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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

other-you him nor him you. But hi
did not forget it was your father thai
first made the gum real success
That was the real reason he never lei
go to the trust" the judge continued
that and his regard for this com
munity."
1T must be. an immense fortune
Judge, isn't it," asked Wallace.
The Consolidated people offered
him twelve hundred thousand dollars
for the plant and trademark"
Yes; we know that" said Jackson.
mr., Wallace means aside from the
gum business"
"WellE said the Judge reflectively,
you see those trust fellows have been
80 anxious to get the Jones Gum that
they've been making business pretty
warm of late. They knew, for instance.
that we had fund for advertising.
and thsr killed that fund for US two
years ago with one Of their shrewd
business tricks"
Wallace was interested. How was
that"
well. they sent in such demand
on us that We added to the size Of the
plant and spent the money for ma
chinery. We thought it was the pub.
lie. We never realized that it was any
thing but a legitimate increase till
the smash came. They quit all their
fake orders. We went back to our nor
NAL business, laid of our extra force
and found ourselves with lot of use
less machinery and half dozen super
fluous packing houses on our hands
and no advertising done at all that
year. Shrewd game, eh?"
Can you beat THAR asked Jackson
Of his friend.
Just shows YOU" Wallace answered.
what chance little fellows got"
None at all, unless he's got big CAPT.
tal That would have ruined a small
manufacturer"
what did uncle do then" Jackson
asked, and he fingered for second on
that word uncle" He was beginning
to have new ideas about both gum and
uncles.
Turned everything he personally
had in all the world into hard cash and
put it bang into the business"
This was somewhat startling. "You
mean that, aside from the actual chew
ing-gum business, he left very little?"
Nothing at all. Well, won't say
that, for believe the plant did actual
ly show a profit last year. When Miss
Richards comes she'll tell you. She's
got it at her finger tips"
"Josie? Does she know as much as
that? What's her position in the fac
tory?'
"She's chief accountant. practically
manager now. You remember her? OF
course you do. She'll tell you all there
is to tell" the Judge explained. as
Dave came with the cigars.
Their mere arrival made both Wis
itors nervous, and when the Judge pre-
sented them to Broadway he was glad
to find It reasonable to disclaim cigar
smoking entirely and light cigarette
Wallace had no such excuse He had
been smoking steadily Iincs his n
riv4l nth m - nnts ~
neve1 ~ III I : ~ II Il
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-19

Eyes; I'm going" said his wife, but
added, as she cast at him an angry
glance: "You have to be polite to
people, don't you?"
With that she fiounced out of the
room, and, to the distress of Broad.
way, went alone. Then and only then
he realized that the Judge intended to
remain. He was actually intent on
talking business. Broadway wondered
if he might not have to give his legal
work to some more intelligent attor-
ney. Could not the gum business wait?
But no. The Judge was purely bust.
ness. There was no hope. The young
man reconciled himself as best he
could.
tive explained to Mr.. Jones, JOSIE"
said the Judge, that the affairs of the
plant are entirely in your hands. You
can give him pretty good idea of
how things stand without the books
and figures in front of you, can't you?"
To Broadway's grief he sat down CON-
fortably."
"Well, hardly, judge" said Josie,
smiling at him in way which panied
Broadway, for it seemed certain to
cement the jurist's firm intention Of re-
naming with them for the balance Of
the evening. 1t seemed to him that
this was inconsiderate.
"The old gentleman told me-" the
Judge explained, that the works
showed a profit of about forty thou
sand dollars last year. Is that right"
ooh, it was more than that"
This distracted Jackson Jones' atten-
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
States WIN Fight to
Make u. 8. Give Up
Its Forest Lands

MADISON. Wis. Oct. 22.--stats
versus federal control Of natural re-
sources 70 to be discussed ct the an
nual meeting of the governors confer
encs to be held In Madison. Wis. Nov.
10 to l4-not a. an incident, but 90 one
OF the principal issues.
The western states complain bitter
ly against the federal policy Of con-
sersation inasmuch a. under this pol
icy the federal government owns from
SO to 80 per cent of the lands In some
Of the states. and thereby deprives the
states Of the taxes on these lands.
The federal conservationists justify
this policy by the experience of some
Of the states In the past. They ray
that II the lands are turned over to
the states, history win repeat itself
and the great mineral. forest and
water power resources will fall into
the hands of few.
To this the western governors re.
ply: Turn the lands over to the states
coupled with any conditions you may
see At to prevent monopoly.
The policy Of the federal govern
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

miles Of the outer Warsaw defences.
The Russians are declared to have
completely outgeneraled the Germans.
They retired along the German front
by arrangement. At the same time .
strong Russian force was sent north
west from Warsaw and apparently the
Germans had no knowledge Of their
presence. When the selected battle
field was reached the Russians made
determined stand and attacked the
enemy both from the front and flank.
The Germans fought desperately but
were trapped and lost an enormous
number of their men In extricating
themselves from their untenable
position.
The fighting was of the most dss-
perate character. Village after vii.
lage was taken and re-taken, but
eventually the weight Of numbers told
and the Germans were driven back
in disorder. the Russians capturing .
large number of cannon and Q mum.
Der OF battle standards. ss
The situation In Galicia IL also de-
clared to be well In hand. The Aus
trains have been heavily reinforced
by German hrst line troops. but they
have teen unable to cross the San
river and their attempts to relieve
Przenysl from the south have utterly
failed. During the last i've days
10000 prisoners have been taken by
the Russians In Galicia. Among them
are said to be several German o6lcsr1
OF high rank.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

ment from the beginning We . r.
over all lands to the states When ~
were admitted. This Wa N ~
on which the thirteen ORIGINAL co1c
were admitted. This was the ~
with respect to the states carvo1
OF the northwest territory.
The federal constitution provf/0
that all states shall be admitted % q
unioi on an equal footing. roe q
federal government to withhold ~
from the western states II vio1okf
Of this provision Of the constftut1>
II 10 impossible for state to proGo
properly when 80 to so per cent a r.
lands within its borders are owned %
the federal government and thero1or@
not subject to state TAXATION 81
Gov. William Spry. OF Utah. q
to deliver the formal address a fh1
subject, though Il II expected thot r.
the general discussion to follow.
position will be strongly suppurtG1 -
Governors Elias Amm0ns. OF Color v
James N. Carey. Of wyoming: Taono[
L. 0ddie, Of Nevada: william G. 1(c|
Donald, OF New Mexico: John ri
Haines. Of Idaho: 8. VI. Stewart. ~
Montana; Oswald M. West, OF OroG6n
Ernest Lister, Of Washington. -
George w. p. Hunt. Of Arizona. a6v'
eral governor from the eastarn -
from the north central states AZ c.
pscted to oppose the proposal fbr sta>t
control.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
HANLEY FAVORS
POLICE WOMEN
Would be Of Great Value. Judge
Tells Twentieth Century
Club

Probate Judge Stewart Hanley. can
didats for reelection, spoke on "Po-
lice women" before the Twentieth
Century club. Tuesday afternoon.
saying In part:
The desirability OF police women
was nrst impressed upon me when !
was an assistant prosecuting attorney
several years ago. When ! nrst en-
tered the once I was assigned to the
police court. and one Of the most dis
tressing features OF my work was
handling cases against children, par
ticularly girls. II struck me that the
system In vogue ut that time OF trying
the children I'm tine same court room
with confirmed criminals, listening to
the sslacious details OF some oil Ia
cases, was fundam antally wrong. Ju-
venile courts as such were practically
unknown In Michigan, but knsN
something Of what had been attempt
ed in other states. 30 with the coop
Grafton OF the judges OF the circuit
court. the police justices and several
philanthropic citizens we determine
to- organize q juvenile court OF oui
own, although there was no law upon
which TO base our action.
THE first thing we did was to sepa-
rate the trials or the children from
those OF the older criminals and u
this end we set aside Saturday "a
.Childrens day, when no cases but
those involving children would De
heard. We tried also, and to some
degree succeeded. in establishing an
informal probation system, but In this.
too, we were restricted by reason
lack OF lawful authority.
cit was In connection, with this work
that | first came I'm contact with WON.
ems participation In criminal court
work. There was no fund or author
ity to hire women for this work, but
we never lacked for those who were
willing TO volunteer their services
Until this was done we were at an
absolute loss In dealing with the girl
problem.
"when these philosophical women
came to our aid there was marked
change for the better In our work, and
although we In no wise compared with
the present Juvenile court. we do be-
lieve that our work was of some infiu-
ence In bringing the present court
into being.
III volunteer workers were Of such
assistance then, I carrot see why cor
respondingly good work cannot be
done among older women, by paid and
trained women. II q carpenter Is
best fitted to deal with carpenters
problem, cannot see why a woman
cannot best deal with woman's prob
lem. There Ia no legal obstacle to
their employment any more than there
is to the employment OF women stem.
ographers. Considering, therefore,
that they would be Of inestimable
value in helping solve some OF our
problems OF government. that the law
makes the way clear for their en-
ployment. cannot see why we would
not be justified In making an expert
ment along these lines"
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
Is BOXES OF
CLOTHES SENT
TO BELGIANS

nail up the big crates. and they also
sent over three dozen comforters and
IA dozen suits Of underwear. Burn
Der of large boxes and men to help
pack, and T. B. Rayl 4 Co. gave the
committee all the necessary nails,
iron bands and other hardware re-
quired for the Grating.
The Colonial laundry telephoned the
committee. Thursday morning. that II
would gladly do all OF the laundry
work required without cost and Picard
i Packard, milliners. sent over a big
! box Of supplies AMI offered to furnish
help to assist In the packing. The
Ford Motor Co., the Chalmers Motor
Co. and the firm OF Pierson, Hough 4
Naylon have turned a number OF auto
mobile trucks over to the committee
TO use as Ion gas they desire. A let
ter was received, Thursday morning.
from the school teachers OF st. Louis.
Mich, signed by Miss Belle Fenton.
notifying the committee that they
were sending big box OF supplies by
early freight.
The frst shipment was sent directly
TO the Belgian consul In Montreal. who
wired the committee. Thursday, that
he would see that II received prompt
shipment on TO England. Each boz
contains about 20 messages from De-
,troit relatives of refugees. who hope
that the clothing may fall into the
hands Of the ones they are searching
for. Mrs. Henry Lyster, Pasadena
,apartments, Is enclosing printed
L. - k<x. an h0kalf NJ Mpo
Prosper Soens, q woman In her EN-.
ploy. and who Is yearning for informa-
ton concerning her three little chill.
dren, Odela, aged IL; Charlie, aged
10, and Karoiina. aged eight who
were living with relatives near Cour-
troll and are now undoubtedly among
the refugees OF either England or the
Netherlands, One Belgian wrote let
ter to the committee asking than an
offort be made to locate his wife
among the refugees, and each OF the
boxes shipped will contain his appeal
for information.
Boy Scouts are being asked to a.
sist in the collection Of clothing for
the refugees. In call to Scoutmas-
ters of Detroit, ]. III. Sowerby. M. D.,
aold secretary, says: 1T In the aim
al our organization 10 be OF service
and TO be prepared. With this aim
n View we are asking each scoutmas-
ter to gather his troops at his troop
meeting place, Saturday, Oct "a.
morning or afternoon. ut whatever
time best suited for him. When troop
- assembled. TO cali Scout headQuar-
ters IN Y. NJ. G. A. building and re-
ceivo Instructions for the work or
esthsring clothing for the Belgian re.
lisf.s L.lNIA- ~ I
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
BY ). w. 7. MASON.
(Former Esropean Manages OF the
United Press.l

tnited fress.b
NEW YORK. Oct. 22.--(l1
a. m.)-The allies are continu-
Ing to press the German line
slowly backward In Belgium. but
there Is no evidence Of further
gains In northern France.
Lille. which Is the center of
the German advance In the en-
trenchments. Is being desperate
ly held. TO serve apparently az
q pivot North or Lille, the
Germans are giving ground. At
one point on the Belgian border
-Warneton-the allies are
only Ave miles to the west OF
the Lille perpendicular, while
three miles farther north, at
Menin, they have swung mile
or two past the Lille line.
South OF Lille. however, no
gains have ben reported. The
British progress eastward In the
French pivotal movement from
Arras has been forced TO Q
standstill BY desperate German
resistance at La Bassee. The
immense Importance to the Ger
mans Of saving their communi-
cations from q French eastward
swing at Arras, APPARENTLY has
led to . larger concentration of
General Won Boehn's army south
Of Lille than to the north. IL
the Germans can do 90. they
will hold Lille as o pivot for
themselves, Just as the French
are using Arras, 20 miles TO the
southwest, for that purpose. II
the pressure OF the allies In Bel
quinn becomes too strong for re-
sistance along the present line,
the Germans probably will bend
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
THE OLD WORLD WAR 4
FROM DAY no Dl|

their northern Me 1o(f
that II TO the east, fyou1
South OF Lille they VIII ou10
or to hold their front u
present perpendicular
This strategy. II con< fnr
will eventually lead % ne a.
mans being pushed bach ~
northern Belgium to AntWo
This battle front, BY follow
Q xfgzag course. viii AFFORD
best protection to their en-
munications that the circu1
stances allow. Their line CO..
bend northeast from Lille ~
Antwerp without endsnGorinU
their main railway supply ~
tenn. But, once the alltoo ~
gin to make persistent proGTorr
to the east, south Of LILLE, an<
particularly from Arras, g3oo1
danger will force the ent1FC
German hold on French TERRI
tory. Liege. where the ehfoI<
German line Of communtcatlcr Z
enters home territory. II Aimee
due east of Lille. The xono %
safety for the Germans, thoror
fore, 10 south OF the Lille-rioG
parallet. For this reason t10'
Germans must prevent st ~
costs, an allied advance IN forc0
below Lille. To the proQont
they have been. ON the WhoIo
-. 81 -
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

ed. Thursday morning. Prosecutor
Frazer continued to cross-examine
Arthur j. McGurn on the dictagraph
reports prepared by McGuru ON July
IL and July rs.
Money might have been talked
about In Room 40S and you did not
hear it--isnt that true?" asked the
prosecutor.
YES" answered the witness. I'VE
knew previously what line of CONVEX
sation Brennan would have with Gin
nan. Brennan dropped his voice at
times. We heard everything Brennan
wanted US to hear
But you didn't hear ALI"
Possibly Brennan did not want us
to hear everything he knew about our
arrangements and that he was to talk
In q loud voice."
Frazer then read from a copy Of the
original dictagraph reports, but Nc
Gurn insisted on having the originals
before answering the prosecutors
question.
why don't we have the originals
here roared Attorney McNamara,
instead Of the prosecutor reading
from scraps OF paper that the witnosn
and nobody else knows anything
about? We object to Frazer using
Glinnar's name In reading from those
scraps, giving the impression that
Gilman made these statements"
Mcnamara made Q formal objec-
ton, insisting that the prosecutor was
ATTEMPTING to get something before
the jury by inneundo. The objection
was overruled and an exception al
lowed.
McCurn would not testify to any.
thing that Frazer read. terrifying him.
self by repeatedly. asking for his orig
inal reports which are not In the pos
session OF the prosecutor.
Attorney McNamara kept up q run
ming Are Of objections while Mr..
Frazer was reading. and Mc0urn's
reply to all questions was: II can't
recollect without seeing my original
reports" adding finally: II saw those
reports only once and that was when
] prepared them two years ago. I
can't remember conversations that
occurred two years ago"
The Judge SLOWED the prosecutor
to read the reports to test the menu
1ry OF the witness.
(which part OF the original report
/ do you remember" asked Fraser.
Only the conyersation between
| Gilman and Brennan concerning DO.
sition and salary, and that In gen.
eral way"
"Is there anything from what
have read. that you remember was
said or donef'
n want my original. reports.' Turn
ling to the Judge the Witness com
plained that the prosecutor was At
tempting to trap him. The judge
ordered him to snswer the prosecls-
tors Questions. and McGurn said:
NO. SIR"
McGurn refused to answer the next
question. a. 10 whether he could hear
Whispers over the dictagraph. unless
| the prosecutor would allow ain u
qualify Il. The pfoaecutof paaoo1 o.
10 ane9hr question, ignorinG Ne
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
DON'T DELAY
YOUR VISIT
To -Grinnen Bros.' Music
House.

In just two more days 0rinnsll nrss.s
Great Sale Of summer Resort Planes
and Piayer-Pianos viii end The sav-
ing on the prices OF these bssutifn1
instruments 10 even more rsmarkable,'
n possible, than At the frst day Of ~
Sale. You will ind on the hoorp 3
steinway, at e2ss; 9 Knabs. 81 l1!3; Z
BrinkerhofY. at t1e7, stc.--New Eng-
land, Becker, etc. Terms gladly A.
ranged to suit your convenisnce
these sensational bargains places you
under no obligation. You Will be sur,
prised TO learn how easy 10 - 90 buy
one OF these splendid Pianos or Player
Rsmember, this sale positively. en1!
in Just two more days. AZ 0g1nn9{k
Bros.' warsrooms. 24e-n5 Wooowero-
Of 8 lifetime for the pianoises hom@
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
BUSY LITTLE MAN
is MAYOR MARX
THESE EVENINGS



prove worthy OF future support. He
talked to them Of the street car set
tleman plan: and said that the say
ing on car fares, TO the owner OF q
little home, would about pay the taxes
on the home. The audience listened
intently. quietly. They puffed away
on cigars. filing the room with blue
haze. and said nothing. They APP
plauded the mayor roundly when he
had finished. and Chairman Willis
added postscript TO the remarks.
MY mother" said Attorney Bob.
slave woman that she was, taught
me something that never forgot. She
used TO say To me. Boy, when you
want something, ask for IL. and keep
on asking, and keep on asking, till
you get II. SO I'm going to hint to
the mayor. right now, that the colored
folks want to see some colored boys
In the fire department The mayor
has given US two colored detectives.
We want some colored firemen."
One OF the club members, with q
splendid, powerful voice. sang o
swinging march song for the mayor
and was applauded To the echo. AS
the mayor arose to leave he remark
ed: II have made arrangements with
Mr.. Willis for little refreshment for
all the boys. I'm the room at the rear"
There was sound OF moving
chairs.
But not just now don't want to
break up the meeting" added the
mayor, and vending his way through
the packed hallway, shaking hands
he 1..t
Said one OF the scribes. exhaling q
lot OF secondhand cigar smoke from
his lungs: That's what we want,
mayor-atmosphere and color. Atmos-
phere--and color"
Then came the scheduled meeting
OF the Stonecutters' union. In the
hall, some half hundred young men
were struggling out They said the
Stonecutters didn't meet that night
this was the steamntters' meeting.
Some mistake In the schedule"
muttered the mayor well, tell the
boys up there that I'm arranging for
q little drink for them down In the
bar"
The crowd started stampede down
the stairs. Most of them expressed
the opinion that some guy Is kiddin'"
"Kiddln' nothin'." said one Of the
wise ones, as he led delegation to-
ward the mahogany. Don't you see
Mayor Marx In there? Where's your
political economy"
And the mayors party moved on,
after the mayor had peeled bill from
his roll and handed II to the barkeep.
Then an unofficial stop at the new
cafe OF Charlie" Chaser, old friend
OF the mayor, where other old friends
shook hands, and cheered the mayor,
and told him he was the kind Of
mayor to have, fellow who could
drop In to call on his everyday
friends, and who didn't forget to ex-
tend his good wishes on such festal
occasion.
And then to the big, softly lighted
green ball room in the Masonic tenn
pie. where Schiller lodge was holding
q dance, and where the women were
fair and daintily dressed, and the men
were spick-and-span- In their evenin,
dress-Shere committee escorted
the mayor across the polished floor,
and promptly arranged circle two
step that he might dance with mum
Der OF partners.
And the mayor swung away with
the little blonde lady, to the lifting
melody OF the orchestra, and the Iro-
quois club and the Steamhtters' union
were OF the past, and all OF the other
political meetings
were of the future.
And the mayor Is some dancer.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22
YOUTH, I'm sCANTY ATTIRE,
wANDERS ABOUT CITY

walter p, Smith. rs years old. Of
No. AIS PutnanAye., disappeared
shorfly before midnight. Wednesday.
800 attending . dance. All his
ciofhes. with the exception of his suit
~ underwear, we're found on the porch
- : residence on Trumbuli-ave.. just
s-cuud the corner from the Smith
s~ne. Smiths family notified the po-
iscs Oficers searched AN morning
a. o'clock IN the afternoon the po-
i,~s were notified that Smith was
scur6 wandering around d 3 vacant
~. stfirsd snly y IL underwear
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

Wisconsin claims the banner In its
forward march Of training women
for agriculture. At its agricultural
college SIX women registered for the
short course from the following
states: Missouri. Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Pennsylvania and New
York.
The Detroit times., 1914-10-22

FALL RIVER. Mass.-IThe business
done here In bandage cloth. as re-
suit OF the var in. Europe. IL showing
a healthy increase.
The Daily Missoulian., 1914-09-29
RANKIN CHALLENGES
MCCORMICK TO
DEBATE
PROGRESSIVE WOULD TOUR THE
STATE WITH REPUBLICAN
STANDARD BEARER

Helena, Sept. 2S.-(Special)- Well
ngton ID. Rankin of Helena one of the
progressive nominees for congress, has
forwarded to Washington j. McCor
mick of Missoula, one of the republican
nominees, a letter asking for a joint
canvass of the state.
AS both of these congressional NOM
inees are the same age, but having
been schoolmates in the Missoula pub
lie schools at the Montana State Uni
versity and also at Harvard college,
and both now are warm personal
friends, the joint canvass will be upon
u clean cut, even basis.
The Helena politicians of all par
ties are looking forward with real in
terest to the contest between these
young gladiators, who have recently
entered the political arena.
| Mr.. Rankin's letter, conveying the
challenge, is as follows:
! Helena, Mont, Sept. 81, 1914.
Washington, j. Mccormick, Esq. Re
| publican Candidate for Congress,
Missoula, Mont.
Dear sir--Believing that the people
of Montana desire to hear all sides Of
the issues now Confronting them con-
cerning governmental affairs. | hereby
earnestly request YOU to debate with
me the issues as presented by the
platforms of the political parties in
| Montana
1t will be agreeable to me for YOU
to fix the time and place for the de-
| bates.
VERY Sincerely yours,
"WELLINCfTON ID. RANKIN,
Progressive Candidate for Congress. :"
Mr.. Rankin having left the time and
place for the Joint debates to the con-
veniencc of Mr. Mccormick entertains
no doubt Of his acceptance of the
plan.