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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03
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
James F. Penniwell, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as Administrator Of
the estate of James F. Penniwell late
of Decatur 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
deceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and payment.
Dated this 25th day of August,
A. D., 1914.
v. F. Penniwell,
2-3t Administrator Of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
CONGRESSIONAL.

For u. S. Senator
Maurice Connolly, Dubuque.
For Congressman Eighth District
H. E. Valentine, Centervllle.
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
NJ. F. Thompson, Long Creek.
COUNTY.
Walter Osborn, Burrell.
For Treasurer
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
Or. J. B. Horner, Fayette.
For Member Board (1915 term)-
H. T. Rauch, Fayette.
For Member Board (1916 term)-
L. P. Hastings, Franklin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03

Americans by a single overt act
of unfriendliness might find them
selves served with an ultimatum it
would be embarrassing to submit to
and much more embarrassing to ig-
nore," points out the Des Moines
Register and Leader, advising, "now
is good time to accept bit of
homely advice and tend to our knit
ting' ~+I
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03

'Let us hope that the administra-
ton at Washington did not use up it's
entire supply of 'watchful waiting in
the Mexican affair."" says the Knox
vile Journal. The country will re-
spond enthusiastically to a watchful
waiting policy SO far as the European
war is concerned"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03

IF you don t.agree with him about
who ought to win the war agree not
to try to convince each other and
let it go at that" is the advice of
the Telegraph Herald to the mixed
population of Dubuque.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-09-03

You are apt to find out that pretty
nearly everybody else knows what.
is told you "cOnfidentially."
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
The New Postmaster.

That the President and Postmaster
General have picked a winner in Otto
Praeger as Postmaster of Washington
is safe prediction. Able and pro-
gressive, he may be depended upon for
a business-like administration.
There may be faint protest because
a native Washingtonian was no.
chosen, but Col. Sam Blythe has ruled
that any one who has lived in Wash
ington twenty-five years becomes a COL
onel by right so surely Mr.. Praeger's
nine years residence entities him to at
least citizenship in a community where
there is no other test.
Mr.. Praeger will step into a trying
Office that has been administered with
intelligence, complete success, and
fidelity by Mr.. N. A. Merritt, who re-
tires nearly year before the end of
his term to enter private business, in
which Washington will unanimously
wish him the full measure of pros
perity which he deserves.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
SENATE PASSES ELECTION BILL.
walsh Measure, Providing for Fill-
Ing Vacancies, Adopted.

The Senate late yesterday passed the
Walsh bill. providing a time when the
legislatures Of the several States may
make tho necessary provision by stat
ute for direct election, in accordance
with the seventeenth amendment to
tho Federal Constitution.
Senator Shields and ono or two othet
Southern Senators made a determined
fight to have the bill amended SO that
IL would not legalize primary elections
to nominate Senators, their contention
being that there was no power in the
Federal government to regulate pri-
mary elections or nominating conven-
tions But the Shields amendment was
lost by q vote OF 81 to Is.
The bill then was passed without the
formality of q roll call. 1t applies the
State laws to the election of State offi-
GERS, to the election of Senators, in
States where there are no statutes pre-
scribing a method for electing Con-
gressmen at large. When there are
statutes prescribing method for
electing Congressmen-at-larg these
will apply until such time as the legis-
latures may take action to prescribe
method for electing Senator's
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
FARMERS GET BETTER PRICES
Increase OF Eighteen Per Cent for
Ten Chief Products I'm Year.

That the farmer received B.2 per cent
more for ten OF his CHIEF products or
February /, 1914. than on the same date
in 1913. was shown by figures made pub
lie yesterday by statisticians of the De
partment Of Agriculture.
Experts asserted that this increase ir
the prices on the farm can be accepted
as an indication that the cost OF livins
has increased by about Is per cent In
the last year. because II the middle man
has to pay IS per cent more he can be
relied upon to charge the consumer Al
least IS per cent more.
Statisticians declare It is impossible to
determine what effect the lowering oi
the tariff has had upon the cost Of living
On February ], 1915, the farmer re-
ceived 1os cents a pound for chicken and
on the same date this year he got III
cents Eggs were bought from the farmer
at "a cents a dozen on February last
and a year before that date the farmer
received only rs cents dozen.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
ARMY ORDERS.

Capt Henry n Casey. Coast ARTILLERY CorTs. Is
tranaersd from the iosth to the sIteth COMPANY
md win Jon that company upon the expintion Of
Cspt. Robert +. Woods Coast ARTILLERY Corps. nov
unassigned, 10 assigned to the losth Company. 70
take effect March !. 1914.
Paragraph L. special orders. No. -. Decsmber Is
nB. War Departmenf, relating to Secood Lieut..
Joseph W. McNal. Coast ARTILLERY Cdps. Is 70
voked- Lieut.. McNeal Is relieved from assignment to
the Ninety-Afh Company and viii report to the
coumandins o6icsr coast defenscs Of Puget Sound.
for Alignment to . company.
Second Lieut Oscar A. Eastwood, Coast Artillery
Cofrs. b relieved from duty with the Ninsty-third
Company. VIII proceed to Manila, p. l.. % the
61naport scheduled to leave San Fzncisco. Cal. %
Or about March s. 1914. and upon arrival at Manila
vii report to the commanding officer. coas defenses
d Manila Bay for assignment to q Company.
By dizvctiou OF the President. Col Daniel Corn
man. ssvsn.h Infantry. win report to Bns. Gen.
Albst L MillA U. 8. A.. PRESIDENT Of an army 70
ttrtns board at Washington. d. O, at such time -
he may Originate for examination b. the board.
Leave for ten days b srsntsd Capt william Pats.
IN. Coast Artinay Capa
Lavs granted MAJ william 8. Guinsrd, Frst
Blsh ARTILLERY, Dssemb9 Is ID sxtended two months.
with pesmiaIon 10 % beyond the So.
Ooatnct eu1. q. g. Campbell, q. 8. A., Il D.
tailed IN the Army Transport sersice. with station
st Seattle, wash. and win report 10 the medical
supesintsndent, Army rnnsport Service. in that
dty. for assignment to duty.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Under the Capitol Dome.

A bill granting insurance for accident
and death to civil employees of the United
States government was introduced in the
House by Representative McGillicuddy,
OF Maine. The bill provides a maximum
compensation Of two-thirds Of the en-
rloye's salary in case of death or in
jury occurring as a result of an acci-
dent or from an occupational disease con-
tracted while in government service.
Asking an appropriation Of $1,000 TO
carry forward the work OF determining
the true boundary between the United
States and Mexico along the Rio Grande.
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Mills, chief
Of the Division OF Military Affairs, and
John Wesley Gaines, of the boundary
commission appeared before the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Debate in executive session Of the SEN
ate on the pending general arbitration
treaties with Great Britain, Japan. and
six other countries will be begun Febru-
ary 10. according to a program adopted
by the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee.
The Senate Committee on Naval AZ
fairs reported favorably bill for the
creation of the rank OF vice admiral Of
the navy and the promotion to that rank
of six rear admirals. The President Is to
appoint four Of them within the next
year. The pay Ii fixed at Si1.ooo year.
The bill is designed to give commanders
of vessels In foreign waters suitable rank
In dealing with those In command OF
vessels belonging to other nations.
Chairman Ellison D. Smith and sena-
tor Burton. Of the Senate Committee on
IYnmigraficn declared after a meeting of
the committee that a report will be made
on the Burnett bill with a view to OBJ
tanning legislation this session. A move
ment has been begun in the Senate to
put OF the measure until next session.
Chairman Smith did not inform the COM
mittee about the Presidents attitude on
the literacy test. Members Of the COM
mittee have expressed the opinion that
the test would be retained In the bill
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
MR.. WILSON CONFERS
ON MERCHANT MARINE
President Discusses Question with
Committee of Southern Com
mercial Congress.

At the White House yesterday Presi-
dent Wilson conferred with commit
tee from the Southern Commercial Con-
gress, composed of Senator Duncan L.
Fletcher. president: DR.. Clarence J:
Owens. managing director, and Bernard
y. Baker. of Baltimore, who has just
been named as chairman OF the commit
tee on foreign relations OF the congress
The conference was with regard TO the
merchant marine and was for the pur-
pose Of informing the President OF the
campaign which has been outlined by the
Southern Commercial Congress.
President Wilson said that with the
beginning of the next session or Con-
eress he will give his attention to many
measures. and among them will os the
question Of the merchant marine.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
EXPERTS.

From the Rochester Herald
Two doctos swore the man was sane.
And three that he was mad
The lawyers and the rrsas did 3eef.
The eisru al we're sad:
The medics all are czooked trash
Who swear 70 anything for cashf'
-Four judsss Thought they ahould uphold.
And Eve that they rcvene-
The doctors md the clerU sneered.
ThA sditon were worse:
when ermins for the loot VII fall
lis better that We lave recanr
six bilhops said twas heresy.
And Sven the proper cfeed-
rhs iswyses and the docton abed.
The paper had Q scfeed:
"rhe5 peeacA to set Q raise q pay
Rsligioa chanes svsrJ dayf
Eight editorial wTitsrs cursed.
While nine did praise the bill
The cleru and the docton scohed.
The lauyen shovpe ill-will:
sThey wrfts suea thinsz fer coin. you kn0S
Thst's why they ase divided sor'
And 20 no matter what Il sid
Or wrote or done or thought
The expsrtS al are well convinced
inst other ShsrTn are BOUGHT!
Tia trus. vhsts'r you care TO .he~. az
QUILL O. LOON
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
H,ssd : Hslel Iebhiss.

~nsgo nea ar euf - wDek = Aea-
tssal 90 b Any tpg1 ~ ~ d ths
Unisea peaass" ~ pavsl z 1lsessa. Of
1Geafrsai. at H. Dsllsvps yssess1ny. Mr.
Hsrosn passsa sArsugh Washia0spn on
~ vay eoush, anA lounA time for
sight-essint bsfers bosr1iag train for
sTAs reason % many men are unable
to md smpioymsnt is that there y no
work - bs done by the unskflled class.
trades. Too many men are, going to
Canada daily. in hopes Of landing posi-
tfona, and when they once ret In Mon
trsaL they are unable to secure work.
and consequently are unable to ret the
nscsssery train fare back to their
homea"
II have just returned from = tour Of
England and France. and I was sur
prissd to see the many automobiles in
use In England" remarked q. Martin
Kretg. at the Raleigh yesterday. Mr..
Kreig II connected with one OF the lead
ing automobile firms Of this country. II
was always under the impression that
there were 10 many more motors In use
here than abroad. but soon found out
my mistake. It's very true that there
are more automobiles being used m
America than In any other country, but
England II running % . close second"
Representative Hobeon is making
strong fight to be the next United States
Senator from Alabama" said Horace L.
McDevitt. OF Mobile. yesterday Mr. Nc
Dewitt stopped over in Washington on
his way to Boston Il know Mr.. Under
woods friends think he will have walk
over, but Mr.. Hobson has been working
untiringiy, and the result Of his cam
paigning II sure to show In the vote
at the polls"
"I really believe that Mr.. Underwood
will carry the State. but it will not be
by any big margin"
Mark my words. now, the Panama
Pacific international Exposition will he
one OF the greatest in the history Of this
country. and will bring more people to
San Francisco than anyone realizes" was
the statement Of Edgar T. L. Hamsley,
Of San Francisco. yesterday at the Will
lard. "I look for great crowds at the
exposition every day."
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
s,.,. 4. Red, s,.a =. cAiIdi

The tragedy in Newark, N. J., is on,
that has caused the people of this coun
try to do a little thinking. but that
all. Stripped Of ali sentiment, the barr
facts are horrible. The girl, knowing
the man could not marry her, livct
with him and was the mother of hi.
child. Then her maternal instincts
were aroused, and she wished to max,
her offspring legitimate. Falling, ,sh,
murdered the mans wife because o.
her refusal to allow a divorce. Ther
came remorse and the end. Two vic
lent deaths and sorrow or disgrace tt
several families. The man, of course
acted the part of despicable sooun
drel
Twas ever thus. Sermons can b,
preached by the million, newspapers car
print advice by the column. as ha'
been done in the past and as will b
done in the future, but what will It al
amount to? 3
When all is summed up it resolve.
Itself into the responsibility of taking
the first step. A woman cannot taxi
that alone, neither can a man. In th,
Newark case, as in all others, there wa
a beginning. The beginning also mean
the end. Realizing these conditions
knowing they have always existed ant
always will the only remedy is fol
society to recognize these deplorabl,
facts and make every effort to mini.
mize them.
Mothers must be severe if necessar,
with their daughters. They shoulc
know the company they keep, wher,
they 60, not once, but always, for it i,
the mothers who are responsible fol
the future Of their girls.
Fathers are equally responsible. TIL,
day seems to have gone By for cor
poral punishment of. the son who i.
inclined to be wayward, but it is frc
quently dangerous kindness to allow
the boy of today to go his own way
Home influence will help save the bo!
who is inclined to be wild, even if il
has TO be enforced with a good, pliabl,
shingle. That will at least make hin
think, and when he gets so he can rea
son for himself he will bless his fathei
for the correction.
Ger the young to respect thcmselve.
and they will grow up better men ant
better women, and there will be fewer
such tragedies as that at Newark, N. J
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12


be ,aid u eountsrfsitsrs ~few die
nons stiosla." Tste, sppsrently viii
no thought of reformation. lpoks ia
death 10 cure him Of his unfortunate
hsbit )
As if Tate was Exhibit A Of a biz
20 have counferfeiting deelared : dis.
ease. there was an Exhhit B, tso. tc
wit. One George Reilly, 3frssted with
Tate and on similar charges Reilly is
seventy years old. A proper appiica.
ton Of the energies which these two
men have expended upon counterfeit
ing. which has kept them in disgraceful
penury, would have made them happ,
and useful citizens of the Common
wealth.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

Men who have amassed millions in
the corporation business tell us they did
it by thinking and planning ahead
Chicago has a saloonkeeper who ough,
to incorporate himself. Several years
ago he read in the newspapers that
robbers had visited one of his rivals,
taken his all and thrust him into the
icebox, from which he was rescued
half frozen, the next morning. So the
saloonkeeper attached a device to his
own icebox enabling him to open Il
from the inside. Last Saturday night
the robbers came. They took SIao and
gold watch, then pushed their victim
into the icebox. Now freeze" growled
one of the robbers, as he slammed the
door. Instead, Mahoney-thats his
name-walked out and told the police
Thieves caught? Well. anyway, Ma
honey didn't freeze.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Counterfeitins a Disease?

There is strong evidence that a,
least one kind of crime is a disease.
This is counterfeiting of money. The
making of spurious money has never
been a profitable trade, according to
criminologists. The labor required to
produce passable counterfeit coin or
note is tremendous, its ratio being in
versely to the danger of detection. The
rewards, usually, arc not large. Ye,
some men seem obsessed with a desire
to follow this particular blind alley
into the barren court of Something for
Nothing.
Samuel Tate, eighty-six years old,
has just been lodged in jail in Phila-
delphia on a charge of counterfeiting
an offense of which he had previously
been convicted seven times. Alto
gether he has spent thirty-nine, OF
nearly half his years in prison. Ye,
it would seem that his last attempts to
gair by eounterfeiting were as enthu-
siastic as they were futile. The in
slant the Secret Service men in Phila-
delphia learned that there were spurious
half-dollar pieces in circulation they
sought Tate as the probable creator
of the queer" and it is said they
found him excellently equipped and
thoroughly occupied.
Il guess | am done for now," this
octogenarian remarked as he entered
his cell. He had only recently been
released from the penitentiary after
serving his seventh term of imprison-
ment for counterfeiting. The pros
pective eighth term he reasonably ex.
|pects to be his last, Ii might aImos,
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
L. NJ. I. (syusn1.k

/ II the District Commissioner apd
Congress could agree on cone definite
program as to the physical valuation OF
public utilities and other steps neces-
sary to be taken in the d1ection OF
municipal ownership. both time and the
money Of the taxpayer would Be savsd.
To the mere onlooker the situatica pre-
sented today Is somewhat tangled or, at
least. the ofzcials and legislators. pre-
suuably having the same purpose in
view, are working At cross purposes.
The Pubgs Utiliti}s Commission, 9TH
|erwise the District Commissioners, have
already formally recommended to Con-
gress municipal ownership of the gas
plants. Commissioner Newman has gone
further IN public utterances and ex-
pressed himself in favor of such own
ership of all public utilities. The public
utilities act. establishing the commission.
directs that the physical valuation of all
public utilities be ascertaincd, and yes
tefday two of the District Commission
ers appeared before q subcommittee Of
the House Appropriations Committee
and urged that the sum of $4,000 be
included in the urgent deficiency bill to
provide for such valuation.
Meantime, another subcommittee Of
the House is conducting an inquiry upon
the feasibility of municipal ownership,
with a view to ascertaining the physical
value of public utilities by condemna-
ton proceedings.
If the District Commissioners and the
committee presided over by Representa-
tives Crosser are all working in the de
rection of municipal ownership-and all
the evidence points to that conclusion
certainly glaring example of what the
efficiency experts term lost motion" is
presented. Mr.. Crosser's aim avowedIy
is municipal ownership, through con-
demnation proceedings to fix the physi-
cal valuation. The Commissioners,
avowedly in favor of municipal owner
ship, are asking for an appropriation of
$1,000 to determine the physical waltz
alton under direction of the Public Util-
ities Commission. When this large sum
has been expended how much nearer
the achievement of their aim will the
Ho,,v,,ee,oo.rs I~a IH:fI A.. e.
have established even working basis
for the requirement by the city of the
street railways and lighting plants3 1t
is not to be presumed that the corpora
tons will sell their properties at the
figures arrived at by the commission
without legal fight to a finish, and
$4,000 is a good deal of money to
spend while we have an able Congress
sional committee working in the same
direction at less expense.
Ii really looks as if we were making
haste bit too rapidly. There is Ger
tainly time to formulate a working
basis, to assemble the machinery and
set it in operation all on the same gear
SO that we may lose the ~iost motion"
Municipal ownership cannot come this
year, nor, perhaps, next year, and it is
well for the District that it cannot. 1t
is tremendous undertaking, calling for
long study, careful working out of de-
tail and painstaking preparation. Other
wise it will be failure at the start.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
At Washington Hotels.

Powhatan-L. J. Wolfe and wife. George
E. Cox, L. w. Statler. l. E Wilson. New
York; Mrs. James Reilly, Duluth; Miss
Alice Stewart. Marquette; John G. Ros-
sell, Wilmington. Del; J. C. Needham.
San Diego; william b. Todd. Beaver
Falls, Pa; p. T. Cherrington. Cambridge,
Mass; c. A. Jennings. W. V. Wilson,
James A. Henderson. Chicago: W. A.
LytIe and wife: F. 9. Blanchard and wife,
worcester. Mass; Mrs. Ida r. Carroll,
Atlantic City: Miss Frances Wilson. Cliff
ton Station; s. B. and II. B. Anderson.
Memphis.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

A Democrat, Of course, was elected
in the Second Iowa Congressional Dis
trict on Tuesday because the Republi-
can ranks remained divided. The reg
ular Republicans, it seems, were willing
to support, on an independent ticket,
the man chosen by the Bull Moose
party as their candidate, but the over
tures were rejected. As it turned out
the regular Republican nominee ran
second and the Moose man last. And
the worst is yet to eome-next Novem-
ber-uniess the Republicans get to-
gether, a prospect daily becoming more
remote.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12

Twenty proprietors of hotels and
cafes in Philadelphia were fined 500
each the other day for serving adul-
terated coffee. The adulterant was
chicory, samples being found to contain
as high as IS per cent. This is GER
tainly carrying the pure food crusade
to the limit, in view of the fact that
most coffee drinkers prefer a little
chicory to give an added zest to their
cup.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
Fi,ipi.o Home RuIs Urged.

Home rule for the Filipinos was urged
upon President Wilson yesterday by Rep
resentative Jones, of Virginia, chairman
Of the House Insular Affairs Committee,
during conference at the White House.
The President Is said to have approved
q plan Of government for the islands, and
have assured Mr.. Jones Of his support
In enacting laws looking toward Filipino
self-government.
The Washington herald., 1914-02-12
PRESIDENT BREAKS RULES.
Names Minister a. Consul Without
Civil Service Examination.

Despite previous announcements that
civil service principles are to govern ap-
pointments to the consular service. Presi-
dent Wilson has. by executive order and
without examination, appointed Rev. DR.
Otis Allen Glazebrook. ID. d., of Eliza
beth, n. J., United States consul at Jeru-
salem. at a salary OF 5000 a year.
DR.. Glazebrook has been a preacher al
his life, and IS sixty-nine years old. The
regulations, which were suspended by the
President for the benefit OF Rev. DR.
Glazebrook, provide that no candidate for
the service shall be examined who is moro
than fifty years OF age.
Rev. DIR. Glazebrook succeeds William
Coffin, who Is thirty-seven years old and
who has been in the consular service
eight years. Normally the place at Jeru-
salem would have been given as a pro-
motion to some man already in the con-
sular service.