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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
WHY HE is FOR WILSON.
Dean of the Yale Law School (Taft's
Own University Gives His
Reasons

BY Henry Wade Rogers: 1 shall
vote for Woodrow Wilson for presi-
dent for these reasons:
To punish the republican party
as the representative of the mercen-
airy interests that have preyed upon
the people for generation, and to
punish it for the sins of big business
in partnership with crooked politics.
! Because the policies of the repub-
lican party tend to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer Those
policies widen the gulf between the
rich and poor. The crying need to-
day confronting all civilized states
is to narrow the too-wide gulf be-
tween those who are too rich and
those who are too poor. The repub-
lican party in recent years, and after
accomplishing the abolition of slav-
cry, has shown singular indiffer-
slider the poor. w
the energy, the ability, the courage,
the independence, the respect for the
| constitution and laws which are so
necessary if one is to fill the high
Office of president of the United
States.
I belive that his personal quail
ties are such that he will be more
successful in getting things done
than Roosevelt or Taft. Roosevelt
certainly was not successful in get
ting his measures through congress.
He was too mandatory and belliger-
ent. He was too abrupt and irri-
tating in his way of doing things.
Mr.. Taft has been much more sue
cessful than Roosevelt in dealing
with congress, yet in the most i'm
portant of all matters before con-
gress, that of the tariff, he could not
win congress to revise the tariff
downward according to his own and
his party promise.
There is no office in which per-
sonality counts for more than in the
presidency, and Woodrow Wilson
has the right personality. l concede
the charm of Mr.. Taft's personality.
He has all the charm Mckinley had,
and more. But president needs to
have, in addition to his charm, great
political and personal tact and a
resolute will and determined pur-
pose.
Mr.. Taft is fine type of gentle
man, and I believe him the most
msrepresented and least understood
man in our public life. But it is
not within his power to accomplish
the reforms which are SO necessary
to the welfare of the American
people at this time. I
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
THE ESSENTIAL FACTS.

Carefully analyzing all of Mr..
Roosevelt's various statements in re-
gard to the Standard Oil contribu-
ton, we find the facts to be essenti-
ally as follows:
/, The Standard Oil Company
never contributed to his campaign
fund. a.
2. If the Standard Oil Company
did contribute 100000 to his cam
paign fund he never knew about it..
8. AS soon as he heard of the
Standard Oil Companys contribu-
ton, he ordered the $4,000 return
ed.
4. The money was not returned,
but if it had been returned Frick Of
the Steel Trust would have made
good the deficit.
S. EVERYBODY is liar.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
Dr.. Miles Heart Remedy
Original Notice.

In the District Court of the State
Of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
October Term 1912.
D. H. Hubbard, Plaintiff
VS.. K
c. r. Still, Defendant
To G. r. Still:
You are hereby notified, that the
petition of plaintiff in the above en-
titled cause is now on file in the Of
flee of the clerk of the District court
of the State of Iowa, in and for De-
catur county, claiming of you the
sum ofione hundred and fifty dollars,
as money justly due from you and
interest thereon at 10 per cent, from
the 18th day of May, A. D., 1912.
being on the one prOmissOry note
given by C. r. Still ct al to D. III.
Hubbard dated May 20, 1889, for the
sum Of $4,000 interest 10 per cent.
Petition AYERS that defendant G. r.
Still has been resident of the State
Of Missouri since 1896, that he has
property within the State. of Iowa
subject to execution. You are;
further notified that a writ OF at
tachment has issued against your
property and levy made. For full
particulars see petition.
HI And that unless you appear there
to and defend before noon OF the
second day Of the October Term, a..
D., 1872 Of said court, which will
commence at Leon on the 18th day
Of October a. D, 1917, default will
be entered against you and judg-
ment rendered thereon. I:
8. Nv. HOFFMAN,
6-4t Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY
WANT.

The republican DOGGY man" is
abroad again. He is CARRIED the
same as in former presidential cleo
tons and is employing the time
worn tactics of appealing to the
farmers and workingmen on tina
strength of present day prosperity
and the alleged danger of real revis-
ion of the tariff downward. Com
PARSONS are made with the cOndi-
tions of sixteen years or so ago with
those of the present, excepting the
present high cost of living, and those
receiving this fake stuff are suppos-
ed to overlook the fact that this
country has not been standing still
during that period, both as to
growth in population and business.
With this deception it is hoped to
cover up the real power behind the
candidacy of both Taft and Roose-
Rockefellers, Guggen h i m e S,
Shoots and Penroses, and that the
people will forget long enough their
demand for new deal and honest
tariff revision downward and rush to
the polls to vote for Taft, the man
who is pictured as being entitled to
all the credit for the general pros
perity of the present, notwithstand-
ing his vetoes of the tariff changes
submitted to him by congress and
his Winona speech.
While with Roosevelt the people
are supposed to forget that he ad-
vocates legalized monopoly for the
men who have admitted on the stand
that they contributed heavily to his
campaign in 1904, and that the con-
tributions of the corporations for
that campaign equalled 1871 per-
cent of the total, and that Roosevelt |
himself has admitted these contribu-
tiops by corporations.
You cannot fool people any longer
with such "rot" They know what |
they want and are going to have it
a new deal whereby they will have
to say instead of being |
governed by the corporations of this
country. Business also wants new
deal. This is made evident by the |
steady and substantial way business
is being transacted throughout the
country. The election of Wilson IS
accepted and desired, and so bust
ness goes on undisturbed and there
is a general feeling of contentment
and security never before so strongly |
in evidence four weeks before a
presidential election.-Ft. Dodge |
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

Tammany Chief Murphy wanted
Dix re-nominated for governor of
New York, but Dix was ditched, and
CONGRESSMAN Sulzer honored with
the place. The good work at Balti-
more has been followed in New
York, and the democrats of the state
20 before the voters alongside OF
the democrats of the nation with: a
ticket that was not named at the
dictation of the bosses and the in
terests.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

Democrats must not feel that the
fight is over, but must keep up the
good work from now on until the
polls are closed on the night of Nov.
5th. The Roosevelt tidal wave is
rapidly receding but in it's place ap-
pears evidence that Taft is gaining.
One way to help matters is to sub
scribe to the campaign fund and the
other way is to stay on the job until
the end and be sure to see to it that
you vote.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

Referring to the Hadley ultima
tum the Nevada Representative
says: Whatever the president S
desire for the moment, he has de-
monstrated amply that his convic-
tions are not of sort that they can
be relied on however earnestly ex-
pressed, while death-bed repent
ance at this hour might be the best
expression that he could have to die
on; but it would be good for nothing
else" .-..5
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

Morgan testified that the only in
terest his company had in campaign
contributions was Tin the welfare of
the public" Wonder if he would
make oath that his company had the
welfare of the public. in mind when
it was engaged in forming the steel
trust and many other of the gigantic
trusts that were permitted to spring
up like mushrooms under the Roose-
welt Administrations Dodge
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

To the average man there is some
thing homogeneous in the sight of
the advertising Of a president of the
United States, and q tom" show on
the same billboard. Also there is
something ominous about it, when
the fact that Uncle Tom was simply
licked to death is recalled
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
NO BANK FAILURES IN IOWA.

Iowa has an exceptional record
for the last four years In twenty
one years state and savings banks of
Iowa have grown to the extent that
the capital stock of the banks now
is $2,2O0,O00 more than the deposits
in 1891. The number of institu-
lions has increased from 2O5 to
1,O16. In the last four years
neither a bank not a savings bank
has failed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

IF. the standpatters stick to Tart,
Roosevelt will carry Iowa., declares
the Washington county Press. vii
son has one chance. 1t IS Dasea
upon the we'll known standpat spirit
If hatred and revenge. Not that
thew love Wilson, but that they hate
Roosevelt"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

The fact, of course, is notorious
that men like Mr.. Morgan and Mr..
Prick and Mr.. Hartman and Mr..
Archbold give away 100000 or
$15O,0OO every few minutes without
expecting anything in return.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

If elected again Mr.. Taft promises
to revise the tariff downward. It's a
pretty poor standpatter who can't
promise downward revision of the
tariff once every four years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

= ..There is no use worrying about
ROOSEVELT stock going down in
Iowa. says the Iowa FANS ~ Gltize zen.
aHe is getting stronger: ne nay ,a,y
not carry Iowa against wilson, pu ~.
there viii be nothing in it 80 far as
Taft is concerned.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
81 had been given
up to die by three
Of our best doctors,

l could not stand it to be on my
feet and / was so swclled in the
abdomen could hardly breathe.
But thanks to DR.. Miles Heart
Remedy and Nervine am able to
be about the streets, a walking adj
vertisement of the curative quail
titles of your remedies, although !
am 70 years DID,"
JOHN R. COCHRAN, s
Lcwistown, III.
Better than any statement we
could make regarding the value Of
DR.. Miles Heart Remedy
are these words of MIR. Cochran.
He speaks from experience, the
highest possible source Of knowl-
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fainting and hungry spells, Short
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you need
Dr.. Miles Heart Remedy
which for over twenty years has
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

We are very likely to think ev-
is fair who agrees with US.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

The only way to keep q secret
Is not to tell it. Il \
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
STATE TICKET.
For Governor.
u n nT1NN


For Governor.
E. G.. DUNN
of Cerro Gordo County.
For Lieutenant Governor
G. A. KENDERDINE
Of Johnson County.
For Secretary of State
c. B. MURTAGH
of Kossuth County.
For Auditor of State
J. A. SINCLAIR
of Wayne County.
For Treasurer of State
G. l.. CASWELL
of Crawford County.
For Attorney General
G. E. WALTERS
of Tama County.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
R. E. RIENOW
of Clayton County.
For Railroad Commissioner
S. w. MERCER
e. of Johnson County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
DISTRICT TICKET.

fOC COuSToSSudu ElSuLu D1SlI1Ct
"a .,'.>'s"-'- V. r. McGINNIS
Of Decatur County.
For State Senator
\. H. C. BEARD
of Ringgord County.
COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative
M. F. Thompson.
For Auditor
r. E. MCLAUGHLIN.
For Treasurer
w. G. COZAD.
For Clerk of the District Court
E. E. BECK.
For Sheriff
CHAS. R. PERCY.
For Recorder
P. E. SHIRLEY.
For County Attorney
GEO. w. BAKER.
For County Superintendent
MABEL HORNER.
For Coroner
DR.. M. CAMP.
For Members Board of Supervisors
Term commencing Jan. 1, 1913,
w. H. SNYDER.
Term commencing Jan. l, 1914,
PATRICK GRIFFIN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17

REPORTER FOR SALE HILLS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
From New York World.

Wilson pointed
Republican the feeling
blind
find road Tor
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
TOADS FOUND IN CHALK

Answering the question as to wheth-
er toads have existed in solid chalk,
or have been ''entombed in rock"
from prehistoric times, a writer in the
Selborne Magazine points out that the
evidence in individual cases is gener-
ally insufficient. Toads often fall into
places that imprison them, such as
walls, cellars, holes and assures in
the earth. In the instance referred to
they had probably crawled or tumbled
into a fissure or crack in the chalk,
and were then entombed either by a
fall OF the earth above, or by material
introduced by water. Or, it may be-,
they had taken refuge from the heat
in crack in tie ground, caused by
dry weather, whence there was on es-
cape, and which closed up when rain
had set. A flint across the crack may
have fallen down, leaving cavity
which saved them from being crush
ed. An accident of this kind may
have happened to them within quite
short time; perhaps last summer.
Toads appropriate holes made by
other &nimals, and have little or no
burrowinS powers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10

About one year ago wild man was
caught in California and identified as
the last survivor of the Southern Yana
tribe Of Indians that had been almost
wiped out by massacre in 1855. The
name of ''Ishi," meaning man" in the
.Yana dialect, was given to him be-
cause he would not tell his real name.
He was taken to the University mu-
scum in San Francisco, and there they
nave been trying to c;vilize him. Ishi
mas as good head as the average
american, but he is unspeakably ig-
norant He knows nothing, or knew
nothing six months ago, of hours and
years, of money and labor and pay, of
government and authority, of newspa-
,pers and business, of the other thou
sands of things that make up our life.
In short, he has really lived in the
Stone Age His face is as clean Of
beard as when he was discovered and
has not been touched by razor. This
is not a racial characteristic, but the
result of his substitute for shaving.
He pulls tut his beard hairs one by one
as soon as they emerge-a habit FOL-
merly universal among all tribes on
the continent, but less frequently prac-
ticed today. In this connection he
manifests a peculiar Personal refine
ment: he never follows the habit
when in company.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
MOST SOUTHERN INDUSTRY

What is possibly the most southerly
industry in the world, writes Consul
Henry D. Baker of Hobart, Tasmania,
is being carried on at the Macquarie
islands, about halfway between Tas-
mania and the Antarctic continent, In
the capture of the penguins for their
oil. Macquarie island belongs to the
state of Tasmania and has an area OF
about $4,000 acres, being about 20
miles long and 5 miles wide. The
island has been leased by the Tas-
manian government to Joseph Hatch,
who has established the penguin oil
industry there.
There are probably SO,o00,000 pen
gums on the island, so that the stock
to be drawn from seems almost limit
less. There are also large number
OF sea elephants about the shores or
this island. The oil Is obtained from
the penguins by boiling the carcasses
in digesters capable of dealing with
500 birds a. time The oil is placed
in barrels and sold to binder Irvine
makers in Australia and New Zea-
land.
Macquarie island is about $50 miles
southeast of Hobart The island Is bar
rem, being covered only with tussocky
grass. Whaling ships visiting there
have introduced rabbits and Maori
hens, which are now quite prolific.
The Mawson Antarctic expedition
from Australia mas established WIRE
less station there, and daily messages
are being received at Hobart
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
SEA LION OUTBARKS DOGS
Its Endurance Wears Out All the
Quadrupeds In Bench Show In
California.

Sausalito, Cal.-One lone sea lion.
with strong pair of lungs and a dis
position bordering on acute melan-
cholia, nearly broke up the dog show
at the Marion County Kennel club by
developing bark that was such a
challenge and inspiration to the four
legged CANNES that they had to re-
Spon1.
Starting early In the morning. the
big seal, which was exhibited only as
a curiosity of the deep, and not be-
cause of his vocal possibilities, howl
ed all day, and the dogs, big and
little, howled with him. Braced
against the ratings in front of their
kennels they threw their souls into a
chorus that would have intimidated
an ordinary SAL But this one was
homesick. s.
When nightfall came he was still at
it, in good voice and going 40 bowls
to the minute, but he was alone in
the field. The poodle and the terriers,
and even the long-winded hounds, had
barked themselves 20 whisper.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
BRING EASY LIVINGS

been carried on with fluctuating sue.
cess for 5000 years; in the United
States, with varying but ever grow
ing success, for 100 years."
Desire for fortune and "easy" living
on the part of the dealers, and the sus-
ceptibility of young girls to fraud and
deceit. are the causes. directly, for the
startling growth of the traffic in the
United States, Mr.. Finch said.
"One million dollars will suppress
the traffic. and for $250,000 year it
can be kept suppressed" said Mr..
Finch.
Mr.. Finch began his real campaign
for suppression of white slavery Lass
May, and the system he has perfected
has been installed in Maryland. Vir-
ginfa, District of Columbia, North Car.
DINA, South Carolina, Ohio West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee and Kentucky. 1t will
be worked in all the states of the
Union by May 1 next If the money
holds out.
The system provides for at least one
local officer of the department of JUS
tice In every city in the United States.
The work of these officers is to keep
track of the inmates of every ques-
tionable house, know who are the pa
irons of the cafes, and take cognizance
of all the suspicious and new charac
tiers who came into their districts.
white slave traffic is being rapidly
suppressed" declared Mr.. Finch, land
once it is suppressed, 1t will cost only
comparatively small amount to keer
1t down. What is 100000 or 100000
year if you know your homes are
protected from these monsters?"
Efforts are being made to have uni.
form slave" laws enacted in all the
states, and with this law more Grim
inals will be apprehended.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
ODD ERROR IN GRAVESTONE

High up the the hills of Litchfield
county, Conn, county famous be-
cause it gave to the world John Brown,
is the little hamlet of Bankhamstead.
In a secluded spot in the old town
cemetery stands tombstone, last
ing monument to the carelessness of
man. for it states that
RACHEL MACK
Wife of
John Mack
DIED
Feb 81, 1881.
That the error may be made more
lasting the plot containing the stone
has been enclosed by massive gran
lite wall. The stones of the wall are
bound together by iron rods and the
massive coping is protected from the
action of the elements by having each
joint covered by an iron casing. For
nearly 80 years it has withstood the
elements, and is today as firm as ever
When one reads this curious stone
he is at once confronted with the
question; when did she die, on Feb
ruary %, or March 3? How one could
make such an error is hard to explain.
Slips Of the tongue are easy to under
stand. an error of the pen is very
possible and common, blu. how a man
could 90 through the many and slow
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
RAINS INCREASE IN FRANCE
Paris Papers Make Much of Two
Days of Sunshine-Fear
for Crops.

Paris.-For two days last week the
sun shone in Paris, and the phenom7
enon was reported in all the news.
papers under spread heads, for never
before since anyone can remember
has there been such cold, rainy,
dark August in France. On not one
day this month has the thermometer
reached "a, while the average tenn
perature has been a little below that.
The lowest previous August average
was 70.
Camille Flammarion, the eminent
astronomer, says the records at the
Observatory of Paris, which was es-
tabl1shed under Louis XIV, more than
zoo years ago, show that there has
been gradual increase in the rainfall
since 1888.
This year rainy weather has been
general all over France, SO that fear
Is felt for the crops. Already there
has been considerable talk in the
newspapers of probable suffering next
winter. Although these discouraging
reports are regarded as too alarming,
1t is realized by all that, unless the
weather changes for the better soon
great damage will be DONE
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1912-10-10
Fear the Extinction of Species
Through Reckless Waste.
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Is
sues Report Warning Against the
Consequences of Excessive Hunt
Ing in Northern Waters.

Washington.-Danger of the total
extinction of the whale through over
fishing is dealt with in the thirteenth
annual rtport on fisheries, issued by
the board of agriculture and fisher
les.
1t is unquestionable, says the re-
port, that in the case of a slow-grow-
ing and slow-producing animal like
.he whale, although, owing TO its wide
range, it will probably never be alb
solutely exterminated, excessive
hunting speedily results In very
marked depletion of the stock.
The practical extinction of the
Basque and Greenland whale fisheries
has abundantly proved this. 1t must
be remembered, too, that this result
was brought about by means of the
open and hand harpoon-methods
which are now obsolete.
The Greenland whale was a COM
paratively sluggish and timid ami
NAL, whose capture by the method re-
ferred to presented little difficulty,
whereas the rorQuals and other spe-
cies were not only too swift, but too
dangerous to be attacked in the same
manner as the right" whale
With the introduction, however, of
the harpoon with explosive shell, dis
charged from cannon mounted in
the bows of steamer, the conditions
were entirely changed, and the spe-
cies formerly immune from attack
could now be hunted with impunity.
The result of this revolution in the
conditions under which the fishing
could be prosecuted Is seen in the
enormous dimensions which the in
dustry has attained at the present
day.
1t is estimated that in 1911 be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 whales were
captured in the southern hemisphere
alone (South Georgia, South Shetland.
South America South Africa, to
which has to be added the catch in
North America, Japan, Farce, Iceland,
Spitzbergen and Greenland, and these
figures will probably be greatly ex-
ceeded in 1912, as numerous new COM
panies have been formed to exploit
Alaskan, Australasian and Sandwich
island waters.
This wholesale destruction must in
evitably tell it's tale within a few
years, and, as a matter of fact, in New
foundland and Iceland fears are. al
ready entertained that the fishing is
on the decline.
1t would not, therefore, be a mat
ter for surprise if, within a few years,