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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
DUKES CREDITORS
SEEKING TO COLLECT
UNPAID ACCOUNTS
Process Servers Besiege
Manchester in New York.
Father-in-law Zimmerman
Laughs at His Plight.

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Creditors of the
Duke OF Manchester. whose international
Educational League, daylight moving
picture scheme. was wrecked on a fnan-
clal reef, are bcsicsing him today at the
Rltz-Carlton in n mighty effort to coll
lect money due them. The league had
been Incorporated with a capital OF si0,-
OOoOOo, but IL collapsed before much Of
the stock had been sold The Duke
came here today from Philadelphia,
whittier he went a few days ago when
he realized the venture was failure.
For a while his whereabouts were n
mystery, as he had been reported in
Canada and then in Philadelphia.
Efforts are being made by a process
server for Thomas f. Calvin, a Fifth
avenue florist, to find the Duke, so that
papers can be served on him in a suit
to recover $3.50 which 1t is alleged the
Duke owes on a florist bill Louis f.
Pearl, attorney for Calvin. says he
chased the EnRlishman FOR weeks be-
fore he paid $3.50 on account of a $72S
bill. The Duke also gave another check
for $3.50 but 1t came back marked mo
good"
In March, 1900, the Duke married Miss
Helen Zimmerman, daughter of Eugene
Zimmerman, a millionaire banker and
railroad magnate, of Cincinnati. The
Duke and Duchess have passed much of
their time in England and have
travelled a great deal. Zimmerman ar
rived in Cincinnati yesterday, and laugh
ed heartily when told his son-in-law was
reported to have dropped S2000,000 OF his
own money in the enterprise.
THE Duke never mentioned the matter
to me in the way of suggesting that
invest" said Zimmerman. "It Is absurd
to suppose that he lost any such amount
in any enterprise. He did not have IL to
loae
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
THIEVES RIP TIRE FROM AUTO
Policemen Trace Men to Empty
House and Arrest Them,

While an automobile was standing at
oath and De Lancey streets this morning,
two mer ripped a new tire from rear
wheel. while many persons were passing,
and carried 1t tc an empty house at Ath
and Cypress streets.
They were traced by Policemen Gala
CHER and Murphy. and arrested. The pris-
oners gave their names as Charles Milli-
ken. of 2421 Waverly street. and John
Cummings. of 1928 Tasker street. They
were held in $500 bail for court by Magis-
trate Haggcrty. The tire belonged to
Frederick Storch, of 1872 -1olf street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26

sending the man to the County Prison
for three months.
II Brennan is tramp at heart the
next few months will be the most bliss
full of his life so far, as he will be
imprevious to water until the varnish
starts to wear. Brennan told the Mag
istrate that the degree team initiated
him because he was unable to answer
secret signals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26

days Judging was the draft horse class.
This marks the FIRST time heavy work
horses have been exhibited ct a Bryn
Mawr show. The principal competitors
are Delchester Farms, Boudinot Farms
and !. Howard Supplee.
Tandems is another interesting class TO
be Judged Immediately after lunch. VIII
llsden Farm entries here will compete
with william A. Lieber and Charles r.
Hamilton's horses. Samuel M. Nauclain
and A. w. Atkinson will have well known
animals.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
TRAMP HAS VARNISH COAT
AND NO FEAR OF WATER
Gets Three Months in Jail to Wear
His Suit Out.


He has Joined the ancient order OF the tired
and unscrubbed,
Whose records work may never taint or
tarnish:
And he wears a suit protectve-even though
he should be tubbed
Water cannot reach his cuticle through
varnish.
Joseph Brennan, of Tamaqua, Pa, is
now regular member in strong stand
Ing of the knights of the Road. So strong
is his standing that he finds it almost
impossible to bend. due to the coat of
varnish with which he was supplied gratis
by number of tramps with whom hS
fell in on q freight car bound for this
city.
Brennan introduced himself to Mag
istrate Emely at the Park and Lehigh
avenues station this morning. In addi-
tlon to a suit of varnish he wore
hat and a piece of burlap. Magistrate
Emely acknowledged the Introduction by
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
BRISK, BREEZY DAY
AND CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTEST STIR SHOW
Society Made Happy by
Sweeping Success of Phil
adelphia Thoroughbreds
and Notable Battle of
Prize Winners.

This is the end OF sentiment the day of the
final test.
when the judges pick from the blue blood
host tho leader of all--the best.
Out OF the scores. Of thoroughbreds. game to
the heart and bone.
which shall win by point and point, which
shall stand alone7
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-26
New 7-Passenger Touring Car, $1,000
Again "Master Six" of Them

For those who seek the fullest luxury
offer this 7paenge model of the 1915 Chalmers ae Six
and powerful stylish and distinctive this combines the advantag
of tried and chassis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
MUST POST WEED NOTICES.
Clerks Are Required BY
Law to Post Weed Notices.

Township clerks must post their
weed notices between May l and Is.
These notices must be posted in two
conspicuous places in each township.
This is provided for in the new Iowa
law passed by the Thirty-fifth Gener-
al Assembly. The act provides for
the destruction of all noxious weeds
upon farms, highways, city streets
and depot places at such times of the
year as will prevent blossoming and
maturing. Between July Is and
August IS, it is specifically stated all
such weeds must be cut. There is a
fine of S1O0 for neglect OF duty by
township trustees or clerk. The fol-
lowing weeds are declared to be nox-
ious: Quack grass, Canada thistle,
cocklebur, wild mustard, sour or
curled dock, buckhorn or ribbed
plantain, smooth dock, wild parsnip,
horse nettle, velvet weed or button
weed, shoefy, wild carrot, and Rus
sian thistle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Auto Struck q Bicycle.

What might have easily been SER
ious accident occurred Sunday even
ing just at dusk at the corner of
Casters grocery store, when an auto
owned by w. c. Gibson, of near Gar
by Fred Hill, struck a bicycle ridden
by harry Woodard, son of Bert
Woodard, of north of Leon. Mr.. Hill
was coming south on Main street,
driving very SLOW At the corner of
Commercial street buggy was in
front of him and it turned the wrong
way, SO in order to avoid it he turn
ed east on Commercial street. Harry
Woodard was coming north on Main
street and he also dipped east into
Commercial street to avoid the buggy
and the car and the bicycle collided.
Mr.. Hill stopped his car in less than
the length of it. Harry was thrown
from his bicycle, striking on the brick
pavement on the side Of his face,
which was pretty badly skinned and
bruised, but he was not seriously in
jured, and all parties are congratulate
ing themselves that the accident was
not more serious. The rapid increase
in the number of autos on the streets
requires great caution on the part of
the drivers and the many boys who
are riding bicycles should also exer-
else caution, as many OF them pay no
attention to any of the rules of the
road as to where they ride, and it
keeps an auto driver guessing to tell
just where they are going.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Fell From a Buggy.

Mrs. John Robertson met with a
painful accident Tuesday afternoon,
and for a time it was reported she
was fatally injured. Mrs. Robertson
was riding in road wagon driven by
Mrs. C. r. Turner, and was standing
up in the back of the wagon. The la
dies were driving north on Main
street, and when in front of A. b.
Swim's produce house Mrs. Turner
touched the horse with the whip and
it started up and Mrs. Robertson fell
over backwards from the wagon,
striking the back of her head on the
pavement, the fall rendering her un-
conscious. She was picked up and
carried upstairs to the Leon hospital
and medical attention given her. 1t
was found she had suffered severe
bruise on the back of her head, but
she soon regained consciousness and
aside from having a pretty sore head
will suffer no i'll effects from her
hard fall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Auto Party Had Travelled Some.

Last Thursday evening Stude-
baker auto passed through this city
over the Interstate Trail, which had
been travelling some. The car was
driven by Terry Ward, of New York,
and carried a New York number for
1912. Accompanying him were Mrs.
Osborne and neice, of New York, and
Oswald Stenhaus, of Detroit, Michi-
gan. They were enroute home from
an extended tour of all the western
states and Mexico. The party left
New York in October, 1912, equip
ped with tents and camping appara-
tus, and they had been travelling leis-
urely stopping at all the points of
interest. They had travelled over a
considerable portion of Mexico also,
and bullet hole in one of the fen
ders of the car was said to have
been inflicted when stray shot
struck the car while the occupants
had stopped to watch skirmish be-
tween rebels and federals in March
1913. The party were all tanned
from their outdoor life of nearly two
years until they looked more like
Mexicans than Americans. They
went from here to Des Moines, then
go to Chicago where they will
spend a couple of weeks before re-
turning to New York, expecting to
end their long tour in June.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Beat the Old Timers.

The Old Timers were defeated by
the High School team in a hotly con-
tested game last Thursday afternoon.
which was put on for the benefit OF
the Victrola fund for the school. All
the business houses closed during
the game and there was good crowd
in attendance And to the surprise
of not only the Old Timers but the
spectators the school boys put the
fixings to the Old Timers by a score
of to 2. 1t looked kind of good
to see Jimmy Hurst, Duffy Lorey,
"Lop'' Farquhar, Leslie Grimes, Lew
Horner, Phil Kopp and other old time
ball players on the diamond, and
they started in with great confidence
they would do the boys up, but the
High School team ran in three scores
in the first inning, and later secured
two more, while the Ola Timers only
scored in one inning when they secur-
ed two runs, the game ending with
the score to in favor of the High
School, The sum of about $35 was
realized from the game for the Vic
trola fund, and the ladies who man
aged the game were greatly pleased
The same teams will play again to-
day at 3 o'clock and the Old Timers
are going to try and redeem them
selves
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Lost Child at Allerton Causes Excite.
ment.

There was tremendous excitement
over near Allerton Sunday night over
the reported kidnapping of the three
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Boyd Morgan who reside on farm
near Allerton Sunday evening Mrs.
Morgan put the little one to bed
about 6 o'clock and then assisted her
husband with the evening chores.
About O'clock she went to the bed
and the child was gone. A search of
the premises failed to find her and the
alarm was given and soon large
number of autos were on the scene
as it was feared the little one had
been kidnapped. The country for
miles around was secured all night
but no trace of the child was found
until about o'clock Monday morn
ing, when the little tot was found
walking in the road about 3 miles
from home. She had evidently aris-
en- from her bed, either awake or in
her, sleep, and had wandered around
all night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
ROADS MUST BE DRAGGED.
Highway Commission to See That
Law Is Enforced.

Ames, May 13.-Iowa roads must
be dragged. This is the edict that is
to go out from the Office of the high
way commission.
Complaints from all over the state
that the dragging feature of the new
road law is being utterly ignored has
determined the members of the COM
mission to take decisive action. The
new law is absolutely mandatory on
the question of dragging. The town
ship road officers must expend not
less than one mill levy for dragging
township roads. There is no alter
native. The road superintendent is
under bond to see that this is done.
The dragging of county roads is in
the hands of county supervisors.
They are speciolly charged with see
ing that the work is done They must
expend whatever sum is necessary.
They are not limited.
The commission has been so tied
up with getting the road and bridge
building of the state properly lined
up for three years that little stress
so far has been put on the dragging
feature. Now the opportunity has
come the active campaign for the en-
forcement of the law will start at
once
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21

The death of Geo. w. Wells, of
near DeKalb, last week, brought to-
gether for the first time in their lives
all of his children, the eldest being
Sc years old and the youngest 80. OF
course the children had seen each
other at different times, but never be-
fore had the entire family been to-
gether, the eldest having left home
before the youngest was born. To-
getker with their aged mother they
came to Leon Saturday and had a
fine group picture taken by Lloyd NJ.
Smith The children of this remark
able family are: Uriah Wells, La
verne, Oklahoma; G. w. Wells, Pleas
anton, Neb.; Mrs. Mary Miller, Deca-
tur, Iowa; Sam Wells, Laverne, Okla
homa; Jenk Wells, Decatur, Iowa;
Mrs. Sarah Pomeroulie, St. Joe, Mo-; ;
H. A. Wells, Decatur, Iowa; Mrs.
Kittie Kelley, Decatur, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Another Letter From Ray Parker
at Vera Cruz. .r
Vera Cruz, Ma

vera cruz, May lU, l9l 4.
Dear Folks-Just received your
letter, dated 1st. Have written three
letters this week but as you said to
answer immediately will try and
write something. We are going
through the same routine as usual,
except that twenty-five men from
each battleship and ten men from
each of the smaller ships are allowed
liberty each day l am still on the
job as compartment cleaner. All /
have to do today is to sweep up
couple of times. l never get orders
any more concerning my work. All
the men whose enlistment expired on
or before June LIST, were sent north
on the Montana, and the mem who
We're taken off the Utah, were each
given a Mauser rifle. l think if
there are enough guns to go around,
each of us will get one. Four of us
with Ensign Foster went into hotel
just block from where we were
staying in the police station and
found eight Mauser rifles, all loaded,
some old uniforms, and over five
hundred rounds of ammunition. The
second night we were there, some Of
fcers were in an auto, just across
from the police station and in front
of the hotel. Some Mexican fired
from the roof, and the bullet went
through the fender of the auto. Sew
eral of our men fired at the roof and
then searched the building, but
could find no one. The U. S. is get
ting all the revenue now from the
custom house at Vera Cruz. The
streets are being cleaned and sprin-
kled every day now. The men being
paid $1.25 to $3.50 per day. The
officers in charge are getting after the
owners of dirty buildings and max
ing them clean up. Most all the pub
lie buildings are very dirty on the
inside ] think If the U. S. holds
the city for any length of time there
will be a great improvement. The
weather is getting warmer here all
the time. They say the weather will
be very disagreeable before long.
Hope we will not be here then. No
one knows what we will do in the
near future. And you will probably
see by the papers what the U. S.
battleships are doing before you hear
from me. Well will close for this
time.
Ray S. Parker.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Parent-Teachers' Association.

There was large attendance at
the meeting at the Parent-Teachers'
association held at the assembly
room of the High School building on
last Friday evening. The High School
boys sang couple of selections,
Misses LaNelle Mullinnix and Ollie
FOxWorthy rendered fine piano duet
and there was spelling contest by
pupils from Miss Addie Crawford's
primary room which was greatly en-
Joyed. J. A. Mcintosh made an ad-
dress on school consolidation, DR.. J.
w. Rowell spoke on the progress of
the Leon schools, telling of their
and 0. E. Hull told Of some of the
A question box followed, which de-
veloped several topics which were dis
cussed. Reports were made Of what
had been done in the way of improv-
ing the school grounds with flower
beds and other improvements, and
the committee appointed to raise
funds to purchase two Victrolas for
the schools reported they had almost
sufficient funds on hand for this pur-
pose, something over 500 havips
been raised and other sums were in
sight, and the committee was author
lied to purchase two machines. A
special Victrola for school use was
on display by F. S. Stewart and
number Of fine selections were given
on it. The meeting was a big success
and all who were present enjoyed it.
1t will become a permanent feature
with regular meetings during the
coming school year. After the meet
ing adjourned all who attended were
served with fruit punch by the teach
crS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
New Court Cases.

Wolever & Fisher VS.. C. D.. Wor-
den. Suit is brought on claim for
a real estate commission of $3.50
which plaintiffs claim is due them for
selling farm owned by defendant
to VIM. Wood at s11O per acre. They
allege defendant is a nonresident of
Iowa and ask that an attachment be
issued against his property to secure
their claim. G. w. Hoffman, attor-
ney for plaintiffs.
VIM. H. Wilson VS.. VIM. A. Price
ct al. Suit is brought to foreclose a
real estate mortgage given to secure
q note of $3.50, with interest and
costs. Chas. H. Wilson, attorney for
plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL
Commencement Exercises at Opera
House Friday Evening. Other
Events of the Week.

The Leon public schools complete
their years work this week and
teachers and pupils will commence
enjoying their summer vacation after
most profitable years work.
The baccalaureate sermon was
preached at the opera house last Sun
day evening, the hall being crowded.
The High School chorus sang several
anthems, the invocation being by
Rev. G. T. Ronk, and scripture read
ing by Rev. G. w. Reeder. The bac-
calaureate sermon was preached by
Rev. B. F. Jacobs, the new pastor OF
the Presbyterian church, and it was
a fine sermon, filled with good
thoughts and was greatly enjoyed not
only by the class but all who were
present.
This afternoon at o'clock there
will be ball game at Warner Field
between the High School and town
teams, the senior class having ar
ranged the game to pay off deficit
in the athletic treasury of about SIG,
and any sum realized above this will
go into the steyeopticon fund.
At 2 O'Clock Friday afternoon the
class day exercises will be given at
the High School building. There
will be no admission charged and a
cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend the exercises. The pro-
gram is as follows:
Music.
The Motto, Rowing, Not Drift
ing" Harriet Lionberger.
Class History, Ruby Gardner.
Class Poem, James Hoffman.
Music.
Glass Grafton, Leland Ackerley.
Class Prophecy, Emmett Mullins.
Newspaper, E. Fay Hatch.
Glass Will, Ollie E. Foxworthy.
Song, Senior Glass.
Friday evening at $50 o'clock at
the opera house will be held the
commencement exercises. The ad-
dress to the class will be by Rev. c..
F. Medbury, pastor of the University
Christian church at Des Moines Rev.
Medbury is in great demand as a
commencement orator and Leon has
tried for three years to secure him,
his time being engaged full year
ahead. The admission to the COM
mencement exercises will be 25 cents,
all seats reserved and the seats were
placed on sale yesterday morning.
The following is the program of
the commencement exercises:
Music, High School Chorus.
Invocation, Rev. Guy J. Fansher.
Salutatory, Marie L. McClaran. 4
Music, High School Chorus.
Address, Rev. c. F. Medbury.
Music, High School Chorus.
Valedictory, Leland G.. Allbaugh.
Presentation of diplomas, Capt. J.
D. Brown.
Class Song.
Benediction, Rev. ]. w. Johnson.
Glass Motto: Rowing, Not Drift
ing
Glass Flower: White Rose.
Glass Colors: Purple and White.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
Putting in Concrete Bridge.

Work was commenced Monday by
a force of men employed by the Iowa
Bridge Co., of Des Moines, putting in
a fine concrete bridge over Possum
Creek, just south of the Burlington
depot. The new bridge will be
raised several feet from the heighth
of the old wooden structure, and the
paving will extend across the tracks
to the bridge. The bridge will cost
about $1,70O, and it will be mighty
good improvement on the Interstate
and Waubonsie trails. There was no
way to provide temporary road
arund the bridge, so it was necessary
to change the road east and up
through the property of Mrs. Geo.
Wax to the Burlington tracks, then
along them to the railroad crossing
at the passenger depot. 1t will take
about three weeks to complete the
bridge,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-05-21
A new DEAL ON EGGS
Commencing June lst the GroCers
of Leon Will Not Buy EGGS
Except from Dealers.

AS will be seen by notice publish
ed elsewhere in this paper, the Leon
retail merchants will not buy any
eggs from farmers or others who
bring them to Leon This change is
made necessary on account of the
stringent pure food law of Iowa,
which makes it unlawful for the
farmer to sell or offer for sale bad
eggs to his patrons or jobbers. All
must realize that eggs unfit for food
purposes can not be sold or offered
for sale without mourning the. PEN
atty of the law, which provides for a
fine of 800. In order to protect
those offering eggs for sale, as we'll
as themselves, the retail merchants of
Leon have decided to turn the egg
business over to the produce dealers
of Leon, who are. equipped for cand-
ling eggs, which the merchants are
not equipped for doing, so as to COM
ply with the law, the produce deal
ers agreeing to pay the highest pos
sible prices for eggs, based on Swift
& Co.'s prices. In case Swift & Co.
will not pay the local produce dealers
as high prices as they can secure
elsewhere the eggs brought to Leon
will be sold to other parties. This
will insure the parties having eggs
for sale the highest market price in
cash for their eggs. The produce
dealers will make arrangements to
candle all eggs brought to them, and
from these fresh eggs the merchants
will secure their eggs to supply the
retail trade. 1t makes quite change
in the method of handling eggs, but
after their patrons get accustomed to
the new way the merchants feel they
will be better satisfied