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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
OHIO INTERESTS
THE PRESIDENT

Washington, March 23.-Political
gossips have been exceedingly busy
during the past week discussing the
plans of President Wilson regarding
a running mate on the national tick
ct this year. The recent death of
U. S. Senator Shively of Indiana,
has complicated matters so in that
state that It is reported that the
President is turning his eyes toward
Ohio for a vice presidential candi-
date. Atlee Pomerene and Judson
Harmon, of Ohio. are considered un-
usually good vice presidential tim
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
5000 HOMELESS AT NASHVILLE when 900
RESIDENCES burn; PROPERTY LOSS Sl;25O,OOO

her, since it seems generally agreed
that Vice President Marshall will not
be renominated.
Advisers of Mr.. Wilson are also
trying to make him see the advan-
tage of picking a running mate from
Illinois or Missouri. II is stated that
Missouri, particularly is in need of
being shown something that will
brace her fainting heart, since there
are inharmonious conditions in the
party in that State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
HUGE WHIPRAY AND A TURTLE;
COMBINED WEIGHT 1000 POUNDS

Miami. March - "A five hundred
pound turtle, and "A whipray equal
ly as heavy, together with other fish
of various sizes and kinds, were
brought in by a party OF anglers on
Commodore Kotcher's speed cruiser
Betty NJ, yesterday
Commodore Kotcher has as his
guests Howard Marmon, the we'll
known builder of the Marmon auto
mobile, of Indianapolis; Carl G..
Fisher, oJhn II. Levi, George Kitch-
er, who drove the boat and Captain
Charlie Thompson, officer fish fame,
who entertained the party with his
great talent as a harpoonist, for the
genial captain hit everything that he
threw at and handled the harpoon
with comparative east.
The party left early intending to
enjoy e pleasant cruise, while at the
| same time the trip was intended for
unusual sport with some of those
sea-monsters that are not to be
taken with hook and line or without
struggle.
The Betty NJ kept up her usual
speed until the gulf stream was
reached and, with Captain Thomp'
son perched upon the bow of the boat
with spear in hand. it was not Ions
before his eagle eye fell upon a huge
trunk-back turtle. The captain made
one graceful throw and pretty soor
the fun began, for the sharp instru
ment imbedded itself in the back o
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
ATTEMPTED
SUICIDE when
He SAW ARREST
FACING HIN
(By Associated Press.)

New York, March 23 3.-Detectives
sent to arrest DR.. Arthur Warren
Waite, in connection with the death
of DR.. John E. Peck of Grand Rap
ids, millionaire druggist, found him
in a stupor, from a elf-administered
opiate. The doctors were working at
noon TO save him. Representatives of
the district attorney at Grand Rap
ids reported the indications were
that Peck had been poisoned. He
died here on March l2
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
(By Associated Press

Nashville March % Five thou
sand made homeless by the fire here
yesterday are cared for today by
citizc ns and civic and church organ
izations.
Six hundred residences were
burned and one negro perished. The
loss is one million and half dollars.
The militia are patrolling. Many
persons were hurt but none serious.
The blaze started when a lighted
ball of yarn was thrown into va
cant lot by boy
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
IN sHIRS AND INSTANTLY
KILLS BAKER RESIDENT

[aecleny, March 23.-Ozzie
ding, son Of =. S. Bowling. at
lors north Of this city, was in
lily killed yesterday afternoon by
lg thrown from a horse he was
ng 1t . fast gait
owling was returning from a
ing trip, and the horse SHE'D at
tnmp in the turn of the road,
,wing the rider to the ground, his
d striking . stump. The base of
skull was fractured and he was
own forty feet from where the
% fell.
he horse was also killed.
Izzie Dovling is brother of
nty TREASURER J. w. Dowling, OF
; place, and is from one OF the
i prominent families of the coun-
The funeral viii be held at Tay'
ThurDday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23

got beyond striking distance, but the
snake followed him, an unusual thing
in a rattler, and continued the at
tack. The snake was sounding its
rattles continually and emitting
sickening odor.
Mr.. Mcmillan finally picked up
shorter rail and with it gave battle.
It was some time before his blows
stopped the onslaught of the reptile,
and it was so thick. about the size
of a mans arm, that it seemed In
possible to break its back. but finally
we'll directed blow on the head did
the business. The snake measured
six feet in length.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
HIE1ICs TO PLAY pH1LLIEs

!. Petersburg, Fla, March % -
urners in the balmy Southland
have the pleasure of seeing big
pe tcanA play baseball here to-
The Athletics and Phillies
, games scheduled for today, to-
row and Saturday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
hlnston Has No News of Herrera
Joining villa
(By Associated Press. J

(By Associated Press.)
lashingkon. March 23.-There
mo- confrmnti0n at the war de-
ment tha& Herrera had Joined
! with two thousand of Carran-
I, soldiers from chihuahua, Mex
: Consul Garcia at Ell Paso wired
state department that the report
iatrue. y
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23

Augusta, Ga. March 23.-Twen-
ty residence blocks and six business
blocks were detroyed by fire here last
night and this morning. The dam
age is from five to seven millions.
The fire, which burned for nine
hours started near the elevator shaft
of the Kelly Dry Goods Store, in the
Dyer building, corner Eighth and
Broad street at 6:15. 1t halted short
ly after l o'clock this morning after
crossing Green street. A heavy gale
drove the flames. The cause of the
fire is unknown. Fire apparatus was
sent from Columbia, Charleston, At
lanta, Macon, Savannah and Waynes-
boro.
1t is estimated that six to seven
hundred residences were destroyed
and over three thousand are home
less. The city council met at 10
O'Clock this morning to plan relief.
A mass meeting was held at noon.
1t is estimated two million dollars
worth of cotton was destroyed.
No one was seriusly hurt although
there were many narrow escapes.
Three companies of militia are on
guard.
Fifty citizens have been organized
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
Villa Recruiting His Army
nv A6pociated Press)

a Peso March %. Villa is re-
led to have established headquar-
. west Of Namiquipa. where he
y reorgAnize his command and re-
u men for his army. He will lay
DO to co-operate with Herrerra's
-s-
he American base at Columbus
heard nothing OF Villa for two
q. Herrera Is said to be moving
: Invest to Join Villa.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23

London, March 23.-Lloyds re-
ports the French bark BOugainville
has been sunk Twenty-threc of the
crew were saved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23
French BARK AND 'aa
SWEDISH !BARk SUNK;
7 CREWS. were SAVED
(By Associated Press.

London, March 23 The Norwe-
gian bark Lindifield has been sunk
Thirty of the crew were saved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-23

1t is estimated two million dollars
worth of cotton was destroyed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
SPECIAL CITY ELECTION
viii be Held on Friday, February II,
10 Vote on New franchise for
Leon Electric Light Company.

A special City election has been
called to be held on Friday, Febru-
ary IL, 1916, for the purpose of vot-
ing upon a new franchise for the
Leon Electric Co., the franchise as
asked for being published in full on
page nine of this issue. 1t provides
some radical changes in prices for
street lighting as we'll as the hours
during which the lights shall burn,
and is to run for period of twen-
ty-five years. The old franchise has
about seven years to run yet, but as
negotiations have been in progress
for some time looking towards the
sale of the light and power plant to
Davenport parties, who did not
want to invest their money with only
seven year franchise, it was de-
cided to ask for new franchise to
replace the old one with one which
would run for twenty-five years.
Every citizen in Leon is interested
in this matter You should read the
franchise carefully and understand
what it provides, for it settles the
matter for the next quarter of a CEN
tury and when you go to vote on it,
you should know what it provides
for.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
TOOK TONS OF PAPER.
The Reporter for 1915 Consisted OF
$40 Pages, the Average Size of
the Paper Being 13 Pages.

Few people who have been read
ing The Reporter during the year
Just closed will realize the amount of
reading matter which they received
in the fifty-two issues of the paper,
there being a total of 676 pages in
that time which if bound into book
would make a mighty big volume in
return for the $3.50 which the paper
cost them. Each page contains six
columns twenty inches long, so that
the total number of inches during the
year amounted to 81,12O.
Only five times during 1915 did
The Reporter contain as few as ten
pages. During the year we issued
two papers of twenty-four pages
each, six of sixteen pages, seven of
fourteen pages, thirty-three of twelve
pages and five of ten pages, a total
of 676 pages, or an average of thir-
teen pages for each week in the year.
To print these fifty-two pages re-
quired 5O,193 pounds of print paper.
more than 25 tons, and all of this
paper mad to be fed through the cyl
inder press twice, a single sheet at a
time. Il you don't think there is
any work in running newspaper
just come in and try it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
Harry j. Vogt to Leave Leon.

Many friends will be mighty sorry
to learn that Mr.. and Mrs. Harry j..
Vogt are soon to leave Leon to take
up their residence at Galesburg, IL
linois. Mr.. Vogt for several years
has been employed as travelling sales
man for the wholesale grocery house
of J. H. Merrill & Co., of Ottumwa,
and has had southern Iowa and north
ern Missouri towns as his territory.
He has been very successful in this
work, SO much SO that when the firm
needed a new manager for their
wholesale house which is located at
Galesburg, they offered the position
to Mr.. Vogt. He went over to Gales
burg last week and after looking
over the situation decided to accept
the position. He will remain here for
three weeks yet, going over his ter
ritory with the new salesman who
takes his place, and will take charge
of the Galesburg house the first Of
February. The promotion is de-
serving one and we are pleased to
see Mr.. Vogt's ability recognized.
That he will make good in his posi-
tion as manager goes without saying,
and our only regret is that it will
take Mr.. and Mrs. Vogt away from
Leon where they have resided for so
many years, for they are very popul-
lar citizens of Leon, and will be sadly
missed when they leave.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
the War Revenue Emer.
gency Act.

IL Hundreds of inquiries received at
the Office of the Collector of Inter-
nal Revenue for Iowa indicate gener-
al ignorance of the fact that congress
just before adjournment for the holi-
day recess, re-enacted the War Rev.
enue emergency act in it's entirety,
for one year dating from Jan. l.,
1916. This is the law which requires
stamp taxes on deeds, notes, etc., and
on cosmetics and perfumes; and i'm
poses special taxes on bankers, brok-
ers, pawnbrokers, commercial brok-
ers theatres, public exhibitions, pool
and billiard tables, bowling alleys,
commission merchants, tobacco deal
ers, and manufacturers of cigars and
tobacco. Unless the war taxes are
paid during January, double the
amount of tax will have to be paid
thereafter.
The returns of individuals and
corporations must be made before
March Ast, to avoid heavy penalties.
For the fiscal year ended June go,
1915, Iowa corporations paid the
government $469,173 and individuals
subject to the tax, $264,315 as taxes
on their net incomes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
New. Court Cases.

George Butcher vs.. Henry Rauch.
Plaintiff secured a judgment before
Justice w. H. McCalla of New Buda
township for $99.95 for breach of
warranty on a horse and from this
decision plaintiff appeals to the dis
trict court. L. A. Brown, attorney
for plaintiff. B. NJ. Russell, attorney
for defendant.
Decatur State Savings Bank VS.
Claude NJ. and Maud H. Kier. Suit
is on a note for $s4.4o, dated Oct.
$, 1912. Varga & Son, attorneys
for plaintiff.
j. c. Cozad VS.. Claude and Maud
M. Kier. Suit is brought on note
for $3.50. Varga & Son, attorney
for plaintiff.
H. P. Coffee Co. vs.. H. D. DeKalb.
Suit is on an account for $203.61.
Baker & Parrish, attorneys for plain
tiff.
State of Iowa VS.. M. E. Parsons.
Application is made for an Injunction
restraining the defendant, his en-
ployes, servants or agents, from
keeping or carrying around on his
person, in a vehicle, or leaving in
places for others to secure, intoxicat-
ing liquors with intent to sell or dis
pose of same in violation of law.
Geo. w. Baker, county attorney, at
torney for plaintiff.
Marshall Milling Co. VS.. Guy Stark.
Plaintiffs ask judgment in the sum of
$85.25, alleging that on March "a,
1915, defendant purchased of plain
tiff 1856 barrels of flour, to be de-
livered on or before July 1st, but
which defendant notified the plain
tiff not to ship. Baker & Parrish,
attorneys for plaintiff
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
WILL SOON HAVE TO HAVE AN
OTHER WELL
Increasing Consumption of City Wat.
er is Getting Close to
the Limit.

When the deep we'll which supplies
Leon with city water was finished it
was thought it would supply an
ample supply of water for Leon for
good many years to come, but who
ever dreamed that within SO few
years there would be such an enor-
nous increase in the amount of city
water used. During the year of 1915
the amount of water pumped each
month averaged 1,250,OO0 gallons a
month, as against 100000 gallons a
month in 1914. In order to keep an
adequate supply of water in the
water tower it is now necessary to
run the pump about Is " hours per
day. There is an abundance of wat
er at the bottom of the deep we'll,
but the we'll is only six inches in
diameter at the bottom, and this will
not allow sufficient water to be pump
ed from the one WE'LL We are right
up against the proposition of having
to put down another well, for with
several hundred parties making con-
nections with the new water system
which has just been completed there
is going to be big increase in the
amount of water used. There is no
use of putting the matter off until
we are out of water, but steps should
be taken at once by the city council
to provide second we'll. 1t will take
several months to put down well
after a contract is let, and the cold
facts are that if the coming summer
should happen to be dry year the
present we'll cannot supply enough
water to meet the demands of the
consumers. This is matter entitl-
ed to and should receive proper con-
sideration at the hands of the city
authorities. There is no time to
waste.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
Pensions Granted to Ten Blind Resi-
dents of Decatur County.

At the meeting of the board of
supervisors last week, an annual PEN
sion of $3.50 per year was granted to
ten blind resident of Decatur coun-
ty, under the provisions of the new
law which went into effect recently.
Under the law they will receive a
warrant every three months for
$3.50, and it will be great help
to many Of them. Those who were
placed on the pension list were An
ME Bixler, Josephine Cozad, J. M.
Carrier, ]. F. Fenton, H. H. Hatfield,
C. w. Riggs, Samuel J. Scott, John
Sanders, Mary Umphress and Eliza
beth Vanderpool. The application of
w. H. Young, the blind broom max
er of Richland township, was reject
ed because of the fact. that his in
come exceeded $4,000 per year, the
law making the provision that the
person receiving the pension shall
not have an income exceeding $500
per year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
Leased New Albany Hotel.

/, G. B. Cooper and wife arrived last
Saturday from Excelsior Springs and
have taken charge of the New Al
bany Hotel, which he has leased of
Mrs. T. H. Hunt for term of five
years. Mr.. Cooper is an experienced
hotel man, having been for five years
in charge of the Chadwick and Sara
togo hotels at Excelsior Springs. Prior
to that time was also in the hotel
business at Leon and other points in
Iowa. All rooms at the New Albany
are being repapered and painted, new
rugs are being laid, the plumbing
work is being overhauled and when
this work is completed Landlord
Cooper expects to be able to offer to
the public accommodations equal to
the best to be found in northern Mis-
souri-Albany Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
StOut-BrOWn.

Mr.. 1. L. Stout, of Oakland, Cali
fornia, and DR.. Sarah Snavely Brown,
of Leon, were married at St. Joe,
Mo-, last Wednesday. The groom is
an electrical engineer at Oakland,
California, and the parties had never
seen each other until they met at ST..
Joe, having become acquainted
through relatives and friends and a
courtship by mail had been carried
on by them for several years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stout came to Leon
Thursday afternoon and are guests
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Woodmansee. They will
visit relatives at Des Moines and 9TH
er places for short time before re-
turning to Oakland where they will
make their home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
YEARS AGO.
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published q Quarter
of a Century AGO.

Uncle Jimmie Beavers, of Wood
land, died early Wednesday morning.
S. O. Kingston and DR.. H. D. De-
Kalb became sole owners of the We'll
don bank, purchasing the interest of
the late Abel Chase from Judge j..
w. Harvey, administrator of the
Chase estate.
Mrs. Judge Kelley died last Mon
day and was buried in the Leon ceme-
terry Oh Wednesday morning.
Charley Axes started large wolf
on E. w. Tift's farm Tuesday, and
after a short run succeeded in killing
it. We understand Charley is run
ming opposition to Ben Williams.
The firm OF Fuller & Simpson has
been dissolved, Mr.. Fuller retiring
ara NJ. Simpson will continue the
business.
Guy Hasty, of King City, Mo-, is
visiting with friends in Leon.
B. F. Trembly, of Hastings, Neb.,
is here for visit with relatives and
old friends.
The aged mother of w. H. Jenkins
and Mrs. w. E. Cannon is very low
and not expected to live.
Cruz Walker, of Horton, Kansas,
CdAC LII uOoudy, UOiA6 Sc1AAOu ACA 2
by the illness of his mother.
Mr.. Sherman w. Robbins and Miss
Mary C. Laney were married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. w. Laney, at Decatur, on jan
11th. the ceremony being performed
by Rev. Thomas Waller.
H. l.. Clark and Miss Minnie Hill
were married at the home of U. G..
Griffith in Davis City on January 5th.
Geo. w. and S. D. Cox, of Phillips
county, Neb., were visiting with
friends in Eden township.
A. Bullard sold his farm east of
Van Vert to Steve Lantz at $50 an
acre.
John Garner, of Eden township, re-
turned from visit in Kentucky.
Lem Cannon, like the prodigal
son, has returned to the home of his
father after a long stay in Corolado.
Mr.. Douglas L. Roberts, of Lucas
county, and Miss Mary Kessler were
married at the home of the BRIDES
parents in High Point township on
January 8th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
Married Fifty Years.

The names of three more couple
who have been married fifty years or
more are added to our list this week,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wadley, OF near
Lamont, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ham,
ilton, of Leon, and Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Overholtzer, of Grand River. This
makes twenty-four couples in the list,
but we are satisfied there are sever
al more in the county. If you know
of any names which are not in the
list We will greatly appreciate it if
you will report their names to this
office at once. The following are
the names we have been able to To-
cate up to this time:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Anderson, La
moni, married July 5, 1857.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Brown, Van
Vert, married July 4, 1859.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Bowsher,
Leon, married Feb. IA, 1860.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Bright, Deca-
tur, married July 25, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Cherry, Leroy,
married July 4, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. X. Cherrington,
Decatur, married, July 20. 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Elliott, Leon,
married July 4, 1860.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Fullerton,
Grand River, married July 6, 1868.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Frost, Leon,
married Jan. 6, 1861.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Cannon, Leon,
married April 26, 1849. o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kim Hickman, Leon,
married Feb. %, 1862.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hamilton,
Leon, married Sept. %, 1853.
Capt. and Mrs. A. A. jerks, Leon,
married July 8, 1864.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. jenkins, Leon,
married Feb. Z, 1861.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Johnston,
Woodland, married Oct. 20, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Massey, Wood
land, married Dec. %, 1868.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mcintosh. Davis
City, married Oct. 20, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Overholtzer,
Grand River, married Sept. 6, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Pickering,
Leon, married May II, 1863.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Smith, Lamont,
married Nov. 3, 1854.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Smith, Van
Wort, married May 3, 1865.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Still, Woodland,
married Oct. 6, 1859.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Woodmansee,
Leon. married March 13, 1864.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wadley, Lamo-
nj, married June 26, 1864.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
We Got the Odd Fellows in Bad.

The Reporter was responsible for
getting a lot of the Odd Fellows of
Leon in pretty badly with their wives
last week. We stated that the Odd
Fellows and their wives enjoyed a
watch party at the Odd Fellows hall
on New Years eve, and when the
ladies read the item there was
trouble brewing when hubby came
to the party and wanted to know If
her husband had taken some other
fellows wife and left her at home,
when in fact it was a stag watch
party confined to the members of the
lodge, SO the wives who were slight
ed by not being invited can rest easy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
Odd Fellows Installed Officers.

The new officers of Leon lodge No
81, I. o. o. F., were installed las
Friday evening by district deputy c
w. Norman, of Decatur. The frs
degree was conferred upon VIM. Pot
torff and D. G. Gochenour. The fol
lowing is list of the officers:
N. G. w. w. Craig.
v. G.-Fred Fisher.
Rec. Secy.-Morris Gardner.
Fin. Secy.-O. E. Bisplinghoff.
Treas.-S. E. Benefiel.
Conductor. H. Cozad.
Chaplain-Wm. Record.
Warden-Ward Blackburn.
r. S. N. G.-B. A. Briggaman.
L. S. N. G.-Walter Osborn.
r. S. v. Ct. A. Elwell.
l.. S. v. CD Swope.
R. S. S-James Cannon.
L. S. S.-Carroll Camp.
l. G.-John Gray.
o. G.-John Parrish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-01-13
"A Royal Slave"

The hearts of the feminine contin-
gency of the audience at the presen-
tation of "A. Royal Slave" which
comes to the Leon opera house, on
Thursday, Jan. 13, will flutter when
the magnificent gowns worn by the
Countess Inez are seen in all their
gorgeousness. She wears six alto
gether, a different gown in each act,
and two in the first act. 1t requires
. handsome woman who assumes the
role of the Countess, to display
these gowns to advantage. This is
not moving picture.