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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
LEST WE FORGET.

The Republican State con-
vention of Iowa was in session
July Is, and following the
agreed-upon plan of Repub-
lican leaders in Washington to
use all efforts to discredit the
President, adopted plank in
it's platform denouncing the
foreign policy of the admin
istration. Here is what the
Iowa Republcan convention
said:
1T (the administrator has
established a foreign policy
which will inevitably involve
us in those entangling alliances
which our forcfathers labored
so earnestly to avoid, and
which, if carried forward, will
fasten upon us the perpetual
hostility of our sister republics
of this continent, unless we are
willing to submit to the pillage
of our public treasury to salts
fly their demands"
What say the honest people
of Iowa today as between their
President and the Republican
leaders in their state.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
ON THE JOB.

We have had presidents who re
garded the duties of the Chief Mag
istracy as an easy routine. There
have been others who used their posi-
ton to exploit themselves by extern
siye travel, public shows and inces
SAINT speech-making.
Asked to appear on the stump ir
behalf of Democratic candidates this
fall, Mr.. Wilson places his RESPONSE
bilities as President above those that
attach to party leadership and says
with reference to the state of war
in Europe: every patriotic man
ought now to stay on his job until
the crisis is past, and ought to stay
where his job can best be DONE"
Staying on the job in this case
means more than an appreciation OF
duty and more than a willingness to
forego pleasure 1t reveals an un-
shaken confidence in the intelligence
and Justice of the people. The Pres
ident has made his record and is will
ing to abide by it, His party has
made it's record and he can see no
reason why much talk should be
necessary to convince his countrymen
that with so many achievements to
it's credit it should not be cordially
Endorsed at the polls.
This is an assumption that the peo-
pie of the United States as we'll as
their representatives at Washington
are on the job. To stay on the job
is wisdom at ell times, but in the
present crisis it is policy which in
private life has been forced upon
millions of anxious business men,
who are in no mood for distracting
sensations or diversions. In the
grim compulsion that is upon them
they will find encouragement in the
knowledge that the administrators of
their Government are at their posts,
alert, laboriOus and true.
Woodrow Wilson has been on the
job for peace, on the job for fair tax
alton, on the job for honest bust
ness, on the job for self-respecting
industry, on the job for the sound
currency and on the job for just
banking. We believe that great
people VINO are also on the job will
take care of him and of every mem
Der of Congress, no matter what his
party label may be. who has sup
ported him-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
DAY OF PRAYER FOR PEACE.
President Wilson Designates Sunday,
October A, 1914, as Such Day.

| President Wilson has signed pro-
clamatiOn calling on the~peOple of the
| United States on Sunday, October 4,
| to pray for peace in Europe.
President Wilson's proclamation
was as follows:
by the President of the United
States of America Proclamation.
Whereas, great nations of the
world have taken up arms against
one another and war now draws
millions of men into battle whom
the counsel of statesmen have not
been able to save from terrible sac
rifice;
"And whereas, as in all things it is
our privilege and duty to seek coun-
sci and succor of Almighty God,
humbling ourselves before Him, con-
Tossing our weakness and our lack
of any wisdom equal to these things
'And whereas, it is the especial
wish and longing of the people of the
United States, in prayer and counsel
and all friendliness, to serve the
cause of peace;
/ Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
president Of the United States of
america, do designate, Sunday, the
fourth day of October next, day of
prayer and supplication and do re-
quest all God fearing persons to re-
pair on that day to their places of
worship and there to unite their Pc
titions to Almighty God, that over
ruling the council of men, setting
straight the things they cannot gov
ern or alter, taking pity on the ma
; lions now in the throes of conflict
in His mercy and goodness showing
! way where men can see none, He
vouchsafe His children healing peace
again and restore once more that
concord among men and nations
without which there can be neither
happiness nor true friendship nor
any wholesome fruit of toll or
thought in the World, praying also
to this end that He forgive us our
sins, our ignorance OF His holy will,
our Wilfulness and many errors and
lead us in the paths of obedience to
places of vision and to thoughts and
councils that purge and make wise.
In witness whereof l have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be affix-
ed.
Done at the city of Washington,
the eighth day of September, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand nine
hundred and fourteen and of the In
dependence of the United States of
America the one hundred and thirty
ninth.
lsigned) WOODROW WILSON,
BY the president.
William Jennings Bryan,
Secretary of State
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
TO A FINISH.

Those who hope for peace at an
early, date will md no encourage
ment in the new treaty between
Great Britain, France and Russia.
Binding themselves not to conclude
peace separately, the duration OF the
conflict is made to hang not upon the
necessities of the weakest but upon
the interests and will of the strong
est member of the alliance.
Unless all the conclusions OF Ad-
miral Mahan are wrong, sea power
must ultimately exert prodigious
influence upon the results OF this
conflict. Armies may exhaust them
selves in vain so long as the great
navies of the belligerentc remain
afloat. Taken together, the fleets of
Britain and France are three times
as formidable as that of Germany.
War is contest also between
forces other than those that are in
arms. The combined wealth OF
Great Britain and France, exclusive
of dependencies, is three times great
err tnan that of Germany. British
and French commerce, twice that OF
Germany, is proceeding, while That
of Germany is paralyzed. No mat
ter what the ordinary fortunes OF
war on land may be, the time must
come in such struggle as this when
the issue will have to be met at sea-.
Even a triumphant army cannot sus-
tain a nation shut in from its neigh
bors and impoverished.
1t has been estimated that at the
time of Augustus, Rome ruled a
population from S0,000,O00 to
12O,OOO,0O. The British Empire has
a population of 100000. At its
best, the yearly revenue of Rome did
not equal that of Holland to-day,
SS4, 100000. The revenue of the
United Kingdom, exclusive of all
dependencies, is $1,O0O,0O0,0O0.
The new treaty of London can
have no other meaning than that all
the resources of men and money of
the greatest empire ever known have
been enlisted for the war and are
to be thrown into the balance. 1t
will take time to make them avail
able, but with resolute spirit be-
hind them it is certain that eventually
they will bear heavily upon their
The prospect is solemn
enough to impress even those VINO
are at peace, lot IL IOfeSuauoWs
strain upon civilization such as was
never before known 1t is to be a
contest not so much between peoples
and empires as between systems. 1t
is British disagreement, British
sea power, British commerce and
British wealth, worldwide in their
extent, in a life-and-death struggle
with consolidated German autocracy
and militarism, which for forty years
have burdened mankind with anna
ments and menaced it with war.
1t is the rule of the people or the
rule of the sword, not in Britain
alone, not in Germany alone, but
throughout the earth, now and for
generations to come.-New YORK
World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

Anybody who wants to know the
state receipts and expenditures will
find them on the last pages of the
session laws of the state, which can
be found in any law Office. The fig
ures given out that the state ex-
penses have increased from $780,
1864 in 1903 and 1904 to $11,S31,-
5000 the past two years are corr
rect, as will be found by examining
the books mentioned. Such an in
crease is absolutely indefensible. It
is time to call halt in Iowa where
official and Legislative profligacy has
been running riot for q number Of
years. ,i IA
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
4-3 t
Notice of Appointment of Admin
istratOr.

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate Of
John w. Long, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the UNI
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as Administrators of the
estate of John w. Long late of De-
catur County, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present them
in manner and form as by law re-
quired, for allowance and payment.
Dated this 11th day Of September
q. p. 1914
Roy j. Ions,
6s3t Adniligtrator 81 said estat0.s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
THE WAR STOPS THREE DRAINS.

The war across the sea has the eff
feet of mitigating three drains upon
the financial resources of Uncle Sam.
1t has been estimated that Ameri-
can tourists carry abroad each year
$300,OOO,O00 American money, strip
ping it from the industries and enter
prises of this country and expanding
it in high living. The influence of
this potential financial drain has long
been deprecated. For the time, at
least, the war has operated to dis
courage that.
A recent calculation was that this
country paid annually another $780,
100000 to foreign ships for carrying
it's products to consumers abroad.
The movement of congress to grant
American registry to the merchant
ships of all nations seeking it may
operate to stop a portion of that
severe drain.
The third drain upon American fin
ance that evokes frequent protest is
the enormous amount of money that
is sent abroad each year by foreigners
who come to this country because of
it's greater industrial opportunities,
and who send their money back to
their native land, either to relatives
or to the postal savings banks. Of
course the war will operate to dis
courage this for the period of it's dur
alton.
None of these processes of strip
ping this country of it's cash brings
back any substantial return, such as
may accrue from foreign invest
ment So far as the United States is
concerned, they are economically a
sheer waste of its substance, for this
war has proven the only deterrent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

Governor Clarke's long explana-
ton at the Chautauqua as to why we
needed 40 more acres at Des Moines
for the Allison monument, makes us
remember Judge Mitchelrs query
When he was arguing the capitol ex.
tension case before the supreme
court, If it takes 40 acres on which
to erect monument to Allison. for
Gods sake gentlemen, how much
ground will it take for Cummins'
monument? ''-Bloomfield Democrat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
Notice of Appointment of Executor

In the District Court of the State
OF Iowa. in and for Decatur County,
In probate.
In the matter of the estate of
David c.. Cowles, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as executor of the estate
of David G. Cowles, late of Decatur
County, Iowa, deceased. All persons
in any manner indebted to said de-
ceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
for allowance and payment.
Dated this 25th day of August,
A. d. 1914.
D. P. Cowles,
4-3t Executor of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

When you get a good man under
a two-year contract, one who does
more and better work than anyone
else ever did for you before, what
do you do at the end of the two years!
DO you discharge that man or do you
offer him another contract? Use
your noodle when you think business.
There's little bit of something in
the d-faithful-servant argu-
ment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
For U. S. Senator
Maurice Connolly, Dubuque.
For CONGRESSMAN Eighth District
H. 3. Valentine, Centerville.
STATE.
For Governor
John T. Hamilton, Cedar Rapids
For Lieut.. Governor
O. P. Myers, Newton.
For Secretary of State
John D. Denison, Dubuque.
For Auditor of State
George Phillips, Ottumwa.
For Treasurer of State
John F. McAuley, Osceola.
For Attorney General
E. M. Carr, Manchester.
For Railroad Commissioners
w. B. Martin, Dubuque.
S. w. Mercer, Iowa City.
LEGISLATIVE.
For State Representative
M. F. Thompson, Long Creek.
COUNTY.
Walter Osborn, Burrell.
John w. WATSON, Center.
For Clerk of District Court
E. E. Beck, Leon.
For Sheriff.
John Fulton, Leon.
For Recorder
We're Roberts, Center.
For County Attorney
Geo. w. Baker, Leon.
For Coroner
DR.. J. B. Horner, Fayette.
For Member Board (1915 term)-
H. T. Rauch, Fayette.
For Member Board (1016 term)-
L. P. Hastings, Franklin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

The chip on Uncle Sans shoulder
is to be eaten, not knocked on. 1t
consists of meat and bread which he
is carrying to the war-stricken mil
lions of Europe. se.st41ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

1.-THE poorest republican is bet
ter than the best democrat. -
Senator Cummins in Il speech
at Chicago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

Not Democrats alone testify to the
i GOOD works Of Democracy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-17

It is q good deal easier, to talk war
than to hght Is q
The Forrest City times., 1914-06-12
80-Cent Fare Stands.

Washington.-The Interstate Com merce Commission has dismissed the complaint of the Arkansas Railroad Commission against the Missouri and North Arkansas Railway Company and others, in which it was alleged that the passenger fare of so cents between Seligman, Mo, and Beaver, Ark, is unreasonable and discriminatory.
The Forrest City times., 1914-06-12
FIRST TEST VOTE
 0N APPEALS BILL
AMENDMENT ADOPTED 50 TO 24.
NO PARTY LINES DRAWN
Amendment Provides That Repeal Shall Not Be a Waiver of Any
 Rights of the u. s. in Canal.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service ington.-The Senate Wednes day night adopted the Simmons Nor ris amendment 0aaifying the canal tolls exemption repeal bill, by vote of 50 to 24.
 This was the first test vote after six weeks of debate on the repeal bill The most optimistic senators who favored the repeal had not expected the amendment to carry by so large majority. It is not believed however, the bill itself can be put through by so great a margin.
 Nine Democratic senators, Ashurst, Maritime, O'Gorman, Pomerene, Rans- dell, Reed, Shields, Walsh and Will Hams, voted against the amendment. Several, however, are expected to vote for the repeal bill, while several Re publicans who supported the amend ment, are expected to line up against the repeal.
 The Simmons-Norris amendment would provide that the repeal shall not be construed or held as a waiver or relnquishment of any rights the Unit ed States may have under the Hay. Pauncefote treaty with Great Britain.
 The vote on the Simmons Norris amendment was:
 Ayes
 Democrats-Bankhead, Bryan. Chil. ton, Culberson, Fletcher, Hitchcock. Eollis, Hughes, James, Johnson, Kern, Lane, Lea, Lee, Lewis, Martin. Meyers, Newlands. Overman, Owen, Pittman, Salisbury, Shaffroth, Sheppard, Shiv- Icy, Simmons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Smith of South Carolina, Stone, Swanson, Thomas, Thompson, West, Whte-36.
 Republicans-Br Colt, Craw- ford, Gronna, Kenyon, Lippitt, Lodge, McCumber, Mclean, Nelson, Norris, Sterling, Weeks-13.
 Progressives- -Poindexter-1.
 Noes
 Democrats Ashurst, Maritime, O'Gorman, Pomerene, Ransdell Reed, Shields, Walsh, Williams-9.
 Republicans Bristow, Burleigh, Clarke of Wyoming. Cummins, Gallin- ger, Golf Jones, Page, Perkins, Smith of Michigan, Shoot, Sutherland, Town send. Warren, Works-15.
 The amendment reads:
 Provided, That the passage of this act shall not be construed or held as waiver or relinquishment of any right the United States may have un- der the treaty with Great Britain rati- fled February 21, 1902, or the treaty with the Republic of Panama, ratified February 26, 1904; or otherwise to dis crminate in favor of it's vessels by exempting the vessels of the United States or it's citizens from the pay ment of tolls for passage through said canal, or as in any way waiving, inn pairing or affecting any right of the United States under said treaty or otherwise with respect to the sover- eighty over or the ownership. control and management of the conditions or charges of traffic through the same"
The Forrest City times., 1914-06-12
Nationwide Prohibition Bill.

Washington. Nationwide prohibi- tion will be voted on by the house within four or five weeks, according to predictions made at the capital af- ter the Rules Committee had post poned until July l action on a special rule to provide for immediate con- sideration of the hobson amendment Members of the committee said they will consider and probably favsraAly report tho CantreD rule resolution in July. The committees action fo!low d day of stormy conferences.
The Forrest City times., 1914-06-12
Receiver Camden Land Office.

ngton.-Secretary of the Tn- terior Lane has called upon Senators Clarke and Robinson for a joint recom- mendation for successor to l.. F Rowe, receiver of the Camden, Ark, land office, whose term expires on June 20,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-06
MILK FOR PRODUCING EGGS
In Experiments Conducted by West
Virginia Station MIX Produced
More Eggs Than Water.

Two tests are reported from the
West Virginia station of the value OF
skimmilk compared with water for
wetting feed mash. In the first
test, which covered 1872 days, %
hens fed skimmilk laid 1,244 eggs,
as compared with S96 eggs laid by
the % hens fed mash wet with water.
In the first period of the second, test
so hens fed the skimmilk ration laid
862 eggs In 81 days, as compared with
632 eggs laid by similar lot fed no
Skimmilk. In the second period, which
covered SIS days, the rations were re-
versed. The chickens fed skimmilk
laid 1920 eggs, as compared with 97S
In the case of the lot fed no skimmilk.
In every case the pens contained one
cock to ten hens In both expert
ments more eggs were produced when
skimmilk was substituted for water
for moistening the mash.
Under the conditions prevailing in
these experiments. and with eggs sell
ing for 20 or IS cents per dozen, the
skimmilk used for moistrning the
mash had feeding value of from IN
to cents per quart. In these trials
SO2 quarts Of skimmilk were fed, re-
sulting in an increase in the egg pro-
duction of 7e2 eggs. or almost an ex-
ira egg for each quart used.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-06
WANTS INDIANS FUND PAID
That the Winnebago Red Men BE
Allowed Their Money.

La Crosse.-That the sum OF $4,000
in interest due to Wisconsin Whine
bago Indians be paid Immediately will
be the recommendation of Congress
man Esch of La Crosse following the
decision of the treasury department
that the trust fund of over $780, 900
can not be distributed to the Indians
without further legal probing as to the
individuals entitled to it. There is
$491.95 waiting in the treasury for
each of the 1858 Winnebagoes in Wis
consin. The decision of the CONTROL
er is to the effect that no part OF the
trust fund can be used to pay the sal
aries of the Offices who have to hold
hearings to settaA just what Indians
are entitled to the money and in what
proportion. Because the winter has
been the mi1dest Oh record there is
little suffering among the Indians.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-06
FAvORS HOUSEWIVES UNION
Urges Women to Band Together
For Wholesale Purchases.

MadisOn.--ln an address before a
session of the women's course in home
economies, conducted by the Uni
yersity of Wisconsin, Miss Abbie Mar
Iatt of the home economics depart
ment OF the university made strong
plea for unionism among housewives
in America The purpose of the untop
advocated by Miss Marlatt is not only
to protect women from INSCRIPTIONS
dealers, but also to educate them to a
full and just knowledge of the condi-
tons they must meet in their homes
in regard to labor, food and textile
problems. Speaking of labor problems
Miss Marlatt stated that the standard
of wages for labor. should be eff
cheney. Increased efficiency should
mean increased wages. She dwelt up
on the maxim that no woman should
order household in such way as to
enslave any human being. Miss Mar
latt pointed out the fact that the de.
mand for servants by far exceeds the
supply, and offered two possible solu-
tions of the problem. One was for
the housewife to do her own work
and the other was to engage profess
sional help by the hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-06
ARMYDlSCHARGE WORTH 1854
Whitewater Man Loses Papers and
Is Unable to Collect Pension
During Ten Years.

Grand Rapids Martin July of
Whitewater, Wis, has just recovered
a lost document which will entitle
him to ten years back pension mon
ey. Mr.. July served as private with
the regular army iii the Philippine
islands during the Spanish-American
war. He received an honorable dis
charge from service in 1899 on the
grounds OF disability and later pen
sion of Sc month was granted him.
In 1904 Mr.. July went to Marsh
field, where he was employed as bar
tender by j. j. O'Connor of that city,
giving his certificate of discharge to
his employer for safe keeping. Six
months later, Mr.. July left Marsh
field, and forgetting to take this
document with him, and thinking it
was lost, has not been able since that
time to draw his pension
A few days ago, when Mr.. O'Con-
nor was looking through his safe, he
found Mr.. July's discharge papers,
which were Immediately forwarded
to his present address This will en-
rich tie owner by 1854
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-02-06
FORESTRY SUIT TO BE HEARD
Counsel and Members of the Supreme
Court Hold Conference on
important Case.

Madison.--The state suit involving
the life of the state forestry reserve
will be argued in the Supreme court
the week of April %. This announce
ment was made following a confer
ence between Attorney General Ow-
en-, Hugh Ryan, Milwaukee, and JUS
tees of the supreme court. Suit was
brought last fall regarding the spend
ing of money for the forestry reserve
project
The Supreme court early this
month refused to quash the writ and
handed down memorandum which
will bring the legality of the entire
forestry reserve project before the
court for settlement on constitutional
points. The forestry case is one Of
the most important pieces of litiga-
ton to come before the court this
year. The courts memoranda sug-
gests every possible project that
might be attacked in suit involving
the constitutionality OF the forestry
reserve plan.