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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
aICH old BANKER
J|LTS YOUNG GIRL
Manning, SO, and Worth $4,000
600, Turns Down Honora O'Brien,
Is, on Very Eve Of Wedding.

New York, Dec. 23.-The marri-
age OF John B. Manning, aged 49,
and worth SIS, 00O,0 900, and Miss
Honora May O'Brien. aged 2s, whose.
chief possessions are youth and
beauty, was con again, off again"
this week.
According to the family OF the
wealthy octogenarian, it is going to
stay ".off." And that is probably SO,
because the Irish lass admitted tear
fully herself 'sthere'll be no wedding,
at least for the present" To, which.
testimony maybe added that OF the
authorities .iat st. Patrick's Cattle
dral, who said yesterday afternoon:
.'The wedding has been postponed in
definitely" sa
But that probably won't be the
end of the affair, because there ar
rived in town yesterday James s.
O'Brien of Newport, r. A., an up
standing brother Of the bride-who-
dllu anS SdIu AO SuAAS
here for the specific purpose Of show
ing anybody and everybody that the
family bearing his good old nane
was not to be trifled with.
Neither he nor his sister would say
anything last night about a breach
OF promise suit but they made it
quite plain that an O'Brien couldn't
he led almost to the altar rail and
then dismissed by a mere phone call,
which was the case here. No. sir!
I The Mannings will hear more Of
this.
The wedding was to have been cell
ebrated Wednesday morning BY
Cardinal Farley in the Archepiscopal
residence in Madison avenue. All ar
rangements had been completed. Ev-
en the Invitations to a small group
of guests had been sent. And then
tho phone call.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
Nicola I MAN. .0usTED
FROM School BOARD

Council Bluffs, Dec. 23.-Judge J.
B. Rockafellow has entered a decree
in district court ousting Riley Clark
from the school board of Nicola town
on account of his negligence in fail
ing to qualify in conformity with
law after he had been duly elected
TO the place.
The case, which has attracted
much interest as an angle of the "Ne-
ola school fight" which is said to be
but another angle Of the Nicola town
fight which has waged with some
bitterness at times in the past two
years, is docketed as the State of
Iowa ex rel E. J. Flynn against Riley
Clark.
Clark paid a fine some time ago
on charge Of disturbing the peace in
connection with his first appearance
to take his seat. It was not charged
that he actually caused a disturbance
but In the face Of Flynn's action in
custer his appearance vas consider
ed a disturbance of the peace and an
information filed in Justice Cooper's
court in Council Bluffs.
Flynn did not contend that Clark
had not been elected to the Office but
fought his retention of the seat on
the ground that he failed to qualify
as. provided by law, which conten-
ton Judge Rockafellow upholds in
his Judgment decree.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
COST more TO
STORE IN CARS

Cedar Rapids, Dec. 23.-Iowa
shippers who insist on using freight
cars for storage purposes may expect
to pay pretty high for the privilege
in the future. The state rail-
road commission held a meeting at
Des Moines this week, which was at
tended by a number Of shippers and
railroad representatives, when the
matter was gone into at some length.
The railroads wish the demurrage
rate made 81 for the first day after
the first forty-eight free hours; 50
for the second day; So for third; 81
for the fourth; S. forathe fifth, and
IS for every day thereafter. While
the commission did not make a rul-
ing, the impression prevails among
Cedar Rapids shippers that the road
will get permission to make the in
crease over the present price, which
now is. / for every day after the first
forty-eight free hours.
Many of the shippers protested at:
the meeting of their inability to OBJ:
tain freight cars. The object of the
state commission is to relieve condi-
lions in Iowa but it was ascertained.
that practically all the cars were
held In the east The interstate COM
merce commission is expected to ad-
vance the demurrage rates soon and
they probably will correspond with
those enumerated here
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
NEW AGRICULTURE
IN THE SOUTHLAND

Ames, Dec. 23.-"An era of new
agriculture is s%pringing up in the
South" says Prof. w. H. Stevenson,
head Of the soils department at Iowa
State college, who has just returned
to Ames after a n extensive southern
trip, where he made a thorough
study Of general farming conditions.
County agent and demonstration
work have planted the leaven of bet
ter farming. The people r awaken
ing to the value of diyersification OF
crops and are raising, more cosn and
other crops and eQmpaGatiYalY less
cotton" says Mr.. Stevenson.
In 1915 there. e LIZA regular
county agents In the South, who
reached $4,000 persons. AS evil
dence of the step toward diversified
ton, in 1909 in II cotton belt states
were produced: 46I million bushel OF
corn, 81 million bushel Of oats and
% million bushel of wheat; in 1915,
S12 million bushel of corn were
grown, ~157 million bushel of oats
and IS million bushel Of wheat. Ev-
the negroes, who form a large
part of the farming population.
know the county agents as them di-
yersification fellows:
Briefly outlined agricultural con-
ditions there are much different than
here. Farms are generally 20-acre
size. little live stock is raised. al
though more is being raised now
than before; crops are cotton. pea
nuts, corn, cow peas, velvet beans,
oats and cane. Soils range from good
to bad; land sells for SIS to $50 an
acre. The roads are fair, but social
are not the best.
"But the leaven of better agricul-
ture is most surely at work." con-
cludes Mr.. Stevenson.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
CRAWLING THE. !,
ROADS N WINTER

Eagle Grove, DeSssA23.-Many
crews are at work extending. slowly
but surely, the most extensive sys-
tenn Of voluntary grayeiing of roads
in the state of Iowa. The Rolfe crew
have nearly three-fourths Of q mile
grayeled. This was begun after the
|husking of corn. The Head Grove
crew is plugging steadily and will
soon have a half mile, The Kennedy
system is in action in Hhe Evergreen
neighhorhood. d. d. Paine has done
some excellent work in that direc-
ton. The Peter Larson and Kirke-
berg crews have begun each a one
half mile stretch. This begins az the
Humboldt county line. This leaves
t~hree-fourths Of a mile for us to do
in our county to connect. This can
be connected up If a little help is
given the farmers by u city boost
ers. Farmers are doing the major
part of the crawling, realizing full
.ly the value it will add to the land
adjoining. Business men realize
keenly the benefit this brings to our
city and. do not want something for
nothing; hence their real support
and backing.
The Hopkins crew are about ready
to charge.
The southwest crew, after a good
line formation, were driven out of
the trenches, making a safe retreat
with lines intact. They are prepar-
ing a new advance to regain the lost
ground.
The county engineer and Board
have been urging the preparation Of
grades and rainage plans which are
necessary for good results.
Manager Paine, who has been
working like a Trojan without COM
pensation, made a special trip to
Clarion yesterday to get the advice
OF the Board and County Engineer
on various items.
Too many demands are being
made on the Committee for help in
organizing crews that ell cannot re-
ceive full attention.
The committee is forced to help
now the most urgent cases and the
ones who show partial organization.
They cannot, at present, spend the
time to go out in~many directions to
work up enthusiasm. Some of the
county crews have organized with
out help. from any source, realizing
that they would get ample returns
in conveniences and raise in land
values for all OUTLAWS and efforts put
forth in making a gravel. road by
their farms. If you desire help from
the committee they are more than
pleased to give what they can, taxi
ing the most urgent cases first and
order of request.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
Volunteers Imposed Upon.

Kansas City Star: The injustice
which inequality of service has
worked upon the patriotic young
men who Joined the national guard
is being made more and more APP
parent to congress and the country.
Mt is stating a plain fact to say.
and high army officials are making
little effort to minimize it-that the
so called federalizing Of the nation
al guard and its employment on the
Mexican border in protracted patrol
duty that should have been done by
the regular army have made the
militia SO generally unpopular that
it may never again be restored to
its former standing.
The experience of the national
guard mobilization has demonstrated
nothing plainly than that our
system Of national defense relying up
Dn volunteer service not only must
jbe inadequate both In numbers and
fitness, but is bound to work oppres-
sion and injustice upon the few who
volunteer. The government had
made some feeble effort under the
Dick law some fourteen years g to
train the national guard, but the
states had not responded tosit except
to take what they could get from the
= rOx,nv ~ >, oV< So Tho NOW nf 0uyrfn.
ment without insisting upon the
guard attending training camps. The
result was that, as Secretary Baker
now points out to congress, $1,000
out of $4,000 guardsmen taken in,
to the federal service last summer
were without military training. But
II they had all had military train
ing the total number would not have
represented the broad basis of ma
tional defense which the obligation
of citizenship demands. 1t would
have had nothing in it of the equali-
ty which is insisted upon by all other
American institutions.
These were young men who had
gone into the national guard through
a sense of patriotic duty and they
failed to get a square deal. Neither
the state nor the federal government
trained them. They were not re-
cruited t~erritorially or on any just
basis Of population, yet they were
sent out in the national defense as
regular soldiers and have had to
meet the same conditions as the re-
gular army.
There could be no complaint If
the burden had fallen equally. If
the. entire military population had
been under compulsion the units nee
essary to keep on the border could
have been changed frequently.
enough to distribute it's weight, Ev-
cry American capable of bearing
arms would have done his share and
red his share Of training. But
Flere was no universal obi
gatIOS mere could be no equality
in these things, and the few willing
ones who volunteered are paying the
price for all. s
These are facts that are now COM
ing home to congress and the
try, and it will be remarkable II
the history of this last call OF the
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
he said.

Fellows" he said.
The austere look on st. Peters
face melted quietly at these words
into a smile of welcome.
"You did," the old judge, exclaim-
ed. swell, why didn't you say so?''
And slapping-the Good Fellow on the.
back, he added: "Walk right in. I
want to introduce you to the original
Good Fellow"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
Bill CODY
IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Denver, Colo, Dec. 23.-Col. Will
liam F. Cody Buffalo Bill} is SER
iously i'll at. the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. May Decor, in Denver. He
has been confined within doors for
10 days. but not until today did his
cause alarm. Colonel Cody
is suffering from a nervous break
down complicated with a severe cold.
Despite his 20 years, he has shown
remarkable recuperative powers. ac-
eording to his physicians and has a
fighting chance to recover. 1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26

Mrs. A. H. Quincy, who mas serv-
ed meals to a large number of people
for years and made for herself the
reputatiorKof having one of the best
boarding houses in the city, will dis
continue her meal service, commenc-
ing tonight, for an indefinite length
of time. Mrs. Quincy will, however,
continue to, rent rooms as. heretofore.
Old papers for sale at this ONCE.
so for q nickle.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26
The Census.

Born, Dec. %, 1916, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving Mulholland, residing on
Bank street. a son.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26

Conditions on the
Border
FALSTAFF @. SATl'Tl'El;R
Formerly II THE ELLSWORTH NEWs]
Realistic Scenes in Mexico.
How the Poorer Class Exc out an Ex-
Etence.
Terrible Tales Of Torture by Bandits
and Reyolutonists.
Living in Homes that an lowan would
not HOUSE. his Dog in.
Amental Birds Eye View Of a Mexi-
can City Located in the United States.
Humorous Incidents that will Please
You.
#*4 y # ###= fHF
Pathetic Scenes that will Arouse your
Sympathy.
Six months. on the Mexican Border
with Eyes and Ears Open.
A real Serial Story that will give you
Weeks Of Interesting Reading.
Opening ~Instal(ment will Appear soon in the
FREEMAN TRIBUNE
No Other Paper in Iowa Will Use t.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-12-26

Engraved calling cards at this
office.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
A CLOSE SHAVE

The Detroit Journal editorally
said last week following the election: :.
"Not since 1876 when Hayes was
given the decision over Tilden by one
electoral vote, and that one dubious
proposition, has there been so close
an electoral vote for president of the
United States.
Not only is the vote close by cleo
toral count, but in many of the states
carried by the respective candidates
the state vote is so close as to hang
the majority by a narrow margin. 1t
is to be hoped, however, that when
all the returns are in the count will
be decisive. For in congress there is
the promise of like uncertainty.
"Should the presidential candidate
receive a majority of the electoral
vote, congress will choose the presi-
dent, as it did Thomas Jefferson and
John Quincy Adams.
1t may be that before night the un-
certainty may be relieved all around.
At the present moment it is easy to
see that the battle was one between
the eastern states and the west and
south. Wilson has showed great
strength in the west where he even
carried Utah, the only state carried
by Taft four years ago along with
Vermont.
When Wilson carried Ohio but not
Wisconsin and carried Utah but not
Illinois il is not easy to analyze the
vote. Did he get the women's vote
in California and lose it in Illinois?
Did he get some German votes in
Ohio and lose them in Wisconsin? If
he was strong with the farmers why
did he not carry South Dakota and
Iowa And so on and so forth.
vote and examine the popular vote
we find that Wilson did not lack a
certain strength in the east. He did
not lose Massachusetts, by a large
vote. He did not lose New York In
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
WILL CIT SOME FIGURE

The first woman in the United
States, Miss Jeanette Rankin, ever
elected to Congress will take her seat
when the new Congress assemblies.
She was elected on the Republican
ticket from one of the districts in
Montana and was supported by the
woman suffrage contingent. The
house of Representatives in the next
Congress will stand Republican, ZIG;
Democratic, 214; independents, 5.
The five Independents are: G. ii.
Randall, prohibitionist, California
w. p. Martin, protectionist, Louisi-
ana; Meyer London, socialist, New
York; Thomas V. Schall, progressive,
Minnesota; and A. j. Fuller, indepen-
dent, Massachusetts.
A majority in the house of 218 1t
takes that many votes therefore, to
elect speaker or to enact legislation.
Either big party, therefore, must
get the goodwill of those five men
who are aligned with smaller parties
before it can do business in its own.
And, incidentally, these five indepen-
dents will be no more question marks
than will be the "first woman in the
world" to be seated at Washington.
The five men and undoubtedly with
the Congressman will hold the bal
ance of power.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

sion in the course of his remarks to
advise hereafter that the board Of
commerce should keep its hands of
entertainment propositions of this
kind. He favored the proposition OF
going after a government postoffice
building, but not to stop short of one
costing less than $125,000. He agreed
that we might as well have a good
one while we are about it. Mr.. Hub
bell said in referring to the unfinished
street curbing, that he had already
put his collar and necktie on at his
residence property on North Bridge
street, and also at the Hubbell block
on Pleasant street.
Postmaster w. +. Bricker said the
matter had been preached by him
several years ago and a literally
signed petition placed in the proper
channel for going through Congress
asking for an appropriation for a
postoffice building, and thought now
with proper influence brought to
bear on the department and concert
ed action from our citizens we could
obtain results and a federal building
be secured.
Progress along the line of estab-
fishing greenhouse was noted in
the report made by Secretary X. G.
Gunsolus and DIR. Smith gave the
name of party who would be willing
to take good sized block OF stock
in the business.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
WORTHY OF PRAISE

Undoubtedly Billy Sunday with his
sledge hammer blows against the Ii
quor traffic and given by him at a
very opportune time in Detroit, and
Grand Rapids on the eve of election
had much weight in the accomplish
ment of the great victory for state
wide prohibition, especially in the
two largest cities in the state. But
while lauding Mr.. Sunday for his zeal
and assistance the state at large
must not forget the splendid work
and intense activity of others.
Grant Hudson, the state superin-
tendent Of the Anti-Saloon league,
was, of course, an outstanding figure
in the work of organizing victory.
Arthur p. Loomis, of Ionia, former
secretary to Governor Warner, was
the Michigan Dry Campaign mana
ger. Edwin Simpson, district super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon league,
and Walter ]. Hoshal, the Wayne
County Dry Campaign leader, were
especially active in Wayne county.
The victory is decisive one.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
Stevens School Renort

(School District No. z, Keene).
The pupils perfect in attendance
during the month of October are:
Wilma LauX, Ivah Golf, Olive Laux,
Lyle Golf. Mabel Golf and r. G. Scott.
Our Secretary Treasurer Wilma
Laux is i'll and absent from school
at this writing. This is her first abb
sence this year.
Our class club dues aye all paid for
the month of November, making a
total of thirty-six cents. The dues
are doubled when not paid at a GER
tain time. Everyone had a very good
account of how they earned their
dues.
Our president, Nina Kitchen, calls
a netting to order every Wednesday
morning, after the first bell, which
takes up most of the time until the
last bell.
We have a committee on "Cleanli-
ness" who keep a report of all who
clean their teeth and finger nails ev-
cry morning. Those who have been
perfect in cleanliness this week are:
Evelyn James, Ivah Golf, Lyle Golf,
Lloyd Golf, Garnet James, Mary
Laux and Grace James.
We also have committee on "Sew-
ing" who is to overlook and keep a
report of all the sewing done by the
school. The boys are starting a
quilt, and the little girls are going to
make edgings for handkerchiefs, tow
els. doilies and other things.
The Misses Ethelyn and sThelma
Pratt, Mrs. Robert Hardy Of the dis
trict and Miss Hudah Christensen of
Orleans have visited our school since
November first.
Mrs. Gle, Scott a..d Mrs. Anthony
aux, l1o,hers Of orr district, are
sick and under the doctors care. They
nave our heartfelt sympathy.
(Signed),
Mary Z. Christensen,
Teacher.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
The Germans LIQUID Fire

While most of the newest and most
up-to-date inventions applicable to
warfare are being used on the Euro
pean battlefields, some very old ones
have been revived and are also being
used. One such old idea which the
Germans have borrowed from the
medieval warriors is the use of liquid
fire as weapon. According to an
article in the Scientific American
some time ago, the Germans, sew
eral years before the war, conceived
the idea of using this weapon and
had it all worked out and developed
ready for use before hostilities began.
The device is simply an arrange
ment for projecting stream of burn
ing liquid against the enemy. In the
early stages of the weapons develop
ment the liquid was ignited directly
after it left the nozzle of the pro-
jecting device but with this arrange
ment much of the fuel was consum-
ed to no purpose in passing through
the air so that it's effectivness was
considerably diminished. In order to
overcome this defect a double-bar-
relied liquid gun was devised, with
the upper barrel considerably small
Ter than the lower and pivoted in
such a manner that it will turn indie
pendently.
The fluid is elected from the two
barrels simultaneously but only that
which issues from the upper one is
ignited automatically. This stream
can be directed at will to strike the
larger stream at any desired point
is then cut off and the large one con-
tfpttnC 70 HAxxr The 40
ried directly forward to the target
and do not spread back to the nozzle.
The burning fluid, falling to the
ground, forms a veritable sheet of
fire which continues to ignite the Ii
quid as fast and as long as it flows.
All combustion takes place at the
spot desired by the maintaining of
the nozzle. By gradually changing
the trajectory the fire can be moved
to any part of the enemy's position
desired. When it is desired to handle
a fire of considerable volume and de-
structiveness in any quarter the in
flammable liquid is allowed to flow
unigrited for a time until the objec-
tive region is sufficiently saturated.
Then the flame is turned on and a
fierce, destructive fire is quickly
started.
Usually the low coal-tar oils re-
sulting from the distillation of tar
are employed in these liquid guns or
"Flammenwerfers," as the Germans
call them. A mixture of gasoline
and pitch is also much used. In
burning this gives off a thick grayish
smoke which obscures the vision of
those under fire and at the same time
has an intolerable odor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15
.DO|NGS At BOARD OF
I. COMMERCE LUNCHEON
LEONARD PRESIDED
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which was fathered by the board was
not receiving the support it should
have by the members and unless more
tickets were sold there would be a
deficit to assume.
Fred A. Washburn emphasized
what Mr.. Leonard had said relative
to the lecture course and also took
occasion to say that in the past two
or three weeks he had been in a
number of cities in the east which
could not show better looking paved
streets and lighting than ours.
Thos. Welsh Of Grand Rapids took
luncheon with the boys and made en-
couraging and complimentary re-
marks and subscribed for tickets to
the lecture course, being loudly ap-
plauded.
l. l.. Hubbell showed his interest
in boosting the course by pledging
a number of tickets, but took occa-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-11-15

any overwhelming fashion.

any overwhelming fashion. He Jared
almost as badly in Illinois.
Taking still another view in per-
spective TO the whole, we find that if
Wilson is elected he will be elected
without New York state This is
considerable of a political novelty.
So novel is the idea of the west
upsetting the calculations of the New
York press that they have been ac-
customed, first to get returns from
Oyster Bay and the Bronx, then to
cable all over the world the fact that
the United States has been carried.
The inability of the New Workers to
see beyond the Palisades of the Hud-
son has now been scientifically deter
mined.
So much for the early and for the
present aspect of the presidential sit
uation. While the west is giving the
east a bad forty-eight hours relief
may come soon.