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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12
THE pETERING PROGREssIvEs.

The democratic party must make
up it's mind to face united OPPOSE
ton in 1915. The progressives are
petering out. In two years more they
will have vanished altogether, and the
old guard will have reformed its lines
for another assault on the citadels
of Office and power.
The record made by the progress
sive organization is nothing short OF
pitiable. t'Howling Hiram Johnson,
the shrieking siren Of the golden
gate, managed to be reelected COVER
nor of California; but that is the be-
ginning and the end of comfort for
bull moosers. They had sixteen men,
bers in the last congress They will
have eight in the next. Victor Muir
dock, one of the ablest and most pop
ular of progressive leaders, seems to
be beaten by his republican opponent,
and even in California, Francis Hen
ey, the progressive candidate, is a
tail-ender in the senatorial race.
The case is worst in those states
where Mr.. Roosevelt had some spec
ial favorite as candidate. Herbert
Knox Smith and Jimmy Garfield
were members of Mr.. Roosevelt's Of
fetal family in Washington. Clifford
Pinchot had the still greater honor Of
belonging to the tennis cabinet. The
big chief made desperate efforts
for all three in the campaign just
closed. Yet Smith is a bad third in
Connecticut, Pjnchot is a bad third
in Pennsylvania, Garfield bad third
in Ohio. Mr.. Roosevelt was beaten
in his home state, in his home county
even in his home precinct.
What shall it profit a man if he
win handicap three thousand miles
away, and be rejected by his next
door neighbors?
AS if to rub in the lesson of this
election, a group OF old line republl-
cans turned out or endangered by the
revolt in 1912, have won back to
power in 1914. Uncle Joe' Cannon
has come back to congress from the
Eighth district of this state. William
B. Mckinley has come back from the
Nineteenth. Penrose wins an easy
victory in Pennsylvania, Brandegee a
harder fought one in Connecticut.
Clearly, the enthusiastic souls who
followed the bull moose call are limp
ing back to the old fold Most of
them have got home already-as
some democratic candidates learned
to their cost All save an irreconcil-
able few will be back by election time
two years hence.
When 1916 comes the democratic
party must beat a reunited republi-
can party, captained by an experience
ed, adroit, capable and very hungry
old guard-cr itself be beaten.
The democratic party is equal to
the task, but it has no strength to
spare for side issues, for careless
ness, for delay.
1t must finish as quickly as pos
sible that part of its program which
remains to be put on the statute
books.
1t must mend its ways in the mat
ter of economy.
1t must abolish the pork barrel
system, and substitute therefore a
rational business-like plan for i'm
proving rivers and harbors.
1t must provide for the national
defense by strengthening the navy
and remodeling the army
And it must end internecine quar-
rels, tighten the reins of discipline in
its own ranks, show itself as perfect
an agency for ordinary administra-
tive business as for extraordinary re-
forms.-Chicago Journal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12
WITH HIS BOOTS ON.

Three times has the World writ.
ten the political obituary of Theo.
dOre Roosevelt.
This time we shall say nothing al
all of the dead.
1t looks as if he had been safely
tucked away by that genial and pop.
ular undertaken Charles S. Whitman
ably assisted by Sexton Sulzer, but
you can never tell.
This may or may not be the fna
funeral. If it is, we are ready tt
testify at the inquest that the de
ceased died with his boots on.-NeN
York World
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12

larly, the numbers OF all cars ia
which animals have been transported
from these districts have been obtain
ed, and these are being located and
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. Il
Following the imposition of gen-t
eral federal quarantine, and the kill
ing OF actually infected herds, cOmSs
farm to farm inspection Of the en-
tire quarantined area. Later, when
it becomes clear that the disease h9el
been localized, 1t will be possible "a
the federal and state authorities II
free from quarantine all but the az |,
tually infected counties or districts,
and allow the uninfected territories
to resume interstate shipments OF
stock. #
History of Present Outbreak.
The present outbreak first appear
ked in southern Michigan How It va
introduced there is not known. Sh1 !
ments of diseased hogs from TN
place to Chicago are believed to be\
responsible for the infection Of, the
pens of the Union Stockyards. Once
the yards became infected there was
danger that every shipment Of LIVE
stock through Chicago to other parts
VI lAC SOuAIly M46uCs plCh up SAC
germs of the disease and spread the
contagion. These shipments, compos-
ed largerly of feeders and stockers,
were sent to farms for fattening and
did not remain in Chicago long,
enough for the disease to show itself
in external symptoms. Some of the
cattle, carrying the contagion, after
shipment, develop external LESSONS
and this accounts for the outbreak of
the disease in the states as far apart
as Iowa and Massachusetts. For this.
reason a large force of federal ina
spectors is now running down every
shipment and examining the animals
or herds at their place of delivery.
At present the chief danger lies
in the possibility of there being con.
cealed sources of infection. Every,
effort is being made by state and fed.
eral authorities, not only to trace sus-
pici0us shipments, but to convince
farmers of the seriousness of the dis
ease and the extreme ease with which
it is communicated, and to urge!
upon them TO report at once to state
and federal authorities all suspicious
cases of sore mouths or lameness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12

Col. Roosevelt thinks it may have
been the religious issue which caus-
ed Whitman to run SO far ahead in
New York. This will besregarded by
Bill Sulzer as an undue Inagnifica-
tion Of the Importance of rolig 10A.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12
The Art Of Borrowing

to
n
-
understands
country suffering
as
theserul the most
will
needed the debt 81.
Of should
tive i'm
the reduction Of the
.t0 !. .5
credit Between
self and
the difference
borrowed will
and
borrowed foolish
nothing which
little whether
that the chief difficulty
The with
machine that will
the will
will had
the the borrower difficulty
amortization
inalments the continually
the interest ALSO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12

By way of completing the disaster
the Michigan democrats gave one OF
Col. Roosevelt's seven little COVER
nors a beating.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12

1t will be all democrats for the
next two years at least the presi
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-11-12
Motorcycles.

New and rebuilt, on monthly pay
ment plan. Dealers and riders want
ed. Eagle Motor Co., Cedar Falls,
Iowa.
Evening star., 1914-04-17

most brutally rich by practicins the new
dances. There are dozens of youngsters
who make a handsome living by dancing
in the afternoon at the various restau-
rants, while at night they are paid to
become members of seeing New ork
parties. and dance with the wives. while
the husbands devote themselves to
Scotches. But the story of Johnny Jones
is distinctly new. He got here from
Australia not long ago Then he looked
up a compatriot
L am broke said he. 'I haven't t
sou. Loan me $25.'
Which the compatrot did. The new
chum bought second hand evening
suit with so. He paid s. to dancing {
teacher. ON the fourth lesson he de-
clared himself.
Il can dance as well as you can, said
he Put me on as your assistant.
The teacher did. Next week the young
Australian sails for London with a con-
tract in his pocket calling for 500 a
week and expenses for ten months. The
only moral is that he has not yet repaid
the borrowed SO.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
SOUTH CAROLINA SWAMPS
MAY HAVE A NEW CROP
Government Trying to Grow Basket
Willows on a CONNER
cial Scale.

IN investigation to determine the ad-
visibility OF growing basket willows in
the low-iying lands along the South Caro-
lima coast has recently been started
through cooperation between Clemson
Agricultural College. the office of farm
ers cooperative demonstration work and
the forest service of the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Much of the low-lying land in this
region has previously been used for the
production of rice. but several factors.
Including the development of new rice
areas in the gulf states. have made rice
growing Improbable and a new crop for
the land is being sought Basket will
lows at once suggested themselves as a
possibility. and the present investigation
is being conducted to determine 70 what
extent they can be successfully grown on
lands of this character. The soil is a
rch. black muck, and the continuous
production of good crops of rice for years
with little or no fertilizer indicates its
richness.
1t seems probable to the agricultural
experts that basket willow rods of COM
mercial size can be raised. but definite
proof of this and of the best methods TO
USE Is necessary before willows can be
fully recommended One difficulty. met
With in all basket willow operations on
large scale. is said to be the securing
of satisfactory labor. The operation of
cutting and peeling the willows must be
carried on during comparatively short
period in the spring, and labor of "A fair
degree of skill must be available TO per
form the work eXpeditiouSly and well.
The present experiment is being car
ried out with approximately 900 cuttings
each of eight varieties of basket Willow
representing practically all of the types
which give promise OF being at all sue
cessful in the locality. These cuttings
are set out in rows about loo feet in
length. running from the wetter 10 the
drer ground. in order 10 test them un-
de- various conditions OF soil and rnois-
ture. The rods Will be cut back each
spring. and the experiment continued for
several Years until conclusive results as
to the adaptability of the various species
are obtained.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Surgeons Ordinary Looking.

Lrour hundred Of the greatest sur
gcons in the world have ended the
meeting here Of the international
Surgical Association. NO man becomes
n member of that organization until
he has passed out of tic plumber class.
practira1lT every one oi them mas
definitely added to the sum OF surgical
knowledge
And yet" said an observer who sat
through every session, there WASH |
a really distinguished looking man ~
the bunch. My daily bartender IS a
far more impressive man in appear
ance than any one of them. The man
who presses my daily breeches out
classes % per cent of them on looks.
He found that as rule the surgeon
who seemed "a grand spectacle was an
uuimportant item in the convention.
The runty looking chaps, shiny and
bald on top, or immured in practically
impenetrable whskers. or with jolly
little paunches quivering every time
their owners thought of a good thing,
were apt to be men whose names are
known in surgical circles from Abys-
sinia to Duluth. Also, they pay no
attention whatever to the rules of
physiology.
The greater d surgeon is. said the
observer, 1.-The more efficiently does he
sit on the back of his neck
The Americans We're pald, the French
men well thatched, the Germans bald
mustached and fat: the Italians vel
haired, but unplump and the Belgians
We're perfect messes of whiskers. And al
most all OF them can talk all sorts OF
languages. Only the Americans were a
bit Shy on babble.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
INGENIOUS REVENGE BY
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
Annoy Lady Auckland by Leaving
Her Alone-Lessons for
Millionaires.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

special Correspondence or The Star.
NEW YORK April l6. 1914
One of these days Lady Auckland will
get back her breath. When she does
she will burn this corrupt and knife
swallowing neighborhood to a black spot.
Very few titled persons have ever been
as completely and incurably discontented
with a metropolitan center as is Lady
Auckland.
When ! return to New York. she
said. upon rcgaining her native London
in 1905 Il will give $500 to the first re-
porter to identify me-
Because Lady Auckland said = the
hellions of the press simply bounded her
into madness last time she was here. The
rest of us We're bad enough. our rich
folks We're simply impossible and our so
cicty folks We're unbelievably uncordial
and only our English servants We're bear
able. But the newspaper men We're the
worst. An analysis of the average rcpor7
torial bean, according to Lady Auckland.
would show q heavy charge of phos-
phate and gray ash. They pestered her
so that toward the latter end of her visit
she was forced to send her typewritten
interviews direct to the city editors
Now-mark the curious ingenuity OF
the reportorial revenge-Lady Auckland
has for a week more been an lmpa-
tient dweller in one of our largest. plush
est and most accessible hotels. She has
hardly gone out at all And the fact OF
her presence has been made known to
the papers And still not a single base
born Scullion of the press has bothered
her for an interview. can you blame
Lady Auckland for being : well - an
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Proposed Survey Of Field.

The proposition is to have the bureau
of fisheries undertake a comprehensive
survey of this field and to enter on a
continuous, systematic endeavor to pro-
vide in the waters of national parks an
adequate supply OF choice food and game
fishes. which may be utilized under reg
ulations to be prescribed by the Depart
mcnt of the Interior.
The cooperative assistance that can be
rendered by the bureau of fisheries in this
regard will comprise the investigation of
the parks with reference to their present
content OF fish life. the determination Of
the possibility of establishing desirable
species IN waters now tishless. the recon-
mendation to the Department of the In
terror OF a definite plan for stocking and
maintaining with fish the waters Of each
park and the actual planting OF fish APP
Evening star., 1914-04-17
DENIES VIOLATION OF LAW.
House Committee !..dopts Resolution
Regarding Campaign Soliciting.

\ Att declaration that it is not Il viola
tion Of sections lis and II" Of the federal
criminal code for senator or representa-
rive iu Congress 10 solicit or receive as
sess sments or contributions for political
purposes from other senators and repre-
seutatives or 10 solicit political contribu-
TONS from other senators and representa-
tives by letters written in the Senate or
House office buildings was made in reso-
lItions adopted yesterday by the House
committee on election of President and
Vice President.
The resolutions were Immediately re-
ported to the House as a report on the
resolution Of Republican Leader Mann
asking whether letters of the democratic
congressional committee assessing SEN
ators and representatives a specified
amount for the campaign was not a vio-
iation of the law.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
THANK NAVY DEPARTMENT.
Owners of Schooner A. w. Snow Ex
press Appreciation of Aid.

The Navy Department has received a
letter from the president of the Smith
Shipping Company. Inc. of New York.
expressing thanks to the department for
the prompt and Efficient service rendered
by the naval tug Patapsco to the schooner
Augusta W. Snow, after that vessel had
been in collision about fifty miles east of
Cape Henry. The schooner was in a
water-logged condition and was towed
by the Patapsco TO the Newport News
Shipbuildine and Drydock Company $
plant at Newport News. The letter states
that the master and crew of the tug
handled the vessel in very efficient
and commendable manner. and did
everything possible to make the crew of
the disabled vessel comfortable. and also
expresses appreciation for the prompt
ness of the comnander-in-chief Of the
Atlantic feet, which was maneuvering i'll
the vicinity of Tie collision. IN sending
the tug 70 the assistance of the injured
schooner.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Lessons for Millionaires.

Remember the old story of the burglar
who hid his money under the clock on
the mantel piece? Until finally some
it?
Who" said the burglar. would ever
think that a thief would look for money
under "A clock?
Well. not that any one would compare
Robert Bacon and Paul Cravath and H.
p Dawson to a. burglar, but wouldn't t
YOU think that these very eminent gentle
men would know better than to build
costly summer houses where protection
against fire is impossible? CraVath IS
one of the most expensive legal lnxuries
ii multimillionaire can employ. Dawson
is the head of the house of Morgan
Bacon was once ambassador to France
These gentlemen harbor enough gray
matter under their bald spots to keep
the Supreme Court working overtime.
And vet CraVaths 5 house has Just
burned with a total loss of S-ao,oW. TWO
preceding houses had been burned on the
same site entailing losses amounting to
So0U 900 pavison's summer home cost
him $4,000 and burned down IN two
hours The same may be said OF Bacon
Mrs w X Vanderbilt 2U-room S4co,-
900 bungalow burned in three hours late
~ jim Keene. the old speculator,
BUILT a summer home at cost of $780,
900 Fire took it in two hours Long
Island is fairly pimpled with eNtraNa-
gantly costly houses of this sort. Inc me
owners DEPEND for protection against hre
on English buffers armed with TUFTS OF
whiskers small. squeahing maids ana
men servants formed by klnu 1foNi-
dence to fit tight pants.
What $ the answer, anyhow.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
HYATTSW[[E FINANCES
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
Report of Town Treasurer Is Made
to Mayor and Council-Fes-
tival Successful.
speelal corre.rondenee 81 1he s.ar.

IIYATTSNILLE. April l.. 1911.
i special meeting Of the rnayor and
common council was held last evening.
Mayor Harry ". Shepherd presiding. to
receive the treasurers 5 report for the cur
rent fiscal year which is required to he
published and distributed ten days prior
to the municipal election TO be held May J.
The report was read by former Council
man Fred u. Tilman detailed to audit
the books.
The receipts for the year We're shown
to have been S11. .43t9:i, exclusive of the
fire department and special road fund.
The disbursements We're S11,o3o, showing
a balance in the treasury of $lSi..E; The
obligations Of the town We're shown to
bs. S7.3so.6l and the assets, Sf,o35.A. The
fire department fund showed receipts pf
ss.,..i and expenditures. SSH leaving
a balance of S61o4.
Th.. report showed that the original
amount Of $4,000 borrowed in 1911 on
account OF road work done under the
law of 1910 had been paid IN 1ul,
s47:O in 1872 and 500 in 1915 The
town still owes $500 on account of
special road work. and this loan has two
years to run under the provisions OF ,he
law passed in 1910.
Mayor Shepherd whose term expires
when his successor is sworn IN next
month, said that during the admin stra-
ton of the present council the floating
indebtedness of the municipality had
been reduced from 5000 to $1,000. He
referred especially 70 the work OF Chair
man John Fainter Of the water and
sewer committee and to the work of
Chairman Albert II. Clark of the road
committee. He also congratulated Coun-
Gilman GUY w. LatimeT upon h-S lntelil-
gent work chairman ot the health
committee.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
U. S. Public Health Service.

Changes Of stations and duties of com
,nissioued and other officers of the United
states public health service have been
announced By Surgeon General Blue, as
follows:
j. ". Kerr assistant surgeon general
directed to proceed by way OF Provi-
dence, r. j., to Boston, Mass, for con
sultation with the state authorities re-
garding methods Of sanitary administra-
ton.
r Clark, surgeon. detailed to attend
M. meeting of the Virginia Public
Health Association. to be held at Char
lottesvile, Va. April %. for the pur-
pose Of presenting a paper on trachoma;
r. r. Won EZdorf, surgeon, detailed
10 attend the meeting of the section on
malaria eradication of the national drain
age congress in Savannah, Ga, April
.,2-2J for the purpose Of presenting d
paper describing present and contem-
plated governmental activities in relation
10 malaria Investigations.
C. C. Pierce, surgeon, directed to pro-
ceed to New York, n. Y, for the pur
pose of investigating closet-closing de-
vice now operating on certain railroads:
also while in New York to visit such
places as may be necessary to collect
information which may be of assistance
in the preparation OF the service exhibit
at the Panama-Pacific international ex-
position.
w. F. Glanville. assistant surgeon. di-
rected to report April 90 to the command
ing officer of the revenue cutter Bear
at san Francisco. Cal, for duty during
the summer cruise in Alaskan waters.
r. c. Derivaux, assistant surgeon, di-
rected to proceed. when directed by Sur
geon r. II. Won Ezdorf to points in the
south, particularly in the states of
Arkansas. Mississippi. South Carolina
and Tennessee, for the investigation of
the prevalence of malaria and the col
lection of pathological material and speci-
mems Of mosquitoes.
L. +, Smith, sanitary bacteriologist,
directed when instructed by the medical
officer IN charge of the Investigations of
the pollution of the Ohio river. to pro-
ceed TO such points on the Ohio river
watershed as he may designate. for the
purpose Of collecting samples of water,
making sanitary surveys and laboratory
Investigations.
Milton " Neldee. sanitary bactc-iolo-
sist. directed. when instructed by the
medical officer in charge of the investi-
cations Of the pollution Of the Ohio river,
TO proceed to such points on the Ohio
river watershed as he may designate,
for the purpose of collecting samples Of
wate-. making sanitary surveys and lab
oratory investigations.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
PLAN TO PLANT FISH
IN NATIONAL PARKS
Secretary Redfield Proposes Cooper
alton With the Department
of the Interior.

Following out his plan to increase the
supply of food fishes. Secretary RedhelI
of the Department OF Commerce has
proposed to the Secretary of the Interior
that the two departments cooperate III
the stocking of lakes and streams in the
national parks with fish and in main
tanning the fish supply in those waters
by the systematic planting OF young fish
and the adoption of national regulations
adapted to the local conditions. Secre-
tary Redtield is desirous Of putting the
plan in force Immediately
Up to the present time no policy in
Evening star., 1914-04-17
DR.. Anna H. Shaw Goes Abroad

NEW YORK, April iI.-Dr. Anna. ltoR
ard Shaw. president OF the National
Woman Suffrage Association. has lefi
on the steamship canada for Italy-
where she will speak suffrage AT TN
quinquiennial meeting OF the Int. rna-
tional Council of Women which coa-
venes in Rome May 4. Or. shaw visitc-
national headquarters OF the association
Wednesday 10 bid her co-work.rS good
bye. She leaned slightly on a cane. h.I
only reminder. she said. OF her recent
accident when she suffered a broken
ankle.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Problem for Occult Societies.

There are something like forty societies
devoted to the study of the occult. Every
now and then one of them publishes q
formidable report Perhaps one of them
will investigate and report upon-and ex-
plaintiffs incident:
Annie Franklin, three years DID, was
asleep in the home of friends at %.
Christopher avenue. Brownsville. She
was healthy. well fed and happy. Al
midnight she awoke. screaming.
Papa" she cried. Take me to papa.
Those nearest tried to soothe the little
one.
Il must go to papa" she wept. He
looks funny. He has some big pipes
in his mouth
Because there seemed no other way te
pacify the little one, one of the kindly
folk in whose home she was went next
door TO get her papa. Benjamin Frank
lin. a tailor. He found Franklin dead il
his chair. Two tubes from the gas je
were tied tightly i'll his mouth.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
propriate as to species aud quantities I,
the various waters of each park
Mistakes May Be Costly

As great injury, it Is asserted ~ the
Commerce Department. may be done 4,
the fish life of a given stream or lake =.
the introduction there of unsuitable sp-'
cies. it is believed that much loss ~
money, time and material may be avoid
ed by insuring through competent pre-
liminary investigation as to what pai
ticular waters are adapted for the fish :
proposed to be planted in them.