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could not be ignored. it has become one
of the national burdens and RESPONSE
bilities. hence the formation of the
great national employment agency
with Uncle Sam as manager.
The Department of Labor, through the
division of information of the bureau
of immigration. has been engaged for
some time in finding work for men
upon farms. giying-partieular encour-
agement to the agricultural labor.
Thus national assistance was given to
the back-to-the-farm movement, the
idea of which is to interest men and
encourage them in seeking success and
prosperity through agricultural pur
suits.
Within the past year it has been de-
cided that any project fostered by the
government should not conf1ne its
scope to any class-restricted lines; and
thereupon the division of information
of the bureau of immigration, as a ma
tional labor exchange, began to widen
the scope of its activities Men and
women also were needing and seeking
employment in many other fields be-
sides that of agriculture.
Therefore, in the development of this
federal employment bureau, the Post
once Department, the Department of
Agriculture. the Interior Department
and the Department of Commerce are
all cooperating in the plans that in
Glide the establishment of stations in
every big city in the country. acting in
connection with each of the $4,000 post
offices for the mailing of applications
for help.
To work with greater facility and to
handle the question in detail. the coun-
try was divided int eighteen zones OF
distribution, each zone having its head
quarters in a large city. For in5tapce,
the first zone, including Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Maine, has its head
quarters in Boston. with subbranches
in Portland, Me-; Providence, r. l.. and
New Bedford, Mass. While most of the
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III begun the establishment of
III " vast employment agencr that
~ is to reach out its syrpa thetic
arms in every section of the country
and gather within its comforting fold
the unemployed of all walks OF life and
every line of industry.
With equal cordiality it is holding
forth the hand of friendship to the
more fortunate class. the employers of
the country. In whatsoever capacity
they may be found. and offering 20
them an equal measure of it's interest.
Its services are free alike to both en-
ployer and would-be employe.
Never before in the history Of the
nation were such united efforts being
put forth to develop the resources of
the country. and to help the people to
help themselves by anordins them op
portunities to work. This 1t is main
tained, is the direct result of having
national Department of Labor devoting
its energies to these problems.
To bring about such relations OF mu-
tual benefit to both classes four OF the
big departments of the government
have entered into cooperation with the
Department of Labor. intended to pro-
duce harmonious and comprehensive
system under which city. state and the
national government may develop this
benevolent purpose.
The unemployed" problem has as
sumed such proportions in the last few
years that it has compelled the atter-
tion of the entire country. Because it
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talk to factory owners, mill managers,
mine superintendents bank presidents.
uailroad men, storekeeycrs and. in fact,
all men placed by capital or appoint
ment in the position of hiring helpers.
to get their interest and support. so
Commissioner General Caminetti de-
clares similar programs will be ar
ranged for women. There are to be
women, two to each station, and there
will be women experienced and trained
in the service whose duty it will be to
get in touch with heads of women's
organizations, address womens clubs
md societies and. in fact. make every
endeaVor to interest employers in the
woman wage Garner
Comm ssioner General Caminetti says
that there is no higher or more important
work for the women to do than to work
for the betterment OF the industrial con-
dftons of the country. and particular rly
n the interest of women: and If every
woman who is member of organi-
cation would accept as q duty the seek
ing out of at least one opportunity for
some man or woman it would go far to-
ward making the system an assured sue
cess.
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Some idea Of tile necessity for such
an institution as the federal employment
agency may be gathered from the mag
nitude Of the army of unemployed, which,
according to the bureau of census reports,
reaches a general average Of 2,177.0o0
persons idle IN the United States an aver
age of twelve months in the year in nor
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plOyerS ana lh0Se VINO
Seek Work, and With
out Charge-Five De-
partments of the Gov
eminent Are Cooper
ating in Carrying Out
the Gigantic Scheme.
Stations to Be Estab-
lished in Every Big
City in the Country.
10000 Post Offices to
Aid in the Work.
Trained Men and
Women to Bring Pros
pective Employe and
Employer Together.
Already in Operation in
New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia - How
the Scheme Works.
Woman Wage-Earners.
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I the last encampment of the
Grand Army of the Republic,
held in Washington late in
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plicants for work but also the char
a cter of the places and the people who
apply to her to find them help.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
PENROSE FOR PRESIDENT.

Boies Penrose, senator from Penn
sylvania, and boss" of the second
most populous state in the union,
will be candidate for the republic
can presidential nomination next
year. So, at least, runs the announce
ment, which Boies coyly refuses to
deny or confirm.
The first thought of every dele
gate to the next republican conven-
ton will be to nominate a candidate
who can lead the once wandering
progressives back to the G. 0. P.
fold. Can Mr.. Penrose do this?
The Journal seems to remember
that, next to Barnes of New York,
Penrose of Pennsylvania, was the
chief target of bull moose denuncia-
lions. 1t seems to remember that
T. Roosevelt recorded his conviction
that the senator from Pennsylvania
was almost the worst example of a
bad boss in existence, and certainly
the Pinchot family are of that opin-
ion. Will the steadfast chameleon
if Penrose is nominated, or will
Amos and Clifford Pinchot consent
to vote for the chieftain whose scalp
they vainly endeavored to take?
These be- pertinent questions. The
republican party can not hope to win
unless it can get back it's former
members who took their stand at
mageddon-and that is not going
to be an easy mater. A considerable
number of the more serious-minded
progressives have come over to the
democratic side-witness the vote in
Massachusetts.
Will the nomination of Penrose
check this movement, or hasten it,
Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
WHERE THE DANGER LIES.

The Worlds canvass OF congress
on the issue of national defense indi
Gates that the administrations pro.
gram will in all probability be adopt.
ed. But the statements of various
senators and representatives of both
parties indicate as we'll that the de-
bate will be long and bitter.
1t is useless to deny that there is a
great deal of popular opposition tC
increases in the army and navy. This
opposition does not come altogether
from sentimentalists who believe in
peace at any price. Much of it comes
from people who honestly believe
that when this CHASTITY war is ended
and all the great nations of Europe
position anywhere during the next
generation to appeal to the sword as
a means of settling any international
dispute.
No intelligent person will deny
that there is much to be said on that
side of the question. We know from
our own experiences after the Civil
War that there is such a thing as
complete safety of conflict and that
victory does not necessarily inflame
the lust for war, provided victory has
been sufficiently expensive. The
theory that long peace must inevi-
tably follow this most disastrous OF
all wars is sound, but, nevertheless,
1t is only theory, and it is not wise
to stake the safety or the destiny of
great nation on guess as to the
future, no matter how good the guess
may seem.
The great menace to sane national
defense, however, does not come
from sentimentalists or conserva-
tives. 1t comes from the military ex.
tremists who are determined to rush
the country into CONSUMPTION and
bankruptcy. They are doing dam
age that cannot be estimated, for
they are arousing fears for the fu-
ture in the minds of people who
would not otherwise be disposed to
quarrel with the administration
program. When adequate prepared
ness is presented by extremists not
rs a measure of national insurance
but as the opening wedge to the
Prussianization of the republic, pub
lie suspicion becomes inevitable. A
propaganda that is intended to play
upon the public's fears is certain to
have the opposite effect. .-..
Nothing could more quickly con-
solidate popular opposition to any
program for Strengthening the ma
tional defense than such resolutions
as the Union League Club adopted
Thursday night. To demand the i'm
possible and the unnecessary is only
to discredit the possible and the
necessary New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
THE NOBEL PRIZES.

Americans fare better than their
wont in the Nobel prizes this year.
Prof. Richards of Harvard receives a
deferred 1914 prize for discoveries in
the atomic weight of chemical ele-
ments. Thomas A. Edison is brack-
eted with Nikola Tesla for the 1915
prize in physics.
Until August, 1914, made the great
dream of Alfred Nobel, that by in
venting dynamite he had helped
make war impossible, seems a mock
cry, seventy-eight prizes had been
awarded. None had been given for
chemical research to any American,
none for literary eminence. One each
in physics and medicine had been
voted to Prof. Nicholson of Chicago,
and DR.. Alexis Carrel of the Rookie
Teller Institute in New York. Two
Americans, Theodore Roosevelt and
Elihu Root, had been honored for
services to peace. ..
OF the 1915 awards in literature
ROMAN ROLAND is best known for
his long study of the soul experiences
of the German born Jean Christophe
in Paris written before the war and
having an increased value because of
it.
The other names-Hendrik Pom
tippidan, Troels Lund and Werner
Won Heidenstam, two Danes and a
Swede-will be new to most Ameri-
can readers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
A TWO BILLION BALANCE.

A two billion dollar trade balance
for the United States is what the best
Informed financiers now estimate for
the calendar year 1915, sum so
colossal that it paralyzes any attempt
to imagine it.
Just as an attempt to show it's mag
nitude, it is double the entire nation
al debt of the United States. 1t is
$50 for every inhabitant of the land.
The world will have bought from the
United States $2,00O,OO0,OO0 worth
of goods more than has been sold.
Nothing approaching that has ever
before occurred in the history of the
world. How are the nations to pay
that two billion dollars to the United
States? 1t is evident that it can not
all be paid in gold, and if any great
part of it is. there will be an imitation
of prices and a wild speculation in
dulged that in the end will leave al
most as many wrecks behind as fol-
low war.
So far, the balances have been paid
with gold and the sale of American
securities held abroad. Besides that,
recent Investigations show that since
the war began, fifteen months ago,
this country has taken $S5O,OOO,OOO
of foreign loans, and more are being
subscribed for all the time. These
loans have not been made wholly to
belligerents. Other countries which
formerly went to London when they
needed money are now applying for
loans in New York.
The financial condition of the Unit
ed States is at the present time the
best of any nation in the world. 1t
has owing to it from other nations
enough money to wipe out it's nation
al debt twice over, and if wisdom
is exercised, it will continue in that
condition for many years to come.
However, that condition depends as
much upon the farmer as upon those
who handle national finances. If
there should be a general crop fail
ure next year, the whole face of
things would be changed.-St. Joe
Observer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
Notice of Probating Will.

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
clerk of the district court of Iowa, in
and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
last will and testament of Alexander
Ramsey, late of said county, deceas-
ed, and that 10 o'clock a. m. of the
25th day of January, 1916, has been
fixed for the probate of said will, at
which time you can appear at the
court house in said county and show
cause, if any there be, why said will
should not be admitted to probate.
In Witness Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
10th day OF November, 1915.
(seaD E. E. BECK,
13-4t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
l TREAT ALI CHRONIC DISEASES,


If you or your family are SO ahlict-
ed call and see me. Consultation and.
examination costs you nothing. /
treat successfully the cases I under
take and accept no fee from those
that cannot be successfully treated.
l have a special treatment for dis
eases of men which would like TO-
explain in person.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure treated
successfully without the use OF the
knife or detention from business.
Address DR.. F.. Nj. Trimmer, 100
Oakland Blvd, Chicago, Ill.,, Or Knox.
Vile, Iowa.
Having been bothered with catarrh.
for several years and getting no. per-
manent relief I consulted DR.. Trim
mer, the Chicago specialist, and can
say have had relief in every way
promised and spent the last two
years with better health than for 5
or years. will gladly recommend
DR.. Trimmer to chronic sufferers.
(Signed) D. A. MEEK,
R. F. D. 2, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
Notice of Appointment of Admins
tratrix.

In the District Court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of l..
J. Lands, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrative of the
estate of L. J. Lands, late of Deca-
tur county, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or his estate will make pay
ment 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 18th day Of November,
A. D. 1915.
Rose D. Lands,
14-3t Administratrix Of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
Notice of Appointment Of Admins
traitor.

In the District Court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of VIM
A. Mccormick, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned has been appointed and has
qualified as administrator of the es-
tate of VIM. A. Mccormick, late OF
Decatur county, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased as 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 2Sth day of October,
A. D. 1915.
MARION WOODARD,
1885, Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
Advertising Rates.

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With advertising locals. Correspon-
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25

"The Minneapolis & St. Paul rail-
road earned $184,423, clear of all ex-
penses during the month of Septem-
Der, which amounts to over 3 per
cent dividend on it's preferred stock, F."
says the Manson Democrat. IF such
a gait should be kept up for year
the dividend would be sc per cent.
This is the kind Of ruin the railroads
are facing under democratic admin
iStratiOn and cent fare"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25

In 1912 Massachusetts, gave Wilson
$4,000 votes and in 1915 it gave
Walsh, the democratic candidate for
governor, 299,312. An increase of
63,312.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25

WANTED and address of
every farm hand, farm renter and
farm owner, who is anxious to i'm
prove his condition and who would
like to file on 800 acre Government
homestead In Wyoming. S. B. How
ard, immigration Agent, Burlington
Route, Room 419, 1904 Farnam St.,
Omaha, Neb.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
DR.. TRIMMER

CHICAGO SPECIALIST
will make his 5Sth regular trip to
Leon, Hotel Leon, Thursday, Dec. 2.
and return every % days.
Office Hours, 8 q. m. to 9 p. m.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-11-25
No. 5489
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF

REPORT OF THE CONDITION
Exchange in
business Nov. TO- ia TSsounors :
A eea ans o Of ohsr
Total Loans cams: o,.. '1s 3fsa9t
U. S. bondsd deposited to
u s. bonds pledged to S. deposits (par
U. pledged te savings de- non.
o. s. bonds and unpledged None
Bonds other U. bonds pledged
Bonds other Il sst tSan u s. bonds pledged
:?:: ;!$s: ;: ;::Ss &
Bond: s :a:!$'; se:. , Nome Nome
s ssS, r$ss $: ;, stool: '5s Sss:
Sa1sd SSSSS
T Tanx Of If bank house SoSt f Nome
en-: =; IS g.; j :;: $:;;
Net New sG% sns
Net agents in 1916
Net s5st.f "a
0Sss sss1Rs ns city or
's's{: ss;: None
Legal 1s ssas m neess reserve in bank
1.75 800 90
$$;$% :::: ; :sss s:i
Total s2ss s2oes
'' = " - " LIABiLiIIEs.
s ss1a. ; stock paid IS i 1899 90
1ndVide sfI profits fit :: =: :. ;sls7:5i
Reserved for taxes. None e,e7x
$;
Net due to agents in New Mono
Net o due S
Due None
IL ;" ss: les. :sn 50
c cssfesS checks checks outstanding s,1osos
Pnited States DEPOSITS DEPOSITS 1877
State county municipal
bonds Sse pe @ 5e 1oh
notice than 50 days ,,;, None
Time 80
stata soSnS or s 9s$ municipal deposits BY
a1d o 1so esSase
u bonds q borrowed %y sie Without
u s security Nom.
Other bonds borrowed without
Other bo oss borrowed
:sS:s $;:ss :ss;:;:
,,,s:,s, None
Notes and redsccunted nona
Bills psy5 Obligations
State outstanding None
based n %po5 and exports Nome
State 1 of Iowa. County Of Decatur IS:
the
N! ss;s 1sss d saa o SeR % IT
s'i so Pi S:ss a. n sssssiy Directors.
Riley Bschauan Leon CT. McNhaaey, lameal I'll
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
Land $4,000 MEN FOR
DARDANELLES ATTACK
Turks Say Allies Have Lost Their Ad-
vantages Gained at Entrance
of Dardanelles.
By FREDERICK WERNER,


Berlin tby wirelessl. April 5.-Thirty
allies on the Island of Lemnos in prepa-
ration for new attack on the Darda-
nelles. according to a dispatch received
from Athens today.
Amy possible doubts as to the ability OF
the Dardanelles forts to withstand the
attacks of the Anslo-French fleet We're
removed by dispatches from CONSTANT
nople and the publication of an interview
with Field Marshall Won Der Goltz. in
which he asserted that the straits could
not be forced.
Official Turkish advices indicate that
the allies have lost the advantage
gained by their early success at the
entrance of the Dardanelles, new guns
having been mounted in the shore
forts and the mine-sweepers driven
out. one being sunk and others dam
aged.
Russia's bombardment OF the Bos-
porus forts was a failure. q was also
its attack on the Eregli coaling ports.
According to the Tanin of Constsn-
tinople. the Anglo French occupation
of islands at the entrance of the OAR
danelles Is a move to thwart Russia,
both England and France fearing that
Russia can reach STEAMBOAT before
them. Today's Frankfurter Zeitung
emphasizes the political differences be-
tween England and Russia on the
Dardanelles issue. saying that England
could give Russia free passage Of the
straits. but not the political mastery
of them.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06

ment to duty. The travel directed is Necessary in
! the military service.
First Lieut.. Charlie. W. Sale. Medical Reserve
Corps is ordered active duty in the service of
genCy. and will proceed to Columbus Barracks. Ohio.
and report in person to the commanding Officer OF
that post for duty to accompany recruits to Texas
| City Tex and upon arrival at that place will
purt in person to the commanding general, Second
DIVISION for assignment TO duty. The travel di-
rected is necessary in the military service.
Capt John b. II. Waring. Medical Corps. will
proceed to Texas City. Tex. and report in person
to the commanding general. Second Division. for
temIrrary duty The travel directed is necessary in
tie military service
First Lieut. William e Hall. Medical Corps. is
relieved from duty at the Letterman General Hos
pital the Preside of San Francisco, Cal. and will
prucecd TO Texas City Tex. and report in person TO
the commanding general. Second Division. for as
srnrnent to duty. The travel directed Is necessary
in the military service.
Lieut. Col Chauncey B. Baker. Quartemaster
Carps will proceed to Troy. Ohio. on or about
Anil TO- 1915 On official business pertaining to the
Of traers during the course OF their con-
.truction and for the purpose Of witnessing the
demonstration Of the traers in actual service. and
up,n the completion of this duty will return to his
proper station The travel directed is necessary In
the military service.
Leave Of absence for two months to take effect
upon his arrival in the United States Is granted
First Lieut.. Augustus b. Van Wormer. Eighth In
fantry.
First Lieut. Ralph W. Newton, Medical Reserve
Corrs is relieved from duty at Fort Missouls
Mont and will accompany the troops to be sent
from that post to Fort George Wright Wash. and
upon arrival at the latter post will report In per
son to the commanding officer thereof for duty and
By letter to the commanding general, Western De-
partmsnt. The travel directed il necessary in the
military service.
The Washington herald., 1915-04-06
CASINO.
Vaudeville.

The Thanhouser kid" Mary Eline.
the 1o-year-old girl who made the
Thanhouser photoplayy popular
throughout the country, received a big
ovation at all the performances yes
terday, when she appeared with Ernest
Blessing in ''Springtime." pretty
comedy of New England life OF the
fifties, with prologue and a tense
dramatic ending. Ii1e Mary imper-
sonates a New England farm girl and
also a circus clown in her little play.
which scored a popular hit and much
applause. Mile. Zinka Parma, with
her Hungarian cymbeline, also won
applause with her charming selections
and won additional favor with her
audiences by the Introduction of her
dancing tango dogs.
Jennings and Evers made for laughter
with applause in blac face song parodies
that are quite new and funny; James
Cantwell scored in an impersonation of
Billy Sunday, with songs. and Arthur
Huston and company in their pantomimic
spectacle, Roosevelt in Africa" the
scenes to which were made realistic with
live monkies and real birds Of the Jungle.
The added attraction was the feature
photoplay, THE Tigress," featuring
Nine Olga Petrova, the famous actress.
Under the chaperonage Of Mrs. Daniels.
wife Of the Secretary of the Navy, the
orphans Of Washington will be specially
entertained by the little Thanhouser
kid" Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.
with an additional special entertainment
and Saturday afternoon, she will give a
reception on the stage to the 'kiddies of
Washington"