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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-04
Hazel College.
Corn blowing is the order of tn

Corn blowing is the order of the
day.
Everything is needing rain.
Bert Ramsey is on the sick list
Mary Spencer spent Saturday
night with home folks.
w. A. Irving and wife spent Sat.
urday and Sunday with Fred Irving
and family.
Hyram Dutton spent Saturday
night with Wesley Steen.
Amos West and wife spent Sunday
at Bert Ramsey's.
4 N. G. Spencer and family, Wesley
Steen and family spent Sunday on
Grand River.
Mrs. Warner went to 1ndianola
to visit with old acquaintances.
Clyde johnson spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
Claude Wookey and wife spent
Sunday with Dave Fry's.
Francis Burchett, and wife and
Sam West and family spent Sunday
at Aaron Fry's.
Jim Ramsey and wife and Miss
Maggie Edwards made flying TRIP
/ to Leon Monday morning.
Andie Steen spent Saturday night
at Alma Brands.
Ben Collins and wife spent Sun
day evening with Jim Ramsey and
wife.
Della Collins and Lofty Hopkins
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs
Rastus Nelson.
N. G. Spencer and family, Wesley
Steen and family and Hiram DuttOn
and lady friend spent Saturday even.
ing at Aaron Fry's eating ice cream
Clyde Blades and wife and son
spent Sunday at Lew Zimmerman.s
II. B. Hawkins and wife made 9
Tying trip u Leon Saturday evening
IN - IN " would not object q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-04
Coughs and Colds Weaken the Sys
TEN.

Continued coughs, colds and bron-
cial troubles are depressing and
weaken the system. Loss of weight
and appetite generally follow. Get a
soc bottle of DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry today. 1t will stop your cough.
The first dose helps. The best medi-
cine for stubborn coughs, colds and
all throat and lung troubles. Mr.. O.
H. Brown, Muscatine, Ala, writes:
My. wife was sick during the hot
summer months and honestly be-
lieves DR.. Kings New Discovery saved
her life. Good for children. soc and
81 ct your drnggist. 3
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-04
FRED A. BOWMAN, NJ. u.
Physician and Surgeon.

Office hours l 1 to - &. NJ, ! 80 to
$3.50 p. m, 1880 to $3.50 p. IL. Office
phone, 2 On 202, residence phone.
3 on 202.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-06-04
Lockwood Bordeaux

1850 $500
Imported by Truman Bros, Bush
nell, Illinois. Is magnificent Hack
ney type of stallion, beautiful roam,
with good style and has no equal in
Decatur county for action.
Will make the season of 1914 at
the Sherm Rumley barn, "A mile
north of Leon.
State Certificate No. 1920.
The pedigree of the stallion Imp.
Hockwold Bordeaux, owned by w.
II. Axes, Leon, Decatur county, Iowa,
described as follows Registered in
the English and American Hackney
Stud Book breed, IIaekney; stud
book Nos: $50 4se color
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
SEARCHi FAILS
TO,REvEAL BODY
OF LITTLE GIRL


Newcastle, Ind, June t.--Dr. w. A.
Winters and his wife, Byrd Winters.
were arrested here in connection with
the disappearance of their child, Cath
crime Winters, on March 20, 1913 With
w. II. Cooper, boarder at their home
they were held for hix hours on the
technical charge of conspiracy to
commit felony" before being released
on 5000 bail. Cooper is still in Jail
i'm default of a So 600 bond.
The arrest came after search OF
the Winters home in which it Is de-
clared that a red underskirt, red
sweater and a hair ribbon belonging
to the missing 9-year-old girl were
found sealed up in a wall in the cell
lar.
After day spent in digging up the
ground and cellar at the familys pres
ent home, the searchers opened a dis
used well at the former residence and
dug out n quantity of lime without,
h wever, finding any new evidence.
So far, no motive connecting any of
the persons under arrest with the dis
appearance of the child has been dis
covered. II is said that the girl was
to have inherited $4,000 from a grand
parent, which would 80 to some other
relative if not to the girl.
Winters was indignant at his arrest
and charged his present predicament
to Mayor Watkins. with whom he has
not been on friendly terms.
The strange turn in the events in
the search for the girl ends a nation
vide hunt that began more than a
year ago when the child dropped out
of sight.
Detective Abel, employed to inves-
tigate the disappearance of Catherine
Winters, today filed an affidavit of in
formation i'm the circuit court, charg-
ing DR.. Winters. wife. and w. III. Coo
per, with conspiracy to commit felony.
More Serious Charge Entered.
Newcastle, June Later Winters
and his wife were re-arrested, charged
with conspiracy To commit murder
and burn the body of Catherine.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
RELIGIOUS SERVICE FOR
AMERICANS IN NORWAY

Christiania, June 1.-The thousands
of Americans who are expected in
Norway this summer to attend the
celebration of the centenary of Nor
wegian independence will not lack
for spiritual guidance provided by
their own countrymen while they are
here.
An anonymous donor of Chicago
has provided for the erection of a tent
seating 5000 people in which evan
gelistic services will be held through
out the celebration. Or. a. G. Dixon,
pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
Spurgeon's famous church i'm London.
will conduct the services for several
weeks in June. lie will preach twice
daily, once with an interpreter for
the benefit OF the Norwegians, and
once without. on his return To Lon
don, Dr. Dixon expects to welcome a
large number of Americans to the Ia
bernacle, where DR.. j. II. Jowett of
New York will preach in July.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
'BEHRING SERUM
ON MARKET SOON
0iscoverer of DiphtheIia Proven.
tive Urges More Experiments

Ecrlin, May 29.-Prof. Won I}ehrng
the celebrated discovercr of diphtheria
serum. hopes soon to place his diph-
iberia preventive On the market.
Writing in the current number of the
Rerliner Klinische Wochenschrft,
Prof Won Behring says that although
since the introduction Of the serum
the annual number of deaths from
diphtheria i'm Germany has sunk from
60, 900 to. H. 900. the number of diph-
iberia cases is increasing in many
places, for example in Berlin, from
5000 in 1906 To fl 900 in 1911.
1t is as an outright preventive of
diphtheria that Prof. Won Behring hopes
his new discovery will be effective.
Its main feature is that ii exercises
active immunization Iby introducing
ntural and not foreign substances in
to the blood. The preventive consists
of mixture OF toxin and anti-toNin,
the effectiveness of which has been
demonstrated i'm numerous cases dur
ing the last year.
lTol. Won BeHTlnS TtCoiliiltHuS lN
podormic injections in cases where
wholesale application is desired as
for example, i'm the vaccination of en-
tire communities against smallpox,
hut he says that the treatment is ef-
fective only if the injection is made at
least twice within a fortnight and
causes specific and unmstakable local
reactions.
He urges the medical community
throughout the world to keep on ex-
permenting with the preventive i'm or
der that more and more experience
may be gathered before fixing any
definite regulations for the employ
ment of a method. Only when that
has been done will it be advisable to
place the preventive on the market.
The well known Berlin banking fam
lily of Bleichroder has given $250,000
for the establishment of country
home for needy convalescents of the
middle class who require treatment,
especially to facilitate medical prog
ress along therapeutical lines. besides
aiding worthy persons to avail them
selves of such treatment.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
GREAT DAMAGE
DONE BY ANCHOR
Ia Such Position on Storstad II
Was Like Big Can Opener

Montreal, June 1.-The sharp point
Of an anchor projecting from the
twisted bow of the Norwegian collier
Storstad. may explain why that vessel
did such terrible execution when she
rammed the Empress of Ireland. An
examination of the Golfers shattered
plates revealed the anchor jammed in
position where it could have ripped
through the hull of the Empress like
great can opener.
The anchor point and portions of
the battered steel surrounding it bore
stains of lrsood.
Pilot Nault, who navigatcd the Stor-
stadt up the st. Lawrence from Que
bee, said today that Captain Ander-
son told him that Anderson, his first
officer. and Pilot lie Chance, who
brought the Storstad from Father
Point to Quebec, were on the bridge at
the time of the collision.
"On the way up the river" continued
Nault, IAN examination was made. We
''"iih ANNINy pitiA'S ipi N''lu ii''' 'N''i
sprung. At Quebec the Storstad took
in much water and we were obliged to
floor the compartments in order To
Keep the ships bow up. There was no
watqr in the hold.
Captain Anderson was deeply
grieved. Several times during the trip
from Quebec | came upon him crying
with his face buried i'm his hands.
lrving's Body is Found.
The body of Laurence Irving. the
English actor, was picked up last night
below Rimouski. The face was bruis-
ed almost beyond recognition. one
hand still clutched a piece of cambric,
wobabl ytorn from the night dress of
his wife, whom he was making des-
perate efforts to save when last seen
alive.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Observation-Disclosures
Responsibility for Horror

hole she had torn i'm the Ireland The
engineer were ordered ahead to hold her
against the liners side but the head
way the Ireland was under twisted the
colier's bow out of the cash.
Captain Anderson, while refusing to
give out any extended statements, said
that the collision had been due solely
to the suddenness with which the -og
shut down upon the vessels.
Contrary to the stories which had
been received of her condition, the
Stors.ad was little injured. Her stem
was bent back for more than dozen
feet above the water line. but she
stood up straight She had about IL, 900
tons OF coal on board.
The Storstad was attached on it's
arrival at Montreal on a two million
dollar claim against her owners by the
Canadian Pacific railway, owners of
the lost Empress
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01

Quebec, June Captain Anderson
of the Storstad, now here, denies he
was responsible for the collision of the
Empress Of ireland. He claims he had
the right Of way and that when he lost
sight of the Empress of Ireland in the
fog the latter's course had been set SO
the vessels would pass each other
safely. The Storstads course remained
unaltered, his statement alleged, but
when the Empress was next seen she
was close at hand, making consider
able headway.
He declares the Storstads engines
were reversed and it's momentum was
nearly checked when the vessels col
lided. Anderson claims he remained
near the scene of the collision and
points to the fact that his ship saved
$50 persons as proof of his assertion.
The statement declares not true the
charge that Storstad backed out of the
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Captain fenddYS Story of
Empress of Ireland Disaster

Rimouski, Que, June 1.-Whilc final
tabulations of the casualties i'm the
sinking of the i'll -fated Empress of
Ireland were being made, showing
that AIS of her passengers and crew
had been rescued and 800 had perish
ed, Captain Henry Kendall of the lin
or was telling his story of the disas-
ter at an inquiry conducted by Coroner
Pinault here.
Captain Kendall i'm substance de-
clared that he had taken all possible
precautions against "A collision. His
ship had been stopped. he gave the
requisite signals when the Danish coll
lier Storstad, which dealt the blow
which sent the Empress to the bottom.
was two miles away, but the collier
had kept on through the fog which
settled down soon after the two
vessels cited each other and had ram
med the Empress of Ireland while the
latter was virtually motionless.
Then. despite his plea to the master
of the collier that he run his engines
full speed ahead to keep the hole in
the liners side plugged with the Stor-
stad's bow, said Captain Kendall, the
Danish vessel backed away the wa
ter rushed i'm and the Empress sank.
Captain kendsll's Story.
Captain Kendall. who stuck TO the
bridge of his ship to the last. took up
his story of the disaster from the
pnfpt az which tho E,noproes ,f Tra
land. bound from quebec to Liverpool,
had dropped her pilot Thursday night
at Father Point, near which the dlsas-
ter occurred.
we then proceeded full speed"
continued Captain Kendall. After
passing Rock Point gas buoy I sight
ed the steamer Storstad, il then being
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Declares Prosperity Would Come
With Jump II. Manufacturers
Changed Attitude
TARIFF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
Says Any. Unsatisfactory condl-
tion Csnters Largely About
Railway Offices

Washington. June 1.-President Will
son today again expressed the cOnvic-
ton that any present unsatisfactory
condition OF business was not gener-
al, but was less felt in the United
States than i'm any other part Of the
world. The president reiterated this
view at the first conference he has had
with Washington correspondents
since the Mexican situation became
acute. Questions, however, on that
subject was barred.
The president said IL was his inn
preston that any unsatisfactory con-
dition centered largely about the rail-
way offices. and that il was reflected
in the steel industry and other indus
tries closely allied. which depend es-
pecially upon railway development for
prosperity. The president believes
prosperity would come with a jump.
If the manufacturers believed il was
coming. He does not believe the tariff
had anything to do with the depres-
sion. Secretary Redheld's statistics
of exports over imports were cited by
the president as proof
The president said he did not under
stand that the Clayton trust bill was
designed 10 grant labor organizations
any privileges they do not now en-
joy. 1t is the purpose of the act. he
understands. to define the right of
labor organizations more clearly. II is
not the understanding. said the pres
ident, that labor organizations are to
be given any privilege denied other
organizations.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
FRENCH CABINET LOSES ITS
GRIP AND WILL RESIGN

Paris, June 1.-The French cabinet,
under the premiership of CASTOR Dou-
merque, has decided to resign. The
cabinet will meet tomorrow to draft
a statement explaining the reasons for
its retirement
Uncertainty as to the cabinets abil-
ity to control the majority in the
chamber of deputies, differences con-
cerning financial measures to be in
troduced in parliament. and some di-
vergence of views in regard to three
years military service, are factors
bringing about the resignation.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Surviving Passengers Of Empress Of
ireland and Officers and Crews
Of Both Boats to Be Heard
BODIES OF MANY OF VICTIMS ARE IDENTIFIED

Quebec, June 1.-The Identification
of the dead taken from the scene of
the wreck of the Empress of Ireland
is progressing rapidly Nearly 100 of
the 1SS bodies brought here yesterday
by the tender, Lady Grey, have been
thus far recognized by friends or rel
atives, including eighteen identified
and claimed at Rimousky.
Among the identified dead are Sir
Henry Seton Karr, big game hunter
Or. E "A. Barlow, leading geoloSist of
Canada. nearly score of members
of the Salvation Army and Edwin
Hannussen of Negaunee, Mich.
Several of the recovered dead are
badly gashed, probably killed in their
beds by the force of the Storstad bow
as it crashed into the Ireland's side,
while nearly all are bruised and bat
tered by contact with debris Addi
tlonal bodies are being recovered, but
slowly.
There has been no change in the
official lists of the dead and saved,
which show 800 killed or drowned and
AIS escaped.
Will Make Searching Inquiry.
Prompt investigation is promised
on all sides, and Il royal commission
has been named To make "A searching
inquiry. The commission is compos-
ed of one member of the British board
of trade named by the British gov
ernment, and two judges of the Ca
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Survivors Go Into Water, Also
FUNDS FOR THE M. A. c.;
COURT DECISION FAVORABLE

Lansing. Mich, June 1.-The state
supreme court has rendered a decision
giving the state board of agriculture
educational funds placed in it's GUS
tody, thereby relieving a serious finan-
cial crisis at the Michigan Agricultur-
al college.
For several months the college has
been short of money and suspension of
court acted favorably or IA special ses-
sion of the legislature was called to
vote the necessary funds.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01

| clear. The Storstad was then about
one point, l. degrees on my starboard
bow. At that time | saw slight fog
bank coming gradually from the land
and knew it was going to pass be-
| tween the Storstad and myself. The
Storstad was about two miles away at
that time. Then the fog came and
the Storstad's lights disappeared. I
rang full speed astern on my engines
and stopped my ship.
AT the same time l blew three
short blasts. meaning. am going fun
speed astern.' The Storstad answer
ed with the whistle, giving me one pro-
longed blast.
Il then looked over the side of my
ship into the water and saw my ship
was stopped. | stopped my engines
and blew two long blasts, meaning,
My ship was under way but stopped
and had no way upon her.
HE answered me again with one
prolonged blast. The sound was then
about four points upon my starboard
bow. Ii was still foggy. | looked out
To where the sound came from. About
two minutes afterwards | saw his red
and green lights. He would then be
about one ships length away from me.
| shouted To him through the mega
phone to go full speed astern, as | saw
the danger of collision. At the same
time put my engine full speed ahead
with my helm hard to port with the
object of avoiding, if possible, the
shock. Almost at the same time he
came right i'm and cut me down in a
line between the tunnels.
II shouted To- the Storstad to keep
full speed ahead to fill the hole he
Continued on 9th Page, End Column.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
GIVE UP LIVES
so COMPANIONS
May Be SAVED
Three Young Men on Boating Ex-
cursion Sacrifice Themselves

Philadelphia, June 1.-Sacriiicing
their lives in order that the lives OF
four companions, two OF them girls,
might be saved, three young men, none
of whom could swim, leaped into the
Delaware river from sinking row.
boat Saturday evening, and were
drowned. The story of their sacrifice
was told yesterday by the survivors.
The dead were John Mouchech, Ray
mond Tinhey and John Murphy. The
saved are George German, Sarah Ger
man, Mary German and John Sevil.
They ranged i'm age from sixteen to
twenty six years.
Tinhey and Sarah German were en-
gagged to be married in a short time.
The party was more than one hun
dred yards from the shore when they
noticed that the craft was rapidly
filling with water from loose board
in the bottom. None of the party
could swim, but all the men agreed to
jump out, that the girls might be
saved.
Survivors Go Into Water, Also.
In spite of the sacrifice, the boat
capsized shortly after the three men
had disappeared in the water, and the
four other occupants were thrown into
the river. Sevill and German succeed
cd i'm clinging To the overturned craft
and, grasping the girls as they were
about to sink for the second time, held
them until the party was rescued by a
motor boat.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
38e PERSONS KILLED ON
MICHIGAN ROADS IN YEAR,

Lansing, Mich, June steam and
electric railroads killed SS9 persons
and injured 2,719 in the last year. ac-
cording TO information gathered from
the records of the state railroad COM
mission.
The records show that 25 employees
were killed and 1,179 injured. while Is
passengers were killed and 916 injured.
Trespassers to the number of 1855 were
killed, while 144 were injured.
The records show that 124 others
were killed and 1,179 injured. Accidents
at crossings are listed as Others"
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
SALTILlO FEDERAL SOLDIERS
REACH THE MEXICAN CAPITAL

Mexico City, June Many trains
conveying federal troops. which form
ed the garrison of Saltillo, were ar
riving all day yesterday at San Luis
Potosi, according To dispatches. 1t
took twelve days for General Joaquin
Mas, in command, after he evacuated
Saltillo, to reach san Luis Potosi. AS
the army proceeded southward the rear
guard destroyed the railroad to prevent
the further advance of the Consttu-
tionalists.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
NEARS BOTH MILESTONE.
Pope Plus X May Celebrate Birthday
Tomorrow in Public

Rome. June 1.-Pope Plus Y will en-
ter upon his eightieth year tomorrow.
He was born at Riese on June 2, 1885.
owing to the unusually large number
of foreign preates of note who are
now in Rome among them being
three cardinals and numerous arch
bishops from America, il is consid-
cred likely that the pontiff may de-
viate from his rule of celebrating his
birthday anniversary in private. If
permission is granted. a delegation,
representing the visiting churchmen
will call at the Vatican to present
their congratulations TO the pope.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
MILITANTS DESTROY
HISTORIC EOIF|CE
Burn Church of st. Mary's at War
grave With Priceless Relics

Henley. Eng. June An arson
squad today destroyed the historic
parish church Of st. Mary's at War
grave. three miles from here on the
Thames. Ii was built in 1888. All that
remains is a portion of the tower and
the scorched stone walls. II contained
some bells four centuries old, which
melted in the flames.
The ancient register and a few
church ornaments were saved by the
vicar who rushed through the flames
to get them. Two women strangers
were seen in the vicinity early this
morning. Firemen found hammer
and "A heap of suffragette literature,
with the placard: stop prosecuting
the women"
Burn Mansion Near Windsor.
Windsor. Eng, June IA mansion
near here, formerly occupied by the
Duchess of Sutherland was destroyed
by fire. The police say the suffragettes
are responsible.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-01
Heights Overlooking River of st.
Lawrence Are Blacki with Peo-
pie as Steamer Brings Bodies
of Empress of ireland Dead.

Quebec Que. June 1.-The Canadian
government steamer Lady Grey
brought from Rimouski yesterday 1SS
bodies, recovered from the wreck Of the
Empress Of Ireland The historic
heights overlooking the st. Lawrence
river were black with spectators as the
funeral ship moved slowly up the
river and was moored at the embank-
ment wall near the breaItwater. The
collins were carried ashore and the
work of Identification besan without
delay.
The Lady Grey was escorted by his
majesty's ship Essex. Fifty sailors from
the warship, with barred heads, carried
the collins down the gangplank and
laid them i'm rows on three long tables.
stretched under the freight sheds on
the pier. The building was draped in
black. a crowd that included many
Of the survivors and relatives and
friends of the dead gathered at the door
and waited for permission to enter the
pass down the aisles between the
rows of bodies.
Many in Rough Pine Boxes.
The three tables each 100 feet long.
soon held collins Of every description.
Assembled on one were twenty-five lit
tie white caskets that held the bodies
of children. Although the Lady Grey
had taken to Rimouski all the collins
that could be gathered i'm the short
time at the disposal of the government
and steamship officers. there were not
enough. Besides the children's caskets
there were eighty-e eight containing the
bodies of adults The remains of the
brought here i'm rough pine boxes,
hastily nailed together for the occasion.
There was no sadder sight in the
building than the table where rested
these seventy-five -improvised coffins
for many of them held the bodies of
mothers and children locked i'm the last
embrace, Just as they had sunk to
their deaths Off Father point early
Friday morning
1t seems probable that many bodies
are still imprisoned within the shat
tered hull of the big steamer