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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07
Three Big Lacks

Well" he answered slowly,
"the game demonstrated SO many
lacks In the fleet that 1t is diff
cult to name them all. Princi-
pally 1t demonstrated that we are
LACKING ENTIRELY IN FAST
SCOUT CRUISERS, AND IN
ENOUGH SUBMARINES.
"A scout cruiser is built exact
iy like a destroyer, except that 1t
Is four times the size of a de-
stroyer and thus fitted to keep at
sea in any weather. We have no
modern scout cruisers.
I'VE have no battle cruisers
at all. The battle cruiser is a
fast, hesvily armed but lightly
armored vessel capable of taking
its place in the battle line with
first line vessels" ..t..
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07
ROSIN'S HALL NOT
RENTED FOR PRIZEFIGHT

G. S. Rosin today asked that
the public be informed that his
hall, 921 Commerce street, never
had been rented for the purpose
of staging a prizefight, as was
given out by the promoters of a
bout that the police suppressef 4.
Rosin said that the false report
had placed him in vexing posi-
ton of having to assure legiti.
mate patrons continually that the
story was untrue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07

ENVOY IS
in ROME!

ROME, June IA diplo-
matte sensation was caused
here today when Counsellor
Won Hindenberg, who left
Italy with Ambassador Won
Buelow as Italy declared war
on Austria, boldly reappear-
ed.
The cause of his mission could
not be learned, but it was surmis-
ed at once that he would reopen
negotiations with the hope of re-
stricting 1taly's activity in the
war or perhaps persuade her to
withdraw. e..,.s.
Germans have been greatly en-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07
HITS NINE

PARIS, June THE French
mine-layer Casabianca struck a
mine and was sunk at the en-
trance to the Aegean sea, but an
En- glish destroyer rescued the
commander and SIS of the crew.
The survivors are believed to
have reached shore, where they
have been imprisoned by the
Turks. There were 100 en- the
vessel.
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couraged over their Galician vic,
tories, since they claim it will
give them, II necessary, a large
number of veteran troops to fling
against Italy.
However, there has as yet been
no formal declaration OF war be-
tween Italy and Germany.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07
TORPEDOED

QUEENSTOWN, June THE
British bark Sunlight was torpe-
doed and sunk today off Kinsale
by a German submarine. The
crew was landed here by trawl-
er. She had sugar cargo from
the West Indies.
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command of Ad-
miral Beatty over
that of the
BLUE, or de-
Tending fleet un-
der A d m | r a |
Fletcher?
How deficient
was our navy
shown to be to
adequately pro-
tect the coast?
These were
some of the
questions l put
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-06-07
DIRECTOR WANTS 20
GIRLS FOR BIG DANCE

Twenty-Five girls of high
school age are needed to complete
The Dance of the Boston Maids. :.
one of the prettiest features Of
Colonial Days" Mrs. Taynton
Thayer, 913 North 9Th street, has
charge of the dance.
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Swings to South

Having thus lost the eyes
of his fleet, Admiral Fletcher de.
termined to protect the New Eng
Land coast at ali hazards and
withdrew his fleet. shortened his
line and concentrated his vessels
for this purpose. Admiral Beat
TVS original aim had been to force
a landing near Boston. but Ad-
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!
CONSPIRACY

WASHINGTON, d, c., June Z.
A $20,000,000 revenue scandal
extending through three admins,
trations is said to be back of the
search which secret service agents
are making for Knox Booth. q.
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w. M. Whitney, president

w. M. Whitney. president Of
the Young Mems Republican club
of King county, and author of the
whitney BILL" which is consid-
cred a blow at direct primaries,
today, in Tacoma, admitted the
success of the referendum cam
paign against the most reaction
airy measures of the last legisla-
ture, including his own bill. 3
He said he thought, however,
that much of the success of the
referendum had been due to a
general feeling among radicals
against the last legislature rather
than against any one bill. :
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to Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Franklin d.. Roosevelt after
the reports from the commanding
officers and the umpire in the
recent war games off New York
and New England had been re-
ceived at the department.
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9 SEATTLE, June An
@ unofficial canvass of the
o referendum petitions already
@ in today showed 1927
9 names from Seattle alone on
4" the one to veto the bill ito I
o facilitate" the initiative and
o referendum.
@ This is more than enough
d" to hold up the, law, without
@ taking into consideration
@ the names from all the rest
@ of the state.
o The anti-picketing bill,
O with 1879 names, received
@ the least support.
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HOW REDS WALLOPED BLUES
in THE ATLANTIC WAR GAME
BY FREDERICK NJ. KERRY

WASHINGTON, June Z. -
What did the navy department
learn from the victory of the
RED or attacking fleet under
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miral Fletcher's defensive move
prevented.
d, Leaving his scouts in touch
with the enemy" fleet, there
fore, Admiral Beatty swung his
fleet to the south around the
flank Of the defending fleet and
under the protection of his war
vessels his transports affected a
theoretical landing at Chesapeake
Bay.
In the meantime, Admiral
Fletcher having waited three
days off the New England coast,
GUESSED that the enemy had
moved south and himself moved
south to attack him. But by this
time the enemy had affected his
landing, had protected his trans
ports by mine field off the coast
and was ready to fight with his
| whole strength. The umpire.
therefore, awarded the victory
to the attacking fleet.
For Another Year
This time we had all the naval
radio on the coast modified, un.
der war conditions. Next time
we ought to have the whole navy
department modified. We ought
suddenly to issue an order to ev.
cry officer and official of the de-
partment saving.
The department will mobi
lie under war conditions at 4
o'clock today and continue until
further orders
This would mean a guard al
every door, il would mean that
no newspaper man would get
within thousand yards of the
department building; 1t would
mean the organization of a night
force of clerks and employees -
everything under war conditions
Then we ought to have the
game include joint maneuvers be.
tween the army and the navy
The more nearly we approach t.
actual war conditions, the better
the training, and the more near
ly We shall be ready in case oil
need"
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Superintendent stephens, how
ever, intimated that the dress Of
Miss Miller was not regular
costume.
There was not time enough to
raise another leopard before the
pageant so the sun god dance will
have to be omitted.
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What One Half Dollar Will Do

Soc :: :: 9:
instance, that the coin was
first authorized I'm April, 1902; that its
original weight was POS grains; that In
1883 It's size was reduced to 1872 grains,
and that it is legal tender for amounts up
to $40.
And, we will add, with the execution,
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Admits Victory
For Referendum
DEAD? WELL, FAIRLY SO

o 8 o o @ Q 9 8 o Q 9 o @ o z, 4
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SOMETHING GOOD ON EVERY PAGE
!. Lesson Of the war maneuvers.
2. Could Ty Cobb beat nine Johnsons?
8. San Marine, oldest of republic.
I. Half page of readable editorials.
,. cynthia Grey's advice to lovers.
.. What all the folks want.
!. Are you, indeed, a monkeys son?
). Getting There" selling Scent meals
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
A RUINED INDUSTRY.

In long walk the other day we
hardly got out of hearing the bleat
of sheep. The number of sheep in
Madison county is growing by leaps
and bounds.
And it is sin and shame the way
the democrats are treating the sheep
raisers. Before Wilson was elected
we were told that the sheep industry
would be ruined. We expected to
see the sheep vanish from our blue
grass hills. We passed the farm of
an old standpatter the other day.
Three years ago he was declaring his
sheep business would be ruined by
the tariff if democrats came into
power. He has twice as many sheep
today and the hillside was all dotted
with lambs. He got price for his
wool that made his eyes bug out.
It's sin and a shame the way the
democratic tariff is running the Iowa
farmer.-Winterset News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
THE HISTORY OF FREEDOM.

Ii President Wilson were not
known as a great statesman, he
would be noted as one ofthe greatest,
truest and tersest public speakers of
our land and time But rarely has
even President Wilson uttered hap
pier sentence than this on the Ameri-
can flag:
'tWhen / think of the flag which
those ships carry, the only touch of
color about them, the only thing that
moves as it it had a settled spirit in
it, in their solid structure, it seems
to me that see alternate stripes of
parchment upon which are written
the right of liberty and justice and
strips of blood spilled to vindicate
those rights; and then, in the corner,
q prediction of the blue serene into
which every nation may swim which
stands for these great things
Rights written down on parchment
and indicated with blood-therc in
a dozen words is the history of demo-
cratic government; and unless men
be ready to shed their blood to main
tain their freedom, democratic gov
eminent must fail. Thank heaven
there is no sign of that failure in
America today!-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
Notice of PrObating Will.

TO All Whom It 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 James
X. Beavers, late of said county, de-
ceased, and that 10 o'clock a. m. of
the oath day of August, 1915, 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 9Th
day of May, 1915.
(seaD E. E. BECK,
29-3t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
A SUPREME TEST.

1t may be doubted that the great
war, throughout the remainder of its
course, will develop a mightier cause
for financial panic and decentralization
in the United States than the destruc-
ton of the Lusitania, with all its
political possibilities directly involv-
ing the American nation. 1t is not
to be doubted that under the old ma
tional banking system, up to the out
break of the great war, no cause or
occasion of panic ever arose SO Sc
we're as this.
We know what used to happen at
times under that old system. We
happened now were that old system
or lack of system still in force.
Each one OF over 1000 national
banks would have taken fright. Each
one would have DANGEROUSLY begun
to withdraw its reserves on deposit
in New York, because it knew or ex-
pected every other bank would do
the same. These reserves would have
been found employed in Wall Street
on call They would have been with
drawn and the stock collateral
thrown overheard Money would
have risen to 100 per cent, or SO,
stocks would have fallen 20 or 80
points, some banks would have fail
ed and other banks all over the coun-
try have suspended cash payments.
But what has happened under the
new Federal Reserve Bank system?
There has been no fright among the
interior national banks. They have
not been calling home their reserves,
because their reserves are no longer
in extended use here to initiate the
stock market and then knock the bot
tom from under it. There has been
turmoil in the market but no panic.
Wall street bans have not had to call
loans, and call money has not gone
above 2 II per cent.
1t has been supreme test for the
new bank system, and the new sys-
TEN has met it magnificently.-
York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
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 Mary
L. Boyer, late of said county, deceas-
ed, and that 4 o'clock p. m. of the
lst day of May, 1915, has been fix
ed 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, l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
4th day of May, 1915.
(seaD E. E. BECK,
4O-2t Clerk of District court
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
LOSING POPULATION AGAIN.

Rural Iowa is losing population.
This much has already been develop
ed in the census enumeration that
has been completed in spots and 1t
was not surprising to the closest
students of social conditions. The
farms have been growing larger, the
farmers families have been growing
smaller and the towns have been
growing bigger. If Iowa shows net
gain in this census 2s compared to
the count five years ago it will be
due solely to gains in it's towns.
Conditions have not changed their
course since the national census of
1910 when every agricultural state
in the Mississippi valley showed de-
cline of rural population. 1t was the
same in the rural precincts of Ohio
and Wisconsin as in the rural pre-
cincts of Iowa and Illinois but the
growth of the factory towns of every
other state covered up it's loss in
rural population and presented net
gains in all but Iowa. Iowa alone
showed a total loss in population and
her gain this time, if any, will be
very small. Her rural precincts will
decline.
What does it mean! We will have
it to explain. The nation will discuss
it while our land values will continue
to rise. In the first place it means
that the families of the Germans, of
the Norwegians, of the Irish, of the
B0hemians and of the Swedes who
settled upon Iowa farms generation
ago were much larger than the fam
lilies of the American born descend
ants of today. Families of twelve
and fourteen children do not frequent
the modern farm home as they did
the soddy, the log house and the cot
tage of a former generation. Furth-
ermore our farms are not being used
for our homes. The tendency is for
the owner to move to town or Cali
fornia and to hire some ono to work
the farm. In this way the farm is
looked upon as the workshop and the
town the place in which to live. Until
we can improve the comforts of rural
life SO as to make the country more
desirable that the town in which to
live we will find the towns growing
at the expense of the country So
long as the drift Of population re-
ing to suffer in the census because
sue LIDS vastly uOl guilty IL Jill
which to lose than she has towns in
which to gain. Two-thirds of Iowas
people live upon her farms while
two-thirds in many other states live
in the towns. The tendency for ur-
ban population to grow faster than
rural population is nationwide in it's
extent and so long as the drift is in
that direction Iowa has two rural
families from which to lose one ur-
ban family in which to gain. 1t is
up to US to keep up the fight to make
the farm a more desirable place in
which to live. We are all agreed that
q people is better off morally, physi-
cally and financially if it's rural con-
tingent predominates but the tend
ency remains toward the towns and
that is our own fault.-Marshall
town Times-Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
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 j.
r. Bashaw, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrative of the
estate of ]. R. Bashaw, late of De-
catur county, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present
them in manner and form as by law
required, for allowance and payment
Dated this 22nd day of May, A. D..
1916.
CELIA B. SHULAR,
41-3t Administrative of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
ISN'T 1T A LOW DOWN TRICK?

1t is downright mean for those
wool buyers to be paying 2S cents
per pound for wool in the face of all
the predictions that the wool indus
try would be killed if wool should be
put on the free list. Those buyers
should have more respect for the
word of those who predicted disaster
for the sheep man.-Queen City
Leader.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
No Use to Try and Wear Out Your
COld-It Will Wear You Out
I Instead.

Thousands keep on suffering
coughs and colds through neglect
and delay. Why make yourself an
easy prey to serious ailment and cpl
denies as the result of neglected
cold? Coughs and colds sap your
strength and vitality unless checked
in the early stages. DR.. Kings New
Discovery is what you need-the first
dose helps. Your head clears up,
you breathe freely and you feel SO
much better. Buy bottle today
ana start taking at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
gress of civilization is marked by the
increased wants of the people.

gress of civilization is marked by the
increased wants of the people.
Some people believe that advertis-
| ing is "a form of tax that they pay for
when they buy the goods. They say
the consumer pays it all, but they
| fail to see or understand that adver-
Using eliminates to a certain degree
other items of expense in the distri-
butive chain, that are more expen-
sive, therefore reducing the. total OF
costs.
| That many merchants fail in un-
derstanding this, is not at all surpris-
ing. predict bright future and a
wonderful help to retail merchants
! when our Business Extension Course
at the Iowa University is more fully
understood.
Every merchant. should advertise,
advertise truthfully, tell the people
what he has for sale. He should talk
to them in his advertising as he talks
to them over the counter. He should
give it his attention, his best thought
and never forget that the circulation
of the paper is his audience and list
of prospective customers. They are
entitled to be talked to as though
they had good sense. They are SEN
sible and like sensible talks. They
like to be told what merchant has
for sale, and the new things he has
to offer.
The merchant who lies in his adj
vertising will soon advertise himself
out OF business. If he tells the truth,
acts the truth, lives up to the ethi-
cal standard set in his ads, observes
the other necessary rules for success
full merchandising, the public will
trade with him.
He can reduce the ratio Of expense
per volume of business, increase his
trading radius, reduce the cost OF
goods to his customers, and create
more healthful condition in his own
business.
1t is interesting to know that some
of the largest concerns do not ad-
vertise to sell more goods but be-
cause it reduces the selling costs in
the volume Of business they already
have
There isn't any secret about adver
Using. It's just being yourself, talk
ing nationally about your own bust
ness, what you have for sale and
your reasons for believing you can
render a service to the public that
tustifies your business existence.
If you haven't anything worth tell
ing about don't advertise, and don't
any of you editors encourage mer-
chant to advertise if he hasn't any
thing worth advertising, for he'll
certainly send you a Icing ad, and
that depreciates the value Of truthful
advertising in your paper.
An honest merchant should not be
compelled to have his truthful ad
associate in the same paper with an
,untruthful ad. When you knowing
~ print a Icing advertisement you
are party to the deception, and
wrong the truthful advertiser, and
reduce to certain extent the value
Of every other ad in the paper.
II you run a whiskey ad on one
page and temperance editorial on
another, people have right to think
you take your pay for the ad in the
product of the advertiser.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

There is, no need of any help to
whip the Germans if We should be-
come involved in war. Just send over
Teddy the Terrible and his mouth
noise will scare the enemy into alb
ject submission.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
Advertising Rates.

Display Advertising, special SER
vice. per inch 80. 15c
Display Advertising, per inch. II 1s c
Display Advertising, 50 weeks
per year. per inch ......... lOc
Reading notices, per line ...... sc
Cards of Thanks, cash with
Resolutions of Respect $1.00
Church, school and society no.
tees, where admission or en-
(, tertainment fee is charged,
per line oc
We are glad to publish any and
Ill church or society notices, but
please don't confound news notices
with advertising locals. Correspon-
dents are cautioned not to include
such notices with their items unless
they are authorized and paid for, and
II possible remittance for same
should accompany the notice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

President Wilson goes calmly
ahead and keeps us out OF trouble,
no matter what the calamityites say
and do.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

We can see no excuse for tall
man to wear pants SO long that he
still has to turn them UP as the bot
tom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

Contrast the, sensible words of
Wilson, Taft, Stone, with the mouthy
vaporings of Teddy the Noisy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

a brass band still continues to
draw q crowd.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

CELIA B. SHULAR,
st Administrative of said estate
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27

~~~SSS
the cost of personal craftsmanship
and reduces distributive costs.
Advertising is cost chargeable to
the craftsmanship expense. 1t is a
selling force or salesman. 1t is less
expensive than personal salesman
ship. Where lit is used intelligently
it reduces the selling costs, because
it reduces the costs of personal sales
manship. Personal salesmanship is
one of the most expensive forms Of
selling force The pack peddlers
represents all personal craftsmanship.
If he rents room, displays his
wares, places a sign over the door,
etc., he extends or reaches out and
gathers other selling forces Just to
the extent that he marshals the sell
ing forces within reach does he
broaden his mercantile activities.
If concern depends upon printed
matter only or other methods known
as advertising forces, to sell it's
wares, it uses the other extreme and
INDUCES in the next most expensive
form to distribute.
known articles require but little
personal salesmanship expense to dis
tribute. Advertising makes people
acquainted with the goods. The pub
lie wants goods they know about,
have a favorable knowledge of. Ad-
vertising is means of conveying
thought about things people want, or
creating want by teaching people
the convenience or saving in using
or having the article advertised.
Advertising creates more wants;
The advance Of q nation or the pro-