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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
IS ACQUITTED
OF PARR|C|DE
Jury Is Moved by Plea That Deed
Was Done in Mothers
Defense.
THE TRIAL EXCITES INTEREST.
Facts and Defense Similar to Those
In Recent Dunn Case of
Atlantic.
THE TRIAL EXCITES INTEREST

Sigourney, Ia, April 24.-The
jury in the case of C. L. Nicola of
Oskaloosa, charged with murder of
his father, last night brought in a
verdict of not guilty. The plea of
the accused was that he committed
the act in order to protect the life of
his mother during a quarrel between
the two parents.
Nicola is young man about Is
years Of age. The shooting occur
red in the fathers home at Oskaloo-
sa in 1913. He was convicted Of
manslaughter by a jury in the Ma
haska county court and sent to pris-
on in Anamosa. The case was ap-
pealed and recently reversed by the
supreme court. A change of venue
was granted.
The trial has attracted especial
interest from the fact that it comes
so close on the heels of the Dunn ac-
quittal at Atlantic, Ia, which was
brought in Sunday.
There the facts and the line of de-
Tense were closely similar to those
of the present case.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
MANY DROWNED
| IN TEXAS FLOOD
Fourteen Bodies Recovered After
Storm in Texas-Property
Loss 100000.

Austin, Tex, April 24.-With the
bodies of fourteen persons drowned
here Thursday night recovered, elev-
en- persons missing and rescuing par
ties still at work among the ruins of
200 homes that were swept away by
Thursdays wind and rain storm the
citizens of Austin yesterday after
noon began a systematic plan for the
relief of the sufferers The property
loss is estimated at 100000.
Temporary quarters were provid-
ed last night for all whose homes
had been swept away or are not hab-
liable, and food and clothing is be-
ing furnished.
Ten inches of rain fell in two
hours Thursday night and torrents
Of water poured into the homes Of
people living in lowlands before the
alarm could be given.
Twenty bridges were swept away
and paved streets were ruined.
The body of Mrs. Charles r. Wink
Ter was carried sixteen miles down
the river by the force of the food
Among the missing is George
Wilmington, son of A. G. Whiting
ton of Houston, vice president of the
international & Great Northern
railroad. He and a companion were
camping on river when the flood
came. When they. realized that they
were about to be overwhelmed they
began to swim for higher ground.
The companion escaped, but Whit
t,ngton has not been seen since
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
SHERIFF TERRELL
wins LIBEL SUITS
Ringgold County Man Found Not
Guilty in 0ne-0thers
Dismissed.

Mt. Ayr, Ia, April 24.-In the
case the State of Iowa VS.. H. w. Ter
rell charged with criminal libel the
jury after five hours of deliberation
returned a verdict of mot guilty"
The other two cases against Terrell,
one in which Clerk of the Courts H.
S. Tyrrell was prosecuting witness
and the other with the board of SUI
pervisors as the ones against whom
the libel was alleged to have been
committed, were dismissed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
What Was the Matter?

It was on the Auguste Victoria,
homeward bound, that two Americans,
Frenchman, and an Englishman,
were discussing the relative value Of
European and American walters, with
the balance much in favor of the trans
atlantic variety. To illustrate his
point, the American related the ex-
perience of New Yorker in a Broad
way cafe, whose bill of fare afforded a
choice of mince pie, cherry pie,
custard pie and apple.
"You may bring me-" said the guest,
"a piece of apple, of cherry, and of
custard pie"
"Well," calculated the waiter, what
is the matter with the mince pie, sor?"
After the laugh had subsidized, the
Englishman leaned across the table.
beg pardon, DR.. Smith, but what was
the matter with the mince pie?"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
iowa,
HAS BIG BLAZE
Total Loss is $4,000, Partly Cover
... ed by Insurance.

Atlantic, Ia, April 24.-The worst
fire in this city in years broke out
shortly after - o'clock last night in
a barn used as horse barn by Paul
Perry and Chas. Morgan, horse buy
ers. The blaze spread across the
street north and destroyed the Green
Bay Lumber company's big shed and
fine stock of lumber. The lumber
company's loss aggregates $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance.
Other miscellaneous losses, includ-
ing thirty-one head of horses amount
to about $1,000, of which $500 is
covered by insurance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
100000 HOME:
LESS IN PRUSSIA
Conditions in German Province
Worse Than Those in Belgium,
Says Correspondent.
PEOPLE ARE PAN1C-STRICKEN
Roads Choked With Fugitives At.
tempting to Escape From
Desolated Country.
PEOPLE ARE PAN1C.sTR1CKEN

Koenigsberg, East Prussia, April
24.-Thousands of persons home.
less, thousands of buildings burned
to the ground and hundreds OF
thousands if not millions Of dollars
worth of damage done-such is the
toll of the Russian invasions of East
Prussia, which eliminated recently
in a raid on the little city of Mem
Ell in the northernmost corner of the
province.
Hard on the heels of the more re-
cent invaders, an Associated Press
correspondent recently toured East
Prussia-or that part Of it which at
one time or another had been held
by the Russians-and had an oppor-
tunity to see the effects of their for
ward march, and of their retreat as
they were driven back into their
own country.
From the German-Russian border,
which is fifteen miles to the north
ward of Memel, to Bialla, which is
far to the south, and for miles in
ward from the curving boundary
line, there now lies, in place of a
one time prosperous agricultural
section, an almost desolate waste,
punctuated here and there with half
ruined communities.
Less than seventy-two hours after
the Russians had wrecked the town
of Memel, only to leave it-and III
of their number dead-when Ger
man reinforcements arrived, The As
ISOLATED Press correspondent reached
the isolated community to find it a
veritable city of fear, only partly
heartened by the presence of strong
military forces.
Along every road within miles Of
Memel were hundreds of wagons full
of fugitives, hurrying with what
they had been able to save from
their homes before the invaders,
crushing into the large centers of
to the south and the
westward. Their numbers were
added to the thousands who earlier
had fled in similar fashion and now
are quartered all over Germany I'M
til the time may be ripe for them
to go back to the ruins of their
homes.
Along a line Of $50 miles as the
crow flies, and for a distance vary
ing from five to fifty miles inward
from the Russian border, there now
only a succession of ruins.
After painstaking efforts the East
Prussian authorities have been able
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

He (smartly, thinking to divert
her attention from the ice-cream
sign In the restaurant window
Don't you know I am 50 fond Of
Strawberries, that sometimes I think
I'd like to be straw-buried."
She docking meaningly at the leo
cream sign) well I would much
prefer to be ice-cremated.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

to estimate the number of fugitives
driven out at about 100000, the
number of horses taken at 100000,
the number of cattle at 100000. The
extent of the property damage, how
ever, it is as yet impossible even to
guess. That it will run into the mill
lions is altogether likely.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Taken at His Word

A suburban minister during his dis
course one Sunday morning said: I'm
each blade of grass there is sermon"
The following day one of his flock
discovered the good man pushing a
lawnmower about and paused to say:
well, parson, I'm glad to see you
engaged in cutting your sermons
short"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Wore Them lono

STRANGE" said the first tramp, medi-
tatively, "how few of our youthful
dreams ever come true!"
ooh, dunno" said his companion;
II remember when l used to dream
about wearin' long pants, and now
guess wear 'em longer than any one
else in the country"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
The Oyater

"Now," asked the teacher, "who can
tell me what an oyster isl"
Silence for a moment, while small
brows were knit in strained effort at
remembrance. Then little Tommy's
facial muscles relaxed and eagerly he
raised his hand.
/ II know" he triumphantly annaunc-
ed. can oyster is fish built like a
mutt"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Changed Her Request

Thackeray tells Of peasant woman
begging aims from him, who, seeing
him putting his hands in his pockets,
said:
MAY the blessings of Providence
follow you!" but when he only pulled
out his snuff box she Immediately
added, land never overtake you"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
EXPECT BATTLES
ON LAND AND SEA
Engagement in North Sea Is Report.
ed and Fight Near Ypres
Developing.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM ADVANCE
Germans Say Allies Were Driven
Back With Heavy Losses in
Flanders.
9TH SIDES CLAIM ADVANCE

London, April 24.-With big
battle developing near Ypres in
Flanders, and reports of prospect
i've naval engagement in the North
sea and of preparations for the COM
mencement of combined naval and
military attacks on the Dardanelles
or some other vital spot in Turkey,
the people of Europe are highly ex-
pectant.
OF these three anticipated events,
My one has actually reached full
=, lment-the battle near Ypres.
A., 1t a severe engagement has taken
&c in this part of Flanders is con-
led by the official reports, but
se are so contradictory in their
to inns that the actual result of the
n Summary fighting is not known.
OTTO those outside the war Offices Of
ole belligerent nations, it would ap-
Gear, however, that following their
ass of hill No. 60 and their failure,
ptter repeated attempts to recapture
%, the Germans have commenced an
fensive from the northeast against
The Anglo-French line in front Of
(vpres, which was the scene Of such
bloody battles last autumn, and also
against the Belgian line farther
west.
The Germans claim that, with a
rush, they drove the allies back to
the Ypres canal, taking 1900 British
and French prisoners, and num-
Der of guns. The French account
admits that the allies had to fall
back, but 1t states that this was due
to the use by the Germans of asphyx-
iating gas bombs. Paris asserts that
in counter attacks the allies took
many German prisoners and that the
Belgians repulsed attacks launched
against them. It is believed here
that these operations are only the
COlAu1cASCuucuI VI dloIhSs DdtIlC VI
Ypres.
Although a dispatch received from
Holland last night gives a rumor
that the Germans are about to fall
back to the Liege line, in order to
have troops ready for possible use
against Italy should Italy join the
allies, it is considered more likely in
military circles here that the Ger
mans will give battle where they
are, preferring to be the first to at
tack, having learned from recent ex-
periences that it is difficult to hold
the strongest positions when an ex-
tremely heavy cannonade is directed
against them.
Fighting continues in the Woevre
and here also both, the French and
Germans claim successes. The
French in this region seemingly are
still on the offensive and apparently
determined to attempt further to
squeeze the German wedge which
has its apex at st. Mihiel.
The prediction of naval battle
in the North sea, which is based on
reports from Scandinavia of activity
by the. warships, the prohibition of
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Why She Did Il

Adorer (after a rebuke by the old
lady)--'I didn't kiss you. l only pre-
tended was going to. Why did you
call to your mother?"
Sweet Girl (repentantly)-'I-I did
not know she was in the house."
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Why?

Man at Desk-"Why do you claim
a trombone player is less Of bore
than pianist?"
Man in Chair-"He is, because he
doesn't get the chance. He doesn't
find a trombone in every home he
visits"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
DOWNING a Lie

Editors Wife-"Pretty condition for
you to come home in-staggering
through the streets in broad daylight"
Dilapidated Spouse-"Couldn't help
it, m'dear; been accused of (hic) brib-
cry"
"Bribery?"
eyes, m'dear; people said I was
(hic) bribed to oppose probition. Had
to show folks posed pro'bition NJ
own Accord
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
1ender-Hearted

"He is the most tender-hearted man
| ever saw"
Kind to animals?"
~ should say SO. Why, when he
found the family cat insisted on sleep
ing in the coal-bin, he Immediately
ordered ton of soft COAL"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Awakened

Billy-"Do you believe in signs?"
Milly--"Yes, indeed"
Billy-"Well, last night I dreamed
you were madly in love with me. What
is that sign of"
Milly-"That's q sign you were
dreaming"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27
Tasteful Mourning

Smith is the most remarkable and
sentimental man have ever heard Of"
"How so?'
Ills wife was blonde, and week
after she died he married brunette"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1915-04-27

A man who could make so vile a
pun would not scrupple to pick a
Dennis.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
HAYS SIGNS, THEN VETOES
HOT SPRINGS RACING BILL

Little Rock, March Gov. Hays
last night sent his message to the
house vetoing the Hot Springs racing
bill. The house refused to accept
the message, claiming that the bill
became a law Saturday night. The
message follows:
MIR Speaker beg to report to
your honorable body that | have this
day withheld my approval and have
seen fit to veto house bill No. 258,
by Mr.. Sawyer, for the following rea-
sons;
Z II realize my lasting obligations
to the many friends who have push
ed this measure through both
houses; some of them have assisted
very materially with this legislature
To them l owe much for past per
sonal and political favors; to them
am profoundly grateful. Ordinarily,
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
Notice for Publication

Department of the interior, U. s,
Land Office at Little Rock. Ark.
February Sth, 1915.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Thomas Cleveland Thomson, of Par
agould, Ark, who, on January 8tn,
1910, made Homestead Entry No.
O607O, for Sc IA Sc IA, Section "a,
township II N, Range E., 5th
Prin. Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make five years proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before G. II. Powell, County
Clerk, at Paragould, Ark, on the
Hth day of March, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Liege Moore, of Walcott Ark.
II. w. Fitzgerald, OF Paragould,
Ark.
A. F. Fitzgerald, of Paragould,
Ark.
Ed Cox, Of Paragould, Ark, r. ).
JNO. w. ALLEN,
ll43) Register
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
Slap at Politicians.

Little Rock, March 5.-Mr. Con-
dray of Faulkner introduced a bill
in the house yesterday to prohibit
the use of public offices as political
headquarters. The bill provides that
no person who is a candidate for
office, his deputy or any one con-
nected with his office, may use the
office as headquarters to further
his campaign or from which politi-
cal literature may be sent, and
furthermore, no deputy or any off
Ger shall be allowed to give any of
his time during his official hours
to the political interests of any can
didate. The bill was read twice and
made a special order for Saturday
morning after the reading of the
journal. A fine of from $50 to
$500 is provided for violation of the
act
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

| would like to look at this matter
from the standpoint of friendship
and to help the men who have help
ed me- Naturally We are all CRATE
full to our friends.
This, however, is a matter of
such grave importance to my state,
and of such tremendous import to
the future of my people, that l must
cast into the background all desires
that / might have to advance the in
terests or to promote the welfare of
my friends and meet the issue face
to face. A stupendous duty now
confronts me; l will not shirk the
responsibility.
"Only a few weeks past we secur-
ed the adoption of a statewide pro-
hibtion measure-a long step in the
right direction. Now, right on its
heels comes before us a law to per
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
EAT CABBAGE, FISH,
SAUSAGE, NEW BREAD
'Pape's Diapepsin" digests food
when stomach can't-Cures
indigestion.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause n
sick, sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr..
or Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down !;
Pape's Diapepsin digests everything,
leaving nothing to sour and upset
you. There never was anything so
safely quick, so certainly effective.
No difference how badly your stom-
ach is disordered you will get happy
relief in five minutes, but what
pleases you most is that it strength
ems and regulates your stomach 50
you can eat your favorite foods with
out fear
Most remedies give you relief
ometimes-they are slow, but not
sure. "Pape's Diapepsin" is quick,
positive and puts your stomach in a
healthy condition so the misery won't
come back.
You feel different as soon as
"Papes Diapepsin' comes in contact
with the stomach-distres just van
ishes-your stomach gets sweet, no
gases, no belching, no quotations Of
undigested food, your head clears
and you feel fine.
Go now, make the best investment
YOU ever made, by getting a large
fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize in
five minutes how needless it is TO
suffer from Indigestion, dyspepsia or
any stomach disorder. (advt.)
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

the governor had taken no action on
the bill.
1t was said last night that Cover
nor Hays signed the bill under the
word approved written on the bill,
and that later he wrote dis" before
the word approved, then scratched
that out and later rewrote the sylla-
BILE above the one scratched out Mr.
Kitchens and the other men who say
they were in the office said they
knew nothing of this action.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
Confirmation Notice.

In the Greene Chancery CouA, April
Term, 1915.
j. /. Kennedy,
Petitioner Exparte.
Notice is hereby given that the
above named petitioner has this day
filed his petition in my office as Clerk
OF said Court, in which he states
that he is the owner in fee simple
of the following described land in
Greene County, Arkansas, to-wit:
SOUTH HALF OF NORTHWEST
QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST
QUARTER, AND NORTHWEST
QUARTER OF NORTHWEST QUAR-
TER OF NORTHEAST QUARTER.
ALL IN SECTION SIXTEEN I6),
TOWNSHIP EIGHTEEN (18l
NORTH, RANGE SIX Co EAST.
Now, therefore, all persons or cor
poratlons having or claiming to have
any interest whatever in and to said
lands, or any part thereof must ap-
pear in said Court at it's next regular
April Term, 1915, and show cause
why the title of petitioner in and
to said land should not be confirm
ed and quoted.
Witness my hand and the seal of
SAID Court, as Clerk thereof, on this
4th day of February, 1915.
(SeaD FRED WATSON,
(l39) Clerk.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

house. The bill was introduced by
Speaker Sawyer Of the house, whose
home is in Hot Springs. 1t was adj
mitted that the object of the bill
was to restore the sport to Hot
Springs, once a noted racing center.
Betting on races was prohibited
by an act by the Arkansas legislature
in 1907, and this ended racing at
Hot Springs.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
MONK cox PARDONED

Il Little Rock, March 10.-GOv.
* Hays yesterday granted the fol-
* lowing pardOnS: Il. NJ. Cady,
4 Miller County, convicted in No.
y vember, 1914, of perjury and
sentenced to one year; Alvon
Cox, Greene County, convicted
= in October, 1914, of assault to
kill and sentenced to Fl years;
f. Sheriff., Greene County, com
victed i'm August, 1914, of as
Sault to kill and sentenced to
one years imprisonment.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

In the Greene Chancery Court, April
Term, 1915.
R. Y. Shook, Plaintiff
VS..
Hiram Brown, Defendant
The defendant, Hiram Brown, is
hereby warned to appear in the above
entitled cause and Court and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff therein.
Witness my hand AMI seal of this
court, this March 4th, 1915.
lSeaI) FRED WATSON,
Chancery Court Clerk.
BY John Simpson, d. C.
l. Fred Watson, Clerk of the
Chancery Court, hereby appoint Roo
ert Blair, nonresident attorney ia
the above entitled cause.
lSeal) FRED WATSON, q
Chancery Clerk
BY John Simpson, D. C.
l. -----------, accept the
above appointment, this----day of
March, 1915.
no.151 --
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

In Greene Chancery Court, April
Term, 1915.
c. e, Stevens, Plaintiff,
VS..
Fannie Stevens. Defendant.
The defendant, Fannie Stevens, is
warned to appear in this court with
in thirty days, and answer the COM
plain of the plaintiff, C, E. Stevens.
This February oath, 1915.
(SeaD FRED WATSON.
tl49) Clerk.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12

Rabbit fur is said OBJ supplant-
ing wool in felt hat making in Aus
tralia, where thirty-two factories are
in operation The fur is considered
much superior to the finest merino
for this purpose, and millions of rab-
bit skins are used annually.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-12
Warning Order.
Pucket, Plaintiff,

NITTIe FUCktI, FTdlntIIT,
VS..
Ed Pucket, Defendant.
The defendant, Ed Puckat, is warn
ed to appear in this court within thir-
ty days and answer the complaint
of the plaintiff, Myrtle Pucket
CSeaD FRED WATSON,
Chancery Court Clerk.
BY John Simpson, d. c.
Feby 10, 1915.
(l46)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-01-05
Week of Prayer Began Last Night
in Trinity NJ. E. Church-Rev
DR.. Watson breaches.

The union prayer service was he'n
in the Trinity NJ E. Church last
night and there was a large attend
ancc. The subject was prayer Tor
nations ard their rulers. Rev DR.
w. F. Watson. pastor of the t1rsF
Baptist Church, preached and took
as his text Timothy ILL.,: Il ea-
hort, therefore. that first OF all. sup
plications, prayers intercessions and
giving Of thanks be made for all men.
For kings and for all that arc III au-
thority." Dr.. Watson urged that
prayers be made also for the minis
tiers of the city churches, for active
church members: and especially for
, indifferent and inactive church mem
bers: that the coming year may be
one Of greater activity and useful
ness in Gods service. 1t was an
earnest presentation OF the truth.
Rev G. 4. Luttrcll. the pastor, pre-.
sided.
This evening the services will ht
had in the NJ. L. Church South, and
| the subject will he Family Ralig.
ion Rev. Dr.. John Lee Allison
pastor Of the Second Presbyterian
Church, will be the speaker.