil husbandinT the national resources
AMI encouraging s'trct economy.
Any excess of either profits or wages
which does not find it's way back to the
state in loans o. taxes. or is not en-
ploycd in necessary industries or pub
much loss to the revenue and national
resources. ana therefore so much in
jury TO the national cause"
Therefore. he said, tn" rovernIr cnt
asked the trade union leaders to use
their Influence TO prevent anything in
thc nature of :. general demand for an
advance in wages
Tie Premier explained that, al
though some few industries wcr. in
Jurcd by the war, according to the best
estimate available, 4.5OOo00 working
people had enjoyed a substantial in
crcasc in wages siu"c the wars be
ginning.
"On the other hand" continued Pre-
'hlcr ASuuiih. we have witnessed q
substantial increase in the cost OF liv-
liiS. FoCd has risen 30 per cent: rent
20 per cent: fuel and light -, per cent
ana clothing. so per cent but y~hen a.
fowhhcc is made for the Increased cost
OF living. | venture To say the wage
cnrners arc better off now than when
the war began"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02

Vienna reports that during No.
rcmber the Austrian army of Gen
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-02
WOMAN is KILLED
IN COLLISION AT
GRADE CROSSING
.Eont-nncd from CHRIST rnge.l

''"ntnu"d from First Page
son woman had been hurled from the
car and was found buried beneath the
pilot Of the engine She was killed
instantly. Desperate efforts We're made
10 cNtriCate her. and this was done be
fore Ambulance Surgeon Seasc arrived
The woman was not run over. but Il
number OF her bones are thought to
have been broken. and She bore several
severe wounds about the head
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
CONGRESSIONAL cANNERY.
Proposed by Oid-Time congressman
to Improve Congressional Record.

Proposed by OId-Time congressman
to Improve Congressional Record.
The campaign in congress against
misuse of the Congressional Record
has called forth many suggestions,
not the least popular Of which is for
setting time limit on every speak
er. The man who cannot explain an
idea in an hour, it is held, will "be
sent to the foot of the class" and Ia
beled a bore, to be called upon only
during the filibustering season.
A request was made by one of the
old time congressman for the initia.
ton of a Congressional Cannery."
Webster's reply to Hayne, Patrick
Henry's speech and certain excerpts
from the Declaration of independence
will be the first to get canned" as
they are drawn upon nearly every
time a congressman engages in a de-
bate.
Twenty years ago the proceedings
of the senate and the house did not
begin to occupy as much space as to-
day, and it is felt that the movement
to keep the records down will result
in a much more interesting and ac-
curate Congressional Record for fu-
ture generations.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
A SINNERS DIARY.
As Written by Lynette Freemire in
"Judqe."

JOuNCs
l know a woman who, when she
starts after anything, starts right in
the opposite direction, notwithstand.
ing it's $4,000 miles around to it that
way, and then she approaches from
the other side.
i know a woman who says if she
money she'd cultivate him. Suppose
she had no cultivator? Suppose his
soil was SO poor it would raise moth
ing-not even dollar-no matter
how much care housekeeping or
fertilizer (cooking) or irrigation
(charm) she applied?
People who know less than I do
tire me. The ones Who know more
feel the same. Hence I'm alone
mostly.
If had made myself, should have
been so charming that-well, most
likely l should have been gobbled up
long ago. AS it is, If I'm good at
anything now, it's one thing more
than another.
Shorthand makes me think of the
gulls on Lake Michigan. That is, it
would If the gulls were black and
few upside down.
l there is a weak spot in the foun-
dation Of eugenics, it's too much
wood and too little fire.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
TRAILING A WOMAN.
To End Out Later She Had Been HIs
Client.

Acquaintance with a detective II
not the good thing some people may
imagine" said a young woman who
has never yet been accused of being
an adventures or anything else that
is supposed to get ones name on the
front pages of the newspapers.
"A few months ago l was robbed
of belt that l priced very highly
because it was unique and cannot be
duplicated spent considerable
money and had the assistance of .
headquarters detective, but without
recovering the belt.
THAT was all we'll enough, but the
other day as l was walking down
Broadway, l saw Mr. Detective. He
saw me. too, and remembered that
he had seen me somewhere, but had
evidently forgotten the circumstances.
He 'shadowed' me for a block; then
when l turned into a store he slipped
into a doorway and waited for me to
come out. Again he Swallowed me
till l turned into my doorway
AT that point he seemed to sud-
denly remember that he had known
me as client, an offender, for as I
looked back he seemed to have q
shepish look in his face as he turned
and walked rapidly away"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
PlCTURING A CRIME.
Dramatic Enactment In Court by
Chief of Police.

Dramatic Enactment In Court by q
Chief of Police.
CHICAGO.-Chiefo of Police Michels
of Aurora enacted the role of the
graveyard murderer of Theresa Hol-
lander during the second trial of
Anton Petras in Geneva, Ill. He
left the witness chair, got down on
hands and knees before the jury
and illustrated how marks found
in the snow showed that the slayer
of the girl in pursuing her had
stepped into a snow-lined ditch be-
side the cemetery and, losing his
balance, had sprawled upon all
tours. A gaping courtroom followed
every move of the dramatic por-
trayal.
The finger prints were there In
the snow the next morning, CHIEF
Michels said. The Hollander girls
muff was found feet from the
spot
Beside the finger prints in the
snow, the witness said, knife was
found, which undoubtedly was
dropped by the man as he fell. The
marks in the snow showed he scram-
bled to his feet, ran after the girl,
overlook her at the point where the
muff was found, and struggled with
her before he succeeded in dragging
her into the cemetery, where he
dubbed her to death.
The knife to which Chief Michels
referred has been identified as having
been seen last in Petrass possession.
1t bore the name of Frank Darrimont
of Chicago.
At the Petras previous trial the
chief was not allowed to describe
the impressions he had gained from
survey of the scene of the crime.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
EARLY PArHFINDERs.
The North Pacific First Seen by a.
Canadian Scotchman In 1898.

The North Pacific First Seen by q
Canadian Scotchman In 1898.
The first white man to reach the
western sea" by crossing the North
American continent was Sieur Pierre
Gautlier de Varennes de la Veren-
drye, whose expedition left Montreal
June 8, 1871. With half hundred
companions. including his three
young sons, the daring Frenchman
set out from the fort at Montreal anil
plunged into the wilderness, intent
upon discovering that narrow sea-
which was supposed to separate
America and China.
During the months and years that,
followed La Verendrye and his gal
liant boys triumphed over multitude
of obstacles. Some of his men were
massacred by hostile Indians, others
fell victims to disease, exposure and
accident, and mutinies were frequent.
After many hardships Lake Winnipeg
was reached, but La Verendrye was
disappointed in finding it a large
body of fresh water, instead of the
tabled western sea.
After thirteen years of effort the
expedition was turned back by the
impenetrable mountain fastnesses.,
But, although the main mission failed,
La Verendrye was the first white man
to reach the banks of the upper Mis-
souri, and Saskatchewan rivers and
to traverse what are now the pros
porous provinces of Manitoba and
Saskatchewan.
It was not until 1893 that Alexan-
der Mackenzie, Scotchman, pene-
trated the Rockies and reached the
shores of the Pacific.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
NO SENSE OF hUMoR.
At Least None on the Part Of This
London Baker.

LONDON oaker.
Some people have absolutely no
sense of humor, says the Strand Mag
azine. A little London urchin ran
into a bakers shop and, placing a
half-penny on the counter asked
nervously and timorously, Mister
ave you a 'alfpenny buster (bun)?"
Eyes, my little man. Here is one
quite hot"
Thanks, mister. Would you mind
a-shovin' it down my back?"
Down your back, my little man!
Why down your back?"
Cos, sir, I'm only little un, and
If those chaps outside know I've a
buster they'll take it, and l am SO
'ungry, l am"
Dear me, how wrong of them!
Come round here, my little chap
There-there, it is down your back. u
The boy ran off. In an instant an
other entered-a bigger boy.
81 say, mister, as a little boy just
been in 'ere?"
"Yes."
"And did e buy a 'alfpenny bus
ter?"
Eyes,"
"And did e arsk you to shove IT
down is back, as us big fellows
would take it?"
"Yes."
yah! Where's your watch and
chain? Els got EN-. Els just around
the corner"
Out rushed the baker. In trice
the big boy collared the till and
bolted.
The shopman never saw the comic
side of the transaction at all.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
NAILS IN STONE WALLS.
Easy Method Of Placing Them S.
They Will Remain Firm.


Few women know how to drive a
nail into brick wall, and yet it is
what they often need to do for them
selves if there is no man about.
The following method is easy and
has been found entirely satisfactory:
Having decided upon the exact spot
into which the nail is desired to be
driven, which must be In the plaster
between the bricks, provide yourself
with a hammer and screwdriver
With these tools commence working
out the hard plaster by tapping the
handle of the screwdriver AS the
plaster turns to dust it must be
blown or busted out so that the size
of the hole may be seen.
When a space about one inch long
and nearly one inch deep has been
worked out get small piece of wood
about the same size and with the
hammer wedge it tightly into the
space. When 1t seems firm take the
nail and drive it into the wood 1t
will go in nicely, without bending.
and remain firm an indefinite length
of time. This same method was used
at one time when it was decided to
hang a hammock between the fence
and the wall, with the exception that
the hole was dug out little longer
and deeper than for an ordinary nail
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
Reincarnated.

The school as a civic center having
become overcrowded, it occurred to
some bright mind to advocate the use
Of the home as a civic center
1.-The home is vacant so large q
part of the day that it would seem
the highest efficiency would put it to
some use other than as a possible
place to sleep in after midnight"
This was Immediately done, and
the home began to come back There
upon the leading sociological writer
asain to the satisfaction of all that
everything has use.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
GIRLS RESPONSIBILITY.
Should Not Countenance by Young
Men in Her Behalf.

Should Not Countenance by Young
Men in Her Behalf.
No girl who respects herself, writes
Frances Frear, will accept from a
young man attentions which she
knows he is not able to give. When
a young man on a SIS week salary
splurges around on SIS day basis,
something is wrong, and the girl who
allows such a young man to spend
money for her entertainment Is ind1-
rectly party to the wrongdoing or
which he may be guilty.
A case in point is young man.
only 18 years old, who has been
brought back from Toronto to New
York charged with the theft of $4,000
worth of jewelry. His first stealing,
he confessed, was to make front"
with a girl at dancing contest. He
took pin and ring from his en-
ployer, expecting to return them. He
never did return them, and this first
theft, made in order to shine with q
little beauty" at a dancing contest,
led to many other thefts for himself
and others.
No one would be foolish enough to
seek to excuse young man for
stealing in order that he might make
a dashing appearance in tango.
The less obvious moral we would
draw from the incident Is that girl
is not using her influence as she
should when she countenances or
encourages extravaganza in a young
man.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
WHEN LIFE SHALL CEASE.
A French Scientist Puts II Two Mil
lion Years Hence.

lion Years Hence.
Scientists tell US that life on the
earth began about 100000 years
ago. 1t has generally been accepted
that life will last 100000 years.
Ninety-fve million years is fairly
long time. None of us who are alive
today need worry about what will
take place 100000 years hence.
Even the most altruistic can scarcely
be inspired by love for an incon-
ceivably remote posterity.
But the French savants are alto
gether disturbing. Here comes one,
M. Verronet, who says that the earth
will permanently freeze within the
next 100000 years and that life will
vanish. This is bringing the tragedy
nearer home. We would gladly &C.
cept the older reckoning.
Verronet places mankind of today
about midway between the beginning
and the end. He computes that in
the future life will exist as long as
it has already existed. He specifies
only one forty-eightth as long life
as those who have studied in the
past.
There is only one consolation to be
derived from the Verronet reckoning.
AS far as the inf1eunce of today is
concerned, 100000 years is as good
In
who are comfortably laboring today
cannot expect to be lovingly remem-
bered when the cataclysm of ice
makes the earth barren wilderness.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
THE LOBsTER's HAPPY FATE.
Boiling Him to Death Is the Acme
Of Pleasure.


Of Pleasure.
Boiling over a slow fire is the hap
piest death a lobster can meet, so it
has been determined at the Jersey
marine biological station. The ex-
periments were carried out by Joseph
Sinel, well-known biologist, for the
Jersey Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, whose members
associated the prevalent method of
killing Holsters with medieval tor
ture.
HOLSTERS, says Mr.. Sinel, are ex-
tremely difficult to kill. Piercing the
brain does not seem to cause the
lobster more than temporary annoy
ance, since his brain is a mere nerve
ganglion the size of a hemp seed. He
has to be killed all over. To throw
him into boiling water fails to do the
work either mercifully or quickly.
since he struggles violently to es-
cape for about two minutes.
The pleasantest way to end lob
ster's troubles, Mr.. Sinel finds, is the
old-fashioned way of placing him in
cold water and bringing him to a
boil. AS the water warns, he be-
comes merely lazy and rolls over as
for a sleep. BY the time the water
reaches the comparatively mild tenn
perature of 70 degrees, Fahrenheit.
he becomes comatose. At 80 de-
grees, he is dead To use human
illustration, the biologist says it is
like a person succumbing to a heat
wave, with loss of consciousness and
q painless end.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
WANTED FIRST.HAND SERVICE.
Kansas Man Who Didn't Know Much
About Postoffices.

Kansas Man Who Didn't Know Much
About Postoffices.
A man called at the wellington
postoffice the other day and asked
for the postmaster. He was told
by the clerk that the postmaster was
not in.
when will he be in?" was asked.
The postmaster would be in within
half an hour. 'Ts there anything I
can do for you?" the clerk asked.
mo; l want to see the postmas-
ter"
After while the man came back
and asked again for the postmaster
Hes not back yet" the clerk told
him. rs there anything can do
for you, or can tell him something
when he comes?"
mo, there amt nothin' you can
do, and l wisht the postmaster was
here. want to see If there's any
mail for me, and I'm gettin' In q
hurry"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
Plain Fare for a kino,

The plain living ordered by King
George at the royal table means four
courses-soup, fish, joint and sweets
instead of six, at dinner, and break
fast of fruit and porridge, with fish
served two days a week and eggs and
bacon one, the result being a reduc-
ton of cost Der head from $3.50 to
$125 a day. At the same time the
cost of living IN servants hall has
ben reduced from s1.44 a day to IS
cents. In other words, the food of
royalty will cost now less than the
food of the servants did
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-05-04
Women Slay Wildcat.

Several women had an exciting
time with a wildcat at the home of
Mrs. Milestone, on Silver Lake ave
nue., Westville, N. j. How the ami
NAL got into the house is mystery,
but the women summoned assistance
and a couple Of shots killed the ami
NAL, which was an exceptionally
large one.