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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
United States Commission to Russia
Is Reported to Have Success
fully Made Trip.
TO PLEDGE UNITED STATES AID
Not Only in Prosecution of the War
but in Rehabilitation of Re-
sources Of Country.

Washington, D. c., June 4.-Safe
arrival at Russian port of the
American commission to Russia.
headed by Elihu Root, ambassador
extraordinary, was announced yes
terday in a dispatch to the navy de-
partment.
The commission left Washington
about May Is, charged with greet
ings to the new democratic govern
ment of Russia and authorized to
pledge unstinted aid from the United
States, not only in the prosecution of
war against the common enemy, but
in the rehabilitation of the dimin-
ished resources of the country. 1t
was preceded by special mission of
railroad experts, whose arrival al
ready has been announced.
After final conference between
President Wilson and Mr.. Root, the
commissioners travelled overland to
the Pacific coast and there boarded
a fast naval vessel.
Under the voluntary censorship,
at the request of the government,
American newspapers refrained from
publishing anything about their de-
parture or the points through which
they passed along the way. While
no German submarines are known to
be operating in the Pacific, it was
deemed wise to print no details of the
trip until the voyagers were safely
landed.
The arrival of the mission at Pet
rograd is awaited anxiously, because
it is confidently believed here that
the assurances. it brings from the
American government and the peo-
pie and the counsel Of its members
VIM do much toward steadying and
Strengthening the hand of the pro-
vincial government.
With Mr.. Root are John R. Mott,
Cyrus H. Mccormick, Samuel r.
Bertron, James Duncan and Charles
Edward Russell, ENJOYS extraordi-
nary; Maj. Gen. Hugh L Scott, chief
of staff of the army. military repre-
sentative of the President, Rear Ad-
miral James H. Glennon, naval rep
resentative of the President, and a
large staff.
Charles r. Crane, envoy extraor-
binary, already is in Russia and will
join the party at its destination.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
Hon. "A. G. Rankin Delivers Strong
Address for the Prohibitory
Amendment at Meth.
odist Church.
ELECTION TO BE HELD OCT. Is
Speaker Warns His Hearers That the
Victory Is Not Yet Won
Opposition Active.

A large audience assembled at the
Methodist church Sunday evening to
listen to the address of Hon. A. c..
Rankin, the moulder orator, against
the liquor traffic and in support of
the prohibitory amendment to be
voted upon by the people of Iowa at
q special election to be held on the
18th of next October.
County Attorney Burnstedt, in in
PRODUCING the speaker, offered few
remarks expressing his sympathy
with the movement for constitutional
4 prohibition, declaring that he had
always been upon the side against
the saloon and that he proposed to
stay there to the end of his days.
Mr.. Rankin then took the platform
and fully sustained his reputation as
a strong and convincing speaker and
gave an abundance of satisfactory
reasons why the voters should ratify
the amendment. He declared that
the eyes of the nation were upon
Iowa and that the verdict would have
large influence throughout the
length and breadth of the United
States. If the amendment failed Of
adoption, the saloon interests would
declare that the intelligent and pro-
gressive people of Iowa, after having
tried prohibition, had deliberately
concluded that it was a failure and
wanted no more of it. The traffic is
ready for the fight and is putting
thousands upon thousands of dollars
into the state to defeat the amend
ment. The temperance people must
awake to the situation, put on the ar
NOR and go into the contest with
determination to win.
\. sysssss " since statutory prohibition
Wab enacted in 1884, the liquor in
terests have been busy in this state
trying to influence the legislature to
repeal that law. 1t is notorious
fact that open bribery has been at
tempted and that men have been
threatened with political oblivion un-
less they supported measure in the
Legislature to repeal prohibition or
make 1t less effective. The mulct
law, which brought back the legal
lied saloon in many Iowa towns, was
the result of this persistent cam
paign of debauchery carried on by
the liquor interests. The temperance
people of the state now want to put
prohibition in the constitution and
make 1t just as difficult for the vets
to get it out as it is for the drys
to get it in. With constitutional
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
J [ RI / 1 NOV !
Baking THE
FOOD MEASURE
Opposition Developing Against Food
Controller Plans Of the Adj
minisration.
ARE HOSTILE TOWARD HOOVER
Personal Opposition Shown for the
Presidents Selection As
Head Of Bureau.
ARE HOSTILE TOWARD HOOVER

Washington, d. c., June 4.--Con-.
gress is baking on food control Leg
islation, despite the utmost pressure.
from the administration for its pas.
sage. "
There is determined and bitter OPP
position to food administrator for
the United States. There is personal
opposition to Herbert C. Hoover for
this position.
The cry now ringing through con-
gress is:
"Feed ourselves first, ship abroad
to our allies the residue. Why should
this nation starve,"
Chairman Lever, who is plotting
the administration food control bill
in the house for the house agricul-i
ture committee that presented 1t, is
doubtful as to its fate following its
presentation to the house this week.
intellectually he is behind the
measure as it came from the admin
istration experts, but he has ascer-
tanned that he cannot command the
support of the house leaders, demo-
Gratis and republicans, for his bill,
and he is preparing to accept many
notifications.
Senate democrats are hostile to the
bill. "Not one-third of the demo-
cratic senators will vote for the
Lever BILL" declared Senator Hoke
Smith of Georgia. "The bill as
drawn is vicious in the extreme"
Leading republicans in both house
and senate are lining up their party
following in opposition to the meas
ure as presented.
What form the bill will take after
the discussion that is to come, it is
impossible now to forecast. There ia
concerted opposition to a food adj
ministrator; to fixing prices: and to
the right OF seizure. on these points
congress has baked.
The personal opposition to Hoover.
named by the President as food adj
ministrator, was voiced by Q leading
democratic congressman.
II understand that Hoover, with
out authority in law, has set up his
establishment and gone to work to
control the American food supply.
Il hear he has his English and Bell
gian staff at work as assistants.
Now what does he or his staff know
about American food conditions? He
has lived abroad for many years re-
Gently and he is out Of touch with
our conditions, necessities and aims"
The President, however, has been
given by congress $10O,0OO,000 as a
war fund to use as he sees fit and
without the necessity for an explain
alton, and Hoover's force, like the
force in the bureau of information, a
department of the news service, can
be paid from this fund without au-
thority in congress to cause discon-
tinuance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
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Obituary.

Eliza A. Chapman was born in
Indiana, August s, 1S43, and died at
Kamrar, Iowa, May &c, 1917, at the
age of 73 years, months and IS
days. At the age of 10 years she
was united in marriage with A. G.
Terrence. To this union four chill
dren, three sons and one daughter,
were born, all of whom have pre-
coded her to the great beyond ex-,
cept one son, J. D. Terrence, who
with his two children, arc left to
mourn her death. For eleven years
the deceased had made her home
with her son, her husband having
died eleven years ago. She was
member of the Christian church,
having Joined thirty years ago. Mrs.
Terrence was true and loving
mother, kind friend and neighbor.
and she leaves this life with full
assurance of her eternal destiny. The
sympathy of the community is ex-
tended to the bereaved ones.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
MAKES FRIENDLY
:. 3. REPLY TO SPAIN
Answers Attack Made on Ship Pa
tricio in a Cordial Manner-Did
Not Mean to Sink Her.

Paris, June 4.-The reply of the
German government to Spain regard
ing the attack by German submar-
inc on the Spanish steamer Patricio,
says Havas dispatch from Madrid,
is understood to be extremely cor
dial. The German note declares the
ship was not torpedoed and that the
submarine had no intention of sink
ing her, but simply wanted to stop
her.
AS the ship did not stop, the note
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05

adds the submarine fired the shell
which struck the hull Of the Pat
ricia, The German government, It
is said, expresses regret over the
death of the engineer on the Spanish
boat and is prepared to pay an in
demnity to his family.
The German government, in its
note, the dispatch adds, says it never
had any intention of causing injury
to Spain or insult to the Spanish flag.
If the explanation should be deemed
insufficient, Germany is disposed to
do honor to the Spanish flag on the
first possible occasion German war
ships will file past Spanish ship,
which will hoist the Spanish flag and
each German ship will fire salute
Of twenty-one guns.
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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
was an over-sunday visitor at the

was an over-Sunday visitor at the
Charles Z. Hoffman home.
Miss Ellen Shafer accompanied
Miss Bell Dyrland to her home in
Ellsworth Saturday evening, spend
ing Sunday there.
Walter Burckle and Guy Burton
went to Eagle Grove today on bust
ness.
Mrs. Will Goodrich and two
children, who have been visiting
Mrs. Sarah Goodrich and other rela-
tives, left this noon for their home
in Kanawha.
p. w. Lee, who has been spend
ing the past six weeks attending to
business interests in Algona, Sun
dayed with his family here and re-
turned to Algona today.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
(From Mondays Daily.)

From Mondays DAILY.
Conrad Imelman and DR.. Orville
B. Olson sundayed at the latter's
home in Roland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Downward
and baby spent yesterday with Mrs.
DIS sister, Mrs. c. D. Gardner, and
husband, in Fort Dodge.
Miss Helen Donovan has gone to
Goldfield, expecting to spend the en-
tire summer with her sister, Mrs.
Roy Woodland, and family, who re-
side on farm near there.
Mrs. G. H. Pierson of Center
Vile will return to her home tomor-
row following visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. c. w. Black, and husband.
Miss Lucille WEIGH left today for
Burt, where she will spend the sum-
mer vacation at the home of her par
ents. Miss WEIGH is, high school
student and will return this, fall, to
complete the coprse,I making her
home with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Len
hart. Miss Ellen Rothrock, also an
aunt, accompanied her to Burt for
a short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Macgoey and
children left yesterday for Storm
Lake, where they will visit friends
for few days, following which Mrs.
Macgoey and children will go to
Beatrice, Neb., for a months sojourn
with relatives.
Mrs. Lottie Scriven-Ford re-
turned to her home at Toledo, Ohio,
last evening after a months visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
P. Scriven, and other relatives.
Mrs. r. J. Denny returned to
her home in Rolfe this noon, follow
ing visit with the H. B. Hummel
family.
Mrs. Fred Schmoldt left today
for her home in Duluth, Mimi, after
making visit with her mother, Mrs.
Mary Wilmer.
Miss Eloise Pavey left today for
Mapleton, Mimi, to join her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Pavey, who re-
Gently moved from this city to Ma
pleton. Miss Pavey recovered from
an attack of scarlet fever week ago
and remained here after her parents
departure to finish her term of
school.
Mrs. Clarence Hopp Of st. Louis
arrived here this noon for visit at
the VIM. Blankenbuehler home.
Elmer Hodnefield and cousin,
Miss Madge Colby, will return to
their home at Mason City tomorrow
morning, after a visit with the for
mer's sister, Mrs. Rufus E. Nelson.
and family.
Mrs. S. L. Kemerer of Indepen-
dence is here visiting her sister, Mrs.
Chas. Younkee, and family.
Mrs. o. H. Montzheimer returned
to her home in Primghar today after
having made visit with her sister,
Mrs. H. P. Mason. and family.
Miss Bertha Burton, who has
been working in dry goods store
in Detroit, Mich, is home for visit
with her mother, Mrs. c. C. Burton.
and family.
Mrs. Paul Pierce and baby
daughter are here from Ottumwa for
visit with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Hawk.
Miss Florence Guthmany of Chic
cago is in the city, guest of her
cousin, Mrs. julius Bermann, and
husband. Miss Guthmany comes for
an extended visit.
Miss Sarah Kearns left Satur-
day for Dennison, where she will
spend her summer vacation at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Frank Cur
RE, and family.
- 1ern
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05

prohibition among the organic laws
of the state, no legislature can dis
turb it and it can be modified only
by a vote of the people. That is the
reason the temperance people of Iowa
want this amendment adopted. They
want it put where designing politi-
clans cannot conspire with the liquor
interests for the overthrow of the
law.
Mr.. Rankin holds that license is
fundamentally wrong in principle,
and that no state or city has the
right to license or legalize in any
way a thing that is so utterly de-
void of virtue. Where did we get
this idea of license, anyway? Did
some democrat father it? Certainly
not. The democratic party is against
special privileges and it is special
privilege and class legislation when
the city council of town or state
lC5AolotuIC odyo tAdC IuSlC oudAA NC
but four saloons in Webster City and
that each one of those saloons shall
pay $1,000 or $4,000 per year for
the privilege of doing business. If
the saloon is good thing for town,
as many Of its friends insist, why
should it be taxed? Why should the
man who opens up a grogshop be
made to pay $1,000 for that privi-
lege while the grocer and butcher
are invited to come to the city and
do business free of such special taxes?
We got the idea of taxing saloons
from England, where more than $50
years ago a law was enacted requir-
ing men who sold intOxicants to pay
a license for so doing. The people of
England even in that day woke up
to the fact that the liquor traffic was
an evil and that it should be taxed
in order to discourage the business.
When the thirteen colonies gained
their liberty, they adopted the COM
mon laws of England after eliminat-
ing some of them, but the method of
saloons was retained. Thus
we got the idea of tolerating this
nuisance by making it pay blood
from England, just as we got
the institution of slavery from the
mother country. We drove slavery
from the nation at the point of the
bayonet and we are going to drive
the liquor traffic from the United
States with our ballots,
Mr.. Rankin reviewed the fight
against the saloon in Iowa, pointing
to the numerous murders and other
outrages committed by the saloon
emissaries during the past thirty
years. The older people of Webster
City will remember the crimes of
which he spoke, but his story must
have been a revelation to the young
er generation. 1t was one Of the
most caustic and vigorous denuncia-
lions of the liquor traffic ever, de-.
livered in Webster City, but every
word Of it was true. There is abso-
lutely not one redeeming feature OF
the entire business, and the day will
soon be here when the American
people are going to wipe it out of ex-
istence. He expressed the belief that
he would live to see the day when
there would not be legalized saloon
in the United States.
Mr.. Rankin closed his address with
a strong plea for the good people OF
Webster City to do their duty be-
tween now and election day, and to
see to it that this city did its full
share toward giving the prohibitory
100000 majority at the
ballot box on the 18th of next Octo-
Der.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05

County Clerk Swiney is doing
business in the marriage license de-
partment, having issued 102 per-
mits to wed since the first of jan
uary last. The war is responsible
for some of the weddings, slackers
taking the marriage vow to escape
their duty to their country.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-06-05
Sister Hurt in Storm.

B. Mccoy is in receipt of letter
from his youngest sister, Mrs. Lucy
o. kirkpatrick, of Nation, ILL.,,
whose home was in the path of the
terrible tornado which passed
through Illinois last Saturday. The
Kirkpatrick home was blown to the
ground and Mrs. K. seriously hurt.
She found herself under the wreck
age of the house following its col
lapse with the muscles in one of her
knees and legs badly torn and the
ribs in her left side broken. AS she
mentions no other member of the
family, it is supposed she was the
only one hurt. Under the circum-
stances it would seem that Mrs.
Kirkpatrick was very fortunate to
escape with her life.
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
Railroad Notes

+. i. Smith, passenger fireman on
the Middle division. is off duty on
account of the Illness of his mother.
Hiram MCGOWAN SINNERS, clerk
in the office of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Employment Bureau, at
philadelphia. is home over Sunday.
Special Duty Engineer Samuel M.
HertZler of the middle division of
the Pennsylvania railroad, was in
Philadelphia yesterday.
j. Il. Funk. and A. w. Hauser,
passeL ger brakemen on the Pitts
burgh division of the Pennsylvania
failroad, were arrested at Altoona
yesterday on a charge of stealing
goods from express cars.
The middle division pay car will
make it's semimonthly trip east over
the division commencing Thursday
December 20.
Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
way shop employees at Reading were
yesterday paid in checks, the first
time in many months.
The annual banquet of the Air
brake Association was held at Fort
Hunter Thursday night. 1t was at
tended by thirty members. employees
at the lepnsy shops.
p. S. Lewis, passenger trainmaster
for the Reading, located at Reading,
has been commissioned a first lieu
tenant in the railroad engineers regi-
ment now being recruited.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
STRIKE RUMORS
STIR OFFICIALS
Report From Reading Is De-
MED After Making Inquir-
les; Issue Statement

Both Reading Railway and Penn
sylvania Railroad circles were stir
red late yesterday afternoon by a
report that at o'clock this morn
ing telegraphersT on the Schuylkill
Valley division of the Pennsylvania
would quit. Following these reports
came rumor that the strike would
extend to Harrisburg. Officials imme-
diately made an investigation and
announced that there was nothing to
the stories.
Later dispatch from Reading
stated that the telegraphers who
had made request for days off, ex-
ira time, and increase had agreed to
wait a reasonable time for an an
swer to their demands. Speaking
about strike stories superintendent
]. j. Rhoades, of the Schuylkill VAL
ley division, said:
No Threats Made
mo threats of strike of the tel
egraph operators on the SchuyllSill
division have been made. The re-
port that the men would go out to-
day is premature. They presented a
petition asking for a 80 per cent.
increase in wages. time and half
time for Sunday work and an annual
vacation. At a meeting held in this
city during my absence. the men
agreed to wait reasonable time for
a reply. The requests of the men have
been forwarded to the management
and until a reply is received nothing
further will be done. The operators
understand this fully"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
RAILROAD RUMBLES
GOOD AVERAGES
FOR EFFICIENCY
Tests on Middle Division
Bring Seven Failures; Re-
suits Satisfactory

Efficiency bulletin No. los issued
from the office of Superintendent N.
w. Smith, of the Middle Division. for
the month of August showed that a
total of 319 tests made only fifteen
were partial failures or s5S eff
cheney.
Seven engineers disregarded the
absence of top lights in automatic
signals, four more failed to properly
protect distant switch signals when
they found them showing caution and
two, others accepted a caution signal
Wlthout making proper report of the
same.
Seven Failures
In addition to these tests the ef-
fciency board made 21,928 observ-
ances recording only seven failures
grand total of 22.247 tests with
only 23 failures or 99.9 efficiency for
the month.
In the latter tests two flagmer
were dilatory in protecting the real
of the train and five enginemen fail
edsto ring the engine bell at the prop
er distance before reaching a public
road crossing. These records show
wonderful degree of efficiency
when one considers the many thous-
and employees of all classes, nation
alities and creeds that it takes tc
make up the great system in this cos.
mopolitan age.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
Only One Objection
to Widening Chestnut
Street at Bridge

A conference of the City Planning
Commission and City Council was
held yesterday afternoon to discuss
plans for widening Chestnut street
at the approach of the Mulberry
street bridge.
Only one person appeared at the
session to raise objections. B. T..
Mead, representing the Miller estate,
property owners adjoining the space
owned at the corner of which u strip
has been donated for the widening.
claimed the Miller property would
be damaged. Mr.. Mead also took ex-
ception to the publication of the
plan showing how it was hoped
eventually to widen Chestnut street.
Members of the Planning Conn
mission stated they did not think the
objections raised were warranted.
The ordinances providing for the
widening of the street and closing a
small private alley and part of
Cherry street, will be brought be-
fore Council on Tuesday for final
passage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE
Philadelphia Divisi0n-The 125 ere

Philadelphia Division-The 125 crew
first to go after O'CLOCK; Ill, 49,
122. 10S. 1913. III. 105.
Engineers for Ill.
Firemen for 1875, Ill.
Conductors for 12S, los.
Flagmen for Ill, 122.
Brakemen for 120 (2). 119, 10S (2),
12S. los.
Engineers up: BIankenhorn, Wiker
Tenant, Yeater. Lefever. Simmons.
Wenrick, Sellers.
Firemen up: Reese. Bohn, Warfel.
Conductor up: Gallagher.
Flagman up: Helen.
Brakemen up: Harper, Lyter, Bene-
dict, Falconer, Collier, Penner Fort
ney. Mummaw.
Middle Division-The LOG crew first
to go after $50 o'clock; 81, 30, 25, 80,
26, Is. 81.
Preference crews: Z. 1, 210, 10.
Engineers for 30, 26, 1, 10.
Firemen for 20. 80. 26.
Flagmen for 81. 90, 10.
Brakemen for %. 80, 30, is, 10.
Engineers up: Leopard, Cook, Rem
sci. Rathefon, Moretz.
Firemen up: Rainey. Lensenbaugh,
Adams. Reeder, Hemminger, Primm,
Davis.
Brakemen up: Deckert, Blessing,
Moretz, Arnold. stephens.
Yard BOard-Engineers up: Essig,
Ney, Myers. Boyle. Shipley, Revie.
Firemen up: Fitzgerald, Bitner, An
derson. Rathfon. Steward, Crist, Par
ker. Byers, Whitman, Speese.
Engineer for 3rd &c.
Firemen for &C. 3rd &c, 2SC, 32C.