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New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Mrs. McAdoo Martin
To Be Married Again
Especial Dispatch to The T,,buns)

PHILADELPHIA May 14.-William
G. McAdoo, Secretary Of the Treasury
and Director General of Railroads, has
announced the engagement Of his
daughter, Mrs. Harriet McAdoo Martin,
Of Chestnut Hill, and Clayton Platt, jr.,
Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John o. Platt, Of
1912 Spruce Street.
Mrs. Martin has been living in Chest
nut Hill for several years. Her first
husband was Charles Taber Martin, of
Los Angeles, who died in November,
1915, at the McAdoo home in Washing
ton. Little Miss Mona McAdoo Martin,
a daughter of the bride-to-be, unveiled
the Liberty statue in South Broad
Street when the third Liberty Loan
campaign was formally opened by the
address Of her grandfather.
Mr.. Platt is member of the Pnila-
delphia Club, and a manager of the In
surance Company of North America.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Ferry Boats Need Repairs
City Line to Staten Island in
Bad Shape, Survey Shows

A survey of the municipal ferryboats
running to Staten Island and to Brook
lyn was begun yesterday by experts.
which may result in repairs which will
obviate the necessity Of passengers US
ing umbrellas in the cabins on rainy
days. An examination of the ferryboat
Manhattan showed that supporting
beam on the second deck was so rotten
that two large pieces were picked out
by hand.
Dock Commissioner Hubert took
these pieces to Mayor Hylan to support
his contention that the boats should
have all overhauling, and that an appro-
priation should be made
There are nine boats in the service,
eight about ten years old. The newest.
the William ]. Gaynor, is five years old.
The boats all have steel hulls and upper
structure.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Benefit for Homeless Boys
Music, Dancing and Movies at
Ritz TODAY

~ An entertainment for the New York
Home for Homeless Boys will be given
at the Ritz Carlton to-day under the
direction of Mrs. Philip A. S. Frankl;n
Mrs. Charles C. Chapman and Mrs.
Sherwood Aldrich. The patronesses in =.
clude Mrs. Lawrence B. Gilman. Mrs.
William Floyd-Jones, Mrs. Theodore A.
Price. Mrs. Walter Jennison, Mrs.
William B. Franklin and Mrs. W. r. K.
Taylor.
Mrs. Tarleton Winchester, violinist.
and Mrs. Russell Landale, soprano, will
be among the entertainers. There will
be interpretatiye dancing and new NOV
ing pictures. The boys orchestra from
the home. which is at AL East l23d
Street, will furnish the music
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Open New Kitchen

Mrs. Oliver Hartman, chairman of
the food committee Of the Mayors
committee OF Women on National De-
fence, opened the new experimental
xitcnen S,. IN tne eastern wing Of the old
Twenty third Street, Yesterday .Tha ,s
building. which has been unoccnn;sd cd 4
for years, has been entirely remod silsS
The kitchen is said to Be tha f;nss+
food laboratory in the country.
Mrs. Hartman set the fashion $or
her many assistants yesterav bv wesr.
ing. an attractive looking cooks car
and long-sleeved apron. The cnn mp
mittse, after brief inspection ~ ~
new quarters Immediately took up the
work 1t has been carrying on r at M ;ts
former heAdquarters, at the Grand
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Mayor Of Denver Dead

DENVER, May IA Robert w
Speer, Mayor of Denver and widely
known through the country as an au-
thority on municipal government, died
here of pneumonia this afternoon after
short illness. He was sixty-four
years old.
Speer had been Mayor of Denver
three times. He came to Denver for his
health when he was twenty-five, and
three years later was elected city clerk
on the Democratic ticket. THROUGHOUT
succeeding years he held many politi-
cal positions.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15

Cross on June II. Mr.. Taussig, the
Red Cross announced tonight, has
agreed to start the competition with
bid of $1,000.
The machines to be used in the mail
service are capable of carrying from
300 to 600 pounds of mail. The plane
leaving Washington is expected to COM
plete the first leg of the journey to
Philadelphia, distance of 1856 miles,
in an hour and twenty minutes. 1t is
due at New York at 2:3O o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Two Soldiers Sentenced
To 10 Years in Prison

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. May IA
court martial at Camp Custer yesterday
imposed sentences Of ten years i'm
desertion and alleged disloyalty, Max
Brennan, of Detroit, member of a ma
chine gun battalion, was found guilty
of desertioR and making disloyal re-
marks. Adolph Frier. Of Benton Har-
Dor, was tried and convicted of having
said that "Germany's aims were right
and che hoped she would win the war" "
The men will be taken to Fort Leavens
worth.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Miss Mary C. Barr Engaged

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Barr, of 100
State Street, Brooklyn, announce the
engagement of their youngest daugh-
ter, Miss Mary Godfrey Barr, to Lieu
tenant Richard Dodson Robinson, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L. Robinson,
OF Baltimore Lieutenant Robinson is
now with the 47th Infantry He is
graduate Of Brown University.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Miss Huhn to Wed Officer

Miss Ethel NJ. Huhn, daughter Of
Mrs. George A. HUM, Of 70 East
Seventy-seventh Street, will be mar
ried to Lieutenant Joseph W. Bailey,
lr., U. S. A, on June %. Mrs. Morgan
Belmont will be among the brides at
tendants.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Miss Orr, of Troy, to Marry

Announcement has been made Of the
engagement of Miss Constance de
Forest Orr. daughter Of the late S.
Alexander Orr, of Troy, N. Y, to Cor
poral Benjamin #. Bernard, jr., U. s.
r.. son of Mrs. Benjamin +. Bernard,
Of Asheville, N. c. Mr., Bernard is now
on duty in France.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Rejects Electoral Bill
House of Commons Refuses
Proportional Representation

LONDON, May lathe proposal to
make an experimental trial of proper
tional representation in 100 selected
parliamentary constituencies, which
was tentatively arranged when the
electoral reform bill was adopted re-
Gently, was rejected by the House of
Commons last night by vote of 166
to no.
This decision disposes of proper
tional representation so far as the
present Parliament is concerned.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
Wants to Live Happy
If Not Long

A man on East Thirty fourth
street, who signs himself can Ameri-
can Citizen" enters the following
protest against the curtailment OF
his personal liberty to drink liquor:
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Mr.. Samuel Wilson says truly
III his letter to The Tribune that the
real question at issue in the prohibi-
tion controversy is whether alcohol
beverages are poison. 1t is doubtless
true that if undiluted alcohol is taken
into the system in sufficiently large
quantities it will kill the taker. So
would largo quantity of common
salt This does not prove that salt is
a poison OR that its moderate use is
injurious.
with the advertising campaign against
coffee conducted by the manufacturer
Of a well-known substitute. 1t is stated
that coffee contains drug--caffeine
s-and that this substance is habit
forming drug that is highly injurious
to millions OF people. Whether this
is or is not true is a matter for scien-
tho determination. 1t does not follow
that because caffeine is a drug the
."NNSAe'eS use VI beverages containing
1T is so injurious that the coffee drinker
is poisoned. Nor does the fact that
large quantities of alcohol injure the
human system prove that the moderate
use OF the relatively small quantities
OF alcohol taken in the form in which
alcoholic compounds are consumed is
injurious to the health of those using
them.
Take this one fact. The people of
Scotland, rough bit of rock and
heather in the north seas, have for
hundreds of years been steady users of
alcohol. If they are poisoned" how
does 1T happen that they are physically
and mentally the superiors Of the non
alcoho! using Mahometans, Chinese
and Hindoos?
at times find my work. in certain
rush periods, very eXacting and tire
some l depend on a moderate drink
or two before dinner. Is that to be
taken away from me because some
fanatic can and will pound a brass
gong louder than l. choosing public
places to make his noise in?
IT he will use the same amount of
energy in striving for decent excise
laws and the enforcement Of them
my. personal liberty az law-abiding
citizen is not curtailed, and if alcohol
is poinson I will live happier and
more comfortably, although not so
long, which will suit me, as ! regulate
my own life to suit my conditions.
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15
: laboring Man
opeaks for Beer

/. sns :, following is from "a believer
s s se and let others live to enjoy
own pleasures" who writes
!. 4 ~ houte A, Norwich, n. Y:
Editor Of The Tribune.
am as you might say = poor
New-York tribune., 1918-05-15

The Dolly Sisters will join the mid
night revue at Century Grove next
week, doing six new dances. Weber
and Fields have lent the twins to
Elliott, Comstock & Gest until Au-
gust only.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
IL Best display OF grapes, first
prize, 81; second prize, fifty cents.


IS IL Best display Of grapes, first
prize, 81; second prize, fifty cents.
In addition to the above, the follow
ing items have been added during the
past few days:
12-Best six ripe tomatoes. any var
iety, first prize, fifty cents; second
prize, 25 cents.
14-Best six table carrots, first prize,
fifty cents; second prize, twenty-five
cents.
13-Best six table beets, first prize,
fifty cents; second prize, twenty-five
cents.
15-Best six parsnips, first prize, fiji
ty cents second prize, twenty-five cents.
16-Best hubbard squash, first prize,
fifty cents; second prize, twenty-five
cents.
17-Best six table turnips, first prize,
fifty cents; second prize, twenty-five
cents.
1S-Best six white globe onions, first
prize, fifty cents second prize, twenty
five cents
10-Best six yellow globe onions, first
prize, fifty cents second prize, twenty
five cents.
2O-Best two pumpkins, first prize,
,ts,. tyyn tv wv
cents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
PrOWler in Cellar.

A little after 8 o'clock Friday even
ing, in going down to the coal room in
the basement of her home, Mrs. Z. f.
Snow was led to believe there was some
one skulking around in the basement.
Mr.. Snow was spending the night at his
mothers, so she and Miss Latchaw, n
r0mer, were alone. Mrs. Snow stopped
outside to see if she could call Il neigh
Dor, but was unable to locate anyone,
and at the same time she tried the
grade door and, found it locked. She
telephOned for Mr.. Snow and when he
came, they found no one in the base
ment, but found the grade door open,
so whoever was there undoubtedly in
tended to steal some fruit, but finding
he had been detected, made his escape.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
B| B HOME IS
BURNED TO GROUND
Farm Home Southwest OF
Homer is Destroyed
by Fire.

The Mrs. Amelia Beebe home, three
miles southwest Of Homer, was burned
to the ground Saturday evening about
8 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Heck, the latter
being Mrs. Beebe's daughter, were liv.
ing with her, and it was just as Mr..
Heck was returning home from thresh.
ing that he noticed the flames. It is
not known how the fire started unless
it was spark from the chimney.
Practically everything in the house
was saved. The loss is partly covered
by insurance.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Williams Items.

Harry Lockwood purchased the Chas.
Bratnober home few days ago for
$33O6. Charlie is making good as the
local butcher and he very sensibly in
vests in home. The Bratnober fam
lily have rented the Wynn place, now
occupied by the F. Jewett family, and
will reside there temporarily until they
make further plans.
Class officers for the ninth grade
were elected during the past week, as
follows: Beryl Ricke, pres; Lillian
Keane, vice pres. Grace Meyers, sec. !;
Joseph Welsh, treas.
Mrs. L. Il. Wardle and daughter Of
Kamrar visited here the first Of the
week at the p. Rolling home.
DR.. w. p. Bossenberger returned
from the hospital at Iowa Falls We'd
nesday. While he is doing splendidly,
the doctor does not feel equal to taking
up his practice for some time yet.
f. NJ. Quist Of Des Moines spenl
Thursday at the w. p. Bossenberger
home, en- route home after vacation
in Minneapolis.
Miss Florence Watkins and County
Agent LaGrange were here Thursday in
the interest of the coming fair. Miss
Watkins was trying to get the girls Of
the canning club to exhibit their pro-
ducts and several have planned to do
so. Several of the women here will al
so enter exhibits.
w. r. Foster went to Chicago Thurs
day for another treatment. Mr.. Foster
is gaining right along and, although he
has had to make number Of trips to
Chicago since his operation, he feels
well repaid by his gain in health. Mrs.
Foster is spending the interim in Wa
terloo and will return with her hus-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Opportunity Given Boys for
Exposition of War
Products at Ex-
4 position.
NINE CLASSES OPEN
Every Entry Open to a
Money Prize and a
/; Prize Ribbon.

Since the list Of entries was
made up for the Hamilton county
agricultural exposition, it was found
that the open class did not provide for
the exposition of war products by Boy
Scouts or others having fine home gar
dens this season. TO remedy this fault
nine additional classes have been listed
and special prizes subscribed to take
care Of them.
The twenty entries now Open 1t is
believed, will permit any boy or girl,
man or woman in Webster City and
Hamilton county, who has some we'll
grown garden product, the opportunity
of making an exhibition. Aside from
the cash prizes offered for each win
ming entry, premium ribbon prize
will also be given. Every winning en-
try of the entire fair will be awarded
with money prize and prize ribbon.
N Glasses Open.
Glass 3-the open class-includes the
following entries:
Peck early potatoes, first prize,
81; second prize, 81.
Peck late potatoes, first prize
81; second prize, 81.
3-Peck' onions, first prize 81; Sec
ond prize, fifty cents.
4-Peck' tomatoes, first prize 81;
second prize, fifty cents.
5-Three heads Of cabbage, first
prize, 81 second prize, fifty cents.
celery, first prize, 81; second
prize, fifty cents.
7-Cauliflower, first prize, 81; second
prize, fifty cents.
S-Three egg plants, first prize, 81;
second prize, fifty cents.
9-Best display Of apples, first prize,
81; second prize, fifty cents.
1O-Best display of plums, first prize,
81; second prize, fifty cents.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23

Mitchell's Chester White sale, OctO-
her 8, 1913. So head--25 spring boars !;
20 spring gifts; 10 fall gifts. Sired by
ten of the best boars in the state. No
thing but selected tops in this Offering.
immune by double treat
ment. Plenty of new blood for old
customers. Write for catalogue. Chas
Mitchell, Webster City, Iowa.
O-l7d9eOd-i-f to 1O-7tS
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
band

NDAuU. iie.s 8} ISL
Mrs. f. II. Jewett and daughter, Miss
Elsie, are planning to spend the winter
at Colorado Springs and will leave for
that place Wednesday. Mr.. Jewett is
not planning to accompany his family,
as he has been so busy here, but may
60 later.
At last Williams has a permanent
postmaster There has been long in
terval since Mr.. Sloane resigned and
several temporary appointees have fill
ed in, all in very satisfactory way,
but now Carl Wulkau has been notified
that he has been appointed under the
civil service law and from now on we
ought to have smooth sailing. The new
postmaster is well known here for his
integrity mad ability and we look to see
the community served impartially and
efficiently.
w. j. Wynn has made another land
deal recently through Il. E. BlOdgett,
whereby he sold his 200 acre farm for
1926 an acre to Mr.. Findley Of Fort
Dodge.
Mrs. Geo. Rick and son Burns left
the first of the week for a visit with
relatives at Hartley.
Another land deal Of Importance was
the purchase Of GAO acres in Minnesota
by John McCarley. The land was pur-
chased of J. P. Rogers OF st. Paul and
T. Il. Blodgett also engineered this
deal.
General Lafayette" is still making
money for the Red Cross and w. w.
Loban has another bunch Of money to
turn in soon from his efforts.
The Lutheran L. A. s. met at the
home of Mrs. p. o. Trooien on Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. j. X. Meyers was hostess to The
Needle club on Friday afternoon.
Rev. NJ. L. Carver will leave Monday
to attend the annual conference OF the
NJ. E. church which is to be held uc rs
therville.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Nelson left Fri
day for Des Moines. Mr.. Nelson has
been manager of the telephone lines
here for the past few months. 81 far
he has no plans for the future that are
definite enough to give out.
Do not forget the county fair at the
county seat this week. Send in an OK
hibit Of some sort and go and help
boost.
Miss Leah johnson came home from
Mason City Saturday evening to ger
ready to 60 to Washington, d. c.,
where she has been offered clerical
position with the government in the
insurance department at salary Of
$11OO per year. Miss johnson has re-
signed her position in the Mason City
school and will remain at home until
time to 60 to Washington, Oct. LIST.
Sent. %. ~
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Hamilton County Called Up
on for Seventy Men to
Entrain for Camp
Dodge.
% LEFT IN CLASS ONE
Men Will Leave During Five
Day Period Beginning
Oct. Z.

The next call for sclectmen from
Hamilton county will take seventy
men. The call is for the five day per-
iod beginning Oct. Z.
The number of men to go from the
counties surrounding Hamilton fol-
lows:
Boone, 40.
Story, 40.
Hardin, GS.
Franklin, -.
Wright, A.
Webster, 80.
The Hamilton county board has not
yet received the official call, so it is not
known as yet just which day the Ham
ilton county contingent will report. The
men go to Camp Dodge, however, so
the board believe they will probably
not leave until Oct IL.
The list has not yet been made up.
There are still 9S men in this county
in class /. In order to get this number,
a good many transfers have been made
which the district board at Waterloo
has approved SO Hamilton county will
be able to fill her quota and still have
2S men left. Adjutant General Lasher
reports that over Iowa there will be but
go class l men left after this call.
The 9S men still in class l in this
county includes the registrants Of June
5 and Aug. "a, 1913.
The total number of selectmen called
from Hamilton county during the five
day period beginning Oct Z is 5,3O5.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23

Lieut.. DR.. Richardson will be at his
Office until Friday noon. All persons
knowing themselves to be indebted to
him will please call and settle before
that date. After Friday, accounts will
be placed for collection. 23d3f1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23
Won Cabinet.

Adolph Claude Of Woodstock won the
$40 HOosier kitchen cabinet given away
Saturday afternoon at the Boston Shoe
& Clothing store.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-09-23

Call on us for the best in job work.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-02-01
We Pay No
Income Tax

ordinarily this wouldn't be- matter
90 boast OF. but We are proud ~ the
distinction, because We soil our lines
of merchandise az such small profit.
Every man should. In this crisis. do
his bit 90 forward the cause. W. are
doing ours by selling our customers
the hest at the VERY LOWEST
PRICES FOR WHICH THEY CAN
BE HANDLED.
This policy may deprive M OF some
luNurlcs, and cot the government out
of little tax that Il would receive II
We were selling at greater profits. hut
Il viii enable you 10 meet your obllgn-
lions and perhaps gave enough Ia buy
some bonds or certificates.
Don't be- humbugged and think YOU
have a. pay Just ANY old price because
II IN asked, Come Ia the place that
guarantees Ia treat you right. We
set the STYLES hereahouts on hay
and grain, flour. miilstuffs. poultry
feed, produce and everything handled
by first-class house In our line. OuI
service cannot bee duplicated. let alone
surpassed. Auto delivery
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-02-01
No OTHER INDUSTRY RECEIVES
so CLOSE ATTENTION.

No Industry In the United States OBJ
,alns the governmental attention given
agriculture The United States de-
partmcnt of agriculture. In addition
tu issuing much hclpfpl literature H.
the farmer. In constantly widening the
scope ~ crop reporting. until now vir-
tuni tab II kept ON every field In the
country Local correspondents send
In regular reports. and though car
bon county Of course n never men
toned In the nationwide reports, each
soilullcr here can rest assured that
his efforts are known. tabulatod and
10 To swell the grand total
The same painstaklng care Is not
youchsafed mining. for instance. Il
has not been until recently. with o
coal shortage and coal crisis" fac
Ing us. that production has been close.
BY tabulated and consumption "regu.
lated" by propaganda against waste.
other mineral production also has
come IN Tor more carelul goNtFhhch-
tai watchfulnoss since the outbreak
OF the war. This has particularly
been the case with silver and copper,
both OF which minerals are In great
demand by the government and In the
manufacture of munitions,
II our mineral operators, miners
ana allied Industries had a huge gov
ornamental department at Washington.
u. e.. aiding them with the efficiency
OF the agricultural department there
ls no telling how much they would
like or dislike II. Tho present United
States bureau OF mines. OF course.
does good work. hut II Is a drop In
the bucket compared with the extern
slve scope Of the agricultural depart
ment
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-02-01

Germany II reported 60 be eating
dogs. This country could spare her
few million. and they ought 10 be eX.
ira toothsomc. too, ~ they have heen
practically brought up ON mutton.
Hoover wants the government 60
buy all the sugar. II might Just as
we'll with the whole country going
dry" thcrc'il soon be- nothing left Ca
mix II with.
We don't scc why the fact III old
nalnnm's ass talking should bc ciassod
az a miracle. There are number of
asses In this town. ana the miracle
would bc to find IN" that didn't talk.
" this wnf goes on much longer
they win soon bc teaching geography
In the schools by wireless.
n some men profitcd by all their
mistakes th'y would soon be- million
aires
~ that man Hoover keeps IN he viii
have all tho doctors down on him.
There won't be ease ~ chronic dyS-
pvpsia or guut In the country.