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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
story IN Detail. De

The bombardment in preparation for
the raid started at o'clock Saturday,
the American and French gunners be-
ing masscd on this part of the front.
After tremendous fire, the gunners
continued to rain shells on the first,
second and third line trenches, in
cluding the enemy batteries in the
rear, while the infantry made ready
walked across "no-man's land" with
out opposition and, penetrating the
enemy lines, found nothing but smash
cd wires, blown-up dugouts, pill boxes
and caves. AS their orde.s specified
their return at certain time, they
obeyed, not finishing their survey.
In Other Sectors.
The men in another sector penetrat
cd one hundred and fifty metres. The
total penetration being two hundred
and forty metres. They encountered
some dlgouts and ran into dozens of
spill boxes which remained intact. The
\ Nmericans she lted to the Germans to
come out, but they replied by firing.
The Americans made short work Of
them with grenades and incendiary
bombs, blowing dugouts, pill boxes and
occupants sky high.
While the artillery rOared, the CON-
nany took nOsitiOnS at 4.45 o'clock
The zero hour was at sos. After they
had been called to their posts, the men
chatted and peepcd over the parapets
to see the effect of the fire.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Rev. j. W. Todd Discharged by OH.
cials ut Dubuque After Short
Hearing on Charges Of Dis.
loyal Talk.
BUSINESS MEN WENT WITH HIN
Big Petition and Many Letters Written
by Pastors Friends We're
Taken.

Rev. J. w. Todd, pastor of the Pres
byterian church at Williams, who was
called to Dubuque to answer to the
charge of having made disloyal utter
ances, was fully vindicated His hear
ing was very brief and he returned
home the same day that he left. -Four
Williams business men accompanied
him, taking large petition and many
letters from residents Of Williams who
know Rev. Todd to be loyal Ameri-
can citizen.
1t is said that the committee which
accompanied Rev. Todd were unabl~
to learn who was responsible for the
story against Rev.. Todd, though cir
cumstances point pretty clearly to TIL.
identity of the person.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Name New Food Administrators.

Major J. w. Lee has accepted the
appointment as one of the food ad-
ministrators for Hamilton county in
place of Rube McFerren; who re-
signed. The work in this county will
now be carried on by Varick c.
Crosley and Major Lee.
The food administrators report that
very few of the grocerymen of this
city have sent in their food substi-
tute certificates. Several in other
towns of the county have also failed
lin this. These certificates should be
sent in at once to either Mr.. Crosley
or Mr.. Lee.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Arrangements Being Made for Public
Memorial in Webster City In
Honor of Sergeant James
Ernest Wedding.
WAS MEMBER BAPTIST CHURCH,
Church Will Hold Memorial Sunday.
Chamber Of Commerce Will
Act Also.

Arrangements arc being made for
big public memorial service in
Webster City for Sergeant James
Ernest Wedding, killed in action in
France March 5-the first Hamilton
county young man to sacrifice his
life in the world war.
Sergeant Wedding was a member
of the Baptist church here, having
joined April -, 1908. Rev. L. e.
veits, pastor of the church, expects
to give over the morning hour next
Sunday to a service in memory of
Sergeant Wedding.
Chamber Of Commerce Active.
The Chamber of Commerce is also
discussing the matter of some kind
of a public memorial. The board of
directors of the organization is hold
ing a special meeting this afternoon
at which the matter will be taken up
and some plans put in motion.
All Webster City mourns the death
of Sergeant Wedding and sympathizes
deeply with the parents and other
relatives. 1t is enimently fitting that
some public recognition be given the
memory of this fine young man and
the whole city will heartily cooperate
in any movement started to this end.
J. w. Wedding yesterday telegraph
ed to Washington to learn whether lie
could have the remains of his son
shipped back home for burial. He, has
had no answer as yet, but it is not
likely that this request can be grant
cd. 1t is not always possible to recor
er bodies and the shortage Of ships
is another reason why it was recently
announced from semi-otlicial source
that Americans dying in France would
be buried there.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
AMERICANS AND
FRENCH SMASH.
into HUN Line
American and French Soldiers, Operating Together Near
Swiss Border, Penetrate Enemy Lines in Three Places
To a Depth Of Three Hundred Metres Over
Front Of the Same Width.
By FRED S. FERGESON.

With the American Army in the Field March 11-Amer
lean and French soldiers operating together the Swiss
border conducted successful raids in widely separated
tors today penetrating the enemy lines at three points to
width of three hundred metres 1928 yar and to depth Of
three hundred metres.
Demolish Trenches.
The American artillery aided in the raid, demoshing
entire sector Of enemy trenches No live Germans
coutered Elsewhere the Bosces took refuge and
dugouts where they bombed and grenaded Seven rs
brought back to American trenches
Many Batteries in Action
The terrific bombing of the American positions
lized by the Yankee gunners in operation against the
Bosche batteries The American troops stood up under the
Boscle attack in splendid manner irtywo batteries
in action during the engagement the American lines.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Drive Started for Clothing.

Julius Bermann, who has been nam
ed chairman for Hamilton county in
the Belgian relief movement to furn-
ish carload of old clothing, has start
ed his big drive in this county Com
mittees have been named in Webster
City and in each town in the county
to have charge of this work These
committees are as follows:
Webster City-Julius Bermann,
Varick c. Crosley, H. b. Hummel, II.
q. Dale, J. w. Western, Geo. c. Tucker.
Kamrar-Henry Cordes.
Jewell-Carl p. Miller.
llsworth-George Peterson.
Randall-Carl Anderson
Stanhope-Tjernagle e. Read.
Williams-Chas. Bratnobcr.
Blairsburg-Benj. JaycoX.
Stratford-Shaffer Bros.
The clothing will be assembled in
Webster City in the east room of the
Svenson building, which John Svenson
has donated for this purpose. Messrs.
Hummel, Dale and Western will be at
this room every day from 10 a. N. to
noon and from p. IN. to 4 p. m.
The Belgian relief movement is gen
eral all over the United States. There
is greater need for relief there than
in any of the war stricken nations.
So badly are clothes and shoes needed
there that the committees have been
instructed to accept absolutely any
thing that has cloth or leather in il.
1t matters not how torn or how dirty
the clothes or shoes are, the commit
tee wants them. An urgent call is
sent to every home in this county to
help in this grand cause Hamiltor
county is ambitious to contribute a
full carload of clothing to these suffer
ing people. The cause is one that will
appeal to every home and some contri-
button, no matter how small, ought to
come from nearly every home in this
county.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Late Wire Bulletins


New Orleans, March 11.-Thirteen
persons, mostly negroes, lost their
lives today when the tug w. A. Babso
sunk in the Mississippi river after
ramming an oil tanker.
Berlin, March 11.-German de-
tachments raided enemy lines in the
Armentieres region north of the
Muese and brought back several
prisoners and a number of machine
guns, the official war department
statement today declared
Washington, d. c., March H.
Four dead in action, four from
wounds and ten from natural causes
in the American Expeditionary forces,
according to report received today.
-
With the American Army in France,
March 11.--W. ]. Winter of Chicago,
serving with the French aviation
corps, was killed in air fighting Fri
day night.
He. fell within the German Nnes.
Washington, d. c., March IL
Congress wants to close up all war
work for the first year of the war
and April will find the majority OF
the bills out of the way.
Dalliance will be the exception
rather than the rule henceforth, lead
ers said.
Toledo, Ohio, March 11.-Nine per-
sons are dead and twenty-one in
jured, score of these fatally, and
property damage is estimated at one
million dollars. That was the toll Of
the tornado which struck northwest
ern Ohio Saturday night. Additional
dead are expected
Toxic, March 1.-THE cabinet at
Pekin decided to despatch forty
thousand Chinese troops to Siberia.
The expenses of the expedition will
be paid by ten million yens, author
lied through the floating of foreign
loan
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
TWO Naval
Au0itOrS
fire Killed

Washington, d. c., March 1.-Two
American naval aviators have been
killed in accidents in France, the
navy department announced today. ~
They are Andrew Skaggs Of
Tennessee and Harvey Linton of
Cincinnati
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11

VINO were transferred 10 tHe ldulOuS
Rainbow division, which is now in ac-
ton in one of the American sectors in
France:
Lieutenant.
Gerald O. Blake.
Sergeants.
Merle D. Johnson James E. Wedding
Richard w. Beebe.
CorpOrals.
Roy E. Cheever Roy E. Patterson
Peter Sexe Albert C. Philbrook
Alfred A. Smell.
First.class Priyates.
Alongi Nicola Walter l. Julian
Tom F. Mckay Oliver H. Ferrell
Bert J. Dragoo Milo E. Foster
Ray Wilcox William C. Henry
Ralph Baker Harry E. Richards
William R. Leeper Hio w. Waterman
PrivateS.
Adolph Klemme Eugene c. Smith
Jerry r. House Omer OmOndson
Richard Henry Selmer Hanson
William J. Lee Byron Griffin
John Ingertson Clifford Barr
Clarence Aubrey Floyd Baker
Joseph Adams Paul l.. Cordes
Merle E. Clark Eddie E. Blegelid
Suddarth l.. Cole Leslie c. Booth
George Birbilis Clarence Boswell
Arthur Bernard Eppo Waterman
Glen Lakin Oliver l.. Peterson
Martin A. Djonne Samuel Sweazey
Silas Teig August Rheinhart
Horace Skeel George H. Martin
Ben T.. Rifen Lloyd V. Johnson
Roy +. Reese Hobson r. kearns
Joseph Pruette Paul f. Nickerson
George Geedy Martin A. Glaman
Holy Larson Bernard l.. McAtte
Frank Tussy Levere 0. Thompson
Supply Company WagOners.
Roy Smith Joseph M. Wickey
Eric l.. Bager Otto l.. Bergeson
Earl Egland Carl Jacobson
Earl A. Hill Emanuel Larson
Wesley Jaques Byard J. Notion
Oscar Olson Harry Siverly
Claude j. Masear.
Headquarters Company-Orderly DiVi.
siOn-First.Class Privates.
William c. Horn William Warden
Priyates.
Ronald Loban Millard latham
John Mulroney Leone Paine
Stanley Sears Peter Hafinger.
-W.S.S-.
FOR SALE-pure bred Buff Orpington
eggs. Mrs. Chas. Mitchell, phone
S4S7. 3-6-j2f2deod1mo
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
MOScOU NOW
Seat of Russ
Government
BY JOSEPH SHAPLEN.

Petrograd. March 1.-THE gov
ernment is moving to Moscow as the
first step in its resistance to the
Germans, press dispatches an
nounced today.
That it may be necessary for the
Bolsheviki to fight both the Germans
and Japanese, is given as the reason.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
Mrs. !. II. Smallcy Very Ill.

Mrs. NJ. B. VanWinkle was called
to Woodstock today by message
saying her sister, Mrs. J. Ii. Smalley,
was very ill. Mrs. Smalley has not
been we'll all winter, her ailments be-
ing incident to her advanced years.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11

See adv of Whitman & Hampton
farm implement sale elsewhere in this
paper. lldSii
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
w 6

Clean white rags wanted ut this
Office. dtt
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
-W.S.S.-
AutO Painting.

We can take in a few more cars
to paint this spring. Let US book
you now. We offer you an ex-
perienced painter, best of varnish
and a clean shop. Parkhurst Auto
Co. 7d3eodj1
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
--W.S.S.-

A business meeting of Purity degree
staff will be held tomorrow afternoon
st 3 o'clock sharp at Elmo hall. Mem
bers are urged to be present. BY
order of Noble Grand
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
.SERC. JAMES ERNEST WEDDING
KILLED IN BATTLE With GER
MANS IN i. S. WAR SECTOR
Adtant General Sends Brief Message Notifying Parents
Sergeant Wedding Was Killed in Action March S.
Was With Famous Rainbow Division, Proba-
bly in Lorraine Sector.

THE IOWA DEAD.
SERGEANT JAMES ERNEST WEDDING Web
ster City, Headquarters Company, One Hundred Six
Eighth Infantry.
CAPT HARRISON CUMM1Ns MHENRY, Des
Moines, Company B, One Hundred Sixty Eighth In
fantry
PRIVATE ISAAC DAVIS, Woodburn, Company
B, One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry. 8
PRIVATE BYRON VAN RADEN Lanesboro
Company B. One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry
PRIVATE GUY o. WoRLEY, Exline, Company
B. One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
SERGEANT WALTER j PoRsCH, Fort Dodge,
Headquarters Company, One Hundred Sixty Eighth
Infantry.
PRIVATE JOHN F. ELLIS, Centervlle Company
D, One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
PRIVATE RUSSELL L. SEL1X, Unionvile, Com
pany D. One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
PRIVATE ALvA F. EATON, Humeston, Com
pany D. One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
CORPORAL CLIFFORD j. WORDEN, Mason
City, Headquarters Company, One Hundred Sixty
Eighth Infantry.
CORPORAL DONALD H. MAcRAE Des Moines,
PRIVATE GLEN PEDERsoN Spencer Head
quarters Company, One Hundred sixty-Eighth In
fantry.
EDWARD NASH, Kingsley, Headquarters Com
pany, One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
ALBERT E. HOsCHLER Akron Headquarters
Company, One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry.
CORPORAL DEAN PARISH, Glade Valley N. c.,
Headquarters Company, One Hundred Sixty Eighth
Infantry
-W.S.S-
Grim realization that America is engaged in the world
wide reached Webster City late Saturday night when
brief message from Aduan General Mccain Of Washington,
d. c. delivered to Mr. and Mrs James W. Wedding,
nouncng that their James Ernest had been killed in
ton of the blood soaked baeeds of France. The
message brought details, only the meayer announcements
though contained the deep regrets Of the government that
another life had been sacrificed the altar of the mad
god appease whose anger Europe has been made vert
able sambcs. Twenty other Iowans-nonc from Hamilton
Count were wounded in this engagement
With Rainbow Division.
James Ernest Wedding member OF the famous Ran
bow DIVISION to which eight nine members of the three milf
tary units recruited in Webster City had been transferred
In addition to these eighty Lieut. G. O. Blake Of this
city also transferred from the officers training school at
Fort Smelling.
The first increment of the Rainbow division landed
French soil Dec TO- after fraugh with much danger
during which the transport bearing them driven into Bel
fast Ireland by feet of submarines The second increment
Continued Page 81
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
IN RAINBOW DIVISION.

Following is the list of men from
Hamilton county, or who enlisted here,
who were transferred to the famous
Rainbow division, which is now in ac-
ton in one of the American sectors in
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-03-11
THE IOWA DEAD.

Continued on Page 81
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03
KIDNAPERS.

Senator Sherman, of Ilnois'Wh there is useful
idea in the senate any kind of military other question:
whenever original thought of kind entertained by
senator representative unless is made through the
other member of the cabinet that ea merit
orious be- to untmey end and sbon upon
its delivery in this body However, there little distinction
bring forward in particular guse clad uniform
shrven and sancfied by the xecuve department by the
country giving it bringing it forward as
their offspring indispensable requisite Of the The
idea condemned and ruined in Congress by
position adopted and made alive by the department
and hailed great advance the of wagng war;
seen it DONE not once, not twice but by count can
enumerae of those whc ideas have been
delivered in this body killed by the rown and after
wards resurrected by executive favor
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03
THE DoNKEY's OWN SON.

In his Harrisburg Speech which followed by Senator
Jones resolution for investigation of the OF propa
ganda in favor of the German brewing interests A Mitchell
Palmer said What have the Democratic party tried to
show How have justified continued existence in this
state? Why the thing that have been fighting u.s. and
have attempted to show time after me to the people OF
state that the Republican party has made Of itself the willing
tool of vicious interests secretly seeking control the
ment through the agency of their political machine and decev
ing the people into the belief that the Republican effort
patriotic effort to govern instead of selfish effort to accomplish
the selfish and greedy ends of these special sts As
illustration of the lengths to which these interests will Pal
uncovered the fact that several of the big German brewing
interests had contributed to the editor of the Washington Times
$4O $780, and the editor wrote ANONYMOUSLY favor of the
enton of beer and light wines articles of consumption and
condemned the prohibition inclusion of those ntoxcants This
editor Arthur Brisbane for years the editor Of the New
York Journal the brains of the Hearst machine and Demo-
crat with decided leaning toward socialism The Democratic
party must have enjoyed mighty little satisfaction from such
expose that Brisbane since he took the Washing
ton Times has been sounding the praises of Secretary of he
Treasury McAdoo whose ambition become president
quently commented upon.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03

Declaring that the house bill democratic admins
aon property under the guse of taxing
Representative Louis McFadden of Pennsylvania
the following statement today pointed this defect in the b
'The bill contains provision for taxation which
amounts to against property and not tax
II refer to Section 20 which provides that for the
of asceranng the gain derived from the of
al property the basis shall be the fair market price value of
such property in the of property acquired before March
1913 the price value that date March 1879 and in the
cost thereof, inventory value.
hs section declares that any gain in sale of property
the purchase price if the property bought before March
l. 1913 the value that date shall be considered income for
1913 and subject to the almost concaoy to be levied
under this bill An example will clearly illustrate my state
men farmer buys farm for 500 March 1913 Five
years LATER March 1913 he sells this $4,000
Kchn that the difference between $4,000 the price,
and $780, the purchase price, which $780, income profit
and shall be added to the income of the farmer and taxed
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03

This levy against property and not tax on lnc1n So
The exchange commodity value of the dollar mas
per cent in five years. In 1913 dollar would purchase as
$500 will buy today This is the same thing as saying %
prices have risen 100 per cent since 1913 which OF
realize to true Now when the farmer wishes to sell tne
which bought 1913 for 500 he must receive $Ooo as
selling price in order to be able this money III ne
to spend t in securing the amount OF commooes now
which he could have bought for s., 800 In 1913 :,
'The bill is fatally defective in not recognizing Tue
great increase in prices of everything during the last nve years
No should be levied the proceeds OF sales OF
per held period of years until increase over the
chase price estimated corresponding to the decrease
year in the value of the dollar
49, too in estimating profits in taxing the income Oh
corporations the selection of the years 1911 1917 and 1910 10
ascertain average prewar earnings and comparing sucn aver
age earnings with earnings 1913 the Ktchn bill ignores
the fact that corporation must twice as much ns year
in order to make the profit capital invested as was
earned in the period the same amount Oh capital
The plant today machinery stock buildings real estate ana
other assets must be estimated to be worth double the
of dollars the plant worth in 1913 to account for the de-
probation in the purchasing of the dollar IN five years.
Of well be that certain plants have increased
three four fold due location and special market conditions
and demands and after allowance has been made for the
shrnkage the value of the dollar such appreciation in value
can justly be considered profits.
The bill as it stands amounts to levy capital IN many
instances where attempts is made to tax income
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03

physician he found that he had been
poisoned from drinking impure water.
After receiving treatment for a day or
so he went on down to the Salmon riy-
er to his homestead, feeling much bet
ter.
&. Il. Weholt of Harpster, was in
the city over Friday night last. having
just returned from Portland where he
spent some 10 days securing treatment
for his eyes and throat. He returned
with his throat in mich better shane
hut will he compelled to have an oner.
alton on one of his eyes to remove a
growth that is obstructing his sight.
VIC. Milliorn and wife have moved
Ill from Winona where they have been
e,,saged IN farming for some time past.
They have taken up residence In tba
Oliver home northeast of the Imnerial
Hotel. ="
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03
HOT FAST PROTECTION.

We imported coors and dyes during the fiscal year 1918
to the value of So co. compared with 100000 worth dur
ing the protective 1913 But in 1913 about $6OOOOO
worth OF coal tar coors and dyes from Germany while
1918 came from there is evident that dive sche
due protection for which argued for by the Democratic
party received the shadow rather than the substance and
country is frotng by duty rates which protective
making Germanys great game Add her sales to us to
the sales of other countries after the war; the tariff
today and how quickly plants will to suspend
operations.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03
FINE SPECIMENS OF CORN.

Some fine specimens of field corn
were sent in to the Globe Office this
week by s. $. Galloway, of White
Bird. The corn was sent out through
n. Aldrich and shows what is possible
In that line in the Salmon river section.
They were of the Minnesota Ideal, Min
nesota No. 8, yellow, and the Silver
King. white. varieties. The ears were
about 10 1-2 inches I'm length and filled
right out to the tip. Mr.. Galloway has
10 acres in corn this year.. a
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-03

Geo. II. Anderson came in Sunday
from Ferdinand where ne has ben
working in the harvest. For the past
week Mr.. Anderson has been suffering
from what he Thought to be an attack
of the Spanish influenza that Is going
over the country, but on visiting a