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The Washington herald., 1917-11-12
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.

District OF Columbia, Maryland and yirginia
FAIR Monday and probably Tuesday; little
change in temperature; gentle shifting winds
LOCAL TEMPERATURES.
Midnight. IS; a. M. 43; IA. m., a; a. m,
q; a. m, 43; 10 a. m. 49,; IL noon. s.; p. m,
~; p. m. 81; p. m, 81: s p. m. ~; 10 p. m,
%. Highest, 81 lowest. Il. Relative humidity
a. m, n; p. m. 10; p. M, CO. Rainfall
Is p. m. to p. m.). 0. Hours Of sunshine, so.
Per cent Of possible sunshine. 70.
MISUNDERSTANDING deficiency of tenn
rerature since January !. 1917. -S3l deficiency
Of temperature since November /. 1917, -46;
accumulated deficiency Of preciritation rince
January !. 1917. -L4s; deficiency Of precipita-
ton since November !. 1917, -oa3.
Temperature same date last ycar-Hishest.
&c; lowest y.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-12

The e1iled Car of Russia is a great
whist player. He formerly used over
loo packs of cards a year at 81 a
pack.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-12

Sick Pens Cured. Open Nights
Riehards' Fountain Pen Shop, LIS Pa. ave.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
A MARRIAGE THAT
UPSETS FASHION

New York, Jan. 20.-Ora Che
Powder Puff Prince and designer o.
Women's garb, and Eleanor Klinger
fashion model, were married at ST
Vincent de Paul's here today. Theirs
was the. first "black wedding on
record.
Except for the white principals
the affair was as black as the ace Of
spades. Wedding traditions were
hauled out in a bunch and smashed
to pieces. The bride was clad in jet
black from her hair and earrings to
her toes. The groom wore q black
suit, black silk shirt, black linen
collar and black gloves.
Later the wedding breakfast at
the brides home was served by black
walters in black. The menu consist
ed of blackberry cocktails, black
bass, black bread, black coffee. Ii
seemed like everything black in the
world was there but despair.
Black said the bridegroom, sis
the ideal color for weddings. AS
mourning it is losing it's significance.
n wears mourning any more.
And black is cheaper and more ser.
viceable than any other color" The
couple deported on the Black Dia-
mond express for a honeymoon tour
through the principal cities of the
west. They SAID they would give
those places a chance to look them
over.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Coming Marriage Announced.

A Brooklyn, N. Y, newspaper OF
recent date contained the announce
ment of the coming marriage of a
former well known. Webster City
young lady which will be of interest
to man. here. Among other things
the Brooklyn paper says:
Miss Frances Beaumont's engage
ment to Mr.. Herbert d. Thompson has
Just been announced. Miss Beau
mont is a we'll known and popular
Brooklyn girl, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Byron H. Beaumont of 1920
Bitmas ven Mr.. Thompson lives
at S25 Marcy avenue and is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. William r.. Thomp-
son.
The bridegroom to be is a Brook
Ignite by birth, while his new So
ciety, fiancee, Miss Beaumont, is a
comparatively new acquisition to the
borough, having come from the mid
ulc west Ouly i've ycdio dSo' NhAS'
Beaumont attended the Berkeley in.
stitute for several years after the ar
rival Of her family from Iowa. Miss
Beaumont is the granddaughter OF
Judge John l.. Kamrar of Webster
City, Iowa.
Miss Beaumont's grandmother
was a Randolph Of Tuckahoe of Vir-
ginia and the bride to be has the
distinction, highly valued in the
south, of being a direct descent OF
the famous Pocahontas, the roman
tic Indian princess. Pocahontas was
Miss Beaumont's seventh great
grandmother.
The new fiancee is petite and at
tractive and has been a very active
figure in society"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

mecca for colored men who commit
murder in the states, as many Of
them have been traced into that ter
ritory where they find employment
in the coal mines and practically
hide all identity of themselves.
AS. far as Ames officers. are con-
cerned, there seems to have been
nothing done toward capturing the
murderer. There seems to be an in
clination the{e to let the murderer
go scot free, possibly with the
thought that one colored man, more
less, in a community is not worth
worrying about.
The murder was the result of a
crap game in q shack where the men
had been known to congregate and
gamble and no steps were ever taken
to stop either the gambling or to
capture the murderer.
The fact that detectives are now
working on the case has led to all
Of conjecture, and it has finally,
down that the state must
be back of a movement to apprehend
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Annual Meeting.

On Wednesday evening of this
week the Universalists will gather
at the church for a basket or picnic
supper and the annual meeting OF
the parish. All members of the
church, and interested friends in
Guided in the parish, r asked to
prepare enough for themselves and
just a little more, and gather in the
church basement at six o'clock or
soon after. Following the supper re-
ports will be heard from the differ
ent departments, and two trustees
elected to the board, with such other
business as may come before the an
nual session. The ladies will have
their yearly meeting and election
during the afternoon, also at the
church.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
THIRD IOWA IS
ORDERED HOME
Cavalry and Gen. Allen will also
Leave Border-Twenty-fve Thous.
and Troops From Twenty-four
States Will Leave the Border.
$4,000 ARE LEFT BEHIND.
Remaining Guardsmen Will Be Sent
Home as Soon as Pershing
Leaves Mexico.

.H.+. Ht .ssrt
Washington, D. c., Jan. 81
More than $4,000 national guards
men now on the Mexican border
have been designated by Major Gen
eral Funston for return home and
muster out of the federal service.
All these organizations will be
started homeward as soon as trans
portation facilities a be provided.
Their departure will leave be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 men OF
the guard still in the federal service
doing border patrol.
War department officials continue
to withhold comment on reports
that the movement of General PERISH
|ing's regulars out of Mexico soon
will be under way and the state
ment announcing the guardsmen
designated for relief does not con-
meet these orders with the with
drawal plans in any way.
The understanding has been, how
ever, that with the return of the ex-
petition in Mexico and reimbursement
OF the border patrol all of the state
troops gradually would be sent home.
Des Moines, Jan. 22.--Adjt. Gen.
Guy E., Logan was pleased last night
when informed that the Third Iowa
infantry and other units had been
ordered from the boSder to Iowa for
muster out.
He said the men were entirely UNI
der controk of the war department.,
and he did not know what would be
done with them, but he expected
that the Third infantry would come
first, because Col. Il. r. Bennett is
the ranking officer, wand be quarter
ed at Fort Des Moines, pending mus
ter out.
In the opinion of General Logan,
there is not enough room in the Fort
Des Moines buildings to quarter
more than one regiment at a time
and it is probable the cavalry, am
bulance company and. field hospital
will be held in Texas, until the
Third infantry is mustered out, pro-
vided the Third is sent first.
The latest toilet goods at Teed &
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
On Mason City Program.

Mrs. F. Z. Whitley will be the
principal speaker at the mid-winter
meeting Of the County Federation OF
clubs of Cerro Gordo and Floyd
counties which will be held Wednes-
day in Mason City. Mrs. Whitley
will 90 to Mason City Wednesday
morning. appearing on the program
that afternoon. The following con-
corning the meeting appeared in the
Sunday issue of the Mason City
Times:
Preparation is being made in all
Of the country clubs of the County
Federation for the mid-winter meet
ing which is to be held Wednesday
noon in the Chamber of Commerce
hall. A cafeteria lunch will be sery-
ed after which the program will be
given. The speakers will be Mrs.
Francis E. Whitley of Webster City,
president of the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs: Mr.. Floyd Douglas,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, and Roy F. O,Donnell, county
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
DETECTIVES AFTER
AMES MURDERER

Boone, Jan. 22.-Detectives have
been in Ames during the past week
securing information about the muir.
der Of Mac Carter, the colored man
who was murdered in a shack in
Ames on. Sept. 25.
The activity of the detectives
leads to the belief that an effort will
be made to get the state to offer a
reward for the apprehension of the
murderer. 1t is further stated the
detectives have been working on the
case for several weeks, and that
Shorty" Young, who is known 10
have done the shooting has been To-
Gated in British Columbia.
1.-THE latter place seems to be u
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Returns TO Brit
AIN AFTER 20 YEARS

London, Jan. 10.-Letter to the
Freeman-Tribune from j. w. Peg
Ter, United Press Correspondent:
Disappearance from the army under
la cloud, 81 years a mystery man"
in South America and now ancient
British court records are skeins re-
vealed today in the story of the man
who came back. Friends Of Sergeant
Major Greener, Royal Engineers,
have just learned the whole truth in
connection with G%reener's sudden
leave from his battalion h%eadquart-
ers at Aldershot in 1895. The ire
sistable lure of the great war which
called the deserter from a remote
part of Chile caused him to appear
before a courtmartial, again at AL
dershot, just 81 years and three days
after he was officially reported miss
ling on the barracks room bulletin
board. Desertion usually means
death but this court martial had on
ly the heart to reduce it's victim to
the rank of private. 1t was back in
the days when the Duke of Con-
naught was commander-in-chief OF
the Engineers. Greener had charge
of a little yard and shed-the bal
loon works-a particular portion OF
the Aldershot camp which is now
credited with being the germ of the.
Royal Flying Corps.
Court records, yellow with over
two decades of life, show today that
some one was guilty of selling certain
army supplies. 1t meant that Green
err dropped out of the army world
and until he gave up" in Manches-
ter a few weeks ago nobody knew
whether he vas alive or dead. Many
army rumors, as the years dragged
on, credited him with fighting with
the Beers at Magerfontein, located
him in China..1ndia, Canada, the
limited States and elsewhere. Green
er's own story shows that he was
nowhere during all the years but liy-
ing down the past as a mining pros
lpeetor in the mountains about Iqui-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
BO0TLEGGER TO
PEN FOR ONE YEAR
Convicted Man Had Paid a Fine OF
5000 in December for the
Same 0ffense.

Fort dodge, Jan. 22.-William
Kennedy, charged with obtaining
and keeping with the intent to sell,
intoxicating liquors, plead guilty
Saturday before the Webster county
district court and was sentenced to
the reformatory at Anamosa for i
period not to exceed n year.
Kennedy, was arrested Jan. g by
Sheriff Holm after an attempt to
evade capture by coming from Moor
eand, In an automobile instead of by
train. After an exciting chase
through the western quarter of the
business district, the auto halted and
Kennedy was arrested.
His first hearing was before Coun-
ty Attorney Cavanaugh and he was
bound over for hearing before the
grand jury. The grand jury return
ed an indictment and the case came
before the court Jan. 13. He waiy-
ed a hearing and his case was set
for January 16.
1t was then continued and when it
came up Saturday Kennedy plead
guilty and received his sentence.
Kennedy came before the last ,term
OF district court in December, was
found guilty of the same charge, and
paid a fine OF 5000.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Lace Curtains Catch on Fire.

AS Lucille Smell, little daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smell, lit the
lamps in the family home on east
First street, Saturday evening, the
lace curtains at a window nearby
caught fire and made quite a blaze.
However, the members of the family
eXtinguished the flames before the
arrival of the fire department and
aside from the loss of the curtains
no damage was done. The members
of the family were badly frightened
over the accident.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
FLAYS WOMEN FOR
WEARING C0RSETS

indianapolis, Jan. 2O.-Mrs. An
ma Hoeltke, the woman who will ask
the legislature to pass a law abol-
ishing corsets in Indiana, today de-
|clared that "the corset has killed
more women and children than wills
key, tobacco, war and famine" This
is worse than a barbarous CUSTOM
said she, "Of deforming the waists
of girls and women is far more in
furious than the savage custom Of
f1attening the head or the Chinese
custom of binding feet. reports in
dictate that thousands of deformed
babies are born every year as the
result of mothers binding their
waists with corsets. The government
has passed laws prohibiting, the sale
Of habit forming drugs. What is the
government going to do to prevent
the coming generation from living
in a whalebone prison before BIRTH"
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Likely to STAY Wet,

Harrisburg, Jan. 20.-Pennsyl-
vania. always appearing entirely
"black" indicating that it is wet
when temperance people make up a
map of the Union, may stay that way
unless the present legislature fools
folks.
Liquor licenses are in the hands
of the county judges. For a decade
local option, with n county unit, has
been fought over in each legislature.
Governor Brumbaugh is in favor Of
local option, but his friends admit
that the bill which the Anti-Saloon
league will introduce this winter
will meet with as hard a fight as it
met two years ago. 1t mustered less
than four score votes in the House,
needing 104.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
LEAVE
BURNING BUILDING
-
No One Injured When Spokane
Building Burns.

Spokane, Wash, Jan. 22.-st.
Luke's hospital, one of the largest
in the city, was destroyed by fire
early last night. Soon after the fire
started the. firemen reported that all
of the eighty or ninety patients had
been removed safely from the burn
ing building.
The fire started at 600 p. m. ov-
er the engine room in a new wing OF
q three-story brick structure. The
patients were removed to nearby
homes without accident. Although
the night was cold it was said no
one suffered while being moved.
New cuttings In cut glass at Teed
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
CHINESE GODDESS
BRINGS 100000

New York, Jan. ga stone i'm
age of Kwan-Yin, Chinese goddess
of mercy has been purchased from
Paul Poiret of Paris by a firm of
Fifth emu art dealers for a sum
said to have been close to 5000, 900,
it was learned last night.
Poiret has declared the image
was his original model for the style
known in this country as "the de-
buntante slouch."
The image is seven feet tall and
weighs more than a ton.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Card of Thanks.

We wish to extend to the kind
friends and n%eighbors u apprecia-
ton Of their sympathy and assist
ance during the illness and death Of
our husband and father and also for
the beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. G. w. BEEN and Family.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

que, Chile. 1t was in this isolated
rendezvous that the tales of Euro
.pean battlefields reached the desert
err and the call Of the army was yer
powering. 1t drew him back to Eng
land to face what might mea dis
honorable death. Virile and erect at
forty when he fled from Aldershot,
Greener is in the sixties today but
still erect and soldierly. His temples
+ whitened and there ARE lines in
his face. He wear the simple uni
form OF, the Sappers and is soon des-
tined for his further Comeback" in
Northern France.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
THREATEN TO I'M
PEACH GOVERNOR

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 22.-Penn-
syivania's Legislature reassembIed
today with the power of the social
ed Boss, United States Senator Boies
P%enrose, leader of the Republican
organization since Matthew Stanley
Quay died in 1904, in the balance.
By electing Richard J. Baldwin
speaker Of the House three weeks
ago Penrose. men defeated the oppo-
sition led by Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh and the Wares. The
speakership was only incidental to
the battle. The real struggle was
for contgol Of the state organization
and control of next years primaries.
when candidates are to be nominal
ed for governor, congress, the Leg
islature. Armed with the veto pow
er, Governor Brumbaugh may spoil
enemy plans. Penrose must get a
two-thirds vote to override a veto.
Penrose l%ieutenants have been talk
ing Investigation and "impeach-
ment" of the governor. Declara-
tons that he will be "Sulzerized'
been made more or less openly.
Assemblyman Isadore Stern, of Phil
adelphia, has repeatedly declared he
will introduce impeachment proceed
The IAN Tox medicines. only at
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

agent. The officers of the County
Federation that all inter-
ested in hearing the program will
be welcome to attend. The lunch
will be for the members Of the Cour-
ty Federation of Country Clubs and
their special guests.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
A Major Operation.

Mrs. H. II. Carson of Kamrar UNI
derwent a major operation at Mercy
hospital today. Mrs. Carson spent
several weeks in the hospital a year
or SO ago, recovering from a serious
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
Program and Surprise"

The regular meeting of Superior
Rebekah lodge will be held in the
'.gair" hall Wednesday evening and
after the business is attended to a
program will be given and the lodge
officers will furnish a surprise"
treat for those present.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
The newest in jewelry and watch
es at Teed & Teed's. diff
An Interesting Meeting.

About eighty ladies were present
Friday afternoon at the l.. A. Nc
Murray home to attend the annual
meeting of the Missionary society OF
the Congregational church which
was a business and social meeting
and lecture combined. The business
meeting was the first thing on the
program and after the reading of
the reports of the different society
officers, the following officers for the
year were elected:
President, Mrs. Arthur Metcalf;
vice presidents, Mrs. G. w. Crosley
and Mrs. Alexander Groves; secre-
tary, Mrs. T.. d. Worries; treasurer.
Mrs. G. S. Lane.
After the business session was ov-
er, a splendid address was heard,
given by Miss Susan Orvis, a return
ed missionary of Caesarea, Asiatic
Turkey. Miss Orvis has for fourteen
years been a missionary in Asiatic
and was in Constantinople
at the beginning of the war with
Turkey. She thereupon returned to
America and is only awaiting an op-
portunity to return to her mission
work. The address was s%plendidly
descriptive of her work, the customs
of the people, etc, and as full Of in
terest as such an address may be. A
fifteen cent lunch was served at the
close of the lecture.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

The roller skating rink at the
drmory opera house has passed un-
der a new management and in the
future will be conducted by Harold
.Bish of this city and Z. R. Smith of
Ellsworth. Music will be furnished
as heretofore by an electric piano.
The rink will be open to skating en-
thusiasts on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, both afternoon and even
ing, beginning tomorrow afternoon.
Paints and vaEnishes 1t Teed's.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

Silver goods that will Always be
silver, at Teed & Teed's. d-f-tf
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

All kinds Of clocks at Teed 4
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23
LENORA l6th-,$3OO Sov.--Four Of her gilt, will be in this sale

I think this by far the best offering ever put through a sale ring. There are no bette
blood lines to be had, as have spared neither int nor money to improve my herd for the last
twelve years
A cordial invitation is given you to spna the day with u.s. whether you wish to buy or not
Sale will he held in heated tent ~'.
TERMS-Cah or one year m on bahabk mote. #E&H.s
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

A few tried. sows, the balance fall and spring
good length and heavy bone. They are bred to sue
Pawnee Bill, all three extra good bears.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-01-23

New cuttings In cut glass at Te'
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-02
HOUSE PASSES BILL
INCREASING SALARY
COUNTY TREASURER
Unanimous Vote Given Measure
Which Makes Pay Of Umatllla
Official $500 Instead Of $1,000.

Cast oregonlan Special service.)
SALEM, Feb. 1.--HOuse bill 2S6,
providing for an increase in the sal
ary or the treasurer Of Umatilla coun.
ty from 1890 to $500 annually pass.
ed the house unanimously today. Tho
bill was introduced by the Umatilla
county delegation in the lower house.
While providing for an increase in
the salary of the treasurer. the bill
provides that no deputy shall be en-
plOyed former treasurers having had
deputy at a salary Of 5000 year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-02

been so nearly effected that an agree
ment will be signed early in Febru-
airy, according to Vienna dispatch
to the Tageblatt. The dispatch says
that as sOonu as this settlement Is
made negotiations for a commercial
treaty between Austria Hungary and
Germany will be undertaken.
The agreement with Hungary which
viii be effective 20 years, provides,
among otherthings. that Hungary
shall continue to pay its present per-
centages of the expenses Of the en-
pire.
Premier Clam MARITIME is expected
to be table to take up the outstanding
Bohemian questions within the next
eight or ten weeks. These include re-
districting and Identification Of the
German language into official busi-
ness. The Galician problem has been
definitely postponed until the end Of
the war
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-02-02

torney at Boston who has been in
direct chare OF the investigation, was
in Washington today and conferred
with the president. Later, he report
ed the results of his efforts to Attor-
ney General Gregory;
There has been a decrease in the
cost Of certain commodities as re-
suit of the investigation and others
are to follow" said Mr.. Anderson ITO
the average consumer this drop may
not be large enough to be noticeable.
In the aggregate, however, 1t means
thousands TO American housewives"
The government investigator also
stated that the threatened coal fam
inc had been remedied, and that all
communities now have sufficient fuel
supplies
THE railroad companies he stat