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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
ACHR|STMAS DREAM
BY J. A. WALDRON.

~ DREAMED a dream on
Christmas eve that no one,
surely, will believe. All will
discredit it because in it l
3s9Az8 was with Santa Claus and
3 witnessed many things so
S queer I hesitate to tell them
here.
Old Santa had just filled his pack
and made it ready for his back. 1t
holds million things or more from
Santa's rare and endless store, and
like some basket magical, though TAX
en- from it's always full.
Though l saw Santa plainly, he
seemed not at all to notice me. He
sat in. silence with a map spread out
upon his ample lap to mark his course
DER land and sea while waiting for
his evening tea.
His cookie has no wife, you know
came in and said she meant to 60.
She said her job did not quite suit and
he must find a substitute. Cooks
everywhere Just grump and CAD, and
with most folks they get in bad.
Well. Santa's smile quick left his
face and he ripped up dress of lace
perhaps intended for this cook, who
gave him then wrathful look; and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24

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continent would loom and melt into
an ocean ere I felt moment pass,
and yet between million Christmas
homes were seen and gifts uncounted
were bestowed from Santa's rich and
bouldless load.
Though l upon the top reposed
was in no way discomposed, for magic
wonders multiplied that night upon our
snowy ride. The greater wonders,
though, to me might have been traced
to Santa's tea, sophisticated by his
cook, and of which he so much par
took; for at the homes of wealth,
where boys and girls had much,
he left few toys, while poorer
children's wishes found complete full
fillment on his round; and to strange
humors he gave vent as here and
there we quickly went.
Some men by others well esteemed
got prison wear the while they
dreamed; and others, poor and fur
nished i'll, of good things must have
found their fill; and many men of
lean estate aWOke to lind their riches
great, each one admonished that his
door should always open to the poor.
Fantastic tricks, too, Santa played
on men and women, boy and maid. In
one old spinster's stocking thin saw
him slip manikin; in one old bach's
dingy place a woman's form of won
drous grace. Twas wax, of course;
but twas a hint that ought to stir
heart of flint. A man with millions
strangely made Old Santa left hoe
and spade; to one knew ill-hap had
struck he left a parcel labeled
Luck" to pals of mine that For
tune bars he gave next seasons mo-
tor cars. This got my goat, and to
see just what he purposed giving me
quite foolishly the silence broke, and
smpty-handed I woke!-Judge
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
That's Funny"

had touched her. But the next mo-
wort, as f remembering that this
soaring must be endured, she an
swered sweetly:
mo, dear
That's funny" Calista had noted
the start and now was taking shy
stock of her. Il didn't either. And
thought he'd give one of us Christ.
mas present"
Margaret added nothing to prolong
this conversation, and apparently
Calista was too intent upon going her
own way in thought to continue it
perforce, for silence fell between
them.
And it was into this silence that
the telephone tore vehemently.
Let me! Let mel shouted Calis.a.
And before Margaret could utter
word of protest she had the receiver.
Then assuming an important air OF
grown-upness she attended to the at
fair in hand.
Hello! Yes, this is 4237 J. Yes,
this is Calista. Oh! Did you like it?
Did you? Ives. l thought YOU
would"
For a moment she slipped her very
proper telephone manner and became
the eager little girl. The next she
was back again doubly dignified OF
tone.
II suppose you didn't give any
Christmas presents this year. Mar
garet says you didn't give her any,
asked her-and you didn't send me.
anything
"Calista!" 1t was Margarets voice.
quiyering, questioning. "Who!'
Calsta was intent on the phone
Eyes," she was saying, you saw
them going to Auntie Madge's Yes
all but Margaret and me. Yes, OF
course she'll talk to you-when ! get.
through. Now! You can't wait to,
hear her voice! must say Jasper
Hemingway that you're very rude
and impolite. l wanted to tell You.
about all the Christmas presents !
got. Yes, will be mad. l am. But
| I'll tell her.
MSdu W llllc Willie ldCS NalISO a.
| Calista's side From it great tear
washed eyes stared incredulously.
Here" Calista was oblivious to
the insistent tide of human emotion
| surging about her, as she held the
| receiver toward Margaret. "He says,
| to tell you he was in the wrong and
| he's ready to 60 down on his knees
to ask you to forgive him. And he
says to emphasize the down on your.
| knees.
Margaret put out hand. 1t was g.
wild yearning gesture with which she
| bent to hear that voice. And Calista,
going into the next room, noted the.
! sudden light that flew to her face:
Incredibly transformed she was from
| the dream-haunted girl of few mo-
ments ago. And without really un-s
derstanding how she, a little girl, had
made a hot-tempered man ashamed
of himself, Calista yet knew that she;
had tipped the scales of chance.
II did it, she whispered to herself
"My Christmas present made him glad
again."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
Blu GEORGE JAY SMITH

And then looked around for chimney to
enter,
And seeing but o1s let himself down the
center
Twas pretty tight fit for a saint Of his
size,
And the SCOT made him smutty and got
in his eyes:
But when used to flying one won't mind
q lue,
So he kept on sliding that long chimney
through,
Then he paused, for the dolls in his pack
shrieked You'll burn u.s."
Alas! he's arrived at the steam-heating
furnace!
In fright all the Teddy-bears squeaked
out in chorus,
"a too warm reception! What fate is be-
fore us?''
The toy cars and engines all ratified and
bumped,
The stuffed cows and lambs mooed and
bleated and jumped
IA pretty scrape, this" said st. Nick;
but before
Giving up let me see If can't force the
door!'
Happy thought, for the door opened out
ward with ease,
And he wriggled right through, as neat
as you please!
Then he rushed up the steps to, the hall
ways above
And stopped at each door where lived
children to love,
And selecting their gifts, whether useful
or handsome
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24

The skipper of this freighted craft
Was quite a careless sort.
The cargo he did not espy,
Till he hove into port.
And then upon the portside bow,
In raptures he did kneel.
For Santa Claus is no mere dream,
And Christmas toys are REAT.i
GENE MORGAN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24

Calsta was stepped in bliss. Bus
not any more so than if she had re-
ceived but two or three of the many.
many gifts heaped upon her by adorI
ing relatives. And it was not untlS
afternoon that her maze OF JOY began
to take on coherency. and she began
to link in her mind the gifts to their
donors. Then it was that she remem.
bered her sisters former betrOthed.
did you receive anything from Jas
per, Margaret?" she blurted out. For.
tunately they were alone, the rest OF
the family having gone to Aunt
Madge's house for a little visit. But
since Calista had a cold, Margaret
stayed at home with her.
Margaret, who had been staring
with dream-haunted eyes into vacancy,
started as if some white hot brand
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24

He hurled them with skill right in
through the transom;
And what is most strange-all untruths
3 think shocking
A lot Of them landed in each small ones
stocking!
At length to the flats next the roof he
assembled,
Where he paused when his last distribu-
ton was ended,
And, laying his finger aside of his nose.
And winking one eye, he struck q gay
pose,
And burst into laughter that shook his
round belly
You remember, Of course-like bowlful
of Jelly:
"Apartment-hou architects. truly are
clever,
But can they contrive to keep me out?
Never"
Then he climbed to the roof. shifted the
air, made a dash,
Bounced into his sleigh, and was off like
flash!
copyright, Frank A. Munsey Coz
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
CHRISTMAS sUPERsTITIoNs

If you will go to the crossroads be-
tween eleven and twelve on Christmas
night you will hear what most con-
Germs you in the coming year.
: If on Christmas eve you make lit
tie heap of salt on the table, and it
melts over night, you will die the
next year. If, in the morning, 1t re-
mains undiminished, you will live.
If a shirt be spun, woven and
sewed by a pure, chaste maiden on
Christmas day 1t will be proof against
lead or steel.
II you are born at sermon time on
Christmas morning you can see spir-
its.
II you burn elder on Christmas eye
you will have revealed to you all the
witches and the sorcerers Of the
neighborhood.
1fsyou eat a raw egg on Christmas
morning, fasting, you can carry heavy
weights.
It Is unfortunate to carry anything
forth from the house on Christmas
morning until something has been
brought into it.
# II the fire burns brightly on Christ
mas morning it betokens prosperity;
IL It smolders, adversely.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
Cause for Sorrow.

Photographer taking family gToupl
Now, then, Mr.. Housefull, the exss
pressions are all right but yours. Try
to look happy; remember that Chri
mas is coming, SSss
MI. Housefull (despondeaklJ1
Hang Il, man, that's inst ut ri
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
Hard Times Sure.

Brown-You mustn't feel disappoint-s
ed this Christmas, Johnnie. These
are terrible times we're having.
Little Johnnie-They must be pref
ty hard, dad, when Santa Claus takes
the trouble to drag my old cart ont
of the lumber-room and give 1t u
new coat Of paint. IS 39S ISS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24

/ was mad-but l. did want the pea
nuts. So after she was gone and no.
body was looking I picked them up
again. Nobodyll know you got the
picture, cause I won't tell. Anyway
Margaret's got one of yours she didn't
send back. l guess cause she amt
such a maddy cat as we. It's our red
hair
"Your faithful and loving,
"CALISTA."
"P. S. A merry Christmas. If you
want to send me present send it to
Margaret instead. Without being I'M
faithful to her, will close by just
saying her ache grows worser with
the days"
The gift and the letter were done up
and duly delivered the next morning.
Amid the stress of holding prepara-
tons Calista did not experience the
necessity of being secretive. She
walked up to the Hemingway's door,
little girl bursting with the seasons
joy, and said to Jasper's mother:
lists my Christmas present to
Jasper! No reasons there?-why
shouldn't give my dear Jasper one?"
And with shy little laugh she scam
pered off.
And then the wheels of Fate, spun
round and round, having been given a
very vigorous start by Calista.
christmas norninu downed cYnar
and white bound. p drifting cloud
banks had left the neavens during the
night and settled with feathery light
ness on the earth, had made Calista's
world beautiful amphitheater, snow
mufiied to an echo, wherein sleigh
bells tinkled merrily and Joyous voices
rang gladsonely. It was an ideal
Christmas Day. And perfect it proved
to CalfetA II Il S Il 81 "a;
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
A Husky Fowl.

Willie came in from the shed where
Uncle Rufus was picking Christmas
chicken for his small city nephew's
dinner. q
'.Aunt Sue!" he cried as he entered,
what do you think? Uncle Rufus is
out in the shed husking q hen!" I'll
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
Copyright by Mcclure Syndicate)

S long as Calista's money
held out she went gayly
about her Christmas shop
ping. When she found
that her tiny purse was
empty, she stopped buy
ing-wherein she showed
greater wisdom than many
grown-ups-and with a
soul replete with satisfac-
ton she left the store.
1--WE got pretty much
most everything, l guess"
she said to herself, hug
ging her bundles close as
she tripped along the coun-
try streets. But I'll know
for sure when l get home"
And when she reached
home the very first thing
she did was to array the
gorgeous gifts upon the
white spread Of her lit
tie bed. Christmas was
two days away. There
fore it was imperative
that she begin that very
moment to put them in
order. Then like an en-
bodied cyclone she burst
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-24
ees.le,s Pies.

Say, mamma, please don't make
any fire in my bedroom crate, !" begged.
little Bessie. ssiSs,s 5
yhys you'll freeze :
don't mind bsins cold. inst 81
long ~ Santa VIII - able - st
ss9,vns tiss chsunsy a Z gss
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
JOHNSON RETAINS HIS TITLE
Negro Defeats Frank Moran In Fierce
Battle at Paris, France-Bout
Lasts 20 Rounds.

Paris, June 3O.-Frank Moran of
Pittsburgh lost the decision to Jack
Johnson Of Galveston. Tex, in 20
rounds here in their battle for the
heavyweight title of the world on Sat
urday, but he did something no other
fighter has been able to do in recent
years-stay the limit.
No other decision was possible I'M
der the circumstances. and while there
was not dissenting voice against the
verdict of Referee Georges Carpenter
there were no cheers for the winner,
for the black man fought a dirty
fight and at times the fans thought
the judge had enough cause to disqual.
ify the titleholder for holding and hit
ting.
The blow that really decided the
contest came in the tenth round and il
was foul.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
LUTHERANs END SESSIONS
German Luther Leagues Of Northwest
Hold Three Days Convention
at Eau Claire.

Eau Claire.-The three day session
of the German Luther leagues of the
northwest closed with a big picnic
and athletic events at Lake Halle for
the 400 delegates attending. At the
business session officers were elected
as follows: President Irwin Duersch-
ner of Waseca, Mimi; first vice-presi-
dent, Richard Krell of Eau Claire; sec
ond vice-president, e. Lippka of Min.
neapolis; secretary, Miss Bertha Bueh-
rer of st. Paul, and treasurer, Arthur
Goetzmann of Minneapolis. The fol-
lowing were elected delegates to at
tend the meeting of the Central ADJ
visory board at Dubuque, Iowa, this
fall: Arthur Goetzmann of Minneapo-
lis, Rolf Hartig of Minneapolis and
Miss Bertha Buehrer of St Paul.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
s36,8OO,OOO IN DEBT
So, 800, 900 ADDITIONAL DUE MANU-
FAcTuRERs FROM cLAFLINs.
Stores Financed by Bankrupt Corpora
ton viii Nearly All Go Into
Hands Of Receiver.

New York, June 29.-H. B. Clafiin
company, the bankrupt firm, it was
learned, owes about $2.S00,000 to
manufacturers and dealers in dry
goods and notions. This sum, added to
the $34 100000 owed to banks on dis
count paper, makes the total liabilities
of the firm $36,O0O,0 900. 1t should be
said, however, that the Indebtedness
of $2,800,O00 for merchandise pur-
chased is not charged entirely against
the H. b. Clafiin company, but also
against the 81 stores controlled and
financed by the corporation.
six OF these stores, two of them
in Brooklyn, went into bankruptcy fol-
lowing the failure of the parent house.
Others are going into receiverships in
various cities throughout the coun-
try. A few of the stores may be able
to finance themselves, but the bank.
ers most conversant with affairs OF
the Claim concern say that this for
tunate condition applies to not more
than two or three OF the establish
ments affected
Though several of the stores cog
trolled by the famous dry goods house
have followed the Clafiin company into
the hands Of receivers, confidence was
expressed among business men here
that the great firms financial sol
vency would be ultimately established.
Fears aroused by the fact that the
paper of the firm was scattered among
5000 banks, representing practically
every city having $4,000 or more in
habitants, were partially relieved
when 1t became known that the
way in which the paper was scattered
would probably prevent any wide
spread financial difficulties. For many
hours after the failure became known
it was feared that many of the banks
would have to suspend.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
ri INJURED IN BLAST
EXPLOSION IN TUNNEL UNDER
LAKE AT MILWAUKEE.
Workmen Burned When Gas Ignites
From Drill spark-None
Fatally Hurt.

Milwaukee.-The lives Of twenty
ave laboring men were imperiled
while working on a new intake water
tunnel under Lake Michigan, when an
explosion, said to be due to an accu-
mutation of gas, supposed to have
been ignited from drill, occurred.
Twenty-one of the workmen were in
lured, some being seriously burned,
but it is said that all will recover.
The explosion caused reverbera-
ton for miles over the lake. The in-
lured men were employed in the third
air chamber of the tunnel, about 1000
feet from the shore and over 100 feet
from the surface of the lake.
That they were not literally Gre
mated was due to the fact that the
gases which accumulated presumably
In the tunnel had not sufficient power
to cause greater explosion. Carried
out by other employees of the tunnel
project after a foreman had unlocked
the air chamber, the victims were
rushed to a hospital.
The workers caught by the explo-
sion were all found on the floor of the
large tube, where they had been
thrown by the impact of the exploding
gases. A number of them were un-
conscious, and were thought at first
to be dead.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
GUNS ARE S|LENCED
AMERICAN GUN5oAT .MAcHlAs 81.
LENcEs BATTERIES AT sANTo
DOMINGO.
BORDAS WAS GIVEN WARNING
Federal Artillery Shells Town III At
tempt to Drive Rebels From Puerta
PIata-captaIn Russell Makes Re-
port Of Affair.


Washington, June 30.-The United
States gunboat Machias, acting under
orders Of the navy department, bonn
barded and silenced the artillery bat
teries Of President Bordas of Santo
Domingo, which had opened fire on
the city Of Puerta Plata, although
warned not to do so.
Part Of the city OF Puerta Plata is in
the hands of General Arias, head Of
the reyolutionists, and the artillery OF
President Bordas opened fire in an at
tempt to drive the rebels out.
A protest against the bombardment
was made in order to protect the lives
of Americans and other foreigners in
the city. Only a few shots from the
Machias were needed to silence the
artillery
Captain Russell of the South Caro-
lima is In charge of the United States
naval vessels in Santo DOMINICAN wa
tiers.
The text of Captain Russell's report
to the navy department, dated June &c,
is as follows.
This afternoon about $50, when
tie Bordas artillery ashore fired shells
into the city of Puerta Plata, the Ma
chias anchored in the inner harbor
and with some shots from her main
battery stopped the artillery fire into
the city, after which there was no fur
Their firing.
We have the situation well In hand
and no additional vessels, either Uni.
ted States or foreign. will be needed
to prevent the bombardment of Puerta
Plata. The prompt stopping of the
artillery fire into the city this after
non will have a very reassuring effect
upon the Americans and other foreign
ers in the city, who have recently dis
played great anxiety about their pro.
lection and safety"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE

Washington, June 29.--The naval APP
preparation bill was approved finally
by congress. 1t provides for selling TO
Greece the battleships Idaho and Mis-
sissippi and for constructing super
dreadnaught for the American navy
from the proceeds of the sale.
New Orleans. June 2s.-Health on
GERS announced that case of bubonic
plague had been discovered In New
Orleans Charles Lundene, Swede.
forty-nine years old, who has been in
the city II days, is the victim. Where
Lundene came from has not been
learned.
Penzance. England. June 29.-The
Belgian liner Gothland, which went
ashore early this week on the rocks
near Bishop ightship, was relocated
and towed into the port of ST. Mary's.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, June Edward
Kruger, aged nine, shot and killed his
eleven-year-old brother with a sup
posedly unloaded rifle at their home
two miles from Milton Junction.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
CAMPAIGN ACCOUNTS FILED
Small Sums Expended by Wlscon-
sin Senatorial and Congress
sional Candidates.

Madison.-Campaign expense state
ments were filed in the Office of the
secretary of state on June 20 as fol-
lows: By Timothy Burek, Green Bay,
candidate for the republican nominal
ton for United States senator, $3.50;
Congressman Michael K Reilly, Fond
du Lac, candidate for the democratic
nomination for congress in the Sixth
district, $1,000; Congressman l. L.
Lenroot, Superior, candidate for the
republican nomination for congress
man in the Eleventh district, $1040;
Congressman James A. Frear, Hud-
son, candidate for the republican nom
nation for congressman in the Tenth
district, $28.56.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
CIVIL SERVICE TESTS FIXED
Dates of Examinations in Wisconsin
Cities Are Given Out at
Washington.

Washington.-The civil service COM
mission has announced that examina-
tons for the department service in
Washington will be held this fall at:
Appleton, Sept. and Oct IA; Ash
land, Sept. 8 and Oct. IA; Chippewa
Falls, Oct. 6, Sept. and Oct. Ia;
Green Bay, Oct. 10; La Crosse Oct. s,
Sept. 9 and Oct. IA; Madison, Oct. IA,
Sept. 8; Marinette, Sept 9 and Oct.
Ia; Milwaukee, Oct. 13, Ia and Sept.
9; Oshkosh, Oct. u; Superior, Oct 5,
Sept. 9 and Oct. IA; Wausau, Oct 9,
Sept. 8 and Oct. IA.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-07-03
MELLEN IS INDICTED
ACCUSED WITH BANKERS OF IL
LEGAL FLoTATloN OF RAIL
WAYS SECURITIES.
BROKERS ARE ALSO INVOLVED
Twenty True Bills Returned by Mid
dIesex County Grand jury In Massa-
chusetts-Investmen Company In
dorsement Not Substantial Security.

Boston, July &c. S. Mellen, ex-
president of the New Haven railroad !;
Frederick s. Moseley, Ralph b. Gil
lette and the investment committees
of several Cambridge banks we're In
dicted on Monday by the Middlesex
county grand Jury
There are 20 indictments. They
charge conspiracy in connection with
floating the notes of the Hampden
railways. Endorsed by the Hampden
Investment company which. it is
charged, was not a substantial surety.
The transaction involved was the
fiotation Of securities on the Hamp-
ton Railroad corporation Endorsed by
the Hampden Investment company,
which, 1t is charged, was mot q sub
stantial security or ipdorser of the
notes Of the Hampden Railroad cor
poration.'
The indictments in detail follow:
The investment committee of the
East Cambridge Savings bank. con-
sisting Of Gustavus Cooper, James
Ferguson. ID. c. Proudfoot, Charles w.
Daley and Fred B. Wheeler are in
dicted on three counts, charging con-
spiracy to lend the money of the bank
to the Hampden Railroad corporation
on the Endorsement OF the Hampden
Investment company. The amounts
involved total Sal 200.
The investment committee OF the
Cambridge Savings bank, consisting
of Edward r. Coggswell. Enoch Dean,
James P. Pennell. Harry E. Mason
and Leslie M. Brock, faces four counts
involving $92,750 The charge is the
same. Moseley was indicted on six
counts involving $122,750. The
charge is the larceny of this amount
from the banks. Mellen was indicted
as an accessory before the fact on
five of these six counts charging
Moseley with larceny. Mellen, Nose
ley and Gillette are indicted Jointly
"conspired to steal and did steal the
conspiracy to steal and did steal the
amounts involved in the transaction
with the two, banks.
The members of the Moseley firm.
including s. H. Fessenden. Neal Ran
tout. s. " r. Crosby. Benjamin p.
Moseley and William s. Clough. are
indicted on eight counts for alleged
conspiracy to steal
Mellen, Moseley and Gillette are in
dicted on ten counts charging CON
spiracy with the investment commit
tees to arrange the loans.