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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

roads of the United States. The action
Of the committee taken Just before
congress adjourns is regarded as assur-
ing that the bill will pass congress
when that body reconvencs. The fav-
orable Recommendation by the senate
interstate commerce committee of the
Cunlmins bill is regarded as a big vic
tory for the shipping interests, parti-
cularly livestock and grain shippers.
A year ago the government railroad1ad-
ministration attempted to destroy the
interstate commerce commission by
taking away from it the powers TO
regulate rates. The shippers have
fought for many years to secure regu-
lation Of the railroads by the inter
state commerce commission, and
NATURALLY the railroads were quite well
satisfied when the government an
nounced its purpose OF doing to the
commission what the railroads have
tried for to do. The shippers or
gallizations led by Attorney Clifford
Thorne. defeated the plans OF the rail
road administration and secured the
right for the interstate commerce com
mission to review and set aside the
rulings of the administration. Tie
Cummin's bill, if it passes, will fix by
law the rights Of the commission to
regula lie; the roads SO that the admins
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
CHICAGO IS WET.

The vote in Chicago at the recent
election on the question of prohibition
was really surprise to the friends OF
prohibition. Nobody expected the Grys
to win. hut the majority for the vets
wis greater than the vets themselves
hoped for. The vote of the women, too,
was surprising. The total vote reached
.oo92. of which 2O1,057 were cast by
women; the men casting 33334 .22SS6.
The women gave the drys 1926 votes
and the vets 124,731 The votes cast
he the men stood as follows: Wet
26t,5219, dry 67.7O7. The men were al
most / to ] against prohibition and the
women were less than to / against IL.
However. as many have thought wO
men would swat the saloon whenever
an opportunity offered, this Chicago
vote is certainly surprise to those
holding such ideas. Chicago. of course.
is not fair test of the sentiment OF
the country on this question. While
MANY of the greater cities are no doubt
strongly in favor of the saloon. the
country districts-an the smaller towns
are more strongly against it.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
RIGHT TO DISAGREE.

1t is indeed refreshing to note the
Independence of former President
Taft, who refuses to stultify himself
by following the tendency Of his party.
but is going abroad in the land urging
the people t6ssupport Wilson.-Vinton
Times.
There you have it. Any man who
has. opinions of his own contrary to
the opinions of President Wilson stulti-
tics himself by having the courage to
stand up for his convictions. Senator
Reed of Missouri is being grilled by
such papers as the Vinton Times be-
cause he is independent enough not to
follow the tendency of his party when
he is out of agreement with that
tendency. The Freeman-IourIal be-
Elieyes Mr.. Taft is right on the league
proposition generally. but it has little
patience with the inclination to Ques-
ton the patriotism of men who do not
agree with Taft and who oppose VIII
sons ideas of league. The questions
involved in league of nations GER
tainly permit of honest differences Of
opinion and honorable men ought to be
broad enough to grant to others the
same latitude of Judgment they de-
mand for themselves. One OF the adj
vantages of democracy over mon
archy is that people Of democracy
have the right to disagree in public
with any man, no matter his station.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

..Let one amendment meet this
difficulty about the. Monroe doctrine,
and make it clear that the league does
moi impair the Monroe doctrine, but eX-
tends its spirit to Europe. Let the
covenant, again. be rewritten in clcar-
er and better language. which could
easily be done by drafting committee.
And above all let it be made clear
for, as our Washington correspondents
messages have shown, American opiil-
ion is particularly sensitive on this
point-that the league makes no IN
friligement of national sovereignty. -
London Times.
IT is quite evident from information
sitting through from England that
sentiment in that country is favorable
to Incorporating in the league OF ma
tions constitution provision recogniz
ing the Monroe doctrine. Then why Is
there controversy over fhe matter? a
straight forward provision Of this
character would remove much opposi
ton now existing against fine proposed
league.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
FIGHT 1T OUT.

Eugene ". DeDs, socialist leader. to-
day threatened to call a general strike
of his party throughout the country UNI
less he is granted a rehearing in the
courts on charges upon which he was
convicted under the espionage act
Akron, Ohio, Dispatch, March 81.
it is Uncomfortable that the supreme
court would refuse to grant a rehear-
ing to Mr.. Dcbs unless justified by the
law and the facts, yet he proposes to
use his power with labor to bring dis
aster upon the country unless the adj
ministratiOn of the law is subservient
to his Judgment. Mr.. Debs and other
leaders of his ilk have often condemned
capital for disregard of legal enact
ments and judicial proceedings, but
Mr.. Debs or any OF his followers are
challenged to show one instance where
i'm capitalist ever threatened openly
to paralyze the Industries of the coun-
try unless the courts reversed their
finding affecting such capitalist. AS
Stunning that the judgment OF the courts
in the Debs rehcaring case is sound
law based upon facts, Mr.. Debs' ought
to be allowed to eal4his strike. 1t may
as well be decided now as later wheth-
err or not the socialists are going to run
the country or whether it is going to
be run by the ma jority of the people in
4 constitutional way. Let the strike
come and fight it out if it takes ten
years. Never mind about which party
will get the socialist vote. The thing
that must be settled is whether or not
the duly elected and constituted au'
thorities are going to be permitted to
function or whether, the government is
going to be turned over to Mr.. Debs
and his followers.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
OUTLOOK DIsoUIETING.

Frank H. Simonds. the well known
correspondent and writer, takes a
rather gloomy view of the outlook IN
Europe and the world. He says that
developments in Hungary and Germany
during the past few weeks are of a Sc
|rious nature and declares that lin con
sentative circles the view is now held
that there is not more than one chance
lin four that the conference of peace
will be able to reach decision which
will peacefully transform the situation.
He fears Germany will refuse to sign
the peace treaty prepared by the al
lies and will rely upon the spread OF
bolshevism for protection, making an
alliance with Russia. Then when the
allies are confronted with the necessity
Of forcing Germany. the people OF
France, Great Britain and Italy will
refuse to go into another war to com
pei the central powers to accept the
terms offered.
Hoping that this situation will not
obtain. Mr.. Simonds trusts that the al
lies will be able to make up their minds
as to just what the peace terms must
be and then have the power to enforce
them.
Agents of bOlshevism are active in
France, Italy and Great Britain; if they
succeed in winning the masses to their
way of thinking, Germany and her as
sociates may yet be able to accept such
terms as they see fit. But in the opin-
ion Of the writer. there is little proba-
bility of the people of the allied nations
throwing away the victory they would
have won at such great cost in blood
and money. which they would do il they
accepted the principles of bolshevism Mt
u ne. 1t is unthinkable that any
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Real Estate Transfers.

Andrew b. Staples to A. N. Moore
lot 10, 20 blk s M. s II. Add Ellsworth
$50.
John O. Larson and VT to. Fred and
Grace Allies \. sw 23-S7-24-$17 900.
John I. Olson and VT to James 3.
Thompson tract II of r. r. in e " NV
$685. "A 81 900.
I, Farmers National Bank Webster
City to d. FL. Maxon--w so # lot II
blk. 1OS ID. s r. r. r.. Add w. c.
s., 16O.
w. w Brown and VT ct al to Fl NJ.
Rasnusscn-s-1 10 II lot 3 and lot 4 blk
| 4 Williams $1,70o.
J. r. Rasmussen and VT to A. NJ.
lJohnson--lot % blk l Lawn Hill Add
w, c. $4,000.
I j. j. Carr and VT to H. Fl. Gerber
lot 3 blk 20 Third Add Williams
$3.50.
H. e. Trowbridge ct al to Martha ].
Mcfarland lot / blk Al W. C.$1 500.
ID. G. DeFrance and wf to i. Z. and
l.. j. Trowbridge-lot blk Al w. c.
81 200.
Geo. w. Lee and VT to G. L. Briggs
LOT II blk III r. II. Add W. c.
$500.
Alfred Cummings to Hugh Whaley-
LOT 3 blk Al w. C.--$1 800.
Nellie Halfway to Howard Baxter
lot S blk 1O5 ID. & z, II. X. Add w. G..
"a 600.
Ed stoner and VT to Fred stoner--
NV sc 21-S7- 26 So, 900.
G. a. Barnett and wi to Mrs. NJ. L.
| Alcxandcr lot IS blk ] Lawn Hill Add
w. c. $4,000.
Frank Z. Mckay and VT to E. NJ.
Farr-lot 10 Pearce,'s Add Kamrar
$1,15O. '-
Jennie R..'Teander and hus!, to Peter
Leksell- y lot 2 and lot 8, 10, III, II
blk 10 Ten .Eyck Add STAFFORD
$4,000
Samuel Mcfarland and VT to w. J.
Iicrce2-lots /, ,, s. A, q, z. 8 blk 8 and
lots ., 3, 4, 5, 6, z blk 8 Homer--$1 300.
L. v. Mills has bought a neyN Paige
five passenger auto.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
such result can follow the glorious vic
tory won on the field OF battle.
KERENSKy,S VIEW.

Alexander kerensky is of the opinion
that Gen. Hoffman, one of the German
generals, is right in saying that the
war was, lost In the east. In a sense
he is. But for the aid rendered the
allies by Russia during the first two
years of the war Germany must have
won. During the exciting days when
the war was young and when the Ger
mans We're crowding France ito the
wall, the great armies of Russia press
ed Oh the eastern front so hard that
hundreds of thousands OF German
troops We're. taken from the western
front and thrown against the invaders.
Germany was compelled to- do that ana
as result France and Great Britain
were able to stop the rush to Paris.
During this period the people OF the
United States were being chloroformed
by the neutrality nostrums of the presi-
dent and but for the damage done by
Russia to the military operations OF
Germany, Germany would have been
the victor long before this nation re
covered from its deep and joyous
slumbers.
Mr.. Kerensky now declares that Rus
sia ought to he permitted to take part
in the peace conference. There is nc
argument against his idea, but who Is
there in Russia that could get the
sanction of the bolsheviki government
whom Mr.. Kerensky would be willing
to have represent his country at the
conference?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
WANTS MORE SPEED.

President Wilson certainly has the
American people back of him in his eff
fort to speed up the work of the peace
conference at Paris. In comparison
with other conferences of like nature
held in years agone. this conference has
not been slow, but never before. at least
not i'm modern times, was the urgency
for speed so great. Europe is sitting
upon a volcano and every day is add
ing to the gravity of the situation.
Hence the imperative necessity of un-
precendented haste.
According to advices from Paris. the
president took occasion a day or two
ago at one of the conference meetings to
say that 1.-THE world could not long
Icountenance further delays in the ad-
justment of peace and to urge upon
his co-labOrers that they should do all
in their power to bring together the
loose ends in the debate in an effort to
unite on peace terms upon which a
trea ty might be presented to Germany
The dispatch says. 1.-The president eX-
planned that he was willing to accept
his share of responsibility for the peace
conference delays. He was careful to
point out that the slowness of the ne
EQUATIONS was not due to any single
4 -
country or its representatives.
He declared emphatically, however,
that the time for talk was virtually fin,
ished and that now was the time to
show results.
1t is to be hoped that Mr. Wilson's
advice in this matter will be followed
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Death Of Child.

Clifford Raymond, three year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest BERNARD from
near Woodstock, died at the hospital iii
this city Friday morning. He was rec
entity operated on for appendicitis and
suffered a relapse. The parents have
-four other children. The Ber-f
1nard family are widely known in and
about Woodstock, where much sympa-
ttlly is felt for them in the loss of their
| little son.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Senato Reed demonstrates his will
fulness by refusing to resign and run
for reelection, as was suggested to
liim-Des MOines Register.
1t doesn't look that way TO the Free
man-Journal which is not in harmony
with the views of the Missouri .sena-
tor. Senator Reed made a fair propo-
sition when lie offered to resign if the
senator's on the other side of the ques-
ton in the. league controversy would
do likewise That is certainly fair and
the opponents Of the senator ought to
accept OF shut up.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
II has often been said that while TIN

1t has often been said that while the
population is increa sing the amount of
land is decreasing. That is true, Of
course, but the amount of land avail
able for productive purposes is steadily
increasing. According to advices sent
out from Washington more than 56.-
100000 acres have been added to the
country's aggregate crop acreage in the
past ten years. That is an enormous
amount; more, III fact, than the COM
bined crop acreage of Iowa and llli-
nois.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
japan has finally realized the

Japan has finally realized the in
consistency of her demand that the
other nations, members of the, peace
league, shall admit Japanese on the
same terms as other foreigners and
permit them to own property and be
come citizens when she will not al
low foreigners to do either. Accord
ingly Japanese statesmen arc consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY ,of a law allowing
foreigners to acquire and hold propert,
sdds Japan, and Toxic says it will be.
sDme law.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Some of the leaders of South Afric;
are trying to get to the peace confer
ence i'll Paris with requests to test
what that country would do if con
fronted with the chance of self-deter.
mination. There is also intimatioi
that Porto Rico would like to make a
test, too. But-Oh, well. that's differ.
ent! Self-determination is intended
for some other peoples. not those under
the protection of the United States or
Great Britain or France Or Italy or
Japan.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
John smock Home.

John Smock arrived in Webster City
Thursday evening from Rockwell flying
field, California. having been released
from army aviation service, He is a
guest of his sister, Mrs. g. w Stone-
barger, and husband. S
Mr.. Smock is a skilled mechanic and
enlisted two years ago in the aviation
corps. He has seen service in a NUM-
Der Of camps in the United States, but
failed to so across,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Some fellow who loves to figure and
speculate has found that if the 1O0.-
100000 people in this country lost an
hours sleep because the clock was
turned ahead an hour Sunday morning
the aggregate, time lost was lab
years. Probably his figures are cor
rect. But the. 11,413 years Will all be
recovered next October when the clocks
will be turned lack an hour. thus even
ing up. After all. division in this
world is about equal As sorue. was
once said, the poor have all the ice
they want in the winter and the rich
have all they want in the summer
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Japan reminds the world that she is
not too proud to fight, but confcsses
that she is too proud to accept place
of admitted inferiority in dealing with
one or more associated nations. Is
Japan wrong in this?
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

There is not very much difference,
after all. in the attitude of former
President Taft, William J. Bryan.
Senators Kenyon, .Cilmmins, Lodge and
Knox, President Lowell, Judge Hughes
and others as to the tentative constitu-
ton of the proposed league of nations.
Each and every one favors a league Of
nations and each and every one de-
clares that some changes should he
made in the rough draft as given out.
There are a few extremists like Sena-
tor Reed and Senator Borah who ap-
pearsto be against the league principle.
but those, who favor league but de-
mand some amendments to the tentative
constitution are inst as loyal to the
league principle as President, Wilson or
any other league advocate. Ne
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Exports of manufactures from the
United States since the close of the
war show large gains in both quanti-
ties and values when compared with
those of the corresponding period pre-
cetling the war. r. compilation by the
National City Bank of New York com
pairing expectation of manufactures
from the United States in the two
months following the close of the war
with the corresponding months proceed
ing the war shows. that the quantities
of the various Classes showed large
gains in nearly all cases. The two full
months following the war for which de-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

An old man by the name of Brown
was recently paroled from the Nebraska
penitentiary and after being out a few
days returned and asked the warden to
take him back. He found it impossi-
BILE to get a job and thought it better
to remain in Jail until the expiration
of his sentence.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
VICTORY FOR CuMMINs.

Jewell Record: Recently the COM
mittce OH interstate commerce in the
United States senate unanimously re-
ported for passage the bill by Senator
Cummins restoring the full powers OF
courts aad commissions over the rail-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

tails of exports are now available are
December and January, and a compari-
son of the quantities exported in APP
proximately 100 representative articles
Of manufactures develops the fact that
70 out of the 100 showed large increas-
es in quantity over those of the CORES
ponding months preceding the war. De-
cember, 1913. and January, 1914.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

About the only thing the countries
of the old world are heartily agreed
upon Is that they want the people OF
the United States to feed and clothe
them. Perry Chief.
Jess SO. And about the only thing
!, this country is fully agreed upon is
, that it is willing to feed and cloth the
people OF Europe at so much per.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Now what has become of the old
fashioned chap who thought it would
kill town to vote it dry? Sioux Falls
has been dry for year and nine
months and it has never grown so fast
in any similar period. Falls
Argus Leader.
There never was any such chap.
Some fellows used to think they
thought that, but in reality they never
thought at all. Saloonkeepers did the
thinking for them and they passed the
stuff out secondhand as though it were
original. If the saloon was such ]
town builder why in the name of COM
mon sense didn't towns offer q bonus
for the saloon instead Of taxing.it al,
most to death? rs
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Missouri. adjoining Iowa on the
south, and Minnesota. adjoining us on
4 the north, have, granted woman suf-
frage in presidential elections, and ILL
nois on the east several years ago gave
the woman the ballot. Iowa is going
to be mighty lonesome if she doesn't
soon get onto the band wagon. .
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
tration cannot again attempt to Kill of
the interstate commerce commission
Return to Webster City.

J, Fur1nan S. White and family, who
have been living at Palmer, this sta te
during the past nineteen years, have
returned to this place and are .d6fhicil
ed in the Elon Lee residence on the
north SIDE Mr.. White has been in the
banking business since he moved there
from this city and before going to Pal
mer he was for twelve years employed
at the Illinois Central station here. The
close confinement to business has begun
to tell on Mr.. Whites health and lie
expects to get out doors more or less
and take things easy" for a while.
The many friends Of the family will
welcome their return to the old home in
Webster City.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
Better Make atrial. Test.
HIGHER PATRIOTISM.

IL have faith in the U. S. A.
No limit!
2-Ill put up my last dollar
for the u. s.
81 was for the war; now I'll
pay up!
1.-The government owes mon
ey let's settle.
5-We fought the war honor
ably: why spoil it all by welsh
ing on the bills?
6-Nhat / have lent the U. s.
has not hurt me. I will lend
some more.
IT want some of the Victory
Liberty loan to send my, boy to
college.
S-Tllere is no investment half
rs, good.
o. must sustain the national
credit.
1O-We won the sictory. now
let's put over the Victory Liber-
ty loan.
Him for the flag and the
United States Of America-first.
last and all the time! Ill die
for them and Ill buy for them. |
THE VICTORY Libel
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

Yes, of course, nearly everybody
wants a league Of nations, but when it
comes to the question of details there
are about million different ideas as
to just what the league should stand
for.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

FOR SALE-twO ShorthOrn registered
bulls. Haugland Bros, Stanhopc,
Iowa. 3;25j2f2'
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WANTED-girl for general lsouscwork
Call q, this Office fill
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07

T. /. NIillang of harrisburg hs
bought two ton Master truck.
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and that all possible haste will marx
the deliberations of thcconference from
now until peace terms are agreed upon.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-04-07
TRUE BLUE OR YELLOW?.
All Ready for the "X-Ray" Picture!
Are You American from Breastbone to Spine?
Or have you sneaking yellow streak?"
Here are the Leading Symptoms ::
.YELLOW STREAK"

yellow STREAK"
Tim off this loan stuff.
Mix. for me. I'm sick of
the waste.
3-The war was blunder.
Never again!
Al should worry about the
treasury.
5-Oh, pshaw! Let the banks
take the loans.
6--I bought. some Liberty
bonds once; but / traded 'em for
phonograph.
Say, I'm looking out for
No. 1. What money l get I'll
blow in for Joy.
S-Let tlle plutocrats do the
investing.
9-Rats. I'm for the bolshe-
wiki, what?
1O-They wasted money in the
army. / can put my cash where
it is needed!
11-say, hoy, ! think this
bunk about patriotism is way
off. I'm an international"
You see, the worlds my coun-
try.
W DAM WITT r. TET