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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12

ing whether the tariff had been raised
or lowered was that the market ffuctu-
atoms made it of no value. THIS was
only Q quibble, because the respective
tariff acts were 50 arranged THAI the
increase in duty on sliding scale Kept
pace with the price fluctuations.
The tariff board chose to print tabAes
that would show only the assessment
Of duty under the two acts and left It
to anybody who desires the informa-
ton 30 figure out for himself the sig
ntfcant facts above set forth
Benefit Only 70 Prksaga
From every point of view of the
tariff, CRATER It is no doubt highly, de-
sirab,e that such facts, staggering as
they are 30 the dishonest pretensions
that the cotton tariff was really lower
ed, should be buried as deeply as pos
sibse In a mass of unexplained statts-
tics But It is to the ADVANTAGE OF
every honest manufacturer and mer-
chant who Is seeking STABILITY IN basi-
ness and fair opportunity to make
be made known. Just such policies OF
official evasion and Suppression have
made possible In the past Tho Juggling
of tariff legislation by and In behalf OF
the privileged few.
It is undsputed that the cotton
schedule~as written tn tho house ways
and means committee by Representa-
tive Serene E. Payne Of New York did
not provide the full measure of "reV1-
sion Downward" that the Republican
party had promised. Still was not
untn AFTER the Payne bin went DO the
senate finance committee, Of which
Mr.. A1drich was chairman that the
interests got in their most deadly
worn. It Is well known that Senator
Aldrich freely consulted, II be did not
actually permit, the Lapfhtt- 2cColi in
terests to write into the amended bill
the duties affecting their own products
the fancy ;weaves made by only
few Of the largest and richest New
England mills.-New York Woxid
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12

It's particular weave or class. Ninety
five all cotton and five silk and cotton
samples comprise the 100 that appear
in the tariff boards cotton report
Forty seven Of the ninety-fve TN the
all cotton class pay $500 per cent high
er duties under the Payne-Aldrich
than they did under the Nngley tariff
Payne AIdr;eh -Jokers-"
OF these f0rty-seven classes Of mo
terial ON which the tariff was in
creased nine are the fancy weaves
made in three or four New England
mills commonly grouped as the Lip
pttt-McColl interests" This IS the
clique Of New England manufacturer
politicians who were permitted by Sen
ator Nelson w. Aldrich to wfite the
cotton schedule to suit themselves.
OF the nine Lippitt-McColl fabrics
the Payne-Aldrich law lacked up the
average duty from 1857 to 6O.33 per
cent. In other words, the promised
revision downward on these goods
was really a revision upwardamountins
to 64.97 per cent Of the Dngley rates.
The remaining thirty eight classes Of
all cotton fabrics on which the duty
was increased were not generally the
product of the favored New England
ring. Under the Dingley law these
thirty eight fabrics were assessed an
average duty Of 1886 per cent Under
the Payne-Ahrich law they pay Ass
per eent-a revision upward equal to
26.O7 per cent of the former rate as
compared with 6497 per cent increase
on manufactures Of the favored few.
on Just three among the 100 samples
was there a decrease In duty. These
were the silk and cotton fabrics (stlk
mills) that pay more than'100 per cent
duty. On these three samples the re-
duction averaged 5.66 per cent ON the
former duty-a reduction from 116O
per cent under tie .Ding>ey law to
11O.44 Der cent under the Payne-Al-
dr1ch law. On one Of the silk and cot
ton samples there was an Increase
amounting to 2l.99 per cent. The nth
Of the silk and cotton samples was Iert
unchanged y
On the forty.f've OF the ntnety,ave
all cotton samples there was no change
In duty. ~ ..,..-a,
On the three remaining samples
completing the total Of 1907 no COM
parison Is made because Of apparent
lack OF authentic foreign prices.
And still. President Taft said IN his
speech at Boston. April rs last:
SIT fthe Payne-Aldrich btlD was
vastly better bin than the Dingle9
bill. II had refused to sign the Payne
Dill tt-would- have main tained the Ding
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12

"Out again, in again" seems to be
the position of Mayor Baughn of
Harlan, and the city is stirred by an
internal war that BODIES no good.
The strife is between the people of
the town and the city council. A
few weeks since charges of intoxica-
ton were placed against the mayor
and he promptly resigned. The
council accepted his resignation but
when the question of electing a new
chief executive arose every member
voted for the reinstatement Of Mayor
Baughn. The council felt that an
honorable citizenship of more than
half a century should not be tramp
led under foot by single indiscre-
ton, but come of the people refuse
to see it in that light.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
ITCHING, FIERY, RAW ECZEMA
Relieved in q few Seconds.

Yes, an itching, burning, raw, IT.
ritcted skin relieved the moment
Zemo touches it. Zemo is a clean,
soothing healing wash, composed
of Thymol, Glycerine, Wltch
Hazel, Boracic Acid and other med
icinal healing properties. Zemo re-
lieves and cures every form of skin
and scalp eruption, and if you are
not entirely satisfied with" results
from the very first 25-cent bottle,
druggists will refund your money.
Large size bottle 81. Endorsed and
sold in Leon by the Bell & Robinson
drug store. .-.
Zemo is prepared by E. W. Rose
Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo, and
their guarantee is as good as gold.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
viii Campaign IN New York.

= New York. Aug. Governor Wood
row, Wilson will make his first tnva-
sion Of New York for campaign pur-
poses when he will be the guest Of
honor at the Workingmen's Woodrow
Wilson club " the lower east side at
dinner to be held at the Cafe Boule-
yard on Sept. 4. Governor Wilson will
deal. II is expected, with the problems
OF immigration and the false impress
sions that have been put upon his
views BY the quotations Of isolated
sentences from his different books.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
4)OKERS' HID
! REVISION UP
actual Raising Of Out|es Effected
+. BY Payne Bill
COTTON AND WOOL SCHEDULES

Both lndsfsnsibIs, and President 1aft
Know lt-supprsssion Of Facts by
he Tariff Board1Statisties Employ
i I'd to MisIsad the Public.
BY ROBERT kenneth MAC LEA.
Formerly consulting expert OF the tarif
board.l
New York. Aug. On not a single
one of the ninety-f1ve all cotton sam.
DIES Of fabric taken as the basis OF the
tHrif boards Investigations Of the COT
ton schedule was there an actual re-
dpction Of the tariff by the Payne
Ndrich law.
rhe samples were selected with great
care by the combined judgment Of this
boards experts. Endorsed by the lead
ing jobbers of the United States as
being representative Of all classes of
fabric in use in this country, each
sample being chosen because It was
typical Of the most used material Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
Uncle John Fisher Quite Ill.

Uncle John Fisher is reported
very seriously i'll at the home OF his
son, J. A. Fisher, nine miles west OF
this place. He is one of the Oldest
pioneer settlers of this section and
is in the s9th year of his age, and
until recently has been quite strong
and active for one of his advanced
age. His two sons, Cyrus and A. j..
Fisher of Hamburg, Iowa, arrived
last week and others of his children
are expected.-Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
A New Discovery.

One of the best products of the
chemists of the American Drug and
Fress Association is Meritol Pile
Remedy, for both internal and ex>
ternal use, certain in it's effect, and
a boon to suffering humanity. At
Stempel & Cherrington's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-09-12
ban Wlln f16ef 1afeg lhad tn

~ ban Wlln Ml1her Sateg tha6 IN
Peyns m"
When Mr.. TAFT made this statement
be must have known that It was I'm.
true. As for the wool schedule. he
knew that tho rates were not higher
in the Dingley law than In the Payne
Aldrich law. for right after signing the
latter bill did he not denounce its wool
rates as '.indefensible? And, as for
the cotton rates Of the Payne bill. he
knew they were. Just as "indefensible"
as the wool rates, for at the time he
made this statement In Boston be had
the tariff boards report ON cotton be-
fore him.
It Is true that the cotton report Of
the tariff board did not make this In.
formation available at glance to MI.
TAFT or to congress or to the public.
The tariff board carefully avoided gtv-
ing this information in getatable, IN
derstandable form.
Suppressed the Answer.
"Was the tariff raised or lowe1edr
has been an insistent question eRef
since the Payne-Aldrich law vas en-
acted three years. ago. The tar1n
board avoided answering It.
In making my official report to the
board l submitted table that did
answer this question tn respect to each
one, excepting three, Of the 100 cloth
samples around which our months OF
investigation conferred After much side
stepping and discussion this table was
expurgated and published in its enas-
culated form. The boards excuse was
that it was not its duty to answer the
question; congress could make its own
computations. The official explanation
for refusing to publish the table show
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denly shot toward Sixth avenue. The
taxicab driver shouted, There they go!
and File started for the big car with his
gun raised to fire. Then File stopped
running and went back to the taxi, shout
ing: Get after 'em" Another policeman
Joined File as he leaped into the cab.
AS the chauffeur was starting TO turn
TO the east a lieutenant came running
I'D and shouted to the driver; Don't you
start your machine! File got out OF his
seat. sat beside the driver, while the lieu
tenant took his seat, and off started the
taxi after the big car"
The witness said the gray car was al
that time 80 feet east OF the Metropoie
entrance and going east like streak
When File appeared the witness SAID
two men were in the gray car and Two
others were climbing in. The witness
reasoned that File had not fred his Dig
revolver because many people gathered
about him and poured In from all Sides
File lost no time In hurrying after the
murderers, insisted the witness.
Christian Walker. steamhtter' next
assembled the witness chair. He said he
wae standing near the curb, Few feet
from the spot where the gambler was
killed. He was reading newspaper ana
so saw nothing. He told how ne was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

pstrolman William J. File, OF the East
9th street station house, was placed on
trial Yesterday on charges resulting from
the murder OF Rosenthal. File was dining
IN the Metropoe with an actress at
table quite close 10 that of Rosenthai'
He was not tried in a courtroom, but IN
the large and deliberately furnished trial
room" at Police Headquarters, where
Deputy Commissioner Dillon SITS en-
tbroned behind heavy bronze chandeliers
bearing clusters of green globes. and the
audience recllnes In comfortably uphol-
stored walnut chairs.
Heavy and soft carpet pillows tired
feet and dozens OF whirlwind electric fans
hurl cooling East Side winds against per-
spring and perplexed brows Attend
ants and policemen softly fit here and
there. and the soft voiced trial commits
sloner purrs questions.
Before the trial File said: 1T would
appear that ] am either coward or In
with the murderers. / defy anybody TO
saw that I am IN with the murderers,
and II were coward l don't believe I
would have reached the scene before the
smoke had drifted away"
The young policeman is charged with
failing to take prompt and efficient
mea sures to effect the arrest Of persons
who shot and killed citizen" and for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
EFFICIENT AND HONEST.
SAYS WALDO OF POLICE

Commissioner Waldo, after a consider
able wait, granted an interview to Trb-
une reporter yesterday afternoon in which
he said he courted an investigation of his
department. After declaring, In spite of
the remarks of public officials and gam
blers that the town was extraordinarily
free and open to all corners, that New
York City was never more free from
RIGHTEOUSNESS and promlscuous gambling,
he said:
THE more the department Is investigat-
ed the more confidence the public will
have in its general efficiency and honesty.
II cannot assume the responsibility for
acts Of individuals"
The Commissioner then further ex-
planned just how and why he considered 1t
impossible for any one police officer or
number Of police officers to grant immu-
nifty to gambling houses. He said when
he took charge Of the Police Department
he removed his gambling squad" far
away from the Detective Bureau and the
uniformed force. The results of all gam
bling raids and attempts at raids were
reported directly to him. When the Com
missioner explained to the newspaper men
just how he thought his department could
not grant any favors to the gamblers he
swung around In his chair gritted his
teeth and hurled his words at the ques-
TONERS. He said
II have no extraordinary faith in Lieu
tenant Becker nor In any other police
officer in my department. l have sent
him to make Investigations and raids and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
ROSENTHAL CASE PUTS
FILE ION THE CARPET"

failing TO report to his commanding
officer all information received by him In
relation 10 homicide" Moses Sachs
represented him. and his star witness was
Miss Sadie Sherman, of New Haven.
II was gathered from the testimony
given at Files trial during the day that
he had done his best In attempting to set
after the murderers and chase them in
taxicab. 1t seems that a block away
from the Metropole Hotel the policemans
taxi got mixed UP with another, and
by the time the two were disentangled
the whirring and snOrting touring car Of
the escaping shooters was far and away
ahead. However, File chased them for a
good many blocks and only gave UP when
there seemed no possibility OF catching
the whirling cloud of dust that betokened
the movements of the gray car.
One OF the witnesses said he saw one OF
the murderers and could easily identify
him. John J. Hickey. living at No. 2D
East 22d street, was the first TO go on the
stand. He said, In part:
81 saw File running odt OF the restau-
rant. He had no hat and there was a big
black revolver In his right hand. He
glanced at Rosenthal's body and shouted
Where did they GO? The driver OF a taxi
cab facing west pointed east, where. about
15o feet away, stood a gray automobile.
into which four men were climbing. 1t sud
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case, but now the reporters must wal.
outside the building Yesterday-all day
the newspaper men formed a Gordon
about the building. In the afternoon
Deputy Commissioner Dougherty gave out
the following statement:
-, n nave never had any supervision over
Becker; never came IT. contact with min,
81 Or MS work. 1t was OUTSIDE my turisdic.
e e,on' rose said: Il was afraid of Dough-
cry Becker's friend, and / did not want
20 take any chances" But Becker was
evideently telling Rose that he, Becker,
.puiq even square Dougherty, everybody,
sne n District Attorney, All Of which are
well lies, as far as I'm concerned.
When the investigation Is fnisbed 4,
VIII be determined that never had any
relations with Becker. Everybody In and
OUT OF the department knows that have
mad nothing 10 do with gambling.
street police station forty-five minutes
after the crime was reported to me al INV
nome. The case was absolutely dry when
l got there. directed the arrest OF
f h1ny snd rs snasr0 g0t the rst IN
hired the car and had It driven 10
BRIDGE" Weber's. | was the first to de.
velop the names Of the two men who rode
with Rose.
They were Vallon and Schepps. I asked
Attorney Sullivan to get Rose to make a
statement. Sullivan kept telling me that
he didn't believe 1t good policy for Rose
to confess, as he would incriminate many
persons In the department.; intimatins
that | and other commissioners would
not want him TO confess.
Notwithstanding Sullivan's statements.
/ continually impressed upon him the ne.
cessity of doing what he could TO clear
up the situation. However, Mr.. Sullivan
Mr.. Whitman, Inspector Hughes and I
had conferences about Rose making a
statement I brought about through
Aaron j. Levy an agreement to have
Shapiro testify. / told District Attorney
Whitman that. In my mind, the first man
to confess would be Rose.
At O conference with Commissioner
the arrest of Weber and Paul. It took
arrest of Weber and Paul, I asked Mr..
Whitman If. In his opinion. there was
sufficient evidence TO warrant the arrest
OF Becker. We both concluded there was
not at that time. I secured the first tn
eliminating evidence from every one OF
the prisoners. and II was on my evidence
that all OF the defendants were held In
the first place.
Didn't they have me on the stand all
day? In short. ] have co-operated with
Mr.. whitman day In and day out. Mr.
Whitman could promise and grant I'M
munity where could not.
When Dougherty talks he stands in
front OF his quest!Oner, arms folded.
heavy chin thrust forward and eyes
deep and swapping and he bites of each
word abruptly.
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trance OF the Toubs stared at her as she
left the building.
A little before o'clock the rulnor was
spread around the neighborhood or the
Tombs that Becker had committed SUI
eide. Instantly more than two thousand
people. most OF them young boys anu
Youths employed In the vicinity, packed
the streets about the Tombs until driven
away by the police.
Mrs. Weber. the pretty wife OF Bird
gle" was all smiles and as happy as
lark Yesterday. 1t was the hrst tiine
since her husbands arrest that she was
not downcast
After spending an hour with her nus
band in the District Attorneys ONCE she
said:
81 am glad Bridge told all. 1 knew ne
would. But didn't want to speak ABOUT
II 10 n soul until he had told the Distrlct
Attorney. And Bridge Is happy, too'
NOW that il is all over"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31
GAMBLING CASE FAILS
Five Men Arrested in Saloon
Freed by Magistrate.

Magistrate Herman, In the Tombs
Court, yesterday discharged through lack
OF evidence Thomas Smith, a bartender
in n saloon In Whitehall street, after he
had been arrested by three detectives.
charged with being a common gambler.
-Four other prisoners who we're arrested
at the same time on charges OF d!sor-
Derby conduct were also allowed to 30.
According to one OF the detectives, the
officers found card game going on In
the saloon and learned that five cents
was being put aside for the house"
They then made the arrests.
After Mr.. McDougall, Assistant Dis
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standing with three friends-Hickey,
Moe" Brown and "Butch"-in front OF
the restaurant door of the Metropole.
Rosenthal was also there with them.
Rosenthal bought two papers.
He handed one to the witness. saying
so said the witness-"Read that. BOD.
Then Rosenthal bought five more papers
and handed them around to the group
IT walked to the curb under the arc
light" said Walker. "and was reading
the article when ] heard the shots.
saw no messenger" added the witness.
He was then excused.
Edward BARNARD, waiter In the Met
ropoe testified that he was standing out
side when he heard the shots. File
rushed out, knocked him against wall
and yelled out: Get out Of the way, you
boobr The trial was adjourned at this
point until o'clock in the afternoon.
Sadie Sherman then testified. She at
one time intimated that she really was on
the stage. She, File and others were
seated at a. table near the 43d street
entrance OF the Metropole. She heard
shots fred. File leeped to his feet re-
vorver In hand. and rushed out OF the
door She followed, and noted him rum
Ming east In the direction Of Sixth avenue.
She did not see the murder car. MAY l
make a statement" she asked. she
might. the trial commissioner said.
Gust want to say please, sir'-glanc-
ing down-"that when officer File came
hack he vas broken-hearted. He SAID:
III would have been the greatest thihs
In the world for me II had caught those
men. You don't know how It would have
beIned me in the department She then
,oined the spectators. Four men whose
testimony was corrOborative then were
called They were Lee HARRISON an
actor. of the Hotel Metropole; Charles
Meeean and Frank Iago. both reporters
and Frank Du Baum, OF No. lis west f''h
street. ma.
Then File was called. He said: At
twenty minutes TO 2 o'clock Rosenthai
came in. He was with four men, ana SAT
about twelve feet from me.
"a short time later 1 saw 'Briusie
Weber come In. He looked around IN
nervous manner. Then went out. shoruy
after Rosenthal and his party went out
few minutes later heard shots.
Then he told about running out with MS
revolver He told how he saw the DIG
car running toward Sixth avenue, how ne
would have fired but for the NUMBER OF
gathering people, and how he hailed the
taxicab.
lieutenant Fry and another policeman
TONED him in the cab. ne said, and away
thew went after the big gray car. When
they got out on Madison avenue as far
az 18TH street they lost all track OF the
big car. and then gave up the chase
After he returned he said he went 10 sew
eraI cafes where thieves hang out ana
attempted to get some clew' but faiied'
Az & In the morning he reached home
There he found orders to report to Dep
uty commissioner Dougherty. He washed
nm a bit and went back to headquarters
commissioner Dillon reserved his de-
cision.
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have considered him faithful to his work
when he has brought back favorable re-
suits or good excuses. will tell you just
why consider II impossible TO bride the
department. A lieutenant is sent out with
one or two men and told to gather in
formation and when they return with the
answer that they were unable to secure
any information I have considered that
the answer may be true and that It may
not However. I have sent out others to
gather the same information. and posi-
bly, they have returned with the same an
swer. You can see that II is possible
only possible. understand me-that these
men may be standing together. Then
have sent others. Take II all in all, you
can see that for any one Of these police
men to grant immunity to that gambler
would be impossible.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-31

Becker spent his first Day in the Tombs
pacing up and down the floor Of his cell.
He did not eat OF the prison fare. as his
wife made arrangements with first class
restaurant near by to serve him with
neais. He ate little. Even the dainty
food prepared by French chef failed to
tempt him. for he scarcely tasted the
dishes served him. But he smoked big
Havana cigars all day long.
The suspended police neutenant-for
Commissioner Waldo decided to act after
his arrest as a murderer. TO take effect at
$50 o'clock Monday night, when two OF
the District Attorneys men. without TAX
ing the Police Department into their con-
hdence. arrested Becker-saw two news
papernen little before noon yesterday.
He tried 70 look brave. and he was able
10 assume the sernblance OF q smile when
hs greeted them.