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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05
COURT HOUSE CHANGES
New County Officers Took Charge
Tuesday. Democrats Replace
Republicans in Offices.

There were several changes MADE
In the county officials at the court
house on Tuesday, when the board
of supervisors convened and ap-
proved the bonds of the newly elect
ed county officials and they all took
the oath of office.
When the board convened Patrick
Griffin, the new democratic member
who succeeds S. H. Covington, whose
term expired January 1st, was sworn
in and A. B. McClaran, the senior
member of the board was elected as
chairman for the ensuing year.
R. E. Mclaughlin democrat sue
ceeds J. V. Lemley a republican, as
county auditor Mr.. Mclaughlin has
appointed S. G. Mitchell, for num-
Der OF years assistant cashier of the
Exchange National Bank, as his
deputy and it is splendid selection.
With two good and efficient men in
the auditors Office the work will be
kept up to the minute. Mr.. Lem
ley, who retires after serving four
wears as deputy auditor and two
years as auditor, has not yet decided
as to what business he will engage
in, having several propositions un-
der advisement, but will do nothing
for a couple of months as he thinks
he is entltled to a vacation after
working steadily for fourteen years.
w. G. COzad is the new democrat
county treasurer, succeeding E. G.
Monroe, republican, who has filled
the Office in a very acceptable man
ner for the past four years. Mr..
Cozad has appointed his son Floyd H.
Cozad as his deputy. Floyd has been
instructor in bookkeeping for sever
al years in the Mcdonald Business
College at Milwaukee, Wis, and is
a fine bookkeeper and an excellent
young man, who will be great as
sistance to his father in the office.
Mr.. Monroe will Immediately take up
his new duties as assistant cashier of.
the Exchange National Bank of this
pal stockholders, and he will be just
as popular as banker as he has been
in the county treasurer's office.
]. L. Mendenhall, the popular
democratic clerk of the district
court, qualified for his second term,
and he has again appointed E. E.
Beck ~ deputy clerk. Johnny Men
denhaH and Ed Beck make a good
working team and the business of
stne clerks ONCE wasS never handled
In . more efficient manner than they
have handled it during the past two
years.
County recorder Ira B. Officer
was also reelected at the recent
election and there will be no change
in his office, his wife continuing as
his deputy.
Sheriff ]. e. Andrew was also re-
Elected for his second term so there
egs, MOI change in his Office, Forest
Leroy being again appointed deputy
gS'eriff
e. H. Sharp a republican succeeds
!, Geo. w. Baker as county attorney,
ssi-. Baker retiring after serving
s3Sur years. He has opened a new
Aw Office in the rooms over the
Central hotel on the north side of
the square, and Mr.. Sharp will oc-
cupy the county attorneys Office
in the court house.
County superintendent J. w..
Long enters upon his third term as
county superintendent, and he has
no deputy in his Office.
Frank Mallette, of Garden Grove,
succeeds J. M. Hollinger as county
surveyor, Mr.. Hollinger having re-
fused to accept a denomination for the
Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05
THE new PENSION BILL
Which Congressman Jameson Says
win Probably Pass. It Increases
Pensions of Aged Soldiers.

A new pension bill known as the
Sulloway bill is up for consideration
in Congress, and our democratic con-
gresham, Hon. w. D. Jameson is
working hard to secure it's passage.
he has kindly sent us copy of the
proposed bill which will increase the
pensions of all old soldiers as they
advance in age up to rs years, and
the old soldiers are vitality interested
in it's passage. The bill is as fol-
lows:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05
Leon, Iowa, Jan. 4, 1871

Having purchased the business Of
w. G. Stempel & Co., we solicit from
their friends and patrons the same
kind treatment accorded them.
We want your patronage and, il
square dealing, only the best goods
and fair prices will get them it is
assured. @a5 ,s-a:.
Thanking you In advance and with
best wishes for happy and pros
Porous new year we are very
Sincerely yours,
.; STEMPEL e CHERRINGTON.
G.: Stempel.
ss:sStyS 80 e. A. Cherrington.
Leon. Iowa. Jan 1911
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05

| Vern Kier, who lives near Crown,
brought in big jack rabbit to Ogil-
vie & Gardner, which he shot on
his farm. It weighed Y pounds.
1T is said that Jack rabbits are get
ting to be quite plentiful III tliia
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05
Card of Thanks.

We desire to thank the friends
for their kindness in aiding us dur
ing the sickness and death of our
loving husband and son.
Mrs Clara Finch.
Mrs. Carrie J. Finch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05
To the Public.

The firm of w. C. Stempel & Co.,
pharmacists, is this day dissolved,
having sold our interests to w. c..
Stempel and c. A. Cherrington, who
will continue the business along the
same lines that proved SO successful
with US.
We will request that all who
know themselves to be indebted to
us will kindly call at once at the
old stand and make settlement as
we desire to close our books as
soon as possible.
In the past ten years we have
been in business we have made many
friends and$have enjoyed highly sat
isfactory trx5de and we should regret
very much to step down and out
were it not that we know our success
sors, Messrs. Stempel and CHEERING
ton will continue to give our friends
and patrons the same square deal''.
ed to give them. In fact to these
gentlemen is due in large measure
our success. Mr.. Stempel having
had the management ever since the
firm was organized in 1900 and Mr.
Cnerrington for the past two years
ably assisting him. .s'..s n
So wishing all a happy and pros
porous new year, thanking you for
your kind treatment and soliciting
for our successors the same kind
treatment, we beg to remain always,
Yours very truly;
w. G.. STEMPEL & CO.,
Leon Iowa. Ian 1911 &5
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-01-05

Leon, Iowa, Jan. l. 1911. Il
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23

1t became known in Pensacola yes
terday morning that Roy c. MegargeI
had just placed for the Gulf, Florida g.
Alabama railroad an order for steel
rails amounting to $4,000, and that
shipment would be made from New
York city to Pensacola in the near
future.
This order will be sufficient to COM
plete the 20 miles of track between
Pensacola and Cantonment, the grad
ing for which is now being done. The
grading will be completed by January
1 and the shipment of rails will he
timed to reach Pensacola by the date
of completion of the grading.
Whether the rails will come by rail
or water shipment has not yet been
determined.
When the rails reach Pensacola il
will require not more than 80 days to
lay the 20 miles to Cantonment and
that will give, with the trackage OF
the Southern States road, rs miles OF
railroad into Pensacola Work of
course will then be pushed from the
Alabama end north toward Jasper.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Nov. 22.-John D.
Rockefeller and his almoner, Rev. F.
D. Gates, Of Montclair, n. J., will be
invited by the house committee of in
quiry into the United States Steel Cor
poration to reply to the testimony OF
Alfred and Leonidas Merritt, of Du-
luth, Mimi, charging that Rockefeller,
through Gates as agent, took from
them in 1893 ten million dollars worth
of iron, mine and Duluth, Missabe &
Northern railroad securities to satisfy
a call loan of $420,000. These securi
ties were afterwards sold to the United
States Steel Corporation and are now
a part of the holdings of that cor
poration. The committee adjourned
tonight and probably will not meet
again until after congress adjourns.
Today Leonidas Merritt dramati-
cally described how Rockefeller first
captured him with proposal to form
a consolidation of interests in the Lake
Superior region, loaned him money and
later foreclosed on him, leaving him
and his brother no equity in the prop
critics they discovered or financed.
Mr.. Merritt, brother of Alfred
Merritt, who yesterday told the story
of the family loss of valuable ore and
railroad property to John r. Rookie
feller, was on the stand today. He de-
scribed how he and his brother sank
the first ore pit in that country in
1891. Soon afterwards, he said, there
was a rush to the territory.
'1 wanted the country to be Min
nesota enterprise said Merritt, land
conceived the idea of a state lease
law whereby the people of the state
could get hold of claims. had never
been in Jail. but I had been in the
legislature and what is worse, a lob
byist and I got the law through
PREVENTED FROM BORROWING.
Merritt said experts went over the
range and condemned the ore as use
less and preventing the Merritt's bor-
rowing nofey. Rsc they worked away
on their resources ane began negotia- :
tions with capitalists to build a rail-
road which led up to the subsequent
dealing with Mr.. Rockefelier.
He said that among the men he tried
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
MERIDIAN ROAD ARRANGED
CONNECTION WITH MEGARGEL

The Meridian and Deep Water rail-
road, which is now under course Of
construction, has arranged with Me-
gargel & Co. to connect with the lat
ter's road near the Tombigbee river.
The following on the road and its ar
rangements is from the Meridian
Star:
Work on the construction Of the
Meridian and Deep Water railroad IS
making good progress and a visit to
the scene of operations, three miles
east of Meridian, near Bonita, con-
vinces the most skeptical that the
road will be in operation by the lat
ter part of 1912.
Near Bonita. through a series OF
hills, with cuts some of which were
made to a depth of 35 feet with a
breadth of "a feet, the grading has
made fair progress, This work is neo-
essarily slow, and the same amount Of
work put on level ground would
amount to about ten miles. In tho
first four miles out of Meridian the
road will go through a succession Of
hills, then with a short skip over level
territory will strike another four miles
of hilly country.
"The territory to be covered by the
construction of the AZ miles OF railway
between Meridian and the Tombigbee
river has not been fully realized, nor
have the connections of the road been
fully digested.
'At or near the Tombigbee river tho
Meridian and Deep Water railroad
will connect with the Gulf. Florida &
Alabama, which runs from Jasper.
Ala, to Pensacola. Fla, better known
as the Megargel line. Through a re
cent purchase of 55 miles of trackage
out of Pensacola, by this line, togeth-
er with construction work under way
this road will have practically *
miles of road in operation by the
first Of the year. The 55 miles pur-
chased runs from twenty miles north
Of Pensacola at Cantonment Fla. to
Local Ala The whole route from
Pensacola to connection with the M.
& D. w. is only 142 miles and with
the rs miles which will be in operation
by the first of the year leaves only 20
miles to complete the road to this con-
nection.
THE Meridian and Deep Water has
traffic arrangements with this line and
also trackage arrangements, which
means that they can operate their
trains from Meridian to Pensacola, by
the latter part of next year,
Another important matter is the be-
ginning of work on the Meridian and
Memphis railroad. This road will run
dale county, through Neshoba, New
ton, Leake, Alfalfa and Montgomery
counties, with which road traffic ia
cilities will also be arranged. From
Yazoo City an interurban line is being
promoted which will connect with the
Meridian and Memphis road at Garth
age in Leake county
Lead to illinois Central.
The interesting feature in connec-
ton with the promotion of these roads
is that they all lead to the main line
OF the Illinois Central, and that the
grading IS done with a standard MI
nois Central specifications. And this
is not ali, nearly every engineer con-
nected with the undertaking was
formerly connected with the Illinois
Central. which leads to the belief that
the Illinois Central has already secur-
ed a foot in Pensacola and within
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FORSTEEL LRALLSFORG
PENNSYLVANIA WILL TAKE
OVER ATLANTIC COASTLINE

The Pennsylvania railroad system,
one Of the greatest in the United
States, will take over the Atlantic
Coast Line today. This information
was secured by The Journal yesterday
from a reliable and trustworthy source,
and the party giving the information
is in position to know whereof he
speaks. Jacksonville newspapers were
not aware of the fact last night, but
Immediately began work on the story
when told of the deal
That the taking over of the Coast
Line by the Pennsylvania has been a
profound secret is shown by the fact
that nothing has been contained in
any of the newspapers regarding the
deal, excepting that a meeting of the
directors of the line was held in Bal
timore recently, but they refused to
divuIge the nature of their business.
It was then rumored that the holding
company was to be dissolved.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23

By securing the Atlantic Coast Line
the Pennsylvania will secure what il
has not nova gulf outlet, for with
traffic arrangements as they exist II
present it can send its business over
the Louisville & Nashville to Pena-
cola from River Junction.
The Pennsylvania and Coast Line
meet at Richmond, the nearest point
south the former comes, and this con-
nection will now give the Pennsyl-
vania an opportunity to reach the gulf
with its business by way of the Coast
Line and L. & n.
That the purchase will be of vast
benefit to Pensacola goes without say
ing, as the foreign business of the
Pennsylvania, which is now sent out
from Atlantic ports, will be diverted
with the completion of the Panama
canal and much of it come through
this port.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
WITNESS TELLS
Of SEEING WIFE
KILL HUSBAND
MRS. GERTRUDE GIBSON PAT
TERsoN, ONE OF THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN OF THE
WEST, is PLACED ON TRIAL FOR
TAKING LIFE OF MAN WHO HAD
PICKED AS HUSBAND FOR HER.
BY Associated Press.

Denver, Col, Nov. ga beautiful
woman whose life story features the
cardinal elements of human nature,
brace6 herself in a chair in a crowded
court room today and heard a lawyer
for the state of Colorado charge her
with premeditated murder of her hus-
band, then demand that the stake take
life as penalty. The woman was Ger
trude Gibson Patterson, said to have
been plucked from obscurity and
trained for a season of luxury by a
Chicago millionaire, then married to
a youth picked for her by her ad-
mirer. 1t is for the youths death
that Mrs. Patterson faced trial today.
Special Prosecutor Benson outlined
the case for the state. He declared
the state expects to show that Mrs.
Patterson was surprised in q compro-
missing position by her husband. Cir
cumstances, he outlined, were such
as to jeopardize her chances for sue
cess in a divorce action. So, declared
the prosecutor, she armed herself, lay
in wait for her husband at a point
where she knew he went for morning
walks. Then when he came along,
inveigled him to an isolated spot and
shot him in the back-deliberately
premeditatedly.
The prosecutor asked for a verdict
of first degree murder.
The discovery of his wife in a COM
promising position by Patterson was
described by the prosecutor in this
wise:
ION the Saturday night proceeding
Continued on Third Page)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BY Associated Press.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 22-Henry Clay
Beattie, Jr., the youthful wife muir
derer, today received the sacrament of
the Lords supper. He professed re-
ligion and told his spiritual advisers he
faced the unknown with equanimity.
Although Beattie is subdued in de-
meanor, the wonderful nerve that thus
far has sustained the condemned man
has not deserted him. The sacrament
was administered in all due Solemnlty
in the death cell in the state peniten-
tiary this afternoon. The prisoner S
father was present.
The repot that Beattie's iron nerve
was broken has been disproved. That
Beattie is now resigned to his fate is
proved by a remark he made to a
guard today. Let us get it over with; !;
the sooner it is ended the better it is
declared he said.
Douglas Beattie, Henry's brother, to-
day denied the reports that he would
see the electrocution. He declared the
stricken family was sorely hurt by the
sensational reports that have been sent
out of Richmond during the past few
days.
No outsiders have thus far been per-
mited to pierce the solemn veil of de-
corum drawn by Virginia law around
the now prayerful prisoner and the
place of his physical expiation.
Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., condemned
to die at dawn of Friday for wife
murder, announced through the Rev. j.
]. Fix, one of his spiritual advisers.
today that he would make no confess
sion.
In a formal statement DIR. Fix told of
Beattie's declaration of innocence.
VI have to die some time, and il
might as well be now," the prisoner
exclaimed. Il reckon there is not use
putting it off. It would just make it
harder for the old man."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BANKERS HEAR
FROM ALDR|CH
HE CONDUCTS AN OPEN FORUM
AND Is QUESTIONED BY FiNAN-
cIAL EXPERTS ON HIS PRO-
POSED MONETARY REFORM.
By Associated Press,

New Orleans, Nov. 22-An ope.
forum was conducted by former Sen
ator Nelson w. Aldrich, chairman u
the national monetary commission
this afternoon in the second days' ses-
sion of the 37th annual convention oil
the American Bankers Association, ir
which he answered questions pro-
pounded by financial experts of the
country regarding the proposed plar
of monetary reform.
This was the most interesting fea-
ture Of the long day filled with ad
dresses on different phases of the d
nancial problems of the country.
Delegates of the wives and daugh-
ters tonight attended the French opera
and a dance later
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BY Associated Press.

New York, Nov. 22.-Wnether the
eighty y-seven passengers on the steam
er Prinz Joachim, ashore near Samana
Island, Bahamas, today, were transfer
red this evening to Ward Line steam
ers, one of which is reported standing
by, could not be learned tonight owing
to the interruption in wireless com.
munication.
Among the passengers are William
]. Bryan, his wife and grandchild. No
less than five ships, and possibly seven,
are reported to be on the way tc
render assistance.
The steamship is in no immediate
danger. but requires assistance.
Wrecking tugs win be sent to the
Prinz Joachim from the most available
ports The last wireless report re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
Possible That Passengers on the
Stranded Vessel Were Taken OF

ceived from the Prinz Joachim stated
the passengers were all well and that
the steamer is resting about 8. mile
on shore.
Wireless communication from thiz
city with the stranded Prinz Joachim
was practically broken when dayIirh4
came, the wireless operators reportinr
that they could only get long distance
messages as far as Samana Island at
night.
The Prinz Joachim. under the com.
mf-nd Of Captain ~ Fey, sailed IaaA
Saturday on cruise to Port Lirnon
and return. The first port of call was
Fortune Island, where the steamer was
due today.
The list shows that of the passengers
carried II wree first cabin and Ia
were second class.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
cox IS GUILTY
OF HIDING BODY
MAN TRIED FOR THE MURDER OF
MISS HETTIE PARCELS AT
MIAMI CONVICTED OF LESSER
CRIME.
BY Associated Press.

the case of P. C. Cox, charged with
the murder of Miss Hettie Parcels, to-
night returned a verdict finding Cox
guilty of being an accessory after fact
in attempting to conceal the crime by
placing the girls body in the river. A
motion for an arrest of Judgment and
a new trial was made.
The Parcels girl disappeared in the
emiddle OF k@ spring, and two days
later her body was found in the Miami
river. Cox and two negores were ar
rested in connection with the crime.
The girls father was held by the
police and released for want of evil
dence
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
PHYSICIAN AND
NURSE IN JAIL
THEIR ARRESTS QUICKLY FOL-
LOW REPORT OF coRoNER's
JURY THAT MAN HAD DIED OF
ARSENIC POISONING.
BY Associates Press.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 22.-SpeciaI dis
patches from Ubley. Mich, say:
Two arrests quickly followed the
coroner's jury verdict that the death of
Albert Sparling, % years old, last May
was due to arsenic poisoning. DR..
Robert A. McGregory, former county
coroner, was arrested on a warrant
charging murder in connection with
the death of CYL Sparling, 20 years
old, who died last August, and Miss
Marguerite Gibbs, young nurse, was
arrested on the charge that she knew
more about Cyril Sparling's death than
her testimony at the inquest indi-
Gated.
Both the physician and nurse were
arrested after they had retired and
they were taken in an automobile to
the jail at Bad Axe.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BY Associated Press.

Richmond. Va. Nov. 22-Advocates
of federal appropriations for highway
improvements carried the good roads
congress with a whoop today, when
the question came to final vote. The
rebel yellS of the southern delegates
who led the nght for government help
filed the auditorium when the report
of the resolutions committee was
adopted.
The platform calls for federal aid to
states which will join the movement
10 contribute equally with the govern
ment. The use of convict labor was
unanimously endorsed.
A movement to form an amalgama-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
Good Roads Congress Will Ask
Federal Aid for improvements

tiol of good roads associations pledged
to work forsnatinal aid was organized
with the American automobile asso-
citation and national association for
highway Improvement, some associa-
tions of manufacturers of road build
ing machinery and material, the last
named, it is claimed, representing
5000, ,0o0, 900 Of capital.
The American Automobile associa-
ton has called a federal aid conven-
ton to meet in Washington, D. c., on
January 16, 1912, and all states repre-
sented here are being asked to send
delegates. The plain statement that
the organizations represented will call
upon political parties for declarations
was made in the sessions today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
MRS. LOUISE VERMILYA
ALLOWED NO PRIVILEGES
RY Associated Press.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-Mrs. Louise YER
milya, who is still a patient in the
county Jail hospital being held in con-
nection with the death of Arthur Bis
sonette, is to be allowed no privileges
not accorded other prisoners.
A request of her sister, Mrs. Laura
Bulcholts, that she be allowed to place
a potted flower in her sisters room
was refused by the jailor.
In the first place." he explained
later, there would be too much chance
to hide powdered poison in the leaves
and dirt, and in the next place no
flowers are allowed in the prisoners
cells anyway
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
GOVERNOR, HIS WIFE
AND SONS MAsSAcREp
BY Associated Press,

Pekin, Nov. 22.-According to a
Chinese report an attempt was made
to assassinate Premier Yuan Shi Kai
on Monday last.
A special from Shanghai says that
not only was the governor of Tai,
Yuan Flu, murdered, but his wife and
two sons were also executed. The
yamen has been burned. Manchu City
entirely destroyed and the whole city
looted by the mob.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-11-23
BY Associated Press.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. pa special
from Sheffield, Ala, says that Chief
of Police Fred McGregor today shot
and killed L. Coffman, of Sheffield and
Roscoe Johnson, of Florence, Ala, for
attempting, it is alleged to rescue
John Coffman from officers who had
arrested him on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
McGregor fired but two shots, each
finding its mark. He surrendered to
the sheriff and was placed in Jail at
Tuscumbia pending an examination.