davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
FIGHT IN ST.
LOUIS STRIKE
Fifteen Hundred Transfer Drivers
and Chauffeurs Quit.

St. LOUIS. Mo-, Aug. IA run
ming fight between 500 strikers and
sympathizers on one side and three
non-union drivers and a score Of POI
Iicemen on the other, which termin-
ated in a riot in front of the St.
Louis Transfer company's stable last
night, was the initial act of violence
in the strike of 800 transfer driv-
ers and chauffeurs which began here
yesterday.
The fight began when strikers at
tempted to attack drivers who had
been hauling mail. Police interior
ed and a riot call was turned in. The
officers arrested one man but he was
rescued by the strikers. A score Of
persons were hurt by flying bricks
and stones.
Not only are 1900 teamsters idle
but about 1000 other employees Of
the transfer companies are out Of
work as result of the strike. The
strike resulted from failure of the
union men and the Team Owners
association to sign a new contract
July 81. The men asked a new con-
tract calling for wage increases of
from $3.50 TO $500 a week and a re-
duction Of hours from II to 10
day. The team owners refused IN
grant these.
The strike has practically closed
shipping departments CT many fac
tories and wholesale houses and has
tied up much through freight, a
great deal of which is hauled by
wagon over Eads bridge.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
EMPLOYERS BE:
GIN FIGHT ON
8 HOUR DAY
Organized Manufacturing Interests
in East Take Up Battle Against
Mems Demands.
SOME OF THE STRIKERS GIVE IN
But Union Announces It Will Pur-
sue Attempt to Gain Shorter
Hours and More Pay.
SOME OF THE STRIKERS GIVE IN

New York, Aug. 13.-Indications
that an effort will be made by or
ganized manufacturing interests, as
represented by the National Metal
Trades association, to resist the de-
mand of the machinists' union for
a general eight hour work day, de-
veloped here yesterday, when the
Garvin Machine company opened its
doors and called on it's men to work
under former conditions as to hours
and pay. The Garvin plant, which
employees about 1900 men, closed
Aug. 2 after it refused the demands
of 500 machinists for an eight hour
day.
The time for the resumption OF
work was set for 1870 yesterday
and at that hour several hundred
former employees gathered around
the plant. Eugene Garvin, vice pres
ident, addressed the men, inviting
them to return to work at the old
scale of hours and wages. At the
time apparently not man respond
ed, but late yesterday announce
ment was made in behalf of the
company that over 100 of the strik-
ers had returned to work under the
company's conditions.
The announcement was made by
Henry C. Hunter, secretary Of the
Metal Trades association, and indi-
Gated this association was behind
the stand Of the Garvin company.
J. J. Keppler, vice president of the
international organization of ma
chinists, who is the active head Of
the eight-hour movement in this dis
trict, admitted a number of men
were at work in the Garvin plant.
"These men, however, are not
members of the uniou," said Mr..
Keppler. "The former employees of
the Garvin plant are going to stand
firm in their demands"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
BOY IS DROWNED
WHILE AT PLAY
Second Fatality Of Season Occurs on
Des Moines River.

EsthervilIe, Ia, Aug. 14.-Tht
treacherous Des Moines river claim
ed another victim yesterday after
noon when Teddy, the 11-year -olt
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Caffee
who was in swimming with his play
mates, was caught in the current
and carried beyond his depth.
The city was reused by the fire
siren, and within a few minutes af-
ter the drowning the fire department
and hundreds OF citizens were at the
scene of the accident.
Men in boats are dragging, and
wire nets have been strung across
the steam, which is extremely high.
It is thought that the body has lodg-
ed in submerged brush or trees
along the bank.
This is the second 10Y claimed by
che river this season.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
and further north.

anu IuTtuer uOrLQ.
The strength of the German Of
fensive in the latter region has led
to the assumption by some of the
military observers here that the
Germans are now aiming at Petro-
grad. It is pointed out, however,
that there is a great stretch of mar
shy country between the present
battleflelds and the capital, which,
it is asserted, would make the ad-
venture dangerous one. Besides,
the Germans would first have to
capture Wilma, Dvinsk and Riga, all
of which the Russians are defend
ing with strong forces.
The Germans claim the capture of
a group Of French Notifications in
the Argonne forest, in France;
whereas the French say all the Ger
man attacks were repulsed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
TWO ARE KILL
Ed BY A Train
Well Dressed Men Run Down While
Sleeping on Track.

Malvern, Ia, Aug. 14.-Two uni
Identified young men were run over
and instantly killed by Wabash
freight train one mile east of here
yesterday. The young men had ap.
parently fallen asleep upon the
track and were not seen by the en-.
ginemen until the train was upon
them.
One OF the men was six feet tall
and about 80 years of age, the other
five feet six inches in height and
about 20 years old. They were
dressed in plain but neat garments,
were clean shaver and neat in ap-
pearance, ana apparently were not
tramps. One mans clothing was
bought at Sheridan, Wyo. L. R. Com
err, an undertaken, has the bodies.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
TREATED With COFFEE
IS SUED FOR $4,000
Pail of Hot Drink Explodes and
Cashier Says She Was
Damaged.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. lit is all
right to be retail grocer, and it is
likewise all right to have a young
lady cashier. 1t is also permissible
to treat her to a cup of hot coffee
on a cold winter evening, but it is
the part of wisdom to be reasonably
sure in advance that the coffee will
not explode and nearly put her eye
out, and subject the philanthropic
groceryman to $4,000 suit for
damages.
In a petition just filed in district
court, Miss Minnie Wunrath asks to
have Herman Lohn divorced from
$4,000 of the profits accruing from
the sale of onions, cheese and can
ned tomatoes. Lohn is North
street grocer, and on
Jan. 90 Miss Wunrath was acting as
his cashier. She alleges that he
went to a nearby bakery and secured
a pail Of coffee, which he set on top
of the stove, and told her to help
herself. She AYERS that the stove
held hot fire, and that the cover of
the pail containing the coffee fitted
tightly.
Under these material and interest
ing circumstances she later essayed
to accept the invitation to secure
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
MEXICAN |NvA-
SION OF i. S.
NOT IMPOSSIBLE
FlnM0n's Force is Weakened by
Having to Cover Wide Bor-
der Territory.
SITUATION Is NOW MENAC1NG
Washington Officials Finding It
More Seraaus Than They Care
to Admit.
SITUATION Is NOW MENAC1NG

| Washington. D. c., Aug. 14.-Th,
Mexican problem looked ugly yester
day. Although there has been ;
disposition hitherto to minimize tn
Importance Of the border raids, it il
learned they are more menacine
than officials here at first realized.
General Funston has only abou
IA, 600 men to protect the long Dor
der line Of Mexico. This force
strung out along a distance so great
is of course much attenuated. Funs
ton is a highly competent officer but
his troops are too widely scattered
in patrolling the long border to en-.
able him to- make as effective use OIL
them against large bodies of Mexi.
cans as he could under other circum-
stances.
The confidential information
which has come here is that Mexican
feeling in the region across the Ric
Grande has been much stirred up by
the killing of a Mexican at Browns
vile recently. 1t is charged, though
this is doubted, that Carranza is in
spring the trouble. 1t is certain
Carranza has large bodies of troops
within easy striking distance of the
Brownsville district. II friction
with Carranza grows worse, as it
promises to, he might use these
troops in a way that would be en-
barrassing to the United States. In
fact, there is good reason to believe
that Carranza's commanders, if they
saw fit, could center at one point and
hurl across the border much larg-
er force than Funston, with his
troops strung along many hundreds
Of miles of border, could well cope
with on the spur of the moment.
The possibility of Mexican in
vasion of Texas sounds absurd but
it is by no means an impossibility,
according to we'll informed author
tiles, if the Mexicans would have
the nerve to undertake it with dar-
ing and resolution.
Secretary Garrison is resolved to
give Funston all the help he needs
and it is assured all due protection
to the Texans will be afforded. New
ertheless it is a ticklish situation
and it may we'll happen that the
border difficulties will prove the
spark needed to bring about active
intervention in Mexico.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

Bailey was found lying on the floor
of the room with her left arm almost
shot off. She was picked up and TAX
en- to hospital in Nebraska City,
where she remained until early this
week. AS soon as she crossed the
river into Iowa she was arrested.
At the inquest the jury returned
sealed verdict which now proves
to have been in effect that Mrs.
Bailey was believed to have commit
ted the crime. At the preliminary
trial yesterday, Mrs. Bailey waived
examination and was held to the
grand jury.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

hot and refreshing drink, without
having been warned of the hot fire
and tight fitting lid, and ignorant of
the fact that lot of steam from the
boiling liquid had accumulated un-
der pressure in the top of the pail.
Just as she reached the pail there
was an explosion, and the scalding
coffee was thrown in her face, caus-
ing her great suffering and perma-
nent injury to her eyes, and Incl
dentally creating medical expense of
$50 and two weeks sojourn in
hospital.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

London, AUG 13.-The situation
in Poland and the Baltic provinces
is changing only little from day to
day and public interest is; being
turned to the near east, where diplo-
mats of the Guadruple entente pow
ers are endeavoring to bring all the
Balkan states over to the allied
armies which are battling against
the Turks on the Gallipoli peninsula
and in the Caucasus.
The diplomats of all the belliger-
ents for the moment are concentrat-
ing their attention on Sofia, for Bull
garia holds the key to the situation.
1t is said she is being smiled upon
and offered territorial concessions as
an inducement for her to join one
side or the other or to remain neu-
trail. Both German and entente min
listers are finding their endeavors
hindered by their friends. Greece
and Serbia are unwilling to concede
to Bulgaria parts of Macedonia
which are her price for joining the
allies, while Turkey is opposing con-
cessions which Austria and Germany
desire to make to insure the contin-
ued neutrality of the Sofia govern
ment.
Bulgaria, too, it IS asserted, is
weighing the victory the Austro-
Germans have gained in Poland
against the renewed efforts of the
allies in the Dardanelles and the re-
ported signal victory which the
Russians are said to have won over
the Turks in the Caucasus.
There is no news from the armies
on the Gallipoli peninsula, but the
British admiralty reports a British
submarine in the sea of Marmora,
which recently sank the Turkish
battleship Kheyr-Ed-Din, also has
sent to the bottom the Turkish tor
pedo gunboat Berk-I-Hatvet and an
empty transport. Nothing was said
in the admiralty communication of
the former German cruisers Breslau
and Goeben, now owned by the
Turks, both of which are unofficially
reported sunk.
The Russians continue their re-
tirement in Poland, but all the
while are retarding the German ad-
vance, which is now regaining mo-
mentum. There is still considerable |
distance between the German armies
to the southeast and northeast Of
Warsaw, so that seemingly the Rus
slams will be able to make good
their retreat, only, however, to be
called upon to oppose German at
tempt to outflank them at Kovno
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
Three MEXICAN
NARAUDERS ARE
SLAIN IN FIGHT
Eight Other Bandits are Reported
Killed in Hidalgo County in
Recent Battles.
MORE SOLDIERS ARE SENT
Huge Shipments of Munitions to
Carranza Troops are Held Up
on American Side.

Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 49,
Three more Mexican outlaws were
yesterday added to the list of killed
In battle near Mercedes, Hidalgc
county. It was not reported wheth.
er soldiers, county officers or rang.
ers were in the fight.
Officers have adopted a policy of
refusing to give details of fights in
which they were concerned. This is
said to account FOR the lack of con-
frmation of report that eight 9TH
er Mexican bandits were killed in
H1dalgo county since Friday.
After passing quiet night the
lower Rio Grande valley yesterday
watched for results of the sending
OF more troops into this section.
Early last night report, which
later was confirmed, reached here
that Texas rangers in Hidalgo coun-
ty had chased eight Mexicans who
reached the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande and, sitting on the bank of
that stream, invited the rangers to-
cross into Mexican territory, saying
they were the leaders American Of
ficers were seeking. The rangers
withdrew. 1t is believed the Mexi-
cans are part of the band which
abandoned their horses earlier in
the day and took to the brush.
A farmer in Hidalgo county was
held up and robbed last night by
two Mexicans.
Gen. e. P. Nafarette, Carranza
commander at Matamoros, yesterday
denied that a thousand of his men
could enter Texas to incite upris-
ings against the Americans, and
gave for his reason that he has had
only 500 men between Aldamus and
the mouth of the Rio Grande.
He charges that the brigandage in
Texas is caused by Huerta follow
ers in anticipation of Carranza's
recognition by the United States,
and expresses his willingness to CO.
operate with American authorities
United States any bandits who may
cross into Mexico.
Three companies of United States
troops from Laredo reached Browns
vile yesterday morning, the fourth
company of the battalion having
been detoured at Kingsville.
The zone of the operations of the
raiders was widened to large ex-
tent in the last twenty-four hours,
although few additional reports of
the depredations reached here. The
latest meeting of the raiders with
eighty miles north of Brownsville,
where band Of thirty or more Mex
leans attempted a daring raid on the
one store of the town. They We're
frustrated in the attempt by doz-
en- United States soldiers stationed
in the store, who fired on the ban
dts, injuring two, it was believed.
No reports came of further killing
since those of Monday, when ten
persons were shot and killed.
Confirmation was lacking early
yesterday of reports that soldiers in
considerable numbers were crossing
the border from Mexico to join the
alleged revolutionary movement, al
though Governor Ferguson in his
appeal to the president declared
that "any unusual occurrence now
would cause a disastrous invasion of
Texas from Mexico" That "a reign
of terror" existed on the border, was
the declaration of the governor.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
Wife ACCUSED
Of MURDER
Mrs. Lucinda Bailey of Percival, Ia,
Is Arrested.

Sidney, Ia, Aug. 13.-Mrs. Lucin-
da Bailey of Percival, Ia, was plac-
ed under arrest here yesterday
charged with having killed her hus-
band, E. S. Bailey, who was shot in
the back of the head June IS as he
sat at his table eating dinner.
She was released on $1,000 bail.
At the time of the murder Mrs.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
THE BULGARIAN
Army IS Prize
SOUGHT AFTER
Diplomats of ALI Warning Powers
Concentrating Their Efforts
ON Sofia.
HOLDS KEY TO SITUATION
7riends Of Each Side, However,
Balk at: Making Concessions
Desired by Bulgars.
HOLDS KEY TO SITUATION

Constantinople, (via London) !,
Aug. 13.-Eour hostile attacks
against one Of the Turkish positions
on. the Gallipoli peninsula were re-
pulsed, according to an official state
ment issued yesterday at the war Of
fics.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

See West & Kidder if you want
your auto painted or vanished. Tops
and cushions refinished. 7-28d6t2f2
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17
new TUET0N
MOVE COMING
Order Forecasts Another German
Drive in the West.

London, Aug. ia significant
order of the day, predicting a re-
sumption by the Germans of a Wig
orous offensive in the west, has been
issued to the Teutonic armies in
Flanders, according to the Amster-
dam TELEGRAPH. An extract from this
order follows:
Our work now is practically fin
ished in the east and we are about
to begin in the west. Peace is GER
tain in October"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

Cheapest place to buy oil meal
shorts, middlings and chick feed. A.
J. ironing, I. C. elevator. tiff
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

The greatest truths are the sim
plest.-Hare.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-08-17

DR.. T. B. Larrabee, Osteopath. dts
Evening journal., 1915-07-13
WORK FOR EXPERT MArHEMArrcIANs

Il VEN the resourceful mathematician finds It
- extremely dinicult if not impossible to use any
comparative statistics in such way to bring credit
to the present administration. Some however make
desperate efforts put the figures together in such
TO relieve Democracy its burden Of dis
credit In attempt of this kind, Democratic
newspaper refers the fact railway earnings for
April 1915. we're S3SS213OS as compared with s32222-
791 for the month in 1914, increase of a mill
lion and a-half
Even though that is comparing Democratic
month with another and therefore proves nothing the
apparent good showing is entirely reversed when the
Democratic editor finds himself forced to admit that
the gain in net earnings rs due an increase in
gross but decrease in operating expenses" That
decrease in operating expenses must either re-
duced reduced purchases reduced employ
ment In any event. IL less money for the
workers railroads in railroad shops Nor is
that ALL for the editor goes to admit that al
though gross earnings down only s2000oO0 for
the month CApriD they down $79,0OO.OO0 during
the preceding nine months, average of nearly
$4,000 600 month
While most people will be glad to know that the
railroads aided by increased by renewed
dustral activity the war as badly off as
they were IT, is dnlouh to comprehend what satsiac-
ton a Democrat can get Of presentation Of sta
stics showing the depths to which railroad business
had sunk within recent months
Evening journal., 1915-07-13
A War of Ideas in Progress in Europe
lFrOm the New York TrIbunel

The present moment is perhaps ap-
pirate for calling attention once
more to certain phases of the world
conflict now in progress as they af-
feet the people OF our own nation.
Such a conflict has two radically diff
ferent aspects; II is at once a war
Of nations and a war of ideas.
To the extent that the Great War is
a war OF nations 1t has no real con-
Germ for the United States A strug-
gle between Germany and Austria on
the one hand and France. Great Brit
ain, Russia. italy. Belgium and Ser
bia on the other would affect Ameri-
cans as their sympathies might hap
pen to fall. As we admired France,
Germany or England, we should de-
sire TO see the battle turn In 1870
a majority Of Americans sympathized
with Germany; in the wars OF the
French Revolution beleaeuered
France our old ally, long held Ameri-
can sympathy.
But war Of ideas is a wholly diff
ferent thing Two ideas are now fight
ing in Europe. and the successful
conception VIII shape our thought
and mould all human destiny for gen
erations TO come. America no less
than Europe, Asia and Africa. as well
as the narrower confines OF the pres
ent continental hattie ground. will
be affected. dominated by the ideas
which triumph in the contemporary
contest
Now the recent German note to the
United States is an admirable indi-
cation Of the Gel man idea It asserts
emphasizes, declares that the will OF
one nation superseies the rights Of all
nations. That international law, the
relatively minor conventions that man
across the centuries has devised 10
mitigate in some degree the horrors
Of organized murder and collective
killing, may be ignored. abolished, al
the pleasure OF one nation. The
world has established certain privil-
oges, placed them beyond the ques-
tion of armies These are the sanct-
ueries, as It were Of civilization. and
these Germany asserts the right to
violate
Precisely in the same fashion man.
kind has proclaimed the neutrality OF
certain states whose smallness takes
them out Of the area of conflicting
aims and ambitions Of the great pow
ers. Belgium, Switzerland, until 1914
these were countries by common con-
sent withdrawn from battle. Exactly
in the same way all neutral nations
were conceded certain rights. All
this represented the accumulated gain
OF mankind IN long centuries. In our
own time il had been the basis of
greater and robler dreams of world
peace, of arbitration, of the end of
war.
Against all these conventions.
agreements, rights bestowed upon the
i, weak OF the neutral the Germsn idea
frankly makes war. The German
chancellor asserted on the eve OF The
invasion Of Belgium that the viola
tion Of faith was justifiable only on
the ground OF necessity. The German
Foreign Minister now tells Americans
that the murder of the Lusitania's
American passengers was defensible
in view of the war made upon Ger