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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
MISS WILSON TO MARRY.
The Presidents Daughter Is Not
Afraid of the TOuted Thirteen.

A Washington dispatch announces
that President and Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson have announced the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Jessie
Woodrow Wilson, to Francis BoWes
Sayre, of Lancaster, Pa.
The wedding is expected to take
place next November at the White
House. Sayre is at present an attor
ney in the office Of District Attorney
whitman of New York. y
While close friends of both fami
lies have known Of the engagement il
was withheld until Thursday, the
first anniversary of Wilson's nomina.
ton at the Baltimore convention.
White House officials accompanied
the brief announcement with a biog'
raphy of SSyre. He is % years old
and after preparing at the High
school at Pottstown, Pa, and Law
rencey,lle, N. j., graduated from Will
liams college in 1909. He was man
ager of the football team there, vale
dictorian of his class, and interested
in Y. M. c. A. work. He spent two
summers with DR.. Wilfred T. Gren-
fel in his missionary work on the
coast of Labrador and studied law
at Harvard law school, where he
graduated last year, "cum laude."
He has travelled extensively during
his vacations, spending last summer
in Alaska and northern Siberia.
Sayre comes from a collegiate
family. His father was the late
Robert Heysham Sayre, for a long
time president of the board of trus-
tees of Lehigh university and builder
of the Lehigh Valley railroad. His
mother was Martha Finley Nevin, a
daughter of John Williamson Nevin,
theologian and president of Franklin
and Marshall college at Lancaster,
Pa. She is descended from Hugo
Williamson of North Carolina, one
of the trainers of the constitution.
She is a sister of Robert j. Nevin,
head of the American Church of
Rome, Italy, and first cousin of
Ethelbert Nevin, the composer.
Miss Wilson is "a years of age,
and was educated at Goucher college,
Baltimore, and specialized in politi-
cal science. She has done much set
Element work in Philadelphia and
has been actively identified with the
Y. W. G. A. in it's behalf.
While Sayre is not known to
Washingtonians he has made several
quiet visits to the White House in
recent months and was frequent
visitor at the Wilson home in Prince
ton, N. j.
The announcement was received
with keen interest in social circles of
the national capital, as the wedding
starts the winter season with an i'm
portant social function. Not since
Miss Alice Roosevelt and former
Representative Longworth of Ohio
were married has there been we'd
ding at the White House, and many
years prior to that occurred the we'd
ding of the Clevelands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
WHERE DOES MONEY GO?
The People Want to Know and Are
Entitled to Knox.

The last legislature made law in
this state that city councils may have
an itemized account OF their proceed.
ings and their expenditures printed IT,
they wish to do so. This legislature
has gone one step further. 1t will.
make it compulsory to have this,
printing done. In conjunction with
this law there will be another equal.
ly as necessary. 1t will require
school boards, from Time to time to
publish an itemized account of what
becomes of the moneys paid for
school purposes. 70 '..
Nearly half of our taxes are need
ed to support our schools and no
school board has ever been required
to give public accounting showing
for what purposes this money is used.
We have mayor and superin-
tendent of schools in this town. Both
are paid salary. There are not a
dozen taxpayers in town who. know
what each is being paid.
We pay out money for lighting our
streets and for keeping up our
streets and roads. No one but mem.
pers of the town council knows what
these public necessities are costing
us. All ought to know and all would
know if we had a law requiring the.
publication of this information.
At the late good roads meeting
township trustees and township
clerks were criticized because they
fail each year to file complete bill
of their expenditures and in failing
to do this they are violating the law
which calls for an itemized bill of re-.
ceipts and expenditures.
Showing the public where every
cent of public moneys went to in the
large majority of cases satisfied
them and leaves no ground for the
suspicion that public money was mis-
appropriated.
To satisfy people who are paying
the money it is necessary to show
them where every dollar went to and
for what it was used. The customer
who pays the bills at the store twice
a year must be given an itemized bill
of what has been charged against
him or he will think his bill is larger
than it should be and if he pays it
at all he is under the suspicion that.
he is being held up.
When laws are made and enforced
that will require all public officials.
to make a public statement proving
their receipts and expenditures an
honest man can hold Office without
fear of being unjustly accused of
grafting.-Grundy Center Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10

Here is suggestion from the JEFF
ferson Bee: Next time you hear any
body kicking about law violating or
about the need of any public i'm
provement, edge up and hear what he
says. Then find out if he buys any
thing on Sunday; find out il he
throws garbage or manure filth in his
alley at his home; find out if he ever
exceeds the speed limit; find out if he
always cuts his weeds and keeps his
premises free from noxious growths;
find out if he ever swears or gets by
with loud talk upon the streets; find
out how much and how many times
he has evaded his proper property
tsxation; find out if he gives in his
land, lots and money, at the actual
aud real value thereof, as the law re-
CURES. II you find that he is 20. X"
on all these matters, step respect
fully back and remove your hat; for
you may be reasonably assured that
a chariot OF fire Is approaching him,
and that the last trumpet is about TO
sound.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10

talk fuently, start him to talking
about his pet enemy. sss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Tires.

Tires are round, elastic limitations
of rubber which are attached to auto
mobiles for the purpose Of absorbing
the bumps, thank-you-ma'am ans and
other death dealing jolts. While
they are doing this, they also find
time to absorb a recherache collec-
ton of ten-penny nails, tin-plated
tacks and broker beer bottles, which
nobody else cares to pick up.
Tires are made up of expensive
grade of glucose and cheap grade
of hope, and are guaranteed to run
1000 miles without exploding under
the spine of some guest who is riding
in the rear seat. When a man buys
an automobile the manufacturer
throws in four new tires which soon
lose both their ambition and COM
plexion and become infested with un-
easy air-holes known as punctures. A
puncture can easily be repaired in
half a day so that it will not pune
again for several miles.
Tires are filled with air which is
continually trying to escape into the
outer world. This air is pumped into
the tire by hand by an apoplectic
mental who does not care whether
the tire retains it's figure or not and
who crowds it so full of stray air
that it is unable to take full breath
until the owner is nine miles from a
garage.
Some tires are fastened to popu-
lar device called the demountable
rim. This is one of the greatest in
ventions of the age. 1t is called de-
mountable because a new tire can be
put on in ten minutes by a man from
the factory, while it won't take an
automobile owner who has had four
years experience in round house
over two hours and half All that
is necessary is to raise the hind feet
of the automobile out of twelve inch
es of sand with an instrument called
a jack, remove several bolts which
were driven in with sledge, cut off
the old tire with a pen knife, take
off the rim with a cold chisel, fit on
the new one with an axe, put back all
of the bolts that didn't get lost in
the sand, and then extract what is
left of the jack. This is an exciting
pastime on hot day, and puts ev-
erybody in a happy mood.
A blowout is large perpendic-
ular hole in tire cause by the air
breaking out in one spot with a loud
report. The only way to repair a
blowout is to convert the tire into
chewinp ,1,m Howard T. Ram
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10

Next Tuesday evening a spelling
match will be held at the school
house. All teachers and prospective
teachers especially are invited to
participate, and others are welcome.
Professor. I've is in charge of the
evenings exercises.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10

Every gold brick peddler isSsure
the world oWeD him ! LIVING. ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
BY Mabel Horner, County Supt.

The annual report from the secre.
taries and treasurers of the school
corporations to the county superin.
tendent are now due. A number OF
reports have been sent in without the
necessary signature of the officer
Each report must bear the signature
of the officer who makes il; and also
the treasurer's report must bear also
the signature of the president and
secretary of the board showing that
the report has been approved by that
body. A number of reports have
contained errors which in most cases
could be corrected in accordance
with the instruction contained in sug-
gestion No. 16, found on the reverse
side of the report. The county sup
erintendent is not permitted to &C
cept reports containing errors, or not
properly signed. Officers who have
not sent in their reports will please
see that they meet all requirements
and thus save the delay and incon-
venience, necessitated by return for
completion or correction.
:: :: =:
Pupils from the rural grades who
expect to enter high school this fall
should apply to the county superin-
tendent for certificates of admission.
A county diploma is not certificate
of admission.
:: :: =:
Secretaries of school corporations
who have not already sent the report
of school election, and board organi-
cation to the county superintendent,
auditor and treasurer should do so
at once.
:: :: ::
Do you know the largest yield of
corn ever raised on one acre of
ground? A North Carolina boy in
the corn acre contest raised 219
bushels. This was accomplished
through the use of artificial fertil-
izers, at the cost of As cents per
bushel. The experiment has two
values: Cd 1t shows the efficiency of
artificial fertilizers in increasing the
productivity of sterile or worn out
land. North Carolina is not in the
corn belt. If an acre of North Caro-
lima land can be made to produce 2l9
bushels of corn what may we expect
of Iowa soil with similar treatment?
CD The experiment affords an illus
tration of the operation of the law
of diminishing returns. The produc-
ton cost per acre does not allow for
sufficient profit. The end does not
justify the means.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
SUFFERS PLAN OPPOSED
Brooklyn Republicans Favor
Committee Designations.

The abolition OF all committee designa-
tons. which is recommended By Governor
Sulzer I'm his recent message on direct pil-
mary legislation is opposed by the Brook
Ism Young Republican Club. The CLUB
viii send a communication 10 Mr.. Sulzer
within a few days in which. among other
things. il viii point out that Governor
Hughes not only approved Of the COM
mit.ee designation idea. but made cam
paign in behalf Of 1t when the scheme was
embodied I'm the so-called Hinman-Green
direct primary bill
The present law said Mir. Jarvis. the
secretary OF the club last night, lis in no
way "A fair trial of the designating COM
mittee system. because Of the other vicious
provisions. The logical thing TO do now is
10 enact the Hinman-Green bill! verbatim
and give the committee designating sys-
TEN an opportunity TO operate. To throw
il into the discard now. without trial.
will be positive breach of the Democratic
partys pledge TO give the people real d.
rect nominations
The Brooklyn Young Republican club
will urge upon Governor Sulzer the neces-
sitv Of recognizing the organization. IL
maintains that when the organization
candidate is given distinctive place on
he ballot which the club advocates. the
average citizen can recognize and work
FOR any movement toward defeating it's
candidates IL he so desires. and without
any great difficulty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
TARIFF ELECTION ISSUE
Much Interest in Bay State
Fight for Weeks's Seat.

Boston. April ls.-As the tariff has been
the dominant note OF the campaign which
will close in the 18th Congress District
tomorrow, the result OF Tuesdays spa
cial election TO I'll the vacancy caused BY
the resignation OF John W. Weeks 10 en-"
ter the Senate, is regarded with special
interest.
Each Of the three candidates, Afred
l.. Cutting. Republican, of Weston Jonna
j. Mitchell, Democrat Of Marlboro, ah'
Norman H. White. Progressive, or nIoon 1
line. has discussed the tariff constallr
az many rallies. especially IN me snos
and watch manufacturing dlstrN.s'
Weeks had a plurality or 2S0s az 80
vember. but the Republican candlad .'
for President and Governor carried 'he
district by smaller margins. H.,
Included In the district arc three ci,.ss
Marlboro Newton and Waltham--,we.'
ty-two towns. one Of which is Brookilne'
and Il Boston ward known as brlsnton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
FIND MURDER MYSTERY
IN LOCKED APARTMENT
Early Morning Shooting Leads
Police TO Discovery Of Prob
able Gang Victim.

The police found the body Or an un-
identified man I'm q scanuly furnished
apartment at 80. -. East 18Th street
early yesterday morning. u was lying
huddlcd up in a pool of blood on the
kitchen floor. There was a bullet hole In
the back OF the head and one under the
chin. The police found two receivers in
the mans clothing. but neither Of them
had been discharged. Moreover, the door,
which the police had TO force. was pad
locked from the outside.
The apartment wa in darkness II
contained "A mattress and pillow. "a bureau
and few chairs. but no bed. The floor
was Uttered with cigarette stumps. Ia
the parlor the detectives found woman s.
shirtwaist and Two postcards one az
which was addressed TO Moe Howard
and was sent by Flo Klein from Phila-
delphia II was a souvenir card and con-
tanned the word Greetings.
The shots were heard by Rosie Wolff
wife of Joseph Wolf. the janitor. soon
after midnight She aroused her nus
band, who ran out. As hc started up
the first flight Of stairs he was brushed
hurry TO reach the street.
Where's the shooting demanded
Wolf
Don't know. upstairs somewhere. re-
piled one Of the five Woln investigated
carefully, but was unable to lind any one
on the floors above. 20 ne went bach TO
bed. Ills wife was 80 nervous she could
not sleep. so Wolf finally called mp the
East I'D street police station
Detective Paul Schmidt. who captured
Red Phil Davidson. the murderer Of
Big Jack Ieis. reported to Acting
Captain Cooney and Lieutenant Detective
Flsnnely that the Gaze was one Of muir
der
The dead man was five feet and four
inches tail and weighed about 100 pounds.
He was clean shaven and had dark hair
He wore a brown suit, brown felt hat
a black Jersey sweater. a tan ralncoat.
black shoes and socks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
PITT TEETH INTO SERVICE LAW
Prooressives Prepare Bills to Give More Power to the
Commissions to Check Extorions from Com
muters and Other Travellers

, if the commission for the Cd District had
this power of suspension.
The court review" bill seems especially
important 20 the Progressives. II limits
the power Of the courts to review order,
of the commission to questions OF law
alone. abolishes the dilatory writ Of CERT.
orari as means OF reviewing orders OF
the commission. provides that no injunc.
ton against an order Of the commission
shall be granted except on notice to the
commission and definitely places on the
party asserting the invalidity of order
of the commission the burden Of proof 10
establish such invalidity.
The most interesting Of the bills not
only places local express companies more
adequately under the jurisdiction Of III,
Public Service commissions, but also
brings under that jurisdiction all baggage
transfer taxicab automobile service
stage coach, carriage service and omnibus
service companies. which have or main.
tain directly or indirectly an Office or rep
resentative in or on the property Of a
railroad or street railroad corporation or
In connection with station, depot or ter
minal owned, occupied or used by rail-
road or street railroad corporation, or
which are made common carriers by viz
tue Of some other provision or law. or
which. II such companies operate vehi.
cles by motive power other than animals.
operate such vehicles in, along or across
any street, park or public place In city
of the first class.
The Progressives say their bill offers
the only way of affording an adequate
check on taxicab, express and baggage
transfer extortions in New York and other
large cities. Hence, they propose this ex-
tension OF the meaning Of the term com
mon carrier" under the Public Services
commissions law.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
MAYOR D0DGES SPOTLIGHT
Delays Talk TO Turn Vereins at
Hippodrome Till Rays Are Dim.

Mayor Gaynor doesn't like the spotlight
Al least he lodged it last night when me
went 10 the theatre in this case the
Hippodromc, TO attend the hftieth ami
yersary Of the New York Turner'S So
ciety. He was scheduled TO speak. but
when he appeared on the stage and the
spotlight man turned on his brightest
rays the Mayor signalled frantically for
their dimming and only spoke after they
had been regulated to suit him
IL am the father Of the city the
Mayor said after he had been introduced
by Heinrich Aboles president Of the even
ing, and an prouder than all the
fathers and mothers 81 all the BOYS and
girls who have appeared on this stage
this evening because of the spectacle
which they have presented here" The
Mayor referred 10 the exhibitions OF gym
nastics given by classes from New YORK
Turn Nereins in which several hundred
boys and girls took part.
MAYOR Gaynor took occasion TO pay
tribute to the political advancement of
the German race, adding that suck prob
lens as the regulation OF compensation
for labofers injured In the course Of their
labor, a measure he favored. had been
settled long ago by that country.
In the gymnastic portion OF the even
ing's entertainment about 100 members
of some twenty Turn Vercin societies in
and about New York appeared. Or. NJ
+. r.. Groszmann. representative of the
North American Gymnastic Union. made
the formal address.
The celebration Of the half-century an
niversary OF the organization will be con-
tinued to-day with exercises and dinner
at the New York Turner Hall. S5th street
and Lexington avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK

~ Telegraph To The tribune.
Tuxedo Park. April BIN spite OF the
rain Tuxedo entertained its usual quota
Of Ncw Workers over Sunday. Many are
here looking for summer villas. and the
coming season promises To be lively.
There will be several early spring attrac-
tons. including the horse show. the golf
tourney and series Of lawn tennis
matches
J. Inslcy Blair. WHO occupied the Porter
villa during the winter and spring. has
purchased a ninety-scre site near the old
farm In Tuxedo Park. and plans are now
being considered for a large mansion to
be erected on the tract Mr.. and Mrs.
Blair will spend the autumn here.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Tuckerman were at
their Tuxedo villa over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs William Farnsworth spent
the day with Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred LOOMS.
Mrs John W. Minturn VIII occupy the
Porter house the coming season.
Mr. and Mrs. \. NJ Beard have taken
the Dinsmore house Tor the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. George +. Baker IT,,
have returned from Bermuda
in their Tuxedo home.
Mr. and Mrs J. Frederic Tams are oc-
cupylng their villa on Wee-Wah Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Dayie have re-
tarned To the Garland House.
Mr. and Mrs. Ormond q. Smith enter
tanned "A party at luncheon at the Tuxedo
club to-day.
Mir and Mrs. Pierre l.. Barley were
hosts OF house party.
Mr. and Mrs William Lawrence Green,
who returned from Europe recently have
opened their apartment at the Winter
club.
Others who spent Sunday at Tuxedo in
Guided Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Denny,
MIR. and Mrs. Garrard Comfy, Mrs. Moses
Taylor Campbell. s Montgomery Roose-
welt, Mr.. and Mrs n. c. Derham. Nh.
and Mrs. L. s. Morris. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
eric Dep. Foster, Mr.. and Mrs. William
V. HOFFMAN Richmond Talbot. Mrs. Err
nest II. Adee and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
GreenouYh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14

from Inc Ifluune bureau
Washington April IS. - The summer
White House on Harlakenden Farm.
Winston Churchils property near Cor
nish. n H.. and Windsor, Vt, is an
isolated secluded and sequestered brick
house of spacious proportions. on d prom
ontory commanding d view Of the Con-
necticut River and an expanse Of oregon
pines and a range of hills and mountains
in the distance. It's environs ahord all
the quiet the most eXacting recluse could
crave and WITHIN easy range are the or
binary convenences OF civilization, a.
most everything the President and his
family desire. except PRESBYTERIAN
church.
Such is the general report of +. W.
Smithers. chief teesrapher at the Nhlte
House. who was commissioned by fresi-
dent Wilson 10 brave the bucolic region
and make preliminary arrangements Tor
the arrival of the Presidents family MI
Smithers has returned to Washington ana
later will make a detailed report.
The partial report OF Mr.. Smlthers Is
more or less dis0uieting to those who may
be sentenced to follow the President into
seclusion. Cornish is more in name than
ia fact. as the signs Of advanced ciyiliIa-
tioit seem to be centred upon toll bridge
over the Connecticut River In town OF
about 1000 souls, designated on the map
as Windsor Cornish is supposed TO be in
New Hampshire " lille WINDSOR is I'm Yer
mont. Hence Windsor probably will be
the headquarters OF the newspaper squad
and therefore garner most OF the glory
out Of the fact that the President and his
family are somewhere VI in the New Eng
land States.
Windsor has one hotel, with one oath-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-14
SUMMER CAPITAL
IDEAL PLACE TO REST
Harlakenden a Paradise Combining All the
Beauties of Nature Is Report to
President Wilson.

,ub Water is supplied for the good, OLD
fashioned vashstands fresh from the CON
necticut River There is only one hotel
i'm Cornish and that is located at CORNISH
Flat six miles from Harlakenden. ana
bears the modest name of Cornish nm
or course the fact doesn't interest the
President. but the nearest approach 10
legalized liquor institution WITHIN hltS
n,iles after MAY /. will be at Newport
which is seventeen miles from the sum
mer White House.
A, Windsor is the Cornish railroad sta
,ion The Cornish express office. the Cor
nish telephone system and other Corills"
conyen.onccs. but there are no uoiIeS
cars TO dodge. and stage codches sun
piv between the neighborlns ha'i'etS'
Newport and Windsor In ADDITION 10 d
town band. a high school, the OLDEST news
manor in the state and machine SHOP
windsor is quietly harborinS peniteh-
ti,rv but il is hidden away in ciuinp OF
tres and the coIVicts never try 10 eScaPe'
In order 10 get TO Harlakendeh from
Windsor ore crosses the toll bridge, TURNS
north and hikes" four miles. New iorh
is about 2i5 miles distant by way VI
Springfield and Boston is about $40 mheS
avav There are eight trains day each
ua, from Windsor and they stop often
after they leave.
But Harlakenden is described as para
diso-almost lost-with all the beauties OF
nature enhanced TO a certain extent oN
,he artistic genius Of the author VINO
owns the picturesque tract In addit'on
On tho wealth OF Wild flowers and SHRUB
hcrv there are lowering bushes rare
a,,r,,h, and flowers and expansive shade
trees. all combining TO make most at
tractive scene-an ideal place TO rest anu
enjoy nature.