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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
Ambassador Gerard Says He
Expects Answer to Note on
U-Boat Warfare Soon
NO INDICATION OF TENOR
Dispatch Is Brief; Kaiser Hopes
Answer Will Be Received
Favorably
Bv Assoeiated Press

Washington, d. c., May 4.-Secre-
tary Lansing announced to-day that a
dispatch from Ambassador Gerard,
dated yesterday, said the ambassador
expected to receive to-day the German
reply to the American note demanding
immediate abandonment of her prac-
tees of submarine warfare.
Secretary Lansing said he was with
out any information whatsoever of the
conference Ambassador Gerard had
with Emperor William at grand head
quarters. The dispatch, Secretary
Lansing said, was very brief and con-
tanned no indication of the tenor of
the German reply. News dispatches
from Berlin have indicated the Ger
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
u. S. May Land Marines
and Sailors to Keep Order

Washington, d. c., May 4.-Rear
Admiral Caperton, commanding the
American naval forces in Dominican
waters. is under broad Instructions TO
use whatever force is necessary to
maintain the constitutional govern
ment in the Dominican republic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
FRENCH CONTINUE
COUNTER DRIVES
BEFORE VERDUN
Make Big Gains and Consoli-
date Positions Taken in Pre-
viouS Efforts
ZIG GUNS ROARING
Artillery Active West of Meuse;
More Russians Landed in
France

The French are continuing their
counter offensive movement near Dead
Mans Hill, in the Nerdun region. Fol-
lowing their capture of German posi-
tions northwest of the height an
nounced last night. they continued
tEeir advance during the night, be-
sides consolidating the positions al
ready taken, according to this after
Moons official bulletin.
No other notable infantry engage
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
Holds Stabbed Child Until
Life Blood Leaves, Then
SIashes Her Own Throat

Ansonia, Conn, May 4. Believing
that the child she adopted more than
eight years ago was to be taken away
from her. Mrs. Augusta Holzwig stab
bed the child yesterday and held her in
her arms until she bled to death and
then cut her own throat with rG.or.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
ZeppeIins Drop Hundred
Bombs; Sc Casualties

London, May 4.-The Zeppelin air
raid on the northeast coast of Eng
land and southeast coast of Scotland
Tuesday night resulted in SO casualties
This announcement was made official
ly. One hundred bombs were drop.
ped.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
MAYOR MEALS Ill

Mayor f. S. Meals is quite i'll at his
home, Third and North streets. He
was stricken with heart trouble last
night and for several hours was in a
critical condition. He was slightly
improved to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
AMERICAN IN IRISH REVOLT

London May flames M. Sullivan, of New York,
former American minister to santO Domingo has been
Dublin the charge of completely in the Irish
rebellion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
TENNEssEE IS BACK

Newport News, Va, May 4.-The
cruiser Tennessee with Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo and party
aboard. arrived in Hampton Roads
to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
10 CHARTER NEW TRUST COMPANY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS papers arc now being circu-
lated by men interested in the Sixth Street Bank for the
chartering in the near future Of the Camp Curtin Trust
Company Those interested include Lewis Balser J. H.
Kreamer Dr. George l. Brown, Fulmer Ref John Lap
pley Robert A. Enders W. Scott sroh and G. B Gabraith
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04

VOTE SALE OF PENNSYLVANIA STEEL
Philadelphia, May 4--By overwhelming vote stock
holders of the Pennsylvania Steel Company Of New Jersey
authorized sale of the concern Bethlehem Steel Com
pany for $32OOoOOO The decision sell was made
whsanding that Judge Rssab United States District
Court Trenton handed down decision restraining dis
solution and ordering officers and directors appear
Newark NJ J. next Monday to show why the company
should be dissolved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-04
CLEANUP MAY 1929

Harrsburg-Dr j. M. J. Rsunck, City Health Officer,
this afternoon that arrangements being
peted for the annual Spring cleanup weeks to be held
May IS to 2e.
neutrality-suspicious. proceedings to restrain the au-
dor general from enforcing the 1915 Eschest Act
begun this afternoon the Dauphn county by the
Columbia National Bank and the Union Trust Company of
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg-Afer several days controversy the Dau-
phin county court late to-day began testimony the OBJ
jectons the Democratic Senatorial petition of Dr. w. N
Yates The objecors contended they hadn't chance
thoroughly inspect the petition.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
William Sylvester Parker Golden smith
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
THE DIVINE SARAH
: COMES ONCE MORE |'

Paris, Sept. 30.-Mme. Sarah Bern
hardt, Sarah the Eternal" starts
for New York today for tour of the
United States and Canada in an ex-
tensive repertoire. Three score and
ten plus two, mother, grandmoth-
err and great grandmother, and with
but one leg, The Divine Sarah, de-
clares she is younger than in TWEEN
ty years. She is so young that she
will not call her coming tour fare.
well to America. Her, last fare
WELL was made several years age
when. folks thought her acting days
were nearly over. Since she has suf-
fered leg amputation, recovered
speedily and has starred in several
film production of her most famous
plays. The opening performance
will be in Montreal October 9. At
ter short tour in Eastern Canada
she will go to the Knickerbockel
theatre in New York.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
AN EPIDEMIC MAY
4. RAGE next YEAR
DR.. Albert Says Next Season May
Bring More Infantile Paralysis
to the State.

Des Moines, Oct. I'm his report
to the state board of health on the
Washington conference on infantile
paralysis, just made public by the
state board, DR.. Henry Albert, state
bacteriologist, declares that Iowa
may have the disease in more ex-
tensive epidemic form next year
and the year following than has
been the experience this year.
ut is probable that, unless unus-
ual vigilance is observed, we in Iowa
will have the disease in more extern
sive epidemic form next year and the
year following than it is this year"
he declares. cat least such was
the history only a short time ago for
the Iowa epidemic of 1910 was, no
doubt, the sequel of the New York
epidemic of 1917"
In his report DR.. Albert declares
there was considerable discussion re-
garding the names of recognizing
the disease, it's mode of spread and
the prevention Of its occurrence
and spread. Among the outstanding
features of such discussion he men
lions the following as of special i'm
portance:
"First-Although 80 per cent OF
=
the cases occur in children under 10
years of age, the disease occasionally
affects adults-hence the term infan-
tile, as applied to the disease is not
entirely correct.
/. "Second-Although paralysis is
the most prominent symptom of the
more marked cases, more than 50
per cent of the patients are not para
lyzed at all-being affected by the
so-called abortive type.
"Third-To prevent the spread of
the disease it is obvious that the dis
ease should be recognized as early as
possible and that the abortive or non
paralytic type should be recognized
as such.
"Fourth-The early diagnosis is
established by the symptoms of head
ache, malaise. fever and peculiar
rigidity of the head and body when
an attempt is made or is about to be
made to flex the head or thigh for
ward This is not the rightly seen
in cerbro-spinal meningitis but is due
to the pain induced by such forward
bending. Laboratory examination OF
the spinal fluid is also of great val
ue in establishing a diagnosis.
"Fifth-The germ of infantile pa
ralysis leaves the body by means OF
the nasal, throat and intestinal dis
charges.
"Sixth-The germ or virus is prob
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
Statement Of the Ownership, Man.
agement, Circulation, Etc.

" the Freeman, published weekly
at Webster City, Iowa for October,
1916, as required by act of congress.
Editor, w. +. Hunter; business
manager, D. l.. Hunter; publisher,
Freeman Tribune Pub. Co.
Owners holding one per cent OF
stock: d. L. Hunter, w. F. Hunter,
First National Bank, l.. A. McMur-
ray, J. d. Hunter estate, J. l.. KAN
rar.
Known bondholders. mortgages
and other security holders. holding
one per cent or more OF total amount
of bonds, mortgages or other securi-
ties: None.
w. F. Hunter.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 26th day of Sept. 1916.
G. D. Thompson,
Notary Public.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
FLOUR IS CHEAPER
ABROAD Than HERE
U. S. Federal Authorities Investigate
Cause Of Discrepancy in
Food Prices.

Chicago, Sept. 30.-Why is Amer
lean flour selling abroad for less thar
in the United States?
That is the question the fedora
authorities here, Investigating the
causes for the increased cost of liv.
ing, are asking.
Not only -four but bread made
from American flour is selling for
less in London, Trieste, Havre and
other cities than in the United
States, says Joseph Fleming, assist,
ant United States district attorney
"That refutes the assertions that
the war demand has justified higher
prices" he said.
Resolutions asking an embargo on
wheat and flour were adopted yester-
day at meeting of club women.
most of whom defended bakers here
for raising the price of bread. The
increase, TREY declared, was justified
by war exports, crop shortage, and
added manufacturing expenses due
to improved sanitary conditions.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
Team for National Matches.

The Webster City Rife Club has
been notified from the adjutant gen
erals Office in Des Moines that the
secretary OF war has authorized Gov.
Clarke to select civilian rifle team
from this state to take part in the
National matches at Jacksonville.
Florida, Oct. goth to 26th. The Sc
lection of this team will be by COM
petition held on the rifle range at
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, starting
Friday, Oct. 9Th. Any civilian or
college team is authorized to enter
as many candidates as desired but
such candidates must have been
members of rifle team for at least
twelve months prior to Oct. 20, 1916.
The local rifle team is therefore in
eligible to entry in the coming con-
test, as the club was only recently
organized.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03

Mrs. NC. Thrasher motored to For
Dodge today in the Mann car.
ID. w. Beck of Marathon came
overland today to visit his brother
H. N. Beck and family. All will
motor to stratford TOMORROW tc
spend the day.
Mrs. w. V. Shipley returned tc
her home in Mason City today after
a few days spent with her sister,
Mrs. Fred Austin and husband.
Mrs. r. G. Clark and daughter,
Miss Sibyl, went to Manchester to-
day for a week end visit with rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Stafford left
this noon for Vermillion, s. D., to
spend ten days with relatives.
Sam Elliott and Mrs. Albert
Trende and little daughter returned
to their home in Iowa Falls today
after spending several days with
their uncle, G.. w. Elliott, who is ill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gray and
little son of Kamrar visited their
son, Stoffer Gray and wife, today
while en- route to Cleves, called by
the illness of their daughter, Mrs.
Dick Gelder. Mrs. Stoffer Gray re-
turned from Cleves yesterday.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
PASTOR GAINS MOB
AND ! SAVES ! NEGRO
Methodist Minister Pleads for Vic
tim on His Lawn Successfully
Was Already Strung Up

Nowata, Okla, Sept. 30.-Pleas o
the Rev. Mr.. Pierce, a Methodist
minister, overcame the thirst fol
vengeance Of a mob Of 300 here late
yesterday who had dragged Negro
through the streets and started tc
hang his unconscious form to a tree
in a parsonage yard.
The swinging Negro was cut down
and taken to Jail.
The attempted lynching came as
a result of Jail delivery in which
the deputy sheriff, James Gibson
was shot and instantly killed.
The escape from the jail was par
ticipated in by three Negro prison.
ers. Sheriff James May attempted
to block their way and was knock
ed unconscious.
Gibson then went to the aid of his
superior and was instantly killed.
The Negroes were found by Dep
uty Sheriff Wade Kivett hiding in a
remote part of the town.
John Foreman, alleged to have
been the Negro who shot and killed
Gibson, was wounded when discover.
ed by the deputy. His companion
was seized by the mob which already
had gathered, and a parade through
the principal streets began with the
Negro screaming for mercy at a
ropes end.
Reaching the Methodist parsonage
the mob quickly threw rope over
the limb Of a tree in the parsonage
yard and the unconscious Negro was
being drawn up high when the words
of Mr.. Pierce Gained the mob.
The dangling form was lowered
and the Negro removed to Jail.
1t was believed that the Negroes
would survive. The third member
Of the escaping party still was at
large last night and posses have
started in pursuit.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
TWO BADLY HURT
IN AUTO wreck
Teacher May Die From Injuries
When Car Burns.

Bloomfield, Ia, Oct. august
Post, president of the National bank
of Moulton, and Miss yiara Barnes,
"a domestic science instructor in the
Moulton High school were perhaps
fatally injured when new touring
car in which they were riding was
wrecked one mile west of Bloomfield
yesterday afternoon.
Miss Barnes was pinned under the
car. The car took, fire almost inn
mediately. Her lower limbs were
burned nearly to a crisp and nearly
all of her clothing> was burned OFF.
Mr.. Post was internally injured, sew
eral ribs and his left shoulder were
broken.
Both were taken to Bloomfield
hospital for care. Miss Barnes will
probably not live.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
mother and BABES
DROWN IN river.
Mrs. A. ]. Dunaway Loses Life in
Unsuccessful Attempt to
Save Her Son. m

| Miami, Ariz., Sept. 3O.-Mrs. A.
]. Dunaway, formerly Miss Maud G.
Clark, daughter of DR.. H. H. Clark
of McGregor, Ia, gave her life Satur-
day afternoon in an unsuccessful at
tempt to save the life of her z year
old son, = Clark, when he fell into
Burch lake near here.
Little 9-year-old Madeline Dun
away was also drowned while hero
ically seeking to save her mother and
brother.
The bodies are being taken to Nc
Gregor, Ia, for interment by the
husband and father, who is accom-
panied by his brother, J. P. Dunaway
and his wife. The party departed
this morning and will arrive on Fri
Iday.
Mrs. Dunaway and her children
were picnicking on the shores of the
lake when the boy fell into the wat
err.
In a frantic effort to save her son,
Mrs. Dunaway fell into the deep pool
and was sinking when her little
daughter caught her by the hair and
attempted to rescue her. The moth
er's weight was too much for the
little ones strength and she too was
dragged into the water
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
DEATH TAKES ]. S.
SENATOR CLARKE
President Pro Tenn of the Senate Is
Victim Of Apoplexy Suffered
Stroke Friday.

Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 2.-United
States Senator James p. Clarke, pres
ident pro TEN of the senate, died at
his home here yesterday. Senator
Clarke suffered a stroke of apoplexy
Friday and never regained con-
seriousness.
Senator Clarke was born in Yazoo
City, Miss, Aug. IS, 1854. In 1878
he graduated from the law depart
ment of the University of Virginia
He began practice in Helena, Ark,
in 1879.
Mr.. Clarke was elected senator in
1908 and reelected in 1909 and
1915. He was elected president pro
tempore of, the senate in 1918 and
1915. His present term would have
expired March 4, 1921.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03

least three engagements. Two of them
were made following the one broken
in February. Letters were produced
and read in court to prove certain
phases of the case and these are the
tangles the bachelor attorneys were
not able to unravel Certain SEN
fences and phrases used in the let
tiers, and brought up as evidence to
prove that the couple were really
and truly engaged several times, are
not accepted as positive proof by the
plaintiffs attorney, while the de-
PENDANTS attorney puts not the same
construction upon those sentences.
You see how it is.
The court was almost constrained
to look out Of the window, for a
court never smiles-while the case
progresses. He was no doubt re-
minded of the court in Alice in Won
derland and of the lines the White
Rabbit read to prove his side of the
case. The lines are concise and set
forth the situation just as fully as it
was set forth in Squire Biernatzki's
court:
Il gave her one-they gave him two.
You gave us three or four.
They all returned from him to you
Though they were mine before.
If or she should chance to be
Involved in this affair,
He trusts to you to set them free
Exactly as we were"
/ The case is being pondered in
court and tomorrow morning the
real destiny of the gifts, whether
she will keep them or he will get
possession of them, will be known.
BY the way, the young man was
married long ago-but he wants
those presents back, just the same.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03

ably readily transmitted from one
person to another by direct contact
with the secretions, or indirectly by
inhalation of the virus emitted BY a
person few feet away by acts OF
coughing, sneeZing or loud talking
and in other ways as yet not well un-
derstood.
"Seventh-The reason the disease
is not more prevalent, is, IN doubt,
due to the fact that only small pro-
portion of the population is suscepti-
BILE to it. ,
"Eighth-Although patients af-
fected by the disease or who have re-
Gently recovered from the acute SYM
ptoms are, no doubt, the principal
sources of infection, it has been
shown that healthy persons may har-
Dor the virus in the nose and throat
for some time. Such healthy car
riers,' although not affected by the
disease itself, may yet be the source
of infection to others. 1t is quite
certain that such carriers of the vir-
us explains the rather mysterious ap-
pearance of the disease in persons
who have not been exposed to cases
of the disease and also the rather
mysterious appearance of the disease
in remote parts of the country.
"Ninth-The period of incubation
appears to vary from two days to two
weeks and occasionally as long as
two months"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
CHEER UP! COAL
TO GO HIGHER

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 30.-An-
thracite operators, testifying before
the state commission to investigate
the higher cost of coal to consumer
declared yesterday that instead OF
preparing to lower the price they ex-
pect there soon will be substantial
increase.
Witnesses agreed that the wage
contract entered into by the mine
workers and operators last spring
and the workmen's compensation
law, which went into effect this year
are the principal causes.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
A Mixed Love Affair.

Justice Biernatzki's court has for
the last two or three days been the
scene of puzz]ing love mix-up, en-
titled-not, Take Back the Heart
That Thou Gavest," but-"Give Back
the Rings That Thou Tookest."
The case has been all the more in
teresting because it has been tried
by two bachelor attorneys of the
city, and what do they know about
love?
The action was brought by a
prominent young man who resides
near harrisburg, to recover rings, a
watch and other jewelry and pres
ents given by him to his fiance-
while she was still his fiance. One
of the most valuable presents was
given to her by him the first day
they met. The affair seems to have
progressed very rapidly, for the first
meeting of the couple was in the
fall of 1914 and the wedding date
was set for sometime in February,
1915. A few days before that date,
according to the complaint set forth
by the plaintiff, he visited his fiance
at her home in this city to complete
the wedding arrangements, only to
find her gone. The bird had flown.
But she left some of the jewelry he
had given her, although not all of it
The indignant deserted would-be-
bride groom said he would have all
of the jewelry or none of it, and de-
parted, spurning the remnant of his
devotion as evinced by tangible
pins, rings, etc., offered him by the
girls family.
Then followed visits and much
correspondence in which the young
man admits he made several at
tenpts at reconciliation. By aetna
count there seems to have been a
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-10-03
A MYSTERIOUS TRIP
FROM EAGLE GROVE
Little Girl Found in City Park-Puz-
zle How She Got to Web.
ster City.

One of the most mysterious and
unusual happenings possible to rec
ord, occurred in this city Saturday.
1t concerns little four year old girl
who was playing happily about her
home in Eagle Grove at $3.50 o'clock
Saturday afternoon in her little cali
co dress, without wraps Of any kind,
and at 5 o'clock that same afternoon
park policeman, J. w.. Kearns, found
the babe crying bitterly with the
cold in the city park of Webster City!
The little one was Irene. Wallen,
four year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Wallen of Eagle Grove,
and she has been deaf since her
birth. Her attempts at speech are
therefore not Ineligible to one out
side of the family. Mr.. Kearns
thought the little one of foreign par
entage and took her to families
speaking German, Norwegian, Swed-
ish and any other foreign family he
could think Of, but no one was able
to understand her and no one recog
nized- her. He took her to his home
on Bank street then, where she was
warmed and fed and some wraps put
about her. Then he brought her up
to Second street where he vainly en-
deavOred to find someone who knew
her.
About 9 o'clock Miss Ruth Maxon,
who is employed in the Farmers &
Merchants telephone offices, heard of
the child and thought other cousin
the Wallen child-at Eagle Grove.
Upon ascertaining, however, that her
aunt. Mrs. Earl wallen, had not been
in the city that day, she thought
nothing more of the occurrence until
she saw the child and recognized, or
thought she recognized it. Telephon-
ing to Eagle Grove she found at $3.50
O'clock that night, that the town was
aroused and had been searching for
the little one since $3.50 o'clock-the
time the mother missed it.
Mrs. Wallen came down on the
1910 passenger and took the child
home the next morning. How the
little girl got here is mystery. 1t
might have straycd down to the sta
ton in Eagle Grove and climbed
aboard the afternoon passenger
train, but it does not seem plausible
that the conductor would not have
noticed child clad as she was. And
that the babe ever could have clam
bered down from the train unnoticed
in this city is still more unlikely.
Mr.. Kearns inclines to the theory
that gypsies, of which group is said
to have passed through town Satur-
day afternoon, kidnapped the child
and finding her deaf, sought to rid
themselves of her by dropping her
off in Webster City. Unless someone
can be found who actually saw the
baby, it will probably never be known
just how she made the trip from
Eagle Grove to Webster City, clad
only in a thin little dress.