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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28
FRENCH AEROPLkNES
SENT TO RUMAN|A

London, Oct. 2s.-One hundred and
twenty-e eight French aeroplmes have
arrived in Rumania for reconnaissance
work on the Transylvania and Dodrud-
ia fronts, says a dispatch from Blu
charest to the Wireless Press -Four
English aeroplanes arrived at the Ru-
manian capital Thursday from I'm
bros. an island OF the Grecian archi-
pelago.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28

the Democratic campaign fund, ac-
cording to preliminary report which
was filed with the clerk of the house
OF representatives today by Wilbur NJ
Marsh, treasurer OF the Democratic
national committee. The report ac-
counts for contributions of S1,O06.2s3.
the amount received up to and includ-
ing Oct. "a. OF this sum Mr.. Dodge
gave $4,000. Since then he has con-
tributed an additional 5000, making
the total $4,000.
The number of contributors was
gwen as 4l,sS2. The am unit received
IN contributions of less than 800 was
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28
CONGRESSIONAL FUNDS.

Washington, Oct. 2S.-Contributions
of $316,930 to the Republican congress
sional campaign fund were disclosed In
statement issued by former Senator
Scott of West Virginia, it's chairman.
There were 2073 contributors. The
Democratic congressional campaign
committee filed statement showing
receipts of s25,646 and expenditures
and obligations Of $4,3S3 of the re-
ceipts the Democratic national COM
mittee contributed $4,000.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28
Notes From Democratic
State Headquarters

A c! Hindman, vice chairman of the
Democratic state central cor mittee.
opens his itinerary tonight at Nampa.
Monday night he will speak before the
Council of Women Voters in Boise
Tuesday night at Parma. Wednesday
night at Dietrich Thursday night at
Eagle, Friday night at Barberton AMI
will close on Monday night at weiser.
Hugh r. McElroy. candidate for gov
ernor on the Progressive ticket two
years ago. now lined UP within the
Democratic ranks with a large follow
ing. will speak at the I. o. o. f., hall
at Thirteenth and Eastman streets
Wednesday night.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28

To suffer a broken leg by being hit
on the head was the queer experience
OF the Syracuse man who got into one
controversy too many the other day.
the strangeness OF the case not being
lessened by the fact that his leg was
artificial.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28

tai News, one in the issue Of Friday.
Oct. 20, and the other in the issue of
Monday. Oct. 23, dealing with Barker's
record and the penitentiary. They are
reproduced as follows:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28

Piano moving mads easy. Call Is.
Peasley Transfer q Storage co.-Adv.
#
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28
Brutal Attack on the
Secretary TO Governor
by Warden Shook
AssaiIanf Urged on In the
Assault by Secretary of
State Barker

CONTINUED from First Page.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-28
WILSON DAY IS BEING
OBSERVED

Continued from First Page.)
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
THE BLIND PIG.

Waterloo Courier: The river cit.
les appear to be making a concerted
effort to wipe out the illegal liquor
traffic which has sprung up there
with surprising quickness since the
saloons went out and to far great
er extent than in the inland towns.
This, too, in spite of the fact that
all resident of those cities has to
do to get drink legitimately is to
cross the Mississippi into Illinois.
Davenport has taken steps to wipe
out her houseboat colony, a bootleg
gers stronghold, and the Clinton po-
lice force is busy raiding blind pig
joints and confiscatiLg their stock
in trade.
Now there is agood deal of light
talk wherever men congregate in
Waterloo to the effect that it is easy
to buy whisky here. While it is
possible that there is little surrep-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Lincoln, Blaine and Mckinley
were patriots, statesmen and Amer
leans. So is Root.-Marion Regis
ter.
Yes, and SO is Cummins, Roose-
welt, Bryan, Borah, Kenyon, Mar
shall, Hughes and hundreds of 9TH
|ers that might be mentioned. There
are millions of men who are just as
loyal Americans and just as patriotic
as any Of those mentioned in the
foregoing. Major Rathbun of the
Marion Register is one of them and
he demonstrated his patriotism and
Americanism in a way that leaves
no room for doubt. Lincoln, Blaine,
Mckinley and Root were and are big
Drained patriots, but their patrio-
tism was and is 70 more fervid than
that of the az 'm"~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

zen. There are millions of men in
this country today who would not
hesitate to offer themselves as sacri-
fees if that were necessary to save
the union and to perpetuate the
principles of liberty and of govern
ment of, by and for the people. Abil-
ity and the elements of leadership
among men haze nothing to do with
patriotism. Those elements neither
add to nor detract from ones love OF
and loyalty to country. AS a boy we
heard much of the intense American
ism of James G. Blaine during the
ine-Cleveland campaign in 1884.
OF course Mr.. Blaine's Americanism
was .intense," but it was not a whit
more intense than was that of mill
lions of the men who voted against
him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

| of the year issued bonds to take up
the outstanding warrants. In spite
of an extremely unreasonable year..
the supervisors accomplished a great
deal of work and are entitled to a
great daal Of credit. They will fol-
low the same plan this year and If
they are favored with an ordinarily
favorable season will accomplish a
great deal more Of work than was
done last year.
But the Record believes the plan
of paying for these 176 miles Of good
roads is not a fair and equitable
plan. It does not take into consid-
GRAFTON the question of the special
benefit involved. Neither can it
make good roads a realization in
stead of an anticipation as speedily
as it should.
The supervisors and the Webster
City Commercial League both have
realized this truth, the Record be-
Ilieves, and are hopeful that the Web
ster City meeting will eventually re-
suit in the working out Of a plan by
which the cost Of the Improvement
can be met equitably to. all concern
led, and, also. by which the work can
be pushed so that it may not be
many years until we have graveled
roads on not only the one-fifth Of the
road mileage comprised in the coun-,
ty road system, but may have gravel
on all or at least on a great deal of
the rest Of the roads of Hamilton
county
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
THE ROAD PROBLEM.

Jewell Record: Hamilton coun.
tvs system of county roads involves
at present 176 miles of road. One
of the supervisors last week inform
ed the publisher of the Record that
it will cost about two hundred thous.
and dollars to drain and bring to
grade this system Of 176 miles OF
road and that it will cost about a
like amount to surface these roads
with gravel. The county road fund
brings in between forty and fifty
thousand dollars a year. All of this
money is not available for draining,
grading, and grayeling the 176 miles
of road. 1t is, therefore, readily APP
parent that the funds now available
will not serve to do the work. II
will take too many years and when
completed there will be only 176
miles of graveled roads, only about
one-fifth of the total mileage Of
roads of the county.
To speed the work along, the SUI
pervisors last year spent more money
on road work than there were funds
available to pay for, and at the end
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

It appears to the Freeman-Tribune
that the railroad trainmen who are
asking an increase of wages that will
aggregate S100,OO0,OOO per year are
asking too much. They are now the
best paid wage earners in the coun-
try, considering the steady employ
ment they get. Why, according to
what appears to be reliable informa-
ton, engineers now earn on the av-
erage above $1,75O per year, and
some of them get more than $4,000.
Fremen will average better than
| 81 200 and many get more than ST.
$780,, Conductors receive on the av-
erage more than $500 and not a
few of them more than $4,000. That
| is better wages than most industries
pay, yet 100000 of these employees
have Joined in demand for large
increase and the public will in the
end pay the increase if it's granted.
A square deal all around is what
should prevail. Railway authorities
say the increase in the wages Of en-
gineers and trainmen during the
past ten years is from IS to As per
cent. ......
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
$4,000 FOR EXPERIENCE:

$4,000 FOR EXPERIENCE.
A jeweler in San Francisco had a
new one worked on him few days
ago and paid the handsome sum Of
ten thousand dollars for a little ex-
perience. A prosperous stranger
we'll advanced in years, with pref.
ty young wife, arrived in the Golden
Gate City and took apartments at
the Palace hotel and Immediately
became interested in the project OF
building several fine business blocks.
The jeweler in the case had on dis;
play valuable three karat diamond
and one day the affable stranger
wife dropped in, purchased the stone
for ten thousand dollars, paying cash
for her purchase. Some time later
the stranger dropped in and told the
jeweler he had been tracing the his
tory of that gem, and had learned
THAT there was another similar stone
somewhere, but couldn't locate it.
He said he wanted it as a mate to
the one his wife had purchased, and
would be willing to pay twenty
thousand dollars if the jeweler could
locate it. The jeweler tried and fail
ed, and the stranger dropped in and
gradually increased his offer, and
this was repeated until he had Of
fered fifty thousand dollars. Then
one day a shabby gentlewoman ap.
peared with some diamonds for sale
The jeweler assured her he didn't
buy diamonds in that, irregular man.
ner, but before he could get rid OF
her. she opened a handkerchief con-
tanning the gems, and among them
was the mate for the stone he had
sold to the strangers wife. But,
while the shabby woman admitted
she needed the money, she said that
was one gem which, for sentimental
reasons, she hated to part with.
However, when the jeweler increas-
ed his offer to thirty thousand dol
lars, she yielded Reluctantly and
went away with the money. The
jeweler then called up his prospect
i've customer, who said he would
drop in the next day, and the jewell
er hasn't seen him since. He had
bought back the original diamond,
at a considerable advance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Frank P. Woods is entitled to al
least one more term in congress. His
predecessor, James P. Conner, served
five terms and J. p. Dolliver was
elected five times, but resigned in
1900 to accept the senatorship.-Al-
gona Upper Des Moines-Republicar.
The statement that Judge Conner
held a seat in congress for ten years
has been made SO repeatedly that
many voters believe it, but such is
not the fact. Progressive Men OF
Iowa." published by Benjamin F,
Shambaugh, says: "When Congress-
man Dolliver was appointed United
States senator by Gov. Shaw in Sep
tember, 1900, Judge Conner became
a candidate for the republican NOM
ination to succeed Mr.. Dolliver and
in the convention atoFort Dodge Sep
TENDER 25 and &c he was nominated.
8 He made a vigorous cam
paign and was elected by a tremen-
dous majority, receiving 36,5S4 votes
to 2O,64S for his democratic oppon-
emit, the largest majority ever given
by the district for any candidate for
Office" Judge Conner was defeated
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

For the seven months ended with
January the exports from this coun-
try totaled $2,1S1,312,322, or "a per
cent higher than for the like, period
of the preceding fiscal year, and 40
per cent higher than the former best
record made in 1928. Imports for
the months ending with January
last totaled s1,O96,979,173, being
about 100000 more than the form
err high-record total of s1,O96, 4S4,-
767 recorded in the 7 months of
1928, and $166,500,O00 more
than for the corresponding period of
1914-15. The z months just ended
showed an export balance OF s1,OS4,-
333,149, being about p times that
for each of the corresponding z
month periods of the last five fiscal
years. e
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

The people of Hamilton county
ought to give serious consideration
to the matter of the employment of
a farm adviser. Advisers are at work
in many counties Of the state and
the results are highly satisfactory.
The time is here when the best plans
and most approved methods must be
used to make farming as remunera-
tive as it should be and every BUSH
ness and industry in the county is
dependent more or less upon the
prosperity of the agricultural inter-
ests. The cost Of county adviser
is small compared to the benefits de-
rived. A region in which land is
worth from $175 to 1925 per acre
can afford to pay something to get
best results. Think it over.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
BILLY AND BILLIE.

Kansas City Star: The complaint
oftenest made against Billy Sunday
by those not in harmony with his
mission is that he gets so much
money for his work. Thirty-two
thousand dollars for seven weeks
work in Trenton, for example.
my goodness they exclaim,
nearly $4,000 week. Say he is
sure some CRATER. Out for the coin,
that's ALL One often hears that sort
OF criticism.
The Star told last week Of Miss
Billie Burke, the actress, who is get
tins, $4,000 for twenty weeks
work before the moving picture cam
era. That is $4,000 a week. $1,000
week more than Billy Sunday gets.
But you hear no criticism OF Billie
Burke because she gets SO much; let
her get all she can.
And yet, Billy Sunday works a
great deal harder to earn his $4,000
a week than Billie Burke does to get
her $4,000, All she does is to put
on pink silk pajamas, fix her hair be4
witchingly and parade for a while
before the camera, and she IS
through for the day. ~
But Billy Sunday works hard. He
is a pulpit cyclone. His energy is
the wonder of all who have seen
him.
Why should he preach for noth-
ing? Why shouldn't he take all the
people give him for his. work? What
difference does it make show much
he gets? The cities where he has
worked have felt he was worth the
money. He has achieved great re-
suits. Several states have gone dry
because of his efforts. He started
900 men and women on the road
to better and fuller lives In Trenton,
alone, and at cost Of only 81 apiece
that was the lowest priced reform
Trenton ever had.
Send us few more "grafters'' like
Billy Sunday. The country neecs
them.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
The Other Side.

Charles City Press: The Birth
of Nation" which is calculated to
show the high spirit of southern
honor, could be appropriately follow
ed by movie showing the "gallan-
try" and lofty patriotism" Of the
midnight raiders who took q poor
Little Jew out of the Georgia peni-
Tertiary and lynched him. Also of
some dozen other equally gallant and
patriotic lynehings in Georgia in the
last year.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
100000 RIFLES FOR GERMANY

| 100000 RIFLES FOR GERMANY.
Cedar Rapids Republican: H. c.
Evans, an Iowa man who accompan.
led the Ford ship, in one Of his let
tiers says that he saw, or tried to see
100000 rifles with ammunition in
New York warehouses consigned to
Germany. German agents had
bought them from American manu-
facturers, but they could not take
their materials across the ocean be-
cause the British navy might seize
the goods. Those rifles will there
fore be keld here but they will go
abroad as soon as the war is over.
What will Germany do then with SO
many rifles, enough to equip her
whole armies of the present? With
so many rifles in hand may not some
one want to start another war? And
evidently while Germans-not the
German government, however-blame
our government permitting exports
of arms to the allies, Germany herself
has been trying to do the very things
that it complains of. If Germany had
the command of the seas she would
buy in our markets just as the allies
are doing and in that case the allies
would be asking us to quit selling to
them. 1t is all merely question of
what benefits and hurts lis. We are
all alike and when we are in fight
we do not stand much on ceremony,
nor do we ask as to the legality of
picking up this or that gun to fight
with.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

At Ashland, Wis, are located
some of the DUPONT powder plants
and the town has been warned. that
they were to be blown up. Follow
ing these warnings lights were seen
at night fitting about the sky and
the frightened denizens of the neigh
borhood conjured in their imagina-
tions hugh airplanes, loaded with
dynamite, circling about the city.
The same things were seen from Du-
luth, Mimi, and that town was also
thrown into a state of excitement.
However, it was discovered that
some wag had been playing a joke.
He warned the people of impending
danger and then at the psychologi-
cal time sent up number of toy bal
looms and when the town and coun-
try folk saw the light they were
panic stricken.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

The old-fashioned merchant, says
Kansas editor, who is quite sure
that advertising doesn't pay, be-
comes very much excited when the
local paper runs mail order ad.
This, of course, is because he hates
to see his mail order brethren waste
their money. .E:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Voters who are in touch with the
situation in this congressional dis
trict are of the opinion that Senator
Allen for governor will carry it by a
vote of at least two to one. He might
do that and still not win the nomin-
alton, but it would be very satisfy
ing to himself and. friends.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Democratic orators and oracles are
not so cock-sure that the govern
ment should own railroads and tele-
graph lines as they were when the
republican party was in power. Re-
sponsibility has wonderfully re-
strainins influence upon pretenders
and fourflushers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

To live content with small means
to seek elegance rather than luxury
and refinement rather than fashion;
to be worthy, not respectable; and
wealthy, not rich; to study hard
think quietly, talk gently, act frank
ly; to listen to stars and birds, tt
babes and sages with open hearts;
to bear all cheerfully, do all brave
ly, await occasions, hurry never-ir
a word, to let the best, unbidder
and unconscious grow up through
the common-this is to be my sym.
phony.-Channing.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

The only bad feature about the
possibility of Ed Meredith going to
Washington as secretary of'agricul-
ture is that it would remove from
Iowa one Of the very best democratic
possibilities for governor. Manson
Journal.
II Mr.. Meredith is democratic
possibility for governor" he is the
only one in the state and the party
can be excused for viewing with
alarm" any movement that might
take him away from Iowa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
LAWYERS AND WARRIORS.

If the president wants a secretary
of war what's the matter with pick
ing real warrior instead of law
-Marshalltown Times-Republi-
can.
The question is not without peril
nency Yet. in justice to the legal
'ession, it will have to be admit
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

y < . . f. it, Z -. u ~
titious traffic of this sort, it is doubt.
full if it is half as bad as this vague
talk makes it out. At all events
with all the liquor, shipped in here
for personal use in a Legitimate man
ner, there. isn't the tenth part OF
drunkenness there was before prohi-
bition went into effect. So If there
are blind pigs here, they are appar.
emily not doing much.
Nevertheless, talk, of this sort does
not benefit the city to any great ex.
tent and our officials would do well
to trace to its source all these blind
pig rumors.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

The Sioux City Journal infers that
Senator LaFollette would like to get
even with Roosevelt, and for that
reason has announced his candidacy
i 'rT q
for president. The senator has a
good memory and it was only four
years ago that Roosevelt took nearly
all of LaFollette's following and
made race for the presidency him
self. Roosevelt will never be presi-
dent again if the Wisconsin leader
can help it. Yet in the fall of 1907
Senator LaFollette wanted Roose-
Welt to be a candidate for third
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

We constantly think that there
are circumstances in which a human
being can be treated without affec-
tion and there are no such circum-
stances.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07
by Frank p Woods in 1908, but sery-

by Frank p. Woods in 1908, but sery-
ed until 1909, holding the Office nine
years. Mr.. Woods took his seat in
1909 and if elected again will retire
in 1919, after ten years service, a
year longer than Judge Conner serv-
ed. This being the situation, there is
no reason why men who want to
"treat all congressman" alike should
vote for Woods this year, because if
elected again he will have year
more than Conner got.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Perhaps President Wilson doesn't
like to warn Americans to keep off
of enemy ships because he has hopes
that the two colonies might take it
into their heads to visit Europe be-
fore the next presidential election.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Admiral Fletcher, commander of
the Atlantic fleet, testified before the
house naval committee at Washing
ton few days ago that ships, men
and guns of the navy are equal to
any in the world. OF course they
are. The trouble is we haven't
enough of them. Admiral Fletcher's
testimony was followed by request
from him for more ships and of
course more ships would mean more
men.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

Most people seem to feel hard
words more than hard deeds, and are
more upset by insults than by act
ual injuries. What we do to an en-
envy in war is done from necessity,
but the evil we say of him seems to
arise from an excess Of spite.LPlu-
|tarch,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

The farmers exchange bureau was
organized in Scott county the other
day by G. r. Bliss, the county agent
there. The bureau aims to act as a
clearing house in hiring farm labor,
buying, selling and renting land, and
selling feed, supplies and live stock,
There will be mo fee charged any
farmer who makes use OF the bureau
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-03-07

A few days ago, John w. McGrath,
secretary to Roosevelt, wrote the
secretary of state of Illinois to with
draw the colonel's name from the
republican primary ballot as can
didate for the presidential nomina-
tion. 1t is quite evident that Mr..
Roosevelt is not a candidate in the
primaries for the. nomination. He
has now Withdrawn his name in four
states-Nebraska, Minnesota, Mich
igan and Illinois. ..... -.-.