Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-11

as SOOu time as tHt huSSidHS' az
winning some reputation as retreat
ers.
If China sends $4,000 troops t
Russia, as reported she will, it vii
prove that she is in the war for ;
pu. Jose.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye is 0
the opinion that Iowa land will b.
hitting $500 and $500 per acre be
fore many years.
To date Uncle Sam has loaned t
his helpers in the world war tn
neat sum of $2,266,4OO,00O, thu
reducing slightly the store of small
change in his vest pocket.
While the government is putin,
the screws to ]. w w. agitators i
should not overlook such offender
as Senator LaFollette and William
Randolph Hearst Catch the big file
along with the little ones.
II the government would confis
cate the property of disloyal Ameri
can citizens, as it should, it woult
60 a long way in paying the ex
penses of the war, which expense
are Increased by disloyalty.
A man at Carlisle, Pa, died re
Gently from over-eXertion Will,
pitching horseshoes, according t.
telegraphic reports. Whew! Firs
thing we know we'll hear of some
body over-exercising by playing gol
or jackstraws.
W. Bryan says the quickest way on
of the war is straight through it
1t took Bryan long time to SEE
this. But he is entitled to charity
because he so seldom gets upon The
right side of great issues before they
are finally settled. His ratio Of mis-.
takes to successes in this matter is
about 16 to /.
IS, Gov. Harding has decided well in
deciding not to call an extra ses-
sion of the legislature to enact a
law requiring Iowa people, to bu5
government bonds. The people Of
this state will do their duty in that
direction without an influencing
statute, and will do as much as 9th.
er states of equal wealth.
No good can come of hanging
Mayor Thompson of Chicago or Sen
,ators LaFollette of Wisconsin in Ell
figy. There is no argument in suci
proceedings and they simply ere.
ate sympathy for the objects of pub
lie wrath. Let the law take it
course, even though that course ma!
seem slow and yexatious.
9e Among those seriously wounded
in the war is John Barleycorn, Esq
And the legislative doctors ar,
probing the wound and working
over him, some of the physicians ad
vising that he be put out of hi
misery. Bulletins relating to the
case are being published ever!
morning in the news OF the day.
The German leaders are making ;
Z great fuss over their victory
against Russia in the Riga sector
but that Victory was due, not t.
the valor OF German arms, but to thu
disorganized condition of the Rus
sian army because of various influ
ences, pro-German utterances by
citizens of the United States not be
ing the least of them.
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The pope, according to reports
from Rome, is of the opinion thai
President Wilson is more firmly sci
against peace than any Of the ruler!
of Europe. This view of his holi-
ness is no doubt due to the straight
forward manner in which the Presi.
dent answered the pope's peace note
Moreover, it may be presumed that
President Wilson meant what he
said.
( If the government finds evidence
to convict traitors in Chicago or
elsewhere in connection with the re-
cent raids throughout the country,
they should be dealt with severely.
However, no chances should be TAX
en- as to guilt. Suspicious surround
ings and circumstances are not suf-
ficient. The evidence should be
conclusive beyond reasonable
doubt.
tIt is stated that Phil Liesch, the
patriotic publisher of the New Ulm
Journal, has lost several hundred
subscribers by standing up for
America.-Blue Earth Post.